CHAPTER 15

"How is this possible?" She whispered to herself.

Pierce looked at his daughter. When she tore her eyes away from the Asset, her father cleared his throat. "I will explain this to you later, Now, as I was saying-"

"No," she interrupted.

Pierce glared down at her, "Go back to the car."

"No, you need to tell me what the fuck is going on? How is this even possible?"

Pierce inhaled sharply, "Alexandra. I am not going to repeat myself. Go wait for me in the car, and I will tell you everything." She glanced back at the Asset and stared deeply into his blank eyes. "Now, Alexandra," her father warned.

She waited in the car, like the obedient daughter she was supposed to be. The wait was excruciating. She wanted answers immediately. She witnessed the machine that was planted on the side of his temples, she watched him scream from pain, and he never recognized her. Sure , she has grown up significantly since the last they saw each other, but she still felt hurt.

Her father finally came back from the building and entered the town car. When he settled himself in his seat, he gave her a hard look. "Do you understand why I pulled you out of there?"

Allie crossed her arms around her stomach, "Not really."

"You were getting too emotional. The Asset is delicate. We cannot afford to lose him to your silly emotions," he scoffed at her. "Emotions; it makes you weak. If I tell you everything you want to know, then you need to remember that."

She let his words sink in before she nodded her head, "I won't let emotions get the best of me."

Pierce leaned back into his seat and let out a sigh. "Okay," he began. "All I am going to tell you, for now, is that the Asset has been around for over fifty years."

She gaped at him, "How-"

"We found him," her father interrupted. "Well, H.Y.D.R.A did."

Her heart dropped to the pit of her stomach, "You work for H.Y.D.R.A?"

Pierce chuckled, "Oh, no. I am not a part of H.Y.D.R.A." He suddenly became serious. "I lead H.Y.D.R.A."

She stared at him. Did she just hear him correctly? "What?" She knew it sounded stupid as it came out of her mouth, but that was the only thing that she could ask him.

"When you were an infant, your mother and I were supposed to go on a cruise to Bogota for our ten year anniversary, I had to work, unexpectedly, during said cruise. You're mother insisted on going and took you with her. There was a hijacking, but Fury saved you. The whole thing was confusing. I wanted to negotiate, but Fury, he made his own decisions without consulting me. I must admit, he was impressive with his tactics, but it got me thinking. Men like him, they will comply to their own orders and moralities and put everything else on the line to prove a point."

"And what was that, exactly?" Allie quirked her eyebrow at him.

"That diplomacy is all a facade," he smirked at her. "Think about it, the world's filled with the corrupt, secret militia, and liars. If I allow that in the world, the more I lose control."

"Control?" she echoed. "You want to control the world?"

"It's a plan. A perfect plan that took years to perfect. and I have you to thank."

Allie was disgusted. How dare her father use her like a pawn to his own game of chess. She glared a her father, "I told you every vision I had, and you used it against mankind?"

"Some people aren't worth saving," he said sternly.

LATER THAT NIGHT...

Allie waited until she heard her father's footsteps travel into his bedroom before she took out the flash drive from her purse. She snatched her laptop that rested on her desk and turned it on. She plugged in the flash drive and let it load. It only took a few minutes before all of the information she need was retrieved. The files opened automatically onto her screen. the first thing that popped up was 'Super-human Serum'.

'Superhuman Serum was originally designed to create a super soldier, perfected by Professor Reinstein. Attempted and perfected by Arnim Zola. Successful experiment, Winter Soldier (AKA H.Y.D.R.A Asset). Subject contains the following: Superhuman Strength, Enhanced Speed, Enhanced Stamina, Enhanced Durability, Enhanced Agility, Enhanced Reflexes, and Regenerative healing Factor.'

'Verstand Serum was originally designed and not yet perfected by Dr. Whitehall. Experiment: Alexandra Pierce. Subject may contain the following: Precognitive dreaming, Lie Detection, Enhanced Thought Processing, Enhanced Muscle Memory.'

She closed her laptop quickly. All of this was too much. she just discovered that her own father had experimented on her, not knowing for sure if it would even work and it was to his own benefit.