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A few minutes ago:
Croatia, the full moon shines brightly down over a large castle built into a rocky mountain that overhangs a large bed of water and is surrounded by a forest. From an overhanging cliff nearby, a strange creature hangs upside down, and in a strange voice utters 'Nnneeeedd...'. While, inside the castle, a cage houses Daken and Sabretooth who are currently fighting each other, while a cloaked figure sits nearby, and a captive X-23 is led to the cage. 'Why did you do it? Why am I here?' the young mutant asks Skel, who leads her towards the cage. Skel tells X-23 that he isn't really sure, and suggests she asks them, motioning to the cage. Outside, 'Nnnneeeddd...' the strange being snarls as it soars through the air and lands on the side of the castle, where it climbs through a narrow opening.
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X-23, Daken, Sabretooth and Lady Deathstrike stand near their mysterious captor, while Mystique lies motionless on the floor behind them. 'Who are you?' X-23 asks. Shogun introduces himself, then runs off the list of who is present, including Elixir. 'We know who we are, but none of us are friends' Daken declares inside the cage. 'These trigger words you claim Dr Abraham Cornelius placed into our minds... a sleep word, a control word, a kill word and a fourth word whose purpose you have yet to reveal. You know them, we do not. That is what you claim to be true' Lady Deathstrike declares. 'Here is what we know: you decided to take us prisoner. Everyone in this cell is known for one thing, and it is not forgiveness. Why would you do something so stupid?' she asks, placing her hand up to the cage barrier. Shogun replies that he is happy to explain, but he wants everyone listening – and that includes Mystique. Shogun turns to Elixir and remarks that he can heal people. 'Get Mystique back on her feet' he demands. But Elixir tells Shogun that he is misinformed. 'You see this? Black? That means I don't heal. I kill' Elixir explains, referring to his chrome-black skin. Elixir remarks that if he were gold, he might be about to help him out, but he hasn't been gold in a long time.
'I got this. She's probably faking it. This is Mystique. Everything she does is a lie' Sabretooth declares as he moves over to Mystique: 'Here... show you what I mean' he exclaims as he prepares to slam a foot down on her – but Mystique reaches up and grabs Creed by his foot, and hurls him back into the force field that surrounds them, giving Creed a shock as energy from the force field strikes him. '...told... you...' Sabretooth mutters, slumped over on the floor. 'Good enough' Shogun remarks, as a man in a blue outfit with a faceplate covering his face, save for some panels across his head that reveal his brain enters the chamber. 'They ready to listen?' he asks. 'I doubt it. But it's worth a try' Shogun replies. 'Who's this guy? How many of you idiots are there?' Daken asks. The new arrival announces that there are two others beyond Shogun, himself and Skel, whom they met earlier. He introduces himself as Neuro and adds 'As far as idiots go, last time I checked I wasn't stuck in a cell'. He tells Daken that it doesn't have to be that way, and that they can help each other out. 'It's time to deal' he declares.
Neuro reveals that the five of them were test subjects for Cornelius – lab rats. They were part of an effort to engineer perfect superhumans in an effort to bring about a perfect world. He adds that they were early weapons, proofs of concept for various abilities Cornelius planned to give his real subjects – he never intended for them to live. Neuro explains that Cornelius bnuilt expiration dates into them – generic time-bombs that could kill them at any moment – unless they figure out how to switch them off. 'What does that have to do with us?' Sabretooth asks as he stands next to Deathstrike inside the cell. Neuro remarks that he was listening when Deathstrike said that they are all known for one thing. 'I presume you were referencing to your tendency to murder half the people you meet' he adds, declaring that there is something else – they stole Cornelius' project files when they escaped from his lab – it is how they got the control words and how they know all of their prisoners can heal. 'We think the ket to curing us might be inside one of you' he explains. 'If you know the words that can make us do whatever you want, why don't you use them?' Deathstrike asks. Shogun announces that they aren't bad people, just desperate people and are not interested in making slaves out of them. 'None of you would ever forget it, and you'd hunt us all down on principle'.
Shogun continues, adding 'We'll use them if we have to – but we'd rather work with you', to which Mystique tells him that it is almost certainly too late for that, but she is not the type to turn down a deal without hearing the terms. 'What do you offer?' she asks. 'It's simple, Mystique. The fourth word' Shogun declares. Shogun raises his fingers as he lists the words: 'Sleep'. 'Control'. 'Kill'. 'Erase'. He informs the captives that the last word removes all of Cornelius' programming, and they would be free. 'And what, we'd just have to let you cut us up first or something?' Sabretooth asks, telling Shogun that he is not better than the mad scientist. Shogun reveals that there is another way – something else that would solve this whole thing, but that they don't think they can get it alone. 'If you help us find it, we can let you all g-' he begins, before the strange creature from outside bursts into the chamber, 'NEEEED' it screeches as it makes his presence known, landing in the cell with the captives. Neuro warns them to stay away from it, as it is another of the Paradise Experiments – Siphon – and even Cornelius was afraid of it. Elixir stands in front of the other captives and boasts that he will put it down – one touch and it is out for hours. 'Stay back, everyone' he tells the others.
Siphon touches the energy field around the cage, 'Oh, no' Shogun utters as energy crackles around the attacker. 'What the hell are you? Besides ugly' Daken remarks, claws at the ready. 'Huuunnngggrrry' Siphon snarls. It then latches itself onto Elixir's arm. 'Don't! You'll die! You're getting too much! Let g – what the... what the hell?' Elixir exclaims as Siphon continues to latch onto him, then shoves his hand across Elixir's face and pushes the young mutant to the ground. 'YEEESSSS...' Siphon hisses. 'We should help him...I...' X-23 begins, to which Sabretooth tells her to be his guest, but he isn't getting near that thing. Elixir lies motionless on the floor as Siphon starts to rise. Mystique tells Shogun that he has to let them out. 'You said you need us. This thing is trapped in here with us. If you don't let us out, it will kill us all' she points out. Neuro agrees with her. 'I know' Shogun mutters. 'Dammit' he exclaims before switching off the force field, and the prisoners escape, while Elixir hasn't moved. Sabretooth moves towards Shogun, who asks him what he is doing. 'Get out of here!' he exclaims. Sabretooth reaches out to grab Shogun, 'Oh, I will. Just gotta kill you first' he declares. 'Ovipositor' Shogun utters, and Sabretooth falls into a trance. Shogun instructs Sabretooth to go wait outside, to defend himself if he is attacked, but not to do anything else until he instructs him otherwise. 'All right, try me' Shogun calls out to Siphon as he readies his sword, and Siphon moves away from Elixir. 'I don't want you' Siphon exclaims, before leaping out through the hole into the wall. 'I want them' he declares as he hovers over the castle.
X-23 runs down a spiral staircase, and through a corridor – but skids to a halt and goes wide-eyed when she glances into a nearby room. 'Oh, no' she utters as she sees Daken screaming as Siphon holds him by his head and starts to absorb his life force. 'Daken...?' Laura calls out. She turns and flees, but then pops her claws and scowls, telling herself to go back. X-23 rushes into the room and shoves her claws into Siphon, who pushes her away from him. 'Don't' Laura tells Siphon as he stands over her. 'Save you... for later' Siphon exclaims, before leaping through a window back outside. Laura asks Daken if he is all right, to which Daken replies that he doesn't know. 'It's not healing' he points out, as he shows her his fist, blood trickling from where his claws pop out. Blood that would usually vanish instantly.
Outside, Mystique and Lady Deathstrike are in a clearing and approach Sabretooth, who is standing still and staring blankly ahead. Shogun and Neuro are with him. 'What happened to Sabretooth? Did the creature get him? Siphon?' Deathstrike asks. Shogun explains that he had to use Sabretooth's command word, but that he will come out of it soon. 'So all that about not wanting to create enemies of us was pure nonsense?' Mystique asks, but Shogun tells her that Sabretooth left him no choice. 'I'm sure you'll use a similar rationalization when you decide to use one on me' Mystique responds. 'Assuming of course...that I give you the chance' Mystique adds as she shapeshifts into Shogun. 'You're all idiots. Posturing, preening idiots. Don't you get it, Mystique? We aren't the only ones who know the words' Neuro exclaims. 'Who knows how many people have access to Cornelius' files? He was just one part of a much larger organization – the Arcadia Foundation. Any one of their people could drop you, just like Mr Creed here' Neuro declares. Shogun announces that Neuro is telling the truth and adds that of all those many people, they are the only ones who are trying to help them.
'So decide right now. Live the rest of your lives in fear, looking over your shoulder, or help us and be free' Shogun offers. Mystique and Lady Deathstrike look at each other, before Mystique reminds Shogun that he mentioned a task – something they could do that would earn them that freedom. 'Something you wanted us to help you get. What was it?' she asks. 'Well...let's talk about that' Shogun replies, while, in Nevada, Wolverine's adamantium covered body shines in the sunlight.


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One year ago.Somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean.A Blackbird jet streaks low across the ocean, and inside, a group of X-Men listen to a recorded message: “- made a terrible mistake. We never should have stayed. Now I think it may be too late. We need help! Please! We need -” and the message ends.
'That's it? That's the entire message?' Emma Frost asks. Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops confirms that it is, and adds that they intercepted it an hour ago. He reveals that scans confirm the distress call came from Muir Island. Illyana Rasputin a.k.a. Magik remarks that it sounded like Madrox's voice to her. Bobby Drake a.k.a. Iceman confirms that it was Jamie Madrox's voice, but that he has never heard him so scared.
Fabio Medina a.k.a. Goldballs rubs the back of his head and asks 'Are you guys sure I should be on this mission? Sounds kind of out of my league'. The Stepford Cuckoos – Irma, Celeste and Phoebe – reply in unison: 'We couldn't agree more, Goldballs'. Cyclops tells the girls to play nice, before informing everyone that they are approaching Muir Island. But as the jet moves in closer, 'At least I think that's Muir Island' Scott adds as the island is shrouded in a strange green mist.
