Chapter Summaries

Daisy and the agents survived Sandman’s attack on the island, then returned to New York after a half-month vacation. At Obama’s inauguration, Daisy arranged a pharmaceutical partnership with Norman Osborn, and the new administration’s political balance began to take shape.

• Daisy used successive seawater waves to weaken Sandman, who remained alive but immobilized on the island, while the agents discovered Nick Fury had approved the island’s misleading scenic designation.
• Nick Fury explained that Flint Marko had been transformed by radiation from an old nuclear test, and Daisy decided to leave him on the island rather than risk a tsunami near Florida.
• Daisy moved the group’s vacation to another island, and they returned to New York after half a month of recreation.
• At Obama’s inauguration, Daisy negotiated an S.H.I.E.L.D. partnership with Norman Osborn to develop a substitute for the Kree-derived medicine that healed old injuries.
• Obama took office, appointed General Ross Secretary of State, and retained Ross’s political rival as Secretary of Defense to balance their power.

After the election, Daisy watched Beast Hank take office as Minister of Mutant Affairs and heard Wolverine planned to stay at the school. She then investigated a Hydra brainwashing subject who had gone on a rampage, and entered Jessica Drew’s mind to find Mount Wundagore.

• Daisy watched Beast Hank face protesters as he began work as Minister of Mutant Affairs.
• Wolverine told Daisy he had left Mariko and Yukio behind and planned to stay at the school.
• Jasper Sitwell reported that a brainwashing subject had become violent, and Daisy teleported with him to Hydra’s secret base.
• Daisy learned the rampaging subject was Jessica Drew, whose Spider-Genes gave her great strength, and subdued her with the Lasso of Truth.
• Daisy sent the Hydra agents away and took Jessica to a room, intending to examine her mind instead of using the Emotion Regulator.
• Daisy entered Jessica’s mental world and saw Mount Wundagore.

Daisy entered Jessica Drew’s memories of Mount Wundagore and helped the child confront the nightmare of her abusive childhood. When Viper arrived, she claimed Jessica was her daughter, though conflicting memories left her unsure.

• Daisy found seven-year-old Jessica trapped in a recurring nightmare and destroyed the monster tormenting her.
• Daisy comforted Jessica as she cried, and Jessica eventually fainted from exhaustion.
• Daisy arranged for Hydra’s European branch to take Jessica and waited for Viper to arrive.
• Viper confronted Daisy and threatened to fight unless she handed Jessica over.
• Daisy questioned Viper about her connection to Jessica, and Viper blurted out that Jessica was her daughter.
• Viper recalled contradictory memories of being in Milan and giving birth in New York, leaving her confused.

Daisy brought Viper to Queen White to investigate her altered memories, and the two rivals examined Viper’s mind through Daisy as a neutral relay. Queen White found a powerful, mysterious mass of black matter she could not safely remove, and the chapter ended with Daisy asking Viper whether she still believed Jessica Drew was her daughter.

• Daisy took Viper to Queen White, where the two women argued over their past conflict in Mozambique.
• Daisy connected the three of them through her mental world so Queen White could examine Viper without either woman tampering with the other.
• Queen White identified several abnormalities in Viper’s mental structure and treated the damage she could safely repair.
• Queen White discovered a deep mass of black matter that could not be removed without risking Viper’s sanity, and black threads began to reappear after she restored Viper’s mind.
• Viper woke at Queen White’s villa the next morning and asked Daisy whether Queen White had tampered with her mind.
• Daisy asked Viper whether she still thought Jessica Drew was her daughter.

After learning that her memories had been altered, Viper asked Daisy to find a magic user who could help restore them. Daisy tracked down Agatha Harkness’s old territory in Salem, but Viper and the others could not pass the magic ward on its entrance.

• Daisy told Viper that Queen White believed someone had tampered with Viper’s memories and warned that cutting ties with her past could cost her immortality.
• Viper decided to seek magical help, and Daisy suggested Agatha Harkness, a witch who had survived the Salem Witch Trials.
• Daisy and Viper searched Massachusetts for three days before locating the site of old Salem near a cluster of upscale apartments.
• Daisy’s agents mapped the old town, and Daisy found a magically concealed warehouse two kilometers northwest of the group.
• Daisy broke through the warehouse’s spell, but the others remained affected, and Viper could only sense something unusual without entering.

