Chapter Summaries

Alvin and the others tried to persuade the Artificial Sun researchers to shut down their project, but an accident cracked a heated Energy Collector. Alvin and Stark rushed to contain the damage as the chapter ended with the collector still threatening to fail.

• Alvin told Zhang Qiang to send the captured Commander to him, then sent JJ and Ivan to receive the prisoner.
• Steve entered the research area and urged Dr. Otto and the other researchers to help shut down the Artificial Sun, warning that it was heating the North Pole.
• An old researcher fired a Pulse Rifle at Steve, but Steve's Force Field Generator stopped the shot without harming anyone.
• The old man collapsed from the heat, and Steve caught him, but the dropped Pulse Rifle discharged and cracked a hot Energy Collector.
• Alvin patched the crack with Venom and tried to cool the collector with Frozen, while Stark examined the damage and reminded Alvin that they faced the danger together.

Alvin and Stark contained a leak in the Energy Collectors by using Dragon Bone to absorb excess energy, while Dr. Banner warned that the Artificial Sun was overheating. Alvin headed upstairs to stop Frank from killing Dr. Otto as Duke, Ripcord, Roadblock, and Mike Banning fought terrorists inside the White House.

• Stark sealed the Energy Collector crack and used Dragon Bone to draw off its energy while Alvin helped cool the leak.
• Dr. Banner reported that the Artificial Sun's temperature had risen and that it was raining over the North Pole, then told Alvin that Frank had nearly killed Dr. Otto.
• Alvin left Stark to handle the Energy Collectors and rushed upstairs to calm Frank and investigate the prisoners.
• Secret Service Agents mistook Duke, Ripcord, and Roadblock for intruders, but terrorists opened fire and killed several agents.
• Duke, Ripcord, Roadblock, and Mike Banning fought back and defeated the nearby attackers.
• Duke suspected the terrorists were after the President's briefcase, while Mike said it required the President's fingerprints and passcode.

Alvin refused to bargain with the Commander while the Artificial Sun threatened to destroy the base, and he ordered JJ to prepare to evacuate the school as conditions worsened. Meanwhile, Cobra agents seized the White House Safe House and revealed that the Vice President had been taken hostage.

• Alvin confronted the Commander, dismissed his offer of information, and learned that Cobra planned to seize the United States' Nuclear Football and attack the Five Great Powers.
• Alvin told Nick Fury that protecting the box was the priority, then ordered JJ to hang the Commander on the energy collector and evacuate everyone to higher ground.
• As Dr. Banner reported that the temperature was rising again, the Commander panicked and offered to tell Alvin everything he knew.
• At the White House Safe House, Lewinsky killed Secret Service agents and seized the Vice President, while an aide took control of the room and demanded that security forces stop their attack.
• Lewinsky revealed that she was Anna, the Baroness, and said she served Mr. McCullen of Cobra.

Killian threatened to kill President Ellis unless Tony Stark came alone, while Erik Bell suspected the crisis was meant to transfer control of the nuclear codes away from the compromised Vice President. At the Arctic base, Alvin and Dr. Banner tried to convince Dr. Otto that his Artificial Sun was destroying the Earth, and Stark questioned whether Otto could detach it from the facility.

• Killian released a video showing President Ellis captive with a three-hour bomb and demanded that Tony Stark come alone.
• Erik Bell concluded that Ellis's kidnapping could force a transfer of the Nuclear Football and ordered new security protocols to bypass Vice President Andrew Van Buren.
• Steve and Frank made peace after their argument over sparing the researchers, while Alvin warned Dr. Otto that the CIA had deceived him about the Super Battery.
• Dr. Banner told Dr. Otto that the Artificial Sun's temperature was still rising, and Otto described a plan to flood the base and let its lowest level sink.
• Stark warned that seawater would not stop the Artificial Sun from exploding and asked whether it could detach from the base.

Duke and Mike Banning learned that Anna and Cobra had taken control of the White House and threatened hostages, while Erik Bell prepared a senator for a possible nuclear crisis. In London, Hela confronted Coulson’s team over something on his body just as an alien spacecraft arrived during the Nine-Star Alignment.

• Duke, Banning, Ripcord, and Roadblock cleared a corridor of terrorists with improvised bombs and escaped through a secret White House passage.
• Duke and Banning saw Anna threaten hostages with the Nuclear Briefcase and decided to reach the Safe House, though Banning warned that it could only be opened from inside.
• Erik Bell arranged for a senator and four briefcase carriers to prepare for a worst-case nuclear emergency, and the senator secretly sent the message, “Zeus is about to get angry!”
• Hela restrained Coulson’s team with White Lightsabers and said something on the unconscious agent was drawing danger toward him.
• Dr. Selvig recognized the Nine-Star Alignment as a black cross-shaped spacecraft appeared over London, and Heavy Load led his teammates toward their Mobile Armor.

