DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN THE AVENGERS OR MARVEL!
Bucky lands the quinjet in the airfield with ease. He walks down the ramp with Laura a few steps behind him. The mutant hugs Sarah tightly.
"I was so worried," Laura murmurs.
"We brought you both suits and have a meeting point set up for all the team," Bucky tells Sarah. "It's twenty miles outside of the radar range of the base that Ross is holding Natalia and SJ." The pair nod understanding completely.
"Miss Kaye!" a voice yells and Sarah turns to see a few of the kids running up to her with Ally running behind. The kids latch onto Sarah. "Don't go," a little girl cries.
"We don't want you to die," an older one says clinging to Sarah's shoulders. Bucky and Laura watch surprised as the kids swarm her. Sarah hugs them all kissing their heads.
"I have to go kids, my family needs me," she says softly. "But I'll come back to visit as soon as I can. Maybe I'll even bring some superheroes with me," Sarah offers picking up the youngest child seven year old Kella. She hugs the child and kisses the tears away from her eyes.
"Superheroes?" Kella asks.
"Captain America, Iron Man, Black Widow, all the Avengers," Sarah says with a grin.
"You know them?" an older one asks.
"Kid, she's the daughter of Captain America," Laura tells him. She reveals some of her claws for a brief moment. "We're special." Ally looks at Bucky who moves his sleeve to reveal his metal arm.
"I'll bring them all here one day and you'll see," Sarah promises. "Now go with Miss Ally." The kids mutter and groan. Kella kisses her cheek and climbs into Ally's arms. "See you all." The kids back off a good bit while the four climb into the jet. Bucky takes off with ease as Laura gets the boxes of gear out. She hands the uniforms to Sarah and Aaron.
"Brand new," Laura tells them. Aaron changes first in the bathroom. He comes out in a suit very similar to Clint's but with a red coloring instead of Clint's secondary color of purple. His hair was also back to normal now thanks to a few chemicals. He adjust the bow in his hand and the crossbow gauntlets on his hands.
"Like the new uniform," he remarks.
Sarah walks into the bathroom and looks at the box. It had numbers pinned to the clothing items and instructions. Sarah strips down and puts the skin tight black suit with blue lines on. She zips the suit up and the lines light up. She pulls out a number of dark red metal cuffs and a pair of shorts. She slips the shorts on before clicking the metal cuffs in their correct places. One on both wrist, two more for her shins, one around the waist and another around the neck. The cuffs expand and lock into places. Her forearms and fingers were protected by a metal coating with repulsors on the end. The ones on her shins turned into shin guards. The one on her waist turned into a utility belt with sections that went down her thighs and locked in place by a chain design around her leg. Each section had a mount for a pistol and the belt held many surprises. The neck piece morphed into a neck guard and formed around her head with a clear sheet over her made of the same material her shields were made of. It read readouts of three separate small arc-reactors in the suit. The bottom of the metal covered her heart and a faint glow came from a clear piece there. She pulls out the heavy duty boots and vest last. She slips them on and glances at all her weapons. She arms up and looks her reflection in the mirror.
"You're back in action," she mutters looking at the uniform. She walks out after putting her clothes in the box. Aaron looks at her with a raised eye as she collapses the head piece. "Completely synced with my body," she tells him, "but it all comes off."
"Wow," Aaron chuckles.
The plane lands hours later in the middle of a field with a number of other vehicles. The second the four of them are off the jet Sarah is talked by Bruce and Thor. The two men hug her tightly.
"Never do that again," Thor orders.
"Hulk wanted to tear the planet apart," Bruce tells her. Sarah hugs them both and looks at her team.
"How did you manage this?" Bucky asks Sarah.
"League," Sarah says seriously, "two of our own were taken, two others hurt. I know I said I'd never call for your assistance with the Avengers but we were incredibly out matched otherwise."
"Don't worry Cher," Gambit chuckles charging a few cards, "the League protects their own."
"League?" Bucky asks.
"Us kids have our secrets too," Peter says with a grin. "What's the plan?" Peter asks Sarah. Sarah pulls out a map and lays it out. She glances at the members of her team.
"Here's the plan," Sarah starts and starts pointing.
Johnny Storm flies into the compound dodging artillery shells as he went. He melts a gun to nothing but slag and heads for another artillery station. "PIETRO! Got a clear path!" he shouts.
