Chapter Summaries

Alvin asked a French restaurant waiter to teach him and Shang-Chi dining etiquette, then warned him that danger was brewing at the hotel. When Ethan Hunt revealed his mission to identify and capture an elusive Russian arms dealer was stalling, Alvin suggested a way to gather the targets, and Ethan left to act on it.

• Alvin admitted he did not know French dining etiquette, and Bernard Martin patiently explained the meal while reassuring Shang-Chi that eating the bread rolls was acceptable.
• Alvin warned Bernard that the hotel was dangerous and offered to shelter him and his girlfriend in the Presidential Suite.
• Ethan Hunt approached Alvin and explained that unrest at the hotel had disrupted his planned battery auction and complicated his hunt for the last Russian arms dealer.
• Alvin suggested Ethan use the agents’ desire to escape the sealed hotel to gather the targets together.
• Ethan called Jason Bourne, learned that Fernando and Dogo were in the cafe, and left to carry out the plan.

After a restaurant meal, Alvin and Shang-Chi watched agents clash at the Waldorf Hotel and confronted the injured bald killer who had captured Benji. The bald man claimed he no longer wanted the battery and needed Ethan Hunt’s help to find Igor, who had kidnapped a girl, then offered Alvin a photograph as proof.

• Alvin and Shang-Chi left the restaurant and saw Ethan Hunt rush inside, then emerge with an old man as agents removed a corpse from the café.
• A man in a black jacket fought the bald man in a suit at close range, injured him, and escaped through a fire exit.
• Alvin told Shang-Chi to confront the bald man, identifying him as a likely professional killer who had been watching Raymond.
• Alvin noticed Benji bound beneath the bald man’s bench, and the bald man shot him in the head while Shang-Chi watched.
• The bald man told Alvin he wanted to speak with Ethan Hunt because Igor had framed him and kidnapped a girl, then offered a photograph to support his claim.

Alvin’s group rescued Benji and learned that Nika Bologna was staying in the hotel with the Russian Bezhlyev, who was connected to their search for Igor. After a gunfight, Alvin joined forces with Jason Bourne and the suited bald man to pursue their shared goals before the FBI arrived.

• Alvin had Stark identify Nika Bologna, who was staying on the floor below with Bezhlyev, the brother of a Russian deputy prime minister.
• Russian bodyguards attacked the suited bald man, and Shang-Chi helped defeat them while Bourne watched from nearby.
• Alvin freed Benji, and the suited bald man silenced Benji’s angry outburst by firing a shot between his legs.
• Jason Bourne introduced himself as Ethan Hunt’s temporary partner and said the FBI would soon arrive.
• Alvin agreed to move with Bourne and the suited bald man, who promised not to shoot their temporary allies and said he only wanted Nika.

Alvin met Jason Bourne at a hotel and offered him a deputy director job at the Community School, hoping to help with a problem involving children. Bourne accepted the possibility of working in New York after they finished their current business, while keeping the children’s situation private for now.

• Alvin followed Bourne into the banquet hall, where Bourne ate mousse cake while they avoided armed men in the hotel.
• Alvin offered Bourne a job helping children in New York and mentioned that Ethan Hunt had recommended him.
• Bourne said he had come to New York to ask Ethan Hunt for help and hinted that children had been locked up, though they were not being mistreated and the situation was not urgent.
• Alvin offered to help and said he would be in Africa for six days starting in two days, then invited Bourne to find him in Hell’s Kitchen afterward.
• Bourne said he would consider coming to New York for a job, and Alvin offered him the deputy director position at the Community School’s Punisher’s Office.

Alvin questioned 47 about his mission and sent Bourne to confront Ethan Hunt while Stark continued searching for the missing Nano Warheads. Meanwhile, Coulson led S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Special Forces toward an armed group in a house.

• Alvin asked 47 about Nika, and 47 said she was an innocent exchange student framed by his former company and that he only wanted to save her.
• Alvin sent Shang-Chi to relieve Stark and offered Benji the chance to take over the hotel's locked-down surveillance and communications systems.
• Bourne told Alvin he was moving against Ethan Hunt's group and planned to deal with Igor or Bezhlyev afterward; 47 joined him.
• Alvin returned to his suite, where Stark explained that stopping a Nano Warhead required its unique Controller and that he could not yet identify the real warheads.
• Coulson directed S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to breach a house through its wall while coordinating with Heavy Load, Redhead, and Breaker, who had lost track of their Black-Clad Ninja.

