The Night We Met | Steve / Bucky

nineteen - pull that trigger

A grenade flew through the window heading toward Steve. Everyone jumped but Steve reacted quickly by hitting the grenade away from the trio. Another was thrown in at Katherine's feet. Katherine quickly held out her two index fingers and lifted the grenade back out of the window where it exploded.

Banging persisted on the apartment door, agents trying to make their way inside while more shots were fired through the windows. Bucky grabbed Katherine from the window, holding up their mattress as a shield. The incoming fire hit the mattress, Bucky quickly throwing it against the window as it could not take any more damage without hurting the person on the other side of it.

Katherine noticed the continuous banging on the door, eventually using her powers to pick up the table and slam it against the door as a barricade. Two agents smashed through the windows, heavily armed. One came in through the kitchen window, the other coming through the window above where Bucky and Katherine slept. Bucky punched the agent beside him, while the other aimed his gun at Bucky. Katherine immediately jumped in the line of fire, using the air to push the agent to the ground and swiping his weapon from him.

Another agent entered through the backdoor, where Steve stood. Steve quickly disarming him but Katherine jumped in, kicking him from the balcony. The door remained boarded up so Katherine never knew exactly how far he fell. "Kat, stop!" Steve yelled, grabbing hold of Katherine's wrist and turning her to face him. "You're going to kill someone."

Katherine didn't say a word. She enjoyed her life alone with Bucky and she wasn't going to let anyone, not even Steve Rogers take that away from her. Katherine clenched her hand into a fist, heating up her hand causing Steve to let it go, burning him. Bucky came up behind Steve and pulled him to the ground. Bucky bent over him, raising his metal arm. Fear filled in Steve's eyes. He had been on the receiving end of one his punches before and was not prepared to take one now. Bucky, however, punched straight down dodging Steve's head by inches, his hand going straight through the floorboards. Bucky grabbed the contents and pulled out two bags, handing one to Katherine, who slipped it over her shoulders. "We're not going to kill anyone." Bucky spoke to Steve, grabbing his bag and standing up. Bucky threw his bag over Katherine's head and out of the window, landing on the roof adjacent to their apartment building.

Bucky looked to Katherine, smiling subtly. Katherine's eyes widened, "Watch out!" She called as another agent landed through the window across the room. The agent began shooting toward the pair, Bucky grabbing Katherine behind him while holding up his metal arm as a shield, the bullets rebounding off of the vibranium. Steve jumped to his feet, raising the shield in front of the trio, shielding them from the oncoming fire. Another agent propped his gun through the kitchen window, aiming at the trio. Katherine quickly pushed Steve in the direction of the second agent, landing hard against the wall and falling out on top of the agent, hurting him.

Bucky faced the first agent who continued to shoot. Bucky held up his hand as a shield, the bullets rebounding, and marched toward the agent. He grabbed the agent by the neck and slammed him to the ground. Another agent jumped to his feet, startling Bucky, but Katherine was quick to send a fireball in his direction - propelling him backwards through the bathroom door. The fireball wouldn't kill the man, but would leave him with serious third degree burns.

Loud shots were fired at the front door of the apartment. But Bucky was already ahead of it. He punched his metal had through the door, startling everyone on the other side. Katherine, who stayed close behind Bucky, ignited the door and sent it in the direction of the armed men awaiting Katherine and Bucky's arrival.

Those who remained standing engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the pair. Katherine and Bucky only needing a single three strike combination before the agents were floored. An agent, attached to a wire, smashed through the ceiling opening fire on the pair. Katherine blocked the bullets by stopping them mid air and discarding of them. Katherine looked over the railing to see the dozens more agents climbing the stairs, "Bucky." Katherine breathed only now realizing the toughness of the fight.