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No Rest for the Weary
Japan, where a recently resurrected Hulk is rampaging at a nuclear power point. A fire has broken out, and the plant workers are running in fear. Jan van Dyne a.k.a. the Wasp flies near the Hulk, who is wearing traditional Japanese warrior armor. 'Hey, Bruce. It's me, Janet. Your old friend. Right? I know this was your worst feat. That the monster would win. I promise I won't let that happen...sorry for this next part' Jan utters, before shouting 'This way, big guy!' as she grabs the Hulk's attention. The Hulk reaches out to try and punc her, she dodges his fist. 'I need you focusing on my – so you don't see Rogue!' the Wasp exclaims as Rogue flies through the air and slams her fist into the Hulk, knocking him into the nearby water and creating a mighty splash. Rogue drops down onto the shore and Wade Wilson a.k.a. Deadpool rushes over to help her up. 'Nice job getting him away from the nuke plant' Deadpool tells Rogue, informing her that he left a message for Sunfire and made reservations at Jiro's for them when they win. 'Now get back in there, kid. I got money on this fight' Deadpool jokes. But Rogue's voice is shaky, and she tells Deadpool that she isn't right – that she thinks there is some Terrigen in the air.
'Change of plans. I'm pulling Rogue back!' Deadpool calls out as Nathan Summers a.k.a. Cable, Emily Guerrero a.k.a. Synapse, the ninja Elektra and Johnny Storm the Human Torch arrive on scene. 'Somebody else do something amazing. Any one of you with actual super powers want to jump in here?' Deadpool asks. Synapse announces that she is stressing the Hulk's optic nerve, which means he will have trouble seeing. 'Nice trick. Here's the version I was taught' Elektra declares as she races through the shallow waters to where the Hulk is on his knees, clutching at his eyes – a moment later, Elektra leaps onto the Hulk and stabs her blades into his eyes. 'Now that's – how you blind an enemy!' Elektra remarks as she flips backwards off the Hulk and lands next to Synapse, who shrugs and remarks 'I blinded him first. Not that it's a contest'.
'It's now or never, Torch! Burn it!' Cable calls out to the Human Torch, who exclaims 'FLAME ON!' as  he flies towards the Hulk, and hovering over him, unleashes a powerful stream of flaming energy, which washes over the Hulk. 'Time to go nova!' the Torch declares. He tells the others that he hates this – first Pym and now Banner. 'This better be the last time we're facing old friends!' The flaming energy around the Hulk increases, and the Torch urgently warns everyone to get back. 'Nothing can survive this!' he shouts. But when the flames and smoke clears – 'Uh-oh...' the Torch utters as he falls back onto the beach, and the Hulk, his scorched body lumbering back towards the shore, furiously roars at the heroes.
'Run!' Rogue exclaims. 'Oh, fudge. It's nude! Play dead?' Deadpool suggests, while Cable calls out to Quicksilver. 'Where are -' he begins, before Pietro Maximoff a.k.a. Quicksilver speeds onto the shore, sighing, he jokes that most times when he leaves to grab a bite, no one ever notices. He speeds in front of the Hulk, who is about to grab the Torch, but Quicksilver picks the Torch up first, and throws him over his shoulder as he races away from the Hulk. 'I know I cut this one close...but I burn more calories than all of you combined' Quicksilver boasts, as Cable finishes calling out to him, '- you!?' Quicksilver comes to a stop and drops the Torch next to Cable, telling him not to get his pouches in a knot – it is handled. 'I was on lunch. I have to keep ewating if you want me to keep running' Quicksilver explains, as he shoves some food in his mouth. Doctor Voodoo's voice is heard over the communicators, reporting that his soul trap is ready.
On an abandoned island nearby, Jericho Drumm a.k.a. Doctor Voodoo hovers above a pentagram, '... where are you? You promised me a monster two minutes ago' Voodoo remarks to the others. 'Careful what you wish for, Doc!' Deadpool remarks as he is thrown through a portal by the Hulk – whose large hand can be seen emerging through the portal, chasing the Wasp, who shouts 'YOW! COMING THROUGH!' and an instant later, the rest of the heroes and the Hulk fall through the portal as well. 'Is this a wrestling move?' Rogue exclaims as she sits on the Hulk's shoulders and pulls back on his face. 'The only guy who would know is Deadpool, and I think Hulk kicked him to sleep for a while' the Torch remarks as he darts about. Elektra and Quicksilver grab onto one of the Hulk's arms, while Synapse stands behind Cable, who opens fire at the Hulk.
'I need him within the pentagram!' Voodoo calls out. 'What if I move your art project to him?' Quicksilver offers, but Voodoo tells him that the pentagram is a dooeway, it can't be moved – only opened. Rogue screams as the Hulk grabs her head, while Cable reports that his telekinesis isn't budging the Hulk. Voodoo warns the heroes to hurry and get the Hulk into the pentagram before the doorway closes. 'Hey, man, you try moving a truck!' the Torch exclaims. Synapse narrows her eyes and concentrates hard, 'You want Hulk moved – he's gotta do it himself!' Synapse exclaims as she uses her powers to force Hulk to fall backwards onto the pentagram and informs the others that she is blocking the signal from Hulk's inner ear to his brain. An energy dome appears around the Hulk, preventing him from moving or even standing up. 'Attagirl. You just shifted a mountain' Cable tells Synapse, putting a hand on her shoulder. 'I feel like it, too' Synapse replies, remarking that affecting Hulk's nervous system feels like grabbing a power line.
The heroes gather around and watch, while the Wasp asks 'What do we do now?' Voodoo tells her that now they can wish him luck. He moves towards the glowing dome and remarks that if he fails, they may need to find a way to repeat the Icarus Protocol. 'I alone must cleanse Banner's spirit of the Hand's corruption' Voodoo reports. As he stands in front of the trapped Hulk, he suggests that it might be wise to summon the rest of the Avengers – just in case. 'Forgive me, Dr Banner. The Hand's magic is deep in you... this will hurt' Voodoo remarks in some sort of astral plane as he approaches the naked form of Bruce Banner, who has dozens of glowing green arrows stuck in his back. Voodoo then reaches down and pulls out one of the arrows, some blood sprays around him. 'STOP' a voice calls out. Voodoo and Banner look up, and Voodoo instructs Banner not to speak, as he is in great jeopardy.
A strange demon-like creature with several arms, wings, long hair and a mask with a long red nose looms over Banner, and tells Voodoo that if he takes the Hulk from the Hand, then he will claim his brother. 'This is a small gesture. It need not be overt. You could return to your friends and say we bested you. They need never know' the creature remarks. 'A friend...for a brother? It's an easy choice, is it not?' the creature asks. Voodoo replies by stating that he chooses his brother – Bruce Banner – a man who has risked everything time and time again – an Avenger. He removes more arrows from Bruce's back and tells the demon that Banner is his brother, not Daniel, and that Daniel has damned himself. The creature grins wickedly and tells Voodoo that he will share his words with their new slave, before warning him that he has made a powerful enemy this day. 'So have you' Doctor Voodoo replies, as the demon vanishes.
Back outside the supernatural force field, the heroes watch the field, and Synapse asks if the Hulk is getting smaller. 'Good. I'm running out of Enya' Deadpool jokes, while playing a piano. 'What if whatever Voodoo is doing doesn't work?' Rogue asks. 'Well, at least we saw Deadpool play the piano before we died' Wasp mutters.
Inside the supernatural field, Voodoo has removed all of the arrows from Banner's back, and tells him that he is free. 'Walk in peace to the light' Voodoo tells him, adding that he is sorry they abused him. Tears stream down Banner's face.
A moment later, the mystical force field begins to fade away, and Doctor Voodoo emerges, carrying Banner's lifeless body. 'It's over. Bruce is done' Voodoo reports, as the others look over to him. They gather around as Voodoo lays Banner on the ground. 'So is the Hand's magic' he adds. 'Finally. I can be of use' Deadpool remarks as he holds up a bodybag. 'You walk around with a bodybag?' the Torch asks, surprised. Deadpool wraps it around Banner's body and tells the Torch that it is so much more than just a bag for bodies, before Quicksilver asks if this was their last Avengers mission. 'The hell it is' Rogue declares, while Deadpool reminds everyone that they have unfinished business with the Red Skull. Rogue tells the others that she isn't standing down until Professor Xavier's brain is out of that madman. 'Unless you all got somewhere else to be?' Rogue asks.
'I can be in two places at once' Quicksilver reports. 'In' the Wasp confirms. Cable reports that he has restored his ability to bodyslide, and that he is close to undoing the tachyon armor that is keeping him from time-traveling – but he isn't going anywhere until the Skull is neutralized. Synapse points out that Voodoo's brother is still out there, and Doctor Voodoo declares that Daniel is his responsibility – if he survives what the Hand will do to him. 'If I meet your brother, I will give him a merciful death' Elektra offers, spinning one of her sai blades. 'Well, I think we found who will be replacing Steve Rogers as the team's optimist' the Torch smirks as he looks at Elektra. Elektra bursts into laughter and grabs the Torch bis his collar. 'Your poor, sweet dummy. I've killed people for less than the insult you just casually hurled at me' Elektra declares – before she places her lips on the now wide-eyed Johnny's. 'So that's what handsome idiot tastes like. Join the Avengers?' Elektra exclaims, before walking away, laughing.
'Poor Bruce. I feel sick' Quicksilver remarks, before Deadpool asks who they trust with Banner's body. Cable tells the team that there is only one option, and instructs his AI, Belle, to bodyslide back to New York. As a portal opens, Rogue watches as the others walk through it. She realizes that sometimes she gets caught up in the tragedies that have struck the X-Men – all the diseases and deaths, it's easy to mope. But she remembers the cost the Avengers have paid – Hank Pym is worse than death. She thinks of Iron Man, Thor and Wonder Man and reminds herself that Thor is missing, and Wonder Man is lost somewhere in her screwed up head, while Stark is down and out – and now they are delivering the body of Bruce Banner back to Steve Rogers. 'We all deserve better... but that ain't what we got coming' Rogue tells herself.
A short time later, Captain America hangs his head as he carries the lifeless body of Bruce Banner, and Rogue, Cable, Wasp, Quicksilver, th Human Torch, Deadpool, Doctor Voodoo and Synapse look on in silence.
Later, the reformed Unity Squad returns to the theater that they operate out of. Rogue thinks that it feels like all of them – every Avenger and ever X-Man is just grinding against fate until their number comes up. 'We save the world. But never each other' she thinks to herself. She looks across to Deadpool, who starts to remove his mask – but when he sees Rogue, he closes the door between them. Rogue can't shake the feeling of dread in her gut that the worst is yet to come.
