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Icy Roads
(Andrews Air Force Base)
Fury has been looking at a way to get back at Hydra since they ambushed and destroyed S.H.I.E.L.D. Central. Nobody was willing to help him. The U.N. slammed the door shut in his face while his old friend, Tony Stark, was unable to help. He figures that, if you want something done, you have to do it yourself.
Having shot Logan, Dugan and Pierce fasten him inside a body bag. Fury informs the MPs that he’s going to have to impound the Blackbird as part of his investigation. One of the MPs replies that this is highly irregular. There was no need to shoot the man, as there were plenty of MPs around. Fury tells him that the man is a trained killer, who would have sliced through them like a hot knife through butter, not to mention absconding with the bird’s technology for his own profit.
Making the MPs nervous with talk of blood and violence allows Network Nina to use her psychic abilities to loosen their grip on the truth. Fury informs them that S.H.I.E.L.D. exists to protect countries against this sort of thing and, if they have a problem with that, then they can take it up with their commanding officer. Under Nina’s influence, the MPs soon come around to Fury’s way of thinking. As they depart, they ask Fury to ask his agents to stay put and keep the safety on his weapon.
The next stage of their plan is to resurrect Wolverine. Before Dugan and Pierce can unzip the body bag, Wolverine’s claws snikt through the material and he tears his way out. Pierce tells him that he was supposed to wait, but Logan was becoming frustrated being stuck inside there. He asks Dugan what kinda crazy load Fury has in that piece. It kicked like a freakin’ mule. If it wasn’t for his healing factor closing up around the rounds, he’d be in that gladbag for good. Dugan tells him to stop his grousing. Holding a scalpel, he informs Logan that they’ll fix him up good and remove the bullets in a jiff. Pierce adds that he’s been looking for an opportunity to use his knowledge from a weekend’s seminar on surgical techniques. Logan grabs their instruments and says he’ll do it himself before he allows the ‘Bush League Marcus Welby’s’ to operate.
Nina returns to the Blackbird and tells Fury that she’s got the goods from their chopper. Now it’s his ball game. Fury orders everyone to buckle up, as Nina warns them that more MPs are on their way. Logan grins. The X-Men have a similar rig to the one they’re in, and he knows how to pilot it out of the base. They make their escape before the MPs get within range.
An interceptor is unleashed in pursuit of them, but they are no match for the high-powered Blackbird. Fury chews on his cigar, and thinks the S.O.B.’s think this is a joke. How can you fight a war against Hydra without the goods? Fury is hyped at the prospect of a good battle.
On board Arctic-1, Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker’s lieutenants are progressing slowly with their plan. Guillotine taunts a soldier for being lazy, but Saltz chastises him, and tells him to let the guy do his job. They squabble, and Garotte calls on them to cool it, or else. Garotte joins Romulus in the cockpit. She’s spotted something on her radar, and it’s closing in fast. On board the Blackbird, Dum Dum Dugan has plotted the point where they should catch up with the Hydra plane. Logan sees that it’s a desolate piece of real estate and wonders what they’re looking for. Whatever it is, says Fury; they ain’t getting’ it.
Fury tells everyone that the hydraulics on the Blackbird should hold out long enough to get them there. Logan is concerned about this news, and he asks Nina and Pierce what exactly Fury is planning. Nina asks what he means. Logan suits up, and explains that the Blackbird’s got no weapons, so how are they supposed to take out that transport? With the hydraulics set to burn out, how do they plan on getting back? Nina tells him that Fury’s been pretty on edge since the attack on S.H.I.E.L.D. Central. He might not have thought this through.
This angers Pierce, who warns Nina to shut up, and asks who Logan is to question a leader like Nick Fury. Logan pops his claws and replies that he’s a survivor, and that means knowing what it is they’re getting into if they want to have half a chance to get out. Pierce insists this still doesn’t give him the right to speak this way, before Nina gets between them to cool things down before they overheat.
Fury spots the Hydra plane and asks Nina to dish out the chutes. They’re gonna ditch the bird. His plan is to find a position on ground and then wait for the Hydra team to set down. They can then pick them off one by one. Dum Dum explains that some lads build ice forts in the snow. They’re gonna wage guerrilla warfare.
As Wolverine prepares to jump, he notices that Colonel Fury isn’t wearing a chute himself. Fury tells him he’s too damn observant for his own good, before shoving him out of the plane before he can grab a hold of anything. “Sorry,” says Fury. “I ain’t gone crazy… yet.”
Romulus watches the Blackbird and notices that from their air speed and angle of descent, it’s changed from being a pursuit to being an attack, kamikaze style. They’ve got to get out of there. Garotte informs her they’re at 20,000 feet! What strategy does her genetically enhanced mind suggest? Romulus opts for duck and cover. She orders everyone into the cargo container, and to grab what they can before their plane is history.
They wonder who could be in the plane, but they know Fury is probably flying it. Guillotine demands to be informed on their course of action, but Garotte orders him to shut up. He just hopes Romulus knows what she’s doing. So does she, she replies, as she pulls the cargo release switch.
As the cargo container drops from the plane and opens its parachute, Fury knows Logan was right. He’s got no weapons and his hydraulics are for squat. What he does have is a few tons of jet fuel with Hydra’s name on it… which is nice. As he angles the Blackbird towards Arctic-1, he ejects himself from the plane and watches the two planes collide in a massive ball of flame. As he drops upside down towards the ground, he’s loving every second. “Eat your heart out, Bruce Willis!” he cries.
Soon, as he crashes to the snow-covered ground, the others rush to collect him. He’s okay, and Logan’s glad to hear it. He then proceeds to punch him in the face, and is attacked by Pierce. Dum Dum grabs Pierce, and Fury asks him to cool down. He knows he had that coming. “Fraggin’-A, you did,” replies Wolverine, “An not just for chucking me into freefall!” He tells Fury that this isn’t just his little private war. They’re all in this now. He can keep his grandstanding under his eyepatch and they can do this thing together.
Fury says he’ll take Logan’s advice under advisement, and lights up another cigar. Logan grabs it, so Fury takes out another. Before they can continue their little argument, Dum Dum steps in, also chewing on a cigar, and jokingly tells them that, if they’re finished seeing who’s got the biggest stogie, he suggests they begin looking for their new neighbors.
Fury pulls out a pair of binoculars, and looks across the snow at the container, which has landed just over a hundred meters away. They look in rough shape.
Hydra has already suffered losses. Several bodies are removed from the cargo container, overseen by Lt. Guillotine. Some of their equipment has also been damaged. Garotte tells Romulus he can now understand why the Baron hates Fury so. Romulus says they can still complete their mission, and that is what matters.
Saltz supervises a soldier soldering their snowmobiles together before joining his fellow lieutenants on a ridge not too far away. Garotte informs them that Fury has only succeeded in slowing them down. Saltz checks the map and sees that they’re close to their destination. Guillotine tries to get his Geiger counter to work and finally succeeds. Romulus asks how far they have to travel, and Saltz informs her that it’s twenty klicks overland. How far down in the ice, though, they won’t know until they arrive. Garotte exclaims that no matter how deep, there’s power to be had in that ice, and there’s no time to waste. He orders his sergeant to finish up his repairs and follow them as soon as possible. The lieutenants; Garotte, Saltz, Romulus and Guillotine, then head off on their snowmobiles, watched intently by Fury’s team.
Nina wonders why Hydra doesn’t seem to be bothered about them any more. Logan thinks it’s because they’ve been keeping a low profile, but Fury just reckons it’s because they just don’t care - the arrogant murderers. “They think S.H.I.E.L.D. don’t matter no more.” Fury uses his binoculars and looks around the snowy terrain. He tells the others that, if they’re going to take down their point team, they’ll need the gear that Hydra has in its cargo container. He spots a polar bear squatting next to an ice hole for food to surface. Fury has an idea and Logan is already on his wavelength.
Soon, the Hydra lookout post is alerted as something snags their trip wire. They stand up and look around, but all they see is a polar bear wandering towards them. They decide a little target practice is in order, but when one of them catches the bear in his telescopic lens, he notices it’s just a skin, and wearing it is Nick Fury!
Fury opens fire immediately on the soldiers, and Wolverine pops up through the ice to take down a runner. His healing factor saves him from freezing to death, but the same can’t be said for the hapless soldiers. Fury informs Logan that they now they’re inside the wire. They’ve gotta move fast. No one gets out of there alive!”


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The Cold War
A Hydra team is in the Arctic, looking for something hidden deep within the ice. Colonel Nick Fury, several S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives and Wolverine are on their trail. Four of Strucker’s lieutenants are alone in the ice fields, wondering where their soldiers have gone. Without the supplies they were guarding, they’re gonna have a job retrieving what they came for. Guillotine hears engines coming towards them, and figures they’ve finally got their act together. However, Romulus’ genetically enhanced senses tell her differently. The people approaching don’t smell right.
Suddenly, Nick Fury, Dum Dum Dugan, Wolverine, Alexander Pierce and Network Nina come zooming over the ridge on snowmobiles. “Hit ‘em high an’ lay ‘em low!” cries Fury. Romulus takes off on her own snowmobile, pursued by Fury. Wolverine goes after the unfortunate Guillotine, whilst Dum Dum comes in firing towards Lt. Garotte. This leaves Pierce and Nina to go after Saltz. Gunfire rings out across the snow-covered ground, as the Hydra lieutenants are separated from one another.
Wolverine goes in hard without a weapon. He uses his claws to slash at Guillotine, who uses his arm to deflect the blows, before using his own claws to cut Wolverine across the chest. Wolverine smiles, as his healing factor will make short work of that. He leaps at Guillotine, cutting his metallic arm in two. Guillotine screams out, more in frustration at this happening to him, again, than from any actual pain.
