Well after a few 'talks' and some tranquilizer darts, we're finally back on schedule! Now, the final chapter of this story!

Time To Finish this Fic!

While the Cobra soldiers were getting the stuffing kicked out of them, Steve was not exactly having an easy time. He kept punching the seven-foot tall giant of a man, but his punches did nothing. The Red Skull laughed and grabbed him, throwing him across the room in triumph.

"Give it up Captain America!" He laughed. "You cannot defeat me!"

"I can try!" Steve bellowed as he made a flying kick that knocked the Red Skull down. However the Red Skull immediately got up again.

"Is that the best you can do?" He taunted. "That tickles! Men! Surround him! Men! Men?" He looked around and saw they were all unconscious. "If you want something done right you have to do it yourself!"

"We got the bad guys!" Daria said cheerfully.

"Yeah but we still have to get rid of the Master of Ugly over there," Pietro said.

"I can't believe it!" Steve grumbled. "No matter how hard I hit it doesn't seem to phase him!"

"Fools!" The Red Skull snarled. "There is nothing you can do to stop me! Nothing! Noth—hey! What are you doing?" He shouted as Pietro zipped around him, creating a whirlwind. Soon the Red Skull was trapped in the air. "Hey! You can't do that! Put me down! Put me down!"

"You heard the man Quicksilver," Steve grinned, readying his shield. As soon as Pietro stopped his twister, Steve sent his shield flying straight at him, knocking him into the wall. "Bulls eye!"

"And now…" Wanda zapped a hex bolt at him. "To make sure he stays in place! What the heck…?" Immediately the Red Skull started to give off some sparks, then he collapsed.

"Something's fishy here," Wanda tapped on the Red Skull's head. "Hey! This is hollow!"

"I could have told you that," Steve grinned.

"No, she's right! Hey this is some kind of armor!" Pietro said. "This isn't the real him at all! It's some kind of sophisticated body armor."

"Well let's open it!" Steve used his shield to hack at it. To their surprise they saw what was really inside. "I don't believe it…Red Skull?"

Glaring at them was a wrinkled old man with a red wrinkled head. He wasn't any bigger that four feet. "Curse you Captain America!" He feebly raised his fists. "My body armor was perfect! It allowed me to have the strength to defeat you! And I would have to if it weren't for those meddling kids!"

"I've heard that line before, I know I have," Quinn scratched her head.

Just then Nick Fury and several SHIELD agents burst in. "We came to help you," Fury looked at the situation. "But it looks like things are back in hand. Who is this?"

"The Mini Red Skull," Pietro quipped.

"Don't call me that you white haired rabbit boy!" The Red Skull snarled.

"But…what happened to you?" Steve blinked. "You…shrank! And you're all…wrinkled?"

"What did you expect? I'm over 90 years old for crying out loud!" The wizened old man shrieked. "Not everybody was as lucky as you were to get frozen for over half a century you know?" He took out a cane. "You always were an ignorant whippersnapper!" He tried to whack Steve with it but ended up falling out of the suit. "I've fallen…and I can't get up!"

"Okay Gramps, time to go," Nick snapped his fingers. "I've got a nice cell waiting for you in the geriatric unit."

"Oh this is just sad," Pietro shook his head as he watched the SHIELD agents drag away the old man who was feebly trying to fight them off with his cane.

"You have not seen the last of me Captain America!" The Red Skull wheezed as he was dragged away. "One day the Red Skull will regain his former glory! The Red Skull will once again strike terror into the hearts of men and rule the world! MUHAHAH!"

"Come on," One SHIELD agent said. "We'll get you into a nice cozy cell just in time for lunch."

"Do you have mashed peas?" The Red Skull whined.

"Great job, all of you," Fury congratulated.

"We do make a good team," Wanda said.

"Hey maybe the three of us will team up again one day?" Pietro asked.

"Yeah, right," Steve rolled his eyes. "That'll happen!"

"Well it's been a very educational experience to say the least," Fury sighed. "But I think this has proven that it's time for the Captain to go solo. What do you say Cap? You ready for some dangerous missions?"

"If I can survive the Misfits, I can deal with anything!" Steve groaned.

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(Cut to Tahiti where the SHEILD agent is relaxing on the beach attended by a few girls in bikinis.)

SHEILD Agent: So that is the true story of how Captain America was revived and how he prepared to start saving the world. The Triplets were put on probation and given extra chores for their antics except for the part about annoying the X-Men because well, Shipwreck was still ticked off at Xavier so…

(At this moment Pietro and the Triplets materialize.)

Pietro: Okay buddy, time to go!

SHEILD Agent: No! No! I don't wanna go back! Come on! Give me a break! This is the first vacation I've had in years! I don't wanna go! I don't wanna…

(The Triplets grab him and transport him back to SHEILD)

Pietro: Well now that's that! Hello ladies!

(Captain America appears.)

Steve: Nice try kid! (Pietro grins and disappears) If anybody's earned this, it's me! (Sits down and relaxes with the ladies.) Hey, it's good to be the Defender of Freedom!