And in his quarters, Quicksilver is curled up on his bed, speaking to the Red Skull on the phone, as the Red Skull tells him that he doesn't want to punish him again, that he wants to reward him, and it is the right thing to do. Pietro asks him to get out of his head and leave him alone, but the Red Skull tells him that he must bring him the Avengers!


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Never Gonna Give you Up
Years ago, at Xavier's School for gifted Youngsters, where Rogue sits on an armchair, sobbing. Storm, Nightcrawler and Kitty Pryde stand nearby, while Professor X sits in his wheelchair. Storm tells the Professor that Rogue tried to kill the Avengers, and asks him how it will look to the rest of the world if they take her in – not to mention she could betray them at any moment. Rogue covers her face with her hands, tears falling between her fingers as she explains that she turned to the X-Men, even though they are enemies, because they are her last hope. Ariel yawns, while Nightcrawler and Storm look suspicious. Charles Xavier tells Storm that he hears her concerns, but that it is decision to make, and he is admitting Rogue to the school as a provisional X-Man. He smiles as he points out that if they help Rogue today, they may not have to confront her tomorrow. Rogue looks up, smiling, the tears drying up, she thanks the Professor and tells him that she won't let him down.
'What were you saying about not letting me down?' the Professor asks, strapped to a table in a laboratory, his head cut open – and the Red Skull laughing as he bites down into Xavier's brain. Rogue suddenly sits up in bed, screaming. She gasps and covers her face as tears fall from her eyes.

At Avengers Mansion, once home to Earth's Mightiest Heroes and now...a theme hotel, the Red Skull sits on a chair outside, while his daughter, Sin, stands nearby. Guests dressed as Storm, Thor, Spider-Man, Medusa, Wolverine and Dr Strange move about on the lawn. The Red Skull tells Sin that he almost had Rogue this time, but her psychic defenses are formidable – Charles Xavier was a paranoid genius. 'High praise coming from you, father' Sin remarks. She reminds her father that he has Quicksilver enthralled, and that he will be enough to help them destroy the Unity Squad. 'True, but if I can win Rogue, then I will wield a living weapon capable of eradicating both mutants and Inhumans' the Red Skull boasts, while holding a nut-cracker with a walnut lodged into it. The Red Skull decides that Rogue is powerful enough to challenge the gods that will oppose them, and remarks that it is a shame Steve Rogers was forced to disband the Unity Squad when he did, as he could have used more time to condition Rogue to his side.
Sin looks at her cellphone and tells her father that the muties on that team will not rest until they have recovered Xavier's brain from him, and suggests that they get on with it. The Red Skull supposes that sin is right, so Sin holds the phone to his face as he greets the person on the other end of the line: 'Hello, Quicksilver. It's time'.
Quicksilver holds his phone to his head, his eyes are rolled towards the back of his head, and tears stream down his face, while blood trickles from his nose, and he listens to the Red Skull tell him that he is gene trash, not even the garbage that he thought he was, that nobody loves him, and his sister is the one person who understands him, but she hates him, too. The Red Skull remarks that Synapse makes Quicksilver's heart sing, but he can't even talk to her, and that Steve Rogers fired him. 'Kill. Worthy or worthless? How will you be remembered? You're a worthless brother-father-Avenger. Ich kann dich retten. Redeem yourself. Ich werde dir den weg zeigen. I can save you' the Red Skull utters, while Quicksilver struggles to speak.
Meanwhile, in New Orleans, Jericho Drumm a.k.a. Doctor Voodoo materializes outside a bar, where an old man pokes his head out the door and tells Voodoo that he hasn't seen any sign of his brother, or the servants of the Hand. Voodoo calls the man an old friend and thanks him. 'Use my digits if anything turns up' he asks. 'Course!' the old man responds as he closes the door to the pub. 'Pietro?' Voodoo asks as something speeds past him. A moment later, the old man pokes his head out of the bar, 'You know, I just  had another thought that might help you, Jericho' he calls out, but Voodoo is nowhere to be seen. 'It can wait, I reckon' the old man tells himself.
In New York, Johnny Storm the Human Torch flies towards the Statue of Liberty. 'Sorry I'm late, Spidey!' he calls out. 'If you wanted to meet about returning to the Unity Squad – I have some bad news' the Torch begins, but can't see Spider-Man anywhere. He does notice a security guard lying motionless on the ground, so drops down towards him. 'Hang on, pal, I'll get you to an emergency room in -' the Torch begins, when suddenly, 'WHOA! What's going on?' he calls out, as he sees a blur circle around him repeatedly. 'Quicksilver? Is that you? Cut it out!' the Torch exclaims, but Quicksilver gets faster and faster, sucking all the oxygen away in a funnel, the Torch is unable to switch to his flaming form, he drops to the ground, 'Quicksilver! You created a vacuum -' he utters, before gasping for breath, as the funnel continues, and then subsides as quickly as Quicksilver appeared.
Elsewhere, Emily Guerrero, who goes by the name Synapse, is walking out of a gym, when Quicksilver suddenly appears before her, wide-eyed, and tears streaming down his face, he utters 'Fo-forgive me, Synapse'. Emily looks at him, she can see something is wrong, and senses that his stress levels are off the charts. 'Wait – what the hell?' she utters, going wide-eyed, she shouts 'Who are you?' but before she can act further, she is knocked to the ground as Quicksilver punches her in the face.
At the theater which the Unity Squad calls home, Nathan Summers a.k.a. Cable, Rogue and Wade Wilson a.k.a. Deadpool are in the kitchen, sitting around a table with hot drinks. Rogue tells her teammates that it is a recurring dream about what the Red Skull did to Charles, and when she wakes up, she feels better for a moment – and then she feels worse. 'Because the nightmare is exactly what happened' Cable tells Rogue, putting a hand on her shoulder and suggesting that maybe it isn't a simple nightmare. 'May I?' he asks, to which Rogue tells him to go ahead. Cable enters Rogue's mind, and finds the Red Skull lurking. Cable informs Rogue that the Red Skull is probing her psychic defenses while she is at her most vulnerable – when she is sleeping. 'Exactly like Freddy Krueger' Deadpool remarks. 'The old man's an evil genius' he comments, before Rogue answers her phone.
'This is Janet! I'm in trouble!' Jan van Dyne a.k.a. the Wasp exclaims urgently, while firing her wasp's sting at a rapid rate, she announces that she is in a fight with a speedster, but she can't tell who, as they are moving too fast. She starts to give her location, when suddenly, she screams, as the speedster grabs her in his fist – it's Quicksilver!
Deadpool leaps to his feet and holds up a gun as he reports that he has Wasp's position, so they should go, but Cable stands up and tells him that it is already too late. He grabs a bow and arrow that are attached to a Hawkeye costume that is on display nearby, and fires it at the wall. A rope is attached to the arrow, and it creates a series of ropes that go from wall to wall. Cable remarks that if they are up against a speedster, whatever is going down will be over in seconds, not minutes. 'This sucks. I just put this place back together' Deadpool mutters, while Cable explains that what he is doing will slow the attacker down for a moment. 'Be ready!' he tells Rogue and Deadpool, when suddenly, 'DEADPOOL!' Rogue shouts when a wall is blown inwards and knocks Deadpool back. Quicksilver speeds into the room, 'Pietro!' Cable calls out, before realizing that this is the Skull's work. 'Fight him! Listen to my voice!' Cable tells Quicksilver – who speeds over and places something on Cable's bionic arm. 'What are -' Cable begins before a surge of energy knocks him out.
Rogue drops down in front of Quicksilver and starts to strangle him as she shouts 'Red Skull! Ah know it's you – release Quicksilver!' But the possessed Quicksilver holds up a large syringe and grins, 'Xavier taught you well, Rogue' he remarks as he tries to stab Rogue with the syringe. 'Get out of my friend!' Rogue exclaims. Quicksilver takes another stab at Rogue – but Deadpool puts his arm between Rogue and the syringe, which is stabbed into his arm. 'I'm impressed the drooling, possessed Quicksilver remarks as the Red Skull speaks through him, boasting that even as his control of Xavier's powers has increased, Rogue has still resisted every psychic trick in his book. He reports that he is at the old Avengers Mansion now, if she wants to talk it over. The Red Skull then telepathically commands Quicksilver to be a dear and bring Cable to him at once. Quicksilver moves away from Rogue, who shouts 'NO!' as Quicksilver races towards Cable, then disappears.
With the syringe still in his arm, Deadpool tells Rogue that he supposes this is going to remain the holiest building in New York, adding that at least the building contractors are on retainer. 'What did he try and stick me with?' Rogue asks as she pulls the syringe from Deadpool's arm. Deadpool supposes that it is a Terrigen solution, and Rogue discovers that the needle is adamantium. 'I'm surprised Skull's in favor of free health care' Deadpool jokes. Deadpool asks Rogue to be honest with him as he enquires as to his rules of engagement. He explains to her that Captain America had his safety on at all times. 'But if I have a kill shot on the Skull, do you want me to take it?' he asks. Rogue replies that she isn't sure, and as she looks at Deadpool's arm, notices an Avengers watch on his wrist, and asks him how long he has had it there. Deadpool tells her that he has had it for a couple of weeks, since Cap suggested he stock some Avengers merch in the store downstairs – but “Earth's Mightiest Wristwatch” wasn't exactly a big seller.
Rogue informs Deadpool that she experienced something back in Pleasant Hill – and shhe just realized what it means. She tells Wade that she needs him to do something for her, but it won't be easy for him. 'Name it' Wade replies. He tells Rogue that if it is to kill the Skull, she doesn't have to ask – and in fact, maybe it's better she doesn't ask. 'If you're not explicit, you have deniability and you can let me do what I do best'Deadpool points out. 'I need you to sit this one out' Rogue explains. 'Scuse me?' Deadpool asks, removing his mask. Deadpool reminds Rogue that whatever is wrong with his head means the Skull can't put the telepathic whammy on him – so he was built for this. 'I know' Rogue replies, hands on hips. Deadpool begins pacing back and forth as he remarks that he is already paranoid that the Red Skull is mucking around in people's minds – and now Rogue is scared that he is compromised.
