I do read the comments, for the record.
On a side note, I will randomly start adding omakes and SHORT chapters on an irregular basis.
Looking for good World War 2 and World War 1, Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, and other interesting stuff further down the line. Saving Private Ryan has some difficulties, but I will be working on it.
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Elevator Fight and Escape Scene
"Are you okay Oscar?" Ruby asked the young farm boy. He appears to be fine, too fine in fact and that worries them.
"I'm fine," Oscar assured her. "I uh… I'm used to this stuff."
Team RWBY and JNPR stared at him, eyes widen slightly.
"Wha…?"
Oscar quickly clarified. "Not like that! I mean, I worked at a farm. My aunt's farm specializes in crops, but sometimes I help out on the poultry. Gutting chickens and pigs for the farmers market or for food."
"Ah. That's right." Weiss realized that the humble occupation was often more tedious and messier than one would expect, especially from her perspective. "I suppose that would lessen the impact of that horrid viewing."
"Yeah…" Yang absentmindedly rested her head on her hand. "It's kinda scary that such a world exists."
"It does make you reconsider the things we took for granted." Blake quietly chowed down on her tuna sandwich.
"Hey, it's starting," Jaune called out and everyone went silent.
"For whatever it's worth, you did your best." Alexander Pierce, the senior leader of S.H.I.E.L.D, dismissed one of their agents. A blond young woman named Sharon Carter.
"Straight to the plot, huh?" Coco smirked.
"Thank you, sir." As she turns to leave she sees Steve. "Captain Rogers."
"Neighbor." Steve Rogers, also known as Captain America, replies coldly as he walks towards Pierce.
"Oooh, I sense romantic tension." Yang loves these kinds of cliché stuff in action movies. It can be annoying at times, but she has to appreciate some of the things it brings to the table. "You know they want each other."
"Interesting choice of clothing." Coco complimented Captain America's uniform.
Pyrrha eyed the superhero's iconic shield. "And the shield."
"Ah, Captain. I'm Alexander Pierce."
"Sir, it's an honor." They shake hands.
"The honor is mine, Captain. My father served in the 101st. Come on in." They enter Pierce's office where he shows Steve an old photo of Fury with Pierce. "That photo was taken five years after Nick and I met. When I was at State Department in Bogota. ELN rebels took the embassy, and security got me out, but the rebels took hostages. Nick was deputy chief for the SHIELD station there. And he comes to me with a plan."
"I presume SHIELD is a peacekeeping organization of some kind." Ironwood took a slight interest in the setting. They might learn a thing or two from them.
Winter chipped in. "And the ELN rebels appear to be terrorists of sorts. Sounds like they are pretty capable if they were able to take over an embassy."
Blake fidgeted at the mention of terrorists. Most of the original cause of terrorist was noble at the start, but eventually grow corrupted as they become delusional.
"Correct."
He walked over towards the conference table and picked up a stack of papers. "He wants to storm the building through the sewers. I said, 'No, we'll negotiate.' Turned out the ELN didn't negotiate, so they put out a kill order. They stormed the basement, and what did they find? They find it empty." Alexander sat down on a cushioned seat; Steve followed suit. "Nick had ignored my direct order and carried out an unauthorized military operation on foreign soil. He saved the lives of a dozen political officers, including my daughter."
Qrow lifted his flask at the screen. "Sounds like a good man. Screw protocols, right Jimmy?"
"I can't answer that," Ironwood replied. "It depends on the situation."
The general might not like people disobeying orders, but if the results happened to greatly favor them… Well, he can't truly punish them without giving out a few rewards first.
"So, you gave him a promotion." Steve looked amused by it.
"I've never had any cause to regret it." Alexander briefly smiled, then returned to this professional demeanor. "Captain, why was Nick in your apartment last night?"
"Sounds like their 'hero' is dead." Roman casually remarks, "How fitting for a typical paragon."
"Or, he could be hospitalized." Nora shot back, fixing the thief with a defiant glare.
There was a look of hesitation on his face, shaking his head slightly. "I don't know."
A brief moment of silence. The air was tensed and awkward between the two men.
"You know it was bugged?"
"Sounds like something from a spy movie." Jaune leaned in closer, already feeling the tension from the scene.
