Anthony Barnes

## Biography

### Early Childhood

Anthony was born in secret, much like his brother, Alexander Barnes, and sister, Clara Barnes. When his mother, Natasha Romanoff, was pregnant with him, she basically went into hiding, just like she did for his siblings. She wanted to keep her children hidden from the public and her fellow Avengers, as well as her marriage to Bucky Barnes, the father of her children. No one, not even Steve Rogers and Clint Barton, knew about Anthony and his siblings. The only people that knew of the existence of her children and her marriage were Tony Stark and Happy Hogan. Natasha saw the way that the children of the other Avengers were treated in the public eye, and she wanted her children to be treated as if they were completely ordinary.

Anthony understood from a young age that he couldn't tell anyone that his parents were Black Widow and The Winter Soldier, even though he hated doing it. He wanted to have friends come over to his house and meet his parents, and he didn't want to have to hide the fact that his parents were literal superheroes, but he knew that he had to. He knew his mother was doing it for the safety of him and his older siblings, so he just had to except it. He had to dodge the questions of his friends as to why they couldn't come over to his house to hang out, and why they never saw his parents. His friends were often suspicious of his seemingly vague answers, and that even prompted a few phone calls to CPS by the concerned parents of his friends. Happy handled all of the claims, and, of course, nothing ever came from them. When it came to getting to and from school, Anthony and his siblings were either picked up and dropped off by the bus, or Happy Hogan. Happy loved the kids, and he didn't mind taking them to and from school if they needed it, much like he did with Tony's youngest daughter, Nova. She was a grade below Anthony, so he often rode to school with her if Happy was the one taking him to school.

By the time he entered high school, he had gotten a lot better at dodging the questions of his friends, and in his freshman year, no one really asked much about it anymore. In school, he was labeled as the class clown, making his peers laugh at his stupid jokes and ridiculous pranks—which sometimes landed him in detention—and he was happy that he could do that for his peers. He didn't have many friends in school, and he wasn't popular by any means, but he had a small circle of friends, including Harold Banner, Joseph Rogers, Nathaniel Barton, and Nova Stark. Harry was two grades above him, while Nate and Joey were the same age as him, and Nova was in the grade below him. Even though Nate was the son of Clint Barton, his mother's best friend, he had no clue that he was Natasha's son.

   He loved school, and he did fairly well in most of his classes, especially math and English. Anthony was also on the basketball team, and he had been playing the sport since he was eleven years old. Being the son of a super soldier gave him some physical advantages on the court, which caused some confusion amongst his teammates since Anthony was pretty skinny when he was a teenager, but no one really said anything about it. He also taught himself to play the piano, something to pass the time whilst he was bored out of his skull at home. By all accounts, Anthony's childhood was normal, despite having to keep his own parents a secret from the people around him, including his best friends who were also the children of Avengers. But, other than that, he had an ordinary upbringing.

### Being Captured by H.Y.D.R.A.

When Anthony was fifteen years old and in his sophomore year of high school, he was captured by the same organization that tortured his father all those years ago. He was leaving the school after basketball practice, and he was waiting for Happy to pick him up and take him home. He was the last one there, save for the janitors and a few teachers, but other than that, he was alone in the parking lot. While he was waiting for Happy, Anthony decided to go over to the outdoor basketball court to shoot a few hoops to pass the time, since he knew it took a little while for Happy to get here. He also knew that Happy would call him when he had arrived, so he didn't worry too much about not being near the parking lot. While he was on the court, he saw a van pull into the lot. It looked like a utility van, so he assumed that it was the maintenance coming in to fix something after hours. However, Anthony was suddenly hit in the back of the head with something hard, knocking him unconscious and sending him to the ground.

Happy pulled up to the school and called Anthony when he didn't see him sitting outside. After five calls went unanswered, Happy became concerned. He got out of his car and began walking around the perimeter of the building, not seeing Anthony anywhere. He came up on the basketball court outside, seeing Anthony's backpack and gym bag sitting on the metal risers, his phone still sitting in the front pocket. That didn't concern him much, but then he noticed a small puddle of blood in the middle of the concrete on the basketball court. Panicking, he called Natasha and told her that he thought something had happened to Anthony, and that she couldn't find him, driving back to their house in a frenzy.

   When Anthony regained consciousness, he didn't know where he was. The room he was in was dimly lit, and he was in nothing but a hospital gown. He tried sitting up, but he found that he was strapped down to a metal table, the binds tied around him so tightly that they dug into his skin whenever he moved. He screamed for help, writhing on the table and trying his best to break free from his restraints, but it was no use. After some time passed, a man dressed in a lab coat and scrubs entered the room, pushing a metal cart with various tools resting on the top of it, two armed men following behind him. Anthony noticed that all three of the men that came in the room had the same emblem on a band on their left arms—the same symbol that represented H.Y.D.R.A.. Panicking even more now, Anthony thrashed and screamed, trying to get away from them despite being strapped to a table. Even though he was already restrained, the two men that came in with the doctor held Anthony down to the table, the doctor approaching his side with a large syringe full of a bright blue liquid. He struggled, but the doctor still managed to jab the needle into his neck, injecting him with whatever was in that vial, and Anthony suddenly felt like his entire body was on fire. He didn't have to feel that sensation for very long, as the doctor injected something else into his neck, and he once again slipped into unconsciousness.

