Avengers Tower
"James, we got something." Said Natasha on the coms as he got out of the shower, "Come up to Tony's lab we'll show you."
"I'm on my way." He said grabbing his uniform shirt as he then headed up, "Please tell me something good."
Tony and Natasha looked at each other, "Well there is some some good news and some bad news. The Bad new is that the Earth he's on has been completely overrun by the Skrulls, stalking them before they take over their lives and killing them afterwards. The good news is we've managed to find out how to use it and send a message to Steve... That's if they managed to do the same on their side."
"Well it's progress, send a message and have it repeat itself, have it say we're on our way Avenger Assemble." Bucky spoke.
"I had a better idea actually, I looked at the software and I'm pretty sure I can install it in the quinjet as it can allow us to to get close as we can listen in on the frequency to what they're doing."
"If we get there cloaked we'll have the element of surprise, find Steve and help save their Earth."
"Exactly."
"How long will it take?"
"A few hours tops maybe."
"Let's do it."
"Mean time we might be there a while, we should pack up everything we and they should need."
"Maybe we should call Fury." suggested Clint, "We might have to evacuate some people."
"Call him we might need people with medical experience too." Said Bucky. Clint nodded and made the call to get some much needed extra help.
It wasn't long later when Bucky came back to check on Tony.
"Oh James I might be wrong about the time difference...Steve's is in a different time zone." Said Tony, as he was working on the converting the Skrull software.
"So are you saying we need to be in the same time zone in order to find him?"
"Yeah so what was he doing in Maine?" asked Tony.
"To tell you the truth I didn't get that far in our conversation." Bucky admitted, as he started to think... "I do remember during the war... Steve said his Mother used to read him her favourite novel... Anne of Green Gables I think it was?"
Natasha looked right at him as she heard the title, "Melanippe's middle name is Anne and both she and her sister was born on Prince Edward Island. The House of Anne of Green Gables is a protected site, from the conversation I had with their parents Melanippe had visited both there every year once she grew up... And trips to Halifax, Nova Scotia ever other year."
"Why is that?"
"Growing up she had been a patient at the Children's hospital there. After she grew up she raised money in Afghanistan to help the hospital."
"Okay so we have a idea where to find Steve." smiled Bucky, "Natasha what did you say to their parents when you were asking them about both of their daughters?"
"Well, the idea was that I was a reporter for the Daily Bugle as I was looking into the soldiers that laid their lives to save Tony's. They actually blamed Tony for her death but they had came to terms that she was doing her duty as a soldier. Melanippe believed that there were people caught in the middle with no say in the war. She wanted to save them, and their heritage from being destroyed by war. A task force was made in her memory to save historical artefacts in countries threatened by war."
Bucky saw a sad look on Tony's face, "Natasha can you give Tony and I a minute alone?"
"Sure."
"Stark?" Bucky asked, "You okay?"
"I tried flirting with her, it wasn't working she said 'Good luck with that buddy, cause I'd rather some guy like Bucky Barnes over you any time.' I teased her back ' Oh like Captain America not good enough for you?' She replied back, 'Oh please Steve Rogers looks like an older brother of mine if I had one,' She laughed. Not even a few minutes later she was dead."
"Tony?"
"She died because of me and her family refused to let me reimburse them for funeral costs. They said I killed her back then... They believed no matter how many times I tried to make things right I made things worst. They even said the Superhuman registration act was one of them... Their Daughter believed in heroes like Captain America, their influence convinced their country Canada too saying the Act was a violation of the Charter of Human Rights... When I got Steve's letter asking you to take over as Captain America, I immediately thought of her... Bucky because of your past originally I didn't want to take up the Shield but the woman I knew for less than 10 minutes... Somehow I felt that she was there telling me to let you honor Steve's memory." Then Tony cried a few tears quietly, "Honestly I felt she was the closest person to discovering what kind a man Steve was right even before I met him."
"Tony..."
"I never told anyone that and I'd like to stay like that between us," Tony spoke, "Please?"
"I'll do that but we don't even know if she's the same over there where Steve is."
"Well until we meet her, but I'm willing to bet she's is more than what we know."
"Yeah well you cleaned me out last time at poker table, I'm not taking that bet."
"And look at that it's done." Tony said, "I got the Skrull technology converted over so I can install it into the jet."
"How long will that take?"
"Five minutes or less."
Bucky smiled, "Good work Tony."
"I'm coming with you guys, these bastards need a can of whoop ass."
Bucky laughed as he got ready, putting his cycle jacket over his Captain America Uniform...
Back at EyeCatcher Studios
After a few buckets of cold water.
"This is humiliating!" Said Evil Nathan, "You Canadians are known for your humor and humiliating ways."
"Believe it or not it wasn't just my idea," I said, "So I take it you're the one who told them who I really was eh?"
"The guy who took Roger's form got it out of him before I took his form, I had no idea you'd come in and figure things out later." Said Nathan, "You know I know all those things Natha did with you Nightmare-."
I punched him hard as I could causing him to lose a few teeth, "What does your leader want with me and my sister then?"
"More like your brains more like." Nathan said, "we made a bio-computer with all the minds of your people as we have them wired into a virtual reality program that they are working for you're kind when they are actually working for us!"
"Oh Shit snacks." Said Melissa on the coms.
I stopped myself from laughing and quoting an Archer joke, thankfully Steve took over as he lifted Nathan up to the edge of the building. "Okay alright the main base where the bio-computer is in New York City!"
"Now why would it be there?" Steve asked.
"It's the of our biggest threat the Avengers, we plan to use our tech to give them a surprise."
"Move over Steve." I growled.
"Nightmare, we still need him alive."
"Steve?" Said Nathan as he then realised he had been played by the Real original super soldier himself, "Oh I am so dead meat."
"Not yet you're not asshat." I growled.
"Nightmare watch your tongue."
"Fine. Can I take him somewhere's that I can punch the snot out of this meatbag then?"
"Nightmare, come on get real we are better than this."
"He's right." Said Melissa on the coms.
I sighed then spoke softly and sarcastically, "Fine you both win... For now."
"Guys, there's an incoming plane coming to our location." Melissa said on the coms.
I took out my rifle as I scoped for it. Steve looked as he smiled seeing the plane as he put his hand on my rifle to lower it down.
His plan worked The Avengers were on their way... I had a hard time believing that things were starting to look up for now.
"Relax, let him go and send a message to the Skrulls."
"You're going to let me go? They'll kill me."
"It's better they do it than her." Steve said, "And you tapped into her ex's head so you know who's worst."
The Skrull gulped as I took him off the ledge and threw him into the rooftop's gravel, as I then said as Nathan ran for it "You better be right about this."
"You're the one who asked for my Help remember?"
I sighed, as I held in my anger letting him go as we watched Nathan make a run for it down the fire escape. "That I did..."
Minutes later Melissa couldn't believe her eyes as she saw the Avengers enter the apartment as Steve introduced them all to her.
"Where's Melanippe Johansen?" Bucky asked as he shook her hand after Steve introduced him to her, "I like to talk to her."
Melissa turned as she looked on the security cameras to see her sister was still in uniform but in the sub basement giving a beating to the regular training dummies... "Ah I think I should talk to her first..."
