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Earn Your Wings - part 1
A week ago (in the main Marvel reality aka universe 616) the mansion was destroyed. His name is Barnell Bohusk; one day he was the biggest freak in his school, the next day he was enrolled at a school for “Gifted Youngsters,” mutants like him. It was hard growing up with a name like that but when you look like a giant stretched out molting bird, well, things are a bit more complicated. Barnell used to look normal, that is until puberty “hit him with the ugly stick.” But in the end, the feathers growing in weird places and growing of a beak worked out; Barnell is now an X-Man in training and is know as Beak.
The X-Men work together helping to reconstruct the mansion, Juggernaut hauls around a heavy steel beam. Construction takes place around the mansion, and Beak watches them with pride and awe from above the school grounds. As he thinks about his life and how much happier he is at the mansion, his wife Angel yells for him to come into the house to set the table before the pancakes get cold.
 As he enters, his fly babies greet him and Angel warns him that he better not be filling up on worms outside. Beak starts telling his family about the construction outside and how he isn’t allowed to help since he lost Mister Logan’s hammer. Angel brushes off his comments and tells him that as long as she doesn’t need to help then she is fine. She begins to eat but Beak insists on saying grace and he gives thanks for being with the X-Men. As they say amen Angel and the children excrete bile from their mouths to help them digest their food. While a lot of people might be disgusted by the sight. Beak isn’t, they are half fly and you just have to do what comes natural. He’s learned to accept these thing and love people for their differences. There are a lot of things that he never expected, to be a daddy, to be with a woman like Angel, but then a lot of stuff happens and “your whole reality can change, and you decide if it is for better or worse.”
A portal opens and the Exiles drop into the ocean water near the Statue of Liberty. As Calvin checks in with the team to see if everyone is alright, Blink notes that she noticed that someone else ‘ported in with them. Morph suggest that the new member might not know how to swim and Blink suggest the he should look around. Morph changes from his Nessie pool floaty form into a yellow submarine. Thinking to himself, Morph ponders where David Hasselhoff is when he’s needed and decided that he prefers Pam Anderson when it comes to mouth to mouth. Just as the thoughts leave his head, he sees the barely clad form of a woman in the water; Morph quickly resurfaces to tell the group that they will not believe who their new teammate is.
 Namora slowly surfaces and the expressions on the faces of the Exiles go into shock. Cal quickly gets a curt demand to stop staring from Blink. Namora, a blue skinned Atlantan clad in shiny gold breast plates and a scaly green bikini bottom greets them. She introduces herself as Namora, avenging daughter of Atlantis, Imperius Regina and tells them that she has become unhinged from time. Nocturne shrugs and smiles and, she comments on how she isn’t sure how many more pointy eared multi-colored chicks they are going to let into the Exiles, then welcomes her into the club.
As they continue to tread water, Sasquatch points out the Statue of Liberty, and they note that things look pretty normal except for the fact that the Two Towers aren’t there. Heather adds that maybe they were never built in this reality. Cal ask Morph to go get a newspaper and Morph agrees that it’s a good idea to know what is happening in this reality.
As the Exiles climb onto dry land some people see them and wonder if they are terrorists, another man suggests that they might be cashing in on the mutant thing and that it might be a publicity stunt.
Heather questions Namora, and says that she thought that the blue Atlanteans couldn’t breathe out of the water. Namora adds that a lot of Atlanteans also can’t fly or rip apart nuclear submarines with their bare hands, and a lot of Atlanteans aren’t mutants. She continues and tells the Exiles that before she joined up with them a being called the Timebroker told her that she was plucked from her reality and she must travel from alternate reality to alternate reality fixing time lines in order to be restored to her reality. Blink approaches Namora and tells her that is pretty much how it works and that she is leader of the Exiles. Clarice continues to introduce the rest of the group, Mimic is the cute guy, Morph is the smart aleck, Nocturne is the blue gal, and when Heather is big and furry, they call her Sasquatch. Continuing her spiel, Clarice tells Namora that they don’t really see the Timebroker that much and instructions come from the Tallus. Namora reaches out to strike the Tallus from Blink’s arm and demands if she finds their situation acceptable, “to be abducted and enslaved by unseen powers?” Cal intervenes and places himself between Namora and Blink, he tells her that they don’t see it that way. Calreminds her that the Timebroker isn’t really a person and is really a construct of their imaginations. Namora suggest that Mimic was probably fed that line by the Timebroker himself. Cal confirms her guess but adds that they all knew it was true deep down in their guts, but, Namora scoffs and adds sarcastically that they should trust their lives to their guts.
As Morph poses as a business man in a suit, he reads Times Week and hums a tune to himself. When he gets back to the group he reports that the reality they landed on isn’t exactly an Utopia. As Morph changes into commando General form, he tells the others that the USA are not the most feared country in the world. Morph changes form again and resembling the Arnold Schwarzenegger, he tells them that the Terminator got himself elected Governor of California. Everyone’s jaw drops open, Mimic replies that nobody is that crazy and T.J. adds that it looks like another reality gone bad. Heather seconds her notion. With a light hearted smile on her face Nocturne ask what the Tallus wants them to do, and suggest that this version of Earth might be about to self destruct or an asteroid might be about to fall into Brooklyn.
Blink does not respond, she simply listens to the Tallus with a puzzles look on her face. She finally tells them that the Tallus says Leave your possessions, and earn your wings. Blank and confused expressions appear on everyone’s faces. As Namora fixes her hair, Nocturne rails about being given a riddle instead of a mission, Cal complains that the Tallus has never been that vague before. Namora starts to walk off saying that it was a waste of time and that she will not be a part of fool’s errands. Blink tries to reason with her, but Namora dismisses her and says that she understands perfectly and that while they might be willing to live in servitude, the Avenging Daughter is no one’s slave. She adds that she will resist their transdimensional kidnapper even if they will not.
 Sasquatch grabs her arm and tells her that they can’t let her run off half cocked, Namora turns in anger at being told what she can and cannot do. She clocks Sasquatch and sends her flying into the ocean, Blink goes to get Sasquatch as the others go to deal with Namora. Morph announces a Super Cat Fight as he changes into a cat wearing a super hero cape. Morph gets grabbed by the neck and used as a shield against Nocturne’s hex bolt. Nocturne apologizes, Morph gets tossed aside and Namora punches Mimic and send his steel body to the ground. She takes this opportunity to jump into the water and tells them that they will thank her later as she swims away. In a Exiles basketball jersey, Morph tells T.J. that Coach Timebroker will certainly bench Namora for her actions. T.J. adds that she hopes he will replace her since she doesn’t want to go reality hoping with Miss Salt-Britches.
As Blink teleports Sasquatch back she questions where Namora is, Sasquatch mentions that she has something for her and holds up a fist. Cal places a hand on Blink’s shoulder and tells her that Namora swam off and they are not sure where to but that Namora is still convinced that the Timebroker is their enemy. Cal then asks if they are to stick to their mission or chase after Namora. As she pulls a hand through her hair Blink questions their mission and the meaning of the riddles, she comments on how they might just mess up and end up warping this reality more. Nocturne suggest that maybe it’s a metaphor and there’s something going one that involves both possessions and wings. Mimic questions where they are supposed to look for clues, the Avengers, the X-mansion, the Baxter Building? Sasquatch mentions that it’s Four Freedoms Plaza that the Fantastic Four live in in her reality and Morph adds that he thought the FF were hauled up in a warehouse on the waterfront. Blink tells them that if they have to looks for clues she would prefer to start somewhere more familiar and mentions that Westchester County isn’t far from where they are.
Atlantis
Namor swims home and is greeted by one of his imperial guards. Namor tells him that to inform Lord Vashti that he will require his counsel in an hour and until then he shall not be disturbed. His man agrees and leaves. Namor comments on his blessed solitude then hears a voice from his throne. Namora comments on how seeing is believing and scoffs that in this reality she is a man and has pink skin like some air-sucking surface-worlder. She adds that this is a very warped reality indeed. Namor calls her an intruder and lunges to attack her tells her that she will pay for violating the throne. She tells him that it is her throne too, and he calls her an usurper and threatens her. Namora tries to explain and tells him to hold still for a second. She tells him that she doesn’t come to him as an enemy but because there is a threat to the realm and that for the sake of their people, he needs to hear her out. Namor stops to listen cautiously and tells her that it better be good then comments on how there is something familiar about her. She tells him that in a manner of speaking, it is because she is him from a parallel universe.
Westchester
As the Exiles look down on the mansion they see the X-Men repairing their home. Cal comments on how it looks like Xavier’s home got taken apart brick by brick. Nocturne tells the others that she thinks they might have been to this reality before and brings up the evil version of Havok and the werewolves. Then she tells them that they look like the same X-Men they met on that Earth and points out that this is the same Nightcrawler anyhow. Someone comments on how they might want to keep their distance since they just saw the White Queen down there. Beak approaches the Exiles and casually asks them who they are.
The Baxter Building, Home of the Fantastic Four
Reed Richards comments on how unexpected it is that Namor is visiting them. Namor agrees that despite their past differences, he knows that Reed is the best man equipped to deal with the dire situation. Reed asks him what situation he is talking about and who he brought with him. Namor tells Namora to introduce herself. She tells Reed that she can’t tells him what a delight it is to meet him again. Reed questions what she means by again. She continues and tells him that her name is Namora and that she is Prince Namor’s counterpart from a different reality and that she was forced by a being called the Timebroker to come to this reality to alter the future of their world. Namor suddenly clocks Namora and grabs her by the arms, Reed questions Namor but is told to quickly get her contained. A groggy Namora comments on how she could kill the treacherous Namor and she is contained in a force field. Reed questions Namor on why he attacked her since she came to them for help. He replies that they cannot trust her since the stakes are too high. Namora demands to be released. Namor informs Reed that the Timebroker also sent five others and they make it their business to gallivant around altering realities. Namor tells Reed to quickly run whatever test he need to determine if her story is true but he already believes her. Namor adds that if they do not stop the Exiles then their destinies will be overwritten by them. Reed calls the other on the com and tells them that they will need to help Namor resolve a crisis.
