Part III: The Champion of the Gods/Mission: Crossroads

==Mission: Crossroads==
Out in the Yard, Blade is running a training session with the Midnight Suns and Spider-Man, making sure everyone knows how to fight together as a team. Logan and Tony look on from the sidelines as if realizing the next generation is catching up to them.
At the War Room, Captain America advises everyone that communications with Transia have been restored. Checking out the situation, the heroes learn that Hydra is preventing people from evacuating the area. Suddenly Crossbones breaks in on the comms channel and announces that the only way the Transians will be allowed to leave is if Captain America takes their place. Captain America agrees to go face Crossbones.
Afterward, Cap tells Hunter that he knows that Crossbones is taunting him, and that going to Transia will play right into his hands. But he can't say here and do nothing, as the Transians need help.
In Transia, civilians are trying to escape both Hydra troops and Lilin. Crossbones orders a Hydra Gunship to fire at a group of Transians, leaving several pinned under rubble. As the Gunship tries to finish the job, Captain America's shield flies out, diverting the missile away harmlessly, and then striking the helicopter and knocking it off-course as well. As the heroes try to rescue the trapped civilians, Hydra troops engage them.
After defeating the troops and rescuing the last pinned civilian, the heroes see Crossbones running off. They catch up to him just as he has armed one of Faustus' gamma devices. It's set to blow the entire bridge, taking everyone here with it -- civilians, heroes, and Crossbones himself.
The heroes defeat Crossbones and defuse the bomb. However, Crossbones grabs a nearby gun and shoots the bomb, overloading it. Seeing the bomb is about to go off, Captain America knocks it away off the side of the bridge. Crossbones rushes at Captain America, but the force of the explosion knocks them both backward. Crossbones drops off the side, but Captain America catches his hand.
Hanging in mid-air, Crossbones tells Captain America that he thinks the "old man" kept all of this hidden because he knew what would happen if Lilith were awoken. It is clear that Crossbones doesn't want to be saved. He hands a thumb drive to Captain America with his free hand, then pushes off, yelling "Hail Hydra" as he falls to his death.
Next: Part III: The Champion of the Gods/Event: Gray Seneschal (The Ritual)
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