A.N:Hope you like it.
Pierce is holding another virtual meeting with the World Security Council
Alexander Pierce:"Nick Fury was murdered in cold blood. To any reasonable person, that would make him a martyr, not a traitor."
Councilman Rockwell:"You know what makes him a traitor? Hiring a mercenary to hijack his own ship."
Councilman Singh:"Nick Fury used your friendship to coerce this council into delaying Project Insight. A project he knew would expose his own illegal operations. At best, he lied to you. At worst..."
Alexander Pierce:"Are you calling for my resignation? I've got a pen and paper right here."
Some quietly laughed at that.
Councilwoman Hawley:"That discussion can be tabled for a later time."
Alexander Pierce:"But you do want to have a discussion."
Councilman Rockwell:"We've already had it, Mr. Secretary. This council moves to immediately reactivate Project Insight. If you want to say something snappy, now would be a good time."
Steve, Alex and Natasha go to the mall disguised as a civilian family.
Natasha Romanoff:"First rule of going on the run is, don't run, walk."
Steve Rogers:"If I run in these shoes, they're gonna fall off."[they go to a Mac store to use one of their computers]
A few chuckles slightly a that.
Alex Romanoff:"Seriously, mom you couldn't find a better disguise?"(Took off his sunglasses)"I'm not going to wear sunglasses inside and you know why? Because only douchebags and... well blind people do that."
Many students laughed at that.
"He's not wrong, only an idiot woulnd't recognize Rogers."Tony said.
Natasha Romanoff:(Rolling her eyes)"Alex shut up. The drive has a Level Six homing program, so as soon as we boot up SHIELD will know exactly where we are."
Steve Rogers:"How much time do we have?"
Natasha Romanoff:"Uh...about nine minutes from..."[she pops the flash drive into a MacBook Pro] "Now." [we see several SHIELD vehicles heading their way]"Fury was right about that ship, somebody's trying to hide something. This drive is protected by some sort of AI, it keeps rewriting itself to counter my commands."
Steve Rogers:"Can you override it?"
Natasha Romanoff:"The person who developed this is slightly smarter than me. Slightly."
Many in the great hall chuckles at that.
[Rumlow and his team pull up outside the mall and head inside back at the Mac store, Steve Alex and Natasha continue to try and find out what's on the flash drive]"I'm gonna try running a tracer. This is a program that SHIELD developed to track hostile malware, so if we can't read the file, maybe we can find out where it came from."
Apple Employee:"Can I help you guys with anything?"
Natasha Romanoff:"Oh, no. My fiancé and our son was just helping me with some honeymoon destinations."
Many in the Great Hall raised an eyebrow at that.
"What!?"
"It's just a cover up, nothing else."Steve said with Natasha nodding in agreement.
Steve Rogers:"Right! We're getting married."
Tony burst out laughing as many people laugh at how awkward Steve is, making him blush.
Apple Employee:"Congratulations. Where do you guys thinking about going?"[Steve looks at the monitor and sees the signal traced to somewhere in New Jersey]
Steve Rogers:"New Jersey."
"Seriously? You couldn't think of a better location then that."Tonks snorted.
Alex shakes his head."You know, for a moment I seriously thought you lost it there."
Apple Employee:"Oh."[the employee looks at Steve for a moment]"I have the exact same glasses."
Natasha Romanoff:"Wow, you two are practically twins."
The great hall start laughing at that, as Tony laughed even more at that.
Apple Employee:"Yeah, I wish. Specimen. Uh... if you guys need anything, I've been Aaron."
Steve Rogers:"Thank you."[as Rumlow and his team are in the mall looking for Steve, Alex and Natasha]"You said nine minutes, come on."
Natasha Romanoff:"Shh, relax. Got it."[they find the signal is coming from Wheaton, NJ]"You know it?"
Steve Rogers:"I used to. Let's go."[Steve pulls the flash drive from the computer and they walk out of the store]"Standard tac-team. Two behind, to across, two coming straight at us. If they make us, I'll engage, you hit the south escalator to the metro."[as two agents are coming straight towards them]
Natasha Romanoff:"Shut up and put your arm around me, laugh at something I said."
Steve Rogers:"What?"
"My god you're so awkward Steve." Tony said while laughing with the other making Steve blush harder.
