(Hey how's everyone doing during this hot week? Keeping cool? Hopefully this helps as the temperature gets a little cooler this following weeks. Let's get this chapter going.

Cole appears out of nowhere and said to the author, "You forgot to say it."

Huh? Oh, right. I do not own either Captain America or Dragon Age of any kind.

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Colonel Chester Phillips was back at the camp and began dictating a letter to the senator about the senator's 'Prized soldier'. He sighed again, reading his writing out for the soldier to type on the type writer, "Senator Brandt, I regret to report that Captain Steven G. Rogers went missing behind enemy lines on the third. Aerial reconnaissance has been proven unfruitful. As a result, I must declare Captain Rogers Killed-In-Action. Period."

As he finished, the colonel heard the sounds of footsteps. He turned and saw the British Intelligence Officer, Peggy Carter, walking towards him and the soldier. She reported, "The last Surveillance flight is back."

She then put the picture on the table. As she and the colonel looked at it, she added, "No sign of activity."

The Colonel looked at the picture, mentally sighed, and ordered, "Go get a cup of coffee, Corporal."

"Yes Sir." The Corporal said as he left the tent, leaving the colonel and the British agent. They remained silent in each other's presence.

The Colonel walked about looking out at everything around him. He told Carter, "Can't touch Stark. He's rich and the Army's number one weapons contractor."

Agent Carter remained silent as Colonel Philips turned and reprimanded her, "YOU are neither one."

"With respect, sir, I don't regret my actions." Agent Carter told her C.O. with a clear voice, though her eyes shifted between empty space and the Colonel's hard gaze, "And I don't think Captain Rogers did either."

"What makes you think I give a damn about your opinions?" Philips asked sternly. He began to walk towards her, "I took a chance with you, Agent Carter. And now America's golden boy and a lot of good men are dead 'cause you had a crush."

Looking right back at him, Carter responded, "It wasn't that. I had faith."

Smirking for a brief moment, he then retorted calmly, "Well I hope that's a big comfort to you when they shut this division down."

Noticing the rising voices and the sounds of the soldiers outside hurrying somewhere, Colonel Phillips asked, "What the hell's going on out there?"

He exited the tent with Carter behind him. What the soldiers near the gates to their camp saw was the Captain America, leading, with three men on either side of him, and many of the captured soldiers that the colonel had believed to be have died, thanks to what Rogers did. The soldiers in the base camp moved out of the way as the parade of four-hundred or so of the freed prisoners marched their way into camp. A few were riding on the commandeered hydra tanks that some of the former prisoners were able to take with them when they fought their way out.

"Look who it is!" A random soldier called out, causing more of the resting or busy troops to come out and look, as the captain continued to lead the company of four hundred. The soldiers who were witnessing began to applaud. The men took a right into the heart of the camp. As they were getting closer, Agent Carter took her eyes off the captain to see a young man, with very pale skin, gaunt features, and a very large wide rim hat helping one of the injured soldiers walk, while the company of four hundred men marched, or rode in vehicles that were stolen from the Hydra base.

When the Captain approached the colonel, he gave the superior officer a salute and reported, "Some of these men need medical attention."

The Colonel looked on. Many of the medics responded to the calls of, "Medic we've got wounded."

"Right over here." Another called, as Colonel Philips looked back to Rogers who then said, "I'd like to surrender myself for disciplinary action."

Shifting slightly, the Colonel looked away, commenting, "That won't be necessary."

Rogers looked confused for a moment, but seeing the aged colonel's semi-smile, he said, "Yes, sir."

Still semi-smiling, Col. Philips looked at Carter and asked before walking away, "Faith, huh?"

Cole, seeing the men with red crosses, could sense concern and a need to help ease the injured soldiers' pain. Letting them take the soldier he had helped walking into the base, Cole was about to make them forget about his presence, when Bucky shouted, causing everyone, including Cole, to turn to him, "HEY! Let's hear it for Captain America!"

Everyone began clapping and applauding wholeheartedly. Cole watched from the side lines, then made himself invisible. He wanted to leave, but decided to start exploring the camp. As he watched, he noticed many things were not what he had expected to find. There was a device that worked like an instant message machine, horseless carriages, medicine that seemed to make the soldier's pain become a mirage as if it was never there, weapons that shot out tiny pieces of metal that caused instant harm and possibly even instant death without worrying about sneaking and being spotted.

