I hate to say it but I actually wanted to help those people. The planet was burned and broken looking like an awful burnt cake… that was blown out of a canon. I close my eyes not wanting to look at the destruction my stone helped with and when I open them I'm laying on the bed. I hold my head getting up and Bucky is glaring at me letting me know everything is normal, for now.

"Was that- why did you-"

"Do you know what it is now?"

"A- a powerful stone that can kill people and destroy our universe that a powerful, psychopath alien is hunting for so he can kill everyone."

I answer not believing the words coming out of my own mouth.

"Thor mentioned something like that, there was one in Loki's scepter." Steve says talking to Strange who is studying me closely,

"It needs to be hidden again so Thanos can never complete the set, that or destroyed." My stone tingles in panic and I put a reassuring hand over it.

"So where are you keeping it, hopefully somewhere safe?" Strange looks at me probably expecting me to pull it out in a little box. I run my fingers along the edge of my sleeve and can feel the guilt setting in.

"I can't give it to you." I croak trying stop myself from crying. Sam notices and stands up looking at me concerned.

"Echo it's to much power for you to be walking around with I-"

"You don't get it, I've tried everything."

I lift up my sleeve showing them the bright stone. They all lean in to get a better look and the stone flickers showing off.

"Interesting it's like the cells bonded with the stones genetic makeup."

I just nod and Strange reaches out his hand but I pull it back clutching my wrist.

"Did you forget the part where it's dangerous?" I say looking at him like he's insane which, if he was thinking about touching the gem, he probably is. Steve steps back and walks into the bathroom coming back with a fresh new bandage. He hands it to me and I take it rolling up my sleeve again to rewrap it.

"Play with fire?" Strange asks raising an eyebrow.

"No"

"How about outlets?"

"No"

"Knifes?"

"No, again"

He nods slowly watching me wrap my wrist but stops me about halfway through. He leans closely again and watches the stone.

"You're right no knifes more like a chisel no, no a screwdriver…"

I stop wrapping when we he's says the word looking up at him while he's giving me a smug look.

"How did you know-"

"I'm a Doctor I've seen enough to know. Also care to explain the burns and electric splits." He points to the big marks surrounding the gem. I quickly wrap it up and give him a nasty glare.

"I told you I tried everything." I whisper before turning my back to them to dig through my bag. I see Bucky watching me from the side as he sits up in the bed.

"Thanos will come for you, it's essential he doesn't get to you. I'll let you stay here for the night and I'll be back in the morning."

I give Sam and Steve confused looks as he slips on his gold ring thing and hold his hand out in front of him. With his other hand he makes a circular motion and a ring of sparks appear in the middle of the room. Steve and I jump back but Sam is to lazy to move from the bed.

"See you later Harry Potter." Sam says nonchalantly as Strange steps through the portal and disappears. I turn back to them and decide if I do say something it'll probably be stupid so I stay quiet.

Sam and Bucky keep elbowing each other in the bed blaming each other for hogging the sheets. Steve is still in the shower and I'm drying my hair from when I got my turn. Tonight I don't have nice clean pajamas instead I'm wearing some black sweats and my old Coca Cola sweatshirt. I pull a blanket off the other bed along with one of the pillows and set them down next to the window sill and lay down, thankfully the window is just low enough I can see out. At the edge of the city looking out it's just big fields with long grass and bare trees. Even though it's nothing like the city it has its own kind of peaceful. Pulling the blanket up to my chin I listen to Steve talking to Bucky and Sam, of course about me.

"She has an infinity stone on her wrist and she didn't tell us? She could've killed us-"

"She wouldn't have done that, you know it." Sam says defending me from Bucky.

"I'm just saying, she's keeping all these secrets what if next time it's costs us our lives."

"She's beginning to trust us, hell she saved our lives in the temple. She'll open up when she's ready." I hear Steve argue as he gets in bed sighing.

"She's dangerous and she's lying-"

"And she's not asleep so shut up." I add making them all freeze. Steve shifts in bed and breaks the silence.

"Do you want to sleep in the bed? I can leave?" I roll my eyes he's such a gentlemen it's almost getting annoying.

"Too soft." I say not moving and keeping my eyes fixed on the window.

"Like a marshmallow?" Sam asks almost amused.

"Like you'll sink right through the bottom?" Steve finishes and I turn around to see them smiling at each other.

"Exactly." They turn towards me happy but also empathetic. I settle down with my back now towards the window as I look up at them. Steve pats the bed giving me a huge grin, and I roll my eye gathering up my makeshift bed. Even though it's a little too comfortable it might be the nicest bed I'll sleep in for awhile. Throwing the pillow back in its place I scrunch up the blanket making a little bowl. Jumping on the bed I shift into a white cat before snuggling into the pile of cloth. Sam smiles wide and jumps up taking yet another picture and this time I don't even hiss. He goes back to bed and him and Bucky instantly pick up where they left off this time bickering about who stole the others pillow. I shake my head and curl up again nuzzling my nose into the warm blanket. I feel I hand on my fur and I flinch but soon feel them begin to gently stroke my tiny head. As my eyes flutter shut I see Steve as he reads and glances to me every once in a while.

