Alexa Lukin visits the publisher of
Fact Channel News, half-persuading and half bullying him into running
stories claiming the the Hydra Supreme Commander was really Steve
Rogers/Captain America all along....
Sharon Carter and Misty Knight go to a
meeting of the Daughters of Liberty presided over by the hooded
Dryad. Their purpose: to plan what to do about the imprisoned Steve
Rogers. Toni Ho shows the results of her hacking: the schematics of
the Myrmidon, the escape-proof prison where Steve is being held.
Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew), Invisible Woman, and Mockingbird each
have suggestions on perhaps using an insider to help shut off the
power dampeners. The second order of business is what to do about the
Foreigner, the master assassin who killed Thunderbolt Ross and framed
Captain America for the crime. Dryad decides to pay him a visit....
At the Myrdmidon, the remaining members
of the Wrecking Crew, Thunderball, Bulldozer, and Piledriver (Wrecker
was badly beaten by Baron Strucker last issue) decide to pick on
Steve Rogers, whom they believe to be the Hydra leader. T-Ball
pretends to have cracked under the pressure of the lights and freaks
out so that the guards shoot him with their shock weapons; Steve sees
this and attacks the guards, turning one around so that Steve can
fire the guard's gun at the others. The entire mess hall erupts with
prisoners fighting guards....
At Red Hook, the Dryad blows up a
warehouse belonging to the 1400 Club, Foreigner's criminal
organization. She confronts the money man, beats the man and leaves
him to deliver the warning that the Dryad is on his trail....
At the Mymidon, Baron Strucker visits
Steve who is chained up in solitary confinement. Strucker knows they
cannot break Steve's spirit but he can convince those he cares about
and those who trust him that Steve really was the Hydra Supreme
Commander.....