Imagines [Book Three]

Marvel [Gen Fic X Reader]

Imagine being something that HYDRA had no idea what they helped create. Thor recognizes you for what you are and takes you to Asgard to learn. Now.. imagine breaking free.

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Another day, another HYDRA base taken out.

The Avengers have had various tips about where the scattered fugitives could be hunkering down, but nothing proved useful until now. And with how determined the men and women were to keep their base from getting into Avengers' hands, the team knew they had to be hiding something of value.

"Alright, FRIDAY, send 'em out." Tony drops a small suitcase at his feet, the case popping open so small bots can take flight and scan every nook and cranny of the base.

Wanda, Steve, and Natasha have accompanied Tony after preliminary scans showed no bodies in the building, while Bucky and Clint take stock of any weapons they've pulled. Even Bruce is there, on standby for any medical emergencies.

"Sir, my scans have picked up a room underground with a single heartbeat within."

"A secret room? Yay. Send me the route to take, FRIDAY." Then addressing the team, he says, "We got a body. Still breathing in a hidden room. Time to investigate."

Natasha's hands immediately rest on the guns strapped to her thighs and Steve takes the shield off his back to hold out in front of him. Tony meets Wanda's eye and she nods, taking the lead with a red shield faintly glowing in front of her. From behind, Tony guides her.

"How did we miss a body?" Natasha wonders, keeping her footsteps light.

"The room is underground and HYDRA's apparently gotten smarter. They've layered something around the room to keep it from being detected."

"Something?" Wanda muses. "You mean you don't know what it is? You are losing your touch, old man."

Steve and Natasha quietly chuckle as Tony mockingly gasps.

They soon come into a room, it's floor looking like tiled stone. There are no doors, no windows, nothing.

"Okay," Steve drawls. "What now?"

"We go down," Tony says. "At least that's what FRIDAY is telling me."

Everyone glances down and Wanda shoots a blast of red energy downward that goes through the floor without damaging it. Sure enough, she picks up what FRIDAY is telling Tony. "I sense them," she says. "There's someone down there."

Natasha walks over to the back left corner of the room, she stepping on a button in the floor. Two of the stone tiles slide open, presenting a set of stairs.

"I love secret rooms," Tony exhales with restrained glee.

Tony reclaims the lead and the four are surprised when they reach the bottom. The underground room is much larger than they anticipated and, in fact, there's a room within a room. The walls to the room are clearly one-way if the oblivious girl is anything to go by, and she's clearly under surveillance given the numerous camera angles they've got up on screen and her vitals beeping off of another.

Wanda hesitantly walks up towards the door, a frown tugging down the corner of her lips.

"You okay there?" Natasha asks, stepping up to Wanda's side.

"I.. know her." At her admission, Tony and Steve quickly look up.

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Any day that the doctors aren't poking or prodding is a good day, so today you're enjoying the day off by reading a book. You've stayed in bed since the room is unusually cold (HYDRA sometimes liked to be cruel and change up the temperature in the room), thumbs hooked through the holes of your long sleeves and blanket pulled up to your chest.