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Day of Judgement
Television news reporter, Philip Chan appears on screen as he greets the viewers and informs the viewers that the infamous mutant criminal, who is wanted for numerous crimes against humanity is currently believed to be somewhere in Singapore. Chan reveals that an international team of top law enforcement officials, which includes the American-based group of adventurers known as the Avengers have gathered in Singapore in an attempt to bring Magneto to justice. Footage shows the recent sinking of a Dutch ship as Chan informs his viewers that official sources in the Ministry of Public Defense have confirmed that Magneto is being held responsible for the destruction of the ship, adding that no lives were lost thanks to the arrival of the Avengers.
In an office, Mr. Ronalds applauds the Minister for the work of his public relations staff for the way they managed to plaster Magneto’s face all over the news without leaking any classified information. The Minister replies that it is their distinct pleasure to aid Ronalds in his efforts to capture this mutant, when suddenly two security guards are thrown into the room, one of them apologizing to the Minister and Ronalds and motions to the Avengers entering the room, declaring that they could not keep them out.
Captain America tells the guard to be at ease, as all they want to do is talk to his boss. ‘How dare you barge in here!’ exclaims Ronalds before Captain Marvel tells Ronalds that they hear he has been placed in charge of the international unit that has been given jurisdiction over Magneto, and they would like some information. The Avengers all fill out the room as Monica declares that they understand the need for security on the fact that the asteroid that recently crashed into Kampuchea was really an orbital base used by Magneto, but they would still like to know what happened to the Soviet Super Soldiers and the X-Men after they helped rescue them from the sinking freighter.
Ronalds reveals that the Soviets have returned to their homeland, and as for the X-Men, the friends of Magneto, are currently being held in protective custody until they can determine which charges, if any, should be filed against them. The Avengers very own God, Thor, calls Ronalds a fool and tells him that he can only hold the X-Men for as long as they consent to being held. A phone suddenly rings and Ronalds answers it, listening to the caller he exclaims that Magneto has been spotted. Captain America asks where he is, but Ronalds tells the Avengers leader that it is none of his business and reminds the Avengers that they have already had a chance to bring him in and they blew it, adding that his own people are capable of neutralizing Magneto without the help of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.
Dressed in a brown trench coat, Magneto walks the streets of Singapore, wondering what he is to do, as he is alone and hunted in a foreign land, with neither friends nor funds, yet he knows he could rectify it within an instant - if he employed the circuitry from which he secretly rescued from his fallen satellite. Nearby, two men whisper into a radio ‘that’s him!’ but decide to wait until Magneto moves away from the crowd before they close in on him.
However, fate takes an unexpected hand as a tourist walks into Magneto and tells him to look where he is going, when suddenly the tourist lurches backwards, and begins yelling that he knows Magneto, he saw him on the news, ‘The mutie!’ he yells. The two agents close in on Magneto after the tourist ruined their plans, but Magneto sees them closing in as the tourist yells ‘somebody stop that lousy mutie before he kills us all!’
The agents begin firing at Magneto, who protects himself with a force field while thinking that they would not be so quick to advance it they truly knew how easily he could destroy them all - but he resists the urge, instead he decides to keep them at bay with a magnetic field while he continues to gather all of their bullets together. Once Magneto has retrieved all the bullets, he throws a large ball of bullets at the agents, hoping it will distract them long enough for him to make an escape, but wonders where he can find safety.
As if on cue, someone shouts ‘Magneto, this way, hurry!’ An elderly man crawling along the wall tells the young girl he is with, Leiko, that she has done well to lead them to Magneto. Leiko tells Crawler that Magneto was easy to find as his aura is so powerful. The third member of the party, tells Magneto that he must hurry as there is no time to delay. Magneto asks the three who they are, to which the man in blue replies that they are mutants like himself, and have been sent to help him.
The man in blue asks Magneto to go with Leiko and Crawler as they will lead him to safety, while he distracts the pursuers. The agents who were pursuing Magneto suddenly find themselves falling over, as it has become as slippery as glass. Crawler warns Magneto that Slider’s control over friction will not stop the humans for long and tells him to hurry. Magneto wonders whether he should trust these people, and then if he does go with them, does he have the right to endanger their lives by allowing them to aid him? Crawler asks Magneto if he is coming, and the Master of Magnetism replies that he is, and follows his newfound allies.
Sometime later, Slider welcomes Magneto to their home, the Galleria. Walking into large room, Magneto sees many people staring at him and he wonders why he was brought here and who the people are. A middle-aged man dressed in a suit approaches Magneto and introduces himself as the Light, a mutant with the annoying ability to know whenever anyone speaks the truth, an ability which has helped him earn a small fortune in the business world. The Light declares that he has but one question - ‘Who are you?’ Arms folded across his chest defensively, Magneto wonders if he has stumbled into a trap, have his own words condemned him? Instead, Magneto declares that he is called many names, but few of them are fit for polite conversation. He boasts that he is known over the world as Magneto, the Mutant Master of Magnetism.
The Light smiles and tells his people to rejoice, as Magneto tells the truth, he is who he says he is. ‘Hail to the glorious one!’ ‘The protector of the people!’ ‘The champion of mutant kind!’ cry the crowd, as Magneto asks the Light what this all is about. The Light smiles and tells Magneto that he is the uncrowned King of Mutants everywhere, and they are his humble servants. The Light informs Magneto that Leiko can empathically sense other mutants, so they sent her out to find him as soon as they learned he was in Singapore.
Magneto asks ‘why’ and as the Light sits down on a comfy sofa he informs the Master of Magnetism that they want to aid him in his war against humanity. The Light declares that mankind has oppressed mutant kind for long enough and so it is time they struck back. Magneto thinks to himself that the Light sounds so much like himself, before he turned away from his dreams of conquest. Magneto informs the Light that he no longer believes that war is the answer and declares that humans and mutants must live together peacefully.
The Light tells Magneto not to be ridiculous and alludes that ideology to trying to teach a gorilla how to fly - ‘it only wastes your time and annoys the gorilla!’ suddenly, armored soldiers burst into the complex, declaring that they have finally found Magneto. One of the guards points out that Magneto is holed up with a whole lot of muties and orders his fellows to open fire, warning them not to let the mutants get a chance to use their weird powers on them.
A young blonde girl is shot and falls into Magneto’s arms, causing Magneto to cry ‘Enough!’ and unleash his powers, crying ‘stop this needless slaughter!’, he thinks to himself that a wave of magnetic force should stun the soldiers without killing them. When the soldiers are all knocked out, Magneto calls them fools if they were to think he would stand idle while they murdered his people. Slider calls to Magneto and tells him to hurry, as they must gather their wounded and move to another base before move humans arrive. Slider tells Magneto that they would not have had a chance without him, that he saved them, just as he saved all of mutant kind. Magneto picks up his belongings as he thinks to himself that Slider is right, he does possess the power to free his people from the threat of humanity, and wonders if he should dare use it.
Meanwhile, guards surround an armored vehicle, and inside it, the X-Man known only as Rogue declares that she is getting real tired of staring at the iron walls. X-Men leader Storm points out that they all are, so Wolverine asks Storm what the plan is. Ororo declares that they have bided their time waiting for the local authorities to formally arrest them all or set them free, yet so far they have been content to let them rot. Dazzler mutters that they have been patient long enough, Wolverine agrees and slices a hole in the roof of the van with his adamantium claws. ‘Hi Chuckles! it’s time to par-tay!’ exclaims Dazzler before blinding the guards through the hole with her light powers.
Rogue then bursts through the door of the van, glad that Dazzler’s light blast managed to focus all the guards attention, enabling her to take the rear exit - and pick up the vehicle in her hands and use her super strength to carry it away as she flies from the guards, shooting at her.
Minutes later, the green-skinned She-Hulk mutters that she is sorry they got involved in this anti-mutant witch hunt for Magneto. Captain America reminds She-Hulk that Magneto is a mass murderer and that they owe it to the world to do everything in their power to help bring him to trial. ‘But only if it is a fair trial!’ Monica exclaims.
Suddenly, Ronalds and the Minister burst into the room where the Avengers are seated and inform Earth’s Mightiest Heroes that the X-Men have escaped, probably to rendezvous with Magneto. When the Avengers do not get up, Ronalds asks them what they are waiting for, but Monica tells the men to slow down, reminding Ronalds that he has no authority over the Avengers, pointing out that although the Avengers may be sanctioned by the U.S. government, they do not wok for it. Ronalds declares that he cannot believe his ears and tells the Avengers that their country and the world depends on them - adding that he never thought he would live to see the day when the Avengers would fail to do their duty.
Elsewhere, at that very moment, aboard a large ship, Magneto sits at a desk and tinkers with his recently found helmet, the one he wore as a world-conqueror. Leiko informs Magneto that the Light originally bought the ship from the government with the understanding that he would eventually transform it into a floating museum and shopping mall. Leiko adds that it is lucky for them that the government doesn’t realize he is using as a secret home for mutants.
‘Yes, lucky!’ mutters Magneto. Leiko notices that he seems awfully preoccupied and asks him what he is doing with that helmet. Magneto informs the young girl that he is constructing a weapon, perhaps the ultimate weapon - ‘Pity the world, little one…from this moment on it will never be the same again!’ declares Magneto as he places the helmet on his head.
