Hidden (lady/moon)

“Ward sent a message. Said he has information we need to know.”May said as she stepped into the director’s office, pausing for a moment to study the tired looking man siting behind his desk. “But he says he wont speak to anyone but Skye.”She added tilting her head. Wondering if the director would feel the need to finally pressure Ward into sharing what he knew about Hydra and anything going on after nearly A month of having him in custody. And in turn, wondering what it was that Ward thought was so important that it had to be shared now when he could have traded the information before now. Wondering if it had been a good idea to mention Skye, knowing that since her near death, Coulson was even more protective of his duckling, of all his ducklings really. The fact that he was now responsible for what little of shield remained, made it all the more obvious he was being insanely protective.

~~**~~

“....You look like someone kicked you in the balls. I promise I didn’t do anything, what’s wrong?”Tony frowned as he glanced up at his best friend as the blond walked into the lab. Squashing down the flair of lust he always felt when he saw the super soldier, he set aside his attraction in favor of dealing with whatever was wrong, like he’d done every time since the rest of the avengers had moved in with him. While he had temporarily given up Iron Man, when the fallout of the Captain’s actions had hit them all a month ago, he’d realized that there was no setting aside being who he was. So, he’d made them all move in, where not only he could assure himself they were all safe and under his care, but because really, for the avengers, the heros that had to stay strong in the face of this, it was the best option. And in that, it meant not finding the super soldier in his bed, no matter how much he wanted it.

For once, Tony stark was being a responsible adult and setting aside his sex life in favor of the greater good. And at the moment, that meant figuring out whatever made Cap look like he was having a stroke and squashing it flat. Returning to work on the gauntlet he was working on, he gave steve the time to gather his thoughts.

Phil sighed as he leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. this job sucked, he missed Fury. part of him wondered if he couldn't use T.A.H.I.T.I to bring the man back. it would serve him right, that was for sure. he couldn't bring himself to though, not when he KNEW. knew just what had brought him back to life. "chain him down." Phil finally ordered. "i don't want him to be able to move a single muscle other than his mouth and his eyes." Phil finally ordered. nothing else had worked on getting Ward to open up and start talking. not torture, not drugs, nothing. "once you have him completely immobile, move him into the Interrogation room B." there was a massive bullet proof, shatter resistant triple thick stand of glass cutting the room in half. further protecting Skye. "i'll talk to Skye." Phil decided as he stood up and headed for the quarters area, gently knocking on her door. "Skye? the prisoner has been asking for you." Phil admitted. "he has information that he's only willing to share with you, since we're out of options, i'd like to give you the chance to try." Phil admitted, hating how Ward was twisting them all up. he wasn't even fighting against the torture, he just sat there, or stood there, and took it. even now he followed May like a little puppy and let her strap him down so he couldn't even twitch his head.

~~**~~

Steve as pale as he stared at the Stark tablet in his hands, sitting where he always sat in the corner when he was having a 'bad day' and needed to be away from the others but couldn't stand to be in his own room full of old things that made him remember. normally he loved his room, which had old things in it, things that where familiar and comforting. on bad days though, those familiar things infuriated him, made him miss all the things he'd once had, so he came down to the lab where everything was new and ever changing. it made him feel better. and Tony never wanted him to talk, so that was even better.

this Email though... sent to him just minutes before Steve had discovered Fury in his apartment. just hours before Fury died. could it possibly be real? this was the first time he'd done anything other than lay in bed and remember since he had been pulled from the wreckage by Bucky. a Bucky who didn't know him, didn't remember him, didn't like him, tried to kill him. was still trying to kill him. he finally looked up at Tony.

"...i need a Jet." he said, voice rough from disuse, rough from emotions. "Fury sent me an Email before he died." he admitted, swallowing thickly as he handed over the Tablet. it was a file, redacted by Shield but there was enough information there to tell Steve everything he needed to know. he had a daughter. who was currently trapped or a part of Hydra within the Shield Training Facility. he had to go find her. find out if she was Shield, or if she was Hydra. had to find out f she knew, find out why no one had told him, find out who the mother had been and why there where two names instead of one blanked out. find out why his genetics had been used to make a child, who for all Steve knew had been tortured or experimented upon her whole life. he had to know.

May nodded looking at the other, “I’ll see to it.”May said wanting to say something about being rest, but knowing better then to try to bully him into resting. He wouldn’t rest, not until they found out what Ward wanted. When Phil knocked on the door there was a pause before skye opened it, tilting her head a little as she looked up at him, frowning. Flinching a little at the mention of the prisoner she offered a quiet sigh.”...I sense a common theme going to happen now. Me talking to Ward.”she muttered hating this, hating it all even as she followed him downstairs, pausing, before opening the door. Knowing that both may and phil would be right outside the door, but even then it took a few moments to convince herself to walk inside.

“What is it?”Skye said as she walked inside, studying the man who looked rough around the edges, but despite the torture and drugs, he was still grant ward, and it twisted her heart a little to see him like this. And since it did, she knew she couldn’t open a conversation more then this, just find out what he wanted, and get out.

