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You step forward, away from Steve, and use a trick you learnt from Tony on a late night after splitting a bottle of brandy and taking pot shots at old publicity stills of Obadiah Stane with exploding darts - you override the comms, the entire system, and you say, “We’ll do it. We’ll take the trade.”

Steve is sputtering behind you, because no, that’s against every rule S.H.I.E.L.D. has ever had on hostage negotiations, but you don’t care; you’re damn well going to get this done.

Before anyone has a chance to stop you, you begin to run, giving the Hydra agent choppy directions as you go on where to meet you. Probably, you’re supposed to be taking instructions from him, but you can worry about that when you’re not trying to outrun Captain America and navigate an unfamiliar compound at the same time.


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