Chapter 2

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2 years earlier...
"Harley,"my dad says from beside me as we stand in front of the sliding door of the helicopter that we are flying in. "When you jump, count to 15 seconds before you pull the chord. Don't pull too early or you will be exposed and don't pull too late or else you will be a smudge of blood. Understood?"
"Yes sir," I reply as a soldier of S.H.I.E.L.D opens the door. Wind hits me like a brick wall and I accidentally bump into my Dad's chest.
"Just remember how we practiced," he says in my ear with his voice slightly raised so I can hear him over the roaring wind.
"Yes sir,"I say as I gaze at the blur of trees below us.
"We are about to get over a slightly less dense area in the wilderness," the pilot says from the front of the helicopter. "Jump in 5...4...3...2..."
My body is meet with nothing but air as I propel my body out of the aircraft.
1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8, I am getting closer and closer to the trees below me. 9...10...11, don't pull early,don't pull early. 12...13...14...
I yank on my chord and my body is suddenly yanked upward by the force of the parachute meeting the harsh wind. My quick descent is now slowed to a comfortable fall.
I prepare myself for landing as I gently hit the earth and go into a stride in order to move my parachute out of the way in order for Dad and other soldiers to land. I am carefully taking in my surroundings as I take off the bag that once held my parachute and I press a red button on the bottom of it, letting the bag draw in the parachute and wrap it up to store out of the way until the next time I need it. I tap the earpiece in my right ear and say "Foxtrot has landed."
"Alpha has landed,"my Dad replies in the earpiece as I turn and find him and other soldiers letting their bags reel in the parachutes.
"About that code name,"I begin as I walk over to him.
"Not now, we can figure that out later," he replies as his blue eyes bore into my brown ones. "But first, we need to be armed."
A soldier to my right opens up a long brown ammo can revealing pistols, shot guns, and assault rifles. My eyes then land on a Glock 21. A smile nudges on the right corner of my lips as I take a pair of Glock 21s and put them in holsters on both of my hips.
"Here," Dad says as he hands me a M9 bayonet with a dark brown grip.
"Thanks," I reply as I tuck it into the holster on my belt.
"Gather around," he calls out in the earpiece (so he doesn't shout and give away our position). "This is a stealth mission, we are going to capture a Hydra base and retrieve any information we can find while also taking out the leaders of the base. Groups Bravo and Charlie will enter these two entrances on the lower level from these two openings here and here," he explains while pointing out specific locations on a map of the base "while Delta and Echo take care of the upper levels. Foxtrot you're with me, alright everyone move out."
Everyone goes with their assigned group while I walk with my dad towards a longer ammo can than before. He opens it up revealing 2 stored sniper rifles and AR15s. "You stick with me unless I tell you otherwise. This is your first mission where you are actually participating instead of shadowing me, so be vigilant. Understood?"
"Yes sir," I reply as if I weren't his daughter, but instead just another soldier.
We begin our hike up a hill with trees surrounding us, giving us camouflage as we get into position. My dad lays on his stomach against the dirt of the cold earth while I sit behind him, watching our surroundings closely, and watch his back.
   "Bravo and Charlie,are you in position?" He asks into the headset.
   "Yes sir," both group leaders respond.
   "Delta and Echo,are you in position?"
   "Yes sir,"two more group leaders reply.
   "Get ready to move in...3...2...1,go," he says into the headset. "We may get some company Foxtrot. Keep an eye out."
   "Yes sir,"I reply as he sets his sights on a window while looking through his thermal vision sight.
   He loads his rifle and takes aim. He pulls the trigger, making a hole in the glass and then the window breaks from the force of a body hitting the unstable glass.
Crunch.
   I jerk my head to my right facing the direction in which the sound came, my dad doing the same. He pulls the rifle onto his back as I pull out one of my Glocks. Taking balanced,silent steps I make my way towards the sound as my dad veers to the right, taking a path parallel to mine. Racking the pistol back I then hold the gun out in front of me, just like how dad taught me when I was 10.
Crunch.
   I scrunch my eyes as I focus on the big, round tree in front me. 1,2,3, I quickly step forward finding a male soldier of Hydra hiding against the tree and I don't hesitate to slam my elbow back into his stomach.
   He grunts in pain as anger flashes in his black eyes. He then pulls out a gun but I quickly disarm him-BAM! I am forced backwards from a punch to my nose,making my vision blur. I quickly regain my position and raise my right leg and kick him straight in the face, slamming him back against the tree. He pulls out a knife and swipes at my face but I lunge to the right and kick with all my strength at his knees. He falls to the ground due to my kick and suddenly tackles me.
I land with a grunt but quickly react as he is trying to stab me in the face. I block his quick attacks and-
His body is kicked off of mine with great force. I look over and find my dad stalking towards the enemy. He pulls out a bayonet as he enters a knife fight with the soldier.
"Winter Soldier, du Verräter!" The soldier shouts in German with hatred in his voice. "Zeit für Sie deaktiviert werden!"
"Es ist nicht meine Zeit,"my dad replies before he lunges at the man,using the strength of his metal arm he then quickly disarms the man and stabs him in the stomach before the soldier can try and get my dad off of him.
"Hydra wohnen," the soldier says while groaning from pain. "Hagel-Hydra."
"Hydra will die along with you,"my dad says before shoving the knife further into the man.
After the man died my dad returned to me. "Come on, let's track down the leaders."

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