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Living – A Nightmare! -  The Fall of Nova Roma part 4
Within Nova Roma, in the chamber of the Red Skull’s latest servant, the alien New Mutant Warlock has appeared, hellbent on avenging his friend, Doug Ramsey, by killing the Skull’s servant. He is unaware that his horribly changed foe is Doug Ramsey, who has only just regained his memory. However, Doug is aware that he mustn’t simply tell Warlock, as he is sure the Red Skull is watching them.
Indeed, an amused Skull watches the battle to come via a holographic display.
Doug dodges Warlock’s blow, trying to figure out how to survive a fight with the alien. Warlock is confused by his foe’s appearance. He’s looking like a corpse but actually displays more strength and speed than an ordinary human, as he keeps on attacking Warlock, who, however, adapts. Doug somersaults away and lands elegantly, figuring he might actually stand a chance.
While his two slaves, Tiberius and Magma, stand lifelessly behind him, the Skull muses aloud that the alien seems to be a shapeshifter. The brainwashed Amara explains that he is an alien named Warlock. Looking at the holograms, she begins to recall that he is a New Mutant and her friend.
The Red Skull grabs her by her choker. She is resisting his influence. They can’t have that. And Amara becomes docile again. He orders her to don her armor. He suspects his younger Skull is in need of rescuing. Amara obeys, while Tiberius watches critically.
Doug fights Warlock, noting his body reacts almost automatically but there has to be a way to reach Warlock. Maybe if he uses the fight itself. Warlock was present at all the training sessions. So he uses moves he learned when Warlock was along. Warlock analyzes the combat choreography and comes to the correct conclusion: his foe is Doug Ramsey. Doug hits him again, while Warlock realizes that Doug is trying to keep up a deception.
That moment, Magma joins them, attacking Warlock with lava. Warlock notes she is radiating a different cranial pattern than Doug. He figures that, unlike Cypher, she remains under the Skull’s influence. He hits her and she falls unconscious.
Doug keeps up the pretense, ordering him away from her. Reading his friend’s body language, he is sure Warlock ha figured everything out.
Suddenly, soldiers join them and open fire on Warlock who flees. Doug orders them to get after that mutant while he will look after Lady Aquilla.
Cynically the Skull, still watching, comments he’s sure he will. After all, he created the boy’s personality in his own image. Why shouldn’t they possess the same desires? Of course, should he indulge them, there will be consequences. He is surprised to see that Doug lays Amara down gently on a bed, then salutes and walks away. He is fascinated as he was sure the boy would take advantage of the temptation. He certainly would have. As would he have, he addresses Tiberius. But the boy seems to be built of far better stuff. Truly, he is becoming a tribute to the Reich.
Outside, Warlock wonders what is going on with Doug and how to set him free. Suddenly, a floating figure joins him. It’s Illyana. She and Sam happily greet Warlock who jokingly tells them he is not easy to kill. Except maybe by Asgardians, Illyana cracks.
That sounds like a story worth hearing, Selene remarks as she joins them, dressed in black armor. Sam assures Warlock they are on the same side.
Selene explains that they have been adversaries in the past but these are her people and she will not see them become anyone’s slaves. Warlock is suspicious but decides to follow his friends’ call.
Warlock tells them about Roberto and Doug, as Selene leads them to a cave where a lot of Nova Romans, the resistance, are waiting. Sam observes that it’s creepy watching Selene move through here. Nobody seems scared of her.
Why should they? a group of Nova Romans ask them. Selene’s son, Senator Aquilla, is the city’s first council. From the beginning of their city, Selene has been their champion. When the New Mutants first came here, Senator Aquilla was in jail, Sam remarks surprised. That’s politics, another man shrugs. She thought he was wrong; she slapped him down. But when the city is threatened, she is at the forefront of the battle…
Narration:
Back in the 1500s when the Spanish came, a roving band of Pizarro’s conquistadors… They didn’t believe what they’d found - a city of refugee Romans who settled here before the birth of Christ. The Romans greeted them as friends, but they didn’t care and just considered them another batch of infidels to be conquered and plundered. By day, they were at the Spaniards’ mercy but by night their champion came and their revenge. It didn’t end there: as soon as she’d dealt with those invaders Selene took horse to follow their trail back to its source and made sure they never came again.
Present:
He interrupts his narration when another man warns them that soldiers are coming.
Led by Selene and the Mutants, the New Romans get ready to fight. Cannonball slams into their foes, while Magik fights them with her sword. She notices that while they are human she doesn’t sense any scrap of a soul.
Selene guides her people on while slaying the soldiers and soon they stand victorious. Cannonball fells bad about the deaths. Illyana points out that the Skull made them monsters. Death for them was pretty much a mercy. All the more reason why their leader must be stopped, Selene decides.
Doug’s alone again, back in his quarters. Now dressed only in boxers, he stares at his appearance in the mirror. He loves the strength of his new body, the grace and speed. It’s just the sight of it that makes him want to scream. Even if the mutants find a way to win, what happens next? Go home, act like nothing happened? His parents should totally love that. He imagines himself as Red Skull vacationing with them. Going to a prom with Kitty Pryde, from whom he has always wanted more than friendship in his current shape. He imagines kissing her, then she turns to a female Red Skull in front of him. She doesn’t want him to be alone. He shouts ‘no’ and breaks the mirror, vowing to not let this happen to anyone else. But he needs to regain control. The Red Skull is sure to be watching.
Indeed, the Red Skull observes him, admiring Doug’s struggle, but sure his cause is doomed. The flesh defines the spirit, and every breath he takes binds him more to the Red Skull.
Doug wonders how to fight the Skull, a villain who has fought Captain America!
Warlock comes out of the wall and they commune mentally. But even there Doug finds his mental image of himself is that of his Skull self. He fears that he doesn’t even want to return to his old self. Warlock promises him to find a way to set things right. He is a mutant, Doug replies. He believes in miracles, but he won’t hold his breath. Now start talking. They’ve got plans to make.
Later at night, Doug sneaks through the palace, figuring if he can get close enough to the Red Skull he might catch him by surprise. Instead, he is surprised by Tiberius, who tells him to be quiet. Troops are looking for him. He adds that he too is resistant to the Skull.
Doug attacks the troopers. Tiberius helps him. Doug asks him to take care of Amara and leave the Skull to him.
The Skull is already expecting them. He mocks that he hid his deception well. Doug attacks and the Skull easily fights him though Doug tries to hold his own. The other man is better. He takes out another syringe with the serum to further Doug’s transformation. Doug actually manages to beat him off instead.
Eventually, he has the Skull by the throat but refuses to kill him. A moment later, a lava blast of Magma hits him. Then Tiberius injects Doug with the serum, informing him his day is done. The future belongs to Tiberius Rex! Doug transforms into a mindless hulking monster while Amara looks up adoringly at Tiberius.


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Shall We Rise Again? -  The Fall of Nova Roma (part 5)
Selene and the New Mutants had raised the citizens of Nova Roma in revolt against the Red Skull, but things didn’t quite go as planned. The Red Skull had already fallen, beaten by someone he thought his slave, the young man known only as Tiberius who considers himself Tiberius Caesar. On his side fight the brainwashed Magma, the monstrously mutated Cypher and the Skull’s troops. Referring to himself as emperor, Tiberius tells the citizens of Nova Roma he makes this offer but once. Yield to the new order, swear eternal fealty to him and there will be peace. Otherwise, there will be no mercy!
The Romans waste no time with their answer and attack. The battle begins. Tiberius, however, emits an energy pulse that sweeps across the battlefield and everyone’s allegiances change from Selene to the newly proclaimed emperor. Only Selene and the three New Mutants are left free, as the Romans turn against them. Illyana suggests they scram. If they do that, then they have lost, Sam retorts. They must stand and fight until they win!
Magik is shot at and reminds herself not to hurt the innocent. She rages at the stupid rules but simply uses her teleportation disks to teleport them all into the Nova Roma jail. However, her triumph is short-lived when something hits her head. Sam catches her and flies away with her. Magma vows he will not escape the emperor’s wrath so easily and has a volcano erupt below them. The resulting flames and smoke cause Sam to lose his focus and thus his blast. Falling to the ground, he and lllyana slide down the volcano’s side. Recovering first, Illyana shouts at Sam to watch out as the now monstrous Doug attacks them. Sam creates a blastfield around himself as a forcefield to fight Doug while trying to also talk him down. Illyana mentally mocks Sam as a dreamer while she attacks Magma with her Soulsword.
Warlock observes that Sam has not met with any success in reaching Doug. He, however, cannot help, as he is busy somehow trying to beat the Romans without harming them. He figures he has to help his friends and changes the odds for them by disappearing to the dungeons where he looks for Sunspot and frees him from the cell. He creates a battle suit around him and flies them both to the battlefield.
At the moment, however, Tiberius lays eyes on them and manages to exert his influence over Sunspot. Entranced, the Brazilian youth smashes Warlock apart from within, announcing the emperor is many steps ahead of him. He is done! His cause is lost!
Down below, Magik hits Magma with her armored arm and is facing a dilemma. She doesn’t want to hurt her friend, seeing as she doesn’t have many. She teleports away when Magma fires a lava blast at her and reappears behind her. Sometimes she thinks with all that’s happened to her she doesn’t deserve any friends, especially Pryde. She strikes Magma from behind and teleports her away to Sam’s side. Cannonball grabs Magma and flies up with her, though Magma creates a lava funnel to follow them.
A short distance away, the still functioning Warlock rematerializes and is furious.
While the battle between the mutants continues, Selene faces Tiberius. As she fights him, she rages that the ancestors of these people left their home, rather than see their republic overthrown. Regardless of his power, he will not make them his slaves. Because she already considers them hers? he mocks as he holds back her sword and grabs her by the throat. The world is ruled by force. If you cannot hold onto you freedom you deserve to lose it. Perhaps, in their isolation, she does not know the proper history of the empire. Rome was ruled by men, but the empire was built by gods. For all her vaunted strength, she is little more than putty in his hands, to be shaped by his will and there is nothing she can do to stop him.
At that moment, deep within his monster’s body, Cypher’s mind regains its freedom and attacks Tiberius. The two battle wildly, matching blow for blow, but it is Cypher who finally succeeds, knocking out Tiberius. Julius Caesar at least had a dream! Cypher snarls. He sought to restore all he felt was good and noble about Rome. Even Octavian held fast to that dream. They just couldn’t see what was happening around them Absolute power breeds absolute ambition. The line of noble kings they thought would last a thousand years didn’t even last a generation! After Caesar August came Tiberius. And after Tiberius Caligula! That’s how quickly a dream can become a nightmare! Tiberius sneers at Selene but she helped keep her people free for over 2000 years. Match that, smart guy!
