Summary: A year after the civil war, The Avengers are still divided with friendships broken and loyalties torn when they are sent to find a powerful young woman whose life has been destroyed by HYDRA. While Bucky seeks redemption, Martine seeks to get revenge on the people who murdered her grandmother. Co – Written with WalkingPotterGirl14. Bucky/OC, Wanda/OC, Clint/Natasha and Steve/Sharon. Rated M.

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Divided We Fall

Chapter 21

"Baby, nothing's gonna happen. You're gonna be fine, doll. I promise you," Bucky said comfortingly. She nodded before leaning into him.

"I just don't wanna cause any trouble for you or the team," Martine said quietly. She looked at his metal fingers, which were splayed over her right arm, and stroked them tenderly.

"You aren't causing any trouble. I promise you, doll. These people need to be brought down," Bucky said firmly. She leaned into him then, her bangs tickling his face.

"I'm really lucky to have you, James," Martine said softly. Bucky smiled a bit.

"Other way 'round, doll. Other way 'round," he said softly. He held her to him tightly, when Tony called their names. They headed outside where they saw Scott holding a USB stick, and a file with photos in his hands.

Hank Pym was fuming.

"That damn bastard! I'm gonna ruin that family!"

Martine's brows furrows as Scott hands the file to Bucky. He looks down at the ground and his eyes closed. Martine takes the file.

Those...fuckers.

There were pictures of her. All of when it happened to her. When those fuckers ruined her life.

"I know it might not help, but Robert...he didn't wanna do that to you Martine. He cared about you and he didn't agree with what Edward, Penelope and Lucy were doing," Scott said quietly. He played the tape recording.

"That wasn't right what you did to Martine! For fuck's sake, Penelope, what's wrong with you?!" Robert asked angrily. They heard Penelope enter.

"That bitch deserved it! Acting like Miss Goody Two Shoes and acting like a superhero when she's not! God, she's so pathetic. I can't believe you don't wanna get payback on her!" Penelope exclaimed annoyed.

"She's a nice woman! You're just jealous because she got picked for the internship and not you or Lucy. Well I've had enough. I'm going to the police!" Robert said defiantly.

They heard Penelope swallow nervously.

"You wouldn't! You'll go down too!" Penelope said uncertainly.

"Then I'll go down to prison. At least I'm not relying on mommy and daddy's money like you three are. God, you three are sick psychotic people," Robert said disgusted.

The tape ended.

Martine stared at it in silence and swallowed. Robert had genuinely seemed remorseful when the video had been aired, and had tried to talk to her all those years ago.

She'd been in so much pain that she just hadn't talked to anyone. And now she felt bad.

Bucky places a hand on her waist, telling her it was okay. She nods and looks at Scott. "Thank you for getting that for me. It really helps...but what if he goes to jail? If he's really sorry for it..."

"Witchy, doesn't matter if he's sorry or not," Tony states. "Robert still let it happen, therefore he's an accomplice. It's just the way the law works. He might not get as much time for what he did, but it'll still be some."

Martine sighs before nodding. "Alright...I get it." She takes a few deep breaths and then looks at Scott. "Besides those pictures and that tape, did you find anything else?"

"Yeah, she's going to a Starbucks's cafe with Lucy. They're meeting Edward there," Scott said grimly. They heard knocking on the door, and Tony went to answer it. At that moment, Robert entered with a pretty red head woman who Martine recognized fondly.

Melanie Breaux. She'd been in her art class, and while they never really hung out, they got along.

"Look, I know I deserve everything after what I let happen to Martine...I'm so sorry. I never meant for any of this to happen. I didn't know Penelope and Lucy were going to do this sick prank with Edward...I'm sorry, Martine," Robert said remorsefully.

"You still didn't do anything to stop him," Bucky growled angrily, and glared at the man who was clearly in the army.

"He was protecting me, please! Edward's a monster...he...raped me, and Robert got me out of three. We didn't know that Martine would be hurt. I'm so sorry Martine...so sorry. I was just so scared and ashamed," Melanie said sadly, and burst into tears.

Martine looked at Bucky, who seemed slightly more sympathetic.

"Would you be willing to go up against Edward, Penelope and Lucy?" Tony asked calmly.

They both nodded.

"Then there's nothing we can't forgive as long as you're by our side," Martine says to them, coming forward. "As long as fight with us, we forgive you. I forgive you."

Melanie nods her head, wiping the tears from her cheeks. "Thank you."

"Don't thank me yet. We need to figure this out first. When that's done, that's when you can thank me." She looks over at the others and nods. "We gotta send people out to that Starbucks. I'm going."

"What?" was Bucky's instant question?

"I need to face my demons. And this is my way of doing it. Sorry, Bucky. I gotta." She left no room for argument, which basically meant he just had to go along with it.

