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Somewhere in Limbo...
The Pyre sisters step through the gate, and emerge in another dimension. Once they fully step through it, the portal closes behind Madalyne and Jena. Not immediately able to see their opponent, Madalyne wonders where he is. Jena is shocked: she can see the Sands of Time right in front of her, but never realized the sand glass was actually so big! Madalyne asks her little sister if she can feel the energy in the air. That is the Passing, which is very close now. Madalyne realizes that if the Shadow King doesn’t act soon, he’ll miss an opportunity.
On that very moment, a small whole opens under Madalyne’s feet, and she falls through it! Jena tries to jump after her; but is too late: the hole closes before she can reach her companion. Jena cries over her fallen sister. The Shadow King appears behind her, holding the Phoenix Blade into his hand. He smirks that he would have enjoyed taking Madalyne’s life, but thinks that it would seem her fate has already been spoken for.
Somewhere below the two enemies...
Madalyne falls into a well, which is filled with green slime. As she falls into it, Madalyne recognizes and is disgusted by the Irican bog waters. But she does wonder why the Shadow King sent her to this old territory. She hears someone speaking in an alien language behind her. Madalyne realizes where she is now: she’s in the living areas of the Wraithian Core!
Above...
The Shadow King triumphantly reveals to Jena that the Wraithian Core have learned many secrets over the years and, in exchange for the opportunity to take the head of Madalyne Pyre, they have instructed him in how to harness the sword’s power for himself. The King finds it sarcastic, though, as nobody would have thought that by collecting a few of the sword’s former master’s remains, he would be able to use the Phoenix Blade’s gating capability. And now, even in a limited capacity, the Shadow King’s power is unmatched! He laughs at the ironic fact that one of the heads that the Core brought him turned out to be the Pyre bearer who had wielded the great Blade before Madalyne. Her skull is the reason why the King is now able to use the sword against Jena, the last of her kind.
Jena realizes the Shadow King murdered her mother and calls him a murderer. She takes out an energy stick and tries to hit the Shadow King with it, but he just calls this a foolish act. He swings with the Blade and sticks it right though Jena’s chest! The Shadow King wants Jena to tell him how it feels to know that her clan’s great legacy is going to die with her. Almost without breath, Jena asks the Shadow King to tell her: which one of them possesses the Phoenix Blade?
The Shadow King looks at the Sands of Time, and realizes what’s going on: the Passing! He lifts Jena and the sword quickly up, and teleports them both away.
The Abyss landscape...
Jena, almost completely naked, recognizes the space she’s in now. She wonders if she’s dreaming again. She gets up, and feels different. She can feel the... raw power surrounding her. She thinks she must have gone through the Passing. The power of the Phoenix Blade... it’s incredible! Jena tries maintain her balance, as the purple power surrounding her body is almost too much to hold up. She gets a vision of Madalyne in trouble against the Core, and is determined to go help her.
The Shadow King appears behind Jena and curses her: she has created a conflict for the possession of the Blade. He shouts the power of the Blade can only be held by one, and attacks Jena with an energy blast. He hits the asteroid Jena was standing on but, as the dust clears, there’s nothing to be seen. The Shadow King looks up, and finds Jena alive, flying in the air, having created pink wings with the power of the Blade to help her do it. “So be it!”, Jena declares to the Shadow King’s earlier statement.
Jena fires a similar blast toward the Shadow King, which explodes around him. Afterward, Jena can’t see him anywhere, but believes he’s still around... She can sense him! She gets hit by a blast from behind, and falls through some asteroids. Finally, Jena hits the ground, but has a headache. She’s surprised to be still alive but, on that instant, a huge asteroid is dropped on her!
The Shadow King, floating in mid-air, admits the power of the Blade is more than he ever imagined. He thinks the Pyre clan has really wasted the sword’s potential. Lightning appears around the asteroid the King threw on Jena. The asteroid gets destroyed into tiny pieces, and Jena merges victorious, with the wings still attached on her back. She shouts that Madalyne has to hold on. She casts a spell with her hand, and creates a huge monster with it. The monster unleashes a sonic boom attack against the Shadow King, who mocks Jena she should have stayed into her little sanctuary. Beyond its walls, only the strongest shall survive! He punches the boom, causing it to ricochet and hits Jena instead!
Jena falls down on another asteroid, but this time quickly gets up. Jena thinks this battle doesn’t make any sense. They’ve been given such incredible power, but it’s equally matched. This conflict could last for a thousand millennia without a victor. She groans Madalyne never said anything about this during her training. She suddenly remembers something from those days...
The past...
Jena and Madalyne are sitting next to each other, training Jena’s telekinesis powers. She has to lift up some small play blocks, but it doesn’t work. Jena suggests they move on to something else. Madalyne explains to Jena that these puzzles are meant to strengthen her mental skills. She knows Jena’s got a strong mind as well as a strong hand to properly wield the Phoenix Blade.
Some time later...
Jena has been defeated in battle by Madalyne, who sits on her, holding her arm in a grip. Madalyne is a bit disappointed she was able to disarm Jena with nothing more than a stick. She wonders if Jena knows why. Jena, screaming a bit in pain, mentions she knows: because an opponent who reacts without thought is already defeated by one who does.
Again later, at the library...
Jena can’t believe she has to read all those many books. Madalyne explains that to wield the sword is to have the ability to shape Limbo. Without knowledge of its past, she is doomed to repeat its mistakes.
Once more later, after a failed training...
Madalyne speeches to the fallen Jena that she’ll find, in the end, no matter how much power she’s given, it all comes down to the wisdom and skills of the hand that wields it.
The present...
Jena is thrilled... that’s it! That’s what this challenge is all about!
The Shadow King, still floating through the air, is searching for Jena but isn’t sensing her. He mocks that what an unchallenging victory. Jena stands behind him, reminding the King not to say that just yet. Looking at Jena stand on an asteroid with an energy stick in her hand, the King notices she has rejected the power of the Blade. Preparing another blast, the Shadow King warns her to take solace in her madness, as it has secured her damnation.
Jena immediately flies toward the Shadow King, who unleashes his blast. But Jena keeps flying through it, shocking the Shadow King. She sticks her energy stick right in the middle of the King’s chest, and he screams!
Seconds later...
Jena, surprisingly enough, finds herself back in the Chamber of Ages! Next to her are the Phoenix Blade, which sticks upside down in the ground, and the skull of the dead Shadow King. Jena has won. Jena reminisces it all became so clear: the Phoenix sword was never meant to be used to rule Limbo. It was created to help guide Limbo into a better future. For that, the true power lies not in the sword, but in the hand of the person that wields it. She guesses the Shadow King didn’t have an older sister to teach him that.
Jena recalls that her sister Madalyne is still in danger. She tries to touch the sword to help her reach Madalyne, but the Blade suddenly withers apart! Jena screams this can’t be happening! Her head... it feels like it’s on fire! She also sees that the Sands of Time get destroyed by a lightning bolt, and wonders what’s going on. Her headache gets worse by the second, causing Jena to scream even louder!
Elsewhere...
Madalyne has been defeated by the Core and apologizes to Jena for failing her. A voice from above corrects Madalyne she never failed her. Stunned, Madalyne looks up. A portal opens and... Jena lands through it! Jena shouts at the Core to get away from her sister, and they can consider their hunt to be over. The leader of the Core recognizes the other Pyre sister, but notices she doesn’t have the Blade with her. So, they can be both destroyed.
Before the Core can react, Jena destroys them all with a powerful energy blast! Jena tries to help Madalyne up and asks if she’s okay. Madalyne just wants to know how Jena was able to defeat the Shadow King. Crying a bit, Jena explains that the Phoenix Blade is gone. All she can say is she’s been given an incredible gift. As for the Shadow King, well... she’s always had... something he never did. Madalyne wonders what that was. Jena smiles and hugs her sister, making her happy as well. Madalyne cries a bit as well, congratulating her little sister on her victory.
Later, at the Pyre castle...
Nublisk’s library...
Madalyne has informed Nublisk about everything that happened. He concludes that, even with the sword and the Sands of Destiny gone, Jena was still retains the power that the sword encompassed. That’s just incredible! Madalyne admits she doesn’t understand it either. In the history of the sword, she has never heard of anything like this.
Nublisk reminds Madalyne they have never really known the true origin of the Phoenix Blade. Perhaps this is just an evolution of sorts. It’s impossible to know for sure. Madalyne concludes the Great Phoenix works in mysterious ways. Nublisk can only agree.
Elsewhere in the castle...
Nidel happily tells Jena she told her she’d be fantastic. She thinks Jena Pyre will go down into history as saving the day and continuing her family’s everlasting legacy. Jena corrects Nidel that, actually, she thinks the old legacy is over... and a new one is just beginning!


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Phoenix Endsong - part 1
I thought I was dead  declares the omnipotent Phoenix Force as it soars through space. It was in a billion pieces, scattered across three galaxies, waiting to come together in the White Hot Room, incubating to be born anew, all in good time. But the Phoenix doesn’t believe it is time, yet here it is. Am?’ But it knows that something is wrong…it’s so hungry…something is missing…so hungry….
‘Destroy it!’ commands the leader aboard a Shi’ar vessel. The helmsman tells his commanding officer to wait, as he is scanning the Phoenix, and reveals that there is no trace of the X-Man, Jean Grey. The commander asks if the raptor is manifesting without Jean Grey. The helmsman declares that he didn’t think that was possible, as someone towards the back of the vessel reminds the men that the Phoenix was brought back before, without its host, its heart, and now they must accept the judgment of the Phoenix.
The commander asks if they accept the judgment of meteors and hurricanes, declaring that they do not, so they fight for life. ‘Now, helmsman!’ he bellows, ordering the helmsman to fire on the Phoenix. ‘But the Phoenix is life itself!’ protests the helmsman. The commander reminds his crew that the Phoenix killed billions, before declaring that they built this device and reconstituted the Phoenix Force for one reason only, and this time, host or no host, they will destroy it forever.
There is a loud noise that fills space - Wait…what happened? asks the Phoenix.
