Chapter Summaries

Tony Stark considered joining Nick Fury’s organization after learning about its hidden world, and Fury took him and Barton toward the Arctic to find a man frozen for over seventy years. Meanwhile, Loren and Viper’s encounter left his secret laboratory in ruins.

• Tony Stark questioned Nick Fury about the frozen man, and Fury urged him to join the organization with a promise of a trial period.
• Tony agreed to consider joining but resisted being recruited into a secret organization without seeing it for himself.
• Nick Fury told Tony that Howard had planned the search and had often called Tony his greatest invention.
• Nick Fury, Tony, and Barton boarded a Quinjet and headed for the Arctic Ocean.
• Loren and Viper’s encounter as two superhumans wrecked the laboratory over several hours.

Viper explained to 2B and Tifa that Loren would likely pursue more women, then suggested they deal with the problem by cutting off his flesh. As Loren tried to escape in his Iron Batman Suit, the three women dragged him back and blocked the secret passage.

• Viper felt 2B and Tifa’s bodies and marveled that they were realistic robots, while 2B and Tifa argued with her about being a homewrecker.
• Viper told 2B and Tifa that Loren would have more women, and Loren reluctantly admitted he was a lecherous pervert.
• 2B and Tifa asked Viper how to stop Loren from pursuing other women, and Viper suggested dealing with his flesh.
• Loren put on his Iron Batman Suit and tried to flee through the secret passage, but 2B, Tifa, and Viper grabbed his legs and pulled him back.
• Tifa agreed to block the secret passage with a table.

Loren sent Viper back to Hydra to gather intelligence and find Wanda Maximoff, while explaining that he wanted to recruit her for her power. He assigned 2B and Tifa to lead robot teams and ordered them to retrieve Proto-Adamantium and Vibranium from S.H.I.E.L.D. and a museum.

• After Loren ordered 2B and Tifa to stop playing and deal with Viper, Viper realized they had been following his commands all along.
• Loren told Viper to return to Hydra, gather intelligence, and find Wanda Maximoff; he promised Viper a place at his side and a robot squad if she performed well.
• After Viper left, Loren explained to 2B that Wanda possessed terrifying power and that he wanted to recruit her before other factions did.
• Loren told 2B and Tifa that they would lead separate teams of Standard General-Purpose Combat Robots, with 2B handling external combat and Tifa overseeing estate security.
• Loren ordered 2B and Tifa to retrieve a Proto-Adamantium shield from a secret S.H.I.E.L.D. base and Vibranium exhibits from the National Museum, with Alice disabling security and no one being killed.

Loren began researching nanotechnology while Captain America woke at S.H.I.E.L.D. after seventy years of cryogenic sleep. Nick Fury helped Stephen Rogers learn that Peggy Carter was still alive, but a hacker attack and the theft of his Adamantium Shield disrupted his reunion plans.

• Loren returned to his laboratory to study nanotechnology and planned to combine it with combat robot technology and advanced materials.
• Stephen Rogers woke at S.H.I.E.L.D. and pinned Tony Stark down, demanding to know where he was and who surrounded him.
• Nick Fury told Rogers that seventy years had passed and that Tony was Howard Stark’s son; Rogers then remembered crashing into the frozen ocean.
• Nick Fury revealed Peggy Carter was still alive and gave Rogers her hospital address, then asked Natasha to take him there.
• A hacker attack plunged the base into darkness, and Natasha said it was the fifth such breach that month; Nick Fury blamed Loren.
• A guard reported that the Adamantium Shield Rogers had used was missing, prompting Nick Fury to curse Loren.

Natasha reported several incidents to Nick Fury, including the theft of Vibranium and Stephen’s shield, a Green Goblin attack, and General Ross’s attempt to capture Dr. Banner. As Fury considered how S.H.I.E.L.D. should respond, Coulson rushed in with news that Hulk had appeared.

