Bucky Barnes' Heartsong

New Adventures Await

Time continued to march on and Lyra was getting anxious has her due date approached. Could she handle it better now that I'm a super soldier? Will I be any different this time? What will my body do this time? It took me a long time to lose the weight after Erick, will it take long this time? All these questions bounced around her head, not to mention the big ones. Where will we raise this little one? Will Bucky propose? Will... the questions were endless and this made life around her complicated at times. Her mood swings were crazy some days and poor Bucky would get caught in her sights and be ambushed with words of insult and anger. 

"You suck you know that?" 

"Only when you ask me to, baby.." Bucky chuckled trying to lighten her mood. 

"Not Funny James, not at all. Look at me." She motions to her very pregnant belly. "I'm the size of a hot air balloon because of you and your stupid advanced super soldier sperm..." she shakes her fist at him as she hobbles towards him.

"Hey now, you have the super soldier genes too and it takes two to tango and what a dance it was, Doll" he winks at her as he takes her hand and helps her walk to the couch.

She rolls her eyes at him. "How much longer do I have again?"

"Banner said it could be any day now. He went into town to pick up a few things in preparation. The nursery is complete and hopefully super baby proof, at least as much as we could think of. Pepper is going to take Erick for a few days so he and Morgan can play and spend time together while we welcome his new little brother or sister" he says this reassuring her. They had gone over this plan, and all the details several times the past few weeks but it never felt like it was absolutely perfect. 

They had no idea what the sex of the baby was. The little trickster would cloak itself with some kind of forcefield or something every time they tried to do an ultrasound. Banner could get the heartrate and they knew if was healthy but that was all the scans showed. The baby was strong. It would kick and punch Lyra constantly. If she wasn't an enhanced person her body could not have withstood some of the blows. She still bruised but it was never for very long. Bucky would scold the child. 

"Hey now let your mom have a break okay. You're hitting her too much little fighter." 

Every time Bucky was around, and especially when he spoke the baby would instantly calm. It was like the child immediately knew it's father's voice and wanted to do what he said. Bucky and Lyra hoped that would be the same once it was born. 

"The baby is really moving around today." Lyra said while rubbing her stomach from the pain.

"I'm sorry, Doll. Hopefully that means it will be coming soon."

From down the hall: "Hey Buck come here a second" Sam yelled.

"Okay, be right there" Bucky yelled back. Aside to Lyra: "I told him not to call me that." He rolled his eyes got up and kissed her on the forehead. "I'll be right back."

He walked down the hall to the surveillance room filled with monitors and screens. Sam was staring at one with a big graphic map on it. There was some beeping and words written in several languages scrolling on the screen. The last line was in English. Sam pointed to the line for Bucky to read.

Winter's Child coming soon be prepared to intercept

 " Buck this just came through on the wire from all the noise we've been monitoring out of Madripoor. They've been chatting a bit about you and Lyra for months but nothing so concrete. They are tracking Lyra's pregnancy, somehow, and they know she is due soon."

"Do we know how they got this intel. How do they know? Those bastards want to take our child." Bucky's face was deadly. The Winter Soldier within him was ready for blood. Whose he didn't care at that moment. No one was taking his love or his child from him. He had fought too hard to get to this point. He had a family and some semblance of peace that he hadn't known since the 1940's. He wasn't going to let anything take that from him or hurt his family in any way.  

"Whoa Buck, calm down, it looks like that is they're plan but we will have the whole team here if needed. I've already called Clint, he said he has a new trainee he can bring to help as well, her name is Kate."

Bucky broke through his haze of madness to ask: "What about Spider boy? He isn't my favorite person but he is useful in a fight." 

"Yes, I called. He should let me know soon. I know he's had a lot on his plate since the whole multiverse mess but hopefully he will come. Wanda was much harder to reach. She has been off the grid since the incident with the town...you know the whole mind control thing... I still can't believe we missed that. She needed us and man we messed up" He shook his head sorrow and frustration evident on his face:  " but I have contacted her at the last known location so hopefully she will receive the SOS."

"I would feel a hell of a lot more comfortable if Wanda was here. She is so powerful. What about your Wizard? Strange" Bucky said as he reached behind his head and scratched. He was so anxious for a safe, smooth birth for his child and for Lyra. 

"I know, me too. He has been contacted but since Peter's whole multiverse thing he also has had a mess to clean up. Pepper has offered to take Erick and Daisy to her safehouse so Erick can play with Morgan and Daisy can be safe. I hated for Lyra to not  have her sister for the birth but it's best if there are threats."

"You're right but Lyra isn't going to like it, but I'll convince her somehow." 

"You're right about that. She has been a whole other level of crazy pregnant lady lately. How're you handling it?" Sam chuckled as he patted Bucky on the back

Bucky just shook his head and gave Sam a small frown. 

"I knew it would be hard but yeah she is something else right now, but I love her. She said this pregnancy has been so different for her. Everything is enhanced and that includes her moods they shift all the time and can overwhelm her and in turn me. In the middle of the night she woke up angry at me for I don't really know what. Just breathing, I guess, and she punched me hard" He points to his left eye which is bruised and purple. "Then she realized what happened started crying and ran to the bathroom. I told her I was fine but she felt so guilty it was a mess. I think the hormones and everything are so much more heightened because of the serum. Banner has been running tests but it's hard for him to tell because of the baby blocking him from getting any real information. I am looking forward to seeing what the little one can do.  Hey, um,  I have something I need to do soon and I need your help. When are Erick and Daisy set to head to Pepper's?"

"Today" 

"Damn, not much time. I'll have to wait then." He reached into his pocket and fidgeted with something.

"Sorry, Buck but we can't be too careful."

"AHHHHH" They heard a loud noise come from down the hall. It was Lyra. They both ran to the room Bucky had left her in to relax. She was half on the floor with a pool of water under her. She was trying to pull herself up, back onto the couch but due to her large stomach it was difficult for her. 

"Lyra, are you okay." Sam asked as he and Bucky hovered over her.

"No I felt something weird and then I fell on the floor and now I'm like a turtle who can't get up. Ugh some super soldier I am" She was frustrated and a bit peeved.

"Um, Doll, did you... um.."

"What James? Did I what?"

"He's too scared to ask, did you pee your pants girl?" Sam said with a laugh.

"NO! Why on earth would you.." she looked down and realized she was covered in water. "Oh my God."

"It's okay, babe. You're 9 months pregnant" Bucky said as he helped her up. 

"No you idiots!" She smacked his good arm and stared daggers at Sam. "My water just broke" She grabbed at her stomach as a wave of pain hit her. "Where is Banner? This baby is coming."