Rumors and Ghosts

vi. "captain america" to the rescue

Bucky and Anastasia made their way 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 they found Sam, he was looking at footage Redwing had captured.

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

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

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

"Well, I think you could be right," Anastasia said as she took a moment to think before studying the footage and their 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 her.

Bucky looked at Sam. "I'll see you inside or not. Anastasia?"

Anastasia nodded and she and Bucky 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 two. All stealthy. I can see why you're so in love." He chuckled.

"Please be quiet," Anastasia replied. "This isn't the time for romance."

"You and Bucky clearly seem find time for some sort of romance during missions. A little time in Wakanda and you come out White Panther."

"It's actually White Wolf," Bucky and Anastasia corrected.

"Huh?"

Bucky and Anastasia took one way around while Sam took another way, found by Redwing.

"All right, Anastasia and I are inside. Therefore, way ahead of you."

"It's not great, but very doable," Anastasia 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.

Anastasia sighed as she rolled her eyes. "That's enough, gentlemen. 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."

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

Bucky nodded. "Yeah, I see two."

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

"That's what Anastasia and I saw."

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

"All right," Bucky and Anastasia said as the former 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 and Anastasia sighed. "Four. Five."

"Yeah, five," Bucky stated. "Yeah. So they're strong. Whatever. All right, let's go." He 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.