The next time he woke up, he was groggy and in excruciating pain. Once his vision focused, he realized he was in a different room from the one that he was in when he first woke up. It was some kind of operating room, and he was once again strapped down to a table. He looked down at himself, seeing that he was no longer wearing a hospital gown and he was just in a pair of boxers, and there were bandages wrapped around his upper chest. He also noticed that his left arm was now made entirely of metal, and that's when he began to panic. Screaming, he easily tore himself from his binds, despite not being able to do so earlier. He stood up from the table, looking around the room, trying to figure out where he was. He felt stronger, and taller, and his poor eyesight was suddenly a lot better, as if he could see everything in high-definition. Five armed guards entered the room, trying to get him back onto the table, but Anthony was able to fight them off easily. One of them managed to tase Anthony, sending him to the floor. The doctor from before came into the room, lifting Anthony's head up from the floor by his hair to look him in the eyes while he spoke. The man explained that H.Y.D.R.A. knew that Anthony was the son of Bucky Barnes, the original Winter Soldier. He told him that when Bucky had escaped from them, he took their best asset with him, so H.Y.D.R.A. took something from Bucky in return—his son.

In his time with H.Y.D.R.A., he was brainwashed and wiped completely of any memory of who he was before he was taken. He was turned into The Winter Soldier II, being trained as a mindless killing machine. Every time he was pulled out of cryosleep, his memory was wiped so he didn't remember any details of his last missions, and so he would continue to be a mindless pawn in H.Y.D.R.A.'s games. The made sure that he only understood the trigger words used to activate The Winter Soldier, and the commands that were given to him at the time. For five years, he was forced to kill whoever he was told to, and The Winter Soldier did so with no remorse. Anthony had no memory of who he was before this happened, or what his life was like before it was filled with senseless murders. He became an empty husk of who he used to be, and he knew that there was no way that he was going to be getting out of this any time soon.

During his absence, his parents never stopped looking for him. After Happy called saying that he thought something had happened to Anthony, she panicked, immediately telling Bucky, and they decided that they needed the help of their fellow Avengers if they thought they were ever going to have a chance of finding their son, which meant telling the team about their children, and that they were married. Bucky and Natasha gathered the team at HQ and told them the truth, and to say that the Avengers were shocked was an understatement. Especially Steve and Clint, who had no idea that their best friends were married and had children together. The Avengers vowed to help the couple find their son, no matter what they had to do, and Natasha and Bucky wouldn't rest until their son was home and safe.

### Escaping from H.Y.D.R.A.

After five long years, Anthony finally managed to escape from H.Y.D.R.A.'s clutches. In his time there, there was a group of five people that were also brought in to become Soldiers, all being injected with the same Super Soldier Serum that was used on Anthony. He trained them all, trained all of them to become cold, heartless killers, just like he was. However, after awhile, the five recruits began showing adverse symptoms to the Serum, and they were all becoming increasingly agitated and easily angered. One evening, in the middle of a training session, three of the five new Soldiers incited a riot, attacking the guards that were in the room with them. Anthony got the other two recruits out of the room, getting them away from the fight that was happening. He watched the other Soldiers kill the guards in the room with no remorse, and Anthony found himself not feeling bad in the slightest. He knew that he should have felt bad, since they were people, too, but these people tortured him for the last five years, so they were getting what they deserved. In the midst of all the chaos, and since they hadn't had the chance to "recalibrate" him in a few days, Anthony was clear-headed enough to realize that this was the perfect opportunity for him to escape. One of the new Soldiers, a blonde woman—Reyna was her name—had begged Anthony to take her with him, to get her away from this place, but he knew that he couldn't. He knew that it was a little selfish of him to escape on his own when he could easily take her with him, but he just couldn't. He left, running out of the base and into the frozen Siberian wasteland. He trekked through the snow for at least a hundred miles, eventually stumbling upon a small city, which seemed to be the only sign of human life in this frigid landscape. He decided that this was the perfect place for him to lay low.

He stole some clothes from a nearby store, finally stripping himself of the uniform that he was forced to wear every day, and blended in with the crowd. He came upon an abandoned apartment building, and decided to stay there. There were other vagrants staying in the vacated apartments in the building, and they all took him in without question. There was a short time that the people staying there thought he was on drugs, because for a week after he had escaped, he was experiencing the symptoms of withdrawal. Cold sweats, fever, nausea, all of it. This was the effect of not having the drugs H.Y.D.R.A. pumped into his system every day, and he felt miserable. They took care of him for the week he was going through this, and he was happy that he wasn't alone while he was experiencing this. He stayed in this apartment building for a few months, thankful for the people that essentially took him under their wing and took care of him. He constantly had this looming feeling that H.Y.D.R.A. was going to find him here and bring him back, but they never did. He assumed that they thought he died out there in the frozen tundra that was Siberia, and he wanted to keep it that way. When he decided that he needed to move elsewhere, he was gifted some clothes, a backpack, and a notebook and pen from the older woman that lived in the apartment building—a woman that everyone called "Mama"—before he left. Anthony was thankful for all that the group did for him. He left Siberia, taking a train to Russia, where he found more abandoned homes and buildings, laying low there and moving from place to place through the country.

