In
Ephraim, West Virginia, a coal mining town was impoverished when the coal
company closed up; then Virago entered, a massive online distribution hub opened
up—but the town wasn’t saved, as Virago brought in all of their own people and
gave nothing to the town. Then U.S. Agent arrived to help but that resulted in
a huge crater in the ground….
The
locals set off a bomb at Virago and a bored bureaucrat in Omaha, knowing that Virago
was a front for the defunct SHIELD and wanting to annoy Valerie Cooper, had
U.S. Agent sent to investigate….
In
Mount Vernon, New York, a series of pizza delivery guys arrive at a house, are
interrogated by the paranoid occupant, and locked in the basement. Then
Morrie Watanabe shows up with a delivery; he gets the drop on John Walker, U.S. Agent,
who was expecting trouble, and hurls the ex-Cap into the basement. Agent
attacks Morrie who clobbers him with a series of slick kung fu moves, knocking
him through a wall. When things settle down, they share the pizza while
watching TV. Walker reveals he has been warned about a bomb concealed in a
pizza box and he is trying to protect the homeowner. Finally, the suspicious
pizza guy speeds to a stop at the house so Walker throws his shield, smashing
the car’s engine—and the shield. Walker drags the guy out of the car, only to
be interrupted by a kid asking for an autograph. U.S. Agent is initially rude
to him but thinks better of it and gives the kid his damaged shield. A little
girl, who in a flash reminds him of his kid sister, gives a password; when U.S.
Agent responds with the correct countersign, she gives him an object….
U.S.
Agent boards his aircraft, accompanied by Morrie who is having fun for the
first time in years and they bicker about Walker’s racist assumptions about
Morrie (he’s Japanese, not Chinese) and other stuff. They arrive at the Virago
plant where their aircraft is captured by a tractor beam and they escape aboard
a motorcycle to face a squad of armored soldiers. The soldiers stop the bike
and the leader covers U.S. Agent with a gun and removes her helmet to reveal
John Walker’s sister Katie….