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Inside Warden Forge's office at the Danger Room Prison complex, where Forge and Betsy Braddock a.k.a. Psylocke of Department X watch several monitors that display various parts of the prison. Forge tells Psylocke that, despite some trouble adjusting, Lucas Bishop hasn't shown any aggression toward the staff, which makes him feel hopeful for his eventual rehabilitation. Psylocke reminds Forge that Bishops relationship with Jean Grey not only broke the rules, but could set a dangerous example and precendent – so he had to be removed, for the safety of everyone. Forge tells Psylocke that Bishop does not seem beyond redemption. 'Maybe so' Psylocke replies, before looking closely at one of the monitors and telling Forge that using times when the inmates are least on their guard to monitor for progress is brilliant. Psylocke adds that she is not completely opposed to discussing Forge's general observations with the rest of Department X, and suggests that it might do some good in terms of prevention.
Psylocke then turns to Forge and reminds him that is not why he is here – that is not what this institution is for. Forge remains silent, before agreeing 'No. No, it's not'. Psylocke tells Forge that he does important work here, and asks if he has forgotten that. 'Of course not. My work is my life' Forge replies, adding that to serve the needs of the whole by sheltering those unfit to partake of the great harmony of their way of life. He admits that he understands his ideas are an indulgence and assures Psylocke that he is grateful to be able to try to alleviate the suffering of his charges. Psylocke turns to leave the office as she reminds Forge that Lucas Bishop knew what he was doing, that he chose to live a life that was counter to everything their society stands for. She adds that Bishop is smart, and warns Forge that he will try to lure him into a false sense of security. 'Don't fall for his mind games, understood?' she asks. 'Understood' Forge replies, hanging his head.
Forge looks over at a large filing cabinet, with drawers labelled “intake”, “records”, “incident reports”, “re-education program” and “discharge”. He opens the records drawer and pulls out Bishop's file. He makes some notes in the file, and then returns it to the cabinet – into the re-education program drawer. Forge closes the cabinet, and looks at the monitors.
Outside, in the yard, guards monitor the mutant prisoners, while several black birds fly overhead. A group of winged mutants are playing a game of volleyball against some other mutants, which Bishop suddenly interrupts, announcing that he needs their attention for just a second. 'Is he serious? As if we'd talk to one of them?' the mutant with black wings and tattoos on his face and arms remarks to another winged mutant, who replies 'Anything to break the monotony of this place'. Bishop assures the other prisoners that he won't bother them for long. 'Just wanted to know if -' he begins, before the mutant with the tattoos snatches a note from Bishop's hand. 'Hey!' Bishop exclaims. 'What's this garbage?' the mutant with the tattoos asks. 'Perhaps he wants us to throw it away  for him?' the other winged mutant suggests.
'Incoming!' the mutant with the tattoos shouts as he screws the note up and hurls it across the yard. He and his companions burst into laughter, while Bishop walks over to pick the note up, 'What the #$%#&%' he mutters, while a female prisoner with curly hair picks the note up and wipes her nose with it. 'Whoops, was that yours?' she asks as she tosses the note over her shoulder. Bishop walks on after the note, but another mutant with red hair has already picked it up and tossed it further away. 'Looking for something?' she asks. 'Seriously?' Bishop frowns as he continues on after the note. 'What is wrong with you people?' Bishop asks, while a blue-skinned mutant with large horns picks the note up and rips it in two. 'Only what you people did to us' the blue-skinned mutant replies. Bishop walks over to the blue-skinned mutant, but the mutant with red hair kicks him in the face, knocking him to the ground. 'We know who you are. You're one of them – the frickin' X-Men!' she exclaims. 'We don't wanna see you around again, big man. Buh-bye' the woman with curly hair warns Bishop, who lies on the ground, near the torn note, and tells himself to take a deep breath and let it go, to keep moving.
Bishop enters the common room, where other inmates are sitting around tables, watched over by several guards. Lorna Dane a.k.a. Polaris looks up as Bishop approaches her. He tells her that it has been a real long day, but he just wants to ask her a question. Lorna turns back to the book she is reading, 'Uh, are you flipping the pages with your nose?' Bishop asks. 'Don't take for granted all the abilities you have' Lorna replies, while hugging herself. 'What?' Bishop replies, before holding up the torn note and telling her that he is just trying to find out who slipped him this note. Lorna stands up and tells Bishop that it is good to see his fall from grace hasn't tempered his cruelty. 'What the hell is your problem?' the confused Bishop asks as Lorna, still hugging herself, walks past him, unresponsive. 'Could be the whole “you being responsible for her being here” thing' Gabby Kinney calls out. Bishop turns to her, 'Excuse me?' he asks. Gabby tells him that everyone knows the X-Men were the ones to bring Polaris down, and that whatever went down was so bad that Polaris lost half her marbles.
Bishop assures Gabby that he has never met Polaris before, that none of that is possible. Gabby makes the signal for crazy by rotating her finger around the side of her head, and informs Bishop that she remembers that day, and that is why Polaris walks around like she does, convinced she is in a  straightjacket because someone told her that when she woke up. 'May have been me, but to be fair, I didn't think she'd actually believe me' Gabby admits. Bishop turns and walks away from Gabby, who pulls a face at him. 'Keep walking, buddy' an elderly man  sitting at a table with Polaris tells Bishop, who leaves the common room.
Bishop enters the mess hall, where Hank McCoy the Beast is mopping the floors. Bishop tells Hank that he knows they started off on the wrong foot – but before he can say anything else, Beast turns to him and punches him in the stomach. 'Once again, I get wind of you irritating some of my people – and once again I feel I should be clear on my stance regarding that!' the Beast snarls as he attempts a second punch, but Bishop steps back, dodging the second attack, he shouts 'Relax!' as he grabs the Beast's arm and twists it backwards, assuring McCoy that he is not looking for any trouble. The Beast breaks free of Bishop's grasp and forces him to the floor, shoving his elbow into Bishop's stomach, 'Then you came to the absolute wrong place!' the Beast declares. He prepares to slam his fist into Bishop, but Bishop quickly moves to the side, evading the attack. 'Will. You. Stop?' Bishop asks as he attempts to kick the Beast, who leaps into the air, dodging Bishop's foot. The Beast tells Bishop that what he is failing to grasp is that they are no longer on the outside, so he has no authority in here. 'In fact... you are at the bottom of the food chain!' the Beast announces as he drops down onto Bishop, who grabs the Beast's foot and slams him into the ground, 'ENOUGH!' Bishop shouts.
'Like I said, that's en-' Bishop begins, but the Beast reaches up with his legs, wraps them around Bishop's neck and flips him to the ground. 'Impressive, for an elite' the Beast remarks, before declaring that he says when it is enough. 'Is this all there is? Is this really who you are, McCoy? Who we are?' Bishop asks, his torn note falling to the floor. The Beast stands up and rubs the back of his neck, 'What else do you think there is in here, Mr Bishop?' he asks. Bishop sits up and rubs his head, telling the Beast that there has to be more – otherwise, what is the point of it all? The Beast sits down opposite Bishop and tells him that if he looks for meaning in the world he will be sorely disappointed, and that meaning may better be likened to intentions – personal, driven by internal operations others cannot ever see. 'You arrived here in Hades, your road paved with your grandest of intentions'.
The Beast tells Bishop that they all know who he is, and what he represents. The Beast picks up the torn note and looks at it, while informing Bishop that the person he seeks is not him – and he doesn't know this handwriting. The Beast hands the note to Bishop, who asks him why he is suddenly helping him. The Beast explains that this place is built on a foundation of struggle, and it is quicksand – greedy and heavy. He adds that the rule of strength and dominance is what they want to see, so he gives it to them to survive. The Beast turns back to his mop and bucket and tells Bishop that they both know he could tear him apart like cheap paper if he wanted, and adds that it costs him nothing to find out how far Bishop is willing to go to survive or to win. Beast suggests to Bishop that he stop asking his questions so loudly – or the wrong people will answer them. 'Right. Thanks for the concern, I guess' Bishop replies as he gets to his feet, while Beast kicks the door open and leaves the mess hall.
In one of the hallway areas outside the cells, Dani Moonstar leans against a stairwell, while two other mutants are nearby, talking. 'What did the fish sat when it bumped its head?' a guy with short hair and glasses asks. 'Uh -' a woman with blue hair begins to reply, but the guy cuts her off, 'Dam! Haha, get it?' he asks. 'I need new friends' the woman with blue hair mutters, before Bishop approaches them. 'We don't want any trouble, right, Julia?' the guy with glasses asks. Bishop tells them to relax, that he isn't going to hurt them. The woman with blue hair addresses her companion as Leo and tells him that they are going. Dani looks at Bishop and he tells her that it has been a very long day.
Dani asks Bishop if he wants to talk about it, so he leans against the stairwell next to her, images of Beast, Polaris and Gabby flood his mind – of how they look as he remembers them. He tells Dani that his memories are inconsistent all the time, that he remembers things that never happened. He adds that he has nightmares and waking dreams of these other places and people who are familiar, but also strangers. 'Even I'm different in them' he explains, as he sees himself.
Bishop then pulls the note out of his pocket and shows it to Dani. He reads the note out loud: “The dream is real, the reality false! GET OUT!” and asks her what it even means. Dani looks at the note and apologizes to Bishop – she doesn't know who wrote it, and even looking at it gives her the chills. Dani hands the note back to Bishop and tells him that the world he speaks about, she thinks she remembers it, and that this is the one that feels like a dream or a sick fairy tale. 'There is something here, filling our minds with all this. I can feel it'. Dani adds that sometimes she looks away and she starts to remember the truth.
Wicked laughter fills the corridor, and Dani hangs her head as she tells Bishop that things were different – they were different – she remembers a world where family and friendship, where love, was the goal and not the enemy. Memories of herself alongside several other young mutants – Cannonball, Sunspot, Magik, Karma and Wolfsbane appear, before Dani looks up at Bishop and reveals that she remembers Nate Grey – but not the way everyone else seems to.
