Chapter Summaries

Pietro’s attempt to help classmates cheat on a math test was exposed, and Jason Bourne and Principal Alvin made the students take the test under supervision. Pietro began the exam facing a choice between proving himself and a week in the Detention Room, while the author’s note said the writer was undergoing treatment for hydronephrosis.

• Pietro entered the exam room confident that he had stolen the test papers to help himself and his classmates cheat.
• Bourne shut the exam room door as four Winter Soldiers guarded the corners and Principal Alvin watched the assembled students.
• Bourne told Pietro he had bet Alvin that the students could pass, with a school vacation as the prize and a week in the Detention Room as the penalty.
• Alvin offered to forget the cheating attempt if the students passed the supervised test, and Bourne told Pietro that completing it was the best explanation.
• Bourne handed out the tests, and Pietro began working through his paper.
• The author said they had hydronephrosis and were scheduled for laser lithotripsy, warning that updates might be irregular.

Alvin visited Professor Wilson after supervising the students’ math exam and discussed Chiron’s claims about Greek demigods and the upcoming trip to Atlantis. Professor Wilson then revealed that Ethan Hunt had found ancient Maya murals predicting a meteor shower on December twelfth, leaving Alvin to consider what the prophecy might mean.

• Alvin checked the students’ exam halls, saw them struggling with the mismatched math problems, and left them to their detention exams.
• Professor Wilson told Alvin that he was tired from reviewing information Ethan Hunt had recovered from a temple in Mexico.
• Professor Wilson urged Alvin to take Chiron to Atlantis and described Chiron’s claims that Greek demigods had once lived on Earth and might still remain there.
• Alvin dismissed the importance of the demigods’ existence and said Chiron would need proof before anyone could believe Fox was one of them.
• Professor Wilson said Ethan Hunt had found Maya murals predicting that meteors would fall on Earth on December twelfth, and asked Alvin what he made of it.

Alvin learned that a Solar Storm had damaged and delayed the alien ships heading for Earth, while Professor Wilson suspected Maya descendants and a sun-controlling treasure were involved. Alvin agreed to alert the Allied Forces and consider investigating Peru after his wedding, then wondered whether Chiron’s claims about Fox connected to his upcoming visit to Atlantis.

• Professor Wilson told Alvin that NISR had tracked the alien ships, which a Solar Storm had damaged and knocked off course, delaying their arrival by nearly ten months.
• Alvin said he would inform the Allied Forces, while Professor Wilson warned that Maya descendants might have used a treasure to interfere with the aliens’ journey.
• Professor Wilson urged Alvin to investigate the Peruvian ruins after his wedding, and Alvin agreed to provide a Battle Axe if needed.
• Alvin told Professor Wilson to have Ethan Hunt retrieve the Book of Life and Book of the Dead from Egypt for the school museum.
• Professor Wilson asked what Alvin would do if Fox was a legendary Demigod, and Alvin said he would tell her the truth if Chiron’s claims were true.
• Alvin thought of his upcoming Atlantis plan and wondered aloud about the coincidence involving Chiron.

Alvin returned to the Battle Axe School and overheard Old Cage preparing his wedding suit and veil to support Fox, while teachers discussed how school connections had changed their lives. The chapter ended with Alvin reaffirming that he would protect the school and its seeds of hope as Hell’s Kitchen continued to change.

• Alvin avoided Old Cage after the old man repeatedly criticized him for his private life and support of Fox.
• Alvin overheard Old Cage arrange to retrieve his wedding suit and veil so he could accompany Fox, whom he considered the true principal’s wife.
• Teachers joked about dating in Hell’s Kitchen and talked about how Bill’s marriage to a student’s parent had given him a new family and renewed hope.
• The chapter described how the Battle Axe School gave people in Hell’s Kitchen a chance to start over and pursue more dignified lives.
• Alvin reflected that he had become a symbol of the school and resolved to keep guarding it and protecting its seeds of hope.

Alvin celebrated Little Ginny’s passing score and agreed to take her to find presents for Fox and Hela. In the Basement, Ginny attacked Lin Shaoqing after he struck Leonardo, while Alvin continued looking for someone to work off a large debt.

• Alvin admired Little Ginny’s score and hid her test paper when she burst into his office to announce that she had passed.
• Alvin agreed to take Ginny across the Atlantic to meet Nemo II and search for presents for Fox and Hela.
• Alvin and Ginny joked about making Peter, Gwen, and Sharina work at the Restaurant, then headed to the Basement to collect interest on someone’s 1.6-million debt.
• Alvin saw that Dr. Banner and Dr. Yinsen had organized the Basement, where Dr. Zhou Hailun had established her American base and Nelson was pushing the school to charge the military for staff combat services.
• Lin Shaoqing fought Leonardo and struck him in the groin with his spear, so Ginny charged in and hit Lin Shaoqing’s foot with a pumpkin hammer.