Sun and Neptune did the same, sharing the same enjoyment as Jaune.
"I did," Steve looked at him straight in the eyes. "because Nick told me."
"Did he tell you he was the one who bugged it?" Steve doesn't reply, obviously not knowing this information. "I want you to see something."
Alexander brings up footage of Batroc being interrogated. Two SHIELD agents circled around the suspect, one standing close to the shaved man, while the other paced around the table like a shark.
"Who hired you, Batroc?" A SHIELD Agent interrogated the man.
Winter raised an eyebrow. "Seems like they have a primary suspect already." She watched the second agent circling around the suspect, increasing the pressure in the integration room. "Interesting interrogation technique. Simple from afar, low effort, and potentially huge impact."
"Typical Atlesian." Qrow shook his head, "And you guys wonder why the faunus hates you."
"Everyone has their flaws, Qrow," Ozpin answered in place of Winter. "There are many obstacles that need to be worked out before we can reach an ideal world."
The 'villains' mentally scoffed at that.
Steve turned to Alexander. "Is that live?"
"Yeah, they picked him up last night in a not-so-safe house in Algiers."
"Hate it when that happens," Roman commented offhand.
"Are you saying he's a suspect?" If that's the case, then something isn't quite right. The man is known for many things, but contract killing isn't one of them. "Assassination isn't Batroc's line."
"No, it's more complicated than that." He sorted through the paper and gave Steve a summary of what the investigation picked up. "Batroc was hired anonymously to attack the Lemurian Star and he was contacted by e-mail and paid by wire transfer. And then the money was run through seventeen fictitious accounts, the last one going to a holding company that was registered to a Jacob Veech."
Cinder nodded at that. Salem's finances went through a similar process before any valuables could fall into their hands. The quickest way to obtain whatever they need is to retrieve it in person.
"Sounds tedious," Neptune said. "And seventeen times? Wouldn't transferring money too many times in a short period cause suspicion?"
Ironwood had the answer. "Not entirely. There's often a period in which money will stay there for a while before getting transfer to another account. If that doesn't happen, then it'll normally be structured like a loan or payment."
An unfamiliar name.
"Am I supposed to know who that is?"
Alexander hands Steve the file. "Not likely. Veech died six years ago. His last address was 14-35 Elmhurst Drive. When I first met Nick, his mother lived at 14-37."
"Now ain't that eye-popping?" Qrow mused.
Steve looked at him with a disbelieving expression. "Are you saying Fury hired the pirates? Why?"
"The prevailing theory was that the hijacking was a cover for the acquisition and sale of classified intelligence." Alexander paused a bit. "The sale went sour and that led to Nick's death."
Another bout of silence.
"Perhaps he wasn't much of a paragon." Roman rubbed his chin. "Every sale has its price and I wouldn't be surprised by backhand dealings with these lots. Just like the council has been doing from day one."
"Hey, everyone is bound to get their hands dirty." Qrow shrugged, earning some ire from his comrades.
Raven chuckled. "That we can agree on, little brother."
"If you really knew Nick Fury you'd know that's not true." Steve stared at the floor, uncertain what to make of this prevailing theory SHIELD was coming up with.
Alexander nodded, "Why do you think we're talking?" Both he and Steve got up from their seats. Alexander walked towards the office windows to gaze out into the city while Steve remained where he stood. "See, I took a seat on the Council not because I wanted to but because Nick asked me to because we were both realists. We knew that despite all the diplomacy and the handshaking and the rhetoric, that to build a really better world sometimes means having to tear the old one down." He tapped on the window and glanced at Steve. "And that makes enemies."
"That is very much true." Blake nodded. "If faunus wanted equal rights, everyone will have work together to tear down the structure that led to the exploitation of the faunus and that'll make a lot of people angry."
Roman rolled his eyes. "No one wants to hear your preaching, kitty."
"You wanna go, Roman?" Yang turned her entire body towards the thief and his little assistant.
"Let me join." Sun cracked his neck.
Neo grinned and raised her sign which read, "Round 2."
"Violence is forbidden."
The Hosts ensured that everyone sat back in their seats. Since they couldn't do much against their hated foes, they mentally growled at each other instead.
