[Peggy flies the Quinjet towards mountains, Steve sits behind her.]
Steve Rogers: What's gonna happen to your friends?
Peggy Carter: [Peggy stares ahead, resolute.] I'll deal with it later.
Steve Rogers: [He looks thoughtful.] I don't know if I'm worth all this, Peggy.
Peggy Carter: [She glances around at Steve.] You are. I know you, Steve. You absolute are. What they made you do doesn't define you.
Steve Rogers: [Steve says nothing but looks troubled]
[At a hospital Rhodes lies inside an CT-scanner. He's in a blue gown covering his body. Tony paces up to Vision who watches Rhodes grave faced.]
Tony Stark: How did this happen?
Vision: I became distracted.
Tony Stark: I didn't think that was possible.
Vision: Neither did I. [Tony leaves Vision looking in on Rhodes. Along the corridor Tony spots an equally concerned Natasha.]
[Tony and Natasha stand on a balcony looking towards a row of trees.]
Tony Stark: The doctors say he shattered L4 through S1. Extreme laceration in the spinal cord. Probably looking at some form of paralysis.
Natasha Romanoff: Peggy's not gonna stop. If you don't either, Rhodey's gonna be the best case scenario.
Tony Stark: You let them go, Nat.
Natasha Romanoff: We played this wrong.
Tony Stark: 'We'? Boy, it must be hard to shake the whole double agent thing, huh? It sticks in the DNA.
Natasha Romanoff: Are you incapable of letting go of your ego for one goddamn second?
Tony Stark: T'Challa told Ross what you did, so . . . they're coming for you.
Natasha Romanoff: I'm not the one that needs to watch their back. [She walks away.]
Tony Stark: [He activates holographic images appearing on his wrist device.] What am I looking at, Friday?
FRIDAY: Priority upload from Berlin police.
Tony Stark: Fire up the chopper.
[Tony flies over a stormy sea in the chopper. He looks surveillance images on a tablet computer.]
FRIDAY: The Task Force called for a psychiatrist as soon as Rogers was captured. The UN dispatched Dr. Theo Broussard from Geneva within the hour. He was met by this man.
Tony Stark: Did you run facial recognition yet?
FRIDAY: What do I look like?
Tony Stark: Uh, I don't know. I've been picturing a red head.
FRIDAY: You must be thinking of someone else.
Tony Stark: Must be.
FRIDAY: The fake doctor is actually Colonel Helmut Zemo, Sokovian Intelligence. [Tony projects the image.] Zemo ran Echo Skorpion, a Sokovian covert kill squad.
Tony Stark: So, what happened to the real Broussard?
FRIDAY: He was found dead in a Berlin hotel room. Where police also found a wig and facial prosthesis approximating the appearance of one James Buchanan Rogers.
Tony Stark: Son of a bitch. Get this to Ross.
FRIDAY: Yes, Boss.
[A wide and flat, snow covered landscape. A mountain looms on the horizon. A caterpillar truck stops on the windswept mountain plateau. Zemo gets out of the vehicle. Set on rocks is an entrance with huge, rusted double doors. Zemo hacks away at the wall beside the doors. he uncovers a control panel and keys in a code whilst referring to the red book. The huge, curved double doors break open a crack. Zemo pulls them open wider. He shines a flash light and pulls down the hood of his coat.
Inside is a vast, gloomy space cramped with shelves stacked with filing boxes. Zemo moves a ladder along and searches the boxes. he climbs up the ladder and removes a filing box labeled: 'декабря 1991' (December 1991).
Zemo walks along a tunnel which opens into a cavernous chamber with a high ceiling. He carries a VHS cassette and a flash light. Standing around the chamber a five large, clear sided capsules. They glow a gold yellow inside. Frowning Zemo walks up to one of the capsules and shines his flash light inside. In the capsule, motionless in a state of suspended animation is the enhanced soldier Josef.]
[Tony flies the shopper low over the broiling sea. He operates the chopper with a touch screen computer in a wall panel.]
Guard: [on radio] This is the Raft Prison Control. You're clear for landing, Mr. Stark.
[The sea swells and surges as Raft Prison rises up from beneath. A huge, fortified, circular structure with small lights around the sides. Two semi-circular doors open up in the flat circular top. The chopper lands on a helipad and the doors close above it. Tony, who's left arm is in a sling walks up to Secretary Ross.]
Tony Stark: So? You got the files? Let's reroute the satellites, start facial scanning for this Zemo guy.
Secretary Ross: You seriously think I'm gonna listen to you after that fiasco in Leipzig? You're lucky you're not in one of these cells. [Ross looks at Tony sternly and leads on through a thick, steel security door. Soldiers stand guard in an operations room. Tony looks at a surveillance screen. it shows Wanda, sitting hunched and bedraggled in a cramped prison cell.]
[Another security door opens. Tony walks into a chamber surrounded by large, bared windows. Beyond the windows are a number of prison cells. Tony takes in his surroundings.]
Clint Barton: [clapping] The Futurist, gentlemen! The Futurist is here! He sees all! He knows what's best for you, whether your like it or not.
Tony Stark: Give me a break, Barton. I had no idea they'd put you here. Come on.
Clint Barton: [spits] Yeah, well, you knew they'd put us somewhere, Tony.
Tony Stark: Yeah, but not some super-max floating ocean pokey. You know, this place is for maniacs. This is a place for . . .
Clint Barton: Criminals? [He stands up.] Criminals, Tony. Think that's the word you're looking for. [He eyes Tony through the bars.] Right? That didn't used to mean me. Or Sam, or Wanda. But here we are.
Tony Stark: Because you broke the law.
Clint Barton: Yeah.
Tony Stark: I didn't make you.
Clint Barton: La, la, la, la, la . . .
Tony Stark: You read it, you broke it.
Clint Barton: La, la, la, la la…
Tony Stark: Alright, you're all grown up, you got a wife and kids. I don't understand, why didn't you think about them before you chose the wrong side? [He walks away.]
Clint Barton: You gotta watch your back with this guy. There's a chance he's gonna break it.
Scott Lang: Hank Pym always said, you never can trust a Stark.
Tony Stark: Who are you?
Scott Lang: Come on, man.