He tried hard to understand what this war was about. As he observed, Cole felt as though these Axis powers were similar to the Red Templars, wanting to control what they did not have, while the Allied forces were trying to free the countries that were occupied by the enemy forces, all the while trying to keep their own freedom, like the mages.

Not wanting to learn anymore, Cole noticed how everyone was packing up and heading to a place called "London". Sensing that they might need his help, Cole followed them all the way back to London, even entering one of their Qunari-like ships. He stayed awake throughout the voyage, not needing to sleep now as before, even in this strange world where nothing felt similar to Thedas.

The rest of the voyage progressed this way. Cole continued to follow the man that many called Captain America, though a few called him Steve. The spirit-boy could sense nothing within him but a selfless desire to protect people who could not defend themselves, to be their shield from any harm. The need to help and protect others made Cole intrigued by this human, almost like the Inqusitor of his world, but unlike him, Cole could sense the Captain better.

On the mission debriefing, Cole watched as Rogers began to tell them about the strange young man with the power to teleport, become invisible, and capable of reading emotions. The colonel, Philips, thought it was hogwash, and was about to ask for a psychiatric re-evaluation, when Cole appeared in a puff of smoke, holding one of the miniature tanks in his hands. Cole said, ignoring the startled expression on everyone's faces, "There's no need to, he is quite sane."

"Damn!" Colonel Philips said as he and Carter reached for their pistols, thinking that the young man on their table was some sort of new spy.

Steve, however, got between the two army officers and shouted, arms outstretched, "Wait!"

Stark, meanwhile, stared in amazement. The young man with the large brimmed hat continued to examine the tank's miniature. Cole continued speaking, more to Steve than the others, "I came with you to help. I would have told you earlier, but you were busy, and I do not like crowds…"

"You followed me all the way from Italy?" Steve asked the thin young man who put down the miniature and got off the table. The captain wasn't sure what to make about all this.

"Yes, I want to help. I didn't mean to scare anyone."

Steve, slowly lowering his arms, said, "That's okay, Cole. You just startled us when you appeared."

"Amazing…" Stark said, his face in awe as he approached Cole, "I must know how you are able to do that? Appearing out of thin air, I mean."

"I wasn't air, I was here. You didn't see me. Most people can't unless I want them to." Cole said. He stood there, completely calm. While the colonel wasn't so trusting, Carter, however, slowly lowered her gun.

Looking at the Colonel, Carter said, "It wouldn't hurt to hear why he's here or learn more about him."

The aged army officer grumbled; he didn't like the idea of a possible spy being around them but he couldn't deny that the boy did have some unique powers. Lowering his own gun, Colonel Philips asked, "Why have you come?"

"To help you." Cole said before turning his attention to Steve, "You help people, no matter where they're from or what their beliefs are; I too want to help make them safe when they are in danger. To be like you, a shield to protect others. I want to do that. I can help."

Steve gladly wanted to how this young man could help, when he heard the Colonel ask, "How? And why?"

Looking towards the older man, Cole said, "Hydra won't stop until they take away the freedom of the entire world, no matter who they must tread on. I want to stop them, to prevent a breach from happening to this world as well."

"How altruistic of you." Carter said, slightly warming up to the young man wanting to help. He appeared to be as selfless as Rogers.

Turning to the Captain, Cole continued, "I want to help. I can be hard to see, I can kill those who are hurting others. I can detect a person's feelings to harm others, prevent an ambush, prevent assassinations. I won't get in the way.

The four of them were silent. Finally, Steve said, "He helped save a lot of good men at that Hydra base. Bucky and the others can attest to that."

Colonel Philips sighed and nodded, "Very well, he'll stay."

"I won't be a burden. Tiny, no trouble at all. No notice taken unless you want them to be." Cole said as he attempted to go somewhere else.

"After Stark and his boys can get a full physical exam on him so that we know more about Cole and his powers." Colonel Philips interrupted as he stared at Cole, "Have someone watching him 24/7."

