~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Impossible is for the unwilling

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Steve stood their dead in his tracks at the people in front of him, as if the situation couldn't get any worse then it already was.  "Morgan? Torunn? What are you guys doing here?" He asked, his voice was rather panicked and scared. 

"Saving your asses," Torunn replied quickly. "There are traps all around the out edge of the castle," She said ignoring the questioning looks of the adults. "I don't know how they got in there but there is no way you can get in there." 

"but lucky for you," Morgan said, "I can get you over the gate." 

"Over the gate?" Steve asked, he couldn't bother to argue with the kids as to why they are here, "It's a twenty-foot high wall, what kind of traps are there?" 

"Deadly ones, if you want to help her Uncle Steve, you have to get in the castle without dying, listen to me and you might make it over," Torunn replied. 

"you better decide fast," Morgan said. "There is a hundred or so men in that castle waiting for Carters order." 

"How do you know that?" Sam asked raising an eyebrow, Morgan only groaned in announce at his comment. 

"Do you guys not have ears? She has literally been announcing her whole evil plan to the world for the last ten minutes." She let out. 

"Are you going to trust us or not? If not we need to know so we can actually help." Torunn said, Steve, looked over at Sam who shrugged and Nick who had no emotion on his face. 

"Okay," Steve said. "How do we get in?" 

|~~|

"You cannot beat me!" Sharon yelled as hit her sword to Natasha's. "You are weak," 

"Enough. You are so much talk, very little action," Natasha cried out in annoyance. Sharon moved back and swiped her sword forward, almost in a slow-motion view Natasha leaned back as the sword barely missed the tip of her nose. 

She moved back and then used the momentum to jump back up kicking her in the stomach, making Sharon stumble back. She quickly came back this time aiming for Natasha's stomach. 

"When I run this blade through you stomack it will hurt." She yelled out. 

"You'd have to beat me first," Natasha rebutted swinging her sword at Sharon's legs causing a large cut on her lower leg. Sharon, despite the pain, came back full force swinging at Natasha. 

While this was happening, Maria and Rumlow were having a hand to hand battle, having lost their swords when Maria kicked his from his hand and he tackled her in return. 

"You know it's such a shame that you have to die baby," He let out throwing a punch to her face, Maria easily dodged grabbing his hand in the process and twisting it. 

"Really? Can't say the same about you," She answered flipping him down to the ground. Once planted on the floor Maria sprang for her weapon. Rumlow grabbed her ankle pulling her down on the floor, but Maria quickly kicked at his hand causing him to let go, giving her a chance to run toward her weapon. 

"Wonder if you're this crazy in bed," He said with a perverted smirk lacing his face as he stood up. Maria grabbed not only her own sword but his too. "I am not scared of you." 

"You should be," She answered and started swinging the swords skillfully in his direction, one barely hit his cheek creating a large gash on his face. 

"You bitch," He said in a rough worn-out voice. "Okay, I am done playing the nice guy." 

"Me too," She smiled and quickly through one sword in the air and another she swung his direction, he moved out of the way and she grabbed the other sword from the air moving behind him just in time to thrust the sword into his back. 

"GAHHH" He yelled trying to grip the sword, Maria used the time to push another sword right in Rumlow's foot, causing him to yell out in even more pain. 

"That should keep you from moving for a while," She said pulling the sword out from his back. "Talk about a literal stab in the back," She laughed shoving the sword in his other foot so deep it came out on the other end into the dirt. 

Without even a drop of sweat or single scrap, Maria stood up and looked down at the man. "Don't you ever call me baby again." 

On the other side of the courtyard, Natasha was dodging the failed attempt at swings that Sharon was throwing at her. She could have easily ended it by now, but she wanted to humor her and give him to Clint to get the kids out of the place. 

"You can die where your lover died." She spits out, Natasha couldn't stop the feeling the feel into her heart as she remembered Bucky died her in her arms. 

"We are gonna leave this hell hole, we are gonna be married and then a tragic death will come toward you," he said before shoving her along.

From the corner of his eyes, James saw Natasha being dragged away and saw that Steve was preoccupied. He made a split-second decision to go after her. Steve saw this, however, couldn't follow him quick enough.

