Sorry for the delay but this one took me a while to put together. I'll post the next chapter as soon as its done and since it's a long weekend you all won't have to wait as long as last time. I wanted to thank everyone's that's reviewed so far. I love the feed back I've been getting and if you all have any ideas for other stories or one shots or etc feel free to comment or PM me. Thank you. :)

After a hectic eight hours of non-stop running around I was ready to crash unfortunately I had to go get all my things and get ready for a plane ride into enemy territory. I managed to snag a protein bar as Morita and I passed by the make shift mess hall so that was one thing I did not have to worry about.

"Do you remember where the rest of the team is?" I asked Morita.

"Uh I think they were close to some trees." He said looking around.

"The camp is in the middle of a forest, everything is close to some trees." I retorted with a chuckle.

"What did you just say?!" We heard a very familiar yell coming from somewhere close by.

"Did that sound familiar to you?" I ask Morita.

"yup, we should…" He started but I was already heading towards the source of all the commotion.

As we started getting closer there was more shouting.

"That is no way to talk about a lady!" I heard Steve shout. Oh boy. I worked my way threw the crowd and got a closer look.

"Who is really leading your team, captain because you can't even control that bitch you call a medic?" the drunk incompetent doctor from before.

What the hell?

"Don't you talk about her like that!" Bucky practically snarled at him

"What are you going to do about that Chatte?" he retorted.

Bucky started walking towards him and I knew that look. I pushed my way through the crowd.

"Buck don't." I said standing in front of him.

"Nora," He said through his teeth. He was shaking in anger.

"He's not worth it. He's drunk and doesn't know what he's saying. Walk away." I said looking him straight in the eyes.

He was still reeling with anger. He took a deep breath and tried to calm down. "Okay, for you."

"Thank you," I said giving him a small smile.

"Oh yes listen to your whore." The drunk babbled.

"I am going to…" Steve started before someone came up to the drunk from the opposite side and punched him in the face knocking him out.

"Oh shit!" I cried out.

"Language." Steve muttered.

"You incompetent drunk bastard, you tried to cut off my brother's leg without trying to save it!" Pierre, Peggy's contact said getting ready to throw another punch. Steve held his arm back before he landed another hit.

"That's enough. You knocked him out already." Steve said helping Pierre up.

"He deserves more than that." He answered.

"But your hand doesn't" I said.

"You." He said as he started walking up to me. Oh crap he looks mad. Instead he hugs me and kisses both my cheeks. I'm not very comfortable with it and by the looks of it neither were Bucky or Steve.

"Merci, Merci, be coupé, Thank you, You saved my brother." He said rocking me as he hugged me.

"It was nothing, I was just doing my job." That just made him hug harder. It was getting very hard to breathe. "Uh Pierre if you wouldn't mind letting go I kind of need to breathe."

"Oh sorry," He said letting go and taking a step back.

As soon as Pierre put me down Bucky was at my side and Steve was hovering. They both started looking me over making sure I was okay.

"So, don't we have a plane to catch?" I reminded them.

"Oh yes that was actually why I was looking for you. The airfield is thirty miles away if you want to get there before nightfall we should leave now." Pierre explained.

"Right, everyone grab your things." Steve said making everyone rush to get ready. I followed Bucky back to the tent I was supposed to be napping in.

As soon as we walked in he pulled me to him and kissed me. I wasn't expecting it but responded back anyway.

"Why didn't you let me punch that asshole? No one should ever talk about a lady that way especially you." He said obviously still mad.

"I didn't want you to knock that idiot out because he wasn't worth you hurting your hand over. The hand I should remind you, you need to, you know snipe people." Snipe sounded better than kill. He still had nightmares about the months before Hydra.

"That doesn't matter, it's my job to protect you from jerks like that." He said sternly.

"Bucky I'm a woman who happens to work in one of the most male dominated fields there is. That wasn't and probably won't be the last time I have to deal with someone like that. I learned to ignore it because listening to jerks like that is just giving them more importance than they actually have." I said picking up my backpack.

"That isn't fair." He mumbled hugging me again.

"That's life." I said hugging him back. "Come on, we need to get going or we'll miss our flight."

"I'm sure Steve's already wondering where we are." Bucky says getting his pack.

