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𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧: 𝐇𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐇𝐘𝐃𝐑𝐀

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"Oh God Allie, this really isn't good." Howard squeaks in embarrassment as the two hide behind a wall in the Allied HQ, listening in on the conversation between Peggy and Steve. Allie nods her head as she hears Steve apologize for kissing Private Lorraine and she can't help but shake her head in shame.

Their intentions started out completely innocent as they waited for Steve and Peggy to come and join them as they had both finished their discussion with the Colonel early. But they had walked passed the window just in time to see Private Lorraine pull Steve in for a kiss and Peggy walking in on them. Howard decided that they couldn't just walk away and miss seeing Steve getting his ass handed to him so they decided to eavesdrop the rest of their conversation.

"I don't think anything, Captain. Not one thing. You always wanted to be a soldier and now you are. Just like all the rest." Peggy answers honestly as she stalks away from Steve.

"Oooh, that ought to hurt," Howard comments cheekily next to Allie who slaps him across the chest teasingly.

"Well, what about you and Stark? How do I know you two haven't been... fonduing?" Steve says and the two hear Peggy stop walking, evident by the halt in the tapping of her heels against the ground.

"Stark! Have you two been fonduing?" Allie asks quizzically, not entirely sure what fonduing means either. Howard shakes his head, disgraced by her lack of knowledge and lets out a sigh. "Fondue is a type of cheese dish." He whispers with a frown and Allie nods her head in understanding.

"You still don't know a bloody thing about women!" Peggy groans as she walks away from Steve which causes both Allie and Howard to chuckle even though Allie does feel bad for Steve.

"Come on, we have to go and meet them at the lab," Howard mutters as he grabs Allie's arm and pulls her away from the uncomfortable brick wall. The two try to quickly make their way to Howard's lab undetected but fail when they hear Steve shouting their names and running to catch up.

"Howard! Allie!" He yells as he dashes around people in the hallway which causes Allie and Howard to look at each other in alarm. They awkwardly wait for Steve who soon catches up to the two and gives them a weird look. It doesn't take him long to figure out why.

"You guys heard, didn't you." He sighs and drops his head when the two give him a guilty nod. "Great." He groans as he runs a hand through his golden hair.

"Was it really that bad?" He asks dejectedly as the three slowly walk towards the lab.

"Uh, it could have been worse?" Allie answers unsurely as she is no expert on relationships.

"It was horrible." Howard states which earns him a glare from Allie as Steve's frown grows. Howard disregards Allie's look and opens the door to his lab for the three of them. "Fondue is just cheese and bread, my friend." He continues as they walk into the huge lab. All around them is people working on different machines and putting together a huge array of artillery.

"Really? I didn't think..." Steve starts but is quickly cut off by Howard."Nor should you, pal. The moment you think you know what's goin' on in a woman's head, is the moment your goose is well and truly cooked." He starts as they walk between benches, watching as people put together a whole range of different things. "Me, I concentrate on work. Which at the moment is about making sure you and your men do not get killed."

When they near an empty table, Howard goes to grab a piece of cloth that is sitting on top. "Carbon polymer. It should withstand your average German bayonet. Although HYDRA's not going to attack you with a pocket knife." He states as he then walks towards Steve's shield that now features many large dents and chips. "I hear you're uh... kinda attached?"

"It's handier than you might think," Steve answers defensively.

"I took the liberty of coming up with some options." Howard continues as he walks behind a large table which has a few variations of Steve's shield laid on top. They all have many new, advanced features compared to Steve's old shield and Allie notices the look that Steve gives them, he isn't impressed.

"This one's fun. She's been fitted with electrical relays. It'll allow you to-" Howard starts as he indicates to one of the shields but Steve spots a round one sitting under the table and quickly cuts Howard off. "What about this one?" He says as he picks up the shield.

"No! No! That's just a prototype." Howard answers defensively which causes Allie to raise her eyebrows. "What's it made of?" Steve asks as he looks down at the plain silver shield.

"Vibranium. It's stronger than steel and a third of the weight. It's completely vibration absorbent." Howard informs as Steve begins playing with the shield. "How come it's not a standard issue?" He questions as he holds it on his arm.

