Chapter Summaries

Daisy exposed Stryker’s experimental base by using brain disruptors to shatter Master Illusion’s false paradise and reveal the torture of Mutants. Stryker fled as Wolverine pursued him, while Daisy stayed behind to let the agents witness the crimes.

• Daisy noticed that Crossbones, Miss Drew, Wolverine, and Ross sensed something wrong with Stryker’s seemingly perfect base.
• Daisy ordered Miss Drew to place four brain disruptors around the apparent hospital bed holding Master Illusion.
• Daisy rejected Stryker’s argument that the Weapon X Program would continue without him and told Miss Drew to activate the disruptors.
• The disruptors broke Master Illusion’s deception, revealing a blood-soaked base and tortured Mutants to the agents.
• Stryker ran as Wolverine chased him, while Daisy remained behind and let the agents see the exposed facility.
• Repeated disruption overwhelmed Master Illusion, who bled from his eyes and nose before collapsing in his wheelchair.

Daisy and the joint task force fought Stryker’s guards and began rescuing prisoners with help from the base garrison. Magneto suddenly appeared under Stryker’s control, and Daisy’s psychic attacks failed to free him, leaving Miss Drew and Crossbones to hold him back.

• Master Illusion died, and the laboratory guards opened fire on Daisy and the agents.
• Daisy persuaded Colonel Ian and Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey to turn their soldiers against the base guards.
• The agents and garrison troops defeated the guards, killed several of Stryker’s Mutants, and began rescuing prisoners.
• Magneto appeared and attacked the rescuers, killing several soldiers and agents with metal fragments.
• Daisy’s psychic attacks failed to overcome Magneto’s resistance, so Miss Drew and Crossbones fought him while Daisy tried to break Stryker’s control.

Daisy rescued Emma’s five telepathic daughters and three of Nick Fury’s agents, then used the girls to disrupt Magneto and end the battle at Stryker’s base. After the surviving guards surrendered, Daisy and the other agents discovered the horrifying results of Stryker’s experiments on Mutants.

• Daisy sent special operations teams to rescue Celeste, Esme, Sophie, Phoebe, and Maddy, along with three short, fat men captured by Stryker.
• The five girls began linking their psychic powers to make the base guards attack one another, but Daisy severed their Mental Link and warned them not to cause trouble.
• Daisy asked the five girls to suppress Magneto, and their psychic attack disrupted his control long enough for Crossbones to punch him.
• Magneto recovered, drove back Crossbones and Spider-Woman with a metal storm, and fled as the battle ended with more than two hundred base guards surrendering.
• Daisy and the agents discovered Mutants horribly mutilated by Stryker’s experiments, shocking Dina Madani and other witnesses.

Daisy’s forces rescued the captives and secured Stryker’s base while she searched for the weapon he planned to use against the government. She opened a massive door and found Cerebro inside.

• Daisy ordered Colonel Ian to submit a report and Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey to clear resistance and rescue civilians.
• Daisy rescued Warren Worthington III and found Jessica Jones unconscious, with records suggesting she had been injected with a Super Soldier Serum.
• Ajax surrendered and offered to expose Stryker’s crimes after an explosion and fire broke out in the base’s eastern sector.
• Daisy sent Rumlow to oversee the rescue effort and went to investigate a massive sealed door.
• Daisy freed Wolverine from his fight with Deathstrike by using magnetic control to slam Deathstrike against a wall.
• Daisy used magnetism to open the massive door and discovered Cerebro beyond it.

Daisy helped rescue the captives from Stryker’s underground base and ensured evidence of his experiments remained, while the X-Men confronted Stryker. Wolverine killed Stryker at Alkali Lake, and the X-Men departed with Deathstrike.

• Daisy left Hydra agents to guard the evidence, searched the sealed eastern sector, and found no survivors.
• Daisy helped organize the rescue of nearly five thousand people, who overwhelmed the base’s medical and shelter capacity.
• Wolverine brought the unconscious Deathstrike outside as Professor Charles, Cyclops, Wolverine, and Storm confronted Stryker.
• Stryker asked whether Daisy was a Mutant and taunted Wolverine about his lost memories.
• Wolverine drove three metal claws through Stryker’s skull, killing him.
• Professor Charles led the X-Men to the Blackbird, and Wolverine carried Deathstrike away from Alkali Lake.

