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Deathlok Nation, part 1: The Infection of Weapon Infinity
‘I too, was born in the World’ Fantomex thinks to himself as he stands alongside some sort of robot in a laboratory. Strange creatures floating in alien-like tanks before them. Fantomex recalls that he was raised in rapidly advancing unnatural time, and while he grew to adulthood, only a month passed outside. Time in the World is analogous to water – a fish tank where time’s temperature is controlled in order to manipulate the evolution of the fish. If hot enough, time boils over – flowing uncontrollably in all directions. In Fantomex’s absence from the World, someone left the kettle on – for a million years have passed since his last visit. And a million years of evolutionary trends to drastically change the landscape. Once his home, it is almost completely foreign to him now, however, Ultimation remains to guard his labs.
Fantomex places his hand in a strange substance, and looks surprised. He tells himself that the World is a man-made environment designed to create super soldiers using Sentinel technology. But since he has been gone, it has become something else. It is not sentient – such an outcome is impossible by design, but he does see intention behind the changes, which leads Fantomex to the next logical conclusion – there is someone (thing) here controlling it. A strange creature stares back at him, while his robot hands him a bottle of Cognac. Fantomex stares at the graveyard of cyber-life that he uncovered while searching for the mysterious trespasser.
The cyber-life is not Phalanx, not Technarchy and not Reaver – but a Frankenstein’s Monster with elements of all three, amid others, more familiar, man-made technologies. Stark. Roxxon. Osborn. Fantomex recalls how he spent months recompositioning side files on zombified bio-computers in hopes they would reveal who (what) had set this place to fast forward. Once hacked and initiated, the code ran wild, deluded, dreaming in impossible equations…an algorithm of sentient infinity.
Images of various Weapon Program subjects appear on the screens before Fantomex, as the computer he ran the equation on became self-aware, grew into a monster and attempted to kill him. ‘Lesson one: be on your guard within this place. One must be mindful of what the World is…and who created it’ Fantomex tells himself, adding that even its botched failures have their role to play in his fate. He pours himself a glass of Cognac, recalling that before destroying the living computer, he salvaged four pieces of information from it:
1. Weapon Infinity is united.
2. Weapon Infinity is viral.
3. Weapon Infinity travels omni-time.
4. The architect of the quirk is sequested in a subterranean chamber, deep in the World, entombed under a million years of progress. His (its) mischief is undeniable.
Fantomex drinks the Cognac and walks to an access panel on the wall, telling himself that he will continue his efforts to find and destroy him (it) and he (it) will continue to do the same to Fantomex…but the World simply isn’t big enough for the both of them. Fantomex steps out of the laboratory and gazes out over the strange landscape before him – where the ancient merges with the modern which merges with the futuristic, and a golden sun shines a haze down across the land, as strange creatures fly by, and Fantomex tosses his empty glass away.
Elsewhere, Fantomex makes his way into a room, recalling the steps he has taken to safeguard the World from causing more unintended trouble. ‘Despite what you might hear, size does matter’ he tells himself. He holds up a transmogrification ray gun that he stole from one Victor Von Doom, which he has used to keep the World at a containable size. It is a well guarded secret that he holds the World – the only men who know are not the secret-telling sorts. ‘So you are safe for now. Grow well…the future depends on it’ Fantomex remarks as he uses the ray gun on the World, then places a glass dish over the World.
Meanwhile, inside Cavern-X, ‘So what’s so damned important you called a meet during my Avengers time? I’m being pulled in too many directions for casual sit-downs’ Wolverine a.k.a. Logan remarks as he approaches a meeting table where Betsy Braddock a.k.a. Psylocke, Warren Worthington the Third a.k.a. Angel and Wade “Deadpool” Wilson are waiting for him. Angel explains that Deadpool called the meeting, to which Deadpool tells Logan he is sorry. Angel asks Wade what is going on, whether they are in danger. Wade looks down and replies that it is not like that, and he is not sure how to start.
‘There’s no one else I can talk to about it…I called, Sally, Jessy and Raphael. I guess I’m having a hard time with…what went down. Keep having flashbacks. Can’t sleep…’ Deadpool explains. ‘This a joke?’ Logan asks. ‘So you called us here for what, therapy? You want to sit around and gab on feelings? Have a good cry?’ But Deadpool replies that he doesn’t know, that he thought if they could talk about it. ‘This isn’t easy for me to say, I’m having a tough time…this isn’t what I signed on for’ he declares. ‘Wrong. It is exactly what you signed on for – to the letter!’ Logan snaps, pointing out that they took on something terrible for the good of the entire world. ‘You aren’t supposed to be able to sleep soundly afterwards’ he exclaims, before telling everyone that if they are having misgivings about what they do in this squad to leave now.
‘Too much else going on to agonize over every mission we take on. We did the right thing, end of story’ Logan declares. ‘What? In the room – once we saw he was a kid – we all agreed it was a mistake!’ Deadpool reminds everyone. Logan grabs Deadpool and exclaims that what they agreed on was killing Apocalypse. ‘That was the mission! I don’t lose sleep – we did the right thing!’ he declares. Suddenly, Betsy speaks up, asking Logan who he is trying to convince. ‘Bringing that thing back with us was a moment of weakness that Fantomex saved us from’ Wolverine replies. ‘He murdered a kid!’ Deadpool exclaims. ‘He saved the world. We saved the world’ Logan declares, but Deadpool replies that doesn’t help him.
Wolverine exclaims that nothing can help Deadpool because he is in this for all the wrong reasons. ‘Let me save you a few years of psychotherapy and boil down your real dilemma: You’re a tick, a bloodsucking mercenary with no heart, motivated solely by money’ Logan exclaims. ‘Yeah. But I never killed a kid’ Deadpool replies as he turns and walks away. Standing in front of a statue – or possible stuffed  corpse – of the Brood, Logan tells Warren to cut Wade loose, that the missions are delicate enough, so the dirtbag mercenary cannot be trusted. But Warren reveals that Wade never cashed his checks. ‘Working for me for over a year. Never cashed a one’ Warren announces. This surprises Wolverine, so Betsy goes over to him and tells him that it has been a terrible strain on all of them. ‘No one blames you for –’ she begins, but Logan turns around ‘Do I look worried?’ he asks as he storms off.
Meanwhile, inside an oddly-shaped building in the snow-covered French Alps. ‘Jean-Phillipe? I’ve spilled my lunch, dear’ a voice calls out. Fantomex enters a living room, warmed by a fire, where an elderly woman sits on a sofa, her lunch is on the floor. ‘Clumsy and blind…my maker was not kind’ the woman remarks. ‘But he granted you beauty and intellect. We shouldn’t be so greedy, mother’ Fantomex replies as begins cleaning up the spilled food. The old woman asks Jean-Phillipe where he has been, pointing out that he has been gone for days. ‘You know where I’ve been’ Fantomex replies, to which his mother tells him that he has been gone much longer than it would seem.
Fantomex explains that this project is of the utmost importance, so he must devote his attentions to it. “Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively” the old woman quotes. ‘Voltaire likely didn’t encounter any duty that held such consequence as mine’ Fantomex replies, to which his mother asks if his work is of such magnitude that he refuses to share details with her. ‘Why add to your worry?’ Fantomex asks her, to which his mother tells him that he has acted oddly since returning, and announces that some ghost is here with them. Fantomex explains that working with Xavier’s people includes tasks asked of him that do not sit well.
‘But these things serve the greater good?’ the old woman asks. ‘I believe they do. Yes’ Fantomex replies, so his mother tells him to trust his instincts, that he has an innate desire to do what is right. ‘And how is that after everything they made me for, I have any ethics at all?’ Fantomex asks. His mother tells him that their mistake was to allow him to self-determine such a thing. ‘They assumed you’d see the threat the mutants offer and gleefully engage in their slaughter’. Fantomex asks that as a mutant and a sentinel, how did they never consider the conflict born of such a dichotomy. The old woman reveals that she may have had some hand in that, explaining that as Fantomex grew, with the limited time she was allowed to see him, she tried to instil morality, to combat his other “schooling”.
Fantomex holds his mother’s hand and tells her that it is her voice he heard the loudest. ‘Perhaps they planned for me to teach you ethics’ the old woman remarks, before revealing that she wonders more about this, and exclaims ‘Perhaps I myself am not even real. Perhaps I’m merely a’, but Fantomex tells her to hush, and remarks that existence is a slippery slope, more attractive from afar than when closely examined. ‘You think, feel, and spill soup – thus you are. Now, how about we go make those mussels, open a nice wine…and enjoy the afternoon –’ Fantomex suggests, when suddenly, he goes silent. ‘Jean-Phillipe?’ he mother calls out.
Fantomex spins around, and sees a figure resembling Cyclops standing in the living room – and an optic blast is fired, cutting the sofa in two, although Fantomex manages to dive and rescue his mother. The figure steps into the light – it’s not Cyclops, but a Deathlok programmed like Cyclops. ‘Secondary target designate – Fantomex – located. Proceed to execution’ the Deathlok announces. ‘Jean-Phillipe? Who is that? What is happening?’ Fantomex’s mother calls out. The Deathlok unleashes another optic blast, but Fantomex pulls his mother to safety, only for an Elektra Deathlok to appear, ‘Protect Weapon Infinity’ it exclaims as it lunges at them. Fantomex suddenly finds the Deathlok stabbing its weapon through his hand, but he manages to kick the Deathlok away from him, and grab his mother, who asks ‘Who are they?’ ‘Assassins from beyond’ Deathlok replies. ‘What do they want?’ the old woman asks. ‘They want the World’ Fantomex explains.
Rounding a corner, they suddenly encounter Captain America and the Thing Deathloks. ‘Primary objective: Acquire the World. Safeguard Project Infinity’ the Captain America Deathlok calls out. ‘Secondary objective: Eliminate target Fantomex’ the Thing Deathlok states. ‘You will fail at both!’ Fantomex exclaims as he dives about, firing a weapon at them both. Fantomex then pulls a curtain from the railing, and wraps it around the Thing Deathlok’s head. ‘First we do something about that face of yours. A current face scarf. Very avant garde, very fashion forward’ he jokes. ‘Now for the hard part – just have to commit to it!’ Fantomex exclaims as he shoves a knife into the Thing Deathlok’s head – only to be knocked backwards by the shield of the Captain America Deathlok, which was thrown at him. ‘You struggle against peace on Earth’ the Captain America Deathlok states.
Suddenly, the Captain America Deathlok finds the glass canister sitting over the World. ‘Objective complete’ it announces, while Fantomex tells his mother to run – but suddenly, a Spider-Man Deathlok appears, and drags the old woman down a hallway. ‘Help me! Jean-Phillipe!’ she calls out. ‘She’s not who you’re after!’ Fantomex shouts. ‘For the love of God, don’t you hurt her!’ Fantomex declares as he crawls after the Spider-Man Deathlok, whose hands are firmly placed around the old woman’s head. ‘Detected target’s misdirection – ineffective on AI – achieve objectives’ the Deathlok declares. ‘Please!’ the old woman shouts. ‘Third target for termination…ancillary associates / supporters’ the Spider-Man Deathlok states, as he breaks Fantomex’ mother’s neck.
