Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. FanFic: Winter Frost and Wolf's Fire

Avengers Assemble

I roll my head to the side, feeling the bones in my neck pop a little. I'm walking around the Playground, trying to clear my head. Coulson just told me Simmons is on an undercover op in Hydra. I didn't even bother telling him how dangerous that is, he knows by now.  Bucky's slowly getting better, getting up and walking around during the day. Obviously, Steve's ecstatic, and he won't shut up. The rest of the Avengers are getting pretty sick of him. Fitz seems to be getting better, which is good. I've arrived at Vault D, intending to talk to Ward for a few minutes, when my phone rings, rock music playing. Stark. I roll my eyes as I pick up.

"Yeah, Tony?"

"Kat! Come on over, we haven't seen you in like, forever, Thor's here, and Widow just got back."

"Wait, what? Slow down. Thor's here?"

"Yeah, and Natasha got in from Russia like 10 minutes ago. Get over here. Pepper won't let me throw a party til everyone's over here."

"You literally had a party three days ago for Steve's birthday."

"So? I have an excuse to throw another one, ergo, I'm going to. Get over here. " I can hear Steve in the background talking. "Steve wants you to bring Deathsicle too."

"Tony, you are NOT allowed to call him that to his face. I'm not responsible for anything that happens if you do."

"If I promise, will you come over?"

"Yes."

"YES!! JARVIS! We're throwing a party!" I roll my eyes and hang up on him. I go find Coulson, in his office.

"Hey, I'm heading over to the Avengers Tower, so call if you need something." He looks up and smiles. 

"Good. You haven't seen them in awhile." I roll my eyes and walk out, going to find Bucky. I see him standing by one of the fake windows.

"You'd think they'd get a better picture, but no." He turns towards me. I laugh.

"No kidding. Hey, I was going to go spend some time with the rest of the Avengers. You want to come?" He nods.

"Sure."

As soon as we step foot in the tower, I can hear the music.

"Welcome, Katalia."

"Hey, JARVIS. This is-"

"Mr. James Barnes. Captain Rogers has made sure I'm well aware of his friend's identity." Bucky shakes his head.

"That's Steve for you." We head up to the top floor, and as soon as the elevator doors open, We're swamped by the Avengers. Bucky is being introduced by Steve, and at the moment, I'm struggling to breathe because Thor is apparently trying to crush me.

"Ow... Thor, can't breathe." He lets go almost immediately.

"My apologies, Lady Katalia." I'm about to reply when I see a flash of red, and then Natasha's hugging me in a vice grip. I hug my best friend back, tapping her back a little when I start losing oxygen, and she lets go, still standing in front of me.

"How was Russia?" She starts signing to me, rapidly telling me of her mission. After Clint lost his hearing, both Natasha and I learned ASL. We use it sometimes to communicate silently, even though Clint got hearing aids and doesn't really use it very often.  

"Guys, quit. You're supposed to be talking to us." I look over at Tony, who's raising his eyebrows at me and Tasha.

"Oh, hush Tony. Just be glad I'm here."  He makes a face at me, but turns before I can throw something at him. Tasha laughs.

"Ignore him. So I heard you tried to kill someone?"

"I did NOT! She was the one holding the sword." Tasha laughs, throwing her head back as I glare at her. "So you got them all out of the Red Room?" She sobers quickly and nods.

"Took care of a few of the intructors too."

"Good. They deserve it." Since Natasha and I both came from the Red Room, we're the ones that always get chosen to go back in. But, whatever. We know the way around, so it makes sense. Bucky slides up to my side, his hand resting on my back just long enough for me to register his presence.

"These people are insane. Stark wasn't even that interested in me, just my arm." I laugh.

"Sorry. Forgot to warn you about Tony. He's... overbearing sometimes. Steve finally leave you alone?"

"Only because I threatened to punch him if he didn't." Natasha's watching us curiously.

"This is your old partner, isn't it Kat?" Bucky and I look at each other.

"Yeah. It is. Although I guess he's not an old partner anymore." My phone rings, and Steve's head turns.

"Seriously? My theme song? Kat, you're childish." I glare at him as I pick up.

"Coulson, what's up?"

"We have a weird signature coming out of a biochem lab in Colorado. Get Stark to fly you out there and wait for me and my team to get there. And yes, before you ask, Brin is with us."

"Coulson, I don't have a problem with her as long as she keeps her mouth shut and stays away from Bucky."

"Bring Barnes with you." OK.... That's weird, because Coulson doesn't seem to trust Bucky yet, but... OK.

"OK. Heading out in five." I hang up and look at Tony.

"I'll have a plane ready for you in two minutes." Bucky stands by my side.

"Ready to get back into business, partner?" He smiles at me as he says it.

"Always." We board the plane, and we fly towards Colorado, safe in the knowledge that the team of winter and fire is back together, never to be seperated again.