"Alright, Tess, you and the kids are back up. Stay in the vents. Be our eyes on the inside, and if anything happens to us, you relay it to the reinforcements, okay?" Kayla ordered and Tess nodded, still toying with the dog tags around her neck nervously. Kayla looked to her kids and they nodded, as much of a confirmation that she was going to get. "Tony, Wanda, and I will see if we can straight up overpower and get them out. Today is about saving Bucky, Steve, and Morgan. The others can take out Red Skull and Amora. We don't have the man power for it yet."

"When will backup be here?" James questioned, playing with the hologram dial to design his own suit. He played with variations of the Captain America suit in Tony's archives, posing dramatically when his nano tech formed into Steve's suit from the Battle of New York. He turned around, admiring his backside in the full-length mirror by the front door.

Sarah rolled her eyes and played with her own vibranium suit, changing the colors from blue to red to purple, eventually settling on a red suit with black trim look. She stretched her calf, trying to get used to the small-heeled boots, but trusted her mother when she said they helped. "At the rate you're taking to decide on a uniform, they'll have it all mopped up before we even get there." Sarah snapped and her brother placed his hand on her face and gently shoved her away.

James continued to change the settings, finally settling on a simple grey stealth version of the suit that the archives listed as SHIELD prototype. He looked back toward the couch, clearing his throat to get his mom's attention before they left, "Should we bring that?" He pointed to the shield. Kayla looked from the shield to her son, then smiled proudly, going over to pick it up. James watched as she approached, running her fingers along the edges of it fondly. James pushed it away, murmuring, "I think you should use it. You might need it, and if- when you find Dad, he'll need it."

Kayla hummed to herself, bopping a little at the idea, "See, I was kind of thinking you could take it. It would mean a lot to your dad, to see you with it." Kayla explained, her sad tone catching James off guard. He took the shield as she handed it to him though, and she grabbed his glove and pushed a button, causing the magnets in his left arm to attach to the metal. "This is a weapon. It's killed more people than most guns, so it's not a toy. But if you need to use it, use it with everything you've got." Kayla pressed her index finger to the silver star on James's chest, "You've got the good stuff inside you. Make Johann Schmidt wish he'd never met the likes of James Rogers."

James puffed out his chest with pride and his mom reached up and rustled his hair, before leading him to the mini van they were taking instead of better transportation. Tony pulled the seat belt across his chest as James hopped into the passenger seat. "Um, hi?"

"I am the Captain now."

"The hell you aren't! Kayla, control your child." Tony yelled into the backseat as James situated the shield at his feet. Kayla just waved Tony off as James buckled up, and Tony resigned himself to having the boy as a copilot. He turned to James, sizing him up, "You get my daughter out of there, you understand me?"

"Yes, sir." James said with a grin and Tony smiled back, grabbing and squeezing his shoulder.

"Let's go get our family back."

Morgan had never felt more guilty in her life, because she was sure she cried more in that glass case than she had when her own mother had died. There was just something about knowing that she was about to be murdered in some gruesome way that made her weep uncontrollably. That and her father was probably on his way to rescue her, meaning he'd probably be killed in some horrific way, too. Aunt Kayla would certainly come, and the Enchantress was gunning for her life.

And James. Sweet, confident, gentle James who looked at Morgan like she put the stars in the sky. She was pretty sure he'd come too, which made her heart ache. It wasn't fair. None of them deserved to die, but the hero game was a dangerous one. Their parents chose it. They were born into it.

Morgan had given up on struggling hours ago, simply allowing the tears to flow down her cheeks as her arms were shackled above her head. She'd gone limp, allowing herself to hang from her arms to give her aching legs a rest. She could taste her own tears on the cloth gag, making her sick to her stomach from all the salt.

Suddenly though, she heard metal on metal scraping above her and she lifted her head toward the source of the noise. She straightened up to see an air vent being pulled aside, then sleek dark blue shape fell from the ceiling and landed on her feet in front of Morgan. Through her gag she yelped, "Aunt Kayla!"

"Shhh, we're gonna get you out of here." Kayla whispered, looking at the glass box, then looking to the side to see several more divided by black walls. When Kayla looked back at Morgan, the girl looked almost apologetic, but Kayla already knew. "Wanda." Kayla hissed upward and the Scarlet Witch floated down before using her power to carefully slide the grate back into place. She looked to Kayla, then floated toward the door to try and get a lay of the building for possible escape.

