The Third Winter Soldier

New York, Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters.

The gray-white manor stands amidst the trees, and the vines covering the walls are fading their lush green color with the seasons, and the yellowing leaves sparkle with golden ripples in the sun, decorating the building with vitality.

On the grass outside the manor, several children were playing football. Laughter spread into the manor. A girl with brown hair was sitting on the window sill, shaking her feet and looking at the thin boy with a blushing face and a thick neck in the room.

The skinny boy stood in front of the desk and asked excitedly to the man behind the desk: "I don't understand, why? I made a mistake except when I was on a mission in Las Vegas, but I ended up Mission accomplished, no?"

The man behind the desk didn't speak, just looked at him with a smile on his face.

"Professor, it's not fair!" He clenched his fists, and a circle of faint smoke emitted from his body, gradually surrounding him, "It's not fair to me!"

"Lucas, please control your emotions." The girl sitting on the windowsill said.

Lucas pursed his lips tightly and stared at the man behind the desk without saying a word. At the same time, he relaxed his fists. As his emotions gradually calmed down, the smoke on his body slowly left him. Gradually spread into the air, and finally disappeared invisible. "Sorry, I admit that I was a little emotional, but, professor, is it because of a mistake that I will no longer participate in team activities?"

"No, Lucas, that's not the reason why you can't participate in this mission." The professor behind the desk shook his head and said gently: "Until you can better protect yourself, you need to stay here temporarily."

Lucas's expression changed slightly, he lowered his eyes and said depressedly: "I can protect myself."

"Come on! Lucas, don't you remember that you failed the fighting class? What are the basic requirements for team members? You don't remember?" The girl sneered, jumped off the windowsill and said dissatisfiedly to the man behind the desk : "Hey, Charles, my fighting skills are much better than Lucas's, but now I can only watch them do their tasks!"

"Laura!" Charles looked at her with a smile, "Don't you know why you can't join the team?"

When Laura heard this, she shrank her neck suddenly, and said a little unhappy: "Okay! I was wrong!"

Charles turned his head to look at Lucas, and said with a serious expression: "If possible, I don't want to form a team. I hope you can spend your childhood and youth in Xavier peacefully."

"But we are mutants, aren't we?" Lucas asked puzzled.

Charles looked at Lucas' immature face and sighed softly. He started the wheelchair and drove slowly from behind the desk to Lucas. He raised his eyes slightly and saw the boy's face full of reluctance. He said: "Because we are mutants, we should cherish our normal life, Lucas, I think it's time for you to think about what kind of life you really want."

Lucas looked back at Charles half-understanding, and said for a long time, "I, I don't know, but," he paused, "I think I'll think about it, I promise!"

Charles nodded, smiled slightly, and said to Lucas: "Of course, I hope you can successfully pass the martial arts class before the next mission!"

Lucas didn't know what to think of, and underestimated in his mouth.

Laura's ears moved, she bared her teeth at Lucas, and said angrily, "You are obviously not good enough! You can't blame Logan!"

Lucas twitched the corner of his mouth and squinted at her. Just as he was about to speak, there was the sound of a huge engine roaring outside the window.

"A guest is coming!" Charles looked at him with a smile and said, "Lucas, go and receive your guest!"

"My guest?" Lucas looked at Charles in a daze. After a few seconds, he seemed to remember something, and turned around and ran away with a lot of ahhh.

Laura walked to the window and looked out through the window. She saw a broken car with a very characteristic broken windshield stopped at the gate, followed by a black heavy-duty Harley motorcycle. The rider in black didn't get off immediately after stopping the car. He straddled the car and took off his helmet.

Laura's eyes widened suddenly, and she murmured, "Bucky!" She barely had time to say anything to Charles, and rushed out of Charles' office.

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At this moment, Bucky at the gate hung his helmet on the handlebar, and turned to look at Lilith who got out of the car. She put her hand on the car door and looked up at the gray and white ancient building in front of her. "It's really nice here. Isn't it?"

