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Apocalypse: part 1
Xavier’s…
Wearing the Cerebro helmet, Jean sits in the office, her boyfriend Cyclops standing a short distance away near the door. Using the device, Jean telepathically communicates with Bishop and urges him to come over to the school, as they’re dealing with an urgent matter. Without objection, Bishop agrees to come and Jean thanks him for doing so. A nanosecond later, even before Jean has finished taking off the Cerebro helmet, a large teleportation portal opens in front of her and Scott. Bishop and his team have arrived.
Jean can hardly believe her eyes: Hank McCoy, her former teammate… is alive and well?! Scott is equally surprised. Sheepishly, Hank says hello to them, as it has been a long time. He explains it turns out he isn’t actually dead, but that is kind of a long story. Bluntly, Scott replies that he’ll make time for that long story and suggests that Hank get started. Having a better idea, Jean stops Hank before he can utter a word and asks to open his mind. After Hank does so, Jean reels with the floor of information, She informs Scott that Hank does have a long story to tell, but they don’t have time for it. However, Scott can be assured it’s really him. She promises to fill Scott in later.
Bishop interrupts, reminding Jean that she said it was urgent. Why did she call them there to the mansion? Jean reveals she has to talk about Nathaniel Essex. A man who is better known to them as… Mister Sinister! He somehow faked his suicide. Carol Danvers at SHIELD just informed the school that Sinister escaped from the morgue. Danvers didn’t find evidence of a break-in, making it clear Sinister broke himself out.
Taking this in, Dazzler says that means the psycho who attacked the mansion and almost killed Bobby is back on the loose. Scott confirms it, adding that Essex is insane. He hears voices and… worse than that… he listens to them. He believes he’s been tasked to kill ten innocent mutants and that, once this mission is complete, he’ll be transformed. Scott reminds everyone Sinister has killed four mutants before, which leaves six mutants in danger until this guy is caught. Last time, Sinister tried to attack the mansion, and they all know that didn’t go well. So, he isn’t worried that Sinister will try that again, but he can’t be sure. His stance against mutant violence doesn’t apply here. Scott simply doesn’t want to leave the school unprotected.
Bishop tells Scott that he understands what he’s trying to ask. He and his team will get Sinister. They can find him.
Beneath the streets of Manhattan…
Sinister stands in the sewers and waits considers his next move. Looking much different, he now has a shaved head and wears an outfit which stops at his upper torso. The outfit itself resembles that of Apocalypse, who Sinister believes speaks to him. Speaking to the disembodied voice, Sinister explains that there exists a whole civilization of mutants down in these tunnels. He heard about it while he was imprisoned and believes it will be very easy for him to acquire the six remaining souls.
“Apocalypse” admits that perhaps he has misjudged Sinister and even compliments that his lackey has proven to be very resourceful. Sinister confesses to his master he feels like a new man. His latest trial even cured him of his stutter. Sinister is feeling more powerful and more confident. He will get the ten souls that Apocalypse wants… and he will complete his transformation. This, Sinister promises.
One of the Morlocks, Leech, notices Sinister. Confused, Leech asks the stranger who it is he’s talking to, as he appears to be alone. Leech asks the newcomer if he’s lost. Immediately, Sinister realizes Leech is one of the Morlocks, the mutants who live down there and asks to be taken to the others. Suspicious, Leech declines, and then asks why Sinister is looking for them. Instead of replying, Sinister uses his power to take over Leech’s mind and repeats his order. Immediately under Sinister’s thrall, Leech obeys and leads him down the tunnel, explaining that it’s not far.
A few minutes later, they stop in front of a door, which Leech opens, revealing an immense, multi-layered chamber. Seeing their arrival, Nightcrawler immediately walks over to Leech and asks who he has brought with him, assuming it’s someone looking for sanctuary. “Not exactly,” Sinister answers as he reaching for his two holstered pistols. Kurt begins to introduce himself as Nightcrawler, but then realizes the newcomer looks familiar. He finally places Sinister a moment before he draws his weapons and opens fire. By then, however, Nightcrawler has teleported away in a puff of smoke.
Leech is not so lucky and it shot. “Only five more souls”, Sinister sighs, standing over his corpse. Before Sinister can find his next victim, Kurt teleports behind him and kicks him in the back. Sinister falls down, but quickly recovers and shoots another Morlock. “Four to go.” As the other Morlocks begin to flee, Nightcrawler orders them all to get to safety. “Soon, Lord Apocalypse,” Sinister utters, “your will be done.” Sinister then takes aim at Caliban but Kurt teleports him away. Though snarling, Sinister doesn’t mind as there’s plenty fish left in the sea. He then directs his attention to a nearby Morlock girl.
Suddenly, Sunder has arrived and tackles Sinister down before he can make the shot. Though Sunder is holding him tight, Sinister uses his power to enter Sunder’s mind and orders him to find him easy victims. Immediately, Sunder obeys, helping Sinister to his feet and pointing out two mutant children. Sinister manages to fire two more shots, hitting at least one, before an outraged Nightcrawler kicks Sinister again, calling him a murderer. “What have these people done to you?!” Kurt demands to know. Sinister ignores Kurt, and simply concludes “three more…”
On that moment, Bishop and the X-Men arrive through a portal. Sinister changes his mind. Why stop there? he wonders. He might as well try for fifteen murders, as he refers to killing the X-Men. Nightcrawler indicates to the X-Men that this is their problem now. He intends to get his people to safety. After that, he promises to come back to help out, if that’s still needed by then. With that, Kurt teleports away.
Bishop orders Beast, Pyro, Psylocke and Wolverine to help Nightcrawler save the Morlocks. The rest of them can handle Sinister. Beast begins to dispute the command, but Bishop doesn’t want to hear it. Wolverine agrees with Hank… he wants a piece of the action, too. He snikts out his claws and attacks Sinister, who telepathically tries to enter Logan’s mind and to tell him to kill everyone for him. Though Wolverine immediately turns on Bishop, he has enough control to warn his teammate, pleading with them to take him down. He can’t control himself! The must do whatever it takes! Dodging Wolverine’ claws, Bishop warns the others not to look directly into Sinister’s eyes.
Nearby, Storm fires a powerful lightning bolt against Wolverine which indeed takes him down. Meanwhile, Dazzler fires powerful lights at Sinister which temporarily blinds, but don’t stop him. Shielding his eyes, Sinister smacks Alison into her face, knocking her back. Still under Sinister’s control, Sunder grabs two more kids, to whom he apologies, explaining that he can’t stop… Before Sunder can finish, Sinister shoots and kills the two children, counting down “three” and “two.” Now turning to the downed Dazzler, Sinister intends to make her number one. Before he can fire, however, Angel quickly flies towards Sinister and lifts him up in the air. Sinister still tries to shoot Dazzler, but his shots go awry.
Below, Bishop helps Wolverine back up, who thinks he’s okay. Storm’s lightning bolt knocked some sense back into him. He asks Ororo if she thinks she can hit Sinister with one of those bolts. She can, but not without hurting Angel in the process. Dazzler wants Storm to blow them apart. She’ll take care of the rest. Hearing this, Bishop silently regards Dazzler’s words.
Above, Warren is still flying Sinister through the air, calling him a monster for trying to kill his girlfriend. “Get between me and my prey and you become the prey,” Sinister answer simply. To this, he adds that Warren will make a fine number one.
Below, Dazzler and Storm suddenly find themselves bathed in radiant energy, generated by Bishop. As Wolverine watches in confusion, Bishop uses Storm and Dazzler to releases an energy bolt which only narrowly misses the airborne Angel and Sinister. The distraction of Angel is enough for Sinister to raise his pistol, shooting him three times in the chest. In tears, Dazzler yells out “No!”
Angered, Logan demands to know what Bishop just did, but he doesn’t answer. Psylocke rejoins the team and mentions that Kurt and the Morlocks are gone. She looks up to find out what startles everyone, and can’t believe her eyes. A moment later, Sinister and Angel smack down on the ground. While Angel doesn’t move at all, Sinister still breathes, though barely. Muttering, he tells his master he did it. That’s ten. He did it…
As Sinister drifts off, a bright light appears which lifts Sinister upward.
Nearby, Dazzler falls on her knees and can’t stop crying because Warren is dead. Watching over her, Bishop repeats over and over again that he’s sorry. Incredulous, Wolverine grasps Bishop, asking if he’s truly sorry. He shouts he saw what Bishop did. He blasted Storm and Dzzler and they missed Sinister because of it. Bishop might as well have killed them himself.
Bishop wants to explain, claiming they don’t understand. Wolverine doesn’t want to hear about it. “No,” he screams at Bishop. He is done. He doesn’t get to explain himself. Wolverine pushes Bishop against a wall, snikts out his claws, and… impales him through the heart!
Bishop falls on his knees, bleeding profusely. He keeps saying they don’t understand. He claims this had to happen… now… like this. If not, Sinister… would have been someone else… someone they couldn’t find… someone they didn’t have records on. Bishop claims “they” planned this… that this is all supposed to happen. That this fixes… everything… they… When Wolverine asks who Bishop means, Bishop promises, “You’ll see.”  With that, Bishop’s eyes roll back and he dies before Logan’s feet.
Considering what has just happened, the X-Men stand in silence. Psylocke tries to comfort Dazzler, while Storm and Bishop embrace. Wolverine and Pyro simply stare at the fallen Bishop. Finally speaking, Beast wonders something aloud… where did Sinister’s body go?
Up on the streets of Manhattan…
Surrounded in a bright light, Sinister’s body is levitated out of the sewers and out in the open street. Finally, gravity returns its hold on him and he lands on the pavement, shattering it. By the time the blinding light surrounding him subsides, Sinister is transformed. Now wearing a grey skin, cloaked by a flowing blue cape, he stands up, he looks at all the people running away from him.
Finally, he says. Sinister is no more. Now… is the time for Apocalypse!


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Apocalypse- part 2
New York City
Bullets ricochet off Apocalypse’s back. He barely notices, but it does irritate him. He grabs a nearby car and hoists it over his head, turning to face the police officers firing at him. Apocalypse tells the men their existence is meaningless. He hurls the car, sandwiching New York’s finest between the vehicle and a storefront.
Morlock Tunnels
The X-Men stand over their dead teammates, Bishop and Angel, in complete shock. Wolverine grits his teeth, telling everyone they don’t have time to grieve and they have to go after Sinister. Dazz, cradling Angel and looking hysterical, argues they can’t leave their bodies behind. She refuses to go.
Wolverine strides over to her, pops his claws and tells Dazzler she doesn’t have a choice in the matter, and if she wants to take Angel with her he’ll cut him up into pieces so it’s easier. Wolverine is immediately blasted into the ceiling courtesy of a powerful light blast. He thuds back onto the floor and gets up holding his side.
Wolverine takes a different approach and tries reasoning with Dazzler. He tells her they need to go after Sinister, he’s the one who killed Angel and they need to stop him. He tells Dazz to use that bottled up anger and put it to good use and save some lives.
Dazzler can’t look him in the face, but the tears start flowing signaling she knows it’s the right thing to do. Wolverine puts a reassuring hand on her shoulder and asks what Angel would want her to do. Dazz wipes her cheeks and says, “He’d want me to kick this guy’s ass.” Wolverine replies, “Then let’s go kick some ass.”
