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Cable: part 4: Conclusion
In the X-Wing…
With Cyclops steering the plane, the Professor thinks it’s best they talk about this. Scott hasn’t said a word to him since they left the mansion. Scott refuses to talk. They’re E.T.A. is 4 minutes and he would prefer not to talk until then.
Finland…
The other X-Men and Bishop are in full battle against Cable and his team. Colossus confronts Kane, who protects himself by covering his face with his metal arms. Domino shoots at Storm, hitting her in the shoulder. As she falls, thunderclouds appear above. Nearby, Hammer is glad to be defeating Iceman, as he sees him as a legend and can’t believe Bobby is so inept at this point in his life. Wolverine runs towards Hammer, who has no idea who Logan is. Logan snikts his claws right into Hammer’s stomach, remarking that, apparently, he has been keeping a low profile. However, the wounds quickly heal, though Hammer still thinks it’s going to leave a mark. Wolverine looks surprised at Hammer, who slams his fists against Logan. Bishop powers up and a sphere of purple energy forms around his arm. Cable tries to attack him, but Bishop instead quickly punches Kane away from him.
Above, the X-Wing finally arrives. Scott gets up, leaving behind the Professor, who pleads with Scott to come back, as he needs to land the plane. Scott thinks there’s no time: he opens the door of the plane and jumps straight down! Xavier tries to telepathically reach Scott, thinking he has lost his mind, but Scott telepathically replies that it would be best for him to tell Storm to get him to the ground safely. Xavier can then pull the information out of his brain, so he will know how to land the thing. Scott doesn’t think either of them wants to die.
Xavier quickly telepathically reaches out to Storm, who’s sitting on her knees in the storm, holding one hand over her wound. He begs Ororo to save Scott’s live, describing him as being reckless. When Ororo doesn’t know where Scott is, Xavier tells her to look up. She does and is startled, quickly making some winds to lower Scott’s fall. Scott, in the meantime, fires a blast at Grizzly, after which he safely lands and thanks Storm for the help. He then tells her to hang on, promising this will be over soon. Grizzly stands back up, ready to fight Cyclops. Grizzly admits he never told Scott this… but he always really hated him! Scott angrily kicks Grizzly into his face and next fires another blast at him, shouting he’s not here to talk to him!
Nearby, Cable punches Bishop into his face, calling him a traitor since he knows what they are fighting for. Bishop confirms, as that’s the exact reason why he’s fighting him now. Cable punches Bishop down and grabs him by the throat, asking Bishop if he knows what his favorite part in all this is. When this is all over, when he’ll have this mission completed and when Bishop will be battered and beaten, he’ll be back home… and Bishop will be stuck here! In this time! Cable takes Bishop’s chronal displacer away from him… and breaks it apart! Bishop freaks out and starts kicking Cable, who thought the old man was all out of fight.
While Domino and Hammer are having trouble defeating Storm and Colossus, the jet begins to descend. From inside, Xavier shouts at his students to go limp, and a moment later the jet crashes right onto their enemies, followed by a giant explosion. As Cable is tossed away by the blast, emerges from the debris, having used his powers to safely bring himself out of the blast.
Once the dust clears, Cyclops gets up and shouts after Cable. Wolverine tells Scott to go after him, so he can bring Jean back home safe. Not far away, Domino crawls up and freaks out when she sees a badly injured Hammer. Grizzly thinks Hammer’s spine is broken and warns they’ve got to bring him to a med center immediately. Kane, with one of his metal arms broken off, says he’s on it. He opens a portal and steps through it. Domino wants to kill the X-Men for this, but Grizzly warns Domino not to as she can’t even stand. He realizes it’s over for them. He tells her Cable doesn’t pay them enough for this, and he’ll be on his own from now on. He asks Domino to help him get Hammer up before the portal closes. As the time traveling mutants step through the huge portal, Xavier watches them in despair, believing this is all his fault.
Meanwhile, Cyclops follows Cable, who was trying to run back into his base. Scott shouts at Cable not to take another step, but Cable only mocks that Scott apparently still has a death wish, and that he should have taken out Scott long ago. He throws a shuriken at Cyclops, which splices right through Scott’s visor! Though Scott is hurt by it, he’s still alive. As the broken visor falls on the ground, Cable warns Scott it saved his life, and finds that a pity. Scott refuses to let Cable win and fires another optic blast on him. Surviving the blast, Cable holds a knife ready, telling Scott that’s not enough. Scott shouts he’s just getting started and keeps firing his blasts on his opponent. Meanwhile, outside, Xavier does his best to crawl inside the base.
Cable slices his knife through Scott’s uniform. Though injured, it doesn’t prevent him from fighting. However, when Cable then throws a ball at Scott, the sphere stops in mid-air, hanging right in front of Scott. A moment later, it begins to emit a screeching noise, which hurt Scott’s ears. Cable takes advantage of this and punches Scott harsh in his face. The two keep fighting each other for a while, until Xavier shouts at them to stop. Xavier tells Cable he’s there for him. With an exhausted voice, Cable remarks that the Professor is much bolder than he remembers. Scott quickly hits Cable with a final blast, but now, Scott is too tired as well and falls down at the same moment Cable does.
Xavier warns Cable that this is over, and that he’s still there. After what Cable did to Charles’ students, the Professor wants to end Cable’s life for this. Cable, however, doesn’t think that his mission is over yet, and refuses to admit he failed. He then takes out a device and presses a red button on it. Seeing this, Xavier panics and shouts at Scott to get out of there. Since Scott is still down, however, Xavier punches him, forcing him outside. On that very moment, Cable’s base ends in a fiery explosion.
A short while later, after they have had time to regroup and it is once it’s safe to go closer to the former base, the X-Men quietly walk inside it… only to find a skeleton. Wolverine quietly stares at it, as he holds a wounded Storm in his arms. A solemn Colossus stands next to them. Bishop follows and Iceman is uncertain how to properly react.
Elsewhere, Jean uses her powers to burst free of her cell, only to find the rest of the base completely destroyed. She calls out to the Professor and Scott, wondering what happened.
Scott drops on his knees in front of the skeleton. He wonders if this is the Professor and, if Cable did this… where is his body? Bishop thinks the body could have vaporized, if Cable was the center of the blast. Wolverine disagrees. He thinks Cable teleported away before the blast. That has to be the case, since Cable’s body isn’t there. When Bishop asks how Logan can be so sure, Logan tells Bishop to just trust him: he knows it wasn’t vaporized.
Jean finds her friends and is shocked when she finds the Professor dead. Scott apologizes and says there was nothing he could do. Jean is startled. Scott walks over to his girlfriend and, with his eyes closed, just hugs her.


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Aftermath: part 1
Somewhere in a pub…
Sitting in a pub filled with people, Dazzler hears on the news that Professor Xavier is dead. Stunned ,she listens as a TV news anchor explains that they’re continuing coverage of the mysterious death of the well-known mutant activist Charles Xavier. They don’t even know the cause of his death. All that is known is that the growing world mutant community has lost an avid supporter and that conspiracy theorists are already concluding things.
Xavier’s…
Iceman enters Kitty’s room and sees her packing her things. He asks if she’s really leaving and Kitty confirms. She just can’t stay there anymore, especially not after what happened. She feels she’s just a kid and shouldn’t be dealing with any of this. Bobby doesn’t understand what she’s talking about. Kitty used to love this stuff, and nobody was more exited to join this team than she was. She replies that she just thinks that maybe she grew up a little and matured. She mocks that perhaps Bobby should give that a try. Bobby jokes he’ll see what he can do about that.
He then asks Kitty if she thinks the Professor would approve of what she’s doing, and that he would like the idea of her running away. Kitty angrily reminds Bobby that the Professor is dead and that she doesn’t care what he wants anymore. She feels it doesn’t matter. And, she defends, she isn’t running away, and is not quitting because the Professor died. At least, that’s not the only reason. She explains she came there to learn how to control her powers. She did and thinks there’s no reason to stay here past that. She’s not in danger of hurting herself now and she doesn’t need to learn to use her powers better. Kitty admits when she first came there, it was fun, but things change.
Bobby smirks and asks if the fact that Kitty’s mother lives closer to Spider-Man has anything to do with her leaving as well. Kitty tells Bobby that, when she’s with Spider-Man, things are still fun. That’s not the cause there, and she calls Bobby a jerk. Maybe she’s just trying to get away from him. She wants to get out of before Magneto breaks out of the Triskelion and takes over the school. Kitty leaves, leaving Bobby to ponder Kitty’s words.
After leaving Kitty’s room, Bobby goes to check on Rogue in her room, who is sitting on her bed. Seeing her somber mood, Bobby asks if she’s okay, to which Rogue replies she is, physically. Her arm grew back fine, but everything else… She asks Bobby if he can hold her, as she really needs that. As he Bobby goes to sit next to her and does so, Rogue warns Bobby to be careful, and he promise he’ll be. She doesn’t need to worry about that.
