A/N: This is a little filler chapter I couldn't get out of my head. It will be in Steve's POV only. I hope you enjoy and thanks for all your support

Maria showed up with enough baby supplies to fill a nursery. Steve thanked her as he took the bags from her, mulling over the plan to get Kara and the baby back to the Avengers Compound. There was a threat out there, a real threat that had turned an otherwise mild manned man into a thoughtless killing machine. Steve couldn't shake the last words, Ben Bennett said to him. Russia. 1957.

"I know that look Steve. What's rolling around in that brain of yours?" Maria gave Steve that narrow eyed look she often wore when Steve was trying to hide something.

"I'm sure you're up to speed on the incident at the restaurant. We can discuss it later, I need to get Kara and the baby settled so we can get back to the compound," he gave her a quick smile before the entered the exam room.

Kara gave him that big, bright smile he had grown accustomed to. If it was the last thing he did, he would make sure that smile stayed on her face and that began with finding Bucky and reunited him with the family he now had.

"I didn't know exactly what you needed so I bought a little of everything. I hope the clothing fits," Maria began to pull out a dress, underwear and shoes for Kara. Steve sat the other bags down and picked up a sleeping Sarah. He held the small baby in his big strong arms, looking down at that angelic face as she slept.

The love he already felt for this little girl filled his heart and made it ache at the same time. Bucky should be here, should be holding his little girl. There was hope that Bucky could be himself again, that the man that dragged him out the river was James Buchanan Barnes. The Winter Soldier existed because of Hydra, but it was plain as day to Steve that Bucky was still there, somewhere. Kara was the key to getting his friend back, she had breached that impenetrable wall that Hydra had placed in Bucky's mind and found the man that he remembered.

"I promise until I get your daddy back, I'll protect you," Steve softly kissed her little head as he turned his blue eyes gaze to Kara.

"Steve… thank you and I'd really like it if you'd be her Godfather… Uncle Steve," Kara gave him a wink as she stepped behind a curtain to change. Steve placed Kara in the carrier Maria had brought and asked Maria to take a walk with him.

The turmoil that plagued Steve's mind was getting harder to navigate through. He was looking for Bucky, trying to keep Kara safe, do his duties as Captain America and train the new Avengers. He wasn't one to buckle under pressure and now would be no different. He had a job to do, one that he could not fail at.

"Maria, we need to keep this thing with Ben as quite as possible. Do a quick, family ceremony for Ben, so his girls can mourn and bring Jenny to the compound. Kara will need her sister there to help her with the baby and transition to a life without their father, again.

"Whatever you need, I'm here for you. Tony is paying for the services and if you want to move them to closer to the compound we can. You have something else on your mind?" Maria was good at what she did and Steve could always count on her.

"I can't get the image of Ben out of my mind. He had that same lost look Bucky had on the carrier. I can't put my finger on just yet, but everything in me screams that the two are connected. You don't take a dying man's last words lightly and neither will I," he ran his hand down his face, letting out a long, deep breath.

"We'll get to the bottom of this Steve. We always do," Maria took out her cell phone, tapping away on the screen. The doctor rounded the corner with a prescription for Kara.

"She can't breastfeed and take these, but she does need to take them. Can't run the risk of the wound getting infected. Other than that, they are both in good health. Take good care of her Captain Rogers. I have a feeling she's very special," the doctor patted him on the back and stepped into his office.

Steve wasn't sure how having a newborn at the compound was going to work out, but he was confident they'd make it work. Wanda had taken to Kara instantly and Kara seemed to heal a gaping wound in Wanda that had been there since Pietro died. The baby was going to be good for all of them.

"I'll get the car and you get Kara and the baby. Oh… Steve we need to talk later. I found out something very interesting from Jenny about Kara that I don't think Kara herself knows," Maria slipped her phone back in her pocket and exited the building.

The smile on Steve's face began to fade as he slowly made his way back to the room Kara was in. He had this feeling something was a little off as he got closer. He found his feet picking up the pace, his heart racing just a little.

"Kara…" Steve called out as he threw the exam room door open. She and the baby were gone and so were all the supplies Maria had brought. Steve turned on his heels and ran towards the back of the clinic, finding just the pink blanket that Kara had Sarah wrapped in laying on the ground.

He ran back to the clinic, screaming for Maria when she stepped out of the exam room with a letter in her hands. "I believe this is for you."

Steve took the letter, looking down at the messy handwriting. Kara's words ripped at his heart as he read them, feeling the barrage of emotions that flew from her fingers to the page.

Steve

Please forgive me for what I had to do. I can't tell you where I'm going or when I'll be back, but know I'm in good hands. I'm sorry yet again, I've disappointed you, but someday I promise to make it to you. Thank you for friendship, for your love and especially your understanding. I will never be able to thank you enough for taking care of me and Sarah. I meant what I said about you being her Uncle and Godfather. This is not goodbye. This is see you later. I love him more than even he knows and I need to give him that love to bring him back to both of us.

Kara

Steve stared at the letter for a while, ignoring Maria's attempts to get him to focus. "Steve, she couldn't have gotten far."

"No. She was gone before she left, Maria. The best thing I can do for Kara and the baby is let her go. I will find her, but right now she has to find him," Steve gently folded the letter up, slipping it into his pant pocket and walking out of the clinic.

On the drive back to Jenny's townhouse, Maria dropped a small bombshell. Jenny had found her a letter her mother had left them the night of her death. "Jenny found the letter tucked in a book her father owned. It was a book she would read to the girls every night before they went to sleep. The letter told them that their mother had a vision of her death, but said it had to happen. Her death was the first step to what Kara will become. The that Kara kept seeing one man for a reason. Kara's child will be more special, more powerful than anyone could ever imagine."

Steve slammed the brakes, sending Maria jolting forward. "Why are you just telling me this?"

"I didn't know she was going to run off. I thought I had time to tell you both. If she and that baby fall in the wrong hands… well, I don't have to tell you what that means," Maria's eyes fell to the floorboard as Steve pulled the car back on the road. The burden on Steve's shoulders just doubled and it felt it bearing down on him.