Chapter Summaries

Feeney discovered that Tivan had collected the Sumire's Fried Chicken Roll he had summoned and sold him information about it for a million Cosmic Currency. He refused Tivan’s offers to buy the magical food, then presented the Sacrifice Gem for inspection and left Tivan asking about its origin and the Infinity Stones.

• Feeney spotted the Sumire's Fried Chicken Roll in Tivan's collection, and Tivan offered a million for information about where it came from.
• Feeney revealed the food's name and magical properties, but refused Tivan's offers of up to thirty million to buy the magic.
• Feeney brought out the Sacrifice Gem, and Tivan carefully examined it before asking where Feeney had obtained it.
• Tivan asked Feeney whether he knew anything about the Infinity Stones, but Feeney decided not to mention the Aether.

Feeney sold the Sacrifice Gem to Tivan for one hundred million Cosmic Currency and stayed on guard throughout the transaction. He left safely with the payment, while Tivan remarked that Feeney Hails had an unobservable future.

• Feeney concealed how much he knew about the Infinity Stones, and Tivan described their origin while offering a reward for any he found.
• Tivan offered one hundred million for the Sacrifice Gem, and Feeney accepted despite wondering whether Tivan knew more about it.
• Feeney chose cash and watched Tivan closely as he retrieved a Gold Card and told Selina to prepare the remaining one million.
• Feeney took the card without touching it directly, then followed Selina out while monitoring Tivan for an attack.
• Tivan let Feeney leave and murmured that Feeney Hails had an unobservable future.

Feeney completed his deal with Tivan, received a hundred million on a Gold Card, and tested whether Pastorkas could handle it safely. As Feeney and Pastorkas walked through Knowhere, Feeney searched for something to buy but found nothing worthwhile.

• Under Selina's guidance, Feeney collected the remaining million, then gave Pastorkas the Gold Card to check and saw that Pastorkas could hold it safely.
• Pastorkas saw the card's hundred-million balance and fought back his greed, while nearby associates noticed his strange behavior and began planning to investigate.
• Feeney left with Pastorkas and promised to remove the thing from his body; he then told Tony and the others that the deal was done and revealed the hundred-million price.
• As they crossed lawless Knowhere, Feeney noticed people watching them and decided to test the Gold Card by buying something.
• Feeney browsed shops selling ships and weapons but found nothing he wanted to purchase.

Feeney bought space suits and flyers, then killed five would-be robbers with Explosion Magic, deepening Pastorkas's fear of him. While Feeney told Skye and the others about his hundred-million deal with Tivan, Pastorkas discovered his men planned to capture Feeney and force him to reveal how to remove their affliction.

• Feeney bought ten space suits and ten flyers with Tivan's Gold Card, confirming that he could use it to pay for things.
• Five armed men followed Feeney and tried to rob him, but his Explosion Magic burned them to charred husks, frightening Pastorkas.
• Feeney returned to the inn, gave Pastorkas instructions to check on the payment, and showed Skye and the others the Gold Card and explained his deal with Tivan.
• Pastorkas found his men plotting to capture Feeney and force him to reveal how they could be saved.

Pastorkas tried to keep his men from provoking Feeney while Tage arrived with an armed group and asked about the powerful stranger. Tage reconsidered attacking Feeney after learning that one of the four visitors had defeated Pastorkas’s entire force, but Pastorkas’s men still urged a fight.

• Pastorkas’s men proposed stopping Feeney from using his powers and taking back whatever they believed he had placed inside their bodies.
• Tage arrived with his men, questioned Pastorkas about Feeney and his deal with Tivan, and surrounded Pastorkas’s group.
• Pastorkas told Tage that Feeney had killed his men and that he had come with three companions to make a deal with Tivan.
• Pastorkas revealed that Feeney alone had defeated his force, making Tage reconsider going after him.
• Pastorkas’s men dismissed Feeney as beatable and insisted they could defeat him if they were more careful.

Tage and Pastorkas's men plotted to ambush Feeney for the fortune he had received from Tivan, but Pastorkas warned Feeney instead. As Feeney dealt with Pastorkas, Thanos's ship caught up with them at Knowhere.

