Time Flies When You're Saving Lives

Losses

Disclaimer: I own nothing you recognize. Only my OC, Agent Clarissa Melanie Connors and her story line belongs to me.

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For the past few month Steve has been leading the Howling Commandos, defeating the Hydra camps one by one on the map. It's been such a rush, being able to fight Hydra agents and such on the missions. Thankfully nothing too bad has happened to me and the men that couldn't be healed. It's been 2 years since I've known Steve now and it has been great getting to know him more. Nothing has happened between us except a few kisses on the cheek and dinners spent together. After all, he is Captain America, we were too busy to do anything to deepen our relationship.

Right now the team and I are on a mountain, spying on a train that supposedly had Dr. Zola in. We were listening in through the radio transmission. The mountain side was cold, but nothing I couldn't handle. We set up a zip line from where we were all the way across the ledge where we would run and be able to land right on the train.

"Remember when I made you ride the Cyclone at Coney Island? " I overheard Bucky say to Steve

"Yeah, and I threw up," Steve replied.

"This isn't payback right?" Bucky asked, chuckling nervously.

"Now, why would I do that?" Steve asked jokingly.

"We were right. Dr. Zola's on the train. Hydra dispatcher gave him permission to open up the throttle." Gabe informed us.

" That means, wherever he's going, they must need him bad then." I commented.

"Then let's get going because they're moving like the devil." Falsworth said, looking at the train through his binoculars.

Steve put his zip cord on, preparing to go first.

"We only got about a ten-second window!" He yelled at us "You miss that window, we're bugs on a windshield!" He joked.

I smirked, snorting. "Mind the gap."

Steve looked over at me "Clary you're up next." I nodded in agreement.

"Bucky, will you go after her?" Steve asked his friend, making me roll my eyes.

I've noticed it a lot during our past missions, the way he tries to protect me and always pushes me back or closer to him when he senses danger as if I can't handle myself. If he only knew that it is physically impossible for  me to get hurt... It's what the thought counts I guess.

"I can handle myself perfectly well, Captain." I told him with a smile.

"Doesn't mean I can't worry." Steve replied, grinning, readying himself to jump.

"Better get moving bugs!" Dum Dum yelled.

I quickly kissed Steve on the cheek and whispered "You better come back alright?"

"Don't I always." Was his answering before jumping after Dernier gave the signal.

Following in suit, all four of us safely landed on the roof of the train, staying low so the wind doesn't push us off by accident. With Gabe keeping guard on top, Steve, Bucky, and I entered the train safely. We walked through a few compartments before we got split up because the doors suddenly locked; me locked in a compartment with Bucky and Steve in the previous one.

Immediately agents were firing at us, making us fire back as well. Bucky and I stayed hidden behind a few crates. I yelled out in pain when one of the bullets managed to hit me on the shoulder. Bucky looked at me at my distress, but I signaled him to continue firing. I hid behind the crates, trying to find the bullet so I could heal faster. Once I dislodged the bullet from my shoulder, I walked across the compartment, making my way over to Bucky, still shooting at the agents in front of me.