3 months later…

The compound was empty, well not completely empty, but most of the Avengers were off on a mission. Emily was tidying the kitchen when Vision came in, she was the only one that didn't seem to jump when he just appeared. "Hey Vision, you ok?"

"I am fine. I just wanted to check on you?"

"I'm doing ok. This place is rather cold and empty when they're not here."

Vision placed his hand on hers. "You're wondering about Bucky?"

"I am, I'm hoping he's ok." She sighed, taking a seat at the breakfast bar. "I'm wondering if he's ever gonna get to meet this little one." Her hands move to the small bump she now had. Vision sits beside her. "Can you feel them?"

Vision looked at her. "I can. Do you want to know whether it's a boy or a girl?"

"I'd love to know."

Vision closed his eyes for a moment and then opened them and looked straight at her.

"You and Mr Barnes are having a little boy."

Emily hugs him, Vision is taken back, then slowly wraps his arms round her.

The following day the compound was a hive of activity as the guys arrived back. Emily had watched the news and seen the fire and accident. She had felt helpless, Wanda was very upset when she got off the Jet, Steve looked worried, Nat and Sam followed. Nat gave Emily a huge hug.

Put her hands on Emily's belly. "This one being behaving without me?"

"He has been just fine."

"He? A boy?" She pulled Emily into a hug.

A few days later, they were all called into the conference room by Tony. The secretary of state was waiting for them. Everyone took a seat round the table, Emily went and stood near Tony, who squeezed her hand slightly. Something was wrong. Emily listened as the secretary spoke, he showed videos of everything, Steve told him it was enough. He gave them the accords to read, they had to sign or retire.

The secretary left after giving his ultermatem it was long before the tense silence in the meeting room spilled out into a rather heated discussion. Tony wanted them to all sign, but Steve disagreed. Emily, not wanting to be a part of the argument, busied herself cleaning in the kitchen across the hall and was pulling baking ingredients out when she noticed her name spoken.

"Emily, will you sign?" asks Steve.

She was taken back at the question, she assumed she wouldn't have too, she was still kind of under house arrest.

"I mean… i don't know. I'm not an avenger, I'm technically still under some sort of house arrest."

They all stared at her, they had just become used to her being there, no one had brought up the fact she wasn't there of her own free will and hearing her say it gave them all a sense of shock. Nat took her hand, but it was Tony's voice that boomed through the still room.

"Of course she will sign, she doesn't want to be locked away with a child and she certainly doesn't want to lose that child."

Nat felt her tense at those words. "Tony, you're scaring her."

"She should be scared, they are serious about this."

Out of nowhere Steve announces he has to go. Emily took this as a chance to leave the room too. She slowly walked back to her room, inside she curled up in the chair by the window, her hands lay over her bump, what she would give to have Bucky here right now. To reassure her that everything would be ok. She needed him more than ever right now. Hours later it was Nat that came in with a plate of food.

"I'm sorry about Tony, no one and I mean no one is taking that baby away from you. I won't let them. Steve won't let them."

"Thank you. I just feel helpless with this bracelet on, I feel like I can't protect myself, or him."

Nat looked at her, the pain on Emily's face said it all.

"We are heading off to Vienna for the UN meeting and to sign the accords, you are to stay here with Vision and Wanda."

"Is Steve going with you?"

"Steve has a personal matter to deal with and after that I'm not sure of his plan."

"Ok, well i suppose i'll see you all when you get back."

Two days later Tony came into her room. "I need you to come with me." He noticed the panicked look in her eyes. "Steve found Bucky, they want you there when he is brought in."

Tony watched her, she slowly moved towards him. "Do they want me there in hopes he will calm down when he sees me or they hope I will use my powers against him, cos I will not use them on him. We have been controlled enough."

Tony just shrugged his shoulders, how did she know? The Secretary had hoped she would use her powers to help them control Bucky, clearly that wasn't going to happen, but she was still their best hope of getting Barnes to behave.

Emily watched as they brought Bucky in, he was caged in, a mental jacket type thing wrapped around him. It was what their worst nightmares had been about. She saw Steve and Sam brought in, they had been arrested. Nat appeared at her side, she noticed the tears in her eyes.

"This is everything we feared."

Nat pulled her into a hug. They walked towards the conference room where Tony, Steve, Sam and the Secretary were already waiting inside.

"Ah Emily, please take a seat."

She nodded before taking a chair and Nat sat next to her. Tony pushed a pen and the accords towards her but it was the Secretary that spoke.

"We have a deal for you. If you sign the accords today, we will remove that bracelet round your wrist, you will have to wear a tracker, we will allow you to live out a life in one of our safe houses, you and the child."