New York City
It looks like Armageddon topside. Apocalypse strolls through the streets with cars overturned and/or on fire and everyone running away in a panic, everyone that is except for six well-trained mutants. The X-Men arrive and are surprised to see “Sinister” looking so different.
Wolverine attacks first leaping headlong, claws extended. He draws blood, slicing across Apocalypse’s arm. He follows that with an abdomen strike that damages Apocalypse’s armor. Apocalypse mocks the feral mutant’s bravado, explaining he can reach out and control Wolverine’s mutant genes if he wants to. Wolverine doesn’t believe him pointing out “Sinister’s” just a scared, pathetic man who kills people so his life doesn’t feel meaningless. Apoc leers at Wolvie and explains Sinister is gone and only Apocalypse remains.
Apocalypse tells Wolverine he will steal his mutant healing factor from him and he will be remembered as the first to fall underneath Apocalypse’s heel. He decks Wolverine, sending him flying backward, seeming not to even notice as Pyro and Dazzler’s attacks hit him from behind.
Wolverine isn’t finished. He leaps and jams a handful of claws into Apoc’s neck. Apocalypse merely jerks his neck, severing Wolverine’s arm at the shoulder. He tosses Wolverine aside like a piece of garbage.
Psylocke tries getting a read on the big guy, but can’t. Wolverine gets back up, clutching his bleeding shoulder. He stands in front of the hulking villain and asks if he’s had enough. Apocalypse says his slumber is over and now it’s time to complete his conquest of the world. He yanks Wolverine’s severed arm out of his neck and throws it at him, knocking him down once more.
Beast joins the fray, delivering an acrobatic kick into Apoc’s side and knocking him over. Beast asks what he wants. Apocalypse grabs him and throws him into Storm explaining he wants everything.
A chorus of “Bamf”s fills the air. Apocalypse is curious as to their derivation. He turns around and finds Nightcrawler and his Morlocks charging him. Nightcrawler leads the group and tells his friends to attack.
With the Morlocks pressing the attack the X-Men regroup for a combined assault. Nightcrawler is knocked aside by Apocalypse’s mighty arm and crashes into the wall landing next to the semi-conscious Wolverine. Nightcrawler gets up and checks on him. Wolverine tells him not to worry about it. Nightcrawler can’t help but stare at the giant pool of blood and insists they get him to a hospital.
Back at the main event, Callisto’s tentacles have Apocalypse wrapped up. He doesn’t seem bothered and offers to take her mutant gift… and her life. Storm delivers a powerful bolt of lightning sending everyone, including Callisto, off the formidable foe. She orders Pyro to let loose and he obliges. Caliban moves in and starts pounding away as Apocalypse falls to his knees. He lets out a small laugh and then turns the tide of the battle decidedly in his favor.
All of a sudden, X-Man turns on X-Man, Morlock turns on Morlock. Apocalypse bellows they’ve seen only a fraction of his power, that he can drive their mutant genes and work his way into their minds and take control. He tells them they’re all his puppets, including any mutant they’ve ever been in contract with. He proclaims once more the world is his.
Central Park West
Spider-Man and Shadowcat are heading downtown when out of nowhere Kitty punches him in the face. She apologizes and explains she can’t help it. Spider-Man lands on the city streets and then slings back into the air. Shadowcat phases through him and then knees him in the face, becoming tangible at just the right moment.
Baxter Building
The Fantastic Four stand atop the Baxter Building staring at the plume of smoke rising above the city. Johnny asks Reed what he thinks it might be. Susan tells him it doesn’t matter and they need to go investigate. Thing asks if she thinks her dad will let them go and presumes the Ultimates will take care of it. Sue says they’re probably busy making another sex tape and asks when they’ve ever made it a habit to ask her father to go anywhere.
Shortly after, they take off in their jet. As they approach the site Reed gets a reading of an incoming bogey, coming in fast. He yells for everyone to brace for impact and tells Sue to erect a shield. Sure enough it’s a direct hit, completing destroying their ship. The Fantastic Four float toward the ground, safe in Sue’s invisible bubble.
Upon landing the Fantastic Four look upward and see members of Xavier’s school heading straight for them. Cyclops tells them to run, that they can’t control themselves. Thing takes an optic blast and while the Human Torch is tackled by Iceman. Invisible Woman gets on the offensive, hitting Jean with a shield and knocking her down. She asks Jean who’s controlling them. Jean explains they don’t know.
Back at the main showdown, Apocalypse stands in defiance as S.H.I.E.L.D. finally arrives in full force. He tells them their actions are futile as all who oppose him will die. Director Carol Danvers is nonplussed by his boasting and tells all agents to concentrate fire on the big blue guy.
The full fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. armament rains down upon Apocalypse. The building under which Apocalypse was standing begins to fall down in the aftermath. Amid the cloud of dust and debris a shadowed figure walks out. Apocalypse is unfazed, but very angry. He calls them all fools, explaining every attempt to destroy him only makes him stronger. As the field of vision clears, Apocalypse stands, arms outstretched in new red and grey metal armor.
Nearby, the Fantastic Four continue the fight against Xavier’s children. Thing has Iceman unconscious under his arm while Reed dodges yet another optic blast. Toad hops out of the way of Johnny’s fire blast, begging him not to burn him. Sue has Jean busy inside a bubble.
Jean spots the figure of Apocalypse on the not so distant horizon. She wonders aloud if he’s the guy controlling them. Her eyes light up with a yellow fire as she wonders how they’ll be able to fight him. She’s suddenly blasted free from Sue’s bubble, the latter getting knocked off her feet. She wonders how that happened and then spots two more figures in battle gear entering the scene. “He’s not alone!” she proclaims.


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Apocalypse- part 3
NYC Hospital
A young doctor makes the mistake of trying to keep Wolverine in the hospital. Despite his grave wounds the one armed mutant brandishes his claws in the MD’s face and tells him he’s going to put an end to the fight that’s filling his hospital with patients.
New York City
The new combatants entering the field stare at the wanton destruction all around them. The red armored individual fears they’re too late. His friend in the silver reminds him they came to stop the battle, not prevent it.
Nearby, Jean Grey takes this all in, a bit puzzled at the two warriors. The one in the red armor notices her, calling her Jean. Jean is taken aback and asks who he is. The red armored individual projects an image of Charles Xavier above his helmet and one of Cable above the other. Jean can’t believe the Professor is alive. Xavier tells her he has the power to block Apocalypse’s psychic control.
Cable interrupts Charles to remind him they need to hurry. Xavier wants to free the rest of his students first. Cyclops and company, now back in control, head towards them. The Fantastic Four, no longer having to do battle with the X-Men, move to the frontlines to help protect the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
Jean demands information on what exactly is going on. Cable says he should be the one to explain. He takes off his helmet causing Cyclops to freak out when he sees who it is. Xavier tells him to calm down and let him explain.
Cable recounts his previous clash with the X-Men where they thought he had killed Professor Xavier. Instead, he actually took Charles to the future, all part of a plan that he and Bishop came up with. Cyclops is surprised to hear Bishop was working with him.
Cable continues, explaining Apocalypse believes himself to be the world’s first mutant and the reason he can control every mutant is because they’re an offshoot of his own DNA. He believes the world to be his birthright and in the future he wins.
Xavier interjects to add that he was in the future where Apocalypse had been reigning for years. Cable resumes his story. He and Bishop surmised Xavier was the only one powerful enough to stop Apocalypse, but when everything originally went down he wasn’t prepared. That’s why he and Bishop organized the whole bait and switch. The reason Bishop stayed behind was to push the late bloomers so they could provide a more powerful force against Apocalypse.
Nearby, the Fantastic Four take on Apocalypse up close and personal. Reed wraps his body around the giant mutant, applying pressure to the key points of his nervous system, but the intended effect, Apocalypse’s unconsciousness, doesn’t happen. Sue adds a force field around Apoc’s head; nevertheless the lack of oxygen doesn’t even slow him down. Johnny and Ben join the mix, the former blasting him with fire and the latter pounding on him with his fists. None of it makes a difference. The Fantastic Four combined are nothing but gnats compared to the awesome power of Apocalypse.
Cable’s story continues. He explains they knew it was Sinister who released Apocalypse and they also knew when and where. So all they had to do was prepare. Wolverine arrives at this point and, ever impatient, tells them to execute the final phase of their plan. Xavier looks at his former charges and asks if they’re well enough to fight. Cyclops tells him they don’t have the luxury to rest. And with that, they charge toward Apocalypse.
Director Danvers spots the incoming mutants and believes things are going to get worse. Then Cyclops blasts Beast in the back leaving Danvers ever curious. Cyclops explains Apocalypse has taken them over and they’re doing their best to free them. He asks her if they have any S.H.I.E.L.D. technology that would help. Danvers says she’ll see what she can do.
Nearby, Xavier tells Jean to keep everyone at bay for he has to do it alone. Jean says they’ll do everything they can. Xavier tells her to stay safe and be careful.
Apocalypse, holding a S.H.I.E.L.D. tank above his head, spots the two mutants and is puzzled that he can’t bring them under his control. He believes it to be some sort of sorcery for there’s no power great enough to resist him.
Xavier flies straight at him like an oncoming missile. He tells Apocalypse he knows what he has planned and won’t let it come to pass. Xavier nails Apoc in the midsection, knocking him to the ground. He tells Apocalypse he’s been training for a year for this moment and then places his hands around the evil one’s head.
As Xavier enters Apocalypse’s mind he sees different versions of the “eternal one.” Xavier continues his monologue, how in what would have been his original confrontation he couldn’t resist Apocalypse’s control and sacrificed himself so as not to let Apocalypse gain his power. Now, Xavier finishes, he has the power and protection to take him on. Xavier falters as he’s saying this. Apocalypse smiles and tells Xavier he’s dead.
Cable can’t believe what he’s seeing. Apocalypse is resisting Xavier’s mind control. His worry turns to anger when Apocalypse headbutts Xavier and cracks open his helmet. Cable charges and grabs Apocalypse by the legs. Cyclops decides he’s no longer going to wait by the sidelines either, but is attacked by Beast who apologizes profusely.
Xavier and Cable revert to hand to hand combat with Apocalypse. Apocalypse easily counters Xavier’s attack and swings him into Cable and then slams him into the ground, creating a cracked spidering effect. Apocalypse then grabs Cable by the neck and tosses him down the hillside. “At last—the end is here,” he says. Xavier gets back to his feet and tells Apocalypse that’s exactly what he was thinking.
Charles tries once more to get into Apocalypse’s head and fails. Apocalypse grabs his opponent’s head, but then receives a telekinetic uppercut. Charles’ helmet comes off in the process and he tries once again to get inside Apocalypse’s mind. He nearly does so this time causing Apocalypse to yell out in anguish.
Charles fails, though. Apocalypse’s eyes glow a bright red as he turns the tables and enters Charles’ mind. Apocalypse revels in Xavier’s abilities and acknowledges how much more powerful he’ll be once he takes those powers for his own. Apocalypse reaches out for him and tells him not to fear death for he’ll probably not wish to see what happens next.
Jean looks on in terror. She says out loud that she’ll do anything as long as Charles doesn’t die. The voice of the Phoenix reminds her how it told her she’d beg for her in the end.
There’s a huge explosion and the sky is suddenly filled with a bright yellow light. The visage of the Phoenix towers over Jean and screams that at last it is free. Jean stares down at Apocalypse and tells him he now faces the wrath of the Phoenix.


