Recaps

Steve Rogers followed a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent to London and found himself on a recreated 1945 street leading to the Stork Club. There, Peggy Carter appeared for their long-delayed date and asked whether he had learned to dance.

• Steve Rogers agreed to meet a gravely ill agent's grandfather, whose last wish was to see Captain America.
• The agent led Steve through a staged 1945 London street, where crowds celebrated the Allied victory and newspapers hailed his defeat of Hydra.
• Steve recognized the date as May 12, 1945, and realized he was walking toward the Stork Club for his date with Peggy Carter.
• Steve entered the club as the band played "It's Been a Long Long Time," and Peggy appeared in a red evening gown.
• Peggy greeted Steve and asked whether he had learned to dance during his sixty-year delay.

After helping Steve and his companion enjoy a private reunion, Xia Yu and the others returned to New York. Loki left for Earth to retrieve the Tesseract for Thanos, while Nick Fury recruited Dr. Selvig to study it, unaware that Loki had appeared behind the doctor.

• Xia Yu and Tony left Steve and his companion together, then returned to New York after Xia Yu told them to stay away for a week.
• Loki argued with Thanos’s black-robed servant before Thanos sent him to Earth with a scepter to retrieve the Tesseract.
• Thanos assigned a dark figure to take Sanctuary II and help Loki if needed, warning him not to act rashly if the mission went smoothly.
• Nick Fury showed Dr. Selvig the Tesseract and persuaded him to help study its energy.
• Loki’s spectral figure appeared behind Dr. Selvig as Nick Fury discussed the Tesseract.

After Stark Tower’s completion kept Tony Stark busy, Bruce Banner grew increasingly lonely and dwelled on his past relationship with Betty Ross. As the Avengers teased Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter about retracing their wartime route together, Banner quietly left the room unnoticed.

• Tony Stark stayed occupied with Stark Tower’s completion and promotional events, leaving Bruce Banner alone in the lab.
• Bruce Banner brooded over being the only single Avenger and struggled with insomnia as memories of Betty Ross returned.
• Natasha said Steve Rogers wanted to retrace the European route he and Peggy Carter had taken during World War II.
• The Avengers joked about Steve and Peggy taking a honeymoon, while Xia Yu teased them about having a child.
• Bruce Banner got up and left the room while everyone was still teasing Steve and Peggy.

Bruce Banner secretly followed Betty Ross, unable to stay away from her, until he rushed to her rescue when two men pulled her into an alley. He was shoved against a wall and kissed by an unseen figure.

• Xia Yu asked Natasha why Banner and Coulson had been absent, and Natasha explained that Banner needed a life of his own while Coulson had been called back to S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Hawkeye invited Thor to meet his children, and Thor agreed to dress casually for the visit.
• Banner secretly watched Betty Ross and followed her home for several days, while Betty used her phone camera to photograph the person tailing her.
• Betty recognized Banner in one of the blurry photos and decided she would not let him leave her again.
• Two men pulled Betty into an alley, so Banner abandoned his attempt to stay hidden and rushed after her.
• Someone shoved Banner against a wall and pressed a kiss to his mouth.

Betty Ross reunited with Bruce Banner and persuaded him to stop running from their relationship, while Banner told her about joining S.H.I.E.L.D.’s emergency squad. As they settled into life together, an unseen watcher confirmed Banner as a target.

• Betty Ross revealed that she had staged a scene with hired extras to draw out Banner, then confronted him about following her and leaving her.
• Betty Ross took Banner home, where he explained that he had joined a secret S.H.I.E.L.D. squad with Captain America and Tony Stark.
• Betty Ross told Banner she could not start over without him, and Banner promised he would not leave her again.
• Banner began picking Betty Ross up from work and spending his evenings with her as a couple.
• A man watching from a distant apartment identified Bruce Banner as the target and called to report it.

Captain America returned to the Avengers Compound without Peggy Carter, and the team resumed intensive training under his lead. When Betty Ross told Xia Yu that General Ross’s men had taken Banner, Natasha and Hawkeye brought her to the compound, where she explained why Banner had surrendered.

