Frank Castle aka the Punisher who went to Madani. She had scientists, right? Madani directed Frank to a chrmical analyzer. The blood he collected was confirmed to be from you. He had gotten your identity right.
"And the chemicals?" Frank gritted out, pacing a hole in the floor.
"Well...it seems like it's two main compounds, one of them is a chemical that is often used for mind control. The other is...harder to explain. Their blood samples came out theirs but it had been altered. Whoever has them has been messing with their genes and have infused it with a super soldier’s." The girl said. Frank could hear the fear in her voice. He understood. It wasn’t every day the Punisher burst into a lab demanding answers.
"The second compound is basically the only thing keeping them alive. If they go without it for too long, their body will just...shut down." That's why you were vomiting blood. Your body was shutting down on you.
"Can you separate the mind control shit from the other stuff? And can you make it so that it injects somewhere that isn't their mask?"
"I can most likely do both. I need time to do that though."
"We dont fuckin' have time! They're out there having God knows what happen to them!" You could be being tortured, or being forced to torture someone, or you could be having your mind wiped, or you might already be dead. Frank took a breath, noticing that the scientist was shaking. "I'm sorry. I just need this as fast as you can do it."
Two weeks later, exactly, Frank returned to find a very exhausted scientist grinning. On her desk was hundreds of papers and a whiteboard completely full. On the desk was also multiple vials of liquids of varying colors.
"Yeah. Okay so, first of all I got the compound stable alone, so if you put these," she gestured to a specific cluser of vials, "in the little device that I'll show you in a sec, they should be stable with no more mind control stuff!" The scientist rushed to get a cardboard box, she pulled out something that looked similar to an insulin pump. "They can just put this on their belt loop! The little needle goes into their hip, dosent really matter where as long as it's not the stomach, and they just need to change the vial every 12 hours!"
Frank stared in amusement as the scientist went on to ramble about all of her findings.
"That's amazing, kid. Thank you. Really."
"And um- I know this whole thing is probably going to become a whole government thing, but I'd love to continue to help in any way I can."
"Alright, kid. Thanks again." Frank placed a wad of cash on the table and took all the items and left.
Now all he needed to do was find you.
Frank looked first at who he knew you had killed, politicians and bankers all working with one guy in particular. Ftank found he assumed would be your next logical target and stalked him. By day 4, Frank was losing hope. He was lying on a rooftop, trying to catch some sleep when he heard someone step onto the roof. He opened his eyes to find you once again standing above him.
"Are we gon' have to do this all again?"
You fired, Frank curved to the side. Although the you firing at him part was bad, what was worse was that apparently you didn't remember him, which meant your memories had been tampered with again.
"I'm a friendly! Look- that's you!" Frank shouted as he got your military ID into your hand. You glanced at it, then glanced at it again. You studied the words and the picture of a much younger you. Frank took the chance to land a heavy blow right to your face, knocking you out cold.
Ftank.got you sitting up against the roof wall and got your mask off. Your lips had become very chapped. Frank lifted your shirt up enough to fasten on the hip needle. Once it was secured, he stepped away. He managed to get you over his shoulder and carried you back to the scientist.
You awoke in a room that was flooded with florescent lights. You sat up with a start, had you been taken? Then all these memories flooded back. Killing people slowly. Torturing men until they weren't recognizable, taking children from their parents. Sleeping in a cold dark room on the floor, being tied down to a chair, surgical tables. You were on a surgical table right now. You tried to scramble off, only to find yourself handcuffed to the table.
Frank awoke from the chair he had dozed off on, suptised to see you very much awake and pulling at the handcuff.
"Hey! Woah- take a breath. You're okay! I swear! Do you remember me?"
You nodded. Frank inhaled. That was something, maybe you were gaining some memory back.
"Yeah. That's good. Kinda hard to forget this mug, eh?"
You pulled at the handcuff again.
"I know. Its just for peace of mind. That lady over there," Frank pointed to Madani who was hovering in the corner. "She can help you, but she's really fuckin' paranoid. But she's gonna help. Ain't ya?" Frank gestured for Madani to come over.
Madani stalked over, standing a good distance away from you. "Hello. Im special agent Dinah Madani, and you are?"
"Yeah, they dont do the whole talkin' thing so well." At that moment, yoru hip injection went off, you hissed and tried to take it out.
"Hey- dont touch that! Its to keep you not getting sick. Its not dangerous I promise." Frank assured you.
The scientist wondered over. "Uh...if it isn't too big of a deal...Could you take off your vest so I can do a checkup?" You stared again, clearly unnerving the scientist before you unbuckled your combat vest and the bulletproof one underneath, leaving you in a thin black undershirt. The scientist set the stethoscope over your chest and did the whole breathe in breathe out thing.
As you followed the scientist's request, Frank got a look at your arms and neck. They were scarred many times over, slashes, stab wounds, bullet wounds, shrapnel and burns and a handful of surgery marks. It made it hard for Frank to breathe, yes he'd seen scars, but never this many this severe.
"I killed them." Frank had to do a double take. That was you, you has a very raspy voice from not being used.
"I killed them. My family." Your eyes were downcast and your brows were knit together. "It was my first mission."
"That wasn't your fault," Frank began. "Whatever the hells been going on, you weren't in control."
"My mom recognized me. Asked me if it was really me, she went to hug me...I shot her in the head before she could get close enough. And my baby sister..." You bit your lip.
Madani stepped forward. "Do you know who did all this?"
"I...I remember their faces...I dont- I..." You trailed off.
Madani didn’t notice your distress and just kept pushing. “Okay, well can you give me locations?”
Frank saw something dim in your eye, maybe the hope that you had found kind people. “Yeah. There’s one in Maryland…” you started listing off addresses all over the US. The scientist was still working on you, now taking your blood pressure while taking some samples. Frank realized how it must look for you. People questioning you while you were still being injected with chemicals and scientists were still working on you.
“Can both of you back up please?!” Frank snapped. “God! They just escaped god knows what just to be fucking poked and prodded and questioned! Give them some fuckin’ space!” Madani side eyed Frank but backed away, the scientist finished her sample and took off the blood pressure machine.
Frank turned back to you. You had curled in on yourself slightly. You had stopped pulling at the handcuff, but the past struggle had left a noticeable mark. “When’s the last time you ate.” Your head snapped up, clearly not expecting the question.
“1800, yesterday.” Frank checked his watch. It was nearly 11pm.
Frank turned to Madani, “Can you get something for them to eat, or are your questions more important.”
“Do we even know that they eat like a normal person?”
“Goddammit Madani, do you have an MRE?”
Madani huffed as she left. “You’re not in charge, Frank.”
Frank turned to you. “How re you feeling? And don’t say fine because everyone in this building would know that’s fuckin’ bullshit.”
“…like I just went through a forever hell week.”
Frank chuckled. “I bet you do.”
Madani returned with a chili and macaroni MRE and handed it to you. Frank noticed that Madani grazed your fingers and quickly retracted and wiped her hand on her jacket. You seemed to notice too, as you mumbled out a sorry.
“I can take you to the main location and take you around. I still have my keycard.” Frank stared at you. You were going back? Willilngly?
“You don’t need to do that. You just got out.” Frank hissed, glaring at Madani. “There are other people who can go.”
“I know that, but I have the keycard and I know my way around…and I need to atone.”
“You don’t have to atone for shit! You weren’t in control! It wasn’t your fault.”
“I need to do this…please.”
Madani stepped in before Frank could do anymore reasoning you out of it. “So it’s settled, we go in a week.” She left without another word.
Frank glanced at you, he could see the terror you were trying to hide. “You don’t have to do this.”