Another week went by, Steve and Rebecca trained during the day. She was learning how to harness her powers and was learning how to fight with her new found strength, thanks to Steve. Natasha still worked with her with technique, but for the most part, her partner was Steve and that was fine with her.

In the evenings they got to know each other better, getting closer and learning her powers in other ways, which was just as fine with her. She quickly learned how private Steve was. While he was willing to explore with her, their new found feelings in private, in public he rarely did much more than hold hands. She enjoyed pushing him a little out of his comfort zone, but for the most part, she respected his wishes.

She opened up to Steve only once about her past. Someone had tripped a memory and Steve was able to calm her down from it, without too much trouble.

Then Steve was assigned a mission. He explained to her he would be gone in the morning, and if things went well, he should be back before nightfall. Rebecca wasn't sure how to react to this. She wished she could go with him, but she knew, she wasn't ready for a mission quite yet.

They were sitting on the couch in her room. She was in his arms, loving the feeling of them wrapped around her.

"What if I have another panic attack?" she asked him.

"Then you'll have to work through it," He said, holding her softly. "Do your breathing, and try focusing on another memory until you can work through it." He advised her.

"I am going to miss you," She said, snuggling into him. He laughed.

"It's not like you're gonna be alone… you'll have Wanda and Vision to keep you company," he told her.

"I can still miss you," she told him. He leaned down slowly, giving her time to prepare for his contract before he kissed her forehead.

"I'll miss you too," he said. "I should go," He told her as he got up.

"Good night, Steve," She told him. He smiled, leaning in, pressing a quick goodnight kiss to her lips.

"Good night, Rebecca," he told her before he left her room.


The next day, Rebecca decided to be a hermit, staying in her room to read. It was a little before lunch when the knock came to her door.

"Come in," She said.

"Hey," Wanda said. "Fury requests our presence in the gym." She smiled at Wanda.

"And here I thought with the team gone, we were finally getting a day off," she joked.

"Apparently not," Wanda told her with a smile. "Viz will be there too," She told her.

"Just give me a little bit. I will meet you there in a few minutes," She told her.

"I will see you there," She said and left Rebecca's room. She looked at her tablet, marking her place, before putting the tablet down. She quickly made her way to the locker room, getting dressed.

She came out of the locker room to see Fury, Wanda, and Vision waiting on her. She noticed Hill off to the side, watching.

"What is up?" Rebecca asked.

"About a week ago, I talked to Cap about this. I hadn't heard much about it, so I decided to jump in," Fury said. "I want to do an experiment with you two." He said pointing to Rebecca and Wanda. "I know you've been working with Rogers, Ms. Jones, but I wanted to see if you might also be able to work with Ms. Maximoff." He explained.

"Work with, you mean borrow her powers?" she said nervously.

"Precisely."

"Steve talked to me about this. I wasn't comfortable so he told me we would not do it," Wanda said.

"What makes you uncomfortable about this?" Fury asked Wanda.

"My powers… are quite strong. It took me awhile to control them," She admitted.

"She can absorb just a little bit, we can try that, if it helps," Fury said. Rebecca could tell that she was still uncomfortable.

"What is it Wanda?" she asked softly.

"I… I do not want you to read my mind," She said honestly.

"Is that it? Is that what is bothering you?" Rebecca asked. Wanda nodded. "I do not have too. Unless I am trying, I try not too. I will feel strong emotions or forefront memories, but if you try and clear your mind before we start, I should not pick up on much, if anything," She explained. She watched the woman's reservations lift over this, seeing willingness as she nodded. Now Rebecca started to feel her own reservations. She walked over to Fury to talk to him privately.

"Can we wait until Steve gets back?" She asked him.

"Why, Ms. Jones?" he asked. She blushed slightly.

"In case anything goes wrong… he could… ahh… pull me out of it," She said nervously.

"Have confidence in yourself Rebecca… we do," Fury said softly to her. She looked at him for a moment, processing that before she nodded. She walked back over to Wanda.

"Ahh…. You ready?" She asked her. Wanda nodded. "Ok, take some deep breaths. Try your best to clear your mind. If you are having trouble, then focus on a memory you would not mind sharing with me." Rebecca said as she took off her gloves. She watched as Wanda took a few deep breaths.

"I am ready," Wanda said. Rebecca took some breaths as well, getting her nerves and powers under control before taking Wanda's hand.

Rebecca felt Wanda's power quickly. It was intense. She also felt her emotions. Happiness with a bit of sadness. She was playing with a young boy when she was young herself.

'Is that her brother?' she thought, without even realizing she was asking Wanda as well. Wanda's memories quickly changed and Rebecca was overwhelmed with the memories of the moment her brother died. At that moment Wanda could feel the pain of his death, the connection between them sever, Wanda feeling the immense loss of it all and then the destruction that followed.

Rebecca felt her own memories surface then. She watched as HYDRA agents came crashing into her home, grabbing her, pulling her away from her mother. She watched as they yelled at her, yelled at her mother. She watched as her mother fought against them before eventually dying, with a bullet straight through her skull.