Meanwhile, in Matsumoto, Japan, a green cloud flows across the densely built-up city, as another jet flies over it. 'Ah... look at that. Beautiful' someone inside the jet calls out. The jet is called the RIV, and it is the aerial HQ of one of the Inhuman teams consisting of Crystal, Gorgon, Grid, Naja, Iso and Flint. Crystal smiles as she announces that the Terrigen Cloud should hit Matsumoto in about fifteen minutes. She adds that some of the residents temporarily evacuated to other parts of the prefecture, but most decided to stay – about two hundred thousand. 'So eighty percent of the original population. That's good news, Crystal. Six months ago, we were getting near-full evacuations' Gorgon points out. Grid tells Gorgon that it is better than that – and that when he changed in Mumbai, people panicked as the cloud rolled through – but according to the RIV's sensors, it is all very calm down there, and a lot of people are actually excited for the cloud to hit, and are waiting for it. Indeed, down below, a group of locals have gathered together as the Terrigen Cloud rolls closer.
'Well, of course, Grid' Crystal replies, adding that they will want to get down there soon, and that the Japanese government has asked them to offer any aid these people might require as their Inhuman abilities emerge. Clinging to the roof above the others, Naja smiles and declares 'Two hundred thousand – that means about twenty-percent should have enough Inhuman DNA to cocoon up when the T-Cloud hits'. Naja drops down and switches to a winged form, announcing 'I'll dive down there right now! I love this part. It's always amazing to watch'. 'Sure, Naja' Crystal replies, announcing that first she wants to say something. She tells her team that they have been working so hard these past few months to teach humanity to accept them, and accept that some of them are Inhumans, too, and she thanks her team, because what they are doing, it is working. 'The people in that park look at that cloud... and they see hope' she declares as the T-Cloud rolls in closer.
Muir Isle, the Blackbird descends, high-beams of light shines through the mist so the X-Men can see where they are going as they exit the jet. Cyclops leads the way, with Emma and Magik behind him. Iceman slides alongside on an ice-sled, while Goldballs and the Stepford Cuckoos bring up the rear. 'Scott, this gas – should we -' Magik begins, but Emma interrupts her and suggests that if she is scared she can always stay in the Blackbird with the other children. 'Spare me the condescension, Emma. Something's not right here and you know it! Where is everyone!?' Magik exclaims.
Goldball suddenly comes to a halt and leans against a large rock, remarking that whatever this stuff is, it is making him feel pretty gross. Scott looks down and sees some red on the path. He touches it – blood. 'Lovely' Emma remarks. Scott tells her to be ready for anything, to which she boasts that she is always ready for anything.
The group moves closer to the research center, and Emma reports that she is only reading a few minds here, other than their own. 'Was this not a fully staffed mutant research facility?' she asks. 'Oh, man. I really wish I'd stayed on the plane' Goldballs mutters. Cyclops starts to cough as he explains that the center was staffed by Madrox, mostly, and his multiple selves, along with a skeleton crew of medical and scientific staff. 'Scott?' Emma asks as he coughs again. 'I'm fine' Scott replies. They keep moving and enter the research facility. A door has blood splattered over it, and they enter a room that is blanketed in darkness.
Cyclops asks Magik to give them some light, so she holds her Soulsword up and it illuminates the room. The X-Men see the green mist swirling around their feet, and Magik tells Cyclops that she doesn't like this, and that they need to figure out what they are dealing with before someone gets hurt. 'I think it's too late for that...' a wide-eyed Iceman gasps.
The others look over and see a mutant lying on the floor nearby and rush over. Cyclops checks the blood-covered mutant and reports that he has never seen anything like this. Boils cover the mutant's body, and Cyclops remarks that he can't think of any of their enemies with powers this horrible. Cyclops closes the mutant's eyes and Cyclops tells the others that they need to find out what did this. He suggests they check through the lab, check their work and the computers and see what they can find. 'And we must locate Madrox' he adds. Emma looks over at the Stepford Cuckoos and asks them what is wrong, as their eyes glow, and they announce in unison: 'Someone is out there'.
Matsumoto:'Looks like we've got one. Terrigen cocoon in the park' someone reports over a communications system. 'Good. We'll secure it' a voice replies. Someone orders a second squad to spread out and search, as the cloud probably got just about everyone and there are bound to be more cocoon scattered  throughout the city. A young man approaches the cocoon and touches it, while someone over the communications system reports that they want to gather up all the cocoons before they hatch, as Terrigen exposure creates some unpredictable results, and it will be easier to handle them when they are still dormant, to get them back to the labs for testing. The young man turns around as shadows loom behind him and the cocoon. 'All right. That's it. Move quickly. We probably don't have a lot of time to get this done. And above all else... hail Hydra!' exclaims an agent of Hydra as several of them move in around the cocoon.
'So. Lotta people out here. Guess they were waiting for the cloud. Lotta eyeballs. Too many. Let's fix that' the Hydra agent exclaims as he and the others raise their weapons: 'Sorry, folks. Wrong place, wrong time' the agend announces as they prepare to open fire – when suddenly large rocks burst up from the ground, knocking all of the Hydra agents into the air.
'Get away from our people!' Crystal exclaims as she, Grid and Iso are lowered to the ground on a chunk of rock by Flint, and Naja hovers over them. 'You haven't hurt anyone yet, and so I will give you once chance. It won't come again' Crystal warns the Hydra agents. 'Leave, or die' she adds. The Hydra agents start to get to their feet, 'Heh. You know, it's funny... I was just about to say the same thing to you' pone of the agents replies, as several large Hydra vessels uncloak in the sky above. 'Uh, Crystal? Any ideas? Those are gunships' Grid points out. 'Yeah, but only three. If you think about it, we've actually got them outnumbered' Crystal replies.
'Hail Hydra!' shouts an agent as dozens of them are dispatched from the ships and fly towards the ground on jetpacks. 'Outnumbered?' Flint calls out. 'Listen, Crystal, I like you... but who taught you how to count?' he asks.
Back on Muir Isle, the X-Men rush back outside, with Emma running ahead of them. Cyclops tells her to be careful. 'Please' Emma snaps back, to which Magik declares that something is very wrong here, and that she thinks they should go, as this whole island is a tomb. 'Shush! I'm thinking. Girls, do you -' Emma begins, as Celeste replies 'Yes' and Phoebe announces that someone is still alive. 'One of many. But now just one of one' Irma adds as she points over to a dip in the land, which is covered by the mist. 'Well done, girls' Emma tells the Cuckoos as she rushes ahead. Cyclops tells her to wait once again, but Emma exclaims 'No. Here, just ahead...' her voice trails off as the others reach the ridge, 'MADROX!' Cyclops gasps they see dozens of Multiple Man dupes scattered about, their bodies bloated or withered, all covered in boils. Magik recoils in horror, while Iceman throws his arms up behind his head.
Suddenly: 'Cyclops – help me...' a weak voice calls out. 'Jamie?' Cyclops shouts as he rushes down the ridge, past the bodies of the Multiple Men and reaches Madrox, who tells Scott that he is the original. 'All of my dupes, they -' he begins, his body suffering from the effects of the cloud as well. Cyclops tells Jamie that he knows, and assures him it is going to be okay, and that they are going to get him out of here. Cyclops then asks Jamie what happened, and who did this to him. 'No, you don't understand, Scott... the mist... it's the Terrigen Mist. We – we figured it out way too late. The Terrigen Mist did this' Madrox reveals. 'What? But the Terrigen Mist is what gives the Inhumans their powers. How could -' Cyclops starts to ask, when he notices Jamie stops moving. 'Jamie? Wake up!' Cyclops calls out, but Magik stands over him and announces that he is gone. Emma switches to her diamond form, and points out that if Madrox is right, if the Terrigen Mist really did cause this, then they have already been exposed.
'We need to do what we can to stop it' Emma declares. 'Do what we can? They're already all dead!' Magik snaps. But Cyclops decides that Emma is right – they don't know anything for sure yet. He points out that if they were studying the mist, and if they have data, then they need to do it. Cyclops instructs Magik and Iceman to get the kids back inside the Blackbird, as he and Emma match back towards the research center.
Inside one of the labs, also littered with the bodies of the mutant scientists, Cyclops has contacted the Beast via a computer screen. The Beast a.k.a. Dr Hank McCoy tells Scott that he is the last person he expected to call, especially from Muir. Cyclops informs Hank that Madrox, and everyone here is dead. He announces that he is sending through everything he has in the databases, and reports that Madrox said the Terrigen Mist had something to do with it. 'The Terrigen?' the Beast asks as he reads over the data that appears on the screen before him. 'My God, Scott, this data – I'm just getting a cursory glance here. I need to run my own tests, but...' his voice trails off. Scott tells Hank that they need to be one hundred percent sure. 'Before – before we...' he looks unsteady and covers his mouth. 'Scott?' Emma calls out. 'Scott, what's wrong?' the Beast asks over the monitor. 'Help...' Scott utters, before passing out and falling backwards. 'SCOTT!' Emma screams.
Back in Matsumoto, Flink raises a wall of rock around the group, while Crystal creates a wall of fire around her team as the Hydra agents open fire on them. 'How do we fight then, Crystal?' Grid asks, pointing out that Naja is their only flyer, but she can't beat them all. 'I can sure as hell try' Naja boasts. Crystal tells her team to hold on and that they will find a way. She asks Iso if she has any ideas. 'I'm trying' Iso replies as she reports that the Hydra agents' armor is protecting them from her pressure blasts, and that they are moving too fast for her to get inside their heads and knock them out. 'I'm sorry, I just... I just don't have anything' Iso responds. Frowning, Crystal instructs Naja to get up there and try to create some chaos, but to be careful. Crystal asks Flint to throw some rocks for her, as high as he can, right at the nearest rank of Hydra. 'Chaos. I can do that' Naja declares as she takes flight. 'Throw some rocks? Doesn't she have earth powers? It's taking all I've got to hold this shield!' Flint exclaims as he levitates some large rocks up into the air.
Iso tells Flint to do his best, that is all Crystal is asking. Flint pushes himself hard, and the rocks are thrown skyward, as Naja attacks one of the Hydra agents, 'Chaos! Chaos!' she exclaims, taking his weapon and wrapping her tail around his neck. Crystal releases three beams of fire towards the rocks that Flint threw into the air. The fire strikes the rocks, splintering them into dozens of smaller rocks, which strike the Hydra agents like shrapnel. 'Ha! It worked! Sun-hot meteors, on demand!' Crystal exclaims, smiling. She tells Flint to get ready to try that one again, when suddenly, Crystal is struck by a beam of energy. Grid and Iso pull Crystal into Flint's shelter. Grid tells Iso to try and wake Crystal up, as they are all dead without her. Flint struggles, but announces that he will hold the stoneshield as long as he can.
