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Walk This Way
Michael remembers running, the kind where you know that stopping isn’t an option. It was the running where you know your life depends on it. He doesn’t remember much before that. He just woke up in the future and thought that it was funny. He always thought that the future would be… futuristic. Instead of mass technology, he found himself in a forest with a refugee camp nearby. Maybe this place was futuristic once upon a time. Michael wanted to ask Bishop so many questions, but decided not to as he blamed Bishop for bringing him to the future. That is, before he knew better. Bishop was running too, as if stopping wasn’t an option for him either. Michael runs after Bishop, who is rushing towards the refugee camp that has erupted in flames.
Michael loses sight of everyone and wonders where they all went. Before he can reach the camp, he is suddenly grabbed by Bishop, who is hiding behind a tree. Bishop introduces himself and tells Michael that he knows that the boy is scared, but it is only going to get worse and that is why he has to listen. Michael has to stay behind this tree and cover his eyes, making sure he doesn’t make a sound. He cannot come out until Bishop tells him to. Michael starts to ask a question, but Bishop covers his mouth and asks if he understands. Michael looks around the tree to see a group of eight Chronotroopers killing one of the refugees with their energy weapons. Jinx runs at super-speed past the two and Bishop tells Michael to stay one more time. Michael interjects, but then agrees.
Michael watches as Jinx, fierce, strong and beautiful, tells a Chronotrooper to die, as she slices him in half with her staff. Nearby, Scorch creates two “arms” of fire and asks the Chronotroopers to step into his parlor. Michael notes that Scorch like to talk, but he can also walk the walk, displayed by how easily he burns three Chronotroopers to death. There were so many Chronotroopers and, by the time Bishop reached there, he knew the damage had been done. Bishop comes to Scorch’s side and asks the man what happened. Sarcastically, Scorch thanks Bishop for coming, especially considering the troops came looking for him.
From the Witness’ tent, Link sees the massacre and tells her mentor that she has to get him out of here. The Witness tells her that he is not escaping this time. Confused, Link asks him what he means. The Witness does not answer her question and just tells her to remember what she learned. She is strong and will need to be soon. As it turns out, Bishop is not the only target. The Witness was crafty and Michael gets the impression that he had it coming from a long way back. This wouldn’t be the last time the Witness would move Link to tears, but it would change her soon enough.
Elsewhere, Nom looks beaten. He isn’t one of these people, but he is an outcast nonetheless and they took him in, only so he can watch them die. Even if he could speak, Michael is not so sure that Nom would be able to spit out the words. As Jinx impales another Chronotrooper, Nom is overcome with rage and begins to rip the Chronotroopers to pieces. Jinx falls down a slope and lands on the bottom with a hard thud. She regains her composure, which is quickly lost at the sight before her. Jinx looks at the mass grave of the burning bodies of her fellow refugees; men, women, and children. All Jinx can do is ask Nom what happened.
In the tent, Link tells the Witness that she can feel their fellow kinsmen die. What can she do? The Witness tells her to remember what he told her. She needs to take the survivors to Dunduine, the city beyond the plains. Link, unsure of his decision, reminds him that the others won’t follow her. Witness tells her that she is right, but she shouldn’t worry, as leadership will work itself out soon enough. Link argues that no one has survived the trip to Dunduine through their forest, but she is cut off when a Chronotrooper rushes in. The Witness rises and tells her to leave. It has been a while since has done this trick and it has been a while since he has seen playing cards. As he charges up the Chronotrooper with kinetic energy, the Witness tells her to leave. Link runs out and, just as she exits the tent, the entire area explodes with kinetic energy, killing the Chronotrooper and the Witness.
Link lets out a telepathic shriek, which is heard by all. It was the first time that Michael felt something like that but, unfortunately, it wouldn’t be the last. Bishop felt the shriek too, but couldn’t discern the location of Link, as there were people screaming all around him. Suddenly, Bishop becomes preoccupied when he finds the bloody body of Merrian, the woman he had recently met. Michael watches Bishop sit there with Merrian for minutes, though it felt like forever. He tries to stop the bleeding, but it isn’t enough. It takes more than a brave heart to fix broken bones and torn flesh. These refugees only knew now to hide, not fight. Those with powers were spread thin and those who didn’t have powers simply died. Michael could swear he could hear Bishop mutter that this was his entire fault. He never told Bishop he heard him say that, for he had his own problems.
At Chronokeep, the Chronomancer’s castle, the man known as Bantam runs through the twisted halls of the castle, worried of the punishment he will suffer if he is late. Bantam trips and drops all his scrolls, much to his dismay. The little man scoops them all up and reminds himself that, even though Fitzroy needs him, he has to hurry up for he cannot be late. In his chamber, Fitzroy turns over an hourglass, as Bantam comes in, though the two Chronotrooper guards refuse to let him in. As Bantam squeezes through the two, he tells his master Fitzroy that the nobles have some concerns.
Fitzroy looks out the window and comments that he loves sunsets. From up here, one can appreciate it from a new light. He then reminds the man that he is late and he is preoccupied with the concerns of the nobles, instead of the concerns of his liege. If Bantam would come closer, Fitzroy would whisper his concerns into Bantam’s ear. Hesitantly, Bantam approaches Fitzroy and tells him that the nobles have sent petitions, for they are all worried about his intentions. Fitzroy asks Bantam what he thinks about the concerns. Bantam replies that this attack he has launched looks bloodthirsty and mad. Fitzroy lifts Bantam up by the throat and tells him that he is beyond mad and he will show the irreverent man how beyond that he is.
Back at the refugee camp, the sounds of battle begin to disappear, as it is clear that almost everyone is dead. Bishop sits on his knees and wonders how man eras must he and Fitzroy fight through. How much time do they have to cross? Bishop has chased him, yet he always comes back. All this destruction and all the lives lost are because of Fitzroy. Suddenly, Michael screams for help. Bishop turns to see the boy being dragged into a temporal portal by two Chronotroopers. Angered, Bishop leaps at them and drop kicks one of the Chronotroopers, crushing his head. Michael screams that he is being pulled through the portal, but Bishop grabs the Chronotrooper’s staff, admitting that he doesn’t understand how this works, but he knows energy when he sees it.
Bishop grabs the tip of the staff and is immediately blasted with energy, which he absorbs. Bishop unleashes the energy, which rips the Chronotrooper apart and closes the portal. Bishop asks Michael if he is all right, to which the boy replies that he is. Bishop tells Michael that he told the boy to stay put and asks the boy to repeat what he told him earlier.
Back at Chronokeep, Bantam cringes in the corner of Fitzroy’s chamber and asks his liege why he keeps on doing this. Fitzroy needs him to anchor him when he warps time. Bantam has worked so hard for him. Fitzroy needs him. Why, asks Fitzroy. His entire life he has been running, striking from the shadows and then scuttling back afterwards. He was never strong enough to fight face to face. Bantam tells his liege that he is strong now and if Bishop is a threat then Fitzroy should kill him. It would be mad not to.
Annoyed, Fitzroy tells Bantam that he thought he told the man that this was beyond madness. Fitzroy wants to break Bishop slowly. Then, Bishop will be so focused on hating him that he will come for him. That is when he can show Bishop how strong he truly is now. Bantam mutters that Fitzroy is mad but, out loud, announces the he needs his service. Once upon a time, he needed Bantam, says Fitzroy, but now he is more powerful and he knows what he needs and what he does not need.
Two Chronotroopers come in with five prisoners, which are children from the refugee camp. How very precious, says Fitzroy, as he wipes off the M mark off a girl’s face. Fitzroy tells Guardian and the Chronotroopers to leave. Fitzroy looks at Bantam and announces that he wishes all his servants were so valuable. The Chronotroopers and Bantam leave the room, as Fitzroy sits in his throne. He tells the children that there is no need to be afraid. Why don’t they play a game? He asks the children to hold hands. Do they understand? The children slowly hold hands and Fitzroy wonders how many of them who wear the mark on their faces are actually special. The young boy and four girls are frightened, as Fitzroy extends his hand and he asks the last girl to take it. It will only last a moment.  The girl extends her hand and, outside, Bantam looks away as Fitzroy kills the children when he absorbs their life energies. “Beyond madness, I think, is a very bad place to be,” says the terrified Bantam.
At the camp, Michael sits for hours, while shallow graves are dug by the survivors of the refugee camp: Bishop, Jinx, Link, Nom and Scorch. Michael has never felt so useless in his life and is all the more changed by the sight of the shallow graves that Bishop digs with his X-Men badge. Later on, Bishop would tell Michael all about his life and Michael would truly understand this X-Man. However, looking at those graves and the soft fingertips poking out of them did something to Michael. He saw plenty of destruction today.
