The Truth Behind The Myths

A New Mission

The guards outside were talking again.

"The Sea Warrior failed his mission."

"He keeps saying the name Nico."

"What's wrong with him?"

Nico.

Thank the gods he remembered Nico.

The gods?

Why did he say that?

Irrelevant.

Nico.

Nico was his cousin.

His cousin and his friend.

They fought a war together.

Nico helped a man make a shield.

Why a shield?

The shield brought memories.

But not enough.

Two blondes.

Siblings?

Friends?

He couldn't remember.

A man.

Muscular.

A super-soldier.

A fighter.

An actor as well.

A girl.

His age.

Grey eyes.

Also muscular.

Fast.

Smart.

A fighter.

The real one.

The real what?

"Patient 2 has a new mission."

Cold hands pulled him up.

He struggled to return to the corner of the room.

He was dragged to a room.

A different room.

Every time.

Always somewhere new.

The rooms matched his kills.

This one was grey.

Like the girl's eyes.

It had stars painted on it.

Red and blue stripes.

The shield.

Did they want him to kill the blonde people?

It was rare that a single mission had two targets.

These people must be dangerous to Hydra.

Hydra.

Hail Hydra.

"Patient 2, you have a mission."

"Tell me something I don't know."

Where had that come from?

His voice was scratchy.

Disuse.

Another memory surfaced.

"Percy's fighting strategy is to hurl sarcasm until he finds an opening."

That was Nico.

There was no visual.

Only Nico's voice.