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1945
The Howling Commandos had fallen into a rhythm, knowing who was needed and when. And as it headed towards their two year mark together? It seemed that they had gotten their missions to a science.
Bucky would be high in the trees, making sure no one escaped, Steve, Amelia and James would head first. While everyone else tried their best to take out as many Hydra soldiers as they could. But as the more missions came, the more Amelia found herself following behind everyone else; playing doctor. She and her brother were rarely sent as an elite team.
But, with every successful mission? The Howling Commandos found themselves in the bar they first sat around and drank together. Only this time, the twins had joined them.
"I don't believe it for a second!" Dugan slammed his drink on the table, laughing loudly.
James was giving the second in command a mischievous look and nodded. "It's true! Once we had no money, no home, nothing! So what does my sister do? Go to the nearest bar and wager with every man that she could drink five more liquor than them! We lived off those earning for four months."
"Has to be a lie!" Jim waved the story off as untrue.
Looking over at his sister, the mutant raised an eyebrow. "I think they need a demonstration."
Sighing, Amelia stood up; in her raspberry sundress and rolled her shoulders back with a grin. "Always a pleasure to put a man in his place!"
Steve, who was sitting next to her, couldn't help his eyes follow up her long legs as she walked towards the bar; asking for several shots and drinks. While she was absent, Bucky nudged him causing Steve to turn around, only to see that all the Howling Commandos were staring at him.
"What?" He asked.
They groaned, Jacques speaking quickly in french. They looked towards Gabe for translations, who only smiled and said; "He's asking if you asked her out yet."
The super soldier blushed, clearing his throat as he took another sip of his beer. "No, I... Uh-"
"You better!" Dugan laughed, only looking at his beer which he was nursing generously. "Or I'm gonna steal her away from ya!"
"Like to see you try, Dum Dum." Steve shot back, smirking.
The Howling Commandos laughed, right as the doctor walked back with a tray filled with drinks. Becoming silent as she put the tray down, Amelia could only smirk at their faces as they studied what was on the tray.
"You think you can handle all of that, little lady?" Dugan asked in disbelief.
Shrugging, the doctor sat down and grabbed the bottle of Vodka first. From the corner of her eye, she saw Steve watching her and she couldn't help but tease him by crossing her legs; making her sundress slide down lower on her thigh.
By the sudden clearing of his throat, long drink of beer and red cheeks? Steve has taken notice of the new exposed skin of the lovely doctor.
"How about we test this theory, Dugan?" She has two shot glass on the table and filled them with a evil smirk. "We both had two beers, so... The first one not to finish a drink, loses."
Scooting closer to the table, Dugan raised a red eyebrow. "What do I get if I win?"
Amelia seemed to ponder this for a moment, the grinned. "If you win? I'll kiss you." The Howling Commandos, all but Steve and James, clapped Dugan on the back and cheered, thinking it was a great deal. Amelia held up her hand to silence them. "But, if I win? You'll have to kiss Stark; on the mouth."
"Does the same rules apply if I win?"
Nodding, the doctor raised her glass. "To the winner!"
Raising his shot glass to hers, Dugan grinned. "To the winner!"
They both shot the drink back. The redhead seemed to swallow his harder than Amelia, but no one noticed.
The night continued... Alternating to Rum, Gin, Brandy and Whiskey; just to keep it interesting. With each shot, Dugan was beginning to feel the buzz of being a foolish drunk, while Amelia was only grinning at him; not feeling anything of the sort.
By the time they gotten to their twenty-third shot, Dugan wasn't seeing straight.
"Give up?" The doctor asked innocently, taking another drink of Whiskey. "Because I can go all night, Dugan."
The redhead was unable to make a coherent sentence, but he leaned back in his chair and threw his hands in the air. "-ou win." Was all that came out of his mouth.
Grinning from ear to ear, Amelia stood up and shouted. "And you doubted that a woman could out drink a man!? I sincerely await that kiss you will be giving Howard."
Dugan could only glare, then looked over to his left to ask Jim to help him back to his room. It actually took James, Jim and Gabe which meant Jacques wasn't far behind. Which only left; Amelia, Steve, Bucky and Mouty.
"And you did that when you were- how old?" Steve looked towards the doctor, trying to ignore how high her dress as risen in the past hour.
Twirling her hair in her fingers, Amelia pretended to think. "About... Eighteen. Anyway, I've missed talking with you Steve."
"And that's our que!" Bucky and Mouty stood up, both agreeing to give the two alone time.
Steve watched his best friend, but didn't stop him. In all truths, Steve had missed talking alone with Amelia these past two months.
