[Berlin, day. Traffic rolls around the victory column. Police convoy drives beside the river Spree. Amidst the convoy is a gray armed truck. Inside Bucky wears restraints inside a prison pod. Three armed guards sit on the other side of the glass-walled pod. A police motorbike stops traffic and a van driver looks affronted. The convoy turns a corner onto a bridge across the river. In an SUV T'Challa sits in front of Steve who sits in front of Sam.]

Lincoln Loud: So, you like cats?

Steve Rogers: Linc.

Lincoln Loud: What? Dude shows up dressed like a cat and you don't wanna know more?

Steve Rogers: Your suit . . . t's Vibranium?

T'Challa: [T'Challes eyes narrow as he glances sideways.] The Black Panther has been the protector of Wakanda for generations. A mantle, passed from warrior to warrior. And now, because your friend murdered my father, I also wear the mantle of king. So, I ask you . . . as both warrior and king . . . how long do you think you can keep your friend safe from me? [Steve is stony faced as the convoy heads underground.]

[In a light gray walled bunker Bucky's pod is carried away by a forklift. Nearby Steve gets out of the SUV and glances across at Bucky who doesn't spot him. With Sam and T'Challa Steve approaches Sharon who's standing with a diminutive, gray-head man.]

Lincoln Loud: What's gonna happen to him?

Everett Ross: Same thing that ought to happen to you. Psychological evaluation and extradition.

Sharon Carter: This is Everett Ross, Deputy Task Force Commander.

Steve Rogers: What about our lawyer?

Everett Ross: Lawyer. That's funny. See their weapons are placed in lockup. Oh, we'll write you a receipt.

Sam Wilson: I better not look out the window and see anybody flying around in that. [As they go Steve looks back and catches Bucky's eye.]

[On a covered skywalk.]

Everett Ross: You'll be provided with an office instead of a cell. Now, do me a favor, stay in it?

T'Challa: I don't intend on going anywhere.

Natasha Romanoff: For the record, this is what making things worse looks like.

Steve Rogers: He's alive.

Tony Stark: [on his phone] No. Romania was not Accords-sanctioned. And, Colonel Rhodes is supervising cleanup.

Natasha Romanoff: Try not to break anything while we fix this.

Tony Stark: [still on the phone.] Consequences? You bet there'll be consequences. Obviously you can quote me on that 'cause I just said it. Anything else? Thank you, sir.

Steve Rogers: 'Consequences'?

Tony Stark: Secretary Ross wants you all prosecuted. Had to give him something.

Steve Rogers: I'm not getting that shield back, am I?

Natasha Romanoff: Technically, it's the government's property. Wings, too.

Lincoln Loud: That's cold.

Tony Stark: Warmer than jail.

[At a power station surrounded by trees the van with the driver who was affronted by the police convoy pulls up by the open gate. Scowling he puts the parking break on and picks up a clip board.]

Delivery Truck Driver: Das kann nicht richtig sein. Was zum Teufel? (This can't be right. What the hell?)

[In a secured chamber a guard connects a pipe to Bucky's prison pod. The lights inside dim for a moment.]

[Tony finds Steve in a glass-walled office overlooking the control room.]

Tony Stark: Hey, you wanna see something cool? I pulled something from Dad's archives. Felt timely. [Tony shows him two pens in a black presentation box.] FDR signed the Lend-Lease bill with these in 1941. Provided support to the Allies when they needed it most.

Steve Rogers: Some would say it brought our country closer to war.

Tony Stark: See? If not for these, you wouldn't be here. I'm trying to . . . what do you call it? That's an olive branch. Is that what you call it?

Steve Rogers: Is Pepper here? I didn't see her.

Tony Stark: We're kinda . . . well, not kinda . . .

Lincoln Loud: Pregnant?

Tony Stark: No. Definitely not. We're taking a break. It's nobody's fault.

Lincoln Loud: we're so sorry, Tony. we didn't know.

Tony Stark: A few years ago, I almost lost her, so I trashed all my suits. Then, we had to mop up HYDRA . . . and then Ultron. My fault. And then, and then, and then, I never stopped. Because the truth is I don't wanna stop. I don't wanna lose her. I thought maybe the Accords could split the difference. [Tony stands up and paces.] In her defense, I'm a handful. Yet, Dad was a pain in the ass, but he and Mom always made it work.