‘Monster!’ Fantomex shouts as he goes wide-eyed, and proceeds to unleash weapons fire on the Spider-Man Deathlok, which fires some webbing at him. It hits Fantomex in the chest, but Fantomex grabs the webbing and pulls the Spider-Man Deathlok towards him, flinging him into the Captain America Deathlok, he forces them out of the building. ‘The World?’ Fantomex calls out as EVA appears above him. ‘Gone. They’ve taken it’ EVA explains. Fantomex tells EVA to go and find Wolverine, to tell him what she saw here. ‘And leave you here to perish…’ EVA points out. ‘Spare me the debate – do what I tell you’ Fantomex orders.
Fantomex approaches the gaping hole in the building, ‘I know…who you monsters are. It’ll take more than you to stop me’ he begins, but outside on the snow is a Hawkeye Deathlok, bow strung, ready to fire and arrow. ‘Allies remain inside’ it states. ‘Acceptable casualties’ the Captain America Deathlok replies. The arrow beeps, and the Deathlok fires it – and an instant later, the entire building explodes. The Cyclops and Elektra Deathloks stand with the others, ‘Notify father’ the Captain America Deathlok orders as they watch the explosion.
Nearby, EVA suddenly crash lands in the snow as she escaped the explosion. ‘You are obstinate like a child’ Fantomex declares. ‘The only reason you’re still alive’ EVA reminds him. ‘If we fail to get the World back, it won’t matter’ Fantomex exclaims. ‘Mother -?’ EVA asks, but Fantomex tells her that they cannot think about that now, as he exits EVA, telling to scan the area. ‘Keep a lock on the…monsters’ he exclaims as he looks up – only to see the actual Deathlok standing over him!


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Five Point One
“Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge” – Paul Gaugun
‘Now’s the time to hit the rest of ‘em. Before someone gets to Gateway’ a voice exclaims as Lady Deathstrike stands over the body of Wolverine, beaten and bloody. ‘Go. Kill at your discretion’ Lady Deathstrike tells the Reavers.
One hour earlier…EVA hovers over Cavern-X, Sedona, Arizona, with the five members of X-Force inside. ‘So, I tells Ida, I tells ‘er, Smooth Wilson is going to Australia whether she likes it or not. Ida, and her cronies at the DMZ, they act like they don’t even know me!’ Deadpool a.k.a. Wade Wilson exclaims. He continues: ‘And what did Smooth Wilson find in the land down under? Vegemite! Magic! Yahoo Serious! Free Clinics! Oh, and I did recon on that creepy town you told me to look into – found a little Aboriginal dude on a hill’. Wolverine a.k.a. Logan explains that his name is Gateway, and he is the teleporter who got the X-Men around when they were hiding in the outback.
‘According to the little fellow you were really just X-squatters. The base belonged to a jerk cyborg gang called the Reavers’ Deadpool points out. ‘Chumps gave us some bad trouble’ Wolverine remarks, to which Deadpool declares that the way he heard it, the Reavers nearly annihilated their squatting x-asses. Betsy “Psylocke” Braddock explains that their means of escape led to her being re-programmed and turned into a Hand ninja assassin for a time. ‘These “men” almost cost me all I was, Wade’.
 An image of Lady Deathstrike appears on a monitor behind Deadpool who informs Betsy that she is about to have her shot at payback. ‘And here’s a tidbit to get your Wolveriney percolating – they’re with Lady Deathstrike’. Deadpool adds that according to Gateway, the Reavers are planning an attack on Utopia, and Gateway told him to bring help. ‘He said to bring some of my “mean friends”’ Deadpool explains.
‘He wants us to know this is do or die. No soft options on this caper’ Logan exclaims, adding that the Reavers are tough, so if they surprise them, and hit them hard, then they can stop them. He points out that Deathstrike is a different story though, and remarks that there are not many people he is willing to admit being fearful of, but Deathstrike is one of them. He declares that Yuriko Oyama is a cyber-genetic, high ninja with adamantium dipped bones and talons, who blames him for spreading her father’s adamantium-bonding secrets, and figures that by killing him she will restore her family’s honor.
An image of the Reavers appears on the monitor behind Logan, who announces that Cole, Macon and Reese are former Hellfire Commandos, and that he diced them up good back in the day, until Donald Pierce put them back together, while Bonebreaker, Skullbuster and Pretty Boy are original Reavers – bad customers with big love for mutant corpses. ‘Betsy ain’t kidding. These ding-dongs came about as close to eradicating the X-Men as anyone ever has’ Logan adds, while Deadpool declares that a little “How’s your - father-sword-to-cyborg style – sounds like a wonderful party-time afternoon delight. Warren “Angel” Worthington III declares that they need to be absolutely certain to learn the details of the Reavers’ plot before killing them. ‘Once we’ve put the kibosh on their scheme – kill at will’ Wolverine announces.
Fantomex inquires as to whether he should expect any on-site deliberation from Miss Braddock – any last second change of heart, and remarks that if so, now would be the perfect time to reveal any cyborg sympathies. Betsy is annoyed, and frowns, before striding away. Wolverine catches up to her, and remarks that he knows Betsy has mixed feelings about Fantomex pulling the trigger on the Apocalypse kid, but now is not the time. ‘You gotta compartmentalize it, keep it out of the work at hand’ Wolverine tells his friend. But Betsy replies that Jean-Phillipe is not her concern, that Fantomex is transparent and is overcompensating with bravado to mask his self-loathing and guilt. ‘I don’t have to live with the consequences of his actions’ Betsy points out.
Betsy gazes out the “window” and hugs herself as she explains that it is the Reavers and the memory of what they did to the X-Men. Wolverine tells Betsy that he knows, and reminds her that the Reavers crucified him. ‘Things like that leave a lasting impression. Figures it earns ‘em what we got to give, yes?’ But Betsy explains that it is not the morality of the mission that frightens her – but her elation at the opportunity to repay those devils. ‘If you’re feeling happy about killing, well, you’re right to be frightened by that’ Wolverine remarks, adding that this is work, not revenge, that there is no place for elation. ‘As long as the end result is killing them, what’s the problem?’ Betsy asks. Logan turns away from Psylocke and tells her that the problem comes when you start to enjoy the killing.
Meanwhile, at Cooterman’s Creek, in North Central Australia, the Reavers are drinking beer inside a bar. ‘Whadda ya call two hundred mutants at the bottom of the bay?’ one of them asks. ‘A good start!’ he exclaims. Another of the Reavers laughs, and remarks that Gateway is going to send them to that mutie island, Utopia, and they will send it right to hell. ‘Wipe the mutie freaks off the face of the planet and take their bay area real estate. That’s what my old man would call a “win-win”!’ another declares. ‘Boss lady expects us to do it right. Clean. Nothing traceable’ the first points out, while another Reaver demands another pint of beer.
Skullbuster tells his teammates that Lady Deathstrike does not need to worry about reprisal, as no one gives a rat’s ass about the muties. ‘Hell, we should televise it as we sign their corpses with urine’ he suggests, boasting that the entire world would be throwing the Reavers a parade. Suddenly, ‘Adoration is not the goal, Skullbuster. Humiliation of Wolverine is!’ Deathstrike declares as she enters the pub. Deathstrike looks at a photo of Wolverine on the wall, and remarks that overreaching has been their failing for too long, and that it is entirely possible that there is no killing Wolverine, that he is a cockroach, so to continue to do the same thing expecting different results is insanity.
Deathstrike declares that they will focus their attention on the mutant population, striving for a mass casualty scenario, though she expects Wolverine to survive. One of the Reavers asks if they are going through all of this just to irritate Wolverine a little bit, to which Deathstrike announces that Wolverine is a failed samurai, that he could never meet the standards required of him, yet is forever striving to. ‘Paramount to him, above all else, is honor’ she smirks as she holds up a gun, aims it at the photo o Logan and fires it. ‘To kill a man in search of honor, do not aim for his head – aim for his heart’ Deathstrike exclaims as the gun releases some sort of grappling rope.
‘Speaking of heart, gotta go drain mine’ Skullbuster remarks. Another of the Reavers exclaims ‘Prepare Gateway. We leave on the hour. No good mixing the volatile components we got strapped on you with rowdy drunks. Hate for the mission to end prematurely’. Another Reaver clenches a fist and exclaims that Skullbuster is probably used to premature endings. ‘Har-har’ Skullbuster mutters.
Around the corner outside the bar, Wolverine, Deadpool and Fantomex watch as the Reavers make their move. Skullbuster sings “People dying’ on the street, but the suburban scumbags, they don’t care, just get fat and dye their hair! I love livin’ in the city!” Wolverine contacts Psylocke, who has opened their minds to each others thoughts, ‘Bets, we got motion. Need the skinny from Gateway, now-like’ Logan tells her.
At that moment, Angel carries Psylocke as he lands on a rock near Gateway, while Warren’s thoughts tell Betsy that he will extract the information from Gateway one way or another, to which Betsy suggests to Warren that he is letting Archangel do the thinking, and points out that Gateway is not here of his own volition, that he is one of the good guys. Betsy turns to Gateway, and speaks to him telepathically: ‘Greetings, old friend. We came as quickly as we could. What have these fiends plotted?’ Gateway doesn’t answer, he stares ahead, while Skullbuster is still singing as he approaches the rock: “I love livin’ in the city! People pukin’ everywhere! Piles of blood, scabs and hair. Bodies wasted in the stree-“ he stops himself when he sees the mutants up ahead. ‘Skullbuster, long time no see, mate’ a voice exclaims.
‘You remember my three sisters of doom?’ Logan asks, as he claws are extended towards Skullbuster, who turns around to see Wolverine, Deadpool and Fantomex. ‘Them dames got incisive tongues’ Deadpool mutters. ‘You don’t know me’ Fantomex exclaims, aiming a weapon at Skullbuster. Suddenly, Betsy looks panicked, and telepathically tells Logan to pull back, announcing that it is a suicide mission. ‘Last time we met, I made you an’ them claws a guarantee. Came back from the dead to keep my promise – to send you to hell’ Skullbuster exclaims, before pressing a detonator – and an instant later, Skullbuster explodes, with Logan, Wade and Fantomex seemingly caught up in the explosion.
Betsy and Angel look horrified, before Angel announces that they have to get down there. ‘Wait – Gateway is communicating with me. He says we can’t go. Can’t leave him alone’ Psylocke announces. ‘Why?’ Warren asks. Betsy replies that Gateway cannot refuse the Reavers’ request, or they will kill his tribe. ‘What request?’ Warren asks. Betsy explains that the Reavers want Gateway to open a portal to Utopia – as they are going to blow up the island.
Nearby, Deathstrike stands over the bodies of Logan, Wade and Fantomex, and tells the Reavers to go and kill at their discretion, while she remains behind to collect her family’s honor. ‘Happy to oblige, boss!’ one of the Reavers exclaims. Deathstrike looks down at Wolverine’s body: ‘Come now. Dance with me, my dear Logan. On the corpses of your comrades’ she exclaims, when suddenly, Logan pops his claws.
