Demons ━ Bucky Barnes [1]

24 ━ SAVIOR

DEMONS.
( chapter twenty-four. )

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  ANDREA HELD HIS EYES, waiting for his response as she held her bow and arrows over the edge of the platform. The soldier kept silent for a moment as he stared at her, hesitating until he straightened suddenly. He moved his foot slowly, kicking the knife on the ground over the edge just as Andy let go of her own weapons.

  When the man finally nodded, Andy moved fast, ducking beneath the arm he swung out at her. She turned, coming up behind him and giving a hard push to his back. Bucky stumbled forwards, but quickly whirled around to swing again at Andy, backhanding her and sending her over the railing and onto the safeguard below.

  Andrea landed rough, but got up quickly, scrambling to find the chip. She cursed as she peered over the edge, finding that it had already fallen below. She turned around, prepared to fight her way to it— only to find that she was too late as a metallic hand wound its way around her neck.

  Andy choked for breath and brought her fist to the soldier's still-tender-nose in a quick blow. From the feel of her fist against it, she knew that if it wasn't broken before, it was now. In his pain, the soldier let go of Andy as blood gushed down his chin.

She ducked under his arm as he blindly reached for her, repositioning herself before slamming her body against his. He stumbled back from the impact, closer and closer to the edge. She planted her foot squarely on his chest, sending him flying over it.

  Andrea jumped down after him, searching carefully for the chip while the Winter Soldier recovered from the fall. It didn't take long to find it. But, as she reached out to swipe it from the ground, something hard and fast struck her from behind. Pain lit up every inch of her body and she screamed in agony as she was knocked flat against the floor.

Andy could hardly lift herself from the glass. With her gaze drifting in and out of focus, she watched as Steve's shield clattered against the floor a few feet ahead of her. Stupid fucking frisbee of freedom, she thought as she struggled to bring herself to her feet.

  Steve had to have dropped it in the midst of her sending him back. It had likely fallen down when she set off the explosion. Andrea cursed. In spite of the hard blow, she quickly forced her feet to stand. She had no other choice; there was no giving in.

  She had to get up, even when her body screamed in protest and her limbs felt like iron. She had to. Andrea dove for the shield as gunfire sounded, protecting herself from the bullets that the Winter Soldier shot her way. So much for no weapons.

  But, she'd known from the very beginning— nothing about this fight was fair.

  As the soldier stopped to reload, Andy took her chance and threw the shield back towards him. She knew the action would fall short of the power it required. Yet, she still couldn't help her disappointment as Bucky caught it so easily in his hand. He slammed it to the ground before running towards her, the knife from earlier now clutched tightly in his hands.