CHAPTER TEN:
SOME RUCKUS YOU CAUSED

HER VISION WAS BLURRY AS she looked around the bright room. She tried to blink away blurriness, a groan falling from her lips. She went to sit up, only to find herself restrained. This immediately caught her attention. She clenched her jaw, grunting as she pulled at the restraints that were tied tightly around her wrists. She winced, feeling the rough leather rub against her bare skin. Her ankles were tied down, along with another restraint that was placed around her torso.

The female huffed, closing her eyes as she laid back against the seat. She had been so close, and yet the one room she had chosen to hide in, just so happened to be the room that the crazy ass doctor who wanted to experiment on her was in. She knew that her plan was bound to fail with the simple fact that it wasn't thought out whatsoever and all the female wanted was to get out of this horrid place.

     "I must say, that was some ruckus you caused out there." The same German voice echoed throughout the room. "And I must say that I am impressed. No one usually tried on their first night to escape. In fact, those that do try usually end up dead." He walked closer to her until he was standing right beside of her, forcing the girl to look at him. Beth dared dangerously at the man. "But luckily I got a hold of you before the other's could. You see, they don't care about my subjects like I do. They see them as another target, one to watch carefully, one to shoot if it so much as moves wrong. But not me. I see my subjects as more than that. I success that can make the world great again. Extraordinary people that could wipe out S.H.E.I.L.D. and help HYDRA gain control once more. The world would be a far better place, in much better shape."

     "What do you want from me?" Beth spat through clenched teeth, her voice shaking with rage as she tried to cover up the fear that so desperately ran through her body. "Whatever it is, take it. Just let me go. Please." She begged. Why she thought that would work, she would never know. But she begged for the man to take what he wanted and throw her out like she was trash. The man only smiled at her.

     "Bethany, is it?" He asked. Her jaw only clenched in response, but that was enough of an answer for him to make him smile in amusement. "What I want, I can't exactly take. But I can mutate it. Make it become more than it already is. Do you know what that thing is?" She did, but she refused to answer the man. He saw this as she looked away from him. His smile seemed to only widen. "Bethany, your powers, what you can do, you are more powerful than you realize. You just need a push in the right direction, and you could be more powerful than you already are."

     "I don't want to be powerful." She spat angrily at him. That was the opposite that she wanted. She hated the fact that she was born with such a "powerful" gift, for it put a target on her back, and it was the reason why her mother was dead. "I don't want this so called gift as you call it. It's a curse. It has done nothing but ruin my life. It's the reason my mother is dead."

     "I'm afraid that's simply your mother's fault." The scientist sighed, shrugging his shoulders. He feigned remorse, but she could hear how fake it was. It made her jerk angrily at her restraints. "See, she wouldn't tell us where you were. She wouldn't give you up. She got in the way."

     "That's because was my mother." Beth snapped. "She was doing what any mother who actually loved their children would do. She was protecting me. She was trying to keep me from evil asshole's like you. Though I guess you wouldn't know what the felt like. Clearly your mother hated you."

     "You might be right." The man shrugged, though he didn't seem to mind the accusation. "But my mother was the one who gave me to HYDRA. She knew what was right for me. She just needed to give me a little push, just like I will be doing to you in a few moments."

     "She left you on HYDRA's doorstep?" Beth asked, almost feeling sorry for the man. Then she remembered he was probably about to inject her with some strange ass liquid that fucked with her head. "That's really sad. I feel sorry for you, truly I do. Maybe if she had treated you like her son, you wouldn't be here. A mother's love is what helps a child through their pain. And to know that you never had that, physically pains me."

     "I do not need pity." He scoffed, clearly getting fed up with the situation. Beth tried to hide her smirk, knowing that she was hitting a chord. Maybe it was cruel. Maybe it was heartless of her to say these things, but she didn't care. Because maybe if she managed to get through to the man, she could get out of here. He turned back towards her, a needle in his hand that contained a blue liquid. He used his free hand to hold down her left arm. "Now hold still, this may sting a little." With that, he injected the liquid into her body, and almost immediately, an ear piercing scream filled the air.