~~**~~

“You know you can have the jet.”Tony said shrugging as he worked, because he never even considered refusing it. He kept them here so he could watch over the others, and that meant helping them do what they wanted. “Email?Did you just figure out how to open it?”He teased, hard and biting because he refused to treat steve with the kid’s gloves, and treated him still with the same abrasive sarcasm he subjected everyone to. Taking the tablet he was already reaching out to gather what he needed even as he read. “Go upstairs, grab Natasha and Clint. I’ll suit up and meet you guys at the academy.”Tony said already loading the coordinates into both the plane and suit, wincing as he realized that she wasn’t just at any academy, but the specialist’s academy. They were in a world of trouble if she had any of steve’s super soldierness and paired with years of training.

he nodded to her and followed her out the door. "i'm sorry Skye. i wouldn't normally ask this of you, but nothing else has worked." Phil admitted. "you can refuse." he promised her. "we won't make you." he promised, studying her before letting her in. Ward was thin, haggard, his face was bruised and his eyes where glazed but he was still there. you could see it in his eyes. he was still sharp, still able to hurt, to kill, to lie. "hello Skye." Ward stated, watching her intently. "i'm glad to see your okay." he admitted. "i know i did bad things." he admitted. "maybe i can make one of them right. the Asset. the one once known as James Buchanan 'Bucky' Barnes. in 1943 Barnes was captured by Hydra insurgents and experimented upon using minor samples of Serum that was 'recovered' during the Rebirth project after Steve Rogers fist, and only experiment." Ward explained. "this allowed him to survive the Fall from the train, though he lost his arm. it was later replaced with a mechanical hybrid." Ward paused, hesitated and then continued. "in 1987, or 1986 a new project was founded by one of the highest level Shield agents. higher even than Director Fury. i don't think Fury ever found out either. let alone Steve rogers..."

Ward paused again, hesitated. "i'm not supposed to tell you any of this of course... They would be very upset with me." he admitted, sounding faintly... afraid before he continued. "they took semen samples from Captain America while he was still in the hospital after being de-thawed. Barnes Semen was taken whenever the hell they wanted it." Ward admitted. "using state of the art technology they combined Steve Rogers DNA with Bucky Barnes and placed the." he paused and then. "i don't really understand what they did. they basically took Steve Rogers and Bucky barns and made a baby in some woman." he admitted. "she was watched intently, privately trained and admitted to the Shield Program when she was around twenty years old. she is currently in the Shield training facility, in her graduating year. a sleeper. like me. i don't know if she is aware she is Hydra or not." he admitted. "her name is Sarah Taylor. she is currently 26 years old and Hydra will want her, Shield will want her. Bucky Barnes will want her." he stated. "right now there are at least two factions going after her. three if Bucky Barnes broke free of his programming, Four if Steve Rogers found out and one to five more if the governments know." he stated calmly. "you'll want to get her, before the others do. at best, they'll just kill her. at worst?..." he didn't need to finish that.

~~**~~

Steve nodded. "Thanks Tony." Steve stated with a thick swallow as he stood up. "no. i was... sulking." he admitted. "couldn't find him." he admitted. "i don't understand something though. there are three names listed as her biological parents. is that possible?"he asked, looking at Tony, the sarcasm didn't bother him in the least anymore. in fact, he rather looked forward to it. Tony treated him like he was a person after all. "i'll get Bruce too." he agreed, heading up the stairs. "we have to be quick Tony. that Academy is full of Hydra insurgents." he warned. "she's either a prisoner... or a guard." he admitted as he suited up and found the others, making the suit up too. though Bruce was going as a medical doctor rather than as a soldier.

Skye sighed softly, nodding. “I know. But its a way to find out what we need.”Skye said looking Ward over, tilting hier head a little as she listened. “You never were good at figuring out science stuff.”Skye said as she raised the tablet she was holding, tapping out a quick message for Fritz to look into it, see if it was possible that a child existed like this. Studying Ward she nodded quickly, “We’ll get her.’She reassured the man, because she knew what would happen if Hydra got to the girl first. “I’ll be back if we need anything else.”she said even as she left the room, pausing to look at Phil.”We’re going to the academy?”She asked knowing he’d been listening in, already heading for the stairs to gather what they would need to go. Worried about what they’d find when they got to the academy, knowing that it had been even more ripped apart by hydra appearing then other places.this was going to be horrible, and made her wonder if the girl even knew who she was.

~*~*~

“Hm, yea. I;m not the expert on genetics bruce is, but its possible for two parents to have a child inplanted into another if the woman can’t carry to term or something.”Tony shrugged as he got ready. “Let’s hope for neither.”Tony said as he slid his helmet on.

And when he got to the academy he paused, tilting his head as he looked around, slightly bemused at the errie stillness there. It was like there was no one there, or no one present within miles, even if according to jarvis the dorms he was looking at were filled. “Captain? Jarvis says she’s in the dorms in front of us.”Tony said refusing to be subtle about things, cause there was no way to disguise the fact that teh avengers had arrived. Now he just had to hope they could find the girl before things got to insane and they got her killed.

Phil nodded to her. he wouldn't make a decision for her. "No, science was never my thing." Ward agreed. "...i regret it. you know." he admitted, staring at her. "i always will." he admitted before looking away, back down at the table, silent once more and waiting to be taken back to his cell. "of course we're going." Phil admitted. "we already altered course." he admitted. "May, Tripp and i will go in. you will run recon." he ordered. "i don't want any surprises and you'll be able to work all of the security. keep the place as silent as possible and give us directories." he admitted. "we can't be sure she knows who, or what she is. if she's a sleeper, she might not even know she's a Hydra agent yet." he admitted. "i'm sure we're not the only people after her either. there could very well be Hydra agents out for her as well. not to mention Bucky Barnes might be coming for her personally." he admitted. "i need you constantly on the lookout for other people." he ordered as the Bus started to land.

