Chapter Summaries

Stephanie oversaw the City of Immortals’ effort to transform Latveria through aid, education, and military reform, while Salomon questioned Victor von Doom’s ruthless attempt to eliminate religion among the guerrillas. In a mission recording, the Praetorian Guard and Wanda took control of Robbie Reyes from S.H.I.E.L.D., and Daisy Johnson asked to help investigate the laboratory threat.

• Stephanie coordinated supplies, staff, banks, schools, and propaganda for Latverian guerrillas as part of Salomon’s plan to reshape the country.
• Salomon secured Wakanda’s support for Latverian infrastructure and industry, and Victor von Doom agreed to lead the guerrillas’ political and military transformation.
• Victor von Doom purged religious fighters from the guerrillas, prompting Salomon to consider his regent’s extreme mental cleanliness.
• Stephanie watched an edited Praetorian Guard mission recording while Diana List attended to her.
• Constantine crushed Mike’s shotgun after Mike tried to stop the City of Immortals from taking Robbie Reyes, and Wanda declared that S.H.I.E.L.D. had no authority over the case.
• Daisy Johnson asked Wanda and the Praetorian Guard to let her and Fitz help stop the laboratory threat.

The City of Immortals took charge of the investigation after the Quinjet was destroyed, and Constantine assigned the team to separate tasks. Stephanie then reviewed the story of a pastor whose attempt to build a machine that could resurrect the dead had caused severe side effects among his patients.

• Wanda gave Daisy a healing potion, and Daisy drank it, recovered from her injuries, and said she was ready to fight.
• Fitz complained that the team had no transport and that Constantine’s size would draw attention, but Constantine said he would go directly to the mission site.
• Constantine told Wanda to take the jet bike, Daisy to transport Robbie, and Fitz and Mike to investigate the spirits near their base.
• Constantine warned Mike not to interfere with the mission and revealed that he had already hacked into the team’s communication channel.
• Stephanie reviewed the case of a former pastor who had used electricity to heal patients, causing harmful side effects while secretly building a machine to draw energy from the Outer Dimensions and resurrect the dead.

The chapter recounted the horrific consequences of Dan Jacobs’s experiments and explained why Kamar-Taj treated the Darkhold as an even greater threat. Robbie Reyes woke at home after collapsing, and Wanda demanded his help finding what had vanished from the energy laboratory and a contract with the Spirit of Vengeance.

• Stephanie read Salomon’s account of Dan Jacobs’s patients, whose recoveries led to madness and horrific violence after exposure to forces behind the Veil of Reality.
• Jamie accepted Kamar-Taj’s protection, donated his inheritance, and vowed never to speak about the incident again.
• The chapter explained that the Praetorian Guard was pursuing the Darkhold, which posed a greater danger than The Secret of the Worms.
• Robbie Reyes woke in his room with Gabe, Daisy Johnson, and Wanda nearby, then sent Gabe out so he could speak with the women.
• Wanda told Robbie that they needed to find what had disappeared from the energy laboratory and demanded a contract with the Spirit of Vengeance to prevent further danger to Gabe and others.

Wanda Maximoff and Daisy Johnson secured permission to visit Elias Morrow and prepared to help Robbie Reyes with his supernatural problem. Meanwhile, Dr. Radcliffe hid Aida as S.H.I.E.L.D. arrived at his home.

• Wanda Maximoff told Daisy Johnson that they had obtained visitation clearance for Elias Morrow at South Ridge Prison.
• Robbie Reyes insisted that Gabe Reyes stay focused on school and agreed to go with Wanda and Daisy to visit the prison.
• Robbie Reyes could not hear Daisy Johnson say Salomon's name and saw a fleeting vision of a flaming skull.
• Dr. Radcliffe prepared to put Aida into sleep mode and concealed her in a hidden room as S.H.I.E.L.D. arrived.

Constantine monitored Dr. Radcliffe’s home while Melinda May was brought there for treatment after being possessed by spirits. He prepared to infiltrate the residence and investigate her symptoms, while Fimbulwinter squads mobilized for operations nearby.

• Constantine used a drone to watch S.H.I.E.L.D. bring the possessed Melinda May to Dr. Radcliffe’s home, where Jemma Simmons sedated her with repeated doses.
• Nick Fury criticized Coulson and Radcliffe over the operation, but Constantine reminded him that he was an intelligence analyst and could not issue orders.
• Nick Fury explained that the Praetorian Guard had recruited intelligence personnel independently and that he could review information but not make decisions.
• Constantine ordered surveillance around Radcliffe’s home and learned that Fimbulwinter squads were preparing to deploy for operations in Los Angeles.
• Constantine refused to bring May to the City of Immortals and waited for the combat squads before infiltrating Radcliffe’s residence to install surveillance equipment.

