Chapter Summaries

Henry rejected Mickey Schulhof's proposal to take over Sony Japan and reported it to Tony Stark before returning to his comfortable routine with Charlize Theron. When he went to return videotapes at Blockbuster, he found the store wrecked by a mysterious woman in a green bodysuit, who had since chased someone away with the FBI in pursuit.

• Henry rejected Mickey Schulhof's proposal and sent a report about it to Tony Stark.
• Henry spent his time working at Stark Studios, studying scripts with Charlize Theron, and watching movies.
• Henry arrived at Blockbuster to return videotapes and found the store damaged and closed behind police tape.
• A security guard told Henry that a woman in a green bodysuit had fallen from the sky, destroyed the window with lasers, and taken communications equipment from the neighboring RadioShack.
• The security guard said the woman had chased someone away, the FBI had followed them, and a balding young man had been taken away.

Henry dismissed a security guard’s story about a woman falling from the sky and left the video store, unaware that a group of Skrulls had recognized him as a Kryptonian. The Skrulls watched him from a nearby rooftop and discussed his resistance to their shapeshifting, while Henry remained oblivious to their presence.

• The fat security guard asked Henry whether he believed his account of a woman falling from the sky, and Henry humored him while advising him to sell the story to a tabloid.
• Henry finished sorting the returned videotapes, asked how long the guards would have to wait, and left the store.
• Henry noticed a group gathered on a distant rooftop and considered escape routes in case they were agents targeting him.
• The Skrulls identified Henry as a Kryptonian after one of them failed to copy his DNA through shapeshifting.
• The Skrulls discussed their hostility toward species that resisted their shapeshifting, while Henry walked away without noticing or understanding them.

The Skrulls on Earth debated how to handle Henry and Evrin led them into a plan to turn the local government against him. Meanwhile, Henry continued his work at Stark Studios and used Tony Stark’s supercomputer for private research.

• The Skrulls wondered how Kryptonians were affected by Earth’s yellow sun and decided to contact General Talos after their damaged ship stranded them on C-53.
• Evrin argued that the Skrulls should deal with Henry themselves and proposed infiltrating the native government to make it target him.
• The Skrulls agreed to use disguises and stolen identities to find ways to frame Henry, while he continued his usual work routine unaware of their plot.
• Henry introduced Git to coordinate software development, and Tony Stark adopted it for internal use at Stark Industries under Henry’s open-source terms.
• Henry used the supercomputer to develop EDA and simulation software and experiment with topological core architectures and quantum computers.
• Stark Studios’ production department continued sending Henry screened projects and scripts with evaluations, promotional strategies, and profit estimates.

Henry returned home and found the injured Barbara Morse, who warned him that S.H.I.E.L.D. had ordered a kill-on-sight assault against him. After Henry treated her, Barbara explained that she had refused to join the attack and had been shot by her own people, leaving them suspicious of the order and its motives.

• BB alerted Henry that an uninvited guest had arrived, so Henry left work and drove home.
• Henry found Barbara Morse unconscious and wounded on the floor beside Kitty, then carried her to the couch and treated her injuries.
• Barbara awoke, saw Kitty, and warned Henry that someone was coming to kill him.
• Barbara told Henry that S.H.I.E.L.D. had ordered a trainee assault team to kill him without survivors, but gave no evidence for the accusation.
• Barbara explained that she had questioned the order and was shot from behind before escaping, and she regretted joining S.H.I.E.L.D.

Henry realized the armed team approaching his home had been sent to capture him, though their poor equipment and inexperienced agents made the order seem suspicious. He escaped with Barbara and Kitty by jumping from a third-floor window and driving away, while the assault team was still breaking down the door.

• Barbara told Henry that the regional chief had assigned interns and newly recruited agents to the operation after taking away the full agents.
• Henry gave Barbara a convincing-looking air gun, then prepared to leave with her and Kitty as the team approached the house.
• Henry threw a mattress through the third-floor window and jumped out with Barbara, while Kitty leaped after them.
• Henry slowed their fall with his flying ability, landed on the mattress, and put Barbara and Kitty into his Cadillac.
• The guards spotted Henry driving away as the assault team continued trying to break down the door.

