Rebel // Captain America

24 - You're My Mission

The entire jet ride was quiet - odd to go on a mission that didn't have Steve doing the mission lead. This time, it was Stark leading the group. The entire group was on edge, not sure what we would find once we found Steve. 

If he was even Steve anymore. 

The screen on the corner of the jet had the camera picture of Steve on it, a look on his face. It was a look of pure anger. I've only seen it once before, when Stark tried to prank Steve with possibly losing Bucky. I stopped it before Steve actually blew his lid, but I had to convince him to calm down. 

Now Steve's out there, under the control of my archenemies, without anybody there to help him snap out of it. 

I need to get to him. 

The plane lands sooner that we thought, setting down in an open field. "From the intel we have, Steve was seen about 5 miles from here, near the commerce side of town. We need to get to him before Hydra discovers that we're here." Stark says, his suit forming around him. 

"We should have brought more of the guys. I don't know what we can do, just the four of us." Wanda says before I feel something snap in me. 

"Who Wanda? Who would we bring? Thor's in Asgard, Clint's gone, Sam's staying home so we don't lose Bucky again, and STEVE'S GONE. We don't have anyone else. We need to bring him home. Just the four of us. So we need to snap ourselves out of this rut, go out there and bring home Spangles in one piece." I yell, feeling my body heat up and the lights sputtering around the jet. Natasha goes to approach me before I wave a hand at her, walking out of the jet. 

I need a second to calm down. I don't need to be snapping at my teammates. Steve's disappearance is something that's been affecting the whole team. I'm not the only one in this pain. 

The others come out, everyone fully suited up. I was already suited up, armed with a photo of Steve and us in one pocket and a 9 millimeter in the other. If I wasn't going to be able to bring him back mentally, then I would subdue him to the point of being able to contain him.

I lost Steve once, and I'm not going to miss my chance to bring him home to his family. Bring him home to me.

We managed to borrow a car - don't ask how, Stark works magic - to the area where Steve was last seen. Wanda and Stark went to one area and Natasha separated to another building. We started to lose hope before a scream echoed through the building before a man fell through a window past us. 

Nat looked over at me before we both said the same thing. "Steve." 

I grabbed Nat's hand, using my powers to go through the window and fly up to where the man flew out. As soon as landed, I heard a deep laugh echo radiate through the room, chilling my bones. Steve. I looked over, seeing him standing in the corner of the room, a smirk on his face. "It took you guys long enough to get here. I thought you guys would have given up on me." He laughs again before leaning against the wall. "After all this time, Emily, you're still as gorgeous as ever." He remembers me? A small noise comes from my throat before I start to resist the urge to walk towards him. That's not Steve, Emily. He's Hydra, I remind myself before planting my feet firm on the ground. "Come on, Emily. You don't want to see me?" He smiles again before opening his arms for me. My body reacts instantly, flinging myself to him and landing in his arms. Natasha yells before Steve wraps his arms around me, pulling me against his chest so I'm facing Nat. I tried to fight him, grabbing for my gun but he pulls my arms tighter together. "Listen, girls, I'm over this little, America thing. I have a new persona, a new life, a new mission. And you are my mission, Emily." Steve says before hitting me with the butt of his pistol and jumping out of the window. 

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*Natasha's POV*

I moved to stop Steve from taking Emily, but I couldn't stop him. 

We came with the goal to get back one of our own, but we're leaving having lost another. I can't help this feeling that I've failed. I've worked my ass off everyday to find where Steve's been, to find HIM. And when I did, I lost him, along with one of my friends. 

I work my way down the building, running into Stark and Wanda. "Natasha, where's Emily?" Stark says, arms crossed. If I didn't know who he was, I would have swore that he had children. Even though Sam and Clint act like children sometimes. "Romanoff!" Stark yells, knocking me back to my senses. 

"She's gone."

"She's WHAT?!" Wanda exclaims, red smoke coming from her hands. She could get pretty excitable when she was worried. 

"We found Steve. He seemed to play some sort of Jedi mind trick on her. All he had to say was for her to come to him and she ran to him." Stark started to pace the room, glancing nervously. He's worried. I am too. "He was waiting for us, Stark. She was his mission." 

"She was his mission." Stark whispered before grabbing a chair and launching it across the room. "We shouldn't have let her come with us. We should have seen this coming. Her ex-boyfriends probably going to have Steve kill her. God knows what else." 

Wanda steps in, a nervous tinge to her voice. "We need to find them. We need to find her." 

Oh god. We never thought about what was waiting at home. "Guys, wait. We need to figure out what to do. Bucky's waiting at home. He's expecting us to come home with Steve. When we get back and we don't have Emily, we're going to have hell to pay." Stark straightens out before Wanda makes a small nervous noise. "And pray to the lord that he doesn't lose it and go Winter on us." 

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