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Chapter 2
As I took my first steps out of that cell I had spent far too many years in to count, I knew that the two men waiting outside in stunned shock were going to become a problem.
The Captain and Tony quickly armed themselves and tried to calm the situation. Well the Captain tried to simmer things down, not so much the man of metal, who now stood with his arm outstretched towards me and my friend, palm up, with a strange light emitting from a large circle in its centre.
Maybe it was some sort of weapon…wow I really have been locked up too long.
"Ma'am I'm going to need you and your friend to stand down. We don't want to hurt you" yelled the Captain, trying to be heard over the sound of the blaring alarm they had set off when releasing me.
He kept one palm held up to show he meant no harm, but his other hand held his shield, and I know from experience, that in the hands of an expert, anything can be a deadly weapon.
"Come on Cap she's a little girl! We can just dump a bucket of water on her, maybe she and flameo over there will melt like the wicked witch of the west?" Came the voice from the suit.
"Oh no, I can assure you that will not be necessary" I said in a croaky voice, having not used it for so long that was to be expected. "I do not want to hurt you two either, so I would suggest you stay out of our way." I finished turning my back to them, knowing that fi they tried anything, my friend would take care of them.
I began to walk away from them before I heard the Captain call out to me "Wait a minute! What do you plan to do?"
I stopped in my tracks and turned my head to look over my shoulder at them, they both still had their respective weapons raised.
"Serve justice" was my only response before their view of me was blocked by a wall of fire seemingly created from nothing, but I knew better.
"Really Ignotus? I do not think that was necessary, they appear to be at least a little wise and know not to deal with you or me." I told my friend, turning to him, to see that he was simply watching the wall of fire he had created.
"It has been far too long, I do not want this opportunity taken away from me, taken away from us." He replied reaching out his hands to hold both of mine. "We have been confined for too long by those heathens"
"You do not think I know that? But just think for a moment. We do not even know what year we are in, how long we have been stuck here. I have missed you dearly, you and Carla and Tommy. But we should be wise, and not rash in our decisions, now more than ever. These are new times Ignotus and we will have a hard time adjusting."
Suddenly the alarm turned off, leaving an almost heavy silence to blare inside my ears instead. The new found silence allowed me to hear running footfall, and unfortunately, it sounded like it was heading in our direction.
"You speak as if we have not had to do this before" Ignotus said as we both turned to face the oncoming barrage of soldiers. "We are quite capable of reinventing ourselves, how many times have we done it through the years? Certainly over one hundred times."
The soldiers all began to line up, blocking out exit "You heard the Baron!" Screamed one of the soldiers in the front. "Do not shoot to kill! Subdue the experiment! If she gets injured, it will be your head!"
They then began to advance on Ignotus and I, putting their guns away and pulling out what appeared to be batons as they came closer.
"It's different this time Ignotus you know that, too much time has gone past that we can just pick up where we left off. Deal with them" I said waving my hand in a la de da fashion towards the oncoming soldier who now appeared less enthusiastic and confidant about their task.
"As you wish my lady" came the reply I had heard for years.
"And Ignotus, don't be afraid to break a few spines" came my parting words as I took a step back to watch the show that I know Ignotus would perform for me.
As I watched Ignotus smashing skulls and snapping spines, all to the melodious music of their dying screams, I heard the sound of steps approaching me from behind.
"Hey lady, I don't know who you are but I would suggest you come with us before you get yourself hurt" said the voice of the Captain from behind my back.
His persistence is starting to get on my nerves.
"Captain I would suggest you mind your own business and get out if this place before I change my mind on hurting you or not" I said turning my head slightly to look over my shoulder at him.
Apart from being slightly burned around the edges, probably from walking through the wall of fire Ignotus made, he looked perfectly fine.
Tony was no longer with him, I assume he was the one to turn of the alarm system, I knew that man of metal was smart the minute I saw him. But his intellect will not help him if he gets in my way.
"Ma'am you need to come with us now" he said again walking up to me and placing his glove covered hand on my shoulder.
I quickly took his hand from my shoulder, keeping a tight hold of it as I span behind him resulting in me holding his arm behind his back at an uncomfortable angle.
"Don't touch me" I said quietly in his ear, although I had to step on my tip toes a bit to reach due to him being taller than me.
"Don't you ever touch me." I lifted my leg and shoved it painfully into his back, releasing his arm from my hold, sending him stumbling away from me.
I began to turn back to check on Ignotus' progress of clearing the hall, when I heard the Captain call out to me again.
"I don't want to hit a lady, but you leave me no choice" I suddenly felt two strong arms wrapping themselves around my waist, securing my arms to my sides and stopping me from moving.
"I told you that I didn't want to hurt you Captain" I spoke softly, knowing he could hear me, I then brought my head forward and smashed it backwards into the Captain's nose.
Hearing a sickening crunch, I quickly brought my foot down onto his, feeling his grip weaken I brought my arms up and broke out of his grasp, spinning around to face him.
"But I think you've changed my mind" with those words I launched myself forward, kicking out his legs causing him to stumble and grab onto the nearest wall.
I approached him again, dodging multiple punches aimed for my face, arms and chest, sensing that he wasn't really putting an effort in to try and actually hurt me.
Most likely still under the assumption that I was an innocent little girl. Let's prove him wrong.
I reached towards him, grabbed his helmet and rammed his head in to the wall, once, twice, but on the third and most likely final time, I was knocked to the side by a sudden blur, falling painfully onto my side, hitting me head in the process.