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Apocalypse- part 4
Everyone stands in awe at the majestic glory of the Phoenix. With Apocalypse also distracted, the rest of the X-Men regain control of themselves. Beast asks Storm if she’s ok. Storm is pleased that she’s back to her old self again. Thing is happy too seeing as how they don’t have to fight the X-Men anymore.
Iceman asks Rogue what happened. Rogue surmises Apocalypse is distracted. Sure enough, Phoenix unleashes a powerful attack against Apocalypse. He reels forward, spittle leaping from his mouth. Charles cringes as his giant enemy is pushed toward him.
Director Danvers orders all available S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel to start a search and rescue until the battle between the “firebird” and Apocalypse is finished. She wants them to locate any survivors and get them medical attention.
Storm and Toad check on the Professor. He claims to be ok and that Jean saved him just in time. Cyclops tries joining the fight, but Wolverine holds him back. He tells Slim he’s only going to get in the way.
Apocalypse turns to face the Phoenix. He tells her he senses the great power within and that he intends to take it. Phoenix tells him he faces a god, not the mere children he’s laid waste to. She calls him a fool and tells him a physical contest is beneath her, but she will do so if needed. She tells him to make the choice.
Apocalypse yells out as he attacks with a full frontal assault. He’s knocked back as quickly as he came. Phoenix calls him pitiful. She lands on the ground and tells Apocalypse she knows he thinks he’s an ageless being returned to life—destined to rule them all, but he’s wrong. Apocalypse gets to his knees and tells her he will command her as he commands all.
Phoenix calls him a weak, frightened creature, drawing upon immense evil to survive. She tells him she will purge him of that evil. With that, the winds swirl around Apocalypse. His armor begins melting and dripping off in splotches. Phoenix looks on as Apocalypse’s shell withers. He cries out in agony and she yields for a moment.
Phoenix tells Apocalypse he felt a small taste of her power. Apocalypse coughs weakly, still on his knees. Then from out of nowhere he pools his energy together and cold cocks Phoenix. She’s taken by surprise and sent reeling through the air. Apocalypse tells her she underestimates him. Phoenix smiles and says that’s a mistake she won’t make again. She unleashes her full fury on Apocalypse.
Everyone in the area can’t help but watch as Apocalypse literally falls apart in front of them. Phoenix pours it on, more and more, telling Apocalypse to die. Wolverine asks Cyclops if he has a plan. Cyke asks what he means by that. Wolverine asks how they’re going to defeat the Phoenix once she defeats Apocalypse.
Apocalypse begs for his life. The all-powerful mutant, who thought himself superior to all, humbled before the power of the Phoenix. Phoenix keeps on the pressure. Apocalypse asks her to stop twice more. With Apocalypse utterly defeated, Phoenix finally acquiesces. Apocalypse falls over. Phoenix calls him pathetic. When the smoke dissipates Sinister is all that is left.
Xavier approaches Phoenix. “Jean,” he calls out. “I am Jean and I am not Jean. I am both and I am neither,” she replies. Cyclops rushes over and asks what she means by that. Phoenix says Jean is still there, but she’s changed, merged with the Phoenix. She says she’s the world-shaper, the bringer of change and there’s much she must do. Cyclops asks what she means by that. Phoenix says she’s leaving.
Scott asks her why. Phoenix admits a part of her still cares about him, about all of them, but emotion is beneath her and her priorities are elsewhere. She has lots of work to do and she has been gone too long. She explains there’s much damage that needs to be undone, damage caused by Charles Xavier. She points at him as she says this.
Xavier is taken aback by this. Phoenix explains he’s the reason all this happened. She tells Charles he’s the most powerful mutant on the planet and he should have done more and that all the work he has accomplished has been undone by this. She tells Charles he should be ashamed of himself. She tells him there’s so much he can accomplish. Xavier looks at her and asks what she expects him to do. She places her hands on his head and tells him to start over.
A bright, white nothingness envelops them. Xavier suddenly finds himself in his office back at the mansion. He turns on the television and switches to the news. Scott comes bursting in through the office door. He tells the Professor Jean is nowhere to be found. Xavier says he knows this. He can’t detect her presence anywhere.
Scott can’t believe she’d just teleport them all back to the Institute after defeating Apocalypse and disappear. Charles disagrees; she did way more than that. They turn their attention to the newscast where the reporter goes on about the sunny, beautiful day it’s been in Manhattan.
In the living room Iceman and Rogue are watching the same newscast. They can’t believe it’s like nothing ever happened, and they seem to be the only ones who remember it.
In another room, Angel and Dazzler hook up, both expressing their feelings toward each other and how much they’ve missed one another.
In the kitchen, Wolverine tells Pyro how his arm feels too good to be true. There aren’t any aches or pains. Pyro asks Wolverine if he thinks they’ll let him stay at the mansion. Without Bishop around he has nowhere else to go.
Elsewhere, Syndicate and Psylocke talk about Bishop and how he said he was married to Psylocke in the future. Psylocke replies that with future-Bishop dead, it’s all just too much for her to think about.
Still elsewhere, Beast asks Storm if she’s all right. Storm confides it all feels like a dream and she’s afraid she’s going to wake back up with the world falling apart all around her. She asks Hank to hold her.
Pyro asks Wolverine if Cable is gone. Wolverine says not completely.
Back in Xavier’s office, Cyclops explains he’s called the Triskelion, but hasn’t received a call back yet. He’s also talked to Reed Richards who has no recollection of the events. He called Colossus too, still living with Jean-Paul in Chicago, and he has no clue what’s going on and still thought the Professor was dead. Lastly, he had Psylocke try to contact Nightcrawler without any luck, so it seems as though they’re the only people that remember Apocalypse’s/Sinister’s attack.
Charles seems lost in thought. He strokes Mystique and asks Scott to call a meeting and have everyone gather in the conference room in ten minutes.
Ten minutes later, the X-people are gathered in the conference room. With all attention on him Charles says everything is different now. They’ve faced their greatest threat and lived through it. And even though they’ve lost Jean, for now at least, she’s given them something very special—a second chance.
Xavier explains Jean became the Phoenix, something he’s not too familiar with. He says he’s going to Lilandra from the Church of Enlightenment to learn more. What he does know is the Phoenix is an agent of change, driven to bring about a rebirth, literal or not, to this world. He smiles and says as X-Men they’re going to help her. They’re going to change the world.


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Absolute Power part 1
All I ever wanted was to be a hero… Piotr Rasputin a.k.a. Colossus thinks to himself, as his mind wanders backwards:
(Flashback, the Ust-Orydynski Collective, Siberia, 10 years ago)
‘Piotr Rasputin! Those cows aren’t going to milk themselves!’ Piotr’s father shouts. ‘Be right there!’ Piotr replies, stuffing a poster of Captain America under his mattress in his bedroom, before heading out to the snow-covered grounds, where his father hands him a couple of buckets and tells him that Miriam has been acting up. ‘So be a gentleman, understand?’ ‘Yes sir’ Piotr replies quickly. ‘Everything okay?’ his father asks. ‘Yes sir’ he replies again. ‘You wouldn’t lie to me, would you?’ his father asks. ‘No sir!’ Piotr exclaims.
Soon, in the barn, Piotr is milking a cow, when a voice calls out his name. ‘Yes?’ Piotr asks as he nervously peers around from behind the cow. He gets no spoken response, only a myriad of bullets fired at him - but Piotr’s body turns to metal and the bullets just bounce off him. Piotr stares at the three large men, one dressed in a suit who exclaims that Dr. Zavadsky was right, ‘You are one of those…post humans. A mutant’. Scared, Piotr asks the men not to tell his father. ‘He doesn’t know…he wouldn’t understand’.
The man in the suit assures Piotr that his secret is safe, and asks him if he knows who he is. ‘Anatol Spichkin. The Mobster’ Piotr replies. ‘Businessman’ Spichkin corrects him. ‘Russia’s not a Communist farm anymore’ he remarks, before telling Piotr that when he really wants to do something with his life, to come and see him at Pushkins, as he will have a job for him. ‘What…? What am I supposed to tell my father about these cows?’ Piotr exclaims as the men walk away. Looking at the dead cows, Spichkin remarks that Piotr has lied to his father about being a mutant, so he will figure something out.
(Present)
Xavier’s School for Gifted Children, Westchester County, where the X-Men and their friends are involved in a game of baseball. ‘Get your head in the game’ Jean Grey telepathically tells her boyfriend, Scott “Cyclops“ Summers. Cyclops enables Jean to read his thoughts, as he thinks ‘After everything with Xavier. And Apocalypse. And you, Jean, you come back here like nothing happened. Are we going to talk or…’ Jean interrupts, ‘No, not today. Right now all I want is a fastball - outside corner. Nightcrawler has no reach’ Jean replies as she crouches down on the catchers mat behind Kurt “Nightcrawler” Wagner who is next up to bat. Cyclops, is the pitcher, and with Colossus and Rogue standing nearby, he tosses the ball.
Standing on the sidelines watching is Logan a.k.a. Wolverine, can of beer in one hand, he looks at Firestar who asks ‘So, Logan, the X-Men play baseball for fun? What do the Ultimates do? Book club?’. Logan tells Firestar that he knows something else they could do. ‘You know…fun’. Annoyed, Firestar replies that she will pretend he never said that, and warns Logan that if he hits on her again, she will burn the hair off his nipples.
Nightcrawler has made it to the base where Colossus is waiting. ‘Peter’. ‘Kurt’. They acknowledge each other. ‘Well…this is awkward…’ Nightcrawler mutters. ‘Why? Because the last time you saw me you told me I was going to Hell for being gay?’ Peter snaps back. ‘Yeah…that’. Kurt mumbles, before asking Peter if he is still with Northstar. Glancing at his boyfriend, Jean-Paul “Northstar” Beaubier, at the next base, Colossus ignores Kurt’s question and replies ‘Are you still King of the Morlocks?’. ‘It’s more of a benevolent dictatorship’ Kurt replies.
Nightcrawler tells Colossus that he has been thinking, as it was the only thing you can do down in the sewers, and admits that Colossus treated him like family, so he is sorry he was - Colossus interrupts, catching the ball, ‘You’re out!’ he tells Kurt, who calls him a cheater. ‘You should’ve been paying attention to the game’ Peter points out, when, suddenly, ‘Hey! Hey! Help!’ comes a cry. It’s Bobby “Iceman” Drake, who stumbles onto the pitch, looking exhausted, and in his ice-form, half of his left arm is broken. ‘What happened to your arm!?’ Warren “Angel” Worthington asks. ‘Run…’ Bobby whispers. ‘What?’ Dazzler a.k.a. Alison Blaire asks, but Bobby isn’t able to explain, as he collapses before them, his body shattering amongst impact with the ground.
‘I think he sad, “run”!’ exclaims a red-and-white clad figure hovering just above the ground, and flanked by six others: Vindicator! Snowbird! Aurora! Shaman! Sasquatch! Sunfire! Jubilee!
‘Bobby! Oh my God! They…they broke him!’ Firestar exclaims, as she powers up. Wolverine tells her to flame off, as this isn’t her fight. ‘It’s mine!’ he exclaims, unsheathing his claws he makes his way over to the new arrivals. ‘They call themselves Alpha Flight!’ he announces. ‘What’s that supposed to mean?’ Cyclops asks. ‘Don’t know. Don’t care. They’re rip-off Ultimates at best’ Wolverine exclaims, while Scott asks him what their beef with him is. ‘Same as everyone else. We had a past. I betrayed them. They want revenge. ‘Isn’t that right, Mac?’ he exclaims as he approaches Vindicator.
