Every time the ice melted, once or twice, I covered the one way mirror with ice again. My ice was lasting longer each time. My fire was able to coat my body without damaging my clothes, much. The first time was embarrassing since I was constantly being watched by the locals across from me. I'd only tried having my fire go up my arm, it covered my whole body and burnt almost all my clothes off. Not a day to repeat. When I covered a part of me with my ice then applied my fire, it didn't melt. Over the course of two weeks, half the volunteers were dead. As Strucker said, they started with checking their health before starting to experiment on the people.

"Victoria." I turned to see Strucker standing in his little protected box.

"What do you want?" I asked him.

"Phase two is about to begin." He told me.

"Why should I help you?" I asked him angrily.

"You owe us." He said and I gave him a look. "We've not only taken care of you, but we've helped you expand your powers."

"You kidnapped me from my home. You experimented on me." I corrected him. "I owe you nothing."

"I'd hoped to do this without force." He sighed before signaling someone. I turned to the only door as a group of men came in. I backed away from them slowly.

"Get away from me!" I ordered before using my ice to cover the floor of the room between me and them.

"Don't make this more difficult for yourself." Strucker told me.

"The only way you're getting me out that door is by force." I told them.

"That can be arranged." He said. His men came at me and I tried to keep them away with my fire, but they were a divergent for the men behind them who managed to knock me down.

"Get off!" I ordered as they pinned my hands behind my back. Strucker had his men dragged me to the testing area. The scepter was still in the same place as before, but now there were two operating tables. The men holding me held me down as the scientists strapped me to the table and injected me with something. "What are you doing to me?!" The men went to get their test subject as the scientists prepared to link me to the subject. "Let me go!" I warned. They ignored me as they continued their work. I tried as hard as I could to be released. I tried using my powers, but I couldn't access them. "What have you done to me?!"

"Enough!" Strucker ordered before leaning over me. "We neutralized your abilities until we are done here." He told me and I struggled some more. The first subject they brought in was the young man they'd separated from his sister.

"Don't do this, Strucker. You'll kill them." I warned him as they started hooking him up.

"They only have to do this once. You on the other hand…." I looked up at him before looking back to the boy.

"You'll still kill them." I warned once more. Once the man was strapped down and plugged into me both me and the scepter they started the machine. We both screamed as they did their work. Strucker was right, he only had to do this once I was going to be doing this to all their volunteers. Luckily, I passed out as they were bringing in the second subject.


When I woke again, I was in a new room. A smaller one. I looked around weakly before recognizing the room. A test subject must have died in this room last week. I tried to move only to cry out in pain. I assessed the damages to myself and used my ice to try and numb the pain for now. I'd use my fire to try and ease it later. Once I was number I got up and used my ice to help keep me stable. I moved to the window to see my old cell was completely torched. I turned and saw a mirror before going to it. I hit it a few times before checking the edges on it. Where was the door to this place? I heard someone bang into the wall and moved to it slowly. I touched it gingerly before placing my ear to it, trying to listen to the other side. I looked back to my old cell and deduced I was next to the twins. But what hit the wall? I hit the wall, trying to make the person on the other side answer. Nothing. I sighed before sitting back down on my bed.


Third POV

A few weeks later, Shield was gone and a majority of volunteers were dead.

"It's over." Dr. List told Strucker. "Fury's released everything to the public."

"Everything he knows about." Strucker corrected.

"Struker, if they get word of our work her, if the find out we serve Hydra…" Dr. List started saying before Strucker stopped him.

"Hydra. Shield. Two sides of a coin that's no longer currency." Strucker told him as they moved to the lab and the scepter. "What we have is worth more than any of them ever knew. We've only scratched the surface, and already…" Strucker dropped his sentence before going to the test subjects. "There are other facilities doing Hydra's good work around the world. We'll feed them to Captain America and his colorful friends."

"Keep them off our scent. What about the volunteers and her?" Dr. List asked him.

"The dead will be buried so deep their own ghosts won't be able to find them." Strucker told him.

"And the survivors?" Dr. List asked him as they stopped.

"The twins and Victoria." Strucker said looking into the one way mirror. The woman, Wanda, was moving the blocks with her mind and playing with them in the air. The man, Pietro, was running into walls, trying to control his new found speed. Victoria was sitting on her bed opening and closing her hand in thought, playing with the two elements in her control, while staring at the wall that connected her cell to Pietro's.

"Sooner or later they will meet these three." Dr. List warned.

"It's not a world of spies anymore, not even a world of heroes." Strucker told him. "This is the age of miracles, Dr. There's nothing more horrifying than a miracle." Wanda smashed one of her blocks.