Kayla moved from Morgan's glass cage to the next, finding it empty, except for broken shackles on the ground. She felt her stomach plummet, scared to think why it was empty. But she moved on, taking a few heavy steps past the black wall, and she fell to her knees when she reached the next glass box, pressing her hand to it as she stared at her husband sadly.

Steve threw himself to the ground to sit across from her, pressing his bony hands to the glass in an attempt to get closer, "Kay, I'm so sorry. I-"

Kayla leaned her forehead against the glass and Steve did the same on the other side as she murmured softly, "Shh, this is my fault. I did this. I created this, and I'm going to get you out of this and get you fixed up and everything is going to be okay."

"Get out of here Kayla, he's dangerous." Steve hissed, looking up when he caught a glimpse of movement, but realized it was only Wanda, "I love you, and I'm asking you to go."

"And I'm telling you that I won't." Kayla studied him, a genuine smile growing on her face, despite the tears in her eyes, "Look at you."

"I'd rather you didn't-" Steve argued, but Kayla just beamed at him lovingly.

"But you're so handsome. And so young." Kayla told him sincerely, taken back to her time in the forties with young, skinny Steve Rogers. Seeing him again ignited something in her that she'd forgotten, and she remembered why everyone looked up to Captain America. He didn't give up. "We can't leave until Schmidt is dead."

"And by we you mean you and Wanda, right?" Steve questioned. Surely his wife wouldn't bring his children to infiltrate a madman's hideout on a suicide mission...

All of a sudden another dark blue figure fell from the vent and landed on his feet, catching Kayla's attention from where she knelt. She narrowed her eyes and Steve knew that look, "You didn't."

Kayla turned back, batting her eyelashes sweetly, "I needed backup."

When James saw Morgan, he looked her up and down, seeing her tired and weak, "Morgan, are you okay?" She shook her head back and forth and he pounded his fist against the glass, causing it to crack.

"Shhh." Kayla and Steve hissed together, and James moved away from Morgan to see his father.

When he saw where his mother sat, his knees practically gave out at the sight, "Dad?"

"Hey, Kiddo." Steve told him with a brave smile. "I look a little different, huh?" James nodded, unable to form words, but feeling a piece of his heart break. Steve saw the devastation on his face and the shield strapped to the back of the stealth suit. "That mine?"

"Yeah, do you want it back?" James asked quickly, producing the shield but his father shook his head.

"Can't do much with it now."

"Hush." Kayla chastised her husband, rising to stand with her son, "This isn't permanent. You know I can fix this, if you want me to." Kayla added and Steve sighed, smirking a little as he wondered whether his wife liked him more this way.

"I can get you out." James said confidently as he backed up, bopping back and forth on his heels as he magnetized the shield.

"Oh, no honey, no..." Kayla warned, trying to stop him, but James swung at the glass with all his might, sending it shattering over his father's head. Kayla lifted her hands, seeing Steve was free, but the noise had been deafening. "James!" She hissed, looking at a stunned Wanda, "We're trying to sneak out!"

"Oh. Shit." James darted back toward Morgan and slammed the shield through her glass as she looked away. He quickly scrambled over to her and looked at the shackles, squawking to his parents, "What do I do?"

"Use the shield!" Steve and Kayla called in unison as Kayla helped steady Steve on his feet. James clenched his teeth and smashed the shield against the shackle on her foot. Once realizing he could crack the metal, he did the same with the others. Kayla quickly came to his side and pried the metal pieces apart until Morgan fell into James's arms.

"Hey, hey are you okay?" He asked quickly as he pulled the gag from her mouth and smoothed back her hair. She nodded rapidly and wrapped her arms around him in a tight hug.

Kayla looked up, then looked back to Wanda, "Any sign of them?"

"No. And that's what worries me." Wanda muttered back, looking up at the vent. "You want to move together or send them away?"

"Um, we're still fucking missing someone." Tessa called as she slid out of the vent and James caught her before she could hit the ground. She wiggled out of his arms and balked when she saw Steve. "Wha-" The air was sucked out of her lungs at the sight, "Steve?" Tessa shook her head, her braid whipping her face as she forced away the shock, "Where is Bucky?"

"That's complicated." Morgan said quickly, looking at Steve in terror. Steve grabbed Tessa and pulled her into a hug, which only caused the woman to sob uncontrollably, wondering what they had done to her husband if they'd reverted Steve back to his sickly self. Morgan raised her hand slightly, trying to get their attention, "To clarify, he's not dead, but if we don't get moving, we will be."

"James!" He looked up in time to see his sister pull the same stunt Tessa did and he caught her in his arms. He quickly deposited his sister on the ground and Steve wrapped his arms around her in a tight hug. She was stunned, patting his back awkwardly as she realized he was barely taller than her, "Dad?"

