As Captain America finds himself in police custody, the chief suspect in the murders committed by Americop, he begins to wonder whether cooperating with the authorities was really a good idea. The sheriff doesn’t believe he is really Captain America so Cap uses his one phone call to contact Peggy Carter, who calls the White House to vouch for him. This gets results….
On his investigation into the trail of missing children, Americop stops at a strip mall for some pizza. While he is in the parking lot, he sees a gang of teenage punks harass and beat up a pair of gay men. The vigilante reacts violently, beating them, and to ensure that their future hate crime victims have plenty of time to escape, he shoots each punk in the kneecaps….
In New Orleans, Rachel (Diamondback) Leighton and Zack Moonhunter awaken cuffed up inside a cage in a bayou mansion. They are interrogated by the huge Japanese Kono, who wants to know why they are interested in Snapdragon, slicing off handfuls of Rachel’s hair when he doesn’t like the answers. Rachel claims to be an old friend trying to verify the rumor that she is dead. Kono is called away and replaced by the tougher Golddigger. After the villainess leaves, Rachel slips a laser diamond out of her pants cuff and uses it to free herself. When Golddigger returns, the two knock her out and escape, hunting for a phone. They call Peggy Carter who relays the message to Cap. The hero calls off his search for Americop and heads for the Big Easy….
At the mansion, Rachel and Zack enter an upstairs bedroom where they find a creepy, emaciated man who introduces himself as Damon Dran. Rachel explains about her search for Snapdragon, and Dran introduces Kono as her brother. She holds a diamond dagger to Dran’s throat and demands answers. Dran is not impressed and knows she is bluffing. Zack meanwhile has discovered that several other henchmen are waiting outside the doors. Cap arrives downstairs and finds Golddigger locked in the cage. She spins a tale of being a madman’s prisoner and he releases her; she immediately kicks Cap in the crotch and summons a muscleman to take him on. Cap is disgusted with his amateur reactions. Upstairs, Rachel finds she is unable to defeat the powerful Kono, who suspects she killed his sister. To jar her memory he holds her head underneath the waters of Dran’s whirlpool bath and only Zack’s thunking the brute on the head with a statuette saves her. Dran summons more henchmen….
Downstairs, Cap feels the strength return to his muscles and is able to defeat the bruiser. At this point, Americop crashes through the wall in his cruiser and tells Cap he is on the trail of missing children. Damon Dran appears at the top of the stairs, his men holding the unconscious Rachel and Zack. The villain orders them to surrender. Americop refuses…