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New Mutants
Three weeks after the formation of the Young X-Men team, the group is training in the Danger Cave in preparation for their mission against the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. This new Brotherhood consists of several members of the original New Mutants team.
As the team circles the Xavier mansion, Santo comments that it’s a nice house. Via radio, Wolf Cub chides him for breaking radio silence but Santo rambles on about what a bummer it is that it had to get blown up so many times. He’s reprimanded again and sheepishly apologizes. Dust has made her way to the south wall and is looking in a window. Inside, Cannonball, Sunspot, Wolfsbane, Karma and Dani Moonstar are watching Magnum PI. Dust reports that she has the targets in view and they appear to be peaceful.
The New Mutants are enjoying the show and the girls comment on how handsome the star is. Dust adds that the man in the TV show is wearing shorts that “seem too short to be biologically possible”.
Ink is in position on the roof and complains that his latest tattoo is scabbing over painfully. This tattoo is on his left hand and is a series of bands reminiscent of Colossus’ armored look. Wolf Cub confirms that Ink is ready though and he replies that he is.
Wolf Cub gives the order “…let’s do this.” He bursts into the mansion’s living room at the same moment that Ink breaks in through the roof, Rockslide crashes through a wall and Dust shatters the window. Despite their surprise, the New Mutants react quickly.
 Cannonball ignites his power and orders the others to “Pick youah targets, people!” He flies straight at Rockslide. Dust is attacked by Moonstar who uses her fear-based illusions to conjure a vision of an angry mob of rednecks. Dust cries out in surprise and is knocked out by a punch from Karma. Wolfsbane changes into her transitional wolf form and declares that she has “the werewolf”. She lunges at Wolf Cub who catches her mid-air and slams her into the stair rail.  He goads her a bit, telling her that if she wants to call out for help or something she should feel free to do so. Rahne replies that she doesn’t need to since help is already here. At that moment, Wolf Cub is attacked from behind by Sunspot. Nick calls to Ink for some help but he has already been subdued by Sunspot. Roberto punches Wolf Cub, sending him smashing through the staircase where Ink lies unconscious.
At that moment, Cyclops freezes the program and asks what they’ve learned. Rockslide promptly answers “How to get our butts handed to us” to which Cyclops replies that they clearly didn’t need any training in that. Wolf Cub echoes this sentiment bitterly. Ink starts to argue that Wolfsbane isn’t part of the group they’re targeting and Moonstar has lost her powers. Dust tells him that this comment didn’t come out quite as comforting as he intended.
 Cyclops asks again what they have learned. Blindfold says “I am not alone” and Ink says that they played this man-to-man and they should have played “the zone”. Cyclops concurs that he wanted them to work as a team. He points out that this scenario was taken from a period just a month or two after the New Mutants formed and they have since had years of training. He tells Ink that the New Mutants wouldn’t just beat them today, they’d kill them. He asks if after three weeks of intense training they have what it takes to kill them.
Santo asks about that, specifically since when are Cannonball and the others bad guys and since when did the X-Men kill? Cyclops replies that the answer to those two questions is the same: since Genosha, M-Day and the birth of the first mutant baby. “Times have changed” he states and points out that now they face extinction. As a result, some have become more ruthless and that has forced them to do so as well. “Is it easy?” he asks “No. Survival never is.”
A short while later, Sooraya and Ruth are in the room they share. Dust asks Blindfold if everything is okay and Ruth cryptically replies “No. There’s too much in everything”. Dust clarifies and asks Ruth if she is all right. She adds that they are all uncomfortable with the mission and it helps to talk about it. Blindfold replies “One wolf in the fold…” Dust asks what she means and she explains that when she thinks of the picture of the future that she saw there is a memory of betrayal. Sooraya asks her if by “wolf in the fold” she means that one of the team is going to betray them. Unbeknownst to them both, Wolf Cub is standing nearby and listening to their conversation.
The next day, Cyclops informs the team that he has changed their tactics based on their dismal performance in the Danger Cave. Now they are going to take the members of the new Brotherhood down one by one, starting with their weakest members: Magma and Dani Moonstar. Santo asks how the girl who turns into a human volcano rates as one of the “weakest members”. Cyclops points out that this is only in comparison to the remaining two members, Cannonball and Sunspot.
 He assigns Rockslide, Wolf Cub and Dust to take out Magma while Ink and Blindfold tackle Moonstar. Ink makes a snide remark about how that means that he’ll be taking down Moonstar since Blindfold is blind. He gives Rockslide and Ink a handheld Cerebrex unit made from Sentinel tech that will allow them to detect mutants within a 3 mile range. Santo looks at his and points out that only five mutants are currently registering on his, which makes them one shy. Cyclops brushes off this comment and points the crew to two jets that he says are “Stark-experimental intra-continental jets” with artificial intelligence pilots. The entire group is unaware that their actions are being watched by a figure in the shadows.
A short time later, Ink and Blindfold are flying west towards Colorado. Ink says “So this is a little uncomfortable. You and me. By ourselves.” He adds that he’s new to all this and she’s blind and all. He waves his hand in front of her face. She tells him to stop and lets him know that she can see without eyes. He replies “Sure, why not, right?” She tells him “You’re not what you think you are.” He asks what she means and she tells him that she can see without eyes and sees that he is not what he thinks he is. He folds his arms, sinks into his seat and says, “Yeah, this is gonna be fun…”
Cyclops coordinates the efforts of the other assault team from inside the Danger Cave. He tells the team that once upon a time, one of the X-Men’s telepaths would have telepathically transmitted information directly into their minds but the good old days are gone. He gives them some background information on Magma, emphasizing that she’s always flirted with the dark side and was even a member of the Hellions for a time. He tells the team that M-Day pushed her over the edge after her new boyfriend died when he lost his powers. She then went a bit crazy and caused a volcano near La Cumbre to erupt. He informs them that DaCosta’s new Brotherhood has been operating out of the Manhattan Hellfire Club but that Amara visits her home in Los Angeles during the team’s down time.
He shares with Blindfold and Ink that they are heading to Boulder, Colorado where Dani Moonstar spends her weekends off from the Brotherhood. Their jet lands near the one-room cabin where Moonstar is staying and the two Young X-Men sneak closer to the cabin. Blindfold warns Ink that “She uses a fire stick”
. Ink asks if Blindfold can sense where she is and she makes a typically cryptic reply that she knows it is a one-room cabin and why doesn’t he. Ink grumbles about being stuck with a crazy mutant with no eyes. He tells her “Perimeter breach in three” and she replies “We’ll be right behind you.”
On three, he punches his way through the wall of the cabin. Moonstar is startled as the wall shatters and is even more surprised to see that Blindfold is among her attackers. Ink tells her “Take a seat, Pocahontas” as he moves to punch her. Dani easily blocks his punch and asks if the X-Men are still teaching hand-to-hand. She grabs a shotgun from the wall as she asks who he is and why they’re there. She makes it clear that despite her lack of powers, she can take care of herself as she fires the shotgun at Ink. Blindfold says “Fire stick” and Ink says that he’s got it now as he dodges the shotgun blast.
As the team comprised of Wolf Cub, Rockslide and Dust get closer to LA, Nick and Santo argue over how things are likely to go down. Rockslide insists that this is not going to be easy but Wolf Cub isn’t convinced. Dust calls their attention to the target, Amara Aquilla who is jogging towards her apartment building. Santo says “Well, would’ja look at that.” Wolf Cub says that they’ll “just scoop her up easy-peasy.” Rockslide clarifies that he was trying to point out that “she’s got the tightest…” but Dust cuts him off before he can say anything lewd.
 The team confirms their plan of attack and the jet maneuvers closer to Magma. Wolf Cub says that he doubts things were this easy in the “good old days” and Santo says that he thinks he’ll enjoy this. Despite having headphones on, Amara hears the approach of the jet. She immediately assumes her magma form and sends a column of fiery lava at the jet from a fissure that erupts in the ground before her. The jet crashes spectacularly onto the street below. Bystanders wonder if there was an earthquake but soon realize it’s the start of a superhuman battle as they flee the scene.
The Young X-Men emerge from the jet unscathed and Santo declares that that wasn’t “easy or peasy”. As they see Magma glaring at them, Rockslide says that he starting to wish that Cyclops had joined them. Wolf Cub is confident that they can handle her and orders them to attack just as Cyclops taught them. He lunges at Magma who says “So this is how it’s going to be. Fine. I’ll melt the flesh from your bones.”
Back in Colorado, Moonstar grabs Blindfold in a choke hold and points the gun at her face. She tells Ink that if he takes another step closer she’ll empty out his girlfriend’s head. She asks him for a reason why she shouldn’t do the same to him. She warns him that she isn’t bluffing. At that moment, Blindfold says “Now.”
 Something happens and Moonstar falls unconscious as if she was struck down by some unseen force. Ink picks up the shotgun and asks Blindfold exactly how her powers work. She replies “I see fore when I am meant to.” Ink concludes that she means she has “lousy eyesight when it comes to seeing the future.” She tells him he doesn’t understand. He gets closer and tells her that if she were any good at seeing the future she would have seen this coming. As he says this, he hits her across the head with the rifle and knocks her unconscious.


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LifeDeath
The Young X-Men’s jet lands near what appears to be an abandoned tunnel. Ink emerges and carries the unconscious Blindfold out. He delivers her to the feet of a man in the shadows and says “Special friggin’ delivery.” The mystery man places a hand on her chest and notes that she’s still alive. Ink replies that she’s out of the picture as ordered but tells his unseen boss that if he wants her dead he’ll have to do that himself. “Whatever else I am, I’m no killer.” he says before asking where his money is. His employer tells him that he has just wired it and asks where Moonstar is. Ink returns from the jet with Moonstar, who is also knocked out. He tells his boss that he should charge extra for her. The man comments that Ink is “quite the mercenary” to which Ink replies that he’s avoided “mutie politics” for this long and if he’s going to get sucked in now, he may as well get paid for it. He asks his employer if he has any more smart questions before he departs.
In Venice, California, Ink’s teammates Dust, Rockslide and Dust confront the former New Mutant called Magma. Rockslide dumbly asks “Four against one. How hard can this be?” Magma causes spouts of lava to erupt from the ground beneath the Young X-Men with explosive force, sending Santo flying through the air as he says “Okay then. So pretty hard.”