Meanwhile at the White House’s Situation Room…
Sitting on a table with the president and another general, Nick Fury explains that his team has completed an examination of Xavier’s remains, and confirms it’s him. Everything checks out: dental, DNA, everything. Charles Xavier is dead. The general wonders if they are truly recognizing the gravity of this situation. Do they realize what could be ahead of them? They could be looking at World War Three here. The president doesn’t believe they need to be preparing for the worst just yet. They can’t let their lack of information feed their fears.
The general points out they really don’t know anything. He believes the best mode of action they can take is to assume the worst. He thinks the mutants could rise up and take over the world. Xavier could have been the only thing keeping them in check. Fury tells the general he has been made aware of his suspicions of Charles Xavier. While they didn’t always agree on things, Nick can assure the general that he has never witnessed Charles to be any less than an honest citizen. To this, the general expresses the belief that Xavier could be somehow controlling his students, or the president, but Nick finds that absolutely absurd. He sees this as little more than a civil rights issue, and strongly believes the death of one man will not lead the world into World War Three.
The president asks Fury if he can have his word on that. Fury gives it, if it will make the president feel better. The general tells Fury they both know that’s a promise he can’t keep. He asks if they have an official cause of death here. He believes they need a smoking gun, otherwise they’re just one-person-hinting-this-was-a-government-sponsored-hit away from the riots in the streets. Fury disagrees with that. He states the mutant population is still so small that this is a non-issue. After all, a mutant killed Charles Xavier. The details are a bit sketchy but they can have a public version of events ready for broadcast by the evening news. The days of the Sentinel program are behind them. There are a growing number of humans supporting the mutant cause, but they don’t have anything to worry about as far as a massive revolt in the streets.
The president asks where this leaves them in regards to the initiative Xavier was involved with. Fury will make sure Charles Xavier’s death won’t affect the Legacy Project in any way.
Xavier’s…
Mister Westerfield has arrived in a limo to transport Kitty away from the school. When Westerfield notices aloud that there’s no big farewell for “the Kitty Cat,” Kitty claims to actually prefer it this way. She thanks Westerfield for driving her, which is his pleasure to do.
At the same time, Wolverine sits alone on the grass, thinking quietly to himself. He closes his eyes, and says, “I don’t believe you” to Sabretooth, who appears from behind a tree. He doesn’t care what Logan believes or not. What’s true is true: he really is Logan’s son. As Sabretooth walks towards him, Logan reiterates that he still doesn’t believe him, but then asks Sabretooth what he’s doing there: is Sabretooth going to make him gut him for good? Sabretooth explains he is going to find his mother – Logan’s wife – if she’s still alive. That will be the proof Logan will need. Sabretooth suggests they could do it together. But Logan hasn’t got the time to deal with that right now. He thinks Sabretooth hasn’t been watching the news. And now, Sabretooth is telling him he didn’t kill his wife? That’s a reversal. He wants to ask Sabretooth if he has any more statements he’d like to share. But before Logan can end his question, he smells something. When he looks behind him, Sabretooth is gone.
Elsewhere in the mansion, Scott is getting dressed up for the funeral. Jean is sitting behind him on the bed, and she still can’t believe the Professor is actually dead. Scott is sorry, and admits… he misses the Professor, too. Jean doesn’t say anything. Scott tells Jean they need to get ready because everyone will be arriving soon. Jean just thinks this is too much. She wonders why it has to be such a big event. It’s just too much, too soon. There’s so much to do. She still has to learn to maintain the Professor’s psychic blocks on Kurt before he wakes up. Who knows how long those will last with Kurt constantly fighting them? She doesn’t know how they’re going to do all this without the Professor.
Scott stares at Jean quietly. He looks around the room, and finds his birthday present still unopened. Jean tells Scott she’s definitely not going to open it today. Scott understands. He wasn’t even going to bring it up. Jean already misses the Professor so much. Scott knows. He knows how much the Professor meant to her… to all of them. They share a hug, with Scott looking uncertain.
At the game room of the school, Colossus is on the phone with Northstar. He thanks Jean-Paul for coming over. It means a lot to him – and he doesn’t even know if he would be handling this well without Jean-Paul. Lying on his bed at the Academy of Tomorrow, Jean-Paul asks Peter if he’s going to take him up to his offer. He swears Emma won’t even notice if he stayed with him for a while, and it would be so much fun. Peter won’t deny that. But he’s still thinking about it. He doesn’t want the people there to think he’s abandoning them at such a horrible time. Jean-Paul smiles they’ve got a lot to deal with over there at Xavier’s, and they don’t need him “hunking” up the place. He asks Peter not to upset him and Peter promises to think about it. He tells Jean-Paul he knows he wants to be with him. But he has to go now, as the service will start soon. Jean-Paul understands, and says he should probably get a move on himself. He tells Peter he’ll see him soon and hangs up.
Wolverine, dressed in a nice suit, meets up in the room of Storm, who is still getting ready. Logan asks Ororo if Kitty is gone and Ororo confirms, adding that Kitty left everything she didn’t want. She had piles of old magazines and junk mail, trash… you name it. The room was a mess. Logan tells Ororo she looks nice. Ororo says she got all dressed up so they can bury the most important person in their lives. She wants to know why they can’t curl up in bed and cry for a few days. Logan thinks it’s a respect thing.
Ororo remarks that it looks like Logan respected the Professor a great deal, as he’s not looking too shabby himself. Logan thanks Ororo for that. She notices her laptop and sees a document on it, entitled “The Shadow King.” Logan wonders what kind of a name that is for a play. Ororo quickly slams her laptop shut and asks Logan not to look at it because the play is private. She apologizes to Logan, saying that she’s just upset. The play is not done yet and she doesn’t like people reading it when it’s not done. She didn’t mean to snap at Logan like that. Logan gently touches Ororo’s shoulder, smiling that he handled worse than that. He suggests the get out of there.
Soon afterwards, all of the guests arrive at the school for the funeral.
Moira MacTaggert walks over to Lilandra and her assistant, Gerald, who are already sitting on chairs in the yard. Moira just wanted to introduce herself. She mentions she was married to Charles and that they had a child together. Lilandra knows, as Charles spoke of Moira. She says it’s nice to finally meet Moira, but wishes it was under different circumstances. Moira smiles, saying that she spoke to Charles briefly a number of days ago. He told her he was seeing Lilandra. Charles seemed happy, at least happier than she’d heard him in a while. Moira just wanted to thank Lilandra for that. She finds it comforting to know that, in the end at least… Charles was happy. Lilandra thanks Moira for saying that, and found it nice meeting her. Moira leaves Lilandra, while behind her Nick Fury shares a doubtful look with Captain America, who is dressed in his Army uniform for the occasion.
The Fantastic Four are also present. Reed recalls they could never have been able to stop the alien Gah Lak Tus without the Professor’s help. Everyone there would have been dead without Charles. Sue tries to comfort Reed and knows how horrible this is. Not far away, Bishop tells Colossus and Bobby he should have stopped this, yet he failed. Colossus tries to comfort Bishop that there was nothing he could do, and shouldn’t blame himself for this. Jean-Paul arrives and meets up with Peter, who is glad to see him. Jean-Paul smiles he made good time, too. Ms. Frost and the others were at the airport this afternoon and it looks like he beat them there. Only by a few minutes, Peter jokingly notices, as Emma and the others have also arrived.
Emma tells Warren, Cannonball, Sunspot and Doug to find them all seats while she goes to pay her respects. Alex goes to talk to Scott and apologizes for what happened, because he knows how much the Professor meant to him. Scott thanks his brother, while nearby Jean and Lorna share a hug.
As he stands before Xavier’s coffin and touches it, Logan remembers how he was first send to the school. Magneto, with the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver standing behind him, ordered Logan to kill Xavier before he converted any more young mutants to his “naïve, integrationist ideals.” Logan had already heard about Xavier on TV, as he was the one behind this new mutant strike team. Logan was confident he could take the Professor out. And a few years later, the man called Cable sheathed his claws open and said, “It’s over, Bub.” Logan sighs and remarks that the mission has been accomplished. Storm is at the casket as well and cries horribly. Logan tends to her and tells Ororo to try to keep it together.
A mutant priest with a purple skin starts the ceremony. Afterwards, the coffin is lowered into the ground, while the mourners look on. The X-Men are of course all at the front row.
Later that night…
The guests return to their homes. Emma compliments Scott and Jean that it was a lovely service. Scott agrees. He thanks Emma for coming, as he thinks the Professor would have liked that. After everyone is gone, Scott closes the door and asks Jean if she’s going to bed, because he is. Jean isn’t and apologizes. She has too many things to do and tells Scott she’ll see him in the morning. Alone, she walks to the lower levels of the mansion, where she presses a green button on a lock, which opens a door to a cell. Jean wants to see what they can do about keeping Kurt in his trance. When she enters the cell, she finds that the chair Kurt was bounded in, is… EMPTY?! Jean looks behind her, and is speechless at what she sees.
