Emotionally exhausted after her dream from the night before, Scarlet was sitting on her back porch reading a book when she heard tires against gravel. Marking her page, she stood up and looked towards her driveway to see a town car. Attempting to look through the car, she saw two people in the backseat and smiled. Glad for the distraction, she opened the back door and walked back into her bedroom, then downstairs to open the door before they even emerged from their car.
"About time you guys got out here!" Scarlet grinned as she saw Howard and Peggy. "You didn't bring Maria or Daniel?"
"Unfortunately this isn't a social call, Scarlet." Howard told her sadly holding up a file.
"Well damn, come on in." Scarlet told them opening the screen door.
Howard held the door open for Peggy.
"This is such a cute little house," Peggy told her looking around. "I love the touches."
"They have an amazing antiques store about a half hour away... its weird to think of my tastes as antiques but... it feels more like home but I got one of those VCR players too." Scarlet said as Howard laughed, "So if it's not a social call, what's up?"
"I'm not sure if you watch the news but President Reagan went to Berlin and made a big speech to basically Gorbachev to tear down the wall. It has just fueled the revolution." Howard told her.
"Okay Howard, you are going to have to catch me up. Who is Gorbachev?" Scarlet asked pointing for them to have a seat.
They both sat on her couch as she sat in the rocking chair and started to read the file.
"Shit... I forgot, sorry. Mikhail Gorbachec is the leader of the Soviet Union. In Berlin, they put a wall around the entire city separating East and West Berlin. West Berlin is still Soviet, while East Berlin is heavily German." Howard told her, "it's heavily militarized and guarded."
Scarlet rolled her eyes, "it always comes back to Berlin and Germany and the Soviets doesn't it?"
"Seems that way." Peggy told her, "What we need you to do, is use not only your abilities but you are our best spy. We need you to infiltrate in the area to get a feel for tensions. We also have a feeling that the KGB is recruiting from that area. They have a program called the Red Room... they take young women and recruit them to become spies. We are hoping to either steal recruits away from them or eliminate them if needed."
"Sounds so... cold." Scarlet said with a frown.
"It is called the Cold War." Howard told her.
"Alright, when do I leave?" Scarlet asked as Bucky's voice echoed in her head again.
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