Meanwhile, the X-Men race down and alleyway, Logan declaring that he has picked up Magneto’s scent. Suddenly, Monica appears before the X-Men, ‘good’ she exclaims before informing the X-Men that the Avengers were hoping the X-Men could lead them to him, as they need to bring him to justice. Rogue thinks to herself that the X-Men will probably be in trouble, as there is no way they can outrun a woman who can travel at the speed of light.
Moments later, the other Avengers arrive and Storm tells them to back off, for surely they must realize that these times are such that no mutant could get a fair trial. Wolverine adds that Magneto is one of the X-Men, and that the X-Men take care of their own. Thor tells Wolverine to have a care, as he does not tremble at his ill-mannered threats, while Captain America thinks to himself that this is insane, as the X-Men are not criminals, yet he cannot understand why they are siding with a madman like Magneto.
Suddenly, Magneto cries ‘Silence! There is no need for you to fight!’ All the heroes are frozen, Monica thinking to herself that Magneto has exerted some kind of powerful telepathic control over them all. Magneto declares that he wishes to consult with Captain America and the X-Men immediately, and while the remaining five Avengers are still frozen in their tracks, Cap and the X-Men disappear. Monica realizes that Magneto whisked them away on pure magnetic force, and there was nothing they could do to stop him.
Soon, the X-Men and Cap appear before Magneto, Captain America cries ‘What’s the meaning of this?’ and asks Magneto what he did to the other Avengers. Cap declares that Magneto has never had mental powers like this before and implies that he must have found something on the asteroid base of his that crashed into Kampuchea. Magneto taps his helmet and tells Captain America that he is quite perceptive, revealing that he did recover certain circuitry which, when combined with his own magnetic powers allows him to dominate any and every living mind he chooses to.
Magneto informs everyone that he never used this circuitry before because Professor Charles Xavier, the former leader of the X-Men was a telepath powerful enough to block it’s effects - but Professor X is no longer on this planet. The Light comes up behind Magneto and declares that this is fantastic, as he can use his new power to enslave all of mankind. ‘No!’ snaps Magneto, turning to face the Light and telling him that he may have used it that way once, but he has recently modified it so that he can use it to remove all traces of prejudice, particularly that of mutants, from the collective mind of the human race.
Taking Leiko in his arms, Magneto declares that children such as she could grow up in a world free of blind unreasonable hatred. Slider declares that it sounds great, but the handsome Havok questions whether it is right to tamper with the minds of mankind, even for such noble causes. Wolverine asserts that it is not, but the Light asks everyone to think of the lives that will be saved and the wars that will be prevented.
Magneto turns to Captain America and tells him that he is an honorable man, perhaps the most honorable man on the planet, and reveals that he brought Cap here because he is unresolved and does not know what to do. Magneto asks Cap what his opinion is. Steve Rogers tells Magneto that he cannot make things easier for him, as he believes in the sanctity of the individual, that a man should be able to make up his own mind, have his own thoughts, even if that man is a bigot.
Cap urges Magneto to destroy the helmet before it is too late, as no man was meant to wield such absolute power. But the Light urges Magneto to use it for the good of his fellow mutants. Havok asks Magneto to listen to Cap, when Magneto suddenly declares that he has made his own decision. Turning to Captain America, Magneto exclaims that he will use the helmet on him, and Cap is engulfed in Magneto’s awesome power. When Cap falls to the ground, Magneto asks him to speak, to tell him his opinion now that he has totally eradicated any anti-mutant feelings he may have had.
Cap gets to his knees and boasts that nothing has changed, that he still believes in everything he said, for the same reasons. Magneto grabs his helmet. And exclaims that it is not possible, he always believed that all humans secretly hated mutants - but Captain America did not have any anti-mutant feelings. Magneto declares that Cap has shamed him, and that he now realizes man and mutant must begin trusting each other if they are to achieve a peaceful co-existence. Magneto rips the device from his helmet and throws his helmet to the ground, and exclaims that he can perhaps begin that trust now, by surrendering himself to the Avengers.
Elsewhere, the Xavier Institute for the Gifted in Salem Center, Westchester, New York, in the United States, two members of the X-Men not with their teammates, Psylocke and Longshot are watching the proceedings on the television. Reporter Ted Koppel is at the Palais de Justice in Paris, where he informs his viewers that a special tribunal oh this international court of justice has been hastily convened to decide the fate of Magneto, the self-styled Master of Magnetism.
Koppel informs viewers that those sitting in judgement of Magneto, whom many believe is the greatest enemy of humanity since Adolf Hitler, will be three distinguished jurists: Alexandre Gilbert Du Motier of France, Lady Janet Grace Southerland of England and Gustave Roch Uderzo of Switzerland. Koppel reveals that earlier today a tense, but peaceful crowd of onlookers watched as the Avengers arrived, escorting a band of unidentified costumed mutants, who are believed to have been seen with Magneto.
Longshot jumps up from the sofa and tells Betsy that he doesn’t get it - why are the two of them in the States while the other X-Men are in Paris. Betsy reminds Longshot that Storm did not know what strings the Avengers pulled to allow the others to attend the trial, but she wanted the two of them kept in reserve in case of trouble.
Longshot mutters that he is still new to this stuff and doesn’t understand what is going on, as he thought the X-Men were formed to protect their own kind and defend humanity from evil mutants. Betsy points out that Magneto used to be one of the bad guys, and that he used to believed that the ends justified the means, and that the only way he could guarantee the safety of mutant kind was by conquering the planet. Betsy adds that Magneto committed quite a few atrocities, before he decided to change his tactics.
In Paris, Magneto’s defense, Gabrielle Haller, addresses the Lords and Lady and informs them that her client appears in court for only one reason - so that he can file a motion objecting to its jurisdiction over him. Sir James Jaspers, the prosecution jumps to his feet and tells the Judges that he objects to this absurd plea. Du Motier asks Jaspers to be seated, for he wishes to hear Haller’s reasoning. Gabrielle thanks Du Motier and declares that Magneto is a mutant who owes his allegiance to only his people and not to any country. She exclaims that Magneto is the uniformed armed force of mutant kind and claims for himself the same status any such force would have under any other state or its equivalent.
Gabrielle declares that since Magneto’s people have not signed the Geneva Conventions, he does not feel bound by them, and that includes the jurisdiction of this court over him. ‘He neither consents to, nor recognizes it’. The three Judges look at each other before Du Motier slams his hammer down on his bench and informs Gabrielle Haller that her motion has been noted and denied. Du Motier then asks Jaspers to proceed to his first witness.
Admiral Gregori Mihailovitch Suvorov states his full name for the court before Jaspers begins his rant, informing everyone that the Admiral is currently Commander in Chief of the Soviet Union’s nuclear submarine force, and asks the Admiral in his own words to tell the court what happened to the submarine Leningrad. The Admiral declares that the accused sank it thus killing the entire crew.
Gabrielle asks the Admiral if it isn’t true that the Leningrad had fired on Magneto, to which the Admiral confirms that it did, but only after Magneto had threatened to attack the Soviet Union. Sir Jaspers thanks the Admiral before declaring for the record that the Leningrad was acting in self defense in response to Magneto’s aggression.
More witnesses are called, and the court learns that Magneto also used his powers to create a volcano which devastated the Soviet city of Varykino and that he deliberately destroyed aerospace installations in Australia and New Zealand. Time and time again, Gabrielle Haller raises objections to certain key testimonies - but the result is always the same. ‘Objection denied! Please proceed, Sir Jaspers’.
Jaspers calls his final witness - Captain America. As the handsome Captain approaches the stand, Jaspers declares that many people have already testified about Magneto’s past villainy, yet Magneto claims that he has learned the error of his ways. Jaspers asks Captain America, in his opinion, if Magneto is telling the truth.
Gabrielle objects, but Jaspers declares he is calling the good Captain as an expert witness, as the Captain has unquestionable experience in regard to super criminals in general, and Magneto in particular. Jaspers tells the Judges that in this specific instance, he believes Captain America’s opinion has merit. Du Motier declares that the witness may answer the question, to which Cap immediately exclaims that he does not believe Magneto has learned the error of his ways, even though Magneto himself may think he has.
Du Motier thanks the Captain while Magneto thinks to himself that this trial is a farce, for even though Gabrielle is doing her best, he does not have a chance. Perhaps he never did. Magneto thinks that Du Motier has been prejudice against him from the start and wonders why and what it is that he hopes to gain. As the three judges take their leave, Magneto wonders if Du Motier doesn’t realize that mutants across the planet will rise up in a bloody revolt if he is condemned to death. Magneto feels that he can only keep the peace and continue to serve his people if he is sent free. However, Magneto knows that he vowed to accept the verdict of this court, and ponders how he is able to honor that knowing so many innocents will die because of it?
Sometime later, in a high-rise building where the Avengers have been waiting, the handsome Dane Whitman a.k.a. the Black Knight tells his teammates that it is almost over, as the judges have promised a verdict by tomorrow. She-Hulk, a lawyer herself, declares that it has been so fascinating seeing international law in action, as the issues are so complex. Monica suddenly thinks to herself that she is feeling awfully strange, almost as if some outside force is tugging at her and decides to check it out.
Turning herself into energy and flying from the building, Monica discovers that she is right, as someone has been trying to communicate with her on the electromagnetic spectrum, and the coordinates she has been given indicate that this person wants to meet with her on the other side of town.
