Tessa was tidying up her apartment, it had been at least a week since she had gone down to Delacroix with Bucky and before they left Bucky had told Sam that if he had any intel on the Flag Smashers to call him and let him know and he'd show up but so far none of them had heard anything so as far as they were concerned everything was back to normal. They had been going back and forth in whose apartment they stay at but right now she was getting ready for Emily to come over to have a girl's night so Bucky had headed back to his apartment while Tessa stayed behind to wait for her. She had just put the last dish away when she heard her buzzer go off, she already knew that it was Emily since she had just got a text from her saying that she was just turning the corner. She walked over and hit the button to let her in before going back to clean some more things, a minute later there was a knock on her door and she walked over and unlocked it before opening it. "Hey Em" She said with a smile that quickly dropped "what's wrong?" she asked when she saw the tears rolling down Emily's cheeks.

"I'm so sorry Tess." Emily said with a hiccup before she was pushed inside of the apartment by Travis. Tessa just stared at him in shock as she backed up until the back of her knees hit her couch and she fell into a sitting position. Tessa looked up at him before slowly looking down at Emily a feeling of betrayal creeping up until she realized that she didn't really have anything to do with him being there.

"What is this about?" she asked trying to hide her fear. Travis stared at her for a second before he let out a laugh.

"This is about how you're going to get on your phone and call up your newest boy toy and tell him to come to your apartment or else he can sit back and listen as I squeeze the air from your throat." Travis said before hovering over her in an attempt to scare her.

"And why would I call him and ask him to come here? So that I can watch him kick your ass? Let me make some popcorn first." She said before going to slowly stand up. Travis grabs her and throws her back onto the couch.

"Sit your ass down and just get a hold of him." He sneers and Tessa looks at him in shock before pulling her phone out. She looked at it for a second before looking at him and tossing her phone behind the couch. "Why you little." And before she has time to react she's on the floor laying there in shock as she holds her face where Travis had just back handed her. She could hear Emily crying now while Travis stormed over to where her phone had landed before he angrily picked it up off of the floor "I'm not fucking joking with you. Call. Him." He said before tossing it at her and hitting her in the cheek with her phone. She pushed the phone away from him before glaring up at him.

"I'm done listening to you." She said as she slowly stood up. She could see the hatred and anger in his eyes but she had made a decision a long time ago. "I am done being afraid of you." She said which was definitely wasn't what he wanted to hear because a second later his hands were around her throat and he was squeezing as hard as he could. Neither one of them noticed Emily crawling towards her phone before she grabbed it and quickly called Bucky.

"Hey sweetheart what's up? How's your girl's night going with Emily?" he asked as soon as he picked up.

"Bucky it's me Emily. Travis is here and he's hurting Tessa. You need to get here." She said fighting back a sob.

"What? How the hell did he get in?" he demanded.

"He found out that I was coming over somehow and he followed me. He grabbed me and he told me that he'd hurt me if I said anything to warn her." She sobbed out.

"I'm on my way." He said before hanging up. Emily put the phone down and looked up at Travis.

"Okay I called him! Just let her go! Please!" she begged and Travis turned to her.

"Sorry it's not going to work that way. I told her that she had to call him not you. I wonder how he'll feel to find his little whore dead on the ground from a broken neck." He said with a smile. While he had been taunting Emily his grip had loosened just enough for Tessa to get a gulp of air, she quickly tapped the bracelet that Tony had given her before balling up her fist and pulling it back before punching him square in the jaw with the glove that was now covering her hand. In surprise he let go of her before holding his jaw and looking at her in shock "You hit me! You little bitch you hit me!" he shouted before charging at her, Tessa ducked out of the way and used his own momentum against him to send him flying into the wall. She thought that she had knocked him out and had started to relax when she saw him getting back up.

"Oh what the hell?" she mumbled as she got ready to go another round with him. At the same time that Travis turned to face her again the sound of the buzzer went off and Emily quickly ran over and hit the button to let Bucky in. A second later there was a thumping on the door and Emily quickly opened it to let him in, as soon as the door was open Bucky was inside. He paused only for a moment confused as to the scene in front of him he could see bruises starting to bloom on Tessa's neck but he could also see one on Travis's jaw. A second after he had looked at the two of them Travis went to swing at him but he was caught by Tessa who used his momentum again to send him flying over her couch.

When Travis got up again Bucky grabbed him and pulled him over the couch and before either Tessa or Emily could do anything the two men were in a full on brawl. Both Emily and Tessa watched as the two of them threw each other around the room putting holes in her walls the whole time but neither one of them seeming to grow tired. "Something's not right. With this. How the hell is Travis keeping up with a super soldier?" Tessa whispered to Emily who just shrugged her shoulders. Travis and Bucky knocked each other back both bloody and starting to get a bit tired, seeing that he wasn't going to get anywhere with fighting Bucky Travis turned back towards Tessa and charged at her again. Bucky grabbed a hold of him and knocked him to the ground just in time pinning him down to the floor both of the men breathing heavily.

Seeing that Travis wasn't going to give up Tessa tapped the bracelet that Tony had given her one more time and it covered her arm in the gauntlet that was stored inside of it and she pointed the blaster right at Travis's head. He took one look at the blaster and started to laugh "Do it. Come on, do it. You won't, you have to have a man save you just like always." He said with a laugh. Bucky could hear the blaster powering up and he reached a hand out to try and stop her.

"Tessa don't!" he yelled as he tried to smack her hand away but it went off and he watched Travis collapse to the ground, he quickly checked on him and found that Tessa had only hit him with a blast hard enough to knock him out. He looked up to see Tessa standing nearby with tears rolling down her eyes before she collapsed to her knees and held her hand with the gauntlet still on it close to her chest. Bucky got up and slowly walked over to her before wrapping his arms around her and looks up at Emily "Go and call the police. If the fucker wakes up I'll knock him back out." He told her as he handed her Tessa's phone before going back to holding Tessa.