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Phoenix POV
We were out hunting again the next week. Jivera and Kelton were following the scent of caribou. We were all trotting along at a steady pace. The scent of the caribou hot stronger by the minute, we were close. I picked up a slow run, my pack followed my action.

3rd avengers POV
"Heat signature are showing a herd of elk or caribou and 9 other signatures approaching the herd. One signature is off the chart, it must be her." Natasha said while looking at the screen that had the heat signatures on it.
"Can we get a visual J." Tony asked and a clear video of a pack of wolves showed up. Most were grays, some were a shady white. One wolf was a pitch black. It looked bigger and had more muscle.
"That's her." Bucky said while looking at the wolf.
"It looks like they're hunting." Bruce said watching the wolves communicate though body language.
"Shh, watch." Clint told him and looked back at the screen.
The wolves had slowed down from the slow run and were stalking ahead. They stopped completely. They all scanned the herd of caribou. A darker gray saw one with a bloody leg. It snarled. The others saw it as well. Phoenix slowly moved forward. They thought she would go for it first. A gray wolf with some red ran first. Then they all spring into action. They all went for its legs. Phoenix ran in and grabbed the caribou's neck and tugged hard. It dropped to the ground dead.
"Bring us down J, silently if you would." Tony said, his face still watching the wolves dig into the caribou. The jet slowly and silently descended to the ground. They were cloaked so the wolves couldn't see them. The ground met the jet.
"Alright, this is strictly a retrieval mission. There will be no repulsers, guns, arrows, hammers pointed at these wolves. They only attack when threatened. Bucky, you'll lead us out and try to convince her to come back with us." Cap explained and hit the button for the ramp.

Phoenix POV
The wind picked up, which was unusual for this season. I pulled my nose out of the caribou's body and sniffed the air. Metal. Rubber. Quinjet. There was a thump. All of the packs head went up and was on high alert. Vers came up beside me, her tail held over her back in a aggressive manner. There was the sound of gears whirring, then the inside of a quinjet came into view. The avengers were inside of it. I thought they broke up. Oh well. I felt my packs eye on me, watching for what to do. The group of humans hadn't changed since the airport fight. I saw Clint, then Bucky. The man wearing red, white and blue was beside him along with the tin man.
My lips pulled back in a snarl, my head lowered to the ground, ears flat against my skull. Vers let out some growls and hackles. The pack followed in Vers actions. They got into fighting stances.
"Easy, fireball." Tin man said holding out a hand. My pack hadn't heard a human before so they were completely shocked. They quickly regained their composures.
"Phoenix, I know I left you here. And you've clearly found a family." I snapped my jaws at that. He did leave me. And he said he wouldn't.
"I know you're mad. You have every right to be." I took a few steps forward, trying to get them to leave. My tongue flicked out of my mouth and back in. He stuck his metal arm out, I stared at it. It was new, it had gold in between the pieces. "Just please, come home. We need you." I growled.
"I know I hurt you on the floating prison, but I crossed a line and I'm sorry, so please just come home." Tin man tried to apologize for what he did. I growled louder and snapped my jaws.
Vers caught my attention by slapping her tail to mine. I looked over at her, she looked scared. I decided to do the one thing that I didn't want to do.

Buckys POV
Phoenix turned her back to us. I knew she was coming with us. I saw the turmoil in her eyes when she looked at the female wolf. She didn't want her pack to get hurt. She pressed her forehead against the others forehead.
She pulled away from the last wolf. She walked over to us, or more specifically, me.
The others loaded up into the quinjet.
"Don't get me wrong, I'm glad you came back even if it's 2 years late."

I wrote that ending 2 times before I was satisfied with it. I saw Endgame. Not gonna say anything because spoilers.