Author's Note: Well this is it, the last chapter. It was a mind bender trying to get the story to tie into Age of Ultron, and I hope I did it well. The story may be over, but our imaginations can keep going and wonder what happens after Age of Ultron and in between Civil War. These two stories were my ideas about what happened in between Winter Soldier and Age of Ultron. I'm not sure if I will continue the story arc, but I do have another story idea in the works, and I hope all of you take a minute to check it out. I loved writing these two stories, and yes the epologue for this one is a heart breaker, but it was like this so it would tie into the movie, it wasn't because I wanted to be cruel, or was it. Anyway thank you all for reading. Review.

Bucky

Bucky was shocked to get a message from Steve, and Bucky without delay made his way to New York. Bucky had been worried about him for a while now, besides it had been almost a month and he did say he would visit. Bucky was following coordinates to where Steve wanted to meet him. Bucky had Clint keep an eye on him, but Steve locked himself away in his apartment. Bucky had no idea what he did in there, but he hoped it was nothing stupid. Bucky could see the skyscrapers of New York City and he switched the Quinjet to stealth mode.

He had been living in the Quinjet for about a month now, he kept it clean, well as clean as he could. He had a little hammock in the back of the Quinjet so he could sleep and that was about it. He had kept in touch will Hill, and she seemed to be a little overwhelmed with working in the tower. She didn't have as much man power as she did in S.H.I.E.L.D. Bucky had made her promise to keep his location secret, even from Steve. He didn't want his best friend to show up randomly. Bucky wanted Steve to stay where he was needed and his friend didn't need him. They both lived very different lives, and they both had separate tasks to complete.

Bucky followed the coordinates to an abandoned warehouse, out in the middle of nowhere. Bucky raised his eye brows in surprise and he landed the Quinjet. He unstrapped himself and he climbed out of the pilot chair and he walked toward the ramp. He hit the manual release button and he walked down and he was now alone, late at night, and he had no idea what he was doing there. Bucky walked forward and then Steve appeared from behind a huge stack of boxes. Bucky saw that he looked horrible, but he seemed healthy. They met with smiles and then exchanged a friendly hug.

"Good to see you Bucky"

"It's always good to see you staying out of trouble" Bucky said and he followed Steve to the main door for the warehouse. "Where are we?" Bucky asked

"An abandoned Hydra base" Steve said pulling at the door.

Bucky's good mood slightly faded "What?"

"Don't worry I checked it out this afternoon, it's completely abandoned, but there is some equipment in here that we can use"

"When did you ever want to use Hydra gear?"

"Never, but it's the only way right now"

"Only way for what?" Bucky asked starting to get a little worried about what Steve had in mind.

"I'll explain inside, now do you want to help me with the door?"

"Sure" Bucky said walking forward and he put his hands on the huge door and he helped Steve open it.

They both gritted their teeth and the door gave away and slide open, just enough for them to fit inside. Steve went first and Bucky followed. Bucky stood next to Steve and they both looked at the empty warehouse.

"I thought you said that this place was full of equipment?" Bucky asked

Steve walked over and he put his hand on a leaver that would turn on the lights "It is" and he slammed the leaver down and the floor rumbled and it came apart in the center.

Bucky watched closely as stairs led down into the base. Steve walked over and patted Bucky on the shoulder.

"Shall we go down?"

"Is it just you and me?"

"Clint will be here soon"

"That's not what I meant"

"Yes it is empty, I told you that I scoped it out earlier. I just need an extra pair of hands to help me with something" Steve said and he blinked slightly and Bucky noticed that Steve seemed to be half here and half somewhere else

"Hey, are you ok?" Bucky said putting his hand on his shoulder

"No, I'm not ok, let's just get this done" Steve said and walked down the stairs

Bucky looked back and he followed. Bucky started to feel a little weird walking through an abandoned Hydra base, he felt like he had been there before. He followed Steve past a huge armory and he stopped to look at the huge arsenal of vehicles and weapons. Bucky looked down and he saw that they were all covered in dust and he turned and kept following Steve. He followed Steve past a laboratory and Bucky glanced in through the glass and he saw a huge metal box. He felt s sudden chill and he felt it in his head that was what he was put into when he was not on missions. Bucky suddenly felt very uncomfortable, but he kept walking and he tried to keep up with Steve.

Bucky was starting to feel exposed, like he was walking through his history. Bucky just kept his eyes straight and he followed Steve down another stairway and then they came to a room with a chair in the center and Bucky felt a shutter of fear when he saw it. It was what Hydra used to brainwash him. Bucky slowly took a few steps forward, his legs didn't want to move. Steve flipped on a few switches and he looked back at Bucky as the power came back on and the room became lit with a dim golden light.

