Prologue

I woke up to the sound of alarms wailing.

Apparently a girl can't get her beauty sleep around here. Not that it matters, I have more scars on my body than I've managed to keep track of from my 4 years of being a HYDRA lab rat. So being a model is impossible even if i wanted to be one. But why would anyone willingly give up the sweet bliss of ice cream and fast food? It will always be a mystery to me. I would give anything to go back to the days where my biggest fear was presenting an essay to the class. Now, all i want to do is get through the day and live to see tomorrow without to much suffering.

BOOM!

The ground trembled beneath me. It sounds like a war is going on out there. By now, the alarms have stopped their ear-piercing screeches. I could hear the sound of guns firing all the way from inside my little jail cell.

This won't end well for me either way. If HYDRA prevails, i go back to being experimented on. If the other people win, whoever they are, there is no guarantee that i won't become another plaything for them too.

I can the feel the beginning of a panic attack coming. I cant do this anymore. I can't continue living like this. My chest rose up and down rapidly from my irregular breathing. I have to get out of here. I won't get another chance like this. I just have to get out of the chain wrapped around my ankle attached to the wall. The rest should be relatively easy.

Because i can create portals.

10 minutes later i was clawing at my ankle with tears of frustration threatening to spill over. I tried everything i could to get it off; pulling, banging, picking the lock. It just wouldn't get off! "Come on, come on, come on!" I furiously whispered to myself while i proceeded to try to yank my ankle out by force. The skin touching the chains was raw and dripping blood from all the pulling. I could barely see anymore as i was now freely sobbing trying to get free.

Click! Fear paralyzed me as i heard the door creak open. "Is anyone in here?" a deep male voice called out. I stopped breathing and froze in place. He couldn't see me as i was three jail cells away from the door. All HYDRA agents knew i was in here so it had to be the attackers. Could they be trusted? I knew i couldn't get out of here by myself. It was painstakingly obvious.

As the door was about to be closed, i made a split second decision and croaked out "Wait!". I waited for what seemed like years for the footsteps to make it to me. There was a tall and very broad, masked man staring at me. The first thing i noticed was that he was wearing a weird tight suit that was red, white and blue. The next was that he had a huge shield with a star in the middle. I could've sworn i saw him before…..

I must've been a sight to see. With dried blood matted in my tangled purple hair which was a side effect of the powers i gained because of a freak accident. It starts at a dark orchid purple then gradually gets lighter until it turns blonde at the tips which was the original color of my hair. He probably saw a way too skinny girl in a short, plain, white hospital gown type dress on. There was also the newly acquired scrapes still oozing blood down my ankle onto the dirty floor. And then there were my light blue-grey eyes probably glowing brighter than ever in the midst of all that mayhem that was me. All in all i would make an amazing model. Notice the sarcasm.

"Who are you? What did they do to you? How old are you? Are you an enhanced?" he sent out a flurry of questions all at once. My mind was reeling trying to keep track of all of the questions. I only had one question that was consuming me from the inside. "Are you going to hurt me?" I breathed out in a shaky voice. He just stared at me for a minute. "Don't worry ma'am. I won't hurt you. I am here to take down HYDRA with my team. I can help you." he finally answered trying to reassure me. I contemplated his answer. It seemed believable and he didn't look like he was lying. "Who are you?" I questioned.

"Captain America at your service ma'am" he answered after a pause.

Of course he was. That's why he seemed so familiar. Wasn't he supposed to be trapped in ice? Either way, after learning his identity, I was sure that i was finally going to be rescued from this hellhole. After all, Captain America was a nationwide hero. He could definitely be trusted.

After thinking it over, I finally responded to his first question, "My name is Adrianna and I was captured by HYDRA when i was 14. I am 17 now."