A few minutes had passed and the room was still deadly quiet. Bucky, Tony and Steve were the one's who were frozen. It was Tony who dared to speak, "What are you trying to say? My parents were killed by Hydra!" Serafina looked at him with teary eyes.

"If it's okay, can I please just share this with my soulmates first. Then they can share this info with you all.",she said. Clint and Sam nodded in understanding and left the room.

I looked at them.

My mates.

I can't believe that I'll lose them the very second I found them.

I took a deep breath.

"Some time ago, there were three young scientists who were working together. In their quest for "glory" they realized that they needed a predecessor, someone who would take their work forward and help them. Two of the scientists got together, just for the sake of science and birthed a baby. The third scientists adopted the baby and the two scientists committed suicide after proclaiming their allegiance to Hydra. Serafina is not my real name, its what I decided to call myself. My real name is Marianne Crescentia Von Strucker. I was injected with the super serum right after the funeral. Father was blinded by his ambition. A baby is supposed to have tender and malleable bones yet the serum turned mine hard like a metal. I would snap my bones every second and they realized that I was quite weak, so they threw me in a garbage disposal thinking I would die for sure. Luckily, an old man found me . I think that man knew some sort of magic for he prayed to goddess to heal me and stop the serum from spreading till I turn 22. So the serum is present in my body and I am quite strong, but its not fully in effect yet. He also noticed my soul marks and knew it would make it hard for me to hide, so he sacrificed himself in return for this favour. The goddess told him that I wouldn't feel any of my soulmates till I turn 22. It didn't take long before I was located once again, this time I was much stronger.

Father was proud.

On my first birthday, I was injected with another dose of the serum. Just to double the effects. My training began at the age of two. I was made to play games that involve hiding and spying and finding out personal secrets. By the age of 5 ,I started going on missions as an observer.

I was six. When father had me tested. He wanted to know how strong I was. The doctors assessed my strengths and picked the strongest S.H.I.E.L.D. member that I could defeat easily. After he saw the result, he was quite ecstatic and gifted me with a "solo mission".

The death of the Starks !

For the first two weeks, I kept an eye on Howard and Maria, and had kept agent after Tony. Everything was going fine, till I had to make contact with Maria. She was so sweet and gentle that it mad me question my own "family". I refused to let her be a part of this so I told her everything. I told her about the planned murder. She told me that she would speak to her husband about this and that they would come up with something."

"Wait, there is a lot of footage that shows the winter soldier killing them.",says Natasha. "No, I was on the other side. They asked me to kill them, so that the secrets of S.H.I.E.L.D. stays with them. The video was just to make sure that if someday the winter soldier gains back his memories and uses his strength for good, they could leak this video to instill fear in the public. Tony, it was me. I swear. James is innocent, and I know it is hard to believe but the Winter Soldier was innocent too. He knew James and I were soulmates. Everything he did was to protect me. Punish me. I had no idea you were Howard's son until Peter told me last night. I am so sorry. This is exactly why I am asking all of you to reject me. I bring only pain to the people who are kind to me.", I confess.

"NO!"

I looked up to see Tony walk towards me. He said,"You betrayed your father just to protect mine. My parents trusted you Sera, so do I. I am quite proud of my parents for they died protecting their faith and belief. " I started weeping, he was just like his mother. My other soul mates too walked towards me. Natasha came forward, gave me a hug and said, "All of us have made terrible mistakes in our past, love, we would never judge you. We saw how you accepted Loki with open arms, we saw how much you care about Peter, we all hoped that you would accept us despite our pasts, then why would we judge for something you were forced to do?"

I looked around in shock, wondering if they really do want to with me or not.

"I have a question though, you talked about how you were tested. Which S.H.I.E.L.D. agent did you get?",asked Pietro. A feeling of dread coursed through my veins, they would surely hate me now.

"Father got me tested because he wanted to assign a position to me. If I knew my own strengths, it would be easier for me. He told me that I would have to go through an initiation ceremony",I said. I felt Natasha tense beside me. "What did the ceremony include.",she asked. I began explaining,"The initiation ceremony was for me to prove my allegiance to H.Y.D.R.A. and to establish my superiority. It was decided that on my 16th birthday, I would kill my biggest enemy and take over as the leader of H.Y.D.R.A. ,taking father's position. He asked me to keep the white wolf as my left hand man, for he was only loyal to me. The Winter Soldier was forced to kill for H.Y.D.R.A. but for me, he killed to protect. I didn't want to kill anyone, especially after the Starks so I ran away. The person that I was supposed to kill, was once H.Y.D.R.A.'s biggest enemy. I was supposed to kill Captain America." I couldn't bear to look at anyone so I squeezed my eyes shut, till I heard a chuckling. "Well then, Thank you for not killing me darling!",I heard Steve say, making everyone else chuckle as well. I looked at them in shock. This is a joke. They are okay with all of this ? I am confused. As if sensing my thoughts, Steve walked over and cupped my face," Doll, you are my soulmate. I wouldn't even get mad if you did try to kill me.If that would've ensured your safety, I would have killed myself!"

