Chaos. Everything around her was chaos. 3 hellicarriers had just fallen out of the sky, the headquarters of SHIELD were destroyed and everywhere she looked, there was panic. For Grace, this scenario was not one unimaginable, but she had never expected she would see something like this.

Grace lived in a small house in a secluded part of the forest, put there by SHIELD as protection after an encounter that had changed and nearly ended her life. That forest was next to a lake, the same lake a lot of hellicarrier had just fallen into. People had rallied around the destruction, lining the bank of the lake to look for any sign of survivors, anyone who needed their help. They had found Captain Rogers only moments before, he was safe in the hands of the agents who came to his aid. Everyone continued to check the bank of the lake for any sign of life they could find, unaware that those they could potentially be saving not so long ago would have been quite happy to wipe them off the planet had they posed a threat to their organisation, HYDRA.

"Has anyone checked the forest around here? Any sign of life?" one man asked.

"Not that I know of, everyone has been here since we arrived" another responded, "I'll take a few people with me to check if there's anything about"

Grace joined this group, she should never have been out around other people in the first place, at least she could be of help and still keep herself relatively hidden from the world. The group of 6 wandered through to a clearing where debris had crashed through the trees.

"OK guys, let's split up, if we can save anyone today, we have a better chance of doing that if we cover more ground"

General nods and sounds of agreement came from the group, and Grace was left to look alone. She didn't have to go far before she heard a noise from behind a tree near her.

"Hello?" she said timidly. She knew about HYDRA. This wouldn't be her first encounter with them, and she knew if she came across the wrong person, her safety would be gone forever. But no one responded, she moved closer to the noise cautiously ready to defend herself if it came to it. "Is anyone there? I'm only here to help, please, show yourself." Still nothing. She heard another group member coming up close to where she was standing, looking round to see who it was they seemed to have headed straight past her. Returning her gaze to the direction of the noise, she was startled by a figure standing there. A man, dressed in black, with a metal arm. He was pale and wounded.

"You." Grace exhaled. This man, she knew him, they had met before and not in the greatest of circumstances. The man's eyes became sad, full of tears, he looked like he had seen a ghost. Suddenly there was a rush of noise coming around you – other members of the group were entering your territory and you had to think fast.

"Hide!" she whispered, but the man only carried on looking at her, becoming weaker and more pitiful by the second – "Please, hide, if they see you then I can't help you, just trust me, please!" Coming out of his trance, he fell to floor out of view of the clearing in the nick of time.

"Hey, you okay?" one man called out to her. "Yes I'm fine, nothing here, but I think I saw something running over that way, I could be wrong but it's worth checking?" She had to get them away, her hidden person was running out of time and she knew it.

"We'll check it out, thanks. You okay here?" the group membered enquired. "Mhm, completely fine." And with that, they left.

Once again she was alone with this man, this soldier. Grace rushed to him and saw the extent of his injuries, he was barely conscious and she had to get him to her home.

"Hey! Stay awake for me, I know you don't know me but-"

"You died" he whispered. "They told me, y-you died. They killed you".

"You mean…you remember me? How can you remember me?" This didn't make any sense, she understood why he thought she was dead but for him to remember her was impossible. That had been made quite clear to her. This was not the time to dwell on things though; the solider was lying in front of her slowly drifting away.

"Come on, we need to get you somewhere safe, you need to work with me here. Hey! Stay awake, please just try!" Grace pulled him to his feet and helped him as best she could. She wasn't the strongest of people but her resolve to help this man gave her a strength she had never known before. It took a while and it was a struggle, but eventually they both arrived at the small place Grace called home where she lay the man down on the bed.

"It's going to be okay, I promise, it's all going to be okay." And with that, he closed his eyes and Grace took the opportunity to get to work on his wounds. She could not take her eyes off of him. He was just as beautiful as she remembered, she owed him her life and this was the time for her to repay that debt. But how did he remember her? Once she had finished patching him up, she stood and looked at him again before turning and heading towards the living room. The memories of her first encounter with the Winter Soldier had flooded back to her and the pain of them made her collapse on the sofa, tears flowing down her face, those of horror and those of joy that she had been reunited with the man she had not stopped thinking about for the last few months. Slowly, she drifted off to sleep. It was the best night's sleep she had had in what felt like a lifetime.