Chapter 1280: ?Go to the grave
At the same time, another thing happened in Washington DC, not far from New York.
There are more than 100 national cemeteries in the United States. Among them, the Arlington National Cemetery, located on the Potomac River in Washington DC, is the most famous one.
Sleeping there is regarded as the glory of the patriot.
At this time, two strong men walked across the Arlington Bridge, wearing long-sleeved shirts with hoods, walking into the Arlington Cemetery in the breeze of the Potomac, and strolling along the stone steps of the Arlington slopes. on.
They walked very slowly, pausing a little before every tombstone passing by, like reading every American dream story word by word.
Although it is a cemetery, it is as beautiful and peaceful as a park. It is centered on Arlington Hill. The cemetery is distributed on slopes and flat grounds. It covers an area of 2.48 square kilometers with green grass and trees all around.
By the present of the 1990s, a total of 225,000 people have been sleeping here, and all the tombstones are fan-shaped, like the flying stars and stripes guarding the hills of the cemetery.
Except for George Washington, Parker Costes and his wife, General George Marshall, President John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, General Pershing, General Halsey, etc., outside the cemetery of famous celebrities..... .
The other cemeteries are not divided into levels. Soldiers and officers at all levels have only one cross, which is very equal.
"We didn't find it right. Howard would not let himself appear mediocre. A simple cross would not satisfy him."
One of the two whispered to his companion, his black stubble and vicissitudes of life, coupled with the shawl and long hair that he didn't know how long he had not washed, looked like a tramp.
But every step he took was solid and powerful, his temples bulged high, as if he could fight the enemy at any time.
The person with him was also very strong, with a blue T-shirt hood covering his face and a brown aviator leather jacket. He had a clean and handsome face, and he was full of righteousness when speaking:
"I know... It's just that I want to see the comrades who used to fight with us, and hope they can enjoy peace here."
"Of course, but we know at least one-tenth of the people who fall asleep here. Will you come to see you when time is more abundant next time?" The long-haired young man sighed, and turned his head to avoid the pedestrians passing by. , Whispered.
The young blond nodded slightly. He raised his hand to cover his face: "I know, Bucky, we came to the United States after the Red Skull. We don’t know where he is hiding. Time is tight, but at least After I missed Howard's funeral, shall I meet him at his graveyard?"
Bucky sighed. He always had no choice but to take Steve. He looked around and kept talking to the tombstone along the way, saying "borrow" to the big tree on the side of the road, pulling two of them and leaving them open. The little yellow flowered dandelion, came back and handed one to Steve.
"We can't go empty-handed, here you are."
Steve took the flowers and didn’t say much. During World War II, how many comrades died without a dandelion. He did come in a hurry. He crossed half of the earth overnight, but he always brought flowers to the grave. .
Although this little flower is a bit wilted and broken, it seems that it has been bitten by bugs, but it is better than nothing.
Steve and Bucky took the flowers and went to find a new grave with a larger tombstone. They soon found Howard's graveyard. His monument was bigger than that of General Marshall next door.
Bucky rolled his eyes secretly, and he knew it. He said that everyone is equal after death, but the people who erect the monument are not equal. With Howard's financial resources and Stark's industrial power, if he could sleep in a simple There are ghosts under the white cross.
‘Howard Stark, 1924-1991, patriot, scientist, father. ’
Mary's name is also engraved on the tombstone, but there is no sketch of her birth and death, and there is no epitaph.
Steve and Maria are not acquainted, he walked to the tombstone and put down the flowers, and then stood there quietly looking at the grave that had not grown grass.
He recalled the days when he and Howard used to get along. He made a shield for himself, and he took him to play mahjong all night. The man with the coquettish mustache seemed to be happy all the time and had helped him a lot.
Now, Steve felt lonely again.
The godfather is dead, Howard is also dead, Holloway is also dead, in addition to that, three-quarters of the roaring commando team also died, only himself, Fury and a few people are still alive.
The breeze blew across the green grass in the distance, and Steve raised his hand to wipe off his hood and fixed his eyes on the tombstone.
After Bucky offered the flowers, he didn't talk witty words with Steve again, just stood beside him in silence.
"Buggy, am I a good person?"
After a long time, Steve suddenly asked him a question, his tone full of confusion.
Bucky nodded without hesitation: "Of course, you are Captain America, and you are probably the best person in America. Why do you say that?"
"No, I am not saying whether I am qualified as a fighter, but asking me...Is it a qualified relative or friend?" Steve sighed, he looked up at the sky, it was dazzling The sun did not make him feel warm.