Somewhere else…
Magneto sits on his throne in his palace, which looks more like a church. Servants are in the room as well, and Longshot sits besides Magneto. Forge enters the room and Magneto asks what he wants. Forge apologizes for interrupting, but they received news from the outside world. There’s something he felt Magneto should be made aware of right away. Forge hands a newspaper to Magneto. When Longshot asks what it is, Magneto replies that he can’t believe it: Charles Xavier is dead.
Forge asks what that means. Shall they continue things there? “Of course,” Magneto responds. This changes nothing. If anything, this news makes what they are doing infinitely more important.
Outside Magneto’s base, scores of mutants are working together with cranes and other equipment to build something.
Magneto orders all of his servants to leave him, as he has an adversary’s death to enjoy…


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Aftermath: part 2
Scott, Jean and Ororo are all sitting in an office together, talking to a lawyer who says he is glad they could make it. He explains, as he has told the three already, the entirety of the Xavier estate has been passed on to the three of them. The mansion, the few other real estate holdings in the professor’s possession, and what little liquid assets he had will all be under their joint control. The lawyer was told the mansion houses some type of school, which now belongs to Scott, Jean and Ororo. But it looks like the liquid assets would only cover the operating expenses for around three months. The lawyer knows this is none of his business, but he would recommend selling off the school and all the property.
Scott immediately refuses, concluding the professor didn’t leave this to them so they could get rich off of it. Storm wonders why the professor left it to the three of them; why is she here? Jean thinks they’re all there to keep each other honest. She guesses they’re the three students Xavier thought would value the school the most. She doesn’t know for sure, though. Chiming in, the lawyer says that, for whatever reason, the three of them have come into a sizeable real estate holding. They now own a number of warehouses in New York and, he thinks, if they could start renting them out, that it could bring in a substantial profit. To this, Scott asks how many other buildings the professor owned… and what was he doing with them?
Chicago, Illinois. The Academy of Tomorrow…
Colossus emerges from a cab and arrives at the front entrance of the school. Northstar quickly comes running for him and is so glad Peter decided to come, though Peter jokes Jean-Paul shouldn’t be so surprised as he just couldn’t resist. They share a hug, and Jean-Paul says he missed Peter so much. Peter jokes Jean-Paul only saw him two days ago, but… he missed him, too. Jean-Paul asks Peter if he’s okay, and how he’s dealing with… what just happened. Peter smiles he’s fine. He’s Russian, and they are a strong people. He’ll be just fine. Death is not unfamiliar to him. He just needed to get away from the school, and thinks Jean-Paul was right when he said there were too many memories.
As they head for inside, Jean-Paul asks Peter how long he’ll be staying. To this, Peter smiles and asks who said he intends to leave?
Xavier’s…
Wolverine sits on his bed in his room, with a bag next to him. In his hand, he holds his wedding ring and quietly stares at it. Logan puts the ring in his jacket, and dons his cowboy hat. Leaving his room, he sighs, “It was fun while it lasted, Chuck.” He walks down stairs, where Jean, Scott and Ororo have just returned.
In mid-conversation, Storm explains that it’s just a bit much for her. It’s a lot of responsibility and not something she wants to do for the rest of her life. It’s just not who she is. As Scott suggests they discuss this later, Jean notices Wolverine and asks him if he’s going anywhere. Logan explains he has been putting some things off for a while now. He figured now was a good time as any to take care of them. With the professor gone, it’s just not the same around here and he’s certain the others will get along just fine without him.
Jean is surprised to first see Colossus go, and now Logan. She remarks they’re going to have a lot of empty rooms if things keep going like this. When Storm asks him if he’ll need some company on his trip, Logan smiles that, as much as he would love having Ororo along, this is something he has to handle on his own. He thanks her, though, and leaves. As he departs, Ororo calls to him, reminding Logan that, if something goes wrong, he knows where to find her.
Scott again says they’ll discuss this later. He mentions he called a meeting with Lilandra from the Church of Shi’ar Enlightenment, and adds they’ll probably need to rest first for that. Storm jokes she’ll be in her room hiding under her bed. She mocks she’s already looking  forward to that talk.
Jean and Scott walk to her room, where she takes off her shoes. Scott wants to talk to Jean, but she’s not really up for it. She was kind of wanting to take a nice long bath, and wash the lawyer off before the creepy religion woman dangles the money carrot in front of them. Scott telepathically asks her if she’ll take a bubble bath, which Jean confirms… but wants to take it alone. Scott notices his earlier birthday gift for Jean still unopened on her desk. He knows there’s never going to be a right time, not for a while at least, but wants her to open it.
Jean quickly says she can’t marry Scott. Seeing him sad at her knowing of the present, Jean explains she’s a psychic. She hasn’t been surprised by a gift since she was thirteen years old. But it’s not like she doesn’t like him… she loves Scott. And it’s not like she doesn’t want to marry him… she doesn’t want to marry anyone. She’s got enough changes in her life right now. She mentions she’s young, and there’s a lot going on with her. A lot. It’s just not the right time now. But, she wants Scott to understand, she loves him. Scott replies he knew Jean knew. He just needed an answer. He loves Jean, too. He telepathically suggests they’ll take a bubble bath. “Sure, go get your robe,” she says.
Elsewhere at the mansion…
Iceman is playing his video games, and is watched by Rogue. Bishop is sitting behind them on the coach. Bishop is saying that, with the Professor gone, Bobby can still learn to better control his powers. Bishop sees so much potential in him and doesn’t want to see it go to waste. Bobby reminds Bishop that he’s playing a game now and is in the hardest level. With him talking, his concentration is shot. Bishop just wants Iceman to hear him out. He can create ice. He can do a lot of amazing things with ice, but wants Bobby to think about how he does that. With minimal effort, he is taking moisture out of the air and slowing water molecules down to make them cold. He asks Bobby what else he can slow down. There are some very interesting possibilities regarding Bobby’s powers Bishop would like to explore.
Bobby isn’t really interested, though, and only cares about killing the boss in his computer game. He jokes that, if Bishop gets him a strategy guide, when he’s out he’ll listen to whatever he has to say. Bishop sighs, believing Bobby’s future self must have blocked out all memories of his adolescence. He gets up, mentioning that he’s late for an appointment anyway. Once Bishop’s gone, Bobby asks Rogue if she understood a single word of what he was talking about. Rogue smiles she wasn’t listening. She was having too much fun watching Bobby play this game worse than she ever has.
New York City…
An explosion takes place. Fire is everywhere, caused by an angry mutant. Lots of people run away scared, while the mutant shouts at them to see them spread their mutant-hating propaganda now. “Xavier lives on!” the mutant shouts.
Behind a wall, soldiers are trying to sneak up on the mutant. Their leader wants to see the mutant’s brains on the pavement before he’s got time to blink! The leader is sure the cops will be here any minute and doesn’t want them getting in their way. One of the soldiers mentions they could shoot the mutant from where they’re standing before he even knows what hit him. The leader disapproves, wanting to have the mutant’s blood on his hands. <>
The leader jumps at the mutant, ordering him to stop right there. The mutant declares he won’t be silenced. He wants to bring the truth out. He wants people to know Xavier was murdered. He wants the world to know this. The mutants will rise up and avenge their fallen leader! The leader hits the mutant with a crowbar, telling him to shut up. The mutant refuses and shoots a fire blast at the leader, knocking him backwards.
Suddenly, the police arrive, ordering the mutant to freeze. The leader grins at the mutant to make his choice: a cell or a coffin. The leader’s choice goes out to the latter. On that moment, Nightcrawler teleports in and votes for neither. The police quickly realize that they’re dealing with more mutants now and open fire. Kurt grabs the mutant and teleports them both away, landing on a rooftop nearby.
Kurt tells the mutant that what he did was foolish. He claims Xavier is not one to be defended, as he practiced manipulation. Kurt then notices the mutant has been hit, but he claims it’s nothing. He opens his hand, and a small spark of fire appears. After Kurt asks what it is, the spark spreads out and becomes a huge flame, healing the mutant’s wound! The mutant introduces himself as Pyro, and jokes that fire is his friend. He recognizes Kurt and that he worked with Xavier before it happened.
Pyro explains he has been running with the Morlocks, but he’s sick of spending his time in the shadows… hiding. He wants to be in the spotlight. He wants to be one of the X-Men. Kurt doesn’t know who the Morlocks are, so Pyro explains they’re a gang of mutants living in the sewers. They’re like them both; the Morlocks don’t blend in with the normals. They’ve got a little underground community. Pyro is surprised Kurt never heard of them.
