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Oasis
Hong Kong, Victoria Harbor, 2090…
Shakti runs for her life. She thought that she could lose herself. She had begun to feel safe in her anonymity. Now, Shakti knows better. She recalls her father, Dr. Zail Haddad, who has the wealth and resources of a small nation at his command. Now, Shakti believes that it was madness to cross him so publicly. She’d barely escaped his operatives in Prague, Istanbul, Chenaya and in Casablanca. Shakti hopes that she can reach the ferry to Kowloon, so that she might be able to disappear in the back alleys of Tsimshatsui.
She reaches the ferry, but is awaited by Lokjaw! Lokjaw shouts that Shakti was able to get away from him in Morocco, but promises that she won’t be that lucky this time! Shakti recalls what happened three months ago. She led the cyborg into a mosque of the true human jihad, knowing that the genetic fundamentalists would take violent offensive, and the intrusion of the mechanically augmented tracker. Lokjaw grabs Shakti’s arms, and tells her that she is a disappointment to those who have invested so much in her. Lokjaw says that Shakti repays generosity with spite and disdain.
Shakti doesn’t understand why. Because she refuses the role that “the great doctors” had assigned to her? Because she dares to live her own life? Lokjaw explains to Shakti that her father raised her to run his bio-shops. She should be grateful to him. Shakti gets angry, because she knows that, though her father made a fortune by selling flesh by the pound, but she doesn’t want any part of him! Lokjaw tells Shakti that she has no choice and has to come home with him. “No,” Shakti shouts, “Not now, not ever!”
She attacks Lokjaw with a psychic blasts and fears that she will never be free of this kind of situations. Shakti knocks out the human half of the cyborg, but the mechanical half is still running and begins pursuit! Shakti keeps on running and knows that she can’t shut a computer brain down psychically. She runs into a dead end and is trapped.
Suddenly, Lokjaw is attacked from behind by an electric shock and drops into the water. The man responsible for Shakti’s rescue introduces himself as Ryu Kobolt, and reveals the electrical charged blade he used to knock Lokjaw down. Ryu knows that it’s brutal, but it was a necessary evil. He knows that you simply can’t reason with corporate cyborgs: they are programmed to be stubborn.
Shakti is confused why Ryu helped her. Ryu reveals that his employer, Feng Huang, is aware of Shakti’s current plight, and had instructed him to offer Shakti asylum here in the People’s Republic. Shakti wants to know what the so-called Red Birth of the South gains with helping her. Ryu explains that Huang and Shakti’s father compete in the international market. He says that it will enrage Zail to see his daughter given haven by a rival he cannot touch. Ryu knows that it’s a small psychological advantage, but it’s an advantage nonetheless.
Shakti doesn’t want to be anyone’s pawn, but Ryu promises that there will be no obligations if Shakti accepts the offer. He asks Shakti if she isn’t tired of the running. Shakti confirms, and accepts the offer and goes with Ryu.
New Mexico, 2099…
The winged mutant Bloodhawk soars toward his desert home, unaware that he is being watched. Pandora finds Bloodhawk to be magnificent, and informs her partner Memphis that Bloodhawk is within reach.
Memphis says that he sees the mutant. He may be old, but he is not blind. Pandora says that in regard of Memphis’ advanced years, perhaps she should get the impulse cannon. Memphis appreciates the concern, but his aim is still true. Memphis fires electrical shocks at Bloodhawk and hits him! Bloodhawk falls down. Pandora fears that the Architect will not be pleased that they have harmed him. Memphis tells her not to be worried. He tells Pandora to look at the many scars Bloodhawk has over his body: he has survived worse. Memphis tells Bloodhawk that when he gets up, he will be in a better world.
Some time later, Bloodhawk wakes up, but is bounded on a surgery table. He wants to know where he is. Pandora explains to Bloodhawk that he is in the Promised Land. It is a new world in which the sins of the old will be washed away. Pandora also tells Bloodhawk that his restraints are for his own protection. Memphis orders Pandora to stop talking, because he realizes that they won’t win Bloodhawk over by using big words.
Pandora touches Bloodhawk’s head, and says that he will trust her. She can soothe Bloodhawk’s angry soul. Bloodhawk shouts at Pandora to get away from him, but she doesn’t listen. Pandora’s scent is insidious and intoxicates Bloodhawk. Becalmed, his body reverts back to his human form! Bloodhawk wants to know what Pandora did to him.
Meanwhile, Shakti, La Lunática and Tim stop outside a ghost town near the Kansas-Colorado border. Tim feels like they have been chasing the wind. Luna thinks that Shakti’s sixth sense might have been wrong this time. Maybe her elusive friend doesn’t even exist. Shakti knows that she isn’t imagining things and knows that her friend is out there. Shakti says that the presence of another mutant triggers a response like a Geiger counter on her. Though the mutant kept out of sight, Shakti knows that he is as real as they are.
Tim hopes that the mutant will be worth their effort, since he made them cross two entire states! Shakti believes that after the death of so many at the Death Valley slaughterhouse, it is imperative that a link between the surviving mutant populace is established. And it’s up to the X-Men to make that connection.
Tim thinks that they better split up, so that they find the mutant faster in this big region. Shakti agrees, but warns her friends to watch themselves, because they haven’t determined yet whether or not their quarry even wants to be found. Tim and Luna stay together and find a house.
Luna smells that someone has been inside there recently. Tim knows that Luna has heightened senses, but wants to know how she could possibly know that. Luna reveals that it’s because she is a hunter, and she can smell blood. Tim says that he grew up in a corporate workers territory and always wondered how the executive class lived.
As they move on, Tim doesn’t see that he walks over a security beam and activates the Jarvis 9000 unit! Jarvis says that as a holographic major domo, he is here to serve them. Luna doesn’t know what it is, but Tim guesses that the previous tenants must have forgotten to cut the power reserves when the company left this development. As the two mutants joke about the possibility of living in this house, they get attacked from behind by Ezekiel Boddington.
Ezekiel sees Tim and Luna as his enemies and won’t stop until they are defeated. He also mumbles things about a “temple of abomination.” Tim and Luna aren’t impressed by Ezekiel and quickly defeat the guy, not believing that he is Shakti’s mutant. Tim and Luna walk out of the house, and wonder what Ezekiel meant with the temple of abomination remark. As they think about it, a windborne creature sweeps past them and secures their attention, knowing that they will follow.
Nearby, Shakti too gets bothered by a weird creature, which is caught up in flames. The creature tells Shakti that she is getting warmer and warmer by the second – she is practically red hot!
Shakti thinks that the creature is the mutant they came looking fore, but knows that there is something weird about his presence. Something incomplete. Shakti calls out to the creature and asks who he is and why he has led her here. The creature flies away and says that this is not Shakti’s final destination. She must follow him. Since Shakti has come this far, she won’t let the creature go away that easily and follows him. Shakti meets up with Tim and Luna, who are following their creature as well.
The flame creature meets up with his partner, Zephyr, and informs her that Shakti is theirs. Zephyr asks what they are going to do with Shakti’s partners. The flame creature says that they are not of their concern, and knows that the Architect will deal with them. Luna doesn’t like it and thinks that they are being toyed with. Shakti goes at full speed, but Tim and Luna warn her to stop as the road is on a dead end.
They’ve lost the creatures. Shakti tells the others to look around, and they all see a gigantic palace! And the creatures fly towards it as well. Tim finds it suspicious, because his satellite map indicates that there is nothing in front of them but wide-open plains. Luna believes that the palace could be one of Doom’s secret projects, hidden from statsweep by a stealth field. Shakti doesn’t think so, realizing that if their Latverian President would want them there, he would have been more direct. Luna asks what they are going to do. Shakti notices the creatures heading towards the palace, so she decides to go in as well.
They enter the place, and are surprised to see no guns being pointed at their heads, like usually happens. Tim fears that it might be a trap. That’s good for Luna, she says, because she has felt like being in Halo City for too long already. Shakti says that their arrival is no secret, and believes that they are expected. After a little scouting, the trio finds a small door, but a bright light shines inside it. They decide to check it out, and… find a true Garden of Eden!
The X-Men are speechless and don’t believe that what they are seeing can actually be reality. Shakti is certain that despite they are free to walk around, that they are being monitored. And she is correct.
Suddenly, a hand touches Tim’s shoulder from behind and welcomes his friends in Oasis! The X-Men look around, and recognize… Bloodhawk! Tim is surprised to see him here, let alone in his human form! Bloodhawk cheers that his new friends, Memphis and Pandora, had brought him to this magnificent haven. Bloodhawk finds that the X-Men should be honored to be here as well.
Tim isn’t sure, but thinks that Bloodhawk doesn’t sound like his usual self. Pandora agrees, and comforts the others by explaining that, in his short time here, Lemuel has profoundly changed. She says that he is no longer a misanthropic outcast, driven by rage. She knows that the Oasis has finally given him peace. Tim is surprised to find out that Bloodhawk’s real name is “Lemuel.”
Luna too is startled to see Bloodhawk in this state. She remembered their last meeting, when he almost killed her. Now, she is more afraid that he is going to give her a hug! Shakti explains to Pandora that two mutants have led them here, and senses that Memphis is one too. She wants to know if everyone in Oasis is a mutant. Memphis declaims that statement, and explains that they’ve got lab rats, like Pandora, dynastics, norms, and even a couple of cyborgs. But Memphis doesn’t want to explain everything. He wants to give those honors to the one who build this place: the Architect!
The Architect, dressed in full battle armor, proudly descends some stairs and happily greets the X-Men, as he has been waiting for them. The Architect apologizes for the rather cryptic means of bringing them to Oasis, but he knew that Shakti would not ignore the mystery posed by Zephyr and Inferno. Shakti realizes that the Architect seems to know a lot about her, but she has no clue who he is. The Architect takes off his helmet, and says that he has taken great pains to keep the Oasis’ construction and existence secret, and claims that he could not risk revealing himself until they met face to face.
