He forced the door back open to the hallway, peeking out carefully for sign of the new agents that would be doing a systematic search. The problem was that they were between him and the exit, given there was only one in this place. That was problematic with Tony who was in no position to defend against bullets or whatever else might be flying. At this point, with the alarm raised, it could be drug tranquilizers to bring him down as safely as possible.
He could hear the footfalls and how they were getting closer to this location, and he hefted his sidearm as he stepped out into the hallway and began his silent march back the way that he had come. He stepped over the bodies of those he had decimated when entering, and the first burst of gun fire was not at all daunting because he lifted his right hand and returned fire.
He understood it gave away his location. He was shielding Tony with his body as much as possible as some of the team moved in formation to engage, and as he had thought, most of them were not firing bullets. They wanted both himself and Tony alive, but he was determined that wasn't about to happen. He gave no quarter as he returned fire, avoiding darts where he could but taking what he must as he drove the team back into the room even as he dropped a few.
The Soldier stooped to grab discarded weapons from the floor as he made his slow progress, pulling Tony along until the way out was clear and then he simply ran for it. He shifted his bond up onto his left shoulder so that he could pull himself up the ladder that would put him into the open fields of wild flowers, ignoring the deadening sensation of his fingers and toes. It would spread he knew.
Up and up he went, bursting out of the exit and fleeing into the field where he pretended to collapse. He placed Tony down gently, touching his bond's face with numbed fingers. "I'm going to lead them away. I will come back for you, alright?"
It wasn't a question he expected to come with an answer. He was already uprooting entire patches of wild flowers, digging a hole in the earth where he could safely hide his bond from searching HYDRA agents. It was the best he could do, and he admitted that Tony looked very handsome covered in red flowers. He leaned down and kissed his bond one last time before he rose and fled towards the trees.
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He could hear the footfalls and how they were getting closer to this location, and he hefted his sidearm as he stepped out into the hallway and began his silent march back the way that he had come. He stepped over the bodies of those he had decimated when entering, and the first burst of gun fire was not at all daunting because he lifted his right hand and returned fire.
He understood it gave away his location. He was shielding Tony with his body as much as possible as some of the team moved in formation to engage, and as he had thought, most of them were not firing bullets. They wanted both himself and Tony alive, but he was determined that wasn't about to happen. He gave no quarter as he returned fire, avoiding darts where he could but taking what he must as he drove the team back into the room even as he dropped a few.
The Soldier stooped to grab discarded weapons from the floor as he made his slow progress, pulling Tony along until the way out was clear and then he simply ran for it. He shifted his bond up onto his left shoulder so that he could pull himself up the ladder that would put him into the open fields of wild flowers, ignoring the deadening sensation of his fingers and toes. It would spread he knew.
Up and up he went, bursting out of the exit and fleeing into the field where he pretended to collapse. He placed Tony down gently, touching his bond's face with numbed fingers. "I'm going to lead them away. I will come back for you, alright?"
It wasn't a question he expected to come with an answer. He was already uprooting entire patches of wild flowers, digging a hole in the earth where he could safely hide his bond from searching HYDRA agents. It was the best he could do, and he admitted that Tony looked very handsome covered in red flowers. He leaned down and kissed his bond one last time before he rose and fled towards the trees.