Agent Sakuara

HYDRA FACTORY - GROUND FLOOR. NIGHT.

Searchlights sweep from watchtowers. A barbed-wire fence rings a compound of buildings. A factory belches smoke.

A Hydra tech loads blue cartridges into a cl.u.s.terbomb, then gently loads the cl.u.s.terbomb into a nose cone.

"As you see, production is proceeding faultlessly." Dr. Zola and Schmidt walk the factory floor. Catwalks radiate from a control room overhead. Dr. Zola continued "Even in ordnance of this."

"Good. Increase output by sixty percent. See to it our other facilities do the same." Schmidt ordered.

"But our...workers. I am not sure they have the strength." Dr. Zola raised the issue.

P.O.W.'s [1] labor at gunpoint. A giant crane loads bombs onto a rail car.

"Then use what strength they have left, Doctor. There are always more workers." Schmidt simply replied.

HYDRA FACTORY - MAIN GATE

Steve peers out at the guards patrolling the main gate. He drops as headlights sweep the road. Three covered trucks rumble toward the gate. A gate guard checks the drivers' papers while Steve sneaks into the last truck.

HYDRA FACTORY - COMPOUND

The trucks roll into the compound, gates closing behind them. Guards hurry out to unload the trucks.

At the last truck, one guard peers in, curious. A red, white and blue shield stands amongst the supplies. Then the shield springs out, smashing him in the face. The guard drops. Steve emerges from the darkness.

Hydra guards prod P.O.W.'s across the compound. Steve follows, keeping to the shadows. At the barracks, one guard stands watch as the other leads the prisoners inside.

HYDRA FACTORY - BARRACKS

A warder [2] opens a cage and prods the prisoner in. A prisoner in a hat bring up the rear, slow. The warder hits him with a truncheon [3], knocking off his bowler. The prisoner picks up his hat and puts it back on. The person's name is Dum Dum Dugan. He stares at the Warder and said "You know, Fritz, one of these days, I'm gonna get my own stick." The warder viciously kicks Dugan inside.

Down the row, a hundred more prisoners are trapped in a dozen more cages.

HYDRA FACTORY - COMPOUND

The guard steps out to find his partner sleeping against the wall, helmet over his eyes. He kicks him, but the guard doesn't move. He lifts his partner's helmet to see he's out cold. Steve steps up behind him with a truncheon and hit him.

HYDRA FACTORY - BARRACKS

Four prisoners, Falsworth, Jones, Dernier and Dugan slump on the floor of their cage, exhausted.

The warder on the upper floor makes his rounds. He passes out of sight. Then Steve hits him. The warder drops on top of the cage, unconscious. The prisoners jump up as Steve looks down at them.

"Hi." Steve greets. The prisoners only stare at him, stunned.

Jones raises an eyebrow at Steve's outfit and shield and said "And who the hell are you supposed to be?"

"I'm...Captain America." Steve awkwardly answered.

The prisoners' excitement dies and Denier simply said "Merde. [4]"

After all the awkwardness have passed and Steve has explained everything, he started to open the cages.

Freed prisoners follow Steve as he makes his way down the row, opening more cages with the guard's keys. He releases Falsworth, Jones, Dernier and Dugan.

Dugan spots a Japanese-American soldier named Morita, already free and asked "What, are we taking everybody?"

"I'm from Fresno, Ace." Morita replied indifferently.

Steve searches the throng of prisoners and anxiously asked "Are there any others?"

"They did take a number of the men to isolation ward. I'm afraid we haven't seen them since." Falsworth replied.

Steve considers this as the prisoners gather round. Finally, he hands them a pistol and grenades.

"The tree line's northwest, about 80 yards from the gate. From there, just follow the creek bed. I'll meet you in the clearing with anybody I find inside." Steve turned to leave but Jones stops him.

"Wait. You sure you know what you're doing?" Jones asked, skeptical with Steve's decision.

