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Space Jail
The New Mutants have hitched a ride with the Starjammers to Shi’ar space to visit their friend Cannonball. They then became involved in the Starjammers’ mission, despite Corsair’s order to stay put and Wolfsbane secretly stole the strange egg the Starjammers were after, and hid it in Mondo’s body, leaving behind only the container. In turn, the Starjammers left them stranded in space jail (where Magik quickly showed the other prisoners who’s the boss).
A week later, they find themselves in court, represented by Sunspot’s space lawyer, Murd Blurdock, who tries to point out the alien and extra-cultural background of his defendants. Are they in Shi’ar space? the judge asks rhetorically. Do they acknowledge the existence of any space that is not now or will not soon be Shi’ar space? No, Blurdock admits. Then what exactly is he trying to stress? the judge asks and pronounces the New Mutants guilty.
Someone is not getting paid, Roberto hisses at Blurdock. The judge adds that the verdict carries a lifetime sentence. They are hereby remanded into the long-term custody of the empire. Please follow the guards to the entry portal. They are back there. They turn around to see Cannonball and Smasher. Happily, the mutants (with the exception of Mondo, Chamber and Sunspot) pile on Sam and hug him.
Good to see everyone’s behaving and generally staying out of trouble, Sam observes wryly. Smasher asks how they managed to get themselves into jail.
Starjammers, Rahne just sighs. Say no more, Sam agrees. Those guys are the worst. The worst, Rahne agrees. Dani asks how they knew to get them. Sam tells them a few years ago he snuck into their bedrooms at night and implanted each of them with a tracking device behind their ear. Shan immediately believes she can feel hers, until Sam assures her he was kidding. Roberto’s space lawyer called. Woke the baby, Smasher adds sourly.
Mondo wants to clarify whether or not they are prisoners. Absolutely, Smasher grins. They own them, but they’ll hopefully get that taken care of on the way back to Chandilar.
So, they ready to get out of here? Sam asks. Chamber enthusiastically agrees. Sam turns to Roberto, who’s been standing away some distance. How about him, grumpy? Is he going to come along or just stand there looking sour? Roberto is silent for a moment, then states he is coming. Izzy asks what his problem is. Him? he replies. referring to Sam, who wants to know what’s wrong with him. Nothing! Roberto spits. That’s the problem! Look at him! It’s been months since they last saw each other and he’d expected Sam to be a mess! Depressed, out of shape, bad hair, worse complexion. But look at him: happy… healthy… exceptionally fit… how does that happen?
Sam shrugs. Eating right… living right… Bobby on the other hand…space pirates and prison food? And what’s that he’s wearing? A jumper? Roberto admits it’s itchy. But the food isn’t that bad. Unbelievable, Sam sighs. Anybody want to snap him out of this? Smasher takes over and whacks Bobby in the face. What was that for? He shouts.
Smasher calmly asks if he knows there is a rogue division of Skrull shocktroops laying Siege to a Shi’ar outpost two sectors away. A bunch of the Imperial Guard are there having the time of their lives beating up Skrulls, and she has to be her because Sam technically isn’t allowed to take them into custody. To say nothing of the fact that they left the kid at home with someone who isn’t their regular babysitter. She suggests he get off his pampered rear-end and give his best friend a proper ‘hello,’ and then let’s go home, okay?
Does his nose look broken? Roberto asks. Tough to say, Sam deadpans, he believes this kind of thing has happened before. Bobby asks if he brought his spare outfit. How could he think he would not? Sam asks. The two hug, with Bobby finally admitting he missed Sam.
The two walk ahead. Illyana turns to Smasher, informing her she was about to punch Sunspot. Smasher suggests she take a number in the line.
Soon they are on a ship en route to Chandilar. However, they receive a message by Majestor Gladiator. Smasher demands to hear it. A hologram message of Gladiator informs her she is just where he needs her. She is to execute the order encrypted in the message immediately and with vigor.
She asks the communication officer to decode the message. Soon he congratulates her on the honor. She sighs and tells him to inform the babysitter they will be late.
The mutants, in the meantime, are in a rec suite. Sam and Bobby are sitting on a couch. Rahne is snoozing next to them and the rest sit around a table, trying their hand at a Shi’ar card poker-like game.
Dani tries to bluff Chamber. Mondo and Illyana admit that they have no idea what those symbols say. Dani insists she’s won. She’s played this before and that’s a full Empire. The winning hand. When Doug tries to correct her, she elbows him not too gently and he agrees with her version.
On the couch, Bobby brings Sam up to speed, currently telling him how Cypher invented a whole new mutant language. “Yes, he did,” Bobby states in Krakoan and adds that, whenever a new mutant comes to the island, one of the telepaths downloads the language into their brain. Sam asks if Cypher also sits on the new ruling council. Bobby explains that he speaks for the island. Still, kind of a seat on the table, Sam muses impressed. And they didn’t ask Bobby? He teases. Bobby suggests they not turn this into a thing. People make mistakes all the time. What’s important is to always have forgiveness in your heart.
Sam changes the topic suggesting big things in store for Douglas. Speaking of big things, comes the catty reply, here comes Sam’s wife. Sam rolls his eyes: someone’s still upset he got punched in the nose. Bobby points at his face: it is a work of art. If you’d walk into MoMa and started breaking things, they’d call you a vandal. You’d go directly to jail. Does he know what he sees when he looks at Bobby’s face? Sam replies. The face of a man with forgiveness in his heart. They break into laughter as Izzy joins them.
She announces there is good news and bad news: good news: they’ve been officially paroled for their crimes. Bobby decides he does have forgiveness in his heart. Sam inquires after the bad news. The Majestor has conscribed all of them into imperial service, and they are needed now!
On Chandilar, young empress-to-be Xandra listens in confusion to two senior Superguardians: Oracle and Mentor. Why now? she asks Oracle. Mentor replies evasively that things are complicated. Many moving pieces. Current majestor Gladiator ordered them to tell her the truth. They are long past the point of treating Xandra as a child.
Oracle explains that their newest galactic cluster has fallen. Titans are assembling for war. And they believe they have the Shi’ar Empire in their sight. Xandra considers this, then points out that the throne and time are Gladiator’s, not hers. Not yet. Mentor disagrees. The empire needs a Neramani on the throne and him as praetor of the Imperial Guard. He adds that she will need guidance of a kind he cannot provide. So he has sent a Superguardian to bring them the person most suitable to teach Xandra the ways of the Imperial Court. He has sent Smasher to bring her aunt home to be her advisor. Who else but the most duplicitous and violent person for this task?
On another world, Smasher and the mutants enter a structure. Suddenly, a spear is embedded in the ground before Sunspot’s feet. Seeing Deathbird on her throne, he informs Sam that he is in love.


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To the Grave
Krakoa:Armor and Glob Herman are gathering fruits and enthusing about how great Krakoa is. Hisako confides that, when she first discovered she was a mutant, she thought her life would be hiding. At the mansion, they had each other, but they were still hiding together. If only she’d known…
A little later, they have joined one of Krakoa’s celebrations. Look how happy everyone is, she tells Herman, but she also notes not everyone is here. She wonders if they can find who’s missing and bring them here. She turns to Glob to find he is gone and is now dancing up a storm with Pixie. Hisako smiles.
A little later, she visits Sage in her office and goes through some notes. Sage reminds her that Xavier sent an invitation to all mutants, so they already know. Hisako agrees but suggests they cross-reference. Maybe some people need help to get there... Sage retorts maybe they are settling their affairs first, but it’s not like she has anything better to do, so keep going.
Hisako goes thought the B’s: Bishop and Alison Blaire are accounted for, but then she finds Barnell Bohusk aka Beak. Sage admits he is still out there. As are his partner Angel Salvadore and their kids. Are those enough for her to start with, so she can get back to her work? Hisako thanks her and promises to be back once she knows where Beak and Angel are. Don’t rush, Sage mutters.
Armor tells Glob that, according to school records, they are living on a farm in Nebraska with Beak’s parents. They moved there from the Netherlands after Angel and Beak had their kids. Glob asks whether she thinks he would have a shot with Pixie. She suggests he just ask her. Embarrassed, he wants to leave and tells her to forget he said anything. Hisako finds something in the files and tells him she thinks she knows why Angel and Beak didn’t come.
Soon she enters the New Mutants’ home, the Sextant, looking for Sunspot but finds nobody except for Boom-Boom in Sunspot’s room. Boom-Boom makes up a lame excuse for being there and is clearly hurt that the other New Mutants went to space without inviting her. She asks Armor if she has something exciting for her. Armor makes excuses. There’s something she hoped Sunspot could get for her. Boom-Boom promises to help and asks her to write it down for her. In the kitchen Armor does so. Boom-Boom is not enthused when she tells her they are going to Nebraska, but at least she’s invited. She promises to find out about that medicine and asks her not to tell Sunspot she was in his room.
Two days later:Armor and Glob make their way to a Krakoan gate. Manon and Maxime run after them, asking if they can come. Armor tells them what they are doing and fears they would be bored. The twins argue they can help by mentally manipulating their friends, in case they don’t want to come. Armor is not happy about the offer. She tells them they can come, but must refrain from manipulating anyone.
Soon they are in Pilger, Nebraska. In front of them is a small farmhouse surrounded by cornfields. Glob nervously wonders if they should have told someone where they are going. Armor doesn’t see the problem. Beak and Angel are their friends. If they’d told the others, who knows who they’d have sent. They don’t need Wolverine on their doorstep freaking everyone out.
Beak opens the door and is surprised but happy to see them. He asks them in and he and Angel welcome their friends. Armor assures them they miss them and wanted to make sure they know there are people on Krakoa thinking of them. They also greet the kids and introduce Maxime and Manon. Angel tells the kids to play outside for a bit. Beak explains they wanted to come but— Armor interrupts, they know. Can she see him?