When Bishop finishes his work, Michael asks him if he is okay. Bishop tells the boy that he is not supposed to be there and that this is his fault. He swears to get him home somehow. Michael admits that he doesn’t know how he got here either and he doesn’t know how to believe any of this, but he doesn’t have a home or anything and, since Bishop saved his life twice, he just wanted to say thanks. Michael touches Bishop’s hand, but the man simply tells him that, tomorrow, they will find a way home for both of them.
Michael asks if he is going to go after the bad guy first. He did kick butt today. He isn’t going to let whoever is responsible get away, is he? Bishop yells at Michael and asks how many Chronotroopers he saw today, because Bishop bets his life that there are plenty more where they came from. They work for a man who hates him for than anything else. They will go through anyone, such as his sister or these poor people, to get to him. People died today because they met him. Does Michael know how hard it is to live knowing that?
Michael tells Bishop that these people died thinking they were hiding one of the good guys and, because of that, they were good guys too. Michael had heard that they thought he was special. Michael does not know who he is but, if he is special, how is he going to sleep, knowing these people died for nothing? Bishop did not kill these people. They were looking for something to believe in. He picks up the X-Men badge and tells Bishop that he saw him kick butt and doesn’t blame the refugees for believing in him at all. He asks the X-Man if he dropped his badge. As Michael hands it back, he thanks Bishop again for saving him. This time, Bishop says you’re welcome.
Nearby, there are only the sounds of tears and sobs, as Link kneels on the scorched earth that the Witness’ tent used to be on. Scorch announces that he is open for suggestions. Link snaps at him and asks what that is supposed to mean. Is she to assume that he is taking charge? Scorch apologizes, but Link interrupts him and knows that he is just ready to move on. Scorch interrupts her in turn and tells her that the Witness is gone and he is just trying to make things better. She knows that. Link cries and tells Scorch that he cannot make things better. After a moment, she tells the group that the Witness wanted them to go to Dunduine. Scorch is shocked and realizes that the place is far away and the trip is dangerous. How can they go to Dunduine? Jinx reasons that it if what the Witness said, then they must go. How, Scorch asks again. What do they do now?
They ride to Dunduine, announces Bishop, as he puts his badge back on. They will walk, if necessary. Calling Bishop a stranger, he asks him how they can go to Dunduine. Having enough of Scorch’s anger, Bishop tells him that his name is Bishop and, if necessary, they will crawl to Dunduine. What then, Scorch asks. Will they sit and wait? They have been broken today. The Chronomancer’s forces are too strong. Bishop tells them that they will pull themselves back together. He will make them if he must. He has been broken too. However, he sees in them the makings of something stronger. Their hearts want vengeance and they should never forget their rage. He won’t let them. They are all born special and it is time they knew what that meant. He is Bishop and he doesn’t know what they thought he was like, but this is him now. The Last X-Man? A hero of the past? Wash all that away. Michael looks on and realizes that what Bishop does next he will never forget.
Bishop wipes off the M mark on Link’s face and tells the group that they have hidden in the shadow too long. He wipes off Jinx’s M and tells them that they hid from a world that fears them and they wear a mark as heave as the shadows. As Scorch wipes off his M, Bishop announces that they are stuck here but, together, they can make it work. This is the first lesson he will teach them. There are other marks they can rally behind. They call him the last X-Man, but he says no longer. They call him a legend, but he says that they should be one with him.
Bishop uses the ink he wiped up to make a new mark on each of their faces. Bishop steps away from the three, who now have X’s on their faces instead of M’s. Bishop announces that he is coming for Fitzroy and he is not alone.


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Over The Hills And Far Away
Bishop’s statements: “It all happened so fast. I led them for days. I was so certain that I could. Then we came to this place. And then we lost Nom. Scorch, Jinx and Link stayed with me. I’d led them this far. What choice did they have? In his last moments, the Witness had said to go to Dunduine. And so we had. God help us all... ”
Standing on a platform in the middle of a desert, Jinx looks in front of her, but can’t see anything. Scorch hopes it stays that way. Link thinks that perhaps, the Dunduine people come out at night.
The previous day...
Bishop and his team had been out on the march through the desert, and he led them, all the way using Link’s powers to turn them invisible to possible predators. Bishop says it’s like he vowed to do after the massacre at the refugee camp. Fitzroy had struck a blow. As the Chronomancer, Bishop’s old foe had come to this time from the past and assumed control in a new world that offered little resistance. It was on that moment that Bishop arrived. Bishop is not sure how he came to this time, but that didn’t matter to Fitzroy. The villain tried to take him out... and all those around Bishop. Some survived, but others didn’t. Those who did, decided to keep following him.
An exhausted Scorch wants to know why they stop walking at this point, when they’ve already traveled so far. He mockingly thinks he’s the only one who remembers they are made out of flesh, and that there are plenty of things out there who eat flesh. He reminds his friends that they are at the High Plains now: monsters live on the High Plains! Jinx jokes that Scorch doesn’t have to worry: she’s certain he’s far too salty to make a good meal. Scorch mocks Jinx is quick to the better end and never would have counted wit among her assets. Responding angrily, Jinx doesn’t want Scorch to mind her assets. Bishop suggests to cut the chatter, adding that nobody wants to be there.
Link gets a headache and can’t keep everyone hidden anymore, so they become visible again. She feels like her head is going to burst. Bishop compliments Link for doing her best. She’s an untrained telepath and knows she has a hard time using her powers to great lengths. But, Bishop noticed, Link’s headaches never seem to weaken her resolve. He also compliments the band at how strong they are, and are powerful mutants who never sit idly by. Once upon a time, Bishop admits, this group even would have made fine X-Men. And, together in this time, Bishop thinks they might yet. Somehow...
Scorch doesn’t think that standing in the middle of a desert is an option for them. He mocks that maybe they can succeed in making the predators dizzy before they swarm them. Link tells Scorch to shut up or she’ll do it for him. He knows she can. Bishop looks in front of him and assumes the sun still sets in the west. If that’s the case, the west ends in the mountains they see up ahead and he notices the sun is setting quickly. Bishop reminds his people they need to camp and that he doesn’t see the lost city anywhere. Scorch suggests they head back the way they came. He mentions he heard stories about Dunduine and none of them made him feel fuzzy about the place. He thinks the Witness was mad to send them there.
Jinx thinks Scorch is crazy for saying that. Scorch doesn’t get it. He thought he saw signs of settlement back a ways to the South. He believes they could rest here and make it the shelter for the night. Jinx believes they would find nothing but bones and that theirs would soon add up the pile. She reminds Scorch he knows bad things wait for her in the South. Michael wants to know how they can all live there and not know where to go? Scorch jumps out of their cart and wonders who asked the kid’s opinion. Link wonders if Scorch is calling himself a kid, or Michael.
Bishop has had enough of the whining. He asks Nom to put the cart down and asks everyone to take a look. Michael can’t see anything. Bishop points the child’s head into the right direction, and they can see more of the desert in front of them, but this time a building stands in the building. Bishop believes they are dealing with a walled city, which got smacked down in the middle of nowhere and reaches high into the skies. Link recalls that the Witness didn’t mention anything about walls. Bishop still believes they’ve found Dunduine. Scorch isn’t impressed. Bishop suggests they bring everything together so they can go check the place out.
Nom carries the cart with everyone in it closer to the immense gates of the building. Once they are near it, the gates are opened. Jinx is amazed at how huge the gates are, and never felt so small in her life. Bishop sees that the rest of the city looks more their size, but that doesn’t mean it makes him feel better. He asks Scorch to stay paranoid. Scorch mocks Bishop that his ways are chiseled deep in stone. Bishop asks Jinx what she knows about this town. Jinx doesn’t know much, but says from what she has heard, far more than news fails to cross the Plains to this place. She sees nothing but badly taken care of buildings, and nobody on the streets. Where is everyone?
A voice happily welcomes the strangers. Bishop becomes concerned and pushes Michael behind him. A man wearing Roman clothes appears and laughs. He promises his new friends that nobody there wants to find them. He introduces himself as Duncan Jericho, and is the mayor of this city. He apologizes for the guards he brought along, but mentions Dunduine doesn’t get many visitors, even though their door is always open. Duncan takes a closer look at the big Nom and compliments he sure is a big guy, but Nom doesn’t say anything back.
Bishop explains to the mayor that his friend isn’t very talkative. But, he adds, Nom is as tired and hungry as they all are, and also in need of a good night’s sleep. Bishop introduces himself and explains they have come a long way. The mayor understands and promises he will see to it Bishop and his friends are all well fed and will have a good rest. He promises that they will find nothing but hospitality in Dunduine. Jinx whispers to Scorch she can feel something is wrong there. Scorch is just looking forward to a warm bed. He mocks Jinx if she really wants to stay in the Plains they can pick up her remains in the morning.
