Otherwise Known As... | Bucky Barnes

Chapter (54) Fifty-Four ~ ...the new team

"Look! Say hi to Auntie Nat and Auntie Oliv!" Larua's voice came threw the phone, Natasha having pulled up a video of little Nathanial in a onesie with his full name. Nathaniel Pietro Barton.

"Fat." Natasha's monotone voice stated, a small smile on her face.

"Nat." I widened my eyes in shock, though a laugh did escape.

"One of our tech boys flagged this. Splashed down in the Banda Sea. Could be the quin jet. But with Stark's stealth tech, we still can't track the damn thing." Fury said, walking up to us and showing the location of where the jet could be on a tablet. I saw Natasha send a little glare my way at Nick's words.

"Hey, I'm doing the best I can to help find him. Something must have gotten damaged upon landing though, cause it's being more difficult than it should be." I defended myself. "Plus, even though this is a bad situation, I feel like you should at least appreciate how amazing my tech has gotten."

"He probably jumped out and swam to Fiji. He'll send a postcard." Nick said, trying to cheer his favorite assassin up.

"Wish you were here," Natasha smirked, quoting Bruce's nonexistent postcard. "You sent me to recruit him way back when. Did you know then what was gonna happen?"

"You never know. You hope for the best, then make do with what you get. I got a great team."

"Nothing lasts forever." I weakly smiled.

"Trouble, ladies. No matter who wins or loses, trouble still comes around." Fury told us, walking off.

"Strange man," I mumbled.

"Yeah. But he still knows a thing or two."

"More than us, that's for sure."

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"The rules have changed," Steve said. He, Thor, Tony, and I were all walking threw the halls of the new compound, getting ready to say goodbye to the god.

"We're dealing with something new," Tony said.

"Well, the Visions artificial intelligence."

"A machine." I nodded.

"So, it doesn't count?"

"No, it's not like a person lifting the hammer."

"Right, different rules for us." Steve pointed between the three of us, excluding Thor.

"Nice guy. Artificial." I shrugged.

"Thank you." Steve nodded.

"He can wield the hammer, he can keep the Mind Stone. It's safe with the Vision. And these days, safe is in short supply." Thor said, making us all pause our walk.

"But if you put the hammer in an elevator..." I started back up.

"It would still go up."

"Elevator's not worthy," Steve mumbled, making me laugh.

"I'm gonna miss these little talks of ours." Thor placed his hand on Tony's shoulder, slinging his other arm around me.

"Not if you don't leave." My nephew looked up at him.

"I have no choice," Thor said, making us start our walk back up. "The Mind Stone is the fourth of the Infinity Stones to show up in the last few years. It's not a coincidence. Someone has been playing an intricate game and has made pawns of us. And once all these pieces are in position..."

"Triple Yahtzee." Tony filled in as we continued our walk outside.

"You think you can find out what's coming?" Steve asked.