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A.
Run this town
Chapter 4
Hydra !? She thought shocked. He's kidding me right now...
''Rogers...'' She said before Steve interrumpted her.
''Did you know about this?'' He said angry.
''I... wait, what!? It was you who told me not even an hour ago that I was not an agent! Don't be stupid, how should I know about this?''
She ran a hand over his face. She would never have imagined falling on THAT kind of secret. It was completely and utterly crazy. S.H.I.E.L.D is not an military force... They don't do war, they don't have an army so why use... why create...Why they even need these weapons?
''How and why they have this?... Rogers, what do you know about this weapons?''
''The first time I saw these guns was during the rescue of the 107th...'' He said, looking into her blue eyes. ''They have the capabilities of vaporize humans... Zola used the... Oh son of a gun!''
Without giving her time to understand what was happening, Steve walked quickly toward the exit, but unfortunately for him, Eve was much faster.
''What are you doing big guy!?''
''I need to talk to Fury.'' He said, pushing her out of his way.
''No you don't! Right now we need a plan...'' She could see the impatience and anger on Steve's face, but she did not give in. ''We need to talk to Stark and Banner. We must be smarter than Fury, otherwise it is doomed to fail.''
Seeing that the Captain was trying to relax, she allowed herself to leave some space between her and him.
''So that's your plan Adams?''
''For the moment, but I always leave a little room for improvisation. You know, just to have an element of surprise.''
She was glad to see some semblance of a smile on the lips of the soldier. Seeing that the plan was agreed for the moment, they set off to the laboratory to reach the two scientists. Along the way, Eve asked to Steve how they would explain their discovery and he just replied that he would be the one to speak since he was the one who knew the weapons .
''Did you heard that?'' The man asked a few meters from the lab. Seeing that she seemed to have heard nothing, he continued. ''Fury is already there. What did you said about improvisation?''
Before she could add anything, he entered the room and placed violently the rifle on one of the tables.
''Phase two is S.H.I.E.L.D used the cube to make weapons. Sorry, the computer was moving a little slow for me. ''
Well that's a way to doing it Rogers... She thought before going to stand beside the soldier.
''Rogers, we gathered everything related to the Tesseract. This does not mean that we're... ''
''I'm sorry Nick..'' Said Stark before showing something on the screen. ''What were you lying?''
''Is that...Fury ... Are you actually doing what Hydra was doing?'' Asked the thief not so surprised.
''I was wrong Director. The wold hasn't changed a bit.''.
Meanwhile Thor and Agent Romanoff appeared in the laboratory and at the same time the tone of the conversation quickly changed. On one side Banner and Natasha, on the other Stark, Rogers and the Director.
''Yes, and I'm not leaving because suddenly you get a little twitchy.'' Announced Banner to the spy. ''I'd like to know why S.H.I.E.L.D is using the Tesseract to build weapons of mass destruction.''
''Because of them!'' Said Fury, creating a silence in the room.
''Me?'' Asked Thor and Eve at the same time.
''It was during a mission to Poland that I found Eve. She was kept in a glass cell and her condition was more than critical.'' Started Fury. ''When she woke up, she suffered from a severe case of amnesia. Could not tell us who she was and what she was doing in a terrorist hideout..''
Eve wanted to run away when she felt many eyes on her. And honestly, they did not seem friendly.
''She had to pass several tests and the results were surprising. We found Adamantium in her body and when I say in her body, that's literally in her cells.''
''That's explain the hair color.'' She heard murmuring Stark.
''Is she a weapon?'' Asked Romanoff on guard.
''I'm a thief, not a weapon and I'm right here!''
''Even right now we don't know, but she's pretty fast and she's deadly with a knife. With this metal in her, she's hard to kill too. But all this time I never think she was a threat, so I give her a name and let her go.''
''You what?'' Asked Banner.
''Eve is not a threat.'' The Director reapeated. ''But if there are others like her and if they are dangerous, we need weapons capable of destroying them...''
Eve wasn't listening the discussion anymore. She was outraged... Forget that. She was pissed like she never been pissed before. Fury had told them everything ... All her secrets, all she ever wanted to protect. Now they knew that she was a monster, a freak, something outside the norms... Eve's attention was brought back to her surroundings when she saw Thor dangerously advance to the Director.
''You're work with the Tesseract is what drew Loki to it, and his allies. It is the signal to all the realms that the earth is ready for a higher form of war. ''
'' A higher form?'' Asked Steve.
''Others aliens?'' Asked Eve.
