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Cry Havok, part 2
London, England, the Hellfire Club, where Sebastian Shaw tells Magneto to ask himself why he stands against them, as Mothervine will give him everything he has ever wanted – mutants will inherit the world – they will no longer be hated, no longer oppressed – no longer hunted. Magneto throws a magnetic force field around himself as Shaw uses his secondary mutation to try and break through and strike Magneto. 'Shaw... this power of yours... there will be a price to pay!' Magneto warns. Shaw grins and tells Magneto that this is what he has fought for, unless, of course, it's only the fight that matters. 'Are you so consumed by your own hubris that you don't know what you'd do if you actually won?' Shaw enquires. He tells Magneto not to worry, as he won't live long enough  to see the ascension of mutantkind.
Shaw's power knocks Magneto back through the room, blasting him out into the ballroom where Hellfire Club patrons are enjoying themselves. 'The... the rules!' one of the patrons exclaims. 'Fighting in the club!' another gasps. 'We must leave at once!' a woman exclaims, asking where her jacket is. 'Where's my bullwhip?' a man enquires.
Shaw walks towards Magneto, who tries to get to his feet. 'Now, I absorb the energy of your magnetic waves as easily as I once absorbed a physical blow' Shaw explains. He boasts that the slightest motion, a rapidly drawn breath, the shuffling of feet, dust motes swirling in the air – it is all nothing but raw kinetic energy for him to use at his whim.
Meanwhile, in the Mojave Desert, Shen Xorn announces that he only wishes to be left in peace. Mach-II of the reality-displaced New Marauders informs Xorn that she and her teammates, the Guardian and Armor, along with Toad, have been sent to recruit him. She claims that there are big changes on the horizon, changers that will rub a good many people the wrong way. She adds that humans aren't going to give up their spot on the food chain without a  fight. Toad suggests to Xorn that he listen to Mach 2, as this is the big time, what he always wanted. 'Then I would suggest that this course of action – if it inevitably leads to war – is unwise' Xorn tells Mach-II. Toad's tongue flickers, flames dart about the end of it as he boasts that the people begin the curtain are the real deal – even the White Queen is with them. 'I know you've got a little bad blood with her... but can't you put that aside for the sake of mutant supremacy?' Toad asks. 'I'm sorry... but who do you think I am?' Xorn asks.
Mach-II smiles and tells him that it doesn't matter who he is, the only thing that that matters is the choice he makes right now. She warns him that if he doesn't come with them, then he is going to die out here in the desert. Xorn fires a blast of energy from his face, knocking Toad and the new Marauders backwards. 'I think not' he tells them. Toad asks Xorn not to do this. 'I don't want to see you die, but I'm not calling the shots!' Toad calls out as he wraps his flaming tongue around Xorn's neck – but Xorn blasts Toad away with ease. 'For  the record, you started this fight, not us. You threw the first punch!' Mach-II declares, warning Xorn that he is going to get his skull cracked for his troubles. She raises her hand, and Xorn notices something happening with his helmet. 'What are you doing? My helmet – no! If you compromise it -' he begins, before a surge of lightning blasts down between Xorn and Mach-II.
'All of you – back off!' Jimmy Hudson calls out as he makes his presence known, leaping towards the troubling scene. 'Jimmy Hudson – the one who got away! I knew we'd meet up again sooner or later' Mach-II remarks as an energy field comes up around her, protecting her from Jimmy's claws which he reaches out with. 'I'm so glad, too. Miss Sinister may have cast you aside, but I'm far from done with you' Mach-II warns him. Bloodstorm drops down to the Guardian and tells him that the X-Men told her about him – he doesn't belong in this world. 'You're one to talk, Bloodstorm! You're the vampire from another reality!' the Guardian declares. Armor comes up behind Jimmy, who glances at her out of the corner of his eyes. Mach-II tells Jimmy that he shouldn't have run off the way he did, and reveals that Miss Sinister has helped them with their memories. 'She could have helped you understand where you came from... and the destiny awaiting you... if you hadn't been so pig-headed'.
Xorn's helmet is cracked, it takes all of his concentration to keep the forces contained. He knows that he musn't lose control, not again. Suddenly, dozens of bats materialize around Bloodstorm, they fly towards the Guardian, screeching, they slam into him, before attacking Armor and Mach-II, who asks 'Where the hell did these bats come from?' while Bloodstorm swoops down and grabs Jimmy and Xorn, lifting them to safety. 'Thanks for the lift!' Jimmy tells Bloodstorm, who remarks that now is not the time to fight, they need to regroup and get their new friend some assistance – then they will meet these Marauders again.
Meantime, in Madripoor, at the X-Mansion, Lorna Dane a.k.a. Polaris has been possessed by Malice. The unmoving robot Ferris lies at her feet. 'I must say this is a surprise. Miss Sinister sent me home with the X-Men... hoping I'd have the chance to possess Jean Grey. For a kid, she proved far more resistant to my charms than I expected. But you, Polaris...you'll do quite nicely' Malice exclaims, realizing that Polaris has met a version of Malice, from this world. 'I don't believe that in my universe I ever had the pleasure. But susceptibility is susceptibility. Now... let's do here what I came to do... and raise a little hell' Malice declares.
In a living room, the local heroes called the Raksha are sitting around. 'Do you feel that? A slight shift in the pressure of -' Gazing Nightshade begins when suddenly, the door to the living room is blasted open, as Malice enters. 'The Raksha have been betrayed, Hexadecimal. The daughter of Magneto -' Whisper Doll begins, grabbing a sword. Hexadecimal creates a robot scorpion and tells Whisper Doll that they should have expected this – and that he never trusted the X-Men the way the others did, as they work with Magneto – one of Patch's greatest foes! 'Looks like the X-Men aren't home right now. But they've left me some playthings to entertain me. And isn't  it cute – metal weapons!' Malice declares as she uses Polaris' control over metal to take hold of dozens of swords and knives, and dangle them before Hexadecimal and Whisper Doll – before cutting them to shreds with the weapons.
Gazing Nightshade removes the bandages from her eyes and calls out to Polaris: 'I don't know why you have attacked us! But I know a crushing burden weighs upon your spirit!' Gazing Nightshade tells her. Blood begins to drip from her empty eye sockets, as she tells Polaris that through her gaze, her remorse and sorrow, her regret and self-doubt become unbearable. 'I am sorry that I must inflict such misery upon you' Gazing Nightshade tells her. But Polaris / Malice grins and tells Gazing Nightshade that she is barking up the wrong mutant, as she no longer feels regret or self-pity or sadness. 'I feel only – MALICE!' she screams as she releases beams of magnetic energy up into the room.
'Cease your struggling... it serves no purpose, Erik' Shaw declares as he grabs Magneto by his throat, while cutlery is magnetically suspended in the air around them. Shaw lifts Magneto up by his neck and boasts that through Mothervine, he has been blessed, that he is stronger than ever before, adding that he is what all mutants can become. 'All that newly acquired power... what is the cost?' Magneto asks, blood tricking from his mouth. 'It's you, Erik! You are my offering to Mothervine! You are my sacrifice!' Shaw shouts as he knocks Magneto across the room, where he slams into a column, breaking it in two. Shaw speds over to Magneto, 'Enough! I've toyed with you long enough! Goodbye, Erik!' Shaw calls out. Magneto raises a hand, energy crackles, but Shaw just grits his teeth and asks 'Really? You're still trying to hold me back? You know I'll only absorb your energies and turn them back against you' Shaw calls out.
Shaw grins and tells Magneto that he admires his tenacity, but that it is a wasted effort. 'You would have been better served using these last few second of your life – to make peace with God!' Shaw exclaims before his energy-charged hand slams into Magneto's face at full-speed. Shaw holds Magneto by his sweater and tells him that if he is determined to struggle against the inevitable, why should he rush to end him? 'You deserve to suffer, Magneto. You deserve to suffer for how you've lied to -' Shaw begins, before he looks at his energy-charged hand, something is happening to him. 'No! No no no! What is this? What is happening?' he asks. He clutches his hand, and tells Magneto that he can feel it – his powers draining, absorbing kinetic energy from his own cells.
Shaw's form begins to wither and look hollow as he drops to his knees. Magneto stands up and wipes his mouth: 'This, Sebastian – this is why I sgand against you. These new mutations are unstable' Magneto points out, adding that while Shaw might deserve such a fate, others do not. Shaw  grabs Magneto's trenchcoat as Magneto tells him that he could kill him, could put him out of his misery – and he would guess Shaw would thank him with his dying breath. Magneto remarks that it might come to that – but not yet, as for now, Shaw might still prove useful to him. 'Puh-please' Shaw gasps. 'Your masters, Shaw. Those who hold the reins on Mothervine. I want to meet with them' Magneto tells the fallen king.
Back in Madripoor, Norio releases a blast of energy towards Malice / Polaris, who blocks it with a magnetic surge and tells Norio that he is a fiesty one. In his native Mandarin, Norio remarks that the Raksha are not so easily bested, not while on of them yet stands. He adds that his Darkforce gift is more than enough – but doesn't finish his sentence as Malice / Polaris traps him in a magnetic field. 'Norio! No!' Gazing Nightshade calls out from where she tries to sit up on the floor. Norio screams, as Malice / Polaris snaps several bons in his body – including his neck. 'I'm sorry. Were you saying something?' Malice grins. 'Let him go!' Polaris calls out from where she is trapped inside her own mind. 'What? What are you doing? You can't be here!' Malice exclaims. 'You get inside my head, I get inside yours' Polaris tells her, pointing out that it seems like a fair trade. 'But this isn't happening. I won't let it. Not again' Polaris declares.
'You call yourself Malice? You're nothing compared to the monster I dealt with before. Nothing' Polaris exclaims, proclaiming that if there is one thing that encounter left her with, it is the strength to stand up to this kind of control. The amulet containing Malice suddenly shatters into a dozen pieces. 'The will... the desire... to make sure I never let anyone use me like that again!' Lorna shouts. Lorna looks at her hands, she is back in control. 'I... did it. I'm free' Lorna utters, before looking around at the unmoving bodies of the Raksha.
