Arc 49Skye’s Terrigen Awakening

Henry rescued Skye from the Symbiote’s attack by finding a Terrigen Crystal and triggering her Inhuman transformation. As Skye recovered and her powers emerged, a public battle involving Spider-Man, the Lizard, and the Osborns unfolded while Natasha Romanoff continued investigating Henry.

  • Henry and Quicksilver drove the Symbiote out of Skye, but Henry found her near death and decided that Terrigenesis was her best chance to survive.
  • Henry traveled with Gilgamesh and Thena to the Domo, where Ajak and Makkari helped them locate the Terrigen Crystal.
  • Henry recovered the Terrigen Crystal and built a chamber to expose Skye to Terrigen Mist, warning Catherine Hepburn, Lorna, and Quicksilver about the risks.
  • Skye survived Terrigenesis, woke up, and later manifested a dangerous vibrational ability that fractured her hands and destroyed the barbecue grill.
  • Henry helped Gwen Stacy after Norman Osborn shut down Connors’s research, then arranged for Natalie Rushman to work as Skye’s temporary caregiver.
  • Henry watched Spider-Man, the Spider-Women, the Lizard, and Green Goblin II fight on Williamsburg Bridge, while Norman Osborn used the battle to improve his public image.
  • The Symbiote abandoned Black Spider-Man and possessed Eddie Brock, while the Lizard escaped into the river and the Spider-heroes dispersed.
  • Natasha Romanoff reported on Henry to Nick Fury, who ordered her to continue the mission but warned her not to risk her life.
Chapters 1201–1225 Vol. 13 Read

Ch. 1201Capturing the Symbiote

Henry and Quicksilver worked with Gilgamesh and Thena to capture the Symbiote controlling Skye. The Symbiote was trapped inside a Capture Ball with Skye, but the sonic attack forced it to abandon her host without escaping the shield.

  • Henry put on red ceramic armor as Red Super, and he and Quicksilver set out to find Skye while Gilgamesh and Thena coordinated from the base.
  • Red Super located Skye nearly simultaneously with Quicksilver, who approached her and threw a Capture Ball.
  • The Symbiote emerged from Skye and fled into the Speed Force, forcing Quicksilver to pursue it across Manhattan while Red Super predicted its stops.
  • Red Super placed a Capture Ball at the Symbiote's likely stopping point, and Quicksilver kicked it into range as the Isu Shield activated.
  • A targeted ultrasonic attack drove the Symbiote out of Skye, but the Isu Shield trapped it in its slime-mold form alongside her.

Ch. 1202Life Force Run Dry

Red Super captured the Symbiote after it nearly drained Skye to death, then sent Quicksilver to take her to the hospital. Henry weighed ways to save her and decided that awakening her Inhuman abilities was her best chance of survival.

  • Red Super sealed the Symbiote in a vacuum jar and found Skye unconscious with multiple organ injuries.
  • Red Super handed Skye to Quicksilver and told him to take her to Metropolitan Hospital.
  • Red Super retrieved the three Capture Balls before bystanders could approach them.
  • Henry concluded that ordinary medical care could only prolong Skye’s life and that he lacked time to develop an alien-tech treatment.
  • Henry ruled out the experimental options he did not understand and settled on awakening Skye’s Inhuman abilities as her best chance.

Ch. 1203Outside the Intensive Care Unit

At Metropolitan Hospital, Henry faced the grim prognosis for Skye and admitted to Catherine Hepburn that he might be able to save her if he found the right thing. He left Lorna Dane to look after Catherine while he went to seek it.

  • Henry, Catherine Hepburn, and Lorna Dane learned from the head nurse that Skye had multiple organ failure and severe muscular atrophy.
  • Catherine blamed Henry for failing to protect Skye and urged him to find a way to save her.
  • Henry revealed that he had a possible treatment for Skye, but explained that her unique genes made it unsuitable and potentially dangerous for other patients.
  • Henry asked Lorna to stay with Catherine while he left to find what Skye needed, and Catherine silently agreed to his plan.