At hearing this, I couldn't control myself and pressed my lips against his. I was scared he would change, so I just kissed him. When I pulled back, both of were out of breath and had a faint blush on our cheeks. We just kept smiling at each other, before Tony broke us out of our reverie," HEY ! I would also be okay with you killing me, now where is my kiss?" I giggled and shook my head, "You don't get one. You could've told me you were my soul mate when we were dancing!"

Tony huffed,"I was about to but Reindeer games over here had to walk in at the exact moment!" I laugh loudly, while Loki had a smugly replies," Well, if I would've waited for you, then I wouldn't have had my mate moaning on lap that night. Let's just say that being a wuss costed you a LOT of pleasure Stark !" I gasped," LOKI?! What the hell? " Before I could say anything else Tony cut me off," Don't worry princess, I'll make sure in the next few days, you'll be screaming my name as well!" I blushed, "So all of you are my mates?", I ask in a poor attempt to change the subject. They all nod, smiling widely. I look at Natasha, "You too? Is that why you kept calling me that night? It was not just about it wouldn't be safe for you to come alone at night then?", I tease, and her cheeks warm up a little. "At least I had the guts to call, Tony wanted to follow you in his suit and Steve wanted to be your chauffeur",she defends herself. I giggle, " Aww that is very sweet. But I was quite safe with Jacob. You didn't have to worry this much."

Suddenly everyone's expression sours and Pietro speaks up, " Is he a work friend?" I shook my head, " Nope, just a regular at my shop. He was actually my first customer",I chuckle at the memory, I spilled all the coffee on him because I was so nervous. As I was remembering the day, I did not notice the scowl on Pietro's face. "Wait, you all are my mates, does that mean Wanda and Maria are too? Is that why they were spending so much time with me?",I ask. Suddenly Natasha pulled me for a hug and grumbled, " I am the only female soulmate of yours. Those two are idiots."

"Thank God!", I chuckled, making her smile. I liked the idea of having Wanda and Maria as my friends, since I've never really had that many friends. But then a thought entered my mind, "I should probably go bake, I need to open the shop too." I try to move but was pulled back by Loki," My love, what is the rush. Spend some time with us, please." Tony too adds in,"Absolutely, and we'll bring in your stuff here. It wouldn't be safe for you to live alone." I look at them and remember something,"Are you all members of S.H.I.E.L.D. as well." Everyone looked at me, shocked," You don't know ?"

"We are the avengers."

"The what?"

"How do you not know!"

"Maybe you guys aren't that famous", I joke. Tony gasped,"How dare you, princess. I am Iron Man, you googled Tony Stark...try this one as well."

I was stunned, how did he know I googled his name. "Princess I know everything.",he said, making everyone laugh. "I think you should rest for a while, we'll brief you in on everything.",said Steve. "Ummm...I have a request. Can I please stay in James's room? I need to clear some things between us." Everyone nodded and walked towards their respective rooms.

"So, Sergeant Barnes....are you going to take me to your room or do I have to drag you to mine?",I tease making him chuckle. After we reach towards his room I pause at the door. "You know what Bucky, everyone of us were waiting for this moment for a long time now. I'll just go and wish everyone a goodnight separately.",I tell and walk out as he nodded.

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I knocked at Steve's door and waited for him to let me in. As soon as he saw me, his smile widened. I jumped at him, knowing that he would catch me. Immediately I was engulfed in his gigantic arms as he walked us towards his bed. "Not that I'm complaining, but I thought you already wished us good night.",he said. I giggle,"That was a good night for an acquaintance. I'm here to meet my soul mate." "And what is the difference?",he asked, clearly amused. Once again I pressed my lips against his, but this time he responded with equal force. Then without a warning, I pushed him and dashed out of the room before he could grab me.

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After wishing the rest of the boys goodnight as well, I walked towards a certain redhead's room. This time. I entered without knocking. As I looked around the empty room, I realized that she was standing behind. I paused and waited for her to speak first," You know breaking in is considered to be a crime, especially if its an assassin's room." I smirked ,"Oh no....I'll probably kill the assassin to shut her mouth." I felt her hands on my waist as she whispered,"You don't have to kill, I can keep my mouth occupied in other ways. Maybe you'll be merciful, or maybe you'll be the one begging for mercy моя любовь (my love)." In an instant, I turn around and push her on the bed,climbing on top of her, I lower my lips to her ear and whisper, "Very soon my love, I'll have you writhing on this bed. You'll be screaming my name and begging like you did that night. I'll make sure you lose your senses before I'm done. Mark my words, Natasha." With that I kissed her with force. She open her lips further, letting me glide my tongue inside. She moaned and pulled me closer in an attempt to deepen the kiss but I pulled back. "Don't you remember. I have to go with Bucky right now", I smirk. She huffed and pushed me out of the room, " Get out and good night. Don't disturb me again. But if you need anything, just knock three times on the connecting wall and I'll come over!" I laughed at her behaviour but pressed a quick peck on her cheek.

With that I walked towards James's room. I knew I'll have to explain everything, and tell him about the day I left. I just hope everything goes well.

Thankyou for reading. I only wrote for Steve and Natasha because I felt really lazy but in the future chapters I will include everyone <3