The German Doctor • The First book of Heirs Of Time (COMPLETE)

Chapter 11

Steve is sitting alone on the edge of the stage sketching as it rains.
"Hello, Steve." Amelia says walking on to the stage. Steve turns around to look up at her.
"Hi." He says smiling at her.
"Hi." Amelia says again.
"What are you doin' here?" Steve asks.
"Officially I'm not here at all. That was quite a performance." Amelia tells him as she sits down on a crate.
"Yeah. Uh...we had to improves a little bit. Crowds we're used to are usually more uh... twelve." Steve explains making Amelia laugh.
"I understand you and Magdalen are "America's new hope"?" Amelia asks.

"Bond sales take a ten percent bump in every state me and Maggy vist." Steve informs her.
"Is that Senator Nrandy I hear?" Amelia questions.
"At least he's got us doing this. Phillips would have had us stuck in a lab." Steve says truthfully.
"And these are your only two options? A lab rat or a dancing monkey? You were meant for more than this, you know?" Amelia asks. Steve goes to respond but hesitates.
"What?" Amelia asks him curiously.
"You know for the longest time I dreamed about coming overseas and being on the front lines. Serving my country. I finally get everything I wanted, and I'm wearing tights." Steve says. They hear honking as an ambulance arrives with wounded soldiers. Steve and Amelia turn to watch.

"They look like they've been through hell." Steve says sadly.
"These men more than most. Schmidt sent out a force to Azzano. Two hundred men went up against him and less than fifty returned. Your audience contained what was left of the one-oh-seventh. The rest were killed or captured." Amelia informs him.
"The one-o-seventh?" Steve asks Amelia in panic.
"Yes, why?" Amelia asks.
"Come on!" Steve says standing up and starts to run to a tent.
"Steve! Wait!" Amelia shouts as she runs after him.

"Colonel Phillips." Steve asks as he enters the tent, Amelia right behind him.
"Well, if it isn't the Star-Spangled Man With A Plan. And what is your plan today? And where's your sister?" Phillips asks mockingly.
"I need the casualty list from Azzano." Steve says ignoring Phillips question.
"You don't get to give me orders, son." Phillips informs him.
"I just need one name, Sergeant James Barnes from the One hundred and seventh." Steve tells him.

Phillips turns to Amelia.
"You and I are gonna have a conversation later that you won't enjoy." Phillips tells her harshly.
"Please tell me if he's alive, sir. B-A-R..." Steve starts to spell out Bucky's name but Phillips cuts him off.
"I can spell." Phillips tells him then sighs.
" I have signed more of these condolence letters today than I would care to count. But the name does sound familiar. I'm sorry." Phillips apologizes.

"What about the others? Are you planing a rescue mission?" Steve asks.
"Yeah! It's called winning a war." Phillips explains.
"But if you know where they are, why not at least-" Steve starts to question Phillips but he cuts him off again.
"They're thirty miles behind the lines. Through the most heavily fortified territory in Europe. We'd lose more men than we'd save. But I don't expect you to understand that, because you're a chorus girl." Phillips says annoyed.

"I think I understand just fine." Steve says angrily.
"Well then understand it somewhere else. If I read the posters correctly, you got some place to be in thirty minutes." Phillips reminds him as he starts to walk away. Steve looks at the military map where the men are.
"Yes, sir. I do." Steve says as he walks out if the tent. Phillips turns around and looks at Amelia.
"you have something to say, right now is the perfect time to keep it to yourself." Phillips tells her.

Amelia walks out of the tent and follows Steve to his tent. He starts to change and pack some things.
"What do you plan to do? Walk to Austria?" Amelia asks sarcastically.
"If that's what it takes" Steve answers her.
"You heard the Colonel, you're friend is most likely dead." Amelia tells him.
"You don't know that." Steve says.
"Even so, he's devising a strategy. If he detects..." Amelia starts to say but Steve interrupts her.

"By the time he's done that, it could be too late!" Steve shouts at her as he walks out to a Jeep Amelia following him.
"You told me you thought I was meant for more than this. Did you mean that?" Steve asks her as he starts to put stuff in the Jeep.
"Every word." Amelia says truthfully.
"Then you gotta let me go." He says getting in the jeep. Amelia looks at him.
" I can do more than that. But we should probably go get your sister and Peggy." Amelia tells him smiling.