"You have one goddamn annoying prince out there." Mumbled Alexi, "It's too bad you two would have made the perfect couple."

Natasha was being shoved along, and if it wasn't for the chains on her wrists she would have shoved Alexi into a wall smashing his brains. She didn't know where they were going, never seeing this part of the castle before now.

"I am so tired of all of this shit, now that we have god as the witness I will finish our wedding. No one has to know, your death will be announced shortly after our marriage and I will finally get everything I deserve." He said turning her to face him.

"The only thing you deserve is death." They both turned to see James standing with a sword pointed at Alexi's head.

"You have to be kidding me." He laughed. "Do you really think the solider can save you?" asked Alexi. "please, don't make me laugh."

"I can kill you, and I will save her," James said confidently before Alexie got a smirk on his face.

"What is this? Love? Yes, it has to be, look at that look in his eyes." Alexi laughed out loud. "Do you think saving her will get you her hand. Even if I fail, which I won't, she will never marry you. You are her fiance's friend, you are nothing to her."

"I am maybe nothing to her, but she is everything to me."

"Aww how cute." Alexi mocked. "since you are showing her how you love, might as well show her how you bleed" The two men were still only for a second before charging at one another. The sounds of their swords hitting one another filled the room.

Natasha watched in horror, trying her best to get the cloth out of her mouth along with getting her hands free. She had to work fast. She finally was able to release her gag, but she turned and saw that James was pushed to the ground.

James was on his back with his sword preventing Alexi from hitting him. Sweat was coming from his head as he tried to fight him off with all of his power.
"You can not beat me," Alexi said trying his hardest to push his sword down into his chest.

James's energy was beginning to fade and his breath was only increasing. He had stab wounds in his leg from an earlier battle with the soldiers, and Alexi was sitting on his legs only making his pain increase. He was barely holding on.

Natasha was working to release her hands, which Alexi ties to a pillar, to keep her in place. She needed to help James, no one knew they were down there.

Steve was still in the grand hall, trying to follow James. There were so many of them that when one fell another would come.
"Steven" Announced Thor, "We need to find Alexi if we kill him the army will surrender," Thor said stabbing another one in the chest killing him instantly. " Tony and I will handle it in here, go find Alexi." Steve nodded, finally getting the clearance he needed from Thor to go and find James.

Steve ran fast down the fall, killing men who tried to follow him. he began to hear the sound of Alexi's raspy voice as he spoke, to who he guesses was James.
"She will never love you, I will let you die knowing that you failed her." Steve was still too far off to see anything that was happening, but he heard a heart wrenching female scream.

Natasha screamed as she watched Alexi do the move she knew all too well. He released his hold moving back causing Jame's sword to fall down from exhaustion, and then quickly Alexi raised his sword up once more. James was too slow to his actions before Alexi's sword came crashing down into his chest.

Natasha cried as she saw blood start to fill the floor, a quick motion. She finally got her hands clear, and took the knife, still covered in Ward's blood and ran toward Alexi. Alexi was still to overjoyed in his kill to see Natasha coming, she was able to stick the blade right below his head into his neck.

She pushed him off of James, and since she hit a nerve he couldn't move around to stop his bleeding, however, he was still alive. Steve then came rushing into the room, his heart almost broke to see blood surrounding Natasha, but it did when he saw James on the ground, and Natasha pressing her hand into his chest.

Full of anger, Steve rushed toward Alexi grabbing him before shoving him against a wall. He found a newfound strength.
"YoU'rE a MoNsTeR!" Steve yelled, and all Alexi could do was look at Natasha and laugh.

"I told her not to double-cross me. I warned you all not to come after me," he began laughing, Steve heard Natasha's calls for help and so he dropped Alexi's dying body to the ground and ran over to them.

"Steve he is dying!" Announced Natasha, Steve stood above them, he knew that there was nothing he could do. A tear fell from her face to James's due to their close proximity. James let out a painful caught as she helped him. "Don't leave me,"

"You..will.... do great things." He said having trouble releasing his words. Natasha cries became louder as his voice faded. "You both will. Steve..."