Phil was the first person off, followed by May and Tripplet. they would move fast, and silent. this was a specialist camp, they had to be very careful. it was... creepy how silent everything was. very creepy. especially since Fitz said that the technology for a person to have two fathers and a mother was very, very possible. who knew what kind of woman they where about to find. he nearly had a heart attack when he realized that they weren't alone. there was a group of four at the same door they where headed to. "Freeze! don't move!" Phil ordered before pausing, shocked to realize it was the Avengers, Natasha included. "...oh..."

~~**~~

Steve grimaced. "that's just great." he muttered. "now i just have to find out who her other two parents are and i'm set." he grumbled, shaking his head. "i don't think that's a plausible outcome Tony." Steve admitted as he followed Tony in the Jet, letting Jarvis run the electronics of the building, unaware that Jarvis and Skye where now battling for control over the acadamy's systems. not that it mattered. a third person was already on Scene and had flooded the entire place with a sleeping agent nut unlike what the Icers used. which was why the place was so silent. everyone was asleep.

"Good. we'll bust in, snag her, and leave. i don't like how quiet it is." he paused as he heard someone yell for him to freeze and he turned, slowly and stared. it was.... a ghost? no, too solid. fuck, Phil Coulson was alive! that was... holy shit. he'd have to deal with it later. there was now a third person, who was dropping in from the ceiling, metal arm gleaming in the light. "oh... fuck." Steve growled, raising his shield, preparing to fight Bucky Barnes, and Phil coulson too if that's what it took to get that girl. Barnes straightened, looked the Avengers over and then turned to examine the Ducklings before muttering. "well. at least it's not Hydra." he muttered before the entire building shook. "oh. there they are." Bucky muttered again, turning to the door and ripping it off it's hinges. "Sarah!" with the Serum in her system, the sleeping gas probobly hadn't worked on her all that well. she was probably still awake.

Skye frowned at Ward’s words, shaking her head. “It doesn’t matter if you do or not. It’s done.”She said simply, because for her it was. Even if she could bring herself to forgive him, things had been broken between them, probably would never been fixed. May nodded slightly at the directions, looking worried slightly. This wasn’t going to be good.

May was silent as she followed him off the plane, this was creepy on a level that even she found odd to see how silent it was. It was horribly silent really. Raising her gun as she saw the group she paled a little as she found herself looking down the muzzle into Tony Stark’s startled face. Oh. Oh shit.

“It can’t be that hard. Between me and jarvis, not to mention she might know, we’ll find out.”Tony said before snickering. “You yelled at me for being a pessimist. This is me trying to be positive.”Tony snickered a little. Startling as he was told to freeze her turned, looking startled to find himself looking at...phil coulson?No, not really. Nope. Wasn’t accepting that. Already opening his mouth to demand answers he twisted again as he realized just who had arrived. “Fucking hell. Girl’s popular, there Cap. She’s definitely more trouble then this is worth.”Tony grumbled, not because he didn’t want to save the girl, but because this was going to go badly, he just knew it.

“....James?”Came the startled yell from a distance, even though steve and bucky both would be able to pick up the rushed footsteps, knew that whoever was still awake was running towards them. Though she she looked unsteady on her feet, listing slightly as she nearly ran smack into Bucky as the man stepped into the doorway, she was still awake, had taken advantage of everyone dropping around her, both regular shield prisoners and the hydra agents of shield. And with the glimpse tony got from her he had no doubts about who’s daughter she was, she was all blond waves and long legged grace, and while he couldn’t see her eyes he had no doubt that they were the bright blue that steve’s were. But they weren’t. They were the icy grey of bucky barnes, no matter how much her coloring was steve’s, the bone structure and lithe grace belonged to bucky, looking more like him when he’d been younger, before he’d become the soldier then right now, but she was a perfect mix of the world’s two super soldiers.

Ward nodded. "i know." he admitted. "but i still regret it." he admitted as he studied her. "i wasn't supposed to shoot that man, you know. the clairvoyant. i wasn't told to, but i did it anyway because he was threatening you." he admitted. "i'd do it again, even if my handler was standing there, i would have done it again."

"well..." Tripp muttered. "this is fun." he admitted as he studied the Avengers on the other side of the hall. "are we about to have an old fashioned showdown?" "don't be stupid Agent. the Avengers are freinds. if we can't have the girl then they're the best option. better than us even, what with a Sleeper agent on board." he admitted before tensing as he realized Hydra was here, and Bucky Barnes wasn't with them. which meant he wanted the firl for himself and Phil doubted it was for paternal purposes.

"Shut up Tony. we have to protect her. i won't let Hydra have her. especially being that she's..." "your daughter?" Phil finished, making Bucky Barnes twitch. "Sarah! we have to go, now." James admitted, taking her wrist and leading her back into the bedroom where he broke through the wall with his metal arm and dragged her off with him. yup, it was about to become a scramble. "After him!" Steve ordered, snapping out orders, Phil snapping his own orders and both Jarvis and Sky running commentary on the whole thing. it was like a bad football play with the Winter Soldier outsmarting the lot of them. "Stay close to me Sarah! we have to get out before Hydra get's in!" he warned. "no matter what happens, do NOT go with Hydra!" James stated as he ducked the oncoming shield that was aimed for his head. cursing about stubborn blonde soldiers as he broke down a door and dragged her through with him. "even if i go down, you keep going! do you understand!? you keep going. you know where to. i told you once, do you remember?!" it was a hidden place that James had made. it was little more than a hand dug den, but it was safe. no one knew about it but James and Sarah. he had made it as soon as she'd been born and he had held her in his arms and had named her. he had forgotten her face, her name, everything after, but he remembered now. in bits and pieces and he would die to keep her safe.