Soon, Here I am  declares the Phoenix, but it is weak, so weak, and in such a strange little body…a firefly. It is so hard for the Phoenix to think, something is missing, it is not time yet. It’s cold…is it dying? But I’m never cold, and I can’t die. Can I? The Phoenix doesn’t feel that this is right, it is too early, fading away…what does it need? There is something…someone…
Sitting on a grassy hillside is the handsome X-Man Wolverine…I need…you?  wonders the Phoenix as it flies around Logan. ‘Who-’ asks Logan as the firefly buzzes around him. Funny little man. The Phoenix knows Wolverine, Isn’t that me, aching for you? Wolverine…’
Logan begins to follow the firefly across the field, the Phoenix knows he is quick, fierce and angry…but only flesh. Wolverine mutters as the Phoenix flies away from him, knowing it is not he it is looking for.
Inside the Mansion of the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, in Westchester, the Phoenix enters a room where three identical girls, known as the Stepford Cuckoo’s - Celeste, Mindee and Phoebe - are sitting on a bed. What about you? The Stepford Cuckoo’s communicate with each other telepathically: ‘Stop thinking about him’, ‘I can’t help it!’ ‘You’re keeping us awake’. Funny little girls’ thinks the Phoenix as she buzzes around them. ‘So don’t listen!’ ‘It’s hard not to, you’re in our heads, and you’re so…overheated!’
The Phoenix remembers these girls, talking with their thoughts. She knows they are strong, though there used to be more of them. One of the girls tells the one that is keeping them awake that she only thinks she wants him, simply because he wants her. ‘Shut up!’ ‘You know who he reminds me of?’ ‘Who?’ ‘Quentin Quire, stupid. Xavier’s pet and peeve, the smartest boy in school, revolutionary wrecker of the open day, big fat dork’. ‘You remember, they say he died, but I can still hear him’.
And where is he? ‘Down in the basement in Dr. McCoy’s laboratory - wait…’ ‘Who’s there?’ all three girls speak in unison, all turning their heads to the direction of the Phoenix. No one. Go to sleep declares the Phoenix, flying over the girls and making them go to sleep.
Elsewhere in the mansion, Dr. Henry “the Beast” McCoy’s lab. The blue-furred founding X-Man is looking through a microscope and singing, when he senses a firefly enter his workspace. ‘Hello little bug’ says Beast as the Phoenix flies towards a tank in the middle of the lab. Beast. No, not you, never you. I’m here for…Quentin.’‘Sophie?’ comes the telepathic cry from within the tank. Shhh replies the Phoenix, before telling Quentin that she hears he is strong.
Beast opens a window as the Phoenix asks Quentin if he can come out and play. Trying to reform himself, Quentin replies that he has been trying to…his voice trails off, as the Phoenix realizes that he is all in pieces too. ‘No King’s horses can put Humpty…I…’ the Beast picks the firefly up and lets it out the window. ‘Wait! Sophie!’ cries Quentin, I’m not Sophie, and it’s not you.
It’s you declares the Phoenix as it approaches a room where the White Queen, a.k.a. Emma Frost is sleeping. The Phoenix buzzes over the sleeping, sultry White Queen. Yes, I’m remembering now, they always said you were cold. But I know better. The Phoenix turns its attention to where the handsome Scott Summers is sleeping next to Emma.
The Phoenix lands on Scott’s ruby quartz glasses as Emma rolls over so she is lying half-on Scott. Scott. I need…so much…so weak…can I even…? Yes! Can you hear me Scott? Open your eyes. ‘JEAN!’ screams Scott as he shoots an optic beam through the side of the glasses the Phoenix was resting on. He clutches his head as he continues to fire optic blasts. ‘Jean?’ asks Emma. ‘No!’ she screams. Images of Scott and Jean’s past together - their first meeting, their time as original X-Men, Jean becoming Phoenix and dying, their wedding - flash through Scott and Emma’s minds. ‘Jean!’ ‘Jean!’ Jean.'
Later, Scott tries to tell Beast that he had a bad dream and a freak accident, that is all, end of story. The Beast asks Scott not to make excuses for him, and that he is terribly sorry, as there may have been a flaw in the lens he created, so he takes full responsibility. Cyclops tells Hank to forget it, as a little plaster on the ceiling and everything will be fine. The Beast declares that they cannot afford these kind of mistakes, with powers like theirs, people could have been hurt. Scott jokes that he would love to fight about this all night, but that right not someone else has dibs on kicking his butt. Beast understands, and wishes Scott luck.
Re-entering their bedroom, Scott reminds Emma that she is a telepath and asks her to read his mind, so she will see that it was just a dream. ‘Featuring the unforgettably intense highs and lows you shared with the greatest love of your life - who incidentally, is clearly not me!’ snaps Emma. Emma tells Scott that she wants him to focus on one simple fact and asks him if he can do that for her. Scott pauses, before saying ‘All right’. ‘Jean Grey is dead!’
”Jean”. How could I forget? wonders the Phoenix as it flies to the graveyard at the Institute. He always wanted you. Maybe that’s why…I like being you so much! The firefly becomes a woman…Jean Grey…but keels over, Ungh…what did they do to us’ it wonders. The Phoenix is having trouble thinking, it cannot remember, and it cannot hold the form it is in. Please…Jean Grey…Help me!  it pleads as it sits by the grave of one of the most powerful mutants in existence.
Beneath the ground, Jean Grey’s coffin opens. ‘No….let go of my hand…too early…not ready…’ pleads a decomposed Jean Grey as she crawls out of her grave and onto the earth. ‘Can’t you see…I’m still dead?’ But I am life! declares the Phoenix. The skeletal form of Jean Grey gasps and declares that this is all wrong - but the Phoenix reminds her she is  life incarnate, and the Phoenix’s flames envelop her. ‘No!’ screams Jean, resisting the Phoenix, she crumbles to the ground.
The Phoenix asks Jean why she fights back, to which Jean points out that they are both dead. ‘In the crown, stepping into the White Hot Room’. We’ve left already’ points out the Phoenix as she flies around Jean. Jean declares that they are at the door and asks the Phoenix why it isn’t with her. The Phoenix repeats the same words and asks them to Jean, who resists again, declaring that this is not the way.
Jean admits that she doesn’t understand, that this is impossible, that the Phoenix is obviously sick, blind… the Phoenix reminds Jean that she called for her once, in her hour of need, that she wanted her to save him. ‘Scott!’ thinks Jean, as the Phoenix reveals she needs Scott, so is calling for her help. Give me your hand exclaims the Phoenix as its power flows through Jean Grey, who is rejuvenated with the Phoenix’s power - and a huge power flare can be seen all over the surrounding area.
‘That wasn’t no firefly!’ mutters Logan before rushing through the woods towards the power. Logan arrives, to find Jean standing naked before him. He can barely say her name, until Jean tells him to say it. But he declares that he won’t, as Jean is dead. ‘Then why’s your heart pounding?’ asks Jean.
Logan unsheathes his claws as Jean asks him if he knows her scent. The beautiful woman smiles and tells Logan to come closer, to make sure. Logan smells Jean at her neck. ‘Hello again’ ‘Hey’. Jean asks Logan what is wrong, to which he replies that he is dreaming. Jean tells him he is not, to which Logan mutters ‘Stupid lying in the meadow, playing with fireflies, school-boy stuff’. ‘Wake up, wake up!’
Logan stares at Jean and tells her that she smells and looks real, but doesn’t feel real. When Jean asks why, Logan replies ‘Cause you only look naked in my dreams’. ‘Cute’ says Jean as she uses her powers to create the green and gold Phoenix costume, before Logan asks her if this is really her. Jean replies that it is, so Logan asks her what she is doing talking to him, what it is she wants.
Jean looks away, ‘Yes, I keep forgetting…let me think…’ Logan frowns and asks Jean who is in there with her. Funny little man…. Logan reminds Jean that she told him the Phoenix has a purpose, that it burns away what doesn’t not work. ‘So what’d you come to burn?’ Trying to remember. Logan tells Jean that he doesn’t like this, that maybe she will save the universe again, but maybe instead she will fry another five billion people - and then she will have to be stopped, and everyone will pull their punches cause they love her so much. ‘Except me right? I may look tough, Jeannie, but I’m getting tired of killing you’.
Suddenly, Jean trying to fight Phoenix’s control transforms the colors on her costume to red and gold. The Phoenix notices this too, Ah, a message for the funny, little man. Logan asks Jean if those are the Dark Phoenix colors, to which Jean sarcastically replies ‘You think?’ Very clever, Jean Grey. Logan asks Jean to do him a favor next time - ‘get Scott to do your dirty work!’ Logan rushes towards Jean, arms outstretched and claws ready.
Suddenly, the Phoenix remembers. Scott. Oh, yes. I came for Scott. The     Phoenix brushes Wolverine aside easily, before taking flight, realizing that Jean Grey is fighting it, making it forget. The Phoenix is so weak, but now it remembers - except Jean continues to resist, she calls Logan and tells him that he has to kill - but the Phoenix asserts control again, and Logan calls out to Jean, telling her to keep forgetting. Tell Scott I need him! exclaims the Phoenix as it heads off into the sky.
Back in the Shi’ar vessel, the helmsman points out a faint remnant of the Phoenix. The commanding officer declares that it escaped an Eleka’an event horizon, to which the helmsman suggests that it might be injured, or even dying. ‘We’ve done it, commander!’ However the third member of the crew tells the others that they have no idea what they have done. Reminding them that they wanted to snuff the Phoenix’s flames, but the Phoenix only burns so that life may grow anew. He declares that they forced it into a premature rebirth, while it was separated from it’s very self, and then it was shattered again. ‘You have taken a creature of cosmic destiny and untold power and driven it insane!’
The commander declares that it is at a fraction of its original strength, so they can easily - the older man cuts him off, asking what exactly is a fraction of infinity. The commander orders ‘Enough’ and for them to be taken to Earth…and pray.


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Phoenix Endsong - part 2
Sunrise over the Xavier Institute for the Gifted, Salem Center, Westchester, New York. In their optic-blast damaged bedroom, Scott “Cyclops” Summers apologizes to his lover, teammate and co-headmaster, Emma Frost, the White Queen. ‘Sorry for what?’ asks the sultry White Queen. Scott pauses before telling her that he is sorry for having a dream about his dead wife that was so intense he broke his glasses and trashed the place with his optic blasts in his sleep.
