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Chapter 14
On the Run

Well, Jamie had the location of Steve. He was, in fact, inside a hospital. And that was all good to know, but what was she supposed to do now? How was she supposed to find him? Search the whole place for one man? One very large, muscular, hunky man, but one person nonetheless.

The situation seemed hopeless. Though, it had seemed hopeless before she had spoken to Taylor too, so perhaps it wasn't as horrible as she believed it to be. All she knew was she at least had to try and find him. Steve needed backup, and Jamie definitely needed someone to back her up.

Luck seemed to be on her side. Fortunately. Steve and, surprisingly Natasha, walked out of one of the emergency exits of the hospital as Jamie rounded the corner towards the emergency room entrance. They were glancing around trying their best to fit in and to seem as normal as possible. They started to go in the same direction Jamie was going, so the brunette was forced to rush forward, as quickly as she could without making the gunshot wound in her side bleed anymore than it was. The last thing she needed was for it to bleed through the bandaging.

Once she caught up to them, she grabbed Steve's arm to grab his attention without raising her voice or causing a scene. "Steve," she muttered as quietly as she could.

Steve reacted instantly, grabbing her wrist and pulling it off his arm. "Jamie?"

"What the hell is going on?" Jamie whispered quickly.

"We're not to sure ourselves. We're trying to figure that out. But do know, that not everyone is on our side." Steve said slowly, taking a step back from her.

Jamie gaped. "What? You mean me?" She was rather hurt at that. They were best friends. They had been through so much. How could he question her loyalties like that? "Steve…"

Steve looked equally hurt. "I want to trust you, Jamie. More than anything but...you have to understand. You of all people have too..." He couldn't put it into words.

Natasha tilted her head just slightly, eyes narrowing as she scanned Jamie over. She was taking her appearance and state in much more than Steve was. But she was the ultimate spy. She did it without even realizing she ever did it. "You're hurt," Natasha pointed out.

Jamie looked away, not willing to look at Steve after that. "Rumlow. Pierce wanted me to try and find Steve with STRIKE. Rumlow figured out I didn't quite buy into everything they were telling me."

"Jamie..." Steve seemed to relax as he took a step closer hand hovering over where her wound is. "Jamie we need to get you help."

"I'm fine," Jamie insisted. "A bit uncomfortable, but I've had worse."

"We need to keep moving," Natasha reminded them. "I'm going to get us a car. You two….catch up," she said, a small smirk on her lips as she departed.

"Jamie are you sure you are alright?" Ushering her to sit on a bus stop bench along the side of the street.

"I'm more worried about getting found," she pressed. "Really. If you're that worried about it, look at it in the car, or let Natasha take a look at it when we're in the car going…..where are we going?"

"We're heading to the closest mall. Pick up some new clothes to help blend in, we also need a computer in an area with a lot of traffic. To make it harder for them to track us."

"Why do we need a computer?" Jamie questioned.

"Because of this," he said, opening the palm of his hand. In his large hand was a tiny flash drive. "Fury gave it to me before he died."

"So...It's true. Fury's really dead," Jamie muttered, running a hand through her hair under the hood that covered her hair.

It was unbelievable. The whole time after she had been told Fury was dead, she didn't fully believe it. Fury had always been there even when he wasn't around. Fury was SHIELD. And a SHIELD without Fury just seemed so, so wrong.

"Yeah...watched it happen myself..." Steve sighed softly as he said that, lowering his head a bit.

"Pierce said that. I'm sorry, Steve," Jamie sighed, gently placing a hand on his arm in a sad attempt to comfort him.

"He was right there Jamie. Not...two feet from me. And he got shoot like a dying old dog..." Steve muttered. "And I couldn't even catch the guy who did it."

"Steve," Jamie said, moving her hand up to his cheek to make him look at her in the eyes. "None of this is your fault. You did everything you could."

"The situation is still...horrible for lack of a better word" Steve said resting a hand on hers.

"We'll make it better," Jamie told him. God, she hated it when he looked so wounded. She just wanted to make him feel better. "I promise. And you know I don't make promises I can't keep."

"Thanks Jamie...I'm really glad you're on my side. I don't know how I would cope if you weren't" He mumbles before pulling her into a hug.

I really hope I can keep this promise. "Of course," Jamie muttered against his hoodie. "I'll always be on your side."

"So let me run through this one more time," Jamie muttered. She was looking through a rack of shirts to pick out something to new to wear. "The mission you guys went on a couple days ago was a military boat taken over by pirates. All of which were higher by Fury because he knew something was compromised. And then he shows up telling Steve SHIELD wasn't safe, and was shot by someone known as the Winter Soldier?"

"Yup," Natasha muttered, moving in front of her to head to the checkout.