Daisy and Viper entered the old witch’s magically concealed cabin, where the witch offered to help Viper in exchange for finding a woman and a book. Viper recognized the book’s writing from her demonic contract and said it was guarded by someone powerful in the East, while Daisy identified it as the Darkhold.

• Daisy waited outside the cabin until its magical concealment faded, then entered with Viper while the Hydra agents stayed behind.
• Daisy and Viper found the cabin filled with herbs, smoke, bloodstains, and strange sounds, but Daisy confirmed they could teleport away if needed.
• The old witch told Daisy and Viper she feared an unavoidable calamity and asked them to find a woman and a book in return for helping Viper.
• Viper recognized the writing on the book as the same as that on her demonic contract and revealed she had searched for the book thirty years earlier.
• Daisy identified the book as the Darkhold, an evil book of dark magic whose pages contained writings added by generations of sorcerers.

Daisy and Viper exchanged missions: Daisy went to Baron Strucker’s Eastern European base to retrieve Wanda Maximoff, while Viper set out to steal the Darkhold from Kaecilius. Daisy entered the base under disguise and turned invisible to search for Wanda.

• Daisy and Viper agreed to pursue the Darkhold and the woman in the image separately.
• Viper revealed the woman was Wanda Maximoff, a test subject under Baron Strucker, and asked Daisy to retrieve her.
• Daisy gave Viper Kaecilius’s file and asked her to steal the Darkhold, warning her not to kill anyone.
• Daisy traveled alone to Eastern Europe and entered the military base codenamed Twins with help from an insider.
• After the insider left, Daisy used her ability to bend visible light and continued deeper into the base unseen.

Daisy infiltrated Hydra’s Twins Base and surveyed its weapons research, military equipment, and training facilities. She discovered the base’s Fenrir Twins were waiting to ambush her in the prison, but stayed out of their trap and assessed their defenses from a distance.

• Daisy found Hydra researchers using Arc Reactor parameters to power energy weapons and saw the base’s mechanical soldiers, Iron Mongers, Iron Tyrants, and exoskeleton armor.
• She planted a Trojan horse in Hydra’s Main Control Computer and inspected the brutal training grounds, where the bottom ten percent of recruits were killed.
• Daisy reached the prison area but avoided entering it, then stopped vibrating and used her heightened senses to listen for threats.
• Daisy heard the Fenrir Twins discussing the vanished intruder and realized Baron Strucker’s children were waiting to capture her.
• She used Super Vision to observe the twins and concluded that they had mobilized only the base’s internal defenses and mistook her for an ordinary agent.

Daisy infiltrated the cell block and found Scarlet Witch imprisoned in a room of intense light. She broke through the wall and began leading Scarlet to freedom as guards rushed toward them.

• Daisy teleported past the patrol and read a knocked-out guard's mind, learning that Scarlet Witch was in the castle but Quicksilver had been taken away for experiments.
• Daisy evaded surveillance and reached Scarlet's brightly lit cell, then used the camera feed to confirm Scarlet's identity.
• Daisy asked Scarlet whether she wanted to escape and learned that Scarlet also wanted her brother rescued.
• Daisy punched through the alloy wall with her qi and Vibration powers and offered Scarlet her hand.
• Scarlet took Daisy's hand as guards ran toward the commotion and the Fenrir Twins roared nearby.

Daisy rescued Wanda from the Twins Base just before the Fenrir Twins reached her and brought the exhausted young witch to her villa. She helped Wanda bathe, then found her asleep in the tub and used gravity to lift and dry her.

• The Fenrir Twins charged toward Daisy, destroying everything in their path, and Daisy teleported away with the Scarlet Witch in her arms.
• Daisy brought the disoriented, battered young witch to her villa and suspected she was the real Scarlet Witch.
• Daisy reassured Wanda that she was safe and offered to help her rest and recover.
• Daisy prepared a bath for Wanda and showed her how to use the modern bathing equipment.
• Daisy returned to find Wanda asleep in the bathtub, lifted her out with gravity, and dried her with a towel.

Daisy brought Wanda and Miss Drew to live at her villa and tried to help the two women adjust to ordinary life. She later rejected joining Nick Fury’s planned team and debated with Captain America about how superheroes should be organized.