• Tage threatened Pastorkas until he admitted Feeney had received ten million, and Tage agreed to help ambush Feeney.
• Pastorkas proposed leading Feeney into an ambush, but returned alone and told Feeney about the plan.
• Feeney questioned Pastorkas, then secretly stopped his heart again while pretending to remove the thing inside him.
• Thanos's men tracked Feeney's spaceship from Earth and finally caught up with it at Knowhere.

Taneleer Tivan investigated Feeney and ordered him followed, while Feeney freed Pastorkas and warned him to abandon banditry. Feeney then took Tony, Banner, and Skye shopping on Knowhere, where two groups began following them.

• Selina told Taneleer Tivan about Feeney, and Tivan ordered her to gather more information and have someone follow him.
• Feeney asked Pastorkas about his plans, warned him not to return to banditry, and let him leave Knowhere.
• Feeney told Tony, Banner, and Skye that he planned to eliminate Pastorkas's former men, but Banner objected to killing them.
• Feeney disguised the four of them and took them shopping around Knowhere, buying technology and other goods.
• As they prepared to return to their ship, Feeney noticed two groups following them and warned the others.

Feeney fought off multiple groups of would-be robbers on Knowhere, then destroyed an ambush with Explosion Magic. When Thanos’s men attacked Tony, Banner, and Skye’s ship, Skye disrupted their vessel before Feeney arrived and struck its shield, leaving the pursuit captain ordering his crew to kill him.

• Feeney sent Tony, Banner, and Skye into their Vibranium ship, then injured a group of robbers with Explosion Magic and flew off to deal with the ambush.
• Feeney followed Pastorkas’s directions to an abandoned factory and destroyed it with Explosion Magic, but gained little experience from the ambushers.
• Thanos’s men found Tony’s ship and attacked it, while Tony activated its defenses and Skye used her powers to shake the pursuing vessel.
• The pursuers activated a frequency-jamming shield, but Feeney arrived and weakened it with a blast of Explosion Magic.
• The captain ordered his crew to kill Feeney as their ship turned toward him.

Feeney and Skye destroy the pursuing ship, then leave Knowhere for Xandar as Thanos sends Gamora after them. During the journey, Skye grows jealous when she learns Feeney told Dr. Zhao who he was, but Feeney dodges her question about which woman is more beautiful by declaring himself the most beautiful.

• Feeney shatters the enemy ship's shield with Explosion Magic, and Skye uses her Shockwave Ability to tear the ship apart before Feeney destroys it with another blast.
• Feeney decides to leave Knowhere, and Tony sets their course for Xandar while Banner and Skye agree to go.
• Thanos learns his tracking team was wiped out and sends Gamora to capture the ship and its passengers, while assigning Nebula to gather intelligence about the Kree and Xandarian peace treaty.
• On the way to Xandar, Feeney praises Skye for helping destroy the enemy ship and reassures her about her powers.
• Skye asks why Feeney told Dr. Zhao his identity and learns he needed her help with the experiment that created Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch.
• Skye asks whether she or Dr. Zhao is more beautiful, and Feeney answers that he is the most beautiful.

Feeney and his companions arrived on Xandar, where the Nova Corps registered them and directed them to the city’s largest market. Meanwhile, Tivan searched for Feeney on Knowhere, and Gamora arrived there under Thanos’s orders and began investigating the battle.

• Feeney avoided discussing his feelings for Zhao Hailun with Skye, and they left Tony and Banner to work in the laboratory.
• Tivan watched footage of Feeney’s fight on Knowhere, recognized something on him, and ordered Selina to find his location.
• Feeney woke from an unsettling chill, then piloted the spaceship to Xandar with Skye, Tony, and Banner.
• The Nova Corps inspected and registered the four travelers, gave Feeney an identity card and law guide, and recommended Nova Plaza.
• Feeney led the exhausted Tony and Banner to a hotel near Nova Plaza while they admired Xandar’s peaceful streets.
• Gamora arrived alone on Knowhere to follow Thanos’s orders, heard about Feeney’s red magic circle and explosion, and felt that the report was familiar.

