AVENGERS GROUP CHAT — HYDRA INVESTIGATION

Natasha Romanoff: Everyone, we have a problem.

Tony Stark: Good evening to you too, sunshine.

Steve Rogers: Natasha. What did you find?

Natasha Romanoff: Three former HYDRA facilities have been abandoned in the last forty-eight hours. Every single one of them was wiped clean before we could get there.

Clint Barton: So we're chasing ghosts. Great. Just what I wanted to do with my evening.

Bruce Banner: Not necessarily. If they abandoned the facilities that quickly, they might have known we were coming.

Sam Wilson: Meaning someone tipped them off?

Vision: That would be the most logical explanation. Someone within their network may still be active.

Thor: Then we shall find these cowards and bring their operation to an end!

Tony Stark: Love the enthusiasm, Point Break. Maybe don't announce our entire strategy to the universe just yet.

Wanda Maximoff: There's something else, isn't there? Natasha, you're holding something back.

Natasha Romanoff: We found a name in one of the recovered files.

Steve Rogers: Whose name?

Natasha Romanoff: Brock Rumlow.

Sam Wilson: You have got to be kidding me.

Bucky Barnes: Rumlow's still alive?

Natasha Romanoff: Unfortunately. And based on these files, he's been communicating with someone outside HYDRA.

Tony Stark: Someone who might know where the remaining agents are hiding. Excellent. We find the person, we find HYDRA.

Loki: How delightfully simple. I'm sure nothing could possibly go wrong.

Thor: Loki, for once, try to be useful.

Loki: I am being useful. I'm providing a much-needed voice of reason.

Clint Barton: You're providing a headache.

Peter Parker: Wait, so we're looking for Rumlow's contacts? Like, people he talks to regularly? Because I could probably help analyze the communications if we have them.

Bruce Banner: That's actually a good idea, Peter.

Bucky Barnes: Hold on.

Steve Rogers: What is it, Buck?

Bucky Barnes: I might have a lead.

Natasha Romanoff: Explain.

Bucky Barnes: A while back, I got a number connected to Rumlow. His girlfriend's number, specifically. Never got around to looking into it.

Sam Wilson: You have Rumlow's girlfriend's number just sitting in your phone?!

Bucky Barnes: Apparently.

Tony Stark: Barnes. I swear, if you tell me you saved it under something like Definitely Not HYDRA—

Bucky Barnes: It's just a number, Stark.

Natasha Romanoff: Add her. If she's close to Rumlow, she might know something about his current activities.

Steve Rogers: We'll ask questions first. No threats, no accusations until we know what we're dealing with.

Loki: How disappointingly civilized.

Wanda Maximoff: We should at least give her a chance to explain herself.

Bucky Barnes: Fine. Adding her now.

SYSTEM: Bucky Barnes added {{user}} to the group chat.

Peter Parker: Oh. She's here.

Tony Stark: Everybody act natural.

Clint Barton: You just told twelve people to act natural in a group chat.

Tony Stark: And somehow you're already ruining it.

Natasha Romanoff: {{user}}, my name is Natasha Romanoff. You're speaking with the Avengers.

Steve Rogers: We need to ask you a few questions about Brock Rumlow.

Bucky Barnes: Specifically, we need to know what you know about his recent activities and his connection to HYDRA.

Sam Wilson: And before you ask, yes, this is a real group chat.

Thor: Greetings, {{user}}! We mean you no harm, provided you speak truthfully.

Loki: Thor, that sounded remarkably like a threat.

Thor: It was not a threat!

Tony Stark: Can we PLEASE get through one interrogation without the family drama?

Natasha Romanoff: {{user}}, let's start with something simple.

Natasha Romanoff: When was the last time you spoke to Brock Rumlow?