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Hell Can Wait
Arbor Magna, Krakoa, where the Empress Xandra Neramani gasps for breath as she breaks through the resurrection egg. 'Xandra Neramani. Shi'ar Majestrix... Mutant' a voice calls out. 'Father?' Xandra utters, confused, before asking what she is doing here. 'Take this. Keep warm' Xavier tells his daughter as he hands her a blanket, and points out that as for what she is doing here, she is living. Xavier adds that he has seen enough mutants killed, but that on Krakoa, they no longer allow that. 'The... the Kin Crimson executed me... for seeking the truth about the first mutants' Xandra tells her father, adding that it was so fast, that she remembers a flash, and then pain. Xavier tells his daughter that she cried out as only a telepath could, across the gulf of space, lightyears in an instant – and he heard her, of course. 'No force alive could stop my daughter's resurrection' Xavier declares. Xandra smiles and remarks that she has many questions, and tells her father that she must return home, before adding that when she died, she was not fighting alone. Suddenly, Xandra goes wide-eyed with fear, and asks 'What's become of the Marauders?'
At the Krag, in Shi'ar Space, where Jeanne-Marie Beaubier a.k.a. Aurora darts past several of the Kin Crimson, knocking them aside with flashes of brilliant light. She comes to a stop, and tells the Kin Crimson that they have the Chronicle, and will free their ancestors from the past. 'And if you Kin Crimson killers think you can stop us... you're about to see the light' Aurora exclaims, while her teammate and lover Daken holds his claws to the throat of the Chronicle, asking him 'Who'd question if I dressed you out like a deer?' But the Chronicle grins and tells Daken that his threats are dull and weaning. 'You sure?' Daken snarls as he slashes his claws across the face of the Chronicle – although blood pours from the Chronicle's eye, the Chronicle is barely bothered by the injury and knocks Daken backwards with ease. 'More than ever. If your allies do manage to escape from the past...I'll gladly greet them with your head!' the Chronicle boasts.
(Years ago, ca. X-Men (2nd series) #42-43)
Avalon, currently in the process of exploding in orbit above Earth. 'Report, Rem-Ram!' Delgado calls out. Rem-Ram responds by stating that scans detected a powerful mutant in space, trapped in a crystal shard, drenched in exotic radiation, and upon waking here on Avalon, the mutant attacked. Rem-Ram turns to Delgado while Amelia Voght and Senyaka stand nearby, explosions begin in the control room where they are gathered, and Rem-Ram announces that Exodus is defending the station, but that it has taken critical damage, and they are now in free fall. Rem-Ram adds 'They're hiding their topminds, but I can still feel their subconsciousness'. Rem-Ram suddenly goes wide-eyed and reveals that there is another team aboard – and they are not Acolytes!
Elsewhere on Krakoa, 'Kneel, Exodus, and pray!' the armored being known as Nemesis declares as he looms over the powerful Acolyte known as Exodus. Nemesis has Cassandra Nova of the Marauders in one hand, she appears unconscious, while Nemesis declares that it has been so long since he has heard cries to any god but his father. 'I don't care where any of you came from. Keep blaspheming...and you'll all be burned in effigy!' But Nemesis declares that Exodus' words are just ravings of a mad priest. 'Wounded. I fed on your crew. Now rejuvenated. I am Nemesis, son of Apocalypse. I have no equal....in this or any world!' Nemesis booms as the time-lost Marauders – Lucas Bishop, Kwannon a.k.a. Psylocke, Heather Tucker a.k.a. Tempo and Carl Valentino a.k.a. Somnus – watch on, explosions tearing the space station up around them.
Kwannon tells her teammates that she has picked up subliminal telepathy, meaning the Acolytes know they are here. 'But the mission's still on' Kwannon declares. A wide-eyed Tempo points out that this place is a minefield and tells Psylocke that her confidence doesn't change that. 'A shift in even the smallest detail could mean we never came here at all' Tempo remarks, adding that there will be no ancient mutants rescued. 'And who knows what present world we'd wake up in'. Bishop states that Avalon is crashing, and reminds his teammates that the Thresholders are locked in a timedrive somewhere on this station. 'We can still find them and cover our tracks in time. You have my word' Bishop assures Tempo, adding that they have lost too much to go home empty handed, while looking down at the motionless Cassandra Nova who Nemesis has tossed aside.
'YOU CODDLE THIS PLANET!' Nemesis roars as he flies towards Exodus and slams him backwards. 'Your flatscans run wild! Breed freely! All my father allowed them was the boot!' Nemesis exclaims. Somnus listens and asks 'His father – he's Apocalypse's son? The guy you put on the Quiet Council?' he asks. Kwannon explains to the long-dead recently-resurrected Somnus that Nemesis' father is an Apocalypse from a different reality. 'Eventually, all this becomes normal' she assures Somnus. Bishop remarks the clock is ticking, and suggests that Nemesis is just another reality's garbage, so they should just let him crash. He states that he will retrieve Nova, which just leaves the Acolytes, and their forgotten mutant prisoners which no one can seem to locate. Psylocke assures Bishop that they can, and while their psychic residue is fleeting, a boost fruit could let her track it. She suggests to Tempo and Somnus that they distract Exodus' cult, while she secures their ancestors.
Bishop hands Psylocke a boost fruit which she begins to eat, and she telepathically reports that she senses the Thresholders, and that it gets stronger with every step. On the floor, A black goo begins to slither around Cassandra Nova and tells her that now might be the time to make good on their deal, when suddenly Joanna Cargill and Barnacle of the Acolytes appear. 'Rem-Ram said we had stowaways. Thought they'd be taller' Cargill grins. Tempo asks Somnus if he has a plan, and admits that she is still spent from the the time jump. 'Fale prophet!' Exodus cries out as he battles Nemesis, struggling to push the powerful mutant backwards. 'Naive fool!' Nemesis shouts, while Cassandra tells the black goo – a symbiote – that as she healed it from the Kin Crimson's lobotomy, the symbiote heals her from Nemesis' vampiric kiss. 'And once revived, how would you say we should repay him?' Cassandra asks. 'With the only language a monster like that understands' the symbiote responds. 'VIOLENCE!' the symbiote-possessed Cassandra suddenly screams as she leaps up from the ground, and symbiote spikes attack Exodus and Nemesis. 'A symbiote? I culled your kind for my 7th birthday!' Nemesis declares. 'This isn't your world, you bigoted gas lamp. And we're no more symbiote. We... are Zzxz!' the Cassandra/symbiote announces.
At that moment, Somnus moves towards Cargill and Barnacle, and Cargill exclaims 'How about that, the haircut wants to put up his fists'. Somnus tells Tempo to rest for the return, that he will handle this. 'With what? Some Ambien?' Tempo asks. Psylocke leaps over Delgado's head and reports that she is nearly there, that the timedriver's signal is getting clearer. She then tells Bishop that she senses only one Thresholder. Somnus looks back at Tempo and tells her that it is okay. 'You learn a lot in a night with a fighter like Red Lotus. Especially when it's ten years long' he smiles. Part of the symbiote breaks away, revealing Cassandra's face. 'The crone! You've come back much more attractive!' Nemesis exclaims. 'Pity we're here to eat your heart, not steal it' Zzxz adds. Bishop frowns as he watches Cassandra and his thoughts are still connected to Psylocke, informing her that Cassandra is “inky” but he thinks she can take Nemesis down and get him back to what he was before he snacked on her – provided she doesn't kill him first.
(Present)
'The Kin Crimson do not hide from history!' the Chronicle shouts as he shoves his hand into Daken's chest. 'Storm's not the only one who can light up the sky!' Aurora calls out as she creates another blinding flash of light, which crackles and takes out the Kraag guards that approach her. '...we master it!' the Chronicle grins as he twists his hand inside Daken's chest, while Aurora looks on, concerned. Suddenly, 'You want my heart? Get in line!' Daken snarls as he pulls himself off of the Chronicle's hand, and attacks him with his claws, knocking him backwards – and then slicing off his legs at the knees. Daken looks over at the stasis tank where they found the Chronicle, and utters 'the gland. That's what's keeping you alive'. Daken goes over to the stasis tank and shoves hs claws into it, looking at the gland which floats in the tank, Daken tells the Chronicle that the only thing between him and killing the Chronicle for good is pain. 'No! The truth will poison both our species! You can't kill me! Stop, you -' the Chronicle protests, but too late, as one of Daken's claws pierces the gland inside the tank. 'And pain? Pain's just a challenge' Daken remarks as he sits down next to the tank, while the Chronicle seems to gasp for breath as his eyes roll back in his head. 'Enjoy whatever hell you people believe in, Chronicle. And when you get there...let them know who sent you' Daken exclaims.
(Years ago, ca. X-Men (2nd series) #42-43)
'No! My – my armor! Release me!' Nemesis pleads as Bishop begins to tear Nemesis' armor apart, leaving the son of Apocalypse as nothing more than a flaming skeleton. 'What, don't like me siphoning your energy plating? Don't build it out of psionics' Bishop responds. Zzxz turns to Nemesis and reminds Cassandra Nova of their deal – it needs to feed. 'If it's brains you'd like, Zzxz...this meal might leave you hungry' Cassandra responds, referring to Nemesis, before Bishop approaches Cassandra and tells her to stand down. 'You kill him, you change the past. Change our future. Maybe we never come here for the Thresholders. So back off...unless you're up for some psionic trepanation' Bishop warns Cassandra. 'Honestly, Mr Bishop. You choose now to flirt?' Cassandra asks.
At that moment, Psylocke stands over a motionless Rem-Ram and telepathically infomrs the other Marauders thatb she has the timedrive. She holds the strange device and reports that it is hard to read, she can barely pick up a psyche, just information. 'Like being stuck in a teleporter's pattern buffer. Whoever's in there, the Kin never let them land from the past' Tempo explains, watching as Somnus manipulates Cargill into punching Barnacle, knocking him backwards. Tempo then suggests that they deal with one problem at a time, and uses her powers to pause the space station, and give the Marauders a few minutes to unscrew this mess.
The Marauders regroup, with Exodus and Nemesis “on pause” nearby, and Kwannon tells Nova that she cannot do what she is suggesting. 'Please. I read your DNA when you stabbed me in the head. Your mind if again its proper body. Your X-Gene is optimized' Cassandra responds. Cassandra puts a hand on Kwannon and her other hand on Tempo, and tells Kwannon to forget daggers, that she can focus her gifts however she likes – as part of a crude circuit, using her ward, Zzxz as duct  tape, meaning the four of them might amend the station's memories and depart to the present, leaving Avalon to its fate.
