Holy hell, this is beyond late. I am sooooooooooo sorry. I didn't realize how busy my schedule was last week till it was staring me in the face ;_; Finally got some time to myself, thank goodness Easter has passed, and whipped up a quick chapter. Since I didn't update last week, I plan on updating twice this week, hope that is alright with you all.

Here's the next chapter. Hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Marvel or its characters, unfortunately.


The drive to their rendezvous point with Clint was longer than anyone had anticipated, beyond the 20 minutes she had been expecting. Didn't help that Sam could not let them live down their 'activities' from the night before. Skylar swore she blushed 100 shades of red and blue in the time it took the 4 to load back into the small vehicle, Bucky's eyes boring into her the entire time.

"Honestly, was it that hard to shut the door?"

"Sounded like feeding time at the zoo."

"Skylar sounded like she was being stabbed half the time. Was starting to worry."

"You should have seen Barnes. He looked so mortified, it was quite amusing."

"When's the last time you've heard 2 people going at it ice man?"

"Well, I don't know if I should be proud that my brother is getting some or mortified that I'm not?"

"Cap's 100 and he's rolling around with the prettiest girl I've ever seen, I'm a little jealous."

"Do you have the stamina of a 100 year old? How is he Sky? Still getting it up?"

Only 5 minutes into the ride and Steve looked like it head was about to explode with how red his face was getting while Skylar was silently contemplating tossing herself out the window at the next semi-truck that drove by. Anything to get away from Sam before she beat him into silence. Worst of all, she couldn't even meet Bucky's eyes, the poor guy looked like he was growing sicker and sicker as the moments past.

About halfway through their drive, Bucky had fallen asleep at Skylar's insistent. She had easily noticed the dark bags hanging from under his eyes and the paleness in his face as he continued to stare at her like she wasn't real. She pushed him to sleep which he immediately brushed off with 'I'm okay' lie before Steve thankfully stepped in, mentioning that he needed to be at top condition if he wanted to protect Skylar from whatever was waiting for them in Siberia. That seemed to do the trick as it didn't take a second before soft snores rolled off the Winter Soldier himself.

Sam was close behind as he no longer had to worry about Bucky for the time being seeing as he was asleep. He curled against the passenger window and instantly passed out, snorting a bit louder than Bucky.

Now, 30 minutes into their drive, only Skylar and Steve were conscious.

"You should sleep Doll. We got about another 15 minutes or so." Steve made brief eye contact with her through the rearview mirror before turning his attention back to the road.

"I'm fine." She waved her hand nonchalantly as she continued to watch the scenery past them outside the window.

Steve watched her closely as they continued to drive in silence. Something was bugging him, irritatingly. No matter how hard he tried to push the thoughts away, they continued to crawl up his spine, silently nagging him to address the situation. He silently cursed at himself before tightening his hold on the steering wheel, pushing himself that extra mile to ask.

"Sky." He called softly, not wanting to wake the others, especially seeing as this particular question involved a certain someone in the car.

Skylar hummed, never turning her eyes from the trees just outside the window.

"Can I ask you something?" He asked hesitantly, his eyes flashing back and forth from the road to the rearview mirror, wanting to make sure at the smallest flinch of hurt on her face that he would back off like he knew he needed to.

"What?" She finally turned to look at him, only confusion in sight.

"You don't have to answer if you don't want to, I just want to hear it come from you." Steve cleared his throat nervously, bile beginning to roll up his throat at the thought of what sort of answer she was going to give him.

"What is it?" She furrowed her brows, now worried about what he could possible want to ask her now.

"The Breeding project—did you-I mean-you don't have to tell me-Buck-I mean…." Cue Steve stumbling over everything he was trying to get out as nerves got the best of himself.

Somehow, she knew, within time, curiosity or just interest would get the best of him and pressure him to ask a question that she knew was coming.

Quickly glancing away to the window, she licked her dry lips and sighed, shutting her eyes momentarily which only fed Steve's fear at what had happened between his fiancé and best friend.

"No. I don't know. Maybe. Ugh, I can't remember. I didn't even remember the project till Ross mentioned it back there. They wiped me clean of any information on that." She explained exasperated, startling Bucky from his seat as he sat up quickly, his eyes whipping around for immediate danger.

"No, it's alright Buck. We're okay, you're okay." Skylar immediately reached over, ignoring Steve's eyes as they bore into her from the rearview mirror while she caught Bucky's attention, calming him down as best as she could.

