Chapter Summaries

Tony Stark and the Human Torch tried to rescue President Matthew Ellis from the Ten Rings, but Eric Savin’s Salamander Warriors ambushed them. Tony reached the tanker and found the president surrounded, while the Human Torch ran out of energy and called for help.

• Nick Fury and Maria Hill discussed the rescue, hoping Tony Stark and the Human Torch could find and save President Ellis before his announced execution.
• Tony Stark and the Human Torch approached the tanker, but Eric Savin and more than a dozen Salamander Warriors spotted them and attacked.
• Tony flew toward President Ellis while the Human Torch fought Eric Savin, but his flames failed to harm Savin and his energy soon ran out.
• Tony found eighty-six Extremis Creatures surrounding President Ellis and hesitated to attack because his weapons could hit the president or trigger deadly explosions.
• Tony asked the Human Torch to draw the Salamander Warriors away while he rescued the president, but the Human Torch called for help because his energy had run out.

Tony Stark confronted Aldrich Killian at the public execution site and fought him to stop the president’s execution. After Killian overpowered the damaged [Mark 43 Beast Hunter Armor], Tony escaped as the armor carried Killian skyward and exploded, leaving the rescue unresolved.

• Tony Stark discovered that Salamander Warriors had captured the Human Torch and continued toward the rescue despite [JARVIS] estimating only a 9% chance of success.
• Aldrich Killian revealed his grudge against Tony and offered to free the captives if Tony defeated him before the execution countdown ended.
• Tony attacked Killian, but Killian’s [Extremis virus] healed his injuries and let him tear apart the [Mark 43 Beast Hunter Armor].
• Killian threatened Pepper, and Tony froze half of Killian’s body with the armor’s [Freeze Cannons] before his [Chainsword] melted against Killian’s heat.
• Tony’s armor wrapped around Killian and flew skyward at Tony’s command, then exploded with Killian inside.

Tony Stark and the Human Torch were captured and tied up with President Matthew Ellis, while Nick Fury refused to ask Carl for help despite the Avengers' desperation. Frank's rescue squad arrived at the oil tanker, and President Ellis suddenly floated out of view, suggesting the rescue had begun.

• Aldrich Killian survived Tony Stark's attack, captured him, and ordered Eric Savin to tie him up with the Human Torch and President Matthew Ellis for a public execution.
• Nick Fury blamed Tony Stark and the Human Torch for their capture, while Captain America urged him to seek Carl's help and Fury refused, suspecting Carl was behind the crisis.
• Susan Storm pleaded for help rescuing Jonathan, but the Avengers admitted they had no way to reach the prisoners in time.
• Maria Hill spotted President Matthew Ellis floating away from the execution platform, surprising Nick Fury and the Helicarrier crew.
• Frank led Logan, X-23, Pietro, and Lorna Dane through a portal to the dock where the abandoned oil tanker stood.

Frank led Logan, X-23, Lorna Dane, and Pietro on a mission to rescue President Ellis from the Ten Rings, while The Daily Bugle livestreamed their fight. Frank assigned Lorna to prove herself by rescuing the president, and X-23 fought off Extremis Soldiers as Lorna prepared to act.

• Frank launched a Warp Group drone that let The Daily Bugle livestream the team’s operation, drawing a growing audience and boosting Carl’s Prestige Points.
• Pietro killed the charging Extremis Soldiers at super speed and reported that President Ellis, Tony Stark, and an unidentified man were suspended above an abandoned tanker.
• Frank told Pietro to protect the president after the rescue, then assigned Lorna to rescue him as a test of whether she could join the Warp Group.
• X-23 encouraged Lorna and charged into the next wave of Extremis Soldiers, killing them with her Adamantium claws.

Lorna Dane, Logan, and X-23 rescued President Matthew Ellis from Aldrich Killian’s dockside execution, while Tony Stark and Human Torch remained chained up. As Killian’s Salamander Warriors attacked, Logan and X-23 fought together and killed the first one.

• Logan saved X-23 from an Extremis Soldier, while Lorna Dane crushed attackers with shipping containers using her magnetic powers.
• Lorna tore apart President Matthew Ellis’s chains and levitated him toward the rescue team.
• Aldrich Killian ordered his Salamander Warriors to kill Lorna, Logan, and X-23 and recover the president before the execution countdown ended.
• Tony Stark and Human Torch discussed who had arrived to rescue Ellis while they remained chained above the dock.
• Logan’s Khorne blessing ignited his Adamantium Claws, and he told X-23 that loyalty to Boss would earn her a blessing.
• Logan and X-23 fought a Salamander Warrior together, and X-23 killed him by driving her claws through his brain.

