The Price of Freedom

"Most of you should know who I am. After I woke up in the North Pole, I went to a Community School and became a soccer coach.

The events of the past few days must have left many of you confused. Why were so many decorated agents wanted, and why had your director disappeared?

If any of you watched television just now, you should know the answer..."

As Steve's voice rang out, it was as if time had suddenly stopped throughout the entire Triskelion. Everyone instinctively looked up toward the source of the voice and fell into thought.

The civilians didn't know the truth. Most of them just thought Steve was a fanatic of Captain America, or were willing to call him "Captain" out of respect for what he was doing!

But the agents here at S.H.I.E.L.D. knew all too well. They knew this was the real Captain America. Every one of his combat videos was still circulating on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s internal network.

In a way, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s founding had a great deal to do with him. They couldn't even say how many people had joined S.H.I.E.L.D. because they admired Steve Rogers!

"Many people may already know the answer...

Yes, S.H.I.E.L.D. is no longer what you think it is. It has long since been infiltrated by Hydra...

Their leader now is Alexander Pierce...

Project Insight was designed by Hydra as a way to rule the world through 'terror.'

I don't know how many of them there are, but they're right here. They may even be standing beside you."

As Steve spoke, the atmosphere throughout the entire Triskelion grew strange.

If anyone in the world could make a stranger trust him without reservation, it was Steve Rogers—especially somewhere like S.H.I.E.L.D.!

Everyone began looking around with suspicion. Without a clear target, that suspicion wouldn't