Summary: Bucky is recaptured by HYDRA where their scientists conduct more experiments on him. There he meets an unlikely ally, an innocent looking young woman who is hiding a much darker side. Meanwhile Steve has tracked his best friend and discovered his location and is preparing to mount a rescue mission with the help of some of his fellow Avengers. Can they save Bucky before it's too late? And who is this mystery woman? Co – Written with Dixon – Vixen 13. Bucky/OC, Steve/Sharon, Clint/Natasha, Tony/Pepper. Rated M for graphic violence, language and eventual sexual scenes.
Soldiers and Spies
Chapter 28
Bucky had planned to propose to Eva at the Bethesda terrace and Fountain after they had gone out for dinner, Natasha and the girls had told her to dress up as Bucky was going to take her to a fancy restaurant for dinner tonight.
He smiled at her and his breath caught at the beautiful dark purple silk dress she wore, it was a vintage style and was made by the vintage designer Ghost. Eva's long blonde wavy hair, was curled gently and she smiled at him softly as they finished eating their dinner on the warm August evening.
After they finished their meal, they walked hand in hand towards the fountain when Bucky got on one knee and Eva felt her eyes burn with unshed tears.
"Eva Marina Nikolayev, we've been through so much together ever since that day we met at the HYDRA base in Germany. I've loved you ever since then, and somehow you're still by my side, will you marry me, vozlyublennaya?" Bucky asked quietly as the crowd around them took photos and videoed the moment.
"Yes James, a thousand yesses!" Eva cried overjoyed and kissed him as he slipped on his mother's wedding ring on the ring finger of her left hand, the sapphire stone shining in the evening sunlight. It looked like it belonged there and he was so glad that he had a piece of his family history to give to her.
"I love you." Bucky whispered roughly.
The happy couple rushed back to the tower at Eva's request, she couldn't wait to tell everyone the great news. As they made their way into the living room they saw the team crowded around the TV. Natasha turned to see them walk in and leapt up from her spot next to Clint, embracing her cousin in a tight hug and shouting congratulations. Eva was stunned, but when she looked over at the TV she could see how they all knew. On lookers must have sold their video footage to all the news stations because it was being broadcast on multiple channels as breaking news.
The rest of the team joined in congratulating the pair and Tony proceeded to crack open some champagne. "This calls for a celebration!" He exclaimed as the bottle cork shot across the room and everyone cheered. As Eva looked around at the smiling faces of her friends and family she couldn't help but feel this was the happiest day of her life so far.
Later that night as the team had just finished up their dinner and were sitting down watching a movie together, Jarvis alerted them of a security breach on the ground floor.
"Jarvis, security footage." Tony instructed, and the live feed from the surveillance popped up on the screen, the team were shocked to see Josef, Lukin and Katrina along with what looked like the remainder of HYDRA's forces storming the building. Even with all the security measures in place there's no way it would keep them out. They had enough fire power to blow through any door in their way. But at least they could slow them down.
Tony grabbed his IPad and sent the building into emergency lock down, sealing all the lower floors off with heavy doors at each floor, buying them enough time to get their gear and prepare to defend their home and each other.
"Everybody suit up!" Steve instructed. "Looks like HYDRA are bringing the fight right to our door. Let's take them down, for good."
"With pleasure, Steve." Bucky growled, as he made his way to the room where they kept all their uniforms and weapons.
The security doors bought them just enough time holding off the HYDRA soldiers for them to get ready and go over a plan of defense. As HYDRA breached the last door the team began taking them out quickly and effectively, Eva used her powers carefully so no one on their side would get hurt. It was a long, brutal and vicious fight.
Clint slammed his bow into a Red Room agent who was barely an adult as she tried to stab him with a Gerber hunting knife. Natasha took down anyone who posed a threat to her family, until most of the HYDRA fighters had been put down and now they saw only Katrina, Lukin and Josef were left along with only a handful of others.
"Who takes who?" Tony asked darkly as he glared at Lukin and Vasily Karpov, two men who had been responsible for killing his parents, along with Natasha, and Eva's parents and turning Bucky into the Winter Soldier.
"Katrina's mine and Nat's, Tony you take Lukin. Karpov is fair game for all of us." Eva said menacingly, her eyes turning a vivid shade of dark purple.
"Josef's mine." Bucky growled low and coldly, the Winter Soldier showing in his eyes.
There would be no mercy.
Although Josef had the super soldier serum in him, his one was stronger than Bucky's which put Bucky at a slight disadvantage.
Bucky punched him harshly across the face, causing Josef's lip to bleed before the man became enraged.
"I will take everything from you!" Josef shouted enraged.
