Connie and Steve were taking a peak out of the door which was cracked open a bit. They heard Sam calling for them and Connie looked over at Steve who returned the glare

"He must be awake.." She said and Steve looked back at Sam who was looking at them "I'll check in on him first.. I don't need him to lose it when he sees your face" Steve muttered and Connie gave a small smile "Thank goodness for the Super Soldier Gene, healing somewhat faster than expected"

"Yeah.. The gene better work on his face.. I want to punch him in the face badly" Steve said and Connie took his hands "It's not his fault.. Please don't make him feel guilty. He will probably feel horrible when he sees me"

Steve was quiet for a moment before taking out his flip phone that only had Riley's number and handed it to Connie "I've already called her. If she calls and gives us a location.. Just write it down" He said and kissed Connie's head and jogged towards the direction of Bucky and Sam.

Connie was silent for a moment, listening to Bucky and Steve talking until she looked down and chuckled on what Bucky said

"You used to wear Newspapers in your shoes.. Mary would chuckle at it and it would make me laugh until I snorted out milk" She heard him whisper and Connie smiled

She heard the stories of her great-grandmother and also Steve and Bucky's first love.. Mary. She heard stories from Steve, Riley and S.J. She wasn't jealous on the fact that Bucky had also loved Mary as Steve did.. She knew her great-grandmother had an impact on Steve and Bucky's and even met her for a brief moment when she was stuck back in time. She loved Mary with all of her heart and wished she spent more time with her.

Connie was lost in thought while she listened to Bucky explaining to Steve that there was more than one Winter Soldier in the world and she felt the phone buzzing and saw it was Riley and she picked up

"Riley.. Are you okay?" Connie asked and Riley sighed "We're all fine, Orchid got hit badly by Bucky. T'Challa is more mad and out for blood now" She said and Connie looked back at Steve who wasn't paying attention to her and she looked down

"Everyone is good here, just a couple of bruises but we're good"

"Good.. Tony wants me to get checked by a Doctor but as we're speaking.. Sharon is getting our stuff and getting it into a car and we're heading towards you.. We're gonna be meeting at the bridge just out of town"

"Sharon is on our side?"

"She's family. She's doing what she believes is right and she knew Aunt Peggy would want this.. She also agrees with Steve's views." Riley said and Connie nodded "We're gonna see if Bucky is okay to travel"

"I know Clint is getting Wanda as we speak.. But we have more bad news" Riley said and Connie sighed "When isn't there bad news"

"Tony knows that Steve is probably planning on escaping.. So he called in The Snakes to help him retain Steve and Bucky.. Felix and Sean agreed while Janet is refusing to do it.. We're taking Janet with us too when we're leaving.. She doesn't agree with Tony's ways. She's doing what she thinks is right and what S.J would have wanted which is to be on his father's side"

"Aunt Janet saving the day as usual" Connie whispered with tears in her eyes and Riley chuckled "Her family is on team Cap's side.. I don't think she would betray them" She said and Connie got the location of the bridge and heard Steve calling for her

"I gotta speak to you soon, you and Sharon get here safe" She said and Riley sighed "We gotta leave soon before Tony suspects something.. We'll see you later. Take care of yourself.. Tell Steve that I love him"

"He will probably say he loves you too" Connie said and Riley laughed "I sure hope so"

After Connie hung up, she jogged towards Steve and saw Bucky was sitting on a seat. A vice grip holding down his metal arm. Bucky was looking down before he looked up at Connie and he saw the bruises

"Oh no.. No" Bucky said before trying to move back but he couldn't because of the grip "NO!" He shouted and Connie went towards him but Steve grabbed her arm "Don't.. He's not well"

"He's still my James, it doesn't matter" She said and broke free from Steve's grasp and started slowly going to him "Your name is James Barnes.. You're the first man I had ever fallen in love with and truly meant it.. You did not do this" She said as she bent down to Bucky's level "The Winter Soldier did this.. I know you wouldn't do this to me, because you loved me as much as I love you" Connie said, choosing her words carefully

