Enhanced (An Avengers Fanfic)

Chapter 7- The First Avenger and HYDRA

I'm sitting on the edge of my bunk when Dr. Erskine comes in. "May I?", he asks. "Yeah.", I gestured the other bunk in front of me. " Can't sleep?", he asks me while preparing some drink, I think its whiskey. Who wouldn't? "I got the jitters, I guess.", well it isn't every day you 're experimented on. "Me, too.", he chuckles. "Can I ask you a question?", I ask him. "Just one?", he asks. "Why me?", I ask him. I just wanted to know why did he chose me. I am no one. He could've just picked Hodges. He's better than me.

"I suppose that is the only question that matters.", he stops looking at the alcohol. "This is from Augsburg. My city. So many people forget that the first country that the Nazi's invaded was their own. You know, after the last war the... my people struggled. They... they felt weak. They felt small. And then Hitler comes along with the marching and the big show and the flags and the... and the...", he lost his words so he just waves his hands. "And he... he hears of me, my work and he finds me. And he says, "You." He says, "You will make us strong." Well, I am not interested. So, he sends the head of HYDRA, his research division. A brilliant scientist by the name of Johann Schmidt. Now, Schmidt is a member of the inner circle and he's ambitious. He and Hitler share a passion for occult power and Teutonic myth. Hitler uses his fantasies to inspire his followers. But for Schmidt, it is not fantasy. For him, it is real. He has become convinced that there is a great power hidden in the earth, left here by the Gods, waiting to be seized by a superior man. So, when he hears about my formula and what it can do, he cannot resist. Schmidt must become that superior man.", he ends but I push it further I want to know who am I fighting.

"Did it make him stronger?", I ask. I am the second to receive this so I must know if I will not die if it gets injected into me. "Yeah. But there were other effects. The serum was not ready. But more important, the man. The serum amplifies everything that is inside. So, good becomes great. Bad becomes worse. This is why you were chosen. Because a strong man, who has known power all his life, will lose respect for that power. But a weak man knows the value of strength, and knows compassion.", he said to me. "Thanks. I think.", I say. not sure if it's an insult or a compliment. "That's what the lady who helped me escape said. So, I just followed her, but whatever happens tomorrow, you must promise me one thing. That you will stay who you are. Not a perfect soldier, but a good man.", he hands me a shot glass. and we toast. "To the little guys.", I was about to drink this shot when he stopped me. "No! No! Wait! Wait! What I am doing? No! You have a procedure tomorrow. No fluids.", he snatches the glass from me and pours mine into his glass. "All right. We'll drink it after.", I say. "No! I don't have procedure tomorrow. Drink it after? Drink it now!", he says. I just smirk at that. "Maybe when the war will finish.", I said. " Maybe. If I survive. Now go to sleep. You have a big day tomorrow.", he said going out.