Moments later, Monica enters the room where Magneto is being held, and the Master of Magnetism apologizes for his abrupt summons, but feels she will understand the need for haste once he has explained the situation. Monica asks Magneto what is wrong, to which the Master of Magnetism replies that the world is on the brink of a devastating war and that she alone can help avert it. Magneto asks Monica to fly to Singapore and find the girl-child Leiko and arrange with her sponsor, a mutant known as the Light, to send Leiko here immediately.
Monica asks ‘Why? What’s happened?’ to which Magneto reveals that he has finally realized why Du Motier has been so against him from the start - Du Motier is secretly a mutant who means to martyr Magneto. Magneto informs Monica that Leiko can detect other mutants and that he needs her help to expose Du Motier before he can use Magneto’s death to spark an insane war between mutant kind and humanity. Monica tells Magneto that she thinks he is grasping at straws, but as the Avengers did promise him to a fair trial, she will do what she can to help.
With that, the powerful Avenger converts her body to energy once more and streaks across the globe at the speed of light, unaware that Magneto’s consciousness rides magnetically alongside.
Barely a moment later, Monica is in Singapore and approaches the ship that Magneto described and hopes that his friends are still there. However, entering the ship, Monica finds a blood bath - bodies litter the ship. Crawler is alive and gets Monica’s attention when he exclaims that she was with the ones that took Magneto from them. Crawler declares that Magneto could have prevented this, before Monica asks what happened here. Holding up Magneto’s discarded helmet, Crawler informs Monica that Magneto’s trial brought the crazies out of hiding and made them think it was safe for them to hunt and kill them. Crawler boasts that they will strike back, revealing he gathered Magneto’s helmet and discarded circuitry as a symbol of their strength - and their fury.
Monica asks where Leiko is, to which Crawler exclaims that Leiko was their most precious flower, their hope and future, and points to where she lies on the ground, blood spilling from her body - as broken and twisted as all their dreams.
Monica begins her journey back to Paris, and thinks that even though the old man, Crawler, begged her not to warn the authorities, as other mutants were on their way over to treat the wounded, he feared for their safety - but perhaps she should not have listened to him. Flying towards the Palais de Justice, Monica thinks to herself that as it has only been about ten minutes since she left Magneto, she has plenty of time for a small detour, and in an invisible state flies into the room where Du Motier is preparing a drink for himself and Lady Southerland.
Lady Southerland mentions to Du Motier that it was an extremely difficult decision to make, to which Du Motier agrees, especially when one considers the current anti-mutant climate in the world. He hands Lady Southerland her drink as he mentions that condemning Magneto could very well ignite a war between mutants and humans, though of course from mankind’s point of view, now is the time for such a war, as they have the chance of winning. The couple toast their drinks as Du Motier mutters who knows how powerful mutants could grow in the future, and cries ‘To mankind!’ but as the shocked Monica flies off, Lady Southerland tells Du Motier that she would prefer to drink to justice, as his words smack of racism.
Minutes later, Monica arrives back in Magneto’s room as the Master of Magnetism, declares that Du Motier is human, and while he knew Du Motier wanted war, he misinterpreted his reasons. Magneto asks Monica if they have decided to condemn him, but Monica replies that she could not tell which way they voted. Magneto sits on the floor and asks Monica to leave, claiming he has to prepare himself for tomorrow. Monica protests, but Magneto declares that he wishes to be alone. Monica complies and leaves through the window.
Magneto thinks to himself that he gave his word to abide by the courts decision, but wonders how he can meekly submit to his fate when it may cause the extermination of mutant kind. He wonders if he is rationalizing, is it only death he fears? He knows he cannot permit the slaughter of his people, he must be strong and concentrate….
Mere moments later, half way around the world, the Light is tending to Crawler’s wounds, when they suddenly see Magneto’s helmet lift off the ground - ‘The hour of vengeance is at hand!’ exclaims Crawler.
Early the next morning, the Avengers sit in the court room, Monica informing her teammates that Du Motier made statements that sounded racist. Captain America declares that they have no proof Du Motier holds those beliefs, or that he let them affect his judgement in this case. She-Hulk shushes the two Captains when she sees Magneto entering the courtroom.
Also in the courtroom are the five X-Men, whose faces are grim and taut, for they expect the worst - and the X-Men are rarely disappointed. However, at that precise instant, a fuse box three floors below suddenly chooses to malfunction. Murmurs begin in the crowd - ‘the lights!’ ‘Of all the times for a black out!’ Magneto points out to his escorts that it will take a few minutes for repairs to be made, and in which time he would prefer to spend in solitude. His escorts agree to his wishes, while Storm watches this she thinks that it could not be a coincidence, and Wolverine realizes that Magneto is stalling, so wonders what his plan is.
Magneto enters a bathroom, his escorts informing him that they will be outside. Magneto tells himself not to let his concentration slip, even though the strain is incredible, but he is so close, only a few more miles - suddenly his helmet crashes through the bathroom window. The escorts hear the breaking glass but when they try to enter the bathroom discover the door is stuck. As they pound upon it, Magneto fixes his broken device, thinking that they can pound all they like, for all he needs is a few more moments - suddenly he is done.
He begins to place his helmet on, but wonders what is wrong with him - why does he hesitate? However, he reasons with himself, claiming that he is only doing what must be done. He really doesn’t have any choice - he never did.
Du Motier is suddenly taken under Magneto’s power and screams, but it passes.
‘Please forgive me’ Magneto thinks to himself before using his powers to destroy his helmet. He obliterates it and the circuitry so that he can never be tempted by it again. Suddenly, the escorts enter the room, the door opening easily. They ask Magneto if he is all right and what happened to the window. ‘What window?’ asks Magneto before suggesting they should be heading back to the court room.
Magneto stands before the judges as Du Motier declares that the subject of these proceedings is the threshold question - does this court have jurisdiction? Does it have the right to try the accused for violating the protocols of the international laws of war? Du Motier continues, exclaiming that that question must be answered long before the court can even begin to judge whether or not Magneto has exceeded the acceptable boundaries of force associated with conventional warfare. He states that Magneto is accused of crimes against humanity and that after hearing the evidence presented here, this court rules that these alleged crimes were, in fact, committed during that period of time when Magneto was in a state of war against the human race.
Gabrielle and Jaspers look equally surprised when Du Motier declares that only states or their equivalents have the right to declare war, therefore, in this courtroom, Magneto must be accorded the same rights and privileges as any other warring state. The X-Men and Avengers listen intently as Du Motier declares that since Magneto never signed the Geneva Conventions, it is the opinion of this court that it has no jurisdiction over the accused. And while Magneto may have violated the laws of certain individual states and nations, and may still be liable to their justice, this court has no right to judge him. ‘He is free to go!’
Dazzler rushes up to Magneto and kisses him, congratulating him. The other X-Men also go over to him, and some Avengers too. However Magneto is more concerned with his own thoughts - the other judges did not raise their voices in protest over Du Motier’s sudden change of heart. As Magneto and the X-Men leave the courtroom, Magneto wonders if he was wrong about Du Motier all along - was this the verdict he had planned all along? ‘How can I ever know the truth?’
Storm warns Magneto to be careful as they approach the massive crowd outside, and the X-Men stand in shock as someone screams ‘The trial was fixed! That maniac deserves death!’ Magneto wonders why he didn’t anticipate this as someone else cries that he needs to be kept off the streets. Magneto realizes that he was so concerned with the effects his death would have on mutant kind he never once considered how much his freedom would enrage mankind, and would increase their hatred and fear of mutants.
As protestors hold up signs saying ‘Kill the freaks!’ and ‘Death to Magneto!’ Magneto wonders if this will set off the war that he feared - and sound the death of mutant kind. ‘What have I done? What have I done?’


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Like Father… …Like Daughter.
Canada, along a snowy hillside, a green-cloaked figure makes their way through the wilderness. This yet-to-be-revealed stranger stops suddenly and sniffs the air. A short man and three monster-like creatures come out of hiding. They surround the stranger whom they figure to be a foreigner. They warn the cloaked figure that there are no Mounties left to protect the innocents anymore.
The stranger does not reply. The olive-skinned vagabond snatches the stranger’s satchel and heads to a rock outcrop to check the contents. The short one and the green guy with the heavy weaponry he’s perched on want to know why the cloaked-one doesn’t respond.  The stranger answers them this time. The stranger warns them to leave if they don’t want to get hurt. Glarg, a three-headed behemoth, snatches the stranger up in his hand and shoves the stranger down one of his throats.
Shorty wants to know how the stranger tastes. Glarg tells him “like chicken” and starts laughing. They begin to walk away satisfied with the day’s loot when Glarg arches back in pain. His throat tears open and out pops the stranger, claws unleashed. Glarg falls over and crushes his olive-skinned partner. Shorty gets angry and yells out. The green guy with heavy weaponry lets loose with all that he has. The stranger dodges the gunfire, slices off the green guy’s firing arm and then proceeds to do the same with his head. The stranger then sets sights on the leader. Shorty sees his impending doom and cries out. His cry is cut short, literally, as his own head goes flying off his shoulders. The stranger reclaims the satchel and continues the mission.
Washington, D.C., the new White House, where President Robert Kelly is holding a press conference. He wants the American public to begin trusting mutants. He tells the press that without the help of mutants the U.S. would not have been built back up so quickly. He goes on to cite examples of how mutants have been helping rebuild. He asks for questions and hands immediately fly up. His first question comes from Trish Tilby.