They go to see Beak’s father, who is lying on a hospital bed on a ventilator and hooked up to monitors. Beak describes how it started with his dad forgetting small things. They got worse. Eventually, his body forgot to breathe. It’s called Taylor Ellis Disease and that’s why he can’t leave. His family needs him here.
Armor sets up an infusion and explains that this island has given them many wonderful things… including cures to previously incurable diseases.
Suddenly, Mr. Bohusk’s eyes begin to glow green and he gasps as he starts breathing without assistance. Still exhausted, he recognizes his wife and son and weakly asks who the strangers are.
Armor tells the family they will be waiting downstairs.
Later in the kitchen, Beak thanks them profusely. He’d heard about the newly developed medicines but didn’t think there would be a cure for such a rare disease. Armor stresses they are family. They help each other. She adds his father will still need therapy to relearn basic skills but he should be back to normal in a few months. Once he’s back on his feet, Beak, Angel and the kids could come to Krakoa, see what they are missing.
Beak interrupts her spiel, asking if she brought others with her as he looks out of the window. Armor joins him, replying it was just the four of them. They look outside and see several dangerous looking armed men who have captured the kids. Their leader calls them freaks and tells them to come out for a chat.
Angel attacks Armor accusing her of bringing those men here. Confused, Armor assures her she has never seen them before. She promises the crying Angel they’ll deal with this. Beak hugs her and suggests it is just a misunderstanding. They should talk with those men.
They walk outside. Armor takes charge and asks what they want. The leader asks if she is in charge. He wants to make sure he is speaking to the one who can give him what he needs. Her kind have refused his people access to important medicines. That’s something he wants to change.
Armor armors up and threatens him should he hurt the kids. Unimpressed, the man looks to one of his men and calls him name. The subordinate aims a huge gun at them and fires. Armor tries to shield the others and is thrown backward by the missile.
Her powers flare out. The man informs her the missile dampens powers for a few hours. They did not come unprepared. If she tries anything again, the children will die. He orders them inside. They have important negotiations to begin.
Maxime mutters, this is why they always send Wolverine first…


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Endangered Birds
Traveling to Shi’ar space to visit their friend Cannonball, the New Mutants got involved in a Starjammer heist, landed in spacejail and been freed by Cannonball and his wife Smasher of the Imperial Guard. In the following, they become involved in Smasher’s mission to recruit Deathbird, with whom Sunspot instantly fell in lust. Less interested, Deathbird orders him to stop staring.
Chandilar, Shi’ar throne world:Regent Gladiator stands at the window and asks if there is any word. Current head of the Imperial Guard Mentor and telepath Oracle inform him that they have Deathbird and are in transit now. Three stargates from here. They assume less than three cycles of travel. Oracle points out that the return of Deathbird is a delicate situation, as many of the ruling class may object to her return. She suggests they keep it quiet for now. While hiding goes against Gladiator’s nature, he admits Oracle’s counsel is wise.
Oracle leaves and gives the intel to the Shi’ar Death Commandos, including the ship Deathbird travels on. She’ll be locking the ship out of Imperial channels as soon as they leave, Oracle promises. Nobody will hear its cry for help when they strike. She orders them to kill Deathbird and leave no one alive to tell what happened.
One day later on Smasher’s ship:Looking at space, the two odd men out (Chamber and Mondo) talk. Chamber complains they might as well have stayed at home. Mondo points out all the excitement they would have missed. Chamber continues, he was promised a space empire and all he got was space prison. Expectations have not been met. Speaking of expectations – this is the first time Mondo has been around this crowd. What does he think? Mondo muses, the girls are all fine, he guesses… except for Illyana. She’s… an animal, Chamber suggests. He agrees. What about the guys? Mondo shrugs, he could take them or leave them. Especially that Doug. That kid’s up to something. He is interrupted when they see a stargate opening.
On the bridge, the pilot announces they are ready to pass through the gate. Smasher reminds him of their precious cargo. Doug asks if he can send the access codes, and is ordered not to touch anything.
Sam is trying to talk Sunspot into not doing this. Bobby is unimpressed, since Sam always does that. Sam reminds him he is also usually right. Bobby insists this is about the other moments. The outliers, the perfect little miracles… besides, he has a feeling about this. Sam repeats, do not do this.
Smasher joins them and asks “do not do what?” Sam orders Bobby to tell her. Pointing at Deathbird, Bobby explains he’s gonna talk to the hot bird lady. Smasher reminds him the “bird lady” is the former majestrix and soon to be regent of the new empress. She’s a bit out of his league. Bobby protests he loves powerful women. He respects them. Smasher dryly informs him Deathbird has a kid. Undeterred, Bobby continues that what he loves more than powerful women is single moms. That’s a hard job. Wish him luck! He approaches Deathbird. Sam and Smasher decide if they didn’t love him so much, they’d have to kill him.
Bobby introduces himself to Deathbird. She harumphes. Roberto continues by enumerating his powers. Great fighter. Better lover. And he should probably mention he’s superrich. He buys small countries. It’s not a big deal, he humblebrags. Taken aback, Deathbird replies that she is Cal’syee and her blood is the ancient blood of house Neramani. Their nobility reaches back millennia and they are not rich. They are wealthy. She buys planets. It is a big deal. Bobby replies how refreshing it is to have someone interested in him because of his looks and not his money. This is an incredible gift, and he wants to thank her for it.
The captain informs Smasher that an imperial dreadnaught was waiting for them on the other side of the stargate. They’ve jammed all their comms and sent them a one-word message: Surrender.
On the Death Commandoes’ ship, the leader Black Cloak asks for the status. He is informed that, if their target tries to make a run for it, they can drill a hole in their ship with one shot. He’s also gene-locked on the Neramani. He can orb them at any time but it will space their ship before the Commandoes can confirm a total blackout. Black Cloak gives the order to send them a message that they are suspected of carrying contraband and they will send a team over. One boarding party? Zero out the whole crew? Field leader Flaw asks skeptically. Two, Black Cloak amends and orders them to return with Deathbird intact. He wishes to take her head himself. So ordered, so it will be done, Flaw replies and promises to return soon with the rebel.
On the other ship, the female New Mutants join Smasher, Cypher Cannonball and the staff on the bridge and ask what’s going on. The captain replies that the other ship sent a message informing him they will send a boarding party. After that, they went back to jamming their signals and sent encrypted comms.
Cypher asks Smasher for permission to decipher the comm. He does so and states the gist. They are the Shi’ar Death Commandoes. They are sending a cloaked second boarding squad and… they are planning to kill everyone aboard, he finds… to cover up them killing her. He points at Deathbird. Smasher asks Deathbird why Chandilar would do that after sending them to find her. Deathbird seems unsurprised. She is a problem politically. She represents a return of the Neramani line to the throne. She’s sure whoever sent this team thinks the only available solution is killing her. Sunspot stage-whispers he is not going to let that happen.
Magik announces that, since this is a battle, she is in charge. Smasher asks what she’s going on about and Mirage explains she’s a captain. It’s a Krakoan thing.
Magik orders Mirage, Karma and Wolfsbane to the docking bay and handle the boarding party. She tells Karma to have Mondo and Chamber meet them there.
Magik turns to Smasher, who interrupts pointing out this is a Shi’ar vessel doing Shi’ar business under Superguardian control. She’s sure Magik thinks she’s tough, but she has a mission. That’s why they, Magik refers to Smasher, Cannonball and Sunspot, are standing guard over Deathbird. She summons her Soulsword and a teleportation disk. Sunspot asks where she is going. She is handling the other boarding party, she replies.
Mondo is sitting in the lounge while Chamber is getting them both a cocktail. Mondo informs him that Karma is calling them to help fight some alien dudes in the cargo bay.
Chamber sits down and asks Mondo if he wants to go fight. Not really, he replies, and him? Chamber agrees, they clink their glasses and Chamber toasts to pacifism and to whatever it takes to stay out of space jail. So how is he going to drink that without a mouth? Mondo asks. Very carefully, Chamber deadpans.
Elsewhere on the ship, Flaw, Hypernova and Offset gain entrance by cutting a hole into the hull… to be expected by Magik. Pointing at Flaw, she asks if he wants to make out with her. Taking aback, he replies he doesn’t. Illyana asks Offset, who replies she doesn’t have enough arms. She asks Hypernova, who admits she is interested. Unfortunately, she is working. Manifesting her Soulsword, Magik tells them bad call because it was &%$* or fight, and they have chosen poorly. Quick question; are any of them human? They reply in the negative. Now they’re talking, Magik grins.
On the other ship, Black Cloak learns they have lost contact with those three, while the other team are getting their asses kicked by Mirage, Wolfsbane and Karma, who makes her foe take out himself.
Black Cloak gives the order to destroy the other ship. He presses a button, they fire at the ship and soon the other ship is damaged with the passengers now gloating in the vacuum of space.


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Fast and Furious
Krakoa:Boom Boom is dancing and drinking in the middle of a party. She slams into Pixie and spills drink on herself. Pixie suggests she lay off the booze a little. Boom Boom isn’t interested in good advice. She stumbles and falls. Pixie helps her walk home. On the way, Boom Boom complains that she helped Armor, who never even said ‘thank you’. Pixie suggests that may be because Armor isn’t back yet. She’s been gone for three days.
They have no idea what’s going on in Pilger, Nebraska, where Armor, her companions and the family of Beak and Angel are being held prisoner in the cellar of their farmhouse by a strange gang. Angel ties to comfort her kids.
One of the gang members opens the cellar door and announces that Tumulo wants to talk to the Japanese one. Armor is taken to a room, where Mr. Barnell is still recovering with his wife.