"Because that's the rarest metal on earth. And there probably isn't much more of that left." Allie answers and Howard nods his head at her. "That's all we've got." Howard replies.

As Steve continues to admire Howard's handiwork, Peggy turns the corner and walks up to the three of them. "You quite finished, Mr. Stark? I'm sure the Captain has some unfinished business." Peggy says curtly, still visibly pissed off.

"What do you think?" Steve asks stupidly with an innocent grin on his face as he holds the shield up in front of him. Peggy looks him up and down bemused, then she quickly grabs a gun from the table that just so happened to be next to her. She swiftly fires three bullets right at the center of the shield and Allie and Howard jump back to get out of her firing line. "Yes. I think it works." She announces as Steve peeks out from behind the shield with a look on his face that resembles a kicked puppy.

She puts the gun back down on the table and struts out of the room, almost like she came just to shoot at Steve. But right before she leaves, she stops and calls out to Allie. "Ms. Williams, we have to go get you ready for your mission." She calls and Allie turns to give the guys an innocent look. "See you guys later!" She smiles and then hurries after one frighteningly pissed off Peggy Carter.

"I had some ideas about the uniform." She vaguely hears Steve say as he hands Howard a piece of paper. "Whatever you want, pal." He answers right as Peggy and Allie leave the room.

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It was only the next day when Steve's squad, the Howling Commando's, was sent on their first mission.

They are currently 10 minutes from landing in France where they have been ordered to eliminate and destroy one of HYDRA's smaller camp's. It is supposed to be a simple in-and-out mission so that they could work out how the team functions together.

Allie sits quietly next to Bucky and Steve, ignoring the heated glares that Gabe Jones sends her from where he is sitting on the large jet plane. She almost rolls her eyes at him but decides against it so she doesn't aggravate him even further.

Thankfully, the rest of the team hasn't been as hostile towards her like Gabe has. She has even been getting on well with a few of them. Jim Morita and Dum Dum treated her like any other member of the squad and Jacques Dernier happily conversed with her in French when he wasn't by Gabe's side.

Allie did care that Gabe absolutely detested her, however, she is not one for rolling over whenever somebody gets angry. She apologized and tried to explain but he wouldn't have it, so that's on him. As long as his hatred of her doesn't affect the mission in any way, she will endure his glares and snarky comments.

"Alright, Williams, Morita and I will take the front entrance of the camp while Jones, Falsworth, and Dugan take the back. Barnes and Dernier, I want you being our eyes and ears from the outside. There is a clearing about 50 yards from the base so I want you guys to set up there and practice your long range shooting." Steve orders as all the men nod and remember their jobs.

"Anyone with artillery is to be treated as a hostile and must be taken down immediately, those who surrender or are unarmed will be collected by the unit who are 20 minutes out. The rendezvous point is 100 yards from the base on the east." He continues as the plane begins to make its descent into the French border.

Allie pulls her guns and knives out from her bag and straps them to the combat uniform that Howard made for her. It was made from the same material that Steve's is made from but it is much more basic looking. She is wearing a brown leather jacket over the top of her combat uniform which consists of a simple looking blue shirt and black pants that look much less protective than what they actually are. She places her 4 throwing knives in the inside of her jacket and then grabs a few magazines of bullets to put into her pockets.

"We have 5 minutes, suit up and get ready." Steve finishes before he turns to Bucky and Allie with a nervous smile. "How was that? I wasn't too controlling was I? Could the plan have been better? It's my first time so-" He rambles but thankfully is shut up by Bucky.

"Steve, you were great man!" He says as he pats him on the shoulder.

"Really Steve, your plan is very logical and it would be the fastest way to get everyone in and out." Allie compliments with a smile.

"Thanks, guys." He smiles as he picks up his newly painted shield. "Don't forget to put the earpieces in that Howard made us." He reminds them with a nod before he turns to tell the others.

"Hey, Allie," Bucky says as he turns to look at her. "I just... I know how hard this is for you to go back to HYDRA." He starts, unsure of what he wants to say.