Meanwhile
Beak tells the Exiles that the helmet he is wearing isn’t really his but it belongs to Mister Xorn. With a bird face, Morph questions who Xorn is. Beak continues and tells them that Xorn turned out to be Magneto but back when he was cool …he hoped the helmet would rub off some cool on him. Beak asks if they will hurt him. Nocturne places a hand on his shoulder and tells him that the will not hurt him at all and tells him that he needs to keep the presence a secret. Barnell questions why as Blink tells them that the Tallus has an update and that Namora has complicated things. She blabbed to the wrong people about the Exiles and they now have to rescue her from Namor and the Fantastic Four. Nocturne turns to Barnell and tells him that is how come.


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Earn Your Wings - part 2
In her holding field in Four Freedoms Plaza, the new Exile known as Namora tells Reed Richards, a.k.a. Mr. Fantastic of the Fantastic Four, that the last time she met him she killed him. Surely, he understands that seeing him now is bittersweet, even if he is just an alternate reality version of the hero she killed forty years ago. Present with Reed are his wife, the Invisible Woman, his brother-in-law, the Human Torch, and his friend, the Thing, as well as the Atlantean Prince Namor, who was the one to bring Namora to Four Freedoms Plaza after seeing her as a threat to his world’s future.
Namor, with his hand on Reed’s shoulder, tells the man that they are wasting time. Namora came with others from alternate Earths and their goal is to sabotage their future and destinies. The Fantastic Four should be hunting down the Exiles. Reed removes Namor’s hand and tells the prince that he knows, but right now they need a strategy and the best way to do that is to learn what they are dealing with. Reed turns back to the imprisoned Namora and recalls how, when she first arrived, she asked for help. How can he help her when she also claims she murdered him in her own reality? Namora smiles and tells Reed that she did not “murder” him. She supposes that she should begin her story from the start.
As a young girl, she would always sneak away to go exploring the ocean depths alone, such as a nearby reef. She would always ignore the warnings of danger. She, like most children, believed herself to be indestructible. One day, she was attacked by a shark and discovered that for at least for her it was true. When the shark clamped its massive jaws on her, it found all its teeth shattered on Namora’s impervious skin. It was easy, with her strength, to rip the shark in half. She had no clue what she was at that time, but she was the first mutant born to the people of Atlantis.
Eight years later, Atlantis learned that they housed another mutant. His name was Attuma and he believed his preternatural strength gave him the right to take the throne from Queen Dorma. He easily dispatched the guards and, by the time Namora reached the scene, it was too late. Attuma murdered Queen Dorma. Attuma was ten times stronger than the strongest Atlantean soldier. Charging with his spear, Attuma laughed that a woman had the audacity to challenge him when all men fled before him. Attuma stopped laughing when Namora ripped the spear out of his hand and showed that she was twice and strong as him. When it was over, Attuma lay dead and the people of Atlantis claimed her to be their hero. Queen Dorma died without an heir and Attuma killed all those who were next in line. The people decided to choose their savior to be their new queen. Who was she to deny them?
For many years, Atlantis lived in peace, much thanks to her heavily enforced edict of no contact with the surface world. Unfortunately, the surface dwellers began to increase their encroachment of her land, especially around the time of World War Two, with the Nazi U-Boats. Two global wars later and horrifying and explosive tests of bombs in the Pacific proved to Namora that humans were a threat to life on Earth. After discussion, Atlantis decided to end isolation and introduce themselves with a preemptive strike on the humans. Imagine her surprise, says Namora to the Fantastic Four and Namor, when she was contacted by a surface worlder first on her way to attack!
The bald man had startled her, especially since all she saw was his psionic head in the water before her. She resented his psionic intrusion, but she sensed compassion as their minds touched. Her invasion would wait until he had his say. Professor Charles Xavier would become one of her few precious friends. He was a rare fellow who convinced her that there was hope for the future for humans.
All that was ruined soon when Magneto attacked an Air Force base and ignited humanity’s fear of mutants. Magneto was stopped by Namora and the X-Men, but the media spread the pictures and their half-truths. Namora resisted, but Charles surrendered himself and the X-Men like sheep to a slaughter, because he trusted a criminal justice system that locked him away forever. Within months, any mutant who did not voluntarily surrender was hunted by the government and their Avengers. There was one notable exception: a hero who spoke on behalf of mutants. If only they had listened to you Reed, says Namora. There would have been much less bloodshed in the end.
Later on, the Human Torch and Thing stand outside on the rooftop of an adjacent building to the Four Freedoms Plaza. Johnny asks Ben who they are supposed to be looking for. Thing gets on his hover bike and says that he does not know, but there are five of them. Johnny was there when it was announced. Smiling, the Torch admits that he was a bit distracted by their guest.
As he ignites in flames and follows Thing into the air, Johnny tells Thing that he has the hots for Namora, but wonders if that makes him gay if he has a thing for an alternate reality version of Namor. Ending the conversation, Thing tells the Torch to drop the metrosexual stuff and just help him check the perimeter.
On another rooftop, Blink teleports her group onto the building. Blink sees the Baxter building and tells her team, and Beak, that the Tallus told her that Namora is being held inside, but she doesn’t know where. Nocturne wonders how they are going to get Namora without getting into a fight. Morph transforms into a mop and bucket and tells Nocturne that they need to do some reconnaissance. She can possess one of the janitorial staff and look around. Beak begins to say something, but Morph cuts him off and offers to go with Nocturne. He promises to keep things clean, as long as she firmly grasps his handle.
Heather clamps her hand on Morph’s mouth and questions their original mission. If they complete it, won’t they and Namora just blink off to the next reality? It makes more sense than attacking the Fantastic Four and Namor. Blink agrees, but their mission is still a riddle: “Leave your possessions and earn you wings.”
Beaks asks if he can say something. Everyone looks at him skeptically as he continues. Beak explains that they teach a class on the Fantastic Four at Xavier’s school. Mr. Fantastic is supposed to be smart. He would probably want to talk rather than fight so Beak could just deliver a message on behalf of the Exiles. No one is scared of him so the Fantastic Four won’t attack him. He could ask the team to let Namora go or tell them to not be afraid of the Exiles.
Listen Beak-Boy, says Mimic. Beak, corrects Beak. Mimic doesn’t want him to take offense, but they only brought him along so he wouldn’t squeal on them to the X-Men. They will take him back home as soon as they are done. Until then, they would all appreciate it if he keeps his comments to himself. Nocturne interrupts Mimic and tells him that Beak’s idea isn’t that bad.
Inside Four Freedoms Plaza, Sue, clearly disliking Namora’s flirtatious nature with Reed, tells her husband that she agrees with Namor. She is tired of Namora’s lies. Namora cannot even keep her story straight. First she claims to have killed him, now she says that she and he were friends while batting her eyes at him! Namora asks if she is being accused of lying. Sue approaches the energy field and informs Namora that he time frame doesn’t add up. She said that she ruled Atlantis for decades before meeting Xavier forty years ago. How old is she? Namora comments that she never expected such insolence from the Invisible Girl, to which Sue corrects her on her codename change. Namora agrees that sue is much more of a woman than a girl. Namora informs Sue that she is one hundred and four-years-old. Mutation has been kind to her.
Namora continues her story of how she met Reed. Once his objections to the government were overruled, she could only think of one sane way to end the anti-mutant madness. She prayed that Xavier would one day forgive her, as she set out to destroy the oppressing “superheroes.” The Atlanteans invaded and flooded the cities of the surface world, while she dealt with the heroes, such as the Avengers. Who knows that good these marvels could have accomplished had she not expunged them. All she knows is that they each died with honor. Her biggest challenge was the Fantastic Four and the irony of fighting Reed, who had once championed for mutant rights, was not lost of her. Reed organized human forces in the Sahara Desert and led a well-coordinated assault against her. However, his greatest strength as also his fatal flaw: the Fantastic Four was a family.
She led the Human Torch and the Thing into the depths of the Marianas Trench, knowing that Sue and Reed would follow. The pressure and darkness tipped the scales in her favor and she removed her last obstacle to her Pax Atlantica. The world did become a better place under her rule, though it was a tragedy that so many died. She cherishes her last hour in battle with the Fantastic Four. The intercom beeps and the receptionist tells Reed that they have an after-hours visitor who says that they are expecting him. He says he is with a group called the Exiles.
Back on the rooftop, Heather complains that it has been twenty minutes. Sitting by Heather are Nocturne and Morph, the latter exclaiming that maybe Beak took the visitor’s tour. He hears they have a cool trophy room with the Silver Surfer’s skateboard and Doctor Doom’s nuclear shoehorn. Blink goes over to Mimic, who tells Clarice that this was a bad idea. They may have just blown their last chance to end this cleanly. Blink tells him that it was her call and, if she is going to lead, she cannot have him second-guessing her all the time. Nocturne comes over and asks what happened to the new give-peace-a-chance Mimic. That is just it, says Mimic. They might have just lost the element of surprise they needed to end this quickly. A voice from behind asks why they would need an element of surprise for. All turn around to see the Thing and Human Torch on the rooftop, ready to fight.