"Sure. I've knocked out Adolph Hitler over 200 times." Steve jokingly replied and moves out.

HYDRA FACTORY

Steve circles the factory, looking for a way in.

A Hydra guard stands watch near a door. He hears tapping then a silhouette appears behind the glass. The guard cautiously opens the door and pokes his head out.

He cautiously asked "Ja? [5]" The door slams, pinning his head. The guard looks up to see Steve's fist coming right at him.

Steve enters the factory, creeping between bombs and crates. Cl.u.s.ters of cartridges bristle inside an unfinished bomb. Steve pulls one out, curious, it glows blue in his hand. He pockets the cartridge and heads to the stairs.

Meanwhile, the freed soldiers started to wreak havoc at the barracks and compound.

Dugan slams a Hydra guard into the grill of a half-track [6]. Dernier and Falsworth climb up top. Dernier settles behind the complicated-looking weapon.

"Are you quite sure you know how to use that?" Falsworth asked while eyeing the weapon.

Dernier peers at the grip and pressed a button. The cannon discharges, blowing a smoking hole in the factory wall. He simply replied with "Oui. [7]"

HYDRA FACTORY - CONTROL ROOM

On a monitor, the factory wall burns. Schmidt scans his security cameras. He presses a button, sounding the alarm outside. At the controls behind him, Dr. Zola looks worried.

HYDRA FACTORY - STAIRS

A guard rushes down the stairs, his jackboots almost crushing Steve's fingers.

Steve hangs under the staircase and yanks the guard's ankle. He tumbles down the stairs.

Steve steps onto a catwalk, only to be met by another guard pointing a pistol at him. Steve knocks the gun from his hand and smashes him in the face. The guard falls, flips back up and charges. Steve swings from a beam and kicks the guard in the c.h.e.s.t.

Back to the freed soldiers. In the half-track, Dugan stares at the German controls, baffled. Just then, Jones slides into the passenger seat.

"Not exactly a Buick." Dugan said.

"That one. Zündung [8]." Jones simply said.

"You speak German?" Duran asked, surprised.

"Natürlich, natürlich spreche ich Deutsch (Of course, of course I speak German). Three semesters at Howard. Then I switched to French. Cuter girls." Jones answered.

Dugan pushes zündung. The half-track roars to life. Dugan then commented "I didn't ask for a resume."

Falsworth and Dernier hang on as the half-track lurches forward.

HYDRA FACTORY - CATWALK

Steve looks over the factory floor, taking in the full scale of the bomb-making facility.

Just then. Two more soldiers attack from either side. The first guard fires. Steve drops and shoots him down. The second guard closes in. Steve whirls and crushes his neck with the side of his shield.

HYDRA FACTORY - CONTROL ROOM

Schmidt surveys the uprising on his monitors.

Outside, the guards struggle to fend off escaping P.O.W.'s. Inside, a strangely-clad soldier takes on three guards.

Schmidt adjusts his screen. In the monitor, Steve hits one guard, kicks another, then uses him to deflect the blast of a third.

Schmidt studies Steve, impressed. Then ordered "Doctor, prepare to evacuate."

"I'm sure our forces can handle—" Dr. Zola started to persuade him.

Schmidt eyes Steve on the monitor. Steve dispatches the last guard and heads up the stairs. "Our forces are outmatched." He cut offed whatever Dr. Zola was gonna say then he presses a button.

Alarms now blare inside the factory. Dr. Zola hurries out of the room. Schmidt flicks the switches on a line of timers with the word SELBSTZERSTöRUNG [9].

Each of them starts a countdown. Then he turns. The cube pulses in a cradle behind smoked glass. He lowers a titanium case over the cradle. It retracts the cube plunging the interior of the factory into darkness.

HYDRA FACTORY - COMPOUND

Hydra guards fill the compound, taking on P.O.W.'s. Morita throws a grenade, blowing the guards away.