Meanwhile, in Barcelona, Spain, people are enjoying themselves in a nightclub. Armed with some weapons, Briar Raleigh makes her way through the club, stern-faced she is looking for someone. 'Nice leg brace, Ms Raleigh. Not the type of fashion accessory you typically see here, but it certainly helps you stand out in a crowd' someone calls out, asking her where she got it. 'Magneto gave it to me, thank you very much' Briar replies as she turns around and is confronted by a shirtless Daken Akihiro. She tells him that she is glad she decided to meet her. Daken tells Briar that he came to meet with her boss, not one of his flunkies. 'I'm afraid you'll have to make do with me' Briar replies. 'Oh, will I?' Daken smiles.
Briar smiles back and tells Daken that she is not sure if he is trying to use his pheromone powers to scare her or turn her on, but that either way, it takes more than a chemical reaction to impress her. She then asks him if they can talk business, and holds up two swords, telling Daken that Magneto wants his help, which he knows already, and that she comes bearing gifts – something to say “welcome to the party”. Daken looks at the blades, 'They're adamantium. Purchased by me on the black market, shipped by Magneto himself' Briar reveals. 'And he wants me to wield them in his name?' Daken asks. Briar explains that Magneto wants him to put those swords to good use, and adds that she always thought Daken had a great potential for mayhem – so she can't wait to see what he would do with weapons like these.
Off the coast of Scotland, Magneto and Shaw stand on a cliffside, a lighthouse can be seen in the distance. Magneto remarks that he comes here sometimes, on nights just like this one, to watch the lighthouse. He wonders if perhaps he is hoping for direction, that maybe the glow will guide him to safe harbor the way it has guided so many ships. 'Out of all my secret bases, hidden safe houses and clandestine meeting places... this place has been my best-kept secret' Magneto claims. 'We should be honored, then, that you'd ask us to meet you here. Unless, of course, you're hoping that lighthouse of yours is going to guide us away from our current course of action' Alex Summers a.k.a. Havok remarks. 'No, Havok. I've been coming here for years. I can't say it's ever helped me to change my mind about anything' Magneto replies. 'Maybe tonight will be different' Havok suggests as he, Emma Frost, Bastion and Claudine Renko a.k.a. Miss Sinister stand on some rocks nearby.
Havok tells Magneto that they don't need to be enemies. 'We want the same things, you and I' he adds, remarking that the time has come for the mutant race to rule over the flatscans – and that it is within their grasp. 'That's what Shaw tried to tell me. Now look at him' Magneto replies, as Shaw is kneeled before him, a withered mess. Magneto tells the new arrivals that Shaw is not the only mutant to suffer in such a way – he has heard reports of others. 'These secondary mutations of yours come at a terrible price' Magneto warns the others. Havok tells Magneto that some setbacks, some errors in judgment are going to be expected – growing pains. 'The endgame...what we're going to accomplish...remains the same' he replies, boasting that Mothervine is so far beyond secondary mutations, that it really is something amazing – and they want Magneto to be a part of it. 'And if I refuse?' Magneto asks. 'Trust me. Once you fully understand what we're doing, you wouldn't dare!' replies Havok as energy crackles around them!


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1st Story: Cry Havok, part 3  -  2nd Story: Meanwhile
1st story:
'Free' Lorna Dane a.k.a. Polaris utters inside the X-Mansion, Madripoor. She stands in a battle-damaged room, the members of the Raksha lay strewn about, unmoving. An amulet is shattered on the floor at Lorna's feet. 'This version of Malice... it's so weird to talk about versions of people... she wasn't from this world' Lorna remarks, deciding that she thinks Malice might have been from the same universe as Jimmy. 'She wasn't as strong as the Malice I know' Lorna declares, acknowledging that this Malice was weakened and confused. 'And I killed her' Lorna realizes, looking at the shattered amulet. The robot Ferris tells Polaris that Malice left her with little choice. Lorna closes her eyes, 'Miss Sinister did this, Ferris. She sent Malice here. She wanted her to take control of Jean. She's been maneuvering against us all this time' Lorna points out.
Gazing Nightshade gets up, 'The Raksha -' she begins, before the wide-eyed Lorna gasps 'What have I done?' She surrounds the Raksha in a magnetic field and wonders how she could be so stupid, worrying over a monster like Malice while their friends – friends she hurt – need help. Ferris reports that he has already primed the infirmary remotely, adding that from there, they will be better prepared to assess their condition and provide additional treatment. Lorna turns to Nightshade and assures her they will help the Raksha, promises her that they will be all right. But Gazing Nightshade asks Polaris not to make promises she cannot keep.
Meanwhile, off the coast of Scotland: 'Mothervine is the future' Alex Summers a.k.a. Havok declares, telling Magneto that for once, mutants have a chance – a real chance, no more struggling, no more scratching and clawing their way from the bottom.  A beam of light shines down from a lighthouse overlooking the rocky shore, as Magneto listens to Havok, who tells him that there will be no more terrorist acts in the name of some twisted version of social justice. 'Well...just one more' Havok admits, smiling as he announces that when the dust settles, mutants will be on top of the food chain. 'And what price will you pay, Havok?' Magneto asks. 'Listen to what I'm saying. The. Dominant. Species' Havok snaps. 'That's what mutants will become. That's what you've always fought for' Havok reminds Magneto, while standing next to his allies Emma Frost, Bastion and Miss Sinister. A withered Sebastian Shaw is slumped at their feet. Havok reports that there is a price – no one said saving their people would be painless.
'Look at your allies, Alex' Magneto begins. 'Emma I can see. Although she is misguided -' Magneto begins, as Emma folds her arms and mutters 'You're one to talk'. Magneto admits that at least Emma thinks she has the best interest of mutants in kind. Magneto turns to Miss Sinister and points out that she sees their kind as little more than genetic raw material for her experiments, while Bastion is a Sentinel who would sooner kill them than help them. Emma scowls as she thinks to herself how much she hates that she agrees with Magneto. Havok tells Magneto that the results will justify the means, but Magneto declares that he has not seen these results – what he has seen is a few individuals developing secondary mutations. Secondary mutations that, in some cases, have severe side effects. Magneto adds that he noticed Shaw seems to have subjected himself to Mothervine, and that he seems to be rejecting the changes.
'I'm using geneticism from another universe. Every great experiment requires a testing phase' Miss Sinister points out, shrugging her shoulders. 'Mutants are not experiments' Magneto snarls, telling Havok that this sounds no different than any other horror their enemies have visited upon them in the past.  'And you sound like someone who's bitter that we have succeeded where you failed time and again' Havok declares. Havok extends his hand and asks Magneto to join them, suggesting that he will have to put aside his differences with Emma, and see past what he believes about Bastion and Miss Sinister. 'For the fate of our people...please...stand by our side as we ascend' Havok asks. Magneto hangs his head. He smirks, then declares 'No'. 'A pity. But not unexpected' Havok replies, before instructing Bastion to launch the first wave. Havok informs Magneto that this is how it begins – with the symbol of mankind's hatred of mutants – with Sentinels – sowing the seeds of ascension – Mothervine.
A bright light appears in the sky over New York City, and from it, a Sentinel emerges – who then releases missiles into the air. 'Deploy. Long live the mutant race' the Sentinel states.
'Take him' Havok tells his allies, as he fires a plasma blast towards Magneto, who deflects it with a magnetic shield. Miss Sinister fires a blast from the diamond on her forehead, but Magneto blocks that, too. Bastion launches some small Sentinels into the air, which Magneto destroys with ease. 'I'm sorry it has come to this, Havok' Magneto remarks. Emma switches to her diamond form, as Magneto uses scrap metal from the Sentinels to create a helmet, while telling Havok that he is sorry he is so far gone, so far beyond his help. 'I'm sorry that I must destroy you. But then again...I am not!' Magneto exclaims as he encases his entire body in a metal armor, formed from the scrap of the Sentinels, then directs a powerful magnetic surge at the other mutants, knocking them back.
'Magneto – you stand in opposition to the mutant race. Mutants must thrive. Therefore, you must be destroyed' Bastion tells Magneto as he and Miss Sinister fire blasts towards him, but he deflects them easily. More small Sentinels are released, and they fly towards Magneto, who looks at them unimpressed. 'Tiny Sentinels. How amusing' he remarks. Havok releases another plasma blast, and announces that Magneto's shields are too strong. 'Emma -' he calls out, to which Emma tells Havok that what he wants – the power levels he wants to achieve, they could burn him to ash from the inside out. Magneto breaks apart the tiny Sentinels with ease – and sends the shrapnel careening towards Miss Sinister, who screams as some of the shards strike her. 'You – Bastion! Now you wish to see mutants flourish? Let's test the depth of that conviction' Magneto tells the deadly Sentinel. 'I would bleed for my people. I would die for them. Would you do the same?' Magneto asks as he starts to tear Bastion apart from the inside out.
Havok sees this and calls out to Emma: 'Do it!' Emma rushes over to Havok's side and tells him that once this is done – assuming he survives – he will be spent and virtually defenseless. 'I'll stop him!' Havok assures her. 'We'll stop him' Emma replies as she switches back to her human form, and telepathically boosts Havok's power as he unleashes a powerful surge of energy at Magneto, knocking the Master of Magnetism back through the air, as Havok pushes his powers to the max. The heat of Havok's plasma surge disrupts Magneto's force field, enavling Havok to deliver another blast of energy, 'How does it feel? Does it feel like heatstroke, old man? Does it feel like you're coming undone?' Havok shouts, angrily. Magneto falls into the ground, but prepares to get up, ready to defend himself. 'I've got you' Emma tells Havok as she puts a hand around him and helps him to stand. 'We did it...weakened his magnetism... broke through his strongest force fields' Emma points out, suggesting they let the others do their work now.
'You said you would die for your beliefs, Magneto' Bastion calls out as he blasts Magneto with another energy bolt. 'Let's test that theory' Miss Sinister suggests as she fires another energy beam from her forehead, they both strike Magneto, who cries out in pain. Magneto's defenses are weakening, he can't hold them off – but he tells himself that he won't die like this. He holds a green vial in his hands. Light shines from the lighthouse overhead – and suddenly, the lighthouse is ripped from the ground – and Magneto uses his powers to drop it on top of his enemies. 'His powers! He's enhanced them somehow!' Miss Sinister calls out as she and the others are knocked aside. Havok emerges from the rubble, 'Clever, Magneto. Played us at our game. Gave yourself just enough time – to slip away' Havok remarks as he looks up and finds that Magneto has vanished.
