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Chapter 4

After the training session, Natasha looked over at the Winter Soldier. Not only was he very good looking, she had to admit that he was a very good fighter. But at the same time she wanted to learn more about him, not as a fighter, but as a person. "So what is your name and why did you end up with Hydra and the Soviet Union," said Natasha as she walked over to him. She made sure to speak in English which was one of the many languages her parents taught her since the guards didn't know English.

"I don't know, my first memories are of this place and seeing you. Everything else seems to be gone or a blur," said the Winter Soldier who was also speaking in English. Natasha had to guess from his accent that he had to be from America, probably somewhere in the North East.

Hearing this made Natasha feel bad for the Winter Soldier. She wondered what it was like to have no memories of who you were or the life you had before this. She wondered if this man had family that was mourning him because they thought that he was dead. She also feared that one day her captors would do the same thing to her.

"Well there is one thing that I think that I may remember, just don't tell the guards, they will try to take away my memories if they knew," said the Winter Soldier as he sat on the ground.

"I promise that I won't tell them," said Natasha as she knelt next to him.

"There is a man with blonde hair and blue eyes. I think that I cared about him very much, I think he was my best friend and like a little brother to me," said the Winter Soldier.

"Do you think that if we find this man he could help you regain your memories and your life," asked Natasha quietly so no one else could hear what she was saying even though most of the people there wouldn't understand her since she was speaking in English.

"Yes, I don't want to be this anymore and I think that this man could help you too, he seems very kind," said the Winter Soldier.

"We just have to pretend to be loyal soldiers and once we get a chance to go out onto the field, we run and try to find this man," said Natasha who wanted a chance for freedom.

"I get the feeling that I have always loved women with red hair the most and your cunning nature has showed me why," said the Winter Soldier which made Natasha smile.

Peggy was shuffling through files at the SSR office while everyone was preparing for the very important and very secret announcements that were to be made later on today. She knew that one if them was the announcement of the return of Steve Rogers as Captain America, but she wondered what the other one was. Peggy looked up and smiled when she saw Daniel Sousa walk over to her. Even though Daniel seemed to have devolved some form of romantic feelings for her much to Howard's annoyance since he saw Peggy as Steve's girl, she saw him as a good friend.

"Peggy, I wanted to tell you before the announcement was made that I was offered the position of chief of the office of California and I accepted," said Daniel.

"That is wonderful news, you deserve to have something good happen to you," said Peggy. She hoped that the good things involved finding someone to love him. Peggy felt that if Steve had never been found or was really dead, there may have been a chance for her and Daniel to be something more. But since Howard found Steve who was alive, a future with Daniel was now impossible.

"I will miss you a lot," said Daniel.

"I will miss you too, you are a good friend to me and who knows, I may have to go to California for a mission," said Peggy.

Before Daniel could give a response, Jack Thompson strode over to Peggy looking annoyed. "Carter, there is some guy here claiming to be your fiancé and won't leave until you see him," said Jack. Peggy looked up at the clock and saw that it was close to lunch. Steve had said that he had wanted to take her out to lunch before the announcement about him was made. She felt annoyance at the fact that Jack blurted this out before she could break this to Daniel gently.

"You have a fiancé," said Daniel who sounded very confused and a little hurt.

"Yes, I had fallen in love with a soldier during the war and I thought that he had died. Last night I was reunited with him when he proved that he was really alive and since I had almost lost him, we decided to get married," said Peggy.

"I have to say that I don't know whether to punch the bastard or to shake his hand because he got the usually frigid Carter to marry him, I guess you are also going to quit so you can focus on being a housewife," said Jack.

"I don't care what you say about me, I refuse to let you insult Peggy like that. As for work, she is going to continue working and be a wife and mother, my ma was able to do the same and I know that Peggy can too," said Steve who walked into the room since he was probably impatient waiting for Peggy and annoyed with Jack.

"I told you to wait up front until I came for you," snapped Jack.

"I got impatient, a bad habit of mine," said Steve as he walked over to Peggy.

"There is something familiar about you, have we met before," asked Daniel.

"May I introduce my fiancé, Captain Steven Grant Rogers or you may know him as Captain America," said Peggy proudly.

"That is what I thought, you saved my life during the war, it is because of you that I only lost a leg," said Daniel as he shook his hand forgetting that this was the man who was going to marry the woman he had feelings for.

"It is an honor to meet a fellow soldier especially one who made such a sacrifice," said Steve with a genuine smile.

"Wait, I thought that Captain America was propaganda to sell war bonds and boost morale," said Jack, like many soldiers who fought in Japan, Jack questioned the validity of Captain America.

"I can assure you that Steve as Captain America played a big part in ending the war and bringing down Hydra. Besides, I find it odd that you question Captain America when you recently met the Howling Commandos who fought under Captain America," said Peggy which left Jack speechless.

"Come on Peggy, we need to get lunch before the announcement is made," said Steve before he took her hand and left.

After Peggy and Steve had their lunch, they had to go back for the announcement. Steve wasn't very fond of these public events, but he was told that it had to happen to prove that he was really back and ready to fight the bad guys again. Once Steve made it back, they had him dressed in the military Captain America uniform he wore during the war. Once Steve made it to the event, he waited until the announcement about Sousa was made and started to make his was to the platform to meet Howard Stark.

"Ladies and gentlemen, towards the end of the war, we thought that Captain America had sacrificed his life for the world. But I didn't give up on him and I am pleased to announce that I have found him in the ice alive. He is back and he is ready to defend our country," said Howard which made many people cheer.

After that, Steve answered questions from the crowd and the press. At one point he removed his helmet to prove that he was really Steve Rogers and not a man who was pretending to be him. Steve looked at the audience and smiled when he saw Peggy in the front cheering for him.

Once the event was over, Steve strode over to Peggy and kissed her on the lips. While life wasn't perfect right now since Bucky was dead, he still had to be happy to be back and have Peggy by his side.