Fury drives his snowmobile with one arm, carrying his weapon in the other, as he catches up with Romulus. As he reaches her, she leaps from her craft and uses her own gloved hand to slash at Fury with the claws on her fingers. Blood spurts from his shoulder as Romulus tells Fury he should have been in S.H.I.E.L.D. Central when they blew it up. Then, he might have rated a memorial service along with his 1500 recruits. Fury falls from his snowmobile, and Romulus leaps after him. While she is in mid air, Fury compliments her on her moves, but they don’t mean jack against a heavy caliber. He shoots her twice at close range.
Dum Dum, meanwhile, rams Garotte from behind, and they both fall into the snow. Garotte takes aim with his rifle, but the quick thinking Dugan shoots the weapon from his hand with a pistol. Garotte then kicks the pistol from Dugan’s hand and goes in for the kill with his overly-long fingers. He grabs Dugan around the neck and squeezes, but Dugan manages to pull out his knife and uses it to sever some of Garotte’s deadly fingers.
Nina and Pierce have similar luck as they catch Saltz. Nina leaps from the snowmobile and grabs Saltz around the neck, nailing him with a psychic sucker punch to his cerebellum. He manages to swing his rifle backwards, and knocks her away from him, before pulling out a plastic explosive and planting it on one of the snowmobiles. Nina realizes what he’s done before Pierce does, and the ten second count soon becomes zero. The vehicle’s fuel tanks explode, throwing liquid flame all over the place. Nina manages to stay safe, but Pierce is caught in the blast, with shrapnel hitting him in the small of his back.
Saltz grabs another snowmobile and heads straight towards Dum Dum and Garotte, who he calls to get out of the way. He then collides with Dum Dum, and shouts over to Garotte to pull Guillotine’s backside out of the fire. They may yet need him. Saltz then grabs hold of Romulus and teases her about being shot by Nick Fury. All four of them then make their escape, as the S.H.I.E.L.D. team celebrate at least getting them on the run.
Dum Dum informs Fury about Pierce’s condition, but Fury is so hyped that he doesn’t even consider his friend. He just wants the Hydra goons dead. Wolverine tries to shake some sense into him, and Fury suddenly takes in what Dum Dum just told him. He wants some shelter for Pierce and Nina, which can be arranged by packing the mobiles with snow to form a kind of makeshift igloo. Wolverine watches Pierce being cared for at last, and tells Dum Dum he’ll be okay. Dum Dum replies that it’s Fury he’s more concerned about.
The Hydra lieutenants soon arrive at their destination. The power they seek lies underneath them. All they need to do is retrieve it. Guillotine asks how he’s supposed to repel the cave with just one arm, but he’s told that maybe he should do them a favor and stay behind. Maybe Fury will extend him the same compassion he showed to their soldiers back at the cargo container. If by some miracle he does survive, then he will still have the Baron to answer to for yet another failure. Romulus doesn’t think Strucker will have forgotten how Guillotine lost his arm to the Punisher in the first place. The hapless Guillotine is shamed into joining them in the caves.
As the S.H.I.E.L.D. team gathers around a campfire, Pierce is looked after by Nina. The team wonders what’s got Hydra’s top goon squad in Santa Land. Wolverine suggests that with all the equipment they had, including thermite, high-tension cables and climbing gear; it’s a pretty big snowman they’re after. Hot too, adds Dugan. His Geiger counter’s playing a tune he don’t like much. Fury scratches his head. They use a Geiger counter to find it, thermite to melt it and cable to lift it out. What’s all this adding up to?
Pierce is in a bad way, but he’s still listening to the conversation. Weakly, he whispers. “Radioactive… in ice… big as a… Vladivostock... ” Fury asks what he’s saying, but Dum Dum thinks it’s just his injuries talking.
(morning)Fury, Dugan and Wolverine are up early as the sun rises. Fury asks Dugan to get his Geiger counter working. They’ve got bad guys to bust. He asks Nina to keep an eye on Pierce in their shelter.
After they depart, Nina tries to contact base on a radio but the cloud cover is making communications next to impossible. She touches Pierce and notices that he’s freezing. She whips her top off and lies on top of him to raise his body temperature. As she hugs him, she tells him that it’s nothing personal. Pierce smiles. “Too bad…”
Meanwhile, Wolverine spots a piece of Guillotine’s busted arm stuck in the ice, so he knows they’re on the right path. Dum Dum doesn’t like the readings he’s getting from his Geiger counter, and Fury replies that he’ll like ‘em even less if Hydra get their hands on what’s causing them. They lean over a ledge into a wide cavern, and Wolverine scratches his head. It looks like he owes Pierce an apology. “The Vladivostock!” exclaims Fury, “Soviet nuclear powered icebreaker.” He explains that the Russkies abandoned her in ’81 when her reactors went out of control. The ship sits silently in the water.
Dum Dum figures this must be the info Yuri turned over to Hydra. Wolverine doesn’t think that an atomic Hydra sounds like a good idea. Fury adds that Yuri selling out was a tragedy, but he made his peace eating the barrel of his gun. As for Hydra, he continues, pulling out his pistol, he wants to educate them in the dangers of nuclear power.
Meanwhile, Lt. Saltz has melted through several meters of snow with the thermite, and a chopper hovers overhead waiting to pull the Vladivostock out. It lowers two cables which Romulus and Saltz grab a hold of. They have both the fuel assembly and the reactor controls to haul up, and they’ve been detached from the bulkhead ready for lifting. The whining Guillotine asks why he has to handle the fuel assembly alone. The nuclear material’s in there, and he’s concerned about radiation poisoning. Romulus asks him to just steady the cable for God’s sake. She’ll attach it herself. Guillotine replies that he’s not useless, but Saltz says he’s the next best thing. Romulus suddenly smells blood in the air. She knows they have company.
Saltz fires upon Dum Dum Dugan, who happens by, but Dugan is simply on decoy duty. Dangerous enough, but this gives Wolverine the drop on Saltz. He slices through his rifle with his adamantium blades, causing a spark which ignites the ammo inside, blasting Saltz backwards. “Next!” grins Wolverine.
Garotte orders his fellow lieutenants not to delay. They have trouble on deck. Guillotine somehow manages to do something right, and connects the fuel assembly to the chopper cable. The chopper then lifts off, carrying the two pieces of equipment along with three of the lieutenants. Saltz is still moving despite being injured, and he fires on Dum Dum and Wolverine who dive for cover. He then jumps to join Garotte and Romulus, but Nick Fury also leaps across to grab the fuel assembly. Unfortunately, Guillotine is waiting for him but, as he prepares to strike, Fury fires several shots into his body, killing him.
Fury grabs the chopper cable and realizes it’s now too taut to loosen. He needs something to cut through it, and he eyes Guillotine lying next to him. “Don’t want to be useless, eh, Guillotine?” He picks the guy up over his head, and uses his razor sharp projections to try and cut the cable. Saltz can’t shoot Fury as he is unsteady on his feet, and he watches helplessly as the cable snaps and the reactor drops along with Guillotine and Fury into the freezing water.
The other lieutenants watch on in horror. Their mission is now a failure, but Garotte figures they should at least return to the Baron with something. The chopper flies away, still carrying the reactor controls as Fury surfaces. Romulus tells Garotte that she’d consider not returning at all.
Dum Dum and Wolverine pull Fury out of the drink, and Wolverine tells him he’s impressed, not that he’d admit that in public. Fury asks what he’s impressed at? Hydra coming this close to making off with enough nuclear fuel to barbecue the planet? He figures they got lucky this time. He smirks, and wonders if maybe he should put Guillotine’s name forward to receive a posthumous meritorious service medal. Dum Dum jokes that this kinda talk worries him, and Fury replies that he’ll give him something to worry about. What happens the day their luck runs out?


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The Danger Room:
Most of the mutants attending Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters are out for the day with the exception of three: Kurt Wagner, Illyana Rasputin, and Kitty Pryde. Nightcrawler is currently engaged in a training session in the danger room. He is dodging small missiles as Kitty and Illyana look on from the safety of the control room.
Control Room:
Kitty tells Nightcrawler to add some speed to his maneuvers before he gets hit with a missile. Illyana states that phase three is beginning, with missiles, obstacles and a stun charge activated on the floor of the danger room. Illyana innocently asks Kitty why Nightcrawler is not using his teleporting abilities. Illyana voices her opinion that his athletic skills are already so phenomenal that he really does not need to work on them anymore.
Danger Room:
Missiles are chasing Nightcrawler as he does a series of acrobatics through hoops. He hopes a change of direction will throw them off track, but his strategy does not work. Nightcrawler is wondering what to do next and the missiles streak towards him. He sees the guillotine gate open and jumps through the opening. The guillotine blade slams home and the missiles burst against the closed gate. Nightcrawler looks relieved as he is safely on the other side of the gate.
Control Room:
Nightcrawler teleports to the control room where Kitty hands him a towel. Kitty asks Kurt why he does the “no Bamf” routines when in reality his power is permanently available to him. Kurt agrees with her, his power is always available for him to use.
Then he proceeds to regale Kitty and Illyana about an adventure he had during his early days with the X-Men. He claims that during this adventure he was not able to teleport. He tells them of the day when Cerebro detected “half a mutant” located in Poughkeepsie.
The X-Men flew out to investigate and discovered the Vanisher trapped halfway into a space warp. The Vanisher was struggling but unable to free himself from this predicament. The Vanisher stated that the Russian super heroine Darkstar had trapped him by utilizing her Darkforce Power as he attempted to teleport. While attempting to free the Vanisher, Nightcrawler accidentally touched him enabling the Darkforce to effect both their teleporting powers and send them hurtling across the dimensions to a weird undiscovered world. After failed attempts at teleporting by both the trapped mutants, Kurt told the Vanisher that as long as they were in this particular location together their powers would cancel each other out.
