After the Superhuman Joint Conference convened, the world entered a period of complete peace.
Though no one knew whether it was genuine peace or merely the calm before the storm.
In the blink of an eye, it was already the latter half of 2006.
Nick Fury was driven to distraction by the secret meetings within the United States.
Meetings of every size were held nonstop.
They left Nick Fury without even the time to skim funds.
Although Coulson wanted nothing more than to stay by Captain America's side.
As Nick Fury's subordinate, he certainly couldn't spend months watching over Captain America, with no idea when he would awaken.
At last, the time to thaw him had arrived!
Greenland.
Research Base 32.
The researchers were fully equipped and stood ready.
Most of them looked forward to Steve's awakening. After all, most had grown up hearing stories about Captain America, Steve Rogers.
Their enthusiasm might not have reached Coulson's level of fanaticism, but they all admired Captain America.
Some might not have been particularly curious about Steve Rogers himself, but he was a human popsicle who had been frozen for sixty years.
They were intensely curious about whether he could actually awaken after being thawed.
It was an excellent research topic.
They wanted to witness it firsthand.
If Coulson hadn't been tied up with mundane affairs, he would have wanted to witness Captain America's thawing too.
"Based on these readings, I think we can begin thawing him," an elderly researcher said, his expression solemn as he pointed at a set of documents.
"All right." Several young researchers began working through the complicated array of buttons.
As each machine started running.
Everyone kept a constant watch on Steve's vital signs.
If anything unexpected occurred, they would stop the thawing immediately.
Fortunately, after several