Captain America & Agent Carter: New Beginning

Edited 27 Mar 2018

A Captain America alternate universe where Steve Rogers makes it back to Peggy. Their life and their future if Steve Rogers made it back. I feel super sad that he never did get that dance. I hope no one has this title. This is my version of this story.

Prologue will be pretty standard with the movie, with a few different dialogue to get the bearings of the story. Go with it for now

Don't Own Captain America etc.

Prologue

Hydra Base

Agent Margaret "Peggy" Carter, a tough, experienced SSR field agent, and hardened woman, but yet still aggressively feminine lacked no confidence. A resilient woman who stands strong whenever she's mistreated, be it by man or a woman. With a "no nonsense" attitude she is very selective who she becomes close to people. However, her resolve is quickly crumbling as she sat behind the radio in the control tower of the hanger in the Hydra Mountain facility. Her usual composed persona faltered with tears building up in her eyes as she tried to talk Captain Steve Rogers away from going down with the plane. She never thought she would feel this strongly for anyone. Though Peggy was no stranger to romance and had her fair share of the feeling of "love," she never once felt a solid connection with anyone until she met the Captain. She never thought he would, but he had captured her heart, and she was in love with Captain America. No, Steve Rogers. Through everything, they have been through, from when he started off as a skinny asthmatic to when he became a hero, his demeanor, and his character never changed. He was so kind, so gentle, and yet tough. A true gentleman. He was everything she loved in a man and never let his position compromise who he really is. To her…he was too damn perfect. Steve Rogers threw wrenches into her strong persona she established by just smiling at her. She would often duck her head to hide the smile on her lips when he would unknowingly compliment her and merely be entirely gentle with her. That man was unfalteringly good with steadfast morals and principals that guided his seemingly perfect moral compass. He's more than a perfect soldier; he's a good man. Peggy couldn't help but stumble on her right partner, but as soon as she realized it, she was in danger of losing what she never had the chance of having.

Peggy stuttered on the radio, "Steve please… don't do this. We have time, we can work it out," she said with her strength fading.

In the Valkyrie, Captain Steve Rogers shook his head and clenched his teeth as the cold air nipped his face through the massive holes punched in the cockpit and fuselage. He said sadly, "right now…I'm in the middle of nowhere, if I wait any longer a lot of people are going to die." He was able to unlock part of the controls of the plane, but only enough for him to rise and dive it. He said sadly on the radio, "Peggy…This is my job…" Back in the base, Peggy closed her eyes as tears slowly ran down her face. Steve continued to speak, "I'm so glad I got to meet you Peggy." She could hear him stutter, "The best thing about this war was you." He smiled sadly and took out his compass that had Peggy's picture in it and placed it on a gauge in front of him. He took a deep breath then dived the plane. The plane screamed toward the Artic at incredible speed. He started to cry as well. He called for her; he needed her voice, "Peggy…"

Peggy leaned forward to the radio with tears and said with as much strength as she could, "I'm here…"

Steve didn't take his eyes off where the plane was going, "I'm going to need a rain check on that dance okay?"

Peggy took a deep breath as tears streamed down, "Alright. A week next Saturday at the Stork Club."

Steve smiled thinking about it, "You got it."

She mustered her strength again, "Eight O'clock on the dot don't you dare be late. Understood?"

Steve laughed lightly, as the ground got closer and closer, "You know…I still don't know how to dance. I don't want to embarrass you…" The plane shook and rattled as she approached the ground like it would break apart before it hit the Earth.

Peggy couldn't hold back any more, "I'll show you how… just be there."

She heard the crackle on the radio and the last words from Steve, "Peggy…I…" With those last words the Radio cut out.

Peggy closed her eyes and shook her head and called for him, "Steve?" She looked down and cried, "Steve?" There was nothing. Just static.

Colonel Phillips stood in the door way to the tower and he himself was sad. He just lost a good man and even though the Captain was subordinate, he considered Rogers a good friend. He heard Peggy call for Steve again and again. He watched as she cried, helpless to do anything for her. He couldn't watch anymore and he silently left, left with his own sadness.

VE DAY

On May 8, 1945, the Allies have defeated Nazi Germany. The war was effectively over in Europe and everyone was celebrating the peace. The celebrations of VE day raged across Europe and the United States in celebration for part of the war finally being over. Everyone except Captain Rogers' Howling Commandos, Colonel Phillips, and Agent Carter. They mourned the hero that had helped carry them to victory. To the commandos, Captain Rogers was their leader and their brother. To Colonel Phillips, he was a valued solider and good friend. To Peggy, Steve was the man she fell in love with and a man she would want to share a life with if she had a chance. Victory was bitter sweet for everyone. As everyone settled and started to begin rebuilding the war-torn Europe. Howard Stark was sent to find the Tesseract and any traces of Captain America immediately after victory in Europe.

