( ★ ) ; aggressive action drabble prompt.
( NUMBER GENERATED : 9. )
Blow after blow. One Steve’s, one Rumlow’s. Kicks, punches, flat palms. Whatever worked against a worthy opponent. The shield lay discarded within Steve’s vision, a mockery of his failings. Each fist didn’t hurt as much as the torn and fraying trust that Steve had built for the man throwing them, wrenched so cruelly from his chest in an unexpected move that had left the soldier at a disadvantage.
A duck, a sweeping leg (dodged by his opponent), a grunt; one from him, one from Rumlow. A desperation, a viciousness fuelled the ongoing battle as energy began to fade. No etiquette, no rules. Chairs were thrown and all dirty fighting was fair game. With a growl, Steve curled his fingers in the armour Brock wore, and swung the way he would the shield. The other man hit the wall with a crunch of plaster. Steve watched him sag with mild surprise and no satisfaction. There was a bad taste in his mouth and an ache in all his limbs as he forcibly expelled a huff of rage. The emotion wasn’t really his style. It was even steps that brought him forward, knees ready for the crouch before the man, but before he got there his move was interrupted by a dozen more men bursting through the door, clad in black and MISSION written in their stances.
Weakened, but not without fight still left in him, Steve summoned it back, and the blows began anew. The men were well trained. A few went down, most did not. His body jerked as the current of a taser shot through his limbs. It seized his muscles and gave his enemies that small opening they needed. Multiple sets of fingers curled on him, managed to hold his arms in place for the few short moments it took for Brock to be in front of him again. Steve’s eyes blazed as a hand curled unflinchingly around his throat and SQUEEZED. The soldier stilled, each tired wrench of his muscles causing them to spasm anew.
Brock’s words were biting, sharpened in a way that was designed to slice. But Steve’s skin was thick.
❝ ——– Not on your life. ❞
Jaw set, arms wrenched free and a war-hardened hand curled around wrist, snapping bones between fingers and tearing palm away from throat.