Bishop puts a hand on Dani's shoulder as Dani tells him that she remembers a life that was so different – and then this. 'Sometimes I wonder if this isn't a final judgment for the life we led' Dani adds. Bishop tells Dani that this isn't of much comfort, but he doubts that, as there is too much of a narrative to be anything but real life. A woman with short blonde hair appears on the steps above Bishop and Dani as Bishop tells Dani that she is right, that something is off about this place – and he is going to find out what. The laughter fills the corridor again, and Bishop asks Dani if she hears it, adding that it seems like he can't get away from this damn laughing. The blonde woman approaches them, 'Fancy seeing you here, Lucas. Moonstar? Interesting' she remarks. 'You again. Who are you?' Bishop asks, while Dani utters that she has to go, that she can't be here. The laughter ripples around, as Dani turns and begins to run away, despite Bishop calling out after her. 'Was it something I said?' the woman with the short hair and a large “M” over her right eye smirks.
Back in his office, Forge is writing in a file, when a masked guard enters. Forge looks up at the guard. There is silence, before Forge narrows his eyes and tells the guard 'Do it'. The guard then leaves the office, and Forge returns to writing in the file.
Bishop follows the mystery blonde woman into the common room and tells her that he doesn't know what history she has with Dani, but she is going to leave her alone. 'Really? That's how it is?' the mystery woman responds. 'Yeah.  That's how it is' Bishop tells her. The blonde woman stops walking and puts a hand on Bishop's face, 'You don't even know where you are, and you're making decrees?' she points out, suggesting that, at least he is consistent that way. She then holds the note up, after removing it from Bishop's pocket, much to Bishops surprise. 'How did you -' he begins. The mysterious woman tells Bishop that, in an unexpected twist of events, she doesn't know who left this for him – and considering she knows everything about this place, that is impressive. 'One of the rare instances that my attention is elsewhere' she supposes. She then tells Bishop that whoever left this is right – not that it makes a difference to him. 'We've got our eye on you, and there is no hiding from that' she remarks.
'Who the hell is “we”?' Bishop asks. He then asks the woman who she is, and why they have the same mark on their faces. 'Not the time for questions, Lucas' the woman replies, as suddenly, a double of Bishop appears from the shadows. This Bishop wears the Xavier Security Enforcers costume, and strides over and punches Bishop in the face. 'You look like you could use some you time to think on things' the mystery woman suggests. The Bishop double readies a punch, but Bishop drops down and forces his other self to the ground. Bishop realizes that he is fighting himself, 'What is this – who are you?' he asks, his hand around his other self's throat. 'All those possibilities in your shiny head, and you can't take a guess?' the other Bishop smirks. 'Yo, my head ain't shiny, Jheri Curl' a voice calls out. Bishop turns to find another version of himself wearing black pants and a silver chest plate moving towards him. 'Shiny is better than ashy, cueball' the third Bishop remarks, while Bishop blocks his kick.
Bishop trips the third Bishop up, and elbows the second Bishop in the face, 'Getting tired of this!' he exclaims, before smashing the third Bishop's face into the floor. 'Who are you people? What is happening here?' bishop asks, before he is punched in the face by a fourth Bishop, this one is bald and wears a black costume with a large white M on the chest, and has one arm covered in armor, while a fourth Bishop in a blue and yellow costume with large gloves and shoulder pads stands nearby. 'This is getting out of hand!' Bishop calls out as he falls back through the prison. 'You trying to be funny?' one of the Bishops asks. Reality around them appears to warp, as Bishop looks up, he finds himself surrounded by five versions of himself. 'This can't be real' he remarks. 'Real enough' one of them calls back as the five Bishops close in. The ground around them breaks off into an asteroid that floats through a strange realm, 'Lights out for you, big man' one of the other Bishops declares.
And shortly, a speechless, disorientated Bishop is taken into his cell by two of the Danger Room prison guards, while the torn note can be seen sticking out from under Bishop's pillow.


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The Danger Room prison complex, where Danielle “Dani” Moonstar sits in her cell. She closes her eyes and thinks of Nate Grey. She sees him in her mind, and suddenly gasps, opening her eyes, she leaves her cell.
In another cell, Bishop is talking to someone through the wall. He tells them that he remembers the day Hope Summers died, what her sacrifice did for them all. He adds that he remembers watching as mutantkind finally found a way to not just survive, but thrive in the world – and that he remembers falling in love like it was the truth. 'But none of that is right, is it?' he asks.
A barefoot Gabby Kinney carries an empty tray towards the end of the line in the prison mess hall, only she’s wearing what appears to be a school uniform rather than the standard green prison jumpsuit she closes her eyes, and her mind wanders back to being inside a museum alongside X-23, where they robbed some precious jewels. 'Can't believe these museum types just leave fancy jewelry lying around' she said to X-23. Dani appears next to Gabby, who pinches her nose and utters 'Wha – ugh. My head!'
Bishop remarks that memories are a funny thing and are dependent on so many variables – state of mind, perspective and how you are able to perceive. Timeline is another, as memories can be altered after the fact – by your mood, by other people, either intentionally or accidentally. He adds that it has taken him a while to understand why he had all these conflicting memories – but he gets it now.
Gabby takes a seat at one of the partitioned tables and begins to eat her good, when suddenly, she is overcome by a pain, and touches her face, while remembering sitting across from X-23 at a table, eating a stack of pancakes while Jonathan the Unstoppable sat on the table next to her. She remembers telling X-23 – Laura – that Jonathan thinks they need rocky road to go with their pancakes. Jonathan looks confused, while Laura tells Gabby that she draws the line at ice cream for breakfast. 'My head!' Gabby screams as she stands up and pushes her chair backwards, striking a prisoner with blue hair and a large beastly arm that was walking behind her. 'Hey, watch it!' the other mutant exclaims as she drops her tray. 'You're doing this. Frickin' psychics always figuring out how to mess with us!' Gabby snarls.
Bishop tells the person on the other side of his cell walls that he has an advantage when it comes to sorting through the kind of mess, as his events and knowledge etch themselves into his brain the way information is written on a hard drive – but for other people, memories are emotions, for him they are transcriptions. He explains that part of it comes with the whole time-traveling territory, that his brain adapts to the timeline, reorienting itself, which is lucky, too, because otherwise he would have gone insane, adding that it took a while, but things are starting to settle in his head now.
'What? No, I just -' the prisoner with the blue hair and strange arm remarks, holding her hands up, but Gabby lunges towards her, 'Gonna make you stop!' Gabby snarls as she throws a punch, but the other girl's large hand blocks the attack. 'If I had my powers!' Gabby exclaims. 'You're crazy!' the other girl tells her, while Moonstar and several other mutants gather around. 'I'll show you crazy' Gabby declares as she drops to the ground and extends her leg, kicking the other girl to the ground. Gabby gets back to her feet and mutters that she doesn't care if this collar blocks her healing factor. 'Totally worth it' she boasts as she pops her claws, spraying blood from her knuckles, she leers down at the other mutant.
But as Gabby moves forward, the other mutant moves backwards, and Gabby's claws pierce the ground. 'Gabby! Stop!' Dani calls out, while she stands in front of the other girl, who exclaims that she didn't do anything. Dani calls the other girl Julia and assures her that she has her, and that it is okay. 'You're making me see lies! Get out of my head!' a furious Gabby exclaims as she bares her blood-covered claws, while a memory of standing in front of three blonde girls who look the same fills her mind. 'Um...' Gabby begins, as she turns around when Hank McCoy a.k.a. Beast puts his hand on her shoulder.
Bishop continues, explaining that it was Dani who really got things on track, and that being around her triggered something in his head. He adds that it helps that Dani confirmed there is something off here. Bishop remarks that even out there things weren't quite right – but in here, it is just wrong, like whatever he was seeing was off somehow. Misaligned or ill-fitting, even.
Gabby looks up at the Beast, who tells her to ease down. Gabby and other prisoners appear in green pants and matching tunics now, save for Dani, who appears in a knee-length purple sleeveless dress. The Beast warns Gabby that if she pushes this they will throw her in solitary. He informs her that he has been there often, and would suggest she doesn't visit it. 'Fine, Hank. Whatever' Gabby replies, throwing her arms up, she retracts her claws. Several guards including a female guard with red hair rush into the mess hall, 'Back away slowly!' the female guard instructs Gabby, who points out that she already put her claws away, so they can relax. The Beast tells the guards to lower their weapons and remarks that this won't happen again. 'Right. Yeah, no problem' the blue-haired mutant, Julia, responds.
But the guards don't agree, and one of them shouts 'Hands up', while the continue to aim their weapons at the mutants. 'They're up already, $#%&#%$' Gabby replies. 'I mean, sure. No problem' she mutters, before one of them instructs her to get to medical. 'No frickin' way. I hate medical' Gabby complains. The Beast tells the guards that he will escort her there himself. 'Fine' Gabby mumbles, folding her arms. The guards then lead Gabby and the Beast away, with Gabby telling them that Julia started it, and that it isn't her fault she finished it. Dani tells Julia to take deep breaths and that Alice will take care of her. The female guard, Alice, puts a hand on Alice's shoulder and tells her that she is going to be okay, that they will get her some juice and sit down.
In the cell next to Bishop, a response comes from the unseen inmate: 'Off?' they ask. 'Having experienced all the things you have, the way you talk about reality is almost a joke. What is reality to a time-traveler, huh?' they ask. Bishop replies that the definition of truth is the actual state of a matter – like memories, though, truth is completely dependent on circumstance, so he lets the timeline take care of telling him which truth is relevant.
