Ethan surveyed these Hydra soldiers but before he got a chance to react there was a crash and as he saw a window break further down the hall. The Hydra soldiers became distracted so he ran forward and slammed one into a wall while he grabbed another and used him as a human shield while he held him by the head. Ethan glanced in the direction of the commotion and was completely confused by what he saw.
She was wearing the British flag in an outfit on her body. Similar to what the historical records showed Steve Rogers wore during the second world war. She was throwing a Hydra soldier down the hall towards them.
Liberty Lion was not kidding about how this world was different. Ethan walked backwards to this person with the British flag on their clothes. She had a helmet covering her head and face so he could not see her face but he could tell she was on his side. As she threw her circular shield with a British flag on it. It bounced off of multiple surfaces and Hydra soldiers before arriving back at the woman who caught it.
"Hey you! Let's go! They have this place surrounded completely." The woman called out. For a moment Ethan thought he recognized the voice. But that should not be his focus for the moment.
Ethan smashed the Hydra Nazi into the wall and followed the woman as she jumped out the window. He jumped out and saw they were jumping from the third floor. She used her shield to brace her landing and spun around probably to try and catch him but he fired his grappling hook to the roof and used a built in function to lower himself to the ground safely. Then he retracted the grapple and put it away.
The woman looked at him in surprise for a moment before fixing her attitude. "Come on, we have to get off the streets. It will be difficult to move if they swarm us."
Ethan nodded and followed her, running down into a subway station. When he was down there he noticed a lack of creativity or graffiti. Instead the walls only had the Hydra symbol and Nazi flag painted on their walls. She jumped down into the tracks and Ethan followed her down into the dark tunnel.
"So are you from the same world as those other two?" The woman asked.
Other two? Ethan changed something on his display making it so his voice would be morphed. "Other two? As far as I am aware. I was the only one to go through the portal."
"Well they said they were from an alternate future. Where someone else was given the supersoldier serum and who disappeared halfway through the war. They also said they were from the year 1978." The woman explained as she stopped at a door with graffiti on it.
Ethan stayed quiet while they entered the door. As he entered he ducked as a pipe was swung at him. He grabbed the collar of the man who swung at him and threw the man at the woman who led him here. Then he pulled a knife and held it against another woman who was pointing a gun at him.
When he saw her face he was very surprised. Peggy Carter, the founder of Shield. She did not look like a woman nearing the one hundred year mark. She looked almost half of that. Maybe fifty years old.
Ethan glanced over at the other two and saw the other woman removing her helmet to reveal the face of… another Peggy Carter. But this one looked like she was in her twenties, maybe thirties.
"Ow, here I was thinking you might know each other. After all, you both came through the same portal." The younger Carter rubbed the back of her head. "But he definitely is not a friend of Hydra or the Nazis at the very least."
Ethan sheathed his throwing knife and pulled out the device Liberty Lion had given him. He turned it on and pointed it at the older Carter that was standing next to him. "If he came from the portal he might be from another parallel world just like we are." The older Carter pointed out. "The technology at the very least is nothing I have ever seen before."
"So… new guy. Where are you from?" The younger Carter asked. Ethan had his answer to 'what was going on?' in a moment as he determined the older Carter and the man were both vibrating at the same frequency according to the device Liberty Lion had given him. "What is that?"
"Need to know, and unfortunately I do not think I can tell any of you." Ethan answered his voice modification, still disguising his voice.
"Well anyways, while mister mysterious does his thing, how do you think the portal changed? Do you think we will be able to get back to our world?" The man asked as he rubbed his shoulder.
"Well the Hydra Scientists were shooting it with some type of laser just before he exited through the portal. I have a feeling that had an effect on it." The younger Carter determined.
"So maybe they accidentally changed the frequency? We know people from this side can not exit the portal at the very least." The older Carter suggested.
"Something like that. They did not change the universe, they changed at what point in time the portal is connected to our universe. If I have some time with some of those machines and their notes I can change it back." Ethan informed them after some thought.
"Point in time? Does that mean you are…" The older Carter looked at him in surprise.
"From the future in your timeline? Yes I am. We need to minimize how much I reveal to you. Now give me a moment I need to find out how to find something before I leave." Ethan answered and stepped away and began messing with the device trying to figure out how to scan for the cores like Liberty Lion had told him about.
"So the plan is what? To get back to our dimension and then come back with more people? What exactly are we going to be doing?" The man asked in annoyance.
"I know Murdoc." The older Carter sighed while rubbing one of her temples. Murdoc seemed like a familiar name, like Ethan had heard it before. "We need a plan. If they figure out how to get through before us we will run into a big problem."
"So should we find a way to close the portal just in case? Or should we just close it? It might be for the best even if it gets us stuck here." Murdoc pointed out.
"No, we will get you to the portal and get you home and then close the portal. This world is my problem. I will take care of it. I can build a resistance and fight them back, you should worry about keeping your world protected from mine instead." The older Carter told them.
Ethan rolled his eyes under his helmet as he finished harnessing the device and immediately started getting readings. It was saying a core was nearby. He slowly moved it towards the group of three and saw it started going off. Even they could hear it.
It seems the younger Carter or something on her was one of the cores needed to close this collapsing pocket dimension. But he would have to do this without giving away what he knew. Especially to the two members of Shield who were apparently from the past.
BOOM!
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