HYDRA Research Base

"It's over. Fury has released everything to the public." "Everything he knows about." "Herr Strucker, if they get word of our work here, if they find out we serve HYDRA..."

- HYDRA Doctor and Wolfgang von Strucker

The HYDRA Research Facility is a research compound operated by HYDRA, housing numerous coveted items of varied origins and importance. It contains a prison occupied by Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.

History
The HYDRA Research Facility was created inside an underground compound in order to test the effect of the Scepter, used by Loki when he attacked New York City, that HYDRA managed to obtain.

Wolfgang von Strucker visited the facility following the public revelation of HYDRA's existence and its infiltration within S.H.I.E.L.D. One of the scientists stationed at the facility asked what would they do now that Nick Fury had revealed everything about them, but Strucker replied that he only revealed the things he knew. As they continued walking through the facility, Strucker acknowledged that HYDRA and S.H.I.E.L.D. were two sides of a coin that was no longer currency, and Strucker stopped right in front of the Scepter, saying that they got something more worthy than anyone could imagine, even though they have only scratched its surface.

Strucker informed that they would lure Captain America and his allies to other HYDRA facilities in order to keep them away from them, and they would deal with the "volunteers" to their experiments, burying the dead deep so that none could find them. The HYDRA Doctor asked about the two survivors of their experiments, Pietro and Wanda Maximoff, who were being kept in cells as they struggled with their powers. Strucker acknowledged that sooner or later the Avengers would meet them, as the world was not a world of spies anymore, not even a world of heroes. Strucker ominously announced the arrival of the age of miracles, as there was nothing more horrifying than a miracle.

As Strucker was speaking, Pietro moved at superhuman speed from one side to another of his cell, while Wanda moved a series of cubes with her mind, finally making them explode.

Personnel

 * HYDRA Doctor
 * Various HYDRA agents

Visitors

 * Wolfgang von Strucker

Prisoners

 * Scarlet Witch
 * Quicksilver