"Of course I was, you two were taking forever." Steve says walking in. He walked over to me and hugged me. "You all right beautiful?"

I couldn't help but blush and smile when he called me that. "I'm perfect. A bit tired but I can sleep on the plane."

"You do know the plane isn't actually going to land right." Bucky pointed out.

"And that we're going to be in enemy air space." Steve followed up.

"I know, I'm a heavy sleeper just wake me up when its time to jump." I said following Steve out of the tent.

We met up with the rest of the team and got in the back of a truck. We were in ally territory but the less people knew where we were the better. It was fairly short drive but I was already falling asleep. I dozed of for a bit but jumped awake when we drove through a pothole. That made the guys laugh.

I had no idea how long I was out for but we were already there when I woke up. Steve greeted the pilot while I just stayed back until it was time to get on board. Not even halfway through take off I was resting my head on Steve's shoulder and asleep again.

Steve's POV

Everyone on the plane was quiet. The only sound that could be heard was the plane engine. No one was talking not because they didn't want to talk but because they wouldn't be heard even if they did. As soon as the plane leveled out the sound dulled out and the only thing that could be heard was Nora's quiet snores. She was sitting in between Bucky and I, resting her head on my shoulder. She was not joking about being a heavy sleeper.

"Is she snoring?" Bucky asked.

"Yeah, she had a pretty long day." Steve said.

"Not to mention dealing with that jerk." Bucky said obviously still mad someone had dared to talk about our soul mate like that.

"Running around for over eight hours straight with only a five minute water break tends to do that to a person." Morita said. "I knew she was qualified for the job I just didn't know how much until today. She didn't lose a single one of the 16 patients she had. No amputations either."

"That's almost half of the men that arrived at the camp." Falsworth pointed out.

"mhm use the derivative … multiply by the speed of light…" Nora mumbled in her sleep. Even her sleep talk is about science. I couldn't help but laugh. "Vacuum of space divided by the gravitational force of a black hole."

"Black Hole?" Bucky said giving me a confused look.

"Future talk?" I said giving him a shrug.

"The future's a weird place." Dugan said.

"It can't be all that bad," Gabe said.

I look down at Nora and smile, "It really isn't."

"Gentlemen, you should start strapping on your chutes we're a few minutes away from the drop zone." Pete the pilot called out.

"Right, you heard him." I said and everyone started standing up. I hated to wake up Nora. She was tired and looked so peaceful but we had to go. I moved a strand of her hair and started to gently shake her shoulder. "Nora, time to wake up." I heard her take a deep breath and sit up. She opened her eyes and started yawning while stretching.

"Jump Time?" She asked cracking her back and neck as she finished stretching.

"Yes." I said standing up and offering her my hand so I could pull her up.

She looked up and took my hand then started walking over to grab a chute.

Nora's POV

I was having a pretty normal dream, which is good since lately most of my dreams all revolve around Asgard and grown up Thor and Loki. I was standing in my favorite lecture hall at MIT and I was giving a lecture about black holes and calculating the speed of particles in its gravitational field. I felt surprisingly calm and peaceful then I heard a voice calling out to me. "Nora, time to wake up."

I opened my eyes and remembered where I was. I saw everyone was standing up and strapping on their chutes. Steve was next to me making sure I was really awake.

"Jump Time?" I asked.

"Yes." He said giving me a small smile. He stood up and helped me up. I walked over to the side of the plane. I grabbed a chute and started strapping it on. Bucky came up to me and took my hands off of the straps and adjusted them himself.

"You know what to do right?" He said tightening the straps and tugging them so they wouldn't get loose during the drop.

"You mean jump and don't go Splat?" I said teasingly.

He just answers with a look that translates to can you be serious for one fucking minute.

"Go to the ramp, wait for the green light, doors open, jump, stay horizontal, count to thirty, pull the chord, detach once I'm close enough to the ground and roll to minimize impact." I say letting him know I was paying attention the twenty times he explained it last night.

"Good girl." He said pulling me to him and kissing my forehead. "Don't forget to…"

"Find cover and stay close to the group." I say interrupting him.

"And…"

"If you say duck I duck." I repeat the exact words he had been drilling into my head for the past week.

"Good weapons check." He said.

I lifted the coat showing him the thigh holster with the gun and knife. Then I patted the left boot to show him the other knife.

