Part 6: Suppression
Summary:
After his telekinetic episode, Hydra changes tactics. No more routine torture. Now he's under constant sedation. Electrodes in his spine. Reinforced restraints. They don't treat him like a man anymore. They treat him like a bomb that hasn't gone off—yet.
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> Security Memo – Priority Black
"Subject DAX will be kept under continuous sedation until further notice. No exposure to visual stimuli. No auditory tests. No live subjects.
In light of the events of Incident 11.02, Subject DAX is considered Tier-0 threat class.
Directive from Command:
Keep him alive.
Keep him quiet.
But never, ever, let him wake up angry again."
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They never spoke to him after that.
Not directly.
Only muffled voices behind glass. Doctors with clipboards. Technicians at terminals. Men with guns.
Always watching.
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Riven's body was moved to Observation Sub-7.
Deeper underground.
No windows.
Strapped to a cold slab of carbon-titanium alloy—reinforced with double restraints across the arms, legs, neck, and chest.
There were needles in his spine now.
Electrodes behind both ears.
He couldn't turn his head.
Couldn't lift his hands.
Couldn't sleep naturally anymore—only drift, drugged and fading, like drowning with his eyes open.
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And even when unconscious… he twitched.
Sometimes, the metal around his wrist restraints would groan.
Once, a scalpel across the room quivered for several seconds—before snapping in two.
No one dared to speak of it aloud.
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So they buried the moment.
Changed the records.
Erased the footage.
But none of them forgot what he said.
> "I'll remember your names."
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One of the younger handlers asked once:
> "Why not just kill him?"
The scientist replied without looking up:
> "Because something about him breaks the rules. We just haven't figured out how yet."
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And Riven… barely knew what was real anymore.
Most days were just a fog of static and white light.
But deep inside, under the drugs, under the restraint, under the weight of it all—
He was still awake.
Still furious.
And waiting.
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