During his time in hiding, and with H.Y.D.R.A. not wiping his memory anymore, he slowly began to remember things about himself as his mind became less foggy. He remembered that his name was Anthony Andrew Barnes, and that he was born in Manhattan in New York City. He remembered that his mother was Natasha Romanoff and his father was Bucky Barnes. He remembered that he had an older brother named Alexander Barnes, and an older sister named Clara Barnes. He remembered his friends—Harold Banner, Nathaniel Barton, Joseph Rogers, and Nova Stark. He remembered the Avengers, that they were his family. Anytime he remembered something new, he would write it down, trying to keep hold of every single memory that came back to his mind. Remembering all of this also meant that he remembered everything that H.Y.D.R.A. had him do for them. He remembered the victims, watching the life drain from them as he killed them. Anthony had killed innocent people, and he hated what H.Y.D.R.A. had turned him into. This realization caused him to spiral, bringing about bouts of depression and anxiety, even a suicide attempt when he was staying somewhere in Russia. Luckily, one of the people staying in the empty hotel he was also at found him before he could do anything stupid. He cried to this woman that found him, telling her about everything that was plaguing his tired mind. She never judged him, only shushed him and told him that everything was going to be okay, reminding him that he wasn't the one in control when he did the things that he did. He found a motherly comfort in her, and he went to her while he was staying there whenever he felt like that.

He wondered if his parents were looking for him, and if they were worried about him, and he wondered what they were doing right now. Anthony so desperately wanted to go home, and he longed to see his family again. He doesn't even know how long it had been since the day he was taken, since the days blurred together, but he knew that it could have been some time since he had been gone. He just hoped that someone would find him.

### Reuniting with His Family

> "***I know how you're feeling. I know what it's like. That wasn't you. You aren't a monster. You are my son, you are Anthony Andrew Barnes, and no one can take that away from you, especially them.***"
> ― Bucky Barnes speaking to Anthony after he returned home
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After being on the run for six months, Anthony found himself in Constanța. It was a big city along the coast in Romania, which meant Anthony had plenty of places to hide and blend in. He lived on the streets mostly, hating that he had to beg for money, but the people were nice enough to give him some money whenever they passed by him. They all looked at him with pity and sympathy, and he hated it, but he was happy to have money in order to get food so he could survive.

He found himself at an open-air market one morning, just trying to scrounge up some food so he could have something in his stomach, even if it wasn't much. While he was looking at some of the fruits they had for sale there, he heard someone say his name from behind him. He immediately tensed, afraid of who was calling him by name. He feared that it was H.Y.D.R.A., finally coming back for him to take him back and turn him back into a machine, but when he turned around, he was face-to-face with someone he hadn't seen in five years. And that was his mother. It took Anthony a full minute to realize that she was really there, in front of him, and not just some hallucination conjured up by his sleep deprived mind. The piece of fruit that was in his hand fell to the ground before he ran to her, pushing through the small crowd and throwing himself into his mother's arms. Natasha fell to the ground with her son in her arms, holding him close and crying. The last time his family had seen him was five years ago—he had eventually remembered that he was fifteen when he was taken, and that five years had passed since then when he was hiding in Russia—and he has missed his mother so dearly. Anthony cried in his mother's arms, only crying more when Bucky came up and wrapped his arms around the both of them. He saw Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, and Nova Stark standing behind them as well, and his heart nearly burst when he caught sight of Nova. He had also missed her greatly, and he was so happy that they had come and found him.

Clara Barnes was on the Quinjet when her mother walked back on board with her brother in tow. Anthony broke down once again when he saw his sister, crying into her chest when the girl came up to him and pulled him into the tightest embrace. He fell asleep with his head in his mother's lap once the jet took off. He was so exhausted—in every sense of the word and all he wanted to so was sleep. All that time on the run he had wondered if his family was looking for him, or if they were ever going to find him. Now that they had, and he was back with his family, he felt like he could finally rest.

Adjusting to life with the Avengers was difficult, to say the least. Growing up away from them, he hadn't interacted with most of them, save for Harold Banner, Joseph Rogers, Nathaniel Barton, and Nova Stark. When he arrived at the Compound, the first person he saw outside of the people that went on the rescue mission was his older brother, Alexander Barnes. Alec hugged his little brother so tightly to his chest, Anthony crying into his shirt as he held his brother just as tight. His mother had put a bedroom together for him in his absence, and he was so excited to get to sleep in a bed that was clean and not broken, and he was also happy to be able to take a proper shower in a functioning bathroom. He finally felt safe for the first time in five years, and he felt like he could finally relax. He still dealt with panic attacks and nightmares in his time back home, but he wasn't alone to deal with them this time. His parents and siblings were always there when he had a panic attack or nightmare, as well as Harold Banner and Nova Stark. Harry and Nova shared with him that they had panic attacks from time to time, and they always knew how to calm him down and keep him calm.

