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Ch. 33: Strucker

"Drive straight Nat! Drive! Straight!" Clint barked at her, swaying from side to side as he shot at the HYDRA thugs chasing after them.

"Oh calm down, Mr. I Never Miss," Nat seethed, her grip on the steering wheel tightening.

I flew down, outstretching my arm and clotheslining one of the thugs off the top of a vehicle pursuing them, "Jeez, you two bicker like an old married couple. Just focus on the task at hand!"

A loud triumphant yell came from behind me, and I glanced to my left. Thor flew up past me, landing on top of a wooden watch tower, swinging his hammer around to take out the lookouts.

He laughed as they fell, jumping off the tower and proceeding to pursue others on ground levels. I folded my wings in, spinning around to avoid bullets from the HYDRA weapons. I created a spear, twirling it around in my hands before pushing it through a tree.

I spun myself around on it, the heels of my feet making contact with someone from behind, hearing a yell and the sound of something making contact with the ground. My grip tightened on the spear as I launched off of it, pulling it out of the tree and taking flight again.

My gaze drifted off towards an explosion where I saw Steve driving past. I flew after him, holding the spear tight in my right hand while making a copy of his shield.

He tossed his shield around, taking out a few HYDRA thugs. I swooped down at the ones he missed, spear lodging through them and shield hitting their head, effectively rendering them unconscious.

I heard a roar and flew over to the area where Hulk threw a car away, grabbing HYDRA men and turning towards the cars chasing Natasha and Clint, racing towards them.

I turned around, wings outstretching as pulses of light made contact with the HYDRA soldiers, throwing them back and forcing them down.

I launched myself back over towards the car Natasha and Clint were in, holding the spear tight in my hands as I reared it back, crossing over the weak barricade with the other Avengers.

Steve was still on his motorcycle, Natasha had her taser ready, Thor was wielding Mjölnir in his right hand, Clint had his bow pulled back, Tony was flying over while Hulk was just being the Hulk.

A giant, green rage monster.

And I am glad he is on our side.

I flew after Tony as we went ahead, hair blowing back in the wind, "Tony, wanna go ahead to the base and start there?"

He turned his head slightly back towards me before focusing on where he was going, "Do what you want but I'm doing just that."

I nodded my head, picking up my speed as we pursued the large base on the mountain. I let go of the spear and readied my hands, building up light as we came closer to the base.

I swerved around to avoid shots from the sentient weapons, hearing small but close explosions as they missed me. I came up behind Tony as he made contact with a barrier protecting the outside of the base. Tony cursed, "Shit!"

"Language!"

I faltered slightly, eyes narrowed as I whispered under my breath, "Did he just...?"

"Jarvis, what's the view from upstairs?" Steve asked, glancing around as he rode on his motorcycle.

"The central building is protected by some kind of energy shield. Strucker's technology is well beyond any other HYDRA base we've taken."

I flicked my wings as I flew back, glancing over the building as my eyes narrowed. I huffed as Thor's voice came over the comms, "Loki's scepter must be here. Strucker couldn't mount this defense without it. At long last."