Outside the stoneshield, the cocoon starts to crack open, while the Hydra agents continue to fire at the stoneshield Flint has covered himself, Crystal, Grid and Iso in. 'Burn that Inhuman scum out!' one of them shouts. The stoneshield starts to heat up, and Flint struggles to maintain his hold. 'I'm burning' he tells his teammates, when suddenly, outside, a young man emerges from the cocoon. He struggles to walk out of it, then collapses as his black hair changes to a blue mohawk, and energy glows around his eyes – which suddenly explodes upwards and all around him, strands of the energy strike each of the Hydra agents in the air. 'New Inhuman on the field! Evasive! Right n-' one of the agents begins, before falling silent once the energy strikes him.
Inside the stoneshield: 'Did you hear that? What happened? 'Grid asks. 'They've stopped trying to melt me. I'll take it' Flint replies, while Crystal tells everyone to go outside – carefully. Up in the air, Naja exclaims 'Whoa. Thrse guys are out'. Flint breaks down the stoneshield, and Grid asks 'What happened? Are they dead?' but Iso explains that they are entranced somehow. 'Not all of them' Crystal realizes as she sees the original ground assault of Hydra agents are not affected by the new Inhuman's power. 'I gave them a chance to leave. They chose to fight. Their mistake' Crystal declares as she fires a blast of water at them. Grid and Iso start removing the weapons from all the Hydra agents, as Iso points out that the blast hit them all, but only affected the Hydra agents – the humans. Grid asks if anyone saw who triggered it, to which Naja announces that she saw it from above, some guy with blue hair. 'Honestly, it was pretty amazing' she adds. The new Inhuman with the blue hair utters something in his native language and looks over at the Inhumans.
Muir Isle, where Magik and Iceman teleport back to Emma Frost. 'The kids are back – where's Scott?' Magik asks when she realizes Scott isn't with Emma. 'I -' Emma begins, arms folded, but suddenly, 'I'm okay' Scott claims as he approaches the others. 'You don't look okay' Magik tells him. 'I said I'm fine' Scott retorts, announcing that he got a hold of Hank. Scott informs the others that Hank was able to analyze the data, and it is true – the Terrigen Mist is toxic to mutants – it killed all of them. 'Wait, hold on, if that's true, how come we aren’t all sick? Why is it only Goldballs and Madrox?' Iceman asks. Cyclops tells him that Hank doesn't know yet, adding that the mist seems to affect mutants to varying degrees, but that doesn't matter. 'What matters now is that the Inhumans lied to us' he exclaims.  Magik asks Scott if he is blaming the Inhumans for this. 'Blaming them? They put their own species before ours when they released the Terrigen clouds into the atmosphere' Scott declares.
Back in Matsumoto, Crystal speaks to the blue-haired Inhuman, matching his native tongue. He reveals that he can speak English, and introduces himself as Daisuke. 'You are... Inhumans?' he inquires. 'Yes. And so are you' Crystal tells him as she helps him up. 'Oh... thank you. Thank you. I have been alone for so long' Daisuke replies, while the controlled Hydra agents stand around, or hover in the air above.
On Muir, Cyclops announces that as far as he is concerned, the Inhumans killed everyone here, and adds that if they don't do something about it, these deaths will only be the beginning.
Daisuke looks at his hands and asks 'Did I... did I really do that? Put everyone to sleep?' he asks of the Hydra agents. Crystal informs Daisuke that he saved their lives. 'We owe you' she adds, telling him that he never has to be alone again.
Cyclops reports that the Terrigen is loose, and that it can reach every mutant on Earth – there is no safe place. 'To the Inhumans, Terrigen is life, but to us... it is death'. Cyclops announces that he will not accept that, and he will do whatever it takes to save their people. He declares that, at this moment, they are at war.
Crystal smiles and tells Daisuke that if he wants a place with them, it is his, and that they can help him understand who he has become. She adds that they can keep him safe from this, and anyone else who might way to hurt him. 'One thing you can say about the Inhumans... we protect our own' Crystal assures him.
And at the same time, Cyclops exclaims 'We are mutants... we protect our own'.


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New Attilan, the capital city of the Inhuman Nation. 'This... this can't be possible' Queen Medusa remarks. 'I wish it weren't. Jamie Madrox died on Muir Island... and Beast is in your hospital right now trying to save another mutant, Fabio Medina, who was exposed to the substance that killed Madrox' Ororo Munro a.k.a. Storm reports as she stands before Medusa. 'No. There's no doubt. Terrigen kills mutants'.
Using her hair to propel her towards Storm, Medusa reminds the X-Men's leader that mutants have been exposed to Terrigen many times, and there have been no ill effects. Storm reports that the Beast suspects that the molecular composition of the mists may have changed somehow after it mixed with the atmosphere. 'However it happened... it happened' Storm points out, adding that some of them die immediately, while others just get very sick, or are unaffected, and they are still trying to understand why.
Medusa assures Storm that the Inhumans will do everything they possibly can to help, and that McCoy will have every resource he needs. Storm thanks Medusa, but points out that the problem extends beyond New Attilan, as mutants all over the world are unaware of the danger posed by the Terrigen clouds. 'All over the world?' Medusa asks, adding that she thinks they can help there, too. She calls out to the auto-comm and instructs it to contact the RIV, emergency channel. The auto-comm acknowledges Medsua's request and contacts the RIV. Crystal appears via the communication's system: 'You rang, sister?' she asks Medusa, who greets her younger sister. 'Why the emergency channel?' Crystal enquires. Medusa informs her that there is an emergency, and that she needs to know the locations of both Terrigen clouds. She asks if they are near population centers. Crystal reveals that one is far out to sea and shouldn't get near anything for a week, while the other is headed for Madrid.
Medusa instructs Crystal to get there now, and get ahead of the cloud. She explains to Crystal that she must evacuate anyone in the cloud's path who holds the X-gene. 'The X-gene? Mutants? How do we find them?' Crystal asks. 'You'll find a way. Please, Crystal, as quick as you can' Medusa orders. Crystal acknowledges Medusa's request and announces that she is on her way. Storm adds that she might have a way to help, as Forge, one of her people, is good with machines, and has a mobile X-gene locator. Storm reports that she will take a team to Madrid. Medusa thanks Storm, who starts to walk away, and points out that their people need to work together. Medusa asks Storm to wait, and inquires as to who else knows about this. 'A number of us – including Cyclops. It won't stay quiet for long' Storm responds. She turns back to Medusa and adds 'That's why I came here. I wanted to look you in the eye to gauge your reaction. To see if this was... purposeful' she explains.
'That's ludicrous. We have no quarrel with mutantkind. My entire reign has been built around peaceful co-existence with everyone on this planet' Medusa declares. Taking flight, Storm replies that she knows that now, but when she walked in here, she wasn't so sure. Medusa folds her arms as Storm points out that she is not the only mutant Medusa will need to convince.
She flies back to the Blackbird which is docked nearby. Forge and Bobby “Iceman” Drake are standing near it, and Storm asks them to prep the Blackbird, as they are heading for Madrid. 'Wait, that's it? How did it go? What did Medusa say?' Bobby asks. 'And what about Beast?' Forge inquires. Storm reports that Beast will stay here, to try and find a solution to the Terrigen problem. She adds that Medusa agreed to do everything she can to help. 'Oh, she did? That's comforting. Who's she planning to help, Storm? Our people... or hers?' Forge asks.
Sitting on her throne, Medusa looks thoughtful as she decides that they must be very, very careful now, for if one powerful mutant decides that the Terrigen's effect on the x-gene was a planned attack, they would come for the Inhumans – they would almost have to. She decides that she will fight for peace, but if it comes to it, then she will win a war. A large painting of Black Bolt hangs on the wall next to the throne, and Medusa decides that that she must think about how they might do that, as if she was speaking to Black Bolt. 'To start, I -' Medusa begins, before she clutches her head in pain.
Outside, Storm and Forge do the same as they also fall victim to the telepathic intrusion that follows. 'What is this? What's happening?' Storm wonders. 'The Inhumans?' Forge asks, before Storm suddenly realizes that it is Cyclops. A
n image of Cyclops a.k.a. Scott Summers is projected into minds around the world. He introduces himself and claims that he is speaking into the minds of every person on the Earth. He apologizes for the intrusion and explains that there was no other way. He declares that there is something they must all see, and reveals that yesterday, the X-Men encountered one of the Inhuman Terrigen clouds.
Muir Island, where Emma Frost and the Stepford Cuckoos – Celeste, Phoebe and Irma – are using their telepathic powers to project Cyclops's speech across the globe. Cyclops continues, announcing that the Inhumans would have everyone believe that the cloud, this substance they poured into the atmosphere, can only interact with their alien DNA, and that to the natives of this planet it is benign. 'They lied' Cyclops declares sternly.
Irma asks Emma if she is all right, but Celeste tells her to focus, as projecting Scott to the world is taking everything they have. 'Don't get distracted. I'm sure Ms Frost is fine' Celeste adds, while Cyclops informs the world that they learned far too late that the Terrigen Mist is lethal, that it is an agent of disease and death.
The original time-displaced X-Men – Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Iceman, Angel and Beast – hear the message, as Cyclops reports that one of their own, Jamie Madrox, died a painful death, while others who were exposed to the cloud have grown very ill and may soon die. Civilians stop what they are doing to listen to the message as Cyclops announces that there are two of the Terrigen clouds loose in Earth's atmosphere, moving with the wind, uncontrolled, bringing death wherever they do. 'The Inhumans care only about their own people. And as for the rest of us? It doesn't matter if we live or die' Cyclops declares.
Medusa shows no emotion at Cyclops's announcement, she simply stares ahead, while Storm utters 'Oh, Scott... what are you doing?'
