Miss America of the USA- Haha! Yep! Definitely planning on it!
Leigh (Guest)- Yeah, it will be hard for Steve, and I totally agree with that! Thanks for the suggestion, I hope this makes it easier to read!
FlyingMachine1- Thanks for the review! I'm really glad you liked it! A lot of people seem excited for this chapter, it's one of my favorite scenes too! Thanks for the continued support! Hope you like it!
vampyfreak- That's so great that you like the idea, I've liked the stories I've read about them watching, so I wanted to do one of my own! I love Steve's humor, thanks for the idea!
Farore64 (Guest)- First of all, thanks for the review! I'm so glad you like the idea and the fact that I'm continuing! For the scene you suggested, keep reading! It's this chapter!
PartyInTheBackBuisnessUpFron t- Thanks for the review! Glad you like it! (P.S, love the pen name!)
DISCLAIMER- I don't own the Avengers!
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The first thing they saw on the screen was a lineup of big, tough looking men.
As the camera moved down the line, showing about five men at a time, it showed another man, wearing an incredibly too large helmet, and about a head shorter than the men on either side of him.
Steve clenched his fists on the armrests of his chair. He knew when this was, it was the first day of training, and he definitely knew who he was going to see soon. If anybody else saw his tense posture, no one commented.
"Recruits! Attention!"
Steve gasped slightly, an achingly familiar voice hitting him, making him want to leave, but at the same time, stay. Steve never thought he would hear that voice again, that all he had was a picture.
"Cap, you alright?" Clint asked, making everyone turn around as JARVIS paused the projector.
"I-I'm fine, just, just a bit hard. Go ahead and play it." He had to be strong.
Tony gave him a slightly worried look, but complied. Steve wondered when Howard would appear on screen, how Tony would take it. He turned his attention back to the screen.
"Gentlemen, I'm Agent Carter, I supervise all operations for this division." Peggy said.
Steve smirked, he knew what was coming up.
"Whats with the accent, Queen Victoria? I thought I was signing up for the U.S Army." A tough looking guy with a Brooklyn accent drawled, catching Agent Carter's attention.
"What's your name, soldier?"
"Gilmore Hodge, your majesty."
"Step forward, Hodge." Hodge did so, looking back to his friend next to him. "Put your right foot forward," Peggy's face showed no sign of what she was thinking.
"We gonna wrassle? 'Cause I got a few moves I know you'll like," Hodge smirked with a wink.
Everyone watching grimaced at the man on screen.
Suddenly, Peggy's arm swung and punched Hodge on the side of the face, knocking him to the ground. Peggy smirked slightly.
Everyone cheered, laughing at the expression on Hodge's face as he sat on the ground, suffering from a huge dent in his ego.
"That's great!" choked out Bruce.
"She's kinda like a Natasha from the forties, except, well, not an assassin..." contemplated Tony, causing said assassin to punch him on the arm.
"I like this woman!" Thor said excitedly.
"Me too." Steve agreed quietly, unheard by everyone but the two assassins next to him. They exchanged looks but stayed quiet.
"Agent Carter!" Came a gruff voice. The woman turned around to face the speaker, a tough looking man followed by Dr. Erskine.
"Colonel Phillips!" She greeted.
"I see you are breaking in the candidates?" Then, to Hodge, "Get your a** up out of that dirt and stand in that line at attention 'till somebody comes and tells you what to do."
Phillips then proceeded to go on a long-winded speech about how wars are won by men, etc. etc. that succeeded in a major loss of attention from the majority of the room.
He finally stopped talking, and the screen was blank for a bit, before a flagpole next to a dirt road showed up. A car was sitting a few yards away from the flag, containing Agent Carter and another person.
"Pick up the pace, ladies!" a man's voice was heard, yelling at a double line of soldiers to move faster before yelling, "Halt!"
Steve, who had been lagging behind, stopped when everyone else did, but put his hands on his knees and tried to breathe.
"That flag," He pointed, "means we're only at the halfway point! First man to bring it to me gets a ride back with Agent Carter! Move!"