He pulled away from the window and placed his hands in his pocket. "Those people that call you dirty because you got the guts to stick your hands in the mud and try to build something better. And the idea that those people could be happy today, makes me really, really angry." He silently stared at Steve, hesitating for a moment. "Captain, you were the last one to see Nick alive. I don't think that's an accident, and I don't think you do either. So, I'm gonna ask again. Why was he there?"
"He told me not to trust anyone." He replied.
"Wise words." Roman grinned and felt him getting elbowed by Neo. "Except you."
Ozpin silently read in between the lines. "I wonder what caused him to say that?"
"… I wonder if that included him."
Steve pauses a moment before replying. "I'm sorry. Those were his last words. Excuse me."
He picks up his shield, places it on his back and starts to make his out of the office. But before he could leave, Alexander has one last thing to say.
"Captain." Steve stops and looks at Alexander. "Somebody murdered my friend and I'm gonna find out why. Anyone gets in my way, they're gonna regret it. Anyone."
"Understood." Steve turns and leaves.
"Vengeance at any costs?" Mercury crossed his arms. "Should be easy for the guy. He looks important, can pull a few strings to get things done."
"Sounds like most politicians and influential people," Blake grumbled.
Don't like the direction things are going? Target the people who're causing the problem. With their wealth and influence, it was easy to discredit or put down a movement. That was how the Faunus Civil Rights Protest and the White Fang spiral into violence. Their movement wasn't going anywhere, so the faunus turned towards something that was bound to send a message to their oppressors, violence.
"Sad, but true." Oobleck quietly said.
/-/
After leaving Alexander Pierce's office, he steps into the elevator and put his hands on the rails, looking out from the glass windows. The skies were cloudy, and the city was calm. A stark contrast to what Steve was feeling inside.
"The city looks nice." Oscar remarked, "And peaceful."
"It looks a bit off without any walls." Coco took her lollipop out of her mouth to speak. "Even villages have walls to fend off the Grimm. I guess these guys don't have that kind of problem."
"Operations control."
"Confirmed." SHIELD's computer acknowledged his input and started closing the elevator doors. Just as the elevator doors are about to close, Brock Rumlow steps in with two STRIKE agents.
"Keep all STRIKE personnel on-site," Rumlow ordered the two agents, giving Steve a quick glance.
"Understood."
"Yes, sir."
"Forensics." Rumlow gave his destination to the SHIELD computer. Seeing that Steve is here, the STRIKE field commander decided to give him a courtesy greeting. "Cap."
Steve turned around. "Rumlow."
He greeted the commander and stood face forward, clasping his hand in front of him as the elevator doors close and they start riding down. They passed through several floors before Rumlow broke the silence.
"The awkward elevator scene." Jaune knew his movies, more than he likes.
His partner seems to notice this, giving her an idea. Pyrrha leaned closer to Jaune and whispered, "Would you like to go to the movies with me on the weekends?"
He blinked, "Sure. Maybe our friends would like to join us as well."
Pyrrha, Ren, Nora, and one of the Hosts mentally facepalm. He really needs to take a hint.
"Evidence Response found some fibers on the roof they want us to see. You want me to get the tac-team ready?"
"No, let's wait and see what it is first."
Rumlow nodded. "Right."
As the conversation died, Steve notices one of the agents touching his weapon suspiciously. The elevator stops, and more SHIELD and STRIKE agents enter. Aside from the briefcases they were carrying, these agents didn't look imposing; more like administrative workers. Their chatters droned out the footsteps that carried into the elevator, further crowding the small platform.
They also felt that something was off. Even more so when one of the agents was grasping his weapon like he was about to draw it. There wasn't a need to be guarded like that unless there's danger nearby. If that's the case, then is their own headquarters compromised?
Yatsuhashi narrowed his eyes. "I suppose this is what 'don't trust anyone' meant."
"We're getting to the fight," Jaune stated with sureness.
"Can't wait." Yang grinned.
"Administrations level."
"Confirmed."
"Excuse me." A SHIELD agent squeezed in next to Steve.
The elevator doors closed, and they started their descend.
Rumlow turned to Steve. "I'm sorry about what happened with Fury. Messed up, what happened to him."
"Thank you." Their brief conversation and interactions were becoming more awkward, but thankfully none of them said anything after that.
"Awkward…" Tai commented.
