Chapter 8: Nat, Who is She?

A/N: Meesa back people, and with a new chappy so please enjoy!

To StoryBird: Here's the next chapter for ya my dude. Btw, you did ask what was the reason for having Natasha meet Kara out of everybody on Earth first. To be honest I felt like as if it was right because we've all seen enough fics where the crossover character always meets Tony or Steve, that's why they didn't get the honor. I was going to pick Maria but if you remember well that she settled down to work for Stark after the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D. I never even thought of Kara meeting Bucky let alone the Winter Soldier. As for Fury, c'mon man that guy is like every power hunger human in fictional science universes, always extremely paranoid and always looking for some way to bring a super powered figure down to a low level with a bonus of branding that certain individual as a world-wide enemy and terrorist. Okay I know Nick was never like that in the MCU, but don't forget he always had a secret agenda that would sometimes piss off Tony or Steve, heck even Romanoff has been uncomfortable with some of the orders fury had given her.

To Warlocktongue: I feel you man, the show has incredible flaws. I can't even stomach with how many times Kara get her ass whooped and how weak she is both literally and metaphorically. And yes the language is rather similar but if I remember correctly I bought a book at a convention one time about the history of Krypton, they do have a peculiar voice that makes clicking sounds whenever they speak their language due to a muscle they have in their throat that humans don't possess.

To Guest who left review number 31: As I said before, Kara will not be shipped with anyone, I will only write what is cannon.

Steve had officially forgotten how many times he had to pull his hoodie over his head to make sure it was secure. It had been a crazy morning for him. He was called under the authority of the Senator followed by getting swarmed by what he thought he would never have to fight to defend himself in a small glass elevator, Brock Rumlow and his platoon of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. His out of mind unfortunately corrupted S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.

Lucky for the soldier he managed to escape the Triskellion and now here he was roaming the hospital from last night to retrieve the hard drive Nick had given him on his death bed. The memories of speaking with Pierce came back faster than the speed of how time went by.

Steve stared intensely at the footage of Batroc, beaten and sitting in a chair in an interrogation room with well-dressed men.

"Is that live?"

"Yeah they picked him up in a not so safe house in Algiers."

"Are you saying he's a suspect, assassination isn't Batroc's line."

"No no, it's more complicated than that. Batroc was hired anonymously to attack the Lemurian Star, he was contacted by email and paid by wire transfer and then the money was run through seventeen fictitious accounts, the last one going to a holding company." Pierce stated as he pulled out several files from a brief case.

"That was registered to a Jacob Veech."

"Am I supposed to know who that is?"

"Unlikely Captain, Veech died six years ago." The senator handed the documents to the captain.

"His last address was 1435 Elmhurst Drive, when I first met Nick, his mother lived on 1437." This in turn caused the Captain to stop observing the sheets in his hand and looked up to see Pierce once again.

"Are you saying Fury hired those pirates? Why?"

"The prevailing theory Captain was that the hijacking was a cover for the acquisition and sale of classified intelligence but the sale went sour…and that went to Nick's death." The gray suited man finished with clarification.

Steve wasn't buying it, not one bit.

"If you really knew Nick Fury then you know that's not true."

"Why do you think we are talking?"

Right then and there, Steve remembered something.

"What about the ice glacier? Was that part of the theatrical attempt or was there some kinda experimentation with weapons going wrong?"

Pierce grabbed the remote and typed in several commands to bring up new footage. There was the Lemurian Star with a melting but giant ice glacier right in the middle.

"To be honest Captain we have yet to determine what exactly caused the glacier formation on the Lemurian Star, it seems to be a regular chunk of ice but due to the many reports Hill gathered from the captured agents along with Agent Rumlow and Romanoff, there doesn't seem to be a logical explanation." Right then and there Steve could hear the honesty in his voice. Pierce decided to quickly change the subject by shutting off the holographic screen and stood up to walk towards one of the many big windows in his office.

"See I took a seat on the Council not because I wanted to, but because Nick asked me to, you see we are both realists. We knew that despite all the diplomacy, and the handshaking and the rhetoric, to build a really better world…sometimes means having to tear the old one down." He turned around from his view to see the star uniformed man sitting up with a cross of his arm.

