Everyone was silent. Everyone apart from Clint and Tony who were talking Maria. Natasha wanted to be left alone, still staring into space. Thinking about what she experienced through Wanda's tricks. As was Thor and Bruce. Bruce was more...closed up. Knowing the chaos that he had caused just made him feel all the more guilty for his abilities. Peggy was sat on Steve's lap with his arms around her waist, their heads lent together. There was a deep silence between them. Both of them not being able to shake their dreams from their heads.

"How the team?"

"Everyone's..." Tony looked behind him and saw the look on Peggy's face. How broken and scared she was by what she saw. Tony knew deep down, that it was more than likely his father would have been there somewhere considering what they both had just found out. He bowed his head down and sighed "We took a hit...we'll shake it off"

Peggy felt Steve's lips press against her shoulder, letting out a deep sigh through his nose. Peggy shut her eyes and lifted her head up from his.

"What did you see?" she heard him ask, finally breaking the long silence. Peggy looked to him in the corner of her eye. She didn't know if now was really the time. If she wanted to discuss it here. Out in the open, she was not only sharing it with Steve, she'd be sharing it with the whole team. And as much as she loved them, she didn't know if she wanted them hearing what she saw.

Peggy's eyes focused on one part of the floor in front of her. She kept it brief and whispered "Death"

Steve looked to her, his eyebrows knitted together "Whos'?"

She gulped heavily as a tear ran down her cheek, still looking at the floor, she shrugged "Ours" Peggy felt Steve's grip around her waist tighten. Peggy rested her hand on his leg and rested her head back against his "You?"

Steve took a deep breath and cleared his throat "I lost you and Bucky...again" Peggy turned her head and kissed his temple "Never...we'll talk about it more when we get to this safe house that Clint has assured us"

"So does this mean you're not mad at me anymore"

"I pretty sure that anything bad that happened before this mission no longer strikes anything to me...consider it forgotten"

Steve gave Peggy a little nod, showing his gratitude. He was thankful and relieved of course but, with what he's just been through. It was almost impossible to smile. Peggy slowly stood up, she turned to him, holding his hand she moved on the chair at the side of him. She squeezed his hand before letting go of his by sitting back in the chair and closing her eyes. Hoping to get some sleep, and hoping even more that she won't dream of what she saw.

She then felt a hand lightly give her shoulder a squeeze, she opened her eyes to Tony crouched next to her, he gave a soft sympathetic smile and whispered "Are you okay?"

She loved and appreciated his concern, Peggy put her hand on his that was resting on her shoulder and nodded "I will be. Thank you"

Peggy knew that Tony did see anything, for one he never came close to Wanda and two, Tony told her a while ago that he was entranced before. Only now did he really know by who. Tony nodded "Well, I just wanted to check in. Think we could both do with the sleep though" he said with a lightening laugh as he stood up and took his hand away from her shoulder and sat in his own chair.

Peggy looked at Natasha, as she closed her eyes, Peggy's hand reached and entwined with hers, neither of them said anything. Neither of them moved either.

A couple hours later, Clint landed the plane. As the ramp lowered. They all saw a farm in the distance. Clint wrapped his arm around Natasha's shoulder. With Peggy and Steve closely behind them, Peggy caught on to Natasha say to Clint "Are you sure it'll be okay?"

"Yeah. They've helped us out before"

"Yes but...now there's seven of us" Natasha glanced behind her and looked back to him. Clint looked to her and gave her a little smile "Don't worry, honey, we're safe here"

Peggy looked to Steve who just shrugged "We're safe here" he quoted, he looked confident in trust of Clint but felt just in the dark as everyone else did.

"I hope so. We need a break from all this bloody mayhem"

Steve nodded in agreement. They walked up the stairs one by one.

"What is this place?" Thor asked behind Steve and Peggy.

"Safe house?" Thor answered.

Clint opened the door "Let's hope" with his arm still around Natasha he called "Honey! I'm home" all of a sudden a golden retriever came running over and jumping on Natasha and Clint "Jeez Honey! Someone needs their claws clipped" Natasha muttered as she petted the dog, then standing up properly for Clint to be reunited with the excited canine.

"This is an agent of some kind" Tony stated as he looked at Peggy, Steve and Thor.

