Always and Forever | Loki Laufeyson

Kapittel (14) Fjorten ~ Asgard Awaits

Things have been pretty quiet since the others left. Loki and I had been spending most of our time either on our shared floor or in the library since there were no longer team dinners.

Thor had been joining us a lot, asking me all sorts of questions about my past and why I couldn't remember things. Loki would shoot him dirty glances whenever he did, but would never try to stop him, probably wondering the same thing since I haven't spoken about it much.

At one point, I got so tired of the questions I just told Jarvis to pull up my SHIELD file for the boys as I walked out of the room, rubbing my temple from the massive headache they were giving me.

SHEILD AGENT 21
ALEXANDRA KARA

DOB: UNKNOWN - SUSPECTED TO BE BORN AROUND 1985

BIRTH PLACE: UNKNOWN - OF EUROPEAN ORIGINS

DISTINGUISHABLE MARKINGS: THIN SCAR WRAPPED AROUND HER NECK, FOX TATTOO ON OUTER LEFT BICEP, LONG THICK SCAR ACROSS HER LOWER ABDOMEN, BULLET WOUND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HER WAIST

REPORT DATE: 3/17/2009

ALEXANDRA KARA WAS FOUND IN 2004 DURING A HYDRA RAID. KARA WAS HELD IN CHAINS WITH A SHOCK COLLAR AROUND HER NECK, STARVED AND DEHYDRATED, AND HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANYTHING, INCLUDING HER OWN NAME.

DIRECTOR FURY, AGENT COULSON, AND I TOOK KARA TO A SAFE HOUSE, WHERE I STAYED WITH HER IN HOPES OF REHABILITATING HER. THE THOUGHT WAS THAT SHE MUST HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT TO HYDRA IF THEY KEPT HER ALIVE, SO THE DIRECTOR WANTED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHY THAT WAS.

THERE WAS NO RECORD OF HER IN ANY TYPE OF SYSTEM, AND THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO SUGGEST SHE WAS TAKEN IN HER YOUTH. NO MEDICAL OR BIRTH RECORDS COULD BE FOUND EITHER, EFFECTIVELY HALTING THE SEARCH FOR WHO SHE WAS.

ONCE KARA WAS ABLE TO PROPERLY COMMUNICATE AND LEARNED TO TRUST ME, SHE WAS TAKEN TO MY OWN SAFE HOUSE, WHERE SHE WAS ABLE TO GET USED TO PEOPLE WHO DID NOT INTEND TO HARM HER.

WHILE AT MY SAFE HOUSE, SHE TOLD ME WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS HER NAME AND WHAT SHE COULD REMEMBER HAPPENED TO HER IN HYDRA. SHE TOLD ME OF THE MACHINE THEY USED ON HER AND HER FRIEND, A HOSTAGE IN A DIFFERENT BASE, THAT WAS USED TO ERASE THEIR MEMORIES.

KARA ALSO TOLD ME OF THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND EMOTIONAL TORTURE THEY WOULD PUT HER THROUGH, INCLUDING ELECTRIC SHOCK, BEATINGS, REFUSAL OF FOOD AND WATER, PUTTING HER IN CYROFREEZE WHEN SHE WAS NOT NEEDED, CALLING HER DEGRADING NAMES, KEEPING HER IN THE SAME TWO OUTFITS, NEVER DOING ANYTHING FOR HER APPEARANCE-WISE (NO CUTTING HAIR, NO SHOWER/BATH UNLESS NECESSARY, EXT) AND MORE.

KARA ALSO INFORMED ME OF THE PROCEDURE THEY DID ON HER SHORTLY AFTER OBTAINING HER, WHICH WAS THE REMOVAL OF HER REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS. BECAUSE SHE HERSELF DIDN'T UNDERSTAND AT THE TIME WHAT THE PROCEDURE WAS FOR, I HAD TO EXPLAIN TO HER WHY SHE HAD A LONG JAGGED SCAR ACROSS HER LOWER ABDOMEN.

AFTER GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH NORMAL LIFE, KARA WAS TAKEN BACK TO SHIELD HEADQUARTERS WHERE SHE WAS ASSESSED ON HER SKILL SET.

KARA WAS FOUND TO BE A MASTER AT HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT - ABLE TO TAKE DOWN MULTIPLE SOLDIERS AT ONCE, AN EXPERT MARKSMAN - AS SHE IS ABLE TO SHOOT ANY GUN AND THROW A DAGGER WITH AIM THAT COULD RIVAL MY OWN, AND WAS ALSO FOUND TO HAVE SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH.

KARA WAS ALSO FOUND TO HAVE SUPERHUMAN ABILITIES, AS SHE ADMITTED TO BEING ABLE TO SHAPESHIFT, READ MINDS (TELEPATHY), TURN INVISIBLE, TELEPORT, AND BECOME INTANGIBLE. WHEN ASKED HOW SHE OBTAINED THESE POWERS, SHE INFORMED US THAT SHE COULD NOT REMEMBER WHEN SHE DID NOT HAVE THEM, THOUGH THAT THAT COULD JUST BE DUE TO HER MEMORY LOSS.