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Adrift
A woman named Melody Watkins and her son, Stevie, stare at a door with a poster that reads Humanity's Last Stand. Melody Watkins grew up in this area, Pine Bluff, South Carolina. She went to grammar school two blocks away, her first paycheck was received nearby in Langley's Hardware, married Lucas in the judge’s chambers around the corner, but now she is here to do one thing – protect her son!
Melody walks through the door of Humanity’s Last Stand, against her better judgment; she has come to tell them about a mutant. A man named Tom Hurdler sits at a desk, discussing with an unseen person about a certain makeup cream that is supposed to hide one's appearance. Tom threatens the person over the phone that if he/she continues marketing the product in their community, they will be hearing from him again!
Stevie and Melody hear the conversation that Mr. Hurdler is having over the phone and Stevie cries out in question, momma? Melody tells Stevie not to worry that this was a bad idea from the start. Hurdler, seeing the two walking in, approaches them, introducing himself. Melody introduces herself and, with that said, Tom Hurdler leads them to his desk, offering Melody coffee. After Melody thanks him for the coffee, Tom asks Melody what he can do for them today?
She tells him that she has seen Humanity’s Last Stand’s infomercials on television for the past few months and she hears what they say about reporting suspected mutants. Tom tells her that they believe it is the only way humans can be safe against the next wave of inherent changes. Tom asks Melody if he can assume she shares the same concerns? Melody states, “Yes... I mean, no.” Melody goes on to say that she is no threat to them personally, but there is someone she thinks the Humanity's Last Stand needs to know about.
At a restaurant called Hollywood Café, the mutant X-Man known as Rogue has taken a job as a hostess. Rogue seats a couple with three children. After seating the family, she explains to them that they have the best view in the house. The wife tells Rogue that it seems her husband agrees. Her husband's name is Mike, a man who seems intent to stare at their hostess, a little too much for his wife's liking. Mike tells Rogue that it seems she is familiar some how. Mike’s wife elbows him in the side, stating in his dreams. Mike, stargazing at Rogue states, “That could be it.”
Just then, one of his daughters speaks up, stating that she too recognizes her maybe as a fashion model? Suddenly, a waiter approaches Rogue, flexing his biceps. He tells the others that, if Rogue is a model, he is the almighty “Ahnold.” Rogue laughs at the jest, thinking to herself about how he has impeccable timing. Later that night, the same waiter escorts Rogue to her car. Rogue states she cannot tell him how many nights she is asked the same question. The waiter tells Rogue that he does not understand why she is a waitress, as she is too pretty. The man enters his truck telling Rogue that he will see her tomorrow.
Rogue thinks on her way home about how many tourists she comes face-to-face with, but it is still better than facing mutant terrorists and tyrants again and again. While pondering the day’s events, Rogue notices some road construction workers that have been hard at work for the past four nights, but yet have accomplished nothing. Rogue looks into her rearview mirror, as if contemplating the mystery.
Getting to where she is staying the night, Rogue steps out of her beat up ‘72 Volkswagen Beetle, thinking that this is what life is all about: a house in the suburbs and a two car garage. Rogue tries waving at Stevie, the son of the woman she rents from, but when he does not wave back Rogue thinks about how strange he is acting. In the apartment above the garage, where Rogue has rented as her living quarters, the woman named Melody Watkins awaits her arrival.
Melody asks Rogue not to turn on the lights. She sits on Rogue's bed, crying, grasping a hold of the few tissues left in her tissue box. She tells Rogue about how, a week ago, she had contacted some people. Rogue's eyes widen as she questions; what people? Tears flow down Melody's face, as she explains that she contacted Humanity’s Last Stand.
Nearby, Maulers approach the Watkins’ house. Melody tries to explain her ignorance in approaching them. She explains that she feared the Legacy Virus, because she had heard it was attacking humans now, as well as mutants. Rogue tells Melody that she knows how she is filling, because no matter what they do trouble always comes full circle.
As the words leave Rogue’s mouth, Maulers blast a hole through the Watkins’ apartment’s outer wall. The first Mauler exclaims to his extraction squad command that he has gained access to the quarry; the arrest is underway. Rogue in anger flies at the Mauler, exclaiming that she does not care whose authority he stands for. Spouting angry words, Rogue blasts the Maulers into the nearby ground. As Rogue attacks Mauler No. 2, Mauler No. 3 radios back to command that Mauler No. 1 is down. A silent command is issued and Mauler No. 3 is now sanctioned for Lethal Persuasion! The Mauler plunges towards Rogue. As he approaches Rogue, she reaches for a nearby bicycle, sending the approaching Mauler into the nearby garage door.
Melody screams for them to stop, because her son, Stevie, is still in the house. Just then, a man named Bastion steps out of the house, with a tear filled Stevie in front of him. Bastion introduces himself, telling Rogue that she will come with him peacefully. Stevie cries out for his mother! Melody explains to Bastion that Stevie is just an innocent boy; he was not supposed to be a part in any of this. Rogue tells Melody that she is willing to surrender in exchange for Stevie’s safety. Bastion holds a gun up to Melody's chest and asks Rogue what she is willing to do to protect Stevie's mother? A blast is fired from the gun and Rogue jumps quickly to intercept the blast. Rogue lies unconscious on the ground, while Bastion hovers above her. He states, that he is not sure what softball she is used to playing but he does not do the compromising thing.
In a community, safely sheltered from the unpredictable perils of the world, the members of Humanity’s Last Stand sleeps a justified sleep in their very own secure shadow of society. A man named Simon Trask tells Bastion that, after their last encounter with the X-Men, he cannot afford another fight so Rogue has to go. Mr. Trask explains that Rogue's presence threatens their entire movement. Bastion tells Mr. Trask that he will keep his concerns in mind.
Bastion next turns his attention to Rogue, telling her that she can stop pretending to be unconscious. She tells him that she would love to shake his hand or give the group a hearty hug, but thanks to the Omnium shackles she cannot. Surrounding Bastion and Mr. Trask are Maulers and members of Humanity’s Last Stand’s elite guard. Bastion tells Trask that he would explain why Rogue is there, but Mr. Trask's security clearance is not high enough. Trask tells Bastion that it is fine by him, because the Humanity’s Last Stand has maintained “Maximum Deniability” from the outset of this operation. He leaves the room, telling his “partner” that the TRASK name carries substantial authority and resources of its own.
Bastion comments to Rogue about the dilemma he faces, because several nations of the world have agreed to charge his Department with the responsibility for curing the mutant disease, but he lacks the popular support here in the states to get the job done. Rogue exclaims that she is crying on the inside where it counts, but he needs to get to the point already.
In Bastion's minds eye, he sees the Humanity’s Last Stand’s village burning in flames and its people dead. He tells her that the complex will be slaughtered by a mutant, which should bolster the anti-mutant hysteria to a fever pitch. She tells him that he is even crazier than he looks if he thinks she would ever stoop to murdering innocent people, no matter what they do to her. He tells her that he knows she probably wouldn't but if a mutant body just happened to be found among the ashes…
With that said, a nearby guard cocks his gun, telling Bastion to repeat his sentence one more time, because he knows he's not talking about touching the compound with all of his friends still insi… Bastion pulls out a gun and shoots the guard! Bastion exclaims that they are all martyrs and, if anyone else wants to take up their own reservations, they can do so with his Maulers! A nearby guard calls Bastion a murderer, exclaiming that if need be he would take it up with the devil himself to stop Bastion's bloodshed.
Suddenly the Maulers’ armor constricts on itself as a magnetic glow emanates from the guards body. Bastion shocked, asks, “WHO?” Bastion does not wait for answers; he heads for a nearby door, as he realizes that their mystery guest must be another mutant. The Omnium shackles, which once held Rogue in place, begin to melt away as Rogue thinks to herself that their mystery mutant must have command over metal.
The mutant has taken off his helmet revealing long, white hair. He introduces himself as Joseph asking Rogue to allow him to… Before Joseph can finish his words Rogue assails him with punches, calling him a monster. Joseph exclaims that Rogue does not know what she is doing. Rogue hurls her body at the fallen man screaming that he is Magneto! Rogue states that she does not know how he was able to escape his rightful place in Hell and how he is able to look twenty years younger, but a snake can shed its skin.
Rogue asks Magneto what he has gotten them into. Joseph grits his teeth explaining that he does not know who Magneto is. Rogue hits the magnetically shielded Joseph telling him that, that was the wrong answer. Rogue begins to berate Joseph, hitting him repeatedly in anger. Having had enough Joseph command's nearby coils to trap Rogue against a nearby wall. He tells her that his curiosity has led him down all things mutant but when he happened upon a tent revival up north, the recruitment drive was for Humanity's Last Stand. He explains that he took advantage of the misguided humans in the hopes that they would provide him with information on the X-Men. He explains that Rogue's arrival and Bastion's intentions against her forced his hand a little earlier than planned. Joseph exclaims that he and she can settle their differences later, but for now they must stop the massacre of hundreds of innocent people.
Rogue snaps one of the chains that restraints her foot, kicking Joseph in the face. Joseph lands against a nearby wall cracking it with his skull. Rogue offers a hand of truce towards Joseph, telling him that if he is lying that he is better at it then he used to be. Joseph smiles, thanking Rogue, he thinks.
