Helicarrier Landing Strip
The quinjet landed down a massive battleship known as the Helicarrier.. It has two runways. One with direct access to a hangar at the rear is aligned along the spine of the vessel. Agent Coulson and Steve walk down the ramp, meeting up with Rei.
"Agent Kitsune. Captain Rogers." Coulson said.
"Ma'am?" Steve said.
"Hi." Rei said.
"They need you on the bridge. Face time." Coulson said.
"See you there." Coulson said.
Agent Coulson walks away leaving Steve with Natasha, walking towards the railing of the ship.
"There was quite the buzz around here, finding you in the ice. I thought Coulson was gonna swoon. Did he ask you to sign his Captain America trading cards yet?" Rei asked.
"Trading cards?" Steve asked.
"They're vintage, he's very proud." Rei said.
Without realizing, Banner didn't notice them walking as he was nervous. He moved around as people kept walking in his way.
"Dr. Banner." Steve said.
Steve walked up to Banner and shook his hands.
"Oh, yeah. Hi. They told me you'd be coming." Banner said.
"Word is you can find the cube." Steve said.
"Is that the only word on me?" Bruce said.
"Only word I care about." Steve said.
Banner took in the sentiment. "Must be strange for you, all of this."
"Well, this is actually kind of familiar." Steve said.
"Gentlemen, you may wanna step inside in a minute. It's gonna get a little hard to breathe." Rei said.
Suddenly the Helicarrier started shaking as it prepared to fly"sail."
"Is this is a submarine?" Steve said.
"Really? They wanted me in a submerged pressurized metal container?" Banner said.
They both moved closer to the edge of the Helicarrier. Four huge lift fans mounted on the sides started to lift into the air in flight. Steve watched in awe as banner smiled.
"Oh no. This is much worse." Banner said.
Helicarrier Bridge
The doors part and they entered the bridge of the ship a flurry of activity dozens of agents sat in front of their viewscreens.
Agent Hill shouted her instructs to leave. She turned to Nick Fury, who was at the command chair.
"We're at lock, sir." Hill said.
"Good. Let's vanish." Fury said.
Sky
The Helicarrier rose high into the heavens. Suddenly, the entire ship was covered in reflecting mirrors, which then camouflaged in the sky.
Helicarrier Bridge
Steve and Banner walked through the glorious, gleaming bridge, taking his position at the science console.
"Gentlemen." Fury said.
Steve gave Fury 10 bucks, referring to his earlier statement about never being surprised again. Fury walked over Banner and extended his hand. Banner, reluctantly shook it.
"Doctor, thank you for coming." Fury said.
"Thanks for asking nicely. So, uh... how long am I staying?" Banner said.
"Once we get our hands on the Tesseract, you're in the clear." Fury said.
"Where are you with that?" Banner said.
Nick Fury turned to Agent Coulson to explain, while Rei eyed an image of Clint Barton on a computer screen.
"We're sweeping every wirelessly accessible camera on the planet. Cellphones, laptops. If it's connected to a satellite, it's eyes and ears for us." Coulson said.
"That's still not gonna find them in time." Rei said.
"You have to narrow the field. How many spectrometers do you have access to?" Banner said.
"How many are there?" Fury said.
"Call every lab you know, tell them to put the spectrometers on the roof and calibrate them for gamma rays. I'll rough out a tracking algorithm based on cluster recognition. At least we could rule out a few places. Do you have somewhere for me to work?" Banner said.
"Agent Kitsune, would you show to his laboratory, please." Fury said.
Rei nodded and walks off, leading Banner down the hall.
"You're gonna love it, Doc. We got all the toys." Rei said.
Underground Lab, Vacuum Room
Selvig and several scientists worked around the CMS device. Barton walked in, holding a tablet.
"Put it over there!" Selvig said, then to Barton. "Where did you find all these people?"
"SHIELD has not shortage of enemies, Doctor." Barton said.
He held up a screen showing information on iridium.
"Is this the stuff you need?" Barton asked.
"Yeah, iridium. It's found in meteorites, it forms anti-protons. It's very hard to get hold of." Selvig said.
"Especially if SHIELD knows you need it." Barton said.
"Well, I didn't know!" Selvig said. He saw Kuri coming. "Hey! The Tesseract is showing me so much. It's more than just knowledge, it's... truth."
"I know. What did it show you, Agent Barton?" Kuri said.
"My next target." Barton said.
"Tell me what you need." Kuri said.
"I'll need a distraction." Barton said, grabbing his bow. "And an eyeball."
Helicarrier Bridge
As they were waiting to locate Kuri using satellite facial recognition, Coulson and Steve stood side by side, waiting.
"I mean, if it's not too much trouble." Coulson said.
"No, no. It's fine." Steve said.
"It's a vintage set. It took me a couple of years to collect them all. Near mint, slight foxing around the edges, but..." Coulson said.
"We got a hit. Sixty-seven percent match. Weight, cross match, seventy-nine percent." Agent Jasper Sitwell said.
"Location?" Coulson said.
"Stuttgart, Germany. 28, Konigstrasse. She's not exactly hiding." Sitwell said.
"Captain, you're up." Coulson said.
Steve nodded and left.