Prologue: A bigot is arguing with his daughter about how Sam
Wilson is not qualified to be Captain America because he hasn’t earned
the right….
As the plane carrying the disease–infected fleas takes off
on its grisly mission, Baron Zemo has the New Cap at his mercy, pressing the
point of his sword slowly into the hero’s chest; Cap grips the blade (ouch),
injuring himself painfully, pushes it so that the hilt knocks out Zemo and then
he dashes to the end of the runway and begins to concentrate. Zemo assaults him
again but Cap has achieved his goal: swarms of bird come flocking after the
plane, eating all of the fleas. As Zemo prepares a killing blow against Cap,
Nomad suddenly arrives to take on the villain so that Cap can pursue the
plane. Birds damage the craft which goes into a dive but Cap swoops in and
snatches the boy to safety.
Back in the Hydra base, Zemo is able to contact Taskmaster and
order him to launch his deadly pod—but Misty Knight has caught up with the
mercenary and paid him enough to rebel against Zemo. Nomad knocks Zemo down and
Cap arrives for the coup de grace. Ian then explains how he carries a supply of
the bio-gel that Arnim Zola created him with to facilitate healing. Ian also
reveals that there is one threat left: the vampiric Baron Blood has ingested
Lucas’ blood and plans to self-detonate in the high atmosphere, spreading the
sterilizing infection. As the two heroes plan to leave they are confronted by
Batroc the Leaper. Nomad takes on the French martial artist while Sam goes
after Blood. Cap sends Redwing to find Baron Blood but the bird gets too close
and is captured by the vampire who drinks its blood and then begins his ascent
into the sky….