The troopers in their ebon armor guide the little village of people working for the Humanity’s Last Stand to their slaughter. The young man named Tom Hurdler looks back at the people of his village and wonders if this is truly their own last stand? Tom does not appreciate the irony, as Joseph and Rogue race to their rescue. One of the Maulers calls out to the others that an Omega threat is fast approaching.
The Maulers begin blasting with their guns. Rogue takes out two of them, stating that better Maulers than them have tried and failed already. Joseph hovers in midair, as he states how easy it is to control the metal in the Mauler’s bullets. Joseph's eyes gaze upon the humans below him. He is shocked to see that they are not afraid of the Maulers, but it is him that they are truly afraid of. The humans below whisper and then scream the name of Magneto. Rogue thinks to herself how this fight is going to easy and how this Bastion character must have access to more sophisticated technology.
With that said, Joseph screams for Rogue to move, as she is getting closer to a nearby bunker. Out of the Bunker comes a huge Tank. Rogue, in anger, flies towards the Super Tank, destroying it. She asks Joseph how he knew about it? Joseph exclaims how simple his deduction was, because if he were going to ensnare an enemy that is precisely what he would have done!
Bastion, observing the fight from a nearby airplane, thinks to himself about how Magneto's involvement was unexpected, but how he may be able to turn this around to his advantage. He begins to realize that, once the world knows that one of the most deadly mutant terrorists in history has come back from the dead, the world will have no choice but to allow him the opportunity to save mankind from the mutant plague.
Joseph, landing near Rogue and amidst a pile of unconscious Maulers, hears Rogue's words of how they done well. In anger, Joseph explains that he will not share her joy in the violence they generated today. Rogue calms the man down, saying that she is only happy with the end result.
Startled by a noise, Joseph and Rogue turn to see the people of the village armed and threatening. Thomas Hurdler stands at the forefront, exclaiming how Joseph and Rogue have trespassed on their property. Rogue asks them if they did not notice that it was them who saved them from the Maulers? Tom tells her that that is the only reason they will not be leaving in pieces – the only reason! Tom tells them that, one day, mankind will cleanse the Earth of the mutant disease and Humanity’s Last Stand will be…
Joseph does not let him finish. He states that Humanity’s Last Stand will have long settled at the bottom of their vaunted gene pool. A magnetic aura encases Joseph's body as he floats in midair asking them if they think they can ever manage power against power with him or others like him? Joseph turns Tom Hurdler's gun into nothing but slag. Tom does not seem frightened, as he tells Joseph that a man will go to considerable lengths to defend his home, his family and his very world. Joseph exclaims that he is welcome to his world, a world where people discriminate friend from foe by nothing more than a random accident birth.
Rogue and Joseph fly away. As the two of them leave, Joseph states “If we can't learn to live together…” “We will surely die apart,” Rogue states, as she finishes Joseph's statement.
Rogue and Joseph land away from the villagers. She questions why they are now quoting Professor Xavier? Joseph sits on a nearby rock, stating that he has heard her mention the name of Professor X and Magneto, but he does not know who they are. He has no memory of anything except for the past three months. He goes on to ask Rogue who he truly is. Rogue tells him that she would rather not tell him now, because she does not know how he would react if he knew the truth. She tells him that she does have friends and they can help him.
Joseph asks her if she is talking about the X-Men. He tells her that a good woman by the name of Sister Maria insisted that the students of Xavier might point him in the right direction towards the answers he seeks. Rogue tells him that the safest way to explain who he was is to say that he was a man that “felt more than most. Pain, most of all.” She goes on to say that maybe some of them do get second chances.
Suddenly, a helicopter appears in the sky, blasting them with a missile. Rogue and Joseph stand to meet their predator. The two mutants fly near to the helicopter, as Rogue states that they will have to keep fighting Humanity’s Last Stand till they finally convince Trask to stop! Trask tells his pilots that the mutants’ fates were sealed the second Bastion set his sights on them. He goes on to say, to his pilots, that they must shoot to kill. Two missiles are shot from the helicopter.
Rogue tells Joseph to get behind her, as she can only intercept one of them. Joseph tells her that there is no need to worry, as he magnetically catches the missiles. Joseph and Trask stare into one another eyes, realizing that they have one thing in common, and that is, their fear of change. Rogue tells Joseph that, he if he uses those missiles to kill Trask, then he is no better than Trask. It is not worth the cost of his soul.
In the cockpit of the helicopter, Trask is startled by a large boom and a blinding light. One of the pilots states that it seems the mutants took themselves out in a nuclear suicide. Trask tells them that it is wishful thinking, because mutants, he has discovered, prove very difficult to kill. As the helicopter flies away, Trask tells his pilots that they have their work cut out for them.
Back at the home of Melody Watkins, Joseph and Rogue land nearby her ‘72 Beetle. Joseph asks Rogue why anyone would want to defend a world that hates and fears them? Joseph and Rogue get into her car. Joseph questions why they would ride inside a vehicle when they have such glorious God-given powers. Rogue explains that he needs be careful about what he thinks, because, if he keeps thinking like that, he will turn into the person he once was, but now hates.
Before they leave, Melody Watkins and her son, Stevie, approach them. Melody asks for her forgiveness and Rogue accepts her apology. Stevie approaches the car door. He tells Rogue that he knows about her touch, but he wants her to know that if he could hug her, he would. Tears freely flow from Rogue's face, as she backs out of the driveway. She tells Joseph that is why they do it, for the innocents that have not been taught to hate yet. She tells him that they are the only hope for tomorrow and peace.


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The Once and Future Juggernaut
(Westchester, New York)
From his sanctum sanctorum, Dr. Stephen Strange travels to Westchester in his astral form, entering Xavier’s mansion, undetected by the hi-tech security systems. The place appears to be empty, and Strange soon discovers the object he seeks. On a desk, as if it were no more than a paperweight, sits the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak. Until recently, the gem was fused to the body of the Juggernaut, Charles Xavier’s destructive stepbrother, which leads Strange to wonder - where is Cain Marko?
Looking closer, he actually sees Marko inside the gem, pleading to be freed. Strange feels this is remarkable. He never imagined any earthly force could separate Cain Marko and the ruby, let alone ensnare him within it. He’s sure it was this disturbance that shook him from his meditation. To learn the truth behind the Juggernaut’s imprisonment, he opens the all-seeing Eye of Agamotto, and pushes aside the veil of time to witness the events that brought him there.
Dr. Strange knows only an enormous threat could have frightened Marko to such a degree that he would ask help from his hated stepbrother and his students, the X-Men. Yet, even within the mansion’s protected walls, this threat hunted him down.
(flashback)
Onslaught has Cain Marko sweating, and he pleads with the creature not to kill him. Onslaught thinks it’s a splendid idea, but asks how that would be possible. He’s protected by the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak. Regardless, he picks up Marko in one huge hand and plucks the gem from his chest with the other. Strange watches these events with astonishment. Not even he could sunder the bond between the gem and Marko with such impunity and, yet, he senses no mystical energy within Onslaught. Marko is left in agony as Strange ends this interlude.
(present)
Strange ponders whether Onslaught understands the consequences of severing Marko from the gem. The ruby contains a corrupted aspect of the other-dimensional deity known as Cyttorak, which, when unleashed centuries ago, left a path of death and destruction across the Asian continent. As he contemplates what he has witnessed, he fails to notice an arcane mark on a computer screen beside him. The mark comes to life and tic tic’s towards him. As Strange thinks about how to contain the gem’s power, the arcane symbol is upon him. Strange turns with a start.
Fortunately, help is on hand in the form of the diminutive Gomurr, who catches the symbol with his staff. He stands, grinning, and asks if there is no hello for Gomurr the Ancient. After all he did for him, Logan and the kid with the wings; he expected a warmer greeting. Didn’t the Ancient One (no relation) teach Strange any manners?
Dr. Strange apologizes, but didn’t expect to see him. He asks if that was one of Tar’s neon spiders and, if so, what interest does the protector of the Crimson Dawn have in this gem? Gomurr disperses the spider and replies the same as they have. He explains that you can’t have something this powerful just lying around. Next thing you know, some schmuck like Marko picks it up and then you’re stuck with another unstoppable engine of destruction; frightening animals, stopping traffic and generally wreaking havoc.
Strange says that, as long as Cain Marko’s life essence is within the gem, there is an even greater danger. Gomurr knows this and is going to pull the big lummox out of there. Strange tells him he will accompany him, but Gomurr doesn’t think so. He’s been walking the illuminated path since before Strange was born. He’ll manage. Besides, he adds, Strange crossed Tar when he placed Psylocke’s soul into the Crimson Dawn. He won’t appreciate him interfering in his business again. “His business?” Dr. Strange enquires. Gomurr admits he meant their business, but it’s a long story and he’d rather not go into it.
Strange doesn’t like this, and feels Gomurr is hiding something from him. Gomurr tells him that if he wants to be useful, he can protect the crystal while he’s inside. Strange asks, what if he fails? “Then you can have my record collection,” jests the wily old-timer. He mumbles an incantation, traces a symbol in the air and disappears.