"It's hard for me too, going back to the place where they tortured me. But I just wanted to remind you that you have a new home now, with Steve and I. We will make sure that HYDRA never touches you again." He continues, gaining confidence as he keeps on talking.

"Buck..." Allie replies with a sad smile and right as she goes to give him a hug, they are cut off by the pilot. "We are landing now!"He shouts through the mic.

Allie gives Bucky an apologetic smile and quickly turns to strap her revolvers on her hips. The plane begins to shake as they make their descent onto the ground and if Allie wasn't holding onto the handlebar over her head she would be in the air, being thrown around like a rag doll. She hurriedly places her earpiece in her ear right as the plane makes contact with the ground.

The unexpected movement causes her to stumble and a pair of gentle hands grab her waist to ensure she doesn't fall. "You alright there, doll?" Bucky questions teasingly, causing a slight blush to rise on her cheeks. She can feel the warmth from his rough hands slowly penetrate through her shirt and warm her soft skin underneath. She would be lying if she said that she didn't enjoy the feeling of Bucky holding her but now is not the time to be focusing on anything besides her mission.

"I am now." She answers awkwardly as he slowly removes his hands from her waist. "Good," Bucky answers with a warm smile on his face.

"All teams are a go! Time to move, Commando's!" Steve shouts from the front of the jet.

Alle quickly starts to file out of the plane when the same pair of hands grab at her arm. She turns around to see Bucky who is looking at her with a serious face. "Stay safe, Allie." He orders and Allie gives him a nod with a small smile playing at her lips.

"You too, Buck." She responds before she turns around goes to meet up with Steve and Morita who are waiting outside.

"You two ready?" Steve asks which causes Jim to let out a bellowing laugh.

"Do you think I would be here if I wasn't?" He answers cockily as his dark hair is swept off his face by the strong wind. "C'mon Cap! We have a mission to start." He mocks before he stalks off towards the front of the base. Steve shakes his head with a smile before he catches up to Jim with Allie at his heels.

The walk from the plane to the treeline that runs adjacent to the base was relatively quick, and before long, the three of them are hiding behind the small bushes at the gate of the base. She turns her gaze from the soldiers standing at the fence to the camp itself. It is eerily similar to the one she lived at in Austria. It has the same black facade and from what she can tell, the same setup. But instead of the harsh snow that surrounded her facility, there is lush, green grass and a small dirt road that leads to the garage to her left.

"All teams in position?" Steve whispers and he is greeted with yes's from both the other groups. "Allie you take the first guard at the gate on your side, Jim you take the other one while I'll take the incoming car." Steve orders and the two nod in agreement with him.

Allie silently walks behind the bushes towards the guard who is patrolling the gate. She stops when she is hiding directly across from him and turns to give Steve a nod who nods back. She reaches into her jacket and grabs one of her knives, deciding how she will take this guard down without alerting any nearby HYDRA soldiers. In the blink of an eye, she is jumping out from the bush and slitting the soldier's calf muscle at the back of his leg, severing the muscle to prevent him from making any movement. Right as he is about to wail out in agony, she holds her hand over his mouth to muffle his screams before she sends her knife into his chest.

She pulls the knife out and quickly takes the walkie-talkie that is hanging from his belt and slips it onto her own, thinking that it could perhaps come in handy later. She then looks over to Jim who has taken down his own guard and is making his way over to her. "Think that we should help Cap?" He asks and Allie turns her head to find Steve.

She looks back to the black HYDRA car and see's that Steve has pulled the entire door off of the car and is throwing the HYDRA soldiers into trees like they weigh nothing. "I think he is good." She answers and turns back to Jim who is watching Steve with a grin on his face.

"Hey Williams, there are two HYDRA soldiers getting into the tank near you. I think that they are heading towards Dugan's group at the back." Allie hears Bucky say into her earpiece and she nods even though he won't see.

"Copy that." Allie answers then turns back around to Steve. "Hey, Steve! We need to take down the tank over there." She shouts and Steve gives her a nod in understanding.

"If you can divert its attention, Morita and I can take out the guys inside. That way Morita can get in and start taking out the HYDRA soldiers and the entire base itself," Allie says and the two men nod at her.

