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~April 11, 2015~

Tony whacked another log, splitting it down in the middle while Steve was tossing his log pieces onto a large pile.

"Thor didn't say where he was going for answers?" Tony asked casually.

"Sometimes my teammates don't tell me things." Steve answered as he walked back to get his axe, glancing at where Clint was out on his porch with his two kids. He turned back to chop a log and added dryly. "I was kind of hoping Thor would be the exception."

"Yeah, give him time." Tony replied as he set up his next log. "We don't know what the Maximoff kid showed him."

Steve whacked his axe down in agitation as said out sarcastically. "'Earth's Mightiest Heroes'. Pulled us apart like cotton candy." He grabbed another log before chopping down one with a hard thud.

"Seems like you walked away all right." Tony pointed out a little bitterly.

The Captain paused as he heard the almost accusing tone in another man's tone before glancing over at him. "Is that a problem?" Steve asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I don't trust a guy without a dark side." Tony quipped while whacking his axe down on the log at last before added a little sarcastically. "Call me old fashioned."

"Well let's just say you haven't seen it yet." Steve shot back at him, somewhat annoyed at his words as he paused in his swing.

"You know Ultron is trying to tear us apart, right?" The billionaire pointed out.

Narrowing his eyes as the Captain spat out angrily. "Well I guess you'd know." Swinging his axe and chopped the log apart before he added pointedly. "Whatever you tell us is a bit of a question."

"Banner and I were doing research." Tony argued in a bristle.

"That would affect the team." Steve bit it out when Tony shot back sharply. "That would end the team."

He stepped up to the Captain, staring at the super-soldier defiantly as he demanded. "Isn't that the mission?"

Steve walked over to grab another log but then Tony continued to keep asking. "Isn't that the 'why' we fight? So we can end the fight? So we get to go home?"

That hit another nerve as Steve ripped the log in half with his bare hands angrily. He tossed the pieces to the side as he turned around to face Tony and said with a forced calm tone. "Every time someone tries to win a war before it starts, innocent people die. Every time."

Tony clenched his jaw but their standoff was interrupted when Laura walked over, calling out. "I'm sorry, Mr. Stark, uh." The two men broke their eye contact as she said sheepishly. "Clint said you wouldn't mind but our tractor, it doesn't seem to want to start at all. I thought maybe you might…"

"Yeah, I'll give her a kick." Tony replied quickly before turning back to look at Steve who leaned back with his hands on his hips. He sighed a little and then began to walk off towards the barn, pausing to add as he pointed to his much smaller pile of chopped wood. "Don't take from my pile."

Steve looked down with his eyes closed and sighed as well before he proceeds to chop another log when he heard Laura spoke out softly. "You're lonely."

He glanced at her as the woman stood there watching him curiously. As their eyes met, she genuinely said. "I-I'm sorry I didn't mean to—"

"No, it's alright." Steve wistfully smiled at her. Despite not interacting with Clint's wife that much, he can tell that this woman is a gentle and kindhearted one. She's not a fighter like his female colleagues, Natasha and Maria but was very helpful and supportive to her husband. Who knew that Clint Barton, the greatest living marksman and the jokester of the team has been married to this simple yet beautiful perceptive woman?

Laura slowly walks toward him and said in a gentle tone. "You missed someone."

The Captain blinked in surprise, staring at her in silence before lowering his eyes in lonesome as Laura notices the expression on the blonde man's face until he muttered out. "Yes…"

"Is this someone… a woman you love?"

Steve closed his eyes and made a quiet sigh when he heard her say this as he looked up at her. She gazes at him sympathetically, noticing this as he nodded slightly, giving her his answer.

"May I know who she is?" Laura curiously asked though a bit regretful when she asks this personal question. "I'm sorry, I really shouldn't have asked." Laughing a little nervously at her mistake, though she honestly wanted to know more a bit about one of her husband's teammates.

"It's okay, Mrs. Barton." He waved it off a little and gave her a wistful smile before saying. "Um… her name is Peggy Carter. She's the first woman who has acknowledge me for who I am, who's always there to support me and kept on believing me." Memories began to appear in his mind when he remembers the times he had with Peggy as he continues to tell. "She's the only woman whom I have ever loved, the one who I believed to be my right partner."

Clint's wife tilts her head slightly and said in a soft tone. "But she's not the only one you love… right?"

Everything went silent between him and Laura for a moment as his thoughts start to flow into him. Yes, it seems Peggy's not the only woman he loves and that certain person could be the one whom he wanted to deny and forget his feelings for her. He had never thought that all this time, he has grown quickly to love this woman whom he had just met only in a short time. Fate has seemed to be very eager to give him a second chance to love another woman in his life.

