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Olive sits up freakishly fast quickly shielding her eyes with dripping hands as a bright flame stands sized up before her. She shuffles away from the engulfed being, the liquid splashing around her. She looks down to her hands and sees the red glow of dripping blood and muffles a scream with her damp hands. She looks back up to the being, now human sized, with a horrified expression

"Where am I?" she questions and looks at the being before her, still engulfed in raging flames, Olive stands slowly and sees through the flames to the being. Olive skin, long brown hair, black tactical gear with the hydra symbol imbedded in the shirt "Who are you?" she asks

"Isn't it obvious" the other being speaks calmly almost mockingly, "I am you." she speaks and Olive stands shocked and confused, "I am the better half of you" her gaze becomes fiery with power, scaring Olive, "I am the one with the plan, while you are the little part of me who says no" she yells and raging red flames engulf her body, Olive steps back as the flames get hotter and hotter. She continues to back away, the other figure chasing her. "You can't run away from your own mind!" calls the other figure as Olive trips over her own feet, body being covered in blood. The engulfed figure roughly turns her over and punches her in the face, again and again. Tears fall from Olives eyes as the flames burn her body. "You can't beat me" the figure speaks, "Not when you know how disappointed in you everyone is" she speaks kicking Olive in the ribs. "You're worthless" she speaks again with a hard stomp to Olive's shin, she cries out in pain as her identical figure continues. "You came from nothing" she speaks and stomps on Olive's rib-cage, "Scientists left you on the street to rot" she goes back to punching Olive in the face with flaming fists, "It was only until I took over that you were worth something" she speaks before her flames disappear instantly, her wrists become chained together. "WHat is ThiS?" she screams, confusion and anger written all over her features, as she tugs against the invisible chains.

"It seems I am worth something to someone after all" Olive speaks as the other being fights off the chains,

"What have you done?" she screams lunging at Olive who sits still as the chains pull her back. And again. And again. And again. While Olive looks down at her own skin, healed of everything the being before her inflicted upon her.

"It seems that my friends have stopped you, and despite all this..." she begins standing up slowly, "You're the one whose worth nothing" she speaks and the Hydra Olive takes a few deep breaths not meeting Olive's gaze. "Now I have some questions, and you're gonna answer them"

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