the strongest avenger (2)

one hundred and four

"Do you think they know we're coming?" Bucky asks me as we crouch down and watch as a truck drives up a long road to a garage.

"They do. I mentioned it to Danika."

The truck pulls into the garage, a man stepping out and quickly closing the door before running inside the building. The building itself is bigger than most of the other facilities. It has four floors above ground and God knows how many under.

"How are they gonna know we're here?" Sam asks. "I thought the plan was to lure them out?"

I look over at Steve who gives a subtle nod.

Retracting my gloves, I place the tips of my fingers against the ice cold snow. Reaching deep, I send pulse waves through the Earth, going out towards the facility. Sam curses as the ground shakes, cracks forming in the snow and dirt as everything shifts.

"Alright, Tal." Steve calls out.

I pull back and maneuver into a crouch next to Bucky, tense but ready. Now it's a waiting game.

"Well," Loki says. "They probably know we're here now."

I roll my eyes at his words, then turn back to the facility. It's not long before we notice something happening. The doors to the multiple garages open, soldiers and agents coming out, guns trained on the horizon as they try to find us.

We all tense as more and more people come out, we have to wait for the right moment. Another few minutes and then I glance at Nat.

"Okay," Steve starts. "Candy Cane, go."

Natasha and I stand and start to make our way to the field, hidden by the brush from the woods, but not before Bucky gives me a love tap on my butt.

"Remember, we want them to fire at us." Nat mumbles.

"Yep. Okay..." We line up just at the edge, ready to go out into the open. "You got my back?"

"Always."

"Here goes nothing." I say as I leave the woods and walk out into the white field.

The sound of guns cocking and going off fill my ears as the Hydra agents shoot to kill. But that's what we wanted to happen.

I hold up my hand, freezing the bullets that are way too close to my face, freezing the guns in people's hands. Bringing my other hand up, palm facing the sky, the guns lift into the air. I make a fist with my hand, smirking as the weapons fold in on themselves and fall to the ground.

Animals, Asgardians, go! Wanda and I are behind you guys. Steve commands through the comms.

Natasha comes out behind me as we start to run towards the stunned soldiers. They all look around for a second and then realize that the Avengers are comi—

I fall to the ground with a cry as I'm hit with some sound-wave. I grasp my head as I'm on my knees, the pain cutting through my skull. My body feels like it's stuck in a sludge, slow moving and too thick.

And then the pain is gone, and I'm looking up to find Danika smirking across the field from where she stands at the entrance to the building, a thick and long black gun with some attachment at the end in her hand. A tugging on my arm draws my attention to Natasha who's looking at me with wide eyes.

"Okay, so...that must have been that gun thing." She mumbles while I blink absently to rid of the ringing in my ears.

"Yep." I gasp out. "I feel...heavier."

"Well now you're normal. For a while at least."

"Okay," I shake my head and blink away the snow in my lashes. "You trained me, Bucky trained me, Steve, the Dora Milaje...I don't need magic."