Recaps

Dilos Sullivan tracked down and killed Ian Boss, uncovering his ties to Hydra and capturing Crusher Creel, the Absorbing Man. He brought Creel to his laboratory to investigate whether her ability could let him transform his body into Adamantium or Vibranium.

• Ian Boss learned that Dilos had killed or captured his agents and targeted his allies, then Dilos killed him in his villa.
• Dilos searched Ian’s memories and discovered that Ian was a Hydra member and learned secrets about Hydra’s leaders.
• Dilos found Crusher Creel, who had been hidden and brainwashed by Ian, and knocked her unconscious despite her steel form.
• Dilos teleported Creel to his laboratory and prepared to study her ability to mimic materials, hoping to make his body resemble Adamantium or Vibranium.

After Dilos killed several Security Council representatives and other powerful figures, the U.S. government and S.H.I.E.L.D. scrambled to prevent a war. At his Isla Sorna laboratory, Dilos enhanced Creel and tested his ability to mimic increasingly durable metals, before receiving a message from Nick Fury asking him to go to S.H.I.E.L.D.

• President Dean learned that dozens of senators and hundreds of military officers had vanished and ordered an emergency meeting with government and S.H.I.E.L.D. leaders.
• Nick Fury learned that the Russian, French, and American Security Council representatives had been killed and worried their deaths could trigger a major war.
• Nick Fury prepared materials for the White House meeting, ordered Hill to contact Dilos, and decided the troublemakers needed to be stopped.
• Dilos injected Creel with an enhancement serum made from the Heart-Shaped Herb and Ancestor Corvinus's Perfect Blood, greatly increasing his physical abilities.
• Dilos tested Creel's metal-mimicking power against Gatling fire, Carbonadium bullets, and Adamantium bullets, confirming that the experiment met his requirements.
• Dante informed Dilos that Nick Fury had asked him to come to S.H.I.E.L.D.

Dilos confronted the United States’ leaders at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters after killing the officials who had plotted against him. He threatened to destroy the country’s military and kill their families unless they let the matter go, leaving President Dean to face Dilos’s ultimatum.

• Nick Fury and the United States’ leaders argued over how to deal with Dilos, rejecting proposals ranging from nuclear weapons to capturing his friends.
• Dilos entered the conference room, transformed into a monstrous form, and announced that the missing officials were dead.
• Dilos warned that he could find anyone on Earth and destroy the United States’ military within hours, adding that the Ancient One would not stop him in time.
• President Dean tried to calm Dilos and called the situation a misunderstanding.
• Dilos said the leaders had two choices: let the incident go or face his attack, which would end with their families being killed.

Dilos forced the United States leadership to accept his demands by threatening the country and the families of those who had targeted him. After reaching a temporary agreement, he thanked S.H.I.E.L.D. for its support and offered it a discount on his enhanced combat suits.

• Dilos threatened to destroy the United States and punish its leaders unless they backed down, prompting President Dean to accept his demands on their behalf.
• Dilos warned the leaders that any future attempt to target him would bring severe retaliation, and they agreed to his terms.
• Dilos ended the video call and returned to normal, then greeted Alexander Pierce, Nick Fury, and Maria Hill.
• Nick Fury praised Dilos's approach, and Dilos thanked him for S.H.I.E.L.D.'s support during the standoff.
• Dilos offered S.H.I.E.L.D. a thirty percent discount on the enhanced suits he sold them.

Dr. Connors struggled to develop a serum compatible with Dilos’s triple-helix DNA, after dangerous experiments produced rapidly mutating creatures and other threats. Dante delivered Dilos’s theories about using the Venom Suit as a genetic bridge, leaving Connors excited that the ideas might solve the problem.

• Dr. Connors discovered that Dilos’s DNA had changed from a double helix into a triple helix, making the new serum difficult to develop.
• Dr. Connors’s simulations failed to combine Dilos’s DNA with foreign species, and his radiation-assisted experiments created dangerous, rapidly mutating organisms.
• Dr. Connors stopped practical experiments and focused on virtual simulations because the failed products threatened the base and potentially the Earth.
• Dante gave Dr. Connors information from Dilos about constructing triple-helix DNA and improving genetic implantation.
• Dr. Connors read Dilos’s proposal to use the Venom Suit’s genes as a molecular bridge and praised him as a genius.