Natasha Romanoff:"Do it!"[Steve quickly puts his arm around Natasha and laughs, Alex looks at a store while pretending to talk on his phone back to the Mac store one of the agents looks around]
Jack Rollins:"Negative at the source."
Brock Rumlow:"Give me a floor rundown."
SHIELD Agent #2:"Negative on three."
SHIELD Agent #3:"Negative on two."
Brock Rumlow:"Snake the upper levels, work down to me."[as they are going down the escalator Natasha spots Rumlow on the escalator next to them going up, she turns to Steve]
Natasha Romanoff:"Kiss me."
Steve Rogers:"What?"
Natasha Romanoff:"Public displays of affection make people very uncomfortable."
Steve Rogers:"Yes, they do."[Alex make himself look like he's doing something on his phone while Natasha quickly pulls down Steve's head and kisses him making Rumlow look away as he goes past them on the escalator]
Natasha Romanoff:"You still uncomfortable?"
Steve Rogers:"It's not exactly the word I would use."
Sirius, Tony and Clint laughed at Steve's words.
Alex Romanoff:"It was awkward."
"It was."Alex nodded agreeing with his past self making some to chuckle.
as they drive to New Jersey
Steve Rogers:"Where did you learn how to steal a car?"
"You shouldn't steal car!"Lily scolded her son.
"What the heck do you want me to do? Chase the owner down and un-steal it?"Alex respond, Natasha chuckle as Yelena had said something similar.
Alex Romanoff:"It's a good skill to have."
Natasha Romanoff:"Alright, I have a question for you Steve, oh, which you do not have to answer. I feel like if you don't answer it though, you're kind of answering it, you know?"
Steve Rogers:"What?"
Natasha Romanoff:"Was that your first kiss since 1945?"
Some people chuckles at the question.
Steve Rogers:"That bad, huh?"
Natasha Romanoff:"I didn't say that."
Steve Rogers:"Well, it kind of sounds like that's what you're saying."
Natasha Romanoff:"No, I didn't. I just wondered how much practice you've had."
Steve Rogers:"You don't need practice."
Alex Romanoff:"Everybody needs practice."
Steve Rogers:"It was not my first kiss since 1945. I'm ninety-five, I'm not dead."
"But who did you kiss though?" Tony ask curious same with Clint and Sam wanting to know, only for Steve to not give a respond.
Natasha Romanoff:"Nobody special, though?"[Steve chuckles]
Steve Rogers:"Believe it or not, it's kind of hard to find someone with shared life experience."
Natasha Romanoff:"Well, that's alright, you just make something up."
Steve Rogers:"What, like you?"
Natasha Romanoff:"I don't know. The truth is a matter of circumstances, it's not all things to all people all the time. And neither am I."
Many send her sadly look it's not a way to live a life.
Steve Rogers:"That's a tough way to live."
Natasha Romanoff:"It's a good way not to die, though."
"You're not going to die, I won't let you."Clint said as Alex nodded, he didn't want to lose his mother.
Steve Rogers:"You know, it's kind of hard to trust someone when you don't know who that someone really is."
Natasha Romanoff:"Yeah. Who do you want me to be?"
Steve Rogers:"How about a friend?"[Natasha laughs softly]
Steve smile at Natasha which she smile back they come a long way, they can said that they are good friend.
Natasha Romanoff:"Well, there's a chance you might be in the wrong business, Rogers."
Alex put some music on as Steve turn toward Alex.
Steve Rogers:"Did you have to pick that music Alex?"
Alex Romanoff:"Ah, Steve you know the rule, driver picks the music. Shotgun shuts his cakehole."
The Avengers shakes their head knowing how Alex is when he's driving.
"Oh man, I have to remember that one."Dean said.
the three pull up to outside an abandoned military base where the signal led them to
Steve Rogers:"This is it."
Natasha Romanoff:"The file came from these coordinates."
Steve Rogers:"So did I."[later that night as they walk around the base trying to pinpoint where the signal came from]"This camp is where I was trained."
Alex Romanoff:"Changed much?"