Tumulo announces with fake concern he expects they and the children are hungry by now. He explains he is from Costa Perdita. Years ago, there was a plague called Perdita Fever. The Perdita River was polluted by white men and their industry. It infected thousands. They were dying at a rate of about five hundred a day and their government didn’t know what to do. They had no treatment, no cure… and then a great white hope stepped forward. An American cracked the disease in his laboratory. Developed a vaccine. And it could be theirs… for one 1,000 dollars per dose of vaccine.
While he and the government argued, thousands more were infected. The count rose from 8,500 to nearly 65,000, and of course the price rose as well. An 8.5 million dollar problem suddenly became a 65 million dollar problem and kept on rising.
By the time they reached an agreement, it was over 100 million… and more than 20,000 were dead. The rich, white American had won. Curing a disease crated by his own kind. Armor tetchily suggests Tumulo take it up with him. With a nasty grin, he replies that he has been dealt with.
Tumulo continues that the mutants hold the world hostage with their cures. But now it’s time for someone else to benefit. She will bring someone to him to negotiate. One ton of medicine for each hostage. Armor refuses outright. She tells him to talk to his president and take Charles Xavier’s deal. They have offered access to the medicine. All Costa Perdita has to do is recognize Krakoa as a sovereign nation.
Tumulo surprisingly replies that he doesn’t want his president to take the deal. Then everyone will have ready access to the medicines and there goes Tumulo’s profit margin.
He tells her to take her time to think; a day maybe. When she agrees, they will get food. He is a very patient man. He has no doubt that she has a very strong will. But what about the kids?
Krakaoa:Boom Boom is annoying Sage, asking if this is what she does all day. Taking attendance? She should change her name to Roll Call. Not even looking up from her computer, Sage mildly replies this is not what she does all day and not all of them change their codenames like their underwear. When Boom-Boom begins to protest, Sage rattles down a list of her former aliases: Boom-Boom, Meltdown, Firecracker, Doctor Madame Mcsplode, Time Bomb, Boomer— did she miss any? Boom Boom begins to mutter that Doctor Madame Mcscplode was never— cuts her off, stating she is busy. Boom-Boom asks if Armor is back. She was going to bring Beak and Angel and how many kids do they have… a hundred? Six, Sage replies. And they are not back yet.
Boom-Boom now has her attention. Armor left five days ago with Glob, Maxime and Manon. None of them have returned yet. And she doesn’t think that’s weird? Boom Boom asks. Returning to her work, Sage replies she isn’t their babysitter.
Pilger, Nebraska, the next day:Sitting in the cellar and outfitted with powers suppressors, the mutants discuss what to do. Beak worries about his father and Glob worries about his stomach, causing Maxime to make a mean comment about his weight. Armor tells him to knock it off and assures Beak his parents are fine.
The kids complain about being hungry and Angel promises someone will help them soon and then they can all got to Krakoa…
Krakaoa:Boom Boom hikes to a distant gate. Taking a swallow from her bottle, she mutters of course there is no direct gate. Stupid Nebraska!
Pilger, Nebasra, the next day:Armor sits outside the house, tearing into a sandwich. Tumulo commends her for making the right choice. Her friends are being fed. He’ll have her escorted to the closest Krakoan Gate where they will wait for her to bring a representative from Krakaoa.
He warns her though that if she brings back any mutant like Wolverine, Magneto or a telepath, or does anything suspect, his guards will radio back and they will kill all the hostages.
Armor asks how they knew that Beak and Angel lived here, that they would come. That’s easy, he laughs and takes out his cell phone.
He shows her a site called Dox that has a headline of mutants in Pilger. He remarks that many keep up with them and are distrustful of mutants. The internet is a wonderful thing, no? Anyway, it is time for her to returns to Krakoa.
He calls three of his people to accompany Armor and reminds her once again that her friends’ lives are in her hands.
In the cellar, Maxime and Manon complain about the food to the guards, who are decidedly unimpressed.
Holding her bowl with some gruel, Angel announces she can’t eat this. She needs to spit on it to break it down, so that she can digest it. She can’t do it with the collar on. Neither can her kids. The guard laughs that he isn’t going to remove the power dampener from her and her children. Just from her, she pleads. She can do it for the kids!
Maxime and Manon come to her help and point out if any of them starve, their stupid hostage plan is done.
He finally agrees but keeps his gun on Angel. She spits some green fluid on the food then does the same on Maxime and Manon’s shackles which dissolve.
The twins use their powers to plant a false memory in one of the guards, of how the other guard killed his wife and parents, making him mad enough to kill.
Glob orders the others behind him. As the two men are about to kill each other, Glob asks the twins if they couldn’t make the two men friends instead. However, the twins consider this just vengeance for what the men did to them.
And soon outside, the others hear the sound of guns fired. Armor immediately believes that her friends were hurt or killed. The men warn her to do her job or they will shoot her, too.
That moment, the jeep behind them detonates, courtesy of Boom Boom. Swallowing some more alcohol, she points out Armor said they weren’t going on an adventure…


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Not as Hope
Pilger, Nebraska:Boom-Boom has just joined the party, taking out the men guarding the depowered Armor, who bursts out what she is doing here. Boom-Boom asks who the guys are. Drug dealers from Costa Perdita, Armor gives her the short version. Who knew Nebraska could be so fun, Boom-Boom enthuses.
From the house, the rest of Tumulo’s men fire a rather large weapon at them. Armor shoves Boom-Boom down, then warns her that this is a power-dampening gun and that the men have Angel, Beak, Glob, Maxime and Manon inside. She heard shots just before Boom-Boom got here. She doesn’t know if they are hurt or…
Actually, in the cellar, Glob is agitated because Maxime and Manon made their guards shoot each other. The twins ask if he’d rather they shot them instead. Glob points out they could have made them friends instead. That moment, another armed man comes down, waving a gun in Glob’s face. Glob takes him in a headlock and lectures the twins on fighting while causing minimum damage. Who knows how many more guards will come? Unhappily, they apologize.
Beak is a bit more bloodthirsty, seeing as what the men did around his kids. Once outside the cellar, he attacks angrily.
Outside, Tumulo orders his men to kill both Armor and Boom-Boom. They will use one of the others to negotiate. He will go inside to look what’s taking the others so long.
Inside, a furious Angel takes out one guard, while the twins brainwash the others and Glob takes care of the injured Beak, who weakly asks him to make sure his family gets out. When Tumulo shows up, the twins turn the guard Luis against him.
Outside, a gangster attacks Boom-Boom, believing she is helpless without her powers. She dispatches him with a kick to the face and remarks she’s been on black ops teams since she was like 12. She eats low level clowns like him for breakfast.
Another gangster is about to kill Armor but Boom-Boom hits him on the head with the rocket launcher (since it is out of rockets).
That moment, Glob (carrying Beak and the others) come rushing out. Angel cradles him and begs him to hold on. Armor asks Boom-Boom if she came here in a Blackbird. Drunk and fly? Nope, is the reply. Armor asks how she got here. They are in the middle of nowhere. Tell her about it, Boom-Boom agrees. The Dryve ride took forever. When Armor stammers about the cost, Boom-Boom reminds her mutants are rich now.
Angel suggests they take the villains’ truck. She can hotwire it. Glob asks about Beak’s parents, who are still in the house. Suddenly, they hear a shot fired in the house. Armor tells Angel to drive Beak and the kids away while they will handle this. That moment, Tumulo steps out, holding a gun to Mr. Bohusk’s head. He orders them out of his truck. He will take the old man along and they will not follow. Mr. Bohusk groans that he murdered his wife.
Angel snaps that, if she doesn’t get Beak to a hospital right now, he is going to die. They can’t do that without the truck. Either way, someone dies. She shouts that they moved out here to get away from people. So, they could get around without people staring and pointing at their kids. So that they wouldn’t have to expose them to people like him! But clearly they can’t escape. This world isn’t for them. So, they are going to Krakoa - he wins. But there’s no way she is going to lose her husband or let him take his father from them. Drop the gun and, if he’s lucky, maybe he won’t spend his whole life in a jail cell. But there is no way he is leaving from here!
Tumulo replies that the Bohem Cartel does not give up. They will send more men until they get what they want. He is not leaving here. He shoots the old man and warns them there will be more after him, once his government hears of what happened. Several of its citizens killed by mutants. He puts the gun to his temple and fires.
Angel and her family are horrified. Armor tells her to get Beak to the hospital. Angel gets behind the wheel and tries to calm the kids as she drives off.
Boom-Boom asks the others if they have any idea how to get out of here. She doesn’t have cell service…
Krakoa:Four days later, Armor and Glob visit Beak and his family in the Healing Gardens. They want to express their condolences but find the family actually very happy. Angel and Beak thank them for getting them from the farm. He doesn’t know what they were thinking, but they are not farmers. He rambles on, he is happy no one else but him got hurt. But his parents… Glob bursts out. Confused, Beak replies his parents passed away years ago.
Armor drags Glob away before he reveals anything else. Out of earshot, she seethes. Those little brats! She goes to find Maxime and Manon and asks what they did to Beak. They explain he was so sad, so they made him and his family think that burglars shot him and that his parents died long ago in their sleep. Happily, Maxime adds that he doesn’t have to grieve for his parents anymore, because he did it years ago. At least in his memory.
Armor lectures the twins that they cannot just rewrite memories to make them happy. It violates the others’ rights and robs them of the chance to grieve properly. And when they discover what the twins did, because they always do, they’ll grieve all over again.
Glob adds that Xavier will know too. Chastened, the twins insist they only wanted to help. Maxime offers to put their memories back. Armor considers it, swears and tells them what’s done is done, but makes them promise not to do it again.
