Chapter Two
Tia's POV
Now, I'm considered a somewhat rebellious girl, but this is ridiculous. My sister, Stella, and I are going to break into the main Hydra computer system to figure out who- or what, we are. Then, using a schematic of the Hydra compound, we'd escape with our siblings to safety. Hopefully.
We managed to spread the message to our other siblings without the notice of the Hydra security cameras. We all protectively hovered over Bree, to make sure that Hydra didn't do anything sneaky. And poor Bree… maybe we shouldn't have told her, it really terrified her. She'd wake up in the middle of the night, crying, though she wouldn't admit it to anyone. I was the only one who knew. I was terrified as well. What if we lost her? Stella would probably blame herself, Thalia would take her anger out on everyone, Claire would never speak again, Nate would be in utter denial, and me? I'd never be able to make a sarcastic comment ever again without thinking of Bree. I shook my head. Hydra would never kill Bree. Not when I can still breathe.
"You okay?" Stella asked under her breath.
"Yeah," I whispered back, carrying a supply crate. We were supposedly helping carry supplies, at least, that was our cover. We were actually going to the main Hydra control center, the area where all information could be reached.
"Are you sure that we can do this?" I asked.
"We have to. For Bree," Stella replied firmly. She was right, there was no backing out of this now. The walk to the main control center was agonizing. It seemed to take centuries to walk down a single hallway. We also found it odd that there were no Hydra officers walking around. This is supposed to be a training facility, but we haven't seen any other trainees. We arrived at the main Hydra control center. There were no guards outside the entrance, which was odd. Stella tried opening the door, but it was locked.
"Hold on," Stella said, pulling a bobby pin out of her hair.
"You gotta be kidding me, that stuff only works in the movies," I said, rolling my eyes. She bent down and started working on picking the lock anyway.
"I'm actually surprised it wasn't some sort of electronic lock," I commented.
"Everything seems too easy, this could be a trap," Stella warned.
"So we'll go in guns blazing," I said, reaching into the "supply box".
"Wait, what is actually in that supply box?" Stella asked.
"It's called a 'Night-Night', it's stolen weaponry from S.H.I.E.L.D, cool right?" I said, handing her the gun.
"Neat," she said, having unlocked the door.
"Open it, I'll cover you," I said, aiming the gun at the door. She opened it, and no one was inside. The room was circular, with rows of computers. In the center was a holographic computer. We cautiously walked in. Stella closed the door behind us.
"You hack in, I'll watch your back," Stella said. I walked over to the holographic computer. I touched it, and I started to search through the files. Then I found an unlabeled, encrypted file.
"Bingo," I said. I hacked past the encryption firewall. It brought up several more files. I tapped on one of them, and it brought up a series of videos. I touched the first one, labeled "CAPTAIN".
"The Captain's clone is thriving, and seems to be the strongest so far, which promises good results. Using Madame Hydra's DNA along with the Captain's seems to have provided a female, but that should not cause problems. We have named her Stella," a voice said behind the camera. The video showed a sleeping toddler with blond hair. Stella watched in awe.
"We have developed an aging serum, which has appeared to work, considering she was an infant yesterday. We have been programming her memories for the past few days by neurotransmitters," the voice said again. The toddler mumbled in her sleep. The present Stella was transfixed by the footage. The toddler's eyes fluttered open. They were a crystal blue.
"Weren't you just a darling?" a voice behind us said. I whirled around to see Madame Hydra, our so-called mother. I raised the Night-Night. Stella raised hers as well.
"You would shoot your own mother? I'm appalled," she said.
"You aren't our real mother," Stella spat.
"Is that so?" she said coldly. She moved faster than I could ever imagine. In seconds, she had out one of her deadly blades, and in the next second, the blade was against Stella's neck.
"Drop the weapon, or she dies," Madame Hydra said. I cautiously put the Night-Night on the floor. Stella's clattered to the floor as well. Madame Hydra moved the blade from Stella's throat, and stabbed it in her side! Stella screamed in pain. With a sudden jerk, Madame Hydra pulled the blade out from Stella's side. Stella collapsed to the ground.
"Stella!" I screamed. I tried to run to her side, but Madame Hydra blocked the way, the bloodied blade in her hand. Suddenly, a bright blue beam knocked the blade out of her hands! I looked over to see none other than Iron Man!
"Cap, I found the rest of the Anti-Avengers project. One of them is injured. Did you get the rest on the Quinjet?" Iron Man said into his communicator. I took the opportunity to run over to Stella while Madame Hydra was distracted.
"Stella, can you hear me?" I asked, my voice quavering. Her breathing came in short, shallow gasps.
"Tia?" she managed to gasp out. Her usual sparkling blue eyes were now dull and full of pain. I didn't know what to do.
"You'll be okay," I said, although I didn't know if that would be true.
"Miss, please, let me help get you and your friend to safety," a man said. I looked up to see Captain America.
"Okay," I said. He gently picked up Stella and carried her out of the room, and I followed suit.
We arrived at the quinjet, where a doctor took care of Stella. I sat down near her. I sighed. Iron Man walked over towards me.
"You doing okay kid?" he asked.
"If you define okay by having your entire world flipped upside down, than yeah, I'm okay," I said bitterly.
"Sorry, but look at the bright side, your sister is gonna pull through. And if I know Cap, she's pretty stubborn and tough anyway," he said, smiling.
"She is pretty damn stubborn," I said. He laughed.
"I kinda figured," he said.
"How are the rest of my siblings?" I asked.
"They're fine. What are all your siblings' names?" he asked, trying to keep my mind off worry. It was working.
"Well, there's Bree, she's the one with the glasses; Claire, she's the one with the braid in her hair; Thalia, she's the blondie; Nate is the guy; and there's Stella," I said.
"And what about you?" he asked.
"I'm Tia," I said.
"Well Tia, I'm Tony," he said,
"Nice to meet you Tony," I said. He smiled. I smiled back. It was nice to have someone who really understood you. For the first time in my life, I truly felt at home.
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