Returning to Steve

Inside the destroyed facility at this time.

Kyle started to wake up as he was slowly blinking. Dust kept entering his eyes so he decided to move around. All he heard was the sound of pattering of rain outside and the cawing of birds. Kyle decided to move the rubble he was covered in and explore outside.

He kept walking out into the open of the ruined German base, only to find that the sky outside has changed.

The sky was dark and clouded completely, the rain was strongly pouring in every crevice of the broken buildings, and blasts of lighting were striking nearby the perimeter of the base occasionally.

The first thing Kyle did was look for a certain someone's corpse, which he found quickly. After that, Kyle decided to check his watch to know how much time passed. He knew the base would be worried about him since they probably left without him.

Then, for a few seconds, the thunderstorm went silent as Kyle checked the time.

Swiftly, Kyle stepped forward with his left leg, then pushed off into a super sprint using his right. When a group of crows saw a blur running past them, they panicked and flew away from the corpses they were picking apart.

Kyle was refraining from using teleportation because of the range, so he decided to sprint since he did not see any drivable vehicles nearby.

"It's the next morning already, meaning they might think I'm dead! At least it won't take long to arrive even considering resting breaks."

As Kyle said this, the rain clouds cleared as the sun shone down on him. The closer in the direction of the base he was running, the clearer the sky was becoming.

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Less than an hour later, near the entrance of the American training base.

The sky was bright, and Fury couldn't help but leave his office in the training base to get a fresh breath of air.

Being stuck inside an office for a few hours was exhausting him, plus, there was no news of Kyle's appearance. Fury would usually not care too much, but Kyle was starting to become something similar to a comrade or friend to him.

Also, there was the fact that Kyle was considered a war hero, and if he was dead, then it would be a massive blow to the morale of the soldiers.

Just as Nick Fury was contemplating these things, he felt like there was someone behind him. He turned around and heard the voice of someone familiar:

"Reporting in Mr. Fury, I managed to take down their leader and obtain a new piece of intelligence for cleaning up the rest of the Germans."

Fury saw clearly, a man of his height with black hair. His face was covered in dirt, dust, and mud which also clung to his old torn-up uniform that was filled with holes. Surprisingly, there were no visible injuries anywhere on his body.

"It's about time you showed up, people thought you were truly gone since prideful shitheads like you tend to want to be first to finish the mission," Fury responded quickly with a smile on his face.

Fury was secretly glad Kyle was back but decided to keep up his normal persona while continuing:

"No time is better than the present to show up. Report to everyone else and talk to Steve since he was missing you. Also, call me Nick from now on, or else I'll be forced to call you Mr. Kell." Fury responded while walking away grinning.

Hearing this, Kyle decided to walk into the large camping site with a bag filled with something where many people were talking...

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"No matter what you say now will change the fact that..." A voice stopped halfway through his sentence and turned his sights to Kyle

"Look!"

"Oh my God!"

"He's back!"

The officers around the table who were preparing for another search party saw Kyle and felt a weight on their shoulders. Many people shook his hand or even hugged him.

Everyone was jumping to ask questions because of their burning curiosity. It seemed that Steve had already told everyone about the 'accident' which made Kyle into a Super Soldier. Everyone quickly made space for Kyle so he can explain himself and the thing he was holding.

But before Kyle could say anything, he felt someone punch his back, turning around, he saw someone familiar.

"That's for being last to return!" Kyle saw that the punch and voice belonged to Steve.

Then once Kyle was Steve, he got punched again but in the nose. "And that one was for worrying everyone!"

Although Kyle got hit hard, he felt happy that people were worried and emotional while he was gone. Steve was the happiest to see Kyle back.

"Sorry, I was busy and got into a fight with their leader. Although I did bring back presents for everyone!" Kyle said while throwing the bag he was carrying.

Everyone was surprised by this and opened the bag to see a decapitated, red-colored head and a map of marked bases for the Germans.

"I know this guy, he is said to be a successor of Hitler, Red Skull!" Someone in the crowd said, which led to small applause for Kyle.

This was an amazing win for the Allies is what everyone was thinking, and to boost morale, a Lieutenant Colonel Officer took the lead in giving a small victory speech.

"We obtained a map of different German bases and we killed one of the leading German officers, but the biggest gain is that we now have two Super Soldiers!"

At this time, the Officer who was in the crowd took the lead in congratulating Kyle. Everyone in the room burst into loud applause after the speech. It was so loud in fact that soldiers from different tents could hear the clapping and whistling.

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A couple of days later.

Kyle is currently walking towards a fancy hotel on a red carpet, dressed in a tuxedo, thinking back to the meeting a few days ago.

A few days ago after Kyle gave his battle report and intelligence map, everyone agreed at the time to let Kyle continue being a soldier despite a serum being used on him. They decided to refrain from testing because they already learned that a Super Soldier cannot be replicated without the original serum.

Kyle got a new uniform, he met with Howard, Carter, and the others who were still not informed yet of his return.

Howard also planned a party that would take place in a few hours to celebrate the victory over the Germans and the rescuing of the hostages who were sent home.

Secretly, Kyle knew that Howard was just using this party to show off the fact that he was extremely wealthy, knew two Super-Soldiers of the U.S. Army, and was open to mingling with women preferably younger than him.

So with many people receiving Howard's invitation, several people took a Stark plane to the nearest city that day, attended the banquet, and had dinner. This was the party Kyle was just arriving at.

Howard isn't just rich, but also a massive showoff; the place where the banquet is being held wasn't a common restaurant, but a massive hotel meant for high-class guests.

There were golden lights flashing from the hotel's entrance, a clean red carpet covered the ground of the entrance, and the place was crowded with military officers wearing tuxedos.

"Howard really likes to go all out," Kyle commented while staring in awe at the entrance.

"You think so too?" A deep voice behind Kyle responded.

Turning around, Kyle couldn't help but smile when he saw who it was...