Next part of the series! This is the one that I'm really looking forward to writing because I get to write about the children and the interactions they have with each other :)

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…..

It was too much.

The pain….the cold…the light. It was all too much.

Oliver winced as he tried to focus his eyes. The light was too bright, causing him to squeeze his eyes shut again as he desperately tried to move. His limbs felt numb and when he was able to move them, the pain was agony.

Oliver yelped as it felt like fire was coursing through his entire body. A couple of minutes after this initial yell, he heard a door open and a young female voice pierced through the pain. "Oliver…Oliver are you alright?"

Oliver shook his head, "It hurts! It hurts!"

"Okay, okay. I'm going to give you something that will help alright? Now, you're going to feel a little prick and then everything is going to feel better."

Oliver tried to open his eyes again and found that it was easier this time around. The light seemed to have decreased in intensity this time around, meaning that he was able to focus on the young woman beside him. "W-what happened?" he asked weakly, wincing as he felt something entering his arm.

The young woman smiled gently at the child. "You were very, very cold so we had to warm you back up. Your body is just getting used to it okay? That's why you're hurting."

Oliver glanced around. The room he was in was plain, in fact the only things that seemed to be in the room was the bed that he was lying in, a bedside table and a few strange machines that beeped and whirred by the side of him. "W-where am I? Where's Peggy and Howard?"

There was a pause before Oliver got any answer, "They're just outside sweetie. But I can't let them in yet okay?"

Oliver frowned in confusion, "Why?"

"Well…you're still healing sweetie."

"But I feel a lot better now!"

"That's because I gave you some special medicine okay?"

This time, Oliver scowled in frustration. "Well, then can't I go outside? I promise I'll be really good!"

"No. I'm sorry sweetie…why don't you get some rest and maybe you can go out tomorrow, okay?"

Oliver sighed and closed his eyes. He waited for a few minutes, remaining completely still in order to try and fool the woman into thinking he had fallen asleep. The door opened again and Oliver heard two male voices enter the room.

"How is he?" asked one of them.

"Confused Sir. He was in quite a bit of pain but I was able to introduce a dose of painkillers into his system."

"It's understandable that he's pain Fury. The defrosting process was…uncomfortable to say the least. Howard's pod wasn't perfect in that regard so we had to do it by hand, using heaters. It wasn't pleasant, but it got the job done. The fact that he's been in the same position for a long time probably hasn't helped." This was the other male voice. He sounded kinder than the other one, but still just as serious.

"Why is he only waking up now Coulson? He's been out of the ice for almost a year after all! I distinctly remember it being a quicker process last time around."

"He's a lot younger…the stress must have been too much for him, so his brain put him in a coma in order to help him recover."

"There's something else agents…" began the woman, "…he wanted to know about Agent Carter and Howard Stark. He also wanted to leave…I'm afraid I didn't know what to say, so I told him, we'll see about tomorrow."

"That's fine Agent Sinese…" this was the second male, "…Sir, maybe we should think about letting…you know who know?"

"No Coulson…I don't want to get his hopes up. What if the kid's condition degrades and everything goes south. We didn't think he would actually wake up, especially not after a year. If there aren't any complications in the next few months then we'll see. But for now, he stays here."

"…I can't believe he's actually alive. Everything suggested that he had died!"

"I know…I suspect it was to keep him safe at first. Then Howard must have forgotten or something."

The voices got quieter and quieter until the door slammed shut. Oliver remained still for a few minutes more before opening his eyes and sitting up. The room was completely deserted which gave Oliver the opportunity to remove a needle from his arm and several things stuck to his chest. As soon as he removed the chest devices, a loud noise began to echo throughout the room causing Oliver to spring up from his bed. Ignoring the dull ache that had spread throughout his body, Oliver ran over to the door and just as it opened, Oliver shot under the person's legs and ran down the corridor.

"OLIVER! OLIVER, WAIT!"

He ignored the frantic shouting behind him as he darted away from several pairs of grasping hands, running and running until he finally burst through the front doors and into the streets. Immediately, his hands flew to his ears as the constant noise of traffic and sirens overwhelmed him. The bright lights of screens that covered the buildings made him wince and pain. However it was the sheer scale of the crowded city around him that caused him to flee, darting into an alleyway and continuing to run.

He wouldn't stop for anything.

…..

Fury sighed wearily to himself as he and Agent Coulson made their way up to the main living floor of the Stark Tower. It had been almost two hours since Oliver Rogers had fled the SHIELD recovery building and they were no closer to finding him.

So it was time to call in the big guns.

Upon walking out of the elevator, Coulson immediately heard the sounds of Edwin and Ian playing some sort of video game, whilst yelling at each in frustration. The pair was seated in front of the large television screen, playing Mario cart whilst the adults watched from the settee.

Fury cleared his throat to get everyone's attention, "Gentlemen…we have a slight situation."

