During
the fear that overwhelmed the world with the coming of the Serpent, madness
breaks out among the combatants of the Middle East. In Afghanistan, US Army
Rangers are fighting the Taliban with sheer panic motivating both sides. In the
days after a deadly confrontation, Sergeant Marcus Johnson receives word that
his mother has died….
Returning
to Atlanta for the funeral, Marcus learns from the police that his mother was
killed by looters during a riot; at the house, however, he discovers a shell
casing from a Russian military weapon, the kind which would not be in the hands
of local crooks. He is then fired upon by a sniper and attacked by a trio of
burly Russian military men. He dispatches them with his Ranger training and is
then hit in the shoulder by an arrow. Looking up, he sees Taskmaster….
Interlude:
an elderly man (Orion, revealed later) hooked to life support is informed that they have found Marcus
Johnson….
Marcus
fights Taskmaster but is quickly outclassed. As the villain raises his sword to
end the soldier’s life, Captain America arrives with a backup of SHIELD Agents
to stop him….
Marcus’
Army sidekick Cheese also appears, though he didn’t make it into the synopsis.
Nor did Steve Rogers and Sharon Carter, attending the funeral to get a look at
Marcus.