In the medical facility, the Beast stands in a doorway and watches as a doctor checks on Gabby, who sits on an examination table. The Beast hangs his head, and remembers being in a lab himself, hunched over a microscope and discovering something fascinating. He then remembers being atop a building, roaring and attacking helicopters that flew towards him. 'Something's wrong here, Hank' Dani remarks as she approaches the Beast. 'What was your first clue, Moonstar?' Hank asks. Dani looks up at Hank and tells him that she remembers being angry, almost all the time, that it was a huge part of her, even when she learned to channel it into something more productive – but now, there is this empty space where her fire used to be, and there are pieces of her missing, and it doesn't make sense.
The Beast looks over and watches as the doctor sews up Gabby's wounds while asking Dani 'Isn't that the mission statement here? Replacing maladaptive behaviors with calm and harmonious ones'. He tells Dani that it sounds like this place is working for her. 'Lucky you' he remarks. The Beast takes Dani's hands in her own as Dani asks him 'Tell me you don't think that there's something inside your head, twisting things, changing who you are to the core'. The Beast looks down at Dani's hands and tells her that is just it – he can't think, for whenever he attempts to contemplate anything more complicated than his next meal, his mind gets so flooded with rage. 'Except when I'm around you. Why?' Hank asks. 'I -' Dani begins to reply, before they hear someone shout 'NO! LEAVE  ME ALONE!'
It's Lorna Dane a.k.a. Polaris, who is wearing a straight-jacket inside the common room. She looks in anguish, as memories flood her mind. She remembers being attacked by the X-Men – Colossus, Nightcrawler, Nature girl, Jen Grey, Storm, X-23 and Nate Grey. She remembers being locked in passionate embrace with Havok as members of X-Factor, and confronting Magneto when she finally learned the truth about her parentage. Lorna sees another memory, this time fighting alongside Magneto. Before another, of being dragged away in a straight-jacket with Warden Forge looking over her. Finally, an old memory, she is wearing a purple costume and is manipulated by Erik the Red into attacking Storm and Jean Grey.
Bishop tells the person in the cell next to him that makes what he knows and what he remembers two very different things. Aligning the map in his head to the world – that is the trick. He has gotten pretty good at it, too, but this place, this world – it has no context – it simply shouldn't exist. Bishop adds that the memories he has of being here, they grate against all the other knowledge in his head – some are close to the truths, but there are glaring inconsistencies. The parts that don't jibe all have one thing in common – but he doesn't know what it is.
Another prisoner goes up behind Lorna as Dani, who know appears in a purple blouse and grey pants, enters the common room, while guards rush past other prisoners, who are wearing green jumpsuits. The prisoner tells Lorna to take it easy – to which he gets an elbow in his face, 'Leave me alone!' Lorna exclaims as she twists herself around. One of the guards radios for a sedative for inmate Dane, while another guard tells Polaris that she is hysterical and needs to calm down. 'Don't touch me!' Lorna calls out as two guards grab her, to which Dani tells the guards to let Lorna go. 'We said calm down!' a guard declares as they force Lorna to the floor. Dani uses this moment to grab a set of keys hanging from one of the guard's belts. 'Get off her!' Dani calls out, while the guards turn to Moonstar and lunge at her, 'She took the keys!' one of them exclaims. 'On the ground, now!' the other shouts, while Moonstar hurls the keys at Lorna, and tells her to free herself.
Polaris screams as she tears the straight-jacket open, and reaches down for the keys – which she uses to unlock the collar around her neck. The collar clangs to the floor, and Lorna grins, 'FINALLY, I AM FREE!' she exclaims as she hovers in the air, knocking the guards backwards with a surge of magnetic energy, and the other prisoners look on in shock.
Forge is watching the situation from his office, and sees Polaris fly up above the guards, lashing out with power. Forge hangs his head, then goes to his desk drawer and pulls out an old fashioned telephone. He picks up the receiver and places a phone call. He hangs the phone up, and covers his face with one of his hands.
Bishop continues to speak through his cell wall, telling the prisoner in the next cell that someone created this little faux-Utopia to live out their creepy sterilized fantasy. 'They know this place is here. Of course they do. But they won't sully their hands with it. So that gets me thinking. How does this place run, huh? Well, they must have a willing partner, right?' Bishop asks, suggesting that it is someone who likes playing with people's heads – someone who likes pulling the strings.
'Never again! You will never control me again!' Lorna shouts as she levitates a table in the common room and hurls it into two guards. Dani looks up at Lorna, while magnetic energy darts about the room, and Lorna exclaims 'I will make you pay for what you did to me!' as she levitates all of the guards, then slams them to the ground, one of them knocking into Dani and forcing her to the ground, too. When Dani gets to her feet, the guards and everything in the common room lay strewn about in a mess.
Dani touches her head and utters that something is wrong, as she sees a vision of Nate Grey, Dani leaps to her feet and screams, while a wicked laughter echoes around her.
Bishop asks the person in the cell next door 'But who could that be, right? Who has that kind of power and is that much of an #$%#&#%$'. Bishop adds that it was the laugh that did it – he could never forget a sound so heinous.
Dani looks around – and everything is in order. Guards move around the common room and prisoners are fine, seated at tables that are upright. 'Lorna?' Dani asks, going over to the green-haired mutant and asking her what just happened. 'Wha? Nothing...' Polaris remarks, looking up from her book.
Dani rushes into the mess hall, where Hank is mopping a floor, and Gabby is sitting on a railing. 'Hank, I -' Dani begins, before noticing Gabby's hands. 'What about 'em?' Gabby asks. Dani looks at Gabby's hands and sees they are covered in gloves. She asks her if the gloves will aggravate her injuries. 'What injuries?' Gabby asks. Dani turns and rushes away, to which Gabby calls out 'What are you even babbling about, Moonstar? Did you find a way to get drugs in here?'
In a dank cell, solitary, Bishop leans against the door and tells the prisoner in the solitary cell next to him that it was the laugh that did it – he could never forget a sound so heinous. 'Still... gotta say,  I'm a little surprised at you. You were always a real %$#&%#$, but this? This is crazy even for you' Bishop declares. 'Crazy is such an ugly word, Bishop' the prisoner in the cell next door replies, to which Bishop asks 'What do you even gain here, Legion? What's your angle?' And in the cell next door, Legion hovers in what appears to be a blank room, in a meditative pose, his eyes glowing as he grins and points out that it doesn't matter – as Bishop won't remember this tomorrow anyway.


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The Danger Room prison complex, where Warden Forge walks into the solitary confinement wing, passing several cells in this sterile environment, he comes to a stop at one cell and unlocks the door. 'I'm sure you think that I'm cruel – that this place is cold and heartless. That couldn't be further from the truth. Our purpose here is to make the world a better place – to help people like you' Forge tells the inmate. The inmate is Lucas Bishop, who looks up at Forge, 'People like me, huh?' he responds. With his hands behind his back, Forge explains to Bishop that this is supposed to be a place of correction, and reveals that he has spent his life attempting to help people learn to accept and contribute to the peace their society brings. He adds that his goal for everyone under his care is that they one day rejoin the world better for having been here.
Forge closes his eyes and tells Bishop that he remembers what things were like before – the confusion and pain of living in a chaotic, hateful world. 'I remember war' he adds, before opening his eyes and revealing that since Hope Summers sacrificed herself, he has seen the goodness they are capable of – their new way of life has worked. 'You really believe that, don't you, Forge?' Bishop asks. 'I have to. Otherwise, what is there?' Forge replies as he sits nest to Bishop on the bed in the cell. 'Reality' Bishop responds. Bishop remarks that Warden Forge is a smart man, and asks him if he really thinks criminalizing love and compassion – empathy – is what saves them from hatred? 'Seems to me a little like throwing out the baby with the bathwater' Bishop points out.
'It seems to have worked though, hasn't it?' Forge replies. 'Has it?' Bishop asks. 'Or maybe some clever people have conned us all into believing that' he suggests, adding that maybe everyone who realizes the truth ends up in here, a place so secret that the X-Men didn't know it existed. Bishop reminds Forge that he was thrown in here for daring to care about someone – for wanting to be with her – he is in here, dodging fists and forced to denounce his fundamental self. 'And she's out there... what? Thinking I abandoned her? Thinking I'm dead? That seem right to you?' Bishop asks. As Forge gets to his feet, Bishop adds 'Of course, I'm one of the criminals, right? So take my thoughts with a grain of salt'. Forge ignores that comment and informs Bishop that he came here to tell him that they are not monsters, and states that Bishop will be reintroduced back into the general population before lunch. Forge turns to leave and declares that all he wants for the people here is the chance to re-enter the world, to experience the peace outside these walls. 'I can't be ashamed of working toward that... no matter what some people think' Forge remarks.
After, Bishop enters the yard where the prisoners are all wearing the standard-issue green jumpsuit, as they go about their activities, watched over by several guards. 'Here goes nothing' Bishop remarks to himself. He begins speaking with mutants in the yard, trying to trigger memories within them. '- real world -' he remarks to Beast, who folds his arms, one of them remembering the Beast working in a science lab. Bishop moves on to a red-haired woman and a woman with curly hair, '- any memories that are out of the ordinary?' he asks them, while the red-head admits that sometimes  she remember stuff, and has a memory of watching television with the woman with curly hair who puts her hands on her hips and mutters 'Yeah, but, so what?' Nearby, several other mutants are working out with weights. 'So what if we were maybe friends?' one of them asks while Bishop stands behind them. 'That's why we're in here anyway, right?' another remarks, one of them remembering the two of them sitting in a park playing a game of chess.
Bishop moves on to the woman with blue hair and a large arm, Julia, who has a memory of opening presents on Christmas Day with a large mutant that stands next to her, but tells Bishop that it doesn't make sense. 'Wait, you remember that too?' the other mutant asks. Bishop carries on to a winged mutant and another mutant with white skin and dark markings on her arm. The woman with wings tells Bishop that she remembers doing this stuff, but can't remember a time that she wasn't here, as a memory of being in a swimming pool with the woman with white skin and dark markings. The other woman adds that that isn't even how she remembers it. '- lived with Laura and Jonathan' Bishop tells Gabby Kinney, as one of them remembers X-23 serving Gabby a stack of pancakes for breakfast while Jonathan the Unstoppable sat on the table. 'That...doesn't sound like us, no' Gabby responds. Several mutants watch Bishop as he hangs his head and leaves the yard, while a wicked laughter echoes around him.
