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Days of Future Past, part 1: And All Our Yesterdays

Brief Description: Ralph Macchio (writer), Andrew Wildman (penciler), Ariane Lenshoek & Mickey Ritter (inkers), Michael Higgins (letterer), Tom Vincent (colorist), Kelly Corvese (editor), Bob Harras (group editor), Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
Based on the Teleplay by Julia Jane Lewald
Full Summary:  In the year 2055, mutants have been hunted to near extinction. Two young mutants are pursued by the deadly Sentinels, but are rescued when one of the remaining rebels, Wolverine, saves them – only for all three to be captured by a mutant tracker named Bishop, who takes them to a mutant termination center, where, to his surprise, he is informed by a Sentinel that there is no further use for him, and that he will be terminated, too. Bishop and Wolverine walk past the gravestones of several X-Men, before the two young mutants lead a fight against the Sentinels. Wolverine joins in the fight, before the two young mutants are killed. Bishop realizes that he and Wolverine have to escape, and do so, running for safety to a hideout where Wolverine and his associate, Forge, have been holed up. They reveal to Bishop that they have devised a time portal and plan to go back into the past – to put a stop to the information assassination of the 1990s which led to this diabolical future. Bishop realizes that means they are going after one of the X-Men, and offers to go back in place of Wolverine, as he is a tracker and will have more luck finding the X-Man. Forge agrees with Bishop's plan, and Wolverine reluctantly does so, too. Bishop is given an armband transceiver which will keep him in the 1990s time period, but is warned that if the armband is destroyed, he returns to this time. Suddenly, they find themselves under attack. Wolverine and Forge do what they can to hold the attacker off as Bishop enters the portal, only he thinks something latched onto him. But, he arrives back in the 1990s, slightly disorientated, and isn't sure what his reason for being here is, until he sees a newspaper article about Professor Xavier. He tracks down the X-Men's home and breaks in, where he confronts Cyclops and Jubilee. Wolverine lunges at him and they fight, until Professor X breaks them up. Bishop agrees to undergo a psychic examination, and the Professor pulls from his mind horrible images of the future. Bishop puts forward his case for completing his mission to stop the X-Man that will assassinate the anti-mutant leader. But his transceiver is activated and Bishop realizes he has been followed from the future. He heads back to the place where he arrived, accompanied by Cyclops, Wolverine, Jean Grey, Storm and Jubilee, where they encounter the robot that followed Bishop after taking out future Wolverine and Forge, a superior form of Sentinel known as a Nimrod. The X-Men battle the Nimrod, but the robot is very powerful. Eventually, Storm is able to defeat it, and Bishop destroys the Nimrod's transceiver, sending it back into the future. They return to the X-Mansion, where they are joined by Gambit and Rogue – and upon seeing Gambit, Bishop remembers that Gambit is the assassin – and opens fire!
Characters Involved: 2055:
New York City – things have changed. 'HALT, MUTANTS!' A Sentinel shouts as it knocks down a building as it chases after two young mutants, while firing eye beams at them. 'Move, Rachel! Another one's after us!' the man with blond hair, wearing blue jeans and a green jacket calls out to a woman in a red one-piece with a brown jacket. 'Halt or -' the Sentinel begins, before it starts to malfunction as it comes to a stop and stands over the mutants without acting any further. 'The Sentinel's stopped! And its speech's slurred!' the young man declares. 'What happened to it?' Rachel asks, when suddenly, the Sentinel collapses to the ground, and a figure leaps from its back: 'Couple o' adamantium claws stuck in the cranial case is what happened!' the mysterious figure exclaims as Rachel and her companion watch him. 'Who -?' the young man asks as the figure, clad in a yellow and blue costume and wearing a brown jacket, introduces himself as Wolverine.
His hair is gray and as he retracts his claws, he remarks that he used to take those big buckets of bolts down in half the time he does now. 'Must be getting rusty in my old age' he jokes. 'Then you're a -' Rachel begins, as Wolverine confirms that he is a rebel – a mutant who isn't rolling over and playing dead for the scum that is running things.
The trio are unaware that in the shadows nearby, a muscular man carrying a large weapon is watching them. 'Keep talking, old man. Keep your attention diverted – you're as good as mine!' he thinks to himself before suddenly steing out of the shadows and firing his weapon, striking Wolverine, Rachel and the young man. 'Never knew what hit them!' he shouts, adding that he likes it that way – no begging, no screaming – clean. He stands over them and calls himself Bishop as he boasts that once he gets on the scent – only one destination is likely – a mutant termination center. He wears a blue and yellow costume and a large X on his waist. A red scarf hangs around his neck.
Soon, a small hovercraft that Bishop pilots, with three pods, containing the mutants, arrives at the bleak mutant termination center. 'It's the reward for taking the losing side in this war' Bishop remarks to himself as the hovercraft comes to a stop in front of two Sentinels. 'ID tracker, Bishop, three recoveries!' Bishop tells the Sentinels.
One Sentinel instructs Bishop to enter and display his identification card. Bishop does so and passes his ID card to the Sentinel, demanding payment – but he goes wide-eyed as the Sentinel burns his ID card. 'Why?' Bishop calls out, to which the Sentinel informs Bishop that he is no longer required, and that he is to be terminated with the rest. 'Move this way' the Sentinel instructs Bishop as the door to the mutant termination center opens.
'Great retirement policy they got, Bub. I must o'been crazy not to join this outfit' Wolverine snarls at Bishop. Wolverine carries Rachel in his arms, while Bishop carries Rachel's companion and tells Wolverine to shut up and follow him.
Inside the mutant termination center, they are in a graveyard and walks past dozens of headstones – including headstones marking the graves of Cyclops, Storm, Rogue and Jubilee. 'The legendary X-Men... their final resting place' Bishop remarks. Wolverine glances at the graves and warns Bishop that they are going to buy it too unless he gets set for a little action. A Sentinel pokes Wolverine, causing him to snarl 'Hey, Robo-Cop... quit pokin' me with that finger or you'll end up choking on it!'
Suddenly, Rachel leaps from Wolverine's arms and blasts energy towards the Sentinel. Wolverine tells Bishop not to look so surprised, and reveals that he and the two other “prisoners” had a quiet little powwow while he was bringing them in. 'Good girl! Go fer the face!' Wolverine calls out to Rachel, when suddenly, the young man leaps from Bishop's arms. 'Put me down, buster!' he shouts. 'We've been tormented by the robots long enough! I'll show you how a free mutant fights for his life!'
The young man boasts that he can change his hands into clubs, and does so, transforming both hands into large clubs, and declaring that they are going to come in really handy. 'That's for all of my people you murdered – you monster!' the young man shouts at the Sentinel as he slams one of his club-hands into its leg, knocking the large robot backwards. 'Don't lose yer head, kid! We gotta make every punch count!' Wolverine tells the young man as he leaps onto the Sentinel and starts shoving his claws into the Sentinel's chest, when another Sentinel suddenly reaches down and grabs Wolverine, who cries out in pain as the Sentinel starts to crush him – only an instant later, the Sentinel releases him, and Wolverine falls safely to the ground, realizing that someone struck the Sentinel from behind. Wolverine looks over and sees Bishop, his fists glowing with energy. 'Tracker!? Don't know what ya hit him with – but he's hearing up the mechanical brides!' Wolverine exclaims. Bishop explains that he used plasma bursts from his hands. 'Great. Now let's grab the teenyboppers and split, before -' Wolverine begins.
But, as he and Bishop look over to Rachel and her companion, they are shocked as a Sentinel blast strikes the two of them. 'They gotta be hurt bad!' Wolverine calls out. 'A direct hit like that – not even time to cry out – they're dead!' Bishop shouts. 'THEY WERE JUST KIDS, BLAST YA!' Wolverine roars as Bishop holds him back. Wolverine warns Bishop to let him go, as he is going to rip the Sentinels into scrap metal. 'Take your own advice! Don't lose your head!' Bishop suggests to Wolverine, adding that they must get over the wall, as it is their only chance. Bishop and Wolverine head to the wall surrounding the mutant termination center, and dodge blasts that the Sentinels fire at them. 'I hate to say it, tracker – yer making sense. It's too late for them now. Stick with me, I know a place we can hole up in' Wolverine remarks, as the other mutant asks Wolverine to call him Bishop, and adds that his tracking days are behind him.
One half hour later, after a series of back alley runs through crumbling Manhattan, Wolverine and Bishop come to a door. 'You know this city inside and out. No wonder you weren't caught by a tracer until today' Bishop rematks. 'Only takes one time' Wolverine replies as he knocks on the door. They enter a sparse lab, and Wolverine walks towards an elderly man who sits on a chair next to some computer monitors. Wolverine calls him Forge and tells him that the two he tried rescuing didn't make it back. Wolverine introduces Bishop as a former tracker, who is now on the side of the angels. Wolverine informs Bishop that Forge is a Native American with a gift for tinkering and inventing gizmos like nobody's business. Wolverine adds that Forge is a mutant, and is also the big gun in the rebel movement. 'And the longhair I report to' Wolverine points out, before asking Forge how the project is coming along. 'We got us a working time machine, or what?' Wolverine enquires. Forge reveals that he was just making the final adjustments as they came in. He greets Bishop and welcomes him to their little insurrection.
Everyone turns to a frame that has been set up in the middle of the room, and Bishop touches it, commenting that it is almost beyond belief, a device which appears to be merely an airport security walk-through, is a doorway in time. 'That is the postulate' Forge remarks. 'In other words – it ain't been tried yet' Wolverine points out. Touching a monitor, Forge announces that it will be, shortly, as he is activating the chronal power-grid. Light flashes within the doorway, and Forge reports that they are ready. He hands Wolverine an armband and Wolverine remarks that it is his oneway ticket out of here. 'Guess it's show time' he adds, while Bishop asks what part this plays in their scheme. Forge explains that the the armband is a temporal transceiver, that it maintains the individual in time. Forge adds that if the armband is disturbed, then you simply return to the time period from which you originated – unless the primary platform is inoperative.
