V I G I L A N C E ~ (MCU) ~

C H A P T E R 2 5_

"Esther!" Loki whispers and I gasp, looking ahead to where he is crouched next to another building. He thought I was still following him.

I swallow and clutch my weapon tighter, looking everywhere before gently tiptoeing to the edge of the street and checking around the corner for signs of mimics. When I see that it's all clear I dash ahead as quietly as possible, not making a sound until I stop at Loki's side.

Before I continue he stops me, hearing a rustling that's just too close.

It's coming from somewhere behind us in whatever is left of this building.

He is thinking about what to do, because that mimic is going to see us if we head anywhere further towards our target.

"Let's go this way," I whisper and nod in the other direction.

He hesitates and I look around the corner―

"Shit!" I whisper and duck back. There's a mimic standing there idly where it once was clear.

I stay next to Loki and panic. "I can teleport us to that next building but it has to be somewhere I can see. But that means they'd see us too."

He is looking over his shoulder at the second mimic. "Teleport us there when I say," he whispers.

"What? Why?"

"Just do it."

I shut my mouth and wait for this glorious signal of his. But I have no idea what he plans to―

A grenade explodes somewhere far behind us after he throws it. The creatures roar and leap in the direction that they heard it and I take that as my cue to grab Loki's hand and I zap us to the next building closer to where we are headed.

We stumble on the ground and stop ourselves, holding our breath to make sure we didn't attract any of them to us. I think we're okay.

"I thought you said 'no explosives'," I say to him.

"I thought you called me the god of lies," he retaliates.

"I said 'deceit'," I correct.

He smirks and is about to continue walking but he stops and so do I. There are two mimics directly ahead of us but they haven't seen us yet. Loki and I stagger back into the ruins of the college.

"Perhaps the bomb wasn't a good idea," he whispers with regret now.

"You think?" I sass.

We hear something behind us and we freeze.

Oh gods.

We're completely surrounded.

WANDA:

My breathing is ragged and my heart is in panic mode as I hear monsters stabbing their tentacles at our vehicle that is now lodged in a ditch surrounded by rubble.

I look over at Steve as blood drips from my hands. "Steve wake up! Dammit!" I cry, tears staining my eyes as I clutch his large shoulder, his head tilted to the side as blood comes from his forehead.

"Oh God. Help us, God please," I beg in thick breaths as I panic. My stomach is throbbing from the injury that has shown itself again from the crash.

There are snarls and roars all around us as they bang on the vehicle, eager for our blood. Honestly I don't know how we've lasted this long. Once the bomb hit out of nowhere and sent us into the rubble tumbling off the side of the road I thought we were both dead.