But Rogue tells Deadpool that she doesn't have time to argue. 'Lord only knows what he's doin' to our friends right now' she remarks, before hovering near the gaping hole in the building, Rogue exclaims that she has to go, and that she knows Wade is angry. 'Hopefully we won’t need it, but I need you to go for help anyway' Rogue asks Deadpool, instructing him to find Gambit and Magneto. 'You want me to form a team...of your former boyfriends?' Deadpool asks, grinning. 'You idiot' Rogue replies. She points out that Charles had cards to play when he needed them – he deployed Nightcrawler, Sunfire and that whole team of second generation X-Men when his first class fell. 'You're my ace, Wade' Rogue smiles. But Deadpool shrugs, and points out that he is not Xavier – nobody will follow him. As she starts to fly off, Rogue tells Wade that hopefully it won't come to that, but he is wrong – they will. Deadpool frowns as he watches Rogue fly away.
At the former Avengers Mansion, hotel guests dressed as Nova and Thor drag Cable up the front steps, as Sin asks her father how long he is going to keep these hotel guests around. 'Indulge me. They amuse me' the Red Skull replies, before telepathically instructing the guests to take Cable to his suite, and warns them to be ready – as Rogue will be here in moments. Suddenly, as if on cue, 'Yer outta time!' Rogue shouts as she drops down and grabs the Red Skull by his throat. Rogue lifts the Red Skull up off the ground, 'AH CAN'T BELIEVE THE HORROR YOU'VE UNLEASHED!' Rogue screams, before furiously telling the Red Skull that she won't let him desecrate Charles for another second – but suddenly, Rogue looks horrified as she realizes that she is actually strangling the Human Torch. She lets him go, 'Ah nearly – oh, God' Rogue utters, as the Red Skull appears, and stands over the Torch's fallen body.
'Acch, I almost had you again' the Red Skull grins, adding that he had to try, and that it would have been hilarious to watch Rogue kill a teammate. 'How can you trust anything you see, Rogue?' the Red Skull asks. 'We're going to play -' the Red Skull begins, when suddenly, his head explodes as a bullet is fired through it. 'Been a while since Ah had a guardian angel watching over me' Rogue remarks, turning around, she looks over to a nearby rooftop, where Deadpool is waving at her. 'Merry Christmas to all!' he calls out. 'Ah knew he just couldn't stay out if it' Rogue smiles. 'That didn't go like Ah planned, but we got him!' Rogue calls back to Deadpool – but at that moment, 'Yes. I'm so proud of you, Rogue. You saved me' Professor X utters as he materializes before Rogue. 'I promised I wouldn't let you down, Professor Xavier' Rogue replies, but as Rogue stands next to the Professor, he tells her that together, they have much work to do – and not much time to do it in, while smirking. 'Ah'm with you all the way' Rogue replies.


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The Empire State Building glows under the Manhattan night sky, as Wade Wilson a.k.a. Deadpool leaps from rooftop to rooftop, holding his cellphone to his ear, he is told to leave a message. 'Why does everyone let me go to voicemail?' Deadpool exclaims, before he leaves his message: 'Hey, it's me! Red Skull's used Xavier's brain to trick the entire team, and uh – Quicksilver's beating me to death. So that's where we're at'. Deadpool asks the person he is calling to call him back or just meet him on Bleecker Street. 'If I don't meet you, knock on the door and -' Deadpool doesn’t finish his sentence, as a vortex rushes up around him trapping him inside its force – thanks to Pietro Maximoff a.k.a. Quicksilver, who punches the cellphone out of Deadpool's hand, and then sends Deadpool careening off the rooftop. 'CRAP!' Deadpool shouts, while the Red Skull telepathically contacts Quicksilver and tells him that he hopes he is not pulling his punches. 'I sent you to eliminate Deadpool. Do it now. I would hate to punish you again' the Red Skull warns him.
Quicksilver reaches out and grabs Deadpool's cellphone, crushing it, while Deadpool has landed in an alleyway below. He crawls to a covering which he has opened and starts to make his way down into the sewer underneath. 'I like you, Quicksilver, and I know the Red Skull has his hooks in you deep, but stop chasing me... 'cause I will kill you to save Rogue and the others' Deadpool warns his possessed teammate. Quicksilver follows Deadpool down into the sewer and reports that he has cornered Deadpool. He calls Red Skull “Professor Skull” and tells him that he has no way out. 'Excellent, Pietro...I'm just going to be entertaining my guests back at the Schmidt Mansion' the Red Skull replies from within the former Avengers Mansion.
Reclining on a couch nearby, Sin, the Red Skull's daughter asks her father to let her go after Deadpool, but the Skull tells his daughter that Deadpool is only one man, and that Quicksilver will run him down. The Skull looks over to where Emily Guerrero a.k.a. Synapse is in a corner, boxing. The Red Skull states that gaining mastery of Xavier's mental powers has been one of his most difficult challenges, but it was worth it. He boasts that they will use the Unity Squad to take down everyone who has ever been an Avenger, and then he will bring America to its knees – humanity will beg Hydra to save them from the Avengers. Red Skull then projects himself as an elderly man, 'Let's see how my Inhuman is holding up' he suggests.
'Nice left, Emily! Or should I just call you Synapse, now?' the old man asks as he enters a boxing gym, where Synapse is in the middle of the ring, practising her moves. 'Cut it out, old man!' Synapse calls back to the old man, who is her grandfather. 'How about “Gramps” or at least “Ivan”?' her grandfather suggests to her, before asking her how long she is going to hide in the gym. 'Until I know what to do' Synapse replies, glancing back at her grandfather.
A short time later, Emily and her “grandfather” are in a grocery store, as Emily tells her grandfather that she doesn't know how Steve Rogers figured out that she was Synapse, but he knew, and he wants her on his Unity Squad. Emily reaches for some milk as she remarks that messing with the brains of street criminals and punching out muggers is one thing, but she doesn't know if she is ready to join the Avengers. 'You're ready to take the next step into greatness' Ivan tells her.
Later, Emily and Ivan are in a kitchen, preparing a meal. Ivan tells Emily that she and her team will accomplish great things, she just needs the proper guidance. As she washes something in the kitchen sink, Emily tells her grandfather that she is glad he believes in her, but that she feels like whatever happened during Terrigenesis really messed up her head. 'The problem isn't inside your mind, Emily' Ivan replies, holding up a large knife. 'It's in your hand' he tells her as he hands the knife to Emily. 'Be a dear and finish cutting for me' Ivan asks.
The Red Skull suddenly reverts back to his true appearance as he sniffs something, and enters another room, deciding that it is time for the bargain-rate Sorcerer Supreme. 'Daniel, is that you? Help me, brother! The Hand has captured me!' Jericho Drumm a.k.a. Doctor Voodoo calls out from where he lays on a table, surrounded by candles and assorted mystical objects. 'Yes, brother. It's me' the Red Skull replies. Standing over the table, the Red Skull remarks 'I cannot help you until you see me for who I truly am – I am Daniel Drumm...I AM DOCTOR VOODOO!' the Red Skull calls out as he projects himself as Voodoo's brother. The room transforms into a rancid swamp, and Jericho is trapped in a coffin that floats in the scummy water. 'No! That's impossible! How did this happen? I can't move. I can't feel my body!' Jericho calls out. Daniel looms over his brother and tells him to hush, to save his strength, as all is well. 'What's happened?' Jericho asks. 'You failed and you died, brother' Daniel replies, offering to give Jericho some more time to remember – as he forces the coffin down into the water, which spills into the coffin and Jericho begins to drown.
'I know this is a dream... or a nightmare. But I... I can't seem to wake up, Hank' Jan van Dyne a.k.a. the Wasp calls out as she looks out over a sprawling nighttime city, glowing with the lights from high rises. 'You lied to everyone, Janet. You lied to yourself' the Red Skull, posing as Hank Pym, who looks like Ultron, replies as he steps down a staircase and moves towards the Wasp. He tells her that she lied when she told him that she loved him, lied when she said she went looking for him. 'I love you, so I forgive you' Hank adds, before asking Jan if she wants to feel better – as he can bring her back to reality – she only needs ask. The Wasp hangs her head and tells Hank that she needs to get out from under this darkness. 'Then I will free you' Hank tells her, touching her chin and holding her head up. 'I only need to make a few simple adjustments...after all, we're all just electricity' Hank points out as suddenly, Jan's face opens – she appears to be a robot! 'WHAT AM I!' Jan screams.
Elsewhere, 'This is the happiest day of my life!' Johnny Storm the Human Torch exclaims as he flies past a building where he sees the Fantastic Four. 'Reed! Sue! Y-you're alive! I can't believe it!' Johnny calls out to them. He drops down to the rooftop and puts his arms around Reed and Sue, while several feet away, the Thing watches them, carrying Valeria and Franklin on his shoulders. 'Johnny, knock it off! When will you learn!?' Reed exclaims, trying to back away from Johnny. 'You have to be more careful. This keeps happening and happening!' the Invisible Woman snaps. 'What's happening?' Johnny asks, suddenly going wide-eyed as his powers flare up, and begin to burn the Invisible Woman. 'You keep burning us!' Mr Fantastic shouts as the flames spread across the rooftop 'No, please!' the Torch cries out, while his burning sister screams.
Back to reality, and the Red Skull walks out into a corridor within the former Avengers Mansion and tells Sin that the “Human” Torch is ready. 'What did you say to the Inhuman? She's nearly chopped off her hand' Sin remarks while carrying a first-aid kit. Red Skull laughs and tells Sin to try and keep her on her feet for a few hours. 'I don't appreciate cleaning up your messes' Sin frowns. The Red Skull telepathically tells her to never speak to him like that, before turning his attention back to business, 'Where was I? Ah yes, the other mutant on the team. I'm hoping he may present a challenge' the Red Skull remarks, when suddenly, 'Careful what you wish for, Schmidt' Nathan Summers a.k.a. Cable calls out as he appears before the Red Skull and begins to strangle him. 'You think you can step inside my mind, Skull? Think again!' Cable exclaims as he punches the Red Skull backwards, sending him careening out of the Mansion.
Cable follows the Red Skull out to the back courtyard and announces that while the Skull has been pulling the wings off the Wasp and torturing the others, he has been solidifying his telepathic resistance. 'I knew you'd get around to me eventually' Cable adds. Cable admits that he doesn't know much about brain surgery, but asks how hard it can be to remove Xavier's brain from the Red Skull really be?' Cable pulls a blade out of one of his pouches and suddenly plunges it into the Red Skull's head. The Red Skull collapses to the ground, and Cable remarks 'Looks like that did it' before instructing his AI, Belle, to scan the Mansion for their teammates. Belle reports that, crazy as it sounds, all she can detect is multiple avatars of the Red Skull. Suddenly, 'Wait, he's still here, Nate!' Belle exclaims, as the Red Skull, blade in his head, stands up. 'I underestimated your telepathic abilities, Cable' the Red Skull remarks, before pulling the blade from his head and declares that he won't make the same mistake again.