• Daisy checked Viper’s progress, then brought Miss Drew back from the Hydra base to join Wanda at the villa.
• Daisy introduced Wanda and Miss Drew to Lorna and the household, where Wanda feared Little Lion and Miss Drew’s Spider-Genes made her act hostile toward it.
• Daisy asked Captain America for teaching materials to help Wanda and Miss Drew return to society, and he asked about her intentions toward Nick Fury’s planned team.
• Daisy told Captain America she would not join the team and argued that heroes needed coordination with one another, ordinary people, and the government.
• Captain America said he would consider Daisy’s suggestion but believed the world needed people willing to protect it, and Daisy returned home with books to tutor Wanda and Miss Drew.

Daisy taught Wanda and Miss Drew basic skills and modern life before taking Wanda to Salem to meet the old witch and deliver the Darkhold. The old witch received the book and prepared to teach Wanda, while Daisy discovered that she could not perceive its magic.

• Daisy taught Wanda and Miss Drew how to dress, eat, and navigate modern society, while Miss Drew excelled at combat training and Wanda settled into reading and exploring.
• Viper obtained the Darkhold after Kaecilius’s forces killed many of her people, and she escaped to Salem after Kaecilius ordered his followers not to pursue her.
• Daisy told Wanda she needed her help healing a friend, and Wanda agreed to go with her despite the uncertainty.
• Daisy and Wanda met Viper outside the old witch’s cabin, where Viper described how dangerous Kaecilius had been.
• Viper handed the Darkhold to the old witch, and Daisy found that none of her enhanced senses could perceive the book’s magic.
• Wanda and Viper both sensed the Darkhold’s immense power as the old witch examined it.

Daisy, Wanda, and Viper watched an old witch study the Darkhold, though Daisy could not perceive its magic. The witch began a dangerous ritual to sever Viper’s connection to a controlling force, warning that Viper’s lifespan would return to normal and that the ritual would leave scars.

• Wanda and Viper sensed the Darkhold’s magic while Daisy saw nothing, and Viper mocked her as a magic illiterate.
• Viper learned a spell that strengthened her ability to use poison after studying the Darkhold.
• The old witch told Viper that severing her connection would restore her normal lifespan, leaving her at most thirty years to live, and Viper insisted on proceeding.
• Daisy prepared to teleport Wanda and Viper away if the witch turned hostile, then flew with Wanda to watch the ritual.
• The old witch cut open Viper and rubbed blackish-gray powder into her wounds, warning Wanda that magic and demon gods demanded a price.

Daisy, Wanda, and Viper helped the old witch sever Viper’s contract with Chthon, escaping a hostile otherworld as the spell took effect. They returned to Daisy’s villa, where Viper began recovering from the contract’s severe backlash and Wanda joined Daisy.

• The old witch tormented Viper with iron trees to drain her vitality while restoring enough strength for the ritual.
• The old witch taught Wanda a spell to sever Viper’s connection, and Daisy used gravity to keep their house from being swallowed by another world.
• Wanda summoned a dark-red magical sword and severed the contract, causing Viper to suffer a powerful backlash.
• Daisy and Wanda removed the iron trees and used their powers to pull the house back to its original position before the old witch teleported them away with the Darkhold.
• Daisy took the injured Viper and Wanda to her villa, where she injected Viper with Kree cells and Wanda sought a place with her.

Daisy helped Miss Drew adjust to life outside her childhood and arranged for her to work at S.H.I.E.L.D. as Spider-Woman. She and Black Widow received new Battle Suits, while Miss Drew began training under Black Widow.

• Viper left Daisy's villa alone, while Wanda settled in and Daisy asked Viper to search for Quicksilver.
• Lorna's class leadership was challenged when Gwen Stacy transferred to Midtown High School.
• Daisy brought Miss Drew to meet Nick Fury, where Miss Drew defeated ten agents and was accepted into S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Daisy assigned Miss Drew to train under Black Widow and arranged custom equipment for both women.
• Black Widow received a Battle Suit with protective material and concealed gadgets, and Miss Drew received a red-and-yellow suit with foldable gliding wings.

