Chapter 258: Long Awaited ‘Talk’

Chapter 258: Long Awaited ‘Talk’

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Checking the clock, Peter saw that he still had some time before he needed to return to the Guardians.

"Alright." Peter agreed as he turned to Maya and Tony. "Do you have enough Extremis for another go?"

...

While Tony and Maya prepared everything once again, Peter was tasked with retrieving the brainwashed super-assassin from his cell.

Since Bucky wouldn't come willingly, Peter didn't even bother talking and simply opened a portal under him, dumping him straight onto the same table Steve just occupied only moments ago.

"Ugh!" Bucky grunted as he hit the table.

Before he could fully assess the situation, the table straps tightened around his arms and legs.

*groan...*

The metal bindings creaked and groaned under the pressure of Bucky's enhanced strength.

"Let's fix that..." Peter says as he waves his hand.

Instantly, golden markings appeared on the metal restraints, reinforcing them to a crazy degree.

"Aagghhh!" Bucky shouted as he did his best to break out.

Sadly, the metal wasn't making any sounds anymore and wouldn't break any time soon either.

"You could have done that earlier." Peggy comments from the side as she iced her red hands.

"Sorry..." Peter says as Bucky continues to yell and scream. "Okay, that's enough."

With a snap of Peter's fingers, the room instantly becomes silent, though just by looking, everyone could see that Bucky was still screaming like a madman.

"That's useful." Steve mutters as Peggy nodded beside him.

"You won't be needing this either." Peter says as Bucky's metal arm disappeared.

...

Similar to Steve, Bucky went through the same process without any problems.

He even shot fire from his mouth as well.

Though one thing was different.

Just like Bubbles the monkey, Bucky's lost arm grew back in a matter of seconds, which made Steve happy, as he blames himself for everything wrong with his best friend.

Once the process was completed, Steve rushed up to Bucky's side to check on his wellbeing.

After all, there was a lot of screaming.

Although they couldn't hear it this time around, thanks to Peter's spell, everyone could still see Bucky screaming in silent agony the entire time.

"Bucky, can you hear me?" Steve asks, hoping his healed brain may help jog some memories. "Do you remember who I am?"

As Bucky groggily peered up at him, Steve felt he may have remembered something, though those thoughts were swiftly stomped out as the Winter Soldier lunged his head forward, smashing it against Steve's waiting face.

"Agh!?" Steve was knocked backward as he held his bleeding nose.

"I told you that we still need to unearth his suppressed memories. Simply healing him isn't enough." Peter says as he turns to Tony and Maya. "Scan his brain to make sure his Limbic System is actually healed."

"On it." Maya nods and gets to work.

...

After going through some scans, a 3D image of Bucky's brain was projected for everyone to see.

"It's healed..." Steve sighs in relief as the damage that he saw earlier was now nowhere to be seen.

"Good work everyone." Peter says as he opens a portal below Bucky, sending him tumbling back into his cell.

Seeing the worried look on Steve's face, Peter rolled his eyes.

"He's in his cell." Peter explains as pulls up the live footage, showing Bucky breathing fire at the glass of his cell, trying to escape. "See, now go and rest. You've just been through a tiring procedure."

Tapping a few buttons on the control panel, the cell swings open and Charles strolls inside.

"Let's see..." Charles mutters as he sits beside Bucky and places his hand on his forehead.

As soon as he touched Bucky's head, it was like both of them froze in time, remaining completely still for minutes at a time.

Silence filled the cell as Peter waited patiently for Charles to finish whatever he was currently doing.

...

Soon enough, Peter heard the sound of footsteps headed his way.

"Hey, is he-" Tony appears, looking oddly disheveled compared to before.

"Shh!" Peter shushes him and points inside the cell, where Charles was working his magic.

Taking a minute to eye him up and down, Peter could see that Tony's clothes were slightly out of place and his body was covered in a thin layer of sweat.

Not only that, but he was giving off a lot of heat as well.

'Did he think I wouldn't notice?' Peter wondered as he instantly figured out that Tony took a dose of Extremis.

Most likely in preparation for the fight to come...

As Peter was thinking this, Bucky started to whimper and shake in his sleep, as if he was having some sort of seizure.

"Uhhh..." Bucky groaned as a few stray tears rolled down his cheeks.

As this was happening, a frown formed on the professor's face and didn't leave it for the remainder of the process.

This continued for a few minutes before Bucky suddenly calmed down and slept peacefully.

"He's been through a lot..." Charles comments as he felt nothing but pity for Bucky.

"I know." Peter nods in understanding. "Is it done? Are his memories back?"

"Yes, when he wakes up, Bucky should remember everything about himself. Both good and bad." Charles clarifies as he steps out of the cell.

"Thank you." Peter says as he opens a portal. "I know you have a lot of work to do, so don't let me hold you from it any longer."

"No problem. It's times like these where I can appreciate this intrusive power of mine." Charles says as he steps through the portal and ends up back in his office.

Snapping the portal shut after saying farewell, Peter turned to Tony, who was silently staring at Bucky in contemplation.

"Go ahead." Peter says as he motions to the open cell. "I'll lock you both inside."

"..." Without uttering a single word, Tony enters the cell, which locks tightly behind him. "You can go now, Peter."

"Sure, remember-"

"No killing, I know." Tony finishes Peter's words, as he's heard them a million times already.

Walking down the hall, Peter waits until he's out of sight before turning invisible and backtracking to the cell once again.

-In the Cell-

As the cell locked itself shut and Peter walked away, Tony had no idea what he was going to do.

At first, he planned to trick Peter into allowing him the chance to kill Bucky with his own hands, but did he really want that?

'He's been through a lot...' Charles' words replay in his mind.

After learning all that Bucky has been through, and looking him up out of curiosity for his enemy, Tony couldn't help but feel pity for the man.

Though that pity soon faded when he recalled the image of his father's caved-in skull and his mother struggling for air.

"Rise and shine!" Tony exclaims as he gets a running start and kicks Bucky's head like a soccer ball.

Killing or not, Tony would decide that after showing him 1000 times the pain his parents felt in their dying moments.

"Ugh!" Bucky woke with a start as he was punted across the cell and smacked into the glass wall. '...where am I?'

Leaning against the cell wall, Bucky froze as every suppressed memory he ever had came crashing down on him.

From the happy blissful days as an oblivious child to the sickening assassinations of innocent people, Bucky remembered everything.

"What have I done..." He muttered in horror as he started shaking.

"Get up!" Tony yelled as he waited in the center of the cell. "I'm not done with you yet."

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