Recaps

Sing Sing escaped with Slug but was teleported to Magneto, who questioned him about Professor X. After revealing Professor X had lost his powers, Sing Sing tried to recruit Magneto to work at a steel mill, leaving Magneto stunned with the flyer in his hand.

• Sing Sing pulled Slug from the bushes, stole a pickup, and filled its tank with money and Pizza Hut coupons.
• Sing Sing asked Slug about Longneck, Gegbu, and Bailey, but Slug knew nothing about the Los Angeles figures.
• Azazel appeared in the pickup and teleported Sing Sing to a dilapidated factory, while Slug turned the truck around and headed back to the city.
• Magneto threatened Sing Sing and demanded to know Professor X's condition and what deal they had made.
• Sing Sing told Magneto that Professor X had lost his powers, then offered him a 749 Bureau job as a senior technical adviser at a steel mill.
• Magneto stared in disbelief at the recruitment flyer Sing Sing handed him.

Sing Sing tried to recruit Magneto and Azazel to a steel mill, but Magneto sealed him inside an iron ball and Azazel teleported it far from New York. Sing Sing escaped in Alaska and faced a hungry brown bear.

• Sing Sing offered Magneto a steel mill job and suggested Azazel use his teleportation for express delivery.
• Magneto trapped Sing Sing inside a giant iron ball, then ordered Azazel to dump it far from New York.
• Azazel teleported the iron ball away, and Magneto kept the recruitment notice before leaving.
• Sing Sing cut his way out of the ball and found himself in snowy Alaska with no phone signal.
• A large brown bear emerged from the trees, and Sing Sing challenged it to become his mount.

Sing Sing forced a brown bear to submit and rode it through the snow until it fled near an isolated cabin. He approached the cabin seeking shelter, where someone opened the door and aimed a loaded shotgun at his chest.

• Sing Sing fought the charging brown bear, kicking it into submission and making it carry him through the snow.
• Sing Sing complained about his wilderness assignment and planned to claim workplace injury compensation from Director Wang.
• Sing Sing noticed a cabin below the slope, but the brown bear refused to approach and ran into the pine forest.
• Sing Sing walked to the cabin and knocked, calling out that he was there to read the water meter.
• Someone opened the cabin door a crack and pointed a loaded double-barreled shotgun at Sing Sing's chest.

Sing Sing reached Margaret’s isolated home in Alaska after escaping the gangsters who kidnapped him, and persuaded her to let him inside. After she fed him, he learned the highway was closed and every other way out was unavailable, leaving him stranded for at least ten days.

• Margaret confronted Sing Sing with a shotgun, questioned his identity and story, then invited him inside.
• Sing Sing took off his shoes, warmed himself by the stove, and complained about Margaret’s potato and onion soup and hard bread.
• Sing Sing told Margaret he was headed to Los Angeles to find four unemployed people, including someone who could make artificial rain.
• Margaret told Sing Sing the highway was closed, there were no nearby train tracks or reachable airport, and the snowmobile was broken.

Sing Sing and Margaret endured a worsening blizzard in an isolated Alaskan cabin as their food ran out and help failed to arrive. Late at night, someone knocked at the door, and Margaret aimed her shotgun at it.

• Sing Sing discovered the cabin's landline and his phone had no connection, then complained that he was stranded without internet or help.
• Margaret said the cabin had run out of food and warned Sing Sing not to consider eating her hunting dog, Old Harry.
• Margaret said her son planned to bring supplies, but the snow kept Sing Sing, Margaret, and Old Harry trapped with dwindling food.
• After three days, the cabin's food was gone, and Sing Sing and Margaret waited through the storm as their hunger worsened.
• Someone knocked on the door late at night, and Margaret grabbed her shotgun and demanded to know who was outside.

During a blizzard, Sing Sing mistook Darwin for an attacker and fought him until Margaret revealed he was her son, Armando. After recognizing Darwin’s adaptive mutation, Sing Sing eagerly tried to recruit him for the 749 Bureau’s disaster relief vanguard.

• A bald stranger charged into Margaret’s cabin and attacked Sing Sing after seeing him with a knife.
• Sing Sing and the stranger fought until Margaret recognized him as her son, Armando, and stopped them.
• Armando explained that his body had adapted to the polar-night blizzard by changing his skin, fat, and hair.
• Armando brought in a bag of food and supplies, and Sing Sing identified him as the mutant Darwin, whose body evolved to survive threats.
• Sing Sing introduced himself as a 749 Bureau recruiter and offered Darwin a job with benefits, urging him to discuss his career.

