I don't ever put an author's note at the beginning, I normally save those for the end, but this story calls for one right here.

This story does involve Bucky in it. Yes, I get that Bucky wasn't in the movie, anyone can see that. But this is my story and it's what fanfiction is for. Along with that, this story is part of a timeline I have going on with all my other Marvel stories. If you have not read my other stories with the Madison twins that's fine. I'm not going to force you to read the other stories. But there will be some things that don't make sense unless you read the previous stories. Like I said, this is following my Marvel timeline within the Madison twins-verse.

Thank you and I hope you guys like the story!

Chapter 1

It was new information. New information for her at least. Well, she knew some things about it. The others knew more about it than her. Especially after the battle of New York those some number of years ago. She chewed her cheek as she stared at the files Maria had handed to her. The number of thoughts running through her mind as she traveled through the tower to find the team. How would everyone react? She wasn't certain how Clint would react, most likely determined to get rid of it. Thor would be relieved to actually know that it was found and he could take it back to Asgard.

Only one way to find out.

"Tony!" Tracey called out as soon as she entered the lounge. She looked around at the few team members sitting around, all heads turning towards her. "We've got a mission."

"What is it this time?" Tony asked, standing up and strolling towards the blonde woman. "Wrecking Crew causing problems in the city again?"

"No," the hacker answered, shaking her head. She passed the tablet in her hands to him. "Maria just gave it to me. It's from Coulson. He sent the location of where Loki's scepter is."

Tony's brow shot up towards his hairline, Steve and Bucky's heads snapped over to her, and Thor's face became stone cold at the sound of his brother's name. The god of thunder stood up abruptly and took large strides to reach the hacker and scientist.

"Son of Coul has found Loki's scepter?" Thor questioned, peering over Tony's shoulder to get a look at the files on the tablet. He ignored the two super soldier's walking up behind him. His focus was more on the item in question.

Tracey nodded and tapped a smaller device on the tablet before tapping the air in front of her with the smaller device. Images appeared in front of the group and an image of the scepter appeared in the middle along with a photo of a man. "Coulson sent Maria files on a man named Baron von Strucker. Apparently he's the new head of Hydra."

"Figures he would have it," Bucky grumbled, folding his arms as he stared at the Hydra director.

"But the question is what does he need it for and where is it now?" Steve said, putting a hand to his chin.

"It does not matter," Thor said, storming over to the elevator. "We must get the scepter back before Hydra does any more harm."

"Point Break's got a point," Tony said, following the god of thunder. "We need to get it back. After what happened last time, who knows what could happen in the wrong hands."

"JARVIS," Steve called out, entering the elevator with the other two as Bucky and Tracey followed behind. "Alert the others and tell them to suit up."

"Right away, Captain Rogers," the AI said as the team descended to their designated floors.

Bucky quickly rushed off the elevator once he and Tracey reached their floor. Right away he set to work changing into his gear and gathering up his equipment. Tracey stood in the doorway of their room smiling lightly at the concentrated look on her fiancé's face. She followed his lead and gathered up her equipment, packing her laptop and other devices.

"What are you doing?" Bucky asked, coming up behind her. He frowned when he saw a black backpack on the bed with her things stuffed in it.

"I'm getting ready to leave, duh," the blonde said, tying her hair up into a ponytail. She turned around and sighed when she saw the look on the super soldier's face. She knew that look all too well. "Don't you dare start," she said, shaking her head and turning away from him and back to packing.

"Trace, you can't go," Bucky said, placing a hand on top of hers and stopping her from packing another gadget. He stared, begging for her to listen for once. Just once. "You can't go."

"Why not?" Tracey huffed, eyes furrowing. "I'm a part of this team. I should be able to go on missions just like everyone else. I've already been on missions. What makes this any different?" she demanded as she crossed her arms over her chest. Her hip popped out and her eyes narrowed, daring the soldier to come up with some sort of excuse for her not to go. Bucky hadn't asked her to stay out of a mission in months. They both agreed that she was capable of helping out on field missions. What made him change his mind?

Bucky sighed, running a hand through his hair as he looked down at the ground. He could feel his fiancé's eyes boring into him, pushing the weight on him even more. What could he say to convince her to stay? He sighed once more, raising his gaze up to meet hers. He pursed his lips when he saw Tracey chewing her cheek, just as she always did when she was thinking or annoyed. Obviously she wasn't thinking over anything. "Trace," he started slowly. "I know you're capable. You're more than capable. But this is Hydra. This is the base with Hydra's newest head. Who knows what he's capable of and you're not a fighter. You won't be able to fight him off if anything should happen. And not to mention he has Loki's scepter. I know I wasn't there for the Chitauri attack, bur from what Clint described of being manipulated with that scepter, I don't want to have that risk of if being used on you. Hell, any of us. I don't want to see you get hurt."