"Goodnight kid." He whispers just loud enough for me to hear and I fall right asleep.

It was definitely a SHIELD warehouse but where it was I couldn't tell. I leave the empty room I was in and wander into a laboratory with machines hooked up to a large monitor. I reach up to touch the screen and see I'm in another set of tux and dress shoes again too big for me. I look at the endless data falling across the screen but don't know what any of it means.

"Agent?" I turn around to see the Wanda from the facility but this time wearing white scrubs.

"Wanda?" I ask in a deeper but squeaky voice.

"I'm ready." She says in a sweet voice waking forward to try and read the data as well. She sits in a chair next to the monitor and lays her hands in her lap waiting patiently. I look around for any hint to what I'm supposed to be doing and find a folder lying on the counter. I pick it up and open it to find a huge stack of papers inside. Thumbing through it I see more data I can't read but also a picture of another infinity stone. This one is yellow and looks to be attached to someone's skin, just like mine. I try reading more into it and a way to get it off but I'm interrupted.

"Agent Blackburn." I turn remembering the name belonging to the man who died in the alley. I see Agent Hill, from the other dream, watching me with a cold stare.

"Blackburn." She commands and Wanda gives me a sad look, then I finally realise she talking to me.

"I-uh are you-"

"This has gone too far." She walks forward ripping the file out of my hands. I watch frozen as she begins to talk to Wanda and the woman's face falls.

"I'm sorry what's going on-"

"You!" Wanda hisses shooting up her eyes literally red with anger. I take a few steps back still not knowing what I've done wrong.

"You were supposed to study the stone not try and corrupt its power. Manipulating an infinity is serious business and could result in unimaginable consequences. I'm sorry Blackburn but I'm discontinuing your work on this project."

I feel my heart sink but I don't feel sad at all. Agent Hill gives me a surprisingly sorry look before her stare returns and she marches out. I look to Wanda whos eyes has begun to water.

"I told you not to tamper with the stones center power, its could've killed you." She steps forward and I close my eyes expecting the hit bit get a hug instead.

"Thank you for trying to help me and Vis understand but it seems the power of the stone was too much of a temptation." She walks out without another word and I feel my whole body sink like I'm drifting through a cloud. I suddenly feel myself thrown backwards and feel cold metal on my back. Looking up I see the gang member from the alley all gathered around me, their orange weapons glowing. Scanning the alley I see it's the exact one I was in when the Agent died.

"You've come looking for trouble?" I hear a deep man voice ask.

"Uh no just walking by…" I say slowly getting serious Deja Vu.

"Well then keeping passing, old man. We've got better things to do then beat up some banker." The other men murmur in agreement stepping back leaving only the gang leader. He grabs my tie yanking me closer to his beaten and dark face.

"Don't come knocking where you aint welcome you little- wait what is that?" The man yells gripping the side of my jacket and pulling out a shiny ID card from my inside pocket. The leader seems distracted and looks back but quickly turns to me again.

"You- you dare come to stop us?" He roars throwing my ID across the alley and I flinch under his hand. "Boys" He says a hint of mischief in his eye "Let's show this SHIELD agent what he's up against!" They all ready their guns pointing them at me, I remember the memory and reach inside my belt to pull out the tiny pistol. Trying to stand up I trip on the soda can and fall, shaking my head at how I should've remembered that.

"P-please don't shoot the messenger" I stutter "I'm just- just a scout."

"Well shooting you will send a message" The leader ready's his gun and a brace myself for the really weird paradox that's about to happen. One of the men turn around and grab something behind a dumpster throwing an exact version of myself against a box near me.

"What are you doing here little girl?" He asks my past self.

"Nothing, just waking." She squeals and I know just how afraid she is to be here. "Stay out of this. It's none of your business sweetheart." The men laugh at her and turn back towards me just as I'm finally getting on my feet.

"Then let us go." She demands and I can't help but admire her confidence, I mean my confidence, this is really confusing

"No, that's the way business goes and keep talking we'll have to do business as well." He points the gun at her and she quickly scurry away from him, trapped up against the wall. If this is a weird time continuum or something I can still save the agent and myself from having to go through what comes after this. Instead of shooting at the infinity stone trapped in his gun, like Blackburn did, I shoot him in the chest and get a couple shots in the other gang members as well. She looks at me in horror but also gratefully. I grab her hand and run out of the alley taking her back home. I can hear the scream of the gang members in the background. We stop once we're a couple blocks away and duck in an alley catching our breaths.