Elsewhere, Beak, Angel and their family are happy.


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Something Rotten in…
Pershyy Misto, Carnelia:A fenced-in area. It is snowing.Inside an industrial pipe, someone moans they are sorry. She is hugging herself as she groans she didn’t mean to…
Krakoa, the Sextant:Inside, several of the New Mutants have just returned from their space adventure. Boom Boom sulks that, next time they go on a space adventure, maybe let her know. She loves space adventures. An exhausted Wolfsbane informs her that she tried to wake Boom Boom but she sleeps like the dead. Boom Boom orders her to try harder next time. Guzzling down some water, Karma retorts they missed her too. Boom Boom still whines, hey even brought Mondo and Chamber and they are not even part of the team! They are now, is Karma’s curt reply. Boom Boom sniffs that maybe she put together her own team while they were having space adventures.
Magma enters and happily hugs Dani, glad they are back. She suggests they don’t mind Boom Boom. It’s been a rough couple of weeks for her and she is taking it out on everyone. She adds that they are just heading out on mission. If they aren’t too whatever-lagged, she’d be happy for them to join.
Chamber is somewhat taken aback that Magma didn’t even seem to acknowledge his presence. Dani suggests he will have plenty of time to impress her later.
The Summer House, in the Blue Area of the moon:Cyclops is offering Magik something to drink. Stiffly, she replies he summoned her. What is going on? He explains she has been gone for a while, so he thought it would be a good time to catch up with her as one of his co-Captains. How are things at the Sextant? Illyana tells him to get to the point and he explains the Quiet Council is aware of the disaster in Pilger, Nebraska. While they understand that Armor and the others were well-intentioned in bringing mutants to Krakoa, there are four dead humans on their hands.
Magik snaps they were attacked, held prisoner and, even in defending themselves, did not kill any humans, which shows monumental restraint. Those humans that did die died at the hands of another human who took his own life!
Cyclops gently points out it could have gone another way. But it didn’t, Illyana states matter of fact. It could have been far worse, had Armor and the others not intervened. She assures him there is no need for concern and leaves.
Pershyy Misto, Carnelia:Nighttime. Two guards are looking for a missing comrade. They follow a faint cry for help into a tunnel and see him dangling from the ceiling in the grip of a surreal monster.
On Krakoa, Boom Boom leads the team to their transport, the Pacrat II. She explains they liberated it from old man Cable’s collection after he… It was just gathering dust.
As they enter the PacRat, Chamber complains why they don’t just take a gate. Magma explains that Carnelia doesn’t recognize Krakoa, so there are no gates nearby.
Dani suspiciously asks if the Quiet Council has okayed them going to a country that sees them as enemy. Boom Boom simply points out that there is a mutant there, alone in a country that doesn’t recognize mutants. She needs their help. Dani retorts she didn’t answer the question and points out what a PR nightmare that could turn into. Boom Boom asks if she knows the phrase “it’s better to ask for forgiveness than to ask permission”.
Back at the Sextant, Armor asks Cypher if there is anything she can do. Working on some, tech Cypher tells her to be patient. He asks Mondo if he can borrow him for a moment. He needs him to communicate with Krakoa, just to ensure this is all set up and working correctly. Mondo outright refuses and reminds him he told him he’d punch him in the face, if he asked him again. Doug retorts that he is prepared to take a punch in the face, if it means they can save even one child who needs help. And he’s sure Sage is going to punch him harder, if they keep bugging her for information. It’d be more than one punch, Mondo threatens. If it means he will help, he accepts, Doug replies simply. Fine, Mondo shouts exasperated.
Doug happily explains that the system should be able to see who has come through the gate and cross-reference with Cerebro records, which should allow them to create a list of who is still out there. He tells Mondo to put his hand on an interface.
A moment later, Krakoa speaks through Mondo that it doesn’t like this very much. Doug promises not to make habit of it and thanks it. The process over, Armor now has her database while Mondo throws up.
In Carnelia, cops have surrounded a high rise but are unwilling to go inside having already lost men. They are distracted when the Blackbird lands. As the New Mutants exit, the men train their weapons on them. Dani asks if anyone speaks Russian.
Surprisingly, Boom Boom addresses the cops in Russian, promising they are here to help. Angrily, the captain accuses them of bringing this thing here. Boom Boom promises to stop this but, if he keeps poking her, he will lose his hand. The captain allows them through. He figures either they will stop this or there will be five fewer mutants. Either way works for him.
Dani asks when she learned Russian. She replies, a fence who worked out of Brighton Beach only spoke Russian. She picked it up. “Fence?” Dani asks. “Friend,” Boom Boom corrects herself.
They step inside to see a glowing black sphere, where the laws of physic don’t seem to work and a mutant girl floating inside. Magma suggests she fly in and get her out. Dani refuses. Karma points out they don’t have to go in. She suggests she will try to possess her and bring her out, then they can try to control this. Dani tells her to do this. Karma focuses, sensing it is like the girl is in a nightmare.
The girl moans and then reality begins to change around her Karma gets overwhelmed. She sinks to the ground, speaking with the girl’s voice as she begs them to go away. Black tentacles emanate from her. Chamber reaches out trying to make her break contact, instead the tentacles trap him and the others, save for Dani, Boom Boom and Magma. Amara tries to attack and is dragged away by tentacles as well.
Mirage calls Cypher and informs him about the situation. Doug tells Dani not to follow and to make sure no one else gets near. He is just grabbing reinforcements.
They are about to enter a house. Sitting in front of it is a drunk Fourarm, who tells them they can’t enter, but Armor orders him to back off. They enter. Inside are several former MLF members playing pool and pissed at their intrusion. Sorry, emergency, Mondo shrugs and Doug tells WildSide, currently cutting his gross toenails, that they need his help.


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Parasomnia
Surrounded by her mental creations, a monstrous-looking mutant teenager sobs she is sorry and begs for forgiveness. The New Mutants hang as prisoners around her. Her voice comes from their minds as she tries to assure them that she didn’t mean to hurt anyone and begs for help.
Outside the dome created by the girl are Mirage and Boom Boom. Mirage fears, at the rate this thing is growing, they will have to evacuate the city. She asks Boom Boom if she can tell the Carnelian cops, who are some distance away, that they need to start evacuation. Boom Boom scoffs. The only reason the men let them through is because they believed they would be killed by that thing.
Dani points out there are thousands of people in those apartments. They shouldn’t have to die because of a few loudmouthed cops. She can’t speak Russian, so it’s up to Boom Boom. Defeated by her logic, Boom Boom acquiesces.
That moment, a Blackbird lands and they are joined by the rest of the team, Cypher (and Warlock), Wofsbane, Armor, Mondo and (surprisingly) their old foe WildSide. Boom Boom immediately gets in his face, until Wolfsbane tells her to stop. Mirage asks why they brought him along and Cypher explains they might need him, plus this a new start. They are all on the same side. Looking at the cops, he adds it is nice that the locals are helping. They are not, Dani corrects him. They hope the sphere will eat them.
In the Carnelian Palace, two guards wake disgruntled Prime Minister Prokopovych and inform him about a problem involving mutants and a kind of black hole. His presence is requested. They have a helicopter prepared for liftoff as soon as he is ready. He makes excuses that he needs five minutes to get dressed and orders them to make sure the press is there. Damn mutants, he mutters.
Krakoa, the Akademos Habitat:Magik is back and is looking for her teammates. She runs into Glob Herman and is surprised he has a chicken coop. Glob tells her it is about the eggs and they are nice to have around, then he begins extolling the different personalities of the chicken.
Illyana cuts him off and asks about the New Mutants. He can’t quite recall the name of the country they went to. Eastern European. Sounds like “carnage” but isn’t. Carnelia, Illyana suggests correctly. Glob agrees and explains a mutant needed saving there. He complains he was making them laksa for dinner and now there is no one there to eat it. Illyana asks how the cartel knew to find them in Pilger. While he prepares the noodles, he names an internet site that doxxed them, something called mutant dox or similar. They took a picture of Beak and Angel and the kids at a grocery store and they posted the address. Illyana angrily repeats that the site just posted their address on the internet, like they didn’t know that would put them in danger. Worse than Limbo even, Glob agrees and offers her some laksa.
Back in Carnelia, Cypher is having a close look at the sphere. Fascinating, he mutters. Dani snarks they didn’t call him here to fall in love with the damn thing. They know what it is, right? he asks rhetorically. A growing abyss that will swallow the whole city if they don’t do anything about it, Dani retorts. Doug explains that these are the dreams of the little girl in there. Karma was right. She is having a nightmare and pulling in the world around her.
Boom Boom scoffs, they figured that. They didn’t need him to “dougsplain” that. She suggests tossing in a bomb to wake her up. She gets ready to do just that. Doug gets in her way and scolds her. Everyone trapped in there is connected in the same neural network. If she blows this up, there is no telling what will happen to them. Boom Boom defends herself: She wasn’t going to blow her up. Doug explains that nightmares are usually just people trying to understand what is happening to them. Their brain is trying to make sense of their environment. But, in severe cases, it goes deep and is a sign of trauma. They have to go in there and connect and give her good dreams.
Dani explains that the nightmare sphere grew bigger when it pulled the others in. If that girl is drawing powers from them, isn’t that only going to make matters worse? Rahne announces it’s that likely but they need to find a way to reach her. She changes to her transitional form and sniffs the air. It smells medicine-y. She doesn’t think it is safe for them to go in.
WildSide asks if that is all they do. Standing around talking? Boring. Where’s the action? If the rest of the Mutant Liberation Front were here, they’d have already kicked that thing’s ass and be on their way to the bar. Dani orders him to shut up, then announces she has an idea how to send a small tea. In safely. Has she seen Poltergeist? she asks Armor.