Emma informs Scott that his heart beats every time he thinks about Jean Grey. Scott reminds Emma that Jean was his wife and that they never had a chance to say goodbye, because the ridiculous apocalyptic mind-blowing drama they went through year after year sticks with you. He tells Emma that as a telepath she should already know this, and know that he chose her.
Emma lies back on their bed as Scott asks her why they are fighting. Emma smiles as she tells Scott that she just wanted to hear him say it. Scott lies down next to her and declares that they are so screwed up. Emma agrees, and Scott asks if they are ever going to get better. The lovers sit in front of each other, and Emma tells Scott that she wants to see his face - all of it.
Emma uses her mutant power to transform into indestructible diamond as she pulls Scott’s ruby-quartz glasses off, Scott is hesitant, but Emma points out that as she is in diamond form, he cannot hurt her. Cyclops’ mutant power pours from his eyes, blasting onto Emma like a stream of water, and he smiles as they look into each other’s eyes. Emma tells Scott that he has beautiful eyes, before they kiss.
But soon, Scott pulls away, something is wrong, as Emma is so cold. Emma apologizes, and tells Scott that it was a nice idea, but that in her diamond form, she cannot feel it. Scott puts his glasses back on, and Emma returns to her human form, asking Scott if he wants to try again. They start to kiss again, and Emma uses her telepathy to enter Scott’s head. Emma asks him if he minds, Scott replies that he doesn’t, that it feels nice, but warns her that she is probably going to see some stuff she doesn’t want too…but its too late.
Emma tells Scott that it is all right, she knows he cannot help where his mind wanders to. Scott tells Emma that she is the best, ‘Don’t push it,’ Emma replies. Scott reveals to Emma that Jean once held back his optic powers with her powers, and suddenly, Scott begins to think of Jean. He thinks Emma is doing this and tells her not to, but Emma informs him that these are his thoughts, not hers. Scott exclaims that he doesn’t want this, that he wants Emma. Emma asks him why he looks so sad, and why he only sees her in her diamond form.
Cyclops and Emma separate, Emma telling Scott that she thinks he only loves her because she is hard and cold and mean. Scott says ‘No…’ but Emma tells him that all he wants is a woman he can’t hurt. Scott tells Emma that at this point, Jean would have blown a hole in the wall and flown away, but that she sticks around. He tells Emma that she bugs him, drives him crazy, pushing him places he doesn’t want to go, but knows he should.
‘You’re good for me, Emma Frost. That’s why I love you,’ Scott says. Emma smiles and tells Scott that now he is going to make her cry. ‘Kiss me again,’ she says, when suddenly, Wolverine jumps into their room, ‘She’s back!’ is all he says.
Soon, Cyclops, Emma, Wolverine, Beast, Shadowcat and former X-Man Archangel approach the graveyard, specifically the grave marked “Jean Grey-Summers, She Will Rise Again”. Archangel a.k.a. Warren Worthington the Third suggests that this maybe some sick joke, or someone might have dug Jean up, but Wolverine, a.k.a. Logan declares that he saw her. Warren asks what the plan is, and Scott quickly replies that they find her and destroy her.
‘Dude, I think your baggage is showing,’ Kitty “Shadowcat” Pryde tells the senior X-Man, who turns to Kitty, ‘Excuse me?’ he asks, taken aback. Kitty tells Scott that his wife is back barely an hour and suggests it may be a little early to be burying her again. Scott tells Kitty that Jean is not back, to which Warren reminds Scott of what he said some moments ago, but Scott raises his voice and says that it is not Jean.
Wolverine tells Scott that he did not only just see Jean, but he smelled her, so it is definitely her. Dr. Henry McCoy a.k.a. the Beast sniffs the air and agrees, saying that Jean was here, and alive. ‘No!’ replies Scott again, before Kitty turns to Emma, and addressing her as “Miss Frost” asks her what is going on. Kitty scowls when Emma derisively says ‘Call me Emma, Katherine, its ever so much nicer between friends’.
‘Enough!’ shouts Scott, reminding everyone that he and Jean were psychically linked, but that their connection ended when she died, and while she has been on his mind, she has not been in it. He tells Logan and Beast that they may be smelling her body, but she is not in it. ‘She’s dead’. Wolverine suggests that Jean may just be protecting Cyclops, as he heard the Phoenix Force inside his head.
Logan reveals that the Phoenix Force said it came here for Cyclops, and that Jeannie was fighting it, trying not to let it take over. Logan agrees that they have to kill the Phoenix Force, which is why he thinks Jean brought it to him in the first place. But Logan is not going to pretend that this is Jean’s dead corpse walking around, this is actually Jean, living and breathing and fighting away like a champion.
Everyone stares down at Jean’s grave with a moment of silence. Kitty glances sideways and declares that even if this is the Phoenix, she doesn’t see how they can go intro this with killing her off as their first plan of attack. Scott asks Logan what happened to his torn clothes, and the handsome X-Man replies that the Phoenix torched him. Scott asks what color costume the Phoenix was wearing when she torched him. ‘The red ‘n’ yellow one’ replies Logan. Scott asks Logan how many people died last time she was wearing red and yellow. ‘Bout five billion’ Logan replies. Scott turns to Kitty, and tells her that this is not “Phoenix”, but Dark Phoenix!
Cyclops declares that there is no time to waste, and sends Logan to track Jean’s scent from the ground, while Archangel searches from above. He tells them not to engage her, just to report back the instant they find her. Cyclops tells Emma, who is in Cerebra, to search for any telepathic sign of the Phoenix, and to spread the word to any X-Men in the field, and to ask about any anomalies, or strange energy patters. ‘Giant firebirds in the sky?’ suggests Emma. Scott tells Emma to tell the others not to engage the Phoenix, just to report back with the location.
Cyclops tells Beast that he knows he would rather by running with Wolverine, but he needs him in the lab, and asks him if he remembers the device he made last time to block the Phoenix’s powers. ‘The headpiece?’ asks Hank. Scott points out that it got friend pretty quick, so tells the Beast to make it better and bigger, something they can trap her inside even. Scott tells Kitty to get Colossus and prep the X-Jet, as they are going airborne the instant they get any word.
‘And what are you doing, fearless leader?’ asks Emma, smiling. ‘Fearlessly leading, of course’, replies Cyclops, now in uniform as he searches the forest surrounding the Xavier Institute.
‘Jean?’ shouts Cyclops, turning quickly when he sees a female figure emerge from behind some trees. ‘Nice reflexes’ says Emma as she reveals herself. Scott thanks her before she gives him an update: Storm has found an ultratropical storm in the North Atlantic which she says feels all wrong. Scott asks Emma if she got a reading, and Emma replies that there was no Phoenix energy signature and no sign of Jean if that is what he is meaning, when suddenly, Emma sees Jean flying towards them, and shouts ‘There!’
Cyclops fires a powerful optic blast, knocking Jean / the Phoenix backwards and into the containment egg that Beast had designed and built. Scott! No! cries the Phoenix as Beast closes the lid on the containment device.
Soon, deep within the Xavier Institute, the Danger Room returns to neutral as Hank comments to Scott that everything went well, to which Scott congratulates Hank on a good job and tells him to get back to finishing that containment egg for real. Beast replies that he will, before asking Scott what he is going to do. Scott declares that he is going to run the simulation again, to which Beast points out that there is no way he can really train for this, that they have no idea of what kind of terrain they will be in.
Cyclops reveals that he is not training for the terrain, but that he is trying to get used to killing his wife. Suddenly, Emma telepathically calls to Scott that she detects an Omega level mutant, adding that this is not a drill. When Scott asks ‘where?’ Emma replies ‘In the mansion!’
Beast leaps through the mansion, past students, watching in awe as he rushes towards his lab, where telepathically, a nursery rhyme, “Humpty Dumpty” is being projected. ‘Oh my stars and…’ begins Beast, not getting to finish his trademark saying as he enters his lab and a holding tank explodes before him.
Elsewhere in the Institute, three identical blondes - Celeste, Mindee and Phoebe, known as the Stepford Cuckoo’s unanimously exclaim ‘He’s back!’
Beast stands before Quentin Quire, a.k.a. “Kid Omega” who is dripping with goo from the exploded tank. Quire asks Beast where Sophie is. Beast begins to explain what happened to Sophie, when Quentin touches Beast on the head and begins to read his mind, for he can feel Sophie’s presence, feel her power - but when he sees in the Beast’s mind that Sophie has died, he declares that the Beast is lying and declares ‘Stop moving, nobody move!’
All through the Institute, everyone is frozen in their tracks. Beast opens his thoughts to Quentin so that he can read his mind, telling Quentin that this is not very nice. Quire tells Beast that he is not listening to him as he is clearly insane. Beast tries to get Quentin to talk to him, but the young mutant blocks his ears and keeps repeating ‘I can’t hear you…’
Throughout the Institute, frozen students wonder what is going on and why they cannot move, when suddenly, the see Kid Omega walk past them. Hiding in their room, the Stepford Cuckoos tell each other to not think, to empty their minds as Quentin cannot find them if they don’t - but it is too late as Quentin enters their room, calling to Sophie, he declares that Dr. McCoy said some confusing things - but Quentin looks at the three blonde girls and doesn’t see Sophie. He understands now that indeed Sophie is dead, and unleashes a burst of energy that blasts out of the Institute.
Elsewhere, Ororo “Storm” Munroe soars through a cloudy sky, with her good friend and teammate, Kurt “Nightcrawler” Wagner following on a airborne vehicle. Kurt tells Storm that there is no answer from the mansion, so Ororo tells him to keep trying, adding that this storm is moving all wrong. ‘Hurricanes have a right way to move?’ asks Kurt, before Storm reminds him that she feels this planet, knows the gravitational pull of the moon, the rhythms of the winds and tides, that a normal hurricane fits into all that, but this one doesn’t.
Storm simplifies it, explaining that in the Northern hemisphere, the storm should be spinning counter-clockwise, but that this one is going the other way. Storm believes there is something driving this storm, and tells Kurt that they need to get Cyclops on line again. Kurt replies that they are not answering still, and fears that something has gone terribly wrong at home.
Somewhere above, the helmsman of a Shi’ar vessel informs his Commander that thirty seconds ago, an Omega-level energy form was detected in the New York area. The Commander orders ‘Fire when ready’, but the ship’s counselor protests yet again, reminding the Commander of the Emergency Senate Decree, that they must not interfere with this planet.
