Chapter 10-Payback
By: MysticFantasy
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"So Cap, did you ever get revenge on Bucky for pulling that prank on you?" Clint asked curiously as Tony filled glasses with wine.
"Or is it against your by the book code?" the resident inventor teased.
"Oh, it's not against my code and I got payback." Steve stated proudly.
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Steve laid in his sleeping bag with a huge smirk on his face. He and his team had just finish setting up camp for the night and were about ready for lights out.
He claimed that he was already going to sleep since the day's fight took a lot of him. Which it did. But his mind was racing with excitment at what was sure to happen in a few moments.
If there was one thing he learned from pranks over the years from Bucky, it was how to get revenge. And now that he's a master tactician, he knew all the better when to stirke.
His new enhanced hearing could pick up the sounds of the men still by the river washing up. Not near any towns, they had to use the near by river for all their hygenic needs.
Soon he could hear footsteps coming back to the camp, so he closed his eyes and did his best to pretend he was asleep.
Sure enough, he heard someone quietly pull back the front of his tent.
"He's out." Dugan said softly.
"He fought harder than the rest of us today. I can understand why he's exhausted." Falsworth said. "I believe the rest of us should turn in as well."
"You said it." Bucky agreed. "I'm beat."
Steve opened his eyes as he heard everyone go to their own tents. He couldn't help but grin as he waited for his plan to take place.
It grew quiet and the small lights from their lanterns vanished.
Steve grinned at the silence and then...
"AHHHHH!"
Stuffing his face into his pillow, Steve had a few laughs before quickly gathering himself and rushing out of his tent seconds before the others appeared.
He quickly spotted Bucky standing near a tree with a look of panic on his face.
"Bucky! What happened?!" Steve asked.
"S-s...Snake." Bucky stuttered.
"A snake? Where?" Gabe asked.
"In my sleeping bag." Bucky answered pointing at his tent.
"A snake?" Jim repeated.
"Bucky, are you sure?" Falsworth asked. "There are no snakes in this area."
"Then go in there and see for yourself." Bucky replied.
Dugan grabbed a large stick from the ground and carefully went into the sergeant's tent. The men were waiting for the sound of a beating but it never came.
Instead, Dugan came back with the stick in one hand and a rubber snake in the other.
"Here's your killer snake, Barnes." he said with a grin.
Bucky looked shocked and stupified as the others began laughing.
"Alright. Who did it?" he finally asked. He looked at the group around him and finally zeroed in on Steve.
"Call us even now." the captain stated.
Bucky charged at his friend as the others continued to laugh and watch the two wrestle.
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"Who would have thought the captain's best friend was scared of snakes." Thor mused. "I would have believed that they would be fearless with you leading them, Steven."
"Bucky never liked snakes." Steve said. "It was the best way to get him back any time he pulled a prank on me. The others got a good kick out of it."
"I would have too." Clint said. "Was that the only thing he was scared of?"
"Other than getting use to the idea of keeping one girlfriend, yes." Steve answered.
"Sounds like he would have been best friends with Tony." Bruce said.
"I think they would have too." Steve said as he smiled at the memory of his best friend and himself wrestling in the mud while the Commando's continued to tease Bucky about the rubber snake.