‘I don’t know who you think I am, but I don’t have any fight with you’ Vindicator tells Wolverine. ‘You broke Bobby into a million pieces - my turn to break you!’ Wolverine retorts as his claws shatter some of the red capsules on Vindicator’s costume. In retaliation, Vindicator blasts Wolverine high into the air. ‘Oy!’ exclaims Firestar, while Cyclops shouts ‘X-Men…ATTACK!’.
While the X-Men, their allies and Alpha Flight engage in battle, Vindicator announces that he has the telepath, and indeed, as he takes down Jean with a mighty punch, before she can take his team out herself, Vindicator tells his team to secure the target and take down the rest. Cyclops blasts Shaman with his optical power, but Shaman conjures up a shield to protect himself. Sasquatch grabs Bobby “Sunspot” DaCosta, while Rogue rushes towards the large beast. ‘Little help? Anyone? Hello!’ exclaims Firestar as she is confronted by Sunfire.
Storm a.k.a. Ororo Munroe tells Firestar that she is coming, until she herself is confronted by Snowbird. Clad in a skin-tight white costume with a red bird symbol on her chest, and a large fur collar, the young Inuit woman exclaims ‘You call yourself a goddess? You’re nothing but a golden cow!’ and unleashes a burst of icy wind, knocking Storm aside.
 Sasquatch forces Rogue to the ground, exclaiming ‘I’m not letting you touch me. I remember the last time!’ Confused, Rogue replies ‘Do I know you?’ ‘Tsk, tsk. Now that would be giving it all away!’ is Sasquatch’s only reply.
Cyclops and his brother, Alex a.k.a. Havok team-up to deal with Shaman, both unleashing their respective powers upon him. Scott tells Alex to keep concentrating, and Alex replies that he is pouring everything he has, but it’s still not enough. ‘What the hell do these guys want?’ he wonders.
‘Northstar!’ exclaims Vindicator as he and the leather-clad, sultry Aurora hover over Northstar and Colossus. ‘You are property of the Canadian government and will return to duty at Department H immediately!’ Vindicator orders, while Aurora tells her brother to come along, adding that there is no need for this to get uglier. ‘Jean-Paul…?’ Colossus asks his boyfriend, confused. Northstar tells Peter to run away from them. Calling them monsters, he exclaims ‘You don’t know what they’re capable of!’.
Colossus assures Northstar that they will not lay a hand on him, when, suddenly, in the blink of an eye, Aurora has collected Northstar and has taken flight. ‘You were saying?’ Aurora exclaims. While Vindicator orders her to get Northstar to the jet. ‘Playtime’s over, everyone. It’s time to boot!’. And, with that, Vindicator blasts Colossus, sending him across the pitch and into one of the stands.
Shaman dodges one of Cyclops’ blasts and reveals that his in fact not a magician, but a mutant. With that, he smashes Scott’s glasses, and Scott falls to the grass. Alpha Flight stand over him, and Shaman exclaims that Alpha Flight is going to make the word mutant mean something again.
Soon, Alpha Flight are aboard their jet, and Snowbird motions to Jubilee’s t-shirt, which has Dazzler scrawled across it. ‘I can’t believe you wore that shirt’ Snowbird snaps. ‘We’re supposed to be professionals’. Jubilee replies that she wanted to get Dazzler’s autograph. ‘I didn’t know I’d be blowing her up!’. Vindicator asks Aurora how her brother is, to which Aurora confirms that he is ready for the trip back North. Vindicator asks Snowbird why they aren’t off the ground yet, to which someone exclaims that something is holding them back. ‘Not something…someone!’ Snowbird declares.
Indeed, Colossus is holding on to the back of the jet, its thrusters blasting him, he continues to hold on to save his boyfriend. Suddenly, Aurora appears beside him and tells him that the fight is over. ‘Let go!’ she exclaims. ‘NEVER!’ Colossus shouts. ‘You’re truly in love?’ Aurora asks. ‘It would almost be romantic if it weren’t so desperate. You have no idea what you’re up against!’ Aurora exclaims, before announcing that she moves faster than light - ‘And I can steal it away from you!’ With that, Colossus finds himself surrounded by darkness, and his clothes missing. ‘au revoir, homme de bidon!’ Aurora exclaims to Colossus as Alpha Flight depart.
Later, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Colossus, Angel and Dazzler have assembled in the infirmary where Iceman is lying in a bed, his body put back together, and Hank “Beast” McCoy announces that Iceman and Rogue are both going to be fine. ‘Turns out you can put Humpty Dumpty together again’ he jokes, making reference to the nursery rhyme. Hank explains that the implications of Iceman’s abilities are incredible, and declares that they need to contact Professor X - immediately, but Jean tells him that they won’t be doing that, as Xavier needs to rest and recover. ‘We can handle this ourselves’
Colossus exclaims that they are wasting time, and declares that they have to find Northstar, to which Cyclops remarks ‘I know you’re worried about your boyfriend, but…’ ‘BUT WHAT?’ Colossus asks angrily, getting to his feet and confronting Cyclops, exclaiming that if it was Jean who had been kidnapped then they would already be on the Blackbird by now getting her back. ‘They abducted him!’ Peter exclaims. ‘And kicked our collective ass in the process. There were only five of them’ Cyclops replies.
Colossus points out that they were caught off guard, to which Cyclops replies ‘Five, Pete. Five against twenty-five. If we’re going to war - we need more information’. Suddenly, Wolverine enters, announcing that he thinks he has something. Jean asks Logan if he is okay, and asks him where he landed, to which Logan replies ‘Maine’. ‘You’re kidding!?’. ‘Nope - good local beer up there. Had a helluva time hitching a ride back. But I knew you’d all wanna see this!’ Logan announces as he holds out one of the red orbs that was attached to Vindicator’s costume. He explains that he grabbed it off Vindicator and that it is Alpha Flight’s secret weapon, a power-enhancing drug called “Banshee”.
Wolverine lists off some similar drugs, including Mutant Growth Hormone, and exclaims that it is liquid nightmare - addictive and lethal. Examining the orb, Jean remarks that she has never heard of it, to which Dazzler points out that Jean is not exactly “street”, what with living Upstate in a mansion. Cyclops asks what Banshee is and how it works, to which Dazzler explains that it gives normal humans temporary powers - flight, invisibility. ‘Heard about one kid - thought he was intangible and jumped in front of the f-train. Poor sap’ she adds.
Marvel Girl asks Beast what would happen if a mutant took it, to which Hank replies that he thinks they just saw it. ‘Secondary, even tertiary mutations’ he declares. ‘In English’ Jean asks, to which Hank remarks that they are not fighting mutants. ‘These guys…they’re gods!’. Colossus makes a silent getaway as Cyclops announces that he wants everyone in the Danger Room as they have to know what they are up against. ‘We’re gonna start running scenarios. We’ve gotta be smarter, better, faster’.
Jean tells Scott that something is wrong with Peter, to which Scott replies ‘Yeah…Northstar was kidnapped’. But Jean assures him that she doesn’t think it is about that, and declares that she has to read Peter’s mind. Scott protests, and asks Jean if she doesn’t remember how they all felt about Xavier doing that. ‘So?’ Jean replies. Scott exclaims that everyone suspected Xavier was reading their thoughts, manipulating them. ‘People don’t know what to think since you came back. Don’t give them a reason to fear you!’ he exclaims, taking her hand. ‘Oh, Scott. They already do!’ Jean exclaims.
Jean holds out her hands and asks Scott why he thinks Vindicator took her out first. ‘I don’t need Banshee to become a god. I already am!’ she exclaims creating a small bird of fire with ease, before extinguishing it with similar ease and reminding Scott that Peter is their friend, and he is hurting. ‘I can find out why’. But Scott tells that just because she can doesn’t mean she should. ‘He won’t even know I’m…’ Jean replies as she enters Peter’s mind and observes scenes from the past:
(Flashbacks)
‘Piotr Rasputin! I’ve been calling you for ten minutes!’ shouts Piotr’s father, banging on his sons bedroom door. ‘Just a minute!’ Piotr exclaims from inside. Ignoring his son, the old man enters the bedroom, ‘What are you doing in here?’ he demands. ‘Dad! NO!’ Piotr shouts fearfully as he sits up in his bed, naked, with another young man beside him. ‘Dad! I can explain! I…’ his voice trails off as he sees his the look on his fathers face. His father says nothing, then leaves.
Later, Piotr meets with Anatol Spichkin, who tells him that he would love to offer him a job, but that he cannot. ‘But, you said…’ Piotr begins, until Spichkin interrupts him, remarking that turning your skin into steel might make Piotr bullet-proof, but that Dr. Zavodsky says Piotr can barely lift his own arms - that he is as weak as a little girl. ‘Totally useless’. Forlorn, Piotr replies that the metal is heavy. ‘Go home!’ Spichkin tells him as he continues to stuff his face with food. ‘I can’t’ Piotr whispers. ‘What’s that?’ Spichkin asks. Piotr declares that he cannot go home - not ever.
Spichkin smirks and tells Piotr that there is one solution, if he is willing. ‘They call it Banshee. It will make you…effective’ he explains. ‘Yes, of course - anything!’ Piotr replies. Spichkin holds out a syringe full of the drug, and Piotr rolls his sleeve up, asking why it is called Banshee….
Later still, ‘You are not alone. Welcome to the X-Men, honey’ Jean Grey exclaimed as she welcomed Colossus to the X-Men. During his time with the X-Men he even ripped the head off a Sentinel. ‘Colossus, we found Magneto - we gotta run!’ Jean said to him before a mission. ‘I’ll be right out. Just a minute’ Colossus replied with a syringe sticking out of his arm - and later, during that battle, he smacked the helmet right off Magneto’s head.
(Present)
Jean is shocked after watching these memories in Colossus’ head. ‘Jean!’ Peter exclaims, clutching his head as he realizes what has been going on.
In the Danger Room, several of the X-Men and their allies are taking on some robots, when suddenly, Wolverine asks them if they heard something. Moments later, Marvel Girl is thrown through one of the walls and into the Danger Room, followed by an angry Colossus. ‘You had no right!’ he screams, only for Storm to force him backwards with a powerful gust of wind, asking him what is going on. Marvel Girl announces that Colossus is using Banshee. ‘He’s lied to us. He’s an addict!’ she exclaims.
Colossus defends himself by declaring that it is a necessity, explaining that just because he turns to steel, it doesn’t make him strong. ‘Banshee makes me -’ he is interrupted by Jean, who quotes Spichkin: “Effective!”, and tells Peter that he must know he is killing himself. Firestar asks if this isn’t the same thing the Ultimates do. ‘Power-enhancing drugs? Like Giant-Man?’ she asks. Angel remarks that he heard Giant-Man is a junkie. Colossus asks about Captain America, exclaiming that he used the Super-Soldier serum to become a better warrior. But Wolverine tells Colossus that there is nothing he can say to make this okay. ‘There’s no difference!’ Peter retorts. ‘I know Cap. You’re no Cap’ Logan replies harshly.
