So i was rereading the last chapter and i realized that i kinda got it wrong how Thor doesn't go back to the Helicarrier after being dropped in Loki's cell. But let's just say he does for the sake to this story, I want Beatrice there when Steve says "Son, just don't" so here we go
"They called it." Fury's voice said into Beatrice's earpiece once reaching the Helicarrier with Thor. The whole ship was a giant sitting duck in the sky with everything pretty much broken from Loki's men or the Hulk. Beatrice put a finger to her ear once her and Thor had landed, a chill going down her spine.
"C-Called what?" She asked, her voice shaking. There was a pregnant pause from the other end; no one really knowing how to actually say what happened.
Steve took the initiative and spoke through the comm, "Coulson is dead, Beatrice."
She knew that after falling in the cell that that was probably the last time she would see Phil alive, but having someone say it out loud made everything real. A giant weight pressed on her chest and made it harder to breathe.
"Lady Beatrice?" Thor asked watching the small woman start to hyperventilate. But she didn't even acknowledge that she heard him. Instead she threw the ear piece down on the ground and stomped her foot down on the device, smashing it to pieces. She then ran out of the room they were in, ignoring the Asgardian's calls. Beatrice ran and avoided everyone who would want to talk to her, pushing past many S.H.I.E.L.D. agents trying to fix what had been broken.
Too soon, Beatrice found herself back in the room where she had last seen Phil, the room battered and missing it's precious glass cell. Sadly, the room also received a large blood stain on the wall; looking faded like someone tried to wash it away. Looking at that made Beatrice's eyes tear up and cling to the railing across from the wall. She lowered herself slowly to the ground as her sobs broke the silence in the room and she curled her body into itself; her head leaning against her knees that she hugged to her chest.
"So this is where you've been hiding?" Beatrice looked up with her now red and puffy eyes to see Tony standing in front of her. His eyes weren't filled with glee and humor like they usually were, now they were sullen and dark with the loss of his friend. Beatrice sniffed and tried to whip her tears away.
"Why is it that every time I cry, you are the person who sees it?" She asked. Tony shrugs and looks around the room before moving to a higher part of the room where the entrance to the cell would have been. "I saw it all go down, you know."
"What?"
"I saw Loki stab Phil. Loki tricked Thor into getting into the cell and one of his goons grabbed me and put me in there with him. I-I-" Beatrice's voice got shaky as more tears started to fill her eyes. Never in her whole life has she felt more useless, "I couldn't do anything Tony."
"Don't blame yourself, blame the bastard that actually killed him." He said, his voice going down an octave before becoming silent.
The two stayed in the room for a while, just staying quiet besides the creak of the Helicarrier and Beatrice's sniffling. It wasn't until Steve walked into the room when words were spoken. "Was he married?" Beatrice looked over to Steve and then turned to see what Tony would say.
"No. There was a uh ... cellist, I think?"
"I'm sorry, he seemed like a good man."
"He was an idiot." Beatrice rose at that, shocked that Tony would say that.
"Why? For believing?" Steve asked, obviously referring to something the two of them knew about.
"For taking on Loki alone."
"He was doing his job."
"He was out of his league, he should have waited. He should have..." Tony trailed off, slowing walking towards the other two.
"Sometimes there isn't a way out, Tony." Steve said. Beatrice looked away from the men and looked at the faded blood stain on the wall again and her eyes filling with tears.
"Right, and how did that work out for him?"
"Guys, stop..." Beatrice said as Tony looked at her and then started to walk away.
"Is this the first time you've lost a soldier?" Steve asked.
Tony turned around sharply at that, anger filling his eyes, "WE ARE NOT SOLDIERS! I am not marching to Fury's fife!"
"Neither am I!" Steve said, authority seeping from every pour in his body. Beatrice looked at him and saw not the man who blushed at her, but a leader; a soldier. "He's got the same blood on his hands as Loki does. Right now we've got to put that aside and get this done. Now Loki needs a power source, if we can put together a list..."
"He made this personal." Tony mumbled, making Beatrice scoff.
"No kidding."
"That's not the point."
"This is the point. That's Loki's point, he hit us all where we live. Why?" Tony asked, looking between the two in front of him.
"To tear us apart." Steve said, slowly trying to place everything together.
"He had to conquer his greed, but he knows he has to take us out to win, right? That's what he wants. He wants to beat us and he wants to be seen doing it. He wants an audience." Tony explained. Beatrice's eyes widened as she got where Tony was going.
"It's like he needs to have all the attention on him before doing anything."
"Right, we caught his act in Stuttgart." Beatrice nodded at Steve when he mentioned that.
"Yeah. That's just a preview, this is opening night. Loki's a full-tilt diva. He wants flowers, he wants parades, he wants a monument built in the skies with his name plastered..." Tony stopped himself as something seemed to run through his mind, before saying "Sonofabitch." and walking out of the room. Steve took a couple steps towards the way Tony left, but turned around and saw that Beatrice wasn't following him.
"You coming?" He asked, pointing his thumb towards the door. Beatrice looked up from where she was staring at her shoes and shook her head before sitting back on the ground and hugging her legs to her chest. "What's wrong?"
"I'm not cut out for this." Beatrice said, looking up at Steve as he got closer.
"What?"
