Hey guys, sorry I've been gone for such a long time, school started up and I ended up being a lot busier than I thought I would be. But the good news is, after this upload, WYDKZ(why you don't kidnap zoe) is DONE and FINISHED and no more long parts and we are back to adorable Clintasha blurbs so... yeah. Unless WYDKZ was your favorite so far... then, well, oops. Quick question- do any of my lovely readers watch criminal minds? If so HMU! Enjoy the third and final piece of WYDKZ! Warning: character death ahead

Maria really had the worst luck. First, her niece got kidnapped, by Grant Ward of all people, an agent who Maria herself had vetted. And then, she got stuck with Tony Stark and Lance Hunter as mission partners. Tony, at least, was in a metal suit, therefore very hard to kill. Hunter, on the other hand, was a pretty good agent, but often made bad choices, and was, for all intents and purposes, stupid when it came to this. Whenever someone he cared about was in danger, he was a bloody idiot.

"Eeeeek!' Maria whipped around at the girlish scream. Hunter was cornered by just two agents, and seemingly out of ammo. Maria rolled her eyes and began to fight her way over to him, but before she could reach him, there was a flash of red and both agents were on the ground.

Natasha.

The redhead didn't even stop to yell at Hunter as she normally would, much too determined to find her daughter.

A crash behind Maria reminded her that she could not stop, that she could not let up on the fighting to sink into her thoughts. That would be a drastically fatal mistake. She whipped around and jumped back into the fray.

"Maria!" she heard coming from her right, towards the stairs to the third floor. Skye. She and Jemma were inching their way towards the third floor, Steve paving the way for the two smaller people. He seemed to have taken this job very literally, bashing people out of the way ruthlessly. Maria fought her way over to Skye.

"We need cover up the stairs," Skye said.

"W-what? Aren't we fighting up to Zoe, not sending in an infiltration team?" Maria asked. Instead of answering, Skye turned Maria's head to the side.

"Your comm isn't in your ear. Must've fallen out in the fight. We've changed the plans, it was all over the comms. Jemma, Steve, and I are going to infiltrate and Bucky's providing solo backup. We just need you to cover us with Steve when we move in, and then after Steve follows us up, feel free to jump back in, but please keep an eye on our stairwell just in case. Thanks, Maria." Skye said.

"Got it. Cover, Steve, stairwell, Bucky as backup only." Maria nods. Skye smiles just a little, and the two women reach Jemma, who's cautiously following Steve. Skye moves ahead of Maria, and Maria covers them from behind, back to Skye and Jemma. When Steve reached the stairwell, he peeled around to help Maria cover the entrance, and Skye and Jemma went up. After a moment of blockading, Steve pivoted and careened up the stairs, in a desperate rush to get to his Skye and make sure she was okay. No doubt Bucky would be in a similar rush when he appeared. A rush to see one of the maybe four or five people that Bucky needed alive to survive. Jemma, Steve, Skye, and Zoe, and maybe Tasha and/or Sam if you were really thinking about it.

Maria practically felt the bullet whiz by her ear as she only just managed to dodge it. She was once again reminded that mostly, fighting can't be all about thinking, it has to be instinct.

No thinking, just fighting.

Bucky dashed past Maria wordlessly, a simple nod in her direction to let her know that he knew she had covered and probably would continue to cover the entrance to the stairwell. He dashed up the stairs to the third floor, and, upon finding it empty save for a few unconscious or dead guards, raced up to the fourth.

And nearly crashed into Steve's back right at the top.

"What the hell, Stevie?" Bucky muttered as he caught his balance.

"B-Buck…." Steve only barely managed to get out.

At the distress in Steve's voice, Bucky peered around Steve, and what he saw made him want to faint. Grant Ward held guns to the heads of both Skye and Jemma, Zoe chainlinked to the wall and only barely visible behind Ward, Skye, and Jemma.

Jemma, who looked deathly afraid. Bucky's Jemma, who'd he'd promised Coulson he'd always keep safe. Jemma, whose face was a ghastly white and she was mouthing something to Bucky. Bucky focused on her, and his heart felt like it was shattering when he saw that she was repeating the words "I love you. Save Zoe." That meant that Jemma expected Bucky to save Zoe instead of Jemma. That meant that Jemma thought he would leave her behind. He was never, ever going to do that. He would save all three of the girls no matter what, even if it was the last thing he ever did. Bucky was going to save Skye, he was going to save Zoe, and he was going to save his Jemma. He would. He had too. Bucky also needed to make sure that Steve got out so that Steve could look after Skye, and his niece, and Jemma, just in case something happened to Bucky.

