Clint, who had miraculously survived the way back over, heard the last bit of the conversation. "You know that it's really disgusting to chew on raw fat? As a hunter - which those dragons usually are, at least in the stories I tell my children - I would skin him first and cut all the unnecessary fat away, but I guess with those mouths they would rather eat him in one go than going through the trouble of skinning him..." He sat down besides Steve, casually avoiding a chair (wherever that came from) "Why are they throwing around furniture again...?" he asked, not really meaning it serious.
How should he keep it serious anyway? If he would, he would go nuts. Even more than he was already, obviously.
"It's dragons. They're probably shitting gold," James shrugged and finally got his arm attaching it back to where it should be.
"AH! I feel whole again!" he cracked a few more bones.
"You're so cheesy!" Nat rolled her eyes.
"You love it."
"Hey, get a room!" Sam shook his head.
"I forgot how it's like with you guys," Sharon laughed.
"Shouldn't we do something?" Wanda raised an eyebrow.
"What can we do?"
"They're dragons!"
"We're human…"
"Mostly anyway."
"You can."
"You got magic."
"Feel free."
"Don't get killed!"
"…You are all in utter disbelieve aren't you…?" Maximoff sighed.
"Yep!" "Absolutely!" "Hey look! Fire!"
James and Natalia grabbed Sam and Sharon before they got fried.
"HEY! Overgrown lizards! Get a room!" Carter yelled.
"Humans… always a wonder…" Loki sighed before flapping his wings.
"Come. There are more appropriate places for dragons!"
"Coward!" Skull hissed, but didn't follow. Instead he turned to the rebels.
"You. Woman. You are dead. I shall keep the men as pets," the red dragon smirked, opening his mouth wide, showing his sharp teeth.
It seemed that knocked them back to reality as they all jumped to their feet, weapons at the ready.
"…If we live through this, I want to get married," Sharon whispered.
"Really? Why?" the assassin duo didn't take their eyes off the lizard.
"Don't know… just want to do it…"
"I'll keep using this if we live…" Sam already had his wings out.
"We're doing this?" the assassins sighed.
"I'm going to start healing magic…"
"Seems so…" they shared a look.
"We'll improvise."
"When i survive this, you seriously owe me. And i need to work on the farm. I hope they didn't burn it to the ground..."
"Clint, focus. You're starting to drift..."
"Give me some credit, Rogers, I got pulled into this weirdness maybe three days ago or something."
Steve chuckled and shook his head. "I'm not so long part of it myself-"
"You've known Barnes for your whole life."
"True, but-"
"Guys, Dragon, focus, now."
"Yes Uncle Sam..." they answered in sync.
"Hey, why am I the Uncle now?!"
"I need a point higher up, and where he got his weak point. I guess, maybe, his mouth? It looks less...armored with scales and all" Clint then stated, more or less ignoring Sam (though he grinned at him).
"Barton, go with Sam. Get on the patrol tower. Rogers, James, you two are on ground duty. Make sure that thing can't move. Sharon! Keep watch over Wanda!" Nat quickly dished out orders as Red started attacking.
"What about you?" Barnes asked, doing a flip to avoid the talons.
"I'll keep his eyes on me," Romanoff grinned and sprinted forward, sliding under the dragon's legs, sword raised and brushing against his stomach.
"Hahaha! You think your puny weapon can harm me?" Skull-Dragon laughed, using his tail to try and knock the Black Widow away.
"C'mon Steve!" Bucky grinned, holding a chain.
"Remember Dernier when he was drunk? How everything almost killed him," he took another pair of the chains and locked the shackles together.
"Yeah, i remember" Steve dodged a cupboard
"Dugan always sneaked some alcohol into his drinks to see and find out how he would avoid death this time" he took his shield, which had been taken by some guard before and used it to deflect some stones - apparently some stone wall just had been destroyed.
"I need some time. Never before have I tried to fight a dragon," Wanda sat on the ground, crossed her legs and straightened her back. Then she put had hands on her knees, the middle and thumb finger touching each other. She muttered a few magic words and in moments, she started levitating.
"…That's so cool," Sharon whispered but knocked the incoming table away with her sword.
"Okay Clint, up we go!" Wilson nodded and grabbed the archer, getting out of the way of the large wing just in time before flying to the watch tower.
For a split moment, the archer was shocked - who flies in this time/era anyway - and then they landed already. "Wuhuu! That's awesome!" He cheered a bit, before growing serious again. (He had to cough a bit at the dust the red Dragon just had unconsciously produced by destroying a house made out of stone.)
"Okay. Targets? I would say eyes, nose maybe, and the inner mouth, like tongue and stuff?"
Thor concentrated on the things in the town. There weren't many living beings, but he felt the pulsing Aura of the Scarlett Witch getting stronger again. He 'knocked' on said power.
'Do you need any help or shall I shield the peoples here?' he asked politely. 'I could also lend you some of my strength if needed.'
"Right. So, that time he purposely started putting stuff in his way," James rolled to the side and made a dash to get behind the Dragon.