Dilos searched the Arctic for Captain America while Barry investigated a strange explosion in Central City and suspected a Mutant was responsible. After three days of searching, Dilos discovered a massive object encased in ice.

• Dilos continued searching the Arctic with his high-tech goggles and asked his team to monitor S.T.A.R. Labs satellites for news.
• Barry found no bomb residue at a blasted building, leading him and Joe West to suspect a Mutant had caused the explosion.
• Eddie reported that a witness had seen a beautiful red-haired woman, and Barry decided to contact the Superpowered Guard Team through S.T.A.R. Labs.
• After searching nonstop for three days and nights, Dilos came upon a massive ice-covered object and reacted with shock.

Dilos discovered and collected two enormous mechanical dinosaur remains, realizing that Transformers existed on Earth. In Central City, Qin Jiayin decided to secretly find and capture the Mutant before General Eiling's military could take him.

• Dilos examined two metal dinosaur remains and recognized the mechanical one as a Transformer, while deducing that the other had been transformed by a Seed bomb.
• Dilos shrank and stored both remains, then decided to search Coulson and Nick Fury's memories for evidence of past contact with Transformers.
• Barry told Qin Jiayin and the Superpowered Guard Team that General Eiling wanted the military to take over the bombing case involving a Mutant.
• After Barry left, Qin Jiayin agreed with Cisco Ramon's concerns that Eiling might weaponize the Mutant's powers and ordered Cisco to locate the Mutant.
• Qin Jiayin assigned herself, Cecilia, and Kuya to capture the Mutant swiftly and secretly while the rest of the team waited at S.T.A.R. Labs.

Qin Jiayin's team tracked down Bette Sans Souci while Dilos searched a buried aircraft in the Arctic and found the still-living Captain America. The chapter left Dilos thawing Steve Rogers and infusing him with his true essence.

• Cisco hacked the police database, identified Bette Sans Souci, and found her address in Central City.
• Qin Jiayin's team disguised themselves in black suits and helmets, then Cisco located Bette at a retired military doctor's home.
• Qin Jiayin, Kuya, and Cecilia teleported to the location Cisco had found.
• After seven days of searching the Arctic, Dilos entered a buried aircraft and discovered Captain America frozen in ice.
• Dilos cleared the snow, cut away the ice surrounding Steve Rogers, and infused him with his true essence.

Dilos stabilized Captain America and brought him to Coulson, where S.H.I.E.L.D.’s medical team began treating him. Unable to read Coulson’s memories because a dangerous crimson energy cluster blocked them, Dilos left for Hoover Dam to try another approach.

• Dilos used his enhanced telepathy to locate Coulson, then teleported to him with the stabilized Captain America.
• Coulson recognized Captain America and called in S.H.I.E.L.D.’s medical team to treat him.
• Dilos tried to read Coulson’s memories but withdrew when he found a crimson energy cluster that could kill Coulson if disturbed.
• Dilos teleported away and arrived at Hoover Dam, where he armored himself and shrank to ant size.

Dilos infiltrated Hoover Dam and found the AllSpark, then went searching for the dormant Cybertronian life energy he suspected belonged to Megatron. He discovered a giant, friendly-looking robot frozen by cooling jets instead, and questioned where the promised Megatron was.

• Dilos shrank himself, disabled Hoover Dam's detection devices, and evaded its staff to search the facility at super speed.
• Dilos reached the dam's lowest level and found the enormous AllSpark, but hesitated to use Pym Particles on it.
• Dilos sensed dormant, nonhuman life energy through a wall and suspected it belonged to Megatron.
• Dilos phased through the wall into a hangar and found a giant robot frozen by jets blasting cold air.
• Dilos doubted the friendly-looking robot was Megatron and wondered where the Megatron he had expected was.

Dilos identified the frozen Transformer as NBE-1 and stole S.H.I.E.L.D.’s files on it. After he triggered a failure in the hangar’s cryogenic systems, NBE-1 awakened and called for Thundercracker.

