Chapter Summaries

Scott Lang and Hope angered Alvin by mistaking his interest in Pym Particles for an attempt to steal Hank Pym’s work, and Alvin ordered them out of Hell’s Kitchen. Before Hank could repair the damage, an attacker with the ability to turn intangible ambushed him and Dr. Yinsen; Lin Shaoqing and Peter drove her off, while Yinsen urged Alvin to consider funding Pym’s laboratory.

• Scott Lang tried to calm Hope and explain that Alvin had only expressed interest in Pym Particles, but Hope accused Alvin of being a bandit and refused to give up her father’s technology.
• Alvin ordered Lin Shaoqing to escort Scott and Hope out of the Peace Hotel; Lin trapped shrunken Hope under a wine glass and threw both of them outside.
• Peter returned Scott’s Darts and criticized the couple for bringing danger to Hell’s Kitchen while disrespecting the people offering them protection.
• Dr. Yinsen drove Hank Pym toward the Peace Hotel, but an attacker in a White Combat Suit entered their car and assaulted them; Yinsen’s Energy Shield kept her at bay.
• Lin Shaoqing struck the attacker with his Iron Fist, and Peter joined the fight, but she passed through Peter and escaped by sinking into the ground.
• Peter called for a wanted notice through the Mutant Union and Demon Hunters Guild, while Yinsen told Alvin that Hank could supply Pym Particles if Hell’s Kitchen funded and protected his Quantum Laboratory.

After an attacker in a white combat suit targeted Dr. Yinsen, Alvin treated Hank Pym’s request for shelter as a business deal and launched a search for the attacker. Scott Lang warned Hope that they needed Alvin’s protection to pursue the experiment that could save her mother, while Beckett arrived to investigate the attack.

• Alvin decided Hank Pym would have to offer him a satisfactory business deal for shelter and told Dr. Yinsen he had stopped expecting people to repay his generosity.
• Alvin called Bruto to spread word through New York’s underworld and find the white-suited attacker, while Robert contacted Church to use Hell’s Kitchen’s own channels.
• Scott Lang told Hope that leaving Hell’s Kitchen would endanger their search for her mother and said he would stay to protect his peaceful life with Little Pumpkin.
• Hank Pym urged Hope not to leave and said Alvin’s hunt for Ghost gave them a chance to continue their work safely.
• Beckett arrived at the Peace Hotel to investigate the attack on Dr. Yinsen and warned Hank Pym and his companions that Hell’s Kitchen was unsafe for strangers.

Hank Pym saw how much influence Alvin held over Hell’s Kitchen and tried to persuade him to help with the attackers, while Lin Shaoqing prepared to escort Hank’s group out. Alvin welcomed Hank to discuss the matter, but made clear that his help would come at a price.

• Hank Pym and Wasp tried to enter the Peace Hotel, but Lin Shaoqing said Alvin had ordered them escorted out of Hell’s Kitchen.
• Scott Lang argued that they could help against the attackers, but Lin Shaoqing insisted Hell’s Kitchen did not need outsiders and gave Hank an hour to speak with Alvin.
• Sam tried to protect Dr. Yinsen with a revolver, so Beckett gave him a Taser and Dr. Yinsen traded it for the revolver while promising to teach Sam how to use it.
• Alvin teased Beckett and Castle about their relationship, then turned to Hank Pym and invited him to sit down.
• Hank Pym sampled the expensive Scotch and questioned its price, and Alvin said Hank could refuse to pay if he thought the price was too high.

Hank Pym negotiated with Alvin for protection from his enemies, while Alvin demanded 2,000 doses of Pym Particles and that Hank leave Hell’s Kitchen. Hank eventually gave Alvin permission to name his price, hoping he would help save Hank’s wife.

• Hank Pym asked Alvin for protection and offered to pay for it after Dr. Yinsen had kept him company.
• Alvin demanded 2,000 doses of Pym Particles and insisted Hank leave Hell’s Kitchen, rejecting his pitch to share profits from civilian applications.
• Hank considered seeking help from other organizations but feared they would take control of his Ant-Man technology and obstruct his work in the Quantum Realm.
• Hank offered Alvin all profits from a civilian version of Pym Particles, but Alvin rejected the offer and suggested Hank turn to Tony Stark instead.
• Hank conceded and told Alvin to name his price, while insisting he would not reveal the technology behind Pym Particles or the Ant-Man Suit.
• Hank poured drinks for himself and Alvin and said he trusted Alvin to help a widower desperate to save his wife.

Alvin proposed a joint company with Hank Pym to produce Pym Particles, demanding a controlling share and binding Hank’s family to the business. Hank accepted after revealing that he needed Alvin to fund an eight-billion-dollar Quantum Laboratory to rescue his wife.