The Reavers approach Betsy, Warren and Gateway, while Betsy telepathically announces that Wolverine, Deadpool and Fantomex are all down, that they are alone. ‘Look who we got here, mates. Purple-haired Brit don’t know what race she is’ one of the Reavers exclaims, while another suggests that they leave her intact for reformatting, as it would be a real shame to ruin such a first-class frame. Betsy tells herself that she never knew how much rage for these creatures that she had kept inside her, while Angel shouts ‘Get behind me!’ as the Reavers unleash weapons fire, but Betsy and Gateway are protected as Warren extends his metal wings in front of them, acting as a shield. ‘How much rage I would feel upon seeing them’ Betsy tells herself, before Warren asks that, given her distaste for them, he wants to know how she would like to proceed. Logan’s voice warns Betsy against entering into this for revenge – but she does it anyway, leaping over Warren’s wings, and with her sword ready, she lunges at the Reavers.
As Wolverine slowly rises, Deathstrike tells him that she will rend the flesh from his bones, forged in the adamantium refuse of her father’s stolen dreams. ‘I will leave you alive to feel it all, low dog’ she adds. ‘So many of you jerks have lost the art of the diatribe’ Logan remarks, before standing up, he tells Yuriko that it is nice to see she is still rocking the pontification groove, and that it is nice to know she plans on keeping him alive. ‘Gonna be upfront with you as well, darling – we got different plans’ Logan exclaims as he lunges at Deathstrike, who dodges him and tells him that whatever his plans may be, they will remain unsatisfied – and she shoves two of her clawed fingers through Wolverine’s cheeks. Blood spurts about, and Logan cries out in pain.
Nearby, Betsy realizes that she and Warren are outnumbered, and if they waste one second, they are dead. Pretty Boy fires a gun at Betsy, who blocks the bullet with her sword. Warren slices another in half with his razor-sharp wings, while Pretty Boy tells Betsy that their minds are guarded from telepathy, so they will have to keep this a purely physical encounter. ‘My intention all along’ Betsy claims as she slices the hand off Pretty Boy. But suddenly, another Reaver snaps Archangel’s wing off, causing Warren to scream in agony. Betsy falls to the ground, ‘You take my hand – I take your body. This Pretty Boy’s partial to a gorgeous Japanese gal with a British accent’ Pretty Boy adds has his cerebral tendrils emerge from his eyes and wrap around Betsy’s body.
This opens a direct link to Pretty Boy’s mind, while Warren’s agony reverberates in Betsy’s head, almost knocking her out. Betsy instead uses the agony, rerouting it and piping it directly into Pretty Boy’s brain. The Reaver squeals, and Betsy cannot stop her smile. Prety Boy suddenly falls off the nearby cliff – and still connected to Betsy, she falls with him, telepathically calling out to Warren for help. ‘On my way!’ Warren calls out as he fires his razor sharp feather “knives” into his opponent. But at that moment, Gateway opens the portal, and the remaining Reavers rush into it. ‘While I’m falling to my death’ Betsy telepathically calls out.
‘Took you long enough!’ Betsy calls out as Warren suddenly swoops down and grabs his lover. Warren tells Betsy that the last minute makes you appreciate it more. They fly back up to the top of the cliff – ‘Now! While the portal is still open!’ Betsy calls out, as Warren throws her to the closing portal. But Betsy knows that in two seconds she will be in the middle of Utopia – wearing an X-Force uniform. ‘Tres faux pas’ she tells herself.
Deathstrike throws Wolverine against a building after what felt like thirty seconds inside a tornado of kitchen knives. There is a single incision across Logan’s eyes and into his nose. He cannot see and cannot smell – Deathstrike is working on him like a surgeon. The villainess lunges at him, but Wolverine holds her back – except a claw goes through his throat, so he cannot talk anymore. Logan’s left eye grows back in time to see what is next – as Deathstrike punctures both of his lungs, making it impossible for him to breath. He decides that Deathstrike has tussling with him down to an art.
But Logan suddenly smashes Deathstrike in the face with his foot – only Deathstrike doesn’t even flinch. She doesn’t feel pain – she is more machine than woman. Logan grabs her and smacks her head against a lantern on the wall, causing it to crack open. ‘With your senses blotted you fight like a clumsy old man!’ Deathstrike exclaims as she kicks Logan backwards. But Logan tells Deathstrike that she might need to look into her olfactory components, and looks up at the poster of him against a wall, where the taser gun is stuck to. ‘Through all this blood - even I can smell you’re doused in kerosene’ Logan declares as he fires the gun – the taser clings to Deathstrike, and she erupts in flames, screaming as she runs from Wolverine.
Logan realizes that Deathstrike cannot feel it, but knows that some part of her brain remembers – remembers what it feels like to burn. He realizes that Deathstrike could have pithed his brain a couple dozen times, but she wants him alive – so he can watch Utopia burn. ‘Could you use a hand in here?’ Deadpool asks as he enters the bar, still recovering from his injuries.
At that moment, on Utopia, ‘The X-Men got eyes everywhere; they’ll know we’re here!’ one of the Reavers exclaims as they run down an alley. Another announces that the fusion generator that powers the island is a few clicks down the way. The other suggests they split up, as that is better odds that one of them will make it. ‘Always good serving with you, Reese. See you on the other side’ the Reaver exclaims. Reese replies that he hopes the upload works like Deathstrike promised.
Inside the control room, Megan “Pixie” Gwynn informs Cyclops via radio that the intruders are splitting up, that she has no idea who they are, but they are broadcasting a disruption frequency, shutting down surveillance as they go. ‘Unless I’m wrong…it looks like they’re heading towards the fusion generators’ Pixie announces. Cyclops replies that they will not allow that, to which Pixie asks if she should sound the alarm. But as Scott “Cyclops” Summers races down an alley way, with Magneto hovering behind him, he tells Pixie that he doesn’t want the intruders to know that they are aware of their presence. ‘Magneto and I are on it’ he exclaims.
Cyclops tells Magneto that he has a visual on the target, and announces that it is a Reaver. ‘Wonderful. I do so enjoy deconstructing cyborgs’ Magneto replies. Cyclops rounds a corner, where one of the Reavers is waiting for him. ‘Reese, it’s all on you. I’m cornered – got a shot at taking Cyclops with me’ the Reaver radios to Reese, who replies ‘Understood. If you got the shot, take it. Good luck, brother’. But as Cyclops rounds the corner – he finds that the Reaver’s head has been cut off, and blood is splattered up the wall. Psylocke is crouched on a ledge above them. ‘Erik…my target’s dead’ Cyclops reports to Magneto, who replies ‘Dead, Scott? I didn’t think you had it in you –’, but Scott replies that it wasn’t him, that there is a third party involved, someone the system did not detect.
Scott tells Magneto to be on guard, just as Reese pops his head out of a window, ‘Plasma rounds, magnet-man! Hotter than the sun!’ the Reaver declares as he fires the weapon at Magneto, who stumbles. The Reaver boasts that he is close enough to the reactor to do what he came here for and to kill Magneto up close. He holds a detonator in one hand – but suddenly, that hand gets sliced off! Betsy stands nearby, blood dripping from her sword as she tells the Reaver to raise his gun and shoot her. ‘You!’ the Reaver gasps. ‘Quickly, pull the trigger!’ Betsy exclaims, smiling, as the Reaver holds his weapon, with his attached hand, to her head. ‘Now…try and move your head’ Betsy exclaims, before cutting off the other hand. ‘Call it duty or revenge…it feels good’ Psylocke tells herself.
An instant later, Cyclops and Magneto arrive on scene to find the decapitated Reaver lying before them. ‘Dammit. Both dead’ Cyclops exclaims. ‘I’m fine. Thank you’ Magneto remarks, while Scott asks him to go to Australia and see if they are back at their old base. ‘And should I find them?’ Magneto asks. ‘Bring them to me – and Erik – this all stays between us’ Scott warns Magneto, who replies ‘Naturally’.
Back in Australia, Betsy steps through Gateway’s portal, ‘Betsy! Did you -?’ Warren calls out. ‘They are gone’ Psylocke replies, assuring Warren that she masked herself from detection, that no one say her, but they did find the Reavers’ remains. ‘If I know Scott Summers, the X-Men will be here soon’ Betsy points out, before Warren takes her in his arms. ‘My God, Warren, what is happening to me? I took such pleasure in their killings…’ Betsy exclaims. ‘After what they did to you, Betsy – how could you not?’ Warren asks. ‘Once upon a time, I would have taken a higher road…was it so long ago?’ Betsy asks.
Nearby, Deathstrike leans against a console with computer equipment and tells herself that she must upload her consciousness before this frame expires. ‘C’mon, Yurio. Let’s put a pin in this’ Wolverine exclaims as he enters the lab. ‘We have only begun our next stage, Logan-san!’ Deathstrike calls out as she pushes a device against her hand – and she glows a greenish-yellow as she shouts ‘You stand before a new dawn! You cannot stop what comes next! For you and your X-Men – there is no tomorrow!’ Deathstrike’s smouldering body then collapses at Wolverine’s feet.
Soon, Archangel flies Fantomex and Deadpool back inside EVA, while Wolverine and Betsy look at each other. Both are silent, until Wolverine points out that Betsy doesn’t look elated anymore. An instant later, EVA takes to the sky as X-Force leave Australia….


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Deathlok Nation, part 2
The Alps, where a group of Deathloks resembling the heroes Captain America, Cyclops, Hawkeye, Elektra and Spider-Man stand over the remains of Fantomex’s mother’s home. ‘Mission achievement - fifty percent. I have possession of the World. Fantomex remains alive. Find and kill him’ the Captain America Deathlok announces. All of the Deathloks look upwards as they see EVA flying away from the scene of the action. ‘Go’ the Captain America Deathlok orders, so the Spider-Man Deathlok unleashes some webbing, which latches onto EVA. But as the Deathlok is pulled upwards into the air, EVA’s self-defense mechanisms are released and the Deathlok falls into the snow - where Fantomex is waiting.
The mercenary kicks the Deathlok to the snow, and then fires at it - but the Spider-Man Deathlok is too fast for bullets and dodges the attack. ‘Fisticuffs it is’ Fantomex remarks, while the Deathlok states its objective - to kill Fantomex. ‘C’mon then’ the mercenary exclaims. They engage in physical combat, with Fantomex seemingly gaining the upper hand. ‘Which of you holds the World?’ he asks. The Deathlok looks up at Fantomex, who holds his weapon close to the creature’s face. ‘Don’t deserve to die like this…we fought…my God…it wasn’t’ the Deathlok exclaims, before announcing ‘Wasn’t our fault!’ Fantomex replies that ‘I believe you’, before blowing the Deathlok’s head off.