"You were never good with strangers in the elevator," Raven said with a small smile.
"Hey. That's not true."
Yang turned to her mother and then to her father. "Really? No wonder you always take the stairs."
"Hush, I'm trying to watch over here." Nora interrupted their family bonding moment.
However, Steve couldn't help but feel that something is off. He looked at the agents in the elevator and notices one of them is sweating, then the elevator stops, and more agents enter. Three burly agents paused at the crowded elevator before stepping in.
"Records."
"Confirmed."
"It's really crowded in there." Cinder remarked, already knowing where this will go.
"No kidding," Qrow was smirking at Tai's discomfort.
As the elevator doors close Steve realizes he's been surrounded by agents. He stared up thoughtfully at the roof of the elevator door and politely asked.
"Before we get started," He scanned the agents around him. "does anyone want to get out?"
Yang snapped her fingers at Steve. "Now that's a badass one-liner."
Most of the students there nodded.
There's a moment's pause before suddenly one of the agents turned and uses an electric rod to give Steve a shock, but the captain quickly deflected the attack, knocking the agent back. The others grab him, while they hit the emergency stop button to freeze the elevator. More agents wrestled and restrained Steve, electrocuting him with an electric rod.
"Ha! I would have beaten them all if they did that." Nora's semblance allowed her to be supercharged by electricity. It would be a mistake for anyone to use electricity on her. Can't say the same for Captain America, however.
"Why are they attacking him?" Ruby questioned, "Aren't they on the same side?"
Winter hummed thoughtfully, "I believe he's their next suspect if their discussion back at the office was anything to go by." To be honest, she wasn't certain which direction this was going. It seems that there's more at play here than just an arrest warrant. "Judging by their weapons, they're there to restrain him."
Two agents unclipped their magnetic cuffs from their briefcases and try to strap his wrists with magnetic cuffs. Steve fiercely struggle against the magnetic cuff while agents pushed his arm towards the nearest source of metal.
Ironwood eyes lit a bit at the sight of the cleverly hidden magnetic cuffs. Those would be quite useful in string operations and undercover. He turned towards Winter and Penny, nodding at them to take notes down while he wrote down his own thoughts as well.
"Hm. Atlas could use those."
"Yes, sir."
"The guy is strong," Mercury noted how the agents were struggling to restrain the super-soldier. "Dude doesn't look much, but he's really pushing them back."
With great strength and willpower, Steve managed to overwhelm the agents, knocking some of them down with a few hits. He palmed and elbowed two agents before dealing with the large man that was putting him in a headlock. Steve slammed his head back into the giant agent's head, temporarily stunning him. Using this opportunity, he grabbed the large agent by his arm and threw him onto the solid glass wall, cracking it.
"Yeah, he's strong." Yang could admire the strength of the man. Without aura, that's an impressive feat, throwing a guy heavier than you over your shoulder. "Maybe not as strong as some of us, but he threw that big guy like he was nothing. I'm surprised the glass didn't break."
"It's most likely reinforced glass." Weiss gave her thoughts on it.
Rumlow recovered and quickly kicked Steve still cuffed arm, knocking it onto a metal rail, pinning his arm to the metallic wall. Steve grabbed his cuffed arm and tried to pull, but it simply would not budge.
"That magnet handcuff has a very strong attraction," Penny wrote that down. "Despite being able to bring down fully grown and trained adults in one hit, Captain Rogers is having difficulty breaking free from it."
On a side note, Penny will need to avoid such powerful magnets in the future. She'll have to bring it up with her father and uncle. Can't have her functions be wiped or damaged.
"Looks like he'll have to stick with it for now! Huh? Huh?" Yang grinned at her own puns and air high fived her father down a few rows below.
"Damn it, Yang." Qrow rubbed his forehead.
Raven echoed her brother's movement. "I knew I shouldn't have left her in your care."
This was an opportunity for the STRIKE commander who took out his rod and swung it at Steve. The first attack was countered, sending Rumlow into the wall. However, Steve was still cuffed to the rails allowing Rumlow to electrocute him.
"That looks painful." Jaune winced.
Steve hissed with pain, eventually overcoming the electric rod and elbowed Rumlow. Another agent jumped in and took a swing at Steve, missing just so slightly, allowing Steve to retaliate by throwing him onto the ceiling camera, cracking part of its protective lens.
