The Story Book

Cont... They were finished restocking when a knock came from the door. Sam and Bucky shared a look before Sam called, "Come in." Avery came in quietly, "Almost ready?" "Yeah, we'll be out of your hair soon," Sam said sliding a gun into his holster as Bucky finished stowing a set of knives in his boot, yanking his pant leg over them. Avery frowned, "You're going like this?" "Well the wings are kinda flashy plus they’re impounded per se by Ross so yeah, we're going like this." Sam nodded, pulling on his jacket, "Why?" Avery's frown deepened before she turned and walked out, "Come on." Bucky and Sam shared an I-have-no-clue-what's-going-on look before following her. Past labs and then past empty storage spaces till finally, they came to a door that Avery unlocked. The room was a mess of old stuff, forgotten designs. Avery flipped on the single sad light bulb and moved some of the du

Cont... Max had offered to let them reload weapons so they were left alone in the armory. The instant Max left Sam dropped into a chair and dropped his head into his hands. Avery's comment had hit him hard and he was still reeling. "That was uncalled for. She's wrong." Bucky said trying to be supportive although knowing nothing of what was going on.  "No." Sam said, pulling his head up to rest on his hands, "She's not wrong. I did know, and it wouldn't have mattered." "What are you saying?" Bucky asked, thrown off with Sam agreeing with Avery.  "We weren't supposed to go up that night, me and Riley. In fact when we asked we were ordered not too. But it was a simple op, one we'd done hundreds of times before and people were getting hurt. No one else could go in but us. So I disobeyed orders and took my wings. I talked Riley into helping me break them out and go up. We took them up and before anyone could g

Cont... It took a while to explain the situation to Avery and Max both of who were less than thrilled but begrudgingly willing to help. Something about this making them even. Avery took the hard drive and led them to her personal space plugging in the drive and taking five minutes to immobilize it before doing a backtrace and find out exactly what it could do and who could make it. It was a solid ten minutes of her speaking in terms that flew over both Sam and Bucky's heads. It boiled down to it being created for the US government to try and break the internet wall between China and the West. It had backfired massively. It broke through alright, it broke through everything. It had no "off switch" so it just kept going unless you could give it something to "chew on'' long enough to contain it. It was supposed to be locked in a US vault but somehow it had slipped out and fallen into the hands of the enemy. The matter of finding Steve was a little more

Cont... They touched down in Greece and with Max leading made their way to a cliffside by noon. "Now where?" Bucky asked tugging on his glove not wanting to expose his new arm to the elements for wind and biting saltwater. "Down," Max said simply coming to the side and climbing down. Sam and Bucky shared a look before following. They climbed down till they reached a cave just above the waves of high tide. It was fairly dry as they can in. "Now what?" Bucky defended his gut not liking it one bit. "We're here," Max said moving some stones over in the corner. Sam looked around the cave as Max worked, "It's different than your normal cover." "Well, when the government decides to basically ban people of unique skill sets people have to get creative." Max huffed standing and came over to Sam. There was deep rumbling and the back of the cave began to shift. Max turned suddenly and jabbed his finger into Sam&