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Hot Pursuit!
Willot Park, a modest little airport in the middle of the Adirondirack Mountains. Middle of the night. The stolen invisible aircraft lands and Rico announces he will neutralize the local alarms and warm up the gas lines. Becka runs past the others in desperate search for a bathroom.
A little later, while fueling the plane, Rico works on his computer and complains what kind of airport has no snacks whatsoever. What are they up here, un-American? Perhaps they have a problem with theft, Pavel suggests. Oli calms him, pointing out, they’ll get some food. Rico asks what they will do when they find No-Name. One step at a time, Oli replies. He hopes, Oli knows what he is doing, comes the reply.
While checking his ultramodern computer screen, Rico explains the Suits and X-profs have been looking all over for No-Name. But they never bothered trying to think like her. He does things cause he’s basically lazy. She loves efficiency with maybe a little bit of fun. For her, what better way to travel than by standing still? She holds herself in place and lets the Earth move past beneath her feet. Checking out a model of a globe, he explains that at the equator they are talking roughly 25,000 miles every 24 hours. So do the math, they adapt for her “height” above that point their longitude, remembering that the planet is also orbiting at roughly 67,000 miles per hour.
She’d be moving at a thousand miles an hour, Oli remarks incredulously. Nobody’s found a body, Rico points out, and she’s a very smart girl. He assumes she’s found a solution. Advantage for them is that any movement north or south she’ll have to accomplish through conventional means. Better yet, this stunt eats energy. Both physical strength and psychic focus. Figure the west coast as a break point. She’s going to need time to rest and recover her strength. And that’ll give them their window to catch up.
Having finished fueling up the plane, Pavel asks where Becka is. He finds her having fallen asleep on the toilet. He carries her out and threatens the other two boys not to mention that moment ever again.
Following him, Rico remarks he thought Pavel had a thing for No-Name. Oli calls him an idiot and reminds him that Pavel and Becka are best buds. His gramma helped raise her. Rico asks how to deal with the gas. Are they thieves now? Oli takes out a bunch of notes. Contingency.
They fly off, again marveling at this one of the last original Blackbirds and then discuss the alarm. Oli remembers it’s from the old days. It’s the X-Men’s Omega Alert. His dad used to call it the end of everything alarm. Like when the mansion got nuked? Rico asks soberly. Oli agrees. For a moment, they are all silent.
Oli admits that, back in the Danger Room at the end when the alarms sounded, he sensed something. He saw something in Becka’s eyes. Some kind of light. But when he looked around the room, took a closer look – there was nothing. False alarm, Rico suggests. The light in her eyes was real, Oli is sure. Something to do with her powers? Rico ventures. She is still learning what she can do after all. Pavel and Oli look at him dismissively. Okay, he admits, he doesn’t believe it either. What do they do about it? They find No-Name, find out what’s going on, then set it right, Oli decides. Just like hat? Rico asks amused. He is always open to better ideas, comes the reply.
They land in Valle Soleda, a magnificent old coastal community midway between Los Angels and San Diego. Over the years, it quietly became the residence of a surprising number of active mutants who weren’t interested in a public life, who wanted instead simply to live their lives and raise their families.
Olivier Raven was born and raised here. For him, this will always be home. He takes the others to his family’s home, and tells them to make themselves at home while he takes care of breakfast.
While he begins preparing pancakes, Rico fears that the teachers will check this place out. Maybe, maybe not, Oli shrugs. But there isn’t a whole lot of love left between the mansion and his family. Especially his dad. After his mom died, he really tried to keep up with the X-life, but his heart wasn’t in it. Especially when it came to Scott.
What about Oli and his girlfriend, Megan Summers? Rico asks while he checks out photos of Rogue and Gambit. That’s a complication all right, Oli sighs. Total Montague and Capulet. So he and his dad aren’t talking anymore. Mostly these days they stay in touch through Oli’s sister. Rico tells him that’s sick, but nevertheless smiles. When Oli asks what’s so funny, Rico explains that he was thinking about them and their relationships to their respective fathers, not to mention Rico’s grandpa. Plus Pavel’s pretty much solo, raised by his grandma, Becka’s got nobody, and neither does No-Name, as far as they know. Ain’t they a crew? Thanks for cheering him up, Oli replies sarcastically.
The next moment, Becka finally stirs on the couch. He gives her the details and she moans how much she hurts everywhere, causing Rico to tease her. Pavel joins them before they can begin to argue and they have breakfast.
Within an hour or two, the quartet is on their way. The boys complement Becka on the new white summerdress she is wearing. Rico tells her just because she comes from the Savage Land, is no reason to perpetually fit the cliché. She is allowed to look good, if not great. Nice talk, considering the way he dresses, Becka makes fun of his slacker look. Oli joins them, apparently having a plan.
Rico calls him “fearless leader” and reminds him that they might be expelled from school afterwards. Oli agrees. He bets the X-Men never had to deal with moments like that back in the day. Rico recalls there were only five of them and Professor X was always disappearing or dying, especially once the new team formed. And now he’s gone for real, for good, Oli finishes his thought, and the X-Men with him. Does he miss the team, the life? Rico asks him. He’s seen the monuments. That life took away his Mom and a whole lot more besides. Oli knows, that but believes there’s still a need for X-Men.
He’d call him crazy if he wasn’t walking right by his side, Rico scoffs. He means he’s right? Oli asks. Not even close, comes the reply. But someone crazy as him obviously needs a buddy to hold his hand and right now, like it or not, they seem to be needed.
Pavel and Becka are walking ahead of the other boys. Pavel asks her why she keeps looking around. She admits she has a weird sense of being followed. Spider sense? Rico jokes, outrageous! She calls him a dolt and admits it’s probably nothing. But she is still not comfortable in the world they all live in. If she were at home in the Savage Land, what ten? Oli asks. She’d be running for the rocks, Becka replies.
Rico notifies them, his scanners jus got the hit they were looking for. It takes a little doing to focus in on their target, especially since Becka can’t shake her sense of being tracked. But try as they might, her friends can’t come up with any proof.
Becka flies herself and Pavel up. Through a pair of binoculars, Pavel sees No-Name surrounded by several Shockwave Riders. Instinctively, he turns to his metal form, and Becka can’t carry him anymore. He drops down to the plaza, sure No-Name is in trouble. He lands before her, ready to attack them. No-Name shouts at him that it’s all right. This is her family!
The other three heard that. This just got so much more complicated, Oli sighs. He tells the Shockwave Riders they just want to help their friend. How about they talk? Their leader seems willing while another one protests since when do they trust the X-brats. He notices something going on, even though the kids are not doing anything, and attacks Pavel.
The fight starts. Two Shockwave Riders attack Rico who, completely calm, turns himself invisible. A female Shockwave Rider with a sadistic disposition begins beating up Becka.
Oli smirks and reminds the Riders that back in the day his dad used to whomp their butt. Now, he guesses, it’s his turn.
The first Rider has Pavel secured in energy ties. Colossus angrily points out they didn’t come there to fight. The Rider replies his Daddy wouldn’t have been so stupid. Suddenly, he turns around – something tapped him. An invisible Rico tosses the two Riders he beat at him.
The female Shockwave Rider is still hitting Becka in the face, noting her teammates must really hate her, as none come to her help.
Pavel frees himself from the energy bonds and angrily confronts the three Shockwave riders Rico started with.
One of the Riders starts to drag No Name away. She protests that they are her friends. Hook up later, he tells her, this is too dangerous! Suddenly, he’s propelled into the air and into an icewall. The other Shockwave Riders are taken out by a red energy blast and by ice.
Becka, in the meantime, lets her wild side take over and beats the Shockwave Rider. What’s happening? she asks the others. Oli reminds her of the ghosts she kept sensing. They are making their entrance. Five alternate evil versions of the original X-Men, dressed in black.
The “Jean Grey” announces that the brats led them on quite a merry chase. But the game’s over. Now it’s their time to have some fun. She presses a button on her glove. Energy envelops them all and the kids and the rogue X-Men reappear on Genosha, the island where sixteen million mutants died, literally a place of ghosts.
Black Marvel tells them that here they can’t call their teachers or other help, be it with technology or telepathy. They are on their own.


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Call Us GeNext!
The GeNext youngsters find themselves abducted to Genosha by the Shadow X team, a group of evil original X-Men from another dimension. While the groups stand facing each other, Rico tells Oli that, if he has a plan, now’s the time. He thought Rico was supposed to be the genius, Oli shoots back. Problems hesolves. This team Oli leads, comes the reply.
Shadow X’s leader Jenna Grey aka Black Marvel addresses them, explaining they have a simple choice. Let them have No-Name and they’ll let them live. These terms are not subject to negotiation.
Time’s up, she announces a moment later and gestures, drawing No-Name telekinetically towards her. Did they actually think Shadow X would be playing fair? she mocks. They didn’t think GeNext would give up their friend without a fight, did they? Rico announces and creates an invisible forcefield meant to grab No-Name. Jenna commends him, but still easily holds him off.
Pavel’s turn to attack, as he tackles Beast, who quickly frees himself and attacks him with acrobatics. Pavel doesn’t realize this is only a diversion. Suddenly, Cyclops fires an optic blast at his feet. Pavel stumbles, drags him up and smashes him down.
Becka flies after Angel, sure she won’t have much trouble. How hard could it be beating such an old guy? Angel blinds her by throwing some dust into her face, then throws her down. Oli orders her to relax her body and catches her. Becka whistles up some rain to clean her eyes and rinses them out, eager for round 2. Unfortunately, Cyclops has his eyes (literally) on them and Iceman attacks them next, freezing Oli’s lower half. Luckily, Rico tears the ice apart with his invisible forcefield and next rams both evil X-Men with invisible force fields.
Unfortunately, Shadow X also works as a team, as Angel hits Oli and Black Marvel telekinetically slams Rico.
A feral Becka claws at Jenna’s face and gets ready to do more harm, though Jenna uses her telepathy to manipulate specific areas of Becka’s cerebral cortex, causing her great pain. A recovered Cyclops shoots the girl in the back, finishing her off. Disgusted, Jenna orders him to get that loathsome slug off her. The next moment, she tears into her lover for interfering, claiming she had everything under control. And there he thought she liked getting rescued, he mocks. Only when it’s necessary, she insists and telekinetically floats No-Name to the group. Or when it’s fun. This was neither. They have their prize. They should be on their way.