 Kurt tells the girls that he and the Vanisher were finally able to return home after they found a meta-physical phenomenon. This phenomenon “exists simultaneously in all times and in all worlds and dimensions”.
It is generally referred to as the well at the center of time. Kurt states that if he and the Vanisher had not made this discovery they might well be trapped in that world forever.
Kitty is in absolute awe of the concept of a well through the center of time. She decides she would like to create a simulacrum of the well in the danger room. Kurt gives Kitty a detailed description. She develops specific parameters based on that description and proceeds to program them into danger room computer. The astonished onlookers observe swirling energies that begin to take on a shape on the floor of the danger room. Kurt and Illyana are memorized at the detail of reality that has been created. Especially Kurt, since he has seen the real thing.
Danger Room:
Nightcrawler teleports from the control room and appears near Kitty’s creation. Kitty and Illyana follow through the door of the danger room with Lockheed flying close by. They are all admiring how truly real the simulation appears when Lockheed spots a movement from the center of the well. Lockheed “gnarfs” protectively at the well. Suddenly a green tentacle appears from out of the well and wraps itself around Lockheed, and begins to drag the small dragon into the anomaly. Kitty suddenly realizes her creation is indeed real. Nightcrawler tells Kitty and Illyana to stay back because somehow the real well has materialized.
Nightcrawler jumps into the well after Lockheed. His plan is to grab Lockheed and teleport out. Nightcrawler latches on to a struggling Lockheed but he can’t seem to get the small dragon loose. The creature directs two more of its green tentacles in Nightcrawler’s direction.
Meanwhile in the Danger Room, a floodlight blinds Kitty and Illyana. Then the light dims. Kitty and Illyana watch, horrified, as the well collapses into nothing right before their eyes.
Inside the Well at the Center of Time:
Lockheed and Nightcrawler are being held tightly in the grip of a green multi-tentacled creature. Nightcrawler struggles with the tentacles and cannot reach Lockheed. He has also been observing the alien looking landscape below for a place to teleport too. He finally decides the safest place to teleport too is the top of the green creatures balloon like body. Lockheed, meanwhile, decides to deal with the creature in his own way. Lockheed bites hard on the tentacle holding him captive. The green creature reacts quickly to the pain and releases the small dragon. However, Lockheed isn’t through demonstrating his point, he flies up to where the green tentacles connect to the green balloon-like body and launches his fire breath tight into the creatures two large red eyes. The creature responds immediately by taking off and leaving a black-inky cloud in its wake. This action also leaves Nightcrawler in mid-air. Lockheed sees the danger that Nightcrawler is in and latches onto his tail in attempt to stabilize his fall. Nightcrawler thanks Lockheed for trying and points out that he weighs a bit more than Lockheed can safely carry at his size.
Nightcrawler realizes that he ahs a long way to fall and knows that his probability of dying is extremely high if things don’t change soon. Suddenly, Nightcrawler sees a sailing ship, all sails billowed, sailing across the sky below him. He thinks the ship is close enough for him and Lockheed to teleport to the deck with injury. Unfortunately, Nightcrawler misjudges the distance and to the astonishment of the crew, they materialize ten feet over the deck, Nightcrawlers weight (being tugged on by gravity) is enough to send them crashing into the deck below, causing wooden planks to splinter and fly in all directions.
The crew verbalize to the officer on deck that the ship has just been attacked. The Officer on deck disagrees and states that a figure has just fallen from the sky. Nightcrawler recovers himself, and assured that Lockheed is not injured, proceeds to climb out of the hole and onto the deck of the wooden flying ship. One of the crew immediately points at Nightcrawler and claims to his shipmates that he has found the “Great Boggie”. Another crew member nearby adds “and his frumious bandersnitch!” while pointing at Lockheed. Nightcrawler sees the crew staring at them so he decides to break the ice by asking permission to come aboard. The innocent question is followed by shouts of “Grab it, Keelhaul it, Kill it”. Nightcrawler replies “Goodbye to you all” and bamfs them to the higher deck on the ship to get away from the unpredictable mob the crew has turned into. Unfortunately, this lands them on the cabin deck in front of the officer who points a pistol at them and commands them to stay still and identify themselves or be shot. The Officer identifies himself first as Captain Long John Mc Gurk. The Captain uses the term “Boggie” to identify Nightcrawler. Nightcrawler denies that he is a “Boggie” or even knowing what one is and attempts to explain to the Captain the proceeding events that have landed himself and the small dragon in this particular situation.
The Captain tells the unfortunate mutant that he has heard rumors of others who have fallen from the sky and asks for a name. Kurt tells him his first name and says that his friends call him Nightcrawler. The Captain states he understands where the nickname comes from and asks what he can do to earn his keep above a ship to justify keeping him on as part of the crew. One of the crew makes a smart remark about Kurt being signed on as ships “Boggie” but the Captain tells him to keep his comments to himself. Kurt tells the Captain the only ship he knows anything sailing is a water ship. Kurt also claims to have some medical skills, skill with a blade, ability to do odd jobs as well as a few parlor tricks.
Danger Room:
Kitty is stressing over using losing Kurt and Lockheed to a dimensional warp that she alone created. She just knows that Professor X is going to pronounce a severe penalty on her for this careless behavior. Illyana assures her best friend that it was not her fault. Lockheed chose to investigate what they all thought to be an artificial creation. Kitty tells her that in order to recover her lost friends she needs to recreate the same conditions in the danger room. Illyana expresses a willingness to help and Kitty tells her to “cross her fingers and toes for good luck.
Aboard the skysailing ship:
Kurt marks the days aboard the ship. so far, the days have totaled up to about a week in this new world. He does not realize that to Illyana and Kitty he and Lockheed have only been absent a few moments. Kurt has not given up hope of a rescue but he has begun making a life for himself in this strange new world. Kurt has taught his fellow crewmates the age-old game of poker. One of his newfound friends kids him on winning everyone’s back wages and another calls for a change of game. A lookouts warning cry: “a sighted sail shi, possibly a royal barge”, interrupts their natural flow of conversation. Instantly, all of the would-be card players explode into action. Some race for battle stations and some to make the sails and sailing gear battle ready. Kurt observes the preparations and shouted orders going on around him in disbelief. Lockheed perches nearby Kurt at all times.
The newly sighted ship, royal barge O’ Bel Amee Anora, switches to auxiliary power as all batteries are armed and manned. The ship Kurt is aboard, T’ar Javinee, moves to intercept its newfound prey. Captain Mc Gurk shouts to his crew that the other ship is flying pennants that indicate there is a member of the royal family aboard. All weapons are ordered aimed at the vulnerable royal shyship. One of the crew shouts his joy at the prospect of a Royal Ransom. (Very slowly, reality is beginning to dawn in Kurt’s new world as he realizes his fellow crewmates are very serious about attacking the other skyship.) The Captain agrees with his sailor and orders the shock cannon manned and ready for use. The Captain shouts at the barge to lower their sails and pennants to prepare to be boarded. The Royal Barge Swiftly answers his request with a shot across the bow. The Captain responds buy ordering his ship brought parallel to the royal barge and orders his crew to engage the battle.
Nightcrawler watches in absolute horror as streaks of flame from the T’ar Javinee, rips into the hull of the O’ Bel Amee Anora. The royal barges weaponry is all but destroyed by a few well-placed shots. The last week he has spent with the crew brings to Nightcrawler’s mind an Errol Flynn movie “The Sea Hawk of Captain Blood”. For the past week has been a happy one. In that same instant, he realizes that instead of protecting the innocents aboard the royal barge he and Lockheed have found themselves on the ship of the pirates. He knows that somehow the two of them must find a way to stop this attack and let the royal barge go on its way.
Nightcrawler (with Lockheed in tow) decides to take direct action by confronting Captain Mc Gurk and demanding that the attack be halted. Mc Gurks’ response is swift and brutal. Nightcrawler is knocked to the deck and reminded of his status as a “Boggie” in this reality. The Captain claims that raids are normal business for this crew and the “Boggie” voluntarily agreed to follow ships orders as well as ships discipline when he became on of the crew. Mc Gurk orders him back to his station upon threat of being run through with a sword. When the Captain yells at him to “move” he already has a plan in mind.
Nightcrawler bamfs himself and Lockheed up to the shock cannon and takes his fellow crewmates unawares. The surprised crewmen are tossed down to the deck below. Nightcrawler aims the shock cannon at the main mast. He once again requests that the Captain call off the attack only to be met with another negative answer. Nightcrawler is forced the fire large cannon at the main mast thereby crippling his own ship. Then he and Lockheed bamf. The Captain is shocked and furious but calls off the attack. The enraged Captain orders his crew to begin repairs immediately and orders his navigator to set a course after the fleeing barge. The Captain also takes an oath of revenge against the “Boggie”.
Aboard the royal Barge:
As Nightcrawler materializes aboard the fleeing ship he overhears the crew report to its Captain that all fires are under control and repairs are also underway. Several of the crewmembers notice him and Lockheed. The pair is once again greeted with the all to familiar crys of “Boggie, and his frumiouse bandersnitch”. Undaunted, Kurt explains how he got aboard the pirate ship and managed to stop the attack. He refers to himself and Lockheed with the well known term castaway and requests a ride to the royal barges home port where they plans to settle down until a way can be found for them to return to their true home.
