Love, Agent Delacroix

The Little Guy

MOVIE THEATER, ALLEY - LATE AFTERNOON-

WHAM! The jerk hammers Steve in the jaw, knocking him into a line of garbage cans. Steve groans...and GETS BACK UP. Steve's a natural fighter, bobbing and scoring a kidney punch, but the guy barely feels it. The jerk swings. STEVE tries to BLOCK WITH A TRASH CAN LID. The jerk yanks away the lid and pounds him again. Steve's feet lift off the ground.

HE HITS THE CEMENT HARD. For a moment, Steve lays still. The jerk hovers, panting. THEN STEVE GETS TO HIS FEET AGAIN. The jerk shakes his head. "You just don't know when to give up, do you?

"I can do this all day." Steve says as he wipes the blood dripping from his spit lip. "Hey!" I shout as i approach the two, my heels clicking along with my steps.

"Move it lady or your next!" The jerk knocks Steve back into a pile of garbage. "Oh no you dont-" I say as I grab his arm before he goes to hit the brave young man. But the Man pushes me back into a wall and He moves to hit me...BUT SOMEONE GRABS HIS ARM.

"Now that's not how we treat a lady." The jerk spins to see A SOLDIER, "Why dont you pick on someone your own size." The Soldier says as The jerk takes a swing. The Soldier SLUGS him, spins him around, and PLANTS an army boot in the ass. The jerk runs away. The Soldier looks down at Steve, getting up from a pile of garbage. Then he looks to me as I straighten out and dust off my uniform.

"Sometimes I think you like getting punched." The Soldier says to the Brave Young Man, "I had him on the ropes. And Thank you Miss-" The Brave Young Man says to me, "Delacroix, Agent Brianna Delacroix. Sir. And it's no problem." I say and give him a warm smile and lean on the wall. As The Brave young Man gets up, a folded ENLISTMENT FORM falls from his pocket. The Soldier picks it up and reads.

"How many times is this? And you're from Paramus now? It's still illegal to lie on an enlistment form, and seriously, Jersey?" The Soldier says, i tilt my head at the Brave Young Man. I think Dr. Erskine would like him. He frowns, TAKING IN the SOLDIER'S UNIFORM. "Looks like you got your orders."

"The 107th. Sergeant James Barnes. Shipping out to England first thing tomorrow." Sergeant Barnes says They start walking out of the alley. But before they do Sergeant Barnes steps towards me "Are you alright Ma'am?" The Sergeant asks me, "Yeah I'm Alright, I could have taken him you know." I say as i look up at him, "And now you didnt Have to miss....."

"Agent Actually. Agent Brianna Delacroix. Sergeant...." I say holding ut my hand for him to shake, "Barnes Ma'am, of the 107th Infantry." He says as he takes my hand and kisses it. "I'll keep that in mind Sergeant Barnes" I smile at him kindly, and I take my hand from him. And I turn and walk away from them, but before i turn the corner and look over my shoulder at the Sergeant, He's looking at me as well. I look forward and

"Where are we going?" Steve asks Bucky as he watches his best friend just watch the Agent walk away. Bucky whips out a newspaper and hands it to Steve. "The future."

Steve opens the paper. An ad reads, "WORLD EXHIBITION OF TOMORROW." MONORAILS RACE AROUND FUTURISTIC BUILDINGS.

WORLD EXPOSITION OF TOMORROW, MIDWAY - NIGHT-

A MONORAIL SPEEDS OVER AN EPIC FAIR. Steve and Bucky walk down the busy midway.

"I don't see what the problem is. You're about to be the last eligible man in New York. You know

there're three and a half million women here?" Bucky says as he grabs Steves shoulder. "I'd settle for just one." Steve says Bucky waves at somebody in the distance.

"Good thing I've taken care of that." Across the midway, TWO GIRLS WAVE BACK in front of THE MODERN MARVELS PAVILION.

"What'd you tell her about me?" Bucky grins, still waving. "Only the good stuff."