What about he others, Cyclops asks. Suddenly, a young woman dressed in Goth clothes and surrounded by ghosts orders them to go with the girl. They’ve got what they want. The other mutants stay. Jenna seems to agree but telepathically orders Cyclops to take care of the loose ends. However, even as they leave and Cyclops fires a parting shot, Wicked blocks it.
Oli is in dreamland recalling his childhood.
Flashback:
He, his sister Raven, his parents and his friend Megan Summers were frolicking in Genosha on the beach. His parents were helping Professor Xavier try to rebuild the island to heal the wounds left by the killer Sentinels. They thought they had a lifetime.
Oli stares at his happy folks and Megan asks him what’s wrong. It’s his mother, he tells her. Shortly after this, the mansion got nuked. And all of them kids got abducted. Megan’s mom, Emma Frost, was hurt and Rogue absorbed her powers and came to help his dad save the kids. But Rogue died in the process.
The Astral plane:
Oli suddenly is his teenage self, dressed in a training uniform as is Megan. He realizes that she is really with him. But he’s dreaming, he exclaims. And she’s a telepath, Megan replies with a smile. What’s his point? She felt his pain and came to help. But he’s too far away. She doesn’t think anyone can get to them in time. Then, they’ll have to save themselves, he replies, looking at his still unconscious friends. Will he be all right? she asks and takes his hands. He promises to see her when this is done. He’d better, she warns him, alive and well. They kiss…
reality:
And Oli awakes with a faint smile.
A little while later, once the whole team has awakened Oli talks with the woman who intervened on their behalf – the Genoshan survivor Wicked, while Rico tries to calm Becka that things will turn out well. She’s weirded out by Oli talking to Wicked’s ghosts of the Genoshan dead. Rico points out practically that nobody knows the island better than they. They note that Pavel keeps pacing, worried about No-Name and wonder what the evil X-Men want with her.
Wicked’s ghosts search the island and finally one of them spies the five members of Shadow-X. While it stays out of sight, Iceman senses its cold, believing there will be trouble. Black Marvel addresses No-Name, telling her she has information they need. She presses home that there will be consequences. No-Name’s world will be destroyed, dimensions could be destabilized. No-Name shouts she doesn’t care. They are going home!
Jenna warns her it’s up to her how much the process will hurt. No-Name attacks her but Jenna simply smiles, anticipating a fight. Quickly, she beats the girl and orders Iceman to ice her in place. Does she want her broken? Iceman asks. She prefers her moderately tamed, Jenna replies… for now. No-Name cries that this hurts and Beast suggests she should stop fighting then.
Jenna presses her telepathically until she sees that her friends are preparing for the rescue. Hearing this, No-Name pummels her with her fists on the astral plane.
The other X-Men don’t notice, though Scott senses something wrong, only to chalk it up to his imagination.
In the shadows, Becka is relived she hasn’t been spotted. With her more feral attributes showing, she jumps down to attack and is immediately nailed by Jenna’s telekinesis. Again, she has left an opening for No-Name during their battle in the astral plane.
Angel intends to finish Becka off, but is hit by Rico, who turns visible. Rico grabs him with an invisible forcefield claw and slams Angel against the wall.
Iceman intends to freeze Rico but Colossus takes the iceblast meant for his friend and moves forward against Iceman. While worrying if Colossus can take the strain, Oli jumps Beast and absorbs his powers. With Beast out, Oli sprouts beastlike fur and is embarrassed. Then he tosses the unconscious Beast at Iceman.
He uses his newly absorbed acrobatics to evade Cyclops’ optic blast. Becka tries to help him and is nailed by Cyclops. Bravely, she returns the shot at him.
Oli, in the meantime, thanks Pavel for catching him. The least he can do, fearless reader, comes the reply. Will he please not call him that? Oli sighs. Did he say something? Pavel retorts and uses him in a fastball special towards Rico. Oli warns him that Cyclops is about to fie at him. Colossus stands fast to protect Becka.
Rico catches Oli with his forcefield and tosses him towards Cyclops, who easily takes him out with a blast.
Suddenly, though, the fight stops as Jenna screams that No-Name is more powerful than she suspected. She switched their bodies, comes from No-Name’s body. Jenna screams “no!” No-Name tells them to ignore the body. Listen to her speech, Trust their instincts. She is trapped in No-Name’s bloodsack while the girl has access to her telepathy. She begs Scott to stop her before she fries their brains! No-Name screams No. She lost Scott once. She won’t let anyone take him again!
The Shadow X members decide to believe her and take out Jenna. Oli uses the opening to kayo Cyclops.
Rico can’t believe they actually won. Easy for him to say, Becka remarks grumpily. She’s going to hurt for a month! While she and Pavel argue Oli tells them they all did great. Rico asks what to do about No-Name.
What about her, she smiles. Does he really believe this would d be a fair fight, one they would even have a prayer of winning? Pavel shouts that this isn’t No-Name, it’s Jenna! She begins to laugh and tells him he is so easy. Oli explains that she pulled a fake. Can she hit her anyway to make sure, Becka suggests.
While they tie up Shadow X, No-Name explains Jenna wanted something from inside her head. They sort of merged. She thought No-Name was no threat to her. Big mistake. She was able to get her hooks into Jenna enough to make her bluff convincing, but only ‘cause she caught Jenna by surprise.
What were they after? Oli asks. Something she walked away from a long time ago, she replies darkly. Can they please let it lie? That part of her life is over. He assures her she has nothing to worry about from them. She did good. She finally cracks a smile. Yeah, she did. Who’d ‘a thought? But he wasn’t fooled. Not at all. She could tell.
So what now, fearless leader, Rico asks. They are going to be in so much trouble for breaking all the rules, Becka remarks. But it was worth it. And the five of them wait to be picked up.


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Passage To India – Part 1: On the Road – Again?!
Hammer Bay, Genosha. Perhaps an hour ago, the youngsters of GeNext were fighting for their lives against a group of evil X-Men from another dimension. They knew help was on the way, but they also knew that meant nothing if they ended up dead before it arrived. Luckily, they managed and now help, Dean of Students Hank McCoy aka Beast and Oli’s girlfriend, the telepathic Megan – daughter of Emma Frost and Cyclops – has arrived.
Somebody call for a pick-up? Hank asks the grinning teenagers who seem to have things well in hands. Their foes are tied up and helpless and only they and the Genoshan Wicked and her ghosts are left standing.
Megan happily runs towards her boyfriend and the two kiss. The others, of course, comment on this, much to Megan’s embarrassment. Oli uses his PSI to block everyone’s minds from seeing what’s on the other side of a mental wall he erects. Instant privacy.
No point asking him questions for the time being, Hank remarks. However, the rest of them don’t get out so easily. Had themselves a good time, did they? Stealing a high-performance aircraft and racing around the world?
Their friend was in danger, Colossus remarks angrily and armors up. He thinks? comes the sarcastic reply. Hank reminds them that Shadow X didn’t know where No-Name was, anymore than they did. She had pretty effectively given them all the slip. That’s why Janine (the evil alternate Jean Grey) staged the alert at the mansion. She figured correctly that the kids would bolt and go looking for their friend. All she had to do was tag along and make her move when they hit pay dirt. The only thing that worked in the kids’ favor was that she seriously underestimated the lot of them, as did they all. Now comes the time to pay the proverbial piper. And he’s afraid the bill won’t come cheap!
Val Cooper, United Nations liaison to Xavier’s School exits a helicopter, reminding Hank they are children. Isn’t he supposed to be nice? Talk about a blast from the past, she remarks, as she sees the tied up Shadow-X. They were reported killed over twenty years ago. Turning back to Beast, she points out that, considering the capabilities of the villains, the kids did pretty well. That they did, he admits. Is she trying to tell him something? Heaven forefend, Val replies with a smirk. Though she’s glad his telepath is occupied, means she can keep her thought to herself for once. But consider the possibility that they might find skills like these useful.
The prisoners are led to Val’s jet and transported away by SHIELD. When Henry reminds her they are children, Val retorts that so were the X-Men back in the day. She’s not saying it’s right, just that it might be a little bit necessary.
Looking after her, Henry wishes he was the only one who had that idea. Now he has to take it seriously. Don’t tell them he was expecting something different, No-Name interjects. Henry is surprised. She calls him on it. Did he think she’d bolt? There is a precedent, he reminds her. Point taken, No-Name admits. Matter of fact, that’s pretty much what the others were telling her to do. Why didn’t she then? Hank asks. She’s here to stay, she replies, if they will have her. It’s a start he concedes, but he thinks it’s past time they stopped calling her No-Name. She’s Anne Marie, she says in a small voice. That s the name of Oli’s mother, Henry remarks. That’s partly why she kept it to herself, she admits.
Time for a decision, Hank tells the whole team, including the lovebirds. To go home, back to the school or stay out here on their own, on the road. He knows what they are thinking that they are just following the X-Men’s lead, but that’s the thing with history; when it shows you a path it also gives you an opportunity to make a choice. With the X-Men, things just seemed to happen. They actually considered it fun. Heaven knows what their parents would have thought. They’ve had an adventure. Thank Heaven none of them are hurt.
Now they have to decide what comes next. Do they come home or stay on this road? Thing is, if they come home, they do so knowing, giving their word, that they agree to Scott’s rules. No more fooling, no more excuses, no more exceptions. The X-Men are done. If they want to be superheroes, they cannot do it as any sort of adjunct to the school. Their choice will not be permitted to place any of the other children in jeopardy. If they want to be heroes, they can’t be students. If they want to be students, being heroes will have to wait. This is a big decision. He tells them to take off tonight to think and talk among themselves. Genosha is a good place for this. It allows them to see that the lives of heroes have consequences. Think about that. Tomorrow they decide.
Soon, carrying supplies, Colossus reminds Rico that with great power comes great responsibility. He’s heard those six word his whole life, Rico replies, just like his father before him. The family got it from Spider-Man. But that doesn’t always make them right. Responsibility to whom? What does he mean? Pavel asks. They are both third generation, Rico points out. How much of their families’ lives can be defined by those words? How high a price have they had to pay? If not for them, how many innocents would have suffered and died? Pavel retorts. Oli’s mom committed her life to answering the call, Rico points out, and look what happened to her. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
Elsewhere, in the ruined capital, Megan remarks that Rico was talking about Oli before. Is she reading thoughts again? Some of them are impossible to shut out of her head, the blonde defends herself, and she’s tired. What is he thinking? About his mom and dad, he replies. About when they were grabbed by Sinister…
Megan remembers. Rogue absorbed her mother’s, Emma Frost’s powers, before coming to their rescue. When she died, Megan felt it. Inside her head, inside her heart, it was like losing a piece of herself. Except when they came home, her mom was there, Oli points out. Megan cries. Is he angry with her for that?
