Chapter Summaries

Beckett thanked Lake after Councilman Braken died in custody, and she later treated Lake and George to dinner with their families. Lake spent his vacation juggling two locations, then returned to New York and welcomed a group of men in black at the Homeland Building.

• Beckett visited Lake after Councilman Braken died of a heart attack in the court prison, and Lake hinted that George wanted a meal at a Japanese restaurant.
• A week later, Beckett hosted Lake, George, and their families at the restaurant, where Helen revealed George was five days from earning a one-hundred-day sobriety medal.
• Lake asked Skye whether Peter Parker attended her school, learned she did not know him, and heard that Harry Osborn might transfer from London the next year.
• Lake went on vacation in Washington while his duplicate traveled to Immortal Castle, then returned to Starlight Tower looking haggard.
• Lake agreed that Skye would attend New York University rather than Yale, and the next day they drove to their separate destinations.
• Lake arrived at the New York Homeland Building and welcomed several men in black to the conference room.

Lake helped Mike Banning prepare for the president’s visit to Long Island, then discovered his friend Bob Lee Swagger was consulting on security for the event. As the president’s arrival neared, Lake met BAU leader Aaron Hotchner and learned Elle Greenaway had left the unit, prompting him to consider recruiting her.

• Lake welcomed Mike Banning and provided temporary IDs and vehicles to help the Secret Service prepare for the president’s visit.
• Lake learned that the Pope would not attend and that a Vatican Cardinal would accompany the president instead.
• Lake found Bob Lee Swagger surveying the speech site and learned he was advising Isaac Johnson and the Secret Service on possible assassination positions.
• Lake arranged to meet Swagger for a drink after the president’s visit and went to work as the BAU team arrived to help question arrested foreigners.
• Lake asked Aaron Hotchner about Elle Greenaway and learned she had resigned from the BAU, then said he knew how to contact her.

Lake considered contacting Polly Hinton but decided to wait until he could visit Seattle. The next day, Cardinal Sobia showed Lake evidence that federal personnel had killed African civilians over an oil pipeline, but Lake questioned why the case belonged to him.

• Lake obtained Polly Hinton’s current information and decided to meet her in person during a future trip to Seattle.
• Karen arrived unexpectedly in New York and told Lake she had come because Cardinal Sobia and the President would give speeches there.
• Lake accompanied Karen to meet Cardinal Sobia, absorbing the holiness, healing, and courage around the cardinal’s Templar Knights.
• Cardinal Sobia gave Lake documents and photographs showing that federal military personnel had killed civilians in Africa over an oil pipeline.
• Lake said the case lacked a clear connection to homeland security and asked Cardinal Sobia why he had brought it to him.

Lake met with Cardinal Sobia, who sought his help investigating a federal scandal and accepted that he might die pursuing the truth. As the President and Sobia prepared to speak at a ruined power plant, Lake detected suspicious men near the Homeland Building and sent Jack to investigate while Deputy Director Bass attended the speech.

• Lake told Cardinal Sobia that the overseas case fell outside Homeland Security's jurisdiction, but Sobia argued that his possible death during the President's speech would bring it under Lake's responsibility.
• Lake recognized Sobia as a true Saint Mother and agreed to act, promising to drag out anyone who launched a terrorist attack in his territory.
• Lake left with Karen, who trusted him not to share anything he was not ready to tell her, and drove her to a shopping mall before heading away.
• Lake used satellite imagery to identify Anton Martin near the Homeland Building and ordered Jack to screen suspicious people at its four approaches.
• Lake called David Bass, who rejected the call while sitting beside the President at the speech, as Swagg positioned himself to shoot at the podium.

Lake used his Sixth Sense to expose and kill the assassins who had targeted Archbishop Sobia, then told Mike Banning that Bob Lee Swagger had been framed. Swagger reached the Homeland Building wounded and surrendered, demanding to see Lake Edwin.

• Archbishop Sobia was shot during a public event, and Lake absorbed the wishing power released by his death, touching the Seventh Sense.
• Lake told David Bass that Swagger had been framed and that the real target was Sobia.
• Lake used his mental perception to identify assassins at four intersections and ordered Homeland agents to kill them.
• Lake answered a call on one assassin's phone, then told Mike Banning that Swagger was a former sniper in his unit and that Sobia had sought his help investigating a massacre.
• Lake sent evidence about Sobia's investigation to Banning and asked Tiffany to contact the attorney general.
• Swagger crashed his car into the Homeland Building parking lot, surrendered to the agents, and demanded to see Lake Edwin.

