You're Captain America
By: MysticFantasy
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Disclaimer: I do not own any part of this movie or the characters in it.
A/N: In this story, Natasha will still be the Black Widow but from the start she will be on America's side.
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"Is anyone there?! Someone copy! This is Howard Stark! Someone answer me!"
Colonel Chester Phillips marched over to the radio that sat on a table against the wall. The room behind him was crowded with SSR agents as they packed things in boxes.
Without their precious super soldier, the division was being shut down.
The colonel hated that this project was being closed. Having been the commanding officer to the world's greatest soldier, Phillips had changed in ways that he thought weren't possible. All because of the great captain.
Two others being affected were his top female agents. Peggy Carter and Natasha Romanoff.
Both women had seemed to fallen in love with Steve Rogers and always seemed to be in a competition with each other. Always trying to out best the other in anything and everything.
Romanoff, as the colonel had learned, was an agent of the KGB who managed to escape from their facilities before getting in too deep. She came to America and informed the Army of everything she knew if she could be given a chance to be on their side.
Trusting her had taken a while for the commanding officer but he had managed it.
She and Carter were both immensily worried about Steve and if he was alive or not. The communication system on the Valkyre hadn't been working so they weren't sure if he was alive when he stopped the bombs.
Howard Stark had been searching for the soldier for the past month. He refused to stop searching, going mile after mile of where the plane may have crashed and then searching miles around those areas.
Phillips picked up the microphone and pressed a button on the control panel.
"Stark!" he barked. "What in God's name are you yelling about?!"
"Colonel! I found Rogers!"
All at once, movement and noise seemed to stop in the room. Everyone stood perfectly still and the room was so quiet that it was possible to hear a pin drop.
"Repeat that again, Stark." Phillips said, not sure if he heard right the first time.
"I found Rogers! He's alive! We're on a plane about to land in the states!" Howard announced.
Peggy felt the air leave her lungs at what she just heard.
Steve is alive? Howard found him and he's bringing him back?
Natasha felt a smile cross her face.
Steve is alive!
"Stark, how is Rogers?" Phillips asked as the room began to erupt in cheers.
"Been unconscious since we found him. We'll be on base within an hour. Have medics ready!"
"Just ger here as quick as you can, Stark." Phillips ordered.
"Copy that, colonel! Stark, over and out."
"Get medics and doctors ready!" Phillips ordered. "I want the best we have and make sure to get...!"
The colonel continued to bark out orders and everyone in the room quickly moved to carry them out.
Natasha and Peggy began to get themselves into another competition in making preperations for a private room for the soldier to recover in.
They both raced to phones and started calling for the best for Steve. Best food, best sheets for his bed, best blanket, best everything.
They were each trying to be number one in Steve's eyes. Not knowing how the soldier felt was a big problem for both women. They didn't know who he likes better and it's driving them crazy.
The next hour went by painfully slow. Everyone was waiting for the radio announcement from Howard to let them know that they had arrived and were about to land.
It wasn't until a full hour had passed plus an extra eight minutes until Howard finally radioed them and let them know that the plane is landing.
Natasha and Peggy both raced to the landing strip along with several others. They both reached the fenced area at the same time and made it in time to see medics race to the open plane door.
They climbed in, vanished from sight for a few minutes and then one appeared while holding on end of a gurney.
Then...there he was.
Natasha and Peggy both had to hold themselves back from wanting to run over and see how Steve is.
The two medics loaded Steve onto a wheeled gurney, strapped him in and began moving him.
As they parted the crowd, everyone began to clap or salute the soldier who remained unconscious during everything.
"Ah, the praise. How I love it."
Peggy turned to see Howard walking to them with his famous smirk on his face.
"Yes, Howard. You deserve some." she said.
Howard lightly smiled and looked in the direction where the medics had taken Steve.
"I wasn't going to stop until I found him." he said.
"And you did find him." Peggy said. "You brought him back. For that, you should be praised."
"Well, I'll accept rose petals at my feet when you get around to it." the inventor said jokingly.
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Natasha, Peggy, Howard, Phillips and all of the Howling Commando's were waiting in the small waiting room outside the operating room where Steve was being tended to by the doctors.
Bucky looked like he was about to pace a hole through the floor until Dugan convinced him to sit down in an attempt to calm down.
But the sergeant wasn't going to be winding down anytime soon. Not until he heard how his best friend is.
Steve had risked his life for him when he'd been captured. Bucky wasn't about to leave until he heard how his friend is.
Instead of pacing, he now tapped his foot at a quick pace.
Sitting with only an empty chair between them, Peggy and Natasha sat closest to the doors leading to the O.R.
They both kept their eyes on the doors, as if they were trying to see through it to know if the doctor was coming.
Both were waiting on pins and needles to hear about the man they love. Just sitting there wasn't doing either of them any good. They both wanted to just get up, march through the doors and find the super soldier.
After two hours and everyone's third cup of coffee, the moment they waited so long for finally came.
The doors opened and a tired looking doctor appeared.
At the same time, everyone began asking dozens of questions and the doctor seemed a little overwhelmed about it.
"Wait a second everyone. Wait a second." he advised.
"Alright. Everyone calm down." Phillips ordered. "Doctor, how is Captain Rogers?"
"Well, to say that Mr. Stark found Captain Rogers frozen alive would be an understatement. My best guess as to how Captain Rogers even survived is because of Doctor Erskine's serum. He's slowly regaining consciousness and is still warming up. I'm afraid that I can't allow anyone to see him right now. He still needs to rest. Colonel, I'll contact you and let you know when Captain Rogers regains consciousness and is able to accept visitors."
"Keep me posted." Phillips ordered then turned to everyone else. "Alright everyone. Get home, get some rest. The instant I know anything, I'll contact all of you."
The group was hesistant to leave but did so anyway.
Their most admired soldier and friend is only a few yards away and they still couldn't see him.