Fury allowed B.J to stay with Bucky during her recovery and both were happy about it. Fury knows that B.J needs a father figure and Bucky was more than willing to try and be there for her as her biological father. To Bucky's surprise, B.J was able to leave high school because of her high IQ. "B.J, you hungry?" he asked the first night with his kid. B.J nodded and they ordered a pizza. B.J's habit of being a quiet kid was slowly melting away. "How's your arm?" he asked as they ate the meat lover's. B.J sighed and took a look at it. "I don't know. It either hurts or makes a dull pain, but not too bad." she answered. Bucky and B.J both felt awkward but they figured it would soon pass. "I heard a small storm is coming. Will your arm be okay?" she asked motioning his left arm. The silvery robotic arm with the red star on the shoulder was a blessing and a curse to Bucky. It helped him with tight squeezes and narrow escapes when he was out of bullets or someone else had it. It's a little known fact that the Winter Soldier could control it when he had it taken from him and he could release a single electric shock ball from his palm when he needs it. The cursed part was that it hurt like Hell when the air pressure changes drastically, like in a storm. "Yeah, I should be okay." he answered. B.J looked out the window and saw the clouds roll in. Anxiety clawed at her slowly rising heart beat as fear showed a flashback. Bucky saw and laid a gentle hand on her right shoulder. "Buck, you're okay. Hey, look at me. You're okay, you're safe." He said as he got her to face him. B.J was shivering and looked like she saw someone getting gutted alive in a horror movie. "Why don't we get some desert?" he offered. Bucky had learned that it easily brought her back to reality to offer something sweet. B.J would normally have a sweet tooth and it was normal to see her with some candy or what not in her backpack. B.J snapped back and nodded when a crack of thunder left the sky. "Think Loki pissed Thor off again?" she tried joke. Bucky smiled and looked outside, unknowingly rubbing his collar bone where the metal connected into him. Bucky felt sort of better that she was coming back from the flashbacks. Heaven knows what she went through those three long months. Bucky's PTSD was lessening greatly and his memory was improving to everyone's surprise and B.J's PTSD was getting worse. Buck was there for her and he liked having a second chance at fatherhood. The memory of the tiny baby in his arms as he ran over his mind and a smile sprouted from a smirk. B.J was a little curious what caused the smile, but she decided to ask later.

She excused herself from the table and went to watch t.v when the power went out. "Didn't you say a small storm?" Bucky asked bumping into the chair. "I may have misheard it." B.J sighed and curled up in said chair. The darkness was starting another panic attack and she needed something to keep her mind off of it. "So, Fury told me his side of how I was given to S.H.I.E.L.D, what's your side?" she asked. Bucky heard the little tremor in her voice. "I think during the war, Hydra had caught me and the other Howling Commandos. Cap managed to get himself free so he could get backup. I was in the labs and they took a lot of blood from me and at the time I didn't know why. When they turned me into the Winter Soldier a couple years later, they took more blood from me and told me why."

[1969]

"You must be curious as to why we take your blood." stated a doctor. Bucky was strapped to a table, quiet, distant, and lost. The statement was true and he was curious as to why they took his blood. "May I tell him?" the doctor asked the handler in the room. The handler smiled and walked to Bucky. "I will. You see, we want to make a little Winter Soldier. We will make it in Hydra's creation and bent them to our will. We already have one of our great leader in a cryochamber, but we want another one made from you." the handler said. Bucky didn't like the idea and it didn't sit well with him.

[1999]