"What the hell was-" She stops letting out a loud scream before a long katana is run through her. I watch helplessly as my past self falls to the ground dead. Looking at my murderer I see the cloaked blue alien from the rooftop. It grabs me again with its smiley, cold hands and pushes me up against the wall.

"You don't remember do you?" It hisses gripping my throat tighter. I knee it in the stomach and it let's go giving me enough time to swing a punch into its face. The figure falls to the ground and I put up my fists ready to avenge myself.

"These Avengers they will you use for your powers! You've already seen it with Agent Blackburn and Wanda Maximoff." The figure rubs its cheek under the mask revealing an old woman with wrinkly skin and pure black eyes.

"Why do you care? Besides Abbott will do the same thing."

She laughs sweetly making her seem a less creepy. "Thaddeus loves you whether you like it or not, he was there when you were first born and if it wasn't for SHIELD he would be helping you now control your powers."

No matter how much I tell myself it's crazy I'm starting to see everything Abbott said to me is matching up with gaps in my past.

"He knows what you are Echo and wants to help you embrace the stone not use it for destruction."

"No, no your wrong. You hate him, you wouldn't help him get to me because that what he wants."

She sighs pulling her hood back up and stepping back for me.

"We will meet again and fight side by side and I only hope then you will have realized SHIELD intentions and returned to your true family."

The word family gets my attention and I jump forward trying to get to her.

"Family, like my parents, what do you mean?"

She gives me a small smile before she fades away leaving only my dead body in the alley. I rush forward hoping to follow her but I'm too late.

"Wait!" I yell and sit bolt straight up in the bed, looking around to find the men already dressed and packing their bags.

"You ok?" I sigh throwing off the blankets somene tucked me under and grabbing my bag to change in the bathroom.

"Fantastic" I say sarcastically before closing the bathroom door behind me and changing into my black jeans and favorite blue NASA hoodie. I step out and easily pack everything I have since it's not a lot.

"Strange just dropped by a few minutes ago said he'd be back in an hour." Bucky grumbles obviously not happy to have been woken by the doctor.

"We have some time to spare, we actually thought you'd sleep a lot longer."

I shrug in response to Sam's question as I pull on my backpack.

"I have to get up early, it's just routine." Sam and Bucky give a confused glance to eaver other.

"But you don't go to school." Bucky says not understanding.

"Yeah but do you know how many people get up early to go to work and how many of them are so caught up in getting there that they don't pay attention to anything. Makes it really easy to just slip in and-"

"Pickpocket them." Seve finishes giving me a disappointing look but I don't care.

"Hey, it's either they get to throw money away like some rich king that I bow down to and I starve or they lose a few dollars and I eat, sounds like an obvious choice to me"

"It's wrong." Steve argues his patriotism and good nature getting in the way of my logic.

"So it was wrong for me to try and survive? You were in the army you know what's it like to have to do the wrong thing for the right reason-"

"The right thing for my country not myself."

"Yes sooo selfish of me to want to eat!"

The argument was getting heated fast and I could tell Seve wasn't backing down but they should know me better by now. I wasn't going to back down either.

"You could've done different something, an orphanage a foster home." Mentioning a foster home was the wrong move as I feel the stone sting matching my rage.

"I ran away from that because they were-"

"Both of you, drop it." We turn surprised to see Bucky step in. I shut up knowing that if I say anything more I'll be bringing up things I'd rather forget. Steve nods and looks away not realizing how mad he had gotten.

"Let's go shopping." Sam suggests looking out the window and into the open field. Bucky walks over to the door and opens it peeking out to look both ways down the hall.

"Fine." Bucky says just quiet enough Sam doesn't hear him and I give a small smile to see them finally agree on something. We walk out the door of the hotel and I pull my hood up. Having stressed about it last night before I went to bed I knew exactly what was going to happen. The moment I step out of the doors I see practically the whole village waiting outside for none other than a look at me. They instantly stand up and start calling out in Turkish and English.

"It's her, the chaostasis!" One man yell shaky his friends you spills his water all over himself.

"Look, look Mother!" The girl from the alley last night yells and her mom smiles picking her up to see me better. Most of the people are happy to see me but I can't help notice the few that whisper under their breath and give me cold stares. As we wander through the city a large group of people follow us trying not to make it look obvious. I tug on Sams sleeve giving him the get-me-away-from-these-people look before he grabs Steves and Bucky's arm and we start running through the alleys trying to lose the group. Steve and Bucky look equally confused but don't question it as they run following Sam and I through the streets. We finally round a safe corner and stop behind a large stack of crates hiding from anyone passing.

"So… that was fun." Bucky says leaning against the stack and glaring at Sam and I.