"Uncle Clint!" A young girls voice was heard as the noise of footsteps come running down the stairs. With light brown hair in pig tails, in a pretty summers dress . Her eyes widened as she saw who was behind him "Auntie Nat!" the girl ran into their arms, the three of them in a group hug "Hey sweetheart" Clint laughed.

"This is a...smaller agent" Tony pointed to the girl.

"Shut up" Peggy whispered letting out her first little laugh.

"You okay, baby girl?" Natasha brushed the hair behind the little girls ears.

The young girl nodded. Clint looked around the house "Bethany where's your mom and dad?"

"In the back! I don't think they heard you should I go get them?"

"Yes, please" Clint gave his niece a tickle as she ran away. Clint stood up, he and Natasha looked at their confused friends. Clint laughed and held his hands up "Sorry for keeping you all in the dark, basically my-"

"I thought I smelt you" A woman's voice was heard behind him. Clint closed his eyes and smirked. He turned around and looked to her "I missed you too, sis"

The women let out a laugh and opened her arms to Clint who soon wrapped his arms around her waist as hers went around his neck. She had dirty blonde hair. Pretty. Green eyes and was no doubt at least seven months pregnant.

"Quit hogging" Natasha mumbled tugging on Clint's shoulder then hugging Clint's sister for herself. Clint motioned his hand to his sister who was still in a warm embrace with Natasha "Everyone this is Charlie. My sister"

Now apart from Natasha, Charlie gave a little wave and nodded "I know all of your names"

"Where is he?"

"Oh, in coming" Clint muttered as he turned around. A man, same body built as Clint but slightly taller with dark hair came around the corner. He raised his arms and laughed "It's been peaceful without you around"

Clint chuckled and said as he gave his brother in law a manly hug "And obviously boring"

"Obviously"

He looked to the avengers and raised his eyebrows "Wow much taller in person, hey guys...I'm Sean Clint's better looking in law"

Clint bellowed a laugh and slapped him on the back as Sean walked over and gave Natasha a hug "Hello gorgeous"

"Sorry for barging in on you" Steve spoke up as he placed his hand on Peggy's back.

"Yeah we would have called ahead but we were busy having no idea you guys existed"

"Yeah well Fury helped keeping this off my file" Clint nodded as he swung his arm around his sister "I didn't want my job dragging Charlie and her family in danger so, she was wiped off my file"

"Smart" Peggy complimented as she crossed her arms. Giving a small smile to Charlie as their eye contact clashed. Clint gave her a nod and added "Figured it'd be a good place to lay low"

Steve and Peggy heard a cracking noise beside them, they looked to see Thor stepping on the little girls lego building, he stared up at them. Not knowing what to do he kicked it to the side "Hey" Peggy slapped his arm and whispered "Rude"

Thor shrugged and whispered back "It could have been the dog"

Natasha placed her hands on on Charlie's stomach "How's little Natasha huh?"

"She's...Nathanial" Charlie pulled her face, knowing that Natasha would be let down. Natasha's face dropped, she lent down to her stomach and whispered "Traitor" Charlie laughed and put her hand on Natasha's back as she took her to the side to get all the information she needed.

"So, in a bit we'll go talk yeah?"

Peggy nodded, looking into his eyes, she then glanced to behind him "Yes but right now you may want to go after the runaway God" Steve looked behind him to see the end of Thor's cape turn the corner. Steve quickly ran after him. Peggy walked over to Natasha and Charlie.

"Charie, this is Peggy. Peggy this is Charlie"

Peggy let out a bright smile and shook her hand "Charlie, lovely to meet you"

"And you! So how has my little brother been treating you?"

"Oh he teases, pushes, nags. He certainly wears the brother medal proudly" Peggy let out a light laugh along with a nod.

"He's an ass, we don't sugar coat it" Charlie laughed with Natasha nodding along with her statement. Peggy's laugh faded as she saw Steve standing at the door. From the angle she was stood, she could see just half of his body. Half of his face, still she could tell how sad he looked. His fists were softly clenched, he looked down to the floor and then walked back out the door and down the stairs.

"Excuse me, ladies" Peggy placed her hand briefly on Natasha's back as she passed her and ran down the stairs. Walking fast she was a few meters behind him "Steve!"

He didn't turn but he did stop. Her fast walk turned into a brief jog as she reached her hand out and gripped onto Steve's arm "Steve, Steve talk to me darling, what is it?" she made her way round and stood in front of him "What is it?"

