The Devil Took Your Memory

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    James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes aka The Winter Soldier
    August 10th, 2014 at 09:32pm
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    Everything seemed to be a massive blur for Bucky. Falling from the train, the journey back to Hydra, the surgery, all the procedures... For him, it felt like it had happened both yesterday, and years ago. He couldn't be sure just how long ago it had been now, since he stared out of the cyro freeze chamber, swearing he would memorise the face of every person who had done this to him. Sitting now in the corner of the confined room, he tried to make himself as small as possible; his legs were pulled up against his chest, arms wrapped around them and forehead pressed to his knees. He didn't know how long he had been awake, or how long they had kept him in the room for so far. The new metal arm felt alien, and freezing through the fabric of the flimsy clothes they had dressed him in. He felt cold, from his skin through his bones. Even his insides felt as though they were freezing, the sensation of cyro still ever present, and ever sickening to him.
    August 11th, 2014 at 07:16pm
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    Natalia was confused. She was terrified too, something that she normally wouldn't admit to very easily. But she didn't really know what was going on, or where she was either. It didn't really help that she couldn't understand what most of the people were saying. She didn't know any of the people either, they were all complete strangers. Where was Ivan? And where was she? She was taken from her own thoughts when she was shoved into a room, causing her stumble a bit and curse rather loudly in Russian.
    August 12th, 2014 at 03:34pm
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    There seemed to be no indiction of how long Bucky had actually spent in the room, or how long he had been out of cyro freeze. He felt confused, angry, and even vulnerable. He had no clue what had been done to him, or why... He could only feel a surge of rage when he thought of Zola, and the people who had done this to him. When the door of the room was pulled open, his eyes and attention snapped to the only entrance and exit of the room. He had thought for a while now of taking on anyone who came into the room, and making a break for it... But he hadn't expected a woman to be thrust into the room with him. He didn't move from his place on the floor, staring at her with wide, frightened eyes. She seemed as confused and scared as he was.
    August 15th, 2014 at 07:35pm
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    Natalia wasn't one to admit confusion or fear easily, but this was different. Normally she would have attempted to mask the emotions that feelings that were threatening to consume her, but not today. After stumbling into the room, catching herself before she could really fall, she turned to shout as the door was shut. "Стоп! Выпустите меня!" She was too busy shouting at the men who had brought her to the room to actually notice that she wasn't alone. There was someone else there with her who was just as scared and confused as she was.
    August 16th, 2014 at 03:55am
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    He stayed perfectly still as he watched the woman who now shared the room with him, unsure how he was supposed to react. Not knowing where he was, or who anyone else was, Bucky was tentative about most things. There was no indication to him whether this woman was a friend, or something much more sinister... He wasn't sure if she was there for the same reason as him, or if she was some sort of test... Either way, it tugged at his heart to see someone as afraid as he was. It wasn't the sort of fear that could be easily replicated or faked. To him, it seemed genuine because he recognised it in himself. It took him a while to process that she wasn't speaking English, but Russian. Was he in Russia? He'd heard many different languages over the periods of time that he was conscious; Russian, German, English... None had provided him any help. It took him a few more moments before he dared to speak, "Hello...?"
    August 16th, 2014 at 11:26am
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    Natalia had assumed that she was alone in the room. Of course, the man who was there had been extremely quiet up until now, and she'd been too busy shouting through the door at the men who had put her there. To no avail though. No one came. No one let her out, and she was still in an unknown place, confused and scared, though not nearly as alone as she'd automatically assumed. Jumping slightly, she turned around, finally noticing the man seated on the floor, seemingly making himself appear smaller than he actually was. She didn't blame him though. The clothes she had been given didn't do much in keeping her warm, and it was rather cold, she assumed that he was in the same boat. She was silent for a moment, she knew very little English, and spoke slowly. "Hello..."
    August 16th, 2014 at 10:51pm
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    Hearing her speak Russian, and her thick Russian accent as she spoke English made it obvious to Bucky that English wasn't her first language. Unfortunately, Russian wasn't his first either. He had picked up small phrases and words along the way, but never taken the time to actually learn the language... Most of the time it was just yelled at him, and he was expected to respond. Silence filled the room for a moment as he tried to think of a suitable response. There didn't seem to be much he could say... He couldn't ask her where they were, or what year they were in... There was always a possibility that she was in the same situation as him, and maybe she simply didn't know either. The only thing Bucky knew for certain was that she was as cold, and afraid as he was. "I'm Bucky..." He spoke again after a moment, feeling slightly stupid as he told her his name.
    August 16th, 2014 at 11:21pm
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    This man spoke English, and his accent, probably once very distinct and pronounced, was American. What was he doing here? Was he here for the same reason that she was? Well, what she was assuming that she was here for anyway. She didn't really know much, and no one would tell her either. She was confused and scared, and she just wanted to know what was going on. Her eyebrows knit together in confusion at his words. It seemed as though he were introducing himself, but Bucky was a rather unusual name if he was. "Bucky...?" She repeated slowly.
    August 17th, 2014 at 01:01pm
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    It'd never really occurred to Bucky that perhaps he was the odd one out. Maybe there weren't a lot of Americans, or people who generally spoke English, around. Perhaps he was the one with communication issues, not them. It wasn't necessarily a priority for him, and he doubted that if anyone was going to talk to him they would tell him much anyway. He wasn't quite sure what to do with himself now that someone else was in the room with him, especially when it was unclear why she was there... Or what she was going to do. He couldn't help but be slightly wary of it all. Giving a small nod, Bucky pushed himself up off the floor slowly. He brought a hand up to his chest, to signal that he was talking about himself, "Bucky." He didn't want to be at all patronising, he definitely wasn't doubting her intelligence... He was just aware of how difficult communication without a common tongue was.
