Kamala Khan is a teenager who is also an Inhumans with Shapeshifting abilities, and lives a secret life in Jersey City, New Jersey as the superheroine Ms. Marvel. She idolizes Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics) and clashes with her mother, who believes her interest in superheroes is time-wasting. Kamala and her best friend Squirrel Girl; a fellow Inhuman known as Squirrel Girl, stop a thief in the park who steals from a food vendor. The thief is Inferno (Dante Pertuz), who can control and manipulate fire. The girls also meet Mandarin (comics)#Victor Kohl, who is tracking Dante and tells them of how he is working to protect Inhumans from their own destructive powers, however, Victor and Dante both flee the scene. Kamala and Doreen are approached by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents Daisy Johnson and Patriot (comics), who have also been tracking violent incidents involving Inhumans. The two friends decide to band together to find Victor and Dante and prove that Inhumans should be seen as heroes and not threats.