• Natasha told Nick Fury that a woman believed to be one of Loren’s assassins had stolen Vibranium artifacts from the National Museum and Stephen’s shield from S.H.I.E.L.D.’s base.
• Nick Fury suspected Loren was targeting S.H.I.E.L.D. and vowed to make him pay, though he had no evidence against him.
• Natasha reported that a masked Green Goblin had escaped a fire at the Osborn Group, and Fury ordered Barton to investigate.
• Natasha told Fury that Dr. Banner had returned from Brazil and that General Ross was preparing to capture him, prompting Fury to order her to contact Banner and offer S.H.I.E.L.D.’s help.
• Coulson rushed into Fury’s office and announced that Hulk had appeared.

Nick Fury learned that Hulk was fighting a yellow monster on Central Avenue, where Betty Ross had been killed, and ordered a team to intervene. At Morgan Manor, Loren sent 2B to join the battle, allowing her to go all out against the yellow monster while warning her not to kill Hulk; 2B flew to the scene as Loren returned to his nanotechnology research.

• Coulson told Nick Fury that Hulk was fighting a yellow monster on Central Avenue, where the destruction had caused countless casualties and Betty Ross had died.
• Nick Fury rushed to arrange a helicopter and ordered Coulson to bring Tony and Stephen for their first mission.
• Alice alerted Loren, 2B, and Tifa that the Central Avenue incident had reached A-rank, and Loren told 2B to join the fight and go all out.
• Loren gave 2B a syringe of Super Neurotoxin for Hulk, permitting her to kill the yellow monster but forbidding her from killing Hulk.
• 2B flew toward Central Avenue while Loren told Tifa and Alice to monitor the situation, then returned to his laboratory to continue his research.

Hulk and Abomination fought through Manhattan as Gwen rescued civilians and General Ross attacked Hulk after his daughter was killed. Iron Man arrived to protect Ross, while Captain America joined the fight against Abomination.

• Abomination threw a car carrying a family of four at Hulk, and Gwen caught it with a web as Hulk fought back.
• Hulk and Abomination traded blows while Gwen focused on rescuing civilians.
• A piece of shrapnel killed General Ross's daughter, and Ross fired a heavy machine gun at Hulk.
• Abomination knocked Hulk down with a fire hydrant and threw it at Ross, but Iron Man blasted it away.
• Captain America leaped from an armed helicopter and landed in front of Abomination.

Iron Man and Captain America arrived during the fight between Hulk and Abomination, but Tony Stark was soon overwhelmed by Hulk. 2B stopped Hulk just before he could smash Tony and chose him as her next opponent.

• Tony Stark and Captain America confronted Abomination while Nick Fury ordered General Ross to retreat.
• General Ross refused to stand down and kept firing at Hulk, who threw a sedan at him.
• Tony Stark rescued General Ross and Nick Fury, then attacked Hulk, but Hulk repeatedly battered him with manhole covers and shrugged off his bombs.
• Hulk trapped Tony Stark in a crack in the ground and charged at him with raised fists.
• 2B crashed into Hulk, knocked him partly into the ground, and pointed at Tony Stark as her next opponent.

2B arrived during the battle in New York, saved Tony Stark from Hulk, and attacked several fighters before turning her attention to Abomination. After overpowering him with her enhanced strength, she drew her Adamantium Miao Saber and prepared to finish him.

• 2B kicked Tony Stark away after saving him from Hulk's attack.
• 2B kicked Captain America into a skyscraper when he resumed fighting Abomination.
• 2B confronted Abomination and caught his punch with one hand.
• 2B pulled Abomination forward and struck his abdomen with her knee, leaving him kneeling and unable to recover.
• 2B summoned her Adamantium Miao Saber and told Abomination he should say goodbye to the world.

2B fought Abomination and Hulk at once, proving strong enough to wound Abomination and trade blows with Hulk. The battle continued as Hulk rose from another crater to face her again.