"You. You happened to me. All you do is hurt me"

"Don't let me fall"

Steve shut his eyes. This had shook him more than he thought. Peggy saw the look on his face, it was time they talked about what each of them saw. She took him by the hand and walked him back round to the front. She sat him down on the bench swing in the corner of the porch. With her hands still entwined with his, she stared down at them as the silence filled.

"I was in a church" she started off, knowing that Steve had now taken his eyes to look at her. Peggy rubbed her lips together and carried on, in the same weak, shaken voice "I was at our wedding" she looked up and looked to him "Everyone I had lost was there, Angie...Jarvis...Daniel, the commandos...Howard. Who was giving me away. My mother and father smiling at me with Jonathan and Sarah beside them...and there you were" a small smile grew on her face, because all of that part made her happy. Which also made it all the more cruel. Her smile quickly dropped.

"And then...you...were stabbed right in front of me, then when I got a look at the attacker it turned out it was me. The brainwashed, winter soldier me...and I-she was laughing. Telling me how in the end, the only person who can kill you is me. And I will, I'll get you killed one day. You don't deserve that fate-"

"Peggy" Steve shook his head as he ran his fingers through her hair "You're the best thing to have ever happened to me. I'd do anything for you-"

"Exactly...you'd die for me and this just shows that one day you will"

Again he shook his head "No it doesn't show that"

"No?"

"No it doesn't...would you die for me"

Peggy licked her lips as she stared at him "You know I would"

"And Clint would die for Nat as she would for him. It does not mean that they are signing their life away. Yes I would take a bullet for you, hell I'd take hundred. It doesn't mean it's going to happen"

He had a point. He always had a point, why is that? It was her job to be sense maker. Talk about stealing someone's thunder. Peggy rubbed his hands and took her eyes back to his "So wise" she whispered with a tease. Steve tilted his head, he leaned forward and kissed her forehead.

"It must have been hard. Seeing them all again"

Peggy looked away from him, looking out to the scenery, seeing all of her loved ones faces again. The way they smiled at her. Like they never left, like they never died. She nodded and answered with a weak cry "I was completely under the spell. It was all so real, and that" she then let out a laugh "That was taking the piss, that was cruelty"

She felt herself begin to cry. Steve, seeing this. Pulled her close to him, her head resting on his chest as he stroked her hair. Her legs rested across the rest of the porch swing as Steve sat back on bench, rocking it soft back and forth with his feet.

"Baby don't cry, don't cry" he whispered softly to her and he continued to run his fingers through her hair "I wish I could just take away all the pain she put you through"

Peggy, making circles on his chest with her finger tips just let out a small shrug and a sigh "It'll fade...it always does"

Steve kissed the top of her head and lent his head against hers. It fell silent again for a brief moment.

"So"

"So?" Steve raised an eyebrow.

"Your dream. What was it?"

She heard him sigh with a groan and felt his body tense up. Peggy sat him and faced him, putting her hand on the back of his neck. He had her full and undivided attention.

"Tell me" she whispered "It's clearly been eating away at the like it has been for me"

Steve licked his bottom lip and once again let out a soft sigh "I was in a nightclub. It was a celebration, I was at a party to celebrate the end of the war. I couldn't see anyone I knew...I suddenly heard your voice, I followed it to try and find you, then the room darkened. Everyone was gone. I was alone and then Bucky. He was falling through the fall and underneath the floor was the mountains that he fell down the first time I thought I lost him"

"Okay?" Peggy nodded, reassuring him at she was with him on his story. He looked down to his hands and continued.

"I went to go help him but then on the other side of the room, you screamed for me. Strucker had a blade to your throat...and I had to chose between the two of you. And there was this voice that was telling me" he then stopped and looked to her.

He wasn't too sure that Peggy would be okay with what he was told. But she showed him her support as she rubbed his hands and nodded as she whispered along with a small smile "It's okay"

"They were saying that I can never have you and Bucky. I'd always have to choose between the two of you...which made me think of what just happened between us...and then Bucky dropped and...it was an impulse that I jumped after him"

"Of course it was"

He was glad that she understood. Peggy raised her eyebrows "And then?"