Wolf Cub orders Dust to attack and she assumes her dust-like form. As she approaches Magma, the former New Mutant notes that she always thought that the name “Dust” was inappropriate since Sooraya is actually made of sand in her powered form. As Dust surrounds her, Magma superheats the air around her causing her sand-form to crystallize into glass! Wolf Cub grabs her before she crashes into a car and shatters. Magma notes that as one of their former teachers, she’s very disappointed. Santo attacks her from behind and says “Me too.” He explains that he always wanted to hit on her and this isn’t what he had in mind as he punches her.
Magma slams into a car and as she gets up, she tells Santo that he should have read her file as it clearly states that she doesn’t date losers. It also states that she can control anything made of earth, “Or anyone”. She demonstrates this with a simple gesture that causes Santo’s rock-form to disintegrate. She strides toward the resulting pile of rubble.
 Santo informs her that she should read his updated file since he can now reassemble his rocky body at will. He recreates his body and grabs her. She expresses interest in his newfound ability and wonders what might happen if she turns him into lava.
 Wolf Cub attacks her and says “That so? ‘Cause I’m wondering what’d happen if I cut out your kidneys.” Nick slices through her back and she falls to the ground. He pulls back his clawed hand which is severely burned from contact with Amara’s magma covered body. Santo asks if he’s all right and Wolf Cub replies “It’ll grow back” though it is clear he is in pain. Rockslide looks down at Magma and tells Wolf Cub that he thinks he may have killed her. Nick grimly replies “That was the mission, wasn’t it?” Santo comments that he didn’t think they’d actually go that far but Wolf Cub says that he didn’t either until after what she did to Dust. Santo is reminded of his friend’s current state and rushes over to her inert crystallized body. He lifts her up and asks if she’s going to stay like this. Nick is unsure but suggests that they focus on getting Sooraya out of there and that they take Magma’s body with them.
At the Hellfire Club in New York, Sam Guthrie and the Club’s current Lord Imperial Roberto DaCosta watch the news report of the battle in Venice, which has made local and national news. Sam tells Roberto that he told him that something like this was bound to happen. Roberto replies that he did not tell him that and Sam clarifies what he meant. He knew that the X-Men wouldn’t take kindly to what he is doing with the Hellfire Club. ‘Berto asks “When did I become alone in this?” Sam informs him that Dani isn’t answering his phone and he can’t reach Xi’an either. Sunspot points out that Cannonball told him that the X-Men disbanded. Sam points at the TV screen and the distinctive yellow and black uniforms. He reminds Roberto that if the X-Men are good at anything “it’s coming back from the dead.” He adds that now they’re coming after them and they’re coming after them hard.
Ink returns to the Young X-Men’s training facility amidst the ruins of the Xavier Institute. Cyclops is eavesdropping on the conversation take place at the Hellfire Club when Ink’s X-Jet lands. He smiles in an uncharacteristic manner and agrees with Sam’s assertion that the X-Men are coming after them hard. Cyclops greets Ink and asks what happened. Ink lies and says that Moonstar has her powers back “with interest” and took them by surprise. Cyclops asks about Blindfold and Ink tells him that she was taken hostage and is probably dead by now. He describes Dani Moonstar as “one cold bitch”.
 Ink asks where everyone else is. Cyclops tells him that they ran into unexpected trouble as well and lost their jet. He had to send a replacement to retrieve them. Ink asks if they are all okay and Cyke informs him that Magma is in custody and Dust is in critical condition. Ink remarks that maybe it was too early to send them into the field but then looks around at the devastation of the Institute and adds that maybe they don’t have the luxury of waiting with opponents capable of this.
Unbeknownst to Cyclops and Ink, they are being watched from above. The mysterious Graymalkin looks down at them while talking to himself. His speech is cryptic.
“I cannot do this. I am not one of them. I am not an X-Man.”
“Man-up?” he says, in response to his conscience or perhaps someone unseen. “I am not the only one. I am not the only one who can help them. There is Cypher.”
He continues this one-sided conversation. “Ruth… and the Cyclops hurt her. Regretful.” He then asks “Bull?” again as if responding to someone else. He looks sad or confused for a moment and then says “I understand what it is. Very well. I’ll kill the Cyclops.”
Elsewhere, Blindfold regains consciousness and mutters to herself, “His path continues.” As someone approaches from behind, she mutters “Ink…” but it is Dani Moonstar who answers with a very direct “You’ve got a lot of explaining to do…” Moonstar grabs Ruth by her uniform and says “I’ve got some questions, bitch, and I’m going to beat the answers clean out of you.”
Back at the Young X-Men’s HQ, Santo and Nick try to convince Ink that Blindfold isn’t dead. Ink tries to protest until Santo tells him about the future vision that Ruth had showing all of them fighting Donald Pierce. Ink is surprised to hear that he was among those fighting since he is working for Pierce. Santo adds that Blindfold saw herself fighting beside them so she must be alive right now.
 As they move Dust’s paralyzed glass body to the infirmary, Ink double checks to make sure that he was in the vision too. Rockslide asks “You’re part of the team, aren’t’cha?” Ink doesn’t answer. Santo goes on to say that the vision is good news for Sooraya too since she was fighting Pierce as well. He then jokes that they could just throw her at the bad guys and call her “Glass”. Wolf Cub glares up at him and Santo asks meekly “Too soon?”
Some time later, Wolf Cub is watching Magma who is on her feet already but confined to a special holding cell. Cyclops joins him and states that Nick believed he had killed her. He replies that he cut her pretty deep. Cyclops reminds him that she was an X-Man and the X-Men don’t die easily. He also points out Nick’s obvious relief that she is not dead. Nick explains that at first he was able to justify his actions since she’d just tried to kill them. Cyclops cuts him off and states directly what must be crossing Wolf Cub’s mind: How can he ask children to become killers?” Cyclops says that he isn’t the one doing the asking, just like he didn’t ask for M-Day or Genosha or for mutantkind to face genocide. He says that what he is asking is what the last generation of X-Men is willing to do to fend off extinction. He begins to leave and tells Nick that they are moving on Sunspot and Cannonball tomorrow night. He says that he’s going to go make preparations and urges Wolf Cub to prepare as well… for what he might have to do.
In the Danger Cave, Rockslide and Ink are trying to find a medical solution for Dust’s crystallized paralysis using the holographic systems, artificial intelligence and records of the X-Men’s greatest scientific minds. A hologram of Moira MacTaggert and the X-Men circa the Mutant Massacre tries to help but states that she has no knowledge of Dust’s physiology since she was killed prior to her induction into the Xavier Institute. Ink asks how exactly the Danger Cave can help fix somebody. Rockslide, in his own simple-minded fashion explains that the Cave has artificial intelligence built in that can approximate the intelligence of the person it is mimicking. Already they have tried to find help with the Danger Cave’s versions of Nightcrawler, Beast and Reed Richards with no success. Santo suggests that they’ll need someone smarter than all of them together to help Dust, which gets Ink thinking.
Meanwhile, alarms are blaring at the state prison in Pelican Bay, California. Guards scramble to lock things down in the face of some emergency. Alone in his cell, a prisoner named Julio hears a voice out of nowhere say his name. He is surprised by this. The voice tells him to step away from the wall. A moment later, the wall explodes with incredible force. Julio looks up and recognizes the source of the explosion, a young man he calls Carlos. Carlos greets Julio who is dumbfounded and asks how he did that. Carlos raises his fist which is emblazoned with a distinctive tattoo. He tells Julio that he has the symbol for “explosive” tattooed right on him. The tattoo is identical to the one that Ink has.
Dani Moonstar punches Blindfold and demands to know why she came to her home and attacked her. Blindfold simply replies “Pierce… Donald Pierce.” Dani asks “Who?!?” just as the man himself grabs a handful of hair and yanks her to him. He tells her that it’s lovely to see her again and that it has been a long time.


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Extinction Agenda
In La Jolla, Ink has gone to visit his regular tattoo artist. Since leaving for California, he has shaved his head to the shock of the proprietor of Ink, Inc. who notes that he lost all his hair! Ink explains that he shaved it because he needs a new tattoo that will make him smarter. His pal tells him that he totally “pulled a Britney”. Ink asks him to focus on what kind of symbol would help him. Thinking aloud, the tattoo artist suggests an IQ symbol and a graduation cap but reminds Eric that his power only works with symbols that are iconic in nature. He gets around to asking why Ink needs to be smarter (beyond the obvious reason). Ink looks down and replies that he needs to figure out how to help somebody, a friend. He is clearly referring to Dust who is trapped in a crystallized state after a super-heated encounter with Magma. His friend warns him that he may be the first guy in history to get brain damage from shaving his head. Ink replies dryly “Thanks. You’re a helper.”
The tattoo artist pulls out a sketch pad and doodles what appears to be a lightning bolt. He tells Inks that he isn’t sure what kind of symbol would make him smarter but this might help. Ink assumes that this symbol will give him electrical powers. The artist explains that if they work the way he thinks, then he’d be able to read minds. He pulls down an X-Men comic book featuring Professor Xavier on the cover. Xavier has his hands to his head which is emanating lightning bolts to provide a visual representation of his mental abilities. Ink is hesitant to tattoo his head with something from a comic book but figures he can grow his hair back if it looks bad. As Ink settles into the chair for the new tats, the tattoo artist asks if he’s still “kicking it” in New York. Ink says he is and that he got a ride out here. He adds that he’s double-parked and there’s one more thing he needs inked while he’s out in California. Outside the tattoo parlor, traffic is chaos due to the X-Jet Ink has parked in the middle of the street.
Back at the Young X-Men’s headquarters, Graymalkin lurks about and overhears a conversation between Wolf Cub and Rockslide. Santo puts out there that they are all going to die. Nick thanks him for the vote of confidence and Santo points out that three of them got trounced by Magma and that she may have taken Dust out permanently. He asks what’s going to happen when the two of them take on Cannonball and Sunspot. Nick adds that Moonstar will likely me there as well. This is hardly reassuring to Rockslide. Wolf Cub reminds him that they’ve been up against heavy hitters before. Rockslide tells Nick that they’ve “never been up against X-Men” to which Wolf Cub replies, “They’re not the X-Men, Santo. We are.”
Outside, Cyclops and Ink are sparring. Ink notes that the odds are even: three against three. Cyclops says that this sparring session is one on one but Ink meant the upcoming fight against the new Brotherhood. He suggests that the odds would be better if Cyclops came with them. Cyclops replies “And who backs you up if things go south?” Ink throws a punch which Cyclops easily dodges. He asks “What do you mean “if”?” and then stops and grabs his head. Cyclops asks if he’s okay and Ink tells him he’s getting a headache from his new tattoos… a pair of lightning bolts above each ear. Cyclops asks if they’re working and Ink replies that he can’t read his thoughts so he doesn’t think they are. He points out to Cyclops that if he could read his mind, he “wouldn’t be getting my butt kicked so badly.”  Cyclops points out that he has Xavier-established psi-shields and suggests he try his new power out on Santo or Nick. Ink says that they still don’t trust him, prompting Cyclops to ask if they have a reason not to. Ink says “Maybe” and says that maybe they can talk about it when he gets back. As Ink leaves, Cyclops smiles.