A little later, Bishop asks around if anyone ever heard about the Witness and if they had any idea why he had send them to this city. But Jericho only smiles and shakes his head – as though his happiness to have Bishop there might be answer enough. As Bishop’s team follows Duncan further in the city, they can feel the eyes of Dunduine’s citizens watch them from the shadows, from the thinnest of cracks in dark doorways. Nobody of the team feels comfortable in the city, but Scorch puts there has to be a reason this city is surrounded by walls!
Once set up in their sleeping quarters, Jinx peeks through their door and is starting to like this situation less and less by the second. She thinks Dunduine is a ghost city and wonders why they are there. And, Jinx also wonders, if the city has so much room to spare, why would they house them in such a secluded area of the town? Scorch thinks it’s so they would have some peace and quiet. But he does feel sad for Nom, who hardly fits into the small room. Bishop agrees with Scorch. He reminds the gang that the Witness sent them to Dunduine, and it’s not like they had options once the sun went down. He asks Link how she feels about all this.
Link can’t get a read on these people, though Jericho does seem genuine enough in his happiness to have them there. However, she also does believe something’s happening in Dunduine, but keeping that hidden all day has worn her out. She hopes that tomorrow her head stops beating like a drum, so she can fully figure out what’s going on. Bishop agrees that the Dunduine people do seem pleased to have them around. He thinks that perhaps these walls around the city aren’t enough protection. He suggests that they spend the night in this house and ask questions in the morning. After all, Bishop states, they’ve got Nom to protect them. “Among other things,” Bishop concludes as he puts a knife in the wall to make a point.
Later that night, Nom hears a padding sound nearby. He goes to check it out, and strangely enough finds... a cat? Nom smiles. Nearby, Scorch wakes up and wonders what Nom is doing. Nom picks up the cat and decides to explore the place. He quietly moves on, and finds himself standing in a huge platform! Screws from several machines start moving around and make a lot of noise. The cat panics and jumps out of Nom’s arms, leaving him behind alone. Nom sees how the cat jumps down from the platform, which has now moved up high in the air! Nom is too scared to jump down as well, and is stuck. Suddenly, the platform starts to move again and a mysterious being slashes through Nom! The platform gets back to normal and Nom... has vanished?!
Below, Scorch had followed Nom and saw the whole thing happening, and is freaked out about it. He rushes back to his teammates to warn them about Nom’s disappearance and enters Bishop’s room. After opening the door of the room, someone puts a knife against Scorch’s throat. It’s Bishop! Bishop angrily warns Scorch to never again sneak off and back again like this. Scorch is too startled to say anything, so Bishop tries to calm him down. Scorch tries to explain what he saw happening to Nom, and Jinx, Link and Michael appear as well. Jinx tries to calm Scorch down, and he admits to Link she was right when she said something’s wrong about this place.
Bishop looks outside, and notices they aren’t alone anymore. Jericho stands in front of the team in his night clothes. He reveals to Scorch that he just saw the Kith, and adds Scorch has no idea how lucky he is to still be alive. Scorch tries to attack Jericho but Bishop holds him back. Jericho begs the team to stay themselves, stating there’s no need for hostilities. Bishop tells Jericho that he is a reasonable man, and he knows it when there’s no need for hostilities. And this isn’t such a time!
Jericho reveals that his father once told him that the... key to leadership was in the execution of diplomacy. But also that the stomach to make the difficult decisions when all other efforts have failed was what truly sent a leader of men apart from those who follow him. Scorch is ready to fire his eye beams, and Bishop tries his best to hold the kid back. Scorch demand to know what Jericho did to Nom. Bishop explains to Jericho that there friend has disappeared and that they need answers... now! Jericho suggests that in that case, the team better listens to what he is about to say.
He will fully explain the burden his leadership has offered him. Duncan reveals that, generations ago, the people of Dunduine built their city and decided to place high walls around it. It was hoped in that way, the city would be ready for any attack and that they were shielded from the hard land around the city. For years, the walls kept Dunduine safe. But, the citizens never dreamed of an attack... from the skies! Dunduine was attacked by a dark entity known as the Kith. They are an ancient race, or so it is said. The Kith are savage and unrelenting. And the people of Dunduine were so soon at the Kith’s mercy!
Bishop asks Jericho, if these Kith are as fearsome as he says they are, he asks why the city is still populated. Jericho doesn’t know where else the people of Dunduine could go. He tells Bishop he has seen the land surrounding them and believes the people would fare just as badly. “No,” Duncan states, they built this city and did their best to defend it. But his father taught him long ago that a leader is resourceful. And when the people of Dunduine couldn’t defend their city anymore, they made a deal with it.
Jericho speeches that Dunduine’s citizens are strong and brave. They understood what had to be done. They select people according to their guidelines, sacrificing the few so that the many might be spared. It was a mix of young and old, strong and slight. The Kith didn’t care. Duncan explains that the Tithe selection process is a simple enough one. Duncan says that he was first administered by his father, and stayed that way until this... duty was passed on to him. It was a practice Duncan would follow religiously, like his father had done before him. He knows being a leader is no small thing. You have to be detached from emotion from feelings, or empires will fall down. It was a stance Duncan never strayed from, even as he selected his own wife and child in the fairness of the Tithe. He begins to cry.
Bishop is sorry for Jericho’s family, and the lives everyone in Dunduine has lost. He still doesn’t know why his team has been brought to this city but promises they’ll do anything they can to help Duncan fight the Kith. And they will find a way to defeat it – they will just need Duncan’s help with it. Duncan tells his new friend Bishop that he doesn’t understand. He explains they have no choice but to pay Tithe to the Kith, but thinks that, only for today, his people will know their own flesh was spared. He believes that today, Dunduine’s people will know their hospitality has been returned to them. And then some.
On that moment, lots of security guards point their spears to Bishop’s team. They have been surrounded! Bishop realizes Jericho set them up! Scorch fires up and easily destroys the metal shields the guards carry. Bishop slams Jericho against a wall and demands he stops this now. Jinx quickly runs around some guards and disarms the startled people. Michael starts to panic. He shouts out that he’s from New York and didn’t ask for any of this. Link follows him and starts to stop Michael from running away. He bumps into some guards, who want to attack him. Link uses her telepathic powers to enter the guard’s minds, and compliments they are both strong, handsome men who don’t want to attack her.
Unfortunately, Scorch wants to take out both his and Nom’s vengeance on the guards. He transforms his body into that of a huge fire creature and wants to kill them. Link tries to stop him but he won’t listen to her. Jericho tries to apologize for Bishop for doing this to him, and hopes that he will never have to make decisions like this in his life. Michael runs towards Bishop and asks him to come with him, warning that Scorch is about to kill some guards and he needs to stop it. Bishop meets up with the kid and tells Scorch killing the guards isn’t the right way. He has an idea that may be hard, but it may be the only way to get Nom back. He promises Scorch he doesn’t need to be afraid. Scorch powers down and turns back to normal, promising he isn’t afraid.
Some time later, Bishop and his team proudly walk through the city of Dunduine, and all of its citizens look frightened at them. He warns his team not to pay attention to fear, as it’s contagious. Michael tells Bishop he can’t just leave him there, and wants to come along. Bishop drops to his knee, and places his hands on Michael’s shoulders. He tells the kid that he’s a tough boy. He believes that and now needs Michael to believe that as well. But he can’t have him coming along this time. Michael understands. Jericho and other people of Dunduine go to stand behind Michael. Duncan explains it’s being said that the Kith keep their prey alive after they have been taken. He suspects Bishop will be awake the entire time. And while Duncan doesn’t share Bishop’s optimism, he promises to keep Michael safe in his absence. Bishop thanks Duncan for that, and states they’ll meet with the Kith in their own territory. They go to stand onto the platform, which goes high up in the air. Now, it’s time to wait.
The present...
Jinx looks down from the platform and notices how high they are, and wonders how the Kith can find them this high up. She sees how hard the wind is blowing, and thinks that perhaps the Kith can smell them or something. Scorch doesn’t care. The Kith took now, and he just wants to be brought to him. And he isn’t afraid. Bishop tells Scorch he sees something in the distance up ahead. It looks like... dark smoke. Bishop is startled. It isn’t smoke. And it’s up here, with Bishop and his team.
Below, Michael can see how the Kith slash through his friends, and panics. The platform turns around, and suddenly, Bishop, Jinx, Link and Scorch are all... gone!


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In The Hall Of The Mountain King
Bishop’s statements: They took us at midday. While the sun was shining. When you’d think everything was going to be all right. We had reached the walled city of Dunduine. Led there by the Witness in his final moments, we were treated with courtesy and hospitality. We were welcome behind her protective walls.
For the citizens of Dunduine protected a dark secret. Long ago, a race of monsters known as the Kith began raiding the town... though not far riches of the monetary sort. The Kith hungered. And the people were their food. The citizens had few options as they could not fight these monsters. And trapped behind the great walls of their city by a dangerous stretch of plains, running was out of the question.
