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Chapter 5

The Winter Soldier watched the woman that called herself Natasha as was using the fighting moves that she already knew before he met her. She had raw talent, but at this point it was unrefined. The Winter Soldier knew that with the right training she would be the perfect assassin. But the Winter Soldier didn't want the people that controlled him to control her too because he had already grown to care for her.

He didn't know why, but when the Winter Soldier first saw Natasha for the first time, he felt like he could trust her. He knew that he could tell her anything and he could trust her to not tell their captives. Just like him, she was a fighter and craved freedom.

He also found her quite beautiful too. He knew that looks were not always a good measure over who was a good person or a bad person, but he couldn't help being automatically drawn to her. He especially liked her red hair. Something told him that he always like women with red hair the most. It made him think about when he remembered that the name Steve was quite important to him. He knew that it was not his own name, but that it was something very important to the man that he was supposed to be.

He was going to train Natasha so he could get her help in escaping their captives so they could find his past. He hoped that he could find this man that held the name Steve and learn more about his past and who he really was.

Natasha then walked over to the Winter Soldier with a smile in her lips. The Winter Soldier found that smile to be quite beautiful and he hoped to see it more often. "How was that," asked Natasha.

"You have raw talent, just think of what kind of fighter and assassin you can become with proper training," said the Winter Soldier. Natasha looked quite pleased with this response and led him to the center of the room so their training could begin.

Angie walked through the manor that she was allowed to stay in with Peggy and Steve hoping to find Howard. Howard hadn't been to this place often because he had been trying to find Steve and since he allowed Peggy and Angie to live there since they had been thrown out of their old home, Angie wanted to thank him for this kindness. Also though she would never admit this to Peggy, she found Howard to be quite handsome. She the heard loud sounds coming from the basement that Jarvis said held one of the many labs that Howard created. She walked closer and saw that the door was open a little bit, so she opened it and walked down the stairs.

As Angie was walking down the stairs, she started to hear Howard mutter along with the loud noises. Howard had his back to Angie, but she could tell that he was very busy with something and had a lot on her mind. "Excuse me," said Angie very loudly so Howard could hear her.

Howard stumbled a little at hearing this, but quickly turned off the machines that were making the loud noises before turning to face her. In one of his hands was vial filled with some sort of red substance. Is that blood, thought Angie worried about what Howard was planning on doing with it.

"You are Peggy's friend, I forgot your name. What are you doing here," asked Howard who seemed confused that someone was down here.

"My name is Maria, but most people call me Angie because my middle name is Angela, also my mother's name is also Maria. I came down here to thank you for letting me and Peggy stay here. Also what are you doing down here," asked Angie.

"I think the name is quite pretty. I guess that I could tell you if you promise to not tell Peggy or Steve," said Howard.

"Alright, I promise," said Angie with hesitation because she got the feeling that Howard's definition of dangerous was a lot different than most people's definition of dangerous. She also hope Howard didn't notice that she was blushing because of the compliment about her name.

"When Steve became a super soldier, his body stopped aging and I get the feeling that it will be a very long time before he ages, if his body ever ages beyond what it is now. Peggy will continue to age like a normal person unless I do something about it," said Howard.

"How will you do that," asked Angie.

"This vial I have contains the only sample of Steve's blood after he became a super soldier. I believe that I can make some sort of serum to keep Peggy from aging with the help of this sample of blood. I don't want Steve and Peggy to know right now just in case this doesn't work," said Howard.

Angie was impressed when she heard this. While many people talked about Howard being a genius, a smart business man, arrogant, and a ladies man. But Angie had never heard about him being a good man and friend too, seeing that he was, it made Angie more attracted to him.

Peggy sighed in annoyance as she was talking to her mother on the phone. At this point her mother was talking about Peggy's former fiancé, Fred Wells. At one point Peggy thought that she loved Fred, but when her brother died, Peggy's priorities had changed and she started to see that Fred was quite foolish and cowardly. Steve was Fred's opposite in every single way which was one of the many reasons why she loved him so much. She also knew that Steve would have liked Steve a lot too.

"Did you know that Fred has a new fiancé, some silly young woman named Anne. It is such a shame that things between you and Fred didn't work, he is a good man and the two of you made a good pair," said her mother over the phone. Peggy and her mother could never agree on if Fred was a good man or not, but Peggy would never say that to her.

"I am glad that Fred found a person who will probably make him happy in ways I never could," said Peggy feeling like she could gag on those words, but said them because she didn't want to argue about Fred. "But that is not why I called. I have met a man, I fell in love with him and we are getting married."

Peggy knew that this would get her mother off of the subject of Fred. "You are getting married, why have I never met this mystery man. He also should have asked your father for permission to marry you," said her mother.

"Mother, since you know that grandmother was a suffragette, because of his mother's influence father found such old fashion traditions to be silly," said Peggy.

Since Peggy's mother was more traditional than Peggy and her father, she would do anything to change the subject when their beliefs were brought up. To change the subject, her mother started to many questions about the man that Peggy wanted to marry. Peggy sighed and started to answer the questions. She also had to assure her mother that she would get married in England.

When Peggy hung up the phone, Steve walked into the room. "You look quite stressed," said Steve as he hugged Peggy.

"I love my mother, but she can be quite trying. You will see what I mean when you meet her," said Peggy before she kissed Steve. Being around Steve always made Peggy feel better.