Chapter 9: Hail HYDRA.
It's over. The old doctor is dead. There will be no more super-humans. And this kid is no danger to HYDRA plans at all. He grab the last bunch of serum. Now the only thing that 'Fred Clemson' or Heinz Kruger needs is to disappear. That has easily said than done because an entire room are shooting at him. Fortunately he is able to shoot them back except that persistent blond woman.
After escaping the base, Kruger enters the car to ride away while firing at the enemies with machine gun killing them. He then sits in the seat trying to nurse his bloody shoulder. However, Peggy is still on his tail with objective to stop him and before she can shoot his transport, Heinz activates the detonator and blows up the car near her. Nevertheless, that didn't stop her at slightest, she aims at the car and shoots at it. Getting to the driver's head killing him. Without the driver, the car crashes into a taxi. This makes Kruger to change cars.
"What are you doing? Buddy, are you all right? Hey, this guy's been shot!" exclaimed taxi driver exiting the cab letting Heinz enter the cab.
Kruger drives off in the taxi. However he decides that the first thing he gonna do is send this stubborn woman straight to hell. And drives towards Peggy. However she is not gonna let this killer push herself around like a little girl. She will fight until the end. She continuously shoots at him but he just ducks and keeps going in order to kill her.
Fortunately at the last moment, Izuku shoves her out of the harm way. Heinz use this opportunity to drive away to pier. Far away from this madness.
"Why did you do it?" she asked displeasingly. "I almost had him!"
"Sorry. I just can't let him to kill you", explained Izuku. "But don't worry I think I can catch him."
"Thank you", said Peggy. "But how are you gonna to do it? He maybe already halfway away from here. How are you going to to catch him? Run after him?"
"Don't worry about it", he answered. "Do you know why? Because I am here!"
At these words, Izuku runs after the car leaving her with gapping mouth. She couldn't believe that a former shy and cute boy who couldn't say a word to her became not only the strong man but also talking with her with a commanding tone. However, Peggy couldn't help but acknowledged that when he said 'Because I am here!' she felt calmness, warmness and trust in him that he can do it. Agent Shield now believes that Izuku Midoriya can do anything.
The first thing Izuku acknowledges while chasing the car that he can run fast. Also his lungs doesn't burn like always. In addition, he didn't feel any tiredness. He now runs faster than he ever was before. He decides to cut his way short to get closer to the car. Unfortunately, while chasing the car he loses control over his new power and crashes into a bridal wear store.
"I'm sorry!" he quickly apologized not used to his strength and speed. Before continuing to chase the car.
Izuku then decides to cut his way again by running to the dark alley. However, he sees that on his way is a metal wall but that didn't made him to slow down. Midoriya than does something that surprises even himself. He leaps over the wall and continues to run. Izuku then runs out into a street full of cars.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" said Midoriya to the driver, which almost run him over.
Seeing that the cab is too far Izuku decides to do something reckless. He jumps on the roof of a nearby car and then jumps from one to the next one. Until he finally lands on the killer's car.
"Stubborn brat", swears Kruger. He can't believe that this child finally got him. While making hard turns on the road to made Izuku fall, he shoots at the roof with an objective to kill this annoying kid. However he still hangs on the roof and don't planning to let go. They almost came to the pier.
Unfortunately because of Kruger's decision to kill the boy, he hadn't noticed that upcoming track, which he accidently crushes. Unexpected of the crush makes Izuku let go of the car and fell on the ground watching the cab tumbles on the pier dropping the front door in the process.
When Heinz exit the broken cab he has become infuriated than ever. If the kid before just only annoyed him with his presence. Right now he just feeling only rage. He is not gonna let this kid live even a second. He don't care that this person only a child. He will kill him at this moment. He is too dangerous for Chizome's plans.
Kruger shoots at Izuku with his gun. However on the last second Midoriya grabs the cab's door and use it as shield against bullets. This enraged Heinz more than before. He then makes a decision. If this kid wants to play a hero. He then will be his villain. And what need a bad guy in desperate situation like this? A hostage. And what is better than a child hostage
"No! No! Not my son!" exclaimed the mother of the boy, which was grab by Kruger to use as living shield.
"Stop it!" screamed the young boy terrifyingly for his life.
"Don't hurt him!" pleaded the poor mother, which is trying to get to his son but bystanders holds her to stop.
Izuku sees the problem and runs to save a child dropping the car's door in the process. This man is coward. Taking an innocent boy as hostage. He decides to attack him. However, Kruger spot him.
