Chapter Summaries

The Wolves’ defense faced Blair High School’s resurgent offense, which used Lewis’s sacrifice and Alton’s quick passes to drive to the Wolves’ ten-yard line. Number 15’s instincts and standout tackle impressed the coaches and scouts, who began to recognize him as a defensive genius.

• The Wolves changed to a 4-3-3-1 formation, and Cream pressured Alton while Lewis took down Cream to give Alton time to switch the play.
• Alton passed to Blair’s Number 9, but Number 15 evaded the Tight End’s block and tackled the Running Back along the sideline after a six-yard gain.
• Coach Sutton realized Number 15 had anticipated Lewis’s move and admired his defensive awareness as much as his physical ability.
• Lewis’s sacrifice helped Alton find short passes and other ball carriers, allowing Blair’s offense to keep advancing against the Wolves.
• After twenty-six plays and several fourth-down conversions, Blair reached the Wolves’ ten-yard line, where a touchdown could tie the game.
• College coaches recognized why Coach Sutton valued Number 15 and discussed recruiting the non-Mutant defensive standout.

Nick’s handling of college coaches drew attention to Number 15 and the Wolves’ other players, while Nelson quietly protected Nick from a scout recording their negotiations. Nick and Coach Sutton bet on Blair’s final play, and the chapter ended as Alton threw a lateral pass toward the weak side.

• Number 15’s defensive leadership impressed college coaches, and Nick handed them the Wolves’ substitutes’ assessment reports.
• Nelson built relationships with the coaches and arranged to show them the Wolves’ practice, while a gaunt man stole a scout’s voice recorder to protect Nick’s conversation with Coach Sutton.
• Coach Sutton asked Nick to arrange a dinner with Coach Steve and bet that Blair would score at the weak-side pylon; Nick wagered twenty dollars and the substitutes’ training video against a preseason game invitation.
• Nick alerted Steve to Blair’s likely play, and Coach Sutton realized Nick had used his sideline communicator.
• Alton faked a handoff, ran toward the strong side, then threw a thirty-yard lateral pass toward the weak-side sideline.

Lewis scored an extraordinary touchdown for Blair High School, but Coach Sutton realized Steve’s strategy had given the Wolves a major advantage. As Harry led the Wolves’ offense onto the field, Alton explained the clock and fatigue advantage to a confused Norman Osborn, who urged his son on.

• Lewis evaded several Wolves defenders and stretched the ball over the pylon to score, tying the game at 7–7.
• Coach Sutton suspected Lewis was a mutant, then recognized that Steve’s timing and strategy had set the Wolves up well.
• Steve reassured Number 15 after the tackle, while Ginny and the Door Opener joked with the defense on the bench.
• Harry led the Wolves onto the field, and Norman Osborn complained that Steve treated the offense and defense differently.
• Alton explained that the Wolves had more scoring chances and Blair’s players were exhausted, prompting Norman to shout encouragement to Harry.

Harry Osborn and William "Lightning" led the Wolves to a touchdown that put them ahead of Blair High School 14–7 before halftime. Lewis and Alton then drove Blair’s exhausted offense back onto the field and began an unexpected response.

• Harry’s trick play let William "Lightning" break through Blair’s defense for a long run, after which he challenged Lewis to compete with him.
• Harry pulled Cantaloupe away from a growing confrontation, while Lewis recognized William’s challenge as a call for a fair, hard-fought game.
• Lewis asked Alton to get him the ball, and Alton agreed to send it his way when he called the snap.
• Harry threw a bomb of more than sixty yards, and William "Lightning" caught it in the end zone for a touchdown that made the score 14–7.
• Norman Osborn celebrated Harry’s success, while Alvin dragged him back to the bench.
• Alton and Lewis led Blair High School’s tired offense onto the field and launched a startling drive.

Lewis scored a record-breaking 90-yard Hail Mary touchdown for Blair High School, but suffered severe injuries and was taken away for surgery. After making peace with Lightning William, Alvin and Steve worried that the quiet Mutants and other groups were plotting something.

• Exhausted, Alton fooled the Wolves' defense with a long pass, and Lewis caught it in the end zone for a record-setting touchdown before breaking his ankle on landing.
• Number 15 protected Lewis from the angry Blair players and called Dr. Yinsen, who diagnosed multiple serious injuries and arranged to operate on him.
• Lewis asked to speak with Lightning William, who admitted Lewis had won and promised to surpass his achievement while urging him to pursue his own dreams.
• Alvin assured Steve that Lewis did not regret pushing himself, while Steve questioned whether the game had been too cruel to the kids.
• Alvin and Steve discussed the Mutants' silence, Raymond's lack of warning, and Stark's absence, then Alvin offered to bring Steve along when he attacked Hydra and Hive.

