Chapter Summaries

Mystique recruited Sloan and the Assassin Brotherhood to help the Brotherhood of Mutants carry out the Sky Base Plan and force humanity to release Mutants. The group agreed to cooperate in exchange for a chance to recover the Loom of Fate, and Mystique assigned them targets to delay or restrain.

• Sloan and the assassins despaired over S.H.I.E.L.D.’s seizure of the Loom of Fate until Mystique proposed using orbital weapons to threaten humanity.
• Sloan refused at first, but Mystique threatened to expose his past actions, and he agreed to consider the plan after learning the Brotherhood of Mutants had suffered heavy losses.
• Fire Fox and the other assassins agreed to help recover the Loom of Fate, while Sloan demanded that they join Mystique on the Space Station and learn the plan’s details.
• Mystique explained that she would hijack Stark Industries’ Space Shuttle using Senator Kelly’s identity, take Tungsten Rods to the Space Station, and use them to force humanity to submit.
• Mystique assigned the assassins to delay Andrew Wang, warning them that he had defeated Magneto and could not be beaten directly.
• Mystique also asked the assassins to threaten Professor Charles at Mutant Academy so he could not use Cerebro.

Mystique and Sloan’s group kidnapped Tony Stark and the Space Shuttle crew at the Rocket Launch Base so they could take them to the Space Station. They prepared to load tungsten rods and equipment onto the shuttle, leaving Tony in Mystique’s hands.

• Mystique, Sloan, and Pompadour finalized their plan to stop Andrew Wang and Professor Charles and secure what they wanted.
• Tony Stark saw Susan Storm, Frank Castle, Dr. Reed, Ben, and Jonathan Stone off at the Rocket Launch Base as they prepared to launch for the Space Station.
• Mystique disguised as Senator Kelly paralyzed Tony with a needle, while Sabretooth knocked Happy unconscious and Sloan’s Mutants held the others at gunpoint.
• Frank stepped in front of Susan, and Andrew told him to protect her without worrying about the others.
• Mystique explained that she needed the crew and Tony to operate the Space Station, then ordered Mist to load the tungsten rods and equipment onto the Space Shuttle.
• Mystique asked Tony whether he wanted to find out what it felt like to be tied to a rocket.

Mystique’s group prepared to launch their Orbital Weapon by using Zero Gravity to make Tungsten Rods weightless, while Tony’s distress signal brought Pepper and S.H.I.E.L.D. rushing to rescue him. The chapter ended with Mystique claiming Andrew would not arrive in time, as Andrew stopped at a red light and a scantily dressed woman approached his car.

• Tony sent a distress signal to Pepper, who hired Psylocke and alerted S.H.I.E.L.D.; Black Widow and John Garrett led a team toward Rocket Base.
• Mystique’s group brought Tungsten Rods and Orbital Weapon equipment to Rocket Base, where Zero Gravity used his power to make a rod weightless.
• Mystique had Life Link transfer a captive’s life force to Zero Gravity so he could sustain his ability, while Tony protested the captives’ deaths.
• Mystique ordered Sabretooth to attach the weightless materials to the Space Shuttle and Toad to modify it, as Frank reassured Susan.
• Mystique told Susan that Andrew would not arrive in time, while Andrew waited at a red light and a beautiful woman asked him for a ride.

Andrew discovered the Mutants’ plan to launch tungsten rods from a Space Station and delayed the response while Mystique and her allies escaped Earth. By the time S.H.I.E.L.D. reached Rocket Base, the rocket carrying Tony had already launched, and the Daily Bugle broadcast the kidnapping and Mystique’s identity.

• Andrew read Fire Fox’s memories and learned about Mystique’s Sky Base Plan, then erased Fire Fox’s memory of the encounter.
• Andrew drove through the Brotherhood’s ambush, immobilizing Fire Fox and evading hired motorcyclists as a police chase formed.
• Mystique and the other Mutants launched their rocket toward the Space Station while Mist’s group held Rocket Base researchers hostage to delay S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Psylocke told Pepper that Tony had been kidnapped and was heading to the Space Station, prompting Pepper to urge Nick Fury not to attack it.
• The Daily Bugle reported Tony’s kidnapping and revealed that Mystique had impersonated Senator Kelly.

Nick Fury and the World Security Council sought a way to stop Mystique from attacking major cities with orbital weapons while Professor Charles learned that the X-Men academy was under threat. Charles arrived at S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters claiming to have a way to stop the attack.

• Nick Fury ordered Hill to investigate Andrew Wang and tell Professor Charles to question Magneto about Mystique’s plans.
• Professor Charles learned Magneto knew nothing, then discovered Mystique’s allies were holding the academy’s students hostage and threatening to shoot them if he returned.
• The Daily Bugle reported that Mystique planned to attack major cities with an orbital weapon, prompting Professor Charles to head for S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters as New Yorkers fled.
• Nick Fury asked Talos to send a spaceship to Earth, then opposed Gideon Malick’s proposal to launch nuclear missiles at the Space Station.
• Hill told Nick Fury that Professor Charles had arrived and claimed he had a way to stop the attack.