The Commander reminds the Counselor that the Empire is broken, that the Phoenix may be injured now, but an Omega mutant could be a host, or give it the strength it needs, that neither risk is acceptable. The Helmsman alerts the Commander, motioning to the view screen, which Storm has trapped the Shi’ar ship in the hurricane. ‘Hello, sunshine’ she says.
The green energy form of Quentin Quire flies towards the graveyard at the Xavier Institute, and enters the earth surrounding the grave labelled ‘Sophie: One of Five; Heroine of Open Day”. ‘There you are!’ Quire says upon seeing the skeleton of Sophie.
Meanwhile, Archangel tells Logan that Emma has stopped checking in and that no one is answering any cell phones. He begins to ask Logan what they should do, before asking Logan, who keeps running through the forest, if he is listening. Logan doesn’t reply, so Warren asks him what he is looking at, but Logan tells Warren to go back to the others and tell them that he has got her. Warren calls out to Logan, but Logan runs deeper into the forest, and lunges at a bright emerging light. ‘Hello again!’ says the Phoenix.
Back at the graveyard, Quentin Quire has pulled Sophie’s body from the ground, muttering that he is sorry, that he remembers all the blood now, that he was stupid…’I just wanted you to like me1’ he says as he places a hand on Sophie’s arm.
Quentin mutters ‘Stupid little bug’ and that he thought it would help him, he thought it came for them. Tears streaming from his eyes, he suddenly realizes that it came for Miss Grey, and noticing her grave, obviously brought her back. Picking up the body of Sophie, he powers up, he declares ‘Let’s see what the Phoenix can do for us!’


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Phoenix Endsong - part 3
The Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, Westchester, New York. Emma Frost a.k.a. the White Queen sits in Cerebra and calls out to Scott - to anybody - but gets no reply. Telepathically, Emma calls to Jean, asking her if she is responsible for this. Emma admits that she stole Jean’s husband, but tells Jean that he is happier now, and points out that Jean is practically infinite now, a part of the whole universe. Emma asks Jean if she can forgive her, ‘can’t you just look into my soul and see the…see the love in there? Jean? God, I sound like an idiot!’
Meanwhile, Ororo “Storm” Munroe and Kurt “Nightcrawler” Wagner hover high in the air - right in front of a Shi’ar spaceship. Using the computer on his flight-cycle, Kurt informs Storm that there is no communication from the mansion - conventional or telepathic. Storm declares that Dark Phoenix has returned at that everything is wrong. Kurt asks if they should go home, and Storm agrees - but only after the deal with the Shi’ar spaceship.
Storm introduces herself to the ship’s crew and points out that they are flying an armed Shi’ar Destroyer, unannounced and under cover within Earth’s atmosphere, and asks them to explain their presence. The ships commanding officer tells Storm to get out of the way or die. Storm tells Kurt to teleport them inside, but as Kurt begins to do so, the helmsman is ordered to move the ship - and Kurt misses his target.
Nightcrawler is disappointed he missed, but Storm tells him it is not his fault. Kurt asks what Storm thinks it is the Shi’ar want, to which Ororo points out that if they were here to exterminate all mutants again then they would have already attacked. Therefore, she assumes that the Shi’ar know Dark Phoenix has returned and that they have come for Jean.
Storm tells Nightcrawler that they have to follow the Shi’ar, who are now flying away. ‘You mean we have to stop them’ says Kurt - but Storm has a different opinion and tells Kurt that he may be right, or perhaps they will have to help the Shi’ar. ‘Are you ready for that? Think about it, and hold tight’ With that, Kurt holds onto Storm as she flies after the Shi’ar.
Back at the Xavier Institute, Emma telepathically declares that this is so passive-aggressive it is actually embarrassing, and asks Jean if she wants to fight, then why doesn’t she? Emma admits that Jean would atomize her within nanoseconds, so she doesn’t know why she is suggesting this, except that maybe she is going a little insane being frozen in the dark with no idea when or if she will ever see or hear another persons face or thought ever again - suddenly, she screams, as she hears someone in her head!
It’s Scott “Cyclops” Summers, her lover and co-headmaster of the Institute - not to mention Jean Grey’s former husband. Emma asks Scott if he is all right, and using their psychic link, Scott replies that he is fine, and tells Emma to stay in Cerebra, as he needs her there. Emma asks where Jean is, and Scott informs her that Jean wasn’t responsible for freezing everyone, that it was Quentin Quire, who had reconstituted himself, smashed his tank and telepathically froze everyone.
After Cyclops asks Emma if she can find him, Emma replies ‘Quentin…that little runt’ and informs Scott that his energy is off the charts and heading North, incredibly fast. Emma suggests that this isn’t coincidence and reminds Scott that Quentin is an Omega-level mutant, just like Jean.
In the Beast’s lab, Scott tells his friend, Dr. Henry McCoy to get the egg into the jet along with any equipment he will need to finish it. Emma suggests that Jean must have brought Quentin back for some reason, when suddenly she screams, announcing that Archangel is screaming in her head and that there is a message from Logan. ‘We found her!’ announces former X-Man Warren Worthington the Third, a.k.a. Archangel and close friend of Jean Grey.
Cyclops, Emma, Archangel, Kitty “Shadowcat” Pryde and the Beast take their sears in one of the X-jets, Beast securing the egg as Piotr “Colossus” Rasputin enters the aircraft and declares that he is coming too. But Cyclops tells Peter that he isn’t, and informs him that he is to stay and watch over the children. Colossus protests, reminding everyone that Jean was his friend - but Scott barks that he gave an order, and tells him to close the hatch. As the hatch closes, Colossus looks inside to Kitty, who whispers that it will be all right - and as the jet takes off, she phases her hand out of the craft to touch his, before Colossus can only watch as they leave for a painful mission.
Inside the jet, Warren tells Scott that they could have used Colossus, to which Scott replies that he knows, and would want him at his side in any other fight, but reminds everyone that Colossus had a chance to kill Dark Phoenix last time around - and he pulled his punch. Warren points out that Piotr wasn’t the only one, but Scott just declares that they cannot make those kinds of mistakes again, or all of them - every living creature on this planet could pay the price.
Cyclops tells everyone that he knows they are all thinking  that maybe it's really Jean and maybe they can reach her and save her. ‘And maybe your fearless leader keeps insisting it’s Dark Phoenix because he’d rather fight a monster than face his own wife’. Everyone listens intently as Cyclops admits that he will probably feel guilty about the way he handled his marriage with Jean until the day he dies, but that it doesn’t affect the fact that he knows Jean Grey, fundamentally and forever, and that he will always honor her in life and death.
He states that means he will never forget that first and foremost Jean was a hero, and right now id she is really inside the Phoenix she is fighting it like a champion, just like Logan said, and that is why they are the right people for this job. Scott knows that all of them combined could never beat the Phoenix in a straight fight, but Jean knows them, and trusts them - so she is going to give them every opportunity to do what has to be done. ‘And we better be ready to take it’.
Funny little man! exclaims the Phoenix as she darts around Wolverine. ‘I ain’t laughin’, darlin’!’ Logan exclaims, before asking the Phoenix why she just doesn’t finish it. Placing a hand on Wolverine’s shoulder, the Phoenix declares that she will - but not yet, and pushes Wolverine backwards. The Phoenix declares that she feels him coming, but that he is strong this time and has built a wall - he knows what has to be done.
The Phoenix declares that if she killed Wolverine now, then he would know it’s over and bomb her from the air. But she needs to see him, face-to-face. Look into his eyes. Wolverine lunges at the Phoenix, who declares ‘You can't die yet’ and holds him off with a powerful burst of energy.
Back in the X-jet, Archangel informs everyone that they are getting close to where he and Wolverine encountered the Phoenix, when suddenly they see the Shi’ar ship in front of them. Warren asks what they are doing here, but Scott declares that he doesn’t care so long they don’t get in his way.
Inside the Shi’ar jet, the helmsman reveals that he lost the Omega they were tracking, but there is something else below them in the forest. The commander realizes it is the Phoenix and orders ‘Fire!’  - only for the ship to be struck by lightning from Storm.
Down below, Wolverine and the Phoenix look up - as suddenly, a powerful blast crashes down upon them and the surrounding area.
In the X-jet, Cyclops asks what happened, Emma replies that Jean and Logan were down there, she had them for an instant. Hank reveals that there is a hole bitten out of the woods, like the bottom of a perfect sphere.
Inside the Shi’ar ship, the helmsman reveals that it was a direct hit and no trace remains. The commander asks about the other Omega and is informed that the signal is picked up again heading North. The Commander orders to move the ship North, when suddenly, telepathic images of Cyclops and Emma appear before him, saying ‘I don’t think so’.
The Commander tells the X-Men not to delay him, as the Phoenix has returned and the survival of the galaxy is at risk. Emma points out that he fired without warning on two X-Men and asks what his weapon was and what it did to them. The Shi’ar commander replies that they generated an Eleka’an Event Horizon, a miniature black hole, and declares that if they were caught in it, then they are gone forever. The commander is ordered to surrender this ship and personnel to the X-Men’s custody while they contact the Shi’ar Emergency Senate.
The commander states that he doesn’t have time for this and explains that the Omega is running North, pointing out that if traces of the Phoenix have survived, then he could become a host, so they must destroy him. ‘Will you aid us?’ he asks. Scott declares that they were prepared to destroy Dark Phoenix because they know what she has done, but that Quentin Quire is innocent. ‘relatively speaking’ remarks Emma.
The Shi’ar commander doesn’t believe there is any difference, and is about to explain what Quire could do as a potential host when Scott interrupts, exclaiming that by using the commander’s reasoning they should kill any mutant with psychic powers and omega potential. The commander just smiles, to which Scott tells him he is insane. Emma mutters ‘No, just typical little men with their big guns, always -’ she stops in her tracks, as she picks up a message from the Cuckoo’s who are in Cerebra.
The helmsman informs the commander that the X-Men are fleeing, to which he asks where too, but Nightcrawler and Storm teleport into the bridge - Storm telling the commander that it is not his return, before agreeing that Quentin Quire must be captured, but not killed. She asks the Shi’ar if they will help them, ‘Or should I tear this ship from the skies?’
Emma congratulates the Stepford Cuckoos, who inform her that Wolverine and the Phoenix are North.
