Chapter Summaries

Skye received her gun permit and a rose-gold pistol from Lake, then went to school with Gwen and discussed her scholarship essay about bullying. The chapter left Skye wondering whether Peter Parker was a high-risk student as she and Gwen parted for their separate classes.

• Lake gave Skye a rose-gold EAA pistol to mark her gun permit, and Skye stored it in her car before meeting Gwen.
• Gwen inspected the unloaded pistol and told Skye that George had mentioned Lake's armory, which reportedly contained rockets.
• Skye told Gwen she might abandon her New York Daily News scholarship essay because bullied students might not want their experiences made public.
• Skye asked Gwen whether Peter Parker might be a high-risk student, and Gwen said she was unsure because she only shared biology class with him.
• Skye returned Eevee to its Poké Ball before entering school, and she and Gwen separated to go to their different morning classes.

Skye rejected Lewis’s invitation to the school dance, and a violent gang attack trapped students in the cafeteria. Gwen and Skye left the cafeteria to clean the juice from their clothes, then Peter and Harry brought a wounded cafeteria worker into the restroom.

• Skye turned down Lewis’s invitation to the dance and warned him to stop bothering her after he spilled juice on her and Gwen.
• Lewis returned to his friends, who mocked him and suggested ways to pressure Skye; Lewis asked a companion about a drug.
• Armed thugs drove a van into the cafeteria, shot students, and forced those remaining to line up for equipment.
• Gwen and Skye went to the restroom to clean their clothes and decided to leave for the parking lot to change.
• Peter and Harry broke into the restroom with a gunshot-wounded cafeteria worker.

Skye, Gwen, Harry, and Peter were trapped in a cafeteria restroom during a shooting, where Skye stopped their former classmate Maroney from killing them. They learned Maroney may have turned violent after being bullied, while the isolated cafeteria delayed any alarm or police response.

• Harry and Peter helped the mortally wounded restaurant matron into the restroom, where she died despite Gwen checking for signs of life.
• The four realized they had no phones to call for help, and a gunman fired through the restroom door and demanded they come out.
• Maroney stormed into the restroom with an assault rifle, recognized Harry, and prepared to shoot the group.
• Skye struck Maroney in the throat and knocked him unconscious, then took his rifle while Gwen searched him for ammunition.
• Harry and Peter explained Maroney's history at school and recalled that he may have blamed Harry for not rescuing him from bullies.
• Skye pointed out that the cafeteria stood apart from the main campus, and Gwen questioned why no alarm or police had arrived.

Sky tried to escape the occupied cafeteria with Gwen, Harry, and Peter, but her precise shooting killed three attackers and revealed a side of her they had never seen. She sent Gwen running for help while covering her from the cafeteria gunmen.

• Sky decided the group had to escape through the hallway to the cafeteria’s back door.
• An attacker spotted Sky and the others, but Sky shot him in the head before he could fire.
• Sky killed two more attackers as they rushed out, leaving Gwen, Harry, and Peter stunned by her skill.
• Sky wounded another gunman in the leg, then asked Gwen to run for help while she provided cover.
• Gwen sprinted toward the back-door hallway as Sky fired at the cafeteria windows and struck another attacker in the wrist.

Gwen escaped the cafeteria, armed Eevee, and sent her to Skye, who prepared to lead Peter and Harry out. Meanwhile, Lake inspected the Super­visory Bureau construction site and learned Hermione would investigate an escaped Fantastic Beast in Colorado before Tiffany called about terrorist attacks at New York colleges.

• Gwen escaped through a window after finding a bomb on the cafeteria’s back door, warned nearby students, and took Skye’s pistol and ammunition from the car.
• Gwen sent Eevee through a broken window with Skye’s backpack and the pistol, and Eevee reached Skye as her rifle ran out of ammunition.
• Skye shot an attacker with the pistol and prepared to lead Peter and Harry toward the back door.
• Lake visited the Super­visory Bureau construction site, where Hermione told him that she, Harry, and Ginny would go to Colorado to investigate a mountain-sized snail sighting.
• Tiffany called Lake to report large-scale terrorist attacks at New York colleges and relay requests for help from the NYPD and FBI.

After seven high schools in Brooklyn and Queens were attacked at once, Lake mobilized a citywide response while Skye fought her way through Midtown High School to escape and confront the assailants. Skye surrendered to the leader’s hostage threat, leaving her fate and the hostages’ safety unresolved.

