Returning to the kitchen he arrived just in time to see the visor slide into place on her armor the tenting disappeared when she looked at him "uh why are you geared up?" he questioned.
She glanced around as she stepped up to him "because tony just told me, their on their way here. Rodney Sam and thor intercepted them now their coming so we have an escort just in case" he raised a brow "way to give a guy an inferiority complex" she snorted.
"How do you think I feel? I mean come on its not like I'm trained for this sort of thing"
He rose a brow at her "I'm the one that's going to be carted around like a damsel in distress, at least you can fight" she sighed deflating slightly and pulled him close.
"Your our leader, even tony knows it no matter how much he denies it, we'd be lost if anything happened to you, that's why were so protective of you" he sighed relaxing in her hold "I know I still hate it"
She smiled and bent to kiss him "we might not be soldiers but wed still die for you like any soldier would" he snorted "you'd lay down on a wire for an extra slice of pizza" she grinned "which means you should feel really special if I hold you on the same level as food, I mean come on I think more of a cheese burger than I do my brother half the time"
That got him laughing.
Walking outside Steve readjusted the straps on the backpack he was carrying in one hand as she readjusted the straps on her shield for the hundredth time "you never told me that was made for you"
She looked at Steve then shrugged "I was never that good with it and I figured you would need it more, I mean come on which one of use wears a suit of armor, and which one wears-" he shoved a finger in her face "don't you say it" he warned she grinned "form fitting cloth" he rolled his eyes and sighed "you're an idiot"
She rose a brow at the man and put her hands on her hips "don't make me regret what I'm about to do and make you ride on my back instead" his brows rose "I thought I was" she smirked widely "you remember the time I spent locked in the lab in the tower?" he nodded slowly
"Well..." she drew out and he noticed something beside her "don't clench up" was all the warning she gave before the thing beside her hissed and then started moving.
He had about .5 seconds to wonder 'what the heck' before the first thing hit him, well not really hit so much as graved something covered his body crept up the back of his neck then his eyes were covered in some kind of tented glass.
When things stopped moving he tried to move and heard a very soft hissing and looked down "the hell" he trailed off and looked at her she was smirking shield resting against her leg so she could cross her arms she looked pleased with herself.
"Is this" before he could finish she was nodding "yep" she popped the 'P' annoyingly and picked the shield back up sliding it on like shed been doing it for years.
"I was going to surprise you with it tonight but eh" she shrugged "it's another set of armor" he said still trying to wrap his head around it she nodded again "it started as an idea, I mean with you fighting in tights and everything"
He glared at her but she continued before he could say anything "and I started thinking 'what if' which is really bad for me, so I designed this but it went on the back burner because tony wrecked another one of his suits"
He tilted his head a little "and then I get changed back to a shrimp" she gave him a look "you're not a shrimp, but you are more delicate now so I figured why not have a backup plan and I made this" she motioned to the suit around his body.
"I designed it mainly for escape and evade. But as you can see" she tapped the chest plate "I also installed an arc reactor for defensive measures" he looked down and made a face at the glowing white star "I know I'm all about the irony" she said at the look.
He sighed shaking his head "what can it do?" she shifted a little "well the arc reactor powers the flight capabilities and the servo motors that allow you to actually move without being able to lift five pounds of metal per square inch, flight stabilizers, I can give you the hand book when we get to the tower but sometimes you just gotta run before you can walk"
Steve rolled his eyes "where have I heard that before?" she grinned just before her visor tented and the mask covered her face "come on Stevie you're a fast learner" something fired off and she lifted a few inches off the ground "just don't clench up" she snagged the back pack from beside him and bolted into the air.
He shifted his shoulders testing his range of movement then looked up "here goes nothing" whenever he shot straight up into the air he will admit he yelped but it was easier to manipulate the repulsers than he thought.
She appeared whenever he stopped going up and hovered standing there arms crossed, the shield strapped to her back "that wasn't so bad" he just knew she was grinning "that was just gaining altitude" her voice said in his ear.
It took a good 20 minutes for him to get use to the flight capabilities and it wasn't really steady but once he got the hang of it he looked around in wonder "hell of a view isn't it?" she asked from wear she flew just above him never more than an arms distance away and he nodded "I still like having both feet on the ground"
She rolled her eyes "landlubber" she muttered then suddenly grunted in pain when something crashed into her seeing the black armor she cursed as Steve yelled at her, she was falling out of the sky.
