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“If you didn’t want to be barfed on your shouldn’t have kidnapped me,” I said, trying to tug my arm free from blondies death grip. The man was strong, even for an alpha. “Seriously,” I snapped at him, trying to mask my fear with exasperation. “Let go already. I’m not going anywhere.”

“Fine,” the other man said, bending down until our faces were level. His eyes really were extraordinarily blue, I thought as I struggled to meet his gaze. “But if you try to run I will catch you. Know that.”

I saluted him when he let go and leaned nonchalantly against the van as I watched them between slitted eyes. I didn’t doubt I wouldn’t get far if I tried to bolt. Alphas could go all sorts of feral when people ran from them. I wouldn’t still be alive if I didn’t know the rules. “If it makes you feel better,” I said, grinning at Bucky with way too many teeth. “It’s mostly just stomach acid. Or, maybe that’s worse...”

Both men exchanged unreadable looks. “It’s not like I haven’t been drenched in worse bodily fluids” Bucky said, using a bottle of water to wash himself down. “You think you can keep your stomach acid to yourself for the rest of the ride?”

Jesus, what sort of resources did they have that they could use water just to wash?

“Well aren’t you just too intriguing,” I said, “And that depends, Buck. Do you guys intend to make me the filling in your alpha sandwich again? Because I’ve gotta tell you, that kinda puts a guy on edge.”

Bucky’s lip twitched into a smile. Smiling was good. Smiling meant he might actually like me a little. “How about you sit by the window this time? I’ll even wind it down, in case you need to, you know...”

“Sound’s swell,” I said, looking at Bucky because Steve frankly freaked the fuck out of me. “But how about a counter offer? How about I just suck your cock here and now and you let me go on my merry way? No fuss, no muss.”

“Jesus,” Buck said, looking at Steve.

“You might want to avoid thrusting too deep, of course. My gag reflex clearly isn’t what it used to be,” I wiped my mouth and happened to look over my shoulder when I noticed a jeep approaching. That couldn’t be good. “Now who could this be?” I mused out loud.

Bucky followed the line of my gaze. “Shit,” he hissed, showing his teeth. “Get in the van.”

“But, who-”

“In the van,” Steve growled, low and utterly terrifying.

It felt like I had a stone lodged in my throat. I nodded once but instead of obeying I scrambled back. My instincts were screaming at me that I needed to escape the big scary predators before they murdered me.

Bucky took the choice out of my hands, grabbing me by the waist and lifting me into the driving seat like I weighed nothing at all. “Stay,” he said, his scent urgent and commanding. He slammed the door behind him and quickly disappeared from view.

I sat there for a few seconds, considering what to do next. The keys weren’t in the ignition. Clearly they weren’t that stupid. And yeah, It had been a while since I last hot-wired a car, but seriously. Leaving Tony Stark alone with access to an engine. Really fucking stupid.

It took a pathetically short time to hotwire the car. The instant the engine came to life I hit the accelerator and in seconds I left Steve and Bucky in the dust. I could see both men staring after me and couldn’t resist winding down the window and flipping them the bird. The fuckers deserved to be stranded. Kidnapping people was just plain rude.

About an hour later I started messing with the glove compartment and felt my heart burst when I realised it was chock-full of water and protein snacks. I pulled down the scarf covering the lower half of my face and didn’t waste any time helping myself. I was still starving and I figured they owed me. Fuck knew where my knives had gone. Not that they were really any good to begin with, but they were all I had.

Not anymore, I realised. Now I had a van and everything inside it. I wasn’t sure how I was going to unload it without meeting more people. Lesson learned and all that but I figured it was a problem for another day.

A few hours later I was starting to get really tired. I didn’t know where I was headed or how long it would take to reach another town. I figured I should probably sleep but I hated the idea of being out in the open. Sure, I hadn’t seen another car for hours but that didn’t mean someone else wouldn't stumble across me later in the night.

I debated with myself and I reasoned I was going to have to go to sleep eventually. Driving until I had an accident was just stupid. I found a side road a little while later and pulled off. I hit the engines and just sat there for a little while, trying to calm the vicious beating of my heart as I tried not to think about everything that could have happened to me.

Because Jesus, that was a close one. I didn’t know exactly what Steve and Bucky had wanted but kidnapping a man off the street didn’t exactly paint a caring or nurturing picture. And the fact that they called me an Omega was beyond disturbing. They shouldn’t have been able to smell it. My heat was months away and I was covered in so much dirt and crap that my natural scent should have been complete masked.

It would have been bad if I didn’t get away. It would have been really, really bad.

I lay their for a while, thinking about all the terrible things that could have happened and working myself into an utter state. I must have fallen asleep because it was daylight when I was woken by a soft knocking sound.

I ignored it at first, too tired to get up so early. The knocking continued for a little while and I burrowed further into the little cocoon I’d made from what could only presume was Steve’s jacket.

“Jesus,” I whisepered, when the knocking got louder.

The knocking....

Knocking?

I jolted up and screamed when I saw Bucky. I wasn’t proud but holy fucking jesus chirst, he was outside the car. How the fu-

“Open the door,” the brunet demanded, his eyes tired but his expression faintly amused.

I tried to hotwire the car again. I was fast. Maybe if I -

He shattered the window with his metal arm and leaned in, unlocking the door and grabbing me by the arm. “I suggest you get out carefully, otherwise you might cut yourself on the glass.”

I realised my mouth was open and closed it with an audible click. Bucky guided me out of the car and that’s when I realised the Steve was sat in the jeep I had seen the day before. Apparently whoever it used to belong to was no longer in the picture.

“I, I -” Fuck if I knew what do say. I had a feeling an apology wasn’t going to cut it.

“So that’s what you look like,” Bucky said, grabbing my chin and tilting my face up. “You’re even prettier than I expected.”

I punched him in the face. I’m pretty sure the blow hurt my hand more than it hurt his jaw. He just shook his head and then I was being dragged towards Steve. I tried to dig my heels in but the man was so much stronger than me. I couldn’t even slow him down.

“Get your goddamn hands off me,” I snarled, kicking out when he opened the cardoor and pushed me inside.

“Keep an eye on him,” he said laughingly to the Steve before pushing the door shut.

Trapped in a confined space with a pissed off alpha made me want to curl up in a circle and hide. I leaned away and waited for him to do whatever the hell he was going to do to me as punishment.

“Well, well,” he said, turning to look at me fully. “Aren’t you just full of surprises?”