𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝙰𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗

Chapter 38: Goose Chase

(Third Person P.O.V.)

"Woooo we've got a runner, boys!" Tony yelped giddily through the coms. He was midflight, the team's birds-eye-view of everything going on down on the ground. Hundreds of freight cars and train buggies scattered the floor beneath the iron man. All of them seemed to be positioned carefully as if to create a maze. Or maybe that's just how they ended up being placed, who knows. Tony didn't think these guys were smart enough to do something like that, though.

"Where are they headed now?" Steve asked. Tony's eyes scanned his surroundings as little figures spread out in many different directions. He saw that many of his teammates were separated; Nat and Clint were paired up at a cross-looking opening in the maze. Peter and Claire were both running along the tops of the cars, hopping from one to the next to try getting from place to place quicker. The only other people he could make out for sure were Steve and Bruce. The huge, green monster belting at the top of his lungs and smashing into everything was sort of hard to miss. By now he had to have hauled 3 freight cars across the railyard. Luckily there weren't any more people here. Bucky and Angela were busy doing that.

Both of them were quick to evacuate the yard. They knew the consequences wouldn't be forgiving if any casualties were made today. Angela was zipping through the air, her once slick ponytail now sporting many fly-aways. She went from car to car making sure there was no one in them. The Hulk had gone berzerk again, and with him, you never knew what could happen. Better safe than sorry. Angela was in the process of helping a man out of a fallen car when she glanced up to search for James. Her furrowed brows and determined eyes softened just the slightest when she saw him carrying a little girl in his arms. The child had her hands wrapped around his neck for comfort, her eyes teary with fear and confusion. She noticed how gentle he was with her, even when he was making abrupt movements like kicking down doors or pointing his gun in front of him. She felt the man that she was helping raise and hurry to safety. Angela only blinked out of her daze when James locked eyes with her.

"I'm going to check the other cars," Angela called out to James. "You good here?" He nodded in response and the two turned to continue in different areas.

The Hulk was wrapped up in his own rage and fury, and his actions proved it. His palms ripped metal off from trailer carts and feet stomped over scrap pieces of material. Steve was desperately trying to chase after him. He didn't want things to go too far. While the Hulk leapfrogged from place to place with little effort Steve was using all of his energy to sprint after the monster, all the while trying not to get shot when he came across the enemy. The masked men running around shot at the super-soldier, but Steve was quick to block them with his shield.

"You seem to be having fun down there, Capsicle," Tony commented through the earpieces. Steve rolled his eyes at his smart-ass comment, continuing to race after Hulk. He was almost crushed by a train at least twice. Before Steve could make a snarky remark back to Tony, he dodged another tipping train car, the dust from the collision suffocating his lungs. Make that three times.

"It'd be nice if I had some backup on this!" Steve choked as he held back a cough. He didn't have much time to finish his sentence before more hooded men began to close in on him and fire once again. The soldier ducked behind the fallen car, his back pressed against the cool metal and breathing heavy. At least he would be able to use the thick cloud of dust as a coverup. After a couple of seconds, he warily peeked his head around the corner, but he covered his head again when the bullets continued. They weren't going away any time soon. Steve thought about his options as he heard Natasha come over the coms.

"I'm on it. Where is-?" There was a loud roar from the Hulk a few dozen feet away from Steve. This caused a distraction for him which he used to his advantage, throwing his shield from around the car to take out two men, then summoned it back to him using the magnets in his suit. The third attacker tried shooting at him but was knocked out before he could pull the trigger a second time. "Found him." Steve sighed with slight relief as Nat confirmed she was coming for backup, then jogged his way over to where the loud yell had come from.