All I can feel is cold. I cannot breathe, I cannot see, but I can feel the cold.

Every part of my body is ice.

I do not sleep, but somehow I dream. I dream of my best friend falling from a train. I dream of men flying into the air as bombs explode around them. The silence of the snowy French woods broken by gunshots. I dream of comrades lost under my command. I dream of a plane crashing into a frozen sea. I dream of screaming.

I dream of death.

~x~

"According to Howard's maps, you're nearing the place they found the tessaract."

Bruce's voice comes over the comms clear and strong.

"If you send out the scanner now and I'll let you know if anything comes through" the scientist added.

"Alright will do Bruce."

Clint leaves Natasha to control the huge Stark-built Quinjet as he heads off to find the resident genius.

He finds the billionaire sitting by the window on a call with Sergeant James Rhodes.

"No Rhodey pie, you'll have to ask her yourself... No way does she prefer me to you, she adores you... Ok yeah maybe she does prefer me but who doesn't? Come on though R-Bear I'm busy this week... I'm busier than usual right now. Anyway I've gotta go Legolas wants something. Good luck babe!"

He laughed as his ended the call then looked over at Clint. "Did you need something Katniss? Any word from my Science Bro?"

Clint rolled his eyes, used to the teasing nicknames Tony came up with. "Bruce says you should start up the scanner now as we're in the map ranges."

Tony's eyes sparkled with excitement and he ran off to get it set up.

Clint rolled his eyes yet again and headed back to Natasha.

Outside the window the ocean sped past in a frozen wasteland. You could feel the harsh winds batter the ship despite the incredible engineering, and Clint shuddered. The archer sped up and quickly reached the cockpit.

As he settled back into his 'Pilot's Chair' he mused aloud to Nat and Bruce. "I wonder how long he survived after the crash. The serum would probably not have let him die instantly right? So I wonder how long he suffered for before he died."

After no response, he turned to Natasha, to find she was looking at him in horror. "What? I was just asking." He said defensively.

Nat quickly smoothed her expression. "No, no I just- well. I never considered that he could have lived through the initial crash."

"He would have been in a great deal of pain if he had. He would have been drowning." Bruce added to their uplifting conversation.

The two spies stared out the window in silence.

~x~

Tony enters the cockpit a few minutes later, telling Bruce the scanner has started. After a few seconds the scientist who is back at Stark Tower confirms he is recieving from the scanner, and the Avengers settle down to wait.

An hour later finds Iron Man, Hawkeye and Black Widow surrounded by sweet wrappers and gossiping about Shield agents. Then Bruce comes over the radio.

"Guys..." He sounds excited. "I think I've found the Valkyrie!"

They all instantly recognise the name of the Hydra plane that Captain America crashed into the ocean, that people have been looking for for over 70 years. They turn excited gazes on each other as Bruce sends over the location.

Clint and Natasha fly to those coordinates and quickly realise why its been so hard to find. It looks exactly like every other bit of ice, but this does not deter Tony.

He leaves the spy twins hovering above and flies down in the Iron Man suit. He knows they are all watching the live feed from his camera as he uses the laser to melt the thick ice sheets.

Soon he can see the ship. He can't believe they've found the Valkyrie! Bruce has wanted to see if he could replicate the Captain America serum for ages, and if they can find some of his DNA they could have a chance.

Soon he can see a whole side of the ship, including the hatch door. Trembling with excitement he opens it to find... ice.

He laughes at his own stupidity at thinking he would just be able to walk through before shutting the hatch again. Looks like they'll be taking the whole plane back to Bruce after all.

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