The Phoenix, now in her green and gold costume, sits by Wolverine in the snow. Wolverine wakes, realizing that they are not dead, Jean asks him what the matter is. Logan declares that he knows she is using him as bait so she can get a hold of Scott. Jean smiles and tells Wolverine that is someone else’s plan, but she needs him for something else. ‘Something you’re the best at’.
‘You sure know how to use a guy up’ Logan remarks, before asking if she is Jean now, or still the Phoenix messing with his head. ‘I’m always Jean, and I’m always the Phoenix’ comes the reply, before she reminds Wolverine that she died, scattered in a trillion directions, before starting to pull together again, out of the White Hot Room, before admitting that she is beginning to see that parts of her never came home. The Phoenix / Jean declares that she is out of balance, and needs to try again.
The Phoenix pulls Logan’s fist towards her chest - and Logan shoves his claws into her. Wolverine manages to stand up, and looks down at Jean, blood all around her, when suddenly she rises, this time in the red and gold costume, Nice try she says, only for Logan to stab her again. But Dark Phoenix keeps rising, each time he stabs her she comes back, asking him How long can you keep doing this? ‘As long as I have to’ replies Wolverine. Their struggle becomes more intense, with Jean/Phoenix rising, and Wolverine cutting her down over and over again, eventually becoming drenched in her blood.
Finally it ends, Logan sits by Phoenix’s unmoving body. As he rests his head in his blood-stained hands, the Phoenix/Jean rises again - this time in the green and gold outfit. She congratulates Logan, telling him he did well, ‘She’s so much weaker now. Now I’m in charge’. With that, Jean flies up several meters in the air - before dropping down onto the ice, shattering it and plunging herself into the freezing waters below.
Soon, the X-jet lands. And the X-Men step out of it, Scott asking Logan where she is. ‘Dead’ replies Logan, ‘Or as close as she can get. She buried herself in the ice’. Scott asks Kitty for confirmation, and phasing into the ice, Kitty replies that she is on it. Down in the ice, Kitty sees Jean, while on the snow, Scott asks Emma what she senses. Emma replies that there is nothing down there, no brain activity at all. ‘Not even Kitty?’ asks Archangel. ‘Well, that hardly counts, does it?’ exclaims Emma.
‘Very funny’ mutters Kitty, giving Emma a filthy look as she phases back onto the land, revealing that it is Jean, in her green and gold costume, fifty feet down and frozen solid. ‘Kind of an anti-climax…’ she says, when suddenly Beast alerts everyone to the Phoenix raptor in the sky. Scott touches his visor, and despite Wolverine warning him not to, he fires. Logan reminds Scott that the Jean said she came for him, Scott pointing out that Jean knew what he would do.
But Beast tries to calm Scott down, explaining that Wolverine is right. Scott isn’t interested in listening, reminding everyone they agreed to attack. Beast manages to cut in and reminds Scott that the Phoenix feeds off stars, that it needs energy to survive - like the energy from optic blasts. As the raptor approaches, Beast declares that Jean didn’t come for Cyclops - the Phoenix did.
Don’t listen Scott…just open you eyes! declares the Phoenix as she lands on Cyclops.


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Phoenix Endsong - part 4
High in the air, Quentin Quire flies, carrying the skeleton of Sophie of the Stepford Cuckoos. Quentin Quire a.k.a. Kid Omega realizes that he is moving too fast for her and tearing her apart. He tells Sophie that he is so sorry, so stupid. Quire tells Sophie that it is ahead of them on the mountainside, that they found it so it will be all right. He adds that soon they will find the Phoenix and she can give them all the power that they need. Quentin assures Sophie that she won’t be dead much longer, that she will live and breathe, walk and talk and look into his eyes and say “Quentin, I understand, I forgive you and we’ll be boyfriend and girlfriend and -” Quire gets back to reality, ‘First we’ll put your arm back on’.
Aboard a Shi’ar space craft, the helmsman informs his commander that the Omega Quentin Quire is close. The commander orders the helmsman to initiate the weapon, to which Storm a.k.a. Ororo Munroe, senior leader of the X-Men tells him he must stand down. The commander points out to Storm that Quire could host the Phoenix and could destroy her entire galaxy. Storm tells the commander that he cannot kill Quire for what he has not yet done. The helmsman informs the commander that they are almost upon Quire, to which the commander gives him permission to fire when ready. Lightening surges around Storm, and Kurt “Nightcrawler” Wagner, her friend and teammate tells the Shi’ar that Storm did warn them.
Outside, Quentin lowers himself and Sophie’s body to the icy landscape. Quire remarks that Sophie may not be as good as new, but that the Phoenix will fix her, but suddenly, Quentin realizes that the Phoenix is stuck in the snow…dying? Clutching the body of his beloved Sophie, Quire informs her that he can hear them, they are fighting her - hurting her. Unbeknownst to Quire, the Shi’ar ship, surrounded by lightening, hover just above him. Quire can hear Emma “the White Queen” Frost telepathically inform her lover and teammate Cyclops a.k.a. Scott Summers that she is here to back him up and not to worry, as the Phoenix is weak, it cannot beat them. ‘But I can,’ Quire mutters to himself.
Nearby, the Phoenix tells Scott to open his eyes. Surrounded by fire, Cyclops discovers the Phoenix is using telekinesis, as his friend Dr. Henry McCoy a.k.a. the Beast urges Scott to fight it, as the Phoenix wants the power of his optic blasts, therefore he mustn’t use his power. Scott calls out to Emma, who replies that she is here protecting him telepathically, adding not to worry, as it is weak and cannot beat them. ‘But I can’ declares Quire entering the White’ Queen’s mind. Emma screams, and Quire tells Scott to open his eyes.
Powerful optic blasts are released from Scott’s visor, with Scott claiming that it is forcing him to do it. The Phoenix revels in the power, Yesss! Moooorrree!’ she cries. Quire smiles and with a green glow in his eye, tells Sophie that everything is going to be all right.
The Shi’ar vessel crackles with electromagnetic energy surging in and out of it, and the commander calls for status. The helmsman replies that the Phoenix fused all of their gun turrets directly to the hull, so if they fire, they will destroy themselves. When the commander asks where the Omega is, the response is that he is directly below them. When the commander orders the helmsman to bring him his sword, the helmsman does so, as Storm asks him if he will never stop.
The commander informs Ororo that his counselor believes the Phoenix comes to purify the universe, burning away what doesn’t work. He reveals to Storm that his wife, children and his parents and grand parents all died with five billion others when Dark Phoenix ate the D’Bari’s star.  As the commander prepares his sword, he says to Ororo that if she wants to tell him that his family were a genetic obsolescence, a cosmic blot, part of an unravelling that the Phoenix was designed to correct, then she is insane as the Phoenix herself. With that, he leaps out of the vessel, down to the terrain below.
Emma telepathically calls to Scott, asking him if he can hear her, she reveals that she cant move, and is about to say who she thinks is responsible, when Quire greets her. Emma telepathically replies, telling Quentin that he is being very naughty, she insists he release her immediately. ‘So you can kill the Phoenix? I’m afraid I can’t allow that’ responds Quire. Emma tells “Kid Omega” that this is not negotiable, adding that five billion people died last time, she asks him if he wants to be responsible - Quentin interrupts, telling Emma that she doesn’t understand. Emma asks Quire if he remembers open day, to which Quentin replies ‘Yes…No! For Sophie, I’m going to make it all better!’ Emma screams at Quire, telling him that the Phoenix is killing them, she asks him to let her go. ‘No’ replies Quentin.
Cyclops is still pouring his optic blasts into the Phoenix, and asks Hank where Emma is. The Beast replies that Emma is down, but Archangel is using his healing. Cyclops replies that there is no time, as the Phoenix is growing stronger and taking over - ‘You have to stop me!’ he yells. Beast mutters that this is insane, but Wolverine a.k.a. Logan tells him that there is no time for thinking, so Beast lets out a roar, as both men leap into battle - only to be blasted back in a burst of flames by the Phoenix. Warren Worthington the Third a.k.a. Archangel calls out to his close friend the Beast and leaves Emma to fly to him. Yes…. exclaims the Phoenix smiling.
Suddenly, Nightcrawler bamfs out in front of Quire and punches him in the face - ‘Bad boy!’ exclaims Kurt. Emma telepathically thanks her teammate, before calling out to Scott. Cyclops responds, as Emma assures him that she is here, and telepathically stops him using his optic blasts. No! I need more! screams the angry Phoenix, engulfed in her cosmic fire as Emma mutters ‘It’s always about you, isn’t it?’ Scott calls out to Emma as the Phoenix turns and pushes her back by just pointing at her. Cosmic energy surges all around the Phoenix in a grand display, making Kitty “Shadowcat” Pryde quite nervous. Scott tells the young X-Woman not to worry, as he has a plan. ‘Yeah, good. A plan would be good’ replies Kitty.
Nearby, Quire shrugs Nightcrawler off, flicking him backwards and tells Sophie not to worry, as the Phoenix is stronger. The Shi’ar commander approaches Quire with his sword, but Quire just flies off, remarking that the Phoenix will fight them, that she will get what she needs to live. Suddenly, Kid Omega is struck by a powerful bolt of lightening. Storm flies towards Quire who boasts he and Sophie will soon get what they want, when suddenly, he senses that the Phoenix is doing something different.
Back at the main battle, the Phoenix tells Scott that she came for him, that she needs him. I’m your wife. With Kitty at his side, Scott replies that his wife is dead, and as Kitty phases her hand into Scott’s chest, Scott warns the Phoenix that if she takes one more step Shadowcat will crush his heart and he will be dead too. ‘This is your plan?’ asks Kitty. ‘I do my best’ replies Scott. The Phoenix tells Scott that if he doesn’t want to look at her, she understands - after all, how many times has she died? How many times has she broken his heart. It’s not natural, its not fair.
The Phoenix assures Scott that she is here, and claims that she always will be both with him and within him. She reminds Scott of how he dreamed of her when he was an orphaned child - how his heart jumped the day they met, adding that she knows he will reach for her hand the day he dies. I love you, Slim. Kitty turns to Scott, ‘Whoa, your heart…’ ‘Pretty jumpy, huh?’ replies Scott, before exclaiming that it is Jean, the way he wanted to hear her, during those long months when everything was falling apart - those were the words, that was the voice he was aching for.