"I can do that," Steve responds before he takes off through the gates and towards the huge tank. Almost immediately, the tank turns to face Steve and starts firing as he weaves his way around the edges of the building.

"Come on." Allie orders as she takes off with Morita in tow. She runs towards the backside of the tank and quickly pulls herself on top. She turns her gaze down to Morita and offers him a hand which he takes. She pulls his small frame up as well before she turns to him and asks if he has a small grenade on him. When he shakes his head, she sighs and pulls out her gun, taking one shot at the lock and it pops open easily. She silently thanks whoever invented the silencer on her gun as she turns to Morita.

"Open the door slightly and I'll take down the soldiers." She instructs as she kneels down, ready to shoot. Just like he is told, Morita quickly pulls open the hatch and before the men inside have the chance to reach for their own guns, Allie sends a bullet into each of their heads. She jumps inside to check that there is no one else left and then moves the bodies from the chairs to the back of the small chamber.

"Morita, your tank is ready for you." Allie declares as she jumps up to grab the door of the tank, trying to pull herself out. "Bucky, tell the others that we have control of the tank," Allie says into her earpiece as she successfully heaves her body up and then turns back to Morita.

"You think that you can handle this by yourself?" She asks as he drops down into the control room of the tank.

"It can't be that hard." He says smugly as he sits in the driver's seat and takes ahold of the gears. Allie nods then jumps off of the side of the machine. She quickly spots Steve engaging in a fight with a soldier right at the doors of the base. Allie runs up to him right as he nails the soldier that he was fighting against the brick walls with his shield, causing the soldier to slide down and lay motionlessly on the ground.

Just as she is about to call out to Steve, she hears someone radioing to her through the stolen walkie-talkie. " Grenadier, verstärkung sind zwanzig minuten entfernt. Ein rückzug ins Hauptgebäude wurde angeordnet. / Private, reinforcements are twenty minutes away. A retreat into the main building has been ordered." A man orders.

"Verstanden. / Roger that. " She answers in a deep voice as worry fills her thoughts. If backup is only 20 minutes away they will be outnumbered 3 to 1, maybe 2 to 1 if U.S troops make it here early.

"Steve, Morita's in the tank but we have to hurry and take down the inside before the reinforcements arrive," Allie says urgently as she rushes up to his side."How long will that be?" Steve asks, slightly worried.

"They are approximately 20 minutes out which doesn't leave much time for our backup to get the prisoners out or even get here at all." She informs him as he pushes open the door to the base. Immediately, all eyes turn to the two of them as they enter the building. Steve holds his shield up and begins shooting at the guards while Allie runs towards the stairs and starts taking men down there.

"Is there anyway way that you can delay the reinforcements?" Steve asks as he quickly shoots down the copious amounts of surprised soldiers that barely have time to fight back or shield themselves.

"If I can get up into the control room I can tell them that they are no longer needed." She answers in between breaths as she stabs her knife into one soldier and knocks him over the side of the stairs. She turns to the next man and quickly ducks to take out his legs from underneath him which sends him tumbling down the stairs where Steve finishes him off. Allie quickly runs down the steps and pulls out her gun to help Steve stop the soldiers that seem to just keep pouring into the room.

It doesn't take long before her gun 'clicks', indicating that she has run out of bullets but thankfully, the number of HYDRA soldiers in the room has dwindled down to only a few. Allie decides to let Steve finish them off and instead, she dashes into the next corridor which should take her into the control room.

She switches her gun with a fully loaded one as she nears the door labeled 'Kontrollraum / Control room '. She flicks the safety off on her gun and she leans against the edge of the doorframe, waiting for Steve to turn around the corner. When she spots him running towards her, she gives him a nod and pushes open the door. As she strides into the room, she spots two startled soldiers who go to grab their guns but are quickly met with a bullet into their chests.

She hastily pushes one man off of the chair and takes a seat, grabbing the telephone that sits on the table in front of her. When Steve runs into the room she is dialing the number of the nearby base, hoping that they are the ones sending the backup troops. She hears the dial of the ringtone and thankfully, she hears a man pick up.

