Natasha

The monitor beeped and went silent, then beeped again. Natasha stared at it as the green lines went up and down, she turned her eyes toward Steve. His chest began to move as he breathed. She exhaled and felt instant relief flow over her, she smiled and she felt overwhelmed with joy, but Steve didn't open his eyes. Bucky leaned back in the chair and took a deep breath, the tension of the situation had loosened. Natasha put her hand on Steve's face and she lightly caressed his jaw, then his eyes shifted slightly. Natasha froze as she thought that her mind was playing tricks on her. Then his eyes shifted again and he furrowed his brow and his eyes slowly opened.

Bucky stood up and walked up closer and Steve's eyes opened. Steve starred at two blurry figures, and he blinked a few times as his vision focused and everything became sharp. He saw the two people standing next to him and one was holding their hand to his face. He groaned slightly as every part of his body ached, he had a headache too. Natasha and Bucky both started to feel full of panic as Steve was registering that he knew them. Steve closed his eyes and he let out a long sigh and he opened them again and he stared at her, the one he wanted to see. His blue eyes shifted toward Natasha and he grinned "Nat?" he asked

Natasha let the breath that she was holding leave her in sweet relief and she smiled back at him and quickly gave him a long and passionate kiss. Steve would have moved his arms, but they were stiff and sore. He closed his eyes as he kissed her, their lips locked together. Bucky watched and he felt like he should leave maybe. Natasha pulled away from him and Steve opened his eyes "I should get hurt more often" he said with his trademark grin that she loved and hated. She would have lightly punched him in the arm, but she didn't want to hurt him, so words sufficed "Shut up" she said softly

Steve smiled and he noticed that his head was in a bandage, he looked at Bucky "What happened?"

"You got hit by a car" Bucky said simply

Steve made a sound of intrigue and shrugged "Normal day"

Bucky chuckled "Yeah, Sean…"

Steve frowned "Where is he?"

"In the containment cell" Natasha answered.

Steve looked at her "Parker?" he asked, beginning to sit up.

Bucky waved him back "Recovering, he's fine"

Steve nodded "Good" he laid back and took a deep breath, his ribs ached a little. "Any information on him?"

"Yeah, he is apparently getting help from someone or something. Also his best friend has a son, and he really hates us"

Steve attempted to sit up, but Natasha's hand went to his shoulder and made him lay back down. "Who could be helping him?" Steve asked

"Could be anyone" Bucky said with a shrug "Niko, Yelena, Hydra, A.I.M. The list kind of keeps going"

Steve stared at Natasha and gave a small nod "I trust you'll figure it out"

"We're on top of it, but first we have to let everyone know the good news that you're awake"

Steve nodded "Tell them, but I don't want any visitors, besides Natasha and you. My head hurts"

"That would be from Sean hitting you in the head so many times, he cracked your skull" Natasha stated and her eyes shifted slightly.

"Any other damage?" Steve asked

"You had some brain damage, hence why you were in a coma, but otherwise, you just need to heal" Bucky said turning to leave.

Steve took in a breath and he tried to sit up again, but Natasha's firm hand kept him down and she glared at him. He nodded in innocence "I want updates as they come" he called after Bucky

Bucky turned as he kept moving "You got it, hey Doc, don't let anyone else in here"

The Doctor rubbed his eyes "You Avengers are going to give me grey hair"

Steve chuckled slightly and Natasha looked at him and smiled. He moved his hand and lightly brushed against her hand, she moved and took his hand. He smiled up at her and she grabbed the chair that had been shoved back when he started to thrash about, she took a seat and she stayed next to him. Steve moved his fingers over hers, he took a long breath and closed his eyes. He inhaled deeply and his body ached, he was indeed hurt. He knew better than to move, he opened his eyes and looked at Natasha. She was staring at him and his eyes met hers. "You okay?"

Natasha nodded "Better now"

Steve smiled "How did the Mansion pan out?"

She shifted in her seat and she thought it was better not to tell him at the moment "I didn't really find too much"

"Sorry" he said softly

Natasha shook her head "It's ok, I'm past all that I just want to move on"

She felt his grip tighten slightly and she squeezed his hand in response. Steve held back the discomfort of her grip, his hand was still sore, but he didn't want her to stop. He looked down at himself and in his casts. "How am I healing?" he asked

Natasha moved slightly in her chair and looked down his body "You should be up and about in no time"

"Well at least that's something"

She smirked "Steve?"

His blue eyes shifted away from his legs and towards her. "Yeah?"

"You were in a coma"

He nodded, she took a moment to speak. She felt slightly uncomfortable with asking "What was it like?" she asked

Steve looked away from her and he closed his eyes, he could see Peggy and she was lying next to him, he breathed and Grant appeared before him. He opened his eyes and they faded away "I saw… I saw a life without you" he said

Natasha frowned slightly "You did?"

