Now that Loki knows it's pointless to try to escape from the TVA, he starts working with them in order to gain an audience with the Time Keepers. He works with Mobius to continue to track down the dangerous variant of himself. His cleverness pays off and they find the alternate Loki's hiding place; apocalypses throughout the timeline. But can Loki really be trusted? When he is confronted with his alternate, he makes a choice that could seal his fate. Jay and Josh ruin some salads with clumsy metaphors on SHIELD: Case Files.

SHIELD: Case Files: Loki #102 "The Variant"

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Kingpin won't take Maya's no for an answer. Since she refused to return with him, he is going to destroy her family, her town, and her life. Fisk's men get ready to destroy the upcoming Pow Wow while the big man himself kidnaps Chula and Bonnie. May dons her new Echo outfit that Chula made for her and prepares for the fight of her life. Channeling her powerful ancestors, she takes on the dangerous crime boss and his men. Jay and Josh join the fight so they can get a corn dog at the Pow Wow on the season finale of SHIELD: Case Files.

SHIELD: Case Files: Echo #105 "Maya"

Now that Kingpin has revealed to Maya that he is very much alive, he does what he does best; intimidate! He claims to Maya that all is forgiven and asks her to come back to New York with him. This turn of events causes her to have the most intense visions yet, which leads her straight to Chula. Despite her grandmother's explanation of the intense feelings she was having when Maya's mother died, Maya is upset that she chose herself over her granddaughter. Now Maya has to choose between Fisk, family, or herself. Jay and Josh both use hi-tech contacts to try to understand what each other are saying on SHIELD: Case Files.

SHIELD: Case Files: Echo #104 "Taloa"

Maya's plan to destroy a shipment of Kingpins went according to plan. So why is everything crashing down on her all of a sudden? She's having visions of her strong ancestors. Chula and Bonnie both know she's in town, and both have strong feelings about it. She's without a good leg after hers was crushed. And to top off her day, Vickie the skate cleaner kidnaps her and holds her at the skating rink until Fisk's men arrive. Jay and Josh MacGyver skate parts to escape the bad guys on SHIELD: Case Files.

SHIELD: Case Files: Echo #103 "Tuklo"

Maya has a plan to start her war with Kingpin. With the help of her cousin Biscuits she gathers some equipment and hijacks a train with Fisk's weapons. For the most part the plan goes well, but her artificial leg is damaged. She goes to Skully to get it repaired, but her effort to lay low in town is becoming impossible to continue. And Henry warns her that she is starting a war she can't win. Jay and Josh pull their engineer cap down tight on SHIELD: Case Files.

SHIELD: Case Files: Echo #102 "Lowak"

Get to know Echo, aka Maya Lopez, as we begin the series that will tell of her dark origins. Because of the unfortunate death of her mother and her father's criminal dealings, Maya Lopez was forced to grow strong and smart throughout her life. Despite not being able to hear, and losing a leg in a car accident that killed her mother, she has become a confident woman. But when her father is killed, she begins working as a weapon of the evil Kingpin. Jay and Josh grab their roller skates and boogie to the J. Geils band on SHIELD: Case Files.

SHIELD: Case Files: Loki #102 "The Variant"

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