The chair hummed to life and Bucky slightly shuttered at the noise. Steve walked over and put his hand on Bucky's shoulder

"I know this is a little touchy area for you, but stay focused" Steve said

Bucky nodded and he took a deep breath, keeping calm. Steve walked over and he pulled open the wrist restraints and he sat down in the chair and then locked the wrist restraints.

"Steve what are you doing?" Bucky asked

"Come on, turn it on" Steve said completely calm

"What?"

"I want you to turn it on" Steve said and he blinked and inhaled slowly to relax.

"Steve, no" Bucky said realizing what Steve wanted "I'm not going to brainwash you"

"Why not?"

Bucky stammered and he blinked and his eyes were looking from the floor to Steve.

"You don't want to experience this"

"Bucky, I can't sleep, I can barely eat, and I am driving myself crazy"

"So brainwashing you will just fix it?"

"If you do it right yes"

"WHAT THE HELL!?" Clint said in the door way

"Barton explain to him that this is a horrible idea" Bucky said looking back at him

"Cap what are you doing?"

"I just want them to stop" Steve said

"This is about Natasha isn't it?"

"She's part of it yes"

"Steve just tell her and go from there" Clint said

"No, I just can't. I want you to erase my memory for the past five months"

"But you'll forget everything about your relationship with her" Clint said

"Also Steve, I don't know how to work this wretched thing, I could take all of it away" Bucky said

"I'm willing to risk that, but in have faith in you that you can do it"

"This is fucking insane" Clint said

"Clint, I see both of them everywhere I go, I have memory flashes and nightmares, and I don't sleep. I spend all my time constantly thinking about them both and then I get theses awful feelings and then just last night I almost shot myself. I am desperate and this thing is the only thing I can think of"

"Wait you almost shot yourself?" Clint said

"Yeah, and now I just want all of it to go away. Natasha is fine, it's all me that is messed up at the moment."

"Steve no" Bucky said

"Guys, she doesn't remember anything, and now I have to still go with her when she invites me to do something. As much as it hurts I want to, but not feeling like this, if we get together later great if not, I would rather not remember it. She can't remember it, I don't want to remember it"

"Steve this is…"

"Crazy I know"

"You won't remember finding me either" Bucky said

Steve paused "Yes, but I'll end up seeing you eventually. Clint you will need to fill me in after this"

"What makes you think that we're going to do this?" Clint asked

"Because I asked you to, and this is my choice, for better or for worse"

Clint looked up at the ceiling "Shit, fine Barnes get the thing ready" Clint said

Bucky shook his head and he nodded "Why the hell not, I never could change your mind from something"

Clint grabbed the mouth guard and put it into Steve's mouth and then Bucky pressed a few buttons and he saw the metal arm clamps attached to Steve's arms. Bucky walked over and pressed another button and a face guard came up and attacked itself to Steve's face. Bucky looked at Clint "This is your last chance to get out of this"

"Just do it" Steve said and he took a few deep breaths and Bucky switched to a few settings and set for five months and he hovered his hand over the red button. Steve moved his eyes in his direction and gave a little nod. Bucky closed his eyes and slammed his hand down on the button and the lights slightly dimed and then the room was filled with buzzing and Steve felt the shock got to his brain and he groaned loudly and he gritted his teeth. He felt the pain increase and increase and he felt his heart racing and he felt his mind slowly fading and slightly forgot why he was there and he felt another jolt of pain and he let out a painful yell. Bucky kept his eyes closed, he didn't want to watch, but the screams were enough to haunt him. Bucky saw Steve's eyes close and then he stopped shaking and Bucky hit the button again and the chair turned off. The arm clamps came undone and he and Clit pulled Steve out of the chair and carried him back to the surface.

Clint's car was parked next to the Quinjet and they carried Steve tower it and put him in the back seat lying across them. Clint shut the door and he walked over to Bucky.

"He should wake up in a couple of hours, you'll need to fill him in on everything"

"I can do that"

"We know that it was the right thing to do"

"Maybe" Clint said

"Well, I better stay away, well I have an old friend to hunt"

"Hey Barnes, stay safe" Clint said

"You to, watch out for all of them" Bucky said and he walked up the ramp and he hit the button and it closed.

Clint watched as the Quinjet flew away and he turned back toward his car and he climbed into it and put the keys into the ignition. He looked back at Steve and then he drove forward heading toward Steve's apartment.

One week later…

Clint had not enjoyed the past week, but Steve got what he wanted. He didn't remember a thing about the relationship and ironically the last he could remember was a masked man attacking the tower, he guessed it was funny that both of them would forget the exact amount of time. Clint had seen them on the balcony before that happened and how they were about to kiss. Maybe they could still get together, one of these days. Clint explained to Steve about everything that Steve wanted to know. Now he was the only one who knew the truth, well except Barnes, and now he had no contact with him. Barnes thought it would do better if he stayed a ghost. Steve was still on about looking for him, but he said that Bucky could wait.

