The Agency Pt 10-The Beginning <Doughboy>

Somewhere in the New Mexico Desert 1987

"Agent Black how are the test subjects for project V going?" The agency, a top secret agency so secret it doesn't even have a name, is working on it's newest super soldier. The soldier's name is to be Agent V, V for vigilante. That is the effect they are going for, a fearless no thinking kills at the drop of dime super secret agent.

"Well boss I am afraid things aren't going so well," Agent Black said as they walked through the lab, "We have several perfect soldiers already, stronger, faster, and better fighters than anyone and able to take on large amounts of physical pain, poisons, and injury without succumbing to death but they aren't Agent V material yet, none can get past the fear machine."

"What is the fear machine exactly?"

"I don't know how it works," Agent Black said as he motioned to one of the men in lab coats, "This is Doctor Ling, he is in charge of the operation he can explain the fear machine better than I could ever."

The short Asian man with wide rimmed glasses started to explain the process to the Boss. "It is a small room where the subject is surrounded by 20 different television monitors, each monitor flashing different frightening and disturbing images and videos, ranging from basic fears to off the wall fears covering just about every common phobia known to man and images of murder or violence as well. The subject is also given several drugs that reduces the phobia inducing section of the brain. And in addition to the videos and pictures we use touch and sound as well but introducing sounds to the subject and having the subject handle various items that one would find frightening."

"Ok I understand how this machine works but isn't any getting past it?" The Boss asked

Doctor Ling adjusted his glasses, "Every man we put in there goes insane."

"Boss," Agent Black interrupted, "There is one other option, one that is really unconventional and some what cruel which is why we have left it out."

"Agent here at the Agency there is no such thing as too cruel, now what is this option?"

The Agent gulped and said, "If we started off with an infant and started with the fear machine but at smaller doses we should be able to create a fearless person. At infancy a child knows no fear because they have yet to be subject to fear. As for developing any odd phobia we would start the individual on the fear reducing drugs at their teenage years. Of course As the child develops the required motor skills get them started on their martial arts training."

"Get started on this right away, I don't care where you get the child just make it happen," The boss exclaimed.

14 years later

"It's amazing sir," Doctor Ling said, "This plan worked perfectly, we have here a child who we can not scare with anything and is a better soldier than our most experienced soldiers. Training is far from done but I have high hopes for this one."

"Great job doctor," the Boss said as he walked up to Agent V. "Tell me, what would you do if I told you to kill Doctor Ling right now?" He said to the boy handing him a gun. The boy grabbed the gun and aimed it at the doctor and pulled the trigger. The doctor hit the floor but the gun did nothing. "Your right doctor, he is perfect."

The doctor got up and brushed himself off, "Yes but like I said he still isn't ready for the field."

"What are we calling him?"

"I know it was presumptuous but we are calling him V."

"Tell me V, how are doing?"

In a low tone the boy replied, "Fine, now may I return to my training?"

The doctor nodded and the boy left the room, "I am sorry to see this though, the boy should be living a boys life not a soldiers life, this is why no one wanted to go this far with project V."

"It is up to me how far we go not you guys, just keep up the good work."

"Yes sir," the doctor said as The Boss left the room. "V come back in here."

"Yes doctor," the boy said.

"Lets take the rest of the day off, go play some basketball or something with the other agents, have some fun."

The replied "I still don't understand this fun but I will do as you ask."

The agent hung his head in sorrow for the poor boy as he left the room. He always told himself this is better than the orphanage he was rescued from 13 years earlier but he knew it wasn't true. V hardly spent any time doing stuff young boys should do. He would play whatever sports the other agents were playing, or even get in on a card or board game but didn't ever understand the concept of these things. All the violent and frightening images has fried the poor boys brain.

The doctor had been trying or the last few years in private to get the boy to know fun by secretly showing fun and wholesome images in the fear machine and that is why he has him play sports and games with the other agents. He even has him watch cartoons. By age 16 the boy started to loosen up a bit more, still the ruthless fearless warrior he was meant to be but with a little bit of a heart to him.

The boss soon found out about this during a training exercise where the boy at age 18 had to take out several fake targets. One target of man holding a gun was hiding behind a woman. The agent took his time and aimed carefully and shot the target in the head. "Agent V," the boss said after the exercise, "You did great but why did you hesitate with the last target?"

"He was holding a hostage, I didn't want to hit her as well," the agent answered.

The Boss glared at Agent Black next to him and said "Get the doctor in here now." As Agent Black went for Doctor Ling the Boss exclaimed to the agent, "You must take the shot right away, that is what you have been taught to do, that man might have been planning to kill the president taking out an innocent would be worth taking out that man."

"I am sorry sir," the agent said as the doctor was brought in.

The doctor admitted everything he did and he was let go, and no one saw him again.

Present Day, Agency Headquarters New York, New York

"Agent V, welcome to New York, there are some things we haven't told you yet about the outside world, and we don't have the time all you need to know is that there are things in the world that we don't want others to know about, it is your job to keep them a secret here is your first assignment."

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