After Swagg was framed in a plot targeting the Archbishop, Lake took charge of the investigation and moved against Isaac Johnson. Isaac was forced to submit to arrest, while Lake remained confident that no powerful conspirators could threaten him.

• FBI agent Tiger withdrew his team from the Homeland Building after his supervisor ordered him to yield the case to DHS, then secretly reported that the target had entered the cave.
• Lake visited the wounded Swagg, reassured him that he knew Swagg had not killed the President, and said the plot had targeted the Archbishop instead.
• Lake ordered the officer who fired the shot brought in for questioning and sent Jack to detain Isaac Johnson.
• Jack confronted Isaac outside the hotel and told him DHS suspected him of planning a terrorist attack; Isaac demanded a court summons, but Jack offered a call to General Rodwell instead.
• After speaking with the Army Chief of Staff, Isaac was left with no choice but to submit to Jack's handcuffs, while Lake dismissed Isaac's threat from the Operations Center.

Lake identified Stanley Timmons as a corrupt NYPD officer whose statement could protect the department from a wider scandal, then brutally interrogated Isaac over the attempt to frame Swagg. Isaac finally named Senator Charles before medical personnel rushed in.

• Lake arranged for the NYPD to take Stanley Timmons and obtain his statement while keeping Homeland Security out of the department's internal discipline.
• George Stacy told Lake that Timmons had a history of suspected bribery, gambling debts, and ties to Hell's Kitchen.
• George took the dejected Timmons away after he confessed, and Lake brought his statement to Isaac's interrogation room.
• Lake shot Isaac in the knee, threatened him with emergency detention, and slashed his wrist while demanding to know who had arranged the attempt to frame Swagg.
• Isaac named Senator Charles, and medical personnel hurried into the room to treat him.

Lake exposed Senator Billy Charles as the mastermind behind the plot to conceal his brother’s overseas massacre, while the Archbishop’s sacrifice brought the truth to light. After the Archbishop’s coffin left for the Vatican, Lake comforted Karen and reassured her that heaven would never be worthy of her.

• Lake told Secretary Kelly that Senator Billy Charles had arranged the cover-up and sent him the evidence and confessions.
• Lake ordered Isaac treated and transferred to Quantico, then arranged a press conference that sent reporters rushing back to the Homeland Building.
• At JFK Airport, Karen learned that the Archbishop had chosen to sacrifice himself, and Lake apologized for keeping his plan from her.
• The Knight Commander told Lake that the Archbishop had been diagnosed with cancer and had refused interference because of secular rules.
• Lake concluded that the Archbishop’s lost faith had cost him his supernatural power, and he found that the Archbishop’s holy light was being absorbed faster in his sea of consciousness.
• Karen asked whether she could enter heaven, and Lake told her that heaven would not be worthy of her.

After the archbishop’s assassination case was closed, Lake learned that the suspected sniper, Michael Sandel, had escaped to New York after someone impersonated Homeland Security to remove him from FBI custody. Lake suspected S.H.I.E.L.D. and prepared to investigate.

• Karen left for Paris on a commercial flight, while Lake noted that she was expected to become the next Minister of Education after returning to Washington, D.C.
• Lake told Swagg that his wanted notice had been canceled, but his cabin, dog, and firearm collection were gone, and his personal information had been exposed.
• Swagg asked about the sniper who killed the archbishop, and Lake identified Michael Sandel as the likely killer.
• Lake ordered Tiffany to restore New York’s security level to normal, and the state’s law-enforcement agencies lowered their alerts.
• Secretary Kelly told Lake that Sandel had escaped to New York after someone posing as Homeland Security personnel took him from the FBI, and Lake suspected S.H.I.E.L.D.

Lake tracked Michael Sandel to The Continental Hotel after learning Sandel had been assigned a final mission against him. The chapter ended with Lake confronting Sandel over a public five-million-dollar bounty placed on his head.

• Lake learned that Michael Sandel had been rescued after being buried and that the people who could have canceled his mission had died.
• Lake used the Tracking Card to locate Sandel at The Continental Hotel on 111 Pearl Street.
• Lake entered the hotel’s underground entertainment area and found Sandel sitting in a wheelchair.
• Lake ordered two bourbons but told the waiter both drinks were for him, then asked Sandel whether the five-million-dollar bounty came from Sandel or his master.

Lake killed Sandel inside the Continental Hotel, breaking its rules and forcing Winston to report the incident to the High Table. After sharing a drink with Winston, Lake left the hotel and was expelled, with all hotel services closed to him.

