Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo and Dr. Ethan reached Hammer Industries after Dr. Ethan wrecked Tony’s Audi R8 and Chen Mo rode on the Mark II like a surfboard. As Tony prepared to confront Justin Hammer, Hammer called him.

• Dr. Ethan crashed Tony’s Audi R8 while attempting his first flight in the Mark II.
• Chen Mo rode on Dr. Ethan’s armor and steered him through the air to reach Hammer Industries in time to rescue Sharon Rogers.
• Tony learned that Dr. Ethan had wrecked his car and told him, “Serves you right.”
• Dr. Ethan silently vowed to practice controlling the suit after the humiliating flight.
• Justin Hammer called Tony, who shared the call with everyone’s communicators before answering.

Tony Stark concealed his knowledge of Sharon Rogers's kidnapping while Justin Hammer tested his reaction. Natasha Romanoff infiltrated Hammer Industries but was denied access to the twelfth floor, leaving her to find another way to reach the surveillance room.

• Chen Mo reminded Tony Stark not to reveal that they knew Justin Hammer was behind Sharon Rogers's kidnapping, and Tony Stark angrily played along during Justin's call.
• Justin Hammer took Tony Stark's agitation as proof that his plan was working and hung up, believing Tony had no leads.
• Chen Mo told Tony Stark that Justin had only been testing him and that someone else would contact him soon.
• Natasha Romanoff entered Hammer Industries' headquarters using a stolen ID card and surveyed the building as she searched for the surveillance room.
• Natasha Romanoff triggered an access-denied alarm when she selected the twelfth floor, then recovered by choosing the seventh floor and stepping out there.

Natasha Romanoff infiltrated Hammer Industries and found the room where Sharon Rogers was being held. As Tony Stark and Chen Mo waited to act, Justin Hammer grew anxious when Tony failed to appear at the exchange site.

• Natasha Romanoff stunned a guard, tied him up, knocked him unconscious, and took his ID card.
• Tony Stark and Chen Mo watched the kidnappers’ exchange location from the air and recognized the demand as a trap.
• Natasha subdued guards in the surveillance room and traced the SUVs’ footage to a camera-free room with no other exits.
• Natasha told the Commander that she had found Sharon Rogers.
• Justin Hammer watched the abandoned factory feed and asked Reaper to contact his men as the deadline approached.

Justin Hammer prepared to have Reaper mutilate Sharon Rogers to force Tony Stark to surrender his Iron Man suit, but Tony arrived before the attack. Tony found Sharon tied up and surrounded by armed mercenaries, and focused on rescuing her.

• Justin Hammer ordered Reaper to cut off one of Sharon Rogers's hands and record it if Tony Stark did not arrive in time.
• Reaper took a military knife and approached Sharon as a mercenary prepared to film, but an explosion shook the building.
• Tony Stark descended through a hole in the ceiling in his Iron Man suit, and Justin Hammer realized Tony had found the hideout and seen through his stalling.
• Justin Hammer offered to release Sharon if Tony handed over his suit, while Tony ignored him and assessed the armed mercenaries around Sharon.

Justin Hammer forced Tony Stark to leave the Mark III armor to save Sharon Rogers, then ordered mercenaries to retrieve it while plotting to kill Tony. Two armed men headed for the fortress door, leaving the standoff poised to escalate.

• Justin Hammer used the fortress and Sharon Rogers as leverage, and Tony Stark opened the Mark III and stepped out of it.
• Justin Hammer decided Tony could not be allowed to leave alive because he feared the consequences of his kidnapping being exposed.
• Tony offered Justin the armor in exchange for Sharon’s release, but Justin insisted on taking possession of it first.
• Justin Hammer ordered Reaper to send two mercenaries to carry the suit out, and they headed for the door.

Tony Stark survived a mercenary attack in his Nanotech Combat Suit, but Justin Hammer threatened Sharon Rogers to force him to remove it. As Tony prepared to make a desperate stand, a silver blade pierced the wall and struck Hammer’s gun hand.

