Chapter 19
By: MysticFantasy
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Steve lightly groaned as he started to wake up. He slowly opened his eyes and his vision came into focus. He right away saw the face of the doctor who was part of the team.
"Steve? How are you feeling?" Bruce asked with a concerned tone.
"What happened?" Steve asked as he tried to sit up but felt a sharp pain in his chest that caused him to lie down again.
"Stay down, Steve." Bruce declared. "You shouldn't be moving right away. You need to rest after everything that happened."
Steve's eyes snapped open as he remembered everything that happened.
The explosion, the smoke, getting shot...his son...
"James!" he shouted as he bolted into a sitting position despite the pain he felt. "Where's Natasha?!"
"Steve, you shouldn't..." Bruce tried to stop his friend from getting up but knew it was useless. He couldn't do anything to stop his friend from finding his wife.
Ever the super soldier, Steve was able to get off the bed and start his way out of the medical wing of the tower.
Bruce, against his better judgment, helped Steve along. Together, they were able to make it to the wing that had been attacked and to the nursery. Once at the door, the doctor stayed back and allowed Steve to go ahead on his own.
Steve walked through the door and saw the devistation the nursery was in. He then saw Natasha. She was sitting on the floor with her face buried in her arms that were on the side of the over turned crib and her shoulders were shaking. Her muffled sobs could easily be heard.
Clint was kneeling next to the spy in an attempt to comfort her but his efforts weren't working. Upon seeing the captain, the archer quietly removed himself from Natasha's side and left the nursery.
"I'm sorry." Clint said softly before completely leaving.
Steve walked over and slowly knelt next to his wife.
Upon noticing his presence, Natasha quickly latched onto her husband and proceeded to sob into his shoulder.
"Our baby." she sobbed. "He took our baby."
Steve held onto Natasha and tried to keep his own tears back but failed.
"I know who it was." they both said at the same time.
Hearing the other say exactly the same thing, they parted and looked at each other.
"How do you know?" Natasha asked as her tears continued to stream down her cheeks.
"I would know that voice from anywhere." Steve answered. "What about you?"
"I knew him for a few years. He helped train me when I was still in the Red Room. But I thought he had died."
"Same with me." Steve said. "I watched him fall to his death."
"So we both know that it was the very man that we named our son after." Natasha said. "It's James Barnes."
Steve nodded absent mindedly. He couldn't believe that it was true that the best friend he ever had in his life had just kidnapped his son.
Despite wanting to know how Bucky was still alive, Steve was just worried about his son.
Why would someone kidnap him? How did they know about him to begin with? They'd kept knowledge about James existance under heavy wraps. Only the Avengers and very few in SHIELD knew.
Natasha seemed to be thinking the same thing but her worry took over once more and she began to sob into his shoulder again.
"Steve. What are we going to do?!"
"We're going to get our son back." Steve answered. "We'll find him and bring him back home. Even if this person that took him was once my friend, I'm not about to let anyone get away with taking our child."
"But how are we going to find him?" Natasha asked. "Bucky never stayed in the same place twice. He's as good as Fury when it comes to covering his tracks."
"We'll find a way." Steve vowed. "Somehow we'll find Bucky and get our son back."
Natasha felt some comfort hearing those last few words from Steve. He always kept a promise no matter what.
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In a dimly lit room in a hidden location, a baby's cries were easily heard.
"I'm shutting this kid up for good!" a masked henchman declared as he pulled out a pistol from his holster and aimed it at the crying newborn.
BANG!
A round of gasps were heard when the other henchmen saw the body of their co-woker fall to the ground with a dark stain covering his chest.
A tall man appeared from the shadows holding a gun in his hand.
"Winter Soldier, sir."
The remaining evil men stood at attention as they were stared down.
"If anyone tries the same stunt, you're going to have me to deal with." he warned in a cold tone.
"Yes, sir!"
"Now get out of my sight."
The men wasted no time in carrying out the order given to them. Once they were all out of the room, a remaining person stepped toward the crying baby.
"Are you sure that it's possible for him to have gotten the serum?"
"Yes, sir." the white haired doctor answered. "Either from his mother or father, there is a great chance that this child has the super soldier serum in his blood."
"Fine. Just make sure that nothing happens to the kid." Winter Soldier declared. "If something does happen to him, you're going to end up like this guy."
The doctor stared at the corpse on the floor and did his best not to show fear. The soldier before him was not known for showing mercy when someone even hinted at going against his orders.
"This kid is the son of Captain America and the Black Widow." Winter Soldier declared. "We were able to get the injection in her to have the kid and then brave enough to attack Stark Tower to get him. Rogers is sure to have survived being shot and now we have the Widow to be concerned with. Get results and fast. And get the hired nursemaid in here. Call me when you get something promising."
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"Remember when you caught me with all of James' baby clothes?" Tony asked as he led Steve and Natasha into his lab.
"Yes." the two answered as they came to a monitor.
"Well, out of fear of a situation like this, I wanted to be prepared." Tony said. "What I was actually doing was coming out with a new tracking device."
"You were?" Steve exclaimed with a glimmer of hope in his eyes.
"Yes. A new kind of synthetic thread that I was hoping to use in our uniforms and clothes but I decided to let James be the first to have it. The thread is actually a small harmless wire that gives off a signal that acts the same as the arc reactor. We will be able to trace it because I was able to get the tracer into all of James' clothes before you caught me with them."
"How long will it take to get the location?" Natasha demanded.
"Ten minutes tops." Tony answered.
"Enough time to get suited up." Natasha declared as she marched off with Steve at her heels.
"Jarvis, please let me be alive eleven minutes from now." Tony declared as he walked toward his collection of Iron Man suits. "Find that signal."
"I will process as fast as I possibly can, sir." the AI answered.