Doug may have beaten him, Selene points out, but he has not yet won. When the New Mutants join them, Sam insists there must be a better way than killing Tiberius. Selene replies by asking what if things get worse. She would do it, but hasn’t the strength. Cypher wonders, if he start killing, will he ever be able to stop? Magik promises that won’t be a problem. She has already done a lot worse. Doug tells her she is a good friend.
Though Doug grabs him with his claws, Tiberius mocks his imminent executioner… until the blow comes from a gunshot. Looking up, the New Mutants see the Red Skull, holding a rifle and standing from the open door of an aircraft. The Skull tells the New Mutants that they have fought well and earned their victory. He looks forward to their next encounter and guarantees a different ending!
A new day:
The X-Men have been informed and three of them, Storm, Wolverine and Shadowcat, fly to Nova Roma with Senator Aquilla and Mirage and the recovered Wolfsbane. Amara and her father make up with Selene and the New Mutants celebrate. With one notable exception: Doug, who is still stuck in his hulking, monstrous form.
Rahne suggests the Asgardians might be able to help. Kitty scoffs that would make Loki’s day. Sam suggests Reed Richards or the Starjammers. Kitty leaves. She wants to see Doug. She phases away.
Meanwhile, Warlock has joined the sleeping Doug in his room and has finished his pan-genetic analysis. Warlock is aware of the risk of what he plans to do. The longer Doug stays in this form, the more it will become his true self. Yet taking action will result in a higher exposure to the techno-organic virus and may hasten the consequence he wishes to avoid: a fight between him and Doug to the death. Nevertheless, he decides to act and rebuild Doug’s body, cell by cell, restoring them to normal.
Phasing through the wall, Kitty secretly watches as dozens of tendrils snake from Warlock’s body to Doug. Though he wakens briefly during the process, writhing in pain as energy courses through his body, the now very human Doug Ramsey is back unconscious at its conclusion.
Muck later, Doug awakes to find himself normal, having no memory of the process. Though Doug chalks it up to a miracle, Kitty knows better and decides to keep a watchful eye on her best friend and his alien brother. Because that’s what they are now, on the most primal level. She’ll try to keep them safe.


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Chapter 1: New Dawn Fades
Baldwin County, Alabama, where the Hatchi Corporation has set up a relief center, 48 hours after Hurricane Elena made landfall. A relief worker is walking past bodies that have been lain out on the ground, and counts them. He hears a loud thump, and turns around, where one of the bodies has suddenly raised its leg, but the leg returns down to a flat position almost as quickly as it was raised. 'Hello?' the man calls out, confused. He shouts out that he thinks he needs a medic over here, but as he leans in to examine the body, a shadowy figure leaps up and grabs him, tearing at his face and neck as he cries out in pain.
18 hours later:'Just put the cat down, Guido' frowns Julio Richter a.k.a. Rictor as he walks alongside several of his former New Mutants teammates. They are followed by Guido Carosella a.k.a. Strong Guy, who is holding a small ginger cat. 'I don't work for you, Julio. If the boss says I can't keep it, then I put it down' Guido retorts. 'You can't keep it' Illyana Rasputin a.k.a. Magik deadpans as they walk down a hurricane ravaged street. They pass a house in ruins, and Rictor laughs at Guido. 'But he's so little and cute' Guido protests. 'Boss lady spoke, big man. Lose the cat' Rictor remarks. Tabby Smith a.k.a. Boom-Boom tells the others to let Guido keep his cat, and asks Rictor what is wrong with him. 'We're here on a mission, Tabitha. It's not an animal rescue' Rictor points out, while Illyana examines some nearby ruins. 'Maybe it is. Who knows why she brought us here?' Boom-Boom points out, to which Rictor asks Illyana why they are wherever they are. Magik catches up to the others, 'No for cats' she tells them. 'She's a kitten' Guido' declares. Magik points out that they have two votes to keep it and two votes to lose it, so turns to Rahne Sinclair a.k.a. Wolfsbane and asks her to settle the score. 'Ah don't really like cats' Rahne replies.
Strong Guy tells the others that for all they know, the cat's owners died in the storm. He adds that she can't survive out here on her own, she is just a kitten. Magik grabs the kitten from Guido and opens a stepping disc to Limbo. Boom-Boom lowers her shades, and Rictor and Guido both look on in horror. 'Whoa! I don't... uh...' Rictor begins, as the kitten vanishes.  The stepping disc then opens back up, and Magik pulls a fully formed cat from it. 'Not a kitten anymore' Magik points out.
'She can make stuff old?' Boom-Boom asks. 'Time works differently in Limbo' Rictor reminds her, while Strong Guy looks on, confused, as Rictor adds that Illyana controls that. 'Yeah, whatever. Since when can she make stuff old?' Boom-Boom asks, as they watch Magik walk on ahead of them.
Wolfsbane suddenly shifts to a half-girl half-wolf form, sniffing the air she tells the others that she thinks she has found something. 'Probably another cat' Magik mutters. Strong Guy follows Wolfsbane over to a house, 'It's under here?' he asks her, lifting up a collapsed roof, where several young people are hiding in the ruins of the house. He introduces himself and tells them that he is here to rescue them.
'Hello, we're -' Wolfsbane begins, when suddenly, the youngsters run from the ruins. 'Stay away from us, you monsters!' one of them shouts. 'Run! Don't let them get you!' another exclaims. 'God, I did not miss this' Boom-Boom mutters as she leans against a nearby tree. Strong Guy tells the others that this was not the reaction he was expecting, to which Rictor suggests that, next time, they don't put the werewolf and the ogre at the front of the welcome parade. When Strong Guy discards the collapsed roof, they all peer into the remains of the house, and see a body. 'So...you all see that guy that looks like someone was eating him, right?' Strong Guy asks. 'This might be why they were spooked' Rictor suggests. 'Might be' Boom-Boom mutters. 'Don't do that' Rictor tells her. 'Do what?' Boom-Boom asks. 'You're trying to make fun of me' Rictor tells her. 'Honey, I'm not trying' Boom-Boom replies.
'Both of you stop talking for a while' Magik tells them, as she suddenly spins around and slices her Soulsword through the head of what appears to be a zombie approaching her. Rictor, Boom-Boom and Wolfsbane look on in shock as the head falls into the ruins of the house. 'Oh... I bet that's why we're here' Rictor remarks. Magik carries on walking down the street, and the others follow her. 'Are we gonna talk aboot what that was back there?' Wolfsbane asks. 'I think it's pretty obvious... Illyana cut some random dude's head off because he snuck up on her' Boom-Boom points out. 'He was a zombie. Like on “The Walking Dead”!' Rictor exclaims. Wolfsbane tells the others that she hasn't seen that show. 'I mean the comic' Rictor tells her. 'That made that intae a comic?' Wolfsbane asks. Rictor ignores her and calls out to Illyana, reminding her that when Strong Guy was digging those people out, she said that wasn't what they were here for. 'Since when do the X-Men not help people?' he asks her.
'We're not X-Men anymore' Magik replies. 'Well -' Rictor begins, when suddenly, a bottle is thrown at his face, and shatters, knocking him to the ground. The others turn to where a large mob has gathered, armed with baseball bats and other makeshift weapons. 'All right, monsters, we're taking our town back!' one of them calls out. 'Did we just get called monsters again? What year is this?' Strong Guy mutters, clenching his fists, while Magik readies her Soulsword, Wolfsbane switches to a more lupine form, and Boom-Boom prepares a plasma time-bomb. The battle begins, as Wolfsbane leaps onto one of them, and grabs his baseball bat, telling him that she isn't going to hurt him, she just wants the bat. 'You get that we're the good guys, right?' Strong Guy asks as he pulls one man away, while another leaps onto his back and a third runs at him with his baseball bat.
Several of the crowd move in towards Magik, who stands near Rictor as he tries to get to his feet. 'Stay back!' Magik warns them as she holds her Soulsword at the ready. The civilians continue to close in though – until a time-bomb explodes before they can get any closer. 'Okay, country folk. That's enough run' Boom-Boom calls out, smirking as she holds another plasma time-bomb at the ready. Magik turns to a man in the crowd and tells him to keep in mind that she has very little patience for lies right now, and asks him why they attacked. The man holds his hands up and reveals that after the storm, they were moved to one of those corporate-run emergency campsites about a mile from here – but yesterday they had to run because they took over the camp. 'We thought you were with them' the man adds. Magik asks him who “they” are, and he replies 'The dead'. Magik asks him to show them.
Shortly, the group follows the man to the relief campsite, where bodies are strewn across the ground. The man reports that there were a lot of them staying here, maybe one hundred, but now it's just them. Wolfsbane tells him that she is sorry, and asks if he is sure no one else is left. He tells her that there might be one or two, but that the only place anyone could have survived was the trailers, and the guys from the Hatchi Corporation locked them out of those when things started to go down. 'Charming' Boom-Boom remarks, while Strong Guy suggests that perhaps they should pay them a visit, and he knocks on one of the trailers. When the door opens, the person inside opens fire at Strong Guy, but his mutant power absorbs the blast, although his shirt is torn to shreds. 'New shirt!' he complains as he lumbers into the trailer, and the man inside looks surprised, and tells him that he is sorry.
Nine tense minutes later, everyone except Magik is gathered, listening to the Hatchi Corporation worker as he explains that he doesn't remember some of the details, he just draws a blank, but the next thing he knew, the – he doesn't know what to call them – 'Dead people' Boom-Boom tells him – as he explains that they rose up and began attacking, killing most of the people in the camp and then wandering off. 'And you just happen to survive?' Boom-Boom asks. The worker tells her that he was lucky, he got to the coordination trailer and holed up there. 'Real lucky' Boom-Boom remarks. Guido holds up the remains of someone and points out that this guy didn't wander off. The worker tells him that some of the really mangled ones don't move. 'Remind me never to let Guido touch me ever again' Tabby mumbles. 'Same' Rictor agrees. Magik comes to a stop near the body of an elderly woman, and points out that she isn't mangled. The Hatchi Corporation worker tells her that he doesn't know the rules and is just telling them what he knows. 'I'm sorry, old soul' Magik tells the old woman, before closing the old woman's eyes.
The worker goes over to Magik, 'So, listen... if you're here because the Hatchi Corporation sent you to rescue us -' he begins.  Magik cuts him off: 'We're not', to which he remarks that he thought that is why they hired super heroes. 'You have a real penchant for misguided thoughts, don't you?' Magik remarks.
Suddenly, someone shouts 'RUN! RUN!' as a group of civilians rushes towards Magik and the others. 'Oh, no! The dead are coming back. You've got to get us out of here!' the Hatchi Corporation worker exclaims. 'I guess we're up' Magik tells her teammates as she summons her Soulsword. The mutants look down to some sort of gully, where countless dead have risen, and are trying to clamber up the slope. 'There's a lot of people in that camp. If these things make it past us, they all die' Magik points out. 'I thought we weren't doing the big super hero thing anymore?' Boom-Boom asks. 'Just this once...' Magik replies.
