2015 New York

I opened my eyes slightly before closing them right away. The room was too bright. The music a little too loud for me, my head was pounding hard. I groaned. I wish they would just turn it off. I hear a door slide open, and a lady speak to me.

"Ms. Rogers? I know that you're tired, but I need you to sit up so I can check your vitals and make sure everything is all good."

I successfully opened my eyes this time, I turned my heads towards the voice. She was wearing a nurse uniform one that I was used to seeing. But there was something off about her entirety. Was this a mind game? Another one of the doctors who kidnapped me playing jokes on me now? Trying to get me to trust them? I have never seen this lady before, I knew all the doctors and nurses at that torture place. She wasn't one of them.

"Who are you and how do you know my name?" my tone of voice must've scared her because she flinched a little when I spoke. My throat was scratchy too, I really needed water. She sensed it because she went to the side of my bed and pour me a glass of water. I gulped it down greedily.

"I'm one of the nurse who work here, I just need to make sure you're alright." She reached out to take my arm, I quickly wrapped my fingers around her wrist in a steel grip.

"Yeah? Well I've been here for years, and I have never seen you before. Is this a mind game? You think you can break me again? I already do everything you want, what more do you want from me?!" by the time I concluded my sentence I was screaming at her. She gasped and tried to pull her arm away but I didn't let her. Then a voice comes from where the door is.

"I can assure you Arabella that this is no mind game. Now please let the kind nurse go." I snap my head to the man standing in my door way, he had an eye patch and he was wearing a black long shiny coat. I had never seen the style that he was dressed in. I pulled myself out of my thoughts and reluctantly let go of the women's wrist. She rushed out the room quickly.

"Who are you then? Where am I?"

"I'm director Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. that's where you are, our agency."

"How? Before I was with those men, and doctors. This seems very different."

"Well that's because it is Ms. Rogers. I'm about to tell you something's that might be upsetting. You dome have to say anything all you have to do is listen." I nodded my head at him.

"Ms. Rogers you were with a group called Hydra for many years, they left a file on you, which we found. That's how we know your name. They tested on you and did experiments. They created you so you could become a super solider, meaning you have extra strength and heightened abilities. Now we have some tests that we've done showing that you have been in a cryogenic stasis on multiple occasions. Which is why you didn't age all these years." I couldn't speak for a minute until I understood his last sentence.

"All these years?" Fury looked at me seriously before saying.

"It's 2015 ma'am." I gasped, that's not possible, last time I checked it was 1940. It couldn't have been that long.

"I don't believe you! Now I know your trying to mess with my mind." I started to get agitated. I sat up ripped anything that was embedded into me out. I stand up and walk towards the door, Fury tries to grab me by the arm but I push him across the room. I run through the building trying to find my way out, surprisingly nobody tried to stop me. I find the exit and push myself out the door. I'm shocked by the sight I see, buildings tall above me, signs and lights all around me. People wear odd clothing and cars that were weirdly shaped. I couldn't see straight but I just kept on walking having no idea where I was going. No direction or cause.

I became aware I was wearing a hospital gown when I started getting weird looks from people. It was true, everything that director had said wasn't a lie. It really was 2015. Tears started rolling down my face, I couldn't help them. I knew I shouldn't cry, I was taught very strictly not to cry. But I couldn't stop the tears. I dropped to my knees in the middle of the sidewalk in front of a random building. I curled into myself, arms wrapped around my head I don't know how long I stayed that way. Then I hear a car door open from my side and a shoe touching my head. The shoe tapped my head lightly a few times. I looked up to see a man wearing an expensive looking suit, glasses and had a neatly trimmed beard only covering his mouth an upper lip.

"Come on Arabella, I can't have you losing it right in front of my building." I gave him a shocked look.

"Yes I know what you're thinking 'how does he know my name?' well I'll tell you, I just know everything." I stare at him with a very blank look.

"Ah I'm kidding, S.H.I.E.L.D told me you were here. It's my job to take care of you now, apparently." He gave an eye roll at his last sentence. "Well let's get up and go inside before someone makes a call to the police." He bent down and grabbed my arm lightly, and I let him pull me up. With his help I entered the building and we got on an elevator all the way to the top. I stepped out and into the room. I stared at his place in awe, it was so advanced. Clean and expensive looking. I knew he was a rich man just from looking at his suit. But man. He has a lot of money. I looked over at Tony and I saw him pouring himself a drink with his back towards me.

"Is this your apartment?" I asked him the question, and it surprised him because he turned around as soon as I spoke, he probably didn't expect me to speak at all. He gave me a dry chuckle.

"No, no this is my whole building I own it all." He threw his arms around to showcase it to me.