Madrid, where chaos has erupted on a freeway. One man has pulled another off a scooter, and steals it. Others run in the streets, fight with each other and climb onto trucks. Looting has broken out, too. Cyclops is projected over Madrid and announces that the Terrigen cloud is toxic to mutants, and that it is likely just as fatal to humans. 'We can no longer trust the Inhumans. And we can no longer allow this danger to us all to exist. For too long you have feared and hated mutants... all the while, Inhumans were releasing the real threat...into the very air we breathe. The Inhumans lied to you. The X-Men... will save you'. Cyclops concludes his speech, and Emma watches him with concern, while Medusa still does not react, she just sits on her throne and listens.
On Muir, Cyclops walks down a sloping hillside when the communication ends. Emma starts to follow him, while the Stepford Cuckoos telepathically call out 'Ms Frost. Just now... we saw...' but Emma telepathically tells them that she knows, and that she doesn't want to talk about this. 'I say this in the strongest possible, cross-me-at-your-peril terms' she warns them. 'Do you understand me?' 'I – we understand' Celeste responds, before they follow Emma.
Walking down the hill, they pass several mutants who have arRIVed on Muir – James Proudstar a.k.a. Warpath, Rahne Sinclair a.k.a. Wolfsbane, Guido Carosella a.k.a. Strong Guy and Santo Vaccarro a.k.a. Rockslide. At the bottom of the hill is Magik, who strides over to Cyclops, announcing that she needs to talk to him, before asking what their plan is. 'Not now Illyana' Scott replies as he walks inside the research facility. 'No, wait. We need to discuss this. Scott?' Illyana exclaims, but gets no response. 'We said, not now' Emma snaps as she shuts the door behind herself and Scott.
Meanwhile, Crystal and her team have arrived in Madrid, aboard their vessel called the RIV, which hovers over the Terrigen Mist below. One of the team informs Crystal that people in the city are panicking, and asks 'Why? Terrigen is harmless to most humans. We've told them a thousand times'. 'Uh-huh. I guess they like Cyclops' story better' someone mutters, while down below, the civilians continue to attack each other. Crystal instructs Gorgon to go down there with Flint, Grid, Naja and as many of the crew they can spare and to do what they can to help and try and calm the people down – or at least keep them from hurting each other. The new Inhuman Daisuke is with the others as Gorgon replies 'Of course' and Iso asks 'You don't want me to go with them?' to which Crystal tells her that she needs her.
Crystal and Iso rush off the bridge and onto a platform that lowers them through the vessel. 'What are we going to do?' Iso asks. Crystal explains that Medusa ordered them to make sure no mutants came into contact with the Terrigen cloud. She adds that if they had time, they could have made an announcement to the city and pulled them out one by one – but Cyclops ruined that, and their time is up – the cloud is about to hit and they can't move the mutants, so they have to move the cloud. The platform reaches the outside of the vessel, and Crystal and Iso step off it and free-fall to the ground – until Crystal raises the earth beneath them, enabling them to safely land on the raised ridges, amongst the Terrigen Mist.
Iso tells Crystal that she isn't sure they can actually do this. She explains that she is keeping the pressure around the cloud as low as she can to make it easier for Crystal to move it, and points out that it is a gigantic volume of air and that it has to weigh thousands and thousands of kilograms. 'Are your powers that strong?' Iso asks. 'They'll have to be' Crystal replies, before she shouts 'GO!' and throws her arms into the air, using all of her elemental strength to force the Terrigen clouds away. 'Help me, Iso!' Crystal calls out. 'I'm trying! It's too much!' Iso replies, but the two women fight on. 'Crystal... this will... kill us...' Iso utters. 'We... can't... do it... alone...' Iso adds as the women push their powers further and further.
Suddenly, there is a crackle of lightning 'You are not alone!' Storm exclaims as she appears above the Inhumans, and creates several tornados to help push the Terrigen cloud away. 'It's moving! We're doing it!' Crystal calls out shortly, and when the clouds have been pushed past the city, Storm thanks Crystal and Iso for what they did here. 'You were trying to save mutants. We will not forget' Storm assures them. Iso asks if they are actually done, as the city was panicking, and she isn't sure moving the cloud would have stopped that. Crystal agrees and announces that this isn't over – not yet.
Back on Muir Isle, Shiro Yashida a.k.a. Sunfire has arrived, hovering over a large clearing on a hillside where several graves have been marked out. Warpath, Strong Guy, Wolfsbane, Rockslide, the Stepford Cuckoos and Piotr Rasputin a.k.a. Colossus have been digging the graves. They stand over several of them, before Colossus looks further up the hill to where his sister Magik is standing. He walks over to her and Magik turns to him and thanks him for coming – she wasn't sure anyone would. 'Of course, Snowflake. I came for Jamie. But also for you' Colossus replies, before they embrace, and Colossus adds that by the looks of things, he isn't the only one, as more mutants are arriving by the minute. Colossus tells his sister that he agrees something needs to be done about the Terrigen, he admits that Scott's rhetoric makes him a bit uncomfortable. Magik pulls away from her brother: 'Uncomfortable? This might be the end of mutantkind, Piotr. The Inhumans will never willingly eliminate the Terrigen. It's sacred to them – the source of their power. This can't end well' she declares. The Rasputins turn back down towards the research center, and Colossus asks what Scott and Emma are playing at, but Magik assures him she doesn't know, and informs him that they haven't come out of the research facility for hours.
Inside a library within the research center, Emma receives a message. She informs Scott that it is Henry and Storm calling them again. She tells him that she can't talk to them – what would she say? 'We are on a path now, and there is no turning back' Emma declares. Touching her face, she adds that she isn't sure how much longer she can do this, and tells Scott that hr will need to be strong for the both of them – not just for us, but for all of them. She looks annoyed as Magik and Colossus enter the room. 'Don't you two ever knock?' she snaps at them. Colossus tells her that they need to talk. 'Now' Magik adds, sternly. Cyclops agrees, and informs Emma that it is time to tell them everything. Cyclops announces that he and Emma will not sit by and let the Inhumans destroy mutantkind, and that they have a plan, and have been reaching out to allies – powerful mutants who agree with their position, and with more to come. 'You can step back, or you can help. But either way... it is time to act'.
In Madrid, Crystal communicates with Gorgon, asking him what is happening in the city. 'Chaos! These people are terrified!' comes Gorgon's response. He adds that this isn't about Terrigen anymore – it has taken a life of its own. Crystal informs Gorgon that Storm is here with a team of mutants and that they are on their way to assist. From his hoverchair, Gorgon tells Crystal that it won't be enough, and that this may just have to run its course – he doesn't think they can stop it. 'Actually... I think we can' Crystal responds, and she communicates with Daisuke, informing him that she needs him to use his power to put everyone to sleep, while Storm flies off. 'The entire city?' the new Inhuman asks. 'Yes' Crystal replies, explaining that the situation needs to calm down. 'Do it. I'll take responsibility' she instructs him. 'You might take responsibility, but I'm the one who has to do it' Daisuke replies, adding that he just got his powers and he barely knows how they work.
Gorgon looks up as several mutants can be seen overhead – Forge is flying with a jetpack, while Iceman is on an ice-slide. The time-displaced Cyclops rides on a Sentinel, while the time-displaced Angel hovers near the Blackbird that flies above them. 'There's a bunch of mutants here. Like... famous ones. This would put them out, too. Are you sure this is a good idea?' Daisuke asks. Still via communicator, Crystal tells him that people could be dying out there. 'You can stop it. We don't have time to get Storm's attention. 'The mutants will understand. Do it' Crystal instructs the young man, who starts to release his power. Terrigen bubbles appear around him as he rises into the sky, releasing his power that starts to entrance all of the panicking people in the city. Storm watches in shock, as the young Inhuman's power connects with the X-Men, and eventually strikes Storm, too.
'Cyclops asked me to reach out to you' Emma Frost remarks via a monitor. 'You heard what he said – the Terrigen Mist is killing us'. She reports that she and Scott have a plan that will save them all and give them back their planet. Emma admits that it is dangerous, almost impossible, and that they won't get a second shot at it. 'We need every advantage we can get. Every edge' she remarks. 'That's why we need you. You're nothing but edge'. Emma tells the person she is contacting that she knows they don't always agree – in fact, they rarely agree, but that this threat is real and imminent. She sends him footage from Madrid, and points out that they tried to work with the Inhumans, offered their help, and the responded with an attack, as Storm and her team have been taken out. Emma declares that mutants and Inhumans cannot coexist, and pretending otherwise is a waste of time. 'We have no time left' she adds. 'We have to act, Erik, we need you. We need Magneto'.
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Muir Island, where Emma Frost sits at a monitor, speaking to Magneto, who asks her 'Where is Cyclops?' 'Please don't tell me you've already forgotten the imminent crisis threatening to eradicate all mutantkind, Erik. I literally just told you about it' Emma replies, adding that Scott is busy. 'Oh, I know he is, Emma' Magneto responds. Emma tells Erik to focus, and refers to the footage that she just sent him, 'Look at this... all expertly trained X-Men. Some of our best – and see what the Inhumans did to them'. She adds that they need to act now, as the Terrigen creates more of them everywhere it goes, while it pares down mutantkind one by one. 'It must be dealt with, Erik. The Inhumans can do that just as easily as we can. I mean, just look at them... they're celebrating' Emma points out as the footage shows Storm, Forge, Iceman and the time-displaced Beast and Angel lying motionless in Madrid, while Crystal of the Inhumans smiles at Daisuke, the new Inhuman responsible.
And in Madrid, the city is battle-damaged, but Crystal, Iso and Daisuke look out over the area, pleased with themselves. 'That was incredible, Daisuke. Really well done' Iso tells the new Inhuman, who replies that he can't believe it did that – just stopped a riot – and now all those people are safe thanks to him. 'I don't even like most people' Daisuke adds.
Gorgon's hovercraft appears overhead, with Grid, Naja and Flint onboard. 'That was absolutely spectacular!' Grid exclaims. 'What'd I tell you, Grid? Daisuke's powers are wild' Naja remarks. The Inhumans move onto the rooftop of a nearby building, and Grid tells Naja that hearing about it was one thing – seeing it was another. 'And you did that without training! That was what... the third or fourth time you've used your powers?' Grid asks. 'Second, actually. But it's no big deal' Daisuke responds. 'The second time. Amazing. Once Gorgon gets you trained up a bit, who knows what you'll be able to do!' Grid declares.
