The war with the Lucifer Hawks has taken a turn for the worse. The Lucifer Hawks have joined forces with humans looking for food. The Ghouls -- the gang that terrorized Katsumi and Roy during her training -- rob and beat an unsuspecting target, and the Lucifer Hawks then swoop in to finish the job. It may be time for the understaffed AMP to expand. Though he's too old to join the battle, Avalanche Wong, a longtime ally of Rally, can offer the services of his last apprentice -- his granddaughter Lum Cheng. But it doesn't take Lum Cheng very long to get on everyone's nerves. First she dumps Yuki's tea because it's the wrong flavor, then she refuses to clean the kitchen. Her nasty disposition has her AMP teammates ready to ship her back to China, but Katsumi, remembering how difficult it can be living far from home, decides to take Lum Cheng under her wing. Katsumi refuses to believe that the new recruit is as rude as she seems, and after some tense moments at dinner, Lum Chen