"Tony, where is the nearest library?" Steve asked the inventor one day. Tony looked up from his tablet and to his friend.
"Why? Mine not good enough for you, Cap?" Tony asked, a little smirk on his lips.
"It is, if you like machinery." Steve deadpanned. Tony laughed and shrugged.
"It's an aquired taste." Tony pointed out, tapping something on his tablet. "But really, why do you need a library?" Tony questioned, playing around.
"I need to look up something." Steve said vaguely. Tony glanced at him.
"So you need a computer? Why didn't you say so? I have like, twenty in the Tower." Tony motioned with his hand for Steve to stand. "Follow." Tony moved swiftly through the Tower, Steve having to scramble after him. Tony led him to a smaller room with a weird moniter thing on a desk. "Here we are. This is Betty, she's old and timid, seems about your speed." Tony smirked again and slapped Steve on his shoulder. "Pay attention. This is called a mouse," He held up a small, white thing connected with a cord. "this is your keyboard," It looked like a typewriter. "moniter" He pointed to the screen. "And finally, power button." He pressed a small button on the front and the computer blinked to life. Various screens played out. "You good?" Tony asked.
"Uhhh" Steve mumbled.
"I'll take that as a yes. Have fun." Tony wiggled his fingers and stepped out. "Oh, you want to press on the button that says Internet Explorer when the desktop pops up." Tony commented before walking away. Steve sighed and sat down in the big chair. I got this. Soon, what Tony called the desktop popped up. Steve looked at the setup. How do you click? He wondered. Do I use this? He picked up the mouse and turned it in his hands. A red light flashed out from the bottom. He set it down adn he saw the pointer on the screen move. Oh. He moved the mouse fast and the pointer followed. He then scanned the screen finally, he found Internet Explorer. He swept the pointer over to it and set it there, nothing happened. Why didn't it work? He tapped the mouse with his fingers. Suddenly, the screeen went white. What did I do?! He panicked before he saw the screen load. A bunch of different stuff popped up. He panicked again, not knowing what to do. He heard someone walking down the hallway. He poked his head out the door and saw it was Thor.
"Hey Thor, think you could help me?" Steve asked. The god smiled at the younge man and nodded.
"Yes, I would love to help you, Steve." Thor boomed. Steve smiled and swept his hand, gesturing for Thor to come in.
"Do you know anything about computers?" Steve asked, hoping he would. Thor cocked his head, golden hair tumbling down his shoulder.
"Computers?" He asked. Steve face-palmed.
"Nevermind." Steve waved a hand and sat down. He saw these strange boxes with pictues in them. They seemed like billboards but, for the Internet. Thor comes over and looks over his shoulder.
"What is this?" He asks, truely confused.
"Something called the Internet." Steve explain to him. Thor cocked his head at the computer again.
"Internet?" He asks and Steve nodded. "Strange name." He deduces. The soldier shrug and look around on these billboards. In the corners, he see little Xs. He click one and the billboard goes away. Ohh, makes sense. He click all the Xs till the billboards go away. Thor is amazed at this and wishes to try his hand at it.
"Hold on pal, I need to look something up." Steve tell him. Thor nods and decides to watch the other Avenger. Okay, Tony said something about Google the other day. Steve swpet the pointer up to a little bar on the top of the screeen and clicked. An I popped up. He looked on the keyboard and saw a delete button. He pressed it and and the words at the top disappeared. Thor and Steve's eyes lit up when they saw this. Steve slowly typed in Google and pressed the enter button. The screen went blank again and started to load with a new screen on it.
"Is this magic?" Thor wondered softly. Steve shrugged, he thought it was, a little. Thor, on the other hand, was almost ready to smash the thing with his hammer. If he didn't think it was so wonderful. Steve saw an empty bar in the middle of the screen and clicked on it. Another I popped up. He slowly typed in Bucky's name and pressed the enter button. A screen loaded with a billion words on it.
"Whoah, that's a lot." Steve whistled. Thor agreed. Steve found a bar on the side and clicked it, sending the screen downward. "Okay, let's get started." Steve swept his eyes over every word and swam through five pages before finding what he was looking for. "Here we are!" He shouted. Thor grinned, even though he had no idea what was happening. The article was from an ancestry page, telling about Steve's best friend. Of course, Steve was sure he was dead, this page told him so. It also said he had a daughter, a son and a few grandkids in California and Colorado.
"Is this Bucky your friend?" Thor asked. Steve nodded solemly.
"Yes, he was my best friend. We fought many battles together." Steve told the god. Thor nodded. "Your turn now pal." Steve stood and allowed Thor to get on. Steve stepped out and went to his room. A few mintues later, Tony came in.
"Find what you needed?" Tony asked. Steve nodded, grabbing a bag from under his bed.
"I'm going to be gone a few days." Steve informed the inventor.
"Uh alright. Don't freeze again." Tony joked. Steve sighed and tossed some clothes in the bag. "Have fun Steve." Tony called as Steve marched out of his room and to the Tower's garage. Steve waved as the elevator shut.