Nick Fury and Professor Charles arranged for Red Devil to teleport Charles to the space station so he could control Mystique and the others, but Red Devil refused to help Black King. When Black King and White Queen tried to force him, Red Devil appealed to Andrew.

• Nick Fury met Professor Charles, who proposed using Red Devil to teleport him to the space station so he could control everyone there.
• Nick Fury contacted Black King, who agreed to bring Red Devil to S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters in exchange for concessions.
• Red Devil left a card game with Wind Demon and returned to the Hellfire Club after Black King summoned him.
• Black King ordered Red Devil to help Professor Charles, but Red Devil refused because he did not want to disrupt Andrew's plans.
• White Queen attacked Red Devil with psychic power when he tried to teleport away, and Red Devil called Andrew to report that they were forcing him to save the world.

Andrew ordered Red Devil and White Queen to capture Black King, then put White Queen in charge of the Hellfire Club. White Queen demanded that S.H.I.E.L.D. lend her the Tesseract so Red Devil could teleport to the Space Station, leaving Nick Fury to decide whether to comply.

• Andrew revealed himself to White Queen through Red Devil's mind and ordered them to send Black King to Hell.
• White Queen poisoned Black King, and Red Devil teleported him to Rebirth Hell before Andrew sent him to Trask for research.
• Andrew ordered White Queen to control the Hellfire Club, and Red Devil and White Queen returned to the human world.
• White Queen told Nick Fury that the Hellfire Club would honor Black King's agreement only if S.H.I.E.L.D. lent Red Devil the Tesseract.
• Nick Fury challenged White Queen's demand, but she and Red Devil insisted he could not teleport to the Space Station without the Tesseract.

Mystique seized control of the Space Station and threatened the world with an orbital weapon unless Mutants were released and given a nation. The World Security Council agreed to lend Red Devil the Tesseract, which he delivered to Andrew.

• Nick Fury and Professor Charles argued over whether to use Cerebro and put the students at risk to obtain the Tesseract.
• Mystique and her allies reached the Space Station, where she forced Dr. Reed and Tony Stark to transfer control to her.
• Mystique prepared the Orbital Weapon and demanded that the World Security Council release Mutants and allow them to establish a nation, threatening to strike ten cities with Tungsten Rods.
• Sloan demanded that S.H.I.E.L.D. return the Loom, while the Daily Bugle broadcast the negotiations and sent New York residents fleeing.
• The World Security Council approved lending the Tesseract to Red Devil, who collected it and handed the box to Andrew.

Andrew obtained the Space Stone and replaced it in the Tesseract with a counterfeit before sending Red Devil to return it to S.H.I.E.L.D. Professor Charles and Barton then reached the Space Station, where Charles stopped Mystique and the other Mutants, and the captives were prepared for return to S.H.I.E.L.D.

• Andrew pulled the Space Stone from the Tesseract, merged it into his palm, and rewarded Red Devil with Spatial Energy.
• Andrew created a Counterfeit Space Stone, put it in the Tesseract, and ordered Red Devil to return the case to S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Red Devil returned the Tesseract to Nick Fury, then took Professor Charles and Barton to the Space Station.
• Professor Charles used Mental Waves to immobilize Mystique, the Mutants, and Sloan before Mystique could activate the Orbital Weapon.
• Barton took Mystique's controller and reported the situation to Nick Fury, while Red Devil was asked to bring the captives back to S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Tony asked whether his kidnapping had made the news, and Barton told him the headline was “Tony Stark Kidnapped Again.”

A Cosmic Storm unexpectedly reached the Space Station, where Mystique’s attack left the defenses incomplete and a Tungsten Rod headed for Washington. Andrew harvested the storm and offered Washington’s doomed citizens Soul Pacts, while the fate of those caught on the Space Station remained uncertain.

• The Cosmic Storm’s arrival accelerated, Red Devil failed to teleport away, and Mystique activated the station’s defenses as controlled Mutants regained consciousness.
• Barton stabbed Mystique while she activated the Orbital Weapons, and Tony destroyed one weapon with his remotely controlled Mark Suit, though its Tungsten Rod was already falling toward Earth.
• Andrew broadcast the Tungsten Rod’s descent and sent the Black Widows to work as the rod targeted Washington, prompting Nick Fury and the president to flee.
• Yelena offered Washington citizens protection through Soul Pacts, and a large number signed as the Tungsten Rod threatened the city.
• Andrew opened a Space Channel and sealed the Cosmic Storm inside Rebirth Hell, then pulled most of the Space Station’s people into the Illusion Realm while sparing Red Devil, Frank, Iron Man, and Susan.