The hacker closed her eyes, taking a deep breath. "Bucky, I know I'm not as strong as you or Natasha…or Thor…or Steve…" she said, counting the Avengers off her fingers. "But I am a part of this team and I want to help."

'I know you do, baby," he said, placing his hands on her shoulders. "But just this once, stay here? For me?" he asked, his eyes pleading. "Maria will be here. She's going to need help with the information Coulson sent. Please?"

It was silent, Bucky staring at the back of her head as he stared down at her, waiting for her to say something. He didn't want her to go through any brainwashing or manipulation or whatever that scepter did. He didn't want her to go through anything sort of thing that was close to what he went through as the Winter Soldier. She was strong, but who knows how strong she was under a spell or something.

Tracey sighed, nodding her head as she looked back up. "Alright, fine," she said. She pointed a finger up at the dark haired man when she saw him open his mouth. "Just this once. Next time I'm going with."

Bucky chuckled, kissing her forehead. "Deal."

"Now go finish packing," Tracey said, smiling up at him before she gave him a quick hug. "I don't want Tony barging in her again making some stupid comment like last time."

The super soldier grinned, laughing lightly. "Oh yeah, 'cause I would love to hear new things coming from Tony's mouth. I'll be getting enough of that on the mission," he chuckled.

The blonde woman laughed with him, grabbing her tablet from her backpack. "Good luck," she said, heading towards the door. She giggled when she felt the cool metal of Bucky's hand grab hers and quickly pull her back to him.

"I still need my good luck kiss," he teased, pecking her lips.

"You're a dork," she said, rolling her eyes.

"Hey," he said, grinning down at her, "you chose to say yes."

"Unfortunately," she said, giving a dramatic sigh before she exited the room, leaving Bucky to laugh in her wake.

ooOOoo

"Well this could have gone better," Barry said, firing off another round from his guns. He ducked down in his seat when a blast of energy came flying over his head. He turned around to look at the place where a tree once stood. "That was close."

"Just be grateful it wasn't your head," Clint commented as he fired off an arrow. "We kinda still need you for other missions."

"No kidding," the male Madison twin said with an eye roll. He quickly turned his attention back to the assailing Hydra agents and fired a couple rounds from his guns at them.

The ride they had "borrowed" from the enemy moved along the terrain, bouncing and bumping along the hills and mounds of snow. Everywhere the team looked there were Hydra agents running and flying around them. Shots of energy from their weapons flew over their heads. One after the other, agents fell as the Avengers took them out one after the other. They had to reach their destination which was a good couple miles away from their current location in the fight.

With the given information the team had received from Coulson they soon found themselves in the small – but pretty big – city of Sokovia. Hidden within the city was the Hydra base that was holding their target. Loki's scepter. At all costs were they to get it. If Hydra kept using it for whatever plans they had in store, it wouldn't end well for anyone. Thank goodness for Coulson and his team.

"Duck!" Bucky shouted as a blast of energy flew over Clint's head. He quickly fired a rapid procession of bullets from his own gun as he saw a pair of Hydra agents flying towards him and Barry. He quickly turned the steering wheel, taking a sharp turn down a different path towards their destination.

"Thanks, but could you also give a guy a warning when you decide to throw me out of the vehicle?" Barry asked, kicking a Hydra agent away from the vehicle.

"Sorry," Bucky said with a light chuckle as he heard Barry mumble something that – unfortunately – the super soldier couldn't catch with all that was going on around them.

"Shit!" came the sound of Tony's voice in everyone's ear.

"Language!" Steve scolded in return. "JARVIS, what's the view from upstairs?"

"The central building is surrounded by some sort of energy shield," the AI answered. "Strucker's technology seems to be well beyond any other Hydra base we've taken."

"Of course it is," Bucky sighed, taking another turn as Barry shot more rounds from his guns. The super soldier's brow furrowed as he saw more oncoming agents heading towards them. Lifting up his own weapon he fired a few shots towards them, all the while keeping a steady control over the vehicle.

"Loki's scepter must be here," Thor said, the sound of him fighting off his own agents faintly heard in the rest of the team's ear pieces. "Strucker couldn't mount his defense without it. At long last," he said, the last part more to himself than anyone else.

"At long last is lasting a little long boys," Natasha said, hers and Clint's vehicle driving right by Bucky's and Barry's. She fired off a few bullets of her own at the Hydra agent coming up to her.

An arrow whizzed through the air as Clint released it from his bow. "I think we lost the element of surprise," he said, knocking another one and quickly firing it at the oncoming agent.

"Wait a second," Tony said. "No one else is going to deal with the fact that Cap just said 'Language'?"

