Steve walks her to the medical unit so they could make sure she was ok. Helen Cho was already waiting for them thanks to Tony's heads up. Steve could tell that she was quite nervous to be in the medical unit and flashes of her being pushed down on a metal gurney replayed in his head. He placed a gloved hand on her back before whispering to her.

"No one's gonna hurt you. We just want to make sure you're ok," Steve said, trying to comfort her.

"Just bad memories," she said, before taking a deep breath.

"You have nothing to worry about, Ms.?" Helen asked her.

"Jones… Emma Jones," She said again, and Steve didn't have the heart to reveal her lie again.

"Ok, Ms. Jones, can you have a seat on the table. We need to run some tests. See how your doing. Redress that wound on your neck," Helen said with a smile as her assistant tapped something into a tablet.

Rebecca nodded before sitting down. Helen smiled at her before sitting down as well. "I have some questions I need to ask, to get to know your background, to understand what happened to you," she explained. Rebecca looked at Steve for a moment. Seeing Steve nod, she turned to Helen.

"I will try to answer the best I can," She said.

"How long have you been with HYDRA?" Helen asked.

"I think, since I was 8," she answered. "Most of my life."

"That's quite young…" Helen said sympathetically.

"Yes. They said there was something special about me. I guess they were right…" she said.

"So you were born with these powers?" she asked. Rebecca shook her head.

"No, they experimented on me for a while… gave me things, ran tests. It was not until I was 13 maybe 14 that I started to find my powers."

"And how old are you now?" Helen asked.

"22," she supplied. Helen nodded again, looking at a tablet in her hand, typing something.

"Do you have any idea why they thought you were special? Did they talk about it with you?" She asked.

"I think it had something to do with my parents, but I am not sure," She told them. "I only knew my mother… she rarely talked about my father, so he may have been something special." She explained.

"What can you tell me about your mother?" Helen asked.

"HYDRA, or at least she was until I was born. She left but they eventually found her and…" Helen nodded before looking at her tablet again.

"Mr. Stark reported that when you touch someone, skin to skin, you can absorb their power, but you can also establish a mental connection with the person. Is this correct?"

"Mostly. I do not just absorb power… I absorb, like the life energy and I make it my own. So they do not have to have powers for it to work. It is temporary for the most part, given enough time, it wears off. The person recovers." She told them.

"For the most part?" Steve asked. She looked at him sadly.

"They wanted to see how strong my powers could be. They pushed me to hold on longer then I wanted sometimes. If… if I hold on for too long, it stops becoming temporary. I take in the energy, and… it kills the person I am touching." She explained.

"How many people have you killed like that?" Steve asked. Rebecca looked away from him now, clearly ashamed of the answer. It worried Steve for a moment.

"Three… two because of them… and one of them, trying to escape. It is why they put that thing in my neck." Steve felt his heart almost break at her words. He moved to put his gloved hand on her back, offering her comfort.

"Do you mind if we get a blood sample?" Helen asked, trying to change the subject. Rebecca looked back at her worried. "I'll wear gloves, make sure we don't touch," she offered. Rebecca watched as Dr. Cho put on some latex gloves and Steve noticed her getting nervous.

"What's wrong?" He asked. She swallowed deeply before motioning to Helen.

"The gloves…" She said.

"Do they scare you?" he asked, thinking it reminded her of her past. She shook her head.

"They always used something… Thicker with me." she said, more worried about Dr Cho's safety then her own.

"Oh, so latex gloves won't be enough?" Dr. Cho asked.

"Ahh not sure, never tried," she explained.

"Here, let me try," Steve said, before starting to remove his gloves, getting a pair of latex ones. She looked at him nervously. "Hey, I know I'll recover quickly if it doesn't work. I don't want to risk Dr. Cho's safety," he said, putting the new gloves on.

"What about your safety?" she asked. He gave her a smile.

"I'm tougher than I look," he said. He moved next to her and slowly began to strip off her glove. He then took his index finger and slowly moved it over the palm of her hand. "Anything?" he asked as he moved slowly to roll up her sleeve, exposing her muscular arm to his touch. She shook her head, mesmerized by his touch. He smiled again. "See, nothing to be afraid of."