"I will like take the assignment." Peggy Carter stated. All eyes turned to the young woman who, realizing what she had said so boldly, slowly murmured, "Whenever Captain Rogers is not able…"

"Very well." Colonel Philips said. He turned back to the young Spirit boy, only to find him not standing at the very spot he was before. Everyone looked around as the colonel asked, "Where did he go?"

As they looked around, they couldn't find any trace of the young skinny man. Suddenly, they heard the sound of paper being placed on the large table and, turning towards the sound, saw the young man they were looking for. He asked, "Shouldn't we begin filling out the map that you saw when you saved Bucky?"

Everyone was stunned. Col. Philips looked as though he was going to blow a blood vessel when Carter intervened, "Y-yes… We should…"

Stark was silent, realizing what everyone else had been thinking. Rogers asked, "Hang on. How did you know about…"

"I heard you talking about where you retrieved your friend before meeting me. The sooner we stop Hydra, the safer this world will be." Cole explained, smoothing the map out for the super-soldier to write without any mistakes.

"Right…." Steve stated as he went to the map and began to write on it. Then, taking it to the bigger conference room where everyone seemed to have ignored Cole's presence, or more like they hadn't picked up on it, Rogers quickly marked the exact spots that he remembered seeing them.

"The fifth one was here in Poland, right here near the Baltic." Rogers said as he marked a spot on the map. He looked around before beginning to do the same again, "And the sixth one was… about, thirty or forty miles west of the Maginot Line."

Steve stood up and told Agent Carter, modestly, "I only had a quick look at it."

"Well no one's perfect." Peggy said dryly and she began walking away with Steve's eyes trailing after her. He placed the pencil down and followed her.

Cole remained where he was as the two returned with the Colonel. The Captain spoke, "These are the weapon factories we know about. Sergeant Barnes said that Hydra sent all the parts to another facility that isn't on this map."

Philips quickly looked at the map before ordering, "Agent Carter, coordinate with MI6. I want every Allied eyeball looking for that main Hydra base."

They continued looking. The British Intelligence Agent asked, "What about us?"

Turning back to face her, Col. Philips told his two associates, "We are going to set a fire under Johann Schmit's ass."

Looking at the super-soldier, the colonel asked, "What do you say, Rogers? It's your map. You think you can wipe Hydra off it's face?"

Looking back to the large map like table, Steve Rogers glanced at all of the Hydra bases he had located and said, turning back to the colonel, "Yes, sir. I'll need a team."

Philips looked up from the report that the blond woman gave him and said, "We're already putting together the best men."

"With all due respect, sir, so am I." Rogers interjected, politely. He got a stare from both the commander of SSR and Agent Carter.

Steve began to leave the room saying, "You'll need me; I'll be at the bar."

The three, who heard him watched him go, shared a confused look. Shrugging, Col. Philips turned to the British agent and remarked, "While he's doing that, we should begin our tests of our latest recruit."

Carter nodded, turning to where he last saw the young man, "Cole?"

Seeing that he was nowhere in sight, she looked around calling, "Cole?"

"Is there a problem, Agent Carter?" Col. Philips asked as he and the blond woman saw her looking around for something.

Trying to recompose herself, Carter then said, "It would appear that Cole is no longer in the room."

"Then where the hell could he…" Philips stopped himself, realizing where the young Spirit boy would go in a city he had never been to and gave an aggravated sigh.


At the bar, the super-soldier walked through the door and after looking through the crowded pub found the best men that he thought of and went to them. After much greeting and offers of a drink for the man that help saved their lives, Steve politely declined and told them what the SSR was planning to do and that he wanted them to join him.

Dugan lowered his mug and said, "So, let's get this straight."

"We barely got out of there alive, and you want us to go back in?" the African–American man, Gabe Jones, asked, sounding more reluctant than he appeared.

Rogers couldn't help but nod slightly after that brief recap and said, "Pretty much."

"Sounds rather… fun, actually." Falsworth admitted, smiling despite himself as he looked to the man who saved him and the others at the table. A burp was heard and everyone turned to see the Asian–American, Jim Morita sitting there. He said, "I'm in."

Steve smiled before hearing one of the people at the table, Jacque Dernier, speaking in French to Gabe who spoke back in the French-man's native language. The two both laughed and shook hands. They noticed that everyone at the table was looking to them and before Gabe could translate, a young, soft voice said, "They also wish to join."