Ch. 1204A One-Time Treatment for an Unawakened Inhuman

Henry searched for Terrigen Ore so he could make a Terrigen Crystal and use it to save Skye, whose organs were failing. Gilgamesh revealed that the Eternals already had Terrigen Crystals and offered Henry one.

  • Henry concluded that Terrigenesis could rebuild Skye's body, but learned that making a Terrigen Crystal required Terrigen Ore from Attilan or other difficult-to-find sources.
  • Henry questioned whether his memories of the Moon's Attilan, Afterlife, and the Puerto Rico temple remained reliable in this world.
  • Gilgamesh and Thena returned to the secret base and learned that Skye might not survive more than two or three days.
  • Henry explained Skye's Inhuman heritage and his plan to use Terrigenesis to save her.
  • Gilgamesh said the Eternals had collected Terrigen Crystals and offered to give Henry one.

Ch. 1205Ajak Ranch

Henry learned that the Eternals’ Domo held the technology needed to make reliable Terrigen Crystals, but Ajak was the only available person who could activate it. He and Gilgamesh and Thena traveled to Ajak’s ranch in South Dakota, where they arrived in their disguised armor and greeted her.

  • Gilgamesh explained that the Domo was hidden in the Tigris River basin and that Ajak could help them access its technology.
  • Thena pointed out the difficulties of reaching Ajak and then Iraq, so Henry proposed traveling in armor with the Super-Ejection Acceleration System.
  • Henry, Gilgamesh, and Thena suited up and flew from Manhattan to Ajak’s ranch in South Dakota.
  • Ajak came out to meet them, recognized Gilgamesh and Thena, and joked about their unusual outfits.
  • Henry explained that he had built the armor from Kree, Skrull, and Earth technology as a disguise.

Ch. 1206Principles Without Binding Force

Henry, Gilgamesh, and Thena asked Ajak to help them reach the Domo and retrieve a Terrigen Crystal for the critically ill Skye. Ajak agreed and Henry prepared a Mecha for the trip, while her account of the Eternals’ principle of remaining hidden left Henry wondering whether Gilgamesh might someday seek political power.

  • Henry explained that he had no usable Kryptonian technology, and his knowledge of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Krypton records came from secretly accessing its database.
  • Gilgamesh and Thena asked Ajak to let them enter the Domo for a Terrigen Crystal that might save Skye, whom they identified as an Inhuman by her scent.
  • Henry admitted that Skye had multiple organ failure and explained why he had avoided awakening her Inhuman abilities until her condition became desperate.
  • Ajak agreed to help but warned that the Domo was hidden in Iraq and that she no longer knew where Makkari was.
  • Henry unfolded his Mecha and offered to take Ajak and the others to Iraq in minutes.
  • Ajak explained that the Eternals’ policy of staying hidden was a principle rather than a rule, then joked that she would object if Gilgamesh ran for president and Thena enforced his will.

Ch. 1207Entering Iraq

Henry helped Ajak, Gilgamesh, and Thena enter their mechs and traveled with them to Iraq to locate the Eternals’ buried Domo. After several false leads, Ajak found the spacecraft’s control core and confirmed they had reached the right place.

  • Henry helped Ajak put on the Duck Type and explained how Thena and Gilgamesh could control it for her.
  • Ajak, Gilgamesh, and Thena launched their mechs toward Iraq while Henry flew alongside them.
  • The group used satellite imagery and Ajak’s memories to search for the Domo’s location.
  • After checking several sites, Ajak received a response from the Domo’s control core at the fifth location and identified it as the right place.

Ch. 1208Domo

Henry and the Eternals entered the buried Domo after he dug a passage to its entrance. Inside, Henry saw that the ship’s unfamiliar structure resembled a living organism, leaving him to consider how the Celestials had created it.

