HERE'S THE NEXT CHAPTER! So, you are going to find out more about Amelia!

Don't own Marvel characters or their movie plot.

Chapter Five

Amelia woke up the next day in a unfamiliar cot. Slowly, she sat up; only to see that Steve and James were standing above her and talking. They were talking in hushed tones, and looked over to the opening of the tent once and awhile, they were obviously planning something.

Through the corner of his eye, Steve saw the sleeping woman sit up. Immediately, he stopped talking to James and turned towards her. Sitting down on the bed, the super soldier brushed a few loose hairs out of Amelia's face. "You finally woke up,"

"How long have I been out?" She rubbed her eyes, feeling exhausted and well rested at the same time.

The two men shared a look and James answered with a frown on his face. "Two days... Amy, you shouldn't be-"

"Stop worrying!" She smiled, brushing off their concern. "It was only because I didn't have enough sleep! Nothing more!"

Steve rolled his eyes, flicking the doctor's forehead. "Can't make me stop worrying about you..."

Rubbing her forehead, Amelia grumbled incoherent words and then looked towards her brother. "What were you two talking about?"

"Were just trying to decide what to do with Victor..."

"What do you mean?" She looked between the two soldiers. "Is he in trouble?"

Shaking his head, Steve placed a hand on Amelia's. "No, we were- well, I was thinking about forming an elite group to take down Hydra bases... James and I agree that Victor would be too much of a risk to be put on a team,"

Amelia stared at Steve, letting her mind think. She definitely saw the reasoning... Victor didn't have any compassion or loyalties, all he knew and all he loved was war. He wasn't a man you would want on an elite team because you can't trust him to watch you back... Truthfully? If the other side was winning? Victor would be the first to join them.

Nodding, the doctor ran a hand through her dirty hair. "Your not wrong... I would send him back to the States, honestly. But he would throw a fit about that, I would suggest just handing him over to the place that are getting most of the action... That way we both win."

"That's basically what I said," James nodded.

Steve nodded, then scooted closer to the doctor. "We are leaving for London in a few hours, you might wanna take a shower... You kind of stink." He smirked at her, earning a punch on the arm. Steve laughed and stood up, walking to the exit. "I'll go get Peggy to bring you some clothes."

"Thanks, Steve." Amelia sighed, a content smile on her face.

James waited until the super soldier left to sit down on his sister's cot. They both stared at one another, trying to decide who was going to talk first... Obviously it was James. "So, you and Captain America? Didn't see that coming."

"You didn't see that from your cage?" She asked sarcastically.

"Amelia." He glared, getting serious now.

Letting a groan, the doctor moved her legs to the side of the bed. "He's a really good guy, he makes me smile and he's-"

"Are you going to leave him, too?" James' eyes weren't looking at her, they were just looking straight ahead; unable to meet her eyes. "Like you left Jonathan?"

Her blood ran cold... Just the mention of his name made Amelia's heart ache with a past love. Her breath became labored and she tried to catch her breath, not sure what to do or think.

Her brother still didn't look at her. "Are you going to leave him because you can't handle a family? Can't handle watching all your loved ones die around you? Amy, leaving him destroyed you... It took you almost twelve years to get over him."

"I don't want to talk about-"

"No, Amelia!" James looked at her with fire in his eyes. Obviously he wanted to have this discussion sooner rather than later, and deep down? Amelia knew she needed to hear it. "I saw yourself destroy yourself because you let him go! The man you so desperately loved! You were so happy and you laughed, but when he proposed? You got scared and broke his heart! And he still named you Godmother of his children! And then? His wife died and you had to pick up the pieces!"

James stood and faced her full on, yelling now. "Jesus, Amy! You helped raise his kids and grandkids! How do you think it felt for Jonathan? To see his first love raise his wife's children?! How can you be okay watching his family die, but not yours? Peggy doesn't know her grandmother and Jonathan doesn't talk about her! He only talks about you, like it was you he married and not Martha! His children don't even remember her... You took Martha's family."

Tears ran down Amelia face now, unable to stop them. She knew that James was holding onto this lecture for years, ever since she moved in with Jonathan so many years ago. And he was right, which was the worst feeling... All the things he had yelled at her were true, there was no way for her to deny that.

