Brooklyn Gym
Somewhere in an old, almost WWII-esque boxing gym, Steve Rogers, a man out of time, the First Avengers, was pummeling a punching bag. With every swing, it was like a memory he was trying to fight off and repress.
Hydra Base
Captain America was running through the forest, dodging mortars, gunfire and the Tesseract's energy firearms.
"There's not enough time! I gotta put her in the water!" Steve said.
Brooklyn Gym
Steve's rage kept building as he punched the bag. It got harder...
Horten , Red Skull's Ship
Steve placed his compass with an image of a woman, Ava Nicolae. The time was here for him to crash the plane.
Brooklyn Gym
Steve closed his eyes went at the bag harder.
"You won't be alone." Ava said.
Horten , Red Skull's Ship
The Red Skull picked up the Tessaract.
Brooklyn Gym
Steve opened his eyes and tore the bag as the last memory kicked in.
Project PEGASUS Antarctica
"Oh my god!" A SHIELD scientist said.
A half frozen Steve Rogers was lying down on a medical slab. Two SHIELD scientists ran over hi-tech devices to see if his vitals are up. And it seemed...
"This guy is still alive!" The SHIELD scientist said.
Brooklyn Gym
Steve tore the bag open, off its chain, spilling out the sand. He stood, breathing hard, letting out 70 years of over repressed feeling.
After taking a few breathers, Steve picked up another punching bag, which was laying next another dozen bags. He hooked the bag up and started punching again.
Ava Nicolae, empath, another person out of time, stood in the doorway.
"Hello stranger," she said. "Trouble sleeping?"
"I slept for seventy years, Ava. I think I've had my fill." Steve said.
"Then you should be out, celebrating, seeing the world." Ava said. "With your girlfriend."
Steve stopped punching and walked over to the bench, unraveling the tape off his hands. He sat down.
"I went under, the world was at war, I wake up, they say we won. They didn't say what we lost." Steve said.
"I feel your pain," Ava said. "You know that."
"You here with a mission, Ava?" Steve asked.
"You know I am," Ava said. "I have to be loyal to SHIELD. They brought us back together, gave me a purpose."
"And now you're what," Steve said. "Trying to get me back in the world?"
"Trying to save it." Ava said.
Ava hands Steve a file on the Tesseract, along with other files on HYDRA'S projects.
"Hydra's secret weapon." Steve said.
"Howard Stark fished that out of the ocean when he was looking for you. He thought what we think, the Tesseract could be the key to unlimited sustainable energy. That's something the world sorely needs." Ava said.
"Who took it from you?" Steve said.
"She's called Kuri. She used to be human and now she's brainwashed. There's a lot we'll have to bring you up to speed on if you're in. The world has gotten even stranger than you already know." Ava said.
"At this point, I doubt anything would surprise me." Steve said.
"Ten bucks says you're wrong. There's a debriefing package waiting for you back at your apartment." Ava said.
Steve turned and picks up a punching bag and started walking out of the gym.
"Is there anything you can tell us about the Tesseract that we ought to know now?" Ava asked.
"You should have left it in the ocean." Steve said.