Sam Wilson: How's Rhodes?
Tony Stark: They're flying him to Columbia Medical tomorrow. So . . . fingers crossed. [Sam shakes his head.]What do you need? They feed you yet?
Sam Wilson: [He raises his eyebrows.] You're the good cop now?
Tony Stark: I'm just the guy who needs to know where Peggy went.
Sam Wilson: Well, you better go get a bad cop, because you're gonna have to go Mark Fuhrman on my ass to get information out of me.
Tony Stark: Oh, I just knocked the 'A' out of their 'AV'. We got about 30 seconds before they realize it's not their equipment.
Secretary Ross: [In the operations room.] What did you do? Get it back up!
Tony Stark: [Back in the cell.] Just look. Because that is the fellow who was supposed to interrogate Rogers. [He shoes a holographic image of Doctor Broussard.] Clearly, I made a mistake. Sam, I was wrong.
Sam Wilson: That's a first.
Tony Stark: Cap is definitely off the reservation but he's about to need all the help he can get. We don't know each other very well. You don't have to…
Sam Wilson: Hey, it's alright. [Tony leans closer to the window. Sam sighs and looks uneasy.] Look, I'll tell you… but you have to go alone and as a friend.
Tony Stark: Easy.
[Tony walks to his chopper.]
Secretary Ross: Stark? Did he give you anything on Carter?
Tony Stark: Nope. Told me to go to hell. I'm going back to the compound instead, but you can call me anytime. I'll put you on hold, I like to watch the line blink. [Ross stares at Tony who smiles as he gets in the chopper and the door slides shut. The chopper rises off the helipad and flies away. The doors close on the prison roof.]
[Sitting in the chopper Tony un-clips the sling holding his left arm. He cradles his arm in his hand for a moment. He slowly reaches out the injured arm and presses a button on a panel. The Iron Man Suit wraps itself around Tony, a hatch opens and he flies out of the chopper as Iron Man. He speeds through dark clouds. Close behind T'Challa is at the controls of a Quinjet.]
[Peggy brings her Quinjet into land besides Zemo's caterpillar truck on the remote icy mountain top. The jet's wings fold up beside the fuselage.
On board Steve pulls out rack of guns labeled 'Romanoff'. He takes a light machine gun.
Steve and Peggy stand together, waiting for the exit ramp to descend.]
Peggy Carter: Do you remember when the Hydra Stomper malfunctioned and we had to hitch a ride in a Nazi truck?
Steve Rogers: We tried to come up with a name for the driver.
Peggy Carter: I liked Rita, if I recall.
Steve Rogers: I went for Doloros. Reminded me of someone.
Peggy Carter: Think she's still alive?
Steve Rogers: She'd be a hundred years old right now.
Peggy Carter: Look who's talking. [She takes his hand for a moment]
[Now wearing her helmet Peggy walks with Steve up to the entrance set in rock. The door is still open.]
Peggy Carter: He can't have been here more than a few hours.
Steve Rogers: Long enough to wake them up.
[Peggy leads them into the cast bunker. They travel down into the depths inside a caged elevator. it stops in the bowls of the bunker, doors slide open. Peggy nods to Steve and heaves up the cage door. Steve readies his heavy duty machine gun and they walk along a corridor, keeping close to a wall. Steve looks into an alcove full of junk then he and Peggy move on up some stairs. At the sound of a loud thud they spin around, aiming down the corridor.]
Peggy Carter: You ready?
Steve Rogers: Yeah.
[Double doors part, forced open by Iron Man. Peggy stares in surprise. Tony walks towards Peggy and Steve and retracts the suit's helmet.]
Tony Stark: You seem a little defensive.
[Steve keeps his gun up while Peggy walks to meet Tony with his shield covering his body.]
Peggy Carter: I can't imagine why.
Tony Stark: At ease, Soldier. I'm not currently after you.
Peggy Carter: Then why are you here?
Tony Stark: Could be your story's not so crazy. Maybe. Ross has no idea I'm here. I'd like to keep it that way. Otherwise, I gotta arrest myself.
Peggy Carter: Ooh, all that paperwork. [She lowers her shield.] It's good to see you, Tony. This time.
Tony Stark: You too, Cap. [to Steve] Hey, Manchurian Candidate, you're killing me. There's a truce here. You can drop . . . [Peggy signs Steve to lower his weapon and he does.]
[the three of them cautiously walk along a corridor. T'Challa in his Black Panther Suit is hiding around a corner, watching them.]
[With his helmet and face plate reengaged Iron Man leads Peggy and Steve towards the enormous chamber with the capsules standing in it.]
Tony Stark: I got heat signatures.
Peggy Carter: How many?
Tony Stark: Uh, one.
[As they enter the vast chamber the lights come on. Hazy, yellow mist descends within the capsules. As well as Josef, each one contains an enhanced soldier from the 1991 experiment. Peggy and the others look around, bewildered.]
Helmut Zemo: [on speaker] If it's any comfort, they died in their sleep. [All of the enhanced soldiers have been shot in the head. Steve stares at Josef's corpse.] Did you really think I wanted more of you?
Steve Rogers: What the hell?
Helmut Zemo: I'm grateful to them, though. They brought you here. [Zemo appears in a control room. Peggy hurls her shield but it flies back.] Please, Captain. The Soviets built this chamber to withstand the launch blast of UR-100 rockets.
Tony Stark: I'm betting I could beat that.
Helmut Zemo: Oh, I'm sure you could, Mr. Stark. Given time. But then you'd never know why you came.
Peggy Carter: You killed innocent people in Vienna just to bring us here? [Black Panther watches from the shadows. Peggy looks at Zemo through a window.]
Helmut Zemo: I thought about nothing else for over a year. I studied you. I followed you. But now that you're standing here, I just realized . . . there's a bit of green in the blue of your eyes. How nice to find a flaw.
Peggy Carter: You're Sokovian. Is that what this is about?
Helmut Zemo: Sokovia was a failed state long before you blew it to hell. No. I'm here because I made a promise.
Peggy Carter: [He studies Zemo.] You lost someone?
