Chapter 5
Of course it was all too good to be true.
Of course.
The Avengers had not come to rescue her.
Well, they did rescue her, but that was just a by-product.
The good Captain America and his flying friend had stormed the Hydra base. But not because Darcy was held there. They were simply on a run-of-the-mill Hydra-destroying road trip, and the only reason they didn’t blow up the base with her in it was because they swept through it before hitting the explosion button. Thank Thor for that.
They were surprised to find a prisoner at the base. None of their intelligence had indicated that. It was a small base with just a few men, which is why Steve had only taken Sam with him. When they got in it was clear that it was a trap. There were too many men to account for anything else. Steve called for back-up, but they would never make it in time. Through sheer dumb luck they managed to subdue enough Hydra goons to have a breather and regroup. It was Sam who pointed out that if this was a trap, then there had to be a bait. Before they blew the whole base to pieces they should find out what that bait was.
They fought their way to the control room and quickly found it. There was a prisoner at the base, a woman. She was clearly meant to be the bait, but Steve had no idea who she was. He sent Sam to collect her and punched his way out again. Darcy was sitting in the dark, cursing loudly. The hazy feeling seemed to expand, making it hard to move anything other than her mouth. She should probably bang on the door and demand to be let out. Instead she just sat there, in the dark, cursing.
When the door to her cell opened she paused. A man in some kind of suit was standing there, the emergency lights combined with her hazy mind made him look like ghost. He moved slowly towards her and knelt in front of her. He spoke slowly and with a smooth voice, asking her if she was okay and telling her that he was going to get her out of there. Darcy focused on the sound of his voice, it was like caramel and she figured that was a good sign. She must have nodded or given some kind of sign, because he lifted her up carefully and carried her out.
She kept still in his arms, not really believing that someone had actually rescued her. The man kept talking to her, and she focused on his voice and let it lull her to sleep. By the time back-up arrived in the form of Natasha and Rhodey, Sam came running out with a sleeping Darcy in his arms. They quickly dispatched of the rest of the goons and blew up the whole base before setting course for the Avengers Facility.