Nightcrawler and Lockheed are shocked to here the familiar voice of a young lady ask the captain if the danger is over. The young woman tells the Captain that she is anxious to continue on her voyage. To the ships visitors eyes this young lady, clad in an ornately decorated silver bikini with silver sandals and a long flowing silvery cape, resembles Kitty Pryde and they can’t help staring at her. Kurt is quick to introduce himself and offer their services. The young woman is startled as are her bodyguards. Kurt and Lockheed are informed by one of the guards that she is known as the “Jinjay” and is approached by “no one”, especially “Boggies”. The Jinjay’s personal bodyguards escort her back to her quarters and away form the controversial meeting.
The Captain tells Kurt that even if he is not a “Boggie” but only looks like one that “historically none of the Jinjays have ever had any dealings with one”. Kurt definitely is beginning to get the impression that “Boggies” or any creature resembling one, are not truly welcome anywhere in this strange world.
The Captain tells Kurt and Lockheed they are welcome to ride on the front of the boat, as the ship will be docking at its destination in a few hours. However, he is admonished sternly to stay away from the Jinjay while aboard this ship.
Kurt and Lockheed make their way to the front of the ship. Kurt has plenty of time during the next few hours to contemplate their predicament. It seems to him that he is destined to be a “Boggie”, even to people he has just rescued from a pirate attack. He decides that this would not bother him so much is her knew what a “Boggie” actually was.
Bel Amee Anora:
A Cry of “Bel Amee Anora” issued by the ships lookout from high up in the crows nest, awakens him from his afternoon of silently contemplating this reality. Nightcrawler sees the most amazing sight he has ever seen. Before him is a floating, fairy-tale-like city in the sky. Lesser escort ships greet the great sky sailing ship and assist it in docking easily into its large birth.
Kurt and Lockheed observe the Jinjay and her retinue or personal bodyguards disembark from the ship. He believes that he needs to apologize to the Jinjay and this will be his last opportunity to do so. Nightcrawler bamfs from the ships deck, only to suddenly appear in front of the startled Jinjay and her shocked retinue.
Quickly the Captain of the guard takes control of the situation by ordering two guards under his command to escort the Jinjay away from the “Boggie”. Nightcrawler hurriedly explains that he is simply a traveler who has lost his way and expresses a willingness to further serve the Jinjay. As Kurt finishes the hurried apology another guard blocks his way and sternly reminds him that he is forbidden from approaching the royal personage. Nightcrawler reminds the guard that he is not an enemy and offers his past actions as proof. Kurt thinks that once he is understood he will have a special privilege in this reality.
Another important looking person approaches and introduces himself to Nightcrawler as the Lord Chamberlain of Bel Amee Anora. The Lord chamberlain states that he understands Kurt’s position and has been instructed to offer thanks, in addition to compensation in gold, for his part in saving the Jinjay from the pirates. He kindly states that Nightcrawler’s services are no longer needed and offers the bag of gold coins to Kurt.
Nightcrawler, however, finds this idea of payment rather insulting. He angrily states that his loyalties are freely given and cannot be bought for any price. He slaps the bag of gold, knocking it from the Lord Chamberlains hand onto the ground. Immediately after committing this insulting action Nightcrawler and Lockheed bamf for parts unknown.
Nightcrawler’s smoke is still hanging in the air as two guards come running from the direction the Jinjay was taken. They are shouting for attention from the Lord Chamberlain as they run. The Captain of the guard quickly explains that the Jinjay has been abducted by a group of hooded men as she was being escorted from the wharf. The Captain claims that all his men were slain during the attack and he is the lone survivor.
Elsewhere in the City:
Nightcrawler bamfs himself and Lockheed three to four times before finally stopping for a rest. He looks at his surroundings, which appear to be a bizarre or flea market of some type. However, the crowd of shoppers reacts predictably and cries of “Boggie and his frumious bandersnitch” fall once again upon his ears. Nightcrawler hurriedly bamfs himself and Lockheed to yet another location, only to hear cries of “Catch it, kill it, run away from it”.
Kurt is finally beginning to think that a “Boggie” must resemble him and use a mode of transport similar to his teleportation ability. He realizes that if he and Lockheed want ot be able to walk down the streets of this word safely they are going to need a disguise of some sort. Kurt teleports himself and his companion to another vantage point high above the city crowds and sees a red robe hanging on a wash line. He wastes no time in snatching this item and utilizing it for just that purpose. Kurt invites the tiny dragon to share his hood and gives a gentle reminder to have the tail removed from his face. Kurt them clasps his hands in front of him, which places the two long, sleeves together. Now they are finally free to walk the city streets of Bel Amee Anora without causing such a fuss.
Kurt chooses a direction and begins his lonely trek. As he walks, he once again begins to puzzle over the mystery of how Kitty materialized the real well in the center of time. Somehow she managed to use the computer to create it right there in the Danger Room. As Kurt is lost in his own thought, a young lady disturbs him, look of panic on her face, racing toward him and begging him for help. She tells Kurt that bandits accosted her and her brother and her brother was mortally wounded.  Kurt agrees to help and follows her as she slips deeper into the alleyways to return to her dying brother.
Kurt is beginning to worry and politely asks what she and her brother were doing in “such a dark alleyway?”. The girl frantically explains that they took a shortcut home because their mother is sick, when they were attacked. Kurt glances up and down the alley but sees no one so he finally asks “Where is your brother?”. He fails to hear someone sneaking up behind him. The blow to the back of his head comes swift and sure. Nightcrawler crumples to the ground taking Lockheed with him.
Lockheed overhears their captors speaking of their fate. The Pirates ships Captain states he knows how to get even with the “Boggie” and turn a prophet as well. He thanks the girl for her part in capturing the “Boggie”. This is all Lockheed needs to hear; with a roar the tiny dragon escapes and attempts to attack their captures. A member of the pirate crew manages to get behind Lockheed and use a large bronze-serving platter to knock the small dragon into oblivion.
New Sky Ship:
Many hours later, Lockheed and Nightcrawler find themselves waking up on the deck of another sky sailing ship. However, this p[particular ship is attached to a green, squidlike-ballon creature that serves as its propulsion, instead of just relying on the wind for power.
Nightcrawler struggles to his feet only to find himself facing three mysterious figures covered in identical hooded purple robes. One of the robed figures is seated on a large bronze throne. Nightcrawler assumes this figure is the leader and addresses it as such. Nightcrawler requests to know the identities of the robed figures and where he and Lockheed are being taken.
The hooded robed figure grasps a crystal ball topped staff and stands. The figure then lowers its hoods and hisses “Boggie, see the face of your master and despair!”. The figure is revealed to be a shark-shaped being with two arms and two legs. The being has a huge dorsal fin in the middle of its back and smaller dorsal fins located behind and below the elbow and knee joints. This creature does not resemble any alien being Nightcrawler has seen before. The being is light purple with grey-blue highlights.
Nightcrawler is quick to point out that he is not a “Boggie” and that this being is not his master. He states this as he and Lockheed rush toward the creature. Before he can finish his reply he and Lockheed are struck by a green beam of energy from the creatures staff and are once again knocked senseless to the deck of the ship
As Nightcrawler and Lockheed are on their way to dreamland, they hear the creature state that oits name is SSShogreen the Sorcerer. They are also informed that the standard “boggie tricks” will not do them any good in this situation. The creature makes sure that Kurt hears it say it possesses him both body and soul.


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A Boggie Day in L’un D’un-T’wn
Shagreen the Sorcerer’s Ship:
The Squid ship is cruising through the skies on its way to dock at Shagreen’s Fortress of L’un D’un-T’wn. For the X-Man known as Nightcrawler, Kurt Wagner, and Lockheed the dragon, it has been more than a week since they fell through the well at the center of time in the Danger Room. For more than a week the two have survived in a strange world where people live on islands that float in the sky and use the sky ships as transportation.
After the Ship docks, Shagreen the Sorcerer is greeted by loyal servants. The Sorcerer orders Kurt and the small dragon to be removed from the ship to his sanctum and secured there. Shagreen asks the servant if the other matter is taken care of as well. The servant assures his master that all is as he ordered and that she is waiting in the great chamber. The Sorcerer tells the servant to wait for him here.
Shagreen follows in the direction Kurt and Lockheed were taken to decide where he wants Kurt secured. Once Nightcrawler is secured, the sorcerer tells Kurt that he has no time to examine him today. However, the device the ‘Boggie’ is secured to will keep him there until at least tomorrow. In reply, Kurt attempts to teleport but can only go “poot” instead of Bamf. The Sorcerer tells the Boggie that he has been placed under a spell to prevent him from disappearing in a puff of smoke. Kurt, shocked at his own inability to teleport, asks the sorcerer what he has done to deserve this. Shagreen tells the frightened X-Man that he paid ten thousand gold pieces to acquire him and therefore expects some return on the investment. Shagreen claims that he is studying the mechanics of teleportation and will learn how it is done even if he has to take Kurt apart piece by piece. Shagreen reminds Kurt that if that fails, then a Boggie will taste very good with some wine and gravy.
Earth, Danger Room Control Room:
Kitty and her friend Illyana are frantically working on a way to rescue Kurt and Lockheed. They believe that their two friends have only been gone a few minutes.
They are quiet unaware that time passes differently between the two dimensions.
Kitty tells her friend that the computer acts as if it can’t possible duplicate the settings it used before to materialize the Well at the Center of Time. She thinks that maybe a variable factor that the computer used before has since moved off to somewhere else. Illyana states that the longer it takes to find their missing friends, the more likely they will be lost forever. Kitty tells Illyana that she knows and is doing her best. She also wishes that Professor Xavier or some of the X-Men were here to help them solve this problem.