Anthony grew close with Nova again, the girl helping him with repairs to his arm and ways to help him sleep. He was so thankful for everything that she was doing for him, and he doesn't know what he would do without her. He had missed her greatly once he had remembered her, which sounds terrible, but she had been erased from his brain, along with all of the other important people in his life. When Anthony did remember Nova, he also remembered his younger self having a massive crush on her, and that never seemed to go away, especially now that he was seeing her again. She continued to help him out, and he would even sit in her lab with her and just talk to her when he couldn't sleep, since he knew that she was a bit of an insomniac herself. One night when she was fixing up his arm and making sure that it was still working properly, she was talking to him the entire time while she did it, like she always did. There was a moment where she just looked at him, before she kissed him. Anthony went to return her soft kiss, but she pulled away quickly, worried that she had overstepped, but he assured her that she hadn't pulling her in for another kiss. He knew that if his fourteen year old self could see him in this moment, he would be doing cartwheels, so happy that he was kissing the girl he had been crushing on since he was twelve.

Anthony continued to make progress in readjusting to a life that didn't involve him looking over his shoulder all the time, and he finally felt some semblance of calm in his life. He was with his family again and he was getting the life that he had before he was taken back, slowly but surely. He started feeling happy, an emotion that he hadn't felt in nearly five years, and he was learning how to be himself and enjoy life again. He figured that with his family and friends by his side, that things would be alright.

### The Sokovia Accords

> "***If you needed to ask me what side I was on, you just answered that question for yourself. I'm so sorry your son is such a* monster*.***"
> ― Anthony to his mother, Natasha Romanoff, after he learned she signed the Accords.
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Anthony had been home for a few months now, and he was adjusting properly to life at HQ. He seemed to be more comfortable around the team, and he even began showing signs of the person he was before he was taken. He would crack jokes and pull pranks with Joey, and he enjoyed movie nights with his friends when all of them couldn't sleep. Harry and Nova seemed to share the same non-existent sleep schedule that Anthony had, and they tended to keep each other company when sleep couldn't find them.

One afternoon, Anthony was in the lab with Nova, getting his arm looked at, when F.R.I.D.A.Y. had announced that the Avengers had returned from a meeting about something called The Sokovia Accords, and that Tony Stark had signed them. Seeing the anger in Nova's face, he followed her out of the lab, walking into the main living area and stumbling upon absolute chaos. Everyone was shouting at each other, and Anthony stood off to the side with his sister, who was watching their parents fight with each other. He learned that the people who had signed the Accords included Tony Stark, Vision, his mother, Natasha Romanoff, his brother, Alexander Barnes, Lila Barton, James Rhodes, and Nova's oldest sister, Serenity Stark. Anthony was angry when he heard that his mother and brother had signed the Accords, since he knew what they entailed and what it meant for them as a team. It all stemmed from an accident that happened on a mission in Lagos when Wanda Maximoff tried to stop Brock Rumlow from blowing himself up in a suicide bombing, throwing him into the side of the building as the bomb that was strapped to his chest went off. It caused the death of several locals and the injuries of over two hundred people. The Accords were something written up by the government after this happened, saying that they would have control over what the Avengers did.

Anthony decided to go and talk to his parents, to see if he could try and reason with his mother or to see why she had signed them, and he wished that he hadn't. His mother, the person who was adamant that he wasn't restrained when he first returned home, and that he wouldn't cause anyone any harm, was now saying that she was worried that he would kill someone. He ran off to his room and hid away for the rest of the night, not wanting to be seen by anyone. Nova came into the room a little while later, just sitting with him and comforting him while he cried. He couldn't believe that his mother would think like that—that she had changed her mind so quickly about him, that he was suddenly a danger to those around him. Anthony fell asleep with Nova after he had calmed down, hoping that everyone could sit down and just talk things through in the morning. It seemed like the team was being torn apart because of the Accords, and Anthony could only hope that there was something that they could do to solve this, maybe come to a common agreement that would work in everyone's favor, but he knew that it was wishful thinking. He fell asleep in Nova's arms that night, just wanting to pretend that that whole afternoon didn't happen.

It didn't take long for things to take a turn once again. Steve came into his bedroom and barricaded the door before Anthony and Nova could ask any questions, turning on the TV. There, on the news, was a video of Anthony killing an elected government official. Even though the person in the slightly grainy CCTV footage definitely looked like him, he knew that it wasn't him. He had never left the grounds of the Compound—he had barely left the building itself in general—so he knew that this wasn't something that he had done. Steve urged Anthony to leave quickly, telling him that he would meet him on the airstrip so they could get him away from there. He broke one of the windows in his room and jumped out of it, catching Nova in his arms as she jumped out after him. He ran with her to where the Quinjet was, Andrew Rogers and Caroline Rogers holding back the small army of people that was coming after Anthony, which included his mother, Serenity Stark, Alexander Barnes leading the charge. Clara Barnes was already on the jet with Bucky Barnes, Penelope Banner, and Sam Wilson, waiting for Anthony to board so they could get out of there. He finally made it to the jet, leaping through the open door before Sam began to take off, Caroline and Andrew following suit. They helped Nova get into the jet, Anthony watching in horror as his brother shot her in the leg. The jet was in the air, and they were flying towards a safehouse they could lay low at for a bit while they figured things out. Penelope Banner patched up Nova's leg after she had been shot, and Anthony was trying his best not to panic over the whole situation.

