(Time lapse: 1 month)
*narrator pov*
Its been a month since Tony has gotten the ransom for Rebel, yet nothing has changed. He never did reach out to Hydra about making a deal, he knew if he wanted his daughter back for good he needed to end Hydra.
Pepper had been running Stark Industries for a few weeks now, while Tony and the others were coming up with a plan. There were a million ways to end Hydra, but not a way that would keep Rebel alive in the process. Tony was suck at cross roads, end Hydra for good and risk losing his daughter or temporally take down Hydra and get his daughter back but risk having the same thing that happened to Rebel, happen to someone else.
Hard core training had taken place everyday for weeks, preparing for the worst of course. Tony knew he had to be smart, he didn't know what they turned her into, he didn't even know if she was still alive.
Many mental breakdowns would occur throughout Tony's day, he tried staying strong for his daughter, if there was anything left of his daughter. Pepper suggested he should talk to someone, but he knew that talking wouldn't get is daughter back. His mind was constantly in work mode, his insomnia provided him more time to devise and better his plan.
Tony was very aware of how bad his mental health had gotten but that wasn't his first priority, even if it was everyone eles's.
Tony and Pepper were on a break, Pepper couldn't handle the constant yelling and drinking from him. Tony understood that, anyways it was just one less thing that would get in the way of getting Rebel back. Tony and Pepper were strictly on professional terms now, which broke the rest of the team's heart.
Tony had been handling it better then Pepper, obviously. Pepper understood what Tony was going through but she couldn't relate. Tony needed to be with people who understand this kind of stuff, and Pepper was not one of those people.
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Rebel had started training to be able to control her powers, no more painful procedures anymore, Just a few injects a day to keep the doctors away.
She was finally getting the hang of her new improved self. She now able to influence a physical system without physical interaction, or psychokinesis. Her hand-to-hand combat had improved and her pain tolerance had increased.
She learned to obey orders and push her own thoughts and opinions to the side. She was now considered one of Hydra most valuable and dangerous weapons there, she'd mostly come along to help "clean up" on big missions.
In the beginning she had hope that Tony was going to figure out she was here and save her, but now all hope was lost. She figured he didn't care where she was, as long as its away from him. Rebel had accepted that fact was this was her reality, so she didn't fight it anymore. After every kill there wasn't any guilt or sorrow anymore, just a sense of emptiness. In just a few weeks Rebel had almost 245 kills, the most any newbie has ever had.
She accepted she was a monster, the thought didn't bother her anymore, now she'd just embraces it. She found that she was actually very good at being bad, something she thought she'd never be.
To Rebel this was her family now , they wanted her, that's all she ever wanted. She felt like she had a purpose whenever she'd help complete a mission. The thought didn't cross her mind that was she was doing was cruel or evil, to her she was being useful and to Hydra she was fulfilling her full potential.
Rebel know longer relied on the fact that Tony would come and save her, he didn't before so why would he now? Now she had grew an almost hatred for the man, hydra had really opened her eyes to what a conceded ass hat he really was. Now every time she heard his name she just wanted to scream.
She had grew quite a reputation at Hydra, a stone cold bitch who could kill and not feel the lightest remorse.
(Hello! sorry for the time lapse but it needed to happen, this was basically just a huge update of both their lives right now. I'm not a fan of time skips so I'll try to avoid them in the future as much as possible. As always don't forget to comment and vote below!)