The infirmary of the X-Mansion in Madripoor: Polaris keeps watch over the Raksha, when Jimmy Hudson and Bloodstorm enter. 'You're back. And you brought...Xorn with you' Polaris remarks. Xorn announces that he can help, that he can heal some of these wounds and stabilize the patients. He tends to one of them, and acknowledges that their injuries are grave, so it will take time for them to make a full recovery. Xorn asks what did this to them, and Polaris tells im it was her – she did it. Xorn pauses, before uttering 'Terrifying'.
Outside, Gazing Nightshade sits on the front steps as Daken and Briar Raleigh walk up to her. 'Well, what do you know! A mopey teenager crying on the front steps. We must be at a school for mutants' Daken mutters. Tears can be seen fallen under the bandages that cover Gazing Nightshade's face, as Briar asks 'You're Gazing Nightshade, right? I dont think we've been introduced'. Briar introduces herself and Daken, before asking Gazing Nightshade what is wrong, what has happened. The young mutant reports that the Raksha were attacked, that an entity took control of Polaris and she almost killed them all. 'The daughter of Magneto...out of control and raising hell. It's too bad I missed that' Briar smiles. Daken glances at Briar and reminds her that he has pheromone powers, which she seems completely immune to. 'But the idea of Polaris creating chaos and carnage – that turns you on?' he asks. 'We all have our kinks' Briar smiles.
Later: 'Look what the cat dragged in' Briar declares as she stands in a comms room within the X-Mansion as Magneto hobbles inside. 'Looks like your negotiatins with Havok and the White Queen went about as well as expected' Briar points out, adding that she bets Magneto is glad that she forced him to take that Mutant Growth Hormone along. 'And don't deny using it. I can smell it' Briar reveals. Magneto struggles to stand up as Briar reports that they have launched bombs all over the world, spontaneous mutation occurs in at least 60% of anyone who gets close to the impact points – it is mass panic and it is going to be nasty. 'Mothervine. In a matter of weeks...mutants will be Earth's dominant species' Magneto replies. 'Careful what you wish for' Briar grins. Motioning to several monitors which depict explosions around the world, Magneto tells Briar that this is not what he wanted, as what Mothervine will do – it isn't natural, and will have a catastrophic impact on mutants and on the world.
'Too late to stop it' Briar points out, folding her arms. Magneto looks worried, and tells Briar that the world – the mutants – need them. 'But the X-Men are still -' he begins. Briar smiles again and tells Erik not to worry, as she took a few liberties while he was out. Magneto glances to the doorway as Polaris! Daken! Jimmy Hudson! Xorn! Bloodstorm! Gazing Nightshade! Enter the lab, wearing matching blue and black costumes, Polaris greets her father and announces that they are here – the X-Men – reporting for duty!

2nd story:
Deep space, where Danger, transformed into the Blackbird, moves through the blackness. Inside, the time-displaced original X-Men – Cyclops, Angel, Iceman and Beast – along with their ally, Eddie Brock a.k.a. Venom. Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops thinks to himself that it is the darkness, the loneliness that does it – that takes something that seems so impossible and makes it painfully real – Jean is dead, and it is all his fault. Scott sits slumped over a chair at the front of the Blackbird as Bobby Drake a.k.a. Iceman approaches him, and tells him that he misses Jean – they all do – but they need him right now. Warren Worthington a.k.a. Angel and Hank McCoy a.k.a. Beast stand at the back of the Blackbird, and Angel asks Beast what this all means – if Jean is gone, really gone, then what does it mean for the rest of reality – is it all going to start tumbling apart again? Hank tells Warren that he doesn't know, but that it certainly feels that way.
Warren adds that, more than anything, he is worried about Cyke, as he is taking this hard. 'Just how is he supposed to take it, Flyboy?' Venom asks, pointing out that the love of his life was just killed – not only killed, she was turned into a nearly unstoppable killing machine, all because he took her on an outer space adventure to save his dad. Cyclops tells himself that it has taken a while to really sink in – but it is taking a lot longer to get home than it did to get out here in the first place. Suddenly, the Blackbird is struck by a meteor shower, and shards pierce the hull of the Blackbird. 'Whoa! What was that?' Angel calls out. 'Something hit us, Warren. I think maybe -' Hank begins, while Bobby pushes Scott to the floor, protecting himself with a shield of ice, preventing the meteor shower from harming him. 'We've flown straight into a meteor storm!' Hank tells the others. He moves through the Blackbird, and sees that the meteors are breaking through the hull everywhere.
The Beast communicates with Danger, who appears before Hank in a holo-form, reporting that the danger could be catastrophic. She diverts the power away from shields in order to maintain travel, and informs Hank that she is activating emergency procedures. Four hard light pods appear, while Danger announces that the hull integrity has been restored, and that her power reserves are dropping. Hank returns to the others, and Angel asks him what is happening. Hank explains that Danger was already taxed due to interstellar travel – she is weak. Hank adds that Danger is more than a ship, more than a robot – she is a living thing, so the damage is overwhelming her. Cyclops almost sees relief on Hank's face, and asks him if he can help Danger, whether he can use his future-tech to patch Danger up. Scott thinks that Hank will be able to puzzle his way out of this problem, as it is a distraction, just what he needs.
Danger's face appears before the X-Men, and welcomes them, as the hard light objects suddenly surround the X-Men, Scott thinks that for him, and the others, perhaps, this is just a reminder that the sky is falling, and they are going down with it.
But, suddenly, Scott, Hank, Bobby and Warren find themselves in their old costumes, in a grassy area, surrounded by trees. 'The X-Men are time-displaced. For us, the present is really the future. We're not meant to be here. We're quite literally living on borrowed time' Scott thinks to himself, deciding that no matter how much they do, how much they learn, how much their change, they have been wrestling with the realization that sooner or later, everything has to reset – and they must return. Bobby asks his friends if they saw what happened to Venom, while Warren sees the X-Mansion ahead of them and tells his teammates that they are home – back at Xavier's! He turns to Hank, who asks him to give him a minute, as they are all disorientated. Hank tells the others that this isn't wjat it seems – it can't be. 'Can it?' he wonders. Scott reminds himself that if they don't want to break the Timestream, they have to go back to where they started – all five of them. 'And that would mean -' Scott begins, as Jean Grey a.k.a. Marvel Girl suddenly appears. 'Hey, Slim' Jean calls out.
Just like doubt, that falls away, and Scott wonders if, like Hank said, this isn't what it seems. But he doesn’t care, and he hugs Jean. 'It's... um... good to see you, too' Jean remarks, surprised by Scott's enthusiasm. Scott tells Jean that he thought they lost her, that he would never see her again. 'Well, here I am' Jean smiles. 'Guys... we're really here... we're back!' Cyclops tells the others, who are shocked to see Jean. Scott thinks to himself that in a lot of ways, it is like Danger trying to patch tears in her hull. He knows this isn't real, it can't be, but his mind and his heart are just slapping bandages over the tears in logic. Warren tells Hank that he needs some answers here. 'It's danger. She's running a training simulation' Hank tells the others. Bobby asks him if he is sure, as he can smell the grass and the trees.
Jean tells the others to come on, as the Professor is waiting for them, and he can explain everything. They follow Jean towards the mansion, and Bobby suggests that maybe they are really back – maybe this is how it time heals itself. 'That's what you said, isn't it? That time can heal itself?' Bobby asks. But Hank tells the others that is not how it works – Jean is gone, she died without ever returning to the Timestream. 'Or maybe not' Warren suggests. 'Maybe when you get home, you use that time machine of ours and go back and save her. Or maybe you take the risk and use magic -' Warren suggests. Hank interrupts him, telling Warren that he wants to believe it, too – he really does. 'But the only thing that adds up is that Danger...' Hank begins, while Jean tells Scott that it is going to be all right, she hopes he realizes that – and despite everything he has been through, it will be okay. 'You can relax now' Jean remarks.
Hank goes wide-eyed and announces that he knows what is happening. Danger – I know what you're doing' he exclaims. But Scott tells Hank to leave it alone, to let it go. 'You're not thinking clearly. You don't understand. Danger thinks we're finished. She thinks we're going to die out there in space' Hank explains, adding that Danger is creating this version of reality because she thinks she is helping – she thinks she is keeping them calm, or at least, occupied, while they die. Scott asks Hank what he is trying to accomplish here. 'Are you trying to take this all away?' Scott asks. 'Are you trying to take...her away?' Scott exclaims, warning Hank that he isn't going to let that happen, he prepares to fire an optic blast. 'Scott – it's true. You can't save me...not from the Poisons...and not from Hank' Jean explains. She tells him that it means a lot that he would fight for her like this, but that she doesn't want to see the two of them rip each other apart – not over something that's not even real.
'Goodbye, Slim' Jean remarks as she kisses Cyclops. 'I'm sorry' they both utter in unison, before Scott turns to Hank and tells him to do it – before he changes his mind. 'Danger – end program' Hank calls out, touching the future tech in his ear. Cyclops looks at Marvel Girl, standing right in front of him. He can feel the touch of her fingertips – even though Jean told him she wasn't real – and he wants nothing more than to scream in her face – to call her a liar – even though he knows she is telling the truth.
As the hard light dissolves around the X-Men, Scott wonders if time is going to fall apart – maybe the ship is going to fall apart – but if they just give up, if they don't make it home to stop the Poisons, then their world in the here and now falls apart, too. 'And Jean wouldn't want that' Scott reminds himself. Hank tells Scott that he couldn't let them give up, and that he hopes he can forgive him. 'You loved her, too' Scott replies. Venom appears and asks the X-Men what happened, as one minute he was standing here with them, and the next, fighting for his life against giant purple robots. Cyclops walks back to the front of the Blackbird. Hank calls out to him, but gets no response.
Hank reports that Danger is out of power and running on auxiliary fumes at best – she can't get them home in this condition. 'I pushed her too hard – and now she's dead in space. Dead... but I'm not giving  up just yet' Hank declares as the Blackbird floats aimlessly in space. Hank goes over to a panel and starts tinkering with it, while slumped over in the chair, Scott laments that it was all a simulation – all just holograms and hard light – all fake. He knew that wasn't Jean – he knew because he couldn't feel her thoughts touching his. 'But for a second there... I could have sworn I could'.