Helmut Zemo: [He looks grave, clicks his tongue.] I lost everyone. And so will you. [He plays surveillance footage from December 16th 1991. Peggy steps over to the screen.] An empire toppled by its enemies can rise again. But one which crumples from within? That's dead . . . forever.
Tony Stark: [He looks at the freeze frame of a secluded road and the date, December 16 1991. His eyes rove, anxiously.] I know that road. What is this?
[The video plays. That car that the Winter Soldier forced off the road crashes into a tree. Tony watches intently as the Winter Soldier rides up and gets off his motorbike. Peggy watches Tony's increasing unease. The driver lies on the ground beside the car. It's Tony's father, Howard.
Howard Stark: Help my wife. Please. Help.
[The Winter Soldier walks over and hoists him up by his hair. He stares at Howard's bloody face. Howard stares back pleadingly.]
Howard Stark: Sergeant Rogers?
Maria Stark: Howard!
[Tony glares at Steve. In the video the Winter Soldier pounds Howard hard in the face with his metal fist.]
Maria Stark: Howard!
[In grief Tony closes his eyes for a moment. On screen his father slumps dead. The Winter Soldier puts him in the driver's seat with his face against the steering wheel. Tony stares in horror. Maria's in the passenger seat with blood streaked down her face. The Winter Soldier walks around and grips her throat. Expressionless he strangles Maria. Tony watches the screen stunned. The Winter Soldier walks up and aims a gun at the surveillance camera.
Peggy watches Tony anxiously. Tony lunges towards Steve, Peggy stops him.]
Peggy Carter: Tony. Tony.
Tony Stark: [Consumed with grief and tears glistening in his eyes he turns and looks at Peggy.] Did you know?
Peggy Carter: I didn't know it was him.
Tony Stark: Don't bullshit me, Carter! Did you know?
Peggy Carter: Yes.
[Tony steps back, his chin jutting upwards twitchy. Tony reengages the Iron Man helmet. He punches Peggy to the floor and deflects gunfire from Steve, disarming him. he grabs Steve and flies across the chamber. He slams him onto the floor, then jumps on his arms. Peggy's shield hits Iron Man, distracting him. Peggy barges him backwards, Iron Man shoulders her to the floor and shackles her ankles. Steve punches Iron Man who just lifts him and slams him against a machine. Iron Man raises a fist but Steve twists it. A rocket shoots out of Iron Man's arm, a fireball explodes. Peggy slices her shackles as a towering structure of pipework collapses. Tony and Steve are thrown down a level as twisted metal falls around them, showering sparks.]
Peggy Carter: [to Steve] Get out of here!
[As Steve bolts Iron Man fires, but misses. Peggy lands in front of him. Steve hits a control panel and the silo-styled door overhead starts to open.]
Peggy Carter: It wasn't him, Tony. Hydra had control of his mind!
Tony Stark: Move!
Peggy Carter: It wasn't him!
[Peggy grabs Iron Man's ankle in mid air and smashes it. Iron Man blocks Peggy by shooting down rubble, then falteringly flies up the tower.]
FRIDAY: Left boot jet failing. Flight systems compromised.
Tony Stark: Ah crap.
[Above him Steve leaps from platform to platform. With stuttering jets Iron Man gives chase, then kicks Steve and takes aim, but the energy bolt rebounds off Peggy's shield onto himself. Iron Man drops like a stone and lands on a lower platform.]
Peggy Carter: He's not going to stop. Go.
[As Iron Man soars upwards, Peggy leaps and shoots a wire which wraps around Iron Man's neck and drags him back down. He deflects Peggy's shield, then tries to target Steve.]
Tony Stark: Come on, come on.
FRIDAY: Targeting system's knackered, boss.
Tony Stark: I'm eyeballing it. [His helmet retracts and he shuts one eye, taking aim at the opening hatch. He fires and hits the giant hinge which explodes, cutting off Steve's escape route. He flies up, blocks two swings from an iron pipe from Steve, then grabs him around the neck from behind.] Do you even remember them?
Steve Rogers: I remember all of them.
[Steve pushes them both from the walkway, Peggy jumps into them to deflect their fall. Steve lands on a platform while Tony and Peggy land on the concrete floor besides opening in the wall where snow drifts in from outside]
Peggy Carter: This won't change what happened.
Tony Stark: I don't care. He killed my mom.
[They trade punches and Iron Man ends up pinning Peggy down. Steve picks up Captain Britain's shield and leaps down to help. As the two super soldiers fist fight with Iron Man the shield changes hands between them until Tony manages to zap Peggy who is thrown back into the wall. Steve struggles to hold Iron Man at bay as he unleashes an energy beam, then he forces Iron Man against the opposite wall and grips the glowing core in the chest of the Iron Man Suit. A blast of energy knocks Steve down, metal arm completely blown away. Tony zaps him again. Peggy rushes him with her shield up and Iron Man fires right at it.
[Zemo is outside, listening to a phone message.]
Zemo's Wife: You should've seen his little face. Just try, okay? I'm going to bed. I love you.
T'Challa: [Sneaks up behind him] I almost killed the wrong man.
Helmut Zemo: Hardly an innocent one.
T'Challa: This is all you wanted? To see them rip each other apart?
Helmut Zemo: [Deletes the voice message] My father lived outside the city. I thought we would be safe there. My son was excited. He could see the Iron Man from the car window. I told my wife, "Don't worry. They are fighting in the city. We're miles from harm." When the dust cleared . . . and the screaming stopped. It took me two days until I found their bodies. My father . . . still holding my wife and son in his arms. And the Avengers? They went home. I knew I couldn't kill them. More powerful men than me have tried. But, if I could get them to kill each other . . . I'm sorry about your father. He seemed a good man. With a dutiful son.
T'Challa: Vengeance has consumed you. It's consuming them. [He blinks ruefully and retracts the claws in his gloves.] I am done letting it consume me. Justice will come soon enough.
Helmut Zemo: [Holding a gun Zemo smiles thinly.] Tell that to the dead. [He tries to shoot himself but T'Challa grabs him just as he fires.]
T'Challa: The living are not done with you yet.
[Tony and Peggy are still fighting in the silo.]
FRIDAY: You can't beat her hand to hand.
Tony Stark: Analyse her fight pattern.