Nick Fury directed the Praetorian intelligence officers while Constantine reviewed Robbie Reyes’s prison call, which revealed that Elias Morrow had helped build a Particle Generator. Wanda Maximoff took the receiver to question Elias about the machine and what he had witnessed.

• Nick Fury reflected on Agent Coulson’s surrender of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s files and followed Salomon’s orders despite being kept in the dark about the mission.
• Constantine received the call records of Wanda Maximoff, Daisy Johnson, and Robbie Reyes from South Ridge Prison and reviewed Robbie’s conversation with Elias Morrow.
• Robbie Reyes asked Elias Morrow about Dr. Lucy Bauer and the reason Elias had attacked her husband, Joseph.
• Elias Morrow explained that he and Lucy Bauer had led a private think tank project to build a Particle Generator that seemed to create something from nothing.
• Wanda Maximoff took the receiver and began questioning Elias about the machine and what he had seen.

Wanda and Robbie investigated the Darkhold’s connection to the deaths surrounding The Machine, while Nick Fury and Constantine learned that Joseph Bauer had unexpectedly awakened. Mike then told Agent Coulson that Daisy was alive and involved with the City of Immortals, warning him not to interfere.

• Wanda explained to Elias Morrow that The Machine’s experiments exacted a price, and Elias revealed that the research team had read the Darkhold before they died.
• Elias told Wanda and Robbie that Lucy Bauer might be searching for the Darkhold, and warned them that the book was evil.
• Nick Fury told Constantine that Joseph Bauer had awakened from his coma, prompting Constantine to move the Fimbulwinter First Secret Regiment to surveil Dr. Holden Radcliffe’s residence.
• Wanda urged Robbie to stay behind while agents arranged Elias’s release, but Robbie insisted on helping clear his uncle’s name.
• Mike privately told Agent Coulson that he had seen Daisy and that she remained with the City of Immortals, then warned Coulson to leave the dangerous matter to them.

Mike agreed to join Agent Coulson's covert mission to stop the City of Immortals and Salomon from causing civilian casualties, while insisting the Avengers serve as backup. Meanwhile, Constantine and Nick Fury concluded that Lucy Bauer had visited her comatose husband to find a book, and prepared to wake Joseph Bauer.

• S.H.I.E.L.D.'s surveillance identified Robbie Reyes, Elias Morrow, and South Ridge Prison, and Mike realized Wanda Maximoff's City of Immortals had already investigated the prison.
• Coulson persuaded Mike to join a secret mission aboard Zephyr One and promised to contact Tony Stark and Captain America for backup.
• Mike asked for twenty minutes to speak with Yo-Yo before leaving, and Coulson told him the team had prepared his equipment and beer.
• Constantine examined Joseph Bauer and found signs that he had struggled after being heavily sedated.
• Nick Fury and Constantine deduced that Lucy Bauer had visited Joseph to find a book, so Constantine prepared to wake him.

Constantine woke Joseph Bauer to question him about Lucy Bauer and a book she was seeking, but Joseph was murdered before Mike and Coulson reached him. Constantine told Wanda that Lucy was still at large and that Elias Morrow was her only enemy.

• Constantine injected Joseph Bauer with a stimulant and questioned him about Lucy Bauer and the book, learning that Lucy had gone where Joseph found it.
• Mike and Coulson arrived at the hospital and discovered Joseph Bauer's decapitated body in his ward.
• Coulson secured the crime scene and examined the body, noting scorch marks and signs that advanced equipment had cut through the bed and Joseph's neck.
• Wanda demanded that Constantine explain why he had killed Joseph, and Constantine told her that Lucy was still at large and Elias Morrow was her only enemy.

Wanda and Constantine discussed the corrupted Joseph Bauer and the lead involving Lucy Bauer, while Wanda told Robbie Reyes about her teacher, Salomon. At his estate, Salomon discussed the progress and manpower problems of the City of Immortals’ plans in Latveria and his need to secure Wakanda’s industry.

• Constantine told Wanda that Joseph Bauer’s soul had been corrupted by the Darkhold and that he had died as an act of mercy, then explained that Salomon had left the command line.
• Wanda left the hospital with Robbie Reyes, who teased her about how fondly she spoke of Salomon, and she began recounting her history with her teacher.
• Bayonetta asked Salomon about Latveria, and he admitted that the City of Immortals lacked manpower and still needed to organize the guerrillas.
• Salomon reflected that the City of Immortals needed to take Wakanda to overcome its dependence on outside basic industry, and he hoped Natasha Romanoff would apply more pressure.

