Shannon had asked Sam to help Melly adjust to life here at the Avengers Tower. So far she was getting along with everyone, although she was a little scared about Tony examining her arm. Sam felt Melly was holding something back... Mainly on her relationship with Bucky as Sam noticed whenever Tony brought it up she refused to talk about it.

"So Melly what are you going to do, besides catch up with Shannon?" Sam asked.

"Not sure yet. I've pretty much caught up on a lot of stuff..." Melly said honestly, "Hey are you up for a movie marathon or playing a video game?"

"You don't strike me as a gamer girl."

"You never know until you ask."

"Pick your poison girl."

"Hmm I played on Atari 2600, PC old and current, Nintendo, X-Box and playstation so pick from there."

Tony spat out his coffee, "Atari 2600? Girl I didn't think you were young enough for that."

"My youngest uncle is 6 years older than I, I got hand-me down systems growing up... Except for the computers, we had the floppy disks back in the day before we got the cds for doing our homework on."

"Could I play too?" asked Wanda.

"Yeah sure, Wanda." Melly smiled, as she looked at Sam, "I know just the game Goldeneye Nintendo 64 multiplayer?"

"I do have it on the Wii." said Tony.

"I'd rather play the original thank you."

"Friday find the original Goldeneye 64 game and download it."

"Yes Mr Stark it's currently downloading and it will be ready to play on the Wii-U in one minute." said Friday.

"You're going down girl!" Said Sam

"Oh hell no I'm not!" She said a cocky chuckle.

"Hey I wanna play but I'll be right back." said Tony as he left and returned in a tux.

"Now this should be interesting," said Melly. She lost by one kill difference due to being distracted by Tony's Tux, "Damnit Tony!"

"I knew it would work!" He laughed as Sam and Wanda looked at him in discussed.

"I hate cheaters, but next formal you hold we're all playing this before the party gets started."

"You're on Ms. Maple."

In the next few days following Shannon teams up the Howlers again as she worked on other leads to finding Bucky for Steve and Melly. Melly was pretty quiet as if she didn't want to talk about Bucky or anything related to him, except the twins. Shannon had found out not long after she and Melly seen each other after DC she gotten recruited by Fury as she spent her spare time finishing her History degree online... Then she refused to accept back the ring that Bucky gave her Great Aunt as she gave it to Steve. It confused them both but Shannon knew Melly had maybe other reasons for doing that.

It's the anniversary of the incident in DC it as Shannon and Steve returned from their movie date as they found her drunk with Tony in the Tower. Melly's crying at the bar and Tony was there as he saw it all.

"She said something that 'they knew about us, and they killed it to get to me'." quoted Tony, "I don't quite know what meant."

"So that's why she gave you the ring, Steve..." Shannon says finally figuring it out Melly's sad secret, "She was remembering what they did to her when they found out she was pregnant later on."

"Barnes got her pregnant a few times, and she paid the price?" Said Tony. As Steve as his fists clenched up, Shannon went up to her as she took the whiskey glass away from Melly's hand.

"I know what Hydra did to you was worst that what they did to Bucky." She says as Shannon hugs her tightly.

"I can't get rid of the pain Shannon nothing works." Melly sobbed on her shoulder.

"Then use it," Said Steve, "Let that be your motivation to stop them in their tracks."

Steve walked up to Melly to give her a hug, once you finished hugging her.

"We need you Melly, help us find Bucky."

"I don't think I have the courage to face him..."

"Melly, let's get you to your room sleep the booze off."

"Alright," she sighed.

A few hours later Melly came out as you were having a cup of coffee in the kitchen.

"Feeling better?" Shannon asks as she gave her a cup.

"Yeah, much." she said accepting the coffee.

"Before you got captured when I came to save you you were a cheap drunk."

"Yeah I know now I can tolerate it better now then again that stuff Thor left whoa nelly that stuff has quite the kick."

"Tony gave you that stuff?"

"Yes... That's what he said it was."

Normally Steve would be ticked, but he wasn't here, Shannon went after Tony chasing him all over the floor as Melly was laughing her ass off as Shannon caught up with him putting Tony in a full nelson for a few seconds.

"I just wanted information if she knew about my folks." Tony finally admitted.

"Sorry Mr. Tin Can, he didn't tell me that much. The more he was remembering things the more distant he got. I didn't know how to help him anymore, then he left..."

"Well thanks anyways... Hey Melly why don't you go up for a little R&R?" Suggested Tony.

Melly stopped to think for a second, "I can't remember the last time I took a vacation."

"Ten plus years Melly," Shannon reminded.

"I'll take you're word for that."