"That has got to hurt," Coco said with a chill smile.
"An impressive display of combat skills." Glynda complimented, "Even in such a disadvantage situation, he's still able to defend himself without panicking."
"He moves like a veteran soldier." Ironwood analytically remarked.
He'd had seen several veteran soldiers move calculatedly and effectively on the fly as the situation calls for it. Some of them are capable of going toe to toe with professional huntsmen.
"Captain Steve Rogers is a long-time veteran soldier. A super-soldier." The Hosts confirmed.
Ironwood took an interest at that. He wasn't certain of the process to create these super-soldiers, but it must require some enhancements that might raise some controversy if such a thing occurs in Remnant.
"That sounds… Interesting." He saw his colleagues looking at him. "It's simple sounds interesting. Nothing more to it."
As Steve is being attacked we see Jasper Sitwell in a controls room watching them from a monitor. He lifted his mic and started barking out orders.
"Mobilize STRIKE units, 25th floor."
Back in the elevator, Steve redirected an electric rod causing an agent to shock his own teammate, knocking him out. He fended off several more attempts before jumping onto the wall, putting his weight into his entire body. His entire body trembled as he strained against the magnetic cuffs, eventually freeing himself.
"Oh, friendly fire. Those things must pack a punch." Jaune never been electrocuted before and doesn't really intend on changing that anytime soon. "It must be his suit that's absorbing most of the electricity, or he could have a high pain tolerance."
With both hands-frees, Steve began throwing the remaining agents around. Dispatching the last agent by backflipping him into the elevator door, he turns to Rumlow.
"Nice throw, putting that momentum to use," Tai remembered doing something similar during sparring back in his youth. Only his opponent didn't go down in one go like the agent on-screen.
"Whoa, big guy." Rumlow raised two hands, both clutching electric rods. "I just want you to know, Cap, this ain't personal!"
Rumlow then goes to attack Steve with his electric rods, managing to electrocute Steve twice before the super-soldier struck him across the face and threw him into the ceiling, knocking Rumlow out.
Steve took several deep breaths as he looked down on the unconscious Rumlow. "It's kind of feels personal."
"Awesome." Neptune couldn't help but say that out loud.
"Oh yeah." Yang and Jaune nodded in agreement.
He picks up his shield then opens the elevator doors but was instantly greeted by a team of STRIKE agents pointing their weapons at him.
"Oh, crap."
Roman knows the drill. "No more playing around."
"Drop the shield! Put your hands in the air!"
Steve spun and used his shield to break off the elevator wires which sends the elevator down. The elevator's emergency locks quickly activated, causing the falling elevator to come to a screeching halt.
He then forces the doors open and saw more STRIKE agents approaching him. With a grunt, Steve closes the elevator doors and looks for a way out. Looking out the window, he saw that the drop zone wasn't too high. There was even a glass roof for him to go through.
"Give it up, Rogers! Get that door open! You have nowhere to go!" The STRIKE agent's muffled voice could be heard behind the elevator doors.
"He doesn't have aura right?" Jaune asked the Hosts.
"Correct."
"He's going to jump down there, isn't he?"
"You shall see."
Velvet recoiled. "No aura? From that height? He's going to get seriously injured, if not fatally so."
Steve took a step back and breathed before breaking through the glass in the elevator, plummeting down through the glass ceiling. The people below shouted in surprise and took cover as he put his shield out in front of him and hit the floor with a loud clang.
Everyone winced. A sudden stop against a solid ground with no aura is certainly painful. Surely some of his bone was broken in that fall.
"That is not a good landing strategy." Ozpin took a sip from his mug.
Ruby grimaced, "Is… Is he okay?"
Groaning, Steve painfully picks himself up and starts running off.
"He seems to be running just fine," Oscar noted.
Yang placed a hand on his shoulder. "Hey. I think you made a pun."
"No. He didn't." Ruby flatly denied it.
"Whoa. He's already running." Mercury was impressed. "What's this guy made out of?"
From his, monitor Sitwell watches in shock as Steve gets up and starts running off. "Are you kidding me?" He hastily ordered the STRIKE team to prevent the super soldier's escape. "He's headed for the garage. Lockdown the bridge!"
