Wade's eyes were fixed on the syringe, feeling the throbbing pain within his body. He had a growing suspicion about what had been injected into him.
But it was useless. Even though he knew that injecting this substance would only make his current condition worse, the increasingly intense pain made his whole body tremble. His eyes remained locked on the syringe spinning in Killian's hand.
"Want it?" Killian asked, smiling at Wade's silence. "Do you even know how to use it?"
He nodded toward a nearby researcher. "Teach him how to inject it."
The researcher took the syringe and approached Wade, pulling out his left arm again.
Wade wanted to resist, to struggle, but the syringe seemed to possess some kind of magic, crushing the last shred of resistance in his heart.
The white fluid was injected into Wade's body once more. A soft moan escaped his lips as he collapsed onto the ground. A hazy look came into his eyes, and faint orange light flickered across his face. He felt as if he were floating.
Killian watched Wade's state, smiled, and was about to leave when a loud crash stopped him.
*Bang!*
Wade slammed his head against the wall, but the tingling sensation coursing through his body was far more agonizing than the physical pain.
"Give it to me!"
*Bang!*
He slammed his head against the wall again.
"Give me the medicine!"
*Bang!*
"Give me the medicine!"
Killian, who had stopped, turned to a nearby researcher. "How long has he been like this?"
"About three weeks since the addiction took hold."
Killian sighed softly. "I wanted to observe him longer, but it seems that's no longer possible."
When Killian turned back toward Wade, the man immediately stopped banging his head and looked up. He appeared even more wretched than when he first arrived on Earth, his eyes vacant and his entire body radiating an aura of utter despair.
Killian raised his right hand, revealing a syringe in his palm. He repeated the same words he had spoken days earlier: "Want it?"
"Give it to me!" Wade roared the moment he saw the syringe, lunging forward. He tried to snatch the syringe from Killian's hand, but before he could get close, Killian kicked him back, sending him sprawling to the ground.
Being kicked away would have sent the old Wade into a furious rage. But now, he simply raised his head quickly, his face streaked with snot and tears. "Please," he pleaded with Killian, "give me the medicine."
Killian shook his head, seemingly filled with regret as he looked at Wade's pathetic state.
"Wade, you were originally an Extremis-enhanced human, a new evolution. Now you're just an addicted wreck. Do you still remember what I told you?"
"Those who can't control it will be eliminated!"
With that, Killian's arm suddenly turned crimson, as if it were molten steel.
His fingers straightened into a spear-like formation and thrust toward Wade. The burning golden-red arm distorted the air as it moved.
*Whoosh!*
The spear-like arm pierced Wade's body.
"Ugh... Huh?"
Feeling a searing pain in his abdomen, Wade dazedly lowered his gaze. He saw Killian's entire right arm plunged into his body, the arm of burning steel radiating intense heat as it pierced through Wade's back.
"W-why?" Wade twisted his face in agony, asking Killian, who had just tried to kill him.
The flames spreading from his abdomen to his entire body made every nerve in his body scream in agony. He had never imagined Killian would be so cruel to him.
"Didn't I just say it? No, I said it long ago. Those who can't control themselves will be eliminated. In nature, in human evolution, elimination means death."
Killian flashed a dazzling smile, his white teeth gleaming. But in the current situation, the sight sent shivers through Wade and the other researchers. Killian now seemed like a demon who relished slaughter.
*Whoosh!*
Killian's fiery arm was yanked out, leaving a gaping hole in Wade's abdomen.
With a wet *squelch*, Wade spat out a massive gush of crimson and white blood as Killian ripped his arm free. His body crashed to the floor, eyes wide and fixed, still brimming with confusion and a desperate hope for life.
Moments later, the confinement cell filled with the stench of burning flesh, making the two researchers' stomachs churn violently. They nearly vomited.
Killian took a deep breath and cast a disdainful glance at Wade's corpse on the floor, his eyes narrowing in amusement.
"How boring, wasn't it?" Killian tossed his wild golden hair and turned to one of the researchers. "I'd originally planned to keep him alive a little longer, but his performance was too disappointing. All observations in the lab can be terminated now."
"A bunch of useless, uncontrollable fools. They can't contribute anything to humanity's great evolution."
Having just witnessed Killian's deranged act, the two researchers nodded frantically, nervously agreeing with his "great ideas."
Ignoring the situation behind him, Killian turned and left the confinement chamber. He walked down the corridor with quick, unhurried steps, his mind racing:
*I only have about thirty-five Extremis Enhanced left. Savannah and the others haven't returned since they went to clean up Davis's mess last night. They've likely met with disaster. Could it be Tony Stark?*
Killian's eyes glazed over, his unfocused gaze seeming to drift back to the past.
It was as if he were reliving that night years ago. Tony Stark, lost in his womanizing and flippant talk, had dismissed him like a fool. Unaware of the deception, Killian had been utterly manipulated, waiting on the rooftop in the biting wind for Stark's arrival, for his approval, for that so-called "hope" beneath the dazzling fireworks.
But it had all been a lie.
Shaking his head vigorously, Killian slowly closed his eyes, trying to clear his mind. When he opened them again, his usual cold demeanor had returned. He muttered to himself:
"You should be grateful that even my military helicopters couldn't kill you. And you're still digging into Lord Mandarin's affairs? I bet you've already dealt with Savannah and the others. Tony, you never fail to cross me."
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