Gorgon and Crystal stand back from the younger Inhumans, and Gorgon tells Crystal that the others don't realize it, but Daisuke may have made himself some incredibly powerful enemies. 'He just knocked out a squad of X-Men for Randac's sake!' But Crystal tells Gorgon that Daisuke acted on her orders, so if there are consequences, they will land on her – as they should. Gorgon tells Crystal that he hopes Storm sees it that way – when she wakes up, that is. 'I like Daisuke. Be a shame if he got electrocuted on his first day'.
Naja tells Daisuke that he needs a name. 'I have one. You already know it. Daisuke' the new Inhuman replies. Grid tells him that Naja means an Inhuman name – like a codename. He informs Daisuke that his real name is Dinesh, but with the Inhumans, he is called Grid. Flint introduces himself, and then Naja and Iso. Flint quietly points over at Crystal and Gorgon and tells Daisuke that the old-school Inhumans are really big on giving people new names after Terrigenesis. 'If you don't pick your own...' his voice trails off, as Iso concludes the sentence, informing Daisuke that they will pick one for him – one that he doesn't want. 'Yeah, our friend Frank wouldn't do it, and then Medusa decided he should be called Mur. And now that's all anyone in New Attilan calls him. He hates it' Naja remarks.
Gorgon and Crystal look out over the destruction and Gorgon asks Crystal if there wasn't a way to solve things that didn't involve taking out the mutants, whose bodies are strewn across the ground, along with all of the civilians in the area. Crystal reminds Gorgon that the city was out of control, and adds that Daisuke's powers are harmless – they saved people's lives and can explain it to the mutants once they wake up. 'Or... we could leave now, and call them later. Less chance of a lightning bolt in the face that way' Gorgon suggests. Crystal tells Gorgon that she is tempted, but that they will face this, as Storm is a reasonable woman. 'She'll understand' Crystal adds, narrowing her eyes.
Grid puts an arm around Daisuke and tells him that he doesn't want to be a Mur, so should pick something – before it's too late. Daisuke looks out over the city, 'I... hmm. I don't... no. I have it' Daisuke announces, before proudly telling the others to call him Downer.
Back on Muir, Emma tells Magneto via the comm system that they need his help – that they have a unique opportunity while the Inhumans' primary mobile strike force is occupied in Madrid with Storm and her group, not to mention the aftermath of the cloud moving through the city. 'They'll be looking for their revolting Inhuman cocoons and such' Emma points out.
Magneto asks Emma what she is suggesting, to which Emma replies that it should be simple enough – contain them in Madrid for as long as he can handle, while she and Scott handle the rest. Emma asks Erik if she can count on him, or if she should make other arrangements. She adds that she has been avoiding contact with Sebastian Shaw and the Hellfire Club. 'But I'm sure they would be more than willing to -' Emma begins, but Magneto interrupts her: 'Enough. Do not think you can manipulate me like the others, Emma. Do you understand what I am saying?' Frowning, hair hanging in front of her face, Emma replies that she understands perfectly.
'Good. In that case, I will see you in Spain' Magneto concludes, ending the transmission. Emma slumps forward in the chair, the room is dark. She gets up and walks towards another room, 'Scott... I think Magneto will help us' Emma calls out. Scott is standing in the middle of the room, his back is turned to Emma, who adds that she thinks Magneto knows everything they have planned. 'But you know something, my darling? That changes nothing. It's time to begin' Emma declares.
Meanwhile, in Yorkshire, England. 'Are we sure this is the right place?' Celeste telepathically asks her sisters Phoebe and Irma as they stand before a house on cloudy day. 'Don't ask questions we already know the answers to, Celeste' Irma remarks, to which Phoebe points out that Celeste is upset, and tells Irma to leave her alone. 'Can you blame me? After what we saw in Ms Frost’s head?' Irma asks. Celeste reminds the other girls that they are not supposed to talk about that. 'Don't even think it!' Phoebe exclaims. 'You're right. Sorry, it's just -' Irma begins, but Phoebe tells her to stop it. 'Both of you shush. And get your game faces on' Celeste snaps at her sisters, before she knocks on the door. A man with brown hair and glasses opens the door, and Celeste asks him if he is Thomas Jones. 'You're the mutant called Alchemy, right?' Irma calls out.
'Er – yes. I'm Alchemy. Sure. And, uh. You – you guys are the whatsit – Stepford Sisters' Alchemy replies nervously. 'Cuckoos' Irma smiles. The other girls smile at Alchemy, too, who asks them what they are doing here. 'I mean, not that I – uh, not that I'm not happy to see you, but -' Alchemy begins. Celeste runs her fingers across his collar and informs him that they are on a top-secret mission for the X-Men. 'You are?' Alchemy asks, surprised. Irma tells him that they need his help. 'You do?' Alchemy asks. 'We do' Phoebe confirms.
Madrid, Storm rouses, 'What...' she utters, sitting up, she looks over and sees the young, time-displaced Angel sprawled out on the ground nearby. 'No!' Storm gasps, while civilians lay unmoving around her, cars are overturned, and fire rages down the street. Storm rushes over to Angel and asks him if he is all right. 'Please, don't be -' she begins, but Angel wakes, and tells Storm that he is all right. 'But why am I on the ground?' he wonders. 'What just -' he begins, before Storm pulls him in close and hugs him, confusing him. 'Oh, thank the Goddess. I thought it was the Terrigen cloud – that it hit us despite everything I did with the Inhumans to divert it from the city' Storm explains. Angel assures her that he feels fine. Iceman and the time-displaced Cyclops have recovered and approach Storm, while the civilians around them start to wake up. Iceman reports that it wasn't the Terrigen – not directly, while the young Cyclops adds that every single person in this city was asleep. 'Except for them' he remarks, pointing up to the Inhumans who are still on the rooftop nearby.
'Damn. This happened more quickly than I expected. People are already beginning to wake up from Daisuke's -' Crystal begins, before Flint interrupts her: 'Downer' he exclaims. 'What?' Crystal asks. 'He's Downer now' Flint tells her. 'Yeah?' Crystal asks, looking at Downer, who replies 'Yeah' and Crystal tells him that she likes it, before returning to the matter at hand, she announces that the mutants are waking up, and they have to explain what happened, before the mutants jump to conclusions. 'We need to get down there' Crystal begins, when suddenly, 'That's all right – we'll come up!' Angel exclaims as he appears above the mutants. Storm flies up alongside him, and Iceman moves up on an ice-sled, while Forge and the time-displaced Cyclops appear on top of Forge's Sentinel. The X-Men step onto the rooftop, and Crystal tells them 'You're awake. Good. We should work toghether to help the -' but Storm interrupts her, pointing out that it isn't that simple. 'You see, we were helping' Storm remarks.
'And then we found ourselves asleep, along with everyone else – except all of you. How, I wonder, did that happen?' Storm asks, lightning crackling around her, telling Crystal that before anything else, should would like her to explain. 'Come on, Storm. We know what they did. One of them hit us with their powers' Iceman exclaims. 'Yeah, and saved everyone's asses in the process' Flint points out. 'Is that right? Did you do it, little man?' Iceman asks, before flicking a shard of ice at Flint. 'Bet you did' Iceman mutters, as Flint drops to his knees, touching his stomach. 'You didn't like that, did you?' Iceman asks, squatting down. 'Someone using their powers on you without permission'. 'Not really – but I'll get over it' Flint replies as he starts to use his power to break the rooftop up. The two groups move into defensive positions, but Crystal rushes between the groups, and Storm exclaims that there is no need for this. 'Stand down, all of you. We need to talk, not fight' Crystal urges. Downer looks scared, before his eyes glow, telling Crystal that it is all right, that he can put them to sleep again, and everything will be fine.
'No, don't! That's what got us into this situation in the first place -' Crystal begins urgently, but suddenly, Magik teleports onto the rooftop, appearing behind Downer, she slams the handle of her Soulsword into the back of Downer's neck, and tells him to come along, as she pushes him into a portal, and they both vanish, before anyone can do anything to stop her. 'Was that...Magik?' the young Cyclops asks. 'Why would Illyana do that?' Storm asks Angel, who replies 'You're asking me? She's been AWOL since this all started!' Flint points at Iceman and asks 'Where's Downer? What did you do to him?' to which Iceman replies that they didn't have anything to do with what just happened. Without warning, large steel beams start to drop down amongst the X-Men and Inhumans. 'What the -?' Forge asks. 'We're under attack! Run!' Crystal instructs her team. 'You think?' Iceman mutters, while Storm announces that they need cover. But Iceman looks up, shadows of dozens and dozens of steel beams fall over him, and he tells Storm that he doesn't think there is any cover from this.
The others all look up, and see Magneto hovering in the air, levitating all of the steel beams, and several large construction vehicles, tankers, cranes and the like. On several of the beams stand Colossus, Wolfsbane, Warpath and Rockslide. 'I'm sorry, but none of you are going anywhere' Magneto announces as he drops more of the beams around the X-Men and Inhumans, trapping them in, he uses the construction vehicles to help block them in, too. 'Erik, what the hell are you doing?' Storm shouts. 'What you didn't have the stomach for, Ororo' Magneto points out. 'You think this will hold us, old man?' Flint shouts from where he is trapped amongst the beams, and young Cyclops tells Magneto that he has crossed the line. Scowling, Magneto replies that he knows that he has. 'Now the question is, what are you willing to do about it?' he asks.
Fifty kilometers southwest of Madrid, the Terrigen cloud moves across the countryside, towards a cliff face, where a poral opens, and Magik emerges, along with Cyclops, Emma, the Stepford Cuckoos, Sunfire and Alchemy. 'There it is. I don't think I've ever seen an uglier shade of green' Emma remarks, looking at the cloud. 'Indeed' Cyclops replies. They look over to Alchemy, who was walked away from the group, and sits on the edge of the cliff. 'Scott...' Emma begins. 'I'll handle it' Scott replies, going over to Alchemy, he tells him that he is sorry they haven't had a chance to talk, as things have been moving so quickly. 'Er, right then. No problem, ah, Sir' Alchemy replies. Cyclops sits down next to Alchemy and tells him he can call him Cyclops or Scott, no need for the “sir”. Alchemy replies that he still can't believe he is here, and that he thought they had forgotten all about him. 'Seemed fair – never really was much of a hero' Alchemy adds.