She let go of Wanda then, letting out an anguished cry. She sent out a wave of Wanda's power without even trying. She watched as Vision protected Wanda while Fury was knocked onto the ground, fearing that she killed him.

It was too much. It was just too much. She wasn't sure she could control this, but before she could even get a chance she felt the tranq dart enter her neck. She turned to look at Hill, with a gun trained on her. Her eyes got heavy before she fell to the ground, unconscious.


The mission was harder than expected but was quite successful. Another arm's dealer gone.

Steve was sitting in the back of the quinjet, relaxing after the battle. Sam sat next to him in civilian clothes.

"How are things going?" Sam asked. Steve looked at him curiously.

"Fine… I guess."

"I mean, I haven't seen much of you these past few weeks, " He told Steve with a knowing smile.

"I'm sorry if I've been a little… preoccupied."

"I know, making friends and all. You did the same thing the first week when Wanda was here…. well maybe not the exact same thing," He said with a sly smile.

"Hey, It's not like that…"

"Don't get me wrong, I'm glad you found something. She's got a good heart, despite everything she's been through. And she's cute to boot. Got the whole Russian accent thing going for her. I'm just saying, make some time for your friends once and awhile," He teased him. Steve let out a chuckle at that.

"We'll do."


Once they got back to the facility, all hell broke loose for Steve. The quinjet landed and they started to disembark, being met by Fury. He looked like he had seen better days. He had a black eye, bruising, and his arm was in a sling, most likely broken.

"What happened?" Steve said, immediately in fight mode, thinking there may have been an attack on the base.

"Stand down," He commanded. Steve relaxed. Fury took a breath. "You need to come with me," He told Steve. Fury turned to walk, slower than he normally would, clearly in pain.

"I decided while you were gone… to do something you recommended we shouldn't. I have come to realize that I should have trusted your instincts."

"You normally trusts my instincts. What was different about this one?" He asked, racking his brain on what Fury could have done.

"Well, when it comes to her, I thought you're instincts might have been a little off," he explained. Steve's eyes went wide with anger.

"You didn't!" he barked out.

"We did."

"Who else got hurt?" He growled out.

"Just me, Vision shielded Wanda and took most of Rebecca's power. He's fine. Hill was too far away. No one else was within striking distance."

"What about Rebecca?"

"Medical unit, sleeping off the rest of the power…"

"How is Wanda taking it?"

"She's sleeping as well. Rebecca took more than we were planning."

"Well if she lost control, she can do that. She hasn't mastered her powers. She's still quite susceptible to her emotions. That is why I didn't want us proceeding. But no, the great Nick Fury knows best…" He bit out.

"Hey, Steve… I'm sorry. I made a mistake, ok." Fury said but Steve wasn't listening anymore. He moved past the slower man and hurry to the medical unit still in his uniform. He quickly found her in a bed, asleep. Dr. Cho came up to him.

"We've been keeping her sedated until Wanda's powers dissipate." She explained to him. He looked at the monitors and saw her heartbeat.

"Her heart is racing. What's going on?"

"We're not sure. We know she's fighting the sedation. We did an EKG on her and found her mind is racing as well. She's in a constant REM state," She said,

"REM?" he asked.

"Dreaming," She explained. He felt his anger again.

"This is why I wanted to wait…" He said more to himself than to her. He started to take his gloves off.

"Hey, I wouldn't do that…" Cho said.

"I've done it before…"

"Not after she has absorbed this much power," Cho argued.

"I'm willing to take that risk," He said. Cho sighed.

"Give me a few minutes, to set you up with some monitors to make sure you're ok… so we can pull you out if necessary," she offered him. He nodded at the compromise. She got him settled in a chair right next to her, hooking up a heart monitor as well as an EKG. He took off her gloved hand before taking her hand in his.

He slips into her mind, moving past the pain her powers were giving him. He knew he didn't have much time. He quickly saw why her mind was racing. He watched as Wanda's memories of her brother's death and then Rebecca's own memories of her mother's death repeated over and over in her mind.

'Becca…' He said softly, seeing the scared girl. He pushed past the HYDRA agents in her memories, taking ahold of the scared little girl.

"Becca, you're safe. No one else is gonna hurt you," He told her, feeling the little girl cling onto him, before she was suddenly her adult self, holding him.

"Steve?" She said confused. "What happened?"

"Wanda…"

"Her power… I remember…"

"You need to let it go," Steve told her, kissing the top of her head. She nodded against him.

"You need to let go as well," She said, feeling his strength enter her. He nodded.

"I'll be there when you wake."

"Thank you."

"That's what partners are for," He explained. He leaned in, kissing her on the lips. He slipped out of her mind as he let go of her hand.

Steve slumped tiredly in the chair, exhausted.

"You ok, Captain?" he heard Cho say.

"Yeah… she will be too," He said, noticing that her heartbeat was beginning to slow. He moved to put his gloves on, putting hers on as well before taking her hand in his. He quickly fell asleep in his chair, holding her hand.


Author's notes: Sorry for asshole Nick Fury there. Just thought it was something he may do. Steve to the rescue!