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Whitehall was in his office, he heard the metronome swinging back and forth keeping a rhythm on the shelf behind him as he picked up a drinks tumbler and poured it into a glass.
"First time I drank this, I had just enlisted. It was bland, immature," he pours himself a drink, closes the sifter and sets it down, then picks up his glass. "But, I had a hunch. I bought a case," he sniffs the glass then takes a drink with a 'mm,' noise. The noise deeps as he swallows. He's talking to Bakshi, who has a clipboard in his hands. Bakshi's in a lab conjoining to Whitehall's office. "$10 seemed so expensive back then. And now, one bottle costs over $2,000." Whitehall appears to be looking at someone or something past Bakshi, and his eyes appear to be focused there as well. "Goes to show you patience is most definitely a virtue. Something we've both benefited from," Whitehall takes another sip then walks closer to Bakshi. "I believe in second chances."
Whitehall enters the that Bakshi is in. "I want us to work together. I want you to become a valued member of our organization," he's fully entered the lab room and walks around some sort of device. He gets to the front and there's a woman, Agent 33, strapped into the device. Her arms are locked in the device and there are rods coming from it that are keeping her eyelids apart, she's breathing hard. "Surrender, and you will find meaning. Surrender...and you will find release."
Agent 33 sees some sort of psychedelic swirling of colors and patterns with flashes of white light every so often on the screen in front of her. "Take a deep breath. Clam your mind. You know what's best. What's best is you comply, "e keeps his voice soft and soothing while speaking to the woman. "Compliance will be rewarded. Are you ready to comply, Agent 33?"
Agent 33 grits her teeth together in anger. "I will never work for HYDRA." She takes a shaky breath.
"I expected it would be a long night," he smiles and lifts his glass for her to see. "Why I decided to treat myself," he takes a drink making another pleased sound. "Mr. Bakshi, let's go again." Whitehall walks toward Bakshi.
"Where do we start?" Bakshi asked.
"At the beginning. Like the song says, a very good place to start," Agent 33 is still breathing raggedly but steeling herself. "You and I both know the Faustus method takes time," Whitehall puts something in his ear. "And I've got plenty." The device in his ear is whirring up to power as Agent 33 stares ahead.
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Simmons' alarm goes off at 5:45, she hears the song playing and reaches over to turn the volume up with a smile. She gets out of bed then we see her running on a treadmill. After her run, and an obvious shower, she stands at the closet and picks out an outfit. She pours milk into a to-go cup, grabs her briefcase and jacket and exits her apartment. She's cut her hair since the incident in the medical pod. She walks down the street with her coffee eating a breakfast sandwich. She enters a large office building and smiles at the guard.
"Morning, Theo." Simmons sets her stuff down in front of him and goes through a metal detector.
"That smile. A breath of sunshine in an otherwise dreary morning." He takes her purse and looks inside, the briefest of looks, then puts it on the other side of the metal detector.
"Oh, you're too sweet. And you mix your metaphors. Have a good day." Simmons picks up her stuff, gives him another smile, then walks away. She walks to the elevators and puts her thumb against a fingerprint reader. It's shows her picture then the bell on the elevator dings and she enters it.
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Simmons enters a lab, it's not the lab at The Playground or any other S.H.I.E.L.D. facility, it's a HYDRA lab. This lab is much bigger than SHIELD's and The Playgrounds lab is, with multiple computers and work stations. She stops at one, there's a coat over the chair there and she puts it on, a HYDRA pin is on the lapel. She opens a drawer and pulls out some equipment and gloves. A man appears behind her carrying a clipboard.
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Hail HYDRA | Skyeward
FanfictionThis is an AU. ----------------- Skye was undercover in the Rising Tide for HYDRA, knowing that her mission would be to get intel from SHIELD with her partner/boyfriend Grant Ward, Skye was raised from birth by John Garret. Grant Ward was an underco...