Andrew arranged Soul Pacts with Professor Charles and others as the Tungsten Rods threatened Washington, then redirected the rods into Mephisto’s Hell. Mephisto blamed the Ancient One for the destruction, while she blocked Franklin from interfering with the Timeline.

• Andrew persuaded Professor Charles to sign a Soul Pact and told him Worthington Labs planned to develop a cure for Mutants.
• Professor Charles and several others signed Soul Pacts, while Washington citizens and S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents also sought Andrew’s protection from the Tungsten Rods.
• Andrew removed the Tungsten Rods from Washington and sent them into Mephisto’s Hell, where they devastated Demon City.
• Mephisto examined the past, blamed the Ancient One for the attack, and vowed revenge.
• The Ancient One stopped Franklin from entering the Timeline to help Dr. Reed fight Andrew.

Andrew and Natasha rescued the survivors of the Orbital Disaster and brought them back to Earth, while the disaster’s aftermath threatened Mutants, S.H.I.E.L.D., and Stark Industries. Half a month later, Andrew trained with Susan and Frank as McCarran began planning an orbital weapon.

• Andrew and Natasha found the Space Station’s survivors alive, and Andrew took Susan and Frank while Natasha arranged for the others to be returned.
• Andrew brought the survivors to Earth, while the X-Men and S.H.I.E.L.D. argued over taking Professor Charles; Red Devil woke and teleported away.
• The disaster fueled attacks on Mutants, put Nick Fury’s position in danger, drove Washington residents away after the Tungsten Rods vanished, and sent Stark Industries’ stock price plunging.
• McCarran watched a report about the Orbital Disaster and decided to build an orbital weapon for McCarran Group.
• Half a month later, Frank demonstrated his Storage Space at a Rebirth Group shooting range, and Susan told Andrew she had mastered her Energy Barrier but not her Invisibility.

Susan received her upgraded uniform and asked Andrew to visit Jonathan, while Mystique used her enhanced abilities to plan an escape from Island Prison with Magneto and the other Mutants. The group prepared to free themselves and contact Charles so Mystique could carry out her plan.

• Andrew gave Susan her Cosmic Storm-altered uniform and explained that controlling Invisibility depended on emotion, then agreed to go see Jonathan with her.
• John Garrett questioned Mystique at Island Prison and learned that her upgraded Ability allowed partial limb transformation, while Mystique secretly worked to lower his guard.
• During a transfer, Mystique made contact with Scan, a Mutant whose Psychic Scan and Psychic Communication abilities interested S.H.I.E.L.D.
• That night, Mystique transformed into Scan and used his abilities to contact Magneto, Toad, and Sabretooth through a mental Group Chat.
• Mystique revealed that she could replicate one X-Gene at a time and proposed escaping Island Prison and contacting Charles; Magneto agreed to make the plan.

Magneto recruited Sabretooth to help him escape Island Prison, while Andrew and Susan rushed to a street fight involving the Fantastic Three, Spider-Man, and Spider-Woman. The Fantastic Three ended up at the police station, where Ben’s fiancée left him and Reed promised to find a way to restore him.

• Sabretooth agreed to help Magneto escape Island Prison in exchange for their mutual assistance, and Mystique resolved to kill the researchers there.
• Andrew and Susan learned that Ben, Reed, and Jonathan were fighting Spider-Man and Spider-Woman after Ben’s fiancée called the police on him.
• Gwen defeated Human Torch by redirecting water from a fire hydrant, while Spider-Man and Jessica fought Reed and Ben.
• Andrew and Director George arrived, Spider-Man fled, and George took Reed, Ben, and Jonathan to the police station as Susan followed to help her brother.
• Ben’s fiancée returned his engagement ring and left him, while Reed promised to find a cure and Susan scolded Jonathan for boasting about his powers.

Andrew proposed a partnership between the police and masked vigilantes, while Susan questioned her place in the superhero world. Dr. Reed’s team began cooperating with S.H.I.E.L.D., and Tony revealed his new ability to Pepper.

• Andrew advised Director George to guide Spider-Man and other vigilantes, accept their identities through a trusted intermediary, and fund damage through donations and merchandise.
• Susan worried that Jonathan’s association with S.H.I.E.L.D. could put him in danger, and Andrew urged her to take over Hammer Industries.
• Coulson welcomed Dr. Reed and his companions as S.H.I.E.L.D. partners after Reed’s company went bankrupt, while Human Torch eagerly agreed to train and The Thing demanded to change back.
• Pepper urged Tony to stop being a superhero, but Tony revealed that his ability was infinite energy and claimed it would help him upgrade the Iron Suit.

