Agent 13, Sharon Carter, is on her
mission to Alberia, escorted by a pair of younger agents; suspicious,
she stabs one and forces the other at gunpoint to tell her what is
going on....
Steve Rogers, undercover in a small
town, chats with some locals to learn the effects of the Hydra
takeover—it was all positive. Hydra fixed the schools, eliminated
the drug pushers, provided health care, and brought back the jobs.
And after Hydra was defeated, Power Enterprises moved in and kept
everything going. Steve ponders how once America was united by the
values of democracy and freedom but things are different now....
Captain America meets with
Black Panther and General Okoye, reporting how America is the perfect place
to raise a family—or a terrorist cell—as all of Hydra's
improvements were fake, a cover for their real activities and now
Power Enterprises is in control. The leaders of the group are known
villains who, having fought against Hydra, now enjoy close ties with
Washington. T'Challa suspects Zeke Stane is behind the rise of the
Nukes, with his HQ under the town Steve visited, and he has an
unknown connection to someone in the government. Cap worries about
the Nukes as they were American soldiers but T'Challa says there is
no way to save them....
Cap, Panther, and Okoye invade the Nuke
lab and find themselves fighting a literal army of Nukes; as Cap
holds off the horde, Panther battles Stane himself who is wearing a
suit with electrical powers. The men provide the distraction while
Okoye locates the control room and downloads a virus that shuts down
the Nukes—then she discovers that Sharon Carter is in danger and
alerts her teammates....
In Alberia, as she holds the rogue
agent captive, she is approached by Selene who drains the life energy
from the agent and grows younger before addressing Sharon....