Raymond and Church made a deal to help rescue President Ellis in exchange for the CIA keeping its Middle East operatives quiet. As the rescue unfolded, a tungsten rod threatened London, while a Senator prepared to use Zeus and Erik Bell put the United States on alert.

• Raymond told Church that Hell's Kitchen would rescue President Ellis if the CIA kept its people in the Middle East quiet for two months, and Church agreed.
• Raymond revealed that 47, Ethan Hunt, and Norman Osborn were involved in the operation to kill Killian and free President Ellis.
• Duke, Banning, and Ripcord captured the traitorous Secret Service agent Loma beneath the White House, and Duke demanded to see the woman involved.
• A giant tungsten rod launched from space hurtled toward London, prompting England to mobilize its missile forces as countries assessed the impact.
• A Senator ended a call in the New York Safe House and said he planned to use Zeus against the alien spaceship, while Erik Bell reported that American missile forces were ready.

At the North Pole, Alvin tried to get the Cobra Commander to reveal how to stop the Artificial Sun while preparing to protect his friends and the school. Meanwhile, an enormous alien spaceship crashed into London, where Hela shielded Coulson’s team as Melinda May refused to abandon him.

• Alvin threatened the Cobra Commander until he claimed to know the Core Controller’s location and offered to help stop McCullen’s plans in exchange for his life.
• Natasha told Alvin she had found the Core Controller, and Alvin dismissed the Commander as no longer useful.
• Alvin told JJ he planned to stay behind and try to lower the Artificial Sun’s temperature, but JJ insisted that Alvin should not risk his life.
• Ivan argued with Stark over how to deal with the Artificial Sun, rejecting Stark’s plan to send it into space.
• A massive cross-shaped spaceship crashed into London, and Hela shielded Coulson’s team from the shockwaves and debris.
• Hela warned Melinda May that she could still leave, but May chose to stay because she would not abandon Coulson.

Hela and the assembled sorcerers, S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, and G.I. Joe soldiers fought Malekith’s Dark Elf army, but Kurse proved too powerful for Hela to defeat. Thor and Odin arrived as the battle turned against them, ending the chapter with lightning sweeping across the battlefield.

• Strange opened a portal for the technicians and Professor Selvig to escape, while the Kamar-Taj sorcerers and Coulson’s remaining team joined Hela against the Dark Elves.
• Hela killed hundreds of Dark Elves with a barrage of energy swords, prompting Malekith to order his forces to attack.
• Wang Yuan tried to stop Kurse with a magical whip, but Kurse dragged him along as he charged Hela.
• Kurse struck Hela and sent her flying, then knocked Heavy Load, Breaker, and Redhead aside when they tried to stop him.
• Strange rescued Hela through a portal, and she warned that they would likely die if Kurse could not be defeated.
• Thor charged into the Dark Elf ranks, and Odin arrived on his eight-legged horse as lightning engulfed the battlefield.

Alvin and Stark sought a way to stop the artificial sun from causing the Deluge, while Fury offered an alien spaceship as a possible solution. On the battlefield, Hela wielded Mjolnir against Kurse, and Coulson sacrificed himself to warn the others of an imminent explosion.

• Stark warned Alvin and Ivan that reversing the artificial sun's fusion would make it explode sooner, while Ivan doubted a plan to launch it from the sea could work.
• Zhang Qiang offered the Gun Club's damaged spaceship, and Nick Fury revealed an intact Dark Elf ship that Alvin decided they should seize.
• Natasha gave Alvin the Nanobots' Controller, but he returned it and left to help retrieve the alien ship.
• Hela took Mjolnir from Thor and used it to batter Kurse, then handed the hammer back to Thor to fight the Dark Elf forces.
• Odin attacked Malekith as Strange and the Mages rescued Coulson's team; Coulson tried to strike Malekith, was stabbed, and gave Melinda May a ring-pull before warning of God's coming punishment.

Malekith used the Aether to trap Odin, Thor, and Hela while a tungsten rod threatened the battlefield. Hela broke the seal by detonating her Divine Power Core, and Alvin arrived as Odin and Hela lay gravely wounded, confronting Malekith.

• A Singularity Bomb created a black hole beside Malekith, while Cobra’s tungsten rod descended toward the battlefield.
• Malekith used the Aether and a purple Crystal to halt the rod and trap Odin, Thor, and Hela in frozen space.
• Odin fought Malekith despite the Aether’s restraints, but Malekith redirected Odin’s attacks and wounded him with a phantom.
• Hela detonated her Divine Power Core, breaking the seal and allowing Odin to attack Malekith; a Kurse then stabbed Odin in the back.
• Malekith deflected Odin’s lightning into the tungsten rod, which crumbled before impact, as Alvin arrived through a Space Gate.
• Alvin struck the Kurse with a Vibranium Flying Sword and charged toward Malekith while Hela lay motionless.

