Recaps

Loren upgraded 2B and the Batman Suit with Arc Reactors and flight systems, then demonstrated his suit’s modular transformation and speed. He and 2B flew out to locate and kill Alexander Pierce.

• Loren installed upgraded Arc Reactors in 2B and the Batman Suit, giving them greater power and flight capability.
• 2B tested her Anti-Gravity Devices, learned to fly, and asked Loren to take her outside.
• Loren revealed that he had modularized the Batman Suit so its components could fly to him and assemble like a Saint Seiya transformation.
• Loren opened the laboratory canopy, flew at up to Mach 3.5, and slowed down when 2B struggled to keep up.
• Loren ordered Alice to locate Alexander Pierce so he and 2B could eliminate him.

Loren ordered Alice to locate Alexander Pierce, surround the World Security Council Headquarters with armed drones, and identify suspected Hydra members. Alice hacked S.H.I.E.L.D.’s databases, leaving its systems locked and Nick Fury furious, while her search and Loren’s attack were underway.

• Alice pinpointed Alexander Pierce inside the World Security Council Building, and Loren ordered her to send drones there and kill anyone who resisted.
• Loren ordered Alice to hack S.H.I.E.L.D. and Security Council databases and find suspected Hydra members inside the building.
• Alice breached S.H.I.E.L.D.’s firewall and locked its systems, prompting alarms at the secret base.
• Coulson and Agent Hill failed to stop the intrusion, and Hill reported that the backup system had also been hacked.
• Nick Fury saw the insulting image Alice had sent to the backup system and angrily called the hacker a racist.

After S.H.I.E.L.D. discovered that Loren had copied its personnel records, Nick Fury sent Coulson, Natasha, and Barton to investigate an attack on the World Security Council Headquarters. Loren and 2B had already surrounded the building, where Loren began killing its hidden Hydra members and headed for Pierce’s office; as an armed team approached, he sent 2B to deal with them.

• S.H.I.E.L.D. technicians found that Loren had copied the agency’s personnel files, and Nick Fury learned that unidentified attackers had killed people at the World Security Council Headquarters.
• Nick Fury ordered Coulson, Natasha, and Barton to investigate and protect Alexander Pierce, and the three flew to the headquarters in a Quinjet.
• Loren and 2B surrounded the headquarters with Anti-Gravity Drones, and Loren told Alice to identify suspected Hydra members and prevent anyone from escaping.
• Loren broke through the rooftop, killed several Hydra members, stopped the survivors from fleeing, and demanded to know where Pierce was.
• Han Meimei told Loren that Pierce was in his office, then shared gossip about him with her colleagues as Loren went to find Pierce.
• Alice warned Loren that an armed team was approaching, and Loren sent 2B to kill them without leaving survivors.

Loren broke through the reinforced office and confronted Pierce, revealing that he knew Pierce was Hydra’s leader. He killed Pierce just as reinforcements arrived, leaving Loren facing the attackers outside.

• Loren blasted through the brick and steel walls of Pierce’s office with his laser.
• Loren entered through the breach, crushed Pierce’s wrist, and overpowered him despite Pierce firing at him.
• Pierce pleaded for his life and tried to deny any connection to Hydra, but Loren identified him as Hydra’s leader.
• Loren removed his mask, and Pierce recognized him as Young Master Loren of the Morgan Family.
• An explosive arrow flew into the office, but Loren knocked it aside and shot Pierce dead as the reinforcements arrived.

Loren killed Minister Pierce and defeated Hawkeye and Natasha when they tried to stop him. As Loren left, 2B appeared and knocked Natasha away, claiming Loren as her man.

• Hawkeye fired several arrows at Loren, but Loren dodged them with help from his reflexes and Alice's predictions.
• Loren caught Hawkeye's next arrow and threw it back, piercing Hawkeye's shoulder.
• Natasha confronted Loren, who teased her and then refused to answer her questions before heading outside.
• Natasha charged after Loren, but 2B stepped in and kicked her away, declaring Loren was her man.

