Six Months Later

Noelle shrieked as one of the new baby goats started rolling around near her feet, spreading the fresh droppings. Her dad, Bucky, chuckled softly from a few feet away. She looked up, glaring at him as she moved away.

"That's not funny." He shrugged.
"It kind of is." He did, however, come over and shoo the little goat away.
"Nandi, scram. You're scaring her." Nandi bleated again, but hopped up and ran off. Noelle chuckled softly, but her face paled when she saw a small group in the distance coming closer.

"Dad?" She recognized T'Challa and Okoye as they got closer, and saw two of the Dora Milaje following close behind, both carrying black cases. She gently leaned close to her dad, and he wrapped his arm around her, as they headed up to meet them. She heard the tail end of the conversation between Okoye and T'Challa.

"...And what of these two?" Okoye asked, and T'Challa sighed.
"They may be tired of war. But the White Wolves have rested long enough." She and her father met them at the top of the hill, and she sucked in a sharp breath when the boxes were opened, and their contents revealed. Her shoulders slumped, forcing herself to fight back tears, and her dad sighed, his shoulders also slumping.

"Where's the fight?" He asked, the exhaustion clear in his voice.
"On its way." He said softly, and Noelle forced a tiny smile.
"Guess we'd better go and save the world again." She said softly. About an hour later, she left Shuri's lab, her new arm now attached. She looked down at it, flexing the fingers, and studied the carefully shaped Vibranium. She couldn't help but giggle softly when she saw the tiny version of Steve's shield painted on the shoulder. She looked up to see her dad laughing softly.

"We need to stop trying to match." He said softly, cracking a joke that had both of them smiling. Then, he pretended to pull out a knife, coming at her, and she quickly moved to block it. The two sparred for a couple minutes, until Bucky found a spot on Noelle's side that was still ticklish.

"No!" She shrieked, collapsing into giggles. She finally squirmed away, and the two laughed softly for a couple minutes, until they saw T'Challa.

"It's good to see you two laughing. They just came through the dome, whenever you're ready to join us." Bucky nodded, and Noelle took a deep breath, pulling her dark brown hair into a ponytail, starting to braid it. She had allowed it to grow nearly unchecked, and it was now long enough that it could touch her thighs.

"Are you ever going to cut it?" Bucky asked, as T'Challa left, and she shook her head.
"I'll cut mine when you cut yours." He chuckled, wrapping his Vibranium arm around her shoulders.
"Never mind, then." They reached the landing balcony, and she smiled when she saw who was landing. They headed over towards them, and they heard the tail end of the conversation.

"......We have the Dora Milaje, and the Border Guard. We also have-" Bucky cut into the conversation, smiling slightly.
"A semi-stable hundred year old man-" Noelle grinned, interrupting him.
"Turned goat farmer, and his teenage, former Russian assassin daughter." Steve's smile grew when he saw the two of them, and he moved over.
"How have you been, Buck?" Her dad smiled, extending his new arm.
"Not bad for the end of the world." The two friends hugged, and Noelle grinned, butting in and wrapping her uncle in a hug.
"Hey, kiddo. You doing okay?" She nodded, smiling.
"Yeah. Oh, and I have a boyfriend now." Steve stepped back, staring at her for a moment, then looked back at her dad....Then back at her....and then back to Bucky.

"And you're okay with them being together?" Bucky smiled, watching as his daughter took off running, nearly tackling Shuri, who shrieked with glee at the sight of her best friend.

"Well, he has helped make her happier, and he's a good kid. The only downside is that he lives in Queens, so I haven't really gotten to meet him, but Pepper has vouched for him." Steve nodded, smiling slightly.
"That's good. She has apologized to me several times about what happened, and has given me a heads-up on some missions that have been called off and should have happened." Bucky nodded, and then realization dawned on Steve's face. His eyes widened, and he looked over at Noelle, and then back at Bucky.

"Wait.....Is she dating the kid that calls himself Spider-Man?" His best friend smiled and nodded.
"His name is actually Peter, and he......well, he's interesting, and apparently very clumsy. But he's very sweet to her, and he's respectful. But after what happened with us at the airport, he knows what will happen if he does anything to her." They watched, smiling, as Shuri examined the functions of the vibranium arm that she had made for Noelle. The two young women had taken to pranking anyone and everyone they could, and T'Challa was their favorite target. Suddenly they heard the sound of ships above them, and they looked up to see ships belonging to Thanos's minions. Noelle grinned.

"Well.....Let's go show them what we can do."