Steve Rogers:"A little."[Steve has a brief visions of his former, smaller self running past him as he's getting trained with other soldiers]
Sergeant Duffy:"Pick up the pace, ladies! Let's go! Let's go! Double time! Come on Rogers, move it!"[his former self stops and stares at Steve as he is now]"Come on! Fall in! Rogers! I said fall in!" [present Steve watches nostalgically as the former Steve runs off]
Many in the great hall send him some pity look and some sympathy look.
Natasha Romanoff:"This is a dead end. Zero heat signature, zero waves, not even radio. Whoever wrote the file must have used a router to throw people off."[Steve notices a building ahead of them]"What is it?"[as they walk over to the building]
Steve Rogers:"Army regulations forbid storing ammunition within five hundred yards of the barracks. This building is in the wrong place."[Steve opens the lock with his shield and they enter inside, when they turn on the lights they notice it's a SHIELD office]
Alex Romanoff:"This is SHIELD."
Steve Rogers:"Maybe where it started."[they enter a room where they find old framed portraits of Howard Stark, Peggy and Col. Chester Phillips]
Natasha Romanoff:"There's Stark's father."
"Yeah."Tony muttered.
Steve Rogers:"Howard."
Natasha Romanoff:"Who's the girl?"[Steve doesn't reply and turns away to walk further down the room and stops by a massive book shelf]
Steve Rogers:"If you're already working in a secret office..."[he pushes the books shelf and slides open to reveal an elevator behind it]"Why do you need to hide the elevator?"[they go down the elevator which takes them to a room with old looking computers]
Natasha Romanoff:"This can't be the data-point, this technology is ancient."[suddenly Natasha notices a small flash drive port, she places the flash drive in it which then activates the ancient computer in the room]
Computer:"Initiate system?"[Natasha types using the keyboard]
Natasha Romanoff:"Y-E-S, spells yes."[Natasha smiles as the old computer starts to cranks up] "Shall we play a game?"
The wizards and witches were confused, as the muggleborns understood the reference.
"Oh, I love that movie!"A muggleborn exclaimed.
Alex Romanoff:"It's from a movie that..."
Steve Rogers:"Yeah, I saw it."[suddenly they hear an accented voice speaking]
Dr. Arnim Zola:"Rogers, Steven. Born, 1918. Romanoff, Natasha Alianovna. Born, 1984. Potter, Alex Sirius. Born, 1998." [they see an old camera moving above them as it analyzes them]
Alex Romanoff:[Frown at his birth name]"It's some kind of a recording."
Dr. Arnim Zola:"I am not a recording, junger Mann. I would know the origin of the Red Room's secret weapon."[Natasha looked toward Alex as Steve looked confused, the computer screen shows an old photo of Dr. Arnim Zola]
Alex tensed up at that, Rose looked at him worried while people looked at the screen in confusion.
"What does he mean by that?"Tonks asked.
Natasha Romanoff:"Do you know this thing?"
Steve Rogers:"Arnim Zola was a German scientist who worked for the Red Skull. He's been dead for years."
Alex Romanoff:(Approach the screen, frowning)"You don't know me."
Dr. Arnim Zola:"Of course, I would, it was Hydra project before the Red Room took everything on it. A person who will be able to replicate the actions of his opponents and allies. Nachahmen.(Mimic)... Der Arbeitgeber.(The Taskmaster)"
Everyone gasped at that, Dumbledore looked really intrigue at that maybe he could get his hand on that project and maybe the older Potter son might be useful after all. Alex flinched as they did succeed in making him the Taskmaster... Wanda and Rose hug him wanting to comfort him as Rose can clearly see that what ever that computer said is affecting her big brother.
"Why would they target you for that project?"
Alex shrugged."I don't know."
Natasha hummed in thought."The only person I can think off that would know why you were targeted would be... Melina."
"Who's Melina?"
"Humm... She's my mother."Natasha said.
"Your mother!?"
"Why have you never talked about your family before?"Bruce asked.
Natasha shift in her seat."It's complicated and we weren't really on good terms until recently."
Steve and Natasha looked at Alex who was in deep thought.
Steve Rogers:""How did you get here?"
Dr. Arnim Zola:"After the success, he was able to replicate the actions of his opponents and allies."
Natasha Romanoff:"It was Operation Paperclip after World War II. SHIELD recruited German scientists with strategic value."
