A children's choir sang in the church as the six men carrying Peggy's casket walked down the aisle. Steve being one of them as he barely could keep it together as he sat the casket down before coming and sitting between her and Sam. Steve kept his head down for most of the service.

"And now," the pastor continued, "I would like to invite Sharon Carter to come up and say a few words." Sam nugged Steve's shoulder and he glanced at him before looking up at the pulpit and his eyes widened.

Sharon glanced at him before looking back out over the large crowd that had gathered in the church. "Margaret Carter was known to most as a founder of SHIELD, but I just knew her as Aunt Peggy."

Sam glanced at Steve who continued to stare. "She had a photograph in her office. Aunt Peggy standing next to JFK. As a kid, that was pretty cool, but it was a lot to live up to, which is why I never told anyone we were related," she said, glancing back at Steve. "I asked her once how she managed to master diplomacy and espionage in a time when no one wanted to see a woman succeed at either. She said, compromise where you can. But where you can't, don't. Even if everyone is telling you that something wrong..."

"... is something right."

"It is your duty to plant yourself like a tree, look them in the eye, and say, 'No. You move.'. Soon the service ended.
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Steve stood alone in the aisle still dressed in black came over to him,Steve began to speak without any introduction.

"When I came out of the ice I thought everyone I had known was gone then I found out that she was alive I was just lucky to have her"Steve said.

"She had your back too"Natasha said.

"Who else signed"Steve asked.

"Tony,Rhodey, Vision".

"Clint"

"Says he's retired"Natasha said with a smile.

"Wanda and Danny?"

"TBD......I'm off to Vienna for the signing of the Accords there's plenty of room on the jet" she said.

Steve sighed and bowed his head.

"Just because it's the path of least resistance doesn't mean it's the wrong path staying together is more important than how we stay together"Natasha said it almost sounded like she was trying to convince herself too.

"What are we giving up to do it"Steve asked.

She sighed and Steve shook his head unconvinced.

"I'm sorry guys I can't sign it" Steve finally said.

"I know".

"Then what are you doing here" Steve asked confused.

"I didn't want you to be alone" Natasha said pulling Steve in for a hug.
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Vienna the United Nations a modern complex of interestingly shaped high-rise buildings.

"At a special United Nations conference 117 countries have come together to ratify the Sokovia Accords"A news anchor said.

T'Challa wore a sharp suit and stood looking through a glass wall.

"Excuse me Miss Romanoff"A UN staff tried getting her attention.

"Yes"Natasha asked turning around.

"These need your signature"The UN staff said.

Natasha signed the paper.

"Thank you"The UN staff person said walking away.

"Thanks"Nat said watching the guy walk away.

"I suppose neither of us is used to the spotlight" T'Challa said walking up to the her.

"Oh well it's not always so flattering"Natasha responded.

"You seem to be doing all right so far considering your last trip to Capitol Hill I wouldn't think you would be particularly comfortable in this company" T'Challa said.

"Well I'm not"

"That alone makes me glad you're here miss Romanoff" T'Challa said.

"Why? you don't approve all this"Natasha asked.

"The Accords yes! the politics not really? two people in a room can get more done than a hundred"T'Challa said.

"Unless you need to move a piano" King T'Chaka said approaching them.

"Father"T'Challa said greeting his father.

"Son, Miss Romanoff" King T'Chaka greeted.

"King T'Chaka please allow me to apologize for what happened in Nigeria"Nat sincerely apologized.

"Thank you thank you for agreeing to all this I'm sad to hear that Captain Rogers will not be joining us today"King T'Chaka said.

"Yes so am I" Natasha agreed.

"If everyone could please be seated this assembly is now in session"A man on the speaker said.

"That is the future calling such a pleasure"T'Challa said.

"Thank you" Natasha found a seat.

"When stolen Wakandan vibranium was used to make a terrible weapon we in Wakanda were forced to question our legacy those men and women killed in Nigeria were part of a goodwill mission from a country too long in the shadows we will not however let misfortune drive us back we will fight to improve the world we wish to join I am grateful to The Avengers for supporting this initiative"King T'Chaka spoke.

