It's 1952, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s founders Peggy Carter, Captain Phillips and Howard Stark have been secretly researching ways to develop the scientific field on what the tracks left behind by the Tesseract. During some testing sessions, Peggy Carter volunteers to go on the next try-as they the three have been double-thinking their current volunteer's real intents. When things go terribly wrong in the testing capsule, Peggy vanishes from everyone's sights, just like World War soldiers would go when hit by Nazi officer Johann Schmidt's weapons. Defeated, believing Agent Carter has died, Phillips and Stark put the research on the classified deactivated files and try to move on from that disaster. What they do not know is that Peggy did not die, she's just been sent to another time.

Chapter One

There's a strong, bright and blue light before everything just blacks off. A few seconds before that, or maybe while the light reached her, she saw her whole life pass through her eyes. Peggy saw her hometown, her school friends, her family. She saw her friends, S.H.I.E.L.D. and the war. Then, she saw Steve. He was smiling at her and that fulfilled her in an inexplicable way, making the blood run faster through her veins. He's the vision that lasts longer, even though everything just comes in a brief second, and he's walking to her. For a moment she believes in their impossible possibilities and they do exist, there, for just a small moment. Just as fast as it comes, it disappears.

On the background, Peggy can hear a deafening noise. She groans. Even though the brunette agent wants to open up her eyes, it seems hard to do it, having that awkward feeling they had been glued tight close. It's when she starts coming back to her senses. Taste, touch, smell. She feels there's something underneath her, that she's laying down on some soft yet warm layer. It's sand, Peggy realizes. Opening the eyes becomes a need, a struggle. The lights come again, as she manages to open them. Just to close the next second. Takes a few blinks to actually formulate figures. The sky is the first thing her dark-brown eyes glance at. It's fully bright and blue, like the last light she's seen. Peggy imagines the testing room exploded or ejected her outside, that'd be the only plausible explanation to her being on the outdoors. But then again, she'd probably dead if it was the case. So, is she in heaven?

As she tries to push her hands against the ground to stand up, Peggy feels every bone in her body hurt. She's certainly not in heaven. If she was dead, that was probably hell-especially with that burning sun on her head. With some difficulty, the woman seats up and take a glance around. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. It is like she's in some sort of desert. But how?

Confused and hurting, desperation reaches her and she stands up completely, with difficulty, and starts walking. Peggy doesn't know how long she has been lying there, but she needs to move. The only problem was: where the hell she was?

She walks, tiredly but unstoppable. It's hard to tell for how long. Maybe it was hours, it did felt like it, but it might have only been minutes. There's a trail left behind her, in case she needs to come back, but Peggy doubts she will. Women put in those circumstances would be crying and groaning, but Peggy is tough. It hurts everywhere in her body and her head feels as it'll explode at any second, but she's holding back. And she does it until she finds a small cottage. Then, after knocking on the door and being greeted by an alarmed old lady, Peggy just faints.

"There's been a report of a different electrical force field reported nearby Jersey." Nick Fury tells his men with a concerned voice and a slight frown. "Did anybody report back on talk around the place?"

"The area it's practically a desert, sir. I don't believe anybody saw anything." One on the computer said.

"People always see things." Natasha Romanoff corrects, cleaning her throat as she enters the room. "You asked to see me, sir?" She's talking to Fury now. Behind her arrive other two Avengers, Dr. Banner and the charming Captain Rogers.

"Yes, agent Romanoff. We had strange activity happening in Jersey and I'd like you to check that." She was nodding before Fury even finished his sentence. And in the next second she was making a turn, followed by the other two that had arrived together. "I'd prefer you two stay."

"Not very wise to send the girl out there alone." Banner frowned slightly and Romanoff gave him a straight look, that actually made him chuckle. "Not that she can't take care of herself, of course."

"Tell Barton to go with you." Fury added then. Steve stood after the other two left then, you could see he seemed lost in some way, which was weird to Captain America. He finally spoke up though, after a few minutes of silence and thinking.

"I'd like to go and help, sir." Fury shook his head.

"I have a feeling you should stay this time." Nick made a pause. "Plus, I need to update you on something we've been worrying about."

"Does it involve Stark?"

"It always involves Stark." Nick nodded, one side on his lip curving up. The kid was smart, he thought to himself.

"Why these things always need to happen in the middle of the nowhere?" Natasha snorted in a bothered tone. She hated deserts and she hated sand. The agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. that went with her and Barton that circled the area for protection, though it didn't really need any evacuation as it was in the middle of the nowhere.

"Did you prefer it landed in the middle of Times Square?" Clint rose a brow at her, and chuckled. Knowing Natasha, she wouldn't mind that at all.

"It's not like New Yorkers haven't seen it all already." And she confirmed his thoughts. "But it's not a it, that's a her."

"How are you so sure it's a woman? Obviously that's a human body but…" Romanoff interrupted him with a laugh. "What?"

"I though you knew better to recognize a female shape." Then they exchanged this look, conflicted in their own way. "It's certainly the shape of a woman. And not too young I'd say. Also not old."

"Looks you're the lady's expert." Natasha rolled her eyes at him and they both glanced at an agent that approached them.

"It is a female body." Clint looked away, because he knew Natasha was smirking at the other agent's words. "There's a trail following to a small house five miles away."

"That's a hell of a walk to someone who just fell off the skies." Clint added, the frown stuck in his forehead again.

"We checked, there's just an old lady living there." The agent continued.

"Maybe she took in the woman?" Natasha thought out loud, glancing Clint then. "Let's go make sure." The both then exited to the car as Barton nodded at Romanoff. "I'm not sure why I have a weird feeling about this."

N/A: It is set after the first Avengers movie and before the second Captain America movie—which I will not use as much reference for now. The fanfic was created by a headcanon I had and it'll probably follow an AU road. It is centered in Steggy relationship, mostly, and them having a second chance in this new world and time. I'm more than welcoming suggestions, so please let me know your thoughts. I'm familiar with some of the comics, but not all of them, and all the Marvel movies and series. So probably most of you know more about the Marvel universe than I do. That's why I really would love to hear suggestions and critics. I don't know if anyone has come before with an idea similar to this one, as I've never seen one—but I have been far from the fanfic world for a while. So I promise you this is all me. And I hope you enjoy.