As the days went by I noticed more an more that I couldn't sleep. The pills I was given by SHIELD helped but only a little making me wake up at three or four in the morning. I had taken to going to the gym at night it took the edge off everything but as I worked a punching bag more and more flashes of my memories came to me.

Me telling Peggy about the jet

I have to put her in the water.

Peggy comforting me.

You're not alone.

Bucky's Death

Bucky No!

And finally the SHIELD scientists realizing I was alive in that ice.

Oh my god this girl's still alive!

Coming out of my trance I noticed that I had broken the bag from the chain. Walking over I grabbed another one.

"Trouble sleeping?" I turned around to see Nick Fury.

"I slept for seventy years, sir." I replied. "I think I've had my fill." I kept on punching the fresh bag.

"Then you should be out, celebrating, seeing the world." This made me stop. I took the boxer's tape off my hands.

I went under, the world was at war, I wake up, they say we won. They didn't say what we lost." It was hard I didn't have anyone here. I lost everyone I loved.

"We've made some mistakes along the way. Some very recently." He picked up a file.

"You here with a mission, sir?"I asked.

"I am."

"Trying to get me back in the world?"

"Trying to save it." Opening the folder I saw a picture of the cube. The thing I had lost everything for.

"Hydra's secret weapon." I growled.

"Howard Stark fished that out of the ocean when he was looking for you. He thought what we think, the Tesseract could be the key to unlimited sustainable energy. That's something the world sorely needs." He explained. Howards should have left it behind.

"Who took it from you?" I asked and A picture of a man was on the next page he looked like Loki the Norse god of mischief. I only knew because when I was small I took to reading books and Bucky always got me ones about Mythology.

"He's called Loki. He's not from around here. There's a lot we'll have to bring you up to speed on if you're in. The world has gotten even stranger than you already know." Nick said.

"At this point, I doubt anything would surprise me." I laughed my first real laugh in days.

"Ten bucks says you're wrong. There's a debriefing package waiting for you back at your apartment." I nodded grabbing a spare punching bag and leaving.

"Is there anything you can tell us about the Tesseract that we ought to know now?"He asked as I walked away.

"Howard should've left it in the arctic." I said and slammed the door behind me. I wanted nothing to do with SHIELD but how could I let the world be in danger? It hurt me in my heart. I knew what I had to do and I would do it. Besides a new mission would be good for me.

The next morning I was taken to a jet by one agent Phil Coulson who seemed very quiet as I read through the files. Bruce Banner had caught my eye. He had become a green monster when he got angry because of his attempt to recreate the serum. When I voiced my concern Phil help me change that perspective.

"A lot of people were. You were the world's first superhero. Banner thought gamma radiation might hold the key to unlocking Erskine's original formula."He explained.

"Didn't really go his way, did it?" I asked.

"Not so much. When he's not that thing though, guy's like a Stephen Hawking." I didn't quite understand. "He's like a smart person. I gotta say, it's an honor to meet you, officially." I smiled I was very honored.

"I sort of met you, I mean, I watched you while you were sleeping." Slightly awkward but I didn't mind. He was a fan. I'm sure he didn't mean it that way. "I mean, I was... I was present while you were unconscious from the ice. You know, it's really, it's just a... just a huge honor to have you on board."

"I'm honored that someone was watching over me." He smiled and blushed. "And, I hope I'm the woman for the job."

"Oh, you are. Absolutely. Uh we've made some modifications to the uniform. I had a little design input." Really? They still had me in the flag.

"The uniform? Aren't the stars and stripes a little... old fashioned?" I asked.

"With everything that's happening, the things that are about to come to light, people might just need a little old fashioned." Perhaps he was right. As we landed on the base I was awestruck. Toto I am definitely not in kansas anymore.