Xavier’s…
Scott, Jean and Storm are in a discussion with Lilandra and her assistant, Gerald. Scott says they don’t know exactly what they’re going to do. This is all a little overwhelming. The professor was a big part of their lives. Lilandra asks Scott why he wanted to meet with her. Scott explains that, before his death, the professor had committed to providing a substantial amount of funding to this school. They just wanted to talk to Lilandra about the possibility of continuing her commitment. Jean adds that, right now, they’re just trying to keep everything as close to the way it was before the professor died. As close as it can be.
Lilandra smiles at that admirable goal. Charles death’ doesn’t make her less committed to the mutant cause. She’s very interested in this school and what it does. As far as she’s concerned, this school is the future. This is where the mutants of today learn to live in harmony with the humanity of tomorrow. If they’re going to continue Charles’ work – his efforts towards peace between humans and mutants – then Scott can count on her continued funding.
Scott smiles the continuing of Xavier’s dream is the first and foremost thing that will be driving them forward. Jean smiles she can’t tell Lilandra how relieved they are to hear her saying those words. Ororo agrees this means a lot to them. Lilandra, however, adds there is a condition she needs to go over with them. Since the three of them are so young and the majority of them are all minors, she’s going to ask that her associate, Gerald Lavine, remains on-site as a liaison between her organization and the school. Scott thinks, if that’s Lilandra’s only condition, they can allow that. To be honest, he feels they could use her guidance. Rising to his feet, Gerald says that he’ll just be here to offer his support on any matters in which Scott deems his input necessary. He promises they’ll hardly notice he’s there. He’ll be there with the X-Men’s best interests in mind. Scott gets up and shakes hands with Gerald.
Later, Gerald contacts someone over telephone, telling someone he’s certain that, with this knowledge, they can return the Hellfire Club to its former glory.
The Academy of Tomrrow…
Sitting on a coach in front of the TV with Jean-Paul, Colossus and he are joined by Warren, who says he didn’t even know Peter was coming to visit. Peter explains that Jean-Paul was kind enough to invite him over to get him over their terrible loss. Warren asks Peter if the professor said anything about him, or why he’s there. Peter says the professor never spoke of Warren since his expulsion from the school, but Peter’s sure the professor was happy Warren was able to enroll. He knows the professor didn’t harbor any ill towards him.
Warren asks if Alison left a forwarding address. He knows she didn’t stay long at the school, as Bobby told him about it at the funeral. Warren was planning to look her up. Peter doesn’t know about it, though. Alison was only at the mansion for less than a day before she left for good. She didn’t leave in a manner that would indicated she wished the X-Men to find her at a later date. Warren understands that. He thanks Peter and leaves. When Northstar asks Peter who Alison was, Peter smiles she’s the one with the tattoos and the light powers. She went by the codename Dazzler. He explains she and Warren were an item, just before she was injured and put into a coma. Jean-Paul jokes it’s a wonder the X-Men ever got anything done. with all the hooking up they do. He calls it ridiculous.
New York State Prison…
Prisoner 104958 has a guest… Bishop. The prisoner asks Bishop who he is. Bishop claims he’s a ghost, nobody important. He just wanted to deliver a message. He tells the prisoner the things he’s experiencing there, the things he’s going through, they’re what he needs to change. As strange as it sounds, this place will make the prisoner a better man. The prisoner asks Bishop what he knows about what it’s like being in here. Bishop smiles that he does know. The prisoner can trust him on that. He wants the prisoner to do his time, pay his debt and get out. He doesn’t need to be in there any longer than he has to be. And he doesn’t even have to think about using his powers. Bishop gets up, telling the prisoner to stay safe. The prisoner smiles and thanks Bishop.
Xavier’s…
Bobby asks Bishop if he got him the strategy guide, but Bishop just calls him an embarrassment. He says hi to Storm, who does the same. Scott and Jean enter the room. Scott is glad they caught everyone, as he has something to say. When Jean wonders what it is, Scott tells her this is important to her, and wants her to sit down, which she does. Scott says that all of them know he, Jean and Storm have been left in charge of the school. As the team leader of the X-Men, Scott has been trying to shoulder the responsibility left behind by the professor. He has been thinking a lot about the professor’s legacy and his dream and everything he stood for. He has thought about what the professor tried to teach them, his efforts towards harboring a peace between humans and mutants and where he’s gotten in the time he had. And Scott thinks the professor was wrong.
Jean doesn’t understand, and Bishop asks Scott what he’s talking about. Scott doesn’t think the best way to show people they can coexist in peace is to have a mutant militia running around, enforcing their own laws, fighting in the streets for all to see. He thinks there’s a better way.
Cable said the Professor did something to affect the future. That he had to die to prevent it. Scott isn’t saying Cable was right, far from it, but he looked around them now, and he doesn’t see them living up to their potential. They’ve got an opportunity here. The resources to become a safe haven for mutants across the world. Not to train them to fight in some ridiculous strike-team, but to train them to live in their world, peacefully and without fear. They can teach those mutants to use their powers for the betterment of all mankind, not as a means of self-defense. They’re going to make this place what it always should have been… a school.
Which is why, effective immediately… Scott is disbanding the X-Men!
They’re going to have an open enrolment period… this is going to be a school. No X-Men, no jets, no trips across the world to fight God-knows-what. A school. Nothing more, nothing less. A place for mutants to learn… a place of peace. Everyone is welcome to stay here, to help out. Scott would love for them all to become teachers here, when they’re old enough, when they’re ready.
Bishop says that’s a fine idea on paper, but he wonders what about those who don’t learn through peace? What about those who hate and fear the X-Men… the evil in this world? What about the ones who need the X-Men to protect them? Scott can’t carry that burden. He doesn’t think it’s his responsibility. Bishop thinks Scott has lost his mind. He can’t let things end with Xavier… they’ve got to defend his dream! Scott thinks Bishop doesn’t see it… Xavier is gone. The dream is dead and Xavier won’t come back. They can’t do this without him. It would be foolish to even try. Bishop wants to say something to Scott, but he doesn’t want to hear it. He wants the others to trust him. He wants to honor Xavier’s memory, he wants his dream to live on, and this is the best way for him to do that. If Bishop wants X-Men… he has to go make their own! To this, Bishop’s face is as stony as it is silent.
The future…
Every building lies in ruins and the streets are in rubble. The sky has turned yellow and it rains. On one street sits a dome in the middle, by itself. Inside is Cable, who is getting his broken metal arm repaired by a large robot. When he asks about the X-Men, the robot explains that, according to all reports from that timeline, the X-Men are grieving in the passing of their mentor. Bishop currently resides with them, trapped, since Cable destroyed his timeslide device. Bishop will have no choice but to remain there.
Cable thinks that’s good, meaning everything is going according to plan. He asks the robot if he’s about through with his arm, which the robot confirms. It then adds that Cable’s pestering did, in fact, cause him to speed up the process. Cable smiles at the robot he’s a riot… bub. He tests his arm out and compliments it’s as good as new. The robot is glad Cable approves of his craftsmanship. He asks if Cable will be needing him for anything else.
Cable asks if the X-Men believe he’s dead, that he died in the explosion. The robot denies that. There was a malfunction in the timeslide and Cable’s drone could not be placed in the heart of the explosion in time. The X-Men believe Cable survived the explosion. But that doesn’t matter to him. They’ve got no means of tracking him down, or any reason to think they need to. He wants the robot to wake their guest, and it leaves to do so.
Cable walks over to a holding tank, where he holds the unconscious body of… Professor Xavier?! He looks at Xavier, who has a power-dampening collar around his neck. Cable says to Charles Xavier they’ve got a lot to talk about.


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The Triskelion...
A few SHIELD soldiers carrying guns enter one of the many cells at the Triskelion and wonder what happened here. They find a deceased Mr. Sinister, who apparently committed suicide by putting a shirt in his mouth. The warden explains to the soldiers that Mr. Sinister (or whatever his real name was) has been on suicide watch for months. No belts, he constantly searched for weapons, he’s even wearing a weak fabric so he couldn’t use his own clothes to hang himself! But there’s still that part in “suicide watch” about watching him, and the warden blames the soldiers for that mistake. He angrily asks the soldiers if they realize how long Sinister would have to go unwatched to be able to stuff his shirt down his throat and suffocate?! He is furious at the soldiers and tells them to just send someone who can clean up this mess. The soldiers obey.
In another cellblock, another soldier enters, carrying some food for another prisoner. The soldier guarding the cell notices lunch is early today. The soldier carrying the food claims that he’s just anxious to poison this scumbag. The guard totally agrees and would do anything to get off this creepy detail. When the soldier asks what kind of mood their prisoner is in today, the guard replies the prisoner is moody. He’s just sitting there, like always. He paced a little before. He thinks maybe their prisoner is depressed, which he thinks serves the prisoner right for being a terrorist. The soldier agrees and thanks the guard for the info. He walks inside the cell with the food.