Sing Sing tried to recruit Darwin while they stayed at Margaret’s cabin, but Darwin refused and left when the weather cleared. As they crossed the snowfield, helicopters bearing the Silver Peak Consortium emblem appeared, and Sing Sing forced Darwin into a snowdrift to hide.

• Sing Sing cooked Darwin a meal and tried to recruit him to the 749 Bureau, but Darwin refused and warned him to stay away from the X-Men.
• Over the next three days, Sing Sing repeatedly pitched the job to Darwin until Darwin decided to leave Margaret’s cabin.
• Darwin hugged Margaret goodbye and set out across the snow, but Sing Sing followed him, claiming he needed a local guide.
• After they walked for nearly two hours, two helicopters appeared beyond the ridgeline.
• Sing Sing recognized the Silver Peak Consortium emblem on a helicopter and shoved Darwin into a snowdrift to hide from them.

Sing Sing and Darwin were cornered by Silver Peak mercenaries in an Alaskan snowfield, but Sing Sing used flying daggers and his knife to defeat them. He dragged Darwin onto a snowmobile and headed for Los Angeles, while Darwin protested in despair.

• Silver Peak mercenaries found Sing Sing and Darwin in a snow pit and opened fire, but Darwin’s body transformed into bulletproof armor that shielded them.
• Sing Sing tossed the one-eyed leader a fake key, and more mercenaries arrived to surround them.
• Sing Sing revealed his flying daggers and killed the front gunmen before charging into the crowd with the Sky-Iron Pig Butchering Knife.
• Sing Sing defeated the mercenaries, killed their leader, and identified himself as Director Zhou of the 749 Bureau.
• Sing Sing hauled Darwin onto a snowmobile and set off for Los Angeles while Darwin shouted that he wanted to go home.

Sing Sing and Darwin fell into an ice cave and discovered Ape-Man, a hairy, mechanically gifted scavenger. Sing Sing recruited him for a mechanical engineering job with China's 749 Bureau, and Ape-Man began considering the offer.

• Sing Sing and Darwin crashed through the snow into an underground ice cave, where Ape-Man confronted them and demanded they leave.
• Ape-Man led them to his cavern workshop, where Sing Sing and Darwin saw the machines he had built and repaired from salvaged parts.
• Sing Sing praised Ape-Man's mechanical talent and offered him a senior mechanical engineer and special equipment maintenance consultant position with China's 749 Bureau.
• Ape-Man worried that people would fear him because of his appearance, and Sing Sing reassured him that his fur was useful in the cold and invited him to join.

Sing Sing persuaded Ape-Man to join the 749 Bureau by promising to help find Devil Dinosaur and provide it with unlimited meat. The chapter ended with Ape-Man signing a contract he could not read, while Darwin watched in disbelief.

• Sing Sing urged Ape-Man to sign up, but Ape-Man said he needed to find his lost friend, Devil Dinosaur.
• Ape-Man described Devil Dinosaur as a huge, red creature, and Sing Sing claimed the 749 Bureau could track it down.
• Sing Sing promised Devil Dinosaur food, lodging, and a job, convincing Ape-Man to travel with him.
• Sing Sing got Ape-Man to press his thumbprint onto the contract, and Darwin silently watched the recruitment unfold.

Sing Sing, Darwin, and the ape-man escaped through a blizzard and reached a small town, where Sing Sing learned Slug had spent his money partying in Las Vegas. Sing Sing disguised the ape-man and persuaded Darwin to help them get to Los Angeles, promising they would part ways there.

• Sing Sing convinced Darwin to leave the cave with him and the ape-man, and the three trudged through a blizzard for nearly two days.
• After reaching a town, Sing Sing called Slug and learned he had spent Sing Sing's money on a Las Vegas nightclub memorial party and Ace of Spades.
• Sing Sing disguised the ape-man with a floral bedsheet so he could pass through town unnoticed.
• Sing Sing begged Darwin to help them reach Los Angeles and promised to buy Darwin a first-class ticket back to Alaska afterward.
• Darwin reluctantly agreed to take them to Los Angeles, insisting they would separate as soon as they arrived.

Zhou Xing, Darwin, and Moon-Boy prepared to travel from Alaska to Los Angeles, with Zhou Xing negotiating allowances and Darwin reluctantly providing the vehicle. They set off at dawn, while Darwin privately hoped the journey would keep danger away from his mother and decided to demand a business-class return ticket.