Henry and Barbara Morse escaped the S.H.I.E.L.D. raid with Kitty and hid their Cadillac in an alley. Henry stole and hot-wired another car to evade the pursuing agents, leaving old Gary to discover the damage to Henry's apartment.

• S.H.I.E.L.D. agents posing as the FBI raided Henry Brown's apartment, but found it empty after Henry, Barbara, and Kitty escaped through a window.
• Old Gary checked Henry's apartment and found Kitty gone, the bedroom window broken, and the mattress lying in the street.
• Henry worried that the agents would continue their pursuit and decided to abandon the recognizable Cadillac.
• Henry drove the Cadillac into a remote alley, let Barbara and Kitty out, and searched the nearby street for another car.
• Henry hot-wired a battered car and drove away with Barbara and Kitty.

Henry and Barbara Morse suspected that aliens had infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. after agents tried to kill them, and Barbara called Fury for answers. Fury revealed that shape-shifting aliens were active and arranged to meet them, leaving Henry and Barbara on their way to join him.

• Henry told Barbara that the attack might have been a trap and urged her to judge people by their actions rather than trust them blindly.
• Barbara called Fury and explained that Agent Gordon had ordered her to shoot Henry Brown.
• Fury revealed that aliens could mimic people and said Gordon might have been replaced.
• Fury arranged to meet Barbara at an internet café and agreed that she could bring Henry along.
• Barbara asked Henry whether Fury could be trusted, and Henry left the judgment to her.

Henry met Nick Fury, who admitted S.H.I.E.L.D. had been infiltrated by shape-shifting aliens and proposed that they cooperate to find the woman who had fought them. Henry agreed to follow Fury’s lead to Pancho Bar, and the two prepared to travel there in separate cars.

• Nick Fury explained that Barbara Morse had approached Henry at his request and asked why the aliens might have targeted him.
• Fury revealed that shape-shifting aliens had infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. and asked Henry to help expose them and locate the woman who had clashed with them.
• Henry agreed to cooperate and asked Fury to share his current clues.
• Fury said the woman claimed to be a member of Kree Starforce and had searched for Pancho Bar using an internet café computer.
• Fury offered to lead the way, and Henry agreed to follow in his car with Kitty after she raised her head and roared.

Nick Fury questioned the owner of Pancho Bar about a blonde woman, then asked Barbara Morse and Henry to wait outside while he handled the meeting. Henry and Barbara spotted the woman arriving, and Henry listened in with Super Hearing as she entered the bar.

• Nick Fury asked the owner whether a blonde woman had visited Pancho Bar and learned that she had not.
• Nick Fury sent Barbara Morse and Henry to wait outside while he spoke with the woman.
• Henry explained to Barbara that their absence would reduce pressure on the negotiations, and she joined him in his car with Kitty.
• Henry and Barbara heard a motorcycle arrive and saw a woman matching Fury's description enter the bar.
• Barbara asked whether they should eavesdrop, and Henry activated Super Hearing to listen from the car.

Henry and Barbara watched Vers display her destructive powers before joining Nick Fury on the drive to Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. Fury took Vers into the base while Henry and Barbara waited outside, and he grew suspicious that Vers was not who she claimed to be.

• Henry and Barbara peeked into the bar after a blast destroyed its neon sign, and Henry realized Vers’s powers were being restrained by a device on her neck.
• Nick Fury introduced Vers to Barbara and Henry, then said he and Vers would enter the Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. base while the others stayed outside as backup.
• Fury instructed Barbara to use her agency pager if anything happened, and Henry hid their car behind a hill near the base.
• Vers mistook Kitty for a tiger, and Fury used her knowledge of the animal to challenge her story about being Kree.
• Fury recalled that captured Kree had blue skin and blood, deepening his suspicion that Vers was not truly Kree.