• Dilos found that S.H.I.E.L.D. had extracted data from the damaged Transformer and used its technology to develop advanced weapons and systems.
• Dilos hacked S.H.I.E.L.D.’s supercomputer and learned that NBE-1 was an Antarctic discovery whose machinery could regenerate and required energy to function.
• Dilos frightened a control-room worker into fleeing, disrupting the hangar’s power and cryogenic systems.
• NBE-1 warmed up, its eyes lit red, and it absorbed data through the cable in its neck.
• NBE-1 learned human language and culture, then ordered Thundercracker to report back.

Dilos used telekinesis to protect the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and analyzed Thundercracker’s devastating energy weapons. After returning to normal size, he confronted the Decepticon with a provocative question about Megatron.

• S.H.I.E.L.D. special-operations members fired at Thundercracker, but their energy beams only scorched his armor.
• Thundercracker transformed his arm into a cannon and aimed at the agents, while Dilos tore loose nearby mechanical arms with telekinesis.
• Dilos used the arms to shield the agents from Thundercracker’s blast and guided them into exit passages before collapsing the entrances between them and Thundercracker.
• Dilos determined that Thundercracker’s energy beams could vaporize superalloy and realized he needed to reassess the strength of other Transformers.
• Dilos enlarged himself, approached Thundercracker, and asked how long it had been since he last docked with Megatron.

Dilos demonstrated overwhelming strength against Thundercracker, surviving his full barrage and defeating him with a slap. He then cornered Thundercracker beside the AllSpark and demanded that he shrink it, threatening him with forced docking if he refused.

• Thundercracker attacked Dilos after taking offense at his use of the word “docking,” but Dilos stopped his punch with one finger.
• Thundercracker unleashed his mounted weapons at Dilos, then assumed the barrage had killed him when Dilos disappeared from sight.
• Dilos reappeared beside Thundercracker and slapped him through a wall, leaving him badly hurt and desperate to flee.
• Dilos blocked Thundercracker’s escape and revealed the AllSpark floating behind him.
• Dilos ordered Thundercracker to shrink the AllSpark and threatened to force him to dock with other Cybertronians if he refused.

Dilos forced Thundercracker to help shrink the AllSpark, then used telepathy to probe his memories and discovered that the Decepticon spacecraft Pioneer was hidden on Earth. He took control of Thundercracker and ordered him to conceal his identification signal and explain how to shield Transformer and AllSpark radiation.

• Thundercracker accepted Dilos’s demands after Dilos threatened to use him to produce dozens of Transformer hatchlings each year.
• Thundercracker activated the AllSpark and transformed it into a compact metal cube, which Dilos took with telekinesis.
• Dilos vanished and used telepathy to immobilize Thundercracker, overcoming the resistance of his mental sphere with true essence.
• Dilos scanned Thundercracker’s memories and learned that the Pioneer remained hidden somewhere on Earth.
• Dilos ordered Thundercracker to block his identification signal and explain how to shield radiation from Transformers and the AllSpark.

Dilos and Thundercracker searched Death Valley for the crashed Pioneer, whose wreckage had been buried for tens of thousands of years. Dilos found one half of the ship about ten kilometers underground and phased into the earth to reach it.

• Dilos used an improved Shrink Gun to reduce Thundercracker to a tiny size and carried him to the Pioneer’s crash site in Death Valley.
• Thundercracker explained that the Pioneer had split into two halves, that this half was buried underground, and that its depleted power prevented it from sending signals.
• Dilos used Magneto’s magnetic-field sensing ability to locate the buried wreckage roughly ten kilometers below them.
• Dilos switched to a traversal battle suit with Shadowcat’s abilities and phased underground, taking Thundercracker with him.

After learning that Earth had hidden Energon deposits and that Cybertronian ships would soon arrive, Dilos questioned Thundercracker about the Pioneer’s technology and capabilities. He then set out for Wakanda to secure its Vibranium before the Decepticons could claim it.