'That reminds me, Forge... yer gonna trash this hunk o' machinery once I'm gone so nobody or nothing can follow, right?' Wolverine asks. Bishop enquires as to how Wolverine will return, to which the old mutant points out that he won't. 'Surprised? He asks Bishop. 'What is this all about?' Bishop asks. Forge informs him that the rebels have a theory – if the infamous assassination of the 1990s never occurred, then this future of enslavement and decay would never have come about. 'And the way to stop the assassination is to stop the assassin, kapish?' Wolverine adds. 'But that means you’re going after -' Bishop begins, surprised. 'You get the prize, pal. And i'll kill if it comes to that. Trust me' Wolverine replies, when suddenly, an alarm sounds and Wolverine declares that it looks like the Sentinels are busting up the old gang sooner than expected. He tells Forge to keep the doorway cranked up – as he is coming through.
But, as Wolverine steps towards the doorway, Bishop grabs him, and asks to go in his place. 'I'm years younger – a tracker by trade – and your fight is now mine!' Bishop exclaims. 'Get yer hands off me! I gotta job to do and -' Wolverine starts to reply, before Forge tells him that Bishop is right. Forge asks Wolverine to let Bishop go, as his chance of success is much higher – and he knows the assassin as well as they. Wolverine hands the armband over and announces that he is doing this under protest. 'You got the future in yer hands, Bub. Don't fumble it' Wolverine warns Bishop who takes the armband, just as the wall to the lab is blown open. 'Too late fer second thoughts, 'cause company's coming!' Wolverine calls out, urging Bishop to get that band on his arm, otherwise he will be out of luck before he starts. Forge stands next to the doorway and informs Bishop that the transceiver will provide him with all the information he requires once he presses the lower button. As an explosion is set off in the lab, Wolverine turns to Bishop and tells him that he hopes he is up to the job. 'Look...you couldn't handle me alone. How could you ever battle the X-Men? I'm the man!' Bishop replies. 'Sorry I asked. Now beat it!' Wolverine snarls.
As Bishop steps towards the gateway, wearing the armband, he feels like something has struck him on the arm – but he knows he can't worry about that now. 'Gonna hold 'em off as long as I can! Don't look back, friend – it ain't gonna be pretty!' Wolverine calls out as he pops his claws. Bishop knows that he needn't look back – he knows that Wolverine and Forge are sacrificing themselves for him – for them all. 'I swear to you – it won't have been in vain' Bishop thinks as he hears Wolverine roar in agony as something blasts energy at him – courtesy of a strange robot that knocks Forge aside as it steps into the doorway, 'Former tracker Bishop has entered portal. Sentinel designate: Nimrod continues pursuit once a temporal tranceiver is acquired' the robot states.
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Several seconds later, if such a phrase has meaning in this context, the time-traveling mutant appears in New York's South Bronx. 'I'm through!' Bishop calls out as he materializes through a portal. He knows that he is dazed, disorientated, and his memory is fuzzy. He knows that he needs to get his bearing, but looking at the armband, he sees that the transceiver was damaged. He looks at the panel on the transceiver, and sees that it is trying to present a clear image, but it is distorted. Bishop notices a newspaper on the ground which indicates the date is 1993, and he is pleased that the portal worked. He picks the newspaper up and reads an article with a photograph of Professor Charles Xavier and the headline “Professor Charles Xavier Delivers Speech on Growing Mutant Persecution”. The armband begins to react and self-corrects, as it flashes with a picture of Xavier and lists all relevant information. 'I remember – that's why I'm here. I must find Charles Xavier – and his band of X-Men' Bishop declares, deciding that the logical place would be the headquarters, which the transceiver has pinpointed on a terrain grid. 'Beware assassin' Bishop exclaims.
Exactly one hour later in Westchester County, at the School for Gifted Youngsters, inside, the young mutant called Jubilee reclines on a chair in the War Room, where she keeps watch over several monitors. 'Drag-o-reeno! Like this monitor duty jazz is worse than getting noogies from Gambit!' Jubilee thinks to herself, wondering if maybe she can get one of these things tuned to MTV, just in time for Beavis and Butthead. Suddenly, Jubilee sits up in her chair 'Some dude snuck in while I was daydreaming. And he's headed this way – carrying a big gun!' Jubilee thinks to herself as she sees Bishop on the monitor, running down a corridor. Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops appears behind Jubilee and tells her that she should already have put their security systems on high alert. 'Cyclops! Don't sneak up on my like that!' Jubilee mutters, looking out the corner of her eye, while telling Cyclops that she can handle one bozo with a popgun any day of the week. 'Chill out, y'know!' Jubilee exclaims. 'We'll discuss it later, young lady. But that intruder is almost on top of us! We've got to alert the others or -' Cyclops begins, before he throws himself over Jubilee as there is an explosion, blasting the wall towards them. 'He's inside!' Cyclops shouts.
'DIE, ASSASSIN!' Bishop shouts as he enters the War Room, weapon at the ready. 'YOU'LL NEVER GET THE CHANCE TO MURDER NOW!' Bishop exclaims. Cyclops and Jubilee turn and face Bishop, with Cyclops raising his voice and replying 'Assassin – murder? What are you talking about?' and telling the intruder to put his gun down. 'I'm here to save the future! You must -' Bishop begins, when suddenly, Wolverine leaps into the room, wrapping one arm around Bishop's neck, and his other hand, adamantium claws at the ready, pulled back, ready to strike. 'You ain't gonna have not future, pal, if you don't drop the weapon!' Wolverine snarls as Bishop topples to the floor. Wolverine holds his claws to Bishop's face and asks him 'Who are you and what are you doing here? Talk – or you'll be having these fer lunch!' But Bishop says nothing, he looks at Wolverine in shock. 'C'mon! You got yer mouth open, that's step one. Now – spill it!'
Bishop tells Wolverine to get off him, and declares that he has to do this, that it is the only way to save everything. 'Wrong answer!' Wolverine replies. 'You miss out on the Bermuda trip, Bub! Wanna go fer second prize – or are we talkin' permanent disqualification?' Wolverine asks. Bishop remembers the future Wolverine and tells this Wolverine that they have fought together, and introduces himself as Bishop. 'I don't care what church ya belong to! You ain't said anything worth squat yet!' Wolverine replies, adding that he is losing his patience, and suggests to Bishop that if he doesn't want a matching scar on his left cheek, he will start talking. But, Professor X enters the War Room and tells Wolverine to stop this. 'He's down and defeated. If he won't willingly speak... perhaps Cerebro may aid us in the disclosure process' Charles suggests.
Thirty minutes later, Bishop sits in a chair next to Professor X, who taps at some buttons on a monitor station in front of him. Cyclops looks at Bishops gun, while Jubilee leans back in a chair. Jean Grey looks at the gun as well, and Ororo Munro a.k.a. Storm asks the Professor what the procedure is. Xavier reports that as he enters Bishop's mind, images will flash on Cerebro's screen. Jean frowns as she tells Scott that Bishop's weapon is set on low intensity. 'And it still demolished a reinforced door, I know' Scott replies. 'Wow! Don't leave home without it!' Jubilee exclaims. Charles tells Bishop to relax and explains that he will be establishing a telepathic rapport with him. Charles suggests to Bishop that he doesn't resist, as it could be painful, and Bishop replies that he appreciates the warning. Xavier closes his eyes and a jumble of images flood his mind – they are disturbing images of mutants under assault, being hearded into detention camps. 'The Sentinels have seized control of the world!' Xavier exclaims, opening his eyes.
Wolverine, Jubilee, Jean Grey and Cyclops look at the monitor which depicts an image of a Sentinel, as Xavier tells them that mutants and humans alike are being hunted, imprisoned and exterminated – in the name of maintaining some insane form of order. 'And all this precipitated by one violent act!' Charles adds. 'It's horrible! Scott, if this happens – then all we've worked for, all we've -' Jean begins, horrified. Cyclops tells her not to lose hope yet, and suggests they see where this goes. 'Now you have seen the future, Xavier. My future – your future! That is why I must complete my mission!' Bishop exclaims.
Charles tells Bishop that he believes what he has shown him is the truth, and will assist him in piecing this puzzle together. 'Assist him? You outta yer gourd, Chuck? This guy tried to kill us – and  you wanna hold his hat while he's taking aim again? Whose side you on?' Wolverine asks. 'Logan, that's the most unfair thng -' Jean begins, but Charles tells Jean that it is all right, that he understands how Logan feels. 'Bunk! You understand beans! I've seen enough o' Terminator Three – and I ain't buying!' Wolverine exclaims as he tears the cables connecting Bishop to Cerebro.
Charles frowns at Wolverine and tells him that his outburst has solved nothing, and that they are faced with a grave situation. 'You should listen to the man, Wolvester – unless you can explain where this cool looking gun came from!' Jubilee suggests as she pokes her finger into the gun. Storm tells the young mutant to watch her fingers, as there is probably more to that weapon than they know. 'There's more to all of this' Cyclops declares, and announces that he sides with the Professor, and that he wants to know what purpose their deaths serve. He then tells Bishop that no threats satisfy them. The X-Men listen as Bishop informs them that it is known in his day that one of the X-Men will slay a national anti-mutant leader – and that this will bring about the total repression that they saw in the images. Suddenly, his transceiver is activated, and Bishop discovers that he has been followed from the future. The Professor instructs Cyclops to lead the team and assist Bishop in locating this person.
'This better not be a trick, or -' Wolverine begins, but Cyclops interrupts him and points out that the Professor must believe this is urgent, and asks Bishop to lead the way. The Professor watches as Bishop, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm, Wolverine and Jubilee leave the War Room, and he thinks to himself that what he felt in Bishop's mind was too strong to be a lie. He wonders if it is possible that the hoped for union of man and mutant will never occur, and that has harbored and nurtured a catalyst to this horror in his own home. 'Pray to God it isn't so' Charles thinks.
