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"What!" Coulson yelled aloud. He then frowned, "fine adjust security accordingly." He then hung up the phone and saw Steve giving him a questioning look. "Someone leaked the fact that Rojas here is up for a possible reduced sentence. We have protests surrounding the courthouse."
"They are making their move." Rojas said from the other side of the truck.
"Okay, let's hope nothing else goes wrong." Steve then thought for a few minutes. "Hey Coulson, hold off on reporting the information on First Line. I don't mind if you tell Fury, but make sure you do not put it in Shield's records."
Coulson frowned and nodded but Rojas had a different opinion, "hey hold up wait a minute-" He was interrupted when the vehicles suddenly lurched. They were all at attention and high alert immediately.
Then it moved again for a few minutes before there was a knock on the door. The doors opened and Steve hopped down as he looked around and frowned, "I thought we were going in through the back entrance."
Coulson climbed down alongside him and made way for the guards to get Rojas out of the vehicle. He frowned as he looked around. "We were, why are we coming in through the front?" He nodded to one of the guards.
"There was a nasty oil spill around the rear entrance less than a minute ago. We did not get a chance to tell you." The guard explained, "excuse me." He then moved forward and helped pull Rojas out of the transport.
Steve frowned for a moment before he looked at Coulson who suddenly had an equally panicked expression on his face they then called to the guards who had already pulled Rojas out of the vehicle. "'Put him back in!"" They yelled in unison just as Rojas' head snapped to the side and a blob of blood began leaking down the side of his head.
Rojas was dead.
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Ethan quietly waited as the transport redirected. It quickly moved through the crowd as the NYPD began setting up impromptu barriers to keep the protestors out. The chaos would be an excellent cover for him, just as he thought it would be.
He was leaning up against the building opposite of the courthouse. He was in a full black outfit with a black mask covering his face and a black fedora. Only reason no one has found him suspicious is because of the newspaper he was holding that covered the top half of his body.
He watched patiently as the transport pulled up. As they began pulling out the prisoner the two guards were looking around in surprise and suspicion. He ignored it as he folded the paper and began walking to the subway entrance.
As he walked he pulled out his silenced pistol and aimed as he stopped at the entrance to the subway. Then Rojas appeared from the back of the truck and began being set down on the ground. Ethan could hear the guards yell something but he was too focused as he fired.
Ting!
A single shot and his indication of it hitting was the snap of the man's head. Ethan quickly moved down the stairs. A silenced pistol in one hand and a newspaper in the other. The subway was empty for the most part.
As he moved to the subway car that looked old and nonfunctional he tapped the button on his wrist. It lit up the subway car as it started to get ready. But then he frowned and did a ducking roll as he heard a whistle.
He rolled into the subway car just as the door closed and it started moving. He stood up and looked back just in time to see Captain America arrive in the subway. Without looking or paying attention Ethan caught the shield that was bouncing around the car.
Then he watched as Captain America ran towards his subway car. He jumped on the rear just in time and was about to open the door. But Ethan quickly spun and threw the shield at him. Knocking him off the car and onto the tracks.
He watched from a distance as he stood up. Seems he should have accounted for Captain America far more than he did. The old man was not as out of shape as Ethan thought he would be.
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Steve's head immediately shot to the general direction from where the shot came from. Which is where he saw a black fedora going into the subway. Without even thinking he jumped over the crowd using one of the barriers as support.
That was what triggered the yelling. Then they began screaming as they realized that Rojas was killed. But he ignored it as he jumped down the subway stairway and threw his shield. It bounced off a pillar and he hopped down the stairs quickly in pursuit.
As he arrived at the bottom he saw the door to a train car closing and the person covered in black standing up and looking at him. But he was surprised as the figure caught his shield without looking. Then as the train car began pulling away he ran after and jumped onto the rear of the traincar where there was a slight lip.
As he looked up it was in time to see the person throwing his shield at him. He had the air knocked out of him and was dizzy for a moment. He had not been hit like that in a long time. Once he was up the train car was already very far away.
He frowned as he thought about it.
"Cap!" Coulson and several agents ran up behind him, "you catch him?"
"No, he had a train car set up for his getaway." He explained.
"You mean a subway car?" Another asked as they shined their lights down the tunnels.
"Yes," Steve answered in annoyance, "actually he might be an enhanced individual himself." Steve rubbed his chest where he could feel it was already bruising. "Come on, he has to stop somewhere."
"Yessir!" Coulson answered and started making calls on his radio, "you heard me correctly, shut it down. Our suspect used a subway car to get away. What do you mean this track was already shut down? Since when? Really? Find out who ordered it!"
After a few minutes of running they slowed down as they arrived at the subway car. It stopped in the middle of the tunnel. Steve jumped up with his shield up looking around. He kicked the door down and walked in. He looked around but his opponent was nowhere to be seen. Sitting in the center of the subway car was a pistol sitting on a newspaper.
But he remembered seeing it with a silencer before. Must have been removed. But why?
He looked around and saw there was a maintenance entrance. He opened the subway car door and approached it. He opened it with ease but as he entered his nose was assaulted with the most revolting smell.
He walked forward and saw that this entrance must have not been used in awhile because it had corroded enough that part of it led directly into the sewer. He took a deep breath and prepared to go in after him.
"Don't." Coulson called out from behind him. Steve looked at him, "the New York sewer system is an absolute maze. We need to make preparations before we go in there. But I am guessing your guy knows them better than we do. This might be a win for him."
Steve grinned and shook his head. Putting his shield back on his back. "I saw him with a silencer before. Not to mention I had the feeling that I have encountered him before."
"Someone from your past?" Coulson asked in surprise as they moved back into the train car where the gun was already being secured. And another was looking over the newspaper.
"Sir the gun only had a single bullet. But it looks like it was not maintained well." One of the agents told them.
"As for the newspaper… I honestly can't tell. It looks like there's some type of code written here." The Agent showed them the code on the crossword puzzle. But Steve grinned in annoyance and rolled his eyes.
"It is a basic cipher, my unit used it during the war. It says, 'better luck next time Rogers, Reaper'." Steve's explanation caught Coulson's attention almost immediately.
"The Reaper?" He shook his head, "Fury is going to be pissed."
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"WHAT!" Coulson was right, Fury is absolutely pissed. Steve could really tell because of the veins that were becoming visible on the bald man's forehead through the video chat that was set up. They stood there for a few minutes in silence as Fury calmed down. Behind them they could hear the agents moving into the tunnel.
After their discovery they had moved back to the platform while evidence was being gathered. Not to mention there was no connection in the tunnel so they could not call from there.
There were a few minutes as Fury calmed down before he nodded, "okay. Get together with Hill and make an off the books file on The Reaper. They are evolving and changing and it seems they are connected to this First Line."
"Will do, sir." Coulson then looked at Steve before he walked away.
Fury's eye twitched for a moment, "was there something else Rogers?"
"Yes, I would like all of the files on projects that Peggy started or became heavily interested in." Steve told him, getting a glare from Fury, "I will tell you the reason in person if you want to know."
Fury answered by hanging up.
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