FRIDAY: Scanning! [Iron Man's HUD flashes red as Peggy lands blow after blow.] Countermeasures ready.
Tony Stark: [He grabs Captain Britain's shield.] Let's kick her ass. [He flings the shield away then zaps Peggy backwards, head over heels. Peggy rises and Tony blocks her punches then zaps her to her knees, right in front of Steve who's lying on his back.]
Peggy Carter: You know what he means to me.
Tony Stark: It doesn't matter. [He punches Peggy then throws her back towards the gaps in the wall.] Stay down. Final warning.
Peggy Carter: [She struggles to her feet, her face bloody and her gate weary. She raises her fists and stares Iron Man down.] I can do this all day.
[Iron man raises his left palm ready to fire. Steve grabs his leg and Tony spins, kicking him in the face. Peggy grabs Iron Man and lifts him over her head, then throws him down, punches him and bashes his mask off with her shield before striking down hard on the suit's core. Tony looks horrified and glowers fearfully at Peggy who pants for breath. Both have blood spattered across their faces. Peggy looks back at Tony then shuts her eyes and slumps down. The shield remains upright, stuck upright in the center of the Iron Man Suit. When Peggy struggles up again she takes hold of the shield, gripping the edge and pulling it free. She steps away from Tony who rolls painfully onto his side. Steve lies bloodied but conscious, Peggy reaches out and pulls him to his feet, holding him up as Tony looks on.]
Tony Stark: That shield doesn't belong to you. [Peggy turns her back.] You don't deserve it. My father made that shield! [Peggy stops, raises her chin, then drops the shield and walks away with Steve's arm around her shoulder.]
[In a secure chamber at the Berlin UN bunker Zemo's contained in a prison pod, his ankles cuffed to his seat. Everett Ross enters the chamber.]
Everett Ross: Meals at eight and five. Toilet privileges twice a day. Raise your voice, zap. Touch the glass, zap. You step out of line, you deal with me. Please, step out of line. Hmm? [Zemo just stares.] So how does it feel? To spend all that time, all that effort . . . and, to see it fail so spectacularly?
Helmut Zemo: [He looks up to meet Everett's gaze.] Did it?
[Back at Avengers HQ, Tony is with Rhodes as he tentatively walks beside parallel bars with tech on his legs.]
Tony Stark: It's just the first pass.
James Rhodes: Yeah.
Tony Stark: Give me some feedback. Anything you can think of. Shock absorption. Lateral movement. Cup holder?
James Rhodes: You may wanna think about some AC down in . . . [He falls onto his hands.]
Tony Stark: Let's go. I'll give you a hand.
James Rhodes: No, no, don't. Don't help me. Don't help me. [He rises to his hands and knees, turns to sit on the floor beside Tony.] 138. 138 combat missions. That's how many I've flown, Tony. Every one of them could've been my last, but I flew 'em. Because the fight needed to be fought. It's the same with these Accords. I signed because it was the right thing to do. And, yeah, this sucks. This is . . . this is a bad beat. But it hasn't change my mind. I don't think. [He gives a crooked smile and takes Tony's hand.]
Tony Stark: You okay?
James Rhodes: Oh yeah.
FedEx Driver Stan Lee: [Knocks on the window with a packet in his hand.] Are you Tony "Stank"?
James Rhodes: Yes, this is-this is Tony "Stank". You're in the right place. Thank you for that! I'm never dropping that, by the way. Table for one, Mr. "Stank". Please, by the bathroom.
[Tony is alone, opens the package and finds an envelope and a phone inside.]
Peggy Carter: [letter to Stark] Tony, I'm glad you're back at the compound. I don't like the idea of you rattling around a mansion by yourself. We all need family. The Avengers are yours, maybe more so than mine. I've always been alone. I never really fit in anywhere. My faith's in people, I guess. Individuals. And I'm happy to say that, for the most part, they haven't let me down. Which is why I can't let them down either. Locks can be replaced, but maybe they shouldn't. I know I hurt you, Tony. I guess I thought by not telling you about your parents I was sparing you, but I can see now that I was really sparing myself, and I'm sorry. Hopefully one day you can understand. I wish we agreed on the Accords, I really do. I know you're doing what you believe in, and that's all any of us can do. That's all any of us should . . . [As Peggy reads her letter off screen it's indicated that she breaks his team out of the Raft.]
FRIDAY: Priority call from Secretary Ross. There's been a breach at the Raft prison.
Tony Stark: Yeah, put him through.
Secretary Ross: Tony, we have a problem.
Tony Stark: Ah, please hold.
Secretary Ross: No. Don't . . .
Peggy Carter: [letter to Stark] So, no matter what. I promise you, if you need us, if you need me, I'll be there.
[Wakanda, medical facility.]
Peggy Carter: You sure about this?
Steve Rogers: I can't trust my own mind. So, until they figure out how to get this stuff out of my head I think going back under is the best thing . . . for everybody. [He goes back into cryo.]
[Peggy stands staring through a window, T'Challa walks towards her.]
Peggy Carter: Thank you for this.
T'Challa: Your friend and my father, they were both victims. If I can help one of them find peace…
Peggy Carter: You know, If they find out he's here . . . they'll come for him.
T'Challa: Let them try.
[In Peter's room on Queens. May speaks to him from somewhere in the apartment.]
May Parker: So. Who was it? Who hit you?
Peter Parker: Some guy. So itchy, man. God. [He fiddles with a wrist band.]
May Parker: What's "some guy's" name?
Peter Parker: Uh, Peggy.
May Parker: Peggy? Wait, a girl hit you? What...
Peter Parker: It's not what you think. She had more muscles than God. [Peter's wrist band emits a red beam which he hides when his aunt comes into the room.] Ouch.
May Parker: Well... I hope you didn't just take it because she's a girl.
Peter Parker: Yeah, I got quite a few hits in, actually. Her friend was huge. Like huge. [May gives him ice in a towel.] That's way better. Thank you.
May Parker: Okay, tough guy. [She smiles broadly then leaves the room.]
Peter Parker: Love you, May. Hey, can you shut the door? [He shines the red beam onto his bedroom ceiling and grins looking up at a glowing image of Spider-Man's mask.]
