[ his idea to stay frozen isn't a bad one, but much like any solution, it isn't permanent. it's a few months before they get a call from t'challa informing them of an attack from hydra, resulting in a lot of casualties, a few deaths, and barnes's chamber being stolen. t'challa and the rest of the team start a search for those responsible. steve takes off looking for him with the thought that she's joined them. she sets out to find him before he does, instead.
something goes wrong, even before hydra can wake him up and reprogram him. the freezer malfunctions and he wakes up and takes off, but not before taking out the hydra agents in charge of observation. natasha arrives to find an empty capsule surrounded by broken bodies, and it doesn't point to anything good. this situation is unprecedented; as far as she knows, he's never woken up with a clear mind and memories in tact before. from this, she can't tell if he was defending himself or if something's gone very, very wrong.
it's another few weeks before she gets a lead, and she tracks him to an old safehouse in moscow, one that had been shared by the red room and hydra. memories flood through her mind as she walks through the door, she can recall them being formed in these rooms, short missions before her full training was completed, sparring sessions in the basement, biding time while they waited for debriefing. the basement is where she heads, and it's where he turns out to be. his back is to the stairs, but he turns immediately when he hears her coming, and she stops at the foot of them, stance open but prepared to fight, hand at her holster. ]
You recognize me now?
[ now that they're in a place from both their broken memories. ]
no subject
something goes wrong, even before hydra can wake him up and reprogram him. the freezer malfunctions and he wakes up and takes off, but not before taking out the hydra agents in charge of observation. natasha arrives to find an empty capsule surrounded by broken bodies, and it doesn't point to anything good. this situation is unprecedented; as far as she knows, he's never woken up with a clear mind and memories in tact before. from this, she can't tell if he was defending himself or if something's gone very, very wrong.
it's another few weeks before she gets a lead, and she tracks him to an old safehouse in moscow, one that had been shared by the red room and hydra. memories flood through her mind as she walks through the door, she can recall them being formed in these rooms, short missions before her full training was completed, sparring sessions in the basement, biding time while they waited for debriefing. the basement is where she heads, and it's where he turns out to be. his back is to the stairs, but he turns immediately when he hears her coming, and she stops at the foot of them, stance open but prepared to fight, hand at her holster. ]
You recognize me now?
[ now that they're in a place from both their broken memories. ]