(inside the crystal)
There are realities that exist beyond our own; other dimensional planes and pockets steeped in magic and governed by arcane and ominous forces. Within the Gem of Cyttorak lies a volcanic landscape of fiery mystical energy. There, Cain Marko, in his Juggernaut outfit, faces the bitter realization that the gem he once considered irrevocably embedded in his body, is now his sulphurous prison.
Cain calls out to Onslaught, saying he doesn’t deserve this. What did he ever do to him? The answer arrives in a coincidental eruption of searing hot lava that begins to burn through his costume. He cries out. He wants help. He’s scared.
(in Cain’s mind)
Cain is in bed, and he wakes up screaming. He looks around and thinks he is in a hospital. Was he hallucinating? As long as he’s outta that pit, he doesn’t really care. He then realizes that he cannot move his arms and legs. A silhouette appears in his doorway, and the stranger asks if he’s all right. He could hear Cain screaming all the way from his study. He flicks the light switch to reveal himself to be Cain’s hated stepbrother, Charles Xavier.
Cain says he shoulda known. He wants to know if Xavier and his X-Men put Onslaught into the ground. Charles replies that he has no idea what he’s talking about. He informs Cain that he’s become increasingly delusional of late and, frankly, he’s worried. He notices Charles no longer requires his wheelchair, and asks how come he can walk, yet he can’t seem to move at all. Charles answers, “You haven’t been able to move in twenty years, Cain.”
Cain asks what kind of sick game he’s playing. Charles asks if he’s forgotten what happened in Korea. They were both stationed in Seoul when Cain went A.W.O.L. He followed Cain into the mountains, hoping to find him before the Military Police did. It was there they stumbled upon an ancient temple hidden deep in a cave. When Cain tried to wrest a gem from the temple’s idol, he set off a trap that caused the cave to collapse around them. Charles continues to say that Cain was trapped under a ton of rock. He managed to free him, but it was too late. Cain sustained spinal damage that left him quadriplegic.
Cain snarls, and says he does remember that day, but that ain’t the way it went down. He found the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak, sure, but it made him into the unstoppable Juggernaut - not some useless crip! Charles remains calm, and takes Cain outside to help him feel better.
Pushing Cain along in a wheelchair, Cain asks whether Charles found him after Onslaught had finished with him, and thought, “Now Cain’s vulnerable. Now I can finally get back at him.” Charles replies that he’s long since forgiven him for his adolescent cruelty. They’re family, even if they’re not related by blood. It was Cain’s misfortune that led him to dedicate his life to helping the physically challenged. Cain isn’t buying it.
A soccer ball bounces off the chair’s wheels, and rebounds back into the hands of Jean Grey. Her fellow X-Men are behind her; Cyclops, Iceman, Beast, Wolverine and Psylocke. Charles says Jean’s a fine girl. You’d hardly guess she spent two years in a coma after her plane crashed in the Atlantic. Cain thinks the rest of Xavier’s mutant freaks must be in on this con. Charles tells Cain that they aren’t mutants or freaks. Though they may possess some physical and psychological disabilities, they are still as normal as they are.
Charles’ tone alters, and becomes a little more cutting. He tells Cain that it must be agonizing to see others happier and healthier than he, and to know he’ll never experience their joyous physical abandon. Deep in his heart of hearts, he adds, it’s Cain’s soul that’s crippled, not his body. He grins as he looks down at his helpless stepbrother. “Your life belongs to me, Cain Marko.” Cain swears that, when he gets out of his blasted chair, he’s going to kill Charles, just like he should have the first time they met, when Charles was still a weasel neck punk.
Surprisingly, Gomurr appears, holding the ball, and speaks to someone out of view. He tells them this deception is heavy handed. He says Marko’s resentment of Xavier has already cost him so much, there’s no need to pour salt on the wounds. Wolverine asks for his ball back, but shimmers into nothingness, along with his teammates. The mansion vanishes in the distance. Xavier tells Gomurr he shouldn’t have come here. Gomurr grimaces, and replies, “And leave Cain to your tender mercies? No siree. I know who chokes the leash around your neck.”
(inside the crystal)
The image of Xavier fades, revealing the lithesome form of a demonic temptress. Crouching atop a hardened lava flow, she tells Gomurr he’s wasting his time coming here. He can’t deny her her pleasure. She is Spite, and tortured souls are her sustenance. It’s been ages since she’s had a mortal psyche to twist and tease. Luckily for her, when she’s through with Gomurr, she’ll have two.
Gomurr raises his staff, and the rings dangling from the end draw the mark of Zhou’Syn in the air. Spite withdraws slightly, but warns him that the mark won’t protect him there. Gomurr asks why then she recoils. She’s not half the demon her brother is. No wonder D’Spayre trapped her here so easily, he taunts. Spite tells him not to mention that name in her presence, not if he wishes to leave the place alive.
Spite seems generally unconcerned with Gomurr’s presence, informing him that, no matter what he does, the crimson one will claim Cain Marko’s soul. Gomurr’s too old and withered to stand against his dark power, she adds. Gomurr thinks not, and reminds her that he stopped the unstoppable once before. As Spite takes her leave, vanishing in a puff of smoke, she replies that he had help then. He should enjoy this momentary victory, as it will be his last.
With her threat gone for the time being, Gomurr releases the Juggernaut from his lava prison. He cries, “I’m free!” as he smashes the rock and steps out, asking where the skirt is. He owes her a pounding. Gomurr tells him to forget her. She’s the least of his concerns. He asks who the pipsqueak is, and Gomurr introduces himself. Cain grabs him by the head and lifts him clean off the ground to eye level. Cain wants answers but, as soon as he’s delivered a verbal threat, Gomurr disappears, and reappears behind Cain, felling him with his staff by smacking the backs of his knees. Cain falls to the ground, and Gomurr informs him that he no longer possesses the power of the Juggernaut, and it would be wise for him to stop acting like he does.
Gomurr asks him to look around. He is in the heart of the Cyttorak Gem, and is in great danger. Cain thinks this is all Onslaught’s doing, but Gomurr explains that Onslaught cannot hurt him there. They have much to do, and thoughts of revenge will only serve to distract him. Cain asks what makes Gomurr think he’s doing anything with him. Gomurr replies that he can lead him out of this place.
They soon come across Xavier’s mansion, but now it looks like it was carved out of the side of a cliff. Cain asks if this is another of Spite’s mind games. Gomurr replies that she’s not responsible for this part of his past - Cain himself is. He explains that just as the gem changed him, his psyche affected the landscape of its interior. This ground is psychosensitive to the anger and pain that drives him; so, it mimics the nexus of his rage. “Shall we go inside?” asks Gomurr.
They enter the mansion, and the Juggernaut’s armor vanishes, leaving Cain wearing street clothes. It seems the house doesn’t recognize him as being Juggernaut. It remembers him as the child he was when he lived there. Cain says he’s not a child, just as a familiar voice emanates from time gone by.
 “While you’re living in my house, you’ll obey my rules. Do I make myself clear, young man?” Kurt Marko’s eyes fix upon his young son, and the older Cain feels the same chill he did when he was a child. The young Cain replies that he doesn’t have to make a federal case out of it. He was only messing with the runt.
The older Cain didn’t know this place was haunted. Gomurr informs him that they are only mirror phantoms - ethereal energy given shape by the psychic vibrations of his past.
Kurt Marko holds his young son by the shoulders, and bends down to speak with him. He wants Cain and Charles to be friends, because he’s part of their family now. Cain says nobody asked him about that.
The older Cain looks on, and tells Gomurr that he was always taking sides. Everything was fine until his dad married Sharon Xavier. He wants to leave the mansion, but Gomurr tells him these are pivotal moments in his life. There are lessons to be learned.
Cain listens to his father and stepmother through the closed door. Kurt tells Sharon that Charles is gifted in ways they never imagined. He feels the boy is going to change the world. Sharon tells him he should devote some time to his other son. Can’t he see that Cain’s anger is the only way he knows how to get his attention? Kurt replies that there’s nothing he can do. Cain was born a bad seed. A tear edges its way down the young Cain’s cheek. His father thinks he’s bad now, but he ain’t seen nothing yet.
The older Cain and Gomurr leave, with Gomurr pointing out that no child should hear that from their parent. Cain tells him his dad may have been brilliant, but was no great shakes as a parent. He was always working on some top secret government project. He was almost never home, and when he was he locked himself away in his laboratory. They round a corner, and the mirror phantoms show Kurt and Cain in the laboratory.
Cain wants some cash from his father, and threatens to tell Sharon that it was no accident her husband died at Almagordo if he doesn’t get it. Kurt warns him never to say that again. Charles overhears the exchange, and points accusingly at Kurt Marko. He asks what he meant by that, and asks what really happened to his father during that nuclear test. Kurt says nothing happened, and that Cain was only joking. Cain wants to stomp on Charles, but as he moves, he displaces several test tubes filled with unstable explosive.
The older Cain insists he and Gomurr leave before everything collapses. He doesn’t want to watch this all over again. Gomurr calmly explains that they’ve reached the critical moment; the one that reverberates through Cain’s soul, drowning out everything else.