T'Challa spotted something outside.

"Wakanda is proud to extend its hand in peace"King T'Chaka said.

"EVERYBODY GET DOWN"T'Challa yelled.

Natasha ducked under the desk, An enormous explosion goes off between the two buildings and destroys the conference hall.

T'Challa finds his father lying on the floor with his eyes closed he grabs his father's wrist and feels for a pulse but his father lies still. The man cradled his father as he sobbed.

Steve talked with Sharon near the elevators as Sam sat in the cafe the hotel had.

"Steve," Sam called. "There's something you gotta see."

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Steveand Sam watched the news as Sharon paced behind them on the phone.

"A bomb hidden in a news van ripped through the UN building in Vienna," the news reported said as live footage of the fire played. "More than seventy people have been injured. At least twelve are dead, including Wakanda's King T'Chaka. Officials have released a video of the suspect," the video changed to some surveillance footage, showing a man with a black hood, "who they have identified as James Buchanan Barnes, the Winter Soldier. The infamous Hydra soldier linked to numerous acts of terrorism and political assassinations."

Sharon came to stand beside the two, sighing, "I have to go to work."
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Fire crews hose down the buildings red and white medical chopper flies overhead.

"Call MI-6 see if we can get micro forensics to hurry this up we need the whole team here in 2 hours or it's not worth it" Sharon said riding through with a man in a green jumpsuit they pass T'Challa who sat on a bench looking stunned there was a cut on his head Natasha sat on the next bench along.

"I'm very sorry"Natasha apologized for his loss.

"In my culture, death....is not the end. it's more of a stepping off point you reach out with both hands and Bast and Sekhmet they lead you into the green veldt where you can run forever"T'Challa explained.

"That sounds very peaceful"

"My father thought so I am not my father" T'Challa said putting on his ring.

"T'Challa task force will decide who brings in Barnes"Natasha warned having a feeling she knew where this was going.

"Don't bother Miss Romanoff I'll kill him myself" T'Challa said as he walked off.

The woman's phone rang. "Yeah?" Natasha said as she answered.

"You alright?" Steve asked.

"Uh, yeah. Thanks. I- I got lucky."

"I know how much Barnes means to you. Stay home. You'll only make this worse. For all of us. Please."

"Are you saying you'll arrest me?"

"No," she told him. "Someone will if you interfere. That's how it works now."

"If he's this far gone, Nat, we should be the one to bring him in."

"Why?"

"Because I'm the one least likely to die trying and she's the one who shares his memories." He hung up and he took one last glance at her from where he were standing on the sidewalk before walking into a nearby cafe.

"She tell you to stay out of it?" Sam asked as he joined him at the counter, the two in baseball caps and sunglasses. They were silent. "Might have a point."

"He'd do it for me."

"In 1945, maybe. I just want to make sure we consider all our options. The people who shoot at you two usually wind up shooting at me."

"Tips have been pouring in since that footage went public," Sharon told them as she walked over.

"Everybody thinks the Winter Soldier goes to their gym. Most of it's noise. Except for this." She slid Steve a file. "My boss expects a briefing pretty much now, so that's all the head start you're gonna get."

"Thank you."

"You're gonna have to hurry. We have orders to shoot on sight."
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Steve walked around the small apartment. There was a single bathroom, a mattress on the floor with a thin sheet and pillow, and then a tiny kitchen. The windows were covered in newspapers.

"Heads up," Sam said through the comms. "German Special Forces approaching from the south."

"Understood." he turned around to see Bucky standing there.

"Do you know me?"

"You're Steve. I read about you in a museum."

"They've set the perimeter," Sam reported.

"I know you're nervous and you have plenty of reason to be, but you're lying."

"I wasn't in Vienna. I don't do that anymore."

"They're entering the building."

"Well the people who think you did are coming here now and they're not planning on taking you alive."

"That's smart. Good strategy." They glanced up as they heard footsteps above them and from the stairwell.