Logan, X-23, and Lorna Dane fought the Salamander Warriors while Frank and Pietro kept President Matthew Ellis safe and let him witness the [Warp Group]’s strength. The battle continued as Lorna used shipping containers to control the enemies and give X-23 more chances to fight.

• Logan charged the Salamander Warriors with X-23 on his back, and she promised she was not afraid as long as he was beside her.
• Lorna Dane lowered President Matthew Ellis to Frank and Pietro, then attacked the Salamander Warriors by hurling shipping containers at them.
• Frank told President Matthew Ellis that the [Warp Group] had been commissioned by General Ross to rescue him, and persuaded him to stay and watch the battle.
• Frank stopped Pietro from joining the fight because Logan’s help was enough for the girls’ assessment.
• X-23 killed two Salamander Warriors while Lorna opened and shut passages in her container maze, crushing enemies who tried to break the rules.

Logan and his allies defeated the Salamander Warriors in the Container Maze, leaving Aldrich Killian to face Logan alone. Their fight began with Logan badly burned but already recovering, while Lorna Dane reassured X-23 that her father was showing her how to fight a powerful enemy.

• Aldrich Killian tried to surprise Lorna Dane by hurling Eric Savin at her, but Logan warned her, and she crushed Eric between two shipping containers.
• Logan protected X-23 from the Salamander Warriors, revealing his Proto-Adamantium Skeleton as his wounds rapidly healed.
• Aldrich Killian's forces dwindled until he was the last one left in the maze, and Logan sent X-23 back to watch as he prepared to fight him.
• Aldrich Killian transformed and charged Logan, who severed his arm with his claws before being blasted into a shipping container and badly burned.
• X-23 tried to rush to Logan's aid, but Lorna Dane stopped her, and Logan emerged from the damaged container already recovering.

Logan survived Aldrich Killian’s flames as a burning skeleton and killed him, ending the presidential hostage crisis at the docks. President Matthew Ellis prepared to return to the White House with Pietro, while Colonel Rhodes arrived after the battle was over.

• Aldrich Killian attacked X-23 with fire, and Logan shielded her and Lorna Dane, leaving only his skeleton exposed.
• Logan’s skeleton ignited with crimson flames, and he swiftly dismembered and killed Aldrich Killian.
• A mysterious voice claimed Aldrich Killian’s mission was not over, and the Warp recorded his soul as collected.
• Logan regenerated with green energy, covered himself, and celebrated his survival with X-23 and Lorna Dane.
• Frank sent Pietro to take President Matthew Ellis to General Ross, then left the docks with Logan, X-23, and Lorna Dane.
• Colonel Rhodes arrived in the Iron Patriot Armor after the others had departed.

Tony Stark and Human Torch survived Killian’s attack after Carl Mala’s team rescued President Matthew Ellis, infuriating Nick Fury and boosting Carl’s public reputation. Back at the White House, Ellis confronted Vice President Rodriguez and ordered his arrest for treason, along with everyone involved in the kidnapping.

• Colonel Rhodey arrived after the battle and helped free Tony Stark and Human Torch, while Tony inferred that Carl Mala’s team had rescued President Ellis.
• Nick Fury resented Warp Group’s intervention and worried about the power of Logan, X-23, Lorna Dane, and Pietro.
• John Jameson revealed that Tony’s humiliation of Aldrich Killian in 1999 had led to Killian’s revenge plot, which included collusion with Vice President Rodriguez.
• John Jameson praised Carl Mala as America’s hero, and the livestream’s popularity brought Carl hundreds of thousands or possibly millions of Prestige Points.
• President Ellis returned to the White House with General Ross, accused Rodriguez of conspiring with the Ten Rings, and ordered his arrest and the detention of everyone connected to the kidnapping.

After President Matthew Ellis’s crackdown on Vice President Rodriguez, Maya Hansen joined the [Warp Group] to continue developing the [Extremis virus]. Lorna Dane passed her assessment and received the news that the group would protect her, while a televised announcement moved Logan to tears.

• General Ross had two soldiers escort Vice President Rodriguez from the office as officials anticipated a purge and his rise as President Matthew Ellis’s ally.
• Selene brought Maya Hansen to Samuel Stern, who offered her a choice between joining his research team or having her brain removed for its stored knowledge; Maya chose to join.
• Samuel Stern assigned Maya a workspace, and Rebecca Chambers introduced herself and explained the group’s generous benefits.
• Logan, X-23, and Lorna Dane told Professor X about their battle, and Logan described how Carl’s blessing had restored and strengthened him.
• Frank called to tell Lorna she had passed her assessment and would receive the [Warp Group]’s protection and specialized training.
• Logan watched President Matthew Ellis’s televised address on [The Daily Bugle] and began crying when a sentence aired.

