21 Not again

Hi everyone! So this is me... trying to be a periodical updater... lets see how this goes. My week has been stressful and will only get worse. This is my 15 minutes of peace and joy.

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Sorry this one is kind of short... I have been writing longer ones as of late. Meaning I don't feel too bad.

"So, let me get this straight… mutant Chihuahuas." Sam looked at Clint and Alyssa disbelievingly.

"Yes, the last time we went to South Carolina we had a run in with mutant Chihuahuas." Clint stated calmly.

"One peed on Clint." Alyssa smiled.

"You two went to South Carolina and had a mutant Chihuahua pee on Clint?" Bucky asked to clarify.

"Yes." Both Alyssa and Clint said at the same time.

"One bit Alyssa." Clint added.

"You two realize how crazy you both sound right?" Sam looked at us.

"Maybe. All I'm saying is that be careful when you both go to South Carolina." Alyssa looked at both Bucky and Sam.

"Can you not make it sound like we are about to slide down the rabbit hole?" Sam asked.

"Mutant Chihuahuas Sam. If that does not sound like a hallucination I don't know what does."

"Two guys that were in their twenties in 1945 are still physically in their twenties seven decades later…" Clint reminds Bucky.

"Touché." Bucky shrugged.

"Hey Sam?" Bucky asked as the pair wandered the forests.

"James." Sam looked over at the ex-Hydra assassin.

"Do you have any idea where we are? Because I think we are going south when we should be going east."

"I have the compass James. We're going east."

"Really? Because this feels like south."

"What do you mean it feels south? How can it feel like a direction?" Sam questioned.

"I know how to navigate. I was in the army, its something you learn. This is south."

"I was in the military so no, it is east."

"Sam, I know what I'm doing!"

"I know what I'm doing!"

Then there was a small barking noise.

"What the heck?" Sam asked as Bucky and himself turned to look towards the source of the sound.

And there stood a tiny Chihuahua.

"A Chihuahua?" Sam looked at the small animal.

"Um… were Clint and Alyssa right?" Bucky looked at the small dog as well.

"We do not know it's mutated yet James. Could be just lost."

"Come here little guy." Bucky went closer to the ground to try to call the dog over. The dog lunged at him, luckily biting his metal arm.

"Well this is… odd." Bucky commented.

"He is a vicious little guy." Sam watched.

"Want to help?" Bucky looked at Sam.

"This is kind of entertaining."

"Wilson, help please."

"Fine." Sam sighed and grabbed the dog. The dog was clearly unhappy about the change and started to turn red and grow.

"Shit… they were right." Bucky watched the dog.

"Um… James… what do I do?"

"How would I know?"

"It looks angry."

"Sam… more are coming. And they look mad."

"Well, lets run." Sam suggested lamely.

"Fine by me." Bucky agreed. Sam dropped the Chihuahua and opened the Falcon wings and grabbed onto Bucky.

They successfully made it to safety and needed time to process what madness they just witnessed.

"So mutant Chihuahuas are a thing. A real scary ass thing." Sam breathed heavily.

"I hate it when Clint is right!" Bucky huffed.

"What about Alyssa?"

"She is right a good percentage of the time, but her and Clint could have been just messing with us."

"But they were telling the truth."

"Which sucks and is scary. Should we alert that Coulson guy?"

"Possibly. Lets just get back to Malibu."

"Sounds good to me."

"I'm sorry, did the Winter Soldier and Falcon just say that we were right?" Clint boasted.

"I believe they did feathers!" Alyssa boasted as well.

"Yeah, yeah. Don't rub it in our faces." Bucky sighed.

"Mutant Chihuahuas… never again…" Sam shuddered.

"You feel our pain." Alyssa patted Sam on the back.

"How can something so small be filled with so much… evil?" Bucky asked rhetorically.

"We may never know." Clint sighed.

"I am sorry we ever doubted you." Sam apologized.

"It is okay. Sometimes seeing is believing." Clint answered.

"You sounded crazy. So crazy. The crazy is real…" Bucky continued.

"Mutant Chihuahuas… scariest things on the planet." Alyssa agreed.

"We never speak of this again." Sam concluded.

"Agreed." Everyone said at the same time.

"Hey James, you're back." Valerie grinned as the former assassin entered her apartment.

"Yeah. I'm back." James sighed. After a crazy run in with tiny evil dogs, he was exhausted. "How was Nathan?"

"Good. He missed you. Drew you a picture." Valerie smiled as she pointed to the table.

"I missed him too. He in bed yet?"

Valerie shook her head in the negative. "Wanted to wait for you. He went to get his pajamas on a few minutes ago."

"I'll go check on him. Knowing Nathan, he probably passed out as he was pulling up his pants." James chuckled at the thought of the small boy he had become quite attached to.

"You are probably right."

"If you want I can put him to bed." James offers.

"Go right ahead. But be quick, Nathan is not the only one who missed you." Valerie pouted as she hugged her boyfriend.

"Promise."

When Bucky entered the room he quickly saw his suspicions were indeed correct. Little Nathan was face down was on his bed, with his pants only reaching about his knees. How that boy could just fall asleep like that never ceased to amaze him.

Bucky smiled and suppressed a small chuckle. He took out his phone to take a picture as this could easily be used to embarrass the boy when he reached his teens.

"Hey buddy." Bucky said softly when he reached Nathan's bed and he lightly patted his back.

Nathan slowly started to stir. Once he realized exactly who it was that was waking him a smile broke on his face.

"You're back." Nathan said quietly as he yawned and slowly wrapped his arms around Bucky's neck. "Missed… you…"

"I missed you too buddy." Bucky wrapped his arms around the small boy in a hug. Nathan quickly snuggled in and Bucky embraced the warmth the boy brought with him. "You want to put your pants on properly Nathan?" Bucky asked.

Nathan nodded sleepily and Bucky realized he would be doing the work.

Once Bucky fixed Nathan's pants, he tucked the toddler under his blankets.

"Luv you…" Nathan said before he continued his sleep. The two simple sleepy sounding words had Bucky stop in his tracks.

"He does you know." Valerie said as she stopped in the doorway. "We both do."

"I love you both too." Bucky said still looking at the small boy. "So much."

"Good. I'm not letting you leave us." Valerie wrapped her arms around Bucky and he did the same to her.

"I'm not going anywhere." Bucky smiled a genuine smile. Amazingly to Bucky, he had found his place in the twenty-first century. He was not letting it go.

"Oh by the way… you know how you were considering getting a pet for Nathan?" Bucky then looked to Valerie.

"Yeah?"

"Don't get a Chihuahua."

Valerie looked up at Bucky curiously.

"Its best if you don't know."

"Okay…" Valerie looked at him strangely. "I was thinking a goldfish…"

"Get a goldfish. Much better."

Next chapter: Natasha helps out.