Chapter 18 - One little, Two little, Three little Hydra

Daniel Whitehall had moved to a branch office of Shield after Alexander Pierce had been captured by Nick Fury and tortured. Daniel Whitehall knew he was safe as even within Hydra they operated in cells and not everyone knew all the members of Hydra. And Alexander Pierce sure did not know him. Daniel Whitehall has always been careful, careful to cover up that he was long lived but not immortal. For him to become immortal he thought if he could get the Inhuman device back he might be able to become immortal. For him Hydra was secondary, becoming truly immortal was his primary goal in life. Yes, Daniel Whitehall was just using Hydra to achieve his objective of becoming immortal. He was not truly loyal to Hydra.

Now sitting down in the secret Hydra office in Los Angeles, Daniel Whitehall was getting a feeling of impending doom. He wondered if somehow Nick Fury had figured out he was part of Hydra ? If Nick Fury had figured out he was part of Hydra, he knew he would be strapped to a table and experimented on. In this branch office all the members of Hydra were absolutely loyal to him, even the scientists here were dedicated to finding immortality and would not betray him. So there shouldn't be this feeling of impending crisis. Was it because he was dying, the immortality he got was fake and he was still ageing internally. No, Daniel Whitehall did not know why he was so tense.

Then the sound of the alarm for an intruder went off. There appeared three armoured beings entering the compound, the first being appeared to be male wearing an all Black armour with strange green energy circulating around him (that was Void). The second being appeared to be a male giant made of silver armour that was around eight feet tall built with muscle (that was Alpha) and finally the last silver armour was more streamlined with round giant shaped gun barrels for hands firing out what seem to be solar energy hotter than any laser weapons (that was Omega). Daniel Whitehall was shocked, in less than 10 seconds they had managed to enter the compound and killed anyone that stood in their way, tanks were cut in half together with the Hydra soldiers in them, shields were destroyed with just a punch and armed Hydra soldiers were like ants that were being stepped on. Daniel Whitehall wondered who these monsters were ?

As they got closer and closer to Daniel Whitehall, Daniel sounded the alarm to evacuate the Hydra base. Once the alarm rang, Daniel Whitehall unlocked the self destruction buŧŧon of the base and was about to press it when out of nowhere appeared a female wearing an all Black armour (this was Shadow) and held Daniel Whitehall's hand. This stopped him from pressing the self destruction buŧŧon. The female in Black armour proceeded to hit Daniel Whitehall on his head making him lose his consciousness.

Upon waking up Daniel Whitehall found himself in a golden room with bright lights and at the centre of the room sitting there on a golden throne was a blonde haired blue eyed young boy. Around the blonde haired blue eyed young boy were the dead bodies of his Hydra scientists scattered around the circles on the floor designed around the throne the boy was sitting on. The blonde haired blue eyed young boy was extremely beautiful to the point that he looked liked a girl. When Daniel Whitehall was about to speak the blonde haired blue eyed young boy looked into his eyes and spoke.

"Daniel Whitehall, member of Shield and member of Hydra. Or should I say one of the leaders of Hydra.", Ray said in a girlish voice.

Daniel Whitehall was speechless. How did he even know he was one of the leaders of Hydra ? How did he know he was Shield ? A song of one little, two little Indians could be heard in his mind, but replaced by one little, two little Hydra. All Daniel Whitehall could think about was that Hydra was disappearing as more and more of its leaders were being taken down.

"You are dying, are you not ?", Ray said in a girlish voice with an evil smile.

"How did you know ? How do you know all of this ?", Daniel Whitehall asked in disbelief and desperation.

"That's because he is our God. The God of the Hand.", D5 or Bakuto appeared from the shadows and spoke out.

"God ?!", Daniel Whitehall said in shock.

"Yes Daniel Whitehall I can save you with Dragon Breathe even though you are dying. Will you serve me and join me. I can even give you the immortality that you crave so much.", Ray said in a girlish voice with a smirk.

"How ? How is that possible ?", Daniel Whitehall asked in a confused voice.

"I am an immortal given Dragon Breathe by my master, my god, Ray.", D5 or Bakuto spoke out again.

