Thorax: Cavalry Drone

Get Burned

Thorax's shift outside the lab ended. Zola stayed behind. A new soldier came to take his place. He tried to convince the other soldier to let Thorax cover this shift too, but the HYDRA soldier simply took his place and didn't allow protest.

Queen-dammit. Thorax wished he could pull that off. He'd lost any confidence that he gained. That phone call gutted him in all the worst ways.

Months of waiting for her, wanting to hear her oh so perfect excuse, thinking it wouldn't measure up to his months of torment. In the end, Morgan gave the perfect excuse. What did Thorax do to his loving, insane wife in return? He yelled at Morgan.

Morgan, love of his life, and he yelled at her. Terrible, mean things to her. It's not like he meant to say all of those things! Thorax just got so frustrated. Four months alone does that to a changeling. Four days apparently did that to her.

A part of him kept reminding him about that. She suffered too. For a while, he thought she was also suffering four months without him.

Thorax sighed, slumping against the cot. He needed to move. Being stuck here wasn't doing anything to help him.

He pulled the blanket over himself. He made sure it covered him completely. In a green flash, he was a fly.

He buzzed out from the cot. With the other soldiers none the wiser, too deep in dreamland to notice him. Thorax buzzed off.

It took no time at all to reach Zola's lab. He wasn't given a second glance. Thorax appreciated the solitude.

She had to be knocked out after four days without him. He doubted, and she overworked trying to help.

But fuck her powers were so weird.

Thorax needed to get to work.

He checked the hallway to Zola's lab. No soldiers around. Good. That's good for him. The last thing he needed today was getting caught. He'd actually shoot someone with the high tech weapon on his hip.

Zola usually left the door wide open. Cause only someone crazy would break into the lab. The soldier still stood at the entrance. Thorax either needed to shift into a bug, or some kind of alarm going off. That's so dumb. What even were the chances of-

Loud sirens went off. Thorax turned towards it, trying to get a better read. Sirens, yes, along with gunshots. An explosion or two.

Thorax grinned.

He suddenly remembered it. A scene from the movie. The one with Steve Fucking Rogers.

Thorax stepped out from the hallway.

The soldier eyed him. "Soldier. Didn't I tell you-"

Thorax held up his gun. He fired. The goggles over his eyes made it easier for him to watch as the blast hit the soldier. The HYDRA soldier went flying back.

He let out a long breath. "Oh that felt so good."

The sirens kept going. Thorax heard a new sound. That song again. Thorax quickly scrambled, pulling out his phone. As he answered, hr went into Zola's lab.

"Morgan?" He began. All around the lab were documents and maps. Results of his many tests on innocent soldiers. "Morgan, is that you? I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said anything. I know it's not you-"

"You have a cute face."

Thorax shut up. He looked around, trying to see if she was there. The sirens in the movie came from Captain America. If it turned out to be Morgan, his entire body would crumble. While it was unlikely, if anyone could sneak into a HYDRA base just to save him it was Morgan.