A/N: Now this is the last chapter for a week.

Disclaimer: I do not own Marvel, Disney, ABC or The Avengers. Just Sera.


"We need to leave. There's been an attack on the Tower." Fury said, making me dread what came from his mouth next, "Your father invented a psychotic AI according to Hill."

"God, one wasn't enough for him?" I asked rhetorically.

"They just took off to Wakanda. Ultron, is the damn things name, is after Vibranium."

"Shit," I said, "Dad mentioned the Ultron project. I told him it was a bad idea."

"Well, you get to bring everyone up to speed then," Fury said as Bucky grabbed our bags.

"Not what I wanted to be doing with my week," I huffed, grabbing the twins carriers. Fury was coming with us, as we didn't need to take a Quinjet.

"Bucky, you mind sitting in the back?"

"Not at all."

"I want to sit with my niece and nephew," Fury said gruffly. I didn't give any response except opening the door for him. He sat between the two car seats and gave the twins an appreciative once over.

"Homestead?" I asked, getting in.

"It's the best place to assume they'll go." He nodded.

"Am I missing something?" Bucky asked, looking between us.

"With the enhanced enemies, the girl will most likely go for Bruce. The whole team would be worried about getting him to calm down. There… might be an incident, and they'll need somewhere to lay low." I explained as I started up ARSENAL.

"Why don't we warn them?" He questioned.

"We don't want to alert them to any of this Bucky. It's a last minute, last resort kind of thing. Theta Protocol." I said as Arsenal lifted vertically into the air.

"ARSENAL, set course for Barton Homestead," I said quietly, before playing a lullaby to soothe the twins. They were awake, but I really needed them to sleep on this trip. Bucky asked specific questions about Theta that Fury and I could answer. How long had we been keeping this under wraps, did anyone but Coulson know at the Playground, and what did Theta mean.

"Death and Resurection is the loose term. We would have to ask Sam. He comes up with the names." I said, as the farmhouse came into view.

"That was a short flight," Bucky commented. Parking the car behind the barn and cloaking it, we got out to find two kids running towards us.

"AUNTIE SERA!"

"Cooper, Lila, my darlings!" I said, gently putting down Elijah's carrier, dropping to my knees and hugging the Barton children. Bucky and Fury stood awkwardly to the side as I released them.

"Director Fury," Cooper said respectfully.

"Former director. You can call me Uncle Nick," Fury smiled. It was a terrifying smile, one I knew he didn't mean to make, but I knew it would make the kids uneasy.

"Where's your mom?" I asked Lila, as Bucky picked up Elijah's carrier.

"She's napping. We knew it was you though," Lila said, a silly grin on her face as I took her hand.

"Let's clean up the house and surprise her," I whispered to the kids. They agreed to bring their toys into the living room so Laura could rest in peace upstairs. I got started on the kitchen, while Bucky went outside to tidy the lawn. I saw him contemplating the house in between cutting logs. Fury was content to talk to Hill outside via video chat, and keep Phil up to date.

"What can you tell me about those beautiful babies sleeping in my living room?" I heard as I finished the dishes.

Smiling, I turned around to hug Laura tightly.

"I've missed you! I wanted you there, but Clint would have said no way." I said, releasing her and putting a hand on her belly.

"Nat's gonna be pissed," I whispered so the kids couldn't hear.

"I know," Laura said, grimacing slightly.

"Sera, do you think- Oh, hi." Bucky said awkwardly.

"Bucky, this is Laura Barton."

"Clint's wife…" Bucky pieced together. She smiled and shook his outstretched metal hand. Bucky usually gave his right hand to people he didn't know, but left to those Steve and I trusted.

"Nice to meet you. I've heard a lot of stories about you and Steve," Laura said, gesturing to the twins.

"Yeah," Bucky said rubbing the back of his head, "Did you want the firewood against the house?"

"Firewood?" Laura asked, before Bucky led her outside. There was a large pile, neatly stacked against the side of the house.

"At least Clint doesn't have to worry about it in a month's time," I said as Laura noticed how clean the yard was.

