C107 Bad News Arrives

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A radio transmission breaks Tom from admiring the beautiful piece of machinery before him.

"Commandos... Commandos... this is home base. Do you read me? Commandos... Commandos... this is home base. Do you read me?"

One of the Howling commandos that carried a big radio like a backpack took it off and answered.

"Hello, home base, you got the Commandos. Reading you loud and clear." He answers.

"Commandos, do you know the location of Captain America?" The radio calls.

"Negative, he took off with Schmidt in the Valkyrie." He answers again.

"We received communications from the Captain. I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this but he seems to have crash-landed the Valkyrie. Do you know the flight path or direction the plane took off?" The man on the radio asked and the mood instantly dropped.

Every Howling Commando listened carefully as worry spread amongst the group. Steve is their leader and they wouldn't take any other in his place. If something happened to him, they would have to move out immediately and start searching for him.

Tom's followers didn't really care as they barely knew Steve. The years they've spent looking down on muggles made them unaffected by their deaths. Though the worried atmosphere that spread through the hangar did affect them slightly. They felt sympathy for the Howling Commandos.

Tom wasn't worried as it seemed everything was going as it is supposed to.

On the other hand, Druella is about as worried as the Howling Commandos. She may not have known him well, but she would consider Steve a friend. Although, the person she's most worried about is Peggy.

"Home base, we're unsure of the flight path, but the plane took off headed South by Southwest." The radioman says as he looks at his compass.

While the soldiers were doing all they could to help the search party find Steve, Bucky walked up to Tom and Druella.

"Is there any way you could magic us to Steve's location?" Bucky asks, hoping theirs a magical way to save his friend.

"If I've been to his location before, then yeah sure but I don't know where he is." Tom says, causing Bucky's hopes to deflate.

"Is there anything you could do?" Bucky asks pleadingly.

"Yeah, I'll send search teams to look for him. They can use magic to try and pinpoint his location." Tom says and Bucky looks happy with this. "Don't get your hopes up though. It's very possible that we won't be able to find him. The Valkyrie is built for stealth after all. All we can do is try our best."

When Tom said this, there was a break in radio communication. Every member of the Howling Commandos heard exactly what he said. Many of them clenched their fists as they hoped for the best.

After some more back and forth over the radio, the Howling Commandos were ordered to stay and secure the Hydra base. No one knew what the base held, and the Allied forces didn't want anything to be looted should it be left unguarded.

The Howling Commandos were not happy with this. They wanted to join the search party and find their leader, but none were more affected by this than Bucky.

He has known Steve since before he became Captain America. They were best-friends when Steve was just a tiny little pipsqueak.

Many of them begged Tom to take them back to the search party with one of his portals, but he refused.

"No, you guys guard this place and we'll go and look for Steve. We'll have a higher chance of finding him through our magical means anyway." Tom explains and they hesitantly agreed.

Before leaving, Tom walks over to the beautiful car he's been waiting to get his hands on. Getting in the driver's seat with Druella in the seat beside him, he found the keys in the ignition and starts her up. The car purrs loudly as a smirk forms on Tom's face.

Looking over to his left, Tom could see the commandos are giving him impatient looks. He opens a portal in front of the car leading to Slytherin Manors driveway and drives her through.

Many of the Howling Commandos thought of stopping him. They have to secure the base and everything in it after all, but they decided against it. Tom is helping them so they'll let it slide.

Once Tom secured the car, he called his followers to follow him through the portal. Once the portal closed, the worried Howling Commandos got to work securing the area. They hoped Tom would find their leader before anything bad happened.

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When Tom, Druella, and his followers arrived outside Slytherin Manor, Druella looked ready to go and look for Steve.

"Where should we look first?" She asked.

"Nowhere. We aren't going to look for him." Tom says, shocking Druella.

"What? Why?" Druella asked but Tom ignored her for now and turned to his followers.

"You can all return home. If we ever see the Howling Commandos again, tell them we searched for Captain America and couldn't find him. I'll come up with a good cover story later and let you know through your marks." Tom announces and everyone apparates away one by one.

They were just happy they didn't have to waste their time looking for a muggle. That work should be left to muggles or house-elves at best.

Once everyone was gone, Druella speaks up once again.

"How come you don't want us searching for Steve? Peggy will be crushed if he isn't found. I thought you were his friend?" She questions Tom with a disapproving look.

"I'm not searching for him because I already know where he is." Tom says as he strolls into Slytherin Manor with Druella hot on his trail.

"That's great. Let's go get him. Where is he?" Druella asks as she follows Tom into the living room.

"See for yourself." Tom says and gestures to the left.

Druella looks over and sees a beaten Captain America unconscious on the sofa. His clothes are torn and he's covered in bruises, scrapes, and cuts. Other than that, he's soundly sleeping on the couch.