"So, tell me..." His eyes bore into hers, demanding nothing but the truth. "Are you going to end up ruining his life, too?"

"I-I don't-"

James took two steps forward and grabbed his sister by the shoulders, shaking her. "You don't have that luxury!"

That when she completely broke down, falling to the ground. She buried her face into her hands, her body shaking with every scream that escaped. James looked down at his twin sister, feeling a little guilty for making her cry, but she needed a reality check.

With a sigh, the brother turned and walked out of the tent; only to see Peggy glaring at him. Steve was not far behind her, hearing the screams. So, James made a quick escape and left Peggy and Steve to deal with his sobbing sister...

Peggy didn't waste a second, she ran into the tent and saw her Godmother on the ground. Tossing the black dress on the bed, the agent knelt down and hugged Amelia. "It's alright, none of what he said was true-"

"Yes... It was, Peggy." Amelia wrapped her arms around Her Goddaughter's neck, trying to take calming breaths. "I took away your grandmother's family because I was so afraid to have my own... I'm so sorry! I'm so very sorry that I did that!"

Peggy hear Steve open the tent flap. She looked up at him and waved in, then pulled away from her Godmother; giving her a sad smile. "My mother told me about when you first moved into the family house... My grandfather was depressed, to a point where he couldn't look at his own children, she thought that he would never be happy again. Then you came and suddenly he was smiling and laughing again, he was back to his old self! You didn't take anyone's family... You saved it."

And with that, the agent stood and marched out of the tent; leaving Steve and Amelia alone.

Amelia wouldn't look at him, she only sat on the floor, wiping away a few stray tears. She didn't want to see the pity in his eyes, she didn't deserve or want it. Despite what Peggy said, Amelia knew what she had done and she will always feel guilty about that.

Suddenly there were two strong arms around her, pulling her close. Steve buried his head in her hair, holding her tightly.

"Steve?" Her voice was barely over a whisper.

The super soldier pulled back and placed a kiss on Amelia's forehead, then met her eyes with a smile. "I leave for two minutes and you're crying her eyes out? If I knew you would be this attached to me? I would have never left!"

She couldn't help it, the doctor laughed. "You don't have to be nice to me... Honestly, I don't deserve it."

"Who said anything about being nice?" He rose an eyebrow, trying to hide his smirk. "I saw a beautiful girl crying, how could I not take advantage of her?"

"Steve," Amelia sighed, wiping away the rest of her tears.

His smile didn't falter as he reached up and cupped the doctor's face. "From what I heard? You helped a family-"

"No, I didn't-"

"Let me finish," Steve placed a finger on her lips, face serious now. "Your past makes you the person you are now... And if you helping raise a widowed man's family is apart of that? Then so be it, but don't make yourself out to be the villain!"

Shaking her head, Amelia took the super soldier's wrist in her fingers and moved it away from her cheek. "Steve, I left him because I was too afraid to watch my husband, children and grandchildren die... That's why James is so angry with me. I won't have my own, but I would take someone else's and watch them wither away."

"Isn't in your human right to fear your family dying before you?" Steve gave a chuckle, then stood up, helping Amelia stand with him. "But what matters is what would happen when Peggy dies? What would you do? What would you feel?"

"I... I would remember her, like I remember everyone else." She answered truthfully. "I would loose a part of myself like I always do, but I would keep living my life because she would want me to."

Grinning, the man pulled Amelia into a hug and kissed her forehead. "See... You love Peggy and her family, just like they were you own. You're only afraid of having a family."

It would take Amelia years for her to actually understand Steve's answer, but for now? She will nod and let him steal her heart away.

Pulling away from Steve, the doctor smiled. "Thank you... I should probably go shower."

"I'll leave you to it." He nodded, walking out of the tent.

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It only took Amelia half an hour to take a shower and get dressed. She did run to her own tent and grabbed the very old suitcase that she always had with her, but other than that? The doctor didn't take anything with her back to London.

When they got there, Peggy quickly had escorted her to the lab to talk to Howard about the thing that Steve brought back from the factory.

"Glad to see your alive!" Stark grinned, walking over to the doctor and hugging her.