Suddenly, the individual known as Deathlok steps towards Fantomex, dragging the Cyclops Deathlok behind it. ‘Captain America has the World’ Deathlok announces. Fantomex replies that they must get it back, to which Deathlok tells him that if they do not, he believes something terrible will happen. ‘Naturally…why else would we bother?’ Fantomex mutters.
Meanwhile, in an exotic garden, with a pond. Two people sit under a gazebo, and drink tea - it is Betsy and Brian Braddock, a.k.a. Psylocke and Captain Britain, respectively. Betsy tells her twin that there was a time not so long ago when she questioned if she belonged in a band of warriors like the X-Men. Brian tells her that he remembers her agonizing, while Betsy muses that she is now counted among the X-Men’s most ferocious. ‘Ridiculous’ Brian scoffs. ‘Compared to the company you keep?’ Brian lists Logan and Magneto and adds ‘Whatever Worthington has become - relatively speaking, you’re an angel, Elizabeth’.
Betsy sips her tea, before informing Brian that she aided in the assassination of a child. Brian frowns and goes wide-eyed, he stares at his sister, before turning away from her, while Betsy explains that they did it to ensure that the boy would not grow to become the monster Apocalypse. ‘We are desperate, Brian. Alone. Nearly extinct, we are forced to…compromise lest we be eradicated’. Brian slams a fist on the table and tells Betsy that killing children to pre-emptively halt potential evil is beyond a compromise of Xavier’s dream - that it is an abomination. ‘Where has Xavier’s lofty ideology brought us?’ Betsy asks.
Captain Britain reminds Psylocke that she once believed that Xavier’s dreams were worth dying for. ‘The dream was much easier when my friends were all alive’ Psylocke replies. ‘When we lived in a school as opposed to a protective reservation awaiting extinction. No, these are different times for mutants. I don’t need the ethics lesson. I’ll deal with the morality…just tell me you understand’. But Brian continues to stare at his sister, before reaching out to her. He takes her hand and tells her that he cannot absolve her of this, nor can he condone it, but that he does understand it, and no matter what, he will always love her unconditionally.
Betsy looks up at Brian and thanks him, before getting up to leave - ‘You have no idea how much it means’ Betsy tells him as she leaves the Danger Room inside Cavern-X. Warren Worthington III a.k.a. Angel is in the corridor and asks Betsy what is going on, what she is doing in the Danger Room alone. ‘Talking to myself’ Betsy replies, hanging her head. Angel tells his lover to get ready, as they need to go, for Fantomex is in trouble. ‘Fantomex? Is that right? He can take care of himself’ Betsy replies as she walks away.
Back at the Alps, the Deathloks resembling Captain America, Hawkeye and Elektra as they search for their associates, but get no response from the other units. The Captain America Deathlok announces that he is detecting a foreign Deathlok accessing the hyper-mind, before severing their connection. ‘Orders?’ the Hawkeye Deathlok asks. The Captain America Deathlok replies that they are to protect the World and acquire threat-specific reinforcements. ‘Connecting to Father’ the Hawkeye Deathlok announces, informing the mysterious “Father” that an aberrant Deathlok trooper has been detected, and that it accessed the primary mission before he severed its connection.
From an unknown location, in a strange monitor room, the “Father” replies ‘No. HOW? I sent no other Deathloks’, before supposing that it must be the slimy residuals from another timeline. ‘Kill it. Make certain’ the “Father” orders. The trio of Deathlok continue on their trek across the snow, with the Captain America Deathlok announcing that the aberrant Deathlok is aiding the primary target. ‘Tachyoncast probability generator - chances of future of origin…56.12 percent chance of occurrence’ the Elektra Deathlok announces. The Hawkeye Deathlok declares that they require target-specific reinforcements to increase their success rate, while their “Father” announces that reinforcements are en route, before asking ‘Do you hold it? Is it safe?’
‘Yes, Father, I have the World -’ the Captain America Deathlok replies as it and the Elektra Deathlok leap off a snow-ledge - only to be ambushed by Fantomex and Deathlok. ‘Had. You had the world’ Fantomex corrects the Captain America Deathlok, who falls to the snow below along with the Elektra Deathlok. The Hawkeye Deathlok manages to remain on the snow ledge, before falling off, it fires an arrow, which strikes Fantomex in the chest. ‘Damn!’ Fantomex calls out as the arrow releases a sticky matter which traps him against a tree. ‘all agents of the future must be killed!’ Deathlok exclaims as he fires at the Captain America Deathlok, who holds its shiled up to protect itself. ‘Awaiting reinforcements protect possessor. Secure the world’ the Hawkeye Deathlok calls out as it aids the Captain America Deathlok, while the Elektra Deathlok lies motionless in the snow.
Deathlok looks furious as he unleashes weapons fire on the two remaining units. The Hawkeye unit is in agony as bullets pierce its body, ‘Protect the World’ the Captain America Deathlok calls out as he makes a run for it into the woods. ‘Flee. Gather the reinforcements’ he announces. Suddenly, Deathlok is struck through the middle with an arrow. ‘Protect the World. Protect the -’ the Hawkeye Deathlok begins, before Deathlok pulls the arrow out of his chest and shoves it into the Hawkeye Deathlok’s head, causing the unit to explode as Deathlok races over to check that the Cyclops Deathlok is not active.
‘Not bad…’ Fantomex remarks as he races after him. ‘Free will illuminates the inherent evil of enslaving others’ Deathlok replies. ‘So you say’ Fantomex mutters, before picking up the phoney Captain America shield and asking ‘Are you going to keep this? I need to start up a new museum and it would -’, but Deathlok interrupts, announcing that he will keep it. Suddenly, EVA hovers overhead, and Fantomex announces that their reinforcements have arrived. ‘Just in time to be of absolutely no aid!’ Fantomex exclaims as he approaches EVA. ‘Almost as if you waited till we’d cleaned up…the robot mess’. Fantomex stops in his tracks as EVA opens, and out steps his X-Force teammates - or rather Deathlok versions of them.
‘Acquire the World. ‘Destroy contents of laboratory. Protect Father’ they exclaim. ‘Terminate Fantomex’ the Archangel Deathlok states as it unleashes razor-sharp wing-knives. ‘These are not my friends!’ Fantomex exclaims as he dodges the knives, and begins firing at the Deathloks when he and Deathlok run for their lives. ‘Handy thee way they keep repeating their plans’ Fantomex jokes as he continues to fire behind him. ‘Yes’ Deathlok agrees.
As they come to another cliff, Fantomex asks Deathlok if he can reply. Deathlok replies that he cannot, to which Fantomex mutters ‘Me either’. As the X-Force Deathloks begin to close in on them, Deathlok tells Fantomex to grab onto his neck. ‘A bit intimate, no?’ Fantomex asks, but does so anyway, as Deathlok leaps from the ledge. ‘Prefect thinking! This is much better!’ he remarks as they begin to free fall towards the snow-covered ground some distance below them. Deathlok puts the shield out in front of them to break their fall. ‘Oh, good. That sliver of metal should cushion our fall nicely’ Fantomex mutters.
An instant later, they crash through what was in fact ice covering a small lake below. Fantomex clings to Deathlok’s neck in the freezing water, and soon, Deathlok makes it to the surface, breaking through the ice, enabling Fantomex to come up for air. Fantomex gasps, and Deathlok pulls him out of the water, as it happens, near where they left the motionless Captain America is Deathlok. ‘Made it…we have some kind of luck…the bad kind…’ Fantomex mutters, as EVA lands nearby. X-Force - the real ones this time - Betsy, Wolverine a.k.a. Logan, Angel and Wade “Deadpool” Wilson emerge, and approach Fantomex, ‘You have no idea how close the vote was’ Deadpool remarks. ‘Vote?’ Fantomex asks. ‘If we were going to leave you to die or not’ Deadpool replies.
‘Pack it in, Wade’ Wolverine remarks, before asking Fantomex what the story is. ‘Meet my friend, Mr Robot-Guy’ Fantomex announces, referring to Deathlok. ‘Over his shoulder is sleepy and evil Captain America’ Fantomex explains, adding that they hold the fate of the future in their hands. Betsy announces that she is picking up an echo reverberating back to her, and that someone is delving into her at the same time. Angel helps Fantomex up, and Fantomex announces that weirdness is afoot. He suggests they get out of here and he can fill them in on what has been happening en route. ‘En route where?’ Warren asks. ‘Anywhere else’ Fantomex replies, while Betsy stands on the edge of the cliff.
Soon, inside EVA, X-Foce and Deathlok gather, with Betsy declaring that Fantomex brings nothing but trouble. Head in his hands, Fantomex relies ‘Forgive me if this has inconvenienced your plans for afternoon tea, Miss Braddock. Cyborgs killed my mother and stole from me!’ Deadpool raises a sword to Deathlok and asks why they are bringing one of them along, but Fantomex tells him that Deathlok saved him, and he thinks this one is good. Wolverine explains that his name is Deathlok, that he runs noble, but his human host is a nasty creep. ‘Deathlok troopers from a divergent timeline arrived’ Deathlok explains.
Deathlok lies the Captain America Deathlok down on a bench explains that these units are no longer built from simple human hosts, that the new Deathlok troopers are made from Earth’s mightiest beings. ‘And they want…?’ Logan asks. ‘To kill me’ Fantomex explains, before holding up the World, ‘And acquire this’ he adds. Wide-eyed, Wolverine asks if that is what he thinks it is. ‘Yes. I’ve got the whole World in my hand’ Fantomex replies, to which Wolverine asks him why he has not destroyed it. ‘Are you mad? Humanity needs it. The trouble it may cause pales in comparison to its potential of good’ Fantomex replies, adding that one does not destroy a tool for its potential misuse. Deathlok replies that the World will be misused, it is just a question of when.
Fantomex motions to the Captain America Deathlok and points out that as tyhjey have a guest from the future, they should find out. ‘EVA, are you connected to the Great Patriot of Capitalism’s brains?’ Fantomex asks. EVA replies that they are bio-welded to her secondary nervous system. ‘Steve? Steve? You in there?’ Wolverine asks as he shakes the Captain America Deathlok, who rouses, ‘Logan? W-where, where are we…?’ he asks. Logan tells him that he is in the past, and that it looks like he has been through a rough time. ‘Need you to tell me what happened. Everything that you can remember. Can you do that?’ Logan asks. The Captain America Deathlok replies that he can try, to which Wolverine suggests he starts at the beginning.
Images flash onto a monitor connected to the Captain America Deathlok’s brain, and he explains that, using the World, their Father instigated Operation: Deathlok. Their mission was to kill and reanimate - convert - all superhumans into controllable Deathlok troopers. He explains that the first wave of Deathlokk’s targeted and killed off specific heroes - X-Men, Avengers and Defenders, and that once killed, their bodies were sent to the World for acclimation, and the re-emerged as Deathlok. ‘No one opposed this?’ Wolverine asks. The Captain America Deathlok replies that the majority supported it, but they had gone too far.