I began to raise myself onto my elbows with a groan when I felt the presence of Ignotus beside me, he placed his hands on my head where it has collided with the cement floors, and I began to feel a soothing heat spread from my head to my arms and legs.
"Remember that's my body too, try and take care of it" he whispered into my ear before he shot back into my body.
I gave a short hiss of pain, he knows that each time he exits and enters my body without me personally absorbing or summoning him it cause me a great deal of pain.
I think he considered it some form of punishment for going easy in the soldier and getting myself injured, Ignotus knew that as soon as the Captain grabbed me from behind I could have turned him to ash.
But I didn't, because he is not the enemy at the moment. Hydra is the enemy, if he or the man of metal, or anyone else become a problem later on, I will deal with them.
But for now, I have personal matters to attend to.
I began to pick myself up when I felt the same force that had knocked me over before come rushing at me, I quickly rolled out of its path and shakily stood up, still not quite used to being out of the chair.
I turned to face where I left the soldier, but now instead of the just the Captain, there were 3 other people as well, all looking at me, staring, watching, like I'm the evil one, not the monsters who did the experimentations.
The first one I noticed was the Captain, obviously he didn't look too good. His helmet had come off to reveal short blonde hair which was matted with a bit of blood due to me trying to break his skull.
His eyes were stuck on me, but I surprisingly saw no murderous intent, rather a weariness that seemed to persist even now in the heat of battle.
The next person in the group was a woman with red hair, clothed in a tight black costume, holding a small pistol aimed at my head. I shifted slightly under her stare and watched as the gun followed my movement.
I knew that if I made a single wrong move, I would have my head blown off quicker than I could blink.
The next was the man of metal again, I think I will just call him Tony from now on. His suit had a few scratches and marked in it so I can imagine the Hydra soldiers put up a good fight.
He once again had his palm outstretched towards me, I wonder if doing that actually served some sort of purpose or if it just made him feel better and more in control of the situation.
Finally a man dressed in armour with a flowing red cape holding a large hammer stood next to the wounded soldier, he looked everything like the intimidating person he was trying to be. With his shoulders squared and face set into a mean grimace.
Looking at the line up, I knew there was no way of me getting out of this without at least a few scratches, or maybe missing a few limbs. 'Ignotus what am I to do?! I see no way out of this situation which doesn't end with me bleeding to death somewhere after being attacked by this motley grew' I spoke inside my head, keeping my eyes on all of the newcomers.
'Then do the smart thing, preservation and wise thinking is how we has survived this long. Just make the smart decision.' Spoke Ignotus' voice in response, and with those words I did the only smart thing I could think of.
I slowly began to raise my hands from where they hung at my sides, until they were held next to my head, palm outward towards the group. Hopefully they saw this as a form of surrender and wouldn't shoot me, or maim me. Either one doesn't sound particularly pleasant.
"Enough guys, she didn't want to hurt me, I attacked her first." Came the ever so slightly slurred voice of the Captain. I wonder how much damage I did when I smashed his head into the wall.
Knowing that he had just defended me, and potentially saved my life, I began to feel a bit of guilt because of my earlier actions against him. But like he said, he attacked first.
"Let's just check that shall we" said the red headed woman, keeping her gun raised and giving a nod to something behind me.
Before I could turn to see who the woman had given a signal to, I felt a force trying to enter my mind and I fell to my knees in shock.
'Oh they have a telepath, that's probably a bad idea.' Came the voice of Ignotus again. Wait no no no! I want to prove that I'm not a threat! But In situations like these, I have no real power.
I begin to feel a heat building in my brain from the pressure the telepath was exerting into my mind, trying to read it.
I tried to stop her by raising my hands to pull hers away from the side of my head, but my hands were no longer my own. In these situations, Ignotus has full control.
Suddenly a loud feminine scream came from behind me and the pressure was instantly gone and I got full control of my body back.
I whirled around to see a young woman, maybe a year or two older than my physical form with dark long brown hair kneeling behind me, hunched over and clutching her hands to her chest and screaming out in pure agony.
Before I could blink a man with similar facial features a striking blonde hair appeared next to the woman in a blur of blue and white. I wonder if they were related somehow.
I heard the group behind me begin to advance, knowing that I had failed some sort of test they had for me, I did exactly what Ignotus told me to.
I made the smart decision. I quickly reached forward towards the woman and grabbed at her burnt hands and began to reverse the effects of Ignotus' fire as quickly as I could, hoping that this would prove to them that I in fact meant no harm and the fire was not caused by me.
I felt the burns on the woman's hands begin to recede and heal when I felt a sudden pinch on the side of my neck.
Stupid. So stupid. I was too busy focused on healing the burnt woman's hands that I didn't notice the woman with the red hair pull the trigger of her gun, sending out a small dart aimed perfectly at my jugular.
My vision began to blur and I pitched backwards slightly, with my last ounce of strength I looked up at the woman whose hands I was still clutching with a look of desperation in my eyes, praying that she knew I never intended for her to get hurt.
I began to tip backwards feeling my legs push out from my kneeling position till my head once again hit the cold, solid cement of the ground.
I continued to keep my eyes open for as long as possible, the sounds around me all fading into one, until all I heard was one voice.
"Do not worry, I will look after your body while you are unconscious" came the voice of Ignotus floating through my head.
With that promise I slowly began to close my eyes, knowing that Ignotus wouldn't let anyone kill me or harm me while I was out.
'I guess my freedom will have to wait...' I thought to myself as everything slowly went black.
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