They would pay a Tithe... sacrificing some of themselves so that the rest of them might live another day. Or, at least, until the next time the Kith came looking to feed. The giant Nom had stumbled onto this secret. And so, Nom had been taken by the Kith. Hoping to rescue him, Bishop and his team offered themselves to the Tithe next...
So, the adventure continues...
The dark Kith creatures roost in aeries high in the mountain peaks. This is where they brought Bishop and his young team of mutants. As some Kity fly into their home-made cave, it would appear the Kith also have a king.
The Kith king, the largest of the creatures, glares at his newfound “food.” He realizes that Bishop and the others are nothing like the rest of the Dunduine citizens they took earlier. He thinks this meat comes with a purpose. With Scorch, Link and Jinx standing behind him, Bishop takes the word and confirms the king’s thoughts. He admits they aren’t citizens of Dunduine, and that they took no part in the Tithe arrangement between the Kith and the town. They allowed themselves to be taken here, and thus came willingly. Bishop wants to seek... a bargain with the king.
The king snorts, laughing a bit at what Bishop said. He proudly introduces himself as Kalin Karth Kith, second son of Kol. He is the heir and rule of the Kith throne, and founder of the Tithe. And also, a devourer of men. But, he does want to hear more about this bargain. Bishop explains they came to barter for the life of their friend with hope, for the king’s sake, that Nom is safe. They also came to warn the mighty Kalin that there’s a threat that threatens them all.
Kalin doesn’t really believe that. He tells Bishop that, though he came to barter and to warn, he can see Bishop tremble, like all the other men who’ve come here and first thought themselves to be brave. Kalin reveals that they are the last of Kith creatures alive. Kalin himself has no sons, meaning that no new Kith will fly through the skies. They take brave men... whatever they want, because the Kith have nothing left to lose. He wants Bishop to tell him more about this so-called “threat.”
Bishop agrees that the Kith are a mighty race. But, he noticed that the skies are threatened by the menace they fight. He explains that the Kith’s lovely stacks... his mountain air... his father’s legacy and the Kith’s last days on Earth are endangered by a man known as... the Chronomancer! The Chronomancer is a madman, preying on a disjointed world not readily equipped to resist him. But together, Bishop believes that they can defeat the Chronomancer. That they can fight him. He wants Kalin to join their team, since their threat will become the Kith’s threat as well!
At the back of the room, Scorch whispers to his teammates that the Kith stink worse than anything else. He asks Link if, while Bishop distracts the Kith, she can read anything. Link tries to do that, and receives something. But, it’s from... below. Jinx wonders if that comes from Nom. Link can’t perfectionize it. She’s reading the king, and learns that things aren’t as they seem. She discovers that all of Dunduine’s citizens are still alive, but after discovering that, Link screams horribly!
Kalin prevents Link from further using her telepathic powers, and wants to know what kind of tricks she can do, and why she uses them on him. Bishop tries to convince Kalin to let Link go. Link drops on her knees, not able to bear the pain in her head. Kalin tells Bishop that, even though they came there, thinking they were so different from those of Dunduine. Now, Kalin believes that Bishop met his match. Kalin thinks he also found a better offer to make Bishop, and warriors holding staffs and who are ready for battle appear behind him.
Meanwhile, at Dunduine...
Michael is scared a bit, and doesn’t really like being left alone in the city. The mayor, Jericho, promises Michael that his friends’ bravery will not be forgotten. And, should their rescue attempt prove foolhardly, he wants Michael to know their sacrifice should prove a lasting one. Michael stares at the huge platform his friends disappeared from, realizing that, whenever somebody stood on it, they never returned. Jericho invites Michael inside the city and wants him to enjoy it. He thinks there should be at least a weak before the Kith hunger next... and the selection must begin again.
Michael walks through Dunduine through the city, like everyone else. The difference is that he is alone... without hope and direction. And wondering what would come next. As Michael continues to wander the city, he doesn’t notice that he’s being watched by a mysterious, hooded person with a sparking eye. The person walks over to Michael and simply says “he.” Michael tells the person that he doesn’t have any money, is new in the city and doesn’t want a shadow already. So he wants the guy to back off. Another hooded person appears, surrounding the poor kid. This person says “with he.” Michael wonders where they came from. The two men say the following words “with me.” and “is trickster.”
The two mysterious men lock their arms around Michael, and feels something creepy coming around his leg. After that, the two men, including Michael, teleport away!
The Kith cave...
Bishop and the others are surrounded by the king’s warriors. Scorch powers up his fist and is ready to fight and wants to destroy the cave. Bishop tries to calm Scorch down, explaining to him that, if he does that, they’ll die as well. He tells Kalin he made a mistake. Kalin disagrees with the X-Man. He explains that since they are the last of the Kith, they’ll go out on the winning side. And, he states, it is Bishop who made a mistake.
Jinx attacks Kalin and runs behind him. But Kalin is fast as well and slaps his wings against the girl, knocking her out. Kalin further explains that for so long, the Kith have ruled the skies over the plains. They will not just fade away. He reveals that the Chronomancer made them a deal: if they help sack Dunduine, he will leave the skies to the last of the Kith. The Kith think they’ve made a pretty good deal in that. Kalin grabs Jinx and wants to eat her! Jinx asks Bishop for help.
Bishop picks up the staff Jinx dropped near his feet, and absorbs its energy. He threatens to fire it on Kalin and wants him to reconsider his proposal. Kalin mentions he can read Bishop’s thoughts, and learns from it he can “rechannel” energy. But he wonders what will happen if Bishop’s shot misses. Another Kith sneaks up on Bishop from behind and tackles him down. Bishop loses control over his energy and fires it on the ground, causing a small avalanche. A cave-in starts. Kalin calls Bishop a fool. He proudly states that for so long, the aeries have been home to the Kith, and now the last will fly to glory. Kalin and the Kith fly up, leaving Bishop and his friends behind alone. The ceiling and floor start to break apart, and none of the mutants are able to maintain their balance. They fall into a deep hole, though Bishop bounces off against some rocks and lands away from his friends.
After landing on the ground again, Scorch, Jinx and Link try to get back up and luckily are still in one piece, though they have no idea how that’s possible. They notice that Bishop is gone, and discover something else. Something startling. They discover people in red stasis bags, and it seems the Kith are slow eaters. Jinx thinks they just found the lost citizens of Dunduine. Scorch mocks that, so, the legend of the newest would-be heroes grows. And this part of the aeries stink even worse. He doesn’t want to know what other secrets are creeping around in this place.
Elsewhere, Bishop, alive and well, crawls his way out of the rocks. He hears chains making noises and calls out, wanting to know who’s there. A dark voice asks who’s there, in the dark. Bishop tells the big person he doesn’t mean no harm, and wants him to stay back.
Link discovers that the minds of the Dunduine citizens are weak, almost non-existent. She tells Jinx they’re locked in far. They’re still alive though... but just barely. Scorch, using his flame powers to light up the place, wants to look deeper into the cave. He thinks Nom is somewhere here as well. Jinx wants to rescue these poor people, but Scorch wants to rescue Nom first. Jinx reminds Scorch that there are kids trapped in those bags! Link tries to get a read on Bishop, but Scorch tells her to try to find Nom instead. He can feel he’s down there. Link tries, but there are so many people. The more she tries, the more they feel her presence. The people are calling out to her, from beneath it all. It’s so soft and loud, all at the same time!
Eventually, Link finds Nom in one of the stasis bags. Scorch walks over to him, and asks Jinx and Link to count the others. They need to be sure not to miss any of the people, because somehow they will come back with them. This madness needs to stop. He uses his powers to form a knife over his fist and wants to use it to slice Nom out of the bag.
Meanwhile, Bishop, holding a torch to see better, tries to talk to his newest companion, who sees Bishop looks lost. Bishop can’t argue with that. The creature can smell the ire of Kalin on Bishop and thinks he just found a comrade. Bishop wants to know who the creature is and where he is. He tells the being he picks his friends carefully, and entering his mind uninvited is hardly going to be the wisest thing to do. He asks the creature in the darkness to step closer. The creature tells Bishop of the X-Men to come closer himself then, and he’ll do the same.
Bishop does so, and finds a huge Kith creature chained! The Kith introduces himself as Kinlan Karth Kith... the first son of Kol... and rightful heir to the Kith throne! He knows Bishop seeks to stop his brother and that is enough reason for him to help out. Bishop explains to Kinlan that his friends are somewhere lost in these caves as well, and asks Kinlan if he can find them.
Kinlan claims he can find much, and says mostly pain and fear are in these caves. Pain because of Kalin’s doing, and fear for Kalin’s rage. Kalin reveals that his father led this place with pride. And, with their father’s passing, Kinlan sought to do the same thing. But Kalin saw the chance for dominance, and Kinlan calls him a fool. He explains the Kith are a long-lived, though poorly propagated species. He knows this world is blooming and re-making itself. And Kinlan knows the time of the Kith is nearly done. He sought to leave a legacy of awe, but was cast out by his brother’s jealousy. Now, the Kith are moving toward extinction. And Kilan’s mad brother will leave a legacy of scourge and shame.
