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As Sgt. Duffy and Betty Ross are having a lunch date, Betty tells Duffy about how she was invited to her friend Marina Bates' home where her father is throwing a party to celebrate his recent purchase of the supposedly curse Ruby of the Nile. When two soldiers come to blows a pie is thrown and it strikes Duffy in the face. With those responsible fleeing, Duffy presumes that it is Steve Rogers and is about to lose his temper with the private but Betty talks him out of it and escorts him out of the building. Deciding that there might be trouble at the party that Betty is attending, Steve and James decide to keep an eye on things as Captain America and Bucky.. That night, Betty arrive at the Bates home where Mr. Bates unveils the Ruby of the Nile to his awed visitors. Among the audience is archeologist Henry Sanders, who is glad to be rid of the ruby since he liberated it from a previously undiscovered pyramid in Egypt. Telling them that the were warnings that the ruby was cursed, Sanders tells them that he has been plagued with bad luck the entire time it has been in possession. Later that night as Mr. Bates is returning the ruby to his safe his room suddenly fills with smoke and he is confronted by an Egyptian garbed individual calling himself Ra the Avenger. Ra attacks Bates for the ruby, and fatally stabs him. Seeing the smoke coming from the mansion, Captain America and Bucky swing into action but arrive too late to stop Ra, who flees before he can steal the ruby. With Ra escaped, Captain America and Bucky make their presence known to Betty and tells her that they will be around should there be anymore trouble. Later family friend Mr. Parker decides the ruby would be safer in his possession the lights are doused and he and Sanders are attacked by Ra in the darkness. Ra escapes in the commotion, however Captain America prevents him from making off with the ruby as he had removed the ruby before the attacker could obtain it deciding that if Ra wished to get it, he would have to attack Cap directly. When Ra attacks Parker again, Captain America and Bucky arrive too late to stop him from murdering the guest. When they hear gun shots, they rush to Betty's aid who managed to scare Ra off with her shots. When Sanders enters the room and says he was also attacked by Ra, Betty decides to call FBI headquarters and run a background check on Sanders. When they call back for more information, she is once more attacked by Ra, but this time Captain America and Bucky are waiting for him. Captain America easily over powers Ra, and knocks him out. Unmasking him, Ra is revealed to be none other than Sanders. Deducing that he caused the murders to reclaim the ruby, Cap turns Sanders over to Betty to give to the authorities.