"I don't like this idea" S.J said quietly as he place bullets in his gun and placed it in his boot, watching as his team was gathering their belongings and started packing everything from the house
"Would you rather stay here and risk being caught here being with me? Or stop Hydra?" Riley asked as she was helping Jasper with his weapons and S.J snorted at her
"Well it's the first time I get to meet Daddy Dearest face to face" S.J huffed, not very happy with the idea of actually meeting his blood father finally and Riley looked surprised at his response
"I thought you would be excited to actually meet your father" Riley said and S.J shook his head and narrowed his eyes and stalked to walk off
"Nope, I would rather have him dead than alive and seeing my face" S.J said as he stalked downstairs to get the car ready for everyone, Riley looked shocked and Janet saw her expression and started to explain why S.J didn't like his father
"When S.J was a child, he believed that his father would come back and save him from HYDRA.. He voiced it pretty well and Zola and HYDRA did not like them so they punished him badly and have done things from slashing his sides to leaving him out in the snowy woods for a week until S.J's faith for his father started dying.. When that died, he grew more hateful and never loved ever again.. Until he started falling in love with my sister" Janet explained as she smiled remembering her sister with a soft smile
"How was she? Your Sister?" Riley asked and Janet looked down at her necklace and smiled down at it, as if meant a lot to her
"She was beautiful, soft spoken and gentle.. But also deadly, her and S.J were perfect for each other, you should have seen them when fighting you would believe they were dancing they were so graceful together" She whispered as tears started coming down her eyes and Riley rested a hand on her shoulder as Janet shook her head and looked at Riley with a fire in her eyes
"I'm fighting HYDRA to avenge my sister, they killed her and caused me to lose the only thing I had left of her.. My niece" She said and Riley nodded understanding her
"S.J is fighting for her, for us too.. He wants us to be free so we can live our lives happily.. At times he cares more about us and what's best for us and doesn't care about his self.. I guess that's what happens when he's the leader" Jasper came close towards them as he sat with them, Riley smiled softly and nodded
"He's just like his father then" She said as Felix heard that and laughed
"Don't let him hear that, he might take your head for that" Felix said as Riley shrugged
"I mean he kinda approved of Me and Steve's relationship even though he's related to both of us" Riley said as Janet sighed softly
"I mean he probably saw it as weird, but he knew you and Steve aren't related so it's not like it's incest or something.. Do you really care about Steve?" Janet asked and Riley nodded and Sean shrugged at them
"I mean, before I died and my body was taken away from my home place, a man and a woman got married but they were step siblings in a way but they were together way before the parents married each other and the village saw no problem with it" Sean explained thinking of the event that happened during his time
"I mean there's more messed up families than yours, S.J has seen much weirder things anyways." Janet laughed as Riley smiled and shook her head but looked up
"So why does S.J have a crush on Natasha?" Riley asked and it was Sean who answered her
"S.J and I were at the Red Room one time, because HYDRA made us go to 'learn some things' and S.J first spotted Natasha when she was 16 and training and he was quite impressed with her, I wanted to make a move of course on Natasha and S.J was quite annoyed with me.. But he never went up to Natasha because he was grieving for Alice and she was younger because remember we were locked in freezers for most of the time and god knows how old he was when he first Natasha, We're all like 77 right now expect Jasper and Janet who are 76 and he thought it was weird if he came up to her when she was such a young age" Sean explained while chuckling and Felix raised his eyebrows and actually started laughing
"You totally asked Natasha out didn't you?" Felix asked and Sean's eyes widen
"What?! No!... Okay.. Maybe" He grumbled as he looked up
"But she rejected me so.. It's okay, I got myself someone that night anyways.. Yes she was legal age" He said as Riley gave him a look and they heard S.J's footsteps coming
"Alright Riley, you're driving with me. Incase Bucky shows up, Sean and Jasper and Felix and Janet I want you in the other car in back of us and you do not get out of the car once we hit Fury's base, Riley and I will get out there first" S.J explained the plan as he grabbed his duffle bag and started to whistle and the others grabbed their stuff as Riley helped the others and the four went into a black car while Sean and Jasper got into a gray car
