The Soldier's Goddess
Bad News
They walked back up to the house, hand in hand, each smiling from ear to ear, unable to stop. They were both so happy, neither had been as happy as this before.
"Where've you been?" asked Darcy, as they stopped at the bottom of the vast, decorated staircase. She was wrapped in Bruce's arms and it seemed as though tonight had been the night for more than just Kari and Steve.
"Steve asked me to marry him," Kari grinned.
"Oh my god," cried Darcy, "that's gorgeous." She grabbed Kari's hand and inspected the yellow gold ring, complete with a square cut diamond in the centre, and three tiny diamonds down each side.
"Wow, congratulations mate," Bruce said, shaking Steve's hand and smacking him on the back.
"What's going on here then?" Tony, Pepper, Nat, Clint, Jane, and Thor all came out of the ballroom. "You missed my big speech, Capsicle." Tony was most definitely drunk at this point, and Pepper just rolled her eyes.
"Was it the one where he goes on about how much he loves us all, we are all great employees and he is Iron Man so fuck the rest of it," grinned Kari.
"How on earth did you know," Nat replied, with more than just a hint of sarcasm in her voice. "So yeah, where've two you been?" Steve looked at Kari and smiled warmly.
"Steve and I are getting married," Kari said, and held out her hand for them all to see the ring.
"Oh Steve that's gorgeous," said Jane, and Thor grabbed Kari in one of his infamous bear hugs. "Where did you get it?"
"It was my mothers," he said. "She gave to me not long after I left high school, when she was diagnosed with pneumonia. She was given it by her mother, when mom met dad."
"Oh Kari I'm so so happy for you," Thor said, looking as proud as he had ever been. "So no more conjuring snakes in the kitchen?"
"Oh very funny," she laughed. "No, nothing like that anymore." She couldn't stop looking at Steve, who was being congratulated by his friends.
It took them twenty minutes to get away from everyone, but once they closed the door, locked it and threw the key on the table, he grabbed her by the waist, swiveled her around and crashed his lips on to hers. He started to undo the back of her dress, while she was taking off his shirt, unveiling that smooth torso of his, the one that caused him to become Captain America. His broad shoulders appeared as the shirt slipped off and onto the floor. The back of her dress came undone, and he unzipped her. As the dress lay on the floor at her feet, forgotten in the moment, Steve gasped. Her corset pushed her breasts upwards in a way he couldn't help admiring. They crashed onto the mattress, and pulled the bed curtains around them, giving them total privacy for the rest of the night.
*****
"How soon do we leave?" Kari was walking fast down the corridors of S.H.I.E.L.D with Phil Coulson, people were moving out of their way.
"Plane goes up in an hour," he replied. She nodded in response, and entered the Command Room, taking her place at the table with Tony, Steve, Natasha, and Clint, while Phil stood behind them all, waiting for the Director. Nick Fury wasn't far behind, sweeping into the room, giving the distinct feeling he was more than just a little ticked off.
"Are we all here?" he sighed heavily. "Right, I don't know how many of you know the full picture, but as of now, we are in a very delicate situation with Mossad. Director Rafael Harel has contacted me to say we have a problem with one of our own. Agent Carver is currently making travel arrangements to Israel with some blue prints of the space craft we recovered from London two months ago. They were put onto an SD card, and hidden inside a tiny slot in the back of his shoe." He stopped here to take a breath and to calm himself before continuing. "Harel has told me that Mossad are interested in the blueprints, but they would much rather keep the relationship they have with us, so are happy to hand them back over. We are putting together a team, who will go to Tel Aviv, and will be laying in wait for Carver when he makes the drop."
"Bastard," muttered Tony.
"Kari," Fury turned to her, "we will need you to come with us. Not everyone speaks English, and you are the only one here who can speak Hebrew." She nodded, as Steve squeezed her hand under the table. "The rest of you will be with us, we can go over the finer details on the plane and when we arrive in Tel Aviv." He swept out of the room again, and Coulson stepped up.
"We leave in half an hour, please be ready."
"Pepper's gonna kill me," said Tony. "Amilie and Astrid have started rolling over, and we're pretty sure they have teeth starting to come through, or at least moving. I'll have to see if she can get her mom to come and help till we get back." He left, ready to take whatever storm would hit at home, and the rest got ready to leave. As they were getting ready to board, Coulson got a call on his cell.
"Kari, I need you," he called out to her. He passed her the phone and she took over.
"...צריך לדעת כמה הם הקרובים." [...need to know how many are coming.] said the female voice on the other end.
"יהיו שש מאיתנו, סוכן Coulson יסביר הכל כשנגיע, אני אהיה תרגום בשבילו." [There'll be six of us. Agent Coulson will explain everything when we get there, I'll be translating for him.]
"ואתה יהיה?" [And you would be?]
"שמי קארי Skaarsen." [My name is Kari Skaarsen.]
"תודה קארי, אני לירז סוקול. שאל אותי כאשר אתם מגיעים." [Thank you Kari, I'm Liraz Sokol. Ask for me when you arrive.]
She hung the phone up, and Kari passed Coulson's back to him.
"We have to ask for Liraz Sokol when we get there," she said.
"I know her, she is very good at what she does," Coulson said, nodding.
They boarded the plane, and Kari curled up on the small sofa with Steve. It would be a ten hour flight, so she was going to catch up on whatever rest she would need before the next few days would begin to take it's toll. She fell asleep with her head on his lap, and their fingers entwined.