  • Ajak located a point above the Domo’s entrance and instructed Henry to dig down toward it.
  • Henry used a shovel to dig rapidly while Gilgamesh and Thena helped with their mechs.
  • Ajak used an Eternals device to open the Domo’s hull, which rippled like liquid metal.
  • Ajak led Henry, Gilgamesh, and Thena inside as the Domo’s lights came on.
  • Henry examined the ship’s structure and concluded that it functioned like a multilayered chip and resembled a living organism.

Ch. 1209Speedsters' Showdown

Henry and the Eternals encountered Makkari aboard the Domo, and a misunderstanding led to a brief speedster fight before they recognized one another. The group made peace and reunited in the cluttered control room, where they began catching up and examining Makkari’s centuries-old collection.

  • Henry sensed Makkari’s surprise attack and fought her at super speed, eventually knocking her to the floor with a headbutt.
  • Ajak, Gilgamesh, and Thena intervened and revealed themselves, prompting Makkari to stop fighting.
  • Ajak introduced Henry to Makkari, and both Henry and Ajak apologized for the misunderstanding.
  • Henry helped Ajak remove her armor while Gilgamesh and Thena dismantled theirs, and the group talked in the control room.
  • Henry examined Makkari’s collection of books, art, sculptures, armor, ornaments, and a medieval throne.

Ch. 1210Terrigen Crystal

Henry and Gilgamesh searched the Domo for the Terrigen Crystal, which Henry hoped to use to save an injured child through Inhuman Terrigenesis. They found it hidden in an oak box serving as a shim beneath a chest, and Henry opened the box to reveal an irregular metal cylinder.

  • Gilgamesh took Henry to the Domo’s second storage room and described the oak box that held the Terrigen Crystal.
  • Henry used X-Ray Vision to identify areas blocked by lead, and he and Gilgamesh searched them without finding the box.
  • Gilgamesh explained that the crystal had been kept because it was dangerous, and the two searched the rest of the Domo.
  • Back in the control room, Makkari remembered using the oak box to steady an old chest and pointed it out.
  • Henry replaced the box beneath the chest, opened it, and found an irregular metal cylinder inside.

Ch. 1211Eternals Battle Suit

Henry learned about Excalibur and followed Thena to see the Eternals’ battle suit system. Thena demonstrated a Cosmic Energy-woven suit and showed that her Mahd Wy’ry no longer troubled her, while Henry was left feeling alone among the Eternals.

  • Ajak warned Henry that the Terrigen Crystal inside the box could petrify anyone who was not an Inhuman.
  • Thena stopped Henry from examining the crystal, showed him Excalibur, and offered it to him, but he declined.
  • Thena led Henry and the others to a room where she demonstrated the Domo battle suit system by weaving a pale-gold suit from Cosmic Energy.
  • Thena conjured a halberd and shield and performed a martial dance, showing that her Mahd Wy’ry no longer troubled her.
  • Henry felt his loneliness as he watched Thena and the other Eternals cherish their companionship.

Ch. 1212Energy Technology

Henry compared Eternals technology with Isu energy technology and demonstrated that he could create an amulet that let an Eternal weave a battle suit from their own Cosmic Energy. Thena successfully used it, revealing that the Eternals might be able to summon their suits away from the Domo.

  • Ajak told Henry that the Isu civilization had ended before the Eternals arrived on Earth, though some of their bloodline remained among humans.
  • Henry explained that he had recognized similarities between Isu energy technology and the Eternals’ battle suits, while stressing that Eternals technology was more advanced.
  • Henry melted a bronze artifact and crafted a Copper Heart Amulet using techniques he had learned by studying the Domo.
  • Gilgamesh tried to activate the amulet and accidentally began weaving Thena’s battle suit, but stopped when the headband caused him severe pain.
  • Thena used the amulet to weave her Platinum Armor from her own Cosmic Energy and found that she could summon and dismiss parts of it with ease.

Ch. 1213Harvest

Henry explained that he could imitate the Eternals’ battle-suit abilities by studying their methods, and agreed to make suits for Gilgamesh and Makkari as well as Thena. The group arranged for Makkari to move to New York so she could receive her amulet and stay with Thena.