A short time later, Ink, Rockslide and Wolf Cub are on a jet heading to the Hellfire Club. As they mentally prepare for the battle ahead, Ink asks Santo what he’s thinking and notes that he looks nervous. Santo plays it off and reminds Ink that this isn’t his first time facing heavy hitters. Ink smiles and Rockslide asks “What’s so funny?” Ink says “Nothing, cuz” and simply puts his hand to the new tattoo on his temple and says that it’s just good to know that they work. Wolf Cub asks what they do and Ink projects his answer telepathically. Santo says “Sweet” but then adds that it’s kind of rude not to mention to people that you can read their minds. Nick asks if he thinks he can use them to locate Blindfold and Ink tells him that he doesn’t think the new “Brotherhood” has her. Nick asks what makes him say that and Ink says he just has a hunch. In reality, he knows exactly whose hands Blindfold is in since he’s the one who delivered her to him.
At the Hellfire Club, Roberto asks Sam if he’s playing a hunch or if he knows for sure. Sam assures him that this is no hunch. ‘Berto asks what they are going to do about it. The first part of Sam’ plan is to get Magma back. Sunspot asks what they’ll do about the other X-Men and Sam tells him that they have to face the fact that they are “off the reservation here” and that they don’t know who they can trust.
At the Young X-Men’s headquarters, Cyclops arrives via some form of teleportation. He makes radio contact with the team and asks if they’re ready. Each replies that they are in position. Wolf Cub reports that the Club is fairly empty and Cyclops says that they may be expecting an attack after the team’s very public capture of Magma. Santo says that if that means they’re ready for them then that’s just swell. Cyclops tells them that they’re ready and to remember their training and that they’re X-Men. Ink chimes in to verify that Cyclops will be right behind them if there’s trouble. As Cyclops begins to reply in the affirmative, he realizes that someone is behind him. He cries out, to the dismay of his team who can hear his distress through the comm-link.
 Wolf Cub wonders if the Brotherhood has attacked Cyclops and Rockslide asks if they should abort. Ink tells them it’s too late for that as he has already moved in on the guard he was assigned to take down. As Ink’s biohazard tattoo touches the man, he doubles over in a violent bout of vomiting. He then makes his way inside and subdues a waitress with a powerful punch from his “armored” hand.  Wolf Cub crashes through a window and Rockslide launches an aerial assault by jumping from the X-Jet and through the roof of the Club. The trio of Young X-Men smashes their way into the office of the Lord High Imperial all at once taking both Sunspot and Cannonball by surprise.
In Westchester, Graymalkin has attacked Cyclops and accuses him of being a “turncoat” and a “brigand”. Cyclops fires an optic blast which Graymalkin deftly dodges. He tells Cyclops that he knows who he is and calls him a “deceiver”. As he kicks an electrical panel, he tells Cyclops that “Eventually everything comes to light… in the dark.” This is said as the lights go out. Cyclops replies coolly “You’re insane. And you’re dead. So it doesn’t really matter, does it?”
At the Hellfire Club, Sam declares “Ah’ll take care of the big fella!” leaving Sunspot to handle Ink and Wolf Cub. Santo says tauntingly to Sam that that’s what he said the last time. Sam points out that there was no “last time” and Rockslide quotes George W. Bush and says “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, you’re not gonna fool me a second time!” Santo punches Cannonball as he blasts towards him, sending Sam careening into a wall. Sam recovers quickly and is puzzled by Santo’s reference to a “second time”. He decides these kids are crazy. Ink tries to read Sam’s mind but cannot penetrate his psi-shields. Santo says they’ll just interrogate him the old fashioned way to learn where they’re holding Blindfold. He grabs Sam by the shirt and slams him against the wall. He asks Sam “Who calls themselves evil mutants anyway?” and notes that even Bin Laden doesn’t call himself “evil”. Sam is clearly confused by Santo’s line of questioning and declares that it’s the Young X-Men who are the bad guys in this situation. He then raises his feet to Rockslide’s face and ignites his blast field, knocking Santo to the ground.
In Westchester, Cyclops is in pitched combat with Graymalkin. As he fires an optic blast he asks if Graymalkin thinks he’s some kind of hero coming to the rescue of “these kids”. As he dodges the blast, Graymalkin tells Cyclops that Cypher told him everything and that he knows about the inducer and his opponent’s “witchcraft”. He claims to know the truth as he grapples with Cyclops and tears his visor off, revealing his glowing red eyes.
At the Hellfire Club, Sunspot tussles with Wolf Cub and tells the younger mutant that he should be on their side. Nick asks what kind of dental plan the new Brotherhood offers or whether it’s all going through the Hellfire Club. Sam advances towards Ink and Sunspot tries to convince these kids to listen to him by powering down. Wolf Cub tells him to stop calling them “kids” as he slashes Roberto with his claws. ‘Berto collapses and Sam rushes to his side. Seeing his best friend nearly gutted, Sam turns on the kids and threatens to kill every last one of them.
Back at the Young X-Men’s lair, Cyclops tells Graymalkin “You’re a dead man, freak”. Graymalkin replies that he doubts that very much since “in the dark, there is none stronger than me. Even someone who is half-machine…” As he says this, Cyclops’ image inducer fails, and his true identity is revealed to be Donald Pierce!


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Fall of the Mutants
Graymalkin and Donald Pierce crash through the “ceiling” of the Danger Cave. Pierce lands atop Graymalkin who takes the brunt of the fall.  Dust’s crystallized body rests nearby on an infirmary bed undisturbed since her recent examination using the Danger Cave’s technology. The Danger Cave detects a mutant presence and begins to run through various X-Men battle files. Graymalkin is surprised by the holographic illusions and exclaims “What devilry--?” The computer AI replies that it is designated as the “Danger Cave.” As Pierce renews his attack he says “Let me show you why.” The two trade blows as Pierce taunts the mysterious, gray-skinned mutant. Pierce punches Graymalkin who soars through the air and crashes into the bed. Dust’s glass body falls to the floor of the Danger Cave and shatters into a million pieces. Graymalkin cries out “NO!” as Pierce gloats over Dust’s demise, saying that he was saving the pleasure of shattering her “for a rainy day.”
Pierce’s gloating is interrupted by a column of flame that strikes him from behind. Magma joins the fight and tells Pierce that it isn’t going to rain any time soon but the weather does call for “extremely high temperatures.” Pierce notes that she managed to escape her cell and Amara replies that it opened on its own. She says she has some questions for him, but he says simply “Another time perhaps” before teleporting away.
 Graymalkin approaches and asks “What are your intentions, witch?” Magma tells him that she’s on his side and reminds him of what she just did to Pierce. She then bends down next to Sooraya’s shattered form. She tells him to be quiet so she can concentrate and he begins to warn her not to hurt Dust.  Amara snaps back “What did I just say?” as she tries to use her heat to fuse the shattered pieces of Dust’s body together again. Graymalkin calls this “witchcraft” and Amara explains that she is just using her heat to force the glass pieces to break back down into sand particles. Magma explains that she used to be Dust’s teacher and thinks that once Sooraya has been converted back to sand she’ll be able to reform herself. Amara’s presumptions prove accurate. When the dust settles from her efforts, Sooraya lies before them in her human form once more.
At the Hellfire Club, Rockslide punches Cannonball and quips “That’s going to leave a mark” before offering to pay for Sam’s plastic surgery bill. Cannonball veers towards Ink and Wolf Cub and grabs them both by the front of their uniforms as he turns and ignites his blast field. He calls out to Sunspot, who was slashed open by Wolf Cub’s claws during the battle, to help out if he can. “Ah need you!” he urges, to which ‘Berto replies dryly “What else is new?” Sam replies that he’s “pretty cocky” given that his dealings with the Hellfire Club created this mess.
 Sunspot is angry that he’s going to have to listen to Sam say “I told you so” for years to come and directs his anger on Rockslide. With a single punch, he knocks Santo down and sliding across the room forcefully. Sam launches himself into the night sky and commends Ink and Wolf Cub on their efforts to harm him while reminding them that he’s invulnerable when blasting. He asks if either of them is invulnerable enough to survive a fall from five thousand feet.
While the others clash at the Hellfire Club, Dust, Graymalkin and Magma have commandeered an X-Jet and are heading there to stop the fight now that they realize that it was all part of Pierce’s plan. Magma asks if they have any way of reaching the others and Dust says that Pierce gave them no way to communicate with each other in the field. Dust asks Graymalkin if he is okay and he replies that the X-Men uniform is unusual for him. Dust explains that it is what the X-Men and their friends have been known to wear and that Magma said he was a friend.
Magma expresses her frustration about the pace of their plane just as the onboard computer reports and unidentified bogie. It turns out to be Cannonball who assumes that the Young X-Men have brought in reinforcements. He blasts through the wing of the X-Jet and its occupants are sucked out into open air. Sam still has a hold of Ink and Wolf Cub and asks what it was their friend said. “That’s gonna leave a mark!” he laughs. Ink replies “So will this” as he punches Sam. This causes Cannonball to drop the pair of Young X-Men.
 Nick says glibly to Ink “Thanks. This is a much better way to die.” Ink assures him he has a plan. Wolf Cub asks if it involves one of them growing wings. Ink recalls his last visit to his tattoo artist, when he asked him to ink some wings onto his back. Ink grabs Wolf Cub and flies the two of them to safety.
Magma uses her powers to melt the X-Jet to slag as they both fall towards the crowded city below. Sam sees her and asks what she’s doing and she replies “Trying to limit the property damage.” Sam catches her and clarifies what he meant “What’re you doing heah?” Magma begins to explain the situation as it truly is.
Meanwhile, Sunspot and Rockslide continue their tussle. Santo tells Sunspot that he better not have hurt his friends. Sunspot asks “Or what? You’ll kill me?” to which Rockslide replies that he was just going to give him a beatdown and wouldn’t have taken it that far. Santo vows that if anything has happened to his friends plans might change. Sunspot continues to challenge Santo’s motives and points out that it was the Young X-Men who attacked them.