• Alvin offered Hank Pym a company deal that gave Alvin 80 percent ownership and made the Civilian Version of Pym Particles company property.
• Hank Pym realized the agreement would bind his family to Hell’s Kitchen, while Alvin had not promised to fund the Quantum Laboratory he needed.
• Hank told Alvin that building the Quantum Laboratory would cost about eight billion dollars and that he had waited thirty years to rescue his wife.
• Alvin agreed to the business terms but challenged Hank for acting as though he had been wronged.
• Hank Pym accepted the deal, saying, “Business is business!”

Alvin arranged for Hank Pym to build a quantum laboratory with Stark financing it, while Lin Shaoqing brought Scott Lang and Wasp back to Hell’s Kitchen. Scott reached Paxton’s neighborhood hoping to see Cassie, where Timmons tried to recruit him.

• Alvin agreed to provide Hank Pym with an abandoned factory for a laboratory, and Stark offered to fund it in exchange for a share of the company.
• Alvin called Lin Shaoqing, who was driving Scott Lang and Wasp out of Hell’s Kitchen with Flint Marko at the wheel.
• Flint Marko criticized Scott for bringing danger near Cassie, while Lin Shaoqing challenged Wasp’s choice to keep the Pym technology for herself.
• Flint Marko drove Scott and Wasp to Paxton’s neighborhood, where Scott thanked him and got out to look for his daughter.
• Timmons greeted Scott and pitched him a job designing security equipment, but Scott hurried toward Paxton’s house to see Cassie.

Scott Lang went to see Cassie and unwittingly led a Ghost to her home, where the Demon Hunters and John Wick fought it off before it escaped underground. Yan Shuangying told Scott that Cassie was safe with Peter, and the chapter ended with Cassie appearing across the street while Flint Marko reported that the Ghost had escaped.

• Scott Lang went to the Paxtons' house to call to Cassie while Timmons and his associate argued about their struggling company.
• A Ghost burst into Cassie's room, then fled as Yan Shuangying and his Demon Hunters attacked it with Holy Water bullets and net guns.
• John Wick and his Hellhounds wounded the Ghost, which escaped underground before a Thermite Bomb exploded in the sewers.
• Yan Shuangying told Scott that Cassie was safe with Peter and warned him that visiting her had put her in danger.
• Scott accused Lin Shaoqing of using him and Cassie as bait, while Flint Marko reported that the Ghost had escaped.
• Cassie ran out of the Old Parkers' house and waved to Scott, calling out that she was there.

Scott Lang reunited with Cassie and promised to stay in her life, then decided to use himself as bait to draw out his enemies. He asked Lin Shaoqing whether Hell’s Kitchen could take them all down, and Flint Marko urged him to kill them.

• Yan Shuangying and John Wick left to pursue the Mutant, while Yan Shuangying ordered his driver to follow them.
• Scott Lang rushed to Cassie, comforted her, and promised to visit and take her to school and the amusement park.
• Peter told Scott Lang that Annie and the children were safe, but warned him not to disappoint them again.
• Scott Lang told Peter he would give his enemies what they wanted, then quietly spoke with Wasp.
• Scott Lang told Lin Shaoqing he would act as bait and asked if Lin Shaoqing could eliminate their enemies; Flint Marko said a dead enemy was the best enemy.

Phil Coulson and his team captured Sonny Burch before he could pursue Hank Pym and the others in Hell's Kitchen. Coulson exposed Sonny’s ties to Stone Banks and took him in for questioning.

• Sonny Burch planned to use Annie as a hostage and asked Stone Banks for help pursuing Hank Pym and the Ghost.
• Coulson, Melinda May, Snake Eyes, White Ghost, and Skye ambushed Sonny and his bodyguards, while Skye traced Stone Banks’s call.
• Coulson identified Sonny’s black-market operation and demanded information about Stone Banks, his government moles, and the mercenaries.
• Sonny tried to avoid betraying Stone Banks by claiming his distant relatives were at risk, prompting Skye to laugh at his increasingly absurd excuses.
• Coulson tranquilized Sonny and ordered his team to take the group in so Simmons could question them with truth serum.

Alvin learned that Hell’s Kitchen’s gangs were mobilizing to drive dangerous newcomers out of New York, while Beckett warned him that Natasha was being watched and that her trouble might involve Eggsy and the two Angels. After Doom invited him to a gathering of European leaders, Alvin called Coulson about Doom’s undercover work and heard Coulson ask if he had things backward.