The Wolves defeated Blair High School 42–32 to win the New York State championship for the second year in a row, and the players celebrated with their families and friends. The celebration turned dangerous when two helicopters dived toward the field, but Black Bolt and Skye destroyed them, and Fox hurried Black Bolt away before anyone noticed his condition.

• The Wolves won the championship 42–32 as Harry and Alton led a high-scoring second half, and Harry held onto the game ball while Norman Osborn had the team sign memorabilia.
• Peter, Ginny, and the players joined the celebration, where Gwen and Ginny drenched Frank with Gatorade and Champagne, and Alvin agreed to let the team attend Norman Osborn's party.
• Mayor Donald Depp arrived with the Trophy, and two civilian helicopters dived toward the Wolves' bench, prompting Alvin to tell Frank to get the kids to safety.
• Black Bolt shouted at the helicopters, and Skye used her Quake Superpower to reduce the aircraft to fragments that fell over Donald Depp.
• Alvin took Donald Depp's Microphone and called the destruction a magic trick before fireworks drew applause from the crowd.
• Black Bolt left the stands, and Fox had Security Guards watch the Attilan children before she hurried after him with Medusa to get him back to Hell's Kitchen.

Alvin learned that the helicopter attack was a staged operation meant to draw Hive out, but Raymond had kept him and Stark in the dark about the full plan. In the stadium garage, Hive took control of Black Bolt, who appeared to recognize the trap and challenged him.

• Stark told Alvin that he had arranged the helicopters and monitored the stadium, while Alvin realized Raymond had used the attack to lure Hive toward Black Bolt.
• Alvin learned that Steve also knew about the plan and trusted Raymond to deal with Hive, while Steve teased him about Fox.
• Black Bolt waited in the underground garage as mutants attacked Fox and Medusa, and Fox defended them with her rune-embedded pistols.
• An elderly janitor approached Black Bolt, revealed himself as Hive, and ordered him to kill Fox and Medusa and destroy the stadium.
• Hive’s mind control took hold again, but Black Bolt seized his tentacles and said they had found the right person.

Ethan Hunt revealed himself as a magician disguised as Black Bolt while Fox’s team defeated Hydra’s Mutants and captured the Hive. The Hive proved difficult to kill, so Fox used fire against him as she arranged to have him burned, while Ethan explained his magic and powerful tenant to Coulson.

• The Hive revealed his monstrous form and attacked Ethan Hunt, who exposed his disguise and identified himself as Raymond’s associate.
• Fox’s team turned the battle around as a black-suited warrior killed one Mutant, White Ghost beheaded the Iron Man, and Fox shot four more Mutants.
• Coulson blasted the Hive into pieces, but the immortal creature reformed and lunged at Ethan, who trapped it in a magical whirlwind.
• Ethan’s concrete fragments failed to kill the Hive, so Fox burned it with a makeshift flame from bug spray and a lighter.
• Fox sent Skye to buy more bug spray, then asked Raymond to prepare a large oven to burn the Hive’s remains.
• Coulson apologized for mistaking Ethan’s magic for a Mutant power, and Ethan said he had a powerful tenant inside him whom he was close to controlling.

Coulson and Hell's Kitchen's allies secured Black Bolt and captured Hive, while Raymond prepared to launch a broader operation in Sokovia. Raymond intended to force the intelligence agencies into the hunt and purge, protecting Alvin from blame and ensuring Doom faced outside pressure.

• JJ escorted Medusa and Black Bolt to a safe place, reassuring them that Crystal and the school were looking after the children.
• Ethan Hunt funneled Hive's fragments into Dr. Yinsen's case, and Fox froze them with liquid nitrogen before reporting to Raymond.
• Raymond told his assistant to prepare Hell's Kitchen's people to close the net and bring Coulson to the hotel.
• Raymond rejected handling Sokovia alone and planned to involve intelligence agencies in the hunt, arguing that Hydra-linked politicians deserved to die.
• Raymond resolved to make Sokovia the focus of international attention after the purge so Victor von Doom would remain a reliable ally.

After escaping the Avengers with Black Bolt and Medusa, JJ helped set plans in motion for a mission to Sokovia, where several groups prepared to confront Hydra and Stone Banks. Natasha’s Black Widows, Frank’s team, Bourne, Church, and Barney’s veterans all set out or agreed to join the coming fight.

• A social media enthusiast filmed Hive-controlled Black Bolt and the Avengers’ pursuit, but escaped with his footage after an Avengers soldier demanded his phone.
• JJ drove Black Bolt and Medusa away while Hawkeye prepared to head to Sokovia; Frank recruited Bucky, the Winter Soldiers, and Bourne for the mission.
• Church left Moscow with Marvin, warned Katya to protect Sarah, and called Agent 47 about a new job targeting European politicians.
• Natasha offered the Black Widows the choice to leave with retirement money or join the Sokovia assignment, and the women chose to go.
• Barney gathered Christmas and other veterans at Ivan’s Auto Shop and announced they would go to Sokovia to kill Stone Banks.

