Stargazing • MCU/S. Rogers Fanfic•

1-10: What The Hell Was That?

Puente Antiguo, New Mexico

May 31, 2011

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She caught up to the man right before he could get to the 0-8-4. "Hey," She greeted with a smile. He looked confused and she took a step forward. "I'm Astra, I like making introductions. And, buddy, I highly suggest you turn around."

"I dont want to hurt you." He spoke in an accent.

"Oh, " Astra her smile dropped as she furrowed her eyebrows, taking another step closer. "It's because I'm female isn't it? Well, then that gives me an advantage." She then quickly spun and kicked the stranger in the stomach, he seemed surprised as he looked up to the female from the floor.

Astra took a few steps closer to him. "You want we to keep beating you up?" He grabbed her foot and pulled it, making her fall onto her back. She acted quickly by tripping him before he could fully stand up.

Both then stood up at the same time. Astra sent him a punch to the face and twisted his arm behind his back. He somehow lifted her off the ground and ran backwards sending them both through the thin wall and into the mud.

"I'm sorry if I hurt you." He apologized.

"No," Astra stood up. "I'm sorry." She allowed her energy to course through her veins, her facial markings appeared tan and her hair turned white as she created battle staves. She aimed for his head, but he grabbed ahold of her arm and pushed her back, sending her her a few feet off the ground and into a crate.

She barely opened her eyes and saw the blonde man walk away. Pushing herself off the ground, slowly but steadily. Her head ache kept her energy short and she sat back down.

Feeling the cool rain drop on her skin calm her down and she allowed her physical looks to normalize. Finally having the strength, Astra got up and walked into the site. The strange man she fought was on his knees in front of the 0-8-4, looking defeated.

"All right, show's over. Ground units, move in." Coulson ordered and the man is then carried away.

Astra walked over Coulson. "You disobeyed my orders."

"I could've stopped him if he-" She defended herself and looked her boss in the eyes. "Sir, with all due respect. I could've stopped him. But he was strong. I wanted to take him down without anyone dying."

"Agent Stark, I know that you want to be useful, but sometimes just need to follow instructions to be helpful." Astra doesn't like following orders. If she weren't to important to S.H.I.E.L.D. she would have been fired a long time ago "Go get some rest."

"Yes sir." The female mumbled and walked away.

*****

Astra did't go back to the site till the next morning. The 0-8-4 was still there.

It must have meant something if that guy went through so much to get to it. Astra thought to herself. Crouching down and examined it. It was beautiful. A very nice metal and brown and silver handle. She brushed her finger tips on it delicately.

But, something felt odd in the atmosphere. She stood up looked around the site for anything peculiar. Following her gut she took two steps forward to still be next to the 0-8-4, but the it felt like there is someone right in front of her.

"Agent Stark." Someone called.

"Yes?" She turn around quickly as a scientist walked over with a clipboard.

"Can you review this, please?" He practically shoved the clipboard in her hands.

"Yeah." She took the clipboard from him and looked to her left, where the supposedly person was. But, if there was something it wasn't there anymore. She turned back to the clipboard an went over the information.

*****

"What the hell was that?" Coulson asked about the strange readings the team just received.

"I dont know, sir." An agent admitted. "We got massive energy readings out of nowhere and then they just disappeared fifteen miles due northwest."

"Lets go take a look." Astra said and went down the stairs into the car.

At the location the strange reading cam from were markings of some sort. Coulson and Astra observe the marks on the sand. "Get someone form Linguistics down here." Coulson ordered an agents.

The sound of thunder erupted and Astra looked up. Her mouth dangled as she watched a tornado form. It made its way to the ground and then disappeared leaving behind a large metal person, or in other words, a robot.

"Is that one of Starks?" An agents asked.

"I don't know. He doesn't tell me much." Astra answered as Coulson took a megaphone.

"Hello." He started to speak to it. "You are using unregistered weapons technology. Identify yourself." The machine stopped. "Here we go." The machine began to heat up from the inside. "Incoming." Coulson yelled so that everyone could take cover.

The machine blasted one car, then another. Astra carefully looked over the car she was behind. The machine was walking to the city.

"I'm going after it!" She announced, and took off after it. Ignoring Coulson's shouts to get back. No, she really doesn't like following orders. She does what she thinks is right on her accounts.

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