'Fate…' He amusingly scoffed at that thought.

Steve then closed his eyes and made a deep sigh for a short moment before looking directly Laura who seems to be patient in waiting for his answer until he spoke out.

"Yes." He can see her smiling gently at him, knowing that his answer is true. His honesty sure is getting the better of him as always. "She's…" An image of Helen's genuine smile began to appear in his mind as he continued. "Helen is incredibly beautiful… kind… and the most intelligent woman I have ever known."

Laura smiled at his response as she sees him softly smiling in adoration thinking of this woman named Helen. 'So… the Captain is in love with this woman Clint mentioned earlier.' She genuinely thought, it seems Natasha and Bruce aren't the only ones who are having trouble of finding themselves to be in love but Captain Rogers and Dr. Cho as well.

"Do you love her?" She asked calmly.

Steve shook himself slightly and chuckled a bit before saying. "I barely knew her, we only met and talked a few times nothing more. I'm not sure that I love her."

"But you can't stop thinking about her, are you?"

It took a small moment for him to stay silent until he finally admitted. "Yes. I honestly don't know why I felt this way with her?"

Laura chuckled a little before softly grinning at the Captain and spoke out. "Sometimes, love works in mysterious ways. You can't forget or erase them completely because the feelings you had for her will still be lingering no matter how much you try." She can see him averting his eyes away from her and made a sigh as the woman's eyes soften and continued. "I understand that you're genuinely loyal to the first woman you claimed to unconditionally love her but I can tell that she would be very happy that you've found another woman you have fallen in love with."

Steve looked up to face her, softened at the words he hears from the woman who has loved and cared for his archer of a friend. He then remembers the exact words Peggy has told him before. 'Don't ever think that no living person is willing to be with you, Steve. Don't lose hope.' Perhaps… there is hope that he will finally love again and what's meant to be will always find a way. His thoughts are faded away as he said in a calm tone.

"You're right. Maybe Peggy would be happy that I did found love again."

Laura nodded in satisfaction at his response as she heard him say.

"Thank you, Mrs. Barton."

"For what, Captain Rogers?" Laura tilted her head in slight confusion though she smiled.

"For knocking some sense into me when it comes to love." Steve smirked a bit.

Chuckling a little before replying. "You're very welcome, Captain Rogers. And please call me Laura. My husband's friends are considered my friends too."

Steve genuinely chuckled in return and nodded as he said. "Alright Laura, then call me Steve as well."

"Okay, Cap— I-I mean Steve."

And with that, the two then made a friendly laugh before they continued to have a conversation about mostly Clint and the family.

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Night had fallen by the time when the team expect Thor, converged once more. Steve and Bruce were surprised when Tony returned from the barn with Fury, and the Captain was slightly put out when he saw the unsurprised looks on Natasha and Clint's faces.

But he had to grudgingly admit she had a point when she asked rhetorically and a little bit sarcastically. "What else did you expect from 'the spy'?"

They were all in Clint's dining room while the Barton family were in the lounge as the children are playing quietly. Natasha sat at the table and Bruce leaning on the wall slightly behind her. Steve had been a bit surprised to see a new tenderness between the pair, and watched them with interest and worry.

It seemed they had made a step forward in their hesitant relationship but she wasn't sure it was in a healthy direction. Clint was with his wife, helping her out as she watched their kids while Tony was playing with the darts by the kitchen doors.

Steve was leaning on the dining room doorway with his arms crossed in front of his chest casually as he listened to Fury who's getting himself a glass of water before speaking out. "Ultron took you folks out of play to buy himself time."

The Captain smiled a little when he sees Clint's younger daughter, Lilia ran in and handing Natasha a drawing. The art she drew was showed a yellow butterfly, decorated with various spots and Natasha smiled indulgently at the child as she then ran back to her father.

Fury continued undeterred. "My contacts all say he's building something. The amount of Vibranium he made off with, I don't think it's just one thing."

"What about Ultron himself?" Steve questioned him and Natasha refocused on the situation they were discussing as Fury answered with a shrug. "Ah. He's easy to track, he's everywhere. Guy's multiplying faster than a Catholic rabbit. Still doesn't help us get an angle on any of his plans though."

Clint joined them in the kitchen as Laura took the kids upstairs to bed, and Tony asked while he threw a dart. "He still going after launch codes?"

"Yes, he is." Fury answered lightly before seriously added. "But he's not making any headway."

Tony pointed out flatly. "I cracked the Pentagon's firewall in high school on a dare."

"Well, I contacted our friends at the NEXUS about that."

"NEXUS?" Steve asked with a confused expression, not recognizing the term.

