[Zhongyingmei] The beating heart

"Hey! Captain! Did Tony and the others send a communication? Isn't it Morse code this time?" Clint ran over from a section of the camp. Of course - finally found some bows and arrows that the kids were using for competitions from a high school next door that was now being used as a makeshift headquarters, and with a little improvement it should still work.

"Ah, yes. Bruce is talking to Tony and the others, and he seems to be talking about a way for us to return to normal times." Steve pointed to the tent behind him, and he said, "Because I couldn't understand at all, so I came out .”

"That's it... that's great, I thought we were going to be trapped here forever!" Clint was relieved, he still had the pickles and cookies that he stole from Tony hidden in the refrigerator, " When are they coming?"

"It seems to be rushing this way, but I'm afraid we will catch up with the contact war at any time." Steve shook his head. Unfortunately, the earth here is not safe.I don't know why, no matter what age the earth is in, it has a special 'constitution' to provoke aliens.Aliens are always coveting this tiny little planet for various purposes, and they don't know where they fancy the earth.

"We just drove the aliens out of Captain New York! Don't worry, we have experience in this matter!" Clint smiled confidently, and he said, "But the morale of this army is not very high."

"Yeah, although many people seemed very happy when they saw Douglas and the three of them, but after hearing that Douglas and the others needed emergency treatment, their morale dropped again." Steve didn't know that the 30-year war What kind of pressure is it on the humans here, but if they want to meet the enemy like this, then there must be no chance of winning, "Where is Thor?"

"He's with Peter and the others in the camp over there. I don't know what he's doing, it seems to be very lively." Clint shrugged, and he said, "But seriously, Captain, I don't think it's okay for these soldiers to behave like this. .The general seems completely helpless. Maybe we can help them."

"I don't know about Clint. We're from people who were outdated 500 years ago." Steve seemed a little unconfident, which is really rare. He lowered his head slightly while talking, looking at the The shield, the symbol of the star on the shield, has lost its former meaning now in this day and age of the world.Steve doesn't know what he's here for now.It should be just a 'space-time disorder victim'.There is nothing special about it.

"It's absolutely fine to have the captain here! And let me tell you! The reinforcements coming soon will be super powerful!" Peter's voice suddenly came from a tent not far away, and he was a little excited to tell several The soldier conveyed the message, "They are all Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents! And I... I'm a trainee, right? It seems that I haven't been paid yet..." Thinking of this, Peter suddenly felt his heart stop.

"Hey, Dick! Have you heard of S.H.I.E.L.D.?" Glancing at Peter, who was suddenly deflated, a soldier stabbed his companion.

"Ah, they were disbanded by the United Earth Government 300 years ago." The soldier lying in the middle of a pile of boxes poked his eyes a little out of his helmet, and said, "And the Avengers. After the disbandment of S.H.I.E.L.D., There are no more superheroes on Earth. Don't you know that the UNSC has a coalition government?"

"Don't we also have heroes? You know, those Spartan warriors." Another soldier smiled wryly, "I heard that UNSC kidnapped them since they were young and molded them into killing machines."

"Shhh...if the MIB hears, you'll have to eat in the Meridian Prison in your next fucking life!"

"Don't worry! At this juncture, even those bastards from the Military Intelligence Bureau will not throw anyone who can use a gun into prison."

They still...have no confidence and passion.Peter sighed.These people are lifeless, as if they have accepted death indifferently.Didn't even stand up to complain.They were scattered all over the camp like remnants of defeated generals, and they were already routed before the battle even started.

"Soldier, why did you join the army?"

Just when Peter didn't know what to do, suddenly a voice came from behind him, and he turned to see Steve standing there: "Let's have a chat. I'm also an old soldier."

"Who are you?" A soldier looked Steve up and down. Although Steve was wearing civilian clothes, he gave off a sense of righteousness and spirit both in terms of physique and temperament. The soldier said, "Forget it." I've been in the military for 10 years."

"Oh! It's pretty long!" Steve laughed, and he sat across from the soldiers and said, "Me, it's almost..." 611 years.Steve swallowed the number hard and said, "Why are you all in the military?"

"...Dick was born on Harvest. Where is his hometown? The Covenant bastard killed his whole family. He happened to be going to Reach to do his college graduation project." The soldier didn't seem to care about Steve's sudden change of subject, he They introduced one by one, "Lucky over there, he and Dick are classmates. The two of them went to the far star together. But when they were about to go home, the rich star turned into a fucking piece of glass."

