Chapter 15
By: MysticFantasy
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Steve lightly sighed as he zipped up his jacket and looked at the area from where he stood on a small cliff. He mostly saw snow covered tree tops but in the small distance he saw what were the remains of a building.
"That's the factory and just over there is where we found you." Clint said as he pointed to the two different locations.
Steve's eyes darted between the two spots.
He wanted to say the spot where he was said to be found. He felt a familiar feeling of cold and ice but he wasn't sure if it had been from when he recieved his injury or from another time.
He was sure that he remembered that there was a lot of ice and cold.
"Want to head to the factory?" Bruce asked.
Steve nodded.
"Alright. Let's go."
Clint lead the group down a safe trail and to the factory. Most of the walls were still standing.
They were blackened by fire and smoke stains, broken glass was scattered, broken crates and over turned vehicles were here and there.
"I did this?" Steve asked a little surprised.
"Sure did." Tony answered. "Gave 'em hell. That's our Man with the Plan."
Natasha stood back as she watched Steve and the men look around the front of the building. She kept her attention mostly focused on Steve and his body language.
So far, Steve wasn't giving any negative signs.
"Let's go inside, shall we?" Tony asked as he went ahead and walked in through the burned down door.
Steve walked inside and looked around. The inside looked like a tornado had been caught inside along with a fire. He wasn't sure if he could believe that he had been the one behind this mess.
He realized that if he took his amazing strength into consideration, it was possible.
"I must have found something pretty serious to do this." Steve said.
"No kidding." Clint agreed.
"You gave your enemies a most excellent battle." Thor mused. "Truly a warrior to be taken seriously."
"That's our Cap." Tony declared as he walked over to a metal staircase that was still in tact.
Steve watched his friend walk up the stairs and felt something come back to him.
The stairs...He remembered those stairs.
Climbing up them as quietly as possible. Down a hallway toward a door that was locked.
"There's an office down here!" Tony's voice called from down the hall.
"Anything still in tact?" Clint asked as he walked up the stairs.
"Barely." Tony answered.
Steve walked over to the stairs and began walking up. When he reached the top and started walking down the hallway, he felt a feeling of having to hurry.
He was sure it was a memory and when he reached the door of the office, the feeling grew but then faded.
"This must have been where you found out that secret." Clint said as the soldier walked in and looked around.
It looked like the office hadn't recieved too much damage from the fire.
"Looks like someone had come back." Clint announced as he knelt down and observed the ground. "There's clear boot prints."
"There must have been something in here worth coming back for." Tony said as the others joined them.
"Let's see if we can find any clues as to what that something was." Clint said as he stood. "Maybe it'll help us figure out what their main plan was."
Steve began searching one part of the office as he struggled to try to remember what it was that he found out in this place.
Something big happened to this place the night of his accident and he was the only one of them that knew what it was. It was up to him to try to remember what it was and how serious it could be.