After Ginny struck Lin Shaoqing with her hammer, he apologized to Splinter and earned an invitation to spar with the turtles. Alvin offered Lin a waiter job at the Peace Hotel and news of his surviving uncle, while assigning him to recruit Gwen and Sharina as holiday waitresses.

• Ginny hit Lin Shaoqing with her hammer, and Splinter apologized to him for his students' behavior.
• Lin Shaoqing graciously excused Ginny, and Splinter praised his skill and welcomed him back to spar.
• Alvin told Lin Shaoqing that he had an uncle working for the Gun Club and that his uncle was arranging a transfer to the U.S. branch.
• Lin Shaoqing accepted Alvin's offer to work as a waiter at the Peace Hotel and asked when he could meet his uncle.
• Alvin sent Lin Shaoqing to recruit Gwen and Sharina as holiday waitresses, warning him not to hurt them.

Dr. Yinsen showed Alvin new Combat Suits and explained how the school combined Dragon hide, Extremis, and biological nanotechnology to make them. Alvin agreed to fund the costly project, and Dr. Yinsen realized who had taught Ginny math.

• Dr. Yinsen brought Alvin to his laboratory and showed him a red Combat Suit that expanded into exoskeleton armor.
• Dr. Yinsen demonstrated a gray-black security suit made with Titan Beast hides, then told Alvin the school could protect itself and be his support.
• Dr. Yinsen explained that the suits combined Dragon hide, Maya's Extremis Virus strain, Dr. Zhou's biological nanomaterials, and the school's existing power-enhancement system.
• Dr. Yinsen said the available Dragon hide could make ninety suits, each costing 50 million, and warned that the school could not afford the full project.
• Alvin approved the project and offered to provide 400 or 500 million, prompting Dr. Yinsen to joke that he now knew who had taught Ginny math.

Dr. Yinsen showed Alvin that the Basement had developed a force field it could sell to settlements on Nidavellir and Hell, and Alvin agreed to give the lab an independent account and a share of its profits. Upstairs, Peter Parker and Harry Osborn decided to fight Lin Shaoqing and help Gwen and Sharina escape, believing Alvin wanted them to do so.

• Dr. Yinsen revealed that the Basement had redesigned Attilan’s force field and proposed selling it to cover the lab’s costs.
• Alvin agreed to arrange a dedicated account and divide the profits among himself, the school, Dr. Yinsen, Dr. Banner, and Donatello.
• Dr. Yinsen dismissed Alvin, who collected Little Ginny and headed upstairs to see the commotion.
• Gwen and Sharina were held at the school gate after Lin Shaoqing claimed the Peace Hotel had requisitioned them.
• Peter Parker and Harry Osborn resolved to fight Lin Shaoqing and get Gwen and Sharina out, trusting that Alvin and the Night Dragons were backing their plan.

Lin Shaoqing demonstrated his Iron Fist skills in a staged fight with Peter and Harry, then resisted Wanda’s mind control and won the children’s admiration. Alvin assigned Gwen and Sharina to work at his Restaurant, sent Peter and Harry to Steve’s Gym, and told Wanda to prepare meals for Pietro and the others.

• Peter and Harry attacked Lin Shaoqing, but he used Iron Fist techniques to control the fight and overwhelm them.
• Steve and Bucky watched Lin Shaoqing fight as Alvin explained that he was a new Waiter at the school and discussed his skill.
• Wanda used her Red Mist to approach Lin Shaoqing and tried to control his mind, but he broke free from a nightmare in seconds.
• Lin Shaoqing released Wanda and apologized, earning applause from the children and establishing his Knight persona.
• Alvin ordered Gwen and Sharina to work at his Restaurant under Lin Shaoqing, sent Peter and Harry to Steve’s Gym, and told Wanda to prepare food for Pietro and the others.

After the students finished their exams, Alvin sent them home and prepared to travel to Atlantis with Chiron in a human-shaped body. Chiron warned that naming the school’s Hellhounds Achilles and Actaeon could draw the demigods’ attention, while Richard revealed that Chiron had offered to fix his body.

• Alvin dismissed the students for the break and told them to sign up for cafeteria meals if they planned to stay.
• Sarakoff proudly showed Alvin his well-trained Hellhounds, Achilles and Actaeon, as Ginny tried to give them candy.
• Chiron arrived in a Bronze Chariot and warned that speaking demigods’ names could attract their attention, but Alvin defended Sarakoff’s choice of names.
• Alvin and the others set off in the chariot, and Richard told Alvin that Chiron had offered to fix his body.