Alvin welcomed Shang-Chi back from the Underworld and learned from Raymond that Hela and their friends had gone to Sokovia to deal with Hydra and protect him from the Mutant trouble. Alvin agreed to let them act there but insisted that Nick Fury’s worldwide surveillance software be destroyed.

• Alvin reunited with Shang-Chi, who complained that Lin Shaoqing had taken his job, while Ginny urged him to fight Lin over the Little Turtles.
• Raymond advised Shang-Chi to learn from Lin and later offered to make Lin his assistant, while Shang-Chi and Lu Tong settled in at the Bar Counter.
• Raymond told Alvin that Hela and their friends had gone to Sokovia to uproot Hydra and that he had already killed some problematic Mutants with help from intelligence agencies.
• Raymond argued that Nick Fury wanted to win over wavering Sokovian politicians, but said he would stop that plan.
• Alvin allowed the operation to proceed within Sokovia and ordered Raymond to ensure Nick Fury’s global surveillance software was completely destroyed.

Alvin trusted Raymond to lead the fight against Hydra and help address the Mutant unrest, while explaining why he wanted to make the world safer for his children and students. Raymond recruited Lin Shaoqing, who left the Peace Hotel to join his team, and Alvin returned Shang-Chi to work behind the bar.

• Alvin praised Raymond's plan to eliminate Hydra in Sokovia and agreed to trust him with the operation and the Mutant Act.
• Alvin told Raymond he wanted to spread technology and help humanity explore space so his loved ones would face fewer dangers.
• Raymond offered to hire Lin Shaoqing, and Lin accepted after telling Alvin he felt more suited to dangerous work than peaceful life at the Peace Hotel.
• Lin Shaoqing folded his waiter uniform, promised he might return someday, and left to take care of something before joining Raymond.
• Shang-Chi asked Alvin for an exciting job, but Alvin ordered him to change into his uniform and get back behind the bar.
• Alvin turned to Bruto and Yad and asked what they were trying to do.

Alvin learned that Bruto and Yad wanted to expand their business by building floating prisons for Mutants, and they asked him to help arrange supernatural guards. He left them impressed by their audacity and schemes.

• Raymond left the Restaurant after Bruto took his seat and stared him down.
• Bruto explained that the Pharmaceutical Company had no urgent need for government support because its drug business was thriving and its money was invested overseas.
• Bruto and Yad asked Alvin for help finding another business while their investments in Peru took years to become profitable.
• Yad revealed their plan to refit decommissioned warships into Mutant prisons and negotiate contracts across the states and Europe.
• Yad asked Alvin about buying Hellhounds and using Arthur and Great White Sharks to guard the prison ships.

Alvin approved Bruto’s plan to build a prison and trade weapons for land in South America, while warning him to keep the investment legitimate. He then hired Lu Tong to investigate a Maya Deity’s pyramid in Peru before Alvin’s planned visit.

• Bruto asked Alvin for thirty Hellhounds to help establish a prison, and Alvin agreed after teasing him about keeping a Hell Dragon.
• Bruto told Alvin that several South American countries were preparing to exchange land for weapons, but CIA pressure had disrupted the deal in Central America.
• Alvin told Bruto to fight back if the CIA caused trouble and insisted that the group avoid shady business practices.
• Shang-Chi reminded Alvin that Bruto and Yad had left without paying their bill, and Alvin told him to collect the money.
• Alvin hired Lu Tong and assigned him to join Dr. Wales’s team in Peru to investigate a pyramid possibly linked to a Maya Deity and the recent Solar Storm.

Coulson reflected on S.H.I.E.L.D.’s sacrifices during Raymond Reddington’s global campaign against Hydra and decided to join the Mutant Union after Hydra was defeated. Meanwhile, Fox, Barney’s Suicide Squad, and Bourne carried out coordinated operations in Sokovia as the vote approached.

• Coulson told May that Raymond had mobilized intelligence agencies to purge suspected Hydra spies, and admitted that S.H.I.E.L.D. had long excused its own sacrifices of innocents.
• Coulson told May he wanted S.H.I.E.L.D.’s era to end and planned to join the Mutant Union to help Alvin address mutant problems and hatred.
• Fox spotted the targets entering Sokovia’s presidential palace and ordered the perimeter signals jammed as the operation began.
• Barney led the Suicide Squad’s assault on an office building after spotting Stone Banks, while Raphael and the other Little Turtles helped storm the building with modified robots.
• Bourne killed an old man outside a Sokovian bank, then killed a young man, took his identity and briefcase, and requested a pickup with the bank files.