"The only thing you will get from me is a slow and painful death you psychotic bastard!" Bucky spat, as he blocked Josef's counter attack with his metal arm. His cybernetic enhancement was strong, giving him an advantage over Josef. Grabbing Josef around the throat he lifted the man into the air, tossing him into the wall with a thud, but the man quickly rose to his feet again and charged at Bucky, tackling him to the ground.
Eva stood by, ready to have Bucky's back at any moment if he needed, while she keeping an eye on the situation around them, taking out any stray HYDRA soldiers that managed to get past the others. She left Katrina to Nat and Clint, they seemed to have it handled. She would rather focus her energies on Josef after all he did to her, but she knew that Bucky needed to be the one to end him.
Rhodey, Sharon and Sam held off the rest of the HYDRA forces pushing their way through the entrance to their level as best they could, allowing the others to fight the last remaining leaders of the organization.
Clint and Natasha tag teamed Katrina, working together like parts of a well-oiled machine. Their attacks were relentless and the woman barely had a chance to get in a counter attack before they hit her with another attack. She was tough and was taking one hell of a beating, but they did not let up.
Tony fought with Lukin, using all the tech he had in his suit, wanting to make the bastard pay for all he had done to his family, not to mention the rest of the team. The monster had a lot to answer for and he was going to make sure he suffered. With the suit, it wasn't a very fair fight and Tony definitely had the upper hand. It didn't take him long to beat the man into submission. And just as he thought Lukin was about to give up, he pulled out some sort of high tech explosive device and screamed. "Hail HYDRA!" Before he attempted to set it off, and Tony knew what he had to do. Without hesitation he snapped the man's neck, killing him immediately. He quickly assessed the device and made sure it was safe before he turned his attention to Karpov who was currently fighting with Pepper and she looked like she needed some help.
Josef pinned Bucky to the floor and began mercilessly pummelling his face with his fists, Bucky grabbed one of his arms with his metal arm twisting his wrist until he heard a loud snap, rendering the man's arm useless. His opponent's rage only grew as Bucky threw his off onto the floor.
"I will kill you and everyone you love... except Eva, she will be mine!" Josef screamed as he attacked Bucky with fury beating on him relentlessly until Eva used her powers and blasted him off her fiancé.
"Like hell she will!" Bucky growled, swiftly punching him in the face.
Josef stumbled back, regaining his footing he charged at Bucky. Bucky took the opportunity before him and grabbed Josef by the neck with his bionic arm, lifting him up in the air relishing in the fact that he was gasping for breath and writhing beneath his vice like grip. With one last look into his eyes, conveying all the hatred he had for the man he broke his neck, a snap echoing around the room and the man fell to the floor dead.
He wouldn't be hurting Eva anymore.
Bucky spat at his corpse as he looked over and saw Eva and Natasha tag team Katrina. The woman was all but defeated but refused to give up, she continued to try and fight so Natasha tackled the woman to the ground pinning her while Eva gave her one swift kick to the face snapping her neck with force.
It was over.
HYDRA was finished for good, they wouldn't be spreading their poison around anymore.
Mikhail, Yuri, Anastasia, Marina, Howard and Maria's deaths had been avenged by their children and friends, meaning their ghosts could finally rest in peace at last.
Funerals had never been something that Natasha enjoyed, but she found it was something she needed for her father, mother, aunt and uncle as they were buried in a Jewish cemetery with a Rabbi saying a prayer in Hebrew softly while it snowed. Everyone wore black and Eva's blonde hair was covered partially in snow, to everyone's surprise, a few old friends of Yuri, Howard and Mikhail had come to pay their respects.
The funerals were held in Moscow, Russia, and everyone watched as the head of the Kremlin stood up and said a few words, he seemed genuinely sincere in his sadness for the deaths of Russia's two most brilliant scientists that had helped them. Anastasia and Marina's graves were next to their husbands, roses on their graves gently as everyone began to leave.
Natasha felt Clint squeeze her hand tightly before she put four roses on her family's graves, tears burning her eyes and she squeezed Eva's hand next as she went next.
"Thank you." Natasha whispered quietly to her father's grave, he had tried to protect her even though it had ultimately failed but her parents, aunt and uncle had loved her.
Eva put the roses on her family's grave, the wind blowing her blonde hair gently before she walked back to where Bucky was and he held her tightly.
Tony quietly went next and looked at the photo of his father and mother, before he swallowed and blinked back tears.
"Rest in peace Mom and Dad, I miss you." He said quietly and re-joined Pepper and Rhodey.
"Amen." The Rabbi said quietly.
With the threat of HYDRA now extinguished the team could finally get on with their lives. Clint and Natasha no longer had to keep their wedding on hold and had set a date for the following weekend. They felt they had waited long enough for this time to come, and they weren't about to wait any longer.