Alvin rode an ancient bronze chariot through Hell’s Kitchen, using the spectacle to protest the suppression and misrepresentation of the Qin Emperor and his army. After Zhang Qiang agreed to ease restrictions, Alvin encountered a fight involving the Night Dragons and decided to leave it to Lin Shaoqing while preparing to depart the next day.

• Alvin rejected Zhang Qiang’s request to call the chariot a replica and argued that the Qin Emperor deserved public respect.
• Alvin posted a photo with the chariot and the children, and Zhang Qiang agreed to remake the Qin Emperor film and lift online restrictions on related keywords.
• Zhang Qiang warned Alvin that his social-media influence made his public actions difficult for the Gun Club to manage.
• Alvin saw the Night Dragons fighting amid a hostile crowd and chose another route, saying Lin Shaoqing needed to settle in and handle trouble himself.
• Alvin told Ginny they would leave the next day to visit Nemo II, and Ginny asked if they could dive down to see Captain Nemo.

Alvin and Stark prepared to take their children on the Hydra yacht to Atlantis, while Albus saw them off and Stark revealed that Albus and Greenwald were longtime lovers. After Stark activated JARVIS to pilot the yacht, the group set out for their journey.

• Alvin arrived at the docks with a few suitcases and teased Stark about his lavish luggage and the yacht.
• Albus lectured Stark about his neglected duties at Stark Industries and warned him to keep little Morgan safe.
• Alvin teased Albus about Greenwald, and Stark explained that the two men had loved each other for decades and were now happy together.
• Alvin and Stark boarded the yacht with the children, then realized neither of them could properly pilot it.
• Stark activated a Service Robot, and JARVIS offered to pilot the yacht after asking for their destination coordinates.

On the voyage to Atlantis, Chiron explained that Richard’s growing power was consuming his body and suggested he could become a demigod by feeding the beast within him. He then revealed that Tina was a reincarnated demigod and that finding a relic of Athena, who died at Atlantis, might awaken her memories.

• Alvin asked Chiron to explain Richard’s condition, and Chiron said a hungry beast inside Richard was growing and draining his life force.
• Alvin explained that Richard’s body was burning through his flesh because he could not absorb spiritual energy, and that becoming a Beast Knight could eventually solve the problem.
• Chiron said Richard could transform into a demigod if he satisfied the beast’s appetite, though Alvin doubted that would be simple.
• Chiron explained that the Eternals were powerful beings who considered themselves human and appeared during great upheavals.
• Chiron told Alvin that Tina was a reincarnated demigod he had met at Athena’s banquet, and that an Athena relic in Atlantis might awaken her memories.

Alvin learned that Fox’s awakened memories would not erase her identity or change her personality, and he insisted that she alone would decide whether to use Athena’s relic. Chiron revealed that he sought the lost power preserving his artistic talent, while Stark joked that Pepper might be a Deity.

• Alvin asked Chiron about the demigods and whether Fox would remain herself if her past-life memories awakened.
• Chiron explained that the Eternals could reincarnate as humans and that Fox would gain only vague memories while keeping the personality formed in her current life.
• Chiron revealed that he had entrusted his disciple with half his soul’s power to preserve his artistic talent, and Alvin promised to help him while leaving the choice about Athena’s relic to Fox.
• Chiron agreed not to force Fox and said he might teach art if he recovered his talent.
• Stark suggested using advertisements to find Chiron’s old companions, then joked that his fiancée, Pepper Potts, might be a Deity.

Alvin and Chiron discussed Richard’s Beast and how to control it while the group spent time aboard the yacht. Chiron proposed using the living Hydra’s blood to give Richard abilities that could counter the Beast, leaving Alvin to consider the dangerous plan.

• Stark jumped into the pool and played with Ginny, Morgan, Nick, Harry, and Mindy while Alvin invited Chiron to help prepare lunch.
• Chiron caught a cod and a sea bream, then taught Nick and the other children how to handle the spear gun.
• Richard told Alvin he wanted to become a Beast Knight so his imprisoned father could see what he had accomplished, and Alvin urged him to consider Chiron’s advice before choosing.
• Chiron explained that only one of the Hydra’s heads was immortal and that its blood was deadly if taken after the head was cut off.
• Chiron said blood drawn from the Hydra’s immortal head while it was alive could be a lifesaving remedy and might make Richard immortal enough to withstand the Beast.