• Justin Hammer ordered Tony Stark away from the Iron Man suit and toward the window while mercenaries entered through the airlock.
• Chen Mo warned Tony Stark to activate the combat suit, and Tony covered his entire body just before two mercenaries fired at him.
• The Nanotech Combat Suit absorbed the bullets, leaving Tony Stark unharmed and Justin Hammer stunned.
• Justin Hammer threatened to shoot Sharon Rogers unless Tony removed the suit, while the mercenaries approached him.
• Tony Stark prepared to deactivate the suit and fight, but a silver blade pierced Justin Hammer’s gun wrist and embedded itself in the opposite wall.

Chen Mo and Wang Jin stormed Justin Hammer’s fortress and rescued Sharon Rogers from the mercenaries. Sharon mistook Chen Mo for Steve and tearfully called him “Daddy,” while Wang Jin finished off the remaining attackers.

• Chen Mo pierced Justin Hammer’s wrist with a throwing knife as Wang Jin blasted through the wall in the Batmobile.
• Chen Mo killed the two mercenaries beside Sharon and shielded her from stray gunfire.
• Sharon saw Chen Mo’s sword and shield, mistook him for Steve, and called him “Daddy.”
• Wang Jin defeated the mercenaries on the other side of the vehicle.

Chen Mo rescued Sharon Rogers from Justin Hammer’s mercenaries, but discovered a Vibranium ankle bomb linked to Hammer’s heartbeat. After Hammer explained the trap and threatened suicide, Chen Mo scanned the device’s interior, leaving its removal unresolved.

• Chen Mo disarmed the immediate threat and comforted Sharon Rogers while Tony Stark beat the two mercenaries unconscious.
• Chen Mo freed Sharon and found a bomb locked around her ankle, while Tony checked that she was safe.
• Wang Jin tied up Justin Hammer, who explained that the bomb would explode if his heartbeat stopped and that its detonator tracked his pulse.
• Justin Hammer threatened to kill himself if the others did not release him, but Chen Mo dismissed the threat and examined Sharon’s ankle ring.
• Chen Mo used his watch to scan the Vibranium bomb and project a hologram of its internal structure, startling Justin Hammer.

Chen Mo rescued Sharon by opening the supposedly indestructible Vibranium ankle cuff, then turned his attention to Justin Hammer after Tony and Sharon left. He severed Justin's hand to take the detonator bracelet and opened it with the King's Sword.

• Chen Mo cut a seam in Sharon's ankle cuff with the King's Sword, opened it, and removed the bomb.
• Tony Stark prepared to take Sharon home, but she refused to be carried and left with him after Chen Mo gently told her to go.
• Chen Mo ordered Wang Jin to bring the gravely wounded mercenary captain Reaper to him, then confronted Justin Hammer.
• Chen Mo severed Justin Hammer's left hand and used the King's Sword to open the detonator bracelet before it reached Wang Jin.

Chen Mo escaped the building with Natasha Romanoff after arranging for Reaper’s heartbeat signal to keep Justin Hammer’s bomb ankle cuff safe. Once S.H.I.E.L.D. forces secured the scene, Chen Mo drove Natasha away and told her, “I want you.”

• Chen Mo put Sharon’s bomb ankle cuff on Justin Hammer, woke him, and left with Wang Jin and Dr. Ethan.
• Chen Mo and Natasha Romanoff remained outside as guards surrounded them and an explosion shook the building.
• Coulson and Brock Rumlow arrived with the Special Operations Team and took control of the guards.
• Chen Mo left the scene with Natasha in an SUV and told her, “I want you.”

Chen Mo returned to the villa and revealed that Sharon Rogers was the daughter of Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter, then began explaining that both were alive. He left the others stunned as he started telling them how S.H.I.E.L.D. had been founded.

