T: Listen, children... Don't worry, we'll get you out of there.

H: Will we? I don't know, shall we?

Tony looked at Hill, with disapproval for her not being demonstrating positive thinking for the kids to stay calm.

H: How are we going to do this? All the commands are inside this room, Tony.

T: We just need to think.

H: If the ammunition room is open, we could pick up a grenade and blow up a door.

T: And hurt the kids? Besides it wouldn't work, this one is made of Vibranium.

H: What???

T: Yeah, for security reasons. It's the best metal we have.

H: Tony, honestly... God!

T: Look, we'd better find a way to guide them to unlock the doors.

H: Torunn is older and she is smart, if we guide her, she can press the right buttons.

T: Yes. You're right.

H: You're the one who build all this place, you're the best to guide her.

Tony nodded.

T: Torunn?

Torunn: Yes?

T: We need you to do what we ask, okay?

Torunn: James is crying.

H: Is he? Great! He should! You all should cry.

T: James?

James didn't answer.

T: James? Look, it's going to be all right. I am here.

F: He wants his mother!

T: Your mother is waiting for you, but she's probably locked in her dorm. But it's okay, I'm here and I'll get you out of there. Now, Torunn...

Tony talked to Torunn.

T: Do you know the big red chair?

Torunn: Yes.

T: Go to it and go up.

Torunn went to the chair and warned that she was on it.

T: What do you see?

Torunn: There's a sort of half-transparent table.

T: Table? And what else?

Torunn: Well, it's not a table, but now it looks like one, it was light up when we came in here first and now it's all black. It seems off.

Tony put his hand on his forehead.

T: You shut down the computer... Okay. Okay. No problem. Let's turn it on. You can see that in front of the computer, I mean the table as you said, there is an area underneath it. Get off the chair and get under there.

Torunn: Okay.

T: Do you see a small white switch?

Torunn: Yes.

Torunn didn't hesitate, she pressed the switch.

Torunn: I pressed it, it made a beep.

T: Yes, the system will restart. Let's wait.

While waiting for the system to restart, Tony and Hill could hear people knocking on the doors, trying to get out and asking what's going on.

Hill put her hands in her arms to warm up.

H: It's getting too cold, Tony.

T: I know.

Tony checked his watch.

T: Three minutes to go.

F: I'm cold.

H: Really? Good!

T: Hill!

H: They shouldn't have messed with anything! But leave it alone, because when they get out of there, they will...

T: No-thing. Nothing will happen.

Hill looked at Tony and he put the index finger on his mouth for Hill be quiet and stop threaten the children.

T: We don't want make them scared, so they won't even open the door.

...

S: Natasha, it's no use.

N: I can do it. It's just pretty well programmed, but every system has a flaw and I'll find it.

Steve stared at Natasha, who was crouched down and trying to shove a piece of metal in the doorway.

S: Tony remodeled all the doors, several times, in search of one that didn't fail. And he had help.

N: My son is out there, Rogers. I won't give up, don't ask me to give up.

Sarah woke up and started to cry, she was shaking and when Steve caught her in his arms, he felt her skin was icy.

S: She's very cold.

N: Of course, it's very cold. There's something wrong going on outside. Wrap her on the duvet.

Steve obeyed and wrapped Sarah in the duvet.

N: Keep her close to your chest.

Sarah sneezed and her cheeks were already red.

N: That will make her warm.

Natasha concentrated on opening the door again.

...

- System restarted.

Torunn: Maria! Maria!

H: I heard that.

T: Okay, now, pay close attention...

Tony crossed his arms, then put his hand on his forehead and closed his eyes.

Hill looked at Tony, frowning.

H: So???

T: Sh...

H: Tony!

T: I'm trying to remember.

H: What?

T: Calm down, I already know. It's because there are many buttons.

H: I can't believe it!

T: Torunn?

Torunn: It's too cold here!

T: I know, let's reverse this. Did you see those lights on the table again?

Torunn: Yes.

T: It has a big red square, full of buttons.

Torunn: Yes.

T: And next to that, an orange square... You will touch the third button in the second row.

Torunn: Okay.

Torunn pressed the button.

- Decontaminating all environments.

H: Tony!

T: Torunn? Did you pressed what I said?

Torunn: Yes!

Tony tapped his forehead and looked at Hill.

Torunn: You just didn't say if it was to count the second row from bottom to top or from top to bottom.

T: You could have asked!

Torunn: You're the adult here!

Tony sighed.

T: Okay, okay. Do as I said, considering the second row from top to bottom.

Torunn did.

- Starting automatic mode at optimum ambient temperature.