"Get back!" he bellowed desperately before shooting at Midoriya, but misses his target and running away.
"Let me go!" screamed boy afraid for his live.
"Let go of my son! Don't hurt him!" exclaimed the poor mother trying to get to his son.
Seeing this woman in that state reminds Izuku of his deceased loving mother who always made sure that her son is happy and alright. This made him more determinative than before. He will not let the child and mother to split up. He will save this kid. No matter what.
He quietly goes after him but Kruger sees him again and shoots at Izuku. Fortunately, Midoriya hides behind a statue, which blocks the bullet. He then enters passageway after Heinz. After getting there Kruger turns around and points a gun at the boy's head.
"Wait, don't! Don't!" said Izuku alarmed for a hostage live. Kruger only smirks in triumph before he points the gun at Midoriya and pulls the trigger. However, after the first click it's revealed that Heinz used all his bullets in the base and at the car chase. It's made him more mad. He instead in the desperate manner throws the boy into the water. "No! Don't!" screamed Izuku in fright running to edge to see if the boy is alive.
Fortunately, It's revealed that a boy can swim. And he is swimming in the water before encouraging this person, who was trying to save him before "Go get him, hero! I can swim!" At the boy's words, Izuku again chases after the man.
Finally getting away from this super-kid, Kruger activates his 'lighter', which makes the strange transport appeared out of the water. He sits in the cockpit of the vehicle and dives in the waters.
Seeing Heinz diving under the water in this machine puts Izuku in bewilderment. He never in his life ever heard about a vehicle like this. It's surfaced out of the water and then submerge under the water. Just some kind of 'submarine' or something. But there no time for guessing. He needs to act right now or else the killer will swim away. He didn't know if his lungs could hold a breath for such long. However, he hadn't care about any of that. Midoriya just jumps and dives after him.
After what was felt like eternity, Izuku finally catches to the machine and grabs the antenna on the roof. Heinz hearing some sounds turns to the left only to become astonished. He sees his pursuer in the water, who finally get to his submarine. However, he couldn't get much a thought before Midoriya breaks the glass making the entire cockpit to flood. Fortunately for him, Izuku opens the glass and takes him before throwing him out of the water.
Kruger is glad that he finally on the surface without water in his lungs. Unfortunately, he couldn't rest much as he wanted as Izuku jumps from the water. Heinz in despair attacks Midoriya but he dodges it and kicks him making him drop a vial with serum breaking it.
"He was a good man!" screamed Izuku taking him by his coat. "He didn't want anything bad to anybody. Why? Why did you kill him!?"
"I don't care if he was a good or bad man", answered Kruger. "I killed him because his serum was danger to our cause."
"What cause?! Who the hell are you?" asked Midoriya.
Heinz is not an idiot. He knows that he done. After this stunt, Alies will interrogate him and they will know everything. He couldn't let them know it. He will take these secrets to the grave.
"The first of many", he answered popping a fake tooth loose and swallowing it. "Cut off one head, two more shall take its place". Then Heinz suddenly starts to foam at the mouth. Izuku just now understood what he just swallowed. Pills that kills at five seconds. "Hail HYDRA!" This was his last words before closing his own eyes.
That made Izuku to put down the dead man. He still couldn't believe what just happened. He chased after the car, jumped over the wall, picked up door from a cab, dived in the water and held his breath for four minutes. He did things that his old body wouldn't even dream of. It's means that serum is working it changed him not only on the surface, but it changed his capabilities either.
However that couldn't prevent him from saving Erskine's life. Doctor Erskine is dead. And he couldn't save him. His project is complete. Unfortunately, Dr. Erskine couldn't see the results of his work.
However, the last words of the killer put a question in Izuku's head. He couldn't help but wonder.
'What is HYDRA?'
Alps, HYDRA HQ
Chizome is pleased with last news. Yes, maybe Kruger failed to bring him a serum but he made sure that wouldn't be any more of it by killing Dr. Erskine. The last obstacle on his path are dead.
Unfortunately, Hitler learned about his actions and sent on the HYDRA base his soldier to examine this facility. Right now, they are annoying Akaguro by berating him like a small child. He uses all of his willpower to stop himself from killing all of them right now for their insolence while showing them around his base.
"The Führer is not accustomed to being ignored, Herr Akaguro", said Hutter one of three men Hitler sent. "He funds your research because you promised him weapons."
"You serve at his pleasure. He gave you this facility as a reward for your injuries", said Schneider the second one of the sent people.