And in that cell… is Magneto?! Magneto stops playing chess and also notices lunch is early today. The soldier mentions he hoped Magneto wasn’t hungry. He drops the illusion and reveals himself to be… Mastermind! And he brought another, female mutant with him as well. Magneto is surprised and asks Mastermind what he’s doing here. Mastermind mentions that, apparently, Magneto’s services are needed elsewhere. He’s here to relieve him. But Magneto doesn’t have to worry: the guard is seeing him taunt Magneto with the tray of food before finally giving it to him, so he can relax.
Mystique transforms back into her normal self. She is glad to hear this, because she was getting sick of this form. As much as she loves the man, being him is no great shakes. She asks who the girl Mastermind brought is and why he brought all those stuff. Mastermind explains his powers will allow him a little more comforts from home than Mystique’s powers did. He wouldn’t want to stay alone in here because he wouldn’t last a week. Luckily, he can catch up on some DVDs now, spend time with his girlfriend… this will be like a vacation for him. He introduces her as Stacy and met her in Magneto’s little commune.
However, Mystique doesn’t know what Mastermind is talking about. He mentions that’s where Mystique will be heading to. He’s sure the big man will tell her all about it. He takes out a GPS phone out of his bag, which has already the coordinates programmed in it. He thinks Mystique should probably be going now as he took his time getting here. And, Magneto is already waiting. Mystique jokes she sure is in a hurry to get out of here, and transforms in the soldier Mastermind had turned himself into earlier. She asks how she looks now.
Mastermind thinks it’s okay but he thinks he was wearing a nightstick, which is missing on the form. Mystique shapes the nightstick on her belt, and repeats her question, pointing the nightstick almost in Mastermind’s face. He jokes it works but doesn’t want Mystique pointing that thing at him. He wants her to enjoy her time out, but also not to leave him in here for too long. Mystique promises she’ll be back here to pose as Magneto again as soon as she can. She mentions Mastermind and his girlfriend should get comfortable. She walks outside the cell and, once out, with furious yellow eyes calls Mastermind a loser.
Xavier’s… six weeks after Scott Summers disbanded the X-Men…
Scott finds a lone student sitting on the stairs and asks Theodore if everything’s okay. Theodore angrily says the kids are calling him names again. It’s just not fair. If he could control his powers, he’s sure they would never mess with him again. He shows Scott his big arm, which is all covered in brown fur and has clawed nails. Scott asks Theodore to be calm, as he knows his powers act up when he gets excited. He’s certain that over time Theodore will learn to control them. And besides, he just started here. It’ll all work out. He promises the other kids are just as scared and nervous as Theodore is. This is a new thing for everyone here.
Theodore just wishes the other kids would stop calling him names. He’s not mean to them, so he wonders why they’re mean to him. Scott asks Theodore what the kids are calling him. “Grizzly,” he says with a tiny smile on his face. Scott smiles back that isn’t so bad. It’s no worse than Cyclops or Beast, when they’re talking mutant names. He wants Theodore to embrace the name, as that’ll take away the other kid’s power over him. If Theodore accepts the name, it won’t upset him. Theodore mocks his name is exactly like Beast. Scott suggests they’ll go inside now.
Once inside, Scott finds Jean, for whom he was looking. He takes goodbye from Grizzly and thanks Scott for the talk. “Grizzly,” Jean asks Scott, who defends he likes the name. He wants to know how it went. Honestly, Jean thinks they bit off more than they can collectively chew. She’s seriously pushing her limits. She’s got cafeteria staff, janitors, a hall monitor… that and she’s got to keep people convinced they’re not seeing any mutants. They can’t find mutants to fill the jobs and she doesn’t want the students scaring these people away. And she’s got to keep an eye on Scott’s questionable faculty addition.
Scott doesn’t think they need to worry about that. Toad is doing a great job with the athletics class. Rogue and Iceman are the only X-Men who stayed behind and, as young as they are, they’re going to be students for a long time, before they can ever be teachers. Toad knows what he’s doing. Scott thinks Toad has been misled in the past, taken a few wrong turns on the path of life but that he is a good person. Scott asks Jean if she would feel more comfortable if Toad slept with her and then tried to kill him. They had Wolverine running around there for so long. Jean tells Scott she makes him question the ethics of erasing memories far too often for his own good. She’ll try not to bring up Toad again until he kills a student. Scott takes her hand, finishing that all he’s asking.
He recalls they’re little more than five weeks after they announced open enrolment and they’ve already got twenty new students. They could be off to a much worse start. Jean agrees but they just need to get some more instructors in there and then she’ll feel much better about this whole thing. Scott looked over the résumé of the Irish teacher Moira MacTaggert suggested. It looked very promising. The guy has a lot of experience and it might just work out. Jean is glad to hear that as they could use all the help they can get. They pass Gerald’s office, who asks Scott to close his door as he needs to make a phone call. Scott does as told and Gerald thanks them.
Emma Frost’s Academy of Tomorrow, Chigaco, Illinois…
Emma is walking through the gardens with a friend, whose phone goes off. He takes it and the phone’s display screen reads the call comes from… Gerald. The guy puts his phone back into the pocket of his jacket and just smiles it isn’t important, that it’s just someone from work. Emma thought he had the day off, and is a bit upset they can’t leave her friend alone for just one day.
They run into Peter, Warren and Northstar and Emma asks where they are going. Jean-Paul says he’s taking the two over to Slam Dunks. Peter hasn’t had a colossal burger before, and he thinks it is a social injustice. Peter jokes he’s looking forward to eating until he gets sick. Emma is okay with it, but seriously doesn’t want the boys to use any powers. And, she also introduces them to her new, uh… boyfriend… Shinobi Shaw!
New York City, deep underground…
Nightcrawler is in the sewers and is disgusted by its awful smell. He notices a mutant with a green skin and tells him to stop. Kurt has been down here for hours… searching and thinks he has been running in circles. He’s looking for the Morlocks. The mutant tells Kurt to follow him. He opens a large door, and says Kurt to go through. Kurt does and enters a very big room with other, hooded mutants. The mutant smiles tht Kurt has now found the Morlocks.
The Triskelion, the science lab level, far beyond the prison level…
Nick Fury enters the lab and apologizes for being late. There was an incident on level six, the penitentiary level. Something that needed his attention. He hopes the scientist understands. He does, and hadn’t even noticed Fury was late, as he has been somewhat preoccupied all day. There has been a lot on his mind lately. Fury knows what the scientist is doing is hard, but he assures him, what Professor Xavier and he did was for the scientist’s own good. He needed to stay focused on his work. If he were too concerned with his friends, it would have been an additional distraction. Fury agrees it was less than an additional situation, but it…
The scientist, who hangs upside down while he’s working on a machine, interrupts Fury by saying Fury made him believe he was keeping in regular contact with his family and friends. But he tricked his mind into remembering conversations with them, and it took Xavier dying for the effects to wear off so that he could see through it all. Everyone the scientist ever cared for thinks he’s dead, and to him that seems at least a few miles past being a “less than ideal” situation. And, he asks Fury, how long did it take him to schedule this meeting with him? Two weeks? Three? And he’s still late? He wants to know what makes Fury think he’s not just going to quit and walk out of there.
Fury tells the scientist that he just can’t. And he reminds Dr. Hank McCoy not to forget who he’s talking to! Hank jumps down and looks a bit sad. Fury explains to Hank they thought he was dead. Everyone thought he was dead. When Hank was resuscitated at the hospital, it was a shock to them all, but it was an opportunity they could not pass up. They know what’s at stake here. Admiral Stryker and his plan to assassinate the president blamed it on the mutants. That wasn’t the endgame, it was just the beginning. Hank knows this, and he knows all about the Legacy Virus.
Hank still looks sad. Fury further explains that Hank’s team, everyone here, has made such advances in finding a cure for this virus Stryker compromised, and all with Hank’s help. They gave Hank a singular purpose, one thing to focus on. The clock is ticking on this virus to leak out, they have it, they’re aware of it, but they can’t be certain they control it. They have to find a cure. Hank says he knows. Fury also notices Hank has finally reversed the effects of the Weapon X experiment. There’s no fur now and Nick smiles Hank looks much better. Hank thanks Fury for that and he feels much better, too. But he doesn’t think he’ll ever be able to get rid of his fanged teeth. Fury asks Hank what kind of progress he is making on this thing. He wants to know how close they are to being in the clear on this.
Hank admits they’re much closer today than they were yesterday. To say anything more would be entirely too optimistic and incorrect. They’re doing everything they can, and Hank reminds Fury he knows how important this is to him. Fury leaves, wanting Hank to remind him if there’s any new breakthrough or discovery.