"So you're not weirded out that I have feelings for your father?" Riley asked as S.J was driving, he was driving rather fast at first but slowed down after a while and turned to Riley
"I don't care, I'm not going to be a jerk and tell you who you can and can't date.. I trust you Riley, that you can think for youself" S.J muttered as Riley looked up shocked and S.J saw that and sighed
"You have a good heart Riley, you know what's the difference between right and wrong so you make the best choices.. You remind me of my mother" S.J said as Riley nodded, understanding what he was talking about but sighed
"I think Steve only likes me because I'm like her" She said softly as S.J snorted and shook his head
"Then he's stupid, but you're special Riley.. I'm not saying that because I'm your uncle" S.J laughed and Riley smiled and shook her head, she was glad that she found out that another family member that she could get to know and spend time with and she remembered something
"What about your daughter? What happens when we win?" She asked and S.J just shrugged at her and looked at the road
"Maybe one day I'll go see her and tell her the truth, she might think I'm crazy and call the cops or she might accept the fact and she'll have me in her life" S.J said remembering the middle age woman, he always kept his distance from her incase HYDRA started putting the pieces together and that was the long lost baby that was killed over 50 years ago was actually alive. So once every month he would always find her at the park sitting with her daughter who had brown hair that was up to her shoulder and had big brown eyes, looking somewhat like him. The two women would grab something to eat and just sit there and laugh and talk about their lives, which S.J was happy to see that his granddaughter and daughter were happy
"You never said what was your daughter's name" Riley noted as S.J snapped out of his thoughts and actually smiled widely thinking about his daughter's name
"Alice's middle name was Sarah.. Alice Sarah Kane, My name is Steven-James Rogers.. As I was running in the rain I kept thinking about names and I was going to combine Mary and Alice's birth mother's Ann together and make it Mary-Ann Rogers but it seemed too boring, so I took Sarah and the female version of my second name which is Jane and placed it together.. Her name is Sarah-Jane" He smiled thinking about his daughter, how they looked like in so many ways
"A beautiful name" Riley whispered as she thought about the woman, who is now her cousin and she really wished she met Sarah-Jane and her daughter and soon her phone beeped, telling them they made it to the place
It was an abandoned warehouse, it look beat down but she knew Fury had to be in here. S.J stopped the car and turned off the engine as they both got out the car and S.J signaled for The Snakes to stay inside their own car before he took out the pistol in his boot and Riley went towards the door and opened it, going in first with S.J behind her
Soon they heard the familiar voices of Maria Hill, Fury and Steve and Natasha talking and Riley started to walk faster as S.J caught up with her until they made it into the room and once Riley stepped out of the shadows and relaxed and everyone in the room was quiet at first. Riley signaled for S.J to come into the room and once he came into view Hill, Steve, Nat and Fury all raised their guns and pointed him
"Get away from her" Steve said through gritted teeth as he started to move closer to Riley and Steve extended his arm forward
"Riley come to me please" He said quietly as Riley actually stepped back and shook her head which shocked everyone and she stood behind S.J
"He's not the bad guy, just let us explain please" She pleaded and Natasha stood up and went up to S.J and actually slapped him, they stood face to face and S.J rubbed his cheek
"Was that for when I kissed you?" He smirked, Riley just wanted to face palm at this point with him and his feelings for Natasha.
"That was for killing my friends" She huffed as she went to slap him again but he blocked her attack with his hand and grabbed her wrist as she whined when his grip on her was strong and he noticed that and loosen his grip on her and looked at her
"Well I didn't Love, my team wasn't going to kill you otherwise they would go against my orders" He pointed out as he released her and Natasha huffed and stalked off back to Fury and Hill who were sitting there
"Leave" Steve ordered S.J. S.J actually laughed and placed his pistol in his black jeans and paced around looking at his father
"I never thought I would see the day, Captain America meets The Viper.. Father meets Son" S.J said as he was now face to face with Steve now. Steve didn't know what he was talking about at first until his eyes widen, was this man standing before him the son of Mary Hunter?
