There wasn't much Steve Rogers could do while he waited for the tesseract to be located. Instead of staying on the bridge where he was probably in everyone's way, he decided to wander around.

Things had definitely changed in the last seventy years, but at the same time nothing had changed. He was hesitant to go out into this new world not because he was afraid of this new world, but because it was a lot to take in. It was a bit of an adjustment.

Steve was so wrapped up in his thoughts that he finally realized he had no idea where he was. He wasn't even sure how long he had been walking. This place was a lot bigger than what it appeared. He was thinking about heading back to the bridge when something came flying out of the room he was about to walk by, stopping him in his tracks.

"Whoa."

"Sorry." Kayla said as she came out of the room. "I didn't hit you, did I?"

"No."

"That's good." She then picked up the knife from the floor. "I was training. I didn't mean to send the dagger out the door."

"You train with knives?"

"It's a dagger." Kayla held it up for Steve to see. It was good in length with it being wide at the forte and narrowing down to a sharp point. The hilt was black with silver stripping. There was a double shell guard, complete with finger loops and knuckle bow. "It keeps me on my toes." Kayla walked back into the room.

"Couldn't you throw less dangerous objects?" Steve asked as he followed her.

"Where's the fun in that? And I didn't exactly throw it." Kayla mumbled the last part.

"How did the knife fly out of the room if you didn't throw it?"

Kayla looked at him, probably thinking he didn't hear her.

At first she said nothing. It almost appeared like she was having an internal battle.

After a while Kayla sighed and said, "Well, half of S.H.I.E.L.D already knows and you being super you shouldn't judge me too bad. I meant super you as a compliment, by the way."

"I'll take it as one."

"Here, throw this dagger at me." Kayla said as she held it out for Steve.

Steve looked at the dagger then back at Kayla. "You're kidding, right?"

"Relax, I have excellent reflexes. And I promise I have a good aim."

"Better aim then when you didn't mean to throw the knife out the door?"

Kayla shrugged. "Ok, so I don't have perfect aim all the time. I do promise not to deflect the dagger in your direction."

Steve raised his eyebrow and the word deflect, but said nothing.

"All right." Steve finally said as he took the dagger.

Kayla walked a few feet away from Steve, then turned toward him with a smile. "Whenever you're ready."

Steve was still a bit hesitant to throw the knife at her even if she did have excellent reflexes. Kayla looked at him as if to tell him to hurry up.

"Ready?" Steve asked.

"I've been ready."

Steve threw the dagger. He didn't know what to expect, but happened he never in a million years would have thought of.

When the dagger was close to Kayla, she put her hand out and moved it to the left and the dagger went flying in that direction. What was interesting was the blue light that appeared in front of Kayla's hand as she held it out.

"That was…it was…how did you do that?" Steve asked.

Kayla shrugged. "It's something I was born with. I can also create a barrier around me or something else."

"A barrier?"

As Kayla stood, the same blue light that surrounded her hand surrounded her whole body.

"Try throwing something at me."

This time Steven didn't question it. Steve picked up something and threw it at Kayla. The object bounced off the barrier. The barrier then faded.

"That's amazing."

"You think so?"

"Yeah. And you were born with this power?"

Kayla nodded. "Unlike other people who get their powers by subatomic particles and serums, I got the joy of being born this way."

"Subatomic particles?"

"Never mind. Um, we should go back to the bridge and see if they made any progress." Kayla picked up her dagger and placed it in a strap on her boot. It was then that Steve noticed a second dagger strapped to her other boot.

"You sure do like knives, don't you?" He asked.

"Daggers. They are daggers."

Steve just shook his head.

As the two of them were walking back to the bridge Steve couldn't help wondering about Kayla and her powers. He wanted to ask her how growing up with a power like that was, but he didn't. He thought it was too personal a question, especially since they had just met. Also, Kayla seemed hesitant to mention her power so maybe she didn't like talking about it.

Walking on to the bridge Kayla could tell they hadn't located Loki yet. Agents were still scrambling around, typing away on their computers. She made her way over to Phil.

