Polaris {COMPLETED} {Being Re-Written}

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Sokovia

The lights from the computer monitors give off enough illumination to show the sick and curious expressions on the stupid scientists faces, all seven of them looking at the three cells in front of them, barely contained fascination clear as the morning. They were muttering, exclaiming, talking so fast even the subject in the first cell wouldn't be able to pick up on what they were saying.

But she knew. The readings they were gathering must have been off the charts, especially the readings from the last two cells.

Lorna felt her eyes shift, aware of the movement from above. Her cool green eyes meeting the man behind it all. Baron Von Strucker, high up on his observation deck. Untouchable. Watching as the siblings were dealt with more and more experiments. More torture. Some tests failed, some bringing fantastic results. Some subjects fall behind, some outshining the others. It was nothing but an endless cycle.

They were going to be perfect. The perfect weapons. And as the tests went on, everything was almost ready. Of course, there was the setbacks of HYDRA falling and S.H.I.E.L.D becoming aware of their compromised status, in data dump didn't help them at all, but even with all of the information being released, no one knew of the work they were going to achieve - the work that was to be done.

So he watched, a sadistic grin stretched across Strucker's face as he watched the creatures in their cells, testing their powers.

The triplets would be ready soon. Very soon.

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She could feel the energy in the room, it was practically tangible. As if she could reach out and feel it under her hands. All the power, all the negative emotions, it was enough to make her feel restive. And no emotion was stronger than the ones coming from the cell next to her. Her eyes bored from staring at the grey concrete of her cell, refusing to look at the faces of the scientists any more. She couldn't bear it. It was driving her mad - it would make her start questioning things, like; why was she here? Why did she join? Why did she follow her siblings? She knew she never wanted this, but she did it anyway. She may have regretted it almost instantly, but she couldn't be certain if her siblings felt the same way she did. And god knows she could never do anything without her siblings. If they stayed, so did she.

She couldn't fault them for wanting to join. For as long as she could remember they have wanted to change the world. Even as children. Living poor, living homeless, watching as war and conflict filled the streets as you had nowhere safe to hide...it changes you. Who wouldn't want a better world after experiencing that?

But did these scientists want to change the world like they did? For the greater good? They volunteered for the tests, and still, she couldn't be certain of anyone's intentions aside from her siblings. Definitely not the scientists...she could barely call them scientists, terrorists fit the mould better. Evil sons of bitches was an even more accurate description of them.

Barely twenty years of experiences, and most of them filled with pain and hate. She hated this place, she hated the cold, she hated the stupid tests they put her and her siblings through. She hated what they turned her into, less than human, bitter. She hated it all, but she didn't hate anything as much as she hated Strucker. The man who did this to them, the one who twisted and turned any last bit of light into the darkness that embodied her. Changed her until there was nothing left of the sweet and shy ten year old she was before she lost her parents and succumbed to the will of Hydra.

Lorna could feel the swell of pride coming from the man as his creations flourished, she saw it on his face every time she saw him. How badly she wanted to drain the life from his body. She fantasised about it more frequently than anything else. She dreamt that she broke out of her cage, and went through Strucker and the scientists as if they were made of paper, she would feel the energy slip from the man, she would feel the iron in his blood as it soaks into the snow and ice covered ground of the research facility. She was getting lost in her thoughts again.