Chapter 3

After the super-soldiers visited there elderly friend they continued on to a nearby cafe to grab drinks. Steve took their order and Anna looked at the TV the cafe contained, she was quite interested in the news it was giving.

"In our top stories: Shootout at a local bar in Death Valley, California." the news anchor announced. "Where the god of thunder has been seen as well has another in his company. The authorities are baffled on why they attacked them, we will have more after this."

"Why Thor on..." Anna stopped. "Wait, last I remembered Thor was a man not a woman and she fighting alongside Lady Sif. This time is very confusing."

"Here are your drinks." the waiter said giving them their beverages.

"What's wrong?" Steve wondered. "Is everything okay?"

"Huh?" she said giving her delayed attention. "Oh, no. Just thinking."

The two finished their drinks and proceeded their way home, Anna still wrapped her arms around Steve's waist. She always felt safe when she did so. The two arrived at apartment and climbed the stairs, they passed a woman with blonde hair, a pink top, light blue bottoms, and a basket of other clothes, they were neighbors ever since S.H.I.E.L.D. deemed the place safe.. Anna was with Steve and she wanted to have a friend she could have fun with and not worry about secrets. She approached the woman and begin to speak to her.

"Hey, uh." she said nervously. "Listen, I can see you have a lot clothes and your welcome to use our machine."

"Oh, thank you." the woman thanked. "But I already got a load being done downstairs and you don't my scrubs in your machine. I just got done with my rotation in the infection disease ward, so."

"Oh, well, we'll try to keep our distance." Anna joked. "Not that we think you're infected, but clothes are. I mean, if they were infected then in wouldn't be here but in isolation and oh god, I'm rambling."

The woman smiled and laughed, Anna turned her head to Steve who had smile a on his face.

"Oh, and um. I think you left your stereo on." the woman said.

"Oh, thanks." Steve thanked as the walked away.

"Did you leave the stereo on?"Anna asked.

"No, you?" Steve did the same.

Anna shook her head. The two knew something wasn't right and climbed out and nearby window. They shimed around the door and climbed inside a window further away from to give whatever that was in their apartment a surprise. Steve and Anna found their weapons where they last put them and armed themselves. But they were surprised to see Nick Fury in a chair waiting for them.

"You know, I don't remember giving you a key." Steve said.

"You two really think I'd need one?" Fury questioned as he groaned. "My wife kicked me out."

"We'd know you were married." Anna said.

"There's a lot of things you don't know about me." Fury admitted.

"We know, Nick." Steve said as reached for the light switch. "That's the problem."

As the light switched on, it revealed a bloodied S.H.I.E.L.D director, which made Steve and Anna concerned. But they stopped by Fury as he put his hand up and turned the lamp by off. He brought out his phone type 'Ears Everywhere.' Steve and Anna knew something was up and looked around the room.

"Sorry, I had to do this." Fury said, clearly stalling for time has he continued to type. "But I had no place else to crash."

'S.H.I.E.L.D Compromised' the words said.

"Who else knows you're here?" Anna asked.

"Just my friends." Fury answered has typed once more.

'You and Me'

"Is that what we are?" Steve asked seriously.

"That's up to you two." he said back.

Suddenly, three shots were fired from the wall behind Fury leaving him bleeding and groaning. Anna and Steve grabbed his arms and pulled him to safety as they looked for the assailant in the window. As the two were about to investigate, Fury grabbed Anna's hand and gave her a flash drive that the hand contained.

"Don't...trust anyone." he said with his last breath.

Banging from the front door and the gained the super-soldiers attention.

"Captain Roger, Captain Arendelle?" Sounded a female voice. "Captain's, I'm Agent 13, S.H.I.E.L.D special service."

"Kate?" Anna said in confusion.

"I was assigned to protect you two." the agent continued.

"On whose order?" Steve questioned with strength.

The agent gasp as she saw the carcass of Nick Fury.

"His." she answered as she kneeled to his side to check his pulse. "Foxtrot is down, he's unresponsive, I need EMT's."

"Do we have a twenty one the shooter?" a voice sounded from the walkie.

"Tell them we're pursuit. Anna said.

The two ran and jumped and out of the window and crashed into an opposing window, landing in another building. The two looked up and saw, not one but two assailants, split up. The super-soldiers did the same and followed their own targets. Anna pursued one that was slender and fast, possibly faster than her. She had to dodge desk and corridors, and crash through various door. She saw that saw caught up with her assailant and tackled her. The two got began to fight, punches and kicks were made but none of them got past the opposing blocks, Anna brought out her mace started to swing, but her opponent caught her hand and shoulder-charged her, making her fumble back. The assailant looked like a woman with a metal arm, a large white ponytail draped over her shoulder, and a mask covering the lower half of her face. Anna's looked became worried as her opponent held her weapon, but Anna saw something that looked familiar as her mace began to freeze, but her concretion was wrecked as her enemy threw her mace with force that could've decapitated someone head and ducked backwards to avoid it; has it went passed her head she brought hand up grabbed it. Anna uprighted herself found that the assailant had escaped, but her encounter left Anna with a question that scared her: "Is that you, Elsa?"