The Warrior || 𝐓𝐕𝐃𝐱𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐋

5.4

"First rule of going on the run is don't run, walk."

When going on the run, it had been universally decided that the perfect disguise had to include a cap, glasses or a hood. Which all of them had.

"If I run in these shoes they're gonna fall off." Steve muttered to Cassie who laughed slightly.

They were heading to the Apple store which was the perfect (and only) place they could use the USB stick without being noticed for at least nine minutes. There were plenty of empty laptops to choose from so they chose quickly and Nat began typing away.

"The drive has a Level Six homing program so as soon as we boot up, S.H.I.E.L.D will know exactly where we are." Nat explained.

"How much time will we have?" Lee asked.

"About nine minutes from..." Nat placed the USB stick in. "Now."

Cassie watched the files in curiosity. "Fury was right about that ship, somebody's trying to hide something," She told them all. "The drive's protected by some sort of AI."

"She's right it keeps rewiring itself to counter my commands," Nat agreed.

"Can you override it?" Steve asked in a worry.

"The person who developed this is slightly smarter than Nat," Cassie spoke, earning a look from the redhead. "I said slightly."

"Try running a tracer, that might work." Lee suggested.

Cassie nodded. "This is a program that SHIELD developed to track hostile malware, so if we can't read the file maybe we can find out where it came from." She finished.

A worker suddenly came up to them. "Can I help you guys with anything?" He asked.

Cassie quickly came up with an excuse and pulled Lee and Steve forward. "Oh we're fine, we're just helping our friends find a nice place for their honeymoon."

"Right," Steve laughed nervously. "We're getting married."

"Congratulations," The worker said. "Where you guys thinking about going?"

Everyone hesitated. "New Jersey." Lee told him, reading off the laptop.

The worker suddenly looked closely at Steve, as if recognising him so Cassie started to get a bit worried. "I have the exact same glasses!" He exclaimed.

The vampire sighed in relief as Nat said sarcastically, "Wow, you two are practically twins."

The worker chuckled. "I wish," Cassie laughed as he referenced to Steve's figure. "Specimen. Uh, if you guys need anything, I've been Aaron."

"Thank you." Lee replied.

They waited a few more minutes before Steve checked his watch again. "You said nine minutes come on." He told the redhead.

"Relax. Got it." Nat smiled. The three women watched as Steve leaned in closely. "You know it?"

"I used to," He told them. "let's go."

They grabbed the USB stick and quickly ran out of the store. "Standard tac team. Two behind, two across and two coming straight at us." Lee spoke.

"Point at something in the store and look interested with me." Cassie muttered to Nat and they went undetected by the agent walking towards them.

They worked their way to the escalators and as they were heading down, they saw Rumlow headed up, going right past them. "Oh shit." Cassie muttered.

Nat and Cassie quickly put an arm round each other and began looking up at stores again but laughed slightly when they saw Lee pull Steve in for kiss, taking everyone's attention off them.

"That's one way to do it." Nat commented.

edited: 22.06.24

a/n: just a tiny one bc I need to go help my mum out with Christmas dinner

Merry Christmas everyone!!!