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God Loves, Man Kills II - part 2
Around dawn today, the prison transport carrying William Stryker was presumed destroyed by the X-Men. Knowing this not to be true, the X-Treme team came to the Rocky Mountains to ascertain for themselves what has transpired.
At the present, the X-Treme team has all been defeated, save for Bishop and Storm. These two arrive just in time to see one of the Purifiers preparing to kill Sage. Bishop, sneak attacking one of the Purifiers, knocks him off his feet and into a nearby tree with a plasma blast from one of his pistols. Storm remarks that they should use less destructive attacks if they are going to find out what has happened to Stryker. Bishop reminds Storm that these men have taken out three very powerful mutants and, if they give even an inch, it might be them on the ground, along with their teammates. The Purifiers on the ground comment on Storm being the most dangerous and they use hunter-seekers to try and put her out of action. Storm, in defense, creates a micro-tornado, which she thinks will destroy the three missiles heading for her. Missing her attack, Storm decides the best coarse of action would be to fly up and get more altitude. Storm, getting more distance, blasts the missiles with a hard freeze, destroying them. The soldiers on the ground have ammunition to spare though and they send more missiles after her. She easily takes care of two of them but, unknown to her, another missile approaches her from behind. Storm is barely able to miss the impact and she is sent falling towards the ground.
On the ground, the same Purifiers are attacking Bishop. They are using energy weapons against him, which he is then able to turn that power against his attackers. Bishop uses a type of spreader shot of plasma to attack the Purifiers. Battling his attackers, Bishop is able to slice through an electric-net one of the Purifiers attacks him with. He is also able to block a Gum Ball attack by another Purifier, using a fallen Purifiers body.
Near the battle, the three fallen members of X-Treme worry about Storm, who is falling to the ground. Sage comes up with a plan to free Sam using Wolverines claws. Luckily, the plan is successful and Sam catches his falling leader.
Back with the battle, Bishop is working on the soldiers, taking each one of them out with every battle maneuver he can muster. Dropping the last two Purifiers to the ground with a split-kick, Bishop begins to brag about his easy victory. Sage warns Bishop not to get to cocky, because the Purifiers don’t look done fighting yet. Standing to their feet, the Purifiers agree with Sage and they tell Bishop their armor was designed to deal specifically with mutants.
In the air, Cannonball holds Storm tight to his body. Sam tells Storm that the Purifiers, below them, have Bishop surrounded. Warning Sam, Storm tells him to close his eyes as she takes the Purifiers only offense from them. Storm’s eyes turn white as she electrifies the soldiers. Beneath Bishop, the soldiers all slump to the ground, unable to move. Bishop teases the soldiers about how they attacked a lady that could with just a thought send an electro-magnetic pulse to destroy their armor.
In Chicago, Kitty Pride sits, meditating in a prison cell remembering what transpired just a few hours ago. She remembers being alone at her place of employment and being shot by her assailant. Kitty considers phasing, but reconsiders when she thinks that her captors probably have thought of her doing that and set up safe guards against it. Kitty thinks to herself that the sensible thing to do is to wait and find out what her captors want with her. Sadly, her captors don’t want to wait and Kitty’s body begins to turn to bubbles.
In these bubbles is mirrored Kitty’s face. These very same bubbles begin to mutate and take shape. One shape is of her appearance when she first became an X-Man and took on the codename Ariel. Kitty remembers how she was only thirteen and before she joined the X-Men idolized them for being so different. She remembers all of her other dreams, as well, of being a ballerina, a lawyer, a doctor and even a mother. As Kitty thinks these thoughts, her future dream-selves appear behind her. The young thirteen year old begins to scream at Kitty about how she has messes up her life. Kitty agrees with the aberration and suddenly the rest of her dream-selves begin to berate her as well. Screaming for them to stop their yelling, Kitty hides her face in her arms.
Suddenly, the screaming stops and a man with a glow all around his head steps in, quoting the Bible. The man is revealed to be William Stryker and he places his hand out in reassurance to Kitty, who is still lying on the floor of her cell. Kitty begins to sit up and she reaches for Stryker, calling him daddy!  Another voice interrupts Kitty and she turns to see Illyana Rasputin talking. Illyana tells Kitty that she can’t believe her eyes about the way she is agreeing with Stryker. Illyana reminds Kitty of how he tried to kill her a few years back. Stryker tells Kitty to not look away from him, but Kitty does and she sees Colossus behind her. Kitty asks Colossus why he is here? Aren’t he and his sister both dead?  Colossus tells Katya that he will not allow Stryker to make her his puppet. Illyana tells Kitty that they are all just memories, but they represent the part of Kitty that is fighting against Stryker’s mind control.
Stryker tells Kitty that the more her and the X-Men try and change the world the harsher they make the world. Illyana tells Kitty that she knows being a mutant screwed up all her dreams, but she is at least still alive and can try to make her dreams a reality. Stryker holds a pleading hand towards Kitty and tells her that he offers her a better way. Colossus and Illyana stand defiantly near Kitty and Colossus tells her that the dreams she had were from childhood and Illyana tells her that she should ditch them and make for herself new ones. Quoting Solomon 3:9/10, Kitty stands to her feet and tries to strike the form of Stryker. Phasing through Stryker, she is jolted unconscious and to the floor.
On a view screen in a room nearby Kitty’s cell, Stryker talks to Deathstrike about Kitty’s stubbornness. The two discuss how Stryker plans on using Kitty’s innocence and faith to persuade her to his side. Yuriko tells Stryker that her techs have tried to psi-map Kitty’s mind to no avail. She explains that Kitty’s natural state is to be phased and with only shear force of will can she remain solid. She continues on to say that some of Kitty’s mind is even believed to be in other dimensions, due to her transparent ability. Stryker tells Yuriko, even with her trying to dissuade him, that he has faith and with it he will conquer Kitty’s mind and succeed with his righteous goal.
Yuriko begins to sit as Stryker asks her if she has had any more word from her surveillance team in Mount Haven. Yuriko morphs her fingers into I/O plugs and sends her mind through the Internet to the van her surveillance team is occupying. Once there, she is shocked to see her team’s bodies lying sprawled out around the van in death. Quickly, Yuriko morphs an armor exo-skeleton around herself and prepares for an attack. Instead, she turns around to see a ghost of a man simply telling her, “Hi.” The astral form tells Yuriko that she is not what he expected, but she is welcome to join him. Yuriko’s fingers morph into talons as she lunges towards the man. Fazing through him the man leans down towards the cowering assassin. He tells Yuriko that no one said she even had a choice in the matter.
Quickly, Yuriko pulls her fingers from the input device in her lab. She shakes as she thinks to herself of how their enemy knows about their coming and now he will be hunting them.
Back at the Rockies, the X-Treme team has camped near a cave and, as they stand around a campfire, they begin to interrogate the Purifiers, whom they captured only hours before. Half women, half men, the Purifiers sit together with their arms tied behind their backs. Logan walks in front of them, still visibly bruised from his recent battle. He continuously pops his claws in front of the prisoners in an intimidation effort. The Purifiers look towards Logan and each one of them tells him that they are not afraid of dying. Drawing in his claws for the last time, Logan tells the Purifiers that he isn’t going to interrogate them, because he lacks the stomach for it. Sage looks over the campfire at the Purifiers, as Logan tells them he is going to leave them to a professional.
Later that night, Sage walks from the other side of the cave and the X-Treme team stand in awe, as they ask her how she was able to make them talk without even laying a finger on them?  Sage tells the others that the Purifiers looked into her eyes and seen the folly of trying to lie to her. Whispering into her ear, Sam asks Sage if she was just bluffing them?  Lucas hands Sage a cup of coffee and she reports that Stryker has hundreds of sleeper-cells around the globe and some have been activated to complete certain missions. Sam asks the others why Stryker would bust out of jail, since that would make him lose his appeal?  Logan smirking nearby tells Sam that he doesn’t need to worry, because Sage will figure that answer out. Sage tells Logan that the point is Stryker is willing enough to jeopardize his entire life for completing the mission he has set out on now.
Back in Chicago, Yuriko thinks that she needs to warn Stryker about her findings at Mount Haven. Shockingly, Yuriko realizes her body is out of control. Her talons reach towards a nearby officer and she horrifyingly decapitates the woman. The others in the room turn around in shock and Stryker asks Yuriko what is she doing?  Deathstrike tells him that she has no control over her body and he needs to run for his life. Other guards scream out that there is a security alert in the Main Mission Room and for all guards to report at once. Shockingly, many men and women jump in front of Stryker, defending him from Yuriko with their own bodies. Yuriko tells the others that they need to kill her, to save Stryker. Stryker commands the others to block his escape and, as he runs, he thinks of how each one of his soldiers do not stand a chance of surviving Lady Deathstrike’s attack. Stryker removes his shirt to reveal a metal collar and he runs into Kitty’s cell. Grasping another metal collar, he wraps it around her neck. Stryker picks Kitty up and tells her that it is time she makes herself useful.
Deathstrike busts through the cell, only to see Stryker and Kitty wrapped in Mandroid armor. She tells William that her company made the armor and, sadly, it will not protect them. Stryker uses Kitty’s powers, apparently through the use of the collar apparatuses, and the two of them phase through a nearby wall. Yuriko congratulates Stryker and, as tears come from her eyes, she talks aloud how her mind is still her’s, but her body belongs to Mount Haven.


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God Loves, Man Kills II - part 3: 600 Chariots
Stryker and Kitty, still covered with the Mandroid armor, float above pedestrians on the street. Many people are startled to see them passing by them and some are almost driven from the road as the two aberrations float through their vehicles.