Steve Rogers: You know, I'm glad Howard got married. I only knew him when he was young and single.

Tony Stark: Oh, really? You two knew each other? He never mentioned that. Maybe only a thousand times. God, I hated you.

Steve Rogers: I don't mean to make things difficult.

Tony Stark: I know, because you're a very polite person.

Steve Rogers: If I see a situation pointed south . . . I can't ignore it. Sometimes I wish I could.

Tony Stark: No, you don't.

Steve Rogers: [both Steve and Lincoln smile thinly.] No, I don't. Sometimes . . .

Tony Stark: Sometimes I wanna punch you in your perfect teeth. But I don't wanna see you gone. We need you, guys. So far, nothing's happened that can't be undone, if you sign. We can make the last 24 hours legit. Barnes gets transferred to an American psych-center . . . instead of a Wakandan prison.

Steve Rogers: [Steve frowns thoughtfully and picks up one of the fountain pens. He stands up and paces, then turns to Tony. In the control room beyond there are multiple screens on the walls.] I'm not saying it's impossible, but there would have to be safeguards.

Tony Stark: Sure. Once we put out the PR fire, those documents can be amended. I'd file a motion to have you and Wanda reinstated . . .

Lincoln Loud: Wanda? What about Wanda?

Tony Stark: She's fine. She's confined to the compound, currently. Vision's keeping her company.

Steve Rogers: Oh God, Tony! Every time. Every time I think you see things the right way . . .

Tony Stark: What? It's a 100 acres with a lap pool. It's got a screening room. There's worse ways to protect people.

Lincoln Loud: Protection? Is that how you see this? This is protection? It's an internment, Tony.

Tony Stark: She's not a US citizen.

Steve Rogers: Oh, come on, Tony.

Tony Stark: And they don't grant visas to weapons of mass destruction.

Steve Rogers: She's a kid!

Tony Stark: GIVE ME A BREAK! I'm doing what has to be done . . . to stave off something worse.

Steve Rogers: [Steve nods faintly.] You keep telling yourself that. [He puts the pen down.] Hate to break up the set. [He leaves the office and rueful Tony watches Bucky on one of the control room's screens.]

Helmut Zemo: [The evaluator sits at a desk facing Bucky's pod. Inside Bucky's still restrained.] Hello, Mr. Barnes. I've been sent by the United Nations to evaluate you. Do you mind if I sit? Your first name is James?

Sharon Carter: [In an office with Sam and Steve.] The receipt for your gear.

Sam Wilson: 'Bird costume'? Come on.

Sharon Carter: I didn't write it. [Sharon pushes a button witch stops the restriction on the audio from Bucky's evaluation.]

Helmut Zemo: I'm not here to judge you. I just want to ask you a few questions. Do you know where you are, James? I can't help you if you don't talk to me, James.

Bucky Barnes: My name is Bucky.

[At the power station. The van driver honks and looks impatient watching the custodian's hut's front door.]

Delivery Truck Driver: Hallo? ([subtitled] Hello?) [The custodian comes outside and the driver comes out of his van.] Hey. Ich hab eine große für dich. ([subtitled] Hey. I have a big one for you.) [He opens the van's back doors and removes a large wooden crate.] Ja. Okay, hier unterzeichnen. (Okay. Here. Just sign here.)

Custodian: Hier? (Here?)

Delivery Truck Driver: Ja. (Yeah.) [The custodian signs for the crate.]

[At the UN-bunker Steve studies the blurry photograph of the man who bombed the congress in Vienna.]

Steve Rogers: Why would the Task Force release this photo to begin with?

Sharon Carter: Get the word out, involve as many eyes as we can?

Lincoln Loud: Right. It's a good way to flush a guy out of hiding. Set off a bomb, get your picture taken. Get seven billion people looking for the Winter Soldier.

Sharon Carter: You're saying someone framed him to find him.

Sam Wilson: Steve, we looked for the guy for two years and found nothing.

Steve Rogers: We didn't bomb the UN. That turns a lot of heads.

