WHO: Bucky Barnes and America Chavez WHAT: Sgt. Barnes has arrived WHERE: Center of town WHEN: Evening RATING: Lowish maybe some swearing?
What the hell is going on? He thought, as he stared at the area around him. It certainly wasn't Wakanda, which was where he should be. The battle was about to begin. Bucky looked down at himself. He was still wearing the modified, updated uniform Shuri had designed for him that, funnily enough, looked like a modernized version of his old Howlies uniform. Leave it to the Wakandan Princess to come up with an idea like that. He glanced to the left and curled his fingers into a fist; yes, it was still the same arm he'd also been given as a means for fighting and functionality. A quick scan over himself showed him his weapons were all where he'd strapped them to himself. In other words, he was still himself but the world around him had changed. So then, why?
Rather than ponder it out in the open, Bucky quickly ducked around the side of a building to stay out of sight. He knew about the Infinity Stones, about what each of them did. Was Thanos using the Reality Stone to make everything appear altered? Was he actually still in Wakanda, about to converse with Steve before they lined up for battle? Was this some attempt to confuse everyone by changing their reality? For that matter, was anyone else around? He didn't see anyone as he peered out from around the wall of the building where he was hiding. Drawing his rifle, he used the scope to see even further, his sight already amplified by the super soldier serum running through him.
It didn't appear that there were any threats around, but Bucky of all people knew it was impossible to be too careful in an unknown situation so he kept the rifle raised, and took a few steps out, then another few until he'd reached the center again. Were those footsteps he heard? Bucky whipped around quickly in the direction he'd hear them coming from. Show your face, he thought.