"And then I turned around and you were right in front of me, not letting me touch you and shouting. Saying how I betrayed you and I just couldn't get it out of my head that I did betray you by lying to you and I tried to not let you go or lose you but you said that all I do is hurt you and I-" his panicked rambling was cut off by Peggy's lips pressing firmly against his. She placed her hand on his cheek and pulled their lips apart

"Oh Steve, my love you didn't betray me...did I feel like you did? Perhaps, in the beginning, I was fuelled up on anger. But I realized, not too long before we entered the ship that you were just looking out for me, you had good intentions"

"So...just to clarify...you're not mad at me?"

"No" Peggy smiled as she shook her head "No I'm not...just don't do it again"

Steve let out a laugh and nodded "Deal"

"As for what that dream Peggy was saying to you...well" Peggy scooted closer as she ran her hand through the back of his head "She can just bugger off"

Steve laughed as their foreheads pressed together. He loved it when she used British slang that half of the time he didn't really understand. But he got the jist this time. He nodded as did she, Peggy kissed his cheek "You're not going to lose me. We're getting married, you're rather stuck with me"

"How awful" Steve muttered as he brought his lips onto hers. Well, all they could be grateful for was that-that was out of the way. It wasn't as bad as they imagined, it actually felt good getting it off their chests and to be comforted by one and other. It made them realise that it was all just a dream and they still had each other.

"Right. Well before anyone else jumps at the chance" Peggy started off her sentence as she stood up, with her hand still in attachment to his "I'm going to go for a shower" Steve frowned and then sat back on the bench "Alright"

Peggy smirked and leaned back down to him, kissing him softly "I love you"

"I love you too, baby"

Peggy couldn't help but smile. She really loves it when he calls her that.

She slid her hands down his body as she stood back up and walked into the house, Steve watched her. He looked at her up and down and admired her.

A little while later, Natasha walked into the bedroom where the best running shower was. Charlie had been nagging Sean to fix the main one is the main bathroom for weeks now. When she walked in she heard the shower already running, in her dressing gown she sat on the bed and waited. It didn't take long for the sound of the shower to stop and for the door to open.

Natasha lifted her head to see Peggy, in a dressing gown of her own "No wonder I couldn't find you before"

Peggy, looking rather flustered nodded "Yeah-we actually used up all the hot water?"

"We?"She laughed, she saw then Steve come out from behind Peggy, standing beside her, looking very pleased with himself. And with Peggy for that matter. Natasha raised an eyebrow. Of course.

Natasha then sighed and motioned his hand to Steve "See, I should have gotten his idea and joined you"

"We missed that opportunity didn't we" Peggy sighed with a little laugh.

"Missed out Nat, it's certainly more fun with her" Steve muttered with a little smirk, walking away as Peggy lightly kicked his ass making him laugh even more. Natasha lay down on the bed and sighed. Peggy tapped her knee "Where's Clint"

Natasha laugh "Being checked up on about his sister. Checking his war wound as he likes to call it. I think he thinks it makes him sound sexy"

Peggy laughed along with her. Steve raised his eyebrows, walking over to he, he gripped her by the waist and pointed to the faintest scar you'd have ever laid your eyes on, on his arm "That's a war wound" he nodded.

Peggy bit her lip and whispered "Mm, that is sexy"

"Oh jesus kill me now" Natasha buried her face in a pillow. "You really like slipping your tongue down each other's throats don't you"

They pulled their lips apart, Peggy laughed and laughed at Natasha "I don't think you realize how much you and Clint do it. We're as bad as each other"

Natasha rolled her eyes and sat back up on the bed "Point taken"

Steve moved away from her to get his clothes and went in the bathroom to get changed, as did, Peggy got a good look at the room around her. Looking at the children drawings on the desk by the window. A smile formed on her face. Beginning to realise how much she wanted this for herself. She then looked to Natasha "So, why have you and Clint never done this?"

Natasha raised her eyebrows, not following "Do what?"

"Well, you two have been together for a long time now. Have you guys never talked about settling down? Having kids?" Natasha's expression dropped to a more saddened one. She looked down at her hands and nodded "Yeah we've talked about it"

Peggy looked at her, confused. Why would the talk of children make her sad? Steve walked out of the bathroom "Hey, you alright?" he asked Natasha as he placed his hand on her arm. She gave him a tight smile and nod "Yeah. I'm fine" she then looked to Peggy and Steve knew that she clearly wanted some alone time to talk to her. Steve looked out the window and found his excuse to leave without it being awkward.

"I better go help Tony down there with chopping wood" he nodded, giving Natasha's arm a comforting rub he walked away, giving Peggy a kiss on the top of her head as he left. Natasha, still sat on the bed took in a deep breath "We can't"

Peggy looked to her and tilted her head "What?"

