Chapter Summaries

Daisy arranged an Air Force test of Vulture’s improved Mechanical Wings, leading to an eight-hundred-million-dollar order and a lucrative deal for Vulture. She then went to Stark Tower for a shareholders’ meeting, where Stark planned to unveil a clean energy project.

• Daisy brought Air Force generals and test pilots to evaluate the Mechanical Wings, and Vulture praised Sam Wilson’s flying skills after Sam completed an impressive flight.
• The Air Force ordered one hundred sets of Mechanical Wings for use in Afghanistan at eight million dollars each, and Vulture promised to deliver them on schedule.
• Stark convened a board meeting to explain his use of corporate funds to rebuild New York and propose a clean energy project.
• Daisy visited Stark Tower, where Happy enforced the ID-badge rules and offered her suggestions for preventing burglaries.
• Pepper met Daisy and explained that Happy was not quite himself before guiding her toward the shareholders’ meeting.

After Stark Industries announced its clean-energy rollout, Roxxon Oil’s risky search for a competing energy source triggered a mass hallucination in New Orleans. Daisy identified the Serpent Crown as the source and went to contain the crisis while telling an exhausted Stark to rest.

• Pepper worried about Tony Stark’s health as Daisy joined Stark Industries’ board meeting and warned Tony to manage Roxxon Oil carefully.
• Three days after Stark Industries announced clean energy, New Orleans residents became sluggish and the city went dark.
• Simmons and Fitz reported that an unknown hallucinogenic substance was spreading from eleven energy points, and Fury asked what was causing it.
• Daisy recognized that Roxxon Oil had breached the seal around the Serpent Crown while drilling for a new energy source.
• Stark offered to help, but Daisy persuaded him to go home and rest while she handled the crisis.

Daisy brought Wanda to New Orleans to find Dagger and Cloak and enlist their help reaching the corrupted underground realm. The old witch doctor said the pair no longer needed to be sacrificed, though she warned that future disasters could still threaten the city.

• Daisy left the Darkhold at home and packed food and survival supplies with Wanda before teleporting to New Orleans.
• Daisy and Wanda located Dagger and Cloak in a building where their relatives and friends were sheltering from the bewitched citizens.
• Daisy explained to Cloak that Roxxon Oil Company had breached a barrier and that his power was needed to reach the corrupted realm underground.
• Cloak questioned the old witch doctor’s earlier demand for a sacrifice, and she said Daisy and Wanda had changed the odds but warned of worse disasters ahead.

Daisy and Wanda helped Cloak develop teleportation-focused powers, then used his portal to reach Roxxon Oil’s underground tunnel near the Serpent Crown’s sealing site. After Cloak returned, they continued deeper into the tunnel.

• Daisy and Wanda repeatedly reset Cloak’s possible abilities until they settled on teleportation and agility, avoiding combat powers he did not want.
• Cloak opened portals while Wanda sensed which dimension led to Set the Serpent God’s realm, and they identified a hot, dark passage as the correct destination.
• Daisy stopped Dagger from joining the sealing mission, then entered Cloak’s portal with Wanda to reach the underground tunnel.
• Daisy sent Cloak back and continued deeper into Roxxon Oil’s tunnel with Wanda.

Daisy and Wanda descended through Roxxon’s underground tunnel toward the Serpent Crown, enduring the intense heat and cleaning up during a break. They resumed their journey, with Wanda refusing Daisy’s shirt so she would not dirty it before they reached their destination.

• Daisy led Wanda through the tunnel, where Roxxon workers had been driven to madness by the leaking energy and killed one another.
• Wanda grew exhausted from the heat, so Daisy stopped to let her rest and used newly acquired ice-making abilities to cool water for cleaning her.
• Daisy wiped the sweat and grime from Wanda’s face, and both of them became conscious of their close physical contact.
• Remembering the danger to New Orleans’s million residents, Daisy and Wanda continued toward the Serpent Crown.
• Daisy offered Wanda her shirt, but Wanda refused it, reasoning that she would only get dirty again in the tunnel.