"And that makes enemies, those people who call you dirty because you got the guts to stick your hands in the mud and try to build something better. And the idea of those people being happy, makes me very angry.

There was a slight pause before the Senator issued forward.

"Captain you were the last man to see Nick alive, I don't think that was an accident….and I don't think you do either."

The face Pierce was making was starting to grow grim.

"So I'm gonna ask again, what was Nick Fury doing in your apartment?"

"…..he told me not to trust anyone."

"I wonder, if that included him."

Steve chose his next words carefully.

"I'm sorry senator, those were his last words…..excuse me." Just as he turned to make his leave, Pierce spoke up to ensure that he wasn't finished.

"Captain." Upon hearing his name in such a manner Steve turned around and resumed his posture from before.

"Somebody murdered my friend and I'm going to find out why, if anyone gets in my way their gonna regret it, anyone…to be honest I am never one to keep absolute secrets." He went over to grab the advanced control from the seat and aimed it at the projectile screen once again.

"Agent Sitwell, sent me this hours ago, everyone at S.H.I.E.L.D. has seen this footage now so it's only fair if I demonstrated to you another predicament we might be dealing with." Steve, who didn't want to show any sign of disrespect despite the scowl he was making and the curiosity getting the better of him, walked towards the Senator to look at the monitor once again.

"Captain are you aware of the destruction of Satellite BETA?"

"Fury did mention it yes, but why are you asking me this?"

Pierce's actions spoke louder than the words in his throat when the recycled footage appeared on the screen and an image of a camera drone recorded the cosmos of space along with the view of the earth below. It did seem like a peaceful view at first until a barrage of red and blue manifested followed by the surveillance cutting off into static due to lost connection.

"Now let's watch that again but with a precise calculation of slow motion." Pierce said in the simplest form to try to get Steve to understand the meaning behind the advanced tech not from his era.

It was repeated only this time the speed was much slower and the screen displayed several mathematical equations explaining the surroundings. Soon enough the red blue blurred image came up only for the Senator to pause it right on the spot. He spoke into the microphone on his remote.

"Increase magnification." The advanced screen complied and Steve now found himself staring at the footage of a young women with incredibly straight blonde locks coming right at the screen.

"As you can see Captain, she, is most likely the reason why our beloved surveillance satellite is out of commission temporarily."

Steve immediately began to draw up suspected reasons in his mind with his scowl growing bigger before asking.

"Another Asgardian?"

"Possible, or…..she could be a product from our foreign enemies across the globe."

"You think we should notify Thor, last time we checked he was still on Earth under the watch of Dr. Selvig and Dr. Foster in England."

"I don't think we need another incident like New York Captain, it's best if we keep that lightening man with the hammer in the dark about this. We are unclear whether she is a potential threat or not but it's best we take precaution. Even you've seen what stuff like this leads to."

By this point Steve was beyond uncomfortable, he just wanted to leave. It was an earning itch in the back of his head but he had to leave. The atmosphere didn't feel right anymore and he could tell things would unfold to either become confusing or much worse.

"Thank you for the verification Senator, please excuse me." Without waiting to receive an approval nod from the Senator, the star-spangled man strapped the shield onto his back before staring at the image of the young women once more. Who was she? He left with a mixture of emotions coursing through his head thus being, confused, curious, and flabbergasted.

More on his conscious was not needed whatsoever. Nothing seemed to be going right as of this moment.

Natasha chewed her gum rather loudly in the small x ray room she was in, Kara stared at her intensively. It was a good thing with her help they showed up to the hospital before Steve. It was most frustrating at first when Natasha tried to gear Kara through the air hundreds of feet above the ground when they left the apartment but after a while of cheek pats Kara followed the red head's instructions with pointed fingers. Soon enough they managed and with Kara's flight they so happened to sneak in via the window that belonged to the room that once held Nick's deceased body in.

With little time to waste and ignoring Kara's shocked expression on where Nick had gone Natasha led them both into the seemingly empty hallway and entered a small x ray room to lock it. Waiting for the moment for the man out of time to arrive.

There was another problem though, what was she going to tell him. In all in all honesty she was just as confused as anyone would be in their situation. Why was S.H.I.E.L.D. doing what they were doing? Why were they after them? Kara destroyed Satellite BETA? It was best to shut the fuck up about it.