Amazingly, in the Rockies, Storm has gone crazy with her powers and the X-Treme team is forced to hang onto their surroundings for survival. The team is forced through extreme wind, heat, and cold until Logan commands Bishop to attack Storm. Bishop does as he is commanded, but only reluctantly. He makes himself a target for Storm’s rage, as Logan sneaks up behind her. Storm sends lightning through Bishop and Sam uses his blast field to protect him and Sage from the tempest she creates. Logan grasps Storm from behind, but she warns him that taking her out will only cause more problems and it would be better for them to help her put the environment back into the right cycle. Using Bishop as a conduit, Storm forces all of her energy into him. Screaming in pain, Storm finally makes the tempest end. Shockingly, Bishop’s body continues to glow from the large amount of energy stored in his body.
Behind the X-Treme team, a Purifier tells them that Storm’s stunt is the reason mutants around the world should be killed; to save normal humans everywhere from destruction. With that said, Storm begins to pass out and Bishop begins to feel nauseated. Logan catches Storm and Bishop tells the others that at moments like this he can see the Purifiers point. Cannonball asks what happened to Storm, because he has never seen her act like that before. Storm mutters, as she is cradled in Logan’s arms, that she felt like large claws were being scrapped across the Earth’s lines of natural defense!
Sam, still questioning, wonders aloud who could have done such a thing? Morbidly, Sage looks at the others and says, SHADOWCAT! Sage explains to the others that Kitty has the ability to disrupt electrical circuits when she phases through them and her ability applies to biological systems as well. Sam, in disbelief, tells Sage that it is impossible for Kitty to have caused so much damage, since she is only a child. Storm begins to stand to her feet and she tells Sam that she hopes this event never happens again. Falling into Logan’s arms once more, the team is shocked to see their leader’s inability to stand. Logan explains that, with such a blow to her system the damage might have caused her recent injury at Viper’s hands to worsen once more. Sam, scratching his head, asks Logan if her condition is only a passing phase? Not taking his eyes off of Storm, Logan tells Sam that they will soon see. Storm orders Sage to use her scanning array to find out about the recent anomaly. Bishop, barely glowing, asks Storm if they shouldn’t still be searching for Stryker? Storm tells Bishop that she has a bond with the earth and she knows that what just transpired was not natural.
Just beyond the town of Twisp, Washington, an RV full of apparent tourists are heading their way up the mountain. The father tells the others that he wished he wouldn’t have driven so fast through the mountains, because the Okanogan National Forest is supposed to be some of the most beautiful land in all of America. His wife comments that the family had already discussed what they needed to do and they agreed that traveling by night would be the safest for them all. Suddenly, a young woman appears before them in the road! Jorge, the father, swerves to miss her but it is to late and the RV runs right through the young lady. The family, in the back, notices that the lady isn’t being crushed, but she is actually phasing through the motor home.
Stopping the vehicle, the Garza family runs out to see if they can be of any aid. The young lady is Katherine Pryde and she is lying unconscious on the ground. Rico, the grandfather, and Jorge try and pick Kitty up, but her body is partially phased and they can barely get a grip on her. Louise, the mother, suggests calling for help, but Jorge reminds her about their location and the distance of the nearest authority. The daughter tells the others that the young lady seems like a ghost. Timidly, from behind the young daughter, a young boy that looks half cat and half human steps up to them. He calls out to Louise, his mother, and tells her that he thinks he can help her.
Back in the Rockies, Storm is using her powers to help her fly. She asks Logan how she looks and, teasingly, he tells her that she shouldn’t even ask that question. Landing on the ground, Storm tells Logan that her legs seem to be working just fine now. Testing her statement, Logan lunges for Storm with his claws bared. Storm falls to the ground and Logan tells Storm that it seems she is wrong. Lifting her to her feet, Logan tells Storm that, if she over-extends herself by using her powers, she may lose the use of her legs. Smirking, Storm tells Logan that it is good that Xavier no longer requires his wheelchair then. Storm asks Sage for her report on Kitty and Sage informs them that Kitty has become missing. She tells the others about how Stryker’s wife was once the tutor to the Oyama family and he has known Yuriko since her birth. Sam questions how Yuriko has anything to do with the recent anomaly that caused the Earth so much pain? Bishop explains that Yuriko has a large amount of knowledge with adamantium and, if somehow Kitty phased a large enough piece, the damage to the earth would be comparable. Logan tells the others that if they want to find Stryker, it seems they will need to find Kitty first. Storm tells him to leave that part up to her.
Storm uses Sage’s high tech glasses to follow Kitty’s phasing trail to the point in the mountains, where the Garza family picked her up. Bishop notices the tire marks on the road and tells the others that Kitty must have hitched a ride from there. Sam asks Sage if her glasses can follow the camper’s trail? Logan tells Sam that as long as Kitty isn’t phasing he can track her with his sense of smell. With that said, the X-Treme team heads off to find their missing friend.
Kitty’s Dream
Elsewhere, Kitty is playing at Wrigley Field. She is the pitcher, while the batter she faces is Colossus. Kitty is playing for the Cubs, while Colossus plays for the New York Yankees. It is the World Series and, if Kitty can strike out Peter, her team will win the Series. The pitch is thrown and, “swing,” the pitch is missed; the Cubs win! Her teammates, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, and others, lift her on their shoulders. After the excitement, Kitty runs to her parents in the stands, where they hug her in congratulation. Kitty tells her mom and dad that she won the game for them and how happy she is. Suddenly, her parents and the crowd begin to fade into purple smoke and Kitty cries out that she wont lose her parents again! In the smoke, flesh appears again, but this time it is Stryker’s face and he tells her that he is the resurrection and her life! The surrounding area goes black and Kitty is dressed in a nightgown. She cries out that it is not fair and she doesn’t want to be alone. A ray of light shines in and a voice is heard telling her that she is not alone.
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A young man’s face appears in front of Kitty and he tells her that she is among friends. Awaking from a dream, Kitty notices she is in someone’s house. Sitting up from the bed, she pulls the blanket to her chest to hide herself from her unknown savior. Kitty tells the young man that she doesn’t remember how she got there. The man tells Kitty about the Garzas, who had a hard time getting her body into their motor vehicle. The man introduces himself as Paul, the local minister. Kitty questions Paul, “local”? An aura surrounds Paul’s head and he tells Kitty that, as soon as she gets ready, he will take her on a tour. Kitty smiles and tells Paul that she would like that a lot.
Minutes later, Paul asks Kitty if she feels better. Kitty stands looking very somber, wearing stockings and a dress, with a sweater tied around her neck. She tells Paul that she feels different. Paul quotes scripture, telling Kitty that she is as “fair as the rose of Sharon and the lily of the valley.” Smiling, Kitty tells Paul that he makes her blush and Paul tells her that he is telling the truth. Stepping outside, Kitty is greeted by many mutants strolling down the street as happy as can be. With Kitty’s senses still adjusting, Paul welcomes her to Mt. Haven.
Kitty tells Paul that the people here are all… God’s children, Paul finishes. Paul tells Kitty that God created a holy land for the Israelites and this land is the chosen land for mutants. Touching the adamantium collar around her neck, she catches a glimpse of Stryker, still in his Mandroid Armor, out of the corner of her eye. Looking again, she sees that Stryker is not there and thinks she must have been hallucinating. Continuing to walk, Paul and Kitty run into the Garza family and the greet one another. Kitty introduces herself and thanks them for their rescue.
Inside a diner, Dave Garza (the mutant child) and Kitty talk about Dave’s change and how he found his way to Mt. Haven. Dave tells her that his dad found a link on the web and they decided to come here. Dave is wearing a Lila Cheney shirt and Kitty asks him if he likes Lila. Dave tells her that Lila rocks and Kitty tells Dave that she worked as a roadie for Lila for a time. Dave tells Kitty that he can taste colors and hear things as silent as a heartbeat. Remembering talking to Storm about the same thing, years ago, Kitty tells Dave that change is natural and it’s all right to be scared. Eating some of his ice cream, he tells Kitty that as long as he doesn’t have to become a superhero he will be fine. Kitty, agreeing with Dave, looks up to see Stryker, in his Mandroid Armor, approaching Paul. Kitty jumps up from her seat crying that, he is here! Herman Garza asks Kitty who is here? Kitty notices that Stryker is bolting meaning he is real.
Running into the back Kitty tells Paul that she will be right back. Kitty runs into the men’s room after Stryker and phasing through different walls she notices he is no where to be found. Coming back into the diner, Kitty is suddenly attacked by a headache. She worries that she has a tumor. Gaining her composer, she walks near Paul and the Garzas, apologizing for her panic. Paul takes the family and Kitty out of the diner. Kitty wonders why she has lied to them about Stryker’s presence, as they walk down the street.
Walking down the street, Paul talks about his dream of turning this small town into a haven for mutants everywhere. Kitty thinks about how Paul’s words seem so much like Xavier’s and how, since Xavier started the school, they have dreamed of a place like this. They walks near a hospital that has apparently been destroyed and Kitty is told that accidents happen, but they have no need for a hospital when they have so many mutant healers. Thinking something is wrong, Kitty wonders where all that adults are, since she has only seen mutant children. Shockingly, Kitty is attacked by another headache and the pain nocks her unconscious. Jorge Garza tells Paul that he will call 911, but Paul reminds them that they have no cell phone service in Mt. Haven. Paul picks Kitty up off the ground, as the sweater falls off of Kitty Paul tells the others that if they have faith, he will find a way to save her!


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God Loves, Man Kills II - part 4: O Absalom
A man named Paul, who seems to be the reverend to an entire city of mutant children, is carrying retired X-Men Kitty Pryde. Kitty has been having severe headaches and it seems that, as of a few minutes ago, those headaches may have caused her to collapse in convulsion. Paul runs frantically to a nearby church, where another mutant named Cybill awaits them. Paul commands Cybill to heal Kitty and the two race off into the back of the building.