"Did you think of Mr. Wilson again? Still can't forget about tearing off his body arm, right?" Bucky sniffed. Howard was also his old friend.
And because the two have almost the same hobbies, Howard liked to drink, smoke, and play with women when he was young, and Bucky also liked it, so their relationship was even better.
"If I defeat all my enemies and want to live a peaceful life, I find that there is no one around me, what should I do?" Steve gritted his teeth and found that his relatives and friends had been declining. Even those who are alive have not seen each other for a long time.
He was a little worried, worried that one day he would wake up and suddenly become a lonely man.
"Then you have to find a way to die in front of me." Bucky curled his lips and said, seemingly relaxed: "Because I will always be by your side."
Steve smiled, hugged Bucky, and patted each other on the back, but said something different.
"This is the cemetery, pay attention to the language."
"Well, listen to you, but I think it would be nice to grab the Red Skull's head and give Howard as a sacrifice."
"salute!"
Captain America raised his arm and saluted Howard's tombstone as a farewell to his comrades, and Bucky said, he also raised his hand to salute. They don't have much time, and there are tasks ahead.
The two veterans maintained a salute posture for ten seconds, then put down their hands and turned to leave. They still had to rush to New York, because the Red Skull's next target is likely to be there.
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But when they walked out of the cemetery, before they had time to return to the car, a helicopter flew in the sky, and a black man in a black leather jacket stepped on the landing gear and hung the windshield outside the cabin.
After landing, the stewed eggs walked straight towards the two of them, carrying their hands on their backs and asking blankly: "Captain, do you want to take a ride?"
The gust of wind lifted his fur coat, and he looked like a cloud of shadows, dangling.
Bucky looked at Steve and then at Fury: "It's natural to have a free rider, but...what about your hair?"
He couldn't look directly at Fury, because of the angle, the noon sun shining on the black bald head gave off a strong reflection, and Bucky couldn't open his eyes with the ‘Brimbling’.
Is this the latest in the United States to defend against snipers? So dazzling!
"I'm glad to meet you too, Bucky." Fury's expression remained unchanged, and he greeted Bucky as if he hadn't heard the question, perhaps in his mind automatically transformed this question into a hello language.
"How did you find us?" Steve doesn't care about Fury's hairstyle, he also thinks bald head is suitable for spies.
But he and Bucky smuggled to Mexico, and then returned by boating along the coastline at night. How did Fury find them?
The helicopter's propeller was still spinning fast, and Fury signaled that this is not the place to talk, everyone will talk about it after getting on the plane. Steve took a deep look at him, and out of trust in his former comrades in arms, he took Bucky on the plane.
The helicopter pilot was a young girl, very face-to-face, not the expected old family, Bucky glanced at her curiously, and this was noticed by Fury.
"This is'Iron Cavalry,' a loyal agent of SHIELD. We are safe to talk here."
On the other hand, Fury introduced the newcomer to the two on the intercom, then gestured for Melinda to take off, and took the three to the old base ‘playground’, where it was safer.
Melinda turned and smiled at the two of them: "Captain, Bucky, welcome back."
"Okay, you can ask the captain for a private call after you land. Now maintain Level 2 alert and fly in secret."
Fury asked her to concentrate on driving, and then began to explain how he spotted Steve sneaking:
"Howard has many friends, but most of them are friends of wine and meat and people of interest. Maybe they will attend the funeral of the church, but they will not go to the cemetery to worship him. He has very few real friends, and even fewer are alive ~www.NovelMTL.com~ I installed surveillance in the passages around his cemetery, and I expected you to come. You showed up and stayed there for three minutes, enough for me to come from Sanquyi."
Yes, most people walk on paved paths in the cemetery instead of walking through the grass between the tombstones. This makes the installation of monitoring equipment much easier.
Steve looked at the scenery outside the window getting smaller and smaller, and sighed helplessly: "Fortunately, you are our own."
"Yes, of course I am. I am also a friend of Howard. By the way, I did not tell Agent Carter about your whereabouts. Her current location is Ethiopia." Nothing could be seen on Fury's black face, but he Know what Steve is worried about.
Speaking of Page, Steve seemed a little unnatural. The long cold war between the two has not ended, even if the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union is about to end, they have not yet.
"She's okay, let's talk about it, what are you doing with us? You don't seem to be a person who made a special trip to talk about the past." Captain America changed the subject.
Fury squeezed a stiff smile to make himself appear more humane: "There is indeed something, I am here to ask you to save the United States. All of us are facing a big trouble."