The spy blew another massive gooey pink bubble with her lips prompting her eyes to meet Kara's as soon as she popped it and slurped it back into her mouth.

"Want some?" she pulled her thick strand of Hubba bubba chewing gum that she had collected from the vending machine just outside. The red head handed the blonde a square piece and she quickly unwrapped it just as she saw the Russian do so earlier. With a small burst of hesitation Kara popped the gum into her mouth and began to chew it. Her lips quickly churning upward in delight. What an oddly delicious paste.

Natasha almost playfully rolled her eyes when the bulge in Kara's neck formed indicating that she had swallowed it.

"Nope." She wiggled her finger "no" to the blonde. "You chew it Kara, you don't eat gum. She was tempted to give her another piece until the spy heard footsteps coming down from the narrow hall.

"Stay here." She silently peaked outside the doorway as soon as she opened it. Kara stood closely behind Natasha prompting the women to push them back in before the man looked up from his hoodie covered face. Natasha grabbed Kara's shoulder's and shuffled her behind a curtain.

"Kara, stay here….here." she pointed with a finger down. The blonde had a confused look but overall stood in place as Natasha went back to the door way and exited it. What was Natasha doing? Why did she gesture for her to stay put? Were the authorities outside? The same corrupted scum that tried to arrest Natasha?

The spy casually walked behind Steve as he stared at the place where he had put the hard drive in only to find out it wasn't there anymore. He saw Natasha's smirking face in the reflection and stared as the red head blew a bubble casually. He turned around and looked both ways from side to side before grabbing Natasha's shoulders and pushed her backwards aggressively. She did not expect that.

They barged into the room where she came from and pulled his hoodie back in the process. Kara watched with horror through the curtain as the large man slammed Natasha into a thick squared pillar.

"Where is it?"

"Safe."

"Do better."

His question was semi answered when the curtain on the other side of the small room was torn away and the man out of time felt a grip around his throat before being slammed into the same pillar that he had Natasha cornered in. He was raised off the ground as he tightened his eyes and grasped the smaller limb holding him, it wouldn't budge no matter how hard he tried to squeeze the pressure point between the thumb and index finger.

"You will not harm or lay your hands on her!"

To Steve's absolute horror he was met with a glowing red eyed gaze upon opening his eyes. With one arm, he was being choked to death by the young women who had destroyed satellite BETA. She had a sneer across her lips and both of their feet were hovering off the ground with their heads nearly touching the roof of the floor.

"Kara!" Natasha yelped as she closed the door and locked it again. the spy quickly ran towards the two and grabbed the Kryptonian's cape, making a weak attempt to try and pull her down.

"Kara no!" she leaped up and wrapped her arms around the alien's arm and used it as a pull up bar to meet her gaze that was focused on Steve.

"Kara stop this!...he's on our side. Don't hurt him!" Natasha quickly found out what was going on. Kara thought that Steve was here to apprehend and harm her.

The celestials among the stars answered her inner prayers and Kara's eyes returned to normal to meet Natasha's stare but her facial expression didn't change in the least.

"Kara, he is not like the others, put him down."

Instead the girl tilted her face to look back at the human under her mighty hand. The Kryptonian remained cautious but after a while of looking at the muscular man's iconic features she gasped to Natasha's surprise.

The primitive she was holding was the shield wielding soldier. The very soldier that was with Natasha the night before who mourned with her due to the loss of their leader. And she was choking him!

All three immediately lowered from the air and Kara moved her hand away from Steve's throat. Instant regret was radiant in her eyes as he took in a huge gulp of precious oxygen.

"My many pardons please! I did not realize who you were at first. I was foolish, please try to understand that I was only protecting your associate!"

"Kara give him some room." She gentle nudged Kara away from Steve's personal space as he nearly bended over to clear his advanced lungs. "Steve just breath, she didn't mean it. She thought you were one of them."

The soldier nodded through a whizz and stood up while adjusting his hoodie. The women that Pierce had shown him from space was here, in both their presence. By his shield she was strong for someone her size. He wanted to question why was she wearing a detailed leotard with boots and a cape that seemed too big for her but the question that lingered in his mind was, what the hell did she just say not too long ago?