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Cry Havok, part 4
Deep space, where Danger, in the form of the Blackbird, floats aimlessly in the emptiness of the galaxy. 'Any luck?' Bobby Drake a.k.a. Iceman asks Hank McCoy a.k.a. Beast. 'No' Hank replies. 'How about now?' Bobby enquires. 'No' Hank repeats. 'What you're doing now, did that help?' Bobby asks, to which Hank tells him that it did not. Hank is tinkering with some mechanics and explains that the damage Danger has suffered is beyond both the limits of his abilities and the abilities of his cybernetic implant – as near as he can tell, even Danger's self-repair protocols are offline, and he can't seem to reboot them. Hank adds that he can repair the ship, but it will take time, and tells Bobby that his barrage of questions is not helping. Sorry. The questions just... you know... keep my mind off everything' Bobby explains. 'Why do you think I've thrown myself so completely into these repairs? Believe me, Bobby, I know how you feel' Hank assures his friend. 'Well alll know how you feel' he adds, while at the front of the ship, Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops sits slumped over in a chair.
Outside the ship, hovering in space, Warren Worthington a.k.a. Angel is with Eddie Brock a.k.a. Venom, and Warren informs Hank that they have accessed the panel as he instructed. 'You want to tell us what we're looking for?' Warren asks. Hank explains that their auxiliary life support systems are failing, and, sadly, only he and Venom can exist in the cold vacuum of space, so they need to jumpstart the primary systems. Hank adds that it isn't mean to be done in space, and that it is only meant to be done manually, so one wrong move, and they might revert Danger to her base form, thereby pulping everyone inside. 'No pressure' Hank adds, before he sends a pulse through Danger's systems so that Warren and Venom should see a control panel come to life. 'We have about 10 seconds to -' Hank begins, before lights start to glow inside the Blackbird. 'Let there be light!' Hank exclaims, 'All right. We should be back home in no time!' Bobby calls out, while at the front of the ship, Scott hasn't moved.
On Earth:
'This is why we've sacrificed to much. We've done it. The mutant race has been given many chances to thrive over the years... random, slim, fleeting chances... but this time, we are in control. Mothervine has been successfully deployed in a dozen major US cities. Secondary and tertiary enhancements in mutants. Primary mutations occurring in those who did not previously possess the X-Gene. Though some will fear what we have done... in time we will be seen as saviors. This is what we've fought for' Havok declares.
In St Louis, Missouri, a woman has fallen to the ground, large spikes growing out of her back, while a man standing nearby suddenly finds that his hands are glowing with blue energy. In Charlotte, North Carolina, civilians point up to the sky as Sentinels blast through the air. In New York City, Kitty Pryde, Colossus and Prestige are on a busy street, when suddenly, the former mutant Beak finds himself transforming. 'Not again! I was just getting used to being human!' Beak exclaims, as Prestige calls out to him.
And, in San Francisco, California: 'It's them!' someone exclaims. 'They’re sick or something! Contagious!' another calls out. 'Get out of here! Get away from us!' a third person shouts as a woman finds large tentacles growing out of her stomach, and a man's face suddenly develops several extra mouths. A group of civilians surround them like an angry mob. 'We don't want you here – mutie!' one of them declares. Suddenly, they all turn to the sound of someone who calls back '“Mutie”? I haven't heard that term in a while now' It's Carmella Unuscione, wearing a white dress with large belt and knee-high boots, she extends her exo-skeleton to knock the civilians backwards, while telling them that they are all going to be very sorry they reminded her – but the civilians begin to scream as Carmella's exo-skeleton manifests as various spikes which pierce their bodies. 'NGEEYAAH!' one of them shouts, while another utters 'It...it hurts!' Carmella looks concerned, and wonders if she did that – her powers have never worked like that before, though.
Suddenly, five large Sentinels descend, while Carmella stands near the two transformed civilians. One of the Sentinels tells Unuscione not to despair, and explains that she is experiencing a secondary mutation due to exposure to Mothervine. The Sentinel adds that this may be unsettling, but it is normal. The Sentinel then announces that their mission is to provide comfort and aid. One of the Sentinels surrounds the transformed civilians in stasis bubbles and they levitate into the air, as the Sentinel tells Unuscione that she will accompany them, and that its master and his allies will help her adjust to these changes. 'Sentinels! I'm not going anywhere with you! And I won't let you take those mutants, either!' Carmella exclaims as she raises her hands to use her powers on the Sentinels.
Suddenly, though, help arrives – Polaris! Daken! Jimmy Hudson! Xorn! Bloodstorm! Gazing Nightshade! They are...the X-Men! 'Don't worry. You're not in this alone. New color scheme... new attitude... it doesn't matter. The X-Men don't place nice with Sentinels!' Lorna Dane a.k.a. Polaris calls out as she uses a powerful magnetic blast against one o the Sentinels. Bloodstorm fires a bolt of lightning at another, while Daken attacks one with two swords. Jimmy Hudson's claws connect with another Sentinel, as Xorn leaps towards another. 'Alert! Alert! We are under attack!' one of the Sentinels states. Xorn announces that he will free the prisoners, and destroys the stasis bubbles around the two transformed civilians, assuring them that he will not let the Sentinels take them.
One of the Sentinels falls to the ground, destroyed, while another states that their mission parameters do not include harming mutants, that their goal is to protect, and assist mutants coping with new mutations – the Sentinel doesn't finish its sentence as it is torn apart by a bio-electrical charge courtesy of Unuscione. 'That's okay. I think I've got the hang of it' Unuscione snaps. Suddenly, she clutches her head and utters that something is wrong. One of the Sentinels grabs Jimmy Hudson and tells Unuscione that her secondary mutation is running unchecked. The Sentinel casts a green energy beam at her, a power dampener, and tells her that this will ease her discomfort. Gazing Nightshade goes over to Unuscione and is caught in the blast of the power dampener. 'Our abilities! The Sentinel has canceled them out! It might be helping our new friend, but it leaves us relatively defenseless!' Gazing Nightshade points out.
'Speak for yourself, Nightshade. And you call yourself a ninja!' Daken exclaims as he slice the Sentinel through the neck with his swords, ending the Sentinel's power dampener. Carmella keels over, 'It...it hurts! I can feel my exoskeleton...tearing me apart inside!' she calls out. Jimmy tells Daken that whatever the Sentinel was doing, it was keeping Unuscione's powers in check – her secondary mutation is hurting her – possibly killing her. 'Are you siding with the enemy now, brother?' Daken asks as he rides the Sentinel to the ground as the large metal monster crashes with a loud KRAK-BOOM. 'We're not brothers!' Jimmy quickly points out. 'No, your father is from a different world than mine. But I'd bet anything that if he were in your shoes... if he were part of the source of these mutation bombs... he'd worry less about the comfort of one mutant and more about stopping our enemies before the situation gets worse' Daken exclaims.
One of the Sentinels states that new directives are streaming in – that they are to delay the X-Men until reinforcements arrive. 'No. I think you're done here' Bloodstorm declares, destroying the Sentinel with a blast of lightning. 'They're calling for backup!' Bloodstorm warns her teammates. 'Good. As long as they're not sending more Sentinels. We need someone we can interrogate!' Polaris remarks as she destroys another Sentinel with a magnetic pulse. 'We only – only wanted – to save mutantkind' the Sentinel utters as it is torn apart. 'We want the same things, I imagine, for right now at least. But you're the puppet of a monster. And that means you're scrapyard bound' Polaris declares. The Sentinel begins to fall towards the civilians, 'Look out!' one of them shouts. 'It's falling!' another points out, before Xorn appears between the falling Sentinel and the civilians. Xorn tells them he will not allow harm to befall them and suggests they go home and contemplate their own actions, before the Sentinel crashes to the ground.
Carmella is still having trouble, her powers radiate around her, and she warns the X-Men that she can't contain her exoskeleton. 'It's going to -' she begins, before Xorn appears behind her and tells her to be at peace, to calm her mind and let him aid her on this journey. Carmella drops to her knees, and Daken walks towards her, telling Xorn that he is not trying to step on his toes, but with his pheromone control, he figured he can help. Carmella's power appears as rings darting around her now, while Xorn tells her that she is afraid, but that she can choose to be brave. He asks her to breathe her fear into the air around her, let it disperse into the world and allow a calming, healing light to flow into her as she inhales. 'I am with you. As you take a step, so do I. So do we all' Xorn adds.
Polaris goes over to the transformed civilians, the woman with the tentacles and the man with the mouths on his face. She tells them to stay calm, that they are going to get help for them. The man with the mouths on his face declares that he can't see and asks for his mouther. 'Damn you, Alex' Lorna mutters, narrowing her eyes. Gazing Nightshade goes over to Jimmy Hudson, calling him the son of Patch, she tells him that she knows what he is thinking. 'This is not your fault' Gazing Nightshade assures him. Jimmy tells her that he doesn't need her reading his thoughts, but Nightshade explains that she is an empath, not a telepath, she can't simply turn off her abilities. 'Then how about minding your own business then?' Jimmy suggests, announcing that something in his DNA, and the DNA of the other mutants from his universe paved the way for Mothervine's creation. 'Tell me again how this isn't my fault'.
Bloodstorm reminds Jimmy that he was used without his knowledge and against his will. 'You are blameless' she adds, telling Jimmy that he is not a villain here, so he shouldn't start acting like one. Xorn announces that Unuscione's powers are in check – for now – but it requires his full concentration, and her cooperation. Daken suggests that they get back to base while the getting is good. 'On it. Somebody look after the kids, please. Not Daken or Bloodstorm' Polaris calls out. 'I'll watch them' Nightshade tells her, as Polaris uses her power to clear a landing zone for a jet which has appeared overhead. Polaris calls it the Dove and announces that she is bringing it in for evacuation.