Henry prepared a meal with Barbara and Kitty while they waited outside a secret Air Force base. After Barbara received Nick Fury’s request to meet Richard Keler and enter the base, Henry suspected Keler might be a Skrull replacement but decided to proceed cautiously.

• Henry hunted a deer, snake, and squirrels, then cooked them over a fire while Barbara rested and Kitty ate.
• Barbara asked Henry whether Charlize Theron was better than her, and Henry said they had different talents and that Charlize was better suited to acting.
• Barbara received a message from Nick Fury saying he was under house arrest and wanted Henry and Barbara to meet Richard Keler before entering the base.
• Henry recognized that Richard Keler might be the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent replaced by a Skrull, but he chose to meet him before deciding what to do.

Henry and Barbara were arrested by S.H.I.E.L.D. reinforcements, whose agents accused them of colluding with criminals and ordered them held. When one agent killed his partner and tried to force them to flee, Henry broke free and exposed the surviving gunman as a green-skinned alien before shooting him.

• Barbara identified herself to the arriving S.H.I.E.L.D. team, but the senior agent accused her and Henry of colluding with criminals and had them handcuffed.
• The senior agent left two armed agents to guard Henry and Barbara while the rest drove to the base.
• After the vehicles left, one guard shot his partner and ordered Henry and Barbara to leave without uncuffing them.
• Henry realized the surviving guard was trying to frame them, broke his handcuffs, and walked toward the fallen agent.
• The guard shot Henry, but the bullets failed to hurt him; Henry shot the guard and revealed his green-skinned, pointed-eared form.

Henry uncovered that the attacker was a Skrull targeting him for being Kryptonian, then staged the scene to make it appear that a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent had killed the alien. He and Barbara fled after Nick Fury told them to leave, while the trouble at the base remained unresolved.

• Henry realized the Skrulls had targeted him because they knew he was a Kryptonian and wondered what the Skrulls and Kree knew about Krypton.
• Henry planted the gun in the human agent's hand to make the shooting appear to be an agent's work, then freed Barbara.
• Henry called Kitty over and explained that they should leave rather than risk attacking the base, where Skrulls and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were difficult to distinguish.
• Barbara sent Nick Fury a message, and Henry drove away with Barbara and Kitty.
• Nick Fury replied, "LEAVE," and Henry argued that staying away was safer than trying to rescue anyone inside the base.

Henry and Barbara escaped the Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. base and boarded Nick Fury’s experimental Quinjet. Henry hoped the flight would give him a chance to learn about the Skrulls and their intentions toward Kryptonians.

• Henry reflected that he had taken Barbara with him because he could handle the pursuers alone and believed Nick Fury would be protected by Vers.
• Nick Fury landed an experimental Quinjet and invited Henry and Barbara aboard as pursuers closed in.
• Henry agreed to board, hoping to meet Talos and question him about the Skrulls’ plans and their hostility toward Kryptonians.
• Barbara complained to Fury while Henry brought Kitty aboard, and Fury’s orange cat Goose slipped free and ran into the jet.
• Henry boarded the Quinjet and began inspecting its design and equipment.

Henry, Nick Fury, Barbara Morse, and Vers flew to Louisiana to find Maria Rambeau and uncover the mystery linking Vers, the Kree, the Skrulls, and Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. Fury wanted to understand the larger conflict and its possible implications for Earth, while he and Henry remained puzzled by Henry’s involvement.

• Barbara Morse boarded the jet first and eagerly questioned Vers about the aircraft.
• Nick Fury asked Henry about the Skrull impersonators, and Henry explained that they were difficult to identify without a reliable detection method.
• Fury told Henry they were heading to Louisiana to find Maria Rambeau, a former Air Force test pilot tied to Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S.
• Henry questioned why Fury was pursuing the mystery instead of focusing on the Skrulls, and Fury said they needed to learn the cause of the conflict before deciding how to act.
• Fury admitted he was curious about why the tiger Kitty followed Henry, then asked why Henry was involved in the alien affair; Henry said he wanted to know that too.