"What the heck is going on?" Sam groaned half asleep from the front seat as she felt Buck's hands on her tighten, making sure she was still there and safe causing her to smile softly at him.

"Nothing, are we there yet?" Skylar avoided the question, gazing out to the road to see them turn into a parking structure attached to the airport. Her eyes met Steve's concerned ones shortly before turning back to the road.

"We're here." He turned the car, allowing it to screech around each turn as they climbed the parking structure, higher and higher till they pulled a few stalls down from an unmarked white van.

"We'll finish this conversation later." Steve mentioned under his breath as he pushed the door open and climbed out leaving her huffing in the back seat.

"What conversation?" Bucky asked worried as Sam climbed out quickly to join Steve.

Skylar stared at Steve's back for a moment before turning to Buck with a sigh.

"He was asking me about the Breeding Project, wanted to know if we—you know—went through with it." She explained embarrassed as she put a hand through her hair in frustration, immediately wincing when her hand made contact with her bandage. Bucky instantly leaned forward, his hands hovering over her form, wanting to help but unsure what to do before she dropped her hand, sighing as she glanced down at them in her lap.

"What am I going to do Buck? I feel like—like he doesn't trust me anymore. Like everything we worked so hard to build together is crumbling under us all because I couldn't remember any of this." She whispered, already on the verge of tears at the mere thought of losing someone that meant the world to her.

Bucky silently watched her, unsure how to react or comfort her through something even he didn't know. He shut his eyes, taking in a deep breath as he allowed his mind to wallow through what memories he could remember, which wasn't much at this point. His eyes shot open suddenly when he heard a sniffle come from the woman next to her and stared at her in concern as she quickly wiped at her cheeks, making sure that she was presentable as she pushed Steve's seat forward.

"I'm sure I'm just overreacting, it'll all blow over soon enough." She muttered, unconvincingly as she pushed the door open next.

"Come on out Buck." She smiled kindly back at him, though the look of absolute sadness never left her eyes before she turned, slipping from the car and into view.


"Thanks for having my back." Steve's voice caught her attention as she stood from the car, her eyes meeting those of two particular figures she had been missing since they were put on the run.

"It was time to get off my ass." Wanda shrugged proudly as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"Wanda." Skylar gasped in shock and relief, brushing past Steve to throw her arms around the woman that had grown like a little sister to her. Wanda chuckled against Skylar's shoulder, hugging with twice the enthusiasm.

"Nice to see you too Sky." Clint sarcastically added from somewhere nearby as she pulled away from Wanda momentarily to meet the smirking eyes of Clint who stood just a few feet to the left.

Skylar didn't waste another moment and pulled away from Wanda completely, throwing herself at Clint who barely caught the flying woman in his arms, stumbling back. Clint chuckled amused, his arms naturally wrapping around her form, pulling her closer as he buried his face in her hair.

"I'm glad you're okay kid." Clint teased as she snorted through happy tears, pulling away before punching him, with no remorse in the chest, causing him to let out a deep 'oof', his hand immediately reaching up to rub the spot he had been attacked.

"How's our new recruit?" Steve broke the happy ambiance, Skylar stepping aside as Clint gestured over his shoulder towards the unmarked van, his eyes taking in her form briefly, noting the wound on her head along with the look of despair in her eyes.

"He's ready to go. I had to put a little coffee in him, but…..he should be good." Clint pushed her demeanor into the back of his mind for a later time before pulling open the sliding door with little to no patience, sending it slamming open loudly, startling the man inside.

Skylar, having not expected another person to join their team, she peered around Clint in confusion, her eyes taking in the man who was slowly sitting up from his sleep, rubbing his eyes exhaustedly as he climbed out with the help of Clint.

"What timezone is this?" The unknown man asked as Skylar turned her confused eyes to her super soldiers and friend, noticing the way Steve and Sam were looking at the man with said familiarity. They knew him, how?

"Come on. Come on." Clint gave a gentle shove to the man, pushing him towards Steve who took a step forward to address the man that was now gazing up at him like a 5 year old fan.

"Captain America." The man breathed, a smile slowly beginning to grow as he shook Steve's hand enthusiastically, enough to shake Steve.

"Mr. Lang." Steve addressed, slightly embarrassed at the man's slight fan moment.

"It's an honor. I'm shaking your hand too long. Wow. This is awesome." The man known as Mr. Lang pulled his hand from Steve's once he realized what he was doing and turned to Wanda, gesturing to Steve once more.

"Captain America." He laughed before realizing who he was talking to and pointed at her.

