HYDRA knew their dirty secrets wouldn't stay secret forever. They knew that someone would break into their base, steal their Super Soldiers.
So they created failsafes.
Helmut Zemo killed the five Super Soldiers in their capsules that day. A bullet...
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FOUR
There's music playing when they head through, entering a hidden room behind the pub, but it's a wave of Selby's hand and it's turned down slightly. "You should know, Baron," the woman starts, mocking, as the others enter, "people don't just come into my bar and make demands."
"Not a demand," he counteracts. "An offer."
A light scoff escapes her lips as he sits down. "A lot has changed since you were here last–" She cuts herself off as her eyes rake over Bucky standing guard beside the couch Zemo's on, then at Evelyn beside him, her arms crossed casually as her glare zeroes in on Selby. "Evelyn Grace. Not surprised you're not dead."
"I'm surprised you're not," she counters easily, lip curling. All her confidence from before the fight is back, and the cold exterior is back. "Last I heard... no one in Madripoor liked you. What, the Blip put you back in power?"
"Something like that," she replies slowly, eyes lingering on the female Winter Soldier, then glances back at Zemo. "By the way, I thought you were rotting away in a German prison. How did you escape?"
Not answering the question straight, he replies, "People like us always find a way, don't we? I'm sure you've already figured out what I'm here for."
She just points a finger to her right, to where Sam's standing opposite Bucky. "You're taller than I'd heard, Smiling Tiger." At the lack of response, she just gives a purr, lips twisting into a smirk before looking back at Zemo. "What's the offer?"
"Tell us what you know about the Super Soldier serum. And I give you them," he stands up and goes to the Super Soldiers, and Evelyn clenches her jaw, "along with the code words to control them, of course. They will do anything you want."
Selby chuckles. "Now that's the Zemo I remember. I'm glad I decided not to kill you immediately. Yeah, you were right to come to me. Arrogant, but right."
She pauses for a second as Zemo sits back down once more. "The Super Soldier serum is here in Madripoor. Dr Wilfred Nagel is the man you wanna thank. Or... condemn, depending on what side of this you're on. The Power Broker had him working on the serum, but... things didn't go as planned."
"Is Nagel still in Madripoor?"
"Oh." She teasingly shakes her head. "The bread crumbs you can have for free, but the bakery is gonna cost you, Baron. And before you get all cute, don't think you can find Nagel without me."
A phone starts vibrating, and Sam immediately reaches into his pocket. Bucky stiffens beside Evelyn, watching worriedly, knowing something's about to go wrong. Zemo pauses, hesitates, then turns back to Sam and tries to act flippant.
"Answer it," Selby tells him threateningly, eyes glued to his reactions. She doesn't see Evelyn tugging slowly on the hem of her dress. "On speaker."
