SHIELD Director Sharon Carter tells
Captain America about the open warfare between A.I.M. and Hydra, with
the former's Protocide as their unstoppable executioner. Feeling a
kinship with this villainous super-solder, Cap is determined to bring
him in. Nick Fury arrives, informing Cap that Connie Ferrari's
brother David is a former SHIELD agent who has faked his death and
gone rogue, and Fury is going after him....
Steve, at dinner with Connie asks her
about David, trying to work up to telling her he is still alive but
he is interrupted by a call from Sharon. As he leaves, Chet Madden
arrives with some legal troubles; he takes an interest in Steve
Rogers....
Cap arrives at a Hydra waterfront
facility as Protocide is inside wreaking havoc. Cap attacks
Protocide, berating him for wasting his potential and becoming a
killer. Hydra agents fire on them both, forcing the two
super-soldiers to team up against their enemies. A shock-gun blast
hurls Protocide into the energy core; Cap reaches in a hauls him out,
advising him to take advantage of this second chance. The baddie then
hurls Cap into the core and proclaims himself the only Captain
America left....