My hearing is the first sense that began to work after I was knocked out. I kept still as memories came back to me. Those men. Aníkitos dying. Me killing them all. That bald guy who shot me. At that thought, pain made itself known in my lower abdomen, my thigh and arm.
My others senses returned to me as well. The sense of touch, smell but I kept my eyes closed. I took in as much information as I could about the place I was in. I was in an infirmary of the sorts, the smell was burning my nose, disinfectants and alcohol and other elements I couldn't put a name to. When I moved my arm a little I realised I was strapped down to a bed with lether belts on my wrists, ankles and stomach. Just as I tried to get out of them I heard footsteps shuffling closer to me. I immediately stilled my movement and listened on their conversation."Sir are you sure you want this girl? She doesn't look like much. " said a male voice from my right as I felt a hand on my cheek moving my head from a side to another. I almost bit his hand in disgust but I refrained from doing so. I have to disinfect my face later.
"That's the point Jansen. " said a familiar voice from a little far from my bed. After some thought I realised where I heard the voice before. It was the same man who shot me in the stomach. He went on. "You haven't seen her up close there. She killed some of our best agents without breaking a sweat. As for her Haustier Wolf, it was one of the fastest animals I ever saw. Unfortunately our scientists didn't find more of them, it seems it was Einzigartig. A shame really, but his DNA will help our cause, this I can assure you. "
"Yet you chose this girl? For what? Only ruthlessness? There are many soldiers who could fill her place in the programme. "
"Perhaps, but she's unknown. No information of her. Almost like she doesn't exist. Now tell me Jansen... Can you prepare for an attack from a shadow? "
"No, sir."
"SHIELD won't see her coming. No one will. She'll be, what was that saying... 'Made to look pretty, but trained to kill', even better than the Black Widow. "
"Very well sir. " I could hear a door closing, probably from the guy who shot me. Jansen the guy who was beside me didn't seem to have moved. There were others in the room, around two persons if my estimation was correct. "Better than the Black Widow? " scoffed Jansen as I began to feel hot air on my face, he must've approached my face. "I doubt you could even stay in front of her without crying. " I could practically feel the smirk on his face, his hot breath on my face. I couldn't take this any more. I opened my eyes and took him by surprise. I glared at him and before he had any chance at screaming or getting away, I head-butted him. He stumbled a few steps back and this got the attention of the others. There were all men in the room. Perfect! Before they could alert the others, I spoke with enough conviction to make them obey me from the first try.
"Let me go! Now! " Jansen who was the closest to me mumbled a "I'll let you go. " before he unstrapped me and I jumped from the bed. Now I realised I was in other clothes and barefooted. I could sense the bandage on my stomach and leg and I saw another one on my arm wound. I looked at Jansen and saw the knives and gun he had.
"Give me your knives and tie the doctors up. If they try anything, shoot them. " he did as I ordered him and soon I left the room I was in. I looked left and right down the gray hallway. "Would it hurt to put an 'EXIT' sign around here? " after a mental debate which was more like twirling around and stopping facing one way before I fell to the ground due to dizziness... I went right.
Have you tried to run barefooted? On a polished floor?
I turned left and I came face to face with a group of highly armed guards with guns trained on me. I twirled the knives in my hands as I smirked at them. "Hello guys. Wanna dance? " my answer consisted of all of them pulling the safety off of their guns at the same time. I ran at them head on. I was faster than them, Artemis's blessing made sure of that. I avoided being shot, but they couldn't avoid me. One stab here, a slice to the throat there, a kick in the family jewels once or twice, a broken neck had to happen... Soon I was surrounded by them all on the ground. Some dead. Some in a great amount of pain and losing blood. I stepped over them and trudged along, trying to contact Percy.
"Percy! Answer... it's an emergency! "
"Why are you screaming? "
"Just surrounded by mortals who want to kill me, nothing special. " I retored sarcastically.
"What? Where are you? "
"If I knew where I was I wouldn't be contacting you! " I sighed before I rounded another corner guarded by more agents. "A building, with men. I don't know where. One is a bald old man, 40ish I guess. Blue eyes. Foreign accent. German I think. " as I thought this I fought against the men. One wanted to sound the alarm, but I threw one of my knives at him, pinning his hand to the wall. He screamed in pain before he punched a red button on the wall and alarms began to sound all around the place. Red lights were accompanied by a deafening sound. "I'm in deep schist. Stupid alarm. " I got a gun from a fallen agent and shot at the one who sounded the alarm. The sound was muffled by the alarms, but the bullet hit its target. The man screamed in pain before he slumped against the wall, a pool of blood around him. I ignored him and resumed my fighting with the others.
"Andy... Tell me more. We'll get to you. "
"The bald one is their leader. Or boss. He decides around here. "
"There are a million people with that description. More filters. "
"He hates SHIELD. He knows about Nat. He said something like making me better than her. He fricking shot me in the stomach. "
"Tony asks if he works for HYDRA. "
"How am I supposed to know? I'm not a telepath. "I got rid of the last one and went to retrieve my knives. My once white clothes were stained with blood and I'm sure some of my wounds opened up. I scrunched my face in disgust once I looked at them. "I'm pretty sure one of them changed my clothes. Oh I'm so gonna kill them. " I began to walk again through the halls, blood still spilling on my clothes from my ripped stitches.
"Vapour travel to the tower. "
"I can't. Too tired. I think I opened some of my wounds. Why don't this idiots have a bathroom sign?
"Andy, how long ago did those open?
"Dunno. 5 minutes ago? More or less. " I came in front of a set of double doors and since I couldn't go back, I pushed on those and opened them up. I was greeted by a sort of meeting room. A large table was in the middle of it, a wall with a gigantic tv was right in front of me. A single sign was showed on it. A red skull with many red tentacles resembling an octopus. Under it one words was written.
"Hydra? " I muttured as I read it outloud, the word making me tense.
"Good to see you could join us Kleiner Kämpfer. " I turned to the left and right there hidden by shadows was the one who shot me.
"You! " I growled as I gripped the knives tighter.
"Me indeed. I'm surprised you came so far Andromeda. You made my men looked like mall guards. We knew you were good, but not like this."
"We? "
"Yes , we. Hydra. " he grinned like a mad man, which he definitely was, and pointed at the screen with the octopus.
"You realise the hydra is a Greek monster with many heads, right? Not a squid with many tentacles. At least if you use the name, make a good image, not that whatever-it-was-supposed-to-be thing. " I said gesturing to the same image. He glared at me and that's when I heard a shot. I felt a pinch in my left arm, then another shot and a pinch in my left shoulder. When I looked there I saw two darts being stuck in my skin. I pulled them away and when I dropped them, my vision became unfocused. Five more men came out of shadows, guns trained on me. I fought to stay awake, but my body wouldn't cooperate. I was already exhausted due to my blood loss, the tranquilizers were a tad too much. The man who I talked till now approached me more and more. I took a last glimpse at him, but only a blury image was seen. Even so, I gave this image to Percy.
"S-Sorry. " it was the last thing I thought to Percy as I closed my eyes hoping he'll find me.
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From hunter of Artemis to assassin of Hydra
FanfictionSequel to "The twins of the sea-A change in the past".