A Complicated Web

Chapter Seventy One: I'm Coming!

Someone must have called for backup, Natasha mused as more people showed up, all Hydra agents. It was like attacking a hoard of fire ants that didn't want to die. Just how many people were housed in this facility? And how many more were coming to try and stop them and reclaim their lost prize? At this rate, the others, minus Baymax, would tire out before they could even get inside the massive doors that still stood closed. And she still had no way to call for more backup on their end.

GoGo zoomed past, trying to head off a new group of enemies fresh from wherever they were coming from. She still had no idea and that bothered her. There had to either be another elevator or stairwell. It was unfortunate that their enemy's communications system didn't seem as impaired as theirs, though the Black Widow supposed they had no one to blame but themselves for that.

Kally, for her part, seemed to be doing well. She currently went up against three different opponents, all using similar weapons. How the girl managed to evade most of the blows, despite her injury, was beyond Natasha, but she was somehow doing it. But even the energy shown there couldn't last forever. They were wearing out fast and that didn't bode well at all.

Dr. Bosch was safely out of the way behind the corner, which was probably the best place for him right now. And so long as they managed to keep the other Hydra agents busy, his potential defection wouldn't be detected until it was too late. Somehow Natasha thought they'd kill the man before they let him leave the organization.

And then there was Baymax, who seemed like a formidable giant but was just a soft marshmallow inside, almost literally. And yet he managed to hold his own. It helped that his armor seemed capable of repelling bullets and the like, though the ricochet did cause some problems, not that it was his fault.

Kally lunged with her staff, trying to whack one of the men she fought across the midsection. Behind her, another man tried to get in on the action, only to get caught up in the back swing as her metal weapon extended at the last second. It was a move he had decidedly not anticipated. Unfortunately for the half-Valkyrie, she didn't anticipate the actions of the third man as he swept in low, taking advantage of her momentary distraction.

Sharp pain flared up as the man's staff made sharp contact with her puncture wound. White light filled her vision and her hands seemed to momentarily go numb, her grip on the weapon loosening. Seeing her peril, Baymax launched one of his fists at the enemy, sending him flying into the wall as Kally went down in agony.

GoGo couldn't help but look over at the sound of Kally's scream. The momentary distraction almost caused her some serious harm, but she quickly returned her attention to the enemy at hand. She'd done this too many times not to know what was necessary. Team members went down but if she didn't incapacitate those around her first, it wouldn't' matter how fast she ran to a companion's side.

Just when it looked like things were really going to get bad, a loud thud filled the air. The sound came from further down the corridor where most of the enemy had come from. It almost sounded like someone had dropped an anvil into the floor. Thuds filled the sudden silence caused by the unexpected sound, causing even their enemies to pause. A matter of moments later, Tony, Wasabi, Fred, and Honey Lemon leapt into the area, guns figuratively blazing.

"About time you showed up," Natasha grunted as Iron Man joined her in the fray. She wasn't sure how he'd known to come to them but was more than grateful to have the numbers even out a bit. She whipped her bracers around and let fire several Widow Bites while Tony's repulsers fired, sending several foes into each other or into solid walls.

Fred came out like a kamikaze dragon bent on destroying everything in its path. He'd seen GoGo almost go down and was not about to let that go without a fight. "Taser tail!" he yelled as he spun around the group who had tried to surround him. They went down in a writhing mass of electrical current.