  • Henry told Gilgamesh that he had only imitated Cosmic Energy and explained how he studied Kingo’s methods to reproduce battle suits.
  • Ajak approved Henry learning from the Eternals, and Henry agreed to make Gilgamesh an amulet using Adamantium once they returned to New York.
  • Makkari asked Henry to make her a battle-suit amulet because ordinary clothes wore out when she ran, and Henry agreed.
  • Thena invited Makkari to live with her in New York, and Gilgamesh encouraged her by mentioning a Mutant speedster there.
  • Ajak did not object to Makkari moving, while Henry considered the arrangement a useful opportunity to study another speedster.

Ch. 1214Preparations to Save a Life

Henry prepared to use a Terrigen Crystal to treat Skye, building a medical pod that would contain the dangerous Terrigen Mist. After arranging Skye’s discharge, he drove her and the others toward his Tribeca District apartment for treatment.

  • Ajak understood that Henry needed to prioritize saving Skye, and Henry built a temporary medical pod to contain the Terrigen Mist.
  • Henry called Catherine Hepburn and told her to arrange Skye’s discharge from the hospital.
  • Catherine Hepburn completed the discharge paperwork, and Henry collected the unconscious Skye with help from Claire Temple.
  • Henry secured Skye in his car and drove toward the Tribeca District with Catherine Hepburn, Lorna, Dane, and Quicksilver.

Ch. 1215Treatment Risks

Henry prepared to expose Skye to Terrigen Mist, explaining that her Inhuman awakening might heal her but could radically alter her body. He sent Lorna and Quicksilver away before activating the sealed treatment chamber.

  • Henry placed Skye in a sealed glass pod and explained that the Terrigen Crystal inside the Obelisk could produce the mist needed to trigger her Inhuman gene.
  • Henry warned Catherine Hepburn, Lorna, and Quicksilver that Skye might undergo drastic changes, possibly even transforming into an animal.
  • Henry said Skye's injuries came from an organism draining her life force and that awakening was the best treatment he could offer.
  • Lorna asked how Henry knew about Inhumans, and he said he had learned about them while collaborating with Magneto.
  • Henry warned that Terrigen Mist was highly toxic to Mutants and ordered Lorna and Quicksilver to return to their rooms while he operated the chamber alone.

Ch. 1216Quake Awakens

Henry used the Terrigen Crystal to awaken Skye as an Inhuman, and she emerged from her stone cocoon alive. After Skye woke, she reunited with Catherine Hepburn, Quicksilver, and Lorna, and traded sarcastic remarks with Henry.

  • Henry opened the Obelisk, released Terrigen Mist into the chamber, and Skye's body became encased in stone.
  • Henry recovered the Terrigen Mist and confirmed the chamber was safe before the stone shell crumbled away, revealing Skye alive.
  • Henry carried the unconscious Skye to the sofa and told Quicksilver and Lorna that her transformation was over.
  • Henry teased Lorna by claiming Skye had transformed into something indecent, prompting Lorna to rush in and kick him after seeing Skye was fine.
  • Skye woke up, reassured Catherine Hepburn that she was still alive, and exchanged sarcastic remarks with Henry.

Ch. 1217One Gets Another in Trouble

After Skye woke in the hospital, Catherine Hepburn demanded to know how she had gotten hurt, and Skye blamed Henry, drawing Lorna into the interrogation as well. The three were still being pressed for the truth when Gwen Stacy called Henry, giving him a brief interruption but no escape.

  • Skye woke hungry, but Catherine Hepburn ordered her to sit properly and explain how she had ended up injured.
  • Skye blamed Henry for suggesting the activity that led to her injury, and Catherine made him sit beside her and explain.
  • Henry gave a vague account of Skye’s 3F Club and drew Catherine’s attention to Lorna’s earlier slump, so Catherine demanded that Lorna explain herself too.
  • Quicksilver photographed Henry sitting between Skye and Lorna as Catherine scolded them, then ran away when she glared at him.
  • Catherine insisted that Henry, Skye, and Lorna tell matching, honest accounts, but Gwen Stacy’s phone call interrupted them.
  • Henry answered Gwen’s call on the couch after Skye and Lorna pulled him back when he tried to leave.