"All this hero stuff; I'm not made for this. I have no experience, I barely have a handle on what's actually going on, I can barely take care of myself let alone fight alien warriors. I just can't do this." Beatrice explained, slowly getting louder as she kept talking. Steve sat down next to her and watched his frantic and scared comrade speak. Once she stopped rambling, Steve looked over to the wall they were facing and stared at the blood stain.
"You know Agent Coulson talked about you when me and him talked when we first got here." He said, not looking at her.
"He talked about me?" Beatrice asked, surprised at this. Why would he talk about me?
"Yeah, he said that he was one of the first agents to find out about you and he watched your progress over the years. He even watched you graduate high school." Steve explained.
Beatrice's eyes started to water again, not knowing any of this, "Why are you telling me this?"
"Because one of the things he said was that he thought one day you would become one of the heroes little kids could look up to. To be more specific he said, 'She'll become the new you to kids who were like me growing up.'" Steve finally turned and faced Beatrice who still had tears in her eyes. "He believed that you could step up and become a hero. And I think you can do it too, you just- just stop comparing yourself to the rest of us and focus on what makes you you." Steve said. His hand paused in mid air as he lifted it from his lap and then grabbed Beatrice's hand, squeezing it lightly. Beatrice blushed but smiled slightly and squeezed back.
"Thank you Steve. You seem to know just what to say." Beatrice smiled and gave a small laugh. Steve smiled and then stood up, pulling Beatrice up with him.
"Come on, let's go."
Beatrice waited outside of the room S.H.I.E.L.D. kept Steve's uniform in as he changed into it. The two were going to go look for Agent Romanoff and then someone who could pilot one of the quin jets to get us to New York where Tony thinks Loki is hiding out. After Steve came out of the room dressed in red, white and blue, the two walked around the Helicarrier until they found Agent Romanoff in one of the medical rooms.
"Time to go." Steve said, him and Beatrice standing in the doorway. Agent Romanoff looked at the two with a confused look.
"Go where?"
"I'll tell you on the way. Can you fly one of those jets?" Just then, a man walked out of the bathroom in the room, drying his hands. He had light brown, almost dirty blonde hair and was dressed in an all black outfit similar to Agent Romanoff's.
"I can."
The super-soldier looked at Agent Romanoff who nodded at him, confirming he was on their side. Beatrice though, did not know who the man was. "And you are?"
"Clint Barton, S.H.I.E.L.D. agent." He said, throwing the small hand towel to the side. Beatrice nodded at him but didn't bother introducing herself.
"You got a suit?" Steve asked.
"Yeah."
"Then suit up." Steve nodded one more time at the two agents before walking away with Beatrice not far behind him. Clint looked at Natasha who was watching the doorway before looking at her oldest friend.
"Whose the rookie?" He asked. Natasha stood from where she was sitting and walked to his side.
"That was Beatrice Babino, the girl who could absorb silver into her body." Natasha explained. Clint nodded and didn't ask anymore as the two of them walked out of the room to get ready.
Meanwhile, Steve and Beatrice were walking through the Helicarrier side by side as they went to grab Steve's shield. They were turning a corner when a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent (it was the one that was playing Galaga before) turned the corner and accidentally banged into Beatrice's side. The dull pain from her side Beatrice had been ignoring flashed through her body and made her make a squeak of pain and lean against the nearest wall.
Steve noticed that Beatrice had stopped and saw her leaning against the wall with pain clearly shown on her face. "What happened? What's wrong?"
"N-Nothing. Let's go." Beatrice said through her teeth. She quickly pushed off the wall but the quick movement made another jolt of pain go through her body. Beatrice quickly grabbed her side and made sure that her jacket was covering her side from Steve's eyes. But Steve noticed her move to hide her side and moved her arm and her jacket to see ugly bruising painting her ribs.
"When did this happen?" Steve asked, his eyes leaving her side to look Beatrice in the eye. She sighed, knowing she couldn't have hid it for long and told Steve about how she and Thor fell in the cell and then her tough landing.
"I might have broken a rib or two, but we can deal with it later."
"No, lets deal with it now."
"Steve, we don't have time for-"
"But you can't fight if your injured like this."
"I can and I will."
"Beatr-"
"Listen to me!" Beatrice cut Steve off, before taking a deep breath and continuing, "I know my limits and I know I can do this. Do you trust me?"
"Bea-"
"Do you trust me?"
Steve looked at her, like really looked at her. Beatrice's eyes that only a little while ago were filled with tears were now dry and filled with determination. Her hands were held at her sides in fist and not because she was shaking like before on the jet, they were in fists because of the anger she felt towards Loki. Over the span of a couple hours, Beatrice had wormed her way through the tough exterior of his soldier self and had gained his trust and friendship. "Yes I trust you."
"Then trust me to know my own limits. Okay?" Beatrice asked, not blinking as she waited for Steve to respond, which he did with a nod. "Alright, lets get your shield and get going."
The two found Steve's shield in the room where they saw Tony welding his Iron-Man suit. Then they made it to the hanger just as Clint and Agent Romanoff did, all four of them walking towards a jet. A younger looking S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who was on the jet looked up from what he was doing and walked up to the heroes.
"You're not authorized to be here-"
"Son, just don't." Steve said, cutting off the agent. Taking quick control of the jet, the heroes all buckled in and were off to stop Loki who was waiting for them at STARK TOWER.
hey y'all, here's chapter 11 and it's pretty long and filled with steve/beatrice. still looking for ship name for them if any of you guys have one :)