Once they arrived at the safehouse, they decided to just stay put, not trying to formulate any plans just yet. Steve wanted to make sure that no one had followed them there, and that there was nothing put on the Quinjet that could have tracked them. Clara had disabled the GPS tracking on the jet before everyone else even got there, so if Tony tried to look at the location of their jet, it would say that it was still sitting on the runway at HQ. The day went by, Caroline and Andrew making dinner for everyone while the group just tried to calm their nerves. Anthony went into one of the rooms with Nova, just wanting to shut his brain off and take a nap for a little while, since he didn't get a whole lot of sleep before Steve barged into his room. While he and Nova were sleeping, a glowing orange portal opened up in the living room, everyone jumping up and drawing their weapons, not sure who was going to be coming out of the portal or what was creating it. When Jason Stark and Sarah Stark emerged from the portal, everyone relaxed, lowering their weapons a little. Sofia Strange was the one that opened the portal, and Jason and Sarah thanked her for getting them there before she closed the glowing opening behind them. Jason and Sarah explained that Tony had gone berserk and that they needed to get away from HQ and away from their father. Tony had called them and asked them to sign the Accords and help him, but both of them refused as soon as they read them. The siblings were both shocked to learn that Anthony was back, and that the reason they were hiding out here was because of him. Jason and Sarah embraced Anthony when he came out of his room, as well as hugging Nova as soon as they saw her, not having seen their youngest sibling in about a year.

After being at the safehouse for two days, they were slowly beginning to formulate some kind of plan. It was clear that Tony wasn't able to find them—he would have found them within the first hour of them being there if he knew where they have gone. Jason explained that Tony had basically forgotten about this safehouse, so they would truly be safe there, but there was only a matter of time before Vision, also know as Tony's previous A.I., J.A.R.V.I.S., remembered that this safehouse existed. While they were all gathered in the living room, another portal created by Sofia Strange opened up, and Harold Banner came tumbling through it after Sofia had pushed him when he was reluctant to step through it. Harry had come to the safehouse to warn them of what Tony had been up to, and Anthony was so afraid that Tony would find him, and he didn't know what would happen if that ended up happening. Harry had stormed out of the house after he had learned that Alexander Barnes had signed the Accords, Nova going after him, leaving everyone confused as to why he was so upset. The two of them came back into the house a little while later, Jason coming back into the kitchen where everyone had now moved to and telling them all about a cabin that Bruce Banner had in the Catskill Mountains. It was secluded, there wasn't any technology that could track them there. They all believed that it would be a little bit safer there, since it was only a matter of time before they were found here, and they all made a plan to split up into groups to leave in the morning. Anthony, Jason, and Harry had immediately shot down Nova's idea of her going alone to lure Tony away from the safehouse so they could get out of there, since it was incredibly risky and stupid.

Early the following morning, Anthony left the house with Andrew Rogers, Sam Wilson, and Sarah Stark, keeping himself separate from his father, sister, and Nova in the event that they were spotted together. They were the first to arrive at the cabin in the mountains in the early afternoon, followed by the second group that consisted of Clara Barnes, Bucky Barnes, Caroline Rogers and Penelope Banner. Anthony hugged his sister and father when they arrived at the cabin, Bucky holding his kids close to him. Anthony sat on the step of the front porch, waiting for Nova to come to the cabin, just wanting to know that she was safe. When she did arrive, in her group that included Harold Banner, Steve Rogers, and Jason Stark, he ran over to her, pulling her into a hug. They were only in that cabin for less than twenty-four hours before things went south again. Anthony was sitting on the front porch with Sarah Stark, Clara Barnes, and Penelope Banner, watching Nova and Harold Banner talk to each other while Harry was chopping up firewood. He watched the two of them interact for a moment, before he saw Harry stumble forward, pulling something from the back of his neck. Anthony stood from his chair when Harry fell to the ground, beginning to move from the porch with Penelope to check on him, but then he saw Alexander Barnes emerging from the woods, stalking towards the house, and he barely registered Clara and Nova yelling at him to run. He ran into the house and down the hall, flinging the back window open and diving out of it. He ran to the shed at the back of the house, finding one of Harry's motorcycles, thankful that the tank was still full. He started it up and drove out of the shed, driving as fast as he could down the road that led from the back of the house, hoping to lose them. He had made his way fairly deep into the mountains, looking over his shoulder every now and then and never seeing anyone behind him. Suddenly, the back tire of the motorcycle blew out, sending him over the handle bars and tumbling to the dirt road. Anthony looked behind him, seeing there was the bolt from a crossbow sticking out of the back tire, and the person that fired it was Lila Barton. He moved to stand up and start running, but then he was grabbed by two SWAT Team officers and brought back down to the ground, his mother jabbing him in the neck with a needle full of something that knocked him unconscious.