Emily noticed the odd tone of his voice, there was clearly a condition. "What's the catch?"

"You will be required to work for us when needed, you will become an Avenger, for want of a better term."

She was angry now, signing the accords meant returning to a life just like Hydra. Yes she would have some sort of freedom but would become an asset again, used for their own needs.

"What happens if i don't sign?"

All faces turned to her, clearly they had thought she would sign no questions asked. "Then you will continue to wear the bracelet, you will remain under house arrest, when your child is born, they will be monitored to see if they carry any of yours or Mr Barnes traits, you will both be monitored by us."

She looked at the faces in the room, she had questions before she made her decision. "What happens to Bucky?" You could have heard a pin drop in the room at this question being asked.

"What do you mean?"

"I think you know what I mean, you have him caged like an animal, will he be allowed to join me and his son, if I sign."

At this the Secretary lost his temper and banged his hands on the table. "You and Barnes are two of the most powerful known, well trained Hydra assets and incredibly dangerous. You're lucky you are allowed the freedoms you are. Barnes has a kill list I could fill this table with and you have helped bring countries and world leaders to heel. The fact that you ask us if we would let you live as a happy family makes me wonder if you have lost your mind?!"

It was Emily's turn to lose her temper now, with in seconds she had the Secretary pinned against the wall before anyone could stop her. She had his face pushed against the glass wall as he stood on the very tips of his toes. Steve managed to pull her off and kept hold of her. He was surprised at how strong she was.

"We lived a life for 18 months without causing anyone any harm." She growled through gritted teeth. "We just wanted to live a life without being controlled by anyone. In the months i've spent under house arrest i've never tried to run, never caused anyone any harm, never so much as left my room a mess. And here you are, laying down laws and asking me to sign paperwork that will make me an asset again, putting me back under someone else's control. And yet you won't allow me to spend my so called freedom with the man i love, allow us to raise our child. You are no better than Hydra!"

Everyone turned back to the Secretary at that point, no one had seen this sort of anger out of Emily, she was right, she had caused them no trouble in the 4 months she had been with them, she had always kept her temper and just lived her life the best she could. Sam thought back to when he had watched her and Bucky, they hadn't caused anyone any problems, if he hadn't known them they were just like any normal couple living a life.

"She attacks me and asks why we won't allow Barnes to be with her. Get her out of my sight."

Steve walked her out, he sat her down and got her a drink. "I've never seen you get angry before."

She gives him a half smile. "I was trained to hold my feelings in, can't seduce a man to get your way, if you wanna kill him everytime he touches you."

"So you don't always need your gifts to get your own way?"

"No-one's ever called them gifts before, but no I don't, men are fairly easy to read, my gifts….just make it easier. I'm pretty sure Nat gets all the info she needs without…."

Steve held up his hand and smiled at her, he got the point she was trying to make. He left her to drink her drink. She was heading back up to the offices when all the alarms started going off. Bucky! Her mind started to race, as she was coming up the stairs, Tony was running down it.

"What's going on?"

"Your boyfriend is loose."

It was then she spotted Bucky, something was wrong, this wasn't her Bucky, this was the winter soldier.

"Take it off."

Tony stared at her.

"Trust me, take it off!"

He pulls something out of her pocket and the bracelet falls to the floor. Tony walked round her, she turned and followed, Bucky was fighting everyone who crossed his path. She took a deep breath and walked out, she had promised him, she would never use her powers on him and she wasn't gonna start now, her only hope was to get in front of him and hope she could break through.

She ran towards him, he looked at her, he didn't attack, he paused.

"Bucky." she whispered.

Emily raised her hand to touch his cheek, but he stopped her. She looked in his eyes, her Bucky was still in there, he looked down at her stomach, he moved to touch her when Tony blasted him. In that second Bucky changed, someone pulled her out of the way. She turned and saw she was in the arms of T'challa.

"Your highness."

He nodded at her, she looked at him then. He ran off, he was the next one to engage Bucky. Emily spotted Sam leaving the building and raced after him. She grabbed his arm outside.

"Where is Steve?"

She heard the noise of the helicopter and looked up. Her and Sam watched as it fell from the roof into the water by the building. They both ran to it. Sam spotted Steve pulling Bucky out of the water. Emily ran to the shore. Bucky was out cold, he'd hit his head.

"We need to get out of here, for his sake." Stated Cap breathing heavily.

"Agreed."

…...

When Bucky came round he was in some sort of warehouse, his arm was trapped in a huge vice.

Sam noticed Bucky come round and shouted over to Steve.

"Steve." Bucky murmured.

