BERLIN - DAY
Traffic rolled around the victory column. A police convoy drove beside the river Spree. Amidst the convoy was a gray armed truck. Inside, Phillip wore restraints inside a prison pod. Three armed guards sat on the other side of the glass-walled pod. A police motorbike stopped traffic and a van driver looked affronted. The convoy turned a corner onto a bridge across the river. In an SUV, T'Challa sat in front of Steve, who was next to Bea, with Alpine on her lap, and Bucky.
"So, you like cats?" Sam asked.
"Sam," Steve called.
"What? Dude shows up dressed like a cat and you don't wanna know more?"
"Your suit... it's Vibranium?" Steve and Bucky questioned.
T'Challa's eyes narrowed as he glanced sideways and said, "The Black Panther has been the protector of Wakanda for generations. A mantle, passed from warrior to warrior. And now, because your friend, your friends' brother/boyfriend murdered my father, I also wear the mantle of king. So, I ask you... as warrior and king... how long do you think you can keep your friend safe from me?" Steve was stone-faced as the convoy headed underground.
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In a light gray walled bunker, Phillip's pod was carried away by a forklift. Nearby, Steve, Bucky and Bea got out of the SUV and glanced across at Phillip who didn't spot them. Steve, Sam, Bucky, Bea and T'Challa approached Sharon who was standing with a diminutive, gray-haired man.
"What's gonna happen to him?" Steve asked.
"Same thing that ought to happen to you," Everett Ross replied. "Psychological evaluation and extradition."
"This is Everett Ross, Deputy Task Force Commander," Sharon introduced.
"What about our lawyer?" Steve and Bea asked.
"Lawyer," Everett repeated. "That's funny. See their weapons are placed in lockup. Oh, we'll write you a receipt."
"I better not look out the window and see anybody flying around in that," Sam said.
As they went, Steve, Bucky and Bea looked back and caught Phillip's eye.
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"You'll be provided with an office instead of a cell," Secretary Ross said. "Now, do me a favor, stay in it?"
"I don't intend on going anywhere," T'Challa retorted.
"For the record, this is what making things worse looks like," Natasha stated.
"He's alive," Steve and Bucky shot back.
Tony, on his phone, said, "No. Romania was not Accords-sanctioned. And, Colonel Rhodes is supervising cleanup."
"Try not to break anything while we fix this," Natasha told Steve, Bucky and Bea as someone took Alpine.
"Consequences? You bet there'll be consequences. Obviously you can quote me on that 'cause I just said it. Anything else? Thank you, sir."
"'Consequences'?" Steve and Bea repeated.
"Secretary Ross wants you each prosecuted. Had to give him something."
"I'm not getting that shield back, am I?" Steve said.
"Technically, it's the government's property," Natasha replied. "Wings, too."
"That's cold," Sam stated.
"Warmer than jail," Tony shot back.
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