CHAPTER 10
*Please note that Elliot Dawes is an OC of mine and that this happens after Avengers Assembled and before Captain America 2, carrying on into that timeline*
I gulped. I did not like the sound of that. This definitely wasn't a blondie song and he was going beyond stalking my house. He had totally destroyed it, and the car I was in. the drowsiness was beginning to ware off now. My body was racked with pain. Everything hurt, particularly my neck and head. I must have hit it when the car flipped. Good, I hope it's damaged me, I found myself thinking. You know you're in a desperate situation when you hope you've got brain damage. Well damaged enough that I can't remember that stupid formula. I have never hated my genius and ambition so much until now. The bright lights of the laboratory were giving me a headache and were making me feel a little dizzy. The Red Skull appeared darker against the bright loud.
"So, are you going to tell me the formula or shall we extract it another way?" Red Skull asked menacingly.
"As much as I would love to discuss my work I fear you are too…. How shall we put it? Old to understand what I mean," I began, going into panic mode. "And plus my head got smacked pretty hard so it's really fuzzy so things aren't really that clear. Everything's all jumbled and I feel like there's a thick fog over my mind so I can't really think clearly and do you honestly think I am stupid enough to fall for your threats? I mean do you expect me to break easily and tell you everything? SHIELD may be assholes but they are the good guys. And I kind of like this- the feeling of holding something over you-,"
His fist smashed into the side of my mouth. Pain exploded as blood trickled down the side of my mouth. My head snapped painfully to the side and smacked against the metal table. It rang out in the room and in my head. Everyone fell silent, watching me closely. I turned to look at him. I felt a deep and dark loathing for this man. He wasn't even a man, he was beyond being a man- he was a monster. The kind your mother warns you about but worse.
"Not. Helping." I growled.
"TAKE HER AWAY!" roared the Red Skull. "I shall see you bright and early tomorrow,"
Two men dressed in black appeared and untied me from the table. I fell forward into their arms. They held me under an arm each and marched me silently from the room. The dragged me through grey corridors and circular hallways. My feet barely touched the ground. My toes skimmed across the ground as I tried to find my footing without much luck. We reached a collection of elevators. The guards chosen the middle one and we entered it. Once in the elevator they relaxed their grip a little. We began the descent down in the unknown. I was nervous. I had no idea what I would find here.
"I have to ask: why did you join HYDRA?" I asked. "Like what is this whole big deal about taking over the world and destroying people's freedom? Do you get off on that sort of thing?"
They completely ignored me. I began humming off tune and badly and watched them closely. The one on my right was more disciplined than the one on the left. The one on my right was a middle-aged man with greying hair and a mark on his finger where a wedding ring used to sit. It was beginning to fade which suggested the marriage was no more. The other man was younger, fresh faced and a pitiful attempt at growing a beard. I grinned at him as I could see him struggle to remain calm. I was beginning to annoy them. The elevator eventually stopped and dinged open. Why do elevators always sound so happy? They grabbed my arms and marched me through rooms filled with wondrous devices. We passed through a freezing cold room. In the middle off the eastern wall was a metal door covered in a thin layer of ice. There was a small square window. I let out a yelp and dug in my heels. There was a man frozen in the window. He had a handsome face- square jaw and you could just see his longish dark brown hair. His eyes were closed peacefully. I got whacked over the back of the head and dragged onwards. Something nagged me about the face. It looked oddly familiar but I couldn't figure out where I had seen it before. They took me into the room next to the freezing room. It was slightly warmer than the previous room. Metal doors lined the walls without windows. I got flung into one at the far end of the room. In the room was a toilet, sink and a metal bed with a thin sheet over it. The door slammed shut and locked.
As soon as I was alone I was washed over with the amount of emotions I had supressed. I was scared. I was beyond scared- I was bloody terrified. I was panicked, I was freaked out and alone. I fell into a dark abyss of despair in which I saw there was no way out. I was one woman with a brain. I didn't have the brawn to get out of here. Those guards were trained, those guards were armed. I was on my own. I lay curled up on the metal bed and cried. Nobody would find me. Unless they slipped a tracked into me after I ended up in hospital, I was doomed. I was going to be tortured and torn apart and there was nothing I could do about it. Unless you tell them. And in that moment, I found myself considering just giving up.