Feeling super productive today. Let me know what you think of Steve and Raegan- I think I'm moving them too quickly, but Steve seems like the type that would fall in love pretty hard and pretty fast… even though he's a super awkward supersoldier from the 40's. And what do we think about Tony's relationship with Raegan? I see him as the protective dad, so we shall see how that develops…
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"So, Thor just left?" Raegan asked in disbelief as they marched down the corridors. Steve's hand held on tightly to hers as he took her to where the holding cells were.
"Yep," he said, stopping at a door. Natasha and Clint sat in there, having one of their private conversations.
"Maybe we should wait…" Raegan began, but Steve opened the door.
"Time to go," he informed them.
"Go where?" Natasha asked.
"We'll tell you on the way," Raegan said.
"Can you fly one of those jets?" Steve asked Natasha, and Raegan just looked at him.
"Of course I can," Raegan said.
"No, you can't," Clint retorted. "You can't fly those things. You crashed us into that farm the last time you flew one. But I can."
Steve arched an eyebrow at Raegan, who blushed and mouthed 'I'll tell you later' to him. He exchanged a look with Natasha, who nodded before Steve relaxed a little.
"You got a suit?" he asked.
"Yeah," Clint replied with one of his famous one-word answers, throwing the towel he'd been using onto the bathroom floor.
"Then suit up," Steve told him before leaving the room with Raegan in tow. He ignored the funny looks from the agents they passed and made his way into the lab.
Fury stood there, guns metaphorically blazing.
"What do you think you're doing back in here?" he asked coldly.
Raegan narrowed her eyes at him. "We came to get some stuff," she said, picking up one of the upturned cases that had held the Phase Two shipments.
"Put that down," Fury growled, and Steve tightened the grip he had on Raegan's hand as she refused to put it down.
"Where do I come from, Director?" she asked quietly.
"Miss Adakai, that really isn't going to solve any problems."
"I can see it at the back of your mind, Fury. You're trying to hide it from me. Did you want me to dig a little deeper? Because I can. Or you can just tell me."
"Miss Adakai-"
"Tell me," she hissed, throwing the box across the room and leaving a dent in the solid steel wall. Her eyes flashed a dangerous green. Fury quickly analysed the situation and decided that it might be better off for the already damaged Helicarrier to just tell her.
"Your father… is not human."
Raegan laughed. "Well, there's a surprise."
"He is Skrull. They are a high-tech species of aliens that specialise in genetic manipulation. Specifically, the manipulation of human genes. It is our belief that while they were searching for suitable subjects, they came across your mother wandering Earth, took her, and didn't realise that she was Asgardian."
"That's why she survived, isn't it? That's why there's nobody like me on Earth?"
Fury hesitated. "Yes."
"I knew it," Raegan said, lunging forward and throwing a left hook into the Director's face. The Director went flying backwards as she picked the case up from where she had dropped it and ran out of the room, Steve in tow.
"Screw you, Director!" Raegan shouted over her shoulder. "I hope that the crazy god finds you!"
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"He's going to be mad," Steve said, as they walked at a relatively fast pace toward the air wing. "We should get out of here before he puts the entire Helicarrier into lockdown."
"He won't," Raegan replied dismissively, watching as Clint, Natasha and Tony beckoned for the pair to join them from the other side of the air hangar.
"Did you get it?" Tony asked, grinning as Raegan produced the case and he opened it. "I'll make a few adjustments, then we should be good to go."
He caught sight of her face and his grin disappeared momentarily. "Is something wrong?"
"Fury sucks," Raegan muttered.
"Agreed," Tony replied, rubbing her shoulder gently. "I'm gonna fly off and try to negotiate with Reindeer Games now, so I want you all on a jet as soon as humanly- or non-humanly- possible so that I have back up. Fury isn't going to help us, this is something we're going to have to try to win ourselves."
"Because he sucks," Clint added. "Now, c'mon, or we're going to miss all the fun."
"Can I fly, please?" Raegan said, chasing after the two assassins walking toward the quinjet.
"Nope," they both replied without looking back.
Raegan ignored them and continued pestering.
"You'll need to override the airlock. Do you think you can do that, Stark?" Steve said, strapping his helmet on and making sure his shield was firmly in place.
Tony scoffed. "Please, hacking into the Pentagon's secure files is harder," he laughed, then stopped abruptly upon seeing Steve's face. "Not that I've ever done that before," he added hurriedly, turning to the computer and frantically tapping out a staccato pattern on the keyboard before something beeped.
"Done. I can't disable the alarm- it's too embedded and would take an hour to fully disable. We don't have that sort of time."
"Thank you," Steve said tersely, beginning to walk away. A hand on his arm stopped him and he turned to see Tony with a worried look on his face.
"Look after her, Capsicle. She's not in a good spot right now, and she most certainly isn't battle ready."
She really wasn't- he saw through her carefully crafted façade that she had somehow managed to convince two assassins was real- and it was only a matter of time before it slipped and cracked. But she was willing to soldier on, and it was something that Steve deeply admired, even though he knew Tony would definitely disapprove.
"I will," Steve promised, nodding at Tony before walking back toward the quinjet, where Clint, Natasha and Raegan were waiting.
"You had better, Capsicle!" Tony shouted after him. "Because if anything happens to her, Loki will be the least of your worries!"
Steve rolled his eyes, nodding tersely to the trio waiting patiently by the jet.
"What was that about?" Raegan asked as Steve beckoned for them to follow him on board.
"I'd rather not say," he replied, smiling at Raegan as the technician working in the cockpit glanced up at the four superheroes standing in the hold.
"You guys aren't supposed to be-" he began, but Steve held out a hand, stopping him mid-sentence.
"Son, just don't."
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