DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS APPEARING IN THIS WORK.

Note: I'd been thinking which of my soon-to-be-series should be the first one to be written and I realized I wanted to somewhat follow what Marvel did originally, from the 40's to 60's. Well, I didn't even have plans for Namor or Jim Hammond and Cap was the next big hero so here I am, having decided to write this first. I hope you enjoy it! (And also, as a side note for the Universe in general, I plan to write most of the series on a monthly basis, like most comics, except for Spiderman, which will be biweekly. All of the series are partially based on Earth 616, Ultimate (1610) and the movies.)

INFINITE CAPTAIN AMERICA

Super Soldier Part I

July 4, 1917, Manhattan

The sun shined through the shutters into Room 3 in the Rochester Apartments building. Loud, high-pitched cries could be heard in the room as a man, easily in his late 20's, rushed over to a blonde woman who looked to be twice her age lying in a rough bed. A doctor knelt beside the woman, holding the source of the crying: a skinny little baby boy that barely weighed four pounds.

"Would you like to hold him?" The doctor asked the woman, holding the baby towards her.

"Yes, please," The woman, Sarah Rogers, said. As soon as the baby entered into her arms it stopped crying. Sarah stared at the baby, tears coming to her sapphire eyes.

"He's so handsome, Joseph, so wonderful," Sarah looked to her husband, Joseph.

"Yes, he sure is. So, what are we to name him?" Joseph looked back at his wife, a strand of his brown hair hanging down over his face.

"Hm…" Sarah thought, "Steven…we'll name him Steven, after my brother."

"You don't mean…"

"Yes, Lil' Steve. The one who died two days after birth."

"That seems like a bad idea, considering he looks a little unhealthy as it is…" Joseph looked to his thin son.

"He is very small…" The doctor warned, "He might not…"

"No, he'll live. Our wonderful, beautiful Steve…" Sarah began strongly.

"…He's a fighter."

6 months later

The small baby Steve moved along the carpet like a caterpillar, both sliding and crawling at the same time while Sarah just sat in a chair, reading a book.

Suddenly, someone started to knock on the door. Sarah practically fell out of her chair in surprise. She hurried over to the door and opened it slightly. She wasn't able to get a very good look at the person, but it appeared to be a large male in trench coat.

"Who is it?" She said.

"Are you Missus Sarah Jean Rogers?" A man asked with a heavily southern-accented voice.

"Yes, sir."

"I have news you need to hear." Sarah let the man in. She finally got a good view of the man and saw that he was a bulky man with bright red hair like a fire. He did in fact wear a trench coat.

"Would you like anything to drink?" Sarah asked politely.

"No, I'm fine."

"Alright." Sarah hurried over and pulled out a chair for the man. The man sat down and she sat down herself, wondering who this man was and what news he could have for her.

The man answered her thoughts immediately, "I am Private William Addams. I fought alongside your husband, Joseph." Private William Addams looked over to Steve who sat on his butt and stared at the ginger-haired man.

"Fought…" Sarah suddenly began to realize why the man had come.

"Yes ma'am. Two weeks ago, your husband was killed in combat in Germany."

Sarah began to sob and William tried comforting her. Steve began crying with his mother, but stopped after a few seconds when he saw something slip out of the man's pocket: a badge.

The badge was covered by a shiny red, white and blue, round shield, a white star right in the center of it. The words, "U.S. Army" posted under it in golden letters.

Steve stared in awe and then…

He smiled.

July 3, 1930, 7:30 PM

"So, little loser, you gonna give me that badge or am I going to have'ta hurt'cha?" A large, rosy cheeked, brunette boy grabbed Steve Joseph Rogers shirt. Steve held his hand back, exposing the small, shield shaped badge he was holding.

"Let me go," Steve shouted while gritting his teeth in anger, "Or else."

"Or else what? 'Ya gonna hurt me?" The boy began to laugh.

"Jonathan, stop it!" Steve pushed away from the bigger boy.

Jonathan stopped laughing immediately, "What did you call me, loser?"

"I called you Jonathan…" Steve stared back at the boy, unflinching.

"My name is not god damn Jonathan! My name is Kickin' Johnny!" The bigger boy began pummeling Steve, "And you are going to give me that badge!"

Steve didn't think once about giving it to him as he was getting beaten. The badge had been given to him at a young age by a family friend, William Addams, after he had quit being a soldier. Steve still remembered that day clearly even thought it had been almost ten years. William, or Will as Steve called him, gave it to him after Steve proclaimed, "I want to be a soldier like Daddy when I grow up!" Steve had never known his father. He had been called back to fight in The War and died in battle just six months after Steve was born.

"You're not getting it!" Steve shouted; the badge was a symbol for him, a symbol for…his dream. His dream to be a soldier.

"Fine, then. If I can't have it," Jonathan stopped punching Steve, whose nose and lips were bleeding and both of his eyes were beginning to swell, "Then nobody can have it!" Jonathan grabbed the badge out of Steve's hand and threw it into a lake right beside them.