• Tiffany told Lake that seven high schools had reported simultaneous emergencies, and Lake rushed to take charge while issuing a Class-A danger alert across New York City.
• Skye helped Peter and Harry escape Midtown High School through a back window, then stayed behind as assailants fired on her.
• Skye evaded the attackers through the second-floor corridors and ventilation ducts, where she discovered several bodies in the teachers’ cafeteria.
• Eevee used Thunder Shock to knock out an assailant and send another crashing through a railing, while Skye shot two more attackers.
• The assailant leader threatened to kill a hostage every ten seconds unless Skye came out, and Skye agreed to surrender if he promised not to hurt anyone else.

Sky refused to surrender and launched an attack on the remaining criminals holding hostages at Midtown High School. Lake arrived with the police and Tony Stark, and the chapter ended with Sky and Eevee taking down the last criminals in the restaurant.

• Sky decided to fight rather than surrender and headed downstairs after learning that only three criminals remained.
• Lake arrived at Midtown High School with the police, rescued Gwen from a gunman, and learned that Sky was still inside.
• Lake called for Tony Stark to bring a signal jammer after the criminals threatened hostages with bomb vests and broadcast their demands online.
• Tony Stark activated the jammer on the restaurant roof, cutting off the criminals' communications.
• Sky emerged holding a submachine gun, then dropped it as a distraction while Eevee struck the criminal holding Lewis with Thunderbolt.
• Sky shot another criminal, and Eevee knocked the criminal and Lewis through a window before landing on Sky's shoulder.

Skye rescued the hostages at Midtown High School, while Lake prepared her for the media and arranged for Homeland Security and the FBI to shift public blame onto New York City’s education system. As reports came in about the other school attacks, Lake learned that Nicaragua High School had suffered a devastating explosion and tasked the BAU with finding the mastermind behind the coordinated attacks.

• Skye emerged safely after saving the hostages, reunited with Gwen, and received Lake’s encouragement and advice about facing reporters.
• Lake ordered the charred criminal and injured Little Black taken to a Homeland Security emergency facility, then returned to the Homeland Building to arrange a press conference.
• Lake and the FBI agreed to direct blame toward New York City’s education system and the mayor, while Homeland Security focused on solving the attacks.
• Tiffany reported that a riot at Nicaragua High School had ended in a major explosion, with casualties still being counted.
• Aaron Hotchner and the BAU arrived, and Lake asked them to find the person behind the coordinated school attacks.

After Skye saved Midtown High School, Lake reassured her about the deaths and encouraged her to accept an interview. He explained to Hermione that his growing power depended on his Force World Tree, then joined a joint agency meeting where Aaron Hotchner was put in charge of the investigation.

• The BAU sent Aaron Hotchner and David Rossi to question the surviving suspect at New Amsterdam Hospital while the rest of the team investigated other crime scenes; Black Lewis died on the way to the hospital.
• Lake returned home, praised Skye for saving students at Midtown High School, and told her she could refuse Rachel's exclusive interview, though Skye decided she would do it.
• Lake told Hermione that his Cosmo power came from the Chaos Universe and ultimately depended on the Force Seed and Force World Tree in his Divine Kingdom.
• Lake attended a joint meeting of the NYPD, FBI, and Homeland agents and named Aaron Hotchner as the leader of the operation.

Lake investigated coordinated school attacks and simultaneous bank robberies, whose perpetrators seemed to have been hypnotized into believing they were playing games. Peter and Harry also fell under the same influence, and Lake learned that no true supernatural beings were involved as the Inhumans’ debut approached.

• Spencer Reid and Aaron Hotchner told Lake that the school attackers used explosives with no signs of human manufacture and appeared to have been hypnotized into thinking they were in a battle-royale game.
• Five groups robbed banks in Brooklyn and Queens, then opened fire on responding officers; twenty-two robbers were wounded and three survived.
• Lake went to the NYPD and found that Gwen and Skye had stopped Peter and Harry from rushing toward the school, while George had them restrained.
• Peter and Harry said they had experienced the incident as a game and remembered little of what happened.
• Lake asked Hermione whether a Dark Mage was behind the attacks, and she said no true supernatural being was involved.

Lake and the BAU traced the attacks to an Inhuman, Li Rone, whose son’s death had sparked a revenge plot involving a chat group of bullied students. Tony Stark found Li Rone dead by suicide, leaving Lake angry and ordering an autopsy and a coordinated announcement that the case was closed.

