Aria: Weapon

Aria'sa time as an experiment from 1968-1982.
==Characters==
*Aria/Martha
*Athena Palace
*Hephaestus/Quentin Nimroy
*Styx/Steven Adkins
*Barry Jenkins
*Julia Jenkins
*Aphrodite
==Synopsis==
Captured in 1968, Aria ends up an experiment for a government programme called Vulcan run by Athena Palace. The head scienist Quentin Nimroy has Aria's mind wiped. In 1971, Nimroy has Aria's eyes removed and replaced with cybernetics of his creation.
In 1974, Athena has Aria beaten until most of the bones in her body are broken. Despite warnings from other scientists in Vulcan about the risk of killing their experiment, Nimroy does nothing. In 1977, Nimroy has finished creating Vulcanium, a new metal.
Athena orders for it to be tested on Aria. The operation involves tearing every bone in her body and replacing it with a Vulcanium one. This is done one bone at a time, without any anesthetic, making the process extremely painful.
In 1981, Aria is tortured again by Athena. Seeing that Aria has gone completely insane from the torment, Athena intends to give her another mind wipe so she can break her again. Before he can, Aria flips out and attacks Athena, beating her until she appears to be dead.
She then rampages through the facility, killing everyone except Nimroy who escapes. Aria escapes the Vulcan facility. Nimroy regroups with Athena and it is revealed that are in fact The Greek Gods Athena and Hephaestus.
Aria is found passed out on the ground by Barry and Julia Jenkins who take her in. Aria cannot remember how she escaped the Vulcan facility, as she had shifted into an alter ego called Marsha. Athena sends a Vulcan agent to recapture Aria, informing him that Aria's skull was not replaced with Vulcanium so a shot there will kill her.
The Vulcan agent attack the Jenkins house and kill Barry and Julia but Aria escapes. She kills the Vulcan agent. She is found by Aphrodite who is now a pimp. Aphrodite kidnaps Aria and forces her into prositution. In 1982, Aria escapes, killing one of Aphrodite's daughters.
Athena and Hephaestus meet up with Aphrodite, explaining that Aria is too dangerous for Aphrodite's gang. Aphrodite ignores their warnings and sends her gang after Aria who kills them. Aria then hides in a mineshaft.
Vulcan agents blow up the mine shaft against Athena's orders but Aria survives and tries an exit. To recapture Aria, Nimroy has Vulcan agent, Steven Adkins, go through the Vulcanium process (with anesthetics this time).
Noting that Vulcanium's one weak spot is like the river Styx that made Achilles immortal, Adkins calls himself Styx. Styx hunts Aria and fights her. Aria defeats Styx and goes into hiding.
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