No, he exclaims, also crying. It’s just, he misses her! He wonders what she’d think of them, what they’ve done to get here, where they’re going afterwards. Dad didn’t say a word when Oli decided to stay at the school, but his sister was so angry. It was like he’d betrayed the family.
They hug each other. Megan assures him his sister Raven is wrong. About whatever he decides, she wants to be a part of it. They kiss.
Elsewhere, the team’s other couple takes a stroll. Why so edgy? Pavel asks No-Name. He’s kidding, right? the diminutive blonde returns.  Just look around him, can’t he see the ghosts? Not so much, he replies. Can she? She just ends up imagining them everywhere, watching everything. They’re not their enemies, Pavel assures her, hugging her shoulders. Not their friends either, No-Name retorts. Is that why nobody can stand to live here?
Pavel explains that, when Professor Xavier was here, his telepathy masked their presence. It’s said he cut a deal with their leader Wicked. That once she was actually a student of his. The island was gradually being resettled and rebuilt. But after he died things pretty much fell apart. The ghosts came back, seemingly more numerous than ever before. This was their land, their home, they don’t want to share.
They don’t seem to mind them, No-Name points out. They are not staying, Pavel replies. He’s glad she didn’t run, he states as they watch the sunset. Her too, she admits. She guesses the time had come to take a stand. Felt kinda good, she must admit. Now she has to find a way to make it better.
Elsewhere, Hank McCoy talks with his wife Cecilia Reyes-McCoy via a hologram message. She asks how things are going. He admits he isn’t sure. Part of him wants the kids and safe… and part of him wants the adventure, she knows, Cece continues. She warns him to be careful what he wishes for. She tells him that satellites report some nasty weather is moving their way. Do they still plan to stay the night on Genosha? It’s a big island. They should be all right, he assures her. The kids need to make this decision on their own. The hologram hugs him. She promises to keep him posted on the storm. Love to the children and especially to her, he tells her. The storm changes things. He’d better gather up the kids.
At pretty much that very moment, at the heart of the storm Cecilia mentioned… a young costumed Indian woman continues a desperate fight for her life against what seem to be small but fierce, purple demons with really big fangs. She doesn’t know where she is. The clouds keep shifting and she can’t get any kind of physical bearing. And no matter how hard she fights, the Ravarati keep on attacking!
On Genosha, Hank and the kids have gathered around a fire. Hank tells them he said till morning, but they may have a weather situation. Have they come to any decision? Rico asks Oli. Why does he have to be the one to answer? he asks with a grin. He got it all started, his best friend reminds him. Consider it a form of symmetry.
Megan seems distracted. Is she okay? Oli asks. It’s the storm, she replies. Someone’s trapped in the weather, crying out for help. It feels like big trouble.
Henry asks her to intensify the psilink and establish telepathic contact with the person. Megan links them and they see the young Indian woman. Wow! they all exclaim at the sight of her .
However, Megan soon loses the contact. She explains that multiple telepathic contacts are forcing her out. Images of those other contacts appear – the small demonlike creatures. A moment later, it attacks – it is more than just an image.
Rico shouts a warning and covers himself and Meg with an invisible forcefield to fend off the attack. Meg tells them she still has a partial psilink with the woman. She’ll act as a homing beacon to lead her here, but the bad guys are sure to follow!
Oli helps her up and Meg psilinks with Rico. Normally, she’d do this with Oli, merging both their sets of psychic powers, but Rico’s mind is stronger. Not to mentions a whole lot more elastic, Rico jokes. Actually, he’s right, Meg replies seriously. Hey! Rico exclaims, finding he is making contact instead of Meg. She explains t at he and the stranger had something the moment their eyes met. He is the better link.
He reaches the fighting young woman and she follows his beacon flying. The storm is coming, and with it the young woman. Meg tells the others she is flying like a rocket, but the bad guys keep landing their hits. The others had better get ready!
The young woman finally reaches Genosha, but is hit again and crash lands. The next moment, torrential rain hammers the ground. But to Genext it is almost as if the raging storm doesn’t exist. They react like they’ve been doing this for a lifetime. No-Name grabs for a medical kit, Pavel grabs hold of her and both charge to the aid of the fallen woman. Beast grabs Becka and tosses her into the air. He orders her to use her elemental powers to grab control of this storm.
Pavel tells No-Name to take care of the lady. Anne, she corrects him. That’s her name. Now all they need to do is find her a proper codename, he jokes.
He charges to the attack. Becka throws lightning at their foes. Oli eggs them on, only to be hit by one of the purple demon creatures. Meg tries to defend him, only to find her telepathy has no effect on them, so she settles on hitting them.
Invisible Rico riles her that her mother wouldn’t approve. Her father would cheer, she retorts. Using his forcefield to dispatch of the creatures, he asks Megan if she thinks the lady likes music. Maybe he should play for her. They’re talking music, right? she sneers. Suddenly, they hear a roar, and Rico wonders what that was. It turns out to be a feral Hank, attacking the beast.
In the sky, Becka has finally managed to wrest control of the storm from the creatures and manages to take them out.
A little later, the beings are gone, and so is the storm. The victory was almost too easy. They look after the dazed lady they rescued, who thanks them for their help. She then suddenly recognizes Hank and hugs him, forcing the rest of the confused team to silently assume that apparently they are old friends. The next moment, Sati begins to collapse, but Rico grabs her by the waist and helps her stay upright.
Sati quickly explains that she is a super hero in India. The Ravarati they fought are working for a liege who patterns herself after the demon goddess Kalima. They’ve been adversaries for ages but lately it seems Sati has become too annoying a thorn in her foot. Kalima must have decided to deal with her once and for all.
Rico suggests they simply return the compliment. New blood might take her by surprise. Against her usual nature, No-Name suggests they call for help and leave this to the professionals. They already have obligations. This doesn’t have to be their fight. Neither did hers, Rico reminds her. Official help requires official approval. Suppose the request gets “lost” in the bureaucracy. Suppose one side says no.
No-Name still fears trouble, so Rico turns to Hank as the dean of students, asking his opinion.
A little later, they are airborne, en route to Mumbai. Special circumstances, special dispensation Hank tells them.  A smart man knows how to pick his fight and which ones he has to give. Funny, this is pretty much how the X-Men got started… back in the day. The decision was easy. The adventure in a lot of ways was fun. That’s the way it is sometimes. By the time you realize the nature of your commitment, it’s too late. You can’t break loose, you’re hooked. And you have to live with the consequences.
But you also live with the knowledge that you have made a difference, Sati reminds him. That you have done good. With that, Hank cannot argue.


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Passage To India – Part 2: This Lady Kills at Dawn!
The X-jet flies off to Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay). During the flight from Genosha, the kids pepper Sati (named after the granddaughter of Brahma, the creator) with questions about herself and her country. It turns out that many of the national superheroes take the names of various gods. So do their adversaries. Case in point: the ones who attacked her call themselves Ravarati, and pattern themselves after those classical demons.
Fascinated, Hank McCoy can’t help but remember that his original tem of X-Men started out pretty much the same way.
A young dark-haired girl in a green outfit with armor parts looks down on the busy streets of Mumbai when suddenly several armored beings attack a limousine surrounded by police cars.
Sati asks Beast to open the landing plane’s hatch. Her people need help! She flies down, wondering if those bruisers are connected with Kalima. It would be totally out of character.
The young mysterious woman wonders if this is one of the local costumes.
Sati finds herself overwhelmed. Luckily, help comes in the form of GeNext.
Megan announces she cannot read the attackers’ thoughts. Their armor must shield their minds.
Rico suggests they do this the old-fashioned way. Just keep hitting them till they give up, No-Name translates. Does he really think things are that simple? Becka suggests that Rico likes to think as little as possible. Pavel chides her to be nice and reminds them Dr. McCoy is watching… they should make him proud.
Oli orders Megan to keep trying to break through their psychic defenses, while the rest of them start punching.
Rico takes care of one armored foe with an invisible force column. Becka tells him she will take care of Sati. He bets she’d have more fun with him, he pouts. Becka scoffs. And Pavel hits. He takes off his head’s foe, leading to the realization that they are fighting robots.
Oli orders the team to cut loose now. Pavel especially is used to holding back. Even knowing the truth, he finds striking with all his strength to be difficult. Rico, who takes out a robot with an invisible forcebeam, has less compunctions, instead considering this a chance to purge a whole lot of negative feelings.
As she strikes another robot with lightning, Becka teases that sometimes he is such a guy! And her point is? Rico asks before shielding himself with a forcefield when Becka’s pyrotechnics come too close for comfort.
A short while later, they are finished and Meggan admits she is impressed. Now all they have to do is find out where they came from, Oli announces.
That moment, the mysterious brunette has decided she’s seen enough. She presses a button on a remote and an explosion takes care of the robots.
Rico shields himself and Colossus manages to shield most of the others, though Meg gets hit on the head. Rico looks at a piece of robot shielded from the explosion via his forcefield from the trigger signal. Not much… but a place to start.
Oli orders him to keep it shielded, while the rest of them take care of the civilians. He asks Meg to use telepathy to call ambulance while the rest check for ambulances.
The next few hours are devoted to helping take care of the casualties at the crime scene. Thankfully for all the chaos and damage, casualties are remarkably minimal.
Eventually, they finally make it to their original destination – the local headquarters for India’s national superheroes. Beast can’t help feeling proud of his team who are determined to find the evildoer behind all this.
Sati suggests the refresh themselves. Their support staff will take care of GeNext’s clothes. They’ll gather afterwards to discuss their next move.
In the boys’ dressing room, Rico keeps on fiddling with the remnant of the robot, unwilling to let Oli help.
In the girls’ locker room, No-Name insists they should go home. They got heroes galore of their own here. Becka diverts Meg and No-Name by announcing Sati brought them new clothes.
And so, later the group meets again in Indian clothes, assuring each other they all look great.
They gather in the old officers club and begin taking apart the events of the last couple of days. Could there be a connection between the demons and the robots? Becka wonders. Sati points out that Kalima has never used technology before. There is no need. She commands the Ravarati.
So they are talking separate baddies, Rico concludes. Megan wonders whether the morning’s attack was a test, someone checking out the robots’ hardware and tactics and the capabilities of potential adversaries.
Pavel compliments Anne, telling her he wishes he could draw her. Does she still want to go home? he teases. She’s not a hero, she sulks. Heroes almost never get happy endings.