"Steven-James?" Steve said softly and S.J narrowed his eyes
"I prefer S.J" He said and the room was silent again and it was Fury who spoke
"Doctor Mary Hunter never mentioned she had a son with you" Fury spoke quietly remembering his encounter once with the famous Doctor and S.J snorted at Fury
"She preferred her son not being tested by scientists and being a test monkey" S.J said as Natasha stood up and walked to him until they were face to face again and S.J raised his eyebrows
"You're gonna slap me? Or kiss me?" He challenged her, Natasha narrowed her eyes but she raised her hand and touched S.J's cheek and he somewhat leaned into her touch but he also kept an eye on the others and she started placing the pieces together, he was in HYDRA.. He must have been in the Red Room before..
"You were in the Red Room weren't you?" She asked and he shook his head at her
"No, my girlfriend and her sister were Red Room trainees about 65 years ago" He said and she let go of him for a moment and her eyes widen
"You have a girlfriend?" She questioned him, somewhat disappointed and S.J looked sad for a second, Natasha could tell in his eyes.. That expression she knew well.
"I'm so sorry" She said as he just nodded in thanks and he looked over at Steve who was still looking at him
"I can't believe you're alive" Steve said trying to go into a hug with S.J but Riley quickly grabbed his arm as S.J was about to charge at him, his eyes suddenly angry
"You weren't there for her! You weren't there for me! You let me die" S.J growled as Hill and Fury got up quickly and tried to hold S.J back but of course S.J was a super solider and almost threw them back to the wall as Natasha quickly stepped in front of the way and S.J stopped right away
"Don't hurt him, it wasn't his fault" Natasha said softly and S.J shook his head at her, looking down
"But Zola.. He told me he went into the ice on purpose.. He could have easily escaped, could have saved me" S.J remembered thinking about the memories of being in that basement, holding out hope in that cold basement as he was being beaten up by many people including The Winter Solider himself
"Zola lied.. Your father left to save the world from being blown up, he saved millions that day including Mary" Hill spoke gently to S.J and Fury nodded in agreement
"Without Steve going into the ice, your mother wouldn't have been so strong to raise you in secret, she became strong enough to help make S.H.I.E.L.D" He said and soon Riley stepped up
"She had a happy life, she got married and had more children" She explained and S.J turned to her, his eyes soften at her and he was smiling a bit, he knew Riley was his niece but he wanted to know how many siblings did he have
"How many?"
"One boy and one girl.. Two beautiful children who loved and cared for her, after that she had me and a pair of twins as her grandchildren"
"I have an actual brother and sister?" He questioned, Riley smiled and nodded and she looked over at Steve who also looked happy hearing about Mary living her life and being happy
"S.J!" A female voice said as soon Janet barged into the room, following Sean, Felix and Jasper and they were holding guns at Steve, Fury and Hill but S.J raised his hand at them
"It's okay, stand down" S.J ordered his team, of course they lowered their weapons but were still alert of the others and S.J looked at the others
"This is my team, Janet, Felix, Sean and Jasper" He introduced his team to the others and he turned to his father
"Snakes, this is Steve Rogers also known as Captain America" He said as his team nodded and Janet smiled at Steve
"Well thanks for creating S.J, I'm happy to have him as a friend and brother and father to my niece" She said as Steve's eyes widen
"I have a granddaughter?" He asked, actually happy that he had more family members. It made Steve happy to know that even though he had Riley and The Avengers it was great having blood family as well
"A great-granddaughter too! She's a beauty" Sean whistled and both S.J and Steve gave him a look and Sean laughed nervously and moved back to Felix
"I'll just shut up now" He said quietly as Felix laughed and Janet narrowed her eyes and wanted to punch him
"We want to stop HYDRA too, we know what they're up too.. We don't want more lives taken" Felix spoke as he placed his gun at the table, out of all of the group Felix was more of the brains of the group while Janet and Jasper were the small but quick fighters while Sean and S.J were the powerhouses of the group