Trish wants to know how President Kelly responds to the accusations that he’s under mutant mind control. He tells her those rumors are hogwash. They have shields setup all over the White House to prevent any mental attacks. His next question comes from a Mr. Vargas. He wants to know what the President thinks of the idea that the American people want their country rebuilt solely by themselves without mutant involvement. President Kelly tells Vargas that these mutants are Americans. He reminds the reporters that if it wasn’t for mutant involvement none of them would be free today. It was these mutants who stopped Apocalypse.
Another reporter by the name of Martin points out that it was mutants in the first place who took over, slaughtered and locked everyone up. It was mutants that were responsible for the rise of Apocalypse. He wants to know what has become of these “evil” mutants. President Kelly begins to respond, but Magneto coming from the shadows behind cuts him off.
Magneto explains that he is in charge of finding and punishing any mutant that corroborated with Apocalypse. He knows who’s responsible because he was there. He tells them that he is the Acting Director of Mutant Affairs. He wants to unveil his plan in capturing these traitorous mutants to everyone. Questions and doubts rise from the crowd. Magneto assures them that this time it’s different.
This time it will be mutants hunting mutants. He points to the screen behind him and presents his X-Men, via live video-feed.
Magneto comms Storm and asks if she can hear him. She acknowledges and tells him that they’re positioned outside the Massachusetts Academy, ready for Operation First Strike. It’s an organized raid to capture the Hellions. The X-Men banter a bit for the cameras, then Magneto gives them the go ahead.
Inside the Academy, the Hellions are watching Scooby Doo. Their reception goes screwy and then comes back with a live feed. They see the Blackbird hovering above their building. Roulette goes for the window to look outside. She wonders out loud if it’s the X-Men. Nightcrawler busts through said window and yells out, “Heeeeere’s Johnny!” She screams and instantly Nightcrawler and Gambit are teleported in and kickin’ butt.
Storm drops a lightning bolt that skewers their big guy Nightcrawler kicks the guy with goggles right in the face, breaking them. Roulette throws some of her probability discs at Gambit, but he’s quicker with his cards and they take her and the remote-control carrying Hellion out. Big guy is back up, along with goggle guy. The big guy is mad at Gambit and grabs him. Sunfire steps in quickly and blasts big guy and goggle guy through the wall. On the other side of the room, Tarot grabs her Death card and prepares to throw it. Nightcrawler skewers it to the wall with his sword. She gives up. Only one Hellion remains.
Catseye makes a break for it, but runs into Wolfsbane. They both claw up and go at it. Wolfsbane sends Catseye flying back and when she lands she goes unconscious. Storm reports back to Magneto that the Hellions have been neutralized and to send in the extraction team.
Applause erupts from the field of reporters. There’s only one dissident in the pack. Trish Tilby tells Magneto that she’s impressed, but the Hellions were just a bunch of kids. She wants to know how he plans on taking down the upper-level mutants. Magneto tells her he can’t go into specifics, but his “foolproof way” is “the best there is at what it does”.
Back in the Canadian wilderness, the stranger is kneeling behind some cover in front of a house that’s built into a tree. The stranger sniffs the air. A voice beckons from within the house for the stranger to come inside. The stranger does so and inside meets Weapon X. Logan says to the stranger, “Yer a long way from home, ain’cha, Dorothy?”
Washington D.C., the Xavier Institute, Magneto arrives and is greeted by his son, Charles and wife, Rogue. Charles tells his father that he was excited to see him and the rest of the X-Men on TV earlier. He asks his dad why he didn’t fight. Rogue answers for him, saying he’s getting too old for battles. Magneto chidingly tells Rogue he’s never heard her complain about him keeping up and she tells him she hopes she never will. They kiss. Magneto asks how the others are doing. Rogue tells him they’re all about to eat dinner and invites him to come along.
Magneto walks in to the dining room and congratulates everyone on the success of the day’s mission. He says only through their successes will they gain the people’s trust back. The Silver Samurai makes a sarcastic remark, which is not lost on Magneto. Magneto assures the Samurai that the mutants they captured today were “evil”. The Samurai wants to know how he can discern between good and bad mutants. He points out to Magneto that he has accepted some of Sinister’s experiments like Xorn, Beak and Wolfsbane. He wants to know how he can pick and choose who to accept and who to send to jail. He questions his right to judge those who did what they could to survive under Apocalypse’s rule.
Storm is upset at the Samurai and interrupts their conversation. Magneto assures her that it’s all right. He tells Samurai they will continue their conversation another time, as it’s upsetting people. He turns and addresses everyone in the room. Under the Bishop Treaty, he explains, all mutants will be given a fair trial. Wolfsbane asks him about Sinister. She worries that he’s still out there conducting experiments. Magneto tells her not to worry and that Sinister’s capture is already in the works. Sunfire asks how well the plan is going at this point. Magneto assures him that progress is being made as they speak.
Weapon X’s home, the stranger tells Logan that Magneto cut the orders for this visit. Logan says it’s a wasted trip. The stranger tells him that Magneto needs his help. Logan tells the stranger that Magneto had sent previous messengers and he told them all the same thing. His reasons for fighting died on the same day as Apocalypse. Logan shoves the stranger out the door. The stranger won’t leave without Logan, though. Logan smiles knowing it will have to be settled the old-fashioned way. Both mutants snikt their claws and strike. The stranger’s hood falls open and a young female is revealed. Looking Logan straight in the eyes the stranger says, “They told me you might react this way… dad.”


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Deep within the tunnels beneath Manhattan the X-Men have come searching for a group of mutants who’ve gone into hiding. Magneto finds them and lets them know that it’s safe to head to the surface. He tells them Apocalypse is no longer to be feared. Storm introduces them as the X-Men and that they’re there to help.
Marrow steps forward and scoffs at them. She gets right up in Samurai’s face. She insinuates that they’ll all be locked up if they ever go to the surface. She takes a bone club and smacks Samurai across the belly. She tells the X-Men to leave them in peace. Samurai strikes back with his sword, sending Marrow flying. He tells her all they want is peace, too.
Magneto tells Samurai not to harm them as they’re only acting out of fear. Samurai suggests that violence may be all they understand. A growl emits from above. Feral comes diving towards them slashing away. Dazzler smacks her with some light energy and knocks her into a wall. Thornn tells Leech to check on Feral while she goes after Dazzler and Samurai.
Samurai chides Dazzler. He tells her he could have handled it. Dazzler tells him he can have Thornn then. Thornn leaps at them, but they both dodge the attack. Instead, Thornn heads straight for Xorn and slices her across the midsection. Thornn starts laughing while the rest of the X-Men stare in disbelief. Magneto decides to up the ante and tells Storm to end it. Lightning bolts come from everywhere taking down Morlock after Morlock. Only Skids, Leech, Feral and Dana Moonstar remain untouched thanks to Skids’ forcefield. One of Storm’s lightning bolts bounces off Skids’ shield and nails Magneto. He goes down.
With Storm distracted over the mishap, Leech leaves Skids’ protective bubble and uses his power to take Storm’s away. Dana too leaves Skids’ forcefield and crouches next to the nearby Magneto. She removes his helmet. Magneto tries to explain to her that they’re only trying to help. She cuts him off and explains to him about fear. She tells him that after being in Sinister’s labs all those years they are all used to fear. She wants to know what Magneto fears most. An image of Apocalypse laughing encased in flames suddenly appears. Above Apocalypse’s outstretched hand is the fiery image of the Phoenix.
Magneto cries out, “No, please… there was nothing I could do…” Storm decks Leech, who is not paying attention at this point. With their powers back the X-Men go on the offensive. Silver Samurai slams his sword into the ground knocking Skids back and sending Magneto’s helmet flying. Dazzler takes Dana down quickly and the battle is over.
Storm goes to Magneto’s side to see if he’s ok. Dazzler wants to know what Dana did to him as he looked like he was suffering. Samurai consoles Xorn and says they need to get her and Magneto some medical attention. He wants Nightcrawler summoned right away. Hidden behind a sewer grate, Skids watches the X-Men. Resting between her legs is Magneto’s helmet.
In Canada, X-23 is practicing her combat skills on some firewood. Weapon X is sitting on the porch watching her. He asks her why she has to yell every time she chops a block of wood. She apologizes and tells Logan that it’s a hard habit to break, to which he replies matter-of-factly that she has no idea where the habit came from.
She sits down on the bench next to him and grabs a bottle of beer. She discusses her personal characteristics, which are remarkably like Weapon X’s. Unfortunately she has no memory of what happened to her before the X-Men found her in one of Sinister’s labs in Manhattan. Her first memory is of when she was released from her container surrounded by Magneto and his people. She had made a fist and claws popped out of her hands. Magneto took notice and figured she was somehow connected with Logan. He brought her into the X-Men and helped train her. Eventually Magneto started telling her stories about Logan and she started having flashbacks. Snippets of her possible past were popping up in her dreams too.
Still, she tells Logan, this didn’t help her deal with her past. All it did was raise more questions. For all she knows she could be a clone with implanted memories. Logan acknowledges the possibilities but reminds her that nobody grows metal on their bones no matter what. She agrees and admits that she had Magneto do it to her after she realized the Weapon X program wasn’t around anymore and couldn’t be of help.