In the meantime, nearby the Prime Minister is being interviewed. He proposes that this happened because they refused to sign the Krakoan Accords. Clearly the mutants are behind this. While the mutants prepare linking together with a rope, he announces they will put an end to this charade and show the mutants they will not tolerate their attempts at interfering with Carnelian politics.
Boom Boom fastens the rope to the plane and mutters she can’t believe Armor agreed to go along with a plan from an 80ies horror movie. Rahne replies she thinks it is a good plan.
The Prime Minister aggressively asks the police why they are just standing around. Their chief replies if the mutants want to risk their lives trying to stop this thing he doesn’t see why. Moron! the Prime Minister cuts him off. This is all a show. The mutants are “fixing” a problem they created. And they fell for it! He orders them to arrest the mutants.
Rahne asks what they are shouting about. She gives her three guesses, Boom Boom sighs.
Near the sphere, Armor is tied to the Blackbird. She has formed a protective armor around herself, Mondo, WildSide and Cypher. Dani announces if it seems they are in trouble, she will pull them out.
Transporting them towards the sphere, Armor wonders how long she can keep the armor up with all the extra cargo. Cypher tells her they won’t need long. If they reach the girl, hopefully Wildside can disrupt her nightmare and induce more pleasant dreams, and they’ll be out.
Boom Boom calls them and suggests they hurry as the locals are getting restless. She and Wolfsbane are surrounded by police.
Dani stays behind and tells the others to tug the line if there is trouble. Once they are inside, they realize they can’t see the outside anymore.
Inside, they are surrounded by strange nightmarish images and the girl seems farther away than she was from the outside.
Finally, they are close to the girl. Cypher tells WildSide to inject her without letting any of the exterior atmosphere in. He asks Armor to just let his claws out of the forcefield. WildSide reaches for the girl… That moment, she wakes up and glares at them. The creatures attack Armor’s sphere. They hope Dani felt the tug but the tentacles tear off the line.
Outside, Dani is horrified when she only gets back part of the line.
Inside, Armor is about to lose consciousness and begins hallucinating her dead mother and brother.


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Introduction:Sunspot narrates how Magik rescued Chamber and Mondo before they could freeze in space, after which they joined up with Karma and Mirage. After the Gen X’ers made their displeasure about the whole space adventure known, they regrouped to rescue the teammates and friends, who had been brought over to the Death Commandoes’ ship. Roberto stresses that they were in bad shape. Cannonball, Smasher and Cypher were unconscious, leaving only Sunspot and Deathbird awake. The Death Commando leader wanted to kill Deathbird. Sunspot powered up and threw himself in the way, to allow her to flee.
Later, they were tortured (mostly Doug because he cries the loudest), but then Deathbird returned to save them and kill the torturer. And then she walked up and kissed Roberto. Then she punched him. She kissed him again and professed her love. Deathbird interrupts to point out it didn’t happen like that. Roberto sighs and admits it was two punches and one kiss.
And right when they didn’t need them anymore, the rest of the team showed up.
Then they stole the Death Commandoes’ ship and made it their own (and Robert named it Deathbird). Then they headed for Chandilar.
Mirage interrupts his narration, pointing out he literally spoiled what happened in the story. Haughtily, he rejoins that he doesn’t need her to explain how to recap. She interrupts his rant to point out he skipped an entire issue. Confused, he points out that this is issue seven. He recapped issue six. She explains that they weren’t in last issue There is another team on Earth doing other New Mutants things. So, he ruined it, he realizes. Yeah, but he recapped the hell out of it, she replies sarcastically. Roberto gets to the heart of the problem: there are New Mutants stories without him?
Continuing to the real story:
Chandilar:Majestrix Xandra looks out her window to the stars, stating they are late. Gladiator tells her space is vast and they have a Super Guardian accompanying therm. Oracle adds that, in the coming years, Xandra will come to trust her most loyal soldier-citizens. The Guard live to serve the throne and they never fail. Never? Xandra echoes skeptically. Never, Gladiator stresses. Guardians die for her, but others will take their place. They understand: she lives or the empire dies.
Xandra admits he may be right about her needing counsel, but she’s never met her aunt. She’s only heard bad things. What should she expect? A bird of prey, he smirks.
Four cycles later, Deathbird arrives on Chandilar. Aboard the ship, the mutants stand around what looks like a glove. Wolfsbane licks it and asks what it is. It corrects her it is a who – Sega Death Commando. It is a lethal ball of gas. Boring, Wolfsbane decides. Bye. She leaves.
Cypher informs Sega that his team lost. But the good news is it is still alive and, if he helps them, they can let bygones be bygones. What does it say? Unimpressed, Sega reminds him it is a gas. What can they do to it?
Karma replies that with her psychic power she can do a serious head job on any sentient, but the real problem is its containment vessel. Doug explains that it’s a pressure simulator for high gravity wells. Unimpressed, Sega assumes they are playing good meatsack / bad meat sack. It’s not going to work. Doug replies what does work is that device. If he cranks the pressure up, Sega will go from gas to liquid to finally solid. Sega breaks. Not a solid! he shouts. Anything but that!
One cycle later, Karma and Cypher inform the others they are walking into a trap. Deathbird scoffs at the temerity of their foes. When Cypher adds some of the Imperial Guard are in on it, Smasher reacts the same.
One cycle later, Manta announces Deathbird to Xandra and her advisers. Tired of giving orders instead of being the tip of the Empire’s spear? Deathbird taunts Gladiator, who replies that he always serves the throne.
Xandra thanks her aunt for coming and fears she is not yet fit to rule. Deathbird smirks; she will learn. Luckily for Xandra, she is a demanding teacher. This is her first lesson: No mercy for traitors! She throws her spear at Oracle.
At the last moment, Gladiator catches it. Furious, he shouts that he allows her back into the fold and she repays him with treachery! He throws the spear back at Deathbird, but this time it is caught by Sunspot. Breaking the spear, he boasts he is faster and stronger. He asks if Deathbird is okay. Displeased, she replies that was her favorite spear.
Manta uses the opportunity to blind them all with a dazzling light and the battle between mutants and Guardians is under way, until Xandra shouts at them to stop and demands they explain themselves.
Deathbird comes clear: Oracle tried to have her murdered along with everyone else with her, including one Super-Guardian. She did this to keep Xandra off the throne. Gladiator ask if that is true. Oracle replies that he was meant to rule not serve, and certainly not serve a child.
Gladiator apologizes to Xandra and tells her he bears responsibility and will deal with this. Xandra replies hat she will deal with this. She announces that Oracle’s punishment will be to teach her to think like a soldier, not just a sovereign. She will stand side to side with Deathbird as her advisor. Oracle admits Xandra shames her… and accepts.
Mondo and Chamber ask if they can get the hell out of here now.
Later:A Krakoan portal has been established at Sam and Izzy’s place on Chandilar and a party with both mutant and Shi’ar is going on.
Illyana praises Sam’s home. He agrees and adds now that the gate is up, they can visit any time. And vice versa, Dani adds. Sam agrees. It will be good to be able to visit his family. Visit? Dani asks. So he’s staying? He’s staying Sam states. What? A horrified Roberto shouts. Sam points out that Izzy is in the Imperial Guard and they are raising a kid here. So, this was all for nothing? Bobby asks. Dani tells him not to look at it this way. What other way is there? he demands. The whole point of this was to get the band back together. He means the New Mutants? she asks. No, God, no! he shouts exasperated. He means Sam and him.
Sam offers that Roberto could always stay here. Roberto asks, he wants him to give up mutant paradise for what exactly? A space empire that spans thousands of solar systems which conceivably represent a limitless amount of action and adventure, which, sure, he was born for… Is that it? Sam smiles. He guesses he could hang out for a bit. Roberto decides.
On the balcony, Gladiator thanks Cyclops for his people’s help. Scott admits he cannot take any credit, except to say that they had some of their best people in the area. Gladiator replies debt is debt until it is paid. Whatever they ask, it is theirs. Cyclops demurs, then decides there is actually one thing. They now have a Krakoan gateway in Sam and Izzy’s home but he’d like one on that island that looks like it is floating in space. Chandilore Gladiator mutters. He can’t deny its beauty: an excellent choice. Consider it done!
Xandra taps Rahne on the shoulder and asks what she does. Rahne demonstrates her shapeshifting into a wolf. What about Xandra? She turns into a ball of light, Xandra demonstrates. Rahne licks the globe and decides she needs to go. Xanda is a bit put out.
Sometime later with the party over. Sam and Bobby sit on the balcony. Sam announces that Izzy doesn’t want Bobby to stay in their apartment. Bobby is not surprised and smirks. Sam explains that she says he would never leave. Bobby gets it: she is probably right. Sam asks where he is going to stay. Right here, Bobby replies. He just bought the building. Tell Izzy the rent just went up. And those are friend prices.
Asked as to why he did that, Bobby explains it was the closest building close to the imperial palace for sale. He did this for Deathbird? Sam groans. And them, Bobby points out. Don’t sell themselves short. Deathbird, Sam insists. Really. Bobby announces he is in love. With Deathbird. Diplomatically, Sam asks how many times he has been in love. Not counting himself. Bobby wavers between eleven and twelve. With a grin, he assures Sam he loves him too. Speaking of, he has a feeling about what the future holds for this Sam and Bobby in space stuff. Thumbs up or thumbs down? Sam asks. Thumbs up, Bobby replies and promises they are going to get in so much trouble…


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A-hunting We Will Go
Krakoa, Castle Blackstone:The twins Maxime and Manon have given Sebastian Shaw some intel regarding the events in Pilger. He thanks them. When they offer to come with him, though, he scoffs and tells them to play, or whatever it is they do. He’ll clean their mess on his own. He steps though a Krakoan gate.
