Here is the next chapter. This will be a filler chapter that explains what happen during the months following the defeat of Ultron. For those who like a lot of dialogue sorry but there will not be any in this chapter but don't worry you see some the next chapter.
Steve was sitting in one of the new Avenger Quinjets while his wife and Tony flew it. Coulson and his kids were also along for the trip to Wakanda. Using the information James and Sarah brought back with them they were able to contact Wakanda and request a meeting with the King and Queen and their two children. It took a couple days but they finally received a message granting the visit. So he was now flying to inform the royal family of what has happen and what is to come. Tony also brought all the information he had on Ultron hoping Shuri could help write a program to hunt and destroy any fragments that might still be out there.
Steve looked at the other three riding in the back. Phil was reading some reports while his two kids were playing video games on the Quinjets systems. Steve leaned his head back and thought about the last three months since they fought Ultron.
Clint stayed a couple days before Natasha and the twins flew him home in a Quinjet. Thor and his friends left the next day to prepare for things to come but promised he would come if needed. Bruce started collecting everything they had on Ultron and put it on a stand alone computer so they could study the data and write a virus to destroy any part of him still out there.
Natasha worked with the Maximoff twins and a lawyer friend of hers so they both could stay in the States legally. She also talked with the two about their parents death. She explained how someone Tony thought was a friend had gone behind his back and sold the weapons to the group that killed their parents. Natasha went on to tell them why Tony had an arc reactor in his chest and what steps Tony took to fix the wrong his company did. She encourage them to talk with Tony so that they would be able to put the past in the past. She said she didn't expect them to forgive Tony but to try to understand what really happen.
Steve and Natasha also had to get their kids in school. They decided to send them to the same school that Peter Parker went to so that they could keep an eye on him and see if they could determine when he became Spiderman. Due to the private schooling they did while in the future they tested out at 11th grade education. Well they could have done better but held back. There had been no problem enrolling them thanks to the help of Pepper in getting them everything they needed for the twins, so they were legally recognized as Steve and Natasha's kids.
Steve and Natasha had decided to get married a month after they fought Ultron. They had a small private service at Clint's farm. Tony and Pepper tried to talk them a big one but neither of them wanted that. It took two days for the media to find out about the wedding. After a couple weeks of being hounded by the media. Pepper made a statement on behalf of Steve and Natasha. Part of the statement was that the pair would not speak to the media about their private life and asked to be left alone. Luckily the media had not learned of the twins. The Statement didn't stop the media from saying what ever they wanted. It only stopped when Steve and Natasha filed a lawsuit against CNN for slander an invasion of their privacy. The rest left them alone when the Rogers won the 10 million dollar laws suit. They donated the money to the recovery of Sokovia from the battle with Ultron.
A week after the battle Fury, Coulson and Maria showed up at the Tower for the meeting. Steve and Tony had spent a great bit of time working on what the Avengers needed at the tower and the compound. Tony had a blue print of the compound so the two could see what they had and how best to utilize the buildings. They decided the main building would be the Avengers headquarters and the large building next to it would be the hanger for the Avengers 3 Quinjets that Tony was having built for them.
The main building would have offices for those who needed them a first class medical wing that would be headed by Helen Cho. The part that held the different labs would be run by both SHIELD and the Avengers. There would be several training rooms and a gym for the Avengers to use. There would be a residential wing that would hold several suites and single rooms for the Avengers to stay in. Off the residential wing was a large common area that had a large kitchen/dinning area and a large sitting area that would have several couches and chairs. Tony also was going to put a large tv in there for them to watch or play video games on. Tony was putting in a large library that would be off the common area. Tony was putting a state of the art command center so that they could monitor missions from and any other problems around the world. The rest would be took up by support staff and any space SHIELD wanted to use.
Tony also pointed several storage buildings that would need to be gone through to see all what was there. He was also going to but in a security fence around the whole area to keep the compound secure. Tony pointed out a large are that had nothing on it that would be a good place for SHIELD to build what buildings they would need and a place to build a dock for the Helicarrier. Steve was impressed and thank Tony for the help because Steve was sure he would not have been able to come up with this on his own.
During the first part of the meeting Tony went over what buildings the Avengers were going use on the compound. Tony also talked about the space in the tower he was giving to shield.
Tony and Steve went over how the planned on utilizing the main building and the building they chose for their hanger bay for the Avengers Quinjets. Tony told them about the storage buildings and how they would be perfect for SHIELD and the Avengers to secure items in. They went over the area that Tony thought would be good to build buildings SHIELD needed and a dock for the Helicarrier.