After Matthew Ellis publicly declared that mutants were people too, Professor X, Logan, and Lorna Dane credited Carl Mala with vindicating mutants and began looking toward a future in which they could live openly. Meanwhile, Trevor Slattery and Arthur Harrow opened a Warp Rift in Celestial Heliopolis, and Osiris ordered Horus to lead the war gods against the invading daemons.

• Matthew Ellis declared that mutants were people too, and Professor X, Logan, and Lorna Dane wept with gratitude for Carl Mala’s support.
• Professor X told X-23 that mutants no longer had to hide, while X-23 innocently suggested that she and Lorna Dane marry Carl Mala someday.
• Trevor Slattery and Arthur Harrow drained Wadjet’s divine power to open a passage to Celestial Heliopolis, then sacrificed themselves to summon a Warp Rift.
• Osiris sensed an unfamiliar force near Sun City and learned from a priest that daemons were pouring through a dimensional rift and attacking the city.
• Osiris ordered the priest to notify Horus and gather the war gods to destroy the invaders.

A Warp army led by Khorne attacked Celestial Heliopolis, and Horus sent the city’s celestial warriors out to fight. The defenders quickly suffered heavy losses from the Khorne and Tzeentch legions as Pink Horrors appeared near the gates.

• Four Peddlers’ Warp army assembled outside Sun City, with Beleth, Shou-Lao, and Ammit guarding Khorne on the Brass Throne.
• Horus recognized Ammit and ordered the celestial warriors to attack the invading daemons.
• Beleth led the Khorne Legion’s charge, and Flesh Hounds and Bloodletters tore through the celestial warriors’ front line.
• Flamers of Tzeentch burned reinforcements with magical fire, and Pink Horrors emerged from the victims’ remains to attack the defenders.
• An Egyptian god with a ram’s head ordered the warriors to target the Pink Horrors before they could block Sun City’s gates.

Warp Daemons pushed the defenders of Celestial Heliopolis into chaos, while Shou-Lao killed Nekhbet and Isis entered the battle. Isis flew to the Warp Rift to stop the invasion, but an unknown magical attack struck her after she targeted Arthur Harrow and Trevor Slattery.

• Pink Horrors split into Blue Horrors and then Brimstone Horrors when the celestial warriors killed them, and the Brimstone Horrors overwhelmed the defenders with corrosive fire and sulfurous smoke.
• Horus sent Nekhbet and her vulture legion to attack the Tzeentch Fire Demon Legion, but Beleth ordered the flying daemons to intercept them, and Shou-Lao killed Nekhbet.
• Isis swept the flying daemons away from the vulture legion, cleared the smoke, and destroyed Brimstone Horrors with lightning before flying toward the Warp Rift to close it.
• Isis recognized Arthur Harrow beside Trevor Slattery at the Warp Rift and attacked them with lightning, but a shifting cloud blocked her strikes.
• The cloud fired a purple arrow into Isis's chest, and a beguiling voice began whispering inside her mind.

Tzeentch captured Isis and helped Khorne lure Horus’s four sons out of Sun City, clearing the way for an assault on the Egyptian gods. Horus fought Beleth while Osiris learned that Isis had been captured and realized the invasion was more dangerous than expected.

• Tzeentch seized the mentally compromised Isis and carried her into the Warp Rift.
• Horus saw his mother captured, warned a divine servant to summon the Ennead, and flew toward the Warp Rift with his four sons following.
• Khorne struck Horus down with a greatsword slash, while Beleth, Shou-Lao, and Ammit killed Horus’s four sons.
• Khorne ordered the daemons to attack Sun City’s gate, and Beleth killed Khnum as the celestial legion suffered heavy losses.
• Horus emerged from the ruined wall and began an aerial battle with Beleth.
• A priest told Osiris that Isis had been captured, and Osiris recognized that the enemy was stronger than he had expected.

Osiris gathered the Egyptian gods to defend Sun City as Beleth defeated and killed Horus, provoking Osiris to attack. Khorne blocked Osiris’s strike and challenged the gods to fight, and both armies prepared to clash.

• Osiris ordered the gods and Anubis’s undead army to assemble as terrified celestial warriors crowded the gates of Sun City.
• Beleth tore off Horus’s wings, gouged out his eyes, and killed him in front of Osiris.
• Osiris fired a Necromantic Arrow at Beleth, but Khorne intercepted it with his blood-red sword.
• Khorne challenged Osiris and the Egyptian gods to fight, and Osiris ordered the gates opened and the gods to attack together.
• Thoth linked the celestial warriors’ minds with Consciousness Resonance, while Nefertum gave them bark armor and Beleth withdrew the daemon legions on Khorne’s orders.