"They're on the roof. I'm compromised."

"This doesn't have to end in a fight, Buck."

"It always ends in a fight."

"Five seconds," Sam warned.

"You pulled me from the river. Why?"

Bucky took the glove off his left hand, revealing the metal. "I don't know."

"Three seconds." Sam yelled.

"Yes, you do."

"Breach! Breach! Breach!" Sam yelled just as explosives came through the windows. Cap hit the first one back out the window and Bucky kicked the second over to Steve who put his shield over it just before it exploded. Bucky lifted the mattress and covered himself from a shot coming through the window.

He then grabbed the table sitting against the wall and flung it towards the door, the legs lodging into the wall. Three soldiers broke through the windows, each of them engaging one. The backdoor opened and Steve grabbed the gun from the soldier and Bucky kicked him outside.

"Buck, stop!" Steve yelled, grabbing the back of his jacket. Bucky immediately twisted so Steve had to let go. "You're gonna kill someone." He pushed Steve down to the floor before throwing his fist down, landing right next to Steve's head.

"I'm not gonna kill anyone," he told him before grabbing the hidden bag under the floorboard and tossing it out the backdoor.

Another soldier came through one of the windows, immediately shooting at Bucky who blocked himself with his arm. Bucky threw Steve out the window and into one of the German soldiers, Steve pushing himself up on the small balcony, the other soldier staying still.

Bucky held his hand out, the bullets flying off of his palm, he then picked up a cinderblock and chuck it at the soldier who went flying into the bathroom.

The hostile man threw his fist through the wall, hitting one of the soldiers before kicking open the door and running through. Bucky demolishing them with no hesitation.

The glass from the ceiling shattered as a soldier repelled through. Bucky grabbed his gun before swinging him into the wall and knocking him out. He looked down the stairwell as more soldiers started running up. Bucky jumped onto the body still hanging from the repel line, using it to swing across and down a level, starting on taking out the guards there.

Steve came out of Bucky's apartment and joined him. They started making their way further down,

"Come on, man," he told Bucky who only elbowed one of the other Germans in the face while Steve hauled the soldier up and threw him into a wall. Bucky ripped up the railing on some of the stairs, using it to swing down and kick one of the soldiers into the wall.

Steve grabbed the hook on one of the soldier's belt, attaching it to another's harness and threw the first over the railing, the other having to make sure both of them didn't fall. He threw his shield, hitting a soldier who was aiming his gun at Bucky.

Bucky glanced at them before throwing himself over the side of the railing and falling a couple of floors before grabbing onto another set of railings with his metal arm, causing him to let out a painful yell before he pulled himself over.

Bucky soared through the air before landing on the building beside them, picking up his bag as he ran.

He continued running as a black shadow went over him before landing on top of him and knocking him to the ground.

Bucky and the guy in the black suit started fighting.

"Southwest rooftop," steve told Sam, seeing Bucky lose against the black panther man.

"Who the hell's the other guy?"

"We're about to find out," Steve said, getting ready to jump between the buildings.

A helicopter flew over the roof and started shooting at them. Bucky doing the same as the man in the black suit just stood there, taking the bullets without moving.

"Sam," Steve called.

"Got him."

Sam kicked the tail of the helicopter, putting it into a spin. Bucky took his chance and started running, the man in suit running after him. They jumped over the edge of the building,  jumping from level to level while the man used his claws to slide down the side.

They both hit the ground and took off running. Steve jumped down before he ran after the two. The helicopter started shooting again as they jumped down into the underground highway. They ran down the road, police cars with their sirens coming after them.

"Stand down!" they ordered with a German accent. "Stand down!" Steve jumped onto the police car, breaking the windshield and making the car stop. He opened the door and pulled the driver out, getting in and kicked out the rest of the windshield.

Steve started driving as soon as his door was closed, eventually passing the cat. There was suddenly a loud thud on the car and Steve glanced out the window.

"Sam, we can't shake this guy."

"Right behind you."

