LoveBite [2]

60

10 years old

♡

"Oh, it's been too long." Satines shakes excitedly and Peter chuckles.

"Yeah, we figured you'd want to come along." Steve nods as they head to their destination in the quinjet that Natasha controls.

"Where're we headed?" Peter crosses his arms with her latched onto one.

"An town called Coppertown has been abandoned since the 70's and has recently,"

"Yesterday." Bucky cuts in and he nods.

"Been repowered. There's a sudden and strong electric charge coming from that area and we're here to take a look."

"So it's a charged ghost town?" Satine guesses.

"Old military training ground." He corrects and she slowly nods, unexpecting of that information.

"Possibly, our issue is a few kids being stupid, touching what they shouldn't." Natasha shrugs.

"But in case it's something bigger, we were called in." Steve adds.

"We do 'in case of emergency' jobs now, because what else are we gonna do?" Bucky shrugs and Satine chuckles.

"I think that's a good thing." Peter smirks a smile and Steve nods sideways in agreement.

"Boring." Nat mumbles, gaining a small laugh from Satine.

♡

After the jet lands in the dirt field, the hatch opens up and the soldiers and widow step out, silently reminding themselves to stay vigilant, even in a mild situation like this. Lovebite almost follows them out, but Peter pulls her back to him and she folds her mask away.

"What's wrong?"

"I don't know." He states and her brows furrow. "But something feels...off." He shakes his head. "I don't think we're as alone as we thought."

"Can you sense it? Is there a threat nearby?"

"I can't tell yet, but it feels wrong." He sighs and she nods. "Just be careful." He instructs and she tilts her head with a grin.

"Baby, you know they can't hurt me." She shakes her head with a slight smile. "I'll be okay."

"Be careful." He repeats and she places her hand gently on his cheek.

"I'll be right here when we're done." She nods softly. "Give me love."

He hesitates and she inches closer, silently urging him a soft kiss. She backs up a bit and brushes his hair out of his face. She kisses the tip of his nose before her mask covers her once again and she walks off with Bucky, her walking buddy for the day, leaving Peter to fall behind a bit. Steve and Natasha head off on their own path together towards the backyards and the other two walk steadily down the street, nearly hugging the sides of the building to stay mostly out of view, aware of all of their surroundings.

"Do you think it's just some teenage fun that brought us here?" She asks low in her volume.

"Probably." He sighs. "I'm almost convinced we're here for no reason."

As they make their way through the town, passing home after empty and clean home, watching through every window, suddenly they get that deep feeling in their gut that no one likes. She looks up at him as he turns to her and he waves his hand to slow her down a bit.

"Peter said that he felt that something was wrong. He felt off." She states cautiously. "I feel it too."

"You're not the only one."

"Spider, what was it you were feeling?" She asks into the comms, but receives no answer. "Pete --"

Bucky puts his arm up and backs her behind a building. She leans against the wall as he peaks barely half his eye around the corner of the house, looking into the one next door.

"Movement in the window." He whispers.

"Ghost town. Maybe it's just a ghost."

"Try being realistic." He instructs in monotone.

"We're friends with a God and a talking raccon, nothing is realistic." She mumbles and he hesitantly nods sideways in agreement.

"Power's cut." Natasha states fast and Bucky slowly turns to Bite. "Someone turned it on, they might still be here."

He readies the gun he has had in his hold the whole time and she moves first to act as a possible human-shield, in case of emergency. They hurry to the door and he kicks it in, just as a jacket rounds a corner at the end of the hall. He goes straight as she steps quickly to the right and the only thing heard for a moment is multiple feet stomping fast through the house before it all stops and Lovebite and the Winter Soldier stand there, blocking all exits from just as they expected.

Two boys and a girl huddle together in between the two, clear fear written all over their faces. Bite slowly puts her arms out in disbelief. Even though they knew this would happen, it's still hard to comprehend what can make someone as stupid as this to come into an abandoned military base.

"Why are you here?" She shakes her head with a firm tone in her voice. "What is going on?"

"We --" The oldest looking one breathes nervously as the other boy takes the girls hand in his. "We just came to see it."

"Why?" She repeats while nodding.

"A woman told us about this place."

"Who?" Bucky speaks suddenly and they jump a bit.

"We don't know." He shakes a bit. "She didn't give us a name."

"Did you touch the power grid?" Bite points and they quickly shake their heads. "Are you sure?"

"We didn't touch anything, Ma'am, we promise." He shakes his head.

"We were just looking around." The other boy pulls the girl closer into his side and Bite slowly nods.

"You know you can get arrested for this, right?" Bucky nods firmly. "It's called trespassing and it's illegal."

"Are you gonna call the cops on us?" The girl asks softly as her eyes quickly water.

"No." Bite gently shakes her head. "But you need to go home and never come back. Do not do this again, or you might not be as lucky next time. Go."

Slowly they take a few steps towards her and she backs out of the way, just enough for them to decide to take off out of the house. Bucky follows them out as Bite goes on a search to check for anyone else.

"Guys, there's kids here." Bucky states into the comms. "Don't shoot."

"Noted." Steve nods.

"Did they confess?" Nat asks.

"It wasn't them." Bite states as she comes back down the steps. "They said some woman told them about this place. She probably turned it on yesterday and decided to be an asshole and try to get kids arrested."

They all decide to head back to the jet now that everything is sorted out and no power is coming from this area. Nat goes to the cockpit and turns on the jet, but she leaves the hatch open.

"Peter, we're ready to go." Satine sighs with her finger to her ear, though once again, they receive nothing but silence on the other end. "Hello? Peter?"

"He was silent the whole time." Steve realizes and she looks at him with furrowed brows before she takes a deep breath.

"Peter, it's time to go, let's go." She demands as the concern and fear begins to grow.

"Hey, SpiderMan, this isn't funny." Bucky looks at the other two before they turn back to Satine as she begins to breathe heavily.

"Peter, if you don't answer me, I'm coming to look for you." She takes a few steps out of the jet and freezes. "Peter, come on!"