Ch. 1218One by One, Getting Out

After Skye recovered, Henry arranged a rooftop barbecue to thank the Eternals who had helped her. The gathering ended with Makkari and Thena talking about how much they missed Sprite and wondering what had become of her and Sersi in London.

  • Gwen called Henry while searching for him and Skye, and he invited her to join the barbecue in Tribeca with Kitty.
  • Henry planned the meal, stored the dangerous Obelisk, and asked Lorna to prepare the rooftop barbecue; Skye was allowed to help her.
  • Henry, Gwen, Skye, Lorna, Wanda, Quicksilver, Cassandra, Catherine Hepburn, and the Eternals gathered for a lively barbecue, where Skye thanked Ajak and the others for her recovery.
  • Makkari signed to Thena that she missed Sprite, and Thena recalled Sprite's talent for entertaining guests and said she had not found her or Sersi in London.

Ch. 1219Gwen's Troubles

At Skye's recovery party, Gwen told Henry that Oscorp had shut down Kurt Connors's lab and left her without a job. Henry encouraged her to keep pursuing biotechnology while wondering what Norman Osborn intended, and Gwen's account of Connors's green eyes left him concerned about another transformation.

  • Henry noticed Gwen seemed troubled and asked her what had happened.
  • Gwen explained that Norman Osborn had ended Connors's research project, sealed the lab, and left her unemployed as an intern.
  • Henry considered whether Norman was deliberately pushing Connors toward becoming a supervillain, given the research's progress and Connors's possible future as The Lizard.
  • Gwen said Connors had looked furious, with green eyes, and might resign from his university post.
  • Henry reassured Gwen that she could continue studying biotechnology and build a career without Connors as her mentor.

Ch. 1220Manifestation of Abilities

Henry encouraged Gwen’s scientific ambitions before Skye’s Inhuman ability suddenly manifested, injuring her hands. After treating her fractures, Henry agreed to study a Power Suppression Device for her, while warning her to learn her limits.

  • Henry encouraged Gwen to pursue biotechnology and playfully ruffled her hair when she leaned on his shoulder.
  • A bottle exploded near the barbecue area, and Skye’s newly manifested vibrational ability destroyed the grill and fractured her hands.
  • Henry examined Skye, identified her ability as a form of vibrational force, and set and bandaged her broken bones.
  • Lorna asked Henry to make Skye a Power Suppression Device, and Henry agreed to study one for Inhumans.
  • Henry warned Skye that using her ability recklessly could get her killed, but Skye angrily insisted it was none of his business.

Ch. 1221Temporary Caregiver

Skye recovered at home with both hands in casts, while Henry and Catherine arranged a temporary caregiver and relied on BB to help care for her. Henry finished making combat suit charms for the Eternals, then met the applicant Natalie Rushman and recognized her as Black Widow.

  • Skye was sent home from school to recover, and BB helped with her daily care while Lorna volunteered to assist.
  • Catherine arranged an interview for a temporary caregiver, and Henry agreed to improve BB's human-care functions.
  • Henry completed four Adamantium combat suit charms for the Eternals, settling his debt for their help saving Skye.
  • Henry helped Ajak catch a flight to South Dakota, while Makkari moved her belongings from the Domo to Thena's apartment in New York.
  • Natalie Rushman arrived for the caregiver interview, and Henry recognized her as Black Widow.

Ch. 1222Live News Broadcast

Henry watched breaking news of the Lizard rampaging on the Williamsburg Bridge and realized Kurt Connors was targeting Norman Osborn, who was trapped there with his bodyguards. He stayed home because Natalie Rushman, whom he suspected was Black Widow, was watching him, and the broadcast left Norman’s fate uncertain.

