Chapter 26

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You are flying over the Indian Ocean in a Quinn jet with the strike team, Rumlow explaining the mission ahead.

"The target is a mobile satellite launch platform: The Lemurian Star. They were sending up their last payload when pirates took them, 93 minutes ago."

"Any demands?" You ask.

"A billion and a half."

"Why so steep?" Steve questions with suspicion.

"Because it SHIELD's."

"So it's not off-course, it's trespassing." The blond sighs.

"I'm sure they have a good reason." You shrug, wanting to believe that the government Peggy had built was still good even after she left.

"You know, I'm getting a little tired of being Fury's janitor."

"Relax, it's not that complicated." Natasha tells him.

"How many pirates?" You bring the conversation back on topic

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"How many pirates?" You bring the conversation back on topic.

"Twenty-five, top mercs, led by this guy. Georges Batroc." A photo is pulled onto the screen above. "Ex-DGSE, Action Division. He's at the top of Interpol's Red Notice. Before the French demobilized him, he had thirty-six kill missions. This guy's got a rep for maximum casualties."

"Hostages?" Steve asks the leader of SHIELDs strike team.

"Uh...mostly techs. One officer, Jasper Sitwell." Sitwell's photo is now shown on screen."They're in the galley."

"What's Sitwell doing on a launch ship?" You ask yourself.

"Alright, I'm gonna sweep the deck and find Batroc. Nat, you'll kill the engines and wait for instructions. Rumlow, you sweep aft, find the hostages, get them to the life-pods, get 'em out. Let's move." Steve orders the team.

"What about me, cap?"

"I trust you, do what you think you should" he tells you with a shrug.

"That's not helpful Steve!" You call after him.

"STRIKE, you heard the Cap. Gear up." Rumlow repeats Steve.

"Secure channel seven." Steve speaks into his wrist communicator.

"Seven secure. Did you do anything fun Saturday night?" Natasha asks after answering.

"Well, all the guys from my barbershop quartet are dead, so... No, not really." Steve reply's, leaving you to laugh behind him.

"Coming up by the drop zone, Cap." The pilot called out.

"You know, if you ask Ethan out, from Statistics, he'd probably say yes." Nat turns her focus to you.

"That's why I don't ask." You tell her. "Ready to go?" You pat Steve on the shoulder, making your way down the open ramp.

"Too shy or too scared?" Your red headed friend calls after you.

"Too busy!" You shout before jumping from the jet with Steve.

"Were they wearing parachutes?" A strike agent asks Rumlow.

"No. No, they weren't" Rumlow laughed in response.

You dive into the icy cold water, giving you flashbacks from the last time you went into ice, the last time you saw Peggy, and the time you watched Bucky kill two close friends.

"Hey y/l/n? Are you good?" Steve pulled you out of your thoughts as you both broke the surface of the water.

"Yeah, I'm fine" you shake your head to clear your thought before following him in swimming towards the anchor to climb up onto the ship.

A soldier passes by and you jump up behind him, pulling him into a choke hold until he falls unconscious. You let him drop as Steve runs to another area on deck. He slides under a beam after throwing his shield and knocking a man out, he punched the other guy and you both continue through the deck.

You run into a busy spot and gain the pirates attention by kicking one of their own off the ship and swinging a foot under another to knock him down

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You run into a busy spot and gain the pirates attention by kicking one of their own off the ship and swinging a foot under another to knock him down. Steve flipped on man down and punched him out before moving to kick the guy you had tripped as he tried to stand again. You continued around the ship, taking down pirates left right and Centre.

"Look out!" Steve calls. You turned quickly enough to spot the man swiping at you with a knife. You fought in hand to hand combat until he was knocked out. You look over your shoulder to find a man slowly reaching for the fire alarm to warn everyone on board.

"Not today" you state, throwing the knife and pinning his hand to the wall, just out of reach. Steve kicked him, knocking him out before moving along once again.

The fight was taken to the main deck where men came from all over. You and Steve worked together to clear the space and take out as many men as possible.

"Bouge pas! Bouge pas. (Don't move! Don't move.)" a soldier orders as a gun is pointed to both of you. You stand still until Rumlow drops in and shoots the man.

"Thanks." Steve looks to his coworker.

"Yeah, you seemed pretty helpless without me." He shrugs in response. The rest of the team follow by dropping in.

"What about the teacher that lives across the hall from you? He seems kind of nice." Natasha suggests while you walk next to her.

"Secure the engine room, then find me a date."

"I'm multitasking!" She calls, jumping over the railing to the lower deck. You move to scale the ship, climbing you so that you get a good shot and place a device on the window of the main steering room.

"Device is planted" you report, jumping down and taking cover while you wait.

"Silence radio du SHIELD, Batroc. (Radio silence from SHIELD, Batroc.)" a man speaks from the main steering room as you listen in with the device.

"Targets acquired." Strike agent reports.

"STRIKE in position." Rumlow reports into coms.

"Natasha, what's your status?" Steve asks, hearing no response. "Status, Natasha?" He urges.

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Question of the day: what's your favourite Natasha look (movie outfit/ hair/ overall style)?

——————————Question of the day: what's your favourite Natasha look (movie outfit/ hair/ overall style)?

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