Tony refused to sell Stark Industries' Weapon Research and Development Department and planned to sell a suit to Rhodes, while Pepper warned him against investing in Dr. Reed. At Island Prison, Magneto and Mystique led a breakout that freed more than a thousand prisoners and left the prison in chaos.

• Pepper asked Tony to quit being a superhero if he was kidnapped and put in mortal danger again, and Tony agreed after bargaining over the number of chances.
• Tony rejected selling the Weapon Research and Development Department and said he would sell an Iron Suit to Rhodes to stabilize the company and get help as the world grew more dangerous.
• Pepper warned Tony not to invest in Dr. Reed, but Tony said he would keep investing if he got another chance.
• Mystique told John Garrett that she had called him to thank him, then revealed that Magneto had escaped from the Glass Prison using iron shards smuggled to him as a bookmark.
• Magneto killed guards, prevented them from activating the prison's self-destruct device, and freed the prisoners while Mystique escaped her cell and overpowered Garrett.
• Magneto's breakout overwhelmed Island Prison, and more than a thousand Mutants and major criminals regained their freedom.

Nick Fury and Professor Charles responded to Magneto’s prison uprising while clashing over the Mutant Antidote Plan. Magneto and Mystique linked the prisoners’ minds and prepared to attack New York, leaving S.H.I.E.L.D. and the X-Men to defend the city.

• Nick Fury ordered Coulson to assemble the Avengers and Dr. Reed’s group, then asked Professor Charles to help stop Magneto’s prison break.
• Professor Charles challenged Fury over the Mutant Antidote Plan and Worthington Labs keeping Leech, but agreed to help stop Magneto first.
• Professor Charles used Cerebro and found a collective consciousness connecting more than a thousand people at Island Prison, preventing him from controlling them individually.
• Hill showed Nick Fury satellite images revealing Magneto planned to attack New York, so Fury redirected Coulson to defend Brooklyn’s Dock District.
• Magneto removed the life-sustaining device from Garrett, leaving him to die, while Mystique and Scan linked the prisoners’ minds into a collective consciousness.

Magneto and Mystique led a prison uprising and set out to attack New York while Sloan used his Brain-eating worm to control fellow prisoners. S.H.I.E.L.D.’s secrets were exposed during a live broadcast as Gwen and Jessica headed to Brooklyn to meet the incoming threat.

• Red Devil escaped Mystique and Magneto’s trap, then warned Andrew that they were planning trouble at Island Prison.
• Andrew saved the dying John Garrett by making him sign a Contract and sent him to Yinsen for experimental mechanical organs.
• Magneto and Mystique planned to attack New York, copied Magneto’s X-Gene, and ordered prisoners and test subjects released; Sloan used his Brain-eating worm to control Fire Fox and other prisoners.
• Magneto lifted the prison deck from the sea and led the prisoners toward New York as Island Prison sank.
• Melinda May reported the breakout on Daily Bugle’s livestream and exposed S.H.I.E.L.D., prompting New Yorkers to flee and Nick Fury to worry about the fallout.
• Skye identified the group’s likely landing site in Brooklyn, and Gwen and Jessica headed there to confront them.

Tony Stark, Professor Charles, and the assembled heroes confronted Magneto at the Brooklyn Dock District, where Magneto attacked them with missiles. As Professor Charles probed Magneto's mind, he sensed that Erik was hiding a secret.

• Peter Parker abandoned his motorcycle and flowers to become Spider-Man, while Susan changed into her uniform and headed for the Dock District.
• Tony told Doctor Banner he planned to kill Magneto with a Laser, while Norman worried about Osborn Group's stock price and Professor Charles reflected on the growing number of superheroes.
• Magneto arrived on the flying prison deck and launched missiles at the heroes, who worked together to destroy them.
• More missiles rose from the sea, and Professor Charles protected the Dock District with a Mental Barrier.
• Professor Charles entered Magneto's mind, but Magneto and Scan resisted him, and Charles sensed that Erik was hiding a great secret.

Magneto’s escaped prisoners attacked Brooklyn as the X-Men and other heroes fought to stop them. The battle spread across the city, with Andrew’s robots collecting contractors while Spider-Man faced Lizardmen and Vampires.

• Magneto split the ship apart and sent the prisoners into Brooklyn, prompting Coulson and the heroes to pursue them while Professor Charles stayed with the X-Men.
• Sabretooth revealed to Wolverine that they were brothers, then fought him as the Brotherhood and X-Men clashed at the docks.
• Toad battled Storm while enhanced Zero Gravity overwhelmed Cyclops, and the other Mutants joined the fight.
• Abomination attacked Doctor Banner, who held him back until Iron Man arrived, as Andrew’s robots removed contractors from the streets.
• Two Lizardmen and several Vampires attacked civilians, and Spider-Man intervened before the Lizardmen tore through his webbing and threw cars at him.