SPOILERS for CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
Present Day.
Standing in front of a grave stone the blonde woman laid down a single white rose in front of it, as the brunette stood behind her.
"Why do you keep coming back here? We both know that she isn't dead" Katarina Mitchells broke the silence, looking at the violet streaked woman standing near her "To the rest of the world Celeste Fielding was killed by the Winter Soldier before the fall of SHIELD two years ago. Anna, you need to move on from this"
"I know" Annabelle smiled weakly, as she linked her arm with the glasses-wearing brunette "Celeste's assassination was what made me get my life back on track. I stopped conning and started to make an honest living" upon seeing the look that Kat was giving her "a semi-honest living"
As the pair left the graveyard and headed towards the airport, Anna cast a quick glance back at the gravestone.
Celeste Fielding
1997 - 2014
If you're losing the game, change the rules
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London
"I'm surprised you came" Sam spoke after the funeral of Magaret 'Peggy' Carter ended, he was surprised to see Anna attend.
"I figured Steve needs all the support he can get right about now" Anna responded to the statement ignoring the slightly accusatory tone the former-soldier was taking with her "Peggy was the last connection he had to his old life, well other than you-know-who"
"That's not the real reason"
"The man who raised me might have been a former SSR agent who knew agent Carter?"
"You have one weird life Annabelle. You do know that don't you?"
"Of course I do Sam. If I didn't then I would probably gone crazy"
"You are as insane of Cap. Want to get something to eat?" Sam smirked as he gestured to where Steve and Sharon deep in conversation.
"Lead the way, I'm starving"
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Having enjoyed a nice meal with her sister's teammate, though said male was shocked at the amount of food that such a small person was able to put away. "Where the hell do you put all of that?"
"I want coffee" Anna stated ignoring the comment made by the Falcon "Please?"
"No. Anna I said no…. Fine" Sam gave in after the puppy dog look the hetrochromatic teen swayed his opinion "You and Steve need to stop using that to get what you want"
"Ivy uses it on Pietro and Clint as well"
"She doesn't need to, both of them are wrapped around her pinkie"
"True, but it's always important to have an ace up your sleeve"
"What's your ace?"
"I don't have an ace up my sleeve. I have the whole freaking deck"
"Of course you do" the former soldier shook his head. Starting a conversation with Annabelle was not the easiest thing to do, Sam had seen her conversations with the other Avenger's and Kat, she had a habit of making it seem like she was revealing something when in all honesty it left her companions with more questions than answers "Will you ever give anyone other than Ivy a straight answer?"
"I give Kat a straight answer…occasionally"
"My point exactly. So will you?"
"Maybe I will, but how can you know what I say is the truth?"
"You give me a headache Annabelle" Anna just grinned, an expression that fell when she saw what was playing on the TV nearby, following her gaze Sam's expression soon mirrored the con artists "We need to find Steve"
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Vienna
Sharon had taken Sam, Steve and Anna back to Vienna so that the super soldier could look for his long lost friend. While Sharon and Steve were chasing down answers the other two remained at a nearby café as they waited.
"She tell you to stay out of it? Might have a point" Sam asked as Steve sat next to the young blonde, having finished his phone call with Natasha.
"He'd do it for me" Steve responded defensively, giving the two a look.
"1945 maybe. I just want to make sure we consider all out options. The people wind up shooting at you usually wind up shooting at me."
As Sharon came in looking annoyed, having spent the past hour in briefings and listening to tips "Tips have been pouring in since that footage went public, everybody thinks the Winter Soldier goes to their gym. Most of its noise except for this. My boss expects a briefing right about new so that's all the head start your going to get"
"Thank you"
"Your gonna have to hurry. We have orders to shoot on sight"
"How are we going to get there?" Sam asked after Sharon left as he saw the location in the file "before everyone else finds him?"
"Boys my best friend is a billionaire who gives me free access to her toys. I can get us to Romania" Anna smirked as she and Sam fist bumped.
"I don't want you to get hurt Anna, it's dangerous" Steve warned, it was different for her. Anna wasn't an assassin like Natasha and Clint, or a soldier like him and Sam, she wasn't trained like the twins and Ivy so he doubted his ability to bring Bucky in and keep her safe.
"You still got that deck up your sleeve?" Sam interrupted
"Of course. Never leave home without it"
"Then she'll be fine"
"Deck? Sleeve?" the super soldier queried having no idea what his companions were talking about.
"Let's go find your BFF Steve" Anna pushed the two men towards the door after she put some money on the table "before someone else does"
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Authors Notes: New Chapter is Up
Next chapter we get some Bucky
I have also decided to write a Nightcrawler story that will tie into the X-Men Quicksilver story as I saw Apocalypse today and I love his character.