Bishop admits that’s a sad story, but it looks like Kinlan is the one in need of help here, and calls him “friend.” He tries to break the chains, but Kinlan tells him the chains are old and heavy. He knows they won’t be able to break them alone. He wants Bishop to head through the dark tunnels behind him, so he can go find the help... they both seek.
Elsewhere in the cave, Scorch succeeds in freeing Nom. He asks Link to see if he’s alright. Link uses her powers to comfort Nom, and knows he’ll be fine... in time. She telepathically reaches out to Nom, telling her friend she can feel his pain, but they need his strength. She wants him to take it slow and let his strength return. She stops talking for a while, and later tells her friend Nom he’s welcome.
In the meantime, Jinx has freed all of the kids out of the stasis bags and promises they’ll get them out of here. One of the other kids wants to know how they’ll be able to go home, because the Kith told them they will find them there. Jinx doesn’t know what to say. Scorch thinks they’d be heroes were anyone to know what they have done here today. Instead, they’re all martyrs now. And he thinks the Kith will find them on an expedition, sometime.
Suddenly, the hooded men from before teleport behind Scorch, Jinx and Link, but Michael isn’t with them! The two men say, “With he. Task completed. Next task to come.” One of them fires his powers on the three mutants. Scorch wants to know who the hooded men are, but don’t gain any answers. Jinx feels something crawling up her legs, and it feels like they are... being unmade! Link tries to read their enemies’ minds, but they’re blank states! She wonders about the Dunduine people, but before she can do anything about it, Link, Scorch, Jinx and Nom are teleported away!
On that moment, Bishop appears and just heard Link’s voice, but can’t see her anymore. He asks the people around him who they are. One of them explains they are from Dunduine and have just been rescued, and just want to go home now. Bishop asks where the others like him just went. A woman called Justina Jericho mentions Bishop’s friends rescued them, but then just vanished. Bishop recalls that’s Duncan’s daughter’s name. Justine calls her father a good man, and asks Bishop to take her to him. Bishop tells the citizens he knows they are tired and knows what they have been through. He doesn’t know the fate of his friends, but does know the people of Dunduine have been freed by them. And he promises to bring them home, but needs their help in rescuing his friends. He asks them how strong they all feel.
Meanwhile, back at Dunduine...
Scorch, Nom, Jinx and Link materialize somewhere and wonder where they are. Link thinks it smells like they’re in a sewer. Jinx stares around, noticing that the two who brought them there are gone. Link finds some red letters on a wall. She can hardly make out the writing, but it looks like the words say “Hellfire Cl...” The four want to know where Bishop is.
Suddenly, Michael appears behind them... but isn’t alone. Michael tells the others they told him his friends would be back soon, but said Bishop would be with them as well. The man standing behind Michael laughs, thinking Bishop will join them soon enough. Scorch recognizes the man... it’s the Witness?! The Witness thinks Bishop is going to be glad enough seeing all of them there, assuming he gets done what needed to be done. Link wants to know how the Witness can be alive, because they assumed him to be dead.
Scorch demands to know where they are, and how they got there. Three hooded men, two people wearing grey hoods and another a red one, appear behind the Witness. The Witness believes they got Scorch and the others out of the cave just in time, and adds answers will be coming soon enough. Scorch demands answers, as they left people behind in those caves. The Witness reveals they’ve got people around there who need to be rescued just as much. He asks Scorch to stop yelling at him.
The red hooded person, who appears to be a woman, tells Scorch he’s got a city to defend. She also calls Scorch a would-be X-Man in a world that has forgotten. She reveals that the Chronomancer would take everything were it not like Bishop and others like him to stop him. They led them here with that in mind. And now, Clan Hellfire will see how soundly its bets have hedged!
Michael looks out of the sewers and sees all of Dunduine’s citizens running around like crazy! He explains that he was told Clan Hellfire’s legacy went back a ways. Outside in the streets, it was like the sky had started falling. From high above Dunduine, shadows fell like nighttime in the middle of the day. These people’s worst fears are coming true. The Kith are attacking the city. And the Witness thinks they should do something about it.
Above the city, Bishop, riding on Kinlan’s back, tells him to go faster as they reach the devastated city...


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A New Day Yesterday
Michael’s statements, on a rainy day...
“I sat in a window of the old house where they’d brought us, just listening to the rain... mainly because at this point, there was little else to do here. Especially since no one would tell us exactly where on this planet “here” was. The guilty party called themselves “Clan Hellfire.” I was told their roots went back always into the past.
They’d brought us here after the battle of Dunduine. And though some good would eventually come out of this situation, none of us were extremely happy about it at the time. I was originally from New York... and from the past... brought into this future for reasons I couldn’t possibly understand... yet. We listened to the rain hit the cracked pavement, and watched it shine off the vegetation that seemed to cover this place. It was peaceful. Quiet. But familiar, just the same.”
Link and Michael also stare out of the window. Michael asks Link if she knows where they are but, sadly, Link doesn’t. She believes that the name of this place is either long forgotten or denied so strongly that the thoughts of those denying cannot be read. She admits to Michael she doesn’t like it there. Jinx admits quietly to herself that she doesn’t like this place either, even though it reminds her of her home. Jinx tells the others that she’s still queasy from what brought them here, and asks the Witness again what he called it.
The Witness, sitting in a chair, explains he called it “a teleport.” Jinx tells the Witness that they thought he was dead, but now seems to have come back somehow... and not alone. Witness sighs. Scorch highlights that it’s not like they aren’t happy to see the Witness again; it’s just that they want to know more. Jinx warns Scorch not to put words in her mouth and interrupt her like that. She knows what she feels like... and she feels deceived!
Witness wonders if she also felt deceived when he first found her when she was still a little girl, all alone and scared. He wonders how deceived she felt when he took her in, when he taught her how to steal and to stay alive?! The Witness recalls that Jinx was just a little “mama’s girl” once upon a time, but he took her in when she was lost. Like he took in all of them special-ones! He tells the team that Bishop needs them to trust him, even if he doesn’t know it yet. But for now, he wants them all to settle back and wait, as Fold and Trickster aren’t going to let them get passed them anyway.
The team looks at the hooded Fold and Trickster, who are guarding a door. They are the mysterious brother and sister duo. Behind them, inside a door down the hall, away from the debating, accusations and turmoil that would forever change the group, the team wondered how their fates were going to be decided.
Inside the room, Bishop stands in front of a fireplace and admits he likes it in there. He’s also certain he’ll sleep better knowing the world still has a privileged few among them. But, he tells Sammarra, knowing where they are exactly would make him feel a whole lot better.
Sammara fills two glasses of wine, noticing that Bishop is a cautions and careful man, which mixes well with his strength and courage, according to her. She mentions that, if Bishop truly is who LeBeau claims he is, there will be little wonder about his potential for greatness, and little doubt... about his abilities. Sammara tells Bishop that she’s intrigued by him, and asks him to share a drink with her. Bishop takes a glass, mentioning that he already thanked Sammara for saving his life back at Dunduine, but now he’s thinking he has also her to thank for putting him in danger in the first place! He believes that, if Sammara Shaw truly is who LeBeau claims her to be, their is little doubt about her objectives. After all, Bishop has known a Shaw or two in his life!
Sammara explains that she and Bishop face a  common threat, one that has eluded him now through three different time periods. Bishop knows she’s talking about Fitzroy. Samarra sees the Chronomancer’s rise to power as a terrible thing, and his atrocities have no place in a civilization struggling to rebuild itself. Such power as he wields has no place in a world with little left to balance it. But... Sammara adds, little is better than nothing, hence the Clan’s interest in Bishop. She asks Bishop if he even knows how to find the Chronomancer. Bishop thinks about it, but can’t come up with an answer. That’s like Sammara already thought. After all, she thinks, why should Bishop know? Sammara had a plan, which was to help Bishop find Fitzroy, but first, she wanted Bishop to be tested. She wanted to lead along him so that Bishop would feel more comfortable with the world around him, and more in touch with the world he’s trying to save.
Sammara takes off her hood, continuing to say that in that process, Bishop ended up defeating the Kith and liberating an entire city. He gained allies who will spread his word to any that might listen. Bishop has exceeded the Clan’s expectations, and not to mention Sammara’s own. Bishop replies that Fitzroy’s forces weren’t in Dunduine to stop him... but instead, Sammara! Sammara calls Fitzroy a madman, adding that Fitzroy’s enemies are Bishop’s allies. She quotes the phrase of “Those committed to their cause are those we want on our side.” And Sammara wants Bishop on her side... and she’s quite committed. Sammara takes off her clothes, standing entirely naked in front of Bishop. Also on her back, two black tattoos of tridents can be seen.
