Chapter 1

Tracey peered around the corner she was hiding behind. The hall she was looking down was empty, but that didn't settle her nerves. It was quiet to the point where she could hear her heartbeat in her ears. She clutched the gun in her hands against her chest, trying to calm herself. They could be anywhere and could jump her at any minute. She took a deep breath and stepped out into the hallway. Taking only two steps, she froze when she heard a voice.

"Now!"

In a split second arrows and bullets rained down on her. She shrieked as she covered her head with her arms. She raised her head once the fire stopped and glared as she heard laughter. She crossed her arms with a pout as she saw Barry walking out from a doorway at the end of the hall. He grinned as he waved his Nerf gun in the air.

"Nice try, Trace," he said, laughing.

The blonde woman rolled her eyes. "Yeah, yeah. Whatever." She bent down and picked up a foam arrow. She crossed her arms, arrow raised as she rested her elbow on her other arm. She lifted a brow at her twin. "Where's Clint?" She raised her head when she heard snickering echoing above her. She spotted an air vent with its grate removed to her right. "Really? The air vent?" She looked to the left when she heard another voice laughing. Tracey found Bucky bracing himself in the corner of the ceiling, yellow Nerf gun in one hand as he held onto the walls. "Oh come on!" she shouted. "That should be cheating."

Bucky jumped down, landing with barely a thud in front of her. "Sorry, doll, but got to use some things to my advantage."

Tracey scoffed. "Not all of us are trained assassins."

The brunet man grinned and wrapped his arms around the woman's waist. "Oh come on, don't be such a sore loser. You got Steve out. Don't forget that."

"Yeah, but that's also because he's not that great with a gun," Barry commented.

"Don't let him hear you say that," Bucky laughed. He looked down at Tracey, laughing when he saw her glaring up at him. He shook his head and leaned his head down; he kissed her lips.

Clint groaned as he jumped out of the vent. "Get a room you two," he said, making Barry laugh.

The ex S.H.I.E.L.D. agent stopped his laughter when he felt something hit the back of his head. Holding the spot on his head, he turned around to see Sharon with a Nerf gun of her own raised in front of her. Steve stood to the side of her, both grinning at the group.

"You're out," the CIA agent said smugly, a smirk on her face.

"And so are you two," came a new voice.

The group turned around to see Natasha holding two Nerf guns. Next thing they knew, two foam bullets shot out and nailed Bucky and Clint on the forehead.

"Headshot!" Tracey cheered, grinning at the two male assassins. "Girls win!"

The three men groaned, throwing their heads back as they did. They shifted their eyes to the two woman who got them out as they walked over to stand next to Tracey.

"Best of luck next time," Sharon said, her smirk still there.

Barry opened his mouth to say something, but whipped his head around after he felt another bullet hit the back of his head. He glared at Steve who grinned back.

"That was for the comment about me using guns," he said, grinning cheekily.

"Traitor…" the male twin grumbled.

"You three shouldn't have let your guard down," Natasha smirked, glancing over at her bow friend who was secretly loading an arrow to shoot her with. He pouted as he lowered the bow.

"She's got a point," Steve said laughing as Bucky glared at him.

"And you couldn't have warned us?"

"I was out," the blond soldier grinned.

"Punk."

"Jerk."

Tracey rolled her eyes and shot an arrow at Steve and Bucky. "Army Bros, stop your old man squabbling and let's go. I'm heading upstairs to eat."

"Yeah, I'm hungry too," Barry said, stretching his arms over his head. He shot a bullet at Steve before bursting out into a run.

"Hey!" Steve shouted, chasing him down shooting bullets at the twin.

Clint laughed as they ran down the hall, placing an arm around Natasha's waist, kissing her cheek as they followed the two men. Sharon rolled her eyes, chuckling as she followed her boyfriend down the hall. Bucky looked down at Tracey and grinned, wrapping his arms around her.

