To Love an Avenger ( captain America/ Steve Rogers fanfic )

Take down hydra (part two)

(Steve's pov)

"Carrier's forty five degrees off the port bow" hill says "six minutes" she continues after a brief moment of silence. "Hey Sam, gonna need a ride." I say "roger, let me know when your ready." I jump from the play form just as an explosion goes off behind me. "I just did." I say. Sam catches me and cries me back up to the carrier. We land and he says "you know you're a lot heavier than you look" "had a big breakfast. I need you to get to Ava. Figure out why she's not responding." I say "got it." Sam then flies off.

(Sam's pov)

Steve is worried about Ava I can tell but he also understands the situation. Maybe he's thought about what I said earlier. I reach where I dropped Ava and see her fighting Steve's friend. I go over to them and knock him back and down to the lower platform. Out of no where Ava starts attacking me. "Ava! It's me, Sam!" I say but she keeps trying to land a hit. "Sam what's going on?" Hill asks "it's Ava. She's throwing punches at me." I answer. "That's not good." She says "hill?" Steve chimes in wanting answers as much as I do. "This happens sometimes when she's on a mission. She thinks your the enemy." Hill explains "how do I get her to stop?" "Talk to her. Get her to understand your fighting for the same side." She says.

"Ava, it's Sam. Time to come back to the real world." She only increases her attacks "really?" I say "try punching her in the face when you get an opening." Hill suggests. I then follow Ava's fight pattern and quickly realize there is no pattern. I swipe at her legs and she falls. I take the chance and punch her in the face as hill suggested. "Sam?" "Ava?" "Did you just punch me?" She asks "well you got me good a few times." I reply "hill, tell me I didn't..." Ava asks "you did. " hill replies "God damn it!" Ava shouts.

(Ava's pov)

Sam helps me up "sorry about that." He says referring to the hit to the face. "Don't be sometimes that's the only way. Besides a black eye isn't that bad." I respond. Sam looks at me clearly wanting answers. I go to speak but realize it's just he two of us on the carrier now. "Where's Steve's friend?" I ask "guys, rumlow is on his way to the counsel room." Hill informs us. "On it." Sam replies "take Ava to help out Steve." Hill says "is that really a good idea considering what just happened?" I ask "rumlow knows too much about you. Besides I think you'll do better with keeping that issue in check around Steve." She replies. I don't hear Steve say anything over the head set. "Alright, lets go." Sam picks me up and takes me to the helicarrier Steve is on.

Just as we approach the helicarrier Steve I see Steve get the chip slot lowered. Bucky comes up behind him and Steve uses his shield to block the attack. Sam sets me down and leaves to stop rumlow. I run over to help Steve, he pushes Bucky back and gets ready to load the replacement chip. Bucky returns for another attack and I jump between the two blocking The hit intended for Steve. "Ava?" Steve says surprised "just change the chip!" I shout, my voice sounding strained as I hold off Bucky. I find the strength to lush Bucky back and Steve changes out the chips. "That took longer than expected." I say.

After a well put in effort Bucky pushes me too the ground and rushes steve, causing them both the go over he railing. "Steve!" I rush over to where they fell from and find them both fighting on a platform below. And it starts to happen again, I can feel agent Ava returning. "Not now." I say to myself, "you're not on a mission, Ava. You can control it. You have to, for your safety and Steve's." "Ava, what are you doing?" Steve shouts up to me. "Just some personal stuff. I'll only be a minute." "Is now really the time?" He asks "if you don't want either of us to die, then yes, now is the time." Okay. I think I got this now. I go to grab my gun but it's not in its holster. "Okay then, weapon. I need a weapon." I look around and finally find a broken segment of pipe.

I jump over the edge and down to Steve and Bucky. I run over, pipe in hand, just as Steve gets stabbed in the shoulder. I grip the pipe tighter and hit Bucky hard enough to knock him down.  "You good?" I ask Steve "I'm good." He replies pulling the knife from his shoulder. I notice Bucky reach for something out of the corner of my eye and Steve dives for it. "I thought you switched the chips already." I say mildly annoyed he didn't exchange them when he had the chance. I run over and kick Bucky causing him to release the chip. Steve grabs it and heads back up to switch the chip for real this time. I stay down here and keep Bucky busy, buying Steve time.