#Executive Rehab Program

[scariusaquarius]

rehab. 14.

Avenger! Bucky Barnes x Winter Soldier! Fem! Reader

Summary: While on a mission to find any more possible super soldiers that were a part of the Winter Soldier program, Steve and Bucky make a discovery in an abandoned HYDRA base that was cleared out a few years prior to their mission. They discover the Reader, a long-forgotten soldier that was still asleep within a functioning cryostasis pod; still awaiting orders. While Bucky isn't happy about it, he is put up to the challenge of helping to rehabilitate the soldier in Wakanda where she may be able to become a person again.

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A/n: Last chapter was pretty hard. Poor peter :(( and poor Bucky!! Let's hope we can get through to the soldier soon. Also, if you enjoy my work, please consider buying me a coffee! If you would prefer to read Rehab on Archive, you may do so right HERE!

This is an au where Bucky joined the avengers but still rehabilitated in Wakanda (sometime before Infinity War [canon divergent cause NOPE]). I am NOT fluent in Russian, so I did use google translate cause I couldn't find a good translator that I trusted. If anything is wrong, PLEASE let me know!! Also, I tried to list as many warnings as possible so you know what the story will contain as chapters are posted. Stay safe!

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Genre: Slowburn, Enemies to Lovers/Friends to Lovers, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Humor, Drama, Dark Content Rated: Explicit Warning: Angst, Dark Content: Graphic Depictions of Sexual Assault, Blood and Gore, Mentions of Manipulation, Kidnapping, Canon-Typical Violence, Body Horror, Nonconsensual Body Modification/Scarring, Emotional and Physical Abuse, Mentions of Murder, Mentions of Suicidal Thoughts/Ideation, Graphic Depictions of Human Remains, Mentions of Sexual Coercion/Manipulation, Death, Misuse of Drugs/Forced Drugging, Self-Harm (Graphic Depictions and Mentions), Nightmares

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Author: ScariusAquarius

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rehab masterlist. chapter 10 / chapter 11 / chapter 12 /chapter 13

Tony Stark had never thought himself as a completely terrible person. He was a genius; a philanthropist with a humanitarian mindset; a scientist...and he could still make mistakes. Hell, Tony did it all the time with Pepper, with the Avengers, with Ultron and Sokovia. He was just bad at executing his good intentions.

Tony wasn't sure if he could say the same about his dad.

Although Tony adored his parents and his father was his biggest inspiration when he was young, Tony didn't remember a time where it wasn't hard to impress his father or to satisfy him. Howard had expected a lot of Tony, even when he first started showing a higher intellect than normal children had.

His mother had been the opposite. Tony could say that his relationship was a thousand times better with his mother, but Tony had deduced long ago that being her only son, it was expected of her to be doting and to spoil him however she could.

For a long time, Tony resented his father. He resented how hard he was on him, he resented how much pressure Howard put on him, he resented his fathers alcoholism that followed Tony later in life, and he hated that he never got to hear his father say he was proud of him until years after his death.

'What is, and always will be, my greatest creation... is you.'

For almost all his life, Tony hadn't ever heard his father say that he loved him. Honestly, if Tony had to think about it, he'd say that his father hated him with how he remembered his childhood.

And then he found the tapes, heard his father's voice, and everything came crashing down all over again. He was instantly reminded of what had happened to his parents, how he never even got to say goodbye, and Tony was just goddamn angry.

When he saw Bucky Barnes for the first time after finding out that he was the one who killed his parents, he had wanted to return the favor. It was the first time that Tony had ever wanted to actually kill someone besides Aldritch Killian, and that was a whole other can of worms Tony really didn't want to think about.

He still had nightmares about Pepper falling from his grasp that fateful night.

Now, Tony was being faced with his father's work all over again. Granted, there wasn't any way that Howard knew what was going happen until it was too late, but it bothered Tony ever since he learned about Project Rebirth and his dad's involvement and how he still went on to make more serums.

Tony was a genius, but he didn't understand a single damn thing about why his father did what he did. There just wasn't a clear explanation.

And Tony felt haunted by it.

He had seen the recorded memories the woman had; had seen the horrible things HYDRA had done to her; could still hear her pained wails as they cut her open and sewed her back up just to do it all over again.

Almost as a act of self-harm, Tony had forced himself to sit and watch every single minute of every single clip, stewing and horrified and becoming enraged by not just her experiences, the organization, or the nightmares that came after seeing the clips...Tony became enraged and confused at his father all over again.

He remembered Robert (L/n) and how much he didn't like the man. He never seemed happy and always had a mean sneer on his mustached face as if he was never satisfied with any work he did with Howard.

While Tony's father regarded Robert with high respects, the knowledge that Robert had been using him all along made Tony wonder that if he had said anything to his father about how sketchy Robert was, would his parents still be here today?

Would he be tinkering in the lab with his dad and making the flying cars Howard had aspired to make? Would his mother still make her delicious apple pie that she baked for special occasions? Would JARVIS still be here?

There were so many what if's that plagued Tony's mind, and irrationally, he wanted to blame the soldier as well. While Tony knew that she wasn't at fault and was a victim of her own father's sick agenda, it was almost easy to equate her to Bucky.

He still wasn't over it, and that's why being in the goddamn cold sucked ass.

While his suit was equipped with heaters that let him keep warm, it didn't take away from the difficulty of being able to see through the snow that was accumulating on his face.

Vision didn't seem to have a problem, seeing as his body was completely synthetic so he wasn't really able to feel temperature (or really much of anything), it almost made Tony jealous.

Hell, Bruce Banner being in the quinjet above them made him jealous.

"Tell me why I have to be outside like this again? I feel like I'm being singled out here."

Banner's voice came over the intercom, a slightly annoyed tone in his voice as he replied.

"Tony, if you say something about the cold again, I'm turning around and leaving."

"I'm just saying that it might be more considerate to let me inside and let Vision handle it from out here."

"Mr. Stark, if I may interject?"

Tony just huffed, and Vision added as he flew next to him, completely ignoring everything Tony had just said to instead shift the focus of the conversation.

"If we are able to locate Mr. Rollins, what is it that you intend to do with him? Given the history that Mr. Barnes has with HYDRA, would it be wise to bring this criminal back to Wakanda?"

Tony was torn. While he knew the risks of bringing Rollins to Wakanda, there was a darker and jaded part of his brain that didn't even care what Barnes would do. Hell, if anything, Tony hoped that (Y/n) would kill the man.

But as an Avenger, Tony couldn't exactly voice that. Glancing at Vision, Tony replied nonchalantly.

"Well, I can't say I'd exactly stop Barnes from playing a deadly game of Twister with the jackass, but I'm not gonna say that I'm condoning it...even if I am."

Vision pursed his lips slightly, a look of confusion spreading across his face as he glanced down at the ground below them with a thoughtful expression.

"I must admit that I am still learning the human behavioral patterns and the data streams of human emotion...so I am puzzled at why Mr. Barnes feels so strongly about this situation...let alone Steven Rogers."

Before Tony could respond with a snide remark, Bruce replied with a thoughtful explanation, stating with an understanding tone of voice.

"Well, if you look through Barnes' files, you'll understand the pattern and begin to know the why. Barnes was also a victim of HYDRA, theoretically either longer than this woman has been...possibly for the same length of time."

As Banner began to explain, Vision's eyes seemed to be lighting up with understanding as he listened.

"For a long time, and even now, he's been dealing with the thoughts and memories of his time with HYDRA. Hell, even to this day, he's still remembering and uncovering those dark times. It's one thing to be the one to experience these traumatic experiences...and it's another to be on the outside looking in. It's all about perspective, Vision."

Vision was quiet for a moment before he asked, making Tony and Banner fall into a state of surprise and stupor.

"Do you think he seeks to amend the wrongs he has done by willingly rehabilitating this woman? Despite the fact that it was Steven Rogers who suggested the idea, it wouldn't be entirely invalid to believe that Mr. Barnes is taking this opportunity to rectify his own experiences, let alone Ms. (L/n)'s."

Banner was the first to speak, Tony too deep into his thoughts to be able to give a good answer to Vision.

"Well, we don't really know that for sure. The only way to know would be to ask him, and I'm not sure that even he knows the answer. I think what is important is that he is willing to do so despite the traumatic experiences he also went through. It's better to have a friend...or to be one in a time of need."

"Thank you for your input, Dr. Banner. It is incredibly helpful."

Banner acknowledged him, and Tony took a deep breath, saying with mock relief.

"Thank, god. Great existential talk, everyone. I'm glad that we have all come to the understanding that Barnes is mentally ill, which was kinda already a given."

Although Tony couldn't see Banner's face, he knew the man was rolling his eyes at him, and FRIDAY's voice popped up, making Tony give his undivided attention to the AI.

"Mr. Stark, the HYDRA base is just up ahead. I am not detecting any activity. However, the base seems to be protected by the same type of energy shield that was used in Strucker's research facility located in Sokovia."

Tony hummed, shrugging slightly.

"Well, I guess we'll just have to knock on the front door like last time."

"You know, Tony, I have this really nagging feeling that it's not a good idea to knock on the front door."

Tony then deactivated his thrusters to begin falling down a large crevice within the Ross Ice Shelf that was emitting the signal of the energy shield, saluting Banner as he did so.

"Well, guess we'll just have to see. Let's just hope the service is like it was in Germany!"

"Tony!"

As he dropped into the crevice, it didn't take very long to see the ingenuity of the architecture and structural genius that went into ensuring a secret base. To Tony, it seemed as though the whole ice shelf was being held together by intricately-designed industrial ice anchors that were drilled and cabled together.

Despite the immensely inconspicuous location of the base, there didn't seem to be a single soul in sight. There were no lights on, no heat signatures, nothing. It was dead, cold, and barren.

It made Tony become suspicious and on edge.

"Mr. Stark, I'm not sensing any life inside of this facility."

"Yeah, I'm getting nothing on my sensors either. Banner, you see anything from up there?'

Banner was stressed, stating as the sound of the quinjet flying overhead reverbed down the Shelf and made Tony's spine tingle.

"Nada. It's completely dead up here as well."

Tony muttered, shaking his head slightly.

"That's never a good sign. Let's get in here and see what we've got. There might be something of importance. FRIDAY, where are the generators?"

"There are no traditional generators within the facility. This facility specifically functioned with hydropower. If you are able to get the hydroelectric system running again, you should be able to regain power."

Vision looked to Tony, nodding to him before phasing through the floor below.

"I will get that started for you."

Tony nodded, and he turned on a spotlight, looking around the facility. There was a good layer of ice and frost covering the inside of the facility; papers frozen in time; a HYDRA flag frozen mid-wave, and Tony had to admit: it was a bit spooky. As he looked around, he was startled by Pepper's ringtone echoing into his ear, and he took a deep breath as he answered.

"You have amazing timing, Pep, I was just thinking about how amazing this one place would be for a vacation."

Pepper Pott's voice was amused as she responded, Tony's racing heart calming just the slightest as he listened to her voice.

"Given how the last vacation went, I think I'm good. So, I followed up on that guy, Robert (L/n), like you asked, and I think I might have found something."

The lights in the facility suddenly kicked on, and Vision phased back into the room through the floor; not a spec of water on his body. Tony put Pepper on speaker as he removed his mask, his nose immediately becoming cold as he looked around the desolated facility.

"That sounds promising. What'd you find?"

"So, after Steve went under the ice, Robert left Stark Industries shortly afterwards and just kind of fell off the face of the earth. I asked myself 'why would a renowned scientist suddenly disappear unless he was secretly a bad guy'? So, I asked Shuri to send me the files that she had copied from the CIA, and it seems that around the time that (Y/n) became active, the CIA began their own super soldier project."

Tony frowned immediately, his eyes darting around as the gears within his head began to turn.

"Conveniently right after she became a part of the agency?"

Pepper hummed in agreement before she added.

"Not only that, but it seems that her and the current Director might have known each other at some point."

Tony paused, glancing down at a file that was frozen against one of the desks, and he frowned deeply. At the top was the name Project Achilles, and though the file was completely frozen and unable to be accessed without damaging it, Tony carefully pried the file off of the desk. Vision came to stand beside Tony, stating.

"The computers have sustained intensive damage due to the frost and ice that has accumulated within the consoles over time. I can attempt to search through the drives, but they might be beyond repair."