Shakti can’t believe it: it’s Ryu Kobolt! Ryu confirms that he is indeed the one, though a little bit older than the last time he and Shakti met. Shakti is confused, because she believed that Ryu was dead. Ryu and Shakti shake hands, and Ryu says that he is as surprised as she is to be still alive. They both remember their final hour together. Shakti asked Ryu why he always pushes her away when they get close. She knew that he feels the same way about her as she does about him.
Ryu apologized, because he thought that there was no future for them together. He found out that he had a rare degenerative disease, which slowly consumes his body and, at the same time, destroys his nervous system. Shakti thinks that the brilliant doctors Feng Huang has at his service might have a solution, but Ryu knew that there is no cure. Shakti suggested they beat this together. She knew that they could. Ryu didn’t want to do that and left Hong Kong that same night. His last words to Shakti were that she was an incredible woman and that he didn’t want her to waste her love on a dead man.
Shakti grieved a long time over Ryu, and he can’t imagine how she must feel now. Ryu explains that he might as well had been dead the night he left. He says that, without Shakti, he had lost all reason to live. Ryu reveals that, if it weren’t for Memphis, he would have never found his way back. Ryu explains that, after he left Hong Kong, he wandered the world wearing a death wish on his sleeve. He ended up on Hellrock, a toxic hell hole off the Atlantic coast, and the lone human combatant in Deathstryke’s Mutroid Arena. Ryu says that, if his chemically mutated opponents didn’t kill him, the poisoned atmosphere surely would. He wanted to die.
Ryu remembers that, luckily for him, Memphis was then running black market trade to the island. Ryu found out that Memphis was a mutant with enormous environmental adaptability, so he couldn’t be affected by the mutagenic ether, which turned men into mutroids. Memphis rescued Ryu from the mutroids, and convinced him to leave the island before he was irrevocably transformed. Ryu’s exit angered the mutroid promoters whose freakish fighters Ryu had killed.
Memphis kept them at bay with a small wall of lightning, which is Memphis’ secondary mutation. Ryu know realizes that it wasn’t from the mutroids that Memphis rescued him from. No, Memphis rescued Ryu from himself. Soon afterwards, Ryu learned that Memphis survived the terrible camps of the Purge, where thousands of mutants were intervened and killed. Memphis stops Ryu, and tells him that their new friends don’t want to know his past. The Architect calls Memphis too modest, realizing that without the old man, Oasis wouldn’t even exist. Ryu says that Memphis taught him that through the horrors of the world may have cast a long shadow, but that they cannot surrender to it.
Ryu thanks Memphis for showing him that humanity can be saved, if they were only given a second chance. That’s how Oasis was born. Ryu reveals that in secret, he assembled a small group of visionaries, engineers and geneticists, who committed to undoing the mistakes of the past and building a better future. With their resources and expertise, Ryu and his friends created a self-sustaining environment, which is designed to house a community of radically and genetically diverse men and woman. He says that a geothermal power station will supply the Oasis with clean energy for centuries. He has build hydroponic farms, which produce nonsynthetic grain and vegetables that are free from chemical contamination. Oasis and its inhabitants are prepared to outlast the politics and strife that are destroying the present.
Shakti is overwhelmed. Ryu knows that she is skeptical as well and understands it. He asks Shakti that she and her friends take some time to look around and see all that they have accomplished themselves. And, in the end, Ryu hopes that the X-Men will realize that they belong there.
Some time later, Tim and Luna have already walked around a bit. Tim realizes that a community of humans, mutants and degens working together is everything that the X-Men have been trying to accomplish. But now he feels that a kingdom like this feels too good to be true. He wants to know why. Luna says that’s because Tim knows to well how the real world works. Luna also knows that nothing is what it seems to be. She wants to find out something that’s wrong with the place.
They find a closed door and try to open it, but access is denied. Pandora and Bloodhawk show up and ask Tim and Luna to respect the few boundaries the Oasis has. Tim asks Bloodhawk if this place is really true, because he is the last person Tim expected to find in a contained environment. Bloodhawk is certain that Oasis is sincere, and that the Architect offers the only hope for humanity, and he is fortunate to be at his side. Luna angrily shouts at Bloodhawk and asks him where his fire is. He used to be a warrior! The state he is in now finds Luna pathetic.
Bloodhawk orders Luna not to talk to him like that. This attitude suits Luna better. Pandora holds Bloodhawk back and asks him to remain calm. She knows that Luna is only trying to provoke Lemuel. She knows that there is no need for violence. Pandora realizes that the outside world has made Tim and Luna the hard persons they are today. If they feel the Architect’s generosity, Pandora says, nothing can be done for them. Bloodhawk agrees and walks away together with Pandora.
Tim thinks that Bloodhawk is in love with the woman. Luna doesn’t think so, and tells Tim that he wouldn’t have noticed it without special senses, but Luna felt that, when Pandora touched Bloodhawk, her body scent changed dramatically. Pandora has Bloodhawk under some sort of pheromonal control. Tim thinks it’s for the best that they tell Shakti that there is trouble in paradise.
Meanwhile, Shakti is alone with the Architect. He sees that Shakti is upset. Shakti says that she is, because for ten years, she thought that the man she loved was dead. She swore that no one would ever get that close to her ever again. It would hurt too much. No, Shakti says, she isn’t upset. She’s angry. Ryu tells Shakti that he never meant to hurt her. He claims to have thought about her a lot.
Shakti doesn’t believe that, and wants to know why Ryu didn’t contact her and let her know that he found a cure. Ryu says that’s because he hasn’t found a cure. The disease is still inside his body. He reveals that his right arm and both legs were replaced by cybernetics, and that the armor her wears regulates his damaged nervous system. Ryu has only bought a few years and devoted them to Oasis. Shakti agrees that it’s an amazing accomplishment, and is glad to see Ryu again, but she can’t be a part of this. Her loyalties are to the X-Men.
Ryu shows Shakti the plans he made. He is certain that, once the cleansing has been completed, the X-Men will no longer be needed. He says that the citizens of Oasis herald a new humanity that is free of radical distinction. Shakti doesn’t like the sound of “cleansing.” Ryu doesn’t like it either, but finds it to be a necessary evil. He believes that the Earth can’t support the weight of ten billion people. He has armed a half dozen harbinger omega missiles with a short-lived but lethal retrovirus. Ryu adds that, there in the Oasis, his people will be safe from the virus, and will be cryogenetically frozen in the sublevels. He says that while they sleep, the Earth will have time to heal from wounds inflicted by commerce and wars.
Shakti thinks that the disease has infected Ryu’s brain. She knows that he can’t be true about his plan. Ryu is. Shakti can’t allow that to happen and attacks Ryu! Ryu isn’t harmed by the attack, because, during his mercenary he had enough telepathic attacks, and took advantage of the knowledge to install psychic dampers into his armor. He fights back and defeats Shakti with a single slap. Ryu regrets for having to do it but, nonetheless, brings Shakti to the suspension chambers and puts her into one. He activates it and, when Shakti awakes, he hopes that she will know that he was right about it all.
Meanwhile, Bloodhawk sits alone in the Atrium, thinking about a lot of things. Memphis approaches him and tells Bloodhawk that people are looking for him. Bloodhawk says that he needed to have some free space, because he can’t think straight when he is with Pandora. Memphis has found that out too. Bloodhawk is confused if he truly belongs in Oasis. Memphis tells Bloodhawk that he is needed in the Oasis, and is to be one of the Father’s of the new humanity. Bloodhawk knows all that, since Pandora has told him that several times, but he can’t shake the feeling that he has changed somehow.
Memphis agrees, because he went through the same thing. He says that sometimes, it’s best that you don’t think about it. Bloodhawk reveals that he has no love for mankind, since it continues to destroy and defile the Earth. He doesn’t see how a virus that destroys indiscriminately be just. Memphis again explains that he has lived through the Purge and believes that justice doesn’t exist. He reveals that he has watched everyone he cared about get killed in the name of racial purity, and one that’s been repeated since the dawn of man.
Memphis thinks that maybe it’s time that the human race was put out of its self-inflicted misery. Bloodhawk asks Memphis if he truly believes that the Architect’s plan will work. Pandora shows up and informs the two men that the Architect is ready for the final stage of his plan. She and Bloodhawk take off together, and Pandora warns Memphis not to have second thoughts about it, because he to might not survive the attack. As they are gone, Memphis whispers that he will survive. He always does. It’s his curse.
At the same time, Tim and Luna try to enter the suspension chamber, but the access is once more denied. Tim channels the door’s electric current back, and so the two mutants are able to enter the place. They wander around and find hundreds of people trapped inside the chambers, and Shakti as well! Luna reads that Shakti has only been inside for twenty minutes, so she sees no harm into setting her free. Luna smashes the chamber and gets Shakti out, but then they get attacked by Zephyr, Inferno and Kragg!
After some heavy fighting, the creatures decide that they’ve had enough of it and want to finish the battle. They gather around each other, and transform into Triumvirate! Tim and Luna try to find a way to win the battle but see none. The Architect commands Triumvirate to kill them both, since they have decided not to join him. Bloodhawk overhears the battle sounds and as he sees his friends fighting he decides to help them out. The Architect is furious about it and attacks Bloodhawk and strikes him with his electrical charged blade!
Bloodhawk survives the attack, but Ryu wants to try a second time and kill the mutant. Shakti tries to stop the fighting and to bring Ryu back to his senses. He doesn’t want to listen to her reason, nor to Memphis’. Memphis won’t allow Ryu to complete his plan and attacks his friend, and damages his armor in the process. Ryu is sad to see Memphis having turned against him. Shakti notices the opening in his armor and uses a psychic blast to bring Ryu down.
Shakti asks Ryu to stop his plan, if he ever truly cared for her. Ryu says that he can’t, since he already activated the missiles. Memphis tells Bloodhawk to fly him to the missile silo. Bloodhawk does, and asks Memphis if he is going to dismantle the warheads. Memphis knows that would take too long, so he is going to detonate them before they leave the Oasis. Bloodhawk calls that suicide, but Memphis is sure that Bloodhawk will be able to escape the blast before it hits. Memphis himself might die, but perhaps his mutant powers will save him once more.
