Hello readers heartbreakerninja here,

Welcome to the next chapter in our Avengers and Ladybug crossover. Sorry this chapter took so long. I had a hard time deciding how to proceed. And hit quite the road block for much of this chapter. Bucky and Sam didn't want to fall in line with what I wanted but I eventually, and painfully, was able to get this finished. So hopefully you will enjoy this next chapter.

As soon as Bucky heard about a miniature Nat running around Paris, with a Cat boy partner of all things, he knew he HAD to see this for himself. Tony did too but Pepper was trying her darnedest to keep him out of Paris without a valid reason other than to meet the poor kids. Fury would have a conniption fit otherwise. However, Bucky knew all bets were off on fashion week and the Paris Science expo.

Bucky was just worried about the fact that this could be another couple of super soldiers in the making and did not like the implication if people were experimenting on kids. His enemies didn't care about age and that was what worried him. He figured he could be in and out of the city before anyone missed him.

He forgot about Sam.

He could get around Steve but Sam, apparently, was a bloodhound in another life. Sam figured out what he was up to and decided that it was a great idea to follow the winter soldier into a crowded airport and scare the living daylights out of him.

"I didn't realize you screamed like a girl Buck." Sam laughed while Bucky glowered at him. Sam only laughed harder.

Bucky would NOT agree that he yelled like a little girl. Nope. Never happened. (Sam would continue to tell him and anyone who listened that he had given off an unholy screech that would put a teenage girl to shame.)

Anyway, Bucky now had a tag along. It could have been worst. He could have had Clint or Tony following him around Paris. At least he knew Sam could be calm. He was also the first to notice their tail.

"Roof top to your left, 11 o'clock." Sam muttered under his breath to Bucky. He didn't even need to speak very loudly with Bucks super hearing. Bucky gave a minuscule nod of his head in response before he started clocking their tail with his eyes.

The tail (literal and figurative) wasn't hard to spot after he knew he was there. Even with the all black attire, the bell and blond hair made him very visible. Looks like they found the Cat Boy. No sign of the girl in red yet. Either Cat boy was scouting ahead or had seen them by chance; which would mean, his partner wasn't aware of them yet. Which would be good for them because James wasn't ready to have this conversation yet. He wanted to observe before confrontation happened.

"How you want to place this? Split up and try and loose him or continue on and hope he doesn't try to stop us?" Sam muttered as he pulled out a tourist map and pretended to be looking it over. All the while keeping a steady eye on their new friend. So far, it looked like he wasn't aware that he'd been made yet. Either that or he was cocky. Being a young kid, and probably a relatively new mask, it could go either way.

"Anything on that map show where it could get crowded and we could lose him without giving away that we're attempting to lose him?" James asked quietly as they stopped near a small food stand offering something that smelled similar to a churro. Sam unfortunately does not have super hearing so he has to speak up a bit louder than he would have liked. The cat boy has cat ears and Bucky is not sure if they are fake or not from this distance. They don't know the full extent of these kids powers. If they are a product of the super soldier serum their hearing could be enhanced which means they could possibly hear their conversation if Bucky's not careful. So far, it looked like Cat boy hadn't heard them or was very good at pretending it.

The two of them end up buying one of the French Churros to make it look natural to be standing there. Just when Bucky was accepting the change back, he felt the hairs on his neck stand up. He goes stiff for a moment before returning to a natural stance but moves to cover Sam's back a bit more. Sam notice's the posture and position change. He changes nothing other than being a bit stiffer in the shoulders but still slipping into an easy smile when conversing with the food stand worker in somewhat broken French.

Bucky does a turn to view his surroundings, being as natural as possible, and look like a regular tourist taking in the view. His jaw tightens when he notices that the Cat boy is no longer alone in his hiding spot by a set of chimneys. A slip of a girl with cold blue eyes and a red and black spotted outfit is glaring straight at them. He only observed them for a millisecond before completing his natural turn to continue on his way with Sam slightly in the lead now. Bucky moves to cover Sam's flank while trying to be completely normal. Sam has out the map to make the illusion of two slightly lost companions on a trip more believable. Not that Bucky thinks the two kids, and they are without question a couple of teenagers at the most, are able to tell that Bucky and Sam are on to them. Better to keep up the notion of tourist either way.

The kids were good; Bucky would give them that. No noise could be heard other than a quiet swish from the girls yo-yo or the boys staff when extended to allow them to move from roof top to roof top. Their only real give away was their shadows as they hopped across the buildings. Not even a creak from their obvious skintight suits. Whatever those suits were made of it was nothing leather or poly based.

The few glances he had of them, and the pictures Tony was able to pull from the internet before they left the states, showed that the costumes were seamless much like Black Panther's own suit. The Wakandan Royals were unaware of any other such suits or anyone, outside of possibly Tony, that could even attempt to manipulate the metal like the Wakanda people did. They were also keeping a close eye on the situation but did not believe that the two were using vibranium. Bucky had gotten the impression that they knew more about the situation then they were telling but kept it to himself. Wakanda was still very secretive about their culture. He was maybe one of the few that had seen more than the average person, but it didn't mean he got an all-access pass. Whatever it was that they knew they wouldn't divulge unless they thought it absolutely necessary.

Hopefully "necessary" didn't end up being the world ending type.