The Captain America Deathlok continues, explaining that they had all had enough, and they became arrogant super humans - self-appointed judge, jury and executioner. But the Deathlok program was condoned and made law - there was no hope, for every soldier they heroes lost, the Deathloks’ numbers grew. Even unified, the remaining population of super-humans had no hope. ‘In the end, we were all converted. In the end…we were all Deathlok’. Wolverine points out that it has not happened yet, and asks Captain America to tell them how to stop it and they will. ‘You don’t understand! You can’t stop it - Father was right - without us - humanity flourishes!’ Captain America exclaims, grabbing Wolverine. ‘They turn us into an army of controllable police with no free will and in doing so…they usher in utopia’.
An image of this utopia flashes on the screen, to which Wolverine asks why these Deathlok were sent back. ‘A remaining fly in the ointment begins to undo it all’ the Captain America Deathlok replies. ‘Who?’ Logan asks. ‘Apocalypse’ comes the reply, and an image of the uber-mutant appears on the monitor. ‘That’s impossible. He’s dead. Why send back an army of Deathloks to kill Fantomex? He’s the one who executed Apocalypse’ Angel exclaims, before declaring that it doesn’t matter, that the Captain America Deathlok has his facts jumbled up. ‘Utopia or not - we’re going to stop it. Just tell us where it all begins so we can’ he exclaims. The Captain America Deathlok announces that the Deathlok strain has been seeded in all timelines, in all dimensions, so as the present changes, they adapt, evolving via the interdimensional information share. ‘There is no stopping precognitive evolution’ he adds. Fantomex accuses the Captain America Deathlok of being purposely deceptive, and suggests that if they kill “Father” they can stop this. ‘Where is he?’ Fantomex shouts. ‘Where he always is…deep in the World’ the Captain America Deathlok replies.
Suddenly, everyone is knocked side-ways as EVA falls under attack. EVA announces that a doppelganger has engaged them, but merged with the Deathlok tech she cannot communicate with her counterpart. ‘Wade - look out!’ Wolverine exclaims as he sees the Captain America Deathlok reach for one of Deadpool’s guns. ‘The memories…God have mercy…’ the Captain America Deathlok exclaims as he opens his mouth and fires. ‘No -’ Deadpool calls out, but he is too late to stop the bullet, and blood splatters over him. The rest of X-Force look on in horror.
Fantomex takes control of EVA and announces that he is taking them down. ‘Where? We’re in the middle of the damned Sahara Desert!’ Betsy points out. Fantomex replies that is a perfect place to expand. ‘Expand what?’ Betsy ask. ‘The World’ Fantomex announces. ‘We’re going to kill the Father. We’re going to kill the Future…!’


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Deathlok Nation, part 3, conclusion
The Sahara Desert, where X-Force and their sort-of ally Deathlok have stopped for respite, while the enigmatic Fantomex prepares to unleash the World. Logan a.k.a. Wolverine, Betsy “Psylocke” Braddock, Warren Worthington III a.k.a. Angel, Wade “Deadpool” Wilson and the Deathlok stand nearby. Fantomex reminds himself that years ago he brought Wolverine to visit the World, as it felt important to show Wolverine what happened to him - to illustrate the degree of manipulation his mind had suffered. Fantomex sets the small dome on a rock, then goes back to his teammates, where he fires a weapon at it, and the dome expands. Deadpool asks if that gun can shrink and enlarge anything, to which Fantomex replies that it only works on inanimate objects, while recalling that in taking Wolverine to the World, he earned Logan’s trust.
A door on the dome opens, and Fantomex reminds himself that with Logan’s trust came the invitation to join X-Force, an arrangement that has drastically decreased time formerly reserved for intrigue, thievery, fine wine and casual sex. Fantomex fires a weapon at a console, and decides that, in hindsight, he made a terrible mistake.
Inside the World, the heroes gaze around at the strange, colorful surroundings. Betsy asks Fantomex why he shot the controls. ‘You don’t really think that’s going to keep the door closed tighter, do you?’ she asks. Fantomex replies that works in all of the movies. ‘What is this place?’ Warren asks. Wolverine explains that the World is the Weapon Plus Program, home laboratory of the folks who launched Weapon X in Canada. ‘Same folks who cooked my noodle, covered my bones in all this fancy metal’ Logan adds. Standing on a ledge, Deathlok announces that they want to protect this place, as it is the well of Weapon Infinity. Betsy asks what Weapon Infinity is, to which Deathlok replies ‘All Deathloks are Weapon Infinity’.
Deathlok explains that they are perpetually traveling in time, protecting the events that ensure a future where all super beings are controlled. ‘If we fail to kill Father, this sentient infinity will be so ingrained, it will be impossible to stop’ he adds. As they begin to walk through the strange surroundings, Deadpool remarks that it is like 12th grade art class, very Escher, while Betsy asks the Deathlok if he is part Deathlok why he is helping them. Deathlok explains that he is free of the collective consciousness, that his human host is a psychopathic killer, and to accomplish his last mission, he was forced to overtake his host. Deathlok continues, revealing that he began to process philosophical concepts such as morality, and choosing morality brought him free will, which subsequently illuminated the inherent evil of enslaving others.
‘Yes, yes, you’re full of benevolence and brotherly love for all. Bottom-line, to kill this future we must find and kill Father’ Fantomex declares. He tells his teammates that, as they can see, the world is very, very big, and Father could be anywhere. Fantomex proposes that they split up and cover more ground. ‘Come on, Wade…I’ll keep you out of trouble’ Fantomex announces.
However, the heroes are unaware that the “Father” is watching them and declares that they are all performing as expected, which makes him so proud.
Deadpool follows Fantomex across floating stepping stones, and Deadpool asks ‘So you get a lot of…“private time”?’ ‘Private time?’ Fantomex asks. ‘You know, time with yourself…that’s private’ Deadpool explains. ‘I’m going to stop talking to you now’ Fantomex declares. Deadpool ignores his teammate and asks him if he ever gets creeped out by the idea of the Watcher. ‘Really encroaches on lil’ Wade’s private time. I get into it then - POW! The Watcher’s face pops up. His big, fat, voyeuristic mug…’ Deadpool exclaims, before Fantomex turns around and remarks that Deadpool must get exhausted living his life in the war of manipulating other people’s perceptions of himself.
‘You can’t win my friendship with your quivering stream of desperation-banter’ Fantomex tells Deadpool, who asks ‘You think I’m worried about winning your approval?’ before remarking that he knows how people see him. ‘I know what you all think - but guess what? I choose to be who I am anyway’ Deadpool declares, before asking Fantomex if he can say the same. ‘Perhaps not…but I’m not the most despised member on this squad!’ Fantomex replies, grabbing Deadpool’s arm. ‘You sure about this?’ Wade retorts, before exclaiming ‘To hell with this team-up business. I work better alone’ Deadpool declares as he walks away. ‘As do I. Good day, sir - and happy hunting!’ Fantomex exclaims, while the “Father” continues to watch them.
Elsewhere within the World, Deathlok follows Wolverine and exclaims ’These buildings…though inorganic, I detect…awareness. Molecular sentinels building all around us’. Wolverine explains that it is a living, breathing house of secrets, with a lot of history buried in this place. He begins to say something else, before picking up a scent and announcing that they are being tracked. ‘By whom?’ Deathlok asks. ‘The best there is’ Wolverine replies as a Deathlok Wolverine drops down on them. Logan thinks to himself that he should have picked up the Deathlok earlier. ‘Protect Father’ the Wolverine Deathlok exclaims. ‘Secure the future’. Logan decides that there is only one way his doppelganger could have gotten this close - the World is helping them, before both Wolverine and the Deathlok Wolverine fall through what appears to be a large church window.
‘Terminate anomaly’ a Deadpool Deathlok declares as it drops down behind the heroic Deathlok, who replies that he is Deathlok prime, while his opponent slices his weapon in half with a sword. ‘I am prepared for you’ Deathlok declares as he unsheathes three energy-like claws as he prepares to face off against the Deathlok Deadpool.
Elsewhere, Angel soars across the ever-changing landscape, carrying Betsy, who remarks that she has no idea what they are looking for. Warren tells his lover to keep scanning for any foreign thoughts, while Betsy tells Warren that she senses distress in his voice, and asks whether he has another migraine, before pointing out that he has had the more frequently since the Apocalypse assassination. ‘Allow me entrance to your mind -’ Betsy begins, but Warren tells her that he doesn’t need her mothering him and that he is fine. Warren adds that it is his war to fight, but some days he prefers to fight it on his own. Betsy asks Warren if this is why he has not come to her for sessions. ‘Warren, if you’re frightened -’ Betsy begins, but Warren interrupts, ‘Frightened? Is that what you think?’ he shouts, turning his head away,  while Betsy screams ‘Warren - look out!’ as a missile speeds towards them. Thankfully, Warren uses his razor-sharp wings as a shield, with the explosion detonating behind them.
Nearby, Deathloks resembling both Archangel and Psylocke hover, with the Archangel Deathlok stating that their side objective is to terminate associates / supporters, and the Psylocke Deathlok remarks that their prime objective is to protect Father and secure tomorrow. Betsy informs Warren that his wings are damaged, but Warren assure her that he is fine, while Betsy asks him if he control them at this speed. ‘I said I’m fine - I guess you’ll just have to trust me’ Warren exclaims.
At that moment, Deathlok is still facing off against the Deadpool Deathlok, who lunges towards him, announcing ‘Terminate anomalous Deathlok’, while Deathlok tells him that he lacks the proficiency to execute the directive. ‘Your tomorrow is doomed’ he exclaims as he uses his energy claws to gut the Deadpool Deathlok, who collapses before him.
In some sort of tomb, Wolverine faces off against the Deathlok Wolverine, remarking that he could do this all night, as shadow boxing is good training. ‘This will not take all night’ the doppelganger states. ‘Cocky. Maybe we ain’t so different’ Logan remarks. But suddenly, the Deathlok Wolverine trips Logan up, then looms down over him, holding an elbow blade to Logan’s face, the Wolverine Deathlok boasts that the primary difference is Deathlok superiority.
Elsewhere, Deadpool makes his way along a narrow walkway in some sort of cylinder shaped building, with nothing to prevent him from falling off. Strange insects buzz around him. ‘Fantom-Fudge-Puddle-X. Grade A jerk!’ Deadpool thinks to himself. ‘Figured he and Wolverine’d have a love connection. Shoots a kid in the head and somehow I’m the pariah’ Wade tells himself, before realizing that of course they like Fantomex better, after all, what is not to like? ‘A mysterious child-killing elitist who pretends to be French and stinks like old cheese…mix, pour, serve - instant favorite for the family’.
Deadpool’s constant thoughts continue, deciding that he is just the guy killing the target, saving the world. ‘Don’t mind me. Not that I care what they think. Sure as hell don’t need their approval’ he decides as he enters a small tunnel, into a room, filled with tubes and cables, Wade approaches a chair, where a man sits, and declares ‘Of course you need their approval, son’. The chair spins around, and the man, sitting partly in the shadows, remarks that shame belongs to those who hide such a basic human need behind a wall of arrogance and false indifference. Wade realizes that he knows the voice - it is the Father.