"James, hang on please." She begged him. Steve couldn't move as he watched his best friend's life slowly fade away. It was almost as if his feet were glued to the ground. A violent cough left his mouth, causing Natasha to cry harder. Seconds past and the only sound in the room was their own breaths. Natasha cried as she pressed harder against Jame's wound.

It didn't matter.

James Barnes was dead. 

Steve watched in horror as his army was now fighting the forces of Sharon Carter, half of these men were the men who fled in their most recent attack on the kingdom. 

Steve had lost Torunn and Morgan somewhere in the mess as he looked for his wife. He knew Clint had their kids, he wouldn't let anything happen to them, he just needed to make sure Natasha made it out of this place alive. 

Dodging the swords that swung at him, Steve ran past many of the people in search of Natasha. A sword swung at his head and he bent just below it, and it only managed to cut a strand of his overgrown hair. 

Quickly impaling the man with his sword, Steve took off in the opposite direction, his mind still focused on Natasha. He sounds of swords started to fade as he entered the courtyard. 

The only was Natasha and Sharon's swords hitting against one another, but only Natasha was on her back and Sharon was standing above her. 

Sharon slightly looked up and saw Steve standing there, Natasha was on her back with a cut dripping blood on her stomach. Steve's heart started to race when Sharon used Natasha moment of distraction from seeing Steve to forcefully hit the sword from her hand and having it land a distance away. 

"You came." She said to Steve, still a sword aimed at Natasha. "I knew you would come, you always come and see me." 

"Put the sword down Sharon," Sharon groaned in annoyance at Steve's words.

"Why do you keep trying to protect her? She is nothing to you. Not like I am. I am your everything forever and always." She said digging the sword deep into Natasha's shoulder having her groan out in pain. "I could end this and you and I can finally be together." 

"Then do it," he said. "If you want to kill her so much do it." 

"At least pretend you care about her," Sharon said. "you aren't making this as dramatic as I hoped." 

"If you want to kill her what's stopping you?" He asked Sharon stepped aside from Natasha who could barely move when Sharon punctured a vein. Sharon before getting too far kicked Natasha in the shoulder to make sure the pain lasted a little bit more. 

"Steve, starting from the day we met I have to fell heads over heels for you." She said. "Too bad people like Margret had to get in the way. When I got rid of her us, remember, I thought that would be the end. But then she came," Sharon pointed the sword to Natasha but keeping her eyes on Steve. "I will get rid of her." 

"I have a family now I am not the same little kid you pushed around all those years ago." he reminded. 

"I have always wanted to be a mother." She said with a smile. "James is a wonderful young man, and I have seen him grow." 

"That was a mistake," He said. "I should have never brought James down there." 

"But you did because you know that you wanted me to give you kids," she said. "I will take James as my own." 

"What about Sarah?" He asked and Sharon looked down at her feet and sighed. 

"She's weak. She is broken. I will not bring her into my family, she is living a lie, I can give you a new better daughter. One who will marry a man, who will carry on our legacy." She said. "Your daughter wants to marry Starks kid. You can tell." She nodded toward the direction and Steve turned his head. 

Standing in the distance Morgan held Sarah's face as if examining her, Sarah had woken up and was frightened but Morgan seemed to calm her. The soldiers were dying down, Sharon was losing. 

"I love my daughter," Steve said. "Nothing will change that." Sharon shook her head. 

"Can't you just listen to me? I am trying to give you the life you deserve Steve the life that only I can provide for you, but first I will kill you daughter and have Natasha," She turned to look at Natasha but she was no longer on the ground, all that was there was a puddle of blood. Sharon quickly turned around to see Natasha behind Steve and Steve holding a sword at Sharon's neck.

"Put the sword down." 

"Why so you can arrest me again? You and I both know you don't have the guts to kill me." She smiled. 'Because you love me. Because we are meant to be with one another." 

"Your wrong.  I don't love you. And the moment you threaten to hurt my children we are going to have a problem, you hurt my wife for the last time. You will dye here." 

"I doubt it. You don't have it in you. You are weak, pathetic, you need someone to tell you what to do because you don't know how to do it your self, you are lost in this world and your only hope is to kill her and come with me. I will kill Sarah-" Sharon's voice was replaced with the sound of a sword ripping through the skin. 

