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[We see Steve waking up in a hospital bed to hear Marvin Gaye's "Trouble Man" playing with Sam sat next to his bed] STEVE ROGERS: On your left. [Sam looks at Steve and smiles; we then see Agent 13 practicing shooting at a shooting range wearing a CIA t-shirt; we see Hill at Stark Industries about to undergo a lie detector test; then Senator Stern getting arrested and then a badly burnt Rumlow being treated by doctors at the hospital; Natasha is then being sworn in at a committee hearing] COMMITTEE MEMBER: Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth? NATASHA ROMANOFF: I do. COMMITTEE GENERAL: Why haven't we yet heard from Captain Rogers? NATASHA ROMANOFF: I don't know what's left left for him to say. I think the rock in the middle of the Potomac made his point fairly eloquently. COMMITTEE GENERAL: Well, he could explain how this country's expected to maintain its national security now that he and you have laid waste our intelligence apparatus. NATASHA ROMANOFF: HYDRA was selling you lies, not intelligence. COMMITTEE GENERAL: Many of which you seem to have had a personal hand in telling. SCUDDER: Agent, you should know that there are some on this committee who feel, given your service record, both for this country and against it, that you belong in a penitentiary, not mouthing off on Capitol Hill. NATASHA ROMANOFF: You're not gonna put me in a prison. You're not gonna put any of us in a prison. You know why? SCUDDER: Do enlighten us. NATASHA ROMANOFF: Because you need us. Yes, the world is a vulnerable place, and yes, we helped make it that way. But we're also the ones best qualified to defend it. So if you want to arrest me, arrest me. You'll know where to find me. [She gets up and walks away, meanwhile Fury gets rid of any trace of his existence, including his pa**ports and eyepatch, burning them and his hiding place] NICK FURY: [wearing sungla**es and hoodie, Fury meets Steve and Sam at a cemetery at his own grave] So, you've experienced this sort of things before? STEVE ROGERS: You get used to it. [we see Fury's gravestone which bears bears the epitaph "The path of the righteous man. Ezekiel 25:17"] NICK FURY: We've been data-mining HYDRA's files. Looks Like a lot of rats didn't go down with the ship. I'm heading to Europe tonight, wanted to ask if you'd come. STEVE ROGERS: There's something I gotta do first. NICK FURY: How about you, Wilson? I could use a man with your abilities. SAM WILSON: I'm more of a soldier than a spy. NICK FURY: Alright then. [Sam and Steve shake Fury's hand] Anybody asks for me, tell them they can find me right here. [Fury looks to his gravestone and walks away, just then Natasha joins Steve and Sam] NATASHA ROMANOFF: You should be honored, that's about as close as he gets to saying thank you. STEVE ROGERS: Not going with him? NATASHA ROMANOFF: No. STEVE ROGERS: Not staying here? NATASHA ROMANOFF: I blew all my covers, I gotta go figure out a new one. STEVE ROGERS: That might take a while. NATASHA ROMANOFF: I'm counting on it. That thing you asked for, I called in a few favors from Kiev. [she hands Steve a file] Will you do me a favor? Call that nurse. STEVE ROGERS: She's not a nurse. NATASHA ROMANOFF: And you're not a SHIELD agent. STEVE ROGERS: What was her name again? NATASHA ROMANOFF: Sharon. She's nice. [she kisses Steve on the cheek and turns to walk away] Be careful, Steve. You might not want to pull on that thread. [Natasha walks away and Steve opens the file, which is about Bucky and the information regarding his Winter Soldier transformation, Sam walks over to Steve] SAM WILSON: You're going after him? STEVE ROGERS: You don't have to come with me. SAM WILSON: I know. When do we start?