Energy ripples around the group as they ready their own powers, and Magik teleports them down into the gully after materializing the group's new team costumes, 'Let's do the big super hero thing' Magik remarks. '#$%& yeah' Boom-Boom agrees. 'HOLD YOUR GROUND, NEW MUTANTS!' Magik shous as she slices her Soulsword through the dead. Rictor unleashes a wave of vibrations at another group of the dead, while Wolfsbane lunges at one of them. Strong Guy tosses two into the air with ease, while Boom-Boom tosses a plasma time-bomb into another group of the dead that detonates and causes a large explosion.
But there are countless dead, and some of them start to make their way to the camp. 'They're almost inside the camp!' Wolfsbane calls out. Magik instructs the others to fall back to inside the fence, and tells Rictor and Boom-Boom to buy them some time. 'You got it, boss' Rictor replies as, once all of the New Mutants are safely atop the gully on the ridge overlooking it, Rictor creates an avalanche, collapsing the side of the cliff down into the gully, burying the dead. 'You have to get us out of here! We're all going to die!' the worker calls out. Rictor tells Magik that the creep is right – they can't hold much longer, he suggests that she teleport them out. 'No' Magik replies as she opens a stepping disc and steps through it – closing it behind her! 'Umm... did she just ditch us?' Boom-Boom asks.
'We just lost our ride. No big deal. Let's Alamo this $%&# for the win!' Rictor exclaims. 'You know we lost that one, right?' Boom-Boom asks him as she readies another time-bomb, and Strong Guy knocks back several zombies who make it up the top. 'You know I'm Mexican, right?' Rictor asks Boom-Boom, when suddenly, Strong Guy tells the others that Magik is back. 'Oh, thank God. She bring back-up?' Wolfsbane asks. 'Do flies count?' Strong Guy asks as he notices a huge swarm of flies with Magik – flies that buzz down to the body of the elderly woman, and reanimate it. 'Ach. This day just keeps getting better' Wolfsbane mutters.
Strong Guy, Wolfsbane, Rictor and Boom-Boom continue to battle the zombies that reach the top of the gully, while Magik grabs the Hatchi Corporation worker. 'You come here' she snaps at him. 'Please! Just get us out of here!' he pleads. Magik pushes the man towards the reanimated elderly woman and tells him that she wants what is hers. 'I don't know... what do you mean?' the worker replies.
'Just return it' Magik whispers into his ear. He then reaches for a ring that is attached to a chain around his neck. 'I... I don't know why I took it' the man claims as he hands it to the old woman – and once it is in her fingers, all of the zombies suddenly drop dead – or, rather, deader. 'What just happened?' Wolfsbane asks. 'They all just died again?' Strong Guy enquires. 'That was us? Did we win?' Rictor asks.
Magik tells the worker that it might be a good time to apologize. 'I don't remember taking...' the man utters. 'Apologize!' Magik snaps. 'I'm s-sorry' the man tells the old woman, who then turns and starts to walk away. The worker watches the old woman go, and tells Magik that he doesn't understand. 'No, you don't' Magik agrees. 'Have a good night, ma'am' Strong Guy tells the old woman as she walks past him. 'That's it? You're just going to let... that thing walk out of here? She costs dozens of people their lives!' the man exclaims. 'No. you did. And I'll be sure our employer holds you accountable for that' Magik tells him, suggesting that next time he wants to be a grave-robber, he should make sure his victim isn't a witch. Magik then envelops her team in a stepping disc.
Later, at the Hatchi Corporation Headquarters, the team are relaxing in a living room. Magik is asleep on a sofa, while Rahne reads a magazine, Guido does some knitting, and Tabby sits with Julio who exclaims 'Hold on, let me get this straight. You're saying he's just an old man in a bird costume?' to which Tabby tells him that everyone knows that. 'That can't be -' Julio begins, when suddenly, he turns and remarks 'Attention! Commander on deck!' as Xi'an “Shan” Coy Manh a.k.a. Karma, a former New Mutant herself, and current CEO of the Hatchi Corporation entes the living room. 'That's cute, Julio. I see getting hit on the head by a bottle didn't make you take this more seriously'. 'Magik told?' Julio asks, and Karma confirms that she did.
Karma turns to Illyana and tells her that she does have a few questions. Without opening her eyes, Magik replies 'Successful mission. It's all in my report, Shan'. 'A successful first mission where one of you got hit with a bottle, another got shot, you threatened one of my employees and you let an undead witch go off and wander the countryside' Karma summarizes. 'That's right' Magik agrees. Karma asks Magik to explain why she let the witch go, so Magik sits up and reveals that they passed her home – it was covered in Norse runes, Haitian vodou and Wundagorian folk magic. She explains that they were symbols of protection – the old woman tried to save her town and she failed. Magik continues, revealing that the old woman wore jewelry with the same symbols, that she was trying to protect her soul, too, but Karma's employee broke the seal when he stole one of her rings and she ended up in Limbo, which is why she went to get her.
'Raising the dead was just an overreaction on her part' Magik adds, before Karma asks her how she knew returning the witch's stolen rings would break the curse. 'Just got lucky' Magik replies, before Karma points out that Magik stated in her report – with great certainty – that this whole thing was simply an isolated incident. 'Why are we in trouble for stopping a zombie -' Tabby begins, as Magik assures Shan that there was nothing else down there.
Hands on hips, Karma tells the others that she is not paying them so they can continue to act like Xavier's little league team, and declares that she expects a minimum of professionalism and a modicum of respect. 'If you wanted professional, maybe you should have picked a different team' Tabby suggests. 'I did' Karma retorts. 'Cannonball, Sunspot, Magma, Skids... but you were the only ones who had nothing else going on in your lives' Karma reveals, telling her team that when they are out there, representing her and her company, they need to try and do their jobs like they were trained.
'Is now a good time to ask what our jobs actually are? Why is all this so secretive?' Rictor asks. 'You investigate paranormal occurrences, Rictor' Karma points out. Rictor asks her “why them”, and points out that there is Dr Strange, Doctor Voodoo, that twink from the Young Avengers – it's their scene. 'Why do you care?' he asks.
Before Karma can respond, a voice calls out 'Excuse me, Shan?' as David Alleyne a.k.a. Prodigy, a de-powered former student of the Xavier Institute, remarks as he enters the living room with a file which he hands to Karma. Prodigy says 'Hi everyone. Hi Rictor' and tells Karma that his searches found something matching their criteria. 'I'm not sure if the team is ready to -' Prodigy adds, but Magik stands up and announces that they are ready. 'Another mission already? Is this one also gonna be dumb bull -' Tabby begins, before she and the others vanish in one of Magik's stepping discs. 'She knows it's real rude when she does that, right?' Prodigy asks. 'Yes, Prodigy. She knows' Karma replies as she turns and walks away. 'David is fine' David tells her.
Meanwhile, in Canterbury, Connecticut:'Hit him!' a young person calls out. 'Hit the freak!' another exclaims as several young people gather around, while another fights with a boy in a blue shirt. 'hit the mutant!' one of the kids calls out. 'Lemme go!' the boy in the blue protests, before he is punched in thev face and falls to the ground. 'Screw you! I'm not a mutant!' the boy utters as he wipes the blood from his nose. 'Oh, yeah? If you're not a mutant you won't mind proving it to us' one of the kids tells him. 'How would I prove that, genius?' the boy snaps. 'If you aren't a mutant, you'll have no problem going into the woods... and telling the Alone Man, right? He eats mutants alive' the boy remarks. 'I – I can do that' the boy in the blue replies, nervously, before the kids, armed with torches, enter some spooky woods, and come to a stop at a small house, littered with headless toy dolls....


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Chapter 2: Ice Age
October Revolution Island in Russia, specifically Vavilov Station, which was listed as decommissioned – in 1988. Several of the station workers trudge through a snowstorm back to the station, 'No sign of Alexey?' one of them calls out in their native Russian. 'Nothing! And with the storm coming we had to get back!' another calls out. The bearded man with glasses standing in the doorway of the station tells the others that if Alexey is still out there, then he is already dead. One of them asks if they should call for support, to which the bearded man asks 'Call who?' Suddenly, there is a loud THOOM and the snow rises as the ground begins to shake. 'What is that?' the bearded man gasps. More loud THOOM noises can be heard and the bearded man quickly tells his comrades to get inside. 'What the hell was that?' one o them asks as the bearded man slams the door closed. A light hanging overhead suddenly goes dim as the power goes out. 'It's not possible... what we found... it's not...' one of the men remarks, while the facility begins to shake, the bearded man leans against a wall and utters 'Alexey, what have you done to us'?
Six days later, at a cafe in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, three members of the Hatchi Corporation's New Mutants team are catching up with an old friend. Rahne Sinclair a.k.a. Wolfsbane, Tabby Smith a.k.a. Boom-Boom and Julio Richter are seated around a table on the sidewalk with the extra-dimensional Shatterstar. They are all dressed in civilian clothing and do not draw attention from the patrons at the other tables. Tabby knocks back some wine, as Rahne asks if Shatterstar doesn't eat. 'Not often' Julio replies, to which Rahne asks why they let Shatterstar pick the restaurant. 'He has weirdly strong feelings about the atmosphere at various brunch spots in this neighborhood' Julio explains with his mouth full of food. 'I do' Shatterstar agrees. Julio tells Rahne to stop changing the subject. 'What d'ya want me ta say? Is Illyana acting weird? No. She just is weird. She's always been weird' Rahne declares.
'I'm not asking if she's weird. I know she's weird' Julio replies, before asking Rahne why she didn't order bacon if she wanted bacon, as she takes some from his plate. 'Ah just wanted a piece' Rahne tells him. Julio explains that he is asking if Rahne trusts Illyana. 'Because we had no idea what we were looking for in Alabama' he reminds her, and tells Rahne that that it frustrates him this doesn't bother her. 'Right, Tabby?' he asks. 'Doesn't matter to me as long as her checks clear' Tabby smiles, holding her empty glass of wine. 'Illyana doesn't pay us. That's Shan' Rictor reminds Tabby. 'Whatever' she replies. 'Are ye drunk?' Rahne asks Tabby. 'Maybe' Tabby tells her. Maybe?' Rahne asks. 'Maybe means yes' Julio explains, while a waiter brings Tabby another glass of wine. 'It's breakfast time!' Rahne exclaims. 'It's brunch time' Tabby corrects her 'She's right' Julio points out, before asking the others if they don't find it weird that they don't know why Shan hired them, and why Illyana is their leader – why not Dani Moonstar, he wonders.