• 2B used her Anti-Gravity Device to evade Abomination's charge and hurled her Miao Saber through his shoulder, pinning him to the ground.
• Abomination pulled the saber free and threatened 2B, but she recalled it and stabbed through his other shoulder, pinning him again.
• Hulk sprang at 2B, who met his punch with her own and sent both fighters flying apart in a powerful collision.
• 2B steadied herself in the air while Hulk crashed into the ground and made another crater, stunning the soldiers and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.

2B tested her strength against Hulk and found she could match him, but his power kept rising with his anger. She switched to her Adamantium Miao Saber and Super Neurotoxin, bringing Hulk down in five seconds as she turned toward Abomination.

• Hulk recovered from 2B's first punch and charged her again, growing stronger as their repeated blows landed.
• 2B realized Hulk's strength was increasing, ended the test, and prepared her Super Neurotoxin and Adamantium Miao Saber while warning Abomination she would deal with him next.
• 2B concluded she could match Hulk in his normal state and hold her own against him while enraged, while Abomination remained weaker than her.
• 2B moved too quickly for Hulk to see, slashed his chest with the saber, and injected Super Neurotoxin into the wound.
• After 2B counted to five, Hulk collapsed, and she dismissed him as she continued toward Abomination.

2B used Loren’s super neurotoxin to incapacitate Hulk and then pursued Abomination, who fled from her. As Nick Fury’s team moved to take control, Captain America intervened, and 2B warned him that he could die too.

• 2B’s neurotoxin knocked Hulk out and forced him back into Bruce Banner’s human form.
• Abomination fled when 2B charged at him, and General Ross took a rifle to attack Bruce before Nick Fury knocked him unconscious.
• Nick Fury ordered Natasha to secure Bruce and Coulson to take Ross back, then told Tony Stark and Steve to stop 2B and try to recruit Abomination.
• Tony refused to approach 2B, but Steve threw a manhole cover at her as she caught up to Abomination and stabbed his legs.
• 2B split the manhole cover with her saber, turned toward Steve, and threatened him.

2B fought the heroes while following Loren’s order to spare everyone except Abomination. She killed Abomination and stopped Natasha’s group from taking Bruce Banner, declaring Hulk to be her Boss’s prey.

• 2B kicked a manhole cover into Captain America, sending him flying into rubble.
• 2B had Alice hack Tony Stark’s armor, shut down its power, and crash him into buildings.
• 2B killed Abomination by cutting off his head.
• Gwen chose not to interfere with 2B, and 2B praised her progress.
• Natasha and her group collapsed when they approached Bruce Banner, and 2B warned Nick Fury that Hulk belonged to her Boss.

2B defeated Abomination, captured Bruce Banner, and refused to hand him over to Nick Fury, leaving Fury injured and unconscious. Loren received the Perfected Hulk Serum formula as a reward and celebrated the new opportunity.

• 2B explained that Natasha and the others had collapsed after inhaling super neurotoxin, then grabbed Bruce Banner to take him away.
• Nick Fury tried to persuade 2B to leave Bruce with S.H.I.E.L.D., but she demanded a ton of Vibranium or another extraordinary item as payment.
• Nick Fury refused, so 2B shot a button through his shoulder and knocked him unconscious.
• 2B praised Gwen for her performance, then flew away carrying Bruce Banner.
• Loren received the Perfected Hulk Serum formula and 20 system points as a reward for killing Abomination and capturing Hulk.

After more than a month in seclusion developing nanotechnology, Loren reviewed the chaos surrounding Spider-Man and the Green Goblin and chose to intervene only if his interests were threatened. The Nanotech General-Purpose Combat Robot passed its tests, and Miss A2 awakened before him.

• Loren studied the Perfected Hulk Serum and decided to postpone researching it until he finished the nanobots and Nano Armor.
• Over the following month, Spider-Man and the Green Goblin clashed repeatedly, while the Green Goblin escaped and the Daily Bugle mocked and defamed Spider-Man as Spider Miss.
• Tifa asked Loren to protect Gwen from the Daily Bugle, and Loren ordered a warning to John Jameson threatening to cut off his funding.
• Tifa asked whether Loren would act against the Green Goblin, but Loren chose to wait because the Green Goblin had not threatened their interests and was Harry's father.
• Alice announced that the Nanotech General-Purpose Combat Robot had passed its assembly and separation tests, and Miss A2 formed from black mist before Loren.

