The Tower

M.E.D.U.S.A.

Alexa lifted her head as I entered the room. I wasn't worried about her telepathy. The way she had messed up her DNA had meant that she was able to project thoughts, but not read them. I was terrified though. Terrified my body language would give me away. Terrified she'd spot Scott as he hid on me. My heart was hammering as I went to the cell with the 'stolen' passcard and typed in the code. The door clicked and I pushed it open.

She got to her feet and approached me hesitantly. "Are we leaving?"

I nodded. "We don't have much time. They're all in the conference room. You need to be quiet because Steve can hear really, really well."

"Let's go." She agreed.

I led her quickly down the halls and outside. The SHIELD headquarters were underground and quite remote. I only really had a vague idea of where to go. The others had been sure Alexa would call for someone to collect us, but just in case I was told to walk North and eventually we'd hit a town.

"I haven't been outside the building before. I looked at maps before we left, I think there's a town that way." I said pointing North.

"Do you have a phone with you?" Alexa asked.

I nodded and pulled my phone out of my pocket.

"We'll need to ditch it. But for right now..." She started tapping away on the screen. "We're walking in the opposite direction of the town." She said and tossed the phone.

I followed after her as we jogged along. "Where are we going?" I asked.

"You'll see soon enough. Thank you for letting me go." She said.

I shook my head. "I can't... I couldn't do what they wanted me to." I said and held out the tablet. "I brought my work. Maybe you can use it to fix the mistakes in your genome."

She gave me a dark smile. "Maybe you'd like to help me do that."

"I can try... but I don't know... I can't do ... If I do..." I stuttered.

Alexa grabbed my arm and pulled me closer to her. "Quiet." She said.

I perked my ears up and heard the engines of a jet. I could see it off in the distance flying low to the ground. We started walking toward it and as we neared it Alexa waved her arm. The jet looked similar to the Quinn but less sleek. It landed and we boarded quickly through the back. It was in the air again before the rear had even closed properly and we hurriedly buckled into jump seats. When we were at altitude Alexa got up and moved into the cockpit. I could hear her talking but not what she was saying.

I felt Scott crawling around and he rested against the shell of my ear. "You're doing great." He whispered. "Hang in there."

The jet touched down and Alexa came back out of the cockpit followed by the two pilots. "We're here. Let me show you around your new home."

She led me through the hanger and into a brightly lit building. This is Medusa. We create pharmaceuticals. That pays for our other research she says as we beeline straight to an elevator.

"I've heard of Medusa. You guys put a 200% markup on that HIV Vaccine." I said.

She smirked at me. "It's all business."

When the elevator stopped I was lead through into some labs. This will be where you're working. There are 15 floors dedicated to R&D. The first five are the legitimate business. Up here is where it gets fun. You will get your own lab and a team working under you. However, you will also be monitored. At least for a while. We have to be sure you're not going to do anything stupid. I felt Scott run down the back of my neck and the next moment he was running along the floor. No one else seemed to notice so I just kept following along after Alexa as she led me through the labs. "For that reason too, you won't be able to leave. Not until we're sure."