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[At an airport Zemo listens to a phone message.]

Zemo's Wife: He asked me again if you were going to be there. I said I wasn't sure. You should've seen his little face. Just try, okay? I'm going to bed. I love you.

[Frowning Zemo ends the call. A TV news report is playing nearby.]

News anchor #5: James Barnes und Gabrielle Gray, die Verdächtigen des UN-Bombenanschlags auf Wien, sind heute aus der Haft entkommen. Außerdem fehlen Avenger-Captain Steve Rogers und Sam Wilson. ([subtitled:] James Barnes and Gabrielle Gray, the suspects in the UN Vienna bombing escaped custody today. Also missing Avenger Captain Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson.)

[Zemo eyes the TV screen. He stands in line at a departure gate. The screen above the gate reads: 'Gate 06 | Berlin Flughafen | AEM2103 | 14:10 | Moskau/Moscow']

[In a huge abandoned warehouse Gabrielle comes to with her metallic right arm clamped in a huge industrial vice, Bucky next to her. She scans the room with narrowed eyes and stops when she sees Steve and Sam.]

"Oh, I remember this," Gabrielle smirks. 

Steve Rogers: Are you in the right state of mind?

Gabrielle Gray: I have been ever since James pulled you out of the Potomac and hit me across the head with his gun.

Sam Wilson: Who are you?

Bucky Barnes: That's none of your fucking business.

Steve Rogers: Well, we need to know if she's on our side —

[Gabrielle suddenly turns into a gyrfalcon, the right-wing metallic and a large red star evident on it. She transforms back after her arm is out of the vice and lifts the vice so Bucky can get his arm out. Once his arm is out, Gabrielle drops it with a large BANG! Steve and Sam cover their ears. Gabrielle and Bucky embrace.]

"Wow!" a Ravenclaw first year says. "An animagus form with the metal arm is so cool!" 

The Marauders stare at the screen. "How did turning into your animagus form change the arm too?" Remus asks. 

"I'm not too sure, actually," Gabrielle says as she attempts to take one of the plates off her arm. "All I remember is getting the arm amputated, HYDRA putting on the arm, and --" she pops the plate off the arm, "-- before they completed it, they carved some symbols on the back of this plate." She hands the plate to Remus. 

"Those are runes!" Lily says. "Really complicated runes."

"Yeah, I dunno." Lily hands the plate back to Gabrielle and she pops it back on with a clank.

Gabrielle Gray: (in Greek) Είσαι καλά; ([subtitled] Are you okay?)

Bucky Barnes: Yeah. [he turns to Steve and Sam, who are just staring at them, wide-eyed.] What happened?

[Steve glances at Sam wearily before looking back at Bucky and Gabrielle, who are now just holding hands.]

Steve Rogers: A lot.

Bucky Barnes: Oh, God, I knew this would happen. Everything HYDRA put inside us is still there. All he had to do was say the goddamn words.

Steve Rogers: Who was he?

Bucky Barnes: I don't know.

Steve Rogers: People are dead. The bombing, the setup. The doctor did all that just to get 10 minutes with you. I need you to do better than "I don't know."