CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

"Alright, what do you see?" Steve asked over the coms.

Evelyn briefly looked around, making it look like she was admiring the cafe. "Standard beat cops. Small station. Quiet street. It's a good target," Wanda told Steve.

"I still can't believe I got sunburnt after yesterday," Evelyn grumbled as she took another sip.

"Well, you are a frost giant, meaning the cold is your best friend. It only makes sense that the sun is your enemy," Natasha told her.

"Shut up," Evelyn lightly grumbled, knowing she was right.

"There's an ATM on the south corner, which means?" Steve asked.

"Cameras," Evelyn fake coughed. "Shit, I think I'm coming down with something."

"Highly doubt that," Steve told her.

"Love you, too."

"Both cross streets are one-way," Steve said.

"So, compromised escape routes," Wanda told him.

"Means our guy doesn't care about being seen. He isn't afraid to make a mess on the way out," Steve spoke. "You see that Range Rover halfway up the block?"

"Ooh, I like that colour red," Evelyn commented. "It's cute."

"It's also bulletproof, which means private security, which means more guns, which means more headaches for somebody. Probably us," Natasha spoke.

"You guys know I can move things with my mind, right?" Wanda asked.

"Looking over your shoulder needs to become second nature." Evelyn looked over her shoulder as Natasha looked at her. Evelyn sent her a wink and then turned back around.

"Anybody ever tell you you're a little paranoid?" Sam asked Natasha.

"Not to my face. Why? Did you hear something?" She asked him.

"Eyes on target, folks. This is the best lead we've had on Rumlow in six months. I don't want to lose him," Steve told them.

Sam let out a chuckle. "If he sees us coming, that won't be a problem. He kind of hates us."

"He had that building falling onto him coming," Evelyn mumbled.

"Sam, see that garbage truck? Tag it," Steve ordered him.

"You know, it's been almost ten months since we got married, Steven. Oh, how time flies when you're having fun," Evelyn sipped her coffee.

"Ooh, what are you guys planning to do for your anniversary?" Natasha asked.

"We're going out to dinner," Steve told her.

"Cute," she smiled.

"And, heads up, my birthday is at the end of this month so I'm expecting some awesome gifts," Evelyn said.

"How old are you turning?" Wanda asked.

"98."

"Damn. I keep forgetting how old you actually are," Sam told them.

"My appearance keeps me youthful."

"That truck's loaded for max weight. And the driver's armed," Sam told Steve.

"It's a battering ram," Natasha said.

"Go now."

"God damn, I paid for this coffee," Evelyn pouted.

"He's not hitting the police," Steve spoke.

Wanda and Evelyn leapt up from their chairs and Evelyn quickly ran towards her motorbike and started it up with a press of a button. She sat down on the bike and immediately sped down the road.

"Where's he heading to?" Evelyn asked.

"The Institute for Infectious Diseases," Sam said.

"You hear that, F.R.I.D.A.Y.?" Evelyn asked the AI installed in the bike.

"Rerouting directions." Evelyn weaved in and out of cars. "Turn left." She quickly made a left and sped down more. "Turn right." She quickly turned right and then noticed that the whole entrance to the institution was in ruins. Evelyn drove up to the opening and leapt over the debris to get to the other side.

Evelyn ran up behind someone and smacked the back of their head with her gun, then flipped him onto his back and smacked him with the gun again. Sam dropped Steve off besides Evelyn and threw his shield at some of them.

"Body armour, AR-15s. Eve and I make seven hostiles," Steve told the team.

Evelyn ran over towards Steve as he jumped off of the car he was on. "I make five," Sam said.

Evelyn watched as Wanda flew in and took out a man, then asked for Sam and he knocked him out. "Four." From above them, Redwing scanned the building.

"Rumlow's on the third floor," Sam ran up to the couple.

"Wanda, just like we practised."

"What about the gas?" Wanda asked.

"Get it out."

