22
One Year Earlier
Several Miles Underground
Washington
“Enough.” Whitehall said from behind her.
Daisy felt her muscle loosen for a moment, she had no idea just how long she had been where she was, the images that that had been in front of her still placed in her mind even when the screen was switched off and she closed her eyes. Taking deep breaths, she swallowed, she felt drained and exhausted, there had to be to be more to these images and footage, it wasn't just to mind beat her into seeing Hydra as the power pull of all the terrible things that had occurred, showing them as the puppet masters that held the world on strings, though it really was nauseating to think of, a part of Daisy knew that Hydra couldn’t be all that powerful…could they?
“Doctor Pierce,” Whitehall said he walked in front of her. “Tell me how you are feeling currently?”
Flicking her eyes to try to look at him past the instrument in front of her, she wanted to give a cutting remark that would show what she was really feeling but knew that wouldn’t work too well for her plan. Use a shaky uneven voice she replied. “Frightened…Hydra…there everywhere…in everything.”
“Yes.” He nodded. “But tell me what you feel?”
Thinking she knew she had give an answer that only a Doctor like Whitehall would take. “I feel phantasmagoric.”
“Good. You are starting to see the glory and wonder that is Hydra.” Whitehall said with a small smile.
“I…understand that they are…” Daisy searched for the words, she knew that in the window across from her she was being watched and more than likely being filmed, so whatever she said had to still sound as if it was her words. “the cause and answer.”
“To what?” Whitehall asked stepping closer.
“To what has happened and what will happen.” Daisy replied, she let her eyes look back to the now empty screen. “To do what Hydra has done, they can also undo it and do what needs to be done.”
From behind the two way window watching Daisy, Alexander Pierce and Caitlin Pierce, who sat a table next to each other, not turned and looked at each other. Alexander Pierce smiled slightly at his elder daughter. “She’s starting to understand.”
Not smiling back or showing any emotion, Caitlin looked back at her sister. “No, she playing the short game Dad, this isn’t Daisy, she would never began to comply so quickly.”
A scowl came across Alexander’s face, the creases in his forehead intensifying. “I won’t have anyone operating on Daisy Caitlin, I’ve told you we’re doing it MY way.”
“You gave her too much freedom.” Caitlin said under her breath.
“I gave her enough to allow her to develop.” Alexander answered matter of factly. “The same I did with you.”
Still looking over at Daisy, Caitlin said. “I want Whitehall to begin The Faustus method now.”
Alexander Pierce looked back over at Daisy as well for a moment, his expression blank and unreadable. Reaching out to his right he pressed a button on the table they sat at.
In the room which Daisy was being held, there came the sound a gentle double beep from somewhere. Whitehall who was still in front of her smiled at her from where he stood.
“Doctor Pierce…will are going to start to help make you more compliant to Hydra.” Whitehall told her.
In front of the screen came back to life and instead of more propaganda of a swirling pattern of hypnotic colours and shapes in front of her, the side of her eyes begun to ache from the intensity of it movements that oddly seemed to morph out of the frame of the screen and go all around of her.
“Now please take a deep breath. Calm your mind. You know what is best. What is best is you comply. Compliance will be rewarded."