Frozen Over: An MCU Story

Chapter 17 - Intruder

2024, New York.

When Sam hung up on them, Clover sighed and put their phone on the counter as Isaac and Oliver rushed into the kitchen to get their food, then disappeared back into their bedroom. In order to get their mind off that phone conversation with Sam, they decided to eat in their brothers' room and watch the boys play video games while they ate.

An hour or so went by before Clover picked up the three plates and set off to the kitchen to do the dishes. And it would only be another hour or two before their aunt Olivia would return home. With a sigh, they started washing up the first plate, drizzling dish soap all over the sink, when Oliver ran into the room.

"Hey Clover, someone's calling you." He said.

"Who's calling me, Ollie? You gotta give me more than that." Clover chuckled.

Oliver turned to the phone screen and examined it, furrowing his eyebrows a bit as he read the name labelled on the phone.

"'Birdbrain'." He told his sibling.

Clover immediately dropped what they were doing and turned to their brother. They knew exactly who that was. Oliver handed them their phone and they immediately answered the call and brought the phone to their ear.

"Hey, Sam. Everything okay?" They asked.

"Yeah... we're fine now." Sam said on the other end. "Sorry about earlier... I was kinda undercover... and I only hung up like that 'cause our cover had been blown."

"Shit, did I blow your cover?" Clover questioned. "I am so sorry about that. I had no idea."

"I know you didn't know, Clover. But lemme tell you, we almost got away with it." Sam chuckled.

"Damn." Clover said.

The two chuckled a bit over the phone, and Clover brought out the serious talk again.

"Sam, be honest with me. Are you still pissed off about what happened a few days ago?" They asked.

"Clover, you had every right to be pissed off. Hell, Bucky is still just as pissed, if not more." Sam chuckled.

"Heard that!" Bucky yelled in the background.

Clover chuckled once more.

"So are you calling to check in on how I'm doing or are you gonna tell me some important shit?" They asked.

"I figured I should tell you what exactly we've been up to." Sam shrugged.

Clover placed the phone on their shoulder and tilted their head to hold the phone in place as they continued doing dishes.

"About damn time." They said.

Sam spent the next... 15 minutes or so explaining what was going on with the Flag Smashers and the fact that someone had recreated the super soldier serum and now he, Bucky and Zemo were trying to figure out where the scientist behind it was.

"That's some pretty intense shit you got going on, Sam." Clover remarked.

Sam shrugged over the phone as he continued to add to the story of what's been happening in the past few days. As Clover was listening, they heard a hard knock at the door.

"Just a sec, Sam..." They said. "Isaac, Oliver, can one of you boys get the door for me?! Thanks! Anyway, you were saying?"

Oliver entered the front room, his brother following close behind him.

"Clover, you're right there. Why can't you do it?" He questioned.

"Uh, because I'm on the phone. That's why." Clover told their younger brother. "Anyway..."