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A while later.

Dust swirls around me. Quickly I turn around and give the attacker a chin hook. When he is flying a few meters away, the next opponent comes.
I'll beat her as best I can, but she's much better than me.
Defeated, I sit down and think about different things.
Will I be able to go home again?
What about Grandma?
Will I see her again?
What if Tony thinks about kidnapping me again?
I hope we can do something to avoid that.

Slowly I go back into the building, walk through the corridors.
Sergeant Barnes and Steve are sitting in the lounge talking. Steve keeps asking what he remembers.

Slowly I keep walking. Somehow the whole thing annoys me now.
Why can't I just be normal again?
I just have to talk to Steve about it.

But now the training is important. I have to be ready for an emergency.

Natasha meets me on my way. She seems to have no more pain. Well, it's already been a few weeks.
"Do you want to stay here?", She asks me.
"I'd rather go back to Queens, to school and to Grandma, I'm really grateful to you all, but I think I'm not ready for that yet, I want to finish school first, but I'll always be there if you need me", I say.
"That's okay, but first tell Steve", she says with a smile.
I nod.

Slowly I enter the lounge. Steve and Bucky, as I should call him, both look at me.
"Steve, can I ask you something", I start slowly.

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