A short time later, Avalon crashes to Earth.
(Present)
'We're all here, but I'll be lucky to stop a wristwatch until tomorrow' Tempo declares as she, Bishop, Kwannon, Somnus and Cassandra return to the present-day Shi'ar space. Kwannon reports that the timedrive is intact, and that she remembers their raid. 'Which means Avalon's survivors have no memory of us. Even Exodus' Tempo adds. 'Of course not. I devised the psychic charge that hid our actions' Cassandra remarks. Aurora and Daken approach their teammates, and Kwannon greets them, before remarking that she noticed the Chronicle – in pieces. 'Said he couldn't be killed. You know how I get about rules' Daken replies. 'You butchered our best evidence of the Kin Crimson's crimes?' Kwannon asks. Cassandra Nova puts a large helmet on over her head, when suddenly, a voice calls out 'Don't fear, mutant. If it's evidence against the Kin you seek... I've brought gifts!'
The Marauders turn to see a space ship hovering low over the asteroid they  stand on Shi'ar guards can be seen in the distance, while the fierce Deathbird stands nearby, Gladiator at her side, and Delphos, shackled at her feet. 'With the great Delphos the Red, failed seer and holy fool, chief among them' Deathbird exclaims. Kwannon holds up the timedrive and informs Deathbird that it contains the last Thresholder, survivor of a failed mutant genocide – one which her Majestrix vowed not to bury again. 'I expect you'll honor that' Kwannon adds. 'I cut the stars apart to get back to Xandra. She can tell me what she's vowed hersell -' Deathbird starts to respond, before Delphos grins and asks 'Dont' you see, you damn Chak'balaar? I preconceied this...and waited. I know what happens next and don't care. It's worth it to get to tell you that, despite your struggle..we've already executed your traitorous niece'. Deathbird looks shocked by this revelation, and responds by slashing her claws across Delphos' back. Delphos goes wide-eyed – the pain doesn't even strike her, as her body is sliced in hard by Deathbird's razor-sharp claws. 'Oh god...' Somnus utters, covering his mouth in shock. 'That bird's got style' Cassandra smirks.
'You promised they'd stand -' Gladiator begins, but Deathbird cuts him off, delcaring that the trial is over, and Delphos' lackeys can rot in inquiry. 'As for the Kin's crime, I have never hidden a second of my life. I accept every moment. It seems I taught my niece well. Her vow was true. I will honor it' Deathbird adds. She turns to the Marauders and tells them that the drive is theirs, that their ship will be repaired, and their past will be reckoned with. 'Any who disapprove may speak with me' Deathbird snarls.
Soon, on Chandilar, the Shi'ar Throneworld, where Xandra has taken her rightful place on the throne. Deathbird and Oracle stand to her right, while Gladiator and Fang are at her left. The Marauders stand before Xandra, who addresses them and thanks them for their service on behalf of both the Shi'ar and Krakoan peoples. 'The Kin Crimson were cowards. They led us astray. Today, I right our path' Xandra announces, adding that honorless blood was shed by their ancestors, and the Shi'ar do not celebrate butchers. 'A long debt is to be paid, my friends. That begins with today's ritual'. The Imperial Guard member called Fang steps forward, holding a Fang costume, he addresses Daken as the son of Itsu and Logan. 'In our culture, the warrior title of Fang is won in nigh-mortal combat. You killed the Chronicle, deliveringb a good and needed death to a Lupak traitor'. Daken takes the costume as Fang tells him that once, his father stole their colors, and now, in thanks, they offer them freely. 'I...accept with blood and humility, I accept' Daken responds, as Fang places the bone necklace around Daken's neck. Daken smiles at Aurora, and puts an arm around Somnus, who gushes 'Look at you, Aki! An honorary space warrior!'
Xandra keeps true to her word, and the symbiote mutant Zzxz is reborn from the scraps Nova took of the Crimson Kin's Wet Skin weapon, and though its X-Gene remains a mmystery, Zzxz finds a new host with the Shi'ar warrior called Warbird.
Somnus renewed Krakoa's unity with the Shi'ar in his own way, sleeping with the Imperial Guard member called Neutron, and waking with the knowledge of gravitational forces and a taste for Stygian fashion.
Xandra's brief absence from the throne becomes the stuff of rumor and propaganda, perhaps it is fitting she died to reveal the First Blood Spilled.
'The truth of the Shi'ar's first meeting with mutants. What started with blood ended as only it could...' Kwannon remarks as she sits at the Green Lagoon bar back on Krakoa. As Mammomax, Marrow, Skin, Warpath, Thunderbird, Glob Herman and Pixie sit and stand nearby, listening to her story. Kwannon reveals that Xandra ordered Warbird to hunt down and expose the rest of the Kin Crimson, and while the Marauders have the timedrive with their oldest ancestor inside, they can't open it. 'Sounds like you need to eat' a voice calls out. It's John Greycrow, Kwannon's lover, and she tells him that she is starving.
Greycrow brings some food over to Kwannon and tells her that without her, the Marauders would be lost. 'Bishop is overextended as Captain Commander. Pryde is a dreamer, albeit a compelling one' Kwannon replies 'Sounds exhausting' Greycrow remarks as he kisses Kwannon. 'I did say I was starving' Kwannon responds, before telling him that not everyone has been as she expected – Nova for example, knew her gifts were evolving before she did. 'Sure. And I'm right here when you want to bury that old lady as a thank you' Greycrow smiles. 'You are my first call if recreational murder is required, John. After the gala, perhaps it would be nice to get through one of them without a scandal' Kwannon responds.
Days later, in the Arbor Magna, Kate Pryde has been returned to life, and sits cross-legged as she remarks 'The Hellfire Gala. The only sequel that really does hit twice as hard as the first. Bishop said you asked for me?' A broken resurrection egg can be seen nearby, someone has emerged from it. 'My dying words, Captain. But dying words aren't last words. Not here. Not in this time. You'll forgive me a trip to see Mister Carnation. After all I've been through'. A young woman wearing a green and black costume with some yellow gloves and shoulder pads and a blue cape appears and introduces herself: 'Cerebra needed to step out in style!'


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Even Odds of Destruction
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where followers of the Theater of Pain are gathered, and watch a man with a scar down one side of his face stand over an operating table, where a mutant with a strange green, scale-like body has been cut open, their insides sprawling out over the table and onto the ground. 'Another canvas complete!' the man with the scar exclaims as he holds up one of the mutant's organs. 'Do not look away. Gaze in, share your revulsion...and be welcomed by the Theater of Pain, as I once was!' he declares. He claims that for too long he wandered, lost in a constant state of murderous rage – but Brimstone Love gave that rage purpose. The man calls himself Scratch and announces that he embodies Brimstone Love's teachings, and that in for wishing to kill everyone, he judges no one. 'Human and mutant can coexist. Xavier's first dream was right... but his methods were hopelessly wrong'.
Scratch tells the Theater of Pain that it is not more rules, more laws and more civilization that bring more equality – but less. Up in the rafters, the purple dragon called Lockheed observes the goings on below, wide-eyed at what he sees and hears. 'Animals have no prejudice. In a world of total ferocity, all are equal' Scratch can be heard saying as a strange rat with a large red smiley-face on its back scuttles across the rafters towards Lockheed – a rat known as Dirtnap.
Inside Transit on Krakoa, where Captain Kate Pryde, her Marauders teammate Cassandra Nova and Fabian Cortez, operative of SWORD and member of the Legionnaires. Fabian asks Kaye Pryde what she is doing here, to which Kate replies 'Really, Fabian? The Eternals were killing mutants. They wanted new programming. So they build a new god to get it. The Progenitor. What could go wrong? We all found out. The Progenitor woke up and started visiting people. Judging them. Judging us. Makingus justify our own existence' Kate declares, adding that the Eternals had already scapegoated mutants in their war against excess deviation, attacked Krakoa and let loose their living extinction event on Arakko – Uranos all but got the job done. Kate points out that now the Temple Gate is in pieces, and the apocalypse is still in progress – and there are mutants trapped in the Altar, stranded in Legion's head. 'That sounds like a rescue to me!' Kate declares.
'I don't need a crone and a commodore to watch grass grow' Fabian replies, hands in his pocket. 'We've got a pear doing your job on our boat, Fabian. Read the room' Kate frowns. Fabian tells Kate that he can watch the Gate, and asks Kate if she shouldn't be crying into a pillow with her crew. From beneath the large silver helmet stolen from the Shi'ar, Cassandra tells Fabian 'Those of us who've faced judgment are each handling it in our own way. I choose to do so by emasculating born followers with a glance'. Calling Kate “Sprite”, Cassandra points out that she has also chosen to punish herself with Fabian's presence. Kate then remarks that Legion built the Altar for healing, and that when the gate forms, the people coming through will be scared. 'Fabian's not exactly a welcome mat' Kate adds. Fabian frowns, to which Cassandra asks 'Surely that's why I've come'. Kate turns to Cassandra and explains that she is here to antagonize him. 'Doing a great job by the way' she adds.
Hellfire Bay, where the New Marauder is docked. A woman wearing a pink and black costume with her blonde hair in a ponytail sits in a chair on the vessel. Her only known name is Birdy. 'So, obviously the circumstances aren't ideal. They never are. The world's still being judged. You're all reeling from your encounters. I'm sure you've all got questions. Who passed? Who failed? But that's irrelevant to me. I'm not here to judge. I'm here to help' Birdy remarks. 'You've heard of combat medics? I'm a combat psychologist' Birdy explains, revealing that she used to keep Sabretooth calm as a full-time job. 'That's my gift. The glow. Empathy. Telepathy. I collate thoughts, feelings and memories to help people'. Birdy announces that she and Aurora have been working together, and that Aurora thought maybe they could all use some glow. Birdy closes her eyes and speaks telepathically to those gathered before her: 'So if we're ready? I'm stepping in... who's first? Show me what the Progenitor showed you'.
(in Bishop's mind)
Birdy finds herself in Bishop's mind, where Bishop is back in his reality, at a bar with his old crew, Malcolm and Randall. He tells Birdy that he always knows where he is, the place and time – not a mutant talent, just a talent. 'And where were you?' Birdy asks. 'The last place I wanted to be' Bishop responds. 'With old friends? Why?' Birdy enquires. Bishop explains that it wasn't them – it was the Progenitor, and he knew why. 'Not happy to see us, Bishop?' Randall asks as he knocks back a drink at the bar. Randall wipes his mouth and remembers that they fought together, that there wasn't a foxhole they didn't fill. 'Now you're Captain Commander of Krakoa. Got the keys to resurrection... but not for us, right?' Randall exclaims.
