Chapter 10

'Note to self: Never cross Maestro unless you want him to mess with your brain.' Ethan thought to himself nervously.

During the half an hour that he has spent watching Maestro work on Widowmaker he realised that the man has been hiding the skills that he possesses. Not only has Maestro been typing furiously into the screen in front of him and operating the machines, his calmness was a bit unnerving to him as he was acting like he is dealing with something from everyday life. Widowmaker meanwhile would spasm a bit maybe due to the changes he is bringing to her brain.

Ethan looked at the readings and saw that many changes have started to appear on the displayed screen and though he had no idea about the effects it has on her he knew that whatever the man was doing is working like a charm as the readings have started to drastically change.

After tinkering with the woman's brain for a few more minutes Maestro stops the machines as they stop. Ethan looks at the man and then at the woman who is still knocked out. The mask opened which show's that her eyes are still closed. He turned to the man and looked at him as he turned to face him.

"So?" Ethan asked him.

"I am successful in bringing her brain to its original form. Now she is capable to feeling emotions again and her personality will also not be repressed like before." Maestro said to him.

"I still don't understand how you have such knowledge but I'm not gonna ask more. So, where do we take her? Keep her on the operating table until she wakes up." Ethan asked the man.

"No, it will take some time for her to awaken but we will make sure that she won't be a threat. You will take her to the spare room and watch over her. Call me when she wakes up." Maestro said to him.

Ethan stared at the man when he heard him before nodding to him. He then freed the woman from her restraints before he grabbed her in a princess carry and took her to a spare room and layed her on the bed. He then saw the hospital gown on a chair near him and looked at the woman on the bed before sighing.

"Let's get this over with." Ethan said as he grabbed the gown.

Time skip

"Mmhh." The voice of Widowmaker is heard in the room.

Right now she is wearing the nightgown as she lay on the bed. Her helmet has been taken off and her hair is now free. She slowly started to wake up as she opened her eyes and looked around in confusion.

"Where...?" Widowmaker said in confusion as she looked around at the unfamiliar place.

She got up and held her head with a groan. She shook her head a bit before looking around and noted that the place looked like it is a hospital room. Except that it seemed to be very expensive.

"What am I doing here? I was at my house with Gerard did something happen?" Widowmaker asked herself confused.

That was when she took notice of her legs being tied together and tied to the bed. She was surprised by it and she became alarmed as she looked around.

(A/N: I don't have much of an idea of what happens when someone has their brain messed with and this is what I think happens.)

"You're awake." Ethan's voice is heard surprising her.

"W-Who's there?" Widowmaker asked scared.

Ethan appeared from behind the curtain. The curtain around the bed was drawn under the bed and he was there so she wasn't able to see him. The woman is surprised when she saw a young man, a teen no less walk out as he looked at her seriously.

"Well, I suppose I should good morning miss Amelie." Ethan said to her.

"Oh uh, Good morning. Wait no! Who are you!?" Amelie asked him.

"I guess I should've expected that since I was in my suit and it changes my voice. Well, what do you remember before waking up here?" Ethan asked her.

He was told my Maestro that she might not have any recollection of the things that happened after the suppression of her personality.

"Why are you asking that?" Amelie asked him suspiciously.

"Just answer the question." Ethan said to her.

'What a rude boy.' Amelie frowned at him which he saw.

"I was at my house with my husband and we were going to sleep and I did go to sleep. So mind telling me about why I am here?" Amelie asked him.

"Hmm, I see. One second." Ethan said nodding to her before moving behind the curtain.

Amelie felt her eyebrows twitch at his behaviour. She wanted answers dammit! She wants to know why she is in this place and she also needs to know about her husband. As she was musing to herself Ethan appeared once again but this time she saw him hiding something behind his back as she narrowed her eyes suspiciously and also felt a bit afraid.

"Now, do you remember this?" Ethan said as he showed her his suits helmet with his right hand.

