[Voice mail 1]
Steve: Tony, there's a freight ship off the coast of Algeria that's been moored for a month. We think they're smuggling children for superhuman experiments. Been keeping an eye on it for a while, and there are suspicious… light shows. Unusual explosions. Has the… Avengers been mobilised to check it out? Whatever is going on in that ship, it's getting more frequent. I'm afraid we don't have much time.
[Voice mail 2]
Steve: We're heading in tonight. It could be nothing, but… I'll update you when I get back.
Voice: Hullo? Who's this?
Tony: …
Voice: … OK. I get it. Uh, "Shall we try lifting the hammer with a stick? Stick's probably worthy."
Tony: … Wilson?
Sam: Stark? Always the cautious one, aren't you? Are you tracing this line?
Tony: What are you doing with Rogers' phone?
Sam: Jeez, man. This phone goes only to one number, and it's yours?
Tony: I'm asking you, where did you get this phone – where's Steve?
Sam: We've seen him staring at this phone a couple of times over the day when he thinks nobody's watching. Thought it's connected to the Avengers somehow. I wasn't wrong.
Tony: You're the champ, Wilson. Congratulations. Put the phone back where you found it and go play with your Nintendo –
Sam: It's about Steve.
Tony: … What about him?
Sam: He's… the past two weeks we've been shadowing a ghost ship –
Tony: In Algeria's waters. I know. I'd just gone through the voice mails. Tell Steve we're not alerted of any ghost ships –
Sam: He's in a coma.
Tony: … That's not possible.
Sam: It wasn't a ghost ship, Stark. It was a bait. Ross', and we walked right into it. I'm not sure if they'd pinpointed which Shangri-La we're putting up in, or if that was dumb luck – but they were waiting for us on the lowest deck. We split –
Tony: We? Who else went with him?
Sam: … Clint and myself. He told us to split up, clear the areas quicker. Clint saw soldiers and told us it was a trap, but it was too late. They had their crosshair on Steve from the beginning. Took everything we had to get all of us out in one piece.
Tony: Besides Steve, are any of you –
Sam: We're both fine. Clint got shot in the shoulder, but like I said, they wanted Steve.
Tony: How sure are you it was Ross' men? Could be anybody.
Sam: We heard Ross on the PA, and their uniforms, Stark. They're all wearing the Avengers badge and none of them are enhanced. What is going on your side?
Tony: What's his prognosis?
Sam: Poor. The serum should help.
Tony: Where are you? Are there doctors –
Sam: It's all right, that part is covered. We have world-class medical support, and the people are trustworthy. You can take my word for it.
Tony: … I know where you are.
Sam: Tony, don't – I trusted you –
Tony: Do you? And am I? Am I what, reporting your ass to Ross so he could finish what he'd allegedly set to do?
Sam: Believe me, don't believe, doesn't matter. I need a favour.
Tony: … What do you need?
Sam: Steve's medical report – after that D.C. incident – it's all locked up on your private server in Malibu, isn't it? Medical logs on… what drugs he can tolerate, his vitals – because God, hooking him up to the machines the first time threw the docs off their feet. Anything that might help the team here?
Tony: Yes. How do you want it delivered?
Sam: Encrypt it. Save it onto a drive, and I'll text you a zip code.
Tony: You got to be kidding me. Your… host is still in New York, isn't he?
Sam: Tony…
Tony: He's Registered, and he's been… persuaded to sort out the mess that is Zemo. So yeah, he's here, and I'm meeting him tonight and I'm going to pass Steve's report to him. Objections?
Sam: … Is this a trick?
Tony: Believe me, don't believe me, it doesn't matter.
Sam: God, Tony –
Tony: … If I didn't give two damns what he means to me, to us, this wouldn't have happened, Sam.
Sam: Tony? We got the drive. The doctors are working on it.
Tony: … How is he?
Sam: The same.
Tony: All right. Let me know when he wakes.
Tony: Hello?
Sam: … Yeah?
Tony: You sound like a truck just ran over you. You OK?
Sam: It's been a long day… there are some weird shit happening in the markets in Algeria. Once bitten, twice shy, eh? But we can't just close our eyes, you know Steve won't let us.
Tony: Don't tell me –
Sam: Clint's gone out to scout the area a bit –
Tony: God, Sam! You know what Ross is capableof doing! He won't stop until all dissidents – all of you – either sign or locked up someplace –
Sam: I know. But what are we gonna do? Sit back with our hands in our pockets?
Tony: Damn right you are.
Sam: … This is why you and Steve couldn't even agree on a wallpaper for the gym.
Sam: Hey.
Tony: Is he up?
Sam: Not yet.
Tony: … What did the doctors say? Is it supposed to take this long? It's been a week, Sam.
Sam: They say anytime now. Could be in five minutes. Could be tomorrow.
Tony: … I'm flying there now.
Sam: No. Don't – Steve will murder us in our sleep –
Tony: We need a change of roster. I've a team who worked on my arc reactor surgery – they can take Steve in. If he's not in the condition for a flight, I can fly these people over –
Sam: Tony, calm down. It's all right. His vitals are fine, his EEG comes back normal – give him some time. He'll be all right. Tough as nail, that son of a bitch.
Tony: … Yeah.
Tony: Sam?
Voice: … Tony? 'S been a while.
Tony: … Good to hear from you, Cap.