Wade holds his sword ready, while the “Father” tells him that he is true to himself, even after all he has endured. ‘He knows - knows how good I am - I deserve -’ Wade thinks to himself, while the “Father” finishes off his thoughts: ‘- to be loved. You do deserve to be loved, son. Because you are a good man - a hero’ The “Father” steps into the light, his eyes glow blue, and remarks that Deadpool was once discarded from this program as bio-waste from a failed experiment, yet he now stands as one of the world’s greatest heroes. ‘Having overcome so many odds, you can’t know how proud of you I am, Wade…my favorite son’ the “Father” exclaims as he pats Deadpool on the head after Wade sits down at his feet. The “Father” holds Deadpool by his chin and asks ‘Help me, be the hero I know you are’ and tells Deadpool that his friends are bad seeds who don’t care about him, that they care only that he kills who they need killed. ‘Yes. No matter what I do…they’ll never respect me’ Deadpool agrees.
At that moment, Archangel and Betsy speed through the aid in another attempt to dodge their doppelgangers who release more missiles at them. Betsy asks Warren to hurl her backwards and she will attack head on, but Warren tells her that it is too dangerous at this speed. Suddenly, ‘Protect Father. Terminate all threats’ Warren states as Betsy realizes that her doppelganger has taken over Warren’s mind. She decides that she cannot risk a psi-war in Warren’s head, as she doesn’t know if his psyche could survive it. Betsy grabs a sword and declares ‘I don’t have time to match mind games with you, cyborg dog’ Betsy exclaims as the sword is thrown backwards - landing right in the Psylocke Deathlok’s head.
‘Associate lifespan completed. Discard. Continue chase’ the Archangel Deathlok states as it drops its “associate” and continues to chase Warren and Betsy. Free of the Psylocke Deathlok’s control, Warren realizes he is about to crash into a wall - so swiftly changes direction, enabling safety for he and Betsy. However the Archangel Deathlok is not so lucky, and moments later, crashes into the side of the building, exploding. ‘We need to go back!’ Betsy exclaims. Warren asks why, to which Betsy explains that she needs to get her sword. Warren asks her if she doesn’t have another one, to which Betsy replies that she does, but she wants that one.
Back in the tomb, ‘Erase past self. Save Fath -’ the Wolverine Deathlok begins, before suddenly receiving new directives. It leaps off Wolverine and announces that it is en route to terminate a future insurgent. Wolverine coughs as he gets his bearings, wondering what bought him that break, before deciding that whatever it was, he will take it.
Elsewhere, Fantomex and Deathlok stand before a console in a lab, and Fantomex realizes that the lab appears unmolested, so the “Father” is still a step behind him. ‘I need to make sure the project is safe’ Fantomex thinks to himself, while Deathlok asks him what is inside that is so important. ‘Better if you don’t know’ Fantomex replies, when suddenly, a single line of code catches his eye - a single message that reads: I know what you’re growing and now I know where. Fantomex realizes that he has been tracked, and wonders how. ‘Unless I’ve been - misdirected’ he thinks to himself, spinning around, he aims a weapon at Deathlok, who suddenly reveals to be the future Fantomex Deathlok. ‘Protect the future’ the Fantomex Deathlok declares, while the present Fantomex is surprised, and his arm pushed away, while telling himself that he has never been misdirected before, and it is highly off putting.
‘Terminate future insurgent’ the Fantomex Deathlok exclaims as they engage in battle. Fantomex draws fighting techniques from his multiple brains, so his moves should be impossible to anticipate - but the Fantomex Deathlok does. Fantomex does not have time for this, luckily, his trump card arrives to move things along - Ultimaton, Weapon XV, his loyal laboratory guard dog. ‘He’s the bad one’ Fantomex tells Ultimaton, motioning at the Fantomex Deathlok. Ultimaton then unleashes a massive stream of energy towards the doppelganger, seemingly destroying him. Fantomex turns to the robot and reminds him that his orders are to protect the laboratory and its contents, that he is not to step outside. Ultimaton replies that he sensed Fantomex was in danger, but Fantomex shouts ‘No excuses’ and orders the robot back inside before the others arrive.
Fantomex looks up, and at that moment, the Wolverine Deathlok drops down upon him. Fantomex tells himself that it is easy to become desensitized to the claws of Wolverine - but it is not until the Wolverine Deathlok cleaves a four-inch incision through Fantomex’s midsection that the mercenary fully appreciates how well earned Wolverine’s reputation is. ‘Protect the future’ the Wolverine Deathlok declares. ‘Terminate the insurgent’ the Deadpool Deathlok exclaims, while the injured Fantomex calls out to his robot, ordering him to seal the laboratory. ‘Protect the future’ the Deathlook Deadpool states, while the Wolverine Deathlok checks the door that just sealed off, and announces that the insurgent resides within. ‘Bypass barricade. Terminate target’ it states. ‘No-no-no…simply can’t have it’ Fantomex exclaims as he slowly gets to his feet, before suggesting that they might allow him to fight them one at a time, for fairness’ sake.
Inside the laboratory, the “”Father” and Deadpool watch Fantomex’s struggle, and the “Father” exclaims that Fantomex was spoiled, that he was given so much, while Wade ascended from nothing - climbed tooth and nail to where he is today. Deadpool replies that Fantomex is contemptuous of what he, Wade, has accomplished, so he deserves this.
At that moment, both the Deathloks attack Fantomex at the same time, and the mercenary keels over, telling himself that rarely has he absorved this much physical damage. ‘Terminate Fantomex’ the Deadpool Deathlok states, while the Wolverine Deathlok holds Fantomex around the neck. ‘I will carry this agony to my grave’ Fantomex thinks to himself, as the Deadpool Deathlok shoves a sword through Fantomex’s stomach. The attack continues, and, in the lab, Deadpool exclaims ‘They’re killing him’. ‘As he deserves’ the “Father” replies.
The Deadpool Deathlok attempts to slice the door to the laboratory open, while Fantomex lies on the ground, and now, at the end, reality strikes him - this band of time-jumping assassins proves he is right - ‘He will rise. Only now, I am forced to watch it be undone before it happens - what an exquisite failure’ Fantomex tells himself.
‘Watch him die’ the “Father” tells Deadpool. ‘Watch us save the future. How nice’ the “Father” adds before telling Deadpool that the bully Fantomex will not pick on him again. ‘You see what your father does for you? How much he loves you?’ the “Father” asks. ‘Love…no one’s ever loved me’ Deadpool replies.
An instant later, the Deathlok Deadpool breaches the laboratory by opening the door. ‘Protect tomorrow. Destroy all within’ he states, while the “Father” watches Fantomex on the monitor, as the Wolverine Deathlok looms down over him, ready to strike. ‘Look at him squirm. Such pain he suffers’ the “Father” remarks, before telling Deadpool that he is so proud, and that he will get cake for this. ‘Cake and a kiss on your forehead as I tuck you in’ the “Father tells him. Deadpool goes wide-eyed, and thinks to himself that is going to be awesome - ‘Wait - did that old dude say he was planning on kissing me? Tucking me in? No...that doesn’t sound right’ Wade thinks to himself, before announcing ‘Sounds pretty bad, actually’.
‘What sounds bad, my boy?’ the “Father” asks. Deadpool tells him that the “fatherly adoration” power he has been oozing had a hold on him until that last bit. Deadpool explains that there really is a fine line between “loving father” and “creepy uncle” - and an instant later, uses his sword to decapitate the “Father”.
Outside the laboratory, Fantomex is desperate - but he is saved when the Deathloks all vanish. ‘Nick of time. God smiles down, and all of that’ he tells himself.
Nearby, Wolverine, Deathlok, Betsy and Archangel arrive. ‘Trail ends here. Then is just disappears’ Wolverine remarks as they stand on a platform. Betsy announcers that she no longer detects the Deathlok troopers, before Fantomex appears from behind some rubble. Wolverine asks him what is going on in there, to which Fantomex replies that his medical unit is back there, and he was stitching himself up as he took some nasty cuts. Logan asks where the cyborgs went, to which Fantomex replies that he assumed one of them killed “Father”, thus erasing this particular Deathlok strain, but Betsy tells him that they never found “Father”.
Suddenly, ‘Not everyone is here though, right?’ Deadpool asks as he climbs over a ledge and joins his teammates. ‘Why was the little shoe unhappy?’ Deadpool asks. ‘I’m not sure. How?’ Fantomex asks him. ‘His father was a loafer’ Deadpool replies as he holds up the head of “Father” impaled on his sword, he then drops the head in front of Fantomex, before turning and walking away. Fantomex hangs his head, and Logan, Betsy and Archangel follow Deadpool. The Deathlok turns and looks towards the laboratory, but Fantomex tells him to come, as it is too dangerous to linger here, and they follow the others down some stairs. ‘Nothing left to see. The caper is solved. Good guys win’ Fantomex declares.
However, deep within his laboratory, Ultimaton stands watch over the various tanks containing strange forms of life. One tank holds something very strange indeed - a boy with some sort of virtual display unit placed over his head, his umbilical cord attached to presumably a food source. And the name written on this tank? En Sabah Nur. Age 847 days….


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‘What do you get if you drop a piano on an army base?’ Wade “Deadpool” Wilson asks as he crouches on a beam running across the top of a large open warehouse. ‘A flat major’ he states, answering his own question as he talks to Wolverine a.k.a. Logan over the communicator, and a few dozen people go about their business below - checking computers and transporting crates. ‘Great. Now, give with the report, ding-dong’ Wolverine replies. Wade replies that he told her Majesty Elizabeth Braddock the XII that he has zero idea what “mysterious psychic emissions” look like. ‘but whatever she thought was going down at this military base, it ain’t. Zero. Zilch. Nada’ Deadpool states.
‘So you’re just calling me to tell me nothing? That right? Do me a favor, Wade’ Wolverine remarks, as he sits at the communications computer, beer in hand. ‘I can’t kiss you through the monitor, hot lips’ Wade replies. ‘You keep wasting my time, I’ll give you something to kiss’ Logan declares, before telling Wade to find out what is going on and report back in an hour.
Elsewhere in X-Force’s base, Fantomex walks through a storage space, decorated with various X-Men artefacts - various X-Men costumes and even part of a Nimrod. Fantomex is accompanied by Deathlok, and the mercenary tells him that there is no maid service, but it is a fair pied-a-terre with certain warmth to it. ‘Though Worthington suffers from an elderly woman’s love for worthless nick-nacks’ Fantomex points out. But Deathlok suggests that remembering one’s past is a vital element of being. He adds that one’s history defines them, that memories should be revered and cherished.