Tony had insisted on paying for almost everything, even though both Clint and Natasha argued, he wasn't having a bar of it. His exact words were. "I'm a billionaire. I'm wealthy, to the power of rich times infinitely loaded." Which made everybody laugh. The couple were set on holding the ceremony at Clint's farm, with just their small team of family and friends attending. Tony had arranged for the reception to be held at a beautiful restaurant in town and he had booked out the entire place to make sure they weren't interrupted. Everything was taken care of, from dresses to tuxedos, champagne to food. There was just one thing that was missing, and Natasha knew exactly what she needed to do.
She and Clint flew to the SHIELD base to see director Fury who was more than happy to give them his blessing. But that wasn't the only thing Natasha wanted. "Sir, I was wondering, since you're the closest thing I have to any sort of father figure, would you walk me down the aisle?"
"Romanoff I am truly honoured, but I don't think I'm quite the right man for the job. But I think I know someone who is..." he said, and just then the door behind them opened and in walked none other than Phil Coulson.
"Coulson!?" The pair exclaimed upon seeing the former team leader and friend who they thought was dead. "How the hell... we thought..." Natasha said still stunned.
"I was dead?" Coulson finished. "I kinda was, but now I'm not. And I hear you two are getting married!" He exclaimed as he offered the pair his congratulations.
"Romanoff was just saying she needs someone to walk her down the aisle..." Fury suggested, and Natasha looked at him hopefully.
"Me?" Coulson asked stunned. "Of course, I'd be honoured!" he said as he hugged her tightly. "Guess I better got get a tux." he laughed.
Clint had paid a quiet visit to his older brother, Barney's grave and placed some flowers on it, he swallowed.
"I miss you bro, I wish you were here but I know you're with mom and Emily, I forgive you Barney. Rest in peace." Clint said quietly and stroked the grave gently.
He hoped his brother was at peace.
All too soon, the wedding day came and after the women had their hair washed and styled they got Natasha ready for her big day, and Eva smiled widely at her cousin.
Her red hair was curled and her wedding dress was simple but elegant, a beautiful white dress with a v neck, she had red roses and red poppies in a nod to her Polish heritage from her mother's side of the family.
The bridesmaids all wore dark red dresses, with black silk shawls with black eyeshadow and Sharon made sure everything was ready before they turned to face Natasha.
"Ready, Nat?" Eva asked softly.
"As I'll ever be, Eva." Natasha said nervously and they smiled at her, Coulson arrived and he smiled at Natasha warmly as the photographer took photos.
"You look beautiful, Natasha." Coulson said with a smile and Natasha smiled at him softly, as he took her hand and they watched as Natasha's bridesmaids went first.
Clint waited somewhat nervously under the white pergola in the garden he had built just for the wedding. He had such trouble picking which of his team mates would be best man, but ultimately he went with Tony, as without all his help and planning, the wedding wouldn't have been possible so quickly. Steve, Sam and Bucky also stood by him as his other three groomsman.
Audrey, Coulson's cellist friend began to play some soft music the bridesmaids began to walk down the aisle, all the woman looked beautiful. Clint's heart raced within his chest as he saw Natasha emerge on the arm of Phil and she began to slowly walk towards him. She looked stunning. Her red curls fell softly around her beautiful face and her dress was gorgeous, he had never seen her look so amazing. A huge grin spread across his face at the sight of her walking down the aisle to him.
Phil gave her a kiss on the cheek and handed her over to Clint as he gave him a clap on the back before sitting in the front row, shortly after joined by Audrey who had finished playing. "Nat, you look amazing." Clint whispered to his bride.
"You scrub up pretty nice yourself." She grinned.
The celebrant began to speak and Clint and Natasha exchanged their short vowels. As requested by Natasha before the end of the ceremony she read out a Jewish prayer in honour of her family. When everything was done, the celebrant pronounced them husband and wife and they exchanged a passionate kiss while their small gathering of friends and family cheered loudly and the photographer snapped away.
Eva smiled as she watched Natasha and Clint celebrate their new life together, for a long time Eva had thought she was the only last member of her family but she had Natasha now and James. In that moment she grinned widely as she felt the presence of her unborn niece or nephew within Natasha's belly. She was going to make such a great mom.
The family would be just fine.
She felt James wrap his arms around her gently and she leaned into his embrace, a smile on her face as her hands laced with his flesh and metal hands.
Her winter soldier. Her lover, and partner.
"I am looking forward to our bright future, James." Eva said softly and James smiled.
"So am I, doll, so am I."
Clint and Natasha's honeymoon, would be spent around Europe and they would visit Stalingrad, Natasha's hometown. Natasha looked at the photos of her parents, and other relatives that Tony and the others had found, there was one of her as a baby with her parents. They all looked so happy. She had taken a pregnancy test a few days after their wedding after feeling a little off for a while and her and Clint were delighted to find out they were expecting a child.
They were finally all getting their happily ever after.
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