Emma found herself in New York City again in the 40's. It was daytime and her cat suit was causing some commotion on the streets, so she quickly snuck into a shop and bought some clothes, lucky that she had her wallet strapped on her belt. She then went off and found a hotel and got cleaned up since she looked like she'd been through a battle. Once cleaned up and looking more appropriate, Emma headed out for the night to find out what this trip had in store for her.

As she was leaving the lobby of her hotel, she saw a flyer for the World Exposition of Tomorrow 1943. So it was 1943 and she thought, why not check it out. Plus, she saw Howard Stark was having an expo there as well. It would be interesting to see what the powerful head of Stark Industries father was like.

She headed out to the park and enjoyed the hype of excitement that buzzed around her. She moved close to the commotion surrounding Howard Stark's section and stood behind two couples, who turned out to be Steve and Bucky with their dates, Connie and Bonnie. The brunette, Connie, was with Bucky and was enthralled with Howard and Bonnie the blonde was completely ignoring Steve, even when he tried to offer her a snack. Poor guy.

As Howard showed off his latest invention, the flying car, Emma had to stifle back giggles at how much his son was like his father. The apple didn't fall far from the tree. It was at that moment the car crashed back down that she felt someone push past her and she saw Steve heading into an army registration office.

She followed behind Bucky, but got caught up when she saw something out of the corner of her eye. She saw a couple carrying a baby giggling, they were talking to an older gentleman, balding with a beard and glasses. It was her parents and her; it must've been a few days before their death. Emma held back tears and resisted the urge to run up to them and tell them to escape, but instead went into the army recruitment building, where she saw the man who had been talking to her parents enter before Bucky. She entered just as Bucky and Steve were fighting.

"Bucky come on! Men are laying down their lives. I got no right to do any less than them."

"Right, cause you got nothing to prove." Bucky sighed and got called by his girls outside and turned towards them and Emma quickly hid from view, "Don't do anything stupid till I get back."

"How can I, you're taking all the stupid with you!" Emma smiled at that comment from Steve and watched as the boys hugged. "Don't win the war till I get there!" Steve called after his friend and he gave a salute. Emma gave a grin at that, knowing Steve would later help win the war. She then went inside.

"Fancy seeing you here!" Emma called and Steve turned and he looked happily surprised.

"Emma?"

"You going to go do your part for your country?" She asked.

"Going to try to, how have you been?"

"Good, busy, but good. I was coming here myself." She lied.

Steve looked confused, "You were? Becoming a nurse?"

"Maybe, haven't decided yet."

"Well, it was great seeing you," He shuffled anxious.

Emma grabbed his hand and smiled, knowing who he was now and what he would become, she wanted to give him a little courage to go towards his future, "What I think you are doing is great and brave."

At that he smiled and walked back to go get recruited and Emma followed behind him and saw the man who was with her parents in the hallway.

She hesitated at going and talking to him but she had a gut feeling she had to, maybe he knew something about her parent's death.

"Hi, sir," She began going up to him.

"Hello, I'm Doctor Erskine, can I help you?" He asked in a thick German accent and Emma felt her stomach drop.

She remembered her mother calling a Doctor Erskine before her death and talking about the serum and from what she remembered on the Captain America files; Doctor Erskine was mentioned several times.

"Uh…yes…I…" She couldn't find the right words, she wasn't sure if she should tell him but she felt she needed to.

"Do you remember a baby girl named Emma Barker?" She finally asked.

Doctor Erskine gave her a quizzical look, "Yes, I just saw her with her parents outside; they are close friends of mine. What do you know of this child?"

Emma just looked up at him with her bright blue eyes hoping he would recognize them and whispered, "I'm Emma Barker."

Doctor Erskine's eyes went wide, "You can't be…" He whispered.

Emma then concentrated and grabbed his hand and stopped time around them. He looked around in amazement and then back at her. "How is this possible? I know of your time traveling skills but stopping time? That's new."

Emma explained her life with S.H.I.E.L.D. and how she learned about her past.

"In a few days my mother will give me the successful prototype of the super soldier serum you had given them to keep safe. You, I know have the other components for the Project Rebirth, but she and my father will be compromised and she gives it to me for protection. With the serum I can travel all the time and control when I travel and control time and will eventually at 25 stop aging and have the most of the same gifts as your super soldier, whom I believe you just found in that room back there." Emma pointed to where Steve had disappeared before she had stopped time.

Doctor Erskine then enveloped her in a warm hug, one that made her feel at home and she let the tears fall she had been holding back for so many years.

"What can I do for you now?" he asked.

