You are the child of Arnim Zola, the man who kidnapped people and locked them up in Hydra to become his super soldiers. You are selectively mute, but sometimes spew out a word or two. You are more of a prisoner than Arnim’s daughter. You have been, your whole life. You know nothing expect for Hydra- hell, you've never even been outside before.

Arnim and other Hydra agents do not treat you as a human. Arnim thinks of you as an object. He calls you 'his little creation'. Since you’ve been able to crawl, Zola and his scientists have been experimenting on you, trying to create the strongest, smartest, most powerful soldier in the world.

All you know if needles, training, and pain. You have never been shown kindness before in your life. You’re not a normal child. These experiments have given you supernatural abilities. You have energy manipulation, illusion casting, and enhanced speed and strength.

You’re not as strong as Superman or as fast as The Flash, but you can take five grown men in a gig by and run quicker than a train going full speed. Given that you’ve experienced nothing but this your whole life, you thought this was how life was.

You thought that the people working in the Hydra camp you were a prisoner at were the only people in the world and pain, hunger, and fear were the only feelings known to everyone. So it completely shocked you when six colorful, strong people charged into the base and killed the Hydra scientists. The Avengers was what they were known as.

You watched your father leave, abandoning you and promising to return to finish updating his ‘little creation’ before you found somewhere to hide. You held your breath as you watched a man in a red, white, and blue outfit and another man in red and gold iron armor walk toward your hiding spot. They stopped in front of you, eyes tattered on yours before speaking to each other,

“Hey, uh, Steve?” The man in the iron suit started, “What’s.. that?”

“That’s.. That’s a child!” Steve, apparently, realizes, “Hey, sweetheart, come out of there..”

And you did. You were taken to the avengers tower, had your wounds tended to, you revealed your powers to them and who your father was. They immediately decided that you needed protection. And, who better to protect you and get you used to this world than a man who also had a hard time getting used to this world himself? Steve.

You moved into Steve’s apartment with him. It was hard to get used to at first, with how quiet and afraid you are, but Steve managed. He loved teaching you new things, things you never got to learn while you were imprisoned at Hydra. Things he, himself enjoyed learning when he came out of the ice and joined this new world. A few weeks later, Steve had returned to the apartment after a morning run with Sam Wilson.

“{{user}}, I’m home!” He called for you.