"I know," Steve said, rolling his eyes when he heard Bucky's snickering in his ear piece. His eyes locked onto the tank coming up in front of him. He tightened his grip on the bike and rolled forward off, throwing the motorcycle at the Hydra agents and crushing them and the front of their tank. "It just slipped out," he breathed.

"Sure, Steve," Bucky laughed, punching an agent off the side of their vehicle. "Just like it always does."

"Shut it, jerk," Steve said, throwing his shield at an agent over head of Barry and Bucky.

The two men in the moving vehicle looked up and behind as they watched the agent fall. "Punk," the dark haired soldier mumbled, turning his attention back to what was in front of him: more agents and barricades ahead.

"How much farther?" Barry asked, punching yet another Hydra agent off their ride. "'Cause as much as I love punching and shooting at Hydra goons, I kinda want to get the scepter and go."

"Don't we all?" Bucky sighed, eyes narrowing as he shot at agents in a barricade.

"Sir," JARVIS spoke to Tony, but coming through the rest of the teams' links. "The city is taking fire."

"Looks like Strucker isn't worrying about civilian casualties," Tony said with a sigh.

"Better go take care of that, Tony," Barry said, kicking an agent.

"Send in the Iron Legion," the billionaire said to JARVIS.

Shots and punches and kicks were flying everywhere. As the battle continued the team worked their way up to the Hydra base. Eventually Barry and Clint abandoned their partners and jumped off their respected vehicles, leaving the two Russian assassins to continue their trek through the terrain and through more Hydra agents. Clint fired more arrows, blasting agents out of the air or into the air. Barry followed his lead and shot more and more rounds at the oncoming swarm of enemies. The male Madison twin followed the archer as they made their way through the forest and towards a tank and agents that had yet to see their presence. The two got set and ready to take down the agents, hoping to not tip off any other agents to them coming.

Clint knocked an arrow on his bow as he hid behind a tree. The two Avengers locked eyes, as if making a plan with each other in their minds. Then, in one quick movement the archer jumped out from his hiding spot and let loose the explosive arrow. And just as quick as he went out, he went back to hiding behind the tree. The two waited, waiting for the sound of an explosion and men screaming as they went flying through the air. But nothing happened.

Barry and Clint looked at each other, puzzled looks on their faces. Clint set his bow with another arrow once more and let it loose. But just as the arrow was about to hit the tank, something speed by and knocked the arrow away. He looked around and gave Barry a look, as if asking what the hell just happened. The twin shrugged his shoulders. Yet again, he knocked another arrow and in that instant, something hit Clint and knocked him onto the ground.

"What?" Barry questioned, brow furrowing and eyes growing wide. He soon found himself in the same situation as his teammate: landing on the ground on his back.

The two men looked up just as they saw a figure appear out of nowhere in front of them. It was a white haired boy. Maybe mid to late teens. He was dressed in what looked like a black track suit and had a smirk on his face as he strolled in front of them.

"You didn't see that coming?" he asked in a thick Russian accent, the smirk still on his face. And just like that he took off, a blur of blue behind him.

Clint's brow furrowed and he rushed onto his feet, loading an arrow as he did. But as soon as he stood up, ready to shoot the boy, a blast of energy shot out and hit him on the side. He went down once again, but this time with a pained cry. Apparently the Hydra agents he and Barry were planning on taking out had spotted them after the boy had run off.

"Shit!" Barry cursed, scrambling to get to his friend.

"Clint!" Natasha shouted, rushing over to the two. She quickly helped Barry get rid of the remaining agents before turning her attention to their fallen teammate. The red head assessed the damage, cringing internally at the sight of the bleeding wound on her best friend and the groans of pain coming from him.

In no time the boy had sped through the forest and reached Steve, knocking the man's feet out from under him. Steve landed on his feet, looking around for the person responsible for the attack. "They have an enhanced on the field," the soldier announced into the com-links.

"Seriously?" Bucky grumbled in reply. "Of course Hydra would have one."

"Clint's hit!" the red haired assassin stated into her ear piece. Natasha did her best as she tried to help her bleeding friend, all the while Barry fired bullets at the Hydra agents as gunshots flew around them and over their heads. The red head pursed her lips as the archer groaned, "Can someone take care of that bunker?"

"I'm working on it," Barry said, his brow creasing as he aimed at the agents. Sadly, as one fell two more seemed to manifest out of thin air!

Next thing the male and female Avenger knew, a roar and a giant mass of green came hurling through the trees and barreling into the tank, destroying it and sending the agents flying.

"Thank you," the red head replied to the Hulk's assistant.

The battle continued on amongst the trees. The team held back as many agents as they could while Tony flew over the base, trying to figure a way in for everyone. It didn't seem like the Hydra agents let up. As one fell, more and more showed up. It was a tiring battle, but the team continued on, knowing that they'd reach and complete their mission.