• Lake questioned Sandel about whose money he was using, and Sandel tried to draw him into admitting a connection to Lake Edwin and the killer-world traitor.
• Lake shot Sandel dead in the Continental bar, and the killers present quietly left while an attendant summoned the hotel staff.
• Winston arrived with Charon and told Lake that the High Table would uphold the hotel's rules; Lake said he would not blame Winston for acting within his authority.
• Winston reported the killing to the Adjudicator and declared that Lake was no longer welcome at the hotel and that his killer status was frozen.
• Lake shared a glass of expensive bourbon with Winston, then left the Continental Hotel as his expulsion order took effect and its services were cut off.

S.H.I.E.L.D. investigated the Black King's killing of Sandel inside The Continental Hotel and debated the threat it posed to the assassin world's rules. The chapter left Nick Fury worried that Lake Edwin might join the conflict to help his friend.

• The Black King's killing of Sandel at The Continental Hotel spread through the assassin world, leaving assassins waiting for the hotel's response.
• Barbara Morse reported the incident to S.H.I.E.L.D., prompting Nick Fury, Maria Hill, Victoria Hand, and Phil Coulson to examine Lake Edwin's connections to several mysterious figures.
• Victoria Hand noted that the Black King, Professor X, V for Vendetta, and Gemini Saga had appeared on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s radar only after becoming involved with Lake.
• Nick Fury and Maria Hill questioned whether the new Twelve Zodiac Temples had any connection to the ancient organization described in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s archives.
• Maria Hill and Victoria Hand debated whether The Continental Hotel would uphold its rules and risk war with the Immortal Royal Family or let its authority collapse.
• Nick Fury said his greatest concern was that Lake Edwin might intervene to help his friend.

S.H.I.E.L.D. learned that The Continental Hotel had ruled Lake Edwin’s killing of Sandel legitimate because Lake had become an executive judge. Lake then discovered that the Immortal Consortium held a stake in the hotel, and he agreed to let it continue operating rather than start a war.

• Maria Hill and Victoria Hand predicted that Black King would avoid making New York City a battlefield, while S.H.I.E.L.D. awaited The Continental Hotel’s decision.
• Victoria Hand received Barbara Morse’s message, and S.H.I.E.L.D. learned that The Continental Hotel had declared Sandel guilty and Lake’s execution of him lawful because Lake was an executive judge.
• Nick Fury and the others wondered how Lake had joined The Continental Hotel’s management and realized the hotel had chosen a third path instead of war or disgrace.
• Emilia told Lake that the Immortal Consortium owned a tenth of The Continental Hotel through an investment Viktor had made a century earlier.
• Lake decided not to attack The Continental Hotel because it had not provoked him, and Emilia invited him to help her cool down.

Lake captured Kord Fontana, a young Auror sent by the South American Wizarding World to identify Saga, and used a mental technique to make him reveal his mission. Kord explained that Mephisto was taking the South American wizards’ souls until they proved Saga was not one of their own, leaving Lake with the truth behind Sandel’s escape and the hunt for Saga.

• Lake suspected that an unknown group had helped Sandel escape Washington, then went to meet Olivia the next morning.
• Kord Fontana arrived at Lake’s apartment, but Lake seized him and transported him to the Gemini Nebula.
• Lake revealed himself as Saga and used the Illusory Demon Emperor Fist to control Kord and force him to talk.
• Kord said the South American Wizarding World had sent him to discover Saga’s identity after Mephisto blamed them for Saga’s attack on Blackheart.
• Kord revealed that Mephisto had torn up the South American Wizarding World’s contract and was harvesting its elders’ souls until they proved Saga was not one of them.

Lake took the enslaved Kord Fontana to the American Magic Congress’s hidden entrance in New York, intent on destroying the Federal Magic World over its betrayal. After revealing himself as Gemini Saga and warning a fan to leave, he attacked the Woolworth Building’s owl portal with his Light Speed Fist.

• Lake teleported with Kord Fontana to Battery Park and ordered him to lead the way to the Wizarding World’s entrance.
• A newlywed recognized Lake as Gemini Saga and asked to take a photo with him; Lake agreed and then warned the couple that the area would soon be dangerous.
• Lake summoned and donned the Gemini Cloth, then condemned the Federal Magic World for betraying humanity and colluding with Hell.
• Lake flew above the Woolworth Building and struck the owl statue marking the Magic Dimension entrance with his Light Speed Fist.

Lake informed Secretary Kelly that the Federal Magic World had allied with Mephisto, then attacked its wizards to punish them for betraying humanity. He devastated the dimension and its council, and confronted the five remaining elders as they threatened to destroy its core.

