Chapter Summaries

Harrison Wells continued to obsess over Alex’s mysterious Tyrannomon transformation and sought a way to uncover his weakness. He brought Alex’s blood to Anna, hoping she could analyze its genes, and left her intrigued by the sample.

• Harrison Wells wondered why Alex had transformed into Tyrannomon and resolved to discover his secrets and kill him.
• Harrison Wells reflected that Alex’s presence had disrupted his plans to study The Flash and tightened his surveillance of Alex and Barry Allen.
• Harrison Wells took a jar of Alex’s blood, which he had obtained through the American military, and decided to have Anna analyze it.
• Harrison Wells watched Anna work in the biological genetics department before meeting her in her office.
• Harrison Wells showed Anna the sealed jar of Alex’s blood and told her she would be interested in its biological genes.

Alex brought Dragon King to the Temporary Relief Orphanage, where his presence helped nearly eight hundred children forget their grief and play. After three hours of entertaining them—and enduring intrusive attention from children and adults—Alex left to eat.

• Kara brought Dragon King to the Temporary Relief Orphanage and asked the children to behave.
• Children jumped from windows to reach Dragon King, and Alex and Kara caught them safely.
• Alex shrank to about twenty meters and let the children climb, slide, and play on his body.
• Kara hugged Alex’s belly while the children played, and reporters filmed the scene.
• Alex endured three hours of play and invasive attention without losing his temper for Kara’s sake, then went to get two legs to eat.

Lex Luthor attacked Alex after finding him with Lena, but Lena stopped her brother before he could shoot Alex. As Alex left Metropolis, a news report revealed that Dragon King was wanted for tearing off and eating two legs of the Three-Headed Divine Dragon in a military restricted zone.

• Lex Luthor blasted Alex out of the villa and attacked him with an energy cannon after discovering Alex had slept with Lena.
• Alex dodged Lex Luthor's shots and tried to explain himself, while Lena stepped between them and admitted she had been involved.
• Alex fled Lena Manor, caught a ride into downtown Metropolis, and wandered around before heading toward a Four Seasons Hotel.
• A news report announced that the American government and the White House had issued a wanted notice for Dragon King.
• A news anchor reported that Dragon King had entered the Metropolis Southern Suburbs Military Restricted Zone and eaten two legs of the Three-Headed Divine Dragon.

Zatanna and Madame Xanadu tracked Alex to the Four Seasons Hotel, where Zatanna planned to awaken her magical bloodline without involving him. Alex remained isolated in the suite, and someone knocked at his door.

• Madame Xanadu used a Tarot card to trace Alex to the Four Seasons Hotel and said he might help them.
• Zatanna sent Madame Xanadu to wait at Starbucks and went to see Alex alone, insisting her own magical bloodline could handle the danger.
• Alex sat in the presidential suite, feeling empty and unable to find anything he wanted to do.
• Alex explained to the system that he had lost happiness and initiative but still experienced negative emotions, which he suppressed through reason.
• Someone knocked on Alex's door.

Alex reunited with Zatanna and told her he could no longer feel love, while she hinted that a magical incident might offer a way to restore him. Hours later, Nimue Inwudu used Tarot cards to investigate Zatanna’s delay and reacted with alarm to her prediction.

• Alex welcomed Zatanna into his room and told her he had lost the ability to love anyone.
• Zatanna asked whether Alex had forgotten his feelings for her, and Alex said he remembered them but no longer felt them.
• Zatanna revealed that she had come to see Alex one last time but might have a way to make him normal again, then refused to let him join her dangerous magical affair.
• More than seven hours later, Nimue Inwudu waited for Zatanna at a Starbucks and used Tarot cards to check what was happening.
• Nimue Inwudu saw an abnormal flow on the first card, feared Zatanna was in danger, and sprang up in shock after turning over the second card.

Nimue Inwudu used tarot to check on Zatanna and discovered she was spending the day with Alex, whose blank future had already disrupted Zatanna’s destined path. The next morning, Alex woke beside Zatanna and wondered whether he had cuckolded Batman or Scarlet Witch.

• Nimue Inwudu feared that Zatanna’s future was becoming dangerously distorted because she had fallen for Alex, a man with no future in Nimue’s divinations.
• Nimue Inwudu flipped the final tarot card and saw The Lovers, realizing Zatanna was with Alex rather than in immediate danger.
• Nimue Inwudu called Zatanna after waiting more than seven hours, but Zatanna asked for more time and quickly hung up.
• The next morning, Alex saw blood on the bedding beside Zatanna and wondered whether he had cuckolded Batman or Scarlet Witch.

Zatanna awakened her Magic Bloodline after spending the night with Alex, then asked Nimue Inwudu to take her away so Alex would not be drawn into the dangers of the magical world. When Zatanna left him a letter, Alex called and ended their relationship after she refused to let him come with her.

• Zatanna awoke with magic power flowing through her and realized her Magic Bloodline had awakened.
• Zatanna called Nimue Inwudu and asked her to take her away without involving Alex in their dangerous plans.
• Alex brought homemade porridge and red date milk to the presidential suite, found Zatanna gone, and read her letter promising she would return safely.
• Alex called Zatanna, told her he was willing to share the danger despite no longer feeling the same way about her, and asked if she was sure she wanted to leave.
• Zatanna said she could not take Alex with her, so Alex told her never to come back to him and ended their relationship.