The laboratory explodes, and Kurt grabs Charles. Cain calls for help, but his father looks like he’s going to leave him. Cain begs, and so his father grabs him too, carrying them both to safety. The blast mortally wounds him, and as he lays dying, Kurt tells Charles that his father’s death was an accident. He might have saved him if he’d tried, but he didn’t. He asks for forgiveness, and tries to tell Charles about his powers. Before he can do so, he passes away. At that moment, Cain’s casual dislike of his stepbrother turns to full-blown hatred; a hatred that will consume his life.
The older Cain is furious at having to see that again. His father died saving that bratty little snot, and saving him was just an afterthought. Compared to Charles, he was expendable; his own son! Gomurr explains that Charles Xavier’s own demons have done him far graver harm than he ever could. Cain doesn’t believe that. Gomurr asks him if he’s learned nothing in what he’s witnessed here. Cain’s resentment towards his stepbrother is misdirected. He lashes out at him because his father is gone, and his hatred will consume him until there’s nothing left. Cain doesn’t want to hear it. Gomurr tells him that Spite must have been right about him. He’s wasting his time here, and he bids Cain goodbye.
As Gomurr makes his way over the volcanic landscape, Cain follows, now back in his Juggernaut costume. He asks what Gomurr meant when he said that his hatred would consume him. Gomurr informs him that anger and fury blind him to the malevolent aspect of Cyttorak. As the Juggernaut, he is fated to destroy everything in his path and, when there’s nothing left to destroy, the power will turn on him. Cain feels there must be an out. Gomurr tells him there is. If he lets go of his anger, then he can leave this place and the Juggernaut behind. Cain snarls that maybe he has let his dislike of Charles become an obsession. Maybe he should own up to his part in their screwed up childhood. Gomurr tells him that, if he’s sincere, it’s a start. When he’s completed the doorway he is drawing with his staff, he will find his way home. He will be free of the past, and free of the curse. Cain says he is ready, and will find a beach somewhere and pretend he never heard of Charles Xavier.
As Cain is almost through the portal, Spite’s voice asks if that’s what he truly desires, to be like the rest of the human cattle; ordinary, powerless and weak? Gomurr warns the demon that she’s too late. Cain’s made his choice. Spite uses her own powers to remove Gomurr’s staff from his grasp, and shackles his wrists with a spell. She appears in a swirl of mist, and tells Gomurr that he doesn’t have the power to keep interfering with her duty any longer. Cain tenses himself, ready for battle, and tells Spite he owes her for putting him through that nightmare earlier. Spite assures him she only has his best interests at heart. She offers him alternative means to return to his own world, with even more power than he once possessed. Gomurr warns Cain not to listen to Spite. She is a queen of deception.
Instantly, the scenario changes, and Cain finds himself standing before five X-Men, now playing subservient roles. They offer him grapes, meat, and are totally under his command. Even a defeated Onslaught keeps his distance. Cain knows this isn’t real, but Spite tells him it can be if he so chooses. She offers him it on a plate, and Cain is pretty tempted by it, but he asks what she gets out of the deal. She smiles, and replies that they both desire escape from this infernal dimension. Cain says the only thing missing from this picture is Chuck. This’d break him. Spite thought she’d included his stepbrother in her tableau, and peels Onslaught’s armor away to reveal an unconscious Xavier.
Gomurr tells Cain not to be seduced by this mirage. If he embraces the power of the Juggernaut again, he’ll never be free of its curse. His enemies might fall, but so will his friends and lovers. The need to destroy will overwhelm him, until his life becomes one unending, unstoppable rampage. In the end, all he’ll have left to lord over will be the dead.
Spite slaps Gomurr upside the head, and says Marko is too strong-willed to ever lose control like that. She wonders perhaps she should tell him the real reason he doesn’t want him regaining his power. Cain agrees, and asks for the lowdown.
(flashback)
Centuries ago, a group of heretic monks sought to harness the power of the multi-dimensional deity, Cyttorak. Unfortunately, they failed, and released only Cyttorak’s most destructive aspect. The entity destroyed the monks and then every village in its path. It wasn’t until Gomurr and Tar joined forces, that Cyttorak was forced inside the mystical ruby. However, their victory was incomplete, for Cyttorak cursed his ruby prison, swearing that any who touched it would become a juggernaut of destruction; a vessel for his unearthly power.
Neither Gomurr not Tar trusted the other to guard the ruby; each believing the other would succumb to the lure of such phenomenal power. After much argument, they agreed to bury it in a temple, recessed in a cave. They then sealed the entrance under a mountain of rocks, unaware that, hundreds of years later, earthquakes would reopen the cave, allowing Cain to discover the gem for himself.
(present - inside the crystal)
Cain tells Spite it’s a nice story, but what’s the point? Spite says that Gomurr covets the power of Cyttorak, but as long as it’s bound to Cain, it is out of reach. Gomurr cries out that these are all lies, but Spite provides him with a mystical gag to go with his mystical shackles.
Spite says the question is simple. Does Cain want his power back? After a brief pause, Cain replies, “Yeah!” Spite takes his hand and in a cloud of green mist, she vanishes with her charge. The frustrated Gomurr kicks a small rock, before a voice causes him to turn. “My, how the mighty have fallen. Look at you old man. So completely helpless.” Gomurr is more than a little surprised to find that it’s Tar.
(elsewhere)
Spite has led Cain to a gigantic statue. They are in the hall of Cyttorak, and the statue, as Cain remarks, kinda looks like him. Naturally, replies Spite; he is only an earthly shadow of his magnificence. Cain asks what he does now. Spite kneels before the statue and opens her arms out wide. She tells it she has delivered the mortal vessel as commanded. Finally, his long and unjust imprisonment reaches its conclusion. The temperature in the room begins to rise, as if a furnace were ignited within the giant Cyttorak. Cain realizes he’s been played like a violin. He watches as the rocky hand of Cyttorak flexes for the first time in centuries. This is no statue.
“You witch. You set me up! I’m gonna kill you,” he cries, as the statue stands. Spite assures him it will do no good. His fate was sealed the moment Onslaught imprisoned him here. However, once he surrenders his mortal body to Cyttorak, he will be free to return to Earth. In return for her service, Cyttorak will take Spite with him. She relishes the thought of having so much available weak prey.
Cain has other ideas. He grabs Spite and hurls her at the approaching behemoth. It catches her, and Spite’s confidence quickly fades as his grip proves to be unbreakable. Cyttorak opens his mouth, which has flames flickering from its interior, and drops Spite into it. As it devours her, it says, “I promised I would take you with me, schemer, and so you shall.”
Cyttorak then turns his attentions to Cain, ordering him to surrender himself. He should consider this payment for the power he provided him. Cain replies that he doesn’t owe him anything. He never asked to be the Juggernaut, and he sure ain’t gonna be his ticket outta there. Cyttorak responds by smashing Cain with his massive stone fist, sending him reeling in pain. His helmet comes off as he crashes through a stone pillar, and he picks himself up. He figures that maybe he would have stood a chance against Cyttorak once, but now he’s stripped of his power, he’s just a normal Joe facing one giant-sized god of destruction. The beast ambles towards him, and Cain prepares to go down fighting.
(elsewhere)
Gomurr and Tar have a little chat. The situation isn’t great, and Tar tells Gomurr that, if he hadn’t interfered, his neon spider would have brought the ruby to him, where he could have contained its destructive nature within the Crimson Dawn. Now, however, it’s too late. The destroyer has been awakened, thanks to Gomurr’s ineptitude. Gomurr resents his tone, and tells Tar that he may be the protector of the Crimson Dawn, but he remembers when he couldn’t tell the Moons of Munnipor from the Rings of Raggadorr. Tar thinks he should have kept Gomurr muzzled.
The two sorcerers have no option but to team up once again. With a reality-bending incantation, they sidestep through space and appear in Cyttorak’s throne room mere seconds later. Tar suggests they conceal their presence until the moment he attempts to claim Cain’s body, which judging by the state of affairs, won’t be long. Gomurr actually feels a little sympathy for Cain, who is now paying the price for his decision.
Cyttorak is going to work on Cain, pummeling him into submission. Tar reminds Gomurr that if they actually succeed in stopping Cyttorak, then Cain Marko will forever walk the Earth as the Juggernaut. Gomurr feels it’s the lesser of two evils. It’s better than unleashing Cyttorak on an unsuspecting world. Besides, he adds, Marko’s been stopped by their friend Logan and his companions before. He’s sure they’ll keep him in check. Tar creates a neon scorpion and lets it loose to do its duty.
Cyttorak has finally gotten the better of Cain, and he holds him in his giant fist. He will assume Cain’s form, and with it, return to his dimensional plane. It is a weak and frail shape, he feels, but he shall tailor it to his needs. In a blur of motion, Tar’s neon scorpion crosses the arena and begins its accent up the living monolith. Cyttorak is oblivious and looks straight at Cain, who passes out after offering one final gesture of defiance. As he blacks out, the scorpion drives its stinger into Cain’s spine, and he wakes as if stabbed through the heart with adrenaline.
The scorpion channels a torrent of energy into his body, and Cain feels his battered body restored to its former glory. He breaks free of Cyttorak’s grasp, which knocks the giant onto its back. The beast can’t believe it, and recognizes this sorcerous subterfuge. He threatens Tar and Gomurr that when he’s finished, he’s coming for them. Gomurr is untroubled by this, as he trusts Cain to use his newfound power to destroy Cyttorak.