Dani Moonstar isn't wearing the green prison garb, she is in a purple blouse and grey pants as she enters the common room, where a voice announces over the intercom that there is a new group of misguided disruptors coming in. 'Please make them feel welcome, and show them what we expect of them' Dani sits down next to Polaris a.k.a. Lorna Dane, who is wearing a straightjacket and tells her that things have always been weird around here, but that they need to talk about what happened. 'Did you mean the nothing after breakfast? The nothing yesterday? Or maybe the nothing the day before? You'll have to be more specific, Dani' Lorna responds. Dani reaches across to Lorna and tells her that she broke free – she saw her. 'One minute you had your suppression collar off and your powers back, and then... there was a face. It looked like Nate Grey but wrong' Dani explains.
Dani continues, informing Lorna that then everything was different, that she was collared again, and the guards she fought were at their posts – it was wrong. 'You – you remember that?' a wide-eyed Lorna asks. 'Are you...are you real? Is this really happening?' Lorna asks, leaning in closer to Dani, who admits that she doesn't know anymore. Dani assures Lorna that she does know she saw her break out, and then suddenly, it was like none of that happened. Lorna hangs her head and reveals that she has gotten out of this jacket and collar over a dozen times- that it's like sometimes she starts to remember who she really is, and bides her time and breaks free – the fog clears for a few glorious seconds – until she hears the laughter, and things go back. Lorna adds that her mind gets foggy again, but she still remembers – only no one else does.
Lorna informs Dani that at first she tried telling people, but they never believed her. 'Why would they? I'm crazy, right?' Lorna asks. 'I'm sorry...' Dani smiles, putting a hand on Lorna's shoulder. Lorna reveals that when she breaks out, it seems like whatever is controlling things gets weaker, like getting her back under control and making people forget drains it, at least for a little while. 'But this time is different. No one has ever remembered before' Lorna explains. Dani narrows her eyes and reveals that she keeps having flashes of another life, and is really starting to think that is real, and that this is just smoke and mirrors – but she can't figure out if she is the dreamer, or part of the dream. 'Does it matter?' Lorna asks. Dani smiles and tells her that she guesses it doesn't.
They look over at Bishop, who is talking to an older inmate, and Dani points out that whatever power is at work here, its control is slipping, so they might be able to use that to their advantage and get out for good. Dani stands up and tells Lorna that they have to be ready. 'Just give the sign' Polaris replies 'Anything is better than this' she adds as Dani walks away.
Days later, Bishop enters the mess hall. Several inmates look up from their partitioned tables and stare at him while he sighs. Several mutant communicate by Morse Code, while another looks at Bishop and tells him to say the world. 'We're with you' another adds. 'You better be right, big man' Gabby Kinney mutters as Bishop approaches the line to get his food. The Beast is ahead of him, while Dani and Lorna are nearby, and Dani tells Lorna that they need to move back. Bishop takes an apple that Gabby was eating and throws it at the Beast's head. 'Make a good show of things' the Beast whispers, before Bishop replies 'Good enough?' as he punches the Beast hard, knocking him backwards. 'Indeed' Beast replies, rubbing his face as he lands against a railing.
In his office, Warden Forge notices on his monitors the scuffle that has broken out in the mess hall. He taps a button underneath his desk, which opens another door within his office. He steps into a cubicle behind the door, where a control panel and monitor can be seen. On the panel is a red button marked “killswitch controls”. Forge looks down at the button, 'I'm sorry. I tried, truly' he remarks.
Back in the mess hall, the Beast roars as he lunges at Bishop, 'Really?' Bishop asks as he throws the Beast over his shoulder. 'I am attempting to make this seem “real”!' the Beast replies. Other mutants watch the fight and encourage the Beast and Bishop to fight on. The Beast kicks Bishop backwards, 'Too real! Too real!' Bishop exclaims as he falls on his back, and the Beast looms over him, 'We have to look believable' the Beast points out. Suddenly, a dozen guards rush into the mess hall, 'GET DOWN ON THE GROUND!' one of them shouts. 'I believe we've thoroughly convinced them we are fighting' the Beast tells Bishop as he punches him. 'No kidding...' Bishop mutters, while a guard smacks another mutant in the face with a baton. 'You okay, Jamie?' another mutant asks. 'I – I didn't even do anything!' Jamie exclaims. The four-armed mutant who serves the food steps over the counter and tells the mutants that they have the guards surrounded – so it is payback time! The other inmates then close in on the guards.
Back in his office, Forge holds a small key and places it into the killswitch control. He states that he believed in what they were doing here, but it has become clear that they have lost their way. He taps at the keyboard, when suddenly, Legion projects himself above Forge, and telepathically tells him that just because he lost the faith doesn't mean he can pull the plug. 'You aren't in charge here, and our benefactor wouldn't like it'. Legion grins as he adds that he can't have Forge interrupting his fun by letting them go now. Forge looks behind him and asks Legion if he thinks he has a say over it. 'You may have found a way to walk around and annoy me, but you are still one of my charges, Legion' Forge responds.
A surge of energy strikes Forge and he falls backwards, while Legion asks him why he assumed that he was in control here. 'Why would you assume I am a prisoner and not the jailer?' Legion asks. Forge falls forwards and slams his fist down onto the killswitch control button, 'Enough isolation...enough suffering...we deserve more...' he utters as the energy continues to surge through him and he taps the keyboard, before entering the collar control code.
In the mess hall, 'Back off!' a guard calls out as the mutants overwhelm them. Suddenly, the mutants look shocked as their collars unlock and fall to the ground. 'My man...' Bishop smiles. The Beast looks upwards and extends his arms, as memories of his true life as a scientist and an X-Man fighting alongside Wolverine and Cyclops fill his mind. 'It's not true!' the confused Gabby utters as she drops to her knees, and a memory of fighting alongside X-23 and Jonathan the Unstoppable fills her. 'What are we?' a blue-skinned, horned mutant asks as he has a memory of himself wearing a suit. 'Are we evenreal?' Julia asks, clutching her large, monstrous arm, while remembering wearing some sort of costume, and being hugged by another mutant. 'What does this mean?' Julia asks, while the guards tell the mutants to get down on the ground – now.
'No! Lemme go!' Julia screams as she fires a blast of energy from her monstrous hand at a guard that approaches her, the guard is sent careening backwards, and in the process a set of keys fall from the guard's belt. The guard's helmet is also cracked open – revealing a strange series of lights and...nothing within. 'You're headed to solitary, inmate' the guard states. 'The $#%&! They're not even real!' another mutant gasps. Dani grabs the keys and asks Lorna if she remembers asking for a sign. 'This clear enough?' Dani remarks as she unlocks the collar around Lorna's neck. 'Crystal' Lorna replies as her collar clangs to the floor. Bishop tells Polaris that the first step back to her real life is through them. 'Are you gonna let them keep you here?' he asks her. 'Never again' Lorna replies, narrowing her eyes, she levitates up above the other mutant, and uses her control over metal to raise all of the metal food trays in the mess hall, while the other mutants prepare to face off against the guards once more.
'Let them know they're not in charge anymore...WE ARE!' Bishop shouts as the inmates and guards fight again, with Polaris using the trays at weapons against the guards, slamming them into the guards' heads and necks. Gabby shoves her claw into the helmet of one of the guards, and winged mutants throw guards at each other, while Beast and Bishop use physical force against the guards, and Legion's laughter radiates throughout the prison....


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guards are engaged in an all-out fight. 'Watch out!' Anole calls out as several guards are knocked past him. 'Whoa!' the mutant called Julia utters as she is knocked back through the air. Armor and Glob Herman look up at her, while Rockslide remarks that the food isn't that bad. 'Gotcha!' a winged mutant calls out as she flies up and grabs Julia and lowers her to the ground. 'All that crap Bishop talked about freedom and he disappears when things hit the fan' the winged mutant exclaims. 'Not just him... where are Lorna, Hank, Gabby and Dani?' Julia asks as she slams a guard's head into the ground.
At that moment, Lucas Bishop, Lorna Dane a.k.a. Polaris, Hank McCoy a.k.a. Beast, Gabby Kinney and Dani Moonstar are marking their way down a long line of cells, 'Uh, is it just me, or is this hallway, like, extra stretchy?' Gabby asks. Bishop tells the group that they need to get to solitary confinement. 'So you've said, but wouldn't it be better to find a way out of the building instead of going into the heart of it?' the Beast asks. 'Doesn't matter if the door is wide open, he won't let us leave. Only way out is through Legion' Bishop explains. Beast asks Bishop how he suggests they take on a psychic so powerful. Bishop points out that Legion has to keep this whole place on lockdown, and is going to be distracted by the riot, therefore open to a physical attack.
'We just gotta -' Bishop begins as he opens a door and enters a cell – then walks out through another cell door, back into the corridor. '- get to him, Hank...what the -?' Bishop exclaims, confused. 'Did I fall asleep and not know it?' Gabby asks, while the Beast remarks that he honestly didn't expect that. 'This isn't real' Bishop tells the others as he opens another door. 'I dunno, Bishop – seems pretty real to me' Gabby replies as she enters the cell, and walks out through another cell, back into the corridor. Bishop explains that they are being mentally manipulated by Legion, that he isn't in charge, but he is in on whatever is going on here. Bishop adds that if Legion is trying this hard to keep them from getting to him, then they must be on the right track. As several guards move down the corridor, a projection of Legion appears above them. 'Think you're clever, huh? Time to wrap this little party up' Legion exclaims.
