Chapter Summaries

Sing Sing arranged a place for the injured group and obtained approval to report their situation, then decided they needed a motorhome to travel safely. He stole one from a campground and set off with the group, while Silver Fox openly recognized what he had done.

• Sing Sing called Snowbird to arrange shelter for the injured, then reported the situation to Director Wang and argued with Director Zhou for more operating funds.
• Sing Sing decided the group needed a motorhome, and everyone rested at the base before traveling.
• Sing Sing identified a white Ford motorhome at a campground and broke in while Silver Fox kept watch.
• Sing Sing hot-wired the motorhome and drove it onto the highway as the Guardian followed.
• Colossus loaded Magik, Gambit, Mondo, and the restrained Scatter aboard the motorhome.
• Li Qianhuan asked whether Sing Sing had bought the motorhome, and Silver Fox said he had stolen it.

Sing Sing led the convoy toward Alpha Flight’s base while Guardian’s jokes and Silver Fox’s suspicions kept the ride tense. As they neared their destination, Guardian detected pursuers, and a familiar purple-black mist swept toward them.

• Sing Sing drove the battered lead vehicle while Guardian played obnoxious radio stations and sent his complaints to Director Wang without permission.
• Sing Sing checked in with Silver Fox and the passengers, learning that Illyana was stable while Gambit and the alien were in poor shape.
• Silver Fox recalled fragments of a life connected to Logan and planned to make Sing Sing reveal what he knew.
• Guardian detected fast-moving signals five kilometers behind the convoy, and Sing Sing warned Silver Fox over the intercom.
• Sing Sing saw a familiar purple-black mist advancing along the highway toward the convoy.

Sing Sing sent Silver Fox and Li Qianhuan ahead while he turned back to face their pursuers. After destroying a charging jeep, he found Lady Deathstrike and Omega Red emerging from its flames as Guardian identified the advancing purple-black fog as Omega Red’s Death Factor.

• Sing Sing told Silver Fox and Li Qianhuan to drive on while he turned the car around to cover their retreat.
• Guardian hid in the conifer forest and monitored the battlefield while Sing Sing waited on the highway.
• Sing Sing destroyed a speeding jeep by throwing knives at its front tire and fuel tank.
• Lady Deathstrike and Omega Red emerged from the burning jeep, startling Sing Sing.
• Guardian identified the purple-black fog as a perfect match for Omega Red’s Death Factor.

Sing Sing fought Omega Red and Lady Deathstrike on a highway in Washington State with help from Guardian, but the two enemies began to overwhelm him. Snowbird arrived in a sudden snowstorm and claimed they were in Canada.

• Omega Red confronted Sing Sing and attacked him with his carbon-tungsten tentacles while Guardian fired a plasma pulse cannon from the hillside.
• Sing Sing wounded Omega Red with the Pig Butchering Knife, but Omega Red’s Death Factor mist threatened Sing Sing’s old wound and slowed his Inner Qi.
• Lady Deathstrike attacked Sing Sing from behind, and Guardian’s grappling hook helped him avoid a tentacle strike before he was cut across the chest.
• Sing Sing’s odds of victory fell as Omega Red and Lady Deathstrike closed in, and Guardian offered to self-destruct before Sing Sing refused.
• Snowbird arrived amid a sudden snowstorm, and when Sing Sing questioned her presence in the United States, she said she thought they were in Canada.

Snowbird rescued Sing Sing from Omega Red and Lady Deathstrike, defeated Omega Red, and carried Sing Sing north as an owl. Omega Red and Lady Deathstrike regrouped after the fight, and Omega Red reported their failed mission to a woman.

• Snowbird froze the highway and trapped Omega Red in ice while Sing Sing taunted him from the ground.
• Lady Deathstrike attacked Snowbird, but Snowbird struck her with an owl wing and wounded her with an ice spear as she escaped into the forest.
• Snowbird broke free of Omega Red’s ice prison, kicked him unconscious, then transformed into a snowy owl and carried Sing Sing away with Guardian following.
• Omega Red recovered from the fight, met Lady Deathstrike at the wrecked battlefield, and called a woman to report that Snowbird had intercepted their target.

