Alex stared blankly at the director, "I'm not sure I qualify."

"If I say you qualify, you qualify. That's pretty much my job." She still looked unconvinced, so he continued, "The serum you were injected with gave you the ability to heal - correct?"

"Banner's still trying to figure that out."

"So, for argument's sake let's say 'yes'. That ability is something we could use on our side."

"'Use'?"

"Are you gonna dissect everything I say?"

Alex laughed, "Look, I just don't think I'm ready to join your super squad," she stood, "Thanks for the offer."

Turning to leave, she was stopped by Nick speaking up again, "The thing is, Alex, no one's ever ready. But when the time comes to fight - you do. That's what the team's about." Alex faced him again, "Romanoff and Rogers are training some new recruits, you should join them. You never know, you might pick up a few things."

"I get it. Three super soldiers are better than one, right?"

"Is that a yes?"

"It's a maybe."

Alex walked to the door again, opening it wide, "I'll let Romanoff know you'll be stopping by," Nick said, ruining any hope of her being able to get past Bucky and Steve outside without questioning. The door shut behind her, the sound magnified by the confused silence of the men in the hallway.

"Who's Romanoff?" Bucky asked.

"She's one of Fury's agents and part of my team," Steve answered, "Black Widow."

Alex saw as Bucky winced a little at the name, but decided not to press him; there were things in his past as the Winter Soldier that he didn't want to share and she imagined that this was probably one of them. "She's gonna train me."

Steve beamed, "You're joining the team?"

"Don't get too excited, Cap, nothing's set in stone. I'm just training."

Expecting to find that Bucky was going to be pissed, Alex was yet to meet his eye, but when she eventually felt brave enough she instead saw that even he had a small smile on his face, "Welcome aboard."

A/N: Just a really small update - This is the end of this part of the story, but Alex and Bucky will return in 'Divided', which will lead us into Civil War territory. I've also only just realised that I've never given Alex a last name - so may I reintroduce you to ALEX LOCKHART (*face palms for going 40 chapters without mentioning that*) Sorry about that guys XD