Chapter Summaries

After waking in a child’s body in a war-torn city, Hawking activated a mysterious template device and loaded a thirteen-year-old Sun Goku template to survive. He headed for the edge of the city but found himself compelled to intervene in a fight, leaving two soldiers unconscious and wondering whether Goku’s personality had affected him.

• Hawking awoke in an unfamiliar room as a child and discovered a war raging outside.
• A virtual panel offered Hawking a free draw, and he obtained and loaded the thirteen-year-old Sun Goku template for one hour.
• Hawking gained Goku’s bloodline, strength, memories, hairstyle, martial arts uniform, and staff, then rushed out to find safety.
• Hawking encountered two soldiers fighting in the street and charged at them despite his plan to avoid danger.
• Hawking knocked out both soldiers and wondered whether the template had also influenced his personality.

Hawking used his Sun Goku Protagonist Template to save a family from two missiles, then collapsed when the template expired. After waking in the basement, he learned he was in Sokovia and had saved Wanda and Pietro Maximoff’s parents; he began considering how to survive in the Marvel World.

• Hawking diverted a miniature missile from a house with his Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod, then destroyed a larger missile with a Kamehameha.
• The Protagonist Template expired, and Hawking collapsed on the balcony; Wanda and Pietro’s parents carried him into their basement.
• Hawking woke and introduced himself to Wanda Django Maximoff and Pietro Django Maximoff, who told him they were in Sokovia.
• Hawking realized he had transmigrated into the Marvel World and that Wanda and Pietro were Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.
• Hawking considered relying on Wanda for safety and began forming a plan to survive.

Hawking concealed his memories and stayed with Wanda, Pietro, and their parents while learning how his Saiyan bloodline and Justice Points worked. After officials could not identify his family, Oleg and Elena offered to adopt him, and Hawking accepted.

• Hawking pretended to have amnesia and thanked Oleg and Elena, who agreed to let him stay while they helped find his family.
• Hawking reflected on retaining Sun Goku's memories and Saiyan bloodline, and learned that personally performing deeds he believed righteous earned Justice Points.
• Elena, Oleg, Wanda, Pietro, and Hawking shared a family embrace, and Hawking felt moved by their affection.
• A week later, a missing-persons agency found no records matching Hawking and told Oleg and Elena that his family had likely died in the war.
• Elena and Oleg asked Hawking to become their child and Wanda and Pietro's Older Brother, and Hawking accepted.

Two months after arriving in Sokovia, Hawking trained his Saiyan body while avoiding risks that could expose him or endanger Wanda and Pietro. A comic depicting Captain Carter made him suspect he had transmigrated into Universe 838.

• Hawking completed an intense workout and noted how quickly his Saiyan body recovered and grew stronger, though feeding it strained the family budget.
• He decided not to use the Goku Template to earn money or Justice Points because Hydra might discover him and the transformation left him exhausted and less rational.
• Hawking trained his tail and refused Wanda and Pietro's invitation to watch the full moon, knowing it could trigger his Saiyan transformation.
• He offered to make Wanda and Pietro noodles, and the children gave him a comic and a DVD as gifts.
• Hawking noticed the comic showed Captain Carter fighting Red Skull and wondered whether he was in Universe 838.

Hawking worried that Wanda could be in danger if they lived in Universe 838, but he set the concern aside and continued life with his adoptive family. Professor X and Cyclops arrived at the house, and Hawking’s system blocked Professor X’s telepathy as the chapter ended.

• Hawking recalled the prejudice against mutants and wondered whether Wanda might be threatened in Universe 838.
• Over three weeks, Hawking kept up his training and prepared breakfast for Oleg, Elena, Wanda, and Pietro.
• The family watched The Dick Van Dyke Show together until Hawking answered the doorbell.
• Professor X greeted Hawking and realized that someone in the household could block his telepathy.
• Hawking recognized Professor X and Cyclops, saw that his system had intercepted the psychic intrusion, and calmly asked why they had come.