After realizing the group could not safely cross at the checkpoints, Silver Fox guided the RV onto an abandoned forest road into Canada. At a fork marked for Alkali Lake, she chose to keep driving north, leaving her destination and the reason for her reaction unresolved.

• Sing Sing noticed the RV’s passengers would attract trouble at the border, and Silver Fox mapped out a route through an abandoned logging road.
• Silver Fox spotted the sign for Alkali Lake and became distracted, nearly drawing the group’s attention to the place.
• The RV jolted along the rough road, tossing the passengers and the captive Scatter around the cabin.
• At the fork, Silver Fox stared at the Alkali Lake sign, but Sing Sing said he would accompany her when she was ready.
• Silver Fox asked what gave Sing Sing the right to come with her, and he claimed her unpaid debt made him responsible for her well-being.
• Silver Fox drove north, leaving the turn toward Alkali Lake behind.

Sing Sing and his injured companions arrived at Alpha Flight headquarters and recovered while Colossus received a prosthetic arm and Moon-Boy reunited with Sing Sing. The chapter ended with Gambit waking after seven days unconscious.

• Sasquatch and Snowbird welcomed Sing Sing's group and brought the injured to the Medical Zone for treatment.
• Moon-Boy greeted Sing Sing and gave him a handmade five-pointed star.
• Sasquatch confirmed Colossus's severed shoulder could not regrow, and Guardian Hudson later provided him with a red-starred metal prosthetic arm.
• Li Qianhuan recovered, Scatter remained imprisoned, and Magik stayed unconscious as she recuperated.
• Sing Sing found Silver Fox looking south, but she declined his offer to visit Alkali Lake.
• Gambit woke after seven days unconscious.

Gambit explained how Miss Sinister forced him to work for her by threatening his friend Jacob, while Sing Sing offered Colossus and Li Qianhuan positions in the 749 Bureau. Colossus agreed to join, and Li Qianhuan agreed only to visit former X-Men and see how they were living.

• Gambit told Sing Sing, Li Qianhuan, and Colossus that Miss Sinister had transformed Jacob Gavin into Jacqueline and held him hostage to make Gambit work for her.
• Sing Sing offered Colossus a contract with the 749 Bureau and described roles suited to his skills; Colossus accepted.
• Sing Sing offered Li Qianhuan a job connected to fireworks, but she refused and questioned whether the bureau would treat mutants as disposable resources.
• Sing Sing showed Li Qianhuan examples of former mutants working and living comfortably, and explained the bureau's recruitment rules and benefits.
• Li Qianhuan agreed to visit Longneck, Geggebu, and Bailey to see their lives for herself, while Sing Sing reminded her to keep meal receipts.

Sing Sing persuaded Silver Fox to travel to China with the 749 Bureau so she could meet someone and try to recover her memories. The group prepared to leave, and Wandering Girl arrived to transport them.

• Sing Sing questioned whether to list Silver Fox as a recruit, then learned that Moon-Boy and Little Dino were ready to leave the hospital.
• Sing Sing found Silver Fox outside the base and explained that she could leave whenever she wanted, but offered to take her to China to meet someone who might help restore her memories.
• Silver Fox agreed to go with Sing Sing, and Li Qianhuan misread the situation as the start of a romance.
• Wandering Girl arrived at Alpha Base to take Sing Sing and the others back to China.

Wandering Girl transported the groups from the snowy base, struggling with the weight of Devil Dinosaur and the strain of repeated trips. Sing Sing’s group arrived at the medical reception area, where Director Wang was waiting.

• Wandering Girl complained about the bean-heavy cafeteria meal before inspecting Devil Dinosaur and agreeing to teleport him whole.
• Wandering Girl sensed a familiar feeling of space around the unconscious Illyana, and Sing Sing explained that Illyana could open portals to Limbo.
• Snowbird handed out ice crystals, and the groups were assigned for teleportation.
• Wandering Girl sent Colossus’s group and then Moon-Boy and Devil Dinosaur safely to their destination, but nearly fell asleep from exhaustion.
• Sing Sing silenced Scatter’s threats, carried Wandering Girl and Mondo’s remains, and led the final group through the purple pathway.
• Sing Sing’s group landed on the lawn near the medical reception area, where Director Wang greeted them as Wandering Girl fell asleep.

