They arrived on the ship and proceeded inside so that it could go up. She walked right beside Steve, who looked around in awe.
"A bit different from your day I take it?" he laughed.
"You could say that," he turned to look at her.
"Why are you so nervous?" she looked like she might say but someone else came near them.
"I'll tell you later," he continued to look at her but they kept moving. As they moved into a wide open space he saw Nick Fury standing in the middle of a large space covered with computers and other technology. Everyone in the room went quiet the moment they entered, although he doubted it was because of him. Looking over at Elise, he could see the power she held over all of them and S.H.E.I.L.D . Nick came down and walked over to her.
"We have placed you and the Captain in adjoining rooms. I'll have someone escort you there now if you wish," she nodded as a person walked over.
"Oh, and Nick," she said as he began to walk away. "Next time you want to play with something you do not understand, tell me first so I can stop you," she walked away and Steve followed behind. They moved through corridors before finally reaching two adjoining rooms. The person walked away but first handed them two passes to get into the rooms. They stepped into one.
"Elise," said Steve turning to face her. She raised an eyebrow "I know you have something to tell me," she sighed and she closed the door behind them.
"Steve, I should have told you from the first moment we met but I didn't know how to say it and I still don't ….." he grabbed one of her hands and held it tight against his chest. Taking a deep breath she tried once more. "As you know my mother and Howard Stark worked closely with Dr. Abraham Erskine," Steve nodded.
"He was a great man," to which Elise also nodded.
"I wish I could have met him. The serum he created, that was used on you," the captain interjected.
"Yes, but it was destroyed," she shook her head.
"The thing is, that isn't quite true. Three vials which the doctor entrusted to Howard were kept safe. Six were used on you, and the one left was destroyed. Mother and Stark kept them safe but when I turned twenty they told me the whole truth. They found that I was similar to you in ways, Howard said I had the same good heart as you although he never said it in front of my mother. I asked them why they hadn't used the serum yet and my mother said that they had not found the right person," Elise sighed. "However things were beginning to change. The world was not as stable as it was at the end of World War Two and new wars, though smaller in comparison, were breaking out. I knew the effect you had had, not just on the world but the people of it, was what we needed. And so I volunteered my services to them. My mother of course fought it, as best she could, but they knew sooner or later they would not be around and the knowledge would be lost with them. It took time but slowly she came around. And that was when I became the next attempt at Captain America. And it worked, just not in the same way as you," he was startled and sat down on the edge of the bed.
"But you look nothing like me," she nodded and moved to sit beside him.
"I said it did not work in the same way. I have the agility, the metabolism and the strength but I had something more significant happen," he looked at her. "My mind, changed. We as humans only use a very small part of them. However I found after the serum had been in my body for a couple of hours that the way I viewed the world changed. I saw it as particles, particles which I could change and mold. I could suddenly manipulate matter."