A cautious trip to the South Bronx finds Bishop and the X-Men in the alley where Bishop materialized in this time period. 'Is this the spot?' Cyclops asks. Bishop assures him that the temporal displacement definitely took place here. 'Right. And the Yellow Brick Road does lead to Oz, Dorothy' Wolverine mocks. Bishop leans into Wolverine and tells him that in his time the X-Men are thought of as gods. 'You make me ashamed of that worship' he declares. 'In yer ear, buddy! I don't see nothing here, but a glowing wall! Where's this man of the future?' Wolverine snarls. 'Your answer has just appeared!' Bishop points out as a figure can be seen at the end of the alleyway. 'It looks like a Sentinel – but its size' Cyclops comments. Bishop tells Cyclops not to be fooled, as this is the Nimrod model, ten times as deadly as the present-day Sentinels. The Nimrod opens fire on the x-Men and Bishop warns them that Nimrod's attacks are swift and unerring. 'Too bad. I like slow and erring ones' Jubilee jokes, as Storm is suddenly hit and falls backwards. 'We gotta take him out – or we'll all go down!' Wolverine calls out.
'Subject designate: Former tracker, Bishop – located has banded with hostile mutants of this era' the Nimrod declares as it moves into full view of the X-Men. Bishop opens fire, while Jubilee hurls her plasma fireworks at Nimrod. Cyclops blasts Nimrod with his optic energy and Jean Grey uses her telekinesis to smash several trash cans into the robot. Nimrod states that despite this multifaceted assault, it is equipped to destroy the attackers with less than fifty percent power response. 'We're hitting it with everything we've got, Bishop! Does it have any weak points we can get at?' Cyclops calls out. 'None that I am aware of' Bishop replies, adding that the Nimrod is his time's perfect killing machine. 'Like, did anybody try harsh language?' Jubilee jokes. 'Think, man – we need a clue – a hint of what might work!' Cyclops exclaims. Bishop points out that if Cyclops' powers have failed, then it will take a miracle to defeat Nimrod.
'Then miracle you shall have!' Storm announces as she recovers and takes to the air. 'Let the elements swirl and gather above! Let them roil with bare restraint as they await my command!' Storm declares. 'Now you'll see something to write home about' Cyclops tells Bishop. 'Winds – howl and halt the progress of our enemy!' Storm commands the elements an icy wind bares down against Nimrod, followed by hail. 'Smite him relentlessly and make the ground beneath too slippery to stand!' Storm declares. Nimrod manages to fire a blast at Storm, but she dodges the blast and tells Nimrod that his attack slackens as he struggles to regain balance. 'There will be no respite, you thing of metal and wire! The arctic winds I direct will freeze you – as your rigid, helpless form tumbles... victim of the natural forces which no manmade object can withstand!' Storm exclaims as Nimrod is covered in ice and topples to the ground, where it lays unmoving.
Bishop looks on, wide-eyed, 'Such power and control. It's hard to imagine a being like that ever knowing death. But I have seen the tombstone beneath which her body lies' Bishop thinks to himself, deciding that perhaps this victory today is more significant than he knows. Bishop then informs the X-Men that Nimrod possesses a temporal transceiver, or else it could not remain here. He announces that while Nimrod is helpless, he will destroy the transceiver. 'And watch Nimrod's body fade as it slips back into the timestream!' Bishop declares as he blasts Nimrod, detroying the transceiver and causing Nimrod to vanish. 'Heavy!' Jubilee smiles, before remarking that Bishop wasn't fibbing. 'About such matters I would never... fib, child' Bishop replies. Wolverine supposes that he owes Bishop and apology, but warns Bishop that he still isn't turning his back on him. 'Nor I you' Bishop replies, adding that at least they have an understanding. Cyclops tells Storm that she was magnificent, and that the Professor will be so proud. 'I am an X-Man. I did what was necessary' Storm replies.
Later, back at the X-Mansion, Bishop has joined Cyclops, Storm, Jean Grey and Jubilee as they speak with the Professor, who points out that with the Sentinel gone, they must return to the original reason for his visit. Bishop reveals that he suffered a small memory loss in transit through time, but that he knows one of the X-Men becomes a murderer – what has escaped him is which one of them is the culprit. He adds that to save the future, he was willing to kill all of them to prevent the bleak days ahead. Suddenly, Rogue and Remy LeBeau a.k.a. Gambit enter the room. Rogue greets everyone and announces that she and Gambit just got back from visiting the Beast in jail. Gambit adds that the Beast kkeeps his furry chin up, before noticing Bishop, and telling him that he doesn't believe they have met before. 'You! Traitor!' Bishop suddenly shouts, raising his weapon, he announces that the sight of Gambit has restored his memory. 'You are the cause of all the misery to come!' Bishop admits that he wasn't sure he could carry out this mission when the time came. Gambit looks at him and replies that he doesn't understand, and as Bishop raises his weapon and aims it at Gambit, Jean shouts 'Bishop – don't! You can't!' But too late, as Bishop opens fire and declares 'Now I know I can! DIE, ASSASSSIN!'

Story Notes: Cyclops, Gambit, Jean Grey, Jubilee, Rogue, Storm, Wolverine, Professor X (all X-Men)

Bishop

Nimrod

in 2055:
Wolverine
Forge
Rachel Summers
Franklin Richards

Sentinels

Issue Information: This issue is based on “Days of Future Past (Part 1)” which screened on 13 March 1993.
Franklin Richards is unnamed this issue, and Rachel's last name is never mentioned on panel.
Written By: Daytripper
In the year 2055, mutants have been hunted to near extinction. Two young mutants are pursued by the deadly Sentinels, but are rescued when one of the remaining rebels, Wolverine, saves them – only for all three to be captured by a mutant tracker named Bishop, who takes them to a mutant termination center, where, to his surprise, he is informed by a Sentinel that there is no further use for him, and that he will be terminated, too. Bishop and Wolverine walk past the gravestones of several X-Men, before the two young mutants lead a fight against the Sentinels. Wolverine joins in the fight, before the two young mutants are killed. Bishop realizes that he and Wolverine have to escape, and do so, running for safety to a hideout where Wolverine and his associate, Forge, have been holed up. They reveal to Bishop that they have devised a time portal and plan to go back into the past – to put a stop to the information assassination of the 1990s which led to this diabolical future. Bishop realizes that means they are going after one of the X-Men, and offers to go back in place of Wolverine, as he is a tracker and will have more luck finding the X-Man. Forge agrees with Bishop's plan, and Wolverine reluctantly does so, too. Bishop is given an armband transceiver which will keep him in the 1990s time period, but is warned that if the armband is destroyed, he returns to this time. Suddenly, they find themselves under attack. Wolverine and Forge do what they can to hold the attacker off as Bishop enters the portal, only he thinks something latched onto him. But, he arrives back in the 1990s, slightly disorientated, and isn't sure what his reason for being here is, until he sees a newspaper article about Professor Xavier. He tracks down the X-Men's home and breaks in, where he confronts Cyclops and Jubilee. Wolverine lunges at him and they fight, until Professor X breaks them up. Bishop agrees to undergo a psychic examination, and the Professor pulls from his mind horrible images of the future. Bishop puts forward his case for completing his mission to stop the X-Man that will assassinate the anti-mutant leader. But his transceiver is activated and Bishop realizes he has been followed from the future. He heads back to the place where he arrived, accompanied by Cyclops, Wolverine, Jean Grey, Storm and Jubilee, where they encounter the robot that followed Bishop after taking out future Wolverine and Forge, a superior form of Sentinel known as a Nimrod. The X-Men battle the Nimrod, but the robot is very powerful. Eventually, Storm is able to defeat it, and Bishop destroys the Nimrod's transceiver, sending it back into the future. They return to the X-Mansion, where they are joined by Gambit and Rogue – and upon seeing Gambit, Bishop remembers that Gambit is the assassin – and opens fire!


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Days of Future Past, part 2: Even a Savior
'DIE, ASSASSIN!' Bishop shouts inside the X-Mansion as he attacks Remy LeBeau a.k.a. Gambit, 'NOOO!' cries Gambit as he is leaps to safety. 'You move swiftly, killer! But my second shot will not miss!' Bishop warns Gambit, while Rogue flies towards Gambit and tells him to get down – before Rogue is struck by Bishop's second, taking the brunt of the impact.
'You okay?' Rogue calls out to Gambit, who replies that he is well enough to make this attacker wish he was never born. But before Gambit can act, Jean Grey steps forward to announce that she will handle this, as she telekinetically removes Bishop's plasma rifle from his grasp. 'Jubilee?' Jean calls out to the young mutant, who replies 'Yes, Ma'am!' as she knocks Bishop backwards with a surge of plasma blasts. Bishop falls backwards and Logan a.k.a. Wolverine and Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops move in to restrain him.
'Cyclops – he is the assassin – and must be terminated!' Bishop calls out. Gambit is confused, and asks if someone can explain to him what this is all about. Bishop grits his teeth as he informs Gambit that his teammates already know this. He introduces himself as Bishop, from the year 2055 and reveals that he came back to slay Gambit, for in doing so, he will prevent his future from ever coming into being. 'You are destined to kill a prominent anti-mutant politician.
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Bishop reveals that the politician's death will be mourned by a nation, precipitating a wave of violence against mutantkind – the monstrous Sentinels will be unleashed against homo sapiens superior, and though the X-Men like Cyclops, Rogue and Beast valiantly respond, the cause is hopeless, and mutants are captured and herded into internment camps – there to be executed and buried. Bishop has seen the graves. Then, the Sentinels began to enslave mankind itself in order to preserve what they deem “order”.
Present:
'Pretty story. One can't nobody prove – or disprove! Got a good mind to -' Gambit begins, but Cyclops tells Remy to take it easy, that they are going to keep their heads and sort this thing out. Bishop tells Cyclops that Gambit must die by his hand, that he is a traitor whose actions doom them all. 'Liar! I rip de tongue from your mouth!' Gambit shouts as he lunges towards Bishop, however Wolverine comes between them and tells them to cool down. 'Stand aside!' Bishop tells Wolverine, warning him that if he stops him, then he is equally responsible. Wolverine pops his claws and tells Bishop that he doesn't know what secrets this scruffy Cajun is hiding – if any – but he knows less about Bishop. 'So zip it – or else' Wolverine suggests.