H: Finally! Now let's open that door.

T: Torunn now go to the end of the table, where there is another square of blue color.

Torunn: There's no blue square.

T: Of course there is.

Torunn: I only see blue rectangle.

T: JESUS!!!

Tony snapped.

Torunn: You said square. I know the difference between square and rectangle!

H: Tony, if you don't open that door in 1 minute, I'm going to knock this door down with a bomb. At most they will lose some piece of their body.

T: I doubt if you can break into the room with a simple bomb.

Torunn: Which button?

T: The biggest of all of that blue rectangle. You will notice that it is not a push button, but to slide to the side.

Torunn: Is this going to open the doors?

T: Yes.

Tony looked at Hill.

T: It will even open up the bunker entrance gate.

Tony informed Maria Hill in a lower tone.

H: What??

T: It's the only way. Teaching her to open only the doors of the rooms would be more complicated and she could end up activating worse things. I just have to be quick. As soon as they open, I'll close the bunker gate immediately.

H: Hurry up, Torunn!

Torunn put her finger on the button and stared at it without sliding to the side, she seemed to have come to a conclusion now.

Francis: What are you waiting for? Do it!

Torunn looked at Francis.

H: Come on!

T: Torunn?

Torunn: Come here you two.

Torunn whispered to James and Francis, who approached the table.

J: What are you doing?

Torunn: If I open the door, we will be punished.

F: We can't stay here, we'll starve to death.

Torunn: They're going to put us at F Wing.

F: F Wing? What is F Wing?

Torunn: That's where they put the bad and mad people.

J: But I'm a good boy.

Torunn: No, you're not. None of us are.

J: Yes, I am.

F: We're all bad because we did something bad.

J: Torunn did it, not me.

F: That's true. Me and James didn't do anything. We just followed you.

Torunn frowned and looked at them both in disgust.

Torunn: Are you going to blame me?

F: It's your fault!

Torunn: If you say anything, I won't be friends with you any more!

Francis and James stared at Torunn thoughtfully.

Francis shrugged.

F: Okay.

Torunn gaped.

Torunn: I hate you, Francis Barton!

Torunn pointed a finger at Francis.

Torunn: I'm 6 years old, they'll believe me and not you.

J: I don't want Toto to be punished alone. We both follow her here because we wanted to.

F: I just got off my punishment. My father is going to fight with me again.

The three of them heard loud knocks on the door. It was Maria Hill slamming the door to get their attention.

H: Listen here, open it, right now! I swear I will...

Torunn: We're going to open it! With a condition!

H: Condition? You will see the condition when I get you.

F: Let's not open then!

T: What's happening? What do you want?

Torunn: We won't be punished when we leave here.

J: And we won't be locked at F Wing.

Tony frowned and looked at Hill.

H: The three of you!

Tony told Hill to be quiet.

T: We promise you won't be grounded.

Tony nodded to Hill to say something.

H: Yeah... You won't be punished...

Torunn: Do you swear with a little finger?

H: Yes.

Torunn: Okay.

...

S: She's getting hungry.

N: Uses the bottle.

S: She doesn't want to, at this time she usually has dinner.

N: Wait ... I'm almost...

Steve sighed, Natasha wasn't about to give up opening the door, though he assured her it would be impossible for her to do it, she was still crouching on the floor, trying to open it.

In a few seconds the door made a noise as if it were releasing a gas, unlocked and opened.

N: I GOT IT!!! I said I could do it!

Natasha celebrated, she got up and went down the hall, followed by Steve. But all the other doors had been opened too, and people were coming out of their rooms, complaining that they had been trapped and almost frozen.

S: Well, it looks like you've magically opened all the other doors too.

Steve said wryly, looking at Natasha, who frowned irritably.

N: Shut up. I need to find James.

The first thing Steve did was call Tony by W.T. to know if he has news of the children.

T: He was here with me, but they were taken by Hill.

S: Taken to where?

T: I don't know exactly, but she went in the direction of the elevator.

S: Thank you.

Steve and Natasha ran up the elevator corridor and found Hill holding Francis, James, and Torunn by the ears while the three of them complained of pain.

T: Ouchh! We had a deal! I'm telling daddy!

H: That's my deal!

J: Mommy!

Natasha looked horrified at the children and then at Hill.

N: Hill!

H: Don't you dare, Natasha!

S: Release him. Drop them all.

H: Your son and his friends, locked us out of the command center, almost froze us to death and still left us unprotected from the system for five minutes! Five minutes!

N: James?

James looked down.

N: He would never do that.

Hill released the three of them and looked at James.

James kept looking down.