Professor X discovered that Oleg and Elena had three children with possible mutant abilities and persuaded them to consider Xavier’s school in New York. Hawking agreed to speak privately with Professor X and asked him to help his parents immigrate and find work in New York.

• Professor X read Oleg and Elena’s memories and identified Pietro, Wanda, and Hawking as three children who might have mutant abilities.
• Professor X explained Xavier’s school and said it was dedicated to protecting and guiding mutant children.
• Oleg and Elena decided to let all three children attend school in New York, despite worrying about the distance.
• Hawking asked to speak with Professor X alone and requested help moving Oleg and Elena to New York and finding them suitable jobs.

Hawking negotiated free enrollment for himself and his siblings, plus a safe new life in New York for his adoptive parents, by offering to become a protector of the Mutant School when he was older. The family arrived at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, where Professor X was called to handle an incident.

• Hawking asked Professor X to help his family move to New York and offered to become a protector in return for free enrollment for himself, Pietro, and Wanda.
• Professor X accepted, saying Hawking would need to reach adulthood and pass an assessment before becoming a protector.
• Professor X arranged jobs and immigration for Oleg and Elena, and the family of five left Sokovia for New York.
• Professor X drove Hawking, Pietro, and Wanda to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters and introduced them to Professor Ororo.
• Professor X learned that something had happened at the school and told Ororo to gather all the teachers in his office.

Hawking and the twins settled into Xavier’s School, where Colossus showed them around while Professor X’s team discussed the attack on the president. At dinner, Hawking’s enormous appetite surprised Colossus, who urged him to eat as much as he wanted.

• Ororo welcomed Hawking, Pietro, and Wanda to Xavier’s School before Professor X assigned Piotr to show them around.
• Hawking learned that Piotr could turn his body into steel and recognized him as Colossus.
• Colossus guided the three new arrivals through the school, where they chose rooms and toured its facilities.
• Professor X’s team debated whether Magneto had arranged the attack on the president, then sent Jean and Ororo to find the attacker while Professor X and Scott planned to visit Magneto in prison.
• At dinner, Wanda and Pietro told Colossus that Hawking ate an extraordinary amount, and Colossus sympathetically led the group to get food.

Hawking ate his fill at the Mutant School and decided to practice gathering qi instead of starting extreme physical training. He left the story with Wanda and Pietro seeking comfort in his room after they could not sleep.

• Hawking ate thirty portions and told Mr. Yogg he would need about thirty more, nearly exhausting the school's food supplies.
• Hawking noticed that the professors were absent and decided to postpone extreme training until he knew the school better.
• Logan returned to the school, told Yogg that his mission had failed, and learned that the Professor had left him in charge for a few days.
• Hawking practiced gathering qi and managed to maintain a marble-sized qi blast on his finger.
• Wanda and Pietro came to Hawking's room because they were frightened and could not sleep, and he invited them inside.

Hawking transformed into Thirteen Years Old Sun Goku and fought the armed invaders attacking Mutant School, rescuing students alongside Colossus and Wolverine. As Wolverine went to search for missing students, a combat helicopter opened fire on them in the corridor.

• Shadowcat escaped into Hawking's room and warned him that armed intruders had attacked her, while Teresa's scream alerted the school to the assault.
• Hawking loaded Thirteen Years Old Sun Goku's template, defeated soldiers with the Power Pole, and led Wanda, Pietro, and other students toward the evacuation route.
• Hawking joined Colossus, who was guiding the rescued students into a hidden escape tunnel, and asked where Professor X and the others were.
• Wolverine Logan killed two soldiers and agreed to search for missing students Bobby, John, and Rogue while Colossus led the others to safety.
• Hawking offered to help Wolverine, but Wolverine dismissed him; then a combat helicopter shattered the corridor window and opened fire, forcing Wolverine back.

Hawking and Wolverine fought off the soldiers invading the school and escorted Rogue and the other students to safety. After Hawking destroyed three combat helicopters, the surviving soldiers retreated, while Colonel Stryker escaped with the Cerebro components and Professor X.