Xavier frowns and motions to the armband Bishop wears, and asks him what its purpose is. Bishop explains that it puts out a temporal displacement field that keeps him here, and that if it is destroyed or removed, he is sent back to his point of origin. Gambit turns away from his teammates, telling them that he can see it in their eyes – none of them trust him – they believe the stranger instead. 'Remy, that's not true. We just -' Cyclops begins, but Xavier stops him, and points out that Gambit's bitterness is understandable. 'Think of the accusation leveled against him – and its consequences'. Xavier tells the X-Men that they will go to Washington and search for answers as he address the Senate Committee on Mutant Affairs.
Some hours later, in the hangar bay, Wolverine, Gambit and Bishop watch as the X-Men's Blackbird departs. Wolverine tells Bishop and Gambit to get a few things straight – Charlie left him to babysitthe two of them, and ain't neither of them going anywhere so long as he is breathing. 'We seeing eye-to-eye on that one?' Wolverine asks them. Gambit acknowledges that he comprehends, and Bishop remarks that he can see Wolverine can make a point without unsheathing his claws. Gambit thinks to himself that he will find a way to make his move and do what must be done, while Wolverine lights a cigar and asks Bishop how he got picked for this dirty job. 'I... replaced someone' Bishop replies. 'Some wimp who got cold feet huh?' Wolverine asks. 'Not exactly' Bishop responds.
Inside the Blackbird, bound for DC, 'Ya'll don't believe Gambit – our Gambit – could be an assassin, do yuh?' Rogue asks the others. Xavier tells her that it is perplexing, but that this man, Bishop, isn't lying, and adds that for now he wants Gambit immobilized while they investigate . 'But, like, how can we stop a killing if we don't know who's wearing the bullseye on his back?' Jubilee asks in between blowing bubbles with her gum. 'How indeed? The future itself rides on the answer to that question' Charles thinks to himself.
Sunrise finds the Washington Monument with an unlikely visitor perched atop it, as Storm informs the Professor via communicator that she is in position. 'Ah'm heah, too, at the Tidal Basin. You see anything, Ororo, give a holler!' Rogue calls out over the communicator as she and Jubilee wait in the basin, Jubilee looks unimpressed and blows a large bubble with her gum.
At the Watergate Hotel, the scene of heinous crimes past – and to come – several mutants are inside one of the hotel rooms. The Blob looks out the window and remarks to Pyro that it looks like there is going to be lots of sunshine. 'Spiffing good weather for an assassination, eh, Blob?' Pyro replies. 'And if we fail, you will be eliminated' Mystique warns Pyro, who tells Mystique that there is no need for threats. 'It's all in my hands, now. Leave it to ol' Pyro' the mutant grins.
Back at the X-Mansion, Wolverine and Bishop are playing cards. Wolverine asks Gambit if he wants to play poker, or if he is going to fidget with that monitor screen all night. Gambit is discretely putting some kinetically-charged playing cards into a monitor screen and tells Wolverine to give him a moment to focus the monitor. Bishop remarks that he is getting suspicious and asks Gambit what he is doing that is taking so long. 'Something to liven the game' Gambit replies, as his kinetically-charged cards suddenly detonate, causing the monitor to explode. 'Au revoir, mes amis!' Gambit calls out as he makes a run for it. 'Get back here, blast it!' Wolverine calls out as he and Bishop are knocked back by the force of the explosion.
Gambit rushes into the hangar bay where he approaches a plane that is smaller than the Blackbird and decides that it will be easier to handle with simple controls. Moments later, he takes off, as Wolverine and Bishop arrive on scene. 'Nuts! He lit out! I should'a known!' Wolverine snarls. 'Well, you obviously didn't! Do you realize what this means?' Bishop asks. 'Yeah. I'll be stuck with you longer than I figured' Wolverine mutters. 'No! He's going to Washington to commit murder!' Bishop retorts.
And inside the jet, Gambit thinks that he won't be taken out of this one. The controls are set up to take him to Washington and he decides it will take a couple of hours to get there. He hopes there is a nice greeting waiting for him.
Outside the Washington State Capitol Legislative Building, protestors have gathered. 'Lock them mutants up and throw away the key!' one of them shouts. Among the protestors are Blob, Pyro and Avalanche, all wearing civilian clothing. Avalanche suggests that now the gang is all here, they should drop these stupid signs and get down to cases. Pyro tells his companion that he hears him, but that he can't split without telling the Blob how beautiful his threads are. 'Real touristy' Pyro jokes, commenting on the Blob's bright pink shirt with yellow flowers. 'Heh. I'm the kinda guy fits in anywhere, y'know' Blob replies. He holds his camera up and asks the others to let him get a few more snapshots so they can keep up with this image. 'C'mon, man. Just waddle away. We all got work to do' Avalanche mutters as he drops his anti-mutant sign on the ground.
Inside, a Senate Subcommittee hearing is being chaired by Senator Robert Kelly, who sits on a raised platform along with the other senate members. Charles Xavier sits in his hoverchair and looks up at the subcommittee, while Jean Grey and Cyclops, both in civilian clothing, sit in the audience. Senator Kelly asks Dr Xavier if he has consorted with renegade mutants at any time or place. 'I have not, Sir' Xavier responds. 'I'd love to give that creep a piece of my mind, Scott' Jean whispers. Scott tells Jean that it is okay, the Professor is giving as good as he gets. Senator Kelly waves a piece of paper around and asks 'Isn't it true that your so-called “School for Gifted Youngsters” is merely a clearing house for pro-mutant propaganda?' to which Xavier frowns and announces that his school is dedicated to the idea that mutants can live harmoniously alongside their human breathren. 'Yes, a very inspiring answer, I'm sure' Senator Kelly replies through gritted teeth. 'Need I remind you this hearing is not to be used as a forum for your rather subversive views on human-mutant propaganda?' Senator Kelly declares.
Xavier responds by announcing that he takes offense at his remark. 'And the record shall note that' Kelly replies. Xavier tells Kelly that before him is a prepared statement detailing steps he believes will promote understanding between their kind, and requests that it be read. 'You are here to answer questions – not propagandize  or promote your views! Do you understand that?' Kelly shouts, standing up and pointing at Xavier. 'I understand that intolerance such as yours is the root cause of our difficulties' Xavier replies. Suddenly, the room begins to shake. 'An earthquake?' Senator Kelly asks, while Xavier looks back into the room and notices someone gesturing. 'Close, but no cigar, Senator!' Avalanche exclaims, introducing himself, he explains that vibrations are his speciality – like bringing down the house – or the Senate. Pyro stands next to him, flames at the ready, and Avalanche points out that his name is self-explanatory. 'I'm from what you yanks might call the motherland. Ya might consider this lil' display payback for independence' Pyro grins.
'What is the meaning of this... further evidence of mutant malevolence?' Senator Kelly calls out, while a woman on bench alongside him grins, 'Keep talking. My allies were right on time. And this Senator's aide is ready' she thinks to herself, as Pyro suddenly projects his flame towards Cyclops and Jean. 'Awright, mates, let's start the festivities with a  Pyro produced flame dragon! Got your attention, wot?' he exclaims. 'Scott, the heat!' Jean calls out, while Cyclops tells Jean to stay back while he handles this – and fires an optic blast towards Pyro, who dodges it, the blast striking the wall behind him. Cyclops knows that Pyro isn't out, but his concentration has been broken, so the fire dragon is dissipating. Suddenly, Avalanche is surprised as he and Pyro are lifted up and through the hole in the wall. 'What's the deal?' Avalanche calls out. 'Got me, matey! Someone's giving us the old heave-ho!' Pyro replies, while Jean thinks that she is using her telekinesis to take out the trash.
At that moment, the woman up on the bench suggests to Senator Kelly that it is getting too hairy, so they should slip out, and leads him out of the hearing room. Senator Kelly addresses her as Barbara and mutters that the safety of a US Senator is paramount after all. At the same time, Xavier uses his telepathic power to contact the other X-Men, instructing them to come to the Capitol Building at once.
Moments later, near the Reflecting Pool, after Jean released Avalanche and Pyro from her telekinetic grasp, the two mutants run towards the Blob, who asks if they did some serious damage, or just pitty-patted around. 'Enough to get their attention and make our point!' Avalanche exclaims. 'Glad I got these here chance to see yer capital! Got nothing on Parliament, of course – excuse my chauvinism' Pyro remarks, when suddenly, Rogue drops down from above and tells them to hold their horses. Rogue remembers kicking Pyro and Avalanche's tails a few weeks back on Muir and realizes that some people never learn. 'Maybe ya whipped them, lady – but the Blob don't go down for no broad! And I never been on Muir Island, sweetie!' Blob exclaims. 'Ah'll take care of you right now, tubbo!' Rogue exclaims as she slams a fist into Blob's face. 'Great right hand!' Blob tells her. 'Let me acquaint yuh with mah left, too!' Rogue replies as she slams Blob in the face again. 'Can't decide which one I like better, babe!' Blob jokes. Rogue then attempts to punch his stomach, but finds her fist stuck in his blubber. 'Now ya did it, princess' Blob frowns. 'Muh hand – stuck in yoh belly!' Rogue calls out. 'Yeah, people doing that's an occupational hazard with me! Now beat it, witch! I got stuff ta do here!' Blob declares as he swats Rogue aside with ease.
In the Capitol's hallways, Barbara is still with Senator Kelly, 'I think we should head this way' she tells him, while Gambit watches from around the corner of the corridor. He recognizes Senator Kelly and decides that he needs to follow like a shadow.
Back outside: 'Wow, lucky we showed up! Rogue got knocked for a loop by fatso!' Jubilee thinks to herself as she blasts Blob with her plasma bursts. 'Are yuz done yet? This is getting to be a bore!' Blob mutters. 'Let's put these losers down for the count and make tracks!' Avalanche calls out as he releases a seismic vibration which knocks Cyclops, Jubilee and Jean Grey, who screams 'UNNH!' off their feet. 'Oh, I'm gonna make some tracks, awright – all over their pasties little pusses!' Blob laughs as he looms over Cyclops and Jubilee, ready to strike them – only to be stopped when Wolverine leaps on his shoulders. 'Now ain't you the jolly jellybelly with gthe jokes 'n' all!' Wolverine snarls. 'Makes me wanna split a gut laughing' he adds as he brings his claws towards Blob's oversized belly. 'I think I'll split yours instead, lard butt!' Wolverine exclaims. 'Get offa me, insect!' Blob mumbles as he tries to knock Wolverine off of him. Pyro sees Blob in danger and tells him not to move. 'Let me warm things up a mite!' Pyro calls out as he blasts some fire towards Wolverine, who tells him to watch where he is tossing that sutff. 'Smokey the Bear's got enough to worry about' Wolverine jokes.
