Sam Wilson returns home from the gym to a surprise birthday party. After a while,
Misty Knight notices that Sam is sitting by himself and brooding about his
partner Joaquin Torres, the Falcon. She encourages him to lighten up and join
the party. Another guest suggests she take Sam to see the comedian Bobby Marx
who makes fun of Captain America….
In
Mohanda, scientist Tilda Johnson, the former Nightshade, is working on a cure
for Joaquin; Prime Minister Sisulu reminds her that he may not want it….
At
the Apollo Theater, Sam and his friends listen to the comedian Bobby Marx
ridicule superheroes in general and Sam Cap in particular. Everyone laughs
except Sam who seems quite uncomfortable….
In
Arizona, Joaquin (the Falcon) Torres, now a vampire predator, thanks to the
White Wolf, hunts his prey, a rabbit, then goes back to his abuelita’s home.
Then, Sisulu and Tilda arrive with the cure. Later, he confides in his sister
Luisa that he is afraid of losing the falcon powers along with the vampire
ones; she asks about his constant pain and fatigue and he insists he can still
be a hero even with those limitations….
At
home, Sam is awoken by Redwing so he dons his Captain America uniform and flies
out to Arizona. He and Joaquin have a talk atop a mesa, Joaquin asking Sam
whether he should take the cure when it may mean the end to his powers. Sam
suggests they go for a flight and they take off into the night….