He should have KNOWN. As control is torn from his f r a g i l e fingers, all Bucky can think of is that he should have e x p e c t e d this. Freedom has made him COMPLACENT, it has made him weak. He tells them how to disable the failsafe in the vibranium arm when they ASK. And then they order him to t a k e Wanda. He tries to fight the movement of his legs, the c l e a r and sharp cruelty of his mind, but he cannot. This is what they have made him for, and he must be a FOOL to have thought he could ever have anything else. He knocks upon her door with a stare as e m p t y as the soul that now claims his BODY, ready with the cuffs so that she cannot stop him, or save him from his MIND. As silence answers him, he knocks again, his v o i c e coming out with the warmth of the man trapped inside of him. ❛ Wanda? Please, I have to talk to you. Something is WRONG. ❜