I'm back! Sorry for the long wait, I have way too much going on! Hope you like it! BTW, I'm not an expert on 1940's television, so this is probably totally inacurate, but kindly ignore the mistakes please! Also, this is obviously not in the movie, that's why it took so long to write. That, and writers block.
Thanks to Amy, who suggested this chapter! Thank you, Flyingmachine1 and NickiMinajlsSWAG for giving awesome questions for the interview! IM AT 98 REVIEWS! THANKS SO MUCH!
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Steve walked over to the quickly diminishing stack of film canisters and grabbed the top one. On this canister, the label had faded almost beyond recognition, but Steve smiled. He knew what that one was. He turned back to the chattering group behind him and announced, "This one is probably going to be a bit shorter, but definitely more cheerful than some of the other ones we watched."
When he started speaking, everyone fell silent, excited for the next reel. "Ready?" They all nodded and Steve turned the projector on.
"JARVIS! Lights!" The AI dimmed the lights again, while the screen showed the new image.
The image on the screen was of six men in military dress, Steve in his Captain America uniform, and a man in a suit, sitting in chairs forming a semicircle.
-"What's this?"
-"An interview with the Howling Commandos." Steve smiled at the thought of his old comrades. He had, in fact, been in contact with Dum-Dum, who lived in a retirement home in upstate New York.
The man in the suit spoke into a microphone, "Good evening! Today, we are here for an exclusive interview with none other than Captain America and the Howling Commandos!" He paused for offscreen applause before continuing. "I'm Chris Messer, and with us today is Gabe Jones, Timothy Dugan, Jim Morita, Jacques Dernier, James Montgomery Falsworth, Seargent James Barnes-"
-Steve closed his eyes at the mention of his best friend, grief almost overwhelming him again. Natasha's hand rested on his arm in comfort and he smiled at her before turning back to the screen.
"-and Captain Steve Rogers, Captain America himself." More applause. "So, let's get right to this. As much as I'm sure people would love hearing about life in the military," he chuckled, "I think America would like to get to know you all a bit better. Get to know the men behind the uniforms. After all, you are America's special response team." The man smiled at all of them before asking the first question.
"You are possibly the best team the US army has to offer, how did you become a team?"
The team looked at each other with slightly amused looks before silently electing Dum-Dum to speak. The man sat forward a little bit more.
"Is that mustache real?" Tony asked incredulously.
"No Stark, it's fake. He keeps it in a box for special occasions." Clint drawled sarcastically.
"That's not what I-"
"Let's continue watching, shall we?" Bruce interrupted the brewing argument.
"Well, do you want the long version? Or the short one?" The mustached man said with a touch of humor, as was his style. "Basically, all of us in the group were in the 107th besides Captain Rogers. Most of our battalion was captured or killed; we were among the lucky ones who were captured. A while later, we were being kept in cells, and Captain Rogers dropped on top of our cage and set us free, then went to go save Sgt. Barnes from the interrogation room." Steve and Bucky smiled at each other, "We fought our way out. After we returned to base, Col. Phillips granted Captain Rogers his own team, and he asked if we would join." He then smirked, "Obviously we agreed."
A few people chuckled lightly. The way that the soldier said it, even though he was talking about being a prisoner of war, made you want to laugh.
The interviewer smiled and asked, "Did any of you know each other before the war?" The entire team turned to Steve and Bucky, who both grinned.
"How long did you two know each other?" Bruce asked, but Steve shook his head and pointed at the screen. "Just watch."
"Bucky and I have known each other since we were both eight years old." Steve smiled reminiscently, as did Bucky.
"Wow! How'd you meet?" At this Steve started laughing. "What? What's so funny?" Tony demanded.
"You'll see!"
Chris nodded and continued, "How did you two meet?" At this, the team looked to their Captain with interest; they had never heard the story.
The Avengers laughed and did the same.
"Well," Bucky said, "We both grew up in the same orphanage in Brooklyn." The Howling Commandos all looked at each other in surprise. None of them had thought that their teammates were orphans. "I had been their my whole life, but when we were eight, Steve's mother died, so he joined me."
"Pause." Tony said to JARVIS.
"I'm sorry, Steve." Pepper said.
"You were eight?" Natasha asked, surprisingly gently. Steve nodded, and Clint squeezed Natasha's hand.
"Tasha's parents died when she was eight." Clint explained. "Or, at least, we're pretty sure that's when it happened."
"I'm sorry." Steve said sincerely.
Natasha shook her head. "It was a long time ago. I'm fine."