"I've hurt you and you still want to be around me.. I've killed so many innocent people and you still care" Bucky whispered and Connie reached out to him and touched his cheek

"I never forgot that night.. Our last night together. We heard the neighbor playing a beautiful melody and I wanted to dance so badly.. You took me up to the roof and we danced under the stars and that's when you told me you loved me.. I said I wouldn't give up on you and would wait for you when you got home.. I went back to my time and you died.. I thought that dream died but not until I found out you were still out there" She whispered and Bucky leaned into her touch

"All the times they've brainwashed me.. The many times they've hurt me.. I kept calling your name.. Hoping that you would answer. I thought about you from the moment I woke up to the time I was under the ice.. I was scared.. But the thoughts of you kept me going, hoping that one day I may have found you as a little old lady who was maybe a great-grandma and lived her whole life. But you're here" He whispered, his voice broke and Connie brought him into a tight hug, Bucky was shocked at first but he hugged her with his normal arm

"Not to ruin this beautiful moment." Sam said as he looked over at Steve "This would have been a lot easier a week ago." He said as Steve looked over and saw Connie and Bucky were embracing each other. Bucky's hand was rubbing Connie's back

"If we call Tony..."

"No, he won't believe us."

"Even if he did..."

"Who knows if the Accords would let him help."

"We're on our own" He said as Connie looked towards Steve "The Snakes are on Tony's side, expect Janet whose coming with Riley. But we're outnumbered"

"Not really.. I hope a guy and girl"

"Who?"

"His name is Scott Lang, I encountered him once.. Quite a funny story. He has a suit that makes him smaller and it helped him a lot. He mentioned that his girlfriend was an MMA fighter and I looked her up, Her name is Emily Jean. She gave up a normal life to be with Scott who was in prison but they were together through it all, we can call and ask them if they could help us" Sam said and Connie couldn't help but smile as she thought of Emily and Scott, they sounded cute together and the fact that Emily supported Scott through it all, Connie was rooting for them.

"Great, we get them here and we'll be pretty much good. We all head to the base where they kept Bucky in and we stop this man from waking the other Winter Soldiers." Connie said as Steve nodded "Clint is picking up Wanda, he can get them too"

"Let's make phone calls and get to Riley, Sharon and Janet"


Ayo was stalking around the doctors that were treating Orchid and her face. T'Challa was no where in sight and Ayo shoved a doctor away "Move" She said and she looked at Orchid's face

"If Okoye saw your face, she would find the Winter Soldier in moments and bring his head back to you"

"Patience is key, Ayo. We will track him down and stop him"

"Good.. Otherwise I'll bring his head back to you before the others do"

"Ayo" Orchid laughed as the doctors finished and they were left alone "I do miss being with you guys.. I must join you guys on a mission" She said and Ayo gave her a stern look "Over our dead bodies that you'll do a mission with us" She said and Orchid shook her head "Ayo.. You guys can't treat me like I'm a baby.. I can take care of myself, I didn't have my suit on that day" She said and Ayo gave her a look

"You forget that you're the Queen of Wakanda now.. We must protect you, but you will always be our sister" Ayo said before Orchid smiled and brought Ayo into a hug "I love you girls, even if you're all the stricter older sisters.. Expect Nakia. She lets me have all the fun" Orchid said with a fake pout and Ayo couldn't help but smile until T'Challa walked through the door and he took a sharp breath when he saw Orchid's face

"Please leave me with her.. I need to speak with her alone" T'Challa ordered and Ayo bowed her head before looking at Orchid and T'Challa "I will be standing, keeping guard" She said and Orchid smiled and nodded and T'Challa was quiet until the door closed

"I hate myself" T'Challa whispered and Orchid frowned "Why, my love" She said and he bent down to her level and grabbed her hands "Because I couldn't protect you.. He had beat you up and I was too slow to stop him" He said and Orchid leaned foreward and kissed his forehead

"You saved me from much worse.. If he kept on going, he could have done more damage. But he didn't, thanks to you" She whispered and T'Challa looked down