Lower Manhattan…
A mutant with three faces has beaten up a police officer and now runs for his life. Someone grabs the mutant and calls him a freak. The mutant hits the man in his face with a crowbar, shouting at the fascist to let him go. The mutant proudly declares that they are the Mutant Liberation Front, and they won’t rest until the world knows the truth about Xavier. “Death to the humans,” he concludes. The mutant keeps running, not noticing that he’s being watched and scanned and is identified. Suddenly, a blast strikes the mutant, which kills him. As the mutant’s corpse drops on the floor, a Sentinel hovers over him…
Somewhere else…
Storm find herself in a dark place. She panics and doesn’t know where she is. She calls out for help, but no one responds. A very menacing voice tells Ororo she is foolish to try to run, claiming she can’t escape him. “Oh no… not you,” Storm panic, as she falls on her knees. A host of monsters suddenly appear out of the shadows and surround Storm, while the malicious voice triumphs over Ororo, declaring she can’t escape… the Shadow King!
Reality…
Storm wakes up from her nightmare. She sighs that that was the worst one she had in a while. She opens her laptop and sees she has a lot of new e-mails, including one from Kitty. She decides to read the mails later, as she first has to jot her nightmare down before she forgets about it. She writes another page on her play entitled “the Shadow King.”
Suddenly, here’s a knock on the door, and Ororo goes to open it. To her surprise, it’s Bishop, explains that the world needs X-Men. And he needs Storm to help him find them.


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The Underneath: part 2
Nightcrawler has found the Morlocks, but is shocked at discovering on how they live underground. It’s a huge place with a many rooms and stairs. Kurt’s guide welcomes him to Morlock Town, or as they like to call it, home. If Kurt is going to stay, he has to talk to Sunder, as he’s the one who makes the rules around there. Kurt surmises that Sunder must be the leader or something.
Joining them, a woman comes from some stairs and says she’ll take it from there. She asks Kurt to follow her, who is quite impressed at the setup they have here as he was expecting something much less… “Functional,” Callisto thinks Kurt meant to say. She thinks he probably expected a bunch of ugly mutants living in a drainpipe, eating sewer rats. They’ll start on that first; Kurt’s low opinion on mutants. She warns him not to let topsiders make him think less of himself because he’s better than any of them. Kurt thanks Callisto, and asks what her name is. The two introduce themselves.
Callisto promises that she’ll introduce Kurt to everyone later, but first points him to a corner where the young mutant girl Sparks is sitting. She’s the one providing the Morlocks with all the clean, mutant energy. Only downside is they sleep when Sparks sleeps, or else they would be sitting in the dark. But they get along pretty well along here. They’re mostly vegetarians. They’ve got hydroponics gardens, and can grow their own food down there. They make their own clothes, and are pretty much on their own. Everyone is welcome there until they prove otherwise.
She asks Kurt if he would like to stay with them, and he would very much. In that case, Callisto concludes, Kurt has to defend himself, and promptly kicks him in the stomach. When a confused Kurt asks what’s going on, Callisto reveals that they’re forming an army down there, strong enough to withstand any resistance from the world above. Kurt has to prove himself if he wishes to stay. They need to know if he’s useful. Caliban emerges from the shadows and again kicks Kurt, wanting to make sure he won’t be worthy. He refuses to share his room and food with Kurt. Kurt warns Caliban not to mistake his lack for preparedness for weakness. He makes a somersault, kicking Caliban in his face. He assures Caliban he’ll be more than capable of fighting back.
Caliban refuses to give up and keeps on fighting. However, Kurt demonstrates even more graceful moves and trips Caliban over, then teleporting him to a safe spot. He asks Callisto if this was enough proof and, if he not, he could just go on trying to impress them. Caliban mopes that he’s in pain and wants to make Kurt pay. He grabs him tight, and then… starts transforming into a huge monster! Callisto warns Caliban to stop, fearing he’ll kill Kurt, but he’s confident Caliban will do no such thing. He teleports away again and, on that moment, someone shouts out “enough!”
Sunder reveals himself from the crowd, concluding that Kurt has proven himself. He also thinks Kurt will make a worthy addition to the Army of the Underneath. He promises they won’t attack Kurt anymore, and that he’s one of them now. He then offers to show Kurt around, and Kurt follows. Unseen by Kurt, among the crowd was another mysterious, hooded person watching the battle. Once Kurt is gone, the individual lowers his hood, revealing the visage of Toad.
Xavier’s…
Jean is angry at Scott for sending Toad on missions now, but Scott disagrees. He reminds Jean they’re not the X-Men anymore, and defends that he just sent a faculty member on a recruitment drive. Jean can’t believe Scott wouldn’t just wait two weeks before sending Toad into the world and represent the school. She doesn’t trust him, though Scott says he does. He recalls that it was Toad who told them about the Morlocks. Scott explains to Jean that the Morlcoks are a group of mutants who have separated themselves of society because of their appearance. And something tells Scott sending Jean or Bobby down their with designer clothes would come over as a slap in the face for those people. He wants the Morlocks to feel welcome at the school.
Jean, in turn, reminds Scott she never said he didn’t have a good reason to send Toad. She’s just worried about the amount of trust Scott is giving him. And she mocks she doesn’t wear designer clothes. Scott explains they need more students. He would like to establish the mansion as an official school, but they need more students for that. They need more teachers too, but they’re already working on that. He knows this building can’t house more than a thousand students, and doesn’t know if there even are that many mutants in this country. And until Jean learns to work with Cerebro like the Professor did, they’ll have to find students any way they can.
Jean understands that and realizes they can’t just put an ad in the paper. They have been getting a steady stream of youngsters by contacting parents of mutant-support groups. She understands Scott has a vision for what the school can be, and can see it’s important to him. It’s important to her as well. The more she thinks about it, this is the way Scott will change the world. It’s still Xavier’s dream, but more practical, somehow. It’s just going to take time.
Scott asks Jean if she saw the news. Jean did, and she saw the Sentinels. She’s got a call today from Fury, who said there haven’t been any confirmed sightings. She asks Scott if he thinks the government could have really reinstated the Sentinel initiative, and if those reports are real. He honestly doesn’t know.
Meanwhile, somewhere in the city…
Pyro is under attack by a Sentinel. He panics and throws his flames around, some managing to hit the Sentinel. However, as he then flees, he is suddenly rescued by none other than… Storm! She flies him up in the air and promises they’ve got his back. Pyro wants to know who they are, to which Storm, though uncertain, answers “the X-Men.” While she flies Pyro to a safe spot, Bishop jumps on the Sentinel’s head. He starts crushing it, and jokes this would have been easier without the fire. A few seconds later, the Sentinel explodes, after which a charged up Bishop jumps down, complimenting himself he did a good job. As the former Sentinel falls down, he coughs slightly at the dust.
Having watched the battle from a roof, Pyro is impressed at the strength Bishop has, for a man his old age. Storm corrects that Bishop isn’t strong at all, explaining he’s got some sort of mutant aura, and can change the weight and density of things he touches. She’s no physics teacher, but she thinks Bishop just used the air around it to crush that Sentinel’s head, and then made himself lighter than air to float down to the ground. It’s all pretty impressive, certainly at Bishop’s age.
Suddenly, a huge, blue portal opens behind Storm and Pyro, and Bishop steps through it. He thanks the two for the compliments. Pyro recalls he doesn’t know Bishop from the X-Men he saw on TV. Bishop explains that he’s new and that he and Storm are forming a new team. When Pyro asks how many X-Men there are, Bishop replies it’s just he and Storm for the moment, and Pyro would make three. He asks Pyro if he’s interested. Thrilled, Pyro replies, adding that he had been looking for them. Bishop smiles he knows, and that he knows everything about Pyro. That’s why he’s there, asking.
The Morlock tunnels…
Sunder and Kurt pass Sparks again, their little generator. Sparks welcomes Kurt to their home, and he in turn thanks her. Sunder mentions Kurt will find living with them to be quite comfortable. He shows him the sleeping quarters and says he will get him a bed assigned right away. They need to be well-rested for the coming war. When Kurt wants to know more about that, Sunder explains that it will be humans against mutants. They Morlocks believe it’s only a matter of time before tensions escalate into an all-out war, so they must be ready for it. They desire to remain isolated from this conflict, but they are realistic and know they can’t hide forever. They must be ready to defend their home when the time comes.
Kurt understands. Sunder then asks Kurt how he got there, and what his life was like in the world. Kurt reveals he was experimented upon, as a weapon by a shadow branch of the United States government called Weapon X. He was eventually rescued by the X-Men, and joined them soon after. They were his friends, but betrayed them. Kurt thinks about it for a while, and then realizes he made a terrible mistake. Sunder becomes furious when he hears Kurt is one of the X-Men, calling them the surface world’s pet mutants. And he dares insult the Morlocks by coming there? Kurt promises he is no longer one of the X-Men, and came here alone. Completely alone. Sunder’s anger begins to subside when he sees a morose Kurt confessing he has nowhere else to go.