Standing a bit apart from the others, Becka notes that the couples – Oli and Meg, No-Name and Pavel – have each other and Rico looks like he doesn’t need any help. Feeling a little left out? Beast asks her. She admits she does.
Rico decides to go for a walk and Sati joins him before Becka can say anything. That sure bites, she states after they are gone. Times like this she wishes she was still in the Savage Land… At least there people made sense. Things here get too damn complicated too damn fast. Hank suggests she is overreacting. She replies she knows this is Rico’s way of working out problems. She just wishes he was doing it with her.
Whenever Rico finds himself boxed in by a problem, he goes for a long walk to work things out. Only this time, he has company Sati admits she is impressed – he is a brain. Family tradition, he replies. Brains come in the core gene package. Nevertheless, Sati is confused. Rico is as gifted as his grandfather, yet seems determined to keep that brilliance to himself. He almost seems to deny it. Why?
His gramp’s choice and his dad’s, he replies, they are all scientists. He loves to make music. Amused, she replies that she has a friend who lives nearby and plays the sitar. He’s very good, quite famous around here. Would Rico like to meet him? Rico agrees, needing a change of scene.
A little later they meet a small friendly man, Sati’s Uncle Maharan, who enthusiastically greets Sati and Rico. Maharan offers to let Rico try to play the sitar. He and Sati find themselves impressed. He gets better very quickly despite the unfamiliarity of the instrument. Maharani would love to teach him.
Elsewhere, the same afternoon the mysterious brunette returns home. She calls out for a member of her staff, if there is anything nice to eat? But nobody replies. A moment later, she sees why. Kalima’s small demons are there. She tries to flee but finds herself overwhelmed by them, despite her protests that this is consular property.
Kalima appears, scoffing that human rules are of no consequence to her. The girl stammers she doesn’t understand. Has she somehow offended…?
Threatening her with her blade, Kalima replies that she is death, the shatterer of worlds. How dare she play her mortal games on Kalima´s land without asking for her leave? Crying, the girl apologizes. So like her father, Kalima mocks, thinking herself ruler of all she surveys. He too had to learn this lesson. When you trespass in someone else domain, you must be prepared to accept the consequences! And soon the girl begins to scream…
Rico and Sati have gone to a café. Rico admits he likes her uncle. It’s likewise, she assures him. He wants Rico as a pupil.
She interrupts herself, annoyed at Rico’s fiddling with the thing. He tells her he’s looking for flaws in the structure, something to pick up on. With his mega-capacity multi-tasking contact lenses, designed by his grandfather (and improved by him) he can easily examine it. Oh no! he exclaims a moment later, recognizing the design. He instantly calls the team.
A little later, they are on their way. Is he sure about this? Oli asks. Rico reminds him he went to school with that person. He’d know that design signature anywhere. Somewhere from Xavier’s? No-Name asks. Hardly, he replies. It was MIT. They gotta go inside.
Sati is against it. This is a sovereign consulate! Megan tries to psi-scan the place but it’s heavily shielded. She picks up residual traces though. She thinks the whole consulate staff is unconscious. The next moment, she screams.
An image of a sneering Kalima appears in front of them. More children! What a surprise! And Sati with them! Her pets told her of Sati’s escape in Genosha. How nice of her to tempt fate yet again. She warns GeNext. She tells them to flee and live. Choose to play the hero and she promises them the last sound they will hear in their lives will be their own screams. The image disappears.
Is she for real? Rico asks grimly. As real as she is, Sati warns him. These threats weren’t hyperbole. Is she saying they should run? Rico asks. Sati reminds him this isn’t their country.
So what? Oli replies, carrying Meg. He asks her how she feels. If he doesn’t ask, she won’t have to lie, comes the reply. That was one wicked hit but she’s functional.
Colossus tumbles the embassy’s wall. Oli tells the others to follow Sati’s lead. They fight the Ravarati, who expect them. Oli reminds the team to keep them off-balance.
Colossus is the firs to attack. Which means Kalima in turn slugs him. Becka hits her with lightning, careful not to hit the mysterious dark-haired girl whom Kalima is holding with two of her six arms. Invisibly, Rico tries to get close to Kalima.
How many of these does the lady have working with her? Oli asks, beset by Ravarati. As many as she needs, comes the cheerful reply.
Rico managed to sneak up and hits Kalima with his stretchable arm. She slams him back. Sati warns her that she is facing a team. Kalima gets ready to teleport outside with he hostage.
Rico grabs the girl, holds her close to him, anchors himself to the floor and holds on for dear life. It works. Kalima disappears alone.
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Becka has found the staff, drugged but okay. They alert medics and the police, with Sati warning them this is officially foreign soil as a consulate.
Meg admits to Oli that she can’t focus her telepathy. Everything feels scrambled.
No-Name remarks she told her to hang back, but she wouldn’t listen. You help a team best by taking care of yourself.
The brunette thanks the team for saving her people and her. Rico asks why Kalima attacked her. Why is he talking to he like a suspect? she complains. She’s a victim! Yeah, right, Rico scoffs.
The girl asks him to stop. She’s not his enemy, never has been. She kisses Rico, much to Sati’s displeasure. She doesn’t know what he’s talking about regarding those robots. Nor does she know why that hideous creature attacked her consulate. But she thinks things might go much more pleasantly if he would perhaps make proper introductions. Is it really so hard to be polite?
Rico reluctantly introduces her as Sophie von Doom, heiress to the throne of Latveria and the only child of Dr. Doom.


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Passage To India – Part 3: Ambush
Sati and GeNext have taken Sophie von Doom to the local headquarters of national security to question her about the attack on the Latverian consulate by the villainess Kalima.
Sophie is not pleased, claiming that, by holding her, they are violating international law. Rico reminds her they saved her life. For which she is grateful, she replies, but that still doesn’t give them the right!
A muscular, handsome man enters, calling this irony to hear the heir of Doom talk about rights and international law. She’s possibly committed acts of terrorism against his country and she seems to be the target of one of their deadliest criminals. She’s going nowhere until they get some answers. And if she’s wondering who responsible for that decision, his name is Skanda.
Sati deferentially calls him milord and bows before him. The kids wonder what to do and Rico suggests they follow Sati’s lead. No-Name, however, announces she bows to no one. Becka tells them Skanda is as real a god as Thor, while Pavel points out to No-Name it’s a gesture of respect. Dooms don’t bow, Sophie sulks. Yeah right, they just make sure heroes stand between them and trouble, Rico announces nastily.
Beast acts familiar with Skanda, calling him “old friend.” As usual, he’s scared the youngsters. Skanda smiles and recalls Henry was one not too long ago. The difference is, of course, he looks his age, Beast replies. “Age cannot whither, nor custom stale, your infinite variety…” Skanda quotes.  He’s glad to see Henry. It’s been far too long, although he could wish for better circumstances.
He looks at GeNext. Has Henry restarted the old team? Heaven forefend, Hank replies. The X-Men are history (though he isn’t really that sure). He explains to the kids that he and Skanda are old friends and colleagues dating from well before Charles and Magneto were based on Genosha. India is actually where he and Cecilia got serious.
Skanda again turns to Sophie, scowling and warns her that a great many questions need answering. While he looks into that he needs Sati and her friends to discover what Kali’s up to and, if possible, how to deal with her. Belatedly, he asks Henry’s permission. In for the proverbial penny… Hanks sighs.
Sophie announces her government will protest. Her father already has been contacted, comes the reply. He has no objections. Henry adds he’d like to sit in on the interrogation. He’ll catch up as soon as he checked up on Megan.
Megan is in a bed in the infirmary. What’s the prognosis? she asks Henry. Her vitals look good. A little more rest and she will be fine. Telepathically, she tells him to give himself a break. None of this is his fault. Just his responsibility, he replies, before asking how she feels. Fine, she assures him, adding he doesn’t look convinced. He’s just surprised that someone could get through her psychic defenses so easily. He thought they’d trained her better than that. Don’t remind her, she sighs, her mother is going to have a cow. He tells her he was joking and orders her to get some rest.
Oli asks for a private minute with Megan and Rico teases him. What’s wrong? Oli asks when they are alone. Megan admits that Kalima smashed through her psychic defenses like they weren’t even there. She’s never been hit like hat. What happens when she faces her again?
Couldn’t Kalima have been just lucky? Oli suggests.  Megan worries that she was ready for a fight. But all her training, all her defenses… nothing mattered. Next time they are more careful, Oli promises, as soon as he figures it out. They kiss and Oli promises her wherever she is he’ll find her and bring her home safe.
Outside, Oli wants to know more about Rico’s and Sophie’s history. Is that a big deal? Becka asks, unaware of their families’ enmity as she hails from the Savage Land. Rico tells them.
Rico’s story:
He and Sophie met at MIT. Barely adolescent phenoms, 13-year- old doctoral candidates. Thing is, back then they started out as friends. Started like their grand-dads, pretty much ended the same way.
Sophie was experimenting; he was thinking about music. By the time he realized they were in trouble, it as too late. He could only use his powers to save them from being blown up along with the building.
The school wasn’t amused, they got the boot. His grandfather offered to tutor him, but his dad decided he’d be better off at Xavier. For that, he thinks he’ll always be grateful.
present:
He guesses Sophie went home to Latveria. He hasn’t seen her since.
In the meantime, Skanda and the Beast are questioning an unwilling Sophie. So she just walked into her consulate and there Kalima was? Skanda repeats her claims in disbelief. How many times does she have to repeat herself? Sophie asks. Yes!
And before that? Henry inquires. She was touring the city – would they like to see her photographs? And she knows nothing about combat robots? Skanda insists. What she knows is that Rico has one vivid imagination, she retorts.
Elsewhere, Rico insists that only half a dozen people can do this kind of work. Sophie is one. And he’s another? Oli asks. No-Name is embarrassed, realizing that all this time, the others let her think she was the team’s brains. She feels like such a fool.
How does he explain Kalima? Sati asks. Given Sophie’s family’s history with the dark arts, maybe she’s a godmother.
Oli reminds them this is all supposition. They need objective evidence. Not a problem, Rico decides. If Sophie’s making toys with local materials, he can find her base of operation.
Pavel notes Anne is dejected and asks what’s going on. Just suffering from an overdose of reality. She guesses she liked being needed by them. She is, he replies. Why else did they risk everything to find her?
Oli orders the team to change back into civvies. Megan promises from the infirmary to maintain telepathic contact with them, so she knows when they are in trouble.
Sati joins her in the infirmary, partly to thank her, partly following an instinct. She touches Megan and something happens. Sati explains that occasionally she finds herself doing things that she doesn’t understand, only to discover their true value later. Comprehension, it seems, isn’t necessary. Simply trust.