Suddenly A third shadow flew over causing Sam to jolt to a stop and if Bucky hadn't seen it too there would have been a collision. A quick scan saw a bench facing towards their "targets". Quickly, Bucky dragged the still dazed Sam over to the bench and they sat down with the map in front of them. Not the best disguise but neither of the two kids were paying them attention and neither was the new comer.

The newcomer was older, was the first thing Bucky thought. But obviously was not the leader if body language spoke for anything. She was making placating gestures towards the girl in red while the Cat boy stood behind the girl in reds right shoulder. His position told all James needed to know about the dynamic of the two. Red was the De-facto leader and cat boy would be the enforcer if need be. The newcomer was in a more outlandish colored costume then the other two. She had, what looked like, bunny ears on her head and a giant umbrella strapped to her back. Her costume was an outlandish bright blue and white. She also seemed very agitated with her gesturing. Whatever she was saying was only making Red tenser. Cat boy cat ears were pulled back and his tail lashed the air at his partners body language. Whatever was being said was making Red nervous and her partner own body language was feeding off it. As they continued to listen red's posture relaxed minimally but just enough that her partner also relaxed. Ears no longer pulled back were now forward and swiveled forward, though his tail continued to move agitatedly. The Bunny girl seemed to also relax now that the others were not so tense.

Then as suddenly as she appeared a circle of light showed up and she flipped backwards into it. The circle then disappeared leaving behind the two kids. Before Bucky could say or do anything both kids looked right at them. Bucky knew the gig was up and decided to just hold eye contact with the girl. The girl's eyes narrowed into a perfect replica of Nat's glare before both she and the boy took off.

"Well…. that…was interesting." Sam said, sounding a bit confused. Bucky only nodded in agreement before standing up.

"Come' on, hotels this way." Bucky said as he stood up. Sam followed behind him. They kept an eye out but did not see the two kids again; or at all for the rest of the trip. They had looked, quite a bit, but no sign of them. They even climbed around the rooftops a few nights without a single sighting. They were actually getting to the point of hoping a bad guy would show up so that they could finally get some answers. None of that happened. It was as if they were actively trying to avoid Sam and Bucky. Not a comforting thought if James was honest.

They were doing a pretty good job of it too, much to Bucky's ire and Sam's mix of amusement and confusion. He was not keen on the idea of children soldiers. He didn't even like the idea of Spidey doing what he did. And THAT, was a mess all on its own. One that Sam was hoping never went sideways for Tony's sake.

At one point Bucky and Sam had even people watched hoping to recognize the two teens amongst the citizens of Paris. No luck there either. Whatever magic, the disappearance of the Bunny girl opened that line of thought, or technology the kids where using made it difficult to discern their exact features other than blond hair and cat green eyes for the boy and dark hair and ice blue eyes for the girl. Nothing notable enough to point directly to any particular teen in Paris. So, it was with defeat that the two walked into the airport at the end of their time in Paris. No closer to the answers Bucky needed.

Sam was talking to Bucky about something about finding that Tony had upgraded their return flight to Business class when Bucky felt eyes on him. Sam noticed Bucky's stiffening posture when he noticed something behind them. Bucky turned to follow his friends surprised look to see both the teens they had been looking for behind them outside on top of a lamp post. Once the teens had their attention the boy smirked and gave a mocking wave. The girl in red just stood with her arms crossed and a very Black widow like expression on her face as she stared the two Avengers down. Then just as suddenly the two jumped into the air and were gone from sight.

Sam whistled. "Clint was right; that kid's glare is very Nat like. Way scarier than any kid has the right to be." He said as they both turned back to the Que to the check in counter. James only huffed and nodded in agreement.

He still had a lot of questions on these kids' origins and who in their right mind had created them, he was not totally convinced that they weren't a product of human experimentation. As well as for what purpose. He also didn't understand why it was always kids. He did hope that someone was looking out for them. Hopefully someone like Sam or Tony and not Fury. Kids needed to be kids.

But at least he knew they at least had some kind of back-up if the Bunny girl was anything to go by. And hopefully they wouldn't get to over their heads.

They still needed to figure out a way to approach the kids and maybe assist them with whoever their main villain seemed to be. Bucky still believed that kids didn't need to be fighting and the Avengers were pretty versed in weird bad guys at this point and could at least lend a hand if they needed it.

Maybe a different avenger would have better luck at making contact.

So what did you think? I really did not want these 4 to make contact with each other yet. And THAT was very difficult to make happen. I want to make our favorite Cat and Bug duo as elusive as possible without making it obvious that they are being elusive. Originally I was trying to get Sam and Bucky lost in the crowed and then end up being behind our favorite duo but didnt want them talking yet. I think I rewrote the Churro scene so many times before Fluff and Alix came to the rescue with a quick peak of future Bunnix. Which was great cause it gave me a chance to have Bucky do a quick outsider character body language study of a stressed Mari and how Adrian's body language reacts to that obvious stress of his Lady. As well as add to possible Future implications between the two hero groups.

As you have probably also noticed The Avengers haven't figured out our Bug and Cats in-uniform names which is why they keep referring to them as Red and Cat boy. Don't worry this will be addressed... eventually.

Anyway, hope you have enjoyed this chapter of my Avengers Ladybug crossover. My first true crossover ever!

See ya in the next chapter!

~heartbreakerninja