• Alvin learned from Castle that John Wick had nearly caught Ghost, and Scott Lang had taken something she needed and gone out as bait while Hell’s Kitchen mobilized.
• Castle left with Hawkeye to watch the action, while Beckett went with them to the police station.
• Beckett warned Alvin that Eggsy and the two Angels had escaped FBI custody and that someone was keeping an eye on Natasha.
• Alvin decided not to contact Natasha and instead called Victor von Doom, who invited him to a party with several European leaders.
• Alvin called Coulson about Doom working undercover, and Coulson replied that Alvin might have the situation backward.

Alvin drove Stark to a shipyard where Hank Pym’s laboratory would be built, and discussed the captured Ghost and the effects of Pym Particles. They arrived to find Coulson, Dr. Yinsen, the Little Turtles, and a strange oversized ant gathered around a silver box.

• Alvin’s threat against anyone who harmed Battle Axe School had prompted New York’s gangs to drive out suspicious outsiders and suspend their businesses.
• Alvin showed off Hank Pym’s shrinking car to Stark, who became fascinated by how Pym Particles affected the human body.
• Alvin told Stark that Dr. Yinsen had captured the Ghost with an Energy Shield after Scott Lang and others had helped set a trap.
• Alvin and Stark reached the shipyard, where Coulson, Dr. Yinsen, and the Little Turtles stood beside a coffin-like silver box.
• Stark jumped back into the car when a dog-sized ant crawled over his foot.

Alvin visited Hank Pym’s laboratory site, where Hank revealed his portable lab and explained that his wife was alive in the Quantum Realm and entangled with Scott Lang. Alvin agreed to fund a Quantum Laboratory and asked Hank to adapt a miniature habitat for his family’s animals, then turned to Coulson for an account of his dealings with Victor von Doom in Sokovia.

• Dr. Yinsen captured Ghost using an Attilan Force Field, and Scott Lang helped giant ants clear Hank Pym’s laboratory site.
• Hank Pym revealed his shrunken, twenty-story laboratory and gave Alvin a list of equipment needed to build a Quantum Tunnel.
• Hank explained that his wife Jenny was alive in the Quantum Realm and that her consciousness was quantum-entangled with Scott Lang.
• Alvin promised funding and equipment for Hank’s Quantum Laboratory, warning Scott not to rush the effort to save Jenny.
• Alvin gave Hank a miniature habitat for his family’s animals, and Hank offered to add a Pym Particle emitter and make a prototype in three days.
• Dr. Yinsen carried Ghost’s coffin into the laboratory building, and Alvin asked Coulson about his deal with Victor von Doom in Sokovia.

Coulson explained how Doom had infiltrated Hydra and asked Alvin to reassure European politicians who wanted to resist Hydra. The plan hinged on a coming summit and an upgraded surveillance system that could identify Hydra agents, though Alvin remained wary of Nick Fury’s methods.

• Coulson told Alvin that Doom had used Stone Banks to approach Hydra and had gained a way to appear inside Nick Fury’s conference room.
• Coulson explained that Hydra had used the Phone App to blackmail European politicians and would gather at a Sokovian summit.
• Alvin questioned why the politicians wanted his guarantee and challenged Coulson about Nick Fury’s handling of the app.
• Coulson revealed that Doom had joined Hydra and would attend a major initiation ceremony with representatives from its branches.
• Coulson said Nick Fury had upgraded the app’s surveillance system instead of developing a countermeasure, and that Alvin’s support could help identify Hydra agents among the politicians.

Alvin agreed to help Coulson protect politicians from being wrongly branded as Hydra and to recommend teams for striking Hydra branches. He decided to attend Doom’s intelligence summit in Sokovia, suspecting Doom had invited him because he was in trouble.

• Alvin realized that the politicians’ actions could draw Hydra out and help Nick Fury identify its members and branches.
• Coulson explained that politicians needed Alvin’s assurance to avoid investigations that could destabilize Europe, and Alvin agreed to give them one certificate each.
• Coulson asked Alvin to help attack Hydra branches, and Alvin agreed to recommend reliable teams from Hell’s Kitchen.
• Alvin told Coulson he would attend Doom’s summit and make sure Nick Fury destroyed the surveillance software afterward.
• Alvin inferred that Doom was in trouble and said he would bring a suitable spy from the neighboring building.

Alvin learned about Ava’s suffering and Dr. Bill Foster’s plan to save her with the Quantum Tunnel, then offered Foster a teaching job at his school. Hank Pym refused to cooperate, leaving the rescue plan at an impasse.