Salomon pulled Lorna Dane from a drug-filled party and warned her to stay away from drugs and the people selling them, then went after her dealer without his weapons. Meanwhile, Constantine and Nick Fury infiltrated a S.H.I.E.L.D. base to retrieve technology needed by the City of Immortals.

• Salomon rescued Lorna Dane from a party and lectured her about drugs before driving her to confront her dealer.
• Lorna persuaded Salomon to leave his gun behind and use only his fists to teach the dealer a lesson.
• Nick Fury questioned Constantine about Salomon’s absence from the City of Immortals while they infiltrated a S.H.I.E.L.D. base.
• Constantine explained that the lattice material in laboratory boxes could stabilize a caster’s connection to the Outer Dimensions and that he needed its manufacturing method for the City of Immortals.
• Constantine warned Nick Fury that he would kill nearby S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents if Fury kept distracting him.

Salomon retrieved the cabinet-lining material he needed and spared a struggling family of drug dealers, but Lorna took offense at the brownies they sold him and attacked them. The chapter ended with Salomon questioning how Lorna had become such an expert at tasting marijuana brownies.

• Salomon obtained the lattice material and left the house without harming the family, explaining that they sold drugs to survive.
• Salomon revealed that he had paid Mrs. Doris three thousand dollars for marijuana brownies, which Lorna tasted and found disgusting.
• Lorna charged back into the alley and hurled the brownie at Phil, hitting him in the head.
• Salomon praised Lorna for standing up for him, then asked how she had developed such skill at tasting marijuana brownies.
• Lorna turned pale and exclaimed, "Oh shit!"

Salomon confined Little Lorna to the manor for a month to keep her away from soft drugs, while Bayonetta tried to make her take medicine and complete sewing work. The chapter ended with Bayonetta exhausted by their arguments and wondering how they would raise a daughter in the future.

• Salomon explained to Jeanne that he had arranged Little Lorna’s leave from school and was keeping her at the manor to help her quit soft drugs.
• Bayonetta tried to persuade Little Lorna to drink her medicine and do sewing work, but Lorna refused and threatened to climb into Salomon’s bed.
• Salomon recalled taking Little Lorna for Chicago-style Beef and then to the Avengers base, where he got Captain America’s autograph for her.
• Salomon told Jeanne he had visited Steve Rogers to discuss persuading him to fight for humanity and its future.
• Bayonetta gave up arguing with Little Lorna, joined Salomon and Jeanne on the lawn, and complained that teenagers were difficult to handle.

Constantine described the brutal process that made him a Praetorian Guard while searching through S.H.I.E.L.D.'s stored artifacts. Meanwhile, Daisy Johnson prepared to deceive Jemma into viewing an apartment so she could access S.H.I.E.L.D.'s management system, and she greeted Jemma as she arrived.

• Constantine told Bayonetta and Nick Fury that he alone survived his Praetorian Guard training cohort and explained how the Sovereign shaped his body and mind.
• Nick Fury questioned whether Constantine had any desires or independent thoughts, but Constantine said he had been educated to think and advise the Sovereign.
• Constantine searched S.H.I.E.L.D.'s sealed crates, found the Berserker Staff, and resisted its rage-inducing magic.
• Constantine contacted Daisy Johnson and asked whether she had managed to arrange access to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s management system.
• Daisy explained that she had arranged a tempting apartment viewing to bring Jemma there, then greeted Jemma when she arrived.

Constantine searched S.H.I.E.L.D.’s warehouse while his team uncovered plans to retrieve Elias Morrow, and Jemma Simmons worried that her secrets would be exposed in a lie detector test. Wanda Maximoff and Robbie Reyes raced toward South Ridge Prison, where S.H.I.E.L.D. was already headed.

• Daisy Johnson secured access to the warehouse, and Constantine ordered the Intelligence Department to screen its contents while keeping her uninformed.
• Jemma Simmons returned to the S.H.I.E.L.D. base and argued with Fitz about his secrets as she dreaded her routine lie detector test.
• Constantine told Wanda Maximoff that S.H.I.E.L.D. was sending agents to South Ridge Prison to take Elias Morrow, who might know about the Darkhold, and urged her to hurry.
• Wanda told Robbie Reyes that S.H.I.E.L.D. was heading to the prison and that Constantine wanted them to ignore terrorists targeting Inhumans.
• Robbie chose a faster route and promised they would reach South Ridge Prison before S.H.I.E.L.D.’s agents.