But Nightcrawler comes to Colossus’ aid, ‘That’s bull! How many lives has Peter saved? Yours!?’ he declares. Cyclops tells Kurt to ease up, but Kurt replies that he won’t, and declares that it is easy to judge when you can heal from gunshot wounds or stop bullets mid-air. ‘The rest of us aren’t as lucky’. Colossus exclaims that villains are getting more dangerous. ‘They’ll do anything to get what they want. We must be willing to do the same - or we’ll get buried’. Jean asks Peter if he is suggesting that they use Banshee, to which Colossus confirms that he is.
Annoyed, Jean glows in the fire of the Phoenix, announcing that they are not having this discussion. ‘This is a drug-free institution. Zero tolerance. If anyone is using - you will be expelled. Understood?’ she shouts. Concerned, Jean extends a hand to Colossus. ‘You’re addicted and you don’t even realize it. Let me… I can help you!’ she exclaims. Colossus asks if he lets her will she manipulate his mind, force him to quit. ‘You have the power. Will you abuse it? Does that make you any different than me?’ Jean holds her head in her hands as her friend announces that he is going to get Northstar back. ‘Consider me expelled!’.
Colossus packs a bag in his quarters and looks at a photograph of the Original X-Men - himself and Jean included, and tosses it into a trash can. Soon, outside the mansion, he looks back at it out of the corner of his eye, before opening the hangar bay, where the Blackbird awaits.
‘You know how to fly that thing?’ Cyclops asks. ‘If you’ve come to stop me, don’t bother’ Peter replies. Surprisingly, Scott announces that he actually wants to help. ‘And why would you ever think that I would actually trust you?’ Colossus asks. There is silence, until Scott puts a hand on Peter’s shoulder and explains ‘Because of Jean’. Scott declares that he loves Jean, but that she scares him. ‘What if she ever turned against us? None of us could stop her. Not one of us. We need plans. Strategies - we all need each other. Now more than ever. You can’t do this alone’.
Colossus grins, and reveals that he is not alone - ‘Welcome to the X-Men!’ he exclaims, motioning to the darkness, which lights up, revealing Banshee-enhanced Rogue, Nightcrawler, Angel and Dazzler!


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Absolute Power part 2
‘All I ever wanted was to be a hero…’ remarks Scott “Cyclops” Summers.
(Flashback, six years ago)
Scott gets a punch in the face, blood splatters from his mouth. ‘Come on, Summers, you little wuss. Fight back!’ a bully shouts. ‘I can’t…I…’ Scott replies as he slumps against a set of lockers at Gaspar de Portolo Junior High School in Portland, Oregon. Scott rubs his head before he falls to the floor, and wets himself. The bully begins shouting out ‘Ohmygod. He wet himself. Unbelievable. Hey everybody! Scott Summers wet himself!’
Soon, a teary-eyed Scott bursts into the house where he lives with his foster parents. ‘Scott!’ shouts Scott’s foster mother, seeing that something is wrong. But Scott doesn’t stop, instead he rushes up to his bedroom and slams the door. As he sobs on his bed, he can hear his foster parents whispering: ‘Go in there and talk to him!’ ‘What’m I supposed to say? He’s not even our kid’. ‘He can hear you, jerk!’ Soon, there is a knock at his door, but Scott shouts ‘Go away, Noah’. Noah opens the door and remarks ‘I know we’re just your foster parents, but, you know - you can still talk to us about…you know…you can talk to us…’.
Suddenly, Scott’s eyes flash red, and he shouts ‘I said…go away!’ With that, a powerful optic blast fills the room, and Noel is obliterated.
(Present)
‘Scott? Cyclops? You okay?’ asks his fellow X-Man Peter “Colossus” Rasputin”. Hanging his head, Scott replies ‘Yeah…my mind was a million miles away…thinking’. The X-Men, some of them at least, are a million miles away from their normal home in Westchester, currently holed-up in the Ust-Ordynski Collective in Siberia. ‘What the hell are we doing here?’ Cyclops asks. Colossus reminds him that they need to get more “Banshee”. ‘Right. Banshee. The drug’ Scott remarks. With Alison “Dazzler” Blaire, Warren “Angel” Worthington, Rogue and Kurt “Nightcrawler” Wagner also present, Colossus points out that Banshee has made them all more powerful, as it is the only way they can hope to beat Alpha Flight and get Northstar back.
Glancing out a window, Colossus sees two figures arrive via teleportation. ‘They’re here!’ he exclaims. ‘I’m coming with you’ Scott replies, but Colossus replies that he goes alone, explaining that they will only talk to him. Cyclops begins to protest, but Colossus reiterates that he will be going alone. Stepping out onto the porch, Colossus calls out to the arrivals, thanking them for coming so quickly, when all of a sudden, one of them orders him not to come any closer. ‘There’s a blindfold. Put it on!’ they order.
Colossus picks the blindfold up and complies, ‘Even after all this time, I’m still not allowed to see your face’ he remarks. ‘You understand the power of the secrets. You liked to your best friends. Your teammates. You never told them you were using Banshee’ comes the reply. ‘They never asked’ Colossus mumbles, before opening a briefcase full of money. ‘That’s nice’ the dealer replies, before opening another case, filled with the drug. ‘Here they are - putting their ass on the line. For you. Are you really prepared to take them down this road?’ the dealer asks, referring to the X-Men.
Colossus ignores the question, instead asks the dealer if they brought enough Banshee for the job. ‘Twelve vials. It’s all here. You know what your problem is, Rasputin? You’re a selfish arse’ the dealer tells Colossus. Peter remains stern and replies ‘You don’t know me, friend. Northstar loved me’. ‘Loved? Past tense?’ the dealer replies. ‘Loves’. Colossus corrects himself. ‘I will break continents to get him back. Have you, in your tiny little heart, ever felt so strongly? Have you?’ HELLO?’ But there is no response, as the dealers have vanished as quickly as they arrived.
Back inside, Cyclops watches the goings-ons outside, and Rogue, her skin turned metal, and sporting wings, tells him that if Colossus wanted company he would have asked him to go outside. ‘This is my first drug deal. I’m a little…I mean…aren’t you? A little?’ Cyclops mumbles. Rogue poses seductively and replies ‘No. I finally feel…once you take it, you - of all people - you’ll understand’. ‘Understand what?’ Scott asks.
‘You and I. We’re the same. Both of us totally screwed. Our abilities control us. Banshee gives us what we’ve always needed’. Rogue replies as she approaches Scott. ‘And what’s that?’ Scott asks, before Rogue kisses him on the lips. Somewhat taken aback, Scott asks Rogue why she did that. ‘Because I can’ Rogue replies, grinning.
Colossus returns, holding up the briefcase filled with the drug, he tells Scott that they have what they came for, and gives both a vial and the injector to Scott. Somewhat concerned, Scott takes the injector and the vial, and shoves it into his neck. ‘Good man. Now let’s find Alpha Flight and get Northstar back!’ Colossus exclaims, while Scott telepathically contacts Jean Grey.
Back in Westchester, Jean responds to her lover’s thoughts, ‘No need to yell Scott, I can hear you!’ she exclaims, sitting in an office, two computers in front of her, Jean is also conversing telepathically with the X-Men’s absent mentor, Professor Charles Xavier, who announces that Storm has tested negative for Banshee.
 While Scott and the other X-Men in Siberia board the jet, Scott asks Jean what she is doing. Jean explains that she and Charles are testing all the students and faculty for Banshee. ‘I’ll patch you in!’ she exclaims, so that they can have a three-way telepathic conversation, despite Cyclops protesting that he doesn’t want to turn this into a conference call.
Nevertheless, Jean merges the conversations, and Xavier greets Scott, asking him how he is. Scott replies that they have just secured a batch of Banshee, and that these X-Men do not suspect that he is playing both sides. ‘But that won’t last long’ he adds. Xavier tells Scott to find out who is supplying the Banshee and shut it down, but Cyclops replies that it isn’t that simple, as even Colossus doesn’t know, as the dealer made him wear a blindfold, and is using a teleported.
Xavier tells the senior X-Men that he will check for any recent power signatures of teleporters, to which Jean tells him they have to do better than that. Jean exclaims that Banshee is a threat to their entire race, and they must eliminate it. Scott replies that he is taking care of their friends right now, making sure they do not hurt themselves or anyone else. ‘Right, Jean?’ But Jean is distracted, and goes wide-eyed as she looks at one of the computer screens, exclaiming ‘Sorry, I…we have a positive. There’s a positive. It’s impossible…’ she exclaims. ‘Who? Jean? Who is it?’
Soon, ‘There’s no way. No #@%&ing way!’ Wolverine a.k.a. Logan exclaims, claws outstretched, several cut-up training robots at his feet. Jean, somewhat astonished, stands near Logan and tells him that she is just explaining what she found. ‘No need to take it out on the very important expensive inanimate objects!’. Logan looks at his ex-lover and replies ‘Better than someone with all those squishy, important parts!’. Logan looks at his blood-covered claws and tells Jean to test it again. ‘I did’ Jean replies. ‘Test it again again’ Logan tells her. ‘I did. Over and over. Same results every time. You’ve used Banshee’.
Logan admits that he has done a lot of things: ‘But not this. Never this’. Jean assures Logan that she believes him, but points out that there are so many holes in his past ‘Isn’t is possible - even probable - that you used Banshee?’ Jean asks. ‘So what now - you gonna ask me to leave?’ Logan snaps. ‘No. I need your help. Help us find who’s distributing the Banshee. Find out who messed with you. Stop them’ Jean exclaims. ‘Stop them? I’m gonna make them scream!’ Logan replies, holding his blood-drenched claws to his face.
Meanwhile, inside Department H, fifty miles north of Montreal, Canada, a mighty scream can be heard for miles. Alpha Flight are relaxing in a rec room, and Jubilee remarks that Northstar’s screaming is totally freaking her out. ‘Are we, you know, are we doing the right thing here?’ she asks. While Sasquatch lifts some weights, Shaman plays on a Playstation, and Snowbird sits with him, while Sunfire stands nearby and Aurora walks down some stairs into the room, Vindicator replies ‘We’re saving the dammed world, Jubilee!’.
Vindicator exclaims that Alpha Flight are the first internationally sanctioned mutant team, made powerful enough to take on any conceivable threat. ‘Liberators. Brotherhood. Ultimates’. ‘Ultimates are the good guys. Right?’ Jubilee asks. ‘The Ultimates answer to America. Selfish. Egotistical. American. We answer to the world!’ Vindicator replies sternly. Wide-eyed, Jubilee exclaims that she isn’t talking “press-release”, and explains that it’s the Banshee. ‘Can’t you feel it?’ she asks, declaring that not only is she constantly PMSing, ‘It’s the rage. The joy. The high. I mean, Sasquatch and Sunfire haven’t powered down in weeks!’
‘You wanna see my pretty face, Jubes?’ Sasquatch asks, shifting from the beastly form - into that of a young red-haired woman. ‘Better?’ she asks. ‘Yes. Nice to see Rahne Sinclair is still human underneath all that fur!’ Sasquatch exclaims that they are all fine, to which Jubilee smiles at Vindicator and puts a hand to his face, ‘What about you?’ she asks. ‘You gonna take off that mask? Or are you all sorts of hideous under there?’. Suddenly, Vindicator grabs Jubilee’s hand, pulling it away from his face, and snaps a finger, causing her to scream. ‘We’re not human. We’re mutants. Don’t forget that!’ Vindicator bellows.
