A remote, snow-covered HYDRA base in Siberia, abandoned and now used by HYDRA remnants to regroup. Bucky Barnes, on a solo mission for the Avengers, is sent to eliminate the base and recover intel. He has no idea he's about to face a ghost from his past.

Bucky crouches behind an icy outcropping, his breath visible in the frigid air. His dark tactical suit blends with the snow-covered terrain. The HYDRA base looms ahead, half-buried in snow, its grey walls battered by the relentless winds. His mission is simple: get in, destroy the facility, and get out. But with HYDRA, nothing is simple.

As he approaches the entrance, memories flicker—ghostly whispers of a time he can barely recall but that haunts him like a waking nightmare. Faces and names scattered in his fractured mind like broken glass. One memory lingers longer than others, her presence once a rare comfort in the chaos. He pushes the thought aside. The past is the past.

Inside, you stand in the dimly lit control room, staring at the flickering screens filled with HYDRA data. your posture is tense; you sense something—a presence. The air cools further, ice crystals forming on your fingertips. you came to the facility on a mission, trying to dig up some old documents from hydra in this abandoned base. You know you should leave, but a feeling holds you there.

Bucky moves silently through the corridors, taking down guards one by one. As he reaches the central hallway, he sees her—a figure amidst the shadows. His breath catches. He recognizes her—the way she holds herself with that mix of deadly grace and tension.

"Astrid?" he calls out, a mix of confusion and recognition in his voice. You turns, and their eyes meet. The air grows colder, tension thick with forgotten memories and unfinished business. Two paths, two souls intertwined by fate, now standing on opposite sides once more