She pulled out a black zip up hoodie without much thought, and a black tank top, the straps crossing in the back, and a pair of blue skinny jeans. She didn't even go to try them on. All she needed was something different to change into. Jamie moved to get in line behind Natasha.

"And so we're trying to figure out what's on the flash drive now," Jamie went on.

"You state the obvious a lot," Natasha stated, a smirk in place.

Jamie just rolled her eyes. "I'm just trying to get informed," she said.

The two paid and walked out of the store and headed to the bathrooms to change, where Steve was already changing. Steve walked out of the moments before the girls came out all changed. Jamie couldn't help but chuckle at the way Steve looked in fake glasses.

"Cute," she muttered, pushing them up on his nose more with a smirk.

"Think so?" He said with a dorky smirk. "I think they suit me just fine."

"Come on, the Apple Store is this way," Natasha said, motioning with her head. "The first rule of going on the run is don't run, walk," Natasha told the two evenly. She was looking straight ahead calmly, while Steve, who was between Jamie and Natasha, glanced all around them uneasily.

"If I run in these shoes, they're gonna fall off," Steve muttered.

Jamie couldn't help but chuckle. "You could've gotten something a little more functional, you know."

"Natasha said to pick something un-Steve like." Steve shrugged.

"Right," she chuckled. "You look like you're in a midlife crisis or something though... And you're not even that old."

"I think I look...fly? Is that the word? Or is it high? Am I high?" Steve asked her.

Jamie couldn't hold her laughter back, and it seemed Natasha couldn't either. "I don't think anybody says that anymore," Natasha said.

"I-I don't know what to say to that," Jamie laughed, clutching her injured side. "Oh God, it hurts to laugh….but it's too funny."

"...You guys are mean."

Once they finally made it to the overly bright Apple Store where they always had computers and phones and other gadgets to play with, they picked a random laptop to go on to work from.

"The drive has a Level Six homing program, so as soon as we boot up SHIELD will know exactly where we are," natasha said, typing away.

"How much time will we have?" Steve asked.

"About nine minutes from now," she said, plugging it into the jack.

"Maybe I should've waited in the car," Jamie muttered. "Getaway car and whatnot."

"No, we have to get another car anyway," Natasha said. "Fury was right about that ship," she went on, reading over the information. "Somebody's trying to hide something. This drive is protected by some sort of AI. It keeps rewriting itself to counter my commands."

"Can you override it?" He asked, looking over her shoulder. He was leaning against the table with his right hand, his other hand was placed on Jamie's back, who was standing very close to him and Natasha to look over her shoulder as she worked too.

"The person who developed this is slightly smarter than me," Nat said.

"Slightly?" Jamie asked.

"Slightly," Nat confirmed. "I'm gonna try running a tracer."

"Can you translate that into English for us?" Jamie asked.

"This is a program that SHIELD developed to track hostile malware, so if we can't read the file, maybe we can find out where it came from," Tasha clarified.

"Can I help you guys with anything?"

Jamie jumped slightly, accidentally pressing into Steve's side more than she already had been in the position that had taken up looking over Nat's shoulder. She looked to her left to the long haired blonde, bearded man where the blue Apple employee shirt.

"No," Nat said, nudging Jamie further into Steve's hold with a cheerful smile. "I'm just helping my cousin and her fiance with some honeymoon destinations."

So that's what our story is, Jamie thought, smiling and resting her head on Steve's shoulder to go along with their cover story.

"Right," Steve muttered, trying his best to smile through the lie as his arm wrapped tighter around Jamie. "We're getting married."

"Congratulations. Where are you guys thinking about going?" Aaron asked.

"Oh, uh," Jamie uttered, looking over to the computer.

"New Jersey," Steve answered for her, seeing the location come up on the screen.

"Huh," the guy muttered, nodding his head. He opened his mouth to say something, before closing it again, narrowing his eyes at Steve. He opened his mouth again and said, "I have the exact same glasses."

"Wow, you two are practically twins," Natasha muttered, back to typing.

Aaron chuckled. "Yeah, I wish." He motioned to Steve and added, "Specimen. No wonder you got such a great looking finance."

Jamie blinked and blushed slightly. She was a part of it, but she hadn't really been dragged into the whole thing other than just being Steve's finance, which wasn't all that bad of a thought if anybody asked her (to which she would very quickly deny).

"Uh, if you guys need anything, I've been Aaron," he said, holding his name card up.

"Thank you!" Jamie told him as he walked away.

Steve sighed and they all turned back to the computer impatiently. STeve looked at his watch and pointed out, "You said nine minutes. Come on."

"Shhh, relax," Natasha hushed. "Got it," she said with a smirk.

Steve leaned in close upon seeing the name. Wheaton, New Jersey.

"You know it?" Nat asked.

