Chapter 4

Steve and I were running to one of the engines. It had been damaged by the attack. I had on my hero suit. I really wasn't a fan of this thing. It rode up in some places that were very uncomfortable. I was running to the engine when Steve grabbed my arm and prevented me from falling off the edge.

"You need to stay here and guard me." Steve shouted over the wind.

"Why? You know how to work mechanical stuff?" I asked with a loud voice.

"I can't let you get hurt!"

"Steve, I'm not going to stand here and watch. You are going to have to get used to me being out on the field. I'm not that doctor anymore…" I trailed off when I saw Steve's jaw clench.

"You are that doctor, Evelyn. You will always be her. Stark, we are here!" Steve said over his ear piece.

"Good. See what we got…" I heard Tony say as he was looking in the engine to see what was happening. :I got to get this super conducting cooling system back online before I can access the rotors and work on dislodging the debris." Stark was in his suit, flying around and examining the damage. He put a piece back on the engine and pointed to a control panel. "I need one of you to get to that engine control panel and tell me which relays are in overload position."

Steve jumped over and grabbed a pole. He swung himself over to the other side so he was at the control panel. It looked easy enough. As soon as I saw him turn his back to me, I thought about doing what he did. He opened up the control panel and started to examine it.

"What does it look like in there?" Stark asked.

"It seems to run on some form of electricity." Steve said.

I heard a sigh from Tony. "Well, you're not wrong there…you need to check out the relays."

"Alright." Steve said.

I looked around me, seeing if there was anyone coming. I saw no one coming.

"Steve, how's it coming?" I asked over the earpiece.

"The relays are intact. What's our next move?" Steve asked and looked over towards me.

"Even if I clear the rotors, this thing won't re-engage without a jump." Stark said. "I'm going to have to get in there and push."

"Are you crazy? If the rotors speed up you won't be able to fly fast enough to get out of there." I said into my earpiece. "You'll get hurt."

"Aw, is the Doctor worried about me? Don't worry. Just stay in the control unit and reverse polarity long enough to disengage mag-…"

"Speak English!" Steve shouted.

"See that red lever?" Tony's voice was full of sass. I loved it. "It'll slow the rotors down long enough for me to get out. Stand by it and wait for my word."

"Got it!" I called out and made my jump towards the red lever.

Steve nearly had a heart attack when I jumped. I turned to him and he backed away slowly. He ran over to the edge and jumped, landing next to me.

"Don't you do that again." He commanded as he took me into his arms.

"Steve…" I said in a warning tone.

I turned to the red lever and waited for Tony to give me the cue. I heard footsteps coming and Steve and I looked over to see soldiers, with guns coming. One threw a grenade and Steve jumped and batted it out of the way, exploding beneath us.

Steve jumped down to where the enemy was and kicked one guy in the face, knocking him down. He took the other one's gun out of his hand got it out of his hands. The man struggled against Steve and ended up being thrown off the edge.

There was a guy down the hall and started to shoot at Steve. Steve threw the gun at the man and went to me. He grabbed me and hid behind a corner.

"I need to be over there." I said to Steve.

"Just stay here." Steve said.

"Oh, my god…Steve. I'm going to knock you to the ground if you don't stop." I warned him

Steve bit back a smile. "You're still stuborn…"

The man started to fire at us. We both ducked to doge the bullets. I looked over and saw there was a gun. Steve saw the gun too and dashed for it before I could.

He started to fire at the man, not hitting him at all. The soldier fired back but missed every time. I started to get annoyed at this.

Steve was stepping back and slipped off the edge. I stood up and ran over to the edge. He was holding onto a tube, dangling off the side. I turned to the solider who was firing bullets at me.

"That's enough!" I shouted and stood straight up.

I moved my hand out towards the guy. When I did that, a ripple of waves came from my head and threw the man back. The wave was so strong that it took the

"Okay, pull the lever." I heard Tony call out.

I was dizzy and tried to stand up. My legs and arms felt so heavy, but I didn't care. I stopped and turned to see if Steve was up yet. He wasn't.

"We need a minute here!" Steve shouted over the earpiece.

"You better not be making out with your girlfriend! Lever! Now!" Tony shouted.

Over the earpiece I heard Tony starting to get crushed by the rotors. I quickly made my way for Steve, stumbling on the way to get him. I reached my hand out for him and pulled him right up. I couldn't let Steve fall. The wind was too strong for him to pull himself up.

Once Steve was up on his feet, I pointed to the lever and quickly sat down. I leaned my head back as I tried to get a hold of myself.

Steve ran over to the lever and pulled it. Once Tony got out, Steve ran back over to me. He touched my cheek and ran a hand through my hair.

"It's okay. You did well." He said as he tried helping me up to my feet.

There were bullets being shot at us. One went right through my waist. I screamed out in pain as I felt the bullet fly threw me.

From out of nowhere, Tony came flying in and flew straight into the guy; killing or knocking the man out. Steve held onto me tightly, trying to keep me up. He gave up on that idea and picked me up in his arms.

I needed to start working on my powers if I was going to fight at all. It felt like all my energy was drained and I was just a rag doll. I didn't want to burden Steve or anyone with my lack of skills and knowledge on how to use or control my powers.