    August 17th, 2014 at 02:50pm
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    Natalia nodded her head slowly, signaling that she understood what he meant. She had assumed that he was talking about himself, introducing himself, but she couldn't be sure. It wasn't everyday that one came across a man whose name was Bucky, after all. It was definitely an unusual name, and a part of her wondered if it was some weird nickname or something like that. She couldn't be too sure though, and she didn't really know how to ask him if it was or not. Signaling the same way that he had with his hand, she spoke, "Natalia..."
    August 17th, 2014 at 08:36pm
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    "Natalia," He repeated after a moment, glad that they seemed to understand one another. There was still the all too real possibility that she was lying to him, that she was some sort of test pushed into the room to see how he would respond. Of course, she may have been thinking the same thing... They didn't know each other, and they certainly couldn't trust one another. It was too dangerous of a situation... But there was something about the genuine fear in the young woman that made him more lenient to trust her, or at least not suspect her. "It's a pretty name." Bucky spoke before really considering that she might not understand him, and that the moment wasn't one for romance, but he also wanted her to trust him a little more, or at least be somewhat less on guard around him. They were in the same situation, and as far as he knew, neither of them wanted to aggravate it.
    August 17th, 2014 at 09:51pm
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    Natalia's eyebrows knit together in confusion. The brief introduction that they'd shared had been the extent of English that she knew, and she didn't know what he'd said after that. And she was silent for a moment, wracking her brain for the word that she was thinking off. "Sorry..?" The word felt strange on her tongue, and she hoped that it was the right one. She doubted that he knew Russian, and if he did, it was probably a very small amount.
    August 18th, 2014 at 03:21am
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    As soon as he realised that the comment had gone over her head, Bucky started wracking his own mind for some sort of response. His Russian was too limited for him to actually translate what he had said, and the comment itself was too trivial to actually be translated. He doubted that what she wanted to hear, as they both stood helplessly in a cold room, was that her name sounded pretty to some Yank like him. "Uhm," Bucky tried his best to scrape together as little Russian as he knew, his hands making some awkward gesture in the air as though that was supposed to show her what he was trying to say. "Это нормально." His weak attempt at Russian was incredibly shaky, his New York accent still prominent as he spoke the foreign language.
    August 18th, 2014 at 09:15pm
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    There was certainly a bit of a language barrier. Natalia knew very little English, and this man, Bucky, knew very little Russian. Communication would certainly be an issue, but they were both still stuck in the same situation. Neither of them really seemed to know what was going on. They were both frightened and confused, and she was honestly glad that she wasn't stuck here alone. It would have been ten times worse. With her eyebrows knit together slightly in confuse, she watched as he clearly was grasping for straws. She nodded her head slowly. "My English...not good."
    August 19th, 2014 at 03:08pm
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    Her response knocked him for a moment, and he swallowed hard as he tried to process it. It had been days since Bucky had had any real human contact, that wasn't someone pouring water over his head or booting him in the stomach in order to wake him up. He lacked human contact, and sleep. It was starting to slow down his thought process, and the adrenaline and fear only served to speed it up once more. It was a constant to and fro in his own mind. Bucky wiped his hands on his trousers for a moment, as though it was possible for him to have sweaty palms in such a situation. "My Russian..." He responded slowly, as if to give her some chance to understand. "плохо."
    August 23rd, 2014 at 11:50pm
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    Natasha had a feeling that this was some of the only real human contact she would be getting for a while, and she was determined to get past the language barrier. She knew better to trust this man, he was still a complete stranger to her, but he seemed to be in the same situation that she was in, and maybe in time, she could learn to trust him. It took her a moment to process what he'd said, the few English words alone a slight distraction from the overall message of the statement, but she soon nodded. "How...long...?" Her English was broken, and the words that she knew were few and far between, but she did know some things, and she was hoping that her question was clear.
    August 24th, 2014 at 01:17pm
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    Bucky was a firm believer than in times of desperation, things such as language barriers would no longer be considered a difficulty to overcome. They would learn to understand and communicate with one another, even if that wasn't through words. They were in the same situation, and whilst openly trusting one another may not have been a good idea, he knew that they both needed some sense of humanity to cling on to. He didn't know how, or why, Natalia was brought to the facility, but he very much doubted that she was treat kindly on the way. If they couldn't trust each other, the least he could do was offer her a friendly face in a distressing situation. It took him a moment to figure out what she was asking, and the answer was just as difficult to understand. He had no idea how long he had been there, or what year it was. "Don't know..." He spoke clearly, shrugging his shoulders. How was he supposed to explain the cyro sleep to someone who didn't even speak the same language as him? It'd be hard enough to explain to Steve, let alone her.
    August 24th, 2014 at 01:45pm
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    They would figure out a way to communicate. They would learn to adapt to what they were given. It was what humans did. They adapted to the world around them, and that was what Natalia felt that she and Bucky would do. She didn't trust him yet, she wasn't that trusting, but in time, she might learn to be. At least with him anyway. She didn't know yet though. She nodded slowly, unsure of what to say after that. She had so many questions, though she doubted that he could answer very many of them, and she didn't really know how to ask many of them in English either.
    August 24th, 2014 at 08:29pm
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    The silence between them was definitely a tense one, one that spoke volumes about the lack of trust there currently was between them. They were strangers to one another, they had no reason to trust one another. As far as they were both concerned, the other one of them could have been some sort of Hydra trap, a test... If the moment called for it, they could turn on one another in order to save themselves. There was no one to be trusted, not any time soon at least. As much as he told himself that the language barrier wasn't going to stop them from communicating, it sure seemed to be a halt to their broken conversation. "How did you get here?" He asked after a moment, hoping she would be able to understand at least something that he'd asked her.
    August 25th, 2014 at 12:16pm