Rise Above

06

Bucky and Žofia headed north and entered an abandoned building. They walked around and Redwing came up behind them.

Bucky swatted at Redwing, jumping in the air to try to get him, who moved out of the way and Falcon said, "Oh-ho-ho. Don't hurt him."

When the two found Sam, he was looking at footage Redwing had captured.

Without looking up, Sam said, "You're doing the staring thing again." Bucky shot a dirty look to Sam who jerked his head to the right. "They're in there."

"Where's the guy?" Bucky and Žofia asked, glancing at the footage.

"I don't know. I think they're smuggling weapons, though."

"Well, I think you could be right," Bucky replied.

Žofia took a quick moment to think before studying the footage and her surroundings. "Hmm. But there's only one way to find out. I see a clear path. I say we take it."

"We're not assassins," Sam reminded them.

She smirked. "No, you and I aren't."

Bucky looked at Sam. "I'll see you two inside or not." He walked away.

Sam, still looking at the device on his wrist, said, "Hey, come on, man. I'm just messing with you. Come back. Look at you. All stealthy. A little time in Wakanda and you come out White Panther."

"It's actually White Wolf."

"Huh?"

Bucky took one way around, followed by Žofia, while Sam took another way, found by Redwing.

"All right, I'm inside. With Žofia. Therefore, way ahead of you."

"It's not great, but very doable," Žofia added, seeing Sam. "Huh?"

"Hello," Bucky greeted sarcastically as he looked around in slight surprise. "How are you?"

"Good. What did I miss? Nothing," Sam shot back.

Žofia looked between them. "All right, let's go."

Sam stopped them and said, "No, wait."

"I got a Vibranium arm," Bucky argued. "I can take them."

"And I can fly. Who gives a shit? Wait. I want to see where they're going."

Žofia squinted as she looked across the way and said, "There's two people. James?"

Bucky nodded. "Yeah, I see two."

"You two only see two?" Sam shook his head.

"That's what Žofia and I saw."

"Let me see what Redwing sees. Let me see."

"All right," Bucky said as he rolled his eyes.

"Let's see what Redwing... Oh, look at that. How many people you two see now? One, two... Oh, here it comes again." Bucky sighed. "Four. Five."

"Yeah, five," Bucky stated. "Yeah. So they're strong. Whatever. All right, let's go." He and Žofia tried to move again.

"No, no, wait," Sam protested, hitting something which caused a loud clatter. "Shit."

The people looked around before a woman said, "All right, let's move. Let's move. Yeah."

The doors closed and the engine started.

Keys tapped as Sam looked at what Redwing saw, then said, "There's an eighth person. I think they have a hostage."

Hostage was the only thing Bucky needed to hear. He ran off, followed by Sam and and Žofia who flew into the air and ran on the ground.