Steve gave her a small nod, she nodded "You were with Peggy weren't you?"

The words made his heart ache slightly. Natasha nodded, his face alone answered her question. "How was it, your life?"

Steve looked at her and his eyes shifted "It was good, I had a son, Grant" he said

Natasha felt her throat tighten as she swallowed, he had a son in his comatose dream, the one thing she could never give him. Her lips pressed together slightly and they thinned, she nodded. The thought of it stung. Steve gave her a sad smile "You were there"

She looked at him in surprise "I was?"

He nodded "Yeah, Grant, the Howling Commandos and I were there. We were after you"

"So you treated me like an enemy" she said

Steve looked at her "No, actually I was doing some recon, you sat at my café table"

She frowned slightly and shifted with intrigue "I did?"

"Yeah, we talked. I got you to actually get me into the party in the Mansion"

Natasha frowned and tried to picture herself doing that "How old was I?"

"Seventeen maybe"

"What happened, at this party?" she asked hesitantly

"Well you dragged me onto the dance floor, then you found your target and then five men came in a fired upon everyone. The target was killed and I learned that you were defecting"

"I didn't defect till much later"

"I know" he spoke "But with me being the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. at the time and Bucky not being in Red Room"

Natasha nodded "Things must have played out differently"

"Yeah, we fought the men that attacked us and then when it was all over Grant and Bucky shot you"

Natasha frowned slightly "They killed me?"

Steve nodded "and you killed my son"

She sat back slightly and took her hand away from his and she frowned, she didn't like the way it sounded. Steve sat up slightly and grimaced from his back, he took a sharp breath "It wasn't real Nat, none of it was real. I chose to be with you and not be there in that… dream"

"I guess killing your son would do that to you" She said bitterly

"He wasn't my son, just an idea in the back of my mind that it tried to play out before me. It was wrong, I do love Peggy, but" he spoke and he moved his stiff arm and he touched her cheek "I love you much more"

Her emerald eyes shifted and gazed at him, she closed her eyes and pressed her cheek slightly against his hand. She moved her hand and took his hand and he laid back and let a long breath leave him. She sniffed slightly "I love you to"

He smiled "Natasha, my chance with Peggy ended when I went into the ice, my life at that moment ended. I woke up and I was around new things, I didn't know anyone, like my first day at a new school. I met Peggy in the nursing home in D.C. It was different, yet it was the same. She lived her life, and she wanted me to live mine, and I am, with you"

Natasha looked at him "How do you always know what to say?"

Steve chuckled "I don't, I just act like I do"

Natasha laughed at his line, she nodded and lightly kissed his hand. "When we run out of bad guys, let's go away"

"Where?" he asked

"Anywhere"

"Nat, I'm supposed to be the naïve one"

She nodded "I know, just want to try it out for a while, it sounds so nice"

Steve smiled and nodded "Yes it does"

"I wish I could give you what you wanted"

Steve shook his head "You're all I want, and nothing will change that"

She leaned in close "Nothing?" she asked

He smiled "Nothing" he kissed her and she moved her hands slightly, doing her best not to hurt him. Steve moved his sore arms and he pulled her close, he didn't care about the pain, it was just nice to hold her.

Bucky

Bucky stood in the Operations room and his arms were crossed as he watched the large screen. He watched the recording that Stark had made when he encountered Sean. He watched Sean fight, and he seemed to be effective, but nothing but a brute, a brute that never got tired. Bucky never liked fighting brutes, they just hit hard, and with him being able to kill someone with a punch to the chest is, alarming. Bucky looked over at Sam, he was standing next to him. Sam looked at him "So Steve is awake"

"Yep" Bucky said

"Memory intact?"

Bucky smiled "He woke up and grinned"

Sam chuckled and looked down "Seems like the Steve we all know"

Bucky nodded as he continued to study how Sean fought "So any idea on who is helping Sean, or at least trying to?"

Sam sighed in annoyance "I would think it would be Niko, you know the grand plan and all"

Bucky titled his head slightly "It could be, but we don't even know where Niko is"

Sam scoffed "When has that ever stopped him?"

"Point taken"

Sam rubbed his hand against his chin, he shook his head and sighed in frustration "The fact that we don't have any hard Intel, is another problem"

"Well did you check the cameras?"

Sam nodded "Yeah, the only people talking to him are you, Stark, and Natasha"

Bucky frowned "How many times did I talk to him?"

Sam gave him a weird look "Wouldn't you know that?"

"I talked to him after Stark"

"Which time?" Sam asked suddenly feeling suspicious.

"Stark and I have inly talked to him one time"

Sam walked over to the console to the far left "It has you talking to him three times, and Stark twice"

Bucky walked over toward him "What?"

"I have a feeling its Yelena"

Bucky knew what he meant and he scoffed "An Adaptoid, I hate being right" he sighed.