"I will save you first, but you will have to prove yourself if you want immortality.", Ray said in a girlish voice. Ray started to utter a chant and use his legacy magic as he was surrounded in a golden light. Actually it is not that easy to produce a Dragon Breathe but Ray had prepared beforehand so it looked like it was all due to his legacy magic that could grant the Dragon Breathe. As the light subsided from Ray's body a small amount of gas less than a finger could be seen floating on the palm of Ray's hand. Ray used the same hand to point at Daniel Whitehall and the gas floated into Daniel Whitehall's nose and into his body. Daniel Whitehall's body glowed with a golden light and he could feel his body getting stronger and younger.

"Ha ! Ha ! It's a miracle. How did you cure me of my sickness and age ?!", Daniel Whitehall shouted out in happiness.

"If I were you Daniel Whitehall, I would not be too happy. Your body was badly damaged because of whatever you did to it, the amount of Dragon Breathe I gave you was enough to cure you and give you a few decades to live. But nothing more than that, to get immortality you need to prove your worth to me.", Ray said in a girlish voice with a sinister tone.

"Master, this servant will listen to you for the rest of his life !", Daniel Whitehall shouted out as he kneeled in front of Ray. Daniel Whitehall's dream was always immortality and to get it he had used both Hydra and Shield. He was never truly loyal to Hydra or Shield. Now immortality was within his grasp, he would do anything to get it.

"Then tell all the scientists of Hydra to work for me, for the Hand loyally.", Ray said in a girlish voice.

"But master all the scientists of Hydra are dead, their bodies are around your feet.", Daniel Whitehall said in confusion.

"Then prepare to see another miracle.", Ray said in a girlish voice as he whispered, "Resurrect...".

The bodies of the dead scientists of Hydra around Ray started to piece together and heal. Soon all the dead scientists of Hydra were alive and surrounded Ray sitting on the golden throne. Daniel Whitehall watched in shock as all of this was happening. He can resurrect the dead ! Daniel Whitehall thought.

"All of you this is your new god and master Ray ! Worship him and pledge your loyalty to him and the Hand or die !", Daniel Whitehall shouted at the confused recently revived dead scientists of Hydra.

"But... why should we ?", One of the Hydra scientists spoke out.

"Return... Burn...", Ray whispered in a girlish voice.

The Hydra scientists that spoke returned to a lump of dead body immediately falling down into a lump of dead flesh. Then the dead body started to burn immediately and turn into ash. The rest of the Hydra scientists started to kneel around Ray sitting on the golden throne while pledging their absolute loyalty and life.

A girlish evil laughter broke out in the room. It was Ray's laughter as he looked at the prostrating Hydra scientists and Daniel Whitehall.

(Side Story - A Day in the Life Of Ray)

As Ray walked around with his lieutenants D1 or Dumb 1 and D2 or Dumb 2, they entered a Starbucks coffee shop. Ray walked towards the counter and met the barista.

"Hello little girl , what would you like ?", The Starbucks barista asked Ray happily.

"Pain...", Ray whispered while looking at the Starbucks barista.

The Starbucks barista is writhing on the ground in pain while screaming out profanities. D1 or Dumb 1 and D2 or Dumb 2 had wide open eyes and looks of fear on their face looking at the Starbucks barista.

After Ray got his coffee he sat at the corner of the table in Starbucks with D1 or Dumb 1 and D2 or Dumb 2. Soon a young man walked by looking intently at Ray. The young man walked over to Ray's table and leaned over to Ray while looking deeply into his eyes.

"I love you Miss, you are the most beautiful girl I have ever met. Can I have your phone number ?", The young man said while looking into Ray's blue eyes.

"Pain...", Ray whispered while looking into the young man's brown eyes.

The young man is shouting in pain while writhing on the floor while trashing around on the ground in Starbucks. While this was happening D1 or Dumb 1 and D2 or Dumb 2 tries their best to stifle their laughter. At the same time Ray is looking at D1 and D2 with a serious look that says, just laugh and you will join the young man on the floor.

This was what Ray's daily life was like in a segment of day making Ray one pissed off person.