Days later Bucky looked into his pocket as he with Steve and the Commandos overlooked the mountain as they waited for Zola's Train to arrive. He took out a box as he looked at his late Mom's engagement ring.

"Bucky?" Said Steve as he noticed Bucky looking into the box.

"Mom gave me this to hold onto." Bucky said glumly, "Before she died..."

"I remember that day Bucky. That's been your good luck charm." Steve said as he looked at them as he saw a conflicted look on his best friend's face, "Buck you're not thinking of asking her to marry you are you Bucky?"

"Last night I was with her... We went all the way... She was amazing... Then she said she was wiling to stay here forever. We had a small argument about our relationship as if it was being a big mistake."

"Buck as hard as it is we both know Melly isn't from the same time era as we are."

"I know... I just dread the day she has to go through that damn mirror... The fact that she won't remember me and that I might be an old geezer or dead by then... It`s not fair! Why can I have the Doll of my dreams?"

Steve sighed, for once he didn't quite know what to say to help Bucky, all he could do was change the subject. "Bucky how about I hold onto it for you, I think it wouldn't hurt to add a few more clips to your pocket."

"Don't you dare lose it," said Bucky, "I just wish there was something I can give her that she could take with her."

"What she say to you when you first mentioned it?"

Bucky thought as a smile came to his face, "Actually there was something we both agreed on that she said first."

"And that was?"

"That we will cherish our memories of each other in our hearts."

"Awe aren't you two being sweet talking about Melly. Love does overcome many obstacles." said Jacque.

"Gee thank you." Bucky said as he gave Steve the ring box. Steve placed it in his belt pocket as Bucky looked the scene. "Remember when I made you ride the Cyclone on Coney Island?"

"Yeah, and I threw up?"

"This isn't payback is it?"

Steve smirked, "Now, why would I do that?"

Bucky chuckled, "You're right. I think Melly told me a similar story except she needed to eat after riding the Cyclone."

Steve chuckled, "She told me she had appetite of a teenaged boy at the time."

Bucky chuckled, "I'm going to miss her."

"Bucky everything is work out. I'm not sure how but we'll figure something out."

Bucky nodded at Steve as they began their mission... Steve and the rest of the Howling Commandos came back, as I looked everywhere for Bucky.

"Melly, he's not coming back," Steve said, as I saw the sadness in his eyes... One of the guys tapped his shoulder giving him something as he passed it to me a triangular folded American flag.

"Oh god no... Not Bucky," I cried bursting into tears sobbing as I collapsed onto my knees in the mud. Steve wrapped his arms around me as we hugged it out as I held the flag tightly in my arms into my chest.

A few hours later he and I went to a bar that was hit the other day that no-one was at. I was more of a wreck than Steve was as we saw Peggy Carter enter the bar as she grabbed a seat to sit by us.

"Doctor Erskine said the serum wouldn't just affect my muscles, but also my cells, creating a protective system of regeneration. Which means…"

"You can't get Drunk?" Peggy spoke finished his sentence, "He thought it could be a side effect."

"Lucky you Steve." I muttered staring into mine, "I've been enhanced by both magic and science, but unlike you I'm the exact opposite of you... Bucky and I found that out together on our second last date, I was gone after two drinks."

"I wasn't fast enough." Steve admitted.

"That's not true," Peggy and I both said... as she and I looked at each other.

"I take it you read the report ladies."

"I also know that what happened to Bucky wasn't your fault."

"You know that that's not true."

"You did everything you could Steve I don't blame you." I spoke.

"I shouldn't have let him pick up my shield."

"Steve he made his choice he acted to save you, and you too Melly."

I took a the shot finally, only to cough on it as it burned in my throat, "Oh god what is this stuff?"

"It says Scotch on the bottle." said Steve, chuckling finally.

"You actually drank it right too." Peggy teased.

"I was just thinking of the last conversation he and I had." I admitted.

"And what was that?" Asked Peggy as she pulled a seat up.

"Me going home..."

"He told you that your friend Sarah was waiting on the other side."

"Yeah."

"The only thing is Dr. Gamble got her fiance 'Elmer' Hansen to translate rest of the runes on the Mirror. Once you go through, you'll have no memory of being here."

I took out a journal he gave me of all the memories, missions with maps and detailed drawings of everything. I looked through the whole thing as I came up with a idea. "Then make sure I get this back when the time is needed for me to remember. Then again... It's probably better off this way that I'll be able to forget this pain that I lost him forever..."

"So what are we going to say if the historian's ask?" asked Carter.

"That Melanippe Johansen died shortly after Bucky did on a separate mission." I said.

"Are you sure about this Melly?" Steve asked.

"Bucky was right, I have a lot waiting for me at home. Besides everyone must be missing me terribly. I have my own country to save... whatever pain I'm feeling I'll let it be my fuel to keep going."