Khorne unleashed his slaughter against the Egyptian gods and celestial army, killing Atum, Nut, and Sekhmet as the defenders’ rage drove them into his reach. Thoth slowed Khorne with a time spell, but Tzeentch marked Thoth and the warriors linked to him with the Fire of Change.

• Khorne sent the demon legions to the rear and obliterated the charging celestial warriors with a psionic shock wave.
• Khorne’s power filled the defenders with bloodlust, but Thoth recognized the influence and warned Osiris and the other gods to resist it.
• Khorne killed the warriors and lesser gods who reached him, then slew Atum, Nut, and Sekhmet as the Egyptian gods’ attacks failed to harm him.
• Thoth used a Time Delay Spell to slow Khorne’s greatsword, but a green-flaming arrow struck him and placed the Fire of Change on his forehead and those of the warriors linked to him.
• Tzeentch noticed the Fire of Change spreading through Thoth’s network and saw the event as an unexpected advantage.

Tzeentch and Slaanesh disrupted the Egyptian gods’ defenses as Khorne slaughtered the pantheon, leaving Osiris to flee toward the Golden Bridge. Osiris reached it but found a strange green figure blocking his way, and attacked him with Wraith Mist.

• Tzeentch turned Thoth and the celestial warriors against Osiris, while Hathor used Bewitching Light to stabilize the gods’ defenses.
• Slaanesh ensnared Hathor with Titillating Delusions, causing her to walk toward the Warp Rift and leaving the gods vulnerable again.
• Osiris tricked Tefnut and four other gods into holding Khorne back, then fled toward the Golden Bridge alone.
• Khorne killed four of the gods and Tefnut, and told her that Carl Mala created the five rulers of the Warp Dimension.
• Osiris reached the Golden Bridge but encountered a green figure stirring a soup pot, then attacked him with Wraith Mist.

Nurgle killed Osiris and left Anubis to face the waiting Nurgle Legion. After binding and renaming Celestial Heliopolis as Celestial Realm No. 1, Carl made it the Thunder Warriors’ new base and planned to move Stern’s Alien Technology Secret Laboratory there.

• Nurgle’s corruption rapidly rotted Osiris, and Nurgle departed after Osiris died.
• Anubis arrived in Sun City, found the Egyptian gods dead, and was confronted by Beleth and the Nurgle Legion.
• Carl arrived with Frank and the Thunder Warriors, then learned he could bind Celestial Heliopolis as a subordinate dimension despite lacking the authority to devour it.
• Carl bound the dimension, renamed it Celestial Realm No. 1, and sensed its scale and strength.
• Carl told Frank that Celestial Realm No. 1 would become the Thunder Warriors’ new training base and host Stern’s Alien Technology Secret Laboratory.

After conquering [Celestial Heliopolis], Carl assigned its divine servants to serve the [Thunder Warriors] and used the [Reality Stone] to turn an existing portal into a permanent passage between Earth and the realm. With the dimension secured, he began planning the [Warp Group]’s next moves during a brief period of peace.

• Frank asked Carl what to do with the captured divine servants, and Carl ordered that they serve the [Thunder Warriors].
• Carl explained that the [Golden Bridge of the Path of the Gods] could not be relocated and considered ways to create a reliable passage to [Celestial Heliopolis].
• Carl used the [Reality Stone] to materialize the existing portal as a stable, long-term gate, which required only a small continuous energy supply.
• Carl planned to have Wanda open another portal to the [Impossible City] so the [Warp Group] could keep future conquered dimensions under control.
• Carl reviewed plans involving Mephisto, Marduk Kurios, the [Dark Followers Cult], the [Space Stone], Hollow Earth, and the [Warp] as he entered a period of peace.

Bast summoned T'Chaka and ordered him to investigate the severed connection to Celestial Heliopolis, so he tasked his son T'Challa with the mission. In New York, Soldier Boy learned that Captain America had survived in ice, then an E-Ross song triggered his traumatic memories.

• Bast appeared to T'Chaka in the Ancestral Plane and asked him to investigate what had happened in the Hall of the Gods at the Great Pyramid of Giza.
• T'Chaka promised to send T'Challa to investigate and then woke and summoned his son to explain the mission.
• Soldier Boy returned to New York after escaping an E-Ross laboratory and headed to find The Legend for information about Payback and his betrayal.
• Soldier Boy saw Captain America on an Avengers poster and learned from a homeless man that S.H.I.E.L.D. had recovered him from the ocean floor after seventy years frozen.
• An E-Ross song brought back memories of the torture Soldier Boy endured in Soviet captivity and triggered his PTSD.