NOTE: Ahhhh! More followers! I'm so happy. Well, I don't have much to say except thank you for continuing to read my stuff. Last chapter had a huge cliffhanger. I hope I caught some people off guard. I love writing twists and being evil.

I wanted to talk about why I picked the name Gunnar real quick. At first, I thought of it because my cousin has a German Shepherd named "Gunner." I looked up the different spellings and found out when you spell it with an A, it's Nordic. I was so stoked because I planned on making him Asgardian. It also means fighter, attacker and soldier. I was beyond happy with this because it seemed to fit his character perfect.

Anyway, here is the next chapter! (It won't be as long as the previous.) As always, PM me if you have any questions, concerns or comments.

Gunnar woke up in a small room on a portable gurney. The door wasn't shut all the way and he could hear shouting and yelling outside the room. He was back to his human form and covered with a blanket, his suit was on the chair next to him. He checked his arm to see if he was hooked up to anything and he wasn't. He didn't know how long he had been out for. He stood up and put on his suit.

"We shouldn't have gone through with that plan! He could have gotten killed and if Hawkeye hadn't called it, we would be burying another agent." Steve yelled.

"Cap, calm down. The point is that nothing happened and now we have suspect in custody." Clint replied. "It didn't go as planned but now we have another way in. It all worked out."

"That was just luck." Steve said while he walked away from where Clint was and looked out the window.

"So you don't trust my skills? You don't have faith in this team?" Clint said meanly.

"That's not what I meant. I'm sorry." Steve replied. A few minutes went by and he was contemplating what he was going to say next while looking out at the other buildings.

"We need to get this mission done. New plan people, we're going to go in and assassinate the target. This is for Agent Barton and Romanoff. I want you two in and out as quickly as possible. We found out from the man we captured that Stryker is planning on burning down a suspected mutant condominium. I'm betting he will be there because he enjoys mass murdering. We were wrong about what happened today. He's starting to branch out and let others do his work. He's letting his men do these single jobs, like what happened today, but he won't be able to pass up a big show like this. This is planned to go down tomorrow night. I'm sending my two agents out tonight to recon and we'll find out who lives in that building." Coulson explained.

Gunnar walked in as Coulson was talking and leaned up against the wall. Everyone started at him for a few seconds and went back to talking.

"I can help. Fires are my expertise. I'm definitely trained for this." Gunnar said after Coulson was done explaining the new mission.

"I know you are Wells. That's why you, Stark, Thor and Captain will be on standby to for rescue while the other two assassinate him." Said Coulson. "As for Dr. Banner, I need you to stay in intelligence for the remainder of this mission." Everyone nodded and started getting ready.

Bruce walked over to Gunnar. "How are you feeling Wells? The substance they used to shoot you with is still being processed by the computer. I think that's the technology to neutralize mutant powers we were warned about. It didn't affect you the same ways because you're powers aren't derived from mutated human DNA. You aren't human at all. It still knocked you out cold though, so it is dangerous." Bruce explained.

"I'm alright. I feel almost back to normal. How long was I out?" Gunnar asked.

"Only about a half an hour, give or take a few minutes. We were all pretty worried, but when we checked your stats everything was normal and you were responsive. Steve almost had an aneurism though…" Bruce replied.

"Hmmm. Well I'm fine. I'm glad we have a sample of the serum they are using. Now we can find out what exactly we're dealing with." Gunnar said.

"Yeah, there's that." He replied.

Gunnar walked over to where Steve was standing by the window. He saw Cap's furrowed brow and noticed the man seemed to be deep in thought. Gunnar felt as though it was his job to keep his partner calm as possible. They didn't need their leader stressed.

"Do you want to go over some rescue techniques?" Gunnar asked. Steve took a moment before he replied.

"I'm glad you're okay Wells." Steve said.

"You didn't answer my question." Gunnar replied. Steve focused back on the conversation and agreed. Gunnar spend the next 45 minutes instructing Thor, Steve and Tony about what he was going to do in dog form so that they could recognize his signals and get people to safety.

"Alright, if anyone wants to get some sleep before tomorrow, we have some rooms set up down the hall with a few beds. I want everyone to be refreshed and ready. Rogers, you, Thor and Gunnar should go back first. Your presence isn't needed right now since your job will be getting those people out tomorrow." Coulson said. Thor and Cap walked down the hall and saw the makeshift quarters. There were 2 large, extra wide cots that could fit a demi-god or super soldier perfectly with extra room. The only downside was, they were low to the floor. Thor almost broke his as he flopped down onto it after he had taken off his amour. Steve's suit was fairly comfortable to sleep in so he propped up his boot next to the wall in a perfectly straight line out of habit from the military.

He laid down on the cot and covered himself with the Shield issued blanket. Thor was already snoring and Steve shook his head at the sight. As soon as he was comfortable and about to fall asleep, he heard a whine. He could only see Gunnar's outline in the darkness because of the light shining through the crack of the door. He was in dog form sitting at the foot of his cot. Before Steve could protest his feet were being trampled by paws as Gunnar got up on his cot and turned around a few times and curled into a ball. He put his head on his front paws and looked up at Steve.

"I guess I can share since there are no more cots…" Steve said annoyingly. The lower half of his body was now cramped for space and he was definitely a lot less comfortable. After shifting his weight so his legs neared the edge, giving Gunnar most of the bottom of the cot, he noticed how much warmth he was emitting. He didn't go as far as sharing his blanket though. Steve already felt awkward for sleeping next to another dude. He remembered what Wells said though. He warned him that he would do dog things such as this so Steve couldn't be that upset.

Gunnar wrapped his tail around his body and closed his eyes. His ears twitched every few minutes but eventually stopped.

They were both exhausted more than they thought because both of them nodded off to sleep fairly quickly. Steve fell asleep hoping that nobody would see the position he was in.

NOTE: I'm glad I finally got the opportunity to write some Steve/Gunnar friendship. This is a non-slash fic, btw. It will only be friendship between them. But everyone knows how great a bond can be between a man and his dog. I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter and the next installment will be about taking down William Stryker for good and completing the mission. The story will probably starting winding down after this mission is over. I can only foresee a few more chapters left. BUT, there's the whole Asgard twist which could keep the story going for a while longer or make it into a sequel. There will be a sequel though! So don't worry readers, this story won't be the end of Gunnar Wells and his adventures with Captain America. I guess we will have to see what happens and how everything plays out. I should be getting the next chapter out in the next 48 hours. I try to keep it rolling! :) Thanks!