Having captured Yelena Belova, the
second Black Widow, Hawkeye and Winter Soldier take her back to her
apartment for questioning. To Clint's surprise, Bucky only asks a
routine question about whether she has been to Russia and they leave.
They wait across the street until she exits and follow her down into
the subway. There's the sound of a gunshot, Bucky is knocked down and
his gun stolen, and after the crowd clears they see Belova dead on
the tracks, their only lead gone. Clint has someone else in mind
though....
At the Vault, high-security prison for
dangerous criminals, Clint interviews former Red Room operative
Rodion Steshenko and shows him Bucky waiting outside the building.
Fearing that the Winter Soldier is after him, Steshenko gives up a
name: Alexander Cady, New York contact. The two head to Cady's home
to find him dead, shot with Bucky's gun and the calling card of
Winter Soldier at the scene. They get away from the police and hole
up in a cheap motel. Studying a ledger found at Cady's house, Winter
Soldier gets another clue and they head to a Red Room safe house.
Watching from across the street they are caught by dagger-wielding
assassin Orphan Maker (a new female one named Anya). After a brief
scuffle, Anya tells them that a new Red Room faction is killing
former agents, led by... And then she is shot in the head...by the
real Black Widow, Natasha Romanoff....