"Natalia! How's riding a dragon?" he called, ducking under the tail.
"Fun. But you need balance," she answered, throwing a vase into Red's eye.
"Great," using the distraction, Barnes jumped on the tail, holding on tightly with his metal arm.
"Okay, now this better work," he nodded towards Rogers, indicating he can knock the dragon, before gaining more ground and jumping off the tail as it swung, so he landed on the back.
"What?!" Skull hissed, feeling something move on his scales.
"Hey! Over here!" Romanoff called, stabbing the overgrown lizard with her sword, earning a hiss.
"Rogers, whenever you're ready!" she called, blocking the talon with her sword.
While Buck was climbing on Skull's back, Steve got into position. When he got the call, he threw his shield with every ounce of strength he possessed against the leg(s) of the dragon, knocking it away. The next moment he threw the shackles Buck made up to his best friend - and then ducked, because the pebbles, dust and wood cloud from the house the dragon destroyed when his leg was knocked away reached him.
"Wanda?" Sharon asked as she saw the witch struggle slightly.
'Thor. If you are sure everyone is safe, we could use some help. If nothing else, to make sure no one else interferes. We are not sure how this will end, but we have a plan. Should someone intervene, it could ruin that,' Maximoff explained quickly, still gathering her magic.
"Okay Clint, they're in place. How many can you fire at once?" Wilson grinned and picked up a spare bow. If this works, the mouth should be wide open.
"At one target, five- at various...maximum is three." He said, taking an arrow and firing it at the dragon's eye. Then he took five arrows, and started aiming. "Let's hope his skin isn't too fat so we can hit an artery to make him bleed out. I don't this would make enough damage to kill him otherwise." The archer focused, calming down his breathing. Every muscle was tense.
Thor nodded. "Jane, i must go. Make sure no one leaves the caves until I or someone I send tells you so," he advised, before teleporting to the town, right next to Wanda.
He started casting a spell to create a dome over the town, keeping everyone in who was inside it, and everyone out who was outside. To keep the dome, he had to raise his arms and keep chanting, but he also tried to give some of his energy to Wanda. He was sure she could need it.
"Wah! Thor?" Sharon blinked seeing the wizard suddenly appear. But seeing how he set up a barrier she relaxed.
"Thor…" came from above as Loki was still watching everything.
"These humans… they just might kill a dragon…" the green one mumbled, landing down on the wall, watching what was happening.
As James got the chain, he had to hold on tighter as the dragon started fumbling. But he got it together soon, and climbed its back while Nat kept it busy.
"Here we go!" he grinned using his metal arm to toss the chain to the right just as the dragon planned to bite the Captain. As it flew across its mouth, he grabbed it on the other side, pulling with all his strength.
"How does it feel?" he smirked, teeth gritted and not letting up even after the dragon started going crazy, trying to get the chain out of its mouth.
"You cannot hold me!" Skull roared, running his head into a wall to try and get the assassin off his back. But it didn't really work, as Barnes was holding onto it as if his life depended on it (it kinda did).
Steve was getting to the execution platform, a bit surprised to see his friend Thor there, but seeing as the mage (both mages, actually) were quite busy, he delayed the greeting to...sometime later, and instead started to shield them from the things Skull threw around when he went on the rampage.
Thor himself, as was said, was busy chanting, but had heard Loki. He decided to not say anything about it, and just supported Wanda and the dome to the best of his possibilities.
"This way big guy!" pulling on the chains, Buck forced Red's head to be straight in front of the archer.
"Barton! That's your cue!" Romanoff yelled, covering her head as stones were thrown around.
Clint, still standing on the roof, smirked. "I got him."
And then he let the arrows go.
They hit the dragon right where the archer wanted them to go. He had seen a large, pulsing artery in the back of the dragon's throat, and that's exactly where he had aimed at. Blood gushed out of the wound, with so much pressure behind it that it washed the arrows away.
"AGHAGAH!" Red screamed and shook so much, Barnes couldn't hold on any longer and was thrown off, flying to one side and landing in the mass of wooden stands.
Natalia ran towards the execution platform, but got drowsed with blood none the less as the dragon started screaming and raging.
"Wanda! Anytime!" everyone yelled, and just at that moment, the witch opened her eyes, red energy surrounding her so much one couldn't see her face. Putting both hands on the ground, the red magic flew directly towards the red Dragon, and created a crimson red bubble around it.
Skull tried to break it, but the witch had gathered too much power and didn't even flinch as the talons attacked the bubble. And there was one reason for it – the dragon was spitting out blood faster than the ocean can swallow you up. The bubble kept all the blood inside, filling up and eventually trapping Red. Dragons can't really breathe blood, so it only took a bit before the movements stopped and the Skull drowned in his own liquid. Lifting her arms, Wanda intertwined her fingers with one and other, closed her eyes, and the bubble quickly crushed what else there was left inside, before vanishing into thin air, leaving only the strong smell of blood.
When it all ended, her eyes rolled to the back of her head, and would have collapsed, had Carter not caught her in time.