After Stryker’s defeat, Daisy collected his research materials and arranged for them to be studied, especially the Sentinel Robot research inherited from Bolivar Trask. The FBI and CIA took copies, while the U.S. government argued over responsibility for the aftermath and appointed Mr. Ross as special envoy.

• Daisy learned that Magneto had escaped with Professor Charles’s help and ordered her team to retrieve Stryker’s body.
• Crossbones gave Daisy the scattered notebooks and research records recovered from Stryker’s safe.
• Daisy ordered the special operations team to secretly transport all the materials for study, hoping to develop the Sentinel Robot research as a backup plan.
• Daisy let the FBI and CIA copy Stryker’s experimental records instead of seizing them.
• Government agencies began handling evidence, missing-person lists, and medical care while Washington argued over responsibility for Stryker’s experiments.
• The U.S. government appointed Secretary of State Mr. Ross as special envoy to manage the aftermath.

Daisy helped manage the aftermath of Stryker’s experiments, secured evidence, and handed the captives over to Ross before returning home with the Stepford Cuckoos. With Queen White still away, Daisy faced the five demanding girls herself.

• Ross, Daisy, and the Attorney General agreed to report Stryker’s death as suicide and charge the perpetrators with monstrous crimes.
• The Attorney General and his staff toured the experimental rooms, became sick, and left evidence collection to the police.
• Daisy photographed the evidence and recorded the civilians’ information in case the government or military tried to suppress the scandal.
• Daisy handed the captives, including Ajax, to Ross, while Jessica Jones went to Coulson and Warren Worthington returned to his father.
• Daisy brought the Stepford Cuckoos home and grew angry when they insisted on dressing alike and correcting her manners.

Daisy trained the five Stepford Cuckoos by separating them and forcing them to confront danger without relying on their shared Mental Link. She left them beginning to discover their individual strengths as she continued their training.

• Daisy knocked the five girls unconscious and carried them with Tangbao to Danger's simulation field.
• Danger placed the girls in a Resident Evil scenario, where Esme killed a crawling zombie with an iron rod.
• Daisy revealed that Danger had disrupted their Mental Link and warned the girls that they needed to develop a sense of self as individuals.
• Daisy had Danger separate the five girls into different simulations, where Esme adapted quickly while Maddy struggled in the snow.
• Daisy spent the next two days putting the girls through Danger's training simulations.

Daisy dealt with the aftermath of Stryker’s defeat, strengthening her connections and planning Hammer Industries’ Sentinel Robot research while the military retaliated against her company. At home, Lorna clashed with the Stepford Cuckoos, and Daisy reflected on the growing power she needed to keep under control.

• Lorna fought the five Stepford Cuckoos in a brawl, then lost to them at competitive games after Daisy stopped the fighting.
• Daisy strengthened her ties with Old Worthington and other influential people whose relatives Stryker had taken.
• Daisy and Hammer Industries’ advisers studied Trask’s Sentinel plans and decided to build generations one through four, while Daisy sought scientists and sent Hydra agents to find Mystique.
• The Navy canceled Hammer Industries’ aircraft carrier conversion project, and the Air Force cut its Mechanical Wings order by 25 percent, though orders for mechanical soldiers stayed unchanged.
• Daisy rejected the maid’s suggestion to retaliate and focused on keeping her humanity as her power continued to grow.

After the Alkali Lake human experiments were exposed, public outrage forced senior military officials to resign while the government delayed a full investigation. Daisy secured expanded S.H.I.E.L.D. forces but failed to gain a Security Council seat, as Director Fury advanced construction of three Helicarriers and continued Project Insight.

• A former base soldier gave the Daily Bugle photographs of the Alkali Lake experiments, and reporters verified the story with victims and a rescued intern.
• The public protested the Pentagon, while the Secretary of Defense and several generals resigned and the government formed a slow-moving investigation team.
• The Security Council approved expanding S.H.I.E.L.D. to 300,000 personnel, but rejected Daisy's bid to join the Council and her plan to withdraw bases from Asia.
• Director Fury secured approval to build three Helicarriers, and Daisy visited the Dockyard as construction began.
• Daisy questioned Project Insight but agreed with Director Fury to finish the carriers and continue working together.