Mimic, worried, tells the two to keep calm, since this isn’t what it looks like. The arrogant Torch tells Mimic to save his breath, as they know why they are there. Thing grabs Mimic by the neck, as Blink asks what in the world has Namora been telling them. She told them enough, says the Torch. Namora informed them that they are here to screw up the timeline. Mimic turns to steel, which prompts Thing to ask if he can take a punch then. Yes, says Mimic, but he doesn’t want to fight. The unreasonable Thing punches Mimic across the night sky. Blink teleports to get Mimic, but tells the others to keep the fight to the rooftop. Heather approaches Thing and tells him that he lost his last chance for a negotiated settlement. Incredulously, Thing asks the “little lady” if she is Mimic’s lawyer. Heather turns into her Sasquatch form and tells Thing that she sort of is.
In the Baxter building, Beak tells Reed and the others to check with Cyclops if they don’t believe his school I.D., but he is telling the truth. The Exiles are not here to hurt anyone. Namor looks at Reed and asks if he is really going to stake their futures on the world of a feathered child. Annoyed, Reed tells Namor that, if he hadn’t forced him to imprison Namora in the beginning, they could have resolved this matter already. He turns to Namora and announces that he will meet the Exiles in the forest upstate safely away from the city where they can all discuss how he can release them from their servitude to the Timebroker that Namora mentioned. Namora thanks Reed for being reasonable. Reed tells Namor that, unlike in Namora’s world, cooler heads prevail here. Still stuck on Namora’s flirtations, Sue tells Reed that he shouldn’t expect her to let them be alone together. Reed presses an intercom button and asks Johnny and Ben to come back in.
Ben comes in… after Sasquatch smashes him through the wall of the building and into Namora’s energy field. In the process, Sue is knocked over and hit in the head with a laptop, which knocks her out. Sasquatch asks Thing why he just couldn’t listen, but Namor rushes to Ben’s aid and knocks back Sasquatch. Ben gets up, not noticing that Namora is free, and complains that he won’t let a sissy in a Speedo like Namor fighting his battles. Namor tells Sasquatch that only he will decide his destiny, as he grabs her by the throat.
Namora grabs Namor’s fist before he can punch Sasquatch and asks him if he would snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Having had enough of being mocked by Namora, Namor threatens to hurt her. Sasquatch takes advantage of the situation and punches Namor, while praying that Thor won’t show up, as it is bad enough that they have to hear Namor yap.
Blink teleports in with Nocturne, Mimic and Morph, who is dressed up as a commando, but with a gun that has flowers instead of bullets. Blink calls out to Reed, but the man tells them all to hold on a minute. The Human Torch sees them and, thinking that they are going to hurt Reed, he throws several fireballs at them. Beak goes to Sue’s aid and tells her that it is his entire fault. If only he had convinced them all faster.


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Earn Your Wings - conclusion
As the Exiles and Fantastic Four begin their heated battle, Nocturne looks on from the side and thinks about how there is one unwritten rule when it comes to super-heroics: if two groups of super people meet, they should punch first and ask questions later. Tonight, the home team is the Fantastic Four and Namor. Nocturne is with the Exiles, the visiting team. They are always the visiting team. They go from one messed-up reality to another one, fixing things that went wrong. So far, they have had a winning record - if you don’t count the four Exiles they lost along the way.
Sue comes back to consciousness and asks Beak what is going on. Beak explains that he never meant to hurt anyone. He is not with the Exiles; he just sort of met them. Nocturne sees this and recalls how Beak was caught up in this mess. He is not an Exile, though she is a founding member. Nocturne asks Beak if Sue is all right. Beak is not sure, as he is no doctor. All he knows is that she was hit in the head. Sue glares at Nocturne and tells the girl that she is fine, but asks that she tells her friends to stand down. Nocturne agrees but, in her haste to help Sue, she forgot one other rule: Do not mess with the Fanstastic Four. The Human Torch sees Nocturne by Sue and, thinking that his sister is in danger, he throws some fireballs at T.J. Nocturne shrieks and instinctively blasts the Torch out of the air.
Angered over the attack on her brother, despite Johnny attacking Nocturne first, Sue erects a force field around Nocturne’s head and another around her hands. Nocturne is about to unleash another blast, but Sue warns her not to as she will only just blow her own hands off. Once Nocturne passes out from lack of air, Sue will let her breath again. Maybe when she wakes up she will be ready to – Sue is cut short as Nocturne displays one of her other tricks.
Nearby, the Thing grapples with Sasquatch, who asks Ben if he is going to let a girl outmuscle him. Most days he wouldn’t touch a lady, admits Ben. However, she is an exception. Thing crushes Sasquatch’s hand and then kicks her in the gut. Close by, Reed tries to wrestle Morph to the ground, all while telling the others to fall back, as they do not have to fight. He says the same to Namor, who is still fighting Namora, claming her to be an imposter.
Blink teleports by the two, as Namora gains the upper hand, momentarily. Mimic tells Blink that she has to teleport them all out of the city before Namor and Namora take their fight to the streets. Blink agrees and is about to throw a dart at the Atlanteans, when Sue suddenly tells her not to. It is too late, though, as Blink has already thrown the dart, but luckily Sue is able to block it with a force field.
Suddenly, Mimic, Blink, Namora, Sasquatch, Beak and Morph are all trapped within force fields. Sue asks them if they mind not fighting, as she does live here after all. Reed compliments Sue on ending the battle, but notices that the dark blue skinned female is missing, though he at first thinks it is Namora. Sue tells Reed that Nocturne ran away, though the building’s security should catch her… right? Right, says Reed lowly, suspecting that something is wrong. In a hushed tone, Blink tells Mimic to get ready, as she can teleport them out of the force fields one by one, but Mimic stares at Sue and tells Blink to wait a minute.
Sue tells Reed that she agrees with him about not fighting the Exiles. She actually thinks that they should work with them. Beak begins to say something to Reed about Sue that is amiss, but Sue tells him to keep quiet. Shocked, Namor reminds Sue that these people were here to rewrite their future and act on orders from an unseen master. They do not know what the Exiles intend to do. They cannot allow them to go on with their business.
Reed tells Sue that this reminds him of their last trip to the Negative Zone. Does she remember? As Johnny and Ben look at each other, puzzled over what Reed is talking about, Reed asks Sue who was it that they fought last time, as he cannot remember. Was it Blastaar or Annihilus? Sue looks at Reed, worried and silent. Mimic breaks the silence and tells Nocturne not to bother with a guess, as Reed knows that it is not his wife. They need to talk now. Sue pauses and then agrees with Mimic.
Angered, Reed asks the Exiles what they did with his wife. Thing and the Torch get ready for battle again, but Mimic assures them that Sue is fine. Nocturne has the ability to occupy bodies and use the powers of her host. They call it possession and it is temporary. There are no harmful side-effects, save that Sue will be asleep for a little bit when Nocturne is done. Sue turns to Reed and apologizes, as she does not like taking over people’s bodies spontaneously like that, but she only wanted to end the violence. When she releases Sue, the force fields will come down. Can they all trust each other not to fight again? Nocturne tells them to catch Sue as she leaves the woman’s body.
As the Exiles are all freed, Reed catches Sue with his elongated hand and then asks the computer to med-scan his wife. The computer does so and reports that Sue is consistent with the signs of sleep. Reed hands over Sue’s slumbering body to Thing and agrees to talk with the Exiles. Namor protests, but Reed tells him to stop arguing. Reed turns to Blink and asks them what their mission is about. Blink explains to Reed that they are not there to affect some huge change. In truth, they do not understand their current mission. She shows Reed the Tallus and explains that the Timebroker sends instructions, which are usually pretty clear and entail the team save some person or stop this other person, but this time the Tallus said, “Leave you possessions and earn your wings.” What does that mean?
No one says anything and, after a moment, Namora breaks the silence and asks Reed if he finally sees what nonsense this is. They should not waste more time on riddles and should figure out a way to free them all from the Timebroker. Mimic tells Namora that the Timebroker isn’t a real person, but Namora already knows the story of how he claims to be a figment of their collective unconscious or some other nonsense. He probably said that to keep the team from turning on him. Reed asks them all to quiet down, as they are still trying to figure out the first mystery. Namor tells Reed that the riddle means nothing. Namora is right about at least one thing. This is all nonsense. Unless, says Reed, you consider the obvious solution.
Reed turns to Nocturne and recalls that her power is called possession and it is when she assumes control of someone else’s body. “Leave your possessions” could mean that Nocturne must give up that talent... or the team must leave her behind. While Nocturne is distraught, Morph quickly explains to Reed that it does not work like that. There always has to be six of them when they move on to another reality. Sometimes one of them gets killed or is called back by the Timebroker, but they do not pick and choose members, which is obvious as Namora wouldn’t be with them if they could.
“Earn you wings,” says Reed, as he lifts up Beak’s feathered arm/wing. He knows Beak said that he isn’t with the Exiles, but maybe he is meant to be. No way, says Beak. He has kids, classes and a beautiful girl back at Xavier’s. Beak pulls his wing back from Reed and tells him he belongs at the school. No, says Blink, who raises the Tallus. According to the device, Reed is right. Nocturne is supposed to stay behind and he is to come with them.
Morph, though not wanting to offend the “funky chicken,” asks what kind of power he packs. Morph shapes his arms into machine guns and argues that Nocturne can hold her own against the Brood or Sentinels. Beak is going to get plucked on the first mission. Sasquatch agrees and admits that it is cruel to mix Beak up in their business. Not to mention Nocturne is a lot easier on the eyes, says Morph, as he eyes the girl flirtatiously. Besides, they cannot leave behind an original. Nevertheless, you will take him, says a voice from behind the group.