2B attacked Natasha out of jealousy after mistaking her approach to Loren for a threat, but Loren stopped her from killing Natasha. Natasha and Barton survived the encounter with Loren and 2B, while Coulson learned that Alexander Pierce had been killed and that the attackers had sabotaged S.H.I.E.L.D. systems.

• 2B kicked Natasha into rubble and fought her after Natasha fired her pistol and used a magnetic device to restrain 2B and her katana.
• 2B destroyed the magnetic device with her Anti-Gravity Drone, pierced Natasha's armor, and prepared to kill her before Loren ordered her to stop.
• 2B threatened Natasha for getting close to Loren, then left with Loren, who hurriedly praised her fighting to defuse her jealousy.
• Coulson found Natasha and Barton injured, and Natasha told him that Alexander Pierce was dead and the attackers had escaped.
• Natasha told Coulson that the man in Bat Armor had likely hacked S.H.I.E.L.D., the Security Council, and the Quinjet, while she could not identify the woman.

After killing Pierce, Loren received an Adamantium formula and considered how to obtain Vibranium so he could forge weapons for himself and 2B. Meanwhile, Nick Fury vowed to track down Batman and sent Natasha to Brazil to retrieve Banner, hoping Hulk could help stop him.

• In the Batwing, Loren reassured 2B that he did not like Natasha and affectionately told 2B that he liked her.
• The system rewarded Loren with an Adamantium formula for helping pursue the culprit and killing Pierce.
• Loren considered Adamantium’s value and decided he needed to find Vibranium before he could forge a new katana for 2B.
• At S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury learned Pierce was dead and ordered Coulson to search for Batman.
• Nick Fury told Natasha that Banner was in Brazil, and she agreed to bring him back so Hulk could be used against Batman.

After Freddie’s death left the manor’s affairs in disarray, Loren spent a month building a beautiful Reconnaissance Robot to serve as his new butler. He named her Tifa, while reassuring a jealous 2B that she would always remain special to him.

• Loren grew tired of managing the manor himself and decided to build a robot butler using his Reconnaissance Robot technology.
• Loren spent a month crafting a lifelike female robot, refining her appearance and systems in his underground laboratory.
• Loren admired his finished robot butler, and 2B appeared and questioned what he was looking at.
• 2B grew jealous and worried that Loren would replace or discard her because of the new robot.
• Loren reassured 2B that she would always be unique and told her to treat the new robot as her little sister.
• Loren named the robot butler Tifa, and 2B agreed to teach her how to serve him.

Loren activated Tifa, a humanoid robotic housekeeper he had designed using Tifa’s character model. Tifa recognized him as her master and reported for duty, with rules in place requiring her to obey him and never harm him.

• Loren had designed Tifa with different materials and a neck-mounted switch to distinguish her from 2B.
• He equipped Tifa with a human-like body, reduced combat ability compared with 2B, and strength enough to challenge ordinary people.
• Loren pressed the switch at the back of Tifa’s neck and activated her.
• Tifa opened her eyes, recognized Loren as her master, and reported for duty.
• Tifa’s core rules required her to obey Loren and prevented her from acting against him.

S.H.I.E.L.D. suspected that Batman was Loren Morgan and planned to investigate Morgan Manor while continuing its search for the Hulk. Nick Fury also discussed recruiting Batman and Tony Stark, and learned that New York’s Spider-Man was a high school student named Gwen Stacy.

• Coulson reported that Loren Morgan was S.H.I.E.L.D.’s prime suspect for Batman, and Fury ordered Natasha to scout Morgan Manor for the silver-haired woman.
• Natasha reported that General Ross’s team had provoked Banner into becoming the Hulk, who killed the operatives and disappeared.
• Fury secretly assigned Barton to follow Natasha and gather intelligence if she was discovered, while saying he wanted to confirm Batman’s identity and recruit him.
• Fury told Coulson to keep watching Tony Stark, who had shut himself in his lab after Batman defeated him.
• Coulson revealed that Spider-Man was high school student Gwen Stacy, and Fury reacted with surprise that Spider-Man was female.

