Chapter 1
The Assignment
"You're kidding, right?" I ask. He's got to be kidding.
"No," says Nick Fury, my boss. "I need you to go pick up this kid from the orphanage."
"Is she…" I stop. I don't want to say it. "Like me?"
"Yes Steve, she's special. We don't exactly know what that entails, but the world tears up special people regardless of what sets them apart. If we don't get to her, Hydra will. You don't want that, do you?"
"No," I say. Nick slides the file about the kid across the table. I open it and look at the picture of her. She has blond hair, blue eyes, not unlike myself. She doesn't look like she could be any older than fifteen. She looks happy. I didn't want to drag her into all of this and change that.
"What's her name?" I ask.
"McKenna," says Nick.
"McKenna," I repeat, looking at her.
"It's not like you're going to raise her, I just need you to look after her a bit." says Nick.
"Are you sure, I've never been a parent." I say. "I don't know how to 'look after' a kid."
"You'll do fine." he says. "Now would you go pick her up already?"
I sigh and walk out of the conference room. Maybe it won't be as hard as I expect…