Everyone turns to see the Timebroker materialize. Timebroker explains that Beak has an important task ahead of him one day. He cannot get into the specifics, but several worlds hang in the balance and he needs every harsh lesson he’ll learn as an Exile in order to pass the ultimate test. Namora tells Reed that the being is the Timebroker. Reed asks the computer to analyze the new arrival, but the computer tells Reed that there is no new arrival. Confused, Reed tells the computer that the Timebroker is in front of him, but the computer tells Reed that there is no one in front of him. Reed deduces that the Timebroker is either shielded or perhaps he truly is a mental construct. Maybe Namora has no secret master to turn against, though Reed is not sure why the Fantastic Four and Namor can see the Timebroker too.
Beak yells at the Timebroker and tells him that he has children. How can he leave Angel to take care of them all alone? The Timebroker touches Beak’s shoulder to console him and tells him that he is now unhinged from time. His family now thinks that he has run away and they will survive without him. Only by serving as an Exile can Beak win his family back. The Timebroker turns away and hopes that it is some consolation that, by coming, he will one day save their lives and the lives of everyone they know. The Exiles have until morning to move on. With that said, the Timebroker fades away. Beak grabs Blink desperately and tells her to take him back to the school now.
In her small house on the school property, Angel kicks over some books in rage and wonders where Beak is. Wolverine had better not have taken him to a strip club.  Angel then falls to the ground and starts to sob, as her children fly around her. Angel wonders how Beak could have done this to her. The children ask her what is wrong and where their father is. Angel tells Tito that she does not know. Men are no good, even geeks, especially when you consider that they should thank the Heavens that they even get love. Sooner or later, they all walk out. Sitting on the bed next to Angel is Beak, who screams that he is right there. Why can’t she see or hear him?!
As the sun sets, the Exiles wait outside for Beak. Eventually, he comes out with his Xorn helmet and baseball bat. Beak puts on his helmet and tells the team that the Timebroker is right. He is unstuck in time. Unhinged, corrects Morph. “That, too,” replies the disheartened Beak. He supposes that the only way to get his life back is to go with them. Mimic consoles Beak and tells him that they will fix this. In the meantime, Nocturne will keep an eye on Angel and the kids.
Nearby, Nocturne thinks to herself that she has gotten the best part of this bargain. They have been to this world before and it is the least screwed up world she has seen. As she watches Beast greet a passing Northstar, Nocturne realizes that this team of X-Men has their problems, but they live well up to Xavier’s dream. Nightcrawler teleports next to the Beast and scares him. Nocturne remembers that their Nightcrawler knows that she is his daughter from an alternate reality and is cool with it. That could have turned out worse, when one thinks about it.
Blink, tearing already, asks Nocturne if she will be okay. Will she be okay, wondering if her friends are getting themselves killed on some nightmare Earth, asks Nocturne. Will she ever stop worrying and missing them? Not a chance, says Nocturne. Both women are now crying and Blink tells her that after all that has happened with Magus, Thunderbird, Sunfire, and Weapon X, and Magik, maybe fate cut her a break. Lord knows she deserves one. The two best friends embrace one last time and Blink whispers to Nocturne that they will meet again. She knows it.
Nearby, Namora tells Morph that it goes against her every fiber to follow a being as a puppet but, if Reed Richards could not discover any other solution, then she must comply. You’re going to be a lot of laughs aren’t you, asks Morph. As Nocturne says her goodbyes to Heather, Mimic and Morph, Blink wipes her eyes and tells the team that it is time to go. The six Exiles begin to teleport away. With tears running down her face, Nocturne waves goodbye and tells her friends that she loves them and, whatever they do, they must stay alive. Just as the Exiles are about to disappear, Beak suddenly tells Blink that there has to be a law against this.
The portal closes and that is how Nocturne went from first-string globetrotter to being traded for a rookie with a bat, and probably some other future Exile further down the road. Nocturne wipes her face of tears and walks to the remains of the front gate of the school. She wonders if she can make it on the X-Men as a walk-on, or will she end up in the bush leagues among the Secret Defenders of the New Warriors.
Nocturne presses the buzzer at the gate, but it falls apart when she does so. A familiar voice apologizes to Nocturne and tells her that the intercom is still broken. Nocturne greets the figure and admits that she didn’t know that that person was an X-Man in this reality. “It takes all kinds, doesn’t it?” asks the mysterious figure. The figure apologizes for startling her, but there are some things that should be discussed. Would Nocturne mind taking a stroll? Nocturne walks with the mysterious figure, but points out that the mansion is in the other direction. Yes it is, says the mystery figure. “Nevertheless, there are other options open to a mutant, aside from joining Xavier’s crew…”


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Mission Impossible
The Exiles stand in utter disbelief, only after a few minutes in the new reality they blinked into. Outside the Capitol Building of Washington, D.C., the six Exiles, including their new members Namora and Beak, look into the air at the Avengers, including Hawkeye, Black Panther, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Scarlet Witch, Wasp, Vision and others. Morph is shocked to discover that the Avengers, who are all hand-in-hand while hanging from four poles, have been turned into – paper dolls? Morph jokes that after West Coast and Great Lakes Avengers the A-Team must have run out of ideas. Sasquatch tells Morph that his joke is not funny at all.
Beak asks if he should expect to see stuff like this all the time. No, says Blink reassuringly. Sometimes they happen upon worlds that have not gone wrong yet, so they can avert the catastrophe they have been sent to stop. Other times, however, the damage is already done. The six look up at the top of the Capital Building, whose top spire has been replaced with a giant toilet atop the dome. Blink adds that they have never seen anything so imaginative before, though.
Mimic looks down the street to see traffic lights turned into fake giraffes, a car turned into a giant piggy bank and street signs turned into giant pink and yellow lollipops. Mimic notices that they cannot hear an engine or anything else for that matter. If the Avengers were turned into paper dolls, then who knows what happened to the ordinary citizens.
Beak admits that he would hide if this happened, so maybe everyone in the city is hiding. Blink orders Mimic to use the speed he borrowed from Northstar to search for survivors. Mimic flies upwards and tells the group that he will be back soon. After a few seconds, though, Mimic spots something immediately. He returns back to the Exiles and informs them that the S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier has crashed about half a mile away from them, but he does not see survivors. Blink tells Mimic that the five of them will check it out since S.H.I.E.L.D. would probably be best to inform them on what is happening. In the meantime, Mimic should check the rest of the city.
Namora expresses her disdain for the mission and announces that she has no interest in solving riddles. What does the Tallus say about their mission? The sooner they finish it the sooner they can move to a more pleasant place. Blink tells the group that they need to free someone called the Impossible Man, though she doesn’t know where to find him. Morph morphs into the Impossible Man and happily informs all that he knows the man, or at least the one in his reality. They are birds of a feather and connoisseurs of the absurd.
Someone comments that it must mean they are both goofballs, but Morph continues on. He explains that when it comes to morphing the Impossible Man leaves him in the dust. If the man turns into a car or plane or rocket, the moving parts actually work, like the engine and lights and guns! Usually, his color scheme is green and purple but, when one can create moving parts, which is extremely difficult to pull off, then it doesn’t matter. Also, the Impossible Man makes a cute popping sound when he transforms.
Namora looks around and tells Morph that it seems his friend has met his match, though the whole time she does not notice a tower behind the group with the Impossible Man’s head on it. Namora suggests that maybe someone could be using the Impossible Man’s powers to shape others. No, says Morph. He explains that the Impossible Man can only change himself, though he doesn’t know the science behind it. Speaking of science, Morph has a joke. Two atoms walk along and one says that he thinks he lost an electron –
Namora clamps her hand over Morph’s mouth and tells him to shut up or he will lose more than electrons. One of the girls tells Namora to let Morph go, but the arrogant woman persists that Morph is as useless as Beak. How can they tolerate him? “What’re you lookin’ at?” asks Morph to the staring Beak.
Elsewhere, Mimic flies past the Lincoln Memorial, which has been changed into an overweight Impossible Man with a remote control in his hand sitting on Lincoln’s seat. Suddenly, he sees five people on the steps to the monument but, upon closer inspection, he sees that they are all green with purple hair and clothes. Mimic asks if they are okay, but the people wonder why he asks. Mimic tells him that they look a bit funny, to which the five people ask: What is “funny?” Suddenly, the five people morph, with a popping sound, into a giant hand. The Impossible Man morphs out of the ground and, with Mimic caught in the grip, he asks him what is so funny?
At the helicarrier, the Exiles watch a recording of what happened in Washington. They see the Impossible Man, with a stoic face; transform an innocent man into a group of butterflies. Sasquatch comments that at least they know who is responsible. Morph mentions that the Impossible Man he remembers was nice and could only transform himself. Exactly, says Sasquatch. That was the Impossible Man in his reality, not this one. Morph should keep that in mind since it seems the Impossible Man is capable of anything. Morph stretches his head to the top of the giant monitor and asks what the silver disk on the Impossible Man’s forehead is.
Blink discovers that a lot of the helicarrier’s systems are still on-line after the crash, but she wonders what happened to all the personnel. Isn’t it obvious, asks Namora, so matter-of-factly. The Impossible Man got to them. Blink speaks into a microphone to try and hail someone. Suddenly, the giant monitor displays the face of an angry Nick Fury, who asks who they are and then orders them to get out before he finds them. Blink introduces the Exiles and explains that they were checking for survivors. Angered, Fury asks her where she was all morning, but Blink tells him that they just popped into town. Can he tell them what happened?
Fury tells them that he has no clue who they are and for all he knows they are here to loot the helicarrier. Annoyed, Blink reminds Fury that she was the one who hailed him. Why would she call him if they were stealing from S.H.I.E.L.D.? Fury pauses and then tells Blink that, with all that has happened today, he might as well as chance it. On the other end, Fury and all the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, as well as many Washington residents, find themselves in Disney World. Fury explains that the Exiles are not going to find “survivors” in Washington, for, after doing some horrible things to innocent people and after crashing the helicarrier, the Impossible Man teleported everyone in D.C. to Disney Land. In one second, 500,000 people ended up in the middle of the Magical Kingdom. Why there, asks Blink. Fury is not sure. It could be a twisted joke.