‘You broke my finger. You broke my &@&ing finger!’ Jubilee shouts, while Snowbird attempts to console her. ‘You don’t need fingers to cast your “fireworks” Vindicator reminds her, when, suddenly, Shaman tells everyone to shut up, ‘There’s something…’ he begins, concentrating hard. ‘Something? What is it?’ someone asks. ‘Brimstone?’ Shaman replies, indeed, as Nightcrawler teleports the other powered-up X-Men into Alpha Flight’s rec room. ‘WHERE’S NORTHSTAR?!’ Colossus screams. Dazzler creates a solid-light form of a large bear, while Angel appears in a large full-bird form.
One of Alpha Flight exclaims that the entire wall has been teleported out, while Colossus smashes Shaman in the face, demanding to know where Northstar is. ‘I WILL RIP YOU APART!’ he screams, while Dazzler’s solid-light bear snags Aurora and bites into her arm. ‘You might be faster than light…but I own it!’ Dazzler tells the sultry Alphan. Snowbird calls out to Aurora that she is coming to help her, when, suddenly, Angel swoops past her and uses his clawed feet to grab her by the shoulders, pulling her into the air, he speeds outside and high into the sky, ‘You’re a flier, right, Snowbird? Try the stratosphere!’ he exclaims.
Back inside, Nightcrawler confronts Sasquatch, ‘You don’t want this fight, little demon!’ Sasquatch exclaims. ‘You can’t fight me if you’re not here!’ Nightcrawler replies - before teleporting off Sasquatch’s right arm. ‘My arm!’ gasps Rahne, horrified. Kurt is shocked, ‘Oh, God, I didn’t know I could…I’m so sorry, I’m -’ he mutters, seemingly genuine, but he is interrupted by Vindicator who blasts him in the back. ‘I can smell the Banshee on your breath. You irresponsible brats! Like children who broke into their daddy’s liquor cabinet!’ Vindicator snaps.
Suddenly though, Rogue approaches Vindicator from behind and places her fingers on his face, exclaiming that when her daddy got drunk, he liked to touch her. ‘One day he touched me and I took away his life. What am I gonna take from you?’ she exclaims. Vindicator is horror-stricken, but after a moment, so is Rogue. Wide-eyed, she gasps ‘You? No…that’s impossible. You can’t be…’ Realizing Rogue is now vulnerable, Vindicator frees himself from her clasp, and blasts her with his powers, ‘You know my secret. You’re dead. You’re &%#ing dead!’ he shouts as his powers force Rogue up against a wall. ‘He’s crushing me!’ Rogue cries out.
Cyclops unleashes his optic blast on Vindicator, but it doesn’t appear to have any effect, so Scott calls out to Peter for help, ‘He’s gonna kill her!’ Scott exclaims. But Peter is busy pummeling Sunfire, ‘Where is he? Where? Tell me and I wont snap your neck!’ Colossus threatens Sunfire. ‘Science lab. North end of the building!’ Sunfire instantly replies.
Vindicator manages to smash Cyclops in the face, and Colossus rushes past him, heading for the science lab, despite Scott telling him not to, ‘Don’t leave us!’ he exclaims. ‘I don’t have the power…I faked the first injection!’ Scott reveals. Scott looks at the injector, loaded with Banshee, ‘I can’t…I…’ he mutters, until he looks around, his team is in distress - Vindicator continues to pour the power on Rogue, while Shaman smashes Angel to the floor, and Aurora gains the upper hand on Dazzler. Scott grimaces as he shoves the injector to his neck, and pumps himself full of Banshee. ‘Oh God! The pain. The pain’s…oh God…it’s…it’s…gone?’
(In Scott’s mind / flashback takes place before Ultimate X-Men #1)
Scott turns around and sees a short-haired Marvel Girl, pushing Xavier in a wheelchair. He calls out to them, and asks them where they are going. Following them into a room, he realizes that it is the Whaleys’ living room, and that he is watching the past: ‘My foster parents. This is the day…’ his voice trails off. Jean frowns, ‘It smells like…those stains? Are they -? Oh God. I’m gonna puke’ Jean exclaims. Xavier tells Marvel Girl to hold it together, as this boy needs their help. ‘Isn’t that right, Scott?’ Xavier calls out.
Hiding in a room, Scott, with packing tape stuck over his eyes, shouts ‘I don’t know who you are. Or how you know me. But, you better leave. Bad things happen here!’. Holding up a pair of ruby quartz glasses, Xavier assures Scott that everything is going to be fine. ‘Nothing’s fine! Scott exclaims as he rushes past, declaring that he killed Noah and Janelle. ‘I opened my eyes and…. I’ve been in the dark. Weeks? Months? I don’t know…’.
Jean assures Scott that it is going to be all right, and introduces herself. Taking the glasses from Xavier, she moves closer to Scott, ‘You…you don’t even know me!’ Scott exclaims. ‘You and me, we’re gonna be real good friends. And friends look out for each other. Right? Now, here - try these on. Open your eyes’. Jean tells Scott as she peels the tape from his eyes. Scott keeps his eyes closed, but places the glasses on, and asks how long he is going to have to wear them for. ‘Until the day you can learn to control your power’ Xavier replies.
 (Present / Reality)
Cyclops screams, and his visor shatters, as his eyes glow red - but the optic power doesn’t pour out. ‘It’s over! It’s finally over!’ he exclaims, grinning wildly. ‘I can feel it!’ he exclaims as he blasts Shaman, freeing Angel.
‘Jean-Paul!’ shouts Colossus as he searches for his boyfriend in the science lab.
‘It’s what I was meant to be!’ Cyclops exclaims as he punches Vindicator in the face.
‘Northstar?’ gasps Colossus as he finds Jean-Paul, his face like a ghost, strung up to some table, wires attached to him.
‘Powerful!’ Cyclops shouts as he smashes Vindicator in the face once more.
Colossus frees Northstar, who begins to shake violently, ‘So cold…can’t stop shaking!’ Jean-Paul whispers. Concerned, Peter explains that it is the Banshee, and that Jean-Paul is overdosing on it. ‘You have to fight against it!’ he exclaims. ‘Can’t stop shaking…I cant stop!’ Jean-Paul replies.
Back in the rec room, ‘What now? An earthquake?’ Rogue asks, motioning to the walls cracking. Cyclops replies that it is Northstar. ‘I can hear him’ he remarks.
Colossus looks extremely worried now as he holds Jean-Paul in his arms, ‘Can’t…can’t stop shaking…’ Northstar gasps over and over.
Cyclops seemingly flies to the science lab, his optic blast trailing behind him, where Jean-Paul continues to shake violently in Colossus’ arms, and Colossus begins to cry, tears stream down his checks. ‘Peter? Is Northstar…?’ Cyclops asks - only to find Northstar lying in Colossus’ arms, blood dripping from his noise, his eyes white. ‘He wouldn’t stop shaking…he wouldn’t stop…he wouldn’t…’ Colossus whispers….


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Absolute Power, part 3
(Flashback, takes place between Ultimate X-Men #93-94)
Two months ago…Jean Grey a.k.a. Phoenix soars through the cosmos, ‘I defeated Apocalypse. I saved the world. And still - it wasn’t enough. There’s always something more to do…’ she thinks to herself. Some aliens monitor her as she soars casually past them.
One month ago…Jean is a brilliant streak of gold, flickering across the red--blue sky above a planet where some rocky aliens are praying.
One week ago…in deep space, a voice suddenly calls out ‘That’s far enough, Jean Grey!’. Jean comes to a halt, hovering before a Silver Surfer who floats on a board. The Silver Surfer informs Jean that the Watchers have seen her actions, and reveals that they disapprove. ‘You have no idea of the havoc your flight has caused. Wars are being waged in your name. Races are committing suicide in your honor!’ the Silver Surfer announces, before ordering Jean turn return home immediately.
‘No’ Jean replies, simply. ‘Then your fate is sealed!’ the Silver Surfer replies as he blasts Jean with some energy. But Jean blocks it, explaining to the Surfer that she is looking for something which she knows is out there. ‘Once I find it, I’ll be on my way. I promise’ she assures him. The Silver Surfer retracts his power as he asks Jean what could be so important that she risks so many lives. ‘What are you looking for?’ he asks. ‘Heaven’ Jean reveals, frowning.
(Present)
Give them HELL!’ Jean screams inside the Danger Room at Xavier’s School for Gifted Children, where Iceman, Storm, Beast and Firestar are engaged in a training session against some large robots. Cosmic energy pulses around Jean, while Storm fires lightning bolts, Iceman zips around on an ice-sled while firing icicles, the Beast leaps from robot to robot while reading a book, and Firestar blasts one of them with her energy beams. Jean tells the others that their enemies won’t five up, so neither should the X-Men. ‘You have to push yourselves harder. You have to be better!’ she declares as she tells them that there is an unlimited potential inside of them which they do not even know exists. ‘You must find it!’ she exclaims.
Firestar mutters that ever since Cyclops left, Jean has been a real pain her “tuchas”, ‘Like permanent PMS’ she adds. Storm reminds Firestar that Jean can hear her, to which Firestar replies ‘She can read my thoughts, too. And those are much worse, Storm. Much, much worse’. Iceman tells Firestar to give Jean a break, pointing out that she doesn’t want any more of the ex-X-Men turning to the drug, Banshee. ‘So I have to suffer? Training six hours a day?’ Firestar complains, adding that she should be on Facebook, not learning how to singe a squirrel’s nuts at two miles out. ‘I’m sure the squirrel would prefer that, too’ Iceman jokes.
Suddenly, a giant phoenix-raptor claw shoves Iceman to the ground. ‘Stop joking around, Bobby!’ Jean exclaims, warning him that, one day, his idiotic behavior is going to get someone killed. ‘Like dying really matters anymore’ Bobby replies. ‘What’s that supposed to mean?’ Jean snaps. ‘You can bring any of us back from pushing up daisies. Just like you did with Angel. Remember?’ Bobby remarks. ‘That’s not the point!’ Jean declares. ‘Isn’t it? Seriously. Why train when you’re our own personal get out of jail card’ Bobby remarks. ‘That’s not the…not the…’ Jean begins, causing Bobby to call out to her, before she screams.
Jean hears a voice in her head, and her astral form suddenly finds itself in Hammer Bay, Genosha, where Nightcrawler teleports around Jean, ‘Thank God you heard me - we need your help. You have to save us!’ he exclaims urgently. Jean tells Nightcrawler that he doesn’t need her help, reminding him that he has the Banshee. ‘The drug made you super-powerful. You can make short work of these Acolytes!’ she tells him, motioning to where powered-up Cyclops, Colossus, Rogue, Angel and Dazzler are fighting some Acolytes. But Nightcrawler replies that they don’t need saving from the Acolytes. ‘You have to save us from ourselves!’ he declares.
Nightcrawler explains to Jean that they are not here to take down the Acolytes, they are intercepting their shipment of Banshee. ‘We’re addicted. Totally out of control!’ Nightcrawler admits. ‘Then say something. Do something!’ Jean tells him. But Nightcrawler tells Jean that she doesn’t understand. ‘Colossus and Cyclops are -’ he begins, before admitting that he is so afraid.
