Ch 9
Suddenly, a Hydra agent who had snuck undercover into the lab detonated a bomb which blew up the booth. Pieces of debris flew as everyone scattered.
"Stop him!" Erskine shouted.
The agent then pulled out his gun and shot Erskine twice before running off.
Stephanie ran over to Erskine but the life in his face was already fading away.
"Stay...a...good...woman." Erskine said weakly.
Then his eyes closed and his body went limp.
Waves of sadness drenched over Stephanie, then transformed into waves of anger.
The Hydra agent would be brought to justice for what he did, she would make sure of it.
Stephanie saw Peggy outside aming her gun at the agent driving a taxi right towards her.
Stephanie quickly tackled Peggy out of the way before the car came.
"I had him!" Peggy said, annoyed.
"Sorry!" Stephanie quickly said, then tripped and crashed into a dress store as glass sprayed everywhere. "I'm sorry!"
Then she finally reached the taxi and climbed onto it.
The agent shot through the roof but Stephanie dodged as she hung on for dear life and her fingers were going numb.
The agent clipped the front of the truck and the car crashed in a spinning halt. Stephanie flung herself off, then chased after the agent but he had a kid by gunpoint.
"Wait, don't! Don't!"
The agent aimed at her but the gun had ran out of ammo. He then threw the kid into the water and Stephanie ran over to see if he was safe.
"Go get him! I can swim!" the kid said.
Stephanie smiled, then bolted after the agent who had climbed into his submarine.
Then she latched onto the sub and punched through the window, dragging the agent out.
"Who the hell are you?" Stephanie asked.
"The first of many." the agent replied. "Cut off one head, two more shall take its place! Hail Hydra!" Then he bit down on a fake tooth and killed himself with cyanide.
She still couldn't believe it had happened.
Erskine, her only believer and mentor, was truly gone.