They turned to see Cole standing there, his hat blocking his eyes. The group of soldiers at the table saw him and couldn't help, but smile that another person they knew was there.

"If it isn't the silent assassin." Dugan joked, pleased to see the young man.

Both the captain and Cole glared at Dugan's joke. Steve asked, "Cole, what are you doing here?"

"I wanted to come with you and see who you had in mind. "Cole answered, still standing as he ignoring everyone who was looking at him because of his strange clothes and hat. He then said, "I also wanted to join you."

"But Cole…" Steve said, understanding the young man's need to help, since he had been in that position himself. Cole, however, interrupted, "I want to help, This entire world is in pain, not just the people, but the animals, and the very world itself is in pain… They are singing, blowing mighty as a storm, praying to their gods or god to bring someone to save them… I want to help those who are hurting."

Steve sighed, He couldn't help or begin to understand the young man's powers to sense pain. So he said, "I'll see what I can do."

He and Cole looked at Dugan who smiled, "Hell, I'll always fight. But you got to do one thing for me."

"What's that?" Steve asked, expecting the answer he was going to get.

"Open a tab." Dugan's clearly known answer was, after he had gulped down his glass. Rogers smiled, took the group's mugs and walked away to the bar as Dugan remarked, "Well, that was easy."

Everyone chuckled as the Captain went to get them more drinks. All who had agreed to be a part of Steve's team noticed Cole still standing there. Dugan asked, "Cole, Come join us!"

Cole turned to the others at the table. He could sense they wanted him to sit with them.

Feeling a smile growing on his lips, Cole breathed quietly, "Why not."

He sat down next to them, all the while sensing that hey wanted to know more about the stranger with the ability to go invisible. Gabe then addressed the rogue, "Tell us more about your home; it might help if we learn more about you seeing that you might know a great deal about us."

"Thedas, a continent at war and arguments, mages fighting for freedom after oppression and abuse, Templars fighting for order for the safety and security of others. The hurt I heard from the country sides of battlefields and villages were loud, as though my ears would bleed from the pain, from the hate." Cole said remembering the world before joining the Inquisition. He watched as the soldiers around him seemed to question Cole's sanity, but they let it drop for now and began to sing another song being played by a local musician called a pianist.

Soon all voices and noise died down to the point where only Jim was left signing. He stopped when he and Cole turned to see Peggy Carter, the seemingly cold agent of the SSR, walking into the pub. She walked passed them, wearing a red dress. Cole noticed the slight disapproving look from the young woman when she passed, but her mind was on what she wanted to say to the Captain.

She approached Captain Rogers and Sergeant Barnes, where the two soldiers, being gentlemen, stood up to her as the agent spoke, "Captain."

"Agent Carter." Steve greeted.

"Ma'am." Bucky said, but he was ignored by the stunningly beautiful agent. Cole had walked over while listening to the SSR agent and super-soldier speaking.

"Howard has some equipment for you and Cole to try. Tomorrow Morning?" Peggy asked, curious as she stared into the eyes of the super soldier, leaving his best friend and the silent spirit boy lost in their own world.

Steve nodded before saying, "Sounds good."

She then turned to face the rest of Roger's squad who were drinking and singing away. Cole spotted Rogers looking the beautiful agent over again and his eyes returned to her. Bucky noticed it too, but Cole felt a slight twinge of... jealousy? No it was something else... something that the Spirit could not place his finger on at the moment. She looked back and remarked, slight disdain in her voice, "I see your top squad is prepping for duty."

Cole and Bucky looked back at the others who were still drinking and singing. Bucky asked, "You don't like music?"

"I do, actually." Carter remarked, her eyes still on the man before her as she then said, "I might even, when this is all over, go dancing."

"Then what are we waiting for?" Bucky asked, feeling how he usually did while being near a woman.

Peggy, however, kept her eyes on the blond man and answered, " With the right partner."

Cole sensed a warmth coming from the captain, swelling up inside him, as Carter bid, "0800, captain."

She then turned and walked away. Bucky followed her with his eyes. Cole was about to say something when he felt an arm around his and noticed he was being pulled away by Carter who she said, "And you are to come with me, back to the base. Howard needs your help to identify what Captain Rogers found at the Hydra base."