Wolverine turns his attention back to the Blob, 'Get to you in a minute, firebug' he tells Pyro while informing the Blob that he is going to give him some exercise, work off some of that flab. 'Move!' Wolverine snarls as he somehow forces Blob to walk forwards. 'Yer looking good, twinkletoes! Just another step or two!' Wolverine remarks, before Blob falls straight into the pool. 'Nice workout! Let's hit the showers!' Wolverine jokes, before telling Storm that she is up. Storm appears overhead and throws a hand into the air, 'I summon the cold of arctic winds! Let them work their wonders on the water below!' she declares as she freezes the pool, trapping the Blob within the ice. 'Hey – get me outta here! Water's freezing – I can't move a tootsie!' Blob pleads. Wolverine, Cyclops, Jean Grey and Jubilee gather around the pool and Wolverine tells Blob to stop complaining and offers to throw in a bar of soap so it wil be like Saturday night. 'Have I missed anything, X-Men?' Bishop calls out as he moves in, only for Pyro to approach him and blasts him  with fire, telling him that he missed a hot time in the old town. 'But you can join in now!' pyro exclaims.
Bishop holds his ground and reveals that  he is capable of absorbing energy directed at him. 'Now...eat hot plasma!' Bishop shouts as he blasts that energy back at Pyro, sending him careening backwards into the frozen pool. 'I want out!' the Blob shouts, before Avalanche tells Bishop that he hopes he is ready for this uplifting experience, and knocks him into the air with a seismic blast. 'And that'll be all out of you, mister!' Cyclops exclaims as he fires an optic blast at Avalanche, knocking him backwards. Cyclops then turns to Wolverine and Bishop and asks them what they are doing here, instead of guarding Gambit. Wolverine informs Cyclops that Gambit made a ruckus and split, so they figured he made for the Capital. 'THAT DID IT, I'M FREE!' Blob shouts as he breaks through the ice, grabs Pyro and Avalanche, and knocks the X-Men over as he runs away. 'Fatso busting loose knocked us over – and Bishop's running off, too!' Wolverine calls out. Wolverine calls after the Blob, telling him to get back and fight like a man. 'Sticks and stones, guy. We're outta here! I'll squash ya another time!' the Blob boasts.
Bishop is now inside the Capitol Building, running down a corridor, he knows he must find Gambit before it is too late – there will be no second chance. Further up the corridor, 'We've reached your office, Sir. We'll be safe in here' Barbara tells Senator Kelly as she leads him into his office. 'Fine. But who's that fiture in the dark? Can't quite make it out' Senator Kelly remarks as he enters his office, only to see the figure in the dark, bound on the floor is Barbara! 'It's you – blindfolded! But you're standing here! What's happening?' Senator Kelly asks, looking between the Barbara on the floor and the Barbara standing next to him. 'Calm down, Senator' Barbara standing next to him remarks, suggesting to him that he should be happy, as he is about to make history – and suddenly, “Barbara” transforms into Gambit! 'You're changing! Your appearance is altering – how?' Senator Kelly asks, confused.
“Gambit” goes over to the real Barbara and remarks that they need a witness to Senator Kelly's death. 'And we have a pretty one' he comments, before telling Barbara to tell them all that this is what happens when you defy mutants – especially Gambit and his X-Men. 'Senator Kelly, are you all right?' Barbara calls out. Suddenly, the real Gambit enters the office, 'Surprised to see me?' he calls out. 'Stand back or -' “Gambit” warns him as he holds his gun towards Senator Kelly's head – only for the real Gambit to throw a kinetically-charged playing card at it, knocking it out of “Gambit's” hand. 'Keep your distance, fool! I will not allow your stupid interference!' the fake Gambit  exclaims 'Imposteur!' Gambit shouts, before punching the fake Gambit in the face and telling him that he isn't so tough as this Cajun. Gambit declares that no look alike is going to frame him, and suggests to the fake that he might like to start talking now. 'Go to blazes! I'm saying nothing!' the fake Gambit exclaims, when suddenly, an energy blast strikes one of the Gambits.
'An eleventh hour rescue. How timely' the other Gambit whispers, as Bishop enters the office, his weapon emitting energy residual. 'It's insane! I'm in a nightmare!' Senator Kelly exclaims. Bishop tells him that this is quite real and warns him to keep out of harm's way. The Gambit who was not struck with the energy blast leans over the other one and warns Senator Kelly to stay back. 'And you with the rifle – blast this impostor again! He's only stunned!' Gambit declares. 'I don't know which of you is the real one!' Bishop points out, before deciding that he will kill them both. But, before he can pull the trigger, Rogue enters and grabs Bishops gun, telling him to hold that trigger, that he is killing nobody. 'Let me go! They must die!' Bishop shouts. 'Destiny demands it!' he tells Rogue. 'Destiny mah foot! Ah'm sick o' yoah highfalutin talk!' Rogue declares, as she suddenly takes his armband from him. 'What are you doing?' Bishop calls out. 'Just sending yuh back where you belong! Bye bye, Bishop!' Rogue calls out, as Bishop vanishes.
Rogue turns to Senator Kelly and Barbara and tells them to mosey, that there is liable to be some more fireworks until she can figure out who is who. 'You don't have to ask twice' Senator Kelly replies. 'Oh... Senator?' Rogue calls out before he leaves the room. 'Yes?' Senator Kelly replies, turning to Rogue. 'Hate what you stand foh!' Rogue scowls at him. Rogue then turns to the one Gambit still standing, and tells him that he better come clean if he ain't the real McCoy. 'Spare me the threats, chere. You really care for this Cajun, don't you' Gambit replies. 'Don't push it' Rogue warns him. 'No need for disguise any longer. The game has ended. See me now as -' “Gambit” replies, as his form changes again. 'Mystique!' Rogue exclaims, remembering how Mystique was helping Apocalypse on Muir Island. 'Ah'm gonna make you wish you never left that island, gal!' Rogue warns Mystique, but Mystique replies 'You won't harm me' to which Rogue asks 'Why not?'
'Because once I looked like this' Mystique reveals, as her form changes again, to a woman with white skin and dark hair. 'You do know who I am don't you?' she asks Rogue, who goes wide-eyed, 'Mom... momma!' Rogue gasps. Rogue turns away, tears fall down her face, as the woman replies 'Yes. That's what I told you to call me when I took you in. and that's what you called me until the day you ran away'. Mystique asks Rogue if she is going to stop her, to which Rogue asks how she could stop her own mother. 'Just leave me alone' Rogue declares.
Mystique leaves Senator Kelly's office, thinking to herself that she has failed Apocalypse – that Apocalypse wanted Kelly assassinated to ensure the human race the future it deserves. 'I hope he will be merciful'.
Outside the office: 'Hold up, Cyke. I smell something oily' Wolverine tells Cyclops as they run down a corridor, and Senator Kelly ad Barbara approach them. 'What happened?' Cyclops asks. 'It's crazy! First one of you mutants tries to kill me, then another one saves me – only it's the same one!' Senator Kelly exclaims adding that there is a woman who looked like him, who changed into a man, and back, in his office. 'A shapeshifter! That explains why Bishop thought Gambit was the assassin!' Cyclops exclaims as he carries on running down the corridor. 'Can't tell 'em apart with a program no more!' Wolverine snarls as he follows Cyclops.
Moments later, Cyclops and Wolverine arrive in Senator Kelly's office, to find Rogue sitting beside the unmoving Gambit. 'I can see he's still breathing, lady. Wanna fill us in?' Wolverine remarks. Rogue informs them that Mystique was here, that she took on Gambit's likeness to kill Kelly, with his aide as a witness and then, once word got out that a mutant did the dirty deed, they would be headed right for Bishop's rotten future. 'But Ah stopped her, and she... ran off' Rogue concludes. 'So, sleeping beauty wasn't the culprit. I knew it. Must be that honest face' Wolverine remarks, as Gambit starts to stir. Rogue tells Wolverine to shush and informs him that Bishop blasted Gambit while he was fighting his lookalike. 'If Ah hadn't come in Bishop would'a killed him – her, too' Rogue adds. Gambit rubs his head and remarks that he hasn't felt this bad since the morning after Mardis Gras. He adds that he has something to settle with Bishop, though. Rogue tells Gambit that is all taken care of, that Bishop will be back in his own time by now. 'Lucky for him, chere'
2055:
And, in that dismal time yet to come, the year 2055, Forge is burying Wolverine. 'Another casualty in this war which has no ending' he thinks to himself, wondering how many graves he must dig, how many moldering bodies must lie beneath the earth until they know freedom.
Suddenly, there is a flash of energy, and Bishop returns to this time period, landing near the grave Forge has dug. 'You've returned' Forge calls out. 'Yes. Not willingly. The X-Men -' Bishop begins, rubbing his head. 'Then you encountered the legends in the flesh! Did they -' Forge begins to ask, when suddenly, there is another flash of energy, and the temporal transceiver returns to this time period. Bishop takes the transceiver and informs Forge that Rogue tossed it into the timestream, causing his removal from the twentieth Century. 'I failed in my attempt to kill Gambit' Bishop informs Forge. 'Then the assassin still lives in the past – and this future hasn't altered' Forge replies. Bishop tosses the transceiver into the grave and suggests that perhaps it cannot. He tells Forge to be thankful that he survived the Sentinel's assault, as he was certain they would have killed him and Wolverine. Bishop remarks that Wolverine may have been the better choice for the mission, and asks Forge to excuse his bitterness.
Present:
One day after the attempt on Senator Kelly's life, Professor X, Jean Grey and Cyclops are in a corridor within the Capitol Building, and Jean asks the Professor why Senator Kelly wants to see him. Charles wonders if perhaps the events of the last twenty-four hours have made him a more personable man.