[the final screen text shows 'Spider-Man will return']
[End of Captain Britain: Civil War]
Steve Rogers: What's gonna happen to your friends?
Peggy Carter: [Peggy stares ahead, resolute.] I'll deal with it later.
Steve Rogers: [He looks thoughtful.] I don't know if I'm worth all this, Peggy.
Peggy Carter: [She glances around at Steve.] You are. I know you, Steve. You absolute are. What they made you do doesn't define you.
Steve Rogers: [Steve says nothing but looks troubled]
[At a hospital Rhodes lies inside an CT-scanner. He's in a blue gown covering his body. Tony paces up to Vision who watches Rhodes grave faced.]
Tony Stark: How did this happen?
Vision: I became distracted.
Tony Stark: I didn't think that was possible.
Vision: Neither did I. [Tony leaves Vision looking in on Rhodes. Along the corridor Tony spots an equally concerned Natasha.]
[Tony and Natasha stand on a balcony looking towards a row of trees.]
Tony Stark: The doctors say he shattered L4 through S1. Extreme laceration in the spinal cord. Probably looking at some form of paralysis.
Natasha Romanoff: Peggy's not gonna stop. If you don't either, Rhodey's gonna be the best case scenario.
Tony Stark: You let them go, Nat.
Natasha Romanoff: We played this wrong.
Tony Stark: 'We'? Boy, it must be hard to shake the whole double agent thing, huh? It sticks in the DNA.
Natasha Romanoff: Are you incapable of letting go of your ego for one goddamn second?
Tony Stark: T'Challa told Ross what you did, so . . . they're coming for you.
Natasha Romanoff: I'm not the one that needs to watch their back. [She walks away.]
Tony Stark: [He activates holographic images appearing on his wrist device.] What am I looking at, Friday?
FRIDAY: Priority upload from Berlin police.
Tony Stark: Fire up the chopper.
[Tony flies over a stormy sea in the chopper. He looks surveillance images on a tablet computer.]
FRIDAY: The Task Force called for a psychiatrist as soon as Rogers was captured. The UN dispatched Dr. Theo Broussard from Geneva within the hour. He was met by this man.
Tony Stark: Did you run facial recognition yet?
FRIDAY: What do I look like?
Tony Stark: Uh, I don't know. I've been picturing a red head.
FRIDAY: You must be thinking of someone else.
Tony Stark: Must be.
FRIDAY: The fake doctor is actually Colonel Helmut Zemo, Sokovian Intelligence. [Tony projects the image.] Zemo ran Echo Skorpion, a Sokovian covert kill squad.
Tony Stark: So, what happened to the real Broussard?
FRIDAY: He was found dead in a Berlin hotel room. Where police also found a wig and facial prosthesis approximating the appearance of one James Buchanan Rogers.
Tony Stark: Son of a bitch. Get this to Ross.
FRIDAY: Yes, Boss.
[A wide and flat, snow covered landscape. A mountain looms on the horizon. A caterpillar truck stops on the windswept mountain plateau. Zemo gets out of the vehicle. Set on rocks is an entrance with huge, rusted double doors. Zemo hacks away at the wall beside the doors. he uncovers a control panel and keys in a code whilst referring to the red book. The huge, curved double doors break open a crack. Zemo pulls them open wider. He shines a flash light and pulls down the hood of his coat.
Inside is a vast, gloomy space cramped with shelves stacked with filing boxes. Zemo moves a ladder along and searches the boxes. he climbs up the ladder and removes a filing box labeled: 'декабря 1991' (December 1991).
Zemo walks along a tunnel which opens into a cavernous chamber with a high ceiling. He carries a VHS cassette and a flash light. Standing around the chamber a five large, clear sided capsules. They glow a gold yellow inside. Frowning Zemo walks up to one of the capsules and shines his flash light inside. In the capsule, motionless in a state of suspended animation is the enhanced soldier Josef.]
[Tony flies the shopper low over the broiling sea. He operates the chopper with a touch screen computer in a wall panel.]
Guard: [on radio] This is the Raft Prison Control. You're clear for landing, Mr. Stark.
[The sea swells and surges as Raft Prison rises up from beneath. A huge, fortified, circular structure with small lights around the sides. Two semi-circular doors open up in the flat circular top. The chopper lands on a helipad and the doors close above it. Tony, who's left arm is in a sling walks up to Secretary Ross.]
Tony Stark: So? You got the files? Let's reroute the satellites, start facial scanning for this Zemo guy.
Secretary Ross: You seriously think I'm gonna listen to you after that fiasco in Leipzig? You're lucky you're not in one of these cells. [Ross looks at Tony sternly and leads on through a thick, steel security door. Soldiers stand guard in an operations room. Tony looks at a surveillance screen. it shows Wanda, sitting hunched and bedraggled in a cramped prison cell.]
[Another security door opens. Tony walks into a chamber surrounded by large, bared windows. Beyond the windows are a number of prison cells. Tony takes in his surroundings.]
Clint Barton: [clapping] The Futurist, gentlemen! The Futurist is here! He sees all! He knows what's best for you, whether your like it or not.
Tony Stark: Give me a break, Barton. I had no idea they'd put you here. Come on.
Clint Barton: [spits] Yeah, well, you knew they'd put us somewhere, Tony.
Tony Stark: Yeah, but not some super-max floating ocean pokey. You know, this place is for maniacs. This is a place for . . .
Clint Barton: Criminals? [He stands up.] Criminals, Tony. Think that's the word you're looking for. [He eyes Tony through the bars.] Right? That didn't used to mean me. Or Sam, or Wanda. But here we are.
Tony Stark: Because you broke the law.
Clint Barton: Yeah.
Tony Stark: I didn't make you.
Clint Barton: La, la, la, la, la . . .
Tony Stark: You read it, you broke it.
Clint Barton: La, la, la, la la…
Tony Stark: Alright, you're all grown up, you got a wife and kids. I don't understand, why didn't you think about them before you chose the wrong side? [He walks away.]
Clint Barton: You gotta watch your back with this guy. There's a chance he's gonna break it.
Scott Lang: Hank Pym always said, you never can trust a Stark.
Tony Stark: Who are you?
Scott Lang: Come on, man.
Sam Wilson: How's Rhodes?