The mutants lunge towards the guards, 'Step aside, construct!' Beast calls out as he knocks one backwards. Lorna hurls some rubble towards the guards, but one guard steps out of a cell door and smacks her over the head with his batton, forcing Lorna to the floor. 'Missed me!' Gabby exclaims as she leaps away from one of the soldiers. 'Think fast!' she calls out as she kicks two guards at the same time. The guard who knocked Lorna over loom over her, while Bishop punches a guard back and tells the others that whatever happened, Legion is not at full power – if he was, he would be able to control them. He explains that if they can find the real door, they will be able to get to Legion and make him let them go. 'Five against an army – odds a Spartan would happily take' the Beast replies as he smashes two of the guards together. 'Four for one!' Gabby calls out, while Lorna elbows the guard on top of her away, 'Hands off!' she exclaims, cracking the guard's faceplate.
'Back off!' Polaris shouts as she hurls trays, cutlery and other metal objects towards the guard – impaling the guard on the objects. 'Whoa! That was brutal!' Gabby calls out as she pushes back a guard who had grabbed her in a headlock, muttering that she was holding back before, but that this is getting out of hand. Polaris knocks back several guards with a wave of magnetic energy, then runs down to join the rest of the fight, as Gabby pops her claws, announcing that it is time for “Snikt” and “Snakt” to come out and have some fun. The Beast punches a guard in the face and suggests that they find an alternative strategy, as this one is lacking. 'I'm with Hank!' Dani calls out as she kicks a guard backwards, and Bishop head-butts a guard, then punches the guard backwards while telling the others that he is thinking.
Suddenly, one of the guards shoots Bishop from behind with some sort of taser weapon. Bishop frowns and turns to the guard, 'Hitting a man from behind's a coward's move. How about you try that to my face!' Bishop exclaims as he releases the energy he absorbed, right at the guard, knocking the guard down the corridor. Lorna screams as she uses her power to hurl screws into the chests and heads of the guards, brutally taking them down. The mutants have a moment's respite and Bishop points to a door, he thinks is the one that the guards came from, which is where they need to go. Beast tells him that is a good suggestion, and better than standing around here. But suddenly, the guards get to their feet. 'Uh...' Bishop begins. 'As always, it is easier said than done' Beast remarks. 'Can't even catch a break' Bishop mutters.
Gabby slices off the leg and arm of one of the guards and asks if she is the only one who thinks these zombie guards are super creepy. Another fight ensues, and Bishop points out that the guards will keep getting up until they drop, so they need to get through that door. Polaris announces that she has an idea. 'I'm all ears' Bishop replies. Polaris instructs him to take the others and go, while she keeps the guards back. 'Absolutely not' Bishop replies. Lorna collects scrap metal and forms it into an armor around her right arm – which she then punches right through one of the guards and tells Bishop that now is not the time to argue, and that she is the only one who can take all the guards on at once. Bishop hesitates, before telling Lorna to 'Give 'em hell'. Beast, Dani and Bishop,  who grabs Gabby away from one of the other guards, run down the corridor, leaving Lorna alone. 'Hey, lemme go! I can take them!' Gabby boasts, but Bishop tells her that they have to get to Legion, so they shouldn't waste the chance Lorna is giving them here. Beast tells Bishop that he hopes he is correct about this. 'Being right's what I do, Hank' Bishop responds.
Through another door, the mutants find themselves in a dank, dark corridor, lined with several cells, and Gabby points out that this way looks different than the rest of this place. The Beast agrees, 'Who knew that the “vipers pit” would appear the most humane?' he asks, to which Dani remarks 'You think this is humane?' Bishop opens one of the cell doors, 'Am I losing it, or is that the cafeteria? And is it a zoo somehow?' he asks as he sees the battle raging in the mess hall. 'It appears as it always does, at least to me' the Beast remarks. Gabby tells them that she would rather be in a zoo than school, as at least she can hang out with animals and you don't have to wear a uniform. 'Clever… keep us all off-balance with our own mind's idea of the worst kind of prison' Bishop remarks, before opening another door and telling Legion that they still figured him out – and they are here for him. 'I'm ready when you are, big man' Legion replies, smirking as he hovers cross-legged in what appears to be a blank cell.
But as Bishop, Gabby and Beast enter the cell, they find it resembles what they saw behind the guards' faceplates – a strange realm with space-like objects floating around them. 'You're the one responsible for this torture?' the Beast asks. 'What are you going to do about it, fuzzy?' Legion replies. Bishop warns him that he is about to find out, and Gabby snarls
'Can I cut his hair? I bet he'd look better with way less up top' as the trio move through the strange realm towards him. 'How many times do you have to fail before you realize that blindly bum-rushing your problems isn't the answer?' Legion asks as he knocks Gabby aside. 'Hey, rude!' Gabby exclaims, before Bishop grabs Legion by his neck. 'You assume we're not thinking laterally' Bishop points out, before Legion flips him backwards and declares that he has his X-Y axis covered. Legion glances sideways as the Beast appears behind him, but before the Beast can strike, Legion hurls Bishop into the Beast, knocking them both backwards. 'Cute, but not enough to cut it' Legion remarks.
Legion tells the mutants that he was willing to have a little fun, then put things back to the status quo, but now he thinks perhaps he should teach them all their place. Bishop moves back towards Legion, but before he reaches him, a robotic arm reaches out and grabs him. Bishop tries to break free, before being hurled onto a floating asteroid, where Beast and Gabby are standing. 'Ummm...' Gabby mutters, while Beast tells Bishop that he doesn't want to alarm him, 'Yeah...I was hoping he was too distracted to call them up' Bishop tells the others as he looks up behind Legion, where five other versions of Bishop himself, including one with a robotic arm, are waiting, and all looking very angry. 'You don't mind that I called some of my friends to come play, right?' Legion grins.
'We would have preferred that you hadn't, but here we are' the Beast snarls. Legion suddenly tears at his face and screams, 'Uh, is this his war cry or something?' Gabby asks. 'I don't...believe so' the Beast tells her, while Legion asks 'What is happening?' as his form begins to fade away, replaced by the woman with short blonde hair and the “M” over her face that Bishop encountered earlier. 'I don't have much time!' the woman exclaims as she hovers over the asteroid where Bishop, Beast and Gabby are standing. She tells them that they have to listen to her. 'The hell I do!' Bishop exclaims. 'You think I'm going to fall for that?' he asks. The woman addresses Bishop by his first name, Lucas, and tells him that she is here to help – and that she is the one who sent the note.
She drops down onto the asteroid and tells Bishop that she knew once he regained his memories that he would trust this face, hence the appearance as his sister, Shard. 'I needed you to believe me when I told you that I'm the paart of him who doesn't want to be part of this' “Shard” remarks. “Shard” glances back to the other versions of Bishop and tells the mutants that the riots have Legion spread thing right now, which is why “Shard” could break through. 'I'm doing my best to shield your minds from his attack, but I don't know how long it will last'. Bishop asks “Shard” why she is helping him, and “Shard” begins tearing at her body, 'Because what they are doing is wrong' she utters, to which Bishop tells her that he knows Legion isn't acting alone. 'Who's he working with?' Bishop asks. 'I keep trying to tell you, but I can't!' Shard exclaims, wide-eyed.
Bishop embraces Shard and asks heer if there is anything she can say. '... you already know who is doing this' Shard replies. Shard tells Bishop to trust his memories and look for who doesn't belong. 'He thinks he's a god, and he's shaped this world in his image' she explains, before leaping off the asteroid and declaring that she can't stay much longer. 'The door has always been open' Shard calls back. 'He just keeps you from seeing it' she adds, clutching at her head as her form begins to change, she “melts” away, 'That's the cruel joke of this place. Stop him – stop me – and you are free' Shard adds, before she is gone completely, and Legion takes her place again, grinning, 'Whoops. Too late' he exclaims.
Bishop tells the others that he has dozens of timelines memorized, hundreds of conflicting memories rattling around in his head, and people forget that. 'What, do you want a medal?' Legion asks, while the other versions of Bishop stand around him. 'Your better half was right. I do know who did this' Bishop declares, to which Legion looks concerned. Bishop announces that he knows that empty, displaced feeling at the center of a man that would make him think that this was the answer to all the horrors of the world. 'I've been there' he remarks. 'What is it with you people wasting time on giving speeches' Legion asks, annoyed. 'Just buying her some time to put you down' Bishop smiles.
An instant later, Dani Moonstar locks a collar around Legion's neck. 'Oh, you sonova -' Legion begins, before the strange realm he was floating in disappears, the alternate Bishops vanish, and Legion falls to the floor of his cell. 'Now what?' Gabby asks as she, Beast and Bishop appear back in the cell. Bishop gasps, wide-eyed, before Dani helps him to his feet, asking him if he is okay. 'Absolutely not. But thanks for the save' Bishop replies. 'Fair enough. And you're welcome' Dani tells him, while Gabby asks if they can never do that again. Dani looks at Legion and tells him that, for once, there is strength in being ignored. Legion clutches at the collar around his neck and exclaims 'You don't have it so bad here, do you? Three hots and a cot. You've got more freedom here than anyone else in this world. Don't throw that away!' he shouts.
'Of course you would think  that is freedom' Dani remarks, declaring that she did nothing to deserve this place – none of them have, not really. Dani then punches Legion in the face, knocking him backwards and rendering him unconscious. Dani declares that she is done suffering in this place so that other people can go through the motions of living out their empty lives.