 At that moment, Graymalkin crashes through the roof and startles them both enough to cease hostilities momentarily. Graymalkin calls out at them to stop. The others arrive and Magma tells them to listen to Graymalkin. She warns that if they continue fighting they are playing right into his hands. Santo sees Sooraya among them and restored and rushes to give her a hug. She assures him she is alive but still a bit tender. Ink asks what’s going on and why they should all be friends now. Graymalkin explains that they were deceived and that Cyclops was not who he seemed. Ink asks “Who the hell is this guy?”
Sam interrupts and says that they don’t have time for all the details but tells them that they’ve been manipulated by Donald Pierce who was masquerading as Cyclops and recruited them. Wolf Cub is stunned and says that this means they aren’t X-Men --- just pawns. Santo adds “More like tools. How could we be so damn stupid?” Sam tells them that Pierce used their unquestioning loyalty and trust in Cyclops to play them. Roberto chimes in and points out that his becoming the Lord Imperial of the Hellfire Club had nothing to do with this conflict after all. Sam explains that it wasn’t the X-Men who were gunning for him and Sunspot realizes that Pierce went after him in an attempt to wrest control of the Club for himself.
Wolf Cub asks where Blindfold is, since they thought she’d been kidnapped by Dani Moonstar. Magma suggests that it’s only logical to assume that they are both being held captive. Cannonball notes that Pierce is the most likely culprit. Santo says that it’s simply a matter of finding them and busting them loose. ‘Berto points out that it’s only simple if they know where they’re being held. Ink pipes in and says “I do. I know where we can find Pierce.” Amara asks the obvious question, “How?” Ink is evasive and simply says it’s best for all if they don’t talk about how he knows at the moment. Sunspot challenges Ink on this and he simply replies “You wanna know where Pierce is or not?” Sam interjects and notes that they’ll have time for questions when this is resolved. He asks Ink where Pierce is.
A short time later, the Young X-Men and former New Mutants arrive at a series of tunnels dug by the Mole Man when he first attacked New York. These tunnels happen to be located in a strategic location near the Hellfire Club. Sam realizes that the place is enormous and that searching it will take time. Sunspot notes that Pierce has likely made his way back there and Magma notes that he had some type of teleportation device. Sam suggests they split up in order to cover more ground. Santo asks “What about us?” and Cannonball tells them to stay put. ‘Berto tells them to hide in the transport if Pierce shows up. Rockslide is dumbfounded and wonders why they left the transport at all if they were just going to “run and hide” at the first sign of trouble. Wolf Cub begins to answer and notices that Graymalkin has disappeared. He asks “Where’s the grey guy go?” and Rockslide says “I’m right here, dude.” He clarifies that he meant Dust’s new friend and she realizes that he’s gone.
As Graymalkin makes his way through the caverns, he speaks again to some unseen person. He says that he was worried about this “person” when the “flying carriage” fell. He stops and listens to the reply and then asks what the word “phased” means. The unseen friend apparently speaks to him once more and he agrees that they have more pressing concerns. His discussion continues as he makes his way through the caverns, guided by his unseen friend.
 They come to a door and he asks “Are you sure?” He then assures his friend that he trusts them. He rips the door easily from its hinges, stating that it’s dark enough down here for him to handle it. Inside, he finds Dani and Blindfold.  He introduces himself as Jonas Graymalkin and says that he’s there to rescue them. Dani bluntly asks “And what the hell are you?” Ruth tells her in her typically cryptic way “Later. We must be going. Time is leaving us. The future is now.” Moonstar is not swayed by this and says so.
Nearby, ‘Berto checks in with Sam and Amara. He reports that he’s seen no sign of Pierce and wonders if maybe he hasn’t returned yet. Sam notes that anything is possible with that “crafty bastard”. Sunspot mentioned that he really did a number on those kids but Magma thinks they’re handling it pretty well. Sam thinks they’re handling it “too well” and Magma agrees. She points out that they thought they were X-Men and killing for a good reason, when they weren’t. Sam says that it’s lucky they didn’t actually kill anyone. Amara asks if he honestly believes that makes them feel any better about all this.
The Young X-Men are sitting near the entrance of the caverns, feeling the sting of being manipulated. Wolf Cub laments that they weren’t truly X-Men and feeling used. Sooraya agrees, adding that it is hard not to feel violated. Nick is taking it the hardest and questions how easily he was willing to kill. He reminds them of what he did to Sunspot and Magma. Rockslide tries to convince him not to be too hard on himself and points out that they all thought they were following Cyclops’ orders.
 Nick doesn’t let it go. He fully intended to kill Magma and Sunspot with his attacks. He should have known they weren’t truly X-Men because X-Men don’t kill. Butt he realizes that maybe he didn’t want to question those orders because he wanted to. Sooraya has to agree with Santo and assures Wolf Cub that he’s being too hard on himself.
At that moment, Pierce arrives and chimes in his agreement “I was very convincing” he sneers at the young mutants. Rockslide leaps to his feet and punches Pierce. Pierce smiles gleefully as he wipes the blood from his lip. He tells them that he’s going to savor each moment as he kills them all. He threatens to “peel the skin off your bones” and “use your skulls as a latrine”. Santo tells him “That’s totally gross” and Ink asks what a “latrine” is.
Wolf Cub tells Pierce that he’s outnumbered and Pierce adds derisively “By children.” Wolf Cub simply replies, “Children who outnumber you.” Pierce extends his cybernetic claws and leaps wildly at Nicholas. Wolf Cub cries out and the sound of his cry carries throughout the tunnels. Blindfold realizes what is happening due to her prophetic dreams and urges them to hurry. As she, Moonstar and Graymalkin make their way through the tunnels, they hear a sound that Dani recognizes as Dust using her sand-form. Ruth verifies this and adds that she just ripped Pierce’s face off.
They enter the cavern where the battle is raging and Ruth realizes that everything is unfolding just as she envisioned it. Pierce is surrounded by the Young X-Men, his robotic face revealed thanks to Sooraya’s sandstorm attack. He slashes wildly and connects. His target cries out. Blindfold screams “NO!” as the other mutants all converge on the battle simultaneously.
They all stand there in stunned silence for a moment as Pierce looks down at Wolf Cub, who he has just  been gutted. Rockslide is the first to react. He lunges at Pierce, slams him into the wall and begins to pummel him. “You’re dead! You’re dead! You! I’m going to kill you!!” he shouts as he batters Pierce’s cybernetic form. “YOU… KILLED… MY… FRIEND!!!”
 Santo’s rage is halted when he hears Wolf Cub’s weakened voice call out to him. Santo turns and says “Nicky?” to which Wolf Cub replies “I told you don’t call…” but he is too weak to finish his standard response to Santo calling him by that name. He weakly tells Rockslide not to kill Pierce and reminds him that they aren’t like him, despite his efforts to make them be. His final words to Rockslide are “X-Men don’t kill and we’re --- we’re X-Men…” and then he is gone.


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The Young X-Men stand amidst the ruins of the Xavier Institute. Rockslide punches Cyclops… the real Cyclops and not just Donald Pierce in disguise. Cannonball crouches down to check on Scott’s condition. Sunspot, Magma and Moonstar are there also. Anole comments glibly “That sounds like it could have gone better.” Dani tells him that she should have seen that coming. The entire group is likely suffering from a form of post traumatic stress and he’s expressing himself through a form of residual targeting. Anole says that he’s heard of post traumatic stress disorder and sometimes thinks that he has it and maybe they all do at this point. Dani says that he could be right and that Santo and the others watched their friend killed by someone they thought they could trust implicitly. She adds that realizing that they were duped so easily and completely isn’t easy to deal with.
Victor asks how Cyclops is doing after being pummeled by Santo. Dani reports that his jaw was broken in several places but is fine now thanks to a nanotech healing device applied by the Beast. Anole focuses back on Santo and says that he must be feeling completely lousy. Dani confirms this. “He’s hurting, that’s a fact. They all are more or less.”
At the X-Men’s new San Francisco home, Santo begins to confront Ink about his connection to Donald Pierce. Sooraya cuts him off and tells him this isn’t the time. Rockslide shoots back at her that it wasn’t the right time at the Hellfire Club either but maybe if they’d sorted this outthen, Wolf Cub might still be alive. Ink stands up and is shocked “You’re blaming me for that?” he asks. Santo stands up and peers down at Ink. “I just did, yeah.” Ink asks how many more people Santo plans to punch out today.  Santo says that he is sure yet. He then asks Ink how he managed to find Pierce. Blindfold and Dust step in and remind Rockslide that Cyclops has asked them all to back off of this issue. Dust adds that they’ve already confronted Ink about this.
Earlier that day, Cannonball, Moonstar, Magma, and Sunspot confronted Ink about his involvement with Pierce. Dani tells Ink that Blindfold had accused him of subduing her and turning her over to Pierce. Roberto adds that the fact that he knew where to find Pierce adds some weight to Ruth’s story.
 Amara chimes in and says that they may also have gotten the truth from Pierce himself. Ink is quiet for a moment before he says simply “I was working for him.” Sam asks for clarification, did he know he was working for Pierce or was he merely duped into it like the others. Ink admits that he was working for Pierce knowingly and being paid a quarter of a million dollars for his services. He adds that he was unaware that Pierce was masquerading as Cyclops. Sunspot begins to power up and asks Ink why he shouldn’t “cave in your chest right now”. Magma adds “Or why we shouldn’t let Santo do it? He really seems to want to.”
Ink stands his ground. He explains that he normally doesn’t go in for “mutie politics” but that in the end, he tried to make it right. Roberto tells him that that isn’t a particularly good answer and is still very much in his face. Cannonball tells his best friend to stop and reminds them that he started out working for Pierce as well. Dani and Amara point out that his case was different as no one got killed as a result of his choices. Sam says that it was still a bad choice and suggests that Ink may be a bad guy but is he any worse than Rogue was when the X-Men took her in. Or Mystique or Sabretooth? Sunspot snidely remarks that he doesn’t see the X-Men extending an invite to Ink.
In a meeting a short while after, Cyclops, Emma Frost and Wolverine meet with Dani and Roberto to discuss the situation with the Young X-Men team. Cyclops states that they need to do something for these kids. Emma coldly points out that they are no longer a school. Scott agrees and reminds her that he’s the one who decided to close the school. Logan adds that having the institute demolished didn’t help. Cyclops says that the point is that the lack of a place for younger mutants left a void that Pierce was able to manipulate to his advantage. Logan asks if he intends to reopen the school then. Cyclops immediately says no. He feels that putting the youngest and most vulnerable mutants all in one place again is asking for trouble. In addition, he feels these kids need to know how to defend themselves properly more than they need to know algebra or a foreign language. He concludes with “They need instructors” and turns to Dani.
