Avengers Tower
Morning
On the morning of the wedding, everyone was getting ready. As Caitlin and Steve were getting dressed for the big day, Natasha had put Barry to work on helping prepare the tower for the wedding. Currently, Barry had rearranged the seats for the dozenth time before throwing his hands up in frustration.
"Nat, I love you, but how many times are you going to make me rearrange the seats?" Barry asked in exasperation.
"Oh, the first time was fine, I just wanted to see how many times I could make you do it before you got fed up," Natasha shrugged and Barry stared at her blankly for a moment.
"You're an evil woman, you know that?" Barry asked and she shrugged.
As Barry and Natasha bickered, Sara looked at the scene, an unreadable look on her face as Oliver walked up behind her.
"Everything okay?" Oliver asked and Sara shook her head as if coming out of a trance.
"Yeah. Just…thinking," Sara said distractedly and Oliver looked at her in concern.
"Is something bothering you?" Oliver asked.
"No. I just…do you ever think about this? For us?" Sara asked and Oliver was silent for a moment.
"All the time," Oliver admitted. "You?"
"Lately," Sara admitted but didn't elaborate.
Oliver eyed her concerned, sensing she wasn't telling him everything. But he wasn't Felicity or Diggle; he could be patient with her. And he would. Whenever she was ready to tell him what she was holding back, he would be there for her.
In what qualified as a dressing room, Caitlin was getting ready with help from Wanda and Laura.
"This brings back memories," Caitlin joked and the three women laughed.
"Yeah, I guess it does," Wanda said wistfully as she remembered Caitlin and Laura helping her get ready for her wedding.
"I would have thought your mother would have been here," Laura noted and Caitlin winced. "You didn't tell her?"
"I wouldn't even know how to explain this to her. And we haven't exactly spoken since I confronted her about my dad," Caitlin said as she winced at the memory of her last conversation with her mother. "We really haven't been close since I was a little girl. Sometimes the distance…it's just too much."
It was quiet for a moment before there was a knock on the door.
"Is everyone decent? I need to talk to Caitlin," Cisco's voice said on the other side of the door.
"Can you two give us a minute?" Caitlin asked as she smiled with exasperation.
With laughs, Wanda and Laura walked over to the door and opened it. Cisco stood on the other side, dressed in a suit as Wanda gestured him inside before she and Laura leave them alone, closing the door behind them.
"Wow," Cisco said as he got a look at Caitlin. "You look…wow."
"Thanks," Caitlin said with a smile. "You wanted to talk with me?"
"Yeah. It's about my Vibe," Cisco said and she nodded. "I was up most of the night thinking about it, trying to figure it out. I thought maybe I was seeing The Avengers from another earth, but I couldn't figure out why I was seeing Freya to. Then I realized I wasn't seeing another earth, I was seeing the future. I was the seeing The Avengers from about twenty years, give or take, into the future."
"The future," Caitlin repeated, her confusion giving way to understanding as he nodded.
"Yeah, and I couldn't figure out why touching you showed me that Vibe. I spent half the night trying to figure it out and the only thing I could come up with is, well," Cisco stammered, trying to figure out how to say it.
"That I'm pregnant?" Caitlin said bluntly and it was silent as he stared at her.
"You know?" Cisco said once he found his voice and she nodded.
"For a few days," Caitlin admitted, a beaming smile crossing her face as she placed her hands on her still flat stomach.
"Wow. Does Steve know?" Cisco asked after taking a moment to process this.
"No, I don't want him to worry about it until after the wedding. So I'd appreciate it if you don't tell him until after the wedding," Caitlin asked almost pleadingly.
"Yeah, of course," Cisco promised, his mind whirled. "You're gonna be a mom."
"Yeah, it took me a bit to process that to," Caitlin said with a slight smile.
"Congratulations," Cisco said as he and Caitlin hugged. "I'm sure Steve will be thrilled. And even if he isn't, this baby will have a huge extended family. Everything is gonna be alright Cait."
"I hope so," Caitlin said with a hesitant smile as he placed a hand on her shoulder.
That afternoon, everything was getting underway. There were four rows of eight seats, which were separated into groups of four by a wide space for two people to walk through that acted as a barrier for the bride and groom sides. In the front row, Barry, Cisco and Harry sat on the bride's side with an empty seat next to Harry while Thor, Sif, Bruce and Betty sat in the groom's side. In the second row, Oliver, Sara, Logan and Jax sat on the bride's side while the Barton's sat in the groom's side, little Nate sitting on his father's lap. In the third row, Roy and Thea sat on the bride's side while Scott, Hope, T'Challa and Tony took up the groom's. And in the back row, Quill, Drax, and Rhodey sat on the groom's side while Rocket, Groot and Mantis sat on the bride's.
Up at the makeshift altar, Steve stood in a rather fine suit with best man Bucky and groom's man Sam by his side as Maid of honor Wanda and bride's maid Natasha stood across from them. The minister, an elderly man with a bushy moustache and spectacles, eyed all the guests and the wedding party, specifically Bucky's metal arm, visible where his suit showed his hand.
"This is the strangest wedding I've ever attended," he said after a moment.
The band started playing the wedding march and everyone stood up. They turned to look as Caitlin was escorted down the aisle by Stein. Steve's heart skipped a beat as he saw her.
"Thank you for doing this," Caitlin told Stein gently.
"Dr. Snow, it is the highest honor," Stein told her humbly.
She kissed him on the cheek as they reached the make shift altar. Stein handed her off to Steve before he took his seat next to Harry.
"You look beautiful," Steve said breathlessly as they joined hands.
"Thanks, you don't look too bad yourself," Caitlin said with a smile.
"Well, let's get started," the minister said as the band stopped and everyone took their seats. "The last wedding I was at didn't work out so well, but let's hope this one turns out better."
Everyone laughed a little at that, feeling like they liked this old man already.
"We are gathered here today for the wedding of Steve Rogers and Caitlin Snow, to join them in holy matrimony," the minister started.
As the minister went on, Logan stiffened, stiffing loudly, causing Oliver and Sara to look at him.
"What's wrong?" Oliver asked lowly.
"We have some uninvited guests," Logan said in a growl.
"So if anyone has a valid reason these two should not be joined together, speak now or forever hold your peace," the minister said.
Barry, having heard Logan, was tense, looking around for trouble. Seeing a blue beam, in slow motion to him, heading towards the minister, Barry sprang into action. Barry, at super speed, tackled the minister out of the way and the beam hit the wall. Everyone jumped back as the beam went through the wall and out the building, setting fire to the streets outside. Everyone stared in horror at the destruction they saw outside before they whirled around at the sound of approaching footsteps.
About two dozen men in black tactical gear had somehow entered the tower completely undetected, an impressive feat. But it was the three people in front that had their attention. There was a man dressed in League of Assassin gear aiming a bow and arrow at them standing next to, to the shock of Team Flash, most of the Avengers and Roy, Alexei Shostakov, who had two disks in his hand. They stood behind a woman with long red hair and green eyes that seemed filled with hate.
"Hail Hydra," the woman sneered.
The Avengers and Team Flash all stared at this before the woman gave a single. The armed men opened fire but Wanda waved her hands, creating a red barrier that stopped the bullets inches from any of them. But that had not been their intention. With Wanda focused on them, she was completely blindsided and didn't see another attack coming. There was a flash of light and Wanda rumpled to the floor, out cold. Her barrier faded and the enemy rushed in, determined to exact their revenge.