Chapter Five

"Here, I found theses for you…" said Betty passing Bruce some clothes. They were hiding out in a old cabin that seem to once be used by the military - he looked like it haven't been used for months.

"Cheers," said Bruce taking the old army clothes

"Do they pay you extra for clothing costs?" asked Betty as Bruce quickly got changed "Because really…you must go through them quickly….."

"I get cheap clothes…" said Bruce

"You don't wear the heart monitor watch anymore," said Betty, remembering the watch that Bruce used to wear that used to bleep when his pulse got too high. She was surprised by this.

Bruce laughed a little "As useful as it was …..It keep breaking, and I don't have the money to keep replacing stuff..."

Steve walked back in the cabin "There is no food here…." He said "But we got some bottle water." Steve looked at the army clothes Bruce was wearing "Interesting..."

"I hate army clothes…no offence…." Said Bruce obviously uncomfortable with his current wardrobe. "I think I could get arrested for wearing this you know…"

"Don't think it would be easy to arrest you..." comment Steve "I don't think we had been followed," he said. Now he wasn't sure what to do, he had to somehow commutation with the other Avengers and with no building or phone in sight they had no choice but to walk and hope for the best

Bruce was tugging at the army clothes, Betty made him stop "You look fine," said Betty giving Bruce a playful smile and Bruce rolled his eyes a little.

"Right," said Steve standing up feeling he should leave Bruce and Betty to talk alone for a while again "I'm…." he paused for a moment "Going outside…..for a bit…." With that he walked away from the two scientist. Steve not for the first time realised how unfair life was.

Bruce and Betty watched Steve go. "He seem a good guy…" commenting Betty

"Well, he is Captain American." Said Bruce "It will be a worry if he wasn't good..."

"Sterns will come after us." Said Betty "Whatever he wants… he's not going to give up…."

Bruce shrugged a little bit, "What new?" Betty started to laugh "What is it?" asked Bruce

"I think the Avengers is the best thing that has happen to you," she said

….

It was late but no one was sleeping "So," said Steve "What's the full story with Sterns and everything? The full story about the job you were working on?"

Bruce and Betty looked at each other for an moment. "Me and Betty were working on a project," said Bruce "We were told that we were working on radiation resistance..."

"I thought you were working on the super solider serum?" question Steve quickly, He was sure he was told Bruce was working on the Super Solider serum.

"That was my father's goal…. But we weren't told that at the time….." said Betty "It's pretty stupid not telling scientist that are working for you what your end goal was…. If we had known…."

"I won't have tested it on myself….." said Bruce

"After... that experiment...My father wanted to use the Hulk as a weapon… my father wanted a weapon… but Bruce refused. Then my father made him a fugitive…. Blame everything on him to cover up what had happen…To saved his own job, to save his own skin..."

"He lied?" question Steve

"He was coving his own back…" said Bruce "It was easily to blame it on me..."

"Doesn't SHIELD know about all this?"

Bruce shrugged "No idea, but that's not important now…." Steve let the subject drop. Maybe it wasn't important to Bruce anymore but he made a metal note to question Fury about it. Ross was high up in government and surely if he had a hand in making the Hulk surely they needed to a record about it.

"And the primer?"

"Was part of the radiation resistance," said Betty at once "And it worked… or at least it worked for Bruce. We should get some sleep," said Betty "I do first watch…"

….

Betty step outside to join Steve outside, Bruce had fallen an sleep, "I am guessing you have more questions," said Betty

Steve did have lot of questions "How long were you and Bruce together?"

"A long time," said Betty not going into details "Before….everything we were engaged…. Seem like a long time ago now… we were both different people back then.."

"You two were engaged?" said Steve - maybe he wasn't shock about that fact. "It must have been difficult for you – having your father hunting Bruce."

"Difficult doesn't even cover it," said Betty "One day I have a fiancé and a father – they didn't really like each other that much. But I could live with that… then the next day….. "Betty paused of a moment lose in memoirs, "Last time I saw Bruce…. He jump out of an army helicopter to fight the abomination….because he did that my father let him have a head start...before trying to track him down again..."

"That sounds more interesting than the version I was told…"

Betty paused again "It's hard for the both of us…seeing each other again is hard…." Betty looked at her wedding ring on her finger "It always feels like destiny like to mock us…..after all this…. I got children I need to get back into….I want to stay in connect with Bruce…. But it's….Bruce might not…. He thinks he got to push people away…deal with things alone….. Just make sure he doesn't isolate himself too much….. Please….."

"I'll do my best…" vow Steve, he knew he also tried to deal with his problems alone as well.

Betty nodded her head "So Mr Captain American you must have your own tale… feel like sharing?"

Steve told Betty a little about Peggy after all he been asking personal questions about Her and Bruce and it felt like he owned Betty his story.

When Bruce woke up and took over from Betty. "You're not going to sleep?" asked Bruce to Steve

"I don't think I can…" said Steve "How are we going to get in connected with the others?"

Bruce didn't seem to concern "There will be a phone or the internet at some point. But our main concern is not to get followed…. Just staying here makes me feel on edge…. Just feel like we need to keep moving…"

"Yet you asked me if I was going to sleep?" said Steve "Making sure Betty gets some sleep..."

"Well, It's not just me is it?" said Bruce

Steve looked out at the landscape in front of them. He narrowed his eyes as he saw something moved "I think they have found us…"

"This keeps getting better and better…." Mumble Bruce to himself "I'll go a wake Betty…maybe if we keep a low profile… they won't notice…."

Steve nodded his head. He can't remember the last time he had eaten and was weaker than normal. And Bruce was likely feeling the same way. "They look like they are a few miles off – and they might not even head for here…"

"Knowing our luck this is where they are heading…."