Daisy and Wanda sealed the source of New Orleans’s evil energy, allowing the city to recover, while Stark escalated his conflict with Roxxon Oil over the disaster. After attacks on Stark Industries shareholders, Daisy urged Stark to ease tensions, but he refused to back down.

• Daisy photographed the corpses at the underground site, then carried Wanda over them to the hole releasing the evil energy.
• Wanda sealed the hole with blood drawn from the corpses, and Daisy and Wanda returned to the surface after the disruptive energy subsided.
• Daisy refused thanks from the National Guard commander and took Wanda back to the villa as New Orleans recovered.
• Stark sued Roxxon Oil, and the conflict intensified after attacks on Stark Industries shareholders, including an attempt on Daisy’s life.
• Daisy urged Stark to loosen his market strategy and reduce tensions, but Stark rejected her advice and ended the call, vowing to fight on.

As Roxxon’s campaign against Stark’s Arc Reactor intensified, Daisy stayed out of the energy war and focused on studying the Cosmic Cube and helping Wanda find work. She began preparing Wanda for a wilderness survival show by putting her and Little Lion through training, then enlisted Lorna when she tried to slip away from it.

• Roxxon used its network to challenge permits and spread claims that the Arc Reactor was dangerous, while staged children embarrassed Stark and Pepper at an event.
• Daisy considered Wanda’s interest in wilderness survival and decided to arrange a show through Skye Pictures, but first she made Wanda exercise and practice handling snakes.
• Daisy had Wanda swim while she set Little Lion to training with a flaming hoop, then caught Lorna trying to sneak into the villa and called her over.

Daisy trained Wanda, Lorna, and Tangbao at the villa, then tried to learn magic from Wanda but could not sense magical power. Half a month later, Daisy, Director Fury, and Hill discussed Stark’s worsening anxiety and his demand that New York City adopt his new energy source.

• Daisy made Lorna train Tangbao by running laps while she taught Wanda to swim.
• Wanda learned to paddle on her own after Daisy guided her through the water.
• Daisy asked Wanda to teach her magic, but she could not sense magical power even with Wanda’s help.
• Daisy accepted that she lacked talent for magic and spent the next half month urging the others to exercise.
• Stark postponed the market rollout of his new energy source but demanded that New York City use it.
• Daisy, Director Fury, and Hill discussed S.H.I.E.L.D.’s evaluation showing that Stark had severe anxiety that was worsening.

Daisy arranged a livestream to help Wanda become more comfortable around ordinary people, and Wanda took viewers on a nighttime tour of New York. The broadcast ended with Turk Barrett complaining about a ruthless criminal who had been terrorizing the neighborhood.

• Daisy arranged a wilderness-survival-style livestream with Wanda as its star and advised her to avoid danger by running from bad people.
• Wanda introduced herself as Scarlet and began a live tour of New York's night scenery, with Daisy filming.
• Wanda interviewed a Latino street vendor, who gave her a disc of footage from the Avengers' battle against aliens.
• Wanda met Turk Barrett, who advertised his business and complained that a tricycle-riding criminal had been robbing people around the neighborhood.

During a New York livestream, Wanda followed a mysterious black-clad man through the streets, only to lose him after a long chase. As she and Daisy headed back, Daisy sensed that Matt Murdock had returned in a different disguise to watch them from afar.

• Daisy and Wanda passed Turk Barrett, who told them about the tricycle serial killer, and then visited Pop's barbershop.
• After a livestream viewer pointed out a suspicious figure, Wanda decided to follow him while Daisy let her choose for herself.
• Matt Murdock, investigating United Construction Company, recognized Daisy and ran when Wanda chased after him with the camera.
• Wanda pursued Matt through New York's streets and alleys for fifteen minutes but failed to catch him.
• As Wanda and Daisy walked back, Daisy sensed Matt nearby again and saw him watching them in a suit with a white cane.

Daisy and Wanda interviewed Matt during their livestream before Daisy heard Peter Parker calling for help and teleported to him. She found Uncle Ben gravely wounded by a gunshot, with his life hanging in the balance.

