His Super Soldier // Bucky Barnes

Chapter 152

Maddy and Steve race back to where they were supposed to meet Scott, Tony and Hulk.... they turned the corner and saw Tony and Scott sitting near a broken car.

"Steve....Maddy, we have a problem," Tony sighed.

"Uh yeah we do!" Scott said.

"Well, what are we gonna do now?" Steve asked.

"You know what? Give me a break, Steve. I just got hit in the head by the Hulk," Tony groaned, holding his face.

"You both said we had one shot! This-this was our shot. We shot it! It's shot! Six stones or nothing. Six stones or nothing..." Scott sighed.

"Scott, it's okay," Maddy said.

"You're repeating yourself, you know that? You're repeating yourself," Tony frowned.

"YOU'RE REPEATING YOURSELF! YOU'RE REPEATING YOURSELF! You know....no," Scott replied, trying to keep his cool.

"Dude, come on!" Tony groaned.

"You and Maddy never wanted a time heist, you both went on board with the time heist...." Scott said.

"I dropped the ball," Tony replied.

"YOU RUINED THE TIME HEIST!" Scott snapped.

"I-Is that what I did?" Tony asked.

"Yes!" Scott yelled.

"Are there any other options with the Tesseract?" Steve asked.

"No! No! No! There's no other options. No do-overs! We're not going anywhere else. We have one particle left. Each! That's it, alright? We use that.... bye, bye. You're not going home," Scott frowned.

"Yeah, well if we don't try.... then no one else is going home, either," Maddy spoke up.

"I got it! There's another way. To retake the Tesseract and acquire new particles. We'll stroll down memory lane. Military installation, Garden State," Tony said.

"When were they both there?" Maddy and Steve both asked.

"They were there at a....I've a vaguely exact idea," Tony replied.

"Uh, how vague?" Maddy asked.

"What are you talking about? Where are we going?" Scott asked.

"I know for a fact they were there!" Tony said.

"Who's they? What are we doing?" Scott asked.

"And I know how I know," Tony replied.

"Guys, what's up? What is it?" Scott asked.

"Improving.... I guess," Maddy mumbled.

"Right! What are we improving?" Scott asked.

Maddy tossed the the case at Scott....

"Scott, get that back to the compound!" Maddy ordered.

"Alright! Suit up!" Tony smiled.

"What's in New Jersey?" Scott asked.

"0-4," Tony said.

"0-4," Steve and Maddy repeated.

"0-7," Tony replied.

"0-7," Maddy and Steve repeated.

"Um, Excuse me?" Scott said.

"1-9-7-0," Tony replied.

"Are yoI sure?" Steve asked.

"Cap! Miss! Steve! Maddy! Sorry, America. Rogers. Look, if you both do this, and it doesn't work.... you both aren't coming back," Scott sighed.

"This has to be done, Scott," Maddy said.

"Thanks for the pep talk, pissant!" Tony snapped.

Tony looked from Steve to Maddy....

"Do you both trust me?" Tony asked.

"Yes!" Maddy said.

"I do!" Steve replied.

"Your guys call," Tony said.

"Here we go!" Maddy replied.

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New Jersey, 1970

"Clearly, you both weren't actually born here, right?" Tony asked.

"The idea of us was," Maddy said.

"We were actually born in Brooklyn," Steve replied. 

"Right. Well, imagine you're SHIELD, running a quasi-fascistic intelligence organization. Where do you hide it?" Tony asked.

"Um, in plain sight," Steve said.

They all three quickly changed their outfits, wanting to fit in and stay out of sight. Tony, Steve and Maddy climbed into an elevator, where they were greeted by a woman.

Maddy smiled politely and quickly looked away.

"Good luck on your mission, Captain......a-and Agent," Tony said, stepping off the elevator.

"Good luck on your project, doctor!" Steve replied.

"You both new here?" The lady asked.

"No...I got reassigned to Germany....and then got word to come back here," Maddy said, trying to play it cool.   

"Not exactly," Steve mumbled.

The elevator doors opened....both Maddy and Steve got off, Maddy turned around and waved goodbye to the woman.

They started walking down a long hallway....

"I forgot how uncomfortable uniforms were," Maddy frowned.

Steve laughed.

They suddenly came across a room with many windows...Maddy walked up to the sign and pointed to it.

"Hank Pym....must be the guy Scott was talking about," Maddy said.

They walked past the Laboratory..

"We call him! Get him out of his lab and then go in," Maddy smiled.

"Should I call or you?" Steve asked.

"You," Maddy said.

Steve picked the phone...and dialed Pym's lab number.

"Hello! Dr. Pym?" Steve asked.

Maddy walked up to the window...and watched Pym.

"That would be the number that you called. Yes," Pym said.

"This is Captain Stevens from shipping! We have a package for you," Steve replied.

"Bring it up!" Pym ordered.

"Well, that's the thing, sir. We can't," Steve sighed.

"I'm confused. I thought that was your job?" Pym asked.

"Well, it's just...Sir, the box is glowing and, to be honest...some of our mail guys aren't feeling all that great," Steve said.

"They didn't open it, did they?" Pym asked.

"Yeah, they did. You better get down here," Steve replied.

All of a sudden, Pym dropped the phone and bolted out of the door.....pushing past Maddy.

"EXCUSE ME! OUT OF THE WAY!" Pym yelled.

Maddy frowned and straightened out her outfit...and turned to face Steve and waved him towards her.