Suddenly, though, Unuscione's eyes flash green, and the Dove is destroyed from within by her mutated powers. 'The jet! Everyone – take cover!' Polaris calls out as debris begins to fall to the ground. Jimmy leaps to safety, while calling out 'That energy signature! It was -', to which Xorn shouts 'Unuscione!' and reports that she is resisting – he can't hold her. A huge stream of power rises from Carmella, who looks distraught and in agony as she utters 'No! I didn't – it wasn't me! I didn't mean to -' But before anyone can assist her, a teleport signal indicates the arrival of several other mutants: Blob! Dragoness! Wildside! Wanderer! Toad! They stand on the remains of one of the Sentinels, as Wildside tells Unuscione not to worry about what she “meant” to do, as intent has nothing to do with it – she is on their side now. 'Alex sent more flunkies to do his dirty work!' Polaris calls out.
Jimmy pops his claws and tells Nightshade to keep the children safe, but Gazing Nightshade points out that they don't need protection. 'In fact – I might need protection from them!' Nightshade utters as she falls backwards, the two transformed civilians attack her. The man with all the mouths lunges at her, his mouths attempting to bite her. 'It's Mothervine! It's not just about mutation! It's about control!' Polaris realizes.
Elsewhere:
'This is what we've fought for. Within just a few weeks... after another few launches... the mutant race will be predominant life-form on the planet Earth!' Alex Summers a.k.a. Havok declares as he, Bastion, Miss Sinister and Emma Frost watch the chaos on some monitors from their secret location. 'They will no longer be endangered' Bastion points out. 'Yes. And all the Mothervine mutants will be ours to control!' Miss Sinister gloats. 'Control? What is this, Alex?' Emma telepathically asks Havok. 'Tell me you didn't know about this. Tell me you don't agree with it' Emma asks him. Havok glances at Emma and points out that this is not the time to have a conscience. He reminds her that she has exerted her will over others time and time again – and no doubt she will do it again as it suits her. 'Of course, but not like this' Emma replies, wide-eyed.
Emma tells Havok that in some cases, these mutations are wildly traumatizing and viscously cruel – these new mutants are frightened enough as it is. 'To have someone else rip your free will away -' Emma begins. Havok tells her it is a means to an end, and that surely she can appreciate that. Havok adds that once they have done what they set out to do, Miss Sinister will no longer have any value to them. Emma looks at Miss Sinister and telepathically asks Havok 'And then what? She'll have an army – an army comprised of the predominant life-form on Earth – to back her up. 'It won't be enough' Havok adds. Miss Sinister then tells everyone to look, as their agents are in place – they are about to initiate the next stage of their little drama – the death of Magneto!
Madripoor, inside the X-Mansion, Ferris the robotic servant floats alongside Magneto as they walk through the infirmary. Ferris reports that their guests are comfortable for the moment, but that they have limited space for them, and another dozen or so mutants, they will have to make other arrangements. Magneto tells Ferris that he will be working on something, but that it will take some time. They look at one of the new mutants through a curtain, and Magneto remarks that managing these emerging mutants, these victims of Mothervine, would be so much easier if Danger were still here. Ferris apologizes for being inadequate, and assures Magneto he is doing the best he can. Magneto tells Ferris that now is not the time to feel inferior – now is the time to rise to the occasion. 'Yes, Sir. I'll do my -' Ferris starts to reply, before an explosion blasts he and Magneto backwards.
'What -' Magneto begins as he and Ferris start to get up. Three figures appear before them. 'Sorry to drop in unannounced. We haven't met. We're the Marauders' the blue-haired Mach-2 remarks, introducing herself and her teammates the Guardian and Armor. She adds that she can't speak for her teammates, but that she has been dying to meet Magneto. Magneto frowns and tells the young mutant that she will not find him to be easy prey, and that if her masters wished to finish him once and for all, they should not have sent children. 'Do tell' Mach-2 grins. Ferris looks concerned, 'Magneto...Sir...they are not alone' Ferris calls out. He and Magneto look over and see several of the Mothervine mutants walking towards them, and looking very unhappy as Ferris declares that those they helped now stand against them!


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1st story: Cry Havok, part 5   -    2nd story: Countdown to Extermination
First Story:
(Weeks ago)
It's nighttime in Madripoor, as Erik Lehnsherr a.k.a. Magneto walks alongside his daughter Lorna Dane a.k.a. Polaris. They are dressed for a night out, and Lorna admits to her father that the place they were at looked like a dump, but the food was amazing. Magneto tells Lorna that, at some point, she must learn to trust him. 'You're Magneto. It's going to take a lot more than sashimi to earn my trust' Lorna replies. 'Dessert, perhaps?' Magneto suggests, stopping at a store with a smiling ice cream on the window. 'Ha! You're not serious!' Lorna smiles, telling Magneto that if he tries to turn this into a father-daughter ice cream outing, she swears they are going to have a super hero brawl right here in Hightown. Putting a hand on one of her hips, Lorna tells Magneto that she appreciates the effort, before suggesting he cuts to the chase, and asks him what it is he wanted to talk about.
'Havok' Magneto replies. 'Oh. If I'd had known that, I might have gone for the ice cream after all' Lorna frowns at the mention of her ex-partner's name. They continue walking down the street and Magneto reminds Lorna that Havok is not to be taken lightly, and now that he has allied himself with Emma, he is even more dangerous. Magneto adds that Havok is not himself. 'If we could find a way to get through to him...to the man he once was -' Magneto begins. Lorna frowns again and asks her father if that is why he wants her to stick around – because he thinks she might be able to flip Alex in some way. 'Because if that's the only reason you want me here...then that's messed up' Lorna declares. They come to a stop, and Magneto tells Lorna that there are many reasons he wants her at his side, but he would be remiss if he ignored a unique advantage that she offers in this instance. 'No one knows Alex Summer better than you' Magneto points out, adding that if anyone can get through to him, it will be her. Lorna glances sideways and replies 'I don't know why you'd think that. I've never been able to get through to you'.
(Present)
In San Francisco, Lorna is suddenly surrounded by demonic hallucinations of her “demons” created by Wildside. 'You're no daughter of mine!' Magneto calls out. 'You did this!' Havok exclaims. 'This is the real you!' Malice snarls. 'This... is all an illusion!' Lorna shouts as she tries to attack Magneto with a surge of magnetic energy, 'Guess again!' Malice exclaims as she scratches Lorna's side. Wildside leaps at Polaris and tells her that, once upon a time, his hallucinations were all smoke and mirrors, but thanks to Mothervine, they are as real as the two of them. 'My madness...your madness – made flesh!' Wildside declares as Polaris takes to the air and blasts more power at her demonic foes, while, down below, her new teammates battle Wildside's associates, who have also been subjected  to Mothervine. Daken attacks the massive Blob with two swords, while dodging Toad, who lashes out at him with his flaming tongue. Bloodstorm releases some lightning as Dragoness flies towards her, and Jimmy Hudson goes up against Wanderer, while Gazing Nightshade keeps watch over two locals who have been hideously mutated by Mothervine, and Xorn keeps watch on Carmella Unuscione, not affiliated with Wildside and the others, but caught up in this battle nonetheless, and surrounding herself in a bio-electric field.
'My creations can end you as surely as I can!' Wildside boasts as he leaps at Polaris, who quickly turns back to him, 'Not today, m'kay?' she replies as she uses a Sentinel hand that was nearby to grab and capture him, before punching Wildside in the face, knocking him out. 'Nice! As I was hoping, knocking you out shuts down your creations, too!' Lorna declares, frowning, she wished that everything worked itself out so easily.
In deep space, Danger, who has been transformed into the Blackbird jet, floats powerless in the darkness of space, until, suddenly, she springs to life, 'That did it! You brought her back! Danger's up and running! Alive!' Warren Worthington a.k.a. Angel exclaims as he and his fellow time-displaced X-Men Hank McCoy the Beast and Bobby “Iceman” Drake look around the jet. In the front of the jet, in the pilot's seat, Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops is surprised, 'A-alive?' he utters, as Eddie Brock a.k.a. Venom appears behind him and tells him not to get himself too worked up, as his teammates were talking about the ship. 'Your boy Beast worked his magic and re-routed just enough power to get us home'. 'Oh. For a second, I thought -' Scott begins, as Venom tells him that they know what he thought, but that he is just torturing himself – Marvel Girl is not coming back. 'What am I supposed to do?' Cyclops asks. Venom suggests to him that he gets mad, and the next time he sees one of those bastards that took her from him, he pays them back tenfold. 'You tear them apart. That's what we're gonna do'.
Back on Earth, this time in Madripoor, the home of Magneto's X-Men, where Magneto and his robot assistant, Ferris, find themselves under assault from the reality-displaced New Marauders. Ferris informs Magneto that he is trying to call for assistance, but no one is responding. 'Of course not, Ferris. The X-Men have their own battles to attend' Magneto replies as shrapnel floats around him. Magneto declares that if they are to weather this fight, then they must do so on their own. 'We should have met a lot sooner than thus, huh, Magneto? Maybe under better circumstances' Mach-2 remarks, adding that she has been told their magnetic abilities are quite similar. 'I'm afraid, my dear...you've been woefully misinformed!' Magneto exclaims as he releases the shrapnel at Mach-2, knocking her to the ground. 'I'm very sorry about this. It feels wrong' the reality-displaced Armor remarks as she uses her power to punch Magneto, knocking him over, she declares that for Mothervine to prevail, Magneto must die. 'Trust me, old man – it only gets worse if you fight us!' the reality-displaced winged mutant known as the Guardian remarks as he flies past Magneto, slashing his claws across Magneto's back.
Ferris, with several weapons, appears between Magneto and the New Marauders, and tells Magneto to get out of her, while he covers him. 'I will rise to the occasion' Ferris adds, before Mach-2 raises the floor, bringing large spiked shards of metal up through Ferris. 'You're doing nothing, robot. And neither are the Marauders. I've got my orders. Magneto dies – at the hands of the mutants he was trying to protect' Mach-2 exclaims as the Mothervine mutants who were brought to the Madripoor Mansion for safety gather around him – and begin to attack him, punching him and using their newfound powers on him, hammering him from every angle. Magneto falls back to the floor, and surrounds himself in a magnetic field. 'Damn you. Damn you for making me -' Magneto utters as he releases an energy at the Mothervine mutants forcing them back onto the various shards of metal strewn about the room, killing them.
