The Woman Out of Reality (Steve Rodgers x Reader)

⍟ Chapter 13 ⍟

Maria and Nat came to the hospital. You were a mess. Nat was a contained mess. Maria was strangely apathetic about the situation. She was his second. They were talking about the assassination. You weren't listening. You really wanted to get out.

He flatlined he was dead.

You exited the gallery. "You wanna?" Nat asked. You shook your head you had your time. "We have to take the body," Maria said. Nat stormed out of there. Steve followed her. " Natasha!" You followed him. "Agent Stan. I know we had our differences. But I'm sorry." You faintly smiled and nodded.

You caught up with Steve. "Why was Fury in your guy's apartment?" She was grilling Steve because she saw you were in pain so she didn't make it worse. "I don't know.." Rumlow told you and Cap "Cap. Agent Stan. They want you guys back at S.H.I.E.L.D." You looked at him "Wait for one godamn second we just lost a friend." He nodded "Okay," Nat told Steve "You're a terrible liar." You heard Sitwell on the comms "S.T.R.I.K.E. team, escort Captain Rogers and Agent Stan. back to S.H.I.E.L.D. immediately for questioning."

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You went to Pierce's office. The both of you. You saw Kate. She put a hand on your arm as comfort. You smiled. "Captain" Kate greeted Steve. "Neighbor" Steve greeted her back. "Agent Stan. I'm sorry for your loss." You smiled "Thank you, sir. I'm sorry for your loss as well." He shook your hand. Then shook Steve "Captain." He greeted Steve. "I'm Alexander Peirce." He smiled "Sir, it's an honor." He smiled back "The honor's mine, Captain. My father served in the 101st. Come on in." You both went into his office it's bigger than Fury's.

You and Steve sat down on one of the couches. You weren't all there but if the scrip was true and he was the one that wanted him killed. You were going to destroy this office alongside him in it. But for now, you were going to use your anger as a weapon to get out of the tough questions. You zoned back in.

He showed you both a picture of him and Fury. You felt your eyes water up. You shut everything off but your anger. "That photo was taken five years after Nick and I met when I was at State Department in Bogota."

He then got up and went to the window and put an arm on it. "E.L.N. rebels took the embassy, and security got me out, but the rebels took hostages. Nick was Deputy Chief of the S.H.I.E.L.D. the station there, and he comes to me with a plan. He wants to storm the building through the sewers. I said, 'No, we'll negotiate.' Turned out, the E.L.N. didn't negotiate, so they put out a kill order. They stormed into the basement, and what do they find? They find it empty. Nick had ignored my direct order, carried out an unauthorized military operation on foreign soil, and saved the lives of a dozen political officers, including my daughter."

You then asked him a question "So you gave him a promotion." He turned around "I've never had any cause to regret it." He then walked back to you both "Agent Stan, why was Nick in your guys apartment last night?" You then used your acting skills "I don't know." He then asked "Did you know it was bugged? I did, because Nick told me. Did he tell you he was the one who bugged it? I want you to see something."

He pulled up a video of Batroc "Who hired you, Batroc?" You then furrowed your eyebrows "Is this, live." He nodded "Yeah, they picked him up last night in a not-so-safe house in Algiers." Then Steve finally spoke up "Are you saying he's a suspect? Assassination isn't Batroc's line."

Pierce shook his head"No, no. It's more complicated than that. Batroc was hired anonymously to attack the Lemurian Star. And he was contacted by email and paid by wire transfer, and then the money was run through seventeen fictitious accounts. The last one going to a holding company that was registered to a Jacob Veech."