Authoress Note: Welcome to Chapter 38 of God of Lies and Mischief and the Woman of Many Faces. Thank you to those who have left reviews. It really does mean a lot to me that you guys are enjoying this. I am hoping that you guys enjoy this next chapter. Without further ado Chapter 38. ENJOY!
Chapter 38
Steve's thoughts were broken when Everleigh and Sam joined him on the bridge.
"He's gonna be there, you know?" Sam questioned as he looked over at Steve.
"I know." Steve said softly.
"Look, whoever he used to be, the guy he is now, I don't think he's the kind you save. He's the kind you stop."
"I don't know if I can do that." Steve admitted letting out a soft breath.
"Well, he might not give you a choice. He doesn't know you."
"He will. Gear up, it's time." Steve said as he turned and started to walk away.
"You gonna wear that?"
"No. If you're gonna fight a war, you gotta wear a uniform."
Everleigh let out a soft laugh. "I know what he's going after. His original uniform." Everleigh said as she went to turn.
Sam looked at her with his brows furrowed. "Are you alright?"
Everleigh slowed to turn and look at him. "What?"
"You looked rather worried and felt kind of off… Are you sure that you're alright?"
Everleigh swallowed the lump in her throat. "I'm fine… or I will be at least." She admitted softly as she began to walk.
"You can always talk to me."
"Sam, I'll be okay." Everleigh said softly, giving a small weak smile.
CAWSCAWS
The tech went to the door and opened it to only see Steve, Sam, Everleigh and Maria on the other side of the door.
Sam, Maria, and Everleigh all had their guns pointed at the tech.
"Excuse us." Steve said to the tech.
The tech held up his hands and stepped aside to allow them in.
"Go Steve. You know what you need to do." Everleigh said with a nod of her head. "We have to bring Shield to its knees."
Steve nodded his head slowly knowing that Everleigh hated to admit that Shield needed to be brought down to its knees. He knew how much she had seen this place as her family.
"Attention, all SHIELD agents. This is Steve Rogers. You've heard a lot about me over the last few days, some of you were even ordered to hunt me down. But I think it's time you know the truth. SHIELD is not what we thought it was, it's been taken over by HYDRA. Alexander Pierce is their leader. The STRIKE and Insight crew are HYDRA as well. I don't know how many more, but I know they're in the building. They could be standing right next to you. They almost have what they want: absolute control. They shot Nick Fury and it won't end there. If you launch those Helicarriers today, HYDRA will be able to kill anyone that stands in their way, unless we stop them. I know I'm asking a lot, but the price of freedom is high, it always has been, and it's a price I'm willing to pay. And if I'm the only one, then so be it. But I'm willing to bet I'm not."
Sam looked at Steve. "Did you write that down first, or was it off the top of your head?"
"Come on, we have work to do." Everleigh said, suddenly changing in front of them from a blonde haired blue eyed woman, to a woman with dark hair and bright green eyes.
"You know what to do." Steve said, looking at Everleigh.
"You got it, Captain." She said moving slowly knowing that her job was to subdue anyone who got even close to sending those ships up into the air. She moved quickly and met up with Rumlow and his team by breaking into the control room. She could only hope that no one would be able to know who she was, at least not right away.
Sharon looked at the dark haired woman with wide eyes only to get winked at. She went to ease slightly other than being scared of the whole thing of Rumlow and his team being there. Rumlow had no idea that Everleigh was right there in his team.
Rumlow moved quickly to where one of the techs were. "Preempt the launch sequence. Send those ships up now."
The tech hesitated visibly causing Rumlow to look at him closer.
"Is there a problem?"
"I'm…" The tech then shook his head nervously.
"Is there a problem?"
"I'm sorry, sir." The tech took a few nervous breaths before finishing his answer. "I'm not gonna launch those ships. Captain's orders."
Rumlow then suddenly pointed his gun at the tech's head. "Move away from your station."
Sharon pulled her gun and pointed it at Rumlow.
Everleigh moved slowly, changing back to her normal self, pointing her gun at the men that were with him.
"Like he said!" Sharon said, narrowing her eyes.
Suddenly the rest of the SHIELD agents drew their weapons and pointed them at Rumlow.
"Captain's orders."
Rumlow looked at Sharon. "You picked the wrong side, Agent."
"Depends on where you're standing."
Rumlow then dropped his gun, but as he did so he grabbed his knife and cut Sharon's arm, leading to the SHIELD agents firing their guns. Amidst the bullets, Rumlow managed to release the Helicarriers before running off.
"Shit!" Everleigh said as she ran towards the doors. "Try to keep those helicarriers down." She ran out the door trying to run as quickly as she could after Rumlow.
"They're initiating launch." Maria said over the com.
"Cap you and Wilson need to hurry." Everleigh called out over the com as she ran.
"Hey, Cap, I found those bad guys you were talking about." Sam called over the com not too much later after the com had gone silent.
"You okay?" Steve asked.
"I'm not dead yet."
"Quit your bantering and try not to get killed." Everleigh said as she made her way to take care of Rumlow.
"Satellites in range at three thousand feet." One of the men said.
"Falcon, status?" Maria questioned.
"Engaging. Alright, Cap, I'm in. Shit!"
"Eight minutes, Cap." Maria said over the com.
"Working on it." Steve said as he worked. "Alpha locked."
"Falcon, where are you now?"
"I had to take a detour! Oh, yeah! I'm in. Bravo locked."
"Two down, one to go."
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This is the end of Chapter 38. I hope that you guys enjoyed it. A little bit of a Sam/Everleigh moment. I think Sam and her could be friends. What do you guys think? Think they could be the best of friends? We are getting closer and closer to the point of having an OG chapter, which I'm excited for. I'm excited to show you guys what will happen in that chapter, but we have to make it through the rest of Captain America Winter Soldier. Thankfully there aren't very many chapters left for me to finish. Please leave a review and let me know what you think. Until next time.
