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"I have a mission for you and I don't give damn if you want to accept it or not." With that Fury got back in the elevator, holding it patiently as Steve cleaned himself up from his work out and joined him.

"The world is stranger then you know ..." said Fury as he pushed a button. "And I am not just talking about meta humans and Twitter I'm talking about the stuff that even a kid couldn't dream up."

"What are we talking about here, monsters?" Asked Steve not sure he was hearing Fury right.

"The supernatural to be precise." Replied Fury. "Vampires, witches, werewolves, demons with scales and everything in between. Grimm's characters brought to life in all their bloody glory."

"What that has to do with me? You want me out there chasing Rumpelstiltskin?" Asked Steve in disbelief, yeah he went toe to toe with a guy who looked like his head had been dunked in acid but this was a whole new game, hell it wasn't even the same sport!

The lift opened, as they walked down the hallway Steve could not help but noticed how everyone's eyes widened a notch when the recognized who was walking with their boss. Every time he was around the whispering started "Captain America", "the real Ice Man", "the guy who pulled a Han Solo". He still did not know what the last two meant, ever since he had woken up he had been scrambling to catch up with a world that had past him by.

"Nothing quite that dramatic there are others out there fighting the good fight which bring us to my point. I have someone I want you to meet, now I have stretched my neck out getting her here but she has a skill set that few others have and more importantly," Fury said as staff scurried out of their way, "she is one of the few people in the world whose abilities match your own."

"On the flip side she has more issues then you."

"I don't have issues." Stated Steve trying to sound nonchalant.

Fury didn't buy it for a second, he stopped and stared at Steve "You've been frozen for 70 years. You HAVE issues." Then turned around and kept walking and talking as Steve caught back up.

"Basically the girl's got the goods. She is abnormally strong, has fast reflexes, quick healing and quite frankly would probably beat you in close quarter combat. On top of that she managed to get from Boston to California with no money and all sorts of things trying to tear her apart along the way."

"And the issues?"

"Very low self confidence and she is on a very justified guilt trip."

Suddenly what Fury was saying started to click together for Steve leading to his next question. "You pulled her out of prison didn't you?"

"She would be the first to say that she deserved to be in there. But to say her situation was F.U.B.A.R is an understatement. I haven't seen such a combination of bad leadership, bad choices, bad timing and straight out bad luck since Nam." And with that comment Fury bought them up to the conference room.

They stopped outside the door to the conference room and Fury turned his head to Steve. "Look I understand you have misgivings but one of the reasons I have lived so long is by surrounding myself with people with different skill sets. You have a moral compass and experience in large scale combat, she has survival instincts and experience going one on one with things bigger and stronger then her."

And with that he opened the door. The conference room was empty apart from a young woman quickly trying to tidy herself up, obviously having been perched on the table. It would have looked rather innocent if it was not for the knife she was holding.

"Hey Boss whose the Captain America wannabe?"

"Faith Lehane I would like to introduce you to Steve Rogers. Cap' I would like you to meet the Vampire Slayer"

With that the brunette's mouth dropped " You've got to be shitting me! But I thought he was just ... I mean how ... Huh?"

"The comics book that I take it you where referring to were started as an attempt to raise moral and bonus bonds. As for Steve he has been frozen for the last seventy years in a kind of suspended animation." Fury deadpanned acting like he was talking about something as mundane as the weather.

"Damn ...I'll give you this your the best looking grand pa I've ever laid eyes on." Said Faith giving Steve a quick once over with her eyes.

Steve lips twitched a bit as he struggled to keep her the same treatment with his eyes.

"If you two are done I would like to get down to business." Said Fury, gesturing at them to take a seat.

As they made to sit down, both men were startled by the sound of Faith's knife being dropped onto the table.

Seeing the look Faith quickly picked it up, then went to slowly put it back down again but stopped an inch above the table unsure what her next move should be. "I'm sorry about the knife I have just been practising with it. Not that I mean to use it on anyone around here ... you're not about to ask me to use it on anyone around here are you? I mean I know you said there was the possibility I may have ..."

Fury raised his hands to ease Faith's nervousness. "Just put the knife down I promise you'll get a chance to use it soon and not on humans. In fact you are probably going to need something bigger."

Faith's eyes lit up as they all took a seat "Sounds like you got a big bad lined up."All hesitancy gone at the thought of doing some righteous violence.

"I guess I do but before we get started there is someone I'd like you both to meet." Fury said has leaned forward and pushed the comm. button. "Mrs Hill would you send in Dr. Karen Jenson."