Thirty miles from the factory site to the border through enemy territory, then another five after that. They'd been luckier all the way than any men ever had the right to be, given how heavily fortified the area was supposed to be-- maybe everyone'd cleared out when the factory went up in flames, who knows.
They'd stayed low, ducked to the side and frozen still as needed when engines overhead warned of aerial reconnaissance, and made it the whole way without any serious skirmishes.
They may be tired, they may be wounded, but they're on their feet and moving as a unit -- and when they march up the rise toward camp, Steve leading the way, Bucky's right there at his side and barely half a step behind.
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Thirty miles from the factory site to the border through enemy territory, then another five after that. They'd been luckier all the way than any men ever had the right to be, given how heavily fortified the area was supposed to be-- maybe everyone'd cleared out when the factory went up in flames, who knows.
They'd stayed low, ducked to the side and frozen still as needed when engines overhead warned of aerial reconnaissance, and made it the whole way without any serious skirmishes.
They may be tired, they may be wounded, but they're on their feet and moving as a unit -- and when they march up the rise toward camp, Steve leading the way, Bucky's right there at his side and barely half a step behind.