Chapter 1- In the Beginning.

Steve sat in in the living room of Avenger's Headquarters, his mind had been all over the place recently since Fury had come beck, but for some reason his mind kept wondering back to the past.

Natasha walked into the room and looked at Steve as he was lost in thought. She sat down across from him " What's on your mind?" she asked him. Steve looked up at her and gave her a light smile, " I was just thinking about people I knew in the past and wondering happened to them." he told her. Nat nodded her head " have you ever thought about looking them up?" she asked him.

Steve shook his head " I am terrible with computers you know this, I mean unless you would be willing to help me." he asked hopefully. Nat smiled and leaned back on the couch " anyone specific you had in mind?" she asked him. Steve nodded his head " there is actually." he said

FLASHBACK 1925

Young Steve was sitting in the hospital having another one of his attacks, his nurse had been super nice, he liked her mother than the others in the ward. This time a little Girl had come in to see him. She had the biggest blue eyes he had ever seem but she smiled at him " Hello! My name is Josephine, I was wondering if you would like to play with me." she said as she held out a couple wooden toys she had brought with her. They played for hours, Sarah, Steve's mother found out she was the daughter of his Nurse Mary Watson. Sarah and Mary exchanged addresses so the children could keep in touch and play since Josie seemed to be able to coax Steve right out of his shell.

1940

Steve and Josie had always been a constant in each others lives, Josie made sure to take food over and check whenever Sarah had taken Ill. Now she was a 20 year old beauty if there ever was one, Her long waist length Chocolate Brown hair and Bright blue eyes never stopped shining to him. Her smile was all it took to brighten his day, Even when his mother passed he remembered he had Bucky on one side of him with his arm around his shoulder and Josie was pressed into his other side, her hand held his with her fingers interlaced with his and her head rested on his shoulder.

He remembered when he had been accepted into The Army, the first place he had gone was to Josie's house. He remembered how she wrapped him into her arms and buried her face in his chest as tears rolled down her cheeks, yet she told him how proud of him she was. She had run inside and gotten a picture of herself and given it to him as long as he promised to write her every day and mail them when he could. He remembered cupping her cheek and using his thumb to wipe away her tears as he agreed.

PRESENT DAY

" The last time saw her was the next morning when she went to the train station with me to see me off." he said as he reached out his hand and handed over the picture to Nat. Her picture was the one thing that always kept him going, even if she had long since passed. Her big doe like eyes and smile even in picture made everything alright even to this very day. Natasha smiled at the picture as she looked down at it " She was very beautiful Steve. Is she the one you wanted to look up?" she asked him. Steve nodded his head and sighed " I would like to know what happened to her, yes. I want to know she lived a full life." he told her seriously as Nat handed the picture back to him.

Getting up the woman went and grabbed a laptop she kept, opening it she sprung the computer to life. Clearing her throat she looked up at him " alright what is her full name?" she asked him. Cap locked his eyes with hers " Josephine Grace Watson, She was Born November 4th 1920." he told her.

Nat when to work typing and clicking as Steve came over and looked at the screen, but something caught the woman's eye. An Article from a newspaper Dated September 21st 1941 so she clicked it.

WOMAN FOUND MURDERED IN ALLYWAY!

In the early morning hours of September 21st police came across the body of a young woman who has been Identified as Josephine Grace Watson age 21of Queens. According to Police the woman had been stabbed multiple times all over her body and eventually stabbed though the heart. No witnesses were around to identify a suspect. Anyone who may have any tips please contact the Queens City police with details.

Natasha took a deep breath as she scrolled down and a picture came to the screen, It was the same girl from the picture, but her smile was gone, blood ran from her mouth. Her bright eyes stared straight ahead of her lifeless and full of terror. Nat looked at Steve who was breathing hard and shaking his head. " Steve I am so sorry." she told him. He turned his head and looked at her " I should have been there Nat, I never should have left her there!" He said loudly. Nat shook her head " Hey, relax let's see if they ever caught the guy." she said as she clicked back out of the article and started looking around more. Steve got off the couch and started to pace around the living room with his arms folded over his chest.

" I should have wrote to her more, or never left in the first place. I should have never left, what the hell was I thinking, It was always Josie, Bucky and I. Bucky and I left for the Army and left her here by herself. With nobody to defend her." he rambled to Nat. He took the picture from his pocket and looked at it when Tony walked into the room and looked at the two in front of him. " what's uh, what's going on and why does Rogers look like someone snapped his Jock Strap?" he asked curiously. Steve grunted and Nat looked up at him " we are trying to find out what happened to an old friend of his, It appears not long after he left she was murdered in an ally way we are trying to find out if the guy was ever caught." she explained.

Tony nodded, " That is a shame. Are you finding anything Nat?" he asked her. She shook her head " Just a lot of the same article from different papers." she told him. Tony cleared his throat and looked over at Steve " You know, we could use my system, I have something a bit stronger than Google." he said with a serious face as the other looked at him.

They all gathered in Tony's office and after Steve gave her name and date of birth Tony was off like a shot. Steve paced around the office as Nat and Tony sifted through the information. " I need Air." Steve said as he started to head outside. After a while of sitting outside and staring at her picture to wash out the one he had seen he headed back inside. Stepping into Tony's office he looked at the pair, " so did they ever catch the guy?" he asked. Tony looked up at him " Yeah, they did. And there is something else we found." he said. Steve came over and stood in front of the desk "Honestly if it is another picture, I don't want to see it. I can't handle to see her like that again." he confessed.

Tony nodded in understanding, he could just imagine what he would be like if he had seen Pepper like that. " How about a phone number and an Address?' Tony asked. Steve looked at him and his brows furrowed in confusion " To who one of her children?' he asked. Tony shook his head and turned the screen to Steve. On the screen was a brand new modern picture of Josie, and a phone number and address. " Better, How about the girl herself." Tony said. Steve stood there staring at the screen, jaw hanging open " how is that.. how?" he asked. Tony shrugged as he wrote down the number and address for the other man and handed it to him. " Not sure there Cap, why don't you call her and find out." he told him as he got up and walked out of the office.

Later that night sSteve sat in his room looking down at the paper Tony had given him, he took a deep breath as he reached over and grabbed the mobile phone that had been given to him and he dialed the number and hit call. It started to ring and Steve felt his chest go tight and a knot form in his stomach finally someone answered and the voice of an angel came through, " Hello?" she said. Steve gulped nervously and hope he was not about to make a fool out of himself " Hello, is Josephine there?" he asked.

A small giggle came from the line, " This is She." the voice said. Steve felt his chest explode in releif " Josie, It's Steve Rogers." he said. The line went silent, he could hear her moving on the other side of the line and a small sniffle " Steve Rogers? As in my Steven Grant Rogers?" she asked in a choked voice. Steve nodded " The very same." he told her. A Sob came though the phone and he could hear her slide to the floor and wished more than anything he was there to catch her when her voice caught his attention again " Where the hell have you been Rogers, I have been waiting for you!" she sobbed out angerly.