Captain America has suddenly found himself in Kansas with several days of his life
missing; in that meantime, A.I.M. has captured Lower Manhattan and placed a
force field around it. At a general store, Cap makes a phone call to activate
the Captains Network….
In
occupied Manhattan, Steve’s three college friends, David, Mia, and Hudson, worried
over Steve’s disappearance, knock at his apartment door. Steve’s neighbor Amari
tells them Steve’s gone. Then they run and hide from A.I.M. agents who burst
into Steve’s apartment and blast the place with flamethrowers, hoping to kill
Captain America. The four friends flee via fire escape and are caught by an AIM
agent; they overpower him but there are more agents nearby and the group is
taken prisoner….
Cap’s
group has been assembled by Aaron Fischer, Captain of the Railways, in a rural
area: Dryad, Nick Fury Jr., Sharon Carter, Roger Aubrey, and Redacted, Black
Widow having gone to ground. They have all been dumped far from Manhattan and
discover they have small scars behind the right ear, indicating someone has
been probing their brains. Roger suggests that a psychic could help them and
Cap knows one. He utters the secret word “Mommy” and Emma Frost appears, teleported
by Lourdes Chantel. The heroes explain the situation and Emma offers to probe
their collective minds to uncover what has happened to them. Peggy Carter
refuses to let Emma mess with her brain so she probes the others. They learn
they were all captured and brainwashed by a creature calling itself MODOC,
Mental Organism Designed Only for Control. Coming out of the trance, the heroes
are bitter about having their minds probed. Emma and Lourdes take their leave.
That evening Steve tells Sharon they have to take the fight to the enemy, “This
fight doesn’t need superheroes…it needs Invaders….”