Captain America takes on Taskmaster while telling SHIELD agents to get Marcus Johnson
to cover. But the villain tosses a grenade and while Cap is dealing with that,
he lunges at Marcus—only to be shocked by SHIELD Director Daisy Johnson (a/k/a
Quake). Johnson takes Marcus away while Cap returns to the battle with
Taskmaster….
Interlude:
The mysterious old man is informed that Taskmaster has failed and the target is
now in SHIELD custody; he throws a fit and orders, “Prepare the mercenary”….
Aboard
the Helicarrier, Daisy Johnson explains that his mother was likely killed
because she saw something she shouldn’t have and now the baddies are after
Marcus. Dum Dum Dugan explains Marcus’ record of heroism to a junior agent….
While
the team physician tends to Marcus’ injuries, Captain America stops by. Marcus
asks him what’s going on and Cap deflects the implied questions by telling him
who Taskmaster is before leaving. Left to cool his heels in a locked room,
Marcus gets bored and assaults his guards, hijacks a flying car and takes off.
SHIELD agents track him to downtown Atlanta where they find the car—and the
tracker implanted in him. Marcus surprises them and beats the four agents who
are trying not to hurt him and escapes again. This time he is observed from a
rooftop by a masked figure with a Scorpio on his hood. Marcus heads to a motel
where he calls in his buddy Cheese to aid him in getting behind the mystery.
Step one: find Taskmaster….