"Do you have…" He started before I interrupted him again.

"I have extra bullets in the bottom left pocket of my pack, along with rations for a week and my med kit. My canteen is full and my tags are under my shirt."

"Good, one last thing." He leaned forward and kissed me.

We were interrupted by Dugan saying, "Hey love birds if you two are done macking on each other its time to jump."

"One last thing," I said. I walked over to Steve and stood on the tip of my toes and kissed him too. "So, who's jumping first?" I said after I broke the kiss.

Everyone just looked around and pointed fingers randomly.

"I'm going." said Steve walking towards the back of the plane. "not the first time I jump off a plane."

"Watch your back once you get down there." Bucky said right before Steve jumped.

Dugan, Gabe and Dernier followed after him.

"It's not as bad as it looks." Bucky said.

"Yeah its kind of like zip lining except faster, less safe and a few thousand feet higher." I retort.

"Together?" He asked.

"On three." I said

"One…" He started.

"Three!" I said jumping, pulling Bucky with me.

The rush was amazing. The wind was blowing through my hair. If it wasn't for the fact that I could see the ground getting closer I could've sworn I was floating.

Bucky's screaming is what snapped me out of my bubble. It was time to pull the cord. I gave him a nod and pulled the cord. I felt myself get pulled up before slowly falling down. We reached the ground pretty fast and when I thought the ground was close enough I detached the chute and rolled on the ground. Bucky landed a few feet away from me. I stood up and did as he reminded me before we jumped and ran for cover.

I ran and stayed behind some bushes. Bucky was right behind me.

"Thanks for the heads up." He said sarcastically in between pants.

"I said three." I rebutted.

"You two okay?" Steve said walking toward us.

"I'm good. That was actually kind of fun." I said with a grin.

"It would've been more fun if you had actually counted to three." Bucky said obviously a bit annoyed I pulled him down with me.

"Like I said before I did say three."

"Should I ask?" Steve said looking between us.

"They jumped at the same time. Barnes counted one then Nora shouted three and pulled him with her as she jumped." Falsworth explained as he joined the group.

"So she pulled a fast one on you like you used to do to me all the time when we were kids." Steve said.

"I never threw you off a plane." Bucky argued.

"Threw is a strong term for it I think it was more of a gentle nudge, besides you had a parachute."

"This means war," Bucky muttered.

"Already in one, sweetheart." I said with a smirk.

"What now?" Gabe asked.

"We find the base, do recon before going in and taking it down." Steve said. He pulled out a map and compass. "We need to move, according to the intel we got the base is forty miles that way." He said looking to some hills in the distance.

"Lets move." Dugan said. We started moving through the forest in a single file everyone keeping their eyes open and staying alert for a possible ambush.

Two Days Later

After walking almost all night we camped out for the night and then continued for half the day. The hills we saw the night we landed turned out to be mountains. We all went on a very long hike up a mountain. At the top we finally saw the Hydra base. It was well fortified similar to the one in Azzano. There were 4 watch towers set up along the perimeter. Patrols around the perimeter every 20 minutes or so and armed trucks every 15 minutes. To say the place was well fortified would be an understatement.

We set up camp in the forest far away enough from the Hydra base but not so far we couldn't keep watch. We slept in shifts and someone watched the base at all times to see if we could find an opening.

By the second day of keeping watch, we had noticed most of their patterns and found a short window of opportunity for an attack. Now we just had to figure out a plan.

"From what I've seen there's 10 minute window where the patrols stop at 17:30, that's when the guards change shifts. The trucks park and wait for five minutes while the drivers take a smoke break at the same time. Most of the guards stationed at the watchtowers stay alert except for the one closest to us that guy goes down to take a leak. I think that's our opening." Bucky reported.

"The watchtower would be a good vantage point for you to cover our backs." Steve said. "but that still leaves them all scattered."

"We need a distraction." Falsworth says. "Something to give us enough time to get in."

"We do have all that C4." Morita reminds us.

"Still need that to destroy the factory once we're in." Gabe reminded him.

"You said the trucks were on standby." Dugan asks.

"Yeah, but they're shut off and the drivers have the keys on them." Bucky says.

"Don't need the keys." He says with a smirk.

