Ten years later, Howard's pov

It had be ten years since Captain America had been lost as well as his niece, Lieutenant America, Howard knew that they were both still out there somewhere. He wasn't sure where they were, the only thing he knew that Captain America was somewhere in her ocean. As for Lieutenant America, there was haut nothing expect that she had told the Howling commandos that she needed to find a new place after the loss that she had the month before. Howard couldn't blame her for trying to find a new place in her life but it shouldn't have taken ten years to do so. Howard was in his mansion in New York City and he was standing on the balcony from his bedroom on the third floor, he was looking at the different buildings and house that were around him before looking down at the street. There were people walking on the street but what surprised him somewhat was a girl standing in front of the mansion.

The odd thing she was looking up at him, but that was not all and that was where the strangeness ends. It was dark outside and from the looks of her that she seem to glowing, silver no less and it seem bright under the moonlight. Considering it was winter time that the girl had a silver parka, blue pants, black hunting boots and he could barely see some of the white shirt that was hanging out from under the parka. The hood of the parka was up around her head and face so that he couldn't make out her face but it was clear that she couldn't be more than fifteen or sixteen years of age, he shuddered slightly. He had the weirdest feeling that he knows this girl, the girl had than lowered her head and walked up to the door. Howard left the balcony as he heard the doorbell ringing, Howard had just managed to get to the living room when his butler, Jarvis, had entered the living. Jarvis had walked over to him before he had spoke.

"Sir, there is a girl here claiming to know you."

"Did she say of who she was?"

"No, she had ask me to tell you that she was here and she needed to talk to you about something. She didn't say what she wanted to talk to you about."

"She did say anything more than that?"

"The other only thing she said that the talking must be in private." Howard nodded when Jarvis had said that.

"I will talk to her in my office. Take her to my office." Jarvis had nodded and left, Howard had went to his office right away. After a couple of minutes that Jarvis had entered the office and the girl had entered the office before Jarvis had left and closed the door behind him. As the girl entered that it was clear she walked with the grace of a hunter and a warrior, as well as a soldier that had seen a lot of action in her young life. The girl had sat down across from him and looked at him or at least he assumed she was since she still hadn't lowered her hood and it was enough over her fact that he couldn't tell of her face looked like or not for sure at any rate. Now that she was closer that he was able to pick some more things about her, that her built was like that of a mix of a nimble runner and warrior. He could see some of her hair and it was long for she had in a braid. The end of the braid was outside of the hood of the parka and it was over her shoulder, the color of her hair was blond, the same color as Lieutenant America and Captain America. Howard had leaned back in his chair before he had spoke. "Who are you and how do I know you?" Howard could see enough of the girl's mouth to see a smirk form on her face before she had spoke in a Brooklyn accent.

"You know, I thought you would have figured out of who I was and how I know you by now." Howard was close of falling off his chair when he heard her speak, he knew that voice all too well. Than she had lowered her hood to reveal her face, but she didn't need to lower her hood for him to know who she was.

"Elizabeth." Howard had got up and hugged her. Elizabeth had got up as Howard walked over to and hugged him back and than he let go and looked at her. He notice she still had that hair clip in her hair and the orange flame bracelet on her wrist. Elizabeth didn't look any older than fifteen or sixteen of which was odd since she was suppose to be twenty six. "Where have you been?" Elizabeth had sighed when Howard had said that.

"Away, I need to find a new place, a new home and a new family of which I did not long after I had left New York."

"How do you look like you fifteen and not twenty six?"

"Howard, I can't explain everything. You may not understand or wrap your mind around it. I had come here for a reason." Howard wondered why she had come here and he wondered what this reason was.

"Why are you here?" Elizabeth had took a breath before she had spoke.

"I need you to stop looking for me."

"I had found you..."

"No, I had found you and it wasn't that hard to do. I know you have been trying to find me and I want you to stop looking for me, for when I leave here I know you won't be able to find me. I don't want to be found when I leave here."

"Why? Why do you not want to be found? But the world needs a hero." Elizabeth merely nodded when Howard had said that.

"That might be true, but I don't want to be found because I am happy with the life I have now as well as the family I have. It may not replace the life and family I had before, but I found a new life and family none the less. Not only that but I know of what some of the things you have done since the war and I fear if you keep looking for me that you would be put into more danger than you are in now. That is the main reason I didn't live with any of the howling commandos after the war had ended, for I didn't want to put them into any kind of danger that I would be facing, a danger that they couldn't deal with like in the war. Ever since I was thirteen that my life was a never ending battle, I didn't want that for anyone I had left after the war. So please for your own safety, stop looking for me." Howard lowered his head but Elizabeth had spoke once more. "Howard, I know I am asking a lot. But I must ask you of this, to stop looking for me and instead focus more on looking for my uncle." Howard smiled slightly when Elizabeth had said that.

