The Girl
Every time the soldier makes up from his cold sleep a little girl is there, this time she's there in the bank vault where they are checking him out, she doesn't say anything to him just give him a little smile without showing her teeth, he stares blanked at her. She witnesses everything he does to the scientist, she's still there when Alexander Pierce is there asking for a mission report, her face shows sadness when Pierce suddenly strikes him hard in the face.
“The man on the bridge…” A flashback of the man calling by his name appears, he pauses, trying to find any more memories of this man before looking at his superior. “Who was he?” he needs to know. The soldier feels the eyes of the girl on him, curiously hearing everything he says.
“You met him earlier this week on another assignment” a cold, fast reply was given to him. He was supposed to trust their words but something wasn't right, the man in the bridge was more than a man he just has met for a mission.
“I knew him” he manages to say in a whisper, every man there looked at him with a shock from the words that came out of his mouth, Pierce takes a sit in front of him.
“Your work has been a gift to mankind. You shaped this century, and I need you to do it one more time. Society is at a tipping point between order and chaos. Tomorrow morning we’re going to give it a push. But if you don’t do your part, I can’t do mine, and HYDRA can’t give the world the freedom it deserves” pride, that what he should feel but he was just confused.
“But I knew him” those words didn't seem to please the other man and without a second thought, he says turning away and making his way to the door.
“Prep him”
“He’s been out of cryo-freeze too long”
“Then wipe him and start over. That's why the girl is here”
“You know what to do.” The man pets the girl head on his way out, showing a bit of discomfort she stands up from where she was sitting and start making her way to him.
“I'm sorry I let you remember, I can't really control my powers, it was an accident,” she says to him yet her mouth doesn't move, while the scientist around strap him in the chair and then place a teeth shield in his mouth.
“You ready child?” the girl nods and looks at him. “Don't worry I'll keep your memories safe with me, like always” the girl tells him, again without opening her mouth once. He was looking up to her now, soft blue eyes changing to a darker blue, her hands were placed at his temple, he didn't felt pain just peace, he has long forgotten about the man of the bridge and the girl but a little voice came to him before he blocked out, “Please come back for me”.
The next thing the Winter Soldier knew was he has failed his mission and had pulled the man from the bridge unconscious from the water. After that he started making his way to the place he has been kept held, the face of a girl wouldn't leave his mind.
The place was a mess he had cut communication with the team right after he pulled the man out. The place was for some reason was also alone, everything most has gone wrong, yet he knew the girl whom he was looking for was there, waiting for him. He made his way inside and followed the way he took to the cells, a light could be seen between all the darkness and he keep following until he made it to his cell. Sitting in the old mattress was a girl, a blue light coming from her hands that give a bit of life to the room. Without saying nothing the girl stood up and find her way next to him, both started to walk out of the place, her glance wouldn't leave him. Together they make it out of that place, cleaning themself and hiding any trace that would give away that they were running away from something. They started to walk through the city, blending the best they could.
He would take a glance at her occasionally while walking, he noticed her long dark brown hair and the big blue eyes, she couldn't be more than 45 inches tall, she looked normal other than her hands glow, was she an experiment? What was a child doing there? Why did he come back for her?
The little girl keeps looking at him like he was holding the answers to all her questions like he was everything she has ever needed; trust, she was trusting him and that scares the soldier. She looked oddly familiar but this child wasnʼt more than a stranger to him, yet his arms ache to hold her and never let her go, the need to protect her at all cost was strong.
The thought of finding a place to keep her safe, was in his mind ever since he picked her up, maybe the man in the bridge would help him. That base wasnʼt a place for little a child, how old was she four, maybe five? he needed to take her out of there while his thoughts were still his own.
They keep walking in silence, her face a bit dirty and clothes too big, making her look even smaller. She looked up to him and smiled, a front tooth missing. He felt a little pressure on his left hand, the girl didnʼt hesitate to hold the metal hand, she didnʼt seem to bother or scared with the metal, in fact, this felt familiar to the soldier.
“I knew you would come back to get me, daddy”
He abruptly stopped. Did she just called him daddy.?
Worry eyes look up to him, the warmth of the little hand was gone, “What's wrong? Is someone following us?” She whispers, turning around fast, “I can't feel anyone and I can't see anyone, we should keep going, they might found us.” her hand coming back to the place it was a moment ago.
The soldier was in disbelief, this child who he basically just met was calling him “daddy”. He ignore his thoughts and try to keep his mind from thinking, he could already feel a headache coming to him. Without saying much he keeps walking with the little girl holding his hand in search of food, clothes, a place to sleep and answers; maybe this girl would have the answers he was looking for and help her find her parents, maybe she was just confused just like he was, he might look like her dad, he decided to stay with that thought not questioning the girl, they would have time for that later.