• Hawking fired a Kamehameha that destroyed a helicopter and told Wolverine he was already a qualified warrior.
• Colonel Stryker ordered his soldiers to dismantle the Cerebro and take it to the base, leaving the remaining troops to capture mutants.
• Wolverine and Hawking rescued Rogue and two other students from soldiers in the second-floor hall, with Hawking defeating eleven soldiers.
• Hawking used the Power Pole to smash three combat helicopters together and destroy them.
• The sergeant ordered the remaining soldiers to retreat, and Hawking and Wolverine watched the surviving helicopters escape.

Hawking and Wolverine discovered that Colonel Stryker had attacked the school and stolen Cerebro, while Hawking collapsed after his borrowed power ran out. He woke an hour later at a mansion shelter, realizing his stronger body had reduced the side effects of loading the Protagonist Template.

• Hawking destroyed the last combat helicopter by hurling a stone pillar, then teased Wolverine by taking his cigar.
• Wolverine told Hawking that Professor Charles had gone to visit an old friend, while Jean and the others had traveled to Boston.
• Hawking and Wolverine found the Cerebro Chamber broken into and Cerebro missing, leading Hawking to identify Colonel Stryker as the attacker.
• Hawking asked Wolverine to contact Professor Charles and the teachers, then fainted as his Protagonist Template loading ended.
• Wolverine carried Hawking to a mansion shelter, where Wanda and Pietro were waiting with the other mutant children.
• Hawking woke after an hour and realized that improving his real body's strength had reduced the template's side effects.

After Stryker captured Professor X, Hawking waited at the mansion while the X-Men tried to regroup, then prepared to join a mission to rescue him. Magneto and Mystique arrived seeking cooperation, but Hawking knew Magneto also intended to kill humanity.

• Hawking recovered from loading his template and learned that Wolverine had been unable to contact Professor X, while Jean and Ororo were returning from Boston.
• Wolverine took Hawking to the mansion’s emergency food supply, where Hawking devoured box after box of food.
• Jean and Ororo returned the next afternoon with Magneto and Mystique, and Jean explained that they wanted to cooperate in rescuing Professor X.
• Hawking recognized that Magneto planned to use the mission to kill humans and decided he would join the rescue operation for the Justice Points.
• Hawking left Wanda and Pietro watching television and went downstairs to ask whether anyone had news about Professor X.

Hawking persuaded Storm and Phoenix to let him join the operation to rescue Professor X, then helped the X-Men and Magneto discuss how to locate Stryker’s experimental base. The meeting ended with Hawking pointing to Nightcrawler as a possible source of clues.

• Hawking suspected that Stryker’s forces had captured Professor X to use him and Cerebro for their plans.
• Logan praised Hawking’s performance in the battle, and Magneto supported bringing him on the operation, though Storm and Phoenix objected.
• Hawking convinced Storm and Phoenix to let him join, and Magneto and Wolverine agreed to cooperate to rescue Professor X.
• Magneto explained that Stryker had built a new Cerebro Chamber but did not know the location of his base.
• Hawking suggested that Jean read Nightcrawler’s memories because he had been controlled to attack the president and might have visited Stryker’s base.

After Phoenix located Stryker's underground base, the group planned a rescue mission and Hawking persuaded them to leave Jean behind to protect the students. As they prepared to attack at dawn, Hawking collected sunglasses for the full moon and learned that Phoenix had chosen Scott over Wolverine.

• Phoenix used telepathy on Nightcrawler and found Stryker's base beneath the dam at Alkali Lake.
• Hawking recommended that Jean stay behind to protect the students while Colossus joined the rescue team, and the others agreed.
• Phoenix asked Wolverine to save Scott, and Magneto scheduled the mission for an attack at dawn after everyone rested.
• Hawking found child-sized sunglasses in the basement so he could avoid transforming under the full moon.
• Hawking came upon Phoenix kissing Wolverine, then heard her reject him and choose Scott; afterward, Logan reclaimed his cigar case from Hawking.