• Lake asked Tony Stark about technology that could hypnotize people and learned that Inhumans counted as technological beings with supernatural abilities.
• The BAU profiled the suspect, and Tony Stark used Jarvis to uncover the Victim Alliance chat group and connect its members to the attacks.
• Jarvis linked the group’s final activity to Green Rone’s death and identified his father, Li Rone, as the likely trigger behind the operation.
• Lake warned Tony that Li Rone was an Inhuman, and Tony reached the suspect’s house before the responding law-enforcement teams.
• Tony broke into Li Rone’s house and found him hanging; Jack confirmed the body’s identity, and Lake ordered an autopsy and preparations for a press conference.

Lake investigated Li Rone’s apparent suicide and learned that two people had spoken with him beforehand, including a woman and a mysterious eyeless man. He identified the man as Gordon, an Inhuman, and the chapter left the circumstances behind Li Rone’s death unresolved.

• Investigators found Li Rone’s suicide note, explosives, and records of an arms deal tied to Justin Hammer’s brother-in-law, who had fled.
• New Yorkers demanded the mayor’s resignation after authorities revealed the case’s cause, while Lake and the Federal Bureau Chief welcomed the end of the emergency lockdown.
• Aaron Hotchner told Lake that Li Rone’s death did not fit the BAU’s profile, then left for Kennedy Airport with his team.
• Lake visited Olivia in the morgue and promised to approve a seaside autopsy building if she joined the Supervision Bureau.
• Olivia told Lake that Li Rone had spoken with a woman and a strange eyeless man before writing his suicide note and killing himself.
• Lake identified the eyeless man as Gordon, an Inhuman whose telepathic ability had cost him his eyes.

Lake uncovered Li Rone’s memories and learned that he chose suicide to keep his people from being exposed after taking revenge for his son. A week after the school disaster, Midtown High held a memorial, where Skye was thanked as a hero and asked her friends to help her avoid reporters.

• Lake entered Olivia’s consciousness and watched Li Rone refuse Jiaying’s plea to stop his revenge until he agreed to kill himself after one final use of his ability.
• Li Rone used his ability, wrote a suicide note, and hanged himself, while Lake returned to Olivia’s body.
• Olivia explained that Li Rone’s organs had nearly all ruptured, and Lake concluded that the case was closed and told her to release his body if anyone claimed it.
• A week later, the new mayor donated fifty million dollars to the NYPD, and the city gradually returned to normal after the disaster.
• Skye, Gwen, Peter, Harry, and other students held a memorial at Midtown High, where survivors thanked Skye for saving them.
• Skye told Gwen, Harry, and Peter that she did not feel like a hero, then asked them to bring a car onto campus to pick her up away from the reporters.

After Skye faced hostile reporters over her role in saving Midtown High School, Lake reassured her that those who tried to exploit her would pay for it. At the school, Jiaying finally met Skye, while Lake kept his lethal intentions toward Jiaying hidden behind a friendly introduction.

• Skye recalled how New York reporters had tried to trick her into making damaging claims about Lake, and Lake told her that people had to bear the cost of their ambitions.
• A reporter who had tried to use Skye against Lake disappeared on an express flight to the Pacific Ocean.
• Lake and George waited outside Midtown High School as parents gathered to bring their children home, and Skye and Gwen received scholarship support for their actions during the attack.
• Harry and Peter left together, while Gwen and Skye crossed the street toward Lake and George.
• Jiaying approached Skye, but Lake introduced her first and asked why she had not called him.
• Skye greeted Jiaying and asked whether Lake had invited her to help, while Jiaying felt Lake's killing intent fade.

Skye continued searching for her origins while preparing to graduate and attend New York University, and Jiaying revealed that Skye was her daughter, Daisy. Lake acknowledged the truth but insisted Jiaying wait until after Skye's graduation before approaching her.

• Skye brought Jiaying to Starlight Tower, believing Lake had arranged for her to help with the search for Skye's origins.
• Jiaying saw Skye's map of the Eastern Kingdom and learned that Lake had always respected Skye's search for her biological parents.
• Lake confronted Jiaying with what he knew about her past, including Daniel Whitehall's death and Li Rone's suicide.
• Jiaying told Lake that Skye was her daughter and that her name was Daisy.
• Lake confirmed that he already knew Jiaying was Skye's mother and said she must wait because Skye was graduating in June and preparing to attend New York University.