Daisy strengthened S.H.I.E.L.D. by recruiting agents and soldiers, improving Hydra's benefits, and preparing a Super Soldier Serum experiment. She approved Mockingbird Barbara Bobbi Morse as a candidate, and the chapter ended as her injection began.

• Daisy used funds from the Helicarrier project to improve Hydra's benefits while recruiting agents and soldiers for S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Daisy assigned Hawkeye, Crossbones, Coulson, and Baldy to help train recruits and coordinate supplies.
• Daisy rejected Ward and Coulson as serum candidates, considered Crossbones and Hill, and approved Miss Mockingbird's application.
• After a month of preparation, Daisy and the Science Department began secretly administering the Super Soldier Serum to Miss Bobbi, with Captain America present.

Daisy oversaw Miss Mockingbird’s painful transformation with the Super Soldier Serum, then watched her defeat Captain America in a training match before sending her on a mission. Anxious about her own approaching cellular maturation, Daisy decided she could not remain in the United States and considered secluded places to wait it out.

• Daisy and Hill watched as the serum overwhelmed Miss Mockingbird’s cells, and Daisy approved the next stage of the procedure.
• The staff used nutrient solutions and electrical stimulation to complete Miss Mockingbird’s transformation, and she emerged taller and stronger.
• Miss Mockingbird narrowly defeated Captain America in a training match, and Daisy judged her enhanced strength to be below his.
• Miss Mockingbird led a team on a mission, while Daisy began exercising as she awaited her own cellular maturation.
• Danger exposed that Daisy had not exercised in 712 days, and Daisy sent away the onlookers.
• Daisy rejected staying in the United States while she awaited maturation and considered Asgard, Kamar-Taj, and K'un-Lun as places to withdraw.

Daisy went to K'un-Lun to prepare for her evolution, discussed the Dao with the Venerable One, and calmed her mind beneath the great tree. On her seventh day there, she released the limits on her Eternity Cells and began transforming her body.

• Daisy told Director Fury she would be away, gave instructions to the troublemakers at home, and teleported to K'un-Lun.
• Thunder God said the Venerable One had foreseen Daisy's arrival, and Daisy met with the Venerable One after changing into a purple robe.
• Daisy and the Venerable One discussed the laws of the universe from the perspectives of the human body and the cosmos.
• Daisy studied the Venerable One's books and spent time beneath the great tree as the burden on her heart gradually faded.
• On her seventh day, Daisy sensed the time had come, went beneath the tree, and released the restraints on her cells.
• Daisy's Eternity Cells surged through her body, overwhelming her other genes as the evolution of her life began.

Daisy completed the evolution of her heart, brain, and body, witnessing the Eternals’ history through inherited memories and gaining a powerful new life force. She could suppress the Phoenix Force without Dragon’s Might, but her vitality drew the Phoenix’s higher will closer.

• Daisy’s brain defenses fell to the Eternal Gene’s transformation, revealing memories of Chronos, the Eternals’ divisions, and the destruction of the Titan branch by Thanos.
• A newborn dark personality appeared in Daisy’s mental world, but Daisy slapped it down and kept control of her body.
• Daisy used elaborate calculations about building three Helicarriers to resist the false sense of power and finish evolving her brain.
• Daisy’s full-body evolution gave her genuine power, instinctive flight, and a golden flame of life that shone beside the setting sun.
• Daisy tried twice to expel the Phoenix Force but failed, and her flourishing vitality attracted the Phoenix’s higher-level will.

Daisy completed her evolution into an Eternal, gaining a long lifespan, heightened senses, and the ability to sustain herself on Cosmic Rays. She realized future growth would require searching the universe for rare primordial energy, but first she needed time to stabilize her new power.

• Daisy worried that Phoenix might choose her as its next host after Jean died, then completed the transformation of her cells into a unified Eternal body.
• The Venerable One explained to Thunder God that the Eternals followed a path of self-powered strength and that their race had once been destroyed because the world could not accommodate too many of them.
• After three days outside, Daisy's evolution ended, and she found that she no longer suffered the overwhelming hunger that had followed earlier evolutions.
• Daisy tested her enhanced senses, briefly detected everything across K'un-Lun, and shut down some senses to reduce the strain on her brain.
• Daisy's body absorbed Cosmic Rays automatically, and she concluded that she would need to search remote regions of the universe for primordial energy if she wanted to grow stronger.