Suddenly, a huge projection of the Red Skull bursts up from the ground and knocks Cable into the air, and back into the Mansion. The Red Skull follows Cable, who he finds crawling across the floor and remarks that he thought Rogue was the most powerful of Steve Rogers' propaganda team, but breaking her has proved less troublesome than this. 'You have no idea how pleasant I find it when I make a miscalculation. It happens so infrequently since I “expanded” my mind' the Red Skull laughs. Cable makes his way down a flight of stairs, but turns around as he hears the Red Skull call out to him, telling him that if he opens his mind to see things his way, he will spare his life. 'I think you will agree that changing your philosophy and living is preferable to dying' the Red Skull adds. 'Forget it. I'll die before I serve you' Cable responds, to which Red Skull tells him that he shall die.
Cable tells Belle that this maniac cannot be allowed to corrupt them. Belle replies that she understands, and that she is ready. Cable then smashes the lightbulb that is glowing overhead, plunging the stairwell into darkness. Cable instructs Belle to erase herself and initiate 'Lifeboat Protocol” now. Belle tells Nate that she is sorry, to which Cable replies 'Yeah...' and suddenly, the illusion vanishes, and the Red Skull is seen in a stark dungeon-like room, where Cable is shackled to a chair that is chained to two of the walls. 'Wha- what have you done?' the Red Skull exclaims. Cable's expressionless body says nothing, as the Red Skull mutters that he can't find him. 'I can't feel his mind' the red Skull mutters. He sniffs Cable's head and asks him where he has gone. The Red Skull pulls Cable's head back, and opens his eyelids – 'Mein Gott! He – he's erased his own consciousness!' the Red Skull exclaims.
The Red Skull lets Cable's head fall forward, 'Fascinating! Ha! So much for “Homo Superior”!' the Red Skull exclaims. 'An Omega-Level mutant falls to me'. The Red Skull whipes his gloves, then pulls the chain connected to the lightbulb overhead, turning the light out as he leaves the motionless Cable strapped to the chair. 'Too bad he's going to miss all the fun' the Red Skull remarks.
The Red Skull walks outside the Mansion, where the controlled Quicksilver, Human Torch, Wasp, Doctor Voodoo and Synapse are waiting. He calls out to them: 'Go forth! Our kind is threatened from within and without! Crush the traitor Deadpool, and then carve your way through this decripit city, kill as many of the humans as you can! They are your sworn enemy, and only by killing them will you ever be safe. AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!' the Red Skull shouts. 'We hear you, Professor' the Human Torch responds. 'We obey' Doctor Voodoo assures him.
Elsewhere, 'Knock knock! Hello, I'm selling chocolates as a school fundraiser for Hogwarts Academy!' Deadpool calls out as he stands at the front door of Dr Strange'sSanctum Sanctorum on Bleecker Street. 'Please be home' Deadpool exclaims as he bangs on the front door. 'Hello? Is the super secret New York City magician home?' he asks. Inside, Wong moves towards the front door, 'Deadpool again! This place is warded against evil – how is it  that you can even see it?' Wong asks as he opens the door. 'By the many-faced god!' Wong gasps as Deadpool falls into the foyer, his blood-drenched body beginning to crawl along the floor, he asks Wong to let him rest a moment. 'Is your roommate home?' Deadpool enquires. Wong drops down net to Deadpool and informs him that Doctor Strange is away on an important mission. Deadpool bursts into laughter and declares that they are all going to die.
Deadpool then sits up, 'Okay, then. Back to work' he tells Wong. 'Good chat'. Deadpool moves to the door to leave, and turns to see that Wong is not coming with him. 'Wait – what are you doing right now? You gonna make me save the world by myself?' Deadpool asks. Wong looks horrified, and utters 'Uh, I'm supposed to do my hair tonight'. 'Uh...' Deadpool begins, to which Wong pulls a machine gun and an umbrella out of a nearby stand. 'But I guess you can explain on the way. And you're wrong about one thing. We're not alone' Wong tells Deadpool, as suddnely, Spider-Man drops down from above. 'Got your message. Who else did you call, Wade? Power Pack? Mobius? Is Man-Thing coming?' Spider-Man asks. 'Points!' Deadpool exclaims, before Spider-Man adds that he is still not rejoining the team.


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'My friends, you must finish Spider-Man quickly. The rest of the Avengers will be here soon, no doubt. It's going to be a fun evening' the Red Skull telepathically communicates to members of the Avengers Unity Squad who are under his control including Jan van Dyne a.k.a. the Wasp, Pietro Maximoff a.k.a. Quicksilver and Jericho Drumm a.k.a. Doctor Voodoo. The Wasp fires her energy blasts at Spider-Man, who traps Quicksilver in some webbing. Wong defends himself with a mystical barrier against Doctor Voodoo as he exclaims 'I can’t believe Deadpool! He drags us into this war against the Red Skull, and then he runs off while we're fighting his brainwashed teammates!' Spider-Man welcomes Wong to the Deadpool business, and warns him that it only goes downhill from here. 'Tell it to Yelp, you complaining babies! ' Wade Wilson a.k.a. Deadpool calls out as he rides a bicycle furiously along the road, 'I'm back! I didn't find who I was looking for, but I think I got what I need to end this!' Deadpool calls out. He spins a weapon above his head and knocks the Wasp backwards as she flies over to him.
'That's gonna be a problem. Your teammates are preventing us from getting close' Wong announces as he deflects a mystical blast that Doctor Voodoo casts towards him. Wong adds that he is no stranger to unsettling adventures, but listening to the Red Skull speak through these Avengers is disturbing. Suddenly, Spider-Man begins to feel dizzy. 'Where's Synapse?' he calls out, when suddely, Emily Guerrero the Inhuman called Synapse appears, using her powers against Deadpool, Spider-Man and Wong, making them clutch their heads and fall to their knees. The Red Skull speaks through Synapse, telling them that as formidable as Synapse's powers over their nervous systems should be, they should be more concerned with where the Human Torch is. 'I can't stand!' Wong exclaims, as the mind-controlled Johnny Storm a.k.a. the Human Torch appears in the air above them. 'I think I'll let Johnny Storm watch as he roasts you' the Red Skull calls out.
Deadpool hands a grenade to Spider-Man, 'That hydrant over there!' he exclaims. Spider-Man tells him that is a good idea, and throws the grenade towards the hydrant, 'Fire in the hole!' Spider-Man calls out – and as the grenade explodes against the hydrant, water blasts into the air, and straight at the Human Torch, putting out his flames as he is knocked backwards. Wong uses this moment to trip Synapse up, and the young Inhuman falls backwards, enabling Deadpool, Spider-Man and Wong to get to their feet and make an escape. Spider-Man swings along on some webbing and tells the others that he sent a general distress call, so help should be on the way. Wong reports that Dr Strange knows to join them when he is back on this plane of existence, but Deadpool tells them that they are already too late, that this situation is out of control, and once the three of them are out of the way, the Skull is going to make the Unity Squad do Odin-knows-what.
'Spidey-sense!' Spider-Man exclaims, before he is slammed through the air by Quicksilver, who speeds into him, and sends him careening through a shop window, where he lands amongst some racks of clothing. 'Well, I swore I wouldn't be caught dead in an Urban Outfitters' Spider-Man mutters, before he hurls something back through the broken window, 'Hey, Deadpool! Skeet-shooting time!' he exclaims. 'Pull!' Deadpool calls back as he opens fire, shooting the object, which explodes and releases Spider-Man's webbing, which falls down over Quicksilver, trapping the speedster. 'Ach, very clever. But I have so many toys of my own to play with now' the Red Skull calls out as Doctor Voodoo finds the trio and drops down near Wong. 'Doctor Voodoo is no puppet – he's my friend!' Wong exclaims as he quickly casts a spell which deflects the mystical energy that Doctor Voodoo releases towards him.
The Wasp returns, flying over to Deadpool she stings him in the neck with an energy blast, causing Deadpool to scream, while the Human Torch recovers and gets to his feet, the Red Skull telepathically reminds Spider-Man that he and the Torch were good friends for a long time. 'If I can't make him watch as I kill you – perhaps you'll enjoy watching as I kill him' the Red Skull suggests. 'No!' Spider-Man calls out, before firing some webbing at the Torch, which he spins into some restraints, he then hangs the Torch off a nearby street sign. 'We need to take the fight to the Skull – now!'Spider-Man calls out. As he fires a machine gun, Deadpool tells Spider-Man that he agrees, and claims that he can end this if he can get past their friends. 'How far can you throw me?' Deadpool asks. 'As mad as I am right now? I could heave you to New Jersey!' Spider-Man responds as he fires some webbing around Deadpool's wrists. Deadpool tells him that Avengers Mansion will be good enough, and Spider-Man begins to swing Deadpool around and around. 'Put your tray tables up, assume the crash position and kiss your butt goodbye!' Spider-Man jokes, before wishing Deadpool good luck as he spins him faster and faster, finally  letting go, and sending Deadpool flying through the air, 'Give the Skull my love' Spider-Man jokes, while Deadpool calls out 'My home planet needs me...!'
As Doctor Voodoo follows him, Deadpool thinks to himself that in a perfect world, they would have every Avengers team, and that space raccoon, in on this caper. But the longer the Skull has his teammates, the worse the situation is going to get. As he is flung past some police officers, Deadpool nears Avengers Mansion, and decides that the first thing to do is find and neutralize Rogue. He is already disappointed that Cable hasn't come back in time to fix this. As he crashes through a window into the darkened Avengers Mansion, Deadpool realizes that scares him more than anything – where is Cable? He knows that he has to move fast, as the Skull is probably remote viewing this through these poor hotel guests. Several hotel guests dressed as Avengers including Captain America, Wolverine and Thor look on as Deadpool mutters that he was going to try and go easy on the civilian casualties, but the first one he sees is dressed as Wolverine! 'Skull really is a sadist' Deadpool decides.
