Chapter Summaries

Alex went to the Central City Police Department to address rumors that he controlled the city's underworld, which had damaged the police force's reputation and put Director Mark under pressure. When Bert asked whether Alex backed Jack, Alex claimed Jack was his undercover agent.

• Alex left S.T.A.R. Labs with Betty's Enhancement Serum and headed to the Central City Police Department to get fired.
• Officers at headquarters whispered about Alex's alleged ties to Jack and the underworld, while Jenson asked Alex if the rumors were true.
• Alex realized that firing him could worsen the scandal, while keeping him in his post would prolong the damage to the police force.
• Jenson urged Alex to explain himself to Director Mark and reassured him that Bert still believed in him.
• Director Mark and Bert questioned Alex in the office, and Alex said Jack was actually his undercover agent.

Alex revealed that he controlled the Severed Hand Gang as an undercover agent, and Director Mark chose to keep the gang under police oversight rather than destroy it. Alex agreed to help repair the police department’s reputation while maintaining control of the gang.

• Director Mark and Bert were stunned to learn that Alex was the revered crime boss Jack and an undercover agent.
• Bert proposed immediately destroying the Severed Hand Gang to restore the police department’s reputation.
• Director Mark asked whether Alex could control the gang and argued that keeping it under control could prevent further violence and improve public safety.
• Alex confirmed that important gang members followed his orders and offered to share a list of troublesome members, arrange media help, and support a public statement.
• Alex proposed that police place undercover agents inside the gang while he retained control, and Director Mark approved the plan and promised to announce it at a press conference.

Director Mark used a press conference to counter rumors of police collusion by announcing a major crackdown on the Severed Hand Gang and issuing a wanted notice for Slade Joseph Wilson. Alex consolidated his influence over the gang and the police while Deathstroke watched the broadcast from hiding, preparing his weapon.

• Director Mark identified Deathstroke as the source of the rumors and announced that police had arrested more than 280 Severed Hand Gang members and seized over 300 million US dollars in criminal assets.
• Director Mark issued an A-level wanted notice for Slade Joseph Wilson and offered a 500,000 US dollar reward for confirmed information about him.
• Central City’s media coverage helped restore public confidence in the police, while Alex’s influence over the media helped the response proceed smoothly.
• Alex used the crackdown to remove disobedient gang members, place allies and undercover officers in vacant leadership positions, and strengthen Jack’s standing as the gang’s boss.
• Deathstroke watched the press conference from a safe house and loaded his Desert Eagle, remarking that the situation was interesting.

Betty tested the dramatic strength and muscular physique she gained from Alex’s Enhancement Serum, while Alex worried about Barry’s reaction when he woke up. After Betty donned her upgraded battle armor, Alex admired how it transformed her into a formidable warrior.

• Betty kicked an iron-sand-filled punching bag apart with a rapid series of No-Shadow Kicks.
• Alex watched Betty’s training and worried that Barry would blame him for changing the woman he loved.
• Betty showered, put on her Black Magnetic Bodysuit, and asked Alex about his strange expression.
• Alex explained how the bodysuit worked with the Exoskeleton Maid Battle Armor to improve Betty’s combat ability.
• Betty equipped the armor and Metal Greatsword, and Alex praised her warrior appearance.

Alex felt a faint return of basic emotion after turning Betty into the ideal Maid Warrior, giving the system hope that he might recover. He passed his superhero base and resources to Betty, then named Deathstroke her first target and offered to draw him out.

• Alex felt a brief flutter of satisfaction after completing Betty’s Maid Warrior armor, and the system grew hopeful that he could regain his emotions.
• Betty adjusted the armor, declined Alex’s offer of entrance music, and asked where she should begin her superhero work.
• Alex designated the base as Betty’s secret headquarters and assigned the old Black man to maintain it and train her.
• Alex showed Betty Deathstroke’s image and named the mercenary king as her first target.
• Betty accepted the mission and asked Alex to draw Deathstroke out while she protected him.

The Morse Family received Alex’s invitation to discuss the future of Central City’s underworld, and Patriarch Morse saw a chance to use Alex’s First Brotherhood connections to take his family legitimate. He rallied several criminal families into a temporary alliance, which agreed to offer Alex a hidden enemy as a gift: Deathstroke.

• The Morse Family head received Alex’s invitation to a meeting about Central City’s underground forces.
• Morse decided Alex’s First Brotherhood influence could help old criminal families go legitimate.
• Morse contacted allied families, and they agreed to support Alex in exchange for help leaving the underworld.
• The families formed a temporary alliance and decided to show goodwill by handing over the enemy they were hiding.
• The group chose Deathstroke as their gift to Alex.

Deathstroke learned that Boris feared the powerful force behind Alex and wanted to cancel their deal over the Severed Hand Gang. After reading an invitation to a meeting for Central City's underworld, Deathstroke decided to attend with Boris rather than abandon his mission.

