Bucky POV
"Hemlock and Chaz are working together?!" the girls both nodded their heads.
I groaned as I thought about what those two idiots had planned. I guess this is payback for what Steve and I put our parents through. They're like mini versions of Steve and I. Once I landed the jet in Wakanda we were immediately bombarded by worried royalty. T'Challa and Shuri both started rambling about how sorry they were that they didn't stop Chaz from going.
"Guys! It's fine he can make his own choices. Not that he won't be grounded til he is thirty but that is a discussion for when he gets here. T'Challa, can you send a message to the Avengers and see if they can pick up Chaz? Here is all the info we collected on what they are planning." the King just nodded, grabbing the info and running to send the message.
"So who are these ladies with you Bucky?" Shuri asked as she eyed the girls.
"This is Joanna and Andie. They are family." Both girls had tears shining in their eyes, and looked at me with smiles so bright. I felt my heart break just a little at their reaction to kindness. I wanted to destroy Hydra for hurting these girls. "They are Chaz and William's girlfriends." They started to look worried about their young men. I looked at Shuri and silently begged her for help to distract them.
"Why don't we work on suits for you girls and work on an upgrade for you Bucky." Shuri quickly led us to the lab and kept the girls busy. Once I saw that they were distracted I moved to the communications room. T'Challa was still on the call with Tony.
"So Chaz has a chip near his heart that Hydra is tracking?" I heard Tony ask.
"Yes, but I believe that Chaz and William have planned for that, we need to get to Chaz first and remove the chip." I said. I quickly gave them the quardanence and they ended the call to go get ready to get Chaz.
"Your cub will be alright White Wolf I know it."
"I sure hope so."
While I waited I went to my hut that T'Challa gave me. I just sat leaning on a tree, closed my eyes and breathed in nature. Trying to relax and let the guilt out. I just got to total relaxation when footsteps came from behind me. I kept my eyes closed and felt the person sit next to me.
"Don't blame yourself. He wanted to protect all of us that is why he agreed to William's stupid plan. Chaz will be alright. He is trained to withstand many things." Jo smiled at me as I looked at her with confusion of how she could know that I blamed myself for what happened. "I'm a telepath remember."
I cleared my throat, "So you and Chaz, how long have you been together?"
"Since I was 14 and Chaz was 15. We had to hide it because Hydra doesn't allow weaknesses. Chaz was put in the chair as punishment for being too attached to William. After they turned him into only Torment, he was emotionless and didn't remember me. We were never put in the chair because he had been in the chair before that and told us how we should act to not get put in the chair. He took care of us even though William is the oldest by two years. I never thought I would get him back." she started crying. I wrapped her up in my arms and told her it would be okay. That Chaz would make it back to her. After she got a hold of herself, she pulled away and quickly wiped her eyes. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to." I waved her off. "You know thinking of you was what helped him get through all this. Well before he was brainwashed anyway. He would tell me all that he could remember about you and Steve and how you two were heroes. That we would get free, and he would then be a hero like you." I smiled a sad smile.
"He always said that he wanted to be a hero like us some day. I'm not surprised that he protected you guys as best he could. He has always cared about people."
"Your team will bring him home, right?"
"I am sure they will."
We stayed that way all night just listening to nature as neither one of us could sleep. The sun had risen, and the peacefulness was interrupted by a shrill ring. Making us both jump, quickly pulling my phone out. I see Steve's face is lighting up on my screen. I brace myself and answer.
"Hello"
"Dad" I feel my body sag with relief of hearing my son's voice.
"Chaz you are okay." Jo immediately perked up.
"Yeah, is William there?"
"No, the girls are here. You want to explain why I am just finding out you have a girlfriend?" he chuckled nervously.
"Well, I - uh Dad, tell the girls that William is with me, and we are on our way to Wakanda." he hung up before I could say anything. Oh, that boy is so grounded. Jo was beaming, "So he is alright."
