Chapter 54

The day Peggy leaves is two days from their conversation, and they spend most of it hashing plans for how their agreement will work. Some photos are taken from her in her 'natural' forms, which she thinks is risky. Still, Peggy assures her that the proof is indispensable as it will be hard to convince the President otherwise. 

No photos of her human form were taken, mostly because she once went with Tony to a party using it.

While not working with Peggy and the Colonel, Howard occupies her free time by studying her moves. The boys usually hang out in the same place where the experiments take place to gawk at her prowess. They also work there, so she gets to spend time with them, which is necessary as they will be allies. 

The routine changes five days after the conversation, becoming more structured as the Colonel wants to give her as much information as he can, as she will begin traveling after the mission is done. 

Now, her schedule starts in the early morning, when she does a couple of drills and exercises in her human body to get used to it. Afterward, she goes to Howard's laboratory. She spends mostly the middays eating with the guys. At the same time, they teach her subtle signals that are important for everyone to understand each other. 

When she tells them about connecting their minds while on a mission, they agree to it but still continue to teach her in emergency cases. The afternoons are used with the Colonel (alongside Logan and Dum Dum) to teach them more about subtlety and reconnaissance, which she will need for her small side mission. 

They planned for it to be a Wednesday for reasons unknown to her. And while she can raid it by herself, the Colonel (and Peggy at the time) said that HYDRA needed to know it was the Allies who would take it apart. It will also increase the soldiers' morale, and the information they may encounter will be necessary for their future.

Prohibiting her from entering annoys her, but she knows herself enough to know that she will act as soon as she sees someone in pain, and that's not good. She doesn't want to ruin their plans, so she studies. Learning what's necessary to know how to map a place and understand their guard's schedule.

As it's her first time doing something like this, they agreed to have Dum Dum and Steve connected mentally as she recounts everything she sees. Dum Dum to guide her and Steve to learn. After all, while he's a captain, he didn't have a good foundation of some military teachings.

She would feel worried at the weight of responsibility he carries if she didn't see him thriving in trying to prove himself; he seems to be happy to finally be helping. 

"Why are you smiling?"

She doesn't jump at hearing Logan's voice coming beside her, and she most definitely doesn't crack her neck turning around; instead, she just gracefully glances at her side to see him sitting next to her, flipping some papers in his hand, not even bothering to look at her. He flips another page, and she comes out of her stupor. "What?"

Giving her a side glance before returning to his reading, he tilts his head to the side. "I mean, I can see the appeal, I guess. Women seem to like pretty muscled guys like Cap."

She turns to see where he's pointing and sees Steve reading something a bit far away from them.

"... I don't understand?"

Now, he frowns at her in confusion. "You were staring at Cap while smiling like a fool."

"I was not--" A raised eyebrow stops her from continuing. She blinks before humming. "Okay, so I was doing that. But it was not because of what you think."

"Uh-huh."

"Really. Have you not seen Steve and Peggy? They are disgustingly cute. I would never put myself between those cow eyes they throw at when they think the other is not looking."

He snorts, a smirk on his lips as he looks at her. "Cow eyes, really?"

"Yeah. I was thinking about how nice it is to see him not crumble under pressure, but I'm just happy for him, you know? Nothing... romantic."

He looks at her. "Why so apprehensive about it? Do your species not feel romantic love?"

For some reason, she thinks of Buneary and Pikachu. "They do; I don't have much personal experience with it. Or at all."

He frowns as he looks at her. "How old are you?"

She bats her eyelashes at him. "Have you not heard how impolite it is to question a lady's age? But, uhm, less than thirty, but more than twenty is the only info I'll give you."

"And that means that for your species, you are...?"

She lifts an eyebrow but then understands. After all, Thor was more than a thousand years old and still was considered young. "An adult."

"Huh." He scratches his beard. "Your species reproduces, right?"

She suppresses her blush as she says. "They do. We make eggs instead of having them inside our bellies for the whole pregnancy duration, though."

"So you can have sex."

And the blush is back with force. "Something like that."

"Is it pleasurable?"

She frowns. "I wouldn't know about it."

"Heh."

She pouts but doesn't say anything about it as she doesn't feel any malice coming from him in his smile, just intrigue.

"Can you have sex without being all about reproduction?"

Now that she thinks about it there aren't contraceptives for Pokemon, so they don't do it just for the fun of it. "I don't think so. Why?"

"Just curious. Also, what about your current human form? Does it have all the correct parts, or have you made it just to look like a human outside?"

"It's totally human. Howard confirmed it." Tony did the same, too. Not only blood samples but also X-rays and other complicated machines to see inside her body.

"Huh. Well, if you're curious about how sex would feel, I can help you."

She glares at him. "Are you trying to get into my pants?"

"Not really. I'm not into popping someone's cherry; I prefer experienced people. However, I admit to being curious about how it would be to do it with someone so new to everything human."

Her glare recedes because she can feel his honesty. "I'll think about it."

"Sure. You'll want to get used to your body first, though. Otherwise, it'll be too overwhelming."

She tilts her head. "I'm already doing the drills?"

He rolls his eyes. "I mean, get comfortable with it, not only movement-wise. Have you tried examining yourself? Touching which parts tickle, which hurt, and which feel pleasure?"

Humming, she tries to think about it, and yeah, he may be right. "I don't have a place I'll feel comfortable doing all that, though."

"Try getting a room in some motel near here. There are a couple near as the higher-ups always search for places to do bases with lots of it as soldiers tend to want to blow some steam."

"... I don't have money."

He raises an eyebrow. "You're not joking."

"I'll be given some after the mission is done?

"Yeah, we're so gonna ask the Colonel about it ."

She blushes. "Only if you don't tell him what began the conversation in the first place."

"My lips are sealed." Then he smirks. "Maybe I'll give you some money, and then you can do your experiment peacefully."

"Why not wait...?"

"Maybe the Colonel will want to see what you spent your first salary in. He'll probably think you wanted a nicer bed for a try, but one never knows."

"You're right," she says. Though also feeling a bit nervous, she can't help but feel a bit excited. "Thank you, Logan."

"Don't mention it."

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