Chapter Four: The Birth of Siren

"This isn't freedom, this is fear."

-Steve Rogers

A few months later. . .

It hadn't been easy.

The founding members of HYDRA had no idea why, but reprogramming Katherine had taken a lot more work and had definitely been harder to reprogram her than Bucky. They guessed that Katherine had to be around nineteen or twenty so reprogramming so many few memories should have been easy.

But there were some struggles, some confusion, and a lot of pain. But it had been done at last and Katherine had manage to survive.

No matter how weak she had been or how beaten, she always managed to pull through. A survivor.

And now a few months later, Katherine was sitting as still as a statue facing Dr. Rick Madison, the one who had modify her memories and Charles Carmichael the leader of HYDRA.

Katherine's memories had been completely modified to serve HYDRA's needs. Like Bucky, she didn't know her real name, her parents, who were her friends, her past, no emotions such as pity and guilt were showcase which made her HYDRA's perfect little puppet.

The injection of the super serum gene had been a success, she wasn't as strong or as fast as Bucky, but with a few more years she would be just as good enough as him.

Dr. Madison looked at Katherine and spoke to her like a kindergarten teacher. "What is your name?"

A flash of uncertainty flashed through Katherine's eyes, but it quickly disappeared. "Siren." She finally said.

Dr. Madison nodded as he gently patted Katherine's hand. He ignored her flinching. "What is your mission?"

"To kill."

"Who are you loyal too?"

Katherine raised her chin. "All hail HYDRA."

"So Spiderman, huh?" Clint Barton said to his partner Natasha Romanoff as he turned off the TV where the news anchor had just finished giving her report on the masked hero. "I can't believe a guy in red and blue spandex is causing such mayhem. Any guesses on who it is?"

The red head shook her head. "We've been trying, Fury has basically plastered every spy he has in New York in order to get some form of identity, but so far no such luck."

Clint shrugged. They were in the helicarrier's small dean that was almost always empty. "It can't be easy to catch him when he's flying all over the place."

A thin smile appeared on her lips. "You fly."

Clint rolled his eyes. "Just because my code name is Hawkeye does not mean that I can fly. I wish though."

"Maybe Stark will built you a suit."

"In my dreams." There was a pause before Clint asked. "Nat, do you think . . . that is the possibility that it may be the Winter Soldier?"

Natasha shook her head. A few years back, Natasha had been ordered to protect a scientist that HYDRA had their eyes on and they had sent the Winter Soldier after them. At first Natasha hadn't believe in that silly legend, until the winter soldier had sent a bullet straight to her stomach, putting her in the hospital for weeks and killing the scientist that Natasha was supposed to be protecting.

"I don't think so." She finally said. "This guy is smaller, thinner. He generally tries to help people, the winter soldier was a full fledge assassin Clint with no pity or remorse. No it's someone else."

Aunt May, Peter's aunt opened the door only to find a large man wearing a trench coat and with an eye patch over his eye. "Can I help you?"

Fury's lip twitched where in his mind classified as a smile. "Hello, Mrs. Parker. Is Peter Parker home? I'm Nick Fury, from the United States scholarship program and I'm here to interview him, I want to talk to him privately."

Aunt May looked startled. "Ok, a scholarship . . . wow, my Peter. Peter, come downstairs! I actually have to cover my shift right now but-"

"Don't worry." Fury said. "Peter will be safe with me."

"Yeah, Aunt-"Peter trailed off. "Hey, what's going on?"

"Oh, wonderful news Peter this nice man came to offer you a scholarship!" she kissed Peter's cheek. "I have to go to work now, but please tell me all about it."

Both Fury and Peter watched Aunt May leave, once she was gone. Peter raised an eyebrow towards Fury's eye patch. "You're not here to offer me a scholarship are you?"

"I'm afraid not, Mr. Parker. I'm Nick Fury of SHIELD and we have been tracking you for quite some time though it hasn't been easy," he pulled out some photos out of his trench coat and showed them to him. There were pictures of his Spiderman costume and one of them removing his mask.

"How did-"Peter trailed off.

"I have eyes everywhere." Fury said simply. "May I come in?"

"Are you here to arrest me?"

"No," he said. "I'm here to offer you a job."

"Sir." Steve said as he entered Fury's office and placed Bucky's file on his desk. "I came to talk to you about HYDRA."

Fury turned around and looked at Bucky's photo. "James Barnes, MIA, missing in action. I'm sorry Steve, but in what way does your friend, Mr. Barnes have anything to do with HYDRA?"

"Before Red Skull, the original founding member of HYDRA was killed they were experimenting on him." Steve said. "I managed to get him out of it. I didn't get to ask you before with the Avengers initiative and Loki, but does HYDRA still exists?"

"Is this about you friend? Do you think he's still alive?"

"It's not about Bucky." He said. "I just want to know is HYDRA still in the works?"

"If a head is cut off, two more will take its place." Fury recited. "That's HYDRA's motto, you remember HYDRA as well as I do Steve, you lived it. HYDRA is an organization trying to make a better tomorrow so to speak by seeking submissiveness through people, trying to let them decided what is best for the world, half of the time by using science. In short they will use whatever means necessary, whatever people necessary to achieve their goal. They're like roaches, refusing to die off."

"All right," Steve said confused. "What does that supposed to mean?"

"It means." Fury said. "That yes, there is some . . . evidence that HYDRA is still in the works."

"Then why haven't you tried to stop it?!" Steve demanded.

"Because we don't have enough proof, Steve." Fury snapped. "HYDRA hasn't done anything remotely earth threatening since the forties, hell we don't even know where the location is hidden and SHIELD will lose so much if we just barged in not knowing what we're doing."

"Does HYDRA still go after people?"

"Sometimes."

Steve's jaw tightened. "What kind of people?"

Fury didn't answer for a moment. "People that everyone thinks is dead or who no one is looking for."

-End of Chapter Four-