Saviours || Bucky Barnes [2]

Parting Ways ... For Now

Avengers: Age of Ultron | Saviours | Parting Ways ... For Now

As the next few weeks passed by; it was quickly revealed that Tony had kept another secret from the rest of the team. But luckily for him, this wasn't a bad one. For some time now he's been in the market for building an Avengers' training centre and it was more specifically driven towards new recruits. Those including Pietro and Wanda, the Vision, Falcon, aka Sam Wilson and the War Machine, aka James Rhodes. In the end, Rhodey thought it would be a good change of career to fully join the Avengers' but he also realized that becoming an Avenger could not only get him a lot more enticing stories for the ladies, but he'd also be saving a lot more lives in the process.

The Avengers' building was complete within a couple of days after Ava woke up and already the place was full to the brim of past and new Shield Agent. Everyone in the building had to go through a vigorous number of screenings, polygraphs, and triple checks in order to be hired again within the ranks. They did not want a repeat of last time but even then, Hydra wouldn't even dare try and do the same as they did last time.

When Avery Rogers woke up from the dead; there were questions but no one seemed to have any real answers to them. Not Tony or even Thor – the Asgardian had not witnessed a miracle such as this in all his years. It steadily became an answer of silence and acceptance that didn't matter too much. The point was - Ava was back and it didn't really matter too much at this point. Steve and Bucky were the more relieved and thankful ones of the group ... obviously. There was one thing that the Avengers' knew, and that's what could have happened if Ava had not woken up and she was still deceased, nothing would have ever been the same again.

Bucky, Steve, and even Natasha would have changed the most because of it – no one really gets over the death of someone whose been a major centre of their lives.

Many of the team were leaving today and towards new pathways; for Thor, he was heading back to Asgard on a mission to find out why so many infinity stones have begun popping up in so little years. Clint had already left and gone back to his expecting wife and young kids and that was soon after Ava had woken up. Tomorrow, Ava and Bucky would also be leaving for a long period of time – going on the trip they planned literally decades ago. It wouldn't be forever because they were Avengers' now and that was the main focus of their lives. Both of them knew they could never really have a normal life again and strangely enough, they've begun to accept that fact and maybe even enjoy it to some degree. They were with each other and right now, that's more than good enough.

Yes, having a normal life with a white picket fence and kids running around had been a dream for them, however, given who they've become, maybe it just can't happen? Maybe they just weren't cut out to have that luxury?

Walking down a hallway, heading towards the exit door was Thor, Tony, Bucky, and Steve – they were all having the last chat before Thor was to be leaving for Asgard. Bucky and Steve were in their uniforms again – something that's become quite a necessity for wherever they go. Thor was also still in his own battle gear. Tony was in his usual attire when not in his Iron Man suit; an expensive suit and tie were worn – he was the fourth member to be leaving the fold on this day, at least ... for a while.

"The rules have changed," Steve said, glancing over to the other men. They were pretty much just talking about the newest Avenger, Vision. He wasn't exactly going anywhere on his own and with a couple of the old team leaving now – they needed the muscle just in case another catastrophe occurred while they were away.

Tony agreed, nodding his head, "We're dealing with something new." Still feeling proud that he had created Jarvis in a body – so far, there have been NO negative effects.