Leech enters the room and informs Sunder they’ve got a visitor who wishes to talk to him. Sunders wonders how they’ve gotten so popular out of a sudden, but allows Leech to bring the visitor in. Toad takes off his hood, and explains that he was told Sunder is the leader of the Morlocks. If that’s really the case, he thanks Sunder for taking the time to talk to him. He has come there to make an offer. He admits they’ve got a nice civilization down there, but it’s true that it’s far from perfect, and that they don’t have to live this way. He’s coming here on behalf of Xavier’s school, a school for mutants that is offering everyone here, under their wing. The Morlocks wouldn’t have to live like this anymore and could be safe. And they would teach them. Sunder becomes angry again and thinks he has two X-Men spies in his ranks now. So enraged, he attacks Nightcrawler.
Kurt tries to explain himself, but Sunder won’t let him and Kurt has to teleport himself into safety. Sunder instead attacks Toad and punches him into the air. Another Morlock hits Kurt on the head with a crowbar, and with him down drag him away. Toad sticks out his tongue against Sunder, who warns his fellow Morlocks they’ve got to take their first prisoners of war.
Elsewhere…
Storm, Bishop and Pyro have stepped through his teleportation portal. In mid conversation, Pyro is surprised to hear Bishop really came from the future. Bishop explains that that’s where he got all this equipment, and adds that his chronal displacer was destroyed, so he got stuck here, but he still has plenty of tech and weapons from the future that still work. Storm looks around the basement-like place they are in, which is filled with boxes, and asks where they are. Bishop claims that this will be their new base, though it still needs a lot of work. But he’s sure it will be at least a fraction as comfortable as the mansion was. Storm jokes the place is already better than the apartment she lived in after she left the mansion. Pyro says the same thing about his place.
Storm repeats her question of where they are, to which Bishop answers simply that they’re somewhere they’ll be safe. Somewhere their enemies will never think to come looking. He opens a backdoor and tells Storm to look outside. She does, and can see a river with boats, and recognizes they’re in Australia, which excites her. Bishop tells Pyro to get comfortable and to unpack, and also that there is food here if he’s hungry. He and Storm have to leave but they’ll be back shortly. When Storm asks where they’re going, Bishop smiles that they’ll be going to another recruit.
Xavier’s…
Jean is angry at Scott when he informs her Toad has been out of contact for a day now. He’s worried about him and they have to investigate. It’s probably nothing, but they don’t know how hostile these Morlocks are. Jean asks Scott if he didn’t give Toad a cell phone. He did, but he’s underground and, if the Morlocks have him, Toad won’t be able to contact them. Jean wonders how Scott can be sure Toad isn’t one of the Morlocks and is luring them into an ambush. Scott says it’s because he trusts Toad. He leaves to get Rogue and Iceman, and is determined to go after Toad. And if Jean disapproves, she doesn’t have to come with them.
Later, halfway across Manhattan…
Traveling in a train, Bobby looks around the rather gross people around them, and jokes to Scott, Jean and Rogue that they used to have a jet.
Meanwhile in New York, at the scummiest, dirtiest bar in town…
Storm and Bishop enter the bar and she calls this place a dumb, and asks why they are there. Bishop says they’ll find another important addition to their team there. Storm surmises that Bishop knows everything there is to know about mutants, because he comes from the future, and he’s able to use that knowledge to find people? She finds that weird. Bishop corrects that he knows a lot about the best, most powerful, most important-to-history-mutants, but he doesn’t know everything. She saw how long it took for them to find Pyro. He calls this team very important and says that, by killing Xavier, Cable has altered history as Bishop knows it. He knows what’s supposed to happen, but that doesn’t mean it will.
The mutants that shaped his history, the legends, if he doesn’t step in and do something, those people may never become legends. Storm can’t believe they’ll find one of those legends in this creepy bar. Bishop claims that this recruit is one of the most powerful, most important mutants to his cause. This mutant has unlimited potential, but they have yet to realize it themselves. He spots “them.”
They walk towards a coach, where a drunk person is sitting… and that girl is none other than… Dazzler! Bishop asks Dazzler to allow him to introduce himself, as Storm looks on in disbelief.


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The Underneath: part 2
The sewers…
Scott, Jean, Iceman and Rogue are walking into the sewers, trying to find the Morlocks. Bobby thanks Jean for making their minds think they’re smelling pumpkin pie instead of poop, but he thought they weren’t the X-Men anymore, and that he’d get to play video games all the time. To this, Scott replies that, when he disbanded the X-Men and turned the mansion into a school, Bobby playing video games wasn’t at the top of his agenda. Bobby is glad that at least they’ll have no more missions… he thinks he heard that. Or was he making that up?
Slightly annoyed, Jean telepathically contacts Scott, asking him why they brought Rogue and Iceman. Scott jokes probably because they didn’t want them to burn down the school. Returning to speech, Scott leads them into a tunnel. Bobby mentions he thinks Toad can handle himself, because he was only like, half a week ago, a terrorist in service of Magneto. No offense, he then tells Rogue. Having had enough, Scott curtly tells Bobby to please – he means this in the nicest possible way – to shut the hell up before he pushes him in the water. Likewise angry, Jean chides Bobby that this could be a real rescue mission, and they don’t want the Morlocks to hear them coming. Bobby apologizes because he didn’t realize they were sneaking. Nobody told him they were sneaking.
Despite the warning, Bobby still mutters to himself, causing Scott to ask Bobby what’s wrong with him. It’s only been a few weeks since the mansion became a school, and he can’t be this out of practice. Bobby admits he rambles when he’s in the dark. Rogue gently touches him and teases that he gets scared in the dark. Bobby tells her to shut up.
The four arrive in Morlock central, where Toad told them they would find the Morlocks. Scott asks Jean if she can fly ahead and see if she can find where they are living –the place looks completely deserted. As Jean flies off, Rogue wonders what they are looking for, but Scott has no idea, because Toad didn’t tell him much. Suddenly, Jean is shocked by something… and far behind her Bobby says he’s not smelling pumkin’ pie anymore.
Sunder leads his Morlocks into battle. Sunder punches Scott’s glasses off his face, but Scott quickly closes his eyes. Elsewhere, Jean calls out to Scott, but is under attack herself by Callisto. Sunder recognizes the X-Men and believes they have come for their “two spies.” He suggests they give them a “warm welcome.” Scott doesn’t understand what Sunder means by “two spies,” though…
Meanwhile, at a construction site in Chicago, Illinois, near Emma Frost’s school…
Colossus’ co-workers take a break for lunch and invite him to come along. Peter thanks his friends, but says he’ll stay there and watch the tools, since he needs to save his money anyway. Once Peter’s friends are gone, he is approached by… Bishop and Storm! Bishop asks Peter if they can talk for a minute. Peter replies that he has the whole hour to listen to Bishop, but he wants to have some time to finish his lunch. He also tells Ororo it’s good to see her. Bishop begins saying that Cyclops may have disbanded the team, but he and Storm are forming a new team and they would like to…
Peter apologizes for interrupting, but he doesn’t want to waste Bishop’s time and says that he’s simply not interested. He was happy to hear Scott say he put an end to this. He’s happy now. He has an apartment there, and this job. He’s close to Jean-Paul, who is even thinking about moving in with him after the semester. Things are good. After the Mafia and the X-Men, Peter welcomes a break and isn’t anxious to return to that life. Peter is tired, and wants Bishop to allow him to have his rest.
Bishop tells him fair enough. He won’t beg. As they leave, Ororo tells Peter it was good to see him too, and that she’s happy for him. Peter thanks Ororo, and finishes his sandwhich.
The Academy of Tomorrow…
Finding Dazzler standing in his doorway, Warren says he is thrilled to finally see her again. He explains that after Peter told him what happened to her, and what Kurt did to her, he did everything he could to find her, even look on the Internet to see if her band was doing any gigs, but he couldn’t find anything.
Alison hugs him and chidingly tells him to shut up. Alison explains she didn’t want Warren to find her. She was a little angry at him for not being there to rescue her after what Kurt did to her. But she now realizes that was stupid and that she was just being a girl over it, because there was no way Warren could have known what was going on. Warren jokes he’ll be mad about that later, but for now he’s just glad to see her okay. He asks if she just came to see him. Alison admits she pretty much is, but she does have an agenda.
She asks Warren if he wants to join the X-Men, to which Warren admits he does, but he thought Scott disbanded them. That’s what Peter said. And he also thought Alison was done with the X-Men. Alison corrects Scott isn’t involved in this team, and she thinks the new team exists out of good people. Her band has broken up, and she has been couch-surfing from friend to friend and, frankly, she’s just bored now. After she asks Warren if he’s in, Warren promises that he is, if Alison is. Alison smiles that’s cool, and wants Warren to pack his things, because this place smells too much of a high school to her and that gives her the creeps.
