CHAPTER XXXI

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Inside a temporary rental house.

Phil Cowson is contacting a friend in S.H.I.E.L.D. to help him find out if there are any new powers that S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn't know about recently, such as the steel machine who suddenly appeared at the mall today and took away Isbelle.

The only valuable information at the moment is probably that this is California, and that Malibu has a former arms tycoon, Tony Stark, a talented but unprofessional playboy.

"Captain, the information about Tony Stark is on the computer in front of you, do you have any thoughts after reading it?"

Corson cut off contact with S.H.I.E.L.D. and questioned Steve Rogers, who had been sitting in front of the computer for a long time.

“……”

Steve's brows furrowed, his lips pursed, and he looked preoccupied.

"Captain?"

Curson looked at him, walked over and tapped on the table.

"Huh?" Steve came back from his musings and looked up at Corson, "Did your friend find anything?" ”

"Not yet." Corson blinked, then pulled over a chair and sat down in front of him, "Captain, did you get any ideas after reading the information?" ”

Steve refocused his gaze on the image of Tony Stark on the computer screen, "Based on your personal analysis and judgment of Mr. Stark's personality, there is a good chance that it will ......" paused for a moment and said in a dumb voice: "It is very likely that Bailey is in his hands." ”

"Sorry, Captain, I actually have a presumptuous question for you."

"Please."

"I'm sorry, can you tell me what happened during World War II against Hydra." "I don't know what to say, but after learning about Isbelli's existence, Carter's seniors repeatedly demanded that our director kill her, and we are very strange that she will not be left with a whole corpse." ”

"Peggy......" Steve couldn't help but feel a little guilty when he thought of the gentle and beautiful woman and the dance that he hadn't danced so far. But at this moment, Bailey's affairs are obviously more important, and there is no extra effort for him to meet his old friend. "I'll catch her, and I'll get her the punishment she deserves."

"Captain, do you really think so?" Seriously, Corson thinks that Isbelle's eyes are so clear and translucent, and there is not even a trace of impurities in them, and a person with such eyes should have an equally clean and gentle heart. "Maybe I shouldn't say that, but I think Bailey is just a simple child, and we may have a misunderstanding......"

"No, Corson, you, like us, have been deceived by her innocent appearance." Steve interrupted Corson in a deep voice, "I also hope that she is a good angel, but the truth tells me that she is just a little devil in the garb of an angel......"

“Why？”

“……”

Steve began to reminisce.

It was dusk after a victorious battle, and the sun was still setting among the branches of the trees, and he returned to camp with Bucky and his comrades.

"You know Steve, I'm hungry right now for three cans of nasty Spam, no, I'll go to the pantry and get some belly filling."

Bucky groaned and yelled and left, and came back a moment later, still looking speechless and speechless.

"What's wrong?"

Steve asked him.

"Maybe it's better for you to go with me and have a look, I don't know how to speak." Bucky's expression was stern.

Steve went with him to the pantry, and at the truck at the door, he met her, Bailey.

At first, Steve didn't recognize her at all, because she was dressed in tattered clothes, her hair was unkempt and dirty, her whole body was black, and she had an iron ring on each of her hands and feet that was used on the prisoner's body, and she was chained to the truck like a dog.

"What is this?" Steve immediately furrowed his eyebrows, disgusted and displeased by what he saw, "Is it a prisoner or a captive?" So to be treated like this? ”

Bucky pouted, "I knew you wouldn't recognize who she was." ”

"What?" Steve looked at him in confusion.

"That girl, come on Steve, you should remember that when I say that." Bucky reminded him, "I thought she was sent to a safe place to live a peaceful life, but I didn't expect her to be in our barracks, I don't know what happened, and she actually made it like this, my God." ”

"That girl in the forest?"

Steve was stunned for a moment, then ran over quickly, brushing her unkempt and dirty hair with his hand, and his eyes widened at the sight of her face. "God, shouldn't Chief Carter send you away, why did you become like this?"

"Steve, what now?"

“……”

With a "clang", Steve broke the handcuffs and leg cuffs and picked up the skinny girl.

"I can't leave it alone, I brought her back."

“……”

Bucky spread his hands, and he knew that Steve must be the reaction, and of course, he was sympathetic to the girl's plight, even though she scared him like a ghost when they first met.

……

After taking the girl away, the first thing was to get her clean, at least to return to her adult appearance, she was so dirty that even the doctor would not touch her, insisting that Steve help her clean up before going to see her, otherwise he was afraid that he would faint as soon as he got close to her.

Well, at this time, Bailey was not human, and her body did stink, so Steve hugged it without disgust, and Bucky reluctantly stood two meters away.