• Thundercracker told Dilos that Earth’s Energon deposits lay deep underground and that Cybertronian factions would soon arrive.
• Dilos ordered Thundercracker to address him as Your Majesty and asked about the Pioneer’s equipment, including its GroundBridge, Space Bridge, and Locking Staff.
• Thundercracker explained the Pioneer’s technology and mentioned a learning device that might teach humans, though he did not know whether it would work on them.
• Dilos took Thundercracker to Wakanda to harvest its Vibranium before the Decepticons arrived.

Nick Fury and Coulson suspected Dilos Sullivan had stolen Wakanda’s Vibranium, while Dilos returned to Isla Sorna with Thundercracker and began planning to repair the Pioneer using the AllSpark. He entered the damaged ship, uncertain whether its artificial intelligence could be trusted.

• Nick Fury told Coulson that Wakanda’s Vibranium had been stolen, and Coulson concluded that a large quantity was missing.
• Nick Fury linked the theft to Dilos Sullivan, noting that NBE-1 had awakened and gone out of control on the day Dilos left.
• Coulson suspected Dilos had used enhanced armor and a mutant’s phasing ability to infiltrate Wakanda, while Nick Fury decided to avoid provoking him and focus on the situation.
• Dilos returned to his underground base on Isla Sorna with the stolen Vibranium and entered the Pioneer with Thundercracker after shrinking them both to ant size.
• Thundercracker proposed using the AllSpark to repair the Pioneer and adjust its artificial intelligence’s permissions, and Dilos went inside to begin.

Dilos used the AllSpark to repair and recharge the Pioneer, then began learning about the ship. At S.T.A.R. Labs, Caitlin and Cisco tried to help Bette control her bomb-making power, but Caitlin could not promise that it could be removed.

• Dilos followed Thundercracker's instructions and used the AllSpark to completely repair and recharge the Pioneer.
• Dilos drew the AllSpark back into its shielding sphere and began learning the Pioneer's functions from Thundercracker.
• Caitlin and Cisco discovered that Bette's powers came from the Particle Accelerator explosion and fused bomb fragments, not General Eiling's experiments.
• Caitlin and Cisco made Bette a glove to suppress her ability while they continued looking for a safer way to control it.
• Bette asked Caitlin whether Dilos could remove her power, but Caitlin's reaction showed that she could not give her hope; Bette left the diagnostic room disappointed.

Qin Jiayin worried about Bette and missed Dilos, but a grim broadcast interrupted her attempt to speak with Caitlin. A man calling himself the Joker tortured and killed Brian Douglas on camera, threatening more deaths unless Batman surrendered, and Nick Fury feared the world was about to descend into chaos.

• Qin Jiayin saw Bette leave the diagnostic room and noticed Caitlin’s pained expression, then wished Dilos would return.
• Qin Jiayin entered the diagnostic room to speak with Caitlin, but John summoned everyone to the control room.
• The Superpowered Guard Team watched a broadcast showing a masked man named Brian Douglas tied up and questioned about dressing as Batman.
• The Joker revealed himself, threatened to kill someone each day until Batman surrendered, and tortured Brian Douglas to death on camera.
• Nick Fury watched the broadcast at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters and feared the world would descend into chaos.

Charles recognized Joker from Jean’s dream and feared she might be seeing the future, so he used telepathy to calm her as she watched the news. After Joker evaded a major government response with help from an unknown powerful force, Alexander Pierce began investigating who was behind him.

• Charles recognized Joker from Jean’s dream and worried that her powers might reveal the future.
• Charles found Jean watching the footage with Scott and linked his mind to hers to soothe her and stabilize her powers.
• President Dean ordered the military to pursue Joker, and political officials cooperated with the effort.
• Joker escaped capture, while five civilians, seven police officers, and more than a dozen soldiers died; Batman arrived in time to save a captain from an explosion.
• Alexander Pierce concluded that a powerful force was helping Joker and ordered a subordinate to investigate who was behind him.

Megatron sent Starscream to search Earth for Thundercracker and the AllSpark while keeping the Decepticons hidden. At the underground base, Dilos ordered Thundercracker to build Transformers from his blueprints and left for S.T.A.R. Labs, tempting him with the promise of becoming stronger than Megatron and Optimus Prime.