Memphis isn’t afraid to die. Bloodhawk drops him off and takes off. Memphis prays to the Lord to justify the bad things by doing the thing he is going to now. He uses his powers and destroys the warheads. The X-Men try to escape as well. Luna wonders what to do about the humans inside the suspension chambers, but Shakti says, since they were willing to sacrifice their lives for the Oasis, they wouldn’t be able to get them out anyway. The Architect remains inside as well and cries when he sees his perfect world destroyed. The X-Men make it out in time and see Oasis collapses.
Shakti finds it a shame, because she truly wanted a place where there would be no fear or racism. Luna knows that will never happen. Shakti doesn’t agree, and thinks of it as a dream worth having. And even if Ryu’s obsession warped it beyond recognition, it’s still worth fighting for. Tim, Luna and Bloodhawk gather around Shakti, and proudly agree with her.
 “The fate of the architect is the strangest of all. How often he expends his whole soul, his whole heart and passion, to produce buildings into which he himself may never enter.” - Johann Wolfgang van Goethe, 1808.


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Night of the Sentinels
The Watcher introduces himself from the Blue Area of the Moon, where he observes alternate realities, divergent universes which appears much as one's own, but that upon closer observation are different. One such reality, this one, mutants are a persecuted minority, and Xavier's group of X-Men have formed, searching for peaceful co-existence. Here, their first encounter with the mutant-hunting Sentinels occurs differently than on another world, altering the group dynamics in subtle ways. 'Witness the destruction caused by Sabretooth, gaze upon the wrath of the outcast turned against an unsympathetic socieity. Look at the result of man's ostracism and hatred unleashed! See what this distorted mirror reflects...'.
Sabretooth roars as he lifts a car overhead and embarks on a rampage. 'HERE!' he shouts as he tosses the car towards a camera crew, filming the trouble. 'Another outbreak of mutant violence today in New York City...' an announcer's voice can be heard saying, while a middle aged couple watch the report on the news.
'She's one of them, you know. One of those mutants – our own daughter – Jubilee. Remember how the VCR was melted after she used it? You know what we have to do' the man remarks to his wife. 'You mean register her with the government like she was some sort of criminal? Never, Martin!' the wife exclaims, but Martin asks his wife what she wants him to do – break the law? 'It's for her own good. She needs help' Martin decides. The woman tells Martin that he would never suggest this if Jubilee was their own daughter, and not adopted. 'Martha, be reasonable. You know what'll happen if the neighbors found out. Please...' Martin remarks, putting a hand on Martha's shoulder. 'But she's so young Martin. So young...' Martha replies, both of them unaware that Jubilee has been listening from the staircase.
'Register her with the government? Oh – they'll take me away from Mom and Dad. I'll never see them again!' Jubilee realizes. Tears fall from her eyes, and she clutches her head, wondering why she was born this way. 'I didn't ask to be what I am. Just let me be a normal kid like my friends. It's not my fault! Not my fault!' she thinks to herself, before slumping to the floor.

She puts her head into her arms and wonders if anything could be worse than this, unaware that outside, in the still of the night, a large purple and pink robot has descended into the neighborhood. It lands with a mighty THOOM and starts  to lumber down the street, its target has been pinpointed, with imminent distance twenty meters away. It scans the houses along the street, until it gets to 764 Lucille Court West. A file pops up in the robots' eye, and a headshot of Jubilee confirms that she lives at this home. 'Execute target acquisition, subroutine' the robot declares, positively identifying the mutant, it commences target acquisition by plunging its massive arm through the window of Jubilee's bedroom and grabbing her bed, yanking it out into the open air. But the large robot sees that it has made an error. 'Non-mutant pillow in contour of human body covered by blanket' it states, announcing that Jubilee was not in her quarters. With the target's new whereabouts unknown, the massive robot takes to the air to recommence its search.
But hearing the commotion, Martha and Martin rush into Jubilee's room, 'Omigod! What's happened?' Martin gasps as they see the destruction. 'Jubilee? Jubilee?' Martha screams.
Jubilee, however, is alive and safe at an arcade in large shopping mall. 'C'mon, you robot goonies! I'll teach you to invade my universe!' she exclaims as she fires the guns at robots in space. 'Yeah! That's it! No robot's getting me!' Jubilee declares as she blows up the robot on screen. Suddenly, colorful sparks burst from her hands, and the controls make a hissing sound.
'Hey! Look what you did to my game! Ya melted it with yer hand! You must be one of them blasted muties I been seeing on the tee vee!' the arcade owner shouts. Letting go of the melted joystick, Jubilee tells the man that she is sorry, and assures him that she will get her mom to pay for it. 'Gotta go now!' she adds as she rushes from the arcade, out into the general walkway space in the mall. 'Get back here, mutie! Yer gonna pay for what you did! Hear that! Yer gonna pay!' the arcade owner shouts after her. 'Man, am I in dutch! If they catch me, I'm a goner!' Jubilee thinks to herself, deciding that she can't go there again. 'And they had such neat stuff! Nuts!' she laments, while a shopper nearby notices a large shadowy figure approaching the mall, seen through the large glass windows. 'What the heck is that thing? A Macy's parade float?' they wonder.
But it is the large robot again, and it bursts into the mall, reaching down for Jubilee to acquire its target. 'Great! Now I got a giant Transformer on my butt!' Jubilee exclaims as she looks up and sees the robot.
Nearby, three brightly dressed people are doing some shopping. 'Rogue! Do you think Storm pursues the bargains here, or -' begins a man in a trenchcoat to a woman with a white stripe through her hair, referring to another woman in a white costume who takes flight. 'Hush, Gambit! Yuh all heard that loud sound'a breaking glass! Something's happening! Let's go!' Rogue exclaims, while Storm shouts 'This way, X-Men!' and as the trio move into the center of the mall.

'That child -  under attack by some giant! Assume offensive posture!' Storm tells Gambit and Rogue. 'She just loves handing out orders, don't she, Gambie?' Rogue remarks. Gambit replies that he has taken orders from worse, before suggesting to Rogue that they take to arms. 'Ah'm with yuh!' Rogue replies with her thick Southern accent.
The large robot announces that the mutant designate Jubilee's apprehension has been achieved, and he pulls her towards him by wrapping her in a large coil.
'Release her, monster! That child will not be harmed!' Storm calls out. 'Keep ya cables to yourself, bozo, or I'll bust your ball bearings for ya!' Jubilee warns the robot. 'I said unhand her!' Storm calls out once more, and the robot turns to her and the others, stating that these mutants identities are unknown. 'Ulp. Heard that, lead head? Lemme down!' Jubilee exclaims.
Storm flies over to Jubilee and tells her to remain still, while she fires a lightning bolt that cuts through the cable and hits the robot in the face. 'Not moving a muscle, lady' Jubilee replies, while Gambit tells Rogue that it is her turn and asks her what she has up her sleeves. 'Oh, I got a few steps I been dying to try, Shugah' Rogue replies as she rips the escalator up, 'Check 'em out!' Rogue exclaims as she swings the escalator steps right into the face of the robot. Storm holds Jubilee safely in her arms, and Rogue suggests to Gambit that he charges up one of his playing cards with some “kinetic whoop-de-do” and gets this show on the road. 'Oui. I never refuse the beautiful lady's request!' Gambit responds as he tosses a kinetically-charged playing card towards the robot, 'Do you play the card game, mon grand ami? I don't think so' Gambit tells the robot as it is struck, and staggers backwards. 'Nice moves, Gambit! Least we know this guy'll take our charged cards, heh' Rogue jokes, asking the robot to excuse the pun, as she slams her fist into its face.
The robot checks its systems and reports that the damage to the cranial components are repairable. It engages back-ups, and states that it will use an aggressive response to the unregistered mutants. It does so, but releasing a powerful energy surge from its hand, striking Storm, Rogue and Gambit. The robot then turns its attention back to Jubilee.
'Okay, you wanna play rough, Stumbo? Remember – I got enough stuff in this one hand to make you into silly putty!' Jubilee warns the robot, hoping that it doesn't see her knees knocking. 'Here goes nothing' Jubilee thinks to herself, as she raises her hands, and colorful light explosives are emitted. The robot covers its face as it states that the subject is unleashing plasma bursts of unknown composition, and its systems function has been temporarily taken out, it reports that it is working on an alternative containment tactic. 'Yipes! What ya got there, buddy? Christmas bulbs?' Jubilee asks, as she runs past the robot, which drops some red balls, which a green gas starts to emit from. 'What good are they?' Jubilee enquires, when suddenly, she starts to reach for her throat, realizing that it is gas. 'I think Im gonna be - sick' Jubilee before she falls to the floor, in front of a man wearing a blue and gold costume.
'This has gone far enough' the man declares. 'Wuh?' Jubilee wonders, looking up, she sees the man wears a visor over his eyes, and he shouts 'Not bad. You took that child down without breaking an oil-sweat. Now let's see how you do against me!' With that, he releases a powerful optical blast from his visor, at close range, it severs the robots head, and Jubilee looks on in awe.
Hours later, in New York's Westchester County, Jubilee wakes to find herself in a bed, hooked up to a monitoring machine. Storm smiles at Jubilee and introduces herself as Ororo. She informs Jubilee that she is in Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, home of the X-Men. 'We took you from the mall' she adds. Jubilee introduces herself and asks 'Aren't you a little old for school?'
Storm replies 'Not this one' and explains that it is where they learn to control their mutant abilities for mankind's benefit. She tells Jubilee not to look shocked, and that they suspect she is one as well. 'Y'mean you're all weirdos like me here?' Jubilee asks.
'Who you calling a weirdo, squirt?' a voice demands. Storm and Jubilee turn to the door, and Storm addresses Logan, informing him that Jubilee is their guest, that she was the young girl menaced in the mall. Storm introduces Jubilee to Wolverine, another of the X-Men. 'W-W-Wolverine?' Jubilee asks, pulling the sheets up around her. 'Yup. Minus the first two W's' Wolverine replies, before informing Storm that they have to hit the War Room, as the Professor is checking out Mister Machine's head, and he wants them all present for the dissection.