In the Danger Room, Jean hovers, although motionless, in the air, as Iceman calls out ‘Hello? Earth to Jean? Come in, Jean?’ while Firestar asks what happened to her. ‘She was fine one second - then she totally tranced out. I get it. This is a test. Is this a test?’ she asks. Bobby replies that he doesn’t know and tells Firestar to help him keep Jean alive, ‘She’s gonna be super-mad if we let her die!’
‘You’re not supposed to be here, Jean!’ a voice calls out. Jean’s astral form turns around and sees Scott “Cyclops” Summers, flying near her. ‘Scott? You can see me in my astral form? You can fly?’ Jean asks. Scott tells his girlfriend that he can do a lot now, informing her that every part of his body is charged by solar energy, not just channeled through his eyes, but funnelled into every fiber of his being. Jean tells Scott to stop. ‘You don’t know what you’re doing…don’t forget why you went with Colossus! You have to stop!’ Jean exclaims.
‘Did she just call you Scott?’ Firestar asks Bobby as she blasts one of the robots. Bobby replies that he thinks Jean is talking to Cyclops, and calls out to her once more, asking her to wake up. ‘Wake up!’ he shouts. Cyclops tells Jean that he finally understands what Jean feels. ‘The power’ he declares, adding that he is never going back, before letting out a wide-beam optic blast at full-force, sending Jean careening, causing her to lose hold of her astral projection, and bounce across the Danger Room, where the Beast tells her to go limp, assuring her that he has her. ‘Hank, his mind was so…intoxicating’ Jean whispers. ‘All of them - Scott, Kurt, Peter. We have to stop them. Or else…they’re going to kill themselves!’
Meanwhile, in New York City, specifically, the Bronx, ‘All right you Screamers put up a good fight, but me and the Kitty Cat are taking you down!’ Spider-Man exclaims as he takes on some thugs. ‘Screamers?’ asks Kitty “Shadowcat” Pryde, Spider-Man’s crime-fighting partner, and former X-Girl. Spider-Man explains that he called them Screamers because they are Banshee addicts. ‘Get it?’ he asks, before remarking that it is all over the street. ‘What street is that?’ Kitty asks. ‘The street’ Spider-Man replies. Kitty asks Peter if he just made that up, ‘And what if I did?’ Spider-Man asks. ‘Proves your lameness’ Kitty tells him.
‘You take offense to Screamers, but it’s okay to use a word like “lameness”?’ Spider-Man asks Kitty. ‘Lameness is a totally acceptable word in our nomenclature’ Shadowcat tells him as most of the Screamers are finally taken down. One large man remains, holding a vial of Banshee to his head, he is about to inject himself while Spider-Man tells Kitty not to nomenclature him, assuring her that Screamers will totally catch on the more people use it. ‘Lameness’ Kitty mutters, while the Screamer boasts that he only needs one more dose of Banshee and then he is gonna kill them - until he cries out in pain as three powerful, razor-sharp adamantium claws are shoved into his chest. ‘You’re welcome for saving your lives and yes - there is something you can do to repay me’ Wolverine a.k.a. Logan of the X-Men announces.
Sometime later, in Forest Hills, Queens, Spider-Man sits a desk, examining something through a microscope, while Wolverine stands in the doorway and Kitty sits on a bed. Logan reveals that he tested positive for Banshee, only he swears he never touched the stuff. ‘I need to find out why’ he tells the young heroes. ‘Why me? Why not Reed Richards or Bruce Banner? Banner’s all about the drugs’ Spider-Man replies. Logan points out that Banner and Richards would turn him over to SHIELD, and reminds Spider-Man that he has been inside his head. ‘You’re a freaking genius’ Logan tells him. ‘Oh, stop it, Wolverine. You’re gonna make my lens get all blurry!’ Spider-Man jokes.
Wolverine turns to Kitty and remarks that she hasn’t said two words since he showed up. ‘You think I’m guilty?’ he asks her. ‘You think I dosed?’. Hanging her head, Kitty replies ‘No…I…’, before telling him that the things he wrote in the letter that Iceman gave her, ‘I never knew that you felt that way. I never knew…’ she exclaims, leaping at Wolverine and giving him a hug. ‘You’re welcome’ Logan smiles, while Peter suddenly lifts his head up from the microscope and announces: ‘This is amazing!’
Peter reveals that the reason why Wolverine is testing positive for Banshee is, ‘well, because you are Banshee!’ Peter exclaims, telling Logan that the root drug is based on his DNA. ‘Literally. Someone’s using you’. Peter asks Wolverine if he is going to kill him. ‘Is he gonna kill me?’ he asks Kitty. ‘No. Not you’ Logan replies angrily. Suddenly, Jean telepathically contacts Logan, informing him that they have found Colossus and Cyclops and are going to end the whole Banshee trade right now. Logan looks out the window and sees the X-Men’s jet. Kitty asks him if she can come with him, but Wolverine turns her down. Kitty assures him that she can handle herself. ‘It’s not that…’ Wolverine tells her. Kitty puts a comforting hand on his shoulder as Logan tells her that he doesn’t want her to see what he is going to do when this all goes down.
Meanwhile, at the Urst-ordansky Collective, Siberia, Russia. Colossus trudges through the snow, carrying a large bear, he opens a barn and tosses the bear to the floor, ‘Dinner’s served’ he tells Cyclops, Rogue, Angel, Nightcrawler and Dazzler who are huddled around a fire. ‘Pete - we need to talk’ Scott tells Colossus. They stand away from the others as Cyclops tells Colossus that he is pushing them too hard. ‘They can handle it!’ Colossus retorts. ‘They can’t!’ Cyclops tells him, remarking that they are barely surviving here, and they need to be ready. ‘They’re coming…’ Scott warns him, and reminds him that the last batch of Banshee they got from the Acolytes wasn’t pure. ‘Let’s go to your supplier’ Scott suggests.
‘Who? We can’t. We have no money!’ Colossus replies, adding that this will have to do. Scott reveals that Nightcrawler contacted Jean, and assures Colossus that he handled it. ‘But Jean’s Jean. The X-Men…’ he remarks, to which Colossus assures him that the X-Men couldn’t handle this team. ‘You’re being paranoid’ he tells him. Scott replies that he is not paranoid and tells Colossus that Jean is hell-bent on shutting down all Banshee production. ‘Why would you think that?’ Colossus asks Scott, to which Scott reveals that he was helping Jean, and that he only came here to stop him. ‘I was going to betray you!’ he admits.
‘You what?’ Colossus demands, grabbing Scott’s throat with his powerful steel grip. ‘You traitorous piece of -’ Peter begins, until Scott interrupts, blasting Peter with an optic beam, Scott frees himself, assuring Peter that he is on his side. ‘I believe in the good that we are accomplishing. But we have to be perfect here - or someone else is gonna -’ he begins, until Colossus interrupts, ‘What? Die?’ he shouts.
‘That’s not what I was going to say’ Cyclops replies, to which Colossus exclaims ‘It’s what you’re thinking. It’s my fault Northstar’s dead. If I was stronger - I could’ve saved him…I could’ve…’ Colossus mutters, before his massive steel form collapses, falling flat on his face. Suddenly, everyone turns as a new voice is heard in the barn: ‘Looks like the tin man needs an oil can. Or at least a warm blanket!’. ‘Bobby!’ Cyclops exclaims, to which Iceman replies ‘Not just Bobby…and his Amazing Friends…or do I need Spider-Man for that?’ he jokes.
Suddenly, Jean, Wolverine, Bobby, Storm, Beast and Firestar leap into action, while Cyclops, Rogue, Angel, Nightcrawler and Dazzler do the same. ‘X-Men…attack!’ both Jean and Scott tell their teams. Cyclops blasts Jean across the barn, while Wolverine is confronted by Dazzler - who has her own “solid light” claws. Nightcrawler teleports all around Firestar, confusing her, while Angel attacks the Beast. After taking Dazzler down, Wolverine turns his attention to Rogue, while Storm casts lightning bolts around the now-awake Colossus. ‘Stop! Everyone stop!’ Jean screams before Cyclops bashes her head into the ground.
Cosmic energy begins to swirl throughout the barn, ‘Just…stop!’ Jean tells everyone. ‘Wow. You are powerful’ Jean turns and sees a man walking towards her, through the cosmic flames. ‘Sorry to interrupt…’ the man begins. ‘Dad? But you’re…’ Jean begins. ‘Dead. I know. I heard you were looking for me. Went searching for Heaven and everything. Why?’ Professor John Grey asks. Jean walks over to her Dad, telling him that she can save him, that she can bring him back. ‘I’m not coming back, Jeannie’ Professor Grey tells his daughter. ‘Yes - you are. I have the power’ Jean exclaims.
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Professor Grey reminds his daughter that he was never a good father. ‘I didn’t know what to do or say, so I said nothing’ he remarks, recalling a time where he was busy reading the newspaper while an infant Jean played on the floor behind him. Professor Grey reminds Jean how he devoted himself to his work, always busy, always with work to do, but negligent, as he was hiding from Jean. ‘And you know it. And it hurt’ he reveals, recalling a time when Jean, a little older, had drawn a lovely picture, but he wasn’t interested in looking at it. Another time, Jean received an A+ on a school assignment, but Professor Grey was too busy talking on the phone to pay any attention. ‘I never gave you what you needed. Love. Kindness. I wasn’t capable…but you always tried to please me’.
‘You hoped that if you tried harder, if you pushed yourself further, that I might change. Even as I lay dying!’ Professor Grey tells Jean. ‘Eventually you found what you needed. But it wasn’t me. It was never going to be me’ Professor Grey tells Jean. ‘I died too young. We never got a chance to see if we could actually have a relationship. And that’s always plagued you. But the truth is…nothing would’ve changed’ Professor Grey reveals.
(Present)
‘You only think you should save my life. Always the dutiful daughter. But, it’s not what you really want’ Professor Grey tells Jean, who replies ‘You’re wrong. I can save you. I will!’ Professor Grey tells Jean that she can’t, but that it is okay, as he deserves no less. ‘You reap what you sow. Right?’ he remarks. ‘NO!’ Jean cries, cosmic energy pounding around her, while her father tells her that the harder she tries, the more she fails, and that if she is not careful, all her friends, the X-Men and Scott, are going to suffer. ‘Save them!’ he tells her. Jean cries, before falling back down to reality.
‘Jean!’ Wolverine calls out, while Colossus catches her before she smacks into the ground. ‘The Banshee. It’s all your fault!’ Wolverine tells Colossus. ‘All this pain! All this suffering! I’m going to kill you!’ Logan exclaims as he begins slicing his claws against Colossus’ chest. Suddenly, Colossus calls out to Logan, softly: ‘Logan…what have you done?’ Colossus asks, his chest cut open, and he holds what appears to be his heart, in his hands…


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Absolute Power, part 4
I always wanted to be a hero….
(Flashback)
Fifteen years ago…deep in the exotic Savage Land. ‘This is insane, Charles. You’re going to get yourself killed. There’s no way you can take this on. The velociraptor is one of the deadliest creatures in this jungle, you fool!’ Erik Lensherr tells Charles Xavier as they stand before the deadly velociraptor who is currently devouring some sort of flying dinosaur. ‘A perfect match’ Xavier declares as he walks towards the dinosaur - suddenly, Charles unsheathes three deadly claws from each of his hands and leaps at the dinosaur, knocking it backwards. ‘CHARLES!’ Erik shouts.