Once they were out the door, the soldier looked down at Amelia, a curious look in his eye. "So, tell me how you're not a drunken fool right now..."
"I have a faster metabolism, probably as fast as yours." She laughed, taking another drink of whiskey. Once she slammed the glass down, she turned to Steve; scooting her chair forward so that one of her legs was between his. "But do you really wanna talk about that?"
"Then explain how your powers work."
Amelia pouted, but sighed. "Simple. I control atoms, meaning I can make chemical changes happen between the atoms causing them to change into something completely different or destroying them all together. I've explained this before, Steve... How many more times must I try to teach you?"
"About a hundred more, I love hearing how smart you are." Steve grinned, leaning ever so closer to the beautiful woman in front of him which only made her smile bigger. "Tell me the properties of a raspberry sundress?"
Grabbing his tie, Amelia pulled him closer with each word. "Polyester, cotton and dye."
With their lips on inches away from each other, and their eyes never leaving each other, Steve placed a hand on her waist and said; just barely over a whisper. "I want to kiss you,"
"You and hundreds of other men," She smirked, letting go of his tie and running her hand down his chiseled chest. "What makes you so different?"
Studying her for a long moment, the super soldier sighed with a smile and leaned back into his chair; crossing his arms. "The right moment."
"Good answer, Captain." Amelia laughed, then tucked her long hair behind her ear and stood up. "Would you mind walking me home, Steven?"
"Absolutely," He grinned, standing to hold out an arm for the doctor.
Amelia's eyes sparkled as she wrapped her hand around his arm and started walking towards the door. "Maybe we should go buy a camera?"
"Why?"
"So I can have a picture of Dugan kissing Howard!" Amelia chuckled, walking faster to find a store.
Steve could only laugh and let the doctor lead him around town. How could he not? She looked so happy in the moment and he didn't want to ruin that.
"Hey, they're open!" Amelia grinned, pointing towards the store. "And they have a camera for sale!"
Shaking his head, the captain sighed. "You go in, I'll wait out here."
Pouting slightly, the doctor nodded and went to buy her the camera.
While waiting, he thought back to the past two months... When he told her that she knew about her powers, Amelia immediately said she didn't want to hide it from the team. Mouty already knew due to the events when they escaped from the Hydra factory, but everyone was amazed at her powers...
And then the pranks started.
The ringing of the door brought Steve out of his revere. He looked up to see Amelia grinning with a new camera case in hand.
"What were you thinking about?" She laughed, hooking her hand in his arm.
Shrugging, Steve started walking towards Amelia's apartment. "About the pranks you've been pulling lately."
"You mean the one with Bucky?" She raised an eyebrow, an amused smirk on her face. "He did look nice with blonde hair..."
Steve couldn't help it, he laughed. He had forgotten that she had done that, it was a funny sight. "Dugan kept calling him Blondie the whole day... Serves him right, all the trouble that guy put me through when we were growing up would amaze you."
"Oh?" She raised an eyebrow, walking closer to Steve. "You must tell me of these misadventures with Bucky!"
So he started to tell her about the time they decided to skip school...
The story had made Amelia laugh, and suddenly Steve found himself wanting to her more of it. He decided at that moment that his favorite sound in the world was hearing his doctor laugh, especially if it was because of him.
As he watched her smile, he couldn't help but think of how much he loved her...
Steve stopped walking causing Amelia to look at him with a confused expression, but all he was doing was staring at her in complete adoration and shock. He loves her... He finally put a word to his feelings about this woman that he has had for the past two months. He tried to place the exact moment he fell in love with her.
"Steve?"
"Do you remember New Year's eve?" He suddenly grinned from ear to ear.
Amelia was took aback, but after a moment she laughed. "Of course, Bucky had sneaked some sparklers on a mission. We finished a day early and had to lie about the whole thing to Colonel Phillips. We celebrated New Year's in the meadow filled with flowers-"
"Sparklers the only light in the dark." Steve started walking again, lacing his fingers with Amelia's. "You danced and singed... Never thought I saw you so happy."
Laughing, the doctor squeezed his hand with a warm smile. "Because you were there, Captain. You make me happy."
He could only grin as they got outside of Amelia's building. She said goodnight, giving Steve a heated look and quickly walked away.
When she was inside her building, Steve could only sigh. "I love you..." And start walking back to his own quarters.
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The next day, Amelia didn't waste anytime. She gathered all the Howling Commandos in the headquarters; her new camera in hand, and escorted Dugan towards Howard office.
Knocking on the door, Amelia popped her head in. "Howard?"