Tony moved his way to remove his darts from the board, none of them have hit on the center as Bruce explained. "It's the world internet hub in Oslo, every bite of data flows through there, fastest access on earth."

"So what'd they say?" Clint interjected impatiently, examining a small buttered knife as he began to do the dishes.

"He's fixated on the missiles, but the codes are constantly being changed."

Tony frowned in confusion. "By whom?" Suddenly he blinked as two darts flew passed his face and landed perfectly in the center of the target board. Tony turned around to send an annoying glare at Clint, who shrugged teasingly from his spot at the sink.

Fury glanced at the pair sternly like a parent scolding his children while answering Tony's question. "Parties unknown."

"Do we have an ally?" Natasha asked with a slight stunned look on her face as Fury corrected her.

"Ultron's got an enemy, that's not the same thing."

Tony perked up as he comes into the kitchen to listen more intently as Fury sighed before he spoke out. "Still, I'd pay folding money to know who it is."

"I might need to visit Oslo, find our 'unknown'." Stark commented.

Natasha huffed a little and pointedly said to Fury. "Well, this is good times, boss but I was kind of hoping when I saw you, you'd have more than that."

"I do." Fury firmly answered. "I have you."

He gestured at the team, raising a few eyebrows as Fury continued. "Back in the day, I had eyes everywhere, ears everywhere else. You kids had all the tech you could dream of."

Steve lightly furrows his eyebrows with a serious expression while Natasha rolled her eyes slightly as Fury went on, walking to stand in the middle of the kitchen. "Here we all are, back on earth with nothing but our wit and our will to save the world."

Fury looked at each and every member of the team in the eye, saying firmly even as Bruce avoided eye contact from him. "Ultron says the Avengers." He looked at Steve as he continued, "are the only thing between him and his mission."

He turns to face Tony who pursed his lips thoughtfully and averts his eyes to look at Clint as he went on. "And whether or not he admits it, his mission." And finally looked at Natasha, "is global destruction." Her jaw tightened a little as her expression turned thoughtful.

Fury continued to spoke out. "All this." He gestured at the house. "Laid in a grave."

Clint's face had also turned pensive and gave him a short nod while the former Director of S.H.I.E.L.D finished firmly. "So stand. Outwit the platinum bastard."

Fury sat down in an empty chair at the dining table while Natasha slyly said. "Steve doesn't like that kind of talk."

'That woman.' Steve thought in annoyance. "You know what, Romanoff?" He threatened her playfully as the Spy smiled mischievously.

Fury almost rolled his eye as the Captain even adopted the occasional playful tone of his team, before he brought them back to the issue at hand.

"So what does he want?" He asked the room at large.

The atmosphere became tense once more as Steve spoke out slowly. "To become better. Better than us."

He nodded at the team as he continued. "He keeps building bodies."

"Cursing bodies." Tony pointed out.

Steve nodded while Tony continued. "The human form is inefficient, biologically speaking, we're outmoded. But he keeps coming back to it."

Bruce had wandered over and seemed to be captivated by something on the dining table as he touched the drawing Clint's daughter had given to Natasha.

The spy didn't notice his preoccupation as she quipped at him and Tony. "When you two programmed him to protect the human race, you amazingly failed."

"They don't need to be protected, they need to evolve." Bruce quoted suddenly.

The team all turned to him seriously and Steve walked over to the table as he peered down at what Bruce was looking at and saw it was a picture of a butterfly as the scientist finally spoke out.

"Ultron's going to evolve."

He nodded while Tony's face color drained. The Captain glanced at them with concern while Fury demanded. "How?"

It took a while for Steve to think until his eyes widened in shock as he realized that there is only one person who can manage to do something more advance in medical science.

'No… it can't be.' He thought in a mixture of concern and horror.

Steve's hands curled in tight fists as Bruce looked up at them and asked worriedly. "Has anyone been in contact with Helen Cho?"

The Captain furrowed his eyebrows and gritted his teeth inside his lips when he heard Bruce mentioned her name. Ultron is going after Helen to use her for his plans and the very thought of him taking advantage of her made his blood boil. He can't let anything happen to her, not after he had seen in his vision of her death. Steve will ready himself and his team to travel to Seoul and go after Ultron to stop his plans from extinction and most definitely…

He hopes to God that Helen will be alright and alive when he arrives in time to rescue her, for he cannot bear to lose another loved one in his life. Steve had lost his chance with Peggy and he will not do this again with Helen. He will make sure of himself that he will do whatever it takes to keep her from any danger she encounters, no matter how stubborn she is.

'Helen… I will save you… please be alive.'

Oh no, Steve you better be quick to save your lady love ❤️ !

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