Chapter 8 - Is he dead?
Jamie sits down at her desk and pulls up her schedule for the day when she sees people running to and fro. She stands up and stops her friend, Lilith, "What's gotten everyone so excited?"
Lilith looks at her as if she is crazy before answering, "Have you not heard?!" Jamie shakes her head, "Somehow one of the Avengers fell! I heard it from Jack who heard from Glen who said that he thinks someone shoved James Barnes from the tower! Can you imagine?! Someone tried to kill the Winter Soldier! At least that's what everyone is saying. No one knows what floor they were on but there is an ambulance out on the street now, along with the other Avengers," Lilith took a deep breath before continuing "I'm headed down to see if he's still alive. Coming?"
So, they knew what had happened but no one knew that it was her that did it so she needed to act surprised.
"Oh my!" Jamie places a hand over her mouth "Who would do such a thing? Of course, I'm coming! Go ahead I've got to grab my purse."
"Ok" Lilith says as she rushes to the elevator.
Jamie bends over her computer screen and pulls up her email.
'Mr. Hanler,' she types 'thank you for the lunch we had today at 12:45. I'd never been to the restaurant by the gym on 45th street. Did you see the ambulance pass? I don't think they will be able to do anything for the poor man. His grieving family will have a funeral to plan I'm afraid. Anyway, I suppose I'll see you at dinner tomorrow evening. F C'
She never enjoyed typing in code but it had to be done. She even has to deal with a code name; Felicity Cantrell. Now she had to cover her tracks. She went into her 'sent' email file and deleted the email she just sent then she went and deleted it from the 'deleted' file.
Now that she'd carried out her plan, she no longer needed to lay a false trail. It had been surprisingly easy to frame the Captain. She'd found his phone laying on the counter in the lobby one day and decided that she'd found her 'criminal'.
She'd set his phone to automatically upload pictures so she could see where they'd been and when. That was how she'd formed her plan, well some of it anyway.
Now then, she had to get down to the street to see what was going on. She rushes into the elevator and tries to look as frantic as everyone else. They look as if their brother or close friend were the one on the street. No one in her department was high up enough to have ever met any of the Avengers. She was lucky to have had a few short conversations with Tony Stark when he'd been checking in on her department. But still, how could they care so much for someone they never met?
Jamie realizes with surprise that she had once cared. It was only recently that she'd been hardened to the truth. Some people must be sacrificed to keep those you love safe, as well as make the world a better place. Everyone here would be better off if they realized that.
When she gets to the side walk the ambulance could just be seen turning the corner at the end of the street and Stark's car pulling out of the garage to follow.
"So, what's the news?" she asks when she finds Lilith.
"There you are, Jamie! So, he's still alive, thank goodness. I think he has a broken back. That's what I gathered anyway. They say that he went into a coma and probably won't live through the night, but he's alive now so there is hope!"
"Oh. I'm glad to hear he's still alive" Jamie replies with fake excitement. It was easy to get Lilith to talk. That was one reason she hung around her so much. She always seems to know what was going on so she was a great source of information.
She will have to keep an eye on them to be sure he really does die. She can't disappoint her partners this way. She may have to come up with a plan B.