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[caduceusofchaos]

{Unknown 23} Little Bird

The GPS coordinates had lead her to a neighborhood block.

This.. wasn't so bad. Everywhere else would have been worse. Emotions weren't such a problem here, when all of the footprints were old and dull. Waiting here wasn't hard, she just needed to look like she was doing something semi-productive. So she lit a smoke, bumming around at the curb.

Unknown 23. Blonde, brown eyes, almost her height. That's the depiction Ouroboros had given her, and the photos she had taken had helped as well. She knew what the girl would look like, though she only half-knew what she could be up against.

All she had to do was wait.

Caduceus looked at the time. Half an hour had passed, and she was beginning to wonder if the girl was staying over at this flat for the remainder of the night. In cigarette-time, she had burned through three by now. Maybe she should slow down.

Maybe she should be patient.

But she needed some answers, and she knew this girl, whoever she was, might have some. Better than what little she could pull from Olivia's mind.

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{The Subject} Whispered Beneath the Waves

"You're asking me to do something very risky, Echnida...

"I understand, but if someone comes in? It's not going to be normal family coming in, it's going to be--

"...Yes, ma'am, of course."

Caduceus finished the call, walking into the hospital building to head up to Olivia's floor. It was late; the night shift was in, and Caduceus was one of the few nurses on hand. She smiled at the nurse at their station as she passed before heading down Olivia's hall. The woman knocked on her's door, peaking inside. No one was with her, not right now; her brother wouldn't be here until after work, and his shifts seemed to end late.

Caduceus walked over to Olivia's bed, sitting in a chair next to her, scooting it closer. She took Olivia's hand carefully in her own, holding it tight as she closed her eyes. It was like a torrent of emotions, all fizzled and twisted by the ongoing coma. It wouldn't be easy to find out just how Olivia ticked, but that wasn't what Caduceus was going for.

No, Caduceus wanted to instill some moral into Olivia, things that would stay deep in Olivia's mind when she woke up again. To take apart and rebuild, really. The taken apart notion was already done for her; Olivia was here, unable to defend herself in her current condition.

All she needed was a memory, and Caduceus searched Olivia's head for something that would work just right for this. Something SHIELD related, a trigger of sorts. Olivia needed to remember one thing, and one thing only--

SHIELD was what she feared. They were the ones that would end her, if she wasn't careful. And all of the mess she made once she recovered, whether it be doubling for FALCON or for ATROPOS, was justified.

You're going to bend for our purposes, Olivia, Caduceus thought as she worked her way around the haze of the coma, trying to find a soft spot in the girl's mind.

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{The Subject} Taking the Bait, III

Rain poured over Manhattan, storm clouds clustered and simultaneously rolling in. Caduceus wondered if it was always like this. Either way, the rain seemed to dampen the emotions fizzling around her, clearing her mind for the moment. She waited patiently for Olivia to arrive, standing out of the way of the few crowds walking in and out of the Metropolitan.