"I just needed a safe place-"

"To transform." Sam finishes proud of himself for keeping up with my plan. I nod my head and taking a step back making sure no one else is in the alley before picturing a girl my age I've seen at the library. My skin tingles and so does the stone, apparently it likes it when I use my own powers. Opening my eyes I look down to see my hair has turned blonde and grown out to around my waist. I smile at myself as I'm still wearing my old clothes, a trick I've been practicing to master. The men all stare at me more in awe then confusion this time.

"So cool…" Sam mutters as we leave the alley and walk in the street thankfully unnoticed by everyone. Without the poperitzi on our tail it gives us a little space to explore. We walk past small stores selling pottery and fresh vegetables but finally turn into small jewelry store. Walking in I hear the wooden wind chimes rattle and wooden necklaces a bracelets are spread on the tables which are scattered in different places around the store.

"Kolye al, bilezik güzel görünüyor." I turn to see a tall skinny woman behind the counter. She gives me a toothy grin and walks around her long brown braid swishing behind her.

"We don't speak Turkish, sorry…" Steve says looking to Bucky for help but he just shrugs and picks up a large necklace holding it up to himself.

"It suits you." I tease before grabbing some very big wooden hoop earrings and holding them up to my ears. Sam chuckles before putting on a huge wooden bracelet about as thick as a chapter book. He holds out his hand like a model putting his other on his hip. I can't help but giggle as he puts some more on jangling them together.

"Eldiven?" I jump and turn around to see the owner behind me holding black leather gloves. She pushes them towards me and I look back to Sam and Bucky who are watching, waiting me to put them on. I give the woman a nervous smile and hesitantly slip on both the gloves. My stone tingles telling me it's excited about something I turn my wrist over to see a small glass bubble sewn onto the glove right where my stone is. It reminds me of the weapon in the alley, allowing the stone to shine but not be touched.

"How did you-"

"Senin için uzun zamandır bekledim… long time wait, gift for Echo " Her English is choppy but I get the gist. She takes my hands patting the gloves and turning back towards another display.

"Wait but I- I can't pay you I-"

"No pay, gift." She give me another toothy grin and soft touches my exposed fingers.

"Gift will help, Abbott knows."

I choke on my words when I hear his name and it takes a second for me to recover.

"How- what did you… what does he know?"

The woman just shakes her head taking my hand and leading my to the back of the shop.

"He knows much, deals with the devil. Bad man sees."

"Thanos that's the man he made a deal with, is that what you mean?"

She quickly nods yes and glancing nervously around the store.

"Time- time is soon."

"What do you mean? Time for what?"

"Memories will save, listen to memories."

"What- what memories? My memories, please what do you mean?"

"Time is soon." She whispers closing her eyes and taking a deep breath. I hear screams from the streets and run to the door of the shop meeting up with Sam, Bucky and Steve.

"They said the water pipes were busted… sabotage." Steve explains his eyes narrowing as he scans the street. I race down the steps to help but Bucky grabs my arm, stopping me.

"I swear Barnes if you do not let go I will-"

"Something's not right."

"Yeah you keep grabbing my-

"Sniper!" Steve yells and Bucky pulls me behind an overturned cart as a man dressed in black fires at us from the rooftop of the opposite building. As soon as he fires a few rounds he disappears out of sight.

"Steve we need-"

"I'm on it." He answers running off to investigate the building and hopefully pulverize the sniper.

"He wasn't trying to kill us." Bucky decides squinting up at the sun and watching the place where the snipe was. A horrible feeling washes over me and I break away from Bucky going back into the shop. The window glass is thrown all over the floor and lose beads roll around on the floor. I finally see her lying in the back where I was just a few seconds ago. I hoist her up setting her against the wall and seeing the multiple bloody bullet wounds.

"It's ok hold on, your ok." I lift up her colorful poncho to see how bad they really were.

"Sam!" I scream making the glass left on the windows shake. He rushes in and seeing the woman he bends down taking off his jacket to try and stop the bleeding.

"Time," She mumbles " Time is soon." She squeezes my hand and her grip fades as her hand goes limp.

"No, no" I beg squeezing her hand to try and do something to get her back.

"Echo." Sam grabs my arm and I don't fight him as he pulls me out of the shop to where Bucky and Steve are waiting.

"The shop owner she's dead." Sam says and I cringe at the words.

"The rest of the people still need our help we have-"

"To go, we need I leave." I say my voice cracking as I try not to cry.

"We need to give them help." Steve argues his good nature getting in the way again.

"All we've given them are dead bodies." I say wrapping my arms around myself knowing that these people had died and I'm the only one to blame. I squeeze my eyes shut trying to remember the woman the best I can, her words sill echoing in my mind.

"Time is soon."