Solaris ⋯ Steve Rogers|Marvel Cinematic Universe

[chapter 22]

Evelyn anxiously waited for the laser to burn through the frozen plane so they could get inside. Fury had told her to keep her powers under wraps so she did as she was told, not like she used them. Over the years, she altogether stopped using them, blaming her powers for everything that had happened to her and her sister.

"Agent Townsend!" The SHIELD lieutenant called out. "We're in."

Evelyn rushed ahead through the snow and rappelled down the ropes with him, landing with a thud. Another agent joined them down the plane and they all walked forward through the dark, ominous, frozen plane. Shattered control screens reflecting their flashlights as the lieutenant eyed a panel which read Gefahr. Explosivstoffe.

"This has got to be World War II."

Evelyn saw the SHIELD tech lowering to the ground as something caught his eyes. He chipped at an ice floe and stopped, looking back at his superiors.

"What is it?"

"My god..." Evelyn's eyes widened seeing the red, white and blue shield.

"Base, get me a line to the Colonel." The lieutenant spoke through his coms.

"Sir, it's three in the morning."

"I don't care what time it is." He shook his head as Evelyn knocked away the last of the ice to free the shield. "This one's waited long enough."

"He has to be close." Evelyn looked back at the lieutenant as the tech walked back to the way they came in.

Evelyn nervously waited at the base camp as two scientists gathered up their supplies to run tests on Steve's body which was to everyone's shock, undamaged and frozen.

"Agent Townsend, we're ready."

She followed them into the lab where Steve's frozen body lay on an examination table. Clicking on a few buttons, the machines whirred to life before they waved some machinery over his body. At first, Evelyn thought she was hearing things when she heard a faint beep. Everyone in the room looked at each other with wide eyes.

"Oh my god!" The lead scientist exclaimed. "He's still alive."

S.H.I.E.L.D. HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK CITY 2011

Music blasted through her earphones as Evelyn ran on the treadmill. They had been waiting for Steve to wake up as his vitals seemed perfectly fine. Evelyn had checked on Tony as usual, hearing about the fight that broke out at Stark Expo. Knowing she could have been there, a wave of guilt washed over her as she pushed herself to run faster even though Tony said he had it under control and wouldn't have called for her either way, saying it was his battle to fight. Looking up, she saw agents rushing through the glass windows. Evelyn hit stop and took out her earphones to see what was going on.

"I repeat Code 13." She heard an agent speak through the alarm.

Evelyn cursed under her breath and quickly put on her sweatshirt over her sports bra before rushing out. She found the agent that wore 1940s uniform and ran to her side.

"What happened?"

"Captain Rogers woke up and ran out." The woman looked disheveled. "Director Fury is with him now."

Evelyn nodded and rushed out of the building and saw the civilians looking towards 45th street. She ran ahead and was stopped by an agent before he realized who she was.

"Agent Townsend!" The agent lowered his arm.

"What about the war?" She heard Steve ask who stood with his back turned to her. "Did we win?"