When he regained consciousness, he found himself locked in some kind of containment cell, his arms and legs locked down to the chair he was sitting in. He had no clue where he was, or where everyone else was. He sat in that room for a long time, alone, until someone came into the room, a man that introduced himself as Dr. Broussard. He was going to ask Anthony some questions, pick his brain and ask him about what had happened. The things the man asked him confused him, but Anthony answered them as best as he could. The man pulled a tablet from his briefcase after a while, and then, all of a sudden, the power in the room was cut, leaving only the pulsing red emergency lights. Anthony looked at the man, angry and anxious, asking what was going on. The doctor took his glasses off, reaching into his briefcase again as he began asking Anthony to tell him about his real home. He didn't understand what he was asking, until the man pulled out a familiar red leather-bound book, and Anthony began to panic. As he struggled to free himself from his binds, the man stood up, stalking around Anthony's containment, book and flashlight in hand as he began reading off the trigger words that activated The Winter Soldier. Anthony finally managed to break free from his restraints after the fifth word, beginning to try and punch through the bulletproof glass that encased him, eventually punching the door off of the hinges, and he could feel control slip from his hands as the doctor reached the final trigger word.

Anthony was half lucid as The Winter Soldier took over, as he killed the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents that were posted outside of his room. Nova came down the stairs, and he grabbed her by her neck and shoving her up against the wall, his hands squeezing her throat. Anthony was trying his best to stop the Soldier, trying to regain control over his alter ego, but he was winning. Before The Winter Soldier could succeed in killing Nova with his bare hands, Harold Banner and Anthony Stark entered the room, Harry hitting Anthony in the face as hard as he could so he would let go of Nova. Anthony fought with Harry, punching him in the ribs and stomach, taking a few hits of his own from his friend. He grabbed Harry by his hair and threw him against the wall, stalking back over to him. He didn't even register Harry telling Eddie to take Nova and get her out of there, only seeing red as he stared Harry down. He chased Harry up the stairs, Bucky and Steve hot on his tail as they made their way up the stairs to the main floor. Anthony ran after Harry as he was led down an empty hallway, but then Harry had his legs wrapped around his head, his elbow slamming into the top of his head disorienting him for a moment before he regained the upper hand. He yanked Harry down and wrapped his hands around his neck, strangling him. Harry then jammed a needle into his neck—being injected with some kind of sedative for the second time that day. He registered Harry kneeling over him in tears as he fell unconscious.

The next time he opened his eyes, he was tied to a chair in some old warehouse they were hiding out in for the night, having very little memory of what had happened after the psychiatrist spoke with him. He then took in the injuries that both Harry and Nova had sustained because of him, and he instantly felt guilty. He hurt his friend and his girlfriend, and he possibly could have killed them. No matter how many times Harry and Nova tried to tell him that it wasn't him, that he wasn't in control when it happened, he still felt guilty. When his father asked him who the doctor that spoke to him was, all Anthony could remember knowing about him was that he introduced himself as Dr. Broussard. Aside from that, he knew nothing about him. They slept in that warehouse that night, and met up with Sharon Carter-Rogers in the morning to gather their gear that S.H.I.E.L.D. took from them when they were detained. They met up with Jason Stark, Clara Barnes, Penelope Banner, Clint Barton, Scott Lang, Caroline Rogers, and Wanda Maximoff in a parking garage at John F. Kennedy International Airport to come with a plan about what to do next. There was an announcement over the loudspeaker that said the airport was being locked down, and Wanda was the one that put it together that it was Tony. They all got themselves ready quickly, Anthony walking down to the runway with Harold Banner, Nova Stark, Clara Barnes, Caroline Rogers, Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes, Anthony Stark, Sam Wilson, Clint Barton, and Wanda Maximoff. On the other side of the runway was Tony Stark, James Rhodes, Natasha Romanoff, Serenity Stark, Lila Barton, Vision, and Peter Parker. Tony tried his best to get Anthony to surrender himself before things got bad, but he refused, not wanting to be locked up for something he didn't do. When he refused, the fight began.

Anthony and Clara Barnes immediately began running towards the Quinjet that was at the airport, trying to get Anthony out of there as fast as possible to avoid him being captured again. They didn't make it very far, since Spider-Man shot webs around Clara's ankles to keep her from running. While the siblings were trying to get the webs off of Clara, Alexander Barnes was running towards them so he could stop them from getting away, but Harold Banner stopped him before he could get much further. They eventually made it to the jet once Alec was distracted, getting inside and hiding under the dashboard until the rest of them were able to join them. Soon, Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes, Sam Wilson, and Nova Stark also came onto the jet, Steve starting it up and getting out of there as fast as he could.