• Daisy had Wanda interview Matt, who concealed that he had been following them and smoothly answered her questions about helping blind people.
• Wanda ended the livestream and asked Daisy how society could practically help people with disabilities, so Daisy suggested tactile paving and accessible routes.
• Daisy heard Peter Parker crying for help and teleported with Wanda to find him beside a bleeding Uncle Ben.
• Daisy examined Uncle Ben and realized a bullet had hit an artery, leaving her scrambling for a way to keep him alive.

Daisy called on Asgard to save the mortally wounded Uncle Ben, and Frigga operated on him while Thor accompanied her to Earth. After Uncle Ben recovered, Thor stayed in New York, unsure how to prove himself worthy of becoming God King, and began talking with Jane Foster about why she could lift Mjolnir.

• Daisy called to Heimdall for help, and Thor arrived with Frigga as Uncle Ben’s condition worsened.
• Frigga used Asgardian magic and technology to remove the bullet and treat Uncle Ben’s wounds.
• Frigga returned to Asgard, while Thor told Daisy he planned to stay at Avengers Tower for a few days.
• Thor wandered New York, wondering what he still lacked to become God King, until Erik Selvig recognized him and invited him for coffee.
• Thor met Jane Foster and, after asking Erik not to reveal his identity, chatted with her to learn why she could lift Mjolnir.

Thor and Jane Foster became close, and Thor brought her to visit Uncle Ben, where he sought advice about the limits of responsibility. Uncle Ben’s answer helped Thor and Peter understand the idea differently, and two days later Daisy found Thor happily dating Jane.

• Thor and Jane Foster bonded over stories and fell in love after knowing each other for one day.
• Thor took Jane to visit Uncle Ben, and Peter let them into the house after Thor claimed he had come to thank Uncle Ben for changing his life.
• Thor asked Uncle Ben what he should do when a responsibility exceeded his abilities.
• Uncle Ben explained that people should use their abilities to protect what they could, with the powerful protecting the country and others protecting their families.
• Two days later, Daisy met Thor and Jane for a meal, and Jane watched Daisy warily as she clung to Thor.

Daisy’s quiet routine was disrupted when Lorna survived an attempted abduction and Queen White’s five cloned daughters disappeared, followed by attacks on other people believed to have Mutant children. Suspecting William Stryker was using Chitauri technology, Daisy went to the Science Department to ask Simmons about its research.

• Daisy met the nervous Spider-Man while accompanying Wanda during a recording, and Wanda interviewed him on camera.
• Wanda prepared a report on accessibility projects, and Daisy helped secure preliminary funding from Stark for accessible travel infrastructure in Manhattan.
• Armed men tried to abduct Lorna, but she used her magnetic powers against them before all twelve attackers suddenly killed themselves.
• Queen White told Daisy that her five cloned daughters had vanished from their home in Boston.
• Old Worthington’s son and several other wealthy figures and officials suspected of having Mutant children also disappeared or came under attack.
• Daisy suspected William Stryker was exploiting Chitauri remains and asked Simmons whether the Science Department had results on Chitauri cerebrospinal fluid.

Daisy connected the disappearances of soldiers, civilians, Mutants, and bodies to Stryker’s Weapon X Program and warned Professor Charles that Stryker was preparing an attack. S.H.I.E.L.D. planned to wait for a pretext to launch a joint operation, while Professor Charles agreed to keep watch.

• Daisy reviewed evidence linking the disappearances to Stryker, whose Weapon X Program had expanded at Alkali Lake and whose operatives appeared able to control ordinary people.
• Daisy learned that Erik Koenig’s three brothers had vanished and discussed the disappearances with Director Fury, agreeing that S.H.I.E.L.D. would wait for Stryker to make the first move.
• Daisy told Professor Charles that Stryker was likely planning to provoke a human-Mutant war by attacking the White House and the Pentagon with controlled Mutants.
• Daisy explained that a joint operation could search the Alkali Lake base once Stryker gave them a reasonable pretext, and Professor Charles agreed to keep watch.

Daisy prepared a coalition to oppose Stryker and waited for his forces to act. When a teleporting Mutant attacked the White House, she took command of the guards and confronted him.

