Chapter 10 because I'd rather write this than listen to my professor try to talk about a subject that is not in her 'area of expertise' or 'time-frame' or 'researched content'…..

Chapter 10

*Skye POV*

"Abby!" Steve said with joy as he picked up the girl and spun her around.

Abby clung onto Steve tightly and soon tears streaked her young face.

"I can't believe it's really you!" she cried out.

"Abby?" an older female voice asked from another room, "Who is at the door."

"It's Steve mama!" Abby yelled back into the house

"Abby," the older woman's voice scolded, "How many times do I have to tell you that it is not polite to trick people."

"It's not a trick mama come and see!" Abby said finally letting go of Steve.

A women, probably in her forties appears in the doorway, with a scowl on her face like she was about to reprimand Abby for lying when she looks up at Steve. Her mouth opened and closed like a fish before her eyes started to water and she covered her mouth with her hand.

"Steven?" she asked slowly coming up to him, "Please tell me that this is really you."

"It really is me Karen," Steve said, his own eyes watering.

They embraced for a while, not as long as Abby, until we both were ushered inside and sat down on their couch with hot cups of tea being poured into some cups for us. As we quietly sipped the tea, Karen spoke first.

"They said you were dead," she said, tears still forming.

"I came close," Steve said, setting down his tea, "I was stuck in the ice in the artic where I brought down the plane."

"Mr. Stark must have found you," Abby exclaimed.

"Oh no honey," Karen said, "If Howard Stark found Steven it would have been all over the newspapers."

Karen turned back towards Steve and I, "How did you get out of the ice then?"

"Karen," Steve started, "Can we talk privately?"

Karen nodded and Steve gave my hand a squeeze before they left to a different room.

"So what's your name?" Abby asked.

*Steve POV*

Karen shut the door behind us once we entered the separate room.

"So what is with all this secrecy?" Karen asked.

"I felt it better to not tell Abby everything that has happened in these years," I said as I walked over to the mantle of the small fireplace and looked at the pictures and medals that were displayed there.

"Years?" Karen asked, sounding hurt, "You've been out of the ice for years and you only come back now? Do you know how devastated we were when we lost-"

Karen stopped herself with a sob.

"When you lost Bucky," I finished for her.

Karen nodded as she stumbled over to the bed and sat on the edge of it.

"Abby was so heartbroken after the loss of her brother that she prayed every night that you returned home safely so that she would at least have one brother to be there for her," Karen said staring at the pictures of Abby, me, and Bucky on the mantle.

"I haven't been out for years during this time," I said with a sigh, "And this is why I wanted to have this conversation in private."

I told Karen everything I possibly could about how I was stuck in the ice for over seventy years, my new team in the future, how we were battling an enemy and somehow got sent back to the past, and finally I broke the news to her.

"Bucky…..Bucky is alive," I said, ripping off the band-aid.

Karen's head snapped up from looking at the ground to look me in the eyes.

"Steven," Karen said, her voice breaking, "Please do not toy with my heart or Abby's."

"Karen I swear that I am not," I said getting down on my knees in front of her and taking her hands in mine, "Bucky is alive and he was brought back to the past like I was."

Karen broke down into a sobbing mess, "You found him? You brought him home?"

"No, I failed him," I said letting go of her hands and letting mine fall into my lap, "I didn't fight hard enough past the guards to go search for him. I stayed back like I was ordered to do. If I didn't stay back then Hydra wouldn't have gotten to him and made him to the Winter Soldier."

"Hydra had my baby?" Karen asked, even more saddened and frightened than before.

"Yes, for as long as I was in the ice, Hydra had Bucky and erased his memories and made him into their tool for control," I said, voice slightly cracking with grief of what my best friend had to go through.

"But you said he came with you," Karen said confused, "Is he still being forced to fight for Hydra?"

"No," I reinforced, "I found him a couple of years ago, in the future time, and started to rehabilitate his mind. He is becoming more and more like the old Bucky every day that passes."

Karen let out a sigh of relief, "Is there a chance that we could see him?"

"Yes, but you know that he cannot stay Karen," I said sadly, "He must come back with us when we go back to our time. Otherwise he could upset the order of time itself."

Karen nodded sadly, "As long as he is alive."

I nodded and she hugged me tightly again before we collected ourselves and headed back out to the main room. What we walked out to made me smile. Skye was telling stories about some of the adventures and missions we had, of course leaving out and gory parts to keep her mind innocent. Karen walked past me to hug Abby.

"Mama!" Abby complained, "Stevie's girl was about to tell me how they met!"

Skye and I both blushed at Abby's words. Even after all this time with Skye it still flusters me when someone else calls her my girl.