"We can't. Have kids. It's not on the cards for us"

Peggy's jaw slightly dropped. Natasha had never mentioned anything like this before to her. She sat down on the bed next to her "What are you...why?"

Natasha took in a deep breath, she took her time and then spoke "In the red room...where I was trained. Where I was raised...they have a graduation ceremony, they sterilise you" she gave out a long shrug as tears ran down her cheeks "It's officiant" she nodded. Taking in a deep breath.

"One less thing to worry about"

"Natasha" Peggy whispered with a gasp, as tears of her own ran down her cheeks.

"The one thing that might matter more than a mission...makes everything easier...even killing...I'm like some sort of monster" Peggy wiped her friends tears and shook her head.

"Don't ever think that. You're a fighter. A survior, and one of the greatest women I have ever met. Nat...you don't deserve it"

"Clint doesn't deserve it" Natasha shook her head, looking up at the ceiling "He could have any woman he lays his eyes on. And he chooses me. The woman who can't give him a family"

Peggy reached for her hand and entwined her fingers with hers "You're his family...and this...it is horrible and I wish with all my heart there was something that could be done"

Natasha covered her mouth and cried quietly, she then took in a deep breath "It hurts being here sometimes, when we come and visit and I'm sat in the kitchen or in the yard and I'm playing with Bethany...and sometimes I just like to imagine that this was my house and I was in the yard playing with my daughter...just filling my head up with the things I can never have. And I feel...guilty for not giving Clint what I know he wants deep down" She let out another cry, she was trying to stay brave but given the subject it was hard for her to do.

Peggy had never seen her like this. She pulled Natasha in for a tight embrace and held her "I'm so sorry, love" Clint came into the room and saw Natasha crying with her face buried in Peggy's neck. His smile quickly wiped off his face, Peggy saw him and placed a finger to her mouth to tell him to be quiet. She then motioned her hand for him to come over to her. Clint did so. Clint sat on the other side of Natasha on the bed and Peggy passed her over to his embrace like a fragile baby. Natasha didn't even opened her eyes, she knew who it was. Clint stroked her hair and looked to Peggy who slowly stood up.

She mouthed "Talk to her about this" motioning her hand to the children's drawings. Clint understood and had a feeling that she'd be getting this guilt once again. He nodded to Peggy and gave back a small smile as he mouthed back "Thank you"

Peggy now dressed in jeans and a plain white t-shirt went downstairs to the porch to see Tony and Steve chopping wood, how the hell Steve got that much done already boggles even her mind. They looked rather intense. Which was the last thing she needed to deal with right now. Charlie came up from behind her "I was going to interupt them but they seem to be in a rather important discussion"

Peggy laughed "They're not exactly best friends right now...how come you need to talk to them"

"Oh. Our tractor isn't running and Clint said it'd be okay if I asked Tony to check it out"

Peggy nodded as she looked back "He will do. He loves to be Mr Fix it even when he makes matters worse" she said with a light laugh as she rubbed the palm of her hands. She looked to Charlie "Are you okay? Nat said that Clint gave you a bit of a fright when you heard he got hit"

"It's scary. Knowing he's out there doing God knows what. But I checked that he was okay for myself and he is, so I can relax for now" she laughed and then shrugged "It's his job. It has been for a very long time. So it's my job to worry about him as the sister"

"Of course" Peggy smiled. She went to carry on her discussion but stopped and looked over to the two men as she heard Tony's voice rise "Isn't that why we fight? So we can end the fight so that we get to go home!"

Steve's anger built up more, he took it out by ripping apart a log

"Steve!" he heard the yell from Peggy, he looked over to her. She stared at him and then shaked her head to him. . Letting him know that he needs to calm down. Peggy tapped Charlie on the arm "Your time to interupt"

"Really?"