Coulson’s Avengers Squad raided a terrorist hideout to recover nanowarheads and fought White Ghost, Cobra’s top enforcer. Hank and Hannah incapacitated him, but the team warned that he might still be dangerous.

• Fannie opened a path through the cabin wall, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents stormed the hideout while a second squad circled around.
• White Ghost attacked the agents upstairs, but Hank and Hannah used their powers to force him to escape through a window.
• The second squad helped secure the cabin after Hannah reported that the remaining terrorists could not feel pain.
• Coulson joined the fight outside, where White Ghost battled Snake Eyes, and Fannie’s power turned the ground into a swamp.
• Heavy Load and Redhead fired net guns into White Ghost’s smoke screen, trapping him long enough for Hank and Hannah to make him collapse in pain.
• Snake Eyes signaled that emotional pain was the only pain that could truly break White Ghost, and Heavy Load urged caution.

Alvin watched Bourne and 47 storm a conference room and eliminate its armed guards, then gave Stark a Radiance Runeword to improve his defenses and encouraged him to pursue science and new energy. When Steve chased a woman carrying a silver briefcase, Frank and Alvin suspected she was bait and redirected the team to guard the hotel as Igor left under FBI protection.

• Bourne used a bodyguard as a shield while he and 47 killed the conference-room guards and charged inside.
• Alvin replaced Stark's Vigor-boosting Rune with Radiance, and Stark resolved to develop armor and advance new-energy technology.
• Benji reported that a woman with a silver briefcase was getting into a Humvee, and Steve pursued her as Stark suited up in the Mark V.
• Frank warned Alvin that the woman might be bait and could still be in the hotel, so Alvin told the team to hold the hotel and sent Duke to watch the lobby.
• Benji reported that the Russian Embassy had asked the FBI to protect Igor and escort him out of the hotel.

Alvin orchestrated a chaotic assault on the Presidential Suite to rescue Nika and keep Igor from escaping with the suspected Nano Warhead. After Shang-Chi helped recover Nika, Alvin discovered that the hotel butler, Elizabeth Cain, was an FBI agent assigned to investigate the same threat.

• Alvin ordered Benji to spread suspicion that Igor had the Nano Warhead, sent Frank to delay the FBI, and directed 47 and Bourne to help stir up chaos.
• Frank reported that gunmen had attacked the FBI convoy, while Duke stayed in the hotel to watch for Anna.
• Alvin used his crows to locate Nika in the Presidential Suite and prepared 47, Bourne, and Shang-Chi to rescue her.
• Two Giant Wolves attacked Wenna and Igor's bodyguards, freed Nika, and flung her toward the balcony, where Shang-Chi caught her with a golden vine.
• Alvin teased Shang-Chi as he covered the unconscious Nika, then questioned the calm butler, who revealed she was FBI agent Elizabeth Cain and Raymond Reddington's student.

Alvin and the agents tried to contain Igor’s escape while searching for the Nano Warhead, but Alvin realized the lobby attack was a diversion and rushed to the roof. He found Anna there with the warhead and a rocket, and charged through gunfire as she fell from the roof.

• Elizabeth confirmed that her team would watch the hotel exits and wait for the woman to flee, while Alvin warned that Igor might be tied to Cobra.
• Steve reported that a disguised man had died after a strange organism consumed him, and Benji found footage of a woman passing Igor’s bodyguard a case on the seventeenth floor.
• After Alvin recognized the same strange corpse among Igor’s dead bodyguards, Elizabeth ordered her team to stop Igor and protect the case, and Alvin went downstairs with Shang-Chi.
• Duke, Ripcord, and Roadblock opened fire when Igor’s armed bodyguards entered the lobby, while Alvin grew suspicious of Igor’s apparent attempt to escape through the entrance.
• Alvin ran to the roof and discovered Anna with a rocket and remote control; after Thorn Spirit reflected her attack, Anna fell as a high-tech aircraft fired at Alvin and she dropped the red-tipped warhead.

Alvin and Stark stopped Anna from escaping with one Nano Warhead, but the remaining three had already left the hotel. Anna escaped under a disguise, only to find her planned getaway intercepted by a horned Super Brute working with Principal Alvin and Coulson.