Uncertain about this, Bishop asks Sammara what she’s doing. Sammara gently touches Bishop’s face, smiling that he does more than intrigue her. Bishop is speechless. Sammara’s eye starts to spark, and she says that she needs less than wine to exert her influence. She and Bishop start making love.
Outside the room, Jinx is trying to get passed Fold and Trickster, but they won’t let her. Scorch tells her they won’t let them wander off, but he was still thinking about going for a walk, for as far as they would be allowed. And he was hoping Jinx would join him. That is, if he could pull her away from this doorway, and the fate of the world for a moment. Jinx agrees to join Scorch, and Michael asks Link where they are going. Link smiles that the story behind Scorch and Jinx is a long one to tell. She turns away from the window, having seen enough rain.
Once outside, standing in the rain, Jinx reveals to Scorch that when she was a little girl, she used to stay out in the rain until she was soaked to the bone. Her mother would have to come out looking for her. Her mother would say to her to come inside, that the world was more dangerous when it was wet.” Scorch admits he never knew what that meant, but he remembers the first time Jinx told him that story. Jinx guesses it means that, if you catch a cold, you catch your death. Scorch always hated the rain. He opens his hand, and the rain melts on it. He reveals that, back when he was young, he remembers being held under water by the other kids. They had seen what he was and hoped to douse the flames... or drown him in the process. Jinx hasn’t forgotten the past either. How could she?!
Scorch touches Jinx’ shoulder, wanting to say something, but she tells him not to. Jinx pulls away from Scorch, telling him when she saw him at Dunduine, for a second, she felt like a young girl again. He was so brave... so reckless... but in all the right ways. But then she remembered how much Scorch has changed. How much they both have. She thought about how much they have to do, and how they can’t do it without each other. She tells Scorch that they’re going to change this world somehow. She can feel it. And that means they can’t risk making the same old mistakes. Not now. Jinx apologizes. Scorch is sorry too, but then sees Nom standing behind him, and angrily asks what he’s looking at.
Meanwhile...
Bishop wakes up and coughs. His eyes open, and he sees a torch hanging on the wall. He thinks he must have blacked out and wonders what Sammara did to him. She calls out to her, but doesn’t gain an answer. He knew he never should have trusted a Shaw. Bishop takes the torch and looks up, discovering he fell into a deep tunnel. He calls out for help, but nobody replies. He runs deeper inside the tunnel, finding abandoned trains lying on the sideways. He finds tunnels opening into other tunnels, leading him, like he’s been led all along. But, he jokes, at least Sammara left his clothes intact before dumping him down here. He thinks Sammara has plans for him and wants to see what they are.
Suddenly, an eye detects Bishop, and a robotic voice says, “mutant activity sensed… preparing to respond.” A bright light is shown, and Bishop is shocked at what he sees now!
While above...
Michael walks over to the Witness. He knows they don’t really know one another, but he hasn’t seen Bishop in a while. He knows the others are buying what the Witness is telling them, but he isn’t so sure about it. Witness compliments that Michael is a smart boy. He explains Bishop will be standing at the brink of greatness soon enough. He thinks the rest of the team is going to be Bishop when that time comes, and so will Michael. The Witness also says that he isn’t used to be trusted, and doesn’t expect anyone to start now.
Link telepathically contacts the Witness, telling him she never fully trusted him either. The Witness doesn’t think this is the right time to discus that now. Link tells the Witness she sure is having a hard time trusting him now. Witness asks the girl to stop talking so loud telepathically, or else both their heads will be hurting. Link can’t, and suddenly screams it out from the pain!
Sammara comes out of the room, mocking that Link sure is acting most inhospitable. She knows they brought the dogs through the door, but didn’t expect them to mess the rug. She mocks Link that a headache can be a miserable thing. She wants her to keep her thoughts to herself in this house, or else she’ll share hers. Jinx wants to attack Sammara, and asks her where Bishop is. She demands to know why they are there. Link tries to stop Jinx from attacking Sammara, but she quickly grabs Jinx by her throat! She warns Jinx never to raise a hand on her again. She claims she means more to the fate of this world than Jinx ever will. With that, she drops Jinx.
Scorch and Nom are ready to attack Sammara, even though Scorch has never hurt a woman before. Sammara smiles that they won’t now either, and with a sparking eye tells the two men to stay where they are, and they do as told. But then, Sammara gets hit from behind by... the Witness! He asks Sammara to stop this, before somebody stops her. And he will do that if necessary.
Underground...
Bishop is shocked when he sees... a half-broken Sentinel?! The Sentinel, with a cracking voice, points its hand at Bishop, like he’s ready to fire at him. The Sentinel reveals that he was set for preservation and ready to eliminate a threat. And he won’t be prevented from reaching its objective. Bishop tries to explain that he isn’t a threat but, before he can, the Sentinel starts to fall down.
Panicking, the Sentinel exclaims that he’s critically damaged. His systems are degrading. He’s severe, and his objective is uncomprimised. Bishop is stunned to discover his enemies got a Sentinel on their side. But still, the Sentinel looks damaged and wonders how long it has been down here in the dark. Bishop tries to run away from it, but then hears the Sentinel scanning him. The Sentinel unit identifies Bishop as lost, and that he’s affiliated with the X-Men. The Sentinel goes to sit down, not believing that finally, one of the X-Men has come... for him. Bishop stares in disbelieve.
Upstairs...
Sammara angrily tells LeBeau that not even his own people seem to trust him. And she doesn’t see a reason why they should. She wants to know how long the Clan has followed him, and wonders if it was long enough to know all about the things the Witness has done. She wonders if the Clan knows about the deals he has made in his own interest over the years. Witness admits that he has made his share of mistakes, but not with the team or with Bishop. Sammara reminds the Witness he promised them a champion to defeat their enemies, and not the beginnings of some X-Men revival! She thinks the Witness should remember what’s important here.
Witness replies that they’re all very valuable to Bishop’s quest. If he is to find and defeat the Chronomancer, he will need all of their help. That is what’s important. X-Men do not concern him. The betterment of the Witness’ kind is a secondary objective, and the re-establishment of some long-lost dream is not the least bit interesting to him... at all. Sammara corrects the Witness he has to help Bishop find and defeat the Chronomancer and sees that as his prime objective. She knows Bishop was brought to this time for a reason and won’t have the Witness ruin that. Jinx strongly points out she would follow Bishop into oblivion. Sammara heads back into her room, telling Jinx she might have to do that.
Underground...
Bishop tells the Sentinel he hasn’t come for it, but knows what it is. What Bishop doesn’t know is why he’s there, and what makes the Sentinel think it knows. The Sentinel identifies itself as Gol-19. He’s a mutant-hunter, sent to deliver a message to any X-Man he could find. But, the other Sentinels were closing in. He left those Sentinels to die so that their message might be reached. Bishop doesn’t really understand whom the Sentinel left. The Sentinel reveals that he left... the last of the X-Men! Bishop is shocked to hear that, and that the X-Men sent the Sentinel.
Gol-19 reveals that it began in the last days of the great war. It was before the death of both mutants and machines alike. The X-Men sent him with a message... and a gift... for any X-Man that might survive. They were scattered... hunted and destroyed. They did any means of finding others like them. Others... like Bishop. The Sentinel knows Bishop has come for it. And he wants Bishop to hear his story.
While Bishop began learning what he needed to know, above things went on...
Michael thinks he is starting to understand the Witness. He thinks the Witness isn’t sure if he can trust the people he’s working with, and that he’s looking for Bishop in his own way. The Witness is impressed at how smart Michael is for a boy his age. The Witness knows he’s an old man, past his prime and his time. But he can see the wisdom in Michael. He wants Michael to always trust that wisdom, and to do in life what he thinks is best. That’s all any of them can do.
Link comes to apologize to the Witness for snapping at him earlier. The Witness knows it’s he who’s got plenty to be sorry about. But he has done the best he could and knows for sure his reasons were right. He goes to sit down again, telling the team to take care of Bishop, no matter where it is they are going to or whenever it is they will end up. Michael smiles.
Michael’s statements...
“The Witness found the team as children, trained them as survivors, and prepared them for the course their lives had taken. I never knew my own father. But I felt, at that moment, inside that familiar place that seemed so much like home though I swore at the time it couldn’t be... like I knew theirs.”
Underground...
Bishop tells Gol-19 that his story was quite remarkable. But he wants to know more, thinking he should have been there and done something. The Sentinel reveals that it had been reprogrammed and taught not to kill. But then, he saw the X-Men die. Now, Bishop is there, and knows he has come for him and heard his tale. Now, the unit wants Bishop to share the tale like the X-Men would have wanted. The Sentinel can sense that Bishop doesn’t trust him. The X-Men warned him that whomever would find him might not trust him. The X-Men also told Gol-19 to deliver a gift.