"Yes, he is alright and has William and they are both on their way here." she squealed, threw her arms around me in a quick hug and then ran off yelling that she had to let Andie know. When they finally got to Wakanda the girls were bursting with excitement. The jet just opened the hatch, and the boys were coming down when the girls jumped into their arms, and they started to make out. When I realized, they had seemed to forget that we were all here. I started coughing and clearing my throat to get their attention. I knew I had my glare on by the face Chaz made. The one that parents want to laugh at because their kid knows they are in trouble.
"Dad" he said.
"Chaz, inside now." making William snicker. I glared at him as well "You are in the same trouble William. Inside both of you." making the boys both have guilty expressions as the Avengers and the boys filed into a briefing room. The boys sat on one side as the Avengers stood on the other. By now I was fuming, how could both of them be so reckless and stupid.
"Chaz, Will, how could you two do something so reckless? You are not allowed to follow in Stevie's footsteps. Chaz, I had just got you back and you go running back to Hydra?" I took a breath and was about to continue when I heard.
"Stop!" he yelled, making me look at him in surprise. "Will, please stop, I gave you, my consent. If I hadn't given it, would you have forced the chip on me?" The white-haired boy's eyes grew wide, and he shook his head.
"Never, the chip, the way they insert it and the control over the person is barbaric. I never wanted to do it in the first place, but the higher ups wanted you in control and that was the fastest way without putting you back in the chair. I know how the chair is. I would never send you back to the chair. But I also would have never put the chip in you without consent; they could all just pissoff."
"I remember what I did to you after the chair. I tortured you because they told me to. How could you still be friends-" Will grabbed his shoulder interrupting him.
"You were not at fault for that, you would never hurt me of your own free will."
I stood there stunned at what the boys revealed.
"So, we both hurt each other. I think we are even, and Hydra is gone so we are all free. Think that settles everything right Dad?" he asked innocently, making me smirk.
"Nice try but you are both grounded." They both groan.
"Come on I think years of torture make for enough punishment." Chaz complained, making me think about it, "Besides didn't you promise we would go to Coney Island when you got back. Well that never happened and since we are here in Wakanda I want to go camping." Will started laughing and added.
"If we do that, we're gonna play the word game." My son nodded his head laughing. I tried to hold my ground, but he quickly did puppy eyes.
"Please Dad." I groaned he learned that from Stevie, and he knew I couldn't say no to those eyes.
"Fine." I grumbled.
Chaz POV
We got to Wakanda with no problem. As I stepped off the Avenger's jet, I saw a flash of brown coming towards me. I had enough time to brace myself for impact before my girlfriend tackled me into a hug. I kept my feet and spun her around in my arms.
"Jo, I missed you so much?" We pulled back and kissed each other. I got lost in the feeling of my girlfriend finally in my arms again. My peace and happiness got interrupted by coughing. I gave Jo one last peck on the lips and looked at who interrupted us. I see my father with his dad glare on. Oh, shit I am in so much trouble.
"Dad,"
"Chaz, inside now." Everyone looked at me. I heard William snicker. My Dad turned his glare onto him. "You are in the same trouble William. Inside both of you." I smirked internally at that, so I am not going down alone. The girls paired up and walked in together and the Avengers came with us to a briefing room. They all stood at one side and William, and I sat on the other side. Dad started his speech,
"Chaz, Will, how could you two do something so reckless? You are not allowed to follow in Stevie's footsteps…" He continued on but I stopped listening as I looked at Will. I could see the guilt eating at him for bringing me into danger.
"Stop!" I yelled, making all the Avengers look at me in surprise. "Will, please stop, I gave you, my consent. If I hadn't given it, would you have forced the chip on me?" his eyes grew wide, and he shook his head.
"Never, the chip, the way they insert it and the control over the person is barbaric. I never wanted to do it in the first place, but the higher ups wanted you in control and that was the fastest way without putting you back in the chair. I know how the chair is. I would never send you back to the chair. But I also would have never put the chip in you without consent; they could all just pissoff."
