shards - pietro maximoff

chapter thirteen ; enemies and explosions

"Miss me, Dahls?" His accent thickened as he punched a guy in the face, as it did often when he was focused or nervous.

"Always, Zippy." She winked and twisted another soldier's arm backwards.

Rumlow looked down at the parking lot from a balcony and faltered upon seeing Pietro, Wanda, Sam, and Dahlia taking down his squad.

"He's here." He growled, his face hidden underneath a full-face mask.

Steve's voice filled her ear, sounding fairly pissed, "Rumlow has a biological weapon."

"I'm on it." Nat said and arrived, taking out a soldier with her motorcycle and engaging in hand to hand combat with Rumlow.

"That fucker." Dahlia grimaced as she and Pietro switched sides, and therefore switched opponents.

The soldiers weren't used to this move, since the Anelace girl had created it herself, and they were taken off guard by it, giving the two the perfect opportunity to knock them out.

"I still think we should name that move after me." Pietro grinned as they took the weapons from the unconscious men in front of them.

Dahlia scoffed. "Fat chance, you didn't even help!"

"Without me, you wouldn't be able to perform it." He argued back with a smile on his face.

She was quiet for a second as she thought. "Fine. Let's split it halfway.We can call it the Maximoff-Anelace Switch."

"Sorta sounds like we're married, Dahls."

"I don't see a problem with that," She flashed a smile in his direction. "Besides, it would be Anelace-Maximoff, since the better of the two goes first."

Pietro made a face. "I don't think hyphenating is for us. We'll both be Maximoff's soon enough, darling, don't worry."

"If anything, you'd have to be Pietro Anelace, since my last name sounds cooler." Dahlia snickered.

"Does not!"

Sam watched the two with a confused expression, nudging Wanda with his elbow. "So lemme get this straight. They're not dating, or affiliated in any sort of way, but they're discussing marriage super casually?"

Wanda smirked. "Yep."

"This goddamn generation, I swear." Sam rolled his eyes.

Suddenly, an explosion detonated to their right, about five feet from where Pietro and Dahlia were standing, but luckily Wanda and Sam were at a safe distance.

The older Maximoff threw his body on top of Dahlia's, shielding her from the blast.

However, there was no time to relax when everyone was found to be fine, because Steve jumped out of the balcony at that moment, and spotted Rumlow leaving the area.

"Sam, he's in an AFV heading north." He panted, and Sam nodded and took off, the rest of the team running after him on the ground.

Dahlia could no longer see him up ahead, but obviously Steve could, because he was staring at a specific point, unwavering.