• Captain America returned to the compound alone while Peggy Carter went to Washington to protect her identity and cover her tracks.
• Captain America led the Avengers in daily combat training, and Xia Yu spent the day testing attacks with him.
• Betty Ross called Xia Yu and said General Ross’s men had taken Banner, so Natasha and Hawkeye went to bring her back instead of having Xia Yu rush to rescue him.
• Natasha returned with Betty in less than an hour, and Betty explained that Banner had joined S.H.I.E.L.D. but was captured after the military found them together.
• Betty said Banner had surrendered to protect civilians from the military’s threat to open fire, and everyone looked at Xia Yu when the tactic sounded familiar.

Xia Yu and the others planned how to rescue Banner without provoking the military into a wider conflict. They found Banner beneath the Brooklyn Museum and prepared to send Thor in alone to retrieve him.

• Xia Yu urged the group to locate Banner and bring him back, but Captain America and Natasha warned against attacking the military without a plan.
• Captain America suggested asking Nick Fury to negotiate with the military, while Hawkeye doubted S.H.I.E.L.D. could persuade them to release Banner.
• Xia Yu proposed using Thor's status as an Asgardian to make the rescue seem like a conflict between the military and Asgard rather than S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Natasha used her contacts to locate Banner at a secret military base beneath the Brooklyn Museum, where General Ross was pressuring him to cooperate.
• Natasha planned for Thor to break in, grab Banner, and fly out while the others waited to pick them up, and Xia Yu agreed to leave.

Natasha and Hawkeye explained how Thor could enter the Brooklyn Museum’s underground base and rescue Banner through the sewers. While General Ross confronted Banner about his relationship with Betty and demanded his help with the Super-Soldier Program, Thor attacked the base and knocked Ross unconscious.

• Natasha and Hawkeye described the underground base’s defenses and planned Thor’s route through the sewers.
• Xia Yu made Thor repeat the rescue plan, and Thor reassured Betty Ross that they would rescue Banner without harming her father.
• General Ross told Banner to help perfect the Super-Soldier Program or remain imprisoned as a test subject.
• Banner refused to help, while General Ross ordered guards to shoot him if he tried to leave.
• An explosion and gunfire erupted outside, and General Ross rushed out of his office.
• Thor’s hammer struck General Ross and knocked him unconscious.

Thor rescued Banner from General Ross’s base, and Banner reunited with Betty Ross before the group escaped New York. After Nick Fury warned them about the fallout, Captain America rallied everyone to stand together and protect Banner and Betty.

• Thor broke into the base, rescued Banner, and escaped with him through the sewers to the waiting Quinjet.
• Betty Ross embraced Banner, then angrily struck him when he suggested leaving her, and she insisted he stay with her.
• Xia Yu argued with Nick Fury over the phone, and Nick warned that General Ross would come after Banner and Betty.
• Banner asked the group to let him and Betty go, but Captain America said they would protect them as family.
• Natasha led everyone in putting their hands together and declaring, “Family, united as one,” while Hawkeye joined in from the cockpit.

Coulson returned to the base, where Banner decided to face Hulk and work toward a safer life with Betty. After Hulk began learning Huaxia from Xia Yu, a large armed convoy approached the base, leaving Xia Yu warning everyone that trouble had arrived.

• Coulson complained that Hawkeye and Natasha had not informed him about the previous day's emergency, then explained that Nick Fury had interrupted his date with a cellist.
• Banner told Xia Yu he wanted to release Hulk himself and help him get used to the base, its people, and Betty.
• Xia Yu, Thor, and Captain agreed to help Banner control Hulk, and Hulk negotiated to be let out three times a week for six hours each time.
• Hulk demanded food whenever he transformed, nearly exhausting the supplies in Xia Yu's ring.
• Xia Yu taught Hulk Huaxia phrases, including insults about Thor, while Hulk sat with him outside the base.
• Xia Yu spotted a convoy of military vehicles, tanks, and weapons approaching and called for everyone to come out.

Xia Yu and the Avengers confronted General Ross’s heavily armed force after it arrived at their base. They forced the military to retreat, while Coulson followed to negotiate.

