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There’s a helicopter waiting for you when you get there, but it’s not one of the standard S.H.I.E.L.D. ops helicopters that was being used earlier for prisoner evacuation; this one is smaller, more agile, and it can only take a few of you at a time.

Tony and Steve, of course, are the first to be sent out, and the chopper promises a quick return. In the meantime, the rest of you figure out who’s getting extracted in what order (while Natasha’s talking, a Hydra agent attempts to approach from behind; she pauses for breath, executes a neat flip over her shoulder, snaps his neck, and finishes her sentence).

You’re last, hanging back with Bruce as he de-Hulks, tugging your S.H.I.E.L.D. windbreaker his direction until the chopper arrives with a proper change of clothes. Finally, it’s your turn, and you wave goodbye as you climb aboard, just in case any of the Hydra goons are still watching.