Tears begin to fall from underneath Scott’s visor as he tells Kitty that is also how he knows that thing is not Jean - because Jean knew that they were over, she moved on and so did he, he found someone in this world, in the here and now. Scott calls out to Emma who is being tended to by Archangel. ‘Oh, now you remember me,’ mumbles Emma, before Warren informs Scott that he is almost done healing her.
The Phoenix grins wickedly and tells Cyclops that Emma isn’t the one, that he knows that deep in his heart, Now come on, Scott. It’s time. Look at me. Scott tells Kitty to squeeze, but Emma telepathically cries ‘No!’ and uses her powers to knock Kitty back into the snow. ‘That little…’ mumbles Kitty, as Scott looks at Emma and smiles. Your heart…. ‘Now that’s a real jump, wouldn’t you say?’ asks Emma smugly understanding the Phoenix was surprised at how Scott’s heart jumped for her. For you? asks the Phoenix, turning to Emma.
The White Queen reminds the Phoenix that she needs the power of Cyclops’ optic blasts to survive, so suggests she just pins to him the ice and tear his eyelids open with her mind. ‘Why are you standing in the snow talking about love?’ Emma exclaims that she thinks she understands what is going on, that this is not Jean Grey, but she remembers Jean, remembers what she used to want, so this Phoenix is thinking that she wants Cyclops too.
Emma tells the Phoenix that Scott doesn’t want her because he doesn’t want Jean, therefore she cannot get what she wants…’by yourself anyway’ Emma adds with a scandalous smile. As Emma walks over to the Phoenix, Kitty exclaims ‘Emma, you did not just offer yourself as a host for the Phoenix Force!’ ‘Hush head, the grown-ups are talking’ Emma snaps back, when suddenly Kitty phases her hand into Emma, immobilizing her and telling Scott that it is his call.
Emma tells everyone to trust her, but Scott, Wolverine, Warren and the Beast just look, as Kitty reminds Scott that this is the White Queen talking, someone who was their enemy. ‘And you want to let her take the power of the Phoenix?’ Wolverine tells his former sidekick to let Emma go, as she smells all right. Kitty does as she as told, muttering ‘That’s just the Chanel’. ‘Dior, darling, always Dior’ Emma replies smiling. Scott tells Kitty that she is a good girl, but Kitty just mutters that there are too many guys on this team.
Emma looks at the Phoenix and declares ‘All right, then. Take me’. The Phoenix approaches Emma, and in raptor form, devourers her in a spectacular display of cosmic fires. Emma’s outfit is transformed in the process, and now she is surrounded by the cosmic flames, when suddenly, Cyclops leaps at her and shoves both he and Emma into the egg that Beast had designed earlier, with Beast slamming the door shut behind them. Quentin Quire calls out to the Phoenix, asking her where she went, as Shadowcat exclaims ‘Wow. Now that was a plan!’
Beast monitors the egg and informs everyone that there is no trace of escaping energy, so it is working so far. Kitty replies that it is awesome, before asking how long it is going to take to drain away “the Phoenix thingy“. There is a moment of silence before Hank explains to Kitty that the egg doesn’t drain, it contains, seals up the Phoenix’s psionic energy, preventing it from affecting the outside world. Kitty asks how they are supposed to get Scott and Emma out of there, but when Logan, Hank and Warren look at her, she understands, and utters ‘oh’.
Inside the egg, Scott and Emma embrace, and Scott tells Emma that she should have let Kitty kill him, then the Phoenix would have starved and died in the snow, but Emma reminds him that Quentin is coming, so it wasn’t an option, as who knows what the two of them could have done together. The White Queen smiles and informs Scott that she wanted to get him alone - ‘so we could do this…’ she exclaims as she removes Scott’s visor.
Emma smiles as she is bathed in optic blasts, but Scott asks her what she is doing, telling her that she has got to fight it. Emma replies that it is all right, that they are safe in here and can let go. Noticing the egg go bright red, Beast tells the others that it is all right, that the egg is holding and that this is just normal thermal energy, no Phoenix energy is escaping. Kitty asks what it is that is going on in there, before exclaiming ‘Ewww!’ when she figures it out.
Emma and Scott telepathically tell each other that it is perfect, and according to the Beast, so are the readings, as they are pointing to the same thing - within the egg there is an equilibrium. ‘Okay, I’m just going to keep saying “what” until you start making sense’ Kitty says to the Beast. Hank explains that Scott’s eyes are pouring forth what seems to be an unlimited amount of energy, and this energy is now feeding the unlimited hunger the Phoenix seems to possess - they have found their purpose. ‘Have they?’ asks Kitty.
Warren declares that the Phoenix Force and the force behind Scott’s eyes have found their purpose - but asks what about Emma and Scott. Suddenly the remaining X-Men cry out as something attacks them. Quentin Quire takes Sophie’s body and flies away from Storm, Kurt and the Shi’ar commander, muttering ‘I heard that. Really, Miss Frost. What were you thinking?’
Inside the egg, Emma screams too. Scott asks her what is wrong, and Emma replies that she cannot do it, the Phoenix inside her is burning her up, burning her out. She admits that she is not strong enough, even as Scott urges Emma to fight it. Suddenly, the Phoenix asserts itself, No. We’ve found it, finally Scott. Love. We’ll never stop!
At the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, the three living members of the Stepford Cuckoos - Mindee, Celeste and Phoebe - exclaim in unison ’Watch out!’
Back in the Arctic, the ice around the containment egg begins to crack. Wolverine unsheathes his claws as Quentin Quire arrives with the dead Sophie in his arms - ’Hello, everybody…what’s in the egg?’


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Phoenix Endsong - part 5, conclusion
‘Come on, Mister Logan, Do we really have to go through all of this?’ asks Quentin Quire a.k.a. the Kid Omega as he holds the body of his dead “girlfriend” Sophie of the Stepford Cuckoos. Wolverine a.k.a. “Mister Logan”, and Warren Worthington the Third a.k.a. Archangel lunge at Quire, even as Quentin informs them that they are flesh and blood, so they cannot hurt him. He boasts that he is going to crack their little egg, take the Phoenix and then Sophie will live again - ‘And there’s nothing you X-Men can do to -’ Quire screams as Logan shoves his powerful adamantium claws into his shoulder.
Inside the egg, Emma “the White Queen” Frost, who has recently bonded with the Phoenix calls to her lover and co-headmaster of the Xavier Institute, Scott “Cyclops” Summers. Scott telepathically answers, asking Emma if it is she or the Phoenix. Emma replies that it is her - but not for long. Scott urges Emma to keep fighting, to which she replies that she will, but that she knows she will lose, because she is not strong enough, and the Phoenix is so hungry. Emma remarks that she is not a host, just a shell.
Back outside, Archangel flies up to Quire and smacks him in the face, as Quire remarks he can repair the wounds Wolverine inflicted upon him. Powerful energy darts about Quire as he heads towards the egg. Doctor Henry McCoy a.k.a. the Beast and Kitty “Shadowcat” Pryde guard the egg, using their physical abilities to block Quire’s power from cracking it.
Emma tells Scott that she has so much to say, that she didn’t think she would ever be so happy. She adds that she knows everyone expects her to snark, but that Scott has been the one thing that - before she can reveal what Scott has been for her, Emma declares that she can’t hold on much longer, as the Phoenix is so hungry.
At that very moment, one of Quire’s energy tentacles smacks against the side of the containment egg - Emma screams as Cyclops tells her not to let go of him, but Emma telepathically replies that she is sorry, and tells Scott he has to be strong now. ‘You have to kill her’ she remarks telepathically as there is a huge explosion, and Emma / the Phoenix fly high up into the sky. Cyclops leaps out of the containment egg as Kitty and the Beast leap for safety. ‘X-Men! Attack!’ yells Cyclops.
Beast calls to Wolverine, who is still dealing to Quire and replies that he is kinda busy. Kitty understands what Hank wants to do and exclaims that she is on it, leaping towards the Beast, who lifts Kitty up and hurls her towards the Phoenix in their own version of a Fastball Special. Beast informs Kitty to go for the heart, which the Phoenix hears and exclaims The heart? That sounds like fun! Kitty and Archangel are knocked back, as Cyclops calls out to Emma.
Emma’s gone, Scott. But I’m still here. I’ll always be here for you. Just for you. Scott tells the Phoenix that she is insane, to which she replies No. Just in love. Cyclops tells her that she has no idea what love is, that she is a monster and just because she steals Emma’s body and voice she thinks - the Phoenix interrupts, and claims that it is not like he thinks. But Scott points out that she needs the energy from his optic blasts - that is food, not love. The Phoenix is somewhat confused, and asks about what it is that they wanted, when Kid Omega interrupts and tells her not to waste her time, as Cyclops will never understand - ‘Not the way I do!’
Nearby, inside the Shi’ar vessel, the helmsman informs his commander that the Omega mutant has claimed the Phoenix. The ship’s counselor begins to sing in his native Shi’ar. ’Yes…sing the Endsong…and prepare to attack!’ exclaims the commander. The helmsman informs the commander that their guns are fused, so they cannot aim. The commander orders the helmsman to set a collision course - they will activate the Eleka’an Event Horizon upon impact. He turns to the two X-Men aboard the ship - Ororo “Storm” Munroe and Kurt “Nightcrawler” Wagner - and asks if they have any objections.
Storm replies that she has none, but that she and Kurt are going ahead of them to save their friends. Ororo and the commander shake hands, as the commander exclaims that they will sing another Endsong, for her. As Ororo and Nightcrawler leave, the counsellor sings the Endsong.
There are several purple bursts across the icy blue terrain as Kurt teleports himself and Storm towards their teammates, who are helplessly watching the Phoenix and Quire inside a huge green bubble. Storm vocalizes her astonishment with ‘Goddess…’.
Inside the bubble, the Phoenix recalls the Quentin was broken when they first met, but now he is burning. She asks him to tell her what all this longing is for. Quire replies that he doesn’t know, but he just needs…wants…. The Phoenix asks Quire to show her, before she places her hands on sides of Sophie’s body - bringing the Stepford Cuckoo back to life.