"Those three helicarriers will kill millions, we need to insert these chips into it and once these chips are in it will shut down the target list we just need all three carriers to be linked with these chips." Hill also explained as they went to the computers as Felix nodded impressed with Hill
"We're going to have to assume everyone on these carriers are HYDRA" Fury pointed out and even The Snakes looked at them are shocked at him
"We're going to savage everything on those carriers too" He said but Steve stopped
"Savage? Nick we're taking down Shield now" He said and even S.J nodded
"I don't even know if it's safe for my group to get out there, but Shield and Hydra will be going after us" S.J pointed out and looked at his group, he didn't know if It was safe to send them out, he wouldn't care if it was his own life but they were talking about his adopted siblings, his family
"We're be fine Steven-James, we just need a plan" Jasper looked at his older brother and S.J looked at him for a moment before sighing and shaking his head
"If anyone of you die, I'm not forgiving myself" He said as Sean snorted and shook his head
"We were brought back from the dead to be weapons, this time we won't be weapons.. But a group trying to break free" Sean pointed out and Felix actually looked at his group and smiled sadly
"If we win this, we don't have to be The Snakes anymore.. Just 70 year olds living in 20 year old bodies adjusting to the new life" Felix said and Janet shook her head
"I don't want our group to ever break up, we've been through so much.. I think if anything we won't be used for weapons.. Just people changing the world" Janet encouraged as Riley smiled at the group and Steve spoke
"Right, Janet I want you with R-"
"Woah, They don't take orders from you" S.J jumped up and looked right at his father and Steve looked shocked that his son was almost challenging him
"They take orders from me, always have but after this they don't have to" S.J said as Natasha came close to him and narrowed her eyes
"Alright, before we see whose the alpha male let's get with the plan" She said as Fury started to explain the plan.
Steve was at the bridge looking out the water, to think that he was 90 years old and now finding out he had a son.. His and Mary's son was alive and breathing.. To know that he had a granddaughter and now a great-granddaughter living and breathing also. Mary and Steve had a family but he wasn't there to live it with her.
He was sadden to know his son was tortured because of who his father was and was brought back to life without S.J's permission which made him hate HYDRA more and more. He needed to do this for his son.. For Bucky.
Bucky.
He was glad his best friend was also alive but was also brainwashed by HYDRA, he would have been killed if it wasn't for Natasha.. It felt like Bucky was also one of the last things that he had from his time.
He needed to save his friend, to stop him.. To save the world once again.
"We looked for you after" Bucky said as he was walking up the stairs with a small Steve. Steve's mother just recently passed away and now Steve was left alone to fend for himself, even though Bucky's parents passed away earlier he was now living with Mary and her parents
"Mary said her parents would love to have you in the house, you just have to shine some of the shoes and take out the trash" Bucky explained as he remembered holding Mary as she was crying since she was also close with Steve's parents
"I can look after myself, I don't need anyone looking after me" Steve huffed as he was looking for his keys and Bucky sighed and kicked away a block to see a small key as he handed the key to him
"I swear I don't know what Mary sees in you sometimes" Bucky muttered to himself but he smiled at his friend and placed his hands on his shoulder
"Thank you Buck, Thank Mary for me too.. But I can get by on my own" Steve said softly bowing his head, he was really upset with the passing of his mother and in that moment he was alone.. An Orphan.
"The thing is you don't have to, You have me and Mary" He said as he squeezed his shoulder
"Cause I'm with you until the end of the line" He said as Steve smiled softly at his best friend and to lighten up the mood he decided to joke
"Gosh why haven't you and Mary gotten married yet? You guys would look cute together" Steve joked, he knew Mary wouldn't date Bucky because of Bucky's womanzing ways at times but little did he know that Mary also had feelings for Bucky but her feelings for Steve was stronger. Also that Bucky had feelings for Mary, she was the only girl he actually cared for at the time.