The sewers…
Sans visor, Cyclops fires both his eyebeams at the Morlocks and warns the others not to let them win, despite their enemies bigger numbers in total. Bobby notices Scott taking his optic visor out of his jacket, and he says he brought it just in case. Bobby freezes into Iceman, with a new look – bigger, hulking arms to fight with! Bobby promises Scott it’s okay to just call them X-Men for tonight. Just “people” or “guys” is getting old real quick.
Caliban grows in size and smashes Iceman’s ice-slide apart. Rogue attacks Caliban but he doesn’t think a woman can defeat him. However, even as he slams Rogue onto the grround… Caliban finds he is getting… weaker? Rogue smiles and thanks Caliban for his powers: she now looks just as big as he does, complete with the grey skin. She lifts Caliban up and tosses him against a wall.
Scott confronts Sunder, and asks what he wants and why the Morlocks attacked them. Sunder answers they just want to be left alone, and want the X-Men to leave. Scott points out they can’t do that without their man, and they won’t go without him. When Sunder explains both of Scott’s spies are now prisoners of war to them, Scott replies that doesn’t understand, since he only sent one guy, and it wasn’t to spy on the Morlocks. Where is he?
In a separate room of the tunnel, a bound Toad regains consciousness, wondering where he is. Also tied-up, Toad Kurt tells him to stay calm and promises him he’ll get them out of there… right now!
Sunder tosses Scott away, but he lands on his feet and hits Sunder with a powerful optic blast. Knocked off his feet, Sunder asks the other Morlockd if they see. The X-Men came to oppress them! To bring them into the open – for persecution – for ridicule! And for that, he wants them to die!
Suddenly, Kurt teleports in together with Toad, who uses his tongue to pull Sunder away from Scott. Kurt then teleports Scott to higher grounds, where he’ll be safe. Scott is surprised to find Kurt there, but Kurt claims there’s no time to explain now. Sunder gets up and grabs Toad’s tongue, and swings him around, so Kurt teleports to Toad and helps him out.
Elsewhere, Callisto orders some other Morlocks out of her way, because she wants to deal with Jean personally and grabs Jean by her throat. Jean shouts at the Morlocks that they’re crazy, again trying to explain that they didn’t came here to fight. She tries to push Callisto away from her but, on Callisto’s head, she can see the odd, little green goblin creatures that have been haunting her for a while. Jean accidentally removes Callisto’s eye-patch, who warns Jean not to, but it’s too late. Green tentacles emerge from Callisto’s eyes, swallowing Jean!
Scott sees it happening and runs to help, fighting his way through a number of Morlocks to get to Jean. Unfortunately, his way is blocked by Sunder, who gives him a hard punch to the chest. Sunder then lifts up a huge boulder and tells Scott that the Morlocks just want to be left alone, but they will defend their home from outsiders. He tells Scott that he and his team shouldn’t have come there. He needs to be made an example of. Sunder is sorry, but he wants Scott to die for his mistake.
Kurt teleports behind Sunder, and corrects that Scott doesn’t need to die. Grabbing Sunder’s head, Kurt turns it abruptly, snapping his neck. As Sunder collapses, his eyes rolling back in his head, Scott, in disbelief at what he just saw, asks Kurt what he just did.
Nearby, Caliban apologizes to Callisto as he knocks her out. Once unconscious, Callisto’s tentacles pull themselves away from Jean, who asks Caliban why he did that. He explains it was the only way to stop the tentacles, which would have killed Jean if he hadn’t. He just couldn’t let that happen.
His own foe running away, Iceman takes Rogue on his ice-slide, suggesting they go find out what stopped the fight. Arriving where Sunder fell, the two find a distraught Kurt begging the Morlocks to stop fighting. Kurt didn’t want to kill Sunder, but the Morlocks shouldn’t have attacked the X-Men. He thinks this isn’t right. Having this place there, for mutants like him and the other Morlocks, is great, but Kurt thinks attacking everyone who would come down there is foolish. He’s certain this place won’t survive another attack like this. There has to be another way.
Caliban corrects that Sunder is not dead… just hurt. Sunder will heal from this, but it will take time. He’s very strong, and that’s why they all agreed to make Sunder their leader. Caliban thinks they use this time to elect a better leader.
The crisis over, Scott asks Jean if she’s alright. Jean replies she is. She was just taken off guard. She then asks about him, to which Scott replies that it hurts as bad as it looks – but he’ll be fine. Toad joins the gang and begins to apologize for messing this up, but Scott interrupts, wanting to talk about it later. Scott also thanks Kurt for his help, and finds it good to see him back into action. But now, he thinks it’s time for Kurt to come home so they can help him. Kurt refuses. Scott explains to Kurt that they need him, and they can help him deal with his anger. They’re friends and they want to help him. Scott is confident Kurt needs to come back with them.
Kurt rather thinks what he needs is to feel accepted. That he needs a place where he belongs, where he won’t stand out as the odd one, or the ugly one. He doesn’t want to feel inferior anymore. He’s sorry for what he did to Dazzler and is coping with that the best way he can, but what he needs right now is to stay there. Scott thinks about it for a while, before concluding “fine.” They leave, and Jean promises to Kurt that, if he ever needs anything, anything at all, he’ll know where to find them.
Sydney, Australia…
Bishop and Storm have teleported Angel and Dazzler to their Australian headquarters, after which Alison curses she’ll never get used to the teleportation. Warren asks if this is where they’ll live, which Bishop confirms. As soon as they’ve finished recruiting, they’ll focus on cleaning up the place, and make it livable. Hearing this as he enters, pushing a cart, Pyro thanks Bishop for that, as he would prefer it not having to do all the moving himself, like now. Warren doesn’t know the newcomer, but Pyro introduces himself and claims to be a big fan of Warren’s.
Storm asks Bishop who’s next. Bishop has one more on his list, but she’s not where she’s supposed to be. Xavier’s death is already changing a lot of things, and he doesn’t know where she could be. Storm suggests they recruit Wolverine, if they need only one more. Bishop promises to think about it. He then separates himself from Storm and asks Alison for a moment, to talk about Angel.
Once alone, Bishop tells her that he has a very specific plan for this team, like who needs to be on it, and things they need to accomplish. But Alison’s boyfriend isn’t part of that plan. Alison angrily remarks if Bishop wants to boss around a bunch of kids – if this is a big power trip for him… she’s out. However f his plan includes her, Bishop will get Warren as well. He goes? She goes. Bishop understands, “loud and clear.” Alison leaves him, concluding that Warren is twice the X-Man she’ll ever be, and Bishop acts like he’s in the way. As a final parting shot, she calls him a jerk. Alone, Bishop dispassionately watches her leave.
Xavier’s…
The former X-Men and Toad are back home. Bobby takes off his jacket, mocking that their mission sucked. Toad apologizes once again. He really just thought they could help the Morlocks. It sickens him to know they’re so ashamed of themselves that they think they deserve to live down there. Ignoring him, Scott notices Jean wandering herself upstairs and asks what’s wrong. Jean answers she’s just tired and wants to go to bed. Bobby doesn’t understand what Jean’s problem is, and Rogue reminds him she almost died today. Bobby still doesn’t understand – it’s like that every day for them. Or, well, used to be.
Once upstairs, Jean enters her room and closes the door behind her. She stares into a mirror, and notices the little green goblin creatures crawling over her head again. She sighs, and then quietly stares into the mirror. Jean activates her Phoenix powers, which make the goblins go away. Flames dancing through her hair, Jean speaks a single word in a deep, dark tone in her voice. “Soon.”
Below, Scott agrees to play one game with Bobby and then he’ll take a shower. He doesn’t even know why he’s doing this, because he knows it’s going to be embarrassing for him. Toad laughs about it and is determined to see this. As they arrive in the game room, Scott is stunned to find a new student there… none other than… Kwannon?! Or, was that… Betsy? She apologizes, and explains that one of the students let “them” in, and “they” just made “themselves” at home. Oh, and calling her “Psylocke,” is just fine.
The sewers…
Kurt thanks Callisto for letting him stay there, and for the new clothes she gave him. Callisto admits she agrees with Kurt, and actually thinks all the Morlocks do. Violence should not be their first recourse to outsiders. She thinks to prepare for war to the extent they had been doing is to invite it. It’s almost as if they expected it so much, they almost welcomed it. She thinks they’re going to live by a whole bunch of new rules.
Kurt is glad to hear that, though he just doesn’t want to be the one who’s going to tell that to Sunder when he wakes up. In fact, he doesn’t want to be anywhere near him. Callisto tells Kurt not to worry about Sunder. He’s fallen out of favor, and he’ll either fall in line or be asked to leave when he wakes up. They just let Kurt stay here because they’re going to need a new leader to implement all of their new rules. Kurt asks Callisto if, by that, she means him. All the Morlocks look at Kurt, and she confirms. “Yes, you.”