Bucky sighs and nods. "Then I'm going too."

"Thank you, I mean it," Martine said softly. Bucky kissed her tenderly on the lips, before they began to plan.

The team arrived at the Starbucks cafe and saw Penelope, Lucy and Edward talking quietly in the cafe. After a moment, the Avengers stepped in, along with Officer Brett Mahoney.

"Edward Townsend, Lucy Evans and Penelope Eastman, you three are under arrest for the rape of Melanie Breaux, Lily Watson, and the attempted rape of Martine Laveau and Hope Van Dyne Pym. You have the right to remain silent but anything you do say will be held against you in court," Brett said calmly as he handcuffed the three of them.

"You're making a mistake! I never raped anyone!" Edward protested. Melanie and Martine watched him being handcuffed as they stood next to the team, Robert and Bucky.

"Sure you didn't. I have the evidence. Martine's even willing to testify after hearing what you did to Melanie and the other girls. You're going down Edward," Sharon said coldly, as the man was dragged away out of the store.

"My mother will hear about this!" Penelope screamed enraged. She glared at them angrily when Jessica Jones stepped in.

"I don't think so, Penelope. Mommy and daddy aren't getting you out of this one," Jessica said smugly.

Penelope scowled at them all, along with Lucy.

"What the hell are you talking about? Edward didn't hurt Martine! She was a freaking whore who was a slag!" she spat.

Natasha calmly strode over and punched her, while Pepper looked at her before slapping her. Both were very hard hits.

"If you even think that Martine willingly wanted to do the shit that you people pulled, you have another damn thing coming," Natasha growls to the woman. "None of them deserved any of this."

Pepper nods her head, agreeing with what she said. "You guys are screwed up. I'm happy you're being taken away."

Martina watched them yell out before seeing them forced into the police car. Once the door slams, Edward glares out the window at her.

"I'll get you!" he snaps before the police car drove away. Martine felt her head start to spin, but before she could fall, Bucky placed his arms around her, keeping her up.

"He..."

"I know. And he's not. Not while I'm around." He could feel a certain warmth was enveloping her when he said that, so he keeps her close, and she holds his hand.

She looks over at the team before nodding. "Thank you for doing this. So much."

Natasha comes over with Wanda. "It was nothing."

"No, it's not." She pulls away from Bucky before sighing. "I know all of us have our differences, about what should happen and what has happened, but I'm happy to see that all of you came together for this one cause, despite the rivalries. Despite everything. And I'm proud you've done that."

"Anything for you, witchy. Plus, you're a little badass. We need more people like that. Besides, I don't wanna piss off Barnes over there," Tony said cheerfully, before he gave her a tight hug.

Martine returned it. She hugged Adrian, who hugged her back tightly, before going to talk to Peter and Tony quietly. Bucky pulled her into him tightly and she smiled.

"I'm so proud of you, doll," Bucky said quietly. Martine smiled as she leaned into him. She held his metal hand tightly, while his flesh hand wrapped around her.

Martine smiled, and knew that she could move on with her life now. Edward, Penelope and Lucy couldn't hurt her anymore.

"Tony, what are you doing?" Pepper asked suspiciously, as she rested her hand on her three month pregnant stomach. Tony smirked as he and Adrian finished the last touches.

"We, sweetheart, are having an Avengers dance party. We need let our hair down for a while before going off to find the missing books," Tony declared cheerfully.

Everyone stared.

"I'm in!" Adrian declared.

Martine raises an eyebrow from where she sat with Bucky. As soon and they got back he had gotten her a coffee to sip on and to relax. He treated her like a queen half the time, which she didn't mind all that much.

"Oh really?" she chuckles. "I didn't think you'd be the type, Adrian."

"Look, after all the shit that's been going on, we need this." Steve comes over with Sharon, who was resting a hand on her small stomach. Bucky looks down at Martine, biting his lip a bit.

He knew it was absolutely fucking crazy to be thinking about this right now, but Bucky wondered what Martine would look like with kids.

She would have a swollen stomach, large with his child. For some reason the idea of him and Martine having children actually made him smile. Boys with his hair and her beautiful blue eyes, while their little girls with her hair and his grey eyes.

Yeah, she'd look damn sexy with his seed.

"How are you and little Captain doing?" Martine asked softly, as she looked at Sharon. She smiled happily and showed them a scan of a baby with long legs and arms.

"Helen took the ultrasound and says he's very healthy. He likes rolling around at night and loves hearing voices," Sharon said lovingly. "It's only been a few months but he's getting there."

"What's his name?" Wanda asked softly.

"James Anthony Carter-Rogers. Steve and I insisted that he have Tony and Bucky's names, while his little brother has Sam, Scott, and Adrian's names," Sharon said proudly. They all realized Sharon was having twins.

