Chapter six
The Howling Commandos hunted and destroy Hydra operatives and their bases. Mission after mission with Captain America and his best friend Bucky Barnes along with his granddaughter (still unknown to him) they were almost unstoppable. They were a step behind Red Skull, chasing him by his tail. Standing on top of a cold white cliff, they stared down at the zip line below them .
"Remember when I made you ride the Cyclone at Coney Island?" Bucky asked Steve.
"Yeah, and I threw up?" Steve asked, wondering where this was going.
"This isn't payback, is it?" Bucky asked his best friend.
"Now, why would I do that?" Steve asked smiling at him and he smiled back.
"Okay, you two, that's enough flirting for one day," Wendy said coming up from behind the two men.
"Why are you always joking about us being gay?" Steve asked.
"I don't know, because some of the things you say to each other do sound a bit gay," Wendy said with a smirk.
"She has a point," Jacques said through his thick accent.
"Babydoll, you know I'm not gay," Bucky told her winking at her.
"Oh yeah, you're definitely not," Wendy said grinning wickedly at him.
"Ok, that's enough flirting for one day," Steve said repeating Wendy's earlier words.
"We were right," Gabe spoke up and causing them to turn around. "Zola's on the train. Hydra dispatcher gave him permission to open up the throttle. Where ever he's going, they must need him bad."
"Let's get going cause they're moving like the devil," James told them.
"We only got about a ten second window," Steve said as he set up the zip line. "You miss that, we're bugs on a windshield."
"Mind the gap," James said.
"Better get moving, bugs!" Dum-Dum said.
They all followed one right after the other on the zip line and then jumped onto the train. Wendy and Bucky followed Steve into one of the trains compartments. As Steve went into another compartment the door closed behind him causing him to get separated from Bucky and Wendy. Hydra agents began shooting at them from either side of the door and the three of them shot back. Steve opened the door just as Bucky ran out of ammo and tossed him his gun. Steve went in front of him with his shield out while Bucky shot the agent dead.
"I had him on the ropes," Bucky told Steve.
"I know you do," Steve said.
"Glad to see you two nutters are alright," Wendy said coming up behind them.
"We should get married after this all over," Bucky told her.
"I agree," Wendy replied.
"Really?" Bucky asked, surprised, and smiled. "I guess we're engaged then."
All of a sudden another agent came up behind them and Steve pushed the two of them behind him, holding up his shield as the agent was about to shoot. The agent shot at Steve with a blast so hard that it blew a hole in the side of the train and caused Steve to drop the shield. Bucky picked up the shield with Wendy behind him and they both began to shoot at the agent. The agent shot Bucky and Wendy out of the train. Steve hit the agent hard with his shield and rushed to the side of the train to see Wendy hanging onto the side of the train while clutching Bucky.
"Bucky! Wendy! Hold on!" Steve screamed at them.
Suddenly the rail began to break and then it fell it away, Wendy and Bucky falling with it.
"NOOO!" Steve screamed in anguish.
He clung to the side of the rail and began to cry. Wendy tried to reach Bucky but it was no luck, he was falling further than she was. Crying, she slid open the black watch and pressed the button. Before she could hit the ground, her whole world turned black.
After the death of Bucky and Wendy Peggy found Steve drinking in the collapsed bar that they celebrated in not too long ago.
"Dr. Erskine said that the serum wouldn't just affect my muscles, it would affect my cells. Create a protective system of regeneration and healing. Which means I can't get drunk. Did you know that?" Steve asked her as she walked up to him.
"Your metabolism burns four times faster than the average person," she said sitting down next to him. "He thought it could be one of the side effects. It wasn't your fault."
"Did you read the report?" Steve asked glumly.
"Yes," she replied.
"Then you know that's not true," Steve replied.
"You did everything you could," Peggy told him. "Did you believe in your friend? Did you respect him? Then stop blaming yourself. Allow Barnes the dignity of his choice. He must of damn well thought you were worth it."
"I'm going after Schmidt," Steve said. "I'm not going to stop until all of Hydra is dead or captured."
"You won't be alone," Peggy told him.
"I'm sorry about your sister," Steve said.
"She wasn't my sister," Peggy said tearfully.
"Then who was she?" Steve asked her.
"She was our granddaughter," Peggy told him and now she was crying.
"How?" Steve asked.
"She's the daughter of our son and she came from the future on a mission," she told him.
"We don't have a son," Steve said a loud.
"Not yet but in about nine months we will," Peggy said.
"What?" Steve asked her, shocked.
"Steve, I'm pregnant."