The controlled hotel guests, including ones dressed as Falcon and Immortus, close in on Deadpool, with the Red Skull commanding them to destroy him, and to eat him alive! 'I hope poor Jarvis won't have to clean me up!' Deadpool jokes, before he drops a smoke grenade, which releases a smoke that causes the hotel guests to back away from him. Deadpool knows that whwtaver is wrong with his head makes him immune to telepathy, which means if he can get to the Skull, he can end this caper with a big bang – but there are two women in his way – Rogue, and the Skull's daughter, Sin. Deadpool emerges from the smoke, dragging guests dressed asthe Black Panther and Storm behind him, while certain that he has a plan for Rogue and Sin. Suddenly, 'Hello, Deadpool' Sin smirks as she appears before him, holding a gun in one hand and a large sword resting across her shoulders. 'Hi, Sin' Deadpool replies, before he suddenly slams his fist into the woman, knocking her out. 'Bye, Sin' Deadpool mutters as he walks down a staircase, a gun at the ready, he admits that he didn't say he had a good or elegant plan – just that he had one. Deadpool reaches another floor of the Mansion, knowing that just leaves Rogue.
Deadpool carefully opens a door to another room, gun at the ready, he tells himself that if he can take down Rogue, this will all have a happy ending – unless he can find Skull first. Suddenly, he sees the Red Skull nearby, 'Sin, there's trouble outside! The heroes are here faster than I anticipated' Red Skull calls out, 'Ho=ho-holu $#%& Merry Christmas to me' Deadpool thinks to himself, before stepping out of the Shadows and aiming the gun straight at the Red Skull's head. 'The Avengers are here -' the Red Skull begins, before stopping in his tracks. The Red Skull looks at Deadpool, who decides that the Skull doesn't need telepathic powers to make him freeze – and it's too late, as Rogue punches through the wall and grabs Deadpool's arm before he can fire the gun. 'Just like that, I $%&#% it all up' Deadpool mutters to himself, before Rogue throws him to the ground.
'Goodness, that was quite a scare you gave me' the Red Skull remarks, watching as Deadpool ducks Rogue's foot when she tries to kick him. The Red Skull admits that it is unsettling to meet someone whose mind he cannot read, while Deadpool calls out to Rougue, encouraging her to snap out of it, he opens fire, but she blocks the bullets, while the Red Skull states that he used to see Captain America's dependence on teams as a weakness – but now that he has the most powerful telepathic mind in the world, he has really come around to Captain America's way of thinking. Rogue then kicks the gun out of Deadpool's hand, and brings the heel of her boot back down onto Deadpool's face. 'I love teamwork!' the Red Skull claims as Rogue kicks Deadpool in his stomach after he falls to the ground. Rogue puts one of her boots on Deadpool's neck, holding him down, as the Red Skull tells him that this isn't going to end the way he hoped it would. A moment later, Rogue tosses Deadpool into the air – then punches her fist right through his stomach, sending blood and guts splattering everywhere.
The Red Skull laughs, 'Wonderful!' he exclaims, before deciding that all this excitement has him quite hungry for a late bite. As he walks away from Rogue, who removes her blood-soaked hand from Deadpool's body he telepathically instructs his servants to prepare is meal.
Shortly, 'You're not going to watch her destroy the Unity Squad?' Sin asks her father as he enters the large formal dining hall, where guests dressed as the Vision, Scarlet Witch and other Avengers stand along the wall, while a huge feast is laid out on the long table. The Skull tells his daughter that there is no need to watch with his eyes, when he can experience every bloody blow from Rogue's mind. He remarks that he will savor every shattered bone, and when death occurs, electricity will ripple across the beain and endorphins are released. He tells Sin that it is an exhilarating experience. He boasts that he shall be in Rogue's mind for every life she snuffs, and he will be inside the mind of every Avenger as their heart gives out. 'The human mind wanders to such dark places as the lights dim' the Red Skull adds.

At that moment, Deadpool tries to reach for a bag on the floor nearby, but Rogue slams her fists onto the floor, causing the floor to collapse, and Deadpool falls with some rubble down into the Mansion's library. Rogue drops down through the hole, and as the Red Skull sits at the table, he puts a napkin under his chin and remarks that people fear dying alone – but the Avengers will find a fate far worse than that – dying with him in their heads. He breaks into a lobster claw as Rogue snaps Deadpool's arm. The Red Skull boasts that he can telepathically prolong those painful last moments so death is not a sweet release, but an agonizing march into darkness. Rogue slams her fist into Deadpool's face, while the Skull bites into the lobster and telepathically asks Deadpool if he thinks he cannot die, and while that may be true, it might be that he has just never met someone as motivated as he is. Rogue slams Deadpool's face again, knocking him back to the floor as blood splatters around them. Deadpool's beaten body lays motionless as Deadpool utters 'Why not come downstairs...and so it yourself?' to which the Red Skull dabs his mouth with the napkin and replies 'That's the spirit. Let's see if I can pull that bravado from you before I exterminate the rest of the Avengers!'


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'I'm ready for my dessert, Sin' the Red Skull calls out to his daughter as he sits at the end of a long table in the formal dining room within the former Avengers Mansion. Sin stands near her father, while the possessed Rogue kneels over the motionless and blood-soaked body of Wade Wilson a.k.a. Deadpool. Sin tells her father that she knows he is enjoying himself after laying low these last few months, but by now she has no doubt that the New York Police Department will have rung up SHIELD. 'Yes, well, you can't fault me for -' the Red Skull begins, interrupted when Deadpool suddenly coughs, 'Hey, Skull!' he calls out. 'DON'T INTERRUPT ME!' Red Skull shouts telepathically, while controlling Rogue to raise a fist above Deadpool. 'Yo, Red. There's one thing you should know' Deadpool remarks. The Red Skull scowls and replies that he would say he knows everything he needs to. 'Wouldn't you agree?' he asks Deadpool.
'Certainly does seem that way' Deadpool replies, before telling the Skull that he is right, it isn't important. 'You'll figure it out soon enough, anyway' he adds. The Red Skull pours some chocolate sauce over an ice-cream sundae, and tells Deapool that he has been very accommodating of him, so the least he can do is listen to his last words. 'Make them count!' the Red Skull declares. With Rogue still holding him to the ground, Deadpool tells the Skull that he knows he hates that he can't read his mind, 'Trust me, you're not missing much' Deadpool adds, before pointing out that while he keeps the Red Skull busy hurting him, he isn't hurting his friends. He explains that Rogue came charging in here because their teammates were in danger, and she left him to formulate a backup plann – in case she failed. The Red Skull bursts into laughter as he places a cherry on top of his sundae as he remarks that he was wondering why Deadpool wasn't with Rogue in her magnificent final charge. 'If you don't mind me saying, your planning is lackluster' the Skull adds.
Deadpool reaches for a bag that is nearby and explains that he didn't race in to fight the Skull, and that he really tried to think about how to beat him. He reveals that he hit up Spider-Man and Wong, and went looking for the X-Men in Westchester, but they weren't home. As he starts to eat his sundae, the Red Skull tells Deadpool that is sad for him, and asks if there is a point to this sotry, as his ice-cream is melting. 'Hang on, I'm getting to the good part' Deadpool replies as he grabs that bag and tells the Red Skull that the X-Men are sentimental collectors. 'Enjoy that sundae' Deadpool remarks. 'Rogue will be right with you' he informs the Red Skull as he pulls Magneto's helmet from the bag. 'Mein Gott! Kill  him!' the Red Skull shouts, leaping up from the table and pointing at Deadpool.
Rogue begins to punch Deadpool over and over, hard and fast, and despite his many injuries, Deadpool is able to reach up and place Magneto's old helmet over Rogue's head. Rogue is suddenly free of the Red Skull's telepathic control, and she turns to the villain and frowns. 'Nein. Her mind is closed to me!' the Red Skull gasps. He begins shouting 'No, no, no' and runs from the dining hall into the corridor, where he sees Sin and urgently tells her that they must flee, adding that he is recalling Rogue's teammates to the Mansion. 'RED SKULL!' Rogue shouts, slamming a fist into the palm of her other hand. Her attention is disturbed when Deadpool coughs, and she looks down to his mutilated body. 'Wade, I'm -' Rogue begins, but Wade tells Rogue not to let the Red Skull get away with this. 'Go get 'im, tiger!' he exclaims, before Rogue flies away through a hole in the Mansion wall.
Rogue creates several more holes in the walls of the Mansion, as she catches up to the Red Skull and Sin, blocking their exit. 'You sadist! You're not going anywhere!' Rogue shouts. 'You'll have to go through me if you -' Sin begins, clenching her fists, but she doesn't get the chance to put up a fight as Rogue hurls her into a nearby wall, knocking her out. 'If you dare lay a single finger on me -' the Red Skull warns Rogue, who shouts 'I DARE!' as she swings a powerful punch that knocks the Red Skull through a window, and out onto the Mansion grounds. The Red Skull cries out, and lands with a thud near the statue of the Founding Avengers. 'Y-you struck me. You forget – I still control your friends. They will pay the price for that' the Red Skull warns Rogue as he sits up, blood trickling from his face down onto the ground.
Rogue strides over to the Red Skull and grabs him by his collar, 'How many have you killed?' she asks him. 'UNHAND ME, WOMAN!' the Red Skull snarls. 'Sorry -' Rogue remarks as she wraps a hand around the Red Skull's throat and tightens her grip. '- you don't get to put your thoughts in my head anymore' Rogue exclaims through gritted teeth. The Red Skull tries to say something, but can't through Rogue's powerful grasp.
Out on the streets of Manhattan: 'Die, Dormammu!' Jericho Drumm a.k.a. Doctor Voodoo calls out as he battles Wong, who deflects Doctor Voodoo's attack with a mystic spell. Johnny Storm the Human Torch hovers in the air and blasts a powerful stream of flame towards Spider-Man, who protects himself with a shield made of webbing. 'You killed Reed and Sue! And I'll burn you for it!' the Torch exclaims. 'My fire will cleanse the -' the Torch begins, before he looks confused, and de-powers as he drops to the ground, 'Spidey!?' the Torch calls out, while Doctor Voodoo looks around, too, realizing that the Skull has gone quiet. 'Where is he?' Voodoo asks. 'The Mansion! Everyone – this way!' Pietro Maximoff a.k.a. Quicksilver exclaims as he speeds past his teammates.
Spider-Man, Wong, Quicksilver, the Torch, Doctor Voodoo, Emily Guerrero a.k.a. Synapse and Jan van Dyne a.k.a. the Wasp shortly arrive at Avengers Mansion and gather around Rogue. 'Is the Skull dead?' Quicksilver calls out. 'No' Rogue tells him. 'Do it! Finish this!' Quicksilver urges her, but the Wasp tells Rogue to ewait a second. 'We can't just -' Jan begins, before Rogue lifts the Red Skull's unconscious body into the air, so looks down at the others and intstructs them to secure the area. 'Search for casualties. Deadpool's inside. He needs help' Rogue reports. The others look up at Rogue and Quicksilver asks her where she is going. 'I'm finishing this – the right way' Rogue responds as she flies off with the Red Skull's body.