The Amazon rainforest, Brazil:A turquoise-skinned young mutant runs away from some unseen threat. A red beast jumps, ready to kill him, but is shot by someone at the last moment. The rescuer tells the mutant he is safe now.
Sometime later, an X-jet lands in the hidden city of Nova Roma in the Brazilian rainforest. Out step the city’s daughter, Amara Aquila aka Magma, accompanied by two friends Boom Boom and Armor. Boom Boom complains why Magma dragged her here instead of leaving her at the killer party on Krakoa. Unimpressed, Amara tells her there is always a killer party going on Krakoa.
Amara is welcomed home by her father, Senator Aquila. As they hug, he states that she got his message. He explains his people are concerned about the trespass. They cannot allow incursions like this for fear that others will follow. Amara promised to help and tells her friends to follow her to see why they are here.
Aquila leads them to a cell which houses the mutant boy whom the New Romans found less than kilometer away from the city. They saved him from a creature that had chased him and tripped one of their alarms.
And so they welcomed him by putting him in a cell? Armor demands. Aquila retorts they treated his wounds, but they do not know what danger he brings.
In Portuguese, the boy tells them that the monsters wait for mutants to go near the gate that brings them to Krakoa; they smell them. They’ve been hiding ever since they got the message about Krakoa - him and a dozen others. Three of them tried to get to the gate. They were hunted like animals… the other two got eaten.
Aquila agrees his men tell him the same. There are beasts out there, the likes of which they have never seen. Their kind on Krakoa have kicked a hornets’ nest and innocents are paying the price.
Amara promises the boy they will find his friends and get them to safety, but first tell them which gate he found them.
Soon, Amara leads the other two young women trough the rainforest. They protest at having to hike. Amara explains that, if they take the transport, their enemies will know they are coming and hide. Besides, its easier to follow their trail on the ground; they should probably reach the gate by nightfall. Boom Boom mutters about getting Malaria. Armor points out they probably have a drug for that.
Six hours later, they have reached the gate. Boom Boom strikes ahead, announcing she will return to Krakoa and donate to whatever organization promises to cut down the rainforest. Amara tells her to wait. For the past week, she and Armor have been moping around Krakoa because—she thinks things in Nebraska didn’t go the way they wanted to. Boom Boom calls that an understatement. Amara tells her this is a chance to do some good for mutantkind. Boom Boom snaps back that, if Amara had simply told her the truth about this thing, she would have come. Would she? Amara asks. Boom Boom admits, no, she would have sent her to Wolverine. But she guesses she is here now. Next time just be honest. So she can bring the right shoes.
Armor finds herself agreeing with Amara. They need this after what happened with Beak’s parents. If these things are hurting mutants, then this is where they need to be. What they need to do.
That moment, a monster jumps out of the forest to attack Armor. She armors up her arm to fend it off. Magma shifts into her lava form and intends to help but has an attack of her own to take care of. Boom Boom runs from a third monster, throws a timebomb at it and finds it unhurt. She protests Amara’s dad killed those things with spears and her bombs don’t do anything to it - how is that fair?!
Armor tries something else and tears one of them apart. She suggests Boom Boom put the bomb inside the monster. Boom Boom tosses the bomb into the attacking monster’s mouth and it is torn apart by the detonation.
Armor finds remnants of one of the murdered mutants. Magma explains that Emma told them the Brazilian government was cooking up creatures to keep mutant form leaving. They should bring the remnants home. Maybe Beast will know the answers.
Bohem, Costa Perdita:Sebastian Shaw meets the leader of the Bohem Cartel, who greets him amiably. It is a shame they both had to lose good people for this meeting to happen, no? Addressing him as Ezequiel, Shaw sits down and opines that only one side lost good people in Pilger. The men in the Bohem Cartel got what they deserved. Unfazed, Ezeqiuel points out that Tumulo was valuable to him, which counts as good. He suggests they put that behind them. He suspects none of them want any turmoil, right? He wants to talk business. His country doesn’t have Krakoan medicines but the people want them. Shaw can help with this, yes?
Shaw replies his role is to distribute Krakoan medicines through less conventional means. That means he finds sellers and sets the price. So make no mistake, he controls the market. Perfect, Ezequiel agrees. He is the man who makes things happen, the one he wanted to see.
He can make things happen, Sebastian stresses, but he is not the mutant he wanted to see. Ezequiel put a gun to the head of his people. Thought that he could force their hand. Instead, all he achieved was making an enemy.
The men train their guns on him while Ezequiel warns him, he is no on Krakoa anymore. He is in his house. Shaw smirks. This isn’t his house anymore. He has decided to bring Krakoan medicines to Costa Perdita. However, the Bohem Cartel will not get them. Instead, he has brokered a deal with the Carrasco Cartel, their biggest enemies. With the money this will bring, Carrasco will crush his cartel. Within a month, he will be penniless. Shaw didn’t have to put a gun to his head. A handshake and a contract was all it took to crush him. “Let this be a lesson you insignificant weasel… mutants are not to be /&% with.”
Brazil:The mutant women take the rescued mutant to Krakoa and Boom Boom thanks Amara. She needed that.
In the meantime, a pale, blonde woman finds the killed creature. Calling it “poor baby,” she vows to find its killers and repay them in kind…


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Ice Cream Dreams
Trapped and surrounded by darkness, Armor sees her dead mother and brother Hisao appearing from the dark. They beg her to come with them. They claim they have been trapped here the whole time and were hoping for her to find them. They beg her to get them out. Her mother reaches out for her. Trapped in her delusion, Armor wants to free them.
Around her and still awake are the other New Mutants Cypher and Mondo, as well as MLF member WildSide, who are battling the tentacles attacking them. However, Armor has dropped the psychic armor around them making them sitting ducks. Cypher shouts at Mondo to do it. A moment later, Cypher is grabbed by a tentacle and dragged away
Outside, Dani Moonstar realizes that something has severed the line she was holding, which connected the others with her and the outside world. She shouts out to Wolfsbane and Boom Boom, who are surrounded by an army of armed cops. One cop orders Wolfsbane in Russian to lie down and surrender but she doesn’t understand. Throwing a timebomb, Boom Boom claims he said she had dog breath and needed a breath mint. As they fight, the prime minister angrily berates the film crew for not filming what those monsters are doing to them. The apologetic man begins to film.
Inside the black dome, Mondo grabs WildSide and drags him toward the girl who is causing all this. He tells him to use his power to give her good dreams.
WildSide works on her and she manifests images of chibified people, boy groups and other things a young girl would like, while the dome disappears. The girl has transformed into a purple monstrous figure, lands and cries “not again.” Dani joins her and asks if she is okay. They are here to help.
All the others are freed and WildSide sarcastically announces he is fine, thanks for asking.
Armor babbles she saw her mother and brother. Mondo helps her up and explains that was the nightmare sphere. She is okay now. WildSide wakes up Chamber with a kick. Dani calls Boon Boom over to translate.
The girl babbles she doesn’t know where she is. She just remembers trying not to sleep. Boom Boom tries to calm her. They have people who can help her control it.
Unfortunately, they are now standing in a crater, surrounded by armed police, and the PM gives orders to arrest them. Shoot if they resist!
Cypher warns that the Carnelians won’t let them go without a fight. To make matters worse, the nightmare sphere has sapped its prisoners of their powers. Boom Boom, WildSide, Wolfsbane and Mondo get ready to defend the others. Dani tells them no. They are outnumbered. When Boom Boom argues, Mirage points out they can probably take them, but not without casualties. Tell them, they surrender. Like hell they do, Boom Boom protest. Dani doesn’t like it either, but this gives them a chance to regroup and get out of this.
Fine, Boom Boom huffs but, before she can speak, Magik teleports in sparkling with energy and Soulsword raised. She announces there will be no surrender. Angrily she berates the Carnelians that those mutants came to them in a time of need to help, and now they dare raise weapons against them? That insult will not be forgotten, she directly addresses the prime minister in Russian. He gives the order to open fire but by that time the mutants have already been teleported away.
Arbor Manga, the next day:The mutants who were prisoners of the nightmare sphere are being treated by Healer, who tells them the should be back to normal after a day of rest. There is an unknown anesthetic in their bloodstreams. They need rest and plenty of fluids. When Boom Boom wants to offer her stash, he glares and makes it clear, no alcohol for a week. Sucks to be them, she pouts.
By examining their blood and this mysterious anesthetic, they will learn more about their mystery mutant… Her name is Cosmar, Karma interrupts. He continues that her body produces this anesthetic when she falls asleep like her power needs to keep her sleeping.
WildSide leaves, figuring he’s done his job.
Cypher tries to comfort Armor, who is still grieving over having seen her dead family again.
Cosmar, in the meantime, is in a special cell Forge devised to prevent her powers from taking over.
Manon asks Dani she heard Cosmar killed her parents. Dani explains she couldn’t control her powers. Manon offers to rewrite Cosmar’s memory. Dani forbids it. They can’ just remake people memories.
Illyana joins Doug and Dani as the return to the Sextant. She asks if they have heard about DOX. It’s how she found them in Carnelia and knew they were in trouble. It’s also how the Cartel found Glob and Armor in Pilger, Nebraska. The site had been publishing appearances of Beak and Angel. Revealed their home address. If the Cartel hadn’t shown up, someone else would have. Dozens of mutant addresses have been published on that site. They are monitoring most of their gates.
Dani asks if that is legal and Doug tells them it is. Illyana and Dani decide they need to do something. Glob announces he’s in but first they need to fuel up. He offers them sandwiches and laksa.