In the other corridor, Polaris floats above the ground in a meditative pose, while the guards are all stuck to the wall with scrap metal. 'Time to go, old friend' the Beast calls out to Lorna, who drops  to the ground. The Beast asks if this is what success looks like, to which Bishop tells him that you have to take what you can get. 'Indeed' the Beast agrees. Dani reminds Bishop that he said he thinks he knows who is behind them. 'It took me a while – he really did a number on my head, but, yeah' Bishop replies. As the battle continues to rage in the mess hall, and another carries on out in the yard, another in the common room and a fourth in the corridors of the cells, Bishop declares that they are in a world that is supposedly a utopia, the only utopia he has any memories of in his head – only there is no love, no family, or no real sense of community. 'What kind of person thinks that perfection comes at the cost of caring about other people?' he asks. 'Who could be so disconnected from other people? Only one man comes to mind, who can be so backward, even when he supposedly means well?'
Beast, Polaris, Bishop, Moonstar and Gabby all remember themselves as they truly are, while an image of Nate Grey appears above them, and Bishop declares that this is place is done – now that Legion isn't clouding their minds and making them think they are trapped, they can see the door's open. 'Let's go pay Nate Grey a visit!'


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The Age of X-Man:A slum neighborhood: Surrounded by several monstrous villains are Nightcrawler, wearing his Age of Apocalypse outfit, and his partner Meggan. Nightcrawler tells their foes it’s not too late to let them help them. Meggan suggests they aren’t listening. What was her first cue? He deadpans. The violence, she retorts. Is that a suggestion or a complaint? he asks. Swiftly kicking one of their foes, Meggan votes both.
Kurt joins the battle by kicking a foe in the face and teleporting to dodge another’s blows. He tells Meggan they need to get out. They need back-up. She replies they have already been exposed. If the virus spreads… He agrees, then screams as one villain’s claws tear open his shoulder.
Meggan wants to look at the injury. He orders her to run. He can’t ask her to… He cuts her off – they knew the risks. One of them has to make it outside. He groans that it burns!
Wicked laughter comes from a balcony above. It is Callisto, who gloats that the infection spreads through the blood. She’d tell Meggan to run but it seems she has a teleporter. She cannot escape. All’s fair in love and war. And with her friend in their collective, they will spread both that much faster.
Meggan and Kurt smirk at each other, then both attack Callisto. Nightcrawler teleports behind her and takes her into a headlock. She screeches that he has to obey her. Alas, he doesn’t, Kurt mocks. Meggan outfits her with a power-suppressing collar.
The adventure over, she muses she is just glad those experimental antibodies worked. Who says they did? he grins and adds he has excellent self-control…
And cut! Celeste Cuckoo gives orders to drop the set and suddenly the three actors stand in a seemingly empty studio of Studio X. Meggan kindly helps Callisto to get off the collar while Kurt takes off his longer-haired wig.
Celeste informs Kurt he has a meeting with his agent at five, followed by the Mission Mutation Fan Dinner. Kurt has forgotten it. Celeste mocks him and tells him what to wear then sabotages his attempt to get out of this. Meggan snickers.
Meggan and Kurt compliment each other’s acting. Kurt hands Meggan her tea and she changes to a more comfortable form, a little less statuesque and sexy. There she is, he remarks and hands her an apple. He tells her they live in a world without masks. He appreciates it when she doesn’t have to wear one.
He complains about what the Cuckoos will have him wear that night and she tells him he will look amazing. If only he was amazing about remembering his stunt choreography! stunt coordinator Amara Aquilla aka Magma jokes and orders double gym with Colin this weekend. She tells Meggan she was great and leaves.
Meggan asks him why he never argues with Magma. He retorts she was right and he makes it a rule not to argue with women who can set themselves on fire. Irma Cuckoo shows up and drags Meggan into wardrobe.
Later, Kurt relaxes in his dressing room and muses that, as well as an X-Man, he is an actor, an icon for millions. Still, sometimes it feels like another part he is playing. He grabs an apple from a fruit bowl with his tail. When everyone wants a part of you, when you are never alone… how can you know who you are?
He takes up the phone and asks Celeste to connect him to home. Musing that secretaries still rule the world, he talks to Jean Grey at X-Sanctuary, happy to hear her voice. Jean asks if he will be at home tonight. He apologizes but he has a dinner to attend. Jean quips they are having dinner as well. Kurt retorts if she wants that many of his fans to host… She stresses that this is home. He knows, but Studio X requires upkeep. He has a room here exactly for times like this. He promises he is fine and not about to overextend himself. Jean reminds him they all need him.
In the evening, dressed to the nines, Kurt and Meggan walk the red carpet to the reception. Cameras flash around them. The tickets were all won as prizes and none were resold. Everyone wants to be here.
Suddenly, he spies something in the bushes and teleports there. He finds a sobbing young girl. He asks what is wrong. At first, she tells him it is stupid but, thanks to his prodding, she comes clear. She tried everything to win a ticket and didn’t! She berates herself for wanting more in a perfect world. Doesn’t everyone? Kurt asks and offers his hand, then teleports them both to Meggan’s side. Celeste and Irma Cuckoo provide the girl with a dress and together with Kylun and Magma they join the spectacle.
Kurt is aware that, as movie makers, they make magic. Even a perfect world needs them to say: look, things are good and have never been better. They provide a public service. They fact that it comes with champagne is simply a bonus.
They mingle with and entertain the mostly young guests. Kylun, Kurt’s personal trainer, mentions they have to up his workouts. Meggan playfully protests, telling him Kurt is working hard. He suggests she say that after he drops her. Meggan retorts she can fly. And they all know he will only drop her once. He suggests they eat. The food is divine.
Several guests openly express their disgust at the close, familial relationship the two Cuckoos Celeste and Irma display. Magma joins them and stresses how great the two of them are. They couldn’t run the studio without them. Everyone is special. That makes them unique and strong. Still the others retort it is not right of them to flaunt their sisterhood in front of decent mutants. They should show some decency! And they should show some empathy! Magma snaps. The Cuckoos offer to leave. Magma tells them if anyone is leaving, it is not them.
Kurt joins them and asks if anything is wrong. Some of his fans have some questions about the Cuckoos, Magma replies. Kurt gushes about the Cuckoos and shows some stunts and the resistance melts.
Later, Kurt teleports himself and Meggan away into his room at the studio. Meggan praises him for what he did for the girl Tiffany. He enjoys saving damsels in distress, he jokes. Meggan notes he hasn’t let go of her. He stammers then tells her he brought her some apples on the desk. She asks if that is why he brought her here. He looks at her. She likes apples. She replies, she likes him more. Kurt begins, they can’t… Why not? Meggan interrupts. They are the theater people. The strange ones. They have to understand things if they are going to portray them. She takes his hand. This is supposed to be a perfect world. Let’s be perfect together! They kiss…
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Kurt Wagner awakes in his room at Studio X after having spent an illicit night with his costar Meggan Puceanu. Panicked, he wonders how he let this happened and what are they going to do, as Meggan wakes up.
She is surprised and he apologizes. Too much champagne last night, she figures. They have to tell someone! Kurt babbles. Meggan shoots him a glare and announces they do not. Does he know what happens if they tell? she snaps. To her? To the studio? They’d split them up at best. They’d shut them down! What they did… Kurt begins. …shouldn’t hurt anyone! Meggan interrupts. Kurt grabs his pants and apologizes. He needs to think. He teleports away.
He teleports into a tree, where he finishes dressing, still not believing his situation. He chides himself for his weakness. He is an X-Man, he should have been stronger. That moment, he sees a boy running onto the street, chasing his frog and ignoring a car. Nightcrawler teleports down and saves the boy. He admonishes the boy to be more careful and the child gushes at meeting a real X-Man.
The boy happily runs off and Kurt realizes that, even in a perfect world, they matter. He matters.
He teleports away back to his room, where Meggan clearly has been crying. He came back, she states lamely. He points out they are friends. Also, this is his room. He makes Meggan smile weakly. He tells her that he agrees They can hide this and go on as before. People need them. They need stories to show them what matters. Do they have to go back? she asks surprisingly. He replies, they have to.
What if this is a good thing? Meggan wonders. Her powers work better when there is real emotion behind them. If she puts this into her work, they will be better. People think what they do is frivolous but they are wrong. They teach young mutants that they can be happy and fulfilled. They teach them not to need. If that makes them better teachers it can’t be a bad thing. They can try, she suggests. He agrees.
Soon Kurt meets his PA, Celeste Cuckoo, while berating himself an affair would be madness. They are surrounded by psychics. Celeste brusquely asks him if he forgot their meeting. Clearly having forgotten, Kurt swears he hasn’t. Celeste continues that they are here. They were punctual. He isn’t. He apologizes and teleports into Studio X conference room, while Celeste telepathically informs her sister Irma that he is coming.
Irma is waiting in the conference room with their guests, Regan Wyngarde (Head of Mastermind Studios), her actors Julian Keller and Noriko Ashida, as well as the Cuckoos’ estranged sister Phoebe and the telepath Apate. Irma assures them he is on his way.
Kurt enters and makes apologies all around. He asks to what they owe this visit. Regan explain she called in a few favors with his secretaries. She means, she blackmailed them, Kurt translates. She means, she blackmailed them, Regan agrees smiling. Phoebe is technically her employee. If she doesn’t want her visiting her sisters, well…. Can he blame her, really? It’s such a nasty PR problem the way they insist on maintaining contact…
Kurt states coolly they are a hivemind and don’t do well in isolation. Regan scoffs there are other ways. Look at how well Phoebe does with Apate. They do better when they are together, Kurt insists.
Regan smoothly continues that the topic is collaboration. Their studios are amazing individually. Now imagine how well they would work together. This again? Kurt asks unimpressed. They could make something amazing! Regan insists. They already make something amazing, Kurt deadpans. It’s called movies.
Meggan enters and is told she is late. Regan states they need new blood, new ideas. A leading lady who can be on time… Kurt defends her, she was out quite late to a fan event. They all were. Which is why he needs to cut this short.
Kurt refuses. Regan becomes nasty, snapping the X-Men have no business owning a film studio. This is unfair! He is trying to restrict the competition. If they want to compete, make better movies, Kurt suggests. Seething, Regan promises she will inform the press.
