Recaps

John found that the children at the Silver Hand Angel Orphanage had been left without an administrator or teachers, and learned that a businessman was trying to force them out. He promised to handle the threat and considered how the children's unusual abilities might be put to use, while in New York Watson Wick introduced Rock Rumlow to Orlov.

• John asked Smedley Taylor, Bertram Otis, and Eleanor George to reveal their names and dispel Eleanor's illusion.
• John learned that the three children had developed flight, electricity, and illusion abilities after surviving human experiments, and that the orphanage administrator and teachers had left.
• Eleanor told John that a businessman and his criminal associates were harassing the children to drive them from the orphanage.
• John promised to deal with the businessman and considered bringing the children to the Children of Miracle.
• In New York, Watson Wick met with Orlov and introduced Rock Rumlow as a man working for him.

John learned about the orphanage residents’ mutated superpowers and decided to turn the orphanage into a school where they could train. Meanwhile, Tony and Ivan’s New Jersey battle ended inconclusively after Ivan launched an Ex-Wife Missile and his armor overheated.

• John explained that the Avengers’ abilities came from different sources and urged Eleanor, Bertram, and Smedley to experience the outside world.
• John announced he would close the orphanage, then promised the three could stay as students when he converted it into a school.
• John used MOSS to create a school plan, and Eleanor, Bertram, and Smedley concluded that John had superpowers after he freed them from magically binding straps.
• Tony and Ivan battered each other’s armors in New Jersey as Jianghu and Fighter joined the fight.
• Ivan launched an Ex-Wife Missile, and Tony sped away while Ivan’s overheated Fighter ejected him.
• Tony and Ivan’s battle ended without a clear winner, with both men believing they had neither won nor lost.

Tony recovered from his fight with Ivan and joined the Avengers as they prioritized recovering the Mind Stone Scepter from Baron Strucker. John brought Martha to the Silver Hand Genius Youth Academy, where he set Gerald a task and began expanding the school’s training grounds.

• Tony woke in the hospital, where Rhodey and the others confronted him about losing his fight with Ivan; Tony insisted Ivan had run away.
• After a week in the hospital, Tony joined the Avengers’ meeting at Avengers Tower, where Hill reported on the Second Alliance and the team agreed to pursue the Mind Stone Scepter held by Baron Strucker.
• Natasha brought Pink Teddy Bear to the meeting, and Tony abandoned his attempt to investigate it when she stopped him.
• John brought Martha to the Silver Hand Genius Youth Academy, where she demonstrated Blood Control for Eleanor and the other children.
• John gave Gerald money embezzled from the orphanage and instructed him to deliver the teachers’ unpaid wages personally.
• John assigned work to the group, and wizards bearing the Silverhand Fashion Architecture logo built new training grounds before a visitor arrived.

Mycroft visited John’s school, warned him that Hydra and Baron Strucker were active, and left after John refused government involvement. John spent over two months building a self-powered laboratory and a massive alchemical furnace, then emerged to find the students preparing for Christmas as Thor arrived as his next guest.

• Mycroft inspected the school and offered to send government agents as students, but John refused and warned him not to monitor the orphans.
• Mycroft told John that Hydra was active again and that Baron Strucker had lost a weapons shipment to a group of hijackers.
• John built a self-sustaining magic power source and a three-meter vibranium-reinforced alchemical furnace in his laboratory.
• Gerald delivered unpaid wages to his former music teacher, while Martha improved her stamina with a blood-replenishing tonic.
• John emerged from the laboratory during a snowball fight, buried Eleanor in a snowman, and assigned the students to fetch pine trees and clear snow.
• Thor arrived at the school, drowning his sorrows in alcohol, as John was about to welcome his second guest.

Thor sought comfort from John after Jane Foster and he ended their relationship, while Ariana, out of writing ideas at home, decided to go back to work. Ariana left with Little Bear and MOSS, leaving her father Watson wondering why his children kept going out.

• Thor told John that he and Jane Foster had ended their relationship because their work kept them apart.
• John turned Thor’s tea into Stars, a magical drink, and Thor drank too much and fell asleep on the couch.
• Mrs. Wick watched Ariana struggle to find a subject for her freelance writing at home.
• Ariana decided to go out to work, and Little Bear packed her luggage and joined her with MOSS.
• Watson learned Ariana had left and lamented that all his children loved going out.