Emily jumped to her feet and began to walk towards him from where she had been waiting in the shadows, but stopped as Steve cut her off by standing in front of her. "Which Bucky am I talking too."

She listened as Bucky told Steve a story from their childhood, he had still been practising the things she had taught him. It took Bucky a moment to realise Emily was standing behind Steve, his eyes lit up and she smiled at him. He tried to move but realised his arm was stuck fast.

"Can you let him out now?" she asked

Steve and Sam undid the vice, and she knelt in front of him. When she went to touch his face this time he didn't stop her. She was about to check the cut on his head when he pulled her hand away and smiled at her. "I've missed you."

"We've missed you." She takes his hand and places it on her stomach, he smiles at her, then slowly leans forward and kisses her. "I love you Bucky Barnes."

"I love you too, both of you."

"It's a boy." She blurted out. "We are having a son." Emily watched the biggest smile appear on his face. He stood then scooping her up, kissing hard, forgetting for a moment that Steve and Sam were there.

"Ok, lovebirds." said Sam.

Bucky put Emily back on the floor, he took her hand and turned to Steve and Sam. Emily doesn't really listen to what they are saying, she was rubbing her thumb over Bucky's hand. Four months they had been apart. She had missed him so much, more than she had thought possible. Was it normal to miss a person's touch so much? At times like these she truly hated how Hydra had messed with her thought, the fact she had to question whether or not her feelings were normal was just wrong. Emily looked up at the man next to her. She felt so much safer with Bucky by her side, she knew no one would attempt to harm her with him standing by her. She was pulled out of her thoughts by Bucky pulling at her hand gently, he had started moving and she hadn't gone with him.

"You ok?" he asked.

"Yer, sorry. Miles away."

Steve found them this tiny car, the kind that you might expect to see several clowns leap out of at a circus. Her and Bucky climbed in the back, she had to giggle slightly at the situation, three huge guys and her in this pixy of a car, it was the first time Sam and Steve had heard her laugh. Steve looked in the rear view mirror, to see that Emily was lent on Bucky, who had his hand wrapped around her. He seemed worried that if he let go she might disappear. Steve smiled at the site of seeing his friend happy.

They arrived to meet Sharon Carter, who had got Steve's shield and Sam's wings. It was then that he kissed Sharon, Emily smiled and squeezed Bucky's hand, he and Sam just stared at Steve, he gave them a puzzled look rolling his eyes and started the car.

The drive to the airport was horrid, the little car wasn't the smoothest ride. Emily watched as the guys suited up and were joined by Clint, Scott and Wanda. Bucky pulled her to one side. His hands automatically went to her hips, which felt slightly fuller and wider, she was 6 months pregnant, she had a bump, their baby was real and he'd missed so much of this pregnancy. Emily ran her hands up his arms and rested them on his shoulders.

"You are staying out of this one." He stated in a tone that brooked no argument. It was a tone he had never really used on her before and he wasn't sure how she would take to him talking to her like that, but for the sake of their child he had to make sure that she listened to him. Bucky watched her give him a look, it was one he knew well, it was the you don't get to tell me what to do look. He shook his head. "You ever gonna listen to me?"

She cocked her head to one side, and smiled up at him. "Maybe one day. How about I promise to stay hidden and out of the way of any fighting."

He sighed and looked her up and down. "Fine. That will have to do. I've really missed you. After all this, I just want our life back, me, you and this little boy."

"I'm holding you to that."

He kissed her. They had a plan, she was to hide just out of sight. She watched the battle, it was odd to see them fighting each other. She used her powers to help with little things, she watched as Steve and Bucky ran for a Jet. Her heart skipped a beat slightly as she watched them fly off. She started making her way down to where the fighting had taken place, she needed to find Sam. As she was heading down, Nat grabbed her arm.

"Nat, what the hell?"

"You need to come with me. Unless you wanna be arrested."

Emily followed Nat, she watched as her friend hotwired a car and they sped off. "Where the hell are you taking me?"

"I have a safe house. Steve knows where it is. It's better than the cell they want to put us in."

Why did this feel like losing Bucky all over again? On the way they stopped and bought some food and supplies for the house. When they arrived, Nat set about making sure the place was safe and secure, Emily went into full nesting mode, she put the food and supplies away, checked the bedding, and then started cleaning and making dinner. Nat watched her with a small smile, Emily seemed to have a never ending stream of energy and just didn't seem to stop, when Nat's phone finally made a sound, she actually jumped. Emily felt like her heart had stopped the whole time she was waiting for her to get off the call.

"They're ok. T'Challa is taking them to Wakanda. He's sending a plane here for us later." Emily finally let out the breath she had been holding.

….end of chapter 5