Amelia was quick to pull away from the hug and walk over to the mysterious item. "So am I... So, what can you tell about this?"

Sighing, the genius walked to stand next to Amelia. "Not much... I haven't seen anything like it before. I don't think it's even on the periodic table."

"That's interesting..." She stepped closer to the glass that separated the item and them. "Maybe we should take a sample and look at through a microscope, maybe we can get some answers that way."

Peggy rolled her eyes, finding it amusing that her Godmother was easily distracted by science. "Amy? Remember we are going to the pub at seven, don't be late!"

The doctor didn't hear, causing the agent to laugh. Peggy quickly wrote a note on a piece of paper and put it out in the open, then walked out.

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It was hours before Amelia called it quits... She couldn't find anything on this mysterious glowing object. It was infuriating her! But as she slumped against her desk, she saw a note in swift handwriting.

"Oh, crap!" She yelled, running out of the lab without a single goodbye to Howard. She ran towards her apartment that she used when she was staying at London. She hadn't lived in it for years, everything was covered in dust causing the doctor to sneeze.

Throwing open her closet, Amelia quickly picked out a navy blue, strapless dress.

It was her favorite dress and usually saved it for special occasions... Deciding to fall in love was special indeed.

Quickly she pulled it on, the navy blue material was covered in a sheer cloth; giving it the illusion that Amelia was wearing the stars. The end of the dress was resting daringly four inches above the knee...

Letting her hair down from the ponytail she had it in, her curls bounced freely. And finally she pulled on her matching shoes, then ran out the door.

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It didn't take her long to get to the pub, when she opened the door; she was greeted when men singing and the familiar smell of beer. Amelia looked around the room, looking for the agent. She saw a bright shade of red in the back room and knew that it was Peggy, she always loved the color red.

Walking over to hear, Amelia didn't notice the the singing soldiers, even the pianist had stopped their happy song to stare at the doctor. They watched as her dress swayed with her hips, and how she walked with the essence of beauty.

Peggy was walking away from Steve and Bucky, seeing her Godmother she only smiled and walked past her. Raising an eyebrow, the doctor continue her path to Steve.

Upon entering the back room, she heard Steve say; "Don't take it so hard! Maybe she's got a friend!"

"Yeah, except her friend? Is into you." Bucky shot back, both of them not seeing the doctor walking up.

Placing her hands on her hips, Amelia cleared her throat causing both soldiers to jump in surprise. They turned to face her, their faces suddenly embarrassed. Looking at Bucky, Amelia raised an eyebrow. "You just had to ruin my whole plan of confessing my undying love for Captain America, didn't you?"

Easily recovering, Bucky chuckled and shrugged. "You weren't putting the moves on him quick enough, had to step in and take some action!" Then placed a hand on Steve's back, slapping it hard. "Or some other dame is gonna steal him away!"

"I bet this is as close as to talking to a girl you can get, Sergeant Barnes." The doctor smirked, earning a soft chuckle from Steve.

Grinning, Bucky looked up at his best friend. "I like this one,"

"I'm glad you do, but I'm afraid you aren't my type..." Amelia walked past the boys and leaned against the bar, ordering herself a glass of whiskey. "Right, Steve?"

Still turned away from the two men, Steve looked towards his friend and shooed him away. Bucky groaned, but did as Steve told him to do; join the rest of the soldiers.

Taking a breath, the super soldier walked over to Amelia and stood next to her. She looked amazing tonight, the minute he laid eyes on her? Steve felt the urge to draw her, just he can keep this moment always alive somehow.

The bartender placed Amelia's drink in front of her and she immediately took a long drink of it, then turned towards Steve. "So, about this elite team... Who is on it?"

Blinking in surprise, Steve started listing off all the soldiers. "Bucky and then your brother James... And hopefully, you."

"Me?" The doctor looked towards him in surprise. "Why me?"

"Because your a skilled fighter, a great doctor." He listed off easily. "And you abilities will help on the field... If you join I want to make you and your brother somewhat of specialists."

Raising an eyebrow, Amelia folded her arms. "What kind?"

