Second Chances

Chapter Three

A year later, they were enjoying life. Emily had found a better job working in a small coffee shop, she had a talent for baking and she had managed to find a place where she could just work in the kitchen. Bucky had managed, with a little help from Emily, to get a job at a construction company, it was more suited to him than his previous work. The hardest part for him was hiding his metal arm. Again Emily could help with that slightly, most the guys on the crew never asked about it, but Bucky still wore long sleeves.

On Monday morning she stopped at the market on the way home and picked up a few things for dinner, but also a pregnancy test. She wasn't even sure she could have kids after everything that Hydra had done to her, but her body had started to feel different somehow. Bucky wouldn't be back till around 6. She put the bags on the counter and went to the bathroom to take the test, she left it on the side, and went to put the shopping away, coming back to it after ten minutes was up. When she picked it back up she was shocked to see that it read positive. Her and Bucky were going to have a baby. Emily sat on the edge of the bath, her head in her hands and cried. What would he think, would he want her to get rid of it? Did she even want it? How could she be a mother when she had never known one. Were they ready for this if they did keep it?

Eventually she made her way into the kitchen to make dinner there was no point in wallowing when there were things to do. When Bucky came home she had tea ready and was just going to start plating it up.

"Hey." He whispered wrapping her arms around her waist, Bucky went to squeeze her tightly to him but Emily put her hand between his and her stomach. "What's wrong?" Bucky stood back and watched her move the pan from the stove.

Emily turned to face him, clearly her face was giving something away as he did what he always did when he came home he placed his hands on her hips and kissed her cheek. "Tell me sweetheart."

"Take your jacket off and sit down, we need to talk." Now he really was worried. Everyman knew that 'we need to talk.' never meant anything good. He threw his jacket on the back of his chair and sat watching as she slowly paced. Bucky looked at her, her cheeks were flushed slightly, she had this habit of playing with her fingers when she was worried about his reaction. He took hold of her hands and brought her between his legs.

"What's wrong?"

"I'm.....we're.....I'm pregnant." She whispered, looking at a spot of dirt on his shoulder.

Bucky looked at her a moment in silence before a smile broke out on his face.

"You're happy?"

"I am. I mean our life is anything but normal, but it's our life. When did you find out?"

"Just after work today. I've been feeling a bit odd and wanted to check. I wasn't sure I could have children, had I known...."

"Emily, it doesn't matter. The only thing we need to worry about is if you feel ready for this. I'm happy and will stand with you throughout it all."

"I think I want to keep it. It could be my only chance, Our only chance."

"Well then I suppose we better find a new apartment."

"Lets just get through the first few months. Then we'll think about it." She replied, perking up a little.

Bucky kissed her and told her to sit. He'd sort the rest of tea out. "You're not going to be like this throughout the whole pregnancy are you? You know, 'you're pregnant you should be resting' crap?"

"Wouldn't dream of it." Bucky placed the stir fry she had cooked in front of her and got out a beer from the fridge. "Am I having to go sober too?" He said lightly, shaking the bottle.

"No you dolt. I wouldn't dream of it." The two laughed and fell back into their usual routine. However what they didn't know was they were being watched.

Sam had found them a few days ago. When Steve had asked him to help find Bucky, he had never thought he would find him with anyone else, let alone living to be what seemed like a very average life with another of Hydra's experiments. Nat had been looking high and low for Emily once they had come across her records. She was younger than Bucky, but that wasn't hard. Taking him in was now going to be a lot harder than he had originally thought and that was saying some. He knew what this man was capable of. He'd have to re-think his plan.

In the few days he had been watching them, he noticed they had been living very normal lives. They both had jobs, they came home and lived like any normal couple, you wouldn't know they were both trained assassins. It felt odd watching them, he had spoken to Steve, but the orders were still the same from Fury "Bring them in."

Sam only had a small team with him. He wasn't sure they were gonna be able to bring them both. Nat had given him Emily's file to read. The only way they were going to bring her in was by surprise. Stark had made a set of power dampening cuffs to be placed on her, they should stop her being able to manipulate anyone long enough to get her back to the compound.

Three days later the plan was set and Sam's men were getting in position to move in. The plan was to take Emily first in hopes that Bucky would comply to keep her safe. Sam was hoping to have her cuffed before Bucky even came through the door.

Emily was cooking when she saw a shadow at the window. She placed the knife on the counter, and reached in the draw for the gun. At the sound of the window breaking she aimed the gun for the intruders head, firing off one shot and then another before being grabbed from behind by two others. The first man managed to get one cuff on her, before she threw her head back breaking his nose. She turned and kicked the second in the knee cap who fell to the floor, then pulled the bookshelf from her bedroom through the air so that it hit the other two who had burst through the door. She was too slow however to turn on Sam before he had her in his grip and she felt the second cuff click around her wrist. Sam pushed her way from him knowing full well that she could no longer use her powers.

Sam looked over at his men and they were starting to get back up thankfully. Sam watched as she held her hands up and made to sit down at one of the kitchen chairs.

"What's the catch?" Sam asked, looking around expecting Bucky to return any moment.

"There isn't one."

"You're hoping that Bucky will save you."

"I don't need a man to save me." She huffed.

"Then why did you give yourself up?"

"I'm pregnant."

Sam stared at her, this wasn't part of the plan, Barnes was gonna fight even harder now. "Shit." he sat in a chair opposite Emily.

Emily's mind wondered while Sam talked with the others about how they would handle Bucky now that the situation had changed. She began to think of the baby, would they go easy on her now knowing that she was pregnant and she wasn't as much of a threat as Bucky, they probably would lock her up, but they might also try and retrain her to use for their own means. That was one of her worst fears. She never wanted to be used again, now she knew what it was like to be free; she didn't want to go back. Bucky on the other hand, they would never let him out, she couldn't let that happen.

When Bucky came through the door and saw Emily cuffed on the chair with 5 agents standing round her.

"Easy there Barnes. She came easy, followed her lead. Come with us."

Emily looked up at Bucky, he noticed she had a tear in her eye. "Run, run Bucky. We'll find you."

Bucky looked at her, this was the hardest thing he'd ever do. He turned and ran. The agents looked at Sam.

"Do we go after him?"

It was Emily that spoke. "You won't find him. We planned for this."

One of the agents pulled her head back by her hair. Sam gave him a glare. "Hands off. Get her on the jet and don't use force."

Emily stands up and follows them to the jet. All 4 of them surround her with Sam following behind.

Bucky watches from the building above as the mother of his child is marched into the jet, he understood why she had surrendered so easily. She was protecting their child. He knew she would find him again.