Doom has fallen and things are
awkward between Steve Rogers and Sharon Carter….
Reports on the news indicate that
Doom had weapons of mass destruction which may have fallen into the hands of
insurgents. General Thunderbolt Ross decides it’s his job to deal with that
situation….
In a bar, three men are discussing
a plot to use the Leader to take over Doom’s empire. Steve Rogers overhears
this and orders the men out, reminding him that American soldiers died to give
them the right to talk nonsense in a bar. The decide to fight Steve…
…who is bailed out of jail by Tony
Stark and Sam Wilson. Tony mentions that he has been watching the guy from the
bar, a Roxxon lobbyist named Jake Manford. He then explains that the United Nations
wants a coalition to locate the WMDs in Latveria and do not want the Avengers,
whose presence would be seen as too aggressive. And they want Captain America
on the team….
So Steve visits SHIELD’s new
secret headquarters in back of diner in New York. Nick Fury Jr. outlines the
situation in Latveria: three factions are competing for control: 1) True
Latveria led by a masked man calling himself Salvation, hinting he is Doom
returned, 2) Latveria Liberators led by siblings Mara and Melor Sandu,
terrorists, and 3) the Homeland Party led by Alina who appears to be a pacifist.
Fury asks Steve to head the group searching for the WMDs but Steve declines, concerned
that he is being used for some secret political purpose. Steve then gets a call
from Thunderbolt Ross who explains that he is petitioning the UN to allow a US
military team to go in and search for the weapons and he wants Steve on his
team. But Steve is distracted when he sees Sharon Carter waiting for him.…
Steve and Sharon sit in a café, talking
about their complicated relationship and decide they want to continue, despite
the geographic situation (he’s in New York, she’s in Washington) and their
jobs. She tells him to go out and save the world again….
General Ross sits meditating an a
red room….
Two weeks later, Captain America
is training for the mission with the other SHIELD agents, Trevor Tambling, Joe
Ramos, and Charles Castlemore, and the Red Widow. Later, Steve tells Fury he’s
not sure he trusts the team, especially Red Widow. Fury explains she has been
cleared and outlines the mission: Enter Latveria openly and don’t let anyone
know that SHIELD is only six people, while Fury secretly conducts the real search.
Cap reminds him that he refuses to be used….
The SHIELD team arrives in
Latveria and while they are talking about the mission their jeep crashes into
Red Hulk who announces he’s with the U.S. Government team ready to take the
WMDs…and he threatens to smash anyone who gets in the way….
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