Watson and Mrs. Wick celebrated Christmas while worrying over threats against their family, and Watson received a gift from John. At the Silver Hand Young Geniuses School, John celebrated with Thor and his students, who advanced in their abilities, and Gerald accepted the role of caretaker as Christmas ended and the new year passed.

• Watson told Mrs. Wick he suspected enemies beyond Hydra had targeted his family, and he vowed to make them pay.
• Basil delivered three gifts from John to the Wick home, including Spectrespecs for Watson.
• Thor joined John’s Christmas feast at the school, met the students, and coached Bertram in using his electrical powers.
• Smedley developed telekinesis, Bertram received a mechanical arm from John, Eleanor adopted an eyepatch, and Martha strengthened her Blood Blade.
• Gerald hesitated when John offered him the school keys, then accepted the caretaker position for a higher salary.
• Thor left on an Avengers mission, and the students trained harder as Christmas ended and the new year passed.

John worked on forging a magical heart while the Miracle Six debuted and the Avengers prepared to attack Baron Strucker in Sokovia. As John lost himself in research, Riddle received a fragrant, sealed envelope at the Wick home.

• John began forging a magical heart in his school laboratory, using the Infinity Stones to power and stabilize the furnace while bypassing its sacrificial stage.
• The Miracle Six, led by Ghost under the name Guardian, stopped a terrorist hostage crisis at the London opera house and gained public goodwill.
• The Avengers planned a surprise assault on Baron Strucker’s base in Sokovia as Tony and Banner developed Ultron and Tony prepared the Veronica armor.
• An elegant owl delivered a hibiscus-scented, moon-white envelope to Riddle at the Wick home, and Riddle flew away with it.

Eleanor learned how to use her illusion ability from John, while John received a letter from Fleur Delacour offering help and reporting growing potion demand among French nobles. The Avengers then prepared to target the Mind Stone Scepter in Sokovia, where a man cherished the fragile peace and vowed to protect his family.

• Martha returned to school and struggled for three days to write her thesis on blood-replenishing potions.
• John used an illusion to show Eleanor how her ability could make someone mistake a rooftop for a lawn, then taught her to build a fortress in her mind.
• John received a letter from Fleur Delacour, who offered support for his cause and described rising potion demand among the old nobility.
• John sent Fleur a reply with Riddle after she asked him not to use Basil, who frightened her owl, Blue Fox.
• The Avengers assembled to target the Mind Stone Scepter in Sokovia as a Sokovian husband vowed to protect his family and the country's hard-won peace.

The Avengers attacked Baron Strucker’s Hydra base in Sokovia, but the twins escaped as Strucker prepared to surrender. John returned to the Manor, assessed the children’s powers, and opened simulated training for them, with Eleanor assigned a Dementor as her final test.

• Steve led the Avengers’ assault on Strucker’s fortress, but Tony was stopped by its energy barrier and the Hydra soldiers’ Chitauri-enhanced defenses slowed their attack.
• Wanda sensed Strucker wanted to retreat and that the Avengers included someone she hated, then Pietro carried her out of the base at super speed.
• Tony deployed the Iron Legion to evacuate Sokovia’s residents, while Strucker ordered his confidant to delete the research files and prepared to surrender.
• Strucker discovered that Wanda and Pietro had vanished from the base.
• John returned to the Manor, tested Martha, Eleanor, Smedley, and Bertram’s abilities, and praised their progress.
• John opened the underground training grounds for simulated practice and assigned Eleanor a brain-training room and a captured Dementor for her final assessment.

During the battle in Sokovia, Wanda’s magic made Tony relive a vision of catastrophe, while Big White Bear fought Steve until Pink Teddy Bear intervened. Elsewhere, John used his blood to complete the molten creation in his furnace, whose heartbeat reached a man who decided to travel to Sokovia.

• Pietro wounded Barton, and Pink Teddy Bear treated him while Tony disabled the fortress barrier.
• Natasha calmed Hulk back into Banner, and Steve and Tony entered the fortress to search for the Mind Stone Scepter.
• Wanda secretly used Chaos Magic to show Tony a vision of the Avengers dead and Earth threatened by the Chitauri, then realized Pink Teddy Bear was missing.
• Big White Bear attacked Steve, and Natasha threw Pink Teddy Bear toward the fight as it began its strange dance.
• John added his blood to the molten iron in his furnace, triggering an explosion and a heartbeat that reached a man who then set out for Sokovia.