"Alan is a farmer in a remote colony. His younger brother is the only outstanding student in his family, and he was a UNSC researcher on the far star. But he also died when the far star fell." The soldier continued, "I, my family is on the earth. New Phoenix. My wife and kids were attacked by Covenant while they were on vacation in Orion and the whole ship died. If I hadn't been to the fucking 'merchandise launch', I'd be with them right now gone."

"You asked us why we joined the army, handsome guy..." the soldier said, taking a deep breath of the cigarette he had been holding in his mouth and exhaling the smoke, "Of course it is for revenge. We will make those covenant bastards pay the price .We can't live alone, but we can't die alone like cowards."

The soldier's smoke drifted into the camp, and no one spoke for a while, but the soldier didn't stop: "Then, why did you join the army?"

“There was a war. My friends were all enlisting, and they wanted to help.” Steve recalled his initial scene, “But I didn’t meet the medical standards because of my health. Then… One day, a guy came up to me and said he had a way to get me into the army."

"Not bad. Fresher than ours." The soldier grinned, motioning for Steve to continue.

"The man said that the method he used might fail, but if it worked, I would be a hero for all mankind and fight for them. I agreed." Steve said, "That's my only chance, I think To join the military, I've never done anything meaningful because of my health. That was probably my only chance to change so I didn't give up. That guy... he did an experiment on me."

"Not unusual. Did you get a heart replacement?"

"No, not that type of experiment. The experiment seemed very dangerous, and I don't know the reason, but it really changed me. The man said that some luck may have been used in it, anyway, I really changed From the beginning to the end." Steve smiled slightly, and he recalled the things at that time, Bucky, Peggy and Howard... the battle with the Red Skull, the invasion of Hydra, everything was so far away, "You ask me why I joined the army? I don't have the same experience as yours. I don't want to avenge the enemy. I just want to protect those who are powerless behind me."

"...I've heard this story elsewhere." The soldier named Dick spoke suddenly, he got up and sat on the box, took off his helmet and stared at Steve, "but that story , belonging to a hero who is very old even in the age of the earth."

"..." Steve didn't speak.

"That shield of yours looks familiar to me." Dick raised his chin and pointed to Steve's shield, "Then I ask you, veteran, if you know that the enemy is too powerful, and you and your comrades are just being held in power What are you going to do if you push those to death to cover up their own incompetence?"

"I will continue to fight." Steve said without hesitation, "If those enemies endanger the safety of others, then I will still continue to fight."

"Do you still fight even if your comrades die? What if you have the ability to resist, escape with your teammates and survive?"

"I won't run away." Steve frowned slightly, and he said, "Dick...I'm a soldier. If even I run away, then who should defend the home behind me? ?”

"But what if your homeland is gone?" Dick's eyes were full of despair. Steve didn't know what he had experienced. The sudden death of his family members and the instant fall of his home planet had hit him hard. .

"The home of your comrade-in-arms still exists. There are many people in this army who want to go home." Steve took a deep breath, stood up, picked up his shield, and said, "If you If I don't care, I don't care. But there must be people here who haven't lost their families, and somewhere in the universe, there must be people waiting for someone in this army to come home. For their expectations, for their reunion, I think, My fight and my death will be worth it if I can grant even one of them the wish. You may call me hypocritical or heroic. But this is what I want to do and I will fight with all my strength to make it happen at this point."

"This is the earth, I was born here, I don't know what aliens, what future... I am an old man from the past. I only know that no matter how the times change, one thing will not change." Shi Holding the shield in his hand, Tiff said, "The greatest death a man can imagine is to put his own body between a barren station and a good home."

Seeing that Dick froze in place without speaking, Steve turned around and wanted to leave: "I am not your hero, and I do not belong to this era. But I will do my best to fight side by side with you. Because I am a soldier after all, protecting the earth and those who are powerless to resist. People are my responsibility. Whatever your original purpose, Dick. The same responsibility has been on your shoulders since the moment you chose to be a soldier. Stand up like a man. There's more People need your cover."

The author has something to say:

Did not update ORZ yesterday

Originally, I wanted Captain to give a large-scale speech, but I always felt that it was too contrived, and Captain might not be too willing to do that.So this time let him persuade a person to fight with hope and a sense of responsibility.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, if the UNSC in Halo really encountered such a brilliant role model as Captain, what kind of shock would it be... Captain is really handsome, in every sense.