Notes: The offer from two chapters still stands. Take my poll and I'll write you a one shot. OC story, gay shipping, I don't care. I'll do it. The poll will be taken down the day I upload the last chapter near nigh time. So you only have a few days left to vote if you want. Here are the results so far:

Return of the Dead (Captain America)-4
The Hunted (Young Justice)-3
Misunderstood (Ultimate Spider-Man)-3
The Shadow and the Council (Disney)-2
Caged Love (Supernatural/Rise of the Guardians)-2
Even for a Winchester (Supernatural/Danny Phantom)-2
That One Guy (X-Men: Evolution)-1
More Than a Little Furious (Ouran High School Host Club/Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)-1
Not Just a Myth Anymore (Young Justice)-1

Enjoy the chapter!
~SoN~

Chapter 43-The Ultimate K.O.

Third Person:

That's my girl, Bucky thought as he heard the shot on the other end. Natasha was working on the computer, getting any kind of information she could, while he and Steve were working on getting the missiles deactivated. Of course, they would still be useable, but just in case any of the remaining HYDRA guys could somehow magically send them into the air, they wouldn't.

"Status?" Beni asked through the static. There was probably minor radio interference, but as long as it didn't mess with the mission, none of them complained.

"Crisis averted," Sam replied, since everyone else was busy. "But now we gotta head back. Keep making bombs, Beni. It might be a while."

It was a full two minutes before they got an answer.

"Roger that. Number eight secure on the south wall. I'm gonna start on the hallways and ceilings now."

"Have fun with that," Natasha interrupted. She smiled as she heard laughter on the other end, but then just went back to typing non stop.

"Done," Captain America said. He looked over at Natasha, who didn't acknowledge him until he cleared his throat.

"Ninetey percent downloaded. I said it before and I'll say it again, Rogers. It's a good habit to get into." Natasha smirked as Steve just rolled his eyes. Then he nudged Bucky.

"So when are you gonna make a move on her?" He asked. Bucky raised an eyebrow.

"Who, Beni?"

"Yeah. This is the longest you've gone without asking a dame out, minus seventy years," Steve elbowed him in the ribs with a cheesy grin on his stupid face. Bucky almost scowled. "I think you're losing your touch, Buck."

"Shove off, Rogers. I ain't losing my touch. I just don't think a mission is a good time to ask her out is all."

"You like Beni?" Sam said, walking over to the fossils. Natasha glanced up from the computer and quietly took the flash drive out. She wanted to hear this.

"Then do it when we get back," Steve said, as if Sam had never said anything. That seemed to answer Sam's question, and Sam himself crossed his arms and stared Bucky down.

"I'm gonna laugh if she either says no, or says yes and later on kicks your ass if you do something stupid," he said with a smirk. "But just so you know, she likes you, too."

"She does?" Bucky asked, a little bit of doubt and relief in his voice.

"She's in love with you, and you're in love with her. It's a god damn tragedy, because she looks at you and sees the stars, and you look at her and see the sun. But you both think each other is just looking at the ground," Sam said with a slight disappointed shake of his head. Bucky was wide eyed and Steve was somewhat speechless.

"Are you Shakespeare now? Where did that come from?" He asked. Sam shrugged.

"She said that to me in our first tour together. I was head over heels for the team medic, and Beni knew me well enough to know. And the medic. But then she died, so I never did get to ask her out."

"That's rough, buddy," Bucky said. Sam nodded, and across the room Natasha was rolling her eyes. But then straightened up when Bucky tensed up ever so slightly. She was about to sarcastically ask what was up, but then she heard it, too.

"More of them," Bucky said, taking off one of his grenades. "You done, Romanoff?"

Widow nodded and hopped over the computer.

"Let's go," she said, running out of the room. All the boys followed, and once they were passed Natasha, she pulled the ring off of the grenade and threw it before running after them. The explosion came a second later, and they felt waves of heat, and it made the hair on their arms stand up.

It took about ten minutes of flight instead of fight for them to reach the huge storage room they had come in through. Since some of the halls were coated heavily in bombs it made it a bit easier to find the right room. As they entered, Bucky stuck his pinkies in his mouth and whistled high and loud, and a second later Beni was falling from the ceiling and gliding out with them. None of them even blinked at Cain's limp body with a bullet in between his eyes.

"Bucky, toss me a grenade!" She called. He did as he was told and as they were making distance between them and the building, Beni pulled the ring and threw it inside. The force of the blast knocked them all to their feet, but Beni was laughing in excitement and cheering despite the fact that she practically ate the dirt. She had still been airborne when everything went off.

Bucky helped her up and threw an arm around her shoulder like he used to do to Steve all those yeas ago, smiling not at the huge explosion in front of them, but at Beni's overly excited grin.

"Some fireworks, huh?!" She had to yell to be heard.

All of the heroes sat back with satisfied smirks despite the ringing in their ears. All of them were used to it. Gun fire and war does that to people. And it was honestly just really fun to watch.

This would be the perfect time for Beni to tell Bucky how she really felt. She'd liked him since day one, metal arm and all. She held Bucky's forearm and leaned into him, and she was really thankful that she was able to smell him over all the ash. He smelled like gun powder, sweat, and that cinnamon smell from their house. It was really comforting.

Sam nudged Steve and nodded towards Beni and Bucky with a smile. Did he want his little sister to be dating an ex-assassin that tried to kill him a year ago? No, not really. But he could see how much she really liked Bucky, and Steve could tell that Bucky liked Beni back just as much, so neither of them were going to say anything. Besides, they already live together, so what did it matter?

After about ten minutes of watching the fire and things caving in on itself, the jet they had taken finally showed up, and they all climbed on. All of them were tired and worn out despite the fact that it was kind of a short mission compared to some other missions they've all had in the past, but none of them were complaining.

Natasha went straight to the pilot's place and locked the door behind her, while Sam and Steve took one row of seats on one half of the plain each and Beni powered down and sat down. Bucky sat down next to her, and she wasted no time laying her head in his lap.

He was really thankful that Beni fell asleep quickly as he decides to slowly comb her soft hair with his metal hand with a smile.

For some reason that seemed to help him fall asleep as well.