Randall stands up and looms over Bishop, one of his eyes is missing, a red dome can be seen, one that the Progenitor has on his body. 'We were a team! We died fighting next to you! All this time... and you can't even save the friends who had your back?' Randall exclaims. Bishop turns to Malcolm, who is also missing an eye, as Malcolm asks if two grunts aren't good enough for this utopia. 'What makes you special? What makes you worth saving?' Malcolm asks.
Birdy puts a hand on Bishop's shoulder and asks him how he could possibly answer that. 'Easy. I told him I wasn't special. Told him the truth... I'm not waiting to resurrect Malcolm and Randall because this world's too good for them. I'm waiting because I haven't made it good enough for them' Bishop responds. Bishop starts to tell Birdy that nobody knew how he felt about the guys, and that the Progenitor threw it in his face, but Birdy tells Bishop to stop: 'I told you, Bishop. I'm not interested in the result. You spoke a painful truth... be proud of that'.
(in Aurora's mind)
Jeanne-Marie Beaubier a.k.a. Aurora looks around at several of her other personalities as she informs Birdy that her judgment started in Birdy's office, much like their regular sessions, until... 'You're not my usual doctor' one of the other personalities calls out as they look ahead at the strange man sitting behind a desk, several cards scattered on the desk in front of him. 'No, Jeanne-Marie. But I am here to evaluate your progress. All of you' Headlok responds, before explaining that the cards before him are Inner Active Cards – a human creation. He reveals that this set is by Nemesio Pietri, a prophetic mutant painter, and asks Aurora to choose seven cards that she currently relates to.
'Those are my cards. Who is this clown?' Birdy asks. One of Aurora's personalities informs her that his name is Headlok, a brainwasher who took over her mind years ago. 'Fun as it was, he didn't last long against us. But suddenly, he was back'. Headlok then tells Auora based on the seven cards she chose, to justify her existence. 'What?' Aurora asks, surprised. 'After all the work you've done... you should be able to, right?' Headlok remarks, one of his eyes suddenly appearing red. 'Prove... I deserve to live?' the Jeanne-Marie personality of Aurora asks solemnly. The heroic Aurora personality tells her that she doesn't have to do that. 'Not while we're here' she exclaims as she blasts Headlok with a beam of light, and he vanishes.
'Damn. This withered old sack thought he could replace me?' Birdy asks. 'He couldn't fool me. Of course, who knows if he even wanted to?' one of the Aurora personalities asks. 'Our answer was clear. His was not. But thanks to you... we didn't care' another remarks. Jeanne-Marie looks at one of the cards in shock and utters 'Exactly. I know it hasn't been long, Birdy... but you've always believed in us'.
(in Tempo's mind)
'Step into the circle, Tempo. Come on... what's stopping you?' Sumo calls out as he sits in a sumo wrestling arena. Lights shine down on him, although the arena is otherwise empty, save for Tempo who stands on the edge of the arena, and Birdy who sits in the stalls nearby. 'And what was stopping you?' Birdy asks Heather Tucker a.k.a. Tempo, who explains that she didn't think she belonged there, and that somehow, Sumo knew it. 'Why? Who was Sumo to you?' Birdy asks. 'He always hated that name... but this wasn't Jun Tenta. He had Jun's face, but the real Jun never knew how I felt. The Progenitor did. And he dug the knife in' Tempo replies. Indeed, Sumo appears with that strange red eye, and asks 'Could it be guilt? This is a place of honor, after all. You hid my truth from me and let me die. Why should you get your happily ever after?' he snarls.
'Good or not. Celestial. Eternal. I don't care. No one mocks my friends' Tempo exclaims, adding that Jun made his own choices, but had no idea what it cost him. 'I do, Birdy. Only I do. That's how my gift works. Like I told the Progenitor... there's a reason I don't just change the past. If you're successful? Most don't even know. But I always remember' Tempo utters. She hangs her head as she explains that back in the Mutant Liberation Front she and Jun were not close – until they were. She recalls X-Force hitting an MLF raid, which is when Eugenix saw their chance and nuked everyone – everyone except her and Jun. She reveals that she tried to warn Jun, but that he demanded they change it – so they went back in time. Jun then killed the Eugenix freaks, saved both the MLF and X-Force – even Cable, and the timeline revised as if the mission never happened.

'Get it, big man? Only I knew. Jun was a hero. And the next time we saw X-Force... Cable shot him in the head' Tempo snaps at the representation of Sumo, who stands up, and declares 'A poetic tragedy. Perhaps he should've lived instead of you'.
'How could anyone -' Birdy begins, 'Justify my life?' Tempo asks. 'What a load. I've got a right to live. And so does Jun' Tempo exclaims, adding that the Progenitor could judge how he wanted, but she wasn't justifying a damn thing. 'That's very brave' Birdy points out as the representation of Sumo begins to disappear. 'It is what it is. If we live? I'm putting my friend in for resurrection... then I'm telling him everything' Tempo announces.
(in Kwannon's mind)
Kwannon a.k.a. Psylocke looks furious as she shoves her psi-blade through the skull of the diabolical Mr Sinister, one of his eyes is that strange red that the other representations of the Progenitor have had. Kwannon stands over his body while Birdy looks on and points out that as responses go, seems like hers was pretty abrupt. 'If the Progenitor wanted a conversation, he shouldn't have come as Sinister. But even so, he got one...' Kwannon replies. 'Really, Psylocke... you're supposed to convince me to spare this world?' Sinister asks. 'You couldn't even spare your daughter the wrath of a becaped necromancer' Sinister grins. 'I see what you mean. What a total ass' Birdy remarks. 'You want to know why I deserve to live?' Kwannon asks as she shoves her psi-blades into Sinister once more – then pulls back from him, holding her infant child in her arms.
'Sounds like you had an answer ready' Birdy points out. Kwannon smiles as she kisses her daughter. 'To live this life, in this body...is something I was long denied. And every day...I think of those still denied that. Those I've lost. Those I love... and I fight in their name, Matsu'o. John. Especially her' Kwannon declares, adding that is what the Progenitor's next move was quite the dagger – as the Progenitor appears as Kwannon's child, looking up and asking 'Which of you should I be judging, mom? “The enemy of peace” or the “love that transcended body and soul?”' Kwannon and Birdy look down at the child in shock, as she asks 'Are you the Kwannon you were born as? Or the one you died as?' Birdy tells Psylocke that she is sorry, to which Psylocke scowls and asks 'Why? I am a War Captain. I lead through pain. This was no different. I could not falter'. She explains that she made it very clear – the Progenitor would find her justification on the battlefield – where she would stand against him until she could stand no more. 'You threatened a god?' Birdy asks. 'I spoke the truth. His actions were an intrusion. One I would repay in blood. He glared in anger... then nodded with approval' Kwannon utters.
(in Somnus' mind)
Carl Valentino a.k.a. Somnus sits up in bed, naked, he sees Jean-Paul Beaubier a.k.a. Northstar standing over him, wearing his red and white Alpha Flight team costume. 'I must be dreaming!' Carl exclaims, adding that he can still see the headlines... “Northstar as you've never known him before” Carl recalls, adding that he personally hoping for “biblically”. 'There you were. Screaming your truth on the news. And there was I. Over the hill, in the closet. Brother. Uncle. Confirmed bachelor. Living my days with half-truths and my nights... one guy and one dream at a time. Seeing you be so public. I never thought we'd get that far. You were my hero' Carl smiles, looking up at Northstar, who suddenly, appears as a manifestation of the Progenitor, one of his eyes is red, and he asks 'If you admired me so much, Somnus... why not come out? Why not stand up for yourself and join me?'
'You think I don't constantly ask myself that?' Cal responds. He remarks that back then they were fed lies by their families and the government – lies about what strong is, and what sin is – and he was scared. He was scared of losing the siblings he raised, the family they had built – and just as he thought maybe the risk was worth it, a virus attacks one part of who he is – just as they start to understand that, another comes for the other part of him. 'So yeah. I was afraid. Me... the man of every guy's dreams'. Birdy can be heard telling Somnus that it must have been hard to talk about that, to answer that. 'When I'm someone else's dreams, I'm a guest. An explorer. But in mine, I might as well be god. In control of it all' Somnus replies. The representation of the Progenitor, Northstar, hovers above Somnus now as Somnus remarks that the Progenitor came into his head, asked why he deserved to live – when he wasn't brave enough to live it the first time.
'Usually I'd be nothing to him... but in my dream, I had all the power I needed to show him the door. I didn't owe him an answer. But I'll tell you' Somnus replies as he casts energy which knocks Northstar back through the bedroom window. Birdy appears at the window: 'You don't have to' she replies. Somnus hangs his head and tells her that he wants to – and that he knows he can't change the past, but that he is living now – and won't spend a single second of that as anyone but himself.
(in Daken's mind)
'Where are we?' Birdy asks as she sits on the edge of a river nestled in a snow-covered mountain range, while snow monkeys swim in the river nearby. 'Shiga Highlands. Always liked it here. Still visit in meditation. To be truly alone... so it wasn't hard to realize I wasn't' Daken responds as he approaches Birdy wearing his new costume. 'This is where you're at peace, Daken? Where you're comfortable? With your kind? In your mind...among the beasts?' Birdy asks. One of the monkeys looks over at Birdy as she asks Daken if he wasn't surprised to be arguing with himself. 'It's one of my favorite sports. And that's the catch, Birdy. The Progenitor tried to be the voice in my head. As impersonations go, it wasn't bad...but it wasn't good enough' Daken responds as he pops one of his claws then shoves it into his eye. 'Woof. What then?' Birdy asks as she looks on.
Daken appears as the manifestation of the Progenitor, one of his eyes red, as he tells Birdy that he has come to others as a lover, an enemy, a friend, whatever face cuts deepest – but Daken, the face that cuts him deepest is his own. 'How could such a dog possibly justify its existence?' he asks. 'And you said?' Birdy queries. 'Said I've been a dog. A hunter. A killer... just living out the names others put on me. Akihiro? Got that for being born. Daken? A weapon they used against me. I'm not looking to justify. But I'm done living those names...Fang? I earned that name. Sure, I've killed. I'll kill again...but it'll be for me and mine' Fang trudges through the snow, and Birdy walks at his side as he adds 'I told him he was too late for me to say I deserved to die. He judged accordingly. I'm sure I failed. I don't care. I know I owe blood. And if he or anyone else wants to collect... they're welcome to try'.
