Chapter 51 - Testing Physical Capabilities

The rest of the tests went by rather quickly.

X-rays to check out her bones and organs, where they were able to see the odd extra body parts she had.

Such as the seven extra small hearts she had that were placed throughout her body, all acting as their own version of her main heart and pumping blood.

They were something that came with her race, and currently, she couldn't change them even if she wanted to.

They also noticed the lack of Kidneys in her body.

This was due to the fact that her body didn't need Kidneys; everything was absorbed to form mass, and as such, her body produced no waste.

M.R.I.s were they scanned not only her brain but other parts of her body.

During the M.R.I., they could pick up on the second ability she wanted them to find.

Her cellular radiation generation.

They noticed that her body was actively absorbing the little bit of radiation that the machines gave off and storing them in her cells. Which granted her a certain level of immunity to them.

This was the exact reason she showed the skill to them, to begin with.

She wanted them to understand that she had a certain level of resistance and adaptability when it came to radiation because various important things and plans of S.H.I.E.L.D. had to do with radiation.

One she was especially invested in was Hulk.

After the testing was finished, they led her out of the room after allowing her to change and returned to the waiting room where the others were.

The doctor gave Phil the report he had written about all the things they found, and as Phil was reading through it, Lily could see the subtle changes on his face.

Curiosity, surprise, and maybe even ideas took shape right before her in his mind.

She didn't use her mind-reading because she was wary of trying to invade the mind of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents, especially one as highly ranked as Phil, mainly because she didn't know what technology or mutants they had under them.

"Lily, it says here that your body is very healthy and much stronger than that of a normal human. Did you know that?"

Asked Phil as he finished reading through the papers, putting the report aside for now.

Lily shook her head, pretending to have been unaware of her difference in capabilities from a normal human.

"No, is that a bad thing?"

"Not at all; in fact, it's a very good thing. But aren't you curious about how much stronger you are?"

Phil replied with a smile on his face.

Lily could tell what he was planning immediately; he wanted her to willingly accept testing to see her physical limitations.

But she also wanted them to see the physical limitations she was willing to show them, so she agreed.

"Yes, if that helps."

"Great then, why don't you come with me to a special area, there you can test your strength all you want."

Lily was about to nod and follow along, but her adoptive father spoke before she could.

"Sir, is that wise? She's still rather young."

It seemed he was worried. He may look quite stoic a lot of the time, but he could actually be a lot more caring than her adoptive mother when it comes down to it.

He just didn't know how to show it.

"Don't worry, it won't put her in danger; just see what she can do."

Replied Phil as he reassured both the parents, noticing they had both taken a keen liking to the girl, but it was within what they had expected.

After that little exchange, Lily agreed and went along with them; being taken out of the lab, they entered and back to the elevator.

This time, they went down even further, going all the way down to a floor B6.

The first thing Lily was surprised about was the fact that this building had six basement floors, which in itself must have taken a lot of time and money to make.

But given the size and capabilities of S.H.I.E.L.D., along with their backing and Hydra being within them, it was within her expectations.

The second thing that surprised her was the room they had entered.

It was a large room centered around training or testing things that couldn't be done above.

The walls were tall and made of tough and thick metallic material with a dark blue tint.

The floor was solid, and while also seemingly made out of the same material as the walls, expect it also had another material that separated the room into multiple parts.

Each part was catered towards a different thing.

She could see equipment and machines that seemed to be for training or testing someone's physical capabilities, another area was decorated with targets that seemed for testing, or training ranged capabilities, and so on.

She couldn't help but be amazed at how the place was designed and everything in it.

She could only assume that this floor was made to train promising Agents or even Mutants they hired to work for them.

And now it was her turn to be tested in it.

"Please, follow me; this area here has the things needed to run the tests."

Phil said as he led them to the area with the machines and equipment set up.