N: Is that true, James Grant Romanoff Rogers?

J: Yeah.

Natasha gaped at him.

- FRANCIS!

Laura Barton appeared in the hallway and hugged her son.

L: Are you okay, baby? I was so worried! What happened?

F: It was Torunn's fault!

Torunn opened her mouth, shocked by the accusation.

Francis pointed at her.

F: She told us to go there in the command center and she kept pressing the buttons! And James was crying!

Clint: And I suppose then that you are completely innocent in all of that?

H: I think they should all be hospitalized in F-Wing.

Clint, Laura, Steve and Natasha looked at Maria Hill.

H: They deserve it! Not for several days, but a few hours, at least...

Torunn: I'm sorry, Maria.

H: Don't come with that excuse, no!

Natasha stared at James and only when everyone started arguing with each other about the F Wing, he dare to look in Natasha's eyes.

Natasha just shook her head a single time, indicating how disappointed she was with him. James lowered his head again.

H: Well, the children aren't mine. If they were, that would never happen and if it happened, they would have the right punishment. But since I can't do anything now, you guys decide what to do with them.

S: I don't see Thor around here.

H: No one ever sees Thor when we need him. I'll take Torunn to her parents' dorm.

Hill just walked away. Torunn looked at James and Francis and she was upset with them, she followed Hill.

Clint and Laura also left with Francis to go to the refectory, because it was already dinner time.

Steve looked at James.

S: James, I asked you to stay in the central square. Why didn't you obey?

James was still with his head down.

S: James? I made you a question.

N: Let's eat.

Natasha turned around and started to walk, Steve looked at her and then at James who was standing in the hallway.

S: Come on, James.

As James continued unmoving, Steve took his hand and led him into the refectory.

Natasha didn't get in line, she took Sarah from Steve's lap and went to sit down.

S: Aren't you going to eat?

N: I've lost my hunger.

S: But won't you get James's food?

Natasha didn't answer, she just moved to the table.

Steve was confused, but he prepared three plates and put them on the same tray. James held Steve's pants all the time in line and going to the table, too, like asking for his protection.

Steve handed Sarah's plate to Natasha to give her.

S: Here, James.

Steve put James's plate in front of him.

J: I don't want to.

S: You have to eat.

J: Dad, I don't want to.

James looked at Natasha, who was ignoring him completely. She kept giving Sarah food.

S: James, you can't sleep on an empty stomach, you are no longer a baby, if you feel hungry at night, you will be hungry till the morning. Eat, please.

N: Stop insisting.

Steve looked at Natasha.

N: Look at her...

Natasha smiled and gave Sarah more food.

N: What a good girl! Well done, Sarah...

James looked at Natasha, being loving to Sarah more than the usual, clearly to hit him and hit him successfully, he just kept stirring the food without carrying anything in his mouth.

Steve sighed, worried about James and also worried to follow the punishment Natasha was applying to James, ignoring him, but Steve can't be cold like that with his son.

S: Do you want Dad to give it to you?

James nodded.

Natasha looked sideways at Steve, reproving him, but Steve ignored her and fed James.

After dinner, Steve and Natasha went to Steve's dorm with the kids.

J: Should I take a shower, mom?

Natasha was still giving the silent treatment to James. She didn't look at him, she sat on Steve's bed and picked up the Bunker's Informative, to read some news that everyone already knew, but it came out in the publications anyway.

Steve put his hand on James's head.

S: Yes, son. Go take a shower.

James entered the bathroom and Steve put Sarah inside the crib and handed over the toy she had won over Christmas so she could be distracted.

Steve sat down next to Natasha and looked at her, wondering what better way to say she was getting too cold with James.

N: I know what you're thinking and I won't talk to him. Not today.

Natasha didn't take her eyes off the papers.

S: I understand he did a naughty thing today.

N: They could have stayed there forever, they could have opened the bunker doors, they could...

S: Calm down, you know that there are no more threats around here, the Guardians went to scan the cities.

N: But you never know the risks and you understood what I meant.

S: Yes. I'm upset too, I asked him to not leave the square and he disobeyed.

N: He won't go there anymore.

S: For a while... Right?

Steve kept looking at Natasha, waiting for her to respond, but all she did was turn the page on the news.

S: He looks sad.

Natasha finally looked at Steve.

N: I'm sad too, Steve. I don't like to fight and be hard on him. It's hard for me too, but somebody has to fix it and you need to learn to be that way too. He has to respect us and follow the orders. Sarah will also grow up and you will have to know how to deal with her at one time or another, you will have to be firm with them.

Steve looked at Sarah, who was lying down and biting down the toy, completely entertained by the toy. Steve smiled.

