Author's Note

Hi fellow Marvel fans!

I have been itching to write a story that involves the Winter Soldier and a character of my creation. I am fully aware of the popular ship, Stucky, and this is in no way a bashing of that pairing, nor any else. This is solely a story written by me of a series of events that I wanted to explore.

Phoenix Elementum stared wide-eyed at the hologram of Director Nick Fury that was currently being projected on her bedroom wall.

"Agent Phoenix, I need you for a hostage situation on a SHIELD vessel. You will be working with the likenesses of Agent Romanoff and Captain America along with SHIELD's S.T.R.I.K.E team to recover the hostages." Director Fury began informing the still star-struck SHIELD agent.

"I want you here within the hour. You deploy at midnight, and I will provide you with a suit at the mission briefing." Fury finished and hung up before she even got the chance to answer, but nonetheless, she couldn't stop smiling.

Phoenix examined herself in the mirror and couldn't help but imagine her costume. What would it look like? Would it be tied into her ability to control the elements?

Phoenix had long chestnut hair that tumbled down her back like ocean waves. Her forest green eyes ran down her body. She was pretty toned, considering she had been a SHIELD agent with her sister since they were 15, olive skin and she was only around 5'5

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Phoenix bounded out of her bedroom into the living room, where her older sister, Jezebel, sat with her mother, Tris, and her father, Judas. Both her mother and her father were some of the top honored SHIELD agents since they were teenagers, and Phoenix and her older sister, Jezebel, were eager to follow in their footsteps.

"Guys! Director Fury just called me and offered me a spot on his rescue mission with Captain America and Black Widow!" Phoenix announced, sitting next to her mother.

"Oh honey, that is so exciting!" Tris exclaimed, rubbing her daughters thigh. "Isn't it Judas?" Tris asked, giving her husband a pointed look.

"Yeah.. so exciting." He yawned his response. "Fury's a joke. He's just holding SHIELD back from its full potential." Judas concluded after a short pause.

Jezebel's short blond hair was tied in a tight bun on the top of her head, her brown doe eye were creasing in questioning, "Fury asked you?"

"…Yeah. Is there a problem?" Phoenix stated rather than asked.

"Nope." Jezzie shot back, "Just surprised."

Phoenix and Jezebel had always been competitive during their SHIELD training. Their rivalry was further fueled when it was discovered that Phoenix had the ability to control the elements like her mother, while Jezebel had no other powers besides her extensive spy training.

"Well anyway, I better get going to Fury's office." Phoenix concluded, standing hugging her mother.

"See ya dork. Save some baddies for me!" Jezzie called as the apartment door closed.

Phoenix scanned her SHIELD ID and entered the large stone building. The size of the building never failed to impress her as she hurried down the narrow hallways to the elevator she knew would take her to Nick Fury's office. Once she stepped on and was identified, the elevator soared upwards.

"Agent Phoenix." Fury nodded towards her when the doors slid open, and he turned and started walking down a stone hallway that seemed to stretch on forever. Phoenix followed closely behind him until they reached a single door at the end of the hall. When the pair entered the room, they were greeted by the infamous Captain America and Natasha Romanoff.

"Hey Phoenix, I'm Steve Rodgers. I've heard so much about you." Captain America stood from his seat and shook her hand, giving her a warm smile.

"All good things I hope." Phoenix smiled brightly back at him, "And Agent Romanoff, your skills and work have been very inspiring to me."

"Thanks, and you can call me Natasha." She smiled slightly then turned her attention towards Fury as he started the brief.

Steve and Phoenix sat down into the two empty seats as Fury took his place at the front of the room and brought up a hologram of the mission vessel.

"This is the layout of the guard posts and the position of the hostages on the vessel you guys will be infiltrating. This is a rescue mission, that means no casualties. Do you understand?" Director Fury briefed us, showing each of us the different posts and the positions of the hostages. He explained that Phoenix would approach from the ocean and clear a landing spot, then Steve, Nat, and the rest of the team would land from the Quinjet.

"Now. Cap, will you show Phoenix her suit?" Fury said, "We need to leave in about thirty minutes so be back here ASAP." Steve gave Director Fury and kurt nod before leading Phoenix out of the room.

"So Phoenix, how did you discover that you could control the elements?" Steve questioned as they walked back through the stone hallway.

"My mother and father had very high hopes that either my sister or I would inherit our mother's powers, but they had radically different ways of trying to seek it out. My mother would try to draw out the power through her calm and supportive nature. My father was a bit more… unconventional. When my mother went out one day, my father attempted to run another test. I don't really wanna go into the nitty-gritty now though." Phoenix rubbed her shoulder uncomfortably.

"Of course." Steve gave her a reassuring smile as they reached an iron door with 'Project Elemental' carved into the top.

"Eye scan required to enter." A robotic voice spoke from a camera at the side of the door. Phoenix made a quick glance at Steve before leaning over and looking straight into the camera.

"Eye scan accepted." The voice spoke again, then the steel doors began to rumble as the room was revealed. Lights in the room began to turn on one by one, until two suits could be seen in the center. Both suits were made up of a lace leotard with a sheer cape, a crown-like metal head piece, and knee high high-heeled boots, the only difference between the two was that one was colored white, and the other black.

"Go ahead and put on the black suit since this is a stealth mission. Better hurry, we are getting on the quinjet soon." Cap said, patting Phoenix on the shoulder before leaving the room.

Phoenix could barely contain her excitement as she began sliding on her new suit and prepared to start the mission.

Author's Note

Sorry there is no action in this chapter but I think it is most important to focus on explaining who my OC is and where the story is picking up. I promise there will be some next chapter!

Just to give you guys a run down, this is a story that will be between Bucky and my OC developing a relationship. This will be a slowburn story. If you could not tell, this story starts at Captain America: The Winter Soldier and will hopefully go to Infinity War (with my own stories in between). This means I may make some tweaks to the cannon situations, but will still make sense in the timeline.

Feel free to leave your critiques in the comments as I am new to writing and strive to get better!

-ImBasic