Emerald nodded at Sitwell's reaction. "My thoughts exactly."
"Looks like they didn't expect that as well." Said Cinder.
The scene cuts to the garage closing down with massive metal gates. However, Steve rode out of the SHIELD garage on his motorcycle just in time and sped down the road towards freedom. Ahead of him, he saw the automated road defense system setting up multiple layers of spikes to prevent his escape.
Yang sweated a bit by the sight of the massive spike strips. "Well, I know where I shouldn't be driving Bumblebee."
Adding more obstacles to overcome, a Quinjet roared past Steve, hovering several meters above the road.
"Stand down, Captain Rogers. Stand down." The Quinjet lowers its minigun from its belly. "Repeat, stand down."
"Whoa! That's a cool airship!" Ruby's eyes were sparkling at the aircraft.
"Interesting design." Winter started writing it down.
Ironwood nodded, "The engineers would certainly like to see this."
Instead of slowing down, Steve hit the gas and accelerated towards the Quinjet. Seeing that he wasn't stopping, they started shooting at him, bullets struck the road, kicking up dust and debris. Steve skillfully weaved through the hail of bullets and threw his shield into the propellers to jam it.
Pyrrha smiled, "Nice throw."
"How did he even get the shield to embed itself into the propellers?" Oscar found the physics of such a feat impossible.
Weiss gave him an open-ended answer. "He must have extensive training with it, similar to Pyrrha's."
"You haven't seen Pyrrha yet with her shield." Jaune nudged his partner with a grin, making her blush.
"It's… It's nothing that impressive."
The engine let out a lowering whine as the Quinjet tilted to its damaged side, unbalanced by the sudden loss of its propellers. The pilots quickly regain balanced, but that allowed Steve to hit the brakes on his motorcycle, launching the super-soldier towards the Quinjet. He swiftly jumped over the pilot's cockpit, giving him an opportunity to do more damage to the jet.
Hopping towards his shield that was lodged within the propeller, Steve ripped it out of the Quinjet, unjamming it. The sudden restoration of the propeller caused the pilot to lose balance once more. The Quinjet suddenly jerked up towards the sky, nearly throwing Steve off. He tumbled off the plane but slammed his shield into the aircraft's wings, preventing his fall. Swinging his body, he and jumped back onto the Quinjet backside and eyed its weak spots.
"His shield must be sharp to do that." Sun guessed, "Or he's just strong."
With a grunt, he lugged his shield at the Quinjet tail and propulsion system, severely damaging the aircraft. Its tail side caught fire and the Quinjet spun out of control as Steve jumped off of the jet, letting it crash onto the bridge.
Steve watched his handy work before quickly making his escape. SHIELD has been compromised, and he needs to get out of there quickly.
The screen darkens and the lights returned to the room.
The ones who love watching action movies were grinning.
"That was awesome." Yang sat back feeling better.
Jaune grinned, "Yup. And refreshing."
The gory screening, they saw early was long forgotten and they were back to their typical selves. The teenagers quickly resumed their chattering, recounting their favorite scenes that they saw just. Meanwhile, the adults were quietly doing their own things. Some were bored, others were just being themselves.
"The next one is a fairy tale." That got Ozpin's inner circle and Raven's attention. "A fairy tale that's told to wizard children." Ozpin, in particular, felt a bit on edge. "In a world where great magic exists, this tale is one of many that carries over from forgotten eras."
Raven shot Ozpin a sinister, but meaningful look.
However, the ancient wizard ignored the bandit queen. "What's it called?"
"The Tale of Three Brothers."
Everyone paused. It sounded like Remnant's fairy tale of 'The Tale of Two Brothers.' In their fairy tale, it told of two god-like brothers who created the world, including the Creatures of Grimm. One created life, the other created destruction. Only the humans, which they both created together, have the choice of choosing between creation and destruction. That was the basic summary of their fairy tale. Is this one similar?
"This one is vastly different than the Tale of Two Brothers, we can assure you that."
"Hm. Interesting." Ozpin took out his notebook he kept with him and placed it on his lap. "I just so happen to love hearing fairy tales. I was considering becoming a literature professor before."
Raven scowled and sat back in her chair. "Let's get this over with."
NEXT: Harry Potter - The Tale of Three Brothers
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