Recaps

Russell awoke in a mutant prison after being presumed dead during an experiment and discovered that he had arrived in the Marvel Universe. His system revealed healing and telekinetic abilities with vast potential, giving him hope of surviving and escaping.

• At the Agravall Experimental Base, Doctor Caspin dismissed Russell's apparent death as an expected reaction and ordered guards to return him to his cell.
• Russell regained consciousness in his cell and learned from guard Conrad's insults and his merged memories that he was a mutant in the Marvel Universe.
• Russell realized the prison's experiments would likely kill him and failed to find a way out of his cell.
• The Ultimate Evolution System bound to Russell and displayed his mental defense, superhuman healing, and psychic telekinesis abilities.
• Russell recognized the potential of his abilities and considered himself an Omega-Level Mutant.

Russell endured a shock from his suppression collar, then used Psychic Telekinesis to disable part of it and trained through the night until his abilities reached level three. At dawn, he left for the yard prepared to settle accounts with the prison staff and other prisoners.

• A guard shocked Russell with his suppression collar, and Russell realized he could still use his powers and heal from the damage.
• Russell used Psychic Telekinesis to interfere with the collar’s mechanism, then practiced with a food tray to increase his ability’s proficiency.
• Russell trained through the night, raising Psychic Telekinesis and Superhuman Healing to level three while Jerry threatened him from the next cell.
• Conrad entered Russell’s cell at dawn and slipped twice on the tray, while Russell concealed his use of Telekinesis and let Conrad leave without confronting him.
• Russell checked his level-three abilities, left his cell, and joined the other Mutants heading to the yard.

Russell used telekinesis to defeat Jerry after the bully attacked him in the prison yard, earning Emotion Points from the frightened and shocked prisoners. He spent the points to begin unlocking Molecular-level Control, then entered a high-risk laboratory for an experiment, intending to turn the tables on his captors.

• Russell reflected on mutant power levels before Jerry and his lackeys cornered him and threatened him in the prison yard.
• Russell used telekinesis to crush Jerry’s crotch, leaving him unconscious and frightening the other prisoners.
• Conrad arrived with guards and escorted Russell toward the experimental zone while prisoners’ reactions raised his Emotion Points to 124.
• Russell discovered that Emotion Points could not increase his existing skill, but spent all 124 to unlock 6% of Molecular-level Control.
• Conrad brought Russell to the High-risk Test Subject Processing Room, and Russell entered calmly, prepared to face the experimenters.

Russell escaped execution at the Agravall Experimental Base after awakening his psychic telekinesis, killing the people who tried to stop him. He cornered Doctor Caspin, whose threats failed to shake Russell’s intent to kill.

• Doctor Caspin explained that the Mutant prisoners were being dissected for research and told Russell he would be the next specimen.
• Conrad tried to seize Russell and activate his Suppression Collar, but Russell dodged and killed him with a telekinetically thrown scalpel.
• Russell crushed and removed his Suppression Collar, then stopped the guards’ bullets in midair and sent them back to kill the guards.
• Russell raised three scalpels around Doctor Caspin as Caspin begged for his life and threatened the consequences of killing him.
• Russell remained determined to kill Caspin, whose composure collapsed.

Russell learned that the R Biochemical Agent had awakened abilities tied to genes from Magneto, Professor X, and Wolverine, then killed the researchers and destroyed the laboratory. As the base launched a full lockdown and armed response, Russell raced through the complex toward Sector C, destroying surveillance equipment and forcing open barriers.

• Russell read Caspin’s file and learned that the R Biochemical Agent had awakened his abilities using genes from Magneto, Professor X, and Wolverine.
• Russell killed a researcher trying to raise an alarm, forced the surviving team leader to reveal the control room’s location, and collapsed the laboratory beneath rubble.
• Russell escaped the laboratory in Caspin’s clothes, using his ID card and Psychic Telekinesis to pass through the base as alarms sounded.
• Colonel Aaron Connolly ordered a Level A alert, sealed the exits, and deployed armed troops while soldiers gathered the Mutant prisoners on the parade ground.
• Russell raced through the base, destroying cameras and opening obstacles with Psychic Telekinesis as system notifications recorded his growing experience and Emotion Points.