• A caller warned Deathstroke to leave Central City because Alex's backing was more powerful than expected.
• Deathstroke refused to abandon his mission and disguised himself before visiting Boris's villa.
• Boris told Deathstroke that Alex was tied to a major power and that the Morse Family would not dare touch him.
• Boris explained that underworld figures across Central City had received invitations to a meeting and feared Alex planned to unite the underworld.
• Deathstroke insisted Boris attend the meeting with him, confident his mission would succeed.

Alex gathered Central City's gang bosses to discuss uniting the underworld, then exposed Deathstroke, who had entered disguised as Boris's bodyguard. Deathstroke refused to join Alex and attacked him, prompting Alex to order his men to beat Deathstroke.

• Seventeen gang bosses gathered at Alex's invitation, while three factions left their seats empty.
• Alex arrived with Betty and ordered that the Bernal Mafia, the Evans Family, and the Abbott Speedsters be dealt with.
• Alex revealed that Boris's bodyguard was Slade Joseph Wilson, also known as Deathstroke.
• Deathstroke removed his disguise and refused to join Alex's organization.
• Deathstroke charged at Alex with his katana, and Alex ordered his men to beat him.

Betty fought Deathstroke while Alex tried to secure the gang bosses’ agreement to favorable terms. The bosses accepted his proposal, but a dissenting voice emerged just as the meeting seemed settled.

• Betty used her armor and greatsword to fend off Deathstroke’s attacks as he fired at Alex, then fought him in earnest.
• Alex distributed documents to the unsettled gang bosses and told Betty and Deathstroke to continue their fight outside.
• Betty’s armor hurled Deathstroke through a wall, and the two resumed their destructive battle beyond the meeting hall.
• The Morse Family and other gang representatives accepted Alex’s terms, with some asking him to settle their members properly.
• An unnamed speaker objected, saying, “I disagree!”

Alex tried to bring Central City's gangs into legitimate businesses while taking control of the drug and arms trades, but Jacob Bellman refused to give up the Bloody Tomahawk Gang's criminal operations. Jacob challenged Alex to Russian roulette, and Alex agreed while demanding that every chamber be loaded.

• Jacob Bellman rejected Alex's offer and insisted that the Bloody Tomahawk Gang would keep dealing arms and drugs.
• Alex offered Jacob control of a mercenary corps while declaring that he would control Central City's drug trade and underground arms dealings.
• Jacob put a revolver with one bullet on the table and challenged Alex to Russian roulette.
• The other gang bosses protested Jacob's challenge and warned him not to threaten Alex.
• Alex accepted the challenge and told Jacob to load every chamber.

Jacob Bellman challenged Alex and the gang bosses to Russian roulette after they threatened to wipe out his Bloody Tomahawk Gang. Alex said he would take any bullet aimed at one of the bosses, and the first spin of the loaded revolver ended with its muzzle pointed at him.

• Jacob Bellman loaded the revolver as the gang bosses urged Alex not to play and offered to eliminate the Bloody Tomahawk Gang.
• The gang bosses united against Jacob Bellman, but he finished loading the revolver and proposed that everyone play with all six bullets inside.
• Alex said he would shoot himself if the revolver pointed at any of the gang bosses.
• Alex had Jacob Bellman spin the revolver, and it stopped with the muzzle pointed directly at Alex.

Alex faced a deadly Russian roulette shot during an underworld negotiation, while Jacob Bellman tried to undermine Alex’s leadership and the gang bosses’ plans to go legitimate. Alex caught the fired bullet with his Magnetic Psionics and left everyone stunned.

• Jacob Bellman urged Alex to withdraw from the game, while the gang bosses realized he was trying to weaken their trust in Alex.
• Alex refused to quit and held the revolver to his temple as the gang bosses pleaded with him to stop.
• Alex fired the revolver and used his Magnetic Psionics to slow and catch the bullet between his fingers.
• Alex flicked the unharmed bullet onto the table, leaving Jacob Bellman and the gang bosses speechless.

Alex caught bullets barehanded during the Russian roulette game, stunning the mob bosses and leaving Jacob Bellman facing the final round. Before Jacob could act, Deathstroke entered the hall after defeating Betty.

• Alex caught the bullet Jacob Bellman had fired at him, and the mob bosses urged Jacob to continue the game.
• The revolver pointed at the head of the Morse Family, and Alex caught another bullet before passing the gun back to Jacob.
• Alex caught bullets for three more mob bosses as the revolver landed on each of them in turn.
• During the final spin, Alex used Magnetic Psionics to turn the revolver so its muzzle pointed at Jacob Bellman.
• Deathstroke entered the hall in damaged armor and threatened that Jacob might be the one to die after defeating Betty by kicking her into the Undercity River.

Deathstroke defeated Betty and attacked Alex, who revealed his overwhelming power by punching Deathstroke through a wall and out onto the street. The chapter ended with Deathstroke’s fate unknown as the gang members watched Alex calmly withdraw his fist.