"Reward? Call it what it is. Exile", said Chizome in disgust remembering well his exile by Hitler. "I no longer reflect his image of Aryan perfection."
"You think this is about appearances? Your HYDRA division has failed to deliver so much as a rifle in over a year", continued Roeder the last one mockingly looking at the HYDRA symbol on the flag and at strange uniform of soldiers. "And we had learned through local intelligence you had mounted a full-scale incursion into Norway."
"The Führer feels… How does he put it? "The Red Skull has been indulged long enough!"" quoted Schneider displeasingly.
For Chizome it was a last straw. He wouldn't let these blind troglodytes to dictate him how to fight in the war. He could kill them right now. He don't need Nazis anymore. He have infinite power source, weapons to destroy the armies, the only man who could stop him is dead. He was in their shadow long enough. Time to end it. However before he could bring his sword, a thought have cross his head. These three told him that HYDRA failed to invent new weapons. Well he will show them his work results. They will die at any other rate.
"Gentlemen, you have come to see the results of our work", Chizome said smiling sinisterly. "Let me show you."
When they enters the lab Akaguro continues, "Hitler speaks of a thousand-year Reich, but he cannot feed his army for a month. His troops spill their blood across every field in Europe. But still he is no closer to achieving his goals."
"And I suppose you still aim to end this war through magic?" asked Roeder in mocking disbelief. They were also send to check on Chizome himself. And they already put diagnosis on him.
"It's science. But I understand your confusion. Great power has always baffled primitive men", mocked Chizome looking at them when he said the last part. "HYDRA is assembling an arsenal to destroy my enemies in one stroke. Where ever they are, regardless of how many forces they possess. All in a matter of hours."
"Your enemies?" asked Roeder in confusion.
"My weapons contain enough destructive power to decimate every hostile capital on earth", explained Chizome before relieving them the final part. He will show these three it's real place. "Quite simply, gentlemen, I have harnessed the power of the Gods."
If they had any doubts before then their confirmed right now. It's no mistake about this man. Hitler is right. Chizome Akaguro is an insane mad man and sadist who believes that he is god. Well now, he can say goodbye to his crazy plans. He will be arrested.
"Thank you, Akaguro" said Schneider.
"For what?" asked Chizome already knowing their answer. They think that he is mad. But he is far from it. They just to stupid to understood.
"For making it clear how obviously mad you are", answered Schneider already thinking which asylum he would spent his life.
Meanwhile when everybody were discussing plans Hutter decides to study a map lying on Akaguro's labor. He sees that many tacks on the map, which shows cities of the Alias. However he also noticed that one tack is located on the Berlin. One of their own city. It's means that Chizome plans to betray them and attack them.
"Berlin is on this map!" Hutter announced his found.
"So it is", simply confirmed Akaguro. He didn't see anything wrong with that. They wouldn't left this base alive. Time to show them how he tamed the power of gods.
"You will be punished for your insolence! You will be brought before the Führer himself!" bellowed Hutter. Unfortunately, it is his last words as Chizome uses his new cannon, which powered by essence of the Tesseract and disintegrates him.
Schneider tries to defend himself by shooting at Chizome. However it's futile as Akaguro continues to shoot and disintegrates him to dust. Roeder tries to escape the base and alerted Hitler about the mad man's genocide. Unfortunately, the only exit in the lab is sealed shut. He can't get out.
"Akaguro!" bellowed Roeder as Chizome pointed cannon at him and disintegrated him.
Dr. Kurogiri witnessed this entire massacre. He couldn't imagine that his weapons would work like that. Destroying people leaving nothing, not even pile of ashes. And Chizome just killed all of them in a cold blood. He freezes on the spot as Akaguro looked at him.
"My apologies, Doctor, but we both knew HYDRA could grow no further in Hitler's shadow", Chizome announced. He finally will left this miserable shadow. He will stand at the top of the world, which he recreates as he sees it himself. "Hail HYDRA."
"Hail HYDRA!" said HYDRA technicians raising both arms to salute.
Seeing this performance made Moya understand that he chose to follow the wrong man. In addition, the wrong side. However, he couldn't turn back on them or else they will kill him. He stuck in this place as a slave.
"Hail HYDRA!" squeaked Kurogiri as Chizome looks at him before leaving the lab.
At that moment, Dr. Kurogiri wished that someone would save him from this monster. Moreover, he learnt one thing for sure HYDRA can't be stopped by anything.
