"Alright, I'm gonna sweep the deck and find the main leader of this thing. Stella, you secure the engine room and shut it down. You" Steve said, pointing at the soldier, "Get all the hostages safe and onto life rafts. Let's go."
"Nearing the drop zone" A voice said as the back of the aircraft opened up. Steve was putting on his mask as he turned around and smiled and Stella before jumping onto the foggy night.
"Hey!" A man said startled. "Was that guy wearing a parachute!?"
Stella laughed. "No. No he wasn't"
Steve pierced through the air and landed smoothly into the brisk water. He climbed easily up a chain to the ship where he silently took down a guard. He ran up to the other two and slammed his shield at one as he flipped the other one over himself before hitting him with the shield also. He ran and kicked one off the edge of the ship and continued to skillfully pummel any and all of the guards he saw. He wasted no time and no effort overpowering the guards as he made his way across the ship. He'd thrown a knife through one guards hand as he tried to sound the alarm unsuccessfully. A guard was lunging at Steve when he suddenly dropped down.
"Thanks" Steve said to the Soldier that had shot him.
"Yea. You seemed pretty helpless without me" He joked as he undid the straps of the parachute.
"Sorry we're late-no, actually you were early." Stella joked as she easily slipped off her parachute and began walking.
"Secure the engine room" He reminded with a smile. They broke off into separate ways as Stella gracefully swung herself over the railings to the bottom level. She was sneaking up on one of the guards who was preoccupied on the phone, speaking Russian. He turned around and stopped as he was face to face with her while she leaned casually against a ladder.
"Hey sailor" She smiled in a flirtatious way. She suddenly kicked the man, most likely snapping his leg with the force as she wrapped a cord around his throat and pulled him forward, using his body as a harness, sliding down the cord as she shot guards on every floor on the way down.
"Targets acquired" A man whispered into the walkie talkie. "Strike in position"
"Stella, what's your status?" Steve asked. Stella was busy dealing with three guards as she kicked and swung on them.
"Status Stella." Steve urged.
"Hang on!" She said as she electrocuted one. She moved on to the next one and wrapped her legs around his neck, swinging him into the ground and kicking him. "Engine room secure" She said as she grabbed a metal pipe and swung it on the last guard.
"On my mark" Steve said to the men that had the hostage situation under control. "3…2…One." Shots were fired, breaking the glass and killing all of the terrorists inside.
"Agent S missed the randeveu point, captain." A soldier said as Steve chased down the boss. "Hostiles are still in play" The man continued.
"Stella. Boss is on the move. He's circling back I need you to get to the hostages and keep them protected." Steve said. There was no answer. "Stella?" He suddenly dodged a kick that hit his shield. It was the boss. He threw a couple more kicks as he dodged attacks from Steve. He was able to kick Steve to the ground for a moment but the Captain wasted no time getting up. After dodging multiple punches and strategic kicks, he threw the shield, causing the man to fly backwards. They went t it for a while, looking like the most skilled fighters, maneuvering every which way. Eventually, Steve had knocked the down with a powerful drop kick to the face and then ran him into the door, knocking it down and bringing them into a room full of computers. He punched the man hard and he was knocked out cold.
"Well, this is awkward." Stella said, not taking her eyes off of the computer she was furiously typing on.
"What are you doing?" He asked as he got up and walked towards her.
"Backing up the hard drive- it's a good habit to get into."
"Rumlow needed your help, what the hell are you doing here?" He looked at the screens, studying them closely. "Your saving SHIELD Intel…"
"Whatever I can get my hands on-"
"Our mission was to rescue hostages" He said angrily.
"No. that's your mission." She said as she pulled out the disc drive. "And you've done it beautifully." She started walking away as he grabbed her arm and held a tight grip. "Steve, don't be so mad. Different mission, big deal. Besides, we promised that we wouldn't let our work effect our relationship.
"Big deal? You just jeopardized this whole operation" He said through gritted teeth.
"That's a little overstating-" They were interrupted by the man who was thought to be knocked out got up and ran after throwing a grenade. He tried to hit it back but it didn't work. They had only seconds as he grabbed Stella by the waist and picked her up and ran. He jumped through the window and they were blown forward from the blast.
"ok" She said as they breathed heavily, sitting with their backs against the wall. "That one's on me."
"your damn right" Steve said as he got up and angrily stepped away. Stella sighed and rolled her eyes.