Meanwhile in the Sky world:
Pirate Captain Long John McGurk and his crew can be found celebrating their good fortune at the local dance hall. They are all engaged in feasting their eyes on a dancing girl and playing a game of cards while drinking themselves happy. One of his crew hurries to the table and informs his Captain that the JinJay Sabree has been kidnapped. He claims that the description of the kidnappers fit Shagreen’s servants. The Captain informs his crews that they will go to Shagreen’s fortress, steal the princess, and collect the ransom themselves. He orders his crew back to the ship for a trip to L’un D’un T’wn.
At Shagreen’s Fortress:
Kurt finds himself alone and secured to a device that he cannot get loose from. He knows that Kitty will feel responsible and be upset that this has happened. He also wonders how the two friends will explain his disappearance to the X-Men.
Kurt is so lost in thought that he fails to see the movement in the mirror across the room. This sudden movement is not based on any object in the room. One voice says that ‘it’ is like us and might help. Another voice states that it is bigger, stranger, came from somewhere else and is not us. A third voice says that it does not smell right. All the voices together decide it is not like them but they will help it so it can help them.
Kurt opens his eyes, only to see three tiny versions of himself emerging from the mirror. He believes that he has finally lost his mind. One of the small boggies wonders aloud if this big thing is a boggie like them. Kurt asks them if they are saying that they are real boggies. The real boggies identify themselves referring to Kurt as a fake boggie. Kurt asks them if they will help him get loose. They confer with each other and decide to help Kurt, but only if he will promise to help them in return. Kurt gives his promise to help but reminds them they will have to tell him what is going on.
The small boggies tell Kurt about Shagreen’s plan to learn how to teleport. They also tell Kurt about the spell that keeps them from teleporting. Kurt tells them that it stops him from teleporting as well. The real boggies tell Kurt that they like to go places and see new things. One day, they teleported into the stone house, Shagreen’s Fortress. Shagreen found out about them and how to stop them from leaving so he could learn how to teleport. They had to hide to get away but Shagreen did not know their other trick. The real boggies tell Kurt that they have been hiding in the backside of the mirror for a very long time. However, the time has come when they want to return home and they are unable to leave. The real boggies want Kurt to find the spell and make it stop so they can leave. The small boggies claim that the spells are trapped in some sort of a power device and it needs to be destroyed. Kurt gets the idea, destroy the power device and Shagreen will no longer have access to his sorcery. The boggies tell Kurt that he will lose “fast magic powers” and have to speak spells. While he is speaking, he can be distracted and beaten.
Kurt confirms that if he destroys the power device, then the boggies will be able to leave, as Shagreen will have to start from scratch. Kurt asks the boggies why they haven’t done this if it is so easy. The boggies tell Kurt that they do not know what the power device looks like and magic prevents them from approaching it as well as Shagreen. Kurt asks why they think this magic will not affect him. They tell him that because he is from somewhere else he does not have the magic from here on him. Therefore he should be able to accomplish this task and rescue the princess too.
The real boggies then tell Kurt that Shagreen has captured the Jinjay Sabree and has brought her to the tower of L’un D’un T’wn. All the princesses’ retainers were killed in the battle on the dock by the Bel Amee Anora. They tell Kurt that he must hurry as Shagreen plans to sacrifice her in order to gain more evil power. Kurt is rather shocked at this news and the boggies remind him that evil power is not gained by being nice, so, he must hurry to the rescue.
Lockheed has been nearby in the room locked in a crystal sphere. The small dragon is not happy and makes his presence and feelings known. Kurt assures the small boggies that Lockheed is a friend and can also help. They disappear as Kurt frees Lockheed from the crystal cage. As the boggies disappear one tells the others that they forgot to tell the fake boggie about the Guardians. Another real boggie reminds the others that Kurt may have backed out if he was aware of the true danger.
Kurt makes his way cautiously out of his room and into the hallway. The hallway is decorated with beautifully carved snakes on either side. At the end of the hallway is a doorway, Kurt sees light and hears chanting coming from this direction. He tells Lockheed that they must go in this direction even if they feel they are being watched.
As they are sneaking down the corridor they here curious crackling sounds coming from the walls. Suddenly, Kurt and Lockheed find themselves face to face with several tons of stone monsters. Kurt frantically scrambles gymnastically to get away from the snapping jaws of both monsters. Lockheed decides to try his dragonfire, but it has little effect on the stone monster. Kurt silently comes to the conclusion that the real boggies knew about this and did not warn them on purpose. Kurt tells Lockheed to go for the doorway and lead the monsters straight into Shagreen’s ritual.
In the Sacrificial Chamber:
Shagreen the Sorcerer has started the ritual in front of a giant four-armed statue seated on a gigantic stone throne. The Princess has been chained to a sacrificial altar in front of the statue. Shagreen has two servants present for the ritual. The powerful sorcerer stops chanting to comment on how noisy the corridor leading to the room has suddenly become. As if in answer, the two stone snake-monsters burst through then doorway shredding the architecture. Shagreen barely notices that Kurt and Lockheed are leading the way as the monsters turn their attention to their maker. Kurt grabs the princess as the sacrificial altar is shredded.
Shagreen stands face to face with the creatures and knowing that he must cast a spell to stop them or he will be a victim. The Sorcerer casts a spell to turn the behemoths to dust before they can do any more damage to the stone structure that housed the sacrificial room. Nightcrawler, princess in his arms, witnesses the whole event.
The Sorcerer notes his present and currently blames him for the present shape of the sacrificial room. Shagreen promises that Nightcrawler will regret his actions as the sorcerer fires a bolt of arcane energy from his staff. The bolt of energy impacts Nightcrawler heavily causing him to cry out in pain. Instantaneously, Shagreen is standing in front of him telling him that he will forfeit his life to pay for all the damage he has caused. The Sorcerer claims to have used a constrictor field and claims it will crush the life from his body. Suddenly, for unexplainable reasons, a wall explodes inward toward the master and his captured fake boggie.
Outside the Sacrificial Altar Room:
The Sky ship Tai Javinee and her crew of pirates have arrived to liberate the princess from Shagreen so they can collect the ransom. The Captain tells his crew to get the Jinjay and snatch the boggie back as well. Shargreen sees McGurk and overhears the Captains orders.
Inside the Sacrificial Room:
The powerful sorcerer threatens the Captains life should the crew follow through with their orders. Lockheed, however, has a plan of his own and bites Shagreen’s tale. The Sorcerer’s tail is apparently very sensitive, as he leaves off threatening the pirates, forgets to maintain the constrictor field and concentrates on putting the small dragon out of commission.
Nightcrawler feels the constrictor field vanish and goes into action. He grabs a metal ball at the end of a metal chain hanging conveniently from a nearby wall. Nightcrawler has figured out the source of the Sorcerers power and intends to smash it beyond recognition.
He swings the metal chain and aims for the crystal at the top of the sorcerers’ staff. His swing connects and the following explosion deafens him temporarily.
When Kurt comes too he notices that Lockheed is lying in a pile of rubble across the room unconscious. Shagreen appears buried in the same pile of rubble. He sees the conscious Jinjay and asks her is she is ok. She says she is but wants to know exactly what he did to cause such a momentous event.
Outside the Sacrificial Altar  Room:
The Tai Javinee and her crew continue their deadly assault on the fortress. The Captain notices that the fortress is crumbling before his eyes and orders his pirate crew to ceasefire. After all, he wants to capture the Jinjay alive, not bury her in rubble.
Inside the Sacrificial Room:
The fortress is noticeable coming apart at the seams. Kurt explains to the Jinjay that since the staff has been destroyed, everything built with its magic is now crumbling.
Kurt tells the Jinjay that they must exit the premises if they are to remain among the living. She asks him if they are heading in the direction that leads out. Kurt tells her that he was unconscious when he wad brought into the fortress so he hopes so. A familiar voice tells Kurt he will return to that state of mind as he feels the club connect with his skull.
Shagreen leaves Nightcrawler to die in the collapsing fortress as the sorcerer grabs the Jinjay and makes a run for the safety of his sky ship. The Jinjay does her best to break free from his grasp. Shagreen assures her that he will let her go once he is aboard his ship so he can complete his ritual of sacrifice.
In the Sky:
Shagreen the Sorcerer is aboard his ship and lamenting his flaming fortress far below. Through the smoke and flames another familiar ship sees the Sorcerer’s transport. The Captain orders his crew hard about so they can get the Jinjay.
Inside the Blazing Inferno Below:
Nightcrawler struggles back to consciousness only to observe flames and smoke all around him. He feels a certain small dragon pulling on his tail and agrees with Lockheed that they must get out of here fast. With Lockheed leading the way, Nightcrawler manages to dodge falling debris and slowly make his way to the dock where Shagreen’s squid ship was once birthed.
Nightcrawler sees the ship in the distance and decides to bamf. The instant he teleports he notices the absence of Lockheed. As Nightcrawler re-appears, he sees that the Jinjay is about to be sacrificed and he tells the sorcerer to drop the knife. The sorcerer makes the classic threat to kill the hostage, should Nightcrawler get any closer. Nightcrawler lunges for Shagreen, and knocks him to the floor. Shagree brings his tail into play forcing Nightcrawler to jump to avoid getting whacked. Shagreen grabs a cutlass from off the nearby rack and proceeds to menace Nightcrawler with it. Nightcrawler grabs a bucket of water and hurls it into Shagreen’s face, temporarily blinding the sorcerer. This gives Nightcrawler the chance to grab three cutlasses, one for each hand and one for his tail.
