Odette Parker: My True Self

Chapter 34: Just a flesh wound

He grabs my hand and we walk into the apartment building. We then start to run up the stairs to the roof. We hear the three men following behind us. Shouting in Russian. We get to the roof and brace ourselves for the attack. I unsheathe my Katana and snap another clip into my hand and hand it to Bucky. He sticks it in his back pocket.

The three men walk out from the door to the roof and have guns raised to us.

Agent 1: "Pora domoy, soldat" (Time to come home soldier)

Dets: "Let me guess, Hydra?"

All three in unison say "Hail, Hydra!"

Dets: "We can't kill them, I need to figure out how they found us."

Bucky: "Kto otvechayet?" (Who's in charge?)

Agent 1: "YA" (Me)

Bucky: "Now we know who not to kill."

Dets: "Right"

Bucky: "Do you trust me?"

Dets: "With my life."

Shots ring out and Bucky uses his metal arm to deflect the shots at him, my shield protected me from the one aimed at me. Mother fucker. I snap my fingers and their guns leave their hands and land in pile behind us.

They advance like idiots. Bucky shoots the one on left in the heart and uses his metal arm to knock the leader to the ground. The one on the right drags a knife out from behind his back. Finally. I sheath my Katana and grab my daggers from my thigh holster.

Dets: "Let's dance mother fucker."

He advances and swings. I block easily and throw him back. I am slightly aware of the screaming coming from next to me. The agent swings again and almost got me. I twist around him before swinging back and catching his lower back with my dagger. A nice trail of blood now leaks out of him. We circle and dance throwing swings before he some how knocked one of my daggers from my hand. He swings towards my face and lean back. I turn in a circle before bringing my hand up with my dagger and feel it puncture his throat. I pull my dagger free and watch as the mans hands come up and his eyes go wide.

I walk up close and whisper in his ear.

Dets: "Fuck Hydra."

I kick him back after wiping my dagger on his shirt and placing it in its holder. I turn around and Bucky has knocked the Agent out. He has my dagger in his hand. He walks over to me and grabs my shoulders. He inspects me like I am supposed to be injured.

Bucky: "Are you hurt anywhere?"

Dets: "I'm fine, how about you?"

Bucky: "Fine."

We haul the agent over to the side of the roof. He is starting to wake up. I cast a silencing bubble so no one will hear him scream. He is hanging upside down over the edge of the roof.

Dets: "How did you find us?"

Agent: "Vincent."

Dets: "Who the fuck is Vincent?"

Agent: "Gym Owner"

Bucky growls low in his throat

Dets: "Do you know who I am?"

Agent: "Devochka"

Bucky growls again and starts to act like he is going to drop the man.

Dets: "Not yet." I walk closer to him. "Are there more of you here?"

He says nothing. So that is a yes. Bucky and I look at each other and I can see worry pass through his eyes.

Dets: "Where is your base of operations?"