SHADOW [BOOK 2]

CHAPTER 2

I turned a corner before ducking behind the wall when rapid and heavy gunfire erupted by my head. "HEY! SOMEONE WANNA DEAL WITH THAT ASSHOLE WITH THE LMG?!" I shouted as bullets whizzed passed my head. "Kinda busy at the moment." Natasha said. "Connor, what's your location?" Rogers asked. "South side of the ship interior!" I shouted over the gunfire. "Damn I'm too far out." He answered. "That's okay...I got it." I said. "HEY! EAT GRENADE, BITCH!" I yelled coming out from behind the bullet-ridden wall and pulled out a flat disk. I threw it like a shuriken and watched it become attached to his chest. It began to flash red rapidly. He was too slow to pull it out before my eyes widened and I ducked for cover. An explosion erupted behind me. I looked to my right see a severed hand on the floor. "Whoa!" I exclaimed scuttling across the debris-covered floor away from it.

"Reeds! You copy?!" Cap asked. "All good. But...uh, can't say the same for the other guy." I said a bit out of breath as I got to my feet and turned the corner to see blood everywhere. "Jesus! Cap, how much power did Stark put in that frag disk?" I asked. "Too much." He answered. "Yeah...I can see that." I said heading to the engine room.

I entered the area to see Natasha aiming her gun at me. "Easy, Red. It's just me." I sounded. "Yeah. I think I'll stick to regular ninja stars." I told her. She gave a little smirk chuckling. "What's so funny?" I asked. "Stark owes me $20 dollars." She answered. "You bet on me?" I asked. "We all did." Cap voiced. "Wait, seriously? For what?" I asked. "Whether or not you'd hate the frag disk." Natasha explained. "How'd you know I'd hate them?" I questioned snapping the neck of a passing guard looking at her as I dropped the body. "Call it a hunch." She said firing her gun over my shoulder. The sound of a body falling occurred behind me. I looked behind me to see a dead man before looking back at Romanoff, to see her smirking.

"Natasha, what's your status?" I heard Cap ask her. "Status, Natasha." He voiced again as Nat ran down the corridor at a man. "Hang on!" She snapped pouncing at a man and shocking him with her Widow's Bite. I watched her roll to her feet before handling two more mercenaries. "Connor, what's your status?" Cap asked me. "Oh, you know, watching Red do her thing. Being amused...becoming impatient." I said pulling out my silenced Colt and firing a bullet into a man's chest sneaking up behind her. "Engine room secure." She told Cap slamming a metal pipe into the face of the last mercenary before walking away.

"All right, Cap. I'm coming to you." I announced. I walked outside and jumped onto a rooftop section of the ship. I pulled out my modified DE's and put them together before pushing a button. The two hand cannons connected to become a sniper rifle. I aimed the gun at the window. "On my mark." Cap said. "Just tell me when to shoot." I said looking through the high-tech rifle scope. "Antsy, Reeds?" Nat asked. "Possibly." I answered. "Three. Two. One." Cap counted before I pulled the trigger. The bullet flew through the window and into the heads of five guards. "Could've left some for the rest of us, Reaper." Rumlow voiced. "My bad." I sounded. "Reeds. Batroc is on the move." Cap stated.

"Alright." I said getting to my feet and separating the two guns and holstering them before spotting the mercenary. I ran off the platform and jumped across the ship before pulling out the Escrima sticks and combining them into a bo-staff. The staff braced between two walls. The moment it did, I spun around the staff before flinging myself forward pulling the staff with me. "I won't kill you. But he might." Cap said.

Batroc stood up straight before I smashed my feet into his back and sprung off of him, flipping in the air before landing beside Cap. Batroc looked at me with brief wide-eyes. "Reaper." He muttered. "Let's see if you're as good as everyone says you are." He told me in French. "I'm surprised people are around to talk about me. Usually...they're dead." I countered in French. He was taken aback by my ability to speak French. "That's right. I'm multilingual." I told him before sheathing the Escrima sticks. He ran at me throwing punches and kicks at me. I dodged his attacks with ease.

"Have you maybe considered that you're just complete shit?" I asked in French. He growled pouncing at me. I blocked his attack, grabbing his ankles throwing him to the floor. He got to his feet before I flipped through the air and slammed my foot into his face and knocked him out. "You didn't kill him. I'm impressed." Cap said. "Trying something new." I said with a shrug walking away.