"Well she could control he damn things from Russia, we have no idea where she could be. We last saw her a few days ago, but she got away"

"She's resourceful, I'll give her that"

Sam nodded "That is if it is her"

Bucky shrugged "She's probably holding a grudge"

Sam frowned "Maybe not, she only cares about her duty to Red Room, so killing Natasha and Niko is kind of her mission isn't it?"

"I'm not in the equation?" Bucky asked him

"You were technically from Hydra, you may not apply"

Bucky looked at the console and the pictures of him and Tony came up and Bucky frowned, something was wrong with one picture of Tony and two of his. He leaned in and Tony looked a little different than he usually does, then there was him, his arm was wrong. "Look at my arm" Bucky said pointing at the two pictures. Sam enhanced the pictures and they grew and became very clear. Sam frowned "It's shiner that it is right now"

Bucky looked at his metal arm and it was shiny, but since Jane added titanium alloy and Adamantium to it, it was more of a solid dull color. "My arm used to look like that"

"When, Hydra?"

"No, it was one of the one I got from S.H.I.E.L.D., but when I fought an Adaptoid it ripped my hand off. Miss Foster made me a knew one"

"So this one forgot what your arm looked like?"

"Unless it was shown a picture of me before I got the new arm"

Sam thought about it for a moment "So, this is not one of the one who attacked us"

"It must be newly built, so Yelena has an assembly line of them?"

Sam stood up to his full height, he took a deep breath "We don't have days to figure this out"

"I know, we may need a little more help with this one"

Sam placed his hands on the console and leaned down and shook his head "So we don't know who this is, it could be Niko, Yelena, or someone else entirely. Who else can use Adaptoids?"

"No idea" Bucky said, he couldn't think of anyone who could be doing it other than Yelena. "Get Morse in here"

"She's in Seattle"

"Then call her, this is her area of expertise, get her in here" he said bluntly

Sam nodded "She's going to be pissed"

"Well then we'll double her pay"

Sam chuckled "Yeah, that'll get her here"

Bucky looked at him "I want to find out who it is before they suddenly decide to get Sean out of that cell, and once he's loose, he will try to kill us all"

Sam nodded "Well I'll go make that call"

Bucky nodded "I need to call Stark". Sam left and Bucky walked over to a console, he pressed a few keys and he started to connect to Stark at his Tower. Bucky stared at the large screen and the small grey circle that spun. The screen flashed and Stark's face appeared. "What's up?" he asked

Bucky leaned back slightly "We have a problem"

"What, the cosplay dresser is trying to destroy the cell?"

"No, someone is helping him. I have a feeling he might try to escape"

Tony took a deep breath "If he does get out of that containment cell…"

"He'll kill most of the people here, I know."

"Any leads?"

"Not really, I am having Sam call Morse in, maybe she can help"

"If we can't find the person who is trying to get Hulk Hogan out, what makes you so sure she will?"

"Don't know, but right now, we could use all the help we can get"

Tony nodded and looked away slightly, he seemed to be working on something "How's Red?"

Bucky nodded "Better now that Steve's awake"

Tony incline his head "He's awake" Tony sighed in relief "Okay well that's good"

"Yeah, he still can't do anything really"

"Well I would expect him to be a little sore, not everyday someone hits you with a car"

Bucky nodded and glanced back as he saw Vision and Wanda entering through the doors. "Well I need you to get back here, if Sean wants to break out, we need to stop him, and you stopped him last time"

Tony nodded "I'll be there in a bit"

The screen went dark and Bucky turned around and looked at Vision "Steve's awake"

Wanda nodded "We heard, how, is he?"

Bucky placed his hands on his waist "Well he came back with a grin, so I would say that he's doing pretty well."

Wanda nodded and smiled softly "At least he's ok"

Vision stepped forward "Have I heard right that Mr. Richardson is trying to break out?"

"Well not yet, but we have reason to believe that someone is helping him, and that means they're here"

"Are you saying we have another Adaptoid?" Wanda asked

Bucky sighed "Probably, but we don't know who's controlling it"

Vision frowned "Wouldn't it be Miss Belova?"

"Maybe, but the damn thing copied me wrong, which means it has not seen me recently, which also means it could be someone else, the Adaptoid that is here now, was not part of the attack that Yelena launched here"

Vision sighed "Well what are we doing to counter the situation?"

"I have Sam calling Morse in, she may be able to help"

Wanda frowned "The woman that hunted Steve and Natasha and arrested Rhodey?"

"The same"

"How do we know she won't take control again?"

"Well she did resign, she's more of a consultant this time"

Wanda looked at Vision, "I will get Mr. Allen up to speed on the situation" Vision said and turned to leave. Bucky nodded "Wanda?" he asked as Vision left and Wanda looked at him.