Tony Stark: They're flying him to Columbia Medical tomorrow. So . . . fingers crossed. [Sam shakes his head.]What do you need? They feed you yet?
Sam Wilson: [He raises his eyebrows.] You're the good cop now?
Tony Stark: I'm just the guy who needs to know where Peggy went.
Sam Wilson: Well, you better go get a bad cop, because you're gonna have to go Mark Fuhrman on my ass to get information out of me.
Tony Stark: Oh, I just knocked the 'A' out of their 'AV'. We got about 30 seconds before they realize it's not their equipment.
Secretary Ross: [In the operations room.] What did you do? Get it back up!
Tony Stark: [Back in the cell.] Just look. Because that is the fellow who was supposed to interrogate Rogers. [He shoes a holographic image of Doctor Broussard.] Clearly, I made a mistake. Sam, I was wrong.
Sam Wilson: That's a first.
Tony Stark: Cap is definitely off the reservation but he's about to need all the help he can get. We don't know each other very well. You don't have to…
Sam Wilson: Hey, it's alright. [Tony leans closer to the window. Sam sighs and looks uneasy.] Look, I'll tell you… but you have to go alone and as a friend.
Tony Stark: Easy.
[Tony walks to his chopper.]
Secretary Ross: Stark? Did he give you anything on Carter?
Tony Stark: Nope. Told me to go to hell. I'm going back to the compound instead, but you can call me anytime. I'll put you on hold, I like to watch the line blink. [Ross stares at Tony who smiles as he gets in the chopper and the door slides shut. The chopper rises off the helipad and flies away. The doors close on the prison roof.]
[Sitting in the chopper Tony un-clips the sling holding his left arm. He cradles his arm in his hand for a moment. He slowly reaches out the injured arm and presses a button on a panel. The Iron Man Suit wraps itself around Tony, a hatch opens and he flies out of the chopper as Iron Man. He speeds through dark clouds. Close behind T'Challa is at the controls of a Quinjet.]
[Peggy brings her Quinjet into land besides Zemo's caterpillar truck on the remote icy mountain top. The jet's wings fold up beside the fuselage.
On board Steve pulls out rack of guns labeled 'Romanoff'. He takes a light machine gun.
Steve and Peggy stand together, waiting for the exit ramp to descend.]
Peggy Carter: Do you remember when the Hydra Stomper malfunctioned and we had to hitch a ride in a Nazi truck?
Steve Rogers: We tried to come up with a name for the driver.
Peggy Carter: I liked Rita, if I recall.
Steve Rogers: I went for Doloros. Reminded me of someone.
Peggy Carter: Think she's still alive?
Steve Rogers: She'd be a hundred years old right now.
Peggy Carter: Look who's talking. [She takes his hand for a moment]
[Now wearing her helmet Peggy walks with Steve up to the entrance set in rock. The door is still open.]
Peggy Carter: He can't have been here more than a few hours.
Steve Rogers: Long enough to wake them up.
[Peggy leads them into the cast bunker. They travel down into the depths inside a caged elevator. it stops in the bowls of the bunker, doors slide open. Peggy nods to Steve and heaves up the cage door. Steve readies his heavy duty machine gun and they walk along a corridor, keeping close to a wall. Steve looks into an alcove full of junk then he and Peggy move on up some stairs. At the sound of a loud thud they spin around, aiming down the corridor.]
Peggy Carter: You ready?
Steve Rogers: Yeah.
[Double doors part, forced open by Iron Man. Peggy stares in surprise. Tony walks towards Peggy and Steve and retracts the suit's helmet.]
Tony Stark: You seem a little defensive.
[Steve keeps his gun up while Peggy walks to meet Tony with his shield covering his body.]
Peggy Carter: I can't imagine why.
Tony Stark: At ease, Soldier. I'm not currently after you.
Peggy Carter: Then why are you here?
Tony Stark: Could be your story's not so crazy. Maybe. Ross has no idea I'm here. I'd like to keep it that way. Otherwise, I gotta arrest myself.
Peggy Carter: Ooh, all that paperwork. [She lowers her shield.] It's good to see you, Tony. This time.
Tony Stark: You too, Cap. [to Steve] Hey, Manchurian Candidate, you're killing me. There's a truce here. You can drop . . . [Peggy signs Steve to lower his weapon and he does.]
[the three of them cautiously walk along a corridor. T'Challa in his Black Panther Suit is hiding around a corner, watching them.]
[With his helmet and face plate reengaged Iron Man leads Peggy and Steve towards the enormous chamber with the capsules standing in it.]
Tony Stark: I got heat signatures.
Peggy Carter: How many?
Tony Stark: Uh, one.
[As they enter the vast chamber the lights come on. Hazy, yellow mist descends within the capsules. As well as Josef, each one contains an enhanced soldier from the 1991 experiment. Peggy and the others look around, bewildered.]
Helmut Zemo: [on speaker] If it's any comfort, they died in their sleep. [All of the enhanced soldiers have been shot in the head. Steve stares at Josef's corpse.] Did you really think I wanted more of you?
Steve Rogers: What the hell?
Helmut Zemo: I'm grateful to them, though. They brought you here. [Zemo appears in a control room. Peggy hurls her shield but it flies back.] Please, Captain. The Soviets built this chamber to withstand the launch blast of UR-100 rockets.
Tony Stark: I'm betting I could beat that.
Helmut Zemo: Oh, I'm sure you could, Mr. Stark. Given time. But then you'd never know why you came.
Peggy Carter: You killed innocent people in Vienna just to bring us here? [Black Panther watches from the shadows. Peggy looks at Zemo through a window.]
Helmut Zemo: I thought about nothing else for over a year. I studied you. I followed you. But now that you're standing here, I just realized . . . there's a bit of green in the blue of your eyes. How nice to find a flaw.
Peggy Carter: You're Sokovian. Is that what this is about?
Helmut Zemo: Sokovia was a failed state long before you blew it to hell. No. I'm here because I made a promise.
Peggy Carter: [He studies Zemo.] You lost someone?
Helmut Zemo: [He looks grave, clicks his tongue.] I lost everyone. And so will you. [He plays surveillance footage from December 16th 1991. Peggy steps over to the screen.] An empire toppled by its enemies can rise again. But one which crumples from within? That's dead . . . forever.
