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Ua ʻike mau ʻo Steve i ka maikaʻi loa o nā hopena o ka lāʻau, a ʻaneʻane paha he maikaʻi loa i hiki ʻole ke ʻoiaʻiʻo. ʻAʻole wale nō i hoʻoikaika nui ka lāʻau iā ia, akā ua hoʻōla piha nō hoʻi i nā maʻi he nui āna i loaʻa ai, ʻeā? ʻO ia ka manaʻo o ka hapa nui o nā kānaka — inā ʻaʻole nā kānaka a pau — a ʻaʻole hiki iā Steve ke hoʻohewa iā lākou; ua hala kekahi manawa ma mua o kona ʻike ʻana ʻaʻole ia he lāʻau hana mana e like me kāna i manaʻo mua ai. Ua maopopo leka iā ia ka hopena o ka lāʻau i kona kino ma hope o kona Ua hele a hoʻopakele i nā koa a me Bucky a Hydra i loko o ko lākou kahua. ʻAʻole maopopo iā ia inā no ka ʻeha kino, ke kaumaha, a i ʻole ke kūlana manaʻo i loaʻa iā ia i ka ʻike ʻana iā Bucky e ola ana akā nakinaki ʻia ma luna o kahi pākaukau ʻē aʻe wale nō ma ke kahua Hydra, akā i kona hoʻi ʻana mai me nā mea a pau a hōʻoia ua nānā ʻia ʻo Bucky a maikaʻi kino, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e ʻeha i loko o ka lumi kali ma ke keʻena lapaʻau.
“E, ke Akua aloha…” ʻO ia wale nō ka mea i hiki iā Steve ke ʻōhumu haʻahaʻa i kona wā e hilinaʻi ana i hope i ka noho weliweli a ʻoluʻolu ʻole a me ka paia anu. ʻO ka ʻeha umauma a me ka pōkole hanu i maʻa mua iā ia, ua ʻoi aku ka hopohopo a me ke ʻano ʻē ma mua o kona wā kamaliʻi e loaʻa ana i kāna maʻi hānō mua ma ka pāka me Bucky liʻiliʻi. Ua hoʻāʻo ʻo Steve e noho mālie a mālie e pili ana, ʻoiai he mea pīhoihoi loa ia no ka mea ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia ua pau loa kona mau pilikia olakino.
Ua hala ka manawa, ʻoiai ua waiho mau ʻo ia iā Steve me ka ʻeha maʻamau ma ka māmā a me ka umauma a me ka luhi nui. Ua manaʻo ʻo ia he laki ʻo ia i ka wā i puka mai ai ʻo Bucky mai ke keʻena a maikaʻi ʻo ia a ʻaʻole ʻo ia i koi nui i ka pane a Steve no ke kumu o kona luhi nui. Ua manaʻo ʻo ia ʻaʻole ʻike ʻo Bucky i ka mea serum piha a me kona hopena, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Steve e wehewehe ma hope i ka wā e maikaʻi ai lāua.
No laila, aia nō i loko o ka manaʻo o Bucky ʻo Steve nāwaliwali a maʻi, ʻoi aku ka luhi ma mua o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e ola, ʻoiai ʻo Steve i komo piha i loko o kahi kahua Hydra a hoʻopakele iā lākou a pau.
Mai laila aku, ua ʻoi aku ka makaʻala o Steve i nā ʻāʻī o kona kino i hoʻololi ʻia, ʻoiai he kakaikahi lākou e hopu mau iā ia me ka makaʻala ʻole e like me ka wā e pono ai ʻo ia e hana i kekahi o ka papa inoa i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻO kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao, ʻaʻole i lōʻihi loa ka manawa i kona hoʻokele ʻana i ka Valkyrie i loko o ka wai hau, e hana ana i kona hopena ponoʻī me ia.
Mai laila aku, ua makaʻala ʻo Steve i nā haʻalulu o kona kino i hoʻololi ʻia, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i loaʻa pinepine ʻia ʻo ia me ka makaʻala ʻole e like me ka wā e pono ai ʻo ia e hana i kekahi o ka papa inoa i kēlā me kēia lā. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole i liʻuliʻu kona hoʻokele ʻana i ka Valkyrie i loko o ka wai anuanu, a hoʻopau pū ʻo ia i kona ola me ia.
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I ka hoʻāla ʻana o Steve mai kona hiamoe hohonu a anu, ua pilikia nui ʻo ia a ua paʻakikī i ka hālāwai ʻana me kona ʻano hou, a ua noho hoʻokahi ʻo ia i nā pule he nui i loko o ke keʻena hoʻomaʻamaʻa o S.H.I.E.L.D., e hoʻāʻo ana e noho mālie a hoʻomaopopo ma ka hahau ʻana i ʻike ʻole ʻia ka nui o nā ʻeke i kēlā lā kēia lā.
