Out of all the places Steve Rogers ever wanted to be, this place wasn't one of them. It almost felt like home… but from the future.
The walking style was the same, the atmosphere was different, and for some reason he felt like he belonged and didn't belong all at the same time. His head started to reel as he thought of all of the memories that he had at his own camp.
Most of his crew was already dead; some of them were old and wouldn't remember who he was. It was like a nightmare that he never dreamed would happen to him.
Steve Rogers followed Nick Fury around the building as some people minded their own business while others stopped in their tracks and gawked at him. He gave a sheepish smile and a nod toward anyone he figured would bother asking for an autograph.
Nick stepped off over to the side and pressed a button on the side of the wall where he spoke his name into it. A green light appeared and the sliding door quickly moved to the right to another hallway.
In this hallway, there were a lot fewer agents around. In fact, the only agents he saw were guards standing post.
It was a lot quieter in this department, which gave off a slightly eerie feeling toward Steve. He glanced back toward the entrance as if someone were going to appear.
He found himself wondering if his friends had future generations working in SHIELD or had their dream died off. He knew that was one of Bucky's most profound dreams of all time.
Bucky wanted to marry a gorgeous woman once the War was over, have a few kids, and hope that one day their children would fight side by side again. He never thought for once that he was going to die a horrific death.
Before Steve Rogers could feel the wave of guilt and sadness for his best friend, Fury finally ushered the Captain into a room. He stopped short and noticed that this room had two chairs, a table, and a mirror on the other side of the room.
He turned around and couldn't help but chuckle as Fury closed the door. Steve shook his head as he went over to the desk and traced some of the books.
"What?" Steve questioned, "You don't trust that I'm going to pass history?"
"Captain" Fury answered, "It's not you that we are concerned about"
Steve nodded slowly as he remembered his new companion. He doubted that being in an interrogation room would make her pleased.
"Just one question. She has the power to persuade anyone into doing anything, right?" Steve asked, to which Fury nodded, "What makes you think she's not going to persuade herself out of this?"
Steve thought that the man was going to go on about how he wouldn't let that woman have the chance to use her powers. What he didn't expect, was Fury to laugh at his question.
He already knew what was coming next after this, some kind of lecture about why he should've read the books. Steve rolled his eyes and sat down on the table.
It was probably gonna be about some kind of thing that happened 35 years ago. Something that Steve Rogers never knew would've existed.
"We have a vaccine" Fury finally said, "It makes the mutant temporarily lose their powers"
Nick Fury knew that the vaccine wouldn't last; it was only effective to up to eight hours. By then, he wanted the mutant out of his facility and away from his sight.
The door suddenly unlatched open, revealing Maria Hill who nodded a good morning to her boss. Not a second later, Irene Hill marched in with a glare on her face, rubbing her arm as she stared the man down.
"Really?" she spat out, "A vaccine? Is that what you did last time too? What are you afraid? You think you're going to lose to a mutant? Of course you are! You're nothing but a human with a gun and I can just say the words and your life would be over"
"You must be Irene Hill"
"Who wants to know?"
Irene turned around and nearly bit her tongue as she looked up to Captain America. The Captain America, the one who FOX always has a Christmas special on, the countless box-office movies, and her first celebrity crush as a kid.
"Captain America, wow! I mean, good morning" Irene let out.
Steve smiled as he knew this was nothing at all he wasn't used to. He was about to bow but then remembered that men didn't do that anymore, instead, he reached out and shook her hand.
"Good morning. I'm sorry to hear about your powers" Steve looked over to Nick before back at the mutant, "If it was up to me, I wouldn't have let them done that. I know what it's like to feel caged in. Being in an interrogation room doesn't really feel better either. I didn't hear about that until just now. Maybe next time, I will ask them not to use the vaccine"
Nick Fury cleared his throat roughly and loudly from where he stood.
"We'll see how these first couple of meetings goes" Maria said from behind her sister.
"When did you get to be on their side? I thought you were my sister" Irene turned her anger toward her younger sister, "Maria, you could've told me about the vaccine. Maria, I swear!"
She let out a sigh and crossed her arms over her chest. Irene hoped that there wasn't going to be some weird side effects to this.
"Don't worry, Irene. It's only temporary" Steve said, suddenly coming to her rescue, "Don't worry. I know how you feel. I didn't want to come here either"
Maria looked over to her boss and nodded toward the door.
"We hope you guys can get along"
"Better than being in a room with you" Irene grumbled to Fury.
"Behave" Maria said in a stern voice, "Ren, it's only for a couple of days. After that, it's a clean slate"
"Meaning what?"
"A new life. Something that you should look forward to" Maria said kindly, "Maybe go back to school. Or get a job somewhere"
"Maria, they're going to kill me"
"I won't let them"
"You? What're you going to do?"
"Ma'am, I will make sure of it" Steve Rogers said as he clicked his heels together and looked over to Nick Fury.
"You don't know what this woman has done. Didn't you see her file?" Fury demanded.
Before Nick Fury could go one about her criminal record, a pager overhead called out for his and Maria's name. He stopped and dropped his hand down to his side.
Maria turned to her sister and gave her arm a nice grip. Irene sighed and rolled her eyes before the two left.
Silence quickly filled the room as Steve Rogers and Irene Hill stood awkwardly in front of one another. Irene looked around the room and suddenly felt claustrophobic.
"Shall we? Get started, then?" Steve motioned.
"Why not?" Irene shrugged, "I'm already in this hell. Why couldn't they have given you a teacher or something? It would've been so much better than me"
"You were the only one on speed dial" Steve joked.
Irene looked up and smiled slightly. He walked over to the other side of the table and pulled out the chair for her.
She felt a blush rise to her cheeks as she walked over and sat down as he scooted her chair closer to the table. Irene cleared her throat and tried to brush the feeling aside.
"Chivalry isn't dead after all" Irene mumbled.
Steve Rogers sat down and watched as she took out some books and scanned them before setting them aside. He was about to ask what she was doing but then noticed that she was putting them in some kind of order.
Irene sighed as she already felt like her anger was beginning to rise once again. They were SHIELD for goodness sakes; couldn't they have put anything in order?
"So what're we starting with?"
"Hold on…"
"I'm in no rush" Steve Rogers leaned back and tapped his fingers on the table.
"There's a lot that we need to cover. I'm sorry, Captain. But this is going to take us a while" Irene moaned.
He nodded slowly as he kind of figured that that was going to happen. Steve looked at the mounds of books and let out a low sigh.
He knew this wasn't what he bargained for after learning how he managed to jump 70 years of time for it to come down to this. Irene suddenly scooted up and laid out a text in front of him and started to lecture.
Irene took one glance up towards the Captain and felt her heart down a little bit of fluttering. She looked down toward the book and kept on telling herself, that all she had to do was not fall for the Captain.