• Alvin noticed that Coulson seemed distant from Nick Fury and entered the Hank Pym Building’s laboratory.
• Stark explained that Bill Foster had once worked with Hank Pym and that Ava became the Ghost after a Quantum Tunnel experiment harmed her and her father.
• Dr. Yinsen told Alvin that Ava was dying, had suffered since the explosion, and might be useful to the school if she could be saved.
• Alvin offered Bill Foster a teaching position and said the school could tolerate Ava as long as she stopped appearing as the Ghost.
• Hank Pym rejected Foster’s plan to use energy from Jenny through the Quantum Tunnel, and Foster accused him of causing Ava’s suffering.

Alvin intervened when Hank Pym refused to risk Jenny to save Ava, and Stark offered equipment to rebuild the Quantum Tunnel. With more time and several scientists gathered, they agreed to seek a way to save both women as Stark arranged to transport supplies.

• Hank Pym refused Dr. Foster's plan to extract energy from Jenny, but promised to help Ava after rescuing his wife.
• Alvin backed Hank Pym and insisted Jenny would not be sacrificed, then urged Hank to let Jenny consider helping Ava once she was rescued.
• Stark offered Stark Industries' equipment and said it could be delivered to help rebuild the Quantum Tunnel.
• Hank Pym said the tunnel could be ready within a week and explained that he had to find Jenny before she missed their Timeline.
• Dr. Yinsen offered equipment from his Basement, and Alvin opened a Space Gate to send the Little Turtles to help Stark move supplies.

Alvin watched Hank Pym’s ants help rebuild the laboratory and learned how Hank’s device translated thoughts into commands. Hank then modified Alvin’s Poké Ball with a Pym Particle emitter, leaving Alvin with a working prototype that could shrink and enlarge targets.

• Alvin watched Hank Pym’s ants move equipment and rebuild the laboratory through the Space Gate.
• Stark and Dr. Foster discussed how Hank’s ant controller translated imagined movements into commands and how similar technology could control machines or help pets communicate.
• Stark left to develop a two-way animal translator, planning to test it on Caesar and Maximus before Alvin got the children pets.
• Hank Pym examined Alvin’s Poké Ball and modified it with a Pym Particle emitter taken from one of his toy cars.
• Hank gave Alvin the basic Poké Ball and explained that its button shrank a target while opening it enlarged the target.

Alvin tested a Poké Ball on a giant ant, then left Hank Pym’s lab with Scott Lang to prepare for future work in Sokovia. He asked JARVIS to upgrade the Poké Ball and warned Dr. Yinsen to be careful around Ghost.

• Alvin shrank a giant ant with the Poké Ball, then accidentally restored it on his foot and killed it when he kicked it away.
• Hank Pym sent Scott Lang off with Alvin, while Scott and Dr. Foster argued with Hank about the Goliath Giant project and Jenny’s rescue.
• Dr. Foster told Scott that she could grow to 6.4 meters and offered advice for managing the stamina drain if he called Hank a bastard.
• Alvin recruited Scott to help with Agent work in Sokovia and said he could spend the weekend with his daughter first.
• Alvin returned through a Space Gate, cautioned Dr. Yinsen about Ghost, and asked JARVIS to upgrade the Poké Ball.

Alvin finished the Poké Ball and headed out to buy wrapping paper before picking up Ginny, but a run-in with a blonde woman driving Bruto’s Cadillac Rocket turned chaotic when a robber fled across the street. The robber was struck by a car, leaving the police scene in confusion.

• Alvin completed the Poké Ball with JARVIS’s help and left Stark Tower to buy wrapping paper and pick up Ginny.
• A blonde woman parked Bruto’s Cadillac Rocket over Alvin’s shrunken car, and Alvin called 911 to report her and enlarged his car.
• Alvin warned two patrol officers that the blonde woman had a gun, and they ordered her to put her hands on the car.
• A red-suited, obese robber escaped a building with blueprints and ran across the street as the officers called for backup.
• Alvin yelled for the robber to watch out, but an old Japanese car struck his thigh and sent him crashing onto the pavement.

Blonde Girl and Red Fatso escaped Bruto’s gang in his wrecked Cadillac, while Duke and the police arrived to arrest the gangsters. Afterward, Duke and Alvin discussed the chaotic scene, Anna’s trip to Northern Europe, and visiting Yad's Nightclub.

• Bruto’s gang surrounded Blonde Girl, but she drove off with Red Fatso and the blueprints, smashing through the road barrier and wrecking Bruto’s car.
• The two patrol officers tried to stop the gangsters, and Duke arrived with the New York Emergency Response Team and police reinforcements.
• Bruto’s convoy fled while Duke’s team disarmed the remaining gangsters, and Bruto threatened to bring in his lawyers.
• Duke asked Alvin what had happened, but Alvin denied involvement and questioned how Anna had been allowed to leave the country.
• Duke explained that Vice President William Hurt had vouched for Anna, then invited Alvin to Yad's Nightclub, and Alvin gave him a VIP card.