• Alvin's Corpse-Eater Vine swallowed the warhead Anna had thrown, and Stark disabled the fleeing Aircraft by crashing into it.
• Alvin and Stark found no other warheads aboard the Aircraft, while Elizabeth allowed Igor to be killed and Duke mourned the apparent death of Anna.
• Roadblock noticed that the corpse's eyes did not match Anna's, and Nika escaped the hotel before revealing herself as the real Anna.
• Anna contacted her organization, learned that its people had stolen materials for the Artificial Sun, and went to the docks to meet the three Cobra Warriors carrying the remaining warheads.
• A horned Super Brute killed the Cobra Warriors and took the briefcase, then told Principal Alvin he had rescued a bound woman; Coulson's armed soldiers arrived as Anna watched from hiding.

Alvin returned to Hell’s Kitchen Dock District to stop a tense standoff between S.H.I.E.L.D. and the local Gang after Alexei intercepted three Nano Warheads. He forced both sides to lower their weapons and left the confrontation calmer, though Coulson still had to explain what had happened.

• Alvin learned from Alexei that the three Nano Warheads had ended up at his place, while Agent 47 struggled with the revelation that Nika was a fake and Duke vowed to find Anna.
• Frank told Alvin that Alexei was arguing with Coulson, so they hurried to the Dock District, where the Gang had surrounded S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and aircraft.
• Alvin ordered the Gang and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to lower their weapons, and Coulson backed him up by signaling his agents to stand down.
• Heavy Load blocked Alvin’s way, but Frank tackled him and revealed that he had once been Heavy Load’s instructor.
• Bourne and Ethan Hunt watched the standoff ease, and Ethan explained that Hell’s Kitchen was Alvin’s territory even though Alvin was not a Gang member.

Alvin faced S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hell’s Kitchen’s gang bosses over who should control the Nano Warheads, insisting that they should be destroyed rather than kept by either side. The chapter ended with Coulson asking to take the Controller back while S.H.I.E.L.D. discussed the dispute.

• Peary joked with the gang bosses and handed out business cards, easing the tension at the pier.
• Alvin praised Alexei for finding the runaway Nano Warhead and keeping his temper under control.
• Bruto and the other gang bosses backed Alvin as he told Coulson to send away S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Aircraft.
• Alvin refused to hand over the Nano Warheads and proposed a public referendum on whether they should be destroyed.
• Coulson accepted that he could not take the warheads that day and asked Alvin to let him take the Nano Warhead Controller back to S.H.I.E.L.D.

Alvin kept the Nano Warheads while handing their controllers to Coulson, arguing that the weapons were dangerous and should be destroyed. He invited Coulson and three surviving test subjects to join him in Africa and see Kamar-Taj’s role in defending Earth.

• Alvin found the real Nika alive and reunited her with 47.
• Alvin opened the briefcase and gave Coulson the three Nano Warhead controllers while keeping the warheads.
• Alvin argued with Coulson that the warheads were unnecessary and could endanger the world if they malfunctioned.
• Alvin told Coulson that Kamar-Taj was Earth’s true line of defense and invited him to travel to Africa.
• Alvin invited Coulson to bring the three surviving test subjects, saying the trip could cure their arrogance.

After Hell's Kitchen's leaders united under Alvin's protection, Alvin's family prepared to leave for Africa. Bourne and Ethan Hunt said goodbye before heading to Sokovia to observe Wanda and Pizarro, and Bourne hoped to join Alvin's school after helping them.

• After S.H.I.E.L.D. left, Alvin hosted Hell's Kitchen's leaders, who stood together against outside pressure and strengthened their ties to him.
• Alvin's family packed for their trip, and Ginny excitedly urged Nick and Richard to hurry while they ate breakfast.
• Nick and Richard joked about the women taking so long to pack, and Richard teased Nick about complaining to Mindy or Shirley.
• Bourne and Ethan Hunt visited Alvin and said they were leaving for Sokovia to help with Wanda and Pizarro.
• Bourne told Alvin he would observe the pair until their bodies stabilized and hoped to join the school before Spring Break ended next year.

Alvin and his group arrived at Stark’s newly purchased Tanzanian Resort, which he planned to make an overseas base for the Community School. Their arrival was interrupted by an armed Humvee convoy, and Alvin recognized Coulson and Hawkeye as its occupants.

• Alvin and the others landed at Stark’s private airstrip in Tanzania, where Stark announced the Resort would become the Community School’s overseas base.
• Nick teased Mindy as the children ran around, and Mindy chased him until he apologized.
• Stark revealed that a C-17 and new equipment were ready for their trip to play with Demons.
• A Humvee convoy approached, prompting Fox, Shirley, Frank, and Stark to prepare for a possible threat while Alvin gathered the children.
• Coulson and Hawkeye got out of the lead Humvee, and Alvin joked that Stark should charge S.H.I.E.L.D. extra for its stay.

