A/N. Hi :) Okay, so I got some more reviews saying that I should make a fourth. Because you guys are so awesome, I WILL write a fourth book, however it will not be right away. I have no idea when I will write it, but I'm thinking sometime after I see Thor 2... maybe after Captain America 2... I don't know yet. But I will write it. :) So anyway, this chapter is really short, but I call it a transition chapter. I hope you'll see why after. Enjoy! :D

CHAPTER XXXIV

After calling and searching all day, no one at the Tower found out anything useful. Eventually, they all called it a night and Royce escorted Graham back to his room with the help of Darcy, who'd stayed with him until he fell asleep so that he wouldn't be bored.

The next morning, Graham woke up with a frown. It was Wednesday, August fifteenth: Tania's birthday was tomorrow. And she was still missing. She would be captured by HYDRA… on her birthday. How much that must suck, Graham would never know.

With Royce (or rather Dr. Hogan)'s help, Graham returned to the lab at nine o'clock the next morning to continue with the research. When he entered, everyone was already there. Pepper and Betty both knew that Tania's birthday was tomorrow. They were also both eerily silent except when making phone calls. Happy, Jane, Erik, and Darcy didn't know that Tania would be turning twenty-five on the sixteenth. They conversed as if they had all the time in the world. But Graham wanted his sister back NOW.

Reinvigorated for another bout of searching, he downed a mug of coffee (thank you Darcy) and got to work. He started looking for anyone Steve or Howard may have come in contact with. Chester Phillips: Deceased. Howard Stark: Deceased. Timothy Cadwallander (Dum Dum Dugan): Deceased. Jim Morita: Deceased. Montgomery Falsworth: Deceased. Gabriel Jones: Deceased. Jacques Dernier: Deceased. James "Bucky" Barnes: Deceased. Steve Rogers: Deceased Active. Abraham Erskine: Deceased. Arnim Zola: Deceased. Johann Schmidt: Deceased. Peggy Carter: Active.

It was just past three in the afternoon when Graham did a double take. "Holy shit! Pepper!" He waved over the redhead. "Call this woman. Do it now!"

She gasped. "Peggy Carter! She's still alive?"

"Apparently! Now do it! Come on!"

"Okay, okay!"

Pepper whipped out a phone and began dialling. Their little commotion had captured the attention of everyone else in the room and everyone sat to watch. The CEO paced while the phone rang. A British female answered the phone. "Hello?"

"Hi! Yes, my name is Pepper Potts, co-CEO of Stark Industries."

"Oh yes, I've heard of you. News does travel to England, you know."

She laughed nervously. "Well, we're kind of in a pickle here and we were wondering if you could help?"

"I'd love to. What do you need?"

"Well, have you heard about the disappearance of Steve and Tania?"

There was a long pause on the other end of the line as the woman sucked in a breath. Finally, she answered. "No, I did not hear that news. Do you have any idea where they might be?"

"We think they might be somewhere in Germany, captured by HYDRA forces."

"HYDRA? Are you sure?"

"Positive. Two of us were there when they were taken. It's them. I'm calling to ask if you have any information on them that could be useful."

"… I don't believe I can tell you anything that would be helpful on the subject of HYDRA, but can you answer me a question?"

"Um, sure."

"Does Tania carry around a knife? A pocket knife. A rather old fashioned one."

Pepper's eyebrows knitted together. "Umm…"

"Yes!" Graham interrupted her, grabbing the phone. "Yes, she never leaves home without it."

"Did she have it on her when she was kidnapped?"

"Most likely."

"I don't suppose you believe in time travel, do you?"

"… what?"

"Never mind. That knife has a tracking device in it. I should know. I gave it to her."

"You gave it to her? When was this?"

"Nineteen forty-five. But I'll explain that some other time. Right now, I need you to track down that tracking device and find them for me."

"But it would be useless. We can't track their cell phones or their comms or anything else even remotely close! What makes you think a tracking device would be able to give us a signal?"

"It's a rather… old, model. It doesn't work the same way technology does now. Please, just try it."

Graham pressed the phone into his shoulder. "Jarvis?"

"Already on it, Mr. Banks."

"Thanks."

A map popped up on screen. With a blinking dot in the center. A smile a mile wide lit up his face. "Oh my God it worked!" He returned the phone to his ear. "Thank you! I don't even know you or know how you gave my sister a tracking device or why, but thank you so much!"

"Sister? Tania has a brother?"

"Yup. And you're looking-er, speaking to him."

"Hm, no wonder she wanted to go back…"

"What was that?"

"Nothing. But just remember that the red dot you're probably looking at isn't actually Tania. It's just the location of her knife."

"I know, but thank you!"

"Please let me know how everything goes," she said, sounding rather worried and old.

Graham nodded his head vigorously. "Yes, yes of course. I gotta go. Bye."

He hung up before she could answer, eyes transfixed on the screen just like everybody else. Betty spoke up. "Where is that?"

"It's in Hamburg, Germany, Mrs. Banner. Shall I alert the Avengers immediately?"

"Please."

At the SHIELD base in Germany, six hours ahead of New York City, Nick Fury stood in the meeting room with Bruce and Peter. All of a sudden, a map with a blinking red dot popped up on screen. Everyone stood up and inched closer.

"Mr. Banks and the others at the Tower have discovered Miss Banks' supposed location. It is approximately twenty-five point four miles from the SHIELD base. Please send the Avengers immediately." JARVIS' voice boomed throughout the room.

Bruce and Peter's eyes widened. "Holy shit!" Bruce exclaimed. "Jarvis, did you contact the others?"

"Doing so, now."

Tony's face from the point of view of the War Machine helmet popped up on the screen. "What the Hell? Where did they get this information?"

"Peggy Carter, Sir."

"Agent Carter? Rogers' would be love interest?"

"That is correct."

Rhodey's face popped up next to Tony's in the Iron Patriot suit. "Meet you guys there."

"Race you!" Tony challenged.

"You're on!" They went at it but the screens never disappeared – they were keeping close contact with the other Avengers.

Thor suddenly appeared in the room with a flash of lightning and a round of thunder. "The talking computer has informed me that we have the location of our friends. I have come so that we may go together!"

Clint and Natasha burst into the room next. "We heard the news. When do we leave?"

"Right now," Fury stated, walking closer to the map. He didn't take his eyes away from the blinking red dot. "Start the countdown."