"What's the sex of your baby?" Martine asked warmly to Pepper.

Pepper smirked.

"A boy and a girl. Tony is pissing himself and Fury won the bet. Say hello to baby Matthew Howard and Ruby Marie Stark," Pepper said proudly. Tony showed a large picture on the TV of two moving babies, and then Steve and Sharon's.

"Damn, Rogers," Sam said impressed. He took a photo to show his girlfriend, Samantha, who was away at a medical conference.

Martine smiles. "Amazing how easily we can see this stuff now." She looks up at Bucky before smiling. "Right?" He nods his head, squeezing her hand.

Scott and Hope we're in awe, along with little Cassie, who smiled. Then she carried in a very...large ant.

Salem and Selene sniffed him, before sitting beside him. The door suddenly opened, revealing Carla. How the hell she had gotten in, no one knew. Everyone paused.

She screamed at seeing the ant.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING?!" she screamed horrified.

"It's an ant, mom. What does it look like?" Adrian asked annoyed, as he regarded his mother coldly.

"I need to speak to you two, and that Melanie girl. Martine, why are you making up those awful lies about Edward and his friends?" Carla asked angrily.

Martine glared at her with angry eyes that glowed purple.

"Edward Townsend is a sadistic rapist who gets off on smelling his victims panties, and then takes photos of the people he's screwed over. So no, mom. I'm not lying," Martine said calmly.

Carla glared at Bucky.

"I know what you're doing, Sergeant Barnes. You're using my daughter to have sex with her. I won't let you or that freak of a girl touch my children. You Avengers are a menace to society! Home Secretary Thaddeus Ross was right about you all! You're freaks of nature!" Carla spat disgusted.

Martine snapped. Literally. She felt her face darken in rage, and her hands glowed dark purple. She conjured up a dark purple ball of psionic energy and threw it at Carla, causing her mother to fall on her knees. Adrian stalked over angrily.

"How dare you say that about our family?! About our friends, Beatrice, Jeannette, and Jax?! You're the one that's a menace to everyone! And I swear to God, mother, if you ever try to hurt our family again...we will make you regret it," Martine threatened, while Adrian growled at his mother.

Carla looks at the two with narrowed eyes. "How could you act like this to your own mother?" she snarls.

"You stopped being my mother the moment you walked out on me and Adrian," Martine snarls. "I don't want to see your face around me. Leave. Now."

Carla glares before standing. "You'll come running back to me. They always do!" she hisses before leaving.

The door slams, and everyone was silent. Martine felt herself trying to calm down, while Wanda walked over and placed a hand on Adrian's shoulder. If they both didn't take deep breaths, the whole damn tower would incinerate.

Martine nods before turning around. "Damn, woman."

She looks over at Sam, whose are were crossed across his chest. "What?"

"You're scary sometimes, you know?"

Martine lets out a small chuckle before sitting back down. "Yeah, well...I don't take too kindly to people shitting on the ones that I care about. Carla needs to learn her damn place."

Bucky comes over and runs a hand through her hair, the movement instantly soothing her. "You did good, doll."

She smiles a bit before looking at Tony. "Alright. Fuck the party for a little while. How about I just have a drink? I need a beer. We all do."

"Witchy, I already got it covered. FRIDAY, JARVIS!" he called out. The two AIM's came on.

"Yes Sir?" JARVIS asked patiently. Tony smiled as he asked for drinks and everyone had a beer or wine. Sharon and Pepper had root-beer while Helen was happy to have red wine. Her husband Adam was away on business.

"Alright, let's party to old music that we love!" Tony said cheerfully. He turned on the Nintendo Wii, and all saw a dance game had been put on for all of them to play.

As the songs came on, Bucky chuckled and glanced at Martine who was laughing and smiling. Peter took a picture and handed it to Bucky, who smiled at the photo of his lover.

How could Martine love a man like him?

They hadn't said I love to each other, but they both knew how they felt towards each other. The sexual attention was overwhelming, as he looked at the photo of Martine.

He smiled.

"That's my girl," he whispers quietly before sitting down. He didn't know when the hell he had gotten her. All he knew was that he really cared about her. And really wanted her to do well in whatever she does.

He looks up as she takes another sip, and then she turns to him. "Bucky!"

He shakes his head. "Yeah, doll?"

"Come up and dance with us!"

"Hell no."

She pouts. "Bucky, please? I really what to play with you," she says softly. "You don't have to dance if you don't want to. I just wanted to play with my boyfr-"

"Alright, alright," he mumbles. "Don't expect me to be good at this crap."

Martina smiles brightly and nods. "No problem. Here." She hands him a remote. "Let's play."

"You're on, doll," Bucky said amused. They began to dance off against each other, along with the others.

It was nice to simply relax and enjoy themselves while it lasted. They all finished the game in laughter.

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