The first mission with Captain.
Alexandra happily skipped into the lab of dear doctor Frank Zola, a grin plastered on her face which often means nothing good. Even though she is Johann´s granddaughter, everybody has a few flaws. Frank is often scared, shy or does not know what to do. Alexandra, if her grandfather would see her, he would groan with a headache. Alex is known for getting stuck in the air vents and she is a klutz. During missions, when they are not on alert, she´ll trip, get stuck, fall down or cause a lot of racket. There was one time on a mission in the jungle, she got stuck in a tree and did not dared to come down. It took Mike a lot of time to get her out because the vines were all around her which caused her to be stuck. But never, never did they fail a mission. Poor Steve will not know what hit him.
"Franky Franky Franky, I need new weapons for Jacky, you know how much he loves his babies. Also I need a broken white suit that is nice and warm for the whole team, including Captain America. If I want him to be target, I would have put him in a red chicken suit and let him run around, singing the American anthem." Frank only chuckled and pointed to seven snow white suits, all tagged along with tracker, guns with dampers, heat vision goggles and 7 backpacks for food, water, communicator, lubricant, knives and the most important of all, 7 maps. Last time, they had 1 map, they lost it. "All prepared Alex, you know me since kindergarten that I am always prepared." Frank was proud of his neurotic tic because it saved Alex and her team a lot of times. "Now we do not know if Captain America is willing to wear the snow suit." "He must or else he will be the distraction move if things get too heavy." Alexandra crossed her arms over her chest while walking past the packages. "You also got the tents?" "Indeed I did my leader, thermo to keep the warmth in and the cold outside."
Frank looked at the door as Captain America walked in, gulping. Alexandra looked up and smiled. "We got everything ready Mr Rogers; I do prefer you to wear the snow suit since it is scout. We do not want to be detected." Steve nodded at her and walked to the suits; he picked the one up for him and looked at it. "Is there a fitting room here Dr Zola?" "Please call me Frank; I do not like my last name. Over there is the fitting ro... ALEXANDRA IN THE ROOM!" Alexandra looked up as she removed her shirt to replace it with the thermo sweater. She shrugged and kept dressing. Frank sighed and found Steve turned around, red as a tomato. "I am so sorry for my friend; she is quite dense when it comes to changing." "Frank, you know my opinion, there is little difference between male and females, besides, I am not completely naked." She laughed softly but earned a whack from Frank. "Does it fit Alexandra; can you move around in it?" She rotated her arms and moved for a bit. "It fits perfectly Frank, thank you." She smiled softly at him. He nodded and went to the changing room. "How does yours fit Mr Rogers?" "It is a bit tight but it is good." Steve walked out; only his face was visible against the white wall. Frank nodded and walked to the communicator and called up the rest of the howling pups while Alexandra walked to her backpack and checked everything in it. "Guess we are ready to go Captain." The team barged in, chattering and changing, no shame at all. In such things, time can make a difference. Alexandra placed her backpack on her back and walked out as Steve checked his package. His face turned red once again as he saw the bottle of lube. "Why is there lube in the package?" he asked nervously. Jack laughed at Steve's reaction and said; "Alex loves to get stuck with either her front or her ass, especially in air vents. The first time it happened, we had to call in Coulson to get her out. Somehow she always thinks she can get in them while we keep saying that she can't. Coulson could always laugh at her for getting stuck, even here in the helicarrier." Steve chuckled softly and looked at the lube. "She is so much different than Red Skull." Steve said softly. Frank looked at Steve. "Both Alexandra and me do not care who our grandfathers were and what they did. We are not them. For Alexandra, never knew her father, mother died in childbirth. The only person she had was her grandmother. I was raised by my father to be a scientist, he always said that you should never look back, you might get stuck." The team was silent as Frank explained the situation. Both of them had a harsh childhood because of the bloodline. Frank was lucky to have normal parents, Alexandra's father, Rheinholt Schmidt was known as Electro, she was not that lucky. Steve listened on as Frank kept talking, the team walking out slowly. They knew that Frank was actually ashamed of what his grandfather did. He accepted the job on S.H.I.E.L.D. to set right what his grandfather did wrong, Alexandra took the job in the hope to find a family member, anybody so she knows she is not alone. Fury knew also about the enemy of Hydra, the Zemo family, Hydra is still inactive but the Zemo family know Alexandra could change that and give them a lot of trouble, it could bring hope for the Hydra followers. The reason she was kept close to S.H.I.E.L.D. and she did not mind. She had a job, a place to live and her best friend close by.
