The Russian

Chapter Fourteen: Shots and memories

After the rain let up, I got on Steve's bike with him and Amira. Amira sat crossed legged in the front and I was in the back, putting Steve in the middle. Tyler still had to get some stuff done, so he said he would meet me later. We rode back to the apartment in silence. I was not on my game. I was weak in front of him again. I hated it.

Once we got inside and to our floor, we saw Kate on the phone in her nurse scrubs.

"I gotta go though. Okay bye." She says into the phone. Steve stops and gives her a smile. She hangs up and throws her phone into the basket she was carrying. "My aunt. Kinda insomniac." She goes to leave and I look at Steve to make his move.

"Hey, if you want...if you want your welcome to use my machine. Might be cheeper than the one in the basement." Steve offers. Amira giggles a little, as she can see what is going on. She is smart for a five year old.

"Oh yeah? What's in cost?" She asks with a friendly smile.

"Cup of coffee?" He asked. The silence grew, making me more anxious.

"Thank you. But-" God damn it. Why! Why not go out with him!! "Um i already have a load downstairs. And you don't want my scrubs in your washing machine. I just finished a rotation in the infectious diseases ward." she jokes. Amira gasps and covers her nose and face so she didn't get infected.

"Ah well....I'll keep my distance." Steve says.

"Well hopefully not too far." Kate says with a smile. "Hi Amira, hi Mika."

"Hi." We both said to her.

"Oh and I think you guys left your stereo on." Kate says. I look up at Steve with the something is in there look. It is a hard look to master.

"Oh....right..thanks." Steve says to her. We watch her go downstairs, before Steve and I go into attack mode. Amira gets on my back as I follow Steve in the dark apartment. We took my fire escape window just incase. Jazz poured through the room. I felt someone there, but not sure who. We sneak around to the hallway and Steve grabs his shield. He peaks over the wall then relaxes. I look and there is Nick Fury lying in the recliner. Amira gets off my back and Steve leans against the wall.

"I don't remember giving you a key." Steve stated. Fury sits up with a groan and Amira runs over to him.

"Mr. Fury!!" She squealed as she hugs him. He pats her on the back and sends her my way.

"You really think I need one?" Fury points out. "My wife kicked me out." It was code. Code that it was bugged in here. Fury held a small device in his hands.

"Didn't know you were married." Steve said unconvinced.

"He is and she is a real bitch." I say, letting Fury know I get his code.

"There are a lot of things you don't know about me." He says to Steve.

"I know Nick. That's the problem." Steve says as he goes to turn on the lights. I try to stop him but he turns them on. Fury's face was beaten and bloody. He puts a signal up to be quiet and turns the lights off. He types something and shows it to us.

EARS EVERYWHERE

Steve internally groaned.

"I'm sorry to have to do this, but I had no place else to crash." Fury says. I pull Amira closer to me to protect her. Steve noticed. Fury showed us another message.

SHEILD COMPROMISED

I gulped and shook slightly. SHEILD had all my records and experiments. If they found me again....they would take us back.....and it would start all over again.

"Who else knows about your wife?" Steve asks. He sits up and shows us the phone.

YOU, MIKA, AND ME

"Just my friends." Fury tells us. He clenches his side in pain as he waddles towards us.

"Is that what we are?" Steve asks.

"That's up to you." Fury tells him. I looked to Fury as a father figure of mine. He kept me in line and helped Tash out. Clint was there too, but he was more of an uncle than a dad. Then out of no where a bullet comes out of the wall hitting Fury in the chest. Three rounds to his chest and he falls. Steve grabs Amira and shields her from the shots. I stand in shock. I look out the window and see a glimmer of metal.

No it can't be.

Amira runs to the kitchen, as me and Steve drag Fury over there. He was coughing. Steve goes to move but Fury grabs his arm. He gives him the flash drive.

"Don't trust anyone besides each other." Fury coughs out. The door kicks open and I grab a knife and prepared. I was pissed and angry and too much emotion.

"Captain Rodgers? Shadow? Amira?" It was Kate. She had a gun and was headed our way. She saw Steve and started talking to him. "Captain, I am Agent Thirteen, SHEILD special service."

"Kate?" Steve asks confused.

"I have been assigned to protect you and the girls." Kate told him as she headed for the kitchen.

"On who's order?!" I growl, being lied to was not my thing. Neither is having someone I don't know on my back.

"His." She says as she hurries to Fury. Amira holds Fury had as she talks to him. Kate pulls out a radio, but I stop listening when I see the metal glimmer in the window.

"Tell them we are in pursuit." Steve says. I jump on his back and we run into the window, jumping across the buildings. WE land in an office. Steve takes point as I use my abilities to make the things in the way move. It helped his shield was so hard it would break through walls, which we did a lot. Doors, walls, boards you name it. Paper's flew as we ran after the metal. Steve bounced off a wall with his shield and I jump on his back the rest of the chase. As we run, we see him jump down from the roof. Steve breaks the window and we jump on to the other roof, right on his tail. Steve flings his shield only to have his arm catch it. That's when I got a good look and recognized him.

The men in white were with Mama, getting her ready for more things. I walk past the door to see a man sitting there. He wore all black and he had a metal arm. His head was hanging and his long brown hair covered his face. I walk up to him and poke his metal arm. It was cool but it had the red star on it.

The man tense and glared at me, but then his look softened. He turn to me completely. He had brown chocolate eyes and he had a scruff. I sit next to him.

"Hi." I say quietly.

"Hi." He says. "What are you doing here?"

"I have to wait for my turn sir." I tell him as I tug on my fingers.

"How old are you?" He asks, he seemed very interested in me.

"Eleven...I think...uh Sir." I tell him truthfully.

"Why must you call me sir?" He liked to ask a lot of questions.

"Because all the boy adults have to be called Sir." I tell him.

"What's your name little one?" He had a slight smile now.

"Mika. Can I ask what yours is?" He stiffened and seem unsure.

"I..I don't remember. The men call me the Winter Solider." He tells me.

"So can I call you Winter?" I ask him with hopes.

"Yes you can, Mika." He says with a smile. I never seen a man smile with kindness to me before. It was amazing.

The man standing in front of me was someone from my past. A past I thought I had escaped. I was staring......

At Amira's Father.