Cyclops disagrees and point out that it took a lot of bravery for Alchemy to follow the Cuckoos here, before telling Alchemy to make no mistake, as mutants have never been in as much danger as they are right now. 'This is about our very survival' he adds, pointing out that what they are going to do, it is not going to be easy, and they won't be able to do it without him. 'Ah, lovely. Nothing like a bit of pressure, right?' Alchemy replies. Cyclops reminds Alchemy how, years ago, they saved him and his mother. 'You don't owe us anything for that – it's just what we do'. Cyclops points out that they want to keep doing that, for everyone. 'But let me be clear – if you help us here today, we live. If not, we die'. Cclops declares that Alchemy can save them, can do what the X-Men do. 'You can be an X-Man' he adds.
'Of all the transparent ploys... you think I don't see what you're doing?' Alchemy asks. Cyclops assures Alchemy that he wants to be transparent, and that this isn't some kind of trick. He wants Alchemy to understand and then to make his choice, of his own free will. 'But I need you to do that now. What do you say? X-Man?' Cyclops asks, standing up. 'I say... X-Man' Alchemy replies. 'Good'' Scott tells him, and he walks along the ridge, with Emma and Alchemy at his sides, Magik and the Stepford Cuckoos behind them and Sunfire flying overhead as Scott announces 'Let's get to work'.


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Fifty kilometers southwest of Madrid, the Inhuman's Terrigen Mist covers the countryside, as a small group of X-Men stand on a ridge overlooking the land before them, and the mist seeps closer and closer. 'All right. This is it' Cyclops announces to Emma Frost, Magik, Sunfire, the Stepford Cuckoos and Alchemy. 'Are we sure this is the right thing to do?' Irma nervously asks her sisters. Celeste snaps at her and tells her to be quiet, to which Phoebe points out that Ms Frost knows what she is doing. 'I certainly do, my dears' Emma tells the Cuckoos, adding 'And so does Scott. Don't you darling?' Cyclops agrees, and tells the Cuckoos that he understands and shares their concerns, but that they have no choice – this is about survival. 'Our survival' he reminds everyone. Sunfire looks at Alchemy, who is looking very nervous, and asks him if he is ready. 'Yes, Sunfire. I think so' Alchemy responds. 'Good. Then up we go' Sunfire tells him.
In Madrid, a group of X-Men and a group of Inhumans have found themselves confronted by Magneto and his companions Colossus, Wolfsbane, Warpath and Rockslide. Magneto levitates dozens of steel beams and large heavy-utility vehicles around the top of the building where the mutants and Inhumans were gathered, and has trapped them on the rooftop. 'Erik? What the hell are you doing attacking us?' Storm demands to know as she stands with Iceman, Forge and the time-displaced Cyclops and Angel, while Crystal and her team – Gorgon, Iso, Grid, Flint and Naja – are nearby.
Magneto tells Storm that he is sorry, but that she is on the wrong side of this, and there was no time to warn her, or to debate the best course of action. Suddenly, the two teams resume their battle, with Magneto's group involved, too, as Naja leaps at Wolfsbane, young Cyclops fires an optic blast at Colossus, as does Iso. Flint and Rockslide face off, while Warpath hurls a steel beam towards Flint, and Angel and Iceman move towards Magneto.
Storm tells Crystal to stand down and control her team, to which Crystal responds 'Me? What about Magneto? Aren't these guys on your team?' Storm flies up to Magneto, lightning crackles around her, as she tells him to stop his attack. 'If I were really attacking you'd know it, Ororo. I am simply containing you' Magneto explains. 'Containing? What are you – oh, no' Storm realizes as she looks over and sees the Terrigen cloud in the distance. 'Crystal!' Storm cries, and Crystal looks up and sees the cloud, too. 'No!' the royal Inhuman gasps, before using her communicator to contact Medusa, informing her that mutants are about to attack the Terrigen cloud just outside Madrid. She reveals that Magneto has them pinned down, and Medusa's response is immediate: 'Acknowledged, Crystal. We're on our way'.
'How high, Alchemy?' Sunfire asks as he carries the frightened mutant closer to the Terrigen Mist. Alchemy replies that he would rather be on the ground, but asks Sunfire to get him right above the center of the cloud, as that should be the best spot. Suddenly, Sunfire is struck by a blast of fire, and he drops Alchemy. A portal on a nearby ridge starts to close as another group of Inhumans has passed through it – Medusa, Black Bolt, Triton, Lockjaw, Nur and Inferno, who Medusa thanks. 'That was an excellent shot' she tells him, as Sunfire and Alchemy land on the ground, Alchemy breaking his arm as he hits the ground.
Cyclops tells the Cuckoos that they need to stall the Inhuman royals. The girls look over at the other ridge: 'Medusa? And Black Bolt?' Celeste gasps. 'How are we supposed to -' Phoebe begins, but Emma just points to the other ridge and tells the girls to figure it out. 'If they stop us here, we'll never have another chance' she announces.
At the same time, Black Bolt points at the X-Men, but Medusa ells him 'No, Black Bolt. Not yet. I'm hoping there's another way'. She asks Black Bolt not to act without her order, but that if she is wrong, and there is no way to get through this peacefully, then he will have it. 'If they won't listen to me... then they'll listen to you' Medusa declares.
Magik teleports herself, Emma and Cyclops down to Sunfire and Alchemy, who looks horrified as he clutches his broken arm. 'What are you doing? The Inhumans are here, right now! Get back up there and do your part!' Emma snaps at them. 'I just fell out of the sky, for God's sake! I think my arm is broken' Alchemy responds. 'And I'll break the other one if you don't get your skinny little -' Emma starts to snap, but Cyclops calmly calls out to her. 'Ah... all right, Scott. You talk to him, then' Emma agrees.
Scott crouches down beside Alchemy and asks him how bad his injury is. 'What do you think? It hurts!' Alchemy exclaims. Cyclops tells the younger mutant that he knows, but that he needs him to work through it, as this is bigger than pain. 'This is bigger than you' Scott adds, telling Alchemy that he can set aside even this much pain. 'I've been doing it all my life' Scott remarks. Alchemy looks away and frowns, before turning back to Cyclops and asking him to help him up, while behind him, Emma helps Sunfire to his feet.
Sunfire carries Alchemy once again towards the Terrigen Mist. 'Now... you're sure you'll catch me, Sunfire?' Alchemy asks. 'Yes. Focus on your job – you need not worry about mine' Sunfire replies abruptly. Alchemy agrees that Sunfire is right, and decides that he should think this through, explaining that he will have to change this Terrigen rubbish the moment he touches it – he doesn't want to get any of the poison into his system.
Medusa turns to her team and tells them that they need to plan this properly, that she doesn't want any bloodshed. She adds that they have stopped their attack on the cloud, so that should buy them a little time to talk. 'Uh, Medusa...' Nur begins, looking at Sunfire and Alchemy up in the air. On the other ridge, Celeste asks her sisters how they can stop the Inhumans, as Black Bolt, Medusa and Triton all have psychic defenses. 'Ms Frost could probably get past them, but we can't' Celeste adds. '...about stopping the mutants' attack – I'm not sure we actually did' Nur concludes his sentence to Medusa, who turns and sees Sunfire and Alchemy above the Terrigen cloud. 'Damn them!' Medusa exclaims. Phoebe tells Celeste that she is right – they can't do anything to the royals, as Irma points out that not all of them actually are royals. 'Brilliant, Phoebe' she tells her sister, who agrees.
Medusa instructs Black Bolt to fly up there and knock the mutants back down to Earth. 'I'm sick of this – the mutants need to understand how serious we are' Medusa remarks, when suddenly, a portal opens as the Stepford Cuckoos' eyes start to glow. 'What the hell?' Inferno asks, as Magik steps out of the portal, and shoves her Soulsword through Black Bolt's back. Inferno fires a blast of flame at Magik, and Nur shoots her with a gun. 'Perfect' Irma tells the others. Suddenly, 'Wait...' Inferno gasps. 'Where the hell did she go?' Black Bolt is keeled over, smoke rising from his back. Medusa calls out to him, concerned.
Back up above the Terrigen cloud, Sunfire wishes Alchemy luck and tells him not to fail, as he drops him into the cloud. 'Oh, God. I already regret this immensely' Alchemy utters. At that moment, 'Hello, girls' Medusa calls out as a portal opens behind the Stepford Cuckoos. 'Ah, crap' the girls utter as they turn and see Medusa, Triton and Lockjaw. Emma, Cyclops and Magik look up at the cloud: 'It's happening. We did it' Cyclops utters. 'Of course. Together, my dear, we can achieve anything' Emma replies. Sunfire flies around the cloud, as Alchemy falls through it – his touch against the cloud causes it to turn red, and by the time he falls to the bottom of the cloud, Sunfire has flown down under the cloud to catch him – and as Alchemy falls towards Sunfire, the entire Terrigen Mist is now a deep red color. 'I did it, Sunfire. Changed the whole bloody cloud' Alchemy utters. 'Didn't let it touch me once' he adds, while Sunfire looks shocked as he takes hold of Alchemy.
'By the mists...' Medusa gasps as she, Triton and Lockjaw look up at the cloud in horror. 'Ha! Ms Frost did it!' the Stepford Cuckoos exclaim as Medusa has them trapped in her hair, while Black Bolt clenches a fist, and Nur utters 'Oh, man. This ain't good'. Magik frowns as she looks at the red cloud hovering over them, while Emma grins and holds out her arms: 'Have you ever seen anything so lovely?' she asks, before telling Illyana that if anyone ever asks, victory is red. 'And here he is. Alchemy, the conquering hero!' Cyclops calls out as Sunfire drops towards them, holding Alchemy. 'Well done, young man! I had my doubts, but -' Emma begins, stopping herself as Sunfire sets Alchemy on the ground in front of them. 'I think...I think the boy is sick' Sunfire remarks, as Alchemy, crying, looks at his arms – they and the rest of his body are covered in painful boils. 'You'll be all right, Thomas' Cyclops tells Alchemy. 'You're a good soldier. A good soldier' Cyclops adds as he crouches beside him. 'I'm not...a sol-' Alchemy starts to reply, before he passes away.