Reaching back she graved the shield the same time she tilted her leg and activated one repulsers whirling around and throwing the hydra armored soldier off of her she pulled off the shield and bashed him in the face with it before shooting back up to where Steve was surrounded.
Until several guys smashed into her bringing her back down.
Steve looked around at the weapons charging and gulped "oh no" he said and curled in on himself when they fired he herd her yell at him she couldn't help him and he knew it was game over but it never came, all he herd was grunts of pain and he looked around, and then smiled "defensive capabilities right" he muttered seeing the shield he flexed his shoulders and it retracted he smirked.
"Time to see what this thing can do" he muttered and bolted forward swinging his leg around, with the servo motors in the suit and the weight of the metal it cracked one solders helmet open and his head along with it.
She saw the shield activate as she struggled, saw two suits fall because their shots were repelled right back at them and she grinned especially when he started fighting.
She looked at her captors and punched one in the face ripped open the others armor chest removing his power and they both fell leaving her arms free "Steve!" she called graving the shield and flung it.
Steve turned saw the shield and instinct took over, he reached out graved it sliding it on his arm then swung watching amazed as sparks flew from an armored chest and he grinned "I'm back" he thought and continued to fight.
Seeing him take the shield no problem she pulled out her sword the edge beginning to glow and swung like a hot knife through butter.
After about 15 minutes there was a sudden bolt of lightning and the sound of a mini gun, Steve and Beth looked as the last of the hydra goons were taken down, returning so she flew next to Steve she returned her sword to her side and crossed her arms "guess you didn't need an escort after all" Sam said from where he hovered not far away.
She snorted "yeah, hell of a protection detail guys really, you make the grade" she clapped at them and Steve elbowed her in the side "be nice" he told her "who's that?" Rodney asked from where he flew and she rolled her eyes "Steve Rodney, war machine, the real iron patriot"
Steve swatted at her again and she made a face "what? it's true no one's more patriotic that star spangled-" this time he punched her in the arm and she laughed "tony told me about the whole shrinking thing" Rodney said hovering in front of Steve and held out a hand "glad to see you didn't let it stop you sir" Steve shook the offered hand.
"tell me about the attack" he said "they went after a shield base a few hours ago, didn't get inside and none of ours were killed, but they managed to snag one of hydras goons, few minutes in interrogation and he starting singing like a canary" Sam explained.
"And that's how you knew they were coming after us, how did they even know where we were, unlike my brother I don't spout off my address and challenge a terrorist organization to a pissing contest" she crossed her arms "language" Steve muttered and she made a face at him.
"That we don't know, they probably pulled up the records on stark holdings and checked all of them until they found you" she shrugged "at least this time a house didn't end up in the ocean" thor shifted his head to the side "why would a home go into the water?" he asked and she chuckled "it's a long story big guy"
They flew back toured home with Rodney leading the way, Beth stayed just above Steve and to the right barely a arms distance away just in case, but thor was beside her and Sam was on the other side of Steve, it took her five minutes to figure out what they were doing and why Steve had gone quiet.
"guys we don't need to be protected, were not injured and we can fight just fine, fall into defense" she ordered Steve seemed surprised when they listened to her Rodney pulling away like he was flying a jet, something they could never break him of, and settled in on thor's left side Sam edged away a little on the right and she shifted so she was a little more than a arms distance from Steve and a little ahead so they flew in a basic v pattern.
Steve glanced around "since when do they listen to you?" he had to ask "she had the shield and she's mean when we don't" Sam spoke up Steve rose a brow at the woman and she had to feel it because she shrugged.
"If you weren't idiots without someone telling you what to do I wouldn't have to be, no offence big guy" she looked toured thor "none taken" he grinned at her "no offence to him?! What about the rest of us?" Sam asked "I wouldn't have said it if I didn't mean to offend a few of you, I mean come on which one of us flew though a building into a trap?"
Sam made a disgruntled sound "you said you'd never bring that up again" she grinned over at him "I lied get used to it" he sighed and silence fell as they flew toured home, content this time instead of upset.