Back in D.C., Magneto is being looked over by doctors. Rogue is there with him and he flat out tells her that the dream of human/mutant coexistence is dead. She can’t believe what she’s hearing. She wants to know what that girl did to him in the tunnels. He claims it was merely a psychic blast that knocked him out, but he hesitates before saying it. He continues, telling Rogue that after taking up Xavier’s dream he followed it up to and even during Apocalypse’s rule when it seemed all hope was lost. She reminds him that they won and that Apocalypse is now dead. Magneto tells her that their victory has only made it more difficult. The humans are free, but now most of them hate and distrust all mutants. Rogue tells him that in time the humans will forgive. Magneto tells her that it’s not just the humans. There are mutants out there who hate them as well. The Morlocks they tried to liberate earlier loathe them. He doesn’t know how they can win the humans over when they can’t even gain the support of their own kind. Rogue tells him he’s speaking nonsense. She reminds him that he single-handedly saved the world from devastation and if he can do that he can make the dream happen.
They’re about to kiss, but Magneto pulls back. He tells Rogue that he’s tired, tired of living a lie. She asks him what he means, but they’re interrupted by Quicksilver. He has news for his father. Cerebro picked up mutant signatures in Mexico that match some of Apocalypse’s former entourage. Rogue tells Magneto to go with Quicksilver and fight for the dream. Quicksilver checks with the doctor to make sure his father is well enough to go. The doctor gives him the green light and they take off. Rogue watches as they leave and tells them to be strong for all of them.
Elsewhere in the hospital, Wolfsbane and Beak pay Xorn a visit. Beak tells her they came as soon as they were allowed. Wolfsbane tells Xorn she heard that she was almost killed. Xorn tells her friends that she’s all right. She has thick skin and it was just a scratch. She says it must have looked worse from the others’ point of view. Beak informs her that they have the Morlocks responsible for her condition downstairs in holding. Wolfsbane wants to give them some payback, but Xorn reminds them of what it was like in Sinister’s pens and how they’d probably react if someone tried to take them away from their home. Beak and Wolfsbane admit that she’s right. Xorn tells her two friends that she needs her rest and asks them to leave. Beak and Wolfsbane say goodbye and head out. Xorn lifts up the bottom of her shirt and looks at her belly. There’s a patch of metal where she was slashed by Thornn’s claws.
In an undisclosed location, inside a dimly lit laboratory there sits a container big enough to fit a large human being. Up where the head would be there’s a porthole glowing bright yellow. Four people wearing what looks like biohazard suits are present. One of the four places his hand on the porthole and then leans over and kisses it. He says, “My angel…”
Back in Canada, Weapon X is stoking the furnace while X-23 sits behind him. She tells Logan that in exchange for the adamantium bonding done by Magneto she is supposed to bring him back to the team. Logan advises her not to make promises she can’t keep. She tells him that they need him back badly. He already knows why they want him, though. They want him to do the killing they aren’t willing to do. He tells X-23 that he’s done with death. She asks him why he can’t let her death go then.
He turns around to face her and asks her what she means by that. X-23 tells him that Jean is dead and she’s not coming back. She tells him to accept it and move on. Logan growls and pops his claws. He goes over to X-23 and tells her not to talk to him like that. Whether she’s his daughter or not, if she brings it up again he will kill her. He sheathes his claws. He tells X-23 that he knows what she’s trying to do by bringing Jean up and he’s not going to let her play with his emotions. He tells her there’re no more emotional needs left in his life and heads out to the porch. She asks him about revenge.
Logan stops short. She asks him if the chance to get back at the mutants responsible in part for the loss of Jean is enough to get him going. He tells her he’s listening.
A few days later Weapon X and X-23 track down Northstar and Aurora. Aurora is giving her brother a report that a group of settlers are setup fifteen miles from their position. Northstar is pleased as the settlers probably won’t be missed and they should have fresh supplies. Weapon X comes out from hiding and asks about the two-for-one special. The Beaubier siblings are shocked to see Logan. They can’t believe he survived. Logan tells Northstar that he just asked the same thing. Aurora asks from whom. She’s answered by a leaping X-23 who’s headed straight for her. X-23 snags on to her as she heads skyward. Northstar yells out for his sister. He tells Logan he’ll pay for this. He takes off at super speed and rams Weapon X through several trees before finally stopping. Logan tells him he expected more from a Canadian. Northstar takes off to the sky with Weapon X in tow.
Aurora is beating the snot out of X-23. She lands punch after punch after punch. She tells X-23 to just die already. X-23 says she wants a souvenir first and with a flick of her wrist she chops off Aurora’s right hand. Aurora screams and calls out to Northstar for help. X-23 seizes the moment and plunges her claws into Aurora’s belly. Northstar yells out to his sister and drops Logan. He takes Aurora away from X-23 and lands off in the distance.
He asks her if she’s ok. She tells him to watch out from behind. He turns around only to be pummeled beneath the snow by Weapon X and X-23. A moment passes and then both Weapon X and X-23 emerge. Logan tells X that she performed well. He also tells her that he feels awesome after that battle and thanks her. She asks if he’ll come back with her now. He says he will, “and God help anyone who gets in his way.”


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Comebacks
Dazzler has the football, but it’s only for a brief moment. Samurai, Nightcrawler, Storm, Rogue, Charles, Wolfsbane and Beak all collide going for the ball. It pops out of Dazzler’s hands and somebody yells, “Fumble!”
The X-Men are playing football! Silver Samurai snatches the ball and busts free of everyone’s hold. He charges down the field towards the end zone. Nightcrawler ‘ports in front of him and ends up getting trampled in the process. Dazzler and Storm leap onto his back. Samurai elbows Dazzler in the face, knocking her off. He then takes Storm by the head and smashes her into the ground. He’s almost at the end zone and starts to tease his opponents. Before he can finish his taunt someone’s foot trips him up. The ball is loose once more and everyone yells, “Fumble!” again.
The football flies right into X-23’s hands. She smiles at first, but upon seeing the charging crowd asks for a timeout. She’s swallowed up by the multitude of players. Limbs and heads are poking out every which way. Nobody seems to know where the ball is. A blue hand emerges from the pile with the sought after item. It’s Nightcrawler and he calls out, “First down!”
Samurai turns around to see who tripped him. He finds Weapon X standing there. Samurai walks over to him. Weapon X makes fun of him for “losing his footing”. As Rogue takes notice of Logan too, Nightcrawler teleports away. He reappears right behind Weapon X and brings a knife to his throat. He tells Logan not to move. X-23 pops her claws at Nightcrawler and tells him to let him go. She tells him that Logan is there to help. Storm intervenes and tells both of them to stand down.
Logan thanks Storm for the assist. Rogue then chides both Kurt and Kirika aka X-23 for acting so brazen. Logan looks at his daughter and repeats her name out loud questioningly. She replies, “You never asked.” Rogue, who now has the football, shoves it in Logan’s chest and complains that trouble always seems to follow him. In his defense he reminds her that he’s the one who was invited.
Samurai whips out his sword, points it at Logan’s chest and tells him he’s not welcome there. Weapon X, unfazed, tells everyone he can handle it. Samurai tells Logan they still have a score to settle. Logan reminds him that it was a long time ago and in another place. He tells him that they’re in America now and they should put the past behind them and relax. Samurai takes a swipe with his sword and cuts the football Logan is holding in half. He tells Weapon X that he will rest when Weapon X is dead. Logan goes from friendly to feral, snikting his claws and telling the Samurai to bring it on. X-23 jumps in between them and yelling in her native tongue tells them to stop it. She reminds the two would-be combatants that it’s time to put away grudges and look towards the future. They’ve all been given a second chance and they should move on with their lives. She tells them, “Besides… you’ve both got me now.”
An alarm sounds from the mansion. Rogue tells everyone to get inside, that Cerebro must have detected another mutant match. Samurai looks Weapon X in the eyes and lets him know that it’s not over between them. He walks toward the mansion leaving Logan to his thoughts. Logan just stares ahead and retracts his claws.
Inside, the X-Men are all standing around a monitor. Whoever they see on the screen has Dazzler excited. She wants some payback. Storm cautions her to be patient. Nightcrawler asks if it’s a live feed. Storm tells him it’s a live feed from the White House. Logan is excited too. There’re two more of Apocalypse’s people for him to put down. Nightcrawler wonders why they’ve chosen to come out in public when they know they’re being hunted down. Logan tells him they’re not the brightest bulbs around. Dazzler reminds them that their sister was on the X-Men’s side until she died. Storm tells everyone to stop talking and get moving.
Later, the X-Men arrive at the White House and approach the Guthries. Weapon X asks them why they’ve come out of hiding. Logan says, “What happened? Run outta moonshine?” Sam introduces the X-Men to his brother Jay. Elizabeth complains that Magneto isn’t there. She refers to the present X-Men as the “B-Team” and tells them they won’t be a challenge. Logan says, “I’ll give you B-Team” as he and his daughter both pop claws. Elizabeth replies, “Only if you get close enough.” Logan yells out, “Watch me.” and leaps towards her. Sam takes off with his rocket power, snatching Logan up and ramming him straight into the Washington Monument.
Both Storm and X-23 cry out for him. Amazon, who has doubled in size at this point, hears Kirika’s yell for her father and tells the girl that she just became an orphan. Kirika tells Amazon that the Guthrie family will soon be a few siblings shorter, not including Paige. This enrages the now twelve-story tall Amazon. She takes her proportionately large club and smashes it against the ground. The remaining X-Men, with the exception of Storm and Nightcrawler are sent flying back into the air. Amazon warns X-23 never to mention Paige’s name again. She accuses the X-Men of sending her to her death.