"Amy!" He called, appearing from somewhere unknown. He had dirt all over him, but his hair seemed to always stay perfect. "What can I do for you, sweetcheeks?"
"Nothing, Dugan here just wanted to tell you something!" She smiled, opening the door wider to reveal all of the Howling Commandos with Dugan in front.
Howard knew something was up, just seeing the way that those soldiers were grinning ear from ear made him know that it wasn't good. "Okay?"
Dugan grumbled, and walked towards the genius, looking like someone kicked his dead cat. From the corner of his eye, he saw Amelia move to the side to get a better angle for the picture. "I'm sorry about this, Stark."
"What are y-"
Suddenly, Dugan grabbed Howard by this face and laid a big one on his mouth. Staring wide eyed at the soldier, who had his eyes squeezed shut; probably trying to imagine a pretty girl instead of the inventor.
There was a flash of a camera, and Dum Dum pulled away; yelling. "I lost a bet!" Then he ran as fast and as far as he could. All of the Howling Commandos cheered as they kissed, but all most died from laughter from Howard's frozen face.
Amelia, with photo in hand, walked towards Stark; wiping her escaping tears. "Are you okay, Howard?"
"WHOSE IDEA WAS THAT?!" Howard started to scream, vigorously wiping his mouth.
Taking that as a chance to leave, the rest of the Howling Commandos followed after Dugan; leaving Amelia to deal with Stark. But not Steve, he stood around, making sure the genius doesn't do anything stupid.
"I'm sorry, but Dugan made a bet and I wanted to make it really bad for him if he lost." She smiled, which seemed to call Howard down a little bit. "How can I make it up to you?"
With those words came an opportunity, and knowing that Steve was still standing by; Howard smirked. "I can think of a few things..."
Before she could even answer him, the inventor had his arms around Amelia's waist and pulled her into a passionate kiss. Her gasping only made it worse... Howard had slipped his tongue in Amelia's mouth, taking the opportunity to explore her mouth.
Not even a minute later, Steve had ran down the steps and pulled Amelia away from the devious inventor. He had his arms firmly placed around her waist and twirled her around so Steve was standing between the two.
Turning on his heel, the inventor smirked. "Well, that certainly was worth the trouble of being scared by Dugan."
"Stark-" Steve started to turn around, but was stopped by Amelia's hand pressing against his cheek.
She sighed and smiled up at Steve, whispering. "He's not worth it... Come on, we need to pack anyways."
Huffing, the super soldier nodded. "You're right."
Lacing her finger through his, Amelia went on her tippy toes and placed a kiss on the corner of Steve's mouth then started to lead him out of the Howard's office.
The inventor watched them go, undenying the feeling of jealousy he had for Steve because when they do kiss? Nothing will compare to that.
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"Looks like Hydra has upped their game," Dugan said, studying the map that was laid down on the jeep.
Jim could barely contain his laughter as he said; "So did you." That earned the communications expert a punch to the gut.
Steve sent a glare to the two of them, demanding to keep this serious. He sighed, and looked towards the super siblings. "It's nearly impossible to get a team passed them and there are too many soldiers for us to handle. We are outmanned and outgunned."
James shook his head. "Not unless you send me and Amy in with a bomb... We could blow the place, making their numbers and defences to drop. You come in and take care of the survivors."
"Sounds like a plan." The captain nodded and folded up the map, then looked towards Amelia. "Can I talk with you a moment?"
Looking a little confused, the doctor nodded and followed after Steve without any protests.
The captain lead her towards the woods, out of earshot from the other Howling Commandos. Turning to face her, Steve couldn't help but groan. He walked two steps towards her and wrapped his arms around her small waist.
"Steve?"
"Everything in my body is telling me not to let you go," He said in her ear, unable to shake this feeling of unease. "I don't know why... Maybe I shoul-"
Amelia placed a finger on Steve's mouth, silencing him. She only smiled up at him and laughed. "While I am flattered that you are worried... Steve, I have done things like this dozens of times. I can handle myself."
Nodding, the super soldier leaned his head on Amelia's shoulder and pulled her even closer. "Promise you'll be safe?"
"I promise..." She said, her voice like a lullaby. "Come on, James and I should get going."
James and Amy rode on a motorcycle to the far end of the large wall that surrounded the base, it was the weakest point. Hardly any guards were around.
Climbing off the bike, the doctor fixed the backpack that held the bomb and held her hands against the concrete wall. She focused and within seconds a hole big enough for the siblings fell away.
