Natasha and Connie were hiding behind a building, they couldn't risk being spotted in their modern clothing otherwise that might cause some attention that they don't need right now.
They heard foot-steps and looked up to see S.J with a few dresses and the girls were looking at him questioning him where he got them
"My mom always brought me over to my grand-parents house when I was a child, snuck into the house when my grand-parents weren't home and I know my mother was at the clinics giving psychical exams to the men entering the army so I got into the house and took some of Mary's clothes, they should fit you guys" He said as he handed Connie a white dress with flowers around the dress and Natasha a nice red summer dress
"You know my taste, thank you Babe" Natasha said as she pecked her boyfriend's lip and he smiled softly at her before Connie smiling thinking how she was happy that S.J finally found someone he cared for deeply and that no one or anything could take Natasha away from him.
"Alright, I'm going to think of where we can stay for the time being until we can find Chloe.." S.J said as he looked around and saw how New York looked so different, before he was even born.. He was born in 1946 while Sarah-Jane was born in 1967, The oldest friend he had when he was a child was born in 1944 so he couldn't find them.
Soon Natasha's stomach was making noises and S.J noticed that as he chuckled and he sighed and sat down for a second before thinking
"I think I know someone that can help"
"What do you mean you know someone that can help?" Natasha asked as S.J got up and looked at his 1940s outfit and shrugged
"Where do you think I got our outfits from?"
"Your mother's house" Connie answered and it took the girls a few seconds to realize what he was saying and Natasha looked at him
"Are you sure about this?"
"She taught me how I should be generous and give to people in need, she won't turn me down I know it" He said as he helped his girlfriend and granddaughter up before he intertwined his fingers with Natasha's while he looked over at Connie
"Alright we're going to need covers, Nat and I are boyfriend and girlfriend and since we look alike we'll be brother and sister" He told her and Connie nodded for a moment and scowled at him
"We have different last names, which last name are we taking? Also you can't tell anyone your actual name otherwise they'll put the pieces together.. Steven-James Rogers.. We need another first name for you incase anyone asks and you may have to take my last name in the mean time" Connie said and S.J nodded and Natasha was the one who spoke
"How about Simon-Jones Harris?" Natasha asked and S.J wanted to groan at the name but he nodded since they didn't have enough time to think of any other names he nodded in agreement and started to walk to a near by pub until they were stopped by some soldier and they looked at S.J
"You haven't signed up for the army yet?" One soldier asked and S.J wanted to bang his head on the wall and he had to think of something fast and it was Connie who spoke to them
"My brother was going as we speak, he wanted his sister and girlfriend there to be supportive" Connie said as she hugged S.J's side and Natasha faked a smile and kissed him on the cheek
"I'm so proud of my boyfriend, I know he'll come back home safe and sound" Natasha said softly as S.J faked a smile at the soldiers and the men looked and nodded before they walked off and S.J groaned
"If I'm walking around with no uniform I will literally be dragged into the army and into the battle itself if we don't find Chloe" S.J thought aloud as they were in front of the bar and S.J turned to look at Connie
"I want you to stay here, don't leave until I come back. I'm heading over to sign up for the army so these soldiers don't think there's anything up.. Natasha do you want to join me or stay with Connie?" He asked and Natasha looked around the city
"I'm going to look around and hopefully find Chloe, we'll meet here in the bar in a few hours and we'll find somewhere to rest for the night and we'll find Chloe more in the morning" Natasha said as the two nodded and S.J kissed Natasha slowly but softly and hugged Connie before he walked off and Connie and Nat nodded to each other and Nat walked the opposite way to start looking for Chloe while Connie entered the bar
Connie saw mostly soldiers in their uniforms with men, the bar was quite loud with some men in their uniforms already since others were already signing up for the army. Connie went towards the bar and sat on the stool and as greeted by a beautiful bartender, blonde hair with brown eyes
"What can I do for you today?" The woman asked and Connie thought for a moment before speaking
"Just a cup of water please?" She asked and the woman nodded and was preparing her some water and Connie was looking around and was amazed that this was the time her great-grandfather was alive.. Around this time he would become Captain America and save the world.
But it was going to come with a price.