She tells him that she’s been down that road before. Cyclops tells her that this will be different. She won’t be a teacher in a school, she’ll be training a fighting unit. Logan chimes in and asks if they’ll be sending these kids out on missions. Scott says that they’ll pull them in when needed, the rest will be left to Dani and Roberto.
Dani asks the obvious question, “Why me?” and Roberto is wondering the same. Scott tells them that the two of them have a lot to teach and offer. They also both need a place to be and a new purpose. Cyke tells Bobby that he should not be the Lord Imperial of the Hellfire Club and that it just makes him a target. He then tells Dani that she needs to be reminded that just because she doesn’t have her powers any longer doesn’t mean she’s not still a hero.
Dani is shown for the first time in the “present” having this recap conversation with Anole, who is unseen thanks to his mimicry powers. He says that Cyclops’ little sales pitch obviously worked and asks if she’s there to do a sales job on him. Dani says that she obviously is. Anole asks what happened with Ink and Dani asks if it is important. Anole asks if she means to him joining this team and she says yes and asks him again if it is important. Anole sarcastically replies “Important whether a traitorous mercenary’s gonna be on the team with me? Not terribly much.” Dani informs Victor that Santo and Ink (who’s name is Eric, she adds) have reached an agreement . Basically, Santo accepted that he doesn’t get to decide whether Ink was on the team or not but made it clear to Ink that if he so much as twitches funny, he will turn him into paste. Rockslide pointed his finger into Ink’s shoulder to emphasize the point. Ink said he got it and that Rockslide should know that assuming he doesn’t “twitch” that will be the last time Santo touches him. “You feel me?” he adds grimly.
Anole snidely comments “Sounds like that went well” to which Dani replies “The X-Men do the internal squabbling thing pretty well.” Victor says that even after M-Day you’d think the X-Men wouldn’t have to scrape the bottom of the barrel to fill a team roster. Moonstar tells him that Ink isn’t all that bad… “just lost”. Anole tells her that’s poetic and points out that Ink isn’t the only “fox you’re talking about letting into the henhouse.” Dani asks if he’s referring to Graymalkin. Victor points up that this guy pops in out of the blue and suddenly he’s an X-Man? He asks his name again and Dani tells him it’s Jonas Graymalkin. Anole points out that the street the Institute was on was called Graymalkin. Dani says that’s true and Anole asks if that’s why he was instantly given membership. Dani says no and explains what they’ve learned about Jonas.
Earlier in San Francisco, the Beast ran some tests on Graymalkin and shared the results with Cyclops. Hank had concluded that Jonas was indeed a mutant but found something else along with the proper X-gene. Scott cynically comments that there’s always something more. He also scanned to be certain that Graymalkin is not a clone, impostor, Skrull or someone back from the dead. Cyke asks which one he is. Hank replies “None of the above”. What he did discover is that Jonas is a relative to a known mutant: Charles Xavier. An ancestor of his, to be precise.  Scott corrects him and says “You mean descendent, right?” adding that Jonas can’t be more than seventeen years old. Hank replies that he is considerably older and that carbon-dating suggests he’s over 200 years old!
As these tests were being discussed, Nightcrawler escorted Dani and Roberto to their new base of operations – an old cathedral in San Francisco. He explains that the site is nearly 100 years old and was established by the Episcopal Diocese of California. Sunspot points out that none of their team are Episcopalians and Kurt says that the Episcopalians have long been an open-minded sect of Christianity. Dani points out that the kids won’t be there for religious study “No offense.” Nightcrawler responds “None taken” and explains that there is a rectory for living quarters. Roberto asks if they really expect them to live in a church. Kurt points out that it is a cathedral and asks where Roberto would have them live “A bunker?” ‘Berto reluctantly admits that he hadn’t given it much thought. Dani explains that Warren plans to customize the cathedral to meet their needs, including outfitting the belfry with proper training facilities. Kurt assures him it will be a secure place for the kids. Sunspot asks if Warren bought the place and Kurt implies that it wasn’t purchased but that the Diocese received some sizeable financial donations for its use.
Rockslide pays a visit to Cyclops who insists he call him Scott when they are not on missions. Santo sheepishly tells Scott that he’s there to apologize. Scott immediately accepts the apology. Scott admits that given what happened with them and Pierce, he should have stayed behind in San Francisco and let the others collect them from New York. Santo admits that he should have noticed his new costume. “So there you go” Scott concludes casually.  Santo tells Scott that it’s hard for him to know who to trust now. Cyclops gives him some sound advice “Trust your friends.” Santo turns away, clearly upset and points out that his friends keep dying. Scott tells him “It’s okay. You can, you know.” Santo gives in to his overwhelming feelings of grief and begins to cry. Cyclops embraces him as he weeps.
Meanwhile, Dust is grappling with issues of her own. She goes to visit Donald Pierce in the X-Men’s holding facility. For a long while, she just sits and stares at him. Pierce tells her that she may not have learned in her “backwards country” but it’s rude to stare. Sooraya glibly replies “Yes, please. Lecture me on etiquette.” Pierce, his flesh still stripped from his face revealing the robotics underneath asks “What do you want?” Dust says “To look you in the eye.” Pierce replies that she’s too late as he hasn’t had organic eyes in years. She adds that she wants to tell him that he failed and that he didn’t ruin them. He snidely remarks “Dog boy might disagree.” Sooraya glares at him and says “Wolf Cub reminded us all that we’re not like you.” Pierce replies that they are not. They are mutants, perversions and that she is in particular given her oppressive, unholy religion. Sooraya is not easily baited by Pierce’s words. She tells him “I enjoy talking to you, Mr. Pierce” because his hatred, prejudice and lack of understanding of Mohammed’s teachings reminds her of home.
Ink pays a visit to Blindfold who is packing her things. She tells him “His path continues” and he asks what she means. She explains that this is what she has told Rockslide about him. “That you have more left to do” she adds. Ink is clearly confused by her cryptic comments but thanks her anyway. He then asks her where she is going. In typical fashion, her reply is less than direct “We’re all going somewhere.” Eric clarifies that he was asking why she’s packing her things. Ruth tells him that she’s leaving the group and doesn’t belong here. He asks if she’s sure and she responds simply that she is “sure for now.” Eric reluctantly tells her that he came to apologize for what he did to her while under Pierce’s employ. Ruth tells him “You’re not what you think you are.” He tells her that she’s said that before but adds that he thinks he’s going to try to be better. Ruth answers “I know.” Ink says “You do?” Blindfold tells him again “I know your path continues.”
Anole is still invisible during his talk with Dani Moonstar. He asks if Ruth is gone and Dani replies that she won’t be with the team day-to-day and that she really isn’t combat material anyway. Anole notes the distinction and asks if this team she’s assembling is going to be a combat team. Earlier, Dani and Roberto had a similar discussion with the team members themselves. Sunspot explains that they are going to be a team that can defend themselves and others. Dani adds that Pierce was right about one thing: They are X-Men. Rockslide asks why they don’t get their own costumes then. Dust chides him for being rude. Ink asks if this is the whole team. Santo asks why he cares. Eric replies “maybe I’m just hoping the jerk ratio’ll improve.” Rockslide says back “Well, that’s easy. Just leave.” Ink’s response is “How ‘bout you make me?” Santo pulls back his fist, more than ready to oblige. Someone calls out his name to stop him and he stalks off after saying “Screw this” and suggesting that Ruth might have the right idea in leaving.
Dani tells Victor that she’s worried about Santo. Victor tells her that he’s worried about all of them. Dani senses his hesitance and adds “But?” to which Anole replies that he thinks they should be joining him rather where he is and away from all this craziness. Moonstar asks if he thinks forming this team with these kids is a mistake. Victor tells her bluntly that he thinks they are making a mistake by not letting them just be kids. Dani is equally candid and tells him that she doesn’t get to decide how the world works, none of them do. Victor begins to become more visible and says “Yeah, I’m getting that feeling.” Dani continues with her sales pitch and says that they can make a difference in the world. “With great power, comes great blah blah blah?” Victor says back at her. Dani casually replies “It’s been suggested.” Victor counters her argument by asking about a person’s responsibility to themselves and trying to live a normal life. Dani says that she isn’t sure that that’s an option for any of them. She points out that she’s now powerless and it still isn’t an option for her.
She adds that as far as “quality of life” goes, she hasn’t even had a chance to mention the X-Men’s new location. Victor assumes New York or maybe Long Island. Dani tells him to try three thousand miles due west. She describes the X-Men’s new home as one of the country’s most densely populated cities, one known for “its tolerance of mutants … and other minorities.” “Oh, yeah?” Victor asks as he becomes fully visible and is revealed for the first time. “So what’s the name of this city?” Dani replies “San Francisco.”


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Dust is walking alongside Donald Pierce in what appears to be a wooded park.  He notes how interesting it is that she keeps coming to see him and asks her why.  She evades his question at first but he persists and asks why she comes to talk with him.  She confesses that she finds it interesting to talk with him.  He points out that for over a month he posed as their mentor, Cyclops, and taught them as if he truly was.  He suggests that he was only able to do so because he knows her and her friends better than they know themselves.  Sooraya tells him that she has a “morbid curiosity” about him but if he has another theory on why she has come to see him, she’d like to hear it.  He tells her flat out “You know that one of you isn’t a mutant.  And you’re hoping it might be you.”
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The day before her visit to Pierce, Dust was flying with her teammates towards a new mission.  Rockslide was talking through a mystery that arose during the time they were working alongside Pierce.  Pierce (in the guise of Cyclops) had given the team a set of Cerebrex units.  At the time, these devices read the presence of five mutants.  Santo counts through those present: Dust, Ink, Wolf Cub, Blindfold, himself and “Cyclops”.  He points out that there was another mutant in range at the time: Graymalkin. Santo points out that Dr. McCoy confirmed that Graymalkin was a mutant and he said that he was there when they were checking the Cerebrex units.  Dust is surprised to hear that Santo had spoken with Graymalkin and says honestly that she thought he was insane.  Santo snidely replies “No more’n the rest of us.”
Early that day, Emma Frost spoke with Graymalkin about the very subject.  She shared that she did not think he was crazy.  “Crazy?  Do you mean like a loon?” he asked.  She replied that she thinks he is in his right mind.  He thanks her and tells her that it is a comfort to hear.  She tells him that she does believe that he has been traumatized in some way and asks if he thinks that’s the case.  He tells her that he doesn’t know that word and she explains that it means he’s in pain.  She then asks if he knows what a telepath is.  He seems confused and she explains that it means that she can read minds and hear thoughts.  This worries Graymalkin and she assures him that she wouldn’t do so without his permission.  She then asks if she has his permission.  He thinks about this for a moment before telling her “No.”