Sharon Carter: Yeah, but that doesn't guarantee that whoever framed him would get him. It guarantees that we would. [Sharon's gaze falls on the evaluator in the screen, her eyes narrow.]

Steve Rogers: [Steve frowns and looks around.] Yeah.

Helmut Zemo: [In the secure chamber.] Tell me, Bucky. You've seen a great deal, haven't you?

Bucky Barnes: I don't want to talk about it.

Helmut Zemo: You fear that… if you open your mouth, the horrors might never stop. Don't worry. [Zemo gets a message on his screen: 'message inbox:1' touches it 'status: package delivered'.] We only have to talk about one.

[At the power station the custodian opens the crate. Finding Zemo's large device inside, he looks confused. The driver is at the back door of his van.]

Custodian: Hey, was ist das? (Hey. What is this?)

Delivery Truck Driver: Ich weiß es nicht. (I don't know.)

[The device erupts. A bubble of energy engulfs the power station and sparks fly. In the city traffic lights fail. In the bunker the lights go out.]

Everett Ross: Great. Come on, guys, get me eyes on Barnes. Go.

Tony Stark: FRIDAY, get me the source of that outage.

Sharon Carter: [In the office.] Sub-level 5, east wing. [T'Challa spots Steve, Sam and Lincoln bolting.]

[In Bucky's pod.]

Bucky Barnes: What the hell is this?

Helmut Zemo: Why don't we discuss your home? Not Romania. Certainly not Brooklyn, no. I mean, your real home. [Zemo removes his glasses then walks towards Bucky reading from the red book by torchlight.] Желание. ([subtitled] Longing.)

Bucky Barnes: [Bucky shuts his eyes.] No. [Bucky's head snaps back.]

Helmut Zemo: Ржавый. ([subtitled] Rusted.)

Bucky Barnes: Stop.

Helmut Zemo: Семнадцать. ([subtitled] Seventeen.)

Bucky Barnes: [Bucky's metal arm trembles in its restraint.] Stop. [He sneers angrily.]

Helmut Zemo: Рассвет. ([subtitled] Daybreak.)

[Bucky screams, clenches his fist and rips free of his restraints.]

Helmut Zemo: Печь. ([subtitled] Furnace.) Девять. ([subtitled] Nine.)

[Bucky thumps the inside of the pod.]

Helmut Zemo: Добросердечный. ([subtitled] Benign.)

[Bucky punches harder.]

Helmut Zemo: Возвращение на Родину. ([subtitled] Homecoming.) Один. ([subtitled] One.) Грузовой вагон. ([subtitled] Freight car.)

[Bucky batteres the front of the pod with his metal fist and the glass screen flies clear. Zemo slowly rounds the pod with the book and the torch in hand. he stands before Bucky who straightens, a dark frown on his face.]

Helmut Zemo: Солдат? ([subtitled] Soldier?)

Bucky Barnes: Я готов отвечать. ([subtitled] Ready to comply.)

Helmut Zemo: Mission report. December 16, 1991.

[Steve and Sam arrive outside the chamber. Red emergency lights flash all around. There are many agents slumped on the floor. All of them out cold.]

Helmut Zemo: Help me. Help.

Steve Rogers: [Steve finds Zemo in a heap inside the chamber.] Get up. [he grabs Zemo and shoves him against the wall.] Who are you? What do you want?

Helmut Zemo: To see an empire fall.

[As Sam enters Bucky swings his fist which smashes through the wall as Sam ducks. Bucky grabs him by the jaw and throws him at the open pod. Steve lurches into the fight and lands a punch which Bucky barely feels. Bucky kicks and punches Steve out of the chamber. A punch from Bucky goes through the elevator door. Steve blocks the next one but the power of Bucky's fist sends Steve tumbling into the darkened elevator shaft.]

[In the chamber Sam comes around and spots Zemo looking down the elevator shaft.]

Man on PA #1: Der Ostflügel ist kompromittiert. Ich wiederhole: Der Ostflügel ist kompromittiert. (The east wing is compromised. I repeat: the east wing is compromised.)

Sam Wilson: Hey.

Lincoln Loud: stop

[Zemo bolts, Sam rises. At the bottom of the shaft Steve pushes himself off the floor and Lincoln blasts himself up with his fire.]

[In the control room.]

