Alexa Lukin takes Sin, the Red Skull’s daughter, out into the
woods near the Lukin estate to show her something. Lukin then conjures up
monsters to attack Sin. Sin draws her gun and shoots at them until Lukin
disarms her and wraps her in a magic chain. The monsters continue to come and,
pushed to fear, Sin unleashes a psychic bolt of energy, destroying the monsters
and the chain. And that was what Lukin wanted her to see....
Captain America, Dryad, and Sharon Carter meet with
Nick Fury Jr. of SHIELD along with General Thunderbolt Ross, to discuss the matter of the
Lukins. Ross objects, wondering if Cap is acting out of ego after his recent
beating by Sin’s thugs was broadcast on television. Cap agrees he is taking
this personally and that the Lukins schemes are paid for with US government
contracts so every US citizen should be taking it personally. Dryad gives a
dossier to Fury on Alexa Lukin’s crimes, taken from the brain of a captive
Baron Strucker. Ross suggests assassination but Cap rejects that, wanting to
perpetuate the dream by capturing her for trial but Sharon has second thoughts….
Sharon Carter visits New York Mayor Wilson Fisk, giving him a
file on the Power Elite, turning a blind eye to how he will use the info. After
consulting the file, Fisk gives orders to his henchmen….
While Cap plans to capture Alexandr Lukin, a team made up of
Dryad, White Tiger, Misty Knight, and Winter Soldier heads out to capture Alexa
Lukin as she, Sin, and their bodyguards are out on the town. A smoke bomb
envelops them, the team takes down the guards, Dryad faces Alexa—and suddenly a
sniper’s bullet pierces Alexa Lukin’s brain. Sin seizes Alexa’s body and
teleports away with it. The heroes are shocked at this act and Bucky hears a
faint voice over the comm: “Justice is served,” the cry of the
Scourge of the Underworld….