"If we can extract the floppy discs and dry them off as fast as possible before the moisture can damage them, then we'll be all set."

Vision hummed to himself, looking down at the consoles before his fingers phased through the plastic and metal. After a few moments, the sound of ice gently cracking and breaking echoed around them, and Vision was able to extract a floppy disc from the frozen console. Gazing at Tony, he stated.

"The casing sustained a bit of damage, but it is relatively unharmed."

Tony immediately grabbed it, stating.

"FRIDAY, you got hot air?"

"Yes, Mr. Stark."

As his gauntlet began to blast hot air at the floppy, rapidly drying it, Pepper's voice came through again.

"Shuri also told me that (Y/n) had a meltdown."

Tony immediately became anxious, his tone becoming furious as he asked.

"Is Peter alright? She didn't hurt him, did she? I shouldn't have trusted Barnes to keep him safe. I'm heading back right now."

"Hold on, Tony, you didn't even let me finish."

Tony pursed his lips, his brow furrowed deeply as he became quiet.

"Bucky was trying to get through to her and tried to show her the file, and she just seemed to start panicking and lashed out. Peter is completely unharmed, and Shuri told me that he's been watching over (Y/n) since the incident. Barnes needed to take a break for a while."

Tony felt a huge wave of relief go through him, and he sighed after a moment, his eyes closed and internally counting his breaths. Pepper continued after a moment of letting Tony breathe.

"Shuri sent the clip over."

A hologram showed up, the camera feed of the incident playing, and he was expressionless as he watched Barnes attempt to get through to the soldier. He could tell, however, that the woman was anxious and becoming agitated; especially when she gripped Bucky by his throat.

While the sight was alarming, Tony was as alarmed until he watched as (Y/n) began to cry.

"I don't understand. I...I....I'm malfunctioning...my programming is flawed. I...I need to be recalibrated...reprogrammed. I don't want to remember."

There was a feeling of apprehension filling Tony's body as he watched as Peter tried to make contact and ask about her family. When she threw the table at Peter, an undeniable feeling of defensiveness came over him, his chest tightening, and Tony clenched his jaw.

After a few more minutes of interaction, Tony could tell that she was starting to become too panicked. She wasn't thinking clearly; wasn't remembering details that were just spoken, and she was becoming scared.

Because of this, she finally lashed out, trying to attack Bucky but was restrained by said man. The screams and wails were horrific, and when she began to seemingly beg, Tony wasn't even sure if he wanted to read the translation that FRIDAY provided for him.

"Мне очень жаль. Прости, Кулак ГИДРЫ! Пожалуйста, не делайте мне больно. Я буду слушаться!"

I'm so sorry. I'm sorry, Fist of HYDRA. Please don't hurt me. I'll obey.

Tony clenched his hand, and Tony had finally had enough. He wasn't completely angry with Bucky, but he couldn't help to be. Tony understood that it was irrational to turn his anger towards the man, but all Tony could think about was his parents.

But as he watched Bucky's face turn into one of haunted horror, an expression and feeling that Tony knew all-too-well, Tony couldn't bring himself to be angry. He was just as much of a victim of HYDRA just like his parents. It wasn't Barnes' complete fault. It was just easy to blame him.

He watched as the horrified man left the lab, Peter running after him before coming back inside and carefully placing a chair next to (Y/n)'s sleeping body and looking over her with the saddest eyes Tony had ever seen Peter have.

Well, except for when Tony grounded him from the suit. That was a pretty rough day.

"Shuri told me that Peter hasn't left her side since Bucky ran off, and she's going to be upping the dose of the anesthetics in the mean-time. The stress of the situation caused a slight swelling at the site of the surgery, so Shuri wants her to stay sedated until then. She specifically stated that she doesn't want to put her back into cryostasis because it won't allow the wound to heal; it'll just freeze."

Tony nodded and he replied softly.

"Thanks, Pep, you did a great job today. I still think we should definitely get on a plane to Cancun or something once I leave Wakanda."

"We'll see about it. Love you, Tony."

Tony closed his eyes, comforted by the words, and he didn't hesitate to respond.

"I love you 3000. See you soon."

The line cut, and Tony handed the dry floppy disk to Vision and then clapped his hands.

"Alright. Let's scope the facility a bit more, gather anything else of significance, and get the hell out of here. I don't know how much more of this freezing cold my balls can take."

"W-What? I thought your suit was heated."

Banner's disgusted and confused voice sounded off, and Tony sighed.

"It only does so much before it gets uncomfortable. Alright? Do you want sweaty balls? Didn't think so."

Banner just sighed once more before asking.

"Can we just get this over with and go home?"

Tony nodded before he waved a finger in the area.

"Alright. Pack it up, everyone."

As Vision and Tony left the facility after extensively searching through everything and they both piled into the quinjet, Tony sat in a corner mostly to himself, staring down at the floppy disc within his hand. There was going to be something on this; something big, and Tony could feel it. He could feel the weight of the drive within his hand, and he could only hope that whatever information that was on this drive would be enough to finally get rid of HYDRA once and for all.

That his father and mother, and Tony's rage, could finally rest.

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STORY NOTES: Tony Stark reflects on the type of people his parents were. He reflects on how hard his father was to impress, how his father was incredibly pressuring towards Tony, even from a young age. He remembers how his mother, Maria Stark, had been the opposite of Howard and how doting and loving she was while growing up. Tony then reflects on his internal struggle of his resentment towards his father and the struggle to please him. He reflects on how much he resented Howard for his tough love, the crippling pressure, and Howard's struggle with alcoholism. He particularly remembers that not once had he heard his father tell him that he was proud and that he liked him.

Tony then reflects on Bucky Barnes and the anger and hatred he had felt for him for murdering his parents, how he had wanted to return the favor. Tony mentally remarks that despite being a genius, he still doesn't understand why Howard was apart of such a serious project like Project Rebirth and why he went on to create more serums. Tony reflects on how he had forced himself to sit and watch through every single memory of (Y/n)'s that had been recorded, watching the horrific things that HYDRA had done to her, and he becomes angry with his father all over again.

He then goes on to think about Robert (L/n) and how he didn't like the man growing up. He remembers how weird the man seemed to be, and Tony wonders that if he had said anything to Howard about how weird the man was, if it would have changed anything that had happened afterwards. He wants to blame the soldier as well, but he finds it hard to do so completely as Tony understands that she is a victim as well.

Outside of Tony's mind, he, Vision, and Bruce Banner are currently on the way to the Ross Ice Shelf in the Antarctic where the supposed HYDRA facility is located. While Bruce and Tony bicker, Vision begins to ask questions about Jack Rollins and what is the intention behind finding him. He makes a remark that with Bucky's intense history with HYDRA as well, Vision does not know if it would be wise to bring Jack to Wakanda.

Tony doesn't confirm nor deny that he would stop Barnes from hurting Jack Rollins if they are able to locate him, and Vision goes onto remark that he doesn't understand why Bucky and Steve feel so strongly about the situation itself. Before Tony can answer, Banner begins to explain to Vision that Bucky was also a victim of HYDRA, though they aren't certain for how much longer in comparison to the woman.

Banner goes on to tell Vision that Bucky is still suffering from the trauma of his time in HYDRA, and is even still remembering more things to this day. He makes sure to point out to Vision that being in the situation and being on the outside-looking-in are two completely different perspectives, and that can be difficult to digest. Vision then asks if Banner and Tony think that Bucky is trying to seek redemption for the wrongs he had done as the Winter Soldier in rehabilitating the woman, and Banner replies that he doesn't know and isn't sure if Bucky knows either.

After arriving at the HYDRA base located deep within the ice shelf, Tony is on edge due to the highly-inconspicuous location being barren of people. The whole base seems to be frozen in time, and when Vision goes to get the hydroelectric generators running, Pepper Potts calls Tony. She goes on to tell Tony that after Steve had gone into the ice, Robert had left Stark Industries and seemingly disappeared. However, after (Y/n) joined the CIA, the CIA began to work on their own super soldier project. Pepper also mentions that (Y/n) and the Director seemed to have known each other before she became a Winter Soldier.

Tony finds a file that is called Project Achilles, and although the file is completely frozen shut, he carefully pries it from the desk. Vision tells Tony that the computer consoles are all too damaged to be functional, but he can attempt to save whatever he can from the hard drives. Tony refutes and tells Vision that if they can retrieve the floppy discs without damaging them, they should be able to extract the data that way. Once Vision recovers a disc, Tony begins to dry it out while Pepper tells Tony that (Y/n) had a meltdown.

Tony begins to become anxious, worrying heavily over Peter's safety, and Pepper tells Tony to calm down and let her explain further. She goes on about how Bucky was trying to get through to her and show her the files they recovered of her, and she began to lash out. Pepper tells Tony that Shuri has sent the clip of the incident, and Tony watches it intensely. During the height of the incident, FRIDAY provides live translations of (Y/n)'s cries, and Tony reflects on his parents once more. He becomes enraged with Barnes again, but tells himself that Barnes is just as much of a victim as his parents were. After searching through the facility more, the three Avengers leave. End scene.

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Provided in chapter.

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Mars in pisces blurred lines . ♓️ 🐟 🐠

Here we go again with Mars in pisces because it didn’t let me do it last time well it didn’t let me upload it I put so much effort into it guys like I did with the whole Mars series and really went into detail but this time it is going to work believe me now when we talk about Mars in places we talk about boundaries and lines being blurred think about the song blurred lines by Robin Thicke. That song became such a controversy because of it um basically some people believed it was about rape and how lines are being played and who are seeing what’s going on and the ironic thing is that sounds like is 11 years old now nearly I wanna say it probably is 11 years old I think it came out at the beginning of 2014 so I remember when I remember the video of rodakowski and the lot. On the naked version with Pharrell but Robin more than places also and he did the song blurred lines his dad is somebody called Alan thick from a program called family ties .Anyway this song is about bloodlines as we know so here's some examples of people who have their Mars in pisces.

Starting strong Elizabeth Taylor now for me Elizabeth Taylor was always like my favorite old Hollywood person but here’s the big **** with Mars in pisces which people online on the discord that a lot of people do not like pisces placements I have noticed it could be because I have a pisces ex and it’s coming on my for you page I don’t know but it seems prevalent that people joke about Mars in pisces and we wonder why why is this. Well it could be little things or it could be big things so Elizabeth Taylor she had a big Hollywood career in the golden age of Hollywood they called it from around the 1930s to around the 1970s I believe. Anyway I think she was evil with MGM will golden mayor with the horrible leader of that Louis B Mayer. Who was very nasty to people like Judy Garland and Marilyn Monroe. I saw online recently as well that she was allegedly jealous of Marilyn Elizabeth well Elizabeth had many marriages so this could be the deception part with pisces because with pisces it can be very sneaky they’re almost like covert narcissists some degree.

Now hear me out don’t hate me places cause I don’t hate you I’m just going through the Mars signs and like some signs works and others don’t and I particularly don’t like Mars placements in astrology anyway because I have a day chart and Mars transits are generally quite tricky for me and I just I don’t like my own Mars placement so right yeah she had a multiple places and she had a very extravagant lifestyle with a couple of her husbands her first marriage she got with one of the Hiltons I think anyway she had a very abusive first marriage that she had to escape she was very young I feel like she was about 18 years old maximum I think she might have had two boys with this man as well. Now the blurred lines here could be between marriages she was married to the Hilton guy then she was married to Mike Todd, eddie fisher, Richard Burton a senator Richard Burton again and Larry some Jewish name. I think she married him after she left rehab which was quite different for her because he wasn't her usual sort of type he wasn't executive so maybe she went for something different..... but somebody I think Barbara Walters even asked her was she addicted to marriage and I think she answered no she goes I think that’s just what you did back then you love someone you got with them you married and she was asked did you think it would work every time. Ohh yes you don’t get an A marriage not for it to work. she says. So I truly believe as a pisces she probably fell for it hook line and sinker excuse the pun... and they caught her like a fish but I don’t believe that she loved all these men the same she loved Mike Todd and Richard Burton the most and they at the time helped with our extravagant lifestyle, they bought her nice jewels took her on holidays they did drugs together they drank loads of alcohol all over the world went all over the world to different places had an extreme lifestyle and they were known for it. Harry and Richard where she fell in love with him on the set of Cleopatra now Eddie Fisher is a bit of a weird one because she was best friends with Debbie Reynolds who was married to Eddie Fisher and when Mike Todd died he came to comfort her where Carrie Fisher another Mars in pisces, said he went to my Elizabeth’s side and then to her front. Which was quite funny. But the themes of drugs in this placement is very prevalent even the ones who don't like to admit they're doing it to some degree and they can even shame other people for their addictions and fables I know my dad does certainly but that could be his Virgo moon Virgo moons can be quite cruel when they want to be too, he’s got very similar hook-ups to me and his chart. Like moon opposition Mars. Anyway I’m going off track here a little bit so yeah Elizabeth lived an extravagant lifestyle but she was the first person to go to the Betty Ford clinic who is a celebrity.... which was big back then she was also the first to do a celebrity perfume now Aries are always first to do things in situations and her Venus is in Aries. Her and Marilyn both have their Venus in Aries and Mars in Pisces. Now the deception there could be of the Jews the marriages etcetera etcetera.