Tony turned his head staring at phil, “...what do you know?”He growled at the agent before getting distracted by the fight starting. Feeling that if phil knew that, he would know the rest. “Hey what’s-”Sarah yelped as she was grabbed, it was a good thing that she was nearly as tall as steve, long legs able to keep up with the soldier dragging her out, outrunning the people running after them. “I’m staying, no going anywhere without you, though, so you better stay on your feet.”Sarah growled as she panted, ducking as the shield flew above them, before reacting, inbred training and years of practice, catching the edge of the shield as it started to ricochet, twisting throwing it with a strength that it nearly knocked tony off his feet as he caught it. “Fucking hell rogers, are we sure this is a good idea?”the brunette snarled even as he turned to deal with the hydra agents who’d caught up to them.

“Yes!I remember. I do.”Sarah snarled at him as he shook her a little, “Come on. This way.”She snarled as they reached the last hallway, ducking into the gym, glancing over her shoulder for a moment before smashing her hand into the window, knowing she’d heal the damage within moments and taking a running leap two stories down, hitting the pool water hard enough to surprise her even as she came up swimming. Snarling as bucky landed next to her, swimming for the edge, knowing she’d only bought them moments by leaving everyone behind for a moment. “Where are we going now?”She snarled, scared enough that she was starting to get pissed.

Phil opened his mouth to respond before the echo of gunshots filled the hall. Hydra was there and they weren't taking prisoners. of course since there was a returning gunfire it meant the other Agents and students had all woken up and where on their way to fighting back as well. "no time!" Bucky stated as he dragged her along. "well then you better get your ass in gear girl because if we don't get out your going to end up on a dissection table!" he warned, grinning as he watched Steve get his ass handed to him. "That's my girl!" he crowed as Steve grunted and paused to catch his breath. "Shut up Stark! if you don't want to help then go home!" he raged as he took off after the duo since Tripp had crashed on Tony's party and was helping him destroy the Hydra bastards. "Sorry about the Party crash Stark!" Tripp apologized. "Phil gave the All Command, we're to help you and the rest of the Avengers secure the girl by any means necessary. if Hydra gets her, or if Barnes keeps her, we could be facing something even worse than Hydra in command of Shield." he admitted, panting as he snapped another neck. "fuck these guys breed like cockroaches!"

"Following!" he agreed, letting her take the lead, hitting the water without even a grunt. he'd fallen from higher heights. "out!" James stated, taking her by the wrist again and yanking her out of the way of a missile launched by a Hydra bastard. fortunately, it blew a massive hole in the side of the building and gave them a three story drop to freedom. "time to go." James ordered, sweeping her up into his arms and leaping out of the building. he knew she couldn't take a drop like that, yet. so took the drop for her. he hit the ground and started cursing when Steve appeared right in front of them. "Dammit! Go! Sarah! go now!" he ordered. "they won't kill me. go!" he ordered, attacking Steve with a steal pipe and his metal arm, both of them suiting up to do the most damage as possible on each other.

“Oh, stop being such a bastard. I’m not going anywhere.”Tony snarled for once not sounding insulted at getting yelled at by the captain, more then used to getting yelled at for being a mouthy bastard during a fight. Snickering at Tripp’s apology he laughed as he used the repulosrs, twisted and fought with the hand to hand fighting he’d picked up from steve and natasha. “Not like, they ARE cockroaches.”Tony panted even as he downed the agents as fast as tripp.

“Working on it.”Sarah snarled even as she let him pull her, yelping as she was picked up, but not struggling to get away. Knowing she wouldn’t survive a drop, and he would. “B-”Sarah paused starting to argue even as he pulled out of his arms, scrambling, fear and anger tightening her features, “If you die on me, I’m going to kill you again!”She yelled over her shoulder as she ran, bolting through the buildings that she’d learned so well, her memory good enough that she didn’t have to think as she fought and ran, leaving a trail of bodies behind her even as she worked her way out of the city, knowing she had to go, her only goal was getting to the bolt hole james had set up for her.

“Cap?I got a shot on them both, you want me to traq him or her?”Skye said as she as she lined up the shot, the sniper rifle snugged against her shoulder from where she’d moved to the roof, watching the fight, asking over the comms that tony had tapped them into, allowing both phil’s team and the avengers able to talk to get things going.

Steve knew that of course, but he didn't have the breath to argue about it. that girl was his daughter and she was being taken from him by a man whose loyalties and mind where completely unknown. they didn't know what was going to happen to say the least. he had to get her before someone else did and did terrible things to her.