Alvin and the arriving Asgardians and Avengers fought Malekith and the Dark Elves while Odin reflected on his family and Loki's place in it. Strange arrived with the rescued mages and Coulson's team, then asked Wang Yuan whether they were still fighting.

• Alvin trapped Malekith inside a ring of fire and repeatedly struck him as the Aether drained his life force.
• Thor battered Kurse while Odin fought off Dark Elves and worried over Hela, who remained protected inside Red Vine.
• Loki arrived, fought the Dark Elves, and rejected Odin's offer of the throne, while Hulk grabbed him and used him as a weapon.
• Stark and Ivan joined the battle, and Alvin told Stark to take the Dark Elf spaceship.
• JJ summoned a Giant Bear that charged toward the spaceship and trampled Kurse as Thor rolled out of its path.
• Strange brought Wang Yuan, the rescued mages, and Coulson's team through the Space Gate, then asked Wang Yuan whether they were still fighting.

Alvin defeated Malekith by stripping the Aether from him and burning it into a Purple Stone, then helped finish the Dark Elf battle. Odin explained that the Nine-Star Alignment had brought the Dark Elves to Earth and that The Ancient One was confronting a separate threat, while Heimdall carried the wounded Odin away.

• Alvin pulled the Aether’s Purple Stone from Malekith, and the Aether drained Malekith until his body shrank to a fist-sized mass.
• Alvin burned the Aether until it re-formed into a Purple Stone, then stashed it in his backpack.
• Alvin killed Kurse with help from Thor, who struck Alvin’s axe and claimed credit for the kill.
• Alvin questioned the injured Odin, who explained that the Nine-Star Alignment had opened an ancient passage for the Dark Elves and that The Ancient One was facing another enemy.
• Thor and Loki brawled with Hulk and the others while Frank’s grim display discouraged Thor from challenging him.
• Alvin urged Odin to seek treatment, and Heimdall’s rainbow beam carried Odin away.

Alvin and his allies defeated the Dark Elves, and Steve forced the surviving fighters to surrender. As Stark and Thor worked to make the captured spaceship usable for moving the unstable North Pole sun, Nick Fury took Coulson's body away and claimed he had a way to bring him back.

• Steve called Alvin about the surrendering Dark Elves, then subdued several himself until the survivors understood they should kneel.
• Stark struggled to operate the Dark Elf spaceship and asked Alvin to find Dr. Banner while he tried loading JARVIS into its controls.
• Alvin calmed Hulk enough to restore Dr. Banner, and Thor offered to help Stark prepare the spaceship to carry the 45,000-ton sun into space.
• Alvin sent Loki back to Asgard, and Thor questioned him about Hela, who had saved them and was recovering nearby.
• Nick Fury took Coulson's body aboard a Quinjet and told Melinda May that he had a way to bring Coulson back.

After Coulson was carried away, Alvin spoke with Nick Fury about Coulson’s sacrifice and the fate of the surrendered Dark Elves. Hela accepted the loss of her divine power as a chance to start over, then returned to Hell’s Kitchen with Strange.

• Alvin told Nick Fury that Coulson had proved his team would stand firm, while Fury explained that Alvin’s opinion had mattered to Coulson.
• Nick Fury asked Alvin what to do with the Dark Elves, and Alvin advised him to consult Kamar-Taj as he coordinated with the British officials.
• Alvin sat with the recovering Hela, who said she might become an ordinary person without divine power.
• Alvin joked with Hela about finding a boyfriend, and she showed that she had let go of her conflicted feelings about Odin.
• Alvin asked Strange to open a Space Gate for Hela, and she thanked Alvin before returning to Hell’s Kitchen.

Alvin refused to risk the Dark Elf spaceship on an unfamiliar mission, but when a tungsten rod threatened London, he offered to help in exchange for Britain’s stolen Chinese cultural relics. Elsewhere, Norman Osborn rescued President Ellis from Killian, while Erik Bell reported that Britain’s missile response had triggered a wider crisis.

• Thor asked Alvin to join the spaceship, and Alvin sent Thor’s team toward the North Pole while keeping British soldiers back.
• Nick Fury told a British military official that S.H.I.E.L.D. intended to use the spaceship to carry the sun into space, as news arrived that another tungsten rod was headed for London.
• The British official begged Alvin to stop the incoming weapon, and Alvin demanded all the cultural relics Britain had taken from China in return for helping.
• Norman Osborn rescued President Ellis from Killian’s attack and disarmed the bomb strapped to him while Ethan Hunt and 47 kept Killian occupied.
• Erik Bell told a senator that Britain’s activated missile systems had triggered a chain reaction and that they needed to prepare.