• Chen Mo told Natasha Romanoff to inform Nick Fury that the Special Operations Team had requisitioned her, and she returned to her room at the villa.
• Sharon asked Pepper Potts about Happy Hogan, then asked Tony Stark to meet her classmates; Tony refused.
• Chen Mo returned, and Sharon ran into his arms before asking herself who he was and how he related to her past.
• Chen Mo revealed that Sharon's father was Steve Rogers and her mother was Peggy Carter.
• After Tony questioned how Sharon's parents could be alive, Chen Mo insisted they were not dead and said they had secretly founded S.H.I.E.L.D. to protect Earth.

Chen Mo explained that Steve Rogers and Agent Carter were alive and had left Sharon in Tony’s care while they entered cryogenic hibernation. Sharon learned that her parents had not abandoned her, and Chen Mo offered to become her godfather as Natasha Romanoff grew suspicious of his HYDRA-emblem handkerchief.

• Chen Mo revealed that S.H.I.E.L.D. operated independently to protect Earth and that Steve and Carter had faked their deaths before returning to it.
• Chen Mo explained that Steve and Carter entered cryogenic sleep when the world was stable, and Sharon realized they had left her with Tony because she was too young for the Super Soldier Serum.
• Sharon tearfully asked when she could see her parents, and Chen Mo comforted her and promised it would be soon.
• Natasha Romanoff recognized the Nine-Headed Dragon emblem on Chen Mo’s handkerchief and suspected he was connected to HYDRA.
• Sharon asked why Chen Mo seemed familiar, and he explained that he was Steve’s master and that their similar builds and equipment reminded her of her father.
• Chen Mo decided Sharon could call him Dad, offering to take her in as his goddaughter.

Chen Mo became Sharon Rogers's godfather and helped her reconnect with Tony by arranging a party for her classmates. The next morning, Tony was left wondering what had happened between Chen Mo and Natasha Romanoff overnight.

• Chen Mo explained his friendship with Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter, then offered to be Sharon's godfather, and she accepted.
• Sharon told Chen Mo that Tony had refused to meet her classmates, so Chen Mo ordered Tony to treat her as a cherished little sister and arranged a party for the next day.
• Sharon happily thanked Chen Mo, while Tony felt sidelined as Chen comforted and promised to protect her.
• That night, Chen Mo asked Natasha to come to his room, while Pepper chose to sleep with Sharon and Tony was left alone with his suspicions.
• The next morning, everyone noticed Natasha was more respectful and admiring toward Chen Mo, and Tony imagined Chen had whipped her.

Sharon hosted a party at Tony Stark’s seaside villa, where she welcomed her classmates and made peace with Jessica. The party continued as Sharon asked Tony to meet her friends as Iron Man.

• Chen Mo and Tony visited Happy Hogan in the hospital, then returned to the seaside villa to prepare for the party.
• Nearly a hundred teenagers arrived at Tony’s villa, where Pepper, Wang Jin, and Dr. Ethan welcomed them.
• Jessica approached Sharon and apologized for her past attitude, and Sharon welcomed her into the group.
• Jessica and Amy praised Sharon for resisting the kidnappers, while Shirley teased Amy for being frightened.
• Chen Mo watched Sharon happily chatting with her friends, and Sharon then asked Tony to put on his armor and meet them.

Sharon persuaded Tony Stark to appear at her party, and he arrived in his Iron Man suit to delight her friends. Tony began to understand what Sharon wanted from him and offered to take the guests flying.

• Chen Mo suggested that Sharon act cute to convince Tony, and Sharon shook Tony's arm and pleaded until he agreed to attend her party.
• Sharon told Amy and the other girls that Tony would appear as Iron Man, exciting them with the news.
• Tony descended into the garden in his Mark III suit and landed in front of the party guests.
• Tony revealed his face, introduced himself as Sharon's brother, and chatted with her friends while Sharon felt cherished by him.
• Tony asked whether anyone wanted to take a trip into the sky.

Tony Stark’s flying game and pool antics turned the party into a playful battle between the boys and girls, bringing him and Sharon closer. After videos of the fun boosted Tony’s popularity, the exhausted guests rested in the garden while the television continued playing.

