"STEVE! Hey Steve you look great! Have you lost weight?"

Tony stark hurriedly pulls Steve away from the office Christmas party.

"A guy can only take so much ginger ale and fruitcake, right? I can walk in with 300 pounds of metal but they get out of shape over a boot flask? I tell ya...

They wind down several flights of stairs and through the winding corridors of SHILELD, the huge circular building across the Potomac river from the District of Columbia. A living monument to President's Wilson's dream of putting Homeland Security first.

"Boy have I got a Christmas present for you!" He unveils the circular shield painted in red and white stripes with a blue circle and white star in the center.

"Reed Richards picked up enough of vibranium samples for us to build this for you. There's only two sources of vibranium on Earth. One's in this remote African country no one's ever heard of. The other's in Antarctica. It's such a political hot-spot we're not even supposed to talk about the jungles down there and all the unlimited resources guarded by dinosaurs and worse things!"

"*ahem* Vee Kingdom of Latveria claims rights to all of these Savage Lands! Such is word of DOOM! HA! He's just jealous Reed stole his college girlfriend! Pathetic, really.."

"Feel how you can throw your whole weight into it and it'll still stop on a dime? This Antarctic vibranium deflects energy back at the source. If I shot a bullet at this, it would bounce off and probably hit the shooter you wouldn't even feel it. Hell we even tested it with a bazooka! Good thing we triggered it remotely!"

"Now throw it at that mannequin! See! It bounces right back to your hand! No, there's no need to thanks me...oh wait is this a tie? Gold and red silk! How did you know this was me color? Awww best Christmas EVER!"

"Thanks, Stark. Let's see what I can do with this."

Steve starts using some of his usual shield moves, but quickly discovers that this shield behaves completely differently from his old shield. He discards techniques that no longer work and figures out a few that work better.

"Looks like I'm going to need a whole new playbook," he says. "Let's see how the other guy feels."

After hanging the shield on the arm of the mannequin, Steve gives the shield a few punches and kicks, from various angles. He actually knocks himself down a few times and he hurts his hand, but he seems to learn a few things. When he puts the shield back on his arm, Tony sees a whole new set of moves, based on what Steve learned.

"I wonder how it will bounce, if I throw it? The round shape should make it easy to throw and control its flight."

Steve throws the shield at the solid, concrete wall. It penetrates the wall and gets stuck."

"Oops. Sorry."

Tony winces.

"Eh. Christmas Party, They'll let it slide.