After days of hunting for the Tesseract, they found it on the bottom of the ocean in the Artic. His crew retrieved it from the ocean floor and expected to go home afterward, but Howard Stark refused and said to keep going until they found Captain America. After another four days of searching around the Artic for any clues, hopes of finding him started to fade. Even for Stark. They've been out in these dangerous waters for almost an entire three weeks past the parties of VE day. But when all hope seemed to be lost in the cold morning, one of the crew on the bow of the ship spotted something to their starboard side. Stark took his binoculars and looked to starboard and saw something that resembled a wing covered in snow. Without question he turned his vessel hard to starboard with a new rejuvenation of hope.

They reached the location and had to set anchor to avoid ice, just short of what they hoped was the plane. Before the search team was ready to leave, Stark grabbed a pickaxe and ran as hard and as fast as he could in the snow to the "plane". His search party quickly tried to keep up with him. Stark ran up a little snowy mound with new hope and a new smile that hasn't been seen in a long time. As he got over the snowy mound he saw nothing but white. White snow and ice. No plane. His smile faded and stood still as the rest of his search party caught up to him. They too stopped in their tracks, and their hope was lost again too when they realized they stood on a barren snowy wasteland. One of the men dropped his shovel, "That's it then? We thought this was it… and it was nothing…"

Stark lost all hope again and took a step forward down the hill. Without saying a thing, he took off running down the snow hill and almost falling in the process. His search party looked at each other curiously. Stark stopped at the base and stomped his foot into the snow but felt nothing but snow. He stomped again. His search party called him to come back worried that he is losing his mind. Then Stark took his pickaxe and slammed it into the snow and heard a metal clang. He hit it again to make sure he wasn't delusional hearing another metal clang. He bent down and brushed through the snow and felt metal under his gloves...he found it. He stood up, "It's here!" he called with rejuvenated vigor. His search party didn't need to be told more than once. They ran with another new rejuvenation of energy and enthusiasm. A roller coaster ride of hope and loss.

After hours of moving snow and shoveling in the area, they believed was the front of the airplane they finally cleared enough of it actually to confirm they found the all-glass cockpit of the Valkyrie. The area surrounding the "excavation site" is surrounded by crates, heavy equipment, and a fire almost like a provisional base of operations to bring the Captain home. Stark smashed a bunch of the exposed glass frames to create a passageway for them to search the plane. He decided he was the first one to go in; he tied himself to his team and weighted crates for support as the crew lowered him into the plane with a thick rope. Once he got in, he untied himself from the rope, and discovered how cold and slippery the interior is. As he tried to carefully take one step in front of the other he slipped suddenly onto his back and slid to the controls of the plane at the front. He slowly got up in pain then spotted a curious object on the ground next to him. He picked it up and found out it was a compass with Agent Carter's picture taped to the inside of the cover. The picture of Peggy looked unharmed but the glass on the compass surprisingly suffered minor damage for what occurred to the plane with a thick crack down the glass over the dial. Stark frowned in sadness at the memento the Captain carried with him. He stood up and looked to his right and saw Captain Steve Rogers frozen. Stark fell back onto his back almost having a heart attack.

Steve had his eyes closed and was leaning back against the pilot chair with ice covering him. He was literally an icicle. Stark composed himself and approached the surprisingly lively looking body of the Captain. For someone who's supposed to be dead, he looked surprisingly in good shape. Stark just ignored that fact and approached his dead friend and frowned, "We found you, Captain." He gave a sad smile, "You're coming home." Stark was not unobservant and was extremely smart, but even the stress of the past month could make anyone hallucinate. For just a moment, he thought he saw his chest move up and down. Stark slowly took a step back in shock in what he just thought he saw. He couldn't be right. It's impossible. But when he slowly bent down to look out of curiosity, there he saw Steve's chest move up and down again. Less than a centimeter in height but it still moved. There's no question it moved. No question he's still alive. At least for now…

Stark called to the top, "Guys! Get down here! Now!" There was commotion on the surface before more people roped in.

As I said the Prologue is quite linear to the movie and a bit cliche to get you oriented with the story.

Edited 27 Mar 18. Described Peggy to be more firm and stronger (who she really is)

Edited dialogue, grammar, and added more details.