I kēlā manawa, ʻaʻole maikaʻi loa nā manaʻo o Steve. ʻAʻole ʻo ia he kanaka mōhai iā ia iho me ka mālama ʻole i kona palekana e like me ka wā ma mua, akā i kēlā mau pule, ua hana ʻo ia i kekahi mau mea āna i manaʻo ai e hahau ʻo Bucky iā ia — inā hiki iā ia.
Ua kahe kona koko ma luna o nā ʻeke kuʻi he nui āna i haki mau ai e like me ke aniani, nā manamana lima ʻulaʻula e ola koke ana. Ua ʻike nō hoʻi ʻo ia i kona kino e maʻi pinepine ana, inā paha ʻo ia mau ʻeha kua hōʻoluʻolu ʻole mai kona iwi kuamoʻo, ka hānō ʻana, a pēlā aku.
ʻAʻole ʻoluʻolu ʻo Steve, ua ʻike ʻo ia i kēlā, a ua ʻike pū ʻo Stark. ʻO kekahi Stark, kahi āna i hālāwai ai ma hope koke iho, ʻo Tony Stark. Ua hoʻopaʻa ke kanaka iā Steve me nā mea a pau e hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia mai ke koa hōkū, a ʻo ke kūlana noʻonoʻo paʻa ʻole o Steve, ʻaʻole i maikaʻi me ia, ʻoiaʻiʻo.
Ua mālama ʻo ia a me Tony i kahi ʻano inaina like ʻole no kekahi manawa a hōʻike ʻo Tony i kona makemake hanohano e pale i ka poʻe hala ʻole, ʻoiai inā pono e kaumaha iā ia iho. Mai ia manawa, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia a me Steve e aloha mālie kekahi i kekahi, a i kekahi manawa ua lilo ʻo Tony i mea paʻa loa no Steve i loko o ka paʻakikī nui o ke ʻano hou āna e ʻike ai i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
Ua ʻano maikaʻi ke ola no Steve i kēia manawa, ʻoi aʻe a emi iki paha. Ua loaʻa iā ia kahi hana maʻamau i kōkua iā ia e hoʻopau i ka lā me ka manaʻo ʻole e hoʻokahe hou i kona mau pūʻali lima —ʻo ka hapa nui o nā lā—, a noho pū ʻo ia me kāna hui, i kōkua iā ia e ʻike iki ʻole i ka haʻalele ʻana a me ka kaʻawale ʻana mai ke kenekulia hou, ʻoiai e hoʻomākeʻaka nui ana lākou i ka 'ʻelemakule'. He 24 makahiki ʻo Steve, he kanaka ʻōpio ʻo ia me nā manaʻo kūpono i kona wā. ʻĀnō? Ua manaʻo ʻo ia he ʻelemakule, he kahiko, i kekahi manawa ua manaʻo ʻo ia e kokoke ana paha i ka lua kupapaʻu ʻōpiopio ʻoiai ua ʻike ʻo ia aia nō ʻo ia —i waena o kona mau makahiki he 25— akā, ʻaʻole hiki ke make i kēia manawa, no ka mea, ua hiamoe wale ʻo ia i 70 makahiki i loko o kahi pahu hau ma lalo o ka moana ʻĀkika.
Ua anu mau nō naʻe ʻo ia, i kekahi manawa ua makemake ʻo ia e hoʻihoʻi ʻia i loko o ke kai a hiamoe mau loa akā ua ʻike ʻo ia ʻaʻole pono e hoʻohilahila i nā kānaka, kona mau hoa hui, nā kānaka i nele. ʻAʻole, he au hou kēia i kēia manawa, akā pono nō nā kānaka i nā koa a i ʻole nā kiʻi e pale a hāʻawi i ka manaʻolana iā lākou, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke lawe aku iā Kāpena ʻAmelika mai o lākou aku.
Ua hana nui a hoʻoikaika nui ʻo Steve iā ia iho i nā manawa he nui, akā ʻaʻole ia he mea nui i kona manaʻo i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka hana a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa pono ʻana o ka hapa nui o kona mau hoa hui, a ʻo ia ke alakaʻi! Pono ʻo ia e hana ikaika loa e hiki ai ke kōkua i nā kānaka a lilo i alakaʻi maikaʻi no kāna hui, ʻoiai inā pono ʻo ia e hoʻoikaika i nā ʻeha e kū mai ana, i kekahi manawa he mau ʻeha ʻino, akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia e ʻae i kona mau pilikia kino e hoʻolilo iā ia i hiki ʻole ke pale aku i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole hou.
