12. Lead - Steve
I sigh as he leaves Rose's bedside and head to my motorbike. Each day it was harder and harder to sustain conversation, she forgot much more frequently now. Sliding on my helmet, I think of SHIELD's new dilemma with the RgX. How were they going to find a girl they had never met before who was kidnapped by one of the most high ranked Hydra agents in the world. Not only that, but this mission was on such a small scale that it would be near impossible to track them.
"Did you crack it, Stark?" I call, stepping in to Tony's living room
"Look, you people need to give me some space. Fury's been on my back night and day about this algorithm, there's no need for you to join him in chorus, Steve." A harassed Tony ascends from the staircase to his workshop.
"So you haven't?"
"Yet. I haven't YET cracked it." He corrects me in frustration, still tinkering with the cylindrical machine.
I was actually relieved, if Tony couldn't figure it out in this long, I doubt Hydra could either. No wonder they needed her.
"So how does Fury think we're going to find her?" I ask finally
"I figured that out, dummy." Tony rolls his eyes
"Care to explain, Stark?" I exhale
"Well obviously the mission is on such a small scale that Hydra can't afford to have many agents following them or else they'd draw attention. So the only other option is implanting a tracker on her, so that they know her location even if she escapes."
"And…"
"And?! And I hack the tracker signal so that we can get her location too!" Stark looks exasperated
"So where is she?"
"Does no one appreciate the initiative I've taken here? Not even a 'wow, Stark that's amazing'" he mutters as he gets Jarvis to pull up a holographic map. "The two of them are somewhere north of Switzerland."
"Now we have something to go off! Let's get Fury and get set." I spring off the couch and grab my helmet. I hear Stark sigh in annoyance, I pop my head through the door behind me, "Great job Stark."
"Yeah yeah, Jarvis get my suit ready."