Back on the Blackbird, Dani Moonstar approaches Dust and Rockslide and asks what they’re talking about.  Dust replies that Santo thinks that one of them is not a mutant.  He glares over at Ink and says “Yeah.  And I know who I’m rooting for.”  Dani encourages him to keep his mind on the mission.  Santo brushes this off, saying that a hunt for some missing construction workers hardly seems like a mission.  Dani points out that it’s a favor for one of Roberto’s associates.  Santo says “Right.  So it’s not a mission.”  Dani tells him that 56 construction workers don’t go missing unless something very wrong has happened.
The X-Jet lands on a secluded island where Sunspot’s associate was building a luxury resort.  Ink declares it “Sweet” and asks Roberto if they get free rooms for life if they locate the lost workers.  Sunspot reminds him to use codenames when they’re on a mission and tells him that they’re not going to find these men.  Anole interjects and says that he thought that was the whole point of them being there.  ‘Berto clarifies that they aren’t going to find anyone alive since, in his experience, it’s never a good thing when that many people disappear into thin air off an uninhabited island.  Dani replies “Ever the optimist” before assigning the group to smaller search teams.  Ink and Dust are the aerial search team.  She teams with Santo and sends Anole with Sunspot.
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Dust continues her conversation with Pierce who asks if she wants to know who isn’t a mutant.  He says he knows exactly which of them isn’t a mutant and would be happy to tell her is she’s that person.  But first, he wants her to answer a question: Why does she hope that she isn’t a mutant?
(flashback)
As they begin their search for the missing workers, Anole asks Sunspot about his recent affiliation with the Hellfire Club.  ‘Berto asks why he wants to know and Victor says that it should be obvious considering he was the Emperor of the HFC.  Roberto corrects him: “Lord Imperial”.  Anole adds that Dust seemed to think that Cannonball was a member as well.  Sunspot cuts to the chase and asks if he’s worried they were turning “to the dark side together or something.” Victor is equally direct and says that he returned to the X-Men against his better judgment and right away he hears stories that both Sunspot and Cannonball were with the Hellfire Club.  Roberto explains that his taking leadership of the Hellfire Club was complicated and involved a promise to a friend, not due to him becoming an “evil mutant”.  Sam was merely trying to talk him out of it, plain and simple.  Sam was concerned that his links to the Hellfire Club would give people the wrong impression and cause trouble for him.  Sunspot says that now he has to listen to a lifetime of “I told you so.”
At that moment, the island itself seems to come alive.  It takes the form of a huge monstrous entity composed of earth and vegetation.  The creature attacks and Anole leaps nimbly out of the way.  He says cheerily “The good news is… I think we found out who took those construction guys.”  Roberto powers up and attacks the creature as he replies that he hates being right all the time.
(present)
Pierce asks Dust “It’s a terrible thing to be a mutant, isn’t it?”  Sooraya asks if that’s what he expects her to say and points out that as a mutant and a Muslim, she knows a fair bit about bigotry.  Particularly how much bigots like him enjoy hearing about the self-hatred of minorities.  She tells him that she’s sorry to disappoint him but her desire to not be a mutant has more to do with being an X-Man than it does with being a mutant.
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As they search on the ground for the missing construction team, Moonstar asks Santo why he wants to be an X-Man.  He’s surprised by the question and she simply says they have some time to kill and she was curious.  He asks why she’s curious about that.  She points out that she is his teacher and team leader, so it seemed pertinent.  She then adds that she also wanted to ensure that he wanted to be a part of the team and didn’t just stick around to cause problems for Ink.  He asks her why she’d think that and she replies that he’s wanted to kill Eric several times in the last week.  Santo declares that he’s over that and is with the team despite Ink being there.  Dani points out that he’s still causing trouble.
At that moment, a fiery rock creature springs up from the ground and attacks the pair.  Santo breaks into his customary banter with “You just had to say ‘trouble’ …” and adds as an aside that he hasn’t said a word to Ink as he punches the creature.  Dani tells him that Ink is his teammate now and not speaking to him is a problem.  Rockslide tells her he’s busy as he engages the rock creature.  A voice from behind calls out to Dani and Santo to “Look out!”  It’s Dust who flies in and attacks the creature in her dust form.  This takes it down and Dani and Rockslide thank her for the assist.
With the threat dealt with, Santo asks Dani exactly what kind of trouble she thinks he’s causing.  Dani replies coolly “I think you know.”  Santo says “Let’s go out on a limb, say I don’t.”   Dani points out that Santo has been on a “witch-hunt” to discover who among them is a non-mutant.  He challenges her by asking “You’re not curious?”  She replies that she isn’t because she knows who it is already.  She confronts Santo with the fact that he’s hoping it’s Ink but asks how he knows that he’s not the one himself.
Elsewhere, Sunspot tells Anole that he recognizes the gigantic plant creature they are fighting.  “Ex-girlfriend?” Victor teases and ‘Berto simply replies “Cute” before revealing that the island is a Krakoa.  Dani makes a similar deduction and shares that with her team.  Dust says that she thought there was only one.  Dani replies “Apparently not” but adds that it makes sense since Krakoa was a living thing and how many living things on Earth are there only one of.  Sunspot finishes his opponent off and tells Anole that his business associate discovered the island while looking for deep sea oil deposit and that it was previously uncharted.  Vic points out that his pal’s “business venture” just tried to kill them and asks if it’s dead now.  Roberto says that he thinks it’s resting and that the creature they just fought is like the island’s antibodies.  Rockslide asks if it’s trying to make itself “immune” to them and wonders if the construction workers were “immunized”.  Dani says that she hopes not.
(present)
Pierce tells Sooraya that he hopes she would be able to draw a distinction between being a “mutie” and being an X-Man.  She asks him not to use that word with her.  He tells her not to change the subject and says that just because she is a mutant she shouldn’t feel an obligation to be an X-Man.  He notes that she did not have any hesitation when he recruited her to be an X-Man.  She replies that this was before he killed her friend, Wolf Cub.  He points out that she’s faced death before that and asks her what has changed.
(flashback)
Dani and Roberto both check in with each other via comlink and share the conclusion that they’ve both reached: the island is a Krakoa.  Dani reminds him that the original Krakoa treated mutants as a food source.  He replies that this may be good news for the construction team since none of them are likely to be mutants.  Dani says that he’s assuming that the island’s instincts are to attack mutants only.  He responds that it makes sense as Krakoa sees mutants as either a meal or a threat and if someone isn’t one or the other…  Dani concludes his train of thought “The island doesn’t pose a danger to them.”
At that moment, this theory is tested and proven true by Ink who flies up to one of Krakoa’s manifested “antibodies” and the creature completely ignores him.  Dani listens to Roberto’s theory and asks the obvious question: “If the island isn’t out to hurt non-mutants, where’d the construction workers go?”
Just then, Ink enters a cave and calls out “Hello?” to anyone who might be able to hear him.  A crowd of construction workers emerge from within the cave, the lead carrying a shotgun.  He levels it at Ink shouting for him to stay back.  Ink tells him to chill out and the man threatens to blow his head off.  Ink understands the man’s reaction and says that he’s with a group of X-Men and they’re here to help get them out of there.  Eric tells the man that he has a choice; he can shoot him or get rescued.  He adds that he has better things to do than have a gun pointed at him.  The man relents and asks how he found them.  Ink points to the lightning-shaped tattoo on his temple “Telepathy tattoo.  Long story,” he says and asks if they want to get out of there or what.
(present)
Pierce again asks Sooraya what has changed and why she no longer wishes to be an X-Man.  Sooraya hesitates and asserts that she doesn’t trust him.  He points out that she has already revealed so much of herself to him.  He knows that she feels that she has to be an X-Man because she is a mutant but that something has happened that has forced her to rethink this.  He knows she has not shared this with any of her fellow mutants because, otherwise, why would she keep seeking him out?  She turns away and says that it’s “Because you’re the only person who won’t care that…”  She hesitates so he asks “Care that what?” and she replies through tear-filled eyes “That I’m dying.”
(flashback)
Dani stands near the X-Jet with Rockslide watching as Ink evacuates the missing construction workers.  Santo asks “Does he know?” and Danielle seems surprised that he’s figured it out.  Santo points out that Krakoa only attacks mutants and since Ink was able to get to the workers without any trouble from Krakoa’s “antibodies” then he must be the one who isn’t a mutant.  Again Santo asks “Does he know?”  Moonstar says that she doesn’t think so.
Rockslide asks how she knows.  Dani explains that she had Emma do a scan with Cerebro and it concluded that Ink was 100% baseline human.  He asks if she plans to tell him.  Dani says that is indeed the question and equates it to someone telling her that she’s not actually Native American.  She adds “Or that you’re not a stone cold pain in the neck.”  Santo takes it in stride and admits he may have had that coming to him.  He reminds her that Ink was working for Pierce.  Dani seems unfazed by this and reminds Santo that she’s the one who Ink and Pierce kidnapped.  Again she tells Santo that plenty of X-Men started out on the dark side.  Rockslide gets this but can’t help but think that if Ink hadn’t been working for Pierce things may have been different.  Dani realizes that he’s referring to Wolf Cub’s death and tells Santo that he’ll never know for sure if things would have been different or not.  She tells him what he does know is that a teammate is about to get some very difficult news about himself.  She asks him “So what are you going to do?”
(present)
Pierce asks this same question of Dust, who replies that it’s her business what she plans to do about her condition.  Sooraya walks away, emerging from the holographic environment created within Pierce’s cell.  She tells that she’s done answering his questions and wants an answer to hers.  Pierce tells her that she is definitely a mutant, which is how he found her in Afghanistan.  She asks who it is among them that is not a mutant then.  Pierce replies “It’s Ink.”  Dust asks how he found Ink if he’s not a mutant.  Pierce reveals that Ink may not be a mutant but that his tattoo artist is.
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Rockslide does the right thing and approaches Ink and asks how he’s doing, though it is unclear if he has been told the truth about himself or not.


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The Y Men Part 1: Outnumbered
Ink, angry and drunk, is attacked by the Hellfire Cult in downtown San Francisco but uses his various tattoo-induced powers to defend himself. After brutally fighting back his attackers, he walks away, informing his bloodied victims that they “just got sent to the emergency room for nothing” because he’s not even a mutant.
