Alice was sitting outside in the grass when she heard the doors slide open. She didn't turn around right away to look, and kept picking grass out of the ground.

"Your uncle won't be happy, you doing that to his grass," she heard her father say as he sat down on the grass in front of her and mimicked her position.

"He need not know," Alice said with a grin as she put the pulled up grass in a little pile. "Daddy, do we have guests?"

"Yes," Steve said with a nod. "We're also heading back to New York in an hour, so let's get you ready."

Alice nodded and stood up, she followed him inside to her bedroom. She stopped though when she heard a voice she recognized.

"Daddy, whose here?" she asked and turned, trying to see if someone was there.

"That doesn't concern you, Ali." Steve said as he tried to catch his daughter's hand. Alice was too quick though, and ran underneath his arm towards the voices. Steve caught her though, before she could see Peggy in the other room. "Alice no."

"But I wanna know!" Alice yelled. Only to the trained ear, such as Peggy's, did the woman hear a faint accent in Alice's voice. She felt her heart clench, they all made a deal to keep Alice in the dark as long as they could. At least until they found out if they were at risk of saying any spoilers.

Steve carried Alice back to her bedroom, placed her on her bed and packed some of her stuff. Pepper would eventually take her shopping while in New York, which was a good thing.

Alice pouted from her spot on the bed, and watched as he finished packing things. He put some of her favourite things (like her iPad, mint bunny and leappad.) into a backpack. Along with some headphones and a portable DVD player.

"I want to know," she whined. Steve ignored it as he picked her up with one arm, slung the backpack over the other and held the suitcase. "Daddyy."

"Alice, stop it," Steve said as he walked them out to Tony's private jet. He placed the suitcase with the suitcases and walked onto the place. There were some bedrooms in the back, so Pepper offered to sit back there with Alice. That way, she could get work done and Alice would still be in the dark about the situation. "Auntie Pep is going to get this set up for you." Steve explained as he sat down on the bed.

Alice didn't look amused as she looked around at everything. She did not want this.

A couple of minutes later, Pepper came into the room (followed by Tony who wanted to get away from his father).

"Want to watch a movie, Alice?" Tony asked as he sat down on the bed and pulled Alice onto his lap. He pressed a button and the TV came out of the wall. He didn't need some small portable DVD player, he was Tony Stark.

"I want to see who is out there," Alice said as she looked up at him. "Maleficent,"

"Hear that, J?"

"Yes, sir, indeed," JARVIS said as it started the movie. Pulling wireless headphones out of the bag, Tony placed them over Alice's head so she could become immersed in the movie.

Pepper started working on her paperwork while he grabbed the second pair to watch the movie with the kid.

"So why can't she know we're here?" Angie asked as she settled down in the fancy aircraft. She'd never been in one before, but by the look on Howard Starks face, this was the fanciest even he'd been in.

"We want to make sure we didn't disrupt the timeline. If this is an alternate timeline, then Alice can see you. If not, well then we need to find a way to get you back home." Bruce explained as he sat down in a seat.

"Nervous flyer, doctor?" Peggy asked.

"You could say that. I have a little green problem," Bruce explained vaguely.

"More like giant green," Clint muttered. Bruce rolled his eyes, while Peggy, Angie, Howard, Jarvis and Anna shared a worried look. What was going on that they didn't know about?

Nobody asked though as the plane took off. Peggy looked out the window at the sky below. It was perfect, and she vaguely wondered if anyone else in the world had seen a view like this. It was nicer than her time, much nicer.

New York was much busier than their time. They all got in a car as soon as they got there, Tony in it with them. This time Steve wouldn't be traveling with them. He was going somewhere with Alice for a little bit.

Peggy didn't want to be away from him, she didn't want him to leave. She was scared that she would disappear again, and this time wouldn't be able to say goodbye.

She was worried, Howard gave her an encouraging smile as she and Angie buckled themselves into the limo. It was odd, they weren't used to having to wear seatbelts in cars. Yet, there they were wearing them.

"How's she doing today?" Steve asked a nurse quietly as he held Alice's hand.

"Very well, would you like to see her?" she asked. Steve nodded, and they walked into the room.

"Hello Steven," said the older Peggy from her bed. Alice walked over and stood beside it with a smile. "Hello my little Alice," she greeted the young girl with a smile.

"Hi Peg," Steve said as he kissed her cheek and then sat down on the chair. "Alice, why don't you get something from the vending machine?" he asked and handed her a ten dollar bill. Alice nodded and walked out of the room.

"What's going on?" Peggy asked as she looked over at him.

"Peggy, I need to ask you something important. Did you ever come to the future in the forties?" Steve asked. Peggy shook her head.

"Not that I can remember," she said. "Alice was never there either." Steve seemed to be thinking about this. Could there be two time lines? There had to be. "Steve, what's going on?"

"Alice went back in time, to the forties. She lived with you, or an alternate version of you," Steve explained. "The alternate version of you is here now. She's at Avenger tower."

Peggy nodded, she seemed to be thinking. "Don't let her go Steve," Peggy said quietly. "We didn't have our chance, but she is me. Don't let her go," Peggy started to cough as Alice walked back into the room with a little package of apples.

Steve helped Peggy drink some water as Alice went and stood at the end of the bed, looking upon the elder woman with a blank expression. Steve believed it was because she didn't understand the situation, she was only six after all.

"Steve? Is that really you?" Peggy asked as she looked upon him after the coughing subsided. She started to smile a watery smile, her eyes filling with tears. "It's been so long,"

"I couldn't leave my best girl." He said with a sad smile.

Alice was quiet the whole way back to the tower, looking out the window with an unreadable expression.

Steve didn't think anything about it. Don't let her go, Peggy had said. He didn't plan on it, he loved her.

Once they got into the tower and up the elevator they went to the common floor between all the avengers. There was a kitchen, bar, living room, and gym.

The doors opened revealing the open area. Steve knew that they'd all be in the kitchen, so he made sure Alice didn't go over there.

"Daddy?" Alice asked as she placed her bag down on the floor and kicked off her toms.

"Yes, baby?" Steve answered as he helped her take off her jean jacket. Peggy was watching from the kitchen. Out of sight from Steve and Alice, but she could watch them.

"Is mommy dying?" Alice was curious, and a child, but she wasn't stupid. She looked at Steve, and he was pondering an answer. He was worried this would come up one day.

"Alice…"

"I understand if she is," Alice said. "I'll miss her though. I miss her already. I wish she didn't have to die, but one day we all will I guess."

Steve felt his heart break slightly as he stared at Alice. She leaned over and wrapped her arms around his neck in a hug. She laid her head there. "I'm sorry daddy."

"Don't be sorry, Ali. It isn't your fault. Nothing is ever your fault,"

Peggy felt a tear on her cheek. She wasn't dying, she was right there. She wished she could just go out there and hug Alice, tell her that she was alright, that she was right there. She couldn't though, not yet.

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