Nick Fury learned from Coulson that Hydra may have infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. through Pierce and Maeve Morgan, while Loren remained unaware of their investigation. At Morgan Manor, an intruder alert sent 2B and Tifa rushing to defend the estate, leaving Loren lamenting his troublesome companions.

• Coulson told Nick Fury that Maeve Morgan had appeared near the scene of her brother's murder and handed him evidence linking her to Pierce and Hydra.
• Nick Fury ordered Coulson to destroy the file and keep their discovery secret because Hydra might have infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Coulson explained that Loren had likely uncovered Pierce's role in his father's murder and that a silver-haired woman had been seen with Loren.
• Nick Fury and Coulson discussed Maeve's disappearance after she entered Morgan Manor and suspected that she might be dead.
• At Morgan Manor, Tifa and 2B argued over their household duties until Alice warned that someone had infiltrated the estate.
• Tifa and 2B rushed out to confront the intruder while Loren complained that he had made himself two living ancestors.

Loren discovered that Natasha Romanoff and Hawkeye Barton had come to Morgan Manor to confirm his identity, so he sent 2B and Tifa to capture them alive. Tifa confronted Barton on the nearby mountaintop, while Natasha continued toward the manor.

• Loren ordered Alice to use satellite surveillance after the manor's cameras were destroyed, and Alice identified Natasha Romanoff near the estate.
• Loren spotted Hawkeye Barton spying from a mountaintop and realized S.H.I.E.L.D. was using Natasha as bait to draw out 2B and verify his identity.
• Loren sent 2B after Natasha and Tifa after Barton, ordering both captured alive.
• Natasha told Barton to retreat after he reported seeing 2B, but Tifa arrived and attacked him with a diving kick.
• Tifa introduced herself to Barton as Morgan Manor's head housekeeper and Loren's most beautiful bed warmer, and 2B objected over the communicator.

Tifa and 2B fought Natasha and Barton after they returned to Loren's estate, quickly overpowering both agents. Tifa took Barton captive while 2B knocked Natasha unconscious.

• Tifa struck Barton with a whirlwind kick, crushed his bow, and sent him crashing into a tree.
• Tifa asked Barton to identify himself, and he bitterly called himself a loser before she ordered him to come with her.
• 2B confronted Natasha over approaching Loren and attacked her without using her katana.
• Natasha tried to throw 2B over her shoulder but was pinned beneath her by 2B's unexpected weight.
• Natasha taunted 2B about her figure, and 2B angrily knocked her unconscious.

Loren Morgan held Natasha and Hawkeye captive at Morgan Manor and demanded a Vibranium ransom from S.H.I.E.L.D. Nick Fury learned that both agents had been captured, then received Natasha’s call from Loren’s manor.

• Loren lounged with Tifa and 2B while Natasha and Hawkeye knelt bound before him.
• Loren demanded that Natasha and Hawkeye call Nick Fury and arrange to bring twenty kilograms of Vibranium within two hours.
• Natasha teased Loren about his intentions, prompting 2B and Tifa to slap her and order her to make the call.
• Coulson told Nick Fury that Natasha and Barton had been captured by two powerful women at Morgan Manor.
• Nick Fury answered a secret-line call and heard Natasha’s voice.

Nick Fury and Coulson came to Morgan Manor with twenty kilograms of Vibranium to ransom Natasha and Barton, but Loren made clear that S.H.I.E.L.D. had no right to interfere with him. He accepted the Vibranium after warning them not to target the Morgan Family again.