"don't work on it, just DO it!" James snarled back as he dropped and growled. "shut up and Run!" James demanded as he engaged Steve, fists flying, shield striking flesh as metal arm bruised deep. both of them trying to avoid killing the other, but certainly trying to drop the other. "Drop them both!" Steve ordered over the Com as Bucky got his arms around Steve's throat and started a strangle hold, using Cap as a living shield. at least no one else was interfering. Shield and Hydra where going toe to toe and where way too busy to handle too super soldiers. it didn't stop Skye's dead eye though, he grunted as he felt the drug sink into his skin through his neck, his forehead, his flesh arm which he was using to strangle Steve, his knee, his hip. it made him sluggish but he wasn't down for the count. not yet. one last shot from the Icer put him down for the count, completely out cold. the half a minute it had taken to drop James though, had given Sarah the chance to escape. hopefully. "fuck." Steve wheezed, gulping in breaths of air, his throat mangled and bruised but still working. "does anyone have eyes on the girl?!" Phil demanded through the comm as he rushed up to Steve and shot James three more times with an Icer, just to make sure he stayed down.

“Got it.”Skye growled even as she took the shot, but even as she tried to find the next shot, looking for the girl, she easily followed the trail of bodies but no signs of her. “No sir. Repeat, I don’t see the girl.” “Jarvis found her. She’s on the street a few blocks over. Cap, I’m coming to get you.”Tony said even as he landed next to Steve, wrapping his arms around the captain’s waist. “You throw up on me again, I’m going to be pissed.”he warned even as he fired the repulsors and flew long through the building stopping a city block behind her, dropping them both to the ground. “She’s walking, changed clothes. She’s up there in a hat and jeans.”Tony said as he directed steve towards the girl, vaguely amused that she wasn’t running, simply walking, not drawing attention to herself even as she walked through the streets. And he knew the moment she realized she had company even as he raised the icer, putting her down before he had a chance to attack.

Turning to look behind her Sarah paled, with both anger and fear as she saw the two avengers approaching, wincing as she felt the shot of drugs hit her system, wide grey eyes dilating and pained as she started to buckle. While the serum in her system gave her a ability to withstand drugs and pain, the last few minutes had been to much, and despite her training, she was still growing into what she’d be, the serum born with her though, was still settling into things. While it had been a instant bond for steve and james, Sarah was showing every signs of growing better, stronger, faster with every year that past. Which was why she couldn’t have survived that fall james had, but she would. Eventually. And being hit with the sleeping gas james had let into the building, followed by this was putting her down hard and fast.

"Damn... what in the hell did he want with her that he fought off both Shield and Hydra for her?" Phil muttered, frowning. he highly doubted it was paternal instincts. "May, go and get the Bus ready. i want us up in the air in thirty. Skye, good shooting, remind me to adjust your skill rankings. Fitzsimmons. get those God cuffs ready. might be overkill but i don't want to take a chance with this guy." Phil ordered. "we'll take Barnes with us and offer the Avengers room on our Bus. Steve's going to want answers and i honestly don't think i have them." Phil admitted as he headed for the Academy where the Shield Loyal had fully trounced Hydra's asses. the Academy. this branch anyway, was clean of Hydra now.

"i see her." Steve agreed, letting Tony drop her. "remind me to find out who invented those things." he ordered with a grin as he gently checked her pulse. "come on. let's catch up to Agent Coulson." Steve's voice went rather icy. "i don't want him getting away just yet." he admitted as he carefully gathered the girl into his arms and headed back to the Academy with her where a massive jet was waiting on them. "Captain. your welcome to come aboard." Fitz greeted, looking eager and excited. "Agent Coulson is handling The Winter Soldier now." he admitted. Bucky was being placed in the room where they kept all of their prisoners. a room that not even Sif had been able to escape. thank god they had more than one. there was no way Phil was keeping Ward and Barnes in the same room. "...Captain. do you want her in a cell, or in a bedroom? we don't have many bedrooms..." "we'll put her on the couch." Steve decided. "you have some questions to answer Agent." Steve growled as the rest of the Avengers slowly trickled in, followed last by Bruce. "Jarvis is running Autopilot on the Jet." he explained. "is anyone hurt?" "May? get us off the ground please." Phil ordered, sounding quite tired. "Tripp? food?" "sure thing Agent Coulson." Tripplet promised as he headed off to make some food as Steve gently settled Sarah onto the couch designated for her. "...she looks just like me..."

“Whatever it is, it’s not good.”Skye muttered. “Yes sir.”May said as she left. “Thank you sir.”Skye smiled pleased at the praise even as she moved and started to gather things to leave. This was going to be a fight, she just knew the avengers weren’t going to be happy with any of them.

“I’ll find out, might even kiss them. Those were amazing.”Tony grinned as he inspected the gun, letting steve look after the girl. Knowing she was fine was enough for him, being distracted by the tech as they walked back to the academy. “Alot of questions.”Tony said even as he watched Coulson walk in, wincing a little when he saw Clint walking in, seeing the look on the archer’s face, he knew whatever conversation was coming, wasn’t going to be pleasant. “Barton?Give me a hand.”Tony requested letting the archer start helping him strip out of the armor as may went to get the plane moving. “She looks like skinny you. Thank god. A girl with your muscles would be scary and a little weird.”Tony voiced as he glanced at Steve, wondering how he was doing. “How did you know what was happening, Agent?” “We...have a hydra sleeper agent in captivity. Who knew who she was.”Skye said looking uncertain, not sure how any of this was going to go. and even if he was down for the count for teh moment, she had no doubt that james barnes was going to be hell on wheels when he woke up

he nodded. "i know." he admitted with a sigh. "stop calling me sir. it's weird." he complained, shooting her a smile. "see if you can't hack the Shield files and get her background information." he suggested before heading down to handle the irate Avengers.

