Astrild; Goddess of Love

Chapter 30 - Welcome to The Bus

"They're ranking up they must know about this place," Bucky said observing them covertly through the window.

"Well seen as we've lost the element of surprise, let's not keep them waiting," I said transforming to my dress which had come to be my reformed battle uniform before concentrating on my telekinesis, "Catch!" I threw a rifle case at him, ''You can fire this one armed right?''

"I've been in armed combat for most of my life I think I can manage.'' He pushed the case open, ''Whenever you're ready!"

"Shush! A blast like this is difficult to control." I threw my arms out in front of me and spread my wings; glass shattered and the wall fell away splintering with ease as though it was plain old wood and not reinforced enough to contain the Hulk.

The blast destroyed almost the entire front wall leaving just enough for us to have relatively good cover. I shielded myself telekinetically from the storm of bullets headed my way, as Bucky was clicking his rifle together and aiming it over the remaining rubble. He fired and reloaded half a dozen times before cursing.

"What is it?!" I shouted to him ducking behind my own pile of debris.

"It pulls to the right, meaning most of those shots missed and I only have one bullet left."

"Show me?" I asked staying tucked behind the wall. He tossed it over. I caught it with telekinesis and formed twelve more like it from Ice. As each landed in my hand it became more tangible and I rolled them across the floor to him, "These do the trick?"

"Wow, Steve said you had some amazing powers--"

"Twelve each I love these odds!" I cut him off not wanting to speak of my dangerous abilities or Steve in the heat of battle. I sent an Ice blast at an agent and hit another with a stream of Fire. "Make that ten for me twelve for you," I teased.

"Shut up! I had to put mine together." He peered through his scope. "Did you see that?!"

"See what?!" I replied without giving a glance in the direction as I tightened a vine around the waists of another three agents.

"That HYDRA agent just punched another agent! And... is about to get shot! I can't snipe his attacker it'll go through both of them, can you protect him?"

"Sure!" I shouted in reply as I put up a barrier between the agents. On seeing the bullets stop the ally agent turned his back on us. "Is that..." I trailed off knowing it wasn't possible and that it was more likely that one of HYDRA's goons had just picked up the shield.

"Yep, son of a gun; one skinny kid from Brooklyn! Eight each, I prefer those odds." Bucky commented washing my doubts away and simultaneously putting down two agents with one shot. Meanwhile I exploded the bullets held in the force field to ward another would be attacker away from Steve.

''You take the ones on his left?'' Bucky asked. I nodded; the left me with three agents left to take down. I used my telepathy to stop them but a wave of pain hit my head. Bucky dived across the gap and tackled my waist to get me behind cover.

''Thanks.'' I said a little breathless shaking my head to get rid of the fogginess. ''Well telepathy is still out of the question.''

''Can you pass me the rifle?'' He asked and I picked it up from where it had fallen when we crashed to the floor. ''You still got the left?''

''Yes, I got it. Just give me a minute, I'll be right as rain.'' Shaking my head again. Steve had moved quite a bit closer during our scuffle, leaving just six agents between us.

''I can't get a clear shot we're going to have to be surgical.'' Bucky stated pulling out a gun. I responded in kind by removing my Beretta from its holster. I used my telekinesis to disarm the agents and Steve used is shield to knock out the two central agents.