Bab 19: Chapter 19: Kidnapped
NEW YORK
At a newsstand in front flogs a paper: "CAPT. AMERICA TO RECEIVE MEDAL OF HONOR". Dr. Erskine immediately bought a copy and read the contents to Yumhee beside him. Both of them feeling proud of Steve.
"After he hears your good news, I'm pretty sure he'll be happier than receiving this medal." Dr. Erskine teased Yumhee.
"He should be." Yumhee said by tapping her staff in Morse code and giggled.
When they reached an alley, five people in black blocked their way and started to push them behind a building.
"Dad...what's happening?" Yumhee tapped her staff again. She felt afraid, she can clearly hear that there are four to five persons surrounding them. With her disabilities, she felt more scared. Though she have improved her sensitivity to sound, she knew she still won't be able to save the both of them.
"It's okay. Don't be afraid." Dr. Erskine held her hands and looked at the men. "Gentlemen, what is this about?"
"All you need to know is that you're going with us." One of the men answered. A black van stopped where they are and the men shoved them inside. They also injected them with something they didn't know and passed out shortly after.
When Yumhee came to, she was laying in a cold hard place. She doesn't know how long she has been out of it or where she is right now. She tried to move but felt the bounds on her body. She was beyond terrified but not for herself.
On the other side of the glass wall, Dr. Erskine is pleading to a man in all black, Schmidt.
"Please, just let her go. I'll do anything you ask." Dr. Erskine looked at her daughter for the nth time.
"You see doctor...your beautiful step-daughter there has another purpose." Schmidt smiled at Dr. Erskine maniacally.
"I have met your soldier, Captain America right? And did a little digging. I was actually pleasantly surprised to know that besides him and I, you also decided to experiment on your lovely daughter." He paused for a minute, staring at the woman inside the laboratory room. "But do you know the best part is? I actually found out that your daughter is pregnant with Captain America's child!" Schmidt laughed. "Oh I'm so excited to see how he'll react when he saw them again. His woman broken, unfeeling. And his child who only knows how to obey my orders." Dr. Erskine paled immediately, beyond horrified.
THE NEXT DAY
Yumhee doesn't know how long it has been since they started sending electric shocks to her body. But it seems they have finished for now. Her whole body felt numb and exhausted. Her mind muddled. After being transported somewhere and feeling the mattress beneath her, she instantly loss consciousness.
When Yumhee came to, she bolted right up from bed. Dr. Erskine walked to her cautiously. "It's alright. I'm here. You're okay."
"What about the baby?!" Yumhee asked desperately by tapping the back of his hand.
"The baby's fine." Dr. Erskine answered gently.
Yumhee collapsed on the bed, letting out a miserable cry. Not for her, but for her unborn child. She let his father envelope her in his arms, badly needing some sort of comfort.
"I'm here. It's okay my child." Dr. Erskine tried his best to give comfort for his daughter.
After a few minutes, Yumhee was able to calm herself somewhat. She started tapping her father's hand again. "Father...what do we do now? Are they going to continue torturing me? "
"Unfortunately, Schmidt knows who's the father of your child." Dr. Erskine paused for a moment, not wanting to tell his daughter what they plan to do to them. But her knowing will be more help to her than her not knowing. He furrowed his brows and retold what Schmidt had planned for them.
"Schmidt want me to continue making the serum. While..." Dr. Erskine swallowed the lump on his throat. "While he let Zola experiment on you and your unborn child. I have tried countless times to persuade Schmidt to let you give birth first but Zola always counters it, saying that it'll be an excellent idea for them to compare the creation of a super soldier through injecting the serum to a grown adult to injecting it to the unborn child of a pregnant woman."
Yumhee was undoubtedly horrified. The tears starting to fall again. She was having a difficult time to breathe and calm her emotions. Grasping the sheets beneath her, she tries to steady herself.
"My child, do you hear me? Yumhee? Yumhee?!" Dr. Erskine grab his daughter's head and looked at her unfocused eyes. " Look at me! Malaya! Malaya look at me!" She finally obeyed his father. "Good. Just focus on me okay? Now follow what I do." Dr. Erskine breathe in and exhaled slowly. "Can you do that? Breathe in slowly." And she follows. "Now exhale." They do this until Yumhee has regained some calmness.
Yumhee embraced her father like her life depended on it. She doesn't know if it's better to commit suicide than to let her child undergo such suffering. Conflicted and desperate, she let herself cry until she fell asleep. Yumhee was exhausted physically, mentally and emotionally.
Seeing his daughter in such a way, Dr. Erskine wanted to cry as well and so he let his tears fall. He doesn't know what to do anymore. He wants to protect his daughter and her child so much. Even at the cost of his life. But the reality of the situation is too cruel. He knows that their lives mean nothing to them. All he could do is hope that they are going to be rescued. And until that day comes, the only thing they can do now is to follow their orders and survive each day.
"I'm so sorry my child." Abraham held his daughter's hand with both his hands and cried helplessly. "I couldn't keep my promise to you." He bowed his head and kissed her hand. "I've let you experience such painful situation again."
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