As Cain charges at Cyttorak, the giant notices that the barrier between worlds has weakened, and he no longer needs Cain. However, as he prepares to leave, he realizes something’s wrong. Gomurr and Tar have given Cain the ruby’s strength. How dare they use his own power against him? Cain collides with Cyttorak, and the resulting  impact shatters the weakened Cyttorak into a thousand pieces, releasing a hurricane of primal mystical energy. “It’s checkout time,” cries the Juggernaut, as his foe is defeated.
Tar and Gomurr celebrate this Pyrrhic victory. Cain has managed to accomplish what they failed to do in their youth. Cyttorak is destroyed. Gomurr says this dimension is being ripped apart as a consequence, but Tar tells him they can take refuge in the Crimson Dawn. Cain, meanwhile, is expelled from the ruby, spit out across the interdimensional void back to Earth, and lands in the Westchester mansion where Dr. Strange is guarding the gem. Cain’s arrival surprises Strange, who drops his books as the villain lands with a thump. He wonders if Gomurr has succeeded or failed. Cain’s helmet magically reappears, and he stands up, flexing his muscles and grinning nefariously.
“I’m back - bigger, badder and better than ever, and if this is a curse like Gomurr claims, I can live with that. I survived a grudge match against a god! I’m the Juggernaut, and nothing’s ever gonna stop me again!” He clearly hasn’t learned his lesson. Strange watches his egotistical display, and thinks he’s a fool. The true legacy of his power is the utter ruination of his soul. He fears that, when he finally understands that bitter truth, he will have destroyed all those who could have helped him.


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 Fugitive From Space (1st story)
 Junction (2nd story)
Hovering in orbit around the Earth is the Starcore Research station, designed by Dr. Peter Corbeau to study the sun. On board this station, besides the human personnel, are members of the X-Men, as well as the former Avenger, Carol Danvers, a.k.a. Binary. In the main chamber of the complex, Binary, Phoenix, and Cyclops are busy at work. Cyclops is attached to a machine with a guider for his ruby quartz visor that makes precise optic blasts. Binary and Phoenix are also attached to machines to make use of their powers. In the control room of the complex are some personnel, as well as the Beast and Rogue. Below, in a nearby chamber, is Bishop, who is ready to channel the energy that will soon be sent to him.
In the control room, Beast is ready to begin the procedure. Behind him and Rogue are two scientists, mumbling to each other. Both are nervous about Dr. Corbeau’s decision to let the X-Men on board and believe that the mutants may sabotage the reactor. However, their conversation is not unheard by the Beast, who kindly reminds them that the energy being processed through the systems could not be contained by the Starcore energy processor and that, if it were not for Bishop, who is channeling the energy with his powers, the whole station would blow up.
Below the control room, Cyclops and Bishop confirm that they are ready. However, Phoenix notices something going wrong with Binary. The Starcore personnel are alerted to off-scale readings coming from Binary. Beast aborts transfer, but Binary goes out of control and unleashes her powers on the unprepared Cyclops and Phoenix. As the crew attempt to get the dampeners back online, Bishop begins to absorb the extra energy from Binary, but he cannot hold out for long. Without a plan of action, Rogue and Beast smash their way through the control room in to the room below.
As they reach the ground, a mysterious energy encircles Binary that even Phoenix’s thoughts cannot penetrate. Suddenly, a Shi’ar commander in full body armor appears, sent by Viceroy Deathbird, claiming that, because Binary is capable of causing the destruction of the entire galaxy, she must be killed. Not believing anything that a minion of Deathbird says, Beast accuses him of causing Binary to go out of control. The commander, however, denies any involvement as Bishop enters the main chamber.
The on looking personnel believe the X-Men are to blame for this incident as all of Starcore’s systems short circuit. As the power goes out, the X-Men take advantage. Cyclops blasts the Shi’ar away, as Bishop grabs Binary, attempting to siphon off some of her power. Binary escapes Bishop’s grasp and flies off into space, as the five X-Men are teleported off the station. When the teleportation light fades, the personnel are left bewildered at the events. The computers are back online and sensors indicate a large alien craft outside the station. Believing that the X-Men were taken aboard, the personnel start to track the ship’s trajectory, but the ship, War Cry, blasts off at light speed, making that impossible.
Aboard War Cry, the X-Men find themselves on a transportation device, surrounded by hundreds of Shi’ar troops, seeking vengeance for the injuries their commander suffered. Phoenix tells the troops that Princess Lilandra can vouch for the team, but, suddenly, Deathbird appears, telling them that a recent act by X-Force has caused the Shi’ar to lose trust in all the X-Men. Deathbird demands the X-Men be put to death.
Elsewhere in space, Binary feels as she is being pulled somewhere. Hoping that her powers will stabilize, she finds the location of her destination: a white hole she created some time ago to save Earth! Close by, the imperial warbird, Howling Victory, spots Binary. With her powers unreliable and not wishing to harm the space craft, Binary flies away. The ship shoots a plasma ray at Binary, but her powers instinctively put up a shield. The blast rebounds back at the ship and, to her horror, the cruiser is destroyed.
Back aboard the War Cry, the Shi’ar seem to have made Jean angry. Using her powers, Phoenix destroys their ion cannons and the rest of the team stand ready to fight. Cyclops, on the other hand, is trying to reason with Deathbird, who refuses to listen. Having enough with words, the rest of the team start a fight with the Shi’ar troops. While his teammates fight on, Beast goes straight for Deathbird herself. However, she is a hologram and has a defense of her own. When Beast touches the hologram, he is given a good shock.
At that moment on the planet Hala, Deathbird asks her councilors what the chances are that five mutants can defeat one thousand Shi’ar. The chances, one councilor responds, are not good for the Shi’ar. Deathbird sends a message to the War Cry’s captain, telling him to self-destruct the ship, but a hologram of Princess Lilandra appears belaying that order. Deathbird is now enraged, but is left speechless when Lilandra informs all about more pressing matters:  the planet of Zenn-La is gone. The culprit appears to have been the Silver Surfer!
Elsewhere in space, three Shi’ar scout ships are attacking the Silver Surfer. The Surfer wraps the ships in bubbles, hoping that will stop them from attacking. However, one of the captains thinks he can shoot through the shield. When they try, the blasts rebounds back to them and the ship is incinerated. The Surfer quickly frees the other two ships and heads to one of the Shi’ar ships for some answers. Aboard the ship, the workers accuse the Silver Surfer of destroying Zenn-La, which makes the Surfer very confused.
On the War Cry, the X-Men are trying to defend the Surfer, as this latest report does not seem to reflect who the Surfer really is: a valiant hero. Bishop, not informed on who the Surfer is, asks about him. Beast tells Bishop how Galactus came to Zenn-La in order to feed on its life force, but Norrin Radd gave his life in exchange for his world. Galactus transformed him into the Silver Surfer and he went on from there, finding only planets with no sentient life for Galactus to feed on. Beast turns to Deathbird and asks her how many planets she sacrificed for the empire. The insulted Deathbird blasts the Beast.
Believing that everyone is innocent until proven guilty, Cyclops asks Lilandra what proof she has of the Surfer’s actions. Lilandra tells them about a freight ship discovered, with all the passengers dead. A recording told them that the Silver Surfer destroyed Zenn-La.
Interrupting his empress, another Shi’ar tells Lilandra that a new energy reading is being recorded that matches that of the ones at Binary’s location and Zenn-La itself. This one, however, is light years away. Beast offers his services to help solve this caper and Lilandra readily accepts. Beast believes that the Surfer is being set up, but will need access tot the Shi’ar files on Zenn-La and data on Binary’s current wherabouts.
Back at the white hole, Binary is doing her best to stabilize the star, but her effort is not showing any results. Streaking through hyperspace, Phoenix is in search for Binary, who, according to Hank, will unwittingly end life as they know it in this section of the universe.
(flashback)
 At a computer terminal, the Beast is explaining to the team that Binary’s white star is going into premature supernova. Carol’s unpredictable powers are doing more harm than good by exponentially increasing the speed of the reaction. Postulation a reason for these events, Beast bets that somebody knew that and is taking advantage of it – using her to further their own machinations.
(present)
Jean reaches Binary and sends out a psionic beam towards Carol, hoping she can calm her down.
On Chandilar, Lilandra and her councilors are surveying the situation. One of the councilors reminds Lilandra of the Beast’s predictions of earthquakes from ripples in the fabric of space. He asks if they should evacuate Chandilar, but Lilandra simply remarks that there is no place to go. As another tremor hits, a scout ship enters a stargate towards the Silver Surfer. Aboard that ship is Cyclops and Rogue, who are out to talk to the Surfer. The Surfer thinks that the X-Men are against him and turns to leave, but Rogue goes out after him.
(flashback)
The X-Men, Deathbird, and Lilandra are gathered around the Beast, who is explaining that the three similar energy signatures are uncanny and cannot form naturally like the way they did.
(present)
Rogue, wanting to stop the Surfer, takes off her gloves and touches him. Unfortunately, she is sent flying back by a wave of pure energy.
On Hala, Lilandra and Deathbird are arguing over what to do. Deathbird is enraged that Lilandra is trusting the X-Men, but Lilandra calmly points out that Deathbird’s own scientists have confirmed the Beast’s findings.