Rahne asks Rictor if he didn't invite Illyana to breakfast so that they could talk about her behind her back. 'Brunch' Tabby corrects Rahne as she sips her drink. 'No I didn't invite her because she gives me the creeps... she just appeared right behind me, didn't she?' Julio asks, as indeed Illyana Rasputin a.k.a. Magik teleports behind Julio with Guido Carosella a.k.a. Strong Guy. Magik announces that it is time to go, as they have an assignment. 'Can we finish our -' Rictor starts to ask, but Magik doesn't even answer him, she simply teleports the team away, leaving a bewildered Shatterstar alone at the table.
'- meal?' Rictor concludes as the team finds themselves in a snow-covered terrain. 'Illyana! I'm gonna freeze my $%#& off in a second!' Tabby shouts. 'Sorry' Magik replies as she suddenly materializes the new team costume on the others. 'Thank ye' Wolfsbane remarks as she switches to a wolfen form.
 Rictor remarks 'Okay, so you brought us to the literal worst place on Earth. Why?' Up ahead is a demolished station. 'That's why' Magik declares. The team approaches the ruins of the station and start exploring. 'Who did this?' Wolfsbane asks. Magik reports that that is why they are here, and explains that this facility was supposed to be abandoned by the Russians thirty years ago. 'And?' Wolfsbane asks 'And it wasn't' Magik replies, before coming to a reinforced door which she can't open. She calls out to Strong Guy, but Boom-Boom tells her 'I got this' and she fires a plasma time-bomb at the door, busting it open with ease. Magik frowns at Tabby, who replies 'That was bigger than it was meant to be'.
'Stay back!' a voice calls out in Russian. 'Keep away from me!' he adds. It's the bearded man, who is huddled under a table, armed with a small knife. Magik holds her hands out as she approaches the man and speaks to him in Russian, assuring him that they are not here to hurt him, they just want to know what happened. 'A monster!' the man replies as he start to crawl out from the under  table, explaining that it was so big, at came for them, that he sent it after them – Alexy – he was crazed, and when they found it, it was in the ice, they stopped digging – butb something came over him and he wouldn't stop. 'Alexey unleashed the onster on purpose? Where is he now?' Magik enquires. The bearded man tells her that he doesn't know, but probably dead. Magik asks him if he can show them where he found it, but the bearded man tells her that they need to leave this place, and that he won't go back there. 'Yes. You will' Magik declares.
Strong Guy carries the bearded scientist outside as Wolfsbane asks 'Wot'd he say?' to which Magik reports that he doesn't know what did this, but he thinks his friend might still be out there, and he is going to show them where. 'No! We have to leave! Tell them we have to leave! There is nothing for you here!' the scientist exclaims in Russian. 'You sure he wants to do that? Dude seems kinda - ' Strong Guy begins as the scientist squirms in his arms – when suddenly, there is a loud THOOM and a giant foot stands on Strong Guy and the scientist. 'Guess we found what did this' Magi remarks as she, Rictor, Boom-Boom and Wolfsbane look up at the large blue-skinned giant looming over them.
'Anybody have any guesses who this guy is?' Boom-Boom asks as she fires a time-bomb up at the giant. Readying her Soulsword, Magik reports that he is a Frost Giant and suggests that they get him off Strong Guy. 'I don't think he even notices us' Rictor points out as he creates some vibrations across the ground.
The Frost Giant growls, and slams his fist into the ground, narrowly missing Wolfsbane, who has transformed into a full wolf. This enabled Strong Guy to get free from under the Frost Giant's foot though, 'What just happened?' he asks, wearily. 'A Frost Giant stomped on you and the Russian guy' Rictor explains. Strong Guy suggests they help the Russian – before discovering his body amongst some rubble. 'Never mind' Guido remarks. The Frost Giant prepares to swing a large axe, as Rictor tells the others that Strong Guy is okay – but the Russian guy is not. 'Look out!' Boom-Boom exclaims as she fires another time-bomb at the Frost Giant. It only stops the creature for a moment though, as he moves forward and slams the axe down towards Magik – who holds it back with her Soulsword. Magik strains hard to hold back the axe and tells her team to keep hitting him while he focusses on her.
'We can't hurt this guy!' Rictor exclaims that they can't hurt this guy as he fires more vibrations towards the Frost Giant – which collapse the ice beneath the giant, who falls down into the snow. 'Illyana! He's out of our league. Zap us out of here!' Rictor calls out, but Magik tells him that they are not done here. They walk over to the gaping hole in the snow, and Rictor points out that it will not hold him for long. 'Then I will' Magik declares, as the Frost Giant starts to rise from the large hole in the snow. 'We're not staying to die for... God knows what. If you won't get us out of here, I will!' Rictor announces as he and Boom-Boom start to walk away, helping the injured Strong Guy along with them. 'Illyana, please!' Wolfsbane calls out to Magik, who tells Rahne to go with them. Wolfsbane points out that there is nowhere to go – that they will die without her. 'Ah said Ah'd follow ye if ye lead the team, but ye need ta be a leader now!' Wolfsbane exclaims.
Strong Guy now runs alongside Rictor and Boom-Boom, who asks 'Where are we going?' to which Rictor tells her 'Anywhere that isn't going to get us crushed to death!' and Boom-Boom asks if being frozen to death is better, before stopping in her tracks and telling Rictor that they can't just leave Illyana and Rahne behind. 'Just because Magik wants to commit suicide to rid the #$%& North Pole of giants doesn't mean we have to die with her' Rictor declares. 'We kinda do though...don't we?' Strong Guy remarks, when suddenly, Wolfsbane and Magik arrive, as Magik announces that no one is killing themselves. 'Oh, thank God' Strong Guy mutters, before Rictor asks her if she beat that Frost Giant. 'Nope' Magik responds. Wolfsbane is in full wolf form, and sniffs the air, informing the others that there is something ahead of them. 'What?' one of the others asks. It smells like... old' Wolfsbane explains.
Shortly, the team arrives in another ruined facility, and as Rahne remarks that she is happy to be out of the cold, she asks 'Wot is this place?' and Magik explains that it is a mine, that the men here were excavating something – and they didn't want anyone to know about it. Rictor asks what they were looking for, and Magik comes to a large block of ice, where several warriors are frozen solid. 'May God rest his mortal soul' Magik sees something in the ice, and tells Rahne 'His gods aren't yours'. She explains that this is an old Norse battle, lost to the world for millennia, frozen in this ice – that is what the men were looking for. 'But why?' Rictor asks. Magik reminds him that it was a time of magic and sorcery, so she is sure they were looking for items of immense power. 'They found one' Rictor mutters.
Rahne sniffs the air again, and makes her way through the mine, where she finds a man who is still alive, he holds a sword and a shield. 'I don't think that's what this is...' Strong Guy begins, before Magik asks him if he is Alexey. The man confirms that he is and Magik asks him to tell her what happened. Rictor interjects, asking Alexey if he speaks English, and Alexey confirms that he does. 'You know how to stop that thing you thawed out?' Rictor asks him. Alexey replies that he doesn't, when suddeny, there is another loud THOOM. The mutants look around, anxious, while Alexey tells them that they brought it back. 'I really don't want to get stomped on again' Strong Guy mutters, while Alexey asks them to get him out of here. 'Tell me what happened to you. Why did you dig it out?' Magik asks. As the Frost Giant moves forward into the mine, Alexey claims that he doesn't remember anything until it was all over and the others were all dead – where his memories should be – in darkness.
Magik asks Alexey what the last thing he remembers is, but Alexey tells her that he remembers nothing, like he lost control of his mind and body – like he was possessed. As the Frost Giant brings down his axe, Boom-Boom fires a time-bomb at it and Rictor releases a wave of vibration, breaking the sharp metal part of the axe off the handle, although Boom-Boom is knocked aside when the axe strikes the ground. Magik tells Alexey to think – of something before the darkness. Strong Guy prepares to punch the Frost Giant, but the Frost Giant grabs him, as Alexey suddenly remembers a phone call – a man told him that he needed to discuss his research, and that is the last thing he recalls. Magik asks him what his name was, and as Strong Guy is thrown at Magik's feet, Alexey begins, 'He said -' before Strong Guy interrupts, telling Magik that they are all about to die, and perhaps she might want to help them now. 'He said his name was Tran' Alexey reveals, and Magik narrows her eyes.
Magik rushes over to Boom-Boom, 'Come with me' she calls out as she opens a stepping disc around Boom-Boom, 'It's about time' Boom-Boom mutters, while Rictor shouts 'Wait! Take all of us!' Suddenly, the Frost Giant appears confused, and stops moving, 'I think we stunned it' Rictor suggests. 'Ah don't think that was us' Wolfsbane tells him, as suddenly Magik and Boom-Boom return, covered in a slimy substance. 'Oh. My. God. What the hell did we just do, Illyana?' Tabby exclaims. 'Where the hell did you just take me? You can't just grab me and say “blow this up” ya know!' Tabby declares, adding 'I'm your teammate – not a bomb dispenser, you creepy – wait... please tell me we weren't.... was that... were we inside him?' Tabby asks, peering over her shades. An instant later, the Frost Giant explodes. 'Yes' Magik smies, while Tabby leans over and throws up. 'Okaaay. I'm sober now' Tabby announces. The others are all covered in Frost Giant gunk, and Magik looks up, pleased with herself. Rictor is not happy though and folds his arms, looks at Magik and frowns.
Meantime, in Canterbury, Connecticut:'Do it! Come on, mutie!' a kid calls out from behind some bushes, where he and several others watch as another youth walks towards a house within some spooky woods. 'I'm not a mutie!' the kid calls back. 'Don't tell us, Christian! Ring is door and tell the Alone Man!' the kid behind the bushes declares. Christian walks past several broken dolls strewn about the clearing in front of the house, then he knocks on the door. The house is brightly lit, but there is no answer at the door. 'Okay, I get it. Very funny. There's no one -' Christian calls back to the bullies, when suddenly, the door creaks open, and the Christian screams as he drops to the porch step as Warlock emerges, shouting 'Hello, selfstranger! Explanation of your trespassing is requested!'


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Chapter 3: From Safety to Where...?
37,000 feet above North Carolina:
'How do these seats keep getting smaller?' David Alleyne a.k.a. Prodigy remarks to himself in the middle seat of the middle row on a packed flight. The captain's voice comes over the intercom, informing the passengers that they have reached cruising altitude and that it looks like clear skies. The captain gives the passengers permission to move freely about the cabin to stretch their legs, adding that while they are up, they might want to saty hello to a special guest they have on board – an actual super hero is on the flight today. The passengers next to David go wide-eyed, 'Pleasenotme pleasenoteme pleasenotme' David utters to himself, before the captain introduces him as Prodigy from the world-famous X-Men, who is in seat 24D. The passengers next to David turn to him, shocked. 'You're a super hero? You're so skinny' the man on David's left remarks. 'Make sure to say hello soon... because you're all about to die!' the captain declares, and David goes wide-eyed, horrified.