"Oh believe me, he wouldn't want to deal with me if he doesn't calm down" Charlie let out a small laughed and began to walk down the stairs. Steve took a deep breath, he looked back to Tony and said in a more calming voice "Every time someone tries to win a war before it starts innocent people die. Every time"

"Sorry" Charlie started off "Mr Stark. Clint said you wouldn't mind but our tractor doesn't seem to want to start at all. Thought maybe you might-"

Tony agreed before she even finished and nodded, he looked to Steve for a brief moment and began to walk away, he pointed to his hard work "Don't take from my pile"

Peggy laughed and rolled her eyes "Such a child" she muttered to herself. Steve remained stood where he was. Peggy walked down from the porch and walked over to him "You need to take it easy, Steve"

"It's like he takes no responsibility" Steve shook his head as he put his next wood on the stand to chop it. Peggy kept her eyes on his for a moment and then took a log of her own and put it on the opposite stand. Effortlessly picking up the axe she said as she swung it down on the wood "He is taking responsibility"

Steve not looking at her. Began to hear the sound of wood being chopped frequently, he looked up to see her chopping another piece of wood and saw the almost large pile next to her already. She didn't even break a sweat in anyway. Steve didn't comment and stuck onto the subject "How'd you know that though?"

"Because he told me" Peggy brushed her hair off of her face and flicked her wrist with the axe in her hand. Making it hit and stay stuck into the wood. Steve then stopped and just stared at her. Peggy nodded "When I went t him after our fight. We got talking about it all and he feels terrible Steve. Something has shaken him which had made him scared, he wouldn't tell me what but I could tell"

"How?"

"Because he get's the same look of fear in his eyes that Howard used to get"

Steve nodded and cleared his throat "I'm sorry I lost my temper it's just"

"I know" she said in a whisper, walking over to him she repeated "I know. We're all on edge after what happened. You're just a hit of a hot head at times"

"Sorry" he whispered in a laugh.

"It's okay" she placed her finger under his chin and brought his head down to hers as she laid a soft kiss on his lips.

"Hey!" the voice of a little girl from the distance caught their attention. Bethany stood at the door, she was waving over to him. Steve placed his hands on Peggy's waist as she turned around. Peggy ran her fingers through her hair "Yes, sweetie?"

"Would you like some ice cream Mrs Captain America!" Peggy and Steve let out a laugh. Steve lent his head against hers as he did so. Peggy, now with a wide smile on her face nodded to the little girl "Yes please that would be lovely"

"You can have some too Mr Captain America!" Bethany called as she went back inside the house. They walked to the house together, with Steve's arms still wrapped around her waist "Mrs Captain America. Hm. I like that"

"I bet you do" Peggy giggled.

They got into the house and Peggy was handed ice cream from the little girl as she clearly loved playing hostess as practically everyone apart from her father had an ice cream cone in their hand.

"I'm okay for ice cream, Bethany, I'm just gonna have a bit of Peggy's"

"Okay!" Bethany smiled, skipping away to carry on with her drawing. Steve looked away from her to see Peggy with a raised eyebrow "I'm sorry who said you can have some of mine"

"Well what's yours is mine as they say"

"Not yet it's not. We aren't married yet" Peggy shook her hand as she extended her other one with the ice cream in her hand away from him.

"Come on" he laughed.

"No" she shook her head, walking outside into the porch with him quickly behind her. She took a lick of the ice cream and mumbled "It really is quite lovely"

"Just one lick that's all I want" he laughed. If he wanted a full ice cream he would have had a full ice cream. But he didn't. One taste of it was all he really wanted as he wasn't particularly hungry. Peggy raised on eyebrow and glanced down at the ice cream, she smirked and nodded "Okay here"

Without warning she planted the ice cream right on his face. Laughing straight away as she did it. Steve smiled and shook his head "Wow" he mumbled. Peggy cupped his face, pushing him against the wall she kissed him all over to get the cream off his face. Letting out laughs and sweet moans as she did so.

"That's real nice" he chuckled in a mumbled. Peggy brought her lips back onto his, he started to kiss her back, putting his hand on the back of her head to bring her closer and then got his own payback by rubbing the remaining ice cream on his face on hers. "Ah! Oh my god Steve!" Making her laugh even more.

"You dropped it on the floor" Steve laughed as he carried on rubbing his face against hers. Peggy put her hand on the back of his neck and laughed breathlessly "It was worth it" she kissed him again.

Later on that night. The whole team were in the house, now that Nick was here they all agreed it was time they started to discuss their next move to take down Ultron. They've had their chance to cool of and unwind and now they have to get back to work. Peggy sat down next to Natasha as they both listened to Nick.

