Captain America arrives at the White
House in answer to an invitation from President George W. Bush. After
some small talk, the President hands Cap a recently discovered top
secret file “to be opened in the event of Captain America's death.”
As he reads, Cap's thoughts go back to...
...the Invaders—Bucky Barnes,
Sub-Mariner, Human Torch, and Toro—were assaulting a Japanese
warship, battling the soldiers and disabling the ship with the goal
of recovering the enemy's secret invasion plans. They are unaware
that in a nearby submarine are the Red Skull and Warrior Woman; their
goal is to capture Subby and force him to reveal the location of
Atlantis. A cable shoots out, wrapping around Subby and delivering an
electrical charge; Cap leaps into action, diving underwater and
breaking the cable to free his ally but a second cable snakes out and
snares Cap, dragging him aboard the sub. WW is angry but the Skull is
happy to see his old foe...
The Red Skull has Cap whipped by
Warrior Woman while being filmed to create a propaganda message for
the USA, showing Cap begging for his life; Cap passes out before he
breaks. He is put in a cell next to a Russian couple arrested as
Soviet spies, Sergei and Karinna; Sergei attacks a guard and is
gunned down on the spot. Cap and Karinna are wary of one another,
each suspecting the other to be a Nazi plant.....
At that time President Franklin D.
Roosevelt was informed of Cap's capture and his advisers suggested
that should Cap die, the US could deny it, putting forth another man
in the costume; FDR balks at the idea. [And Cap reading this so many
years later is upset that he would be betrayed in this way.] Karinna
tells Cap that her country forgets their apprehended spies; Cap
claims that America will never do that and invites her to come to the
States with her. They escape from their cells and battle soldiers.
Warrior Woman captures Karinna and threatens to kill her unless Cap
reveals the location of Atlantis. The other Invaders arrive at this
point so Red Skull sets off a blinding flash of light and escapes
with WW....
Back in the present, President Bush
offers his thanks to Cap; it seems his father (former President
George H.W. Bush) was shot down in that battle and rescued, likely
because there were more American subs in the area searching for Cap.
Cap asks a favor...and soon a letter from the President arrives at
the home of Karinna Rose, retired and living in Montana....