And then she wasn't, strong arms held her up as her fall was broken. Her bare feet hit the uneven pavement of the back ally. Who knew when she'd lost her shoes? She spun round to her rescuer, breathing deeply.

''You must be Sam?'' She leant against the building behind her, looking the new captain America up and down. ''Thanks Cap,'' Sam nodded,

''Bucky!'' She shouted, the initial adrenaline had passed, and she turned sharply trying to catch a glimpse of him on the roof top.

''Already in hand,'' red wing was slowly lowering Bucky down to the street, he looked embarrassed shaking his head at Sam. Redwing released him two feet from the ground and he hit it running. He was back at her side in seconds, hands ghosting over her shoulders, checking for signs of injury.

''She's fine Buck, she did good.'' Blue and red lights flashed around them. Sam and Bucky shared a knowing look.

''We need to get you off the streets, this isn't the covert rescue we were after.'' Bucky stated pulling Nancy to his side, arm wrapped protectively around her bare shoulders, Nancy shivered at the coolness of the metal through his jacket sleeve. Bucky drew back, embarrassed wringing his hands. ''Sorry.'' He muttered.

''No,'' she whispered back threading her fingers through the vibranium, ''we'll go to my house, we'll be safe there.'' Bucky shook his head opening his mouth to protest, ''no don't you start James Barnes, I trusted you and you threw me off a bloody building, it's your turn to trust me.'' Nancy cut him off, Sam smiled looking between the pair.

''Are either of you two gonna tell me what's going on here?'' He gestured between the two of them.

''No!'' They responded in unison. They shared a discreet smile.

''Okay princess you want to go home we'll get you home, but Torres is gonna find a way of getting you to Wakanda in the morning, your dad wants you safe. Now the RAF is keeping him grounded for now, apparently the jet wasn't stealthy enough. So, I'll keep an eye from up there,'' Sam pointed to the sky's, ''make sure no one's thinking of following you two. We'll rendezvous at your house,''

''Perfect,'' she smiled smugly up at Bucky who sighed, '' we can take the tube it'll be easy to hide, it'll be packed this time of night.'' 9.30 didn't strike Bucky as particularly late but then a lot of the surrounding pubs were tightly packed.

''What's the tube?'' Bucky asked frowning.

''It's their version of a subway.'' Sam said laughing at the look of disgust on Bucky's face.

''No, no we are not taking a subway,'' he spat out, looking around for inspiration. ''I got a better idea.'' He looked at Sam and then jerked his head in the direction of a huddle of police operatives. ''Just follow our lead.'' He attempted a reassuring smile at Nancy, she looked deadpan back at him.

''Officers, could I have your assistance please?'' Sam walked out into the street calling out, Stars and Stripes shining off his chest.

''Oh my god is Captain America!'' One of them called.

''Captain, what's going on here?''

''I'm afraid I'm not at liberties to disclose that information at the present time, what I do require is your assistance, my associates here require a vehicle.'' The officers bit back with a barricade of questions. Nancy rolled her eyes, pushing past, this was getting them nowhere.

''Officers? If I may,'' she stretched out a hand and shot them a winning smile, ''Nancy Cartwright, I was seeing the show with the finance secretary tonight, these men they came for me, the captain and his, er, associate as he said, they are here to take me to a safe place. We just require a vehicle, a bike preferable given the traffic, will you help us?''

The officer in charge looked torn, eyes jumping between Nancy and her companions. Finally, he turned, talking quickly into his radio, then he nodded to another officer. Apparently from nowhere a large bike appear, gleaming with the neon green and blue.

''You sure you can handle this thing sweetheart?'' The new arrival smirked eyebrows raised at Nancy's attire.

''I'm sure he can.'' She beamed up at Bucky, with her heels gone the height difference was more noticeable, where they would have stood just off even she now found herself a head shorter than him. Bucky removed his suit jacket, slipped it over Nancy's bare shoulders, he stretched out his arms before mounting the bike. Nancy climbed on behind him, a bare leg released out into the cold night air through the slit in her dress, the excess material added some protection from the cold metal footrests.

''Hold on tight.'' Bucky pulled her arms tight around crossing over his chest. Nancy's front was flush against her back his heart beating in between.

''Redwings got the address, I'll keep you updated anything coming your way.'' Sam nodded to Bucky before launching into the sky. Nancy buried her head into Bucky's shoulder waiting for the first jolt of movement.

''Umm, ma'am,'' the officer who'd brought the bike was holding out a helmet for Nancy.

''I, er, thank you.'' She slipped the helmet on seeing Bucky shake his head at you forgetting, ''where's yours?'' She responded tapping him playfully on the chin with the back of her hand.

''I'll be just fine, don't you worry about me.'' He laughed, gently he dropped a soft kiss one of the fingers now resting on his shoulder. He revved the engine, and the police cleared a path to the main road. Nancy tensed as soon as the bike lurched, she could feel a chuckle radiate through Bucky at her reaction, though soon enough they were weaving through the London night life. Nancy tried to take in this new perspective of the city, catching glimpses of colour and music, playing brief whiteness to revelry and chaos. There was always new beauty to be discovered in this city of hers. Redwing had attached itself the font of the bike and was projecting a map on to the bikes windshield, every couple of minutes Bucky would respond to Sam's voice in his ear. Nancy kept holding on tight, almost scared to suffocate him but more scared of flying off the back as Bucky pushed the bikes speed capabilities. At one point he took one hand from the handlebars and removed his gun from the holster he wore. In a flash he shot out the tires of a bike at the mouth of a secluded ally. He then thanked Sam for the heads up. More came to follow, Sam took out two cars that were waiting outside Nancy's house just as Bucky pulled up in front of the old town house. Car alarms were going off everywhere and he neighbours pulled back the curtains seeing the disturbance to the court.