Chapter 13


As the weeks went on Steve started to lose hope that they could free Rose. Everyone was starting to lose hope. They would arrive where Loki said she was and they would find that they had just left... gone. Poof, not even a trace of where they could possibly have gone. Steve couldn't figure out what to do. He couldn't figure out what to do. He flung his shield at another enemy. It another Battle of New York City. He was lucky Loki had casted a spell on his shield that it could deflect almost any spell, even the exploding ones. He ducked as a jet of light rushed toward him, striking the shield.

When he emerged from behind it he saw Rose suddenly in front of him, sending hexes and stunners at his two attackers. Then when they were on the ground she turned to him now. Something was off... her eyes weren't a bright blue but they were glazed over, almost like Clint's were when he was under Loki's control. She raised her wand to him and his heart was beating out of his chest. Every part of him screamed at him to get behind his shield, duck, attack. But he was frozen in place. Then it hit him. Pain all over his body, he couldn't help but scream at the pain. Then it was gone, her wand still pointed at him and suddenly he was bleeding, a pool of blood around him where he was.

He barely was able to react before a jet of red struck her and blood was everywhere. He heard himself scream her name and felt himself scramble to his feet, despite everything being painful and bleeding beyond repair. He thought he could feel the cuts rip further open as he moved. The sounds of the fighting became silent in Steve's ears as he watched her fall, blood coming from everywhere, pooling around her. He heard Loki as Loki appeared beside him. But his eyes were glued to Rose. He tried fighting off several men, but his legs were weak as they gave out from under him. Loki casted something over him, something that sounded almost like a song. The blood dried on him, but when he looked back at Rose she was gone.

The Soldier scanned the area, not seeing either Loki or Rose now. He took a couple more out before he heard Tony say through the Commlink, "We have to get out of here... there are too many." He saw the others start to retreat trying to get away. He saw Natasha get hit and Clint scoop her up and continue to run. He scanned for Rose once more, but saw Loki running with the others, and followed. They ended up creating a Treaty between SHIELD, Avengers, and X-Men. The X-Men were nice enough to permit them to stay at Xavier's School for Gifted Children, but it also allowed the Avengers and X-Men to work closely with how to get rid of Tom and his army.

Steve sat quietly on the bench outside of the school, just watching the clouds overhead. He heard someone sit next to him, but not say a word. The two sat in silence. Steve glanced over to see a man who went by the name of Logan. He had black hair, a plaid shirt, jeans, and boots. If Steve didn't know better from the tags around the man's neck he would have assumed he was a logger. The two soldiers sat quietly, simply enjoying the other's company. "What's she like, Bub?" He heard Logan ask.

Steve looked over at Logan who raised an eyebrow, but Steve shook his head, "She's amazing. She is strong, brave, beautiful, and smart." Steve fell silent now as the two remained quiet. "What about you?"

"Been around a long time." Logan said shortly, not exactly answering Steve's question but Steve nodded in response. The two sat quietly but were both on their feet when three men suddenly appeared before them with a loud crack. Steve looked closely at the three of them. One had platinum blonde hair and grey-green eyes. The second had jet black hair that was a mess on top of his head with hazel eyes and glasses. The third had red hair that matched Rose's but instead of blue eyes he saw brown. "Who the hell are you?" Logan growled as he unleashed long claw like things from his knuckles, which surprised Steve but he didn't say anything, as he too prepared to fight the three men.

"We're here because we are looking for Steve Rogers and the Avengers." The Blonde spoke with pride and the way he held himself Steve didn't like it. "We aren't with Tom, we're with Rose and the Avengers." The blonde now looked at Steve and flashed a smirk that Steve could have sworn he had seen before. "We have to speak with Rosie's Superman and Team."

"Come on, Logan. They can't harm us. We out number them." Steve said and Logan didn't look happy but the two escorted the three men to the Conference Room, where the others were arguing over God only knows what. All talking ceased upon seeing the three new comers.

"Who are they?" Storm asked pointing to the three men.

"Is this everyone?" The Blonde asked and when they all nodded he continued, "My name is Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy. This is Fred Weasley and James Potter." He motioned to the respective men.

