"Trouble sleeping, Cap?" Nick Fury called out as he made his entrance into the gym where Steve was working out. Steve paused his boxing for a brief moment before continuing.
"I've had my fill," Steve replied shortly, never taking his eyes off the punching bag. Fury took a few more steps until he reached the super soldier.
"It's time, Rogers," Fury simply informed causing Steve to come to a halt. Taking a deep breath, Steve walked over to his gym bag as he began unraveling his hand wraps.
"So you're finally going to let me see her?" Steve countered, still ignoring eye contact. Ever since he had woken up from defrosting a few weeks prior, Nick Fury and other SHIELD agents had been preventing him from visiting or even speaking with Kendall. To Steve, the memories of 1943 were still fresh in his mind as well as the woman who had assisted him along the way, but according to Fury, Kendall's mission involving time travel had not even been assigned to her yet.
"Rogers, you know why you couldn't go directly to her. You needed time, and she doesn't even know you; at least, not like you know her," Director Fury replied, his voice coated with a hint of sympathy. Steve nodded in understanding although he still wasn't content with the situation.
"But now I'm afraid it's time. You're bound to cross paths in the coming days. We're phoning in all the big guns," Fury informed as he opened a file and began to show Steve the details of their mission.
Steve flipped through all the various pages of personal profiles containing unique individuals similar to himself but stopped once he came across Kendall's. He took extra time to examine her profile before looking back up to the director.
"What do I do when I see her?" Steve asked as they closed the files and began walking towards the exit of the building.
"Do what you always do when you meet someone for the first time; introduce yourself," Fury smirked. "A debriefing packet was left at your apartment. We'll keep in touch."