Marvel's Gemini [Stark Sisters]

Chapter Two: Chaos

The icy injection, in addition to her null-power straps and multiple previous poisons, made the girl-turned-asset feel light-headed. She almost didn't hear the trip alarm go off as someone broke into the HYDRA safe house.

"Merde. C'est trop tôt," Nex said angrily. The doctor's experiment was not ready to be known. It was too soon.

The sound of shattering ceramic filled the smoky air. The intruder decided that there was no use in remaining stealthy.

"Josef de Nex, you're under arrest by order of the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division," a man's firm voice announced. "Show yourself!"

"Pas aujourd'hui." Not today.

In a moment of self-preservation and panic, the wanted doctor activated an emergency switch on the operation chair. An electric charge penetrated Britt's skull and raced through both her and her sister's mind. She bit her tongue until it bled to hold in the screams of agony.

Nex hastily spread gasoline along his desk and around the floor full of files before spitting his lit cigarette onto the dark liquid. Flames immediately burst into the air.

"Saluez-vous HYDRA." He disappeared from Britt's view with impressive agility for an old man.

Captain America entered the smoke-filled garage with the intent on arresting a criminal HYDRA doctor. He did not expect to find a pale girl tied down to a chair, writhing in pain. Tears ran down her ruddy cheeks.

There weren't many things that could throw Steve Rogers for a loop, but this strange girl made the list. The lost look in her eyes tugged at the man's heartstrings. He recognized that look.

Rogers pressed the button on his earpiece to connect to his team of SHIELD agents. "Nex escaped through a hidden passage to the east side. He has a girl prisoner; I'm getting her out first."

"Rogers, focus on the mission! Josef de Nex is a terrorist!"

"Sorry, sir. Women and children first. Always." The super soldier sprang into action as the flames started to lick at the operation chair. The girl struggled against the straps. He easily ripped the advanced cuffs from around her raw wrist and ankles.

The girl was quick to stand once freed and almost collapsed to the burning floor on her jelly legs. Captain America caught her as she stumbled. Britt coughed through the thick smoke. As easy as it would be for an average person to hold a feather, the super soldier lifted Britt into his arms and carried her out of the collapsing garage.

Heat from the flames licked at her back as the cold outside air whipped through the sheer nightgown that she wore regularly. The pale pink material was torn and thin, leaving little to the imagination.

In her mind, what happened next seemed to go down in slow motion. The cottage house that Brittany and Jessica Stark were taken to after the death of their parents exploded as the fire reached a barrel of stored gunpowder.

Captain America shielded himself and the girl as pieces of ash and flames rained down on their heads. Britt screamed as a searing pain tore through her head. Her hazel-green eyes flashed blue before the super human passed out.