"He will be okay." Steve reassured her but her face in shock stayed the same. James was protecting her. He was hugging at her waist like a koala bear on a tree. The knife went through his back but he didn't welp in pain or feel anything. He simply looked up and smiled his beautiful baby, toothless smile. Maria looked into his natural green eyes then back up at Steve.
"How did you know?"
"I didn't. I was just hoping." He laughs and she goes pale hearing the reply.
"You what? You didn't know. You could have killed me." He walks to the kitchen leaving the two in the living room.
"But I didn't." He shouts back. "Natasha's awake." He shouts and runs. The child disappeared from her stomach and she makes her way down to Natasha.
"Fucking powers." She mutters and jogs down the halls that heads to Natasha's room.
The chains are barley holding her down as she tugs and pulls at them, letting out a viscous and deadly screams. All agents move back towards the with fear as Steve runs up to the glass. "What's wrong with her? shouldn't the other serum done a tiny bit if help?" He questions the Director.
"It took a bad turn, Rogers. Turns out there has to be an exact amount for it to work. No more or less. If the cause so happens to be any more or any less, she could become even worse then she was before." He turns and faces the all mighty Captain America and looks up I to his red eyes. "Calm down, Cap. Go to Russia and find more of the serum." Without hesitation he runs out the building. Hill finally reaches the room. "Hill, follow Rogers incase he is in need of your help or assistance." He looks back to the crazy woman.
"Sir, I think agent Rogers will be fine by himself. Not only is a super soldier, he has been injected with who knows what." A vibe of anger releases from Fury which Maria sense straight away. "But sometimes, a little help can't hurt." He nods in agreement. Steve comes rushing back into the room.
"Here." He hands Fury his son. "I heard Hill is coming along so I thought I would trade." He picks the only female in the room up princess style and rushes back to Russia.
"Holy shit! That was fucking fast!" She was too ecstatic to concentrate on the real reason to why she is in Russia.
"Come on. Let's find the bloody thing. I need Nat back and so do you." He walks into the building. He quickly turns and stops Maria. "Ugh... cover your eyes, unless you want to be scarred."
"Rogers, I will be fine. Trust me, I've probably seen worse." She pushes past him and turns the corner. She stops directly in her tracks. Gobsmacked on what she saw. She didn't realize the anger he had when he left the place. "Wha...what happened? Did you do this?" She turned to him and saw red in his eyes.
"I got out and yes. All this was me and I have no regret for it. Do you want me to cover your eyes now. It gets worse the further we go."
"No. It's okay." She turns back around and walks through the dry blood and over the rotting bodies. The man that was once hanging from his intestines has now dropped to the floor from it rotting and snapping. Steve easily and emotionally kicks bodies and crushes skull that are left in his path. He obviously didn't give a shit about any of it.
"It's just up here." He jogs to a room and a pale agent follows. "You know the colour. A purple kind if black. Look on the bottle, it should say 'Midnight Oil remover', okay?" She nods and starts looking.
After a couple of hours of searching, they come across nothing. "Don't worry, Steve. SHIELD have some of the best scientists and doctors creating another form." Hill says in a desperate tone.
"It won't be the same." He bashes both of his hands on the wall and a metal door is smashed off it hinges. "What the f..."
"Language." Maria says with a smile and Steve just rolls his eyes at her and turns back to the secret passage.
"So... who told you? Tony?" He asks and heads down the staircase.
"You know him all too well, don't ya Cap." She quickly follows not wanting to see anymore.
"Why does everyone keep calling me 'Cap'. A Captain is a good and loyal man who only kills if needed. I've killed armies, countries. I've started wars and finished them with my bare hands. I'm no Captain or ever will be."
"That doesn't change our views. We know you were brainwashed and you still help our people. You are our Captain no matter what." A small smile comes to his face and he enters a room which is containing millions of small bottles. Maria picks one up and reads aloud. "Midnight Oil remover. This is it. We have, Steve. Nat can be back to normal." She stuffs one in each pocket and heads back upstairs. "Steve? You coming?" He turns and walks back upstairs and walk outside.
"Are you sure this will do?" She nods in sureness and he takes her back to SHEILD. "I have to do something." He leaves Hill and takes something from her. Fury comes running out to help her will the bottles.
"He's taken something." She looks around her body and notices a gun and 4 grenades missing. "Shit! Do you think he will..." she gets cuts off.
"He can't remember. Death isn't an options for him. He lives forever. Tests have come through that the baby will age to looks 29 and stop aging from then." He assures the lower grade agent and walks back inside.