I kekahi manawa, mālama kona mau hoa hana iā ia i kona wā maʻi, ʻaʻole naʻe ʻo ia i haʻi aku iā lākou a hōʻike ʻole i kona ʻeha i kekahi; makemake ʻo ia e hūnā no ka mea hiki nō iā ia ke hana, a no laila, manaʻo ʻo ia ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia e ka hui. Ua like nō ia no ka lehulehu, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia mai ka makahiki 30 mai ua hoʻohana ʻia ka serum ma luna o 'Steven Grant Rogers liʻiliʻi' i kumu i nā pilikia olakino. Akā naʻe, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, ʻaʻole makemake ʻo Steve e nānā ʻia, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā pili i kona olakino kino. He kanaka maʻi loa a noho i ka ʻilihune, ua nānā nā kānaka a pau iā ia a me kona olakino i ka hapa nui o kona ola ʻana, a i kēia manawa ʻo ia ʻo Kāpena ʻAmelika nui a makemake ʻo ia e hoʻohuli ʻia nā pilikia olakino i ka poʻe e pono maoli ana, inā he poʻe kīwila hala ʻole a i ʻole kona mau hoa hui ponoʻī. Ua maikaʻi ʻo Steve, e maikaʻi ana ʻo ia.
A hiki i ka lā i hoʻololi ai nā 'ʻāʻī ʻino' i 'ua pau anei ka mana o ka serum?'. Ua ala ʻo Steve i ke aumoe, ua loaʻa hou iā ia ka moeʻuhane weliweli a ua ʻeha loa kona naʻau. Ua ʻeha a ʻūlū kona kua, ua like kona māmā me nā ʻōpuʻu lewa kaumaha, ua ʻōniʻoniʻo a ʻōniʻoniʻo ikaika kona ʻōpū, a ma luna aʻe, ua ʻā hou kona puʻuwai ʻino. Ua hoʻāʻo ʻo Steve e noho mālie e like me ka hiki iā ia i kona huli ʻana a me ka ʻōwili ʻana ma luna o kona moe, a laila hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e kū a hoʻāʻo i kāna mea maikaʻi loa e hele i ka lumi ʻauʻau, ʻo kona ʻike holoʻokoʻa e pōloli a e luli ana.
Ua ʻike ʻo Steve i ka pōʻeleʻele, e ʻōhumu ana i lalo o kona hanu i ka hāʻule ʻana o kona kino i mua, e hoʻopaʻi ana iā ia iho no ka mea e hana ana ʻo ia i ka leo nui e hoʻāla ai i nā mea a pau. I kona pīhoihoi, ua hopu ʻia ʻo ia e nā lima ʻelua ma mua o ka hāʻule ʻana i ka papahele. “Auē! Capsicle???” Ua lohe ʻo ia i ka leo o Tony, i ka manawa maʻamau e hilahila loa ʻo ia akā i kēia manawa ua ʻōhumu wale ʻo ia me ka mālie “Ka lumi hoʻopaʻa... Ua nauseous wau.”
Me ka pīhoihoi, ʻaʻole i nīnau ʻo Tony i kekahi mea a kōkua mālie akā paʻa iā Steve e hele i ka lumi ʻauʻau me ke kūpaʻa e like me kā lāua i hiki ai, a i ko lāua hōʻea ʻana, ua hoʻokahe ʻo Steve i kona ʻōpū i loko o ka lua. Ua hoʻokahe ʻo Tony a laila kukuli ma ka ʻaoʻao o Steve e hamo i kona kua me nā pōʻai lohi a hōʻoluʻolu, a laila, ʻōlelo ʻo ia “E Cap, he aha ka hewa? ʻAʻole i ʻike e hiki iā ʻoe ke maʻi, ʻeā.” Ua ʻakaʻaka hapa ʻo Tony ma mua o kona kaniʻuhū ʻana a hoʻomau i ka neʻe ʻana o kona lima ma ke kua haʻalulu o Steve, me ka ʻike ʻana i ka puʻuwai ʻaʻole maʻamau a wikiwiki. “E hoʻonoho pono kāua iā ʻoe ma ke ʻano ʻoluʻolu, a laila e hoʻāʻo ʻoe e hanu hohonu a mālie, ʻeā?” Manaʻo ʻo ia a kōkua iā Steve e hana pēlā, ʻoiai ʻo Steve e hoʻoikaika ana i ka hanu paʻa a hohonu, hopu ʻo Tony i kīʻaha a hoʻopiha i ka wai anuanu e pipī ai i ka maka o Steve. “E kōkua kēia i kou hoʻouka koke ʻana.”
