Without even thinking you find yourself at the bar. You don't care anymore who sees you, you just want the voices to go away.

You grab the nearest bottle of whiskey and pour a large glass and down it in two gulps. You are a little luckier than Steve, with only an altered portion of the serum in your system, you can get drunk. It takes a little longer and only last a short time, but you've learned what it takes to get you there. You continue to pour more drinks and down them just as fast. You are reaching for a second bottle when you hear a voice behind you.

"Lark, what are you doing?" Steve's voice comes from behind as he steps around you to be face to face.

The liquor has already started to take effect. " What does it look like I'm doing?"

"It looks like you're making a wrong choice. It's only 10:00am, what's really going on Lark?"

You start to feel the anger but it's subdued a little by the alcohol. " Well, get used to it because it's apparently going to become a habit. Excuse me, I need another bottle." You go to reach for a bottle but Steve grabs your arm tightly.

"Damn it Lark! You need to talk to me about whatever is going on in your head." You can feel him loosen his grip on your arm.

" You really want to know what's going on with me? I've become a monster Steve! It's inside me, it's become me and there's nothing a can do about it! All of you asked for this, I didn't." You yell at him.

He drops his gaze to the bar and quietly says " Is that what you really think of me? There's apart of me in you, does that make me a monster too?"

His words soften you for a moment. " God Steve, no! You're the one good thing. It's the voices. I can't control them, this is the only thing that shuts them up for awhile." You push around him and grab another bottle and pour a glass. " They are eventually going to win and then there's no turning back."

He looks up at you shocked and puzzled. " What do you mean voices Lark? What have you been hiding? Is this why Tony found you drunk and passed out in your room yesterday?"
You hear the words and it explodes in your head. "He told..your brother lied to you.." Your eyes start to burn blue and you throw the glass at the shelves behind the bar, shattering it.You start screaming in Steve's face "HE TOLD YOU! HE PROMISED HE WOULDN'T SAY ANYTHING! MAYBE I'M WRONG, MAYBE I'M FINE AND ALL OF YOU ARE MONSTERS AND LIARS!" You raise your hand, the power starting to roll around it. Steve starts to take a step back. Your voice doubles over "Give me one reason why I shouldn't end all of you weak humans?"
Tony has entered from the second floor after hearing all the noise. He looks down on you and Steve and can't believe what he is seeing and hearing.

Steve looks straight through your blue eyes. "Because we love you, I love you."

The voice continues. "You think that's enough to spare you?"

Tony shouts from the stairwell. "Lark! Stop before you do something you can't turn back from."

For a second the flames start to fade. " Stop it! I won't let you hurt them. I'll give you what you want, just please stop this. Leave them out of this." You say to the voice.

You turn and look at Tony and then back at Steve. " Everyone just needs to leave me alone."
Your voice doubles over again. " She will give in, there is no stoping us."

You shove Steve out of the way and storm out of the room. Steve and Tony are left looking at each other dumbfounded.

Steve speaks as Tony walks over to him. " Did you know about the voices she's hearing?"

Tony shakes his head. " No, not at all. I knew there was something she wasn't telling me but I never expected this."

Steve picks up a piece of glass and throws it behind the bar. " So what do we do about this?"

"Honestly, if we want to remain in one piece, we do as she/it says and back off. We will have to work through Loki until we can get a handle on what ever the hell is going on."

Steve throws another piece of glass at the bar. " We can't just do nothing. I don't understand why she would hide this from us. We could have been there to help her figure this out."

Tony sighs and rubs his temples. " Unfortunately, we are too much alike and I would have done the same thing. I have done the same thing to Pepper. We just back off enough so she feels like we've given her space but close enough to be there if she goes to far off the rails."

Steve looks at Tony. " I'm afraid she may be there already." He shoves the empty glass across the bar to Tony and walks away.

Tony looks behind the bar at all the mess and yells out to Steve. "Great, who's going to clean this mess up, now?."