Steve's eyes widened upon hearing the names and spoke now, "Impossible. You were supposed to be dead, all three of you."

Scorpius looked at him now with sad eyes, "In my world I am dead. You see... Rose's Grandmother, Molly, and I tried to pull Rose back to our world when she opened the door. It was too strong so we called for help, and well we got help, but we were sucked through the door with Rose. Death plucked everyone but me away from Rose. He must not have seen me as I had only just died moments before. Hundreds of those who died during the Battle of Hogwarts made it through before us, Death wasn't able to grab them as they weren't clinging onto a life. He found me after some time, but you see, we were given a choice."

"What was the choice?" Loki spoke now, clearly interested.

"We either go back to our world as the dead. Now he only permitted four of us who as he said, never truly lived, a chance to help Rose get rid of the evil that has resided here." James Potter spoke now.

"But there is only three of you." Steve heard Natasha point out.

"Sirius Black is currently with Rose. He's been looking out for her for the past couple of weeks... actually from the night you found out of Rose being Pregnant he has been looking out for her." Fred spoke now, the red haired man looked at Steve and spoke directly to him, "She's safe... for now."

Steve remained silent now, just watching the three men. The Platinum Blonde looked at Steve and smiled, "You have no idea how much Rose loves you."

"She made an unbreakable bond with him. We were on our way. If she truly did, she wouldn't have made the deal." Steve shook his head. He was starting to doubt how much Rose cared for him. Yes he got a Patronus almost everyday from her telling him that she was sorry. But her eyes weren't glazed over when she had struck him with the curse that caused him to bleed, he knew it was Rose and not a monster controlling her.

The Platinum Blonde watched Steve, grey-green meeting blue. Neither moving. Then the young Ravenclaw spoke, "She did what she did because she wanted to protect you. Sometimes you have to choose the wrong side to protect those you love. Sometimes..." Steve watched the younger man search for words before sighing and adding, "Sometimes, when you love someone the decisions you make aren't always the best."

"Have you seen what she did to him?" Clint replied angrily.

Fred spoke now, "You've never met a Weasley who is a Traitor, and you never will. We are extremely loyal, brave, smart, and caring. We cherish family over everything. If I ever saw a Weasley become a Traitor, I think they would be under the influence of the Imperius Curse. My Brother, Percy, left us for a while... but he came back. No Weasley can ever truly leave family behind, it runs in us. Rose has no qualities of a Traitor, and as her Uncle I stand beside her."

"You can judge someone by their words and their actions. Rose has purposefully harmed Steve." Natasha spoke now.

"Did you see Tom near her?" James asked, "Did you see Tom behind Steve? Did you see him watch her and tell her to do it? Did you see the struggle behind her eyes?" Steve watched James for a moment. The man looked wise beyond his years, he looked around the age of twenty, but his eyes showed he was much older and had seen many things that no man should have seen.

"No." Steve said quietly.

"Then don't accuse Rose of being a Traitor. She did everything to protect you, and if that means she is a traitor then we shouldn't be here trying to help you aid her in defeating Tom." Scorpius snapped standing face to face with Steve. The two blondes glared at each other now and Scorpius spat out, "What does she even see in you?"

That hit home with Steve he was moving before he even knew what was going on. His fist collided with Malfoy's nose, causing the Ravenclaw to stumble backwards. The two were in a brawl before anyone could separate them. Steve felt someone pull him away and off of the bloodied blonde. When Steve looked around he saw that Scorpius was being held by James and Fred as Steve was being held back by Logan and Thor.

"We are going to need all the help we can get." Thor spoke, "Thank you for joining us."

"We have to get back before we are missed. We are hiding among Tom's ranks. We'll be your spies." Fred spoke before looking at Loki, "We'll send a patronus before we arrive, but put up protection spells so no one can get in unless you let them." Loki nodded and with two loud cracks James and Fred were gone. Scorpius glared at Steve, who glared back.

The wizard's glare softened now as he looked at Steve and he said, "Take care of her." With that Scorpius was gone.

Steve moved silently from the room and back towards the bench outside, his head spinning with the new information. Jealousy rising that Scorpius was back and was able to be near Rose. The Man out of Time couldn't help but be Jealous.