"I know you too, you're great." Skylar chuckled at the man's words, gathering his attention as he turned to her, his eyes setting in realization.

"Skylar Stark, wow!" The man turned to her, approaching her as a form was suddenly up beside her, his behemoth form blocking half of her form from Mr. Lang's view, startling the much smaller man who hadn't seen the assassin sneak up.

"Uhhh…." Mr. Lang commented nervously as Skylar patted Bucky's shoulder, silently telling him that he was alright and stepped around the hesitant man, holding her hand out for Mr. Lang to take.

"It's nice to meet you Mr. Lang. I apologize for that, it's been a pretty tense few days." She excused with a soft smile, allowing the man to engulf her hand, giving it a gentle shake as his eyes never left the man still standing guard at her side.

Shaking his nerves, he smiled back at her, nodding before turning back to Steve who had been intently watching the exchange with tense joints.

"Jeez." Skylar broke out laughing into her hands, unable to stop herself as she watched the newcomer basically feel Steve's arms up in amazement before stepping back into his own space. Even Steve couldn't stop his smile from emerging as he glanced briefly over at Sam then to Bucky and Skylar.

"Look, I wanted to say, I know you know a lot of super people, so…..thinks for thanking of me." Scott rambled on causing both Wanda and Skylar to snicker as the man jumbled up his words due to nervousness.

"Hey man." He addressed Sam hesitantly who smirked, nodding his head towards the man.

"What's up tic-tac?" Sam's teasing form came into view as Scott chuckled nervously.

"Good to see you. Look. What happened last time was a….." Scott began to apologize as Skylar's eyes whipped over in interest. Honestly, how had missed their first interaction?

"It was a great audition, but it'll….it'll never happen again." Sam snickered proudly, his arms crossing over his chest.

"Alright, now I need to know what happened between those two." Skylar commented under her breath as Clint snorted from beside her.

"Did he tell you what we're up against here?" Steve broke the conversation, wanting to address the elephant in the room before all hell broke loose.

"Something about some….psycho assassins." Scott answered unsure, not completely understanding the whole thing.

"We're outside the law on this one." Steve added, wanting to be sure that Scott understood the seriousness of joining their side.

"So, if you come with us, you're a wanted man." Skylar finished, having address the situation for the first time since climbing out of the car. Skylar watched as all eyes were on her before Scott smiled softly and nodded, understanding what he was signing up for.

"Yeah, well, what else is new?" He shrugged uncaring as she smiled kindly at him, meeting Steve's eyes briefly as he spoke his next words.

"We should get moving." It was almost as if he was directly addressing her before a voice began to speak over the loud speaker of the airport parking structure, startling everyone.

"They're evacuating the airport." Bucky translated, naturally stepping just a bit closer to Skylar's side, his eyes whipping around.

"Stark." Steve's eyes hardened as Scott blinked in surprise and confusion.

"Stark?" He asked confused as she sighed, stepping up beside him, placing a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"Family feud." She joked, brushing past the men to the trunk of their car, already in the midst of pulling their equipment and suits from their hiding place.

"Suit up." Steve commanded everyone seriously as those present quickly separated to their various vehicles, dressing as best as they could.


"So, what's the plan?" Wanda asked as the team was now fully dressed and loaded, the 7 of them huddling around the map of the airport now laid out across the hood of the bug.

"I have a chopper lined up, just here." Clint pointed to a point of the map, not far from where the airport led onto the tarmac.

"That's close." Sam nodded in approval before Skylar stepped in.

"Unfortunately, my cousin isn't 'that' stupid. He'll know that's the first place we'll be hitting." Skylar pressed as Steve nodded in agreement, never looking up from the map as his eyes whipped around the map.

"He'll be waiting for us if we go out there." Clint agreed with the woman who only sighed and nodded in annoyance.

"So what do we do?" Scott spoke up, worried about what he was getting himself in as he adjusted his suit.

"We split up." Skylar suggested, her eyes seeking Steve's, which were already directed on her.

"Split up?" Sam asked unsure, his hesitation bright in his eyes as he met Clint's eyes.

"Tony will be waiting for us and I'm sure he's not alone, like we aren't." She gestured to the team they had assembled.

"She's right, plus, we could have someone distract them, long enough for us to find another way out." Clint explained as he pointed to various other hangers around the airport strip.

"I'm sure they'll split up too." Wanda agreed with a nod sending Steve sighing as he glanced around at his team.

"Alright, this is what we're going to do…"


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