At the heart of Mumbai is the tech market, block after bock of open-air stands mixed with shop front upon shop front lining the street. All these vendors offer variations on technical themes, from some consumer electronics, from others computers galore, you can buy software, you can buy components… Some stores are a hustle, others a revelation. All a fascinating delight. Here the young mutants hope to find some sign of Sophie von Doom’s trail.
Becka points out Rico seems to have found something in a store. Rico seem to be in agitated conversation with a being who looks a lot like Armin Zola. Angrily, Rico shouts the slug knows something but he can’t make him talk. He suggests Megan could try to pick his brain. Oli remarks she isn’t up to it right now.
No-Name states she wants to take a shot. She talks to the man politely and charmingly and very soon gets the info that Sophie bought a lot here. She got the address as well. Pavel praises her for doing good and she agrees.
scream. Before she is done, they will come to love it!
Oli is less affected than the others, since he is made up of way more than just a single soul. He’s not immune; it’s just taking her time to gain complete control over him. He hits No-Name who is attacking him.
He sees Rico fighting a hesitant Sati and realizes she has some resistance too. He flies and quickly takes the exhausted woman away. He trusts his instincts and absorbs Sati’s power with a kiss.
Below, Becka (speaking with Kalima’s voice) warns him he will pay the prize in blood. Kalima orders her Ravarati to gather up their new playthings.
Oli sees images in his head which he doesn’t understand but acts on them. Light emits from his body. All the GeNext members (including Megan) are engulfed by it and change into Indians. Kalima screams.
The kids turn into energy spikes and fly off in different directions. They are gone, leaving only Kalima, her Ravarati and Sati.
Grabbing Sati by the throat, Kalima demands to know what she has done with her toys? She doesn’t know! Sati replies. Whatever the boy took, whatever he did with her powers was at his direction, under his control. Wherever her friends are, it’s where Kalima can’t touch them.
They’ll see about that, Kalima threatens. Time to go hunting, she orders her pets. Sati thinks she saved them? Quite the contrary. Before this game is done, they will all suffer. Before this game is done, Sati retorts, they will win!


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Family Reunions (Passage to India?) Part 4
Kalima, the Hindu goddess of death and destruction, beat the Beast and the Indian heroes Sati and Skanda. To protect his teammates and himself, Oli Raven absorbed Sati’s powers and unconsciously used it turn GenNext into Indian youngsters with whole different lives. Having no idea what happened to her young foes, Kalima sends her demons, the Ravarati, to hunt them.
Oli has been recast as the life of Gadram Bhutra, a Mumbai youth who works as a bike deliverer.
Becka Munroe lives as a single young orphan woman in a village in the Nilgiri hills called Daria. As she loses a bag she’s been carrying, another young man Charin comes to her help. The two of them flirt and he asks her to come to the dance that night. Shyly, she agrees.
Pavel now works all day in a Delhi call center for a credit card company.
Whereas No-Name has been recast as a gifted and ambitious Bollywood dancer named Raina, who is just about to have a chance at a big break.
In the troubled region of Kashmir, Rico has been recast as Ramisad, Singh, a young train worker, who makes sure the trains work and dreams of being an engineer.
In Kolkata (Caluctta), Megan Frost-Summers now lives as a beggar girl, surviving by stealing.
Beast, in the meantime, has woken up in a kind of fort to find himself face to face with Kalima and her Ravarati. The goddess draws his soul out of him, turning it inot a kind of rodent that tries to run away. Without his soul, however, in charge he becomes a wild beast, attacking the Ravarati. But Kalima finds a way to stop him by putting his soul back where it belongs. He is returned to the prison where Skanda is waiting. They both hear Sati scream.
In Mumbai Gadram Bhutra (Oli) is almost finished with his day’s work when suddenly he notices he’s being followed by a hooded young woman. Feeling scared, he gets on his bike and decides to drive off. Instead, the girl drags him off the bike. It’s a young teenage Rogue lookalike in a bare midriff version of her costume. She tries to calm Gadram, telling him they mean no harm. Does he recognize the name Gambit? No reaction. He doesn’t know what she’s talking about. Oh mon pere, what were you thinking about, she sighs, sending her after the boy.
Gadram tries to run away and she flies after him, wondering if they have made a mistake. There is nothing in that boy that reads as her brother.
Amused, Gambit chides his daughter Ray. That boy just knocked her flat on her back. When’s the last time that happened? He tells her not to believe what she sees. Just follow his lead and trust her instincts.
He cuts of Gadram’s way and Ray does so from behind. Panicked, Gadram tries a doorway, finally confronting them. Who are they and what do they want from him? He’s looking for his boy, Gambit replies and he thinks he can help. He tosses a charged card at him. Gadram just reacts scared.
What are they supposed to do? Ray protests, just beat him to a pulp? Works for him, Gambit replies smiling. That’s not a joke, Ray protests.
Suddenly, Gadram knocks aside Gambit’s staff straight into Ray and hits Gambit. With a grin Gambit asks his daughter if she recognizes the moves. Addressing the boy as “son”, he tells him to stop this foOlishness.
 Dad? Oli begins to recognize him. Welcome back, Olivier, Gambit replies. See? he asks his daughter. Catalyzing the powers restored his memory. Worked with Oli, should work with the others.
Happily, Oli finally remembers, but is then shocked to see that while his mind is back to normal; his body is still that of an Indian youth. How does this work? he wonders. Sati passed her power to him. He used it to get the team to “safety.” But that absorption was temporary. The powers must have reverted to Sati. He’s got to get it back from her to set things right. First step is to find the others.
Does he have any idea where to start? Ray asks. Actually, yes, comes the reply. He’ll use the Blackbird to get to them. Gambit suggests he better realign the security locks first. They won’t accept Oli they way he is now. Oli thanks him and asks for another fafor. While he gathers the team, could Gambit and Ray try to find Kalima’s base? He figures she’s using a human host. They should be able to track Sophie, maybe even Uncle Hank. Consider it done, Gambit promises. The three of them hug as Oli thanks them for comign to his rescue. Oli’s his son, Gambit reminds him. Was there ever any doubt?
What if anything has happened to this Sati person? Ray asks. Then what they see is who he is, Oli replies. So, say a few prayers and keep their fingers crossed, he suggests.
In Kashmir:
Ramisad tells Oli (now in his uniform) this area is off-limits. He’s looking for his friend, Rico, Oli addresses him. The next moment Rico recognizes him. Oli jokes shoveling coals built a whole new him. So not comfortable! comes the reply.
In the Nigiri hills, young Daria has dressed for her date. Oli apologizes for having to do this but it’s time for Becka to wake up from her dream. She recognizes the boys. She apologizes to Charin, telling him she doesn’t belong and her friends need her.
In Delhi, they recruit Pavel from his phone company.
 In Bollywood, Raina the dancer is happy to have gotten a part with lines. Oli addresses her as No-Name but Raina refuses to listen. That’s not her life, he insists. Pavel tells her she cannot hide from who she is. Even if this is who she wants to be? she asks. She cries. Oli asks if they can leave her. Pavel hugs her. No, they can’t No-Name replies. Her memory is back. She won’t walk out on them or Pavel. Even for her dream to come true.
Later, the Blackbird approaches Kolkata. Is Oli sure about this? the others ask. For the daughter of Emma Frost, who would ever think of looking for her in a hothouse slum? He has a sense of her as he did for all of them, Oli explains. If they can draw her into the open…
Hold it, he announces. They’ve got trouble! A Ravarati nearby! Can’t they just kill it? Becka asks. Isn’t she bloodthirsty, No-Name jokes. Just being practical, Becka defends herself. They don’t want to give themselves away, Rico warns them. No-Name announces she has a solution. She’s gonna need Becka’s stuff and she needs Rico and his sitar.
Dressed up on the street, No-Name dances to Rico’s sitar playing. They gather a crowd. Whatever happened to the shy gal he used to know? Rico jokes. Right now, that girl doesn’t exist, she replies. Her place was given to someone who loves the spotlight. He didn’t know she could dance, Pavel marvels. New body, new talents, she replies, she loves every minute of it.
Oli, in the meantime, watches the crowd, figuring it will attract thieves. And he finds a pickpocket. He addresss her as Meg, reminding her he said he’d always find her. Happily, she hugs him.
While they embrace and kiss, a Ravarati recognizes them. Becka instantly fries him, then tumbles it into a building.
Later aboard the Blackbird, the kids are happy. The team is complete again with the bad guys none the wiser. What now? Rico asks. Simple, Oli replies, they find the bad guys, they defeat the bad guys. They save their fgiends and take back their true bodies. What could he have been thinking, Rico mocks.
How are they going to find them? No-Name asks. That’s what dads are for, to give a hand when things get rough. Looks like Gambit got them a serious lead. And they are just gonna save the day, just like that? No-Name asks doubtfully. They are heroes, Oli replies. They are Genext. This is what they do!


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Passage to India? Part 5 – shall all come home again?
With Beast, Sati and Skanda prisoners of the evil goddess Kalima and the membes of GeNext changed into Indians, the youngsters now plan their next move against their enemy, now that Gambit and his daughter Ray have found Kalima’s secret headquarters in Jaisalmar.
Megan wonders why Kalima would take her prisoners here. Rico sees sense in the decision. It’s the middle of nowhere. She can see any trouble long before it gets here.
So what are they going to do about it? Becka asks, ready for battle. They’re heroes, Colossus replies simply. Shouldn’t they go to the rescue and save the day? O.F.G.S.! No-Name replies annoyed, they are students, not super heroes! She knows everyone is pissed at her for saying it, but Kali whupped them every time they faced her. Hooray for good intentions, but they are so out of their league. She says they call for help.
With their scanners, they find the Ravarati on the battlements. Megan cannot get much with her telepathy. She has solid links with the five of them, but she can’t read anyone inside the city. That means no contact with Gambit or Ray.
Rico agrees with No-Name. Kalima stomped them. What makes Oli think this time will be different?
What about Dr McCoy? Becka reminds him. All the people in that city are helpless. They can’t wait for reinforcements. Sometimes circumstances don’t allow for an easy choice, Pavel agrees.
How does it help if they get themselves killed, Rico asks. Does he want to be another picture on Meg’s dad’s memorial wall? Can he live with the cost of doing nothing? Oli retorts. Head’s up! he suddenly announces. Something is happening in town! He’s got visual on his dad!