40 feet below New York City, the Hatchi's Corporate New Mutants team are battling the creatures called the Mindless Ones. Tabitha Smith a.k.a. Boom-Boom tosses a timebomb at one of the creatures, while Rahne Sinclair a.k.a. Wolfsbane runs up the side of the subway tunnel. Julio Richter a.k.a. Rictor destroys one of the creatures with a vibration, as Guido Carosella a.k.a. Strong Guy slams his fist into one of the creatures, and Illyana Rasputin a.k.a. Magik slices one of the creature's heads off with her Soulsword. 'Yeah, but I'm saying the Enterprise could destroy the Falcon one-on-one' Rictor declares. 'Nobody thinks that' Gudio replies. 'I do!' Rictor retorts, before asking Magik her opinion. 'Don't know. Don't care' Magik replies. 'Are you serious? You've never... where the hell is that music coming from?' Rictor asks as he hears a musical tune. Phh, sorry. My B' Boom-Boom admits as she stops mid-battle and answers her phone.
'Tabby's phone. Whatcha want?' she asks. 'Oh my God. Tabby. Hang up!' Rictor calls out. 'We're having a fight, Boom-Boom!' Wolfsbane points out. 'Well, actually, it's not a great time. The Mindless Ones are eating... okay... I'll tell her' Boom-Boom tells her caller, before turning to Magik and informing him that it is Prodigy – and he is about to die.
29,000 feet above West Virginia, the aeroplane is plummeting towards the fields on the ground. Suddenly, there is a flare of energy above one of the wings, and the New Mutants materialize thanks to Magik's teleportation abilities. Magik grimaces as she plunges her sword into the wing, hanging on for her life. Wolfsbane digs her claws into the wing, while Strong Guy holds onto it with one hand, and grabs Boom-Boom with the other, while Rictor shouts 'MAGIK?! WHAT THE $#%&?' as he clings to Boom-Boom's ankle.
Inside the plane: 'Ohmygodohmygodohmygod' a man screams, while his partner tells him to hang on, that  it is going to be okay. Suddenly, the emergency exit door is torn open, and Strong Guy pulls himself in from the wing into the cabin. 'We're all gonna die!' someone shouts. The rest of the team enters the cabin, and dropping to her knees, Boom-Boom asks 'Magik, what the #$%& was that?' to which Magik replies that teleporting isn't an exact science. 'It's no science at all!' Wolfsbane mutters. 'If you can't tell the difference between in the plane and on the plane, then maybe we shouldn't go to the plane' Boom-Boom suggests.
Rictor mutters that he told them they needed a flier, and suggests they should have Storm. 'Why would Storm want tae join our team?' Wolfsbane asks. 'Fine. Siryn' Rictor suggests, referring to their former X-Factor Investigations teammate. 'Why would she?' Wolfsbane asks, while Strong Guy tells the passengers to have no fear, as they are here now.
The passengers start to move towards Strong Guy and punch him, 'KILL THEM!' one of the passengers exclaims. Strong Guy  tells the others that this was not the reaction he was expecting. 'And yet it feels as if things like this keep happening to us' Boom-Boom points out, preparing a timebomb. Wolfsbane reminds Boom-Boom that these are civilians. 'Who are trying to kill us' Boom-Boom declares, before Wolfsbane remarks that she thinks it isn't their fault. Magik knocks one of the passengers back and tells her teammates that Wolfsbane is right, and not to hurt them.
'I got this' Rictor announces as he steps forward and knocks a group of passengers back with a vibration wave. 'Okay! No more of that. Your seismic blasts are gonna break the plane!' Strong Guy declares, to which Rictor points out that the plane is going down anyway. 'And we'd like to stop that' Strong Guy mutters, before knocking back another passenger and telling his teammates that he doesn't think any of them have done the prerequisite study of aeronautics to safely say what the effects of earthquakes on plans are – but his money is on “not good”. Wolfsbane kicks one of the civilians, while Magik announces that Guido is right- no powers in here. She instructs Rictor and Boom-Boom to see if they can get into the cockpit and find out what the hell is going on, while the rest of them hold the passengers off.
Strong Guy knocks one of the passengers back with a suitcase and declares that whatever has gotten into them, they have become monsters 'Ye'd know all about that' Wolfsbane snarls. 'What does that mean?' Guido asks her. 'Ah think ye know' Wolfsbane tells him, waving a finger in his face. Why don't you tell me' Strong Guy replies. 'Yer right quick tae make sure that nobody is tae blame for the things they done!' Wolfsbane exclaims, adding that it is not surprising, coming from the man who murdered her family. 'Enough!' Magik orders while holding back some passengers. 'Surprise, surprise! The lass with no soul does nae care that Ah'm forced tae stand beside the man who -' Wolfsbane begins, when suddenly a voice calls out, 'Help!', and she looks over as Guido picks Prodigy up from behind a seat. 'Hey! I found Prodigy!' Guido calls out. David looks at Magik and thanks her as she asks him what happened here. 'The pilot... he's trying to kill me' David reveals. Magik asks him why, and David tells her it is because of them, because of what they are doing.
Magik informs Guido and Wolfsbane that they need to get into that cockpit. Strong Guy knocks a passenger out of the way and asks 'What does he mean? What are we doing?' but Magik doesn't answer him, just tells her team to fall back, as they head towards the cockpit. 'This flimsy plastic divider should keep the angry mob at bay' Guido mutters as he closes the partition on the passengers, and Magik and Wolfsbane approach Boom-Boom and Rictor, who are standing outside the door to the cockpit. Magik asks Rictor what is going on, and he tells her that the door is locked and the pilots are not responding, so they can't get in. 'Lemme try' Guido offers, slamming himself against the door. 'Ow. Nope' he mutters as the door doesn't budge. A spark of energy appears at Boom-Boom's fingertip as she turns to Magik and tells her 'I know you said, in your infinite wisdom, that I shouldn't blow stuff up in here, but I can get this door open'. 'Or kill us all' Rictor mutters. 'Or that' Boom-Boom agrees. 'Do it' Magik instructs Boom-Boom.
Boom-Boom releases a small charge of energy at the bottom of the cockpit door. 'Didn't think you'd really go for this. Not my best idea' Boom-Boom remarks, as the timebomb explodes – 'Ah, mother -' Boom-Boom exclaims, as the door is still standing. 'It didn't work!' Rictor declares. 'At least I tried' Boom-Boom mutters, leaning into Rictor she tells him that is more that she can say about him. 'Is this what you're like when you're sober? Cus it suuuucks' Rictor tells her. Magik looks at them, then turns away, while Wolfsbane asks them what they are going to do now. 'Why am I in charge now? I just blow stuff up' Tabby snaps. 'And ye can barely do that' Wolfsbane tells her.
Magik touches the cockpit door, and sees some strange symbols on the door. Prodigy and Wolfsbane look at Magik, while Rictor tells Tabby that she knows she is the worst when even Miss Goody Two-Shoes is clowning her. 'We're on a crashing plane and you want to call each other names?' Guido asks them.
'Witchcraft and Norse runes?' Magik asks herself quietly as she examines the symbols. 'What are ye whispering about now?' Wolfsbane asks. 'The passengers, the plane going down... our fighting with each other. He is trying to tear us apart' Magik remarks. 'Who is?' Wolfsbane enquires. Magik ignores her as she announces that the door is sealed with magic, but that she can get in. Prodigy tells her that, by his calculations, they are going to hit the ground in approximately three minutes and ten seconds. 'So how long are you going to take?' he asks. 'Hopefully less time than that' Magik smirks. Wolfsbane asks Magik why she doesn't just teleport the whole plane, to which Magik reveals that whatever is behind this door is blocking her powers. 'And what if ye can't get in?' Wolfsbane enquires. 'Then a lot of people will die' Magik points out. 'That's your plan?' Boom-Boom shouts, annoyed. 'We got three minutes!' Guido declares. 'Two minutes and forty seconds' Prodigy corrects him. 'I knew you'd get us all killed!' Boom-Boom snaps at Magik, who starts to create a stepping disc, which starts to rise up over the rest of the team. 'We all knew we'd die at some point doing this job, Tabitha, but you won't get to blame me today' Magik replies casually. 'Don't -' Boom-Boom begins, before vanishing.
The plane continues to plummet towards the ground, as a stepping disc materializes on a field nearby, and Boom-Boom's sentence continues: '- get cute with... she's so $#%&*%$ annoying!' Tabby screams, throwing her hands into the air. Guido and Prodgy look at the plane, while Wolfsbane asks 'Where's Rictor?'
'Glad we got rid of them' Rictor smiles at Magik, who is confused as to what he is still doing on the plane. 'When your little glowy thing started, I jumped out of it. Nobody ever did that before?' Rictor asks, smugly. 'No' Magik replies. Rictor presses against the partition, and tells Boom-Boom that he doesn't think she should get to be the only hero today – besides, someone has to make sure these mouth breathers don't make it up here to first class.
The passengers bang against the partition and shout 'Let us in!' 'We're going to kill you!' to which Rictor replies 'That's not a good reason'. Magik looks at the cockpit door again and tells Rictor that she needs to access more of her power to break this seal. 'You aren't going to like this' she adds. Rictor glances back at her and tells her 'Whatever. Just make it... quick' – as Magik suddenly transforms into the Darkchild. Silver armor covers her body – of which the lower half is now a hooved demon. Her Soulsword glows bright with energy, and horns rise up from her forehead, as she declares 'Now we finish what we started'. 'Yeah... I hate this' Rictor mutters.
Magik slices her way through the cockpit door, and as she enters the cockpit she finds one pilot slumped over the console, blood seeping from his head, while the other turns to her, a red, demonic face grins at her. 'So nice to finally meet you in person. And the real you, at that, Darkchild'. 'Who am I speaking with?' Magik demands. 'Oh, don't act like you don't know' the strange being grins, slobber drooling out of his mouth, he tells her 'You've been chasing me all through the swamps and the snow. You were always a little too slow, but now here we are'. Magik greets the demon as Tran. 'Hello, Illyana' Tran responds. 'You know you're dead, right? That's why Shan sent me after you' Magik declares. 'Of course I know that. My soul has been trapped in my awful sister's body like a... well, like a hostage on a plane, if you'll humor me' Tran replies, before remarking that Magik, of all people, should appreciate what it means to be a soul who escapes imprisonment – that she saved herself as a child, even returned her friend Guido's soul to him, if he isn't mistaken'.