Sing Sing and the others underwent intake procedures and medical treatment after returning, while Li Qianhuan grew suspicious of the bureau’s unexpectedly kind welcome. Sing Sing learned that his companions were being settled in and began recovering during their adjustment period.

• Medical staff admitted Magik, Gambit, and Sing Sing, and Professor Jiang Si treated the Death Factor in Sing Sing’s wound.
• Screening staff cleared Moon-Boy and Devil Dinosaur after adjusting the temperature detector, while doctors found residual mind-control commands in Sing Sing’s brain and ordered isolation.
• Director Wang issued temporary credentials to the group, and Li Qianhuan accepted congee while suspecting it might contain truth serum.
• Jiang Si injected Sing Sing with medicine to dissolve the Death Factor and unsuccessfully tried to persuade him to accept mechanical upgrades and blood tests.
• Jiang Si told Sing Sing that Magik was stable and that the one-armed giant guarded her, and Sing Sing settled in to recover during the group’s adjustment period.

Sing Sing returned from Seattle, reported Mondo’s death and the discoveries about Miss Sinister, Vanisher, and the Mojoverse Livestream Orb, then tried to settle back into bureau life. After the orb refused to leave him and Silver Fox received her rights notification, he called Wolverine to address the unresolved Silver Fox situation.

• Sing Sing told Director Wang about the Seattle trip, and Wang arranged Mondo’s burial in the bureau cemetery.
• Sing Sing submitted his expenses to Anton, who approved them quickly, then found the Livestream Orb would not leave his shoulder or enter evidence storage.
• Da Vinci tried to catch the orb, but Sing Sing left when he could not get it studied and collected a new claw-proof suit.
• At Silver Fox’s rights notification meeting, she considered requesting psychological support while Li Qianhuan struggled to understand her interpreter until they switched to English.
• Sing Sing called Wolverine about the Silver Fox matter, and Wolverine answered irritably while looking after a kid.

Sing Sing brought Silver Fox to meet Logan, who recognized her as Sif, his lost love, while Silver Fox remembered none of him. Logan’s question about a dog triggered painful images in her mind, and she collapsed before he could touch her.

• Logan trained Daken, Longneck, Jiafeite, Ichirai Hisako, and Petra at the stadium while refusing a visitor Sing Sing had mentioned.
• Sing Sing brought Silver Fox through the residential area to meet Logan at the stadium.
• Logan recognized Silver Fox as Sif, dropped and broke his stopwatch, and approached her as the stadium fell silent.
• Silver Fox said she did not recognize Logan, then recalled images of a dog and cabin after he asked whether she remembered the dog.
• Silver Fox clutched her head and collapsed to her knees, while Logan reached toward her but stopped short.

Logan recalled his life with Silver Fox until A Le arrived with Yukio, Mariko Yashida, and Saeko Busujima. Mariko and Silver Fox confronted each other over Logan, while Sing Sing was trapped nearby.

• Silver Fox's conflicting memories of Logan and their cabin overwhelmed her, and Logan comforted her by recounting their shared past.
• A Le brought Yukio, Mariko Yashida, and Saeko Busujima from Japan to surprise Sing Sing.
• Saeko Busujima showed Sing Sing the Pig Butchering Knife model and told him she had practiced with it every day.
• Mariko Yashida and Silver Fox saw each other, and Logan recognized Mariko as the tense reunion unfolded.
• Mariko pointed out that she had worn Logan's coat before, and Silver Fox answered with an insult while reaching for her knife.

Mariko confronted Silver Fox over her past with Logan, but Silver Fox challenged Mariko’s claim to him and defended her own independence. Logan dragged both women away, leaving Daken to ask how many stepmothers he had.

• Mariko reminded Logan of how she had pleaded for him after he rescued her in Kyoto and offered to help Daken through the Yashida family.
• Silver Fox asked what Mariko had done for Logan and argued that Mariko’s family had rejected him, while declaring that nobody could make decisions for her.
• Mariko insisted that Logan knew who was in his heart, and Logan ordered both women to be quiet before pulling them away by their arms.
• Daken asked Sing Sing whether his father’s behavior was normal and how many stepmothers he had.

