Frozen Wasteland

Author's Note: I appreciate the amount of feedback I received on the first chapter! Thank you! Hopefully this next part will live up to expectations.

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Chapter 2

"I found him!" Tony yelled to the helicarrier as the screen locked in on the coordinates of Steve's location.

"Stark, where is this?" Fury asked as he looked over Tony's shoulder.

Tony clicked a few keys, mumbled a few other things and brought up Google Earth. Zooming in it showed a warehouse that seemed to be on the outskirts of White Plains.

"Fuck, that's definitely one of Faustus' places," Tony mumbled as he got up from the computer, leaving the Avengers to go put on the Iron Man suit.

Doctor Faustus had been after the Captain for a while, a Neo-Nazi who was probably some sort of HYDRA send off. There is no telling what type of trouble Cap could be possibly in.

Everything was routine. From the suit up to the quinjet, the order, it just didn't feel right without Cap.

"ETA 5 minutes," Clint mumbled as he steered the jet. Tony was flying next to the quinjet, Thor, Bruce and Natasha keeping the silence as they try to prepare themselves.

Clint was able to find a safe and secure landing spot about a mile from where they picked up the last trace of Cap, the silent wish among all of them that it was actually him and not something left behind.

They had discussed the plan before leaving the helicarrier. Natasha and Clint would search around the perimeter, trying to find the weak spots in Faustus' security. He was a genius, but he wasn't any Stark, his security was bound to have an error and they could trust the assassins to find it.

Bruce would hang back on the quinjet. He had initially been brought along to treat any injuries that Cap may have right away, sparing time if they needed to get him to S.H.I.E.L.D. medical. They'd the Other Guy if needed.

Tony was going to use the suit and JARVIS to pick up on any signature he could find from the air, but only after getting the alert from Hawkeye and Black Widow. Thor would follow him, ready to either fight anything Faustus would send their way or be ready to help with his Captain.

Faustus' warehouse was surrounded using a basic generic security wall with added extras and upgrades to make it more than what one would see at a low-security jail. Click quickly took out three security cameras; luckily they didn't seem to set anything off. Clint wasn't sure how to take that, hopefully it was Faustus' being careless and not really caring about his security.

With a few more shots from Hawkeye, Natasha was able to scale the wall and land on the inside after it has been stripped of any defense. Careful of her steps, she managed to get to what could be taken as the main gate and hack into Faustus' code, unlocking the doors If they were in for a quick getaway.

She signaled both Hawkeye and Iron Man, Tony flying overhead with JARVIS searching for even a hint of Steve.

"Anything yet?" Bruce asked over the comm, thanking his voice sounded at least a little calm. He needed to stay this unless things got extreme. He could feel The Other Guy wanted to help the Cap too but they had to be careful.

"There's a few smaller sheds out here in the back," Tony said as he hovered over the main warehouse, glancing from the different sheds located in the back of the area.

The first three showed nothing, and then he got to the fourth. That one had two signatures.

"JARVIS, last shed on the right, what do you have for me?"

"One of the signatures matching Captain Rogers and I'm guessing the other is Doctor Faustus."

"Can you get me in without tipping Faustus off?"

"Of course, sir"

"Remind me to include a Seth Meyers 'really' setting in your next upgrade, JARVIS," Tony smirked as he lowered himself to the ground, waiting for JARVIS to unlock the door of the shed in front of him.

"Guys, I've located Faustus and Cap. Last shed on the right in the back. JARVIS is sneaking me in, hopefully I'll be able to get Faustus down but who knows what kind of shape Cap is in since he hasn't managed to escape yet. Who is closest to help?" Tony spoke over the comms, hoping to reach another Avenger. He knew he would probably be able to do this on his own but he can't really go wrong with back up.

"Copy Iron Man, I'll be there in 30 seconds," Natasha's voice responded.

"Roger," Tony replied back and shut down the comms.

Black Widow landed next to him, looking to him for the signal. Tony nodded to her, silently letting her know they were waiting on JARVIS.

"Sir," was the only thing Tony needed from JARVIS. He signaled Natasha and they went in to get their captain.

"It's going to be hard for you Captain," Faustus' voice was monotone. "There's no doubt about that. Fortunately for you, this isn't something that you're new to."

Steve didn't say anything. He couldn't say anything. If what the man in front of him saying was true...

Then there wasn't a reason to say anything.

'They're all gone. Tony, Bruce, Clint, Natasha, Fury, Hill, hell probably Thor. Thor probably saw since everyone else was gone there would be no reason to return from Asgard,' Steve thought to himself. He shook his head, ignoring how much it hurt to do so. 'There's no reason for me to stay alive.'

Steve turned his head as much as he could, his vision was blurry but he could make out the faint outline of the other man in the room with him.

"Do it," his voice was rough and shook. His throat hurt, everything hurt.

"Do what exactly Captain?" The voice responded.

"Y-you want t-to kill me right? S-so do it," Steve tried to stop his voice from shaking but he couldn't help it.

The man in front of him had a hint of a smile on his face as he looked Captain America up and down. Slowly he reached down to the floor and picked up a hose that had been place in the room. He stepped back towards the door and turned the temperature down once again, grinning as he felt the temperature drop.

He grinned as Steve started to shiver more than he already had been, eyes closing once more. His skin already had a small hint of a blue shade, which made this all easier for him.

Faustus turned the hose on, holding it on Steve's boots as ice slowly started to form on the dripped water. Minutes passed as the water continued to freeze, he was up to The Captain's knees now.

Then there was a click, a boom and a few drops.

The hose dropped, the water turned off, a blast from behind the Doctor and Faustus fell to the ground, dead.