Sunrise Serenade

02

A man laughed as the door was opened by an employee, and said, "I mean... Thank you." Three people walked through the door. "Oh... Well, that's done."

"Yeah," the woman agreed, glancing at her watch. "Half hour before last call?"

The man turned. "I can't, guys. I have to prep for tomorrow's session."

"Really?"

"You..." the other man began. "Ooh!" He chuckled.

A man grunted as he was yanked through a wall of art from behind.

The Winter Soldier burst through the hole in the wall and the man grunted.

Men grunted, groaned and spoke in Russian as the Winter Soldier killed them with a knife and gunshots rang out as they were shot.

The Winter Soldier grabbed a man by the throat and walked forward.

"Hail HYDRA," the Winter Soldier said as the man slumped to the ground.

The man who had tried to leave earlier glanced back to see the Winter Soldier. He tried unlocking the door as he muttered, "Shit."

The man's hand was shaking, and he couldn't get the key into the keyhole.

The Winter Soldier sauntered toward the man.

His breath trembled before he said, "Please." He panted and stuttered, "I didn't see anything. I didn't see anything. I didn't see anything."

The Winter Soldier shot him point blank.

---

Phillip's eyes shot open and he breathed heavily as he sat up. Bea stirred and upon noticing his look, asked, "You okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine," he lied.

"No you aren't. All this waking up in the middle of the night- Bucky and I are worried about you. Phillip, why wrong you talk to me?"

He stared at her sadly. "Bea, as much as I'd like to, it's too much."

"Then let me bear your load with you."

He sighed. "Bea-"

She took his hands. "Phillip, listen to me. Whenever you are ready to talk, I'm here, okay?"

He nodded and kissed her forehead. "I love you, Bea."

"I love you too, Phillip."

---

"So, Mr. Barnes, are you still having nightmares?" Dr. Raynor asked. Phillip stared at her blankly. "Phillip, I asked you a question. Are you still having nightmares?"

"No," Phillip replied in a deadpan tone.

"We've been doing this long enough that I can tell when you're lying. Well, you both seem a little off today. Did something happen recently?"

"No." Phillip shook his head slightly.

"You're a civilian now. As is your brother and wife. With your history, the government needs to know that you're not gonna..." She balled a fist and shook it slowly. Phillip nodded, understanding. "It's a condition of your pardon. So, tell me about your most recent nightmare."

"I didn't have a nightmare."

Dr. Raynor breathed deeply, pulled out her pen and clicked it.

"Oh, come on," Phillip said. "Really? You're gonna do the notebook thing?"

"Why? It's passive aggressive."

Dr. Raynor looked at him. "You don't talk, I write."

Phillip let out a sigh. "Okay. Okay. I crossed a name off the list of amends yesterday. Don't worry. I used all your three rules. Bucky and Bea were proud. Senator Atwood."