(48 hours earlier)Cyclops, Moonstar and Sunspot inform Ink that, thanks to a saliva sample he provided Beast with, they have discovered he is not actually a mutant. Shocked, Ink asks them how they can explain his tattoo powers, to which Cyclops tells him they believe Leon Nunez, Ink’s tattoo artist, is in fact a mutant with the ability to bestow tattoos that give people whatever power he wants them to.
Ink tells them that he had no idea and thought he was the only guy with super-powered tats. Cyclops tells him about Julio Rodriguez, who just broke his brother, Carlos, out of prison by punching through the walls with a fist covered in a bomb tattoo. Cyclops has decided to send a team to visit Mr. Nunez and asks Ink for any information he can provide.
After telling him that he knows nothing about his tattoo artist, including the fact that he was a mutant, he begins to leave. Sunspot stops him and tells him that he’s still a part of the team. Ink tells him that the only reason he stuck around on a team that hates him in the first place is because he thought it was the safest place for mutants. Since that’s no longer a concern for him, Ink abruptly leaves.
Cyclops doesn’t seem too concerned about Ink’s departure but Moonstar is hesitant and reminds Scott that “tortured souls” are the X-Men’s specialty. Scott tells her that their current priority is to find Nunez and the gangbangers that he’s been giving super-powers to. Instructed to take the team of Young X-Men for this mission, Moonstar expresses concern about just how many “power tattoos” Leon Nunez has been giving out.
At the Grace Cathedral, Rockslide and Anole try to think of a proper name for their new headquarters as they complete a training session. While Rockslide is glad to have his friend back, he wonders what made Anole join the team. Anole tells him that a gay guy doesn’t need an excuse to move to San Francisco but his reasons for rejoining the team are more complicated. Dust interrupts the two to inform them that Dani and Roberto have a mission for them.
On the X-Jet, Rockslide questions how they’re can be new mutants popping up if the mutant population was said to be capped off at 198. Moonstar corrects him, stating that there are 198 known mutants but some like Leon Nunez, were off the grid. Rockslide acknowledges that his new teammate, Graymalkin, is also a recently discovered mutant and has been talking to himself for the entire flight, saying things such as “They are good people. You should talk to them. Reveal yourself to them…”
The team of X-Men arrives at Leon Nunez’s tattoo parlor in La Jolla, California and Dani and Roberto begin to question the tattoo artist. Leon tells them that he knew he was a mutant and sarcastically asks if giving people tattoos was against the law and if he’s in “mutant trouble.”
As Nunez refuses to answer any questions about Julio Rodriguez and tells Dani and Roberto to enroll in a police academy if they want to play detective, Anole and Dust snoop through Leon’s office for additional information. When the team regroups, Dust shows Dani and Roberto a photo she found in Leon’s office that shows a man with the same bomb tattoo as Julio Rodriguez in paintball gear. After calling the nearest paintball arena, she discovered it was out of business and since the Rodriguez brothers are wanted fugitives, the team assumes that they will be hiding out there.
Forty-five minutes later, the team arrives at the abandoned paintball park and Dani expresses worry about the team especially Graymalkin, who doesn’t have any training. Sunspot, on the other hand, doesn’t think a bunch of degenerates like the Rodriguez brothers will be too much trouble for them.
As they prepare to confront the gangbangers, Anole comforts Graymalkin, who admits that he’s anxious. Anole informs him that he can stay in the jet but Graymalkin tells Anole that the Graymalkins don’t shy from danger.
Moonster spots the Rodriguez brothers along with other tatted up men and it appears they’ve been living there. Sunspot figures that the rest of the men are wanted fugitives as well and that the team should contain them quick and turn them over to authorities.
As the Young X-Men spring into action, Dust notices that a part of her arm is reverting into glass.
The group of men, who jokingly call themselves the “Y-Men,” immediately attack the X-Men after they are ordered under arrest. A man with cheetah tattoos covering his body slashes viciously at Graymalkin while Carlos who has a star-shaped tattoo around his eye knocks Anole out with an eye blast and Julio punches Dust with his bomb-tattooed fist. After Moonster takes a bullet to the shoulder, Sunspot warns Julio and his men to back off and reminds him that they’re outnumbered. Just as Sunspot finishes his thought, he looks around to find that he surrounded by dozens of men, all covered in strange super-powered tattoos.
Back in San Francisco, Ink is walking away from his fight with the Hellfire Cult when a teenage girl in an X-Men uniform stops him. She calls herself “Cipher” and tells Ink that even though he’s not a mutant, he’s still an X-Men and his team is in trouble.


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The Y Men Conclusion: Ascendant
Cipher pilots an X-Jet across California, accompanied by Ink, whom she refuses to tell anything to, including her real name. When asked why she came to him for help instead of Cyclops or the other X-Men, Cipher claims not to know any adult X-Men besides Cyclops but she does know Ink better than he thinks.
Meanwhile, at the La Jolla Paintball Arena, Sunspot, Anole, Rockslide and Graymalkin are overwhelmed by the “Y-Men,” a group of gangbangers with a variety of tattoo-influenced powers.
Dust has retreated from the battle to take Moonstar, who was shot, to safety. Moonstar, however, thinks her situation is beyond help and tells Dust to go back to the battle. Before they can continue their argument, Julio Rodriguez interrupts them, ready to finish them off completely with his bomb-tattooed fist.
Elsewhere, Ink takes Cipher to an apartment building, despite Cipher’s concern that the team needs their immediate help. Ink seems to have a plan as he breaks into Leon Nunez’s apartment. His tattoo artist is fully aware of his mutant abilities which he discovered when inking a rose tattoo on a young girl’s lower back and afterwards, realized it smelt like roses. Besides giving Ink powered tattoos, he knowingly gave them to gang members and convicts for a hefty price. Ink forcefully takes his former tattoo artist out of the apartment to take him to his tattoo parlor to test out a theory of his.
While Leon gives Ink his requested tattoos, Anole and Sunspot wonder in the heat of battle how such a mutant power can work as they fight against gangbangers with abilities as strange as shooting actual bullets out of one’s fingertips.
Cipher scolds Ink for wasting time getting inked up when the whole team may be dead or dying. Ink insists that getting new tattoos are necessary since the two of them will make little difference in a fight against a hundred super-powered gangbangers. Ink instructs Nunez to give him a second tattoo, one inspired by an X-Man.
Back at the paintball arena, Julio Rodriguez defeats Dust using his forcefield and bomb-powered fists. As he’s about to have some “fun” with a helpless Moonstar, Ink arrives and takes him out with a super-powered punch of his own. Ink uses his new caduceus symbol tattooed on his palm to heal Moonstar’s wounds. He then concentrates to prepare the usage of his other new tattoo, which was placed over his right eye.
Suddenly, the hundreds of Y-Men that Sunspot and the others were fighting burst into flames and fall to the floor as the raptor of the Phoenix Force arrives, courtesy of Ink and his new Phoenix symbol tattoo that Nunez placed over his eye. Moonstar asks him how this is happening and Ink explains that the tattoos have nothing to do with being iconic but are actually capable of doing whatever Nunez wants them to do. As the young man uses the force to drain the Y-Men of their super-powers, Ink tells Dani that he told Nunez about the Phoenix, since the Phoenix force is capable of just about anything.
Later, Sunspot and Moonstar are debriefed by Cyclops, who’s understandably uncomfortable with the idea of the Phoenix in the hands of a non-mutant who was working for their enemies less than a month ago. Sunspot and Moonstar explain that Ink doesn’t actually have the Phoenix Force, but rather has the will of Leon Nunez who reached his limit by powering up the Y-Men and was put in a coma after giving Ink the Phoenix tattoo. According to Beast, Ink will retain his tattoo abilities as long as Nunez remains comatose. Moonstar wants to invite Ink back to the being an X-Men, an idea that Cyclops agrees with since anyone with Phoenix-like powers needs to be watched carefully.
Later, as Ink unpacks his things back in his room, Graymalkin approaches him. Noticing how the others treat Ink and knowing what it feels like to be an outsider, Graymalkin offers his hand in friendship to him, which Ink accepts. His first request of his new friend is for him to answer a burning question: Who the hell is Cipher?


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Who the Hell is Cipher?
(Then)
During a riot in Mutant Town that Cyclops, Jean Grey and Xorn were sent to deal with, Jean Grey vaguely senses someone with invisibility powers. Jean has a tough time communicating with her, due to the person having virtually no psychic profile. Jean instructs Xorn to tend to Professor Xavier so she and Scott can be alone with Alisa…
(Now)
“Who the hell is Cipher?” Ink impatiently asks Graymalkin at the Young X-Men’s San Francisco quarters. Cipher appears to tell Ink that her identity is none of his business and then phases through the floor. Left behind, Graymalkin explains to Ink that Alisa is complex and that she befriended him at the ruins of the mansion.
(Then)
After the events of the mutant messiah’s birth, the mansion was reduced to rubble from a sentinel attack. Cipher found Graymalkin buried beneath the ruins and helped him to the surface.
(Now)
Cyclops tells Moonstar and Sunspot that Ciphers real name is Alisa Tager. Even though she’s an X-Man in training, Cyclops is practically the only one who knows of her since Jean’s death. Dani and Roberto are understandably unnerved by this news and ask him who else knows about her, to which Cyclops tells them Blindfold.
(Then)
During Cassandra Nova’s psychic attack on the X-Men, Blindfold hid in the girl’s bathroom from Beast, who was reduced to a savage animal rampaging through the mansion. Cipher comforted Blindfold during this troubling time and tried to send Armor away to safety as well. Beast eventually broke into the bathroom, chasing Wolverine, who was reduced to having a child-like mindset, but Armor managed to protect Blindfold and unknowingly, Cipher as well.
(Now)
In the X-Men’s medical bay, Dust calmly asks Beast how long she has before dying. Beast informs her that such a process is hard to understand, even for him, and her condition is so unpredictable that he’s still getting a handle on it. Occurring after Magma turned her body into glass and then back again, Beast calls her condition that’s slowly turning her body into glass “cellular degradation.” Beast assures the young mutant that he is working on it day and night but Dust still wants to know how long, to which Beast regrettably answers that she has roughly a week to live. Dust walks out hopelessly and asks Beast that he keeps this between the two of them.