Amelie looked at the helmet in confusion and she couldn't help but think that it seemed like the iron man helmet. But then her eyes widened when memories of Ethan running towards her in the suit came to her mind. She gripped her head in pain as she remembered it as she shut her eyes.

"I'll take that as a yes." Ethan said to her as he put the helmet on the bed.

"W-Who are you!? What was that!?" Amelie asked him scared now.

She could remember how he ran after her. In the night being illuminated by the light of the moon as he ran towards her with his glowing eye visors. She is terrified now.

"I'm the one that captured you and brought you here. But it seems you still don't remember much." Ethan said to her.

"W-What!? Where's my husband!? Where is he!?" Amelie asked him scared as she wanted the comfort of her husband.

Ethan looked at her in pity which she saw and was confused by the emotion he displayed now. He then sighed as he looked at her.

"I'm really sorry about this." Ethan said to her before he showed her her own helmet.

Amelie looked at the spider like helmet and the next second memories started to flow into her as she remembered her time as Widowmaker. She remembered the times she killed many people on behalf of Hydra and the many othet things she had done for them.

Her eyes widened like saucers as she started to take more deeper breaths as she started to hyperventilate. It was also this time that she realised that her skin colour has changed to blue. She was too preoccupied with finding where she is to realise that her skin colour had changed which further cemented the truth about her memories and she also couldn't fell heat from her body and just coldness.

"Amelie, calm down your hyperventilating." Ethan tried to calm her down even though he knew that it is useless.

"Noo! Why did I do that!? Why did I work for those people!? I-I fought for my husband's enemies, how could I do this!? And why did I like all those things that I did!? Why!? Why!? Where's Gerard!? I need to see him!? Please take me to him!!" Amelie shouted as she looked at him with wide eyes.

Ethan saw her state as he felt sadness for the poor woman. He just looked down as she kept on asking about her husband and about why she did what she did and about why she liked doing them.

"I'm sorry to say this Miss Amelie but, your husband is dead." Ethan said to her as slowly as he could.

And that is the moment when silence fell on the room as she looked at him with wide eyes. Her mouth hung open but no sound came out as she looked at him. Her body is extremely still when she heard him.

"W-What?" Amelie said as Ethan could tell that her voice is cracking.

"Your husband, Gerard Lacroix, is dead. He has been for the last 5 years." Ethan said to her.

(A/N: She is 26 by the way.)

"N-No, it ca-can't be. He is a v-very strong man. He can't have d-d-died." Amelie said as her voice cracked.

'So she still hasn't recovered all of her memories. Well, it's better if she deals with this now that telling a lie.' Ethan thought to himself.

"I'm sorry to say Miss, but he was assassinated five years ago. And the one who killed him is you, Widowmaker." Ethan said to her seriously.

Her eyes widened when she heard him as the name combined with his words brought all of her memories back. While seeing her helmet did jog her memory she still didn't know her name as she only remembered the times she killed enemies of Hydra. But hearing his words all of her memories came rushing back.

"I... I killed him?" Amelie said to herself in an unbelieving tone.

Then the memories of her being captured by Hydra, being experimented by them and then finally her killing her husband also came back to her mind. And that was the final straw..

"NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" Amelie screamed out in horror before she passed out from shock and fell on the bed unconscious.

Ethan winced when he saw it as he thought that maybe he should've waited a bit more.

"Well, that happened." Ethan said to himself.

Then a few seconds later the door to the room opened and Maestro walked in as Ethan looked at the man. Maestro looked at the downed form of Amelie and then at the helmets that Ethan has used before looking at the boy himself.

"Okay, I may have jogger her memory a bit too fast." Ethan said to him nervously.

Maestro just sighed in response and then thought about giving the boy some lessons on therapy. Might help in situations like this.

"Well, we'll just have to wait until she wakes up." Maestro said as he sat on the chair as Ethan leaned on the wall as they looked at the woman.