If everything went as planned, Jack, who had taken the sedative, would sleep for at least eight hours. These eight hours would be crucial for executing the plan.
Although Russell found Wilson's plan a bit too simplistic, he still replied to Wilson, instructing him to proceed as planned.
Currently, aside from Wilson's proposal, Russell didn't have any better alternatives.
If Wilson's plan failed, Russell would have to pin his hopes on the 'Dionesium Factor'.
Time passed slowly. About an hour after Russell replied to Wilson, Wilson sent another message...
This time, the message was short but carried significant meaning:
// Request approved. Arrival in four hours... //
Seeing this message, Russell couldn't help but sigh in relief.
He hadn't expected Wilson's plan to actually work, and for Hydra headquarters to respond so quickly.
"Even though they're a villainous organization, their efficiency is pretty impressive..."
Perhaps because the only restraint on him was about to be removed, Russell's mood improved significantly.
Shortly after sending the message to Russell, Wilson sent an assistant to notify Russell to come to the lab.
In addition to Russell, Allen and Heather were also brought in.
Allen and Heather had no idea why Wilson had summoned them, but when Russell saw the three coffin-like hibernation pods in the lab, he immediately understood Wilson's intentions.
To make the act convincing, Wilson wanted to place them in the hibernation pods before the Hydra headquarters personnel arrived, creating the illusion that they had been cryogenically frozen.
"Get in!"
Seeing Russell and the others arrive, Wilson spoke in his usual cold tone, making it seem like just another routine check.
Once Russell, Allen, and Heather were lying in the hibernation pods, Wilson activated the cryogenic freezing function, freezing them.
As the freezing process began, Russell gradually lost consciousness, disconnecting from the outside world.
...
When Russell opened his eyes again, the first thing he saw was Dr. Wilson, but this Wilson was completely different from the one he remembered.
Panicked, terrified, and utterly helpless!
This Wilson bore no resemblance to the calm, collected expert Russell knew. Instead, he looked like a frightened child, shaking Russell's shoulders desperately, trying to wake him up.
"Don't panic, calm down. What's going on?"
After waking up, Russell's first instinct was to touch his neck.
That damn collar was finally gone!
Confirming this, Russell almost cheered in excitement.
"Jack has mutated! Jack has turned into an Abomination!"
Once Russell was awake, Wilson practically screamed the words at him, his voice and expression filled with terror.
Wilson's words left Russell momentarily confused. What did he mean by 'Jack has turned into an Abomination'?
"Calm down, explain slowly! I'm here, don't worry..."
With Russell's reassurance, Wilson finally managed to explain the situation.
It turned out that while Russell and the others were in the hibernation pods, Jack hadn't fallen asleep as expected after taking the sedative.
Unnoticed, Jack had sneaked into Wilson's Lab 1 and stolen the latest third-generation Abomination serum and the last remaining sample of Abomination blood from the freezer.
After taking these two items, Jack returned to his room and, in a brutal and reckless manner, injected himself with both the third-generation Abomination serum and the Abomination blood.
Without any preparation or compatibility testing, Jack quickly experienced severe rejection and fell into a coma.
When the officer from Hydra headquarters personally removed the collars from Russell, Allen, and Heather, the officer suddenly requested to see Security Director Jack.
So, when Wilson led the officer to Jack's room, they found Jack in the midst of his mutation.
Their arrival also woke Jack from his coma, accelerating his mutation.
What followed was a scene of Jack, now mutated, rampaging through the base, killing and destroying everything in his path.
After hearing Wilson's description, Russell's first thought was, 'Has the world gone completely insane?'
Although the current situation was absurd, Russell decided to go see the mutated Jack that had terrified Wilson so much.
When he finally laid eyes on the mutated Jack, he understood why Wilson had been so frightened.
Standing over three meters tall, with a body as thick as an elephant's, massive bone spikes protruding from his joints, and disgusting green liquid oozing from tumors all over his body, Jack looked like a grotesque, rotting version of the Abomination...
Disgusting. Extremely disgusting.
The original Abomination was already hideous, but this mutated Jack was ten times more repulsive.
The soldiers in the base were doing their best to stop the mutated Jack, but their weapons were utterly ineffective against him.
Even armor-piercing sniper rounds from high-caliber anti-materiel rifles could not harm him.
The bullets simply sank into Jack's body like mud in a swamp, disappearing without a trace.
The soldiers had already suffered heavy casualties. Those who remained weren't so much trying to stop Jack as they were fleeing for their lives.
Among them, Russell spotted a familiar bald man.
This bald man was dressed in a sharp suit, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, and looked like a Wall Street elite.
After racking his brain for a few seconds, Russell finally remembered the man's name...
Jasper Sitwell, the unlucky guy from 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' who was kicked off a building by Black Widow and later revealed the Zola algorithm to Captain America.
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"So it's this guy. Should I save him?"
Jasper had a decent amount of screen time in 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier', but this wasn't a movie. The world's development might not follow the same path as the films.
Just as Russell was debating whether to save Jasper, Allen had already transformed, looking eager and excited...