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Bucky POV
"Steve I've found her the girl shes on the data base but you wouldn't believe how far back she is!" Natasha practically yelled as everyone gathered in the meeting room looming over the interactive table. As files popped up on the screen that Nat had found.
"Holly sh...no this can't be right!" My grip tightened into a fist slamming down on the table.
"They had her Steve before me they had her barely and enfant they had her training, killing before she was even a teenager." Anger rolled off my tongue venom I hadn't relished in a while.
"I know Bucky, she told me a little about it she said they sent her on missions from the age of 9?" Steve asked the question to Nat to carry on.
"Yes that sounds about right Steve, but her age it doesn't match up."
"Whats so she's 16 instead of 18 big difference, Tony snorted clearly not looking at the files correctly."
"No Tony the girl was born in 1904.." Nat trailed off.
"Wait wait so she's more of a fossil then Cap and Tin man here...ha what are the chances..." Tony seemed way to happy about this revilation.
Ella came storming in clearly angry tears filled her eyes. "What? You lie it must be a lie!" Her breath hitched. I knew how she felt well somewhat not knowing who you are or how old you are for that matter.
"How have I not aged? Whats happend to my parents my FAMILY!"
"Calm down Els" Steve went to comfort her put a hand on her shoulder she shoved him away.
"Leave me alone! I hate you I hate you all. I hate everything couldn't you have just left me to die! Why....why didn't you..." her crying contuined streams and streams her world just came down upon her. Eventually dropping to the floor in a heap. People started to drift out, Nat left the hard copy of the file on the table turning everything off to black screen. She whispered a sorry before leaving Steve and I with an histerical teenager or very much older teenager this was confusing.
Eventually she let her guard down enough for me to craddle her, this was a new experience for me holding someone and not hurting them comforting them.
"Ella hey hey it's ok, everything will be ok, we will find out what happened to your folks and why they took you ok doll." Her whimpers were silent now but I could still feel her shaking.
"Bucky there's more in the file, what they did..." Steve paused as Ella shifted to listen.
"Not now Steve..."
"Please I want to know what they did to me." Her cry out barely resturing if it wasn't for her super soldier hearing it would had been a mumble.
"Well Ella, they raised well atleast with different nurses and it was under a different organisations at the time before you got sold to hydra. When you were 10 they started injecting you with pre serunm stuff stop you from aging before cryo freeze like Bucky here."
"Thats enough no more I don't want to hear anymore..." she dug her head deeper into my chest we still were kneeled on floor.
"Lets get her back to her room." Steve suggested.
"No." Ella mumbled.
"No?" I questioned her as I picked her up much like a father would a young child.
"I wanna stay with you guys, your the closes people I've got to a family now, don't leave me."
I turned to Steve I swear he had a slight tear in his eye, from the look on his face his heart literally just melted.
"Ok kiddo." Laying her down on my double king sized bed that Tony insisted I had to have it modern time thing or more like a Stark thing. She looked so small compared to it. "Ells hey, the bathroom is through there." She nodded before going about her business Nat had already brought a few things over for her, how did she know?
Keeping our voices low I questioned a brooding Steve. "Steve she's like over a hundred years old, why would hydra do that and who had her before that?"
"Nat didn't say the only thing in the file was that she had accident when she was younger causing them to replace her spine, her powers are strong did you feel the energy in the room it was like someone had sent the room on electric fritz."
"I bet that was no accident, yeah she did mention that when she first came in. We have to help her Steve for her to say we're like family just...with everything with Tony and the Prince and my mind just hit home."
"I know Buck and we will." We embraced in a brotherly embrace.
"Ummm...Bucky? Ella yelled through the bathroom door.
"Are you ok?" Readying myself to break the door down.
"Umm yeah..urrr no can you get Nat please or Wanda or someone female would be nice please." She sounded a little freaked out or embrassed.
"Ok sure." Steve was already on it.
"Whats the matter Ella?" I leant against the door frame.
"Just go away Bucky this is a girl talk only thing ok." I let out a sigh poor kid.
"Geez men get out of the way, thats you to Bucky go shoo." Pepper waves her hands towards me like she was sweeping dirty laundry away. I frowned but left the room. "Shut the door on the way out mister." I slammed it shut.
Ella's POV
Damn it, why now like seriously you couldn't have waited. This never happened when I was in hydra, well it did they just gave me stuff to stop it, one time it happened on a mission my handler freaked out. Men. I sighed. "Ella honey its me Pepper, I've come baring gifts and don't worry the men are out the room.
I opened the door, "I don't understand it should never happen well I mean I did stop taking the drug a while ago I guess but still I hate this." I dragged my hands over my face. The lights in the bathroom started to flicker. "Sorry it always happens with this" I waved my hands towards my stomach.
"It's understandable every women is different." Pepper was a sweetheart I loved her from the day we met she reminded me of the single nicest nurse who took care of me every so often when I was five years old.
"Pepper is everything alright in there, the lights keep flickering."
"Yes Steve everything is fine now go away." Pepper softly raised her voice.
"Here everything you need is in there ooo and some chocolate for comfort I bet you never had that on those days before. Enjoy and if you ever want to chat about anything I'm always here." I couldn't help it was emotional bundle of nerves today tears filled my eyes as I stood putting the bag down gentally on the loo seat, hugging pepper not too tightly. I whispered into her chest. "I love mom" hoping she didn't here me. It was true in these short two weeks I may have been pretty angry and pissed off but I loved Pepper we chatted for abit she taught me about fashion and colours and hair styles which I didn't always enjoy but I went along with it. She was the closes thing to me that I knew as a mom.
"Aww sweetie you going to make me tear up." She kissed the top of my head. "Now you listen I know what happened earlier what you found out, but no more hating you understand, hate gets you no where. I know it hurts but everyone here is working on your side finding things out about you, we all disfunctionly non the less love you very much. Now get ready for bed and listen to Bucky and Steve but if they start speaking and it gets a little boring just give me a call I'll come and save you." I grinned up at her. Letting out a giggle.
"Now goodnight Ella."
"Goodnight" she quietly shut the door, I could hear little chatter on the other side but I didn't care I finally had a family. But I still had my eyes set and ready to hydra down for what they did to me and my family they will pay. However for now chocolate is on the menu.