It's been a little over a month since Dr. Erskine passed away. I didn't talk to anyone for a few days after that, but I eventually came out of my shell after Steve and Peggy insisted that I come out with them for a night.
The man that had set off the bomb and killed Erskine was a HYDRA spy. He had gotten pretty far, but Steve caught him before he could send off the serum to any of his HYDRA buddies. Although Philips wasn't to happy with my performance that night, Peggy managed to convince him that it was my first time and that it was to be expected. I'm still mad at myself though. I should have gone after him, the HYDRA spy I mean. At least he was dead.
Anyway Peggy has continued my training to the extent that I would be going on my first mission soon. In fact I was currently walking down the halls of the base to go to Colonel Philip's office.
"Are you excited?" asked Peggy.
"I guess." I responded.
"Nervous?" She asked again.
"Not really. More excited then anything."
She nodded as we walked down the halls. Peggy had a far away look in her eyes, probably remembering her first mission. A few minutes later we reached Philips's office. Without asking me if I was ready Peggy knocked on the door and went in. I quickly followed her in without a second glance.
"Agent Kinlaw. Are you ready to be debriefed on you first mission?" He asked.
When he asked he emphasized the words first and mission. I guess he expected me to be one of those nervous and fidgety new agents.
"Yes sir." I said with a smirk on my face.
"Then sit down." he said rather grumpily.
He pulled at a folder that was marked 'CLASSIFIED' in big red letters, and then handed it to me. I opened it up and on the first page was of a picture of a man.
"That man that you see in the photo is named Maik Schmitz. He infiltrated one of our bases and stole some information. He made copies of everything he took so we have no idea what he has. Your job is to find him and take back what he took. Once you have everything you need from him kill him. Do you have any questions?" He asked.
"No sir." I said.
"Then your plane is to leave at o'eight hundred hours tomorrow. Don't be late." He said
I quickly left the with Peggy. It was around dinner time, so we headed over to the mess hall. When we arrived, I spotted Steve sitting alone right next to a window. He was bent over looking at something on his lap occasionally he would look up to look out the window. When I got closer, I saw that he was drawing in a sketchbook. He was so focused that when Peggy and I were next to him he didn't notice.
"What are you doing Steve." Asked Peggy.
Startled Steve jumped and slammed his book closed. He looked around wildly until he noticed it was just Peggy and I.
"Nothing." He said reverting back to his usual self.
"Steve that wasn't nothing. From what I saw...which wasn't much...was pretty good." I said honestly.
"It's nothing." He repeated a little embarrassed.
I smiled to him and gave him a look. His drawing was really good though. From what I saw it was from the scenery of the army base we were at right now. If you looked out the window of where we were sitting right now that's what it would look like.
I looked out at the window of where we were. There were about twenty people outside training in a field to the right. To the left is the bunker where most of the men sleep. The bunker didn't look like much, it was a stone building with a few windows around it, and a single door at the front of the building. There's a fence around the campground and tall pine trees outside of that.
"I'm going to get my dinner. I'll be right back." I said to Steve and Peggy.
They nodded to me and then went back to there conversation about the war. Once I got in line for my dinner, I looked around the room. There were groups of people sitting around tables. Some of them were playing cards, some were arm wrestling, and some were just talking. Once I got my goop that they actually call food, I started heading back to where Steve and Peggy were. May as well hangout for the last night before my first mission right?
(The Next Day)
"Were landing in five minutes Vicki." Said Peggy.
I had gotten up early this morning to Peggy calling to me to wake up. I quickly got ready and had breakfast before I headed over to Europe. I said goodbye to Steve the night before so there was no need for him seeing me off today. Before I could say goodbye to Peggy however she told me she was coming with me because she had some business in Europe also, so we both went in to the plane together with bags over our shoulders ready for the long plane ride ahead of us. We had been sitting in the plane for hours. Occasionally one of us would get up for a minute to stretch our legs, but otherwise we had to wait the whole thing out. It was a relief to finally hear that we would be landing soon. Once we did land however, I practically ran outside to breathe the fresh air. Although I almost fell in the process (because I still had jet lag) it was still nice to breathe the cool air of the night air.
"Man it's nice to be off that plane!" I said closing my eyes.
Although I couldn't see it, I knew that Peggy was smiling next to me. After another minute standing outside and breathing in the fresh air, we unfortunately we had to go inside. After checking in with the lady at the front desk to tell her that we arrived, we headed to the woman's bunker room.
"We better settle down. You have a mission tomorrow, and I have to go to the army's headquarters here in London." She said with a sigh.
"I suppose so." I sighed
(The Next Day)
"This must be it" I said as I looked up at a sign that said 'Owen's Bar'.