As soon as Lilith finished speaking, the door was suddenly opened, and a thin and small boy rushed out. He walked up to her excitedly, looked at her with surprise on his face and said, "Ah, come here!" ,You came!"

"Hi, uh, Lucas?" Lilith said in an uncertain tone, "I didn't expect you to remember me."

"Oh, how could I not remember! You saved me, didn't you?" Lucas smiled shyly, "When the professor said there was a guest, I didn't expect it to be you, I thought"

"Bucky!" With a girl's crisp cry, a figure jumped out from behind Lucas and rushed straight to Bucky who was still sitting on the motorcycle.

Lilith turned her head and looked over upon hearing the sound, raising her eyebrows amusedly.

Bucky was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously stretched out his arms to catch the little girl who rushed into his arms. He lowered his head and looked at her, and suddenly smiled, "Hey, little angel!"

Laura looked up at him with a smile, stretched out her hand and patted his left hand, and when she heard the echo similar to metal, she nodded in satisfaction and said, "It's really you!"

"Well, it's me!" Bucky looked at Laura softly, "Long time no see!"

Laura looked at his arm and asked, "How is your hand?"

Bucky then glanced at his left arm, he knew what Laura was asking, more than a year ago, after his arm was injured by Wolverine, Banner repaired it for him in Stark's laboratory for a long time , After preliminary repairs, he left in a hurry because he was worried about Steven, so Laura asked this question.He nodded and said, "No problem, don't worry."

"Hey, man, do you know someone here?" Lilith raised her brows and asked with a little displeasure in her words: "Aren't you going to introduce me?"

Laura turned her head and looked over when she heard the voice, and saw a smiling woman looking at her. She glanced at Bucky, looked at this woman again, and pursed her lips.

"This is Laura." Bucky said to Lilith, then reached out and stroked Laura's hair, and said softly, "Her name is Lilith, my...friend."

Laura nodded without saying a word.

Lilith didn't say a word, it was the first time she saw Bucky behaved so tenderly towards a little girl, it was like a different person, for some reason, she felt annoyed, she snorted and said: "Little girl, are you a student here too?"

Laura opened her eyes wide, blinked, and remained silent.

"Why don't you talk?" Lilith stared at her, "It seems that you don't like me, right?"

"Lilith, she's just not familiar with you." Bucky said softly, reached out and gently placed Laura on the ground, and got off the motorcycle himself.

Lucas on the side heard Bucky's words, with an indescribable expression on his face, he watched Bucky and Laura hesitate to speak, sighed, and said to Lilith, "Lilith, are you here?" Do you see mine?"

Lilith hummed, then smiled, and said, "Of course, but I still need to see your professor."

"Professor?" Lucas looked at her strangely, "Why?"

"Of course I have something to say." Lilith looked at Lucas as a matter of course, "Can you take me to see him, please?"

Lucas seemed to realize something, he didn't ask any more, just nodded cooperatively.

Lilith turned to look at Bucky and asked, "What about you? Together?"

Bucky nodded silently.

Lucas said to them, "Come with me, and I'll take you to the professor."

Lilith nodded, followed Lucas into the house, Laura didn't move, she looked at Bucky suspiciously, because he didn't follow in, but walked in the opposite direction to the trunk of the car Lilith was driving, and then He carried a black rectangular object out from inside.

Laura walked up to him, reached out and grabbed the hem of his coat, and said, "Bucky?"

Bucky carried the black object, looked down at her, and said, "This is a big trouble."

"Okay!" Laura laughed. "Trouble is not to be feared."

"Yes!" Bucky looked at Laura with warm eyes, "Let's go!"

Laura nodded and led Bucky into Charles' office behind Lucas and Lilith.

The author has something to say: I haven't finished writing, um, because I forgot the character and some content of the previous Wolverine fanfic, uh, what a stupid author, I'll go and read it before continuing to write.