Be Still My Heart

Splitting Skulls

Wanda POV-

Steve flicks his shield off his arm launching it into the first soldier then the second. They drop straight to the ground knocked out. Y/N shoots forward next to me as the three of us run for cover against the building.

I pull the first guy's gun away from him and toss it to the side; Y/N does the same with the second guy. Steve talks into his coms first, "Clear." Both men at our feet are out cold. "Clear." Nat's voice. Y/N leans her ear against the metal door. "I don't hear anyone nearby." Steve grabs the handle of the door and slowly unlatches it. "We're in."

Y/N POV-

The three of us rest with our backs against the cement wall inside the building. Steve peeks his head around the corner. "Intel was right about something. That is probably the vibranium over there." Wanda's eyes are still bright red as she reaches over and grabs my hand. I hear her voice in my head. "Be careful, okay?" I nod my head acknowledging as she lets go of my hand. I very quietly mouth back, "Promise."

I roll my fingers on the handle of my gun against my chest. I place my thumb on the sensor and the safety clicks off. "Y/N," Steve turns his head to look at me. "Take out the guards on the upper level, there are stairs over there." He motions to the right of us. "Wanda, light them up. We need to throw them off their guard."

We all know our roles. Tony's voice fills our coms again. "Attack in three, two, one."

Wanda POV-

Y/N tucks her head and begins to crouch walk quickly to the stairs. I watch her go until she reaches the stairs. Time slows down as Steve ducks out from around the wall and twists his body releasing his shield from his grip. I spin around the wall, palms out. I can only see red.

Y/N POV-

The first gunshot goes off down below triggering more. I make it to the top of the staircase when I feel a bullet whiz by my head. I spin to my left to see Nat at the top of her staircase on the opposite side of the building across from me. She takes out two of the guards in front of her before spinning around and hitting someone behind her.

One guy begins to rush forward his gun raised towards me but I am quicker. One shot to the head and he drops. I move to the middle of the walkway and look down just as a burst of red fills the room blowing multiple men to the ground.

I see some movement out of the corner of my eye and throw my arm to the side shooting another guy behind me. Wanda has reached the package in the middle of the room. Stark and Steve are fighting off a couple more guys at the corners of the room.

I pick out my name even in all of the commotion. "Y/N!" Nat motions to the ladder at the end of my walkway. She holds her finger to her earpiece, "Go to the ladder, I am right behind you." I nod my head and jog forward taking one step at a time.

Wanda POV-

There is a huge metal crate in the center of the warehouse, no markings. It is huge. It is sitting on four wooden pallets. I look over my shoulder to see Steve finishing up with his guy and Stark throwing another at the nearby wall. I lift my hand forward and will the metal lid to unlock and lift. "Go to the ladder, I am right behind you." Nat's voice fills my coms.

I refocus on the lid and rip it off tossing it to the side. I see Y/N out of the corner of my eye running forward towards the base of a wall mounted ladder. Her footsteps rattle on the metal walkway. She has her gun locked in her hands pointing at the hole in the ceiling.

Steve comes running up beside me followed by Stark. Steve jumps up and pushes himself over the edge of the box. Stark begins to hover next to me to look inside but my eyes are locked on Y/N. Something is wrong. Why didn't the crew on the roof come down yet? The men must have heard the shots.