Gambit is on the run, with Ravarati in hot pursuit. Gambit skillfully dances from roof to roof and fights his enemies. He drops between buildings and the Ravarati gang up on him. Meg reads his thoughts, stating he is being very sloppy with his thoughts. He wants her to hear but not to reply. They’ve caught him, she announces a moment later. However, she felt nothing regarding Oli’s sister. Gambit let slip nothing concerning her while being very sloppy about himself.
That’s it then, Rico decides. If Oli’s family is in trouble, they have to help. Is that supposed to make a difference when you are a superhero? No-Name asks. People you know versus people you don’t? He’s not a superhero, she said so herself, Rico reminds her. No-Name sees things differently.
Megan reminds them they can’t call any Indian heroes in, because they don’t know who they can trust. And calling their own people could cause an international incident. Like it or not, this is up to them.
Becka reminds them that the second they use their powers Kalima will know who she is up against. Megan agrees but points out that Kalima doesn’t know their new looks so she and her guys will be looking for the wrong people. Until they reveal that little twist, surprise is on their side.
Oli asks the pensive No-Name if she is ok. Are any of them? she replies glumly. She can’t even remember her other body. Isn’t that weird? She prances around a few steps. This is what feels natural, what feels right. She totally loved Bollywood, dancing on the movie sets was fun. Does she want to go back? Oli asks. She wishes… she sighs. She can’t, she won’t turn her back on the debts she owes or the things she needs to prove. Xavier’s school and especially Dr McCoy gave her a second chance. The believed in her. GeNext risked everything to come after her and help. She won’t turn her back on that. She just wishes… She falls silent.
Wishes what? Oli asks. No-Name admits she doesn’t know. Oli promises they’ll find a way to work things out. Before this is over they could all be dead! he adds with gallow’s humor.
A little later, No-Name and Becka who carries her are up in the air. Becka creates a light show with her lightning to get the enemy’s attention. Even the prisoners notice.
Skanda wonders what they can do, they are just children. So were the X-Men when they began, Hank retorts.
Kalima laughs, assured of her victory. She orders her Ravarati to find them and bring them to her, bloodied and screaming, but alive. Their lives and souls are hers to claim!
Pavel and Rico fight their way through the city, careful not to hurt the possessed people too much. They bring the guards down to steal their clothes for Oli and Megan. Then they split up. Rico turns invisible and flies up on an invisible forcefield, hoping the sensors that sweep the city can lead him to Oli’s sister.
Ray, in the meantime, is busy fighting back Ravarati. Still, she is cornered, until No-Name and Becka find her and Becka fries the Ravarati. Ray informs them that Gambit found out where the captive heroes are being held and passed on that information to her. She warns them that while they are doing great Kalima is a goddess. To win against her they need gods.
Suddenly, they are distracted by a noise. Ray explains that goddesses make their own rules. Beat one of their crew… She’ll simply hit you with a hundred Becka finishes her sentence, seeing the crowd at Ravarati coming at them from above.
Luckily, the cavalry has arrived, as Pavel joins them to help. While Becka and Pavel draw the Ravaratis’ attention No-Name drags Ray aside so that they can find the prisoners.
Elsewhere, Oli flies himself and Megan who informs him how the others are doing. Shame she can’t use her telepathy on Kalima, he sighs. She reminds him she tried twice and got her head handed to her. She’ll happily hit the woman with a brick but as far as TP goes, not a hope.
Oli tells Becka and Pavel this is the third cadre of Ravarati to scramble out of her fortress and tells them to keep it up. The more they fight the better the others’ chances.
Ray, in the meantime, leads No-Name inside the fortress.
Megan and Oli enter as well at another point, and are quickly noticed by Kalima. She fires an energy blast at them which Oli easily dodges to kick her in the face.
Invisible Rico asks he is supposed to finish her but Oli shakes his head. Rico keeps back while Oli is being hit by Kalima.
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Oli recalls is mother Rogue teaching him to focus his power and Beast teaching him how to fight.
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Angrily, he asks Kalima if that was her best shot. Pretty weak for a goddess!
In the meantime, Ray and No-Name have made their way to the dungeons which are from centuries ago, Ray explains. Not impressed, No-Name replies. A cage is a jail is a cage. That’s what’s important. Ray notices she’s touched a nerve. She tells No-Name to free the others while she handles their foes. Ray takes out the Ravarati while No-Name reunites with Beast.
Elsewhere, Kalima has Oli on the ropes, intending to kill him. Luckily, a moment later, Beast joins the battle, suggesting she fight a grown-up. Or is she only a threat to children? He figures to use the snappy patter to draw her attention and keep her mind on him and off the fight.
Kalima’s face shifts shortly and Oli recognizes Sophie von Doom. Rico warns him it’s only a trick even as Sophie cries to him for help. Kalima regains control and orders her to remember her proper place. The time has come to bring the night’s enjoyment to its end.
Knowing he’s going to regret it, Rico keeps her from teleporting away, by using his stretchable arm to trap her. She covers him with energy, threatening that once he is wholly covered, he is hers. Beast asks Skanda if they can do anything. The Indian god replies if he intervenes she will kill the children. She has done it before.
Then it’s up to them, Oli replies grimly, looking at No-Name who has the same idea.
She threatens Kalima with a syringe, warning her it is full of poison. If she stays in Sophie’s body she is going to die! She cannot do this, Kalima howls. She is a goddess! Does she think gods can’t die, No-Name scoffs. Guess again! She’s seen it.
Kalima lets go of Sophie’s body, but grabs No-Name, figuring to have her revenge on her. Oli uses the power he absorbed from Rico to create an invisible forcefield and drag No-Name out of Kalima’s reach, allowing Skanda to hit her through her teleportation gate.
With the battle done, there is still the transformation to be taken care of. Skanda explains that Sati provided Olivier a conduit to the proper forces. They must turn to them. Sati reaches out with her power to open a portal, allowing access to their world from the domain of the Indian gods. Before them appear Lakshimi and Ganesh. Quickly they begin to work and the mutants return to their original form.
Another day after the heroes rested. Skanda praises the kids’ work, telling Henry he should be proud. Proud and thankful, comes the reply, that they are all coming home intact. He cannot believe it that these children confronted a goddess.
What happens next? Skanda asks. Hank reminds him they are students. They need to finish their studies. As he and his fellow X-Men did? Skanda asks.
Beast notices two of their number missing. Megan asks him to let them deal with matters himself. Henry informs her he is going to have a coffee with Remy, see if he can convince him to stick around this time.
Oli is with No- Name who is still in her Indian body and wondering why. Did she really want to change back? he asks. What’s the classic phrase? she muses. Be careful what you wish for? Except for her memory, except for her soul, there’s nothing about this body that has any connection with who she was.
Wasn’t that her wish? Oli asks. Start anew? Brand new beginning. She supposes, Anna replies wistfully, Takes some getting used to. She and her big mouth. He likes the new her, Oli assures her. But will Pavel? she wonders. Oli suggests she give him a chance. And then? she asks. Her choice, he replies and promises whatever she does her secret is safe with them.
Later, he formally introduces Anne-Marie to everyone. She’s starting over with them. She’s starting fresh. Pavel assures her she looks beautiful.
Scott will not be happy, Henry remarks. Tell him she’s his, Gambit suggests. It’s why she has Rogue’s name.
He looks good, Rico tells Oli. So does he. He’s thinking after this school’s gonna be boring, Rico muses. Yeah, Oli replies, they should be so lucky.
Elsewhere, Sophie von Doom hides her face behind a horned mask, rather reminiscent of her father or of Kalima…?


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Pursuit
Cypress Hills Cemetery, in the still of the night. A graveyard may seem like an odd place in which to escape your nightmares, but this particular cemetery has always been a source of comfort for Dan Ketch. This comfort is derived from familiarity, as he and his sister, Barbara, grew up here and played childhood games, until recently, for Barb was mortally wounded, died, and was buried here. This cemetery has been the center of every significant event in Dan’s life, so it is only natural that he returns here when his very life is becoming a continuing nightmare. He speeds through the cemetery on his motorcycle.
People are dying around him. Demons are plaguing his sleep so much so that Dan chooses not to sleep much anymore. Everyone with whom he comes in contact is killed off by the manic responsible for his sister’s death. But demons don’t really exist - do they? Dan is unaware that one such demon is pursuing him through the graveyard. ‘That’s it, Daniel, my boy, lead on - lead me to my next victim!’ the savage brute cackles.
Nearby, inside a large vehicle, ‘HEART-1 to all units’ calls out Tyler Meagher, the leader of the Humans Engaging All Racial Terrorism organisation, a.k.a. HEART. She tells her squad that their helmet cams are all functioning and on her screens, and that motion detectors are picking up three individuals in sector 12. ‘All units recon’ she orders, before announcing ‘Hold on that command’, as she reports that heat sensors just picked up another source moving quickly from sector 10, but that it is vague and coming from beneath the cemetery. ‘Lock and load. Full clips. Be ready for engagement’ Tyler orders.
At the sprawling cemetery, the female operatives of HEART follow Tyler’s orders. ‘Gee! Me Mum was hopin‘ I‘d be getting meself married!’ Fiona McCormick, the team’s demotion specialist, exclaims as she examines her surroundings. Marksman Danika Trevani tells her teammate to hush, and announces that they have got company. Luz Delgado, the team’s recon and electronics expert, and Mei Lin, HEART’s hand-to-hand combat specialist stand nearby, scoping their surroundings.
Dan’s motorcycle makes a loud screech as he spins it around, swiftly changing direction, when suddenly, ‘I don’t wanna do nothing! I swear, mister!’ a disheveled man exclaims as he leaps from the bushes. He declares that he will get out of here, and find someplace else to sleep. ‘Just leave me alone…I’m going…’ he utters. Dan watches the homeless man rush away. ‘Heading straight out…you don’t have to tell Eddie G nothing twice…no, siree…just cause I ain’t got any place to live don’t mean I’m stupid…someday I’ll get me a home and then I’ll show you all -’ he mutters as he rushes off. But at that moment, the demon stalking Dan appears before Eddie. Looming over the unfortunate man, the demon exclaims ‘It I said that “home is where the heart is”, Edward - allow me to show you your home!’, Eddie G just screams. Watching from the confines of the sewer, several eyes appear through a grate, ‘He’s as bad as Masque. He has to be stopped!’ a voice exclaims.
At that moment, the cap on Dan’s motorcycle glows. He slams his hand down on it, and in an instant, is engulfed by flaming energy that lights up the darkened cemetery.