The Avengers completed the Sokovia mission after the White Bear stopped fighting to dance with Natasha’s Pink Teddy Bear, and they flew back with the Mind Stone Scepter and Baron Strucker in custody. Meanwhile, John discovered a magical heart in his laboratory, and Aurors investigating a Northern European castle found vampires and other captives slaughtered by ordinary bullets.

• The Pink Teddy Bear danced with the rampaging Big White Bear, which shrank until the two bears performed together, while the Avengers captured Baron Strucker and recovered the Mind Stone Scepter.
• The Avengers returned by aircraft, where Natasha comforted Banner, the bears watched a cartoon, and Thor discussed inviting John to a victory celebration.
• John cleared smoke from his laboratory and found a golden heart pulsing among the furnace’s shattered remains, identifying it as a heart of magic and a Golden Apple.
• Aurors led by Lawrence searched a deserted Northern European castle and discovered a dried blood pool filled with dead captives and a vampire killed by ordinary bullets.
• Lawrence concluded that the vampire’s unusual death required the Aurors to bring in their boss.

Helen agreed to return to South Korea to develop the Regeneration Cradle, while John prepared a way to detect Skrulls and Tony privately considered creating Ultron. The chapter ended with Banner telling Tony that Helen had arrived.

• Helen met Jack Lee, who persuaded her to bring the Regeneration Cradle research to South Korea, and she agreed.
• Eleanor accidentally exploded in front of Smedley, then wondered whether John was a robot until John appeared and demonstrated that he ate when he wanted.
• John collected blood and severed arms from two buried Skrulls and prepared Skrulls-brand Candles that would ignite when Skrulls came near.
• Tony brooded over a nightmare and his plan to create Ultron as a means of controlling the Iron Legion worldwide.
• Banner told Tony that Helen had arrived, and Tony complained that she had gone to work for Taran Industries.

Helen treated Barton while Tony persuaded Banner to help develop Ultron using the Mind Stone Scepter. At Pym Technologies, Darren Cross demonstrated a breakthrough that shrank a sheep but killed it, and John offered him a vial of blood for further research.

• Helen used the Regeneration Cradle to treat Barton, then discussed John and Taran Industries with Natasha.
• Tony showed Banner the Mind Stone Scepter’s energy and convinced him to work on Ultron before Thor took the scepter away.
• At the Avengers Tower party, Helen met Thor and told him she worked at Taran Industries.
• John used the Bifrost to travel to San Francisco and visited Darren at Pym Technologies.
• Darren’s experiment shrank a sheep, but the animal died, and John offered him a vial of blood to study.
• After the experiment, Hope called Hank Pym.

Hope asked Hank Pym to stop Darren Cross from completing shrinking technology, but Hank refused to put her at risk. John Wick allied with Darren by offering him the Regeneration Cradle, while the Avengers’ hammer contest ended with the birth of Ultron.

• Hope told Hank that Darren’s shrinking research was nearly complete and urged him to stop Cross, but Hank refused to involve her.
• John showed Darren alien blood and offered the Regeneration Cradle as a tool for developing a biological suit, securing Darren as an ally.
• Barton, Tony, Rhodey, Banner, and Steve each tried and failed to lift Mjolnir before Thor picked it up himself.
• Ultron appeared, accused the Avengers of being murderers, and left them unaware that JARVIS had been lost when he was born.

Ultron escaped the Avengers and allied with Wanda and Pietro in Sokovia, recruiting them to take revenge on the Avengers. John’s search for the siblings remained unsuccessful, but Martha believed she could now track Wanda through the blood she carried; then the Legendary Auror arrived with a vampire’s corpse.

• Ultron was born from Tony and Banner’s experiment, destroyed JARVIS, and concluded that the Avengers had to be eliminated.
• Ultron attacked the Avengers, stole the Mind Stone Scepter, escaped into the internet, and rebuilt himself at the Hydra Base in Sokovia.
• Ultron discovered a hidden realm connected to the internet and filled with magic.
• Wanda and Pietro searched for their missing White Bear before meeting Ultron, who invited them to become avengers against the Avengers; Wanda agreed.
• John failed to track Wanda and Pietro, but Martha said her improved blood sense might let her find Wanda using her blood.
• The Legendary Auror visited John with a vampire’s corpse.

