"He is," Nat murmurs, before meeting James' gaze unflinching. "For the most part."

He found out about James and Sharon, somehow. He must have. It's the only explanation. "Probably he wanted to avoid something exactly like this happening if we got word that something had gone wrong and she was in danger."

She'd said we but everyone around this table knows exactly who Fury would have wanted to keep away from Sharon and Madripoor. Sam glances at James, then shakes his head.

"That's cold, man."

It's Steve who answers. "The why doesn't matter right now," he says, firm. "All that matters is what we're gonna do about it." He looks at T'Challa, who nods.

"Agreed," he says. "And I think we all know exactly what we are going to do: we will go to Madripoor and find Sharon Carter... if she lives."