"Now Abby," Karen scolded, "You should not assume that-"

"On no it's ok," Skye interrupted, "She is right, I am Stevie's girl."

I rolled my eyes at Skye using Abby's nickname for me. That was until I was tackled by Skye and she pressed her lips against mine.

Our small moment was interrupted by Abby yelling, "Yay! Stevie finally has a girl!"

Skye and I both started laughing loudly and Karen soon joined in.

"You're next Abby!" I said as I started to get up.

Abby shrieked and started to run away from me, "No…No Stevie! I don't want boy cooties!"

I easily caught up to her and scooped her up before peppering her cheeks with kisses. I eventually let her down before she hurt herself trying to get out of my grip. We were all laughing and enjoying our reunion together until the sound of a phone ringing stopped all the fun and games in their tracks. I looked over to Skye who picked up her phone and answered it. Even though the person on the other end of the line could not see her she nodded her head.

"We'll be right there," she said before hanging up the phone.

Skye looked up to me with sad eyes, "We need to go."

She understood that Karen and Abby were like family to me because they were Bucky's family.

Abby came running over and hugged my leg tightly, "No please don't! You just came back to us."

I bent down to pick her up and hugged her tightly, "I promise that I will be back and I will bring a surprise with me."

"I'll miss you as much as I did when you and Bucky went off to war," Abby said as I felt a wet drop fall onto the shoulder of my shirt.

"And I'll miss you as much as I did when I went off the war," I said back to her.

We reluctantly let go of each other and I gave Karen a tight hug as well before Skye and ran out the door and to the bike.

As I was about to start the bike I heard Abby yell out, "And next time you come make sure to bring Skye with you."

I started to chuckle, "I will if she's willing."

I felt a slap on my back before Skye answered, "Of course I will come back to visit."

I started the bike and started to take off down the street and back to Howard's mansion.

"So why were we called in," I asked back to Skye

"Tony might have had a break through to get us home or he might reawaken Ultron, which is why he wants us there to be able to stop him if he does accidentally reawaken him," Skye replied.

I nodded and speed up till we pulled into Howards' driveway. I steered the bike into the garage and turned it off before we hopped off and started to run inside and to the lab. Everyone, both the Avengers and the SSR were already armored up and weaponized and waiting for Tony to pull the switch. Down on a table was the remains of Ultron's heart that was hooked up to a bunch of wires that connected to a whole bunch of machines.

"Finally," Tony said like he was exhausted, "Everyone ready?"

Everyone in the room nodded and Tony threw down the switch, "Now witchy."

At Tony's command Wanda manipulated her power into the heart. Sparks lite up the room from the various machines.

"Tony," Skye yelled over the noise of the machines working, "What exactly are we doing to it?"

"Restarting it," Tony replied.

"What!" Skye yelled back to him, "Are you crazy?"

"Jury's out," Tony side commented back, "I figured that it powering down his heart sent us back to the past, doing so again would send us back to the future, to do that we need to restart it."

As Tony finished speaking all the machines shut down and Ultron's heart started to glow faintly.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha," Ultron's voice laughed faintly from the heart, "I knew you would bring me back."

"Shut up monster," Wanda yelled at the heart.

"Ahh, Wanda my dear, how is your brother?" Ultron teased.

"He survived," Wanda angrily replied.

"Oh," Ultron said disappointed, "Next time I will have to put more holes in him."

Wanda was about to blast the heart with her power before Skye stopped her.

"Where are we," Ultron asked, "There is so little technology on this planet."

"Not where," I said to Ultron, "It's when."

"Ah the Captain," Ultron said amused, "Did I accidentally bring everyone to the past, to your time? My bad."

"You're bad alright," Tony said getting impatient, "Now how do we get back?"

"I don't know how we got here in the first place," Ultron revealed, "But while we are here I can use what little technology there is to fix the world during this time instead, when the world has little technology to stop me."

"Tony shut him down," I yelled to Tony who tried disconnecting the wires.

"Let's start with this here," Ultron said to no one, "This looks like it could be fun to play with."

"Ultron do not hurt anyone," Vision warned, "I know you are scared but you must not-"

"I am not scared!" Ultron's voice rang out, "But you will be soon."

At that moment Bucky smashed his metal hand against the heart, effectively killing Ultron for a second time.

"Hey!" Tony said to Bucky, "We needed him to tell us how to get home."

"He wasn't going to tell us," Bucky replied walking back to his dark corner.

Before Tony could say anything else Tuesday's voice startled everyone.

"Sir, I have detected a large aircraft approaching from the northeast. On further inspection I have detected levels of nuclear explosives on board."

10 points to whoever knows what I am talking about. And 20 points to Bucky because he is awesome.