Dark New World

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Disclaimer: OC's are mine!

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James Barnes looked around himself as random Wakanda warriors had started to turn to dust. The sound of agony cries filled the air for different names. "Steve." He whispered and franticly looked around. "Steve!" He yelled and started to run. "Steve!" His feet is heavy against the grass and broken branches as he races through the trees.

"James?"

Bucky slid to a stop, loosing his balance for a moment as he does a 180 spin. Wanda Maximoff walks down a path, looking warn out but alive. A slow smile reached the corners of his mouth and he ran for her, his long legs reached her in no time.

She through her arms out as he reached her and grabbed her around the waist, he picked her up and spun her around.

Setting her back on her feet, Bucky rested his forehead against hers. "You ok?" He asks in a whisper.

"Yes, shaken, but yes."

A noise close to them is heard, and they jump both stiffening but relaxed when Sam Wilson approached from around a corner.

"Wanda." He smiled in relief. "Barnes." He approaches them and his smile quickly leaves. "Rhode's is gone!"

Bucky ran both his hands through his hair, his fingers scraping his scalp as he tried to calm down. "We need to regroup." He decides. "Put our heads together, come up with something. Anything!" He bends down, placing his hands on his knees making his long hair slide down on either side of his face like curtains. "Damnit!"

"Bucky?" The familiar voice came from around a corner. And only one man says that name.

Bucky's head snapped up, his eyes growing wide and wild again. "Steve?" He chokes. "Steve!?" He yells.

Steve Rogers emerges from a bush, gently tugging and holding tight of Natasha Romanoff's hand. The blonde man's blue eyes smiles brightly, letting go of Natasha and bolting to his best friend.

The two men smile as they hug. Steve pulls away from their hug and smiles at Wanda and Sam.

"Is this it?" Natasha asks as she approaches. "Are we the only ones?" Her question has the smile on Steve's face instantly drop.

Wanda tried to swallow the lump in her throat. "Yes. I'm afraid we." She trailed off.

"We lost." Steve finished for her. "Oh God."

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The farm house is quiet. Incept for the bleeping of a few goats, and two donkey's stood in the mix of the goats. The grounds around the land looked like no body's touched it.

Bucky breathed heavily as he stood in the middle of the field, looking around. The house looks like a duplicate of Clint Barton's, but the Barnes' farmhouse is cedar wood, a nice screened in porch that wraps the front of the house, and a tire swing facing the goat pen.

Natasha, and Sam look on in wander at the land. "So this is your sanctuary, Barnes?" Sam asks.

Bucky nods. "Yes."

Steve opened his mouth, but suddenly one of the goats got loose from behind them and head butted Sam.

Sm grabbed himself. "Whoa!" He groans. "Not cool horn head!" The goat bleeps at him and tries to head butt him again, making Sam take off towards the house with the goat giving chase.

"Barnes! Call him off! This animal has issues!" He takes the steps of the porch two at a time, the front door opens after Sam disappears inside, the goat then suddenly hits a shimmery red energy shield and the animal stumbles backwards a little.

Wanda comes out from the house. "Bad boy." She scolds. "Shoo, shoo, back to your pen."

Bucky grins as he leads Steve and Natasha to the front of the house. "Wish I had a camera to film that."

A small shadow comes into the doorway behind Wanda and a little girl emerges holding a Bucky Bear, the child smiles brightly at the adults she knows and loves. "Daddy! Uncle Steve, Aunt Tasha!" She ran to Natasha first to get a hug, then moved to Steve, then finally Bucky.

"Hey darling." Bucky smiles as he picks up his daughter, then kisses her cheek.

They all pile into the house.

"As much as I hate to say this. We have to head back to the facility." Steve said. "A head count of who's here and not here."

"That's better than waiting for the next apocalypse to hit." Bucky said sarcastically, setting his daughter down.

"Steve's plan is better." Sam said, making Bucky roll his eyes.

"Sarcasm Sam." The Sargent replied. He looks around at there very small group in his living room, his eyes land on Steve. "Back to New York?"

"Back to New York." Steve confirms with a nod.

"Should we leave now?" Wanda asked with worry.

"The sooner we get going the better." Steve answered. "But we're all tired, so I think sleep should do us good."

Bucky nods. "Ok, uh, I'll get the extra blankets." He stood up.

"I'll help ya." Steve offered.

Sam watches the two leave. "I can sleep on the couch here." He offers waving a hand to the couch behind him.

"We have room." Wanda told him. "It gets cold at night, especially at the back of the house."Suddenly there was a knock on the door. "Would you mind getting that? Please?"

"Not a problem." Sam moves to answer the door.

"I thought we were the only ones left." Natasha said with a frown. The two women watch as Sam comes back with Dr. Bruce Banner behind him and behind him are a few children who look frightened.

"I, I found these guys wondering around the city." Bruce explained just as Bucky and Steve return.

"Bruce, good to see you're ok." Steve smiled.

"Thanks Cap." Bruce said as the frightened children cling to his legs.

Wanda kneels down near the children. "You don't have to be afraid of us, we would never hurt you." She said gently, and Natasha knelt down next to her.

"Anybody want hot chocolate?" She asks, that was the magic word as the children's eyes lit up.

"Yes please."

Steve turns to Bucky. "Looks like Melina's got some friends her own age now." He comments lightly as the men in the room watch the children follow Natasha and Wanda into the kitchen.

"We're not leaving them behind." Bucky decides, he turns to the blonde. "Once we get to New York, I know what I'm gonna do."

Bruce frowns. "Wait, New York? Steve, we're going back home?" He asks.

"Yeah." Steve nods. "We're going back home. First thing in the morning."