Steve quickly turned over to his belly to look at the lake, "No…"

Jonathan walked off cockily as Steve stumbled to his feet, "NO!" Steve collapsed back to the ground and began to sob.

After almost half an hour of crying Steve remembered he had to be home to cook dinner for his mother. He stood up, wiped his eyes, and ran off. His mom had caught an extremely dangerous disease and the doctors said it was incurable. Steve had been taking care of his mother, prepared that she could be gone to God's kingdom anytime.

She'd always told him, "Soldiers don't cry. They're tough." So Steve never cried around her. Steve realized how ironic it was, as he walked through the door to his mom and his' apartment, that he cried over a piece of metal but not over her soon-to-be passing.

He entered the apartment to see multiple people surrounding his mother's bed. He realized them to be Will Addams, Dr. Alexander Wayner, and the doctor's assistant: Ms. Mary Belle.

All three of them turned around as Steve entered the room, "What's wrong? Dr. Wayner, you're supposed to be here an hour from now."

"Mr. Rogers…" The elderly doctor examined Steve's slim physique.

"Steve, your mother is dying." Will said, a tear in his eye.

Steve sighed in frustration, "I know that, she's had the disease for six months now."

"You're not getting it. She's dying right now. She's about to go up and meet the angels." Will pointed upwards when he said angels.

"What?" Steve hurried to his mother's bedside, listening to her deep gasps of breath. Right as Steve arrived there, Sarah Rogers's eyes fluttered open.

"Steve…" She whispered hoarsely.

Steve reached over and grabbed her hand, "Ma…"

Sarah turned to the three others present, "Please, leave now. I want to talk to Steve alone."

The other did what was asked and went into the next room.

"Ma…I…"

"Don't worry Steve, I'm about to go see your father…" She began to cough furiously.

"Ma!"

"I'm fine. Now, this talk should be about you…son…grow up, get big, be a soldier, like you always say you want to." Steve gripped his mother's hand tightly.

"I will Ma…" Steve shivered from the chillness of her hand.

"Steve, follow your heart and don't let anyone stop you…"

"I won't…" A single tear glistened on Steven Joseph Rogers' right eye.

"And Steve," His mother began.

"Yes?"

"Soldiers don't cry…" Sarah Rogers took her last breath and was silent.

Her hand slipped out of Steve's and he stood up, wiped the tear away, and left the apartment.

Steve returned to the apartment later that night, dripping wet. He held a glistening piece of metal in his hand. In golden letters, U.S. Army was printed on it.

He looked to his mother's bed; a sheet covered it.

He turned to his right to see a clock hanging from the wall, 12:00.

It was the 4th of July. It was Steve's birthday.

Steve looked down at the badge in his hand,

"Happy birthday," He whispered solemnly.

July 4, 1941

"Steven Joseph Rogers."

Steve stood up from his seat, dressed only in his underwear. He walked to the podium at the front of an entirely white room in a military registration camp. A man was standing at the podium, wearing an officer's coat. The man looked to be in his 30's and he had dark buzzed hair.

The man examined Steve and then looked back at a folder in front of him.

"Steven Rogers, hm…you're from New Jersey?" The man looked up.

"Yessir." Steve said.

"And you want to join the army?"

"Been my dream since I was a little boy, sir." Steve looked straight into the man's eyes.

"Well, I'm sorry, but with all these medical conditions I can't let you in. I mean, just look at yourself; you're barely 5'4" and weigh only 85 lbs." The man pointed to Steve's ribs that clearly showed underneath his pale skin.

Steve shook off what was just said, "Sir, men are risking their lives out there and I have no right to not do the same."

"Kid, I'm doing you a favor." And with that the man stamped the folder with a "REJECTED" and shouted, "Ryan Richard Olson."

Steve changed back into his shirt and overalls and left the building, scowling.

Steve looked to the sky, "Sorry, mom. I've been rejected again. I just wish…they'd give me a chance. A chance to prove that I can be a good soldier."

"Ahh, so you'd like a chance to be a soldier…" Steve quickly turned around to see a man standing in the rain in a trench coat, a hood covering his face.

"What would you say if I told you, I could make you into more than just a soldier? What if I told you I could make you into a super-soldier?"

Note: I hope you enjoyed it! Please R&R 'cuz I'm always open to criticism! The next part will officially be his origin and he will become a super soldier and have his first encounter with HYDRA and the Nazis. Also the origin of the Red Skull and Baron Heinrich Zemo will occur. (Actually, it will go back in time some for them.) I know this issue has really no one important to the future story but Steve. His past was mostly based off actually continuity (minus the badge) and the scene where he was rejected for the umpteenth time was kind of copied from the movie, but the rest of the origin will be very different than what you may expect. The rest of the issues will also be longer than this because I felt that this had enough story in it and I didn't want to rush everything!

Next: Super Soldier Part II