• Xia Yu warned Hulk not to act without permission as the group prepared for the approaching military force.
• Coulson told Xia Yu and the others to stay calm, then went outside to speak with the soldiers.
• Xia Yu used the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms to disrupt the soldiers’ formation and demand that they leave the property.
• The Avengers stood with Xia Yu as Thor’s lightning and Hulk’s roar further intimidated the military.
• General Ross ordered his force to withdraw, and Coulson hurried after them to negotiate.

Xia Yu blocked General Ross from entering and forced him to pay for damage to the property before discussing official business. After Ross paid for the lawn, Xia Yu blasted a hole in the road and demanded another payment, leaving the military stunned and the matter of Banner unresolved.

• Xia Yu greeted General Ross with exaggerated friendliness, while Hulk blocked the entrance and prevented Ross from going inside.
• Xia Yu claimed the military had damaged his lawn and threatened to call reporters unless Ross paid for it.
• Ross ordered his adjutant to calculate and pay for the lawn damage, and Natasha accepted the check.
• When Ross tried to begin official business, Xia Yu claimed the tanks had damaged the road and demanded payment.
• Xia Yu blasted a crater into the road, leaving the military personnel shocked.

Xia Yu refused to hand Bruce Banner over to General Ross, and the two sides faced off after Ross deployed weapons capable of restraining Hulk. Tony Stark destroyed the weapons and arrived in Iron Man Armor, leaving the standoff unresolved as he confronted the soldiers.

• General Ross grabbed Xia Yu and demanded a war, but lowered his hand after Xia Yu threatened retaliation; Ross paid him and said he had come to take Bruce Banner.
• Xia Yu denied that Banner was at the base and claimed Hulk was a Titanian attendant of Thor, while Ross revealed eight ultrasonic weapons surrounding the base.
• Natasha explained that the weapons could immobilize Hulk, and Ross warned that his soldiers were ready to act; Xia Yu considered the risks of fighting or surrendering Banner.
• Captain America supported Xia Yu's refusal to compromise, and Xia Yu prepared to seize General Ross and escape with the others.
• Tony Stark arrived in Iron Man Armor and destroyed the ultrasonic weapons with miniature missiles.
• Tony aimed his armor at Ross's troops and ordered them to surrender.

After General Ross left, Xia Yu and the others celebrated Tony Stark’s newly completed Stark Tower and its clean-energy reactor. Agent Coulson then reported that Loki had arrived on Earth, beginning the events of The Avengers.

• Tony Stark mocked General Ross as Ross withdrew, then insisted Banner could remain at his home because Stark’s political connections would prevent another raid.
• Xia Yu asked Tony about Robert Downey, and Tony said he had refused to invest in a film about himself.
• At Stark Tower, Tony presented its reactor as a world-changing energy source and flew off to connect the undersea cable.
• The tower’s sign lit up, and Tony returned in his refined Mark 7 armor as Pepper Potts confirmed the system was running steadily.
• JARVIS told Tony that Agent Coulson was calling, and Coulson announced that Loki had come to Earth.

Xia Yu and the Avengers learned that Loki had allied with the Chitauri and prepared to search for the Tesseract aboard S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Helicarrier. Loki secretly worked with S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and Hydra member Brock Rumlow, while Xia Yu remained unaware of another threat beyond Loki and the Chitauri.

• Thor confirmed that Loki was alive, had stolen the Tesseract, and planned to attack Earth with the Chitauri, while Heimdall could not locate him.
• Tony Stark and Bruce Banner began devising a way to track the Tesseract, and Betty Ross left with Pepper Potts for Washington.
• Xia Yu and the others boarded S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Helicarrier and watched it rise from the sea.
• Nick Fury announced that the Avengers had been formally established as a Crisis Response Team, and Banner and Tony took charge of tracking the Tesseract.
• Loki met with Brock Rumlow, who offered to help him obtain equipment from a lab by drawing attention to their operation.

Xia Yu and the Avengers captured Loki after he used illusions to hold people hostage in Stuttgart, and Xia Yu brutally beat him before they took him to the Helicarrier. After learning Loki’s attack had been a decoy to steal metallic iridium, Xia Yu planned to question him while carrying Thor’s hammer.

