My door was opened violently and Steve appeared before me. I was almost bouncing in my seat as he walked over and ripped off the shock collar, stepping on it once I was free of it and then he reached over to release me from my restraints. I leaped out of my seat and wrapped my arms around him, pressing my lips against his. His strong arms wrapped around me almost afraid to let go. I pulled away from him and grinned.
"Baby, I've missed you." He whispered.
"I've missed you too, but from the sound of things we're not done yet," I said smiling like an idiot. Steve nodded and reluctantly released me so I could morph. I shook my fur out and followed him out of the small cell. The whole scene was chaos. So many bodies littered the floor and the air held only the metallic smell of blood. Screams, grunts, moans, and Hulk's roars filled the air along with gunfire and things breaking. I noticed Bucky going after Blane who held a red book with a star in the center of the front cover. I growled immediately following the two. Blane led us to the back of the base where he trapped Bucky in a room, locking the two of them in there. I scratched at the heavy metal door.
"Zhelaniye." Blane's voice rang from the other side of the door. I froze not quite understanding what was going on." Rzhavyy." My brain clicked.
Mine and Bucky's cry melted together as I howled and doubled my efforts trying to grab someone's attention.
"Semnadtsat'." A roar echoed down the hallway and I had to quickly move or risk Tony colliding with me in his suit.
"rassvet." I snapped my eyes at the door telling him to hurry as Bucky screamed again.
"Plita." Finally, Tony got the door open and rushed in helping Bucky out of some contraption while I went after Blane. He dropped the book and ran out of another door to my right. I grabbed the book and gave chase slowly shredding it with my teeth. The sounds of the others got closer as we tan through the base. Eventually, I got him cornered in a room just next to the main room where the battle was going on. I bared my teeth at him as he pulled his gun aiming it at me. I stalked closer dropping the now ruined book about five feet from him. His eyes widened in horror but he was no longer looking at me. I looked behind me to see the others watching us.
"Come any closer and I'll shoot." Blane declared.
Everything that happened next transpired slow motion. Bucky ran at Blane and he turned his gun from me to the soldier. I didn't think I just moved. In the same moment I morphed back I grabbed the closest object to me. The gun rang loudly as I held my breath and pushed the object into Blane's chest. Natasha screamed and my next heartbeat caused so much pain that I dropped to the floor with the Hydra agent. The next heartbeat hurt too. Things sped back up as I realized I'd been shot. I was going to die. I was rolled onto my back and pressure was applied to the wound. Steve was hovering over me tears slowly falling from his eyes and hitting my face.
It was suddenly harder to breathe. I could hear someone else sobbing in the distance and I could hear Tony hurriedly demanding Jarvis to run a diagnostic. Bucky's face came into view as he knelt down next to Steve.
"Why'd you do it, Puppy?" He asked.
"Steve just got you back," I said quietly. It was almost like my voice couldn't get any louder than just above a whisper.
"Fuck. Baby..." I smiled as Steve swore.
"Nothing can be done." I heard Jarvis tell Tony. A sob was ripped from Steve's chest and Bucky had to look away from me. I felt my heart slowly yielding to the bullet still trapped in my chest.
Steve gripped my hand, leaning over he pushed my hair out of my face with his free hand and placed his lips against my forehead. His skin felt oddly warm against mine. My vision slowly started to blur. Everything sounded like my head was under water.
"I love you." I struggled to speak. My mouth was suddenly dry and I could barely get the words out. It took so long as I slowly faded.
"I love you too, Jayson," Steve said around a sob unable to contain it. I smiled at him as I took my final breath. That was it, I closed my eyes and let myself fall into that eternal sleep.