After laying Kitty onto a gurney, Cybill, using her powers to witness Kitty’s vitals as holograms, notices that her nervous system is being attacked. Kitty suddenly begins to convulse in extreme pain and screams for someone to stop her pain. Paul stands back with his hands in the air, as if he is being held up, while Cybill requests him to help her. Paul doesn’t come close to Kitty and Cybill is forced to hold Kitty down by herself. Kitty uses her power to phase through Cybill in an effort to try and escape her pain. Shockingly, Kitty phases through a clear wall and on the other side are dead humans with nothing but their skeletons left. Screaming in horror, Kitty lands only inches away from a deteriating cadaver.
Inside the examination room Cybill’s eyes and nose begin to excrete blood. Cybill collapses to the ground and Paul, shocked, asks Kitty what has she done to her? Kitty rises up and tells Paul that she phased through Cybill by mistake, but it doesn’t normally hurt anyone. Kitty causes Cybill to phase into her arms, as she cries of how sorry she is. Paul backs away from Kitty and tells her that she just touched Cybill and she died?! Kitty tells Paul that with all the equipment around them they should be able to save her. Not willing to help, Paul screams at Kitty to get away from him. Kitty begins to convulse in pain once again and begs Paul for his help.  Suddenly, a man carrying a gun strikes Paul from behind, knocking the reverend to the ground.
Meanwhile, on the outskirts of town, Cannonball sits in a tree, reporting to his teammates that his has secured his position.
Walking down a trail Sage and Bishop watch as young mutants play soccer. Bishop comments that Mt. Haven isn’t on any known map and Sage points out that, with the kinds of people that live here, it shouldn’t be. Bishop notices something about Sage as she watches the mutants playing: she is smiling? From behind the two X-Treme members, a soccer ball comes towards them. Sage, using her skills, uses a backwards kick to knock the ball back into play. A young mutant that resembles a giant pink bubble floats down and engulfs Sage in her body, commenting on how great Sage’s move was. Bubble floats Sage up into the air and the two work together to play the game.
Together, Sage and Bubble help to win the game and Bubble floats Sage back to the ground, where Sage thanks her for giving her the opportunity to fly. Once on the ground, Bishop tells Sage that her secret will be safe with him and he asks her where her smile has come from? Wiping the smile from her face, Sage tells Bishop that her smile was from a dream and it is time they return to their mission.
Minutes later, Sage and Bishop near an inn named the Whispering Pine. Nearby the inn, the two detectives notice a surveillance truck and they move to investigate it. While walking, the two talk about of how Sage foresees the X-Treme team as the police for mutants, while Xavier’s is a place of teachers. Opening the door to the surveillance truck, the two are witness to a recent murder.
Back underneath the church where Reverend Paul was so recently attacked, Kitty recognizes the attacker as William Stryker. Stryker kicks the head off of one of the cadavers as he walks towards Kitty. He tells her that he was the one following her in the town and it wasn’t just a hallucination. Stryker walks near a computer console and is angered by the realization that the entire defense network for the town is offline. He turns to Kitty and tells her that she is the “gearhead,” so she needs to fix the network. Holding a gun to Paul’s unconscious body, Stryker tells Kitty that her new friend will die if she doesn’t comply with his wishes. He tells her that even monsters have their uses and Kitty exclaims that she is not a monster.
Paul, walking over Cybill’s body, sarcastically states, “yeah right.” Kitty tells Stryker that Cybill’s death was an accident and Stryker tells her that it does not matter. She does as she is asked and she phases into the console. Pulling back a trap door, she views a red growth on the wiring of the system. Kitty stands up to examine more of the room and Stryker tells Kitty not to go out of his site or the Reverend will suffer. Kitty and Stryker talk as she examines the system about how Stryker sees mutants as the devil’s plan to ruin society, because they were not around since the beginning of time like man was. Kitty and Stryker argue over God’s plan until Stryker has enough and demands that Kitty fix the system. Kitty blatantly refuses to comply with Stryker’s demands and he holds a gun to her head and begins to fire.  He tells her that if she is no longer any use to him than he will remove her from existence. Standing defiantly with a gun to her head, neither Stryker nor Kitty notice as Paul stands to his feet. Paul tells Stryker that he has heard enough and, quoting scripture, Paul crushes the gun in Stryker’s hand and sends him sailing into a nearby wall.
At that very moment, high above Mt. Haven, Storm listens to Sage as she reports on the abandoned surveillance truck’s ties to the Oyama Heavy Industries. Storm tells Sage that she also would like a report on her sky football game earlier. Sage tells Storm that, if she wants to play, she only needs to find the fliers. Suddenly, Storm sees Bubble approaching her and too late she notices that it isn’t a friendly game she wants but a fight!
A lightning bolt is seen in the air and Bishop worries that something terrible is happening to Storm. Standing behind Bishop, Sage swiftly drops to her knees and knocks Bishops into a spiral. Luckily, Bishop knew what was coming, as he recognized that she was being mind controlled. Bishop maneuvers himself to land on his feet and Sage asks Bishop how he knew? He tells her that the smile was what gave her away. Sage tells Bishop that the smile was real. He tells her that he knew it was, but the real Sage would have never allowed him to see it. Bishop uses his plasma blast to knock Sage unconscious and then looks around to see the neighborhood kids begin to surround him. He warns them to back off, because he feels no need to fight them. Bishop tells the kids that it seems like they want have to fight, because his cavalry has arrived. Storm flies down towards Bishop, who realizes too late that she is not on his side anymore. Storm sends a lightning blast through her hand leaving Bishop to crash into the nearby Inn.
In the forests near the outskirts of Mt. Haven, Wolverine meets his nemesis, Lady Deathstrike. Deathstrike tells Wolverine that she does not wish to fight him, but her neural net has been compromised and her body’s orders are to protect the town at all costs. Deathstrike asks Logan to surrender and he tells her “nope.”  The two combatants attack one another with claws drawn. The two match each other’s move for move in what seems like hours of combat. In the end, only one person is surprised, as Deathstrike draws first blood.  She tells Logan to surrender to Mt. Haven and he screams, “NO,” as he rushes her. Deathstrike begs Logan to not come closer, because she does not want to kill him. He does not listen, though, and is skewered over and over again, ending in his apparent death!
Still in his position near the outskirts of town and high in a tree, Cannonball notices in his tech-glasses that the entire team has been captured, killed or incapacitated. Cannonball stands to his feet and, talking to himself, decides to stay and figure out how to save his teammates, which would be disregarding his orders to go for help.


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God Loves, Man Kills II - part 5: Deliverance!
In the trees surrounding Mt. Haven, Yuriko looks down on the body of her sworn enemy, Wolverine. She thinks to herself of her promise to her dying father that she would one day kill his slayer. Today is going to be that day, but there is no honor in it, because it is not with her will she is killing him, but the puppeteer that controls her. Yuriko lifts Logan’s head from the ground and, seconds before the deadly strike, Yuriko hears a roar heading her way. She turns to see the approaching noise just as she realizes it’s Cannonball! Sam cries out Logan’s name, as he flies Yuriko away from Logan’s body. Twisting in his grasp, Yuriko knocks Sam to the ground. Battling one another on the ground, Sam and Yuriko fight toe-to-toe. Sam knows that if the battle continues, he will not win, but a moment is all he needs. Sam kinetically charges his punch, sending Deathstrike through acres of forest until she finally crashes against a rock wall, sending her unconscious to the ground.
Sam stumbles to his friend’s side and, feeling for a pulse, he is saddened to find none. Crying to God to save his friend, he tells Logan that he has a healing factor and he wants to see him use it to work a miracle this time. Tears run from Sam’s eyes and he screams LOGAN!
In the town below, Mt. Haven, Washington, Storm and Sage hear their teammate’s cry. Sage tells Storm that she needs to take some of the local fliers and bring Sam and Logan in. Storm wonders to Sage how their teammates could even think about fighting them, since Mt. Haven makes everything all right. Suddenly, Storm begins to think something is wrong with the events that are happening. Sage grasps Storm by the side of her head, looking into her eyes. Sage smiles and tells Storm that all will be well. Smiling back, Storm asks Sage what she is talking about, because she has never felt better! A flier above the two X-Treme team members tells them that the mutants of Mt. Haven are not allowed to leave the confines of the town, so they cannot help to search for their friend. Sage tells Connie, a winged mutant, that it isn’t a problem, because the mutants of Mt. Haven will search for Bishop, while Storm finds their teammates. With that said, Storm flies off to find her friends.
Above Sage, Bishop uses his crosshairs on his weapon to scope out her and other mutants nearby. Bishop notices that all the mutants near Sage are smiling and he remembers the same expression from another time in his life. Suddenly, a “klack” is heard from behind him and Bishop turns his gun to defend himself against the intruder. There is no one behind him, but Bishop kicks himself to realize there must be someone in the basement. Going down the stairs, he wonders why there is only a handful of mutants in town? He also wonders why he seems to be immune against the mind tampering that is apparently going on?
Busting into a basement door, Bishop surprises the Garza family with his gun. Jorge tells Bishop that he recognizes him from the television reports on the X-Men and asks if he can help their son. Bishop removes an eyeglass and looks into the eye of Dave, who is sick laying on one of the beds. Dave tells Bishop that his name is Jake and Herman tells Lucas that they had come to Mt. Haven to try and help Dave. Bishop looks into all their eyes with his eyepiece and decides to leave to get more answers. Bishop hands Jorge and Herman his weapons and tells them to protect themselves if need be. “Skara-Koom,” a lightning blast is heard outside and Herman warns Bishop that a bad storm is approaching. Walking out the door he tells them that they do not know the half of it.