"Remember stay-" Her twin was about to say, but was cut off by a deafening alarm sounding throughout the whole base.
The siblings looked at one another and loaded onto the motorcycle, driving past all the Hydra soldiers that were shooting at them. They didn't receive a scratch due to Amelia's powers and soon enough they had found themselves inside the building, dodging soldiers every corner and racing to get to the middle of the building.
Amelia kept using her powers to make sure that nothing would cause the bomb to go off early causing her immediate death. As she grabbed onto a Hydra soldier's neck and gave it a sickening crack, the doctor looked over at her brother. "You hold them off! I'll get this thing ready!"
"Yup!" He replied, throwing two men against the wall, instantly killing them.
The doctor didn't waste any time, she started to sprint through the corridors; taking care of soldiers and all their bullets along the way. Everytime the pressure of using up too much energy came down on her, Amelia only fought it off with more effort.
Finally getting to the center, the doctor opened the bag and pressed the button that started the countdown.
"Three minutes?!" She yelled to herself, looking around the room for the best escape route. "Who the hell only gives someone three minutes to escape a building?!"
Deciding she was wasting time trying to figure a plan out, Amelia started running towards the last time she saw her brother. But she got about twenty feet before she felt the full effects of going past her limits...
Her legs became like lead, her breathing erotic and she swayed with the room. She thought only seconds had past, but it had taken her those three precious minutes just to walk those twenty feet...
The next thing she felt was being flung into the air from the blast, Amelia let out a blood curtling scream.
Riding on the motorcycle, James had found her with blood pooling at her feet and her skin looking that of a ghost's. "Amelia!" He screamed, throwing the bike to the ground and ran to his sister.
"Can't heal." She choked out, trying to breathe now that her brother was her.
James nodded, then studied the situation. There wasn't any choice...
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Steve was pacing... He heard the alarm and the explosive, the only question? Where was James and Amelia? Everyone else was thinking the same thing, but they didn't ask; fearing that it would jinx them.
"Don't worry, Amy and James are fine!" Bucky tried to comfort his best friend, placing a hand on his shoulder. "They know what they're doing, they've done this type of thing before. You should hear the stories, they're unbelievable!"
Steve shook Bucky's hand off and continued to pace, running a hand through his hair. "Your not helping, Bucky!"
"At least I'm not driving everyone crazy with your pacing!" He shot back.
Whipping around to look at his best friend, Steve was about to start yelling, when they heard it... The distant sound of a jeep...
They all turned to the sound, getting ready for a fight. But they were suprised when the jeep stopped only a few feet away from the, the driver jumped out. It was James.
Steve looked at the man, his white shirt was soaked in blood and hesitantly, Bucky had asked. "Where's Amy?"
"No..." Was all the super soldier said as James walked to the other side of the jump.
Opening the door, he carefully wrapped his arms around his sister and carried her out of the jeep, carrying her towards the other jeep where the first aide kit was. "Don't just stand there! We gotta get moving!"
The doctor's eyes found Steve's when James laid her down, she opened her hand; trying to breath normally. "Steve-"
"What happened?" Steve cut her off, following after her brother; his eyes never leaving hers.
Taking her hand in his, the super soldier
"She was in the building when it exploded," He growled, opening the first aide and looked around, but growled in frustration. "What the hell am I supposed to be looking for?!"
"G-gauze..." Amelia said. "Anesthetic."
James nodded grabbed some gauze pads and rolls, and the anesthetic that came in form of a needle. Then he looked down at his sister's makeshift bandages and ripped them apart, along with her shirt; leaving her only in her bra. "I think we should really start moving!"
Steve nodded and ordered the men to load up, telling Jim to get ahold of Stark and tell him we are needing that plan ready. As they loaded in their jeeps, the super soldier took his place next to Amelia; holding her while James dealt with her wounds. "Why isn't she healing?"
"She exerted herself too much!" The twin said, wrapping the gauze around his sister's stomach. "Used up all her energy that she can't heal herself!"
Steve cursed. "This is bad."
Slowly, James looked up at the captain and sighed. "You're telling me... This is the first time she's been injured so badly and I'm not liking our chances."
"Steve..." Amelia was looking at the scenery that was passing by. "I'm sorry... I d-didn't keep-"
"No!" The super soldier suddenly yelled, holding Amelia closer to him. Steve didn't like that she was barely breathing or the fact the she looked so pale. "You're going to make it, you'll be fine! We are going to be okay and I'll ask you out. We'll go dancing and I'm going to be terrible at it, but you laugh and just try to teach me again! You're going to be fine!"
"Then you better start praying!" James yelled.
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