"Oh." He smiled cockily at my response. I continued.

"What's your name then? Since you already know mine."

"Tony stark. But feel free just to call me Tony, no mister, or anything attached to it." I smiled a little at that. He started to talk again,

"Well let me just tell you how this is all supposed to go. You're going to be staying with me, as instructed by Fury, you're lucky I decided to be generous today, I could've said no. Anyways I'll take care of you and teach you the new ways of the time to the fullest. All you have to do is behave, by my standards, which are not very much so you'll probably get away with a lot. Um that's pretty much it, so enjoy the ride my new-old- friend." I stared at him with my mouth slightly open, well I can just tell Tony is going to be a trip. I'm sure I wouldn't get into much trouble as it was, I never did when I was with Steve and Bucky. I paused at that thought. They both had to be gone by now, I never got to see them again. Sadness over took me but I quickly pushed it away and asked Tony another question.

"So do you live here just by yourself?"

"No I have my pepper here too."

"What's your Pepper?" before he could even reply the elevator dings and a voice says.

"I'm his Pepper." I turn around to see a red head standing right behind me with a huge grin on her face. "It's nice to meet you Arabella, I'm looking forward to having another girl with me here." I can't help but smile back, her happy mood being very contagious.

"Nice to meet you too Pepper." I wasn't sure what to do at that point. Shake her hand? Hug her? Was greeting even different from the 30's? Seeing that I was really undeceive Pepper just pulled me in for a tight hug. It felt nice, I hadn't had a hug like that in years. It almost brought tears to my face. It reminded me of someone. I just couldn't place the face, I knew it had to be a women, possibly my mother. I couldn't remember much from when I was really young. I wanted to remember though, an innocent childhood, one that was free of worry and no pain. Pepper stepped out of the hug and took my hand.

"Okay since Tony already told you all about his "rules" I'm going to show you where you'll be staying!" she was very chipper about it all. It was a very different mood then I was used to, but I couldn't seem to make myself dislike it. Pepper dragged me away from Tony, who called out to her about her remark of his rules. I heard pepper give a loud dry laugh. She took me back to the elevator, and pressed the 12th floor button.

"The 12th floor is actually the guest floor, since this was short notice I couldn't put anything together for you. Sorry about that." I shook my head in disagreement. Really I was just happy I had a place to stay. We quickly arrived to the floor and she took my hand once again, we went straight in the living room. It was directly in front of the elevator, but it was wide with huge widows all around it. A white long couch sat in the middle, along with a love seat. I saw a black looking screen thing in the middle, it was flat and very large. I turn my head to the left and saw a black and white designed kitchen. Pepper spoke.

"This floor had an open layout concept, expect when you get to the rooms. You have to turn down the hall on your right to get there, but other than that you can see everything from one spot." She motioned with her hands as she talked, pointing out the hallway and the dining room area. I took a minute to observe my surroundings in silence, if I was going to be staying here I would memorize everything about this place. Pepper moved throughout the apartment, I could hear here heals clicking as she went down the hall to the bedrooms. It was a pretty long hall, I knew this simply because her footsteps sounded very distant as she walked further down. Standing in the middle of the room awkwardly, I wasn't sure what to even do.

This whole damn situation was weird. I just woke up from god knows where, got lost in a city many years away from what I'm used to, and now I'm supposed to live with a rich man and his pepper. If I knew how to provide for myself in this time period I would have done so, but I knew no one. So I'm just taking all the help I could get, and if S.H.I.E.L.D. ordered this man to take care of me, then I guess it couldn't be that bad. Plus they both didn't seem like bad people either, far from the people I was "living" with before. I heard peppers steps becoming louder and I turned to her direction, facing her as she made her way around the corner.

"Before I go and let you rest some there is one thing I think I should tell you about." I gave her a curious face. "You see Tony is somewhat of a genius and has developed a computer that will, putting it simply, talk to you and help you with what you need." Now I was definitely intrigued. She laughed at the face I was making towards her.

"Here I'll show you. JARVIS please say hello to Ms. Rogers." It was a brief moment before a voice was heard over my head, startling me slightly.

"Good evening Ms. Rogers."

"Heh..hello, JARVIS?"

"Indeed ma'am that is what I am called." I nodded my head in understanding, more for myself then the computer voice.

"Alrighty Arabella, now that we got that all covered I'm going to take my leave. Oh, you can pick any of the rooms in the hall, this whole floor is yours."

"Wow, thank you Pepper. If I need anything do I just tell JARVIS?"

"You got it!" she gave me a playful wink and then headed out to leave me completely alone since the first time I've been awake.