"Here's your water" The woman said as she placed the glass of water in front of Connie and Connie thanked her before taking a sip of water and heard the wolf whistles of the men behind her and looked back and noticed they were doing it to her and the bartender and the woman narrowed her eyes
"Ignore them, sometimes they like to act rude" The woman said as she went back to cleaning the glasses and Connie nodded
"My name is Connie, pleased to meet you" Connie said and the blonde woman chuckled and went back towards Connie and stuck out her hand
"My name is Bonnie, funny that our names are pretty much the same" Bonnie said cheerfully and Connie smiled at her and soon she felt someone press up against her back and saw it was a drunk soldier
"A dress for me and the beautiful woman over here" He slurred and Bonnie shook her head at him
"You clearly had enough, you should really take it easy" Bonnie said carefully and Connie was stuck between the table and the man pressing against her and she wish she could move her arms and push him away, he stunk of alcohol.
"No, I'm about to leave in a week or so to make sure you still live, so why don't you be a woman and shut your mouth and give me a drink" The man said and Connie was mad and she with her super soldier strength managed to push him back
"Don't talk to her like that" Connie warned as she swung her chair around and facing him now and the man stormed up to her and the bar was quiet for a moment when the doors opened and someone was entering
"I don't take orders from you, woman" The man sneered and Connie was ready to say something until a man came into view and was standing in front of the drunk man and Connie turned around quickly to face Bonnie, thinking that it was S.J.
"Don't bother her, in matter of fact just stay away from her" Connie's rescuer said as she heard him shoving the man away and soon the bar was loud again as if nothing had happened.
"Are you okay Bonnie?" Connie asked quietly as Bonnie nodded at her
"I get this pretty much every day, but thank you really for sticking up for me" Bonnie whispered and Connie smiled at her new friend and held her hand out towards her
"What are friends for?" She asked before she felt another person press against her back, but this time more lightly and giving her room and the man who sounded like her rescuer spoke
"Water for me as well please?" He said politely before speaking to Connie and he sounded amused by the tone that he was speaking
"You're not going to thank the man who helped you?" The man teased and Connie actually chuckled and turned her chair around to face him and see his features, he had dark brown hair with these beautiful blue eyes that she could get lost into, he looked young like in his mid 20s and he looked like he was that kind of guy that you would want to take him home to meet your mother after the first date.
"Thank you, you're my hero" She teased as the man smiled brightly at her, she swore she was going to fall off the chair with his smile.
"Anytime Doll, you're just like my friend you know? He always doesn't back off in a fight" The man said as she smiled and shook her head at him
"Sorry to cause you trouble then" She said as the man shook his head and went to the stool next to her and sat down and thanked Bonnie once she came back with a water and started to play with the glass a bit by poking it
"My names is James Barnes, but people call me Bucky" He said and Connie felt like her heart drop once she heard the name.
Bucky Barnes.
Steve, S.J and Riley had mentioned the name and a few weeks ago she noticed that Sam coming in their family dinner at a café and Steve and Riley had to excuse themselves and Bucky's name was mentioned and soon Sarah-Jane and Connie were confused at some point and S.J took a day in the park to explain who Bucky was to Steve and Mary.
This Bucky.. He would go on to die and coming back as the Winter Soldier.
She swallowed hard and stuck out her hand and tried speaking without her voice breaking "My name is Connie, nice to meet you Bucky" She whispered and James raised his eyebrow at her playfully
"I let other people call me Bucky, you can call me James" Bucky said as he took Connie's hand and kissed the top of it softly and Connie blushed which left Bucky chuckling at her
"Already impressed with me?" He asked and Connie smiled at shook her head at him and noticed that he was already in his soldier uniform and her heart dropped again remembering that Bucky will be heading off to war soon
"So you're going over seas?" She asked softly to him and he nodded and smiled softly at her
"Sadly, it's ashamed.. I have a few days left here and now I already met you, where are you from?" He asked her and Connie had to think fast but was cut off once she heard a new voice
"We're both from Queens" S.J said as he walked towards Connie and kissed her head and Natasha joined him as she leaned on him and he automatically wrapped his arms around her waist and brought her close to him
"I'm sorry you are?" Bucky asked and S.J smirked and raised his eyebrow at him
"Simon-Jones Harris, S.J for short, I'm her brother" S.J said as he looked down at his girlfriend and Bucky saw the look of adoration that S.J gave the red-head woman
"My name is Natasha" Natasha said as she stuck out her hand and Bucky took it and shook it and noticed that S.J was wearing the same uniform as him and grinned
"You're an army man too?"