She's an angel. She would never give me any work. Steve kept that in his head, not wanting to hear Natasha's sermon.

Steve put his hand on Natasha's back and slid down a little. Natasha straightened her posture and inclined her head a little. It was just a stroke to make her feel better.

N: Steve...

S: What?

N: The children.

S: What?

Steve raised his eyebrows in confusion.

S: I just touched your back.

N: But I'm... sensitive to touches.

Steve shifted his confused expression to one of satisfaction and in his smile, Natasha could detect a tone of naughtiness.

S: So, if I touch you here and here... This way...

Steve left his fingertips on Natasha's back and slid up the middle of her back, making Natasha sigh and tilt her head back as his fingers reached the nape of her neck.

N: I'm serious. Stop it!

S: I don't want to stop.

Steve smiled and touched the back of her neck, he hold on the back of her neck firmly and made her lay down on bed, he put his body over her and pressed his lips to her neck.

Natasha slapped Steve on the arm.

N: Stop! Steve!

S: I will stop if I get a kiss.

N: You won't have a kiss now. Are you crazy?

S: Yes...

Steve brought his face to hers and looked at her closely as he smiled.

N: No...

S: Yes.

N: No.

S: Okay.

Steve released Natasha's body and threatened to get up from the bed.

Natasha grabbed his clothes and pulled him onto her again.

N: You're an idiot!

Steve smiled and Natasha pressed her lips to his.

Steve gave her a few kisses on Natasha's lips and let the last one be a lot longer, neither of them wanting to start a tongue kiss now, but to be with each other's breath, the face so close and the desire so strong they felt... that there was no way, the mouths began to stick again and their tongues found a way to meet.

Steve put his hand on Natasha's neck and turned her face to be in the best position so he could explore her mouth at his will. And yet, all he could feel from her tongue was still little, the more he caressed, the more he wanted to be inside her, he forced his body higher and he could run his tongue even deeper through Natasha's tongue.

J: Mom?

Natasha had to push Steve hard to detach him from her mouth.

Natasha looked at James and sat down, she ran her hand through her red neck and then on her face.

J: Why are you red? Are you feeling ill?

Natasha shook her head.

James is still in the silent treatment mode, so she won't speak to him.

S: She's fine.

J: Why were you on top of her? Did you hurt my mom?

James looked annoyed. Steve raised his eyebrows and opened his mouth, trying to find an answer.

S: Hmmm... No, James, I wasn't hurting your mom, we were... We were just...

Steve frowned and sighed.

S: I was...

N: We were kissing.

Steve looked at Natasha.

S: Yeah...

Steve looked at James.

S: When you like someone very much, you kiss her.

J: I don't want to.

S: You don't want me to like your mother?

J: No. I don't want you to kiss her that way.

S: Well... It's difficult, James. Because I like her very, very, very much. The truth is I love your mother.

Natasha looked at Steve and he looked at her briefly.

J: Do you love Uncle Bucky?

S: Y-yes...

J: Are you going to kiss him like that?

S: Hm...

Natasha had to turn her face to control her laughter.

S: It's different, James.

J: Why? Because he is a boy?

N: God! Pay attention to what you're going to answer, Steve.

S: It's different because the love I feel for your mother is not the same as I feel for Uncle Bucky. Bucky is my friend, like Uncle Tony, Uncle Clint... We can hug our friends to demonstrate that we like them.

J: But not kissing?

S: Hm... Is that... Like if I date your mother, I can't kiss anyone else in the mouth, only her.

J: Oh!

James looked thoughtful.

J: Okay.

James went into the attached bedroom to get dressed, he was still wrapped in the towel.

N: Steve, you said you were going to take a shower...

S: I didn't say that...

Natasha put the pillow on Steve's lap and then he could feel what she was talking about.

S: Oh yes! It's true, it's very hot, I'll take a shower.

Steve went into the bathroom and locked the door.

...

Later that night, Maria Hill was leaving the room, in a black tank top and boxer-type shorts, she walked up the stairs and started down the stairs, she was repeating this to exercise.

Between Wing C and D, she came across Bucky Barnes, she slowed down, then went back downstairs, intending to ignore Bucky.

B: Isn't it forbidden to be out of the dorm at this hour?

Bucky took Hill's arm, making her stop.

Hill rolled her eyes.

H: Looks like we're both committing an infraction here.

Bucky smiled.

B: Night exercises?

H: I can't sleep.

B: Can I join you?

Hill frowned.

H: I'm not going to the gym.

