Let's kick Hydra's ass

Steve's view
I sat nervously in the quinjet kneading my hands, Nat wasn't doing much better next to me. We would be in the air for some time, for as fast as these planes flew, flying halfway around the globe took time. And that's what made me nervous, the waiting. Tony had assured me a hundred times that they would be there, but still I didn't allow myself to hope.
"They'll be there, I'm sure of it." Nat put her hand on my arm.
The attempt to reassure me failed miserably, however, as I could clearly see her fear as well, the fear of hope only to be disappointed again. Three seats down, Clint squatted in front of Pietro and murmured soothingly to the boy. The sight of the two of them brought a small smile to my lips. I was glad to see that the two of them had finally found each other. Thor stood at the front of the control assembly and nagged Tony to fly faster.
"Look, I'll get what I can out of this plane, okay." Tony pushed the lever down a little further "Besides, we're setting down for landing in two minutes anyway so come back down." the billionaire pushed a few buttons.
Immediately I felt the pressure drop in my ears. The plane landed in a coniferous forest. Under other circumstances it would have been beautiful, snow covered the treetops and the clearing where we had landed, animal tracks here and there, if I wasn't mistaken those of a herd of deer. But I had no head for such beauty, there was only room in my head for one thought, Bucky. I jumped out of the plane, holding my shield ready for action. Behind me I heard Nat's elector stool crackle.
"Okay it should be somewhere around here." came the tinny voice of Tony, already in his Iron-men suit.
Pietro jumped up and down "I'll do it." he shouted and dashed off. Two seconds later he was back. "Five hundred metres that way." he pointed south.
I could hardly imagine them leaving the entrance to their fortress unguarded, perhaps Pietro had seen something "Have you been able to spot any guards?" I wouldn't let anything Hydra had to offer stop me, but knowing what I was walking into would be an advantage.
Pietro furrowed his brows "It was a heavy metal door, but only one guard."
"Well this is going to be easier than I expected." Tony rubbed his hands together.
He shouldn't get too excited, just because there was only one guard outside didn't mean the underground base wasn't crawling with Hydra followers. "Let's go then," I muttered and trudged off in the direction Pietro had pointed us.

Bucky's view
I had an arm around Wanda and was desperately trying to calm her down. Since she had come back, she was even more determined to tear the door out with her strength. But she was still weakened from her last attempt, which had knocked her out for hours.
"You didn't see him." she swallowed and moved a little closer to me "what they did to him."
I guess that was true, I hadn't seen what my best friend had endured. Trying to escape would be futile anyway, not only were there dozens of trigger-happy Hydra soldiers patrolling outside, no Banner was there too, just one tantrum away from becoming the Hulk. And as many times as I had tried to just rip Wanda's collar off, it was too strong, even for my metal arm and super-soldier powers.
I pressed a kiss to the top of her head, "It's going to be all right," not even believing it myself, I had almost given up hope that the others would find us. Suddenly I heard something, I focused a little, it was gunshots. The closer they got the louder they got, in the end they were so close that even Wanda could hear them.
"What do you think is going on?" she covered her ears and tightened her legs.
But I just smiled, because I had heard a voice, his voice. The voice I had been waiting for, the voice because of which I had kept hope. I heard the voice of Steve.

Steve's view
The guard was easier to overpower than I thought. Getting information out of him was a bit more difficult.
Thor held the man clutched by the neck pressed against the wall half a metre above the floor "I'll ask you this just one more time mortal." he just let slip that he was a god when he wanted to intimidate people, like right now. "Where are the three."
The man struggled for breath under the god's firm grip, frightened he looked at Thor's other hand where lightning was twitching "Okay I'll tell you." his English was terrible.
Thor let go of the man and he slid to the snowy floor where he remained seated rubbing his neck "Barnes and the girl are in the prisoner wing, third basement. The ice giant is in the labs on the second basement."
Everything inside me convulsed with happiness, they were actually here, after three weeks I would finally see Bucky again, would finally hear his voice again. I punched the guard and picked the lock of the bunker with my shield.
"All right, let's split up," I whispered, not wanting to draw attention to ourselves so early. Thor, Nat and Tony went in search of Loki while I joined Clint and Pietro in sneaking down the stairs into the prison wing.
Clint had his bow cocked "All seems quiet so far." suddenly a shot rang out. I jerked my shield up and could feel several bullets bounce off the vibranium. I hurled the shield and knocked out five men at once. Annoyed, I looked at Clint "You scolded it."
Pietro came running again and dropped some bullets he had caught out of the air onto the ground. " Are you guys coming today?"
I nodded slightly and we followed him. We had arrived at the cell block where Bucky and Wanda must be "Bucky." I called out. While Pietro called for his sister.
Behind one of the doors I heard a low murmur, I kicked it in. As my eyes adjusted to the darkness from this cell, I had to smile and became incredibly angry at the same time. I dropped my shield and ran towards Bucky. His whole face was covered in older and newer bruises, he was haggard and his hair was tousled.
"Steve." he smiled and took his hand from Wanda who was being hugged by her brother.
I squatted down in front of Bucky smiling I reached for his hand "Hey Buck, how was your holiday?"
He laughed out "Come here you joker." he pulled me to him and we kissed. In those few seconds I forgot everything, I forgot we were in a cell at Hydra, I forgot about the vengeance I harboured against the people who had done this to him. I just buried my fingers in his hair and would have preferred to never let him go.
"I don't want to disturb your togetherness, but we have to get out of here." Clint's voice sent us scattering. He was right, we had to go. I didn't ask for long, pulling Bucky up and supporting him by putting one of his arms around my shoulders. Pietro had picked his sister up bridal style.
"Loki, we have to find him." The girl murmured. Only now did I notice the collar she was wearing and that she too had plenty of bruises and lacerations.
"Don't worry Thor, Nat and Tony are on their way to him." I looked out into the corridor which was thankfully free of Hydra soldiers. "Come on let's get you out of here." I pulled Bucky behind me. We were almost out of the bunker when I heard a terrible roar. This roar was unique, I would recognise it anywhere. It was the roar of the Hulk.

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