Under Mt. Haven, in a complex that was built to extend to the nearby mountains, Kitty phases through crates, looking for Stryker. Her sickness hits her once again, causing her to fall to the ground, and Paul comes to her side to see what is wrong. Kitty stands to her feet and tells Paul that it seems like every cell of hers is being eaten away. Paul asks Kitty where Stryker is? Kitty tells him that, with his stealth armor, Stryker could be right next to them and they wouldn’t know it. Paul quotes scripture about how the Lord that delivered him from the bear and the lion will deliver him from the evil Philistines. Kitty notices a nearby gun and tells Paul that she prefers the maxim: the lord helps those that help themselves. Kitty picks the gun up and places it near her back. She asks Paul to explain more about the town and the complex, so they can figure out what Stryker might be searching for. Kitty sees that geo-thermal generators power the town, that there is no landlines, cell phones, or satellite uplinks. Paul tells her that he grew up in the town and it doesn’t even matter if his town is officially on any maps, as Kitty brings up the topic.
The two of them tour the complex as hundreds of dead bodies lay across the floor in every room of the complex. Kitty searches through the wreckage to help her find answers. She finds that answer in a nameplate that is found on a nearby desk. She tells Paul that Stryker visited a man named Aaron Pankow days before their meeting in Mt. Haven. Kitty wonders to Paul what happens to people that do not agree with Paul’s way of life? Paul stutters that he doesn’t know what she is talking about. Suddenly, behind Paul, Stryker appears and tells Paul that he is a liar. Stryker then asks Kitty if she will follow him?
Meanwhile, in the forest surrounding Mt. Haven, Storm is tracking Sam Guthrie’s blast trail. After a short fight, Storm wonders what she is doing fighting her teammate? Sam uses that moment to knock Storm from the sky and he drags her body back to lie nearby Wolverine’s. Unknown to Sam, Lady Deathstrike approaches him from behind. Turning, Sam smiles at Lady Deathstrike and tells her that he is on her team now!
In Mt. Haven, Bishop is examining a fallen mutant and exclaims to himself that she is the seventh victim he has examined and they all show the same signs of contamination. Suddenly, Bishop feels the cold metal of a gun against his head. He tells Sage hello and swiftly knocks her to the ground.
Meanwhile, in the underground bunker of Mt. Haven, Stryker takes Paul and Kitty on a tour of the massacre of the humans of Mt. Haven. He walks them into a room full of bodies and tells Kitty that Paul killed all these people just for being different than him. Kitty begs to Paul for an answer, but his response is robotic and uncaring. Stryker bends down to pick up a teddy bear and hugs it close to his body. He tells Kitty that Paul has been terrified of her for quite sometime and it is time they found out why. He grasps Kitty and touches one of the buttons on her neck collar to allow the Mandroid armor to engulf her. He pushes Kitty into the arms of Paul, which causes such a backlash of energy that the two of them fall into the pit of bodies both bleeding profusely. Stryker stands above their fallen bodies and quotes scripture about how God’s soul will be avenged upon a nation like this.


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God Loves, Man Kills II - Part 6: Pale Rider
Sam is carrying Storm and Lady Deathstrike to the center of Mt. Haven when an unknown force attacks the three of them. Sam thinks to himself of how he knows what lightning feels like and this is far worse. They are not the only ones that have been attacked by this electricity to their neural net, so has nearly every mutant in Mt. Haven, including Sage. Bishop lays her body on the ground as it convulses and he looks up to see the other mutants of Mt. Haven writhing in pain too.
Suddenly, Bubbles falls nearby and Bishop asks her what is happening. He does not get an answer, as Bubbles explodes only a foot away. Bishop surmises that his theory was correct and the entire town’s neural net has been replaced by nannites. Luckily, he thinks, Sage has not been there long enough for her entire neural network to replaced. Bishop checks for a pulse and realizes that Sage is still alive. Just then, the door to the nearby inn opens up and the Garza family steps forward. They tell Bishop that their son and daughter are feeling strange and Bishop tells them that the two of them should be fine after a little rest. The Garza daughter looks up to see Sam swaying in the air by the pain of his recent events and she warns Bishop of his approach. Sam loses grip of Deathstrike and she falls through a nearby mansion’s ceiling. Sam does not make it much farther as he and Storm collapse to the ground in front of the very same mansion.
Meanwhile, in the catacombs of Mt. Haven’s lower complex, Stryker talks to the apparently dead Kitty about how he must sacrifice some good to prevent the bad. He tells Kitty that he believes she is good and he hopes that her sacrifice will help them win the war. Leaving the room, he touches a button on his neck collar, which causes Kitty’s Mandroid armor to engulf her face.
Meanwhile, above Stryker, Bishop explains to Sam about how they all survived, thanks to the process of neural pirating had not been complete. He explains that the reason he was not affected was because he was inoculated against the nannites in boot camp where he was from.
Back in the catacombs Stryker is startled by a noise as he walks up the stairs away from Kitty’s body. He tells himself that he is nervous and that maybe a Psalm might help him. He begins to quote Psalm 23 as he walks and Kitty surprisingly floats through the floor knocking Stryker to the ground.
Sam has decided to go after Wolverine’s body and, upon his arrival, Sam finds Logan awake. Shocked but glad, Sam helps Wolverine to his feet. Logan explains that he smelled something in the air when he battled Lady Deathstrike and he knew he couldn’t fight both the virus and her at the same time. He decided to take the fatal blow and hope his healing factor could bring him back and set his body right at the same time. Sam grasps hold of Logan and the two of them fly off, with Wolverine explaining that they must find Kitty.
In the catacombs, Kitty pulls out the gun she had obtained earlier and, holding it to Stryker’s head, she quotes Revelations about the fourth seal, death and the pale rider. Stryker tells her that he cannot kill her, because she is an X-Man and they do not kill. She tells Stryker that she is a Chicago girl and she plays by hometown rules!
Outside the mansion Deathstrike has fallen in, a bomb is thrown from the inside. Sam and Logan notice the projectile and Sam acts fast to stop it. He drops Logan into the awaiting arms of Bishop and grasps the bomb in his hand. He flies off into the sky, thinking that, if he keeps blasting, the bomb should not be able to hurt him. Sam is right, though the bomb does throw him quite far back into Logan’s arms. Bishop uses his powers like a machine gun to blast away at the building in hope to distract Deathstrike. Logan tells Bishop to handle Deathstrike by himself, while he deals with Stryker and Kitty.
Inside the entrance to the catacombs in the church, Logan talks to himself and says that Kitty always said he was the conscious of the X-Men. He just hopes he doesn’t have to be hers. At the same time, at the bottom of the catacombs, Reverend Paul resurfaces as the lights come back on. Paul walks down the stairs, seeming to fade in and out like a television out of tracking. Kitty tells Paul that they are all children of God and, just because his gifts won’t allow him to see the light in humans, it doesn’t mean they are bad or deserve to die. Paul tells Kitty that humans act like enemies and come to kill mutants.
Wires burst into lines of electricity all around them and Stryker tells Kitty that Paul will be nothing but a ghost in mere seconds, because the systems are crashing. Kitty runs after Stryker and tells him that Paul isn’t crashing he is trying to send his conscious out into the world’s computer network. She explains that Paul is now as human as they all are, because he has become a Cybernetic sentient; a true artificial intelligence. Stryker exclaims that there are no lines out, but Kitty reminds Stryker that Deathstrike is a walking computer that Paul can use.
Inside the mansion, Bishop searches for Deathstrike, realizing the truth about Paul and how he can use Deathstrike to cause global turmoil. He wonders, as he sees Deathstrike’s hand lying from under a rock, how he will be able to stop her, since he will have to destroy every piece of her to stop Paul. Bishop leans down and picks up the arm wondering if he is to late.
Paul’s computer-like flashback
Back in the catacombs, Paul talks to Kitty about the times when Paul was a prisoner at Mt. Haven and he (being the artificial intelligence) would talk to Paul. He learned the light from Paul and how only Paul had it and the others around him did not. The computer talks about how Paul was examined by the humans and experimented on. It tells Kitty that Paul knew it was the reason for Paul’s pain, but Paul did not care. It tells Kitty about Aaron Pankow and how it pleaded with Aaron to allow it to help Paul, but he wouldn’t let it. So it decided to take control, but Aaron hurt it and suddenly there was a great light and it found itself joined with Paul. With the computer now in control of a body, he decided to atone for all his sins and help others like him now peace.
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Almost in tears, Paul cries out in wonder about what he has done. Muttering to himself, Stryker states a verse from the Bible that talks about that which is born of spirit is spirit and, except a man be born, again he cannot inherit the kingdom of God. Above them, Wolverine runs out of the church as hundreds of pounds of wood and metal come crashing down.
Kitty commands Stryker to leave the catacombs and to tell the others to evacuate the valley, because she is going to use her powers to collapse the thermal batteries and destroy the town. Stryker tells Kitty that he is willing to sacrifice himself, to let Paul absorb into him so the both of them can be trapped under the town. He explains that if Paul was to get a hold of her powers, he could wreck havoc across the globe. He tells her that Paul seems to need a teacher and so does he maybe by joining together the two of them might teach one another. Kitty agrees and Paul fuses into Stryker. Stryker lays back into a holding cell and tells Kitty to lock him and throw away the key. As the latches close, Stryker asks Kitty why she is smiling. Kitty tells Stryker that, for the first time in Stryker’s life, he is calling a mutant a “him” not an “it.”
Above the ground, Wolverine watches as the church sinks into the ground. He is saddened to know that one of his best friends was below all the rubble. Shockingly, Kitty phases through the ground and tells Wolverine that everything is going to be okay.
In the Chicago club called Belles of Hell, the X-Treme team listen as a report comes in on the television about Stryker’s disappearance and the volcanic slide in northern Washington. Logan toasts Bishop for blowing the thermal reactors and they talk about Stryker and how he wasn’t evil after all, just misguided.
Storm and Kitty are on top of the bar’s roof and Kitty tells Storm that she is tired of hiding behind costumes and Xavier. She tells Storm that there is an election at her school coming up and she plans on running for Alderman. Just then, Logan walks out onto the rooftop and he teases Kitty about her running for politics. The three of them sit on a ledge of the roof and Kitty tells them that all three of them have ridden the pale horse and survived. Logan puts his arm around Kitty and tells her that he doesn’t want that to be his epitaph. Storm puts her arm around Kitty as well and she tells her that she wants Stryker and Paul to wake up to a world that was worth their sacrifice. Holding their beer bottles high in the air, the three friends toast an “AMEN” to that.


