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𝙸𝙼𝙰𝙶𝙸𝙽𝙴, ┊ 041
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𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐎𝐍𝐄  𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆

• •   ＮＥＷ ＪＥＲＳＥＹ,       𝟣𝟫𝟩𝟢

━━━━━━━━  "𝓒learly, you weren't actually born here, right?" Tony asked Steve as the two men and Melody walked alongside one another above SHIELD headquarters.

"The idea of me was." Steve explained adjusting his hat and glancing around them.

"I don't like this." Melody whispered adjusted her suit's jacket, "It's tight." She mumbled.

"You've worn tighter things." Steve remarked earning a look of confusion from Tony, "I-I just mean her suit." He stammered shaking his head, "Not the point."

"Right. Well, imagine your S.H.I.E.L.D., running aquasi-fascistic intelligence organization. Where do you hide it?" Tony spoke to the two looking around the compound.

Melody's head tilted at the familiar building before them, "In plain sight." Steve answered.

Melody glanced down recalling that she had met Bucky shortly after finding out the truth about HYDRA and S.H.I.E.L.D.

A part of her struck curiosity, was Bucky there? She thought to herself. He would have been under HYDRA's care but nonetheless he was alive. Her eyes darted around the compound. He wouldn't know who she was but she'd -

"Mel?" Steve whispered nudging her, "Come on, we can't get distracted. We'll see him after all of this is over, I promise you." He said softly earning a solemn look from the brunette. Placing his hand on her lower back he escorted her into the elevator where Tony awaited the two alongside an agent.

Melody glanced to the woman with large hair who eyed Steve in confusion alongside Tony, then to her. Tony jabbed a finger into the brunette's back, she instantly adjusted her posture standing upright.

Melody knew the woman next to them was suspicious of them. And it wasn't her constant thoughts that gave her the assumption. Melody winced gaining the woman's attention.

"You alright, agent . . . Parker?" Tony inquired wincing at the name he had given the brunette.

Melody nodded, "I just - headaches." She shrugged with a slight giggle, "Must be that time of the month." She casually joked earning a wide eyed look from the woman and sigh from Steve.

The elevator chimed.

"Good luck on your project, doctor." Steve nodded to Tony who nodded in return.

The doors shut.

"Are you both new here?" She asked the odd couple in front of her.

"Not exactly." Steve answered, earning a nod from the skeptical woman.

The elevator chimed once more.

"Pasta." She answered the woman's thoughts as to what to cook for dinner pasta or fish fillet. Her brows furrowed watching as she exited the elevator followed by Steve Rogers.

Melody began to walk down the hall only to have her elbow gently grabbed by Steve who guided her down the hall.

"Just wait out here, okay?" He whispered earning a salute from Melody. Steve's smiled softly before entering the room and making a phone call.

Shortly after a man rushed down the hall as Steve exited the room and the two made their way into the room Dr. Pym had been resided in.

Melody stood by the door silently as she listened to the voices behind the door incase they were to get caught.

Steve approached the pym particles and opened the case, his eyes eyed the four before he grabbed them. He glanced to Melody who fiddled with her necklace, her ear pressed against the glass door. He looked back to the case and grabbed one more; five pym particles.

"Come on, come on." Steve rushed over to Melody.

"Something's wrong. The woman - she-" Melody began as the two now stood in the hallway as the agent from earlier stood with two soldiers.

Steve's eyes widen before he pulled melody into a near by office and shut the door behind them with a sigh of relief.

"Steve . . ." Melody trailed off gaining his attention. Her eyes softened at the photo on the desk as did Steve who took hold of the frame.

Approaching the shielded windows Margaret Carter stood in the opposite room arguing with a fellow agent.

"She's beautiful." Melody said softly. Steve nodded solemnly. As he stared at the love of his life through the curtains. Melody frowned and placed her hand on his forearm. "We have to go."

Steve nodded before he halted her movements, "I know I said we can't get distracted-"

"Steve you can't-"

"I can't." He nodded before pulling out two pym particles, her brows furrowed. "You can."

"I don't understand." She said eyeing the viles of red.

"Your mom." He said softly.

Melody flinched at his words, she never thought of using them for her own personal agenda, but he was right.

"I have the coordinates, I can go with you-"

"No." Melody shook her head, she looked down at the four in his pouch then to the window where Peggy had been in. "If I'm going to be selfish then you should be too," Melody said with a hint of a smile on her lips earning a soft eyes from Steve. "-when Bruce showed up on the docks with this insane idea of time traveling I didn't think it was possible. But - something happened and I got hope again, which is something I regret. I regret losing it in the first place, I gave up on finding my family, I gave up on our friends, I gave up on - James." She said as her eyes watered, "You didn't. You never gave up on any of us, and if anyone deserves to be selfish it's you. And if I'm going to do this, you should get what you've always wanted, what you've dreamt of."

Steve immediately pulled Melody into a hug, he pressed his lips to her temple as he thank'd her quietly.

"Just don't forget about us. Please." She giggled into his broad chest earning a chuckle from him.

"How can I? No one will be able to read my thoughts." He joked, "Maybe I'll buy a cottage buy the beach." He said with a smile pulling away from her, his smile faltered slightly, "Bucky-"

"I'll worry about Bucky." Melody said with a smile.

Steve nodded hesitantly before she pulled away and wiped her cheeks and began to put in her coordinates. She placed her hand on the emblem on her wrist as her quantum suit replaced her 1970's suit. "See you at home." She smiled before she disappeared before him.

Steve smiled to himself before he remembered - Tony. "Shit." He cursed knowing the man would have his neck knowing he had let Melody of all the Avengers go on an adventure through time - alone.