"I wish things were easier.. That we got marred and Babba was there to make it official. We would have had a better wedding than any royal couple in the history" He said as Orchid looked down

"We have a couple of less family members.. But they'll be watching over us, and will be happy like we will be"

"Maybe we can have a couple of little ones after?" T'Challa joked but Orchid saw he was also being a little serious

"In a couple of years, when we're settled as King and Queen and Wakanda is somewhat in good shape that we can focus on taking care of a little one" Orchid said as she kissed T'Challa and he smiled "Having a baby with you, is gonna be one of the greatest things in my life"

"Oh hush" She said as she heard a knock on the door and saw Ayo walking in "They've requested you two.. They've mentioned about finding out where the Winter Soldier is and stopping him"

"Then we must go" Orchid said and T'Challa looked at her "Are you sure you want to join?" He asked and Orchid nodded "If you're going in.. So am I. We're in this together." She said and T'Challa smiled before kissing her softly "Let's go get Barnes"


Riley, Janet and Sharon were in Sharon's car. Catching up with each other until they saw a small classic blue car coming towards them and it parked behind their car and Riley had a look of amusement on her face

"This was probably Steve's idea" She said and all three of them stepped out of the car, Connie exiting the car first before rushing towards Janet and hugging her tight "Aunt Janet"

"My love, it's good to see you once again" Janet said as she stroked Connie's hair "How's your face?" She said as she lightly touched Connie's face

"I'm doing better, recovering faster than I thought" She said and Janet smiled "S.J and Alice would have been proud of you"

"I wish they were alive to see me following their footsteps" Connie whispered and Janet smiled softly. Her sister, Alice was a Snake.. Like S.J. The son of Captain America. They had fallen in love as they used a children soldiers.. Forced to by Super Soldiers with S.J's DNA. Alice had died giving birth to Connie's mother, Sarah-Jane. S.J had given Sarah-Jane to a priest who was fleeing the country.. To America, and the rest was history.

"You're taking S.J's title of The Viper very serious"

"Well, I'm a Rogers after all.. Adder" She said and Janet laughed and kissed her niece's cheek "You're the best one.." She whispered and Sharon was going into the trunk to get everyone's gear and Connie took Janet's hand "Come on.. We need to introduce you to James"

"You forgot I was trained by him"

"That was the Winter Soldier.. Right now, you're gonna meet James" She said and they saw Bucky narrowing his eyes on something that Sam said and Connie opened the back door "James.. This is Aunt Janet.." She said and Bucky looked at her with a small smile

"I remember you.. You were the little trouble maker of the kids" He said with a chuckle and Janet narrowed her eyes playfully "I tried" She said and she cut herself off once she saw the small car "Oh.. This isn't going to fit all of us"

"We better start thinking of laps that we can sit on" Connie said as Janet chuckled "You can sit on Sam's lap"

Connie saw Bucky tense up as Sam joked along "I've been told that I'm a great bean bag" He joked and Janet chuckled and wiggled her eyebrows "Connie enjoys that" She said as Connie narrowed her eyes "You guys are funny.. There's an extra space next to Bucky. Janet or Riley can sit on each other's laps and I'll sit on Bucky's.. If you don't mind" She said and Bucky's eyes widen before he shook his head "No!" His voice cracked a bit before clearing it "No.. That's fine" He said as he was somewhat relieved that Connie wouldn't sit on Sam's lap... He would throw Sam to another country if it happened.

Sharon began returning the stuff that belonged to each Avenger, it left Riley and Steve alone for a moment

"I'm so thankful that you came" Steve said as Riley smiled "You know I would come for you in a heartbeat, I will be by your side.. Until the end" She said and Steve smiled brightly and took her hands

"The first day I've met you.. I knew you were special. I thought I wouldn't find love again after I lost Mary. But boy was I wrong.. You were my guiding light through everything and you were scared of losing me because I was so hung up on her but the truth is.. I love you more than anything. If she was here right now, I would be with you in a heart beat. You're the most bravest and kindest woman I've ever met.. I want everything in life with you after our days as Avengers are done" Steve said and a couple of moments later, he went down on one knee. Riley covering her mouth with her hands in shock while the others' eyes nearly popped out of their heads expect Connie's, who smiled.. She knew Steve's plans all long.