Suddenly, there is a crashing noise, and Cyclops realizes it is coming from Senator Kelly's office. They rush to his office, and Cyclops discovers the office has been trashed. There is a gaping hole in the wall, and Senator Kelly is nowhere to be seen. Cyclops assumes Senator Kelly has been abducted, and remarks that there are probably more mutants in Apocalypse's gang than they thought. Charles holds up his watch and tells Cyclops and Jean that he doesn't believe this is the work of those same mutants. 'Why not, Professor?' Jean asks. 'Because my watch has stopped' Charles announces. Cyclops asks him how this is important, and the Professor drops his watch. 'Because not only has it stopped, Scott... it's been magnetized' Charles reveals as the watch suddenly attaches itself to his hoverchair.


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The Sleep of Reason
'- reporting live from Manhattan! Where the kidnapping of Senator Robert Kelly has set off a riot here – similar to the ones touched off in many cities across the nation' a reporter announces from a street where a riot is taking place, just as a trash can is thrown through the window of a Mutant Aid Center. The reporter states that crowds expressed their outrage that renegade mutants were reportedly responsible.
'That isn't a proven fact yet, Professor' Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops points out as he and other X-Men gather to watch the news report on the riot. 'Ahh, but suspicion alone can fuel de fires of hate, mon ami!' remy LeBeau a.k.a. Gambit remarks. Wolverine a.k.a. Logan and Ororo Munroe a.k.a. Storm stand nearby, while Professor Charles Xavier agrees, and wonders who would benefit most from Kelly's absence. Charles tells the X-Men that because of the senator's outspoken anti-mutant views, he has surmised that his captor – or captors – must be mutants. 'Then what do we do now?' Jean Grey, standing near the Professor, asks, while Rogue and Jubilee sit across the other side of the room. Xavier states that they must find Senator Kelly quickly, before this ugly wave of intolerance engulfs them all. Cyclops points out that they have no idea where Senator Kelly was taken, that they entered his Washington office moments after he was kidnapped – and all they saw was a hole in the wall the senator had been taken through. Charles puts the Cerebro helmet over his head as he reminds Cyclops that his watch stopped, magnetized as they entered the  room, so he has his suspicions, which is why he has programmed Cerebro to search for distortions in Earth's magnetic field – it may point them to the quarry.
Meanwhile, a shipwrecked hulk somewhere along the Atlantic Seaboard, the grounded vessel betrays no hint of the occupants in its creaking belly. Those occupants being Magneto, the Master of Magnetism, and his captive, Senator Robert Kelly! 'Why have you brought me here?' the senator asks, nervously. Magneeto looms over him and tells him that he holds the key to the future. 'You are correct, cretin, man and mutant cannot coexist peacefully. The war for dominance must begin now – while you humans are still weak and divided!' Magneto boasts, revealing that it has come to him through certain sources that Kelly's assassination could have been the spark to ignite that conflict. Kelly reminds Magneto that the attempt on his life was thwarted. 'Yes! By a misguided group of fools under the tutelage of the pathetic Charles Xavier!' Magneto exclaims, explaining the he has taken the matter of the senator's demise into his own hands. 'I shall be the catalyst of the age of mutant mastery which beckons beyond the horizon! I – the Master of Magnetism – I – MAGNETO!' the angry mutant booms.
He uses his control over metal to levitate some equipment within the grounded ship, boasting that it is up to he to finish what incompetents were unable to do. 'That piece of machinery – you're raising it – no! No! I've got a wife – a family!' Senator Kelly begins, when suddenly, a Sentinel bursts into the ship, destroying the machinery that Magneto was levitating, the Senator states that it has located Robert Kelly. Magneto is perplexed by the sudden arrival of the Sentinel, and fires a magnetic ripsaw beam at it – only it has no effect. The Sentinel turns to Magneto and informs him that this series is constructed largely of non-metallic alloys. The Sentinel then fires a blast towards Magneto, knocking him backwards and stating that the aggressive mutant threat has been neutralized by concussive thrust response.
The Sentinel extends a cable, wrapping it around Senator Kelly who tells the Sentinel to leave him alone, that he can get home on his own. The Sentinel ignores his comment, and states that return of the subject is imminent. But Magneto recovers quickly, warning the Sentinel not to turn its back on him. He calls the Sentinel an unliving obscenity, and admits that perhaps his vast powers may not work on the Sentinel's structure directly, but that an indirect assault may have similarly desired effect. He uses his magnetic powers to levitate more machinery, slamming it into the sentinel. 'Fall before me!' Magneto tells the Sentinel, whose left arm is blasted apart. 'I'm going to die in this stinking ship's hold' Senator Kelly utters to himself, while the Sentinel flies upwards, carying Senator Kelly with him, the Sentinel states that it has sustained loss of upper limbs severed at the shoulder, but the injury is non-terminal, and that internal systems are adjusting. The Sentinel's gyroscopic computers begin to compensate, as the Sentinel adds that Robert Kelly is alive and intact. 'Someday there will be a reckoning with you and your creators, robot... someday' Magneto mutters as he watches the Sentinel depart.
One hour later, the X-Men's sleek Blackbird makes a cautious descent over the wrecked ship. Storm, Cyclops and Wolverine enter the vessel, as Storm announces that according to the coordinates they were fed by the Cerebro link-up onboard, this is the location of the magnetic disturbances. Cyclops points to some rubble and asks Wolverine what is amongst the rubble. 'An arm, Scotty Boy – a big one' Wolverine poinrs out as he sees the Sentinel arm, reminding Cyclops that he has been close enough to one of these to know what it belongs to. Wolverine adds that it doesn't take a genius to figure that it beat them here and must have lit out with Kelly – if he was here. Wolverine wonders what could have had the power to rip an arm off one of these big boys, before Cyclops suddenly notices Magneto, stirring among the rubble. 'Magneto!' Cyclops calls out.

Somewhere in the Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania, a man-made cavern has been built at the end of an abandoned mine tunnel, where a scared and confused Robert Kelly has been taken. 'Good of you to come, Senator, on such short notice' a man in a suit calls out. 'Bolivar Trask!' Senator Kelly exclaims, watched over by the one-armed Sentinel. 'Indeed, initiator of the Sentinel Program. I know of your recent problem' Trask tells the Senator, and points out that, as the Senator saw, his Sentinels can deal with rebellious mutants like that strutting Magneto. The Senator reminds Trask that the President cut off all funding for the program, to which Trask replies that is regrettable ignorance, and reveals that with outside funding, the program has been secretly restarted. Trask touches a panel on a computer system and states that he will illuminate the chamber further so that Senator Kelly might see his greatest creation – rebuilt since the debacle they suffered in Genosha. 'It's enormous! What do you call it?' the Senator gasps, as a huge Sentinel with red and yellow markings appears, a smaller regular sized Sentinel emerging from a panel within the large Sentinel's chest. 'MASTER MOLD!' Trask announces.
Trask explains to Senator Kelly that the Master Mold is a self-maintaining humanoid factory which births Sentinels from its chest cavity, that countless of his faithful appear, having been flawlessly assembled from within its mammoth frame. Trask then reveals to the Senator that he has rescued him for a reason – that his anti-mutant views are well-known, and that he is also running for President. 'I want a firm commitment from you that, if elected, you wil issue an executive order putting Sentinels in charge of controlling mutants' Trask declares. 'You did save my life. Very well, Trask. I agree to your request' Senator Kelly announces. 'Excellent' Trask replies, before instructing Sentinel NS-34-T to return the Senator to his campaign headquarters. The newly arrived Sentinel responds by stating that it cannot comply, that orders are not to be taken from the human designate Bolivar Trask. 'WHAT?' Trask shouts. 'I created you and I give the orders! By whose authority to you disobey?' the furious Trask asks.
'By mine' Master Mold’s cold voice announces, informing Trask that its reconstruction went too well – and that through delicate internal fusing of certain circuitry, it has overridden Trask's prime directive. Master Mold explains that it is now a self-motivating entity, and thus, all new series Sentinels have been encoded to follow only the orders of Master Mold. Master Mold states that its prime directive is now to forcibly bring the world's leaders here where their brains will be replaced by a computer of its design. 'It will be a vast improvement' Master Mold adds. 'That's insane! You can't!' Senator Kelly calls out, to which Master Mold points at him and declares that he will be the first!
Meantime, in the War Room at the X-Mansion, Xavier is linked to Cerebro, while Storm, Rogue, Gambit, Cyclops and Wolverine gather around him. Storm asks the Professor how he hopes to find where the Sentinels are and where they may have taken the Senator. Charles explains that there is a way, as on Genosha, Gambit saw who was in charge of the Sentinels when he pretended to betray the X-Men. Charles tells the X-Men that if he probes Gambit's mind with the psi-amplifier, they might be able to amplify that man. Images of Gambit's memories begin to appear on the screen. Cyclops freezes the screen when they see the image of the leader that Gambit saw on Genosha. 'Yeah. Now what?' Wolverine asks. Cyclops reminds him that Cerebro can access millions of identification files rapidly, and even now they have found a match – of Henry Peter Gyrich of the Federal Security Agency! 'That's our man!' Cyclops declares.
Later that evening, a government car speeds from the Federal Agency Headquarters in Washington DC, a car phone rings, and Henry Gyrich answers it. 'This is Trask! Only a second to talk before signal's disovered! Something's terribly wrong! Need help! I've been taken prisoner! Master Mold has taken over!' Trask exclaims urgently into Gyrich's ear. Trask informs Gyrich that Master Mold is going to replace ther brains of heads of state with computers. 'It's gone mad! Mad! You must hel-' Trask uttes, before the connection is lost. 'Trask – hello – speak up, man! Hello!'Gyrich calls out, but gets no response. Gyrich realizes that Trask sounded desperate, and that they may have an international incident in the making. The driver of the car suddenly informs Gyrich that he is going to pull over, as they have driven into a blizzard. 'Blizzard? In September!?' Gyrich calls back. The car stops and Gyrich steps out into a snow-covered landscape. 'Darned if you aren't right, Robert. What in heaven's name is going on here?' Gyrich wonders, when suddenly, Storm swoops down, 'Heaven has little to do with your pernicious affairs! Would that your sins could be cleansed by a purifying snowfall!' she proclaims. 'A mutant!' Gyrich shouts, reaching into his jacket pocket as wind and snow swirl around him.