• Tony Stark flew Amy and Shirley around, then tossed partygoers into the pool as the crowd cheered.
• A girl pretended she could not swim to trick Tony, and he retaliated by pulling Sharon into the pool.
• Sharon and Tony started a water fight, which grew into a garden-wide battle between the boys and girls.
• Partygoers posted videos of the pool party, and Tony’s popularity rose as viewers saw his approachable side.
• The guests called a truce and rested, while Sharon and Tony climbed out together and felt closer than before.

A television report announced that Captain America Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter had been revived and revealed that Sharon Rogers was their daughter. The chapter ended with Sharon’s classmates reacting to the revelations and Harry Osborn admiring her even more.

• A news report explained that Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter had vanished during a mission over the Arctic more than fifty years earlier.
• The host announced that searchers had found the pair frozen in a crashed plane and that they had awakened that morning.
• The report explained that Howard Stark had frozen the couple’s premature daughter, who was later treated and raised by Tony Stark.
• The host identified the daughter as Sharon Rogers and reported that the Commander, Iron Man, and three other Super Heroes had rescued her from Justin Hammer.
• Shirley and Amy teased Sharon, while her classmates stared at her in shock and Harry Osborn looked at her with greater admiration.

Captain America and Captain Carter arrived at Tony Stark’s party, reuniting with Sharon before Chen Mo returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. The chapter ended with Howard learning that Tony knew about S.H.I.E.L.D. and might be able to find it.

• Captain America and Captain Carter jumped from a hovering helicopter and landed in the garden, startling the party guests.
• Sharon’s photos and videos spread widely, making her a beloved public figure after reuniting with Steve and Carter.
• Chen Mo left Sharon’s family after several days together and returned to S.H.I.E.L.D., leaving five labeled blue vials behind.
• Chen Mo asked Howard whether he planned to meet Tony, and Howard admitted he wanted to wait until Tony had grown up.
• Chen Mo warned Howard that Tony might uncover the truth and find him, then revealed that he had already told Tony about S.H.I.E.L.D.

Chen Mo told Howard he was leaving for a while and entrusted S.H.I.E.L.D. to Howard and Steve. He returned to Wakanda, where Erik Killmonger led plans to develop Africa’s resources, industry, and production capacity as Chen Mo’s future manufacturing base.

• Howard worried that Tony Stark might discover S.H.I.E.L.D. and asked Chen Mo for his sword or shield, but Chen Mo refused and offered him a Nanotech Combat Suit instead.
• Chen Mo told Howard he would be away for at least a few months and possibly several years, leaving S.H.I.E.L.D. in Howard and Steve’s hands.
• Chen Mo returned to Wakanda rather than going to HYDRA headquarters.
• Chen Mo planned to use a unified Africa’s mineral resources, manpower, and expanding industries to strengthen Wakanda’s technology and enable large-scale production.
• Erik Killmonger oversaw public welfare projects, mineral development, and industrial expansion while HYDRA and S.H.I.E.L.D. continued strengthening their control over Africa.

Chen Mo reviewed how HYDRA and S.H.I.E.L.D. secretly supported Erik Killmonger’s rule over a unified Africa while remaining hidden from one another. As construction and development advanced, Wakanda stabilized the continent and expanded opportunities for its people.

• HYDRA and S.H.I.E.L.D. continued supporting Wakanda’s rule over Africa under Chen Mo’s orders, while remaining unaware of each other’s existence.
• Chen Mo returned to Wakanda and saw a vast new factory complex nearing completion on the city’s outskirts.
• Erik Killmonger reported to Chen Mo that Wakanda’s forces had suppressed would-be warlords and kept the newly unified Africa stable.
• Erik Killmonger reported that refugees had been resettled and people could choose work in agriculture, mining, construction, or industry while preserving traditional ways of life.
• Wakanda provided basic relief to people unwilling to work, but planned to phase it out after the initial emergency period.