Chemical Knitting ; Howard Stark [Original]

c h a p t e r ; 1 3

A Two Days Later

Waking up early and dressing in appropriate uniform, well for Ana at least. Heading outside to find Colleen in a full army nurse gear, she heard laughter.

"you look like your marching for a funeral and then attending a wedding, not the march to war!" she gasped for breath.

This drew attention to herself, many of the men whist at her while the others gave puzzled looks, glaring at Colleen, she linked arms with her and walked over to the army group. Colleen was not in heels unlike her 'motherly figure' Ana, she wore a pair of boots she borrowed from James, or what Steve calls 'Bucky'.

Walking to the leaders of the group, Colleen instantly ran off from Ana and hugged a man in a fancy uniform with multiply badges. Walking past the many soldiers, she finds Colonel Marcus Falunt and Colonel Chester Phillips. Phillips was staying back due to Steve arriving in a short 3 days while Marcus vouched to go for Ana's protection, she rolled her eyes at the comment.

"heels?" questioned Marcus.

"and?" she challenged him.

"its a day and a half walk"

Ana shrugged to find the group was being rallied together to go over the plan of attack and being passed out their weapons and back packs of food, water and extra needs. Ana was carrying no food as her bag was heavy enough with tools, chemicals and extra wires, Marcus was carrying her food. Colleen on the other hand had only her backpack of food and her box of medical supplies with a red cross. Staying close to her brother's childhood friend.

"Men and women, we are heading towards centre Azzano. At the moment we are on the outskirts of Umbria, it will take a while so keep your supplies to youself! You run out before we are back tough luck princess!" He went on talking about the plan of attack.

"Princesses you are very damn lucky to have a trained nurse, Miss Rogers over there and even damn more lucky to have bloody Miss Lorenz to fix your foolish ways of breaking bloody weapons." many sniggers were heard. "by any means necessary, if either of them get hurt we will lose all our weapons, as they are here on Mr Starks behalf. Lose your left shoulder for them but make bloody sure that you make the opposition lose their head!" Many cheers were heard, she could hear Marcus cheering along with Phillip.

"Now off you go Princesses, make America proud" With that, everyone started walking.

Only hours through the walk, Colleen was beyond bored. Asking random soldier about their personal lives as a sort of entertainment, Ana found it amusing unlike the majority of the soldiers. Sadly she could not talk to Marcus as he was at the front deciding what and how they would bring back the prisoners, knowing well that this sort of mindset was not positive but full of ego.

"So Ana, how are you and Howard? Heard from Jarvis you left on bad terms."

Rolling her eyes. "You are definitely turned into a gossip girl, haven't you?"

"Did you spend the night with three over excited girls, no you didn't! You got cozy with the Colonels!" she giggled. "Oh my, you haven't met James yet!"

Pulling Ana by the hand, she ran though the formatted soldiers and running between the tanks and trucks to find Bucky at the near front. He was talking to the boy to his right when Colleen rudely interrupted. Looking at Colleen in disappointment, she instantly apologised and started talking to james too quickly for anyone to understand, well apart from if your name was James Barnes. 

"She's Stark's girl?" he asked. 

"No well yes but no.. she is Ana and absolutely a mad scientist from the film we watched with James last year!"

"Wait so the made scientist and Stark's girl and Ana are all the same person? Good god." he said confused, both the boy he was talking to and Ana laughed.

"Its Anneliese Lorenz, pleasure" she said, quickly interrupting Colleen before she said anything more.

"Sergeant James Barnes, call me Bucky"

Colleen and Bucky talked for hours while Ana gave small talk to a few soldiers but her mind was in a different world, her brain was thinking about the new experiment she wanted to do and the upcoming fight. Ana would say she is more then skilled with guns, she could fire one from metres back and not look. But aiming at a man who is doing what everyone thinks they are doing 'I am doing it for the greater good' or 'to serve my country'. It was also conflicting to aim a gun at another german, yes she had never been to Germany or kept close ties with any of her german relatives but living in America it was the 'unsaid and unwritten rule' not to aim a gun to your family and country. She was doing the very opposite, she did not know if any of her family was in the opposition armies, well apart from her uncle. 

The group stopped for lunch, sitting down next to Marcus the thought of killing another human blew her mind. How does one not lose their mind from murder? Even if it is for the greater good? You took another's life to save the other? Taking one human to spare another is not good enough reason to kill, nor to kill one person following their beliefs because they do not believe the same thing you believe. 

"How does one kill a man with no remorse?" she asked.

"Why do you want to know? Not thinking to go all serial killer on us are you?"

"But aren't all soldiers serial killers for killing?"

He was silent for a very long time, many of the other men around Ana looked at her with the smile you give a child when they ask 'birthdays are meant to be good, but why does one count down to the days of their death?"

"No, because killing the wrong doers gives a better chance of survival for the next generation. Serial Killers, kill their own.

"But we are killing humans" she stated.

"but there german" her instantly regretted the statment

"and!" she shouted gaining attention. "would you kill me because i am german?"

he shook his head, "no, your goo-"

"and killing others is the right thing to do!"

"where is all this anger coming from, you signed up for this, so cut the crap princess."

"this crap," she scoffed. "honestly"

She got up and headed towards the tent she was sharing with Colleen, she did make a fight to stay with James but she did not feel okay with Colleen being with him that was the pretend reason behind that she didn't want to be alone for the night.

"We kill and we justify it with saving our own!" he shouted after her.

"Where is your morals, your sanity! Nothing justifies death, not even killing Hitler himself!"

A/N

Well that went off topic.

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