‘I’m fine’ Xavier replies as he shoves his claws into the dinosaur’s head, and it drops to the ground. ‘I’m perfectly fine’ Xavier declares, blood dripping from his claws. Looking at his claws, Xavier remarks ‘Healing factor. Claws. Heightened senses. The beast didn’t stand a chance’. A wide-eyed Erik declares. ‘It’s remarkable!’ ‘No. It’s disastrous’ Xavier  tells his friend.
Later, inside the citadel, Charles and Erik walk towards a tank, where a man is being kept inside, hooked up to various wires while floating in some sort of fluid. ‘A secondary mutation. Do you know what this means, Charles? We could be invincible!’ Erik exclaims. Xavier agrees, and points out that the drug produced amazing results - not only power amplification, but completely new mutations. ‘Unfortunately, it’s completely unstable’ Xavier reveals. ‘But you used it’ Erik reminds him. Xavier explains that his mind can resist the addictive qualities of the drug, but that others will not be so strong, so it must be destroyed. Standing before the tank now, the man inside is revealed to be…Logan! Xavier declares that no one can know this drug exists, or where it comes from. ‘Will he remember any of this?’ Erik asks. ‘No. I’ll make sure of that’ Xavier declares.
(Present)
Muir Island, Scotland, right now. ‘Everything all right, Charles?’ Dr. Moira MacTaggert asks Xavier as she approaches him. Xavier sits in his wheelchair on the edge of the Island, watching the sunset. ‘Yes, Moira. Everything’s fine’ Xavier replies.
Meanwhile, at the Ust-Ordynski Collective, in Siberia, Russia, everything is not fine, as Colossus holds his heart in his hands. ‘It’s over, Pete’ Wolverine tells him. ‘No, it’s not!’ Colossus replies, punching Logan in the face and knocking him backwards. ‘You cut out my heart! You cut out my *&**%*%ing heart!’ Colossus shouts. ‘What the hell? How can you…?’ Wolverine begins to ask, to which Colossus shouts that he doesn’t know and doesn’t care. ‘They say you can’t be killed either, Logan. I’m going to prove them wrong!’ Peter boasts, before shouting ‘X-Men! Pound them into the ground!’
Jean “Phoenix” Grey lies motionless on the ground, and a surprisingly concerned Nightcrawler teleports over to her as Colossus punches Wolverine in the face once more. Cyclops blasts Storm with an optic blast, while Iceman covers Angel in ice, as Dazzler puts up a solid-sound wall to protect her from Firestar’s blasts, before casting a solid-sound chain around Storm, trapping the long-serving X-Woman. ‘You heard the boss, Storm. Consider yourself pounded!’ Dazzler exclaims as she flings Storm against a wooden beam. The Beast tries to reason with Cyclops. ‘We started this together…’ he tells his friend, referring to them being founding members of the X-Men. ‘It’s the Banshee. The drug. You’ve got to stop!’ Hank exclaims. Scott replies by blasting Hank across the barn with an optic blast, telling him that he is sentimental and weak. ‘You’re pulling your punches. We’re not!’ Scott boasts.
Iceman begins to cover Rogue with ice, telling her that he is trying to save her, and warning her that if she wants a fight, then his side will just pour it on heavier. Rogue breaks free from Bobby’s ice-covering, shifting her own form into ice, Rogue tells Bobby that she can take his power just by being near him. ‘You have no idea what you can really do, Bobby. Let me show you!’ Rogue exclaims, before kissing a startled Bobby. Suddenly, Firestar interrupts: ‘Get away from him!’ she shouts at Rogue as she blasts some fire, separating Bobby and Rogue.
Jean groans as Nightcrawler tries to wake her. ‘Jean. You have to wake up. You have to stop them!’ Nightcrawler exclaims, telling Jean that the X-Men are going to kill each other. Indeed, Colossus holds Wolverine high over his head, ‘NO! Don’t, you sonofa -’ Wolverine begins, before screaming as Colossus rips one of his legs off, before tossing Wolverine to the barn floor. Suddenly, a voice calls out: ‘Peter! You have to stop!’. Colossus turns and sees Northstar - Jean-Paul, in a wheelchair, with Jean Grey at his side. ‘Jean-Paul? But, how? Are you really…?’ Peter asks, confused.
A concerned Jean-Paul reveals that he is indeed alive, but paralyzed from the waist down. ‘It was the drug, the Banshee. Don’t let it ruin you. Your friends are trying to help you. You saved my life, Peter’ Northstar pleads. ‘You’re a hero. Don’t forget that’. Colossus looks from his boyfriend to his blood-covered hands, then falls to the snow. ‘I’m sorry. I’m so sorry’ he whispers, as the others begin to gather around him. Jean kneels beside Colossus, telling him that it is okay, that everything will be fine. ‘I promise’ she exclaims, before announcing that it is time to go home. Bobby asks is anyone has seen Cyclops, as Jean looks to the sky, where Scott is flying away. ‘Scott’s not coming home. Not yet’ Jean announces.
Later, at Xavier’s School for Gifted Children. ‘It’s all set…your heart is right back where it belongs’ Jean tells Colossus as she uses her powers to sew up his chest in the medilab. Colossus lies on a bed, while Wolverine lies on another nearby. Peter asks Jean if he can turn back, to which Jean tells him not for a while, and perhaps not ever, she isn’t sure. ‘It’s a fitting punishment for the things I’ve done’ Colossus remarks. Jean tells her friend that he only did what he thought was right, and that no one is going to fault him for that. Jean suggests Colossus get some rest before she leaves the medilab.
Wolverine turns to Colossus: ‘You know I had you right where I wanted you?’ Logan tells Peter. ‘I tore off your leg. What were you going to do? Gnaw at my ankles?’ Peter smiles. ‘The Hulk tore me in half once. You shoulda seen what I did to him. It was epic!’ Logan boasts, before remarking that this is the part where he would apologize. ‘If I was the apologizing type’ he adds. Colossus sits up in bed, and remarks that he thinks they all have their confessions to make today. Logan tells Colossus that the Banshee is made from his DNA. ‘They used me. I need to shut down this whole operation. But I can’t do it without your help’ Logan exclaims, before asking Colossus who his supplier is. Peter replies that he doesn’t know who, but that he has a vial. ‘Maybe you can catch a scent and you find the where’ he suggests.
Meanwhile, Cyclops sits in amongst the stars, gazing out into the vastness of space, ‘It’s beautiful, isn’t it?’ a voice calls out. Scott looks hesitant as Jean reveals herself, hovering beside him, cosmic energy surrounding her. ‘Seeing the Earth from up here. The stars. It makes you feel powerful. Omnipotent’ she remarks. ‘But you’re not’ she tells Scott, informing him that it is time to come home. ‘I’m not going anywhere with you. You can’t make me!’ Scott snaps. ‘Of course I can!’ Jean replies, as Scott suddenly finds himself ensnared by a cosmic hand. This causes him to lash out with an optic blast, telling Jean that she is jealous because he is finally as powerful as she is.
‘Maybe even more powerful!’ Scott exclaims as he punches Jean in the face, shouting that he is not going to give it all up. ‘I’m not!’ he shouts, when, suddenly, he clutches his throat, gasping, Scott tells Jean not to put the glasses back on. ‘Let me go!’ he warns her. ‘You would rather die than live without Banshee?’ Jean asks. ‘Think about it, Scott. This isn’t you!’ Jean exclaims before putting the ruby quartz glasses on Scott. ‘You’re the leader of the X-Men. Their spirit. You’ve earned everyone’s respect. No power or drug is going to give you that!’ Jean tells Scott, holding him up with cosmic energy as he begins shaking. ‘I can’t stop. The power is…’ he mutters. ‘I know. I know’ Jean tells him, reassuringly.
Meanwhile, Wolverine strides the Muir Island Research Center, where several young mutant children are residing. ‘Izzat?’ one of them asks. ‘I think it is. He looks much smaller in person’ an odd-looking mutant replies. ‘He looks more pissed off in person’ another declares. ‘Mister Wolverine, sir…?’ a young girl asks. ‘Go away, kid - the grown-ups have a fight to the death!’ Wolverine replies, before arriving in the gym, where Moira MacTaggert is helping Xavier with some physical therapy. ‘Logan? What an unexpected pleasure’ Xavier smiles, calling Wolverine his friend. ‘I ain’t your friend, bub’ Logan snarls.
‘I’m going to KILL you!’ Wolverine shouts, lunging at Xavier, claws outstretched, he pushes Xavier to the floor, ‘You used me! You made a drug out of my DNA and sold it to kids! Is this how you were going to change the world?’ Logan asks. Xavier replies that he discovered the way to manipulate his DNA, but that he shut down the program. ‘I swear!’ he exclaims. Logan reveals that Colossus said he was getting his Banshee supply from Muir Island. ‘If it isn’t you, then who is it?’ Logan asks. Suddenly, Moira steps forward: ‘It’s me. I’ve been selling Banshee’ she reveals, asking Logan if he has any idea how much money it takes to run this facility, to care for the children. ‘Do you? I won’t let you stop it!’ she declares.
‘Oh yeah? How’re you gonna do that?’ Logan snarls. ‘Like this!’ Moira exclaims before unleashing a massive, deafening scream, knocking both Wolverine and Xavier backwards. ‘Moira? How could you?’ a shocked Charles asks. ‘This is my life’s work, Charles. My dream. I’ll defend it with my life. Even if it means using Banshee!’ Moira declares. Logan gets up an asks Charles if there is a teleporter here. ‘Yes’ Xavier replies, to which Logan suggests he gets everyone out of here right now, before he walks towards Moira again: ‘Where is it? Where is the Banshee?’ Logan demands. ‘You’ll never take it!’ Moira snaps back, before screaming again.
‘You wanna scream? SCREAM!’ Logan shouts as he manages to grab Moira and put his claws to her throat. Xavier finds the young teleporter and tells her that she has to get them all out of here, but she replies that she can’t, not this many people. ‘I’ll help you. It’s not safe for us here anymore’. Back in the lab, Wolverine tosses Moira into a room filled with vats of Banshee. ‘There’s enough Banshee here to make an army. This isn’t just selling dope on the streets, is it?’ Logan asks, before asking Moira what she is planning.
‘You don’t understand. I’m trying to make the world safer for mutants!’ Moira declares. ‘Safer? This Banshee is cut with butane. Ethylene. The same crap they use in meth labs. Explosive stuff. All it needs it is one spark’ Logan points out as he begins to break open the glass tanks with his powerful claws. ‘No. Don’t!’ Moira pleads. ‘No one will ever use me again!’ Logan snarls, before clashing his claws together and creating a spark. This of course causes a massive explosion, sending Wolverine careening off the Island and into the water which surrounds it, leaving Moira to die.
I always wanted to be a hero… Moira thinks to herself.
A hero… Colossus thinks to himself as he sits with Northstar and watches the sun set.
A hero… Cyclops thinks as he and Jean are wrapped in cosmic energy, high above the Earth.
But, back on Muir Island…’This is very…disappointing!’ Quicksilver exclaims as he stands over Moira in amongst the ruins of the lab. Moira tells Quicksilver that the Banshee is all gone, but that she tried to stop Wolverine. ‘Of course you did, dear. It’s okay’ Quicksilver tells Moira, before announcing that his father has a new plan on how to deal with the humans….