"But I only..." Cole said, trying to return to the Captain and Bucky. However, one look from the obviously angry agent made Cole silent; Carter's anger was not noticeable to the eye but only by someone with his unique abilities to sense emotions.


When Cole and Carter left, Bucky remarked, feeling as though his world was turned upside down, "I'm invisible."

Turning to his friend, Bucky said, "I'm turning into you and Cole. It's like a horrible dream."

"Don't take it so hard." Rogers reassured, patting his friend on his shoulder. He continued, "Maybe she's got a friend."

Bucky couldn't help but scoff in reflex, which made him realize that what Steve said to him was something he had said to Steve before both of them had joined the army.


When they arrived, Cole was greeted by a very irate colonel and a very eager scientist. Cole went along with the scientist. He overheard the colonel thinking that armed guards or even locking the young man up would force him to follow orders. Carter, however, countered that Cole might have a good reason for his actions.

When they entered the lab, Cole was asked by Howard Stark to sit on an examination table as a woman came with a syringe. Seeing the object, Cole asked, "What is she going to do?"

"It's okay; she's going to take some of your blood, just so we can learn more about your powers and try and understand them." Stark said, trying to calm the spirit boy down.

Cole, however, turned and asked, "And try to copy them into others? Trying another attempt to create a super-soldier army?"

Stark was very stunned that this young man was able to figure out what the colonel and he planned to do with the boy's blood.

"How do you know that?" One of the scientists asked. The nurse looked a bit nervous, standing there with her syringe; her eyes darted between the head scientist and the young man with the large rim hat.

"I can hear it from you like a leaf in the wind, winding, flowing, towards me. " Cole said as he just stood there, "And you won't find what you are looking for in my blood."

Raising a brow skeptically, Howard Stark asked, "Why?"

"You'll see." Cole said before the nurse inserted the needle into the young man's arm and drew as much of his blood as possible.

When Stark got a small sample of the spirit's blood under a device called a microscope, he looked baffled as there wasn't any sign of cells or even what would usually be found in blood. When questioned about this, Cole innocently asked, "What do you mean? I told you you wouldn't find what you were hoping for."

"This is scientifically impossible, a humans have at least enzymes or cells in their blood." Stark said as he kept looking through the different blood samples that were of Cole. But the spirit boy asked, curious at the scientist's words, "What are enzymes and cells?"

"Umm..." Stark started. Obviously cells and enzymes where a requirement for school learning, even if it was during a war. So the head scientist of the SSR wondered where this body came from to be so unaware of such obvious things.

Their talk was interrupted as Agent Carter, or Peggy, as Cole liked to call her, came in and told the billionaire that it was time to discover more about Cole. Stark, sighing in defeat, nodded for the boy to follow the woman out of the laboratory. The two entered a small room with a large mirror on the wall behind the seat were Peggy was sitting. Cole sat down before the guards could lead him to the seat and asked, "Are you going to ask about me now?"

"Y-yes..." Peggy asked, surprised that he found out so soon why they had brought him into the room to be questioned or interrogated.

Cole sat down and waited, like a little school boy. Carter was surprised at how well behaved Cole was. She began to ask, "Where are you from?"

"The Fade." Cole answered.

Blinking, Carter asked, "The Fade? What is the Fade?"

"It is where people go when they sleep, a world were Spirits and Demons live, living along side each other, but not together."

"Spirits & Demons?" Carter asked, a bit perplexed, afraid that she was dealing with someone that wasn't able to tell the difference between reality and fantasy.

Cole, however, lowered his head and stated, "You're afraid... Afraid that I'm broken in my head..."

Carter tried to think of something to calm Cole down, but her words came out as stammering.

"A blessing? Thinking that he was sent to help us, could be of help to the captain. 'Poor boy, can't tell the difference between the real world and a fantasy.' 'He must have been hit in the head too much as a child.' 'Need to replicate more, need more like him, create an army to turn the tide of the war...'" Cole stated looking towards the one sided mirror.

Taking a chance at believing in Cole's story, Carter kept faith that this young man wasn't insane but was telling the truth. She asked, "Are you a spirit or demon?"

"At first I didn't know what I was, I thought I as a ghost, helping ease the hurting of others. I made a friend, he wasn't afraid of me... But someone revealed what I was and I lost my friend and I remembered what I am again." Cole answered.

