Just Keep Going - REACTING MCUxTO

Chapter 3

Sorry for the long wait... I was going through a lot medically and at home as well as experiencing writers block. Without further ado, let's get on with the long awaited Chapter 3!!!

"Okay, this is so unlike Barnes. Wilson, what happens in the future?" Tony asked.

"How should I know! I was abducted while on a run with Steve. Bucky was in his room like usual journaling." Sam said.

Bucky turned to Sam and gave him a deadpan look.

"What the hell is going on!" Clint asked.

"Thanos." Loki said with fear in his eyes.

"Who?" Marcel asked.

"He's a mad titan. From another planet. He was the one who got Ronan to mind control me and try to take over New York. He wants the infinity stones. To erase have of all life in the universe. He believes humanity will drive if we lose it. But it will only bring chaos and destruction. Economies will crumble, nations will fall, borders will be opened, crime will go up. It would mean the end." Loki said.

"That's why you get along so well with Barnes?" Natasha asked.

"I know what it's like to be present in your mind and not have control. When the Battle of New York happened, I was not in control of my actions. Ronan was. Hydra did the same to Bucky. I can relate to him in that." Loki said.

"If what we are seeing comes true. That means he succeeds in his mission. We lose. Life as we know it is over." Sam said.

"We are seeing the future. Let's do everything in our power to change it." Steve said.

"Great! We win!" Sam cheered.

"Why wasn't Nat in that fight?" Clint asked.

"Wait, no. Something's wrong. That's too much Gamma radiation for Tony to handle. Even with his suit." Bruce said.

"No. Mr. Stark." Peter said, tearing up. He took one look at Tony and ran into his arms.

"No. Were is Nat?" Clint panicked.

"Clint. If I'm not there. It means im dead. You know, I would never miss out on a fight like that. Especially, if my family is fighting. There's only one thing that would keep me from being there. I must be dead." Nat said.

Bucky looked at the screen in horror.

"This wasn't supposed to happen. Tony, you should have given it to me." Bruce said in pain.

"How long had it been since the first battle?" Bucky asked.

"5 years."

"Steve. Are you okay?" Bucky asked.

"No. No, I'm not. Just fighting this titan. We lost Nat, Tony, Vision, who knows how many more people. For 5 years, you were gone. And according to the first video we watched, I leave you. I'm not there after we get you back, Buck. You were alone. After Hydra, I told you I would never leave your side again." Steve said, horrified.

"Steve, it is what it is." Bucky said.

"Steve, after the final battle, goes back in time to the 40s to live his life out with Peggy. A quite, none Avenger life."

"I'm glad one of us got what we always wanted, Bud. You deserve it. You spent your entire life trying to do the right thing. Never being selfish. Putting yourself at risk and in danger to protect everyone else. You deserve to be happy. I have a lot to make up for before I get mine. I'm okay with that." Bucky said.

"It's not fair Buck. You were kidnapped by Hydra. You had no choice. They locked you in your own mind and took control of you. They wiped your memories constantly. You forgot who you were. You forgot your life. You had no choices. Their put your brain in a blender constantly. They tortured you. You were awake when they cut off the remainder of your arm and replaced it with the metal one. They forced you to kill. They did that, not you." Steve said.

"Even if I had no choice. I still did it. The government gave me a pardon because I had no control. But I've still got a lot to make up for. They need to know I'm not a threat, even though I'm quite literally one of the strongest people in the world because of the serum. So, if fighting along side pigeon as a new avenger and continuing to fight is what I have to do to make amends. So be it. I've been alive for a century. For 80 years I was hydras puppet. I need to find who I am now that I'm free. Maybe training the newest generation of Avengers is what it takes. Spending time with my new found family. Protecting my cousin. Protecting the world I put in danger. I've got a lot to make up for, I'll do anything I have to do to make that happen. But I'm not the Winter Soldier anymore." Bucky said.

"What did they call you in Wakanda?" Hope asked.

"Suri called me White Wolf. Don't ask why. I'm not sure. While I was in recovery there, I had a goat farm. She showed up one day with this arm. And said it was time to fight again, called me White Wolf." Bucky said.

Hope smiled at her dad. "My wolf form is white." Hope smiled at Bucky. He gave her a small smile back.

"How about, we take a break from all of these horrible war and battle videos. And we watch Hope at school."

"No. That-that's okay. Um, we really don't have to do that. Bad idea." Hope said, shaking her head very quickly.

"No, I-I want to know more about you." Bucky said.

"You sure? Because, um school me is very, how do I say this...different." Hope said.

"Can't be that bad." Bucky said.

"I became a blood dealer at 15. The boy drank my blood, then took a swan dive out of the memorial library." Hope said with a straight face.

Bucky's eyes widened in alarm.

"Damn, Hope!" Davina said.

"I told you, I think you showed real entrepreneurial spirit!" Kol said.

"Kol, do not encourage that!" Elijah said.

"I just wanted to see Dad! He cut off all contact!" Hope defended herself.

"Yeah, um. How about, we don't do that again. And, you just ask for help next time." Bucky proposed.

"Deal." Hope said with a laugh.