Steve's not wrong, as it turns out. With him running interference on the other guys, Bucky himself is more than capable of vaulting back onto his feet and ruthlessly slamming Right Arm Guy's head into the wall beside him. Maybe a little too harsh, all things considered. Head injures are no joke, and it isn't until after that rather sickening thud that he realizes how hard he'd hit. The guy drops to the ground immediately like he's been knocked the fuck out, and nosebleed guy looks on with wide eyes. He raises the hand not clutching his nose in a sort of gesture of surrender, and Barnes stares at him for a long and contemplative second.
Then nods his head in a jerk, and he skitters off wisely.
All that leaves is Alex, who goes unacknowledged in favor of Barnes dipping down to check the pulse of Wall Head Guy. He feels a little bad, frankly, but there's no real pulling punches when you're jumped by six guys in a prison fucking hallway. In the moment, it's just fighting.
The second his hand reaches the guy's neck, though, it's getting swatted away with a fearful, frustrated sort of grumble. Guess he's okay, then.
Maybe not incapacitating Alex was a bad call, though, because a beat later all that can be heard in any direction bellowing down the hall is Alex's voice shouting for the guards.
Bucky sighs, and shoots Steve a sort of irksome, apologetic look. "Whole lotta good that's gonna do you in a minute."
There's a flurry of echoing footsteps as a couple of uniformed guys jog down the hallway, and before they're even close Bucky's lowering himself to his knees, hands behind his head, fingers interlacing at the back of his skull in submissive arrest position. Shoots Steve an expectant look to do the same, otherwise it's stun gun city for both of them.
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Then nods his head in a jerk, and he skitters off wisely.
All that leaves is Alex, who goes unacknowledged in favor of Barnes dipping down to check the pulse of Wall Head Guy. He feels a little bad, frankly, but there's no real pulling punches when you're jumped by six guys in a prison fucking hallway. In the moment, it's just fighting.
The second his hand reaches the guy's neck, though, it's getting swatted away with a fearful, frustrated sort of grumble. Guess he's okay, then.
Maybe not incapacitating Alex was a bad call, though, because a beat later all that can be heard in any direction bellowing down the hall is Alex's voice shouting for the guards.
Bucky sighs, and shoots Steve a sort of irksome, apologetic look. "Whole lotta good that's gonna do you in a minute."
There's a flurry of echoing footsteps as a couple of uniformed guys jog down the hallway, and before they're even close Bucky's lowering himself to his knees, hands behind his head, fingers interlacing at the back of his skull in submissive arrest position. Shoots Steve an expectant look to do the same, otherwise it's stun gun city for both of them.