My mind flashed back to the memory that was unlocked. "I remember what I did to you after the chair. I tortured you because they told me to. How could you still be friends-" Will grabbed my shoulder interrupting me.
"You were not at fault for that, you would never hurt me of your own free will."
The Avengers were all standing there stunned. "So, we both hurt each other. I think we are even, and Hydra is gone so we are all free. Think that settles everything right Dad?" I asked innocently. Dad smirks
"Nice try but you are both grounded." We both groan.
"Come on I think years of torture make for enough punishment." I complained, making Dad think about it, "Besides didn't you promise we would go to Coney Island when you got back. Well that never happened and since we are here in Wakanda I want to go camping." Will started laughing.
"If we do that, we're gonna play the word game." I nodded my head laughing. The whole team looked confused, but I quickly did puppy eyes.
"Please Dad." He groaned.
"Fine." Will and I high fived and rushed to tell the girls to get ready.
The whole team came along for the camping trip, we decided that we were going to camp at K'Tako's favorite spot. We set up tents and built a fire. We were all sitting around eating and joking around when Dad got up to fix the fire because it was dying down.
"Hey Chaz, can you hand me the thongs?" he asked. Everyone stopped talking and looked at him. My mind went instantly to women's underwear.
"Thongs?" I asked.
"Yeah, thongs the metal thing that is bent and can pick things up." Then it clicked.
"Oh, you mean tongs!" At this point I quickly grab the tongs and gave them to him while everyone including myself is dying of laughter. At this point my dad's face was red from embarrassment and quickly started fixing the fire to avoid everyone.
"I thought he was asking for flip flops," said Clint. Making us all laugh harder. After we all calmed down Bruce asked.
"What is this word game you guys were talking about?" Our group laughed thinking about the game we liked. They all looked to me for an explanation.
"Ok, so being in Hydra is boring as hell and since Jo here is a telepath, we could all talk even if we weren't in the same cell. So, we would make up words or use words that we knew from different time periods that we had learned that we thought were funny and everyone had to make up a meaning and guess which one is correct. It is really fun. Especially if you let yourself get really stupid and silly with it. Since we are free and to make it easier on Jo. I brought pieces of paper that we can write our definitions down and the person who has the word can read them. Then we can all choose which is the correct definition."
We played several rounds of playing the gaming and drinking, everyone was laughing and having fun. It made me happy to see my family so carefree. Jo made it even more funny by making up stories using the definitions that were given. Then it was Williams turn and I knew he had something up his sleeve because he was smirking.
"The word is Saxothong." We all burst out laughing looking at my Dad as his face reddened at everyone's laughter. We all wrote down our definitions and Will wrote down his and we passed them to him. When he had all the definitions, he quickly read them laughing at some of them and then shuffled them and started to read them out.
"So Saxothong is it a musical instrument, a study in behavior between animals of different species, an elephant trainer, a candle wick, a deep-sea creature, a divorced man, a rug, a traffic citation for going to slow, a mugger that gives you hugs, moss that only covers sandy areas, goats milk, or is it someone with high moral standards."
After Will stopped reading Jo started her story "A highly moral divorced man sat on a rug watching the animals on the mossy sand, an elephant trainer with a candle wick, got a citation for slowing down traffic, a mugger came behind the man, and hugged him, taking him down to the sea creature, they drank goats' milk, and played a song." She acted like she was playing a guitar "I'm playing my saxothong, with my thong on, thong, gone, wrong." We all started laughing and by the time that we calmed down we didn't even care what the definition was that Will had made up. We all started to settle down going to our respective tents. Jo and I snuggled together, and I whispered,
"Saxothong." She and I laughed again and then sighed, snuggling closer together. "I love you, Jo; I had a good day today and I hope that we have many more."
"Me too." She kissed me and then we went to sleep.