Using his phenomenal balance and fencing skills, Kurt has Shagreen up against the rail of the ship. Shagreen grabs a high wire and dares Kurt to follow as he scales up the side of the squid like creature to the very highest point on the sky ship. Kurt accepts the challenge and follows the sorcerer. Kurt knows that the creature is covered with a mucous like substance that will cost him his footing. He is also aware that as an X-Man he cannot kill but only subdue Shagreen. As he sees Shagreen peering down at him he knows that Shagreen does not return the feeling and does intend to kill. Shagreen makes an attempt at Kurt’s life by cutting the rope Kurt is climbing on. However, Kurt quickly teleports to the top of the ship to challenge the sorcerer to a death defying duel in the sky.
Shagreen accepts the challenge and once again calls Kurt a boggie. Kurt tells him that he is not a boggie but a dimensional traveler. Shagreen tells him that either way he is a dead being. Kurt slips on the squid-like creatures skin, giving the advantage to the Shagreen who does not hesitate to prepare the killing blow. Unfortunately for the sorcerer, he does not see Lockheed sneak up behind him having caught up to the ship at last.
Lockheed gives Shagreen a dose of dragon fire, powerful from even a small dragon.  Shagreen is caught completely by surprise. In an attempt to avoid the flames and heat, Kurt teleports to safety, leaving Shagreen off balance. Before Kurt can make a move, Shagreen slips over the side of the ship and falls through the sky to his flaming kingdom down below.
Kurt makes his way to the deck of the ship below and turns his attention to the Jinjay. She thanks him for the gallant rescue and asks if he is really a boggie. Nightcrawler tells her his name, Kurt Wagner, and once again offers to be of service. She tells Kurt her name is Sabree and she gives him a kiss of appreciation much to his astonishment. A ship pulls alongside and hails Kurt and the Jinjay. The crew of Royal Barge welcomes the Jinjay and Kurt aboard.
 Earth, Danger Room Control Room:
Kitty happily informs Illyana that she has almost got the problem solved. Illyana replies that she will keep her fingers crossed.
Aboard the Royal Barge:
Kurt receives a hero’s welcome from none other than the Jinjay’s father. He is congratulated on the rescue and of the Jinjay as well as getting Captain McGurk to accept a reward rather than a ransom, as had originally been the pirate Captain’s plan. His Majesty is so pleased that Kurt is proclaimed to be a knight of the city in addition to being a protector of the Realm. Kurt thanks the King for the honor. An honor he has been granted even though the members of the royal court believe him to be a boggie. The King goes so far as to welcome Kurt into the Royal household as his son and invites him to consider their home his home. The Jinjay has other ideas and claims the company of Sir knight Wagner for a walk in the garden. Kurt is only to happy to accompany her.
Earth, Danger Room Control Room:
Simultaneously, Kitty has pressed the button she believes will return to Kurt to his rightful world. However, Kitty and Illyana are astonished when only his costume materializes in front of them without Kurt in it. Illyana begs Kitty to hurry and send it back as she believes Kurt is somewhere in the dimensions with no clothes.
Meanwhile in the Garden:
The Jinjay is absolutely astonished and asks Kurt how he made his clothes disappear and then reappear. Kurt, however, is left embarrassed and speechless. Especially when the Jinjay shyly asks if she can have a repeat performance.
Earth, Danger Room Control Room:
Kitty once again is certain that she has all the bugs worked out and presses the appropriate preprogrammed button.
Meanwhile in the Garden:
Suddenly a dimension warp materializes in the garden. Kurt warns the Jinjay to keep her distance as he and Lockheed are slowly sucked into the vortex. Kurt does his best to apologize but says that he and Lockheed must be on their way. The Jinjay begs him to stay as the dimension warp takes Kurt and the small dragon off to a destination unknown.
The Jinjay sits down on a nearby bench and begins to cry silently. For her gallant knight has been taken unpredictably away. She believes she is once again alone in the garden. She does not see or hear three small boggies materialize behind her. They are only too happy the fake boggie has left. They had no intention of sharing the princess with him anyway and now she is all theirs.
Inside the Dimensional Warp:
Kurt is commenting to Lockheed that if he can’t go home, he doesn’t want to be anywhere else except with Sabree, the Jinjay. Suddenly the pair find themselves dumped unceremoniously onto a plot of green grass in a world that might be their own. As Kurt is standing up and recovering from the rough landing, a child like himself bamfs into existence and welcomes him home as Daddy.


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To BAMF or not to BAMF!
Right after exiting from The Well at the Center of Time Nightcrawler finds himself seated on the grass with Lockheed perched on his shoulder listening to a very excited child-sized boggie. Both have confused expressions as the child-sized boggie goes on excitedly to welcome daddy home. The child-sized boggie tells Nightcrawler that he is a Bamf and they are now on Bamf Island.
Nightcrawler thinks back and remembers the Bamfs Kitty imagined for the fairytale she once told Illyana. The child-sized Bamf insists that he is not made up and that the Bamfs live right here on  Bamf Island. It also insists on referring to Kurt as daddy.
Kurt asks the child-sized Bamf why he is referred to as daddy. It explains that Kurt is three times bigger than any Bamf it has seen before so that makes him the daddy. Kurt agrees with him there. The child-sized Bamf says that Kurt should follow him back to their hometown so everyone can meet the daddy Bamf. Kurt agrees and the child-sized Bamf disappears leaving behind a gagging Kurt, who hopes he does not smell like this when he teleports because it would be embarrassing. Kurt thinks to himself that he knows now how Alice felt when she went down the hole after the white rabbit. This causes Kurt to reflect back on the events since he disappeared from Earth.
All too soon, the child-sized Bamf returns to find out why he wasn’t followed. Kurt explains that he cannot teleport to a place he has not seen. The child-sized Bamf tells Kurt that he sure is going to have fun because their houses have no doors. Kurt says he is very funny and asks the Bamf his name. The child says they do not have names because they always know who they are. The child-sized Bamf points the way and they walk off to the city of Bamf together. Lockheed flies through the air to follow them. On the way, Kurt thinks he sees small girls with wings and asks the child-sized Bamf about them. The child-sized Bamf says the girls are called Pinis and they are cute but way too small.
The City of Bamf
Nightcrawler is astonished at the sight that greets his eyes. The houses appear to be giant puffballs. The child who says that if they need a new house they just grow one confirms this. The child calls the other Bamfs out and before Kurt knows it, he is surrounded by thousands of other creatures like himself, but smaller. The whole crowd is repeatedly shouting “DADDY”. The crowd takes no notice of Lockheed flying around.
Danger Room Control Booth
Kitty is lamenting over her latest failure to grab Kurt and Lockheed. Each time she tries, she is sure she has him but he always slips away. Illyana comments that Kurt is getting further and further away from them. Exasperated, Kitty tells Illyana if she can think of something else to try then please share it. All Illyana can reply is ‘Umm…’
City of Bamf
Nightcrawler finds himself herded up on a stage in front of an excited throng. He sees a crowd of little blue Bamfs as far as his eyes can see. He finds the situation extremely overwhelming. He starts to tell them how nice it is to meet them all when a loud teleportation noise is heard on stage near him. Lockheed flies off over the crowd to keep an eye on what happens next. Shagreen the Sorcerer appears stating that he has tracked Nightcrawler down at last. Nightcrawler looks at him in astonishment. The last time he saw Shagreen, the Sorcerer was falling to his death. Shagreen acknowledges the thought and says he is not as easy to kill as Nightcrawler is.
Shagreen then fires a green ray from the top of his staff directly at Nightcrawler. The small Bamfs, are unable to bamf away, the only thing they can do is run.
Nightcrawler is shocked that the ray has no effect on him at all. Shagreen, seeing this, states in awe that Nightcrawler must be standing on a spell stone. Shagreen then tells Nightcrawler his alternate plan, to make Nightcrawler come to him at the Fangs of Doom by kidnapping the small boggies. In another flash of light the small Boggies and Shagreen are gone.
Nightcrawler’s small new friend has hidden behind him on the spell stone throughout this entire turn of events. Kurt tells the small Bamf that they need to go rescue the other Bamfs because Shagreen has a spell, which will prevent them from getting away by using their power. The small Bamf tells Kurt not to be ridiculous, with everyone gone; all the girls are now his for the taking. Nightcrawler asks him if he is talking about Bamf girls. The child-sized Bamf says yes, then explains that the girls keep a low profile because the guys are overenthusiastic when it comes to romance. The child-sized Bamf then asks Nightcrawler what a boggie is. Nightcrawler denies being one and won’t say any more on the subject. Nightcrawler hurriedly explains to the child-sized Bamf that Shagreen might have taken the girls to use as a sacrifice in order to gain more magic power. The three of them search the city but no trace of the girls remains. This angers the Bamf greatly. He states that no one can mess with Bamfs and get away with it. Nightcrawler asks his companion about the location of the Fangs of Doom. The Bamf says he has to call a friend to fly them across the Misty Sea to get to them. The Fangs of Doom are series of jagged projections rising into the sky high above the sea. They form a natural barrier to protect the Kingdom of Argos from invasion by sea.
His small companion further informs Nightcrawler that the ancient fortress there was built by King Barclay the Extemporaneous. According to local legend this King eventually talked himself to death.
The small Bamf leads Kurt off hunting for an object by the sea. Eventually they come upon two large golden horn, in the shape of snail shells, yoked together and placed on a stand. He tells ‘daddy’ to stand back while gives a long, loud blast, which sounds a little like a jazz tune.  Suddenly, a small distorted Wolverine-like figure appears out of nowhere. This figure introduces himself as Mean and proceeds to take a smoke break. Mean claims it is the first one he has had since he took the wrong turn at Albuquerque. Mean proceeds to light a cigar and take one long inhale on it causing it to burn to ashes. He holds his breath for a minute and then slowly exhales claiming he now feels much better.
