Avenger's AOU~ Oblivion. { Quicksilver Fanfic }

Chapter 3: Mind tricks and matrix

*** Alright here is Chapter 3. It's pretty long but bare with me. We get some more Pietro action but not much, so sorry in advance. Also, I'm still in the midst of editing so sorry for any typos. Anyways, here it is so comment vote and enjoy! xx ***

I slid down a railing pole and into a narrow hallway. Just down the hall I could hear shouting and gunfire. I breathed out slowly and continued down the passage towards the chaos. Suddenly a blast of heat and fire blew me back and into the concrete wall behind me. I winced and grabbed my shoulder. I cursed silently as I pulled a piece of shrapnel out of my arm. Throwing to the side, I stood up unsteadily. Okay, I thought, forward is definitely not a choice anymore.

I looked behind me and tried for back where I came but I could hear shuffling of feet hastily making their way towards me. My thoughts were racing trying to think up a way of escape. Then I noticed a loose metal panel just above me. The doors burst open behind me so I had to act fast. I grabbed a large piece of sharp shrapnel and turned to face the men behind me.

"Halt!" someone shouted. Six men held me at gunpoint ready to fire at ready. To my left was a large water heater pipe. I smiled to myself. I held up the metal in my hand ready to strike.

"I said freeze!" The soldier yelled out again, this time much more impatient.

"Look it's not that I don't love our little chats, it's just-" I took a step back and brought the post down on the water heater. Steam and heat basted from a small crease, spraying the guards in the face. They screamed and drew back. "I don't love them."

I jumped up and grabbed onto the metal panel pulling it down and lifting myself up into it and leaving the moaning soldiers behind me. I noticed that as I got inside that this was actually meant as an escape passage. I laughed at my ironic luck and shuffled through the vents. Soon I was just above what I guessed was the main floor. Bringing my legs up to my chest, I shot them forward kicking out a copper lift. It fell a ways and hit the ground below me and I could now see a battle raging. I slowly lowered myself through the opening and dropped myself into some wooden crates. The fall was definitely farther than I thought. Several wooden crates snapped beneath me as I made contact.

"Dang," I winced. Someone laughed and lifted me up by my shoulders, also making me wince from the shrapnel wound but I played it off.

"Glad you could make the party," Steve said amusement still in his eyes. "But you're late."

"Traffic," I mumbled. Suddenly a sharp pain shot through my shoulder but I couldn't just shrug it off this time.

"You're hurt?" Steve asked deflected gunfire with his shield. He prodded around my wound with his fingers.

I jumped and swatted his hand away. I quickly tried to hide my pain and smiled at him. "Just a wee flesh wound,"

I jumped out of the way as a waif bullet swept just past my face. I looked in the direction of the gunfire and pulled out my gun. "Let's play,"

I jumped from the crates and ran across the lobby where most of the other Avengers were minus Banner and Stark. Thor looked at my shoulder uncertainly and I glared at him in return. He smote his hammer on the ground causing electricity to shoot from it.

"Whoa," I said.

Thor just smiled in agreement and kept hammering guards to the ground and into walls. I stood back to back with Thor, channeling soldiers back and forth between us. Clint was standing on a ledge above the ground about 15 feet away and was loosing arrow after arrow into Hydra soldiers. Steve was a few yards away from me going hand-to-hand combat with some big guy. Just behind Steve though, I noticed a girl hiding in the shadows. She was holding her hands out towards Steve, a red wisp coming from her hands. I jolted towards them, my gun at ready, aiming at the girl's chest. Just as I got close, she saw me and backed away from Steve hesitantly. I was about to shoot when I was slammed to the wall. I winced and looked up to see the same man who I ran into earlier.... quite literally. He stood over me , and his hands instantly wrapped around my throat. I gasped for air and groped at the boy's hands.