"They're finally gone," he said, leaning his head towards hers.

Tracey rolled her eyes, pushing against his chest. "Come on, Sergeant," she laughed. "I'm hungry."

Bucky chuckled and quickly kissed her. "Alright, darling, alright," he said, kissing her nose before placing his arm around her waist, leading her down the hall.

ooOOoo

"Barry, give me my laptop!" Tracey yelled as her brother laughed as he held the computer over his head. Tracey jumped up and down trying to reach her laptop.

"You need to take a break, Trace," Barry said, laughing as he held it higher. "You work on this thing way too much."

"He's got a point, Tracey," Steve said, laughing as he watched Tracey chase her brother around the kitchen island.

Bucky grabbed the laptop from Barry, chuckling when Tracey smiled brightly at him. He held the device in the air when she walked over to him. "Sorry, doll. Barry and Steve are right. You need to stop working so much and relax."

"Are you still not taking a break, Tracey?" Bruce asked as he walked off the elevator, a holo-tablet in hand.

"Yes," Barry answered. "Ow," he shouted, glaring at Tracey as he rubbed his arm.

"Where's Tony?" Sharon asked, sipping her glass of water.

"He's been holed up in the lab. He's been acting weird lately," Bruce answered. "He's been working on something nonstop and won't tell me what it is."

"It's Stark," Clint said, raising a brow and waving a hand in a 'what do you expect?' manner. "He always locks himself away and works on whatever he's working on for hours on end."

"Yeah, but this time, he's keeping it from me," Bruce said, biting his lip as he glanced at the door to the stairs. "He's being really secretive about it. Usually he asks if I want a part of whatever he's doing."

"That's odd…" Natasha said, taking a bite from her sandwich. "Anyways, I meant to ask you, Sharon and Steve, how was the last mission?"

"It went well," Steve answered. "We were able to get some information from Hydra and destroy another base. I'm not sure if we're getting closer to getting rid of them finally…" he said, chewing his cheek.

"Anything else?" Nat asked, smirking at him.

Steve raised an eyebrow. "What do you me- Seriously Nat!" he yelled.

Sharon laughed and kissed his cheek, which was turning bright red. "Calm down, Captain."

Steve rolled his eyes, trying to get his face to stop burning as he glared at Natasha (and Bucky, who was cackling at his best friend). "And what about you and Clint?" he shot.

"No comment," the red head said, smirking.

Clint chuckled, smirking over at his girlfriend. "Anyone want to change the topic?"

"Why?" Barry asked, laughing. "Feeling uncomfortable?"

"Never," the archer said chuckling. "It just looks like Tracey looks uncomfortable," he said, nodding to the female twin.

Tracey rolled her eyes. "I'm not. I don't care what you guys talk about, just don't make it too personal," she said.

"That would be really appreciated," Bruce said, laughing.

Bucky chuckled as Tracey jumped again trying to grab her laptop. "Not gonna happen, doll. You need to get sleep. You were falling asleep earlier today." He kissed her cheek when she huffed.

"What about you two?" Natasha asked, a cheeky grin on her face. It grew when she saw Tracey glare at her.

"No comment," Bucky mimicked, winking at the red haired assassin.

Tracey punched his flesh arm. "Bucky!" She turned to the laughing group of friends. "Nothing is happening with us."

"Yet," Bucky grinned.

Tracey narrowed her eyes at her boyfriend who only grinned wider at her. "Bucky, you're annoying."

"You chose to date me," he laughed.

"What are we talking about?" Tony asked, walking off the elevator. His hair was disheveled and his clothes were covered in what looked like oil stains. His hands were basically black as he wiped them on a rag.

"What have you been doing down there, Stark? You look like you were bathing in oil," Clint said, scrunching his face up and raising an eyebrow.

"Nothing for you to worry about," Tony said quickly. "Just a small experiment I'm working on."

"What sort of experiment are you working on that you're not working on it with Bruce?" Steve asked.