Pietro runs past and slides up to the door. He starts trying all the combinations to the door until the door opens and he smiles. "Door is all clear! Lorna, Wanda, move it!"
Lorna comes flying in with Tim hovering behind her. The two hit the ground and head into the building. Their target was the communication and defense system. Tim shoots five guards on their way in while Lorna did more for defense.
Wanda stands at the gateway to the compound. With a few hexes the compound's exterior was down. "Team four you are go," Wanda says firmly before going to join the fight with Pietro and Johnny.
Laura nods to Rogue and Gambit. She slams through the grate letting them into the guard tower. Rogue slides out with Gambit right behind. Gambit charges a card and sets off an explosion out the window. He goes to the roof with his bag of tricks and unleashes hell on the inner compound opposite the side that Wanda's team was attacking.
Laura slices through the doors and takes four bullets to the chest causing her to drop for a moment. She launches at the attackers receiving more wounds but giving Rogue the opening she needed.
Rogue slides into the control room and puts an exposed hand on the head of security's forehead. She lets him drop and takes the information she had gathered and puts it to use. She hits the ear piece she has in.
"Team three you are all clear, back door is wide open."
Sharon Carter jumps over the fence and tackles a guard. Ava does likewise as Peter swings in and busts the door down. The three run into the building headed for the detention center. They arrive only to find the whole building deserted.
"Star, we got a problem," Peter says. "The detention center is deserted."
"Come again?" Sarah asks.
"No one is here," Ava reports.
"Get up to our level," Aaron orders. "We'll need the back up then."
"On our way," Sharon reports as the three of them take off running.
Luke busts down the door to the gym. Danny jumps over his head taking out the guards left and right. Sam flies in and starts to destroy the vehicles around them. Luke takes on the tanks. Twenty minutes later…
"Base camp, this is team 2, the garage is wrecked, we're headed to the labs to destroy some experiments," Luke reports.
"Get on it," Bucky orders.
Sarah walks up to the door slowly. Aaron is right behind her. She peeks through the glass and growls. Her siblings are being held next to a pool of water, both are heavily bound. She growls and slams the door open causing General Ross to look up at her.
"You son of a bitch," she snarls leveling her pistol at his head. "Let my siblings go."
"I thought you had died," Ross muses. "Where's Bruce?"
"Sarah!" Sarah glances and sees Betty there chained to the wall. "Please not Bruce!"
"Bruce is safe from your psychotic hands General Ross," Sarah growls. She glances at her siblings who both look like they've been through hell and back. "You hurt my brother and sister and for that you're going to pay with your life."
"Then you lose them," Ross replies and pushes both of them into the pool.
"NO!" Sarah runs as fast as she can to the pool dropping her gun. She dives into the pool grabbing Natalia. She throws her sister clear of the water as an arrow flies and hits the General in the heart. Sarah grabs her brother from the bottom and swims up throwing him out of the water as the General's hand hit a button in his hand. Sarah screams as the water is electrified and her body seizes up before convulsing and sending her to the bottom of the pool. A glass cover went over the pool preventing Aaron from getting to her.
"We need back up!" Aaron screams into the communicator. "Someone with a lot of power of a way to break this glass! Hurry! Bruce, we need medical!" Aaron beats on the glass and launches arrows at it trying to break it. He screams as Sarah stops moving at the bottom of the pool. Behind him feet are running. Suddenly Natalia and SJ are beating on the glass and Betty is prying the controller from her father's dead hand. Peter takes it and the electricity shuts off in seconds. Luke growls and jumps up in the arm coming down and hitting the glass with all the force he had. The glass cracks and Luke climbs off. Thor flies in with Bruce and Bucky running in. Thor smashes the glass apart. Aaron dives into the water and goes to the bottom. He tries to pull Sarah up but the armor is too heavy. Bucky is next to him then and the two of them haul her to the top of the water.
"Get her up here," Bruce orders. Peter pulls her from the water as the armor moves and Bruce can get to her chest. Bruce checks for a pulse and then starts to perform CPR.
"Come on," Aaron cries crawling out of the water with Bucky. "Sarah! Damn it wake up!" Bruce tries for a long time but only succeeded in getting water from her lungs. He looks at Aaron who starts sobbing. "No. No!" He crawls around to her head sobbing. He kisses her forehead softly and brushes her hair way from her face. "Sarah you need to wake up. Come on, wake up please."