• Loki held a crowd hostage in Stuttgart, but Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, and Xia Yu attacked and defeated him.
• Xia Yu repeatedly struck Loki with Mjolnir, explaining that Odin had asked him to discipline Thor and Loki if they misbehaved.
• The Avengers took Loki to the Helicarrier, where Nick Fury secured him in an airborne prison cell and Thor tried to persuade him to change his ways.
• Hawkeye revealed that Loki had been a decoy while controlled S.H.I.E.L.D. agents stole metallic iridium from a German laboratory.
• Thor said Loki had asked about Xia Yu but revealed nothing else, and Xia Yu suggested isolating Loki’s scepter before taking Thor’s hammer to question him.

Xia Yu questioned Loki and tried to determine what he had overlooked as he prepared for the Tesseract to open a portal. He realized Hydra agents on the Helicarrier might be helping Loki, but a disguised agent had already triggered Banner’s transformation into a furious Hulk.

• Xia Yu confronted Loki, rejected his threats, and promised to take him back to Asgard for a beating.
• Xia Yu reviewed Loki’s plans and told Tony and Banner that he felt something was wrong.
• Tony led Xia Yu and Banner toward the bridge, where they met a bald agent who greeted them warmly.
• Xia Yu recognized the danger that Loki might be controlling Hydra agents aboard the Helicarrier.
• The bald agent splashed concentrated corticosteroids into Banner’s face and fled, causing Banner to transform into a red-eyed Hulk.

Xia Yu and Thor struggled to keep Hulk from damaging the Helicarrier as Brock Rumlow’s men attacked and sabotaged an engine. Coulson went to guard Loki’s cell, only to be stabbed by Loki’s scepter from behind.

• Xia Yu sent Tony to protect the Helicarrier, then attacked Hulk and tried to strike the sleeping point behind his earlobe.
• After the number-three engine was damaged, Nick Fury assigned the Avengers to control the Helicarrier, repair the engine, and defend against intruders.
• Brock Rumlow and his teams infiltrated the Helicarrier and attacked near the damaged engine, interrupting Xia Yu’s attempt to subdue Hulk.
• Xia Yu fled toward the stern with Hulk following, then joined Thor in keeping Hulk’s rampage contained.
• Coulson went to Loki’s holding area with a Tesseract-developed weapon, but Loki’s apparent presence was an illusion, and Loki stabbed Coulson from behind with his scepter.

Xia Yu saved Coulson while the Avengers repelled the attack aboard the Helicarrier, but Loki escaped with the Scepter. After Nick Fury revealed Hydra’s infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D. and clashed with the Avengers over his Tesseract weapons program, the team prepared to face the coming battle.

• Loki escaped Coulson and attacked S.H.I.E.L.D. agents while Rumlow and Loki’s controlled followers kept the Avengers occupied across the Helicarrier.
• Xia Yu left Thor to fight Hulk, flew into the Helicarrier, and used Internal Energy to stabilize Coulson’s injuries.
• Tony and Captain America repaired the engine, the Avengers subdued Rumlow’s squad, and Thor returned with an unconscious Banner.
• Nick Fury told the Avengers that Rumlow and several senior S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were Hydra, while Tony revealed S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Tesseract weapons program.
• Xia Yu told Nick Fury that the Avengers would no longer be under S.H.I.E.L.D.’s control, and the team prepared to fight as the portal threatened to open.

After the Avengers learned that Loki was using Stark Tower to open the portal, Xia Yu confronted and beat him while Thor tried to reason with him. The portal opened, and Xia Yu received system missions to fight the Chitauri, win the Battle of New York, and eliminate a hidden enemy.

• Banner said Loki would use Stark Tower’s reactor to open the portal, and the Avengers headed there.
• Thor tried to destroy the Tesseract, but its shield repelled him; Tony’s attack also failed, and Selvig was knocked unconscious.
• Xia Yu disarmed Loki, beat him, and left him with Thor before flying to the roof.
• The Tesseract’s device opened a portal and summoned the Chitauri, prompting Tmall to announce three system missions.
• Tmall told Xia Yu that the Avengers could share the victory reward, but he would not earn points for enemies killed by teammates.