Russell destroyed Sector D’s mutant-collar control center, freeing hundreds of prisoners and persuading them to rescue the other mutants held throughout the Agrawal Underground Base. The freed mutants prepared to gather their strength before turning against the base.

• Russell forced his way into the collar control room and used telekinesis to destroy its consoles despite eight soldiers opening fire.
• Russell caught and reversed the soldiers’ bullets, killing them and plunging the control room into darkness.
• The control center’s failure opened numerous doors and disabled the collars restraining hundreds of mutant prisoners.
• The freed mutants learned that Russell had destroyed the control center and erupted in anger, calling for revenge and escape.
• Russell addressed the crowd, urging them to rescue the other mutants imprisoned deeper in the base before confronting their captors.

Russell freed hundreds of mutants and led them in a violent revolt through Agrawal Base. As the mutants neared an escape route, Colonel Aaron Connolly deployed the Hounds, and their surprise attack left Russell’s group under fire.

• Russell destroyed the mutants’ collars, and the freed mutants organized into groups to attack the base.
• The mutants overwhelmed soldiers and spread through the passages while Russell advanced with them.
• Colonel Aaron Connolly ordered the Hounds released despite warnings that they might turn on the base.
• A telepath guiding Russell’s group was killed by a laser, and Hounds attacked the rear of the group.
• Russell recognized the attackers as mind-destroyed mutants used by the military to hunt their own kind.

Russell led the surviving Mutants through the Hounds’ ambush, using his abilities to kill the attackers and reach the elevator. Colonel Connolly lost control of the situation as Russell rode the elevator toward the command center.

• Russell used Psychic Telekinesis to kill a hidden Mutant and repel laser-fire and Hound attackers.
• Russell’s group fought for about ten minutes, wiping out the Hounds at the cost of more than a dozen Mutants killed or wounded.
• Russell floated past a camera and gave Colonel Connolly a mocking smile.
• Colonel Connolly raged in the command center after the Hounds failed to stop Russell.
• The aide told Colonel Connolly that Russell was riding a freight elevator toward the command-center floor.

Colonel Connolly tried to stop Russell and the remaining Mutants from reaching the surface by disabling the elevator, but Russell used Psychic Telekinesis to reverse its fall and carry them upward. The elevator reached the top floor, where Russell ordered a powerful Mutant to break open the doors.

• Colonel Connolly ordered the technician to cut the power and destroy the elevator cables before Russell could reach the command center.
• The elevator lost power and began to fall, plunging the Mutants inside into despair.
• Russell calmed the Mutants and used Psychic Telekinesis to halt the elevator's fall and raise it through the shaft.
• The elevator stopped at the top floor, and Russell told a burly Mutant to open the doors.
• The burly Mutant struck the alloy doors with his fist, buckling the steel.

Russell survived the attack on the elevator by using Telekinesis to shield himself and his healing ability to recover, then killed Colonel Connolly and the soldiers who tried to stop him. He reached the exit of the underground prison and opened the door to the world beyond.

• A physically enhanced Mutant tore open the elevator doors but was killed by gunfire, and rockets destroyed the trapped Mutants inside.
• Russell emerged from the burning elevator wreckage after shielding himself with Telekinesis and healing his injuries.
• Colonel Connolly ordered his soldiers to fire, but Russell dodged the bullets and redirected them into the soldiers.
• Colonel Connolly charged Russell with a dagger, and Russell snapped his neck with Telekinesis.
• Russell walked down the corridor to the sunlight and opened the heavy exit door.

Russell led the surviving Mutants out of the underground base, where he noticed a blonde girl named Laura whose claws reminded him of X-23. He urged the survivors to scatter rather than follow him, but the brown-haired girl, Laura, and three other Mutants chose to go after him into the desert.