The Sentinel opens its hand and Bishop looks inside it. He tells Gol-19 that he told him so much, and doesn’t see how he could simply believe it all. Sentinels have hunted mutants since their inception and he wants to know how he could be sure that the X-Men sent him. Bishop is again shocked at what he finds... Storm’s tiara! The Sentinel mentions that Ororo fought bravely until the end, to be sure the means to find others like her would be safe. And then, the Sentinel starts falling down right in front of Bishop. Bishop says that Gol-19 speaks of the X-Men... of his friends... and of an end that came so tragically. He wonders what he could do with this information.
Gol-19 admits to Bishop that it is dying. But, it’s glad that his message has been delivered. He’s glad that the promise he made to the X-Men has been kept. Now, he wants Bishop to go, and use the new information he has been given, and to return to the place of the X-Men’s final stand. There, he might find others like him. The Sentinel wants to tell Bishop one final thing. He explains that his last energy cell is located behind his eye, and wants Bishop to take it. Bishop knows that if he does that, Gol-19 will die. But the unit has waited so long for that moment. And now, he can at least die in peace. Bishop takes the cell, and the Sentinel dies.
Sammara, Fold and Trickster appear behind Bishop. Sammara sees the cell, and thinks that means the Sentinel has informed Bishop about what it kept secret for this long. Bishop confirms that. He quietly remembers the Sentinels final words “to find others like him.” Sammara tells Bishop he doesn’t need to be so protective. She explains that the site of the X-Men’s final stand is an important discovery. And it will also be necessary if Bishop is to find the Chronomancer. Sammara wants Bishop to do that. They want the same things. And, she’s aware that Bishop may not believe her, but she promises she has no means to stop him from achieving that goal. She asks Fold and Trickster to teleport them away.
A while later, back above...
Bishop informs the Witness that the Sentinel told him to find a surviving X-Man. So, he wants to ask, why the Witness was never sent into the pit to learn the Sentinel’s secrets. Quiet for a moment, the Witness asks Bishop if he remembers the first time they met. Bishop thought of him as bad news, and even that he was a traitor. The Witness knows he hasn’t done many things to be trusted in any timeline, so now he realizes that Shaw doesn’t have to think any different. But the Witness is aware he wasn’t entirely truthful with Bishop and knows that in time, he will understand. He wants Bishop to tell the team he’s proud of them, and that he had his reasons for what he has done.
Bishop knows the Witness always has his reasons. Calling the Witness “Gambit, Bishop warns him he won’t be manipulated. The Witness is well aware of that, and calls Bishop “mon ami.”
Bishop walks back over to his team, and Scorch asks where they are going to now. Bishop informs his friends that they are going to make a little detour. They’ve got a side-adventure to undertake. And... he’s got a story to share. On that moment, the team gets teleported away... up to their next adventure.
Someplace far, far away... in a dark castle...
Bantam closes a cell door, which is guarded by two Chronotroopers. Fitzroy is angry that she doesn’t respond to her, even though he gives her his attention and devotion. Bantam reminds his master that Shard is strong, but also delicate... and Bishop’s sister. Plus, Shard has seen Trevor do some questionable things. Bantam thinks it should be enough that Fitzroy has her. They walk down some stairs, and Fitzroy thinks he needs to do more. He has to show them all he can be. To be feared is a wondrous new feeling, but Fitzroy realizes it is also an easy enough ambition to satisfy. He’s confident that since Shard loved him once, she’ll do it again.
Inside her cell, Shard sits alone on her bed, and cries.
At the Witness’ place...
Sammara, wearing a white dress, asks the Witness if he thinks Bishop shall succeed. She knows how much rides on this, and believes they cannot be concerned with whether the team likes the Witness or not. The Witness can tell Sammara for sure that Bishop won’t quit. And he doesn’t want Sammara to be wondering about him, as he’s taking care of himself.
Sammara slams the door of her room shut, and smiles in herself she sure isn’t worrying about that. She knows they can’t let their feelings get in the way of their objectives. Though she admits Bishop is a remarkable man, she states they must prepare for all possibilities. And to artfully side... with the winning team. Whomever that might be. P>
A portal opens behind Sammara, revealing an image of... the Chronomancer?! Sitting in his throne, Fitzroy compliments Sammara she’s looking as cold as ice. Trevor says he has always sought to bring Sammara’s people to their knees, and has always looked forward to watching her squirm. As Sammara takes another glass of wine, Fitzroy asks her what it is they might have to offer one another.


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The past of this alternate timeline...- The sky looked downwards, as though in judgement. The heavens had opened, though not for admittance of any sort. There was much at stake in the woods that day. And much unseen beneath the angry sky. The rains continued to fall like they had all day – heavily. And as though commanded.
Two people are running for their lives. One of them, a woman, trips and can’t run anymore. Her companion, a man, asks what she means. She mentions that the ground is too slick and her legs feel like they’re on fire. She wants to be left behind. The man reminds the woman that they’ve got no choice. The air is charged, which means their pursuers can’t smell them too well. So now is the best time for them to try to make it back. The man offers his help. The woman exclaims that just because she said she can’t run anymore... doesn’t mean they have to stop!
The woman flies herself and the man up in the air, just as a hooded man appeared behind them. The two fly inside a cave. There, the woman holds a familiar looking, black tiara and states that, though it is difficult, she will attempt to keep the air changed for as long as she can. Lightning appears, which the woman explains should protect them from the scans, as well by them a little time. Wolverine, standing behind Storm, lights up a cigar and asks Ororo not to tell him that, but their new companion!
Storm gets up, only to find... a Sentinel! The Sentinel identifies Storm and Wolverine and indicates that they’re affiliated with the X-Men!
The present... Bishop and his friends have been walking through the woods for hours now, though it feels more like years. Bishop notices that the others hang on his words like he were a campfire storyteller. Bishop tells his friends to look at the trees around them and how they scrape the sky. He suspects things haven’t changed much since the X-Men once walked into this very forest. He wants the others to respect that. Bishop reminds himself that they came there searching for a secret buried beneath the weight of age and hidden in the darkness of these woods. He learned that X-Men died there, once upon a time. Bishop learned about this recently and, now, as duty dictates, he has to tell that story to his friends. But as he does, deep down, Bishop wonders if the others care about it as much as he does.
Scorch asks to stop walking for a moment, as his feet are killing him. He says that, if this truly is where the X-Men met their fates, he jokes they certainly had a flair for the dramatic. Jinx tells Bishop that she’s enjoying his story, but she has to ask where they are. Bishop explains they’re in the Redwood Forest of the Pacific Northwest in what once was, he assumes, the state of California. Bishop suggests they better make use of the daylight while they can, and tells Scorch they’ll rest later. Following the others in the back of the row, Scorch whispers quietly to Nom he doesn’t like this at all: “Cali-for-nia”?
The past... Wolverine tells Storm he doesn’t trust this. They’ve been running from the Sentinels too long for him to believe one of them could ever do any good for them. Ororo knows Logan doesn’t trust this. She knows his superior instincts have always made him a superior X-Man, as well as her most trusted friend. But, she reveals, this Sentinel’s reprogramming is complete. Forge and the others made the ultimate sacrifice in bringing this unit to them. So, they must trust the others’ judgment, just as they honor their memory. She tells Logan they have no choice.
The Sentinel introduces itself as Gol-19, and is aware of his objective. Wolverine mocks that the Sentinels always are aware of that. He still doesn’t trust the robot, and never will. He asks Storm how much time they have. Ororo is certain they don’t have much. At the exact moment they know where the attack is coming from, she will once again charge the air. And with or without them... Gol-19 will fly. They will trust Gol-19 with their secrets, and with him they trust their future. Storm goes back inside the cave, thinking they have at least another day before Magnus has his way with the machines.
The present... Back at the camp, Bishop and his friends are saving their search for the morning light, and Bishop’s story for the falling covers the darkness. But Bishop himself can’t sit still. He can’t sleep nor can he stop. He wonders if the place they are sitting on is where the X-Men died. Link telepathically reaches out to Bishop, saying she never read his thoughts without permission, and it’s not like she needs her powers to see something is troubling him. She explains that Scorch used his powers to set up a campfire, and they are waiting for Bishop to join them.
Bishop apologizes, defending he was thinking and taking a moment to collect himself. He looks at the stars above, admitting that he never considered him as a good storyteller. But he knows that this story... won’t end well. They are going so far into the unknown. And nobody has turned back... yet. And Bishop doesn’t need to read everybody’s minds to feel fear. And he knows Link fears as well. Link states that the team is strong, and Bishop should know that much by now. And he can’t really fault them for being afraid. Bishop knows that, but he’s simply... concerned... because the team should be afraid.
