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“Transporting you guys is going to be the tricky part. I don’t suppose any of you will come willingly?”
“No!” All of his captives shouted in unison.
“That’s what I figured.” Bucky sighed. “But I came prepared for this.” He found the device in his pocket. “Walker, you first.”
“Me first? Yay.” Walker snarked.
It’s probably not his fault but Bucky just isn’t able to find any likable qualities about Walker. From the moment they met, he’s disliked him.
Bucky, you know me.
What was that supposed to mean? All Bucky knew about the man was that he’s a walking disaster. In some way they are similar, destroying everything they touch. The last time they saw each other, they hadn’t parted on good terms, which makes Walker’s statement all the more confusing.
What was he supposed to know about Walker?
He might ask him that question in the future.
He took the device, basically a glorified shrink ray, from his pocket and aimed it at Walker who just looked confused. So did everyone else. Until they saw what it did.
“What the hell?” Walker voiced, when he saw just how tiny he was. He seemed so confused that he didn’t even try to run from Bucky’s outstretched hand.
“You’re going to shrink all of us?” Yelena asked. “And put us where? In your pocket?”
“It would be too hard to keep track of all of you. I have a much better place to put you.”
“Where is that?” Ava wondered.
“In my stomach.” Bucky knew it sounded crazy but he didn’t care.
Everyone gawked at him.
“Was that a joke? Please tell me you’re joking…” John sounded nervous given the position he was in. He hadn’t been struggling to get out of Bucky’s grip before but he was doing that now.
Normally (and if he didn’t have an audience), Bucky would have taken his time toying with Walker but he didn’t have time to do that. He had a mission to carry out. Instead of replying to Walker, he simply opened his mouth and shoved the shrunken super soldier inside.
“Bucky, no!” Walker yelped as Bucky closed his mouth around him. “Don’t do this! Don’t eat me!”
It was hard not to enjoy Walker’s panic. Even though Bucky had said he was doing this so he could transport all of them, there was no guarantee that any of them had believed him. Walker might be under the assumption that Bucky was eating him as a snack. He sure struggled like he thought that was the case.
The remaining three captives were chattering amongst themselves but Bucky barely heard them, too swept up in his role as a predator.
He needed to swallow Walker already. With that thought, he tilted his head back, aware that all eyes were on him and started to swallow. John went down kicking and screaming but he went down alright.
“Did you seriously just…?” Ava couldn’t even get the words out. She just shook her head.
“Calm down, Walker,” Bucky placed a hand on his stomach, feeling the struggles from within. “You’re going to be fine. The shrink ray makes you immune to my stomach acid.”
“So he’s really fine down there?” Yelena questioned.
Bucky nodded. “Now who’s next?”
No one volunteered so he picked Yelena and then got a quick scolding from her dad for daring to eat his daughter. Yelena seemed to sense it was pointless to struggle. He ate the Red Guardian next and then had Ava for dessert.
It was definitely crammed in his stomach by the time he finished. And he had trouble adjusting to the newfound weight. Maybe he had overestimated his capabilities in swallowing four people at once. His stomach bulged as his captives struggled and it gurgled noisily, making him feel slightly ill.
“Can you guys stop moving so much?” Bucky asked, clutching his stomach.
“Why? Are we making you uncomfortable?” Walker shouted back at him. “Because it’s pretty fucking uncomfortable in here, you asshole!”
He should have figured his request would only make them get rowdier. They were also fighting with each other in there, pushing and shoving to get space. Walker was complaining that the women were unfairly taking up the free space and making him and Alexei cram together. He was also chewing out Ava, saying that she fell on him on her way down and yelling that she should be using her powers to phase through Bucky and help them escape. Ava quickly refuted all his points and called him an idiot.
Bucky couldn’t help but let out a groan of discomfort.
“Haven’t eaten this many people before, have you?” Ava asked him smugly.
“No, urp, at least not for some time.” Bucky replied.
“Wait, what do you mean not for some time?” Walker demanded.
“Hydra used to make me do this. Swallow shrunken people.” he admitted.
“And you thought it would be a good idea to imitate Hydra?” John scoffed.
Before he could argue back his phone started to ring and it was Mel on the line. She was really freaked out about something that Val was doing, mentioning someone named “Bob”. “Bob.” Bucky repeated and then was slightly startled as the occupants in his stomach all shouted “Bob!”
By the time he ended the call, he knew he had fucked up.
“Okay,” Bucky grimaced. “I guess we’re working together now?”
“Fuck yes!” Alexei seemed to be the only one enthusiastic about that idea.
“Just spit us out!” The others demanded.
Oh boy. He was in for a rough time.