"Yup, I'm sad that I'll be leaving these ones behind" S.J said as Bucky nodded and S.J saw that Bucky wanted to be alone with Connie and for once, he actually got up once there was music playing and stuck out his hand
"Would you like to dance M'lady?" S.J as Natasha chuckled and took his hand and he guided her to the dance floor as S.J was actually swing dancing with Natasha who was laughing the whole time
"Your brother looks in love with her" Bucky took note as Connie smiled and nodded before she caught Bucky looking over at her and Bucky looked away and chuckled
"I would like to know If you want to take a walk in the park right now? Seems like your brother is busy with his lady" Bucky suggested and Connie thought for a moment and looked over and looked at S.J and Natasha who were enjoying themselves and she hopped off her stool and looked at Bonnie
"I'll see you later Bonnie, if my brother asks I'm with Bucky" She said before she took Bucky's hand and they rushed out the place.
"Damn it I can't believe this is happening" Felix punched the key-board of the computer and saw Sean walking in talking on the phone with Steve
"Yes I know Steve, We're trying our best to get them back.. No please enjoy your time in Florida with Riley and look for Bucky" He started to curse in Russian once he saw Steve hung up on him
"Well expect Cap and Riley back soon" He said and found Janet rushing back inside the room and groaned
"I had a date with a woman named Julia, now that won't happen" Janet said sadly and Felix was about to open his mouth and say something until Jasper came in with Bruce Banner himself
"So what happened?" Bruce said as Felix moved out of the way and in came Lily a few moments later with Sif
"We were hunting down an Inhuman and she got spooked and teleported S.J, Natasha and Connie back in time" Jasper spoke and Felix saw Bruce's face expression changed once Natasha's name was mentioned and he started to go on typing
"Alright we just need to know where they're going first of all.. Do you know what Chloe said before she teleported?"
"She mentioned Steve"
"This is my fault" Sif said softly as Jasper noticed she was there and he went up to her and shook his head at her
"This is not your fault Sif, we weren't prepared and we will get them back" Jasper vowed to her and soon Sean sat on the desk chair trying to figure everything out while Bruce was trying to think as well and Felix placed his hands between his head while Janet was quiet for a second.
"We need to figure where they went to.. Quickly too because we don't know what will happen if they're stuck" Sean said as Sif sat there and Jasper went towards her and stuck out his hand
"Come on, let's go take a walk" Jasper offered her, at first she was about to refuse but she saw the glares she was getting from the other Snakes and she took his hand before Jasper led her away and Janet snorted
"Looks like Jasper has a crush"
"Oh relax Janet, we can't be the protective older siblings now.. We're missing our oldest brother for crying out loud" Felix said
"So tell me about yourself, your hopes and dreams.. Your fears" Bucky said as they took a stroll through the park and they sat down on a rock and Connie sat there for a moment before speaking
"I want to help other people, my great-grandfather and grandfather fought while my father was actually a doctor before he.." She stopped for a moment and Bucky saw her sadden expression and frowned
"What happened?" He asked her gently and she sighed and looked down and played with her hands a bit until she spoke and her voice broke a bit when speaking about her father's death
"My father was very sick, we tried everything we could to save him but everything went downhill and my mother was heart-broken for a while and I left school for a while" She said softly as Bucky nodded understanding her
"My parents passed away too, I was grateful for my best friend's parents letting me stay with her until I was able to stand on my own two feet, I own everything to her" Bucky said happily and Connie couldn't help but smile knowing who he was talking about and soon Bucky stood up and stuck out his hand
"Let's go! I'm not going to be around forever.. Only a few more days until I leave" Bucky said softly and Connie took his hand but was confused
"What are we doing?"
"Going to spend the next few days with you and make the most out of it until I'm leaving" Bucky said as Connie smiled and soon started running as Bucky laughed along and followed her as they were running hand in hand as Bucky brought them to a fountain in the park and pointed at the fountain
"This was the fountain that I tried impressing my first crush by jumping really high but I didn't land correctly and I fell into the water but my best friends Mary and Steve were quite impressed as they were clapping and cheering for me" Bucky said proudly as Connie chuckled thinking of a small Bucky doing it as she walked towards the tree and looked at the leaves falling and soon Bucky joined her
"I'm guessing you love nature?" He asked her and she nodded and all of a sudden she started twirling around and laughing happily as she was enjoying the time she was having here in the 1940s, despite being stuck here she actually enjoyed it here.