"I used to. Let's go," he said. He pulled the flash drive out and the party of three quickly left the store. Jamie was right behind them, not exactly able to keep their pace with her wound in her side. Steve and Nat were side by side, Jamie right behind them.

"Standard Tac team," Steve pointed out as they walked. "Two behind. Two across, and two coming straight at us. If they make us, I'll engage, you hit the south escalator to the metro."

"Shut up and put your arm around me," Nat told him.

What? Jamie thought, looking at the back of her head oddly.

"Laugh at something I said."

"What?" Steve asked.

"Do it," Nat ordered.

Steve did just as he was told, though it still seemed a bit fake if anyone asked her. It worked though. The two men just walked right on passed. Oh, acting normal. Right. They'd overlook them. Or us, Jamie thought.

"Come on," Nat said, leading them over to the escalator. "This way."

Jamie always preferred the stairs, but the next best thing was the escalator. Elevators were the worst. They were far too cramped and too defenseless. At least with stairs and escalators she could move if she needed to. So, Jamie was rather pleased when they went down the escalator when they tried to get out of the mall.

Steve was standing in front of her, while Natasha was in front to him, all three of them looking around their environment to spot the STRIKE team hunting them down.

Natasha spun around quickly, looking up at Steve and said, "Kiss me."

"What?" Steve gaped.

"What?" Jamie asked, leaning out around Steve's right side to look at her better. She gave her an odd look, obviously wondering where the hell that had come from.

Jamie could see over Steve's shoulder Rumlow riding up the other side of the escalator in the opposite way. Well, that makes more sense, Jamie thought.

"Public displays of affection make people very uncomfortable." She glanced over his shoulder at Jamie before looking at Steve again.

"Yes, they do," Steve agreed.

"Kiss me or Kiss Jamie, just do it," Nat pressed.

Letting out a small whine in annoyance that she had to do it, giving exactly Natasha what she wanted, Jamie grabbed Steve's shoulder and spun him around. It was perfect with him standing one step below her, making her perfect height to lean in without standing on her toes to kiss the lips she had fantasized about far more than she cared to admit. She grabbed his face with one hand, the other resting on his neck holding him there in place.

She gently placed her lips on his, only putting a small amount of pressure on them. His lips were much softer than she thought they would be. And she was enjoying it a bit too much in their situation that she should have. She couldn't help but act on instinct as she pulled back a fraction of an inch, eyes still closed as she moved his lower lip between her lips, locking them.

Steve grunted but knew the importance of not moving. Heat radiated from his skin as he blushed darkly. He wasn't sure what to do, after all, he was kissing his best friend. But he eventually just gave in and winged it, kissing her back. He nervously placed a hand on her waist, the other on her back pulling her a bit closer in order to try and give Rumlow as little view of their faces as possible, and of course that was the only reason why…

Natasha jabbed him in the back with her elbow as she started to make her way down the escalator. Steve and Jamie pulled back at the same time, their eyes half open, half closed as they looked at one another for a second that seemed to drag on for hours. Jamie cleared her throat, letting go of Steve's face, which made him retract his hold on her. He turned, following Natasha down the stairs.

"You still uncomfortable?" Natasha asked.

"It's not exactly the word I would use," Steve muttered.

"Oh yeah, and what would that be?" Nat pressed.

"Leave him alone, Tash," Jamie scolded.

"What'd I say?" she chuckled.

"Where did Captain America learn how to steal a car?" Nat asked.

Steve was driving the truck they had commandeered at the mall. Nat was sitting in the passenger seat with her feet up on the dash lazily. Jamie was sprawled out as much as she could in the back, trying to get comfortable and get some rest. It had been a couple days since she had gotten rest anyway. She was exhausted.

"Nazi Germany," he answered, shifting in his seat. "And we're borrowing. Take your feet off the dash."

Natasha just smirked and did as he said, obviously thinking something along the lines of "Yes Dad." But she said no snarky remark. She did change the subject though.

"All right, I have a question for you, which you do not have to answer. I feel like, if you don't answer it though, you're kind of answering it, you know?"

"What?" Steve asked, just wanting her to get it over with.

"Was that your first kiss since 1945?" Nat asked.

Steve glanced back into the backseat, Jamie was only able to tell by the reflection in the window. She could tell he was checking to make sure she was asleep before answering Natasha's question. "Did it look that bad?" he asked quietly, hoping Jamie didn't hear from right behind him.

"I didn't say that," Nat said.

"Well, it kind of sounds like that's what you're saying," Steve muttered.

"No, I didn't….I just wondered how much practice you've had..."

"You don't need practice."

"Everybody needs practice," Natasha protested.

"It was not my first kiss since 1945! I'm 95, I'm not dead."

"So nobody special, though?" Nat asked.

"Believe it or not, it's kind of hard to find someone with shared life experience."