'Emma... Havok... you'll pay... turning mutants against me... making me kill them... you'll bleed for this...' Magneto snarls, while the New Marauders watch him, 'He's spent. Take him' Mach-2 orders the others as they start to give him chase. Magneto rushes through the mansion, down some stairs, towards the time-platform which is located in a basement. He activates the platform, and when Mach-2, the Guardian and Armor arrive in the basement, they find him gone, and the platform glowing. 'Where'd he go?' Mach-2 wonders.
Back in San Francisco, 'Fight's won, X-Men. But there's no time to celebrate' Polaris remarks. Daken, Xorn, Gazing Nightshade, Jimmy Hudson and Bloodstorm gather around, while Blob, Wanderer and Wildside lay unconscious on the ground. Dragoness, Toad and the two Mothervine mutants are restrained in scrap metal, and Unuscione seems to be unconscious, too, resting against the remains of a Sentinel. 'So... these new mutants... they're programmed to work against us?' Daken asks. Xorn looks down at Unuscione and points out that she needed their help, and they brought her down – hard. 'She attacked us, Xorn. Maybe she wasn't in control of her abilities, but we didn't have much choice. We;ll still be able to help her' Daken replies. 'Can we?' Xorn asks, remarking that he grows weary of seeing mutants used against their will. 'Unless we find the puppet masters -' Xorn begins. 'We'll find them. Isn't that right, Toad?' Polaris scowls at the Toad, who calls her “Greenilocks” and tells her to slow her roll. 'Even if I wanted to throw you an assist – which I don't – what would you do? Get yourself killed?' Toad asks, adding that Polaris is going to want to live long enough to see what happens next.
'Where are they?' Lorna demands, shaking a fist in Toad's face. Toad asks her why she wants to stand in the way of progress, adding that her father was just as pigheaded, and now he has been deep-sixed before he saw his dreams come true. 'What are you saying?' Lorna asks, surprised. Jimmy goes over to Polaris and tells her that he knows what she is thinking, but points out that Magneto can take care of himself, and his orders were clear – they must find Sinister and shut Mothervine down. 'How are we supposed to do that, Jimmy?' Lorna asks. 'Leave it to me' Bloodstorm offers, as she flies over to the Wanderer. 'Damn it all. Damn my curse. Leave it to me' Bloodstorm utters quietly to herself. She grabs Wanderer by her hair, lifting her head back and asks 'You – you are their teleporter, yes? Look at me. Lose yourself in my gaze. Look at me and do as I command' Bloodstorm instructs her, putting Wanderer under her hypnotic gaze.
'How are we any better than them?' Emma Frost asks from the secret location where she, Alex “Havok” Summers, Bastion and Miss Sinister watch on monitors the Sentinels deploy Mothervine around the world. 'If we control these mutants...if we take away their free will...how can we hold ourselves in a different regard than those who would enslave us?' Emma asks. 'That's rich, coming from you of all people' Miss Sinister smirks, adding that she would have expected kudos from the White Queen. 'Controlling others... and through that influence controlling the world... seems like something you could appreciate' Miss Sinister points out, as Sentinels arrive in London. 'You keep throwing that in my face, Sinister, and see where it gets you' Emma snarls, declaring that everything she has done, whether she is proud of it or not, has been for the betterment of mutantkind. Miss Sinister smiles and tells Emma not to fret, that she is still queen of the ivory tower, and that some control at this point is necessary. 'Think about how you felt when your mutation first manifested. Without someone to tamp down the emerging terror, we'd have mass panic on our hands' Miss Sinister remarks as Sentinels touch down in Sydney.
Miss Sinister continues, pointing out that they would lose more mutants than they gain. 'That would not do. The mutant race must flourish' Bastion states. Miss Sinister explains that when she harvested the secrets of Mothervine from the off-universe mutants, she found genetically engineered coding – the mutants of their world were man-made, and the men who made them included oppression and repression fail-safes. Miss Sinister tells her allies that if they are going to stand on the shoulders of giants in order to save mutants, then they should use every resource those giants have provided. Havok looks at Emma and tells her that Sinister is right. Sinister puts a hand on Emma's shoulder and tells her that when the time comes she will release the Mothervine mutants from her control. 'If you want, you can even take credit for convincing me. We'll all be heroes in our own -' Sinister begins, before Emma switches to her diamond form and cracks Sinister's fingers within her own. 'It's bad enough that I allow you to talk down to me, you insipid twit. But I'll not have you insult me and place your nasty little fingers on my person. It's about time you learned why I'm called the Queen' Emma declares.
Havok goes over and pulls Emma's hand off of Sinister's and tells her that now is not the time, not when they were so close. Suddenly, an alarm sounds, 'What now?' Emma mutters, as Bastion states the obvious – that it is an alarm – and they have intruders.
Outside, human-sized Sentinels and Hellfire Guards engage Polaris and the other X-Men as they arrive, teleported to the secret location by Wanderer, who Bloodstorm throws to the ground. 'Apprehend mutants' one of the Sentinels states. 'Mutant life must be preserved' another Sentinel adds, and another, while one of the Hellfire Guards shouts 'Kill 'em!' 'You guys really need to get your stories straight. Do you want to save us or kill us?' Jimmy asks as he slices one of the Sentinels with his claws. Gazing Nightshade kicks a Hellfire Guard backwards and replies that, strangely, she thinks they want both. Daken destroys one of the Sentinels with his sword, while Xorn tells Polaris that they must get past these distractions, every second they delay gives their enemies a chance to strike. 'I know, Xorn! We just need to get through to one -' Polaris replies as she rips a Sentinel apart with her powers.
Suddenly, Bloodstorm, Daken and Gazing Nightshade clutch their heads in agony and scream, while a blast knocks Xorn backwards, and strange energy squares slam into Jimmy, pushing him against a wall, as plasma blasts ripple towards Polaris, who holds her ground, 'I...was wondering...when you'd show yourself' Polaris utters as she falls to the ground. 'You shouldn't have come here, Lorna. For so many reasons...you should have stayed away' Havok declares as  he stands over Polaris, Emma, Miss Sinister and Bastion stand near him. Havok frowns and tells Lorna that, after all this time, her father issues finally caught up with her, that she started to believe him. 'Well, by this time, Magneto is dead. And he went out knowing what a failure he was' Havok adds, remarking that he only had to sacrifice a few dozen mutants to teach him a lesson. Emma frowns at that comment.
Havok kneels before Polaris and offers a hand to her, telling his longtime ex that she doesn't have to suffer the same fate, that she can live, can see what they have been working for: 'Mutants ruling the world. At last, we'll ascend to the role for which we were born'. Lorna looks into Alex's eyes and tells him that what you are saying, what he is doing, sacrificing mutants, sacrificing anyone, hurting people – it isn't him. Havok frowns, as Lorna tells him that she has to believe the real him is in there somewhere – and the real him would fight like hell to get back on top. Havok says nothing, and Emma looks at Havok and Polaris' hands, still holding each other, before Havok pulls Polaris up and passes her to Bastion, 'Take her away. Lock her up with the others' he instructs him. Havok then grins and tells Lorna that she is wrong about him – the other Alex, the one she thinks she knows, he was the lie, as this is the only Havok that is left. 'Don't worry, I'll prove it to you'.
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(20 years from now...)
The Xavier Institute for Mutant Education and Outreach, Central Park, New York City. 'Come on, children. Everything's going to be okay. Make your way to the ship. We're going to bring you somewhere safe!' Marvel Girl calls out as she supervises a dozen or so children, leading them onto a ship, as huge Sentinels blast the area around them, and Beast and Angel battle human-sized Sentinels in the distance. Cyclops fires an optic blast and tells Marvel Girl that she knows that is a lie, that it is like this everywhere – nowhere is safe, and they are going to find that out eventually. 'We should have gone back when we had the chance. If we'd only gone back to our own time – none of this would be happening!' Angel calls out as his glowing wings slice a Sentinel in half. The Beast tears another Sentinel's head off and tells his friend that they don't know that for certain. 'Let's just concern ourselves with the now and sort out -' the Beast begins, before he is blown apart by one of the Sentinels. 'HAAANK! NO!' Angel screams, and Cyclops and Marvel Girl enter the battle, 'We have to stop this!' Cyclops calls out as he fires an optic blast.


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Cry Havok, part 6
A time platform suddenly lights up with green energy, as Magneto, Master of Magnetism arrives in this unknown time and unknown location. He holds a tablet which drops to the ground, as a hidden voice calls out to him 'Magneto... after all your messages... all your requests for our aid... it's about time you came knocking'. Magneto frowns and replies 'Time? My friends... you have no idea'.
Meanwhile, in the present day, at an unknown location, the X-Men are being held captive. Lorna Dane a.k.a. Polaris hangs her head, before Daken asks her what the plan is. 'Do you have any idea who we're getting out of here?' he enquires. 'Or do we just... wait... until your ex-boyfriend takes over the world?' Daken adds. Gazing Nightshade is sitting on the floor and tells Daken to leave Polaris alone, as Polaris stands with her arms folded and frowns. Daken clenches his fists and declares that he would love to cut his way out of here. He reminds the others that he is resistant to psychic intrusion, but with the White Queen and Miss Sinister working together to circumnavigate his defenses, they are making sure he can't so much as pop a claw. Daken points out that Xorn is the only one of them seemingly immune to their tinkering, but they have fitted him with inhibitors. Xorn is sitting cross-legged on the floor, a collar around his neck, and Daken decides that even if Xorn hadn't been neutered, it looks like he has given up. 'And the others? Who knows what's happening to them' Daken adds.
In another part of the facility, some sort of lab, Jimmy Hudson screams and Miss Sinister smiles as various wires and cables are attached to his body, and needles poke at him. 'Ooooh. Does it hurt so bad, Jimmy? I'm sorry. I really am' Miss Sinister strokes Jimmy's face and tells him that if he weren't so resistant to her charms, she might shut down nerve endings and make him a little more comfortable. She adds that if they asked Emma sweetly, she might be able to dig deep into his mind and give him a hand. Emma Frost is standing with Miss Sinister's personal soldiers, the alternate-world New Marauders – Mach-2, The Guardian and Armor – and frowns as she tells Sinister to stop playing games with Jimmy. 'You said you needed him for study. Get on with it or be done with him'.