Storm leaves the room and states that she will keep Jubilee hooked up to the monitors in case there is any change in her condition. 'Relax, Jubilee. I will return shortly' Storm assures her. Wolverine narrows his eyes at Jubilee and tells her to stay bed-ridden, as the Professor wants a word with her later. 'Me, too' Wolverine adds.
In the Danger Room, the supreme training center where Professor Xavier's charges hone their remarkable abilities to razor sharpness. Small gray robots are attacking, while red laser beams are fired through the room. Gambit is present, and he tosses a playing card towards a robot, while a furry blue man bounds across some discs in the air, and a man in a standard blue and gold costume with a brown jacket swings from a beam. Morph – why the unwarranted interference in my daily exercise regimen?' the blue man calls out to the other man, who replies 'I just want you to see you're not the only lady-killing beast here, Mr McCoy', referencing the blue man's code-name. Beast. 'Behave yourself, mon ami!' Gambit calls out, while the Beast dodges some laser beams and announces 'Utilizing your changeling powers to become a pallid imitation of yours truly – does not the bashful bouncing Beast make... as I note you've unceremoniously ascertained!' the Beast exclaims as Morph transforms into a copy of the Beast, but is struck in the stomach by a platform. The Beast swings down and pulls Morph to safety, 'Allow me to spare you the indignity of singular splat on the unyielding floor below' the Beast offers, pulling Morph to safety. Morph thanks the Beast, and admits that he is one of a kind after all, before a voice can be heard, instructing the X-Men to cease all Danger Room activities and report to the War Room at once. 'Mes amis, we have been summoned' Gambit points out. 'Indubitably' the Beast agrees, while Morph jokes 'Nothing gets by you, Gambit'.
Back in the infirmary, Jubilee decides that she has to make a break for it, for although she likes Storm, that Wolverine dude gives her the creeps. She uses her power to short-circuit the monitor, and climbs out of the bed, putting her yellow trench on, she thinks that her Mom and Dad msut be worried sick about her by now. She wishes she was normal, then theh wouldn't have any problems. 'But I'm a mutie, and I'll never be anything but' Jubilee thinks to herself, while hoping that another one of those giant things didn't come after her at her house. She then wonders what grief her parents are going through right now.
And indeed, back at Jubilee's home, a man with short red hair and dark glasses holds a photo of Storm and Rogue up to Martha and Martin and exclaims 'I'll ask you again, Mr and Mrs Dobson, does your daughter have any mutant friends? The Federal Government wants to know. She was seen only hours ago with these women – both known mutants'. He points at the couple and warns them that it is a very serious offence to withhold information. He adds that Washington intends to keep tabs on mutants, and he is authorized to use whatever means necessary to ensure that occurs. 'Are we clear on that?' he asks. Martin tells the man, whom he calls Mr Gyrich, that their daughter has only been with them for a year, and that she is a foster child, so they don't know her friends at all. 'We love her with all our hearts... but we intend to cooperate with you' Martin adds. 'Good. By the way, the government will compensate you for the damage done to your house – even if you have homeowner's insurance' Mr Gyrich reports.
Moments later, a block away, Jubilee hops off a bus, and tells herself that sneaking out wasn't too difficult, and that she is glad to be back in New Salem, although it seems quiet. 'Uh-oh! Spoke too soon! Another one of those robots!' Jubilee realizes, as she looks up and sees the monstrosity looming over her. 'You better not hurt my parents, you creep! Keep away from us!' Jubilee screams as she fires a burst of colorful plasma at the robot. 'Leave me alone!' she adds, while looking around, she doesn't see a second robot approach her. She knows that she can't run home, and will have to run the other way while the robot is screwed up. 'Target mutant apprehended' the second robot states as it fires a gas at Jubilee, causing her to drop to the ground. Henry Gyrich appears, and standing over Jubilee, he tells her to sleep now, for when she awakens, they have much to discuss.
Back at Xavier's School, the X-Men are in the War Room, seated or standing around a table, where the hover-chair bound Professor X points to the head of the robot, placed on the table, and reports that after a cursory exam, he cannot yet determine who built this machine and why. 'All its systems are highly-sophisticated, state-of-the-art technology' he adds. Cyclops announces that it is obvious the robot targeted the girl because she is a mmutant. 'I saw her unleash energy blasts from her palms at the mall' he explains, before asking his teammates if any of them have any suggestions or theories. 'If only Yorick's memory tapes could be accessed we might -' the Beast begins, but Cyclops tells him that they tried, and it is no good. Professor X informs his X-Men that at least a dozen mutants have disappeared in the past two days in the North-Eastern US, and all had registered withh the Agency for Mutant Affairs. The building that the Agency for Mutant Affairs is housed in appears on a monitor, and someone asks the Professor if he thinks that the government is secretly rounding up mutants.
But Professor X reports that the Agency has always been helpful, so someone on the inside must have have their own hidden agenda. Xavier informs the X-Men that he wants them to break into the Mutant Affairs Department and erase the files they have on mutants. 'Professor – that'd be breaking the law' Cyclops declares. Wolverine pops his claws and waves them in front of Cyclops as he remarks 'Maybe you don't hear so well, bub. Twelve of our own disappeared in forty-eight hours. This ain't no credit card agency selling info on us. It’s the feds. Now, maybe you need some gentle persuading to see what's right. If so...' his voice trails off and Cyclops tells Wolverine to retract his claws or lose them. 'Tough talk, Cyke. But we're gonna do this whether you're leading the troops – or here wringing yer hands pansy style'.
Professor X tells Wolverine and Cyclops to stop their bickering and informs everyone except for Cyclops to return to their quarters until they hear further instructions. As the others leave, Cyclops apologizes to the Professor. 'I know I'm deputy leader and I shouldn't challenge your decision, but...' he begins, as Professor X declares that the decision does not come easily to him, but someone is using the information in those files to kidnap mutants. 'We've never faced a threat this grave – and our enemy remains unknown'. Pofessor X assures Cyclops that he sympathizes with his doubts, but that he needs his leadership more than ever. 'Of all my X-Men, it's you who've made me most proud, Scott' Xavier remarks, and Cyclops thanks the Professor.
Meanwhile, in an abandoned auto-plant in New York State, Jubilee has been tied to a small bed in a dull room, some laser instruments pointed down at her. 'Wake up... wake up...' a voice calls out. A panel opens and Henry Gyrich looks into the room, 'That's better. Now, if you use your mutant powers to try and escape, this chamber will be flooded with toxic gas' Gyricch informs Jubilee, announcing that he wants to know about the mutants who helped her at the mall – those X-Men. 'I – I don't know anything!' Jubilee exclaims. Gyrich tells Jubilee that she has her whole life ahead of her. 'You would like to have a life, wouldn't you?' he adds.
Elsewhere, the much sough-after X-Men secretly arrive outside the headquarters of the Federal Security Agency. 'What do you see, Cyclops?' Storm asks as the X-Men emerge from their jet, the Blackbird. Looking through a high-tech scanner, Cyclops reports that there is a fence, no visible guards, he doesn't like that, but there is a guard tower. He has focused on the entrance they will be using. 'Let's move, team' Cyclops orders. He turns to Storm, 'We discussed...cover' he reminds her. 'Yes' Storm replies, raising her arms, dark clouds roll in to cover the moonlit sky, Storm tells Cyclops that she, too, shares his reservations about their mission. 'Perhaps in our hearts we fear – the role of renegades may suit us more than we wish to believe'. Wolverine, Beast and Morph move to the fence, 'That's what I call darkness' Wolverine tells the others, before pointing out that there is still the matter of this fence. 'The merest of impediments, my hirsute compatriot' the Beast responds, as he and Wolverine toss Morph over the high fence. 'Too bad Gambit ain't down here to give us an allez-oop' Wolverine remarks. 'Your linguistic fluency never fails to impress, Logan' the Beast replies.
Morph peers around the corner of the building and gets a look at the guard, he is now able to copy the guard's appearance, and he moves forward. 'Hey, come over here a minute. Look what i've found!' Morph calls out to the guard. 'Huh? What're you doing away from – no – it's me – my face! You got my face!' the guard exclaims. 'And boy am I gonna be happy to get rid of it! Okay boys – party time!' Morph calls out as he punches the guard, knocking him back. Beast and Wolverine leap over the fence, 'Hopefully our fearsome slavering visages will precipitate a quick surrender of the remaining defenders' the Beast suggests, to which Wolverine tells him to shut up and get over the fence before he really loses it with him. Back up near the jet, Rogue, Gambit and Cyclops wait, and Rogue asks Cyclops what is going on down there, and Cyclops reports that they are inside without a hitch. Beast, Wolverine and Morph come to the doors, and Morph announces that they are all that stands between them and the files now. 'HALT!' a voice calls out, and the X-Men turn to see three guards rushing towards them. 'Apparently your pronouncement was a tad preamature, lad. It appears the local constabulary has us at a disadvantage' Beast declares.
'That's it, Hank. Keep 'em thinking we're caught until -' Morph begins, as Storm suddenly appears overhead, and blasts the guards with a bolt of lightning. She remarks that it is a mild electrical shock that will relieve them of their senses. 'Be thankful no harm has yet come to the X-Men' she adds. 'Nice work, beautiful. Just hope ya zapped 'em hard enough to they stay out for awhile' Wolverine tells Storm, before remarking that they have places to go and he hasn't got time to knock. With that, Wolverine slices the front doors open. 'Logan, with due consideration to this being a federal facility, damage should be kept to an absolute -' the Beast begins as they rush down the corridor into the facility. 'They can bill me, bub' Wolverine interrupts the Beast. 'I'll refrain from the obvious rejoinder... bub' the Beast replies. Suddenly, they come to a halt. 'You are hesitating' Storm tells Wolverine, who reports that there are electrical eye beams. 'I can smell 'em. Ozone'Wolverine explains. 'And we shall see them as well' Storm announces as she creates a fog, which makes the beams visible. 'One side, madame, as the blushing Beast assumes center stage whilst engaging in a reminiscence – of the late, lamented Mission Impossible celluloid extravaganzas wherein each laboriously chosen team member showcased his unique abilities...yet worked harmoniously toward the group objective, sans grandstanding' the Beast declares as he leaps up and swings across on the pipes above them.