"Stark," Steve said, throwing his shield at an agent, knocking him down and bouncing off and hitting two more after. "We're gonna need a way inside."

"I'm closing in," the man clad in the iron suit announced.

"The enhanced?" Thor inquired as he came up beside Steve and Bucky.

"He's a blur," Steve replied. "Out of all the new players we've faced, I never seen this." He took a second to catch his breath, looking around and assessing the area. "In fact, I still haven't."

"How exactly are we going to get him?" Bucky questioned, glaring around at the agents that were still left. "The guy is fast. Not trying to sound like a Debby Downer, but there's no possible way we could catch him."

"Clint's hit pretty bad, guys," Natasha sounded in their com-links. "We're gonna need evac."

"I can get Barton to the jet," Thor responded. "The sooner we're gone the better. You, Barnes, and Stark secure the scepter."

"Copy that," Steve said, him and Bucky nodding in understanding.

"It's like they're lining up."

"Well they're excited."

"Makes it a hell of a lot easier for us then," Bucky said, loading his gun.

Steve held his shield up towards Thor, who in return slammed Mjolnir into the metal weapon. The two weapons making contact created a loud metal ring and a blast that went out and blasted the Hydra agents away. Bucky in the meantime stood next to his two teammates, firing bullets at the enemy.

"Find the scepter," Thor said, before flying off into the air.

"And for gosh sake, watch your language," Tony chastised.

Steve sighed, lowering his head. "That's not going away any time soon."

Bucky snickered, a grin spreading across his features. "Sorry, pal," he said, his body shaking slightly from his laughter. "You dug yourself a grave."

"We're locked down out here," Natasha stated, looking around at the Hydra agents as they held their hands up, dropping their weapons.

"Go get to Banner," Steve answered. "Time for a lullaby."

After that, two soldiers raced across the forest, taking out any and all agents they could until they reached the Hydra base. From there they found an entrance and searched the halls, looking for any sign of Strucker. Bucky's eyes scanned every corner and turn, keeping a watch for any signs of movement. His grip on his gun tightened as they moved further down a hall. Steve's body was rigid, ready for any possible attack. His shield on his arm, ready for a fight if need be.

Bucky glared at an agent when they turned a corner. Rolling his eyes he stared at the man unamused. "Really?" he sighed before kicking him through a door way.

Through there, he and Steve found their target.

"Baron Strucker," the blonde soldier said, eyeing the man as he walked through the door. "Hydra's number one thug."

"Technically," Strucker started, "I'm a thug for S.H.I.E.L.D."

"Well then technically you're unemployed," Steve shot back.

"Not easy finding work in your field after that is there," Bucky questioned, brow furrowing as he stared down the man in front of him. "Had to settle with Hydra I take it?"

"Where's Loki's scepter," Steve demanded.

"Don't worry, I know when I'm beat," the Hydra leader replied. "You'll mention how I cooperated, I hope."

The metal armed soldier scoffed. "Sure we will."

"I'll put it right under illegal human experimentation," the other super soldier answered. "How many are there?"

Steve and Bucky's heads whipped to the right when out of the corner of their eyes they found a dark haired girl. In a split second she waved her hands, blasting the two down the stairs. The blonde soldier quickly stood up and raced up the stairs, eyes locked onto the girl, Bucky not far behind him. But they were too late as they watched the doors slam shut.

"There's a second enhanced," Steve said as he and Bucky walked back up the stairs. "Female, do not engage." He turned to Strucker, staring at the man who remained where he was.

"You'll have to be faster than that," the Hydra leader said right as Steve flipped his shield off the ground and kicked it into the man's chest.

"Damn, Steve," Bucky said, raising a brow at the unconscious man on the ground. "Remind me not to get you mad."

"Guys, we got Strucker," Steve announced, rolling his eyes at his best friend.

"Thor," Tony said, "I've got eyes on the prize."

Bucky sighed a sigh of relief before turning back to Steve. "Let's get going and head back to the jet. Stark's got this."

Steve nodded, taking a deep breath as he stared down at the unconscious man on the floor. "Right. Time to head home."

HOLY CRAP! This took me WAY too long to write. I have been listening to my audio recording of the movie and watching the movie online for WEEKS now, trying to finish this stupid chapter! I honestly think finals killed my motivation to write, but here's hoping that this story brings it back.

PLEASE READ: Again, this story is following the timeline I have set up based on my previous Marvel stories involving my OCs: the Madison twins, Barry and Tracey. If you have not read my other stories, please go back and read it so that parts of this story won't confuse you. If you don't read them, that's fine, I won't force anyone to read them. I will also be changing some things up in the plot, nothing major don't worry, but just some things that will fit in with what I have already planned out based on all my other writings. AGAIN, this is a follow up to past stories with a SET timeline.

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Thank you so much and I hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter!