I woke with air being breathed into my lungs and soft, slightly furry lips on mine. I was confused and I kissed the person who had been trying to resuscitate me. The next thing I knew, I had been punched in the stomach and the person had disappeared. Bucky was looking at me with his 'Agent 13 is going to kill you when I tell her about that' face. I wondered what on Earth had possessed me to kiss Shadow. I didn't even know her real name.

I knew we were leaving the next day. But I wanted to say sorry and goodbye to Shadow. I looked for her all day until I found her sitting on a broken wall watching the sun set.

"I'm sorry."

"It doesn't matter."

"Shadow, I'm really, really sorry."

"Captain, would you believe me if I told you that was my first kiss?"

I was absolutely shocked. The quiet way she said it, the matter-of-fact tone of voice.

"It can't be…"

"It was."

I ended up sitting next to her. She looked so sad. I wasn't certain if it was because she'd only just been kissed or because it was me that kissed her.

"Why do you fly?"

She turned and looked at me with such feeling in her eyes.

"When I fly, I become alive. I become a part of the air and the night. And I'm free. Free from all the responsibility."

I couldn't understand. So she offered me her hands and took me flying. Over the fields and high up into the clouds. She flew fast, hovered, did acrobatics. I could see why she loved flying. Then she teleported us down and smiled.

"That is why I fly."