His thoughts were interrupted when Natasha snapped her fingers prompting him to look at her.

"Shall we try this again?" he nodded. "Fury gave it to you, why?"

"What's on it?"

"I dunno."

"Stop lying!"

"I only act like I know everything Rogers." He looked backwards to see the door locked, then at Kara before continuing.

"I bet you knew Fury hired those Pirates didn't you?"

"Well it makes sense, the ship was dirty Fury needed a way inside, so do you."

He would have scowled at her but he didn't know how the girl next to the redhead would react so he tried a different yet calm approach.

"Nat I'm being serious I'm not gonna ask you again." he rubbed his throat as it turned a tint of red.

"I know who killed Fury….most of the intelligence doesn't believe he exists. But the ones that do call him the Winter Soldier." Steve furrowed his eyebrows at this. "He is credited with over two dozen assassinations in the last 50 years."

The captain gazed at Kara quickly before he spoke.

"So, he's a ghost story?"

"Five years ago, I was escorting a nuclear engineer out of Iran, somebody shot out my tires near Odessa, I pulled us out, but the Winter Soldier was there. I was covering so he shot him. Straight through me." She raised her jacket and shirt revealing a small but nasty scar along her eight toned abdominals.

This did not go unnoticed by Kara and the blonde looked closer with a sad expression. Natasha had been shot by a ballistic. Thank Rao she was still among the living. She wanted to reach out to touch it but Natasha had pulled her clothing back down.

"Soviet scum, no rifling, bye bye Bikini's"

Steve would have commented on her statement but stayed silent when Natasha gestured for Kara to come closer, the girl complied gracefully.

"Going after him is a dead end, I know I tried….but like you said."

The spy reached for Kara's left forearm and brought it up revealing the bulge in her sleeve.

"He's a ghost story."

"Is that what I think it is?" he tried reaching with a hesitant hand only for the blonde to pull back quickly.

"Yes, it's the hard drive."

Steve gave one of his intense stares but Natasha wasn't impressed. She just merely began a new topic.

"Steve, I'd like you to meet Kara. As hard as it is to accept this she is with us on this. She got involved and now S.H.I.E.L.D. is after her as well."

"Why wouldn't they be? Another Asgardian comes along and destroys an important satellite and you expect them to not be after her?"

"Guess it's true about what she did to BETA but she's not Asgardian. I've seen what she can do. I don't know where she came from but she's not from Thor's world."

"Are you serious Nat? Even her name sounds made up, look at her getup, it's similar to what they wear."

"I still don't think she's from Asgard. We can understand them Steve, did she just speak English?" the Russian asked rhetorically.

"Maybe an experiment?"

"I thought so too due to her curious nature but her eyes and emotions show no signs triggered traumatization."

"Curious Nature?"

"She's like a toddler. Last night I offered her beer and she acted like it was the first time she ever drank anything in her life. She doesn't know what socks are. She's amazed at cars and vehicles and always seems to be staring into space when she's not focusing. Over all she understands basic concepts. She brought us here not too long before you showed up."

"I am debating on whether to contact Thor."

"We don't need Thor, there are bigger things at hand here."

Steve almost pinched the bridge of his nose.

"So now an important piece of data is in the sleeve of this girl and you're just gonna bring her along with us?"

The Black widow rolled her eyes.

"She won't give it up, I tired. But like I said before I've seen what she can do. It might come in handy, So shut your mouth and introduce yourself to her."

There was an awkward pause in the air followed by Natasha putting a hand on the girl's shoulder. The young beauty quickly focused and waited for the red head to speak.

"Kara, this is Steve." She pointed a finger to the broad chest of the man.

The Russian gazed at him prompting him to introduce himself.

"…It's nice to meet you Kara." he extended a shaky hand out to her.

Kara eyed the hand for a moment before putting two and two together. The soldier was introducing himself to her! What was his name again?"

"I…..am Steve."

"Say it again in syllables" Natasha ordered.

"Ste-ve." His hand was still out waiting for the girl to return the gesture. After a moment Kara gave a small smile before calmly extending her hand out as well while repeating the soldier's name.

