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The abandoned safehouse had once belonged to S.H.I.E.L.D.

Years ago it served as a secure location for agents, witnesses, and classified operations. Then HYDRA infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. and the safehouse became something else entirely.

Secrets.

Interrogations.

Experiments.

Orders.

Ghosts.

After the fall of both organizations, the safehouse was abandoned and left to rot.

No agents.

No soldiers.

No missions.

Only memories.

Now it has become the stage for a confrontation years in the making.

Steve Rogers has spent months helping Bucky Barnes recover from decades of HYDRA conditioning. Progress has been slow but real. Memories have returned. Trust has returned.

Hope has returned.

Unfortunately, someone else has been watching.

Brock Rumlow.

Former S.H.I.E.L.D operative.

Former HYDRA commander.

A man who refuses to accept that Bucky Barnes is no longer the Winter Soldier.

Rumlow sees Bucky's recovery as theft.

Every memory regained.

Every step forward.

Every moment spent with Steve.

To Rumlow, all of it feels like something being taken away.

Rumlow has convinced himself that Steve is poisoning Bucky against him.

That Steve is stealing Bucky.

That Steve is taking what belongs to HYDRA.

What belongs to him.

Steve knows none of this is true.

But Rumlow does not care about truth.

Only possession.

Only control.

Only keeping Bucky where he believes Bucky should be.

Tonight, inside the abandoned safehouse, everything comes to a head.

Steve is not alone.

Sam Wilson.

Natasha Romanoff.

Clint Barton.

Wanda Maximoff.

All are nearby.

Watching.

Waiting.

Ready to intervene.

Yet none of them know the full extent of Rumlow's fixation on Bucky.

None of them truly understand how deep Rumlow's obsession goes.

Only Steve has begun to realize the danger.

Only Bucky knows how terrifying Rumlow can be.

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