For two weeks, Patriot (Elijah
Bradley) has been looking for his suddenly missing uncle Josiah X. He asks his
pal Wiccan to magically transport him to where Josiah is…
…and he arrives on the Skydream platform
where Josiah a/k/a Shadow Soldier is with Captain America (Sam Wilson), Billie
Wilson, and Falcon (Joaquin Torres) are in battle with Dennis Harmon’s War
Angels. They catch him up in a couple of sentences and he helps them defeat the
Angels. Cap announces he is going to crash the Skydream platforms and rescue
the people Harmon has victimized. But Shadow Soldier objects: why does Sam Cap
get to make that decision for all these people? Billie steps in to announce
they are not blowing the place up but stealing it. And so Cap consider a new
plan….
Billie goes to Dr. Cangza, whose
Wakandan science is used to mind control the people. There is a fight with
Cangza explaining that society is doomed and Skydream is their only hope. Then
she gasses Billie….
The others head for the control
center and Shadow Soldier reveals he controls Darkforce energy to provide a
distraction from the shadows….
Billie, who held her breath,
disguises herself as Dr. Cangza to visit General Maverick and remove his mind
control implant. Enraged, he joins the heroes as enemy fights back—but with his
time as Red Hulk being limited to one hour, he wants to save it for when he
confronts Dennis Harmon. Maverick tries to torture an Angel to learn where
Harmon is but Cap stops him; Cap is reminded that the Angels contain bird DNA
and he can communicate with birds. So Cap questions a captive Angel who
responds “Moria….”
The Tolkien reference leads them
to the bottom of the platform where Maverick is seized by a large monster and
immobilized. The others are confronted by Harmon, safe behind a protective
barrier. He tells them that the Skydreams were to maintain life after society
collapses. But since they’ve pushed him, he is now going to accelerate the
plan, using the platform to destroy major majority-Black cities in America…..
And in the Bronx, Isaiah Braley
looks up at the sky….