Hawking rejected Magneto’s offer to join the Brotherhood, then warned Storm about the danger Magneto might pose during the rescue of Professor X. He also told her how to stop him if a full moon triggered his uncontrolled transformation, leaving Storm prepared to alert the others.

• Magneto tried to recruit Hawking, but Hawking refused because the Brotherhood was poor while leaving open the possibility of joining later.
• Mystique changed into Jean Grey and went to tease Wolverine while Magneto reminded her not to interfere with their plans.
• Storm warned Hawking not to trust Magneto, and Hawking told her he had already rejected the recruitment offer.
• Hawking cautioned Storm that Magneto might use Professor X to attack humanity, and Storm agreed to keep a close watch on him.
• Hawking told Storm that moonlight could trigger a dangerous transformation and that cutting off his tail would return him to normal; Storm memorized the warning and planned to share it with the others.

Hawking and the X-Men traveled to Alkali Lake to infiltrate Stryker’s base, while Wanda worried about Hawking’s safety at home. After Mystique disabled the dam’s flood controls, Magneto cleared the spillway guards, and the group entered the base.

• Wanda told Phoenix she wanted to fight alongside Hawking when she grew up, then prayed he would return safely.
• Storm helped Hawking put on his X-Suit aboard the jet as the team flew to Alkali Lake.
• The team discussed how to enter Stryker’s dam base, and Mystique transformed into Wolverine to infiltrate it.
• Mystique reported that she had shut down the spillway device, allowing the team to approach the dam.
• Magneto used the soldiers’ weapons and grenades to kill the guards blocking the spillway.

Hawking and the X-Men stormed Stryker Base, where Stryker prepared to activate the Mutant Extinction Plan while Magneto and Mystique sought Charles. As the group approached Cerebro, a mind-controlled Cyclops attacked them with laser beams.

• Stryker abandoned the main control room and ordered his forces to begin the Mutant Extinction Plan after Mystique infiltrated the base.
• Magneto, Hawking, and their companions fought through the base and learned that Cerebro had to be shut down in its own chamber.
• Hawking sent Colossus with Wolverine to capture Stryker, while Storm insisted the others stay together rather than let Magneto and Mystique go ahead alone.
• Hawking loaded the Goku Template and eagerly challenged Magneto to spar, though he kept his fighting urge under control.
• The group reached the Cerebro control room, where mind-controlled Cyclops fired laser beams at them.

Hawking defeated Cyclops with the Triple Afterimage Fist and followed Magneto into the Cerebro Chamber, where he killed Mastermind before Magneto could use him to turn the attack against humanity. Magneto’s plan to make Mastermind order the deaths of all humans was thwarted, leaving him and Hawking facing each other.

• Hawking dodged Cyclops’s blasts, used an afterimage to get behind him, and knocked him unconscious in seconds.
• Magneto and the others reached the Cerebro Chamber, where Magneto killed the guards with their own weapons.
• Mastermind’s psychic attack incapacitated Storm, Nightcrawler, Cyclops, and Mystique, while Hawking pretended to be affected.
• Magneto shut down Cerebro and pulled Mystique into the chamber, intending to have her impersonate Stryker and order Mastermind to kill all humans.
• Hawking slipped into the chamber using the Triple Afterimage Fist and snapped Mastermind’s neck before Magneto could stop him.

Hawking killed Mastermind to free Professor X and prevent Magneto from wiping out humanity, ending the immediate threat at the Cerebro Chamber. As Magneto and Mystique left the base, an explosive arrow struck Magneto, setting up a new confrontation.

• Hawking used the Triple Afterimage Fist to trick Magneto and kill Mastermind, freeing Professor X from his illusion.
• Professor X and Magneto argued over whether humans and mutants could coexist, while Hawking urged everyone to leave the dangerous Cerebro Chamber.
• Storm, Wolverine, Cyclops, and the others entered, and Professor X stopped them from attacking Magneto as he departed with Mystique.
• Professor X thanked Hawking for saving everyone, then warned him and Wolverine about smoking and drinking at school.
• Outside the base, an arrow exploded after Magneto stopped it, staggering him as Mystique helped him regain his footing.