Bad Luck in Lagos
*1 YEAR AND 2 MONTHS AFTER SOKOVIA*
“Don’t you dare!” She yelled from one side of the counter. Not having to worry about how loud she is. No one is home.
“It’s just chocolate-”
“THAT YOU WANT TO POUR IN MY HAIR!”
“You can take a shower after.” he smirked, waving the bottle.
“I’ll kill you if you do it.” She glared.
He smirked and ran to her side of the counter, his speed getting him right next to her in a second. Grabbing her around her waist he pulled her close.
“PIETRO DON’T!” She yelled and tried to push out of his grip, a laugh falling out of her. He smiled as he held her tight.
“What scared of a little chocolate-” he squeezed the bottle at her, and she squealed.
“Ahh! GROSS! Piet-” She groaned and pushed him off her and wiped the chocolate away from her eyes and smirked. “Oh, it’s on!” She grabbed the whipped cream and sprayed it at him. He laughed and sprayed chocolate at her again.
This is what happens every time they try to make ice cream together for a movie in her room date. And I do mean EVERY time. He always starts it of course, grabbing the messiest of the ingredients and spraying it at her. Wanda, knowing it was them, always was the most upset because this was her and Sam’s kitchen, so hence why she always lectured them. Yet they kept doing it.
“Oh damn it! I surrender!” She grumbled when her whipped cream ran out.
“Yes!” He smirked and pumped his fists cockily. She rolled her eyes and wiped the chocolate off her face.
“Ugh, my shirt is ruined and now I’m all gross.” She grabbed a towel and started walking towards him. He was still laughing.
“Aw, now I think you look stunning draga mea.” He smirked.
“Yeah okay, clean this up we promised Wanda we wouldn’t do this again. And since you started this,” she pushed the towel to his hands on his chest. “You get to clean it.”
His smile fell. “By myself?”
“Mhmm, I’m taking a shower and when you’re done…well it’ll be your turn to shower. Distrează-te Silver.”
(Have fun Silver).
She walked to her room, and then walked to her shower to get cleaned up.
While he stayed grumbling as he scrubbed the counter. Using his speed, he was trying to go quickly. He was almost finished when he saw Natasha run past the kitchen towards Veronika’s room.
“What the fuck? Wait she’s taking-”
“Maximoff, where’s Wanda?” Steve came in.
“Where did you guys come from?” Pietro looked baffled.
Sam came in and stood next to Steve. “We have to hurry; we have no idea when he might strike.”
“WHAT IS GOING ON!” Pietro yelled.
“We need you, Wanda and Ver to get ready, we have a mission. I’ll give more details on the jet. Now, go find your sister and get ready. Make it casual but put your suit under it just in case.” Steve said in a commanding voice.
Pietro sighed and ran out the kitchen and looked for Wanda. Finding her and Vision on her bed talking he gave her the talk Steve told him and ran to his room seeing Natasha run out of Ver’s room. He got ready putting his suit under the shirt and jeans he put on, casual missions were his favorite he didn’t have to look all serious. As he exited his room, so did Veronika.
“You look good prințesă.” he smirked, and she rolled her eyes, smiling a little bit.
“Thank you, you look good too Silver.” She smiled and he came close to her, but Steve entered the hall with his suit on and his shield on his back.
“Hurry up, we don’t have much time.”
“Sorry dad,” she turned away from Pietro and followed her father.
“La naiba.” he whispered under his breath, as he slowly followed his girlfriend and her father to the quinjet, his sister soon joining them all.
(Damnit)
“Alright, are we ready?” Sam asked as he sat in the pilot chair.
“Yes, Sam takes us away.” Steve said and Sam lifted the jet off the ground. “Okay, here’s the report.” Steve said, looking at Veronika, Wanda, and Pietro and handing them tablets. “We are heading to Lagos, Nigeria. There we have to protect a facility that is holding a weapon the Rumlow wants. This is our best lead we’ve had on him in six months, this has been Sam’s, Nat’s and I’s ongoing mission you three will help us corner him...” Steve said, showing them a picture of the guy they’re after. “So everyone keeps your guards up. Wanda, Nat, Ver, Pietro, we need you four on the ground Wanda and Nat stationed at a café.”