Tony opened his mouth, but JARVIS's voice interrupted, echoing through the floor.

"Sir, there is a break in at Citibank down on Third Avenue and Fifty-second Street," the AI informed.

"We better help out then," Tony said. "Spider Queen, Queen Elsa, you up for a quick work out?"

"Why not," Bucky said. "It's we haven't had an easy mission in a while."

"How many men do you think it is this time?" Nat questioned, following Bucky and Tony to the elevator.

"My guess is it's probably three," Bucky answered.

"I'd say five at most," Tony said.

"I think it's one," Natasha said. "Want to make it interesting?"

"What did you have in mind, Spider Queen?" Tony asked.

"Losers do all the winner's chores for a month?" Natasha stated, smirking at the two men.

"You're on," Bucky replied, smirking back.

"Let's go," Tony said, hitting the button to the bottom floor.

ooOOoo

People were running around, screaming and avoiding the bank entrance as the three heroes got to the scene. Inspecting the building, they saw a large hole next in the door. It was about the size of an average person, just a little bigger. Police cars were circled around the steps as the cops stood outside their cars, guns pointed at the entrance.

"What's going on here?" Tony asked, flying down to one of the cops as Natasha landed the jet.

"Some freak apparently busted through the wall and is breaking into the back vaults," the sheriff answered, waving a hand at the hole in the building.

"Just one guy did this?" Tony said, looking over at the bank.

"I win," Natasha said, smirking once she and Bucky reached Iron Man and the cop.

"Damn…" Tony cursed under his breath. He turned his attention back to the sheriff. "We're going to need you to get these people out of the way. We'll handle this." He turned to Bucky and Natasha. "Buckaroo, you head up to the entrance and survey the inside of the building. Red, I'm going to need you to find a way into the back of the bank so we can get the guy surrounded. I'll go in through the roof."

"Trying to make a grand entrance?" Bucky asked, chuckling at the iron clad hero.

"You know it," Tony said, taking off into the air.

Bucky ran up to the hole in the wall, pulling one of his hand guns out of their holsters as he peeked through the entrance. Scanning the area he found the bank tellers hiding under their desks, but there was no one who appeared to be holding them hostage. "Stark, Natasha," he said, turning on his ear piece. "The guy's already in the back. The hostages seem to be unharmed."

"Good, get them out of there then head to the back to help Red out," Tony answered.

Bucky switched the safety on his gun and slowly made his way into the building. He caught the eye of one of the bankers and motioned for them to make their way out of the building. As soon as the last person was out he made his way to the back. Peering into the vault he caught sight of a red haired man stuffing money into a bag.

How original. Bucky thought.

He spotted Natasha in the corner of his eye coming up next to him. He nodded to her and they quickly entered the vault, guns pointing at the man.

"I think you need to make an account before making a withdrawal," Natasha said.

The man turned around and glared at the two assassins. In a split second he charged them, knocking them out of the way. Natasha flew into one of the walls while Bucky pushed against the man, trying to push him back. He succeeded in pushing the man off him, but the man quickly swung a fist at him and a fist at him. Bucky dodged and swung his own fist at the man. It was blocked followed by a kick. Bucky jumped back and swung his metal arm at the man as he charged him again. Natasha came from behind and jumped on the man's back only to be flung right off. She landed on her feet next to Bucky. She looked at him and he nodded at her. The two charged the man, attacking from both sides. Bucky swung his fist at the man, landing a hit on his jaw as Natasha swung her foot at the man's legs. The man fell to the floor, but quickly flipped back up.

"What's up with this guy?" Natasha said as she dodged a punch. "He's almost as strong as you."

"I've noticed that too…" Bucky said, eyeing the man as he jumped away from his next kick.

"Bring him outside," Tony sounded in their communicators. "We can't afford to destroy the building."

"Trying to keep some money in your own bank, Stark?" Bucky questioned.