'Would that such egregious displays of talent were not a part of this furry felons make-up, but alas...' the Beast continues, before coming to a panel on the wall, 'Aha. Unless I'm suddenly bereft of brain matter...that box-like protuberance ahead – contains the eye beam cut-off switches, thus granting out unencumbered and unwarranted access – to the facility's innards' the Beast announes as he flicks the switch, turning the beams off. 'Hey, good work, Beast, but it's getting real dark in here!' Morph points out, adding that everyone is fading out, he can't see them anymore. 'What's going on?' he wonders. Suddenly, Morph sees a large purple hand reaching out for him. 'Morph – Morph – come to me...' a voice exclaims. 'That hand – coming through the door – no! No!' Morph calls out, before a flaming purple robot grabs Morph, who screams 'NOOOOO' and is engulfed in flames. Morph collapses to the floor, 'What happened here? Looks like he saw a ghost' Wolverine points out. Storm suggests it might have been a seizure, while a wide-eyed Morph reports that he saw something – that something is going to happen here – and it is going to happen tonight!


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A Death in the Family
The X-Men have breached the Federal Security Agency's building which houses the Mutant Affairs Department, with the goal of destroying all files on mutantkind. During the break-in, the X-Man called Morph has suffered an hallucination which threatened his very sanity... and the mission.
'He's apparently emerging from the hallucinatory episode. Whence do you surmise it came from, my dear Storm?' the Beast asks his teammate as she puts a comforting hand on Morph's shoulder. Storm replies that she hasn't a clue, but points out that Morph is mumbling about something happening tonight. She wonders if it was pre-cognitive and suggests that they must be gentle with him. 'It's going to happen...going to  appen tonight...' Morph mumbles. 'Gentle? In a pig's eye. We got files to shred and he's coming to the party, capish?' Wolverine exclaims.
The Beast helps Morph to his feet as they continue on down a corridor, 'Now, let's get a move on. We can't waste more time nurse-maiding Mr Brain-Dead' Wolverine declares, but Storm instructs Wolverine to hold his tongue, and announces that Morph will be treated as she deems fit, for she is in charge here, not him. Motioning to the door ahead, Storm announces that Professor Xavier's briefing indicated that the room they seek is somewhere beyond this door.
And, on the other side of the door, two guards stand ready. 'When they come through we don't give them a chance to react. Hit them hard – all at once' one of them instructs. 'We know the drill' the other replies.
Outside the facility, Cyclops, Rogue and Gambit are keeping watch. Cyclops peers through a high-tech device, and Rogue reminds him that he has done so for over half an hour. 'What's shakin’?' she asks. Cyclops reports that Storm and company are heading towards the objective inside, but that reinforcements are arriving to stop them. He sees more soldiers arriving in a truck, and Rogue asks him how they are gonna handle them. 'I'll think of something, Rogue' Cyclops replies as he fires an optic blast, destroying the truck.
Inside: 'Wolverine – wha?' Storm exclaims as Wolverine steps between Storm and the door. He tells her to hold up, as he smells shoe polish on the other side of this door – government issue. 'Surrender, soldiers! You face power beyond your comprehension! You face the X-Men!' Storm booms as she blasts the doors down with a gust of wind, knocking the soldiers backwards. 'Remind me not to get on your bad side, beautiful' Wolverine remarks. They enter the room, and Wolverine helps Morph.'I got the feebs in tow' he mutters, while Morph announces that he is starting to feel better. 'And you will treat him with respect. He is one of ours' Storm warns Wolverine, while the Beast shushes everyone, reporting that there is a guard slouched up ahead. 'He requires dispatch' the Beast suggests, and walking over to the surprised guard, asks him if he knows where the sanitary facilities are housed. 'Huh?' the guard asks. 'Wrong answer' the Beast tells him as he punches the guard out cold.
They move into the computer room, and Storm tells Morph that they have arrived inside, while Wolverine jokes that the Beast is such a great actor. 'You came on like a bat outta Hades – only tapped him to sleep, wimp'. Storm tells Wolverine that this team is not necessarily about violence, something she hopes he will learn one day. 'Yeah, yeah, skip the speech' Wolverine replies, before asking the Beast, who is at one of the computers, if he has a handle on this hardware, or if they are looking at a long night's labor? 'Prepare thine eyes for wonderment, Wolverine. Prepare thine eyes' the Beast responds.
Outside the room, Morph has disguised himself as the recently knocked out guard. He doesn't know what hit him before, but decides that he is fine now. He admits that he never would have believed they could actually get all the way into the Mutant Affairs Department to erase the files, because the Professor thinks some rogue element in the government is kidnapping mutant types. Morph isn't comfortable with what they are doing, but his train of thought is lost, and he is thankful he has shifted into the form of a guard, as several guards rush towards him. He points down the corridor, 'Yep, buncha strange looking dudes ran down the corridor too fast for me to intercept. About two minutes ago' Morph lies. 'Good. You just stay at your post, soldier. We'll have thiis situation in hand momentarily' one of the guards responds. 'I'll bet you will' Morph thinks to himself, while back inside, the Beast has pulled Jubilee's file up on screen. 'As Archimedes was known to have intoned upon discovering the principle of displacement – eureka!' he exclaims, before announcing that the files have been accessed and their erasure is imminent. 'Hard copy elimination to follow' the Beast adds. Wolverine tells the Beast to can the conversation and put his hairy thumbs on the keyboard, as he has a cold brew waiting for him back at the X-Mansion.
Outside, Cyclops speaks into a communications device, calling Storm. He instructs her to wrap it up in there, as there is trouble out here, major reinforcements are coming in. 'Let's move, X-Men!' Cyclops shouts. 'Yuh don't have to tell me twice, big boss man. How about you, Gambit?' Rogue exclaims as she takes flight. 'The enemy is ours, mademoiselle!' Gambit replies, tossing some kinetically-charged playing cards towards the assembled soldiers below, while Cyclops fires an optic blast in their direction, 'Not yet, Gambit! Keep pouring it on!' Cyclops orders, while one of the soldiers points to the slope where the trio of X-Men are and exclaims 'Some more of those freaks up on the hill ambushing us! Get 'em!'
Nearby, Storm, Wolverine, Beast and Morph have made it out of the facility and are running up the hillside. 'Interference is being run for us!' Storm points out as Cyclops's optic blast strikes a nearby soldier. Suddenly, three massive purple robots appear in front of the fleeing X-Men. 'Oh my stars and garters! This Brobdingnagian is either the defensive line of the New York Giants – or the government's latest foray into mutant management' the Beast exclaims. 'Any guesses?' he asks his teammates. 'Just look like bigger targets to me, bub' Wolverine responds.
Nervously, Morph suggests that perhaps they are all show and no go. One of the Sentinels responds by firing a blast towards the X-Men, who scatter. 'Maybe not! Let me draw their line of fire while you guys split, gowan!' Morph tells his teammates as they near the ridge where Cyclops, Rogue and Gambit wait. Suddenly though, 'Morph – no!' Rogue calls out as one of the robots unleashes two beams from its eyes, striking Morph. 'He is hit, mes amis! Hit!' Gambit calls out as Morph is struck down, Wolverine and Beast looking on in shock.
Inside the War Room at Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, Jean Grey goes wide-eyed, 'Omigod! It's Morph! His readings! They – they -' she utters to the Professor, as she has Cerebro on, the Professor tells Jean that he senses it as well – that Morph's readings have ceased.
At that moment, one of the large robots smacks the Beast against a fence, which Wolverine knows is electrified. The Beast is rendered unconscious, and Wolverine stands over him: 'That's an electrified fence, ugly! You murdering – I'll waste every -' Wolverine declares, claws at the ready, before one of the robots wraps a large coil around him. 'First Morph, now Beast – I must protect the rest' Cyclops tells himself, as he fires an optic blast at the coil, freeing Wolverine. 'Nice save, Cyke! Sometimes ya earn yer keep!' Wolverine calls out, as he leaps towards another robot. Cyclops tells Wolverine to control himself, as they have to get out of here. Rogue sees that Wolverine isn't listening and decides she has to drain some of Logan's life force to put him under so they can escape. 'Sorry, Wolvie, but there's no way we can beat this many Sentinels. The boss says retreat...and that means you, too!' Rogue tells Wolverine as she removes her glove and puts her bare hand to his arm. 'I ain't turning tail not matter what that...' Wolverine replies, before he passes out. 'It's hopeless, people! More Sentinels are arriving every second! We have to move out now or we'll all be captured – or killed!' Cyclops tells the X-Men as more of the large robots move towards them. 'My gosh! There are so many of 'em!' Rogue thinks to herself, and as Cyclops, Storm, Gambit and Rogue carrying Wolverine flee towards the Blackbird, Cyclops warns the Sentinels that they have not heard the last of the X-Men – not by a long shot.
Meanwhile, at a recently abandoned autoplant Mutant Affairs Director Henry Gyrich is interrogating the captured mutant, Jubilee, who is restrained to a table. 'Now, child – my patience is exhausted with your shenanigans! You can help us identify the most dangerous mutants of all!' Gyrich snarls. 'Stuff if in ya barf bag, four eyes!' Jubilee replies, while a man in a white coat stands back in the room and asks Gyrich why he has brought this mutant here, and who she is. Gyrich explains that she is just a name from the files, a test to see how easy it will be to capture them. 'I ain't a number, buster, I'm a free mutant!' Jubilee retorts. The man in the white coat tells Gyrich that he thought they agreed not to strike at the mutants until they had a thousand Sentinels. Gyrich addresses the other man as Trask and tells him that he is building them to slowly. He then announces that he is receiving a message, and listens to a walkie-talkie. 'Yes, yes. I see' Gyrich responds, before turning to Trask and informing him that there was trouble at the Agency, a break in. 'How many Sentinels do we have operational?' he enquires. Trask replies that there is enough todo the job – he is certain of it.