“Cherished memories?” Fantomex asks, warning Deathlok that he is going to completely lose his psycho-killer-robot-from-the-future-anti-hero-charm if he keeps that talk up. Deathlok stops at the display containing the remains of the Nimrod and remarks that it is the super Sentinel version 32.1, which originated in an alterative time line, future of origin’s margin for potential 1.34%. Fantomex points out that the Nimrod has been decommissioned and frozen in time stasis. Deathlok tells him that they are all built from similar technology, and explains that can detect the Sentinel nanotech in Fantomex’s body, communicating in a cousin dialect to his own. ‘All products of the World’ Fantomex points out, before remarking that they have encountered quite a few cyborgs of late. ‘An indicator this automaton jihad is about to begin?’ he asks. Deathlok replies that it has already begun, that artificial intelligence surpassed the computing potential of the human brain long ago.
Looking at the Xorn helmet, Deathlok tells Fantomex that, inevitably, all life will be intermingled with robotics, just as they are. He adds that the nature of this merging is what he seeks to control, as free will must be maintained. ‘The odds of a future where we lose this valuable commodity to Weapon Infinity currently stands at…?’ Fantomex asks. Deathlok tells him that the percentage for probability is high, and announces that super human warfare will lead to environmental catastrophe.
They both look at the World, shrunk down, and encased in a protective field, as Deathlok declares that Weapon Infinity will rise as a response, and the only way to hold it back is to ensure the world remains closed to all. ‘However I strongly advise its immediate liquidation’ he declares. Fantomex tells Deathlok that he would rather he didn’t, and asks him to respect that. Deathlok subsequently asks Fantomex if he will allow him to stand guard, to ensure that it is never accessed again, before declaring ‘But let me be clear. I disagree with your choice. Dangerous things shouldn’t simply be locked away…they should be destroyed’.
Elsewhere, Betsy “Psylocke” Braddock and Warren Worthington III a.k.a. Angel are “walking” though one of Angel’s childhood memories. Warren tells Betsy that he used to volunteer at the soup kitchen during the holidays, as his dad wanted him to see the struggles of others up close. ‘To help - not by easy donations - but with my own two hands’ Warren explains. Betsy tells him that it is commendable. They enter the soup kitchen and observe young Warren handing out a bowl of soup to a homeless man, wishing him a Merry Christmas at the same time. ‘Aren’t you a pretty little dandy - fancy dress shirt and your golden hair’ the homeless man replies, before suddenly grabbing Warren by his shirt and exclaiming ‘A little angel made of money come to mingle with us low rabble!’
The young Warren asks him to stop, but the homeless man knocks the soup back in his face: ‘Here’s my gratitude, rich kid!’ the homeless man shouts. Suddenly, young Warren’s eyes flash red, and he looks very angry. ‘I’ve spent my life trying to help you hopeless, obsolete, gene trash - you’re an evolutionary failure, incapable of overcoming your primal need for conflict -’ he declares as he sprouts small metallic wings. An instant later, young Warren has transformed into an adult Archangel, metal wings that burst out and slice the homeless man with ease. ‘Humanity will receive the apocalypse it deserves!’ he shouts.
Archangel turns to Betsy and tells her that he is weary of her intrusions. ‘You will not take Warren’ Betsy retorts, while Warren explains ‘Not taking me, fixing me, Betsy, for my own good’. Betsy tells Warren that he has lost his perspective, and hands him some dice, telling him that they are his grounding cue, to focus on them, and leave. Warren then vanishes. Betsy turns back to Archangel and tells him that she asked Warren to recall the first time he felt rage to draw him out. ‘No need to draw me out. This is my home. I’m everywhere’ Archangel boasts. ‘Let’s limit that’ Betsy suggests as she surrounds Archangel in a psychic cage, telling him that she would prefer he stays in the one place, here, trapped in this memory. ‘What is this? You can’t contain me!’ Archangel exclaims. He is furious, and spit comes out of his mouth as he tells Betsy that she has no idea what he is, and warns Warren that Betsy cannot protect him. ‘Do you hear me, you coward? You’re dead already!’ Archangel declares.
‘Betsy? C’mon. Snap to. Game time’s over. We got real problems’ Wolverine tells Betsy as he breaks her link to the Astral Plane. Warren and Betsy are kneeling side-by-side on the floor as Betsy turns to Logan and tells him that these are real problems. ‘Yeah-yeah, I know. Still, Goldendrop’s therapy hour has to wait’ Wolverine replies, explaining that Deapdool has gone silent, so that have to go and find him. Logan asks Betsy if she has any idea what they are going to find at the military base, to which Betsy replies ‘Same thing we always find…trouble’.
Soon, EVA descends upon the Smoky Mountains, in Tennessee. Someone asks Betsy if she is able to get a read on this place, but as they step out of EVA, Betsy replies that to break the psychic shroud surrounding the area she will need to get closer. She adds that there is no question about it - a powerful telepath is involved. ‘A powerful telepath in a top-secret nuclear facility...decent hook. Stephen King meets Tom Clancy’ Fantomex remarks. Wolverine leads the way across the snow-covered terrain towards the facility and he reveals that the facility is cold war era and top secret. Wolverine announces that the intel he dug up indicates they were using the facility to make stealth nukes. ‘Someone else found out’ Betsy declares.
Arriving at the facility, they see some people standing outside it. ‘Seems fine’ Wolverine remarks. Angel asks him if he was expecting an evil Russian with an eye patch, chain-smoking while spouting on about his plot to bring down hated capitalism. ‘Making me miss the ‘80s’ Wolverine replies, before asking Wolverine to hit the men down below with some non-lethal neurotoxin blades. Archangel complies, and stretches his razor-sharp wings, releasing several deadly blades, taking the guards out with ease.
X-Force walk past the fallen guards, and Wolverine asks Betsy if they are close enough for her to let them know what they are up against. ‘If it’s who you think it is…’ Wolverine’s voice trails off, as Betsy replies ‘Pray it isn’t’, before dropping to the ground, she asks the men to stand around and look tough while she does an astral reconnaissance. Fantomex confesses to feeling inferior in the company of such a gifted telepath. ‘But for you, Warren, to be so…dependent. It must be emasculating’ Fantomex adds. ‘Oh, yeah. It’s a real hardship’ Warren mutters as Betsy’s astral form leaves her body. Warren turns to Fantomex and tells him that the worse part is all the sex leads to. ‘Terrible stuff to endure’ he mutters. Wolverine tells his teammates to stop it, and to get their heads in the game. ‘Something in Betsy’s voice before she left…get the feeling we’re in for a bad night’ Logan declares.
Betsy’s astral form soon materializes before her hated foe - the Shadow King! The villain is surrounded by women and body guards, and he greets her: ‘Ah, finally. Good evening to you, Elizabeth. Your mind has become such a muddy, splintered place…I feared you weren’t astute enough to follow the crumbs I left’ the Shadow King tells her. ‘I became quite familiar with your stench during the many years I imprisoned you within my muddy, splintered mind, Amahl’ Betsy replies. The Shadow King tells Betsy that she got lucky last time, and informs her that, unsurprisingly, repaying her has become something of an obsession. ‘If you are here to kill me, Amahl, then by all means - let us begin’ Betsy tells him. But the Shadow King grins, and replies ‘Kill you? No, Elizabeth…what I have planned is much better’.
Suddenly, Betsy’s physical body falls backwards. ‘Betsy!’ Warren calls out as the three men rush towards her. Suddenly, ‘Welcome to all of Braddock’s trifling companions…we’ve been eagerly expecting you. There is so much to get tonight - so many surprises’ the possessed Deadpool declares, flanked by several controlled soldiers. Before anyone can act, Wolverine and Archangel also fall to the possession: ‘We are so happy. I will fill Elizabeth with neurotoxin. She will sleep through it’ Archangel states. ‘She’ll have such a treat when she awakens’ Wolverine adds.
Fantomex holds up Betsy’s body, ‘Idiots…why am I the only one with telepathic dampening plates?’ Fantomex mutters. ‘His mind - it is guarded’ Archangel declares. ‘Then he will miss the party!’ Deadpool shouts as he lunges towards Fantomex - who swiftly kicks Deadpool in the face. ‘That doesn’t sound like me’ Fantomex exclaims. Wolverine lunges at Fantomex, who unleashes weapons fire on him - but Wolverine slices through Fantomex’s arms - severing them both! The surprised mercenary collapses near Betsy, while Wolverine orders Archangel to fill Psylocke’s body with the poison - but as Archangel attempts to do so, they realize that Betsy and Fantomex are gone. ’Damn, we’ve been misdirected!’ Archangel exclaims.
Wolverine announces that there is a change of plan and orders the others to smell out the illusionist, and kill Braddock’s body. Archangel states that they will ensure Psylocke’s astral form lives to witness the surprise. Deadpool tells Archangel to go with Sergeant Thompson and launch the nukes. ‘As for the rest of the soldiers…proceed to your quarters and hang yourselves’ the possessed Wolverine orders.
At that moment, Betsy’s astral form approaches the Shadow King: ‘Rise and face me, pig’ she tells the villain. The Shadow King detects Psylocke’s false confidence and tells her that she is hiding something. ‘You’ve come too close to conceal it’ he remarks. Betsy detects the Shadow King’s fingers running through her mind, seeking an entrance, hunting for fear. Amahl’s form shifts, as Betsy momentarily compensates, and the Shadow King notices. ‘There - a part of your mind more heavily guarded than the rest!’ the Shadow King declares. Betsy realizes that the Shadow King knows where she doesn’t want him, and knows he will focus his attack on it.
The Shadow King appears in his full extravagant astral armor, and warns Psylocke that he will strip her open, expose her secrets - ‘The Shadow King will feat on your terror!’ he booms. Betsy stands her ground: ‘You will do one thing, Amahl Farouk - you will die!’ she announces as she switches to her “Lady Mandarin” armor, and a psi-blade bursts from her first. The Shadow King lashes out: ‘On the contrary, Elizabeth! You will join me!’ the Shadow King booms. Betsy dodges his attack as the Shadow King lunges at her. The Shadow King tells Psylocke that she will be a disembodied memory imprisoned within his mind, helplessly watching as he destroys the lives of everyone she loves. Betsy knows that the Shadow King is leaning into his aggression, so his defenses are lowered, attacking X-Force on three fronts at once - keeping her astral form here, while Warren launches nukes at Utopia - and the rest of X-Force hunts her physical body.
Deadpool walks across a landing, searching for Fantomex and Psylocke. He suddenly sees Betsy’s body lying motionless. ‘Poor Elizabeth, your guardian has abandoned you to -’ Deadpool begins, before Fantomex shoves a knife against Wade’s throat. ‘For a telepath you do love to talk’ Fantomex remarks, speaking to the Shadow King.
Back on the Astral Plane, the Shadow King randomizes his attack, he strikes at different fear. Betsy cannot guard them all - she cannot stop him. ‘There we have it - the first dam falls!’ the Shadow King booms, announcing that he has uncovered within Betsy a flood of repressed fear - a family, long since abandoned! The Shadow King then exclaims ‘Once I’ve informed them that dear Elizabeth has become a blood-soaked killer - how will your brothers react?’
