"Uh-huh. Sure." Somehow Bucky really wasn't convinced. The guy kept an eye on him like he thought Bucky was dangerous, somehow.
Although... maybe that was exactly what it was. The guy was worried Bucky might report them, after all. Get them in trouble for the relationship. Len didn't seem to care who knew, but it did seem like James maybe was a little less eager to flaunt it.
After an hour of marching, most of the Waverider group were tired and footsore. James had very little sympathy for them, and he caught an eye roll from Sara that suggested she felt the same. Mick was grumbling about all the flammable things around he wasn't allowed to burn, and Stein looked like he was getting short of breath. Kendra and Ray both kept glancing up like they really wished they could get into the air - which would have been a great strategy, especially for the Atom which could go unnoticed, if not for Bucky's presence among them.
James was so distracted keeping a jealous eye on Bucky and Len that he committed a cardinal sin - he stopped paying attention to everything else. His first warning was the crack of a branch up ahead, too close to be an animal, and a brief glint of sunlight off something metal or glass.
"Ambush!" he shouted a warning, lunging to one side and hitting the ground rolling. Sara landed not far from him, both of them coming to a stop behind thick trees just as the bullets started to fly.
After that, things got heated fast. HYDRA troops in specialized armour and with HYDRA's impossibly advanced weapons came pouring down on them. James picked off as many as he could, and heard the crack of Bucky's rifle doing the same some distance away. The familiar sound of Len and Rory's guns going off at least assured him his lover was all right, but there were more and more troops coming in.
Bucky didn't know what the hell Len pulled out from under his jacket - it looked kind of like a HYDRA weapon, big and clunky, but it seemed to shoot ice. He was rapidly distracted by the black kid who slapped his hand on the old guy's shoulder and burst into flames before shooting up into the air.
"What the fuck..." he didn't have time to finish the question before he saw one of the HYDRA flamethrowers coming up behind Len, apparently unnoticed. "Snart, look out!"
Len whipped around and fired at the new threat, icing the guy and a good area of the ground between him and Bucky. Unfortunately, they'd been closer to the edge of a ravine than Bucky realized, and the ice made the ground crack and fall away beneath his feet. He shouted, scrambling for purchase, but couldn't get a grip on anything.
He tumbled over the edge, heading for the ground below at far too fast a pace. There was just enough of a slope that it probably wouldn't kill him, but the river at the bottom of the gully was fast and turbulent, with an awful lot of rocks.
It was also ice cold, he discovered when he hit the water. And those rocks were really hard, as he proved when he slammed headfirst into one of them.
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Although... maybe that was exactly what it was. The guy was worried Bucky might report them, after all. Get them in trouble for the relationship. Len didn't seem to care who knew, but it did seem like James maybe was a little less eager to flaunt it.
After an hour of marching, most of the Waverider group were tired and footsore. James had very little sympathy for them, and he caught an eye roll from Sara that suggested she felt the same. Mick was grumbling about all the flammable things around he wasn't allowed to burn, and Stein looked like he was getting short of breath. Kendra and Ray both kept glancing up like they really wished they could get into the air - which would have been a great strategy, especially for the Atom which could go unnoticed, if not for Bucky's presence among them.
James was so distracted keeping a jealous eye on Bucky and Len that he committed a cardinal sin - he stopped paying attention to everything else. His first warning was the crack of a branch up ahead, too close to be an animal, and a brief glint of sunlight off something metal or glass.
"Ambush!" he shouted a warning, lunging to one side and hitting the ground rolling. Sara landed not far from him, both of them coming to a stop behind thick trees just as the bullets started to fly.
After that, things got heated fast. HYDRA troops in specialized armour and with HYDRA's impossibly advanced weapons came pouring down on them. James picked off as many as he could, and heard the crack of Bucky's rifle doing the same some distance away. The familiar sound of Len and Rory's guns going off at least assured him his lover was all right, but there were more and more troops coming in.
Bucky didn't know what the hell Len pulled out from under his jacket - it looked kind of like a HYDRA weapon, big and clunky, but it seemed to shoot ice. He was rapidly distracted by the black kid who slapped his hand on the old guy's shoulder and burst into flames before shooting up into the air.
"What the fuck..." he didn't have time to finish the question before he saw one of the HYDRA flamethrowers coming up behind Len, apparently unnoticed. "Snart, look out!"
Len whipped around and fired at the new threat, icing the guy and a good area of the ground between him and Bucky. Unfortunately, they'd been closer to the edge of a ravine than Bucky realized, and the ice made the ground crack and fall away beneath his feet. He shouted, scrambling for purchase, but couldn't get a grip on anything.
He tumbled over the edge, heading for the ground below at far too fast a pace. There was just enough of a slope that it probably wouldn't kill him, but the river at the bottom of the gully was fast and turbulent, with an awful lot of rocks.
It was also ice cold, he discovered when he hit the water. And those rocks were really hard, as he proved when he slammed headfirst into one of them.
And that was pretty much the last thing he knew.