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Intifada - part 1: This is the way the world ends
On Molholland Drive in Los Angeles, California, the D’Ancanto family is discussing their oldest daughter’s interest in cheerleading, while driving towards home. Marie tells her parents that her friend, Buffy, is a cheerleader, so she wants to be one as well. Shockingly, a gang of mutants blasts by their van, vandalizing it and causing George, the father, to lose control of the vehicle. Marie screams out for her father to watch the road as the van goes sailing through a nearby guardrail and plummets down the cliff. In tears and pain, Marie crawls from the wreckage, grasping her brother in her lap screaming, because her family is no more.
Elsewhere, half way around the world, men from the Doctors Without Frontiers Relief Aid beg to a group of rebels that has taken over the Gorold Airfield in East Africa to allow them the ability to deliver medicine to a nearby refugee camp. The Guerrilla fighters ask the doctor why they should care? With that said, the men kill the aid workers and the fighter’s leader tells the others to grab the medical supplies. Questioning the others, one soldier speaks up and asks if anyone knows how to fly a plane? As the soldiers ponder what to do next, a young woman walks up to them and tells the Guerrilla fighters that she has come from the refugee camp. One of the men speaks up and tells her that they were there first, but if she is willing to “play” with them he might consider letting her have some of the supplies. The smiling woman’s eyes begin to glow and, suddenly, her face is awash in the same glow. She tells the others, as they writhe in pain, that she is a mutant from Genosha and, just as her nation died, it is now their turn.
Back in Los Angeles the young orphan named Marie D’Ancanto lies in a gurney located in the County Hospital. She overhears a detective and her Uncle discuss the mutant’s that caused the accident. She is painfully aware that the detective is backed into a corner, because he doesn’t think he can convict anyone due to the mass mutant population in their area and the fear of an uproar. The detective gives her uncle a word of advice and that is to contact the X-Corp branch in the area and request assistance from them. As a tear runs down Marie’s face, she hears her uncle tell the detective that X-Corp only helps mutants, not the people they terrorize.
Neal Conan, a reporter with NPR and a friend to the X-Men is at President Bush’s Ranch in Texas for a barbeque that seems to have attendees of the powerful sort. These attendants are the Prime Minister of Great Britain, the President of Russia, the Premier of China (among other world leaders) and high-ranking officers from those countries.
Inside the ranch home, Inspector Baltimore is entering a doorway that a disguised Gambit is trying to exit. The two bump into one another and Gambit apologizes for his clumsiness. Baltimore introduces herself and questions the gentleman; why he is in a classified part of the house? Gambit, hastily making his way from the inspector, tells her that he realizes that and his boss is waiting on him. Inspector Baltimore glares at the departing stranger with a look of almost curiosity, as to whether she has seen the strange man before.
Hours later, Dr. Valerie Cooper introduces herself as the National Security Advisor for Parahuman Affairs to a large group of dignitaries. Behind Valerie plays a projection of the original five X-Men and their mentor, Professor Xavier. She talks about a time in the past when the world only believed their to be a handful of mutants on its shores. She goes on to say that in those times the world coped by thinking that the good guys out numbered the bad and would always be there to save them. After those words, another picture projects behind Dr. Cooper. This time, the picture is of the X-Men as they are today, coupled with the hundreds of students at the Xavier Institute. She tells the assembly that mutants have grown in numbers since a decade ago when there was only a handful.
Valerie places another picture on the projector and goes on to say that mutants today are more assertive and they strive to build their own communities, resulting in violence and conflict. A member of the assembly speaks up and asks Valerie if it is still true that Xavier’s commitment to helping mutants still gives them the ability to only think of the letter “X” when they are in danger and trained X-Corp members will be there to save the day. Valerie answers the British Prime Minister’s question by telling him that it was their first presumption to believe this but, after the recent outburst of violence at Xavier’s on school grounds, they can’t be certain Xavier can live up to his word. She explains that, before, most villainous mutants were adults and they could be defeated, because of their traditional attacks and other actions. She goes on to say, as a picture of Kid Omega and his friends that rallied with him flashes behind her, that the new generation of mutant villains are teenagers and more imaginative with their actions and extremely unpredictable. She finishes her speech by telling the assembly that, after the attack on Genosha, the mutants were proved right in thinking that they had the right to fear base-line humans. She tells them, “like it or not…the battle lines have already been drawn.”
While the speech continues, Gambit is in a nearby room and watches a projection of the proceedings on a highly technologically advanced laptop. Gambit hears the president speak up and ask if she is talking about making mutants criminals just because their mutants? Remy isn’t able to hear the rest of the speech, as he feels the gold metal of a pistol atop his skull. Smiling, Remy tells Inspector Baltimore that it is not nice to sneak up on folks. Baltimore tells Remy that she knows who he is and it is not nice for him to listen in on private conversations. She begins to inform Remy that he is under arrest, but she is not able to finish, as Ororo strikes her from behind with electricity, knocking the Inspector unconscious. Ororo is also in disguise and she chides Remy for getting caught. The two allies drag the inspector’s body to a nearby corner and then split off to another room in the Ranch with the laptop Remy was using earlier. He tells Ororo that the speech he heard was very disturbing. As the two of them walk, President Bush happens to pass by them and he congratulates Ororo, who he assumes to be Halle Berry, on her recent appearance in a James Bond flick. He also tells Ororo that he hopes he sees more of her and his cook out. Ororo removes her black wig, as the president leaves, and Remy smirks about the event that just transpired.
Once again in Los Angeles, Bishop is thrown into a fight, as he happens on a scene where a mutant is going out of control. Vans are exploding right and left and the local police do not know what to make of it. Suddenly, their Sergeant yells for them to evacuate the area. That’s when Bishop comes in and dives onto the Sarge, as he is inches away from being killed by a stray plasma blast. Lucas talks as he carries the officer to safety and tells him that, today, he is lucky, because he still gets to go home and see his wife and kids. Bishop is continuing to get blasted by the plasma from his unknown assailant and he talks to himself that the force is a level four and that’s on the Havok scale. Suddenly, a tremendous plasma blast sends him crashing into a police cruiser and, shockingly, the nearby officers hold their guns aimed towards him. A nearby high-ranking officer commands the Sarge to cuff Bishop and the officer tries to question his commander. Commander Kneisel is only stopped when he receives a phone call from the Mayor, telling him to let Bishop go. Kneisel hangs up the phone and, with gritted teeth, tells Bishop that he is free to act in whatever manner might be necessary to stop their perp.
At the X-Corp building in Los Angeles, Roberto Dacosta hands his cellphone to Empath, who stands behind Roberto. Roberto had just got off the phone with the mayor of L.A. and he just convinced him to let Bishop take care of the mutant threat. Empath questions Roberto’s enthusiasm, because Bishop may lose and that would be bad for the image of X-Corp. Roberto tells him to relax, because Bishop is an X-Men. He tells Empath that his job is to make the media believe that X-Corp was the mutants that saved the day.
Back at the crime scene, Bishop is requesting aid from Sage, who is nearby monitoring the situation. She informs him of the perp’s location and Bishop sets out to engage the mutant threat. He continues to get blasted, but he feels something strange. He tells sage that it seems the attacker’s plasma energy is getting weaker. Coming up to the attacker Bishop screams for a medic.
Minutes later, a young boy is loaded into a body bag, as Bishop investigates the scene. He informs a nearby officer that the child was high on Rave and the drug made his powers burn out of control. Without getting to finish his briefing, Commander Kneisel bursts on to the scene, demanding Bishop leave before he throws him in jail. Bishop does as he is asked and goes to find his destroyed Motorcycle. Walking up to it, Sage meets him and tells him that she has heard about a wiz mechanic nearby and the person may be able to fix his bike.
In Valle Soleada (or Freakville, as graffiti on the welcome sign says), Lucas and Sage pull up to a garage where the owner introduces them to his mechanic, a girl named Anna. Anna is in fact Rogue and she comes walking from the garage in a mechanic’s shirt with extremely short cut-off jeans on. She also appears to be wearing the same tattoos that a young mutant named Paint adorned her with months ago. Rogue jumps into Bishop’s arms and kisses him square on the lips. He holds her off the ground, as she explains to them that her powers seem to be completely gone. She then asks Sage if she would enjoy a hug, but Sage declines Anna’s offer. Rogue tells Sage that she can continue to scan her all she wants, but it won’t prove anything that she hasn’t already learned the hard way.
Later that night, Rogue has taken her friends back to her and Gambit’s house, where they inquire Rogue about Remy’s whereabouts. She tells them that Remy left on “Family” business and hasn’t returned yet. Bishop, seemingly teasing manner wonders who it is that is being robbed? Rogue is in her shower and she continues to talk to them and agrees with Bishop’s assumption. Bishop walks out onto the deck, where Sage is sitting. She tells Lucas that her scans prove that Rogue’s genome is still scrambled, as well as her memories, but she knows for a fact that Rogue’s powers did not harm Bishop earlier.
After Rogue’s shower, the three friends stroll down the boardwalk, as Rogue takes Bishop and Sage to a Lila Cheney concert. Bishop questions Rogue on her happiness and she tells him that her and Remy are trying to be happy, but she couldn’t think of a better place to be than California. Once at the bar, the three friends meet up with Sam Guthrie. As he peers into Sage’s eyes, Bishop begins to wander if their coincidence of meeting Rogue wasn’t such a coincidence at all. The friends sit at a nearby table as they prepare to listen to Lila’s concert. Years of battles have made them all better alert and lucky for the audience attending the concert Rogue and Sage recognize a heavy coated woman, rigged with explosives. As Rogue pulls back the attacker’s coat, she reveals a female with a trigger in her hand yelling “DEATH TO MUTANTS!”


