Note: Another short chapter :P
I wake up to the chill of ice cold water being thrown onto me. My hands are tied to the ceiling, leaving me standing up as I gasp at the freezing water. I look around only to see that one of the guards had thrown the water on me, and Pierce and another guard were standing slightly behind him. Just off to the side I caught a glimpse of the soldier, arms crossed, jaw clenched, dead eyes fixed straight ahead.
"Ah, good your awake" Pierce says with a sickening smile. I do not respond as I try to slow my breathing. Pierce then reaches into his pocket and pulls out the flash drive. "good work by the way, despite the little… incident with the phone call. By the way, who did you call?" Pierce asks. I grit my teeth and glare at him. Pierce sighs before nodding to the soldier, who then walks over to me and punches me in the gut, knocking the wind out of me. Then he smacks me across the face with the back of his hand. He is about to hit me again before Pierce stops him. "do you remember who you called now?" he asks semi-sarcastically with raised eyebrows. I answer by spitting on the ground in his direction. Pierce sighs before nodding to the soldier again and I feel another blow to the stomach. After a few more minutes of steady punches I can't take it anymore. They know I called someone from shield, they just want to hear me say it.
"Alright!" I yell, between deep breaths, my voice hoarse. The soldier pauses and Pierce smirks in my direction.
"well?" he asks, waiting for the satisfaction of my answer.
"I called a friend…" I say as I continue to breath heavily, my knees shaking.
"From Shield?" Pierce asks and I nod. "this friend wouldn't happen to be Skye would it?" he continues and I grit my teeth. "I take that as a yes!" Pierce laughs before continuing. "now what exactly did you tell her?"
"nothing." I respond angrily, spitting blood from my mouth onto the ground. "Your puppet took the phone from me before I could say anything." I say coldly, refusing to look at the soldier.
"Is that true soldier?" Pierce asks him.
"yes sir." The winter soldier responds, emotionless. Pierce then smiles and advances toward me, grabbing a fistful of my hair and pulling down, causing my face to turn up to face him.
"Now. If you ever try something like that again, I will personally make your life a living hell, right before I kill you, do you understand?" He growls, looking down on me, tightening his grip.
"Yes." I say weakly as I wince. Pierce smirks.
"and because of your little attempt to blow our cover, you will be receiving daily visits from our soldier here, much like this one, and he will make sure it never happens again got it?" he says before letting go of my hair. He does not wait for a reply as he motions for everyone to leave, leaving me alone, still tied and standing.
