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Chapter 1

In spite of everyone telling him that it was useless, Howard was not going to stop until he found at least the body of Steve. Through his first set of searches he found the Tesseract, but not Steve. He had nearly given up, but the recent experiences with that crazy Russian hypnotist, his desire to find Steve had been renewed. He could count on one hand how many friends he had in his life which included both Steve and Peggy, he wanted to make them happy reuniting them or at least give Peggy closure.

At this point Howard was using every resource that he could to find Steve in the Arctic Circle. He decided to once again start his search around the area where he found the Tesseract, in fact it looked like the Tesseract was able to help him update his equipment much like how Hydra was able to and he felt that he would have better luck now. Peggy and her really cute friend, Maria Angela Martinelli or Angie as she liked to call herself were staying at one of his many homes in New York. Edwin Jarvis, Howard's butler and another one of his few close friends was staying behind to make sure that Peggy and Angie were living in the lap of luxury. He also wanted Jarvis to stay behind so he could make sure Peggy didn't get suspicious about his mysterious trip. Hopefully Howard would soon make his life a lot better.

Howard was at this point was looking at the radar and something caught his interest that he never would have been able to find on the old radar. Howard then decided to call over the captain that he hired to help him lead the mission. "I think that we should check out this area," said Howard as he lightly tapped the radar.

"It may be nothing but an iceberg, but we can look there since you are the one paying us," said the captain. Howard didn't care if this guy thought that he was crazy, he was the richest guy on earth right now. Many women wanted him and many men wanted to be him. Besides his instincts were telling him that this was the place to look.

When they got closer, they could see nothing but an iceberg like the captain had predicted. They wanted to leave, but Howard insisted on cutting into the ice in case there was something inside of it. Howard and the rest of the crew bundled up and went out onto the ice. Each person was armed with a laser device that Howard recently created to cut into the ice. After a while one of the men said that he was starting to cut through something made of metal. Howard them gave the captain a smirk knowing that he was right to search this area.

After they were able to cut a large enough hole in the metal, Howard along with the most of the men here were lowered into the hole while only being with a flashlight and one each handgun each.

It didn't take long for Howard to realize that this ice covered plane belonged to Hydra. "Sir, I found something that may interest you," said one of the men who pointed his flashlight at the ice covered shield of Captain America that was used during the world.

"Alright, Captain America may be on this plane, look everywhere and you get that shield out of the ice," said Howard. After reaching the back of the plane they were to find Steve in a block of ice. The ice that had preserved him had left him perfectly preserved. In fact it made him kind of think of Snow White in the glass coffin from the Disney movie that Steve loved so much.

"We need to get him out of here, he may still be alive," said Howard.

Steve slowly opened his eyes and saw that Howard was sitting on the edge of his bed.

"Where am I," asked in a slightly rusty voice that probably came from not being used for a while.

"You are at one of the many SSR medical facilities in New York. I found you in the Arctic Circle, you have been asleep for a little over a year, it is believed that the super soldier serum was what kept you alive. I wonder what else that serum has done to you since all of the tests done to you so far say that you are still physically the age you were when you went into that machine that made you a super soldier," said Howard excitedly like he did when he found a new scientific discovery.

"How is Peggy, is she still working at the SSR and has she moved on to a new guy," asked Steve frantically while he was still clearing out his throat. While he wanted Peggy to be happy, it would still be very painful for him. If Peggy loved another man, it would slowly kill him, but he would step aside and let her be with this mystery man even if it was Howard himself.

"Peg is still working for the SSR even though they don't deserve her. As for romance, she is not seeing anyone. It looks like two SSR agents named Jack Thompson and Daniel Sousa seem to show romantic interest in her, but it is obvious Peg still only has eyes for you. Sousa seems like a nice guy, but Thompson is quite a jerk," said Howard. Hearing that Peggy still loved him, lifted Steve's spirits quite a bit. But he also noticed that Howard seemed to have a low opinion about the men that wanted to be with Peggy and wondered why.

"I need to see Peggy now," said Steve as he tried to get out of the bed.

"Hold on, you will have more than enough time for that. In spite of the fact that you have been asleep for over a year, you still need to rest," said Howard who had placed his hand on Steve's chest. Steve hated to admit it, but Howard was right, he was still quite tired.

"I want the meeting to be a surprise, I want to take her dancing like I promised at the Stork Club," said Steve as he yawned.

"Of course, I want everything perfect for you lovebirds," said Howard right before Steve closed his eyes and had dreams about his reunion with Peggy.

Peggy walked on the Brooklyn Bridge and she had to admit that there was something very beautiful about it. It was even more impressive was the fact that Steve grew up with it and probably got to see this sight almost every day. But the thought of Steve made tears sting her eyes. Steve is dead and there is nothing that will change that, thought Peggy.

Once she made it to the edge of the bridge, she pulled out a small vile that held Steve's blood. One of her new friend Edwin Jarvis gave it to her while Howard on some mysterious vacation and even made Howard think that it was lost because he felt Peggy knew what was the best thing to do with it. At this point she felt that the best opinion was to drop the blood into the water so no one could profit off of it.

Before Peggy could remove the top of it, she saw Angie running over to her. Without thinking, Peggy put the vial back into the pocket of her jacket. "Hey Peggy, I was looking everywhere for you," said Angie.

"What is it," asked Peggy with a sad smile at her dearest friend.

"It looks like Howard is back from that mystery vacation and he told me that he wants to celebrate his freedom by having a night out dancing, he even wanted to tell me that he has a date for you," said Angie.

"That sounds like it would be lovely, but I think that I will have to pass," said Peggy.

"Howard knew that you would say this, so he made it my job to bother you until you changed your mind. You have been through a lot, you need a night off," said Angie. Peggy actually laughed a little since she knew Howard would say something like that.

"When you put it that way, it would be hard to refuse," said Peggy. She had been mourning Steve for a little over a year, maybe it was time for her to move on. She also felt that no matter what Steve works want her happy even if it was with another man.

"Perfect, we can go shopping for new dresses for us to wear, Howard is letting us use his money," said Angie as she grabbed Peggy's and they walked off. Peggy was so caught up in Angie's planning that she forgot why she was even there in the first place.

Author's Note: In the next chapter Peggy finds out who her mystery date is and her reaction is the kind you would expect. Also don't worry there is a reason why Peggy forgot to drop the vial of blood into the water. Also I will try to have Bucky and Natasha here soon even if it makes it so Natasha was born a lot sooner than she was in the MCU.