“And for you two, take these, your job is to act as a couple of tourists in case we need to distract some people.” Nat said, handing the two rings.
Veronika’s eyes widened as she took the fake engagement and wedding rings.
“Trust me I have issues against it two but seeing as this is a mission, we need all the upperhand we can get.” Steve said looking as the two each fixed the rings they already wore to put on the wedding bands. They exchanged looks and gave understanding nods. Wanda smirked at the two as she put on a hat and in her ear her comms.
“Just stay safe guys.” Nat said looking at the two putting her com in.
“We will.” They said in unison. Nat smiled at her daughter, seeing a glint in the girl’s eyes as she looked at Pietro.
“Well now that we have our orders just stay close and focused, we’ll be there in 11 hours so rest, keep ready.” Steve said, sitting in a chair next to Sam’s pilot seat.
Once they got there and landed, the team all separated. Veronika and Pietro walked through the small city, to the little market there. He was wearing a baseball cap and she was wearing a shawl over her head and sunglasses for the sun. He was taking advantage of acting like a couple by putting his arm around her waist as they pretended to look at a map. Also, not to mention she was as well taking advantage of it, as she leaned into him slightly as they walked.
“This is nice, finally acting like a couple.” He said making sure none of the others heard him, she smiled.
“It is nice.” She replied, looking up at him. She went up and kissed his cheek.
He smiled and put both of his arms around her laughing. He kissed her nose and put his head on hers.
“Alright, Wanda, what do you see?” they heard Steve over their comms they stopped for a second. Turning their heads to scan the area.
“Standard beat cops. Small station.” She took a sip of coffee she had gotten and looked around her. “Quiet street. It’s a good target.”
“There’s an ATM on the south corner, which means?”
“Cameras?” Pietro answered, looking down at Veronika to make it look like they were talking.
“Both cross streets are one-way.”
“Which means compromised escape routes.” Veronika said, smiling at Pietro giving into the illusion.
“Which means our guy doesn’t care about being seen. He isn’t afraid to make a mess on the way out.” Steve continued. Then spoke to Wanda again. “You see that Range Rover halfway up the block?”
“Yeah, the red one? It’s cute.” she answered, sipping her coffee again.
“It’s also bullet proof, which means private security. Which means more guns. Which means more headaches for someone, probably us.”
“You all know you have two girls who can move things with their minds?”
“Looking over your shoulder needs to become second nature.”
“Survival methods 101.” Veronika jokes.
Pietro laughed as Sam started saying “Has anyone ever told the two of you that you’re paranoid?”
“Not to my face, what about yours Ver?” Natasha smirked while drinking a coffee.
“No me neither, why Sammy, what’ve you heard?”
“Eyes on target folks. We can’t lose him.”
“Well if he sees us coming that won’t be a problem. He sorta hates us,” Sam said looking around the ground from his spot on a roof.
Steve rustled around and suddenly called for Sam. “Sam see that garbage truck?” He watched the vehicle. “Tag it.”
Sam followed the order and his little camera he made went towards the truck. “The truck is loaded for max weight. And the driver is armed.”
“It’s a battering ram.”
“Go now.” Steve said urgently the whole team went rigid.
“What?” Wanda called out.
Sam ran off the roof and turned on his wings.
“He’s not hitting the police!” Steve left his spot and ran out the room he was in.
Suddenly there was a loud crash. Ver untangled herself from Pietro’s arms and looked to where Nat and Wanda were supposed to be. They had left their spots and she looked at Pietro taking off her shawl and glasses as he removed the cap. He ran towards the action and she, using her magic, lifted herself up to survey what was happening.
Things obviously weren’t going to original thoughts and game plans.
“Body armor, AR-15s. I make seven hostiles.” Steve said slightly panting.
Veronika saw where the crash had come from and saw Sam on a roof of a building.
“I make five.” Sam said and went over as quickly as she could.
Wanda landed and a few minutes later Veronika landed on the roof hearing gunfire below her. Conjuring her daggers she aimed at three men and threw them. “Two.”
“One.” Sam said landing and walking through the area. Surveying the building in front of them with his drone. “Rumlow is on the third floor.”
Pietro met them in the area “I miss the fun?”
