I don't think Captain America gets enough fanfic love online. Maybe that's just me. *shrugs*
I've gotten over 500 hits/visitors for the first chapter; but only a few reviews. Was it something I said? Please enjoy!
Chapter 2
Nick Fury sat in his office aboard the helicarrier doing paper work and research when Agent Hill came up to the door and knocked.
"Sir, we have spotted a disturbance of some kind, coming from a warehouse in Queens, New York." Fury looked up from his work and replied, "What's the status of the warehouse?"
Agent Hill handed her director a black folder, saying "We aren't sure, Sir. There seemed to be some sort of chemical activity going on, but as of-," she paused to look at her watch. "3 minutes ago, all had ceased."
"Where there any civilians inside?"
"According to past reports, that warehouse had been abandoned for years, But possible drug trafficking was being suspected." Hill said.
Fury was curious. He had already sent Iron Man, Thor and Black Widow on a recovery mission in London and Doctor Banner was busy in his lab researching something he found and making sure what ever "it" was, wasn't deadly. He could be in there for hours. That left Captain America and Hawkeye. He hoped it wasn't too bad, and those two could take care of it.
"Send for Captain Rogers and Agent Barton. Debrief them on the way. We don't know what went on down there and we don't want the media finding out until I know every thing. I want a jet out of here in less than 20." Fury told Agent Hill.
"Yes, Sir." Hill replied. Leaving the room to get Steve and Clint, she called in to have a jet ready for them.
-AV-
Steve Rogers had worked up a good sweat in the gym today. He had already gone through three punching bags and could feel the skin on his knuckles breaking while he was beating a hole in the forth when Agent Hill walked in.
He paused long enough to turn around and properly greet the woman before returning to his routine. Agent Hill still hadn't moved when Steve finally ceased and asked, "Is there something I can help you with, ma'am?"
Hill walked over to the side of the room that the Captain was on and held out a black folder, while saying. "Fury wants you and Agent Barton to check out a disturbance in Queens. The jet will be leaving in 14 minutes, aircraft 3440 hanger B7. Where can I find Barton?"
"He said he was going to be in the range practice with a few prototypes." Steve answered. "What's going on in Queens, that Fury wants checked out?" he questioned as he untapped his hands and grabbed his bag.
"You will be debriefed on the way along with Agent Barton. Suit up." Hill said before making her way to the range to get Clint. Steve walked to his room to change before he made his way to the appointed hanger for take-off.
Not too far down the hallway, Clint Barton was preparing another set of arrows for his bow. They weren't like the ones he used now, instead a prototype that SHEILD wanted him to test. After three rounds, Barton sensed someone enter the command station where he was currently taking a water brake.
"Ah, Agent Hill, what do I owe the pleasure of your being here?" Clint asked.
"Your assistance is needed along with the Captain. The jet will be leaving in 8 minutes, North hanger B7. You'll be debriefed on the way." she said.
Clint didn't waste anytime as he swiftly grabbed his own bow and arrows before racing towards the waiting form of transportation.
He was met by Steve, who was fully dressed in his uniform, in the hall that led to hanger B7. While Barton adjusted his arrows, Steve asked "Any clue as to where we're going?"
"Your guess is as good as mine, Cap." Hawkeye said. Even though neither of them knew what was to be expected, they had to be prepared for anything that may or may not come their way.
Once aboard the jet that would take them to Queens, New York, Agent Hill appeared on screen.
"Gentlemen,"
"Ma'am,"
"Agent Hill," Clint then asked, "What's out mission for tonight?"
"It was brought to out attention that a possible drug deal was going down tonight. But upon further inspection, we stumbled on to something else. 20 minutes ago an explosion went off in the building. We aren't sure if any persons were inside and we need you both to search the place and get answers to what happened."
"What's our ETA?" Steve asked the pilot. "ETA is less than 7 minutes, sir," came a response.
"We'll check it out, Ma'am. Any thing else that we should know?" Steve questioned.
"Just be careful out there. We don't know what was going on down there, nor do we know how big this thing is."
"Copy that,"
"You got it, Hill." Clint said. "We'll keep in touch."
"We're nearing the warehouse location, but the rain has flooded everything around it within 400 yards of the building. We can't land in it," the pilot called back to his passengers.
"Get us as close as you can on the West side, we'll repel out where there's less damage." Steve called over the roar of the engine as he opened the door. Once the pilot had carefully positioned the aircraft on the west side of the building, Steve and Clint repelled down to the water covered ground that came up to their ankles.
Even though the warehouse was near a pier, and wasn't surrounded by much, the Captain and Agent had a little bit of trouble getting to their destination. Crates and abandoned cars littered the street while over turned trashcans and cargo lay nearby.
Once the reached the two double doors, Agent Barton called Director Fury over his comm.
"Director, we're reached the warehouse. There doesn't appear to be any thing out side the building as of right now, but I would like you to keep an eye of things while me and the Captain search inside."
"We will watch for any thing that might show up. You and Captain Rogers be careful." Fury responded.
Clint looked over to Steve who was to his left and asked him, "Ready, Cap?"
"Let's do this," and then the two men opened the door and entered the warehouse not knowing that they were being watched.