Steve Trevor won approval to establish Argus as a covert liaison between the American government and superheroes. Three hours later, Amanda Waller entered the Secretary of Defense's office to present her proposal to require metahuman registration.

• Steve Trevor presented his plan for a government organization to coordinate communications and logistical support for superheroes.
• The Secretary of Defense warned Steve that publicly supporting superheroes would undermine American law and authority.
• The Secretary of Defense approved a special organization to serve as the government's liaison with superheroes and handed Steve a document naming it Argus.
• Steve Trevor accepted the assignment and left the office excitedly with the Argus document.
• Amanda Waller entered the Secretary of Defense's office with a proposal to require metahumans to register their identities.

Amanda Waller learned that her superhuman registration bill had been delayed because superheroes’ popularity made direct action against them too risky. The government instead established Argus as a support organization, assigning Waller to help Steve Trevor build ties with superheroes and uncover their real identities.

• Amanda Waller met with the Secretary of Defense, who praised her superhuman registration proposal but said it had been put on hold.
• Amanda Waller argued that powerful, unsupervised superheroes threatened America and needed real-name registration and oversight.
• The Secretary of Defense explained that public protests over Dragon King's wanted status showed how difficult it would be to challenge superheroes while their prestige was high.
• The Secretary of Defense told Amanda Waller that the President had approved the creation of Argus to support superheroes and handle their communications and aftermath.
• The Secretary of Defense appointed Steve Trevor as Argus's supreme commander and transferred Amanda Waller to help him gain superheroes' trust and learn their true identities.

Alex returned to Central City to deal with Weather Wizard, a metahuman who had robbed Mid-City Bank. He met Betty and the Superpower Handling Team at the airport and learned that they had located the villain.

• Alex watched security footage of Weather Wizard robbing Mid-City Bank and judged that the police could handle him with a sniper.
• Alex flew from Metropolis to Central City, expecting not to intervene unless the Superpower Handling Team failed.
• Betty and four members of the Superpower Handling Team approached Alex at the airport, and he rebuked Betty for addressing him without his rank.
• Alex inspected the team's improved fitness and discipline, then asked whether they had found Weather Wizard.
• Betty told Alex that the team had confirmed Weather Wizard's location.

Alex ordered the Superpower Handling Team to kill Weather Wizard and kept Betty behind for a more important mission. At the airport, Jack revealed that he had become Central City's biggest underworld boss and warned Alex that a one-eyed man wanted to kill him.

• Alex ordered Matthew to lead the team in an immediate operation against Weather Wizard and told the squad to deploy without waiting for him in the future.
• Alex kept Betty behind, telling her she had a more important mission.
• Jack arrived at the airport with his men, publicly greeted Alex as his boss, and drew the attention of airport security.
• Jack told Alex he controlled a quarter of Central City and had become its biggest gang boss.
• Jack warned Alex that a one-eyed man wanted to kill him and said he had brought his men to protect him.

Alex learned that Deathstroke had exposed his identity as the power behind Jack and made a play for the gang's money. Jack explained how the revelation had strengthened his grip on Central City's underworld, leaving Deathstroke resentful and betrayed.

• Alex dismissed Jack's men and ordered Jack to explain how his identity had been exposed.
• Jack recounted how Deathstroke had helped him take over three districts and become Central City's leading gang boss.
• Deathstroke secretly examined the gang's accounts and demanded sixty percent of its funds, then publicly revealed Alex as Jack's backer.
• Jack admitted he had already told Deathstroke Alex's identity, regretted it, and hurried to bring people to protect Alex.
• After learning Alex backed Jack and belonged to Central City's First Brotherhood, Jack's followers rallied behind him, while Deathstroke resented the outcome.

Alex forced Jack to tell the truth about how Deathstroke helped him seize the Northwest District, then tried to use the Severed Hand Gang as a funding base. Deathstroke’s scheme to turn the underworld against Alex backfired, and he resolved to deal with Alex himself.

• Alex threatened Jack until Jack confessed that he had met the wounded Deathstroke after Bronze Tiger left and hired him to help take over the Northwest District.
• Deathstroke expanded the Severed Hand Gang across three districts, then discovered Jack could not withdraw its money because Alex controlled the gang’s finances.
• After learning Alex was Jack’s hidden backer, Deathstroke spread word that an inspector controlled the Severed Hand Gang and tried to turn the underworld against Alex.
• Jack admitted in a gang meeting that Alex backed him, and the gangsters cheered and rallied behind Jack instead of opposing him.
• Gang leaders investigated Alex’s police, First Brotherhood, and charity credentials, prompting many smaller groups to pledge allegiance to Jack.
• Furious that his plan had strengthened Jack’s position, Deathstroke decided to deal with Alex himself.

After Alex’s public association with Jack made his police career untenable, he accepted that he could leave the force and met Clarence Croning, the president of Universal Entertainment Company. Jack’s hopes of becoming a hip-hop star collapsed when Clarence greeted Alex instead, though Clarence later considered distributing some of Jack’s records.

