You Have to Fall to Rise

by Hope's Survival

Maria Stark discovers the secret her mother has tried to keep from her for 20 years. Angry and hurt, she is taken from her home by her unwilling uncle and SHIELD. With a new criminal organization on the rise, the Avengers must stop it. But when it proves to be much larger than they had intel about, Marie has to fight for her life and, also, the fate of the world. Steve Rogers/OC

1. Prologue

Hello, and welcome to the rewrite (sort of) of Becoming Noble!

This is only the prologue and is very short but the chapters themselves will be a lot longer. There will be more to come in a little while!

STORY INFO

Paring: Captain America/Steve RogersxOC

Rating: T (might go up to M)

Genre: Action/Friendship/Romance

Disclaimer: I only own my OC, Maria Haley Stark Cline, and any other character you guys don't recognize.

Enjoy!

You Have to Fall to Rise:

Prologue

"Are you sure about this?"

"Dad, I've told you a million times, of course I am." Joan replied evenly. "I would do anything to help your research."

She was sitting on a chair like the ones found in dentist's offices. Her feet were propped up and she was leaning back. Her hands were folded over her slightly plump stomach. She was three months pregnant.

Howard Stark, middle aged and graying at his temples, smiled down at his daughter. "Thank you, Pumpkin. Anything you want in the future, you can have it."

Joan returned his grin with one of her own. "Alright, I'm ready."

Her father nodded and put on a pair of latex gloves. He raised his daughter's shirt to expose her small baby bump. He turned and picked up one of the two small syringes on the metal tray next to the seat. He filled it from a vial labeled: Penicillin. He faced Joan again and sterilized her arm with a cotton swab damp with rubbing alcohol.

Howard did the quick injection into her deltoid muscle and then put a band-aid on the puncture from the needle.

After, he prepared the other small syringe with another dose of penicillin. He cleaned a patch of skin just below Joan's navel and slowly inserted the antibiotic into her womb where the three-month-old fetus was growing.

Howard quickly prepared another, larger syringe with blue liquid that was tinted slightly purple. He had spent years trying to recreate the Super Soldier Serum that Dr. Erskine had taken to his grave. He was not far from the real deal but he had also altered the effects of it.

He saw Joan's eyes widen at the size of the needle. She gulped.

"Joan, relax, it's alright." Her father soothed. "This is your last chance to back out, I'll understand. This is a big and scary decision on your part."

"No, I'm doing this." She said shaking her head.

Howard nodded and got the large shot ready for the injection.

"On the count of three, alright? One…two…three!"

Joan's only sign of discomfort was the sharp intake of breath through her nose.

As the pain receded, her stomach tingled slightly, the serum filling the womb fully.

"That's it!" Her father announced. "All done!"

"Really? That wasn't so bad."

"Yes, this procedure isn't like the one with Steve Rogers where we had to speed up his growth. This one allows the body to adapt to it over time and may, in some ways, be stronger than the original serum." He paused before continuing. "Joan, I don't know what kind of development will happen but, from my studies with the rats, your child will not go under any harm."

"Thank you, Dad." She reached out and took her father's hand lovingly.

"No, Sweetheart, I should be the one thanking you."

Joan laughed quietly. "I can't wait to have this child!"

"Neither can I."

-Break-

Howard Stark never met Joan's baby. He and his wife died in a car crash the week after the procedure, leaving Joan and her younger brother, Tony, to live on by themselves.

Joan had her baby, a girl, and named her Maria Haley Stark.

From birth, she didn't show any difference from the other children. She was normal. It wasn't until the child was nine years old when her powers and mutations appeared.

-End Chapter-

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