Steve threw his shield down the corridor and it ricocheted from wall to wall, taking out four guards running towards them. Steve ran and caught it in mid air as they as they turned the corner down another corridor.
'Nat, go.' Steve said into his comms.
'On it.' She replied. For the second time since World War II Steve unholstered a gun and kicked open the next door. He scouted the room, gun in his right hand, shield in his left.
'Clear.' He shouted to Wanda who was checking the next room. He heard a shout and before he knew it a man was flung into the wall outside the room. He landed unconscious on the concrete.
'Clear.'
The pair found a stairwell the end of the corridor and ran up to the next floor. It was a long hallway with a balcony on the left, the drop led to the basement. Steve looked at the map.
'Tony you've got three on your six, coming up the stairs now.'
'Thanks Cap,' Tony replied, 'got 'em.'
'Nat, how are you doing with the G4?'
'Uh, going slower than I thought. Can I get a little help here?'
'Sure, Wanda, go and help Nat.' Wanda nodded and leapt over the balcony towards the basement. Steve looked at the map again and noticed another guard two floors up on the balcony. He looked around and raised his gun hoping to catch the hostile off guard and take him out but as he turned he felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder and he fell to the ground. His mind became blurry but he blinked through it. Dendrotoxin. How did Leviathan get their hands on Icers? Thank goodness for Steve's super soldier body otherwise it would have knocked him out. He tried to stand but his legs felt like lead. Finally he managed to sit up. A couple of guards were coming down the corridor towards him. Thankfully Pietro appeared just in time to stop them but more guards were running down the stairwell towards them. They were shouting in Russian.
'Quickly Steve.' Pietro urged him, reaching out to help the soldier up. 'They are after you.' Steve took his arm and stood up, using the railing for support. Pietro handed him his shield and gun.
'How do you know?' he said between breaths.
'They said "get the soldier, the boss wants him alive."' Pietro translated before taking out the assailants coming towards them.
'Natasha, the explosives.'
'Done.'
'Get the hell up here now then.' He ordered. 'Stark, get onto the roof top now. We're gonna blow it any second now.' Natasha and Wanda found their boys and ran to them. 'Wanda wait for my mark and then blow the place.' She nodded. Natasha studied Steve.
'What happened to you?' she examined his shoulder but he pushed her hand away.
'Just Dendrotoxin, I'll be fine.' He still sounded breathless though.
'We must go.' Pietro pressed again. Steve nodded and they turned right into another corridor. Steve took the lead, shield out in front of him to break the window for their extraction. Natasha stopped dead in her tracks, this was all too familiar. Her mind was swimming with images of the hospital in São Paulo.
'Now, Wanda.' Steve shouted. There was a loud crash as the ground began to crumble around them. It was then that Steve noticed that Natasha was no longer with them. Steve stopped and turned back to the spy. 'Nat, what are you doing? Come on!' suddenly the ground between them began to crack.
'Go, Steve. Get out of here!' she shouted over the sound of G4 going off below them.
'Not without you!' he yelled back. The memory of the HYDRA base in Austria danced in front of him as he took a run up, jumping over the ever-growing crack in the concrete. He landed next to her. 'There's no way I'm leaving you here, Natasha.' The ground shook again as another block of G4 went off in the basement. 'Come on.' He grabbed her hand and they took a run up together. As the lifted off the ground he wrapped his arm around her waist and carried her to the other side of the gap. They didn't stop running once they landed. The ground was crumbling behind them. Steve threw his shield at the window, shattering it. They jumped through, Steve catching his shield in the process. They continued to the compound's fencing and looked back to see the building fall in on itself, burying hopefully what was left of Leviathan. Tony then landed on the other side of the fence tossing a hard drive from one hand to the other.
'Well wasn't that just a piece of cake.'