Magik ignores that comment and declares that Tran can't be here, so she is going to send him to Limbo until Shan can figure out what to do with him. Tran leers at Magik and asks if Limbo isn't his final stop then. 'Do you wonder why? Or why she sent the other one after me?' Tran asks. 'What other one?' Magik replies. Tran reveals that he knows what Karma has planned, and aims to stop it – and he will save the world from her. 'You don't actually think you're the good guys, do you?' Tran asks, before telling Magik to take a look at her team: 'A vapid bomb for hire, a narcissistic natural disaster, an overgrown baby killer, an actual werewolf. And you... it would only take a mirror to show you that you'll never be the good guys'.
Magik listens to Tran as he adds that, either way, she, her team and his sister will be killed – and he will watch his sister die with his own eyes. 'You have my word'. 'NO!' Magik shouts as she drops the Darkchild and reverts to her regular human form, before shoving the Soulsword into the body that Tran had possessed – before realizing her mistake, as she kills the pilot, and Tran's spirit is freed. '...oh. No' Magik utters. 'W-why?' the pilot gasps, as Tran tells Magik that this was fun, but he has to go to New York and find a man who knows real magic. 'Enjoy the ground...' Tran adds.
Back outside, Tabby, Wolfsbane, Guido and Prodigy look up at the plane, 'C'mon, Illyana. C'mon' Wolfsbane utters – before the plan slams into the ground and explodes in a field nearby.
Meanwhile, in Canterbury, Connecticut:
'Query: How can self-warlock assist selfstranger?' Warlock asks as he emerges from the old cabin hidden in the woods. 'Stay back!' the boy called Christian warns Warlock, while in the bushes, the bullies look out and one of them shouts 'Don't let it touch you!' and another suggests that they run – but Christian falls backwards when he trips on a metal pipe. 'Don't touch me!' Christian exclaims. Warlock just grins at Christian and remarks 'Excited state, selfstranger is genetically mutated, like self! A common bond. Selfstranger seeks camaraderie!' But Christian grabs the metal pipe, 'I said leave me alone!' he shouts as he slams the pipe into Warlock's face, knocking the surprised Warlock backwards. 'Query: selfstranger is selfenemy?' Warlock asks. The bullies emerge from the bushes, 'That was crazy!' one of them calls out. 'It came at me...I...' Christian begins, while another of the bullies syggests that they finish it off – and the bullies start to punch, kick and stomp on Warlock, who cries out 'Please, no...'


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Chapter 4: Isolation
Somewhere in North Carolina:
'Rictor? Magik?' Guido Carosella a.k.a. Strong Guy calls out as he, Rahne Sinclair a.k.a. Wolfsbane, Tabby Smith a.k.a. Boom-Boom and David Alleyne a.k.a. Prodigy race towards the passenger plane that has crashed into a field and exploded – with their friends on board. Firefighters are already on the scene putting the blaze out. 'No, no, no!' Tabby exclaims, while a firefighter notices them approaching and asks 'Are you guys, like, the Avengers or something?' 'Something' Guido replies as he strides towards the blazing remains of the plane, despite the firefighter telling him that it is too hot to go in there. 'Ain't nothing could survive in there' the firefighter mutters as Guido walks into the flames. 'Just let him go' Boom-Boom tells the firefighter. Wolfsbane sniffs the air, and the firefighter asks 'Is she...okay?' Wolfsbane switches into her full wolfen form and runs across the field. 'Oh, for $%&'s sake... Rahney! Come back!' Tabby shouts out as she runs after Wolfsbane, who suddenly comes to a stop near some woods. 'Rahne? What the -' Tabby begins, before she sees Illyana Rasputin a.k.a. Magik huddled next to a tree. 'I couldn't save them. I couldn't save Rictor' she utters.
'Please help me' Illyana asks as she stares out a window in a room at the Xavier Institute, in Central Park, Manhattan. Kitty Pryde goes up behind her good friend and zips up her black dress. 'I got you' Kitty remarks, adding that she never gets to see Illyana all dressed up – so fancy. They look in a full-length mirror and Illyana reveals that the dress is Psylocke's, she borrowed it. 'Well, it looks good on you' Kitty assures her friend. 'It would look better if I were five inches taller... and a ninja' Illyana mutters. As Illyana looks closer at the mirror, she applies some eyeliner, and Kitty tells her that girls with swords can pretty much pull off anything if they commit. 'Whoa, easy on the eyeliner, my chemical romance' Kitty exclaims. Illyana tells Kitty to be nice, and adds that nobody ever taught her how to do this. 'Give it. Now look up' Kitty tells Illyana as she takes the eyeliner. 'Don't poke me' Illyana replies. 'I won't if you look up' Kitty replies, before Illyana tells her friend that it is good to see her.
Kitty starts applying the makeup to Illyana and remarks that she hates that funerals always bring them back together. She asks Illyana if she remembers when they were just two little idiots running around these halls, not trying to get in trouble. 'Who would have thought one day these idiots would be leading teams?' Illyana replies. 'I did' Kitty tells her, adding that Illyana was the bravest, toughest, scariest person here – even Logan was intimidated. Kitty adds that from the first time she met her, she knew she would be a great team leader one day. 'But I'm not' Illyana responds, reminding Kitty that she lost a member of her team – she let him die. Illyana begins to cry, running her makeup. 'But you're still here for your team. When others would be long gone, you stayed. You're here for them. That's a leader' Kitty points out. Illyana wipes her makeup, and admits that she hates all of this. 'Why are you so much better at this than me?' Illyana asks as Kitty wraps her arms around her friend. 'I'm better at everything than you'.
Outside, mourners have come to pay tribute to Rictor. A large, smiling photo of Rictor is placed alongside his coffin, while his former partner, Shatterstar, stands at a podium. He thanks everyone for being here, and adds that hr knows it would mean a lot to Ric. Legion, Dani Moonstar, Strong Guy, Wolfsbane, Colossus, Nightcrawler and Storm sit in the front row. Rockslide and Beast can be seen sitting behind them. Magik walks towards them, as Shatterstar tells everyone that Ric always said, no matter what, they are a family first, and it is nice to see he was correct. Dani sees Illyana, and motions to the empty seat next to her, telling her that she saved it for her – but Magik keeps on walking, and sits on her own amongst some empty seats nearby. Dani quietly calls out to her again, but someone tells her to let her be. Shatterstar announces that where he is from, there is an expression – the only person who knows you better than family is the one who fights by your side. 'That's why I wanted to ask his friend, family member, team leader, and the person fighting beside him when he died if she would say something' Shatterstar adds, calling out to Magik, who looks up, shocked.
Magik gets up and walks past other mourners including Glob Herman, Mystique, Bishop, Gambit, Prestige and the time-displaced Angel. Magik thanks Shatterstar, who steps aside for her. She stands strong at the podium and announces that seeing them all gathered here, for Ric – Julio – it is overwhelming. Moonstar watches Magik closely as Magik remarks that when you agree to lead a team, you have one job above all else – just to make sure everyone makes it home ok. She begins to cry, makeup runs down her face, she turns away and she utters that she can't do this anymore – any of it. 'I'm so sorry' she adds.
Magik sits slumped over on some steps, as the mourners begin to mingle after the ceremony finishes. 'I've been looking for you, little one' Colossus calls out to his sister as he approaches her with two glasses of wine. 'You found me' Magik replies. Colossus tells her that he thought she might want a drink. 'Got one' Illyana smiles, holding up a half-empty bottle of spirits. She turns away and frowns, while Colossus places the wine glasses down on a ledge, and tells his sister that she is ever resourceful, before asking her how she is. 'Not in the mood for this, Piotr' Illyana replies, to which Piotr tells her that is why it is important. “It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone” Piotr quotes. 'You're quoting Steinbeck at me?' Illyana frowns. Piotr points out that he never knows what to say to her, so he found someone who did. 'Do not be angry about that' he asks her.
As he takes the bottle from his sister and drinks from it, Piotr asks Illyana if she wants to tell him what happened. 'Not really' Illyana replies. 'Would you?' Piotr asks, telling Illyana that he wants to hear the story from her. Moonstar and Shatterstar are nearby and watch Illyana, who explains that they were on a plane, she killed the pilot, but couldn't get to Rictor in time. She teleported herself out, the plane went down and that's the end of Rictor's story. 'Mine keeps going for some reason' Illyana mutters. Piotr asks Illyana what she was doing on the plane, and Illyana tells him that it was a mission. 'It's good to talk, sister. Even when it hurts. Especially when...' Piotr's voice trails off, as Illyana tells him that she isn't the strongest X-Man, or the fastest or the smartest. 'That is not how we measure ourselves' Piotr reminds her. 'Of course it is' Illyana replies, before getting to her feet and declaring that they can color it any way they want, put it in a fancy dress, but at the end of the day, they are soldiers. 'I always thought I was the one who kept their head when $%#& went wrong. Because all I've ever known is #$&% going wrong, Piotr. So I thought I was the one you trust in a crisis' Illyana exclaims, causing others nearby to watch her as she storms away.
'You are' Piotr calls out after his sister, 'Tell that to Rictor' Illyana mutters as she walks past Moonstar and Shatterstar. 'Illyana, wait!' Colossus calls out, but Illyana doesn't answer him – instead she starts to run towards Wolfsbane who has lashed out at Strong Guy.
'He was mah son, Guido! How could ye?' she shrieks as she slashes away at him. 'Rahne, please!' Guido calls back. 'Break it up, both of you!' Magik orders, coming between the two fo them. 'I'm sorry, Rahney! I'm so sorry...' Guido utters. 'Get him out of here' Magik tells Nightcrawler and Fantomex who go over to Strong Guy. Magik then turns to Wolfsbane: 'You! What was that?' she asks. 'Ye damn well know! He killed mah boy!' Wolfsbane snarls. 'He wasn't himself. You know that, Rahne. He had lost his soul!' Magik reminds Wolfsbane, who bares her fangs at Magik as they stare each other down, 'And ye went and got it back fer him, didn'tcha? And then... and then ye put him on a team with me? Don't ya even care about that? About any of us?' Wolfsbane roars.
Sunspot and Maggott go over to Wolfsbane, and Sunspot puts a hand on her shoulder, telling to back off before she says something she might regret. 'No wonder you let Rictor die!' Wolfsbane snarls. 'Or not' Sunspot mumbles. 'Heavy is the head that wears the crown, they say' Wolfsbane declares. 'I've worn crowns before. It never felt like this' Magik replies. Moonstar approaches Magik and tells her that she is sorry, that she knows none of this is easy. 'You handled that very well' she adds, 'Even if your earlier speech... left something to be desired'. 'Yeah, well, you know me, Dani' Magik mutters. They enter the mansion, and Dani asks Illyana to answer her one thing. 'I asked Shan and she got all weird on me. I don't understand what you were doing' Dani remarks. 'Of course she did' Illyana mutters, to which Dani asks her what that means.
