Reuniting with Bucky

Alex wandered through the laboratory for a long time. By his rough estimate, at least one or two hundred people had died from the injections. Some of those who survived had undergone strange mutations. Some had looked perfectly normal, only to suddenly turn into monsters after being injected.

"Strucker, just let me find you!" Alex was truly enraged. He swore to himself that no matter what, even if he had to sacrifice the entire Savage Land, he would kill Strucker and destroy AIM.

As he silently made this vow, Alex suddenly heard a familiar voice nearby. It belonged to none other than Strucker!

"Heaven has a road, yet you refuse to take it. Hell has no gate, yet you barged right in." With a cold sneer, Alex quickened his pace and ran toward the source of Strucker’s voice.

As soon as he rounded a corner, Alex saw Strucker. A transparent monocle covered his right eye, making him look somewhat strange. But Alex only glanced at Strucker before all his attention was drawn to the person beside him.

"Bucky?!" Alex stared in disbelief at the familiar figure before him. He froze on the spot, even forgetting to maintain his invisibility.

Bucky Barnes was the second person Alex had met in this world after Steve, his brother for life. But during World War II, Bucky had died in an accident. After the war ended, Alex had unexpectedly encountered Bucky in Japan, transformed into the Winter Soldier and stripped of all his memories. Only then had Alex learned that Bucky had never died.

Since then, Alex and S.H.I.E.L.D. had been trying to track Bucky down. Yet over the years, aside from occasionally appearing like a ghost to kill people, no one had known anything about his whereabouts. That was why Alex was so emotional upon seeing Bucky again.

The moment Alex appeared, Strucker immediately ducked behind Bucky without a second thought. He shouted for help while ordering Bucky to kill Alex.

Bucky had lost all his memories. Without the slightest hesitation, he twisted his head and charged forward. His metal arm tore through the air, appearing before Alex’s eyes like lightning. The force of the punch even wrinkled Alex’s clothes against his body.

Alex neither dodged nor defended himself, tears in his eyes as he stared at Bucky. Since coming to this world, Alex had met many people and made plenty of friends. But in his eyes, Steve and Bucky had always been his most important brothers.

When Bucky saw the tears at the corners of Alex’s eyes, his heart inexplicably tightened. His lightning-fast metal fist paused for an instant, then accelerated again and slammed solidly into Alex’s nose.

Bucky’s metal fist carried tremendous force. An ordinary person would have suffered shattered bones and torn muscles from a single blow. With Sebastian Shaw’s Energy Control protecting him, Alex was not afraid of Bucky’s punch. Still, under that immense force, his face inevitably became distorted.

After taking that heavy punch head-on, Alex finally came to his senses. He raised his hand and grabbed Bucky’s metal arm, intending to take Bucky away from here. He had missed their last reunion. This time, he would definitely bring Bucky back and slowly restore his memories.

Unfortunately, the instant Alex grabbed Bucky’s metal arm with both hands, a numbing electric shock made him release his grip instinctively.

Bucky seized the chance to break free from Alex’s hold and immediately launched another storm of furious attacks. His fists and kicks came so relentlessly that Alex had no room to retaliate.

In fact, Alex would not have fought back anyway. He was afraid his counterattack might hurt Bucky.

From the side, Strucker noticed that Alex was barely fighting back. His eyes flickered as he secretly pulled out a pistol. Just as he prepared to launch a sneak attack, Alex suddenly turned to look at him. Endless killing intent shone in his cold eyes. Startled, Strucker panicked so badly that he could not even hold his gun properly. It clattered to the floor.

After driving Strucker back with a shout, Alex turned his attention to Bucky again. He was growing anxious, as he could already hear people rushing toward them from afar.

Bucky was clearly a better fighter than Alex. Several times, Alex tried to restrain Bucky, only to fail, and Bucky took the opportunity to land several vicious blows on him. After those attempts failed, Alex began using his powers.

Teleportation repeatedly failed because Bucky fiercely resisted it. For some reason, Alex could not sense Bucky’s metal right arm. Even steel pellets could not get near Bucky, so Metal Control also failed.

Alex was not someone who liked to think too much. Most of the time, he preferred to empty his mind and think of nothing at all. But in critical moments, his mind worked extremely fast.

In his desperation, Alex came up with another idea.

When demonstrating Energy Control before, Alex had given Little Logan a pair of energy wings that allowed him to fly freely. Now, Alex gave Bucky the same pair of energy wings, except these wings were under Alex’s control.

Bucky felt a pair of wings appear behind him and kept trying to tear them off with his hands. Unfortunately, the energy wings shifted between tangible and intangible. Other than Alex, it was extremely difficult for anyone else to destroy them.

Watching Bucky’s comical movements, Alex could not help laughing. After giving himself a pair of energy wings as well, he controlled Bucky’s wings and flew with him, one after the other, toward the outside of the laboratory grounds.

When Bucky realized he had been lifted into the air, he struggled even harder. But with the energy wings under Alex’s control, Bucky could do nothing and could only let Alex manipulate him.

Watching Bucky being taken away, Strucker stopped hiding at once. He snatched the gun from a soldier who had just arrived and unleashed a burst of bullets at Alex’s retreating back. Bucky was Strucker’s trump card. How could he possibly allow Alex to take Bucky away?

"Chase them! Chase them! Make sure they don’t get away!" When the burst of bullets had no effect, Strucker flew into a rage and began cursing at the people beside him. "If they escape, all of you can wait to taste the spores’ power!"

That single sentence terrified everyone into silence. They did not dare hesitate in the slightest and rushed after Alex in the direction he had disappeared.

A series of clicking footsteps sounded as a voluptuous woman slowly walked out. Her tight, seductive gown revealed a large expanse of pale skin, and a faint smile rested on her delicate oval face. "What happened, Mr. Strucker?"

"Alex is here!" Strucker turned and glanced at the woman. His expression was dark, with a hint of anger in it. "Black Queen, please help keep him here!"

The voluptuous woman paused slightly. A sharp glint flashed through her beautiful eyes and vanished in an instant. She gave a soft laugh and said slowly, "At your service, my baron!"

Strucker shot Black Queen a cold look, his tone extremely unpleasant. "I hope you do not disappoint me. Otherwise, do not blame me for being impolite!" With that, Strucker turned and left, no longer paying any attention to the person behind him.