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Monster Machine
Outside Nova Roma, hidden in the Brazilian rainforest, two Legionnaires find a giant animal footprint in the ground. They figure from the size of the footprint the creature must be at least ten meters in height. They intend to inform Senator Aquila of the breach. A voice behind them tells them she will save them the trouble and deliver it herself. The beastmaster watches as one her creatures kills one man, then orders the rest to go after the running man and eat him.
Krakoa, The Green Lagoon:Magik is nursing a cocktail at the counter. She is joined by Trinary, who observes it is a little early in the day to be meeting in a bar. Magik schools her that all good clandestine operations start with secret meetings in a bar. She asks Anole for two more of the same, then orders Trinary to not keep her in suspense.
Trinary explains she did as Illyana asked and looked into that site, DOX. It looks like the comms section took over and became the site. Everybody who writes for that site is a troll. Illyana asks if she has found the caves where those trolls live. It took her about thirty seconds, Trinary retorts. She adds those people are responsible for a lot of hurt in their world. She hands Magik an USB drive with all the necessary intel. Trinary adds she could have done everything Magik plans to do from here. There is no reason for her to go through all that trouble. Illyana believes this is something best done face to face.
Soon, Magik exits the Krakoan Gate in Columbus, Ohio, followed by Mirage and Glob Herman. Pointing at a building, Magik states they have an office with a front row seat to one of their gates. Glob nervously asks if they should be doing this. They will have seen them arrive. Let them, Magik replies. Let them quake in their boots. Everything that happened in Pilger, Beak’s parents’ deaths, the attack on Glob and the others – was because of them. It’s time for a little payback!
Mirage reminds her of the Krakoan Law not to kill any human. She knows, Illyana replies. That doesn’t mean she can’t hurt them so badly they would be glad for death to end the pain…
An elderly man in a large office looks down and shouts they are coming up! He orders the receptionist to lock the door, then orders everyone to take out their phone and record everything. Remember, they are doing important work here and are not going to let the mutants bully them.
Magik kicks in the door. Start filming! he shouts Do it, Magik agrees. She threatens him with her sword. She’d love for the world to see this.
Dani grabs a laptop and announces they see him, Joseph Canning, owner and publisher of DOX online. She puts in a USB drive. They see how they are watching mutants. And she wants them to know exactly what they are doing.
The laptop shows an image of a young woman and her two kids: Annie Hayes, Mirage explains, 32. A mother of two young children. A mutant. Killed by a lunatic who tracked her using their website.
The next image: Devon Coyle, 27. Shot multiple times on his way to a Gate in Los Angeles.
Kristin Elgisdottir of Iceland, 14. Beaten by her schoolmates after being outed by their site. She’s in a vegetative state, likely never to recover.
Nash Solly, a father of four in Australia. Beaten in his home in front of his kids. He survived but he will never walk again. All those people suffered because of readers of their site.
Canning shakes his head. No way they are pinning this on them. The moment mutants moved to create their own nation and developed new medicines which they then held hostage until the world accepted them… this new world where they can dictate policy… using human lives as bargaining chips. Mutants drew the battle lines. They set the stage, they escalated the war. And they expect humans not to report that? Or is this how they plan to usher in their new world order? By blaming the actions of a few lunatics on them. They only report. They don’t tell people to go out there and commit murder.
They certainly don’t dissuade them from it either, Illyana snaps. When they post names, addresses, photos, they don’t get to feign innocence. DOX may not be the gun but they provide the bullets!
Mirage adds they are not going to shut them down but will make sure they report responsibly. She’s just altered his system: now, every time they dox a mutant, his full name and address will appear with the article.
The three mutants turn to leave. Canning shouts after them, they shouldn’t believe they have won any kind of victory here. DOX have the footage of them threatening their freedom of speech and their lives. He vows to crucify them. Was that a threat? Magik snarls. She gets ready to attack. Glob steps between them ordering enough. He then hits Canning himself, while ranting he had to deal with people like him all his live, even when he was trying to stay out of their way. They went out of their way to find him and make his life a living hell!
Dani looks on in shock while Magik grins she never thought they would have to reel in Glob.
Canning shouts at his people to get that monster away from him. Glob grabs him and vows if even one more mutant is killed because of his site, he will kill him. Even if he has to spend the rest of his life in a dark hole, it will have been worth it.
Magik tells him he made his point and suggests they go home. She tells Canning to consider this a warning. There will not be another.
Brazil:In the streets of Nova Roma, dead bodies lie strewn in the streets thanks to the creatures of the mysterious beast mistress. An injured Senator Aquila demands why she killed therm. The blonde woman replies, his people drew first blood. So, she had to retaliate. She begins treating his wounds as she states there were others. She saw them leaving in an aircraft She needs him to survive to deliver her message. She needs to know who the people in the aircraft were. Aquila refuses to tell her and would rather die.
That doesn’t surprise her. She announces that he has forced her hand, as she opens a black bag and takes out a green slimy creature. Beautiful, the woman coos as she releases the creature onto Aquila, and it burrows itself through his skin. She explains it devours organs and releases a secretion that heals them. She will keep him alive and in a great deal of pain as she grows within him. Aquila groans in agony and begs her to make it stop. Once he has done as she has asked, only then will she remove her. So in the interest of his survival, bring him the monster that killed her babies!
Krakoa, outside the Sextant:
Glob is feeding his chicken. Illyana joins him. He tells her he wants to be alone but she insiststhey talk about what happened in the DOX offices. He reveals his dad was like those people. Full of hate. Glob grew up hating mutants because his dad hated them. His friends hated them. It was all they talked about. It consumed their lives. When mutants came withing driving distance of them, his father dragged Glob out to protest against them. He has never told anyone about his family. So she can imagine how happy his father was when he mutated.
He wipes away his tears as he describes how he was now the one who suffered his father’s rage. One night, his mother snuck him out of the house and drove him to Westchester, to Xavier’s school. She kissed his forehead and told him not to call home.
At first, he hated it at school. He was stuck with mutants. He had been raised to hate mutants. Then he realized this is where he belonged, but he was still mad. Mad at humans because of everything they had done to mutants… because of everything his dad had done to him. So he lashed out and latched on to other angry kids who were feeling the same and they fed off each other. And then one day he realized what he was doing and that he was just like his dad. He had a moment of clarity and realized this wouldn’t end well. He was letting the anger eat away at him and it wasn’t healthy. He needed to be better.
And he’s been trying so hard. He’s been happy on Krakoa. They shouldn’t be afraid anymore. So, when he was face to face with those jerks, they reminded him of his father. He broke. He let his anger take over again. He hated how it made him feel.
Illyana tells him a little anger is good for the soul. It shows how deeply he cares. As long as he doesn’t let it consume him, there is no reason not to let it out once in a while.
She hugs him and tells him they did a good thing today. They saved some lives.


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X of Swords Chapter 7
Somewhere on a hill on Krakoa, Magik watches the sunset while meditating. She puts out a call on her cell to Cyclops and Cable. Cyclops tells her they are in the middle of something and asks if this can wait. Illyana explains the news is for Cable and it is not good. She tells him he needs to get back to Krakoa and bring the sword he got from Shinjuku. Cable corrects her it is called the Light of Galador and it is from space. Illyana doesn’t care. But they need it in Otherworld to fight for Krakoa.
So, it’s that bad, is it? Scotts states. Illyana is stoic about this but others are going to lose sleep about it. Cyclops asks for a timeframe. Minutes, hours, days, something like that. Scott promises they will be back as soon as possible. Maybe make some plans? Magik suggests Never know, it could always rain, Scott replies. Understood, Magik agrees and finishes the call.
Nearby the Krakoa face tree sit her fellow New Mutants, Cypher and Warlock, both chosen for the battle, Cypher as champion, Warlock as sword. He’s going to die, Doug fears. He feels he is not pulling his weight. Everyone else is out searching for their sword, and he is… him. Which he supposes they are not keeping a secret anymore. Not that they were doing a good job of it. But this feels like there is something deeper at play. Some Saturnyne stratagem. Why them?
Warlock tries to calm him, pointing out they will have more time for preparation. Warlock turns into a sword and promises no harm will come to Doug, who admits that Warlock makes a great sword.
Doug tries to swing the sword and realizes it is pretty heavy He is about to use it against a tree when Krakoa admonishes him for that. Cue for Magik to show up. First lesson, she tells him. Make sure to bring a sword to a sword fight. Got that covered, he replies holding onto the Warlock sword. Magik grins evilly. Second lesson: raise it up! Doug barely parries her blow and she cuts through the tree behind him. Easy with the trees, he tells her. No! Illyana snaps. He parries her next blow, after which she kicks him in the face.
A little later, he lies on the ground and she sits down on him. So, ten swords fighting for Otherworld to prevent an invasion, she summarizes, and if they die on Otherworld, they die for real. She hears that and all she and think is “sign me up.” What does he hear?
Later at the Quiet Council:Krakoa is clearly displeased with Cypher and makes complaints to him. Xavier asks if there is an issue. No, Doug replies quickly. Even without speaking Krakoa’s language, it is clear that the island states the opposite.
Doug asks what of Sinister’s plan to have the Hellions infiltrate Arakko and steal the other side’s swords, forcing them to forfeit doesn’t work? Xavier admits there is much about this contest they don’t know but, if there is a way to prevent putting his children at risk, they have to try it. Is that what he and Krakoa were arguing about? If the island has concerns, they owe it to it to hear them.
Doug explains that Krakoa wanted him to present the idea of having someone go to battle in his stead. Xavier reminds Doug that they are guests here, so Krakoa’s voice should always be heard. Doug continues. Krakoa is worried that, without him around, Krakoa has no voice. But the rules have been set. He has been chosen. He turns to Krakoa. Knowing what they know about the broken resurrection process, he wouldn’t want to put anyone else into this situation. He needs to show everyone he is more than just a translator. He needs to prove himself.
