In the Arizona campground of the
remnant of the Underground, Sam Wilson looks back on the events that
led to him becoming the new Captain America and how it all fell
apart. He recalls talking to his brother Gideon, pastor of a New York
church, and Gideon's advice that he has to trust himself about
whether to keep being Captain America....
When he tells this to Misty Knight, she
gives him a dressing down about how he is needed by the people and he
would only let them down by refusing to take up the shield. Sam
counters that the people have turned against him and they don't
deserve a Captain America...and he walks out into the night....
There he encounters Rayshaun Lucas, the
new Patriot. Shaun hesitantly tells Sam that he is the whole reason
he is doing this—because Sam was dumb enough to want people to like
him so he quit, giving his enemies what they wanted. Shaun points him
to the Underground refugees, that they need a Captain America....
Sam rethinks this and sees that this is
the right time to resume the mantle of Captain America....