"Why was your friend lost? Was he killed?" Carter asked, beginning to feel even more sorry for him.

"No... He's alive, but Lambert revealed that I was a demon... The spell he used on me. It helped me remember what and who I was, but that made my friend turn from me."

"Why?"

"They were taught that Demons and Spirits are one and the same... don't belong in their world thinking we're parasites trying to take what they don't believe we belong."

"Where you're from, what is the difference between a Spirit and Demon?" Carter asked, wanting to know more, still having faith.

"Demons are similar to Spirits but different, as day is from night. Ice from Fire. They are named after and formed from anything dark and considered bad to humans, like Pride, Hunger, Fear, Doubt, Desire, Rage, Envy, Despair, Sloth, and Terror. Spirits have no need to remain or even want to stay on that side of the veil, the wall that separates the Fade from there. Demons want to enter the waking world, wanting to become real like those that they visit. Spirits however help strengthen the dreaming person's souls by visiting them in their dreams. Demons and Spirits do not usually enter the real world unless there is a tear in the veil, and when they possess someone."

"If demons are named after the bad things and vices of the world, does that mean Spirits are named after the good things and virtues?" Carter asked, curiously.

"Yes, Compassion, Wisdom, Hope, Justice, Command, Love, Faith, Honor, Learning, Purpose, and Valor." Cole explained, happy that Carter was curious and could tell the difference.

"If you're from The Fade and if it is home of Spirits and Demons, does that mean you are either a spirit or a demon?" Carter asked, unintentionally making Cole become saddened.

"As I said, but after I realized that I made mistakes and became a demon I remembered that I was a spirit." Cole said.

"Became a demon?"

"Just as someone can do good or bad things, spirits and demons can become either depending on their circumstances. I lost sight of what I was and thought that my mistakes were what were needed to help, but instead I had become something that I was not. A demon..."

"And you unknowingly became one when you came from the Fade?" Carter asked. Cole nodded sadly.


Seeing that Cole wasn't up to answering any more questions, Peggy finished for today, letting Cole have the run of the premises. As he walked, Cole felt a pain in his head. This caused him to not only hold his head and ears tightly, but also to fall to the ground, appearing to everyone in the room. Getting up, past the pain, Cole went to the source of that terrible pain like noise.

He arrived in time to see Howard being helped up by some of his staff as glass littered the floor around him. Howard coughed. He looked like a bomb had gone off nearby.

Cole approached one of the containers of glass and looked at the thin rectangular container. It looked similar to the projectile weapons the rogue saw in the Hydra base when he arrived in this world.

Turning back to Howard, Cole made himself visible to the scientist and asked, "What happened? What did you do?"

With his ears still ringing and his head hurting terribly, Howard spoke, "We were experimenting with the power source of the Hydra weapon that Rogers brought in."

Getting back on his feet and turning to his staff, Howard Stark spoke to them. Everyone ignored Cole approaching. Stark stepped inside the containment area, and picked up a marble sized piece of the energy, "Now until we're sure of it's full capabilities I'm placing that energy pack off-limits to everyone. Is that understood?..."

Howard stopped talking when he saw the Spirit-boy holding on to a piece of the energy and was shocked to find that it hadn't done anything harmful to the young man yet. Feeling eyes on him, Cole turned to the shocked and astounded expressions of those in the science division and innocently asked, "What?"

"Cole… how are you?" Howard asked, approaching the young man, but Cole was still confused as to what they were afraid of.

"It feels like Lyrium." Cole said holding the piece of energy in his hand. Seeing that they were confused on what Lyrium was, Cole said, "A crystal in my world which helps Templars and Mages to do what they do."

Still nervous, Howard cautiously approached and requested, "Cole... I'm going to need you to put that back where you found it. Okay?"

Sensing his fear, Cole complied and placed the marble sized energy into its clip again. Stark then said, "I'll be back. I need to tell Colonel Phillips about my latest discovery. Turning to Cole, he asked, "Could you stay right there and wait?"

"It's so amazing, how is he was not burnt when he came into contact with those things? What is he? Need to tell Philips. It might be a new break through." Cole recited Stark's thoughts, after seeing Stark leaving the lab quickly.