Storm tries her best to sneak up on Amazon through the air. She’s knocked out of the park, however, with a swift hard punch from the giant. Back on the ground, Kurt teleports in behind Dazzler, snatches her and teleports away. He does the same thing with X-23. He says he wants to try something different. Samurai gets up off the ground and remarks on how he hates blondes. An airborne Josh immediately knocks him back down.
About a mile away, Storm finally lands, smashing through a tall office building and landing on a few people. She doesn’t look happy.
Back at the main event, Josh is set for another round with Samurai who picks up his sword and tells the youngest Guthrie that it ends now. His words ring hollow as Josh cuts him down once again.
Up near Amazon’s shoulder, Kurt teleports in with Dazzler and X-23. Dazzler uses her light powers to blind Amazon. Kurt uses the opportunity to teleport X-23 to various parts of her body so she can slice and dice. Elizabeth calls out to her brother Josh for help. Josh catches Kurt mid-teleport with a swift kick to the chest. At this point Storm arrives back on the scene with roiling black clouds all around her. She yells, “Stay-- --down!” and casts a huge lightning bolt that pierces Amazon’s midsection. Amazon falls over and reverts back to her normal size.
Amazon looks up and sees Samurai standing over her. She says, “Oh, no.” to which he replies, “Oh, yes.” He takes the flat side of the sword and smacks her in the torso, sending her flying like a baseball.
Back at the Xavier Institute monitor room Rogue is watching the X-Men as they fight the Guthries. Xorn walk into the room and asks her how the team is faring. Rogue stands up and tells Xorn to take her seat. She proudly announces that the X-Men are near victory. Xorn says, “Really?” and suddenly Rogue is getting smashed into a nearby monitor. She asks Xorn what she’s doing. Xorn tells her it’s no longer playtime and kicks Rogue square in the jaw. She tells Rogue that she’s there for revenge. Rogue hits the ground hard. She looks up just in time to see Xorn take off her mask. She’s shocked to see the true identity of Xorn. She exclaims, “You?! But we thought you were dead?! How did you--?!” The mystery traitor cuts her off. She corrects Rogue, “’Left for dead’ would be more accurate…” She then tears away the flesh from her arms to reveal two sharp edged appendages. They go at it.
Meanwhile, Logan is up and angry atop the monument. He growls as he sees Cannonball coming straight for him once more. Logan dodges Cannonballs attack and manages to grab on to him with his claws. Cannonball reminds him that he’s invulnerable while he’s flying and that his claws will do him no good. Logan tells him that he’s not trying to hurt him only soak him. He twists Sam’s body so as he flies straight into the reflecting pool in front of the monument.
Logan gets up from the water with a smile on his face. Cannonball comes flying out screaming bloody murder. Before round two can commence Josh flies over with Elizabeth in his arms. He informs Sam that she’s in bad shape and needs help. Cannonball acquiesces and tells Logan they’ll settle the score later. The Guthrie trio takes off leaving Logan wondering if they’re up to something.
The rest of the X-Men show up. Logan asks Storm, calling her Stormy, if they still have a chance of catching them. She tells him that they’re too far away and also warns him not to call her “Stormy”. Nightcrawler suggests they see if Cerebro can still get a lock on them. Logan agrees and suggests they head back to the Institute.
Later, the X-Men arrive back at the mansion to find it in disarray. Storm calls out for Rogue and Dazzler calls out for Charles. Storm wants to know what’s going on. A voice from the next room over tells her not to worry and that Rogue and Charles are safe with her. They cautiously enter the room and are greeted by Paige Guthrie who says, “Welcome home, X-Men. Hope you’ll survive the experience.” Behind her strapped in irons are Charles and Rogue, the latter being unconscious.
Everyone is shocked to see Paige alive. They explain to her they were told she died in the Seattle Core. She tells them that she didn’t die, but was left behind. None of the X-Men ever came to look for her. She then says, “But you know how they say blood is thicker than water?” and the wall behind her explodes. It’s Sam, Elizabeth and Josh her two brothers and sister. “Don’t you just love family reunions?!”, she quips.


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Betrayal
The X-Men and the Guthries are at an impasse. Rogue is lying unconscious, chained upon a slab of granite, while her son Charles is huddled next to her with irons clamped around his wrists. The Guthrie clan has taken both of them prisoner. Paige is holding onto Charles’ chain like a leash.
Storm orders Paige to release Charles, as he shares no blame in this mess. She reasons that he had nothing to do with what happened to Paige in the Core and should not be punished. Paige disagrees, as the old saying goes she says, “Home is where the heart is.” She tells the X-Men to prepare to have theirs ripped out, like hers was when she was left to die.
Dazzler tries to talk some sense into her, but Paige won’t listen. Paige accuses them of not caring about the Next Generation team. She points out that her team risked their lives to save Illyana from the Core, but none of the X-Men cared to risk their lives for them.
She recounts her tale of survival. She tells them how she fought back against the guards, without any of her team to back her up. She never gave up hope and finally Colossus came back to save her. She cried out for him not to leave, but despite his best efforts, he could not keep the entrance from being sealed shut.
 She lost all hope at that point and realized for the first time she was all alone. After her defeat, she was chained to a wall and kept alive by the surviving inmates.
 Jono, Skin and Vincente’s deceased bodies were lying right in front of her. She was left there with the inmates for about a week, up until word of Apocalypse’s defeat came. The Core was then abandoned and Paige was left totally alone. She wished for death, but it never came.
 Soon, though, a miracle happened. Paige received some visitors. It was her brother Sam and sister Elizabeth. They had heard rumors she was still alive in the Portland Core and came to see for themselves. They freed Paige and took her back with them.
Paige continues to belittle the X-Men. She explains that even though she turned her back on her family to join the X-Men, they’re the ones who came back for her and nursed her back to health. And as her innocence was taken away from her at the Core, she says, so shall she take away the only piece of innocence she found with the X-Men, Charles.
Storm tries to reason with her some more. She explains that Colossus told them that only he, Kate and Illyana made it out alive. She assures her that if they had known about her survival they would have come back for her. Paige cuts her off mid-sentence and tells her she heard about her going after Bishop in Quebec, not knowing if he was still alive or not.
Weapon X, tired of all the talking, tells Paige straight up that she won’t be leaving with Charles. Paige congratulates Logan for finally coming out of hiding; they had been looking for him to join their cause. She tells him not to worry about Charles, as they won’t be hurting him… much. Logan’s about to tear into her, when Silver Samurai puts a hand on his shoulder and tells him not to do anything while she has the child. Logan, obviously not wanting to be touched or told what to do, tells the Samurai it’ll be hard for him to hold his sword while missing five of his fingers. The Samurai whispers to Logan to control his temper and look to the left. Logan does so and spots two purple eyes in the shadows above Paige.
Much to Paige’s surprise a purple blade comes out of nowhere and slices the chain holding Charles captive. The chain goes slack and she looks down to see Charles no longer there. Instead he is in the arms of Logan. She yells out, “No!”
It’s Psylocke to the rescue and she’s sporting a psychic blade from each hand. Logan remarks that it’s nice to see her. She retorts that it hasn’t been long enough; she is back to clean up another one of his messes. He tells her it’s not his mess, but appreciates the help. He tosses Charles to Nightcrawler and tells him to get the kid to safety. Nightcrawler doesn’t appreciate being ordered around by him, but knows it’s what’s for the best. Weapon X snikts his claws and yells for the X-Men to attack. Paige, not to be outdone, yells, “Bring it on!”
A loud tearing noise erupts from above before the fight can even begin. The roof above them is tearing open. Everyone looks up. It’s Magneto and Sunfire, and the Guthries aren’t too thrilled. Paige comments that he was supposed to be in Mexico.
Magneto announces to the intruders that their lives are forfeit for coming into his home and threatening his family. He tells Sunfire to fry Amazon, which he is more than happy to do. Amazon screams out in agony before her body is reduced to ash.
 Cannonball cries out for his sister, but sees it’s too late. He tells Josh to take to the air for an escape. Before they even reach the roof, debris starts closing in around them, crushing them. Cannonball yells for Josh to stop it, but Josh, who is in the same predicament, yells back that it’s not him. It’s Magneto, of course, and he has both of them wrapped up in a collapsing ball of metal. He can tell Cannonball is blasting away in there, trying to stay invulnerable. He lets Cannonball know that he can keep it up all day, and asks if he can do the same. Cannonball resigns to his fate and stops blasting. The ball of metal quickly collapses to the size of a large beach ball, killing both Guthrie boys.
Quicksilver enters the scene with Gambit on his back. Gambit hops off, while Quicksilver runs over and decks Paige into the wall. He tells her she’ll soon be joining her family in hell, but is called off by Rogue. She’s conscious again and wants Paige to herself.
She explains to Paige that they thought she was dead. They moved on with their lives and worked for the betterment of those among the living. They did what was right. She tells Paige that they’ve all lost more than she can imagine as X-Men, and they do not pity her. She grabs Paige by the kerchief around her neck and spits in her face. Then she lets her fall to the ground and tells her she deserved to die in Portland. Rogue tells her Paige should be killed right now, but thinks having her rot in prison for the rest of her life would be a better punishment.
Paige husks her fist into a metal spike and screams out. Her scream is cut short as six blades of adamantium enter through her back and come out her stomach, courtesy of Kirika. Paige goes down. Rogue walks over to her husband and takes hold of him. Magneto thanks Kirika for her actions. She tells Magneto that he owes her one.