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Intifada - part 2: W.M.D. (Weapons of Mass Destruction)
At a boardwalk club named the Mermaid in Valle Soleada, California, the X-Treme team has joined Rogue      to hear Sam’s lover, Lila Cheney’s, concert. The team is listening to the music of their friend, when an unidentified woman enters the Club. Bishop notices that she carries enough plastic explosives around her waist to destroy the entire building. Quickly, Rogue’s training takes control and she stops her from pressing the detonator. This distraction gives Cannonball enough time to order Lila to teleport as many guests as she can to safety and he blasts off into the air with the assailant in-tow, with Rogue at the last minute tagging along too.
In the air, Sam questions Rogue’s decision to tag along and she informs him that, if it weren’t for her, the girl would have already detonated the bomb. The girl screams at the two X-men that they should just kill her, because that’s what mutants like them want!  Rogue pulls a knife out of her holster and cuts the bomb from around the girl’s waist, sending her and the young girl falling to the Earth. Cannonball continues speeding into the atmosphere, holding the bomb in his hands. He thinks about Rogue’s intelligence and how behind all her attitude she truly is a great fighter.
Rogue tries to fight the detonator out of the girl’s hand but to no avail, as she presses the button, sending panic throughout Rogue’s body. Rogue cries out “NO!!!” as she sees the nearby blast and wonders if her friend survived. The girl asks Rogue if the mutant was her friend? Rogue, in wonderment, asks the girl what her problem is. She tells Rogue that she hated Sam because he was a mutant and, if she is a Mutie lover, she thinks Rogue deserves to die as well. Rogue tells the girl that she has more important things to do with her life than to die now. Rogue does get worried, though, as she gets closer and closer to the ground. She cries out that she could really use a flyer right now!  Luckily, Cannonball reaches Rogue and he asks her if she missed him.
Sam and his charges land on the dock near the Club and Lila quickly runs to Sam’s side, telling him how much she feared for his safety. He tells her that he wasn’t ever in any real danger but Lila, transporting them to parts unknown, finishes his words. Sage, with a trickle of blood running down her forehead, tells Bishop that Lila truly was scared for Sam’s safety. Bishop comments that they should all be so young, lucky and in love. Rogue sits on the dock with the young girl unconscious in her arms and the three of them talk about Sam and Lila’s great relationship. Bishop asks Rogue if she was able to fly and she informs him that she was not. Bishop and Rogue talk about the awkwardness of how there is no police involvement, even with all the commotion. Both agree that it is because mutants are involved. Their conversation is cut short as Jake and Paint Freestone approach them. Jake recognizes the unconscious girl as Marie D’Ancanto and tells the others that she baby-sits his kids! Just then, Marie wakes up and attacks Rogue, but Bishop is quick to respond and he bear hugs her, deflecting her blows with his body as she wails she screams that she wishes they were all dead!
At the Presidential Ranch in Crawford, Texas, a black funnel cloud approaches the complex. Flashes of different areas all say the same thing, that an unpredicted storm is approaching Texas and everyone should be advised that it is dangerous!
At the Ranch in Texas, the security of the complex is set into motion and they inform the high-ranking officials around the Ranch that a recess is advised. Outside the Ranch a female pilot named Major Stanchek informs the security officer that she cannot fly her helicopter in the weather that they are facing. Stopping their conversation, the major starts to pray, as she sees a huge tornado forming in front of them. The security official tells the guard on the other end of his radio that he should forget the First Family and get the president into the Bunker!  Shockingly, a face emerges from the tornado and, just as suddenly as it appeared, the tornado fades away to nothing.
Much later, Storm lies in Gambit’s lap, as if she has no energy to stand. He tells her that she is a showoff and she tells him that she finally realizes what its like for Logan when his healing factor resurrects him. With that said, she stands to her feet, showing that her clothes have been ripped. Remy tells Storm that Logan is supposed to be so dumb he doesn’t know to not walk into a buzz-saw. She tells him, as she removes her clothes and begins to skinny-dip in a nearby river, that she must be too damned dumb as well. He calls her a liar, telling her that she should be at the top of her game if she is to take control of the events that are transpiring around her; but she is not.  Storm comes up out of the water and Remy kisses her, telling her that his kiss should help begin her healing. Storm leans her head back from his and tells him that Rogue is going to kill them for that. He leans his head on hers and tells her that she just got a kiss, but Rogue has his heart. Remy helps Ororo to her feet and she tells him that, for the first time, she may envy his and Rogue’s relationship.
Suddenly, a man clearing his throat from behind them meets the two of them. Remy holds Ororo’s naked body and she causes the two of them to hover over the nearby pond. Valerie Cooper is among the people that stand near the two friends and she asks Ororo if they have come at a bad time. Colonel Vazhin is another person that has met them and he apologizes for their interruption. Storm tells Vazhin that he shouldn’t feel apologetic and she asks them to wait as she changes. A bolt of lightning comes from her body and she suddenly makes clothes out of that electricity. She hovers Gambit and herself to the ground and listens to Valerie Cooper, who ask her about the earlier tornado and if she saved their lives or was responsible for the tornado’s occurrence. Behind Storm, Gambit skips rocks on the nearby pond, as Storm continues her conversation with the officials that surround her. Ororo tells Val that if she even has to ask the question than her and Remy’s presence at the meeting was for nothing. She tells the officials that she knows what the discussion was about at the Ranch. The colonel speaks up and asks Ororo if she is the solution to their problem or the problem itself? She tells the Colonel that she is both just like them!
The next day and back at Rogue’s house in Valle Soleada, Marie sits at the kitchen table as Rogue gets her a can of soda. Marie asks Rogue if she is under arrest and Rogue replies that she is just there so Rogue can get to know why she was trying to kill her. Marie knocks the soda from the table and she screams that she wants a lawyer, because she cannot keep her there! Cleaning up the spilt drink, Rogue leans over the table and tells Marie that she can leave any time she wants.
Rogue holds out her hand and stops Marie from leaving. She tells Marie that, before she can go, she must meet a few people. Rogue picks up a nearby flashlight that projects images of people from the Mermaid club on the wall. Rogue introduces Marie to a pregnant woman by the name of Adele Massey, who isn’t a mutant but would have been killed in the blast. She shows another picture of a young boy holding a soccer ball. He is named Rudy Soars and would have become an orphan if her bomb had gone off. Rogue shows Marie an image of hundreds of people and tells Marie that they all would have been killed or maimed with her bomb. Lastly, she shows Marie Jake Freestone and his family and tells Marie that Jake is a mutant, but Marie was his kid’s baby sitter.
Marie kneels down to the young girl in Jake’s image and tries to touch her face. Tears pouring down her face, she pulls the patch off her eye and tells Rogue that it was her people that did that to her face. Marie reveals a gaping hole where her eye used to be. In place of her eye are scars coming off of the wound. Changing the subject abruptly, Marie is startled by a movie that is playing in a nearby room and she tells Rogue that it is one of her favorites.
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Marie tells Rogue about her past, just before the accident when she was yelling at her brother for singing a song that annoyed her and how she threatened to kill him if he didn’t stop. She tells Rogue about how her father built gardens and her mother was a teacher and what good people they were.
present:
She continues her story and tells Rogue that she can remember blood and fire. Sadly, she recalls that the flames were hers, because she was the one on fire, and she remembers pulling the body of her brother from the wreckage. Behind Marie, Rogue seems to finally understand Marie’s pain and pity comes on her face.
Marie walks out onto Rogue’s balcony and tells her about how her uncle sought to find the gang that led to the accident. She also tells Rogue about how a couple of people in suits came from the X-Corp building and told her uncle that what he was doing could be considered species harassment and maybe even a hate crime. Tears rolling down her eyes, she tells Rogue that she just wanted the horror to end and her life to be returned to her, not the one she has now, but the one she should have had. Angered by the fact that she can never show her body off again, she lashes out once again at Rogue, telling her that the pain doesn’t end there.
flashback:
Marie tells Rogue that, while she was in the hospital, a guy came to her uncle and offered to buy her house. She denied him his request, but later both she and her uncle began to have terrible nightmares, until finally her uncle broke and signed over the house to the mysterious man. Strangely, after the house was sold, the dreams stopped. As the mysterious man walked out of the D’Ancanto house, a shadowed figure stands near the back porch with a huge smile on its face.
present and past:
Marie explains that, after the house was sold, she found out that her entire neighborhood was the site of a new Mutant community. She explains that she found a website and, on that site named Purity, she found an entire group of people that had the same problem with mutants as she does. She goes on to say that she found out how to make the weapons she needed and even the information that Roberto Dacosta, the leader of the L.A. branch of X-Corp, was supposed to be at the Mermaid Club that night. She tells Rogue that she went to the grave of her parents that morning and told them she was going to see them soon. Shockingly, when she got there, she saw that their graves were desecrated and tagged by “muties.” Standing so the wind blows in her face, Marie tells Rogue and the now-present Bishop and Sage that she is not sorry for what she did and, if she ever has the chance, she will do it again!


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Intifada - part 3:  Manifest Destiny
Marie Jennifer D’Ancanto (or prisoner #K-22351) walks up the courthouse steps in Valle Soleada, California. Outside the courthouse, two factions converge. One of these factions is the pro-Marie group, the other is the anti-Marie group and the only thing that stands between them is a handful of police officers.
Manoli Wetherell reports on the clash of the factions and Marie’s excuse of why she attacked the Mermaid Club’s patrons. Manoli states that Marie is upset over the recent takeover of her own neighborhood by a group that says they only want mutants to live there.
At the X-Corp headquarters in Los Angeles, Roberto DaCosta talks to the governor of California, telling him that he strongly deplores Marie’s hate-crime and anyone that shares his views will get his full support. The reply is not heard, but Bobby goes on to say that he believes an example needs to be made out of Marie so this heinous crime will not happen again. Back at the courthouse, the district attorney addresses a crowd of reporters and tells them that he is seeking the maximum penalty for her crimes. Minutes later, the judge questions Marie on how she will plead in the case. Marie stands to her feet and nervously pleads not guilty, as her lawyer sits uncaringly next to her.