Steve nodded and thanked Frank for the information, he knew what it was to be alone, he lost Bucky, his brother-like friend, the love of his life, Peggy Carter and his platoon, the howling commandos. He would do anything to find them if he knew they were alive but what really made him think is what Frank said when he left. "When she gets angry, she just looks a lot like him; her hair will change to the same colour as his skin was. Do not worry about it as long the anger is not directed towards you." Was this a mutation of Erkin's first formula, the one Skull took? Will his formula also pass on if Steve got kids?
As Steve kept thinking as he walked to one of the smaller planes, he noticed Clint Barton. He smiled at the familiar face and walked to him. "So no more Mr stripes but Mr White now, eh?" Clint chuckled, Steve laughed and looked around. The team was in the plane, Alexandra was... it looked like she was challenging Natasha and Natasha was winning. "Do not worry about Natasha and Alex, it is an inner battle between Germans and Russians, they can get along quite well." Indeed as on cue, Alex saluted towards Natasha and walked off. "It seems I have to go Clint, see you when I get back, I think?" "Do not count on it, I heard Tony is having trouble so we are going to help him, don't know how long it takes." "Well, good luck then Clint." "You too Captain." Steve smiled and jogged softly towards the plane and strapped himself in. The plane took off and flew towards Norway.
Norway, 2012.
"Come on, hurry up" the first voice whispered to the other as two figures walked through the empty halls of the Hydra base. "Do not give me orders Mother Night; I am still your superior." The deep male voice snarled at the female figure known as Mother Night. "I also want the boss back, just like you but this takes time." He grunted. "The Red Skull has waited long enough; it has been over 70 years since he has disappeared. My mother kept telling me how she served him, how great Hydra was. That Zemo family has to pay for what they did to the others!" Mother Night hissed at the man. "Strucker, you hate the Zemo family just as much as I do, you want to see them dead as well." "I only want to see the boss back and follow his orders; Crossbone said the power to bring him back should be here somewhere." "Crossbone is the lapdog of Hydra; you know he is the bitch of Hydra." "He is more loyal than you Mother Night; I know you tried to sleep with Baron Zemo to get in his favours, just like your mother tried with the Red Skull." He sighed. "We do not even know if Red Skull's wife survived, I do know that both his sons are captured by S.H.I.E.L.D. but that is all I know. Somehow Zemo knows more than he lets go. Why has he moved towards America? Yes Captain America is back but something is missing." "You think too much Strucker, if Red Skull had an heir, we would know." Baron Von Strucker sighed as they reached the lab. "We are here, let's get to work."
Norway. 2012, 10 miles outside the Hydra base.
"Drop zone reached, grab your stuff and get on with it." The captain of the plane called through the intercom. Alexandra grabbed her parachute and opened the door, Steve stood beside her, looking down. "It feels just like back in the second world war, the first time I met Red Skull." He said softly. She looked at him and smiled. "You do have to tell me all your war stories Captain, anyway…" She grinned, turned and stood in front of him, looking at him before dropping backwards in the cold sky, gliding down. Steve looked down and quickly followed her, along with the team. Once at level, all parachutes were opened and all glided down slowly. Once dropped, they cleared up the stuff and moved into scout position, slowly creeping through the forest, towards the old Hydra base. Alexandra was looking around before making the motion to move forward, the coast was clear, no Zemo gangs here, Steve observed her from behind. As soon all noticed nothing was here, the team became relaxed.
It was a two hour walk if they kept walking but since Jack was the first to throw the snowball at Alex, a small war was started. Steve shook his head, now he understood why they were called the pups, young, full of energy. He was quickly out of his thoughts as he dodged a flying snowball from Pablo. He blocked the second one with his shield but was hit by the third one. Alexandra was laying in the snow, worn out. Mike pulled her up and whispered something to her, she nodded. "Men, let's go. Enough playing." Her voice, commanding, she had leader skills, just like the Red Skull. Steve followed the small group.
Norway, few hours later.
Steve walked up front as they entered the base, the lights were on but there was no security. All of them were on high alert. "Time to split up. Mike, you take Jack and Pablo. Captain, you go with Justin and David, going in that direction. I'll go directly to the control room. Keep contact." The group nodded and walked off in different directions. Alexandra slowly moved forward, crouching, her gun pressed closely.
In the control room.
"We need more power over there Mother Night!" "I am working as hard as I can." In the middle of the room, a small portal of electricity was conducted, the Baron was reaching inside the portal with a special glove, the whole room with lighted with a blue colour. He grabbed something.. somebody. He grinned and slowly pulled while Mother Night tried to keep the energy levels stable. Baron kept pulling and pulling. The person fell through the portal. Both Baron and Mother Night looked in shock at who it was.