Grant Ward had endured a tortured childhood, which twisted his personality and made him violent as he grew up.
Then Garrett, a Hydra agent, discovered the darkness hidden in Ward's heart. He took the young man under his wing and twisted Ward's mind further through his own methods of training.
Ward might still have had the tiniest chance of becoming a good person, but after he personally killed the beloved dog that had been by his side day and night, he destroyed the last of his goodness and became a devoted follower of Hydra.
Ward proved his abilities in a series of missions. He was practically a perfect agent, aside from his volatile temper. Then Garrett sent him to the AllSpark Company, and... that was the end of that.
After receiving the message Luo Xia had sent back from seventy years in the past, Belcher couldn't even be bothered to replace his damaged mechanical body. He went straight to the secret cells where the prisoners were held.
Everyone who had opposed the AllSpark Company but might prove useful in the future was locked up here. But with Luo Xia missing, the AllSpark Company was preparing to abandon its New York operations and go fully underground. The prisoners would also have to be transferred elsewhere.
Ward's cell was much larger than the others, about the size of a tennis court. But once you stepped inside, you realized the room was still too cramped: there were only two or three square meters of space to move around in.
Spider Robots crawled all over the room, weaving a vast web of red energy strands that covered the entire space.
All the red energy strands were connected to a mechanical chair in the center of the room, where Ward sat, securely bound and wearing