The eventually made to a H.Y.D.R.A. base in the middle of Siberia—the same one Anthony had run from not long ago. It had been abandoned in the time he had been gone, and it had already been in a state of disrepair when he was there, and now it looked like it was on the verge of collapse. Inside, he spotted the cryo chambers of the other Soldiers that he trained, all of them dead from gunshot wounds to the head. All of them heard the elevator from down the hall start up, and Steve, Bucky, and Anthony made their way over to where the noise was coming from. The elevator doors opened, and Tony Stark was on the other side. After a bit of back and forth, Tony convinced Bucky and Anthony to lower their weapons that they had pointed at him, making his way into the main area of the base where the rest of the group was. The sound of a light buzzing to life filled the room, and they spotted a man standing in the middle of the chamber at the back of the room, and it was the same man that interrogated Anthony—the same man that reactivated The Winter Soldier II. Steve approached the man, asking him about what his whole plan was, and the man only gave him slightly cryptic answers before turning a small TV on, showing a tape of CCTV footage. It was CCTV footage of the day Howard and Maria Stark died in a car wreck, but the video revealed that it wasn't really a car wreck—Bucky Barnes killed The Starks in 1991 when he was still The Winter Soldier. After seeing the video, Tony lost it, going after Bucky, with Steve, Anthony, and Nova trying to stop him. The man ran out of the building, Sam and Clara hot on his tail. Steve, Anthony, and Bucky all went after Tony, trying to keep him from hurting Bucky or anyone else. Steve dragged Tony down when he tried to grab Bucky by the neck, Anthony trying to pry his arm from around his father and falling with them. Bucky landed on a concrete ledge near the bottom of the chamber, whilst Steve, Tony, and Anthony fell in a heap on the floor. While Tony hit the floor and Steve rolled to the very bottom, Anthony landed on his side on a concrete wall, cracking four of his ribs. Before Bucky joined the fight, he ordered Nova to get Anthony out of there so he didn't get injured further. Nova basically had to drag him up the stairs and out of the base, stumbling onto the jet with him so she could try to patch him up. Clara Barnes and Sam Wilson were already on the jet after apprehending the man that did this, a man named Baron Helmut Zemo, and Clara helped her brother and Nova into the jet. Anthony passed out from the sheer pain he was experiencing not long after boarding the jet, and remembers nothing else from that evening.

### Getting Help in Wakanda

From Siberia, they made their way to Wakanda, where Steve and Bucky knew that Anthony could get the help that he so desperately needed. They helped Bucky once, so they knew that they could help Anthony, too. Once they arrived, the medical team and Shuri brought Anthony into the lab, where they assessed his wounds and helped with his broken ribs as best as they could. Once he was awake and able to walk without feeling a shooting pain all throughout his body, Bucky brought Anthony out of the lab so he could talk to T'Challa and Shuri about what the procedure of removing everything that H.Y.D.R.A. implanted in his brain would look like. Anthony was nervous to go back into cryo for this to work, Bucky, Shuri, and T'Challa all reassured him that it would be nothing like H.Y.D.R.A. and that he had nothing to worry about. Anthony was more than ready to get this started, and Shuri was, too, telling him that they would begin the following morning.

When that morning came and it was time for the rest of the team to go back to HQ, Anthony went down to the lab with Clara Barnes, Bucky Barnes, and Nova Stark, while the rest of them went back to the jet. Anthony hugged both his sister and father goodbye, before hugging Nova as tightly as he could, promising to see her soon. Shuri told him that Nova would be able to come and visit him in about six months.

During his time in Wakanda, Anthony was put under cryo for the first three months so Shuri could work on removing The Winter Soldier Program from his brain. It was successful, and after her was taken out of cryo, he spent the next three months going through therapy sessions to work through the guilt that he carried about the people that he killed and the people he hurt. He took up meditation while he was there, as well, and Anthony had never felt more relaxed in his life than he was while he was in Wakanda. He began feeling like himself again, and he could enjoy the things that he used to before he was taken by H.Y.D.R.A. He also improved his fighting abilities while there, being trained by the head sergeant of the Dora Milaje to polish on his skills. He helped Shuri out in her lab as much as he could, even if he didn't know much about what she was working on, and he found a friend in the princess very quickly. His time in Wakanda was an extremely positive experience, and, even though he wanted more than anything to be at home with his family and see Nova again, he would miss this place and its people greatly when it was time for him to leave.

## Attributes

### Skills and Abilities

* ***Hand-to-hand combat –***  Anthony was trained extensively in hand-to-hand combat by his mother when he was a teenager, as well as H.Y.D.R.A. after he was taken. He definitely knows his way around a fight, and his metal arm is one of the deadliest weapons he possesses, and his hands alone could be classified as deadly.
* ***Marksmanship –***  Anthony was taught how to handle a gun by both of his parents when he was in high school, and that skill was further strengthened by H.Y.D.R.A. when they were training him. He has perfect aim no matter what weapon he is firing, and he will never miss a single target. He was trained in shooting various types of guns, a crossbow, and a bow and arrow.
* ***Knife throwing –*** Using throwing knives is something that Anthony taught himself. When he had escaped from H.Y.D.R.A. and was in hiding in Romania, he had hidden in an abandoned apartment for a long time. He taught himself how to throw knives with dull kitchen knives he found in the apartment, throwing them at the back of the front door. With his aim, the skill came naturally. Upon his return to the Avengers, the skill was fine tuned even more when he was trained by his mother and Samantha Wilson.
* ***Stealth –***  Anthony is quick and light on his feet. He moves stealthily and almost silently, allowing him to move around and sneak up on any unsuspecting person without raising any alarm.
* ***Super strength –***  Being injected with Super Soldier Serum, Anthony was given an inhuman amount of strength. He could stop a speeding car with his bare hands if he needed to. He was just as strong as his father and Steve Rogers, and the only people that are stronger than he is are Harold Banner, Penelope Banner, Samantha Wilson, and Jessica Jones.
* ***Increased speed and stamina –***  Due to the Super Soldier Serum, Anthony's stamina was increased greatly. Even though he played basketball before he was taken and already had pretty good stamina, the Serum only increased that tenfold. He could run for miles, hardly even getting tired, and he can run incredibly fast.