• Deathstroke entered the hall after defeating Betty, and nearly thirty pistols aimed at him.
• Jacob Bellman felt relief at Deathstroke’s arrival and considered joining him against Alex to avoid playing Russian Roulette.
• Alex judged the Maid Warrior’s performance against Deathstroke satisfactory and told Deathstroke he could kill him with one punch.
• Deathstroke charged Alex with his katana, but Alex dodged the strike and gathered Magnetic Psionics into his fist.
• Alex punched Deathstroke through the wall and out onto the street, leaving his fate unknown.

Alex consolidated his control over Central City's underworld while Deathstroke fled after being badly injured. Jack helped Deathstroke escape by yacht, then found a strange humanoid shark on the beach.

• Alex caught Jacob Bellman's Russian Roulette bullet, forcing Jacob and the Bloody Tomahawk Gang to submit.
• Alex arranged for gang members who wanted ordinary lives to receive treatment and those seeking battle to join a mercenary company, while Deathstroke escaped into the Undercity River.
• Betty became the superhero Battle Maiden and resumed hunting Deathstroke after he kicked her into the filthy river.
• Jack found Deathstroke hiding injured in his villa, treated him, and helped him leave Central City by yacht.
• After watching Deathstroke sail away, Jack discovered a humanoid shark lying on the beach.

Alex reviewed the ideas he needed to fulfill to regain his emotions and considered whether Harrison Wells might be Reverse-Flash, deciding to postpone acting without evidence. He planned to ask S.T.A.R. Labs to help build a Gundam, but Bert called with news that Barry had woken up.

• Alex crossed out the ideas of turning Betty into a superhero and ruling Central City's underworld because he had completed them.
• Alex considered killing Harrison Wells as a possible Reverse-Flash but decided he needed evidence before acting.
• Alex decided to have S.T.A.R. Labs help him build a Gundam while he kept investigating Wells.
• Bert called Alex and told him that Barry had woken up.

Barry woke from his coma in Central City Hospital, where Alex visited him as Barry struggled with a disturbing urge to kill his friend. Barry and Alex reconciled, and Betty arrived to find Barry awake, though her strikingly muscular transformation left him stunned.

• Barry awoke in Central City Hospital while Darryl Frye waited for his examination results.
• Alex visited Barry, who resisted his presence and questioned whether Alex was truly his friend.
• Alex assured Barry that they were friends, and the two ate apple in silence.
• Betty rushed into the room, hugged Barry, and celebrated that he had survived the lightning strike.
• Barry was astonished by Betty's muscular appearance, and Betty blamed Alex for her recent physical changes.

Disguised as Harrison Wells, Eobard Thawne planned to use Barry and the Speed Force but worried that Alex could thwart him. The chapter ended with Harrison Wells furious over Alex's email containing advanced Superluminal Engine manufacturing data.

• Harrison Wells watched Barry wake in the hospital and decided he could no longer wait to extract the Speed Force from him.
• Harrison Wells worried that Alex's power, connection to Barry, and role in killing Al Swan made him a threat to his plans.
• Harrison Wells considered testing Alex but hesitated, fearing that acting against him could lead to disaster.
• Harrison Wells received an email from Alex containing Superluminal Engine manufacturing data and materials information.
• Harrison Wells kicked over his wheelchair and roared that Alex had gone too far.

Alex designed a Superluminal Engine and a massive Gundam, assigning S.T.A.R. Labs and several corporations to manufacture its parts. Harrison Wells became furious when Alex's engine threatened his Speed Force research, and three days later Matthew called Alex with news about Weather Wizard.

• Alex emailed Harrison Wells a 657GB package of Superluminal Engine designs and ordered him to begin manufacturing it at S.T.A.R. Labs.
• Harrison Wells realized the project would interfere with his Speed Force devices, kicked over his wheelchair, and decided to deal with Alex.
• Alex designed a 200-meter Gundam and planned to have more than ten corporations manufacture its parts, with the framework expected to cost nearly fifteen billion dollars.
• Three days later, Matthew called Alex and reported that Weather Wizard had disappeared.

Alex investigated Weather Wizard’s disappearance from the old wing of Central City Hospital after the Superpower Handling Team captured him. Mona reported that Weather Wizard vanished in front of her, leaving Alex to suspect that another superpowered person had rescued him.

• Alex ordered the Superpower Handling Team to capture Weather Wizard, and Dillon shot him in the shoulder without killing him.
• The police took Weather Wizard to a guarded hospital ward, but he disappeared during Mona’s 5:30 a.m. inspection.
• Alex visited the hospital and asked Mona to describe Weather Wizard’s condition and the surroundings when he vanished.
• Mona said Weather Wizard’s body blurred before disappearing, his restraints fell onto the bed, and the air was dry with wind flowing backward.