Miss Sinister turns to Emma and asks her why she must be such a stick in the mud. 'Jimmy is the key to Mothervine. Isn't that something?' Miss Sinister asks, declaring that the mutants from Jimmy's world were manufactured, that their mere existence opens many interesting avenues of exploration. 'But they are not created equal' Miss Sinister adds, admitting that she let Jimmy slip away once before because he was hard to control, but always kept tabs on him. She remarks that it is a mistake she hates herself for making, and vows that it will not happen again. Looking up at the tubes connecting Jimmy to some vials, Miss Sinister explains that Jimmy's blood had some extra, a foreign compound, a spark – Mothervine. 'Its name is right. There in the genetics, like an artist's signature. It was created on his world to make mutants. To weaponize them'. 'That's what the humans of their world tried to do. We will not follow in their footsteps' Emma tells Miss Sinister, who looks back at Emma and tells her not to flip-flop on this, as they are at war, and this, her lab, is weapons development.
Miss Sinister goes over to a stasis tank where Bloodstorm is being held and remarks that she adores the bleeding-edge genetic weapons other realities afford. 'Take Bloodstorm, for example. She's from another universe... and a vampire to boot. We're going to have such fun learning about one another' Miss Sinister declares, putting a hand on the stasis tank. Miss Sinister tells Emma that if she will excuse her, unless she has come to apologize for being such a mule-headed harlot in the face of progress, she has important matters to attend to. Suddenly, Emma takes telepathic possession of the New Marauders, and forces them to confront Miss Sinister. 'What is this? Emma! What do you think you're doing?' Miss Sinister calls out as the three young mutants move towards Miss Sinister, who warns Emma that she has doomed them. 'Your mind control means nothing... when I have my fingers in the cookie jar of their DNA' Miss Sinister declares as she snaps her fingers, and Mach-2, the Guardian and Armor seemingly drop dead. 'Oh, Emma. It's time I showed you who the real queen is. The drubbing that's coming your way, you -' Miss Sinister begins, before she is startled as Jimmy breaks free of his shackles, and roars at her, claws at the ready as he lunges at Miss Sinister.
'I hope you don't mind. I took the liberty of using Mach-2's magnetism to free Jimmy. I wanted to teach you a lesson' Emma remarks, casually running a hand through her hair, while telling Miss Sinister that the difference between a mutant and a weapon might be miniscule to someone like her, but a weapon – a gun or a knife – doesn't understand how it is being used, while a mutant – a person – does. Miss Sinister fires a blast of energy at Jimmy, but he dodges her blast, and enraged, shoves his claws into Miss Sinister. 'And when they backfire, the damage might be catastrophic' Emma adds.
Back in the cell, 'My claws!' Daken exclaims as he pops his claws, declaring that the psychic leash has been severed. 'Mine, too' Polaris adds as magnetic energy glows around her hands. 'I feel it. We're free' Polaris announces as she uses her power to destroy the collar around Xorn's neck. Polaris then tells everyone to get ready, as she blasts the door with her powers, knocking it backwards. 'If anyone gets in our way, we knock them down – hard and fast' Polaris declares, then, to her surprise, standing in the corridor outside the cell is Emma Frost, with Bloodstorm and Jimmy Hudson at her side, and several Hellfire Guards lying motionless on the floor. 'If you had just been patient, I could have let you out. I have the door code, after all' Emma remarks.
Unimpressed, Lorna goes over to Emma and looks her in the eye as she declares: 'Let me guess. You decided this Mothervine business... which you helped perpetrate... is madness. You betrayed your allies. And you think that makes us square'. Staring back, Emma replies 'That sums it up quite nicely, yes'. Bloodstorm comes to Emma's defense and informs Polaris that Emma helped them escape. 'Without her -' Bloodstorm begins, but Xorn interrupts her, admitting that he has his own reasons to distrust the White Queen, but that he cannot deny she has offered them aid in their time of need, so they must put aside their differences. Quietly, he adds that he might finish this. Daken smiles at Jimmy and tells him that with his claws covered in blood, he now sees the family resemblance.
Meanwhile, in Mexico City, civilians run in panic as other civilians have been transformed by Mothervine. 'They're turning into monsters! It's an attack!' a woman shouts. 'Chemical warfare! The bombs – making them sick!' a man exclaims as they run in fear. One man has been transformed into a large gray-skinned being, while another glows with blue energy, and a young man suddenly discovers his hands have become like lobster pincers. 'What is happening to me? Am I... am I a mutant?' he asks, wide-eyed.
Suddenly, Magneto appears above the crowd and tells everyone to remain calm. He introduces himself and assures those transformed that they are not mutants. 'You should be so lucky' he adds. The man with the lobster hands looks even more confused as his human hands return, and the man glowing with blue energy suddenly finds the energy fading away. The gray-skinned man remains the same, however. 'What is this? How did you -' the man with the blue energy begins.
'I did nothing... save for calling in a few favors' Magneto responds, as Exodus and Elixir appear behind him. Magneto explains that Elixir and Exodus deserve the credit for their recovery. Exodus tells Magneto to work quickly, then he will teleport them to the next impact zone. 'What about me? Why am I not... myself again?' the gray-skinned mutant asks. Elixir explains that he is extending his curative field for miles, but he can't cure everyone affected by the bombs – and those who carried the mutant gene to begin with, he can't strip that away from them. 'I'm... stuck like this?' the gray-skinned mutant asks. Magneto clenches a fist and tells the mutant 'This is who you were always meant to be' before reminding his allies that there are many others around the world who have been infected, so they must move quickly if they are to stop Mothervine. 'Point the way, Magneto' Elixir replies, 'And we'll end this'.
In their base, Havok and Bastion watch the situation in Mexico on monitors, 'Magneto's found a way to reverse Mothervine. The bastard's going to ruin everything!' Havok declares through gritted teeth. Arms folded, Bastion adds that Magneto is using mutant designate Elixir to heal the Mothervine mutations, before stating that he is updating mission parameters – in order for the mutant race to survive, Elixir must be destroyed. Havok decides that they should have dealt with Magneto more definitively. 'If this had been his operation...if I had stood against him...he wouldn't have left me dangling as a loose end' Havok realizes, before remarking that Miss Sinister should have some sort of contingency for dealing with something like this. He asks Bastion where Miss Sinister is, before wondering where Emma is.
'I'm right here, Havok' Emma announces as she enters the control room in her diamond form. The X-Men rush forward, taking out more Hellfire guards and also battling Wildside and Toad. 'Emma -' Havok calls out, surprised. Emma tells Havok that it was just a matter of time before their little cabal imploded – so she decided to strike first. 'We have been betrayed' Bastion points out, as chains emerge from his back, iith energy spears attached to them, he activates counter-measures and states that mutantkind must be saved. 'No. I grow tired of lies. Your lies...and mine' Xorn responds as he releases energy that block Bastion's attack. Suddenly, Xorn's helmet begins to crumble, and energy pours outwards, 'This is where it ends, Bastion. For you...and for me' Xorn calls out, as Bastion starts to fade away, pulled into the energy emanating from Xorn. 'No! I was – SKREEEE – trying to save – SKKKZZK –' Bastion utters.
Polaris shields her eyes from the glow and warns the others that Xorn is unleashing the full power of the singularity within him, drawing Bastion in. 'He's focusing the power...but he'll never -' Lorna starts to say, as Bastion is completely sucked into Xorn's vortex – then all of the energy vanishes – all that remains is part of Xorn's helmet, which drops to the floor. 'Xorn?' Toad calls out, picking the remains of the helmet up.
'Who do you think you're dealing with? Do you think I'll just let you take this moment away from me? Do you think I'll let you take it from the mutants?' Havok shouts as he starts to release plasma energy in the room, knocking Daken back, then Gazing Nightshade and Jimmy. 'Mothervine is happening even if I have to kill every X-Man in order to see it through!' Havok declares. 'Stop this, Alex! This isn't you! This isn't who you're supposed to be! You know that' Polaris calls out as she blocks Havok's plasma blasts with a surge of magnetic energy. Polaris warns Havok that if she can't get through to him, make him see that, then perhaps she knows someone who can. Emma steps forward and Havok screams as she enters his mind, bringing Polaris in, as well.
'What are you – get out – this is my mind!' Havok cries out. In his mind, Emma and Lorna tower over him, and Lorna tells him that it is not his mind, that she remembers him – he was a bastard every now and then, he did stupid things, but he was never evil. 'I remember how you were' Lorna adds. 'And his memories...the things Polaris loves about you...the things she hates...are all I need to punch through what's been done to you' Emma explains. Emma tells Alex that she will miss him – she will miss the possibilities, miss the idea of what they could accomplish together. 'But I'm inverting you now' she announces.
Havok stands up, 'I...' he begins as he looks around. 'You're back, Alex. I know how it feels. You were gone... buried under that other personality... trying to claw your way out' Lorna explains. But Havok tells her that is not how it feels – not for him. He admits that he knows that the things he was doing were wrong – but the other him, that's what he feels now – he feels him, screaming to get out. 'I feel like... maybe I've stolen his life from him. Like maybe I'm just the facade... and he's the truth just waiting underneath'.
Later, in the secret base, Elixir stands before hundreds of vials of Mothervine and announces that the serum – the virus – is dying at the source, as he heals, he can destroy it, too. 'The source?' Jimmy asks. 'That's right, Jimmy. I've purged it from your system, too. Mothervine is destroyed' Elixir explains. Havok approaches Polaris and tells her that there are so many people who need her help, that she didn't need to come here to make sure Mothervine was shut down – he would have burned it to the ground. 'Elixir's not just here for Mothervine, Alex' Lorna replies. Havok begins to ask her what she means, and Lorna tells him that it is a fresh start. Havok removes his mask – his handsome face has been restored. 'The scars. They're like my evil self. I know they're gone... but I can still feel them'.
Elsewhere, Magneto is using his powers on a piece of equipment, as civilians begin to gather around. 'Erik – can I have a word?' a voice calls out. He turns, and sees a civilian speaking to him: 'I was hoping we could come to an understanding'. Another civilian speaks: '... that we could put this ugliness behind us'. Then another: 'I know you've been coming after me for some time...' and a fourth: '... but I hope that you can recognize when someone extends the olive branch'. All of the civilians have a blank gaze – and Emma Frost appears amongst them 'I helped you, I helped to save the X-Men' one of the civilians speaks. 'I helped stop Mothervine' another adds. Magneto turns away, 'Ah, Emma. You also put me in a position to harm mutants who were in my care... to kill them. For that... there can be no peace between us. Trust me... I'm coming for you' Magneto snarls.