Fury explains that all they know about him is everything they learned after his first fight with the Fantastic Four a few years ago. The Impossible Man claims to be from another dimension called “Poppup” where everyone has powers like him. Blink asks for clarification on his powers. Fury explains that the Impossible Man can turn into anything and turn anyone into anything too. His only limit is his imagination, like a genie with no master. Fortunately for them all, the Impossible Man was only playing for laughs, until recently when he met the Controller, who uses mind-control discs. S.H.I.E.L.D. does not know how the Controller got one of his control discs on the Impossible Man’s head, but they do know that the disc did not work. Instead of making the Impossible Man a slave, he went berserk.
Elsewhere, Mimic finds himself running away from a giant, purple and green armored truck, with the Impossible Man sitting up top with an ice cream cannon. The Impossible Man asks what is funny, but Mimic has no clue why the man keeps on asking. Why don’t they make a deal instead. If the Impossible Man returns everything to normal, then they can rent the Three Stooges on DVD. Mimic gets nailed in the back by several ice cream cones and angrily lashes out with his optic blast. Mimi calms down and sees the remains of the destroyed truck that used to be the Impossible Man. Blink and the others teleport next to him and Blink is about to explain their mission, when she sees that Mimic is already aware. A sad Cal explains that he did not mean to kill the Impossible Man. He swore he would never kill again.
Morph looks at the remains and tells Mimic that there is good news. There is no way he killed the Impossible Man. Is all this stuff around them his remains? Suddenly, the remains all morph into hundreds of little Impossible Men, all equipped as boxers, who quickly surround the Exiles. In no time the Impossible Men begin to punch the team. The team is knocked down to the ground and, once defeated, the Impossible Man remerges into one being. The Impossible Man asks the team if they are having fun, but Sasquatch tells him to hold on. Impossible Man turns to Sasquatch and, in less than a blink of an eye, she is turned into a stuffed, Sasquatch animal. Blinks calls out to Heather in horror but, before she, Mimic, or Namora can do anything, they are all turned into stuffed dolls. Beak shrieks and tries to run away, but is turned into a bucket of Poppup Fried Chicken.
Impossible Man realizes that he missed something and wonders where Morph disappeared. As he looks around for the last Exile, the leaf on the tree he stands next to morphs into the hand of Morph, who tries to pull off the slave disc on the Impossible Man’s forehead. Morph finds that he cannot pull it off and, before he can escape, he is pulled out of the tree and thrown to the ground. Morph transforms the bottom half of his body into a spring and leaps away, telling the Impossible Man to stay a fashion victim if he wants to. Morph turns into a hair stylist and order the Impossible Man to learn how to accessorize, since the mind-control style is last year. Suddenly, the Impossible Man begins to chuckle, but the slave disk on his head begins to short-circuit, which causes the Impossible Man pain. The Impossible Man tells Morph that he is funny.
The Impossible Man creates a giant dragon and chases after Morph, who has transformed into a dog with a cape. Morph realizes how to defeat the Impossible Man and narrowly avoids the jaws of the dragon, as he transforms back into his normal form. Morph tells a joke about two electrons that are walking when one says to the other that he thinks he lost an electron. The other asks if he is sure and the first electron says, “Yes, I am positive!” The Impossible Man begins to laugh again, which again causes the slave disc to begin short-circuiting.
The Impossible Man turns into a tank, but Morph does not give up. Cannibal Chief asks his victim what he does for a living. The victim informs the Cannibal Chief that he is an editor. Cannibal Chief congratulates the man, as he will not be Editor-in-Chief. The Impossible Man returns back to normal and begins to laugh again. Morph tells another joke about a man married to a woman for ten years only to come home and see her with his best friend. What does he say? Bad dog!
The Impossible Man laughs hysterically and falls to the ground. The slave disc explodes and the Impossible Man stops laughing. When Morph asks the man if he is all right, the Impossible Man looks up, with tears from laughter in his eyes, and explains that he was just trying to be funny, but he could not because of the slave disc. He could not think straight and couldn’t remember what “funny” was.
Forty-three minutes later:
Everything has returned to normal at Washington D.C. The Exiles stand with the Impossible Man outside the Capitol Building, where the guilt-ridden Impossible Man explains that it was a nightmare and everything he did came out wrong. Morph consoles him and admits it took him time to figure things out. Whatever “funny” left in him was fighting the Controller’s mind disc, but all he needed was one more push.
What is important is that he was able to undo what he did. Blink tells the Impossible Man that they understand that he did not want to do what he did. The Impossible Man tells Blink that it doesn’t excuse what he did. They were as good as dead because of him. Morph reminds the man that he was just trying to be himself. Namora comments that she almost died so the Impossible Man could reclaim his inner goofball. Morph smiles and tells her that dying is easy, but comedy is hard.


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The Big “M” - part 1
In the super-human prison known as the Vault, in Colorado, a guard, wearing the typical Guardsman green battle armor that all Vault guards wear, enters a cell of a prisoner, who asks the guard if he saw him. The guard faces the prisoner and asks her is she is crazy. He is five floors beneath them in the Omega Block. Even he doesn’t have clearance to step off the elevator down there. Why is she asking anyway? If anyone knows what is going to happen to the Big “M” first it would be her. Right, Destiny?
Sitting on her bed and wearing the common orange prisoner outfit, Irene Adler smiles and admits that it has been a while since anyone referred to her as Destiny. Usually, she is called prisoner 4201, except of course when someone needs lotto numbers. Then they remember her name is Irene. The guard takes off his helmet, revealing that he is a young African-American man. Destiny tells him that she shouldn’t complain, as she could be stuck in the Omega Block too. A blind lady like her in the Omega Block, asks the young man in disbelief. What, questions Destiny. He does not think that she is dangerous enough to be locked down there?
The man kneels in front of Destiny and asks if she is sure that they are coming. Destiny confirms this and tells the man that, as the hour draws nearer, her vision becomes clearer. He must remember what she told him about the teleporter with the device on her arm. Yes, says the man. He remembers and has already made arrangements, though it may take a few days to gather the others. He will try not to leave her in suspense. Her being in suspense, Destiny asks jokingly. The man kisses Destiny on her forehead and tells her that he will be back. In two days, four hours and twenty-three minutes, replies Destiny. She knows. She always knows.
The guard leaves the Vault and, at the guard station at the front of the building, presents his credentials before leaving. The guard realizes that it is the man’s first day on the job and reminds him to keep his guard up. One can never know what is truly going on behind the friendly smiles that some of the inmates have. As the young guard drives away, his eyes glow yellow, as he calls his friend Dominic on his cell phone. He orders the man to meet him at the rendezvous point and reminds him to not forget the tranquilizer gun.
Elsewhere, a tear in reality opens as the Exiles fall out. While Mimic, Blink, Sasquatch and Morph land gracefully, Beak and Namora land less so. This group of mutants jumps from one reality to another to repair events that have gone wrong. It is a thankless task that sometimes requires them to break laws and unite with those who are enemies in their native realities. Very seldom does anyone realize that the Exiles have come to save their world. This time, however, things are much different. This time someone is expecting them.
The Exiles land on a railroad track in the middle of a forest. Namora and Beak immediately fall to their hands and knees, as they are overcome by sickness. Blink assures the two that they will get used to it. Jumping from one reality to another makes everyone want to barf the first few times. Namora slowly tells Blink that the queen of Atlantis does not barf, but Beak has no such reservations and pukes, much to the disgust of Sasquatch. Upon seeing this, Namora gags once more and then throws up herself. Morph congratulates Beak on making Namora barf and bumping her out of her ivory tower so she could join the rest of them. Mimic holds back a chuckle and tells the two new Exiles that they all barfed when they first joined up. The trick is not to eat when they know a jump is coming soon.
Suddenly, the team hears a loud sound and all turn to see a train heading right for them. Blink teleports away, as Namora flies and Sasquatch and Mimic grab Beak and Morph, respectively. Up on a cliff side, the young man from the Vault tells his companion that it is his cue. The other man tells the guard to get ready to rumble. Blink teleports to Sasquatch and Beak and asks them if they are all right. Sasquatch confirms that they are fine, but asks if they cannot land in the middle of traffic ever again. She will try, replies Blink. Suddenly, there is a rumbling sound, as the Exiles realize that now there is an earthquake occurring! A fissure opens under the railway and causes the train to derail, which scatters the Exiles.
On the cliff, the guard lauds Avalanche over his nice aim. If he wants an aftershock, replies Avalanche, it will cost extra. The other man, as he shape-shifts back to his real form, tells Avalanche to give him the tranquilizer gun and to stay out of sight. She has it under control there, says Mystique, as she presses a button on the detonator in her hand. One car of the train explodes, with Blink trapped on one side of the wreckage and the rest of the Exiles on the other side. Smoke envelopes the group, as Blink begins to search for her friends. However, in her haste to be reunited, she does not see Mystique sneak up behind her with the tranquilizer gun.
As the smoke clears, Morph asks the others if they breathed it in, because it looks like the Man-Thing’s morning breath. Sasquatch rubs her tearing eyes and tells Morph that he is lucky he has no nose. Mimic wipes his nose and thinks that his has stopped working. Sasquatch confirms that she cannot smell either. Mimic turns to Sasquatch, since she is the resident doctor, and asks if their healing factor can cope with it. Sure, says Sasquatch, but he should tell her if she starts growing a third eye just in case.