"Ward, just… just let them go. If you love Skye, let them go. You're not going to hurt Skye, are you?" Steve tried to reason with the psychopath, voice shaky but persistent.

"Don't." Ward warned. "Don't try to reason with me, I'm not some petty criminal," he scoffed. "And no, I won't hurt Skye, she's mine. Mine, do you hear me?!" Ward begins to shout. Bucky's metal arm curled into a fist without his noticing.

"That's right, Grant, I'm yours! All yours, just let Zoe and Jemma go. You don't want to hurt me, and if you let them go, you can have me," Skye said, and Bucky nearly felt Steve's objection die in his throat, noting that Skye was probably working an angle to free everyone, and the good captain let her continue. "Please, just let them go, I want to… I want to be alone with you. Please, Grant?"

A long moment followed the end of Skye's pleas. "Jemma is going to slowly reach into my left coat pocket and remove the key to Zoe's chains. Once Zoe is free, they will all leave and you will stay, or I will kill Jemma, and you," Ward said. Jemma did as he asked, retrieving the key.

They all knew that Ward was bluffing when it came to killing Skye, but no one wanted to risk Jemma. And Steve and Bucky trusted Skye's decisions and knew that she probably had a trick or two hidden up her sleeve.

The second Zoe's chains hit the ground with a clink, she sprinted to Steve, who scooped her up and covered her entire body with his shield, which also guarded part of his chest. Jemma all but collapsed into Bucky, who immediately scooped her up, kissing her forehead.

Bucky gave a Skye a gentle look, a silent promise that said "We're coming back for you,". Skye just nodded a tiny nod, and Bucky followed Steve and Zoe out the door, Jemma safe in his arms. The second the door shut behind them, Bucky had Jemma on her feet and peppered her face with kisses, wiping away the tears that trickled lightly down her cheeks.

"Are you alright? Please tell me you're okay. Oh my god please be oka-" Bucky rambled, but she cut him off.

"Bucky, I promise you, I'm fine. I'm fine," Jemma said, and Bucky only slightly relaxed, pulling Jemma against him, burying his face in her hair and pressing his lips to the top of her head.

"I can't lose you, ever. I love you so much. You know that, right? You know that I love you?" Bucky asked.

"Yes, Bucky, I know that. And I love you too, James Buchanan Barnes." Jemma replied.

While Bucky held Jemma, Steve was worrying over Zoe, and waiting for something to happen in where Skye was, something to allow her to back with him.

"Zoe? Are you okay?" Steve fretted.

"I bit him, Uncle Steve!" Zoe announced proudly, seemingly too young to be really truly fazed.

"Yes you did, Zoe, yes you did," Steve's voice was choked with happiness at her apparent resilience.

Thumping behind him made Steve whip around, bristled and ready to defend Zoe to the death.

"Mommy! Daddy!" Zoe shrieked, laughing, and sure enough, it was Clint and Natasha. They came running over and Natasha took her daughter into her arms. Clint wrapped his arms around both of his girls, kissing both of their heads, crying with happiness.

Natasha suddenly looked up, noticing something amiss. "Skye?" she asked.

"She's in there with… him." Steve forced out.

Natasha's eyes darkened. Handing Zoe to Clint, she stormed straight through the door into where Ward and Skye were. Ward looked over at her in surprise, but she completely ignored the gun he pointed at her. Sure enough, instead of firing at Natasha, he simply threw a knife at her, which she dodged without an issue. Skye helped by disarming him while he was distracted, but she let Natasha go in for the kill. After all, it had been Nat's daughter and three of her closest friends(Skye, Jemma, Pepper) that he had attacked and/or kidnapped. Natasha had earned this one.

The Black Widow was on a warpath, and that was bad news for anyone on the receiving end. She pulled a gun as she strode up to him, and whipped him across the face with the barrel as soon as she was close enough. Natasha kneed him in the balls the second he semi-recovered from the first blow. When he finally straightened up fully, he found himself staring down the barrel of Nat's gun.

"Please, Agent Romanoff, don't," Ward begged.

Natasha just rolled her eyes. "Whatever, asshole,"

And she pulled the trigger.

YAYYYYYY! It's done! Fin! Over! I did it! Yay! Comment requests, leave a review, and I'll see yall later!

-Leah xx