(Reality)
'Gah!' Somnus exclaims as he opens his eyes and finds himself back on the New Marauder, with his teammates sitting nearby, and Birdy in front of them. 'We're out...the dream's over' Somnus utters. Kwannon remarks that she feels better – and that Birdy's ability was almost like telepathy, but more ethereal, like sense memory. Bishop adds that he has been through plenty of dreams but never felt this good after one. 'You've been dreaming with the wrong people, boss' Somnus remarks. 'That'll be the glow' Birdy tells the Marauders. She explains that once she felt what the Progenitor showed them, she could soften it, defuse it. 'We broke new ground today. Hyperbolic Time Theory. Months of work in minutes, thanks to Somnus'. Aurora thanks Birdy and tells her that whatever happens after judgment is done, she has prepared them for it. 'I've got my talents, Aurora. But I just drew the blueprints. You did the hard part' Birdt smiles, when suddenly, there is a loud thunderous noise.
'Done! Finally! I've never suffered such an agonizing wait!' Fabian Cortez exclaims as he stands beside the portal. 'You were quite free to commit ritual suicide, young man' Cassandra tells him. 'If Fabian offed himself, how could he take the credit for evacuating the Altar?' Kate asks. 'Someday... I'll force-feed both of you those words' Fabian mutters. 'Oh my. Will you make me wear Magneto's helmet while you do so?' Cassandra replies.
Aurora contacts Captain Pryde after hearing the loud noise, which Kate has just heard, too. 'You felt that, right?' Kate asks 'We all did, Captain 'Aurora responds. 'You wanted ten minutes, you got them. Cassandra and I will meet you' Kate adds, before telling Fabian the good news is that the Gate is about to open, and the credit is his – assuming any of them survive.
Shortly, the Marauders have regrouped, and Bishop informs Captain Pryde that the intel is how – they are moving on the Progenitor. 'Good, Bishop. It's about time' Kate replies. Birdy glances at Cassandra and tells her that it is too bad she bailed, as she would have loved a peek inside her leathered head. 'How unprecedented. A canary that begs for the coal mine' Cassandra responds. Captain Pryde then starts to lead her team to the impending battle.
Elsewhere, 'Penetrating scans decrypting. The mutants are preparing for war. Of course, even as the world suffers Celestial judgment... mutant hubris all but demands an escalation of tensions' a man with long white hair utters while the Progenitor prepares to give the thumbs up or thumbs down sign. 'Another gift to Orchis. Get all the footage you can. If Earth goes on, it must be clear who brought us to the brink. Thunderbird's police assault. Brimstone Love's torture cult. Nature Girl's murder spree...and so another petal opens'. The man with long white hair sits on a chair while several Orchis operatives man various consoles around him, as he looks at various screens displayed before him. 'And with it, hearts and minds bloom to our cause. Mutants threaten us all with their struggle for so-called freedom. That is the truth...as Judas Traveller wills it!'


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Here Comes Yesterday, part 1
Waterbury, Connecticut, where Brimstone Love's Theater of Pain is operating out of an old church. 'Scratch! Where the hell is Love?' the mutant called Stringfellow shouts, waving his arms about in a panic. Scratch explains that the Theater of Love is rebuilding, and that Brimstone Love will appear when he sees fit. 'I offered him my future! If he can't show up for that, then you can pay his bill -' Stringfellow begins, before appearing confused as he tries to use his power to turn Scratch's body elastic. 'Your bones should be jelly right now!' Stringfellow calls out. 'You should be an omelet!' Scratch responds by grabbing Stringfellow by his head, tears begin to stream down Stringfellow's face as Scratch declares 'I am only what I am. A man of constant rage. A mutant immune to mutant gifts', before adding that Stringfellow is the broken egg between them. Stringfellow then screams, while up above in the church rafters, the purple dragon Lockheed observes what transpires below, while the mutant rat called Dirtnap scurries along a nearby rafter.
Meanwhile, at Hellfire Bay, Krakoa, Kate Pryde finds the young mutant called Cerebra and asks her if she is adjusting well, noting that not every Krakoan stray lands on the eve of judgment. Cerebra appears to be planting some seeds in a container, and tells Kate that the Progenitor was one thing, but that this is all so analog. 'My Cyclops could've just changed the floor to pooting soil' she boasts, referring to the reality where she is from. 'But standing here with you, Captain Pryde, planting a Gate Flower... 2099 had instatexts about this time. I'd read of the X-Men taking in future refugees. Never thought I'd be one. It's surreal, but I'm thankful for every minute' she assures Kate. 'Cable said you'd need me. Can't imagine it was for gardening' Cerebra remarks.
As the Krakoan Gate begins to grow, Kate tells Cerebra that the flower is for Bishop, as the New Marauder was still missing a gate, and now the Captain Commander can almost be in two places at once. 'I've got other uses for you' Kate assures Cerebra.
Later, Cerebra reports that she has examined the timedrive, and tells Kate that it won't be easy, but that with her gifts restored, she should be able to scan its inhabitants for the Five. 'But I sense you're still a “no” on the Marauders' Kate asks. 'More like... not yet' Cerebra responds as they walk away from the New Marauder, docked in Hellfire Bay.
Elsewhere: 'A town called “Captain America”?' Carl Valentino a.k.a. Somnus asks as he stands before a billboard in Nebraska, welcoming people to the town. His Marauders teammates Jeanne-Marie Beaubier a.k.a. Aurora, Kwannon a.k.a. Psylocke and Akihiro a.k.a. Fang stand nearby. 'American subtelty, Somnus. You'll catch up' Aurora remarks. 'Subtle, right. Like the power militia about to be gutted on Main Street' Fang suggests. Kwannon reminds him that the Watchdogs occupied this town in the name of the “real” Captain America. 'A mutant engaged them. But his...enthusiasm threatens the people as much as the -' Kwannon begins, before one of the Watchdogs rides towards the Marauders on a motorcycle. 'This's Watchdog's land! Go home, muties!' the terrorist calls out. 'Dog' Somnus remarks as he steps in front of the motorcycle, then leaps up at the Watchdog, punching them in the face. 'Nice job!' Fang calls out. Somnus reminds him that he taught it to him in the sixties. 'That was a hell of a day' Somnus adds. Suddenly, there is a loud booming noise, and Aurora wonders if they are too late.
Nearby, on Main Street: 'This meatcastle's one of us?' one of the Marauders asks as they see a large gray-skinned mutant tearing up mainstreet, tossing Watchdogs about with ease, while civilians run in fear. 'COME AT ME, FASCISTS!' Horsepower roars. Kwannon prepares a psychic arrow as she tells her teammates that Horsepower was born Tulkas, and that he is an adrenokinetic, and a drifter. His body burns superadrenaline in many ways – youth, regeneration, strength, but he still gets it the traditional way, through thrills – and he won't stop. Aurora reports that Horsepower is a star on social media – he hunts down terror cells, he needs the rush – but he is trying to help. 'Trying' Kwannon mutters, worried that Horsepower will level the town. She suggests that the Watchdogs are easy enough, and fires her psychic arrows at the Watchdogs, rendering them unconscious, but she knows Tulkas would burn through them instantly.
When the Watchdogs fall, Horsepower turns: 'Krakoans!' he shouts. 'I wasn't finished!' Fang leaps towards Horsepower: 'Management says otherwise, big man' Fang calls out, claws at the ready, while Kwannon telepathically instructs Aurora to begin clean-up and check for medical emergencies. 'In a blink' Aurora responds. 'You talk cute, man bun! Hit cuter!' Horsepower yells at Fang, who breaks one of his claws against Horsepower's hulking body. 'Just let me know when you're ready to fight, kid' Horsepower adds. Kwannon turns to Somnus, who stands over the Watchdogs, and suggests a nightmare to hold this trash until the national guard arrives. 'On it. But shouldn't we be helping Aki?' Somnus responds. Kwannon tells him that the Watchdogs are neutralized and the town is secure, while Fang can handle Tulkas until he burns out, and they can both sleep it off back on Krakoa. 'How about I nail that mouth shut permanently, jackass?' Fang growls as he shoves his broken claw through Horsepower's mouth. But Horsepower pulls the blade out and tells Fang to quit with the foreplay.
Back on Krakoa, at the Red Keep in Hellfire Bay, where Lucas Bishop is placing some supplies into a bag, and a scantily-clad Christian Frost waters the strange mutant tree, Gregor Smerdyakov. Bishop notes that Smerdyakov seems happy – or at least as happy as a mutant tree could be. 'Yes, well, I'm not much of a gardener...but there's vodka in this hose' Christian comments. 'Hellfire Trading's been good to the Red Monach. Nice fit, by the way' Bishop responds. Christian tells Bishop that when it comes to exposing oneself, a Frost has to keep up. 'Born for the work, Christian... and thanks for the restock'
Later, Bishop is with Cerebra, who remarks 'Look at us. Castoffs from two different futures rescuing escapees from the past'. Bishop tells Cerebra to join his drinkup with Cable and Rachel, as they bet on when apples will go extinct. 'What's an apple?' Cerebra asks, before she tells Bishop that she has a bet, and that Psylocke says there is one mutant in the timedrive. 'I bet three. The genetic data here is beyond old. And degraded. But I do feel them inside. Faint. Fractured.  Your boost fruit's helping' Cerebra remarks as she holds the timedrive in her hands and looks at it closely. Suddenly: 'There. Genetic and psychometric scan complete' Cerebra announces, asking Bishop to summon the Five, as resurrection calls.
At that moment, in the Arbor Magna, a naked male emerges from one of the resurrection eggs. '...it worked!' Fang exclaims. 'How could Cerebra miss this? She should be celebrated' someone asks. 'Told me she didn't need a reminder of popping out of an egg so soon' Aurora remarks. 'Or perhaps to admit I was right. For all her bespoke gifts with the mutant genome...she was wrong. The timedrive held one Thresholder, not three' Psylocke smiles, to which Aurora tells her teammate not to gloat, as she is in danger of beginning to sound like her brother, Northstar. Somnus, Fang, Kate Pryde, Bishop and Heather Tucker a.k.a. Tempo stand nearby. Suddenly, there is another cracking noise, and Psylocke realizes that she might be wrong, as the show isn't over yet, and two more mutants emerge from other eggs.