Namora flies over to the group and asks if this is why they are there. Are they to contain this train wreckage? If so, then she thinks they should do so quickly, so they can move on to a less toxic reality. Beak wipes dust off his jacket and admits that he would rather move ten tons of train wreckage than fight the Impossible Man again. Mimic agrees, but points out that only one of them can tell them what their mission is.
Speak of the devil, says Morph, as he spots the coughing Blink walk through the wreckage towards them. He asks if she is okay and Blink tells him that she hopes so, because she cannot seem to teleport anymore after breathing in the smoke. Mimic tells her that it messed up his senses and Sasquatch’s too, so hopefully it is temporary. Blink wonders why she was affected differently, but Mimic suggests that Sasquatch give her a physical after their mission. Speaking of which, what does the Tallus say?
Blink looks at the Tallus and informs the group that this is one of those missions where they help the bad guys for the greater good. They are to regroup the Brotherhood of Mutants and spring the Big “M” from prison. Morph shape-shifts into Magneto and complains that, wherever they go, the master of magnetism is always involved. Beak takes off his Xorn helmet and asks if he can sit this mission out. He was in the Brotherhood for a few seconds, so wouldn’t this be a conflict of interest? Nice try, says Mimic, who knows that Beak is making a futile excuse. If it is any comfort, these things end up differently than from how they start. This Magneto may be destined to have a change of heart. It would not be the first time.
Beak tells Mimic that he has seen Magneto go straight before. He was his teacher and Beak fell for his lies. Even when he found out who “Xorn” really was, he was in so deep he had no choice but to follow him. Been there, says Mimic. In his reality, he led the Brotherhood. Every Magneto reminds him of his mistakes, but one has to learn from those mistakes. “I guess,” says Beak. Mimic tells the group that they should check on the train crew and then asks Blink if the Tallus told her where they can find the Brotherhood members. Blink smiles and informs her team that she can lead them right to the Brotherhood.
At a bank, a teller calls for the next customer, but is left shocked to see who he is, mostly because of his size. The woman asks the man how she can help him. The Blob passes a note through the window and tells the woman that all he needs is in the note. The teller opens the note, which reads that this is a robbery and he is a bulletproof mutant. She needs to hand him over her money. Before the teller can mutter anything more than an “oh God,” a voice calls out to Blob and tells him that she would like a word with him.
The Blob turns to see Blink at the front door to the bank. He informs the girl that, whoever she is, she has lousy timing. Is he sure that he does not know her, Blink asks as her eyes glow yellow. Who else would know that he was robbing a bank today? Blob squints at Blink and asks Mystique if it is really her. During this time, the teller informs the guard of what is occurring. The guard takes out his gun and shoots the blob three times in the back. Angrily, Blob turns and reminds them that the note said he was bulletproof. Cannot they read?
The guard tells the Blob to freeze but, before he can shoot again, someone runs at super-speed and disarms him. Mimic stands next to the guard and tells Blink that she said she wouldn’t cause a scene. The guard is shocked and terrified to see Mimic, so the Exile apologizes for startling him and assures the guard that he won’t hurt him. Blob is also shocked to see Mimic and calls out his real name. Blink taps Blob on the shoulder quickly and tells him to bend over, because she needs to explain something. Blink whispers something in Blob’s ear and, when they are done, the Blob agrees to go with them. Mimic stands confused, as the guard runs away.
The three run out of the bank and Blob tells them that his van is in the back. “Blink” tells him to forget it, as they have borrowed a pick-up truck that can carry them all. He needs to sit in the back, of course. Morph, who is at the wheel, grows his ear extra big and informs his teammates that he hears sirens, so they should go. Everyone gets in and Mimic asks Blink about what she said to Blob. Blink tells him that she told him some stuff the Tallus told her to help convince the Brotherhood members. The Tallus never gave him that kind of help, Mimic says. Blink does not say anything in reply. Outside in the back, Blob tells the Exiles that if they are rounding up the Brotherhood then he knows where they can find Pyro, assuming the man is still alive.
Later on, the Blob, who is now in uniform, leads Mimic into an A.I.M. facility, where the two find themselves being shot at by dozens of A.I.M. goons. Blob laughs, as it has been a while since he had a good fight. Mimic reminds Blob not to kill and Blob tells Mimic that he knows. Maybe he should tell that to the A.I.M. guys. As the A.I.M. guards hold their ground, Mimic blasts them all away with one optic blast, as the bullets bounce of his metal skin. When the battle is over, the other Exiles come in and, with the aid of Sasquatch, Blob is able to open the door that the A.I.M. guards were guarding, so they can see what is inside.
When the doors are open, both Blob and Sasquatch are knocked down. Modok flies out and announces that the A.I.M. workers were guarding him and they gave their lives for him. Now the Exiles will die too! Morph is surprised to see Modok, of all people, but Namora runs right to the beast and tells him to die. After you, says Modok, as he knocks Namora away with an energy blast. Nobody dies today, screams Mimic, as he blasts Modok’s hover-chair, causing the big beast to fall to the ground. Mimic then kicks Modok, which causes the man to roll down the hallway. Blob smirks and tells Mimic that he thought he was a pansy now, but I guess he was wrong. Mimic tells Blob that they need to find his friend.
The Exiles enter the next room and find Pyro, strapped to a chair in the center. Pyro calls out to whoever is there. Mimic introduces the group and informs him that they have come to free him. Pyro recognizes the voice and is shocked. He asks Cal if it is really him. Blob tells Pyro to shush and puts his hand on Blink’s shoulder. The little lady will explain everything, once they are away. Mimic pops a claw out to free Pyro and simultaneously demands to know why everyone they meet reacts this way to him. He has a feeling that this world’s Mimic isn’t a nice person.
Blob begins to speak, but Blink tells him to stop. They need to finish their mission before Modok fixes his thrusters. Mimic helps Pyro up and the pyromaniac asks him what kind of mission are they on. Mimic explains that the short story is that they are supposed to gather the Brotherhood together and bust Magneto out of jail. Pyro is puzzled and tells Mimic that Magneto is dead. Are you sure, asks Mimic. The Tallus would not send them to find a dead man. They are out to free the Big “M.” Pyro tells Mimic that he is confusing him. The “M” does not stand for Magneto. Annoyed, Mimic turns to Blink and demands to know what is going on.
Blink sighs and tells Mimic that she did not tell him earlier, because she did not want to upset him, but in this reality the Brotherhood was led by none other than Calvin Rankin, a.k.a. Mimic, a.k.a. the Big M. Right now, he is in the Omega Block of the Vault, where the worst of Earth’s super-criminals are held. Unfortunately, this world needs him. This whole reality needs him. Tomorrow, they are going to bust him out and, tomorrow, they will see what Mimic would be like if Xavier had never taken him under his wing.


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The Big “M” - part 2
When the Brotherhood of Mutants used to be public enemy number one, the heat was always on him or Mystique. Sometimes, the Blob took the heat. No one ever paid much attention to Destiny. Many years later, when they were in the slammer like him or on the run, it was Destiny who was the key to their comeback. She could see into the future and knew a group of mutants outside their reality was coming to fix their broken world. They were called the Exiles, because they traveled around from one parallel world to another, fixing disasters wherever they went. They got their missions through a device on their leader, Blink. No one ever expected the Exiles wherever they went. Not until now, says the Big M.
Outside a motel, Mystique, posing as Blink, whispers into her cell phone to Avalanche that none of the Exiles have suspected her yet but, once the olfactory suppressors wear off, Sasquatch and Mimic will sniff her out. They need to move fast. They already picked up Blob and Pyro and, once Destiny and the Big M are free, the Brotherhood will be back in business.
On the other end, Avalanche sits in his apartment and tells Mystique that he hopes her friends are strong, because it is harder to break into the Vault than it is getting out. Mystique asks about Blink and Avalanche assures her that the Exile is fine. Blink is still tied up and sleeping on the couch and she will stay that way until his sedatives run out. Mystique tells Avalanche to watch the dosages. Too little and Blink will wake up and too much and she will die. If one of the Exiles dies, then another one will be sent as a replacement, which will cause her cover to be blown. Mimic walks out and Blink quickly hangs up.
Mimic asks her if she wants to go out for lunch, because Morph bet Blob that he could eat more cheeseburgers than him, so the others went out to watch. Mimic sees Blink with the cell phone and asks who in the world she could be calling. Blink tells Mimic that Blob had Avalanche on speed-dial. She called him and arranged for him to meet them at the Vault tonight. Surprised, Mimic asks if she really convinced him that easily over the phone. Quickly, Blink grabs Mimic and kisses him on the lips. She then pushes him towards the room and decides that, since everyone is at lunch, they finally have some time to themselves. Mimic is surprised to see how forward Blink is and admits that it has been a while.
At Avalanche’s place, Avalanche fills up a syringe with some more sedative, though he does not notice that Blink, who woke up during his conversation with Mystique, has teleported away. Avalanche decides that if ten milligrams kept Blink under for two hours, then a couple of more milligrams should put her out until Oprah is over. Avalanche goes into the next room and is horrified to find the couch empty and the rope that he tied Blink up with lying around. An angry Blink teleports behind Avalanche and drop kicks him. She grabs the syringe and asks if this is what he used to knock her out. Avalanche threatens to hurt Blink, but stops short when he sees that Blink has teleported the sedative out of the syringe. He then collapses to the floor. Blink tells Avalanche that she has teleported the sedative straight to his brain. “Sweet dreams, dirtbag.”
Blink asks the Tallus to give her an update, as the last thing she remembers was a train derailment. She pauses as she listens to the Tallus. Blink wonders what the Big “M” is supposed to be and tells the Tallus that it is a lousy time for riddles. Can’t it tell her where she is or where the others are. Blink sees a computer and decides to research herself. She logs out of Avalanche’s porn site and looks around the web for a search engine. She finds one and looks up information on the Big M. Blink discovers that the Big “M” is actually Mimic, who was taken down by S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers in Kansas. Blink reads that the Big M’s activities have led to the death of over ten thousand people, including former Brotherhood leader, Magneto, and mutant rights activist, Charles Xavier, as well as every student as Xavier’s school in New York! Blink is in disbelief.