Church, Agent 47, Natasha, and Bucky prepared a covert operation against Hydra agents in Sokovia, while Alvin brought his unruly children and animals to the Stark Estate. The chapter left Alvin discovering that Stark was exhausted from caring for the children and their pets.

• Church drugged a modeling agent and secured him as a ticket to a party, while Agent 47 reported killing two gang bodyguards and went to prepare a sniping position.
• Natasha briefed the Black Widows on quietly taking out Hydra agents, then sent them off with Yelena while she waited for Bucky.
• Bucky arrived to collect Natasha, and she teased him about his car before leaving with him.
• Alvin brought his chaotic menagerie to the Stark Estate after days of trouble at home, including Wilde crashing cars and Big White wrecking things while chasing Shang-Chi.
• Stark greeted Alvin in pajamas and asked when Fox would return, while Alvin saw Little Ginny greet Little Morgan and realized Stark was struggling to manage the children alone.

Alvin and Stark discussed their plans for a family trip while their children played at the beach. After Kingpin reported finding giant pythons in Borneo that might help Richard become a Beast Knight, Alvin and Stark decided to take their families on an adventure there.

• Stark told Alvin that Albus and Greenwald were building a research facility to study alien technology, while Ivan was expanding Steel Digital and constructing a spaceship factory.
• Stark suggested taking their families on a trip to escape the stress of staying home with their young children, and Alvin outlined his plans to travel with Fox and visit Peru.
• Kingpin called Alvin to report that his team had found giant pythons in Borneo that might suit Richard, though only one team member had returned alive.
• Kingpin asked to take Richard to Borneo to find a suitable python, and Alvin proposed bringing their wives and children on the expedition.
• Stark agreed to Alvin's plan to travel to Borneo with their families.

Richard, Nick, and Ginny joked about their plans while Peter handled Ginny’s summoned beasts, as Fox invited Hela on a family trip. Hela arrived in Sokovia and attacked a hidden Hydra force, leaving the Avengers to advance behind her.

• Ginny defended Richard’s former weight and helped Nick tease Richard about becoming a knight, while Nick and Richard discussed raising beasts and confronting Mindy’s father.
• Ginny summoned Caesar and Maximus at Peter, but Peter distracted the creatures with bananas and offered the pizzas Principal Alvin had bought.
• Fox accepted Alvin’s invitation and invited Hela to join the trip, prompting thunder to roll over Sokovia.
• Loki worried Fox’s invitation might be a trap and tried to arrange a visit to Thor, while Heimdall refused to leave his post at the Bifrost.
• Hela ordered Heimdall to send her to Earth, and he activated the Bifrost.
• Hela appeared above the Hydra camp near Sokovia and unleashed her skeleton army as Hawkeye and Lennox ordered the Avengers to move in.

The Church, Yelena, Marvin, the Black Widows, and 47 infiltrated a Hydra gathering at a Sokovian estate to steal its banking access and capture its leader. The operation was underway, with Yelena disguised as a guard and the Church heading for the basement.

• The Church used the Black Widows’ arrival to distract the estate’s doorman while Marvin altered the Church’s identity photo and got him inside.
• The Church messaged 47 to coordinate the operation, while Marvin explained that they needed to capture the leader, transfer Hydra’s money, and escape alive.
• Yelena disguised herself as a waiter and smuggled a suitcase into the restroom as the Black Widows entered the mansion.
• The Church asked 47 to identify targets for the Black Widows and said he would find a way into the basement.
• 47 located Yelena through his scope and killed a guard near the estate’s security blind spot.
• Yelena took the dead guard’s radio and weapon, pushed his body over the cliff, and changed into his uniform as 47 reminded the team to prepare an extraction point.

Natasha and Bucky prepared to attack Hydra’s data center, while Eggsy refused to abandon his search for Galahad. At the Sokovia airport, Jacob Black’s and Edward Cullen’s families realized they had been lured into a trap, and Russell appeared to confront them.

• Natasha and Bucky identified Hydra’s data center and discussed how to destroy its surveillance machine before it activated.
• Bucky stopped Eggsy, discovered the Angels following him, and brought him along while the Winter Soldiers subdued the Angels with tranquilizer darts.
• Eggsy revealed that Arthur and Bosley planned to sell intelligence at a summit in the villa, but Natasha told him to confirm their presence and leave Sokovia.
• Eggsy refused to back out until he found Galahad, and Natasha warned him that Safina’s supernatural allies were about to face an unexpected opponent.
• Jacob Black’s and Edward Cullen’s families arrived in a hangar, where a flight attendant shocked Edward and Russell emerged from the cockpit.