Shortly: 'Deadpool? Cable?' Synapse calls out as she walks down a flight of stairs within Avengers Mansion – and discovers Nathan Summers a.k.a. Cable laying motionless several feet away. 'Nate!' she calls out, before rushing over to him and placing a hand on his head, telling him to wake up – but nothing happens. 'How bad, Synapse?' the Wasp asks as she flies over to the young Inhuman, who goes wide-eyed as she announces 'It can't be – the Red Skull's erased his mind!'
'Deadpool, if you can hear me, say something!' Doctor Voodoo calls out as he rushes up some stairs, where he finds some hotel guests dressed as the Scarlet Witch and Ant-Man. 'What happened to us? What did that man do to us?' one of the guests asks. Voodoo instructs them to head downstairs, as police are on the way. 'There's a dead body up ahead' one of the guests calls back as they head down the stairs. 'I will attend to it' Voodoo responds.
'Wade!' Voodoo calls out as he enters the dining room and finds the severely injured Deadpool, lying in his own blood and body parts, trying to say something. Voodoo tells him not to speak, and that he will get help. 'Skull? Where...?' Deadpool utters. Doctor Voodoo kneels down beside Deadpool and tells him that the Skull can't hurt him anymore. 'He dead?' Wade asks. Voodoo tells him that the Skull isn't, to which Deadpool asks Voodoo not to let Rogue see him like this. Voodoo informs him that Rogue has gone – she flew away with the Red Skull. 'Oh, no. I failed her' Deadpool utters. Voodoo touches Deadpool's arm and tells him that he isn't thinking straight – that he didn't fail, and he saved them all. 'No. it was supposed to be me. I'm supposed to kill the Skull... not her... that's how this story was supposed to end' Deadpool explains to Voodoo.
Voodoo carries Deadpool on his back out of the dining room and tells him not to worry about Rogue, that she can handle herself – especially while wearing Magneto's telepathy-blocking helmet. 'That was inspired' Voodoo remarks, before warning Deadpool not to tell anyone that he gave him a piggyback ride. At the same time, the Human Torch is helping Synapse to carry Cable up some stairs. 'Cable's – heavier than he looks' the Torch remarks, before Synapse asks him who the best telepath is that he knows. 'Jean Grey, I suppose' the Torch replies. Synapse tells him that she thinks Cable is going to need all the help he can get. Wong stands near the front entrance of the Mansion and reports that SHIELD is setting up a perimeter, so they should evacuate the civilians. 'I'm never coming back to work here' one of the hotel staff mutters, while several guests are gathered near Wong, who remarks that he doubts there will be any more guests at this theme hotel afer the reviews of this incident.
As paramedics load Cable and Deadpool into separate ambulances, Deadpool utters' Yikes, this new “Cable & Deadpool” reboot kind of sucks, huh?' while the Torch looks over at Avengers Mansion and remarks that it is going to need a lot of screen doors. 'Maybe you could talk to your boss at Parker Industries into buying the Mansion and -' the Torch starts to suggest, but Spider-Man interrupts him by stating 'That won't be happening'. They fist-bump as the Torch thanks Spider-Man for the save, and tells him that he owes him one. 'Yes, you do!' Spider-Man replies, adding that he will take the Torch up on it someday. 'See ya 'round, buddy' Spider-Man tells his friend, before he swings away on some webbing.
The Unity Squad gather around, and Doctor Voodoo reports that the wounded are sorted. 'What now?' the Torch asks. Synapse enquires where Rogue went, and what the “plan” was that she talked about. 'That was the first I heard about it' Quicksilver reports, to which the Wasp asks if it wasn't an “Avengers” plan, then where would Rogue take the Skull. 'Hopefully to the Punisher' Synapse remarks. 'I bet Deadpool has his number' the Wasp jokes. Doctor Voodoo begins creating a mystic pentagram as he reports that Janet is correct – the Avengers didn't have a plan for the Skull beyond capturing him. 'But the X-Men did. I think I know where she's going'  Voodoo reports as the Unity Squad stand in the pentagram. Voodoo adds that even after everything the Red Skull put them through, Rogue will still try to save the Skull – but she will see him dead if it's the only way to free them all from the threat of Xavier's misused powers – so there is only one person she will turn to.
At that moment, Rogue arrives at New Attilan, home of the Inhumans. She lands on a balcony, and calls out 'Scrub up. We have a lot to do, and not a lot of time to do it in' as she enters the laboratory where Hank McCoy a.k.a. the Beast is working. 'I need you to perform brain surgery, Beast!' Rogue calls out, to which the Beast looks at the Red Skull and gasps 'Oh my stars and garters!'


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'This is an outrage. I should be with my friends in surgery. They've never done brain surgery! Let alone on someone as vile as the Red Skull! They could get it right!' Wade Wilson a.k.a. Deadpool exclaims to several hospital staff in the middle of a busy corridor, to which one of the hospital staff to get back to bed. 'I'm fine!' Deadpool exclaims while wearing his hospital gown. In another room, Emily Guerrero a.k.a. Synapse sits at the beside of the mind-erased Nathan Summers a.k.a. Cable, while the rest of the team – Johnny Storm the Human Torch, Jan van Dyne a.k.a. the Wasp, Jericho Drumm a.k.a. Doctor Voodoo and Pietro Maximoff a.k.a. Quicksilver stand outside the corridor listening to Deadpool. 'What the hell is Deadpool doing?' Pietro asks as he leans against the wall. Jan thinks that Deadpool is putting on a show, trying to cheer them up. Jericho tells the others that he is proud of this team, but he wishes they didn't have to see Deadpool's butt daily. 'From the Fantastic Four to this' Johnny mutters.
'Well, that was exhilarating' Dr Hank McCoy a.k.a. the Beast remarks as he washes his hands in an operating theater. Rogue, wearing Magneto's helmet, stands at the door, as Hank tells her that he hoped he completed his first brain surgery correctly. 'No big loss if you don't' Rogue replies, while the Red Skull lies unconscious, strapped to the operating table. Rogue exits the operating room and thanks the Beast, while carrying a box. 'Is that -' Doctor Voodoo begins when Rogue joins her Unity Squad teammates in the corridor. 'The telepathic part of Xavier's brain' Rogue announces. 'We did it!' she exclaims, as the Wasp removes Magneto's helmet from Rogue's head, telling her that she doesn't need this anymore. 'We've got company' Pietro calls out to the others, as Steve Rogers a.k.a. Captain America strides down the corridor, followed by several SHIELD officers. 'Nice work taking the Skull down. SHIELD will take it from here' Captain America announces.
'Oh, and you're welcome, by the way' Quicksilver grins sarcastically at Captain America, while Voodoo tells Cap that this wasn't bad for a team he dissolved. Captain America ignores those comments and turns to one of the SHIELD agents, instructing him to prepare the prisoner for transport. A moment later, the unconscious Red Skull is wheeled from the operating room, still strapped to the table, while Captain America turns to Voodoo and explains that he doesn't own his shield – the American government does, and that once this team started working with criminals to break into US government facilities, the Unity Squad was finished. He then turns to Rogue and asks her for a word. The others watch as Cap and Rogue walk down the corridor, and into an empty waiting room area. Cap tells Rogue that he knows they have had their differences, but the decisions made today could affect the life of every person on this planet. 'I know this is personal, but -' Cap begins, to which Rogue interrupts him: 'What are you asking me for, Cap?'
Cap then extends a hand, and tells Rogue that he will have the brain. 'No, you won't, Steve' Rogue replies, turning away Captain America admits to Rogue that the two of them haven't seen eye-to-eye these last few months, but that neither she nor the X-Men possess somewhere safe enough to inter Xavier. 'It's a matter of national security' Captain America declares, putting his hands on his hips. He adds that he can make sure that Charles Xavier's dream never becomes a nightmare again. Looking at the box in her hands, Rogue assures Captain America that she is going to make sure this never happens again. Rogue points out that governments are made of people – and they can make mistakes, or become compromised. 'I'm giving Charles back his dignity' Rogue explains. Captain America pulls his shield off of his back, and straps it to his arm, pointing out that the brain is a weapon of mass destruction 'Don't make this unpleasant, Rogue' Cap tells her as he reaches out for the box. The other members of the Unity Squad enter the waiting area, as does one of the SHIELD agents, while Rogue smiles at Cap, 'Oh, I won't, sugar' she replies – and an instant later, smashes her way through the hospital wall and flies away. Cap stands at the gaping hole in the wall and looks out over the city, while Rogue flies higher and higher and contacts the Human Torch, telling him that she needs him, and to meet her upstairs.
A moment later, the Human Torch flies towards Rogue, who is hovering up in the clouds. 'How did Cap take that?' Rogue asks. 'Uh, let's just say nobody can make Cap as angry as an X-Man' the Torch replies. 'He's not wrong' Rogue remarks, before admitting that she screwed up with Cable and Shaw and the Toad when they went looking for a cure for the M-Pox. 'But Johnny – I ain't wrong now' Rogue declares. Rogue holds the box close to her chest and announces that she needs to end this 'You sure?' the Torch asks. Rogue hangs her head, 'Yes. Send Charles home' Rogue utters. 'Flame on!' the Torch exclaims, before Rogue throws the box into the air, and the Torch blasts it with a surge of flame. Rogue turns her head as the ashes scatter above her. The Torch tells her that he will give her a minute, before he flies away, leaving Rogue to hover alone in the clouds, watching as the sun streaks through the clouds over the sprawling city beneath her.
Rain begins to fall as the Red Skull is loaded into the back of a SHIELD transport vehicle. 'How could they do it? They destroyed it...' the now conscious Red Skull calls out. '... they burned the brain! I can't feel my connection anymore. Don't they realize the power they gave up?' he asks one of the agents who is securing him in the vehicle. 'All  your minds are so quiet now' the Red Skull utters. Captain America climbs into the back of the vehicle and announces that he will ride alone. 'You. How could you let them do it?' the Red Skull asks as he recognizes Captain America, who closes the doors of the vehicle.
