Authoress Note: Welcome to Chapter 10 of Always. Thank you to those who have left reviews for this story and have kept up with it. It really does mean a lot to me. I've been working rather hard on this and I can't wait to show you guys what I have in store for this story. I hope that you guys enjoy this next part of the story. Without further ado Chapter 10. Enjoy!
Chapter 10
Dorothy stood in a briefing room with Peggy, Steve and the others. Dorothy bit her lower lip softly.
"The fourth one was in Poland, here, not far from the Baltic…" Steve said, sketching precise coordinates on a map, perfectly duplicating the one he had seen. "And the last was outside of Strasbourg, say thirty, forty miles west of the Maginot line." He looked up. "I only got a quick look."
"Nobody's perfect." Peggy admitted as she looked up at him.
An aid picked up the map and carried it across the room.
Steve, Peggy, and Dorothy turned as Howard approached, a blue Hydra cartridge in his hand.
"Hey, aren't you supposed to be picking up a medal right about now?" Howard said with a smile.
"I'm off the publicity circuit."
Phillips approached them from across the room. "Rogers, you just embarrassed a senior senator in front of a dozen reporters and ten members of Parliament." He handed Steve a medal. "You should get a medal just for that." His eyes went to the Hydra cartridge. "You figure out what this is, yet?"
"If you believe Rogers, it's apparently the most powerful explosive known to man." Howard explained.
"If?" Steve questioned as he looked over to Howard.
"Well, either you're wrong or Schmidt's damn near rewritten the laws of physics." He moved towards his lab. "And I'm rather fond of the laws of physics…"
Dorothy let out a soft chuckle and shook her head. "Only you enjoy the laws of physics."
Phillips moved towards the room sized map table.
Dorothy bit her lip as she looked towards the table with her arms crossed.
"These are all of Hydra's factories."
"The ones we know about. But Sgt. Barnes said Hydra shipped all the bombs to another facility. And that...wasn't on the map."
Phillips studied the map, deciding. Then walked towards his office. "Agent Carter, coordinate with MI6. I want every Allied eyeball looking for that main Hydra base."
"What about us?" Peggy questioned turning her head to look at Phillips.
"We're going to light a fire under Johann Schmidt's ass." He looked over at Steve. "What do you say, Rogers? It's your map. Think you can wipe Hydra off it?"
Steve started, finally given the responsibility that he always wanted. "I'm going to need a team."
"We've already started lining up the best men."
"If you don't mind, sir...so Have I."
Dorothy let out a chuckle. "Come on Peggy, let's get on the horn with what Colonel Phillips needed you to do."
Peggy nodded her head and looped her arm with Dorothy and the two women left the room to go and get what was needed. "So you were rather close with Sergeant Barnes." Peggy said with a soft chuckle.
"I didn't really do all that much." Dorothy mused. "I just helped him to the infirmary and went from there." Dorothy shrugged her shoulders smiling a small smile.
Peggy let out a soft chuckle. "Admit it. You're smitten with him."
"I don't fancy him, Peggy." Dorothy said with a chuckle as they walked towards their private bunker area where they could make phone calls to MI6 to get help involved as quickly as possible.
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This is the end of Chapter 10. I know there was quite a bit in here but not enough. It was more of a filler chapter. The next chapter of course will be fun to write as most of them are. Please leave a review and let me know what you think. Reviews keep me going when it comes to writing. Until next time.