B: I know. You will be coming down and up the stairs of all the wings. And before you ask, yes, I've seen you doing it before, but you used to do it later in the night.

Hill frowned and then sighed.

B: Don't get me wrong, but...

H: Stop right there, Barnes. What do you want?

B: I want to be on good terms with you.

H: What do you mean?

B: You've been cold with me.

H: I'm cold with everyone. You don't have anything special for me to treat you differently. Where's the lovely Juliana?

B: Still jealous?

H: If you think this is jealous then you really don't know anything about me.

B: I know you're a good person, who uses that scowl on your face all the time, just to hide how much you care about everyone in here. Perhaps more than anyone, you care much more about everybody.

Hill rolled her eyes again.

H: That doesn't touch me, Barnes. I don't need this cheap psychology, but if you really want some of my company, you better start getting warm...

Hill said as she started to go down the stairs again.

B: I'm already warm.

H: Then stop talking and start acting!

Bucky smiled and started down the stairs quickly beside Hill.

The two of them went downstairs, then up and down again, like four times.

H: Will you give up?

B: Never!

Bucky started up the stairs again, leaving Hill behind, she had stopped to catch her breath, she smiled and ran up the stairs again.

Bucky slowed down near Wing D, and Hill was slowing too.

B: Come on! Let's do it. We're almost there.

Bucky encouraged Hill and continued to climb.

As they reached the stairway between Wing B and C, the two of them stopped and sat on the steps of the stairs.

Hill stretched out her legs and practically lay down on the stairs.

Bucky's head was down, dripping with sweat.

B: I could have a hamburger now.

H: With fries and a milkshake...

Hill bit her lip and closed her eyes.

B: With a lot of barbecue sauce and lots of salt on the fries

H: Oh my God!!! So much salt that when you touch the potato, the salt stays on the fingers and then you lick and taste the salt, the fries and even over all the oil that was used to fry it... Jesus! I miss junk food.

Hill opened her eyes and saw Bucky looking at her, laughing at her delirium with food.

H: What? Don't say you don't like it.

B: I love it.

H: I miss eating those bullshit.

B: Me too.

H: It's so rare to have meat here... Tony once made an expedition just to get meat. It was the best day of my life in here.

Hill laughed, remembering, and Bucky smiled.

B: I hope it doesn't take too long for we have all of that again.

Hill sighed and fell silent, staring at the ceiling.

B: I wanted to apologize to you.

H: For what?

B: I don't know, but I seem to owe it to you.

H: We're both grown, Bucky. I made a decision for you.

B: You didn't know what I was going to decide.

H: I knew it wouldn't be me.

Hill looked at Bucky and he was silent for a few seconds.

B: You're wrong.

H: No, I'm not. Even if you had decided for me, you would give up with time. One month at the most.

B: You don't know that, Hill. You have no way of knowing something that I hadn't even defined in me... Why do you do this to yourself?

H: I'm fine with the way I am.

B: I like Juliana.

Hill looked down the stairs.

B: But I liked her after liking you, I was totally into you. We could have been something.

H: It wasn't to be me. She's a good girl, tho. Be kind when you have the first time with her, you fuck like a horse in heat.

B: I'll take it as a compliment.

H: And it is.

Bucky shook his head.

B: I can't really touch her that way.

H: Why?

B: I don't know. I was afraid to commit to her and have feelings for other people.

H: Me?

Hill began to laugh in a tone of debauchery.

B: I don't want to disappoint her. I don't want to be the first guy to break her heart.

H: I understand she's young. But everyone gets their hear broke at some point in life.

B: Yeah, but I don't want to be the guy doing this to her.

Hill looked at Bucky again.

H: I'm pretty sure it's not me.

Hill sighed.

B: Or you don't want it to be you.

H: No... Maybe we are very much alike, you and I. Too much alike. We're both fighters. We both do stuff at adrenaline, with the heat of the moment, I'm sure our sex is the best. You remember?

Bucky laughed and nodded.

B: How could I forget?

H: She is your opposite and they say opposites attract each other, but if you need a lover someday, tho...

Hill leaned into Bucky's body and pressed her lips to his lightly.

H: You know where to find me...

Hill smiled and got up.

H: Good night, Barnes.

B: Good night, Hill.

**Hey,  I decided to translate another fanfic, it's called Memories. When I post, I'll share the link here. Here's the synopsis:

"Natasha Romanoff and Steve Rogers are married and have two children: Sarah and James. They lived happily, until a serious accident changed the life of this family. Today, Steve waits anxiously and patiently for his wife to wake up from a coma. One year later, she wakes up, but she doesn't remember Steve or her children"

If you like some pain, you gonna love it!**