### Equipment

* ***Metal arm –***  Given to him by H.Y.D.R.A., Anthony's left arm was severed off and replaced with a shiny silver metal arm, one that looked just like his father's during his time with The Winter Soldier Program. The arm is his deadliest weapon, and he can punch clean through metal with it. After the Sokovia Accords, Shuri had outfitted him with a brand new, full Vibranium arm to replace his old one.
* ***Guns –***  When hand-to-hand combat isn't an option, Anthony uses guns. He often has a semi-automatic rifle strapped to his back and two guns in holsters strapped to his thighs.
* ***Tactical belt –***  Anthony always has a tac belt wrapped around his waist on missions, outfitted with hooks and pockets to hold whatever he needs on missions, including ammo, knives, smoke grenades, etc.
* ***Throwing knives –***  After his return, Samantha Wilson gave him a few of her own personal throwing knives, since he didn't have any of his own. He often kept them in a sheath that was attached to his belt on missions.
* ***Smoke grenades –***  These are something that he doesn't use often, but if there is a need for a distraction on a misson, Anthony always has one or two smoke grenades attached to his belt.

## Relationships

### Family

* Bucky Barnes — father
* Natasha Romanoff — mother
* Alexander Barnes — brother
* Clara Barnes — sister
* Steve Rogers — uncle
* Sharon Carter-Rogers – aunt
* Caroline Rogers — cousin
* Andrew Rogers — cousin
* Joseph Rogers — cousin
* Clint Barton — uncle
* Laura Barton — aunt
* Cooper Barton — cousin
* Lila Barton — cousin
* Nathaniel Barton — cousin
* Nova Stark — romantic partner
* Happy Hogan — caretaker

### Allies

* Tony Stark (Iron Man) — teammate
* Thor Odinson — teammate
* Peter Parker (Spider Man) — teammate
* Clint Barton (Hawkeye) — teammate
* Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch) — teammate
* Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow) — teammate
* Vision – teammate
* Serenity Stark
* Anthony Stark
* Jason Stark
* Sarah Stark
* T'Challa Udaku (Black Panther)
* Shuri Udaku
* Ramonda Udaku
* Okoye
* Samantha Wilson
* Nick Fury
* Maria Hill
* May Parker
* Cooper Barton
* Lila Barton
* Nathaniel Barton
* Stephen Strange
* Sofia Strange
* Spencer Strange
* Shiloh Strange
* Scott Lang  (Ant-Man)
* Harold Banner
* Penelope Banner

### Enemies

* Tony Stark (Iron Man) – former situational enemy
* Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow) – former situational enemy
* James Rhodes (War Machine) – former situational enemy
* T'Challa Udaku (Black Panther) – former situational enemy
* Peter Parker (Spider Man) – former situational enemy
* Vision – former situational enemy
* Alexander Barnes – former situational enemy
* Serenity Stark – former situational enemy
* Lila Barton – former situational enemy
* Baron Helmut Zemo
* Thanos †
* Ebony Maw †
* Proxima Midnight †
* Brock Rumlow †  (Crossbones)

## Appearances in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

* ***The Avengers***  (mentioned)
* ***Captain America: The Winter Soldier***  (mentioned)
* ***Avengers: Age of Ultron***  (mentioned)
* ***Captain America: Civil War***
* ***Spider-Man: Homecoming***  (mentioned)
* ***Avengers: Infinity War***
* ***Avengers: Endgame***
* ***Spider-Man: Far From Home***  (mentioned)
* ***WandaVision***
* ***The Falcon and the Winter Soldier***
* ***Spider-Man: No Way Home***  (mentioned)

## Trivia

* Anthony played basketball when he was in middle school and in his freshman year of high school.
* He is really good at math.
* His favorite movie is *Shutter Island*.
* He has dyslexia.
* He can play the piano.
* Anthony wanted to be a U.S. History teacher when he was in high school.
* He loves horror movies.
* He's a dog person.

## Playlist

* Monster - PVRIS
* Unsteady - X-Ambassadors
* I Wanna Get Better - Bleachers
* Human - dodie
* Two Face - Jake Daniels
* Everything at Once - mothica
* Control – Halsey
* You Will Be Found - Ben Platt
* Dying in a Hot Tub - Palaye Royale
* feel something - Bea Miller