Bionic
Chapter 1
I pried open my eyes with effort that seemed too much for such a simple action. My eyes couldn't focus, all I could see was blurred white and then I felt my eyes betray me and close once again, returning me to the darkness. I tried to focus my other senses such as hearing; it seemed to work better than anything else I had. I could hear noises lots of mechanical noises, I could hear buzzing, whirring and beeping but the thing that sent my heart into a frenzy were the voices. Above the unnatural sounds I could hear them unfocused at first but after a few moments they came in loud and clear.
"He's perfect, well done agent" a man's voice began.
"Thank you. I think it may have been the easiest assignment I've ever had" a woman's voice replied, her voice was soft like velvet for the ears but a dangerous edge could be detected easily.
"Well then once aboard the helecarrier I can begin testing" the man's voice came again.
Testing, Testing what? Me? I thought. What the hell is going on? This must be a dream. I begged my eyes to open again to see anything that could answer any of the questions in my head but something seemed to be preventing me, no matter how much I tried they just wouldn't obey my mind. A loud sound began to flood my eardrums like the whirring from before but louder, immensely louder. More voices made an appearance but I couldn't make out any words just multiple mumbles and footsteps passing by me. Where ever I was began to shake and move, I felt as if I was descending downwards I could feel my stomach drop suddenly like on the first big drop of a rollercoaster. A door somewhere behind me opened with a weird futuristic whooshing sound that welcomed a giant freezing gust of wind to envelop me.
Footsteps came around me and stopped, but as they began again I felt myself moving. I was laid down flat but still moving leading me to believe I was on a gurney or something similar. I was taken outside and more and more noises flooded my system, more whirring and voices but also new noises such as buzzing, banging and the sounds of metal on metal that made me want to clench my jaw but I found my self unable.
I became nauseated and willed my self not to pass out, the edges of my mind began to fade and the noises began to blur into one huge headache. I couldn't hold on any longer the darkness took a hold of me and I was gone.
I woke up with a start, I tried to jump up but was unable to move more than just my head; I was strapped down. I looked around me with blurry sleep filled eyes, more white. I could see the silhouettes of people rushing around in the white abyss. The room smelt like antiseptic as if I was in a hospital. Is that where I am a hospital? Was I in an accident? I thought.
A bright light shone in my eyes forcing them to focus, fingers were on my eyelids prying them open against my will. "The subject is responsive". The same mans voice from earlier was back and right above me. "Heart rate accelerated as expected, brain activity is exceedingly higher as expected". The mans voice said.
I tried to speak to voice the questions in my head but all that came was a crackled choke, I tried again. "w-where a-am I?" the table I was laid upon began to move upright, forcing me to stand strapped to the table and face the source of the mans voice.
A short, stocky old man with a balding head of grey hair gazed at me with wrinkled eyes peeking over his glasses that threatened to fall off the edge of his little nose. He wore a white lab coat above a plaid sweater vest, the coat made me suspect he was probably a doctor. "You are aboard the S.H.I.E.L.D helecarrier above London" the man addressed me. "My name is professor Feinman and I am a scientist for S.H.I.E.L.D" ok so now I know where I am, and who this creepy guy is but not why I'm here. "Why am I here?" I croaked out.
Feinman's eyes seemed to sparkle at my question, I found it quite unnerving. "Because you were chosen". Chosen? Chosen for what?" before I could ask Feinman cut in. "you were chosen to be apart of the new age super soldier programme, you have been injected with an upgraded version of the super soldier serum that was responsible for the birth of Captain America, the worlds greatest hero." Captain America is he serious? This must be a joke!
"I don't understand" my voice has returned to normal finally, the croak vanished from my throat.
"Maybe I can help you understand" a man entered the white room through a door slightly off to my left, he was a man of average height; he was a bald African American man with a black leather eye patch covering his left eye. The man had a scary feel to him, like a strange dog you knew to be wary around. "My name is Nick Fury and I am director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Tell me have you ever heard the story of Captain America?"
I was speechless, this man, this director gave me the serious creeps the only action I could manage was a meek nod of affirmation.
"Good, well you must know that he was the world's greatest hero and when he was lost to the world we took a big hit, your probably wondering where you come in".
The same meek nod.
"Well ever since the great hero's departure from the world we have been trying to replicate the serum that created the Captain so we could create a new hero like him. That is where you come in Mr Byrd; you have been injected with new age version of super soldier serum and soon you will have the same abilities as the once great Captain and hopefully more." The director finished with a sly grin gracing his scary face.
All of this information was too much, I just wanted to close my eyes and be home once again. But as I opened my eyes again I was confronted by the same leather patch that stood in my line of vision before.
"Why me?" I asked. This seems stupid! Why would they choose me to become the new Captain America? I'm just 13 year old school kid from London, this is messed up!
"There are a number of reasons why we chose you" the director began "first of all we were unauthorised by our government to give the procedure to an American citizen because of human rights laws but they never said anything about a British citizen and as for choosing someone your age, we found that once the procedure was completed you would need training which could take a while. But we also found that afterwards we could get a lot more use out of you if you're younger" the director had said all of this with a smile, a genuine happy smile. Smiling? How can someone be happy about kidnapping a child and basically experimenting on them? This man made me sick!
The director turned to the professor seemingly forgetting my presence. "How long until the serum kicks in professor?" the director asked. "Signs are already showing of his body changing" The professor began, sliding his small glasses back up the bridge of his nose. "His heart rate and brain activity has increased and his immune system has began to grow stronger, it shouldn't be long until the change is complete" the director moved his hands to sign a silent question. "Within the next twenty-four hours director" the professor finished.
"Alright, apply the mind manipulation tech now just to be safe". The director turned to gaze at me once again. "We wouldn't want him getting loose and destroying the place" they way he said it, the way his face appeared were almost as if he was challenging me. With that he spun on his heel to leave before stopping and speaking to a man beside the door. The man had messy dark blonde hair (that you know was styled to look a mess) and he had broad shoulders and muscled arms that looked like they were sculpted from marble; but the thing that stood out most about this man were his grey piercing eyes that looked as if they were looking straight through to your soul, they made me want to look away but I just couldn't they had me entranced.
"I expect you to keep a constant eye on him agent" with that the director exited the room, leaving me with those menacing eyes.
The professor moved to somewhere behind me out of my line of sight only to return moments later with strange metallic circles with red lights in the centre. Probably the aforementioned mind manipulation tech. I thought. The professor proceeded to attach the metal circles to temples, the instant the were attached I felt my brain relax as if I had just slid into a hot bath, my breathing had evened out as if I was sleeping and my eye lids grew heavy. "Sleep" was all the professor said and with that my mind began to shut down and the last thing I saw were grey orbs staring at me.