Later that night inside the War Room, Wolverine, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm, Rogue, Gambit and Professor X are meeting. 'And that's all there is to tell, Professor. If I could have done anymore...' Cyclops's voice trails off. The Professor tells Cyclops that he understands, to which Wolverine pops his claws and points at Cyclops: 'What a whitewash! You did nothing, Summers, except leave Morph and Beast to buy it! I got a good mind to -' Wolverine exclaims, before Cyclops interrupts him, 'I know how you feel, but I had to consider the safety of the entire group' Cyclops points out. The Professor tells Wolverine that Cyclops is right. 'I didn't make him deputy leader because I didn't trust his judgment' the Professor adds. 'Yer on my list, Cyke' Wolverine mutters as he turns away from Cyclops, while Gambit asks the Professor what they know about those who oppose them. The Professor informs everyone that since they have been going, he and Jean formulated a plan of action that he believes will lead them to whomever is behind the kidnapping. Cyclops asks the Professor if there is anything they can so about the Beast, to which Rogue announces that she misses the furry guy something awful already, and asks the Professor what he thinks has happened to him. The Professor reports that Beast has been captured, and doubtless taken to a federal prison where he will be indicted for federal offenses. 'What can that be like for a sensitive soul?' Gambit wonders.
The Beast is slumped over in a dirty room, as Gyrich stands over him: 'Get it straight, furball! You're here until you rot if you don't come across and tell me things. For instance – who you're associated with and what you were doing in the Mutant Affairs Department in the middle of the night?' Gyrich demands. 'I had merely mistaken your imposing edifice for that which houses my hairdresser. Succinct enough for you?' the Beast responds. Gyrich turns to the door and warns the Beast that if he keeps up with the jokes, his fur will turn gray in hyre, before announcing that he has a corpse to attend to. Forlorn, the Beast remarks 'Morph. What a brave final act you had, lad. We should all leave the scene so heroically'. He recalls holding the dying Morph in his arms, telling him not to move. 'You've sustained injuries but... but they're not fatal...' the Beast lies. Morph quietly tells the Beast that he always was the one looking out for him, helping him when he stumbled, the best. 'I just want you to remember me – like this' Morph smiles, switching his form to resemble that of the Beast's. 'You're the guyt I allways wanted to be like...Hank' Morph utters. 'Remember me to the Prof, okay....' he adds, before he switches back to his true form and passes away. The Beast stops remembering the moment, and tears fall down his face, 'I'll remember you Morph, as an X-Man. There'll by a reckoning for this, my friend. The Beast swears it'.
Washington DC, a man wearing glasses congratulates Gyrich on how well the Sentinels performed. Gyrich addresses him as Commander, and thanks him, before the Commander reports that he is canceling the order executive order for mutant registration. 'You're what?' Gyrich asks, surprised. The Commander points out that those mutants were willing to sacrifice their lives to destroy those files in the Mutant Affairs Department. 'Perhaps they had a good reason to feel threatened' the Commander suggests, adding that in any case, it is too risky a strategy right now. 'This is an election year, you know' the Commander reminds Gyrich who tells the Commander that he may come to regret this decision. He leaves the Commander's office, and throws his files to the floor. 'Blast it! All of my months of hard work down the drain because the Commander's having second thoughts!' he thinks to himself, while deciding that maybe it isn't all lost, as there are always alternatives. His phone rings, and he answers it – it is Martin Dobson. 'You know who this is... what's that? They're at your home? You know what to do. I'll handle the rest' Gyrich tells Martin Dobson, who assures Gyrich that he will keep them here as long as he can.
Martin Dobson turns back to his guest – Scott Summers – and apologizes for the interruption. 'You were saying?' Martin asks, while his wife, Martha sits on a sofa and announces that Mr Summers thinks their daughter Jubilee has been kidnapped by those things the Commander talked about – those Sentinels. 'But why would the government do something like that?' Martin asks. Scott tells him that people fear what they do not understand, that it makes them do wrong things sometimes – things they come to regret later. He turns to the door, and explains that he has to be going, to which Martin tells him to get out of this area fast, as someone has been in contact with him as he said he should call him if anybody came asking about Jubilee. Martin hangs his head and admmits that he was scared. Scott tells him that he understands. 'You only wanted to help your daughter. And we will' he assures him, when suddenly, a massive Sentinel appears, towering over them, addressing Cyclops as an unregistered mutant, he raises a hand and announces that termination is proceeding. 'What in the name of Heaven is that?' Martin asks. 'Part of what it is you fear, Mr Dobson' Scott replies, before unleashing a powerful optic beam towards the Sentinel's hand: 'Don't put that arm where it doesn't belong, mister!' Cyclops exclaims as the Sentinel's arm is destroyed. The Sentinel then takes flight, and Cyclops adjusts his glasses, while thinking 'That's a good boy. Head home to get all bandaged up'.
Inside the X-Men's Blackbird: 'I have it! I have the Sentinel on radar. Its location is pinpointed. Now we follow' Storm announces. 'Looks like this chicken's going home ta roost' Rogue remarks while Gambit sits with her.
The autoplant that has been refitted to accommodate the construction of Sentinels, inside, Trask is working on more Sentinels, when Gyrich approaches him and tells him to pack it up, that they are leaving because the Commander has canceled mutant registration – and the Sentinel programme may be next. Gyrich informs Trask that they are moving the operation overseas, to a place where the government knows how to deal with mutants. 'I can't just pack everything up in a suitcase, you know. I need some time' Trask responds, but Gyrich tells him that they don't have it, and to get going. 'Where exactly are we going?' Trask asks. 'It's a place that -' Gyrich begins ti reply, before hearing a sound. 'Like a strong wind?' he remarks, before the damaged Sentinel with no arm drops through the ceiling above. 'My God! A Sentinel!' Trask gasps in shock as the Sentinel lands on some of the equipment.
In the nearby room, Jubilee doesn't know what the noise was, but decides that if it keeps those buttheads busy, she can get free. She uses her power to disrupt the mechanical cables keeping her held prisoner.
Above the complex, Wolverine has dropped from the Blackbird, while Cyclops and Gambit drop out of it on a rope. 'Should we not have tried the front door first, mes amis?' Gambit enquires. 'This way suits me just fine, Bub. I love surprises!' Wolverine replies, while Cyclops tells them to be ready for anygthing. 'We don't know what's in there' he points out. 'Oh, Ah think we got us some idea what's slinking around down here!' Rogue replies as she uses a long piece of timber to bash into a Sentinel. 'And we're gonna take 'em down one by one! Ain't that right, Wolvie?' she calls out to Wolverine, who has landed on the back of another Sentinel and is slashing into the robot's neck. 'You bet, babe! This one's for Morph, you blasted bucket of bolts!' Wolverine declares. 'Unregistered mutants continuing assault. Offensive options being evaluated in line with this unit's structural damage' a Sentinel announces, when suddenly, a large drillpress above slams down on the Sentinel. 'Whoa!' exclaims Rogue, wondering how that came on and pancaked the Sentinel. 'We got a secret admirer?' Rogue wonders. 'I cannot tell a lie. I did it all by myself!' Jubilee smiles as she steps out from behind some controls. 'Why you little devil. That's what's called pressing the advantage!' Rogue replies.
Several Sentinels start to fly towards the opening in the roof that the X-Men created, and Cyclops points out that it looks like they have been programmed to skip town if the going gets too rough. Storm fires a blast of lightning, striking one of the Sentinels, which falls to the ground in pieces. 'There will be no escape for these metallic monstrosities, Cyclops!' Storm declares, adding that, this night, they become the hunted at last. 'Hey! Some of those dweebs are getting up again!' Jubilee calls out. 'You are the observant one, cherie' Gambit jokes. 'I'm gonna plasma-zap these tim cans til even Mr Goodwrench can't fix 'em!' Jubilee boasts as she lets loose a blast of plasam energy. 'You're the first in line, ugly! Come and get it!' she exclaims, while Gambit holds up a kinetically charged playing card, 'Ah, the ace of spades. Bad luuck for you, mon ami!' he declares as he throws the card towards one of the Sentinels, adding 'In defeart you swallow the pride, robotic one! I pray there is room for this as well!' he tells the robot, as the card enters its mouth and the Sentinel explodes. 'Did ya miss me, petite?' Gamibt asks as Jubilee wraps her arms around him. 'Did I ever...all you guys' Jubilee anounces. Storm assures Jubilee that she is safe, and as they stand over one of the destroyed Sentinels, Cyclops points out that this factory has been rebuilt as a warehouse for turning these Sentinels out. 'Well, we just turned 'em off!' Rogue remarks, while Wolverine wonders where the scum that built these walking abominations are.
At that moment, a car speeds out of the factory, with Gyrich at the wheel, Trask looks back out the window and remarks that it is a good thing they left when they did, as there is no telling what those muties would have done if they caught them. 'They've got to be stopped!' Trask exclaims. Gyrich assures Trask that this is just a setback, as once they get to that place called Genosha, it will all fall together. 'There's a better way to build them' Trask remarks, to which Gyrich asks him what he is mumbling about. 'Hmph? Nothing. A way to make them stronger. Yes' Trask mumbles to himself.
The next day at the X-Mansion, a cab pulls up, with Jubilee inside it, she thinks that it is too late to turn back now. She recalls how saying goodbye to her parents was the toughest thing she ever did, as she loves them so much, they were so good to her, and they were just getting to know each other. Biting her finger, she tells herself that she will see them again, while recalling her foster father telling her not to cry, and that it is for the best, while her foster mother told her to come and visit. 'Of course, mom, you're my family, we'll always be that, won't we' Jubilee replied. Tears in her eyes, she thinks that this is where she belongs, as she is a “gifted youngster”, and she can best learn to use her special power here. She wonders if it is so good for her, then why does it hurt so much?