"Well… the needle," she said with a chuckle. He chuckled as well, deep and masculine.

"I can't help you with that one," he said. She took ahold of his gloved hand, and he looked at it for a second before nodding. Dr. Cho moved in with a kind smile before drawing a few samples of blood. When she was done, they heard a familiar voice speak up behind them.

"Rogers, we need to talk, can I steal you away?" Tony said. Rebecca panicked when she heard this, gripping Steve's hand harder, one finger slipping up Steve's wrist, quickly making contact with his skin. Steve felt the pain again, as her powers started to work on him, not even knowing she was even doing it. Steve could feel her panic, her fear of being alone. 'Please don't leave me.' he could hear within his mind. When they both heard Tony call out his name, in worry, she let go with a quick jerk, curling in on herself.

"I am sorry," she said, pulling away from him as he gasped, feeling the pain reside.

"It's fine. I'm ok," Steve said.

"No… It is not… just... stay away," She said, panicking.

"Shhhh, you're fine," Steve said.

NO! Just leave me alone!" She screams, pulling as far away from him on the bed.

"Dr. Cho…" Tony said, but she was already on it, seeing the panic attack forming in her eyes.

"Hold her down," She asked. Steve didn't want too but saw they had no choice. Steve grabbed her arm as she began to scream for them to let her go. He watched as Dr. Cho plunged the sedative into her arm, watching as she slowly began to calm down, passing out in his arms. He put her down on the bed, before glaring at Tony.

"What was so important that it couldn't wait," Steve snapped. "You scared her…"

"She looks like she can take care of herself." Tony said.

"That was an accident… she didn't mean too." Steve defended.

"What's going on with you?" Tony asked. "I know she's cute but…" Tony started.

"Hey, it's not like that. She's just scared. After everything, she feels she can trust me and I wanted to make sure she was okay. You asking me to leave her, especially when a place like this reminds her of where she came from, it panicked her…"

"Well sorry, I'll apologize to your girlfriend when she wakes. You need to be debriefed. I also thought you would like to see the information we got from the base, after you two took a nap on us," Tony said.

"He can go in a moment. I would like to take a quick blood sample, since she just used her powers on him, even if it was brief. I'd like to see if anything is off?" Dr. Cho asked. Steve nodded to her before starting to roll up his sleeve.

"I'll be there in a moment," Steve said, and Tony nodded before heading out.


Steve joined them some time later, after Cho got through with him, and then changing out of his uniform. He quickly debriefed with Tony, Hill, Fury and Natasha about the mission and their new asset.

"So you think she'll be useful to the Avengers?" Fury asked.

"Given enough time. Like Wanda, she's rough around the edges, but she's got a good soul," Steve explained.

"Because she shared some memories with you? Are you sure those were real? I mean Wonda herself can cause false memories." Hill said.

"It wasn't just the memories I was feeling, Hill. It was the emotions, it was like I was her in that instant. Something like that, it's quite hard to fake." Steve explained.

"So, she's got the Captain's approval, what about the rest of you?" Fury asked.

"I say lets see. She was being held under duress. She asked for our help. And she's quite powerful. Given some time, I think she would make a great Avenger…. If she's willing." Natasha added. They talked for a little bit more before Fury dismissed them. They filed out and Tony used the opportunity to tease Steve.

"You gonna check on the girlfriend?" Tony asked.

"Stark…" Steve warned. "You're making me regret asking for your help on this one…"

"Why did you? I mean, you could have asked Rhodey. He would have loved another War Machine story."

"He's new here and… I needed someone I could trust," Steve said.

"Aww see there Cap. I can always count on you for the sap," Tony teased, as he walked off, heading to his car, to leave.

"Thanks for the assist Tony," Steve said.

"Anytime… but not too often. You know how Pepper can get," He said, before heading out.


Author's notes: Sorry for the shortness. It's the shortest chapter I have planned for a while. Just ended good here.

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