• A brown-haired girl emerged from the ruined elevator and apologized to Russell for instinctively reading his thoughts.
• The survivors reached the surface, and Russell suspected that the blonde girl Laura might be X-23 because she had steel claws.
• The exhausted Mutant controlling the makeshift elevator brought the last survivors up, leaving thirty-eight people alive.
• The Mutants thanked Russell and asked to follow him, but he told them to split up and hide because the government and military would target him.
• The brown-haired girl took Laura's hand and ran after Russell, joined by three deformed Mutants, while the others scattered into the desert.

Russell, Felicity, and Laura struggled through the desert and approached a suspicious SUV, but Professor X contacted Russell telepathically before the group could decide what to do. Charles apologized for entering Russell’s mind and offered to help them escape the desert.

• Russell led Felicity and Laura across the desert after the other three Mutants abandoned them.
• Felicity spotted a rocking SUV and approached its two occupants to ask for a ride and water.
• One of the men stepped out and eyed Felicity greedily, prompting her to back away and refuse his offer.
• Professor X contacted Russell telepathically, triggering two Mental Defense experience notifications.
• Russell objected to the intrusion, and Professor X apologized and offered to help them leave the desert.

Russell killed two would-be robbers in the desert while Professor X tried to contact him telepathically. As the X-Men prepared to find Russell, General Darian learned that the escaped mutant Number 47 had awakened a second power and ordered an investigation to capture him.

• Laura wounded one robber with her claws, and Russell sealed the other man's mouth with telekinesis before the pair killed both men and drove away with Felicity.
• Russell asked whether he had been too cold-blooded, and Felicity objected to the killings while Laura remained silent.
• In New York, Professor X told Scott that Russell possessed multiple powers and a mental barrier, then ordered Scott to prepare the X-Men to find him.
• In Washington, General Darian learned that Number 47 had awakened a second power and destroyed the underground base before escaping.
• After watching the surveillance footage, Darian ordered his intelligence department to investigate Russell and locate him for the military's research projects.

Russell brought Laura and Felicity into New York, found them a cheap rental in a dangerous neighborhood, and moved into a filthy apartment after Victor Marshall guided them there. After Victor left, Russell and the girls cleaned up and settled in, while Russell prepared to learn the city’s rules before taking his next step.

• Russell drove Laura and Felicity from New York’s glittering center into a poor, crime-ridden neighborhood, where they bought clothes and sought an apartment.
• Russell traded the stolen SUV for credit and three months’ rent, and Victor Marshall led them through the alleys toward their new home.
• Six gang members tried to rob Russell and threaten the girls, but Victor shot three of them and the others fled.
• Victor showed Russell, Laura, and Felicity a bloodstained, filthy apartment, then left after Russell did not take his bait.
• Russell, Laura, and Felicity washed and cleaned the apartment, then sat together as Russell turned on the television.

Russell watched news that revealed his world combined Marvel heroes and X-Men events, then focused on training his abilities and finding food. He left the slums with Laura and Felicity after killing Scar, robbing his gang, and deciding to stay inconspicuous until he grew stronger.

• Russell learned that Senator Kelly had gone missing and realized the world mixed characters and events from different Marvel stories, so he resolved to build his strength before taking risks.
• Russell practiced Psychic Telekinesis with furniture and had Felicity repeatedly test his Mental Defense while Laura watched.
• Russell took Laura and Felicity out for food, ignored an elderly woman's warning about Man-Eater Alley, and entered it with them.
• Scar and his gang tried to rob Russell, but Russell turned Scar's bullet back on him and killed him.
• Russell collected money from Scar and his terrified underlings, then used Molecular-level Control to merge the underlings with the ground.
• Russell considered using crimefighting to gain money and Emotion Points but rejected the risks, and he walked toward the brighter streets with Laura and Felicity.

Russell, Laura, and Felicity saw Spider-Man swing through New York and witnessed the warmth the city showed him. After returning to their apartment, Russell used a new phone alone, leaving his next move unclear.