A bunch of other police cars came up behind him and he started hitting the back of his car into theirs, but the man continued to hang on.

They watched as Bucky was cut off, so he turned into the oncoming traffic on the other side of the highway.

Steve grunted as he turned the wheel as much as he could, running into crash cushions as he turned onto the other side of the highway, water flying everywhere.

He continued to follow Bucky who was now on a motorcycle. They heard footsteps on top of the car before the man in the suit jumped off and towards Bucky.

Bucky reached out his arm and caught him by the throat until the cat made them fall to the other side, Bucky's metal arm scraping the asphalt before he kicked the man off of him and pushed the bike back up. The cat jumped onto Sam as he flew by and Sam tried to kick him off while Steve drove as fast as he could.

Bucky threw up a bomb, attaching to the top of the highway. Steve hit the brakes, turning the car to the side and managing to get out and continue running before it started rolling. Sam started flying backwards while the cat went flying through the highway that had already started falling. Police cars surrounding Steve, Bucky and panther.

Rhodey suddenly landed next to them, War Machine's arms out to the sides, powering up. "Stand down, now," he ordered and they listened, Steve putting his shield on his back.

"Congratulations, Cap. You're a criminal." They all held their hands up as they were put into cuffs. The man in the suit took off his helmet. "Your highness," Rhodey said as T'Challa looked at them.
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Wanda sat at the edge of her bed as her little brother was laying next to her with his head on her lap, the girl playing in his hair. "It's about time you eat something, Dan." She said softly as the boy kept his eyes glued on the tv, Malcom and the middle playing on it.

"I'm not hungry." The boy replied lowly.

Wanda just sighed at her brother, carefully picking up his head and moving to stand up, walking to the door.

"Wanda..." the boy called out to his sister, just in time as she was about to walk out, his eyes still glued to the tv. Wanda halting her movements, slowly turning as she looked at the boys back. "Yes Danny?"

"On second thought,...I guess I'm hungry"

The girl smiled and chuckled before turning away and walking out.

Danny let a small smile creep on his face as he heard his sister walk away. The boy focusing back in malcom and the middle, letting out a giggle here and there.
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"A pinch of paprika.." vision mumbled to himself while reading from the recipe that he was holding in his hand. He placed it down on the workbench and looked around at all the ingredients he had laid out. "A pinch—" the droid picked up a pinch of the seasoning before dropping it into the pot.

"Is that Paprikash?"

Wanda walked into the kitchen, her hands in the pockets of her cardigan, giving vision a confused look.

"I thought it might lift your spirits?"

She hummed and walked over to the counter next to him and picked up the spoon that was in the pot, taking some of the food onto the spoon and tasting it. Vision stared at the girl in search of a reaction.

Wanda raised a brow at the taste and placed the spoon back in the pot, stirring it around. "Spirits lifted." She smirked.

"In my defense, I-...I haven't actually ever eaten anything before so I—"

"May I?" She cut him off to cut the tension.

"Please go ahead." Vision moved to the side and let Wanda get to work.

He walked around to the other side of the counter and sat down on one of the stools, watching as Wanda looked down at the recipe and picked up a spice bottle, raising it up to her nose and sniffing it.

She grabbed a few different ingredients and began mixing them into the pot. Vision cleared his throat and attempted to speak again.

"Wanda." He spoke.

"Hmm." She replied, still not looking up at him.

"No one dislikes you, Wanda."

This seemed to grab her attention as she looked up at him curiously, a confused smile growing on her face as her eyebrows scrunched, the girl tilting her head.

"Thanks..." She said while screwing the lid back on one of the bottles.

"Oh, you're welcome. No, it's a involuntarily response in their amygdala. They can't help but be afraid of you."

"Are you?" Wanda searched his eyes, waiting for him to answer.

"My amygdala is synthetic, so.." He replied, earning himself a giggle from the girl. He smiled as he watch the girl laugh.

The duo both fell into a soft fit of laughter and for a moment, things started to feel normal again. Like everything that had happened in the past few days had just