• Alex realized that openly backing Jack had made it impossible for him to remain a police officer, and he accepted that his police service was finished.
• Jack waited to meet Clarence Croning, hoping the entertainment executive would help launch his music career.
• Clarence walked past Jack and greeted Alex as his boss, leaving Jack frozen with his hand outstretched.
• Alex ordered Jack to get lost, and Jack hurried away, mourning his lost chance at stardom.
• Clarence privately considered distributing some of Jack’s records and agreed when Alex told him Universal Entertainment should maintain the status quo.

Alex took Betty to a hidden warehouse to pass his Central City superhero identity on to her. After joking that her appearance made her a perfect fit for the combat armor, he led her into an underground passage, leaving her confused about what awaited below.

• Betty learned that Alex owned Universal Entertainment Company and controlled a multibillion-dollar charity fund, and she judged him harshly.
• Alex told Betty he planned to pass one of his identities on to her, intending to make her Central City's new Maid Warrior superhero.
• Alex and the elderly Black driver agreed that Betty's kind heart and flat chest made her a suitable armor host, angering her.
• The elderly driver brought Alex and Betty to a warehouse in the Bay Area and returned to his guard booth.
• Alex led Betty into a passage beneath the warehouse as its wall lamps lit up.

Alex revealed to Betty that he was Music Hero and offered her his equipment and the role of protecting Central City. Betty refused, convinced Alex's motives were untrustworthy.

• Alex led Betty into his armory, where she recognized Music Hero's Lightning Motorcycle and realized Alex was Music Hero.
• Alex gave Betty a black bodysuit and told her to inherit his position as Central City's hero.
• Alex said he had become a superhero for money and influence, but no longer needed the identity now that he was rich.
• Betty angrily rejected Alex's mercenary view of heroism and refused to become a superhero under his control.
• Alex said Betty could choose her own way of being a hero, but Betty remained suspicious and refused his offer.

Alex persuaded Betty to inherit his superhero identity by appealing to her desire to avenge her father, then outfitted her in a Maid Warrior armor suit. The suit proved so heavy that Betty could barely stand, and Alex said she needed Enhancement Serum to strengthen her body.

• Alex offered Betty his superhero identity and explained that he had chosen her because she wanted to find her father's killer.
• Betty agreed to become the next-generation superhero after Alex said he would leave the Superpower Handling Team.
• Betty changed into the black bodysuit and donned Alex's steel-blue and white armored Maid Warrior suit.
• Betty struggled under the suit's fifty-kilogram weight, and Alex said she needed Enhancement Serum.

Alex visited S.T.A.R. Labs to borrow genetics equipment so he could make Enhancement Serum for Betty, despite Harrison Wells urging him to focus on energy research. In the genetics department, Anna recognized Alex in photos Kathy showed her and told Kathy that her sister had lied.

• Alex arrived at S.T.A.R. Labs and told Harrison Wells he wanted to use the genetics department's equipment.
• Harrison Wells praised Alex's energy research and tried to persuade him to continue it, but Alex remained intent on genetics.
• Harrison Wells offered Anna's help, and Alex privately noted that Anna was his sister.
• Kathy showed Anna photos of a handsome man her sister claimed was her boyfriend, and Anna recognized Alex.
• Anna examined the photos, regained her composure, and told Kathy that her sister had lied.

Alex brought Harrison Wells to Anna’s office at S.T.A.R. Labs, where Kathy fled after realizing Alex was the man in her photo. Alex asked Anna to come home for dinner and make peace, but his lack of love or hatred left her stunned.

• Anna identified the background in Kathy’s photo as the S.T.A.R. Labs lobby, and Kathy decided to pursue Alex until Anna warned her that he was her brother.
• Alex entered Anna’s office with Harrison Wells and told Kathy she had no chance; Kathy blushed and hurried out.
• Harrison introduced Anna as the head of the Biological Genetics Department, and Alex confirmed that she was his sister.
• After Harrison left, Alex invited Anna home for Sunday dinner and asked to make up, saying that they were family.
• Alex reflected that he no longer felt love or hatred toward Anna, and Anna froze at his words.

Alex reconciled somewhat with Anna at S.T.A.R. Labs, where he discovered that scientists worldwide were studying Dragon King's blood. He used his own blood and Betty's blood to make Enhancement Serum with Anna's help, then left the lab.

• Alex chatted with Anna and decided to rebuild their sibling relationship gradually for the sake of family harmony.
• Anna guided Alex through the Biological Genetics Department and offered to assist with his research.
• Alex recognized the Dragon King's blood in a laboratory test tube and initially decided to kill Harrison Wells for studying it.
• Anna told Alex that the military had distributed Dragon King's blood to research institutions around the world, easing his suspicion of Harrison Wells.
• Alex sensed that the blood responded to his thoughts and encouraged it to cooperate with Anna, who felt a familiar connection to it.
• Alex and Anna made Enhancement Serum from Alex's blood and Betty's blood, and Alex left S.T.A.R. Labs.