Tony Stark: [He looks at the freeze frame of a secluded road and the date, December 16 1991. His eyes rove, anxiously.] I know that road. What is this?
[The video plays. That car that the Winter Soldier forced off the road crashes into a tree. Tony watches intently as the Winter Soldier rides up and gets off his motorbike. Peggy watches Tony's increasing unease. The driver lies on the ground beside the car. It's Tony's father, Howard.
Howard Stark: Help my wife. Please. Help.
[The Winter Soldier walks over and hoists him up by his hair. He stares at Howard's bloody face. Howard stares back pleadingly.]
Howard Stark: Sergeant Rogers?
Maria Stark: Howard!
[Tony glares at Steve. In the video the Winter Soldier pounds Howard hard in the face with his metal fist.]
Maria Stark: Howard!
[In grief Tony closes his eyes for a moment. On screen his father slumps dead. The Winter Soldier puts him in the driver's seat with his face against the steering wheel. Tony stares in horror. Maria's in the passenger seat with blood streaked down her face. The Winter Soldier walks around and grips her throat. Expressionless he strangles Maria. Tony watches the screen stunned. The Winter Soldier walks up and aims a gun at the surveillance camera.
Peggy watches Tony anxiously. Tony lunges towards Steve, Peggy stops him.]
Peggy Carter: Tony. Tony.
Tony Stark: [Consumed with grief and tears glistening in his eyes he turns and looks at Peggy.] Did you know?
Peggy Carter: I didn't know it was him.
Tony Stark: Don't bullshit me, Carter! Did you know?
Peggy Carter: Yes.
[Tony steps back, his chin jutting upwards twitchy. Tony reengages the Iron Man helmet. He punches Peggy to the floor and deflects gunfire from Steve, disarming him. he grabs Steve and flies across the chamber. He slams him onto the floor, then jumps on his arms. Peggy's shield hits Iron Man, distracting him. Peggy barges him backwards, Iron Man shoulders her to the floor and shackles her ankles. Steve punches Iron Man who just lifts him and slams him against a machine. Iron Man raises a fist but Steve twists it. A rocket shoots out of Iron Man's arm, a fireball explodes. Peggy slices her shackles as a towering structure of pipework collapses. Tony and Steve are thrown down a level as twisted metal falls around them, showering sparks.]
Peggy Carter: [to Steve] Get out of here!
[As Steve bolts Iron Man fires, but misses. Peggy lands in front of him. Steve hits a control panel and the silo-styled door overhead starts to open.]
Peggy Carter: It wasn't him, Tony. Hydra had control of his mind!
Tony Stark: Move!
Peggy Carter: It wasn't him!
[Peggy grabs Iron Man's ankle in mid air and smashes it. Iron Man blocks Peggy by shooting down rubble, then falteringly flies up the tower.]
FRIDAY: Left boot jet failing. Flight systems compromised.
Tony Stark: Ah crap.
[Above him Steve leaps from platform to platform. With stuttering jets Iron Man gives chase, then kicks Steve and takes aim, but the energy bolt rebounds off Peggy's shield onto himself. Iron Man drops like a stone and lands on a lower platform.]
Peggy Carter: He's not going to stop. Go.
[As Iron Man soars upwards, Peggy leaps and shoots a wire which wraps around Iron Man's neck and drags him back down. He deflects Peggy's shield, then tries to target Steve.]
Tony Stark: Come on, come on.
FRIDAY: Targeting system's knackered, boss.
Tony Stark: I'm eyeballing it. [His helmet retracts and he shuts one eye, taking aim at the opening hatch. He fires and hits the giant hinge which explodes, cutting off Steve's escape route. He flies up, blocks two swings from an iron pipe from Steve, then grabs him around the neck from behind.] Do you even remember them?
Steve Rogers: I remember all of them.
[Steve pushes them both from the walkway, Peggy jumps into them to deflect their fall. Steve lands on a platform while Tony and Peggy land on the concrete floor besides opening in the wall where snow drifts in from outside]
Peggy Carter: This won't change what happened.
Tony Stark: I don't care. He killed my mom.
[They trade punches and Iron Man ends up pinning Peggy down. Steve picks up Captain Britain's shield and leaps down to help. As the two super soldiers fist fight with Iron Man the shield changes hands between them until Tony manages to zap Peggy who is thrown back into the wall. Steve struggles to hold Iron Man at bay as he unleashes an energy beam, then he forces Iron Man against the opposite wall and grips the glowing core in the chest of the Iron Man Suit. A blast of energy knocks Steve down, metal arm completely blown away. Tony zaps him again. Peggy rushes him with her shield up and Iron Man fires right at it.
[Zemo is outside, listening to a phone message.]
Zemo's Wife: You should've seen his little face. Just try, okay? I'm going to bed. I love you.
T'Challa: [Sneaks up behind him] I almost killed the wrong man.
Helmut Zemo: Hardly an innocent one.
T'Challa: This is all you wanted? To see them rip each other apart?
Helmut Zemo: [Deletes the voice message] My father lived outside the city. I thought we would be safe there. My son was excited. He could see the Iron Man from the car window. I told my wife, "Don't worry. They are fighting in the city. We're miles from harm." When the dust cleared . . . and the screaming stopped. It took me two days until I found their bodies. My father . . . still holding my wife and son in his arms. And the Avengers? They went home. I knew I couldn't kill them. More powerful men than me have tried. But, if I could get them to kill each other . . . I'm sorry about your father. He seemed a good man. With a dutiful son.
T'Challa: Vengeance has consumed you. It's consuming them. [He blinks ruefully and retracts the claws in his gloves.] I am done letting it consume me. Justice will come soon enough.
Helmut Zemo: [Holding a gun Zemo smiles thinly.] Tell that to the dead. [He tries to shoot himself but T'Challa grabs him just as he fires.]
T'Challa: The living are not done with you yet.
[Tony and Peggy are still fighting in the silo.]
FRIDAY: You can't beat her hand to hand.
Tony Stark: Analyse her fight pattern.
FRIDAY: Scanning! [Iron Man's HUD flashes red as Peggy lands blow after blow.] Countermeasures ready.