The men, excepting Steve, ran and crowded around it, trying to climb the smooth flagpole and failing miserably. Steve just concentrated on breathing. After a minute of watching them struggle, the men were called back into formation. Except for Steve.
"What're you doing?"
"You'll see."
Steve walked over, examined the flagpole, then bent down and pulled the metal pin out of the base, causing the entire pole to topple over.
A chorus of laughter broke out at the expressions on the other soldiers' faces. It looked like they were all mentally kicking themselves for not thinking of that.
He handed the flag to the man with a "Thank you sir", and jumped into the car to get a ride back, receiving a smile from Agent Carter as the screen went blank.
"There's still a few minutes left, I think that there is one more scene." Steve informed everyone, examining the projector before looking up, "What?" Everyone was staring at him.
"Was that your girlfriend?" Tony blurted out before anyone could ask a more substantial question.
"Excuse me?" Steve asked, taken aback.
"Was she," he pointed at the screen, "your girlfriend?"
"Uhhm. Hey! It's back on!" Steve grabbed the opportunity of avoiding the question gladly and faced the screen, which now showed about twenty men doing push ups. Everyone else exchanged looks then followed suit.
The men are being overseen by Agent Carter who is calling out insults to make them work harder. The camera zooms out as Col. Phillips' voice is heard.
"You're not really thinking about picking Rogers, are you?"
"I'm more zan just zinking about it. It's ze clear choice," responded Dr. Erskine.
"When you brought a ninety pound asthmatic onto my army base, I let it slide. I thought 'what the hell, he might be useful to you, like a gerbil."
JARVIS had to pause the film again, as everyone was laughing too hard to hear anything.
"Ah, Cap, you never told us about that!"
"I didn't hear it..." Steve answered, his face turning pink, but still laughing anyway.
"C'mon! Let's continue," Natasha said, recovering quickest. "JARVIS?"
"Right away madam." the AI responded.
"-Never thought you'd pick him." Phillips continued.
"Up!" Agent Carter commanded.
"Put a needle in that kid's arm, it's gonna go right through him. Look at that, he's making me cry!"
"I am looking for qualities beyond ze physical." Dr. Erskine said patiently.
"Do you know how long it took to set up this project? All the groveling I had to do in front of Senator What's-His-Name's croch?" the Colonel muttered.
"Yes, I am vell a aware of your efforts-"
"Then throw me a bone, Hodge passed every test we gave him! He's big, he's fast, he obeys orders, he's a soldier!"
"Oh god, not him!"
"He's a bully." Dr. Erskine shot him down.
"You don't win wars with niceness, Doctor." Phillips moved over to the truck, "You win wars with guts." He pulled the pin and tossed a grenade into the midst of the soldiers. "GRENADE!"
All of the men ran for cover except Steve. Steve ran straight towards it, curling around it, willing to make the sacrifice.
Everyone was once again staring at Steve.
"What?" he demanded. "I did what I had to do!" Everyone just turned away, the captain would continue to do incredibly selfless things, they might as well get used to it.
After a minute with no blast, somebody said, "It was a dummy grenade!"
All of the men looked abashed at the fact that they had hidden from a fake bomb, but Steve looked up at Dr. Erskine and asked, "Is this a test?"
The doctor nodded and looked to Phillips.
"He's still skinny." was he last thing they heard before the screen went blank.
"Phillips was a jerk." Clint announced to much agreement.
"Here, let me see the reels." Steve requested, ignoring Clint's comment. Tony complied and handed them over. "Hm, heres the next one and I've put the rest in chronological order so it will be easier."
The rest of the gang exchanged glances, curious about what part of Steve's life they were soon going to see.
"Everyone ready? Let's start."
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I really hope you liked this chapter! I don't know why, but I had some trouble writing it. I apologise fer anee speeling eerrors, I write on my iPod touch... Please review! I loved all of the reviews I've gotten, everyone is amazing! I'll update as soon as I right the next chapter! Give suggestions as to what scenes you want, this one was requested a lot! ~Little-Miss