They all walked outside and Steve looked at Tash.
"I need you to do something for me." Steve said to her.
"What?"
"Chris and I will go and find out what is on here. I need you to set up a safe house for Chris."
"No! You aren't locking me up while you go risk your life." Chris protested.
"You can't go back to the apartment. SHIELD saw you with me. I can't protect you. I need to know that you're safe."
"I can protect myself. I don't need you to babysit me or put me under house arrest."
"I'm sorry, but I can't risk losing you."
"I can't risk not knowing if you're coming back or not."
"I've made up my mind." Steve said.
"Fine."
"Can you do that?" Steve asked Tash again.
"Give me an hour." She said.
Chris and Steve found a car and drove to the mall. Natasha worked on the safe house while Steve and Chris went to the computer store.
They were in the store and Chris put the flash drive in the USB port.
"Knowing SHIELD this has a level six homing program. Once this is booted up SHIELD will know out location." Chris explained.
"Do you know how much time we'll have?" Steve asked.
"Nine minutes starting now."
Chris started trying to break the decryption.
"It must be protected by some AI. Every time I write a command it rewrites itself." She said continuing to work.
"Can you override it?"
"I'm a weapons specialist, Steve. The person who created this is smarter than me. But only by a little bit. I'll try running a tracer. If we can't read the file maybe we can find where it came from."
"Can I help you guys?" An employee asked.
"No, my fiancé and I were just looking at some honeymoon destinations." Chris smiled hugging Steve.
"Yep, we're getting married." Steve said nervously.
"Where are you guys thinking?" He asked as Chris continued to work on the tracer.
"New Jersey." Steve answered.
"I have those same glasses." He said pointing to the glasses Steve was wearing.
"Wow, you two are like twins." Chris said focused on finding the exact location.
"I wish. He's a specimen." He said. "If you need anything I'm Aaron."
"Thanks." Steve said and Aaron walked away.
Chris continued to work and Steve looked at his watch.
"You said nine minutes. Time is up."
"Got it. Do you know it?" Chris asked.
"I used to. Come on." Steve grabbed the flash drive and they walked out.
"Standard tac team. Two across, behind and coming right at us. If they engage us, I'll engage while you find Natasha and get to the safe house."
"Or you can put your arm around me and laugh." Chris said quickly.
"What?"
"Do it."
He did and they walked right past them. Chris and Steve found and escalator and started down. Rumlow was on the one next to them going up. Chris turned and looked at Steve.
"Kiss me." She said.
"Now isn't the best time." Steve said.
"Public displays of affection make people uncomfortable."
"I know."
Rumlow was coming closer. Chris grabbed Steve's shirt and pulled him to her. Once Rumlow was past us she let go.
"You look good in glasses." Chris said.
"You're just beautiful all the time."
Chris turned around and walked down the escalator.
They found Natasha and took a car to the safe house.
Chris stood at the front door and looked at Steve.
"I'll be okay. I'll come back." Steve said with his hand on her cheek.
"Promise?" Chris asked trying to hold back tears.
"I promise." He said and kissed her. "I love you."
"I love you too."
Steve and Chris stood there for a minute just holding each other.
"You should be going." Chris said pushing him away and going inside.
She leaned against the closed door and slid to the floor.
After a few minutes Chris stood up and made her way up to the kitchen. She pulled out a can of soup, but barely ate any. She cleaned up her mess and went to lie in bed. She didn't actually fall asleep until five am.
Her phone is what woke her up at about seven.
"Hello?" Chris said fully awake and hoping it was Steve.
"Chris, I need you at my house. There's an emergency." Sam said.
"I'll be there in five." Chris said and looked in the garage. There was a car. Thank you, Natasha.
Chris found the keys under the driver's seat and drove to Wilson's house. She knocked on the front door and he pulled her inside quickly.
"What's the emergency?" She asked.
Sam was about to speak when someone interrupted.
"What are you doing here?"
Chris turned and saw Steve. A wave of relief washed over her.
"Sam called me." Chris said resisting the urge to run to him.
"I thought we needed some more help so I called in the best weapons specialist I know." Sam said defending her.
"I told you to stay at the safe house." Steve ignored Sam and stepped closer to Chris.
"When a friend calls me and says there's an emergency I come." She said getting irritated.
"Chris, you could get hurt. I couldn't live with myself if you got hurt." Steve put his hands on her shoulders and looked at the ground. " I couldn't live if you died."
Chris lifted his head so he was looking at her.
"Then I won't die." She gave him a small smile.
He hugged her and kissed the top of her head. They sat down at the table and started talking.
"Who at SHIELD could launch a missile strike like that?" Natasha asked.
"Pierce." Chris said matter of factly.
"And he just happens to be at the top of the most secure building on the planet." Natasha sighed.
"He's not alone. Zola's algorithm was on the computers of the Lumerian Star." Steve said.
"As was Jasper Sitwell. The only officer on the ship." Chris said as they pieced it all together.
"So, how do the three most wanted people in D.C. kidnap an officer in broad daylight?" Steve asked.
"You don't." Sam said placing a folder on the table.
"What's this?" Steve asked.
"My resume."
"Falcon?" Chris asked and Sam nodded.
Steve and Natasha opened the file and started reading through it.
"Bakhmala? Khalid Khandil mission was you?" Natasha asked.
"Is this Riley?" Steve asked.
"Yeah." Sam said quietly.
"They couldn't bring in choppers because of the RPGs. Did you guys use a stealth chute?" Natasha asked.
"No, these." Sam said pulling out the pictures of the suits.
"I thought you said you were a pilot." Steve said.
"I don't recall saying that."
"I can't ask you to do this."
"Captain America needs my help. There really isn't a better reason to get back in."
"Where can we get one?" Steve asked.
"The last one is at Fort Meade. It's behind three gates and a steel door about a foot thick." Sam explained.
"Shouldn't be a problem." Steve said.
"You still have those guns I made?" Chris asked Sam.
"The ones for the Khandil mission?"
"Yeah."
"You worked that mission too?" Steve asked.
"Where else would they get their special guns." Chris smiled.
"I'm starting to like your girlfriend more and more." Natasha said.
"Me too." Steve smiled.