A/N: The Hebrew was translated for me using Google Translate, so I apologise if anything is wrong, or out of place etc.
"Where've you been?" asked Darcy, as they stopped at the bottom of the vast, decorated staircase. She was wrapped in Bruce's arms and it seemed as though tonight had been the night for more than just Kari and Steve.
"Steve asked me to marry him," Kari grinned.
"Oh my god," cried Darcy, "that's gorgeous." She grabbed Kari's hand and inspected the yellow gold ring, complete with a square cut diamond in the centre, and three tiny diamonds down each side.
"Wow, congratulations mate," Bruce said, shaking Steve's hand and smacking him on the back.
"What's going on here then?" Tony, Pepper, Nat, Clint, Jane, and Thor all came out of the ballroom. "You missed my big speech, Capsicle." Tony was most definitely drunk at this point, and Pepper just rolled her eyes.
"Was it the one where he goes on about how much he loves us all, we are all great employees and he is Iron Man so fuck the rest of it," grinned Kari.
"How on earth did you know," Nat replied, with more than just a hint of sarcasm in her voice. "So yeah, where've two you been?" Steve looked at Kari and smiled warmly.
"Steve and I are getting married," Kari said, and held out her hand for them all to see the ring.
"Oh Steve that's gorgeous," said Jane, and Thor grabbed Kari in one of his infamous bear hugs. "Where did you get it?"
"It was my mothers," he said. "She gave to me not long after I left high school, when she was diagnosed with pneumonia. She was given it by her mother, when mom met dad."
"Oh Kari I'm so so happy for you," Thor said, looking as proud as he had ever been. "So no more conjuring snakes in the kitchen?"
"Oh very funny," she laughed. "No, nothing like that anymore." She couldn't stop looking at Steve, who was being congratulated by his friends.
It took them twenty minutes to get away from everyone, but once they closed the door, locked it and threw the key on the table, he grabbed her by the waist, swiveled her around and crashed his lips on to hers. He started to undo the back of her dress, while she was taking off his shirt, unveiling that smooth torso of his, the one that caused him to become Captain America. His broad shoulders appeared as the shirt slipped off and onto the floor. The back of her dress came undone, and he unzipped her. As the dress lay on the floor at her feet, forgotten in the moment, Steve gasped. Her corset pushed her breasts upwards in a way he couldn't help admiring. They crashed onto the mattress, and pulled the bed curtains around them, giving them total privacy for the rest of the night.
*****
"How soon do we leave?" Kari was walking fast down the corridors of S.H.I.E.L.D with Phil Coulson, people were moving out of their way.
"Plane goes up in an hour," he replied. She nodded in response, and entered the Command Room, taking her place at the table with Tony, Steve, Natasha, and Clint, while Phil stood behind them all, waiting for the Director. Nick Fury wasn't far behind, sweeping into the room, giving the distinct feeling he was more than just a little ticked off.
"Are we all here?" he sighed heavily. "Right, I don't know how many of you know the full picture, but as of now, we are in a very delicate situation with Mossad. Director Rafael Harel has contacted me to say we have a problem with one of our own. Agent Carver is currently making travel arrangements to Israel with some blue prints of the space craft we recovered from London two months ago. They were put onto an SD card, and hidden inside a tiny slot in the back of his shoe." He stopped here to take a breath and to calm himself before continuing. "Harel has told me that Mossad are interested in the blueprints, but they would much rather keep the relationship they have with us, so are happy to hand them back over. We are putting together a team, who will go to Tel Aviv, and will be laying in wait for Carver when he makes the drop."
"Bastard," muttered Tony.
"Kari," Fury turned to her, "we will need you to come with us. Not everyone speaks English, and you are the only one here who can speak Hebrew." She nodded, as Steve squeezed her hand under the table. "The rest of you will be with us, we can go over the finer details on the plane and when we arrive in Tel Aviv." He swept out of the room again, and Coulson stepped up.
"We leave in half an hour, please be ready."
"Pepper's gonna kill me," said Tony. "Amilie and Astrid have started rolling over, and we're pretty sure they have teeth starting to come through, or at least moving. I'll have to see if she can get her mom to come and help till we get back." He left, ready to take whatever storm would hit at home, and the rest got ready to leave. As they were getting ready to board, Coulson got a call on his cell.
"Kari, I need you," he called out to her. He passed her the phone and she took over.
"...צריך לדעת כמה הם הקרובים." [...need to know how many are coming.] said the female voice on the other end.
"יהיו שש מאיתנו, סוכן Coulson יסביר הכל כשנגיע, אני אהיה תרגום בשבילו." [There'll be six of us. Agent Coulson will explain everything when we get there, I'll be translating for him.]
"ואתה יהיה?" [And you would be?]
"שמי קארי Skaarsen." [My name is Kari Skaarsen.]
"תודה קארי, אני לירז סוקול. שאל אותי כאשר אתם מגיעים." [Thank you Kari, I'm Liraz Sokol. Ask for me when you arrive.]
She hung the phone up, and Kari passed Coulson's back to him.
"We have to ask for Liraz Sokol when we get there," she said.
"I know her, she is very good at what she does," Coulson said, nodding.
They boarded the plane, and Kari curled up on the small sofa with Steve. It would be a ten hour flight, so she was going to catch up on whatever rest she would need before the next few days would begin to take it's toll. She fell asleep with her head on his lap, and their fingers entwined.
A/N: The Hebrew was translated for me using Google Translate, so I apologise if anything is wrong, or out of place etc.