Emma and Cyclops frown. Magik and Sunfire look shocked. Emma turns and looks away, announcing 'They're coming. I can feel their minds. A group of X-Men with Storm, and a group of Inhumans with Medusa's sister, Crystal'. She adds that this is all about to get rather complicated. Cyclops hangs his head and tells the others to stay here. 'Where are you going?' Magik asks him, and as Cyclops walks towards the red Terrigen cloud hovering before them, he replies 'To save the X-Men. Obviously'.
Inside the red Terrigen cloud, rain begins to fall. 'INHUMANS!' Cyclops booms. A portal opens and Medusa, Black Bolt and Lockjaw appear. 'Cyclops. What have you done?' Medusa asks. Cyclops explains that he had one of his people change the composition of the Terrigen cloud into something that isn't toxic to mutants. 'And before you ask, don't worry. It's harmless to Inhumans, which is a greater courtesy than you showed to us' Cyclops adds. He reaches out as the rain falls down and adds that he didn't expect the rain, but that it is a nice touch. 'But why? You have made enemies of us forever!' Medusa exclaims. 'We already were. Ever since you poisoned our planet' Cyclops replies. 'That's ridiculous! We didn't -' Medusa begins, but Cyclops interrupts her: 'Well. You have a story. I have a story. Doesn't matter which one is true. It matters which one is believed' Cyclops points out.
Cyclops informs Medusa that he will not be taken prisoner, and that there is another cloud out there, so he still has work to do. 'So. This can go easy or hard. I'd prefer easy – I don't want to hurt anyone. I never did' Cyclops remarks, adding that however it goes, he is ready: 'I've loved who I needed to love. Fought my battles. Lost the only person I ever cared for'.
Outside the cloud, Emma looks in pain – blood trickles down hert nose, and sweat pours from her face. 'What is he doing, Emma? Shouldn't we help him?' Magik asks. 'No! Just... leave him be. He's doing...what he has to!' Emma replies.
Black Bolt looks at Medusa, who hangs her head as Cyclops reminds them that he has been a student, a warrior, a teacher, a revolutionary – and a killer, but that he has tried to learn from his mistakes, inspire people and help every way he can. 'But now...everything's tainted. Too much has happened. I'm not even a person anymore' Cyclops adds. He looks at his hands, holding them up, the red rain falls into them. 'I'm gone. All that's left is the idea of me. But here's the nice thing...' Cyclops begins. 'Yes' Medusa tells Black Bolt, as Cyclops concludes '...ideas never die' as he releases an optic blast – but at the same time, Black Bolt opens his mouth, and a terrifying blast is emitted, which rips across the ground and slams into Cyclops, tearing him apart.
Emma, Magik and Sunfire look on from the ground, while Storm and Angel fly above, as Iceman, Forge and young Cyclops ride on the back of the Sentinel, and Crystal and her group are onboard Gorgon's hovercraft. Crystal hangs her head, while Storm watches in shock. Iso draws backwards, while Iceman's jaw drops. Triton narrows his eyes and young Cyclops looks petrified, tears falling from under his visor. Medusa remains expressionless, as tears stream down Emma's face, and Sunfire and Magik both look equally horrified.
One week later, waves crash against the shore of Muir Island, where several X-Men have gathered to remember Cyclops. His gravestone reads “Scott Summers. Cyclops. Teacher – Warrior – Hero. Mutants. He Fought For Us”. Storm addresses the small gathering as rain falls down. 'Life as a mutant sometimes feels like a constant fight for our species' survival against impossible odds. I know that. We all do' she begins. Some of the group hang their heads, others look around at their friends and allies. Among them are the time-displaced Angel, Marvel Girl and Iceman who stand together. The present Beast is behind them, and Sunfire and Wolfsbane next to him. X-23, and the time-displaced Cyclops and Beast stand towards the back, while Rockslide stands behind the Stepford Cuckoos. Cable is next to them, and alongside him are Colossus, Magik, Forge, Warpath, Goldballs and Iceman.
'But this endless battle has a purpose. We fight in the hope that somehow, some way, a day will come when we, or our descendants, do not have to fight. A peaceful day for all mutants' Storm remarks, adding that no one saw that day more clearly than Scott Summers.
On one of the cliffsides to Muir Isle, Emma Frost and Cyclops' brother, Alex a.k.a. Havok stand away from the others. Magik looks over to them, and wonders what game Emma is playing now. 'My, the woman can talk' Emma, in her diamond-form, remarks to Havok, who stands under an umbrella and replies 'She always could, Frost. Count your blessings. If she couldn't, you'd be rotting in some jail on New Attilan' Havok remarks, adding 'Or you'd be dead'. Havok reminds Emma that Storm was able to negotiate a truce, to which Emma replies 'Hm. We leave the Inhumans alone, they leave us alone. We all lick our wounds, accept our losses and move on'. She adds that Hank McCoy keeps working with Medusa's scientists on New Attilan to try and figure out a solution to Terrigen toxicity. 'All tied up neat with a bow' she mutters. 'Except it's not' Havok declares. 'No, Alex, it's not. Scott Summers – your brother and the only man I ever wanted to give a damn about me – is still dead' Emma replies.
'Is he, Emma? Because he's sure as hell not down there' Alex replies. Emma tells him that she doesn't know what he means. 'I was there when Black Bolt -' Emma begins, but Alex tells her to stop, as the others told him how Scott died – suicide by Black Bolt. 'But it wasn't Scott, was it? He's my brother. He'd never have gone out that way. He never gave up. It was almost irritating' Alex remarks, asking Emma to tell him if this is all some trick, that Scott is just in hiding somewhere, as part of some elaborate scheme the two of them cooked up. 'I wish I could, Alex. I would give quite a bit for that to be true. But it's not' Emma replies, before she turns away and walks down a path, telling Alex to come with her, as she supposes he deserves to know.
Soon, in Limbo, demons fly past geysers of fire that blast through the rocky terrain. The new Inhuman called Downer sits on a large rock, surrounded by flames, when suddenly, Magik teleports onto the rock. 'You! No! Stay away!' Downer exclaims in fear. Magik tells him to calm himself, and that she is not his enemy. She adds that she is here to take him home. Addressing him by his true name, Daisuke, Magik explains to him that this is Limbo, and that she brought him here under the orders of Emma Frost so that his powers could not disrupt her plans. 'It's a dark dimension, full of beasts – but you are safe as long as I am here' Illyana assures him. 'I don't know who Emma Frost is' Downer mutters, hugging himself, before he asks 'What the hel is going on?' Magik tells him that it is all over, that his people and hers nearly destroyed each other, she thinks.
'We lost some good mutants, but one of the Terrigen clouds is gone. Emma Frost is pleased. Your people... not so much' Magik explains. 'You keep saying my people. Do you mean the Inhumans? They aren't my people' Downer replies, adding that they are maniacs, but so are mutants. 'It's just been...horror, ever since I came out of that cocoon'. Downer reminds Magik that she said she could take him home, and asks her to make sure it is far away from them, and the mutants, and any place like this. 'Please...this it just wasn't what I thought it would be. I feel like I was lied to' Downer explains. 'Mm. You know something, my friend? Sometimes I feel the same way' Magik confesses.
Back on Muir, 'Scott' Havok remarks as he stands in a morgue and sees the body of Scott “Cyclops” Summers laid out on a slab. 'How – when?' the wide-eyed Alex asks. 'It happened when we first came here to investigate the Terrigen cloud. He and I entered the facility. He started coughing...then he fell' Emma reveals. She goes over and puts a hand on Cyclops' body, adding that it happened fast – the M-Pox spread in minutes, he suffocated in her arms. 'And then...' Emma's voice trails off, as Havok narrows his eyes: 'And then you lied. You lied to everyone, Emma' Alex declares. The telepathic broadcast – it wasn't Emma and the Cuckoos projecting Cyclops. They were just projecting Emma alone. The attack on the Terrigen cloud – it wasn't Cyclops' idea. He didn't encourage Alchemy. It was Emma projecting Cyclops. And even when Black Bolt killed Cyclops – he was “killing” Emma's projection. 'None of it was real. He was here the whole time' Alex utters.
Emma tells Alex that it had to be done, that she couldn't let him die like this – falling to disease in some lab. 'He deserved more than that. His death had to mean something. He was born to lead, born to inspire. Don't you see, Alex... Scott isn't dead!' Emma exclaims.
Flashback:
Cyclops coughs as he examines some data on a monitor in the lab on Muir Isle. Emma calls out to him, and Scott responds, calling out Emma's name as blood trickles from his nose, before he falls backwards onto the floor. Emma kneels beside him and tells him to stay with her, that she is here. 'Go! Get away – the Terrigen -' Scott utters, his face covered in boils. Emma grabs Scott's head and tells him that she will not leave him. 'We – can't – can't end like this' Scott tells Emma, who frowns. 'Scott, I don't -' she starts too say, as Scott asks her not to let it end, before he passes away in her arms.
Present:
'Cyclops is still alive. He isn't this meat. Not anymore. I made him an idea. That was my gift to the man I loved' Emma explains as she hangs her head. Emma's hair covers her face, as she adds 'And thank God for that, because his work isn't done. There's still another Terrigen cloud out there, after all'. Emma declares that she made Cyclops an idea, and tells Havok that ideas never die, as she pulls her hair back from her face... Emma Frost appears to be deranged....


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San Francisco, 1982:
Wolverine a.k.a. Logan rides a motorcycle, a bags of groceries attached to the back of it. He speeds down a street, the motorcycle going into the air. Some groceries fall out of the bags. He lands on the street lower down, causing two cars to crash into each other. He parks his motorcycle against the sidewalk of another street and walks to a front door, which is padlocked. He reaches down under a doormat and pulls out a key. Entering the house with the remaining groceries, he calls out ‘Lucy! I’m home!’ He finds Lucy in the living room, slumped over on a sofa. ‘Hi’ the girl utters.
‘What’s wrong?’ Logan asks, concerned. Lucy replies that she talked to her mother today, and her mother didn’t recognize her voice. Lucy sits up and announces ‘I had to tell her it was me - her daughter. She said she didn’t know what I was talking about. The thing is, I think she meant it!’
Lucy removes her glasses, tears falling down her face. She informs Logan that she went over to her mother’s apartment, and she wouldn’t even let her in. ‘She said she’d call the police if I didn’t go away. My own mother would’ve called the police on me!’ Lucy tells Logan that she is not joking, and that it was like she was someone else. ‘My Mom and I… we’ve always been so close…’ her voice trails off.
