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Since the dinner, Ana spent her time trying to create a new serum for the spy she wanted to end the life of her uncle. Already, she had failed four lines, losing four delicate relics of a Sabre Tooth, the last of its kind. She was at the laboratory from 4 in the morning until 11 at night, taking only thirty minutes to eat, to get something done you must use all the daylight you can.

Grenades were being made only a few meters away from herself, being in charge of a good amount being made or re-created, she had to be in the room. Although, if they had issues they yelled, they did not come close to the the desk where she was experimenting, if they did they were fired or worse.

Chloe stayed with Howard, when she worked, he looked after her. She did not want to get close to her cousin, she may be the last innocent being in her family, but she was sure that if she got close she would not be able to do what she was planning to do. Howard went to meetings with Chloe, and he went shopping for food with Chloe because he could, Ana said he could do what ever.

Her trials and errors allowed her to see where she went wrong, all the subjects to make them more 'super' had taken the serum in different ways. Steven Rogers with Vita Rays and Colleen with needles and a replenishing blood pack, with the next one had to be even better. The machine she asked from would trap someone in time, different temperatures for different time lengths.

The plan was to take out all the chemicals and serums that freezes time and makes the user to wake up in a different era to the one she created. She would than mix the two, this would hopefully made a chemical reaction in all the positives that she wanted, which was for the spy to heal quickly, strong and able to live a much more extensive life, able to stay young and do the biddings of the Americans.

"Miss Lorenz" yelled one of the scientists, "Someone is on the telephone is asking for you"

Nodding, she put all her research and ingredients in her draw and she locked it before she walked over to the telephone.

"Hello, this is Anneliese Lorenz from Stark Industrials. How can i help you?"

"Why, hello Ana" the voice was terrifying, her eyes grew big as she heard it. She heard a throaty laugh.

"What do you want" she hissed, "was willst du!" she repeated in german a bit louder, many of the scientists looked over at her.

"I was just asking if you got the body yet?"

"What body?" she asked.

"Oh sorry, i remember. Germany is six hours ahead, watch out Miss Lorenz. Don't try standing up to someone you can't win against. I will always be watching" The telephone stopped, her face was pale, who could he got his hands on.

It could not be Steven, he was fighting and that would be on the radio. That was when her blood drained from her body, could it be Colleen? It was known that the battle for Paris was turning good for the Allied Forces but death tolls was still big, like most battles.

What confused Ana even more was she did not want to tell Howard, she just had a conversation with the man the SSR and all her friends were fighting against. What would everyone think? Her pride was too much, she calmed herself telling her that it would be near impossible for Colleen to be dead, she was smarter than that.

Walking back to her desk, a note was on it.

'The next delivery could be much more painful. Remember i will alway be watching'

Looking around to see who was watching her, turning around she was more than frighten, how did the group of scientists that she worked with since she started could possibly be a messenger of Hydra, they were all paid good wages and treated in kind ways and yet one of them is working for the exact reason for which they were making the weapons against.

Edwin Jarvis came wheeling in with a big box, everyone in the room faced him.

"A delivery for you, Miss Lorenz"

The blood in her face drained, the box was more like a crate, it was so big, it looked just like a coffin. Edwin Jarvis put it down, a small envelope was stuck to the crate.

"Does it have an address where this was sent?"

"It was your house, Miss Lorenz" said Edwin Jarvis.

Opening the envelope, there was cash, a lot of American cash, and a photo, a photo of Noah Carl with a gun. She flipped it over, to see a scribble of writing.

'You know your killer, now its time to know your victim'

By than, all the other scientists had started to leave for there lunch brake, not daring to open the crate until all the others were gone. Edwin left with the rest, leaving Ana alone to open the crate. Taking a deep breath, she closed her eyes as she opened the lid, opening her eyes, they grew large, her throat swelled. Her uncle, her uncle K.

She started crying, crying loudly for all to hear, she started cursing in German and screaming on the tops of her lungs. Unaware that Howard was at a meeting, she cried over the body, rocking it back and forward, begging for it to come back.

"Aufwachen! Bitte wach auf!" She begged for her uncle to wake, for his to just yell 'tricked you', for this all to be a practical joke.

"Anneliese, we heard screaming are you okay" Howard and many others were at the door.

"Er ist tot! Howard, er ist tot!" The crate lid did not let them see what she was cradling, her heard Chloe translate it, telling him that someone was dead. 

Within the second SSR Agents had there guns out while the rest ran around to see who it was, Chloe cried at the sight of Ana's uncle dead in the box, she heard the SSR for her to remove herself from the body, all she did was hiss.

"lass ihn gehen, Anneliese" cried Chloe, as she stayed closed to Howard.

"Let him go!" she yelled at her, frightening the group of agents, "Do not tell me what to do! If i didn't take you in i would have Johann on my back! It was your bastard father that killed my Uncle!"

The room was quickly cleared with the help of the SSR agents and Colonel Phillips, she cried as she felt Howard kneel down near her. Letting go of her uncle she went to hug Howard, death was to much for her, this death could of easily been avoided if she didn't let Chloe in her house that one day.

She heard Howard hush her as the crate was closed, and picked up to leave the room.

"I'm sorr-" she didn't let Chloe finish, "From now, you will do everything i say or i swear on my now uncles grave that you will meet the same fate as Johann"

"Ana, stop this. This is just rage, she is just a gir-"

"No one in my family is innocent, some are just better than others"

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