• Nick Fury ordered Coulson to prepare twenty kilograms of Vibranium and accompany him to Morgan Manor.
• Nick Fury posed at the manor gates, but 2B knocked him and Coulson unconscious and dragged them inside.
• Loren confronted the kneeling men, condemned S.H.I.E.L.D. for its incompetence, and kicked Nick Fury into a stone pillar.
• Coulson called the investigation a misunderstanding and promised S.H.I.E.L.D. would stop meddling in Loren's affairs.
• Loren warned that he could disband S.H.I.E.L.D. and took the Vibranium Coulson handed over.

Loren seized S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Vibranium and used it to upgrade 2B, replacing her skin and skeleton and giving her an Adamantium frame. After a week in his laboratory, he completed the modifications and left 2B ready to awaken with greatly increased strength.

• Loren took twenty kilograms of Vibranium from S.H.I.E.L.D. and dismissed Natasha and the others after warning them not to return.
• 2B questioned Loren about letting them go, and he praised her for remembering his lessons before beginning the upgrades.
• Loren told Tifa to guard the laboratory, then spent a week researching and modifying 2B.
• Loren replaced 2B’s skeleton with Adamantium and reinforced her artificial skin with Vibranium mesh and a temperature-regulation device.
• Loren completed the upgrades, raising 2B’s maximum strength from around six tons to eighteen tons.

Loren activated 2B after upgrading her with a temperature-regulating device, an Adamantium skeleton, and Vibranium-thread armor. 2B delighted in feeling more human, while Loren tested her strength and defenses and ended by accepting her flirtatious plans to use her combat skills for intimacy.

• Loren activated 2B and watched her discover that her upgraded body felt softer, more flexible, and warm.
• 2B thanked Loren for giving her a human-like body temperature, which she had long wished for.
• Loren explained that her Adamantium skeleton could let her exert around twenty tons of force and that Vibranium armor protected her internal components.
• Loren fired several bullets at 2B's head, and she found that the shots had left no marks.
• 2B said she would use her hand-to-hand combat skills to warm Loren's bed, and Loren gave up arguing with her.

Loren gave 2B a 160-centimeter Adamantium Miao Saber and explained its strength, along with the limits posed by other Adamantium weapons and the absent Mutants. After hinting that Mutants might appear someday, Loren turned to his newly upgraded third-generation Bat Armor.

• Loren explained that the Miao Saber combined the qualities of a sword and spear, and 2B thanked him for the gift.
• 2B tested the Adamantium blade by slicing Loren's steel workbench in two.
• Loren warned 2B that other Adamantium weapons existed and described Wolverine, while explaining that Mutants did not exist in their universe.
• 2B expressed interest in meeting the monster Loren described, and Loren hinted that such a meeting might become possible.
• Loren walked over to his third-generation Bat Armor, which had been upgraded with modular components and miniature anti-gravity devices.

Loren completed the third-generation bat armor, which 2B named the ripper bat armor, and rested after days of work. After waking, he learned the Stark Group had invited him to its technology exhibition party that evening, where he planned to see Tony Stark.

• Loren equipped the bat armor with adamantium claws and a vibranium-threaded cape, and 2B named it the ripper bat armor.
• 2B offered to test the armor in combat, but Loren declined because her strength far exceeded his.
• Loren went to sleep, and after waking thirty-one hours later, he found Tifa beside him and learned 2B was out testing her body.
• Tifa told Loren that the Stark Group had invited him to its technology exhibition party because he owned twenty percent of its shares.
• Loren learned the party began at seven that evening and told Tifa to get his clothes so he could see Tony Stark.

Nick Fury reprimanded S.H.I.E.L.D. agents over their failed intelligence on Loren, ordered continued surveillance, and sent Natasha to Stark Industries’ gala to try to recruit him. At the gala, Loren arrived with Tifa and was greeted by his high school classmate Gwen Stacy.