The SHIELD vehicles leave the hospital, and the Avengers gather out the front of the building as the rain falls around them. 'Hey, remember how I said I needed a break after Ultron returned wearing my ex-husband's face – and then we had to go to Japan and rescue Banner from the Hand, and then the Red Skull almost killed us? I think I'm gonna take that vacation now' the Wasp remarks. Quicksilver suggests that they separate as quickly as possible, before something else ruins Janet's plans. The door slams open, and Deadpool stumbles out carrying his IV fluid with him while one of the hospital staff informs him that his Avengers-issued insurance was declined. 'Bill me at Parker Industries!' Deadpool calls back, before Quicksilver puts an arm around him to help him stand. The Torch drops down and joins them as the Wasp asks how Rogue is. 'She's going to be okay' the Torch replies, and Voodoo points out that Rogue knows where to find them after this victory. 'Disneyland' Quicksilver suggests. 'I'm not allowed there' Deadpool reveals.
Shortly, 'In the morning, “the hangover” is going to be one of the Avengers' greatest villains' Deadpool jokes as he, Johnny, Synapse, Voodoo, Rogue and Jan gather in the bar at the theater headquarters. 'Deadpool's not wrong' Jan agrees, before adding 'That's a thing I say now, evidently. Tell no one'. Jan then tells her teammates that when the cap comes off her second bottle, it is time for her to leave. 'You sure? Quitters never win, Jan' Voodoo remarks. Jan switches down to her insect size, and laughs, asking 'You know how many “team breakup hangovers I've had? Enough to last a lifetime'. She then bids everyone farewell as she starts to fly away. 'Looks like one of us is getting too old for this $#%&' Deadpool grins, his mask pulled up over his mouth. 'You're an all right guy, Deadpool' Jan replies as she flies past him. Deadpool jokingly tells her that that is not the kind of language you just casually throw around right after being mind-controlled. 'But thank you, and tell no one' he adds, quietly.
Using a walking stick to help him stand up, Deadpool holds up a bottle of alcohol in his other hand and announces that he might as well share it, informing the others that it is a 21-year-old cask-strength Glinishmore. He begins to pour the drink into five glasses and jokes 'I was saving it for when Wolverine came back....but $%&# 'im, he's late!' Deadpool, Johnny, Rogue, Synapse and Voodoo then raise their glasses, and Synapse tells the others that they didn't last as long as she had hoped, while Deadpool comments that he was an Avenger for longer than he thought he would be. 'To the departed' Johnny remarks, while Rogue adds 'For Charles', and Voodoo tells his teammates 'For Cable'. They clink their glasses together, before Deadpool tells Voodoo that Cable will definitely be back, while the Torch points out that he previously told everyone Spidey would return – and he did.
Synapse then asks the others how she can get a message to Cable in the future and warn him about what happens to him here in the past. Johnny smiles as he jokes that when he bragged before about being in the Fantastic Four – he was the Ringo – and time travel was not his forte. Voodoo tells Synapse that a great power for her to have right now would be the power to enjoy handing the hateful Red Skull his bony ass for one night. 'You have a way with words, Jericho' one of the others remarks. 'In studied poetry' Voodoo replies, while Rogue sips her drink and notices Deadpool slip away from the group.
Deadpool walks down an empty street, when suddenly, he screams as Rogue appears above him and calls out to him. 'You fliers are always so sneaky!' Deadpool mutters. 'Do you hate me?' Rogue asks. Deadpool looks up at Rogue and tells her that he doesn't hate her. 'It's just hard to explain. I dig you too much to ruin you – which I would do, okay?' Deadpool replies. He pulls his mask up over his mouth and tells Rogue that he doesn't want her feeling bad for him, and reminds her that he gets beat up all the time. 'You don't owe me anything. Look at me, I'm fine' he adds. Rogue tells him that he isn't, and that she put him on a cane. 'All the cool kids are walking with canes and – HEY!' Deadpool exclaims as Rogue grabs him by his collar and pulls him into the air. 'What are you -' Deadpool calls out as Rogue flies up above the city high rises and tells him to shush – before, under the glowing moon above them, Rogue places her lips on Deadpool's and kisses him.
A short time later, Rogue and Deadpool drop back down to the rooftop of the theater that Deadpool owns. 'That shut you up' Rogue points out as Deadpool pulls his mask back over his head, revealing a handsome face, free of the disease the plagues him. 'You absorbed my crap. You deserve better' Deadpool remarks. Rogue smiles, her face covered in deformities tells Wade that she doesn't care what she looks like. Wade tells Rogue that maybe she is going to be fine having his skin, but asks her what about what is in his head and tells her that she only likes him because she doesn't know him that well. Rogue leans in and kisses Deadpool on the lips again – but she sees a memory, of Deadpool kneeling in a pit of human bones, cradling the unmoving body of a woman in his arms, while Captain America and Wolverine watch from nearby. Deadpool is screaming in the memory, and Rogue suddenly screams, too.
Rogue drops her head, 'I'm... I'm a big girl, Wade' she smiles, before explaining that having  Wade in her head is a palate cleanser after the Red Skull. 'That is the most romantic thing anyone's ever said to me' Wade smiles, wide-eyed. On the rooftop still Rogue and Wade continue to kiss, as the city lights glow behind them. Rogue pulls away from Wade, 'I...I feel...' Rogue begins, touching Wade's face. 'Yeah. I feel it, too' Wade replies as he leans in for another kiss – when suddenly, 'Then I guess I make three... 'cause I think I feel it, too, Deadpool' Simon Williams a.k.a. Wonder Man exclaims as he mysteriously appears, grabbing Rogue, who collapses, and holding her up in his arms. 'Oh. Hey, Wonder Man. You have amazingly terrible timing' Deadpool utters. Wonder Man tells Deadpool that he better have a good explanation for this, to which Deadpool nervously steps back from Wonder Man and asks 'What if I only have a vaguely passable explanation for this?'


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'Deadpool? What happened?' Rogue asks as she slowly opens an eye, to find Wade Wilson a.k.a. Deadpool standing over her bed, pulling his mask down over his disfigured facce. 'Well, Rogue, evidently it was surprise date night and you went to sleep early' Deadpool jokes. 'Me and you -' Rogue begins, 'And Wonder Man! What an entrance you missed!' Deadpool exclaims as he motions to Simon Williams a.k.a. Wonder Man, who is standing nearby. 'Heya' Simon smiles. 'Oh, Lord' Rogue utters, when suddenly, 'SIMON WILLIAMS!' a voice exclaims – it's Hank McCoy a.k.a. the Beast, who leaps into the room, 'So great to see you again, my friend!' the Beast grins as he high-fives Simon with one of his feet. 'Likewise, Beast. Great to be seen' Simon replies. The Beast announces that he thinks he knows exactly what happened. 'I bet you think you do' Simon tells his old friend.
Looking at some notes he had written, the Beast reports that Rogue is essentially a battery, and Deadpool's regenerative ability acted like a circuit breaker, momentarily allowing Rogue's body to expel Simon from her super-charged cells. 'Like when the FBI cut the power to Nakatomi Plaza, opening the Vault. Amirite?' Deadpool remarks. The Beast smiles and comments that it is so obvious now, but it is the one thing they didn't try when they attempted to free Simon months agp, before remarking that the only question is whether Rogue will still be flying and lifting mountains. 'Take a look, Beast' Deadpool suggests, as the Beast looks over to Rogue, who is now hovering cross-legged above her bed. 'Oh, my. I'll have to run some tests and -' the Beast begins, but Rogue tells him that she is sick of tests and reminds him that she was a lab rat for the High Evolutionary when they lost Simon, and then again when she got home and the Terrigen Mist was in the air. 'No more tests!' Rogue declares, adding that she feels better than she has in a long time.
'And this should make you feel better, Rogue – I don't remember anything after the High Evolutionary' Wonder Man reports. 'Got it. You were Rip Van Winkling, not creeping' Deadpool remarks, before the Beast declares that it is amazing that it took this long for Rogue to slap Deadpool, and that skin-on-skin contact made it all possible. 'I'd give every dollar I own to remember it like that' Wonder Man mumbles. 'Huh?' the Beast asks him. 'Simon, now is probably a great time to tell you – you already gave every dollar you own' Deadpool announces. 'Excuse me?' Simon asks, lowering his shades.
Deadpool looks away and rubs the back of his head as he claims that it is all really Tony Stark's fault – Tony is the one who ran out of money to fund the Avengers. Then, for the first time in his own life when he has money, Steve Rogers came to him and convinced him to bankroll the Unity Squad. 'Anyway, 25 Ultron attacks later, I'm not moving the needle anymore, and suddenly I'm taking down scores to fund the team. I knocked over a racetrack, and then I remembered that you were very rich and kind of dead and -' Deadpool shuts up when Simon narrows his glowing red eyes and declares 'Stop talking. How broke am I?' Deadpool informs Simon that he is kind of like “OJ robbing a motel room” broke. He adds that he can tell Simon is angry, but suggests they try to remember they all have Cable's long-term care to think about – and that can be really pricey.
'This is all Steve Rogers' fault. My being an Avenger, I mean' Emily Guerrero a.k.a. Synapse thinks to herself as she stands in the shadows of the hospital room where Nathan Summers a.k.a. Cable lies in a bed, hooked up to life support equipment. A nurse checks Cable's vitals, then leaves the room. Synapse tells herself that the nicer pundits asked the hard-hitting questions like “Is Synapse the token Inhuman” and as she steps out of the shadows, recalls that it was Captain America who asked her to be an Avenger, but it was Cable who convinced her that she earned the spot. Synapse jams a chair up against the door to prevent anyone from outside opening and stepping into the room, while reminding herself that the X-Men have sent a parade of their telepaths through the room, trying to repair Cable's broken mind – and now it is her turn.
Synapse removes the mask that she wears over her face, before taking off one of her gloves. She puts her hand on Cable's head and tries to use her psionic powers – but she finds nothing. Synapse pulls her hand away and realizes that Cable knew the Red Skull was going to win. She wonders if Cable made the Skull kill him, or whether he did something unexpected. Synapse looks at Cable's bionic arm and moves around to the other side of the bed so she is closer to it. As she puts a finger to Cable's bionic arm, Synapse realizes that she has never tried to connect to anything other than a living brain before. 'We're all just electricity' she utters, before she is plunged into darkness.
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'H-hello?' Synapse calls out, before a powerful light is shone at her – from a Sentinel! 'Inhuman target Synapse. Terminate!' another Sentinel states, turning its attention to Synapse, who stands on some rubble in a demolished city, skeletons lying nearby. 'Welcome to the dreams of an X-Man. Hope I survive the experience' Synapse jokes to herself, before she is knocked through the air by one of the Sentinels who stomps a foot down near her. Synapse decides that at least she knows something of Cable is still alive, and runs into a nearby building, thinking that whenever she feels sorry for herself, it is always good to have a mutant around – they have had it worse. Synapse looks nervous as she takes cover behind a broken door as a Hound – Rachel Summers – enters the room.  When she can escape, Synapse leaves and runs past a row of grave markings. The names of Ben Grimm and Charles Xavier can be seen on two of the graves.
