Former Kingpin/current New York Mayor Wilson Fisk is dining
with Alexa Lukin. He tells her of his loneliness, she offers the support of the
Power Elite, he needed police, the Power Elite sent them recruits, he demands
their files on the recruits so he can identify the cop killer terrorizing New York,
she refuses, he threatens, she knocks him back with the gesture of a hand,
warns him, and leaves via a portal in the air….
Steve Rogers and the Daughters of Liberty are scouring the
city for Scourge, the cop killer. Misty Knight finds an old arsenal in a hidden
room down in the subway; she is accosted and fires at the bad guy and Steve
comes running only to be knocked over the head by an unseen assailant. He finds
his enemy to be U.S. Agent, angry at having been betrayed by Captain America and believing
Steve really was the Supreme Hydra. He beats Steve up until Misty is able to
trigger a trap, laser beams that keep the Agent immobile while Misty tries to
convince him that they are the good guys. Agent doesn’t believe it so, to
demonstrate his trust, Steve shuts off the trap. Steve tells him that someday
they will mend their broken relationship but the priority of the moment is to
locate and unmask Scourge. Agent tells him that Scourge isn’t a person but an
idea….
Later at Daughters headquarters, Steve, Misty. and Sharon Carter are
talking over what they’ve learned. Of twenty cops killed only three have been
publicly announced, to prevent panic. All but Detective Angel Larimore have
been rookies, meaning the fatal raid last issue was executed by rookies, an unusual
move for the police. And Scourge hunts criminals, not cops. They decide they
have to talk to Wilson Fisk—only to learn Fisk has just been assassinated by a
rocket fired at his car….