"they are amazing." Steve agreed with a chuckle before grimacing as he too saw Clint's face, Phil pausing, hesitating. "one of our prisoners, a man by the name of Grant Ward, told us about the girl. Sarah Taylor." he explained. "we don't have much information on her other than what he gave us. what we do know is that she is twenty six years old and is the result of a Hydra experiment involving the genetics of Bucky Barns and you. along with an unknown female. we found out only a few hours ago and thought it prudent to recover her before someone else did." "someone else being Bucky." "or the various governmental factions." Coulson agreed. "where is Bucky? normal bars won't hold him." Steve admitted and Phil shook his head. "we have a few rooms. recently Lady Sif had the unfortunate pleasure of having to test them." he admitted. "she, nor Lorelei, another asgardian god, couldn't break them or the handcuffs that Mr. Barnes is wearing." Phil promised.

"and you pretending to be dead?" Steve demanded, pausing when Phil went pale and swallowed hard. "who was pretending?" he asked softly. "i was dead for days. they said i underwent seven surgeries. the reason why i couldn't tell anyone i was alive was because of the way they brought me back to life." he admitted. "not that i knew that right away." he admitted, running a hand through his hair. "i don't know it all... i don't... have answers. but it was a level seven secrete that i was still alive. anyone who told you would have been killed for the secrete. i intended on telling you all but... problems came up." he admitted, glancing at Skye. "more than one." he sighed, shaking his head. "i'm sorry i didn't tell you i was alive." he admitted. "it was for the best interest of everyone. yourselves included."

“...Wait. Barnes is the other parent?”Tony stared, making the connection. “So she’s not just a child of one super soldier, but two?” “Exactly. It was not a good idea to leave her on her own.”Skye said as she held out the tablet towards the genius having hacked into shield files to find Sarah’s files, letting him read.

“....What are we doing now?That we know, and what about the girl?”Clint said as he moved to sit at the table, features carefully blank and closed off, even as Natasha settled into the seat next to him, both assassins studying their former handler in what looked like curiosity. “Cap, you need to read this.”Tony said holding up the tablet, looking a little sick. While it showed that the girl had had a mostly normal childhood, there were chucks of time missing, and he had no doubt there was experiments and tests in that missing time, glancing down at the blond he sighed softly. “I’d like to talk to this Grant Ward.”he said wanting to know everything hydra knew.

Fitz and Tripp appeared next to Sky, both loaded down with piles of food. most of it easy to make and microwavable. like Pizza rolls and hot pockets. Steve didn't even bother denying that he needed to eat and scarfed down so many calories that Fitz was a bit intimidated. "i don't know." Phil admitted. "i was originally going to pull her on board and then contact the Captain. being that she is his daughter, i felt it best to let him handle her situation." Phil admitted as Steve took the tablet and swallowed thickly as he started to read. "...she's certainly been in the hands of Hydra before. they're the ones that commanded her... creation." Steve admitted. "whether or not she is a danger to us is something we don't know yet." how long do those Icers usually last?" "about four point two hours." Fitz stated. "though it depends on a persons metabolism and how many they where shot with." he admitted. "someone with the Serum in their systems, it typically only works half that. they weren't designed to handle someone whose metabolism allows them to eat an entire 180 bag of Pizza rolls in one sitting." Fitz admitted. "i didn't design them for use on super soldiers..."

"you designed these?" Steve asked, looking surprised as he pulled his own Icer out of it's holster. "well, yes. with some help of course. Simmons did lend me a hand when it came to the biological functions. in fact, i think she might have had the hard part." whereas she was say Fitz had the hard part. "from what we know of her, i would say that Ms. Taylor would e up in about an hour and a half or so." Fitz admitted. "Taylor..." Steve muttered. "my mothers maiden name..." he turned to look at Tony, nodding his approval. "you can talk to him, but i don't know if he'll talk back. since we took him into custody he's only spoken twice. once to ask for Skye, and once to Skye explaining about who Sarah was." Phil admitted. "Tripp? take Tony down to where were keeping Ward. make sure he's strapped into place still." they'd not removed him from the interrogation unit yet. hadn't had the time so Tony would hopefully be safe enough. "make sure you record it Tony." Steve ordered. "i want to watch it later." "the interrogation unit is always set to record."

“She’s a danger simply by existing. With Barnes obviously not playing for either team, Hydra knows she’s their only shot for having a super soldier again. They’ll try to find her again.”Tony said looking at Steve before sighing softly. Before looking up interested, raising a eyebrow. “Think he’d be insulted if I kissed him Cap, I did say I was going to kiss whoever created them.” “You had the hard Part, Fritz, and I’ve been reading the medical part of the files. There are some...oddities for her.”Simmons said as she walked into the room. “...Wonder who chose the name.”Tony muttered looking thoughtcul before looking at phil. “I’ll try. It’s worth it.”Tony said nodding. “I’ll take care of this cap, just take care of your girl.”He said even as he left. Walking into the interrogation room he frowned a little as he looked around before focusing on Ward. “Tell me about the girl. Everything you know.”Tony said looking for the answer to why Barnes, who hadn’t even remembered Steve, had gone looking for a girl who had to mean nothign to him/

Skye yelped a little as her feet were knocked out from under her, hitting her back even as she saw Sarah scrambling for the door, the panicked and scared super soldier having only one goal, to get away. And hopefully hurt them bad enough for killing the one person who mattered to her, james. Having no doubt the man was dead, since the captain had come after her.