Lake warned Jiaying not to reveal the truth to Skye until she graduated in June and promised to protect her in New York if she kept her word. He then prepared to leave for Brussels in about half a month after being summoned by Secretary Kelly and General Ross.

• Lake told Jiaying that Skye could not become an Inhuman and ordered her to wait until after Skye's graduation before telling her the truth.
• Jiaying accepted Lake's offer to stay with his family, and Skye welcomed her before excitedly greeting Alexis, who had returned from Britain.
• Cassel and Beckett brought food to Lake's house, where Lake introduced them to Jiaying and announced that he would be away for around ten days.
• Beckett and Cassel decided to plan a trip to Brussels around Lake's business trip, while Lake explained that Secretary Kelly and General Ross had personally requested his presence.

Lake visited Tony Stark at Stark Industries and learned Tony planned to attend NATO’s weapons exhibition in Brussels after a rival arms dealer challenged Stark Industries. Tony admitted Pepper had pushed him to defend the company’s stock price, while Lake continued to doubt whether Tony would awaken his Cosmo.

• Lake teased Tony about his bandaged hands and learned Tony had endured four thousand punches toward the ten thousand needed for a chance to awaken his Cosmo.
• Tony told Lake he planned to attend NATO’s upcoming weapons exhibition in Brussels to see the Future Weapons Development Group’s new weapon.
• Lake questioned whether Tony intended to return Stark Industries to weapons development, and Tony insisted the company’s future still depended on its new-energy strategy.
• Lake claimed his Sixth Sense let him detect Tony’s lies and pressed him about Pepper’s involvement.
• Tony admitted Pepper had forced him to respond to the public challenge, and Lake called Pepper on his phone so she could hear the confession.

Lake teased Tony before learning why Tony suspected the Future Weapons Development Group was hiding a powerful weapon. Lake concluded that Tony’s behavior showed signs of PTSD and urged Pepper to find him a psychologist, while Tony insisted his suspicions were justified.

• Lake admitted he had lied about cultivating the Sixth Sense and asked Tony why he had called him.
• Tony explained that NATO had secretly funded the Future Weapons Development Group, but he could find no weapons laboratory or experts connected to it.
• Lake called Pepper and said he suspected Tony had PTSD, citing his trauma, nightmares, obsession with Cosmo training, and fear that the world was dangerous.
• Tony denied having PTSD and maintained that the Future Weapons Development Group was suspicious.
• Lake told Tony that a psychologist would decide whether he had PTSD and challenged him to bet on it.

Lake reassured Tony that his suspicions might stem from PTSD, then returned home and discussed the school case and Inhumans with Skye, Hermione, and Jiaying. He asked Red Queen to investigate the Future Weapons Development Group, but she could not locate its laboratory, and she said she had no immediate plans to enter the real world.

• Lake urged Pepper to find Tony a psychologist and told Tony he hoped he would recover soon.
• Lake returned to Starlight Tower, where Skye described the media's continued pursuit of her and Gwen over the closed school case.
• Skye questioned Lake about the Inhumans and the case's final death, and Lake redirected her to Hermione for the history of the Inhumans.
• Lake asked Red Queen to search for the Future Weapons Development Group, but she found no laboratory and said her results matched Jarvis's.
• Lake asked whether Red Queen wanted to enter the real world, and she said she had no current plans while she learned to process emotions.

Lake uncovered that the Future Weapons Development Group was a NATO money-laundering arms company, then flew toward Brussels and accepted General Hawk’s invitation to drink. As his plane diverted to meet Hawk, Lake realized Hawk’s special forces might be connected to the company.

• Lake ordered Red Queen to investigate the Future Weapons Development Group and learned it had laundered NATO funds through inflated arms contracts.
• Lake drove to Kennedy Airport, where Hermione teased him about traveling alone and asked how he would handle Jiaying; he implied Skye already knew the truth.
• Lake flew alone toward Brussels instead of traveling with Secretary Kelly, then received an invitation from General Hawk while fighter jets escorted his plane.
• Lake agreed to meet Hawk for bourbon and learned the escort was meant to give him an excuse with General Ross.
• Lake recalled that Hawk led G.I. Joe, a NATO special forces unit, and began to suspect a connection between it and the Future Weapons Development Group.