Link starts walking away, reminding Bishop that he started this journey and the telling of this tale with a purpose, because there is something to be learned. Link jokes that she’s hardly a storyteller herself, but she has a feeling there’s something to be learned in telling this tale, as well as listening to it. Link again enters Bishop’s mind, telepathically telling him she doesn’t need to read his mind to know that, as well.
At the campfire, Scorch senses something’s wrong. Jinx asks Scorch if he has been listening to the story at all, which he defends he has. And he believes Bishop’s story as well, but since the sun is going down now, he worries that they still don’t know where they are! He quietly mocks that even the X-Men stopped to rest once in a while. Michael asks Scorch if he doesn’t want to hear the rest of the story. Of course Scorch does, he’s just questioning the point. He knows that they’re listening to it, but wonders if the are really listening. He wonders at how Bishop pauses to consider what comes next. How he always chooses a word that won’t come off too bad. Scorch doesn’t believe in “happy endings.”
Jinx knows that Scorch never has been one to easily admit he’s afraid. She understands his concerns, but thinks they should want to hear Bishop’s story. They need to, no matter how the ending might play. Bishop and Link rejoin the group, with Bishop stating that the group will hear his story. He explains that he brought them all here so they could hear about it. It’s what the X-Men should have wanted. So, he wants the team to listen again and to forgive him if he pauses along the way.
Bishop continues to reveal that another day had passed in the lives of the last X-Men, and Wolverine and Storm didn’t feel safe. As X-Men, the two had faced death countless times, so they knew better than to think the danger had passed.
The past... Wolverine finds Storm meditating and asks how she’s doing. Storm replies she isn’t okay. She can’t be inside this cave anymore. She reminds Logan she knows how she is in tight places, and feels tired and weak. Logan suggests that Ororo take a rest. He tells her that the Sentinels have been chasing them for so long now, he thinks they’re probably still trying to figure out where they are. But he’s worried about the others because they haven’t heard from them in a while. Logan even thinks they’re the last of the X-Men. And he thinks that, if Magneto is really going to fly with an electromagnetic pulse tomorrow, and if the Sentinel really is their only way out, they’ll have to leave soon.
Storm is sad that so many of the X-Men have already been taken: Charles... Kurt... and Jean... and still, she cannot let go of Xavier’s dream. She speeches that the Sentinels may kill all of the mutants, but they can’t let the dream die. Logan goes to sit next to Ororo, and suggests that they watch the sunrise together, and enjoy what they’ve got left of today.
A night passes... Storm wakes up shocked, as Wolverine let her sleep all night long. She asks him what’s going on. Logan puts his jacket on, and explains that the Sentinel thinks he smelled something out in the woods. Storm panics and goes to Gol-19, who explains he’s sensing activity in the woods. They are certainly not alone. Storm realizes that Sentinels are approaching them. She opens a rock in the ground and says that, if they are to be lost, they must be certain that others like them might one day be found. Storm is confident that, in times like these, they have to be honest with themselves. She reminisces she was worshipped as a goddess once. Her name, “Ororo,” means “beauty” and, like a princess, she wore that name like she wore a tiara upon her head. She takes her old, black tiara out of the storage place hidden beneath the stone.
Today, Storm realizes that all she really ever was… was a thief. A thief who is deft with her hands and has a way with locks. She hands the tiara over to Gol-19, telling him to give it to the future others as a key, along with his tale. She concludes that, one way or the other, Gol-19 is leaving this place today. Wolverine, holding a backpack in his hands, shouts impatiently at Ororo that, if they are going to go, they’ll have to go now! Storm hugs Wolverine, and he hugs her back. She tells Logan that they have to make sure Gol-19 escapes, and Logan agrees with that. He tries to cheer Ororo up by saying things are going to be all right.
The present... Scorch doesn’t think everything’s going to be alright. The team has to cross a rotting tree to pass a small river, and Scorch is hesitant to do it. Michael cuts in, reminding Scorch he said he isn’t afraid of anything. At the back of the row, Bishop asks Jinx what the deal is. Jinx reveals that when Scorch was a little boy, he had an... incident with water. Bishop wants to know if Scorch will cross the river. Jinx sighs that Scorch is nothing if not prideful. Bishop sighs as well, realizing this situation is going to be ugly. Jinx can only agree. Scorch decides to go over the tree anyway, but shakes and is almost too scared to move.
Suddenly, the mist gets thicker and Scorch has to use his flame powers to be able to see something. But, he still trips and falls in the water. He notices that everyone’s staring quietly at him, and mocks that they can laugh and giggle if they want to. But then, Scorch notices that everyone’s not looking at him... but at something behind him. THE HEAD OF A SENTINEL?!
Bishop takes a look around, and finds more broken body parts of several Sentinels lying in the river. It looks like the X-Men didn’t go out without a fight. Link asks Bishop what this place is, and doesn’t even know what the Sentinels are. Bishop tells Link to stay there with the others, while he goes to check something out.
The past... Storm explains to Gol-19 they don’t know the state the world is in today, but she thinks that, if Gambit has reached Shaw and the others, the robot will surely see them both to the place they’ll send him. And, Storm adds, if the Hellfire Club has fallen as well like so many of them already have, then she wants Gol-19 to hold his secrets and wait for the right moment. She tells Logan she’s certain there will be others like them. She’s confident not all mutants can be killed, and that the humans can try if they want to anyway. Wolverine doesn’t doubt that. He snikts out his claws, ready to do their job. A noise is heard from behind the two last X-Men, and they find an army of Sentinels waiting for them outside the cave.
The present... Bishop has learned that the Sentinels were too late. Wolverine had popped his claws, and was at that moment the most dangerous thing on the planet. But, though mutants, both Logan and Storm were still mortals and the last of the X-Men were found.
Bishop has now found the cave Logan and Ororo used to hide in, and enters it. Behind him, the rest of the team looks at him as he stands in the entrance quietly. Scorch wonders if they should follow Bishop inside, and Link thinks it’s the only thing they can do for now. Jinx agrees. Bishop goes deeper inside the cave, and finds more broken body parts of Sentinels lying around. He even thinks he found the final battleplace of the X-Men, and continues the story.
The past... Wolverine stands ready to fight a Sentinel, who is ready to fire its laser as well. Storm aims her wind powers at Logan, making it look like she gives him a Fastball-Special maneuver and hurls Logan towards the Sentinel’s head. But the Sentinel slams Logan away, and the X-Man hits the ground hard. The Sentinel intends to finish off Logan, who shouts at the Sentinel to do it as he’s got some friends waiting for him on the other side. But then, a blast takes down the Sentinel! Logan saw Storm rolling into safety before the blast hit, so it had to be someone else. And it was... Gol-19! The Sentinels read that there is a traitor in their midst, and Gol-19 proudly declares he’s only a traitor to madness.
The present... Bishop tells to the others that they have reminded him of the power of legends. They helped him show him that they must take allies wherever they find them, and that standing by your friends is the first key to victory. And so, Bishop concludes, it was his honor to share this story with them.
The past... With the final Sentinels destroyed, Gol-19 explains to Wolverine that he’s ready to defend him and right the wrongs of his brethren. Almost without breath, Logan gets back up and compliments Gol-19 on a job well done, and admits he never saw it coming. But, he adds, this is where they part ways. He admits to Storm she put their secrets into good hands. And it’s up for them to make sure Gol-19 escapes with them. On that moment, more Sentinels can be seen approaching the cave. Storm asks Logan to stand by her one last time, which he is glad to do. He tells Gol-19 to go now, promising to hold on for as long as they both can. Gol-19 does as told, and looks back one final time to see his fellow robots take care of his allies.
The present... Bishop finds the stone Storm hid her tiara at once. Bishop tells the others that Storm and Wolverine died like warriors, on the very ground they stood upon. They died like X-Men, like any of the team’s members would have done to preserve the dream. Those two gave their lives so that Gol-19 could escape and take the X-Men’s secrets away with him. And, when Bishop found Gol-19, the robot gave him a key. Wolverine and Storm hid something in these rocks that will be the means to find the others, hoping to locate scattered mutants after a war that, ironically, left none to search... and none to find. Bishop further adds that Gol-19 sacrificed what was left of his own life to give him the last of its power cells, so that they might find the one mutant they search for.
Nom hands Bishop over those power cells. A moment later, Bishop finds something in the stones: the Cerebro helmet! Bishop smiles to his friends that they wouldn’t believe Cerebro’s origins if he told them. The helmet has been through some changes over the years, but what it does, it does well. Cerebro finds mutans. Bishop puts on the helmet, and tells Link to use her telepathy. She has to assist his own thoughts and help him focus... for they have a mutant to find!
Link does as told, and Bishop begins his search. The helmet searches everywhere around this strange world, and somewhere, in a dark castle, Bishop sees an image of someone sitting and smiling on his throne. And that someone is... the Chronomancer!