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1977
Rey and Rohini sat at breakfast in silence none of them tried to talk to one another after last night. Rey did not know how to tell her mother that it was alright if she did not answer her question. While Rohini wondered how she would tell her daughter that she did not have one father but two of them. How would she tell Rey that she was not a normal child but a miracle child?
None of them knew how to start up a conversation so they both decided to act like last night never happened. Rey decided to start a casual conversation. "Maa, can we go to the library to issue new books?" Rey asked before taking a bite of her pancake.
Rohini was surprised to see her daughter acting as if nothing happened last night. "Have you finished all of them?" Rohini asked.
"Yes. I've read all." Rey said proud of her accomplishment "I'll read 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' again on the way to the library."
"But you've read 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' so many times, Beta. Don't you think you should read other books?"
"I do read other books, Maa. I just like 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' the most." Rohini smiled at her daughter before nodding.
"Okay, we'll go in the evening. Get all the books ready." Rohini said. Rey nodded before she continued to eat in silence.
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Rohini was driving through the busy city roads to the city library with her daughter in the back seat reading 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' for the ninety-sixth time this year and about for the four hundredth time since she could read.
Rohini pulled up at the library "You go in, darling. I'll park the car." Rey nodded and went into the city library. The library was huge, rows of shelves filled with books were aligned side by side and in the centre was the desk of the librarian, Martha Watson.
"Good evening, Mrs. Martha." Rey greeted the senior citizen.
"Oh, Rey! Good evening, dear." Mrs. Martha exclaimed happy to see the girl who regularly visited the library. The old librarian was quite fond of the little girl she read books children her age would not even know the names of. "How are you doing today?"
"I'm doing good. How 'bout you?" Rey smiled at the old librarian.
"I'm doing fine, my dear." Mrs. Martha replied as Rohini walked over to the desk with Rey's backpack of books that they issued the last time they were here.
"Rey, bete, go get the books you want." Rohini said Rey nodded to her mother before taking a basket to collect the new books she wanted to read. She picked out Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Death on the Nile, Fantastic Mr. Fox and Crime and Punishment along with a few encyclopedias.
Rohini was driving through the forest back to their cabin Rey was sitting in the back seat reading with a flashlight in her hand. Then suddenly out of nowhere, there was a bright blinding headlight in front of them. Rohini stopped the car and Rey almost fell off the seat with the sudden jerk.
Rohini squinted her eyes blinded by the light from the motorbike in front of them. Armed men jumped off the trees and surrounded their cars. The man on the motorbike swung his leg off the bike and walked over to the car. Rohini noticed he had a metal arm one of the other men with a rifle aimed the Rohini and walked to the driver's door.
"Get out!" he ordered. Fear grew in Rohini's eyes she looked at Rey who was also looking at her mother with fear in her eyes. "I said get out!" the man yelled. Rohini looked at the Winter Soldier begging him to let them through but his face stayed void of emotions. "Get out or they'll shoot her." the man threatened.
"Run, Rey!" yelled Rohini. Rey unlocked the door and ran and thanks to the SSS the speed she ran in could not be matched by anyone. Rey heard the shot of the gun and tears welled up in her eyes she knew her mother was gone but she continued running her safety was her mother's last wish.
As Rey ran she heard the sound of a motorbike following her. Her shadow in front of her became prominent as the headlight of the motorbike lit her path. Rey started to run faster but she could not match the speed of the bike following her. As the motorbike drove past her Rey felt something hit the back of her head it was the Winter Soldier's metal arm. Rey felt a cold liquid tickle the back of her head staining her dark brown hair red.
Rey fell to the forest ground crushing the dry leaves under her. The Winter Soldier turned his Harley and rode back to the girl. He kneeled at the girl's unconscious body and turned her over to face him. His emotionless face stayed as it was but he felt pity for the girl. She was only five and HYDRA wanted her as their lab dog. The other men reached the Winter Soldier he stood up continuing to look at the little girl.
"Свяжите ей руки и залатайте рану. Золя хочет, чтобы она была жива. (Tie her hands and patch her wound. Zola wants her alive.)" the Winter Soldier ordered. The men nodded in took the girl. "Йозеф. (Joseph)"
"да? (Yes?)" asked the other Winter Soldier.
"Следите, чтобы не осталось следов. Насколько известно миру, девочка и ее мать погибли в результате пожара в своем доме. (See to it that there are no trails left. As far as the world is concerned, the girl and her mother died in a fire in their home.)" the Winter Soldier ordered.
"Да. (Yes.)"
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The cabin of the Iranis' was burnt but not before all the girl's belongings her taken. Rey was taken back to the HYDRA base where Dr. Arnim Zola prepared a new experiment involving Rey and the Super Soldier Serum that ran through her veins.
Rey felt like a boulder had her head as she slowly opened her eyes slowly squinting to get used to the blinding light in the room. Rey looked around the room was completely dark with only one single light she quickly realised that she was in an interrogation room. She had seen them in movies but only now it looked a lot more scary. Rey felt pain in her wrists she noticed her hands were tied at the back of the chair she tried to break free but it was no use they were too tight.
"Good evening, little soldier." greeted a voice with a thick German accent. The scientist walked into the light and Rey leaned back in fright. "Radha Irani Stark Rogers." the man read off the writing pad in his hands. "Daughter of the deceased Dr. Rohini Irani." Rey looked down at the mention of her mother blaming herself for her mother's death. Yes. It was her mother who asked her to run but if she stay she could have saved her mother. "You don't know who your fathers are. Correct?" Rey frowned when Zola said 'fathers'. What did he mean by 'fathers'? It was impossible for anyone to have more than one father.
"Fathers?" Rey questioned.
"Oh, dear." Zola gasped in a mock of shock "Don't you know how you were born?" he asked her. Rey frowned. 'How was she born?' Wasn't she born like any other normal child? The question in her head clicked something in her. Of course, she was not a normal child why would her birth be?