green with envy || {Viper & Bruce}
Captain America. Black Widow. The Winter Soldier. Wolverine. Like her, they were all far older than they looked, but unlike her, they had augmented strengths or special powers or mechanical arms, something to increase their abilities beyond human limits. Viper didn't have that- she just managed to survive year after year due to pure strength of will, and perhaps supernatural longevity she didn't know how she had recieved.
In any case, she was quite sure that this lack of special powers put her at a disadvantage when fighting her enemies- those she had listed earlier made up a significant portion of her opponents, actually. And as talented a biochemist she was, she could not think of a permanent solution for her problem.
Except for perhaps one crazy idea, one HYDRA had abandoned long ago.
HYDRA had always had an interest in the super soldier serum, had attempted to recreate on some occasions and failed. Viper knew that in their archives, she could find what notes there were, and she had perused them once, but was aware that those methods were simply an example of what not to do. In fact, with a simple search on the Internet, with much less hassle than she was expecting and only a little bit of hacking, she discovered a certain Doctor Banner who had attempted to recreate the serum as well, and came closest since the original substance.
Yes, he had the nasty side effect of a super powerful unpredictable being with anger issues...but Madame Hydra was confident she could alter his notes as necessary to create the perfect serum. And so she ended up dsiguising herself and breaking into Stark Tower- this was a private matter she would not let her lackeys handle- removing her blonde wig and sunglasses when she reached the empty lab. If the lab turned out to be a bust, she suppose she'd have to break into top secret government facilities, but Viper hoped she'd find what she needed here.
While the scientist within her, the one she pretended didn't exist, was extremely curious about all the ongoing experiments, Madame Hydra headed straight towards the computers in the back. She inserted a USB with a program she had a bright if greedy talented college student write to search for any possible files to do with the serum.
Now, all she had to do was wait for the program to complete its search, and she'd be on her way.
