Sharon steadies herself against Tony and uses him almost as a pole, twisting around and using the ensuing force to launch herself back into the fray. Don't think about robot reinforcements coming. Just keep fighting. Don't give the order to retreat until you know it's hopeless.
And since she doesn't know for sure that it is hopeless, she keeps fighting. She misses the exchange between Loki and Tony, only noticing that the robot she's fighting is twisting its body parts around. It hadn't been doing that previously, and she wonders - hopes - that it means that whoever is toying with them considers them more of a threat now. If their captors can consider them a threat, there's a reason.
The robot's legs are suddenly immobilized by an arrow, and as soon as Sharon sees the arrow, she knows to whom it belongs. She jumps into the air and kicks the robot back, forcing it to stumble and fall to the ground. She surveys the other two robots for a moment. She's panting, and several hairs have come loose from her ponytail, but even though she's tired, she's careful not to show it. She has to let their captors think she has plenty of stamina left.
She glances at Loki. "One left for each of us. Tony. Try and take apart that robot on the ground. Do it fast. No way to tell how much time we have left. Barton, get upstairs. Tell me- us when we have company coming. Anyone else with you?"
And with that, she tosses her knife to Tony and then tackles the robot closest to her, grunting at the pain in her shoulder but also not caring. Top priority right now is to keep Tony safe while he figures out what the hell they're dealing with.
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And since she doesn't know for sure that it is hopeless, she keeps fighting. She misses the exchange between Loki and Tony, only noticing that the robot she's fighting is twisting its body parts around. It hadn't been doing that previously, and she wonders - hopes - that it means that whoever is toying with them considers them more of a threat now. If their captors can consider them a threat, there's a reason.
The robot's legs are suddenly immobilized by an arrow, and as soon as Sharon sees the arrow, she knows to whom it belongs. She jumps into the air and kicks the robot back, forcing it to stumble and fall to the ground. She surveys the other two robots for a moment. She's panting, and several hairs have come loose from her ponytail, but even though she's tired, she's careful not to show it. She has to let their captors think she has plenty of stamina left.
She glances at Loki. "One left for each of us. Tony. Try and take apart that robot on the ground. Do it fast. No way to tell how much time we have left. Barton, get upstairs. Tell me- us when we have company coming. Anyone else with you?"
And with that, she tosses her knife to Tony and then tackles the robot closest to her, grunting at the pain in her shoulder but also not caring. Top priority right now is to keep Tony safe while he figures out what the hell they're dealing with.