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The control room is a little more than halfway up the tower, and you're only a flight or two of stairs below it when there is a sudden blast of red light and hot air, and you're knocked backwards off your feet into the wall.

It takes you a few seconds to recover, and when you are blinking and looking around again, you realize pretty quickly, uh-oh. Steve is sitting half-slumped against the wall, both hands over his side, and even from where you are you can see the stain spreading over his uniform. He's hurt, and it's no little scratch.

Tony is over at his side of the room in seconds, trying to help him up. It's not going very well, so Natasha says, "We should move him somewhere safe and go on without him."

"Leave Steve behind? No way."

"Back me up, Hawkeye," Natasha says quickly.

To agree with Natasha and leave Steve somewhere safe, turn to page 17.