Gamora failed to find information about Feeney through ordinary means, so she went to Tivan and accepted his offer to capture Feeney alive for seven billion. She set out for Xandar, then contacted Thanos because she had no sure plan to capture Feeney.

• Gamora searched the factory and the wreckage of the destroyed spaceship but found no useful evidence or witnesses.
• Gamora met Tivan, who showed her footage of the battle and noticed her reaction when she recognized Feeney.
• Tivan offered Gamora five billion to bring Feeney to him alive, and Gamora raised the price to seven billion before accepting.
• Gamora left for Xandar, hoping to escape Thanos with the money and freedom the deal could bring.
• Gamora decided to ask Thanos for help wearing down Feeney and contacted him.

Thanos learned that Finney Hailsaiz was on Xandar with three Infinity Stones and ordered Gamora to investigate him without being discovered. Meanwhile, Finney and Skye explored Xandar, abandoned a restaurant after finding that Skye’s noodles were insect tails, and continued sightseeing while Finney planned to seek help from the Nova Corps.

• Gamora told Thanos that Finney Hailsaiz was on Xandar, and Thanos ordered her to investigate Finney’s purpose without alerting him.
• Thanos considered Finney a major threat and thought acquiring the Power Stone could improve his chances of taking Finney’s three Infinity Stones.
• Finney and Skye explored Nova Plaza and entered a restaurant to try alien food.
• Skye discovered that her bowl of noodles contained insect tails, so Finney paid for their untouched meal and took her outside.
• Finney gave Skye a Sumire’s Fried Chicken Roll, which helped her recover from the shock.
• Finney and Skye continued exploring Xandar, while Finney planned to contact Nova Prime about the Aether.

Feeney discovered Gamora following him on Xandar, knocked her unconscious, and questioned her after binding her with the Aether. He learned that Thanos had sent her to investigate him and that Thanos monitored ships leaving Earth, then considered what Gamora’s hatred of Thanos could mean for his plans.

• Feeney explored Xandar with Skye and tried to find a way to meet Nova Prime without attracting suspicion.
• Gamora arrived on Xandar, found Feeney with Tivan’s information, and followed him to learn what he was planning.
• Feeney recognized Gamora, ambushed her, and took her through a portal to the hotel, where he restrained and awakened her.
• Feeney used the Golden Great Deduction Technique to make Gamora reveal that Thanos had sent her and that his people monitored ships leaving Earth to keep the Infinity Stones’ location secret.
• Gamora admitted that she hated Thanos, leaving Feeney uncertain whether to use her against him or change the events surrounding the Soul Stone and the Guardians of the Galaxy.

Feeney learned that Thanos was monitoring him and might come for the Infinity Stones, so he recruited Gamora to investigate her father’s location and plans. Thanos told Gamora to stay close to Feeney and report back, while Feeney prepared Tony and Banner to leave at short notice and decided to seek help extracting the Aether sooner.

• Feeney persuaded Gamora to cooperate and asked her to find Thanos, learning that Ebony Maw had obtained information about him from captured Dark Elves.
• Feeney told Gamora about Thanos’s plan to eliminate half of all life and warned her not to betray his trust; she also revealed that Tivan had offered seven billion for information or goods.
• Feeney told Skye, Tony, and Banner that Thanos might come after him, described Thanos’s strength, and ordered them to stay ready to leave.
• Gamora contacted Thanos and reported finding Feeney; Thanos ordered her to remain with him, keep her distance, and report his movements.
• Gamora returned and told Feeney what Thanos had said, and Feeney decided to hurry his attempt to extract the Aether.

Feeney went to Nova Prime for help removing the substance inside his body, while Gamora chose to follow his ship in her own vessel. After Nova Prime learned Feeney was the Silver Knight, she came to the treatment room and found the examiners shocked by his energy.

• Feeney asked Gamora whether she would travel with his group, and she decided to follow in her own ship.
• Feeney used the Golden Great Deduction Technique to make a guard take him to Nova Prime, then asked her to help remove a substance from his body.
• Nova Prime sent Feeney to the treatment room and investigated his identity with her guards.
• A guard told Nova Prime that Feeney was believed to be the Silver Knight who had destroyed the Chitauri fleet.
• Nova Prime arrived at the treatment room and asked why the examiners were reacting with terror to Feeney's energy.