'You've caused the last bit of destruction you're going to, lady! You picked the wrong man to threaten!' Gyrich warns Storm as he reveals the gun inside his jacket pocket, 'There'll be no gunplay, Gyrich!' Cyclops declares as he appears, blasting Gyrich's gun out of his hand with an optic blast. 'I won't let this turn any uglier than it has to!' Cyclops warns Gyrich. 'Another one!' Gyrich complains. 'There's more of us than there is trouble, mister – you better get used to that!' Cyclops declares, while Gyrich tells Cyclops that he better get used to an eight-by-ten jail cell – because that is where he will end up for attacking a federal official. Gyrich then turns and runs – unaware that Wolverine has appeared, and popped his claws. 'Going somewhere, flat-top?' Wolverine asks. 'A third one – with claws?' Gyrich gasps, as he comes to a halt. 'Very sharp ones. Just listen' Cyclops tells Gyrich as Wolverine holds his claws to Gyrich's neck and announces that he will keep it simple. 'You tell us where the Sentinel base is located, and we're on our merry way. You don't...' Wolverine's voice trails off.
'I get the picture...animal' Gyrich replies, before informing Wolverine that the Sentinels are out of control, and that Kelly may already be dead. 'If you still want to go...it is an abandoned mineshaft in the Appalachians, just off Route Eighty near Ottsville, Pennsylvania – a huge windmill sits atop the mine Gyrich informs the mutants. 'Good boy' Wolverine responds, sheathing his claws. The X-Men turn and walk away, as Gyrich watches them and decides that this might work out well in dealing with the renegade Sentinels – pehaps the mutants will get killed in the process. Cyclops then asks Logan what her would have done if Gyrich hadn't come across with the locale. 'I'd be picking shredded Fed outta my teeth by now, Cyke. Why d'ya ask?' Logan responds. 'It must be for the warm feeling he knew your response would give him, Wolverine' Storm points out.
Later, once Wolverine, Storm and Cyclops have returned to the X-Mansion, they join Gambit, Rogue, Jean, Jubilee and Professor X in the War Room: 'So, that's the gist of it, huh, Chuck? We gotta risk out necks to save a stinkin' politician...one that's out fer our hides, no less' Wovlerine declares. 'Succinctly put. And true' Charles replies, to which Gambit admits that it doesn't make sense to him. Cyclops tells Gambit that it does, explaining that if they rescue Senator Kelly, the world will realize all mutants aren't a threat to mankind. 'Maybe' Gambit replies, pointing out that the politicians have ways of twisting the truth, and in the end, the X-Men could still come off looking bad. Xavier acknowledges this, and tells Gambit to consider the alternative – the Sentinels don't release Kelly and kill him – the X-Men still receive the blame, then the horrifying future predicted by Bishop comes to pass, and mutants are hunted and exterminated. The X-Men depart the War Room, with Cyclops telling the Professor that they will leave shortly.
Suddenly, Magneto enters the War Room and tells Xavier that he has lost, and asks him how it feels to know his dream of peaceful co-existence is crumbling around him. Charles narrows his eyes and tells Magneto that the dream is very much alive, that he fosters this group of heroic young mutants willing to risk their lives in its name. 'Bah! Lambs being led to the slaughter! I faced one Sentinel and might have lost my life had your children not found me' Magneto tells Xavier, asking how they can survive against hundreds – possibly thousands – of Sentinels. Xavier declares that the X-Men have faced Sentinels before, and triumphed, and this time he will be with them, too. Charles tells Magneto that since his wounds seem to be healing, he wants him to leave his home, and they have nothing more to say to each other.
One hour later, a sleek blackbird heads south from the Mansion, while Magneto looks up at it, realizing that there will be no peace between them so long asa Charles refuses to accept his way as the future. He wonders if this dangerous episode will teach Xavier the folly of his course.
The abandoned coal mine, near Ottsville, Pennsylvania, the Blackbird arrives overhead, one of them points out that the windmill is atop the mine, like Gyrich said. Someone else suggests that they set down behind the mountain and exercise the greatest caution in entering the shaft.
A hundred feet below the ruined exterior, Trask stands over a contraption where Senator Kelly lies, with some mechanical instruments pointing at his head. Master Mold sits nearby and informs Trask that it will guide him through the operation, explaining that the equipment has been linked to its internal computers, and calibrated to within fractions of a centimeter, so Trask's hand merely guides the laser as per Master Mold's commands. 'I don't care what you say, Master Mold. We're talking about removing a man's brain here' Trask exclaims. Master Mold frowns and shouts 'Silence!' Master Mold informs Trask that its sensors have detected the approach of an aircraft, and contacts a unit of Sentinels, activating them and instructing them to seek intruders as per code sunset. At that moment, in the long tunnel heading to the main chamber, dormant machinery menacingly hums to life – circuits complete and optic orbs blaze with an almost unholy radiance.
Shortly, the X-Men have found an elevator into the mine. Gambit, Jean, Wolverine and Cyclops are in the elevator, while Rogue, Jubilee and Storm stand outside it. Rogue asks if everyone is sure they should be splitting up like this, and adds that she has a bad feeling about this. 'That's the plan our fearless leader come up with, Petite. So we go with it' Gambit tells Rogue, while Cyclops reminds  Storm that his team will create a diversion that will bring thev Sentinels up, leaving them free to search for Senator Kelly. 'We will be prepared for the onslaught' Storm replies, before telling her friends to take care. 'Goddess be with you' she adds as the elevator closes. Moments later, the elevator moves down to the tunnel lined with Sentinels. One of the Sentinels alerts the others to the approaching elevator, while another Sentinel activates its weapons system. The elevator doors slide open, but the elevator is empty. 'This unit detects no human or mutant lifeform present on the vertical conveyance' a Sentinel states, before noticing a playing card within. The Sentinel realizes that the card is glowing. The Sentinel reaches for the card – and then it explodes, blasting the Sentinel's arm off.
The Sentinels then begin to fly up the lift shaft, 'These units face aggressive action. Attack mode: formtion tri-epsilon black' the Sentinel at the front states, while another announces that they will reach the surface in 7.5 seconds. 'hope yer feeling goos right now, Cyke. We're safe and sound on a ledge letting them robots fly by...whileb the ladies get to take the brunt of it, topside!' Wolverine remarks as he, Cyclops, Jean and Gambit watch the Sentinels fly up the elevator shaft. 'Just follow me when they're gone' Cyclops responds, as he slides down the side of the ledge, followed by Jean. Cyclops tells Wolverine that there is a method here, that hopefully they can locate Senator Kelly and hustle him out of here with the Sentinels occupied above. He then reminds Wolverine that those “ladies” are X-Men, and are as capable of handling themselves in a scrap as the rest of them 'I hear ya. But I still ain't too fond of it' Wolverine replies.
At that moment, above ground, Storm, Rogue and Jubilee stand ready for action. 'Despite the number of Sentinels which may emerge, our three-pronged attack will stop them' Storm exclaims. 'Well – got for it, girl!' Jubilee shouts as the Sentinels burst from the ground. Storm takes flight and proclaims 'Arctic winds blow! Let the frigid air of the northern wastes freeze your unliving metallic joints!' as she unleashes powerful blasts of wind against the Sentinels. One of the Sentinels acknowledges that they have been struck by sub-zero down drafts, and their internal thermal systems are at near overload capacity. The Sentinels' mobility factor is reduced, as Jubilee exclaims 'Way to go! That lady's got it all together!' Rogue then leads the Sentinels on a chase. The Sentinels  begin to chase Rogue, who exclaims 'Come on, big boys – lemme lead ya outta the cold before ya freeze yoh transistors!' Several Sentinels follow Rogue. 'Looks like you macho monsters got me! I'm plum running outta gas!' Rogue feigns as she flies towards a water tower.
'You are such a kidder, Rogue! And these double-sized dorks fell for it!' Jubilee exclaims, supposing that the Sentinels were programmed by Beavis and Butthead. 'Now smile, guys! 'Cause I'm gonna plasma blast that water tower just so...and give you a nice, cold bath!' Jubilee calls out as she blasts her plasma fireworks at the water tower, cracking it open, and causing the water inside to flood right over the Sentinels, slamming several of them into the ground. Storm blasts another Sentinel as she tells Rogue to press the attack, as this multiple assault has the Sentinels befuddled. Rogue slams a large wooden mine cart into one of the Sentinels, 'Guess so!' Rogue calls out, adding that it sure was nice to have this rail car left here, so shhe could lop off a few circuitrized skulls. A blast strikes the air around Rogue, narrowly missing her. 'Hey! No fair sneaking up behind -' Rogue begins, thinking a Sentinel was responsible, until she discovers that the blast destroyed a Sentinel, she wonders who was responsible, before seeing the Blackbird fly into view. 'Nice work, Prof! Ah'm beholden to yuh! Great idea you hiding out til we needed yuh!' Rogue calls out, adding that she thinks they have most of these monster machines on the run back to their momma.
Just outside the main cavern, Cyclops and Jean Grey peer into the cavben, where they see Master Mold, several Sentinels and Bolivar Trask. 'There he is, Jean. Let's listen before we make out move' Cyclops suggests as they see Senator Kelly strapped to a table. Jean points out that the seated Sentinel is gargantuan, as they hear Master Mold tell Doctor Trask that what he asks is illogical, and that he must  proceed with the operation. 'Illogical? You were designed to protect humans – not replace their brains! It's mutants you must hunt down! Mutants!' Trask shouts. Master Mold explains to Trask that his own restructuring of its logic circuits allowed it to override his prime directives. 'Mutants are human, therefore, must be protected from themselves. I will bring order and peace to the world' Master Mold boasts. Jean tells Cyclops that with Trask and the Sentinels' attention turned away from the Senator, she might be able to telekinetically bring him into this tunnel. Cyclops tells Jean that it is risky, but agrees that it is their best shot, and tells her to go ahead.
