Happy Tuesday, Readers!

First of all, apologies for the small chapter. Work has been rather busy this month, but also, the pay was brilliant!

Also, apologies for not updating until today, I thought it would be best to wait until today to update.

As a reminder: There is only one more chapter in this fic!

Disclaimer: I do not own any Marvel characters that may be used or any Marvel storylines or arcs.

Claimer: I only own the character Elizabeth Jones and her story past, present and future.


Recap

Colonel Phillips nodded his head, leant forward on his desk and clasped in his hands in front of him.

Elizabeth opened her mouth and explained, she explained how she's lived for a long time, how she can somehow create fire and manipulate any fire, how she can heal faster than a normal human being.

"I'm sorry for not telling you sooner, Sir, but it's a tough subject to tell someone." Elizabeth said.

Colonel Phillips nodded his head slowly, "If I send you out with the Howling Commandos, you are going to have to tell them yourself about this... fire issue." Colonel Phillips said, "But I have no objection to you going out into the field. You do have your uses."

Elizabeth nodded her head quickly, "I will tell them." She said. "And, thank you, sir." Elizabeth said.

"The decision was set in stone and when the Howling Commandos set out for their next mission, Elizabeth was beside them.


On their first night camped out in the deep forest of Austria near Hallstatt, Elizabeth made them their first meal and once they had finished eating and before they began drinking their supplies of bourbon, she got to her feet and announced that she had some news for them all.

By the time she had finished explaining everything to the group of men in front of her, she was getting sick at hearing her own voice. But, these men seemed almost unfazed by the news.

"I always thought that there was something off about you." Gabe said slowly, he looked at her carefully and she let out a laugh.

"I think that's a nice way of putting it." Elizabeth replied.

"Well, let's think about it." Gabe began, he looked around the group, smiling as he spoke. "Cap told us about the night at the safe house, when it was just you two."

"Oh, yeah." Timothy Dugan put in, "He said that you discovered the vita ray tracker on the gun."

"And that you took on the second assassin alone in the apartment." Jim Morita added.

"Did you use that fire to take the assassin down?" Jacques Dernier asked.

"Surely Cap would have noticed fire." Dugan noted.

"Well, I-" Elizabeth began, she stopped herself short and then looked down at the fire. "No, I didn't use the fire to take down the assassin. I fought him fair and square, and I won, but he took a damn cyanide tablet before I could question him."

"How come you know how to fight like that?" Dugan asked, "If you're stuck in an office like Cap said..."

"Because like I explained earlier, I've lived a long life and you pick up on certain things." Elizabeth said slowly.

"Cap mentioned that there was a shot fired and that you bled. Were you shot?" Gabe asked, leaning forward.

"Yes." Elizabeth said with no hesitation. "The would healed up quickly but I still bled, I couldn't let Steve know about this. I wish I had, but now it's too late."

"Well, thanks for telling us, Ma'am, now let's get that bourbon out." Dugan said, rubbing his hands eagerly together.

"Call me Elizabeth." She said, looking around the group.

Their first mission was to track a series mobile units of Hydra soldiers, grouped in their threes, each moved swiftly and it was hard to track them but the Howling Commandos knew how to deal with Hydra soldiers. They took down their first team in their first week.

After a few more weeks, the remaining mobile Hydra units caught on and began moving swiftly but the Howling Commandos were always on their tail.

Elizabeth came into some use when the nights turned cold and wet, she was able to dry out the bits of wood for the fire and set it alright, and she was able to keep the fire going for longer

"Man, that is so much easier than having to wait for the firewood to dry out and then the hassle of lighting them with the damn tiny matches." Dugan said, he was in his sleeping bag and it was very late. The others were already asleep, leaving just Dugan and Elizabeth awake.

"Where's that hip flask you're hiding?" Elizabeth asked with a smile on her face.

Dugan passed it over to her, an equal smile on his face. She untwisted the cap and poured a healthy measure into her mug.

"Did Cap ever know about your magic fire?" Dugan asked as he took back the hip flask.

Elizabeth shook her head and drew her knees close to her chest, she wrapped her arms around her legs and hugged them to her. Dugan was wrapped up in his sleeping, nice and warm, whereas Elizabeth sat bare to the sharp wind but she couldn't feel it.

"No." She said quietly. "He never knew but I always wish that I had told him. I wish he knew the true me." She down the content of her mug and looked up at Dugan, "If I had, I probably would have been out in the field a lot sooner than now."

"Damn, girl, you can handle your drink." Dugan noted with a laugh.

"Regenerative cells." Elizabeth replied. She looked down at her empty mug in front of her and she sighed. "I miss him. I miss him so much that my heart aches for him everyday."

"I miss him too, Lizzie." Dugan said quietly in reply.

Their first set of missions took a total of three months to complete and once Elizabeth had reported that their first mission was complete to Colonel Phillips, plans for their second was already set in stone. They weren't heading home for a break, they were moving on to the next country where Hydra lay waiting, Italy.

After their second mission, which involved attacking a small Hydra base located in a mountain range, the Howling Commandos came home, only to celebrate the end of the war and that the Allies had won.

The Howling Commandos had little chance to rest and relax, their calling was upon them and they were moving back out onto the field, this time in Russia for six months to track down numerous rogue Hydra officers.


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