HYDRA FACTORY - ZOLA'S EXPERIMENT ROOM

Dr. Zola rifles through a filing cabinet in the corner of a tiled room. He gathers a sheaf of doc.u.ments. We glimpse a sketch of a TV-c.h.e.s.ted robotic suit. Beyond Dr. Zola, a shadowy figure lies slumped in a cage.

Outside Dr. Zola's experiment room, Steve reaches the corridor. At the far end, Dr. Zola scurries out of his room, files pressed to his c.h.e.s.t. Dr. Zola sees Steve. Steve advances. Dr. Zola runs the other way.

Instead of catching Dr. Zola, Steve stalks inside the experiment room, wary. Past the scattered files and specimen jars, he sees the large cage atop a rusty drain. A prisoner lies slumped against the bars. On hearing Steve's footfalls, he calls out wearily.

"Barnes, James Buchanan. Sergeant. 32557038." the prisoner said.

Steve gapes, stunned. He can't believe it. "Bucky?" Steve asked weakly.

Silence. The prisoner doesn't respond. Then he said "Who...who is that?"

Steve races to the cage. He can now clearly see a beaten, grizzled Bucky Barnes staring out. Bucky squints, unable to focus. He seems to have aged 10 years.

"Is that..." Bucky tried to remember who is the person in front of him.

Steve smashes off the lock. He holds out his hand, grinning.

"It's me, Buck." Steve tried lightening the mood.

Bucky studies his friend's face. "Steve?" he asked, unsure.

"I thought you were dead." Steve said.

"I thought you were smaller." Bucky replied.

Steve gently helps him down from the cage. Buck gapes at his transformed, much taller friend.

"What happened to you?" Bucky can't still believe that this man is the same man as the frail looking Steve he grew up with.

"I joined the Army." Steve said, slightly laughing at his friend's reaction.

HYDRA FACTORY - CONTROL ROOM

The first of the timers reaches zero. It beeps and then one of the machines on the factory floor explodes!

HYDRA FACTORY - ZOLA'S EXPERIMENT ROOM

Steve and Bucky stagger as the blast shakes the room. As they head out, Steve spots a huge map, featuring a series of Hydra symbols spreading across Europe. After committing it to memory, Steve helped Bucky limp down the corridor. But more bombs go off.

"Did it hurt?" Bucky suddenly asked.

"Little bit." Steve downplayed it.

"Is it permanent?" Bucky asked again.

"So far." Steve replied.

"You are going to get so many girls." Bucky teased.

Steve only smiled meaningfully, wondering what his friend's reaction will be after knowing that he got a girl even before the transformation.

Bucky and Steve reach the stairs. They head down but another explosion blocks their way. They head back up, spotting a catwalk high above.

HYDRA FACTORY- COMPOUND

Morita leads a group of P.O.W.'s toward the main gate. He hears something roaring up behind them. He looks and immediately shouted "DOWN!". He tackles a P.O.W. to the ground as they hear a zap sound. A blue blast just clears their heads, blowing away the main gate. Behind the cannon, Dernier and

Falsworth whoop politely while the P.O.W.'s swarm the gate.

HYDRA FACTORY - CATWALK

Steve and Bucky reach the catwalk only to find Schmidt on the other side. Dr. Zola waits behind him at the elevator.

"Captain America. How exciting." Schmidt smiles at him. "I'm a fan of your films."

Schmidt hands the titanium box to Dr. Zola. He and Steve slowly walk forward, studying each other.

"So the old man managed it after all. Not quite an improvement, but impressive." Then his smile turned creepy. "I remember his adopted daughter, I wonder if I should pay them a visit some time."

Steve hits Schmidt in the jaw, sending him reeling.

"You better leave them alone." Steve warns, clearly agitated.

Schmidt straightens up, strangely pleased. And asked "Why should I?"