Dr. Arnim Zola:"They thought I could help their cause. I also helped my own."
Steve Rogers:"HYDRA died with the Red Skull."
Dr. Arnim Zola:"Cut off one head, two more shall take its place."
Bucky stiffened at the saying as Steve place a hand on his shoulder to comfort him.
Steve Rogers:"Prove it."
Dr. Arnim Zola:"Accessing archive."[the computer screen shows them old footage of Johann Schmidt/Red Skull, of the how the original SHIELD founders]"HYDRA was founded on the belief that humanity could not be trusted with its own freedom. What we did not realize, was that if you try to take that freedom, they resist. The war taught us much. Humanity needed to surrender its freedom willingly. After the war, SHIELD was founded and I was recruited. The new HYDRA grew. A beautiful parasite inside SHIELD. For seventy years HYDRA has been secretly feeding crisis, reaping war. And when history did not cooperate, history was changed."
People were horrified at that revelation.
Natasha Romanoff:"That's impossible, SHIELD would have stopped you."
Dr. Arnim Zola:"Accidents will happen."[the computer screen shows them HYDRA had killed Howard and Maria Stark making it look like a car accident along with the recent death of Fury]
"You knew too, Romanoff, why didn't you tell me."Tony frowned, feeling betrayed by her even knowing she's a spy it still hurt that she did not telling him that.
"I thought he was just messing with us, like he did with Alex."Natasha replied back.
"You could have still told me."
"I was planning to, but Steve promised me he'd tell you himself. Which we know how's that turn out..."Natasha frowned, Steve wanted the ground to swallow him.
" HYDRA created a world so chaotic that humanity is finally ready to sacrifice its freedom to gain its security. Once the purification process is complete, HYDRA's new world order will arise. We won, Captain. Your death amounts to the same as your Life; a zero sum."[in anger Steve suddenly smashes the computer screen]"As I was saying..."
Steve Rogers:"What's on this drive?"
Dr. Arnim Zola:"Project Insight requires insight. So I wrote an algorithm."
Natasha Romanoff:"What kind of algorithm? What does it do?"
Dr. Arnim Zola:"The answer to your question is fascinating. Unfortunately, you shall be too dead to hear it."[suddenly the doors starts to close, Steve tries stops it by throwing his shield in between it but he's too late]
Natasha Romanoff:"Steve, Alex we got a bogey. Short range ballistic. 30 seconds tops."
Steve Rogers:"Who fired it?"
Natasha Romanoff:"S.H.I.E.L.D."
Dr. Arnim Zola:"I am afraid I have been stalling, Captain. Admit it, it's better this way. We're both of us...out of time."[Steve notices a small opening on the ground, he throws the metal door aside and just as the place explodes he throws himself, Alex and Natasha into the hole and protects them with his shield, he then manages to get them out from under the building rubble just as STRIKE agents arrive to roam the area for them]
Everyone gasped.
"Oh Merlin!"
"Where you guys okay?"Susan asked.
Steve, Alex and Natasha nodded at the question.
Brock Rumlow:"[As he notices a footprint in the dust] Call in the asset."
at his home, Pierce goes to his kitchen to get a drink when he sees the Winter Soldier sat behind behind him with his gun on the table when his housekeeper calls out.
Some of witches and wizards looked accusingly at Bucky, who just ignored them but he was starting to be annoyed by them.
Renata:"I'm going to go, Mr. Pierce. You need anything before I leave?"
Alexander Pierce: "No. Uh...it's fine, Renata, you can go home."
Renata:"Okay, night-night."
Alexander Pierce:"Good night."[Renata leaves]"Want some milk?"[the Winter Soldier doesn't reply]"The timetable has moved. Our window is limited. Two targets, Level Six."[he pours himself a glass of milk and goes over to join the Winter Soldier at the table]"They already cost me Zola. I want confirmed death in ten hours."[just then Renata interrupts them as she enters the kitchen]
Renata:"Sorry, Mr. Pierce, I...I forgot my phone."[she notices the Winter Soldier]
Alexander Pierce:"Oh, Renata. I wish you would have knocked."[Pierce picks up the gun from the table and shoots and kills her]
The great hall gasp in horror at Pierce killing her in cold blood like that, the younger student look terrified.