Nova Prime learned that the unknown energy inside Feeney could threaten Xandar, so she refused to risk removing it and apologized. Feeney accepted her decision and warned her that Ronan the Accuser would oppose Xandar’s peace agreement with the Kree Empire.

• Xandar’s scientists told Nova Prime that the growing energy inside Feeney could destroy the planet and that they could not safely remove it.
• Nova Prime apologized to Feeney and urged him to leave Xandar if they could not help him.
• Feeney reassured Nova Prime that he would leave if necessary, while keeping his knowledge that Kekkai Emperor could contain the Aether’s energy to himself.
• Feeney warned Nova Prime that Ronan the Accuser would fiercely oppose the peace agreement with the Kree Empire.
• Nova Prime thanked Feeney and said she would have someone watch Ronan.

Finney met Peter Quill on Xandar and realized the future search for the Power Stone might be within reach. He brought Peter aboard his ship and used the Golden Great Deduction Technique to ask about the Orb, but Peter said he knew nothing about it.

• After deciding to seek the Aether on Sovereign, Finney spotted Peter Quill carrying a Sony Walkman near the docking area.
• Finney and Peter recognized each other as Earthlings, and Finney invited Peter aboard his ship with the promise of Earth food and music.
• Finney introduced Peter to Skye, then asked what Peter planned to do next; the Golden Great Deduction Technique forced Peter to reveal he intended to ask Yondu for money.
• Finney commanded Peter not to move and questioned him about the Orb, but Peter denied knowing what it was and begged to be released.

Feeney forced Peter Quill to agree to lead him to the Orb in exchange for money, then secretly made him eat a roll that he claimed would keep him bound to the deal. Peter contacted Yondu afterward but concealed his predicament and decided to trust Feeney for now.

• Feeney restrained Peter and offered him five hundred thousand to take him to the Orb, and Peter accepted.
• Feeney made Peter eat a Sumire's Fried Chicken Roll, claiming it would keep him from breaking their deal, then paid him two hundred thousand in advance.
• Feeney told Skye that Peter was a superhero and explained that he wanted the Orb before Ronan could use it.
• Peter considered fleeing or getting a medical examination but decided to wait and see what Feeney would do.
• Peter called Yondu, learned Yondu knew he had been released from prison, and ended the call without explaining Feeney's deal.

Yondu headed for Xandar after Peter mentioned taking a job, while Peter discovered Feeney’s identity as the Silver Knight and reluctantly let Gamora stay aboard his ship. After Banner and Tony returned, Feeney explained that Nova Corps officers were watching him, and they discussed pursuing the Orb.

• Yondu worried about Peter’s new job and ordered his crew to take the ship to Xandar.
• Peter learned that Feeney was the Silver Knight, who had destroyed the Chitauri fleet alone.
• Gamora arrived at Peter’s ship on Feeney’s orders, and Peter let her stay while they cautiously questioned each other.
• Banner and Tony returned from shopping, and Banner reported that someone had followed them.
• Feeney identified the watchers as Nova Corps officers, explained his medical examination and Star-Lord, and Banner and Tony asked whether they would pursue the Orb.

Feeney left Xandar with Star-Lord and Gamora to search for the Power Stone on Morag while questioning Gamora about Thanos's forces. He learned how she discovered the Soul Stone's location, but its means of acquisition remained a problem.

• Feeney decided to pursue the Power Stone first and left Xandar aboard Star-Lord's Milano, with Tony and Banner departing in their own ship.
• Star-Lord began searching for Morag after Feeney identified it as the likely location of the Orb.
• Nova Prime watched Feeney leave, then returned to the peace treaty with the Kree Empire and worried about Ronan the Accuser.
• Feeney asked Gamora about Thanos's strongest followers, and she described the Black Order, Thanos's remaining troops, and warned that Thanos had asked Ronan to search for the Orb.
• Feeney revealed that he knew the Soul Stone was on Vormir, and Gamora admitted she had found a treasure map describing the Stone and its connection to the six Infinity Stones.