Bucky glanced at the right side of the room "Do you think you can try and find out who the Adaptoid is pretending to be?"

"I don't know, I haven't really tested the full capacity of my powers"

"Well no better time like the present, look for something that just seems off, and be careful" he warned.

Wanda nodded "It will feel a little weird" she said

Bucky frowned "Weird" then he felt like someone touched his neck with a freezing hand. He opened his mouth slightly and his eyes glowed red and he felt dazed. Wanda was moving her fingers and a soft red aura moved through them. Bucky felt his mother giving him a kiss on the cheek and he closed his eyes and shook his head slightly as he felt Hill's arms around him. Then it was gone, like pulled a knife out of his gut. He opened his eyes and took a deep breath. Wanda's eyes glowed red and they slowly faded back to their normal color. Bucky felt a little dizzy. Wanda stepped forward "Are you okay, did I hurt you?" she asked, her face full of worry.

Bucky looked at her "No, just, that was interesting. Warning next time"

Wanda smiled and gave him a nod "At least you're not an Adaptoid"

Bucky chuckled "Lucky me, well can you be a little less forceful?"

Wanda nodded "I can try"

Bucky gave her a nod "Have your communicator on you, give me updates"

She walked away and her hands were together. Bucky watched her leave and he took a deep breath. That was different.

Sean

The feeling of anger was normal to him, he stood in the far corner of the containment cell and leaned against the glass. He stared at the doors to the room and he couldn't believe he just gave it all away, he wouldn't be surprised if they just left him in the cell to rot. He closed his eyes and he didn't know what to do, he turned slightly and placed his hand on the glass. He lightly tapped it with his finger and he could feel the heaviness of the glass. He knew he would need a little help getting out. He could do it himself, but it would be loud and he would probably be subdued before he got very far.

Sean pushed off the glass and walked toward the front of the containment cell. He placed both his hands on the glass and he leaned forward slightly, he placed his face close to the glass, his breath fogged it up as he slowly breathed. Sean shook his head and then he heard a soft beep behind him. Sean perked his head up and he turned around, he heard the beep again. He walked forward and he saw a little red light flash, he looked around and he walked over and sat down like he was tired. He set his head against the glass and he picked it up and rubbed his eyes and he put the small device into his ear. He heard nothing for a minute then a voice came into his ear. "Do not talk, just listen my friend. I am not happy that you gave me away, but I still need you, so I am still going to get you out of there. Do not speak to anyone again, I will let you know when it is okay to get out of that cell, but you have to follow my orders to the letter. I know you understand, I'll be in touch, and you'll know the signal when you hear it"

Sean frowned as the voice stopped and then nothing, he put his head back and took a deep breath. He just needed to be patient. He closed his eyes and tried to get some sleep, it hadn't slept well in a while, although the floor was cold, he had slept in worse places. He kept his eyes closed for what seemed to be a long time, he opened them and noticed that it had barely been five minutes. He let an annoyed breath leave him as he sat up and got to his feet. He wasn't going to sleep anytime soon.

Sean stood in the center of the containment cell and he took a deep breath and he started to plan his way out. He was going to need his gear when he got out of the cell. He would need to find it, then he needed to get out of the facility, he needed to watch out for Tony Stark. He was the only man to hurt him since he had the device planted in his lower spine. Sean could still feel it to, it was nothing but a bump under his skin, but he could feel its weight on his back, it was annoying at first almost unbearable, but he got used to it.

State Department

Ross was reading through the Sokovia Accords, Mark Evanier was sitting calmly in the chair before the desk, he hadn't moved. Mark stared at him and he smiled pleasantly "Everything in order Mr. Secretary?"

Ross chuckled slightly and he nodded as he closed the Accords. "When do you want to make this official?"

Mark shrugged "We will wait till it will get a yes, and not a no or maybe, it must be successful."

Ross nodded "You seem to care about what the Avengers do, a lot I might add"

Mark smiled "For a man like myself I make it my business to know the details"

"So, we wait"

Mark nodded and smiled and his eyes seemed to give a cold gaze. Ross frowned slightly "This may need some revisions" he spoke and lightly tapped the Accords with a pen.

Mark frowned "What did you have in mind?"

Ross shrugged "I think having the Avengers reporting to a single person a bit much, maybe we could have a select council of people. We decide whether they should be involved or not"

Mark nodded "I can do that, we don't want it to be abused"

Ross shook his head "No, we need to keep this to a group of people, not just one. If the one wrong person was the head of this, it could get bad, they could use the Avengers to further their own deeds. This is about making the world safer and with us working with the Avengers, we could do that"

Mark nodded "Very good words Mr. Secretary, I will have a new draft made immediately"

Ross took a deep breath "If this is supposed to get everyone involved, it may need more changes"

Mark gave him a nod "I want this to be a smooth as possible, I would hate to see it all stop because one person was not benefited from it"