"It's a girl?!" shouted an agent. A newborn started crying at the loud outburst. Something told him he knew why there was a baby there, but he couldn't place it. "Just because something happened to make it a female doesn't mean she won't be as mighty as Kurt." a female doctor said as she calmed the once sleeping infant. Bucky was told to go in and see the girl. The female doctor gave Bucky his cloned daughter and he saw the big baby blue eyes looking at him. "Hey, baby girl." he quietly cooed when the doctor and the handler were arguing. The baby grabbed some of his long brown hair and tugged. Bucky smiled gently and removed the tiny hand from his hair. The tiny hand then grabbed his finger and a memory came to him. "I'm going to get you out of here, okay, Peanut?" he said as he wrapped her in a crimson fleece blanket. The handler saw and snatched the baby away. "She isn't going anywhere and you're going back in your cryochamber." he barked. The doctor knew what Bucky was going to do and got ready for the storm. Bucky punched the handler with a powerful left hook and caught the baby before she fell with the cruel man before running. Though the young doctor hated to do this, but she grabbed a gun and started firing. The baby wailed as Bucky miraculously escaped the compound while guns were blazing. "Hey, we're okay, Peanut. Shh you're okay." he quietly shushed her. The baby quieted down and held onto Bucky's hair again. He didn't bother fixing it when she wasn't pulling and he started to run again. People would be after them. Dead or alive, they will get them back.

After running for the whole morning and part of an afternoon, Bucky hid within a town near Moscow. Bucky stole some supplies from stores and changed. It would be less conspicuous being in casual clothing and holding a baby than wearing his uniform and holding a baby. After renting a hotel room, Bucky got the baby in a diaper and some baby clothes before letting himself take a nap. "Looks like I'm going to need a name for you. We'll get to that later I guess." he said to the baby before sleeping with her in his arms. Her tiny hands were holding his as they slept and it was the most precious memory Bucky never wanted to let go of.

[2001]

Bucky couldn't keep running. He had made it to America and blended in well. His fake name was James Hudson and he chose the name Jessica for his daughter. Not only was Hydra after him and Jessica, but so was S.H.I.E.L.D. Bucky had a nice apartment in Brooklyn in the working class district, but it wasn't enough to keep the threats from Hydra away. It seemed that every day there were more notes containing death threats. At least Jessica was safe and trying to say her first words. Bucky smiled when she was babbling as he braided her soft thickening hair. "Cute kid." said a voice. Bucky looked up to see a tall dark skinned man with an eyepatch. Instinctively, Bucky got up and grabbed a knife off the table. "I didn't come to fight. I came to talk. My name is Nick Fury. I'm the director of S.H.I.E.L.D." the man introduced himself. Bucky didn't speak and Jessica looked curiously at the new person in front of her. "I know there's a terrorist group on your tail." Bucky picked Jessica up and held her close as he started to go towards the door. Jessica was quiet and stared at Fury. "I can protect her for you. Hydra won't find her or take her away." Fury said as he laid a gun on the table. The gesture eased Bucky and he took a seat with Jessica. Fury sat himself across from them and pushed the gun towards Bucky to show him no intentions of threat. Jessica had dark beautiful brown eyes and looked at the gun with even more curiosity. Bucky set the knife down and put both objects far from Jessica's reach. Bucky hated to admit that Fury was right. S.H.I.E.L.D would protect her better, but the possibility of her becoming a kid agent was too high. Jessica yawned a little and looked tired. The apartment was quiet for several moments. "Promise me she'll be a good kid." Bucky finally said. It ate him from the inside for that to happen, but it was the only way. Bucky reluctantly gave Fury his daughter and she started crying when it happened. Fury calmed her down and looked at Bucky for anything he should know. "P-papa." Bucky was near the edge of taking her back and running after hearing her speak. Fury left the same way he came in, through the window. Jessica whimpered and hung on to Fury's coat as he went down the fire escape and into a car. Bucky was taken by Hydra soon after and had his memory wiped of the time he spent with his little daughter.

When Bucky was done with the story, B.J was asleep in his arms. It seemed that she would sleep after a panic attack and Bucky understood the energy those attacks burned through. B.J liked the story and it calmed her down. Knowing what her dad went through to keep her safe took away any rumors and what ifs she had during her childhood. Everything that Fury told her was true and B.J felt better as she slept. Bucky sat there watching the storm. Happy memories filled his mind, but he felt like something bad was going to happen. Hydra was still after him, after everything he's done to get away from them and destroy them. This time, they were after B.J again and he didn't like it. Thunder boomed again and the sore feeling returned in his arm. "Don't worry, kid. I'll keep you safe." he said rubbing his thumb on her right shoulder. B.J was having another nightmare.