"I think it's too late Aaron," Peter says softly.
"Hela, if you can," Thor murmurs, "bring her back to us. All-Father if she is with you in Valhalla please bring her back. If she is with another god, let her come back please." The room is silent for a few moments. If Thor had been watching he would have seen the slight glow before Sarah's chest expanded and she coughed spitting water all over. Aaron sobs in relief and Bruce sits Sarah up. The blond coughs repeatedly leaning into Bruce for support. There wasn't a dry eye in the whole room, well other than the General's of course. Natalia and SJ hug Sarah and Aaron hugs all three of them. Sarah takes a few moments to realize what happened and hugs them all back.
"God stop dying on us!" Laura snaps.
"Sis," SJ cries. "You came for us."
"Of course I came," Sarah says kissing his head and Natalia's. "You're my siblings, I'd die for you."
"We've missed you," Natalia cries.
"I've missed you," Sarah says softly. "Let's go home." With help everyone stood up but it was soon discovered that Sarah couldn't walk so Thor carried her.
"Sarah," Thor says softly as he carries her into the helicarrier hours later, "did you go to the afterlife?"
Sarah nods softly snuggling in close. "I was somewhere so nice."
"Who brought you back?" Thor inquires.
"She was wearing black, reminded me of Loki," Sarah murmurs. "Said she heard a prayer of a god and took mercy. Thank you."
"How did you know it was me?" Thor asks.
"You were the only god present," Sarah replies. "Thank you Thor." He smiles and kisses the top of her head as he walks into the infirmary. The doctor didn't take long to clear her health.
Sarah works on the paperwork in front of her as she sits between her mother's and father's bed. She sighs softly and sets the paperwork down. It had been a week since the rescue and no one had woken up yet. An agent walks in hands Sarah a package. She thanks him and opens it. She smiles at all the letters in the box.
"Wow," she chuckles looking at all the letters from the kids. She opens one and smiles. "All right Dad, you like reading so let me read you some of these letters." She clears her throat. "Dear Miss Rogers, why didn't you say that you were an Avenger's kid? Or that you were a superhero? We're already missing you and Aaron. There was this nice lady that came and got these letters from us. She said maybe you could bring your family to see us. Tell the Captain that he's my favorite, he saved my great grandfather in the war…" Sarah continues reading for hours. She comes to the end of the last letter setting it back in the box.
"Sound like some wonderful kids," Steve says softly. Sarah looks up and her eyes get watery. "Hello sweetheart, good to see you."
"Oh Daddy," Sarah cries climbing onto the bed and hugging him. Steve hugs back and kisses her forehead. "I missed you so much."
"I know you did but I'm glad you got to spread your wings some," Steve whispers. "Your siblings?"
"They're back safe. Sigyn is watching them and James. Everyone made it out of the mission safe," Sarah replies.
"Good," Steve says with a smile. "You've grown up more sweetheart."
"Is that good or bad?" she asks.
"Good," Steve replies brushing her hair back from her eyes.
"Sarah," Bruce says from the doorway. "I need to check your lungs one last time." Sarah nods and Bruce comes over. He checks her breathing and then on Steve. "Any aftermath Sarah?" Bruce inquires.
"Nope regained everything," Sarah replies.
"Good. I'll see you later." Bruce walks out and Steve looks at Sarah.
"What?" she asks.
"What happened?" Steve asks in concern.
"I died," Sarah replies. "Thor said it was Hela that brought me back."
"How?" Steve asks softly.
"General Ross knocked Natalia and SJ into a pool. I dove in and got them out but he electrocuted the pool and put a cover over it. They tried CPR but nothing worked until Thor sent a prayer to a few deities. I'm alive," Sarah promises. She smiles softly at Steve. "We're both alive," she says putting a hand to her stomach softly.
"Sarah, are you saying what I think you're saying?" Steve asks. Sarah nods. "How did it survive?"
"Must have been attached to my soul," Sarah replies with a tear in her eye. "Healthy and alive."
"I'm going to be a grandfather," Steve says in disbelief. He smiles at her. "Congratulations."
"Thank you Daddy. Now to tell Mom and the Bartons," Sarah whispers. "Plus Aaron and I should probably marry soon before I get big."
Steve smiles and brings her down kissing her forehead. "Everything will be fine." Sarah smiles and nods.
It drives me nuts how Mary Sue Sarah turned out to be.