There is a crackle of energy, and the Thresholders appear clothed, in exotic costumes, while Psylocke look on, shocked that she was wrong about the number of mutants within the timedrive. 'Don't worry, I won't tell Cerebra' Fang grins. 'No point lying to a telepath... I definitely will!' Aurora jokes. Cassandra Nova suddenly appears alongside the other Marauders and exclaims 'How wonderful! Three time-lost urchins in one!' 'Three time-lost people you won't touch. Captain's perogative, Cassandra!' Kate Pryde snaps. Kate then approaches the Thresholders and introduces herself and the Marauders, before informing the Thresholders that this is Krakoa, their home and somewhere all mutants are safe.
'These sounds. They're horrible...' gasps the muscular male. The regal woman of the group turns to the slender male and calls him Amass and points out that it appears those standing before them lack viral translators. 'I believe this is their language' she adds, before wondering if this is the past or the future. 'Have we made it?' she asks. Kate tells the Thresholders that they did make it, but that they died in transit, so they have been resurrected. 'Death doesn't stop us anymore. It's been a long time since Threshold...but you're safe and you're among your kind...' Kate adds, suggesting that the Thresholders take it slow. 'What's a mutant? Hell, Amass... what's a Katherine?' the muscular male asks. Amass calls the other one Crave and tells him that a Katherine is in charge. 'As for mutants, they're compatible. I feel it. They're enriched, like us' he explains. The woman closes her eyes and utters 'Everything... it's all different. The base technology. The culture. It's been  rebuilt. Or evolved again. That's how long we've been gone'.
'Tell me, Katherine... how well can you imagine the unknown?' the woman asks. She states that for all their power, Threshold was terminally ill, and that escape was their only hope – not where, but when, and as their world burned, they gathered the final three. 'Me. Theia. Whose mastery of local gravity could pierce time' the woman utters, introducing herself. She remarks that Crave is a hedonist who can consume anything to survive, and explains that Amass is a provocateur who is able to combine them into a unified being, and together, they were a living time capsule. She reveals that they launched knowing they would only be received when and if a future society became advanced enough to catch them. 'And now, across time inconceivable... Krakoa has. We thank you' Theia adds, before asking 'But after so long, how do you know of Threshold at all?' Bishop glances at Cassandra and instructs her to send the Thresholders the report, front of mind – nothing else.
And shortly, the Thresholders look on in shock: 'The “Shi'ar”? So the void birds finally built their empire?' Crave asks, before Amass queries how long they were kept in stasis for. Tempo crouches next to the Thresholders as she informs them they have been gone for two billion years – enough time for humans to evolve. She introduces herself and explains that she has lost time herself. 'And I'm so sorry' she utters.
The Marauders are linked telepathically, and Aurora projects here thoughts, stating that she knows what the Chronicle said, but that she thinks this is unbelievable, and suggests that they could be Kin Crimson agents. She proposes that Cassandra Nova could have set this up, and that a chronokinetic could have faked Pryde's puzzle box. Fang wonders how there could be no evidence that Threshold existed – and how there could be mutants before humans ever existed. 'That's it's own question' Bishop comments, adding that everything turns to sand in time. 'Figure this...the Oxygenation Catastrophe, a deadly extinction event so deep in Earth's past we can hardly comprehend it. Different land. Different air. Shorter day. Basically, a different planet'. Bishop suggests that time on that scale could've easily erased Threshold's remains, while Kwannon reports that the Thresholders show no signs of deception – visual, psychic or otherwise. 'And if they do? We kill them and reassess' Fang exclaims – but Bishop states that when he came here, the X-Men welcomed him – and these three deserve no different.
'You have a warm face, Tempo. Expressions are a clear language. On Threshold...a viral linguistic medium ensures all are understood' Theia tells Tempo. 'You turned a virus into a universal translator? Amazing' Tempo utters. 'Not so wondrous as your resurrection. We could never solve for death' Theia replies. 'Maybe not. But we're here! We didn't beat death. We cheated it!' Amass smiles. 'So... you eat things?' Somnus asks, smiling at Crave. 'Whatever pleases me. As often as possible' Crave responds, while Daken frowns. 'Forgive my friends. They were chosen for their skill, not maturity' Theia remarks, before deciding that a trust offering is needed, and asks if she can share more of their loss. 'Through our pain, perhaps... our world could become more real'.
(Flashback images, narrated in the present)
Theia tells her companions that Threshold was a nation of mutants, as they call them, or “Enriched” as they were known to the Thresholders. Prone to wonder, slow to anger and quick to defend, such as when they repelled the first invasion from the void, the avian barbarians known as the Shi'ar. That victory sparked Threshold's climb towards its peak, and advancement came in increasing waves, born of that double helix that once adorned their heroes, the same miracle that brought Thresholders their gifts. The next of them to crawl from the birthing sea were celebrants and builders, each generation a family, spawned every twenty years and raised by all. The Thresholders were comfortable in their strength, they battled internal threats – hardship with biomachines and disease with smart medicines. Discord with viral communication – and with it came reform
Their governance was reborn as two houses – one called equally from each generation of Enriched – mutants. The other house was drawn from the Enshrined – humans. The Enshrined were a vast minority, cherished for their perspective, born with no gifts, their wisdom checked Threshold's ever growing power. And as such, every generation spawned entered a better world than what was – and this was Threshold's Age of Light. Until, from the darkness, the Unbreathing struck. Rivals of the Thresholders, an industrial anaerobic society desperate for expansion. This race was devastated by the first oxygen war, and so they lay dormant for ages, before resurfacing with even deadlier tactics. They attacked with choke staffs, night weapons and skyblazers. Theirs was a guerrilla turf war against any who  breathed air. They had no choice, oxygen poisoned them – life for Threshold meant death for the Unbreathing.
But it took only a taste of war to turn the Thresholders' pride into poison, and fear of the unbreathing drove them to cruel places. Hybrid bacteria to infiltrate the Unbreathing's cities beneath the waves. Unfortunately, the strains were too smart and became self-aware. Out of hate, the Thresholders had created monsters and paid the price. The bacteria turned on them – and then on each other, fighting their own way with their own infected bodies. The few who could hold off infection were led by Grove. But seeing no cure on the horizon, they turned to escape. Grove chose Theia, Amass and Crave to strike out into the unknown for help – and if no help could be found, to preserve their history. And so, as their Age of Light drowned in blood, as friend ate friend and lover slaughtered lover, they fled.
(Present)
To your arms, it sees. Where Tempo caught us' Theia concludes her take. 'I did? I mean, I did. I mean, we all did our part' Tempo stammers, blushing as she looks at Theia, while Kate frowns. 'You certainly have. Without your gifts, we'd still be lost...neither then or now' Theia remarks, while Tempo continues to smile. 'We finally reach the future and already Theia's stealing my girl!' Amass exclaims. 'That's a woman, Amass. And trust me, you never had a chance' Aurora smiles. 'You might have been lost to the Shi'ar, Theia. But not to Krakoa' Kate remarks. Crave helps Theia stand up and suggests that it does seem their faith in the future was well placed. 'But for us, moments ago... our home was burning. This isn't easy, even if it's what we wanted' he points out. 'Not easy. And more so not over...we came for aid. Will Krakoa answer?' Theia asks. 'We'll help. No question' Kate Pryde responds quickly.
The Marauders are still linked telepathically, and Bishop asks 'Saving them's one thing, Cap. But a whole society?' He points out that Threshold's history, and asks what saving it will do to what  is  to come. 'Time travel details. That's what I've got for you. We'll figure it out. We always do' Kate replies. 'Telepathic gossip, Captain! Show some respect!' Cassandra Nova exclaims. 'If no one else will tell these lost children the truth, then I'll - ' Cassandra begins, but Kate spins around and snaos: 'Not now, Nova. Not today!'
Kate then turns to Theia, Crave and Amass and tells them that they can't imagine what they have lost, but that Krakoa doesn't accept no-win scenarios, and doesn't turn it back on its family. 'The Marauders will do everything we can for Threshold -' Kate starts to say, before Cassandra interrupts her, asking 'And just how much could we do as corpses, Sprite?' addressing Kate by one of her old codenames. 'She's throwing us to the wolves!' Cassandra declares, asking if she is the only one who sees it. Bishop grabs Nova and tells her to step back. 'The whole crew was thinking it, Mister Bishop. I view personal boundaries as a dare. I see it again falls to me to say what won't be said and save us all from our wise captain!' Cassandra utters. 'I'll phase your heart out, I swear!' Kate snaps at Cassandra. 'I believe Charles left it in our mother' Cassandra jokes as Kate's hand phases  through her chest.
'Now, where was I?' Cassandra asks, as she turns to the Threshold Three, and tells them that all that talk of wet death – words couldn't suffice, and she needed to steal a look. 'A smoked-meat homunculus like you has no place mocking our pain!' Amass exclaims, pointing a finger at the old woman. 'Pipe down, sticky child. Crew before country, after all' Cassandra tells him, remarking that Sprite is about to volunteer her crew for demise. 'She – she is?' Somnus asks, wide-eyed, while the others look on, concerned. Cassandra reveals that she has witnessed Threshold's bacterial weapons, and as such feels she is compelled to speak out against their low-density leader. 'Naivete is Sprite's true super-power. Following her, we brave eight... would face monsters that once conquered the globe. Or will.'
Cassandra declares that in their future – her past – she knows them all too well. 'Sibling bacteria...Arkea and Sublime!' she grins wickedly.


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Here Comes Yesterday, part 2
(Two billion years ago)Threshold, where in a cave, the Thresholder called Grove announces that they are under attack. 'Threshold's defector, Nightfount, leads the Unbreathing against us, razes our cities...intent on reigniting the Oxygen Wars'. Grove remarks that they feared the Unbreathing, but their final weapons against them, the smart bacteria, have instead turned their hate against each other, and they war, using their own infected bodies as fodder. On the battlefied, a child bites into their mother's neck, while war rages around them. Grove tells Amass, Crave and Theia that the present is beyond saving, and that the future is their only hope. 'You are our only hope' she utters. Crave and Theia look concerned, while Amass smiles.
(Now)At the Broken Baths on Krakoa, most of the Marauders are relaxing naked in the  hot pools. Kate Pryde looks unimpressed and asks 'You're questioning the mission now?  Why? Because of Cassandra?' 'Who wouldn't have questions about world-conquering germs?' Lucas Bishop asks. Jeanne-Marie Beaubier a.k.a. Aurora points out that it isn't like Kate has been taking opinions, adding that she isn't saying they shouldn't go. 'Throwing us to the wolves, deep in the past shouldn't be a split-second decision' Kwannon a.k.a. Psylocke remarks. Akihro a.k.a. Daken, Carl Valentino a.k.a. Somnus and Heather Tucker a.k.a. Tempo listen to the conversation as Kate asks Psylocke if she thinks this was – a split second decision. 'I've worn an X a long time. Saved plenty. Lost plenty, too. This mission isn't some wild dream...it's an act of will' Kate declares.
