Captain America and Jim Hammond (the original Human Torch)
are on their way to the Naval Base in Bristol because they believe Namor the Sub-Mariner
will attack there to get the components for his big bomb. On the way they argue
with Iron Man who thinks they should attack Atlantis immediately while Cap
wants to try a peaceful solution first. Cap and Jim meet with Admiral October
and warn her about Namor’s threat and ask her to wait while they try to work
things out; the Admiral rejects the idea of doing nothing while facing a threat
and questions Cap’s patriotism for wanting to protect Namor. She refuses to
listen and tells Cap to go to a photo session with the troops…
…which was an old trick used to create a distraction and now
Winter Soldier has infiltrated the ship for the next part of the plan. While
signing autographs, Cap is confronted by an angry seaman who questions whether he
is the real Cap or Hydra Cap and wondering if there is a difference. Cap wishes
there was more he could do in this situation. He leaves and joins up with Jim
and they head out….
In Atlantis, Namor is informed that the missiles are ready,
needing only one more component; he also knows that Cap achieved nothing in his
visit to the Naval Base. Again, his adviser Machan points out that Cap is now
heading to see the Petersons and that Namor should deal with them….
At the Base, Bucky is caught by a guard and he overpowers
the man and continue with the mission—but a scientist named Anna has also seen
him; Bucky explains that they have to stop Namor and gives his gun to Anna,
telling her to shoot him if she thinks he’s wrong….
Cap and Jim arrive at the Peterson home in Maine where Cap
talks to the gravely ill Randall, wanting to know if the old soldier can help him
learn why Namor want to go to war with the surface world again. Meanwhile, Nay
is trying to convince Jim that Namor is a good man unfairly treated by his old
friends—but Cap catches her signaling Namor through the fish tank and suddenly
the Sub-Mariner is smashing through the wall and hurling Cap into the distance
so that the Human Torch has go after him. Namor, meanwhile, confronts Randall,
accusing him of failing to destroy all the “evidence.” Randall insists he’s
tried to protect Namor—and then he collapses and dies. With tears in his eyes,
Namor heads back to the ocean. When Cap and Torch return, Nay promises to tell
them who Namor really is….