(flashback)
One of Deathbird’s councilors confirms what the Beast has hypothesized. If all three stars were to supernova, they would take out, not only part of the Andromeda Galaxy, but part of the Milky Way and others as well. Chandilar, Hala and Earth, the Beast informs them all, are well within in the designated danger zone.
(present)
The Surfer catches Rogue and brings her back to Cyclops’ ship. He apologizes, telling Scott that his body had a natural reaction to Rogue’s touch. Cyclops is unsure if he should trust the Silver Surfer, but Rogue regains consciousness and confirms the Surfer’s story. The Surfer and Cyclops exchange information and the Surfer wraps the ship in a cocoon. The three go at light speed towards the third white hole discovered.
Meanwhile, back at Hala, Chandilar, the Clench, and Starcore, the tremors return with such strong force that buildings begin to collapse, leaving little hope for the people.
Back at Binary’s white hole, Jean discovers that Binary is being coerced into doing what she is doing. Binary is mumbling something in a different language. However, the one coherent word she seems to be saying is “inciter.”  Binary unleashes her extra energy and Phoenix takes advantage of this to free Carol.
The Surfer, Rogue, and Cyclops reach the third anomaly. The Surfer notices a rift in the time space continuum and senses anguish and despair inside. The Surfer and Rogue fly through the breach just as it closes behind them. What they find inside is horrible; before them is a giant techno-skull with red eyes. Green energy is emanating from the monstrosity and its eyes are looking straight at the two heroes. These are the Inciters. They are what destroyed Zenn-La and absorbed its citizens. The Inciters begin to mess with Rogue’s head, bringing her into their collective consciousness. When they take full control of her, they force her to plunge deep within them, absorbing her into them. Rogue is assimilated and begins to attack the Inciter’s only enemy, the Silver Surer.
Realizing their goal, the Surfer blasts Rogue out of the Inciters and she returns to normal. With Rogue freed from the collective, the Surfer guides his board into the construct’s core, which results in a very large and powerful explosion. The Inciters are destroyed, but the billions of people within it were obliterated, too, including those from Zenn-La. A shockwave is felt throughout the galaxy. Back at the War Cry, the Beast and Bishop discover that all three anomalies are returning back to normal. Carol is now free of the Inciter’s control. Cyclops is still waiting for Rogue and Surfer to return. A breach opens and the two return, though Rogue is unconscious. All return back to Hala.
Aboard a loaned ship from the Starjammers, the team wonders what the Inciter’s really were. Bishop wonders why the Silver Surfer left in a hurry, but Jean tells him that he is off to mourn his home world. Lilandra and Deathbird are having a very important meeting as the X-Men and Binary leave. The Inciters were believed to be fairy tale creatures and none knew they existed. Believing that they would cause galaxy wide chaos if the Inciters were revealed to be real, Lilandra decides to announce that a sleeper device of Galactus destroyed Zenn-La. The two sisters vow never to speak of the incident again.
Second story:
It’s Halloween night and the residents of the town Junction are out celebrating their favorite holiday. Of all the costumed people, one person sticks out who is walking down the streets: the unstoppable Juggernaut! Cain thinks of how he never believed that he would be back in Junction, but a twist of fate has led him to this town, and he could not resist the opportunity. Not much has changed to Cain as he walks down the street behind a group of children. Cain reaches Main Street just in time for the best part of the celebration, the parade. Grabbing a beer mug Cain goes to watch.
(flashback)
The place is still Junction, but the people are all different. A young boy named Cain is dressed as a cowboy and walking with his parents who are watching the parade. Cain wants to get a better view of the balloons, so he runs over to a tree. Climbing up a few branches he encounters a teenager named Jeb, who is dressed as Uncle Sam, drinking beer and smoking cigarettes with his buddies. Telling Cain to get off their turf, Jeb flicks his cigarette bud into Cain’s face, causing him to almost fall off. When Cain starts to yell at Jeb, the older boy kicks Cain off of the branch he was hanging on to. An angry Cain picks up a large rock and throws it at Jeb, hitting him in the side of the face and causing him to fall off the tree. Jeb’s buddies come down the tree to teach Cain a lesson. Cain is surrounded, but he kicks Jeb in the knee and runs away with the three boys after him.
Cain is running out of breath as he enters an alley. Unfortunately, the alley leads to a dead end. Cain is now cornered. Jeb laughs as he and his boys punch Cain into the ground and begin to kick him repeatedly. Suddenly, a silhouette of an angel appears in the alley and sees what is going on. Recognizing her as the reverend’s daughter, Jeb and his boys run away.  The woman, who is dressed as an angel, is Marie. As she comes to console Cain, the young boy begins to cry and runs away.
(present)
Cain is done reminiscing about his old times and vows that no one will get the best of him again. He watches the parade from behind a large group of people in costumes, but three kids dressed as Frankenstein, a pirate, and Elvis notice him. Wanting to cause some trouble for Cain, the kids pop a giant balloon above Cain, who wanted to keep a low profile. The remnants of the balloon fall on Cain’s head as the kid dressed as Elvis shouts to the crowd the he saw Cain pop that balloon.
Juggie is angry now of being taken advantage of, so he chucks one of the floats down the street. The pirate and Elvis scream that the Cain is going to kill everyone and a group of men start tossing glasses of beer at the angry powerhouse. Wanting to take advantage of the situation to get an excuse to demolish the town, Juggernaut rips off a chunk of the road and wreaks havoc. He begins to ram buildings, chuck cars, and rip up cables in the ground. The whole town’s populace is running for their lives.
After the events of Onslaught, Cain was left trapped inside the Crimson Gem of Cyttorak, which gave him his superhuman power. His time in the gem led him to battle Cyttorak the Destroyer, whom he destroyed. Cain was sent back to his reality, but more powerful than over. This is the first opportunity he has had to cut loose. Entering a gas station, Cain tears the place apart, resulting in a large explosion.
When the Juggernaut turns around, a small child, dressed as a ghost with a white bed sheet, is standing in front of him. The small child tells Cain that he is disappointed in him and that he is wasting his power. When Cain goes to remove the clothes from the boy, he discovers that it is no boy at all, but Gomurr the Ancient. Cain believes that Gomurr has been stalking him, but the old man replies that he wants to show Cain something. As the two start to walk down the street, Gomurr is appalled at the amount of damage Cain has wrought in so little time. Cain, however, is much impressed with his work. Chiding the brute, Gomurr tells Cain that he is wasting his power and that he has learned nothing from his time from in the Gem of Cyttorak. The two stop and Gomurr repeats something that he said to Cain some time ago: if Cain continues going on rampages, he will destroy all his friends, too.
Cain replies that he has no friends, but Gomurr quickly points out a woman next to them lying in some rubble. The girl is wearing an angel costume, and Cain recognizes her as the one who saved him years ago in the alley, Marie Cavendish. She is still alive, but is in need of medical attention. Cain, feeling remorse for what he did to her, picks her up and begins to carry her to the hospital. Gomurr gives Cain a cryptic message about inescapable fates, but Cain shoves him to the side. When Cain turns around again, Gomurr is gone. Not phased by what Gomurr said, Cain continues on, believing that his destiny is in his hands.
A little bit later, Cain reaches the hospital, where the doctors had to start treated the patients outside. One patient sees the Juggernaut and alerts all. Believing that Juggernaut has a hostage, the patients and doctors back away. One doctor approaches Cain, who is told by him that he was only trying to help. However, the angry doctor tells Cain to put Marie down, as he has probably caused much internal injury to her. Juggernaut puts her down and turns to leave, only to be pelted with eggs by the angry patients, whose town was just demolished. Cain blocks the eggs, but does not retaliate back. Remembering what Gomurr said about destiny, Cain runs off, unable to believe that he is in no control of his future. Cain continues through town and finds and grabs Gomurr, who tells Cain that his life is no longer his. There is no escaping the curse of the Juggernaut.
Having enough of Gomurr, Junction, and the events of the day, Cain puts the little wizard down and leaves Junction, walking out into the night.


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Innocence Lost
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Young Franklin Richards is having a nightmare. He sees the evil face of Onslaught grinning at him with teeth bared. This face of evil hides something far darker and more disgusting; one child’s fear. Franklin is understandably afraid. His whole family have been taken away from him during the battle against Onslaught and in his dream, he is alone in a world of darkness. Being the son of Reed and Sue Richards, he was born with extraordinary powers and now, being the sole survivor of this legacy of power he is arguably the most powerful mutant of all. There is no true definition of his reality-altering potential, because there are no true limits.
Standing on a thorny branch in his T-shirt and green pants and holding the blue ball he has carried ever since he lost his family, he hears a familiar voice behind him say his name and turns to see the vague images of his family standing nearby. He begins to run towards them, noticing the figure of his mother first with his Uncle Johnny lighting the way. As he gets nearer, he sees the hulking figure of his Uncle Ben and then his father, with his elasticized arm outstretched. Franklin reaches out with his own hand to touch his father and shouts, “Daddy! I knew it, I knew it all along, honest - you’re alive.” Unfortunately, as their hands are about to touch, his father’s evaporates and his whole family take on the form of a head with Charles Xavier’s face on one side and Magneto’s on the other as Franklin screams, “Nooo..”