‘What the -?’ Tyler gasps as her monitor sensors pick up a new reading. ‘All units! The heat sensors just blew a fuse! Move in and intercept everyone!’ she orders.
The demon is on top of Eddie G, strangling him. ‘Come now, Edward. Don’t fight so. It will be more expeditious if you would just let me remove your heart’ the demon tells him, adding ‘Don’t worry, I would never hurt your face. Never the face!’ he exclaims, as a glimpse of light reflects down on the demon’s own horrid face. At that moment, Dan, transformed into Ghost Rider, arrives, and drives his cycle right into the demon, whom he identifies as Blackout. ‘No more blood for you!’ Ghost Rider exclaims. ‘Tonight, you receive full payment for your crimes!’ he warns Blackout. ‘Tonight, you -’ Ghost Rider begins, only for a barrage of bullets to strike him, knocking him off his motorcycle. ‘Take him down before he kills those two!’ one of the HEART operatives shouts.
‘Keep hitting him! These special jackets are doing the trick!’ Danika shouts as they continue to fire at Ghost Rider, blasting him into a nearby building. ‘Pain. I’m feeling pain’ Ghost Rider thinks to himself. In the darkness of the building that Ghost Rider has landed in, a voice calls out to him: ‘Ghost Rider, come with us!’. ‘We can take you someplace safe. Somewhere no one will find you - trust us! We can take you to the children!’ the voice declares. ‘Trust?’ Ghost Rider asks himself, as someone comes up behind him from the darkness, and he vanishes. ‘Hmmm. Curiouser and curiouser’ Blackout remarks to himself as he watches Ghost Rider vanish. The women of HEART are just as perplexed. ‘The scrag is gone! We’ve lost him!’ Luz exclaims as they search the building. Reporting to Tyler, Danika informs her superior officer that they lost him, but she doesn’t know how. ‘Of course we’ll fan…right away, Tyler’ Danika replies. ‘She is peeved!’ Danika tells the other women.
Meantime, on the tip of Manhattan, near Battery Park, an immense alien spaceship towers over the city. The Ship serves as the home and headquarters for the mutant heroes known as X-Factor, some of whom are right now gathered in one of the living areas, watching a news report from Linda Wei, one of Ghost Rider’s companions, who announces that police are still attempting to apprehend the person or people behind the rash of child abductions plaguing the Brooklyn / Queens area. ‘All the abductions occurred in or around the cemeteries in the…’. ‘Hee hee hee!’ Nathan Christopher Summers exclaims as Dr Henry McCoy a.k.a. the Beast holds the young boy up in the air, using his large feet. ‘Have no fear, progeny of my best friend’s loins - Uncle Henry McCoy will protect you from those yucky kidnappers’ the Beast tells the boy. ‘It does my heart good to see that you know you’re in good hands - or whatever spare appendage I might have’ the Beast jokes.
Bobby “Iceman” Drake tells Jean Grey a.k.a. Marvel Girl that she looks worried. Sitting on the sofa, Jean turns to her younger friend and replies ‘Of course I’m worried, Bobby! Anyone of those children despite the Beast’s soothing words, could be dead!’ Jean then suggests that what if this is Nanny, or even one of the Inferno demons. Scott “Cyclops” Summers tells Bobby that Jean is correct, and decides that this is something they should investigate as X-Factor. ‘And what of this frisky young pup, Scott?’ the Beast enquires. Scott points out that it is past Nathan’s bedtime, and decides that they should tuck him in to bed, as Ship can look after him while they are gone.
Beneath the Cypress Hills Cemetery, ‘It is safe down here. No one will be able to find us. We’re all safe and sound’ a figure tells Ghost Rider, who reminds his rescuers that they spoke of the children - the missing children. ‘You must take me to their abductor. They must be avenged’ Ghost Rider tells them. Deformed faces are seen in the flickering lights, ‘No! No! You misunderstand. The children are safe. They won’t be harmed. They are being protected from the evil one. We could use your help! One of the unfortunates tells Ghost Rider, who gets on his motorcycle, and informs his rescuers that, if they speak the truth, they will have his assistance, but that the night is almost at an end, and so he must leave. Ghost Rider speeds out of the tunnels, and as the sun rises over the cemetery, he returns to the form of Dan Ketch, who thinks to himself ‘But can they be trusted? Can Ghost Rider?’
Forest Park, later that day, ‘My life seems to be constantly connected with this cemetery - not the average life of a nineteen year old male’ Dan thinks to himself as he stands on the hill of Forest Park, looking down at the cemetery below. Behind him, his friend Jack D’Auria and his girlfriend Pia are setting up a picnic. ‘Yuck, Jack! Do we have to ear looking out over the graveyard? It gives me the heeby-jeebies!’ Pia exclaims. Jack explains to Pia that it is the best view in the park, while Dan’s girlfriend, Stacy Dolan, goes over to him and tells him that they should eat, and then head on over to the carousel. ‘Be right there, Stace!’ Dan replies. He watches Stacy walk away and thinks to himself that Stacy and Jack are his best friends in the world, and that it scares him to think of anything happening to either of them. That is why he knows he has to find out if the recent killings that have been coming so close to him are really the work of Blackout, or if it is all in his mind.
An hour later, Jack and Pia are riding the carousel, but Pia asks Jack to make it stop, as she thinks she is going to be sick. Watching nearby, Stacy asks Dan how it is tht a guy like Jack always winds up with such ditsy women. ‘It’s been a curse that’s plagued Jack and me ever since we were kids - ditsy women just keep throwing themselves at us’ Dan replies. ‘Throw this, buddy!’ Stacy exclaims as she trips Dan up, causing him to fall to the ground. Jack and Pia are off the carousel now, and walk over to Dan and Stacy. ‘Nice move, Stace! What are you going to do when the police academy gives her a gun, Dan?’ Jack asks, unaware that someone is watching from nearby, ‘If she lives that long, my boy. If she lives that long’ he whispers.
Later, Dan and Stacy walk towards Stacy’s home, with Dan asking Stacy how her fad is, as he hasn’t seen him in a while. ‘You know my father’ Stacy replies. ‘The ever overworked police captain…he just can’t rest while this Ghost Rider is on the loose. He’s determined to put him away!’ Stacy exclaims. ‘How about you? After you go into the police academy, are you going to help your dad put the Ghost Rider away? What if he turns out not to be a bad guy?’ Dan asks. Stacy tells Dan that he has been listening to Jack too much, and leans in to kiss him.
They wrap their arms around each other, before Stacy pulls away, smiling, she tells Dan that it has been months since they have had time to be that close. ‘Thank God things are settling down’ she declares. ‘How can you say that, Stacy? People are dying all around us!’ Dan declares, annoyed. He then walks away from Stacy, telling her that he has somewhere he has to be, and that he will call her. He waves goodbye, while a confused Stacy calls out to him. The young lovers are unaware that they were being watched, ‘How touchingly sweet. Soon it will be your turn, girl - but not tonight’.
The evening breeze stirs the fallen leaves in one of the many cemeteries of Cypress Hills. As X-Factor descends onto one of the cemeteries, leaves scatter at the force of their jet’s thrusters. Cyclops announces that they are at the location of the last kidnapping, and Iceman declares that this could certainly be the place, as it is creepy enough. ‘Anybody ever seen the movie “Night of the Living Dead”?’ Iceman asks. ‘Anybody?’ he calls out when he gets no response. The Beast asks his frozen friend if ice crystals have invaded his frontal lobe. ‘Don’t you remember what Jeanie was forced to endure at the hands of N’astirh in a cemetery?’ Hank asks. ‘Geez! I’m sorry, Hank! I wasn’t thinking! I’ll cool the jokes’ Bobby replies.
Elsewhere, over the same cemetery, the women of HEART are in a high-tech chopper. ‘Infrared’s working perfectly. We’re over the cemetery…no powerlines…all systems go!’ one of them reports. An instant later, another of the women spies their target in the sprawling cemetery below. ‘Let’s take him down!’ one of them exclaims as the chopper speeds up, to maintain the same pace as Ghost Rider, who is speeding along down below. ‘He’s on to us - picking up speed’ one of the women exclaims as the chopper descends while following Ghost Rider.
Suddenly, the women of HEART lose visuals, but he is still appearing on the heat sensors. ‘This guy’s ours tonight!’ one of the women boasts. ‘All instruments show the bike’s stopped’ another reports, before Tyler declares that she wants everyone ready to engage. ‘And this time, let’s not let him get - away!’ she exclaims, but as they shine a light down below, they find that Ghost Rider has vanished, leaving only his motorcycle behind. ‘We’ll get him later. Without the bike, he isn’t going anywhere. And I want that bike - NOW!’ Tyler exclaims.
Beneath the cemetery, the darkness feels strangely familiar to Ghost Rider as he marches through the tunnels. Comfortable, as though he belongs here - with the dead. Suddenly, ‘Mr Ghost Rider! Over here!’ a voice calls out. ‘I told them you’d come back. I told them!’ the deformed being exclaims. Ghost Rider goes over to him and asks where the children are. ‘Don’t you worry. They’re safe and sound. Yes, siree. Safe and happy as bugs in a rug. Pixie is seeing to that!’ he assures Ghost Rider, although as they continue on through the tunnels, they are unaware that they are being stalked, ‘Not safe for long, my disfigured friend’ Blackout utters, smiling.
Ghost Rider follows his deformed companion into a cave, where a woman rests against the side of the cave, and children play around her. ‘Pixie! Pixie! He’s here! He’s here! I told you! I told you!’ the Morlock calls out to the Molock known as Pixie. Pixie calls the deformed Morlock Bertram, and asks him to calm down and show their guest in. A little girl rushes towards Ghost Rider and exclaims ‘Wow! It’s you again! Haven’t seen you since the night they brought me here. The night of that Blackout guy tried to…I’m glad to see ya, Flame Head!’ the girl exclaims. Pixie calls the girl Pauline and remarks that it would appear Mr Ghost Rider has already met her. ‘You seem to have a great deal of admirers amongst our young charges’ Pixie tells him.
Ghost Rider asks Pixie why she holds these children here, to which Pixie, a regular-looking woman, save for the antenna on her forehead, and wings growing out of her back, explains that the children are quite safe, and that they have been taken from the surface for their protection. ‘There is an evil person - a mutant like myself - Morlocks we are called - he, Masque, wishes to…to…do more of this!’ Pixie exclaims as she pulls up part of her dress, revealing that one of her legs has been hideously transformed.