  • Henry introduced Natalie Rushman to Skye and Catherine Hepburn as a temporary caregiver while concealing his identity from her.
  • Henry switched on the television and saw the Lizard fighting Spider-Man on the Williamsburg Bridge.
  • Henry recognized Norman Osborn’s Bentley in the traffic and connected Connors’s attack to his recent conflict with Osborn.
  • Henry decided not to intervene because Natalie was monitoring him and the confrontation did not directly affect his interests.
  • Norman remained inside his car with his bodyguards as the battle moved closer, apparently seeking to become a victim and improve his public standing.

Ch. 1223The Old Fox's Schemes

Henry uncovered Norman Osborn’s plan to clear the family name by turning Harry into a public hero who would defeat The Lizard. As Green Goblin II and Oscorp’s security team pushed The Lizard back beneath the media cameras, Henry suspected Harry had used the family’s enhancement serum.

  • Henry reviewed what he knew while the Spider-Women joined Black Spider-Man in fighting The Lizard on Williamsburg Bridge.
  • Black Spider-Man repeatedly attacked the Spider-Women, and Marty Franklin punched him after he tried to kick her away again, turning the fight into a three-way clash.
  • The Spider-Women resumed attacking The Lizard, but their infighting gave him room to charge toward Norman Osborn’s car.
  • Harry Osborn appeared as Green Goblin II on a Goblin Glider and attacked The Lizard with missiles and close-range strikes while Norman’s security team fired from below.
  • Henry realized Norman had arranged for Harry to appear as a superhero on live television and suspected Harry had taken Oscorp’s enhancement serum.

Ch. 1224Removing the Symbiote Suit

The Spider-Women used sonic devices to free Spider-Man from the Symbiote, but it possessed Eddie Brock and plunged him into the river. After the bridge battle, Norman Osborn and Harry Osborn made a conspicuous appearance for the news cameras, while Henry watched the report at home with Skye, Catherine Hepburn, and Natalie Rushman.

  • Anya Corazon and the other two Spider-Women trapped Black Spider-Man in a sonic triangle, prompting him to tear off the Symbiote suit.
  • The Symbiote escaped through a gap and possessed Eddie Brock, then shoved him off the bridge into the river before anyone could save him.
  • The Lizard leapt into the water to escape Green Goblin II, whose heavy weapons had grown less effective as his ammunition dwindled.
  • Spider-Man fled in his red-and-blue suit, and the three Spider-Women departed by separate routes to confuse the helicopters.
  • Norman Osborn and Harry Osborn shared a carefully captured frame for the media before Norman returned to his Bentley and Harry flew away.
  • At home, Henry watched the news with Skye, Catherine Hepburn, and Natalie Rushman, then boasted about his former work as a film-company CEO and producer.

Ch. 1225Observation Report

Natasha Romanoff reported to Nick Fury from Henry Brown’s home while continuing her surveillance mission, and their conversation exposed the risks and conflicting motives behind S.H.I.E.L.D.’s plan. Fury ordered her to continue despite the danger, leaving their fragile trust under scrutiny.

  • Natasha Romanoff told Nick Fury that Henry Brown’s household robot seemed technologically advanced and asked whether she should bring back a sample, but Fury warned her not to touch his technology because a past attempt to seize it had ended in a deadly explosion.
  • Natasha reported that Henry remained guarded and that their adopted child seemed to be hiding something, while she planned to provoke Henry into revealing more than his Steel Body ability.
  • Natasha admitted that she was reporting from Henry’s guest room and believed he could hear them, while Fury questioned her plan to expose him without knowing how S.H.I.E.L.D. could control him afterward.
  • Nick Fury considered why he could not simply cancel the mission: doing so might damage his trust with Natasha or reveal that Skrulls under his command had created the crisis.
  • Fury told Natasha to continue the mission but warned her not to sacrifice her life for it, and she challenged him about whether he would abandon her if necessary.
Arc 49 of 55
Arc 49 of 55