Frank, Steve, and I headed north. We headed through the maintenance tunnels which were, no surprise, disgusting. I made a bubble of water around us to keep the stink off, which was tiring but completely worth it.
"The alarms haven't been set off yet so try to be stealthy," I warned.
Frank scoffed. "Perce, the last time you tried to be stealthy you had a nosebleed that nearly ended the world."
Before I could summon a sarcastic response, alarms started blaring.
"SORRY!" Came Leo's voice from somewhere in the building. I rolled my eyes.
"Run! Head to the nearest door and get inside, all parts of this building are about to go into lockdown!" Frank ordered. We bolted towards a heavy metal door at the end of the hall and slammed ourselves inside just before it locked into place.
"Where are we?" Steve asked. The first thing I noticed about the room was that it was cold. It looked like one of those giant walk in freezers, but there was only one thing in the room. It looked like a large clear coffin. There wasn't anything inside.
"Ok, that's not creepy." I noticed that my voice lowered to a whisper. Mist from the cold swirled around the room, making it even creepier.
"Let's keep going," Frank suggested. I liked that idea. There was as smaller door on the other side of the room. The door wasn't wired with electronic locks like the other doors, it was an old fashioned barricade. It seemed less like they wanted people getting in, and more like they wanted to keep something in.
"We have to go in there," Steve said. I raised my mortal sword and nodded. The weapon felt uneven in my hands and I felt the heavy burden of riptide in my pocket, wishing I could use it instead.
"How do we get in?" I asked. Frank shrugged, then his eyes widened with an idea.
"Dammit, I hate the elephant," I muttered. I took Steve by the arm and pulled him back to give Frank some room. Frank, in turn, cracked his neck and rolled his shoulders before turning into an elephant. The trumpeting sound that followed must have confused any of the guards that were listening. Frank bent his head and ran into the barricade. It gave out almost too easily.
On the other side were, like I said, a lot of very suprised armed people who were obviously bad people. As soon as we entered the room, they raised their weapons and fired without even stopping to ask who we were.
Steve, luckily for me and the now-human-Frank, jumped in front of us with his shield, saving us from the downpour of bullets.
"Release the weapon!" One of the men shooting at us yelled. All three of us peaked over the edge of the shield to try and see whatever weapon they were releasing upon us.
It wasn't a weapon, it was a person. I person with long shaggy hair, dark circles of pain under his eyes, and a metal arm. Steve couldn't seem to catch his breath so I pulled him away from the approaching man.
"Bucky?" Steve muttered.
"That's Bucky?!" Frank whisper-yelled.
"You failed to mention that he would try to kill us!" I added. Steve ignored us and stood up. "Captain fricken America what the Hades are you doing?" I tried to pull him down but the captain is a strong guy.
"Bucky!" He didn't bother picking up his shield. Bucky, or whatever he was, hesitated. I thought that maybe Steve hadn't just gotten himself killed.
The Winter Soldier raised his gun and fired.
(Yo, what do you guys want to see next? I've heard a suggestion for Reyna so she'll be popping up in a bit, but what else do you guys want? I JUST WANT TO PLEASE YOU! Lol thanks for reading!)