"How was training?" He asked.

Kayla shrugged. "It was all right. Been a while since I've used my powers. I showed off a bit."

Phil glanced over at Steve then back at Kayla. It seemed like he wanted to say something, but decided against it. Instead he said, "Has it really been a year since you've used your powers?"

"I've had no need to use them at the school. Besides, not everyone there knows about that and I plan on keeping it that way."

"It's all in your head, you know?"

Kayla glanced at him with confusion.

"You think everyone hates you, but they don't."

"Cody does."

"Well, Cody is Cody. He gets angry at people if they look at him wrong."

"It was his brother I let die."

"You did everything you could. You can't save everyone, but you shouldn't stop trying."

"You never stop trying to get me back out there, do you, Uncle Phil?"

Phil smiled. "Never."

"I told you after this I'm done."

"Of course you are."

Phil was so sure Kayla would decide to be a field agent again. Well, she wasn't. This was a onetime thing and then she would go back to teaching. She loved teaching. It's what she was good at. She looked over at Phil who still had a smile on his face.

"I'm going back to teaching." Kayla said. She then walked off.

"Now?"

Kayla turned back to him. "Of course not now." She turned around as she started walking. "I'm just going for a walk."

Why did she decide to come? She should have just stayed at school. It wasn't like she was going to be much help anyway. Phil was wrong about her wanting to be back out in the field. He was wrong that she missed it. He was wrong.

Kayla turned a corner, almost running right into someone who was standing there. Luckily she saw him and was able to avoid a collision. When she saw who it was she quickly turned around, but she wasn't quick enough; he saw her.

"Hello, Freak. It seems we keep running into each other." Cody said.

"Well, there are so many places one can go on this aircraft. I was just returning to the bridge." Kayla turned to walk away.

"You should have done more."

Kayla looked back at him. "I did all that I could."

"You have that power to create force fields and you couldn't keep it up until help arrived?"

"I tried."

"You should have tried harder." Cody walked passed her.

Kayla stood there, resisting the urge to lash out. She took a deep breath, counted to ten, then slowly released her breath. I will not let him get to me. Kayla thought as she made her way back to the bridge.

When she walked onto the bridge she avoided Cody, who was glaring at her. Spotting Phil and Steve, Kayla made her way over to them.

"It's a vintage set." Phil was saying. "It took me a couple of years to collect them all. Near mint, slight foxing around the edges, but..."

"Are you bugging Mr. Rogers into signing your trading card collection, Uncle Phil?" Kayla asked as she stood next to them.

"I'm not bugging." Kayla raised an eyebrow. "I'm not.

Kayla glanced at Steve. "Feel free to tell him to shut up or give him a shove it's he's annoying. That's what I do."

Steve smiled. "No, it's fine."

"You know; I remember a certain girl saying that if she could meet Steve Rogers she would have him sign her comic book." Phil said.

Kayla playfully punched him. "Don't tell him that. Besides, I was nine at the time."

Steve chuckled.

"We got a hit. Sixty-seven percent match. Weight, cross match, seventy-nine percent." One of the agents said.

"Location?" Phil asked.

"Stuttgart, Germany. 28, Konigstrasse. He's not exactly hiding."

"Captain, you're up." Fury said.

Steve nodded, then walked out.

Phil looked at Kayla, motioning for her to go. Kayla took a deep breath. She then followed Steve out.

Kayla made her way outside but before she walked to the jet she stopped. This was why she came; to help stop Loki. Now that the time was actually here she was starting to doubt herself. She shouldn't be going. She would only be in the way.

"Kayla, you all right?

Kayla glanced at Steve. "Fine, it's just…this is the first time I've been out in the field in a year. What if I mess everything up?"

"Somethings you just don't forget."

"That's what Phil said."

"Well, it's true. Besides, I don't think you would have agreed to come if you truly believed you would be useless."

Steve walked away, leaving Kayla stunned. He may have a point though.

All right. Time to stop thinking negatively. This mission would go smoothly and then she would go back to teaching.

With determination, Kayla made her way onto the jet.