"I will do what you ask." Elizabeth had nodded and put her hood back up and was about ready to leave when Howard had spoke once more. "Elizabeth." Elizabeth had turned and looked at him. "I know that the world would need heroes once more, so please, promise me that if the world needs heroes again that you will be there to help if you can."

"I will do what I can that I can promise. Howard. But I can't promise if Lieutenant America will come back." Howard merely nodded, ten years can change a person but he wasn't sure of what changed Elizabeth had made.

"One more thing. Will you come back and visit me one day?"

"We shall see, I can't promise that." Howard nodded and watched as Elizabeth leave his office without looking back at him. Hoping that he would see her again, he knows that Elizabeth can't really order him around but she was a friend and he intends to keep his word to her as a friend.

Emily's pov

Emily stood in front of the mansion for a few minutes watching Howard till he had saw her in the street. Emily needed to do something, something at she should have done ten years ago after jointing the hunt. But even ten years later, she would need to do it anyway, considering of what she had heard in the last ten years from Hermes. It was clear that he was staring at her, after a minute that she could make out his face that told her that he was wondering of who she was and why she was standing there looking at him. Emily had lowered her head and walked up to the door and rang the door bell, after a couple of minutes that the door had opened to reveal a butler. Emily wasn't surprised by that but she didn't know who this was and than he spoke in a British voice.

"May I ask of who you are?"

"My name is unimportant, just know that I know Howard stark and I need to talk to him privately. Tell him that I am here."

"May I ask of why you want to talk to him for?"

"Just tell him." The butler had left and she could hear him talking to Howard and than the butter had come back and lead her to an office. When Emily was inside that she sat down and looked at him, he had changed somewhat for Howard looked a few years older of which was not a surprise. His beard had grown some more but he looked more like he had just got out of bed or out of his lab. Emily notice that he was looking at her as well trying to figure her out. It was Howard of who had spoke first.

"Who are you and how do I know you?" Emily knew that Howard could only see enough of her mouth to see the smirk on her face and than she had spoke in her Brooklyn accent.

"You know, I thought you would have figured out of who I was and how I know you by now." Emily smiled when Howard was close of falling off of his chair when she had spoke and than she had lowered her hood to show who she was.

"Elizabeth." Howard had got up and hugged her. Emily had got up as Howard walked over to and hugged him back, than he let go of and looked at her. When he let go that he looked at her, Emily knows she looks no different from the last time they had meet and she was more or less twenty six considering her birthday was last week. "Where have you been?" Emily had sighed when Howard had said that.

"Away, I need to find a new place, a new home and a new family of which I did not long after I had left New York."

"How do you look like you fifteen and not twenty six?"

"Howard, I can't explain everything. You may not understand or wrap your mind around it. I had come here for a reason." It was true, Emily had never really told Howard that she was a demigod and he thought that the powers she used, as well as James and Lauren, had come from somewhere other than where they were from.

"Why are you here?" Emily had took a breath before she had spoke.

"I need you to stop looking for me."

"I had found you..."

"No, I had found you and it wasn't that hard to do. I know you have been trying to find me and I want you to stop looking for me, for when I leave here I know you won't be able to find me. I don't want to be found when I leave here."

"Why? Why do you not want to be found? But the world needs a hero." Emily had merely nodded when Howard had said that.

"That might be true, but I don't want to be found because I am happy with the life I have now as well as the family I have. It may not replace the life and family I had before, but I found a new life and family none the less. Not only that but I know of what some of the things you have done since the war and I fear if you keep looking for me that you would be put into more danger than you are in now. That is the main reason I didn't live with any of the howling commandos after the war had ended, for I didn't want to put them into any kind of danger that I would be facing, a danger that they couldn't deal with like in the war. Ever since I was thirteen that my life was a never ending battle, I didn't want that for anyone I had left after the war. So please for your own safety, stop looking for me." Howard lowered his head but Emily had spoke once more. "Howard, I know I am asking a lot. But I must ask you of this, to stop looking for me and instead focus more on looking for my uncle." Howard smiled slightly when Emily had said that.

"I will do what you ask." Emily had nodded when Howard had said that and put her hood back up and she was was about ready to leave the office when Howard had spoke once more. "Elizabeth." Emily had turned and looked at him. "I know that the world would need heroes once more, so please, promise me that if the world needs heroes again that you will be there to help if you can."

"I will do what I can that I can promise. Howard. But I can't promise if Lieutenant America will come back." Howard merely nodded. Before Emily could move that Howard had spoke once more.

"One more thing. Will you come back and visit me one day?"

"We shall see, I can't promise that." Emily had turned and left the office, Emily wasn't sure what the future holds but any luck, that she would see Howard again as well as her uncle.