• Darwin took Zhou Xing and Moon-Boy to his comfortable home, where they ate and argued over the food.
• Darwin explained the road route to Los Angeles, and Zhou Xing chose to drive rather than try to take Moon-Boy on a plane.
• Zhou Xing tried to recruit Darwin as a part-time mechanic, but Darwin refused.
• The three loaded supplies into Darwin's RV, and Darwin drove them out of town at dawn.
• Darwin reflected that the trip would keep danger away from his mother and raised his expected return-ticket price after seeing Zhou Xing note a border-crossing allowance.

Sing Sing, Darwin, and Moon-Boy traveled through a blizzard, where Moon-Boy calmed an injured giant moose, before the RV reached a border checkpoint. A scan identified Darwin as a Mutant but found Moon-Boy’s genes did not match modern humans, and Snowbird and Sasquatch arrived to investigate them.

• Darwin adapted to the extreme cold and poor visibility, then braked to avoid a red-eyed giant moose blocking the road.
• Moon-Boy wrestled the moose, soothed it with rhythmic sounds, and removed the pain from its injured leg by identifying a sharp stone stuck in its muscle.
• After a day of difficult travel, the group reached the border crossing, where Sing Sing offered the inspector a cover story for their unusual passengers.
• The checkpoint scanner detected an X-Gene in Darwin and found that Moon-Boy’s genes did not match the modern human genetic database.
• Snowbird transformed from an owl into a woman, introduced herself as an Alpha Flight member, and ordered the group to leave the RV and cooperate with Sasquatch guarding the checkpoint.

Sing Sing, Darwin, and Moon-Boy were questioned by Snowbird and Sasquatch at a checkpoint during a blizzard. After Sing Sing explained his recruitment of Mutants and Moon-Boy described his home and friend Devil Dinosaur, Zhou Xing said they were searching for a lost dinosaur.

• Snowbird and Sasquatch stopped Sing Sing’s car and brought its occupants into the checkpoint for identity and travel checks.
• Snowbird questioned Darwin about crossing into Alaska, and Sing Sing claimed they were escorting him on a humanitarian mission while fleeing the Silver Peak Consortium.
• Sing Sing said the consortium had imprisoned Mutants for illegal experiments and defended taking Mutants to China as willing employees with contracts and benefits.
• Snowbird questioned Moon-Boy, who described his home and insisted his friend Devil Dinosaur was a living red dinosaur.
• Zhou Xing explained that they were looking for a lost family member, a gentle little dinosaur lost in the snow.

Snowbird asked Sing Sing how China viewed Mutants, and he explained that the 749 Bureau treated them as ordinary people while trying to recruit her. They then discussed Moon-Boy’s home and suspected it was the Savage Land, leaving Sing Sing stunned that dinosaurs might still exist.

• Snowbird asked Sing Sing how Mutants were usually viewed in China, and he tried to recruit her for several 749 Bureau jobs.
• Snowbird explained that she was content with Alpha Flight and described the hostility Mutants faced in Canada and the United States.
• Sing Sing told Snowbird that China considered Mutants normal people and that joining the 749 Bureau was voluntary.
• Snowbird accepted Sing Sing’s contact information in case Mutants needed help, then warned him about the trouble involving Silver Peak and Moon-Boy.
• Snowbird showed Sing Sing a map and suggested that Moon-Boy’s home was the Savage Land, a hidden region with dinosaurs.

Mark Mueller’s Silver Peak team tried to seize Stephen Chow at the Canadian checkpoint, but Snowbird refused to hand him over without Canadian authorization. After withdrawing, Mueller ordered an air assault to kill Stephen and recover the Cryptographic Key before daybreak.

• Mark Mueller arrived with armed Silver Peak personnel and demanded that Snowbird hand over Stephen Chow and the people he had rescued.
• Snowbird rejected Mueller’s documents, insisting that Silver Peak needed Canadian judicial authorization and could not take anyone from the checkpoint.
• When one of Mueller’s men reached for his weapon, Sasquatch warned him against forcing people into their vehicles, and Mueller ordered the team to withdraw.
• Sing Sing praised Sasquatch’s defense of the checkpoint and joked about recruiting him to the 749 Bureau, irritating Snowbird.
• Mueller told his squad leader to prepare an air assault with Nighthawk helicopters and ordered them to kill Stephen Chow and recover the Cryptographic Key before daybreak.