'CableI It's me – Emily. Can you hear me?' Synapse calls out, when suddenly, a voice responds 'Here'. Synapse turns and sees a figure several feet away. 'Cable!' Synapse calls out. 'In a manner of speaking...but not exactly, Synapse' the figure replies. He turns around, and although he looks like Cable, wearng a silver suit of armor, he grins at Synapse and announces that his name is Stryfe, and he bets Synapse is wondering who he is, but Synapse tells him that she isn't really, and that he must be someone Cable is afraid of becoming. 'I took basic psych' Synapse declares. Stryfe stands up and aims a gun at Synapse, he admits that it is true he wouldn't exist without Cable, but that he doesn't need Cable anymore. 'And I don't need your mind intruding on our time together' Stryfe adds. Synapse puts her fingers to her head and tells Stryfe that she would love to stay and chat, but she doesn't know how long she can maintain this connection – and he is just slowing her down.
Stryfe looks concerned when he turns his own gun towards his face. 'My arm!' he calls out, unable to control his own actions. 'What are you doing?' Stryfe asks as he tries to force the gun away from his face. Synapse points a finger at Stryfe and informs him that she is hijacking his nervous system, that she has been working on manipulating fine motor control, and while she isn't good enough to play the piano through someone, she can pull a trigger. 'Now I know what Cable sees in you' Stryfe utters, before he is forced to pull the trigger as the gun rests under his chin. Synapse turns away and goes over to Cable's motionless body which lies nearby. She puts her hands to his head, but her attention is drawn away when a voice calls out 'Hello, granddaughter... I have a bone to pick with you!' Synapse looks up at a man in a ragged cloak who stands nearby, with trees starting to grow over the demolished buildings, and strange dogs lurking in the shadows. 'Right. What do you want me to call you? Ivan? Grandfather? The Shredded Man?' Synapse asks.
'You've got a really messed-up way of thanking me for the rescue, Cable' Synapse utters as she turns back to the motionless hero. Synapse glances back at Ivan and tells him to get out of here, and that he isn't real. Ivan points at his granddaughter and tells her that he was trying to save Inhumanity from this hostile planet, but Synapse turned on her family. Ivan tells Synapse that he didn't do what he did for himself – he did it for her – and there was a time in the future that she was very grateful. Synapse begins to run towards the Shredded Man, an angry look across her face as she shouts 'That's not true! I would never condone what you did!' She begins to punch the Shredded Man's stomach, 'You murdered civilians!' she exclaims, before telling her grandfather that she is ashamed of him as she slams her fist into his face, knocking what appears to be a mask off his face, 'I'm ashamed of you!' Synapse declares, before she gasps and pulls back away from the figure before her.
The purple-skinned woman with long dark hair grins as she tells Synapse that at a certain point, she stopped resisting her grandfather and came around to his way of thinking. 'You helped make the future that your friend Cable went back in time to stop!' she reveals. 'NO!' Synapse shouts, slamming her hands together, she makes her future self shatter, and dozens of insects fly up from the destroyed body. 'Hey, youb found me' Cable calls out as he tries to sit up. Synapse runs back over to Cable, who asks her what happened, and that the last thing he remembers is being attacked by the Red Skull.
'Belle was the first clue' Synapse tells Cable as she stands on a large bug while helping him to walk down past some ruined buildings covered in trees. 'You erased the AI in your cybernetic arm to make room for your mind, didn't you?' Synapse asks. Cable explains that it seemed like a good idea at the time, and that he couldn't let the Skull have access to his time-jumping abilities. Synapse informs Cable that right now she is trying to bridge the gap between the hard drive in his arm and his empty head, before asking why he never told her she was complicit in 2087. Cable explains to Synapse that the old woman she was in 2087 doesn't exist anymore, as she never had him to train her. 'This isn't how I planned on telling you' he adds. Cable smiles at Synapse as he remarks that her grandfather walked a dark path, but that she is her own woman. 'You're going to write your own future' he assures, before telling Synapse that he and she are a lot alike – they each have a shadow following them around.
Sunlight shines through the hospital window as Cable sits up in bed, smiling, he takes Synapse's hand as Synapse asks him 'Who's your evil twin in the cape and steak knives?' Cable tells her that he doesn't have time to explain Styfe, and apologizes for his head not being in a very nice place. Synapse tells Cable that she never thought he stuck around on the Unity Squad because of her – she thought it was because he was friends with Deadpool. 'No, I became a time traveler to get away from Deadpool!' Cable replies. Cable then tells Synapse that she would have been one of Charles Xavier's most exceptional students, and that he would have loved to help her understand her powers. 'I hope I was a good enough substitute teacher' Cable adds, before remarking that he owes Synapse for the save. 'No, you don't' Synapse replies as she goes over to the door and opens it, asking a doctor to come in here. 'I'll see you again, kid. Thank  you' Cable declares, before he suddenly vanishes. 'Cable?' Synapse asks, turning back to the bed, where there is a blur of energy. The doctor tells Synapse that visiting hours are over, and that he will have to ask her to leave. 'Wait – what? Where did the patient go?' the doctor asks. 'He heard what you said. Visiting hours are over' Synapse grins as she walks out of the room and down the corridor.
Outside Deadpool's theater, a bearded man in a suit stands near a black car and talks to Deadpool and Wonder Man, who leans against a fire hydrant. Deadpool tells Wonder Man not to worry, and that he will get him his money. 'This guy's the best real estate agent in Manhattan, and the Schaefer Theater is prime real estate!' Deadpool exclaims. 'Yeah, I can't help you. In fact, no one can' the bearded man replies. 'Wait – WHAT?' Deadpool shouts. 'Here we go' Wonder man mumbles, rubbing the side of his face. The bearded man folds his arms as he tells Deadpool that he agrees it was a beautiful historic theater that was worth a lot of money – until Deadpool came along. 'I am not used to being disrespected like this!' Deadpool exclaims. The bearded man adjusts his glasses and explains that this is what they in the real estate business call a “death trap”. He points out that these Avenger-types operate out of a building, and when they leave, they don't exactly send forwarding addresses. Then, later, their enemies come looking for them, and the new owners get killed, or kidnapped, or turned into monsters.
The bearded man continues, stating that most New Yorkers would prefer to live under a bridge than live or work in a place that has been “Spandexed”. As he climbs into his car, the bearded man tells Deadpool that he must know what happened at the old Avengers Mansion. 'Yeah, I think I heard something about that' Deadpool mumbles, rubbing his head. The man pokes his head out the car window and asks Deadpool how many times he has almost died in this theater. 'Well, there was that time Ultron attacked and – never mind! What am I supposed to do with a theater and no Avengers team?' Deadpool exclaims. 'Put up a show?' the bearded man suggests, before telling Deadpool to break a leg, before he drives away. Wonder Man starts to take flight and remarks that he can't believe Captain America made him an Avenger. 'I'm worried something's wrong with him' Wonder Man adds. Deadpool looks up at Wonder Man and tells him that he is sorry, and suggests he tries to breathe deeply and remember that he is a pacifist.
Wonder Man offers no response as he flies away, so Deadpool decides that he has to remember to steal from more pacifists. Suddenly, another car drives along and pulls up next to Deadpool. The backseat door opens, and Deadpool sees Captain America sitting there. 'Ready to serve your country, soldier?' Cap asks. Deadpool greets Cap and informs him that he only gets into cars when they offer free candy. Deadpool then climbs into the back of the car and remarks that he was talking to Rogue about the Unity Squad and that he thinks even though they have money problems, they did a lot of good, and they want to keep working together. Cap tells Deadpool that he is sorry, but that is off the table for now. He instructs his driver to take them to the helipad, and remarks that they are on the clock. 'You're going to do more good with me than with that group' Cap remarks. 'And Wade?' Cap asks. 'Yeah?' Deadpool asks. 'Rogue has not  been a friend to our cause lately... trust me' Cap exclaims.
Elsewhere, Jan van Dyne a.k.a. the Wasp and Jericho Drumm a.k.a. Doctor Voodoo walk side by side down a street, carrying some coffees. 'Really? Deadpool and Rogue?' Jericho asks. 'I don't think it's really a thing, Jericho. Right?' Jan asks, smiling. 'Why not? I'm not surprised that two of the loneliest people in the world found each other' Pietro Maximoff a.k.a. Quicksilver exclaims as he speeds over to join his teammates, taking one of the coffees from Jan. 'News travels fast' Jericho remarks, before greeting Quicksilver. The trio enters the theater, and Quicksilver asks the others where they will go. Voodoo reports that he has unfinished business with his brother and the Hand, while Jan explains that she is just here to collect a few things, and then she is moving on. 'But you know where to find me when you need me' she adds.
As the trio walk past Rogue's quarters, Rogue is sitting on her bed, looking at a photo, while a half-packed suitcase is sprawled open on the floor, and a box sits nearby. Rogue continues to look down at the photo which is of herself along with Captain America, Deadpool, Cable, Synapse, Quicksilver, the Human Torch, Wasp and Doctor Voodoo. 'Rogue, you here?' Jan calls out. Rogue replies that she is just packing up, to which the Wasp asks her if she saw the wall in here. 'No. What now?' Rogue calls back, while out in the living area, Quicksilver, the Wasp and Synapse turn to a glowing circle that appears in the wall. Doctor Voodoo tells everyone to hang on, and that this call is for him. 'Hello, Prixat. Got news for me?' he asks the skeleton wearing a top hat, with a snake wrapped around them who emerges from the glowing energy on the wall.
'Damn right I do, Voodoo. Guess who just walked back into New Orleans like he owns the place?' Prixat asks. 'Daniel' Voodoo utters. 'Yeah, and your brother is with his new Japanese friends. They're digging up graves, looking for something or someone buried in Orleans Parish' Prixat explains, before warning Voodoo not to forget what he owes him. Prixat vanishes, while Doctor Voodoo turns to the others and tells them that he has to go. 'Want some company?' Synapse asks. Vodooo tells her that he doesn't want to impose. Jan announces that her day is free, while Quicksilver smiles and jokes that he is looking for a reason to put off returning Magneto's helmet. Synapse smiles at Rogue and asks her if she is up for it. 'Y'all ain't going anywhere without me, Sugah' Rogue replies.