After assimilating her vibration power into her Eternal gift, Daisy spent three days adjusting to her immense new strength, then left K'un-Lun to travel across the world. She joined a group of Edinburgh students exploring Afghanistan and settled into life on the road, sharing stories about American superheroes.

• Daisy confirmed that vibration had become her Eternal gift and sensed that her strength had grown enormously.
• Daisy meditated beneath a tree for three days to regain control of her body, then said farewell to the Venerable One and Thunder God.
• Daisy called home and S.H.I.E.L.D., learned that Scott Lang had been caught burgling her office and that the Alkali Lake base had flooded, then set off traveling.
• Daisy joined nine University of Edinburgh students touring Afghanistan and helped them with wilderness survival while her marksmanship discouraged the boys who had tried to court her.
• Daisy entertained the students over dinner with stories about the Fantastic Four, describing them as a cheerful, harmonious family.

Daisy rescued two American soldiers from Ten Rings pursuers in Afghanistan and arranged for S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to escort them to a base before returning home. After resting for two days, she received a call from Professor Hank Pym, with whom her relationship had grown strained.

• Daisy killed four Ten Rings pursuers, drove off the rest, and treated the wounded Corporal.
• Lieutenant Wendell Vaughn asked Daisy for help getting himself and the Corporal back to a base with important intelligence.
• Daisy arranged for S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to escort the soldiers, gave Wendell S.H.I.E.L.D.'s contact information, and invited him to join the organization.
• Daisy abandoned her journey, said goodbye to the college students, and teleported back to her secluded villa.
• Daisy rested at home for two days, then received a call from Professor Hank Pym and reflected on their strained relationship.

Daisy learned that Old Pym wanted to study the Quantum Bracelets, which were in Nick Fury’s possession, and considered how she might acquire them. She investigated Wendell Vaughn’s records and found that he had been forcibly repatriated after reporting strange Ten Rings members and apparent U.S. soldiers thawing a massive block of ice.

• Old Pym told Daisy that the Quantum Bracelets had inspired his research and asked her to help him access them.
• Daisy learned that the bracelets had returned to Earth and were in Nick Fury’s possession, then considered their powers and whether to take them for herself.
• Daisy accessed Wendell Vaughn’s records and read his report about Ten Rings members and red-skinned men with fiery hands in the Hindu Kush Mountains.
• Wendell reported seeing the men try to melt a massive block of ice while Ten Rings members knelt nearby.
• Daisy found that Wendell’s superior had accused him of misconduct and arranged his forceful repatriation without an investigation.

Daisy investigated the explosion at Arius Alim Air Force Base and suspected it was linked to the Mandarin’s attempted thawing, but found no trace of him. Back at S.H.I.E.L.D., she discussed the incident with Nick Fury and Hill, then showed Hill how her evolution had made her far more powerful, before the two worried about Sharon’s growing attention to Captain America.

• Daisy followed Wendell’s clues to Arius Alim Air Force Base, where an Extremis-related explosion had destroyed much of the facility, but she could not find the Mandarin.
• Daisy showed Nick Fury and Hill images of the blast, and they agreed that S.H.I.E.L.D. would monitor the investigation and offer intelligence support if possible.
• Hill tested Daisy’s newly evolved body and found that her claws could no longer scratch Daisy’s skin.
• Daisy demonstrated her improved abilities to Hill, overpowering her during their private training.
• Hill told Daisy that Sharon had been paying too much attention to Captain America, and they wondered whether to warn their friend.

After Blackie was gravely injured in the Oriental Theater bombing, Daisy vowed to seek justice and tracked down the perpetrators in Afghanistan. She discovered the fake Mandarin beside the real Mandarin, who sensed her presence and recognized her.

• Daisy recognized the televised Mandarin claiming responsibility for the Arius Alim Air Force Base bombing as a fake.
• Daisy learned that Blackie had been critically injured in the Oriental Theater explosion and went to Los Angeles to see her.
• Daisy refused Stark's offer to investigate, promised reporters she would seek justice, and returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. to monitor signals worldwide.
• Daisy's technical department traced a video in which the fake Mandarin claimed responsibility for the bombing.
• Daisy teleported to Afghanistan, found the fake Mandarin, and spotted the real Mandarin nearby.
• Daisy and the real Mandarin sensed and recognized each other from several miles away.