Up in the mansion, Jean Grey and Cyclops look out the window, as Cyclops sees the cab and remarks that it must be Jubilee, and adds that she is going to be an X-Man now. 'I wonder what the poor girl's been going through, ostracized by the world – leaving her foster parents after only a year' Jean tells Scott, wondering why it is so hard, why won't people accept them out there. 'All we want is to be part of the human race...to fit in'. Scott tells Jean that that day may be a long time in coming, and that until it does, all they have is each other. 'Sometimes that thought doesn't seem so bad. It really doesn't' Jean replies, to which Scott tells her that they had better go and greet Jubilee.
And on the Blue Area of the Moon, the Watcher remarks that on this Earth, the noble band of mutants perseveres despite dire circumstances, for strength of character is their bulwark against a harsh humanity. He knows this, for he is the Watcher.


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Enter: Magneto
Cloaked from earthly detection, Asteroid M floats in a geosynchronous orbit. Its placid appearance belies the planet-shattering power it contains. Most deadly of all is the twisted being who is its master... a mutant whose overriding goal is the absolute subjugation of humanity by Homo-Sapiens Superior – a mutant whose hatred and ambition can only be encompassed in one world-devouring name – Magneto! The powerful mutant stands in an observation control room aboard his floating asteroid battle station, and sees a meteor, moments from impact with his home, and realizes that even here he is under assault. 'But not even this force of nature will be allowed to interrupt my meditations' Magneto thinks to himself, and he fires a weapon from the asteroid's defenses, which shatters the meteor into dozens of smaller pieces. 'Let these glowing fragments serve notice on those who dwell below...that none may interfere with the Master of Magnetism'. He boasts that to thwart his will is to invite oblivion.
One of the flaming fragments falls rapidly towards the planet Earth, right over the Westchester County mansion of Professor Charles Xavier, location of his “School for Gifted Youngsters”. The school is drenched in the darkness of night, and sitting in a dark office, Charles suddenly turns to the window as he sees a burst of light outside. He looks up to the sky and sees that it appears to be a shooting star, a fragment of the cosmic come calling on mother Earth. He wonders what diverted it from its endless flight, to skirt Graymalkin Lane before impact – simple gravity or something else. 'Penny for your thoughts, Professor?' someone calls out. Charles turns to the door and replies 'One day you'll scan them, should your powers continue to develop' the Professor replies, before asking Jean Grey what he can do for her this evening. Jean informs the Professor that federal agents have apparently closed down the Sentinel-producing factory that was housed in the old auto-plant, and adds that she hopes they will never see those things again.
Professor Xavier's hover chair moves him into the corridor, and Jean stands behind him, near the front door, adding that the mastermind behind it is still a mystery. Charles replies that it is a well-guarded secret, but that his government contacts inform him that the President shut down the program when it seemed to be getting out of control. He adds that there is stil the matter of the Beast's incarceration, having been caught by the Sentinels as the X-Men broke into the Mutant Affairs Department to erase the computer files of all listed mutants. Jean notices a scratching sound coming from the front door, and tells the Professor to stay behind him while she opens it. And as Jean pulls the front door back, she looks on in horror as someone falls to the floor. 'It's a man! At least it appears to be!' Jean gasps. The Professor notices that the man is injured and declares that they must tend to him. The man is clad in yellow and brown, and seems to roar.
Meanwhile, at a federal detention center in upstate New York, Henry McCoy a.k.a. The Beast sits on the floor of his barren cell, and thinks that this is how it all goes down – imprisoned like an animal. 'Would that F. Lee Bailey were available for the defense' the Beast laments, before he hears the wall rumbling, and wonders if it is an eleventh hour rescue. He leans back and covers his face as the wall is exploded inwards, revealing the costumed Magneto, who addresses the Beast and proclaims that he has come for him. 'Oh my stars and garters' the Beast thinks to himself. Magneto tells the Beast to come and that they must hurry, as it is unseemly for a mutant to be so caged by humans. 'Understand, McCoy, humans see us as a cancer that will grow and overwhelm them! They know that as our numbers grow, they will be supplanted – replaced by Homo Sapiens Superior!' Magneto declares. 'Nice speech. Have you considered public office?' the Beast replies, before telling Magneto that his solitude is appreciated, but that he shall await his due – his day in court. 'Even mutants are entitled, you know' the Beast adds.
'Court? You seek justice from human law? It was that which gave us mutant registration – and that which exists to oppose us' Magneto remarks, reminding the Beast that human law killed his friend. 'Yes. But to rebel without concern for the future of all is folly, your way is flawed, Magneto' the Beast responds, when suddenly, several guards rush into the Beast's cell with their weapons at the ready. 'He's trying to bust out with another mutie!' one of the guards shouts. 'Cover the hole with fire! Don't let 'em out!' the other exclaims. Magneto grits his teeth, annoyed, he mutters 'Fools. Listen to the sound of human justice and see how one proud of his heritage responds!' Magneto turns to the guards and declares 'Behold!' as he uses his control over metal to rip the guards' guns apart with ease. Magneto then takes flight out of the gaping hole in the cell, and tells the Beast that he reminds him of another mutant he knew long ago, a great man who was also a fool. 'Beware the choice you have made this day, Beast. You have chosen a path that will lead to your inevitable extinction' Magneto calls out as he departs into the night. The Beast hangs his head, 'Words, uttered by a madman. I wonder... or a prophet?' the Beast thinks to himself.
A week passes in reflection, then, the Beast has his first day in court, sitting in the witness box, the judge informs him that this is a cail hearing to determine what, if at all, his bail should be set at, pending indictment. The judge asks the Beast if he has any questions in that regard, and staring right ahead, the Beast replies that he does not. 'Then we'll hear from your defense laywer, Mr Hodge' the judge declares. As Cameron Hodge approaches the bench, he informs the judge that his client is charged with a simple felony and that denial of bail would be cruel and unusual. Sitting in the courtroom audience are Wolverine a.k.a. Logan and Scott “Cyclops” Summers. Logan turns to Scott and asks him how he likes his handiwork. 'Ya like seeing him this way?' he asks. Scott shushes Logan and tells him that this isn't the time, as they are just here to observe. Cameron Hodge paces the floor and points out that it would be more a reflection of Henry McCoy's mutant status than that of his alleged crime. 'Now, Mr Hodge, you know this court harbors no prejudice. Any insinuation to the contrary will not be tolerated' the judge declares, to which the prosecutor tells the judge that as a representative of the people he must speak.
The prosecutor steps forward and, pointing at the Beast, announces that he is alleged to have taken part in the break in at a federal facility, that he acted violently when attempts at apprehension were made, so this man belongs behind bars, not out amongst decent folks. The judge points out that a compelling case has just been made for bail denial, and asks Mr Hodge if he has any response. Hodge tells the judge that, with respect, this is a bail hearing, not a trial, and that his client reacted as anyone would under such frightening circumstances. 'How so?' the prosecutor responds. Hodge explains that his client struck back in self-defense as he has had to do his entire life against a world that has been hostile to him and his kind. 'Let us not forget the disappearance of eleventh mutants – all recent registrants with the Department of Mutant Affairs' Hodge adds. 'Your honor, this is ridiculous. Mr Hodge is attempting to justify his client's criminal actions with a slanderous attack on a program designed to help mutants!' the prosecutor exclaims. The judge leans forward and tells the prosecutor that his concern is noted, before announcing that at this time they will hear from Mr McCoy himself, and allow him to state why he believes bail should be granted.
The Beast thanks the judge, and states that Mr Hodge has done a fine job of representing him, but asks what can any human truly know of a mutant's existence – the pain and torment. 'Inside this beast-like exterior, there beats the heart of a man...a man who longs only to be accepted by his fellows. I am one of you – appearances to the contrary. Look into these eyes and know me for what I am' the Beast asks. He adds that no one could have said it better than the immortal bard: “If you prick us, do we not bleed...?” he quotes, to which a protestor in the court suddenly shouts 'Never mind Shakespeare, hairy! You're going to the slammer!' and another cries out 'No bail! No bail!' Wolverine points back at the protestors, 'Those are the people we want to fit in with. They're our “brothers”, Cyke' he whispers to Cyclops. The judge calls for order, and announces that it is his judgment in view of the violence of both the original offense and last week's attempted escape, that this defendant would pose a danger to the community if released. 'Bail denied' the judge declares, before informing Mr Hodge that they are adjourned, and instructing that the prisoner be taken back into custody. Wolverine and Cyclops watch the Beast as he is led away, and Wolverine quietly tells Cyclops that he will show them what danger to the community is. Cyclops tells Wolverine to forget it, and points out that they have done what they came to do, and now it is time to report back.
Later, in the X-Mansion's War Room, Cyclops, Wolverine, Jean Grey, Jubilee and Professor X are watching media footage on a monitor, and Cyclops reports that according to the news, another mutant attempted to break Hank out of the detention center, and apparently Hank remained while the other mutant fled. 'Nuts! We should'a been there, Professor. I would'a driven the getaway car!' Jubilee exclaims. 'Nice to see one of us with some spunk, ain't it, summers?' Wolverine mutters, to which the Professor tells him that is uncalled for, before reporting that he has confirmed the identity of the Beast's would-be rescuer, and reveals that it is an old friend. 'An old friend, Professor? Who?' Jean enquires. Charles explains that their paths have crossed many times, that he was a man he once knew as Magnus, and that he now calls himself Magneto. 'I hoped never to see his like again' Xavier adds. He tells the others that their views on the mutant place in this world are so divergent as to be irreconcilable. 'He believes our destiny is to tread mankind beneath our feet' Charles reveals, adding that Magneto believes Homo Sapiens Superior is to dominate humanity, not live in harmony with it. He reminds the X-Men that he has spent his life in conflict with such a repellent view.