• Nick Fury berated his agents for underestimating Loren and ordered Natasha to keep watching Morgan Manor while placing Loren on the S-class dangerous individuals list.
• Nick Fury gave Natasha his invitation to Stark Group’s technology showcase gala and told her to try to win Loren over for the Avengers.
• Tony Stark prepared to attend the gala, where Pepper Potts told him the Morgan Family had arrived and Loren was there as a major shareholder.
• Loren arrived at Stark Industries Tower with Tifa as his companion, and Gwen Stacy ran over to greet him.

Loren reunited with Gwen at Tony Stark’s invitation-only gala and learned that Harry and Peter had come with her. After greeting Harry and Peter, he was surprised to find that Harry noticed how much taller Loren had become.

• Loren teased Gwen when she explained that Harry had brought her and Peter to the gala as interns at Osborn Group.
• Gwen noticed Tifa and asked who she was, and Tifa introduced herself as Loren’s butler, secretary, and companion for the evening.
• Harry approached Loren, greeted him with a hug, and remarked that Loren had grown much taller since they last met.
• Harry pulled Peter beside Loren to compare their heights, and Peter greeted Loren while hiding a flicker of displeasure.

Loren reunited with Gwen and Peter at Tony Stark’s party, then drew attention away from Tony when the reporters recognized him as the Morgan heir. After Loren allowed them to photograph him, Tony was left in the background.

• Loren greeted Peter and led Gwen, Peter, and their companions toward the banquet hall.
• Tony Stark hurried out with reporters to welcome Loren, and the reporters stopped taking pictures when they realized Loren was the Morgan Family’s sole heir.
• Loren told Tony they were on the same side as Stark Group’s second-largest shareholder, then went to join his friends.
• A green-haired woman asked to photograph Loren, and he invited her to discuss photography with him privately later.
• Loren gave the reporters permission to photograph him, and they made him the center of attention while Tony stood aside.

Loren attended Tony Stark’s banquet with Gwen, Harry, and Peter, where the guests treated him with deference because of his Morgan family status. As they discussed their lives and Peter’s internship, Loren became interested in Gwen’s mention of Professor Curt Kang.

• Loren ended the reporters’ photoshoot and led Gwen, Harry, and Peter into the banquet hall, where guests warmly greeted him.
• Harry marveled at Loren’s standing and lamented being seen as a wastrel, while Loren joked that Harry had failed the basic duties of a rich heir.
• Loren called himself a prince, and Gwen steered the conversation toward her and Peter’s internships at the Osborn Group.
• Gwen said she worked as a receptionist and that Professor Curt Kang had made Peter his assistant and errand boy.
• Loren asked who Professor Kang was, and Gwen identified him as the leading expert in genetic biology.

At a banquet, Loren watched Peter Parker struggle with insecurity about his future and wondered whether Peter or Gwen was this world’s Spider-Man. After Iron Man made a flashy entrance, Gwen, Tifa, and Peter left the table, and Loren slipped away with a green-haired reporter while Harry wondered about Loren’s arms-factory purchases.

• Loren congratulated Peter on becoming Professor Connors’s genetics assistant, but Peter dismissed his prospects and Gwen comforted him.
• Gwen praised Peter, who began to respond before Iron Man descended into the banquet hall and drew the guests’ attention.
• Gwen took Tifa to the restroom, Peter followed, and Harry privately asked Loren whether his arms factories signaled an upcoming war.
• Loren left Harry with a green-haired reporter, claiming he needed the restroom and taking her toward the VIP rooms.

Loren exposed the green-haired woman as Madame Hydra, Viper, and turned the tables on her attempted seduction and poison attack. After Viper believed her gas had immobilized him, Loren revealed he had only been pretending and grabbed her.

• Loren followed the green-haired woman into a VIP room, where she kissed him and tried to overpower him.
• Loren recognized the woman as Viper from the scent of poison and mocked her after she attacked him.
• Viper admitted Loren had identified her and asked whether he had killed her subordinate Maeve.
• Viper released green poison gas, and Loren pretended it had paralyzed him.
• Viper approached to taunt Loren, but he suddenly grabbed her and revealed his deception.