he nodded. "Hydra will stop at nothing to have her in their control." he admitted. "they won't like that they keep loosing, even now so we have to be very, very careful." he admitted. "Kissed?" Fitz asked, looking mildly freaked out. "ah... no, i'm okay." he assured Tony. "no need..." he looked up at Simmons as she walked in. "oddities?" Steve asked, looking worried before glancing at Tony. "...Bucky named her." he admitted. "he's one of the only people who would have known that my mothers name was Taylor. and Bucky's mothers name was Sarah." he admitted. "let me see those?" Bruce asked, gently taking the medical files from her and flicking through them. "odd..." he muttered, frowning. "this is... yes i see..." he muttered to himself before engaging Simmon's in genetics and genetic engineering shop talk. "thank you Tony." Steve stated before blinking as Sarah woke up. "well... i was wrong." Fitz admitted. "her metabolism seams to be even more powerful than yours is Captain." Fitz admitted as he held up a gun. "should i shoot her again?" "no." Steve admitted as he stood up and followed after her, motioning the others to stay put. "it won't take her long to realize she has no-where to go." Bruce admitted.

Ward blinked as he watched Tony Stark enter the room, looking a bit surprised. for a moment he was nothing but silent and then sighed. "i don't know much." he admitted. "what i do know, i'm not supposed to." he admitted. "i know that the Winter Soldier raised her for a good portion of her life. until she was about eighteen she was his daughter. then they removed her, forged a fake identity and wiped all of hydra from her mind and put her in a community collage where she excelled so much that they fast tracked her though and put her in Shield training as a specialist. from what i understand, even the Hydra in charge of those places didn't even know she was Hydra." he admitted. "once she was gone, they wiped every memory he had of her and put him back under the ice." he admitted, shuddering. "the way he would scream..." he shuddered again. "that's literally everything i know. but i couldn't let them do to her what they did to me. what they tried to do to Skye... i couldn't."

“Yea. This was some amazing tech. And you know me, tech makes me horny.”Tony said enjoying way to much just how freaked out fritz looked at the idea. “She’s healing faster, improving with time. It’s not reacting on her like the serum did on you. She’s improving on it, it seems.”Simmons said sounding excited even as she passed the files over to bruce and talked.

Sarah moved quickly through the plane, and like bruce had predicted, within minutes she’d realized she’d had no where to go even as she made her way into the ‘garage’ of the plane, moving silently through the vehicles, behind the ones tall enough to hide her height without making her hide, knowing better then to think she’d just be allowed to wander. Not when they had her trapped like a mouse. “What did you do to him?”She snarled as she saw through the window who had come after her, the angry hatred in those words showing just how pissed she was with being trapped, of being deprieved of the one person she’d always had.

“I know I know, not your usual sort of guest here, but you’re going to have to deal with me, unless you want a 6’6” super soldier down here talking to you. Figured I was the lesser of two evils.”Tony smirked. Really. The man was just enjoying talking, frowning a little, “...She knows who he is.”Tony muttered to himself, realizing that’s why she hadn’t fought, she’d gone with James willingly enough. Already reaching for his phone to send steve a text about that, knowing if she woke, she was going to be pissed until she found out where James was. Studying the man in front of him he tilted his head slightly, “...She’s only a few years younger then her. Have you met? I mean, more then passing?”Tony asked studying the man, already working on how to make Sarah as comfortable as possible, knowing this was going to be horrible if she rebelled as spectactularly as he thought she was going to.

Fitz looked even more freaked out. "yes. well... i'm sorry but i happen to... you know. like breasts..." he admitted before watching Bruce and Simmons chattering, his head tilted as Bruce nodded. "yes. it's just like normal human does." Bruce admitted. "it's common genetics, it's going to continue to improve until it reaches it's peak and then it will either degrade or hold steady. being that it's a serum, it will hold steady and lock her to that age, just like Rogers." Bruce muttered as he pulled out his own stark pad and started tapping away furiously, running theories and mathematics and other things that most people couldn't keep up with. Simmons wasn't a genius for nothing though, and she would probably only take a second to join him. "incredible. if this is accurate, then by the time she stops aging in another year or so, she'll be twice as strong as both Bucky Barnes and Steve." Bruce admitted. "of course it's accurate. your both specialists." Fitz scoffed. "have more self confidence." "uh... yeah, i'll work on that."

Steve followed her, slowly, cautiously. "we drugged him." Steve explained gently. "those guns we use? you've seen the at your Academy right? Night Night Guns? Icers?" Steve explained. "we dosed him with enough to put a normal human down for a week, but he should be up in another hour or two." Steve admitted. "i don't want to hurt you Sarah." he promised. "no one here wants to hurt you. how much do you know? about yourself i mean? about your parents?" he asked, hesitantly. "does the name Steve Rogers mean anything at all to you?"

he shrugged. "i don't think there's anything your super soldier could do to me that they haven't already tried." Ward admitted. "and they take me being here a lot more personally than you or Captain Rogers does." he admitted. "i believe so, yes. the brain pattern... thing, it scramble the memories, wipes the mind clean, but it doesn't work for long. she has to go in every few months to have it done all over again, but they can't calibrate it to wipe only certain things. so they have to be careful about how they use it lest she forgets her own name, or worse, forgets the names of her instructors or what she's been learning at the academy. my best guess is that they've been using the Asset to control her. promising her they would be reunited. maybe they even let them talk. who knows." he admitted before he paused. "i met her. once." he admitted. "it was when we where wiping her from the Asset. making him forget her. putting him on ice... i had to put her down, pin her in place." he admitted. "i held her for three hours after... while she cried." he admitted, frowning. "i still don't know why." he shook his head. "i doubt she'd appreciate me being here."