“Just getting started. Wanda just like we practiced.” Steve said, walking towards Wanda.
“What about the gas?”
“You and Ver get it out.”
Wanda lifted him up and threw him towards the third floor window while Veronika started on the gas. Wanda soon helped her and they turned it into a fuschia funnel looking cloud. Sam and Pietro behind them taking out the guys.
“Sonic get behind me.” Sam said, just as Pietro did, Sam's wings covered both of them and he ordered his drone to fire.
Veronika and Wanda lifted their hands and the cloud rose and they kept it in a funnel. It stayed in the sky and they heard static.
“Rumlow has a biological weapon!” Steve said frantically.
“I’m on it.” Natasha answered as she rode a motorcycle into the area of a bunch of men in armor. Grunts and groans and yells heard from her side of the com. Then an explosion came.
“Mom!” Veronika turned her head, keeping the funnel with Wanda.
“I’m okay kid, just stay focused on what you’re doing.”
Veronika sighed and her and Wanda kept on working on the cloud.
“Sam, you have eyes on him?” Steve said with many groans.
“He’s on the AFV heading North.” Sam said soaring through the city the people they were chasing crashed their car into the market. “I spot four and they’re splitting up.”
“I’ll take the two on the left.” Natasha said, running into action.
Panic was spreading through the civilians. Steve ran through the market after Sam and Nat split ways. He stopped as he saw a carrier jacket on the ground. “They ditched their gear. It’s a shell game now. One of them has the payload.” After he finished an explosion was heard and grunts from him.
Wanda and Veronika were finishing with the cloud and they turned to Pietro who was waiting for them.
“What should we do?” He asked.
“Help the others,” Veronika said as she lifted herself off the ground as Pietro watched her. Blush growing across his cheeks.
“Wow you’re in deep,” Wanda smirked with a little laugh.
“Shut it Wanda”
“Ha! Alright we need to focus, we have a mission.” She said getting serious. Pietro nodded and grabbed her and ran towards the market place.
“I got my guys but they don’t have it. I'm empty.”
“I’m in pursuit.” Natasha said, chasing after the two she was chasing. Running to catch up to them and once she did they were in a gun point stance. Sam’s drone helped her and she clarified victory.
“Redwing saves the day again.”
“Seriously, Sam, you named your drone?” Veronika laughed.
“Hey don’t judge, I know you name your daggers.”
She laughed “yeah they’re Spike and Pain.” She said laughing more until she saw Steve in a struggle with some guy she landed in the market and luckily Wanda and Pietro had showed up.
“Pietro help move civilians Wanda let’s help Cap.”
Pietro nodded and ran, moving people away from the area.
Veronika and Wanda were coming from behind Steve and saw the guy he was fighting. He had burns and his face was a bit disfigured.
“You know I think I look pretty good considering.” Rumlow said, breathing heavily.
“Who’s your buyer?” Steve said, shaking him.
“You know he knew you.”
Steve froze. Rumlow took that as a sign to continue.
“Yeah, your pal, your buddy, your Bucky!”
Veronika glared at the man, but that name sounded familiar to her.
Bucky
“What did you say?” Steve had pain in his voice.
“Yeah…he remembered you. I was there. He got all weepy about it.” The man had a disgusting smirk plastered across his lips. “Till they put his brain back in the blender. And he wanted you to know something…” He was heaving heavily. “He said to me, ‘Please tell Rogers. When you got to go. You gotta go.” His demeanor changed. “And YOU’RE coming with me!”
He pulled out a device and immediately Steve let him go and blue, purple and red surrounded the man. He was lifted in the air by Wanda and Veronika and they tried their hardest to hold together the bubble they made around him. He was screaming as they lifted him up with much difficulty. They threw him up, both of them falling back slightly, Pietro seeing and running fast enough to catch them.
“You alright-” His voice trailed off as screams were heard around them and he was looking at the hospital they were near in shock.
Wanda turned and gasped.
Veronika turned and she stumbled backwards. The bomb the man had had gone off mid air and four floors…were affected her hand flew to her mouth as tears started in her eyes. She looked at Wanda who was shaking and took her hand as they both realized what they did.
“Sam get fire and rescue…to the south side of the building. We need to get up there.” Steve said shakily.