It is reminiscent of the American Flag, with red and white stripes in circles, up to the star in middle, with a blue background behind the white star, for it's a metallic shield with comfortable leather straps on the back of the shield.

"Wow...", Steve admitted as he looked it over. "I'm guessing this isn't some simple shield then?", he asked as Erskine shook his head.

"No, and that was Stark's mistake there... that shield there, is made from one of the strongest substances ever found in the world. In fact, that's made from Vibranium. Stronger than steel and a third the weight. It's completely vibration absorbent.", Erskine explained.

"Why on earth isn't our troops running with these in battle?", Peggy asked curiously. "Vibranium is the rarest metal on Earth. That was pretty much all the United States had on hand with it.", Erskine said with a shrug.

Steve tried it on, and blinked in surprise, "It's a perfect fit...", and Peggy smiled, "It suits you, Steve. Now, let's get going.", as they nodded, and they headed out from the building next to the palace, with Steve stretching out his kinks, shocked to find that he's fast.

Milo then called out, "Crew, join up!", as Sia looked at Vinny, "You need to stay here with Erskine and Thaddeus.".

Vinny pouted, "But I want to fight! Miss Kida gotta come back!", and Jacques looked at Vinny, "No, it's too dangerous for you, and you need to stay here, is that clear? I can't lose you, son...".

"Yes, Papa...Just be careful...Watch over each other, please?", Vinny asked, looking between Sia and Vinny, and Sia kissed him on the forehead, "We'll be careful, sweetheart.", as Jacques nodded, ruffling Vinny's hair gently, before grabbing Sia's hand as they went to the few remaining flyers with the rest of the crew, with Sia and Milo helping starting them up, while the warriors in the air awaited for Milo's orders.

"Alright then... if anyone doesn't want to come, that's alright; I can't lie, we're up against foes that are well armed and very dangerous.", Milo told the group. "We have the element of surprise with the Ketaks... but that won't last long.".

"Hey, against the odds... heh... that's what America was practically founded upon...", Sweet chuckled. "Uh, present company excluded, of course.", he looked to Peggy.

"No offense taken.", Peggy nodded with a smile, and the group climbed up, with Cookie calling out, "Stock up on ammo! This ain't going to be a rodeo!", twirling an old gun he has, as Mole giggled, "I'm so excited!", as the remaining Ketaks got up into the air, joining the warriors on their Ketaks.

Milo then called out, "Ladies and gentlemen, we got a mission to do! We will save Atlantis, rescue the princess, and get her back home while we battle foes. So, let's go!", before leading the swarm, over the city, whispering to himself while he faintly heard cheering and whoops of encouragement from the citizens of Atlantis, "I'm coming, Kida...You will be home, along with our child...", focused on leading the swarm of Ketaks, with a bit of anxious worry in the back of his mind, praying that his baby, gods, their baby would be safe, even if Kashekim said that the Kings of the Past within the Crystal in Kida would make sure that their baby is growing fine.

He knew that a dirigible, a zeppelin would be a large place to hide a human-sized container, yet he has a feeling that she would be somewhere within the center of it all, the port of the ship technically.

The formation flew fast, right over the destroyed bridge and towards the tunnels that led to the volcano. Milo prayed that at the very least, HYDRA still would need time to get things in place before leaving.

"Milo!", Steve called out. "Hey, forgot to mention, Steve... love the new look!", Milo laughed as Steve chuckled. "Thanks, but I was wanting to ask about these things... how strong are they from gunfire?", Steve asked.

"Well, the one Kida and I first activated was able to bounce off rocks and stone like a ball and crashed completely intact... so these things are pretty tough.", Milo explained.

"What about the riders, though?", Steve asked, not wanting to lose the Atlantean warriors and such as they would have families back home.

Milo frowned, "Good point!", before looking over the main console, reading the inscriptions, glad that somehow, in his given memories from Kida, speaking Atlantean is now second nature to him, through there's still a hint of his American accent to it, and reading Atlantean is a bit better, even with his expert reading levels of it.

He then found them, calling out, "Warriors, crew, on the left side upwards, is a handprint. Do not touch it until you need it to shoot back at the enemies as the handprint is activated to shoot out blue energy lightning, and on the right side upwards, is the shape of your Ketak, touch the fin part, and a transparent shield will cover you from enemy fire, but still enable you to look around without blocking your sightlines!".

"Shields? On top of flying and everything... Glad the Nazis decided to just take Kida instead of everything or they'd win the war in a week.", Jacques said as several in the group recognized that they were almost into the volcano.

"They should be right ahead...", Peggy informed as everyone got ready. In the meantime, Kida's container was being loaded onto the Grabacr with Reinhardt looking on with Rourke and Helga. "So, is this really all we can claim, Rourke?", the HYDRA General asked as Rourke nodded.

"Unless Schmidt wants a bunch of old spears and pottery too; this is all he'll need.", Rourke smirked before they suddenly started to hear some buzzing noises.