 This sight, however, proves to be much more than Kurt can stand. Kurt grabs his head (with one hand and points the other at Mean) and states that he has seen this movie before and it is just like Kitty’s Fairytale as the Fiend with no name has just shown up. The Wolverine like character calls him stupid and repeats that his name is Mean! He tells Nightcrawler to point his finger somewhere else before he has to break it off. The frustrated child-sized Bamf jumps up and down exasperatedly and demands that he be allowed to say something!. Nightcrawler and Mean lapse into a strained silence. The small Bamf asks Mean what he is doing here. Mean replies that he thought he heard a bagpipe being run over by a steam engine and just stopped to check it out. Then he asks the small Bamf if he has any objections and calls him pipsqueak. Kurt asks the small Bamf if Mean was the guy he called. The small Bamf says no, as Mean barely has a grip on standing upright let alone flying. Mean tells the small Bamf that he is asking for trouble. The small Bamf replies, “you and what army, furball?” while doubling up his fists and getting ready to fight. It is clear to Nightcrawler that there is going to be a fight when a voice from above says, “fancy that?”, followed by a comment about how snack sized Mean is too. Mean turns, stares into the sky and tells everyone it’s the dragon. He is clearly in shock. They all turn and note the blue dragon in the sky hovering over them. The dragon identifies himself as Lockheed the dragon and requests that Mean quit threatening his friends and stand down. He tells them all that he heard the trumpet sound during the middle of his afternoon dinner and isn’t aware of many problems worth missing a meal over. The small Bamf tells the dragon that this situation is definitely worth his full attention while the small Lockheed hisses in the dragon’s ear.
 The dragon does notice Lockheed and calls him a dragon child and using such language too! Lockheed carries on with his hissing and the large dragon simply turns his head and sends Lockheed stumbling with a burst of hot air. He tells Lockheed to settle down before he gets a proper lesson. The large dragon looks at Kurt and the small Bamf and asks who the small dragon is. Kurt tells the large dragon that the small one is Lockheed also and that he had better behave himself. Kurt tells the large dragon about the appearance of the wizard and the kidnapping of all the small Bamfs. Then Kurt tells the dragon of his personal invitation to Fangs of Doom and his mission to rescue the Bamfs. The large dragon agrees to be a taxi only and states that he will not fight the wizard. Mean states that he wants to come to cause he has been itching for a fight. The small Bamf thinks to himself that Mean is probably itching from fleas instead. The dragon agrees to transport Mean if he can keep his claws to himself.
En route to the Fangs of Doom
Kurt thinks to himself of all the counterparts he has met in this world that are similar to the fairytale that Kitty told them. He still finds it unbelievable and can’t help but ask the full size Lockheed if he knows pirates who call themselves Kitty and Colossus? The dragon answers that of course he does, but the real question is who is Nightcrawler, cause he is way to big to be a Bamf? The small Bamf tells the dragon that Kurt is a Boggie. This frustrates Kurt more than he can stand and he shouts the familiar phrase “I AM NOT A BOGGIE!!!” one last time. The dragon takes this statement calmly and simply asks how he knows Kitty and Colossus. Kurt spends a few minutes giving a quick explanation to the large Lockheed about the world where he and the small Lockheed come from. He also explains that everyone in this world would be considered a fictional counterpart to the characters in Kitty’s fairytale. The small Bamf asks Kurt how he knows that he is not the fake counter part and this world is the real one. Kurt states that he thinks the theories about infinite number of universes must be true or this world could not exist. Large Lockheed, pointing out a ship on the ocean below and saying that it is Kitty and Colossus, interrupts him.
Sea Rover, Abdul Alhazred
One of the crew spots the flying dragon overhead and informs the Captain of the vessel. Captain Kitty hails the full size Lockheed to catch up on the latest news of the world. Lockheed tells Kitty of his current passengers en route to the Fangs of Doom and invites her to join them. Colossus overhears this conversation and attempts to talk her out of it, but is unsuccessful. Kitty invites the large dragon to land on her ship so they can board. She leaves instructions for the crew to meet them at the usual place, and then notices a small dragon circling her. The large dragon tells her not to be alarmed and the small one settles himself comfortable around her neck much to the dismay of Colossus.
The large dragon gives a brief explanation about the small one being the pet of her counterpart in another world.
Once settled aboard the large dragon, the small Bamf brings Kitty and Colossus up to date on the current mission to Fangs of Doom. Colossus tells Kurt that he is fascinated by the group called X-Men. Especially the part about their counterparts being younger there and nearly identical. Kurt also explains that he is the counterpart to the Bamfs and his friend Wolverine is the counterpart of Mean. Kitty is curious how alike Mean and Wolverine are. Kurt explains that Wolverine is human and does not need a flea collar but their attitudes are strikingly similar. He tells the two pirates how much he misses his friends who are a family to him.
 Several hours later, the large Lockheed announces that he is approaching the Fangs of Doom and is dropping down to sea level to avoid their approach being detected. Lockheed does not notice the dark shape moving in the water beneath him, and soon large green tentacles break the surface of the sea and grab his tail. This causes him to stop suddenly sending the unsuspecting passengers flying overboard. Lockheed apologizes and updates them on his predicament. Kurt and the small Bamf attempt to teleport but are unable to do so because of the spell Shagreen has cast against teleportation. While the passengers swim ashore, Lockheed fights the sea monster to avoid being pulled under. The passengers drag themselves ashore, Mean complains how much he hates being wet, and they all turn as the monster is dragging under large Lockheed. Kitty states that she hopes he can hold his breath a long time as there is no way for them to go to his rescue.
 Colossus calls the group’s attention the weird looking birds ahead as he changes into armored form. Kitty states that they are not birds but Dreadwings. As the monsters attack, the group scatters for cover on the beach. The Dreadwings have fangs in their mouths and shoot a beam of light from their eyes. They are definitely carnivorous and aggressive. Kitty draws her sword, Colossus grabs large rocks and Kurt jumps onto the back of a Dreadwing. Mean does what he does best while the small Bamf dodges the attack. Nightcrawler is able to clobber a Dreadwing over the head using his two fists interlocked into a hammer. He jumps for the next available Dreadwing regretting that he cannot teleport for this maneuver.  Colossus proceeds to pummel the enemy nearest him while Kitty and Mean tag team on another one. Kitty tells Mean it would help if he lost the six-pack. Instead, Mean swallows the six-pack whole and then lets out a burp so tremendous that it knocks the Dreadwing unconscious from the sky.
Despite the group’s impressive fighting ability, they are outnumbered by the Dreadwings. Eventually, one manages to grab Kitty and carry her off while another holds Colossus at bay with its eye beams. Colossus is left lying on the beach, stunned. Nightcrawler approaches and asks him if he’s all right. Colossus is more concerned about Kitty than himself and Kurt points out the stream of Dreadwings heading for the fortress in the distance where Kitty has been taken.  Kurt remarks that small Lockheed must have gone with Kitty since he is nowhere to be seen. Together the newfound friends vow to go after Kitty and kick the Wizards-----well, you know.
Hours Later: Wizards Stronghold, Front Door
After hours of uphill climbing the three friends find themselves facing an ominous door. The huge door is shaped as a face with red eyes. The forehead is deformed into the shape of a “V” and the mouth is open showing huge pointed teeth. The bottom jaw is a path, lined on either side with huge pointed teeth, and a stairway leading up into the interior can be seen at the back of it. As soon as the three friends enter the mouth, the upper jaw slams shut, sending them into darkness with only one possible way to go.
Danger Room Control Booth
Kitty informs her friend Illyana that she is getting an indication from her computer that there are hundreds of versions of Kurt  running around in the time stream they are searching for and she does not know which one is the real Kurt. Illyana tells her to push the button and grab one. Kitty pushes a button and the child-sized Bamf appears. Both girls are very shocked to see that Kurt has shrunk in size. The small Bamf spots the girls and invites them to partake of his charms. Kitty quickly pushes the cancel button sending this character back to where he came from. Illyana, hearing the word Bamf spoken, reminds Kitty of the made-up characters in fairytale that she told Illyana for a bedtime story. The girls begin a discussion on how to tell the computer to differentiate between the small Bamfs and the real Kurt.
Inside the Wizard’s Stronghold
At the top of the staircase, the three friends find a locked door. Colossus tells the other two to stand back while he deals with this obstacle. However, as Colossus breaks the chain, a huge stone block falls from the ceiling smashing him. Kurt and Mean are barely missed by the falling missile and stare in shock where Colossus once stood. Mean yells for Kurt to stand back as the giant stone block begins to split open. Colossus looks relieved to see his two friends and tells them that they have wasted enough time and they must press forward in their search for Kitty. After spending hours exploring a limitless labyrinth of tunnels and corridors, Mean states that Kitty’s scent is growing faint.  Kurt asks Mean if he can still find Kitty and waits for a response but receives none. Kurt turns around in time to see Colossus disappear and realizes he is alone in this corridor.
Suddenly a giant red Bamf with yellow eyes appears, towering over Kurt. The newcomer identifies himself as a servant of Shagreen and says he will be merciful if Kurt will only surrender to the Dark Bamf. Kurt tells the newcomer that he is nothing but a bad dream. The Dark Bamf swings at Kurt, who dodges his blows with acrobatic ease. The creature tells Kurt that running will do no good and Kurt states that at least he can try. Eventually, Kurt is caught and battered senseless by the creatures blows that hammer at him mercilessly. The Dark Bamf then drags the limp body off into the shadows to another part of the stronghold.
Sacrificial Chamber
Kurt awakes chained to a pillar with the other captives. The voice that brings him to consciousness is none other than Shagreen’s. Shagreen tells Kurt that he will see his friends die one by one before eventually making his contribution to Shagreen’s power. After this, Shagreen will be the mightiest
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Passion Play - part 1 : Rising Dark
Mrs. Emsoon and her servant Kim are walking through the streets of Brooklyn, returning from shopping. While Emsoon is talking on her mobile, Kim drops the bags. Mrs. Emsoon gets angry, but all of a sudden Kim runs away.