I walked in and looked around. There were a bunch of people (mostly men) that were sitting around drinking, smoking, and sitting around playing card games. The bar was to the left of where I was and there were tables and chairs to the right. Once I walked further into the room I could see that there was a little area at the back with a bigger table probably for more private conversations that people wanted to have.
Once I had the layout of the room I looked around for Maik Schmitz. This was presumably where he usually came after a long day of work. After a quick check around the room, I soon spotted him sitting on a bar stool with a big mug in his hand. I slowly came up to and sat down next to him. I gave him a shy smile as I asked the bartender for a drink.
"What's your name Fräulein?" Maik asked me.
"Kendra." I said with another small smile. That was another thing about this mission. I was given a cover name with a back story and all.
We continued to talk about ourselves for another hour or two before I decided I would try and get him to discuss what he did and what he took.
"So you told me before that you do odd jobs for people...What do you mean by that?" I asked as I gave him another flirtatious smile.
"Well I recently did a mission into a facility to steal information from them. Poor guys didn't even know I was an imposter." He said with a laugh.
"You must be really good then…" I said while laughing with him. "So what did you take that was so important?"
"Well I'm not supposed to really tell, but I can't resist that pretty face now can I?" He said
He went on to tell me all about what he did, which by the way was really stupid of him. I have to give him some credit though. At least he changed the story a little bit so that it wouldn't look like he went into a government facility, but it was enough for me to know that it was indeed the S.S.R facility that was broken into.
"I wish I could have seen the look on there faces when they found out!" He said then started laughing.
"It must have been quite the shock for them to find out!" I said has I laughed along with him, but internally I wished I could be anywhere besides where I was right now. "So I suppose you were the hero and brought back the information to whoever it was that employed you?"
"Yes Fräulein. Such a shame that it went by so fast though." He said.
"I bet. I wish I could do something like that." I said with a sad look.
"My employer occasionally hires women like yourself." He said. " Perhaps he might hire you?"
"Really!?" I said. "That would be incredible! But if I were to join I would need some training…"
"Well I might be able to help you out with that." He said with a gleam in his eyes.
"That would be incredible!" I said. "But before we start I would like to know what I'm getting myself into…I don't even know the man yet."
"Of course!" He said." I wouldn't even consider anything different."
He started writing on a pad of paper that he took from behind the bar. Once he finished, he handed it to me.
"The top ones my number in case you want to call me." He said. "And the bottom one is my enployers number. I can't promise you'll get in, but if I work with you you'll be sure to get in."
"I can't thank you enough!" I said with wide eyes."This has been my dream for years!"
"I'm sure. I must leave now I have a meeting with a….colleague that cannot wait, but please call me I would love to help you out with you training." He said with a dangerous glint in his eyes.
"Of course. It was nice to meet you Mr…..I'm sorry I never got your name." I said.
"Connor...Connor Lasking." He said.
He shifted a little uncomfortably when he said this. I could easily tell that he was lying. On the other hand I actually was looking for lies.
"Well it was nice to meet you Mr. Lasking." I said.
He bid me farewell and was quickly out the door. After I paid the bartender for my drink I followed 'Mr. Lasking' (AKA Maik Schmitz) out the door. Once I got outside I looked around for Schmitz, but didn't see him. He didn't say where he was going, so I couldn't go on what he said. I decided that it was a 50 to 50 chance that I get it right so I picked and went that way. The direction that I ended up picking was to the left which to my appsalute luck was the correct way. I quickly spotted him speed walking down the sidewalk. After a little ways he stopped at an alleyway and looked each way to make sure he wasn't being followed. While he looked the opposite direction, I quickly hid behind a trash can. I waited for a few seconds and once I thought that he wasn't looking I got up from where I was standing to see if he was still there.
"EEECCCKKKKK!" I screamed.
"Think you were smart didn't you?" He said to me dangerously."I didn't realize at first, I even told you all about my mission, but around when I was finished you started talking about a few things that you really shouldn't have known. So you see my dear Fräulein I just simply can not let you live now can I?" He pulled out a knife and held it at my throat. "It's such a shame though I really like you."
While he had been talking to me, I was using my water powers to to wrap around his waist. It was only slightly so that he wouldn't notice. Once he was about to slit my throat I used my powers to throw him away from me. He was sprawled out on the sidewalk as I came up to him.
"But….but...How?" He said surprised. "How did you do that?"
"Magic." I said while I got the same knife he was about to use on me. "But since you saw me I just simply can not let you live now can I?" I said mockingly using the same tone as he had used on me not moments before.
I quickly finished the job and got up. I moved him into an alleyway so that the S.S.R. could deal with his body later. Once I had finished putting him in the alley I made my way back to camp. My first mission with the S.S.R. was a success.