Logan crouches beside Lucy and points out that her mother is getting older, that it can happen. ‘No. not to her. She’s more on top of it than anyone I know’ Lucy replies, adding that even so, how could it happen so suddenly, as when she talked to her mother last week ,she was fine. Logan and Lucy hug, and Lucy reveals that she is worried, that she thinks something really strange is happening. ‘I wish you’d go over there with me’ she adds.
Soon, Lucy and Logan walk along a busy sidewalk, and as Lucy puts on her jacket, she suggests that it might be just a big joke. ‘Is that like her?’ Logan inquires. Lucy replies that it is not, and they shortly arrive at her mother’s building. Crowds of people gather on the street, some forming a Chinese Dragon. Logan looks up at the building, examining it, before they climb the inside staircase, and knock on the door to Lucy’s mother’s apartment. An older woman opens the door, ‘Sung!’ she smiles. ‘I was not expecting to see you! And who is your friend?’ the older woman asks, opening the door. Logan introduces himself to Miss Li as Logan, and she welcomes them in. She asks her daughter if she has eaten, and remarks that she has finished a batch of cookies. Logan and Lucy look at each other in surprise.
Logan and Lucy - Sung - sit around a table as Miss Li brings over the tray of cookies, and Logan tells the older woman that he thinks there has been some misunderstanding, revealing that Sung told him that she doesn’t remember her. ‘Ha ha! Silly Billy! You play joke with me. Do not pull on my leg. I am old woman - ha ha!’ Miss Li laughs, before returning to the kitchen.
Logan quietly tells Lucy that he doesn’t see anything wrong with her. He suggests that her English could use a little work, to which Lucy reveals that her mother never spoke any English. ‘More tea, anyone?’ Miss Li smiles, holding up a kettle. Logan turns to her, before Lucy stands up and announces that they are leaving before she really freaks out.
Lucy goes to open the front door, but her mother rushes over and pushes it closed, before smiling and slapping Lucy across the face. ‘What the hell…’ Logan begins, as Lucy falls to the ground. ‘Mom?’ she cries, while Miss Li starts to scream, and an instant later, a ninja bursts through a window, sending glass shattering all over the floor. Another ninja follows. ‘Logan!’ Lucy calls out. ‘Stay down’ he tells her as he pops his claws and turns to the ninjas. At the same time, Miss Li draws a sword, and as Wolverine steps back, he trips over Lucy, while the ninja misses him, and his sword slices across Miss Li’s front. The old woman looks down at her wound, before collapsing. ‘MOM!’ Lucy screams
Logan gets up and puts his arms around Lucy as she tries to go over to her mother, but a ninja throws a chain around Logan’s face, it wraps around him so that it covers his mouth, and the ninja pulls on it, sending Logan flying backwards. The ninja kicks him in the face, and another punches him in the neck. From behind the chain, Logan manages to tell Lucy to run. She starts towards the door, while another ninja moves to attack Logan, who pushes himself backwards, slamming the ninja that is attacking him with the chain against a window - and they fall through it. The ninja plummets to the street below, while the chain wrapped around Logan’s neck catches on the windowsill.
Logan pops his claws, and cuts the chain, sending him plummeting to the street below, he lands in a pile of trash bags. He removes the chain from around his neck and gets to his feet, as the ninjas above start firing arrows at him. He rushes into the crowd of people dancing about the Chinese Dragon, and he falls into the Dragon, knocking some people over. They call out to him in their native tongue, but he carries on through the crowd - until two arrows strike him in the back. He stumbles, and this is observed by a tall, muscular man in a suit, with a bandana over his head. The man watches as ninja rushes through the crowd, while Wolverine is about to cross a police barrier, out of the cordoned-off street, when he sees the ninja and turns to face him. The tall muscular man continues to watch, and Wolverine snorts, before lunging at the ninja, who dodges him that the last minute. Logan drops to his knees, ‘Oww’ he mutters, blood trickling from his mouth. The tall man moves to the front of the crowd that has fathered to watch, as the ninja prepares to bring his sword down on the fallen Wolverine.
Suddenly, the tall man pushes his way forward and grabs the ninja, knocking him off balance and throwing him across the ground. The tall man stands over Wolverine, a pool of blood now formed around the mutant. The ninja kneels down, before the tall man fires his gun, striking the ninja in the shoulder. The crowd begins to rush around while the ninjas start firing arrows at random, striking some of the civilians. The man grabs Wolverine and pulls him into his convertible car. He then drives off as a ninja starts to chase after him, then leap towards the car, flipping in the air, the ninja is about to land in the car, but the tall man brakes, so he lands on the hood instead, and falls off it when the tall man shoots him in the stomach. He falls backwards and lands on the ground with a thud.
The tall man then drives the car forward - straight over the fallen ninja. Another ninja rushes after the car, managing to grab on to the bumper, he is dragged along the ground as the tall man drives the car down a narrow alleyway. ‘Heh… losers’ the tall man smiles, while checking his rear-view mirror, before speeding out of the alleyway, and almost running into a couple pushing a cart down the street. The ninja is still clinging to the bumper of the convertible car, as the tall man drives it down the road, swerving between other cars. ‘Oh, you want some more, do ya?’ the tall man asks, adding that there is plenty to go around. He then pops the trunk, sending the ninja flying upwards, but he manages to grab the lip of the trunk - until it drops down, and breaks off, leaving the ninja in the middle of the road.
The tall man speeds off in the car, and Logan soon wakes, ‘Sung! Get out!’ he exclaims, before realizing that he is not in the apartment. ‘Who’re you? Cop?’ Logan asks, looking up at the stranger. ‘Navy’ comes the response. ‘Navy!’ Logan repeats, before coughing. He then states that he needs to lie down for a while. The stranger assures Wolverine that he is taking him to the hospital. ‘No… no hospital’ Wolverine utters. ‘You’ve got to be kidding - have you taken a look at yourself?’ the tall man asks. Wolverine pops his claws and explains that if he goes to a hospital and the doctors see his claws, they will never let him out. ‘Besides…I heal quick’ he adds. ‘Okaaay…so where do you want to be dropped?’ the tall man inquires, but Wolverine has already fallen asleep.
Shortly, ‘What the hell was I thinking?’ the tall man asks himself as he leans on a table in his living room. The blinds are pulled closed, and he looks at Wolverine, ‘I’ve got some guy I don’t know unconscious and bleeding to death on my couch’ he tells himself, before reaching into Wolverine’s jacket pocket and pulling out his wallet. He clears some things off a coffee table and sits down in a chair. He opens the wallet and pulls out some photographs, papers and cards. ‘Department H. I’ll be damned’ he remarks reading one of the cards, before noticing that a paper with “final notice” written on it has something familiar about it. He pulls a paper out of his own pocket, and sees that the address on the “Final notice” paper matches an address that is at the bottom of a letter. ‘Sung?’ a voice calls out. ‘Nope. But it’s good you’re awake, we can talk’ the tall man replies as Logan sits up on the couch.
Logan gets to his feet, and rubbing the back of his neck, announces that he has got to go. ‘Who are you? Who were those guys after you? What the hell is going on?’ the stranger asks. Wolverine starts to collect his things and replies that he would love to stay and chat, but that he is not going to. The tall man holds up the letter and explains that he received it yesterday from someone claiming to be an old buddy of his - Phil Chang - and it says that he is in trouble and needs his help. ‘So?’ Logan asks. The tall man explains that this is the reason why he was in Chinatown today, and suggests Logan look at the address on the bottom. ‘My place. Weird’ Logan remarks, adding that it could have something to do with that crazy bunch of ninjas trying to kill him. ‘But probably not’ he decides.
Suddenly, a blinding light shines through the windows, and an instant later, a motorcycle crashes through the window and the blinds, and the ninjas on the motorcycle knock the tall man out of the window behind him, sending him careening outside, where he lands in his car. ‘No! My house!’ he calls out, before swearing, and driving his car straight towards the house, where more ninjas are starting to swarm. An instant later, the tall man drives the car into the front of his house, where Wolverine is confronting a ninja. Logan’s claws clang against the ninja’s sword, then he guts the ninja, before leaping into the tall man’s car. The tall man reverses his convertible out of the house and speeds down the street. ‘Let me have your piece’ Logan asks as the ninjas follow on motorcycles. ‘We’ve gotta go back to Chinatown’ Logan explains as he turns around and starts firing at the pursuing ninjas.
‘Sure! Why not? I’ve nearly been killed and my house is destroyed, thanks to you - why not drive you around like I’m your personal #%*@$ chauffeur!’ he snarls. ‘Look, bub - if you hadn’t come along today, I’d probably be dead right now, and when this is over I’ll give you a big sloppy kiss. But right now, my lady might be in danger - or worse - so quit your bellyaching and drive!’ Logan declares. The tall man asks who will pay for the damage to his house. ‘You have insurance?’ Logan asks him. ‘Yeah, I’ve got health, dental, fire, flood and life with optional dismemberment plan - but I don’t think any of them cover this’ he replies.
Crowds of people converge on the street, ‘Great’ the tall man mutters. ‘This just great. Beautiful. What now?’ he asks as the car has to come to a standstill. Logan points out that they are sitting ducks here, and tells his new companion that they are going have to go on foot. ‘You mean ditch my car’ the tall man mutters as he exits the car and follows Logan through the street. ‘Hurry up, my place is just down the street’ Logan declares as he rushes through the crowd. On the rooftop of a building nearby, several men are watching them. ‘Not yet’ one of them remarks, before Wolverine and his companion arrive at Logan’s apartment, ‘Someone’s here… it’s not Sung’ Logan reports, before they enter the apartment.
The apartment is ransacked, and Logan and the tall man find a strange man wearing a tuxedo sitting on a box in the corner of the living room. ‘Calm yourselves. I am not responsible for this mess, but I know who is, and your girlfriend Sung Li is with them’ he announces. He reports that Sung is in grave danger, and that Logan must act now if he wishes to help her. ‘I tell you this not only out of concern for her safety, but out of concern for the safety of many great people’ the strange man explains, adding that a plan to destroy this city has been set in motion - and Sung Li is at the heart of it!