Flashback: Sam Wilson, fresh off his first week as the new
Captain America,
talks with his sister about her kids and she reminds him of his long-time dream
to have a family of his own….
Now Cap is in flight, pursuing Baron Blood who is carrying a
bomb which will release the mutant blood to sterilize the world’s
population—except for the Hydra killers who have taken the antidote. The fight
in the air is brutal as the combatants crash into a unoccupied office building.
Blood hurls the hero away from him and soars into the stratosphere….
At Hydra’s Florida
base, Nomad is battling Batroc so that he can stop Baron Zemo from detonating
the bomb. Nomad maneuvers Batroc into leaping from the hangar port….
Cap reaches Blood in space and bashes him; Blood spits a
mouthful of blood into Cap’s face which will sterilize him as well. In Florida, Nomad is beaten
down by Zemo who turns to press the detonator; Nomad hurls Zemo’s sword,
skewering the villain through the back. Nomad tells the critically wounded Zemo
that he has no qualms about killing; Zemo agrees and an explosion destroys the
building….
In space, Cap tears the bomb from Baron Blood and hurls it
into the distance where it detonates far from Earth. With an unconscious Blood floating
in the stratosphere, Cap drops into the ocean. As his life flashes before his
eyes, Sam recalls his mother telling him that his father was willing to die to
save others…. Cap is rescued by Misty Knight, shows him the captive Lucas and the
recovered Redwing. Cap is also given the antidote to the mutant blood which she
took from Viper….
Cap returns to SHIELD HQ where he learns that Nomad—Ian
Rogers—is presumed dead. He assures Steve Rogers and Sharon Carter that their
adopted son died a hero. Sam also gives great credit to Misty Knight…then Nick Fury Jr.
tells him that Misty does not work for SHIELD….