"What's that?", Helga asked before they all turned to see the swarm of flyers coming towards them. "Rourke...", Reinhardt growled. "I knew that little bastard was holding out on me with what he knew...", Rourke growled as he cocked his pistol.

"BATTLESTATIONS! ENEMY AIRCRAFT!", Reinhardt screamed out as HYDRA quickly moved into defensive positions, and pilots rushed to their planes on the Grabacr; only crafts that could truly be birthed to the airship were older Henschel Hs 123; the Luftwaffe's predecessor to their infamous Stuka dive bombers, but Reinhardt felt confident that the old biplanes could easily sweep aside the Atlanteans.

Milo gave orders, "Warriors, take the right, crew, take the left. Steve, Peggy, get into the back, and Audrey and Sweet, keep a close eye on them, with Audrey taking over Steve and Peggy's Ketak. Give the signal with your shield, Steve, when you find Kida, and then we will find a way to carry her out when I get in, hear?!".

Warriors shouted, "Yes, our king!", with the rest of the crew calling out, "You got it, Milo!", and went off, splitting off, activating their shields. Steve saluted Milo, "Yes, sir!", as Peggy drove the Ketak straight into the middle, with Audrey and Sweet following them behind, while Milo headed for the top, activating his shield.

Gun fire erupted as machine guns and small arms cracked, firing into the air, trying to bring the riders down; only for the shields to come up and reflect everything that came their way. The trio of leadership amongst HYDRA were stunned by this revelation.

"Just forget them and get out of here with our prize!", Rourke told Reinhardt. "They'll all die without the Heart and then we can come right back to collect their equipment!".

"This mistake will cost you, Rourke...", Reinhardt growled as the two of them and Helga ran for the Grabacr. "I'll take it up with Schmidt then, let's just get the hell out of here!", Rourke responded snappily.

Steve and Peggy's Ketak got close to the back of the gondola, and with careful and quick movements, Audrey jumped into the Ketak, while Steve threw his shield at the glass, surprised to see that it broke the glass completely in pieces, jamming itself into one of the supports, and Steve grabbed Peggy around the waist, and realizing what he's about to do, she held tight, and Steve jumped a whole 20 ft, making it into the gondola flawlessly.

Peggy cocked her pistol, smirking at Steve, "Well, the doc was right. You are definitely a super soldier.", as Steve gave her a quirky grin, taking his shield out of the support post, "Thanks. Let's do this, shall we?".

"Let's kick some Hydra ass.", Peggy nodded, and they went onwards, as the gondola wasn't deserted either as there were several stormtroopers patrolling.

Of course, the troops on board weren't exactly expecting company being on board; obviously hearing the fighting outside which was taking a shocking turn as HYDRA was unable to pierce the shields with anything they had, not even their mortar rounds.

Meanwhile, the Atlanteans were firing their weapons and causing untold devastation amongst HYDRA's troops. "How much longer?", Reinhardt asked as one of the pilots turned to him.

"The Grabacr needs a few minutes before it can start to ascend!", he shouted as Reinhardt growled. "Sir! Report from patrols, we have intruders!".

"Helga, take care of them... I'll make sure our little princess isn't bothered.", Rourke said as Helga nodded and cocked her pistol.

Peggy jabbed an elbow into the chest of a Stormtrooper, cutting off his breath, and spun around to slam her boot into the face of the Stormtrooper, while shooting another Stormtrooper in the distance with her pistol, while Steve clobbered two Stormtroopers, and threw his shield, bouncing off edges of the supports into another two Stormtroopers, knocking them out, while the shield returned to his hand.

"Nice kick, Peggy!", Steve laughed, and Peggy smirked, "Nice throw, Steve!", before a bullet flashed by her, and she looked on to see Helga poised with her pistol, narrowing her eyes, "Carter.".

Steve replied, "Peggy?", and Peggy replied, "Go, I got this, Steve.", and Steve nodded, "Right, but one thing.", with a smirk before kissing her passionately for five seconds.

Helga was stunned by the new sight of Steve, stronger, taller, and healthier than he was...Peggy blinked in shock by Steve's bold move, and he winked at her, whispering, "Be the badass you are, Agent Carter. I only wish I'd make out with you right now, but I'll make up to you tonight if we live.", before leaving with a salute at Helga, "Gotta go, you don't want to mess with my girlfriend!", sprinting off, leaving Peggy and Helga.

"But...but...Erskine's dead!", Helga spat out in shock. Peggy grinned, "Let's say that Thaddeus listened to Erskine's science talk for years and all. And you know what, Sinclair? Steve Rogers is my boyfriend, and the damn best lover I ever have in my life, and you? You are a bitch, and you will never realize that love is stronger than money which you only care for.".

Helga stared at her for a moment before aiming once again, "Well then, let's see if your love is strong enough compared to a bullet.". She fired again as Peggy ducked down and hid behind a few crates.