Xia Yu held the expanding portal above Stark Tower while Tony, Thor, and the others tried to protect New York from the Chitauri invasion. As enemies began breaking through and Leviathans emerged, Xia Yu stayed to fight them and urged Tony to keep the battle away from Chinatown, where his home was.

• Xia Yu attacked Chitauri soldiers through the small portal, while Tmall explained that his Points would be tallied when the mission ended.
• Natasha and the others arrived, and Captain America organized an evacuation while Tony, Thor, and Xia Yu formed defenses around Stark Tower.
• As the portal widened and Chitauri soldiers reached Lower Manhattan, Xia Yu used a missile crate and Thor's lightning to clear the opening before continuing the fight alone.
• A Leviathan emerged, and Xia Yu charged it with the Heaven Reliant Sword while asking Tony to keep the invaders away from Chinatown.

Xia Yu and the Avengers fought to contain the Chitauri invasion as more Leviathans poured through the portal. They gathered on a bridge, where the team assembled to face the converging enemy forces.

• Xia Yu damaged a Leviathan with grenades, but it crashed into the ground without being destroyed.
• Thor summoned a powerful lightning strike that brought down multiple Leviathans and Chitauri soldiers.
• Xia Yu supplied Natasha and Hawkeye with guns, ammunition, and grenades before returning to the fight.
• Xia Yu and Tony planned to lure Leviathans to a bridge, and Xia Yu brought Natasha and Hawkeye there while the Avengers converged.
• Thor, Xia Yu, and Hulk destroyed three Leviathans, then joined Captain America, Natasha, and Hawkeye on the bridge as the Chitauri surrounded them.

The Avengers fought to contain the Chitauri invasion around Stark Tower until the National Guard arrived, then turned their attention to closing the portal and finding Loki. Hawkeye spotted Loki riding a Chitauri craft and called for Xia Yu or Thor to help bring him down.

• Captain America assigned the Avengers roles to rescue civilians, contain the fighting, and target the Leviathans.
• Tony Stark, Hawkeye, Captain America, Natasha, Xia Yu, Thor, and Hulk fought the Chitauri across the battlefield around Stark Tower.
• Hulk and Thor worked together to bring down a Leviathan, which crashed into a building lobby.
• The National Guard arrived and helped secure the edge of the battlefield, easing the pressure on the Avengers.
• Tony asked the team for a way to close the portal, while Captain America suggested capturing Loki.
• Hawkeye spotted Loki on a Chitauri flying craft and called for Xia Yu or Thor to come help.

Hawkeye knocked Loki out with an explosive arrow, and Xia Yu handed him to Hulk, who brutally beat him before bringing him to Stark Tower. Xia Yu found Loki alive but unconscious and planned to wake him so he could ask about the hidden enemy and closing the portal.

• Hawkeye shot an explosive arrow at Loki, who caught it and was blasted off his craft.
• Xia Yu caught Loki and passed him to Hulk, who smashed him into the ground and carried him toward Stark Tower.
• Tony followed Thor to a Leviathan, and Thor's lightning recharged Tony's armor enough for him to attack the Chitauri.
• Thor asked Hulk not to kill Loki, while Xia Yu assured him that Loki would survive and said he needed to question him.
• Xia Yu found Loki unconscious at Stark Tower, praised Hulk, and worried that he would have to use Internal Energy to wake Loki.

Xia Yu tried to coax Loki into revealing who else had come to Earth, then tortured him when he insisted he knew of no one. Meanwhile, Mar-Vell prepared to retrieve the Tesseract, and an unknown lifeboat entered Earth through the wormhole.

• Xia Yu woke the injured Loki, comforted him, and questioned him about whether anyone besides the Chitauri had come to Earth.
• Loki repeatedly denied knowing of anyone else, so Xia Yu stabbed him in the thigh and threatened to mutilate him.
• Xia Yu concluded Loki seemed to be telling the truth and wondered whether Thanos's Black Order, Gamora, or Nebula had come.
• On Sanctuary II, the black-robed envoy ordered Mar-Vell to retrieve the Tesseract only if Loki failed, and Mar-Vell vowed to take control of the ship and return to the Kree.
• A small cloaked lifeboat passed through the wormhole and entered Earth unnoticed.