He has Professor Xavier talking straight into his brain and Magneto laughing at him and in a determined fashion, says they’re “cutting me off from my family, but they’re ‘my’ family and this is my place, so it’s clobbering time.” He takes a swing at the mask of Magneto and as the mask shatters, the young face of Joseph is revealed. Franklin recognizes his face as belonging to the one who made his folks go away. As he stares at the face, Beast’s hand reaches to him and he says, “Hardly.” Franklin knows his voice which is the joined by others and even more including Rogue; hands belonging to the X-Men telling him that even Joseph couldn’t do that alone. He was one of them now, part of the team and so is he. The voices say he is one o’ the X-Men, one big happy family, “all you’ll ever need Franklin, forever.”
(present)
As the blue ball drops to the bedroom floor, Franklin wakes up with a start, his face drenched in sweat, his body shivering and shuddering; again. At first he doesn’t know where he is, or where he’s been sleeping but when he hears the McCoy’s downstairs, he remembers, though groggily, the trip he had made with Beast and some others to the McCoy’s farm in Dunfee, Illinois. Artie says, “Fran’in? Don’t be scared Frank’in” as Franklin sits up in his bed, flanked by his buddies, Artie and Leech who are both awake now. His two friends are both mutants who have been living with the Generation X kids of late. Leech is an energy-damper while Artie is a visual telepath, deprived of vocal chords which he more than makes up with by creating visual images. As the three kids huddle together in the bed, Artie creates an image of a sheep jumping over a fence. Leech says he and Artie can stay with him if it’ll make him feel better and Franklin replies that he’s not afraid, but they can stay anyway. Franklin snuggles up to a teddy bear as he drifts off into unconsciousness.
(the next morning)
At dawn, Ororo Munroe takes to the skies and revels in her freedom as she flies over Dunfee, surrounded by a flock of birds. She loves it here as it reminds her of her youth spent in the Serengeti, Africa. There are wide expanses as far as the eye can see over the state’s agricultural landscape. It’s been a while since she could say she’s enjoyed anything at all, ever since Professor Xavier’s incarceration she supposes. She thinks about Xavier’s role in the creation of Onslaught and the shadow that it has cast over all who wear the X. She questions whether they were wrong to follow one man’s dream.
She swoops down to the McCoy farm, over the animals and machinery dotted around the place, still thinking about the faith they put in him and the burden his shoulders carried. She enters the kitchen and finds Edna McCoy, Hank’s mother drying a tumbler as Remy sits at the kitchen table, an empty plate in front of him. She asks Ororo to call her Edna as they don’t put much stock in formality in these parts and asks her to seat herself next to Remy as she has another round of cakes on the griddle for him. “Another?” Ororo asks. “Another,” Remy replies. Edna says it won’t take a moment to double them all up again to which Ororo asks, “Again?” Remy offers the same repeated comment. He clearly has quite an appetite. Edna reassures them by telling them not to worry about the child either. The best thing for him now while he’s trying to adjust to the loss of his family is country air, country rest and - “Country cooking,” adds Remy. Ororo’s attention is caught by Hank bounding down the stairs wearing a football helmet with Franklin and the two young mutants in tow.
Hank agrees with his mother’s comment, providing there’s enough food for them too. Franklin and Leech sit at the table and tuck in as Artie creates an image of himself eating a horse. Their breakfast is interrupted though when Norton McCoy, Hank’s father opens the door and invites them to take a trip on the Tractor-Express, taking off from McCoy Station, before heading for the outer edges of the McCoyville fields to check the run-offs. The kids dash outside as Edna follows with their coats, telling her husband not to dare take the kids before breakfast. Too late, as the excited youngsters head for the tractor. Remy too fancies the idea and Ororo tells him to go.
As Ororo asks if she can shower, Hank cuddles his mom, asking her not to get too mad at his pop as he can down the flapjacks if she insists. Edna tells him that Franklin’s been so quiet, so withdrawn and wasn’t about to eat anything anyway. She says that bringing him here was a good idea, not only for the child but also for Hank’s father. Norton’s been talking about changes he senses in the country, a subtle shift ever since the trouble in New York. Then with the murder of the politician on the television news, it frustrates him. He doesn’t know how to help his son and how to be there for him like he used to be. Hank replies, “Same as always mom, just by being here.” Franklin watches them hug through the window, a family scene he himself wants so badly.
Meanwhile, the sign outside Graydon Creed’s headquarters is being taken down as a group of men chat in a bar opposite. Creed’s volatile crusade against mutants has all but ended but as things change on the main street of Dunfee, things inside the bar are all too familiar. A short stocky man, Buck, slurs his words a little as he tells the others that the job he had answering phones at Creed’s campaign headquarters was the best he’s ever had but now, there’s no more work thanks to the mutants, their Onslaught and the assassination of the greatest hope in the country. Mike, the barman, tells him to watch his words but a larger man seated next to Buck called Grange Janssen says he should let the man speak. Buck continues to tell them that his wife left him for a mutant with… an interesting mutation, but Grange asks him to continue what he had said earlier about Hank McCoy being back in town.
The shorter man says he got information from Winkie the mailman through Lincoln at the diner. Number Eighteen (Hank’s football number) is back in town and freakier than ever, and he has a couple more freaks in tow. A third man, Corrigan, slim and blond with a blond goatie steps in and comments that McCoy, the Beast o‘ Dunfee took them right to the state trophy all by himself, the first year he picked up a football the way he heard it. He added that McCoy played in Grange’s position and bumped him to fullback. By the second varsity, McCoy had already had an offer from the Dallas Cowboys. Before he gets the last word out, Grange punches him off his seat and without even glancing in his direction tells him to shut up. Grange turns to Buck and asks him if he can buy him another drink, though they’ve both had a few already.
Back on the McCoy farmstead, the tractor has broken down and Norton works on the engine, not sure why it stalled in the first place. Remy watches over the three kids who are playing in the field nearby. Franklin, it appears, has whipped the tractors distributor cap and Artie creates an image of a tree growing tractors, implying he wants Franklin to plant the cap. Leech, wearing a Venom baseball cap tells him that Franklin’s plan is way cooler than that but it’s a secret mission and they’ll have to wait to see what he has planned. Remy tries to jump start the tractor (Elsie) using his kinetic energy and Elsie roars into life. Norton says they should rustle up the boys but when he turns round and looks at the clearing they were in, there’s no sign of them.
Elsewhere on the farm, the three scamps have managed to get lost but they hit the floor when they sense Gambit’s energy signature which he uses as a flare to alert Storm and Beast. The two X-Men immediately sprint from the house and Hank knows that the flare came from the perimeters bordering the Janssen Woods. His mother reminds him that it is now public land, ever since the county assumed it all in probate when George Janssen’s corn crop busted a couple of years back. Storm asks for specifics, a location fix and Hank replies jokingly with some obvious directions but Ororo isn’t impressed with the timing of his humor.
As soon as she hits the sky however she feels she may have overreacted to his levity. From the air she spots Franklin, Artie and Leech just ahead in a forested area but before she can begin her descent, a bullet glances her shoulder and shocks her into losing control of her flying causing her to drop towards the ground rapidly. Luckily, before she hits the field, Beast leaps to grab her using every bit of his agility. Gambit and Norton run to him and Remy asks if she’s okay. Hank replies that she’s fine, just shocked and it looks like the bullet went clean through. He looks furious.
Franklin and his friends have got up and continue their journey but Franklin halts them and asks them to hang back while he does something. As Artie calls after him that it’s all right, he and Leech will be fine, all alone, behind him a man grabs Leech and covers his mouth as he whisks the young mutant away. A second man grabs Artie.
Meanwhile, Edna McCoy, having heard the shot has come to see Ororo and has brought a first-aid kit and some blankets with her. Norton tells his son that they’ll bandage his friend up just fine and tells him and Gambit to go get ‘em. Edna reminds them to be careful and to bring the little ones back safely. “Take care of mom and Storm dad, “ Hank replies. “We’ll take care o’ business,” adds Remy. Ororo prays to the goddess that they are all right. Franklin meanwhile makes his way through some corn fields and thinks about how Artie and Leech have finally listened to him for once and stayed behind like he asked. He spots something across the field in a plume of dust, the something he was trying to protect them from.
Elsewhere in the forested area, a group of ten men stand around talking as Grange and Buck, who is still drinking from a beer bottle stand nearby, both armed with rifles. Someone in the group mentions that they can’t believe that Grange was talking sense for a change and couldn’t believe it when he shot the witch-lady down, though it does appear the town is rife with them now. Grange, rifle slung over his shoulder smugly gloats to Buck, telling him, “Told ya Buck. Get together enough right-minded people with enough like-minded ideas…” to which Buck adds, “And enough beer. Tha’s important. Don’t forget the beer.” Grange continues to point out that you can make them all see the truth sooner or later, no matter how long it takes. He asks rhetorically whether he wishes the big, bad beast of Dunfee High had the guts to show himself now with the odds so even when suddenly, Hank’s head appears upside down next to him. Grange lets out a gasp as Hank grabs him and tells him he can change his trousers soon as he gets back home to mommy Janssen. He asks about the kids and a couple of the other men cock their rifles and Hank sees Artie and Leech tied together against a tree. Hank asks if this is an appropriate time to surrender.