"As I've been saying, it's not permanent. Nothing is permanent, let's go." Kayla growled, trying to lure them toward the back door to escape.

Tessa threw her hands to the side and Kayla threw her head back and groaned, "Tess-"

"Don't 'Tess me', I'm not leaving. You can go. Like, honestly, take your kids, your husband, and Morgan, and go." Tessa waved her hands at Kayla and the blonde looked to her husband, already knowing he wasn't leaving either.

"He came for me. I'm not leaving him."

Kayla sighed, knowing her husband couldn't do a whole lot to help, but that he'd try until his dying breath, "I know."

Steve wanted to reach out and hold his wife, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. He couldn't bring himself to feel how he fit with her now. Now that he wasn't her precious Captain America. Steve wanted to protect his family and save his best friend, but Schmidt was right. Not being able to protect them was worse than death.

"This is a trap." Wanda finally said, backing away from the windows. She threw up a force field moments before bullets came firing through the wall of the room next door.

Sarah ducked into her father's arm as James threw up the shield to protect his mother and Morgan. Kayla glared at Tessa, "How are you gonna fix that, Little Miss Hopeless Romantic?"

Tessa looked around in panic as she stuck by Kayla's side, "I don't know, but I'm not leaving him. I'll figure something out." Kayla sighed, nodding as she told her friend alright.

All of a sudden, Wanda was thrust back against the far wall, metal gloves covering her hands to keep her from using her magic. She snarled at the force that waltzed into the room with the Winter Soldier at her side. Amora stopped and cocked her hip, smiling grandly at the sight before her as Bucky aimed his rifle at the group now that Wanda was tied up.

"This. This is better than I hoped for. I am so excited to destroy all of you." Amora called out, clapping her hands together as she scanned over her new arrivals until her eyes landed on Kayla behind her son. "Kayla... ugh, how stunning! With the blonde hair and the outfit, you really look like Mrs. Captain America! I wonder where he went?" Her eyes landed on Steve and he clenched his jaw, forcing his daughter behind him. Amora rolled her eyes, finally looking James up and down hungrily, "You look like fun, though. I want to play with you."

"Over my dead body." Kayla lunged forward but James held the shield out in front of her, earning a death glare from his mother. Morgan tapped her band, realizing her suit still wasn't working.

"James, I can't power up my suit." Morgan growled under her breath as James looked over his shoulder to meet her eyes. "I don't know what to do."

"Oh, oh, I do! I do!" Amora raised her hand, appearing right in front of James, Kayla, and Morgan. She took a long step toward them as Kayla peeled away, darting over to Steve and Sarah. "I think we should play a game. Now when we play games, we have to divide up into teams right? So I think we should have teams as follows." Amora looked over her shoulder and hummed, studying Kayla and her family before turning back to James and Morgan, "We'll have the regular, boring humans play dodge the sniper! Bye!" She called as she made Tessa and Morgan disappear before snapping her fingers at Bucky, causing him to turn and head back toward the hallway to find them.

"Morgan!" James yelped as he looked around, realizing she was gone, "What did you do to them?"

"They're playing their game! Don't worry sweetheart, I have a special game for you, but we'll get to that." Amora promised, pressing her finger to the Captain America shield and making it vanish from his arm and reappear on Steve's. Steve stumbled forward a step from the weight of his shield and Amora laughed at him, "Okay, okay, so next up, we'll have the team of sad, sickly Rogers who have finally reverted back to their intended form! Amazing! The family bloodline has been restored. Have fun with Schmidty!" Amora called as Steve and Sarah vanished into thin air, leaving only Kayla and James to face off with Amora as Wanda struggled in her binds.

Kayla reached out for James to come to her, but Amora cut them off, swinging to turn on Kayla like a panther circling its prey, "And our final team, the love struck heroes who boldly jump into the fray to protect the people they love, despite the consequences it can have for anyone else! Like you setting Red Skull free to resurrect Natasha, or you punting that kid across the football field to impress Stark's daughter." Amora cooed, yanking James forward so he was next to her. She grabbed his chin and put her finger up to stop Kayla when she lunged forward, "Uh uh uh. Take a step closer and I'll use your son to demonstrate what The Enchantress can really do."

"Let him go." Kayla said evenly, eyes meeting her son's as he squirmed in Amora's grip, "I know you have it out for me, but leave him out of this."

Amora laughed, squeezing James's face harder before letting him go, taking one long step toward Kayla, "Let the games begin."