"Aaaha, shit." Danny panted as Louie tightened the knot of her makeshift pressure bandage.

"Sorry," Louie winced. "You're lucky the bullet only skimmed your shoulder, this could've been a lot worse."

Danny nodded once she took a step back, "Thanks."

The rest of the team was busy catching their breath and prepared for the next task: finding Marie.

"Okay, the labs are in the basement. My guess? She's down there." Andrew thought through the maps he had studied. "This way."

He led them further down the hallway of cells until they reached the middle of the base, so far completely undetected. "Turn here" Andrew whispered. He seemed to be leading the group with a new found confidence. The group, in order, was Andrew, with Meg and Louie a few paces behind, then John and Danny, then Bucky and Sam at the back. They stayed distanced just enough so they could pass as security guards, but not far enough that they would loose track of the group in front of them.

The team swiftly made their way to the other end of the facility where they were met by another security door. Andrew passed through with no problems, soon followed by Meg and Louie. At the back of the line however, Sam and Bucky looked to each other with panic: they didn't have their IDs.

Bucky rushed ahead and grabbed Johns shoulder, "Stop. Danny you too." He whispered. Sam was now standing beside them.

"Oh my god you don't have your cards..." Danny said under his breath.

Bucky nodded, "I have a plan. I hope you two can act."

Danny opened his mouth as though he were about to make a quip about high school drama club, but quickly closed it when Bucky continued. "Take out your I.C.E.R.s, put them against our heads. You have to hold us like we're prisoners. Can you two do that?" He said lowly, then looked over to Sam as well to make sure he was okay with this. He nodded.

John blinked with wide eyes but nodded, Danny did the same.

They made their way to the security door. Sam making sure to be mindful of Danny's arm. John and Danny gave the boys fake shoves and kicks, making themselves look tougher than they felt, still holding the I.C.E.R.s to their heads. John and Danny, as the shortest of the group, looked almost ridiculous tossing around two fairly tall men, but hey, they pulled it off.

"IDs- Hold it!" The guard shouted making Danny wince, though luckily he was the only one to notice. "Aren't these two supposed to be in lock up?" The guard asked sternly using his pistol to point at Sam and Bucky.

Danny quietly cleared his throat, "We're taking them down for testing. Could be valuable." He gripped onto Sam a little tighter as he spoke.

The guard shook his head. "I would have been informed." He began to reach for the walkie on clipped to his uniform.

"HEY!" John yelled stepping forward, shoving Bucky with him. "Don't you know who I am you bastard?"

The guard raised his eyebrows and smirked, "Can't say that I do."

"Then scan my ID and find out." John ordered, shoving the gun harder against Bucky as he pretended to struggle.

The machine beeped and the monotonous voice spoke "Schmidt, Markus. Level 9, Welcome Sir."

The guards eyes widened and his face dropped, "I am so sorry, I -I had no idea that you were a higher level."

John rolled his eyes and walked into the elevator when the doors opened, dragging Bucky with. Danny followed after scanning his ID.

"Why did you get to be level 9?" Danny asked once the doors to the lift shut. He now held his ICER at his side.

John shrugged, "Thought it might be useful."

"Well thanks," Sam said, "you saved our asses back there." He turned to Bucky, "and nice improvising" He grinned as he let his hand rest on Bucky's arm.

A ding was heard and the door to the elevator clicked open revealing about 20 unconscious Hydra scientists on the ground; all of them wearing stereotypical white lab coats. Meg, Louie, and Andrew, who were standing between the bodies and the elevator whipped around, ICERs aimed at the four men.

"Wh- hey just us!" Sam whisper-yelled putting his hands out. Bucky, Danny, and John had their own variations, the three of them also sticking their hands out.

"Shit! Stop!"

"No!"

"Jesus!"

The group put their guns down with a heavy sigh of relief. Andrew wiped his forehead with the back of his hand before realizing he was still holding the ICER.

"I guess we missed the fight?" Bucky asked, stepping out of the elevator. He looked around the lab. This seemed to be a smaller Hydra base in general. There really wasn't much to see from where he was.

"Not much of a fight but yeah." Meg huffed as they caught their breath. "It's almost concerning: their lack of coordination. It's like they're not even trying." She said concerned. Louie and Andrew both gave nods, equally as concerned.

"I was right though, she's down here." Andrew said before he lead them around a corner.

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