Collide

Twenty-Three

Astrid kept the illusion in place, as one of the male guests. She was going to break him, until he begged. Everything he did to Romanoff, she was going to do to him. He needed to be stopped, and she needed to show Hydra, exactly what she was capable of.

As much as she wanted to kill the man, being what she was, she couldn't take a human life. Heven beings were meant to watch over earth and its creatures. Humans would call them angels, and there was a lot of lore on them. Astrid could understand the hesitancy to belive they actually existed, since it had been a thousand years or so since one was last seen.

Striding through the large estate, she tapped the comm in her ear... 'Are our special guests leaving yet?..'

'They seem to be in a panic, hushed argument about someone wanting to stay..'.. Raven informed her, and she slipped back into the main ballroom, knowing that she wouldn't be spotted. She just had to be careful about what was said, as two of the team had exceptional hearing.

'I can guess as to who..'.. She headed straight over to Felicity, taking her hand and pulling her onto the dance floor. All anyone would see, is a man and woman dancing. As they moved around the room in a dance, she carefully watched as the Avengers filed out of the room, trying to be discreet.

Her eyes snagged on Loki, seeing him move through the people, as though he was searching, before following the others... 'Come with me, im sure we can sneak off to somewhere more quiet..'.. She saw Felicity smirk at her, and they linked arms, walking out if the hall, and down the left to where it would be quiet. There were still guards patrolling, but they kept up appearances... 'Pool, Gambit, he's upstairs, in the room overlooking the ballroomm clear the way. Rider, Mystique, take down the guards outside. Me and Cat will take out the ones here. I'm going to cause I diversion, empty the place of the guests..'

Fliss ruffled the hair, and smeared her lips, before the two headed back to the ballroom. Just inside the door, Astrid focused on her power, and created a small explosion of the sound system around the room. The lights sparked and the chandelier shook, causing guests to scream and rush to the sides. She made it fall, crashing to the ground and windows exploded outwards. She didn't want to hurt the guests.

People began to panic and stampede out of the room. Smiling to herself, she turned to look at Fliss who nodded at her. The two of them rushed back out, and Astrid pulled put her phone, and activated her program, erasing all security footage, and disabling the cameras.

She waved her hand, dressing Felicity in her suit, and altered her look. She wasn't going to wear a mask, she didn't need one. The two women fought any guard they came across, heading to the escape route, that she knew Vech would use. There were only two ways in and out of that room he was in. Wade and Gambit were going there, while her and Fliss, would cut him off on the other end.

'Mystique, Rider, how are you doing on the perimeter?..'.. She asked, conjuring her blades, throwing two at guards as they raised their guns from the end of the hall. She sprinted forward and slid just as Fliss jumped over her, both taking down a guard. Fliss ended them both, as she knew Astrid couldn't.

'Almost clear. Special guests have gone, no one stayed behind..'.. She heard Raven grunt, and the roar of the Rider.

'Pool, Gambit, check in..'.. She rolled to the side, as another guard appeared from a room, pulling his gun, but Fliss shot him in the back of the head. Astrid felt the warm blood spray her, and she raised an eyebrow at the woman, gesturing to herself... 'You're lucky I can clean this up..'.. She waved her hand, altering her outfit.

'Yes, I'm very thankful..'.. Fliss rolled her eyes, and the two took their stances, ready for Vech to come through the hidden door.