35
One Year Earlier.
Washington, Rock Creek Cemetery
The steam lifted up but left a chill in the air around them. Inside the man was strapped down held on his biceps, middle and thighs, and for a moment everything was still. Then a click click noise sounded and the strapped pulled away and the body of the man fell down on the floor with a thud and a metal clang.
From the side two well built tall men in black uniform came over next to him and pulled him up. His head was still lowered, his hair wet and the clothes he wore similar to a wetsuit, gleaming with moisture. Both the men held him by his upper arms and begun to move him over to another side of the room to where lights came to life.
As they moved the man Daisy looked at his right arm and gasped, he said quietly to her sister. “His arm…is he a robot or cyborg?”
“What? Caitlin said shocked. “No, he’s a killing machine.”
Looking at the man as he was dragged the short distance, she could hear faint words coming from him.
Something overcame Daisy and she stepped forwards away from her sister towards the man. In doing so she could see they were putting the man into some sort of chair that had different size screens giving various different biological reading, changing as he grew nearer, all the instruments around it looked connected to hold the metal armed man down and control everything they could, it reminded her of a dentist’s chair but a lot more sinister. The two men were trying to turn the man so that they could place him in the chair. Caitlin didn’t notice at first but from behind Rumlow did and hissed Daisy’s name, causing Daisy to stop and look back at them.
In that split second, facing back to Caitlin and Rumlow, Daisy didn’t see what happened, all she could hear was crash and crunching of bone.
The metal armed man had sprung to life, losing his discombobulated state and propelled up from his limp state, grabbed the right man’s throat and crushing it with his metal hand, then threw the dead man across the room towards Daisy. Thinking fast the other man had gone to tazor the man with his weapons by his side, the metal armed man grabbed hold of the man’s head and smashed it into the screen’s nearest them, then he twisted the man’s head and broke his neck.
Turning around Daisy only saw as the second men went to the floor.
It was then she made eye-contact with the metal armed man and saw pure primal animal instinct, he was a man who was ready to kill.
Coming around Caitlin Rumlow moved towards Daisy, reaching out his hand to her. “Daisy…come here.” He said softly as he moved ever so slowly.
Looking at the man she could see how blue his eyes were, how the little lines on his face were scars and dents. Equally he looked at her, his gaze taking her in like a target, measuring her, an odd look of familiarity about his actions, but his gazed changed when he saw Rumlow moving and he lowered his head ready to attack.
From behind him a third man, not as built as the other two, came from behind with a stun gun riffle and went for the metalled man’s right arm, his metal amor, which he did successfully, causing him to fall to his knees and scream in pain as the volts of electricity circulated from his arm into his body. Going in again to the stun him, the third man took a single step forward when the metal armed man was back on to his feet. With his flesh arm he grabbed the end of the stun gun and shoved it into the man’s face, putting it in his mouth and stunning him, holding on to it and releasing untold amounts of electric charge into the man, so much so his cheeks begun to spark with light inside and his body become to convolute.
The smell of burning flesh filled Daisy’s nose.
Rumlow took Daisy’s arm and practically picked her up and took her back to Caitlin.
Standing and watching it all unfold Caitlin said nothing her face was blank and calm, the perfect poker player.
Both Lomack and the goateed man moved away from their stations and went to the side by Rumlow and Rollins.
All looked as the third man fell dead to the floor.
Caitlin looked at Lomack as he appeared beside her. “Do you have the words.”
His eyes popping out of his head Lomack mouth made an ‘ooh’ sound as he spun his head back to where the first two dead men were. “Its over there.”
The metal armed looked back at all 6 of them before him.
In another language he begun to hiss at them, he moved forward and stopped. His gaze laying upon Caitlin. His expression calmer he said something in another language to her, to which Caitlin smiled and replied back.
For a moment they simply looked at each other.
Then an angry grunt escaped the metal man and he begun to walk towards them, his expression murderous.
It was then that Daisy saw for the first time fear on her sister’s face, she moved back and pushing Rumlow as she did so.
Almost standing in front of them, ready to rain down his killing skills on them a familiar voice came from behind, slow and calm, stopping the metal armed man as he moved. It took Daisy a second to realise two things, it wasn’t in English and who the voice belonged to.
Coming in with 12 readily armed men behind him was Alexander Pierce, his tie messier that it usually was, his hair looking as he he had run his fingers through it a few times. Though he continued to speak and he walked forward to them, he scanned Caitlin and Daisy, keeping a concerned look on Daisy.
There was a momentary pauses as he spoke, seeming to say words, not on long sentence, as he did so, the metal armed held his head down and kept on hand on his temple, the sound he made were mild grunts.
Alexander Pierce stood next to his youngest daughter, taking her hand in his as he said one last word.
Before them the metal armed man looked calm, peaceful almost but more than anything ready.
In the same language he had used before he looked obediently at Alexander Pierce and spoke to him.
“Compliance is key.” Alexander Pierce said to the metal armed man. With a wave of his left hand, the men who had entered in with him came around him and they moved towards the metal armed man, taking him by the arms and back to the chair, the amount of men stole the view of what was happening as they took him.
Alexander Pierce wrapped his arms around Daisy and kissed the top of her head. Still embracing her Alexander Pierce said. “Rollins, get Daisy out of here.”
Coming away from his embrace Alexander Pierce turned to his eldest daughter and any ounce of warm and loved he had held for Daisy was gone, instead the look of absolute anger and malice filled his face. Lowering her head for moment Caitlin Pierce went to speak but was stopped when her father threw a slap clean across her face, causing her face and body to move with the impact.
Alexander Pierce hissed. “You disobeyed me, you put your sister at risk.”
“Father-“ Caitlin started.
“There is nothing you can say to me.” Alexander Pierce yelled. “You are to leave for Kiev tonight and you are going to stay there until I say otherwise.”
“NO!” Caitlin pleased, stepping forward. “You can’t have me leave now, what about-“
“Do as you are told you spoilt child and do not argue with me!” Alexander Pierce shouted.
With that Caitlin lowered her head and said. “Yes Father.” Lifting up her head she said. “Hail Hydra.” To which her father only scowled at her.