• Russell watched J. Jonah Jameson condemn Spider-Man on a Times Square screen while a restaurant owner praised the hero for saving his family from a fire.
• Felicity admired Spider-Man, while Laura silently watched him and reflected that she only knew how to kill.
• Spider-Man webbed over Jameson's mouth, swung through the neighborhood, and helped people as the crowd cheered him.
• Spider-Man finished his hot dogs at St. John's Cathedral, then resumed his patrol after tossing his trash into a bin.
• Russell bought two phones, returned to the apartment with Laura and Felicity, and sat alone using one of them.

Russell prepared a diluted sulfuric acid bath to train his Superhuman Healing, relying on his strengthened body to withstand the corrosion. He remained in the tub overnight as his skin repeatedly broke down and regenerated, gaining healing experience and growing stronger.

• Russell received a custom glass bathtub and twenty liters of concentrated sulfuric acid, which he had ordered through unofficial channels.
• Russell filled the tub with purified water, carefully diluted the acid, and checked its temperature.
• Russell explained to Laura that bathing in the acid was training, then submerged himself while Felicity fled the bathroom.
• Russell’s Superhuman Healing repeatedly repaired the skin corroded by the acid, earning experience as he stayed in the tub through the night.

Russell discovered that the slum fire had been deliberately set for insurance money and led Laura and Felicity out while rescuing trapped residents. He confronted the arsonist, learned that landlord Happy had ordered the fire, and killed the man after deciding he had seen too much.

• Russell used Psychic Telekinesis to determine that someone had started the fire with gasoline, then led Laura and Felicity through the smoke.
• Russell freed an elderly man trapped beneath a beam and searched the burning building, rescuing people trapped on the upper floors.
• Russell spotted a man watching the fire from an alley and told Laura to stop him.
• Laura cornered the man, and Russell confronted him until he confessed that landlord Happy had promised him a share of the insurance money.
• Russell told Laura not to kill the arsonist, then made the man burst apart after saying he had seen something he should not have.
• Russell returned to the smoking building, where Felicity comforted children who had escaped.

Major Flint led a military convoy to capture Russell and the other Mutants, but Russell detected and defeated the snipers sent to ambush them. Surrounded by soldiers, Russell summoned an enormous curtain of water over the neighborhood, and Flint ordered the troops to fire on him.

• Major Flint arrived at the burned slum with Victor Marshall and used a Mutant detector to locate three Mutants near the ruins.
• Flint sent Corporal Ryder and Sergeant Bell to ambush the targets, but Russell spotted both snipers, killed one with steel balls, and incapacitated the other with Telekinesis.
• Flint ordered his soldiers to surround the ruins as Felicity and Laura took shelter and Russell prepared to face the encirclement.
• Russell raised the water from a distant lake and spread it across the sky in a vast curtain above the neighborhood.
• Major Flint called the phenomenon an illusion, ordered the Electromagnetic Pulse Device activated, and commanded the soldiers to fire at Russell.

Russell stopped a hail of bullets with his power, turned them back on the soldiers, and wiped out the attacking force. As Flint turned to the Hound and Sentry for another chance, Russell gained a flood of emotion points and anticipated unlocking Molecular-level Psychic Telekinesis.

• Russell halted hundreds of bullets in midair, terrifying the soldiers led by Lieutenant Tang Wei.
• Russell waved his hand and sent the bullets back, killing the soldiers and destroying their equipment as Tang Wei's radio call to Major Flint cut off.
• Flint learned that his ten squads had been wiped out and rushed toward the Hound and Sentry beneath the camouflage tarps.
• Russell finished off wounded soldiers and extinguished the fires while Felicity watched from the house in awe.
• Russell watched his emotion points rise and expected to unlock Molecular-level Psychic Telekinesis.

Russell defeated Major Flint’s forces and destroyed their Sentinels after they attacked him in the ruins. He returned to the military vehicles and killed Victor Marshall, leaving no one from the operation alive.

