I'll Never Let You Fall (Book 3)

Chapter Two

"Be careful out there," Steve warned all of us as we loaded onto various vehicles. "Especially you," he added to me in a whisper. I nodded and kissed him on the cheek.

Tony's voice cut across the comms, "it's now or never Avengers," he called. Everyone prepared themselves. I was on top of the truck Nat and Clint were in, Thor began swinging his hammer, and Tony retreated into his Iron Man suit. I felt the truck start up beneath me and I heard Steve's motorcycle come to life. Bruce stood on the sidelines for the time being until we needed a "code green".

"Remember, Cas is going to take out as many soldiers and watchmen and she can. Thor, Nat, and Clint be prepared to help her out. If we lose the element of surprise, then we may lose everything," Steve ordered in military fashion.

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I groaned as another round of men came rushing toward us. Shot and shouts rang in my ears. We had, to say the least, been found out. I ducked as Thor's hammer flew over my head. I felt my heart pounding in my chest, Nat and Clint were shooting out of the driver and passenger seats targeting the opposing soldiers with precision. Steve raced on his motorcycle. A sharp turn sent me flying off the truck, lucky for me Steve grabbed my hand and hoisted me onto his bike behind him. A small group of HYDRA agents started coming towards us.

"Duck," I shouted, grabbing his shield and throwing it, adding my own little fiery flare to it. Hulk roars mixed with Iron Man thrusters started to dominate my ears.

"Get ready to kick it up a notch," Nat yelled, causing me to look behind to the truck.

"When," Steve asked, grabbing his shield from the pile of agents. I wrapped my arms tightly around his waist in preparation.

"Um," Nat trailed off for a few seconds, "now," she shouted. Steve accelerated his cycle as fast as it could go. The truck exploded behind us, I felt the warmth from it on my back. Tony flew over us heading as fast as he could towards Strucker's base.

He bounced back off of a force-field, "shit," he cursed.

"Language," Steven scolded like an old man, slowing the bike enough for me to hop off next to Nat and Clint, who soon separated. "Jarvis, what's the view from upstairs?" I set fire to a tower full of of agents. I kept increasing the speed at which it climbed to the top.

Jarvis' robotic voice came across the comms, "The central building is protected by some kind of energy shield. Strucker's technology is unlike any other HYDRA base we've taken," the program spouted out.

"Of course it is," I scoffed, "Strucker is the main HYDRA head at the moment," I grunted as I jumped on the back of an agent, and swiftly slit his throat.

"Loki's scepter must be here. Strucker couldn't mount he defense without it, at long last," Thor guessed, "Duck," he yelled to me, before throwing his hammer at oncoming soldiers. I soon lost sight of Natasha s she rolled away.

"That long last is lasting a little long boys and girls," Nat noted as the top of her head came back into view.

Clint shot an arrow from the tree nearby, that exploded a few feet away from me, "Yeah, I think we lost the element of surprise, sorry Cap."

"Wait, no else is going acknowledge the fact that Cap just said language," Tony grumbled.

"I know," Steve admitted. I heard the roar of his bike and my eyes widened as I saw him heading straight towards soldiers and a tank. He then proceeded to flip off his motorcycle and toss it at the oncoming force as if it were nothing, "it just slipped out."