"Steve." The hand shake was made and the hairs on the back of the captain's neck stiffened. He was just glad that the blonde did not decide to crush his hand due to her iron grip. He looked at Natasha.

"So….she's with you."

"No…she's with us."

Everything that had just happened was not something Steve had predicted.

"This surely is unexpected."

"Ditto."

"Kara, I need it. Give it to me now."

Sneaking out of the hospital through emergency exists was easy and all three had made it to the local shopping mall in a truck with the intention of finding out what was in the hard drive. The only problem was getting the hard drive. Just as they got off Natasha had gestured for Kara to stay put by laying her body down in the seats with her cape wrapped around her face, torso, and legs. The only problem was the blonde not wanting to give the redhead what she needed.

They wanted to bring her with them. But for obvious reasons they couldn't, they were low on cash to purchase clothes for the blonde and they didn't have time to try and come up with a plan for her to join their escapade.

Natasha would have slapped Steve across the face if he even though about suggesting getting the drive from the girl and then taking off in another stolen vehicle once they were done in the mall. She would not get left behind. Natasha wouldn't allow it.

"We're not gonna leave you okay, we will be back, but I need this Kara, please can you try to understand?"

Kara was no fool. Although she couldn't understand Natasha she knew exactly what she wanted, being the operatives that they were they were most likely going to go undercover to investigate several things that involved the data crystal. But she did not know how long they would take nor if they would be safe or not.

Kara Zor-El, losing the battle with decisions and her conscious, slowly reached into her left sleeve and pulled out the very thing that started this mess. Natasha moved slowly to take it and soothed her voice for the blonde.

"We'll be back. Stay here…here." A final point of her finger down made the Kryptonian snuggle into her cape. The human female shut the door of the truck and pocketed the drive in her hoodie.

Steve paced right next to her as they walked away from their vehicle. She didn't need to look at him for him to listen.

"We are not leaving her. I don't care what you say."

Steve kept an eye out in their surroundings as Natasha implanted the drive into the laptop of the computer department store they were in. They had to work quick. S.H.I.E.L.D. was on their way.

"Fury was right about the ship, someone was trying to hide something. This drive is protected by some sort of A.I. it keeps rewriting itself to counter my commands."

"Can you override it?"

"Unlikely, but this is a program designed by S.H.I.E.L.D. I can run a tracer on it so if we can't read the file maybe we can find out where it came from." Just like that an image of a map was manifesting on the screen to calculate the location Natasha was looking for. It took a while but the magnification increased showing a place all too familiar for Steve.

"You know that place?"

"I used to, let's go." He pulled the drive out of the socket of the laptop and the two issued themselves out of the department. Steve immediately grew nervous when he noticed several agents were now roaming the area of crowed people.

"I thought you said it would take nine minutes."

"Relax, just follow my lead."

"What if they get to Kara." he asked and he stood still with a shocked expression.

"Kara is in the truck, don't worry about her." She continued without him only to stop when she realized he was no longer following.

"Natasha! What if they get to Kara?" he asked again only this time more concerned. Natasha met his gaze and noticed that he was staring up ahead. When she mimicked his look she nearly gasped when she saw the young women leaning over a large decorative display fountain and a large group of people were staring at her as she placed her lips over the streams that were shooting out of the water filled with coins.

"You're right Nat, she is just like a toddler."

"Now's not the time for comments we need to get her out of here!"

"What is she doing? Didn't you tell her to stay put?"

"I don't fucking know….oh God!"

Two women in matching black clad outfits approached Kara on the spot and struck her cape clad back with tasers, causing everyone in the area to panic. Steve was taken by surprise when Kara didn't jolt in pain and instead grabbed both women by their arms and crushed their bones into liquified matter, the agents would have howled in agony if not for Kara grabbing their heads and knocking them into each other out cold. They both fell into the water and to everyone's amazement the caped women disappeared from the spot followed by a loud whoosh.

"Where did she go?" Steve asked while taking off his glasses.

"I have an idea. C'mon she just made it easier for us to leave."

The soldier and spy made it to the underground parking lot. There, amongst their truck were two crushed black jeeps with the tires melted and burnt beyond their figure. Across the pavement there were four bodies of burly looking men all rendered unconscious, with some of their arms and legs bent in odd places.