Tony, who had been working on the blueprints for his next suit, scoffed. "There's always a situation…what is it now? Alien invasion? Vampires in New York?"

Fury scowled at the man before turning his attention to Steve, "On the day that you woke up, I told you some rather distressing news."

Steve nodded sadly in remembrance, as Fury continued. "I'm afraid that we may have been mistaken. When we were searching another one of Howard Stark's houses, we found…we found Oliver Rogers."

Clint glanced at the children, who were pretending not to be listening in and frowned, "I thought he was…you know!"

Coulson nodded, "We thought that too…but Oliver was alive when we found him! It appears as though he was cryogenically frozen in a basement room. We think it was originally to keep him safe and the news headline was to throw other people off. However, it also appears as though-"

"My Dad didn't want Oliver to come out of being a popsicle." Sighed Tony, as he glanced apologetically at a shell-shocked Steve.

Fury frowned, "It could just be that Howard forgot that Oliver was even down there?"

Tony's face clearly disagreed with this and he shook his head, "No…my old man knew. He just didn't care. You know…now that I think about it, I remember Jarvis trying to tell me something before he died. Old Jarvis mind you! Not the stunning example you see hanging about in that doorway!"

He pointed at his husband who was listening in on the conversation from the kitchen doorway. Steve shook his head in amazement, "So…when can I see him? Is he okay?"

Coulson and Fury glanced at each other before Fury sighed, "This is where our slight situation comes into play. After we defrosted him, Oliver went into a coma….and he was like that for a while."

Steve frowned, "What are we talking about, a few weeks? Months?"

"Try a year."

This clearly took Steve off guard as he shot up out of his seat, "A year!? When were you going to tell me?!"

Fury shrugged, "We weren't. There could have been complications and we didn't want to get your hopes up."

"You should have told me! I thought-I thought he was dead!"

Coulson stepped in front of Fury slightly before holding out his hands in an attempt to calm the super soldier down. "Yes. We should have…but right now we've got a bigger problem. Oliver obviously suspected something, and he managed to escape, running out into the street…we haven't been able to find him yet."

This got every adult's attention as they realised the significant danger that the, now six year old, was in. The streets were not a safe place to be.

Jarvis switched the television off, ignoring the protests of the children. "We need to find him. Have you tried calling Mr Parker and Mr Murdock? They might be able to help more due to their patrols?"

Fury nodded in agreement with the blonde man as the group decided to head out into the street, grabbing the two children as they went. "We've already called Parker, he's going to meet us at Murdock's. He's agreed to help with the search and I have no doubt that Murdock will be happy to as well."

….

It took a little under half an hour for the group to travel into Hell's kitchen and to Matt Murdock's apartment. Once they were there, they were let in by Murdock's partner, Foggy. "O, Peter said you would be here soon. Come in, come in! Matt's just getting ready…and by that I mean he's trying to persuade Joey and Seb not to join them."

The group entered the small apartment, with Ian and Edwin zooming ahead in order to see the other two boys. Peter and Matt were seated on the settee when they entered the small living room, with Peter holding a squirming Sebastian. "No means no Seb! Now cut it out!"

Fury glanced around, noticing that Ian and Edwin were now encouraging Seb with Joey trying to whack his own Dad on the shins. Chaos…absolute chaos. "EVERYBODY SIT DOWN!" He bellowed, watching in smug satisfaction as every child in the room practically fell to the ground in sudden obedience….the fact that Clint, Tony and Foggy also sat down was the highlight of his day though.

"Now…" he continued calmly, "Your parents and I, with the exception of Mister Nelson here, are going to go and look for Oliver Rogers. Whilst we are away, I expect you to be on your best behaviour understand!?"

Everyone, except Coulson, nodded frantically. Fury nodded in satisfaction as he gestured for the adults to follow him out of the door. Once they were gone, the children raced into Joseph's room and slammed the door shut, causing Foggy to wince in sympathy for their neighbours.

…..

"I can't believe this…" exclaimed Sebastian excitedly, "…we're going to meet Captain America's kid!"

"Do you reckon he has super strength like in the comics?" asked Ian, pulling one of the comics out of Sebastian's travel bag and showing it to Joey.

Edwin sighed at this, "He can't see it Ian, remember? Just like when I do this…" he reached over and fiddled with a dial in Ian's right ear, "…you can't hear us out of that ear!"

Ian flung the comic at him, ignoring Seb's protests as he reached up to turn the hearing aid back on. "Quit it Ed! You do that again and I'm gonna hit you!"

"Try it Mama's boy!"

"You're just jealous that I beat you at Mario cart! Like I always do! Besides, you're just as bad as me, you're always sucking up to Jarvis!"

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Freak!"

"Android!"

"Guys…"

The pair continued throwing insults at each other.

"Guys, come on!"

Still nothing.

"GUYS!" yelled Joey, ignoring as Sebastian jumped slightly beside him. "There's someone out there!"