We split up into three groups. Gabe, Dernier and Morita were on standby until they got the signal to go in and set the charges. Dugan, Falsworth and Steve were going in with the "distraction" or as I called it the battering ram. Meanwhile Bucky and I were going to sneak up into the watchtower. Steve said I needed to cover Bucky but we all knew that was his way of keeping me out of danger. I didn't argue, I was the only medic close by, if anything happened to me and someone else got injured we were screwed.

The three hours before we went in we spent getting ready and going over the plan until everyone was confident in what they were doing. Bucky and Steve spent the entire three hours constantly hovering over me asking me if I was really sure about going in and I could stay at the camp and wait for them to get back.

It got irritating very fast. If I didn't get scared jumping off a plane in mid air I think I could handle sneaking into a watchtower.

As soon as we split up to get into position, Bucky gave me another lecture like the one before we jumped off the plane.

"Stay behind me at all times, no matter what. Once we get up there, stay low. We may have a vantage point but that doesn't mean they can't get a clear shot at us. And remember," He said leaving it unfinished for me.

"If you say duck, I duck no questions asked." I said.

"Good, load your gun and take the safety off." He said crossing his arms waiting for me to do as he said.

I normally would have given him a sassy comeback but I knew he was more worried than he was letting on. I pulled the gun out of its holster, checked if it was loaded and then took off the safety.

He gave me a nod and said, "All right lets go."

I followed him and stayed behind him just like he said to. We hid behind some bushes and waited for the signal. It was really quiet. The only thing I could hear was Bucky's breathing and crickets in the background. The silence was broken by the sound of a big crash.

That's the signal. We ran to the watchtower and started climbing the ladder. I had never been grateful for Peggy making me do pull-ups until right now.

Everything was going well until we got to the top. We didn't know there was an extra person up there during the other guy's bathroom break. As soon as the other guard saw us he got up from his seat and went to confront us. He threw a punch at Bucky but he managed to dodge it and he threw a punch back. The guy stumbled back. He decided to try and tackle Bucky but Bucky managed to jump out of the way. I decided to intervene and tripped him making him fall all the way down.

"I had that." He said giving me a smirk.

"I know you did, just watching your back." I said smirking back.

"I need to set up, Stay low." He said setting up his rifle and getting into position.

I made sure the entrance was blocked before sitting down on the ground behind a desk. Bucky was focused on his task. He set up his rifle near one of the windows that looked in the direction. I had never seen him this serious. His eyebrows were pulled together and there were lines on his forehead, his jaw was clenched and he was forcing himself to calm down his breathing. I'm going to call this his sniper face. If I ever get him mad and he gives me this look, I'm running for my life.

Everything was quiet until Bucky fired his rifle and I jumped a bit startled. If Bucky noticed he didn't say anything he just looked through his scope and kept an eye on everything. I don't know how long we were there but during the entire time he fired at least twenty shots. Judging by the time in between each one he didn't miss once.

Out of nowhere there was a very loud boom like something had exploded.

"Time to go Doll." Bucky said after hours of silence.

"Those were the charges?" I said standing up.

"Yeah, we need to clear out and meet up with the rest of the team."

I stand up and stumble a little. "Let's go." I say starting to walk towards the door.

"Are you okay? You seem a bit dizzy?" He says.

I did feel a bit dizzy and I was getting the chills. "It's nothing I just stood up too fast." I said as I started opening the door.

"If you say so. Let me go first just to make sure its all clear."

"fine." I sighed.

Bucky opened the door and looked both ways before giving me a nod letting me know it was clear to walk over. The entire area was clear. We climbed down the ladder and started to head back to out makeshift camp in the forest, our rendezvous point.

Everything was going well until it wasn't.

As we were walking through the forest Bucky and I got separated. One minute he was right in front of me, and then I thought I saw something and stopped to look now I'm wandering through the forest alone.

"Nora!" I heard in the distance.

"I'm here!" I called out I decided to walk towards where I heard Bucky calling me. There was a clearing and he was right at the center. When he saw me, I heard him let out a sigh and start to walk towards him. Then he stopped smiling and looked terrified.

"Nora look out!" He shouted.

I turned around and saw one of the Hydra guards from before pointing a gun at me. I didn't have time to move. I heard a gunshot. I closed my eyes and covered my face with my hands. Then there was another gunshot.