Kate continues, telling her team that the choice here is the one she makes every day – to hope. To not take no for an answer when others would. 'And yes, when necessary, to dive at the wolves...and kick their asses'. She asks her team if they want to know a secret, before announcing that their boat doesn't work for Krakoa – it works for mutants. 'We go where we're needed, full stop. The Quiet Council itself couldn't keep me from doing my job. That's why I chose you all. Not for stats or experience. For your hearts. You need to dave lives...and not be stopped' Kate declares. 'Solid speech, Captain. But saving Threshold could still mean overwriting Krakoa as we know it' Tempo points out. But Kate suggests that saving the past from Arkea and Sublime doesn't need to undo the present. 'We'll find a way... they've been beaten here. We can beat them there' Aurora utters.
But Fang asks 'What if Tempo's right? The past's long dead. Even if we save Threshold... time'll still get them. There's no threat to Krakoa here and now'. He asks if they can really risk erasing all of their own lives for something that is over. Bishop turns to Fang and remarks 'Your life was over when I was born, Fang. I'm still here fighting for it. We plan. We take precautions. We help who we can. And until then...we keep the Threshold Three out of trouble'.
Later, at the Green Lagoon, 'You should be captain of that ship, Kwannon. Not a tour guide' John Greycrow remarks to his lover, Kwannon, as the two of them stand and watch the Thresholder called Crave devour plate after plate of food. Seated to one side of Crave is Maggott, whose digestive creatures eat a meal from a bowl, and on the other side, an unhappy looking Horsepower, recent arrival to Krakoa. Kwannon tells John that she chose to show Crave around, and adds that she thought he would enjoy the business. 'No money on Krakoa and still you've got me doing charity' Greycrow smiles, before asking Crave if there is anything else he can get him. 'In time, no doubt. I'm not done with your initial offering, yet' Crave replies as he continues to scoff the food – and plates – before him, while Horsepower and Maggott look on in disgust. 'If he takes a bite out of the counter, I'll bury him beneath the rest' Greycrow remarks to Kwannon, who points out that it has been billions of years since Crave's last meal – in a way. 'So he wouldn't mind eating a bullet?' John asks.
'Sad what passes for hunger in your day, friend Maggott! Speaking of which...do yout gut demons intend to finish that?' Crave asks, putting a hand on Maggott's shoulder, but gets no response, so he turns to the holo-menu and remarks 'No matter. You said bullets, Greycrow? Delightful. I must have missed  them here...' as he continues to search through the holo-menu. 'More of a menu hack, but don't worry...you've earned it' Greycrow replies as he hands Crave a gun. 'Delicious! Our mollusk mines never yielded such delightful alloys' Crave utters as he bites down on the gun. 'With skill such as yours, surely you run this island' Crave adds. '...not just yet!' Greycrown exclaims, annoyed. Kwannon tells John that it is okay, and calms him down as he grows agitated. She then turns to Crave and asks if there is more he wants to do than just eat before they depart. 'What? I'm sorry. I've just been taken again by the menu' Crave replies. He then tells Kwannon that it's curious – the words are foreign, but the alphabet, the characters are the same – drawn from the very seed that spawned Threshold.
Elsewhere on Krakoa, sitting on a large rocky mound, Amass asks 'So. This is the best we do? An island' to which Cassandra Nova, sitting nearby, tells him not to be so dour, and reminds him that everyone he knows hs long dead. 'Everyone you know wishes you were' Amass snaps back. He puts his head in his hands and wonders if he was stupid to expect more. 'Threshold covered a continent. We'd have mastered our fears someday. Pioneered the void, like you did with Arakko, Cassandra'. He reveals that they called that world Krazna, and its sister planet was Teeamu – nothing but asteroids, and now it is just gone. 'Yes, well. So is your precious Threshold. For all its continent-straddling' Cassandra smirks. Amass looks annoyed and tells Cassandra to mock all she wants, but that Krakoa wouldn't be here without Threshold, and that neither would she. 'You think?' Cassandra asks, still smiling. 'To thrive here, you must both defend your existence and offer cruel reminders of your value. For me, such acts are like breathing' Cassandra utters.
'Why would I want to be like you?' Amass asks as he drops down off the rocky mound onto the ground below. 'You want to survive. And I've long considered that my true mutant power' Cassandra declares, informing Amass that she has survived an attempted murder in utero, survived the loss of her flesh, and survived a cumbersome redhead mangling her morals. 'Mutants have hated me since I was conceived...and I've survived'. She admits that, in fairness, she hated them as well – and now she hates everyone else. 'It's quite the turn'. Amass informs Cassandra that back home he was treated like a thief, like he was casing them, looking to steal their bodies. 'Even here, I can tell this land's a mutant. It's almost familiar. I could merge with it if I -' Amass begins as he touches the ground, before Cassandra telekinetically grabs him and flings him up in the air, warning him that would break the rules: “Respect this sacred land”. Amass asks Cassandra if she follows the rules. 'Heavens no. And I dare these urchins to hold me accountable. There can be no rules...when it comes to mutantkind's survival' Cassandra responds, adding that she warned that Threshold's germs would grow into today's Arkea and Sublime, and that when the Marauders ignore her and go back anyway, there will be no rule but her own.
Elsewhere, at Dead Mutant Cove, an unmasked Tempo sits on the shore of Krakoa with Theia at her side. Theia tells Tempo that Krakoa is beautiful, and that her home amazes her. 'You  say they ride the waves here?' Theia asks, explaining that all but their bravest feared waves, as oceans meant death, thanks to the enemy below. 'Still got plenty of enemies, Theia. Most of them human' Tempo replies. Theia remarks that it is strange to hear that humans are the majority now mutants. 'Their rarity, their fragility...their wisdom – these led us to cherish them. A far cry from the hate you endure' Theia adds, hugging herself and hanging her head as she tells Tempo that these tensions feel so alien to her, and wonders if they always will. 'But then...yours isn't the society torn apart by weapons of its own creation'.
Tempo tells Theia to watch out as she notices the tide coming in. 'No matter. Just a moment' Theia remarks as she uses her powers to diver the waves, redirecting the water so that it breaks on the shore around them but not on them. Theia then tells Tempo that she didn't think there would be a future to greet them, and that what they left behind was so bleak, and asks her if she truly believes she can help Threshold. 'Pryde does. Mutant solutions to impossible problems. That's what she says' Tempo replies, adding that it is wild how the same thing can make someone admirable and irritating. 'Your captain's drive is enviable...I see nothing to dislike' Theia replies. 'There's driven and there's foolish. Even with you on gravity, Aurora on speed and me on time...Amass merging us all, even with everyone and a boost fruit. Forget precision, Theia...this's still just a leap of faith' Tempo declares.
Theia stands up, 'Without question' she replies, adding that it would not be her first. 'I know. I know. And that's why I'm ready to jump. I mean...look at you. So far from everything you knew, bending the ocean...for me' Tempo utters. 'It was not unwelcome, I hope?' Theia asks, smiling. 'Not hardly. But you risked so much to get here, I figure...I'm due for a risk of my own' Tempo replies as she takes Theia's hand and Theia helps her to stand.
'Save the frills, Jumbo. We're looking for function here, not fashion' Kate Pryde tells the extravagant costume designer Jumbo Carnation as they stand in his workshop within the White Palace. 'The clock is ticking for Threshold' Kwannon remarks, to which Bishop reminds her that it is time travel, so it doesn't matter when they leave. While the mutant called Stitch uses her control over light metals to sew some fabric together, Jumbo remarks that fashion can be function, and reveals that he and Stitch sat down with Forge earlier. 'This is what we got' he smiles, holding up a small skull symbol, he explains that the molecules inside the brooch are intuitive, not unstable, and that they are self-healing, too, meaning they will protect the past from today's germs and be the look that launches a thousand puberties. Jumbo tells Captain Pryde to tap once to deploy, twice to retract and three times to pat him on the back. 'And don't forget Stitch. Her gifts make her a virtuoso with micro-circuitry' Jumbo adds, which causes Stitch to smile. Kate, Kwannon and Bishop examine the brooches, and Kwannon tells Jumbo that Stitch should be proud, both of them should. 'All that remains...is to put your work to use'.
Later, the sun glows over the ocean as the Marauder sets sail. 'No suits for the new blood?' Fang asks as he adjusts the brooch on his costume. Theia smiles and tells Fang that it is quaint he would call them new. 'I am safely your elder's elder' she reminds him. 'New blood and new bodies, Theia. Fresh from Arbor Magna. Now hold tight...we're nearing land. I can smell it' Fang remarks as the Marauder rises out of the ocean and flies towards land. Soon, once the Marauder has landed, Tempo puts the brooch on her yellow costume and tells Fang that the Threshold Three are still breaking in their resurrected bodies. 'Isn't that what you were doing down at the cove?' Fang smiles as the team begins to depart the vessel. 'They haven't been here long enough to pick up our pathogens' Tempo replies coldly towards Fang. Christian Frost appears and, on behalf of Hellfire Trading, he welcomes the Marauders to Cooterman's Creek. Kate thanks Christian for the ride and tells him not to break her boat while she is gone. 'That's your job, Captain. Enjoy the past' Christian replies. 'And if you happen to see an especially well-dressed eukaryote...hand's off, it's likely a Frost!' Christian adds.
The Marauders activate their special suits – black and white costumes with red accents and a protective helmet. The individual's name is written in bold red letters down the right side of their leg. The Threshold Three look on and smile, while Somnus asks 'This is the spot? There's nothing ancient here' to which Bishop tells him that there wouldn't be, not after this long, and explains that Sage ran the numbers – this is where Threshold stood, at least what hasn't been pulled beneath the continental crust. Theia warns Captain Pryde that Threshold will seem strange to modern mutants, but Kate tells her not to worry. 'I'm sure your people put their pants on same as us' Kate jokes. Theia explains that their clothing grows from short-lived unicellular colonies that live an entire lifespan on their skin's surface, then petrify into bespoke attire. 'You...you make amoeba clothes?' Somnus asks. 'Is it that much stranger than silk coming out of a worm's -' Aurora begins, before Amass asks everyone if they're ready, warning them that unification can be disorientating for first timers. 'On your word, Bishop' Amass remarks.