After some minutes of waiting, Cole turned his head sharply to the side before the rogue spoke, "'Oh ain't he the man I can have. Need to take him. Mustn't let that British harlot grab her hooks in another good looking man."

"Huh?" Stark's assistant asked confused. He was still not used to Cole reciting the thoughts and feelings that go on in a person's head.

Cole however vanished, making it impossible for the scientist to get his answers.


Steve Rogers, A.K.A. Captain America, had just come back to the base at 0800 sharp as he approached a blond haired woman and asked, politely, "Excuse I'm looking for Mr. Stark."

"He's in with Colonel Phillips." The woman said, absently, as she continued to read the paper.

Steve decided to wait, standing there as long as needed. Suddenly, the woman turned and did a once over of who she was talking to said, "Of course, you're welcome to wait."

Steve waited, leaning on a desk, as the woman turned the paper she was reading to show the Super Soldier the headlines, "I uhh… I read what you did."

Steve saw that the headline read, "400 PRISONERS LIBERATED". Feeling slightly flustered and unsure of himself, Steve said, "Oh, the… that."

An awkward silence enveloped between them as the woman gained a merticulous smirk on her lips. She noticed how the hero had watched her sitting in her position, with one leg crossed over the other. Feeling warm in his cheeks, Steve remarked, still tongue tied, "Really, it's not a big deal."

Getting up, the woman replied, "Tell that to their wives."

"I don't think they were all married." Steve pointed out, feeling more flustered. Never in his life had anyone ever looked at him that way before. And to tell the truth, it was scaring the Super Soldier greatly. He turned to look away, but the woman came closer to him.

She was standing some inches from him as she said to him, "You're a hero."

"Well, that depends on the definition, Really." Steve said, stuttering, not noticing until he felt the woman's fingers around his tie.

"The women of America, they owe you their thanks." She stated as she pulled Steve up to his feet and away from any prying eyes, "And seeing they're not here…"

She stopped talking when her lips clamped down on Steve's. He tried to pull away, but he didn't want to hurt her, which made him powerless on trying to get away. He heard the sounds of something appearing and a hand grabbed him by the shoulder and wrenched the super soldier away. Turning to see who it was, Captain America was surprised to find Cole there, a dagger pointed at the woman as he hissed, dangerously, "You tried to hurt her."

Steve was confused by his words when he turned to his left and saw Peggy Carter standing there, in her uniform. She looked stunned and apparently heartbroken at seeing the man she had taken an interest in kissing another woman.

Carter was so devastated by what she had seen she didn't hear Cole's words. She hardened herself emotionally and said, "We're ready for you, if you're not otherwise occupied."

Cole was about to explain when Steve went after her. Turning, angrily at the blond woman Cole, kept his dagger close to her as he said, "Your desires ruined their chances of being happy…"

He lowered his dagger held arm and raised his free one to her face as he said one word, "Forget."

A soft flash of light came from his hand and the woman's eyes blanked for a moment before she returned to what she was doing. Cole may not have liked what she did, but he wasn't going to harm her because of this. He needed the people of the SSR to trust him so that they would agree to let him help them. Killing any of their staff wouldn't be exactly a good way to gaining their trust. So he made her forget the harm she had done and live on, forgetting her desirous ego.

When his job was done, he went to find Steve and Peggy. When he found them he could feel their hurt feelings as though it was on the air, a wind pushing against him, keeping him from getting closer.

"Peggy that wasn't what you thought it was." Steve said, trying to explain.

"I don't think anything, Captain, not one thing. You always wanted to be a soldier, and now you are, just like all the rest." Peggy shot back, feelings of betrayal overcoming her reasoning.

Cole appeared in front of them as he said, "It wasn't his fault, that woman's to blame for the hurt you feel."

Peggy, too angry to listen said, "Stay out of it, Cole."

"Well, what about you and Stark? How do I know you two haven't been fondue-ing?" Steve asked, his hurt feelings over clouding his own original mindset.

Peggy stopped, looked at Steve and Cole slightly irate, then turned around and walked away snapping, "Neither of you still don't know a bloody thing about women."

Her words confused Steve as he left to find Stark. Cole went with him, figuring it would be better to do so than to not be able to learn about this world, especially things such as Fondue.

