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Chapter two: Prisoner
Kennedy’s POV
When my eyes open again I see a grey ceiling above me. I try to sit up but lay right back down when my head starts throbbing, I shut my eyes and wait for the throbbing to stop. I’m confused, this definitely isn’t home, this isn’t my bed, I don’t know where I am or how I got here, I concentrate and try to remember why i’m here, oh that’s right, I remember the coffee shop, hacking into S.H.I.E.L.D, the soldiers, and… Victoria! Is she okay, what did they do with her? I can’t answer these questions now, I have to find out where I am. When I am finally able to sit up with only minor throbbing, I look around the room, the walls are grey and have hexagons all over them, it reminds me of a honeycomb, there are no windows but there is a large metal door in
one corner of the room, It’s well lit by columns of lights in each corner, the only thing in the room are me and the bed. The walls are pretty much solid all the way around, there’s no way I’m getting out of here. I run my fingers through my carrot orange hair, and groan at my situation, then I realize something, I put my hand back on my head to make sure,my hat! Where is my hat! I run over to the bed and tear through the blankets, yup just like I thought, it is nowhere to be found, they took my hat. I sit down on the bed and lean against the wall, there’s nothing to do. I start counting the hexagons on the walls, well this is boring, I lay down and close my eyes trying to think of a plan.
After what feels like hours of laying there I hear the door start to open, I quickly sit up as a man with an eye patch walks into the room.
“You hacked into our system. Who are you?” The man asks, standing in front of me tall and menacing.
“Where’s Victoria?” I counter.
“We're talking about you, what’s your name?” He repeats. My mouth stays shut, I don’t know why, it’s not like I have anything to hide, I guess it just makes me feel tough. After a few seconds waiting for a response he spits.
“Fine, I don’t have time for this right now, we are in the middle of an important mission so I guess you will just have to make yourself comfortable until we can deal with you,” He starts walking away, but stops when he gets to the door, “Oh and I almost forgot, I believe this is yours Kennedy.” he pulls my hat out of his coat and tosses it on my bed then leaves the room. How does he know my name, I wonder as I pick up my hat, then I remember that I had written it on the inside of my hat. Soon after eye patch man left someone else comes in carrying a metal tray, he sets it on the floor and leaves without saying a word. I go over and picked up the tray and take it to the bed, I hadn't realized how hungry I am until now, the food is all breakfast food so I assume that it must be the morning after I was captured. I skeptically examine the food, but since I don’t know how to tell if it is poisoned, I decide to eat it anyway. The food tastes pretty good, not what I was expecting, when the food is gone I feel fine so I guess it wasn't poisoned. I try to “make myself comfortable” like the pirate man said, but since there’s nothing in the room besides me and my hat, I am soon bored out of my brain. I manage to entertain myself for a little while by building a blanket fort under the bed, maybe it’s childish but give me a break, there’s nothing better to do.
I count the passage of time by the meals that are brought to me, and I guess the guy who brings my food must feel bad for me because he keeps leaving little things on the tray with the food, like a pack of cards, a rubber ball, or a small notebook, those things make the time go by a little faster. By my count It has been two days before the angry pirate man comes back. He walks into my room followed by a woman with dark brown hair pulled back into a ponytail. A few more agents come in and set up a folding table and two chairs, then quickly leave.
“Are you finally done with your ‘important mission’ so you have time to ‘deal with me’” I ask using finger quotes.
“This is agent Hill, she’s gonna ask you some questions and you are going to answer them” Pirate man says threateningly, then he turns around and leaves the two of us alone in the room. I stare at the woman, waiting for her to say something, she doesn't seem as scary as eye patch man, but she can probably still kill me if she wants to.
“Please have a seat,” She invites, taking a seat at the table and gesturing at the chair opposite her. I comply and sit in the hard metal chair. “Well Kennedy, since we already know your name, how about you start by telling me how old you are.”
“Where’s Victoria?” I ask, hoping for better results this time.
“Alright, I know you have a lot of questions too, so how about I answer one of your questions and then you answer one of mine?” I think about it for a minute then nod in agreement, like I said it's not like I have anything to hide.
“Where’s Victoria?” I ask again.
“I'm not sure who your talking about.” She says
“The girl who was with me in the coffee shop”
“Oh yeah, she’s probably still serving coffee, we didn’t bother her.” That’s a relief, now I can stop worrying about her and just worry about me. “Okay my turn, how old are you?” She asks.
“I'm fifteen”
“Only fifteen and you can hack into a high security government agency! Where'd you learn to do that?” she asks in surprise.
“Hey it’s my turn to ask you a question!” I complain, but I can’t help but smile, I’m proud of my hacking abilities.
“Right, sorry, go ahead.” she apologises.
“Okay, what's with the angry pirate dude?”
“You mean Fury? He’s my boss, but don’t mind him, he’s not much of a people person,” she explains. “My turn, how did you learn to hack like that?”
“Um, google I guess”
“you learned to do that just from google?”
“My dad taught me some, but yeah, mostly google. So, what does S.H.I.E.L.D. do?”
“We help protect people, from things they can't handle themselves, that’s why Fury put together the Avengers.”
“The Avengers! S.H.I.E.L.D. works with the Avengers?”
“Yes we do, If you're lucky you might get to meet some of them while you're here.”
“And exactly how long will I be here?”
“Sorry, it's my turn. Where do you live?
“At the moment, under some trees in central park."
“You're homeless? But I thought you said your dad taught you to hack.”
“He did but….he died when I was ten.” I say quietly. Before agent Hill has time to say anything, the door opens and the angry pirate comes in.
“I'm not done here sir.” agent Hill protests, looking up at the tall man.
“I know, but there’s another matter that needs your attention.” The man says sternly, Agent Hill nods in response and stands up, walking out of the room.
“As for you, we're gonna have to keep an eye on you until we can figure out what to do with you.” Angry Pirate says and starts walking away.
“So you're just gonna keep me prisoner for no reason?” I shout right before he leaves the room.
“You might not think of yourself as a prisoner when you find out where your going.” He says mysteriously before stepping out and shutting the door behind him
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