Chris and Steve got back home and Chris had to get back to work. Steve had gone to go talk to Fury. Chris was in the Insight bay helping to make sure the weapons were being treated with care while she was gone.
She was looking around when she saw director Fury walking through the bay.
"Director Fury." Chris said and walked over to him.
As she got closer she saw Fury was not alone. Steve saw Chris and shock covered his face. No running now.
"Christine Carter is our Insight weapons adviser. Although I am well aware you two are well acquainted." Fury said.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Steve asked.
"It was above your clearance." Chris said quietly.
"I asked Agent Carter not to share this information with you once I caught wind of your relationship. She refused, but realized you weren't ready for this." Fury explained.
"I'm sorry." She said and walked away.
Chris left SHIELD and went back to their apartment. Steve was pulling up on his bike at the same time as she was. She got out of her car and walked over to him.
"You still mad at me?" Chris asked quietly.
"I wasn't mad. I just have so many questions." Steve said.
"Then ask?"
"Why didn't you want to tell me about Insight?"
"Because I didn't like the idea so I knew you wouldn't. It was also above your clearance so I was legally not allowed to."
"If you don't like it why help?"
"I helped to invent a gun that would target individuals. The original plan was to just drop bombs on them. That would have killed thousands of innocents. I made it so there was less collateral damage."
"Who's Wesley?"
"You sure you don't have any more questions about Project Insight?" Chris asked.
"Chris, who's Wesley?"
Chris sighed.
"Wesley and I were put on a black ops mission together. We had trained together. He was like my big brother. When we were on a mission we ran across some mercs. Top list hired help. Bartoc was the head merc. He snapped Wesley's neck like a twig. Right in front of me. There was nothing I could do. I had three men about to jump on top of me. I killed them all. Every last one of those mercs, but Bartoc got away."
"I'm so sorry."
"It's in the past." She shrugged.
They walked upstairs and their neighbor Kate was walking out of her apartment.
"Hey, Steve. Hey, Chris." Kate smiled.
"Hey." Chris replied.
They walked past Kate and towards their door.
"Oh, I think you guys left your stereo on." Kate said as she stood at the top of the stairs.
"Must have forgotten to turn it off this morning. Thank you." Chris smiled.
She walked downstairs and they looked at the unopened door. Chris and Steve climbed out the window to the fire escape. She pulled out her gun as Steve went through our apartment window first. He grabbed his shield and they crept towards the living room. They looked around the corner and it was Fury.
"I don't remember giving you a key." Steve said.
"You think I'd really need a key?" Fury said struggling to sit up in the chair. "My wife kicked me out."
"Didn't think you were married." Chris said leaning against the wall.
"There's a lot of things you don't know about me."
"There inlies our problem." Steve said turning on the light.
Fury reached over and turned it off. He then showed them his phone that said: ears everywhere.
"Sorry, but I didn't know where else to go." Fury said.
He showed them another message saying: SHIELD compromised.
"Who else knows about you being married?" Chris asked.
"My friends." Us three.
Fury stood up and looked at them. Next thing they knew Fury was being shot.
Steve dragged him out of the living room and Chris crouched next to him looking over his wounds.
Someone knocked down their door and Steve stood in front of Chris and Fury with his shield.
"Captain Rodgers, I'm SHIELD special service." Kate said coming towards them.
"Kate?" Steve asked confused.
"I was assigned to protect you."
"By who?"
"Him." She said looking at Fury.
"He's been shot and is fading fast." Chris said.
She pulled out a radio and called for EMTs.
"Do you have a twenty on the shooter?" Someone asked over the radio.
"I'm in pursuit." Steve said and ran through the window.
EMTs arrived and took Fury. Chris waited in their busted up apartment for Steve to come back. She looked around and tried to pick up the shattered pictures. Some glass broke under someone's foot and Chris turned around drawing her gun to see Steve.
"Are you okay?" Chris asked after running over and hugging him.
"Yeah." He nodded.
"Come on. We need to get to the hospital." Chris said walking towards the bike.
They got to the hospital and Fury was being operated on.
Steve and Chris stood there with his arm around her shoulders.
Natasha came in and up to the glass to be standing next to them.
"Is he gonna make it?" She asked.
"We don't know." Steve replied.
"Shooter?"
"Fast, strong, metal arm." Steve explained.
"Ballistics?"
"Three shots, no filings. No way to trace it." Hill said walking up.
The nurses and doctor started rushing around as Fury's pulse faded. They pulled out the defibrillator, but still nothing. They called it and Chris walked away.
They gave everyone a chance to see the body, but Chris didn't want to. She stood out in the hall and waited for Steve.
Natasha came storming out with Steve right behind her.
"Why was he at your apartment?" Natasha asked them.
"We don't know." Chris replied.
"Captain, they want to see you at SHIELD." Rumlow said walking over to them.
"Okay." Steve said and Rumlow walked away.
"I don't believe you." Natasha said and walked away.
Chris looked at Steve and she walked over to Rumlow. She turned around and saw Steve wasn't behind her. He came around the corner a second later.
"Let's go." Steve said walking out.
"Move out." Rumlow said to STRIKE.
They took them in for questioning. Chris waited in the lobby for Steve after they were finished with her.
Chris was sitting there when Steve came crashing through the roof.
"Steve!" She yelled and ran towards him as he struggled to stand.
Once he was up he ran towards her and grabbed her hand pulling her after him.
They ran to the garage and grabbed the bike. They barely made it out of the garage, but there was another problem. Spikes on the other side of the bridge, and a SHIELD fighter plane.
"Captain Rogers, stand down."
They started shooting and Steve grabbed his shield throwing it into one of the turbines.
"Get ready to jump." Steve yelled before he slammed on the brakes sending them flying.
Steve landed on the plane and Chris rolled on the ground on the other side of the spikes.
They ran and found the closest retail store. They changed clothes and made their way to the hospital to grab the flash drive that Steve had apparently hidden there, but it was gone.
Natasha came up behind them and Steve pushed her into a room across the hall.
"Where is it?" Steve asked.
"Safe." Natasha replied.
"Tell me."
"Where did you get it?"
"Why should I tell you?"
"Fury gave it to you, didn't he? What's on it?"
"We don't know."
"Don't you?" Chris asked her.
"No."
"Don't lie to me." Steve said getting angry.
"I don't really know everything. I just act like I do."
"Do you know that Fury hired the pirates?" Steve asked.
"Makes sense. The ship was dirty and he needed a way in." Natasha shrugged.
"Where is the flash drive?" Chris asked.
"I know who killed him. They call him the Winter Soldier. Not many believe he exists. He's got credit for over 25 assassinations in 50 years. Going after him is a dead end. Trust me. He's a story." Natasha said holding out the flash drive to Steve.
"Let's find out what he wants." Steve said.