Somewhere on Earth, in a highly secretive HYDRA branch facility.
Caged and slumped on the floor, The Other glared with extreme ferocity at the scientists in white coats.
Bang!
A specialized nerve-splitting dart was fired directly into The Other's chest. The indescribable pain caused him to collapse and convulse on the floor.
"Well, I suppose that's what you'd expect from an alien, huh?"
"This is a nerve-splitting dart we developed specifically for your race, and you didn't even make a sound?"
"Tough guy. I like that."
Bald, scarred, and wearing a green vest, the menacing head of the facility chewed on an apple and twirled a gun in his hand.
"Unfortunately, the people above me don't."
"I'm giving you one last day."
"I need all the information on you and on Lothar."
"Remember, all the information."
"Otherwise, you will die."
"And trust me, you don't want to experience the kind of pain that makes you wish for death."
"We've been waiting for you for three months, and we're getting very annoyed, you know?"
Unconsciously rubbing his shiny bald head, the man in the vest stood up with a sneer and left the laboratory under The Other's resentful gaze.
Three months ago, one of the HYDRA leaders within S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters had suddenly given him an order: go to a specific location to pick up something, and he handed him a box. A box that could emit a specific frequency of sound waves.
According to the people at the HYDRA headquarters within S.H.I.E.L.D., it was a weapon that S.H.I.E.L.D.'s research team had painstakingly developed after the Battle of New York, based on the anatomy of the Chitauri soldiers. Director Nick Fury had personally ordered its creation.
He had also heard of an "Ultron Project," but he had not yet been able to determine what it was; Nick Fury was very cautious and never spoke of it to outsiders.
"Send Wanda and Pietro to my office."
Back in his office, the bald commander used his desk phone to dial a number.
"Yes, sir!"
The voice on the other end was rough but resolute, with a unique German accent. Not long after the call, a knock came at the office door.
"Sir."
"Sir."
A man and a woman entered, standing ramrod straight before the figure behind the desk. The man was tall, wore a blue training suit, and had a messy blond fringe. His name was Pietro Maximoff. The woman standing beside him was his sister, Wanda Maximoff.
"In seven days, this base will be exposed according to our plan."
"I want to know, are you two ready?"
The bald commander toyed with a fountain pen, his sharp gaze making it difficult for the siblings to meet his eyes.
"Yes, sir!"
"We've been ready for this day for a long time."
After exchanging a glance with his sister, Pietro took a deep breath, calmed his surging emotions, and nodded. They had been waiting for this day for a long time. Driven by revenge, the siblings had willingly joined HYDRA, and three months ago, they had even volunteered to become Baron von Strucker's test subjects.
"Good."
The bald commander nodded and instantly threw the pen at Pietro like a throwing knife.
Whoosh!
The mechanism inside the pen was instantly triggered, and six poison darts flew out, but they caused no trouble for Pietro. A thousandth of a second was all he needed to put on his gloves, catch the pen, and put the darts back one by one. Super speed was the ability Pietro had been training for the past three months.
"Excellent." The bald commander was satisfied. His gaze then shifted to Wanda, whose cleavage was particularly eye-catching. A crimson mist swirled around her fingertips, and the pen in her brother Pietro's hand flew back to the commander's desk under her control.
"Truly remarkable abilities."
"Tell Baron von Strucker for me that I'm very pleased with his work."
The bald commander was very happy. With these two infiltrating Nick Fury's Avengers, the plans for the Ultron Project were as good as theirs. If the higher-ups weren't so interested in the "Ultron Project," the bald man would never have wanted to expose the location of this base.
To have Pietro and Wanda, who were not on Nick Fury's "danger list," pose as victims. To sacrifice a very important HYDRA branch base in order to help the siblings earn the Avengers' trust, and in doing so, discover what exactly this "Ultron Project" was—the one Nick Fury was secretly developing to deal with Lothar.
That was Pietro and Wanda's mission.
"Also, tell Baron von Strucker that he should—" The commander's order was cut short by a blaring alarm.
"What's going on?"
He frowned and pressed a button on his desk phone. Had S.H.I.E.L.D. already found them? That shouldn't be possible; he hadn't even leaked the information yet.
"Sir!"
"It's... it's Lothar, the one from the Battle of New York!"
The operator's voice was shaking.
"Lothar?!" The commander's face instantly darkened. For three months, the area around The Other had been a vacuum, precisely to prevent Lothar from finding him. And in fact, he had believed the organization's isolation technology had been successful. After all, it had been a peaceful three months with nothing happening. Who would have thought Lothar would show up now?
"Put him on speaker. I want to talk to him."
The bald man frowned, carefully considering how he should talk to this godlike man from the Battle of New York.
At the same time, high above, Lothar stood with his hands crossed on his chest, looking down at the HYDRA base below, his eyes completely cold.
"Are Midgardians getting this bold now?" Lothar's tone, despite the coldness on his face, was filled with murderous intent.
"Your Highness, Prince Lothar, they—"
"Kill all HYDRA members."
"Leave no one alive."
Lothar coldly gave the order for a complete massacre as he looked down at the base.
"Your Highness Lothar, Woz thinks there are two people you need to consider."
As he spoke, Woz's screen displayed two figures from inside the base. A man and a woman.
"What do you mean?"
"Woz has detected a high concentration of Mind Stone isotopes in both of them. My initial conclusion is that this is due to the Mind Stone that was embedded in the tip of Mr. The Other's scepter."
"They have both successfully fused with the Infinity Stone isotopes, just like Carol, and are predicted to have a lot of potential for growth."
Woz answered precisely, even pulling up the siblings' files from the HYDRA database for good measure.
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