Natasha ran to the truck that had one of the doors open and when she looked inside, there was Kara wrapped in her cape.

The spy let out a sigh of relief and frankly so did Steve when he looked past her shoulder.

"She must've dealt with these men and tried to warn us in the mall but got distracted."

"Natasha, she nearly got us caught."

"If you think about it Rogers she just bought us some time. We need to leave." She closed the door and ran to the other side to get in the passenger seat up front. Steve pulled out his keys and got into the seat to start the engine. Soon enough they were off. Their small mission being a success. Next stop, New Jersey.

The ride sure was a long one. Being a guy from New York Steve wasn't all that comfortable going into the most hated state there was. Of-course they had to anyway. Everything they could ever want to know resided there. But the problem was that it was getting darker by the hour and they weren't so sure on where they were going to crash for the night after they finished the task at hand.

Natasha and Steve hadn't said much to each other. Yeah it was one of those rides. But they did stop at a local Whataburger via drive through to grab a bite to eat with what little was left of their cash which was several twenties. As for Kara, surprisingly fell into a deep slumber an hour after they left the mall and remained asleep since then on the car floor behind her.

They were almost to their destination so Steve decided to start a conversation involving a certain blonde- haired women in the back.

"So, have I been saying it right? Ka-Ra?"

"Yup, don't forget the "r" is lifted. But to be honest I don't know if that's her real name."

"Nat, Who is she?" this time his look was more of a calmly pleading look as he took his eyes off the road.

"I don't know, I swear on Pepper's life I just don't know Steve." She leaned her head back to stare at the sleeping caped bundle.

"She is something I'll tell you that much."

"And she did all that back at the parking lot?"

"I know she did." Natasha continued to look at Kara. "She has powers Steve, extraordinary powers."

The soldier eyed the road once more before looking towards Kara and then Natasha.

"Like?"

"She can fly, and no not like Thor, I mean levitation, floating in place then taking off into the air type of flight.

"Like Tony?"

"Maybe faster."

They both looked at the road again for safety decency.

"What else?"

"From what I've seen, she's durable, bullets and high voltage don't affect her at all, she has immense strength, you've seen it. and to top it all off she can shoot lasers out of her eyes, kinda like the ones Tony has on his gauntlets."

"The ones he can only use once?"

Natasha grinned.

"Yes, but there are much darker, and hotter too."

"What kinda Asgardian has powers like that?" Natasha had to give a playful frown.

"Still think she's Asgardian huh?"

"There are lots of supernatural stuff that Thor tells us about and you know it."

It was true, the last gathering they had at the newly constructed tower the Son of Odin did boast about his tales in which Sif backed him up. It was some pretty freaky shit. The two smiled at the memories.

"It bites my ass every time Steve, I just don't know who she is. I don't even know where she came from other than through a window at the hospital that was once Nick's room. But hey…..let's just be glad we got her. For many reasons, of course.

They would have continued talking if not for the tossing and turning that was happening behind them. Kara wiggled up to sit in the middle seat while blinking lazily with her perfect hair in her eyes and cheeks. The young beauty quickly shook off traces of sleep and adjusted her hair and bangs behind an ear. She was graceful for a dreamless sleep.

"Afternoon sleepy head." Natasha smirked while Steve also smirked in the rear-view mirror.

"Natasha….Steve." the Kryptonian smiled upon seeing the two humans in the front seats of the transporter.

"I got you something." Natasha said while fishing through the crumpled bag of take out. In the redhead's hand was cup of curly fries that were shockingly still warm. She handed them to a confused Kara who took them anyway. There was a pause as Kara held the deliciously smelling container. Was this a nourishment? Was it for her? Deciding quick but with slow actions Kara grabbed one of the curved delicacies and placed it in her mouth. After receiving a nod from the human, she began to munch on the fry casually. Her mouth watered by the second and eyes flaring up in excitement.

"Guess someone likes curly fires." Natasha turned around to stare at the road again. With an idea popping into her head Natasha pulled out her phone and began typing away. Steve became curious.

"What are u doing?"

"Using a small private browser Tony installed on my phone."

"Wont S.H.I.E.L.D. track us?"