Alvin’s misunderstanding about British history leads him to make absurd demands, but he ultimately lets the bald official off the hook and persuades Wang Yuan and the Mages to divert the enormous iron rod through a Space Gate. After the Dark Elves are taken away, Alvin realizes he has been left behind, and Nick Fury reports that Norman Osborn rescued President Ellis while Killian escaped.

• Alvin demands British artifacts and private collections before Steve and JJ argue over his mistaken version of history.
• Frank forces Strange to open a Space Gate, and Alvin decides to stop pressing the bald official for compensation.
• Wang Yuan agrees to protect Kamar-Taj’s London property and leads the Mages in sending the iron rod through a Space Gate into the Pacific Ocean.
• The Mages leave through the gate without Alvin, and a curtain of colorful beams carries the surrendered Dark Elves away from Earth.
• Nick Fury tells Alvin that Norman Osborn rescued President Ellis, but Killian escaped.

Alvin learned that Cobra’s nuclear plot threatened to trigger a global war and that the United States’ launch controls were in New York. After beating Nick Fury for trying to recruit him, Alvin agreed to investigate a suspected congressman, while Prince William promised Britain would stand down its missile systems.

• Nick Fury told Alvin that Britain had activated its missile systems and that the United States’ nuclear controls were in New York.
• Alvin accused Nick Fury of trying to use him, punched him, and JJ stopped S.H.I.E.L.D. agents from intervening.
• Prince William thanked Alvin and agreed to have Britain shut down its nuclear missile systems.
• Alvin demanded the details of the New York threat, and Nick Fury identified a congressman as a possible link to Cobra’s plan.
• Alvin agreed to go after the suspected congressman and asked Nick Fury for an address.

Alvin and Steve headed to the North Pole to confront the Cobra base while Nick Fury and Melinda May discussed the cost of asking Alvin for help. Alvin revealed that Bob Lee Swagger and Raymond’s allies were handling the congressman, then Stark reported finding an impressive spaceship as the team approached the ice cap.

• Nick Fury defended asking Alvin for help, and Melinda May questioned whether the choice was worth it.
• Alvin and Steve arrived at the North Pole and learned that the Cobra base was still more than ten kilometers away.
• Alvin told Steve that Bob Lee Swagger and Raymond’s allies would deal with the congressman and other politicians, while Steve worried Bob would be ruined by revenge.
• Alvin and Steve rode Flying Motorcycles across the ice as they waited for Stark and the others to arrive.
• Stark praised the spaceship he had found, Thor called it an outdated antique, and Alvin joked about naming a yacht the Black Pearl.

Alvin arrived at Cobra's base as the heroes brawled on the ice, and he and his allies subdued Thor and Hulk before Stark and Ivan joined the fight. Ivan warned that the Artificial Sun's temperature was still rising, and the group prepared to use the spaceship, though Thor's claim that he was the pilot left Alvin doubtful.

• Alvin found Hulk fighting Thor beside the Dark Elves' spaceship while Stark scanned it.
• Steve slowed Thor and Hulk with his shield, Alvin weakened them, and Frank and JJ knocked them down; Steve briefly held Mjolnir before returning it to Thor.
• Dr. Banner apologized and explained that Hulk had emerged after Thor's hammer clipped him while he was helping Stark.
• Thor threw Mjolnir at Stark after Stark mocked him, and Ivan and Alvin stopped the ensuing fight.
• Ivan told Alvin that Dr. Otto had set the base's Detachment Program and that the Artificial Sun's temperature was rising.
• Thor claimed he could pilot the spaceship, and Alvin questioned whether that was safe.

Alvin, Stark, Ivan, and Thor worked out a risky plan to remove the Artificial Sun from the Arctic base and carry it into space, with Alvin using Blizzard to cool it. Stark worried about the danger and the responsibility Alvin would bear, but the group prepared to proceed with Ivan’s calculations and Thor piloting the spaceship.

• Thor agreed to pilot the spaceship, and Steve reassured him that they were friends and that he had no interest in taking Mjolnir.
• Alvin urged Thor to help assess the Artificial Sun as Stark warned that it could explode when the base left the ocean.
• Stark explained that Alvin might need to fly into space to cool the Artificial Sun, but Alvin said Blizzard could freeze the spaceship as well.
• Ivan proposed towing the detached base section through a large sheet of ice, and Stark agreed to calculate the ice sheet’s required size and the ship’s capacity.
• Alvin declined Stark’s offer to take his place, reassured him about the risks, and joked that he could claim authorization as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.