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THE girl was out like a light before Steve pushed through the double doors ahead of him- which made his job slightly easier and slightly harder- and within moments he had her laid out in his backseat while he slid into the drivers to start the engine.
Hitting the gas, he wasted no time in putting distance between them and the hospital, he could only assume that it would be swarmed with doctors and SHIELD agents alike trying to locate the missing girl.
He had no clue where he was going to be able to take them, where he could hide her, hell, he wasn't even sure he could protect her.
Not on his own at least.
Without giving it much thought, he picked up his phone and dialed one of the few numbers he had, the line rang a few times before a click came from the other end and a man cleared his throat.
"Sam?" he questioned glancing into his rearview mirror to check on the girl, "where are you?"
"Same place I was before Tony called you, what's up?" Steve shook his head- despite the fact Sam couldn't see it- "they have a new project, Tony's niece..." he trailed off glancing to the rearview mirror once more.
"Hold on. You mean to tell me Tony's got a niece?" Steve let out an exaggerated sigh, "he's got two, but that's beside the point. Nick cannot find her, no one can. I'm bringing her to you, okay?"
"Aye aye, cap, I'll be waiting on you." he replied the sound of the dial tone becoming apparent to Steve as Sam had hung up seconds prior.
At least he had Sam on his side.
After a half-hour or so of driving, Audie began to stir, not enough to wake up, but enough to let Steve know she was getting close to it.
Luckily for him, they were almost at their intended destination.
He'd been paying attention to the road behind him more than half of the time- trying his best to make sure they hadn't been followed- while following the set of instructions he'd written on his forearm before leaving the small building upon Nick's call.
Pulling into the garage ahead of him, he turned off the engine and waited for the garage door behind him to be pulled down so they were out of sight.
Within a few seconds, Sam had slammed the metal door shut and walked around the side of the car to the backseat window to peek in at the girl, "I thought she'd be younger." he stated looking up from the girl to where Steve now stood.
"She's old enough to make her own choices, Tony doesn't seem to think that though." he replied popping open the door to pull Audie from where she laid across the seat, Sam frowned at the sight of her.