"Wait, what about your dad?" Clint asked, "Bucky only mentioned your mom."
Steve's face grew dark. "Never-mind about him."
The other teammates exchanged looks. That didn't sound good. Did he die? Or... No. That couldn't have happened to Steve. Of course, they didn't know he was orphaned as a child until two minutes ago. "Did-"
"Let's just play it." Steve abruptly spoke up, effectively cutting off Tony.
"Well then, I'm sorry." Chris Messer said, hoping to move on to a happier topic, "Where are all of you from?" He looked to Jim Morita, who was on the far right. (A/N- FYI, unless where they are from is in the movie or Wikipedia, I'm making it up)
"Fresno." the Asian man said simply, looking to his right to Gabe. "Eastport." The dark-skinned man responded with a smile.
"Chambéry, France." Jacques stated.
"Brooklyn." Bucky said, Steve saying the same.
"Boston." Dum-Dum grinned, tipping his ever-present bowler hat at Messer.
"London." Falsworth informed last, his accent easy to hear.
"Quite the widespread group, aren't we?" Messer said, smiling at the group. "Okay, we have time for a few more questions, these are from viewers, who heard you would all be getting interviewed, and mailed in questions!" The commandos exchanged slight looks. They had all gotten asked some, interesting, questions in the past.
"This should be interesting!" Tony sat forward, only to be pulled back by Pepper.
"Okay, first question." Messer chuckled as he unfolded the letter. "Was Captain America's shield ever used in an unconventional way?"
Steve laughed quietly, remembering.
The soldiers looked at each other and chuckled, obviously remembering something. Gabe sat forward, a grin on his face. "Well, I remember that we were somewhere in Northern Europe, I can't remember the country-"
"Denmark." Bucky supplied helpfully.
"Yeah, Denmark." Gabe continued after a grateful smile at the Sergeant. "Well, we were in the middle of a fight, and Cap threw his shield as usual, but it got stuck on top of a hill. I was closest, and knew that I needed to get it back to him as soon as possible, because we were pretty out numbered. I grabbed the shield and turned around and saw two of the Hydra soldiers coming up the hill towards me. Their Hydra weapons were gone; someone must've taken them, and they just had normal guns. I took a chance and used the shield as a sled and plowed them down and went down the hill to deliver the shield." At this point, the whole team was laughing.
"Oh god! I can just see that now!"
"He seems like a formidable enemy." Thor said, and nobody was quite sure whether he was joking or not.
"Yeah." Steve said, thinking about his old team.
"I'm sure that was effective." Messer chuckled. "Next question. What does Captain America do in his free time?"
"Well, we definitley don't have much of it," Steve said, but smiled, "That's for sure!" He went on, "I like to read, though."
The team chuckled. That was a total understatement!
The rest of his team started laughing, causing Messer to stare, "I sense a joke here! How about you tell me about it."
"Well, first thing you should know, is that he loves reading, and that's an understatement." Bucky grinned charmingly. "But there was a joke around, when he first joined up, saying that his trunk was so full of books that he didn't have room for anything else." He chuckled, "Been like that ever since I've known him!" Steve smiled good naturedly at his best friend.
"Was that true?" Tony asked, smirking.
"Not all true. I did have a lot of books though."
"Well, you are obviously a pretty tight-knit group. The last question is, do any of you have girls at home?" Gabe, Falsworth, and Bucky nodded, but Dum-Dum, Dernier, Morita, and Steve shook their heads.
"Well, tell them hello, they might be watching!" Messer grinned, and the three men dutifully wave at the camera. "Tell me about them, what are their names?"
"Evelyn," Bucky smiled.
"She was a sweet girl, really loved him."Steve said. "In the first video we watched, she was the one who Bucky was talking to."
"We've been going steady for almost two years now."
"Very sweet. What about you two?" Messer turned to Gabe and Falsworth.
"Well, her name is Rosanne, and we've been together since college. I met her in French." Gabe said.
"Jane. We've been together for about six months now." said Falsworth, smiling.
"Well, the best to all of you. We are out of time, so good day. I'm Chris Messer." The film ended.
"That was cool. Definitley less depressing than some of the ones we've seen!"
"True, but," Steve stared at the film reel in his hands, "This one isn't."
The others exchanged glances. What could it be?
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A/N- Hope you liked it! We're nearing the end, just two or three left! The next scene is the last official scene, BUT if you want me to do a bonus one, (That I've already picked) at the end, let me know in a review! If you ask nicely, I might just give you a hint about what it might be! Review!
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