Then you have Lisa Marie Presley who’s another person with their martin pisces who got with Michael Jackson who has a lot of pisces and ..,That’s what everyone else is saying at the time also... because she didn’t fit the type everybody thought he was a child abuser but personally I’m pretty sure Diana Ross did that to Michael Jackson.

Anyway more deception let’s go with Marilyn Monroe Mars in pisces now she’s in every girl’s bedroom across the world. Fears that one figure that men and women love alike where does the deception lie with Marilyn. Well the deception with Marilyn was the way she was treated by others I believe the Kennedys, allegedly Fidel Castro and many other powerful institutions so these were the blade lines between Marilyn they used her for sexual favours and in the movie blonde although it’s very disrespectful it shows how young Marilyn would have been treated in Hollywood so in a way it was very truthful people were hurt because it was painful to watch. So I think the deception with Marilyn and lies between drugs studio heads and the people who abused her those were the blurred lines between who she was as a person the full stop and she was such a wonderful person so likeable so beautiful so charitable she even set up her own company like.

Elizabeth Taylor did exactly the same with her aides found HIV and AIDS foundation, where she has had family members continue on I think with this. So a lot of these people people I know in real life as well like to give to charity and they like to help people less fortunate than them. Not all the time but look how Paris did it with Provo Canyon and we fell in love with Paris all over again in 2021 when she did that documentary and we realised that her mum is a cold hearted ditch and ironically her mum’s a pisces which really shocked me because she’s very cold. She must have a lot of earth in her chart I’m going to have I look at it after I’ve posted this for the third time.Let’s see where we get with this but like I said the deception with Elizabeth is with her marriages and her drug use and alcohol use with Richard Burton where the lines get blurred in fact this title should be called blurred lines.. because I know people in real life obviously my dad has his Mars in pisces and he.. be a covert narcissist well more of a malignant narcissist at times I fill with water placements in Mars you don't really ever get to know them. you don't know who they really are.. so this is me doing it for the third time it’s not as in detail because I don’t want to lose it all again and this is my take on Mars and pisces. I mean then you could look at Paris and say how she was made fun of a lot in the 2000s as well as having the perfect body she was also made fun of and people would do parodies of Paris and her songs but I actually think Paris is a really nice girl.. she was in her 20s when all that stuff was going on with Brandon Davis and Lindsay Lohan worried thought she was out of order for laughing but I would have done the same as the 20 year old girl probably. And here’s another bloodline with parish sex tape one night in Paris. By Rick Solomon who is a lot older than her and she says she thinks she might have either just been underage or only just legal and he was like bragging about it on Howard Stern yeah it was just sick so be aware when you watch that she’s underage probably when you just legal. With Paris I don’t actually think she set out to release it like Kim did so that’s probably where they’re fallout came from because for a Hilton that ruined their reputation but for a Kardashian it was a money maker .

[yandere-fics]

♡ Kassien Goes To Jail AU ♡

♡ Murder was not enough to really get you sent to prison in the city, at least not if you were killing in the name of your soulmate or if the boss just simply didn't care enough about the people you were killing but Kassien had killed someone who mattered on her first day in the city. She'd been irritated that she'd had to climb out of a pit when she exited the portal and had been even more so when she realized how many smells there were in the city, it would have taken forever for her to find her soulmate when she bumped into a company executive, someone who owed a lot of debts to the boss and thus mattered so her snapping their neck for bumping int her when she was already pissy was not a good luck and they sent her to jail. The supernatural rehab facility they called it but in the demon world it was just jail. They said they'd let her out if she showed good behavior but she was already snappy because this would delay her ability to search for her mate. So basically for a whole year she was stuck in there just threatening the guards who petitioned daily to find who ever her mate was and just stick you in there with her so she'd stop threatening their lives, they were trained but even she was getting scary. ♡

♡ Finally the boss offered the more troubling super naturals the chance to be pen pals with their mates and if they got out then they could finally go collect their mates which made most, but especially Kassien shut the fuck up and stop scaring the poor guards. Honestly it didn't take much work to make all the mates enter the pen pal program, just get them in debt and offer them a chance to repay it by being pen pals with the lonely super naturals who had no one they could interact with as they were rehabbing. She made it seem like pen pals were chosen at random but it was all just apart of the plot. Kassien was so annoying the week she got her letter, sniffing it and practically drooling over all of your words, she had to act like a normal person in her response though if she didn't want to scare you off and patience was hard when she'd already restrained herself for a full year in this stupid facility but it was all worth it if she could get to you. ♡

♡ You thought she was nice, maybe a bit weird but she was polite in all the letters back and forth. You didn't want to think about what she'd done to get put there though, most super naturals just got away with their crimes so it must have been severe. Wasn't your problem though, she was locked up and you had a debt to repay by talking to her. You were definitely going to stop responding as soon as your debt was repaid though, it was too weird to be talking to her when she sent multiple letters a day and expected a response to all the questions she asked. One week your letter was late and she had sent a whole thirty pages asking you if you were okay along with some vague threats about what she'd do to anyone who hurt you before trying to play it cool when you responded finally. You were assured she likely wasn't getting out anytime soon but that didn't make you feel safer when you remembered her describing how she'd torture anyone who hurt you. ♡

♡ Kassien knew she screwed up in that last letter but you not responding had drove her crazy enough to lose her cool for awhile there. You had been short in your replies since then and while she was trying to get out on good behavior, she didn't care about that anymore, she needed to get to you before you ran off so she snapped the guards necks and got the fuck out of there, rapidly flying towards where the records said you lived. You were horrified when she arrived covered in blood and tried to make a run for it. Unfortunately for you her year in there had exhausted her patience and even more unfortunately her little kill spree got her put on the boss's radar and got her pardoned as long as she became a killer for the boss meaning she had every right to keep you to herself in a little apartment where she could do anything she wanted to you. ♡

[ask-obt]

How successful have the outlaw rehab centres been compared to banishment and execution that the wheatgrass guild performs?

Keaton: Patients are more receptive to treatment than most would expect. See, crime, especially that which falls under the "petty" variety such as theft, often stems from a need not being met. The rehab centers offer resources to local support while focusing on educating pokemon on programs in their area meant to help with quality of life.

For some, it's not access to resources that they struggle with, but instead dealing with stigmatized mental health issues. It's easy for society to shun these individuals, which in turn leads to feelings of isolation and resentment. Rehabilitation can't always "cure" these conditions the way you can cure a physical ailment, but it can develop support groups of individuals that understand each other better than anyone else. For some even receiving a diagnosis, being able to put their experiences into words, is enough to help find their footing.

... But there are some pokemon that truly don't want help. Usually this option isn't presented until their third or fourth legal infraction, but if they don't accept their sentence to rehabilitation, they can choose between imprisonment or banishment. The latter option is only available for recurrent petty crime- major felonies such as murder lead straight to imprisonment. Rehabilitation services are still available in prison, but as you might suspect, the main difference is that pokemon cannot come and go as they please. The leniency our guild affords criminals can sometimes lead to trouble, but we operate under the idea that if we sow seeds of compassion, our society tomorrow will be brighter for it. The guildmaster deeply believes that there are no truly bad pokemon.

[etherealising]

One more request/ask this time for aiekoy 🍑/🐻/🧡 could you write something on if baby and carm would get together if Mikey were still alive? Or just if they would cross paths and still never say anything? If you’re up to it if not no biggie- again congrats on 1k!🥳

ohhh i love this so much, giggling because i get to play with aiekoy cannon and i am living for it. gonna be honest i don’t even remember writing most of this but it is chaotic and i actually kinda love it.

this was going in so many different directions before this became my final thoughts, thank you for requesting and please enjoy!! 🫶🏽

warning(s): addiction | violence |

mikey lives, does barby?

in this scenario the only ‘aiekoy’ chapters that would still be canon are ch. 1-3, interlude 0-1 and any pre-aiekoy lore that i may not have published yet 🫣.

and for the sake of consistency, we’re throwing all ‘the bear’ canon out the window!

but now is where we start to change things, so we’ll say baby moves back to Chicago beginning of 2019 Christmas showed you just how much you missed being around your surrogate family and so we kiss the west coast goodbye.

and with baby back in town the trio (baby/nat/richie) with all the time they spend around mikey begin to realize like he needs serious help. his deterioration is so clear to anyone who looks at him that if things don’t change soon we all know what’s gonna happen.

it's a bit of back and forth cause mikey is stubborn as hell and he definitely doesn’t take kindly to his addiction being called out. man is feeling cornered right now.

i don’t think mikey would just agree to rehab out of nowhere, growing up as the man of the house i think he definitely has some underlying issues with toxic masculinity.

something big would have to happen for him to see the error of his ways like baby finding him just strung out in his office at the beef pills scattered everywhere and of course, it hurts you to see him this way.

so you begin like trying to dispose of the pills, searching his office for anything more and lecturing him because you love him ya know. obviously reasoning with an addict hardly if ever works.

sadly to say i think it would get a bit physically violent like mikey kind of just lashes out just like grips baby by the arms, and pins you to the wall so hard it alerts the staff.

and it's an ugly scene as richie pulls him off of you. you’re just standing there glued to the wall scared shitless as richie holds himself back from beating the shit out of mikey.

nat gets wind of the whole situation i feel like tina would definitely call her because wtf is going on with mikey?

a few weeks later baby’s distant with mikey, richie is genuinely physically disgusted anytime he’s around his best friend, and nat bless her heart is just trying to keep the family together. she explains what happened to mikey between the two of you because his memory is spotty and the man just breaks down like heaving sobs as he asks nat to help him get better.

they decide a long-term stint in rehab might work best, considering how long he’s been using and the toll his psychological state has taken we’ll say a 6 month program that as it progresses the whole gang will be involved in family counseling sessions.

baby and richie obviously go with nat to drop mikey off setting aside their issues with him (you obviously haven’t forgiven his transgression yet but you want to be there for him) and the whole thing is so emotional i’m talking group hug full of sobs and snot this shit is heartbreaking. but mikey’s adamant that he wants the help.

baby definitely thinks someone should tell carmy but both richie and nat are iffy about it and they table that conversation for the time being.

fast forward a few months mikey is in rehab detoxing and participating in counseling sessions, they aren’t allowed to contact him yet but they do get weekly updates on his well-being.

baby is in new york for work profiling executive chef alex johannes (he didn’t have a name in the show so now he does) about his work ethic and michelin stars or some shit.

he invites you to the restaurant hours before the dinner service so you can observe him and the kitchen during prep and this man is laying the charm on thick!

he’s definitely scummy and you’re genuinely fed up with him so you tell him you need to walk around to get a feel for the kitchen but you just want to be rid of him.

you’re doing your cute journalist thing taking notes, trying to talk to chefs about what the kitchen environment is like working under alex but these people are giving you nothing!

there’s a commotion at one of the prep stations and you’re obviously curious the whole kitchen is trying to pretend they aren’t watching this shit go down.

and you’re just listening to this poor chef get verbally abused as they’re working on their prep, jotting all this down in your little notepad.

but the sight of the chef slamming a cutting board against the counter has you flinching and you just can’t let that happen irritation radiating through you at this bully you’ve been assigned to profile.

you’ve seen enough stepping up to defend the poor chef with a few choice words to the older man ultimately getting in a verbal argument with him and being sent out of his kitchen, but not before he makes the poor chef join you, and whatever bravado you had to rip that asshole a new one is gone as carmen fucking berzatto begins walking in your direction shoving past you to get to the staff lounge.

what are the fucking odds that you end up at the same exact restaurant carmy works at after being ghosted by him again that one christmas. (I’d say they’re great since I’m writing this)

you’re standing there in shock for a minute before turning on your heel to find the man.

he’s pacing back and forth hand pressing into the space where his heart lay. as soon as he sees you he’s hurling questions your way; “what the fuck are you doing here?” “why the fuck couldn’t you just mind your business?” “he didn’t need your fucking help.” blah blah blah.

your anger from earlier is back and you’re just like alright bet “guess it’s still fuck me right carm?” grabbing your bag and getting the fuck outta dodge.

you don’t make it far before carmy finds you, the man doesn’t apologize but he asks you to stop by when he gets off.

you’re a loser for carm so you do. he’s takes you back to his place, it’s awkward as fuck but you finally give in and tell him about what’s going on in Chicago, mikey’s addiction, the “fight” you had with mikey at the beef, him being in rehab.

and carmy is surprised as fuck, to say the least, he tells you that he’s miserable in new york. feels like the restaurant might kill him before his anxiety ever could.

neither of you are sure how any of it happens but the next thing you know you’re naked under him giving into pent-up desires, promises whispered into each other’s skin.

you can’t stay in new york forever but the both of you decide it is for the best not to start anything with all the distance between you.

you try talking carmy into moving back to Chicago and homeboy actually gives it some thought.

after that the two of you are in constant contact like not a day goes by without a phone call or text.

you’re back in chicago mikey’s been doing good in rehab, the family counseling sessions are going well. next thing you know his 6 months are up and he’s out.

you talk carmy into visiting for a bit, he and mikey def have things to work out.

surprise surprise, COVID hits carmy gets stuck in Chicago (man is not complaining though if that means he gets to see you)

you get a roommate who doubles as a lover and everything goes from there!!!

a/n: reading this is so chaotic it actually made me giggle. on a serious note in no way am i saying all addicts are violent or have violent tendencies but from my experiences that has been the case. also i think canonically (7 fishes ep) that mikey did have violent tendencies whether it be the drugs or not.

[jewishbarbies]

random things I would do if elected president, in no particular order:

ban LED headlights nationwide, no exceptions

make it illegal to donate to a political campaign if yearly income is above 100k

forgive all student debt (college, medical school, law school, etc.)

ban PACs and super PACs

require a special license for pickup trucks of a certain size with a specific drivers test

mandatory yearly drivers tests for people over the age of 55

make it illegal for politicians to use all social media in an official capacity

install a free public railway that connects all major cities in all 50 states

give Hawaii back to indigenous Hawaiians along with a promise of monetary reparations and/or supplies for an agreed upon period of time

give Puerto Rico back to the Puerto Ricans with monetary incentives for american citizens who move back to the states

ban the purchase of single family homes by any corporate entity in all 50 states

create a care program for migrants and refugees with housing, food, and supplies along with free English classes and courses on their preferred job field (with credits applied if enrolling in college plus a more streamlined path to citizenship starting with a work/school visa) paid for by taxes they’re already going to be paying working here anyway

complete overhaul of the american prison system with an implementation of rehab and mental health facilities, community projects, education and job training with no sentence longer than the completion of these courses/treatments unless for high crimes and special cases

bring home economics, culinary, and finance courses to middle and high schools with specialized AP courses for fields like human/veterinary medicine, law, engineering, environmental science, etc.

create a federally funded program for college students who want to become teachers, including specialized classes, free tuition, and sign on bonuses when employed at your first school as a one time tax credit with proof of employment

run federally funded educational tours and classes with volunteer opportunities at all national parks, with $10 general admission at all parks

require cities with a population over 1k to allocate funds/resources for warming stations, homeless and women’s shelters within city limits and maintain them year round

ban all fireworks no exceptions nationwide

mandatory voting in state and federal elections

executive order to make it illegal for politicians to earn more than the average yearly salary in their state/county/district/etc. at all levels of government

mandatory college education requirements for running for political office

anti inflation laws preventing the selling of goods and services for more than double the cost nationwide

make food waste in the agriculture industries illegal with tax credits for donating unsellable but edible food to shelters, churches, charities, and food banks

increase indigenous sovereignty in all 50 states, with regulations to prevent price gauging and predatory sale prices of goods and services to reservations, and increased legal protections for recognized tribes

work with local tribes to create programs delivering food, water, medicine, and supplies to households on reservations that sign up, 1-2 times a month like a food bank

create a federal agency of environmental scientists, biologists, etc. that work with indigenous peoples and maintain/protect land and local ecosystems in all 50 states through any means necessary with cooperation of the indigenous people

create additional tax credits for families, people with disabilities, students of any kind, home buyers, and farmers/agricultural workers

free school lunches in all schools in all 50 states

this is a non exhaustive fantasy list, don’t take it seriously. I’ll probably add more things I think of later.

[cantsayidont]

More bad movies:

LATENCY (2024): What's duller than watching someone else play video games? This tedious sci-fi horror story about an agoraphobic gamer named Hana (Sasha Luss), whose only real human contact is her friend Jen (Alexis Ren), going off the deep end after getting the opportunity to try a new AI-powered headset that she can use to operate game controls and other technology with her thoughts alone. Soon, of course, she's having disturbing hallucinations suggesting that she's being haunted, or even possessed. Luss is not nearly a good enough actor to carry what's almost a one-woman show — particularly one so thinly plotted — and the attempts at spooky reality-bending are rendered completely pointless by the idiotic premise, which recalls terrible pre-MATRIX movies of the '90s about virtual reality. Critics have praised the visual effects, but on home video, even with the brightness turned way up, the film is so underlit that I couldn't discern about half of it. About the only vaguely interesting point is a brief attempt to visualize the experience of having the game TETRIS seep into one's dreams; the finale also has some very weak echoes of MULHOLLAND DRIVE that only serve to remove the story's one remaining vestige of emotional reality. CONTAINS LESBIANS? At one point Jen teases Hana for inviting her into her bedroom without offering her anything interesting to do. VERDICT: Conceptually bankrupt and weakly executed; if there's an intelligent movie to be made about gaming as a phenomenon, this certainly isn't it.

THE OUTRUN (2024): Extremely dreary recovery drama, based on a memoir by Amy Liptrot (who co-scripted), about a young biologist, here called Rona (Saoirse Ronan), who retreats to Orkney after blowing up her academic career due to her struggles with alcohol while living in London. Paapa Essiedu costars as her former boyfriend Daynin. There's a scene about a half-hour in where the protagonist checks herself into an abstinence-only rehab program whose organizer declares, with appalling misplaced pride, that only 10 percent of participants will make it; I started feeling similarly about this movie, which is much like being caught in a heavy rain while on foot far from home, wearing sneakers with cracked soles. Ronan is quite good, but while Liptrot has praised the film as "fresh and authentic," every scene is a miserable slog — not even the scenery is pleasant, and its paean to 12-step programs (which substantial research now demonstrates are statistically worse than useless) made me itch. CONTAINS LESBIANS? No. VERDICT: I'm glad Liptrot got something worthwhile out of this, but you won't. Photosensitive viewers should be aware that there are some flashing light sequences in nightclub flashbacks (the worst starting around 40 minutes in).

THE SUBSTANCE (2024): Unsubtle, frequently disgusting sci-fi horror story from French writer-director Coralie Fargeat, about an aging TV fitness star, Elizabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore), using a mysterious new bio-engineering kit that allows her to create a younger, hotter version of herself, "Sue" (Margaret Qualley) — vapid, selfish, hypersexual, and irresistible to every man she meets — whom she can become for seven days at a time. It doesn't take long, however, before she violates the stringent rules that governs the process, and soon her two selves are at war, with horrific results. The first half is a deliberately paced, unsettling, and potent (if obvious and heavy-handed) statement about gender, beauty, and aging, overlapping somewhat with the gayer but more muddled LOVE LIES BLEEDING, albeit with more, and ickier, body horror. Unfortunately, about halfway through, Fargeat loses interest in trying to be creepy or thought-provoking in favor of escalating grossness, which culminates in an absurdly icky finale drenched in literal geysers of blood. CONTAINS LESBIANS? No, and it's curiously disinterested in the erotic implications of the premise, handcuffed by its own very conservative sexual politics. VERDICT: Visceral and visually striking, but ultimately not as audacious as it would like to be, and very, very gross. Be warned: The squeamish need not apply, and if you struggle with eating disorder, you should approach this film with extreme caution, if at all.

SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY (1971): Critically acclaimed but unrewarding and very gloomy British drama about a 30-something divorced mother (Glenda Jackson) and a 50-something gay Jewish doctor (Peter Finch) carrying on separate but parallel affairs with the same younger man (Murray Head), who's ultimately not willing to give either of his lovers the kind of time or energy they want from him. A downbeat, thinly plotted slice of life, its basic thesis is that youthful notions of love and freedom are fundamentally incompatible with the weight of middle-aged responsibility, a point hammered home by Finch in the fourth-wall-breaking final scene. It's (otherwise) realistically rendered, with the basic premise treated with a refreshing lack of nervous tittering, but it's so glum that it's always kind of a drag, and the Head character is never allowed even half the dimensionality of his older partners. CONTAINS LESBIANS? No. VERDICT: Put me off for various personal reasons from the very first shot, and its sexual politics are as cheerless and inflexible as Margaret Atwood's, which is not a compliment.

[cptnhook]

INTRODUCTION: AYDEN HOOK 🪝

name: ayden hook

occupation: owner of "pandemonium" a burlesque club

birthday: july 14th, 1996 (28 years old)

pronouns: he/him

residency: carriage falls

hometown: california

faceclaim: paul mescal

BIOGRAPHY

triggers: abortion mention, mention of drugs and alcohol, drug-related death, mention of adult films.

Ayden was born an only child to James and Hannah. His father was an esteemed film producer who introduced Ayden to the film industry and made his love of cinema grow. His mother was an actress whose relationship with James wasn't meant to go beyond a short, spontaneous sexual relationship. Hannah's original decision was to have an abortion the night she found out she was pregnant, but James offered her a lifechanging sum of money to go through with the pregnancy and childbirth. Their relationship became nothing more than a transaction from that point on.

After Hannah gave birth, she took off. There was always a part of James that hoped she would change her mind and stay. James did his best not to take the rejection out on Ayden, he was always seen as a blessing. However, human emotions are difficult to predict and navigate at times, and James wound up burying himself in work. He tried to make Ayden a part of it. He brought him around the world, to every movie set and introduced him to all the stars. But more times than not, he would be left alone in hotel rooms, seated in front of a television, watching make-believe families, wondering why he didn't have siblings, a mother, or a real home himself.

As a teenager, his father thought he could help utilize their time together and Ayden began his acting career, starring in a few commercials and then appearing in TV shows and movies. After three years of working, he realized he would never become a star. He was always in the background and never had enough lines. The only upside was the friends he was making and the parties they would drag him to. By eighteen, acting was the farthest thing from his mind. The only thing he cared about were the Hollywood parties. He was on every drug, in every low-level gossip column, consequently dragging his father's name through the mud. Unsure of what to do, James cut his son off and forced him to attend a live-in rehab program. It was either that or he loses his trust fund.

His father's plan was executed perfectly because two years later, Ayden was out and clean. He wanted to get back into the movie business but decided he didn't want to be an actor himself. So at twenty one, he used his trust fund to kickstart his own movie production company. Only he wasn't producing normal movies, they were adult films. The business took off and Ayden became one of the largest producers of adult-rated movies in less than a year. However, with its success and the kind of business it was, the partying and the debauchery restarted. Ayden relapsed and convinced one of his actresses to join him. He didn't know, but the drug he offered her was laced and she died after snorting it. His father was so irate, he considered cutting ties with his son completely. But instead, he helped cover up the incident with his money and then exiled his son to Wilmington. It's where Ayden was conceived during one of James and Hannah's many vacations together. This was his final attempt to help his son clean up his life.

Ayden has been in Wilmington for a couple of years now and just recently started up another business, but this time moving away from film. However, he still has an eye for sex appeal and glamor. He's in love with the entertainment business and channeled that love into opening a burlesque club. His father would be proud. Everything is on the up-and-up — or is it?

WANTED CONNECTIONS:

friends: ayden could use friends of any kind! best friends, acquaintances, coworkers, exes turned friends, etc.

employees: if anyone wants to work at his burlesque club! that would be dope.

father: if anyone wants to play his father who's a bigtime movie producer, i wouldn't be opposed lol

enemies: i love banter, so if anyone wants to go back and forth with ayden, exchanging tit-for-tat, that would be fun

good influence: someone who's trying to help him steer clear of his former lifestyle and make sure he succeeds

bad influence: someone who's maybe a party goer who doesn't mind pushing ayden's boundaries when it comes to his sobriety

[swati3191]

Medical Trusts in India: The Role of Sushrut Medical Care & Research Society

In a country as diverse and populous as India, access to quality healthcare remains a significant challenge — especially for economically disadvantaged populations. Bridging this gap are medical trusts: nonprofit organizations that combine medical expertise with social responsibility.

One such shining example is the Sushrut Medical Care & Research Society, the founding trust behind Deccan Multispecialty Hardikar Hospital, Pune. With a legacy of more than 50 years, this trust has emerged as a model for how compassionate healthcare, ethical governance, and clinical excellence can co-exist.

🏥 What Are Medical Trusts?

Medical trusts in India are nonprofit entities registered under the Indian Trusts Act, committed to:

Providing affordable or free medical treatment

Promoting public health awareness

Conducting medical research and education

Bridging gaps between private healthcare and community needs

These trusts often operate charitable hospitals, run health camps, and support underprivileged patients who cannot afford high-cost treatments in the private sector.

🌟 About Sushrut Medical Care & Research Society

Established in 1974 by Padmashree Dr. S. M. Hardikar, the Sushrut Medical Care & Research Society was born out of a need to expand medical services in Pune — especially orthopedic care — while staying deeply rooted in social welfare.

The Society was founded on three core pillars:

Clinical Excellence

Social Commitment

Ethical Medical Practice

What started as a 10-bed nursing home is today a 120-bed multispecialty hospital that serves thousands across Western Maharashtra and beyond.

⚕️ Key Contributions of the Trust

1. Accessible Multispecialty Healthcare

Sushrut Society funds and manages Deccan Hardikar Hospital, a doctor-led, patient-centric institution offering care across:

Orthopedics and Trauma

Neurology and Neurosurgery

Nephrology and Dialysis

Oncology, General Surgery, and ICU care

Pediatric Orthopedics and Rehabilitation

The hospital routinely offers subsidized treatments for patients from economically weaker sections.

2. Free and Subsidized Surgical Camps

In association with community groups, the Society conducts free or low-cost surgical camps in orthopedics, general surgery, and diagnostics. These have helped:

Correct deformities in children

Provide trauma care in underserved regions

Offer post-surgery rehab and physiotherapy for those with limited mobility

3. Promotion of Research and Medical Education

True to its name, the Trust also encourages medical research and supports training programs in orthopedics and other specialties. It has created an environment where learning and innovation thrive for the benefit of patients.

4. Emergency & Trauma Care for All

As a registered medical trust, the hospital under the Society provides critical trauma and emergency care regardless of a patient’s financial status — often before any payment is processed.

Lives are saved every week thanks to this treatment-first, paperwork-later philosophy.

5. Partnering with Government & CSR Health Programs

Sushrut Society is recognized for its partnerships with:

Ayushman Bharat Yojana

Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana

NGO and corporate CSR health funds

Public health awareness initiatives in rural and slum communities

This enables it to extend its reach to thousands of underprivileged citizens.

👥 Governance That Puts People First

One of the most respected aspects of Sushrut Medical Care & Research Society is that it is entirely doctor-governed. The management includes senior consultants, administrators, and medical professionals who understand patient needs better than corporate executives ever could.

This ensures:

Transparent pricing

Ethical treatment planning

Clinical integrity at every level

🌱 The Road Ahead: Expanding Social Impact

As healthcare becomes more corporate-driven, the role of nonprofit trusts like Sushrut Medical Care & Research Society becomes even more vital.

The Trust plans to:

Expand outreach in rural Maharashtra

Launch preventive health and wellness programs

Establish scholarships and training for young doctors

Upgrade facilities while retaining affordability and inclusivity

🏁 Conclusion: A Model for Medical Trusts in India

Sushrut Medical Care & Research Society stands as a beacon of socially conscious healthcare in India. It reminds us that medicine, at its core, is a service to humanity.

By blending visionary leadership, ethical care, and social responsibility, it has set a standard that many hospitals and trusts across the country are now inspired to follow.

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rehab. 45.

Avenger! Bucky Barnes x Winter Soldier! Fem! Reader

Summary: While on a mission to find any more possible super soldiers that were a part of the Winter Soldier program, Steve and Bucky make a discovery in an abandoned HYDRA base that was cleared out a few years prior to their mission. They discover the Reader, a long-forgotten soldier that was still asleep within a functioning cryostasis pod; still awaiting orders. While Bucky isn't happy about it, he is put up to the challenge of helping to rehabilitate the soldier in Wakanda where she may be able to become a person again.

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A/n: Y'all, bucky is so damn pissed, i'm not even gonna lie. I love writing him so damn angry hahaha. Let's see what the X-Men and our little group have in store <3 as well as a new character that i'm introducing hehehe

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This is an au where Bucky joined the avengers but still rehabilitated in Wakanda (sometime before Infinity War [canon divergent cause NOPE]). I am NOT fluent in Russian, so I did use google translate cause I couldn't find a good translator that I trusted. If anything is wrong, PLEASE let me know!! Also, I tried to list as many warnings as possible so you know what the story will contain as chapters are posted. Stay safe!

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Genre: Slowburn, Enemies to Lovers/Friends to Lovers, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Humor, Drama, Dark Content Rated: Explicit Warning: Angst, Dark Content: Graphic Depictions of Sexual Assault, Blood and Gore, Mentions of Manipulation, Kidnapping, Canon-Typical Violence, Body Horror, Nonconsensual Body Modification/Scarring, Emotional and Physical Abuse, Mentions of Murder, Mentions of Suicidal Thoughts/Ideation, Graphic Depictions of Human Remains, Mentions of Sexual Coercion/Manipulation, Death, Misuse of Drugs/Forced Drugging, Self-Harm (Graphic Depictions and Mentions), Nightmares

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Author: ScariusAquarius

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rehab masterlist. / rehab masterlist 2. chapter 42 / chapter 43 / chapter 44

Everyone had gathered back into Charles' office, the Professor looking grave as he sat within his seat. The room was tense, and there was a worry that was settling over everyone. However, it wasn't just worry for the situation nor (Y/n).

Everyone had become worried about Bucky.

He was sitting on a seat beside the window, a dark look on his face that Tony had seen before when Zemo had activated him to gain information about the deaths of his parents.

While Tony knew that the programming was completely gone and there was no way for Bucky to turn back into the Winter Soldier, the scientist couldn't help but to be wary.

Even Logan was uncomfortable, side-eyeing Bucky every few seconds as if he was waiting for the super soldier to lose it.

Charles finally murmured, clasping his hands together as he looked everyone over.

"The stakes have been risen exponentially. It seems clear that HYDRA is trying to frame the Avengers to get you out of the way...but there is more to it than that. I am sure of it."

Strange sighed deeply, a rare tired look upon his face as he muttered.

"Get the Avengers out of the way, and HYDRA can establish a new order. The diplomatic summit was about the regulation of enhanced individuals, so it's obvious what HYDRA is trying to do."

Peter bit his lip before asking.

"You mean surveillance, right?"

Hank offered, giving Peter a gentle but forlorn look as the mutant adjusted his glasses.

"Surveillance, control, possibly even executing...if HYDRA can establish this order and fool the world into believing that enhanced people are dangerous...there's no telling what is going to happen."

Logan lit his cigar, Charles giving the man an unappreciative look before the window suddenly opened. Logan paused, glancing at Charles, who was glaring at him.

"Do you have to be so passive-aggressive about it?"

Logan moved to the open window, blowing the smoke outside, and purposely put himself closer to Bucky, who still hadn't said a single word since everyone got into the office. Tony glanced over at Charles, asking.

"You said you had someone we all needed to meet?"

Charles nodded and closed his eyes. A sudden puff of sulfurous smoke filled the air, and everyone flinched in surprise. A lean, tall figure appeared from the smoke, crouched with his three-fingered hand touching the floor like a cat ready to pounce and his tail flicking wildly behind him.

Golden eyes that were subtly aglow filtered across the room, fanged teeth curled into a smile. His hair was spiked wildly, and the mutant stood tall, his accent thick but voice smooth and warm as he bowed respectfully.

"Guten tag. Ich bin Kurt. I hope I didn't interrupt any, uh...existential crisis." (good afternoon/hello. i am kurt.)

Kurt Wagner stood and straightened himself out, his prehensile tail gently flicking the air behind him as he took in the room. When his eyes settled on Bucky, something in his expression softened even more. Before Charles could introduce Kurt, however, Peter exclaimed, practically bouncing in his shoes.

"Oh my god, you just teleported! That's so cool!"

Kurt smiled widely, bowing playfully as he stated.

"Danke! It's the second-coolest thing that I can do." (danke)

Logan muttered, rolling his eyes.

"Here we go."

Tony raised his brow, asking.

"Second? What's the first?"

Kurt stated simply, shrugging as he gestured to his smiling face; the markings almost clear as day.

"Faith."

Strange resisted the urge to roll his eyes, his intrigue overshadowing his sass for a second, and Kurt's gaze glanced at Bucky. Kurt's eyes softened just the slightest, something stilling within him as the playfulness subsided. With a solemnity to his voice, Kurt addressed the man with a tilt of his head, his tail flicking again.

"Mein Freund, you carry a very heavy burden." (my friend)

Bucky quipped back, his blue eyes still dark from the swirling storm of anger that he was poorly containing as the German slipped from his tongue like water.

"Und du riechst nach faulen Eiern." (and you smell like rotten eggs.)

Kurt burst with laughter, a hand to his stomach as he apologized.

"Entschuldigung! A side effect of my gift, unfortunately." (sorry/pardon/excuse me)

Kurt then looked around the room, placing his hands on his hips as he stated.

"It seems that a ray of sun has been covered by clouds, and I must be honest, I've never attempted to steal the sun before."

Logan groaned, his head falling back against the wall.

"Can you talk normal?"

Kurt grinned.

"Whatever doth thou meaneth?"

Tony snorted behind his hand, Strange finally giving in to rolling his eyes, and Charles took a patient deep breath. Hank and Peter were biting their lips, and Bucky just glared. Charles then confirmed.

"Yes, we are in need of your gift for this very delicate mission. As I informed you, an gifted individual by the name of (Y/n) has been captured by an organization called HYDRA. It is dire that we retrieve this individual before HYDRA causes irreparable damage to the integrity and safety of all gifted kind."

Kurt placed a hand to his chin in thought, humming to himself as his tail flicked behind him. His head tilted, and Kurt replied.

"Ja, that is very important. However, Professor, you know that I can't go where my eyes have never been. How would you have me retrieve this woman?"

Tony perked up, his eyes lighting up just slightly as he asked the mutant.

"Could you go if I showed you a blueprint?'

Kurt pursed his lips, shaking his head.

"Even if I was given a blueprint, I would need to know exactly where our lost Sonnenschein is in order to retrieve her. If I don't have that information, I could teleport where I really shouldn't be."

Bucky looked up, his tone aggressive as he glared at Kurt.

"Can you do it or not?"

Kurt was patient, regarding Bucky with a look of understanding despite his tone becoming firm.

"I can, but if I try to teleport into a place that I have never been, I could teleport into a wall or worse, which would kill me. I am willing to save this person, but not at the cost of my own life."

Bucky's lip curled back in annoyance, and Logan gave Bucky a stern glare.

"Easy, bub, he's just trying to help."

Bucky stayed quiet, crossing his arms and leaning back into his seat, and Peter sat forward in his seat, asking with intrigue and wonder.

"So, wait, if you need to know exactly where you're going in order to not, like, die, would being given exact coordinates help? Like, to a specific room or something?"

Kurt scratched the back of his neck, shrugging.

"It would help a lot, ja, but it would also need to be relative to my location. The same rules apply in which I could get seriously hurt if I teleport somewhere that I'm not supposed to be."

Peter pursed his lips, becoming lost in thought, and Tony snapped his fingers before pointing at Kurt with a tilt of his head and an analytical look on his face.

"So, if I were to give you an inside look of the mansion as well as exact coordinates, there's no possibility of you becoming a Han Solo wanna-be?"

Kurt squinted his eyes, tilting his head.

"Who?"

Tony deadpanned, closing his eyes as he muttered.

"I can't believe that I'm in a room full of people who don't watch good TV. Anyway, besides the points loss towards character, what I could do is use my satellite to get a look at the mansion, take a scan, and get the coordinates that you need."

Strange then looked over at Tony, a look of irritated confusion coming over him.

"Uh, question, but how the hell are you going to get a scan of the place when there are literal measures in place to thwart any attempts like that?"

Tony shrugged, stating.

"Give Papa Smurf here a couple of electromagnetic scramblers to disrupt the electromagnetic field, which would disrupt any physical security measures long enough for me to get a scan done as well as locate (Y/n). After then, he gets in, kidnaps her, get the hell out, and we all win. Boom."

Hank asked, rubbing his hands together anxiously.

"So, that's really wonderful news that we have a solid plan in place. However, once we retrieve (Y/n), her failsafe is going to activate and she's not going to be very thrilled. What measures can we take to ensure that none of us get...you know, dead?"

Bucky muttered, all eyes on him.

"I'll handle her."

Logan scoffed, taking a big puff of his cigar.

"You really think playing lone-hero is gonna be a good idea?"

Bucky shot up from his seat, turning to Logan, whose body tensed and his eyes glared right back.

"What, do you think that I can't do it? You think I'm going to lose it?"

Logan just raised his eyebrow, unimpressed by the shorter man in front of him trying to intimidate him.

"Aren't you doing that already, bub?"

Charles spoke up, his eyes empathetic and knowing despite his tone becoming firm as he held a hand up.

"There is a time and place, gentleman. Let us put our worries to rest as we figure out a safe way to welcome (Y/n) into our home once she is safe from HYDRA."

Bucky, despite his blinding defensiveness still raging inside of him, backed away from Logan before slumping back down into his seat. The room became awkward and tense, and Kurt's voice broke the tension by suggesting.

"We could place her into the Danger room since it is designed for anything."

Bucky exclaimed, his voice becoming slightly high-pitched.

"Danger room?"

Peter whispered to himself.

"Wait, that's real?"

Charles glanced at Bucky, stating with an air of vagueness that caught Bucky's instant attention.

"It is our training facility here at the Institute. It is a room that is designed to withstand any level of ability as well as help our gifted to hone and train their abilities. If there is a place that we could put (Y/n) that would keep all of our gifted safe, it would be the Danger room."

Tony then clapped his hands, standing up.

"Alright, then it's settled. Papa Smurf gets loaded with some Stark tech, we infiltrate, we retrieve, and we get the hell out of dodge with our lovely Manchurian Candidate 2.0."

Hank then stated.

"That doesn't solve how we would get her back here. While Kurt is extremely talented, using his gift at such distances could kill him."

Strange then perked up, stating.

"If Kurt is able to get (Y/n) outside of the facility, then I could open a portal to transport them both here to the Institute. However, I do not think I could transport them directly to the Danger room because of the mystical restraints that are in place here at the Institute."

Hank nodded before he pointed out.

"That sounds like a very solid plan, however, once we get here here and in the Danger room, her failsafe will have been activated. It will be difficult to attempt to work on her if she is not restrained or sedated."

Logan then suggested, raising his brows in thought.

"Could tire her out with the Danger room. Nobody has to go in and try to subdue her when the room can do it for us."

Charles hummed, his hand coming to his chin as he rubbed his skin and nodded.

"I think it would be the best course of action so that nobody gets hurt. She is a very exceptional fighter, and although her abilities are innately human, I do believe she has what it takes to go toe-to-toe with most of us. Especially with no inhibitions holding her body back."

The room settled, and Kurt looked to Tony.

"I'm intrigued, so I will go with you to explore this tech of yours."

Tony looked smug, a smirk coming over him as Strange just shook his head and Peter and Hank became excited.

"Why go to the tech when the tech can come to us? F.R.I.D.A.Y, make a delivery to Xavier's Institute for Gifted Youngster's, would you?'

A female voice echoed through the room, everyone save for Peter, Bucky, and Strange, becoming startled by the sound.

"Of course, sir. Is there anything you would like to be sent specifically?"

Tony hummed, speaking with a tone of curiosity.

"Send over the EMP micro-scramblers. I want the full spread: spectrum disruptors, comm jammers, pulse grenades—hell, throw in a few of the cloaking patches, just in case."

Kurt couldn't help but to smirk.

"Oh, sounds fancy."

"That's because it is. Here's the thing, though. Even if we do this, it's still going to alert to anybody who is watching over the surveillance, which means we need to do this as fast as possible. I'll have F.R.I.D.A.Y continuously running scans of the mansion until we have an official 3d blueprint for you to work with, as well as a look of who all may be around. That way, there's no chance of something happening to you."

Charles nodded, his eyes turning towards Bucky, who seemed to be calming down the slightest as he became comforted at the thought of a real plan. Even though it sounded solid, Bucky was still doubtful. Would this work? Was it truly as clean and cut as they were making it out to be?

"We must begin preparations. The quicker that we can accomplish this, the better."

Peter glanced down at his phone, and his eyes widened slightly as he read the news notification from a news app on his phone.

"Uh… I think we might’ve just gotten our window. Lukas Meier’s inauguration as the new Swiss President is in two days. Full press ceremony starts at 8 a.m. That means he’s out of the mansion."

Tony then clapped his hands.

"Alright, then let's get going, Papa Smurf. It's time to introduce you to a whole new world."

Kurt's smile was wide, and he eagerly followed after Tony as the man went outside to retrieve his equipment. Hank invited Peter and Strange to his lab to discuss the failsafe further, and in no time, it was just Logan, Bucky, and Charles within the office.

The air was tense again, Bucky feeling strangely cornered, and Charles sighed slightly as he gazed long and hard at the man. Logan glanced at Charles before looking back at Bucky, and Charles observed.

"You're worried that this isn't going to work."

Bucky turned his gaze to Charles, his blue eyes scanning Charles' face before he stated.

"Did you read my mind for that? I thought privacy was your schtick."

Charles shook his head, replying with a slight frown.

"I don't have to read your mind to see that you are worried, Sergeant Barnes."

Bucky frowned, and he looked away from Charles, shaking his head.

"I don't want to talk about it."

"Of course, we don't have to speak. However, I would like for you to remain open-minded and calm. Once we retrieve (Y/n), we are going to need you to help us anchor her once the programming is deleted from her."

Bucky looked back at Charles, and his expression softened just the slightest.

"Even if it does work, and we get her back, what if it's already too late? What if there's nothing left?"

Logan looked over at Bucky, frowning.

"Then you got a choice, bub: you restart, or you let her go."

"Just let her go?"

Charles pursed his lips before stating grimly.

"James, you must be prepared in the event that something does not go right. We cannot predict what will happen, but we can be prepared for anything that could. If we try to control the situation, we will only harm her and ourselves."

Bucky looked down at his hands, curling them into fists as his voice cracked.

“I’ve lost her once already. I don’t think I can do it again.”

Charles’s voice softened, not with pity, but with understanding.

“Then fight like hell to make sure you don’t.”

Bucky nodded slowly, his throat tight, the room suddenly feeling too heavy. Logan stepped toward the door, pausing just before he exited.

“Just remember—if she’s still fighting in there, then she ain’t gone. Not yet.”

There was a weight to his words that Bucky didn't quite understand, but Logan's words hit Bucky hard enough that it gave him hope. Looking down at the ground, Bucky wrung his hands with anxiety once more before he swallowed thickly and stood.

"James, before you go...I'd like to offer you just one more piece of advice."

Bucky glanced at Charles as the man stared him down as if he was trying to figure him out. For a moment, all was quiet before Charles smirked slightly.

"Remember the sunlight...and the reason why you chose to stand in it."

-(Y/N)-

The task was simple: Clean, quiet, and quick.

There was a speaker in the office that was playing some brass band that she didn't recognize, low and droning on as Lukas ruffled some papers on his desk. She was standing in a dark corner; stiff and still as she waited.

The target would be here soon.

There was a grand clock on the wall adjacent to Lukas' desk, ornate and decorated with gold and fine jewels, and the large brass hands were reading 7:55am. The meeting was with Minister Marcel Baumann, the Head of the Federal Department of Justice & Police of the Swiss Government; a man that had been deemed a dire threat to HYDRA and its cause.

He was a very reserved individual, but was also a proud man of principle who made it known how much the Minister despised HYDRA. During the exposure of enhanced individuals like the Avengers, Minister Baumann led many meetings and press conferences highlighting the importance and sanctity of international sovereignty, especially in the face of what he called “militarized vigilantism.”

His disdain for HYDRA was no secret—he had once gone so far as to call them “the infection of the last century.” He wouldn’t stand behind Lukas Meier. That made him a threat.

A threat that needed to be eliminated.

Inside of her mind, (Y/n) was clawing at the bars of her enclosure, feeling as though she was weak and tired, and with every moment that passed that she was stuck within her mind; there was a strange sensation of feeling farther away. It was like she was a foreign object in another human's body despite (Y/n) knowing that she was in her own body.

So why was she feeling as though she didn't belong?

(Y/n) became distracted by the door to the office opening up right at 8am, and her breathing became so still, it was almost as if the woman wasn't breathing. Lukas put on a friendly smile, clasping his hands together as he greeted the Minister.

"Ah, Minister Baumann, always so punctual."

The Minister was a man that oozed authority and commanded a room with a single step; a man that reminded (Y/n) a little bit like Steve and the aura that he exuded. The man seemed to be in his late fifties, just a few inches shorter than Lukas with a slight stoop to his posture.

Baumann had an angular face, long laugh lines running deep within his skin that were etched more from discipline than from age or humor. His hair was grey and thin, combed with fastidious care, and glasses hung heavy upon his nose.

He was dressed in a formal suit; charcoal and tailored with the Swiss flag pinned to the lapel. His tie was a simple charcoal to match the suit, tucked neatly beneath his vest. Baumann was resting his weight on an elegant cane; sleek black wood with a silver handle and engravings down the rod.

Within the man's gaze was a cool and perceptive look; assessing and suspicious as Baumann stare. There was a disapproval already within his eyes, and Baumann was cautious as he walked up to the desk with a nod of his head before sitting down.

"I'm quite surprised that you preferred to make this a house call instead of in your new office, Mr. Meier."

Lukas smiled, but (Y/n) could see the feigned enthusiasm as clear as day. She was repeating over and over for the Minister to run, to follow his instinct and suspicion, and to never look back. However, her body's lips stayed pursed behind the mask, and her fingers were twitching.

"Yes, it was such short notice, and with my home being equipped with the most advanced security tech besides the Federal Palace, I thought it would be safest to be here. With all of these attacks, we must be extremely careful."

Minister Baumann hummed, sitting back in his chair.

"I agree. I don't know who is behind these attacks...but I have a very good idea, and with the inauguration being tomorrow and this assassin working so fast...it is best to figure this out as soon as we can. I've already enlisted many agents and police departments to attend the Inauguration."

Lukas leaned forward, his eyes intrigued as he rested his arms on top of his desk.

"Oh? I'm quite curious to what your theory is."

Baumann looked uncomfortable from how intense Lukas' look was, and the man cleared his throat before stating firmly.

"I do not think that the Avengers are behind this...nor do I believe the public should be misled into thinking so. Whoever is behind these assassinations is strategic, surgical, and disturbingly efficient. It smells of something older. Something we thought buried."

Lukas' expression became amused, and though he didn't show it, there was a haughty look to his eyes as he inquired.

"Something older and long-thought to be buried, you say? Who do you theorize, Minister?"

Baumann's jaw clenched, his fingers beginning to steeple slightly on the armrests of his chair as he spoke simply.

"I theorize that HYDRA is behind this."

The air became tense and heavy almost immediately, and Lukas stayed sitting in his seat for a moment. His eyes narrowed a fraction as he looked at Baumann before his eyes flicked over his shoulder and directly at (Y/n) before looking back at Baumann.

Behind the Minister, her fingers were twitching again. There was a heaviness in her limbs, and there was a subtle shifting in her body as the failsafe was kicked into overdrive. Her jaw clenched subtly, and the woman silently took out a knife from her pocket.

She wanted to scream. She wanted to intervene. But her body wouldn't respond to (Y/n)'s efforts, and the strange feeling of falling back a bit came over her.

Everything felt distant.

Minister Baumann straightened in his seat, as if bracing himself as his tone became accusatory.

"It would not be the first time that ghosts have come to haunt what has been long-since dead. However, I assure you, if anyone in this government is involved, I will find them."

Lukas' expression finally darkened into a full look of knowing; his lips curling into a smile that was all teeth.

"And if it were me, Marcel?"

Baumann’s gaze sharpened significantly, a defensiveness coming over the man as he glared at Lukas.

"Then neither of us will leave this house alive."

(Y/n)’s programming activated like a wire snapping taut. Her feet moved soundlessly across the carpet. She was no longer watching from the dark corner—she was crossing the room; her feet never making a single sound as she approached the man.

Baumann didn’t hear her approach, but something in him must have sensed her presence. His shoulders stiffened, and his head turned just slightly. His eyes widened in the reflection of the gilded clock.

But it was too late.

-FEDERAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE HEADQUARTERS-

Bern, Switzerland. 09:42pm.

The light in Director Natalia Schwarz’s office glowed dimly against the vast wall of reinforced windows and modern decor. Most of the Federal Intelligence Service building had long since gone dark, the rest of the staff having already finished for the day, but she remained in her seat, still and focused.

Her second cup of cold coffee sat forgotten on her desk; slowly starting to coagulate as time passed on. The room was quiet save for the soft clicking of keys as she navigated layers of encrypted video files and scrambled metadata with freshly manicured nails.

She had pulled her hair back into a tight bun hours ago, but loose strands now clung to her temple from where her fingers had repeatedly tucked them back. Her eyes, sharp and hazel, scanned the screen in front of her without blinking. A second monitor ran paused footage: the Swiss President’s final speech—seconds before the bullet had been fired.

Natalia replayed it again. From every angle, every perspective, every camera that she had access to. As she did, Natalia was making notes with a deep frown.

First, the President of the Swiss Confederation is assassinated. Then, Lukas Meier is rapidly promoted to be the next president. After that, the French Prime Minister and his security team are found dead in their hotel room; poisoned.

And then finally, Minister Marcel Baumann is found unresponsive in Lukas Meier's home due to cardiac failure.

She didn’t believe in coincidences, and everything that had been happening over the course of a few days had been too precise and quick. There was more to it, and she knew it.

Before Baumann's meeting with Lukas, Natalia had received a message from a very private and secure line that only three people in the Swiss Federal Government had access too, and Minister Marcel Baumann was one of them.

She remembered her hands freezing over her keyboard as she helped to prep security for Lukas' Inauguration for Baumann as she read the short message; encrypted and stripped of detail.

Code Gray. Palace Off-Site. Trust Nobody.

It had been sent five minutes before his scheduled meeting with President-elect Meier. And now that he was dead, she knew for sure that Baumann's suspicions had been rooted in truth, rather than in paranoia.

A secure alert pinged onto the screen of her computer, and she tapped it open to reveal an encrypted file from a dead DGSE account with the seal of the French intelligence.

Inside of the file was like a gold mine: audio anomalies surrounding the PM’s death, metadata scrambled and recompiled by hand—HYDRA’s signature misdirection, and a note, short and chilling:

They're back. You need to move.

Her jaw tightened, and Natalia moved to her filing program to her second monitor and reopened a long-archived personal record labeled:

WRAITH [Access: Director Schwarz Only]

It had been created during the last suspected HYDRA infiltration during the height of her career many years ago. It was an incident she barely survived, but that she had learned from. She had never closed the file, only locked it away until now.

She began typing:

SUBJECTS:

Lukas Meier (FDJP) – rapid political ascension; proximity to all deaths

HYDRA signature obfuscation (French case)

Assassin patterns suggest known Winter Soldier tactics

James Buchanan Barnes - Confirmed deletion of Winter Soldier programming; unlikely to have fallen

(Y/n) – leaked identity; Project Achilles revealed during U.S. hearings; potential forced activation

She paused, watching the assassination footage once more. In the corner, barely visible, a flicker of motion—too fluid, too precise. (Y/n)’s frame, blurry and unrecognizable to anyone untrained as she took her spot against the balcony overlooking the summit. But Natalia had seen her file. She remembered.

Her phone lit up, and this time: an internal report of Baumann's death. As Natalia scrolled, her eyes narrowed more and more. There was no autopsy requested, no surveillance released, and Lukas had personally notified the emergency responders himself.

The Director leaned back within her seat, shaking her head. Baumann was in perfect health. His wife made sure he kept a strict diet, they went on walks every single morning, and Baumann was very active in order to keep up with his grandchildren.

However, Natalia remembered him scoffing at Meier’s political maneuvering just days ago. He had always been a skeptic to Lukas' ways, and in a way, had become a liability.

And now he was dead.

Natalia opened her recording software, set the microphone to minimum sensitivity, and dictated quietly:

“HYDRA resurgence highly probable. Baumann elimination confirmed. Prime Minister, Swiss President, and internal dissenter—removed within days. Timeline aligns with Project Achilles exposure. Subject (Y/n) may be compromised. Initiating quiet countermeasure protocol. Operation WRAITH is now active. Trust nobody.”

Natalia sat in the silence, eyes burning with exhaustion, fingers still poised to type. She knew what this was. She had always known they would come back.

And this time, she would not wait for permission to fight them. Standing up, Natalia approached her aide who was beginning to pack up to go home for the night, and the man glanced up at her with surprise.

"O-Oh, Director...is there something that you need?"

“Get me the last 15 minutes of security footage from Lukas Meier’s residence starting from the moment EMS arrived on the premises."

Natalia's voice was sharp, and the man's eyes widened from the orders as she added.

“External and internal. Anything from the traffic cams in the surrounding block.”

“That’s... a violation of privacy protocols, ma'am.”

“Then file a complaint!"

Natalia snapped, placing her hands on her hips as she replied.

“I’ll write you a letter from prison.”

The man gulped before slowly sitting back down, and Natalia braced herself against the back of the chair as the man began to type. He seemed to be nervous, and Natalia glanced down at him before stating.

"Johann, you're not going to get into trouble for this if I can help it. This is a matter of national security, and we are under threat."

Johann, a younger man who was interning for the woman, looked up at her with an almost boyish expression of concern.

"You don't...you don't think President-elect Meier is behind all of the assassinations, do you?"

"That's what we're about to find out."

Johann swallowed thickly before the feed finally came up. The office looked normal, Lukas seeming to be checking over some files on his desk before Minister Baumann walked into the room. Natalia's eyes sharpened when she noticed how uncomfortable the man seemed, and at first glance, nothing seemed to be wrong.

One minute, Minister Baumann was sitting on the chair, and then suddenly, he was clutching his chest and falling to the ground. Lukas shot up, running to him and checking him before seeming to yell for help and calling an ambulance, but something didn't seem right.

"Um, ma'am, I don't...think this is genuine footage. There's a strange cut from the moment Minister Baumann is sitting down to the second he clutches his chest. I'm going to slow down the video."

Natalia nodded, and when Johann slowed down the video to feed frame-by-frame, both of them became shocked. It was a singular frame, a bit blurred, but it was unmistakable.

(Y/n) (L/n). Masked. Unmoving in the corner like a ghost caught in glass.

Natalia shoved Johann's hands away from the keyboard and froze on the frame. Her jaw was clenched before she ordered.

"Zoom and enhance this shadow. I want facial recognition, heat signature overlays, and cross-check with every Enhanced Individual on file."

Johann looked shocked, whispering.

"That's...that looks like..."

"I know who it looks like. That assassin was supposed to be under the Avengers' care."

Johann glanced up at Natalia, asking.

"You don't think the Avengers' have anything to do with this, do you? I mean...there's no way. Why would they send an assassin out to start killing people who agree with enhanced autonomy?"

Natalia looked down at Johann with a firm expression.

"That's because they didn't."

Johann bit his lip before asking, his green eyes looking worried as his freckled face seemed to pale from the anxiety.

"Director, what are we going to do? If...if we're compromised, then...then we could be next."

Natalia pursed her lips before she began to pace, bringing her hand up to her chin and frowning heavily. There was no way that she could trust going to anybody high in ranking, not with the possibility of HYDRA having been installed in every possible rung in the ladder. She couldn't even trust her own agents except for Johann, who was with her almost everywhere that she went.

Since the Avengers and (Y/n) were involved, she could theoretically go to them, but there was no telling who was listening with them...nor who could have been compromised. Natalia then paused. There was one possibility...and she hoped that it was the right call.

-SAM WILSON-

He was standing in front of a railing on the balcony, arms crossed and deep in thought. Ever since Tony, Peter, Strange, and Bucky had left for the Institute, they had gone radio silent. While Sam was trying to rely on logic that they were just too caught up in planning to alert the Avengers to new developments, there was a part of him that just knew it wasn't the case.

He was just unsure of what to do now. Sam hated the waiting game, hated not knowing what was happening, but he knew for a fact that Bucky was going to end up doing something stupid.

Though, by Raynor's opinion, he already had.

Sam didn't even want to remember the woman's wrath and how nuclear she had gone over the whole incident. Just before Sam was about to go back inside to rejoin the group, his phone suddenly lit up with an unknown number. After a moment of hesitation to answer, a message came through.

Encrypted channel. European signature. FIS.

Sam answered, a deep frown on his face as he faced back towards the Wakandan horizon.

"Wilson speaking."

A woman's voice came from the other side of the line, firm and almost urgent.

"Confirm encryption."

Sam confirmed almost instantly, and he became tense as the woman began to speak.

“Hello, Mr. Wilson. I am Director Natalia Schwarz, the head of the Federal Intelligence Service of Switzerland. I have reason to believe one of your assets—classified under Project Achilles—has been forcibly reactivated. She's already left three heads of state dead.”

Sam muttered, shaking his head as he clenched his fist.

"Tell me about it. The Avengers already knew about the reactivation and the Swiss president...but there's already two others?"

Natalia confirmed, stating.

"Yes. The French Prime Minister and the Head of the Federal Department of Justice and Police of the Swiss Government, Minister Marcel Baumann."

Sam shook his head as Natalia gave him a moment to process the information, muttering.

"Jesus Christ. Tell me you've got something."

Natalia scoffed, her tone annoyed as she replied.

"I wouldn't have called you if I didn't."

She then paused before she launched into her findings.

"I've been suspicious of Lukas Meier since his initial appearance in the Swiss government. He's has a very rapid political ascension since day one, and he became the Federal Councillor early on in his career. Now that the President is gone, he is the President-Elect. Not only that, but all of these deaths have had him in close proximity somehow. The only outlier to the pattern is the French Prime Minister."

Natalia then sighed, a hint of sadness within her voice as she muttered.

"Baumann’s death was staged as cardiac arrest, but our...emergency surveillance caught something. It's a single frame from the doctored surveillance footage that was released to the public. I've sent the image to your device."

Sam held his phone away from his face as the attachment came through, and when he opened it, his whole body went cold. It was blurry, but Sam recognized (Y/n) instantly; standing in the corner behind Baumann with that familiar dead look within her eyes and brandishing a knife. Taking a deep breath, Sam placed the phone back up to his head.

"Why are you messaging me? Why not go to Fury?"

"I cannot and will not trust anybody in high authority. We don't know how many rats have invaded and where they are on the corporate ladder. However, I have my reasons to trust you."

Sam let out a humorless laugh, raising his brow as he glanced down at the ground.

"I don't suppose you're going to tell me?"

"Not particularly."

Sam chuckled then, and he informed Natalia.

"Listen, Director, there's a part of the Avengers that are currently with Charles Xavier and the X-Men. We're already planning on getting (Y/n) out of there before it gets any worse, but I haven't heard a single word out of them since the team left for the school."