Dani follows Illyana into a living room, where Shatterstar is sitting by himself on a sofa. 'It's her brother' Illyana explains. 'Leong?' Dani enquires. 'No. The other one. Tran' Illyana clarifies, to which Dani points out that he is dead. 'And when did things like that ever matter to people like us?' Illyana asks, reminding Dani that Shan killed Tran years ago, and that she always said she had no choice, that he was evil. 'i'm not sure it works like that, but go on...' Dani replies, before Illyana asks Dani if she knows why Shan chose the codename Karma. 'Of course. The darkness and the light' Dani replies. 'Yes. The yin and the yang. His soul has been trapped in her body' Illyana reveals. 'I know all this -' Dani begins, before Illyana interrupts, informing her that now Tran is free. 'What do you mean? His soul escaped? How?' Dani asks. 'How the hell should I know?' Illyana responds, to which Dani asks where Tran has been.
Illyana folds her arms and looks at Dani as she explains that so far Tran has been to the Hatchi Corporation offices in Hanoi, a hurricane relief center in Alabama, a cemetery in Paris, and Arctic research facility – and this plane. Dani asks Illyana what her plan is, and Illyana reveals that was going to send him to Limbo. 'That's it? You didn't try to talk to him? To figure out how to help him get his life back or whatever he wants?' Dani asks. Illyana narrows her eyes and tells Dani that right now, it seems Tran just wants to hurt Shan, as he attacked her company, her team, her friends – except Dani, oddly. 'What do you mean?' Dani asks. 'You're one of Shan's closest friends. You're also a Valkyrie. Who better to be tracking this lost soul than you?' Illyana asks. 'And?' Dani asks. 'Where were you, Dani?' Illyana declares. Dani asks her what she is talkinga bout, so Illyana starts waving a finger at Dani and asking her why she wasn't with them, why she wasn't leading the team.
Dani tells Illyana that she is sorry, that she knows she feels responsible for what happened to Rictor. 'I am responsible. Where were you?' Illyana retorts. 'All that matters is that I'm trying to help you now. I wanted to know -' Dani begins, but Illyana interrupts her again: 'What our plans were. Funny that you care so much now, no?' Illyana asks, while Shatterstar and Kitty look on, concerned. Rogue approaches them and tells Magik that she is causing a scene again. 'A scene? No... this is a scene!' Magik exclaims as she produces her Soulsword and holds it towards the surprised Dani, until Kitty steps between them, 'I was just trying to help' Dani declares, while Kitty asks Illyana what she is doing, as it's Dani. 'She's not supposed to be here!' Illyana exclaims. 'Of course she is. She's one of us' Kitty replies. 'I don't know where you went, Dani. But I know you aren't here for me' Illyana exclaims as she shoves her Soulsword through Kitty and Dani in one strike, as their eyes glow red, and Shatterstar and the others around them begin to grin, their eyes red, too. 'You're very impressive, Illyana' a strange voice comes from Kitty. It's Tran.
Suddenly, Magik finds herself back on the plane. 'No' she utters as she holds her Soulsword towards the pilot who Tran has possessed. I see why my sister picked you to try and catch me. Thank you for the insights into your plan' Tran grins, before leaving the body of the pilot, he tells Illyana that he hopes she understands why he needs her dead now.
Rictor enters the cockpit and tells Magik that he has good news – the passengers all suddenly snapped out of it. 'Did you do... holy $#!&. Magik, did you kill the $#!&!#& pilot?' Rictor gasps, wide-eyed. Magik rushes over to him and wraps her arms around him, telling him that she is so glad he isn't dead. 'Ummm, yeah... me, too. But why are you touching me?' Rictor replies, confused. Rictor then tells Magik that they are going to crash, and that she needs to fix this. 'I don't know how to fly a plane!' Magik exclaims. 'How hard can it be?' Rictor asks her. 'So you do it' Magik tells him. 'I don't know how to fly a plane!' Rictor replies. He grabs the levers on the control panel and tries to pull the plane up, declaring that it isn't working. He tells Magik that if she has some trick up her sleeve, then now would be a real good time – before a large stepping disc materializes, and swallows the plane – just before it crashes into a field.
Nine days later: 'This is our third time through this grid, Shan' Prodigy tells Karma as they sit in a helicopter that darts over a field. David tells Karma that he appreciates her perseverance, but points out that it has been more than a week, so it might be time to be realistic. The pilot suddenly interrupts David and informs Karma that they are getting a report that there is a downed aircraft around 35 miles north of here, in the water. 'Divers found it?' Karma asks, but the pilot explains that the report says the plane just crashed down a few minutes ago. As the chopper arrives over the water, 'It's them! How is this -' Prodigy begins, as they look out the chopper window and see Magik and Rictor standing on the plane wing as the plane floats in the water. Passengers stand near them, or float in lifeboats. Karma informs Prodigy that Magik's powers don't always work linearly, so she must have teleported them through space and time. 'I assume this mean you want me to tell the second team to stand down?' Prodigy asks. Karma instructs him to keep the second team on standby, as she has some questions for their dear Ms Rasputin.
Meanwhile, in Canterbury, Connecticut: 'We messed him up!' one of the bullies exclaims as he and other kids stand around Warlock, who they have kicked, punched and stomped on, on the porch of the cabin in the woods where Warlock has been residing. 'Why do this, selfstranger?' Warlock asks, looking up at the boy called Christian. 'Ha! He likes you, Christian!' one of the bullies exclaims. 'Yeah, well, I don't like him!' Christian replies. Warlock reaches out and grabs Christian, asking him why he harmed/damaged him. 'Hey! Lemme go, freak!' Christian exclaims. Warlock looks Christian in the eye and remarks that he did no transgressions to him. 'Lemme go...' Christian utters. 'Please -' Christian begins, when suddenly, energy crackles from Christian's eyes, and blasts forward – straight through Warlock who begins to seemingly short-circuit, 'Warlock is sorry -' Warlock utters as Christian drops to his knees – and Warlock is reduced to a pile of ashes!


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New Mutants: Dead Souls #5
177A Bleecker Street:
'This sucks' Julio Richter mutters as he stands with his arms folded on the pavement outside the residence where he and his teammates have gathered. 'Shan said we could have the week off' Rictor adds. Tabby Smith a.k.a. Boom-Boom tells Rictor that nobody made him come, to which Rictor declares that Illyana did, that he was going to the Whitney and then she “bamfed” him down here to the West Village – and not even the fun part.
Illyana Rasputin a.k.a. Magik presses the doorbell, but gets no response. Rahne Sinclair a.k.a. Wolfsbane leans against the wall near Magik, while Guido Carosella a.k.a. Strong Guy  sits on a stone wall nearby.
'You don't want to be here. Just go' Tabby suggests to Rictor, who points out that Little Miss Sunshine is his ride. 'The train is, like, two blocks away. Stop using Illyana like she's a cab' Tabby declares, and as Magik summons her Soulsword, the door to the large house suddenly opens. 'Guess he's expecting us after all' Magik decides.
'Hello? Anybody home?' Rahne calls out as the mutants enter the foyer and examine their surroundings. Guido remarks that Rictor is right, that he thought they were on vacation, and asks why they are meeting with Dr Strange. Magik tells the others that there was something Tran said on the plane, that he was coming to New York to find some “real magic” and she thinks he meant here. 'That was before he tried to kill us all? What did he say when you asked him about it?' Guido asks, but Illyana doesn't respond, so Guido realizes that Illyana didn't talk to Dr Strange, that he doesn't know they are here. 'Oh no... you just broke into a wizard's house, didn't you?' Guido asks. “We” Illyana corrects Guido, explaining that she needed to know what Tran was looking for. Guido asks her why she didn't ask Strange for help. As Rahne looks at strange skeleton in a small jar on a table, Rictor laughs: 'Illyana? Ask for help? Ha!'
Illyana leads the group through a door and tells them that they are just going to look around for anything unusual. 'Unusual...' Rahne mutters. The group come to a hallway which splinters off into four other corridors. Illyana points out that it is a big house and suggests that they spread out. 'And don't touch anything' she adds.
Rictor walks down one of the corridors, when he hears a voice calling out from an indoor greenhouse, 'Pssst. Bootleg Holden Caulfield'. Rictor walks into the garden and looks up to where two serpents are hanging from a tree. 'Umm... are you talking to me?' Rictor asks, wide-eyed. 'No. I'm talking to the other Miley Cyrus cosplayer. You look like what happens when a Gap and a Whole Foods have sex' one of the serpents remarks. 'You look like the guy Justin Bieber pays to hang out with him so he looks cooler by comparison' the other serpent adds. 'Look, I don't know -' Rictor begins, to which one of the snakes tells Rictor he has a nice sweater and asks him if his boyfriend bought it for him. 'He did. And I don't appreciate the subtext of that' Rictor replies, and the other snake tells the first that was uncool, and to leave aging hipster Harry Potter alone to keep sneaking through their house looking for stuff to steal. 'Listen you #$&% $%& of %$#&$ of $%#&$ %$&$%. I don't need a $%##& to $%&&$ my $#% okay?' Rictor snaps, clenching his fists. The snakes look at him, before dropping down at Rictor, forcing him to the ground.
'For someone so small, your legs sure do move fast' Guido tells Rahne as he follows her down another of the corridors. Rahne scowls as she strides ahead, telling Guido that he shouldn't be here, as Magik said to split up 'I know, but -' Guido begins, before Rahne shifts to a part-wolfen form and spins around and asks Guido what she has to do to get him to leave her alone. 'I work with ye cuz she said Ah haveta, but Ah donnae haveta like it. And Ah certainly donnae haveta act like yer mah friend' Rahne exclaims. 'Ranhey, I just -' Guido begins, but Rahne tells him to take his “Rahney” and shove it. She reminds him that he killed her son. She declares that Illyana and the others can go on about how he wasn't in his right head at the time – but he still did it. 'So you'll forgive me if Ah want nothing to do wit ya'. Rahne reverts to her human form and motions to another door, suggesting Guido go in gthat door, while she goes in this other one. 'Understood?' she snaps. 'Okay' Guido replies, as Rahne slams the door after her, leaving Guido in the hallway, hanging his head.
An unimpressed Tabby enters the kitchen, quoting “Come work for me, Tabby. It'll be great. You'll go cool places, have fun missions. It's not going to be like uptight old X-Force or that weird Nextwave stuff”. She looks aroundthe kitchen then opens the fridge and checks out what is inside. She is shocked by the strange foods – if that's what they are – in the fridge, 'You're right, Shan. This is just super fun' Tabby mutters, referencing Karma as she sniffs the odd food. Tabby decides that she is getting real sick of having to work all the time, and grabs a cold drink and a packet of potato chips as she closes the fridge.