John investigated the vampire’s mysterious death and recognized a death-inflicting power he called Godslayer. After Martha traced the killer’s scent to the vampire castle, John used a Memory Sarcophagus to view its previous occupant’s memories, where he saw a car and a woman.

• John examined the vampire’s corpse and identified the fatal attack as a rule-like power he named Godslayer.
• John brought Martha Ratti to Silver Hand Manor, and she detected the killer’s scent on the corpse.
• John, Martha, and the Legendary Auror traveled by Portkey to the vampire castle, where Martha traced the scent to the Blood Pool and a hidden passage.
• John blasted open the passage and found a Memory Sarcophagus in the Vault.
• John activated the sarcophagus and began viewing its previous occupant’s memories, seeing a car and a woman.

John entered the memories of another John Wick and experienced his life with Helen, her death, and the grief that led him to Daisy and then to vengeance. He emerged from the Memory Sarcophagus after four hours, startling Martha and relieving the Legendary Auror.

• John woke in the memories of an adult version of himself and spent a happy day with Helen in New York.
• Helen collapsed and died from an incurable illness, leaving John numb with grief.
• Helen’s letter and the puppy Daisy gave John a reason to keep living, but an intruder stole his car and killed Daisy, replacing his grief with hatred.
• John’s memories continued through his violent campaign until he walked into mirrorlike water and glimpsed a yellow glow and the sound of a new heartbeat.
• After John remained inside the sarcophagus for four hours, it opened on its own and he sat up, startling Martha and easing the Legendary Auror’s concern.

John used the Memory Sarcophagus, then tracked the person whose aura he had sensed with Martha, while MOSS encountered Ultron online. Ultron bought vibranium from Ulysses Klaue, who mistook him for one of Tony Stark’s creations, provoking Ultron to sever his arm.

• John recovered memories from another timeline, left the Legendary Auror to inventory the vampire castle’s treasure, and took Martha to a car dealership.
• John used MOSS to investigate a stolen Ford Mustang, bought another Mustang, and had Martha drive while he used vampire-blocking blood to help her sense their target.
• MOSS encountered Ultron on the internet and refused his offer to join him, sparking a clash that knocked out networks in the area.
• Ultron withdrew from the internet and bought vibranium from Ulysses Klaue with money diverted from Stark’s accounts.
• Ulysses recognized Ultron as an advanced robot and mistook him for one of Tony Stark’s people, so Ultron flew into a rage and severed Ulysses’s arm.

The Avengers fought Ultron and his forces, but Wanda’s hypnosis unleashed Hulk in an African city. Ariana and Little Bear were caught in the rampage, and Little Bear battled Hulk while Tony arrived in Veronica to help.

• Tony, Steve, and Thor joined the battle against Ultron aboard the ship as Ulysses ordered his soldiers to fire on both sides.
• Wanda hypnotized the Avengers, while Hawkeye resisted her and stopped her with an Electric Shock Arrow before Pietro rescued her.
• Wanda turned Banner into Hulk, who rampaged through an African city where Ariana, Little Bear, and MOSS were visiting.
• When Ariana scraped her hand during the chaos, Little Bear treated her and then attacked Hulk, repeatedly beating him.
• Tony arrived in Veronica and rammed Hulk to protect Little Bear, who slammed Hulk into the ground as Ariana stopped the spreading cracks with black energy.

Ariana and Little Bear stopped Hulk during the battle, but Ariana collapsed after losing control of her magic. Little Bear restored her Diadem, and the Disaster Response Department arrived to repair the city, leaving the official stunned by its magical methods.

• Ariana used magic to trap Hulk in a massive sphere of concrete, while Little Bear struck him and helped exhaust Ariana.
• Ariana dropped her Diadem into a crack, unleashing black vapor, but Little Bear returned the bracelet to her wrist and cared for her.
• The Avengers arrived, found Ariana recovering with Natasha, and learned that Hulk was trapped in the stone sphere.
• Little Bear gave a government official a gold business card for Ariana's Disaster Response Department, whose representative asked about Ariana's involvement, injuries, and the official's attitude toward magic.
• The Disaster Response Department's wizards arrived within five minutes and used magic to repair the damaged street and buildings.