Back in the fields, Norton, Edna and Storm continue their search for the children but can’t find any sign of them. Storm notices something wrong in the atmosphere, her mutant abilities being attuned to this kind of thing. She notices a breach of some sort, warping the magnetic fields and says they must really investigate it. Norton prepares to alter the tractor’s course but Edna insists that the children must come first and the phenomenon can wait until later. In the field, a circular motion is appearing, forming a crop circle of sorts.
Gambit watches Beast’s predicament from the trees nearby, thinking sarcastically to himself about how Hank had told him to hang back as he could handle the locals seeing as how he grew up with them. Hank is now himself tied up, hanging from a branch next to the kids. He demands Janssen release the boys as promised but Grange grins and replies that he didn’t say when. He is using them as bait to see what else appears from the forest. Beast is angry and insists they tell him where Franklin is at least, and how long he’s been separated from Leech. Grange asks, “The cute li’l blondie? We never touched ‘im. He looked so….normal.”
Back in the fields, the magnetic disturbance turns out to have been created by Franklin himself. As surprised as can be, Joseph suddenly finds himself stood within the circle, in uniform, not knowing where he is or how he arrived there. Franklin looks straight at him and says, “Hi Joseph.”
Gambit now finds himself heading for the fields to find Franklin. He knows he is now the priority after Beast’s subtle reminder and needs finding fast before someone gets really hurt. Without Leech to dampen his powers, Remy knows just how dangerous Franklin can be.
Grange it turns out is the one doing the hurting as he connects with Hank’s jaw. He then grabs the back of Hank‘s head and tells him to talk. He wants to know the whole mutie plan for Dunfee now that they’re on to him anyway. Another man cuts in, saying it’s their women they’re after, and daughters. They’re trying to cut humanity off at its roots. Hank says, “Get serious people…I’ve seen your wives and daughters. ‘Ouch,’ thinks Buck; he doesn’t want to watch this and knows that Hank could probably free himself from his ropes without even trying if he wasn’t so concerned about what would happen to the kids. He wanders away from the lynch-mob as the mob hears a noise in the distance and wonder what on Earth’s happening.
Joseph crouches down and recognizes the little kid in front of him, asking him what he’s doing here, alone in the middle of nowhere. He thought he was on some kind of retreat with the McCoy’s in Illinois and looks around him as he speaks, realizing that this is indeed where he is. He tells Franklin that only a moment ago he was at the mansion in Westchester, attempting to repair some recent damage to the Z’Nox chamber’s psi-shielding. Joseph’s chatter is the lull before the storm as Franklin shouts, “Give me back my mommy and daddy !” Joseph is thrown backwards as Franklin expels a blast of energy around him. Once on the ground, Franklin leans over Joseph and adds that he wants his uncle, his family and their friends too. Joseph understandably asks what he’s talking about but Franklin just repeats his question. Magneto would have seen the child’s anger first but Joseph is not that man anymore and instead witnesses the pain in his eyes. However, despite this, Joseph is not without power of his own and uses a magnetic blast to protect himself, shouting at Franklin to let him go.
Watching from nearby, Gambit is shocked to see Joseph here in Illinois and partly out of jealousy, feels that it’s not the first time Joseph’s popped up where he doesn’t belong and isn’t too surprised to find him going up against Franklin. He’s had this coming for a while.
Back with the lynch-mob, they are suddenly flung all over the place as the tractor arrives in the clearing with Storm using her powers to cause powerful draughts to sweep them off their feet. Grange turns to the children and tells Sister Voodoo (Ororo) that she’s too late as her little friends will soon be worm food. Hank, as Buck rightly thought earlier, easily snaps the rope holding him and drops from the tree, grabbing Grange’s rifle and aiming it skywards as a round is fired. He tells him they’re children and asks if he’s completely lost it. Edna meanwhile uses a pitchfork to free Artie and Leech from their ropes. Hank shoves Grange to the ground and yanks his rifle from him, asking him if this is his response to everything; more violence, bigger guns, drunken mobs? Grange replies, “Like pappy always said, McCoy, whatever works!” Hank spins, still standing over Grange to find his cohorts all aiming their weapons at him.
Gambit looks on from the trees, unsure as yet how to play this one. He wants to see where the cards fall first. Joseph stands and tries reasoning with little Franklin. He fends off Franklin’s attack while acknowledging his reason for being there. He knows Franklin blames him for the deaths of those he loved, and tells him that he’s not the only one who feels this way, but he cannot fathom what Franklin expects him to do about it now. Franklin assaults him mentally and Joseph clasp his head in his hands as the unbearable pain hits him. Franklin has tears in his eyes as he yells at Joseph at the top of his voice. He says Joseph ruined everything, broke his whole world and he wants him to fix it. Gambit shields his face as the energies in the field build. He can’t imaging what’s going on inside Franklin’s mind as he’s already out of control.
The situation in the clearing is becoming tense. Edna holds Artie and Leech, clutching them tightly as she tells everyone to listen to what’s going on in the far fields. Beast tells them to walk away, run if they can before this thing gets uglier than their exalted leader’s waistband. He wants to get Leech out there but Grange tells him to save it; they’re not going anywhere. Norton McCoy then makes his move. He asks Grange if he’s gonna shoot his wife and kid now. Grange asks him not to do this but Norton continues to say he can maybe then go after li’l Tommy Brennan; he looks strange since losing two fingers in a hay-pulley accident last year. He then mentions one of Grange’s mob, Mac, who has a bit of a stutter. Mac proves he has in trying to deny this. Norton continues to mention ol’ Teach Shale who always dresses strangely for Sunday services, never mind Grange’s nephew with the earring and all that hair. “Pretty sure bet he’s dancin’ to a different tune if you catch my drift,” he adds.
Grange really is perturbed, telling Norton it’s devil’s talk, devil’s talk from demons infesting their town and their minds. He tells his gang that if any of them who aren’t with him against these monsters will go down with them. He pulls his rifle to his cheek to aim it but suddenly, several police officers appear and the Sheriff tells him to freeze. Sheriff Eddie warns Grange not to do anything only his mama’s gonna regret. Buck is standing with them, and apologizes to Grange. He tells him that as soon as he started sobering up and had a chance to stop for a minute and think about what he was doing, he called Sheriff Eddie from the truck for his sake, for everyone’s sake. Hunting season is over.
Franklin however isn’t finished by a long way. He tells Joseph that he doesn’t even seem sorry. Joseph reiterates that he isn’t Magneto and he’s not apologizing. In all honesty, he adds, he can’t apologize anymore. He tells Franklin that the truth is, he feels no guilt or culpability for the actions of Eric Magnus Lensherr because he does not remember them. He looks to the ground as he continues to say that the damage is nevertheless done, and Franklin needs to put a face to his fear. He says Franklin needs to believe this is his fault so he can believe he can help him. As energy swirls around Joseph, he relaxes and slumps, resigned to his fate. He tells Franklin that he cannot help him; he cannot begin to restore what he’s lost, the security of his family, his youthful certainty and confidence in tomorrow, the surety and strength of innocence anymore than he can himself. “Maybe,” he adds, “It’s all I can do to stop fighting you.”
Franklin though hasn’t calmed down and calls Joseph a liar, saying he’s hiding it from him; the top secret superspecial trick of how to make it all better again. He mentally assaults Joseph again and he groans from the renewed pain in his mind, Franklin saying he’ll just have to find it himself. Gambit finally makes an appearance and asks Franklin if he’ll do it even if he has to tear Joseph apart; even if it kills him. He says he sympathizes with Franklin more than he knows, and adds that he hardly trusts the man himself and he certainly isn’t about to defend what he’s done. However, he won’t just stand by either, letting him take on the burden of murder that Joseph isn’t up to. He asks Franklin to let him go. Franklin still has tears streaming from his face and struggling with his words, he asks Gambit to go away, he wants to be alone and doesn’t want him here. As he shouts that he just wants his mommy and daddy, he attacks Remy also and the two X-Men both fall helpless to Franklin’s mental power.
Gambit struggles to speak but tells Franklin that his mom, dad and family aren’t gone, and he knows that. They’re with him always, inside him always and says that’s why he can’t do this. Franklin begins to understand and wipes his eyes as he realizes that he is unable to stop what he started. His power is formidable and at the moment, is too much for his young mind to control properly. He says that he wants to stop before he explodes but simply cannot. Suddenly, Beast arrives at full speed carrying Leech with him. He tells Franklin he’s not alone anymore. They’re all together now, man, mutant power-siphon and bounding beasts alike to help each other. As Leech enters his proximity, Franklin’s powers switch off, relieving the two X-Men’s agony. Leech puts his arms around Franklin’s shoulders and tells him not to be mad. Franklin replies that he isn’t, not now, maybe just a little scared. ‘Out of the mouth of babes,’ thinks Remy as he and Joseph stand up.
Norton and Artie arrive and Norton tells them that Grange Janssen is gonna have some serious explaining to do to Judge Malloway, come the end of the month when the judge is due back from his fishing trip. He adds that the boys in blue must be half way to the lock-up by now with the whole lynch-mob and Edna is taking Storm to see Doc Jake for some proper patching up. The three youngsters smile as they look at Franklin’s little blue ball and begin to play.