• Professor Charles told Daisy his scattered information about Thanos and urged unity, while accepting her plan to kill Stryker.
• Daisy and Old Worthington helped form the Mutant Parents' Alliance, combining political connections, resources, and manpower.
• Daisy confined Lorna to the villa and learned that a teleporting Mutant had entered Washington to scout the White House.
• Daisy stayed at the White House for two days, using her friendship with Obama's family to remain near the president.
• When gunfire erupted, Daisy armed herself, entered the Oval Office, and organized the guards against a blue-skinned teleporting attacker.
• Daisy identified the attacker’s teleportation as like Nightcrawler’s and challenged him, but he teleported into an attack.

Daisy stopped Nightcrawler from assassinating President Obama and helped reveal that he had been controlled by a device implanted in his neck. Beast Hank took Nightcrawler to his laboratory for further examination, with Obama and the others watching.

• Daisy coordinated the guards' gunfire, and one of them wounded Nightcrawler as he teleported around the room.
• When Nightcrawler attacked Obama, Daisy pulled the president away, pinned Nightcrawler's tail to a desk with a fountain pen, and knocked him unconscious.
• The guards anesthetized Nightcrawler and found a dagger bearing the words "For Mutant rights."
• Beast Hank identified Nightcrawler as Kurt Wagner and found a metallic device implanted in the back of his neck, concluding that he had been controlled.
• Obama agreed to accompany Beast Hank to his laboratory, where Hank restrained Nightcrawler and activated a device to prevent his escape.

Daisy helped identify a device controlling Nightcrawler and used the incident to organize an interagency Anti-Trafficking Task Force, then led S.H.I.E.L.D. agents toward Stryker's Alkali Lake Research Facility. At the facility, Wade Wilson endured brutal experiments meant to activate mutant genes and searched for a way to escape.

• Beast Hank removed the control device from Nightcrawler and warned Obama that someone was manipulating Mutants to cause chaos.
• Daisy alerted Obama that the device connected to a wider conspiracy, then assembled agents from several intelligence agencies into an Anti-Trafficking Task Force.
• Daisy joined S.H.I.E.L.D.'s special operations team aboard Zephyr One and headed to Stryker's Alkali Lake Research Facility in Alberta.
• Wade Wilson, diagnosed with terminal cancer, accepted an invitation to a laboratory and discovered it was a brutal experimental facility rather than a treatment center.
• Ajax tormented Wade as he watched for a chance to escape and learned the facility had separate zones for ordinary subjects and Mutants.

Wade endured Ajax’s torture in the underground facility and learned that Magneto had been captured, while Daisy led a joint force to investigate Alkali Lake Base. The investigators entered the base and confronted Stryker, whose soldiers began to question where their loyalties lay.

• Wade learned from Ajax that Magneto had been captured by Anti-Magneto mechanical soldiers and imagined rescuing him, though he was too weak to fight.
• Ajax locked Wade in a sealed chamber and repeatedly cut off his oxygen to force him to evolve.
• Daisy briefed S.H.I.E.L.D. and allied agents on the missing civilians, military personnel, Mutants, and corpses before leading them to Alkali Lake.
• Daisy used her psychic power to sense unusual signatures inside the base, including Queen White’s daughter, and the team entered with a White House search warrant.
• Stryker came to meet Daisy with Deathstrike beside him, and two of his officers began considering whether to blame him for the experiments.

Daisy led a joint inspection of Stryker’s base, using her authority to keep him from resisting. Inside the facility, she saw through a psychic illusion hiding the brutal treatment of prisoners, while the other agents remained deceived.

• Daisy confronted Stryker with an investigation team backed by Hydra agents, and the U.S. soldiers declined to resist her.
• Stryker led Daisy, Wolverine, and the agents into the facility after questioning Wolverine’s presence.
• A psychic illusion made the facility appear to be a clean hospital and its prisoners to be grateful patients.
• Daisy focused her psychic power and saw that the patients were suffering prisoners being beaten and dragged away by Stryker’s thugs.
• Daisy concealed what she had seen from Agent Everett Ross, while Miss Drew sensed that something was wrong.