Evelyn bent her knees and leapt up into the building as Wanda helped Steve fly in beside her. Evelyn immediately shot out an ice spear at a man, going through his leg. He cried or in pain and Evelyn was quick to hit her gun into his head. Then she ran up to another man and flipped him over her head and then knocked him out.

Steve and Evelyn headed towards the room that contained the hazardous chemical, only to find that it was empty and that Rumlow had taken it. Evelyn rolled her eyes as they turned around.

"He never makes it easy," She mumbled.

"Rumlow has a biological weapon," Steve told the team.

"I'm on it," Natasha spoke.

Evelyn and Steve walked outside, but Steve immediately pushed Evelyn behind him as Rumlow fired his gun at them from the inside of his truck. The impact knocked Steve's shield and they both got blown into the building again. Evelyn and Steve quickly stood up and ran as Rumlow kept firing at them, but the impact only hit Steve's shield.

One of the bigger ones hit the shield and they went flying through a window. Evelyn fell five stories down onto hard cement and had to lay there for a few moments to recover and then got back up.

"Sam, he's in an AFV heading north," Steve spoke through the coms from beside Evelyn.

"We'll take my bike," she told him.

Steve nodded as they ran towards the entrance of the institution where Evelyn's motorbike was discarded. Evelyn hopped onto it and Steve got on behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist, and then Evelyn headed towards where Rumlow was going.

They quickly got off of the bike as they made it to the markets and ran towards where the AFV was. When they got to it, the back was open and their gear was lying on the floor. Steve bent down to inspect the gear.

"They ditched their gear. It's a shell game now. One of them has the payload," Steve spoke as he stood up.

Suddenly, a bomb flew out of nowhere and stuck itself onto Steve's shield. He quickly frizbeed his shield away and then it exploded in the sky. Evelyn was knocked in the back by something that sent her flying a good few metres. Steve landed beside Evelyn as she looked up to see what it was.

"There you guys are, you sons of bitches," Rumlow said as he made his way up to the pair. "I've been waiting for this."

Evelyn stood up to fight when he punched her back by a machine on his arm. She groaned as she went to stand up and saw Steve fly over her head. Evelyn got up as he went for a swing at her but she dodged it. She punched Rumlow's side and then dodged another gab, before kicking his side. Rumple recovered quickly and he knocked her back into a shelf.

Rumlow went straight to Steve and they began fighting as Evelyn got up. "This is for dropping a building on my face," Rumlow told Steve and then proceeded to bring out a large knife from the machine on his arm. Steve dodged it as he tried stabbing his face and elbowed him away, and took his arm piece off.

Evelyn ran forward as Rumlow brought out another knife and he took a swing at Evelyn. She ducked and then grabbed his free arm and twisted it, hearing a crack that caused Rumlow to scream out in pain. Evelyn turned around and swung her leg at his face, making him fly away from them. Evelyn walked up to Rumlow with Steve as he knelt up and took his helmet off.

Steve grabbed onto his vest to make him look at him. Evelyn had the chance to see Rumlow's burnt to the brim face. "I think I look pretty good, all things considered," he told them.

"Who's your buyer?" Steve asked him.

"You know, he knew you two. Your pal, your buddy, your Bucky," Rumlow told them. Evelyn lightly frowned as she realised Bucky must have remembered them after the fight on the streets, meaning they put his head in a blender afterwards.

"What did you say?" Steve asked him.

"He remembered the two of you. I was there. He got all weepy about it. Till they put his brain back in the blender," Rumlow told them, then let out a laugh. "Before that, he—" he laughed again, "he said, 'Please tell Rogers and Parrish. When you gotta go, you gotta go', and you two are coming with me."

Rumlow pressed a button on his hand and he blew up. Before any of it could hit Steve and Evelyn, red magic went around him to contain it. Evelyn turned around to see Wanda using her magic to stop the blast, then she lost control and it went flying up, blowing up against the side of the building.

Evelyn gasped at the sight of the explosion. "Sam, we need Fire and Rescue on the south side of the building," Steve ordered him.

Evelyn quickly ran towards the building and began putting out the fire with her ice abilities to try and save as many people as she could.

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