The Newest Avenger, Book 1

Chapter 6. Helping the enemy

Steve's POV

We are about 2 weeks further after Jack's escape and the nightmare that he planted into my head lasted for a good couple of days before I was back to normal and I still sometimes have flashbacks to the illusion

Also, the guard who got mind controlled by Jack was not doing so good anymore

He's still very much unresponsive and the scans that the  doctors made of his brain actually showed that what Jack did to him changed his Brain and how it functioned. They actually think he's not going to make the end of the week. So whatever Jack did, he did it with great dedication

I was jogging around New York to help clear my mind, but when I turned a corner I walked right into jacks nightmare again

I felt my heart racing as I walked over the dance floor of a 1940s party with everyone I knew

"Steve!" Bucky smiled broadly at me before petting me on the back

He was holding on to his bleeding stomach as blood spread through his shirt

"Come on go dance with her!" He said referring to Peggy before pointing her way

I followed the direction of where he was pointing at and saw Peggy with black eyes, a knife through her chest and covered in blood

The people at the party started to push me towards her and nothing I did was slowing me down and when I finally reached her I zoned back into the real world with a big gasp

I bent over to catch my breath and shook my head in attempt to further get rid of the horrible images in my head

"Everything okay?" I heard Natasha ask from out of the car that she just pulled up to the side of the curb

I nodded at her still out of breath

"Perfectly fine" I claimed

"Well you better be, fury has a lead on where Jack might be" she said

I nodded at her still catching my breath

"Let's go then" I said still bent over but looking up at her

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"Captain Rogers, I'm making you leader of this mission" fury said

"Agent Romanoff will accompany you" he said

"Backup will be there too, and more then ever, but be prepared for the worst" fury said

"How's agent Smit?" I asked about the guard

"He passed away this morning" fury said

"Final cause of death?" I asked

"His brain stopped working" he said

"We don't know if you got lucky or if it's the super soldier serum that saved you" fury said
"Either way I'm glad you're still here"

"Thank you sir" I said before going on my way

Before I walked out of the door Fury called for me again