"I would like a job in the SSR, under the name Emma Walker, please. I need to learn about your studies and about Hydra and I want to fight against them."

"Why?" He asked concerned.

"My parents were killed at Hydra's hands, but you must never tell them or try and stop it. It is written in time and we can't change it." He nodded his head and agreed to help her.

"Can you please start time again now?" He asked smiling.

"Oh right!" And Emma started everything again.

"You will go see Anna over here and she will get you set up with the SSR and you will be traveling to Camp Leigh to be under Agent Carter's supervision, welcome Agent Walker." Doctor Erskine said and he hugged her again.

Emma now had become part of the SSR, the founding stones of S.H.I.E.L.D. and would be working under one of the founding members. This would be fun.

The next day, Emma arrived at Camp Leigh, in her new military uniform. She was greeted by Agent Peggy Carter. Agent Carter was a gorgeous woman with brown hair and brown eyes and looked to be about Steve's age.

"Agent Walker, I've heard good things about you. I hear you have experience with the SSR?"

"Yes but in a much smaller division, this will be my first big mission."

"Well, welcome to the team, let's go meet the recruits."

"Recruits attention!" All the men came to an attention at Agent Carter's voice. Emma walked beside her and handed out their clipboards as she greeted them. When Steve noticed her he tried to contain his surprised and Emma just winked at him.

When one soldier tried to flirt with Agent Carter she just punched him and Emma smiled, she liked this woman.

"Agent Carter!"

"Colonel Phillips," Peggy turned towards the voice and gave a salute and Emma did the same.

"I can see you are breaking in the candidates; that's good! Get your ass out of that dirt and get your ass at attention until somebody tells you what to do." He yelled at the soldier named Hodges.

Emma and Peggy stood by with Erskine in the back while Colonel Phillips addressed the soldiers about the super soldier program.

"You are dismissed!" Colonel Phillips called and the soldiers dispersed and Steve came up to Emma.

"Emma?"

"That's Agent Walker, she works with me. You are?" Peggy asked with a smile.

"This is Steven Rogers, the man I brought in specifically for this project." Erskine said to her and she gave an even bigger smile.

"I expect great things from you Rogers." With that she walked off.

"Why didn't you tell me you were an Agent?" He asked me.

"It happened right after that baseball game in '41, I was recruited by my father for a small division of the SSR based out of Philadelphia, I never meant to not contact you, it was just work. Then I came to the city to visit some friends and ran into you at the recruitment station where I was meeting my old friend Doctor Erskine and he told me you were going here, which was my next assignment, the super soldier project."

Steve nodded his head and gave her a smile, "Well it's nice to have a familiar face here."

"Same for me."

"Agent Walker!" Peggy called and Emma quickly left.

"Duty calls!"

Over the next few weeks she helped Agent Carter evaluate the soldiers and she quickly fell in love with Steve. She watched how even against the stronger and bigger men, he worked harder than all of them. He showed his wits one day by capturing a flag on a run and gaining a ride back with her and Peggy. Then the following day he fell on a dummy grenade to protect everyone, even when she and Peggy had followed to fall on it as well. Erskine she knew had chosen the right man.

That afternoon, Erskine told Steve he had been chosen for the project and he was honored to be of service for his country. He told the rest of the team as well, Emma was excited and happy to be there for the experience but was worried with how long she had been in her stay. She was surprised she hadn't had any moments to go back but it seemed her mind knew she had to stay here.

Erskine found her that night with a bottle of schnapps on his way to Steve's bunker sitting outside staring up at the stars.

"You got the call didn't you?" She asked him nonchalantly.

"Yes, a few nights ago. How did you know?"

"You've been avoiding me. Plus, I was there. My travels and my dreams take me back there, a lot. Babies aren't supposed to remember their memories from that little, but I do. Even before my travels to that day, that moment haunted my dreams."

"Side effect of the serum I suspect."

"I guess."

He came closer to her and kissed her forehead, "I'm so sorry for your loss." The tears started to fall down her cheeks and then realization dawned on her.

"You told her to give it to me because you knew it would work. You knew it would work because you met me and if you hadn't met me then you wouldn't have been sure to tell them to give it to me. That's why I was meant to be here." He smiled as her meaning of her power dawned on her. "I saved my own life."

"It's true."

"But then why am I still here?" She asked no one in particular.

"I think you and Steven have a very strong connection that can't be explained, I think you are a bigger part of his life besides the serum and just don't know it yet."

At that he kissed her forehead again and left on to see Steve, taking her bottle of schnapps with him.

Emma just went back to staring up at the stars trying to figure it all out.