Fury and Coulson looked over the digital overlay of the compound. They talked over with Tony several ideas before coming up with a plan. It was decided that the area on the north side of the compound would be for the SHIELD hangers and airfield. The west end will be where SHIELD built their administration and train buildings. There were a few other building they wanted built. Tony showed them a few ideas for the Helicarrier port that Fury and Coulson liked. Maria threw out a few ideas herself.
When they finished the meeting it was decided that there would be a security field that boarders the whole area. The area that the Avengers would occupy would have an inter fence to sperate it from the rest of the compound. Fury said that SHIELD Security would take up the duty of keeping the whole area secure. While SHIELD would have their own headquarters they would man the Command Center that Tony was putting in the Avenger Headquartrs. They also agreed to share the lab and medical spaces. Since Helen was not only a medical Doctor but did her own research she would be in charge of all personnel that worked the medical and lab areas.
They had another meeting two weeks later to go over the plans Tony developed for the Compound and the SHIELD area of the Tower. He informed Fury that he already several construction crews working on the area around the compound. So when all the plans were finalized construction on the buildings could start. Tony said he also purchased all the land that bordered the compound so there would be no development of the land around them. Fury had a few changes he wanted made and Tony was able to do it during the meeting. Once everything was agreed on Tony sent the plans to the company he hired to build the compound.
The day after that meeting Steve and Tony joined Fury and Coulson in a meeting with President Ellis, the head of the FBI, CIA, Secretary of Defense and State. Fury presented the plan to that was come up with on the partnership between SHIELD and the Avengers. He informed them about moving of SHIELD and Avenger operations to the Compound and Avenger Tower.
Their were some concerns brought up by Secretary of State Ross. Fury knew that Ross had his own agenda towards those he saw as vigilantes and those that were enhanced. It was no secret to him and the Avengers that he hoped to get his has on Banner to get the secrets of the Hulk.
After a long discussion that day and a few more meetings it was decided that the President would support the plan that Fury and the others brought him. A few changes were suggested and agreed on. It was decided that Fury would be the head of the joint operations of the Avengers and SHIELD with Coulson staying director of SHIELD and Steve over the Avengers. Natasha would be Steve's second and Maria Coulson's. Tony would continue to finance the Avengers. He would have an unofficial role in the leadership and adviser to Fury on the Avenger. There would also be liaisons from the FBI, CIA, DOD and State. There was a plan to see if Great Britain, France and Germany wanted to sent their own liaison.
Once that was taken care of Fury, Coulson, Steve, Tony, Natasha and Maria had several meetings on how to have the two groups work together. SHIELD would be responsible for issues around the world and the Avengers would only be brought in for major issues. Though some Avenger might be used to support SHIELD operations. For those operations Steve and Natasha would decide who would go on those missions.
With the Compound and Avenger Tower under construction and the operational details worked out between SHIELD and the Avengers Steve turned to trying to locate Bucky. To do that Steve needed help. He went to Fury and the two had a meeting with the President and the US Attorney General. Steve brought all the data he had. He went over Bucky's history and how he was captured along with the rest of his unit during WWII. How Zola experimented on him. He told them about when he fell from the train and thought to be dead. How the Russians found him and made him the Winter Soldier. Fury went over all the data of what was done to him to control him then sold him to Hydra. Fury informed them of what deaths he was believed to committed including the Death of Howard and Marie Stark. To say that both were shocked on what they heard was an understatement.
Ellis promised to support Steve in his quest to find James Barns. It was decided that once Barnes was located it would be the Avengers job to retrieve him. Once Barnes was freed from any triggers and cleared by a psychologist then Ellis would formally pardon Barnes. He also would help with clearing things up with other countries. He felt it was the least the American government owed him.
With all available resources being used to find Bucky, Steve concentrated on training the new Avengers and working with Fury and Coulson on getting everything organized.
The next thing that needed to be done was speaking with T'Chaka and his family. They sent a message to Wakanda to let them know that they had some important information for them and requested a meeting. A week ago they receive a response that King T'Chaka accepted. They were now on their way to Wakanda.
So a lot has happen over a three month time. The SHIELD, Avenger partnership has been set up and approved with some modifications by the US Government. Steve arranged for Bucky to be pardon. For those curious about what the compound would look like, look up a picture of the Avenger Compound. It you look at the one that shows a lot of land around it picture the area just above the Avenger hanger where there are several old buildings. That would be the SHIELD airfield. SHIELDS headquarters would be located of to the side of the Avenger Headquarters the other side of the road that runs between the trees and Quinjets. The Helicarrier dock would be located where the water way is. The security fence that would separate the Avenger Compound with the rest would along the roads that just to the left, above to the right and south of the hanger and headquarters.