After the Cosmic Cube began releasing a powerful energy wave, Daisy rushed to the research center and tried to evacuate the staff and contain the Cube. Loki arrived through a beam of blue light, and Daisy saw that his mind had been altered as two more figures emerged behind him.

• Hawkeye reported that the Cosmic Cube had sent out an energy wave, and Daisy ordered him to notify Nick while she headed to the research center.
• Daisy arrived and ordered Victoria Hand and the researchers to evacuate as the Cube’s energy continued to grow.
• Daisy learned that the Cube could not be removed and watched researchers fail to move it even after they dismantled its equipment.
• The research center’s communications failed, and Daisy discovered that the Cube remained suspended in midair after the facility was dug out around it.
• A beam of blue light pierced the research center, and Loki emerged with his Crescent Scepter and greeted Daisy.
• Daisy sensed that Loki’s mental power had been altered as a thin blue-skinned woman in a white hood and another figure followed him through the light.

Daisy faced Supergiant, the mind-controlling agent of Thanos, while protecting the Cosmic Cube and confronting Black Bolt. Thor arrived to help, then a teleportation spell brought a red-haired woman, a hooved man, and a giant dog into the facility, exposing Daisy’s Inhuman identity.

• Daisy recognized the blue-skinned woman as a powerful mind controller and identified the controlled Black Bolt as the Inhuman king.
• Daisy equipped the Fenris Armor and bracers while the researchers fled, preparing to withstand Black Bolt’s attack.
• Thor arrived through the Bifrost and joined Daisy against Loki, Supergiant, and Black Bolt.
• Supergiant introduced herself as a member of the Black Order and demanded that Daisy surrender the Cosmic Cube for Thanos.
• A new teleportation spell brought a red-haired woman, a hooved man, and an injured giant dog bearing an Inhuman tuning fork into the facility.

Daisy faced Black Bolt after Medusa and Gorgon joined Earth's side, while Loki fought Thor for the Cosmic Cube. Daisy survived Black Bolt's powerful energy blast, but the battle remained unresolved.

• Daisy recognized Medusa, Gorgon, and Tetanus after the dog teleported them to the battlefield, and Gorgon and Medusa marveled at her genetic compatibility.
• Medusa declared that she and Gorgon had come to help Earth, and they temporarily joined Daisy and Thor.
• Supergiant ordered Loki to take the Cosmic Cube and Black Bolt to attack the others; Thor intercepted Loki while Black Bolt went after Daisy.
• Black Bolt unleashed a massive energy blast that Daisy identified as pure energy rather than sound, and Medusa and Gorgon shielded themselves from its aftermath.
• Daisy's Vibranium Bracer absorbed only part of the blast, but she redirected the excess and endured the attack, bleeding as it forced her back.

Daisy fought Black Bolt while Supergiant, Loki, and the Inhumans struggled over the Cosmic Cube. Black Bolt’s full-power attack triggered the underground facility’s collapse, leaving Daisy trapped beneath the rubble with teleportation blocked.

• Daisy traded powerful attacks with mind-controlled Black Bolt, and the two fought evenly in close combat.
• Daisy used gravity to pull the Cosmic Cube toward herself while Loki attacked her with the Mind Scepter.
• Black Bolt unleashed his full Sonic Scream, sending Thor crashing into a wall and blasting Daisy through pillars and a metal wall.
• The underground facility collapsed, and Daisy protected herself from the falling rubble with a magnetic field.
• Daisy curled beneath the crushing debris and repeatedly failed to teleport away because the Cosmic Cube interfered.

After Loki escaped the collapsing underground facility, Daisy and the others struggled to dig themselves out while Supergiant tried to control them. Daisy reached the surface exhausted, where Hill reported that Loki had fled north and that Crossbones had been brainwashed into attacking a special operations team.

• Daisy realized Loki had escaped and warned Thor that Supergiant was influencing his thoughts.
• Daisy, Black Bolt, and Thor each began digging separate tunnels out of the rubble, while Black Bolt resisted Supergiant's command.
• Director Fury contacted Daisy to confirm that the Cosmic Cube was still underground.
• After more than two hours, Daisy dug her way to the surface, and Hill steadied her and gave her food.
• Hill told Daisy that Loki had been seen flying toward Canada and showed her footage of Crossbones turning on the special operations team after Loki stabbed him with a spear.