• Lake told Secretary Kelly that the Federal Magic World had made a deal with Mephisto, and Kelly ordered him to brief the President in Washington.
• Lake shattered the barrier to the Federal Magic Dimension and attacked its wizards with his Cosmo and Gemini Gold Cloth.
• Lake killed most of the wizards and absorbed their fear and despair to replenish his Cosmo.
• Lake confronted the eleven white-bearded elders of the Magic Council and killed several of them.
• The five remaining elders gathered around a control console and threatened to destroy the dimension's core, but Lake declared that it would end there.

Lake destroyed the Magic Dimension and escaped as its creatures poured into New York, including a Psyduck. The Ancient One and Casillas contained many of the beasts, while Lake ordered Homeland Security to guard a captured Psyduck and continued toward Washington, D.C.

• Lake attacked Mephisto, who gathered the five mages’ souls and fled back to Hell.
• Lake destroyed the crystal ball, causing the Magic Dimension to crack apart, and teleported out before the Woolworth Building’s sky shattered.
• Fantastic Beasts poured from the Woolworth Building toward Battery Park and the Hudson River, and Lake spotted a creature resembling a Psyduck.
• Casillas trapped the Woolworth Building in the mirror world and froze the attacking beasts, while The Ancient One gave him a dimensional seed to house them.
• Lake ordered Tiffany to recall the Homeland agents and keep the captured Psyduck under guard, then asked Secretary Kelly whether they still needed to go to Pennsylvania Avenue.

Lake returned to Washington to report the Federal Magic World’s collaboration with Hell, then spent a week with Rachel and their daughter before returning to New York. Hermione arrived at his apartment, accepted his invitation to stay, and explained that the escaped Fantastic Beasts had been held in a sealed dimension within the Federal Magic World.

• Lake and Secretary Kelly reported to Mr. President that Saga had destroyed the Federal Magic World and that some strange animals had escaped.
• Lake spent a week with Rachel and their daughter Helen before flying back to New York.
• Hermione appeared through the electronic fireplace, introduced herself to Skye, and gave her a phone number before Skye left for school.
• Hermione accepted Lake’s invitation to stay, explaining that she had been promoted after the Federal Magic World was destroyed and Fantastic Beasts escaped.
• Hermione told Lake that most escaped Fantastic Beasts were young and that their sealed dimension had been used as leverage to force other groups to protect the Federal Magic World.

Lake and Hermione discussed the London Wizarding World’s plans to take over the territory left by the destroyed Federal Magic Dimension before an explosion at New York Harbor drew them into a Fantastic Beast investigation. At the pier, Hermione identified Blue Skin Bass as the likely cause, while Lake challenged Harry Potter’s interruption and introduced the London wizards as outside consultants.

• Hermione explained that the London Wizarding World had come to manage the territory after the Federal Magic Dimension was destroyed, and Lake rejected the idea of teaching Earth’s people his Cosmo cultivation method.
• Tiffany informed Lake that sailboats at New York Harbor had suffered a chain of explosions, and Hermione separately said a Fantastic Beast had been detected there.
• Lake drove Hermione to the harbor, where Hermione reunited with Ginny Weasley Potter and Harry Potter and explained the Supreme Temple’s authority in New York.
• Jack reported that explosions had hit a row of cruise ships, but Harry interrupted to say the frogmen would find no suspicious explosives.
• Lake told Harry to leave if he would not act as an outside consultant, and Hermione identified Blue Skin Bass as the likely creature behind the explosions.

Lake learned that Hermione had tools for tracking Fantastic Beasts and gave her a Cherish Ball after revealing Pikachu. When a Blue Skin Bass began exploding its way toward maturity near New York Harbor, Hermione, Ginny, and Harry Potter went inside to handle it.

• Lake compared the Blue Skin Bass to an Exploding Ant and asked Hermione whether she could track escaped Fantastic Beasts.
• Hermione examined Lake’s Cherish Ball, accidentally released Pikachu, and learned that Pikachu was a Pokémon.
• Lake gave Hermione a Cherish Ball to study and said he planned to save a Pikachu for Helen.
• Assistant Tiffany reported a paper mill explosion, and Lake and Hermione found a Blue Skin Bass digging and exploding as it fled.
• Hermione explained that the lone Blue Skin Bass was trying to become a queen-like adult and could turn the paper mill into a colony’s home.
• Lake cleared the area while Hermione, Ginny, and Harry Potter entered the cordon to handle the creature.