Xavier smiles. He understands but would rather none of his children put their lives on the line, so let’s hope Sinister puts an end to this before it has begun.
Later:Magik continues training Cypher. He smiles when he manages to block her blow. She snaps at him not to smile. He is clumsy! His stance is a disgrace, his balance worse! Has he not been practicing? Again, he blocks her and crows that he has been practicing. Not bad, right? This earns him a fist in the face. When Magik wants to attack for real, vines come alive hindering her, at Krakoa’s behest.
Magik snaps at Cypher to make the island let her go. It is not helping him by coddling him. And why would he need the island to protect him when he has her, Doug mutters, then asks the island to let her go. Which it does.
Chastened, Illyana admits that this is enough for today and adds she is trying to keep him alive. She has a funny way of showing it, he replies and half-jokingly asks her to stop hitting his face. That is his moneymaker. Warlock glares at her angrily. She’d be more worried about his face if she were preparing him for a wedding, not a funeral, is her bleak reply. Seriously he wasn’t doing that bad, Doug asks.
Illyana reminds him that their foes are Apocalypse’s children, and perhaps worse. Warriors who could wield a weapon before they spoke their first word. They have lived in nothing but violence and war and death for thousands of years in that dark place. They almost killed Apocalypse while never breaking a sweat. Defeated him more easily than the X-teams ever did. “Not doing that bad” is not nearly good enough! When the fighting starts, stay close to her. She’ll do whatever she can. Magik walks away.
Doug looks down, muttering she thinks he doesn’t know the stakes. That he doesn’t see everyone looking at him in pity like he doesn’t stand a chance. Still, he is willing to put his life on the line to save others. That has to count for something, right?
It does, comes the voice of Exodus, but he tells him truly, no one will sing songs about it. No one will tell his story. For it won’t be worth telling. At the Quiet Council meeting, Krakoa was begging him not to go, begging him to find a replacement. Doug angrily asks if he was reading his mind. Exodus doesn’t care about his feelings. He grabs Doug by the throat. There may be a loophole. In case Sinister’s plan fails. If Doug were no more… Given that resurrection cannot be carried out for some time. The Council would have no choice but to offer up a replacement. Exodus perhaps…
Warlock shows himself, about to attack. Exodus mocks he is no match for him. Warlock points out that he will be together with Krakoa. He orders Exodus to let Doug go and Exodus complies, dropping him. He tells Doug that if he wants to save them, this may be the only way… consider it. He walks off as Warlock helps Doug up.
Later in his quarters, Doug is visited by a clearly suffering Mondo, who asks him to make it stop. Since Doug is ignoring Krakoa, it is using him. Krakoa’s face appears on Mondo’s stomach. The island asks Doug to do what Exodus suggested. He is too important for the communication between island and mutantkind. He does not have to die though. Krakoa can hide him, put him into exile until this is over. It will not be pleasant but he will be safe. Doug repeats his arguments. If he doesn’t go, Saturnyne will probably not accept a replacement and their side will be one sword short. And even if it were possible, he cannot live with the guilt of sending someone else in his place and possibly letting that person die. He knows Krakoa is afraid for him. So is he. But the island has to let him do this.
Another sword practice. Cypher succeeds in beating Illyana by reading her body language. He accuses her of holding back and letting him win. Why? With a smile, she tells him he has gotten better. She is proud of him. He asks if she thinks he has a chance.
She hesitates, then announces: If he raises his sword to fight someone on Otherworld… it will be the last thing he ever does. And there is not a damn thing he can do to stop it.
A little later Doug and Illyana join Storm and Wolverine at the Corvus Glade.


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Welcome to the Wild Hunt
Flashback:Egypt, Eyalet, the sixteenth century:A popular merchant has only one son as family. The boy is kind, loving and has a special gift, mental powers he uses to protect those weaker than him, making his father proud.
However, the plague comes to the market and kills the father. The boy finds his gift of no use. With plague comes a bigger predator, who promises him adventure and never being alone again. The boy accepts. And so it was that Amahl Farouk came to meet the Shadow King…
The present:The Akademikos habitat:Danielle Moonstar and Xi’an Coy Manh are sharing a table. Dani asks Xi’an when was the last time she slept. She dodges the question, laughing when was the last time any of them slept? Danie insists: since when has Xi’an had those nightmares? Since before Otherworld, Karma admits. It’s partly about what happened there but, being trapped in Cosmar’s nightmare sphere, it feels like something inside of her activated. She can’t remember when she wakes up, but it makes her feel scared to sleep. She berates herself. They are stronger than ever, they can’t die, and here she is, too scared to sleep.
Dani reminds her they both know there are thing worse than death. She offers her hand. Shan asked for help. Let her. Karma announces she is ready.
Dani manifests her dream, as Shan narrates. It always begins the same way. They are surround by the horde, back to back, fighting desperately. When she touched the mind of the Arakkii, she fought. It was cold and hard like a blade but, in the dream, it’s different. It’s like she stuck her mind in a fire. There is so much hate and it’s all for her.
The face of the Arakkii transform, showing a Vietnamese looking young man. Karma knows him but can’t remember why. Dani muses she feels a pull, like someone is interfering with their connection. She can almost feel her fear.
She breaks off the connection. Karma admits she feels like she is losing her mind. Dani promises they will get to the ground of this.
Magik enters and Warlock wheedles after her. Illyana sternly reminds him of the rules. No talking to her in the morning, until she has had her coffee. She grabs a large container of coffee and orders him to bother Doug. Warlock sadly admits he doesn’t want to bother Doug or Bei while they are being happy together.
Illyana changes the subject and asks what they just interrupted. Secrets don’t make friends. When Shan doesn’t answer, Dani retorts that stuff makes Magik paranoid. She might want to tone it down. When Magik keeps on asking, Dani orders her to drop it. Karma gets up and announces she forgot something in her room. She doesn’t want to make them late.
Dani and Warlock both glare at Illyana, who doesn’t know what’s going on. Rahne joins them and reveals Xi’an is having trouble sleeping. She sometimes hears her crying at night. Dani is using her powers to try to help her process everything. She does it for Rahne too, when it gets too much. Surprisingly, Illyana replies that is nothing to be ashamed of, they all have their demons. Some of them more literally, but that’s true. Rahne fist-bumps Illyana. They both know what it’s like to live with shame and guilt. You can’t magic that away.
There is a loud knock. It’s James Proudstar, in very skimpy training pants, who reminds them their groups are waiting for them. They might get bored at each other if they don’t hurry.
Rahne whispers to Illyana that she can’t believe he is wearing that. Illyana shouldn’t have lied about the uniform. Insulted, James points out it moves well and is much more breathable than his old one. The four women join him.
Soon, the kids are training. Fauna is on the run but leads his hunters into a trap, where his teammates, the Ferals – Nature Girl, Anole and Scout - are waiting. The Elementals, Petra, Sprite, Rain Boy and Dust, join the battle. Fauna taunts that he sees Sprite’s underpants when she flies above him. How dare he? she shrieks. Chastened, he replies he was just trying to trash-talk, like Anole said. Nature Girl uses Sprite’s distraction to bind her with some vines.
In the meantime, Petra uses her earthmoving powers to hold off Anole, Scout and Dust’s attack. Rain Boy takes out Anole.
The New Mutants applaud them and tell them to circle up. Mirage opens that they have all come a long way in the use and refinement of their powers. They should be proud. Magik agrees. They believe they are ready for the next stage: Synergy with their fellow mutants. The kids look at them questioningly. The New Mutants order them to pay attention as they form two teams: Magik, Wolfsbane and Mirage against Karma, Warlock and Warpath.
One example of synergy is Mirage working with Magik to have Dani’s protection range extended via Magik’s teleportation circles. Another is Magik / Wolfsbane: one wolf falls into her teleportation circle, five wolves come out.
Warpath and Warlock team up to form a psychically shielded, strength-enhancing armor, though they find the other team has them surrounded.
The session over, the kids consider this awesome. The New Mutants explain they will shake up their groups, have them work with different mutants to work with different power sets.
Scout asks what happens if the synergy makes things more dangerous. A good question, Rahne replies, but belonging to the old way. Resurrection allows them to explore more fully who they are as individuals and a people. But what happens if someone like her dies? Scout insists. Not understanding, Rahne replies she would be resurrected. Scout demands, how come Evan hasn’t been resurrected yet, or Madelyne Pryor? She heard Havok say they weren’t going to bring her back because she is a clone. Why would that matter? It shouldn’t, Illyana agrees.
Another student suggests, maybe, it’s because the Goblin Queen hurt people. Scout shoots back so did like a bunch of people here. Mr. Sinister is on the Council! Illyana ruffles her hair. She’ll tell her what she told Havok: Madelyne was actively harmful to mutants and humans alike. There aren’t many laws, but she broke the ones they have. And Evan could still be in the resurrection queue, ok? She dismisses the kids. Scout clearly doesn’t believe her.
Later a group of youngsters - Anole, Rain Boy, Cosmar and No Girl – make their way through the wilderness to a certain destination. Along the way, when Rain Boy teases Cosmar with a horror story, she briefly loses control of her powers and warps him. Anole tries to comfort her but she is frustrated with her powers and the danger they pose. Rain Boy, who is clearly smitten with her, assures her she is getting better at controlling them. Martha use Anole’s body to order them to stop flirting.
They reach a cave and enter. They grow more nervous and wonder if they should have come. The man sitting at the fire there, Amahl Farouk, assures them he has been waiting for them. The kids gush they have so much to tell him. He assures them he loves hearing stories and promises they have all the time in the world…