"I would say run while you can, Helga, but we both know there's no way out for you, even if you survive today... you'll be trapped down here and left to fend for yourself against what God only knows still lurks around here or the Atlanteans...", Peggy fired back as Helga took cover herself. The two of them took pot shots, in an attempt to draw the other out of cover as they slowly moved from cover to cover, closer to one another.

Eventually, the pistols ran out of ammo, and Helga smirked, "I trained under Rourke and Hydra for years. Let's see how your agent training pays off compared to my soldier training, eh?".

Peggy retorted, "I'm going to see that you will never see the light of day, bitch.", and Helga spat out, "At least being a bitch is better than being a whore, Carter!", yet that didn't bother Peggy this time as she is proud to be claimed as Steve Rogers' girlfriend out loud, and in calculated, flawless, and yes, British techniques in her hand to foot training, she went into action.

The two of them exchanged blows and strikes as they hit one another. All the while, explosions rocked around them from all the fire that was being sent up and rocking the Grabacr. Peggy got a good hit on Helga that caused her lip to bleed before Helga struck Peggy hard with a kick to the abdomen, causing Peggy to fall onto the floor.

Helga smirked, "You know, if I didn't know that the expedition had stressed out all of us women, upsetting period timelines and all, I would think that blow would've made sure that any chance of a halfbreed brat of you and that goody-shoes Rogers would die, and it would be your fault for coming here, considering how you've been around him for days, whoring yourself out to him. I bet Rogers would walk out on you if he knew you lost the baby, as he seems like the sentimental fool who wants a family.", as Peggy panted, narrowing her eyes, seething her teeth at Helga's words.

She knew she never got pregnant, thanks to all the stress and all, but for Helga to threaten like that, even towards a hypothetical baby, and putting on the guilt on her... well, that crossed the line.

Peggy kicked Helga right off of her feet, causing her to hit the airship floor hard before Peggy got on top of her and started to wail on her with punch after punch. Helga was barely able to defend until a mortar round exploded right near them, causing a very violent rocking of the airship which caused Peggy to fall off of Helga. Helga glanced over and saw a piece of metal on the floor before she rolled over to grab it.

Peggy, on the other hand, got up at the same time Helga had the metal bar in her hands. Peggy charged her and grabbed the bar before both of them tried to fight for it; planning to use it to either strangle, bash or stab with it. Both of them fought hard as Peggy used momentum to push Helga towards the outer railing of the airship, with the volcanic floor down below as the Grabacr started to rise, as Helga tried to keep herself from being choked with the bar and flung to her doom below.

Peggy snarled, "Go to hell, bitch!", using her knee straight into her abdomen, causing her to heave forward, causing the bar to damage her neck, causing her hands to loosen up from the bar, and Peggy then shouted, "Let's see if you can survive this!", before spinning around in the air, using her boot to hit Helga's face, causing her to fall off the railing, screaming as she fell to her doom below.

Brushing strands of her hair back, panting, Peggy replied, "I hope you'll wail on her, Mrs. Rogers.", with a scowl, knowing that Steve's mother wouldn't stand anything that takes offense toward her dear son and any chance of grandchildren, as she was the type who won't take any kind of nonsense from anyone.

Then the Grabacr began to rock again, and she then nodded to herself, started to run on through the gondola, determined to find Steve, or hopefully, Kida...Milo must be freaking out of his mind as the Grabacr is rising up fast, well, a bit faster than a normal dirigible could be.

She then heard Audrey's voice, "Peggy!", through another cracked, damaged window, and she saw her on the Ketak, and she called out, "Audrey!".

Audrey shouted, "Steve's on the bridge with somebody, and we found Rourke on the other gondola, guarding Kida!", and Peggy frowned, realizing that she's out of ammo, and she can't help Steve as the bridge is barely enough for a two-person lane before remembering Milo's other part of his orders.

She can still use Steve's shield to signal Milo! She shouted to Audrey, "Bring the Ketak closer!", and Audrey replied, "Do you think the darn dirigible will slow down if I bash through this gondola some while picking you up?!".

"Depending on the idea if we're going to use it to get back to the states...", Peggy said as Audrey chuckled, "Yeah, I don't think we're letting this thing stay intact...". She then touched the console as she braced herself, "This is going to get violent, watch out!".

Peggy backed off several feet, holding into a support post as Audrey used the blue energy lightning to split the gondola into half, driving through the top for the fins to scrap the dirigible itself, while the tail and sides destroying the support posts while leaning over as Peggy ran and jumped, grabbing Audrey's hand, sitting next to her, and the Ketak came through the gondola, twisting around.

"Nice!", Peggy laughed, and Audrey smirked, seeing the Grabcr slowing down, almost like it's tilting off balance, and Peggy then nodded, "Right, let's go!", seeing Steve on the bridge fighting, if she wasn't mistaken, a general by the looks of his uniform.

Some minutes prior, Steve had fought his way through many of the troops that were in his way, easily disposing of them without so much as breaking a sweat. His mind was focused on one thing, getting to the bridge of the zeppelin and stopping it from taking off. The sooner that could be done, the easier the job would be to get Kida back.