Sing Sing learned that Mariko had arranged an international visit to pursue Logan and bribed A Le with a black card, while Saeko Busujima came seeking sword training. Saeko revealed she planned to attend university in China so she could keep learning from Sing Sing, leaving him unable to dissuade her.

• Sing Sing dismissed the recruits for half a day and hurried to his office with Yukio and Saeko Busujima.
• Yukio explained that Mariko had applied to visit China to see Logan and had given A Le a black card as a donation to the bureau.
• Sing Sing learned that Saeko had come for combat guidance during winter break and planned to move to China for university after high school.
• Saeko handed Sing Sing a university admissions brochure and said she had entrusted her family dojo to someone else.
• Sing Sing warned that the bureau was dangerous and its guards might mistake her for a spy, but Saeko said she would be happy as long as they lived in the same city.

After his treatment cleared the Death Factor and improved his Inner Qi, Sing Sing went to the Abnormal Human Research Center to find someone to spar with. The guard let him into the new center with warnings about its red- and black-tagged cells.

• Director Zhou gave Saeko Busujima a five-thousand-character study-plan assignment, while Sing Sing tried to delay her application by claiming he needed months or years of treatment.
• Professor Jiang Si and Da Vinci treated Sing Sing’s old wound, and Da Vinci’s malfunctioning microcurrent device helped clear the remaining blockage in his meridians.
• Sing Sing found his Inner Qi circulating faster after the Death Factor was cleared, then slipped out of the medical area.
• Sing Sing passed security checks and reached the underground Abnormal Human Research Center, where criminals and other dangerous detainees were held.
• The old guard gave Sing Sing the center’s keys and warned him not to open red-tagged cells and to sign a body donation form before opening black-tagged ones.

Sing Sing tested Sabretooth’s recovery by fighting him repeatedly, but Sabretooth eventually refused to continue. Da Vinci modified the Livestream Orb to advertise Chinese goods, and Secretary Xiao Liu summoned Director Zhou to the Medical Zone because Illyana had awakened.

• Sing Sing entered the Abnormal Human Research Center and challenged Sabretooth to a fight in the opened cell area.
• Sing Sing repeatedly defeated Sabretooth with martial arts, and Sabretooth’s regenerative ability healed him between attacks.
• Sabretooth stopped fighting, claiming he had recovered from a mental illness episode and had a counseling appointment.
• Da Vinci covered the Livestream Orb with equipment and turned its Mojoverse broadcast into advertisements for Chinese goods.
• Secretary Xiao Liu called Director Zhou to the Medical Zone after Illyana woke up.

Magik awoke possessed by a demonic force and attacked everyone in the medical isolation room, including her brother Colossus. Sing Sing used a talisman to shut down her portals and subdued her with martial arts, but Magik woke in his arms and slapped him.

• Magik woke in the isolation room surrounded by black mist and attacked Colossus and the medical staff with her Soulsword.
• Xiao Liu told Sing Sing that Magik had been possessed and that Colossus was refusing to fight her seriously.
• Sing Sing caught a talisman thrown down the corridor and used it to seal Magik's portals.
• Sing Sing fought Magik, restrained her, and forced the black mist back into her body.
• Magik woke in Sing Sing's arms, saw him holding her around the waist, and slapped him.

After Sing Sing revived Magik, he and Colossus welcomed her into the 749 Bureau and explained that Mondo had died during her rescue. Magik agreed to join the bureau as a spatial logistics specialist despite worrying that her education ended in kindergarten.

• Magik woke in the 749 Bureau medical center, apologized for slapping Sing Sing, and reunited with Colossus.
• Sing Sing brought Magik and Colossus to the cafeteria, where Da Vinci’s proposed dimensional-energy safety shorts angered Magik and got him thrown out.
• Sing Sing told Magik that Sugar Man had kidnapped her to use Limbo to break the dimensional barrier and that Mondo had died fighting him.
• Edith urged Magik to help with the bureau’s portal-based international logistics, and Sing Sing reassured Magik that her lack of formal education would not prevent her from being hired.
• Magik accepted the job and pressed her handprint onto an employment contract.