Quentin smiles, ‘Sophie! It’s me! Quentin! You’re alive, and I brought you back! Now we can…we can…’ his voice trails off, as Sophie turns to look at him. At the Xavier Institute, Sophie’s sisters Celeste, Phoebe and Mindee who are hooked up to Cerebro feel their sister’s resurrection. Sophie screws her nose up, ‘Eeew’ she exclaims, perplexing Quire, who stutters in his speech. ‘Whatever’ declares Sophie before she turns into a corpse again, causing Quire to repeat ‘No, no, no’ over and over again. ‘Dorkus!’ declare the Three-In-One, causing Quire to start crying, and screams ‘Nnnnoooooo!’, before there is a huge explosion and he falls to the ground.
The Phoenix asks Quentin what the matter with him is, and sitting beside Sophie’s corpse, Quentin mutters that it wasn’t supposed to happen like this, that the Phoenix was supposed to bring Sophie back and she was supposed to…supposed to…. The Phoenix’s eyes light up as she tells Quire that he was supposed to show her what it feels like, what it means. Quentin replies that he doesn’t know, and that he is just a stupid kid who screwed it all up, coming back too soon.
This whole world…I feel it. I hear it. It’s like you, so full of longing so hungry and confused… remarks the Phoenix, before a sobbing Quentin mutters that he is sick. Yes. Sick like this whole world declares the Phoenix as she flies up higher - only to be pursued by Storm, who has created a snowstorm to hold the Phoenix back, ‘No! No more!’ exclaims Ororo, but the Phoenix knocks her backwards, You can’t stop me! I have work to do! she exclaims.
Scott kneels by a crack in the icy floor, calling to Jean, asking her if she is down there, if she can hear him. A frozen Jean Grey remains frozen, in suspended animation beneath him. Cyclops gets no answer. Wolverine understands what Scott is going to do and tells him to do it, ‘what else have we got to lose?’ ‘God help us’ declares Scott as he unleashes his optic blasts upon the ice, when suddenly Jean Grey flies up through it, shouting ‘Enough!’
The phenomenally powerful X-Woman uses her abilities to knock the Phoenix to the ground, as Kitty Pryde mumbles that she knew that was coming eventually. Jean Grey…how did you do that? Without me? Without my power? asks the Phoenix, before Jean replies ‘I am you. Don’t you remember? Now get out of that stupid body!’
The Phoenix takes to the air again, No, he loves Emma Frost. Loves me. Jean grabs the Phoenix by the throat and rips the White Queen out of her cosmic hold. Emma cries out as she falls to the ground, she tells herself that it is going to burn the whole world, before realizing that she is free, she can see the sky. Emma lands in Cyclops’ arms. ‘Gotcha!’
Jean Grey tells the Phoenix that Cyclops wants Emma, not her, not them, and that it is now time to leave this façade behind. Jean tells the Phoenix that she knows she is confused, but that afterwards, in the White Hot Room, when all their pieces are back together, she will understand. Because you and I are one. ‘Yes’ agrees Jean.
The Phoenix asks if this longing she feels belongs to her, but Jean doesn’t answer. The Phoenix realizes she only came back because Jean wanted it, Jean wanted to feel again, to understand in this world. Cyclops calls out to Jean, ‘Jean, no!’ Yes… declares the Phoenix as she bonds with Jean. Jean states that she can see herself doing it again. ‘Here I come, tomorrow…’. ‘Little bug people…”a built -in obsolescence” evolutionary dead end…’. ‘Burning away what doesn’t work…this is Hell. This is Hell. So I…kill them all. Billions and billions again and again, forever and ever’.
Wolverine points out that the Phoenix looks like she is about to pop, and Storm informs Scott that the Shi’ar are coming, so it would be best if the two of them and Emma stay, while Kurt and Warren get the others to safety - but Scott says no, as Jean needs all of them. He turns to Emma and asks her if she can read him. ‘Yes. Go for it, darling’ she says.
Cyclops looks up at Jean and asks her if she can hear him. Black tears streaming from her eyes, Jean replies that she can hear him, but not feel him. ‘I’m beyond you. Becoming. Becoming. Becoming. Becoming. Becoming’. Scott asks her to shush, telling her that he knows why she came back, what she needs. Emma telepathically calls to the Three-In-One, telling them to find them all - find the X-Men, before she extends her hands to Jean.
Jean sees before her those that she loves, and those who love her. Her best friend, Storm, her beloved Wolverine, original X-Men Beast, Iceman and Archangel, her “sister” Polaris, her mentor Professor Charles Xavier, “daughter” Rachel, teammates Havok, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Rogue, Shadowcat, Gambit, the Stepford Cuckoos, and, of course, Cyclops and Emma Frost. ‘Jean’ ‘Jean’ ‘Jean’ ‘Jean’ ‘Mom’ ‘Jean’ ‘Professor Grey’ ‘Jean’ ‘Jean’ ‘Jean’ ‘Jeannie’ ‘Jean’ ‘Jean’ ‘Jean’ ‘Jean…’ ‘Jean’ ‘Jean’.
‘God, Jean…how does it feel…to be loved that much?’ Now sporting a white and gold costume, Jean “Phoenix” Grey hugs herself, eyes downcast, she cries, before looking at her friends. ‘My friends…’.
The Shi’ar vessel makes its approach, the counselor singing the Endsong still. ‘Make and end’ orders the commander, and suddenly there is an Event Horizon, a brilliant explosion as the vessel is destroyed - then there is only darkness.
Suddenly, everything is white. The beautiful Jean Grey stands before Scott and tells him that she is going, that she is scared. ‘Who are you?’ Scott asks. ‘…Jean. Jean Grey’ is the reply. Scott remarks that she is Jean Grey and will always be, no matter what happens, no matter where she goes, how she grows, or what the cosmos tell her. ‘Find yourself, Jean, all your pieces’ he says, before assuring her that she will be fine, that she will remember, and will know what to do.
Jean tells Scott that she wants to see his eyes. Scott smiles and takes his visor off, bathing them both in his optic power. ‘goodbye’ says Jean, before Scott finds himself on the ice again, with the other X-Men gathering themselves too. Storm calls to Jean, as Beast explains that when they were in the void, the Shi’ar weapon’s Event Horizon, it is impossible to escape, they should all be dead. ‘Jeannie. She did it again’. declares Logan. Tears fall from Scott’s eyes as he remarks Jean saved them all - but only after all of them saved her.
Emma exclaims that she can still feel it, everything that everybody gave to Jean, and everything she ever gave to them. ‘Ah, Jean…’ remarks Scott.
Kid Omega goes back to sitting beside Sophie’s body and he says goodbye to her. Beast approaches Quentin, who apologizes for all the trouble he has caused, admitting that he wasn’t ready for this. Beast tells him not to worry, and that none of them were ready for this. Quire lies on the ground and declares that there was something he thought he needed, but couldn’t have…shouldn’t have. ‘I think I’m going to sleep for a little while now’ he remarks before fading from existence, and appearing back in his containment tank at the Xavier Institute.
Later, darkness has set over the Xavier Institute in Westchester, New York, the home of the X-Men and the many mutant students who reside there. In the room of the Three-In-One, Celeste, Phoebe and Mindee, one of them suddenly wakes up. A small firefly appears at the window. ‘Oh, of course. What took you so long?’ the Cuckoo asks, cosmic fire in her eyes.


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Phoenix: Warsong, part 1
“They think they know you,” says a voice.
Mindee, Celeste and Phoebe, better known as the Stepford Cuckoos by their peers, walk down the halls of the Xavier Institute late at night, dressed for bed.
“They call you the Cuckoos,” continues the voice, “Eerie little orphans with your untouchable hearts and your all-in-one mind.”
Their fellow student Hellion walks by with a glass of water and says hello to the three girls flirtatiously. Simultaneously, the Cuckoos tell Hellion to drop dead. Not disparaged, Hellions tells the girls that they can’t sleep, and neither can he. So why don’t they…
The three girls turn around and tell Hellion that they are not the droids he is looking for. Hellion, with his back turned to the girls, ponders their statement, and then realizes the perverse implications. He turns around to voice his annoyance, but finds that he girls are gone.
“Pretty little psychics… playing parlor tricks. They’re so sure they know you that even now, when their whole world is about to crumble, they never ask the obvious question. What is a cuckoo? The cuckoo finds a songbird’s nest. And lays her own eggs in the middle of the brood. And the stupid little warbler never notices the difference. Until it is far too late.
Out on the Institute lawn, Colossus, Wolverine and Kitty Pryde share some beers while staring up at the sky. They are monitored by the new Ogre Sentinel Unit, with a new gold and blue unit nearby.
In the sub-basement, Beast continues to do some research, unaware of the trouble soon arriving. Upstairs, Cyclops and Emma Frost are sound asleep in bed.
The Cuckoos, however, have arrived at the mansion’s cemetery. The three girls suddenly become worried and look around. Celeste holds herself and asks out loud what they are doing here. Dreaming, suggests Mindee. Celeste likes the answer and asks Phoebe if that sounds right. No, replies Phoebe. This is real. Celeste notices that they are at the graves of their dead sisters, Esme and Sophie. Celeste thinks that maybe they came out to see the deceased, but Mindee does not agree. There was somebody talking in their head. Celeste remembers, and babbles about how the voice said that they were…
Celeste does not finish her sentence, only saying that they are not what the voice said they were. Mindee tells Celeste that they have no idea what they are, but Celeste tells her to hush, as she is too loud. Phoebe beings to speak telepathically and tells her sisters to use their minds. They can feel it, can’t they?
Suddenly, the mysterious voice in their heads says, “Yes.”
Phoebe climbs on top of a tomb stone, trying to find the voice. She is calling. Suddenly, Phoebe begins to fly into the air, and tells the voice that it is time to hatch. “Wait…” says the voice, “Soon, yes. But now yet, not – wait! NO!”
Celeste and Mindee begin to fly off with Phoebe; Celeste mutters “Oh, dear” as she looks down, and realizes that they were standing upon the grave of Jean Grey-Summers.