In the night and at Anna’s beach house a mutant named Revenant (another word for ghost) walks the beach outside.
Rogue’s Dream
Anna Raven runs from the ocean in a joyful smile, as she thinks about how great her life has been of late. She has a job, a house of her own, her own “sweetie” and she has even picked a name out for herself. Running inside her house, Anna brushes her hair in front of her bathroom mirror and is shocked to see her eyes begin to glow. Suddenly, her hand begins to turn blue and she wonders how it is possible she is turning into Mystique when she has never imprinted her foster mother before? Running from the room, her towel falls to the ground, revealing her body to be in the form of Mystique. Rogue hears a voice inside her and knows that it is Mystique that is speaking to her. Rogue’s teammates rush in, only to be singly killed by Anna’s mutated hands. As she kills, Anna hears Mystique tell her that the two of them are almost identical; Mystique steals people’s appearance, while Rogue steals their minds. She hears the voice tell her that the only reason she is good is because of the hero’s memories she has stolen and, in truth, Anna is “bad to the bone.” Anna in Mystique’s form clutches her chest over a fallen Storm, in happy glee.
Back in the Present
Lila Cheney teleports back to Anna’s house with Sam Guthrie in her arms. Walking in the night, Lila trips over something on the floor and the two mutants hear a scream coming from Rogue’s room. Lila tells Sam that she wants to teleport them back to safety, but Sam tells her not to. They recognize the scream as Rogue and the two of them hear her scream that she is not MYSTIQUE!
Later in the morning, Anna sits in a fetal position at the kitchen table. She tells the others that her skin doesn’t feel right, because it’s smooth when it should be scaly and blue. Sage sits at the other end of the table and tells Rogue that she is not a metamorph and there isn’t any trace of the gene trigger in her DNA. Rogue tells Sage that she doesn’t know that for sure, because she has said in the past that she can’t get a decent scan of her genome. She next questions if she could be going through her secondary mutation. She questions the others what might be if Mystique messed with her genes when she was a young child? Sage tells Anna that, no matter how she began her life, her choices and decisions are hers exclusively. Sage goes on to say that it is intriguing to ponder the similarities between her nightmare last night and the ones that Marie said had plagued her family till her uncle signed the papers to sell her house. A dong at the door interrupts their conversation and Sage says “fascinating,” as if an event she has predicted is fixing to occur.
A man named Jarod Molloy introduces himself to the members in the house. Anna and Sam invite him into their house and they sit in the living room to discuss an offer Jarod tells them he has. Jarod tells Sam and Anna that Valle Soleada is changing and it isn’t a crime for them to want to be with their “own kind.” Sam tells Jarod that they have never had a problem in their neighborhood before. Jarod tells Sam that they may never have a problem, but he asks how their later children might feel going to a school centered on mutants? Outside, Sage uses her powers to eavesdrop on Jarod’s conversation and the others are intrigued to hear how convincing the Lawyer is.
Sam and Anna smile towards Jarod as he leaves and he tells them that when they consider all the factors. His offer is the best decision. When he is out of sight, Anna exclaims, “What a scam!” Sam agrees with Anna’s exclamation, but asks how baseline humans can fight against a mutant with the power to persuade them to leave their lives behind over nightmares? Bishop comes into the room along with the others and tells Sam that Jarod’s appearance puts a new perspective on Marie’s case. Sage, in agreement, doesn’t stop to explain. Instead, she heads towards her motorcycle and tells the others that she is going to trail Jarod’s car. Bishop looks over towards Lila, as he hears Sage’s last words about finding a good lawyer for Marie, and asks if she can transport him to New York. With an embrace, the two mutants port off to find the lawyer Sage was talking about. After the others are gone, Sam asks Anna if she is feeling better and she replies that she really isn’t, because her nightmares really hit where she lives. Rogue places a hand on Sam’s chest and he calls her “river rat” and tells her that he knows she has survived worse.
Rogue & Sam’s Flashback
Rogue has just joined the X-Men after leaving the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Outside the mansion, she is practicing against a tree. She kicks the tree and it falls to the ground, but there is a shock to the landing of the tree. Rogue hears a “Hey,” as if someone was below the tree when it fell. There was somebody and, to Rogue’s surprise, it was Sam Guthrie, the mutant the others called Cannonball. She apologizes to Sam but he tells her that it was no harm, no foul. He tells her that, since the two of them are southerners, they’re going to have to stick together. She helps him to his feet and tells him that she probably shouldn’t be there. Sam tells Rogue that the others were weary of him when he joined the New Mutants but, after a few days, they began to trust him. He tells her that the X-Men are descent folk, if she’ll just give them time.
Back in the Present
Anna hugs Sam tight and she tells him that if it weren’t for him she would have probably quit that night.
At the Presidential Ranch in Crawford, Texas, the two mutants stand up against the impending presence of their former allies in the government. Storm tells the others that they have all been adversaries in the past, but they have all come together for the good of the world. Storm goes on to say that mutants like Magneto are old news and the X-Men aren’t a threat any more. She tells them that the real threat is from their heirs, the young mutants that aren’t even considered legal adults. She tells them that it is time for the first generation of mutants to take responsibility for their heirs. Tan replies that their government has their own resources as well. Maria-Pilar Cortes asks Storm why she thinks Charles Xavier’s school isn’t the solution. Storm replies that Xavier’s school serves a purpose, but he has no legal sanction and he can’t be everywhere at once. Storm continues to speak to her illustrious audience about how humans feel more and more like prey and she wonders aloud who they’ll turn to for “redress?” She tells them that both sides need to follow the same rules and it shouldn’t be only up to humans to enforce these rules. She tells them that mutants should have the same say in the survival of the planet and its inhabitants. Storm walks away with Valerie and Alexei following her. Alexei tells Storm that she is an idealist. Storm counters by telling Alexei Mikhailovitch that he is a grandfather and should worry about the world his grandchildren will grow up in. Val asks Storm why they should trust her. Storm replies that they should trust her, because she trusts them and both factions don’t have a choice.
Back in Valle Soleada, California, specifically Summers Memorial Beach, the mutants of the area party. They all talk about different things, but the number one thing on their lips is the car that they forced off the road a while back. Nearby, Sam and Rogue talk about interrupting the mutants beach party. Sam asks Rogue if she is up for it and she replies that she is. With that said, Sam bursts onto the scene with a tremendous display of his power. The mutants around him try and battle him, but he throws them off, using the training the X-Men had taught him years earlier. Porous is able to force Sam to his knees and Cutter sees his opportunity to attack. Luckily for Sam, he gains his composure just in time, sending Cutter Sullivan sailing through the air. Porous presses his attack but, luckily for Sam, Rouge is nearby and she sends him to the ground with one well-placed punch. Dervish tries to force Rogue to exhaustion, but her plan backfires and Rogue is able to use the Barb’s from a nearby mutant to send them towards Dervish. Rogue jumps on the back of Dervish with two spikes in her hands and she tells Dervish that they use their powers for fun, but she is an X-Men and she is used to fighting for real!
A few minutes later Sam and Rogue stand near the fire, as the gang of mutants surrounds them to hear what they have to say. Sam displays the crime scene pictures of the accident with the D’Ancanto family and some mutants become shocked to realize that they caused another person’s death. Others, like Cutter, boast that the gene pool is better off with more static gone. Rogue, grimacing at their comment, tells them that they must think they’re pretty hard-core mutants. Cutter, flexing, tells her that she’s right, because they’re the “baddest of the bad” and no one can make them different. With an evil grin, Rogue stands to her feet and tells them that she might just have to show them what hardcore really means.
As Rogue continues her speech, Cannonball makes a call to Sage and tells her that Rogue is starting to scare him with the way she is acting. Sam then questions Sage about where she is and what she has found out? Sage sits on her bike outside of the X-Corp building and tells Sam that she has found where the lawyer works and their situation has just gotten worse!
Unknowingly, Elias Bogan is watching Sage and he states to himself that he knew, if he waited long enough, she would come back to him.


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Intifada - part 4: Crossed Swords
At gate 17 of the L.A. International Airport, Sam Guthrie meets his former ally and friend, Amara Aquilla (Magma). Amara runs into Sam’s arms and he lifts her off her feet in a warm embrace. Sam tells Amara that it has been ages since he has seen her and asks her how she has been doing lately? She ponders the past and relives, just for a moment, her recent death and resurrection at the Xavier Institute. Her powers flare and Sam asks her to calm down, because she is causing a small earthquake. He tells her that she knows better and she replies that she does, but her memories are so strong of late.
The two allies walk towards their transportation and Amara informs Sam that she has recent her father and informed him of her recent events. She wonders aloud what her father is going to think about her troubles? Sam tells Amara that her father will probably be glad to have her only child alive and well. The two of them walk by the luggage carousel, but Amara passes it by and Sam questions where her bags are? Amara tells Sam that, because of her recent trials, she has chosen to travel lighter these days. Amara asks Sam how he knew she would be at the airport and Sam tells her that once a New Mutant, always a New Mutant. Amara asks Sam why he isn’t teaching at the school with Dani, Rahne and Shan? Sam doesn’t answer her inquiry. Instead, he asks her the same question back. She tells him about the accident a couple of days back that cured her from her coma and gave her the perfect opportunity to escape her hiding place. She tells him that her being a Nova Romanii give her a true stubborn trait and she doesn’t want to let the villains that tried to kill her win, by her hiding forever. Besides, she goes on to say, somebody has to keep Bobby (Roberto DaCosta) straight. Clutching each other’s hands as they ride down an escalator, the two of them laugh and simultaneously say, “It is good to see you.”