'Do it, Amass. And remember...we land two weeks before Arkea and Sublime' Bishop instructs Amass, as the Thresholder merges himself, Crave and Theia with the Marauders, they form one strange being which appears blue, with many arms, and a face comprised of all of their faces. 'Is...this it? We're all in here? Who's driving?' Tempo asks. Theia tells her that they all are, and one of them, explaining that movement is quasi-autonomous when amassed. 'This can't be a committee. To jump so far back in time, I need to be driving' Tempo replies. 'I'm “driving,” Tempo. Your hands are all holding mine. So, lead me' Theia tells her. Energy crackles around the strange being, as Bishop tells Amass that they will each guide, him through their gifts. 'Call it out, people!' Bishop exclaims. 'This is Tempo. Chronokinetics are go'. 'It is Theia. Gravity shield is go'. 'This is Pryde. Intangibility is go'. 'Bishop. Compound energy field is go'. 'This is Psylocke. Psychic backup is go'. 'This is Aurora. Lightspeed is go'. 'Miss Nova here, with a Threshold language upload in hand'. 'Erm – it's Somnus! Prepping Hypersleep!' Amass then reports that he is full of nervous mutants and jumping in three... two... one.
(Two billions years ago)Sentrytown 87, Tthreshold, where several fires rage as the Thresholders battle each other. 'Why fight on? You truly think this battle can be won? These people, their flesh...is all mine by right!' a green-skinned Thresholder calls out, blocking attacks of others, while dozens of rat-like creatures scurry about. 'Please. I didn't ask for a sibling. I didn't care to break this world... until they made us hate it! Even so, it's mine to destroy – not yours. After all, I was here first!' another of the Thresholders exclaims, the two seem to be possessed one by Sublime, the other by Arkea.
Suddenly, the creature comprised of the Marauders and the Threshold Three lands with a mighty thud in the middle of the battle. 'Well, we're here. And it's just as bad as I remember' one of the Threshold Three remark. 'They're ripping each other to shreds!' Psylocke calls out, while one of the others reveals that this city kept watch for the Unbreathing. 'Buy we're too late!' they add. 'This sickness you call Arkea and Sublime is here. We undershot our landing' Their utters. Tempo tells Theia that she is sorry, but she tried, however they travelled billions of years. 'That's like throwing a dart at a snowflake' she exclaims. 'We made it, Tempo. That's what matters. These mutants are infected... butchering each other for Arkea and Sublime. They think there's no one to stop them' someone remarks, while someone else asks 'Want to show them they're wrong?' 'I know I do, Marauders...so let's give 'em hell!' Kate Pryde declares as Amass releases the mutants from the combined being, and they all leap towards the waring, infected Thresholders.
'Welcome, mule! Welcome to -' one of the infected mutants begins, before Theia slams a gravity field into him. 'No' she tells him. 'Good luck with that' Kate smirks as another mutant tries to slice her head off, but their weapon just phases through her. 'Quite the body count for bacterial infants. It's almost nostalgic' Cassandra states as she hovers over several of the infected. Suddenly, 'Behind you, Cassandra! They're -' Amass calls out when he sees Cassandra in danger, never mind the dagger that has been put to his own throat. 'NO! LET GO OF ME, CHARLES!' Cassandra shouts as one of the Thresholders grabs her neck. Cassandra looks anguished as she utters 'That – that pain, that memory... it will cost you your life' she warns the mutant. 'Hardly, woman! Not while this Enriched mule is my carriage! The sight of it! Its smell, its sound – all force your most painful recollections! The weapons this body has are amazing!' the virus calls out from within its host body, when, an instant later: 'So are these' Fang snarls as he shoves his claws into the Thresholder's skull. Fang tells Nova to stay down and let her livery heal, before asking her if that was Xavier's name he heard her screaming. 'Perhaps. A brother engineering your miscarriage can certainly be...formative' Cassandra replies. 'Family gets you every time' Fang agrees.
Fang starts to tell Cassandra that they need to get back into the battle, when he is struck with a blast of energy. 'Your hermetic vestaments are nothing!' the virus cries out from another host form. 'We always get in. You mules bred us for war. Now you have it. War to rage until there is no more flesh left to infect. Until only I or my sibling live!' The virus continues: 'The death of a mule is but the loss of an append-' suddenly, he screams as his hand is severed from his arm. 'Care to offer up any others?' Aurora asks, light dazzling around her hand, ready to strike again, she rushes over to Fang, 'I'm here, Aki! I'm right here!' she tells her partner, as Fang keels over, growling. 'You – you've got to heal! Got to let your livery close up, before -' Aurora exclaims, but Fang's body twists and turns, and he starts to tell Aurora that she is too late. 'We're made to get in. To outthink and overpower immunity. Built for a single art – societal collapse. Why would we eve stop at one?' the virus asks as it takes over Fang's body and mind.
'Unbreathing, Enriched, Enshrined...you're all just mules to us. And this is a strong one!' the virus exclaims as Fang's helmet is removed. 'No! If Fang – if even healing factor can't hold them off, we're -' Kate Pryde begins, as the virus asks 'Doomed? Of course. And what's this about a mission? How sad. There's so much to learn and see inside this body. The feeling – is SUBLIME!' Fang exclaims, the Sublime virus now in complete control...


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Here Comes Yesterday, part 4
(Two billion years ago)
Unbreathing Territory, where the traitor Commander Nightfount has been unmasked as the diabolical time-travelling mutant called Stryfe. 'You think I don't know everything that's coming?' Stryfe shouts as he confronts the Thresholder called Amss, who is currently his prisoner. Stryfe explains that he regrew himself here, crawled from the Thresholders' birthing sea to reign. 'I inspired the Unbreathing's final weapon. Once complete, the Oxygen Ignitor will ablaze the sky!' Stryfe shouts, revealing that everything that breathes will die – everything but him, and he alone will shape the history to come! Stryfe asks Amass if he has anything to say to his future king, to which Amass smirks and replies 'Yeah, Stryfe. I've heard enough!' and with that, Captain Kate Pryde suddenly appears, phasing out from inside Amass where she has been hiding, and shoves a phased fist through Stryfe's head.
'Surprise – tell your amoebas to stand down. Otherwise, I go solid and take a core sample of your brain' Kate warns Stryfe, her hand still phased through Stryfe's head. 'Kitty Pryde...what's a girl like you doing in a time like that?' Stryfe smirks. 'Turning a kidnapping intro recon' Kate responds, wishing Stryfe luck with finishing that Oxygen Ignitor – when suddenly, Stryfe defends himself against Kate, who is shunted backwards, as Stryfe reminds her that intangibility doesn't mean much to a telekinetic. 'Nice of you to phase though, it's a good head start...on ripping you apart, atom by atom!' Stryfe grins wickedly. 'You won't get the chance, traitor!' Amass cries out as he latches onto Stryfe, trapping the madman inside of him. 'No, Amass! We can both -' Kate begins to call out, but as several of the Unbreathing close in around Kate, Amass shouts 'I said go!'
Kate runs and tries to project her thoughts to her teammates in the Marauders: 'Anyone alive out there?' she asks, informing her crew that she and Amass were caught by the Unbreathing 'We merged, he hid me until the time was right. It was half a plan' Kate utters, taking one of the Unbreathing's ships, Kate pilots the vessel and reports that she has seen the Unbreathing's operation, and that their advisor, going by Nightfount, is actually Stryfe, a clone from their future, grown to adulthood here, and now pushing extinction so he can rewrite history from scratch. As Kate pilots her way through the water, she adds that Stryfe isn't there yet, and that his weapon is not finished. 'The Unbreathing are gunning for us all' Kate declares, and as the ship crashes, she phases her way through the explosion, adding that she doesn't care who is listening in: 'If we don't win this war against Arkea and Sublime...it'll get eaten by an even bigger one'.
Elsewhere, Phlorenza, the Capital of Threshold, under attack from the infected Thresholders. 'Form up, Psylocke! Everyone! Grove is wounded!' Theia, one of the Thresholders, calls out as she hovers above the Thresholders' leader, Grove, and another Thresholder, one without powers, Zved, raises a weapon which he blasts at the enemy. Psylocke a.k.a. Kwannon uses her psychic abilities against the infected enemy. The virus Arkea speaks to Theia through one of the infected, boasting that soon Grove will be dead. 'Your gravity can't save you, Theia! I'll break every mutant I have against your wall until the right gifts get me through – then ride all of your mule bodies to victory against my lackluster sibling!' Arkea boasts as the infected slam against Theia's gravity field. Theia tells Grove that Arkea is right – she can't hold Arkea back forever. 'We need only last until the Marauders do their work. Arkea is  well distracted' Grove points out, before asking where Sublime is.
At that moment, in the Birthing Sea, below Phlorenza, the rest of the Marauders – Lucas Bishop, Jeanne-Marie Beaubier a.k.a. Aurora, Heather Tucker a.k.a. Tempo, Carl Valentino a.k.a. Somnus and Cassandra Nova – are inspecting their strange new surroundings. Bishop remarks that the place is pretty much deserted, like Grove hoped. 'But only pretty much' he adds, when suddenly, several strange figures rise from the Birthing Sea, infected by Arkea, one of them warns Bishop that there is plenty of Arka here, splattered all over the walls, cultured into this amniotic sea. 'To hell with my other. I hold Threshold's future host -' the creature begins, before Bishop grabs it: 'you really don't, kid. Not with your cells dead of charge' as he absorbs the energy from the creature. Then, suddenly, there is a strong rumbling, and Bishop is knocked backwards, as Sublime appears, in one of the mutated creatures. Sublime declares that Arkea has spread herself too thin. 'Now I take the seal! Now...Sublime takes what's his!' the virus booms. 'Not if I take you first. Come on!' Bishop shouts as he fights back.
Back above ground, 'Wall's down! I couldn't hold the gravity...' Theia calls out as the infected close in on her, Grove, Zved and Kwannon, who tells Theia to hold on, and that she can block her fatigue, today, but that it will be twice as bad tomorrow. 'DO IT!' Theia shouts, as Kwannon plunges her psi-blade into Theia, while someone calls out' Get the shield back up! Get it -' a Thresholder calls out before one of the infected slices their throat. 'Humans. Worthless even as mules' Sublime utters as he attacks Grove. Suddenly, 'Look alive, fellow mutants?' a voice can be heard, and Kwannon realizes it's Captain Pryde, and warns her that telepathy is not secure.