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• • ＡＴＬＡＮＴＩＣＡ,      𝟣𝟫𝟫𝟣

        𝓐 shriek filled the ocean as the sea nymph floated in place in the middle of the darkened ocean. Melody's scream dialled down as she opened one eye seeing she was safe in the ocean. Within a matter of seconds a large grey shark sped past her followed by a school of fish and other sea creatures.

She widened her eyes in confusion seeing the animals either swimming away for safety or to what looked like to her to hunt.

Focusing her hearing she could hear screams in the distance. More specifically her screams.

She hurried in the direction where the shouts and screams were heard from, a large light took place above her, the ship, HYDRA's ship to be exact.

Her eyes narrowed as she swam to the surface. Bodies littered the ocean around her. Dead sea creatures who had come to assist the king and queen of the ocean laid lifelessly. Approaching the side of the ship she dug her nails into the crevasses of the ship's wooden barriers and climbed the side, peeking her head seeing her mother and father kneeling before the HYDRA agents/soldiers/pirates.

"Merpeople." The man said in disbelief. He ran his cold gun along the side of Cordelia's cheekbone, who lurched forwards only to be pulled back in her place. "Tuez-les, soldat." The short man ordered as he turned away walking back.

"Bucky . . ." Melody whispered eyeing the man clothed in his former Winter Soldier attire.

The Winter Soldier raised his gun to the woman's forehead just as an ear piecing scream echoed around them.

Melody silently cringed at her younger-self as she distracted the men allowing Cordelia to shove one of the soldier's, as she ran behind her husband to the ledge of the ship. Melody climbed over the ledge just as the Winter Soldier pulled on the trigger, she tackled him to the edge of the ship before the two rolled overboard and into the water.

The two began to sink to the bottom of the water as Melody fought with the sergeant taking hold of the gun and throwing it down allowing it to his the bottom of the ocean. His enraged eyes met her doe ones.

It took everything in her to not hug him then and there - seeing as how he didn't know who she was and was on the brink of murdering her. She placed her finger tips against his forehead as he reached ahead of him to strangle her only to have his eyes flutter shut and sink lower to the ocean floor.

Melody glanced over her shoulder seeing a golden light fading into the darkness of the ocean, a small smile was on her lips as the little girl who clung to her mother looked to the unknown sea nymph. Melody sent a wink her way earning a small smile from her younger-self.

Melody dove to the bottom of the ocean once more and grabbed the soldier's hand and dragged him upwards, she dragged him away from the ship and towards land.

Hours passed but what felt like only moments, the sun began to set. She glanced down at her final pym particle attached to her suit. She looked over hearing rustling behind her.

"Отпусти меня, или ты пожалеешь об этом." He hissed.

Melody looked over seeing him struggle against the vines that were tightly wrapped around his wrists, bounding him to the large log behind him.

"нет." She answered simply, earning a glare from him.

Noticing his panic he looked around him feeling a breeze hit his bare face. "Looking for this?" She asked holding up his mask before walking over to him and kneeling in front of him, though keeping her distance knowing he could manage to attack her even if he was bounded. "Relax . . . I just wanted to see you again." She smiled softly reaching out to him only to have him yank his face away from her.

"I know you don't know who I am. Not yet at least." Melody bit her lip, "I also know you don't know who you are."

"Prisoner number five, six, eight, nine, eight." He said gruffly.

"Do you want to know your real name?" She asked only to have him pull on his restraints, as the vines tightened themselves around him. "Your name is James Buchanan Barnes." She said with a small smile, "Your best friend is Steven Grant Rogers. You used to love to go dancing with Steve. You loved to go on adventures, and it brought you to the military." His blue orbs met her's, slightly-less enraged as before.

"You were taken by those men." She said glancing behind her knowing the ship was reaching the shore closer and closer. "But you won't be stuck forever." She said reassuringly, "I promise. Someone will come and save you, and-" Her eyes breamed with tears, "-you'll save her." The soldier's brows furrowed at the odd woman then glanced behind her seeing the boat reach closer. "And she doesn't deserve you." Melody sniffled.

"How do you know this?" He asked in pure confusion, just as she began to sit up, "Hey!" He gritted out, his throat still sore from the water he had taken in. "How do you know this?!" He demanded.

"Ne vedem în curând." Melody raised her hand as the vines came undone as he jolted towards her only for her to disappear before his eyes.

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• • ＡＶＥＮＧＥＲＳ ＨＱ,         𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟥

       𝓜elody fell to her knees as she looked around her in awe, it had worked. She was back with her friends. She smiled as Steve helped her up, though he didn't have the smile she mirrored - no one did.

"I did it, she's alive." She giggled as she breathed out in disbelief, "My muna's alive." Her brows furrowed as she looked around her seeing no one with the equal excitement. "What's wrong?" She asked softly.

"I'm sorry." Steve whispered, tears breamed his eyes.

Melody's brows furrowed as she looked around her seeing everyone with a solemn look in their eyes.

"What - you're sorry - don't . . ." She looked around her as fear began to set in as she looked to Clint who had reddened eyes signalling he had been crying. "W-where's Nattie?" She asked hiccuping as tears began to fall from her doe eyes.

Tony looked down and excused himself. Melody looked to Bruce who sat in the corner with a look of rage and hurt on his green features. "Steve?" Melody looked at the man who shook his head solemnly. "No, no, no." She sobbed as he pulled her into his chest. "She said she'd be back." She whispered.

Clint looked down and rubbed at his reddened eyes and left the room.

"It was only a minute."

𝙽𝙾𝚃𝙴 • BY VAAINE ━━︎━━︎━ written in : 𝟤𝟢𝟣𝟫)

𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 :
ne vedem în curând ; ill see you soon
Отпусти меня, или ты пожалеешь об этом ; let me go or you'll regret it
нет ; no

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