Simmons nodded as she worked with bruce, glancing things over. “And showing signs of being a good tactician, she’s outsmarted some of the best courses and teachers at the academy. It’ll lock in and stay.”Simmons smiled before looking up at fitz in amusement, before glancing at Bruce, leaning back in her amused at his words.

“...I have.”Sarah said even as she kept walking, refusing to hold still long enough to let him get closer, “...My mother’s dead and I was raised by James until he had to...go.”Confusion flickering over her features, because she still didn’t understand why he had to go, only that he had been taken from her. “...Cap. All american saint. I’m not stupid you know, watching you and James duke it out over DC did make the papers you know.”She said sounding angry, having been so scared for her father when she’d realized he’d gone missing. “I want to see him.”She demanded.

Tony frowned as he listened, looking both sickened and interested in the idea of the mind wipe, because it was truly a interesting area of science, but also sick. Totally made him want to go find bruce to discuss science-y things with. “No, but she knows you. Besides Barnes, who are the only other person she knows. She might be willing to talk to you if she doesn’t want to talk to us.And I doubt we can convince her to stay somewhere she doesn’t want to be.”tony said having seen the dent in his suit from her throwing the shield, he knew she was strong, insanely so. Moving to leave he studied the man. “Anything else before I go?”

Bruce nodded. "smart girl. that's one of the reasons Shield picked her up no doubt." Bruce admitted. "she's probably had all kinds of intelligence training." he admitted. "not to mention the Serum bolsters brain capabilities." Bruce admitted. "Steve's IQ went from an eighty, to a ninety in a single day." he admitted."she's grown up with that enhancement. she's probably accessing parts of her brain we couldn't even dream of. i'd love to get a couple of brain scans off of her. but i don't think Steve would go for it." "no need." Phil admitted. "Skye is our best hacker, she can probably get the medical files off of Hydra." Phil admitted.

he shook his head. "Bucky raised you?" Steve asked, sounding startled. "weird... i never pictured him as the fatherly sort." he admitted. "that's not what i'm talking about. i'm asking you if you know the relevance of my name in connection to yours." Steve admitted as he shook his head. "that day in DC? did you know i saved his life? and that he turned right around and saved mine?" Steve asked. "Bucky and me? we grew up together. he's saved my ass so many times i don't even have an Ego anymore." he admitted, leaning against Lola. Phil was going to have a fit. "i'm not sure where he is... it's not my plane." he admitted, looking a bit wary. "...whose side is he on? do you know? whose side are you on?"

he blinked at him. "i don't think she knows me... they use that thing a lot.." he admitted, swallowing thickly. "it hurts. you know? when they use it... it hurts a lot." he admitted. "first you should go about finding out what side she's on Stark. if she's Hydra, do you really want her in here if she's on Hydra's team?" he asked, his head tilted. "no. you can't make her stay anywhere she doesn't want to be. you think flying at fifty thousand is going to stop her? when there are parachutes everywhere?" he smirked. "i have one thing... never lie to her. she'll be able to tell." he admitted. "also... my nose, really itches. so if you could get Agent may down here at some point to escort me back to my cell so i could take a piss? that would be great. thanks."

“I will.”Skye said already settling back in her seat to try and hack, working on finding what they’d need. Clint was silently watching phil, not quite believing what he was seeing, before silently standing and heading for the door. “You need to talk to him.”Natasha muttered eyes flickering towards phil.

“....bucky?I think you’re confusing past and present, Captain.”Sarah said frowning, sounding confused. “Oh. Then no. Since I’ve just met you for the first time, we have no connection.”Sarah frowned at her father, for all the world, that was bucky’s look. The one that said she thought she was being lied to, but had no way of figuring out what the lie was.”Then find out. I’m not talking to any of you without seeing him.”She said already pacing around the room, slowly circling to find another door, another hallway to explore to try and find james now that she knew he was here. “His.”She shrugged simply, because for her, it was as simple as that. She would choose whatever James chose. And like ward suggested, the only reason she hadn’t gone for the parachutes already, was because James was on the plane somewhere. And she needed to get to him first, then she’d get out of here.

“I would assume so. Fucking with someone’s brain enough to invoke amensia, would tend to hurt.”Tony said before shrugging. “Who’s side she’s on wont matter. Because Cap wont let her go, not knowing who she is. And her being in here wont make any difference, if she really is hydra, she’ll kill you for the betrayal, and as you’ve said, this team might rejoice at that idea.”Tony shrugged as he moved to leave, frowning a little. “No lying. Interesting advice from you, Ward.”Tony sounded amused before nodding. “You are most welcome.”Tony said as he walked out shaking his head as he paused at the sight of Clint waiting for him, rolling his eyes a little before heading back up to the conference room. “I know why Barnes went after her. He raised her. I doubt she’ll choose any side that’s against him, so the real trick is going to be figuring out what he wants.”Tony said as he walkedin, having figured out that piece of things when he’d found out she’d been raised by her father.