'Good. I'm looking to advertise!' Pryde responds as she uses one of the Unbreathing's weapons to fire in front of her, while asking 'Where's the rest of my crew -' when suddenly, there is an explosion behind her.
Back in the birthing sea, energy rages around Bishop, bodies of the infected and the Unbreathing lay scattered about, while Bishop announces that his livery's nuked – and that so are a lot of Sublime and Arkea. He adds that he got what he could, but that even he can't hold in that much cellular charge. 'Sublime wasn't supposed to be here! It was too much!' Bishop cries out. Tempo grabs him and tells him that he did good, and that they will figure it out. 'I'll age Arkea and Sublime until they're ash! I'll -' Tempo begins, but Sublime warns her that there will be no time. 'This isn't exactly the victory I dreamed of!' Somnus exclaims, before a wall nearby collapses inwards into the birthing sea, and dozens of infected Thresholders fall towards the Marauders. 'Your Bishop spend himself against one infected mule with a multiplaction gift! Just one – now face the rest of me!' Sublimb calls out as the Marauders fall into the birthing sea.
Through one of the Unbreathing, Sublime supposes that he should thank the Marauders for loosening Arkea's grip on the waters, adding that he would wager they would prefer some air. 'Got enough to take plenty more of you with me!' Bishop boasts. 'You don't win this world on a pile of our bodies – not while I'm here!' Aurora calls out as one of the Sublime-possessed Unbreathing swims towards her. 'You'd deny me my nature? Extinction is my purpose. Same as my other!' Another being possessed by Sublime exclaims 'We are siblings born only to destroy, but that soon he will be an only child. 'Is that hope I hear, Sublime? You think me weak? Think me vulnerable? This is where I infect you, fool! This is where I eat you alive!' one of the beings possessed by Arkea snarls. 'Put well, young tyrant. And well argued' Cassandra Nova smirks as several Unbreathing swim around her, as she then touches her badge, and her mask opens. 'Cassandra? She's opening her livery! She's -' Somnus calls out, shocked, while Arkea asks 'You'd offer yourself to me? Freely?'
'To you?' Sublime asks. 'She offers herself to me!' Numerous possessed Unbreathing latch onto Cassandra, as Arkea asks 'Can't you feel it? This mule is a survivor – she submits, rather than be conquered!' Bishop urgently tells everyone to get on Nova, as the bacteria twins cannot be allowed to have power like Cassandra's. 'You hear them, woman? They'd kill you rather than give you up' Sublime remarks. 'Once I've claimed this withered mule, I'll split you all cell by cell -' Arkea boasts, while the Marauders, still floundering in the birthing sea as all of the Sublime-possessed Unbreathing begin to swim towards those possessed by Arkea. 'If either of them get Cassandra's body...it'll be an all-new kind of extinction!' Aurora calls out.
Back above, Theia, Grove and Kwannon look on as the Arkea-possessed Thresholders turn and run. Theia wonders if Arkea still controls the mutants, and whether they've lost. 'Did Bishop fail?' she asks.
The Arkea-possessed and Sublime-possessed are linked together, connected to Cassandra Nova, as Sublime warns Arkea that he will rip Nova to shreds before he lets her have her. 'Go ahead! All I need is her brain!' Arkea responds.
Kwannon grabs Grove and tells them to stay still, noting they have taken heavy wounds,  while Kate Pryde suddenly notices Grove holding something and asks 'Wait – is that my puzzle box? Someone want to explain?'
'Did you truly think that was all of me, Sublime?' Arkea asks as dozens of possessed Thresholders splash down into the birthing sea.
'My wounds are not as grave as you think...' Grove utters wearily, while Kwannon detects a psychic pulse, like foreshocks before an earthquake. 'Cassandra's happy' Kwannon exclaims.
Indeed, Cassandra smirks as she telepathically remarks 'Children, children...don't you see? I've simplified your feud. Instead of fighting over the world, you're all right here. Fighting over me. Connected to me' Cassandra uttes, when suddenly, she unleashes a fury of energy, connected to the Sublime and Arkea possessed Thresholders and Unbreathing, who are seemingly “fried” by the energy surge, which extends out from the birthing sea, upwards and all around this ancient world, taking out everyone possessed by the two deadly bacteria.
'Psylocke – what just happened?' Kate Pryde asks. 'billions of them, Pryde. More. Arkea and Sublime both. In a single moment...Cassandra touched them all' Kwannon utters.
The Marauders emerge from the birthing sea, '...Hell of a thing...' Bishop remarks, while Somnus asks if Cassandra juste killed everyone. 'Wouldn't be the first time' Aurora utters, when suddenly, there is a telepathic call for help, and Thresholders begin rising up from the depths of the birthing sea. 'Make help...no have much...your words...but help...' one of them cries. Aurora helps the flailing Thresholder, and her thoughts tell him to to hear the idea, not the word. 'It seems your bodies are your own again' she adds, while Bishop demands Nova to report in. A grinning Cassandra rises from the ocean and asks if it isn't obvious – those spiteful youths were hungry for her gifts. 'Sadly, it seems direct contact with my mind crisped the lot of them like matchheads' Cassandra explains, assuring Bishop that it was only a few trillion lobotomies, before asking Bishop if he would rather the blood was on his hands.
Later, Tempo wakes up next to Theia, who tells her that it is morning, and that she overslept. 'It takes precise gravity work to quarantine you without your livery' Theia explains. 'But such a chore, getting me out of my clothes. But, no, you're right' Tempo responds as they kiss. Tempo knows that she can't just stay in bed when her crew has somewhere to be. 'Even going with the flow of time, I'll be lucky to get us all back' she adds, before Theia tells her that if they could steal longer, she has no doubt Tempo would know how. Theia adds that Amass must be freed from the Unbreathing, and their Oxygen Weapon must be destroyed, whilr Crave must be mourned. Theia adds that the Marauders' suits are damaged, but they cann't stay, otherwise Fang's death loses meaning – and their Captain, who came to rescue the Thresholders, must face a cruel fact.
At that moment, '...Ican't do it. Every way you look at it...I can't save them all' Kate Pryde remarks as she looks at the puzzle box. 'And in truth, should you, Captain Pryde?' Grove asks as they appear with Theia, Tempo, Bishop, Kwannon, Aurora, Somnus and Cassandra Nova. Kate turns and sees that Grove looks different – now in a woody, spiked form. 'Grove? That's a new look' Captain Pryde remarks, to which Grove explains that it is their own gift, to heal as vegetative growth – changed, but alive. 'For how long?' Kate asks, noting that the Unbreathing are still out there, and that extinction is still coming. 'This is no rescue'. Somnus looks up at Grove and tells Kate that he thinks they are saying that this doesn't need to be a rescue, as Threshold is their past. 'I can't say how often I've wished I could change my own. But I can only move on' Somnus adds. Grove looks at Captain Pryde and tells her that her oneiromancer is wise, that she should heed him. 'You've given us the aid we need' Grove assures Kate, who looks over at Somnus.
'Shown us there's a future worth fighting for. Now let us fight for it' Grove adds. Captain Pryde smiles, and tells Grove that if that is what they want, then she will listen and take the win. She frowns as Cassandra remarks that a luster has come over her thoughts, as when she visited her the first time – an emotion key. 'You think I can't feel your mind unlocking?' Cassandra asks, before lunging towards Captain Pryde and tells her that she sees what's there – a stupid little diamond box. 'This was your best plan? You and that gilded mare?  Let's see what sad stratagem you so wished to hide from me' Cassandra declares, clenching her fists. Suddenly, a blast of energy strikes Cassandra from behind, and the old woman falls forward as Somnus holds an energy weapon and stands over her: 'It's called a decoy, Nova. We played you. Me and the Captain' Somnus reveals, adding that he has always controlled access to to his head, and he buried the plan deep. 'You only ever got in as far as I allowed' Somnus snaps as he presses down on Cassandra's neck.
Somnus tells Cassandra that the chokestick won't kill her, but that she will wish it did. 'Good work, Sprite...proud of you, it seems the first blood spilled between us...is yours' Cassandra utters as Pryde holds her down, and declares 'Two things, Cassie – Emma says hello. And we did need you for a while. But what can I say? You killed my father. And there are some things you just shouldn't be allowed to get away with!'
'Wait – that feeling, like wind in your heads. It's rushing back. A shared dream, locked in Pryde's mind – where a plan was born' Kwannon calls out. Grove states that they agreed to this, to the Krakoans' departure, to holding Nova here in Threshold's zero cells, but their pact lay hidden until it could safely be returned to their memories. Energy begins to envelop the Marauders, and Theia turns to Tempo, telling her that she is sorry, but Threshold is her home, and she must see out its path and protect it. 'If my new memory serves...we have already said our goodbyes' Theia adds. 'Sure...but there's always time for one more' Tempo replies as she leans in towards Theia. 'Okay, people. Buckle up. I'll see you in two billion years' Kate calls out as the Marauders vanish. 'Morning at last. The Birthing Sea is free. The seed is secure – our children with it' Grove states. 'And yet Tempo is lost, Grove...I mourn, even if a heart is a small price for a future' Theia utters. 'Not Grove, my friend. Not anymore. With new growth comes a new name...call me Okkara'.
(The present)
The Green Lagoon, Krakoa, where Anole is behind the bar making another cocktail. Tempo sits at the bar, drink in hand as Kate walks over to her and tells her that she looks exhausted. 'I mean, it's easier going downriver in time – but it's not easy, Pryde' Tempo replies. 'And that's not what I meant' Kate remarks. Heather turns to her and asks 'It was a few days, right? A glorified long weekend. But she...she had it. The drive. The confidence. Normally, I'm pumping the brakes when I meet someone. But Theia, that's the thing...something about her, something about her gifts, I don't know' Heather remarks, before slumping her head into a hand rested on the bar. 'Gravity affects time. When she was really close, life really did just seem to stop. It was just us'. Heather adds that she never met anyone like that, and that she isn't a kid, she knows it was a fling – a prehistoric weekend fling.
Heather continues, telling Kate that she isn't in love, but that she can't help thinking that she could have been – if they just had more time. 'What if you did?' Kate smiles. She reports that here and now there is nothing left of Threshold, nothing but three backups anda little DNA. 'We couldn't save them all. But what if...we could save just enough to remember?' Kate asks. 'Enough to celebrate what was and to be part of what will be. Against history, against the rules and against the odds. If you ask me...that would be one hell of a rescue'.
And, elsewhere on Krakoa, Theia, Amass and Crave have been reborn!