Nightcrawler is teleporting through the city and is enjoying his mutant power. In a dark alley he stops and uses his image inducer to disguise his true looks. He now looks like a usual priest. Kurt enters a restaurant where he meets with his friend Father Whitney, who recognizes the brimstone stench and wishes Kurt would be more secretive. Kim comes into the restaurant, begging for help in thai language. Mrs. Emsoon is hot on her trail, but when she sees that a priest (Kurt) comforts her servant, she gives her an angry look and leaves.
In San Francisco a ship is unloaded, it’s cargo : illegal immigrants. The ship’s captain and a man called Oleg are talking. The captain thinks it‘s too risky to unload them at daytime, but Oleg says that he has outlived his usefulness anyway and kills him. Oleg tells his men that the immigrant will go to a factory, except for a young black female, with whom he has other plans.
Kurt and Father Whitney have taken Kim to the church. While she is resting in the next room they wonder what to do. Whitney thinks that they should turn her over to the police, despite the girl’s fears that she might get deported. Kurt is insecure, she was a slave and there must be a way to find and fight not only her owners but the people that sold her. Kurt compares the X-men to the church. They wear uniforms, tackle injustice and follow their leader. Jesus died for humanity’s salvation, how could he do any less. However the priest replies that Jesus knew what the result of his death would be, Nightcrawler on the other hand might be fighting a lost cause and endanger his life in vain. He can only find one answer : offer the girl shelter and pray.
Nightcrawler turns on his image inducer again to not scare Kim as he enters her room. One of the waiters of the restaurant is with her to translate. They learn that Kim was promised a job as a seamstress, and her family paid with everything they owned for her journey. Kim was told that she could pay the rest with the money she earned in the US, but when she arrived two years ago, she was given to her master and had to work  24 hours seven days a week and never saw a penny. She was not allowed to leave the house, send or receive mail or to speak to anyone besides her owners. When  Mrs. Emsoon took her to help with the errands she recognized the thai writing at the restaurant and decided to run away. And for the whole time she had to fear that she might get deported.
In Texas, San Antonio, Oleg and his men kill a rivaling gang of slavers. He wants the whole market for himself.
Looking human, Nightcrawler enters Mrs. Emsoon’s house and finds her talking on the phone. Apparently she is talking with the people from whom she bought Kim, as she angrily tells that the girl has run away. Getting aware of Kurt she hangs up. Kurt demands to know with whom she was talking, but Emsoon in turn accuses him of trespassing. She downplays Kim’s accusations, before court it would be her word against that of the Emsoons and they will say that they offered a home to poor Kim and paid her well. Whatever she did with her income - she must be lying. Kurt secretly grabs the note with the phone number on that Emsoon had called. Kurt realizes that the woman will not reveal her contacts and decides to teleport away, though not before showing her his true appearance. Emsoon is startled, but not scared, and uses the repeat button to call her contacts again. She tells them that Kim has to be at the church.
Nightcrawler slowly returns to the church, wondering what to do next. Place an order on his own ? Prank call ? Track the down somehow ? Suddenly he hears Kim scream, and sees her being pulled into a van. Kurt teleports before the car, making the driver stop and then easily defeats the two men inside. He brings Kim back into the church, where Father Whitney has just woken up from getting knocked out by the men. Nightcrawler blames himself for having placed his mentor in such danger. He inspects the van and finds a rental form with an address and a telephone number, the same as on Emsoon’s note.
Nightcrawler checks out the house in Queens, it’s settled in a normal neighborhood. Looking through the windows he sees an apparently deaf male getting punished. The poor guy is then led into another room, which is full of illegal immigrants, held more like animals than humans. None of them even notices the bad shape of their fellow prisoner, they all have retreated deep within themselves.


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Passion Play - part 2 : Without A Sound
(Partially flashbacks)
At night, Father Whitney hears noise in his church. He tells whoever it is to come out as he already called the police, but he is relieved when it turns out to be Nightcrawler. Kurt apologizes for disturbing him and the priest notices the blood on his hands. He offers Kurt to talk about what happened earlier. Nightcrawler explains how he tracked down the building of the slave sellers and how he saw a group of deaf slaves crammed into a tiny room. All of them with void expressions and no hope in their eyes. They reminded him of the people he saw in some dark alternate future (Days of Future Past). Kurt goes on explaining that the deaf people are forced to ride the subways where they try to sell trinkets and other worthless merchandise to people who take pity on them. What little money they earn they have to give to their captors to pay off their “travel debt“ and if the slaves don’t sell enough they get beaten up or worse. Kurt had observed one of them being punished for not bringing back enough money and he was surprised that the deaf man did not even try to defend himself nor did any of the others help him. By eavesdropping on the gangsters, Kurt also learned that their boss Oleg ordered them to increase the rate. Instead of selling 100 pieces by day the slaves will have to sell 120. If they don’t comply not only the slaves will get hurt, but also their families and kids still in Mexico. Father Whitney and Kurt know that the threat of deportation gives the criminals full control over their captives.
(a few hours ago)
Kurt decides that he can't let the criminals go on. Believing the slaves safe in their pen, he secretly enters the house through a window and finds himself in a room full with children, apparently the kids of the deaf people. Some of them are frightened and start to cry, so Kurt tries to calm them by showing them circus acrobatics and juggling. He then explains that he is no monster and will save them and their parents. He knows that usually children should not talk to strangers but they will have to trust him in this case.
(Present)
In Chicago, Oleg is discussing with one of his clients, while eating pizza. The client says that the girls Oleg gave him are already there for about five months and they are slowly “getting comfortable”. They are beginning to make friends, which is bad for the business. They could talk too much and to the wrong people, so the simple solution is that they need new girls. Oleg likes that his client comes straight to the point, however he doesn’t like to be ordered around. Before he can go on threatening his client, a phone call about problems in New York interrupts him. Oleg excuses himself and says that he has to depart immediately. Before leaving he says that he will arrange a switch. The client’s girls will be moved to another city and theirs will be brought to Chicago, this should shake them up, and the problem is solved.
Father Whitney is still listening to Nightcrawler’s narration of the events. Kurt had no real plan, he only knew that he had to get the poor people out of the house. Whitney wants to know where they should go afterwards? Going to the police would risk them getting deported, yet hiding and living on the streets is no real option either. Kurt agrees, he prayed for guidance what to do, and then continues to tell his story.
(A few hours ago)
Nightcrawler tells the children to pile on him and he teleports out with as many as he can carry although it strains him. Outside, he orders the kids to wait, while he wants to get the others. Yet back inside, he is met by one of the deaf parents. Kurt tries to reason with the man, but he is too startled by the X-Man’s appearance and he can’t hear his words anyway. The fight causes some noise and the gangsters come into the room, pointing a gun at Nightcrawler. They demand to know how he got there and Kurt explains that he already fought with the other criminals (last issue) and got the address from them. Ted, the leader of them, makes a joke about it having to be some crazy church, and Nightcrawler replies that he is not fully ordained yet. Kurt lowers his hands and tells Ted to put the gun down and let him and the slaves leave peacefully. Ted asks where they could go, besides back to Mexico, and then he orders the other gangsters to get all slaves into this room as well, since they are “closing shop”.
Nightcrawler realizes that they intend to kill the all of them, His coming has compromised the criminals and the hideout is now considered too dangerous. He teleports into the hallway in front of the gangsters and battles them with his fighting moves. Thinking about the horrors that the slaves must have endured, Kurt snaps and fights without thinking although he usually abhors violence. He even stops thinking about the victims until the deaf man curiously comes out of the room to observe the fight. Nightcrawler tells him to get back and as he is distracted Ted manages to hit him in the face. Nightcrawler gets even more angry and beats him up, even when Ted is unconscious he does not stop and lands blow after blow till his hands are covered in Ted’s blood.
However deep inside Nightcrawler feels that it is a hollow victory, as it did not help the slaves at all. Kurt stops to hit the unconscious Ted and stares at his hands with shame. The deaf people come out, one of them holding a gun that he took from the gangsters. Kurt knows what he must look like to them and stays very calm. Already insecure about himself and how to help them, he simply signs them to leave. As they do not leave, Kurt takes one of the boxes containing the trinkets they are forced to sell, and throws it against the wall. The deaf slaves stare at him, actually they have no reason to trust him, but then one of them comes to Kurt and points at his priest collar. They choose to follow Nightcrawler’s order and leave the building, while Kurt uses Ted’s mobile to call for the police. The fact that the deaf people trust in him to know what the right choice is, doesn’t make it easier and actually Kurt considers more than once to tell the slaves to run away.
(Present)
Nightcrawler tell Father Whitney that he prays that turning them to the police was the right decision. After he dropped Ted oat the police station, he returned to the house, but all traces of the slavers-ring were gone. He wonders if he made a difference or not, but Whitney assures him that his actions did matter, After all he gave the deaf people the strength to leave the building and face whatever consequences await them now. One can never know how good a good deed will turn out to be, they can only have faith and wait.
As Whitney leaves back to his rooms, Kurt receives a call on Ted’s mobile. He answers it, on the other end is Oleg, demanding to know what is going on with the escaped thai girl and the men that were assigned to bring her back. Kurt replies that he is not Ted, and that he will be coming after Oleg next.
However Oleg is unimpressed and says that he is just running a business. Kurt gets annoyed; no matter what he calls it, Oleg is selling people, and he will shut down Oleg’s operations. Oleg asks how and Nightcrawler angrily smashes the cellphone.