I kekahi manawa, ua komo ʻo Steve i ka honua o ka hiamoe, mahalo wale nō ʻeleʻele a ʻaʻohe moeʻuhane ʻino i kēia manawa. I ke kakahiaka aʻe, ua ala ʻo ia me ka luhi loa ma hope o ka hanana o nehinei. Pīhoihoi iki ʻo ia i kona ʻike ʻana aia ʻo ia ma ka moe-pākaukau o Tony i loko o kāna hale hana no ka wā e hiamoe ai ʻo ia ma hope o ka hana paʻakikī ʻana iā ia iho. “Aloha kakahiaka, e Capsicle. Ua hiamoe maikaʻi ʻoe?” Ua lohe ʻo Steve iā Tony e nīnau ana, e hana ana ʻo ia ma kāna pākaukau me nā ʻenehana paʻakikī a ʻaʻole makemake ʻo Steve e noʻonoʻo nui i kēia manawa. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia me ka luhi a noho mālie a kīkoʻo. “ʻAe, e kala mai no nehinei” ʻAʻole hiki iā ia ke pale i ka mihi, me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i nā hanana o nehinei a me ka hilahila a me ka hewa e hoʻopilikia ana iā ia. “ʻAʻohe pilikia” Huli iki ʻo Tony a hāʻawi iā Steve i ka ʻakaʻaka liʻiliʻi e hōʻoluʻolu iā ia a hoʻomau i ka hana.
Kū aʻela ʻo Steve, hoʻoponopono iki i kona ʻaʻahu a hoʻāʻo e hele i waho o ka hale hana ma mua o ka nīnau ʻana a Tony “E, he aha kāu e manaʻo nei e hana ai e ke kanaka nui?” Kū aʻela ʻo Steve i ka neʻe ʻana a pane me ka huikau iki “ʻAe, ʻae. Pono paha wau e hele e hoʻomaʻamaʻa, a hoʻomākaukau a hoʻopau i nā mea a pau e pono ai inā loaʻa nā ʻenemi nui i kēia manawa a-” Ua kūʻē ʻo Tony me ka leo nui loa. “Ua haʻi aku au i nā mea a pau ua maʻi ʻoe a ua ʻae pū mākou e hoʻomaha ʻoe, ʻoiaʻiʻo —ʻaʻole au i wehewehe i nā hōʻailona āu i loaʻa ai i nehinei.” Ua ākea loa nā maka o Steve a inā ʻo Tony kekahi manawa ʻē aʻe, e ʻakaʻaka ʻo ia iā ia, “A-akā Tony!-” “ʻŌ-hō, ua hina anei ka ʻōlelo a ke Kāpena Nui ʻAmelika?” Ua hoʻohenehene ʻo Tony iā ia me ka ʻoluʻolu i kona kū ʻana a hoʻokuke mālie iā Steve i hope i kona noho moe.
“No la, e haʻi mai ʻoe iaʻu i ka mea i hana ʻia i nehinei a ʻaʻole paha?” Ua puhi ʻo Steve i kona papalina a luliluli i kona poʻo, ʻaʻole hiki iā Tony ke ʻalo i ka ʻumi ʻana i kona mau papalina. Ua ʻuā iki ʻo Steve, akā, ma hope koke iho, ua pūliki lāua ma luna o ka noho. “E mālama maikaʻi kēia iā ʻoe mai ka hana ʻana i kēia lā, e Steve." Ua hoʻohenehene ʻo Tony i ka ʻomi ʻana i ke kanaka nui, ʻike maopopo ʻo ia ua ʻoi aku ka ikaika o Steve ma mua ona a hiki iā ia ke hoʻolei iā ia ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka lumi me ka maʻalahi inā makemake ʻo ia, akā ʻike pū ʻo ia he punahele ʻo Steve i kona mau ʻapo ʻoluʻolu a nani. ʻAʻole ia i hoʻolaha ʻia, akā ua ʻike ʻia ko lāua pilina i kēia mau lā.
“E noho anei ʻoe?” i nīnau mālie ai ʻo Steve a aneane poina ʻo Tony, lawe ʻo ia i kekahi mau kekona e noʻonoʻo a pane me ka leo palupalu. “ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻoiai ʻoe e pono ai, e ke aloha.” A laila honi ʻo Tony iā Steve ma ka lae a ʻike koke ʻo ia iā ia e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia a me ka hopohopo male i loko o kona poʻo i ka manawa like. ʻO Steve maʻamau, akā ʻaʻole loa e kūʻai ʻo Tony i ke kanaka no kekahi mea ʻē aʻe. I kēlā lā hoʻomaha mālie ʻo Steve a ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻo ia mehameha no hoʻokahi manawa ma hope o ka lōʻihi.