Alvin, Stark, and their companions met Coulson’s armed S.H.I.E.L.D. team, who had come to take them to Kamar-Taj. After Coulson tried to project authority, Frank confronted Heavy Load over the armed patrol on Stark’s property and challenged the Special Forces to prove themselves.

• Alvin greeted Coulson and warned him that driving through the resort and dirtying someone’s clothes could have gotten him killed.
• Stark mocked S.H.I.E.L.D.’s assumptions about Kamar-Taj, while Wang Yuan explained that its mages were gatekeepers and welcomed anyone willing to help protect the world.
• Coulson invited Stark and Alvin to ride with his team, but Stark and Pepper threatened resort staff and S.H.I.E.L.D. with consequences over the armed convoy.
• Frank made Heavy Load approach him, questioned why the Special Forces had patrolled someone else’s property with weapons, and challenged them to show what they could do.

Alvin welcomed Coulson’s S.H.I.E.L.D. team and Special Forces to the operation against the Demons, while Stark prepared to show off his own equipment. The chapter ended with Stark’s cargo plane producing another tremendous roar, as Alvin warned Coulson not to enter an arms race with him.

• Alvin introduced Coulson, Hawkeye, Heavy Load, and two Special Forces soldiers, then discussed their plans to work with Kamar-Taj against the Demons.
• Coulson explained that S.H.I.E.L.D. had brought thirty armored Humvees and that its team had joined forces with Special Forces to destroy Cobra.
• Coulson praised Kamar-Taj and promised to prove that S.H.I.E.L.D. could help protect Earth, while Alvin encouraged cooperation between them.
• Stark’s C-17 landed, and Happy drove a Paramount Marauder towing a shipping container down its ramp.
• Shang-Chi seized the Marauder’s wheel and argued with Happy about the vehicle’s cost and uses.
• Stark climbed back into the transport, which soon roared again, and Alvin joked that Coulson should not compete with Stark’s spending.

Stark arrived with his heavily armed war chariot and unveiled a container holding hoverboards and equipment, impressing Coulson and the Special Forces. Alvin spoke with Frank and Hawkeye, while the children tested the hoverboards and Ginny accidentally ran over Hawkeye’s foot.

• Stark drove out in his massive war chariot and revealed its Pulse-Energy Cannons, leaving Coulson and the Special Forces impressed.
• Heavy Load rallied his teammates to support Coulson, while Frank told Alvin about his former command and his connection to Heavy Load.
• Stark stopped the Paramount Marauder and opened its container, revealing hoverboards, armor, and a small Machining Center.
• Nick, Mindy, Richard, and Ginny tried the hoverboards, and Ginny ran over Hawkeye’s foot before apologizing.
• Alvin offered Hawkeye a drink, and Hawkeye described himself as a weapon whose work did not define his life.

Alvin and his group arrived at the Tanzanian Resort, where Stark drew wealthy guests eager to connect with him, while Alvin explained to Shang-Chi that money and freedom meant different things to different people. Alvin settled into a villa and relaxed on its terrace, where Hela asked about her lodging and when they would see the demons.

• Alvin and his group arrived at the Resort, and wealthy guests crowded around Stark to pursue business opportunities.
• Little Ginny cheered up by caring for toddlers gathered around her pink balance car.
• Alvin told Shang-Chi that wealth could provide freedom, but rising ambitions and responsibilities could make people less free.
• Alvin and Shang-Chi took the luggage to a hillside villa, and Alvin relaxed on its terrace overlooking the grasslands.
• Hela asked Alvin where she would stay and when they would see the demons, then suggested sharing a room with Fox and Shirley.

Alvin and Frank prepared antelope for dinner while S.H.I.E.L.D. and Special Forces troops gathered nearby, prompting them to plan a test with Kamar-Taj. Nakia argued with her sister Okoye about her work and homeland, and the chapter ended with Okoye accepting Pepper's invitation to dinner.

• Alvin and Frank marinated antelope and discussed how to handle the hundreds of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Special Forces personnel at the camp.
• Shang-Chi protected Nakia when Okoye arrived and demanded that she return home.
• Nakia and Okoye argued over Nakia's ideals, her work as Pepper's Bodyguard, and the risk of bringing trouble to their homeland.
• Alvin called Shang-Chi away to help prepare dinner and invited Nakia to talk with Okoye over drinks.
• Pepper invited Okoye to the family barbecue, and Okoye accepted and said she would let T'Challa know.