So much for lunch, one of the sisters sighs and Phoebe promises she will try to see them next week.
Regan’s actors are not pleased, either. Surge admits she loves Meggan’s work and apologizes before they leave.
Irma tries to make apologies. Kurt is not having it. They need to see their sister. He just wishes Phoebe could work here. Irma points out people are unhappy enough about two of them working here. If Regan really wanted to damage them, she’d let Phoebe go. It would be public relation nightmare. People think it is obscene and they are not wrong. They shouldn’t flaunt family. Breaking the rules is wrong, it doesn’t matter why you do it. There are always consequences. Meggan and Kurt share a meaningful look.
Later, Magma and Kylun plan as scene with Meggan and Kurt. They tell Meggan that then Kurt will grab her and pull her out of the way. Kylun adds they have a foam pad for her to fall onto. It’s an easy stunt. Why do they always forget she can fly? Meggan complains. Magma explains her character is startled. She doesn’t think to fly. It’s dramatic! Meggan retorts that it’s insulting. Kurt’s character never forgets to teleport. Magma remarks she’s seen Kurt teleport in his sleep. And she can fly with a concussion! Meggan insists. Magma suggests she take it up with the writers, not them.
Suddenly, there is a crashing noise from above. Parts of the ceiling come crashing down. Kurt teleports Magma to safety and Meggan flies Kylun out of the way.
They wonder what just happened and Kylun promises to never forget Meggan can fly again. Magma examines the debris and announces this wasn’t a burst pipe. This didn’t just happen. The stone didn’t break naturally. Someone brought the ceiling down.
They figure it’s Regan. Kylun suggests they get the X-Men, but Kurt refuses. Kurt warns them they can’t take that back. They should try to handle this themselves for now. Reluctantly, the others agree.
While Magma and Kylun discuss clean-up, Meggan tells Kurt she trusts him and gives him a crumpled note, instructing him to meet someone at a certain place.
Nighttime:Kurt enters a street in a bad area, blaming himself for not helping Irma and Celeste, who are looking for proof against Regan. He is disgusted at the night clubs, glad they evolved past this. Nevertheless, he walks toward one club.
At the doorway, Mercury asks him if he is lost. He stammers that he is supposed to meet a friend here. Does he know what place this is? she asks and when he demurs she announces she is looking forward to seeing his face, once he realizes. She closes the door behind him. He realizes he should go.
A masked woman welcomes him and assures him that no one here knows him. He is free. She hands him a mask, tells him to have a wonderful time and opens a curtain.
Inside the room, Kurt sees masked people dancing, holding each other closely. A moment later, a masked Meggan hugs him from behind, announcing she wasn’t sure he would come What is this place? he asks. How is this being careful. She replies, this place is for people like them. No one will say a thing. Everyone here is at risk… so everyone is safe.
He asks her how she even knows about this place. That is not her secret to tell, Meggan replies. Seeing a familiar face, Kurt asks if that is Scope. Maybe, maybe not, Meggan replies and tells him to respect the mask. She takes his hand and kisses him, but he withdraws and apologizes. He can’t - not here! Kurt teleports away.
Outside, he apologizes. Mercury takes the mask, telling him he tried.
He walks back to Studio X to find someone waiting for him in his room. It is Mystique, who announces she can explain everything…


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Nightcrawer has just returned to his room in Studio X after some harrowing events at a secret club, only to find a blue-skinned woman with dark red hair in his room. He demands how she got past security. Taken aback, she replies she is not a fan. She is his… Never mind. She’ll go. He’ll learn the truth soon enough.
He grabs her arm before she can leave and demands what she was doing here. Did Regan send her? She warns him and he scoffs, which earns him a knee in the unmentionables. She runs. Nein! he vows and teleports in front of her. He hits her in the face. She fights back and finally manages to flee.
Kurt teleports outside but she is gone. He wonders who she was and reminds himself to inform security. He notes the envelope that she left behind. In it are several documents and a photo file showing a four-year old girl named Tenia Jean who looks like a small female version of Kurt. He realizes that, even though he has never seen her, he knows this girl. Somehow, he knows she is his. All children are made in the same genetic facility. They are all genetically unique and have no family connection. But how can she look so much like him, if she isn’t his? When did the world stop making sense?
Studio X, the next morning:Magma gives Kurt hell for being unprofessional during scenes. He could get someone hurt! He apologizes and promises to do better. She asks for a repetition of the scene.
The fight scene starts. Kurt dodges his attackers while urging himself to do better. They are the example for everyone. He beats his foes finishing the scene flawlessly. Magma is pleased and orders him to do it again six time. Yes, Brandstifter, he tells her.
Later, he takes a break and runs into Meggan. When he begins talking about last night, she apologizes for pushing him. He admits he shouldn’t have run. He notices her coolness and asks if they can talk for real somewhere. She agrees.
He teleports her to the roof, then disappears again to come back with some the file. He asks her to look at it. She is surprised to see the little girl who resembles him so much. Kurt flails to explain. There was a woman in his room last night. Meggan waspishly interjects it wasn’t her. He made his position on that quite clear. Not trying to argue, he continues that she got past security somehow. She was carrying this.
She wanted him to know about the girl? Meggan muses. That doesn’t make any sense. Nothing about this makes any sense, he agrees. Tenia is a beautiful name, he muses and asks what he should do. Why is he asking her? she retorts. She’s his friend, he begins. Meggan cuts him off. He thought she’d tell him to find this child who is scheduled for relocation and looks a little like him. He corrects her. Tenia doesn’t look a little bit like him. She looks almost exactly like him. That woman… He means the one who broke into his room? she asks waspishly. Who brought him this? Is that the woman they are talking about?
Defensively he asks why she’s reacting like this. He thought she’d understand! She understands that maybe all those people who say there is something wrong with the Cuckoos have a point, she retorts unexpectedly. What do the Cuckoos have to do with this? Kurt bursts out. Everything, she retorts. They remind people of the bad old days. But they do it here. Surrounded by people who care about them. They make them think: “Oh, maybe family wasn’t so bad.” Well, was it? Kurt asks, challenging her. Yes and no, she replies evasively. They are opposite sides of the same story. They were going to hate him no matter what. She could hide. He knows what he looks like, everyone knows. Before things changed, people saw him and judged him and he had to live with that.
Kurt interjects, the world changed. No one gets judged like that anymore. The Cuckoos do, she replies. The Cuckoos are different, he admits. The Cuckoos are family, she clarifies. Having a family means people will judge you for things you never did. They judge you because they heard a story once, heard a lie and believe it. They’ll judge you for being a dirty gypsy and that word won’t burn their lips the way it burns yours. They’ll judge you for existing and they’ll judge your parents for having you at all! She was Romanichal in England. She has always, always known what it meant to be judged for things you couldn’t control!
Kurt still doesn’t understand. The girl would be judged, too! Meggan insists. He is an X-Man, Kurt points out. What would they judge her for? Whatever they like! she replies. That’s the thing about judging. It doesn’t have to make any sense.
Meggan presses on that their world is perfect. No one judges anyone for what they are. Why would he want to change that? Nonplussed, Kurt retorts why would meeting the girl change that? Because she knows him. He cares about his people. Maybe more than he should. She doesn’t think she could love him if he didn’t love her and he does love her. He shows it with is actions… and with apples. His heart is too big. If he met the girl, he’d love her. And then he’d never let her go.
He hugs her but insists he has to meet the child. He knows she is not his, that parents are a thing of the past. But he also knows she is his. Can she understand that? Reluctantly she agrees and asks him to be careful. He grins. He is an X-Man. They are always careful.
Celeste Cuckoo is in her office working and scared out of her wits when Kurt and Meggan surprise her by teleporting in. He asks for a favor; he needs her to find a fan. Tenia Jean. She is four years old. Celeste smells something is wrong. Four is too young for his movies. She orders him not to lie. Don’t tell her but don’t lie. She starts searching on her computer and soon locates Tenia at the Nursery Creche in Portland, scheduled for a transfer to an educational crèche in Cleveland, Ohio at the end of the week. Kurt thanks her and teleports him and Meggan away. Speaking to herself, Celeste hopes he hurries, because she isn’t the first one to access that file…
Kurt wants to move at once. Meggan wonders how the mystery woman got into the studio and if Regan Wyngarde is behind all this. Kurt thinks it unlikely, as the picture was real, not an illusion. Meggan still fears a trap. They are risking everything. He reminds her he is a hero, risk is what he does!
They are close to kissing when a knock at the door interrupts them. It’s Irma, sent by Celeste. Kurt teleports outside to meet her. Irma tells him that Meggan can come too and reminds him she is a telepath.
Meggan joins them and Irma assures the two of them the Cuckoos will not give them away. They owe them too much. They thank her. She tells them Celeste said they wanted to visit Portland. How do they feel about a little good PR?
The next day, they are all smiling big in a Portland Mall, though Magma makes it clear she would like to kill him for the stupid idea. The Cuckoos sent tickets to the Tenia’s crèche in the hope she would show up.
Suddenly, though, things become complicated as they face Regan Wyngarde’s group, who claim they have an appearance this day and Studio X is on their stage. Kurt tries to calm them. They’ll be done soon… Regan cuts him off. They are not here for their leftovers. This is their stage! This doesn’t have to get ugly, Magma warns. Seen a mirror lately? Surge shoots back. Another comment by Regan about them being cowards and Magma and Kylun attack.


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A full-scale battle has erupted between the members of Nightcrawler’s Studio X and Regan Wyngarde’s Mastermind Studio. Kurt shouts at them to stop and Hellion takes the distraction to telekinetically slam Magma. Furious, she threatens he is charcoal and fires back.
Kurt notes the bystanders believing this to be a stunt and cheering on their favorites. He decides to give them a show and teleports over to Lady Mastermind. However, when he tries to hit her, she proves to be an illusion. The real Regan is about to attack him from behind. He notices in time, teleports away and does the same to her.