• Megatron ordered Starscream to locate Thundercracker and the AllSpark, conceal the Nemesis, and search for Energon without drawing attention.
• Dilos used the Pioneer's learning device to absorb Albert's knowledge and discussed its risks with Thundercracker.
• Dilos gave Thundercracker blueprints and ordered him to make new Transformers while forbidding him to contact either faction or act without permission.
• Dilos threatened to destroy Thundercracker if he betrayed him, then vanished in a flash of red mist after promising to upgrade him with the AllSpark and Vibranium.
• Thundercracker eagerly promised to follow Dilos's orders, excited by the chance to surpass Megatron and Optimus Prime.

Diloss welcomed Bette Sans Souci and the Superpowered Guard Team into S.T.A.R. Labs after they sought refuge from General Eiling, then revealed that he had threatened the highest U.S. officials and shown them a recording of the confrontation. The group’s earlier anxiety faded into laughter and teasing, leaving Diloss surrounded by friends who felt safer with him.

• Diloss startled Cisco and Caitlin by teleporting into S.T.A.R. Labs, then apologized for his sudden entrance.
• Cisco gathered the Superpowered Guard Team, and Diloss agreed to let Bette Sans Souci take refuge from General Eiling.
• Diloss told Bette and the team that he had threatened U.S. leaders after discovering their plans to use nuclear weapons against him.
• Diloss played a holographic recording of his confrontation with the officials, and the Mutants cheered his defiance.
• Kitty teased Qin Jiayin by saying she would pursue Diloss, while John joked that Kitty had stolen his lines.
• Diloss kicked John to the ground, making the group—including Bette—laugh and easing their earlier unease.

Dilos resolved Bette’s military troubles and offered to suppress her powers, then told Qin Jiayin he planned to leave to build his own private army. He revealed his ultimate goal: ruling Earth as an absolute leader and unifying humanity, even if the process was bloody.

• Dilos persuaded General Eiling to let Bette go and gave him a postcard inviting him to meet at Sullivan Company in three days.
• Back at S.T.A.R. Labs, Dilos told Caitlin Snow he could suppress Bette’s powers with a bracelet, though he could not remove them completely.
• Caitlin told the others about Dilos’s ability, and Bette thanked him emotionally.
• On a rooftop, Dilos told Qin Jiayin he would leave the next night to build a private army, explaining that the Dinosaur Army and Superpowered Guard Team did not truly serve him alone.
• Dilos criticized Batman’s refusal to kill and told Qin Jiayin he intended to rule Earth, unify humanity, and accept the bloodshed required to achieve it.

Dilos confronted the vampire council in Prague and made clear that he would take control of the vampire race without asking for their approval. He left the council facing his overwhelming power and the appearance of a massive black dragon.

• Dilos met with Cassius and the vampire council, while Selene defended his actions and challenged their objections.
• Several nobles whose weaknesses Dilos had cured left Cassius's side and pledged their loyalty to Dilos.
• Cassius condemned the nobles, but Dilos used telekinesis to disarm the guards, crush their guns, shrink Cassius, and hold him in his hand.
• Dilos told Cassius that the meeting was only a courtesy and that he had come to notify the council, not seek its consent.
• A huge black dragon appeared in the hall, and Dilos calmed it before asking the opposition whether they had any other questions.

After transforming the Vampires into the Immortal Clan and securing his rule, Dilos finished his preparations and discussed the new race’s name and military with Selene. He gave her a crystal ring, leaving her to realize it might be a marriage proposal.

• Dilos established the Immortal Clan, changed the Vampires’ constitution, and implanted most of them with mental safeguards that let him sense and control them remotely.
• Dilos gave Selene a modified mental body that protected her and allowed communication without monitoring or destructive control.
• Selene brought Dilos the council’s proposed names for the new race, and Dilos named it the Immortal Clan.
• Selene reported that the Immortal Clan had nearly sixty thousand members but more than five thousand warriors, most of them inexperienced rookies.
• Dilos promised to find a solution for training the warriors and then gave Selene a gift box containing a crystal ring.