Nicole muttered to herself as the guys watched her beat the shit out of one the punching bags in Tony's gym. Steve shook his head and walked over to get behind it, trying to keep it in place for her. Everyone was in the gym working out. Well, except for Bruce anyway. So imagine their surprise when the alarm went off, making everyone run to grab their suits. Steve tugged Nicole behind him as he led her to the room where their gear was stored.

"Ready for your first fight Nicky?"

"Ja und don't call me Nicky!" She quickly got in her suit, strapping her shield onto her back. Steve followed after, then led her to the garage. She wasted no time in claiming a motorcycle, making him laugh as he hopped on his own. They raced after the others, until Clint's voice came over the radio.

"Everyone be careful! We've got a big group of robots heading toward Central!"

Nicole shook her head. "Are you serious?"

"The have some kind of symbol on them."

Tony flew down in front of them. "What is it?"

Steve raced forward, toward Central Park. "Who cares! Let's just get there and stop them!"

Natasha muttered. "Then what's the plan?"

Nicole gasped and hit her brakes as Thor landed in front of her. Steve stopped quickly, looking back at them as Thor looked around. "They're close!"

In a flash the robots appeared in front of them, raising their weapons. Nicole jumped over to Steve as one tried to blast him with some kind of ray and she was surprised when her shield absorbed it. "Are you okay Cap?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." He looked over at the robots gasping when he recognized the symbol on them. "Guys these are Hydra's weapons! Everyone stay on your toes!"

Nicole hissed. "Hydra?! Diese Bastarde werden im Namen von mein Vaterland sterben!"

Steve reached out to stop her as she shot forward, but no one dared get in her way as she viciously attacked the robots. But the captain fell in line with her, the others soon following to help. Everyone was surprised at how fiercely she fought the Hydra's robots, not knowing their connection to her dear homeland. Yet they were much more surprised at how well the two soldiers fought together. It was flawless, like every move was practiced. Finally, as the last robot fell, Nicole fell to her knees, dry blood running down her gloves.

"Zhese bastards know nozhing of zhe suffering zhey helped inflict on mein home..." she glared at the burning robots. "I vill find zhe leader, und vhen I do I vill teach him zhe true meaning of zhe vord suffering..."

Steve kneeled down beside her. "We'll help you."

The woman looked back at them and smiled as they gathered around. "Danke..."

Tony shrugged. "So, I guess we better start trying to locate some things."

Clint readied his bow. "Nope, looks like they're not done."

Nicole hissed and jumped to her feet, making Steve groan. The German glared at the reinforcements coming their way, readying her shield but surprising everyone when she pulled some kind of grenade out of her pocket. "Hey Nat, do mich a favor?"

The Russian nodded. "Sure."

The guys gasped as the pin was pulled. "Fight like zhe General zhat so fiercely protected jour home."

"With pleasure." The guys exchanged confused looks as the grenade was thrown into the air over the robots, but were worried when Natasha shot it. The grenade exploded in a huge cloud of smoke, and the girls quickly jumped into it. When the smoke cleared, the guys were shocked to find at least a third of the robots already destroyed.

"Wow, they work fast..."

"Agreed." They watched Nicole flip over one of the shells, hurling her shield at the enemy. "Should we help them?"

"Nah, let them handle it."