"Will you make me the luckiest man in the world by being my wife?" He whispered and dug into his pockets for that tiny black velvet box and opened it to show off a huge diamond ring, with both of their birth stones around it.

"Yes!" Riley said happily as Steve went back on his two feet and slipped the ring into her finger and they had a long kiss. Everyone cheering for them and Connie was clapping until it finally hit her.

Steve never told Riley about the truth.. About how Bucky killed Riley's adoptive parents and that they weren't even her real parents.. Her real parents were members of the Red Room and Hydra..

She was wondering.. How long will it be a secret until it came out?


Everyone said their farewell to Sharon who was as excited to see Riley engaged than Riley herself. They were crammed into the small blue car that Steve bought, Janet and Riley were cursing at Steve but Connie and Bucky were perfectly fine with it, Bucky was scared of touching or holding Connie at first until after the car started and Connie's hand found Bucky and started to hold it. Bucky was tense until Connie squeezed his hand lightly, showing him it was okay. He relaxed a bit and began to hold her hand back.

They saw Clint and Wanda standing in front of a white van, they were having a casual conversation until they saw the small blue car and Clint laughed at the amount of people in it "How could you guys fit in that?"

"We found a way" Steve said as he exited the car, everyone following behind. Wanda saw the huge ring on Riley's finger and her mouth dropped "NO WAY!"

"Yes way!" Riley said as they both squealed of happiness before they ran to each other and embraced each other "I'm so happy!" Wanda said as Riley shook her head "Imagine how I feel! But Wanda.. Would you do me the honors of being one of my bridesmaid?" She asked and Wanda smiled with tears in her eyes "Of course.. I would love it"

Steve smiled at the moment, happy that Wanda and Riley were having a beautiful moment and he looked over at Clint "How about our other two recruits?" He asked as Clint had a look of amusement on his face as he went to open the van door

"Had to put a bit of coffee in them.. But she was so happy that she was meeting the Avengers she didn't even need the coffee.. She was singing and dancing in her seat the whole way and he was just.. Looking at her with such love in his eyes. It was so cute, it made me sick" Clint said as he opened the doors to show a man, was sleeping. His head on the woman's lap. The woman had a travel pillow around her and they both jumped when the door slammed open. Scott jumped and he rubbed his eyes

"Emily.. I think we're here?" Scott said and Emily yawned "I thought I could stay awake for at least planning on the flowers we were gonna have.. Did you like the white Roses idea?" She asked as Scott made a face "Can we add some White Lilies in it?"

"Yeah.. I think we can do that" Emily said as Scott got out of the van and held out his hand, Emily taking it and he helped her out of the van "Ugh.. What timezone is this?"

"Well.. It's not ours. The Coffee didn't help" Emily pouted and Connie looked at them, standing next to Bucky who was behind the car. The couple was so amusing and cute.

"Oh.. We are here" Scott said as he noticed Clint pushed him forward a bit and Emily followed and she looked around until she noticed Steve and she gasped

"Oh my god!" Emily said, using her hand to slap Scott's chest back and forth as she was in shock and Scott yelped in pain "Oh my god! Scott! It's Captain America!"

Author's Note:

I wanted to make the last chapter of 2017 a big one!

So a lot happened. But mostly, Steve and Riley are engaged!

Emily and Scott have joined the battle! I was so looking forward to them joining, I missed Emily so much. It's been over a year since I've wrote her and my favorite cute couple is back!

Thoughts on this chapter? What do you think of Steve keeping this secret from his Fiancee? What do you think of Connie and Bucky reuniting? Eily and Scott appearing?

Next chapter would mostly be Emily getting friendly with the Avengers. She's gonna be the mother of the group and plus we have a newly engaged girl! She needs some advice from someone whose been engaged for over a year!

Until next chapter and happy New Year!