"Unteroffizier, wirst du immer noch angegriffen? Verstärkungen sind zehn minuten entfernt. / Sergeant, are you still being attacked? Reinforcements are ten minutes away." A man asks in German. That is not good, Allie thinks.

"Die Bedrohung wurde behoben. Verstärkungen werden nicht mehr benötigt. / The threat has been taken care off. Reinforcements are no longer needed." She responds, putting on her best masculine voice.

"Ich wiederhole, truppen werden nicht gebraucht? / I repeat, troops are not needed?" The man asks again, thankfully not noticing the difference in her voice.

"Ja, Truppen werden nicht benötigt. /Yes, troops are not needed." She reiterates as she looks to Steve and gives him a nod and he lets out a relieved sigh.

"Hail HYDRA." The man says and Allie feels her entire body freeze. She looks to Steve who gives her a nod, telling her that she needs to say it back. She feels her throat close up in protest, she doesn't want to say the words but she has to if she wants to save her team from almost certain death.

"Hail HYDRA." She spits venomously, almost forgetting to put on a masculine voice. She then slams the telephone back onto its base and sends the chair flying backwards as she gets up. She turns to Steve who is watching her wearily and she lets out a long breath, trying to calm down. It was only two words, she shouldn't be getting this worked up over it.

"The troops are being turned around." She informs Steve who smiles at her. "Good job, Allie." He says and the two quickly exit the room and return back into the corridor that still remains completely empty. The jog towards the room at the end of the hallway, which seems to be the labs, and they hug the wall on either side of the door.

"You take the right and I'll take the left." Steve orders and Allie nods at him in agreement. Then Steve hastily forces the door open and rushes into the room with Allie at his side. They quickly shoot all of the guards and aim their guns at the few scientists who all hold their arms up in surrender. From the corner of Allie's eye, she sees tables of prisoners who are bound with IV drips filled with unknown substances being injected into their bodies.

"Hol sie jetzt runter! / Get them down now! " Allie barks angrily at the scientists who quickly scurry over and begin releasing the men. She maneuvers around the tables so that both Steve and her are surrounding the men as they slowly get the men up from the tables.

When all the men are standing, Steve and Allie give them the guns from the dead HYDRA soldiers and tell them to guard the scientists until backup arrives. Once all the men are armed, they take off into the next room. They hold their guns up as they slowly push the door open and enter the large room. But the second they see what room it is they drop their guns and Allie holds a hand over her mouth in horror.

In front of her are rows upon rows of children, all sickly thin and as pale as ghosts. They lay huddled in the corner of the tiny cells that would barely fit Steve in if he was crouching. She can hear their haunting cries and bloodcurdling screams from all the way up the other end of the room that seems almost neverending. It was completely cruel and inhuman what they have been doing to these children.

"Oh God Steve, they're just kids." She whispers in terror and turns to look at him. His eyes show complete devastation and his pink lips are set into a thin line as he stands wordlessly.

"Allie, Steve! Where are you guys? Everybody is already back." She faintly hears Bucky in her earpiece as she stares at a small boy that would barely be any older than five. His entire rib cage is visible through his thin prisoners gown and Allie could almost count each bone in his tiny hand that clutches at the bars that imprison him.

"Bucky, contact the backup unit and tell them to bring lots of food and water." Steve orders back and then he turns to Allie and he grasps her arm gently. "Allie, we have to go. The soldiers are coming for the kids so they are in good hands." He says to her and she can tell that he isn't happy about leaving them either. Allie nods silently and she lets him pull her out of the room before they start jogging to the rendezvous point.

She knows that this mission has been a success, they took down their first HYDRA base together. They helped those soldiers get off the operating table. They freed those children from their cages. But despite all of that Allie stills feels like she hasn't done enough. If HYDRA does all of that at a small base, she can't imagine what one of their bigger bases would be like. So she makes a promise to herself, she isn't going to stop until everyone who works at HYDRA has been punished.

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A/N - Hey guys!!!

Welcome to the HOWLING COMMANDO'S! We're right into all the missions now so it isn't long before the story really starts to pick up!

Stay tuned for the next chapter, I have a feeling that you guys have been holding out for this one ;)

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