Fred Davis recalls how he was summoned to the White House where he met an equally befuddled William Naslund; neither of them can guess why the President wants to see them. When President Truman meets with them, he confirms the rumors that Captain America and Bucky have died in battle and asks them to carry on as the new Cap and Bucky…. As the now-elderly Fred Davis concludes his speech before a meeting observing the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, he is seized by a black android. Steve Rogers, in attendance that day, leaps forward and engages the robot, piercing its metal face with a flagpole. He then rushes the injured Fred to the hospital. Later, Cap visits Fred who is at first uncomfortable speaking with the original Captain America, who looks far younger than his years. Soon Cap asks about the killer android and Fred reveals that it is the same type of robot that killed the second Cap, Bill Naslund. He relates how the Invaders were in Boston when they uncovered a plot by the rogue android Adam II to replace world leaders with android doubles. In the effort to rescue a young Senatorial candidate, John F. Kennedy, the mission succeeded but Naslund lost his life. A nurse then enters and announces that Fred Davis has another visitor—William Naslund….
This William Naslund turns out to be the grandson of the original, who died without knowing his girlfriend Lilith was expecting his child. Will is a Pentagon scientist specializing in drone warfare and has been assigned to help them investigate the rogue android. Fred Davis is stunned: Bill Naslund was his closest friend, who was able to help him through the stress and uncertainty of their earliest days as the new heroes—so why didn’t Fred know Bill had a girlfriend? Cap and Will Naslund head out accompanied by the original Human Torch to check out the remains of Adam II, stored at a nearby SHIELD facility…
…where a door in a deserted building suddenly opens and out comes an android Bucky Barnes….