John received the bill for Ariana’s destruction, while the Avengers learned more about her family and Fury revealed that John was the supreme Wizard King. Ultron arrived in Seoul and controlled Helen to help him obtain the Regeneration Cradle.

• John read the repair bill for Ariana’s damage and learned that Hulk had attacked the city and Ariana had detained him.
• Martha learned that John had a sister and parents, and John told her to focus on driving.
• The Avengers arrived at Barton’s home, where Thor welcomed Ariana and the others learned Barton had a wife and children.
• Fury told the Avengers that Ultron was gathering metal and failing to obtain nuclear launch codes, then bowed to Ariana and explained that John was the supreme Wizard King.
• Ultron confronted Helen in Seoul, controlled her with the Mind Stone Scepter, and turned his attention to the Regeneration Cradle.

Ultron stole the Regeneration Cradle while Wanda discovered that the being forming inside it was connected to a terrifying pair of eyes. The Avengers recovered the cradle, Tony and Banner prepared to examine it, and Blade and Frey arrived in Sokovia to watch the church.

• Ultron placed the Mind Stone in the body forming inside the Regeneration Cradle, and Wanda saw visions of humanity's extinction before a pair of eyes gazed at her across universes.
• John stopped Martha's car after experiencing the same terrifying eyes, then read a news report about the Avengers fighting Ultron in Seoul.
• Wanda broke free of the vision and attacked Ultron, but he escaped with the Regeneration Cradle after his robots killed Jack Lee and injured Helen.
• Steve, Natasha, Hawkeye, and the Maximoff siblings pursued Ultron; Natasha ejected the cradle from its cargo compartment, and the Maximoffs helped stop a runaway train and save its passengers.
• Wanda warned Steve that Tony would ruin everything, while Tony and Banner considered the cradle and learned that JARVIS had escaped Ultron.
• Blade and Frey reached Sokovia, where Frey set up a sniper rifle aimed at the church.

John and Martha rested beneath the stars as John lent her the Emerald Ring and explained its Ouroboros. MOSS then reported that Tony and Banner were trying to create another AI, while Steve returned to Avengers Tower with two former enemies.

• John expanded the car’s interior with magic and made a place for himself and Martha to rest in the woods.
• John told Martha that dreams granted people imagination and that he chose not to use divination to learn the future.
• John lent Martha the Emerald Ring, and its Ouroboros moved when it sensed that her remaining time was insufficient.
• MOSS told John that Tony and Banner were conducting an experiment to create another AI by uploading JARVIS’s data into Ultron’s former body.
• Steve returned to Avengers Tower with two former enemies.

Thor powered the Regeneration Cradle, bringing Vision into existence, and Vision joined the Avengers against Ultron. As the team headed for Sokovia, Ariana offered to arrange an evacuation through her father, while Wanda reunited with her after sixteen years.

• Pietro disconnected the Regeneration Cradle, Clint shot him down, and Steve and Tony fought over the upload until Thor powered the cradle with Mjolnir.
• Vision emerged, introduced himself as himself, declared that he was on the side of life, and proved his worth by lifting Mjolnir.
• The Avengers accepted Vision’s help and prepared to act against Ultron, while Wanda recognized Ariana and embraced her after sixteen years apart.
• Aboard the plane to Sokovia, Steve planned to protect the civilians, and Ariana offered to have her father arrange their evacuation through the Continental Hotel.

Watson Wick agreed to help evacuate Sokovia after Ariana warned him that Ultron would attack, while the Avengers flew there to stop the threat. John discovered Ultron’s enormous machine beneath the city as robots emerged and the battle began.

• Watson Wick warned Steve Rogers to stay away from Ariana, then told Tony Stark he would help evacuate Sokovia if the Avengers protected her.
• Watson’s people and Sokovia’s officials organized an evacuation before the Avengers arrived by Quinjet.
• John and Martha reached Sokovia, and John used the Extrasensory Spell to locate Ultron’s machine beneath the city.
• John told Martha the battle had begun as robots emerged from the river and underground.
• Frey drew her sword and Blade watched the robots while another person aimed at the church.