"Come on, don't be a bore... Let's dance!" Connie stopped as she grabbed Bucky's hand as he laughed and they started spinning around together and they got dizzy and they fell on the grass and Bucky laughed
"This is the actual first time I'm acting like a kid again.. I forgot how much I needed to grow up when my parents passed away" Bucky said as they were looking at the sky and watching the clouds go by and Connie nodded and listened to him
"Can I tell you something?" Bucky asked looking at her and Connie smiled and nodded and Bucky looked at the sky and sighed
"I only joined the army because I knew I needed to, that maybe I'll return home and be a hero.. Maybe settle down and get married and have children" Bucky said as Connie looked and nodded at him
"You'll be fine, I think you'll find the right one and she'll love you as much as you'll love her" Connie said as Bucky chuckled and looked at her
"I think I found her" Bucky said as Connie thought that he was talking about her great-grandmother since Steve and S.J had told her that Bucky had feelings for Mary.. Despite Mary's strong feelings for Steve.
"Can I see you again?" Bucky asked as Connie smiled and nodded while Bucky intertwined his fingers with hers as they looked at the sky and a few moments they saw S.J running and Connie and Bucky sat up quickly and saw Natasha was running after him and Connie saw who they were chasing
Chloe.
"What's happening?" Bucky asked, clearly very confused and Connie thought of something quick
"That's our cousin, she tends to forget where she is most of the time and runs off.." Connie said as Bucky looked like he was going to get up and chase her but Connie grabbed his hand and pulled him towards her as their faces were close, she didn't need Bucky to get involved.. Not with him being shipped off in a few days.
"It's okay, My brother is a fast runner" She whispered as Bucky looked into her chocolate brown eyes and she looked into his blue eyes and Bucky looked like he was about to lean into her until she heard shouting and saw Natasha and S.J literally carrying Chloe and Connie looked at Bucky
"My cousin is also very sad my brother is leaving, I'm going to have to be with her in this time of need.. I'm so sorry James" She whispered as Bucky chuckled and nodded
"I know.. Since I don't know where you live.. I'll meet you tomorrow at that bar?" He asked her and she sighed for a moment, this could probably be the last time she saw his face.. But didn't want to say no
"I'll see you" She whispered as she kissed his cheek and once she stopped he took her hand and intertwined their fingers together as he leaned forward and kissed her forehead as he lingered there for a moment before they got up and went their own ways.
"Wait" Sean said as all of a sudden he stormed into the room and started typing away and Janet and Jasper and Sif looked confused as Felix and Bruce were looking at books
"Chloe asked S.J that his father was Steve right?"
"Yea, what does that have to do with anything?" Jasper asked as Sean started looking on the internet for photos
"What if she was thinking of the year Steve was made.. Before he became Captain America" Sean said as Felix looked on and Bruce nodded and joined Sean
"That could happen, she could have brought them towards the years that Steve was made since she could be thinking of Steve's start" Bruce said as Sean found a photo and soon everyone joined him as the Snakes froze and Bruce and Sif noticed that and soon Sarah-Jane walked in
"Have you seen Connie? I've been looking for her everywhere and she's no where to be found" Sarah-Jane said as it was Jasper who looked at her
"Please don't be mad, but come here" He said as Sarah-Jane made her way carefully to the screen and she gasped and covered her mouth with her hand as Janet went to her niece's side and hugged her while Felix and Sean held each of Sarah-Jane's hand and Jasper talked to her softly as they looked at the picture.
It was an old picture of Bucky and Connie with a blond woman as the picture was taken in front of the museum that Howard Stark was showing off his car at.
Sarah-Jane knew in that moment they needed to get her daughter back, and now.
S.J literally pinned Chloe to the wall of the alley as Natasha and Connie watched on as Chloe whined and she looked the deadly soldier in the eye
"Take us back" S.J said as Natasha went towards him and she touched his hand for a moment and he looked at her, Connie noticed the anger in his eyes at first but once looking at Natasha his eyes were soft
"We can't just threaten her, remember the last time" She said softly as S.J sighed and let go of Chloe for a moment before he looked at the girl with his dark blue eyes
"Can you please get us back?" He said as Chloe had tears in her eyes and shook her head and looked down and Connie went towards her and placed a hand on her shoulder
"You don't know how to control your powers don't you?" She asked as Chloe looked at them with sad eyes and Nat sighed as she looked at S.J
"What now?"
"We need to figure out how we can get back.. We don't have enough time" He said as Connie couldn't help but be happy because she was going to see Bucky once again and the thought of another date with him made her heart race.
Author's Note:
I'll be busy for the next few weeks but I'll get back to writing soon!
Next Chapter:
Bucky and Connie's dates
Nat and S.J moments
Riley and Steve come in
Jasper and Sif bond
The Three travel to another time?