At the motel, Mimic lies in bed, naked, and tells Blink, who has already redressed, that he is worried, because he knows he will not hurt any guards when they attack the Vault, but he is not so sure about Pyro and Blob. Blink tells Mimic that they went over this already. Destiny knows that they are coming, but the Big M does not. The Omega Block nullifies his powers. Once they knock out the generators, the inhibitors will go out and the Big M will come fighting out. He knows Blob and Pyro and not the rest of them, so they must be the first ones to reach him. It’s what the Tallus wants. Mimic rolls over in bed and begrudgingly agrees.
Blink comes over to the bed and turns Mimic’s face towards her. He asks her what she is looking at and Blink tells him that he is different from the Mimic in this reality. She then quickly adds that he must be, since this world’s Mimic is the reason the world fears mutants. However, her Mimic is so soft, clean and pure. Mimic removes Blink’s hand when she calls him pure and reminds her about the lives he took before he swore never again. He has not forgotten even one of them. This world can fear the Big “M” but he should be afraid of him. “Really now?” asks “Blink,” very much interested in Mimic.
That night at the Vault, the Exiles, Blob and Pyro hide out in the woods. Blink is on Blob’s cell phone and impatiently wishes that Avalanche would pick up. She realizes that something is wrong, as the man should have been there by now. What Mystique does not realize, however, is that Avalanche is fast asleep and tied up in his apartment. “Blink” hangs up and tells the others that she hoped Avalanche could crack open the jail with an earthquake, but it seems that they will have to take out the electrics the hard way. Nearby, Morph eyes Blink and asks Sasquatch in a low voice if it is just him or has Blink been acting off lately. Sasquatch adds that she smells off too, though she at first thought it was the fumes she inhaled at the train wreck. Now she is not so sure.
Outside the door to the Omega Block section, the real Blink teleports herself inside. She stands against the wall, as the large door opens and two guards come out, one complaining about a headache. The other guard tells him that the cybernetic interface takes awhile to get used to. He shouldn’t let the inmates catch on, though, as they prey on the weak guards. Blink watches the guards leave and, as the door is about to close, she quickly rushes in. Inside, she tells the Tallus that she hopes it is right.
She walks down the corridor and sees several prisoners, including the Rhino and Mr. Hyde. Rhino demands that Blink tells the guards that he is hungry, while Hyde asks her to come closer so he can see her better. Blink goes down to the last cell, where the Big “M” resides. The man tells Blink that she is no groupie. Is she one of the government’s pet telepaths? Neither one, says Blink. She is Blink and she came to make sure he does not get out.
The Big M gets up, shirtless and covered in tattoos. He laughs and tells Blink that he was planning on staying in tonight. She might want to plan on staying too, as she doesn’t have a staff badge, so he knows she came in here illegally. He points to the panels on the ceiling and informs Blink that those are power inhibitors. Whatever powers she has no longer work. In the Omega Block, they are all Homo inferior.
Blink tells the Big M that she knows the schematics. She read them at Avalanche’s place after she wiped the floor with him. Impressed, the Big M tells Blink that maybe, if she rates as an Omega Cell, they can get to know one another. Blink tells him that she already knows him. Besides, once the mission is over she will move on whether she is locked up or not. The Big M questions what she means, but the whole facility is rocked by a blast. Blink tells the Big M not to get too excited, but she thinks his rescue party just showed up.
Outside, “Blink” and the others take on the guards, as Namora trashes the generator and they begin to work their way inside. Even Beak stands ready with his bat. Blink orders Blob and Pyro to get inside the building, while Mimic reminds all that no one dies tonight. Pyro blasts two guards with flames and asks if Mimic said no one dies or no one fries. Blob knocks two more guards away and asks if Mimic really thinks they came here to play pattycake. Mimic angrily rushes to the two villains, despite Blink’s protests.
As the guards drain the emergency power reserves, the Big M asks Blink what her mutants powers are. Wouldn’t you like to know, responds Blink with much attitude. The Big M feels some familiar feelings, as he realizes the inhibitors just went off-line. He smiles and tells Blink that he will try her powers for himself. The Big M then teleports out of his cell and in front of Blink, who responds with a kick to the side of his head. Mimic tells Blink that she should not have done that, as he wouldn’t have hurt her. His body erupts with energy as he mimics Cannonball’s powers from when he met the boy at Xavier’s school. Blink tries to teleport Mimic away, but finds her arrows cannot get past the field.
Mimic finishes off the rest of the inhibitors with the powers of Magneto and then uses Xavier’s telepathy to read Blink’s mind. He tells the girl not to resist or else she will shred her mind. He then goes in her head to find out who she is and what she wants with him. In seconds, the Big M learns all there is to know about the Exiles, especially about the most prominent member in Blink’s mind: a sugar-coated version of the Big M. The Big M learns that Blink’s Mimic is gentle, generous and nice. Those are thinks that the Big M isn’t thanks to the rotten hand life dealt him. Hell, Mimic even deferred leadership to Blink. Mimic tells Blink go and accuses her of having her Mimic whipped.
As the other Mimic attacks Blob and Pyro to stop them from hurting the guards, the Big M recalls how he used to go over all the “what if” scenarios in his life. What if he was born rich? What if he had a decent education? Now he knows what happened to all his lucky breaks. This other Mimic got them all. Now it is time to collect. A rumbling sound causes the fight between Mimic and Pyro to end. Mimic is confused, as he thought Avalanche could not make it. Suddenly, the Big M flies out of a hole he made in the wall and grabs Mimic by the neck.
The Big M tells Mimic that he makes him sick. Blink thinks that he is better than him just, because Mimic had the dumb luck to be born on a better world than him. However, when the Big M erases every good memory he has then they will see what kind of man Mimic really is. The Big M reaches into Mimic’s mind and finds more than he bargained for. Mimic had no loving parents or a privileged upbringing. He had no silver spoon. He was dirt-poor with an exact background as the Big M. Their lives were exactly the same until one point: right up to when Xavier invited him to his school. The Big M releases Mimic and is astounded. That was the only difference? Mimic said yes and the Big M spit in Xavier’s face?
Not quite, says Mimic. The Exile mimics the Big M’s telepathy and shows him the rest of his life. It turns out that Mimic’s life was harder than the Big M expected. As an Exile, he faced daily impossible odds and choices where billions of lives hanged in the balance. He was forced to deceive and kill and destroy with his bare hands. Then one day, he realized that if he sank lower he would never get back up. He drew the line somewhere, despite the fate of other worlds. He swore never to kill again.
Sometime in the future:
The Big M stands in front of his class in Xavier’s school, high above Earth in orbit on Avalon. With Blob, Avalanche, Mystique, Destiny and Pyro with him, all dressed in the blue and gold X-Men uniforms, the Big M finishes his story of how the Exiles changed his life. That day his whole life turned around. When his mind touched Mimic’s mind, he lived his experiences. His vow to cherish life became the Big M’s vow. He got his second chance to say yes to Xavier. That is why he founded this school and gave that second chance to all these students.
What happened to the Exiles? They accomplished their mission of changing him. After that, they “blinked” away to the next reality that needed saving. After that, he rededicated the Brotherhood to make the Earth a better place like Xavier wanted. It hasn’t been easy and the world is far from perfect, but there are worse possibilities. Believe him, he’s seen them.


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Living Planet - part 1
Deep within the halls of Avengers Mansion, a more commando-looking Captain America addresses his team of mighty heroes, consisting of Hawkeye, a female Iron Man, a female Yellowjacket and the might Thor, who wears golden armor and has a flowing golden beard with some braids in it. Captain America shows the Avengers video images of blue and purple humanoid creatures with hexagon-shaped heads, attacking innocents and destroying property all around the world. Captain America announces to the team that they have to face the facts: Earth is trying to kill humanity!
Reluctant to believe such an idea, Hawkeye asks Cap how he can expect them to believe that the Earth is responsible for these latest attacks. Cap tells Hawkeye to think about it for a moment. These monsters have appeared all around the world targeting sites only involved in oil production, logging, strip-mining and any thing else environmentally unfriendly. Eyewitnesses claim that these creatures have come out of the rock, wind and water. Does that sound familiar? It should. Six months ago, Ego, the Living Planet, attacked Earth and his antibodies are almost identical to these creatures attacking now. When the Fantastic Four and their cosmic allies forced Ego to retreat they all missed something important.
Cap has the computer play a video of the fight against Ego and has it magnify a certain part of the clip where a chunk of Ego fell into the South China Sea. Can it be a coincidence that the attacks began in that region? Ego has infected their world and now Earth is developing its own mind. Maybe that is how Ego reproduces. As for humanity, Earth thinks that they are now fleas and wants to scratch them out. Thor tells Captain America that he is no insect and asks how he plans on fighting Earth itself. Cap is not sure and he would have called Reed Richards, had the Fantastic Four not have gone missing. So, he had to ask someone else on Earth who is just as smart as Mister Fantastic. With that said, the door to the room opens and Doctor Doom enters!
Cap sighs and welcomes the ruler of Latveria. The other Avengers get ready for battle, but Doctor Doom tells them to stand down for he has come in peace. He has as much to lose as any of them, so today they shall have a truce - for if they do not pool their efforts they will all die. However, if the Avengers listen to him and follow him, they will succeed where Reed Richards and his family have failed. They will stop the global metamorphosis and prevent Earth from devouring her young.