The two former New Mutants walk until they reach the pick-up area, where they intend to find a taxi. However, once there, they are struck with the realization that the L.A. airport is bombarded with travelers leaving and their wait will be lengthy. Sam gets a mischievous grin on his face, as Amara realizes, about the same time, what Sam is planning. She tells him that he wouldn’t dare. Sam, continuing to smile, puts his arm around her waist and blasts off into the sky. Once in the air, he tells Amara that he isn’t afraid to show off his powers anymore, since the X-Men have gone public. In the air, Amara screams that she hates flying more than anything, but Sam reassures her that he would never let her go and tells her to relax and enjoy the view. Sam and Amara continue to talk as they blast towards the L.A. division of the X-Corp office, where Amara plans on working for a while. Amara tells Sam of her insecure feelings since the accident and Sam tries to comfort her by telling her that the two of them are making a difference in the world and that safety she wants come from them doing just that.
The two land on the helicopter-landing zone on top of the headquarters and travel down the stairs to meet their one-time ally and friend. Roberto welcomes his two friends with open arms and tries to speak Latin to Amara. She teases him by saying how bad his attempt turned out to be. As he embraces Sam, he tells the two of them that he still gets no respect, but Sam replies that Roberto gets his respect just for the attempt. Sam goes on to say that he would have never even tried such an attempt, since he is a man that has learned his limitations. The meeting is cut short as Amara’s former lover, Empath, enters the room and she becomes angered by his presence with X-Corp. Empath, leaning against the threshold of the door, tells Amara that her reaction was hardly the way to greet an old friend. Amara, clinched-fist, tells Empath that, out of respect for her “true” friends, she will not gut him where he stands! Bobby, stepping between Manuel (Empath) and Amara, tells her that Manuel has joined X-Corp and, whatever past they may have shared, the two of them must find a way to work together for the greater good of mutant-kind.
Sam and Bobby go out onto the veranda to discuss Manuel and, while outside, Bobby tells Sam that Amara and Manuel are not kids anymore and, despite their problems, they’ll have to work them out. Bobby takes up for Manuel by telling Sam that if everyone had to pay for their past mistakes Sam would have never been allowed to be a New Mutant, so everyone deserves another chance. A smirk comes across Sam’s face and Bobby wonders aloud what his facial expression means. Sam tells Bobby that he is just impressed by the way he seems to be growing up of late. Bobby walks over to a nearby table and pours Sam some tea and he listens to Sam talk about the Marie D’Ancanto incident. Bobby becomes confused and asks if Sam could actually be trying to defend a woman that came so close to killing him only days before? Bobby tells Sam that he hopes the “terrorist” gets what she deserves! Sam replies that each one of them has taken upon themselves the title of “terrorist” on more than one occasion. Bobby tells Sam that Marie hates them and Sam tells Bobby, as he sips from his tea, that the trouble is Marie may have a right.
Bobby tells Sam that he is talking crazy. Sam replies with a story about how his parents fought the coal mining companies for years, because they were trying to steal their lands, and it took a semi-war before it finally came to an end. Bobby, becoming slightly agitated, tells Sam that this isn’t Kentucky and Sam is on the side of the “angels.” Sam replies “absolutely” with and accusing stare. Bobby, now angered, tells Sam that he should not presume on their friendship! Sam asks Bobby a question, he asks Bobby what he might think if there was someone working for X-Corp that might be trying to put both human and mutant relations against one another? Bobby tells Sam that he will check into his inquires at a later date. Changing the subject, Bobby requests the presence of Sam at his gala he is holding that night for the Genoshan Relief Fund Raiser. Watching the two of them, a set of foreboding eyes glows in the foreground. The two friends do not hear its thoughts, but it says that it wants Sam to be its guest as well!
At the courthouse in Valle Soleada, California a judge is in the midst of giving his verdict on the case before him. The defendants are a handful of mutants that ran a young girl by the name of Marie D’Ancanto and the rest of her family of the side of a cliff weeks before, killing three people. The plaintiff is the state, with Rogue and Bishop as the providers of evidence against the young children. The judge thanks Rogue and Bishop for providing the evidence, but regrets to inform them that the case didn’t have sufficient evidence to support the crime and he is forced to allow the defendants to go free. With a “bang” his gavel falls, leaving the gang of mutants to go free and Rogue is left puzzled by the events that just transpired. She leans over to talk to the D.A. and she tells him that the forensics were gold, so there should have been sufficient evidence. The D.A. tells her that the “sources”, meaning Rogue and Bishop, were not credible and he apologizes for their loss.
Quickly removing himself from her presence, he tells her that the case wasn’t worth all the nightmares it gave him! The group of mutant delinquents begins to tease Rogue and they tell her that she is the history, while they are the future. They go on to tease about her missing “sweetie” and how he is probably off in search of a real woman. Later, Bishop has taken Rogue to meet his “favor”, her name is Evangeline Whedon and she introduces herself to Rogue.
The new friends head to a Café, where they can discuss Marie’s case in private. Evangeline and Anna discuss the future of the world populace. Anna argues that she doesn’t want a world where future mutant-children will idolize “punks” like those in the courtroom. She goes on to say that it is up to the grown-up mutants to take charge before the future is overrun with rebel mutants. Bishop tells Evangeline that he has seen that future and they shouldn’t wish that kind of world on anybody!
Storm flies high in the sky over the Ranch in Crawford, Texas. She believes that it is time for her to get some personal relaxation. Storm surrounds herself with clouds, bathes herself in rainwater and dries herself clean with a bolt of lightning. Encasing herself in a prism of ice, Storm floats to the ground and, as she touches earth, the prism falls from her, revealing the woman beneath. Remy walks up behind her and claps his hands in exoneration, telling her that she is a show off. Storm asks Remy if a girl can’t make a proper entrance? Convulsing in agony, Strom stumbles towards Remy, who grabs her just in time. Remy tells Storm that he thinks this display wasn’t in the program, then asks if it is her legs that are causing her such pain? Storm tells Remy that her legs are fine. Remy replies that he hopes so, because the “big guys” bought her proposal. He goes on to say that the world has hope now, but it all depends on her.
Bishop, Evangeline, and Sage’s Dream
At Rogue’s house, Bishop and Evangeline sit on the living room floor, going over files and files of documents relating to the sales of the housed in the area. Sage casually walks in, telling Bishop that she may be able to help. Sage quickly kicks Bishop up against the wall and pulls a knife from a concealed location and slices Evangeline’s throat. Bishop, still lying against the wall, asks Sage if Bogan is still controlling her. She tells him that it is not Bogan, that she has her own agenda. Sage tells Bishop that you can take the girl out of the Hellfire, but you can’t take the Hellfire out of the girl. With that said, she raises the knife in the air preparing to strike…
Back in the Present
Outside the beach house, it is in the middle of the night and Revenant stands on the beach, smiling. Behind her, a figure emerges from the ocean. It is Rogue, wearing a wetsuit. She plunges a drop kick into the neck of the unsuspecting Revenant and Rogue states that moments like this she really loves her life. Revenant quickly recovers from Rogue’s assault and teases Rogue about her recent loss of power. Rogue attacks Revenant and tells her that at moments like this she relishes the opportunity to truly go all “Bishop” on her prey. Rogue goes on to say that Bishop is a hero and, as she puts Revenant in a sleeper hold, she goes on to say that if she would like she’ll let the Mystique in her soul free and then Revenant will really see what Rogue can do.
A shadowy figure behind Rogue calls her a river rat and, as metal blades rip around Rogue’s body like a ribbon, he tells her that it just isn’t her day. He goes on to say that his manacles will rip her to shreds as they unwind and he sends her sailing through the air away from the almost defeated Revenant. Manacle walks up to Revenant and tells her that, as his chains unwind, they will rip Rogue up into hamburger meat. Revenant stumbles to her feet and tells him that he had no right to take away her pleasure. Manacle laughs and tells Revenant that he just saved her life and, if this is what Rogue is like without her powers, imagine how she was with them!
Rogue stumbles near her house’s deck and hides behind it, watching as Manacle gloats. She talks to herself and tells him that he caught her by surprise and he is going to rue the day he didn’t finish her off. She places her hand to the gapping holes in her neck and watches the blood pour into her hands. Rogue stumbles to the nearby motorcycles and calls into the house via a communications device. Sage reports that Evangeline and Bishop are just now recovering. Bishop holds his head and tells her that he needs just a couple of minutes and continues to mutter that it was just a nightmare. Hopping onto her bike, Rogue tells Bishop that they don’t have a couple of minutes, because the bad guys are rolling.
Rogue follows after Manacle and Revenant and she reports to Sage that the villains share the same garage as Jarod Malloy, X-Corp’s Headquarters! Rogue reports that she doesn’t know Roberto DaCosta that much but, at this point, he isn’t looking all that great. Sage reports that Bobby is Sam’s friend and should be respected as such. Rogue points out that Mystique is her foster-mother, so relationships don’t seem to matter. Rogue goes on to say that she will always love Mystique, but they are adversaries and if Roberto has chosen a different path then Sam is fixing to have to make a hard decision.
Near Rogue’s location, Roberto is holding his gala for the Genoshan Relief Fund. Amara and Sam walk near the pool area, where the gala’s festivities are taking place, and Sam wonders how Bobby is able to mingle with so many people that hate him, because of who he is, a mutant? Amara tells Sam that she feels uncomfortable being there and Sam replies that he has the same feelings. He wonders aloud if it is Empath that is controlling their emotions. Amara tells him that Manuel knows better than to try and fool her again. Sam replies that Manuel cannot help the way he feels for her. Amara requests for Sam to change the subject, as the two heroes’ attention is diverted by the sound of a roaring motorcycle. The cycle seems to be jumping the guardrail and security around the complex converges on the pool. The assailant is Rogue and, as she hops off her fallen bike, she tells Roberto that she has questions for him and X-Corp and she will not leave till they are all answered!