Henry examined Goose, the Flerken, and discovered unusual features in its body before calming it and letting it go. He then introduced Kitty to Maria Rambeau and her daughter, who wanted to pet the tiger, while Maria picked up Goose and recognized it.

• Vers reunited with Maria Rambeau and her daughter, while Nick Fury and Barbara Morse gave them space.
• Henry grabbed Goose and investigated its anatomy, finding that its stomach resisted his X-Ray Vision and its claws carried an unusual energy.
• Goose grew agitated as Henry examined it, but he soothed it with pets before it broke free and walked away.
• Henry brought Kitty over to Maria Rambeau and her daughter, and Kitty roared when Henry told her to say hello.
• Maria Rambeau stopped her daughter from approaching Kitty, then picked up Goose and asked what it was doing there.

Maria Rambeau recognized Goose as Dr. Lawson’s cat and brought Vers, Nick Fury, Henry, and the others to her house, where Vers explained her search for answers about her past. Henry took Kitty outside after noticing that their Quinjet’s regulated flight had left traces that could be tracked.

• Maria recognized Goose as the cat that had belonged to Dr. Lawson, though Vers could not remember their past together.
• Maria brought the group to her house, where Monica eagerly went to retrieve Carol’s old belongings.
• Vers told Maria and the others that her visions after being captured by the Skrulls had led her to investigate Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S.
• Nick Fury and Bobbie went to help Monica find the old belongings, while Henry took Kitty outside.
• Henry explained that the Quinjet’s flight corridor and transponder had made the aircraft’s journey traceable.

Henry watched fourteen Skrulls arrive at Maria Rambeau’s home and infiltrate it by disguising themselves as locals, Henry, and Kitty. After the impostor Kitty bit Monica and the impostor Henry was confronted, Henry’s identity came under suspicion.

• Henry spotted three SUVs carrying fourteen apparent Skrulls, including S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Kohler, and chose to watch from hiding.
• The Skrulls transformed into local residents and split up, with one distracting the household while another entered through the back door disguised as Henry and Kitty.
• The impostor Kitty pounced on Monica, then bit her arm, prompting Vers to blast the tiger away.
• Nick Fury aimed his gun at the impostor Henry, while Barbara questioned him and Vers prepared to attack.
• Maria angrily demanded an explanation, and the real Henry wondered whether anyone would believe that the impostors were not him.

Henry helped expose a Skrull impersonating him, then General Talos revealed that Henry was a Kryptonian from a supposedly imprisoned civilization. The chapter ended with Henry offering to treat an injured girl while Maria Rambeau watched him warily.

• Henry brought Kitty back to the hall and asked Vers how they could distinguish the real people from the Skrull impostors.
• Vers explained that Skrulls could copy appearance and DNA but not the original's special abilities, so Nick Fury and Barbara shot the suspected Skrull Henry to test him.
• General Talos arrived and warned the group that Henry was a Kryptonian, prompting Vers to describe Krypton's ancient history and its imprisonment in the Phantom Zone.
• Henry acted confused about being Kryptonian and redirected attention to the injured girl, offering to treat her while Maria Rambeau held her protectively.

Henry learned that Krypton existed and that he was likely a Kryptonian, while General Talos revealed that Kryptonians exiled naturally conceived children as Flawed Ones. Henry challenged the Skrulls over framing him and involving Monica, leaving Talos struggling to repair his standing with Nick Fury and the others.

• Nick Fury persuaded Maria Rambeau to let Barbara treat Monica's bite wound while the Skrulls surrounded the house without attacking.
• Henry told Nick Fury that he had never heard of Krypton but was not shocked to learn it might be his origin.
• General Talos called Henry an exiled Flawed One and explained Krypton's Codex system and its practice of exiling naturally conceived children.
• Henry accused the Skrulls of framing him because of their discrimination against Krypton and of dragging Monica into their schemes.
• Nick Fury, Vers, and the others turned against the Skrulls, and General Talos tried to salvage the situation.