Prologue

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1991, a HYDRA base in a snowy landscape. A man enters a bunker and inputs the password for a secret case. He removes a red book marked with a black star.

A technician raises a cylindrical chamber, revealing Bucky Barnes, aka the Winter Soldier.

Bucky Barnes is secured in a chair, a mechanical device either side of his head causing him to howl in pain.

Vasily Karpov speaks. "Желание. Ржавый. Семнадцать. Рассвет. Печь. Девять. Добросердечный. Возвращение на родину. Один. Грузовой вагон." Longing. Rusted. Seventeen. Daybreak. Furnace. Nine. Benign. Homecoming. One. Freight car.

"Доброе утро, Солдат." Good morning, Soldier.

Bucky's eyes are sunken, his reply listless."Я готов отвечать." Ready to comply.

"У меня есть для тебя миссия. Санкционируй и Извлекай. Без свидетелей." I have a mission for you. Sanction and extract. No witnesses.

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Night. A car is driving down a dirt road alone. The Winter Soldier is waiting at the side of the road with his motorcycle. As the car passes, the Winter Soldier follows. He comes alongside the car and disables it.

It swerves off the road, spins, and slams into a tree. The Winter Soldier brings the motorcycle back around and climbs off. He walks to the car trunk and rips it open, revealing a silver case containing several blue packets - recreations of the Super-Soldier serum.

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"Отлично, Солдат."

Well done, Soldier.

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