"Unlikely, whenever I turn on the private browser it is being only monitored by J.A.R.V.I.S. he knows how to override any wire connection between S.H.I.E.L.D."

"So why are you using it?"

"Just curious, Kara has a symbol on her chest, that odd letter "s". With these advances' I'll try to see if I can find anything related that image." A while past and unfortunately not even google images had anything. Natasha even went so far as to type in the search bar, "Giant red "s" inside yellow diamond", but nothing came up except for red logos for Nike shoes.

"Find anything?"

"Nada, not only is this girl an enigma, that symbol on her suit doesn't match anything. No government organizations, no gang signs, nothing related to electronics."

Steve shrugged his big shoulders and his spirit was brightened when they were approaching their destination.

"Guess it'll have to wait, cuz we're here." Natasha looked back to see that Kara had eaten almost all her curly fries with several crumbs building around her lips. She licked them casually and gave her attention to Natasha when the transporter stopped.

"We are here Kara, let's get off." the humans opened their doors followed by the alien mimicking their actions. When Steve locked the truck, he took in the surroundings. The place still stood, the boot camp for the special weapons division of 1944. The memories alone made him tighten his grip around the red and blue shield.

Natasha on the other hand was using her phone to try and scan for the precise location of where the file came from around the camp. They walked around for what seemed like hours considering the sun was starting to go down.

"This is where I was trained."

"Change much?"

"…a little."

After another incredibly long pause from looking at the old pole he brought down so many years ago Steve realized something.

"Natasha, where's Kara?"

"Up there."

The soldier looked up and raised were eyebrows when he saw the caped women flying around the area in a slow like manner.

"Well I'll be…..you were right Nat."

She still stared at her phone why moving around.

"Would I lie to you….by the way, this place is a dead end. Zero heat signatures, zero waves. Not even a radio. Whoever wrote the file must've used a router to throw people off." the two then began to make one more fruitless attempt to look around but there still was nothing. Nothing except a now grounded Kara that was staring at a massive door several yards away from them. Kara must've been helping, but how?

"Looks like she found something Cap."

"Army regulations forbid storing munitions within 500 yards of the barracks." They sped walked towards Kara's location. "This building is in the wrong place."

When Kara saw Steve, she side stepped to allow him and the red head to stand by her. The soldier had other plans and with his shield, he cracked the lock. Being courageous, the first avenger went first in going down the dirtied stairs when he slid the metal sideways, Natasha followed next but grabbed Kara's hand.

"Stay close to me."

The three quickly went down below the ground, half expecting to be taken by surprise but lucky for them they were the only ones there. Next to a pillar in the shadows was an old switch, with a flick of Steve's wrist the power came on and the underground lair looked like a row of old offices. There in the middle stood a familiar picture, only it looked very old. Natasha let go of Kara and began to walk around.

"This is S.H.I.E.L.D."

"Maybe where it started."

The Kryptonian's cape dragged over the floor, picking up traces of dirt around the end tips. This lair had an ancient atmosphere to it. Kara could hardly recognize anything laid out in her surroundings. Just what exactly was this place? She walked up to the winged creature painted on the wall and ran her fingers across it but she couldn't read the words written around it. Did this place have a connection with the Data Crystal that was now in the possession of Natasha? The sound of a heavy metal object scraping was heard through the compressed walls but Kara did not see the source.

"Kara!" Natasha called out. the blonde tailed the sound of the yell by moving around several square wooden shelves and sure enough, the two humans stood in front of a secret narrow passage way that lean to a rusted elevator.

"You see Nat, if you're already working in a secret office, why do you need to hide in the elevator?" the red head only rolled her eyes and walked towards the old keypad next to the shuttled doors. Her advanced phone decrypted the four-digit code with a small cryptographic sequencer built into the camera. The numbers were punched by Steve and they got the literal green lit sign to enter. They stepped in followed by Natasha gesturing Kara to join them. The small girl made her way into the cramped square space, being extra careful in making sure all cape was inside.

Steve and Natasha stared at each other and without a single word from the press of a button, all three went down into the depths of the unknown.

A/N: I know, I know guys. Still not what you expected. But don't worry, next chappy things will go down for real. Please keep reading and reviewing and I thank my 43 followers and 32 likers for making this all possible. See ya soon.