Meanwhile, Sunspot and Moonstar are still uncomfortable with the idea that Cyclops has been keeping Cipher, whom they have learned has phasing and invisibility powers, a secret kept from everyone. Scott says that they’re not the only ones who have a problem with her and says most of the other X-Men are peeved about it too, including Wolverine, Beast, Storm and Angel. Even Emma didn’t know about her and isn’t pleased, especially since Cipher is psychically invisible. When Dani says that the whole situation is something she’d expect from Professor X, Cyclops jokingly accuses her of holding a grudge because Alisa knocked her out…
(Then)
When Moonstar gained the upper hand against Ink and Blindfold when the two were sent by Pierce to apprehend her, Cipher intervened to rescue her friend and swiftly knocked Dani out with a blow to the head.
(Now)
Anole and Rockslide train in the danger room as they discuss Ink’s phoenix tattoo and his status on the team. Rockslide says he’s okay with having that kind of firepower on his side despite Ink being an “@$&-hat.” Anole is less than okay with the situation and accuses Rockslide of beginning to like the guy who’s only been out for himself and now has power that Jean Grey herself couldn’t even handle. Rockslide and Anole agree that Dani and Roberto don’t seem worried about it but they do seem worried about something or someone else. During all this, Cipher has been eavesdropping from above…
Cyclops, Sunspot and Moonstar continue their discussion as Scott informs them that not only did Cipher interfere with the attack on Moonstar but she was also the one who freed Magma from her cell. Sunspot claims that he’s been wondering why things went south for Pierce, especially since he was disguised as Cyclops and alone in the mansion with a comatose Dust and an imprisoned Magma. Cyclops corrects him and says that, while that’s all true, Pierce still wasn’t quite alone…
(Then)
Graymalkin watches silently from above as Pierce, disguised as Cyclops, conducts his plan. Cipher tells Graymalkin that, even though he’s not an X-Man, he’s the only one left that can save them. Cipher pleads with Graymalkin to “man-up” and save her friend, Blindfold. She claims to know how the repressed mutant feels as she also hides in the shadows and watches but, while watching is fine, there are moments when you can’t just look anymore. Graymalkin understands what she’s saying and tells her that he will kill Cyclops.
(Now)
Cipher confronts Cyclops and tells him that she can’t do it; she can’t reveal herself to anyone. Cyclops tells her that she outed herself but Alisa claims it was only because the team was in danger. When asked why she went to Ink for help instead of coming to him, she goes silent.
When asked for his theory why, Cyclops tells her that a part of her wants people to know about her and tells her that she will have to trust the X-Men, just as she trusted himself and Jean. Cipher seems to accept her new situation but is still worried that “If he finds out I’m still alive, he’ll come after me.” Cyclops promises that he’ll have to get through the X-Men to get to her. Cipher says that that’s what she’s afraid of but that she’ll just have to get over her fear.
Dust walks with Donald Pierce in a simulated park that his virtual jail-cell creates for them. Pierce tells her how sorry he is to hear about her fatal condition but Dust accuses him of patronizing her since, being a mutant-hating bigot, one less mutant would only delight him. Although she makes a fair point, Pierce claims that he’s grown to value Dust’s company, since he’s been imprisoned and will miss her companionship. He offers to help Dust, telling her that, while Doctor McCoy is one man, he had at least a dozen top geneticists and biologists at his disposal and he devised a way to reverse her cellular degradation when Magma first turned her into glass. When Dust states that she isn’t naive enough to think there won’t be a price for his help, Pierce smiles and states the obvious: he wants her to get him out of there.


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End of Days Part One of Two: Ashes to Ashes
In an alternate future, the last remaining X-Men fight giant and deadly tenth generation sentinels. The team consists of Wolverine, Emma Frost (who now goes by Diamondheart), Graymalkin and Anole. Despite there being only six mutants left in the world, according to Wolverine, Donald Pierce still won’t let them live in peace and has manufactured these sentinels himself.
In present day, the Young X-Men battle another sentinel in a training session. On the sidelines, Ink asks why he’s not down there with the team, to which Moonstar and Sunspot tells him that his new Phoenix tattoo is still untested. Moonstar tells Ink that his new powers must be tested “very, very carefully.”
As the Young X-Men fight, Rockslide asks Cipher what her invisibility and phasing powers can contribute to a fight like this but is interrupted when Dust collapses. The team races over to her aid as Moonstar shuts down the training session.
Sooraya says that she’s fine and walks away, not wishing for the others to know of her cellular degradation condition, which is causing her entire body to transform into glass and has now spread to her face.
Dusts pays Donald Pierce a visit in his cell and thinks over his offer of assisting her if she helps him escape his confinement. Pierce tries to convince her by telling her that not he is being held there illegally and, if she wanted to die in the service of an illegal group, she’d probably have stayed in Afghanistan. When Dust says that every murder he commits will be on her hands, Pierce assures her that he will be freed eventually regardless of her help and the only question is whether she’ll be alive to see the day.
In the medical bay, Beast informs Cyclops, Sunspot and Moonstar of Dust’s system-wide cellular degradation caused from the process of turning into glass and then back to sand again and that he’s unable to stop it. Sunspot asks him why he’s just telling them now and Beast tells him that he can get kicked out of the A.M.A for telling them at all because of doctor/patient confidentiality. Cyclops refuses to accept that she can’t be cured but is interrupted when an alert is sounded, indicating a security breach in confinement cell 15, which is where Pierce is being held.
As Pierce and Dust run to the hangar, Dust tells him that, although she has security clearance, the security system must be capable of tracking his movements directly. She reminds him that the X-Jets will only work with the proper access code, so if he means on betraying her, it better be after he no longer needs the jet. Pierce feigns hurt feelings as they run into Cyclops, Beast, Sunspot, Moonstar and Wolverine in the hangar bay.
In the alternate future, the X-Men return to Xaviera, a sovereign island nation that was chartered as an independent state for mutants but has fallen into despair as mutants died off without new ones to take their place. Immediately upon arrival, Emma pays a visit to Ink, who she still holds out hope for despite him being seemingly brain-dead.
Back in the present, Dust begins to cry as she apologizes to the X-Men for her betrayal. Beast tells her that they’ll figure out a way to help her but Pierce denies that he could, unless they’ve been holding out on her. Dust acknowledges the fact that Pierce may be her only chance but refuses to attack her friends for it and flays the skin from Pierce’s face using her sand form. Enraged, Pierce responds by screaming “That is the very last time you do that to me!”
At the Young X-Men’s headquarters in a San Francisco Cathedral, Cipher informs the others that Pierce has escaped and has Sooraya captive. The team immediately takes off to help.
Cyclops, Beast, Sunspot and Wolverine hold their own against Pierce as Moonstar helps Dust, who seems to be having trouble maintaining her sand form.
In the alternate future, Wolverine helps himself to a beer and is visited by a woman he has not seen in a long time. Wolverine knows why the woman is there and doesn’t offer any resistance against what she’s about to do. Instead, he simply wants to know why she’s doing it. The woman tells him that he killed her or rather let her die. “Get bent, sweetheart,” are Wolverine’s final words before his skin is flayed from his bones, leaving only his adamantium skeleton remaining.
The Young X-Men arrive to join the fight against Pierce but the anti-mutant cyborg continues to put up a solid fight, despite Wolverine claiming they can handle him. Moonstar interrupts the battle by declaring that Dust is dead as she holds the young mutants’s lifeless glass/sand body in her arms.


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End of Days Part Two of Two: Dust to Damned
Seeing Dust lying dead on the floor sends Rockslide into a “berserker rage” and he attacks Donald Pierce brutally and relentlessly. Meanwhile, Ink races over to Dust’s body and tries using his caduceus tattoo to revive her.
In an alternate future, a demented Dust has cornered in the ruins of the Xavier Institute the final X-Men and the world’s last mutants: Emma Frost, Graymalkin and Anole. Having abandoned her Islamic niqab, Dust now wears a costume and grins devilishly from her exposed face.
In the present, Ink confirms that his tattoo isn’t working on Dust, which sends Rockslide over the edge. Wolverine tops him before he kills Pierce, telling the young mutant that he isn’t worth it. Rockslide finally stops at Anole’s urging and he breaks down and weeps.
As the Young X-Men come to grips with the loss of their friend, Anole states that being part of the X-Men is pointless and that their team of Young X-Men is nothing but cannon fodder and all they do is die. Ink sits in silent thought, as Graymalkin tries to convince him that Dust’s death wasn’t his fault.
Cipher enters and tells them that she and Moonstar are finished preparing Dust’s body for burial and that Angel has found a nice location for her on the hillside. She reminds the team that Dust must be buried within 24 hours, according to her religion. Unable to move on so quickly, Rockslide begins to think Anole is right. Ink, however, gets up abruptly and storms out, saying “Screw this,” surprising Anole and Rockslide who didn’t think he cared.
In the future, Dust battles the last X-Men, flaying the skin off of Graymalkin’s bone and suffocating Emma Frost. When Anole is the last one standing, he questions why she’s doing this. Dust states that mutants are a plague upon the earth and she is the storm that wipes them away. With that, she flays the skin off Anole in one final sweep.
In the present, Ink approaches Dust’s body and says how she was the last person who deserved to die. Ink admits that he’s “kind of a %@#$” but he also has a lot of power. He points to the Phoenix tattoo over his eye and questions if he can use it to bring her back to life.
In the future, Dust finally makes her way to Ink, who is wheelchair bound and frail. Dust believes that Ink is responsible for corrupting her soul. Ink tells her that she can blame him but not every other mutant on Earth. Dust says that it’s too late but that she didn’t mind killing them because they couldn’t prevent her death in the first place. Dust apologizes as she kills Ink, knowing that his heart was in the right place.
In the present, Ink uses his Phoenix powers on Dust’s body. A moment later, Dust wakes up and finds Ink comatose on the floor, now without his Phoenix tattoo.
Beast runs tests on both Dust and Ink. He confirms that Ink used his Phoenix tattoo to resurrect Dust but states that it’s illogical to think that such energy could be transferred through something as simple as a tattoo, meaning that they are dealing with something entirely new. Beast tells Sunspot and Cyclops that, although Ink still has brain activity, it’s very subdued, as if it’s been overcharged.
The Young X-Men run into the room and begin to rejoice over Dust’s return to life, which Rockslide states is something you get used to as an X-Man. When Rockslide tells her that her death causes them to consider calling it quits, Dust questions their reasoning and tells them that they’re still X-Men.
Suddenly, Moonstar interrupts to tell the team that the Neo are back and advancing on San Francisco. To this, Dust asks her teammates if they are in fact still X-Men, to which Anole responds with a “What the hell?”
The Young X-Men come together once again as a team and jump into battle against the Neo.