Chapter 3
Over the next several years she was given a weekly shot, they were some type of growth hormone she didn’t feel any different or even look any different but half way through the first year she got violently ill, they said it was because her body was trying to reject the serum they were giving her and that was why they had spread out the doses, it didn’t make her feel any better when she couldn’t move without pain, or triggering an asthma attack.
Tony wanted her to back out said it was doing her more harm than good but she knew her body, she wouldn’t back out but she decided to hide the worst of it from her brother, shed still be the playboy she had become, going out to party drinking far more than one should, everything, but no matter how weak she became she held out just a little hope.
Time went on and she noticed tony starting to change, filling out with maturity and aging while she did not, her hair stayed limp and brown, her eyes remained dark and green, her body pale and small, it was like she was frozen in time.
Around the third year she started to notice herself filling out a little more, her hair not as limp, body not as frail, the days she was forced to stay down because she was sick went from 182 to 90.
Three more years and she hadn't been sick for an entire month her body didn’t change but she got more energy, not as much as her brother clearly but more of a normal persons, finally after receiving one major injection once a year for almost 10 years at her weekly doctor’s visits something seemed to be going wrong her health declining drastically, she felt like the crap that crapped shit on a rainy day.
When the last person she expected to see showed up at her bed side, agent carter looking older with more wrinkles her sharp eyes looked concerned at the state Elizabeth found herself in
“What's going on” she ground out from under the oxygen mask they had placed on her face “it seems we've waited too long” the woman said sadly as if so much was wasted “no” she looked up at Elizabeth who's eyes were hard “give me the last dose”
Agent carters brows furrowed “it could kill you” she said Elizabeth shook her head “if you don't I die anyway” the woman looked torn and Elizabeth felt a tear slip down her face “please, I made a promise, I can’t break it” that seemed to push the woman in the right direction and finally she sighed and turned calling the nurse.
In a short time she was taken from the hospital and put into a car carrying her back to that shop, some strange machine was standing in the middle of the floor of machines despite her weakness she walked to it and sat down “remove your shirt and belt” carter said Elizabeth smirked “I don't swing your way darling”
Agent carter rolled her eyes and waited while she pulled off her shirt and then unlaced her belt from her jeans “get comfortable, this may be unpleasant” Elizabeth laid down on the cold machine situating herself in the middle of it “isn’t it kind of big?” she questioned as some scientists strapped her in something flashed in the woman's eyes that she didn’t recognize and decided to try and stay silent but she was nerves.
An orderly came in injected something into her arm, some type of anti-inflammatory thing and then two pieces of metal folded over her chest strange cuffs folding over her biceps before moving away agent carter looked at her “you don't have to go to the bathroom do you”
With a smirk Elizabeth looked at her “to late even if I did”
She didn’t watch as some strange vials were put into the machine and then it started whirring and she felt the sharp bite of needles in her arms she hissed muscles tensing and heart pounding wildly she felt a warm hand on her arm and glanced at agent carter then she stepped away “start the proses” she said to a scientist then flipped a lever and hit some buttons, the bed turned until it was standing up and closed around her “you alright in there?” a muffled voice asked she glanced at the glass screen “guess it’s a bad time to say I’m claustrophobic huh?” a laugh answered her and then things started to get bright and her body felt weird, at first it was just strange and then it became painful, her body left like the very cells were being torn apart rubbed with acid and a wire brush coated in salt and then put back in the wrong places.
She openly admitted that she screamed, she herd muttered about stopping and her eyes shot open in the blinding light thinking about her brother about her promise and gritted her teeth “don't, stop” she demanded Since it didn’t and the feeling of being ripped apart and put back together continued to increases she guessed than the listened.
Seconds stretched on for what felt like an eternity until finally it stopped and she went slack, the air that had tasted stale with her sweat rushing out when the machine opened and she stumbled forward body aching.
Agent carter caught her as she stumbled and she was smiling again “congratulations, doctor erskine's formula was recreated perfectly” she furrowed her brows and looked at the woman, recognizing the name then suddenly realized she had to look down, not up. “How are you feeling?” she asked when she was silent looking around with a strange expression “taller” she said smirking a little then looked at her “I feel taller” memory sparked in the woman's eyes again and she wished she knew what it was about.