Natasha nudged Peggy and pointed to Clint "Watch him" Peggy watched as Clint lined up his dark "The codes are constantly being changed"

"By who?" Tony said, then jumping out of the way as two darts hit directly on the bullseye. He turned his head to Clint who had a cockly smile on his face and shrugged. Peggy looked back to Natasha and rolled her eyes as she smirked "Show off" they both said at the same time.

Natasha then heard onto what Nick said and commented "We have an ally?"

"Ultron's got an enemy that's not the same thing. Still I'd pay folding money to know who it is" Natasha sighed and spoke after Tony "Well this is good times boss but I was kinda hoping when I saw you-you'd have more than that"

Nick looked at her and simply answered "I do. I have you"

Natasha and Peggy looked to each other, not feeling very confident in Nick having all his faith just on them. Talk about pressure.

"Back in the day I had eyes everywhere, ears everywhere else. You kids have all the tech you can dream of and here we all are back on earth...with nothing but our witt and our will to save the world"

Steve's eyes met Peggy's for a brief moment. She gave him a small smile and a nod. Agreeing with everything Nick was saying. The two of them had that when they didn't even have any kind of the tech they have now. It was in their soul to do this.

"Ultron says the avengers are the only thing between him and his mission...and whether or not he admits it his mission...is global destruction. All this. Laid in a grave"

Clint looked over to his sister and her family sat in the living room and began to become scared that something might happen to her. He would only blame himself.

"So stand. Out witt the platinum bastard"

"Steve doesn't like that kind of talk" Peggy shook her head to Nick. Steve raised his eyebrows "You know what, Carter"

Peggy smirked as Natasha laughed along with it. Giving her a high five under the table.

"So what does he want" Nick questioned them.

"To become better. Better than us. He keeps building bodies"

"Person bodies" Tony added with Steve's nod of agreement "The human form isn't afficant biologically speaking we're out moted. But he keeps coming back to it" Peggy saw Bruce in the corner of eye look at the painting that Bethany had done for Natasha. His brain was cooking something up.

"When you two programmed him to protect the human race you amazingly failed" Natasha commented as she looked to Tony.

"They don't need to be protected" Bruce spoke up finally "They need to evolve" He looked up at his team, Peggy with a small smile on her face. She knew that he would shine some light on this situation. But she wasn't happy with what he had to say.

"Ultron's going to evolve"

"How?"

Bruce's eyebrows then pinched together, he looked around the room "Has anyone been in contact with Helen Cho"

"Shit" Clint mumbled as he walked over to the table "You think he might be forcing her to helping him"

"It's his best move. He isn't stupid, he know Cho would be afraid deep down and he can manipulate that" Peggy stood up, Clint by her side then added "That and he could have used his little witch to control her"

"Yes. Well neither of those options sound nice" Peggy sighed.

"We need to go" Steve ordered "Suit up"

They were all moving out. Thanking Charlie for letting them stay. Bethany held onto Natasha so tight it made her not want to leave "We'll come see you soon, promise" Peggy placed her hand on the little girls head as she walked past them from saying her goodbyes and walked over to Steve and Tony.

"Y'know I really miss the days where the weirdest thing science created was me"

Peggy rolled her eyes and muttered under her breath as she walked away "Dramatic"

Clint gave his sister and warm tight hug "I'll be okay"

"You better be. Else I'll kick your ass" Charlie joked laughlessly. Clint laughed and kissed her cheek "I promise. Okay? We'll come back here and see you real soon, you'll barely even notice I was gone"

"I may aswell not tidy the house up then, you'll only come back and mess it up again"

Clint laughed and shook his head "You sounded just like mom then. Wow"

Charlie tugged on his uniform and looked him in the eyes "But I mean it Clinton. Be careful"

"I will" He laid another kiss on her forehead and hugged her once more.

Steve and Peggy walked towards the plane "You'll hang back yeah?" Steve reassured his thoughts to her only to be laughed back at. Peggy shook her hand as she put her gun in her holder "Not a chance in hell. I'm going with you"

He wasn't going to say she couldn't. Because she could. After all she was more than capable with the serum and all. Peggy looked to him, she smiled and slipped her hand in his. "Partners. Remember"

Steve smiled and nodded "Partners"

so yeah you guys get a LONG chapter today because I couldn't be assed dividing it really.

Anyway, yes I replaced Clint's wife for a sister. I know he has a brother in the comics hence why I gave her the name of Charlie :)

Quite a lot of steggy moments in this chapter after all that intensity ;)

hope you guys enjoyed this chapter!

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