Chapter 36

It took us two days to get to the base where Johann was. Stark and Erskine have been in touch with us all this time. They monitored the situation around us and warned us with the help of drones if it was unsafe somewhere. Thus, we managed to avoid some undesirable obstacles.

We got into the territory very simply — I made a hole so that a person could crawl through it, next to the warehouse. Having penetrated inside, our small company split up. Victoria and Steve went to the prison camp, and I, bypassing all the surveillance cameras on a tip from Erskine, went straight to the main building in search of Schmidt and the Tesseract. But first, you should disable or temporarily blind the surveillance.

Along the way, I met Hydra soldiers, who all went around with new weapons based on energy from the Tesseract. And I don't want to test how one shot can affect me, even though I have the ability to absorb energy. Yes, I could quickly knock them out, but this may create some noise, and it will be inconvenient to hide the bodies.

When I almost got to the observation room, an alarm sounded throughout the base, notifying about the violators and that the prisoners had escaped. Obscene constructions in German were heard in the earpiece. Then Abraham explained that they did not know that the alarm would be on the locks, and not on the door itself. Because of this, the enemy was able to record the invasion.

Naturally, I decided to speed up, since there was no point in hiding anymore, but it was the blond man and his sister who attracted all the attention. But it's still worth stopping by the messenger, so that the information does not go anywhere. Inside, I did not expect to meet Johann Schmidt at all, I did not expect it at all, but it's even good that this happened.

— Guten Tag, herr Schmidt! (Hello, Mr. Schmidt!), - I said fervently in German, standing up in the aisle and blocking the exit.

* Self-destruct system activated*, - a mechanical voice sounded, and the man at the panel turned in my direction.

— Wer bist du? (Who are you?), - the latter responded, grabbing the gun on his belt.

— What, you won't even say thank you? Who do you think helped Erskine with his serum that you used on yourself? - I smile, and he finally begins to understand.

"James Howlett..." the man tensed, — what are you doing here?"

- Yes, I decided... *bang* — - I was interrupted by a shot from his pistol — - It's actually impolite to shoot a person in the face while he… *bang* ... govo... *bang* ... rit… * bang*... * click*, - Johann completely spent all the ammunition and now looked straight at me with disbelief, because I simply did not notice all the bullets, since they bounced off me like two sides of one magnet.

- Impossible! - The German exclaimed, - So you also took the serum! Then it's no longer of any use... " he grabbed his own face and ... took it off.

- Yeah, it's hard to call you a handsome man — - I said, shaking my head — - But you interrupted me! I have a very tempting offer for you!

— What's that?" — the man asked a question, and at this time he looked for a weapon with a charge of Tesseract energy.

- Give up!

— And why is it so tempting? - with skepticism, he turned his gaze to me, and in his performance it looked really strange. Just imagine, a man looks at you without skin on his face, and he doesn't even have eyebrows, only wrinkles on his forehead. Brr, it gives me goosebumps.

— How so? You'll live a little longer — " I replied as a matter of course.

— I hasten to disappoint you, - Schmidt rushed to the weapon and, grabbing it, pointed it at me — - But I'm not in a hurry to die in the near future.

He pulled the trigger, and I put my palms forward and created an energy shield, into which I put half of the available energy just in case. There was a whistling sound, and my defense collapsed, but I was able to neutralize the shot. But this is bad. I created another shield and caught another energy attack, which again destroyed my defense.

"So nuclear energy has come in handy," I thought, having absorbed it. It was located exactly in the middle of the back between the shoulder blades and was contained in small rods that were insulated with a special film and fastened with belts. First of all, I learned to absorb energy with my whole body, so now it was not difficult for me to do the same, but only with my back.

- Wah! How invigorating it is — " I sigh and cover myself with a green light, enveloping myself with a layer of energy protection.

— But who are you?! after firing again, but without achieving any effect, he shouted.

Hmm, and this time not even a tenth of it was spent. It turns out that I will be able to withstand at least ten more such attacks, but of course I will not check this. And it seems that the charge in his gun ran out, as the German quickly began to pull out an empty energy storage from it, grabbing another one that was lying next to him. What if…

*Fiu*

— No, no, no, that won't do, " I said cheerfully, when my idea worked. My index finger was pointed at Schmidt's gun right now. Correction, the disabled weapon of Schmidt, since he was now holding two halves of his gun in his hands, — I don't want to get something out of this farting again.

- ...- the man silently looked at his weapon, at me, again at the weapon, and then just threw it at me and jumped out of the window himself, breaking it.

- Hey, where are you going? - Yeah, I've been playing too much.

Jumping out of the same window, I ran after him. We, for a second, were about at the height of a five-story building. But neither I nor he cared about this — the body is strong, but on me, in general, everything heals in a few seconds. Many people will think, why haven't I killed him yet? The answer is simple — he didn't have a Tesseract with him right now, so I have to dodge and pretend to chase, but in fact I'm waiting for the moment when the German will reach the place of storage of this artifact.

On our way, we met his subordinates, who each time did not miss the opportunity to shoot at the poor me with their guns, wasting my energy protection. No, they almost didn't hit me, as I skillfully avoided it, but they still managed to deprive me of a quarter of my reserve until Johann reached the right place.

- Well, have you been running around? I ask him, when the two of us ran into a strange room strewn with different wires.

- Yes — - instead of being scared, he grinned, - You have driven yourself into a trap, — the German grabbed one of the wires and simply pulled it out — - Try to protect yourself from the direct impact of the inexhaustible energy of the Tesseract!

- Bl*! - I just managed to say and a column of bluish glow immediately hit me, which immediately began to empty my reserve of nuclear energy.