Winters Storm~Bucky Barns~

Chapter 17:

New Jersey, 1970, I flatten out my skirt as we walk towards several buildings. Military men and women walk around, clipboards and other things in there hands. "Clearly you weren't actually born here, right?"Tony asks. "The idea of me was."Steve tells him

       "Right, well imagine you're S.H.I.E.LD. Running a quasi-fascistic intelligence organization, where do you hide it?" "In plain sight." The three of us turn and look at what looks to be an old bunker of some sort. Two men guard the doors not allowing anyone inside.  We watch carefully as two other men enter the building, the guards following them. "Nows are chance, let's go." I say.

        We hustle to the doors and walk inside, finding an elevator and heading down. A woman stands inside, a file in her hand. I watch from the corner of my eye as she looks at us every now and then. An uneasy feeling rising in my stomach the more she does it.  "Goodluck on your mission Captain, have a lovely day agent Sapphire."Tony says with a wink as he leaves the elevator. "Goodluck on your project Doctor."Steve reply's.

        "You new here?"the woman suddenly peeps up. "Not exactly."Steve tells her. I elbow him harshly as I turn to her. "I'm a new agent, just transferred." She gives a kind smile and nod before returning to her file. The doors then ping signaling we have reached our floor. "Right ummm right this way agent."Steve says as he places a hand on the small of my back. Blush spreads on to my cheeks as I walk out the doors.

       We watch carefully as Dr.Henry Pym sprints down the hall pushing past other agents. Steve grabs my hand and pulls me down the hall towards this mans office. What has gotten into Steve? He normally never touches me well at least not like this, yeah maybe a hug or two but not this.

       "You check over there and I'll check over here."he says as he releases me and wonders around looking for particles. I nod and head my own way. Maybe it was just a spur of the moment thing, a coincidence. Yeah that's what it was. "Blue over here, I found them." He quickly grabs them and we leave.

      No one seems to notice or care as we walk down the hall until I hear a familiar voice. "These three looked fishy." I glimpse over my shoulder to see the woman from the elevator with a bunch of security headed our way. "Shit."I whisper to myself. I grab Steve's arm and drag him into the first door I see. "What the hell Blue?" "That woman from the elevator is on to us. She was behind us with security."

      He nods and begins looking around. I look at things on the desk until I see a particular photo. "Steve." He looks my way as I show him the picture. His eyes grow wide as they trace over it. They then jump to the window in front of us. "Steve, who would keep a photo of you on their desk. You are currently frozen." He doesn't say anything as he walks towards the window. I turn towards the door to see Margaret Carter written on the glass.

     I join Steve at the window, carefully watching her. "I can see why you feel in love with her, she's beautiful." "She's not just beautiful, she's gorgeous." I smile as I look at her but it quickly fades as I see the longing in his eyes. "You remind me a lot of her and one other girl I loved. Her name was Flair. She was a Hydra experiment just like you, only she wasn't as powerful." "What happened to them?"I ask in a whisper tone. "Peggy got old and died in her sleep, Flair died in battle. She was shot at the battle of Sokovia. She was Barton's daughter."

     "Steve....I'm so sorry." "It was along time ago." "That was a few years ago."I tell him. "Exactly, a long time ago." And with that he leaves. We stand silently at a car as we wait for Tony. From that point no one says a word as we change into our suits and press the button to go home.