Steve pulled Sharon closer as pushing the sword deeper into her body, tightly gripping her arm. Her mouth hung open as she looked down at the sword that was right below her heart, probably hitting an important artery. 

"I am not your toy. Don't you ever threaten my family again," he said pulling the sword out of her and letting her fall on the floor. She quickly became limp and Natasha watched in shock and horror, she didn't think Steve would do that. 

"Steve?" 

"Let's get out of here," Steve said turning to face Natasha ripping a piece of clothing from his own sleeve to wrap around her wounds to keep blood from leaking out. "Are you okay?" 

"Why did you do that Steve?" She asked looking in his eyes. 

"Because I won't put anyone or anything before my family. Never again." She looked Steve in the eyes. "I am sorry I did this to you." 

"Why did you go see Sharon," She asked when Steve tried to help her walk away from the area. Steve looked at her confused. "Steve answer my question." 

"I was distancing myself from you," he answered. 

"Why?" 

"He died for you, Nat." He answers and Natasha made a confused look. "Bucky I mean." He shook his head. "I know it wrong but my best friend died for you." He looked down. "I some capacity that stayed with me in two different ways, one of which being that I can never live up to that. But I guess the real reason was that I was so angry with you." 

"Angry at me?" She asked. "I don't understand." 

"He died because of you." He said hating himself a little more for his words. But it was time for the truth to come out. "Bucky was not only my best friend but my brother and I still can't believe he is gone. When I saw Bucky died I blamed you because if he hadn't fallen in love with you he would still be here. He would tell me how much of an idiot I am being all the damn time. He would have met my kids, he would have... just been here." 

"I was so focused on myself after he died," Natasha said. "I never stopped to think about how it was making you feel. He was your best friend after all, and even with everything going on with Sharon he still believed in you. You guys had a strong bond, stronger than mine with him but I never stopped to ask how you were doing." 

"I took out my anger by distancing myself from you because apart of me blames you. I don't want to but... and I know it's my fault too because of Sharon but I guess it was easy to blame you then put it on myself for his death." 

"Why didn't you tell me this before?" She asked. 

"Because I didn't want to grow any type of relationship with you. I was mad, but then you got pregnant, James was made from a night of lonely tears and shallow hearts, not true love." He sighed. "I guess I push him so hard because I want him to be better to be smarter than me, I don't want him to live with this entire fear." 

"You don't have that problem with Sarah," Natasha said. 

"I like to believe that night before Sarah was when I first started to fall for you and that made me guilty with James, I worried that somehow he would be affected by how he was...made." He looked down. "it's stupid, but I didn't want him to be like me. I wanted him to be better." 

"I look at James and I see you, Steve. I see the kid who would stick up for the weaker man, the one who wants to do something, even more, when you tell him, no, and I love him for that." She said. 

"You shouldn't." He said. "I am a horrible person." 

"maybe. But so am I." She said. "We can be horrible together." 

"I am sorry Natasha, I want to work to create a better situation between us." He said honestly. 

"We should probably worry about this," She pointed at her stomach, and then to the kids who were walking toward her. "But then we can work on our family." 

"I am sorry." 

"me too." She smiled. "Let's get home before I pass out." 

The kids ran to hug their mother, James breaking away to hug his father. Steve was reluctant at first before wrapping his arms around his son. 
"I am proud of you James," He said. 

"I didn't do anything." He said looking at his father confused. 

"Doesn't make me any less proud." He answered. James smiled, not having heard that from his father. 

"thank you, dad." 

Watching from afar the kinds and Nick were watching, blood on their faces and covered in dirt and grim. "Let's hope this is the last battle we have to fight." Nick sighed. "I am glad they sorted it out." 

"What did you tell him, Nick?" Tony asked. "What made him forget his stupid beliefs and fight for his family?" 

"Nothing. Nothing at all, he didn't need me to tell him what to do, he needed to figure that out on his own.  And he seemed to do that all too well on his own." 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

My family is my life, and everything else comes as second asfar as what's important to me~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~