A Nation In Mourning

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TRAFALGAR SQUARE - DAY -

People lean from balconies, holding the V for Victory sign. A paper on a newsstand reads, "WAR OVER!"

THE WHIP & FIDDLE PUB - DAY-

Amidst the revelry, MORITA, JONES, DERNIER, FALSWORTH and DUGAN stand at attention. Their bags rest against the wall. THEY SOLEMNLY RAISE THEIR GLASSES.

UNDERWATER - DAY-

THE PLANE SINKS SLOWLY IN THE ICY WATER.

STARK SEARCH BOAT - DAY-

A TRAWLER bobs on the ocean's surface, at anchor. All sorts of antennae sprout from the wheelhouse.

STARK SEARCH BOAT, WHEELHOUSE - DAY-

HOWARD STARK hunches over a MONITOR on a high-tech bridge. His assistants eye SONAR and RADIATION DETECTORS. ONE FEATURES A STEADY GREEN BLIP. ON HOWARD'S SCREEN: grainy video footage of the sea bottom. Sand and fish roll past as the camera explores the terrain. Howard peers. He stops the camera sub, adjusts the monitor, bringing into focus... THE CRACKED, INERT...COSMIC CUBE.

He operates a pair of joysticks. ON SCREEN, two robotic claws extend. They reach out and clasp the cube. Howard exhales and looks to his assistants. "Move us to the next grid point."

"But there's no trace of wreckage, sir. And the energy signature stops here." Stark pushes back from the monitor, spent, grim. "Just keep looking."

ARCTIC OCEAN - DAY-

THE PLANE'S WINGTIP SLIPS BELOW THE ICE.

UNDERWATER - DAY-

Steve's and Brianna's shadows through the cockpit window. Strapped in their chairs. Still Holding hands..

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, BRIEFING ROOM - DAY-

Phillips signs and closes 2 official reports. "CLASSIFIED-CAPTAIN AMERICA." and "CLASSIFIED- AGENT JUSTICE" He stamps them both: "INACTIVE." He slides them into a red box marked "TO BE DESTROYED." He looks up as Peggy walks in. He regards her, stoic, suppressing his emotion.

She picks up the box and puts it with others on a table near the door. For a moment, she just stands there, overwhelmed. She opens the box, taking out A PHOTO OF PRE-REBIRTH STEVE. She smiles. Then she tucks it in her breast pocket. She closes the box and leaves

UNDERWATER - DAY-

BACK AWAY FROM THE WINDOW UNTIL THE PLANE IS JUST A SHADOW. 

LOWER EAST SIDE - DAY-

On a New York street, TWO BOYS AND A GIRL PLAY. One fires a toy gun. The other blocks imaginary bullets with A GARBAGE CAN LID.  The girl pulls a toy knife.

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