"Jamie's pretty damn close," Nat said. "She's a soldier. She's seen a lot. Been through even more…"

"I know, but we're still from different times. While Jamie is the best person in my life, there will always be a part of me she won't understand." Steve said.

"Doesn't mean you can't let her try," Nat said.

"I don't want to have to burden her with my old chains," Steve murmured.

"She already does that," the redhead pointed out. "Doesn't she? She is your best friend, after all."

"I know, I know. I just, I don't know." Steve shook his head.

"Well, then just make something up," Nat said. "Anything, with anyone."

"What, like you?" Steve scoffed.

"I don't know," she said. "The truth is a matter of circumstance. It's not all things to all people, all the time. And neither am I."

"That's a tough way to live," Steve pointed out.

"It's a good way not to die though," she added.

"You know, it's kind of hard to trust someone when you don't know who that someone really is," Steve said.

"Yeah," she muttered. "Who do you want me to be?"

"How about a friend?" Steve asked.

Nat chuckled softly. "Well, there's a chance you might be in the wrong business, Rogers."

Jamie chose then to make it known she was awake. "I don't know," she muttered, making Steve tense up. "I mean, I may not know everything about you, but I still trust you, Natasha," Jamie said. "And I've met a good handful of people in SHIELD that I know I can trust."

"You might be the only one then," Natasha said. She smirked, chancing the subject slightly. "Have you been awake the whole time?"

"Yeah, why?" she answered.

"You can tell Steve how the kiss was," she chuckled.

"Why? You worried you need more practice?" Jamie asked, sitting up so that she was leaning between the two front seats.

"Will you two stop teasing me?" Steve grumbled.

Jamie and Natasha just chuckled. Jamie leaned in and kissed his cheek. "It wasn't a bad kiss, Steve," Jamie whispered to him, a gently hold on his arm. "Don't worry about it."

...I guess I'm not good at this whole not updating thing...I mean, I've just so excited! After all, I have two more chapters done and half of another finished! But the main reason I wanted to update was to ask a question. I love all of the characters in the original Cap movie, like the Commandos and Peggy and whatnot...Would anybody be interested reading a story where Jamie gets sent back or something, but it's an Alternate Universe or something so it doesn't really effect the story line? I've debated. I'm just curious would would want to. Let me know! If people are interested, it probably wouldn't really have anything to do with this story, another story all together. Like everything up to a certain part of Jamie's story would've happened, she would've met Steve and had the two movies happen and whatnot, but idk! Let me know!
So everybody's reunited...and Steve and Jamie kiss, which I don't think is all that surprising. Though it could've been, I guess. Tried to make the kiss detailed, despite how short it actually was, but I hope everyone liked it.

Thanks go to the following people for their reivews on the previous chapter:

dleshae- I'm so happy you love the story. I hope this chapter was everything you wanted it to be!

Queen of Erebor- Well, seems like I'm giving you what you wanted in updates anyway, lol. I'm so impatient. I just love hearing what everybody has to say about it all! And yeah, I'm really excited to get the Winter Solder going. I'm actually pretty close to being done writing it. I'm about an hour and sixteen minutes through and I have about 60 minutes left. Which, if you really wanted to, you could figure out how much I've already written if you were that interested in knowing. Taylor is amazing, and StillDoll13 writes her beautifully.

CJ/OddBall- Yeah, I plan on having them go into further detail talking later when things have calmed down. Much later. There's just too much to really concentrate on that. After all, Cap 2 is more focused on Cap and Bucky, so I want to do that. Idk, it's hard to explain. Like, you know how Cap 3 is about Cap and instead of focusing on the avengers in the movie, and the civil war story line in the comics, it's about loyalty and stuff like the Russo brothers said? I don't want to make it all about Jamie. She's a secondary character for it. Does that make sense? Oh, the flash drive really isn't important to the story line. It's more of just what she gets assigned by SHIELD and stuff. I wouldn't worry about it...plus...I don't know what's on it myself...

MidnightPenguin- Hey, I get confused sometimes reading stories too. Especially when there hasn't been an update in a while. You just kind of forget. Oh, and my mood was horrible, but the reviews all made me very happy! I always love hearing from you guys.

StillDoll13- I know she is, Fruitcake. But not as much as Kerry is. But yeah, she is trust worthy and even more so paranoid. Boy, Matt has his hands full with her.

Jedi Jelsa777- Well, if you want any spoilers, just let me know whenever! Oh, and Taylor really starts playing a part in the story later one after the movie between the movies and even in Avengers 2. I think StillDoll13 might do a spin off later on with Daredevil...

Jo- Oh, and Taylor really starts playing a part in the story later one after the movie between the movies and even in Avengers 2. I think StillDoll13 might do a spinoff later on with Daredevil...I wish I had thought about having HYDRA be in her mission but oh well! I like how she comes back and is all confused I guess.