Pixie explains that Masque did this to her because she alone opposed him, and the others that brought Ghost Rider to her were once normal humans that Masque disfigured. ‘He planned to start on the children of the surface’ she reveals, explaining why she kidnapped the children before Masque could. ‘As you can see, all are quite safe and happy -’ Pixie begins, when suddenly, gunfire can be heard down the tunnel. ‘The children!’ Pixie gasps, while the agents of HEART appear in the cavern. Tyler orders the women to fan out, and to take down Ghost Rider quick and easy.
Directly above, inside X-Factor’s hovercraft, Cyclops announces that the instruments are picking up low-end seismic disturbances directly below the surface - the type caused by a fire fight. He adds that if there is a tunnel down there, his optic blasts will blow a path through for them. He releases an optic blast, shaping a circle below, and while Jean telekinetically lowers herself down towards it, Iceman creates an ice-sled, which he, Cyclops and the Beast slide down on towards the ground, which gives way as they step on the area Cyclops used his optic blast on.
As X-Factor appear in the tunnel, Mei Lin sees them, and calls out to Tyler: ‘We’ve got some more freaks joining in - and they look like muties! Better scrag them all just to be safe!’ she exclaims before opening fire, however Jean creates a telekinetic force field, which she uses to deflect the bullets away from herself and the children. Jean suggests to her teammates that she disarm the women, while at the edge of the tunnel, the stalker-figure appears - it‘s Blackout and he calls out to the children, telling them to come with Uncle Blackout, that they will be safe with him. ‘No, children, don’t go back there. Come with me. I’ll protect you all’ Pixie assures them. ‘And who will protect you, my little fairy queen?’ Blackout asks as he lunges forward.
‘I will protect and avenge all these innocent lives, murderer!’ Ghost Rider exclaims as he lunges towards Blackout - who knocks him aside, and grabs Pixie. ‘Oh, you do frighten me so’ Blackout mocks, before telling Pixie that hers will be the first mutant blood to touch his lips. ‘Mmmmm’ he utters as he bites down on Pixie’s neck.
Above, the agents of HEART are rushing back towards their chopper. ‘These mutant’s weren’t in the planed scenario!’ Tyler exclaims, adding that it looks like the missing kids are getting away safely. ‘We’ve done our job and got the Ghost Rider’s bike in the deal’ she points out.
Back below, ‘You must save the children, Ghost Rider’ Pixie tells him with her dying breath as he holds her blood-stained body. ‘I must avenge your blood!’ Ghost Rider declares. ‘Listen to me - what good will your vengeance serve if more innocent blood is spilled - the children’s blood - while claiming it?’ Pixie asks him. ‘Please save them - please…’ she utters. There is a loud rumble, as the tunnel begins to collapse towards the children, who cry out for help. ‘Ghost Rider! Help us! Please!’ Pauline exclaims. Ghost Rider gets to his feet as the tunnel collapses, and an unearthly scream pierces the night.
The scream vibrates all that it touches - the fleeing chopper containing the HEART agents, and Ghost Rider’s motorcycle, which answers the scream. It is the Spirit of Vengeance, which breaks free from the speeding helicopter, the mystical motorcycle plunges earthward, to answer its master’s call. ‘Heads up, everyone!’ Iceman exclaims the cycle speeds past X-Factor. ‘What is that thing?’ Jean enquires. ‘What in blue blazes?’ the Beast asks as he leaps out of the way.
Back up above, one of the HEART operatives reports that one of their stabilizers is shot. ‘Get us out of here -’ she exclaims. ‘We’ll regroup and come back for the muties, the motorcycle and Ghost Rider!’ Tyler orders.
Down below, Ghost Rider puts the children onto his motorcycle and tells them that it will take them to safety. ‘No more innocent blood will be spilled here tonight’ he declares. ‘What kind of blood runs through your veins, demon? Surely one that looks like you must have a soul as black as mine!’ Blackout exclaims as he leaps towards Ghost Rider. ‘What are you about, Ghost Rider?’ Blackout enquires. Ghost Rider turns around and replies that he is about vengeance. ‘No! That’s where you are wrong! Tonight vengeance is mine!’ Blackout exclaims as he punches Ghost Rider. ’No’ Ghost Rider replies, but Blackout continues: ‘Vengeance for what you’ve done to my face - to my life - the vengeance that started with the slaughter of your sister, Barb! You remember Barb, don’t you, demon?’ Blackout exclaims.
‘Yes’ Ghost Rider replies as he smashes Blackout hard in the face, sending the demon reeling backwards. ‘Yes, demon, try and kill me!’ Blackout declares as Ghost Rider goes over to him. They grab each other’s throats, and Blackout boasts that he will not die alone. There is another rumble, and the tunnel begins to cave in on the them. ‘Two as ugly as we deserve to die together! Goodbye, demon!’ Blackout exclaims as the tunnel falls around them.
Outside, ‘Ghost Rider saved us. Yes, siree. Are you friends of his?’ Bertram asks Marvel Girl, who replies ‘No, I’m afraid not’. ‘Well, that’s okay! You helped, too - didn’t you?’ Beast, Iceman and Cyclops help the rest of the children out of the ground, and Bertram adds that his friends will see that the remaining children are returned to their parents, for that is what Pixie would have wanted them to do. ‘Meanwhile, we’ll keep protecting them from Masque’ he adds. ‘Masque is behind this?’ Jean asks, concerned. Beast points to the motorcycle and asks ‘What do we do with this doohickie? It appears that its former owner is lost to the tunnels below.
Cyclops replies that he has always wanted a bike, although he is not too sure about this tires, when suddenly, there is yet another rumble, and Ghost Rider bursts up through the ground. He immediately gets on his motorcycle, while Iceman asks Cyclops if they should stop him. ‘No, bobby. I don’t know that we could if we wanted to’ Scott replies. X-Factor watch as Ghost Rider speeds off into the night, and Cyclops adds ‘Besides, who are we to judge a man on the way he looks? Tonight it’s the Ghost Rider’s deeds that count’….


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Blood Feud !
In New Orleans the Mardi Gras Festival is going on. Bernard Le Branche only likes the festivities for one reason : it’s the perfect distraction for his profession. Bernard belongs to the Thieves Guild, and while examining the diamonds he stole last night, he catches the ehadline of the newspaper. “French Quarter Killer kills No. 11“ Bernard wonders if the feud will never stop, and suddenly he gets aware of somebody moving on his balcony. His fists charge up with power, as he turns towards the black clawed figure, calling it an Assasin. Bernard blasts at the figure but misses, and the dark assailant uses his claws on Bernard before pushing him from the balcony. The Assasin then laughs at the newspaper, stating that it’s now No. 12, and soon the entire Clan LeBeau will be dead; then Clan Boudreaux will finally be avenged.In the sreets below, the Ghost Rider arrives in the city. He too learns of the serial killer through the newspaper and curses that wherever he goes, he always has to encounter blood and dewath. Thanks to the festival he can move around without gaining unwanted attention, in fact asomebidy dressed as a skelleton compliments Ghost Rider on his “costume“. Ghost Rider wonders what he is - demon ?, yet he feels human at some times and he has some glimpses of emotions. Still these feelings could be the result of a psychic link with Ghost Rider’s human host Dan Ketch. Dan had been mortally wounded and only their transformation saved thim, but for how long. Ghost Rider knows that only Johnny Blaze (the former Ghost Rider) can help them, and he has to find him here in New Orleans.Dan Ketch finds himself in an area of blackness. He has no idea where he is, or if he is alive or dead. The wound he received in battle with Blackout (last issue) is gone and the pain is gomne too. In the distance Dan sees a light and marches towards it.In the outskirts of New Orleans, the X-Men are driving in a rented car. Jubilee is annoyed that because of the Blackbird being in repairs she now has to sit in the backseat between Psylocke and Logan. Gambit tells Beast to drive faster, as he wants to arrive in the city before Rogue and who is flying ahead with Bella Donna, his wife. Also Gambit is concerned about the Guilds, the situation must be severe for Bella Donna to contact him. The car is being stopped by a speed patrol, but after his gun gets sliced by Logan‘s claws, being blinded by Jubilee, and their car being devasted by Gambit and Cyclops, the police have no intention to follow the X-Men.Meanwhile Ghost Rider has made his way to a very old, almost forgotten part of the city and stops at an abandoned church to get some rest. Suddenly he hears a scream, and the dark figure bursts through a window, battling another member of the Thieves Guild. The Assasin teases him to show his special powers, as many members of the Thieves Guild apparently have one, but then slices him up. A woman jumps out of the window, screaming that the assasin has killed her husband; the Assasin’s answer is that she is pregnant, and carrying a Thieves child means that she has to die too. Ghost Rider is too late to save her and swings his chain at the Assasin who is licking the blood of his clawed fingers. Ghost Rider swears vengeance for the victims, and wonders how to punish the Assasin; he vowed to not take a human life, but the killer seems to be something different than human. The clawed figure says that appearances can be deceiving, but as the Ghiost Rider seemd to be non member of the Thieves Guild, he has no quarrel with him and runs away. He is still too human for his own taste, and wants to get a final gift from a mysterious “her“. He runs away into the church and slams the door shut, but the Ghost Rider chases after him.Inside there is a stairway leading downwards and at the bottom, he is not only confronted with one opponent but an entire group. They all are dressed in black with black face masks and purple cloaks. The heads are covered with green hair. They sense great power in the new arrival and ask their mistress, who is still in the shadows, if she desires this one. As she give a positive feedback, the group transform into full BRood and try to restrain the Ghost Rider. He struggles and tries to fight, but in the end is overwhelmed, and held in place by many tentacles. The Brood Queen announces that she will plant an egg inside him.In the main streets the X-men enjoy the Mardi Gras festival, as they meet with Rogue and Belle, who have compared notes on Gambit during the flight. They have already scouted the area, found that it’s too quiet – something strange is going on. Cyclops wants to take charge, but Gambit says that it’s his city, so he and Belle will take the lead. Shortly afterwards they make their way to teh church, and Gambit recognzies the two killed people as Jean Martine and Michelle of his Guild. Gambit blames himself, if he ould have been in the city to ensure the peace between the rivaling Clans, ten many deaths might have been prevented. The group storms into the church and Logan says that he is pickiong up a familiar scent. Inside they run into the Brood, Ccyclops explains that they are an alien parasitic race, as not all X-Men are familiar with them. From the looks they have taken over the Assasins Guild, and Belle is horrofied that all her Clan members are beyind salvation, since Logan says that the only way to deal with them is kill them. At first the team does well, but then Gambit gets knocked over by a powerful blast – from the Ghost Rider, who is growing Brood tentacles out of his body.