Suddenly everybody were at each other's throats. She could hear the soldier and the millionaire provoking each other mutually. She even thought she heard Stark say ''Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist.'' And that made her laugh.
''I know guys with none of that worth ten of you.'' Said Steve with disdain. ''I've seen the footage. The only thing you really fight for is yourself. You're not the guy to make the sacrifice play, to lay down on a wire and let the other guy crawl over you.''
''I think I would just cut the wire.'' Said simply Stark.
''Always a way out. You know, you may not be a threat, but you better stop pretending to be a hero.''
''A hero, like you? You're a laboratory experiment, Rogers. Everything special about you came out of a bottle.''
''And everything special about you Stark came from daddy's cash.'' Said the thief, which earned her a small smile from Steve. But when she heard Fury ask Natasha to get Banner into his room she lost it.
''Get off his ass Nicholas. I think you're far more dangerous than he is!''
''Adams don't start...''
''Don't start what? Spilling some secrets? Breaking some old trust? WHAT I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO START?!''
''The cell was just...'' Began the Director before being interrupted by Banner.
''In case you needed to kill me, but you can't! I know, I tried. I got low, I didn't see an end, so I put a bullet in my mouth and the other guy spit it out. So I moved on, I focused on helping other people. ''
Oh Banner... Thought the thief, but when she saw the doctor moving near the scepter, she could not help but look at the knife discreetly placed on her boot.
''I was good until you dragged me back into this freak show and put everyone here at risk. You wanna know my secret, Agent Romanoff? You wanna know how I stay calm?''
''Doctor Banner.'' Said Steve with an authoritative voice. ''Put down the scepter.''
Meanwhile, a noise was heard and Bruce dropped the scepter on the table before heading toward the computerand. Eve blinked, as if she had been in a kind of trance and before she could say anything, she was propelled against one of the lab's wall.
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''Lady Eve are you alright?'' Asked Thor before helping her stand up.
''I...I think... Yes I'm fine.'' Lord ... I feel like a truck has passed on my body... No, I feel like crap...
''We need to help.''
''Go, I'll be right behind you''.
''No'' Said Fury who was on the ground. ''I want you with Coulson, Adams. Thor go help the others.''
Eve waited until the Director informed Agent Coulson before taking off down the hall from the Helicarrier. Armory... Where is the armory...When she turned the corner, she stopped her race. In front of Eve stood two armed men.
Silently, she took the two knives that she had hidden in her belt and took a deep breath. She quickly run to the first man before jumping against his back. While he was on the ground, she q turned to hit the second man's belly, but he blocked the blow so she hit his knee before sending him to the ground. Seeing that the first man was rushing toward her, Eve dodged his piunches before hitting his head against the wall. She turned and in one swift motion, hurled one of her knives in the arm of the other man before knocked him out with her knee.
''Coulson?'' She asked in her earphone, breathless. ''Where are you?''
''Loki's cell. But Rogers and Stark need your help, so go.''
''Fury told me...''
''Adams I'll be fine, just go!''
Sighing, she took her knife from the man's arms and ran towards the two men.
''Stark, Rogers. I'm coming your way. Is it clear?''
''No! They're shooting at us.''
''I can see that.''
In fact, at six meters in front of her, a man was shooting at the Captain, but before she could help him, Steve fell. Without thinking, Eve sprinted toward the man and in one fluid motion, broke his neck.
''Rogers!?'' She screamed before seeing him at the end of a cable.
''LEVER! Pull the lever Adams!'' He cried.
She climbed the ladder in front of her before pulling the red lever. When she saw that Rogers could not return to the footbridge, she helped him by pulling on the cable.
''Are you alright?''Asked the thief still panting.
''I'm fine, you?''
''I need a vacation.'' Eve replied with a shrug. ''Or a bath.. God I need a shower...''
Steve laughed and she couldn't help the smile that appears on her lips. She was tired, but more than that, she was happy to be alive.
''What's funny?'' Asked Stark when he joined them.
''We didn't crash.'' Said the woman. ''I really believed at one time that we were going to crash and die.''
''You doubted us Ghosty? I'm kind of hurt right now!''
They were cut in their jokes when they heard the voice of Fury.
''Agent Coulson is down.''
Her breath caught in her throat and her blood froze.
''Paramedics are on their way.'' Said an agent.
''They're already here... They called it.''
This is my fault. She could feel her hands tremble and seeing the look that Steve was giving her, he saw it too. A shiver went up along her spine when she felt Rogers's hand on her forearm.
''All of this is my fault...'' She whispered.