Charles tells the X-Men that, clandestinely, in the past, Magnus has attacked power stations, defense factories et cetera in the twisted hope he could cause civil war between man and mutant, but he failed, and now he has returned apparently more brazen than before. 'Our task is to use every resource available to see Magnus's defeat' Charles announces. 'He's toast!' Jubilee exclaims. The Professor assures Jubilee that the sentinment is noted, before suggesting they look in on their sedated guest. He informs the others that he came injured to the mansion, and he took him in, adding that his condition seems to have stabilized. When an image of the mystery guuest appears on a monitor, Wolveirne exclaims 'Sabretooth!', before popping his claws and going into a rage, 'I'll kill you!' Wolverine shouts, while Jean, Cyclops and Jubilee look on in shock. 'Somebody get tis guy a valium!' Jubilee calls out, while Cyclops grabs Wolverine's arm and tells him to calm down, asking what the problem is, as their guest is harmless and sedated. A beeping sound alerts Cyclops to the fact that Cerebro's warning signal is going off. 'Kill you. Kill you' Wolverine utters. Cyclops announces that from what he can see of the screen, the location is Florida. 'All right! I'll get the suntain oil!' Jubilee exclaims. Upon closer examination, Cyclops reports that the signal is going off because of activity at Sector Thirty-Seven, the Flemington Missile Base alert. Cyclops instructs Jubilee to tell the Professor that they are warming up the Blackbird and punching in the coordinates. 'Aye, aye, Captain!' Jubilee replies.
Meanwhile, at the threatened base, silos mysteriously open, and their lethal occupants rise, poised for their fatal flight. Inside a control room, scientists rush about their business, while a general holds a telephone up. 'Kramer! Commence the emergency aboty sequence! Those babies are armed and ready for action!' one scientist calls out. Another exclaims that they can't explain it, that this isn't able to happen without the launch codes being authenticated. He adds that it is as if some outside force just took over all the equipment, bypassing the normal procedure and starting the launch sequence. 'Right now our job is to stop those missiles from flying. We're on the verge of World War Three if we don't!' the general exclaims, before barking down the phone 'Get me General Powell of the Joint Chiefs of Staff immediately! We have a nuclear emergency here!'
At Mach 3 in the Blackbird, the X-Men reach the site of the havoc. 'An SR-71? Must be some top-secret operative the brass sent in to handle this mess!' a soldier on the ground remarks to himself as the Blackbird lands. 'Let's hear it, soldier. What's happening? We're the bottom line people' Wolverine remarks to the soldier as he, Cyclops and Ororo “Storm” Munroe emerge from the jet. 'See for yourselves. These are Mirvid Minute Man Threes launching of their own accord' the soldier reports, adding that all warheads are nuclear-tipped, with five megatons a piece. 'My God! They're hundreds of feet up already! Storm – can you -?' Cyclops gasps as they all look at the nuclear warheads in the sky overhead. Storm takes flight, 'Yes, Cyclops! With the fate of the world at stake – the lives of men and mutant alike – I can!' Storm boasts as she soars after the warheads. She thinks to herself that if she ever proves worthy of Professor Xavier's calling it is now, for humanity must finally know what benefit mutants can be in dire circumstances. Cyclops suddenly opens fire with an optic blast, and Wolverine asks 'What gives, Summers? This is Storm's ballgame. Afraid of losing the glory?' he mocks.
Cyclops points out that Storm can't get them all, so he has to make a stab at slowing them down. But the missiles are farther away than Cyclops anticipated, and he is straining his power as never before. However, he does strike the back of one of the missiles. Storm flies after the remaining missiles and decides that she must cluster them together, creating a massive cyclonic wind to force them closer, and away from their land-based targets. Storm's plan works, and as she flies over them, unleashes the lightning which is hers to command, striking the missiles and disrupting the guidance computers which are the warheads' nerve centers with concentrated pulses, sending the weapons harmlessly into the sea where they can be better disarmed, the land with a large splash. Storm flies back to the base, where Cyclops asks the soldier 'You said a costumed man was seen here?' The soldier replies that there was, and that hhe was dressed in some kinda crazy red threads, real colorful like them. 'Maybe it was a coincidence, but as soon as he showed up, things went nuts. He had a weird helmet – a cape, too' the soldier adds, while Wolverine thinks to himself that this fits the Professor's description of that Magneto character. The soldier then asks them what outfit they are with, as they are dressed up like that other loony, so how does he know they are not in cahoots somehow. Cyclops explains that they are special paramilitary operatives, and that man they saw before was a renegade from their group who they have been sent to track down and undo his mischief. He adds that these costumes are for ID purposes. 'Okay, well, check' the soldier responds, while Wolverine thinks to himself 'Fast thinking, Cyke'.
In space, aboard Asteroid M, Magneto stares into the stars, 'Those naive children, Charles must have sent them, they're well-trained and resourceful – and doomed if they block my path' he decides, thinking that even if those missiles failed to explode, his presence, and those of Xavier's charges, will create further anti-mutant suspicion – drawing the world closer to the war from which Homo Sapiens Superior will emerge from the rubble to rule, as is their destiny. Magneto tells himself that there is a dawning of a new age, and that never again will their kind hide in the shadows, fearful of mankind's reprisals. 'Now, we become the warmongers and aggressors – hands into fists, and the name Magneto shall be heralded in the coming millennium of mutant dominance.
Back at the X-Mansion, The Professor, Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, Jean Grey, Rogue, Jubilee and Remy “Gambit” LeBeau are gathered in the War Room, as Cyclops announces that those missiles had been rerouted to strike Washington, and the description given of a man seen just prior to the incident sounded exactly like the one that the Professor gave them of Magneto. The Professor tells the X-Men that they all did splendidly, and he is quite pleased, but that this is the worst news possible. Charles remarks that Magnus is dangerous beyond belief, and if he acts openly, the world could be plunged into armageddon and only they may prevent that. 'Heavy stuff. But before I get too depressed, what happened to the sick dude you and Jean helped out?' Jubilee asks. The Professor tells Jubilee that he is pleased she asked and adds that if Wolverine can restrain himself, he will direct Sabretooth's hover chair into this room. A hover chair with restraints is keeping Sabretooth in check, and it flies into the room. Charles tells him that it is good to see him looking better, and that there is much mystery about him. The Professor adds that Wolverine claims to know Sabretooth, and that the association was obviously unpleasant. He asks Sabretooth to shed some light on that. 'No problem' Sabretooth replies, declaring that he and Logan are old pals, but they had their little misunderstandings, nothing big though. 'Right. He just wasted some friends of mine for no reason... and I misunderstood' Wolverine snarls as he leans over Sabretooth. 'Yeah, that's all there is to it, you creep' Wolverine mutters, placing his fist on Sabretooth, who tells him to watch the threads.
Wolverine turns and starts to leave the room, 'Long as you're gonna keep company with that lowlife, I'm splitting. You don't know what yer getting yerselves into' Wolverine tells his teammates. 'Logan, come back' Cyclops calls after him, but Wolverine tells him to stow it. 'Why can't I ever get through to him?' Cyclops asks. Gambit points out that Wolverine keeps the world at arm's length, to which Cyclops states that it is his job to find a way it. 'Let it go' Gambit suggests. Jubilee tells everyone to check out Mister Sideburns. 'Wolvie takes a powder and he takes a snooze. Boring!' she exclaims, looking at Sabretooth, while Gambit remarks 'Ah, the life of the X-Men, cherie – who can deny its glamour'. 'Professor, you're worried' Jean points out, and Charles acknowledges that he is, adding that he senses Magnus is biding his time, waiting for the next opportunity to strike, and that there is little they can do in the interim.
Meanwhile, at a chemical plant in the dead of night, 'Don't complain. At least you got a job in this recession, buddy' one of the plant workers remarks to another. 'Yeah, but it's all routine. Day in day out' the other responds. Suddenly, one of the pipes bursts, and chemicals spill out into the plant. 'What's going on?' one of the workers asks, rushing away from the chemicals. More of the tanks and pipes holding the chemicals suddenly burst, and dangerous liquids flow out in waves. 'Flee, mortals!' a voice exclaims, as Magneto appears, hovering over the pool of waste, where a hand reaches up through the mess. 'Flee from your soon-to-be leader!' Magneto declares. 'Cower in the shadows – cringe in the corners as your world topples – subject to my will...the will of Magneto!' Surrounded by a force field, Magneto uses his power to break open pipes running throughout the plant, spilling more chemicals. 'All that is metallic on this planet, from element to alloy is under my control. With such power as this, what goal is beyond my gaze – what enemy is beyond my reach?' Magneto asks. He continues to toss his power about, 'Master of Chaos! Master of Magnetism! And master of the coming age of Homo Sapiens Superior! All this am I!' Magneto boasts.
Magneto wonders where is the force on this pitiful globe which can oppose him? Where are those who will challenge him? Suddenly, a brick is thrown at Magneto's force field, 'Just look ovah yoah lil ol' shoulder, shugah!' Rogue calls out, as she, Storm and Cyclops appear. 'Peek-a-boo! We just knew y'all would be here. A little bird called Cerebro told us!' Rogue exclaims. 'You have killed innocents, murderer! And for those deeds – and others – you shall answer to the X-Men!' Storm declares, while Cyclops points out that Magneto is pretty tough when he is slaughtering unarmed workers. 'But we don't git in that category, Magneto – and we're taking you down!' Cyclops shouts, firing an optic blast towards Magneto, who blocks it with a force field. 'Your mutant ability is to channel intense beams of light through your eyes. Potentially devastating – save that a magnetically-induced force field renders it useless!' Magneto exclaims, before announcing that he awaits their next mode of attack. 'Surely Charles has taught you alternative strategies' Magneto remarks, while gas clouds suddenly swirl around Cyclops from one of the smashed vats, and he starts to feel dizzy.
'Scott! What's that bullet-headed bozo do to yuh?' Rogue calls out. Scott clutches as his chest and gasps under the rising gas. He tells Rogue that he is going under and not to worry about him. 'Bah! A frontal assault against such a superior adversary? Are you bereft of your senses? It is sinful trhat such as you are of my breed!' Magneto declares as he knocks Storm and Rogue back into a brick wall, where they collapse into rubble and waste below. Magneto grins and hovers over the fallen X-Men, 'Such is the face of the future! My enemies ground beneath my heel...utter destruction the mark of my passing!' Magneto declares, boasting that truly is a new age upon them, and soon all nations great and small shall know of his coming and bow in servitude to the unrivaled power of the Master of Magnetism – Magneto!