"Do you have a mower?" Bucky asked.

"In the barn. Don't worry about it though." She said, as Fury said he had to take a phone call away from the house.

"Do you hear that?" I asked Bucky. He listened with me, as Laura went back in to make lunch for the kids.

"Let's surprise him," Bucky suggested, heading back inside. We grabbed Callie and Elijah and took the kids upstairs. It was about half an hour later when they trudged into the house, Clint yelling, "Honey?"

"Guys," I whispered, pointing to the door. Lila's face lit up at the thought of Dad, and Cooper smirked. Bucky smiled, knowing that ours kids would be sneaking downstairs to surprise the two of them after a mission.

"Hey pumpkin, hey buddy," I heard Clint say as we rounded the corner with the kids. Steve smiled as Dad said, "They are smaller agents."

"Did you bring Auntie Nat?" Lila asked.

Nat's head snapped up and said, "Why don't you hug her and find out?"

"Hey babe," I said, sidling up to Steve as Bucky stood beside my Dad with Elijah.

"Hey," He said, quietly, confused as to why we were here.

"Sorry to barge in on you." Steve said politely, ever the gentleman.

"Yeah, we would have called but we were busy having no idea that you existed." My Dad said with a sarcastic tilt of his head.

"Yeah, Fury helped me set this up when I joined. Kept it off SHIELD's files, like to keep it that way. Figure it's a good place to lay low." As Laura spoke to Clint, I heard a crunch behind me. Turning, Bucky, Steve and I saw Thor sweep a broken toy under the coffee table.

"How's little Natasha?" Nat asked, rubbing Laura's baby bump.

"She's… Nathaniel." Laura grimaced. Nat's face changed to neutral once more, and she leaned down to whisper to Laura's belly, "Traitor."

"Well, Callie misses her Auntie," I said, hugging Nat and handing her my little girl. One by one they all dispersed. Some to go clean up and other's to rest for a few minutes. Thor left right away, Steve not knowing where he was headed or if he would be back in time for the next fight.

"He did this on the Helicarrier too," I joked. Steve didn't like to be reminded that Loki had taken me out from under their noses.

"We are in trouble for leaving, right?" I teased as Steve started taking off his uniform. He chuckled, putting the suit to the side.

"I'm not mad. I'm glad to see you guys. I just didn't expect to see you here." He said, shaking his head. Picking up on his emotions, I asked, "Is there something you would like to tell us?"

"The Maximoff twins. The girl, got in my head. I… saw something that can never be unseen." Steve said, putting his shield down.

"Okay," I said quietly.

"You're shaken," Bucky observed, as Steve looked out the window.

"Yeah," he sighed, "I am. I saw our future if we didn't win."

"Win this fight?" I asked, rubbing his shoulders as he sat in front of the couch on the floor.

"Hydra isn't dead. Strucker was killed but until each head has been cut off, it will never end. They won't stop until we are all dead and they have the twins. Both of you were tortured, mutilated, and in spite of everything I did to stop it, I saw both of you die, not knowing how much I loved you. The twins were raised with Hydra, and lived long enough to kill me." Steve said, before letting his head hang.

"You know that's not how things are gonna play out. Steve, in what world does the bad guy ever win?"

"The real one," Bucky said, before I smacked him upside the head.

"Ours is not that world. Long before we were born, this country was formed, people rebelled against corrupt leaders, dictators and the people who wanted to tear their freedom from them. We are no different from them." I said as Elijah gurgled from the portable crib.

"People fought for what was right, fought for their families, for their futures, for the future of their countries and nations. Is what Ultron doing, what Hydra is doing, something you're just gonna let happen? Are you going to let them take our children?" I said, tears filling my eyes.

"Never," he said lowly. I could see the fire and brimstone in his eyes at the thought of rolling over and giving up.

"Are you going to fight for us?" Bucky said, knowing it would rile Steve up more.

"Your damn right I will,"

"For gosh sakes, watch your language," Dad teased coming into the living room, making Steve shake his head.

