Connie stood in the middle of Natasha and Steve as the team walked through the headquarter of their home.. Well the home they haven't been in two years. Connie noticed the look on Steve's face when they passed by Riley and Steve's room.. Well Riley's room now.

Steve had the look of longing.. He had to fight his thoughts of entering or not entering the room.. It was hard, but he had to walk ahead. He had to keep a strong face for his team. He snapped out of his thoughts when he felt Connie's hands intertwined with his own. She looked up and smiled at him, he couldn't help but smile back at her.. It just felt good to have her here in this building.. The one that haunted his dreams at times.

"I swear.. I think S.J would have been jealous of this father/daughter thing you two have." Natasha commented. Steve looked over at Natasha and couldn't help but smile a bit

"I never had the chance to raise my son.. Connie lost her father at a young age, if anything.. Fate brought us together." Steve said looking down at the woman he considered his daughter.. He didn't even see her as a great-granddaughter anymore. It felt like being a great-granddaughter felt.. Distant. Great-grandfathers were suppose to be dead basically, some not knowing their own great-granddaughters because of old age of lack of memory..

"It feels so weird being back home.. I missed it" Connie admitted first. Steve nodded in agreement and he heard the grunts of Vision behind him, Wanda helping him.

It wasn't until he heard the voices of Rhodes and Ross. His heart somewhat beating when he started overthinking some things. Was Riley there? How would she react to him being back? After those years.. Did she forgive him?

Steve felt Connie squeezing his hand as they made it closer to the main area. They heard Rhodes speaking to Secretary Ross. Once the Rouge Avengers walked inside the room, Ross stopped and glared at them, giving them a cold glare. Rhodes, looking happy that they were here.

Steve saw that Riley wasn't there, so it meant that she did go missing with Tony. He felt his heart break and his breathing going a bit short when it hit him that he wouldn't see her. The fact that her status is unknown right now, it scared him to death. Riley could be dead.

"Mr. Secretary." Steve managed to say, Connie looked at the hologram with narrowed eyes as she looked at him. Ross, walked over to the Rogers and gave them both a look and shook his head "You got some nerve. I'll give you that." He said. Natasha stepped forward and looked at Ross as well, she had an amused smirk on her face "You could use some of that right now."

"The world's on fire. And you think, all is forgiven?" Ross said. Steve stood silent, the word haunted him so much.. Forgiveness. It was mostly a word that came up to mind when it came with his ex-fiancé. He didn't care if the world ever forgave him for what happened.. He cared about her forgiveness towards him.

"I'm not looking for forgiveness. And I'm way past asking for permission. Earth just lost her two best defenders. So we're here to fight. And if you wanna stand in our way… We'll fight you, too." Steve said, Connie nodding as well "You took our freedom away the day those accords were written up. But, we still want to protect this world.. Because we know although there are horrible people out there.. There are the good ones too"

"Arrest them." Ross said. Rhodes muttered an "All over it." Before turning off the hologram and he turned to Steve and the others with a small smile "That's a court-martial. It's great to see you, Cap." He said as he went towards Steve, giving him a hug. Steve returned the hug warmly "You too, Rhodey." Rhodes looked at Connie and ruffled her hair a bit

"Now you got the same hair color as him too.. You must have been mistaken for siblings for a while" He said. Connie nodded with a smile "We've posed as siblings.. It's a bit weird if I said he was my father, he looks like a couple of years older than me" She said and Steve grinned at that. Rhodse turned to the others and chuckled a bit "Well. You guys, really look like crap. Must've been a rough couple of years." He said

"Yeah, well, the hotels weren't exactly five star.. But we all had good memories from it" Sam said and winked at Connie who narrowed her eyes playfully and shook her head, her smile faded once she heard a voice

"Uh, I think you look great." It said, suddenly Bruce Banner stepped out a bit more and looked at the group, he was looking at Natasha for a while before seeing Connie and looked down "Yeah. I'm back."

"Hi, Bruce." Natasha said softly, her eyes looking at him and Connie knew that deep inside.. Natasha was happy to see Bruce. Bruce however, once he saw Connie just felt uncomfortable. He knew that Connie was the granddaughter of S.J, the ex-boyfriend of Natasha and the son of Steve Rogers, he knew that they had a close relationship.

"Nat." Bruce simply said. Connie frowned at the man but she looked down. She knew in the end, Natasha was going to choose S.J, but neither Bruce or S.J knew it because of S.J's death and Bruce fleeing.

"This is awkward." She heard Sam muttering in the background.

"So we gotta assume they're coming back, right? And they can clearly find us. We need all hands on deck. Tony and Riley went on that ship to save One of the Three. Where's Clint?" Bruce questioned when everyone gathered into the old living area. Natahsa sighed and shook her head

"After the whole Accords situation, he, Scott and Emily took a deal. It was too tough on their families." She explained and Connie couldn't help but smile at the mention of one of Team Cap's old friends, Scott Lang and his fiancée Emily Jean.

"Whose Scott and Emily?" Bruce asked, not knowing who the two of them were.

"Ant-Man and Ant-Woman" Steve said as Bruce looked confused for a moment "There's an Ant-Man, Ant-Woman and a Spider-Man?" He said before shaking his head "Okay, look… Thanos has the biggest army in the Universe. And he is not gonna stop until he... He gets...Vision's stone.. Anthea and Aya are missing. Maria is currently kidnaped by one of Thanos' men.. Her husband, Tony and Riley are off to save her.. She's doing okay" Bruce said once he saw the look on Steve's face at the mention of Riley "You two have a lot to talk about when she gets back"

"Well then, we have to protect it." Natasha said and Connie nodded in agreement "We just have to prepare and wait until they attack.."