Sing Sing and his companions shared a meal with Snowbird and Sasquatch at the checkpoint, where Sing Sing tried to recruit Alpha Flight members. Snowbird sent them to White Horse City headquarters at the leader’s request, and they set off in their RV.

• Sing Sing complained about Snowbird and Sasquatch’s border post and tried to recruit them with promises of better working conditions.
• Sasquatch and Moon-Boy bonded over roasted meat and traded tips about caring for their fur.
• Snowbird gave Sing Sing a map and letter of passage and told him to report to Alpha Flight headquarters in White Horse City.
• Sing Sing accepted the invitation after hearing the headquarters cafeteria would feed them, while Darwin complained and drove the RV south.
• Snowbird watched the RV leave and thought Sing Sing was bold and interesting.

Sing Sing, Darwin, and Moon-Boy were ambushed by Silver Peak Consortium’s A-3 Special Operations Group while traveling to White Horse City headquarters. Sing Sing and Moon-Boy defeated the attackers, but Mueller’s warning about the key left the mystery unresolved as they continued toward their destination on foot.

• Sing Sing, Darwin, and Moon-Boy drove through a snowstorm toward White Horse City headquarters, but two Nighthawk Helicopters attacked their RV with rockets.
• Darwin survived the explosion through his mutant ability, while Moon-Boy was injured and Sing Sing emerged unharmed.
• The Silver Peak Consortium A-3 Special Operations Group arrived and identified Stephen Chow as the target to capture alive, with the others to be recovered as anomalous assets.
• Sing Sing defeated the flame-wielding and rock-armored mutants, while Moon-Boy overwhelmed the squad members with his deer leg bone.
• Sing Sing disabled one helicopter with a throwing knife and severed equipment from the other with his Pig Butchering Knife, ending the battle.
• Sing Sing questioned Mueller about the key, but Mueller warned him that he should not possess it; the group then realized they still had seventy or eighty kilometers to travel.

Sing Sing, Darwin, and Moon-Boy built a motorized snow raft and headed for the Alpha Flight base. Their raft was destroyed by a flying defender, who ordered them to surrender and identify themselves.

• Sing Sing forced the injured fire-powered Smith White to melt snow from pine trees, then cut the trunks into planks.
• Moon-Boy assembled a snow raft from the helicopter engine, wreckage, cables, and aviation fuel, while Darwin helped with the construction.
• Sing Sing and Darwin debated what to do with Smith White, but Moon-Boy killed him, saying he was a useless tool who would endanger the group.
• The three men rode the homemade raft through the blizzard toward the Alpha Flight base, but its engine began to fail as they neared the buildings.
• A flying man in a black-and-white combat suit struck the raft with a blast of force, then hovered above the survivors and demanded their identities and intentions.

Beichen intercepted Sing Sing, Darwin, and Moon-Boy, then brought them to Alpha Flight headquarters after Snowbird confirmed they were invited. Sing Sing tried to recruit Beichen for China’s 749 Bureau, but the arrival of Beichen’s boyfriend left him worrying about how to handle relocation benefits.

• Beichen confronted Sing Sing, Darwin, and Moon-Boy, then confirmed with Snowbird that she had invited them to headquarters.
• Sing Sing pitched Beichen a logistics job with China’s 749 Bureau as they traveled to the White Horse City headquarters.
• At the security checkpoint, Sing Sing argued that his Pig Butchering Knife was a family kitchen utensil, and Beichen allowed him to keep it.
• Beichen greeted Kyle with an embrace and a kiss, then left with him while Sing Sing and the others continued toward the supervisor’s office.
• A guard told Sing Sing that Kyle was Beichen’s boyfriend and personal assistant, prompting Sing Sing to wonder how the bureau would handle their relocation benefits.

Sing Sing defended bringing Darwin and Moon-Boy to Canada by presenting them as prospective government workers rather than stolen assets, while Guardian questioned them about the border incident. The dispute ended with Guardian speechless as Sing Sing demanded accountability for the injuries and damage caused by Silver Peak.