He muses the people love them, and why shouldn’t they? They gave them a world where it is safe enough to cheer. It makes him proud to be an X-Man.
He attacks Surge next and teleports her into a fountain. This gives the others pause. Kurt tells Regan the people think this is a show at the moment. Take the win and leave. She warns him this isn’t over. Is it ever? he retorts.
He turns to the crowd, anticipating the applause, but is shocked to see within the crowd the little girl he is looking for – Tenia Jean – and Mystique making a shushing motion. He teleports into the crowd but the two are gone. A man asks for an autograph and Kurt turns professional, asking who he should make it out to.
Later, he returns back to Studio X, where the rest of the crew are waiting – sans Meggan. Amara asks where she is. Kurt doesn’t know either and asks the Cuckoos, who coolly address him as Mr. Wagner. When he calls them on it, they explain they’ve had a weird day. Meggan’s not missing. She’s just not here. Kurt asks them to track her but they explain Meggan’s empathic transformations make her almost impossible to track. They might be able to if they had Phoebe, but only the two of them…
Kurt turns away deciding that Meggan can take care of herself but Tenia is only a child. Celeste sends an apology, despite Irma’s sharp warning.
Celeste follows Kurt and offers her help in finding the child. He asks if Irma is coming too. Celeste explains that they are individuals, despite their hivemind. They disagree. The world is perfect, except for them, because they have to stay together. If you separate them, things get bad. They don’t self-regulate the way everyone else does. Remember when they left Irma alone in the office while they went filming on locations? She could hear Irma screaming from the other side of the world. They are never going to fit in here. They are never going to be perfect. They are always going to be… sisters.
Kurt asks when they ever separated the Cuckoos. He doesn’t remember that. Celeste tells him not to worry. Irma doesn’t think this is the right thing, but she does. She’d side with him over her own sister? He marvels. Celeste reminds him they are sisters, not the same person. She takes his hand and asks him to remember how he saw Tenia in the crowd. She psychically finds her and tells Kurt Tenia is afraid. She tells him where to go.
And he teleports the two of them into a warehouse. A moment later, they hear a scream. They run to find the source of the scream and, in a small, separated room, they find Meggan and Tenia Jean watching a film, where the scream comes from, and giggling.
Meggan asks Tenia to hold the popcorn and joins Kurt. She explains that one moment she was moving civilians and the next she woke up here with Tenia.
Kurt is distracted by the film they are watching. She is showing Flatscan Zombie Beach Party to a child? Meggan looks at him annoyed. They only have three channels here and she likes it. He repeats she is a child.
While Celeste talks to Tenia, Kurt decides they need to get her out of here. Meggan tells him to meet Tenia first. She is a delight. Kurt retorts he just needed to see she is safe. She and Celeste were right. Families are a thing of the past. They need to get her back to the crèche.
Suddenly Meggan screams in pain… and transforms into Mystique. She tells Kurt he will listen to her now. What has she done with Meggan? Kurt shouts. No kiss for mother? she mocks, then sneers he really doesn’t know her. “Hands off, son!” she orders when he grabs her arms then she knees him again. She wonders how they took away the memory of her. She snaps that in the beginning he was at her side. He understood that family was important. He was on her side and then they took him to reeducation, and the next she saw him he was on the silver screen!
Kurt doesn’t believe this. Reeducation is a myth, and he has never seen her before! What has she done to Meggan!
That is Meggan! Celeste reveals. It’s her empathy. Psychic surgery can remove memories and block relationships, but her empathy is tearing through the scar tissue. She looks like what people need her to be. Right now, part of her needs to be someone he knew before reeducation.
Kurt repeats that reeducation is a lie. Why would they need to change people’s minds in a perfect world? He really wasn’t acting, Celeste realizes. What is she talking about? Kurt demands. Meggan’s powers don’t work like this. They do, Celeste insists. She is an empathic metamorph. Her empathy knows what he really needs under their surgery. “Their?” Kurt repeats.
Celeste apologizes. This has happened before. Most of it. He has never been completely unaware. Meggan has never lost control. They must have done something wrong.
What is she talking about? Kurt wonders. Celeste explains that the Cuckoos need to stay together. Apate keeps Phoebe stable… but she’s hollow. She’s not enough. They need each other. That was the deal they made. To be allowed to stay together.
Kurt asks if they have been manipulating his mind. Yes and no, Celeste replies. They need stories, movies to show mutants how wonderful this world can be. But acting is about finding emotions… controlling them. This isn’t the first time they’ve fallen in love. It isn’t the first time he’s gone looking for Tenia.
Kurt shouts that they trusted them. Celeste replies her sisters come first. He and Meggan aren’t always the ones to fall in love. Someone always breaks. She looks at the crouching Meggan. She’s never lost control of her powers like this. She isn’t sure how many times they can do this. Things are breaking down.
Kurt asks her to stop. The X-Men… aren’t beyond the law! she replies. She is so… “Sorry,” three voices chorus. She hopes he understands this will be the last time. Irma announces. By her side is Phoebe and under their control are all members of Studio X and Studio Wyngarde.


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As Kurt Wagner faces the Stepford Cuckoos and the telepathically controlled members of Studio X and Studio Wyngarde, he realizes he had it all and now he has lost it.
He looks at the little girl, Tenia Jean, grabs her and tells Celeste she has nothing to do with this. He teleports the child to the roof and tells her to stay there. Then he ‘ports back, announces they must talk, grabs Celeste and also teleports her to the roof.
Tenia is happy to see her. Celeste warns him her sisters will follow. Kurt pointedly reminds her that he gave them a home when no one else did, he argued for them to stay together. A strange way to say ‘thank you.’
Celeste rejoins that he argued for two of them. He was just as willing to compromise as everyone else. He let them take Phoebe away!
Kurt points out that she had Apate. Apate isn’t family! comes the reply. He helped them when it was convenient, but he never fought for them! He apologizes, but it isn’t too late. Celeste replies, it was too late when he started dreaming about Meggan. She touches his forehead to show him.
She shows him memories he never recalled before. Of him and Meggan together. Sometimes even with Tenia. They’ve been here before over and over again, Celeste explains. They change his mind but they don’t change who he is.
Kurt breaks contact. Don’t or can’t? he asks. Don’t, Celeste stresses. Does he think they don’t know this is wrong? Does he think they don’t care? They care more than he does! He’s happy telling people who to be, how to think. He thinks this is paradise. They know it’s a prison. She loves her sisters. He loves Meggan and now Tenia. How is that wrong?
Meggan! Kurt recalls. He hands Tenia to Celeste and warns her not let the child come to any harm, then teleports downstairs where the other Cuckoos and their prisoners are circling Meggan, still in her Mystique shape.
Nightcrawler kicks her attackers away, apologizes to Meggan and teleports away with her… to the top of the warehouse. She always reminds him that she can fly… so fly. He lets her go. She screams then turns back into her normal shape and recalls who she is.
She flattens two foes then turns to Kurt, clearly pissed. He tells her they have bigger problems right now. She looks down and agrees. She asks where Tenia is. With Celeste, he tells her. Is she on their side? Meggan asks. No. Is anyone on their side? They decide to run.
He teleports them back to the roof. Where can they go? Meggan asks as Tenia happily greets her. Nowhere, Celeste replies. Meggan angrily berates her. Celeste tells her all they had to do was control themselves. It should have been easy. They made sure they go everything they ever wanted. All they had to do was follow the rules. The “rules” were never an option for Celeste and her sisters. Their very mutation made them illegal. Over and over the Cuckoos fixed their mistakes, they spared them. Department X has never come to the studio. They kept their family safe.
Meggan states she thought they were friends. They are, Celeste replies. They owe them. Maybe love is wrong, if that is what love does. Celeste replies that Meggan muses that their love kept them safe. They gave them so many second chances. And every time they went and fell in love again, or someone else did. It’s like a disease with them.
Kurt interjects that it’s a natural part of the mutant condition. How could they keep finding each other, even after being told it was wrong?
Celeste reveals that the Cuckoos weren’t the only ones in his head. She doesn’t think he has violated the guiding principles with anyone but Meggan, but he’s been around people who have. This was always going to fall apart. Eventually, one of the telepaths is going to look in there and see the Cuckoos’ patch job.
The members of Studio Wyngarde make their way to the roof. Phoebe warns them to leave her sister alone. Celeste asks them not to hurt Tenia. Phoebe states, Apate knows. They have to erase everything again.
Surge attacks Meggan. Kurt teleports them up into the air, where Meggan keeps them afloat. But they know they can’t stay there. They share a kiss and Kurt asks her to take them down. Meggan refuses. He tells her he still believes in the world they built despite its flaws. He will fight for it. He loves her but Department X would follow him forever.
She takes them down. She takes Tenia up in her arms and flies away with her.
Kurt turns to Phoebe and asks her to inform Irma what they are going to do. Phoebe replies there is no ‘we’ here. Kurt insists Meggan and Tenia are going to get away. He won’t resist the Cuckoos. He wants to be perfect. Let him be perfect. He won’t fight them this time. Let him be worthy of Hope’s sacrifice. He wants to be the X-Man he thought he was. So take it all away… just let them go.
Let who go? the Cuckoos ask. Meggan and Tenia… his family, he replies. Let who go? they repeat and he begins to forget. No one, he says finally. Attachments are forbidden.
Later, Kurt gives as press interview, introducing Surge as his new acting partner on the Mission Mutation series. He is asked about Meggan. He replies the chemistry wasn’t there.
Meggan is hiding out at a motel with the sleeping child. She wonders whose she is and decides she is hers, and apparently always was.
Kurt continues that Meggan is pursuing other projects. He is looking for someone new to work with, to build a strong screen relationship with. Wherever Meggan is, he hopes she is happy. Happiness and peace for everyone are the most important things of all.