"That and I think the workers would appreciate another day of getting paid themselves," Tony stated. "So bring him to me."

"On it," Natasha said, running at the man.

She threw one of her disks, landing it on his shoulder. Within a second it shocked him, sending him into a minor seizure. It didn't last long, but it gave Bucky enough time to grab him and throw him out of the vault. From there, he kicked the red haired man out of the building straight through the hole he created prior to the heroes arriving. Outside, Tony swooped down and blasted the man with a few shots from his repulsor gauntlets. The man was sent flying and crashed into the steps, putting a crater into it.

"What happened to not destroying the building?" Bucky shouted at Tony as he charged at the man when he saw him begin to get up. He punched the man, sending him back down to the ground.

"I didn't realize he'd dent the building!" Tony defended. "Have you been eating your spinach, Pop-eye?" he asked the man as he hovered in front of him.

Natasha quickly ran up and grabbed his neck as he was about to jump at Iron Man. She slammed her fists into his neck, activating her bracelets. The man shook from the shock and eventually fell to his knees. Nat jumped off as he fell and stood next to Bucky and Tony as they stared at the man lying on the steps. The cops quickly surrounded the man and hauled him to his feet. Cuffs were around his wrists in the matter of seconds.

Bucky blinked as he stared at the man. What did he just see? He leaned over to Natasha. "Did you just see something fly off his body?"

"Glad I'm not the only one who saw that," she said, crossing her arms. Her eyebrows perked up a bit when she saw the man shaking his head.

The red head man blinked and looked every which way, his eyes growing wide in fear. "Where am I?" he asked. He looked down at his cuffed hands and at the cops, his eyes growing wider. "What's going on? What's happening?"

The three heroes looked at each other in confusion as the cops pushed the man into one of the many police vehicles.

"What just happened?" Tony asked. "There's no way that guy forgot everything that just happened."

"Maybe you hit him too hard," Bucky smirked. It vanished as quickly as it appeared. "But you've got a point. It's weird…"

"Think it has something to do with whatever flew off him?" Natasha asked, putting weight on one of her legs, jutting out her hip.

"Something flew off him?" Tony questioned, his helmet plate lifting up.

"You didn't see it?" Bucky asked. "It was black and looked like it flew off his neck or something."

"Probably your guys' imagination," Tony said, waving a hand. "You Russians and your vodka."

Bucky rolled his eyes and punched the iron man on the arm. "Let's just go. Maybe we can get some information on the guy."

"Sounds good to me," Natasha said, leading the two to the jet. "But my question is, why did it seem like he was some sort of super soldier like you?" she asked, turning to Bucky.

"That's another thing I want to know…" Bucky said, brow furrowing as he crossed his arms. He turned back to the police car where the man was being driven away. He stared at it, his mind whirring with questions as he loaded onto the jet.

Hey everyone! So I finally got chapter one done! I've been working on this chapter for at least half a month or so. After writing Winter is Ending I started watching Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and I got back into the Marvel mood and wanted to write a sequel. I've been plotting ideas since I finished Winter is Ending and I'm excited to start this story. I'm just hoping I'll be able to actually get it written and finished. But like I said I have a lot of ideas after plotting for so long and I really want to get this done. So fingers crossed that it will all work out!

I've also been stressing out lately. Especially today. Econ is kicking my butt right now and I'm currently worried about my grade. So if you don't hear from me often after today or this week(end) I'm sorry, but I really need to focus on my grades. My fall break is this weekend and I plan on studying Econ with my dad (since he somehow understands EVERYTHING about it) and I'll try and get things written and posted over the weekend. If I somehow am able to post chapters during the week it's a miracle and I somehow found free time from studying…or I'm a lazy ass who needs to focus more. We've all been down that road, I know everyone has. So if I don't get to everyone's prompts for Life at the Tower soon I'm really really really sorry! I will do my best to get them done. Again, fingers crossed everything works out.

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