Chapter One
Stella's POV
I remember waking up confused. Like I wasn't in my own bed. Then I remembered. I was in the Hydra Compound, where I was training to be a Hydra agent. I was in the barracks with my five other siblings: Tia, Bree, Claire, Thalia, and Nate. We practically already were agents, but our mother, Madame Hydra, insisted that we go through the
proper training. I glanced at my watch. It read 5:58 a.m. Roll call was in two minutes.
"I overslept!" I whisper-shouted to myself. The rest of my siblings were still asleep. I hopped out of bed and flicked the lights on.
"Ughh… Stella, what was that for?!" Tia groaned.
"In two minutes, an agent is going to come down for roll call and inspection!" I shouted angrily.
"Shit! Why didn't you tell me this before?!" Tia exclaimed.
"Well, maybe you would have known if you were listening to me yesterday!" I shouted.
"Ladies, there's no need to fight, let's take it down a level, shall we?" Nate said calmly.
"Yeah, we don't need to argue, it's rather pointless," Bree said, pulling her hair into a bun.
"Whatever," Tia said, combing her pixie hair. I sighed. Thalia and Claire started making their beds. I put my hair into a ponytail and started making my bed as well. Nate went into the adjoining bathroom and got changed into the Hydra uniform. One by one we all got changed. I checked my watch again, and it read 6:00 a.m. We were all ready just in time. Suddenly, there was a harsh knock on the door. I opened it, and a Hydra agent walked in. I stood at attention next to my bed, as did my siblings.
"Anthia Sarkissian," the agent said.
"Here, sir!" Tia replied.
"Bree Sarkissian," the agent said.
"Here, sir!" Bree replied.
"Claire Sarkissian," he said.
"Here, sir!" Claire replied.
"Stella Sarkissian," he said.
"Here, sir!" I replied.
"Thalia Sarkissian," he said.
"Here, sir!" Thalia replied.
"Nathan Strucker," he said. Technically speaking, Nate isn't our biological brother, but our mom took him in after his father, Baron von Strucker, died.
"Here, sir!" Nate replied.
"Here are your assignments: Stella and Thalia, you will report to strength training; Anthia and Bree, you will report to science and technology training; Claire and Nathan to sharpshooting training," he said.
"Yes, sir!" we replied in unison.
"Hail Hydra!" the agent shouted.
"Hail Hydra!" we shouted in reply. The agent left the barracks.
"Wow, this is so exciting! I didn't think I'd be in strength training!" Thalia said enthusiastically.
"We get to do sharpshooting!" Claire said, fist-bumping with Nate.
"Hell yeah!" Nate replied.
"Come on guys, we don't wanna be late," I said. We all walked to our separate training areas. Thalia and I were given a special wrist heart rate monitor to track our vitals while training. We did all sorts of training exercises for increasing our strength and agility. Before we knew it, the day was over, and it was time to return to our barracks. I had to use the bathroom, so I told Thalia to go on ahead.
As I was walking, I heard some muffled voices in the science and technology wing. I crept closer, trying to make out what they were saying.
"Bree.01 has to be terminated," one voice said.
"She does have the gamma radiation in her system… perhaps we should test her again," the other voice said.
"Is Bree.02 ready?" the first voice asked.
"No Madame, some of her memories have not been programmed yet," the second voice said. Madame? Who were they talking to?
"When will the programming be finished?" the first voice said coldly. I recognized that voice, but who was it?
"It should be ready by the end of the week Madame," the voice said.
"Good, how did it go today?" the other voice replied.
"The team got organized in two minutes. I made sure that Stella.01 overslept," the voice said.
"Good, I should come and make a visit by the end of the week to see my darlings' progress" he voice said. Then, I suddenly recognized the voice. It was my Mother, Madame Hydra! Why was she talking about terminating Bree?! And why was she called Bree.01? Why was I called Stella.01? And what did they mean by programming memories? What was happening? I quickly snuck to the barracks, where everyone was getting ready to got to bed.
"You okay Stella? You look like you saw a ghost," Bree asked.
"I'm okay, just tired," I said shakily. I can't tell her here, not now, not until I have proof.
"You sure?" she asked.
"Yeah, it's been a pretty long day," I said, mustering a smile. It seemed to convince Bree. I flopped down on my bed, thinking about how to tell Bree and the others about what I had overheard. The Hydra compound was most likely full of security cameras, so how was I gonna tell them? I also didn't have much proof of what I had heard. They had said that she would be killed at the end of the week, so I had little time. I had to work fast. The only place that probably wouldn't have security cameras were the individual bathroom stalls. I could tell someone there, but how could I ever tell Nate? Besides, people would get suspicious as to why I was going to the bathroom with people.
"Hello? Earth to Stella?" Tia asked, waving her hand in front of my face.
"Sorry, what? I totally zoned out there," I said, cracking a smile.
"We need to talk," she said, pulling me out of the barracks and into the hallway.
"From the look on your face, I think you found out what I found out," Tia whispered.
"You mean the… termination," I whispered shakily.
"What? I found that we are clones of the Avengers," Tia whispered.
"Wait, maybe I should tell my news first," I whispered back.
"Sounds good, but not here," Tia whispered. She pulled me by the arm to the science wing. We walked into a lab, and she knocked on a particular spot on the wall. An opening appeared, and she pulled me inside. The opening closed behind us.
"Cool right? It's a radiation-safe room, and there are no security cams in here," Tia said. Then I told her the conversation I had overheard.
"Geez… I can't believe that the woman who 'raised us' would kill us without a single thought. I suppose I should tell you what I found out. I was assigned to make sure everything in the lab was powered down. I found an opened file on one of the computers labeled 'Anti-Avengers'. Stella, those files, it was all about us. I'm a clone of Iron Man, you're a clone of Captain America, Thalia is Thor's clone, Claire is Hawkeye's clone, Nate is Black Widow's clone, and Bree is the Hulk's clone," Tia said.
"The people that Mom- Madame Hydra taught us to hate and fear, are the reason we exist," I gasped.
"And it explains why Bree would be killed," Tia said.
"How are we gonna tell the others?" I asked.
"I'm not sure, but I think that we need more proof to connect this all together," Tia said.
"Agreed, tomorrow night we will sneak out of the barracks, and we will hack into the Hydra computer systems," I said. Tia nodded in response. We snuck back to the barracks together, and tried to continue the night as normal as we could.
A/N: Heyo! Hannah here with a new story. This is kind of a "remake" of my discarded story, Heroes of a New Generation, but better! Anyway, please review/follow/favorite! It makes me smile! Byee!
~Hannah :)