Wanda Maximoff and Robbie Reyes entered South Ridge Prison with Coulson’s S.H.I.E.L.D. team to reach Elias Morrow, while Coulson tried to coordinate with Wanda and learn about Salomon’s mission. Lucy Bauer unleashed the prisoners she had affected, and Robbie transformed into Ghost Rider as the prison corridor filled with ash.

• Coulson met Wanda and Robbie outside South Ridge Prison and proposed that they work together.
• Wanda warned Coulson that Salomon had foreseen the situation and told her to stop him from pursuing the book.
• Coulson gave Wanda mind-stabilizing syringes and suggested that they coordinate with invisible earpieces.
• Wanda and Robbie entered from the east while Coulson and May advanced from the west toward Elias Morrow’s cell.
• Lucy Bauer opened the cells of prisoners she had affected, and Robbie burned her companion and fought back the advancing mob.
• Robbie transformed into Ghost Rider in front of Elias, leaving the prison filled with ankle-deep cremated remains.

S.H.I.E.L.D. searched South Ridge Prison after Robbie Reyes, Wanda Maximoff, and Elias Morrow vanished amid a deadly riot, while Daisy Johnson rode a low-orbit flight with Constantine toward a rendezvous with the team. The chapter ended with Daisy refusing to return and arguing with Constantine aboard the transport.

• Coulson and May entered South Ridge Prison and found the aftermath of the riot, while Mike sent Fitz’s drones to track Wanda and Robbie through the corridors.
• Stephanie Malik read about the prison operation and resented the costs S.H.I.E.L.D. had left the City of Immortals to cover.
• Daisy boarded Constantine’s Assault Transport, which launched into low orbit and left her recovering from the takeoff.
• Constantine told Daisy that Wanda had joined the S.H.I.E.L.D. team and that he was taking her there to rendezvous.
• Daisy refused to return, and Constantine teased her about her rebellious phase before warning that opening the ramp would leave her to freeze in low orbit.

Mike received Daisy Johnson after the City of Immortals’ aircraft dropped her at Zephyr One, and he ordered the agents to let her rest until Agent Coulson returned. Meanwhile, Salomon tried to enjoy his vacation with Bayonetta, who urged him to stop feeling guilty about taking time off.

• Mike recognized the aircraft that brought Daisy Johnson as a craft belonging to the City of Immortals and told the agents to let her rest until Agent Coulson returned.
• Salomon reviewed the City of Immortals’ passenger comfort issues and proposed designing clothes that would help prevent ordinary passengers from getting sick.
• Bayonetta interrupted Salomon’s work at their estate and persuaded him to relax with her instead of worrying about dinner and his duties.
• After spending the evening together, Bayonetta told Salomon to stop tormenting himself because he worked every day.

Salomon planned to recruit Morgan le Fay while managing the consequences of Victor von Doom’s harsh policies in Latveria. After hearing Salomon’s concerns, Victor moved to stop guerrilla executions and keep the liberation movement aligned with broader human goals.

• Bayonetta called Wu Guiyue daily to ask whether The Venerable One had returned, while planning with Jeanne to dissuade Salomon from negotiating with Morgan le Fay.
• Salomon prepared to approach Morgan le Fay not only for information about the Darkhold but also to recruit her, with the Sorcerer Supreme’s tacit approval.
• Salomon reviewed reports from Latveria and decided the City of Immortals should bring reformable members of the former privileged class back for education rather than let Victor von Doom execute them.
• Marek Koletszky demanded that the guerrillas kill a returning member of the former elite, while Victor von Doom observed the dispute between the commanders and a City of Immortals propagandist.
• Victor von Doom accepted Salomon’s warning and resolved to govern the guerrillas personally, halt the atrocities, and steer Latveria beyond its hatred of the upper class.

Victor von Doom confronted Marek Koletszky’s demand for revenge and explained that Latveria’s struggle required ideals and justice rather than vengeance. Marek rejected Victor’s offer of forgiveness, but Pavel Kolteski and other commanders betrayed him and stabbed him.

• Marek Koletszky demanded that Latveria execute the old bourgeoisie and punish the imprisoned woman’s family, while Victor von Doom listened without reacting.
• Marek accused Victor von Doom of seeking to become a king, and Victor argued that the guerrilla commanders should fight for future generations and pass on ideals rather than anger.
• Victor von Doom said he admired Marek Koletszky and would forgive him if he continued fighting under headquarters’ orders.
• Marek Koletszky spat on Victor von Doom’s breastplate and refused to accept another master.
• Pavel Kolteski and commanders Scherwinski, Berezovsky, and Zhebrowski stabbed Marek Koletszky from behind, and Marek recognized his nephew among them.