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The Search for Jimmy Hudson, part 1
Dunwich, California, a bar, where night is falling. Motorcycles are lined up outside the bar, and inside, Jimmy Hudson sits at the bar, starring into his drink. 'Something wrong with your beer, honey?' a woman wearing jean shorts and a green top, with red hair in pigtails asks, leaning against the bar. 'Hmm?' Jimmy asks, looking up at her. The woman points out that he has been nursing his drink all night. She tells him that if he doesn't like it, she can pour him something else. 'Something with a little more kick, maybe?' the woman offers, leaning into Jimmy, her eyes wide. Jimmy tells her that the drink is fine, but maybe he isn't as thirsty as he thought. The woman asks him if he has been here before, as he is kinda familiar. 'No, I don't think so. I'm -' Jimmy begins, adding that he isn't from around here, while remembering his home world, and fighting alongside the likes of the Guardian, Firestar, Karen Grant and the Hulk.
Jimmy suddenly groans and clutches his head. 'Hey – are you all right?' the woman asks him. 'Just thinking... about home' Jimmy tells her. The woman strokes Jimmy's chin, and tells him that he plays that whole “mysterious stranger” role pretty well. She Informs him that she gets off in about an hour, and asks 'What d'ya say, Mr “Not from around here”? Maybe you could show a girl a good -' she begins, when suddenly, someone grabs Jimmy's shoulder and asks him who he thinks he is.
Jimmy looks up and sees a man in a green jacket holding a pool cue, who tells him that he has a lot of nerve, that he picked the wrong damn place to come sniffing around. 'You can take that to the damn bank!' he adds. 'Kyle!' the woman gasps. 'Let me guess. Ex-boyfriend?' Jimmy asks the woman as he stands up. Jimmy tells Kyle and the other men who are with him that this is all a misunderstanding. He offers to buy them a drink and then he will be on his way. 'There's no need for -' Jimmy begins, only for Kyle to crack the pool cue over Jimmy's face. 'You really should've let me buy you that drink' Jimmy mutters as he pops his claws.
'Too late for pleasantries now!' Jimmy calls out as his appearance suddenly changes, thanks to the Symbiote that he had bonded with and the Poison that he was infected with. The woman looks horrified. 'It's... oh, Lord... it's one of those things!' she exclaims. 'It's a Poison!' a man calls out. 'It... can't be. They were all destroyed!' another man gasps, wide-eyed.  'ALL BUT ME' Jimmy snarls, before lunging towards the men.
'Don't let it touch you!' one of them calls out, ducking and narrowly avoiding being sliced by Jimmy, while another man screams. As he causes damage to the bar, Jimmy remembers sitting on a bench, then being attacked by the Poisons. He moves in towards the woman, who cowers against a wall and asks him not to hurt her, and to leave them all alone. Jimmy looks at her, 'Please!' she cries, tears falling down her face, when suddenly, Jimmy reverts back to his regular appearance. He looks around at the damage he has caused. Tables and chairs are smashed and broken, and men lay strewn about the bar. He staggers forward, then runs from the bar into the night.
Jimmy runs out onto a road, and is nearly hit by a car, the driver honking the horn at Jimmy, who leaps across the road and begins climbing a hill, heading into a forest. He remembers being struck by Sabretooth, and has a vision of Poison Sabretooth and Poison Gwenpool, along with several Poisons. Suddenly, a voice calls out 'Y'know, Jimmy... every time you run from your problems, we find you lurking around the forest' and Jimmy pops his claws, to see Jean Grey a.k.a. Marvel Girl and the rest of the time-displaced X-Men standing before him, along with Bloodstorm, who hovers above them. Marvel Girl reminds Jimmy that when they found him before, they wanted to help him, and tells him that they still do. 'I know you're hurting. I know you're afraid' she adds. 'Beleive me, more than anyone – I know'. Jean extends her hand and asks Jimmy to come back with them, to come home. 'Don't call me that. That's...that's not who I am anymore. And I don't have a home!' Jimmy snarls, ready to strike.
'Jimmy Hudson is still part of who you are. You've changed. You're not the man you were, but there's something that makes you different from the other Poisons. It's both physiological and mental' Marvel Girl explains, adding that she senses it, and telling Jimmy that he does, too, as she connects with his mind, and shows him memories, specifically of the time and she and her teammates went to his world and fought alongside him and his world's X-Men and Spider-Man against the Doombots. 'These are just the previous host's memories. They are not mine. Jimmy Hudson is dead' Jimmy snarls. Jean telekinetically lifts herself above Jimmy, 'I don't think so' she replies. 'Stay out of my mind. You will not like what you see' Jimmy warns her. Jean connects with Jimmy's mind again, and this time sees bodies littered across a ruined landscape – the X-Men, Avengers and other heroes, and dozens of Poisons.
Jean goes wide-eyed and ends the connection. 'Told you' Jimmy smirks. 'Those... are memories... of other worlds... other realities the Poisons conquered' Jean declares. 'Good times' Jimmy grins, before he transforms into the Symbiote/Poison hybrid that he has become. 'You go digging for old host's thoughts...you get the new host's thoughts, too!' Jimmy exclaims. Jimmy hurls his extendable claws towards Jean, who blocks the attack with a telekinetic shield. 'The old memories – those are just growing pains!' Jimmy calls out, adding that, soon enough, they fade to nothing. 'Here we go again' Bobby Drake a.k.a. Iceman mutters as he ices-up to his bulky form. The other X-Men prepare to enter the battle, as Jimmy cuts down a triee with a slash of his claws, causing Jean to drop to the ground as the tree shards topple towards her. 'Sorry, Jean. I know you wanted to give him a chance. I did, too. But he's gone too far' Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops calls out as he fires an optic blast, which strikes the transformed Jimmy.
Jimmy responds by releasing his extendable poison-claws, 'You wanted to give me a chance, Cyclops? That's cute. And also impossible to believe!' Jimmy exclaims. 'Believe whatever you want, Jimmy. Seems par for the course. Everyone believes whatever thry want about me and the man I'll become' Cyclops mutters as he fires another optic blast at the claws that move towards him, noting that these tentacle claws heal faster than he can destroy them. Warren Worthington a.k.a. Angel flies towards Jimmy and dowses him in cosmic flame, telling him that Jeannie has to be right about him, and that he can fight this. Iceman creates several ice-golems which lumber towards Jimmy, who is recovering from the flames, 'Hey, Jimmy. Remember when I kicked your butt before? You're about to see an instant replay!' Iceman exclaims, but Jimmy releases the tentacle-claws again, 'I don't think so, Iceman. Last time you faced Jimmy Hudson. This time, you face the last of the Poisons!' he snarls, as the tentacles slice through the ice-golems.
'That's my name! POISON!' Jimmy shouts as Iceman and Bloodstorm attempt to restrain him – but he releases several poison spikes, which knock them both backwards, forcing Bobby to revert to his regular form, and Bloodstorm looks at a fiery flare on her side where the spike struck her – almost in her heard. 'Hank – do it!' Cyclops calls out to Hank McCoy a.k.a. Beast. 'Are you sure?' Beast asks. 'Do we have a choice?' Cyclops replies. But Marvel Girl tells the Beast to wait, as she holds Poison in a telekinetic bubble. 'With enough time, I can get through to him!' Marvel Girl exclaims. Jimmy manages to pierce the telekinetic bubble with his poison tentacles, forcing them into the ground – they then rise up through the ground, knocking the surprised X-Men about. One of the tentacles even grabs Jean, wrapping around her and knocking her out, thus freeing Poison from the telekinetic bubble. 'JEAN!' Cyclops shouts.
Poison stands his ground, and holds Marvel Girl overhead as the other X-Men start to gather around him. 'Jean Grey would destroy me. She would kill the last of my kind. Just as she killed the first' Poison declare, looking up at Marvel Girl, he exclaims that she deserves to die. Beast announces that he can't wait any longer, and activates the remote Anti-Venom modules, which he reports will kill Poison on contact. 'I'm sorry, Jimmy. So sorry. But you gave me no choice' Hank points out. 'Are you sure, Beast? I'm betting I'm faster than you think' Poison declares, before warning Beast to drop the modules. Cyclops looks at Beast, who looks at the modules, then drops them on trhe ground 'Let her go, Jimmy' Cyclops pleads. 'Call me by my true name' Poison asks. 'All right... Poison... whatever you want to be called. You can go, all right? I give you my word. Let Jean go and we'll leave you be' Cyclops assures Poison.
Poison raises his claws to Marvel Girl and remarks that she still has hope for the previous hope, and she is one of the only people to resist their influence. 'I'd be better off killing -' Poison begins, before a memory floods his mind, of Jean and Cyclops sitting with Jimmy. Jean told  him that they will figure this out, and that she hopes he realizes that they are friends, and if he comes with them, they might be able to help him. 'J-Jean?' Poison utters, before clutching his head, he calls out to Cyclops and Angel and wonders what is happening to him. 'I knew it. I knew Jean was right' Angel remarks as Poison sets Marvel Girl down on the grass. 'Oh...oh, Lord...I didn't mean it... I would never hurt you...' Jimmy utters, before moving away from Jean as Cyclops rushes over to her, checks for a pulse and reports that he thinks she will be all right. Jimmy reverts to his regular appearance, 'I can't help myself! It's like I have... I dunno... two sets of thoughts... two sets of memories... in my head. And they're trying to kill each other' Jimmy explains.
Beast looks over at the Anti-Venom modules, while Bobby approaches Jimmy and tells him that they want to help. 'But you know I have to ice you up or something, right?' he adds. Suddenly, 'Don't bother, Bobby' a voice calls out – and Jimmy looks down in horror, as something pierces his body – 'Daken?' Bobby gasps. 'Guessed it in one' Daken smiles, as Jimmy drops to the ground, and Daken holds the long sword he shoved through Jimmy's chest. Daken informs the X-Men that he has been trailing them for a while now, that he wanted to see if they had the stones to do what needed to be done. 'And since you don't... well... Magneto sends his regards' Daken grins wickedly.