Clint will admit that he liked that Steve was back to being who he was. Natasha and him still talked liked friends and hung out on occasion. Clint guessed everything had ended pretty well after all. Most of their time was put into hunting for that damn scepter. Clint had spent a few days looking for Hydra bases that Steve had piled up in a bunch of files. Natasha helped, Tony saw it as not worth his time, and Bruce, well he just did what he always did. Thor would grow a little impatient, but he never pushed it. They had already been through two raids and now that meant two bases scratched off the list.

Clint was amazed, well they all were when in the first raid of the first base. After they had accomplished the goal and that Hulk was still agitated that Natasha was actually able to calm him down. She got Hulk to turn back into Bruce, which was something. So now Natasha had done it twice and that meant she had to do it every time he hulked out. Clint had come up with the idea for something that they would say if they needed the Hulk, it didn't help when most of them could handle it and you had a huge green guy who liked to smash things running rampant. Clint liked to say Code Green and it stuck.

Steve was taking the leading role head on and he did it quite admirably. They had found a third base and they were about to leave on a raid. Clint, Natasha, Bruce, and Steve were in the Quinjet. Tony and Thor could fly so it wasn't exactly a conversation of them being in the Quinjet when the fighting started. They were somewhere in northern Spain and it was lightly raining. Clint was flying the Quinjet and he could see the base within sight.

"Cap, there it is"

"Ok, fly low." Steve looked at Natasha "You get dropped off from here and take the motorcycle, you will surprise them"

Steve put his hand to his ear and he spoke "Stark you are air support and Thor, well get the party started"

Steve looked at Clint and smirked.

A loud crack of thunder hit the Hydra soldier's ears and they saw a lightning bolt fly across the sky. They sounded the alarm and they filed out and armed the air guns and other got into vehicles.

"Um… Cap is this a Code Green?" Bruce asked

Steve looked at Bruce and nodded "You will cover Nat, you think you can do that?"

"Yeah, why not"

Steve turned back to face the cockpit and he stood next to Clint. The Quinjet lowered down and Natasha turned on the motorcycle and a hatch opened under her and she hit the ground and sped forward. Bruce pulled off his glasses and he jumped down and he hit the ground and rolled and turned into the hulk as he did. He took a step and jumped forward and landed thirty feet away from Natasha.

Natasha drove over a slope and he went through the air and landed and then two Hydra trucks came flying out of the brush. Natasha slightly slowed and missed the trucks and he sped up and bolted past them. The trucks turned and followed her. Hulk jumped and landed on one and he ran and hit the other one with his fist and it flew into the trees. Natasha was coming to the opening and three trucks came out of nowhere and they all headed toward her and they were going in different directions. They were going to crush her. She floored it and he stood up on the seat and balanced and surfed on the motorcycle. The three trucks got closer and she jumped into the air as they were about to smash her.

She felt Hulk catch her and then the three trucks smashed into each other and exploded. The shockwave made Hulk flip forward and he rolled and he came up and Natasha was in his arms and he put her down. Natasha turned to see a large amount of Hydra forces. She glanced over at Hulk and he stood ready.

"Hey Rogers we have a problem"

"All part of the plan" Steve said and he tapped Clint on the shoulder and Clint pressed the button for the ramp to lower.

"Thor you inbound?"

"Yes"

"Stark?"

"Yep"

"Ok, well let's teach them a lesson"

Steve grabbed his shield and he put on his helmet and clipped the bottom strap and he felt the Quinjet lower and he saw the path speeding past in his vison. He counted to three and ran and jumped out. He fell through the air and he could see Natasha and Hulk through his blurry vison. He saw Thor's red cape pop up next to Natasha and he saw Stark flying past him. The Hydra forces were close and they all had their guns pointed at the Avengers.

Clint aimed the main guns and he kept his finger on the trigger and he waited for the signal from Steve. Steve hit the ground and rolled and he stood in front of them all. Stark hovered next to Hulk and he scanned and highlighted all the heavy weaponry and he was ready to destroy them all in one go. Steve took a step forward "Avengers… Assemble" Steve said and Clint fired the main gun and bullets hit numerous targets and they all ran forward and Steve brought his shield up and swung it at a soldier. Natasha jumped and brought her foot up to hit a soldier in the face. Thor threw his hammer toward a turret, and Tony fired at the heavy weaponry and Hulk jumped forward and the last thing that the soldier's saw was a huge green hand reaching for them.

Somewhere in Russia

A man was sitting at a café and he was drinking a cup of coffee and he had a long coat on. The snow had started to fall and he had a hat on and his face was burned on his left side and he was blind in his left eye. He stood up and he walked toward the exit and he walked out onto the sidewalk and he looked up at a building that was thirty feet away and he saw a man with long brown hair and he had a face mask with black glasses. He saw a large amount of traffic coming and he smiled and chuckled lightly and he climbed onto a bus as it past and he disappeared into the large amount of traffic.