"It's just Cheese and bread my friends." Stark said, after laughing at the alarmed tone in Cole's voice about what he thought it was.

"Really? I didn't think…" Steve began

"Nor should you, pal." Howard said, following him inside the laboratory, "The moment you think you know what's going on in a woman's head is the moment your goose is well and truly cooked."

"The Iron Bull said the same thing to me once when he tried to explain how to be with women." Cole said, drawing the attention as Cole was staring at the vehicle that was called a "Motorcycle" on the lift.

"I still don't understand what that means." Cole told them, innocently.

"Well… Me, I just concentrate on work, which at the moment is about making sure that you and your men do not get killed." Howard placed his hand on some sort of fabric, "Carbon Polymer. Should withstand your average German bayonet."

Turning to the two next to him, Howard corrected himself, "Although, Hydra's not going to attack you with a pocket knife."

He then walked over to Steve's former iron shield and tapped on it, "I hear that you're kinda attached?"

"It's handier than you think." Steve told the scientist as Cole showed his daggers.

"And you Cole, You're still attached to those things?" Howard asked, hoping Cole would see fit to update his rather antique means of fighting.

"Yes. They're all I have of Thedas, I need to hold on to them until I can go back." Cole stated, the longing to return evident in his voice. But they could tell that Cole did want to stay and help them in their war.

Howard nodded, "I took the liberty of coming up with some options, well mostly for you, Rogers."

Stark showed them an arrangement of shields that looked as though they would do more harm than used as defense weapons. Cole looked over and spotted what Steve was looking at. It was a regular, circular like shield that with no special features such as a gun barrel or missile launchers. Cole noticed some thin metal, made from the same kind as the shield, dropping to the floor when Steve pulled the shield out, "What about this one?"

"No, no, that's just the prototype." Stark said, trying to turn the captain's attention to his final products.

After feeling how light it was in his hands, Steve looked to his friend and asked, "What's it made out of?"

"Vibranium." Howard answered, before explaining about the metal's properties, "It's stronger than steel and a third of the weight. It's completely vibration absorbing."

"And these?" Cole asked, holding up the small pieces of metal as well.

"They're left over Vibranium ores that we have after we made the shield." Howard said. Cole, felt the need to draw one his daggers and test it against Vibranium.

"How come it's not standard issue?"

"It's the rarest metals on Earth. What you're holding there, and those two chunks that Cole has in his hands are all we got." Stark answered.

"You quite finished, Mr. Stark?" Peggy Carter asked, walking to the three men, "I'm sure that the Captain has some unfinished business."

Holding the shield up and, his anger calmed down, Steve stood still and posed with the shield, asking her, "What do you think?"

Peggy however pulled a pistol from the table, aimed it at him and fired repeatedly. Steve quickly used the shield to defend himself. The bullets hit the shield, and dropped to the floor. Cole remained still as he had sensed Peggy didn't wish to kill Steve for what had happened earlier, not yet.

Cole looked and saw that each bullet had become dented from the impact of Cap's shield. This meant that if a shield could do that, then his daggers could not only be use offensively but defensively as well. Stark rose hesitantly when the gunfire stopped.

Feeling more relaxed, Peggy exhaled, "Yes, I think it works."

Placing the pistol on the table, Peggy walked passed the three males and out the way of the three that had come in earlier. Cole noticed a set of particular looks on both Steve's and Howard's faces as Rogers pulled out a small piece of paper for Stark to see. Steve said, "I have some ideas about the uniform."

"Whatever you want, pal." Howard replied, taking the piece of paper.

Cole then asked Howard, "Can you forge this Vibranium with the metal of my daggers in order to make to make them stronger?"

"You got it, buddy." Howard said, still in the amazed tone. He looked to see that Cole had left him to do just as was asked of him with the daggers. And knew he had A LOT to do.


(Whoo… that was tough to do… I hope everyone likes it and will continue to even after I complete this. What will happen to Cole's daggers when Vibranium gets mixed in with the metals of his world? Find out next time in the next chapter. Also please tell me that I am keeping true to Cole's personality. I don't want to change or hinder him by my take on him. Tell me how to have Cole speak and when he uses his powers to recite the thoughts and feelings in other people. Like how he does in Dragon Age: Asunder and Dragon Age Inquisition.)