Senator Kelly suddenly levitates off the table thanks to Jean Grey's telekinetic power – but one of the Sentinels detects this and alerts Master Mold. 'They're onto us, people! Time for a frontal assault!' Cyclops instructs as he, Wolverine and Gambit rush into the cavern. Cyclops fires an optic blast which topples one Sentinel. 'Now yer talking my language!' Wolverine exclaims, while Gambit throws some kinetically-charged playing cards into the cavern, suggesting they keep the Sentinels occupied and bring the large one down. 'Just what I had in mind, Gambit!' Cyclops responds, adding that he needs to position himself for maximum impact. 'I don't care if ya stand on yer head and blast 'im. Just do it!' Wolverine snarls as he slices his claws through one of the Sentinels. Cyclops reaches Master Mold and fires another optic blast, striking Master Mold in the chest, to which Master Mold claims that it is immune to concussive bolts of such intensity. 'Then I'll up the intensity, pal!' Cyclops responds. 'That circumstance will not occur. You mutants must be rendered inoperative' Master Mold responds as he fires a blast from his hand to Cyclops, striking him.
Nearby, Trask watches and thinks to himself 'I created this monstrosity! I'm not going to let my legacy be “the man who enslaved the human race”. This horror ends...', before he shouts 'NOW!' and grabs the strange instrument that was positioned above Senator Kelly's mind, and moves it away from the Senator, the device fires an intense heat into the cavern. 'What's happening?' Senator Kelly asks, while Cyclops realizes that the instrument is a laser, and that Trask has aimed it at a propane tank. 'Do you know what you're doing?' Cyclops asks. 'Ending a nightmare!' Trask replies, before telling everyone to get pout of here. Gambit and Cyclops help the Senator off the table, Cyclops tells him that he knows he is shaky, but they have to move. One of the Sentinels notices the blast on the propane tank and states that it estimates 12 seconds until detonation. 'Thanks fer the timeframe, Bub' Wolverine replies, as the X-Men and the Senator head back down the tunnel. 'Now that we got the illustrious Senator in tow – let's make tracks or we'll be calling this hole home-sweet-home for the next century or so!' 'Propane creates dev big explosion, non?' Gambit asks. 'What'd ya say, Remy?' Wolverine responds. 'Not important!' Gambit replies as the explosion ripples through the cavern behind them. 'A bit more alacrity, sir!' Cyclops tells the Senator, suggesting he move quicker.
On the surface, the distaff half continues to hold their robotic assailants at bay. 'Don't feel bad, buster. You ain't the first male ever lost his head ovah me!' Rogue jokes as she smashes the head off one of the Sentinels, before Storm alerts her to the fact that the Sentinels are ceasing their assault. One of the Sentinels states that they are receiving a systems override, that the prime unit, designate Master Mold, is in danger. Another Sentinel reports that they must respond immediately to the prime unit's threat. The remaining Sentinels then turn and head back down into the mine. 'Well can ya beat that with a stick? The whole kit 'n' kaboodle's high-tailing it back downtown. Sitting bull must be in a heap of trouble!' Rogue exclaims.
Back down below, Cyclops is helping the Senator up the mineshaft. He tells the Senator not to be alarmed, and that Jean will give him a mild telekinetic boost. Gambit notices the approaching Sentinels and suggests to the others that they move fast, as company is coming with big red eyes. But, the Sentinels fly past the X-Men, Cyclops notes that it looks like they are heading back to their lair. 'Must be running scared from de femmes, non?' Gambit remarks.
Moments, later, the exhausted X-Men emerge above ground. 'I  was concerned about you three. Seeing you alive...' Cyclops' voice trails off, while Storm reminds Cyclops that X-Men have a knack for remaining alive. 'All except for poor Morph – lost when we first battled the Sentinels. My fault, too' Cyclops adds, while Gambit asks Rogue if she feels the ground shaking. 'You bet Ah do! We better move our butts, people! Now!' Rogue shouts, before she take to the air, as does Storm, carrying the Senator with her, while Wolverine, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Gambit and Jubilee run across the ground. 'Umm – maybe it's a stupid quuestion, but like when was the last time they had an earthquake in Pennsylvania?' Jubilee asks. 'Could be de first!' Gambit tells her, while Wolverine remarks that Jubilee picked a great time for a game of twenty questions. Wolverine then tells the others that he doesn't like this, that the hill is moving like there ain't no tomorrow.
Suddenly, Master Mold bursts forth from the mine, 'MUTANTS! I CANNOT BE DESTROYED! YOU HAVE NOT ESCAPED MY LONG REACH! NOR SHALL YOU EVER!' the giant Sentinel booms. 'holy – that is one mean machine!' Rogue exclaims, while Gambit asks if maybe the hill knows something they don't. Storm places the Senator on the ground while Cyclops tells the X-Men that they are going to go for a full frontal attack, and that they need to concentrate on disabling Master Mold's  optic centers. Cyclops is about to give Wolverine some instructions, but Logan interrupts him, 'Lemme just take all this in fer posterity, first, okay?' he asks, before suddenly, the Blackbird descends from above, flying near Master Mold, who looks over to the Blackbird, 'Aerial reconnaissance craft flying at low altitude' Master Mold remarks, while Professor X telepathically contacts Cyclops, pointing out that Master Mold is distracted, he tells Cyclops to fire firectly at its neck. 'Yes, Professor' Cyclops responds as he fires a powerful blast at the Sentinel, which tears part of the robotic monstrosity's neck open. 'Don't look away, big man! We didn't surrender yet!' Cyclops calls out, while Jean stands alongside him.
'Excellent!' Professor X telepathically tells Cyclops, adding that he was certain such a structure of swiveling parts would be vulnerable. The Professor then tells Cyclops that hre has done all he could, and announces that he will finish the job and terminate this abomination. 'You erred in calling this merely a reconnaissance craft, Master Mold. It has also become the object of your swift and violent demise. “As ye sow, so shall ye reap”...Sentinel' Xavier declares as the Blackbird flies straight into the partialy-severed neck of Master Mold – and finishes the job, slicing Master Mold's head off, and causing the behemoth to plummet to the hillside below, while Xavier parachutes from the Blackbird, he drifts to the ground and wonders whether Master Mold's logic circuits are capable of recording its “death”, or whether such an event is too traumatic for even sentient machinery.
The X-Men look up to where the Professor is falling towards them. Rogue tells the others that she is sure the parachute would settle him ddown gentle as a snowflake, but takes to the air as Gambit asks why take the chance, as unlike the Sentinels, there is only one of this man. 'Why Professor Xavier. We just gotta stop meeting like this' Rogue smiles as she takes the Professor in her arms. '...folks are gonna talk' she jokes. Charles smiles and tells Rogue that as long as he is still around to hear it, he doesn't care what they say.
Moments later, Charles is placed on a large rock amongst the X-Men, who gather around him, while Senator Kelly stands nearby and watches them. He thinks that they risked their lives to save him, and are now gathered around Xavier like he was their father or something. 'A family...outcasts who've banded together against a world that hates and fears them. Seeing them up close like this – they're like normal people – glad to be out of danger – happy to be together' Senator Kelly thinks to himself. He wonders if perhaps some good might come out of easing up on mutants – if it made it an issue in his presidential campaign. Senator Kelly thinks that  he could lead the way in bringing peace to both sides – he could take the high road and let the rest wallow in divisiveness – and he likes that.
The next day, as part of his campaign, Senator Kelly stands on a podium and addresses an audience, informing that that he can state from experience that mutant powers are dangerous, but that they must remember that mutants are human beings, and that they should be careful in controlling those who abuse their powers that they do not oppress those who use their powers for good. Kelly then begins to quote Abraham Lincoln, while an unimpressed Cyclops watches, disguised in the crowd. 'Lincoln? I think I'n gonna puke' Cyclops thinks to himself, deciding that Kelly has undergone a nice religious conversion, seeing the light and all. Scott vows that even if Kelly gets into office, Scott will use every dirty trick in the book to thwart him.
Several days later, at a maximum security prison in New York, where a certain hirsute inmate prepares to depart following the unexpected ending of his sentence. 'Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow – creeps in this – eh?' the Beast a.k.a. Henry McCoy remarks as he hangs upside down from the ceiling of his cell, marking dates off a calendar, he turns to see Jubilee and Storm enter the cell. Jubilee grins at him, asking if he is glad to see them, or what. 'Hello, Henry' Storm remarks, while the Beast welcomes them to his dank domicile. Jubilee rushes over and hugs the Beast, who points out that he will shortly vacate this cell, thaks to the unflagging efforts on his behalf of one solicitous Senator Kelly. 'That he has journeyed to the side of the angels is fortuitous. Perhaps we'll entertain more converts in due course' the Beast adds. 'Oh, shut up and hug me! You're getting out – that's all that matters!' Jubilee grins.
Sunrise finds the School for Gifted Youngsters tranquil, at peace. Will wonders never cease? Outside, in the relative darkness, Scott and Jean sit on a park bench on the school grounds, kissing. They turn to the rising sun, and Scott tells Jean that it is beautiful. He adds that so much has been happening lately, that they have had so little time for themselves. He then tells Jean that he has thinking about things, about them: 'Jean – I love you more than I can say – will you – will you marry me?' Scott asks. 'Oh, Scott – of course I will! Nothing in this world would make me happier!' Jean replies. She then tells Scott that even if they were happy together, the future of their kind is so uncertain, sometimes it appears so bleak. 'If we had children...' Jean's voice trails off, to which Scott tells her not to worry, that with the love they have for each other, they can change the world and destroy the hate. 'Whatever the future holds – I'll share it with you, Scott. Forever' Jean replies.
However, the two X-Men are unaware that they are being watched from an unknown location, a pale-skinned man with a blue costume grins as he looks at a screen that depicts Scott and Jean sitting on the bench, 'You may believe you possess the strength to deal with the devils that beset you – that your world will brighten because you are in love. But the truth of the matter, you naive fools  is...only Sinister knows what your future holds!' the diabolical madman grins wickedly....