Chapter Summaries

Loren took 2B on the Batwing’s first test flight, where Alice tested its altitude and speed. The flight reached 48,000 meters before accelerating toward its speed limit, and Alice detected a humanoid flyer ahead: Iron Man.

• 2B admired the Batwing, and Loren invited her to ride along as Alice prepared the aircraft for its first test flight.
• Alice raised the Batwing to 25,000 meters, activated de-icing, and continued climbing to its actual altitude limit of 48,000 meters.
• Loren ordered Alice to descend to 25,000 meters and test the Batwing’s speed limit.
• Alice accelerated the Batwing and warned Loren that a humanoid flying object was approaching at Mach 0.8.
• Loren saw the gold-and-red armor on the display and recognized Iron Man.

Loren discovered Tony Stark testing an Iron Man Suit and ordered Alice to hack JARVIS, exposing a vast gap between their artificial intelligences. After Alice shut JARVIS down, Tony accelerated to Mach 2, only to find Loren's Batwing hovering directly above him.

• Loren recognized Tony Stark on the screen and had Alice infiltrate his system, discovering that Tony was testing an Iron Man Suit.
• JARVIS detected Alice's intrusion and attempted to counter-hack, but Alice overwhelmed its defenses and forcibly shut it down.
• Tony Stark ordered JARVIS to break through the other system's firewall, then watched it fail and get shut down.
• Tony rebooted JARVIS and manually pushed his Iron Man Suit to Mach 2, believing he had escaped the approaching aircraft.
• Tony received an alarm that an unidentified aircraft was twenty meters overhead and saw Loren's bat-shaped Batwing hovering above him.

Tony Stark pushed the Mark II Iron Man Suit beyond its limits in an attempt to outrun Loren’s Batwing, but the Batwing proved far faster. The Batwing vanished from detection after reaching Mach 4.3, leaving Tony unable to keep up.

• Tony Stark ordered JARVIS to raise the suit’s engine performance to 97% despite warnings that Mach 2.8 could damage the Mark II.
• Tony Stark learned that the Batwing remained above him, and JARVIS identified its unknown power system as the likely source of its speed.
• Tony Stark ordered the suit’s power fully opened, pushing his flight speed to Mach 3.1.
• The Batwing overtook Tony and accelerated through Mach 4.3 until it disappeared beyond the suit’s detection range.

Tony Stark’s Iron Man Suit broke apart during his high-speed pursuit of Loren, leaving him in a deadly fall from the upper atmosphere. Loren rescued him, and Tony was left owing him a favor.

• Tony Stark learned that Loren had flown at Mach 4.3 and ordered JARVIS to slow the damaged Iron Man Suit.
• The suit’s left arm broke off, its engines iced over, and Tony began falling rapidly as JARVIS warned that his survival odds were dropping.
• Loren, wearing the Batman Suit, caught Tony and melted the ice covering the Iron Man Suit.
• Tony restarted the propulsion system and stabilized his descent at five thousand meters.
• Loren returned to the Batwing and told Tony that he owed him a favor that must be repaid.

After rescuing Tony Stark, Loren received Improved Arc Reactor Technology from the system and realized it could solve the power and endurance problems affecting 2B, the Anti-Gravity Drone, and his Batman Suit. He began working on crafting the new technology.

• Loren left Tony Stark, who ordered JARVIS to search for the Batwing and Batman Suit and chose to call their mysterious owner Batman.
• 2B asked Loren why he had saved Tony, and Loren said their rivalry made the world more interesting.
• Loren received Improved Arc Reactor Technology as a reward for participating in Tony's rescue.
• Loren learned that the improved reactor could greatly extend 2B's endurance, boost her strength, and keep his Batman Suit powered much longer.
• Loren immediately began crafting with the new technology.

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.