Weightless

Chapter 2

True love's kiss is how to wake Athena from her endless odinsleep. Who is worthy of Athena?

The whole kingdom was in line trying to kiss the girl. Thor stood by the cradle and his friends were else where. No one on this planet was worthy. Steve, Nat, Tony, and Thor were in the cradle room. They couldn't keep their eyes off of the girl.

"There is one person on this planet that hasn't tried" Nat remembered while looking at Steve.

"Oh come on! There is no way!" Steve responded. He had to admit that he did like the girl but he thinks that he isn't worthy. Or is he?

"It's worth a shot" Thor pushed. The black mist stopped coming out of Athena's hands but she was still asleep.

"No blood poisoning" Tony observed. Then he foolishly went to touch Athena as to wake her up but the cradle zapped him. They all looked at Steve.

"Someone else could eventually become worthy" Thor stated while getting up.

"But that will take some time" he added.

"Steve just try!" Nat begged wanting her best friend back.

"Fine" Steve agreed. He bent down to kiss the girl and expected to feel a shock but instead his lips touched soft ones. Once he pulled away Athena's eyes stayed closed. Tony couldn't believe his own eyes. Steve is worthy but not her true love.

"You guys should go back to Earth, I will let you know if anything happens" Thor stated and the trio nodded. Thor led them to the teleportation ball. It transported Nat, Steve, and Tony back to Earth.

---Lagos, Nigeria, 3 months after the trio left Athena---

"Alright, what do you see?" Steve asked.

"Standard beat cops. Small station. Quiet street. It's a good target" Wanda observed.

"There's an ATM in the south corner, which means..." Steve trailed off waiting for the girl to answer.

"Cameras" she finished.

"Both cross streets one way" Cap added.

"So, compromised escape routes" Wanda guessed.

"Means our guy doesn't care about being seen. He isn't afraid to make a mess on the way out. You see that Range Rover halfway up the block?" Captain America asked.

"Yeah, the red one? It's cute" Wanda complimented. Steve thought of a joke Athena would've made if she were here.

"It's also bulletproof, which means private security, which means more guns, which means more headaches for somebody. Probably us" Nat responded.

"You guys know I can move things with my mind, right?" Wanda asked.

"Looking over your shoulder needs to become second nature" Nat rejected.

"Anybody ever tell you, you're a little paranoid?" Sam wondered.

"Not to my face. Why? Did you hear something?" she asked unpleasantly.

"Eyes on target, folks. This is the best lead we've had on Rumlow in 6 months. I don't want to lose him" Steve targeted.

"If he sees us coming that won't be a problem. He kind of hates us" Sam added.

"Sam, see that garbage truck? Tag it" Steve instructed.

"Give me X-ray" Sam told the red-wing.

"That truck's loaded for max weight. And the driver's armed" Sam worried.

"It's a battering ram" Nat freaked.

"Go now" Steve told them.

"What?" Wanda asked.

"He's not hitting the police!" Steve responded.

INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES

"Body armor, AR15s. I make 7 hostiles" Steve informed.

"I make 5" Sam pointed out.

"Sam" Wanda scolded.

"Four. Rumlow's on the third floor" Sam responded.

"Wanda, just like we practiced" Steve told her and she nodded. She lifted him up using her powers.

"What about the gas?" she asked.

"Get it out!" Steve called from inside the building.

"Pack it up" Brock Rumlow stated from inside the building and securing the biological weapon.

"He's here" Rumlow said as he saw the team wreaking havoc outside the building.

"Rumlow has a biological weapon" Steve informed as he got to the secure cell that the weapon was in.

"I'm on it" Nat offered. Romanoff tried to zap Rumlow's neck but it didn't work.

"I don't work like that no more" Rumlow stated as he threw the ex russian spy through a hole in a roof into the truck.

"Fire in the hole" he stated as he threw a grenade in there.

"No!" a mercenary shouted as Nat used him as a shield from the bomb to survive. Steve runs onto the balcony and spots Rumlow aiming a mounted grenade launcher. The grenade slams into Steve's shield and he scrambles to his feet. Rumlow fires again, knocking Steve through a window spinning through the air like a ragdoll. Bouncing off a truck he hits the ground then struggles to get up.

"Sam. He's in an AFV heading north" Steve stated.

"Take this to the airstrip. We're not gonna out run them. Lose the truck." Rumlow instructed as he handed the weapon to one of his guards.

"Where are you going to meet us?" thug 1 asked.

"I'm not" Rumlow stated.

"I got 4, they're splitting up!" Sam panicked.

"I got the two on the left" Nat said while running off after them.

"They ditched their gear. It's a shell game now. One of them has the payload" Steve concluded.

"There you are, you son of a bitch. I've been waiting for this" Rumlow said as Steve approached him.

"He doesn't have it. I'm empty" Sam admitted.

"Out of the way! Look out!" Nat shouted.

"Drop it. Or I'll drop this. Drop it!" thug 1 threatened while holding the weapon out. Nat had her gun pointing at him.

"He'll do it!" the other one threatened.

"Payload secure. Thanks, Sam" Nat thanked after Redwing scared the thugs off.

"Don't thank me" Sam retorted.

"I'm not thanking that thing" Nat continued.

"His name is Redwing!" Sam informed.

"I'm still not thanking it" Nat said while walking away.

"He's cute. Go ahead, pet him!" Sam insisted.

"This is for dropping a building on my face!" Rumlow threatened as Steve threw his helmet off. Rumlow was on his knees at Steve's mercy.

"I think I look pretty good, all things considered" he rambled.

"Who's your buyer?" Steve asked.

"You know, he knew you. You pal, your buddy, your Bucky" Rumlow sneered.

"What did you say?" Steve asked astonished.

"He remembered you. I was there. He got all weepy about it. Till they put his brain back in a blender. He wanted you to know something. He said to me, Please tell Rogers. When you gotta go, you gotta go" Rumlow threatened as he smirked.

"And you're coming with me!" Rumlow shouted. He activates his bomb west and Steve flinches as Rumlow's armor ignites. Wanda keeps the blast contained around Rumlow who grimaces in agony. She lifts him into the air where the explosion finally blossoms, devastating entire floors of a nearby office building. Wanda covers her mouth.

"Oh my..." Steve muttered as he store up at the building with an open mouth.

"Sam... We need Fire and Rescue on the south side of the building. We gotta get up there" Steve managed to say.