• Russell buried the battlefield’s dead and confronted Major Flint, who arrived with soldiers and five Sentinel robots.
• Russell killed the soldiers by reflecting their gunfire, then used a torrent of lake water and telekinesis to destroy or bury the Sentinels.
• Flint tried to attack Russell with a grenade, but Russell caused Flint’s blood vessels and organs to burst before the grenade could detonate.
• Russell returned the lake water, buried the remaining bodies, and walked toward the military vehicles at the slum entrance.
• Two Sentries fired at Russell as he approached, but Russell killed them with their own weapon and then shot Victor Marshall when he came out to greet him.

Russell unlocked molecular-level precision for his telekinesis and took Laura and Felicity to a luxury hotel. Meanwhile, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, and Tony Stark investigated the devastation and decided to find the Mutant responsible.

• Russell spent Emotion Points to unlock molecular-level control of his Psychic Telekinesis and saw the world at the molecular scale.
• Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, and Tony Stark examined the ruins, connecting the destruction to a fire set for insurance money, a military program, and a Mutant who protected people in the slums.
• Peter Parker watched the investigation from a rooftop, chose not to take sides, and left to continue his patrol.
• Russell brought Laura and Felicity to a luxury hotel and asked the receptionist for a Presidential Suite, setting down a stack of cash.

Russell took Felicity and Laura to a lavish Manhattan Presidential Suite and insisted they rest before deciding what to do next. In Washington, Nick Fury reviewed Russell’s destructive escape and ordered Maria Hill to make contact rather than arrest him.

• Russell paid for a Presidential Suite and brought Felicity and Laura upstairs, where they settled in while Felicity worried that authorities would pursue them.
• Felicity asked what they should do next, but Russell fell asleep and said they could deal with everything after resting.
• Nick Fury watched satellite footage of the battle and asked Maria Hill to brief him on Russell.
• Maria Hill reported that Russell had escaped the Agravall Experimental Base, rescued slum residents, and killed 120 soldiers while destroying five Sentinels without being injured.
• Fury ordered Hill to contact Russell and find out what he wanted, warning that his desire to protect the two girls made him especially dangerous.

Russell explored his newly integrated powers and discovered that his telekinesis could perceive and manipulate matter at the molecular level. After studying molecular science, he used that control to turn invisible, create fire and a small electrical arc, and began considering more advanced applications.

• Russell focused his will on a pencil, then found he could perceive molecules and slightly alter their motion with telekinesis.
• He experimented with molecular control, separating atoms and repairing a tear in his pajamas, and learned that his molecular vision extended as far as his two-kilometer telekinetic range.
• Russell had the hotel manager bring books on molecular science to the training room, where he studied while Felicity and Laura watched.
• Russell gathered water molecules around himself to bend light and turn invisible, then released them when the effect proved too slow to use in a fight.
• Russell increased molecular vibration and oxygen concentration to create blue flames, then built up charge among water molecules until a small arc of lightning leaped from his fingertip.
• Russell resolved to keep developing molecular control toward an invisible shield and deeper levels of matter, while Felicity and Laura watched his experiments.

Charles Xavier and the X-Men visited Russell in his hotel suite after sensing his growing power and learning that Laura was with him. Charles invited Russell to his school, but Russell questioned its purpose and said he felt indifference rather than hatred toward ordinary people; Charles then revealed that Russell’s potential exceeded his and Magneto’s.

• Charles sensed Russell in the hotel but could no longer penetrate his strengthened mental defenses, and he recognized Laura as X-23, Logan’s genetically created daughter.
• Felicity told Russell that Charles Xavier wanted to meet him, and Russell identified the gray van outside before agreeing to receive the X-Men.
• Charles arrived with Scott Summers and Ororo Munroe, and Russell recognized them and guessed that Magneto had delayed their visit.
• Charles invited Russell to his school, apologized to Laura for not finding her sooner, and explained that the school taught Mutants to control their abilities and survive in a hostile world.
• Russell questioned whether the school expected Mutants to join the X-Men and fight the Brotherhood, then said he did not care about ordinary people rather than hating them.
• Charles described Russell’s three balanced Mutant Genes and rapidly growing abilities, and said Russell’s potential exceeded his own and Magneto’s.