Inside the mansion, the phone in Scott and Emma’s room begins to ring. Emma snaps awake and tells Scott to wait rather forcefully. Confused, Scott tells Emma that everything is OK. It is just the phone. He then gets out of bed and answers it. Emma tells him it trouble, and as Scott puts it down he says yes. It was Beast and he said –
Scott is shocked when he turns around to see Emma levitating above the bed. She tells Scott no. It is real trouble.  Emma then bursts into flames, as a variant of the Phoenix costume appears around her. She burns Cyclops to death, who can only ask her why as he melts. Emma, however, smiles sadistically. She then makes her way to the hallway where she burns some students to death. Colossus and Shadowcat rush in, but Emma happily melts him in front of Kitty, before continuing her rampage. She then blasts her way out of the mansion and into the sky as the Phoenix escapes from the Xavier Institute.
Suddenly, Emma wakes up from her dream, confused. Scott puts down the phone and tells Emma that it was Beast. Something is wrong with the Cuckoos. However, Scott notices that Emma is not looking well and asks her what is wrong. Emma begins to dress and tells him that it is nothing and that they should go.
The two finish dressing and go into the hallway, Scott in normal clothing while Emma wears her uniform, but in diamond form. Worried, Scott tells Emma to talk to him. She is in diamond form, so that means something is bothering her. Sarcastically, Emma tells her lover that his powers of observation boggle her mind. All right, says Scott, what did I do? Nothing, replies Emma. He is perfect and he should never change. Realizing that this isn’t going anywhere, Scott tells Emma that she keeps on saying that he doesn’t trust her, but when he tries to talk to her –
The two are interrupted when they approach Hellion telling some other students that he doesn’t know how the Cuckoos are doing it, but they are going to be in big trouble. Cyclops and Emma reach a window, and on the other side are Kitty Pryde and Colossus. Kitty sees the two and asks Emma what she has been feeding the girls. Just the standard diet of suspicion, psionics and Pilates, replies Emma. Emma then looks out the window and sees what everyone is making a fuss of.
In the sky, the three Cuckoos fly around, but are approached by one of the newly redesigned Sentinels. The pilot tells the girls that they are unidentified fliers and reminds them that this is a restricted military zone. If they do not surrender, they will be dealt with accordingly. Celeste screams at the presence of the large Sentinel, but Mindee and Phoebe fly on without a care.
Below, Cyclops is shocked that the Cuckoos can fly. No, says Emma, before telling Hellion to cut it out. He is the only telekinetic there, so he better set the girls back down or else. Confused, Hellion tells her that he isn’t doing this and she can read his mind to verify. Realizing that he is telling the truth, Emma switches back to her flesh form and tells the Cuckoos that they are bad girls. Celeste telepathically contacts Emma and tells her that she didn’t want to do this. Mindee and Phoebe made her.
“No one likes a tattletale, Celeste,” says Emma. She then uses her telepathy to forcefully disable the Cuckoos, who scream in pain and fall to the ground, though the Sentinel catches them.
Some time later:
The three Cuckoos wake up to find themselves in darkness. Each is in her own windowless and door-less cube. Celeste is confused and calls out to her sisters. In their respective cubes, Mindee and Phoebe do the same. Emma telepathically tells the three that their sisters cannot hear them. Emma tells the girls, who each think they are alone, that she will dive into their brains to find out what is happening, unless they tell her.
Phoebe, who is in the middle cube, is not impressed by Emma’s scare tactics, and punches her fists through the sides of the cube and grabs the hands of Celeste and Mindee. Emma tells the girls not to be stupid. She trained them. They are not strong enough for this. She will break them.
Phoebe tells Emma that they will break her. Emma suddenly realizes that the Cuckoos are now in her head, and fights them off. She tells them to get our. Coolly, Mindee asks Miss Frost what is wrong. Suddenly, they are pitched into total darkness. Mindee calls out to Miss Frost, but Phoebe tells her that she is gone. The three girls realize that they are back in their room and on their bed. Celeste begins to cry as she can feel her sisters again. Phoebe tells Celeste to shut up.
Celeste replies back telepathically and asks Phoebe why she is –
Suddenly, Celeste can no longer speak telepathically to Phoebe and has to resort to talking out loud. Why did she pull her mind away? Miss Frost, let them go! Why? Phoebe tells Celeste that she closed off her mind because she is tired of her whining. Ha, says Mindee.
Still crying, Celeste tells Mindee not to go too. Mindee tells Celeste that something has happened to them, but Celeste pretends nothing has happened. They have no idea what they are capable of. Phoebe gets up and walks away, stating that they will find out.
Back in Emma’s study, the White Queen explains to the senior staff X-Men that she separated the Cuckoos. They are not used to that and fought back hard. It hurt. They are free now, but still apart and confused. They will come to them vulnerable and the X-Men must use that to break them. “Okay,” says Kitty, “its official. You really are a psychopath.”
Emma pleads with Kitty that they have to find out where the Cuckoos new powers came from. Kitty reminds Emma that secondary mutations are nothing new and come during a time of great stress. Beast agrees and tells the group that the tests he has been able to fun so far reveal no outside energy signatures from the girls. Cyclops asks Emma what she thinks is going on. Emma admits that she had a dream where she killed them all. She burned the whole world.
Cyclops pauses, and then tells Emma that it is over. No, says Emma, confidently. Jean is gone, reiterates Scott. Emma will not bear her burden. They are my girls, says Emma. If Emma could not control it, how could the Cuckoos? Hold on, says Kitty. She cannot believe this. Does Emma have any evidence other than this dream that these girls have anything to do with the Cuckoos?
Emma, sweating, whispers for the X-Men to hush. They’re coming. Beast asks Cyclops what the plan is. Cyclops tells him that the Cuckoos are as confused as they are. Let them come to him. See what they have to say. However, they should be ready for anything.
Sub-Basement:
Beast runs some tests on Celeste, who tells him that she has no clue what is going on. It is like when Esme left, or when Sophie died, but only worse. No one is dying, consoles Beast, just changing. He has done it a few times himself. This is different, says Celeste. However, according to Beast’s readings, she is the same girl she was when she walked into the mansion. There are no new psionic signatures or ectoplasm energies or alien symbiote or lighting-bolt forehead scars. This is just an average secondary mutation.
But, I can feel, says Celeste. That is normal, replies Beast. But we are not, retorts back Celeste. Nothing can touch them when they are together. Now that Mindee and Phoebe have pulled away, everything is confusing. Beast explains that there is a technical term for that. It is called growing up. When he did it he couldn’t stop mewing for hours. Celeste doesn’t notice the joke, so Beast tells her to feel free to laugh when she is ready.
Unhappy, Celeste tells Beast that he does not understand. At first, she thought it was Phoebe, but now she realizes that it is in her too. Something wrong and dark is growing. Beast tells Celeste that almost everyone he knows feels that. He beckons Celeste to go into his mind to see for herself. She does, and pulls out images from Beast’s head. He explains to her that Jean trademarked the feeling when she became Dark Phoenix. However, Cyclops, Wolverine, Marvel Girl, Shadowcat, Emma and even he have all lost it!
Celeste pulls back, and Beast tells her that she will learn to fight it and to control it. Here is another dirty secret: This school isn’t just about learning to defend ourselves from others, but protecting others from ourselves. Emma will help her. Celeste looks at Beast and asks how Emma can help them when she has the same problem?
Mansion Lawn:
As the sun rises, Wolverine squares off against Phoebe in a jousting exercise, while the gold and blue Sentinel watches. Wolverine bids Phoebe a good morning and gives her five points for coming to class early, but deducts ten for showing up in her pajamas. Annoyed, Phoebe holds her stick and tells Logan that she thought he taught combat, not comedy. Wolverine lunges at her, but Phoebe takes off to the sky. Wolverine asks if she is reading his mind, but Phoebe, still in the sky, tells him that she might have tried that yesterday, but he isn’t consciously thinking about every time he strikes. She is picking up on something else. There is all kinds of information that she is starting to see.
While Phoebe babbles, Wolverine slaps her with his stick and she falls down. You come here to talk, or fight, asks Wolverine. Angry, Phoebe flies right at Wolverine.
At the main plaza, Emma sits on a stone bench and greets Mindee. Mindee tells Emma that she is afraid of them. No, scared for you, replies Emma. Mindee demands that Emma tell her about what is happening to her. Emma tells her that if Mindee won’t let her in her mind, then she won’t know anything. However, it is clear that she cannot control it. You don’t think I’m strong enough, Mindee asks. Emma realizes that Mindee wants a fight, and tells her pupil not to do this.
Emma stands up and the two begin a rather silent psionic struggle. A humming sound is heard, as the two still women use their unseen psionic energies against one another. The ground between them begins to crack.
Nearby, Wolverine hits Phoebe down with his stick.
At the memorial, Mindee tells Emma that she can’t teach her anything now. She is beyond Emma. She can break things with her mind.
“Well, that’s very interesting, dear,” says Emma, “But I just break minds.” She then overpowers Mindee.
Wolverine examines his stick and mutters that Phoebe is just another fly girl with a big mouth. Angry, Phoebe tells Logan that he thinks he is so smart, as her eyes begin to glow with fire.
“No,” says the unearthly voice that the Cuckoos had spoken to just the night before.
I’ll show you, screams an angry Phoebe!
“NO!” screams the psionic voice again.
Sub-Basement:
Beast watches as Celeste throws her hand up in the air and says that this isn’t the right…
“WAIT!” screams the voice.
Memorial Plaza:
Goodbye, Miss Frost, says Mindee.
Suddenly, Mindee and the Phoenix Memorial are surrounded by flames.
Mansion Lawn:
Phoebe, in the field, bursts into flames.
Sub-Basement:
Celeste, down in the lab, bursts into flames.
Mansion Lawn:
The golden Sentinel along with the Shrapnel unit and another unidentified Unit approach the united Stepford Cuckoos, who fly in the air as the Phoenix Raptor emanates from the trio. As the Ogre Unit and another unit head on over, Phoebe channels the fire of the Phoenix and incinerates Wolverine.
Memorial Plaza:
Cyclops finds Emma weakened in the Memorial, and she calls out to her girls.
Sub-Basement:
In the sub-basement, Beast puts out the fire with an extinguisher, but notices that the tank of green liquid that houses the psionic remains of Quinten Quire give way as the boy reforms himself, eyes open.
Graveyard:
A badly decomposing arm breaks out of the earth. As the deceased creature pulls itself out of the ground, another similar figure follows suit. The skeletal remains of the dead Sophie Cuckoo commands her equally dead sister Esme to come. Their sisters need them.