At Pleasant Hills Nuclear Power Plant, tourists and personnel alike run for their lives, as Earth’s antibodies destroy the facility and attack the people. Suddenly, a tear in reality opens, as the Exiles teleport into the new reality. Morph shapes his head into an exclamation mark and supposes that they don’t have to look far for trouble this time. Quickly, Blink orders her team to get the civilians out of harm’s way and they will sort things out later. As Mimic flies Blink away, the others engage their foes. Namora quickly discovers that the antibodies are stronger than they look. Sasquatch punches one antibody back into dirt and arrogantly asks Namora how they can be tough when they are just soil. In response, an antibody grab’s Sasquatch’s head and slams it into the ground.
The other antibodies see the battle and turn to the Exiles. Now we have done it, mutters Beak. Done what, Morph asks. Beak replies that they have got their attention now. The antibodies quickly surround the six Exiles and Beak wonders if they can reason with them. Mimic doubts it and informs the group that the antibodies don’t speak or think. They are just mindless drones. Considering they are made out of dirt, he doesn’t even think that they are alive. Blink hopes that Mimic is right, as she has gotten to like his no killing rule.
Beak then leaps over the Exiles and throws three arrows at three antibodies and teleports them away. She then gracefully leaps all around the antibodies, throwing more arrows to teleport all the attackers away. The other Exiles stand in awe; even Namora is impressed at Blink and calls her remarkable. Beak tells the others that he did not know she could move like that. “That’s my girl,” says Mimic with a smile on his face.
Mimic walks up to Blink and asks her where she sent the antibodies. Won’t they just harass people wherever they appear next? Not likely, says Blink, as the antibodies she teleported all emerge into outer space. A man in a suit accompanied by his assistant approach the Exiles and admits that he does not know who they are, but he thanks the Heavens that they showed up. He introduces himself as Kirk Brasington, the plant manager. He then tells the Exiles that he doesn’t want them to take this the wrong way, but why did they show up anyway? Mimic turns to Blink, wanting to know the same thing, and asks her what the Tallus says. Blink listens to the Tallus for a moment and then tells the others that she knows the latest mission, but would rather not repeat it in mixed company.
Blink apologizes to Mr. Brasington for not being able to tell him too much, but they operate in secret – for national security. Easily duped by Blink’s lie of working with the government, Mr. Brasington assumes that the Exiles are some sort of Black Ops super-team. Blink does not confirm nor deny and hopes he understands why they cannot tell him anything else. Mr. Brasington happily complies with the Exiles and takes them into his plant. The other Exiles follow, though Namora insists on floating with the group instead of walking. Mr. Brasington tells the group that there is plenty of coffee and food, unless the antibodies destroyed it all. He knows it is not much of a thank you. Morph, wearing a haz-mat suit, thanks the man, as he hasn’t had a good cup of coffee in a while.
As they enter the cafeteria, Blink asks the man what the monsters were. Mr. Brasington was hoping Blink would know, but if the Fantastic Four could not stop them then maybe no one can. Interested, Namora asks the intimidated Mr. Brasington what happened to the Fantastic Four. Confused as how she could not know, Mr. Brasington asks the Exiles where they have been. Classified, says Blink. Could he just tell them what he knows?
Brasington informs the group that when the attacks started a month ago the Fantastic Four thought they could solve the problems. For some reason that they never explained, the solution involved them going underground to the Earth’s core or something like that. They used the tunnels that the Mole Man used to live in and they haven’t been seen since. It has been all over the news and the media doesn’t even talk about anything else.
Brasington turns on the television, which shows a live report in the streets of a city where the Fantastic Four were last seen. It seems that there is now going to be a second attempt to go underground, but this time it is an alliance between the Avengers and the controversial Doctor Doom. That is what the Tallus meant, says Blink, as she now understands her mission. Heather asks Blink about the mission. Blink then informs the group that they have to stop the Avengers and Doctor Doom.
In a city, the Avengers stand over the hole to the tunnel the Fantastic Four were last seen entering. Doctor Doom stands by his drilling vehicle, while thousands of citizens watch behind police barricades. Captain America approaches Doom and tells the man that they have trusted him this far but, like Reagan said to Gorbachev, “Trust, but verify.” Doom tells Cap to spare him the Americanisms and state what he means. What he means, says Cap, is that the Avengers are not going anywhere until Doom explains exactly what his machine does. Doom is disappointed that the heroes haven’t deduced it by now. The problem is that the Earth is self-aware. His Metakirlian Imploder will destroy any burgeoning intelligence within Earth before it can kill them all.
Captain America turns to Iron Man, who runs a voice scan, which confirms Doom speaks the truth, but he might have calibrated his own armor to modulate his speech. Hawkeye, reluctant to believe again, asks Cap if it is a little too much to lobotomize the Earth. Cap admits that it bothers him. He turns to Doom and tells him that there must be a better way. Doom tells Cap that there is no time for weakness. While they argue, the human race is dying. Suddenly, a portal opens and the Exiles teleport through. Thor at first thinks this is part of Doom’s plan, but Doom reveals that he has no clue who the new arrivals are.
Blink apologizes for alarming the heroes and villain, but they did not come to start trouble. They are the Exiles and they want to help. Cap stops the heroes and tells them that he appreciates the gesture, but this is no time for a rookie hero team to step in. Blink tells Cap that they are not rookies, but the Avenger tells her that he has never heard of the Exiles, so they must be newcomers. That means they need to move to the other side of the barricade and let the Avengers to their job. Angered, Namora is about to approach Captain America, but Blink orders her to stand down. Blink tells Captain America that what she has to say will be difficult to swallow, but he must believe her. What he is about to do will probably end the life of every one on Earth. Life is already in danger, Captain America says. They cannot just stand around.
Iron Man walks up to Blink and asks what she knows about their mission that they don’t. Has she been spying on Doom or does she have a crystal ball stashed around. Blink shows Iron Man her Tallus and explains that it warns her when a timeline has been damaged and what needs to be done to fix it. Doom does not take Blink seriously and complains that it is bad enough a child challenges his wisdom, but he won’t listen to such garbage. He presses a button on his glove, which activates his drill machine. Doom tells the heroes to argue amongst themselves, while he will stop the end of humanity. Doom is about to enter the tunnel when Namora flies before him and tells him that she killed him once before and can do it again.
Captain America is confused on Namora’s meaning and Beak immediately realizes that they are going to fight again. Doom tells Namora to move or die, but Blink won’t let her do that as she teleports away Doom’s machine. Doom blasts Namora and Sasquatch, as he accuses Blink of dooming them all. Blink orders Namora to keep Doom away from the hole, as Iron Man and Thor take on Sasquatch and Captain America and Hawkeye take on Mimic. Beak stands scared with his bat; while Morph sprays Yellowjacket with a gas she immediately realizes isn’t bug spray like she thought. Morph informs her that it is a frozen burrito smell.
Within moments, Hawkeye notices that the antibodies are climbing out of the hole. Thor warns his teammates, as he uses Mjolnir to destroy one creature, but another one punches him in the back of the head. An antibody grabs Beak and drags him into the hole, as he screams for help. As Hawkeye gets knocked out, Captain America orders everyone to retreat. Doom gets surrounded and curses everyone for dooming them all. Blink is grabbed by one antibody, but teleports away, as she sees all her teammates being dragged into the hole. She reappears on the ground and is about to teleport Sasquatch to safety when she notices something.
Sasquatch asks Blink why she isn’t freeing her, as she is taken underground. Blink tells Sasquatch to look at the other antibodies. They are waving at her to come down. She thinks it might be okay. They seem to be invited to come along. Cap, who is still fighting the antibodies, tells Blink that she does not know what is down there. Doom tells Blink to destroy herself if she wants, but first she must give back his Imploder. As Blink jumps down the hole after her teammates, Cap screams that she doesn’t have to die in vain. Blink calls back that she doesn’t plan on dying at all; or at least not today.
In the tunnel, Blink sees her freed teammates and is happy to learn that she was right. Mimic sees that the antibodies want them to walk with them ahead, so the Exiles follow, though Morph quickly loses sight, as it is too dark. Namora can still see, though, as she is used to the ocean depths. Mimic orders everyone to stay together. After walking a while, Namora complains about the heat, but Blink notices a light ahead. The Exiles reach what looks like a giant brain in the Earth! Mimic announces that he can feel the half-formed thoughts and raw emotions from the brain. Morph notices a little shelter stuck in the brain. It looks like the Fantastic Four’s Fantasticar. The Exiles spot two figures outside the car, who call out to them.
Morph uses binoculars to see who they are and realizes that the two are the Human Torch and the Invisible Woman. Blink calls out to the two and informs them that everyone on the surface think that they are dead. The Invisible Woman apologizes and explains that they had to stay down here once they arrived. The Exiles will soon learn why. Blink is about to introduce the team, but Sue tells Blink that Reed was listening to them when they spoke to the Avengers. From down here, questions Blink. Sue suggests that it would be better if Reed explained things and escorts them into the small Fantasticar.
Inside, the Exiles see the Thing and Reed Richards, the latter appearing to have the Earth’s brain synapses’ connected to his head. Reed thanks Blink for stopping Doom’s machine, as he does not know how much damage would have occurred if the Fantastic Four would have had to fight him down here. Blink is worried over the situation and asks Reed if he is okay. He is fine, though not very mobile at the moment. As the Exiles see, he is linked to the Earth’s mind in order to guide it through the process of becoming self-aware. That is how he monitored their appearance on the surface. He even gained control of some antibodies, like the ones that escorted them here. However, he still has to convince Earth not to exterminate humanity, but he is afraid time is up. The Exiles stand surprised as Reed explains that he can feel him coming closer, at supra-light speed. Ego, the Living Planet, is coming back and his deadliest enemies are right behind him!