Alvin and Stark discussed Richard's choice to pursue the Beast Knight path rather than alter his body, while Chiron explained the different sources of power behind their abilities. JARVIS then warned that an area ahead was turning into a lethal zone, and Alvin prepared to investigate.

• Alvin told Richard that basilisk blood might help his condition but would not solve it, and Richard chose to become a Beast Knight without changing his body.
• Alvin reassured Richard that being Kingpin's son should not dictate his choices and reflected on Kingpin's sacrifices to give him a different future.
• Alvin and Stark joked about family life and planned a Las Vegas bachelor party, while Stark revealed he had arranged a dance audition and a televised finale.
• Chiron considered the Hundred-Headed Basilisk blood the best solution for Richard, while Alvin remained interested in its potential for research and future use.
• JARVIS reported that an area five nautical miles ahead was becoming nearly uninhabitable and told Alvin to send the children back to the Cabin.

Alvin and Stark discussed JARVIS’s wish for a humanlike body, then discovered a spreading underwater poison near Atlantis and suspected Captain Nemo was in trouble. JARVIS traced the toxin to a slain Hundred-Headed Basilisk, and Alvin prepared to confront the monsters after inviting Nemo II aboard.

• JARVIS told Alvin and Stark he wanted a humanlike body made using the Cradle of Life and Neural Link Technology, and Stark agreed to help.
• Alvin spotted a vast field of dead fish and sharks near the yacht, and Chiron identified the poison as coming from a Hundred-Headed Basilisk killed underwater near Atlantis.
• JARVIS estimated the poison would spread up to five kilometers, while Alvin sent his Corpse-Eater Vine to consume the dead fish and asked Stark to contact Nemo II.
• Alvin reassured Little Ginny that Captain Nemo would be safe and said they would deal with the monsters after lunch.
• Alvin sensed that Nemo II had arrived and proposed inviting him aboard for a meal before confronting the monsters.

Alvin, Stark, Nemo II, and Chiron planned to search Atlantis for the Sea Emperor’s Trident, which Nemo II hoped to use to restore the ocean’s ecosystem. They learned that Sirens and hundred-headed basilisks were fighting over Atlantis, leaving the group with dangerous monsters to confront before they could search.

• Nemo II arrived aboard the battered Nautilus and explained that monsters around Atlantis had made it impossible to resupply by fishing.
• Nemo II showed Alvin and the others images of basilisks, giant sea creatures, and Sirens battling among Atlantis’s ruins.
• Chiron identified the Sirens as former defenders of Atlantis and explained that the Heart of the Ocean had led Nemo II to seek the Sea Emperor’s Trident.
• Alvin explained that Nemo II wanted the trident to guide fish and repopulate the ocean, and Chiron agreed to search for its fragments.
• Alvin offered Nemo II the Source Pearl and promised to help find the trident and Athena’s treasures; Nemo II pledged the Nemo family’s friendship.
• Chiron said the basilisks had gathered to lay their eggs and the Sirens wanted the same place, warning that the monsters had to be dealt with first.

Aboard the Nautilus, Little Ginny and the others watched the battle in Atlantis and discussed Richard’s declining health and ambitions. When Alvin and his companions entered the ruins disguised as giant crabs, Little Ginny spotted them and Nick hoped to join them next time.

• Reconnaissance robots showed two Hundred-Headed Basilisks killing a Giant Octopus before sharks charged them to cover the retreat.
• Little Ginny worried about Richard getting thinner, while Richard explained he avoided snake blood because he wanted to become a Knight.
• Nick joked with Richard about his scars and suggested they become movie stars, but Richard said he wanted to be like Alvin.
• Nick and Richard talked about forming a Knight squad and Wilde growing large enough to carry Nick.
• Little Harry spotted Alvin and the others entering Atlantis disguised as giant crabs, and Nick said he wanted to go with them next time.

Alvin, Chiron, and Stark searched Atlantis for the Trident fragments and reached the Pyramid concealing its energy core. A golden suit of armor emerged and fought the Hundred-Headed Basilisk, and Chiron warned everyone to close their eyes.

• Alvin, Chiron, and Stark crept through Atlantis while discussing how to recover the Trident fragments and deal with the Basilisks.
• Chiron identified Athena's fallen statue and explained that prayer might reveal her relics, but they continued toward the energy core.
• At the Pyramid, Chiron distracted the guarding Basilisk and led Alvin and Stark toward an underground entrance.
• Stark's probes detected energy readings near the likely locations of the fragments, and Chiron chose the closest entrance.
• A golden suit of armor emerged from the Pyramid and clashed with the Hundred-Headed Basilisk, prompting Chiron to shout for everyone to close their eyes.