Paige isn’t dead just yet. She weakly calls out to Magneto. He steps toward her cautiously with Rogue at his side. She informs Magneto she wasn’t just there for revenge. Their main plan was to capture Charles to be used for bait for Sinister. Sinister wants to make sure Magneto holds up to his end of their deal. Behind him, Rogue asks what she means. She demands to know what Sinister has to do with this. Logan is surprised too and wants to know what deal they have together.
Magneto takes off his helmet and tells them it’s his fault. He tells them although he didn’t trust Sinister; he did it for the good of the dream. He knew with Apocalypse defeated the people needed a mutant leader they could believe in. If they thought he saved the planet, then it would be him. He admits he wasn’t the one who stopped the bombs. His X-Men are hanging on his every word. Rogue asks if it was Sinister. Magneto tells her it was not. It was Jean Grey that stopped the nuclear attack, he informs them. She’s alive and Sinister has her.


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Saying Logan is very upset, is an understatement. He pops the claws from his stubbed wrist and yells at Magneto for lying about Jean; Magneto knew how much he loved her and still loves her. He drives his fist into Magneto’s chest apparently retracting his claws before impact. Rogue rushes over while everyone else stands around in disbelief. She grabs Logan’s shoulder and asks him what he’s done to her husband. Kirika tells Rogue she’s lucky Logan didn’t kill Magneto for what he did. Rogue is about to throw down when Magneto stops her and admits to everyone that he deserves it.
Pietro doesn’t want his father killed either and rushes to his side. Magneto tells him and everyone else to stay back. He knows he brought this upon himself. He looks Logan straight in the eyes and apologizes. Logan, still holding Magneto against the wall with his stub, pulls back his right arm to strike. He pops those claws and Rogue yells for him to stop. Logan lets out a loud growl, and then lets Magneto go. He tells Magneto that he had no right to keep this information from them and that he’s lucky he’s not dead. The only thing saving him, Logan tells him, is the fact that he needs to know what really happened to Jean. Logan sheathes his claws.
Magneto catches his breath and tells them what really happened on that fateful day.
(flashback)
 As the bombs were falling he was standing there with Rogue and Charles. He watched as the destruction came closer and closer. Suddenly, the flames of annihilation were being contained and pushed back. It was as if time had stood still for him. Then he saw an image of the Phoenix. He felt as if it was Jean’s last message letting him know that they had a chance at accomplishing the dream.
After the image went away, Magneto realized everyone else was unconscious and he seemed to be the only person aware of what happened. People were assuming he was the one responsible and looked to him as their savior. He knew that although he had killed Apocalypse, he didn’t save their world. The only thing that kept him from telling the truth was the sense of hope he saw in people and as word spread the nation reunited. His only fear from that day forward was that his lie be discovered, which turned out, was on the day Sinister came to meet him.
Months after the incident, Magneto was home and feeling distraught. He went to the bathroom to wash-up. Sinister entered and asked him if keeping his lie was too much of a burden to bear. He turned around and was shocked to see whom it was. His worst fears were realized. Someone knew the truth.
Sinister put his arm around his shoulder and congratulated him, saying they both won. He told Sinister to get off and knocked him away. He asked Sinister what he meant by “they both won” and then threatened his life. Sinister was prepared and warned him of the bomb he had strapped to himself, which would be triggered by any heightened magnetic activity. He told Sinister he thought he was bluffing. Sinister asked him if he was willing to take that chance.
He resigned not to kill Sinister and instead, asked him what he wanted. Sinister told him that he would have need of the X-Men sometime in the future. Also, Sinister wanted him to make sure nobody would come looking for him. Sinister didn’t want anyone to know he even existed. He asked Sinister why he presented himself if he didn’t want people to know he’s alive. Sinister explained that he knew the X-Men would search for him no matter what, but it was important that he be left alone. Initially he didn’t agree to Sinister’s terms, with his obligation to his people and as the Director of Mutant Affairs. However, Sinister used that very fact to exploit him.
Sinister reminded him that he only received the position because the U.S. believed him to have saved them from extinction. Sinister asked him what would happen if they knew the truth, that it was Jean who saved them all. Sinister explained to him that he knew everything that happened. He knew of the Phoenix that rose from the ashes. Sinister even thought it was ironic that they were the only ones to know about it. He had asked Sinister how he came upon the truth.
Sinister reminded him that he once had Jean Grey under his care for a long while. Sinister told him that after Apocalypse’s defeat, he went back to his lab and found his instruments had captured what happened that day. The manifestation had matched data Sinister had on-file of Jean Grey. He had told Sinister that nobody would believe what he had to say. Sinister even agreed, but he had proof. Sinister handed him a hand-held viewscreen showing Jean Grey locked inside some sort of containment chamber.
He was upset to see Sinister’s desecration of Jean. They had buried her after all and Sinister had come and dug her up. Sinister explained to him that Jean was alive and well and should never have been buried in the first place. Then Sinister asked him if they had a deal. Sinister reiterated the terms, that nobody would come looking for him and in return he would keep the secret safe. Sinister made sure to mention what could have happened to human/mutant relations if it was ever found out that he had lied to them. Sinister told him that he would keep his secret, but when the time came that he needed his X-Men, he better answer. Sinister warned him that if he betrayed him, his secret would be out.
(present)
 Silver Samurai, Kirika and Gambit all voice their displeasure at Magneto. Dazzler tries to be the voice of reason, but Wolfsbane comes running, mid-wolf form, calling Magneto a liar. Logan snatches her up and tells her they still need Magneto alive. She states how Magneto told them he was doing all he could to catch Sinister. Rogue assures Wolfsbane that although she’s not exactly sure what’s going on, she will never have to worry about Sinister again because he is going down for what he did.
Pietro kneels down at his father’s side. He tells Magneto that Rogue is right and that they have to go after Sinister. Storm tells him he can ask for people’s forgiveness and tell them you’re sorry, but points out that actions speak louder than words. Logan asks him where Sinister has Jean. Magneto tells him he’s not sure and that the government has a few leads. Logan walks over to Husk’s body, snikts a claw and jabs it inside. He pulls out and sniffs the blood from his blade. He tells Magneto that she’s in New York. He asks Logan how he can know that. Logan tells him the smell of New York is on Paige’s blood, which means she’s been there recently. Kirika quips, “That’s my dad!”
Magneto believes he knows where Sinister is then. He magnetically reaches out for his helmet from across the room, but it gets sliced in midair. Logan tells him he doesn’t want the helmet around anymore. He tells Magneto that in order to gain trust he has to stop hiding behind the mask. He also tells Magneto that he’s not going to act on his rage right now, for Jean’s sake, but when this is all over he has a few painful lessons to teach him. He informs Magneto that he will never forgive him for this.
Liberty Island, New York City, the X-Men are outside Sinister’s old place of operations. Rogue can’t believe he went back to his old place and nobody suspected. Kirika reminds her that their suspicions may have never been followed. At the entrance, Silver Samurai uses his sword to break the seal. The X-Men enter and find Sinister’s machines up and running. A ruby quartz visor and set of claws are lying on a table nearby.
Logan starts smashing things crying out for Jean. Suddenly, the entire team is enveloped in darkness. Moments later they find themselves outside being greeted by Sinister, who introduces them to his Sinister Six. Behind him stand Sauron, Sonique and Dagger. Next to them stands Cloak, who was the one responsible for their teleportation.
Magneto tells Sinster that he’s tired of all the secrets and lies. He demands to know why Sinister wanted him to keep everyone from searching for him. Magneto assumes it was because Sinister wanted to pick up where Apocalypse left off. Sinister laughs at him. He reminds Magneto of the power they witnessed by Jean Grey and is surprised Magneto still thinks this is all about genetics and genocide.
Logan takes off towards Sinister and asks him where Jean is. Sinister tells him not to worry and that Jean is alive and well. Logan demands he give her back to him. Sinister tells him he will oblige, but has to fill him in on something first. He explains that he is not actually part of the Sinister Six. The sixth member is Jean. Right on cue, Jean appears in the air, in a Dark Phoenix outfit and with a fiery raptor surrounding her.


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Logan stares up at Phoenix with a goofy grin on his face. He calls out to her, but she’s apparently not listening. Instead, she telekinetically rips the ground out from beneath him and forms a wall of debris ready to drop down on the X-Men. Magneto and Storm are able to hold the wall back. Weapon X goes into berserker mode and threatens Sinister’s life for what he did to Jean. He’s stopped short, though, by Magneto’s magnetic powers, who tells him to wait. Logan says he wants Sinister to pay for what he did. As Magneto approaches Sinister he assures Logan that he will. First, however, Magneto wants to know why.
Sinister hears him and asks what he means. Magneto brings up the events of last year and how Sinister had left Apocalypse and was presumed dead. Magneto wants to know why he went to so much trouble if everyone thought he had died. Namely, why did Sinister blackmail him, brainwash some of his allies and resurrect Jean? Or most importantly, why is he following in Apocalypse’s footsteps when he was against him at the end?
Sinister finds Magneto’s comments hilarious and lets out a long laugh. He explains that he’s not trying to pick up where Apocalypse left off. What Apocalypse was doing was genocide and he didn’t believe in that. Instead, he was using Apocalypse to further his own ends. He needed Apocalypse to be able to run his experiments. His true goal was to find Mutant Alpha, the first mutant. Sinister tells Magneto his theory on Mutant Alpha. He believed that Mutant Alpha would always exist. Not necessarily the mutant itself, but the powers would be passed down from generation to generation. He spent most of his time searching for the genetic secrets that would complete the puzzle, which now has been finished.