Magik enters some sort of library, where a voice calls out 'I don't remember inviting you in' and Magik looks up to see Dr Strange hovering above her. 'Oh! I didn't think you'd be here' Magik declares, wide-eyed. 'And I didn't think you would be. But it's my home, so my surprise may be slightly more warranted' Strange points out, before asking Magik why she would come into his home if she thought he wasn't here. Illyana tells Dr Strange that she is sorry, and explains that they encountered an evil entity, who implied he was coming to find him. 'And that gives you the right to break into the Sanctum Sanctorum, Darkchild?' Strange asks. 'Don't call me -' Magik begins, but Dr Strange cuts her off, pointing out that she may be his former protege, but she is also the demon spawn of Limbo, and her defense is an “evil entity” told her it was coming here. 'Did it never dawn on you that you might have been lied to?' Strange asks. 'No, I -' Magik begins, but Strange interrupts her again, remarking that he can't tell if she is truly correct, or if her judgment was clouded – but that she has made a grave mistake.
Meanwhile, Tabby enters a living room and remarks that Strange better have cable TV, as there is no way she is missing her “Atlanta”. She puts the drink and some hummus on the small table, while placing the bag of chips next to her and looks around for the clicker. 'Weirdo better not have some dumb magic-powered TV' Tabby mutters, unaware that the remote control is levitating next to her. “By the tired tears of Time Warner” Tabby jokes, before noticing the remote on the arm of the sofa. 'Previously, on Agent Carter' a voice can be heard from the television. 'Whaa? They're making new episodes of -' Tabby begins, before a dog walks up to her and gets up onto the sofa next  to her. 'Oh, hey there, little buddy. Hummus?' Tabby smiles at the pale dog, offering it a potato chip and hummus.
'No!' Strong Guy gasps as he follows Wolfsbane through her door, where he finds a series of bridges and staircases surrounded by flames – and memories flood their minds. 'Doug, stop it! Come on, get up. Stop teasing us...' Wolfsbane hears herself call out over the body of Cypher. A memory of Strong Guy shoving his trident through Tier can be seen, 'Guess I won' Strong Guy can be heard saying. Wolfsbane looks shocked as an image of Reverend Craig appears, announcing that they do God's work this night. Another memory appears before her, and Rahne sees herself as a Mutate, with Cameron Hodge leering over her 'Ready to play your part, my once and former werewolf?' Hodge asks. 'As my master commands' the Mutate Wolfsbane responds. Rahne continues to run, but she finds more bridges and more flights of stairs. 'Ah have ta git out of here!' Rahne exclaims, as she sees an image of herself, mouth covered in blood uttering 'There is no sin so terrible God's love cannot forgive...'. Strong Guy pursues Rahne down more and more stairs and calls out to her, until she finally spins around: 'Ah told ya not to follow me!' she snaps at him.
Guido tells her that he didn't, and explains that he had to walk through some room full of his own nightmares, and it put him out here. 'Same. Ah'm glad that's... over' Rahne utters, before she and Guido see shadowy figures approach them – it's Strong Guy and Tiier. 'Oh no. Please...' Guido utters as he and Rahne watch as the soulless Strong Guy plunges his trident into Tiier, killing him. 'Ah...Ah didn't know. We're still in may nightmares. And yours' Rahne frowns, turning to Guido, who tells her that losing his soul, it was like he was trapped in his own body – he could see it, but he couldn't stop it. He tells Rahne that he knows she believes in souls, their importance, and admits that he never believed in that stuff – Heaven and Hell – their souls – he wasn't raised the way, he didn't believe. 'But I do now. I wish I could say this wasn't my fault... but I see it every day. This is my hell. Every single day I know what I did. What I am' Sobbing, Guido collapses to his knees and admits to Rahne that he did it, that he killed Tiier, that he is a monster – and he is sorry. 'I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. Please forgive me' Guido utters. Rahne begins to cry, too, and puts her arms around Guido, telling him to shush and that it is okay.
Back in the library, Illyana tells Dr Strange that he is wrong about her. Strange asks her if she can hear the voice of the Darkchild when she is in this form. 'That's not -' Illyana begins, as Dr Strange asks her whether she has dark urges that are difficult to fight. 'Nothing beyond my control' Magik replies, to which Strange asks her if she admits that she has impulses, and points out that the human form is not meant to contain the powers of Limbo. 'You know this. We've discussed this' he tells Illyana, asking if she can say for sure that Illyana Rasputin is in control. 'Yes... I... this isn't what I came here for' Magik replies, to which Strange asks her if she is sure, and suggests that there is a simple way to deal with this. 'Draw your Soulsword' Strange instructs Illyana, who tells him that she doesn't think that is a good idea. Strange assures Illyana that he can protect himself, and that he is not afraid of what she might do with it. 'Are you?' he asks her, before Illyana draws her Soulsword and raises towards Strange. 'Good' Strange remarks.
'Now let the Darkchild come out' Strange tells Illyana, but she refuses. 'I'm not speaking to Illyana anymore. Bring forth your true self. We will speak as equals' Strange declares. Armor appears on Illyana's form and her feet become hooves, she grows a tail and horns sprout from her head as she transforms into the Darkchild. 'Is this what you wanted? Is this what you were hoping for, sorcerer?' Illyana snarls. Strange tells her that was just the first step, and now he wants her to stab herself. Strange explains that the Soulsword will only hurt the magical aspects of Illyana's being, and that if she is truly in control, then she can cut the demon out and rescue the poor mutant child. 'Nice try' Illyana replies, holding her Soulsword close to Strange, when suddnely, 'Illyana, no!' a voice calls out, it's Guido, who lunges at Illyana and pushes her away from Strange, telling her that he won't let her do it. 'Get off me!' Illyana shouts as Guido holds her to the ground. 'You don't want to do this, Illyana! Trust me!' Guido exclaims. 'Yes, I do' Illyana replies.
Strange moves closer and announces that Illyana is no longer in control of her actions, that the demon is all that is left. 'It's a trick! He's lying!' Magik retorts as Strong Guy continues to hold her down. Dr Strange states that he is not, and that their dear friend may be gone for good if they don't act quickly. Strange instructs Wolfsbane to take her sowrd, but Wolfsbane exclaims that something is wrong, and tells Guido to let Magik go. 'But look at her, Rahney. She's a monster' Guido points out. 'We all are' Rahne replies. Guido lets go of Magik, and Strange tells them that they have made a terrible mistake. 'Wouldn't be my first' Guido mutters. 'Of course not. You're the worst the X-Men have to offer' Strange points out. 'I'll show you the worst!' Guido retorts as he lunges at Strange, only to pass through him. 'You all really are terrible at this. You know that, right? No wonder my sister picked you'.
Tran then drops his disguise, and his grinning skull appears, no longer masked by Dr Strange's appearance. 'She picked us ‘cuz she knew we'd kick yer arse!' Wolfsbane snarls as she and Magik move closer to Tran. 'No, no, no. you are her B-team. You're the $%&#-ups. She knew you'd spend too much time distrusting each other and infighting to ever figure out you were being used. The right mix of “blind loyalty” lack of trust and total incompetence make you the perfect pasties' Tran declares. 'Not so incompetent that we didn't make it here to stop you' Magik points out. Tran turns to Magik and tells her that he feels like he knows her so well after watching her grow up all these years, trapped behind his sister's eyes, and yet, she never ceases to astound him in the lengths she will go to apppear in control when she is the furthest thing from it. 'You didn't catch me here. I left you clues. I couldn't get past Strange's magical seal. Only your Soulsword could, darling. You opened the door for me' Tran explains.
Tran bets that the rest of Illyana's little team didn't even know they were looking for him, and tells Illyana that secrets are no fun. 'Shut up!' Illyana snaps. Tran tells the New Mutants that at least they can be happy knowing they have been carrying out her agenda for months without any of them knowing it – and can take comfort knowing that they failed and she will lose. 'i'll kill you myself!' Magik exclaims, when suddnely, a dozen or so swords are thrust towards her, Wolfsbane and Guido, surrounding them. Tran tells Illyana that if she could, he knows she would, but that hr has had years to focus and become so much more powerful and that there is nothing she can do to harm him when he is in this form. 'You can't stay like that forever' Illyana points out, to which Tran tells her he is lucky that he can kill her now so he won't have to. 'Lucky for us, we have a me!' Rictor declares as he enters the room, the two snakes wrapped around his neck, he holds up a glowing green gem and points out that his legless amphibian friends told him that being near this gaudy little piece of flare will turn Tran back to his physical form. 'We're reptiles, moron' one of the snakes hisses.
Tran suddenly reverts to his human form in a surge of energy, and, naked, he exclaims 'Silly boy, that's what I was after this whole time'. 'Oops' one of the snakes utters. 'Yeah, oops' Rictor agrees, while Magik, Wolfsbane and Guido look on. 'I banish you to Limbo!' Magik suddenly announces, as fiery energy surrounds Tran, who asks Illyana if she thinks she can just banish him with one of her little stepping dics, and boasts that having a physical body has only made him more powerful. 'But it also means we can hit you!' Guido declares as he suddenly grabs Tran, despite having several swords stuck in his own body. Guido then tells Illyana that when he goes in, she should know what to do. 'Get off! Wait!' Tran snaps, but too late, as the stepping disc rises up and engulfs both Strong Guy and Tran. 'No! Ye have ta open it back up. Guido's in there!' a shocked Wolfsbane exclaims, but Magik tells her that she can't, as she can't risk Tran getting back out, he is too powerful. Wolfsbane clutches her head and begins to cry, 'Ye can't leave him there. It's Hell. Ye can't leave him' she gasps. Magik takes the gem from Rictor and decides that it is time they have a talk with Karma.
Magik leads Rictor and Wolfsbane down a hallway, 'Tabby, we're leaving' Rictor calls out as they walk past the living room where Tabby is watching television. 'Ugh. Fine. You guys find Doctor Strange?' Tabby asks. 'No' Magik tells her, to which Tabby asks if they are still getting paid. As she feeds the strange dog some more hummus, Tabby looks up at her teammates and tells them that they look like $#&% and asks where Guido is. 'Trapped in Hell' Wolfsbane informs her. 'Geez. I miss everything' Tabby remarks as she follows her teammates outside, before remarking that Illyana told her this place would be all cool and freaky, but that it was pretty boring, and that all she did was watch TV and play with a cool dog. 'That dog is dead' Magik reveals, as she pulls her cloak down over her head.
Meantime, in Canterbury, Connecticut, 'Christian?' a woman calls out as the youth called Christian rushes through his front door and straight up a staircase, where he slams the door into the bathroom. 'Honey? Are you okay?' Christian's mother calls out from behind the door. His face glowing, he splashes water over his face and tells his mother that he did something bad tonight. His mother tells him that it is okay and to open the door. 'And now something is happening to me... Self doesn't feel well...' Christian remarks. He looks up into the mirror, his whole body is yellow and black – Techno-Organic.  There is a glow, and his mother calls out to him, asking what  that light is – when suddenly, Christian explodes, and blows up his entire house!