Everett Ross: Evac all civilians. Get me a perimeter around the building, and gunships in the air.

Natasha Romanoff: Please tell me you brought a suit.

Tony Stark: Sure did. It's a lovely Tom Ford, three-piece, two-button. I'm an active-duty non-combatant.

Sharon Carter: Follow me. [Sharon runs past Tony and Natasha.]

[Sam and Lincoln chase Zemo up a stairwell.]

[Steve starts to climb the elevator shaft.]

[Bucky stalks through the building's ground floor. He batters two guards. With tech-glasses on Tony takes cover behind a pillar.]

Natasha Romanoff: [on radio] We're in position.

[Tony taps a wrist-control which becomes his Iron Man-glove. He zaps Bucky with a stun-burst before Bucky can shoot a guard. Tony rushes him, firing again. Bucky ducks the blast then trades blows with Tony, firing the gun. Tony has the Iron Man-glove over the barrel, blocking the bullet. He pulls the gun barrel loose then Bucky smacks him backwards. Sharon rushes Bucky, then Natasha rushes Bucky. They both land kicks and punches, then Bucky flips Sharon head over heels. She smashes onto a table then Natasha leaps on Bucky, legs around his neck. He slams her onto another table and grabs her throat.]

Natasha Romanoff: You could at least recognize me.

[T'Challa comes from nowhere and kicks Bucky off Natasha. He fights with Bucky, landing lightning fast kicks and some punches. Bucky gets a counter punch in and T'Challa falls, but quickly recovers. Bucky hurries up some stairs. T'Challa leaps the levels and vaults a railing, landing in front of Bucky. Limber T'Challa spin-kicks and grabs Bucky's metal arm which he tries to twist then looks worried as he realizes it isn't going to work. He throws Bucky backwards and keeps hold as they both tumble down the stairs. They resume fighting on the small landing and a leg sweep sends Bucky over the railing. T'Challa leaps down after him but finds the wide reception empty. He scans around.]

[Outside staff flee the building en masse. Sam is among them and quickly spots something on the ground. He picks it up.]

Sam Wilson: Damn it. [he looks around the wide courtyard and scowls.]

Lincoln Loud: fuck

[Bucky's on the rooftop helipad. He marches up to a blue chopper and pulls the lock off the door. He gets in the pilot seat. Steve rushes outside and sprints toward the rising chopper. He leaps and grabs the landing gear. Muscles bulging Steve pulls hard and the chopper struggles to gain height. Steve's feet kick for traction then he gets them flat on the helipad. The chopper drags him onto the weak looking mesh framing the helipad. Steve grabs the railing with one hand and clings to the landing gear with the other. He grits his teeth and his neck strains with incredible effort. Bucky glowers from inside the chopper then throws the joystick left and the chopper's nose slams into the edge of the helipad. The rotor-blades are smashed to pieces and Steve ducks as the tail swings around. The chopper lies twisted on the mesh at the edge of the pad. Steve rises beside the canopy. Bucky's arm smashes through the glass and growling he grabs Steve's throat. The chopper starts to list over the edge. The tail breaks off and falls into the river below. Bucky keeps hold of Steve as the whole vehicle drops and slams into the river. The impact seems to knock Bucky out cold and he lets go of Steve. The body of the chopper sinks quickly to the riverbed along with other debris. Steve surfaces with Bucky in his arms.]

[At an airport Zemo listens to a phone message.]

Zemo's Wife: He asked me again if you were going to be there. I said I wasn't sure. You should've seen his little face. Just try, okay? I'm going to bed. I love you.

[Frowning Zemo ends the call. A TV news report is playing nearby]

News anchor #5: James Barnes, der mit dem Bombenanschlag auf die UN in Wien in Verbindung gebracht wird, ist heute aus der Haft entflohen. Ebenfalls vermisst werden die Avengers Captain Steve Rogers und Sam Wilson. ([subtitled] James Barnes, the suspect in the UN Vienna bombing escaped custody today. Also missing Avengers Captain Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson and Lincoln Loud.)

[Zemo eyes the TV screen. He stands in line at the departure gate. The screen above the gate reads: 'Gate 06 Berlin Flughafen AEM2103 14:10 Moskau/Moscow']