Authoress Note: Welcome to Chapter 23 of The Winter Soldier and the Luna Wolf. I want to thank those people who have left reviews for this story. It truly does mean a lot to me that you guys are enjoying it. I hope that you guys enjoy this next part of the story. I'm excited to show you guys what happens next. We're almost finished with Captain America the First Avenger. Without further ado Chapter 23. ENJOY!

Chapter 23

Phillips stood at the head of the table looking very grim with the information that he had gotten. He was surrounded by Howard, Peggy, Violet, Steve, and the Invaders. "Johann Schmidt belongs in the bughouse. He thinks he's a god and he's going to blow up half the world to prove it." He stabbed a finger at the map of the United States. "Starting with the U.S.A."

"That's insane," Dugan said with a shake of his head.

"So's Hitler, but he's gotten pretty far with less than Schmidt has," Violet said, crossing her arms. The irritation could be felt rolling off of her in droves. The men in that room and Peggy knew that this young woman was really angry and upset with what had happened to Bucky.

"Hydra would need millions of men, fleets of transport. They'd have to be fed, fueled." Falsworth said, leaning forward in his seat and resting his hands on the table.

Howard shook his head. "Schmidt's working with powers beyond our capabilities. He gets across the Atlantic, he'll wipe out the entire eastern seaboard in an hour."

Steve stared at the map, eyes drawn to the State of New York. "Every able-bodied man we have is either here or in the Pacific. Our borders are wide open."

Jones sucked a breath through his teeth knowing that this wasn't a good thing for them. "How much time have we got?"

"According to my new best friend, under twenty-four hours," Phillips explained to them causing a silence to fall across the room filled with dread and worry about how they were even going to do this and stop Schmidt from doing irreparable damage.

Violet looked at the map wondering where this base would be and wondering why they hadn't found it yet and wiped it off of the map. Her heart clenched in her chest as she gripped onto the dog tags that Steve had found on the train that was Buckys. She was going to do this for him and help his best friend bring down Hydra. That was the one thing that she was promising herself at that very moment.

"Where is he now?" Steve questioned looking at Phillips hoping that he had gotten the answer from Zola.

Violet pursed her lips together as she watched him point to a spy photo of a mountain. Her brow raised in confusion. A mountain? Why would he be hiding in the mountain?

"Hydra's last base is here, in the Alps…" He dragged his finger down the photo. "Five hundred feet below the surface."

Morita moved closer to look at the map with his brows furrowed and his hands behind his back. "What are we supposed to do? It's not like we can just knock on the front door."

"That's exactly what we're going to do."

Everyone turned attention to Steve in surprise.

Steve turned on his heels and left the room.

Violet let out a soft breath shaking her head lightly before following Steve out of the room. "Are you sure that you want to go this path, Steve?" She asked softly to move closer to him.

Steve turned and faced her. "You know exactly what I'm going through after losing Bucky." He said softly, gripping his hands tightly at his sides.

Violet let out a soft breath knowing what he meant. She knew why he was bringing Bucky into this conversation. If it wasn't for Hydra Bucky would still be alive. "I know, Steve, but are you certain that you want to go down this path? A dangerous unknown path? We have less than 24 hours to come up with a proper plan. Someone could get hurt or something could go wrong."

Steve took a breath through his nose. "I know, but that is going to be a choice we're going to have to take."

Violet took a breath and nodded her head. "Alright. I'm with you till the end of this." She said putting her hand on his shoulder and squeezing it lightly.

"I knew that you would be following me until the end."

Violet nodded her head. "I would do anything to bring down Schmidt."

"You're doing this for Bucky."

Violet looked down feeling the tears forming in her eyes. She nodded her head weakly as she began to sniffle softly. "Yes." She said softly, gripping her hands tightly at her sides. She needed to do this for Bucky. She could only hope that he would be proud of her and him both avenging his death that shouldn't have happened.

Steve pulled her into a hug tightly hugging her knowing that she needed it as much as he did. He tried his best not to cry. He needed to hold it together to make sure that they were able to fight and continue with their task at hand. "He would be so happy to know that you're going to fight."

"I won't forget about him. I won't be able to."

"He truly did love you." He said softly, pulling back from her. "Let's bring Schmidt down and Hydra down."

Violet nodded her head in agreement.

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