Tony Stark: [He grabs Captain Britain's shield.] Let's kick her ass. [He flings the shield away then zaps Peggy backwards, head over heels. Peggy rises and Tony blocks her punches then zaps her to her knees, right in front of Steve who's lying on his back.]
Peggy Carter: You know what he means to me.
Tony Stark: It doesn't matter. [He punches Peggy then throws her back towards the gaps in the wall.] Stay down. Final warning.
Peggy Carter: [She struggles to her feet, her face bloody and her gate weary. She raises her fists and stares Iron Man down.] I can do this all day.
[Iron man raises his left palm ready to fire. Steve grabs his leg and Tony spins, kicking him in the face. Peggy grabs Iron Man and lifts him over her head, then throws him down, punches him and bashes his mask off with her shield before striking down hard on the suit's core. Tony looks horrified and glowers fearfully at Peggy who pants for breath. Both have blood spattered across their faces. Peggy looks back at Tony then shuts her eyes and slumps down. The shield remains upright, stuck upright in the center of the Iron Man Suit. When Peggy struggles up again she takes hold of the shield, gripping the edge and pulling it free. She steps away from Tony who rolls painfully onto his side. Steve lies bloodied but conscious, Peggy reaches out and pulls him to his feet, holding him up as Tony looks on.]
Tony Stark: That shield doesn't belong to you. [Peggy turns her back.] You don't deserve it. My father made that shield! [Peggy stops, raises her chin, then drops the shield and walks away with Steve's arm around her shoulder.]
[In a secure chamber at the Berlin UN bunker Zemo's contained in a prison pod, his ankles cuffed to his seat. Everett Ross enters the chamber.]
Everett Ross: Meals at eight and five. Toilet privileges twice a day. Raise your voice, zap. Touch the glass, zap. You step out of line, you deal with me. Please, step out of line. Hmm? [Zemo just stares.] So how does it feel? To spend all that time, all that effort . . . and, to see it fail so spectacularly?
Helmut Zemo: [He looks up to meet Everett's gaze.] Did it?
[Back at Avengers HQ, Tony is with Rhodes as he tentatively walks beside parallel bars with tech on his legs.]
Tony Stark: It's just the first pass.
James Rhodes: Yeah.
Tony Stark: Give me some feedback. Anything you can think of. Shock absorption. Lateral movement. Cup holder?
James Rhodes: You may wanna think about some AC down in . . . [He falls onto his hands.]
Tony Stark: Let's go. I'll give you a hand.
James Rhodes: No, no, don't. Don't help me. Don't help me. [He rises to his hands and knees, turns to sit on the floor beside Tony.] 138. 138 combat missions. That's how many I've flown, Tony. Every one of them could've been my last, but I flew 'em. Because the fight needed to be fought. It's the same with these Accords. I signed because it was the right thing to do. And, yeah, this sucks. This is . . . this is a bad beat. But it hasn't change my mind. I don't think. [He gives a crooked smile and takes Tony's hand.]
Tony Stark: You okay?
James Rhodes: Oh yeah.
FedEx Driver Stan Lee: [Knocks on the window with a packet in his hand.] Are you Tony "Stank"?
James Rhodes: Yes, this is-this is Tony "Stank". You're in the right place. Thank you for that! I'm never dropping that, by the way. Table for one, Mr. "Stank". Please, by the bathroom.
[Tony is alone, opens the package and finds an envelope and a phone inside.]
Peggy Carter: [letter to Stark] Tony, I'm glad you're back at the compound. I don't like the idea of you rattling around a mansion by yourself. We all need family. The Avengers are yours, maybe more so than mine. I've always been alone. I never really fit in anywhere. My faith's in people, I guess. Individuals. And I'm happy to say that, for the most part, they haven't let me down. Which is why I can't let them down either. Locks can be replaced, but maybe they shouldn't. I know I hurt you, Tony. I guess I thought by not telling you about your parents I was sparing you, but I can see now that I was really sparing myself, and I'm sorry. Hopefully one day you can understand. I wish we agreed on the Accords, I really do. I know you're doing what you believe in, and that's all any of us can do. That's all any of us should . . . [As Peggy reads her letter off screen it's indicated that she breaks his team out of the Raft.]
FRIDAY: Priority call from Secretary Ross. There's been a breach at the Raft prison.
Tony Stark: Yeah, put him through.
Secretary Ross: Tony, we have a problem.
Tony Stark: Ah, please hold.
Secretary Ross: No. Don't . . .
Peggy Carter: [letter to Stark] So, no matter what. I promise you, if you need us, if you need me, I'll be there.
[Wakanda, medical facility.]
Peggy Carter: You sure about this?
Steve Rogers: I can't trust my own mind. So, until they figure out how to get this stuff out of my head I think going back under is the best thing . . . for everybody. [He goes back into cryo.]
[Peggy stands staring through a window, T'Challa walks towards her.]
Peggy Carter: Thank you for this.
T'Challa: Your friend and my father, they were both victims. If I can help one of them find peace…
Peggy Carter: You know, If they find out he's here . . . they'll come for him.
T'Challa: Let them try.
[In Peter's room on Queens. May speaks to him from somewhere in the apartment.]
May Parker: So. Who was it? Who hit you?
Peter Parker: Some guy. So itchy, man. God. [He fiddles with a wrist band.]
May Parker: What's "some guy's" name?
Peter Parker: Uh, Peggy.
May Parker: Peggy? Wait, a girl hit you? What...
Peter Parker: It's not what you think. She had more muscles than God. [Peter's wrist band emits a red beam which he hides when his aunt comes into the room.] Ouch.
May Parker: Well... I hope you didn't just take it because she's a girl.
Peter Parker: Yeah, I got quite a few hits in, actually. Her friend was huge. Like huge. [May gives him ice in a towel.] That's way better. Thank you.
May Parker: Okay, tough guy. [She smiles broadly then leaves the room.]
Peter Parker: Love you, May. Hey, can you shut the door? [He shines the red beam onto his bedroom ceiling and grins looking up at a glowing image of Spider-Man's mask.]
[the final screen text shows 'Spider-Man will return']
[End of Captain Britain: Civil War]