Relevations
Amy couldn't believe her eyes as she watched the SHIELD personnel move the body onto a gurney. He was covered in ice but looked peaceful like he was sleeping. Her heart was pounding in her chest as she watched with tears in her eyes. It was a dream, she thought. She was dreaming. There was no way that her brother survived that plane crash more than seventy years ago. But here he was, still looking the same as he did before, wearing his Captain America suit. Clint grabbed her hand, squeezing it in silent support. Amy jumped at the sound of ice breaking, not wanting to know if her brother magically survived or not. Finally, he was free of the ice and the doctors surrounded his body.
"We got a pulse!" a doctor cried out. Amy collapsed, a large sob erupting from her mouth. Nick Fury glanced over at the crying woman, everybody staring at her. Everybody who knew her knew that she wasn't one to show her emotions. Since she became Star Girl in three years, she had been more open and carefree. But nobody has seen her cry.
Amy stood at his side every minute of every day, waiting for him to wake up. She was okay with Nick and SHIELD covering and overseeing his care. But what she was against was the fact that they wanted to throw him back to 1940 something. "This is ridiculous!" Amy argued with her former pupil and friend.
"Amy," Nick sighed, his head pounding from her ranting.
"Steve isn't stupid! He's gonna know that something is off! I can't believe you would do this!"
"What do you want us to do, Amy?! Tell him that he's been asleep for over seventy years. All of his friends are dead?"
"I'm here! Let me talk to him!"
"We don't know if he has any brain damage. Hypothermia can affect the brain and judgment!"
"I can take care of myself!"
Suddenly, a blaring alarm went off. Sighing, she shot a look over at Fury. "Told you so." Blinking out of the room, she landed outside and raced towards the giant blonde man. "Steve! Steven!"
The man stopped in front of her, turning around, eyes wide. "Amy?"
Amy felt her eyes well up in tears. Her brother was here. He was real. He was ALIVE! "You're really here..." she whispered, running to his arms.
Steve caught his little sister, still bewildered at what was happening. "Amy?! What's happening?!"
"At ease, soldier," Nick called out, standing behind the siblings.
"Who are you?" Steve asked.
"Colonel Fury, Director of SHIELD. You would have known us as the Special Scientific Reserve."
"Steve, it's what we've grown into," Amy explained, seeing Steve's shield fall a bit.
"Where am I?"
"Round about 34th and 5th." Steve looked confused. Nick nodded over his shoulder towards the Empire State Building, Steve's mouth falling open.
"Steve, I'm so sorry about what they did back there. It wasn't fair. Just cruel. I told them to tell you straight."
"We wanted to break it to you delicately because we didn't know what your mental state might be."
"Break what?" Steve asked, still confused. "Amelia, what the heck is going on?!"
Amy's eyes watered at her brother's pain. "Steve...You’ve been asleep. For almost seventy years."
"Seventy..." Steve said, stunned. "The World of the Future..."
"Well, thanks to you and your sister, there is one."
"What about the war? Did we win?"
Amy nodded. "We did."
"Unconditional surrender, baby. And taking down HYDRA was a big part of it."
"How am I...not dead? Why do you look the same, Ames?"
"The Tesseract...It changed my genes. It mutated them. I don't age. But for you, we don't know. It's kind of suspended animation thanks to Erkshine's formula. You haven't changed or aged in those last seventy years."
"You don’t mind my asking, what gave us away back there?" Nick asked.
"What?" Steve questioned. He thought for a second, saying the first thing that came to mind. "Oh. Bob Chipman was traded
for Eddie Stanky during the ‘44 season. He’s with the Cubs now." His face dropped. "Or...was."
"Steve, I know it’s a lot to swallow. But the world’s not as different as it looks," Amy told her brother, who still look troubled.
Nick nodded. "There’s still work to be done...Soldier’s work."
"Can we go back inside? I think it would be a lot easier to process where it's quiet," Amy suggested. Nick nodded, leading them back inside the SHIELD facility. Steve sat at a table, his head pounding with new information. Amy smiled at him, handing him a cup of coffee. "Here. Your first cup of coffee in seventy years."
Steve smiled his thanks, his eyes going to the African American man coming in with a man behind him who held a steel case. Fury opened it, revealing Steve's battered shield. "The world could still use a man like you, Cap. Like your sister."Steve touched the shield, memories flooding back of him, Amy, Bucky, and the rest of the Howling Commandos. "Take your time. God knows if anybody’s earned it, you have. Spend some time with your sister. She'll help you acquaint yourself with the modern age. All the same...There's a place for you on this team."