-AV-
The lights flickered on and off, not having enough power to sustain life for very long. Windows were broken throughout the place and the cool night wind and rain entered freely into the room.
Glass crunched beneath their boots as Captain America and Hawkeye walked into the main part of the the building. The scene before them was nothing like they had seen before.
Flames licked away at walls and discarded objects that were scattered across the floor. Clint asked, "What happened in here?" Not looking for an answer, but getting one from Steve who in turn said "I don't know, but it looks to be more than a drug deal gone south,"
Agent Barton walked over to what was left of the computer station and called out to Steve saying "I'm going to see if I can recover any files off of here."
"Okay, I'll check out things on this end," Steve said as he made his way towards the back of the room.
A giant glass container, somewhat like the one SHEILD was going to use on Banner, but smaller, stood tall in front of the Cap. Steve stepped closer to inspect it.
Tubes and wires were connected to it in the back and a gray smoke was still being pumped though them. Getting down on one knee, Steve examined a shard of glass. Picking it up in his gloved hand, he saw a red substance on it. Blood. He thought. There were others like this one around him on the ground.
The container it came from was fairly large, big enough to hold an animal even, but Steve was sure that it was human. He started having flashbacks to the day when the Super Soldier serum was used on him. He willing offered to be used for the project; but a feeling inside him was sure that whoever, or whatever, wasn't willing to be used here.
Just as Steve was going to call out to Agent Barton about his findings, a loud crash and explosion sounded throughout the warehouse.
Out of the corner of his eye, Steve saw a figure stop and stare at him, It was a little dark but he was sure that it was a figure of a woman. He shouted "Wait!" just as she took off and ran after her.
"Hawkeye! I'm in pursuit of a young female, headed South. She might be trying to get to the roof." he yelled. "Try and cut her off!"
Clint quickly left what he was doing and said, "I'm on it!"
The woman was fast, and Steve was keeping up with her but the best he could do was keep her in his sights. He was wondering what a young woman was doing out here alone anyway. Was she a part of this? Was she a victim? Was there something more going on?
They ran for a few minutes when suddenly the woman stopped, as she had come to a dead end. Turing around, she stood in front of the Captain. She backed up until she met the wall, not saying a word, in an attempt to escape from the man who was dressed like an American flag. Steve took this as his chance.
"Hey there. Are you okay?" he asked slowly, not wanting to scare her anymore. Steve removed his mask and placed his shield on his back as he took a step closer to the unknown woman. "My name is Steve." He took another step. "What's your name?" Nothing.
Steve didn't know if he was getting through to her or not, when he noticed a deep cut on the woman's bicep that was still bleeding and running down her arm to the floor. Then it clicked.
She had been the one held in that container that he saw, and she had clearly broken out, hence the still bleeding wound.
He tried to make a conversation, to calm her down some, when all of the sudden, the woman jumped up and grabbed a hold of a vent grate that was in the ceiling. She removed the cover in one swift motion, and entered the ducts above him.
"Clint, she's in the ducts!" Steve said.
"She's where?"
"The air ducts! She's in them."
"Well, how did-"
"I don't know...she jumped up!"
"Steve, I think you need to see a doctor after this," came Clint's answer. "What direction is she headed?"
"Northeast. She's still trying to get to the roof."
"Okay, come up the North stairwell and I'll use the East one. We can cut her off there." Clint stated.
"Copy," Steve said. Running back the way he came, he found the stairs that Clint told him about and made his way to the roof.
The rain was coming down harder now and it made it tough to see. Hawkeye had an arrow at the ready, preparing for anything. Captain America joined him a few seconds after he arrived on the roof.
"Do you see her?" Steve asked, wiping rain out of his eyes
"Its hard to see anything in this rain, Cap." came Clint's reply.
Hawkeye saw best from a distance, so he climbed on top of an old, rusty air conditioner to try to get a better view.
A flash of white and blue caught his eye, moving quickly on his right. Clint thought 'What was that?' before calling out to Steve "Captain, she's on your 4 o'clock moving fast!"
""What?"
"I see her 90 degrees to your right," Clint inwardly signed. Steve really needed to pick up on the sayings of the 21st century.
"Got it," Steve said as he began to chase after the woman for a second time that night.
His legs carried him and it didn't take him long to catch up with her, because she stopped at the edge of the building. "We don't want to hurt you, ma'am." the Captain said coming to a halt. "we just want to get answers."
It looked as if the woman was trying to say something; as if she wanted to trust them, but something was holding her back She backed up slowly until her bare heels hung off the wet ledge, wanting to get away from them. But she had no place to go.
Then Hawkeye's voice came over the comm. "I've a clear shot, Cap. A strong sedative should knock her out,"
Then everything happened at once.
The woman slipped off the building, just as Steve gave the go-ahead to shoot. A loud clap of thunder sounded through the air and lightning flashed as rain poured down.
"Clint, did you get her?" Steve yelled as he rushed to the edge of the wall, looking into the blinding rain as he tried to locate the woman. "I-" the Agent didn't get an answer out, as he and the Captain looked towards the sky as the woman flew away.
This was longer than I thought. Any guesses as to what her powers are yet? Leave me a review?
-Ace