Prologue: 1928: Young Steven Rogers has
been at the Hydra school for two years. Dr Fenhoff (the later Dr.
Faustus) writes a report calling him a disappointment and
recommending he be euthanized as he will never amount to anything....
At the Triskelion, the battle has been
called off because everyone shared Ulysses' vision of Spider-Man
(Miles Morales) killing Captain America (Steve Rogers) at the Capitol
in Washington D.C. Iron Man Tony Stark and Captain Marvel Carol
Danvers, leaders of the opposing factions are bickering. Steve steps
in and chats with Miles, believing him when he says he means no harm,
and allowing Thor to take him home....
1934: Steven escapes from the school
but is found in the woods by the Kraken, “who help(s) people become
who they are meant to be....”
Tony's faction regroups at one of Nick
Fury's hidden bunkers. There Steve talks to Tony, trying to get his
pal to consider his motives in this conflict, raising issues of
control, trust, and paranoia. Tony takes off, as the traitorous Cap
has succeeded in keeping Tony off-balance and questioning himself....
At the SHIELD Helicarrier, Maria Hill
and Sharon Carter are bickering over the same issues when they are
interrupted by Rick Jones who has located Miles Spidey's
coordinates...Washington D.C....
1934: Kraken a/k/a Daniel Whitehall
tells Steven of the importance of people working together to battle
threats to civilization that come from within the system and he
assures Steven that he trusts Elsa Sinclair, who saw greatness in
Steven, persuading him to return to the school....
When Steve tells Erik Selveig of the
latest developments, Selveig proposes that Steve kill Miles Spidey.
Steve Cap announces his plan to go to Washington with Stark and the
others; he knows he will not be in any danger on the morrow and that
when his death comes, it will be for the glory of Hydra....