Schmidt swings, but Steve blocks it with his shield. Schmidt's fist leaves a dent in the steel. Steve gapes, surprised. When he looks up, Schmidt hammers him. Steve goes down. Schmidt looms over him.

Steve, stunned, remembered what Dr. Erskine said that night before the experiment. "Dr. Erskine said your experiment was a failure." Steve kicks up, driving his feet into Schmidt's jaw.

Schmidt tumbles to the floor. Dr. Zola scrambles to the catwalk controls. A gap appears between Schmidt and Steve as both sides retract. Schmidt shoots a withering look at Dr. Zola. The doctor pales.

When Schmidt turns back to Steve his face is askew. Red skin bulges from torn seams.

"A failure? Oh, no, Captain." He gets to his feet. "I was his greatest success." He pulls, peeling his face from the bone, revealing a red skull underneath. He grins, hideous. Steve stares in disbelief.

"You don't have one of those, do you?" Bucky gapes, then looks at Steve worriedly.

Red Skull tosses his mask away. Johann Schmidt's face wafts into the flames, staring at them all as it falls.

"You're a liar, Captain. You pretend to be a simple soldier. But in reality you're just afraid to admit we've left humanity behind." Red Skull preached. Another explosion rocks the floor below. "Unlike you, I embrace it proudly. Without the masquerade...without fear."

"Then how come you're running?" Steve scowls from the end of the catwalk, helpless.

Dr. Zola hands Red Skull back his titanium box. Then the two of them step into the elevator and disappear.

Steve pulls Bucky away as explosions rock the catwalk. They spot a gantry above.

HYDRA FACTORY - ROOF

Dr. Zola eyes Red Skull's exposed head, queasy. Finally, he looks away and notices the floor indicator.

"Sir? We're going to the roof?" Dr. Zola asked.

But Red Skull remains silent. The doors open, revealing a catwalk leading to a waiting triebflugel [10] built for one.

"But...what about me?" Dr. Zola asked, anxious.

Red Skull hands Dr. Zola a set of car keys and instructed "Not a scratch, Doctor." He then exits the elevator. Dr. Zola stares at the keys as the doors close.

HYDRA FACTORY - TOP GANTRY

Steve and Bucky reach the gantry. Bucky runs on. It creaks. Steve steps on and said to Bucky "Hurry."

Carefully, Bucky limps across the gantry. Rivets fall.

HYDRA FACTORY - WOODS

Morita leads the injured P.O.W.'s toward the woods. Just then, something roars overhead. He looks up at the triebflugel, its rotating engines whirling into a blur.

Inside the triebflugel, Red Skull glances out the c.o.c.kpit. Below, his factory burns. He can just make out a car speeding down a lonely road.

Inside that car, files slide on the seat as Dr. Zola speeds away. His feet barely reaching the pedals.

HYDRA FACTORY - TOP GANTRY

Bucky jumps from the end of the gantry to the other side. Just then, another bomb explodes. The gantry collapses. Steve stands alone, trapped. Bucky looks around, frantic.

"There's got to be a rope or something—" Bucky tried looking for other ways for Steve to get across.

"JUST GET OUT!" Steve cut him off. The explosions come faster now.

"Not without you." Bucky shouted against the booming sounds.

The roof around Steve falls in. He eyes the impossible gap. "Aw, hell." He said under his breath.

He backs up, then races for the edge. Bucky's eyes go wide as Steve leaps, sailing over the blazing chaos. Just as the biggest bomb yet goes off.

[1] prisoners of war

[2] prison guard

[3] a short, thick stick carried as a weapon by a police officer; can also be called as baton

[4] a French word for "shit," used as a mild, generally humorous exclamation in English

[5] a German word for "yes"

[6] a military or other vehicle with wheels at the front and caterpillar tracks at the rear

[7] French word for "yes"

[8] German word for "ignition" or "firing"

[9] German word for "self-destruction"

[10] a German aircraft made in the 1940's; you can google it for more information :)