"If a situation is too dangerous, too many soldiers, prisoners on site or simply there isn't a secure way in? You two would go in, do what you need to do and get out." Steve explained. "And... I don't wanna be separated for long periods of time."

Her head shot up, eyes meeting Steve's and gasped. He was looking at her with a warm smile, reminding her that time under the tree back when he was at bootcamp. Amelia blushed and drank the rest of her whiskey before turning back to Steve and nodding. "Okay, I'll join this team of yours... But not for Captain America, for Steven Grant Rogers."

Steve grinned and pulled Amelia into an embrace, holding her tightly...

"Hey! Look Captain America getting some love!" Dugan yelled from the doorway, causing the two to break apart.

"Leave them alone! It's not that often Steve get's to kiss a pretty girl!" Bucky laughed, dragging Dugan back to the table.

Looking back at one another; they both had blushes on their faces, but her smiling like idiots at each other.

Amelia giggled, then ran a hand through her hair. "Maybe we should go join them?"

"Yeah," Steve nodded, holding a hand out for the doctor to take. "I'm just glad you brother's aren't here..."

"Don't worry," She laced her fingers through his and walked towards the rest of the elite team. "I'll protect you."

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Amelia didn't go home last night... Instead she went back to the lab, not changing out of her dress. She spent all night cleaning up the mess Howard made, but then worked on trying to figure it out until it was dawn.

Somewhere around two in the morning, Stark had left, leaving Amelia alone... The way she liked to work. She worked hard for about two more hours, writing down some ideas on loose pieces of paper. But when it hit four o'clock? Amelia fell asleep with her head on her desk.

Peggy found her like that, but didn't bother waking her up. Instead she went on with her day, waiting for Rogers to show up.

"Ma'am, Captain Rogers is waiting." Said a man that she didn't bother to look at.

The agent nodded and quickly went to fetch Steve. She looked around the office for a second, but her eyes landed on Steve and a blonde woman kissing. Her thought immediately went to Amelia and Peggy's blood ran cold with anger.

Placing her hands on her hips, she yelled. "Captain! We're ready for you...If you're not otherwise occupied." She started walking before Steve could say anything.

"Agent Carter, wait." He followed, fixing his tie, looking very flustered.

"Looks like finding a partner wasn't that hard after all." She said, making her voice emotionless.

Sighing, he was still fixing his uniform "Hey, that's not what you thought it was."

Peggy walked straight, not giving any sign to what she really wanted to do to Steve right now. "I don't think anything, Captain...Not one thing. Always wanted to be a soldier, and now you are. Just like all the rest."

"Well what about Amelia and Stark?" Steve stopped, trying to get the sentence out. "How do I know they haven't been... fonduing."

Scrunching her eyebrows, Agent Carter turned in frustration. "You still don't know a bloody thing about women."

Peggy didn't even bother escorting him to Stark, instead she went towards the lab where her Godmother was still asleep. She didn't wake her still, wanting her to get some sleep before the day started... While she slept, Peggy decided that she wasn't going to tell Amelia what she saw only a few moments ago.

She didn't want to destroy any chance of happiness that Amy had, but that didn't mean Peggy was going to put Steve through hell making it up to her.

"Peggy?" Amelia groaned, slowly sitting up. "What time is it?"

"Eight."

Groaning some more, the doctor stretched her sore muscles then stood. "Would you go tell Stark that I will be moving my stuff to storage, seeing as I am going to be traveling the world with Captain America from now on..."

"Your apart of his team?" Agent Carter asked.

"Yes, he asked me last night." Amelia walked over to a pile of paperwork and started going through it. "It's going to take me at least two hours to sort through all this stuff..."

Nodding, Peggy stood; walking to the door. "I'll go inform Stark."

"Thank you, Peggy." Amelia smiled warmly at her Goddaughter.

Agent Carter only nodded in response and left the room. Leaving Amelia alone to deal with the endless piles of paperwork and trinkets, not even when Peggy came back and walked the doctor home did Peggy tell her about Steve or the fact that she shot four bullets at him.

Not even after helping Amelia pack or sending her off on the Howling Commandos' first mission... Not even then... No that was something Peggy was going to keep to herself because she didn't want to ruin the love story that was happening before her eyes.

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