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[shootingshields]

Characters: Peggy Carter, open!
Date: throughout Turtle Dive Event
Location: Various!!
Situation: Various!! Comments will contain threadstarters, but also feel free to start your own. c:
Warnings/Rating: violence against zombies. also i have no preference as to whether you reply [action] or prose.

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[shootingshields]

And just around said corner, Peggy is discreetly hugging the edges of the street, wandering with an unlit torch tucked at her side and gun out. It's been a while since she's encountered anything, but her guard is still up at its height.

She sees the person sliding onto the street instantly, and only a moment later recognizes them as Rikki. But she doesn't want to call out and make unnecessary noise, so she takes to just holding her arm up in a slight wave.

Even if it looks like Rikki's... fleeing, which Peggy realizes is the case the moment one of the jiangshi turns the corner, too. She lifts her gun preemptively, but doesn't shoot just yet. "Rikki," she finally says, not horribly loud but with enough concerned volume for the teenager to hear.

[withoutaworld]

Rikki's steps falter for a moment as she spots Peggy. Even with the wave and everything, she still has to stop and think for a second - veer toward her for help and lead the zombies right at her, or just keep running and lead them past her? Being the reason her not-grandma gets eaten by zombies is not one of her life goals, but...

She skids a little on the street as she makes the turn, pelting toward Peggy at top speed. At the very least, fighting together they've got double the odds on their side. Two highly-trained but ordinary people against four nearly unkillable zombies... They can handle that, right?

[shootingshields]

As more of the hoard following Rikki appears, Peggy can't help but swear under her breath. She scans the area, for a potential barricade, relieved as she is when Rikki comes towards her.

One of them zooms a little closer, a little too close to her not-granddaughter, and so the agent opens fire. One shot, but carefully aimed, and that's all it takes as the bullet slams into the zombie's head. It stumbles over, and the gap widens, just as planned.

As Rikki approaches, Peggy's already scanning her for injuries, glancing up at the creatures in between. "Are you all right?" Even as she asks, she can tell the girl is running on tired, but there doesn't seem to be any glaring need to medical attention.

[withoutaworld]

Rikki flinches a little as the gun goes off, but she hears the zombie trip behind her, and puts on an extra burst of speed to reach Peggy. She slides to a stop a little too late, catching herself on the wall and keeping one hand there to keep herself upright while she gasps for breath.

"I'm fine. Just been... running... for a little while..."

She draws a deep breath and pushes herself away from the wall, raising her shield and bringing her sword to the ready.

"Sorry for leading them right to you. Not the plan."

[shootingshields]

Glad Rikki's not injured, she shakes her head. "Don't worry about it. We'll find somewhere to rest, for a moment."

Just not at this moment, because the jiangshi are still coming towards them. Peggy pulls out the torch and lights it up, coming to stand beside Rikki. Without losing her focus on the hoard, she continues looking up and down the street - there, a reasonable distance away. A small, interestingly shaped building that if gotten to, appears like it could function as a temporary barricade and bunker.

But taking care of the zombies becomes more urgent. One of the hoard breaks ahead of the rest, with clear aim for Rikki above Peggy with the flames, and a second trails behind it.

"Are you good to take care of a few?" she asks, not out of doubt for Rikki's skill so much as her fatigue.

[withoutaworld]

She feels a little better having Peggy next to her. It's not the familiar solidity of Steve at her side, but the calm competence Peggy exudes, even in the face of this insanity, is comforting in its own way. Rikki smiles, nodding firmly with her eyes on the approaching pack.

"Yeah, sure. No problem."

[shootingshields]

"There's a small building over there, to the left," she doesn't gesture towards it, because the jiangshi are smart, and Peggy doesn't want to give them a clue as to what she's planning. "Don't try to take out the whole hoard. Just enough so we can get there."

And then it's close enough that Peggy fires at the one in the lead, once in the head, once in the leg, and it topples over. The second trips over it on the ground, but regains itself soon enough and continues towards them.

She leaves that to Rikki, turning her attention on lighting up the jiangshi on the ground, before it gets back up.