"I need some air," Steve said, kissing my forehead and giving Bucky a kiss as well. He was never one to one show one-person affection. He was equal and fair, except when it came to sex since the twins were born. It was a little stupid how they thought I was asleep during their late night make outs.

"I'm gonna go keep him company." Dad said, making me shake my head.

"What on earth are they gonna get up to?" Bucky laughed.

"They are going to be at each others throats." I snorted. It was no secret that Steve and my Dad butted heads, but my Dad had a habit of making Steve angry whenever my father voiced his morals.

"Out of the cookies," I said as Cooper turned around in the kitchen suddenly.

"But I… I was quiet," he said, frowning.

"Not quiet enough. I saw you in the reflection of three surfaces, including Uncle Bucky's eyes."

"Where is … Uncle Steve?" Lila asked as she came down the stairs. Cooper went to help his Dad outside with some project.

"He's outside with my Dad," I said pulling her onto my lap.

"Auntie Sera?"

"Yes my sweet pea?"

"Am I an auntie now?" She said, pointing to the babies. Chuckling slightly, I responded, "You are a cousin now. Callie and Elijah are your younger cousins, but they wont be younger cousins to Nathaniel. He will be the youngest until I have another baby."

"Another baby?" Bucky mouthed in confusion.

"You're having another baby?" She asked excited.

"Not right now pet. Another baby won't be coming for a while. Callie and Elijah will probably be around 4 years old before the new baby comes."

I saw Buck relax in my peripheral vision, as I saw my father and Steve talking passionately.

"What do you think they are talking about?" Bucky asked as Laura walked out the front door. I smiled at Lila before I asked, "Should we help mom with dinner? I can make my special recipe that you all love so much."

"Sera's casserole!" Lila yelled, making Cooper and Clint's heads snap up.

"Oh YES!" Clint said, high fiving Cooper. Shaking my head, I walked to the kitchen. Noticing that I had everything to use, I tied an apron around Lila and we set to work. My father came in 15 minutes later with Fury and gave me a look.

"Couldn't have warned us?" He said as everyone noticed the former Director.

"Now where would the fun be in that?" I smirked as I put the casserole in the oven. Lila was setting the table, and Cooper was salivating in front of the oven.

"Cooper, go help your sister," I chuckled, shooing him out of the kitchen.

"I hope you made enough," Bucky said, hugging my waist from behind.

"I made three times the normal amount. And the normal amount is for you two," I laughed as I felt his smile against my neck. Kissing my neck softly, he went to pick up a fussing Elijah. Steve had Callie and was curled up on the couch already.

"So what's the plan?" I asked Fury, as I handed him a glass of water.

"Give it a few hours. We'll play our hand soon enough." He whispered.

"They already had problems trusting me with the new SHIELD. Bucky wasn't too impressed by this."

"I hope he keeps his mouth shut. I know he tried to kill me, but that was when I couldn't see him coming."

"He knows that this means a lot to me. This is what SHIELD was supposed to be. He won't spill the beans," I said, checking the casserole.

"Do you have the back up plan?" He asked, knowing I wasn't planning on losing anyone.

"I never leave on a mission without them. 10 vials, enough to bring Hulk back."

"Let's hope it doesn't come to that." Fury said as Laura came into the kitchen.

"Oh thank God, I was not looking forward to making dinner."

"I've got this handled. I once made a full meal for 25 plus operatives on the Bus, while pregnant with the twins."

"Should you have been flying?" Laura asked. Stopping myself, I realized, "No I shouldn't have been. As much as we were at least."

"Well, they turned out okay. I guess the guys serums kept them safe, while I was being reckless and stupid," I said, face palming myself.

"They made it, and you're doing better than I did. Clint was on a four month mission after Cooper was born." Laura said as Fury sat down at the table.

"Uncle Nick, can you help me with my math homework?" Lila asked, and Laura and I had to stifle our giggles as hardass Fury, sat Lila on his knee and started helping her.

"There is something I will never see again."

"Stark, quit giggling," Fury snarled, and went back to helping Lila.


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