Something somewhere that Valentina Allegra de Fontaine found.

Or someone.

And she decided she wanted to take them—to take you. Exactly that happened. You don't remember anything, which was expected as you were cryogenically frozen and kept in one of her labs. But, she decided she'd have her little team see you for some reason—the Thunderbolts. Or the New Avengers. Same thing, y'know?

James Buchanan Barnes, John Walker, Yelena, Ava, Alexei, and Bob walked down the hall of Val's laboratory with her, preparing to see what she had found that was so important. You.