Illusions of Brian “Captain Britain” Braddock and the insane Jamie Braddock appear alongside Betsy’s astral form. ‘Is it true? You’ve been…murdering people? Murdering children? the Brian illusion asks. ‘So glad to see you finally bloody well get who you are, Bets - a killer like me!’ the Jamie illusion declares. The Brian illusion tells Betsy that this is not what their father wanted for her. But the Jamie illusion remarks that their father never thought much of Betsy, so he doesn’t know if their father would care how she spent her time. Betsy tells herself to go, to get free, before the Shadow King can dig any deeper, while the Brian illusion decides that Jamie is right, that Betsy never was very important to their father.
‘Not real - get out, get out of here -’ Betsy tells herself as she holds the dice in her hands, tears fall from her eyes. ‘There is a price for your crimes, Elizabeth!’ the Brian illusion declares as he knocks her back, causing Betsy to drop the dice. ‘A price you must pay!’ the Brian illusion adds.
Nearby, the possessed Deadpool shoves his own swords through his stomach, which then stab into Fantomex, while the possessed Wolverine approaches Betsy’s motionless body.
Back on the Astral Plane, the Brian and Jamie illusions continue to taunt their sister. ‘We know the truth - you’ll have to face us, lamb’ Jamie remarks. ‘Not my brothers - not real’ Betsy tells herself as she reaches for the dice. ‘This is not real!’ Betsy screams as she stands up, and knocks the illusions of her brothers away. The Shadow King looms towards her, ‘But it is real - or it would have no power over you!’ the Shadow King tells her. As Betsy reaches down for the dice - then takes hold of them, the Shadow King tells her that she cannot outrun what she has become.
Betsy’s eyes open - just as the possessed Wolverine’s claws loom over her. ‘Off me!’ Betsy exclaims as she kicks Wolverine off her. Deadpool and Fantomex are dueling as the possessed Deadpool tells Psylocke that he has discovered her secret. ‘Ah, the famous Braddock punctuality. Perhaps you could free our companions of their endangerment?’ Fantomex asks. Betsy attempts this, but discovers she cannot, and informs Fantomex that the Shadow King is too deeply rooted. She asks Fantomex to hold off Deadpool while she goes to stop the nuke. ‘Hurry! Run!’ the possessed Deadpool tells her. ‘But you’re already too late!’
‘Warren! Stop the door!’ Betsy calls out as she races towards Warren and the sergeant. ‘It’s not - up to him’ they reply as the door slides closed. Betsy has time to put Warren to sleep though, shutting down his mind, she gets inside it to protect him. In her Lady Mandarin armor once more, Betsy watches the scene with the young Warren at the soup kitchen for the homeless play out once more. ‘This man you love - what a mess. I see the knots you’ve tied in his mind’ the homeless person remarks - before turning around to face Betsy, revealing himself to be the Shadow King.
‘What danger could warrant such precautions? What has you so afraid?’ the Shadow King asks as he takes possession of the young Warren. Betsy realizes that she was careless, that she led her enemy right to Warren. The Shadow King pushes into another “room” and tells Betsy that she fears the demon she has locked away, and is right to. ‘He calls me to release him’ the villain exclaims. ‘My God. I never considered. I didn’t lead him here. Archangel did!’ Betsy tells herself as she follows the Shadow King into the next room, where Archangel is imprisoned.
‘I spent long years locked within one of your psionic jails. I know the flaws in its design’ the Shadow King states as he holds up a “key” and uses it on the psychic bars holding Archangel in place. ‘Stop! You can’t understand what you’re doing!’ Betsy calls out. ‘But I do’ the Shadow King tells her. ‘I am undoing your work, crushing your heart - exacting my revenge’ he exclaims as the psychic barriers surrounding Archangel vanish.
But, suddenly, Archangel’s razor-sharp wings move - and gut the Shadow King. Putrid bile flows from the villain. ‘Mindless fool I can aid you!’ the Shadow King claims. ‘You have no desire to aid me’ Archangel replies, as he decapitates the Shadow King. ‘Warren?’ Betsy calls out. ‘You won’t remember this. Go’ Archangel replies, and an instant later, Betsy vanishes from his mind.
In the storage room where the nuclear weapons are kept, the soldier is at the computer, readying the weapons. Warren lies on the floor, before both are freed from the Shadow King’s possession. ‘Where the hell?’ the soldier asks, confused. Warren gets up and tells him to step away from the launch button. ‘What?’ the soldier asks. ‘Step away from the launch button!’ Warren repeats himself. ‘Who are you?’ the soldier asks - but Warren doesn’t reply, instead he releases a barrage of deadly razor-sharp feathers, which slice through the soldier. ‘It’s a good question’ Warren replies as he stands over the motionless soldier.
Soon, Betsy enters the room, followed by Wolverine and Fantomex and Deadpool, helping each other along. Wolverine looks at Warren and remarks that he is sure it was the only option. Betsy glances nervously at Warren, neither saying anything, before Archangel walks away from his teammates, another mission over.


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Utopia, 60 miles off the coast of San Francisco. It is a cold, gray day. The waves lap against the rocks surrounding Utopia, as one of the X-Men’s jets lands on the island. Namor the Sub-Mariner is waiting. Doctor Nemesis exits the jet, and Namor tells his associate that whatever frivolous errand Magneto sent him on has left him maudlin. ‘He’s confined himself to quarters until you return’ Namor adds. They walk side-by-side up to the main building, and Namor remarks that they have no time for this. ‘Scott has need of him and to be frank -’ Namor begins, before Doctor Nemesis interrupts, telling Namor that what he is about to ask of him is not in his nature, but he should comply nonetheless. ‘Walk away without another word’ Doctor Nemesis tells the Atlantean.
Carrying an envelope, Doctor Nemesis makes his way across Utopia, until he finally comes to Magneto’s quarters. He enters, and finds the Master of Magnetism sitting in a chair near the fire place. ‘You’re certain you want this?’ Doctor Nemesis asks as he approaches Magneto. ‘I am not’ Magneto replies as he takes the envelope. Doctor Nemesis informs him that all the particulars are within, as he leaves Magneto’s quarters. A glass of something, possibly alcohol, sits on a table next to Magneto. He picks it up and drinks the whole glass, before setting it down on the table.
Magneto opens the envelope and pulls out a small piece of paper, or paper-like object. He looks at it - then goes wide-eyed. He sets the paper down on the table, then pours himself another drink, and downs it quickly.
Meanwhile, aboard EVA, over northern Arizona, en route to Cavern X. Betsy “Psylocke” Braddock tells her teammates that the Shadow King is not done. ‘Fueled by his failure, a second bevy won’t be far behind’ she adds, before remarking that she still doesn’t know what brought them this postponement, as her memory seems to be damaged from fighting the Shadow King inside Warren’s mind. Warren “Angel” Worthington III tells Betsy that he remembers the Shadow King in his mind one minute, laughing about the soldier he was using to launch the nukes, and when he went into the control room, the Shadow King still had possession of the soldier and was forcing him to launch. ‘Which forced me to…’ Warren’s voice trails off.
Wolverine a.k.a. Logan tells Warren that he did what he had to do, there was no choice, and suggests he doesn’t sit there stewing in it, as he saved lives. ‘And you beat the disembodied spirit of Jim Morrison. Pretty good’ Wade “Deadpool” Wilson exclaims. ‘That’s the Lizard King, you ding-dong’ Wolverine tells him. Warren smiles and remarks that there was not any choice. ‘I know. Still…can’t shake the feeling there was another way’ he admits as they exit EVA, along with their teammate Fantomex.
‘A possessed man was about to launch a nuke. Not his fault - but still - about to launch a nuke’ Wolverine points out, assuring Warren that there was no other way. Wolverine reminds everyone that is the type of ugly they do in this team - the type of ugly you don’t spend much time wondering about once it is done. Wolverine enters a code on a control panel to allow them to enter Cavern X, and remarks ‘We do this so no one else has to. So that no one else even has to know - we exist’.
But as they enter their headquarters, they see Magneto sitting on a chair, with their ally Deathlok, forcibly trapped in the air above Magneto. Costume memorabilia of the X-Men’s enemies Toad and Mr Sinister are displayed behind Magneto. Deathlok informs X-Force that he attempted to eject Magneto, but that he is at a disadvantage. Warren goes over to Magneto and asks him how he found out about them. ‘Remember to whom you are speaking’ Magneto replies. There is silence, before Magneto places the envelope on a nearby table. He turns to Wolverine and asks if they can speak in private. ‘You didn’t exactly choose private, bub. No secrets in this squad. Everything’s on the table’ Wolverine replies.
‘If you insist’ Magneto mutters, before handing Wolverine the envelope. Logan pulls the photo from it - it is of a Nazi soldier. ‘Why can’t you do it?’ Logan asks. ‘Because I’m asking you’ Magneto tells him. Wolverine explains that this team neutralizes threats, that it is not a revenge squad. ‘Please…do this for me’ Magneto asks, pleading with his eyes. Logan says nothing for a moment, before agreeing. ‘Alright’ he tells Magneto. Magneto takes his leave and walks away from X-Force. Deathlok falls to the floor after being released from Magneto’s thrall. Wolverine tells his teammates to get back to their lives, as he will handle this, and walks away from them.
Wolverine enters his barren quarters, and takes a sword from the wall - where a framed piece of paper hangs. The words “I have a high art. I hurt with cruelty those who would damage me” - Archilocus, 650 BC engraved on the paper. Logan picks up a back pack, then looks at the photo of a woman, before leaving his room.
Wolverine approaches EVA, and Fantomex informs him that EVA will take him wherever he would like. ‘Whatever it is, you don’t have to do it alone’ Fantomex tells Logan. ‘Mind the store. This won’t take long’ Wolverine replies as he enters EVA.
Soon, EVA hovers over Rio de Janeiro, and informs Wolverine that they will arrive shortly. They soon descend upon a lush landscape, and Wolverine sets off through the jungle, photograph in hand, he searches for his prey. He comes to a small house, where an old man is shopping some firewood outside. Music can be heard coming from inside the house, and as he sees Wolverine, the old man turns and goes inside. Wolverine follows him, and walks down a hallway, lined with photographs.
Logan finds the old man sitting in a chair, looking at a photograph, he explains that he came here after the war, a lot of them did. ‘Built a house. Started a new life. Then I met her’. The old man explains he told his wife he was a farmer, that he had never lifted a weapon. ‘She was a vision. A golden heart. We raised three children in this house…and I put the war behind me’ he reveals, while music continues to play from an old gramophone. The old man stares at the photograph, and announces that he never forgot that he did not deserve a single moment of the happiness he had been given. He reveals that his wife died last winter, wholly unaware of the monster she had lived her life with.
Logan goes over to the gramophone and turns it off. The old man remarks that he is glad his wife never knew of the monster she lived with. Wolverine pulls out his sword, and the old man hangs his head, remarking that he knew this day would come, even after all this time. ‘No man outruns his past’ the old man declares, and tells Wolverine that he hopes he remembers that when his own victims come for him. Wolverine stares at the old man as he shoves the sword into him. Blood splatters everywhere, and Logan wipes his sword clean, turning to leave, while the old man lies in a pool of his own blood, the photo of him and his wife, in their younger years, in his hand.