Veronica
Eden, aspiring Hydra Supreme, calls her mother to warn her and Dad that they
will be hearing a lot about her in the news soon and not all of it will be
good. She assures Mom that she has only good intentions, and Mom expresses her
support. Then Eden orders her jet-packed minions into the sky….
Falcon,
Winter Soldier, and The Natural are heading by plane to the new Hydra base in
Nevada. On the way, Sam and Bucky again question the kid about his admiration
for Captain America and how that jibes with him being a Hydra killer. He sees
Cap as one of the Good Guys who can and should destroy any enemy who gets in
his way (with hints of a white supremacy viewpoint); Sam and Bucky point out
the Cap is the son of Irish immigrants, powered by a formula discovered by a
German Jewish scientist. The melting pot, they say, is the key to Cap’s
greatness. Then the plane is invaded by flying Hydra goons and the fight spills
into the air with Bucky and The Natural plummeting without any support. The
falling fight in the sky is brutal and the three heroes make it safely to the
ground with the help of a stolen jetpack. They find a car and driver waiting
for them; they are taken to a remote diner where Veronica Eden assures them the
other patrons are not Hydra agents in disguise. Eden assures them that no
innocents will be killed under her command. They ask her why she turned bad;
she responds that it was because Bucky broke her heart after their
romance—which Bucky points out never happened. She also announces her intention
to walk out a free woman while the two heroes are being killed. Eden also
reveals that she did not order the massacre at the O.F.U.; that was done by The
Natural who got bored waiting for orders and wanted to test whether he was as
good a killer as they said. And now he knows—and is now ordered to kill Falcon
and Winter Soldier….