Magneto incredulously asks if Jean is Mutant Alpha. Absolutely, Sinister tells him. She did stop a nuclear attack from happening and kept an entire timeline from being erased, after all. Magneto can’t believe this is what it’s all been about. Sinister tells him he now has the power to change the world, power that can be shared. Magneto can’t believe Sinister is offering some kind of partnership after all the turmoil he caused. Magneto tells Sinister he could never trust him. Sinister takes this opportunity to let Magneto know why he revealed himself to him so long ago. It was because he knew that Magneto would always be searching for him if there were even the slightest chance he could still be alive. Therefore, he wanted to keep him busy, keep him occupied until he was ready. “…to destroy you!”, he finishes with and the Sinister Six immediately go into attack mode.
“Lavalanche” sends some shockwaves that knock most of the X-Men back. Sonique lets loose with a scream that has everyone blocking their ears. Nightcrawler bamfs out of harm’s way with Gambit in-tow and reappears behind her. Gambit fires some projectiles at her and cuts her off. She turns around, but Nightcrawler has already teleported away. Silver Samurai shows up and smacks her across the midsection with his sword, knocking her over. He tells her she’s lucky he didn’t kill her. “Lavalanche” takes advantage of the situation and drives Samurai into the ground. Quicksilver joins the fray and repeatedly punches “Lavalanche” in the back. “Lavalanche” laughs and asks Quicksilver if that’s the best he can do. Rogue answers for him with an overhand right to the face, which knocks out some of “Lavalanche’s” teeth. He drops to the ground, unconscious.
Sinister tells Cloak to feed his darkness. Nightcrawler grabs Dazzler for her light powers to fend off Cloak. Gambit’s there as well, but it’s no use. Cloak swallows up all the light and then the three X-Men. Nightcrawler grabs them both and attempts to teleport them out, but Cloak closes his cape just in time, trapping them inside. Sinister giggles and says, “Three for the price of one!”
Meanwhile, Storm and Dagger are facing off. Storm manages to deflect all of her attacks. Psylocke comes over and tells Storm she would be a better opponent for Dagger and suggests she go after Cloak. Psylocke and Dagger put on a heck of an acrobatic show. They stop momentarily and Psylocke tells Dagger that she has her right where she wants. Magneto is behind Dagger and buries her amongst some of the debris.
Cloak sees this and freaks out. Sinister tries to keep him calm, but it’s no use. Cloak goes running over to where Dagger was buried at which point Storm skewers him with a lightning bolt. She tells him he has something that belongs to them and sure enough Nightcrawler and Dazzler come popping out. Storm tells Quicksilver to get over there quickly as Gambit is still missing. Quicksilver rushes over, but spots Soaron diving straight for his dad, who is helping Silver Samurai up from the ground. Quicksilver rushes over and deflects the attack, taking the full brunt of the force. Magneto is enraged and magnetically flings Samurai’s sword at Soaron, gutting him in midair. Soaron falls straight to the ground.
Sinister makes a remark about the Magneto of old and then tells Jean to repay the deed. Sunfire meets Jean in the air intent on protecting Magneto. They both attack with heat powers and at first come to a standstill. Jean begins to overpower Sunfire much to his surprise. His helmet starts fragmenting under the intense temperature.
Observing the arial battle from below, Logan tells Rogue to get him airborne. She does so and Logan attempts to break Jean of her brainwashing. He reminds her of the friendship they shared and tells her to snap out of it. Sunfire, his mask gone and looking fried tells them he can’t contain her any longer. Logan asks her to look at him and try to remember. Jean turns to face him and sheds a tear. Nightcrawler ‘ports in behind Jean with Psylocke and she uses the distraction to sink her telepathic blade into Jean’s temple. Jean screams out and Sunfire goes flying backwards, unconscious. He lands next to Sinister and lets loose with a huge fireball.
Jean is huddled over on the ground. She asks for Logan and he comes running over. He asks her if she is really Jean and then tells her how much he missed her. She apologizes to Logan in total disbelief. She says she remembers everything, her expression going from sadness to anger.
Jean telekinetically lifts Sinister’s charred, yet living body from the ground. She tells Sinister she should kill him for what he did to her, but she won’t. She tells Sinister that the others he’s wronged should also share in the joy of killing him. Sinister can’t believe it. Magneto stands at Jean’s side and helps to keep Sinister afloat with his own powers. Magneto tells Sinister that death would be too easy for him, but then admits that they’d all sleep a little better knowing he had been wiped from existence. Sinister tries to reason with Magneto, but he isn’t listening anymore. Instead, he tells Logan that it’s now time for Sinister to pay. Logan and Kirika unsheathe their claws, head over to Sinister’s floating body and slice and dice him.
Afterwards, Logan asks Magneto if he feels better. After losing his son, Quicksilver, Magneto says he doesn’t feel better about any of it. Nightcrawler brings up the loss of Gambit and apologizes for not being able to save him. Jean speaks up and tells them all she should be the one apologizing. If Sinister didn’t use her to brainwash the Sinister Six none of it would have happened. Magneto tells her she’s wrong and that he’s the one to blame. If he hadn’t kept silent about Sinister this whole debacle might have been avoided.
Jean suggests that they try to start over and attempt to put things right. Psylocke says she can start by reversing the brainwashing of the surviving Sinister Six members. Kirika hears this and asks Psylocke to start with her. Since she was once a victim of Sinister she wants to find the truth about her past and what her real memories are. Psylocke asks her if she’s sure, as the truth can be painful. Kirika assures her that she’s used to pain. Psylocke, satisfied, plunges her psychic blade into Kirika. Kirika collapses to the ground. Her memories flood back and she realizes that she’s not a clone and, in fact, is Logan’s daughter. He’s dumbfounded and asks who her mother is then. She tells him it’s Mariko Yoshida and then goes over and hugs him tight.
(days later)
The X-Men are at the X-Cemetery and Sunspot’s, Shadowcat’s, Colossus’ and Iceman’s graves can be seen nearby. They’re paying their respects to Quicksilver and Gambit. Magneto creates two roses out of metal shards and places them on both of their gravestones. He kisses Quicksilver’s headstone and apologizes to him.
(later again)
Rogue and Charles are sitting in the living room watching TV. They’re watching the news and the reporter is talking about how Magneto confessed to not being the one who averted the nuclear attack. That and then he turned himself in and was taken into custody. Rogue clutches her pillow tight.
At the aforementioned prison Magneto receives a visit from Jean Grey. He starts to ask her how she was able to get in, but Jean quickly reminds him of the advantages of being Mutant Alpha. She enters his cell and tells him that if he ever wants to leave to let her know. Magneto declines and tells her he wants to stand trial for his actions. Jean tells him she will respect his wishes.
Jean sits down next to him on the cot. Magneto asks her if she considered his request and Jean says she has and will take over as headmaster for the X-Men. He thanks her and asks about Logan’s status. She tells him Logan was a bit harder to convince, but will stay as well for the time being. Magneto expresses his appreciation for both of them. Jean tells him they owe him for saving their lives. Magneto balks at her comment, but she explains herself. If it wasn’t for Magneto forming the X-Men in the first place, they might not have survived to this day. And his actions after Apocalypse’s fall helped to ensure a save recovery for everyone.
Magneto tells her he saw Sabretooth and Blink in New Mexico. He can’t believe how sidetracked he got trying to get in good with the humans that he neglected his own people. Jean assures him she’ll do what she can to find them and any others they’ve lost track of, just like Magneto helped find her.
She gets up from the cot and walks out of Magneto’s cell. Magneto argues that he had nothing to do with finding her. Jean points out that he had Kirika locate Logan, an excellent tracker and Jean-devotee. If anyone would have found Jean it would have been him and Magneto willingly invited him back into the fold. Out of talking distance, Jean telepathically thanks him. Magneto smiles.
At the mansion, Logan, Kirika and Silver Samurai are saying their goodbyes. Logan tells his daughter about the last time he spoke with her mother, which was before the attack. He now thinks she might have been trying to tell him about his daughter. Kirika says she’ll ask her about it when she gets there. She asks her father if he’s sure he doesn’t want to go with her and Silver Samurai back to Japan. Logan thanks her, but tells her his place is with Jean at the Institute. Logan tells her to be careful during her trek to New Japan. Kirika assures him that she and her uncle can handle things, and Psylocke and Sunfire will be accompanying them as well. Logan takes a jab at Samurai saying that if he did a better job protecting Mariko, then she would never have been born. Samurai charges over to Logan, but Kirika keeps them apart. She tells them there’s no time for fighting and then hugs her dad goodbye. Kirika and Samurai walk out the door.
Logan stands with the door open watching them go. Jean shows up and asks him if he’s going to cry. Logan tells her that death didn’t improve her sense of humor. Rogue now enters and asks Jean how her husband is doing. Jean tells her he’s fine, a bit worn down, but fine. Charles, right behind Rogue in a Spider-Man outfit, shoots some webbing at Logan. Some more X-Men trickle in to the hallway. They wonder what’s going to happen to them, with Apocalypse and Sinister both dead. Jean reminds them that although things are pretty safe now, they won’t be for long. And until that day happens they wait and begin to dream again.