Natalia was quiet before she asked.

"Do you think that they have been compromised as well?"

"No. I think they've decided that Fury can go fuck himself. Ghost protocol."

Natalia hummed, stating cryptically.

"They have the right idea, then. I suggest you begin to think the same."

The line went dead, and Sam pursed his lips before he slipped his phone into his pocket. It was obvious that Natalia was urging him to go to the Institute...but for what reason? Was she working on the inside and willing to aid the team?

Was she being targeted as well?

There were so many questions that were beginning to bother him, and Sam finally settled on a plan of action. Stepping back into the building, he walked up to Steve. The man was on edge, steepling his fingers against his crossed arms as Shuri and Bruce worked on a possible way to counter the failsafe.

He'd been distraught ever since his spat with Bucky, and Sam wasn't sure what to say. However, when Sam approached, Steve glanced at him.

"Any news?"

"From the team? No. However, uh...my sister just called. There's a family emergency that I gotta take care of. Sarah was pretty distraught, and I think it might have something to do with our family business."

Steve looked intrigued, asking.

"Family business? I didn't know you were a working man."

Sam laughed, shaking his head as Steve's expression finally relaxed a bit.

"Man, I can't always be kicking human ass. Sometimes, I like kickin crawdad ass every now and then."

Steve chuckled before he looked away, his jaw clenching slightly.

"Right. We'll call you if we get an update. Everything is...kind of stagnant right now."

His tone was annoyed, and Sam felt a bit guilty before he clapped Steve on the shoulder.

"It's gonna work out."

"Yeah, but how many more people have to die before it does?"

Sam didn't know what to respond with, the hesitation in his gait just enough for Steve to stand up and walk away, and Sam frowned heavily; watching as Steve retreated. Sam was worried about him; worried about how hard he had taken Bucky's outburst, but Sam guessed he understood.

However, dwelling on the hardships that his friend was going through was the last thing Sam had to worry about. Instead, Sam shipped out towards New York as soon as he could, hoping that he would get there before Bucky did anything stupid.

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High-Profile Recovery: How Luxury Rehabs Protect Client Confidentiality

For celebrities, executives, and athletes, when they seek help for addiction, the stakes are higher. Their personal struggles can easily become tomorrow’s headlines. Hence, they need a luxury addiction treatment center for privacy.

These centers are built for people who can’t afford exposure.

Why Confidentiality Is Critical in High-End Addiction Treatment

Trust is the foundation of recovery. But for high-profile clients, it starts with knowing their secrets won’t leave the room.

Luxury rehabs go beyond standard privacy protocols:

Private entrances and separate living areas

Alias-based recordkeeping systems

Staff trained in discretion and non-disclosure

A luxury addiction treatment center is even located in remote areas like private villas, estates, or seaside mansions, away from public view. This minimizes the risk of paparazzi or unwanted attention. And some even offer off-site detox or in-home treatment for added privacy.

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What to Expect from a Discreet Luxury Rehab Program

Along with privacy, these luxury rehab programs keep it personal.

Customized Treatment Plans

Each client gets a one-on-one care team. Therapy schedules, detox processes, and support structures are all tailored to the individual’s lifestyle and health needs. There are no shared group sessions unless requested.

Limited Admissions

Unlike standard facilities, most luxury rehabs only accept a handful of clients at a time. Fewer people mean fewer eyes and ears, which makes confidentiality easier to control.

Technology-Free Zones

Many programs ban phones and cameras. This not only stops the leaks but also helps in reducing distractions during recovery.

Some centers even offer encrypted digital communication for clients who need to stay connected with family or legal advisors.

What Sets a Luxury Addiction Treatment Center Apart

The experience is far more than spa-like surroundings and gourmet meals.

Trained Staff in High-Profile Care

These centers hire professionals who’ve worked with public figures. They understand the unique pressures clients face, both emotionally and publicly.

In-House Security Teams

Some facilities employ 24/7 security to guard the premises, screen visitors, and ensure client safety at all times. This level of protection is valuable for celebrities or clients with high-risk public profiles.

Tight Internal Communication Protocols

From intake to discharge, every conversation, file, and treatment note is handled with extreme care. Staff follow strict need-to-know guidelines and sign robust NDAs.

If you’re looking for a place that truly understands how to protect your name, choosing an addiction treatment center is a step in the right direction.

Wrap Up

Addiction is hard enough without worrying about public scrutiny. High-profile clients need space, trust, and absolute discretion.

That’s exactly what a luxury addiction treatment center provides. With tailored care, private facilities, and airtight confidentiality, these rehabs offer more than recovery; they offer peace of mind.

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Mastering Soft Tissue Aesthetics: Periodontal Plastic Surgery Course by Expert Dental Solutions

In the evolving field of advanced implantology and esthetic dentistry, soft tissue management is no longer optional — it’s essential. Expert Dental Solutions brings you a comprehensive Periodontal plastic surgery course designed to equip dental professionals with the skills required to master soft tissue techniques, improve treatment outcomes, and elevate patient satisfaction.

This Periodontal plastic surgery course is meticulously crafted to provide both theoretical knowledge and practical experience. With a strong emphasis on hands-on application and clinical precision, participants will gain confidence in executing procedures like gingival grafts, papilla regeneration, and flap designs. From enhancing peri-implant esthetics to correcting soft tissue deficiencies, this program enables you to bring advanced periodontal concepts into your everyday practice.

Why a Periodontal Plastic Surgery Course?

Soft tissue esthetics and function are crucial in implant and restorative dentistry. A compromised gingival architecture can negatively affect implant longevity, crown aesthetics, and patient perception. The Periodontal plastic surgery course at Expert Dental Solutions addresses these challenges head-on.

Whether you're working around natural teeth or implants, this course teaches you how to handle mucogingival complications with clarity. You'll learn about the biological basis of periodontal tissues, incision designs, suturing techniques, and healing dynamics to predictably manage soft tissue contours.

What You’ll Learn

This highly immersive Periodontal plastic surgery course offers a deep dive into a variety of essential topics:

Anatomy and biology of the periodontium

Diagnosis and treatment planning for soft tissue defects

Techniques for root coverage and ridge augmentation

Flap designs and suturing methods for optimal healing

Papilla preservation and regeneration

Peri-implant soft tissue management and augmentation

A core focus of the course is Peri-implant soft tissue training, where participants explore how soft tissue quality and quantity affect implant success. The training provides critical insights into tissue biotype, keratinized gingiva, and soft tissue volume enhancement around implants.

Hands-On Focus: Learn by Doing

Theory is important, but surgical skills require practice. That’s why our Periodontal plastic surgery course includes extensive hands-on sessions on models and real patients under expert supervision. You’ll apply advanced soft tissue procedures in a controlled clinical setting, gaining real-time feedback to refine your technique.

One of the highlights of the course is the Connective tissue graft hands-on course module. This portion focuses on harvesting, handling, and placing connective tissue grafts with precision. You'll also practice tunnel and envelope techniques, both of which are critical for successful root coverage and implant esthetics.

Another hands-on component emphasizes Peri-implant soft tissue training, helping you manage soft tissue deficiencies around implants using grafting and flap approaches. These practical modules are designed to mimic everyday clinical scenarios, giving you skills that translate directly to your practice.

Who Should Attend?

This course is ideal for:

Periodontists looking to refine their surgical techniques

General dentists interested in soft tissue augmentation

Implantologists aiming to improve peri-implant esthetics

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If you're looking to deepen your understanding and application of periodontal plastic surgery, this course will provide the tools and techniques needed to excel.

Course Highlights

Comprehensive Periodontal plastic surgery course curriculum

Live surgeries and step-by-step demonstrations

Personalized instruction with limited participants per batch

Real-patient, hands-on training environment

Detailed modules on Peri-implant soft tissue training

Interactive Q&A and treatment planning sessions

Certificate of completion with CE credits

The Connective tissue graft hands-on course also includes material selection, suturing techniques, and complication management to give you a 360-degree view of the procedure.

Benefits to Your Practice

After completing this Periodontal plastic surgery course, you’ll return to your clinic with increased surgical confidence, better treatment planning skills, and the ability to handle complex soft tissue cases. The skills acquired through Peri-implant soft tissue training will enhance the longevity and aesthetics of your implant restorations. Moreover, your new capabilities in grafting and soft tissue sculpting will set your practice apart and boost patient satisfaction.

Why Train with Expert Dental Solutions?

At Expert Dental Solutions, we combine world-class faculty, a cutting-edge training facility, and a patient-centered approach. Our courses are taught by seasoned periodontists and implantologists who bring years of clinical and teaching experience. With small-group instruction and personalized feedback, you receive the attention needed to fine-tune your skills.

We are committed to hands-on learning, and our courses emphasize real-world applications. That’s what makes our Periodontal plastic surgery course stand out: it's not just academic — it's surgical training that transforms your clinical capabilities.

Enroll Now and Advance Your Skills

Don’t miss your opportunity to elevate your expertise with our industry-leading Periodontal plastic surgery course. Whether you're a seasoned implantologist or a general dentist seeking to expand your scope of practice, this course will help you reach the next level.

With a robust combination of lectures, Peri-implant soft tissue training, and Connective tissue graft hands-on course modules, this program prepares you to handle the most demanding esthetic and functional challenges in modern dentistry.

Ready to redefine your surgical skills? Join the Periodontal plastic surgery course at Expert Dental Solutions and transform your approach to soft tissue management. Visit our website or contact us today for registration details and upcoming course dates.

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Ona Treatment Center: Leading Alcohol Rehab Solutions in California

Introduction Ona Treatment Center shines as a beacon of hope and recovery in the realm of alcohol rehabilitation, particularly in Northern California. With over a decade of dedicated service in Browns Valley, California, it's recognized for providing transparent, affordable, and top-tier care to those battling alcohol use disorders. As an established authority, it offers various solutions like affordable alcohol treatment in Yuba County and residential alcohol rehab in Northern California while ensuring flexible, sliding scale options for a diverse clientele. What sets Ona Treatment Center apart is not just its varied treatment options, but its comprehensive approach that balances cost with quality, asserting its position as a leader in addressing alcohol rehab cost California challenges. Now, let's delve into how Ona Treatment Center executes its mission. Comprehensive Residential Programs

Tailored Residential Care

Offering 30-, 60-, and 90-day residential alcohol rehab, Ona Treatment Center provides personalized treatment plans that cater to individual needs. This tailored care ensures a structured environment where clients undergo thorough medical detoxification, essential for a solid start in recovery.

Comfort and Community

Located in a tranquil setting, the center allows for a peaceful recovery away from daily stressors. This serene environment is crucial for rehabilitation, enabling clients to focus entirely on healing and relapse prevention.

Evidence of Success

The effectiveness of these programs is reflected in the high satisfaction rates and commendations for cost transparency. Transitioning from successful residential programs leads us to explore their outpatient offerings. Diverse Outpatient Offerings

Intensive Outpatient Programs

The center's Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP) are designed for continuous support post-residential treatment. These programs include counseling and support groups that play a significant role in preventing relapse and fostering long-term sobriety.

Dual Diagnosis Support

Recognizing that many clients face co-occurring disorders, Ona Treatment Center integrates dual diagnosis treatment in its outpatient offerings. This approach ensures that clients receive comprehensive care for both substance use and mental health issues.

Community Connections

Collaborations with local health departments and community organizations enhance recovery support, reflecting the center's commitment to community involvement. Transitioning from outpatient success stories brings us to their flexible payment structures. Financial Accessibility and Insurance

Transparent Pricing

Understanding the financial burden rehab can impose, Ona offers transparent, all-inclusive pricing structures, including sliding scale options. This flexibility ensures affordable alcohol treatment in Yuba County.

Insurance Coordination

The center works closely with insurance providers to expand access to insurance-covered alcohol treatment, alleviating financial stress for clients. With finance secured, let's see how Ona maintains industry leadership. Industry Recognition and Expertise

Credentialed Expertise

Ona Treatment Center distinguishes itself with prestigious credentials, being licensed by the California Department of Health Care Services and accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilita https://medium.com/@howmuchisalcoholrehab/establishing-ona-treatment-center-as-a-leader-in-alcohol-rehab-solutions-cee0929d8e56