Sambucky - Figuring out feelings: Book 1, 2 And 3

Chapter 3: Drop Down

Bucky landed. Hard. But at least not as embarrassing and painful as last time. He had nailed the landing.

He was glad to have the mission as a distraction because he was not eager to have a discussion with Sam that he knew was going to happen when they got back. Sam landed beside him. Neatly.

'Let's go Bucky... They should be through here'

They walked in towards the warehouse. Empty. Bucky scanned their surroundings and didn't notice any disturbances. But Sam would probably find something with his equipment. Except Sam looked confused and lost.

'There's no one her-'

Sam's words were cut off by a scream from outside and a huge crash. Sam and Bucky looked at each other. They rushed out. Sam readied the shield and Bucky... Well Bucky just ran.

They turned outside of the warehouse to see a giant suit of armour. It had orange lights on the eyes and a metal claw hand. Oh and it moved. Fast.

Bucky eyes widened and Sam took a step back.

'They didn't tell us this!'

A scream.

A woman was attempting to hide behind her burning car.

The giant mechanical machine was walking towards her laughing maniacally. The voice was mechanical and muffled the actual person's voice. It wasn't a robot... It was a suit. With a person inside. It was similar to one of Tony stark's older creations.

Bucky ran straight towards it while Sam went to save the woman. He threw the shield and hit the creature as he passed to help Bucky. It turned.

'Aw look who's come to play!' It went to hit Sam as he passed it heading for the woman but Bucky grabbed its arm.

'Help!' Sam pulled the woman out of the vehicle as Bucky dived at the creature. Sam pushed the woman away.

'Run!'

Sam could hear cries of pain coming from behind him but he knew Bucky could handle it - until Bucky flew past him. Sam turned to grab him but the momentum threw them both back. They landed on top of each other. They both froze.

'Get the shield'

'Yep'

Bucky raced towards the creature and it reached out to grab him. He slid under its arm but it grabbed him by the neck and slammed him against the ground pinning him down. Bucky cried out in pain and Sam's heart stopped.

He threw the shield expecting it to stop the creature. It put its hand out and...caught it? Sam sharply inhaled.

The suit seemed to smirk. 'You really thought it would be that easy?' Sam sprinted to it to help Bucky but with its free hand it hit him aside.

Sam landed. Hard.

Suddenly he hurt a pained scream.

Bucky.

He turned and attempted to stand, looking up just in time to see-

The machine. It lifted Bucky up with its arm as he struggled against its grip, slowly getting weaker. Sam could see in his eyes the confusion and distress. He had to help him!

Suddenly-

The machine moved suddenly and launched Bucky. He was thrown backwards. Far. Hard. Sam gasped, feeling sudden fear.

Bucky smashed though a nearby truck about 50 metres away and disappeared from view. His head had taken the full force.

Sam cried out.