"No, we have to destroy it. I've been giving a good deal of thought to this entity in my head, about its nature. But also, its composition. I think if it were exposed to a sufficiently powerful energy source, something, very similar to its own signature, perhaps… Its molecular integrity could fail." Vision said as he looked at Wanda who looked shocked at first, she then shook her head when Vision went near her

"And you, with it. We're not having this conversation." She said. Vision looked at her with pleading eyes "Eliminating the stone is the only way to be certain that Thanos can't get it." He said trying to take her hands but Wanda stepped back "That's too high a price."

"Only you, have the power to pay it. Thanos threatens half the Universe. One life cannot stand in the way of defeating him." Vision said, it wasn't until Steve stepped in "But it should. We don't trade lives, Vision." Steve said. Connie stepped forward with Steve "You are just as important to us, we aren't losing a member of the family..

"Captain, 70 years ago, you laid down your life to save how many millions of people.. Gave up the woman you loved and the son you never got to raise. Tell me, why is this any different?" Vision said and Connie saw that Steve flinched at the mention of Steve's first love and Connie's great-grandmother, Mary Hunter.

Steve took a breath, but before he has a chance to answer Bruce begins to speak up

"Because you might have a choice. Your mind is made up of a complex construct of overlays. Jarvis, Ultron, Tony, me, the Stone. All of them mixed together. All of them learning from one another." Bruce said as suddenly a plan came into his mind. Wanda looked over at Bruce, hopeful "You're saying Vision isn't just the stone?"

"I'm saying that… If we take out the stone, there's still a whole lot of Vision left. Perhaps the best parts." Bruce said and Connie grinned "That's great! We can do it"

"Can we do that?" Natasha asked and Bruce shook his head "Not me. Not here."

"You better find someone, and somewhere fast. Ross isn't exactly just gonna let you guys have your old rooms back." Rhodes said. It was in that moment that something clicked in Connie's mind, someone who was smart.. Someone who would take up any challenge.. Including breaking the walls that Hydra put on an ex-Winter Soldier.. She looked up and saw the expression on Steve's face, he thought the same thing.

"We know somewhere." Steve said nudging Connie who was smiling widely "She's great"

Wakanda

A couple of figures were walking in the field, Orchid was walking with T'Challa with their hands intertwined. She looked up and felt the nice breeze hit her face, her husband chuckling and shaking his head "You are a one of a kind woman" He said and she brought up their hands to kiss his hand "And you are the best man in the world" She said and he smiled softly and he looked back to see Okoye narrowing her eyes playfully at the couple

"You'll have the King's Guard, and the Dora Milaje have been alerted." She said and T'Challa nodded in approval "And the border tribe?"

"Those that are left." Okoye nodded as she looked at the couple. Orchid looked back at her cousin and grinned "Send word to the Jabari as well. M'Baku loved a good fight.. He's still upset with our last sparring session last month.." She said and T'Challa snorted in amusement "It's truly a treasure to see M'Baku travel to our place every month to challenge you to another sparring day." He said and Orchid laughed

"It isn't only sparring.. We spend the day talking about his children and some good food ingredients" She said and Okoye spoke up "And what of this one?"

"This one may be tired of war. but the White Wolf has rested long enough." T'Challa spoke as two soldiers came towards Bucky, who was tending to a goat farm Orchid had gifted him. Once Shuri was able to break the programming in Bucky's mind, both Connie and Bucky respectfully agreed that it would be best for Bucky to stay in Wakanda for him to adjust to life as a free man.. Orchid took the responsibility of making sure that Bucky was well take care of, the children were fans of Bucky and were eager to see and interact with him. Shuri and Orchid checking on Bucky to make sure he was doing good in his new life.

The Wakandan soldiers present Bucky with a new vibranium arm, Orchid and T'Challa made their way towards him with their hands still intertwined. Bucky looked down at the new arm and he looked up and frowned "Where's the fight?"

"On it's way.. We need all hands on deck"

Author's Note:

Important news regarding Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and Avengers 4

Witnessing what happened with James Gunn, it sucks what happened but he was totally in the wrong for writing all those things. As for if I'm writing a GOTG story, It's very uncertain at this point. I would deff write it if they use Gunn's script and if the new Director doesn't change a lot of things that would cause the characters to be OOC.

However, if they do scrap Gunn's script, the director changes the characters too much or cancel the movie all together, I am sad to say that Anthea and Sylvia's story will end in Avengers 4 (and Aliza's intro would be delayed into another movie) As of now, I am planning right now for Sylvia and Anthea's stories to end in Avengers 4 in case until further notice.

I got a question on Bucky and Connie's relationship, their relationship right now is that they are pretty much open to being together. they want to, but Connie is being patient with Bucky adjusting to life without programming and he needs a bit of time. Connie and Bucky love each other so much, and the fact they respect each other so much. They both know it's the best for them to not be together (But they will clearly kiss and be together when Connie comes ;) ) Bucky also knows that Steve needs Connie after the break-up with Riley, Bucky knows that Steve values Connie as basically his daughter and how much Connie loves Steve as well.

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