It seems that bathing is a must, but the barracks are full of men, and there are basically no women, except for Peggy Carter, who is not currently in the camp.

"Will you wash her for you?" Bucky wanted to laugh a little, after all, Steve had never held the hand of a Dalian girl since he was a child, even if he became a handsome and handsome super soldier, he was still a standard virgin, and if he asked him to help a girl take a bath, the picture must be very interesting.

"Oh...... Bucky ......"

Steve looked at Bucky expectantly, hoping that he would help him, but he shook his head and refused.

"I said Steve, she's all thin like this, the front and back are the same, what else do you have to be shy, just treat her as a child." Bucky patted him on the shoulder and turned to leave the tent.

"Wait!" Steve grabbed him, and with the strength of his arm, he dragged him back, pointed to the basin and said, "No, you need to help wash her hair." ”

“……”

Bucky looked at the girl's long messed up hair, and without saying a word, pulled out his saber and cut it.

"Bucky, what are you doing, stop."

"Don't tease Steve, how can she clean up her hair without cutting it off, it's all knotted together."

"Okay......"

So Bailey's long hair was trimmed like a dog by Bucky, and for a long time afterward, she waved her paw at him when she saw him and scratched him.

After a few minutes, his hair was trimmed and washed, Bucky teased Steve again and left the tent.

“……”

Steve stood still, helpless for a long time before gritting his teeth and approaching Bailey, who was too weak and in a comatose state, he was still very uncomfortable, but after trying to take off her clothes but failed, his mood changed from shame to anger.

After unbuttoning her blouse, you can see that there are many large and small wounds on Bailey's body, both old and new, and it is visually seen that at least five kinds of sharp weapons have injured her, and the wounds have no traces of treatment and bandaging. The fabric of the garment was already attached to the wound, and if he forcibly took it off, it would be equivalent to stripping her skin from her.

"Bucky, come in."

Steve's face was composed, and he couldn't imagine what had happened to her in the month since he handed her over to Peggy Carter.

"Steve, you still can't do it, so you want me to help, haha you're really ......"

Bucky walked in laughing, but soon, he couldn't laugh anymore, and was also shocked by Bailey's injuries.

“……”

After that, without saying a word, Steve ran to the doctor and forcibly led him to the tent.

Under Bucky's intimidation, the doctor tremblingly treats all of Bailey's wounds.

……

It's late at night.

Bucky stood on the edge of the bed, looked at the girl on the drip, and put his hand on his friend's shoulder to comfort him: "Although this thing is terrible, but fortunately there is the only thing that can make people feel better, those damn GIs did not insult her body, and when she is better, she is still a clean and beautiful little girl." ”

"It's my fault, Bucky." Steve fell into deep self-reproach. He was the one who brought her back to the barracks, and he didn't ask Peggy Carter about it after handing her over, and if he had been more responsible, he might have found out what she was suffering earlier.

"Is Chief Carter back, do you want to ask her first?"

"She went on a mission somewhere else a month ago, and she can't be blamed for the girl's business, it was those inhuman bastards who secretly detained the girl."

"Because of her beauty?"

As soon as Steve said that, Bucky immediately understood the reason for the girl's sin, and that her weakness and striking appearance were a disaster that would kill her in such a war-torn age.

"What are you going to do?"

"I don't know, Bucky."

"Okay, then wait for her to get better, anyway, we'll have some time to recuperate."

……

"Colson, speaking of which, you must think that those who hurt her deserve hell."

Steve paused.

Corson on the other side nodded: "It is conceivable that Bailey looks too petite and weak, and no one can bear to hurt her." You know, the captain, she has a pitiful face, and a soft-hearted voice like a soft and glutinous marshmallow, and if anyone hurts her, I won't allow it, she's still a child. ”

Hearing this, Steve smiled knowingly and said, "Sure enough, I knew you would react like this." It's a pity that you're going to be disappointed, the person who hurt Bailey is herself, and in order to make me blame myself and sympathize, she got hurt and stayed there waiting for me. ”

"Really?" Corson wrinkled his face in disbelief, if I remember correctly, last time in the real room, she was pricked by a needle and cried for a long time, she was so afraid that she would hurt herself? "Could it be Shi Yue?"

"Shiyue?"

"Doesn't the captain know the storage of the moon and the moon?"

Corson opened his mouth in surprise, didn't Director Fury tell Captain Sù about "Time and Moon"? That's it, he said that he leaked his mouth, what should he do next, deceive the captain with lies, but he is his idol since childhood......

"What is the Moon?"

Steve saw the look of chagrin on Curson's face, and he realized that S.H.I.E.L.D. was hiding something from him.

Curson said he asked him to think about how to explain the obscuration of the past......