"Ha..I wish" Bucky sounded like he was joking, Steve laughed and opened the door to his house and left the door for Bucky to enter. Bucky went to the side and went in his jacket and took out a picture and smiled softly at him
It was a picture of Mary and him, as they decided to go to the beach one day with one of Mary's friends since Steve couldn't make it that time and he could say it was the best day of his life with Mary.. He wished that now she was with him in this moment with him holding her watching the sunset together
"Bucky!" Mary laughed as she was running away from the water as Bucky was chasing after her and he picked up her by her waist and spun her around as they laughed and he put her down admiring her 1930s swimsuit while he was wearing his swimsuit without the shirt part
"Not much of a gentleman without fully wearing your swimsuit" Mary pointed out as Bucky laughed and shook his head
"Please, you admire me" He said and before Mary could respond one of her friends from medical school came running with the camera
"Hey guys! Get into a pose" She said as Bucky pulled her in close and Mary wrapped her arms around his neck and he held her sides as they looked at the camera and smiled at the camera as it flashed and the photo came out and handed it to Bucky while she ran off to take pictures of more people
"Come on, the sun is finally setting" Mary pulled Bucky towards the rocks of Coney Island beach and they Bucky climbed on first with Mary behind him and they sat on a flat rock and sat next to each other
"It's beautiful" She said as Bucky chuckled and looked down at her
"Just like you" He said and Mary laughed and rolled her eyes playfully at him
"James, you can't flirt with me.. It doesn't work much on me" She said using his actual name, Bucky loved it when she said his actual name rather than his nickname
"But I'm me" Bucky laughed as he brought her into a hug and she gladly returned the hug and when they let go they looked at each other for a while until Bucky leaned forward and took that leap of fate and brushed his lips against hers as he was kissing her softly, as if she was glass and one wrong move could break her
She was shocked at first but kissed him back gently as he cupped her cheeks with his hands, finally kissing the woman he loved since childhood even though he was after other girls and had multiple 'dance panthers' he still would go back to Mary's house and see her at the end of the day.
She stopped it for a moment and rested her forehead on his as they looked at each other in the eyes and Mary shook her head
"No.. This can't happen James" She said softly as she broke free and was standing up to leave but Bucky got up and grabbed her hand
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that" Bucky said as Mary shook her head
"No.. I liked it, I really did.. But it's just.. You're with other women and I also like Steve.." She whispered and Bucky shook his head
"Mary, I can stop seeing other girls if that's what you want.. I'll do anything for you" He said as she smiled softly and leaned forward to kiss him gently and he accepted it as if Mary was oxygen and he needed air
"I'm not going to tell you how to live your life James, I want you to be happy first" She said as she broke free from the kiss and Bucky nodded understanding, it was true they were both so young and had so much more to look forward to
"Maybe when we get older and you mature more and Steve's not in the picture, we can be together" She reasoned with him and Bucky nodded understanding her, he didn't want to break Steve's heart also with this encounter with Mary
"Maybe one day I'll make you happy" He said and he sat back down and tugged her with him as she took her place in front of him and snuggled into him as she placed her elbows on his knees as they watched the sunset
"Maybe in Another Lifetime, James"
Steve never saw it but it was too late.
Bucky was in love with Mary back in the day, during the war Mary not only lost one man she loved.. She lost another.
Author's Note:
I've been busy with college and all, I'm so sorry I haven't been writing much but I'm spending my weekends as much as I can to write my stories!
It will take some time before S.J can see Steve as a father but don't forget we have more of after this story ends and there's a 7 part story leading into The Age of Ultron
S.J wanting to be with his daughter and granddaughter is something I love writing about S.J because he doesn't want to be like Steve who didn't even know that S.J existed.
So I'm making Age of Ultron completely real, which means there will be BruceNat involved, so what would happen when that hits and how would that affect S.J and Nat's relationship if they're together? Will that be one of S.J's downfalls? How will Steve's nightmare in AOU affect his and Riley's relationship? Quicksilver dies in AOU but there's another member of The Avengers who dies and one of them are a OC so you can guess from Riley to S.J's daughter and granddaughter.
By the end, S.J will finally interact with his daughter and we will see if their relationship will sink or swim.
Personally also I love the idea of Bucky and Mary and I actually felt happy writing these two just now, but what can I say.. Their relationship may happen in another lifetime.
Thank you for reading and see you in the next chapter