I didn't even have time to react. Before Steve could get killed by the bullet from his old friend's gun, a wall of shadows came between them. I braced myself for the blast of darkness that knocked Steve and the guards off of their feet. Bucky, the Winter Soldier, raised himself from the ground and lifted his gun.
"JAMES BUCHANAN BARNES," Nico yelled.
The gun dropped from Bucky's hands, then he looked down at it as if he didn't understand why.
Nico let his sword dissolve into the shadows and raised one hand towards Bucky and the other behind him in a protective stance.
"Hey Buck, how you doin?" Nico asked. He sounded like he was talking to a mentally unstable child.
"Who are you?" Bucky growled, but he didn't pick his gun up.
"My name is Nico di Angelo. When I was a little kid, you helped my sister and I, you took us in."
"Who are you," The soldier repeated.
"I'm Nico, you know me."
"Who are you!" He seemed to be getting angrier.
"Nico!"
"Who are you!"
"Bianca is dead!"
The room went silent. I felt a pang of guilt in my chest and saw sadness in Steve's eyes. And for the first time, Bucky showed a hint of emotion from behind his mask. I took that as a good sign.
"Bianca died, Steve saved the world, and I got married."
Bucky's face twisted, contorting in recognition and pain and confusion. I was almost sure it wasn't going to work again and crouched, ready to pounce and drag Nico out of harm's way.
"Married? Punk you haven't graduate high school yet," Bucky said, then he fell to the ground, gripping his head and screaming.
"Bucky!" Steve jumped up and ran towards him and Nico, who was trying to calm Bucky down.
"Get the others, we've got to get out of here," I said. Frank nodded and pulled out his phone to call the others. We brought the phones along so we could get in contact; secret villain bases aren't exactly prime rainbow-making environments. "Tell them to meet us at the house!"
Steve and Nico took Buck under the arms and carried him out. Tony looked confused, so I grabbed him and tugged him towards the exit. The first door was easy to get through, as Frank the elephant had plowed through it earlier. As soon as the cold hit us, Bucky started screaming again.
"We have to get through here quickly, anybody got any ideas?" I asked. Nico held out his arm for us to grab onto.
"I do. Will, don't say anything. I'll be fine, and we'll all die if we don't get out of here."
Will didn't look like the liked the idea but the only protest he showed was a gentle frown. He took Nico's hand and we all grouped into a tight circle, Bucky still balanced in Nico and Steve's arms.
The soul-sucking feeling of shadow travel took me over and I felt myself lifting from the floor as we shifted into the shadows.
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