A2 completed her testing ahead of schedule and joined Loren, 2B, and Tifa as a new sister and loyal partner. After warmly welcoming her, 2B hinted that she could tutor A2 immediately, leaving Loren self-conscious as A2 approached him.

• A2 appeared after finishing her testing early, surprising Loren, 2B, and Tifa.
• A2 greeted 2B and Tifa and offered to become their loyal partner and sister.
• Tifa warmly praised A2, while 2B showed jealousy before Tifa soothed her.
• 2B welcomed A2 into the family and offered to tutor her immediately.
• A2 walked toward Loren with a charming smile as he felt self-conscious about her sudden arrival.

Loren introduced A2’s advanced bionic and nanotechnology-based body, then took her and 2B to see Bruce Banner so A2 could test her combat abilities and collect his blood for a serum. The chapter ended with A2 passing through the cell’s glass and entering Bruce’s room.

• Loren explained that A2’s nanoparticle body combined Vibranium, Proto-Adamantium, and bionic materials, letting her simulate human sensations and switch between daily and combat modes.
• Tifa brought Loren goji berry tea, and he joked about the women having a sister surnamed Pan.
• 2B invited A2 to test her combat abilities against the green giant she had sparred with at the base.
• Loren decided to visit Bruce Banner and draw his blood as an ingredient for the Perfected Hulk Serum.
• Loren showed A2 Bruce through the cell window and ordered her to provoke him and collect a vial of blood.
• A2 passed through the glass into Bruce’s cell, surprising 2B and Tifa.

A2 demonstrated her nanotechnology and defeated Hulk in seconds to collect a blood sample for Loren. After learning A2 could simulate human sensations, 2B and Tifa asked for upgrades, while a one-armed man secretly entered a laboratory at Osborn Tower.

• A2 explained that she could alter her density and pass through solid matter, and Loren described how her body used nanotechnology.
• 2B and Tifa asked Loren for upgrades after learning A2 could simulate human sensations with ninety percent similarity, and he agreed.
• A2 entered Bruce Banner's cage and challenged him, offering his freedom if he won and demanding a vial of blood if he lost.
• Hulk attacked, but A2 phased through him, cut his back, and collected his blood in under five seconds.
• A one-armed man sneaked into a laboratory at Osborn Tower.

Peter Parker broke into the laboratory hoping to use the Lizard Serum to regrow his missing arm, only to find that Dr. Curt Connors had already injected the sole vial. The serum restored Connors’s arm but then transformed him into a towering lizard monster, leaving Peter facing the consequences.

• Peter Parker went to the laboratory, determined to inject the Lizard Serum and regrow his right arm.
• Peter discovered Dr. Curt Connors had injected the only vial of serum and regrown his severed arm.
• Peter rushed inside and tried to recover the shattered syringe, but Connors promised to make more serum.
• Connors showed Peter his new arm, which mutated into a scaled lizard claw as his body transformed into a monster over two meters tall.

Curt Connors transformed into a lizard monster and escaped after killing a security guard, while A2 defeated Hulk in a combat test at Morgan Manor. Loren received the Hulk blood, but Alice then reported an unidentified flying object falling toward New York.

• Curt Connors transformed into a lizard monster, killed a security guard, and fled the laboratory, while Peter Parker escaped to avoid suspicion.
• A2 absorbed Hulk's punches with her Vibranium frame as Loren explained how her body stored kinetic energy.
• A2 released the stored energy as a shockwave, sent Hulk crashing into the cage wall, and ended the combat test.
• A2 gave Loren the collected Hulk blood, and Loren praised her before promising extra food.
• Alice alerted Loren that an unidentified flying object was rapidly falling from the skies above New York.