Journey of Heroes

Chapter one rough draft 

He ran, breathing hard and sweating. But he had to get there, to the base, before the enemy did. 

He saw it out of the corner of his eye. Red, white and blue. Before he could deflect it the object hit his arm. " watch it bub!" he said turning to face the most ridiculously dressed soldier he had ever seen. 

He studied the man standing in front of him. The guy wore his ABUs like everyone else, except his were different, more high-tech. And they were strangely colored. Instead of the usual camouflage his were striped like the American flag. And strangest thing was he carried a shield. 

" what, did your mommy not like your camo?" Wolverine asked him. 

"Actually I-" just then, an explosion came from a building close by. They both turned in that direction and almost without hesitation started toward it. Just as they were cutting a corner to get closer to the building, a piece of a building came crumbling down towards wolverine. He leaped up and back flipped off the corner, avoiding certain death. He stopped and looked around. All he could see was carnage. Carnage everywhere, and dead bodies. Suddenly he caught the scent of burning things and smoke. And looking up he saw what he smelled was the building that had previously exploded.  

"Dammit!" he exclaimed. Back into focus, he sprinted toward the building again. He looked behind him to see if 'American dude' was behind him still. And the kid was nowhere to be found. He huffed and kept moving. But before he could take another step he heard a voice " A little help over here!" it cried. He looked toward the sound and saw the strange solider pulling, or more like dragging, a man out of the burning building. 

"Right" he said under his breath. He jogged over and assessed the situation. "So ballet boy, what's the situation?" he asked. "Ok, before we go any further, My name ISN'T ballet boy or bub or whatever you keep calling me. It's Captain America. And in case you haven't noticed, there is a burning building with people inside!" he said harshly. ".....wait, Captain America? What are you, a Barbie doll?" wolverine asked smirking. "Didn't you just hear ANYTHING I said! There are people in there!!" Captain America said, pointing toward the building in a directing manner. " ok, I- I need to get in there. You go around back and see if there's any way we can stop the fire an-" 

"LOOK OUT!!" someone yelled. Captain America jumped in front of wolverine and the man and shielded them as a bomb rained down. The building that was on fire was now just a mound of rubble. People were screaming, woman and children crying. And wolverine couldn't take it "AAAGGHHH!!" he grunted, kicking a mound of dirt as he ran his fingers through his hair. "you alright soldier?" Said a cadet, walking up to him. 

"NO I'm not alright!! People just died and I couldn't save them!!" he said, lifting up part of the roof and throwing it, landing with a big 'thud'.  

" And that's not helping any!" said captain as he helped the man that he had saved get to his feet.  

" my wife...my kids! They were in there!" the man croaked. 

"I know I-I'm sorry." Said wolverine staring into the rubble. Suddenly, he saw a slight form of movement. A hand. Reaching out of the gravel and carnage. Without a word he ran over to it. Inside he saw a small girl. She looked up at him and just stared. " come on, lets get you out of there" he said. She shook her head and pointed. He looked toward the direction she was pointing and saw a woman, her head bloodied and her arm bent backward under a piece of what looked like it had been a wall. " oh God" he said, sighing. He navigated through the debris and slowly, painfully lifted up the board. Carrying the woman away from the building he headed toward the man and captain. The little girl followed hesitantly. Not saying a word. Suddenly the man cried out and stumbled toward them.