• Sing Sing led Darwin and Moon-Boy into Guardian's workshop, where Guardian questioned them about the border incident and China's reasons for bringing them to North America.
• Guardian showed Sing Sing evidence of the border destruction and said the United States accused them of attacking military facilities, taking test subjects, and stealing dangerous data.
• Guardian described Darwin's ability to adapt to threats, but Sing Sing argued that Darwin had not agreed to serve as a battlefield asset and outlined a possible emergency-response job for him.
• Sing Sing said Moon-Boy had signed on as a mechanical engineering maintenance consultant and that the 749 Bureau would help him find his companion.
• Sing Sing accused Silver Peak and the border defenses of causing a workplace injury and demanding compensation, leaving Guardian unable to respond.

Sing Sing and Guardian contacted Director Wang to discuss official cooperation and possible placements for Mutants, while Moon-Boy and Darwin ate at Alpha Flight headquarters. Darwin worried about reaching Los Angeles and leaving Margaret exposed in Alaska, and Sing Sing promised to protect her before an unexpected visitor appeared.

• Guardian questioned Sing Sing's plan to recruit powerful Mutants into regular jobs, then explained the legal and practical obstacles facing Darwin and Moon-Boy.
• Sing Sing called Director Wang, who spoke with Guardian through Da Vinci's translation device and offered to arrange suitable work for hard-to-place Mutants.
• Sing Sing took Darwin and Moon-Boy to Alpha Flight's dining hall, where Moon-Boy devoured a turkey and Sing Sing urged Darwin to eat more.
• Darwin said he wanted to reach Los Angeles and leave, but feared Silver Peak would pursue him if he returned to Alaska, where Margaret was alone.
• Sing Sing put steak on Darwin's plate and vowed to protect Margaret, then jumped when a familiar voice suddenly spoke beside them.

Darwin questioned why the 749 Bureau had made him drive through Canada’s storms instead of using Wandering Girl’s teleportation, prompting Sing Sing to explain the laws and safeguards governing her ability. The discussion ended with Wandering Girl affirming that she cooperated because the bureau treated her as a person, while Moon-Boy learned what oversight meant.

• Wandering Girl arrived at night, ate venison, and told Sing Sing that Director Wang had summoned her from bed.
• Darwin angrily challenged Sing Sing for making him drive through dangerous weather despite Wandering Girl’s ability to teleport.
• Sing Sing explained that teleportation consumed energy and that the bureau protected Wandering Girl’s labor rights while regulating cross-border missions.
• Sing Sing told Darwin that mission records, legal reviews, and ordinary criminal law governed teleportation, but that the bureau could not physically prevent Wandering Girl from leaving.
• Wandering Girl said she trusted the bureau because it provided her with documents, a job, and safety rules, and because its staff treated her like a person.
• Moon-Boy asked what oversight meant, and Wandering Girl told him not to chew on shared plates.

Sing Sing and his companions arranged to leave Canada, while Guardian agreed to help the 749 Bureau and learn from its approach to Mutants. Deadpool suddenly appeared at Alpha Flight headquarters searching for his promised government job and attacked Beichen.

• Beichen told Sing Sing that Guardian and Director Wang had agreed Alpha Flight would protect him from Silver Peak if he left Canada immediately.
• Wandering Girl relayed Director Wang's instructions: send Darwin to Alaska, bring Sing Sing and Moon-Boy to China, and visit Luke Shaw.
• Darwin chose to return to Alaska to protect Margaret, and Edith teleported him there after Sing Sing exchanged contact information with him.
• Guardian promised to use Alpha Flight's radar and satellites to search for Devil Dinosaur, and Wandering Girl teleported Sing Sing and Moon-Boy away.
• Guardian explained to Beichen that the 749 Bureau's use of social benefits to manage Mutants could offer a better model than building expensive mechas.
• Deadpool teleported into the office looking for his promised government job, then drew his swords and lunged at Beichen.

Sing Sing settled Moon-Boy into temporary quarters and brought him to the 749 Bureau for his physical and onboarding. He then learned that Nina had been seconded to a Ministry of Public Security major crimes task force, leaving the security officers upset about her being sent into danger.

• Sing Sing showed Moon-Boy his temporary room, reassured him about the physical and promised to search for Devil Dinosaur after the results came back.
• Moon-Boy repaired the room's door overnight, and Sing Sing promised him extra assessment points for his initiative.
• Sing Sing accompanied Moon-Boy to headquarters, where Xiao Liu had arranged his medical examination and an interpreter.
• Sing Sing went to the security department and found Zhang Tiehan and the other officers mourning Nina's absence.
• Zhang Tiehan told Sing Sing that Director Wang had approved Nina's secondment to a major crimes task force, whose officers had taken her to assist with an arrest operation.