Brooklyn, New York
2012

Mary Rogers sits in her apartment, seated on her couch with a fire going in the fireplace, typing a medical report out on her laptop, pushing a strand of her hair behind her ear as it fell into her face. She had put on "We'll Meet Again." earlier on her record player, it plays in the background of her mind, she absentmindedly sings along with it.

She looks around her living room, it's changed over the seventy years she's lived here, the neighbors have all come and gone, but she remained a constant in people's lives as she met them through her work.

She finishes her report on the laptop, closing it, she smiles at the pictures on her fireplace sill, her brother and her husband through the years, along with all the friends she had made throughout the years. She was close to Hank Pym, Stephen Strange, and many others she had a made a connection to in the science and medical field.

The phone rings, bringing her out of her trance, she walks over to the record player, turning it down as she picks up the phone, "Doctor Bryne speaking." She answers.

"Mary." A deep voice on the other line replies, "He's alive, we found him." The man states. Mary's hazel eyes widen, dropping her phone in shock, for seventy years she's believed that her brother has been dead, lost at sea during the last stretch of the Second World War.

"Mary, I have news." Peggy, one of her best friends murmurs as she walks up to the small girl.

The girl looks up at the older woman, still recovering from whatever Hydra done to her, Steve had rescued her from them and was now fighting Hydra to stop them from letting bombs loose on every major city in America.

"Is Steve okay? Did he win?" She asks hopefully, sitting up in the bed Peggy had placed her earlier when she was still unconscious, her right hand going to her engagement ring on her left ring finger, she had developed a habit of messing with it after her husband died.

Peggy nods, sitting down on the foot of the bed looking at Mary, taking her hands in her own, she nods, "Yes, he stopped Red Skull." She informs the small girl, not being able to look her in the eyes, dreading her reaction. Mary had already lost her parents, her mentor/father figure, and she only a month prior had lost her husband. Peggy didn't know how much more loss the small Rogers sibling could take. But she had to know.

Mary smiles, "Good! That's wonderful! Where's Stevie? I have to see him." She states, getting up a tad too quickly, her legs shake a bit. Peggy's quick to grab her wrist, sitting her back down on the bed.

"There's more you need to know." She states to Mary, the girls eyebrow raises in confusion. Peggy looks away from the girl, her dark brown eyes clouding with tears.

Mary's hazel eyes widen in realization, "No. No he promised, Peg!" The girl exclaims, "He promised he would come back to me! He's the only one i had left!" She shouts, jerking away from Peggy, standing up too quickly her knees give way and she collapses onto the ground, the older girl catches her in her arms, holding her tightly as the young girl sobs uncontrollably.

Mary clutches Peggy's arm, "I just lost James, Peggy." She chokes out, "How can i live without my brother now?" She pleads, "i can't live without him."

Peggy sighs, "You'll have to, Mary.." she states, "For you and your own Kleine." She states, using Doctor Erskine's nickname for the girl.

Mary gasps through her tears, "how-"

"It's not hard to tell the signs, dear." Peggy replies, "Live for the little gift Bucky left you."

Mary snaps out of her trance, picking up her phone off the ground, "How soon should i meet you?" She asks the man.

"Ten minutes, your office." He states, hanging up.

Mary walks over to the picture of her daughter, Rebecca Sofia Barnes, named after her husbands' sister and her mentor's daughter who was killed by the Nazi's. Tears cloud her eyes, "Mama's coming for you, my Kleine. Just like she promised when you were taken." She murmurs, holding the picture tightly, bringing it to her lips, kissing the one of the only photographs she has of her child, then sets it back down on the fireplace sill.

Grabbing her keys and jacket, she walks out of her apartment, she walks up to her motorcycle, her brothers originally, she puts the key into the ignition, she kicks up the stand, riding off to where Nick Fury told her to meet her.

Here we go! I love Mary so much, i'm so stoked to see where this goes.

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