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A Blackbird jet soars through the air on a cloudy day. 'Ugh. Supersonic jets are so slow!' complains Bobby “Iceman” Drake. He removes his headphones and tells his teammates, all displaced in time, that he misses Pickles, that having a teleporting gremlin acting as their personal chauffeur was kind of awesome. 'It's not like I have time for conventional travel. I've got a social life' he reminds the others.
Henry McCoy a.k.a. The Beast tells Bobby that he is sorry being an X-Man is cramping his style, and asks if they could get through one mission without having to listen to him complain about it. 'But... that's my signature move. That... and... you know... ice' Bobby protests. 'All I'm saying is if Scott hadn't run Pickles off, we -' Bobby begins. Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops interrupts him, suggesting that they try to use their codenames while they are in the field. 'Jean – Scott's still acting like he's in charge!' Bobby whines, putting his headphones back on. 'Scott – Cyclops – you're not the boss of Iceman' Jean Grey a.k.a. Marvel Girl smiles, before picking up the thoughts of Warren Worthington the Third a.k.a. Angel, who is flying outside the jet and announces that he has spotted their target. 'And allow me to say – I want one'.
The target Angel is referring to is a large yacht in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Italy. Angel swoops down closer, while Marvel Girl telekinetically lowers herself, Cyclops and the Beast from the Blackbird, and Iceman slides down on an ice-slide. Marvel Girl tells her team that Cerebro says their guy is here, but as they see the top deck of the yacht, they discover the ship looks deserted.
The Beast holds some sort of electronic device and reports that he is picking up some strange magical signatures. 'At least, I think I'm deciphering these formulae correctly' he adds. 'That's great. First day back on the job and we're already in over our heads' Marvel Girl remarks, before announcing that she will do a quick mental sweep. She concentrates hard, before reporting that their target is definitely here, and that she is picking up lots of other thoughts, frantic and scared. 'This way' she tells her team.
Angel flies low, just over the water and sees a small boat moored alongside the yacht and calls out 'Somebody alert the “party captain” - we're not the only uninvited guests on board'. Marvel Girl leads the others, and Cyclops suddenly calls out 'Barber shops'. 'Huh?' Iceman asks him. 'You said you missed Pickles. Well, I miss a lot of things. Like barber shops. The old-fashioned kind' Cyclops explains. He turns and looks at Iceman and reminds him that, back home, in their time, they were everywhere. 'Your haircuts weren't all that great back in the day' Iceman declares. 'It's weird, okay' Cyclops remarks, adding that he gets a little nostalgic when he thinks of Brylcream and straight-edged shaves. 'You've never needed a straight-edged shave' Iceman tells Cyclops, before informing him that he might have just officially become the world's oldest X-Man. Cyclops tells the others that he is just saying that you don't see any real barber shops anymore, and that if you come across a barber's pole today, chances are the place is full of hippers. ''You mean “hipsters”' Iceman corrects him. 'Whatever' Cyclops mutters, before Marvel Girl tells him that she would love to see him with an awesome hipster beard. 'Uh – really?' Cyclops asks. 'No' Marvel Girl smiles, before coming to a stop outside a door. She turns to the guys and tells them to have their game faces on. 'He's in here' she announces.
Inside, the passengers of the yacht cower as Black Tom Cassidy tells them that he will be begging their forgiveness, for this unseemly business, and that if he had his druthers, he would be sipping a bit of bubbly alongside them, but he is a wanted man these days, and a wanted man has expenses, so he has fallen back on the only thing he has ever been good at – and that is playing the role of the dashing highway man!
Suddenly, the door to the large room on the yacht bursts open as Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Beast, Iceman and Angel burst in. 'Sorry to interrupt your little bit of high-seas piracy – but I'm gonna need you to stand down and give yourself up' Marvel Girl orders Black Tom. 'And you know we're not playing around because we use codenames!' Iceman exclaims.
The Beast tells Marvel Girl that he hates to burst her bubble, but that this guy's twirl-worthy black mustache game is on point, and he doesn't think he is the type to politely surrender. Marvel Girl agrees, and instructs Cyclops to light 'im up. 'Whatever you say, boss' Cyclops replies as he unleashes an optic blast towards Black Tom, who raises his staff and deflects the blast. 'Look at the  lot of you. A bunch of wee X-Men come to run with the big dogs' Black Tom mocks.
“Wee X-Men?” Iceman quotes. 'Is this guy a leprechaun?' he asks, when suddenly, his ice-slide is broken in two by an optic blast, and he tells Scott to watch where he is firing those eyebeams. The blast also smashes a window above the room, so Angel swoops down and pulls two civilians to safety, while telling his teammates to check the collateral damage. 'This is the yacht of my dreams! And we don't want any of the civilians to die a very expensive death!' he adds. 'Thanks for the heads-up, Angel' Marvel Girl calls out as she telekinetically lifts a table and throws it towards Black Tom, adding that she will do her best to limit damages to this Hellfire Club reject'. Black Tom knocks the table aside with ease, and tells Marvel Girl that no one appreciates bravado more than he, but that he has been battling X-Men since before she was born. 'I kinda doubt that' Jean replies, when suddenly, the Beast leaps towards Black Tom, knocking him across the room as he tells him that if he knew anything about the X-Men, then he would know that they fight as a team. 'One distracts you... while the other kicks you in the face!'
Cyclops then fires a optic-beam at close range which slams into Black Tom as he tells him that he has read his file, and that he has fought the X-Men time and time again, and always lost. Black Tom gets to his feet and tells the young mutants that it will take better than what they have got to bring him in.
As the X-Men surround Black Tom, Cyclops asks 'Uh...  didn't we just win? Why's he still gloating?' 'Uh... guys?' Iceman calls out as he notices something on the ground. Angel hovers over the civilians and tells them that it is all right, that they are safe now. 'We're the X-Men... the good guys' he assures them. An elderly woman tells him that he doesn't understand. 'He's not here alone!' she exclaims.
'GUYS!' Iceman shouts as he looks at several large footprints in the floor. 'Surprise' Black Tom smirks, as suddenly, Cain Marko a.k.a. the Juggernaut bursts into the room, 'WHO WANTS SOME?' he booms as he knocks Marvel Girl and Cyclops over. He declares that he thought this was just going to be another boring smash and grab, but lucky for him, these mutant bozos always show up when he needs to vent a little steam. 'Unlucky for you, you picked a fight with my best pal Black Tom – and that means you picked a fight with me!' Juggernaut declares.
Black Tom moves over and stands in front of the Juggernaut as he tells the young mutants to wipe the snot from their noses and the water from behind their ears, as they are about to grow up very fast. 'Ow' the Beast mutters, rubbing his head. Cyclops asks Jean if she can shut him down, to which she reports that she can't, as his mind is protected. Black Tom grins and tells Cain to go ahead and teach them a lesson – but not to kill them. 'No promises' the Juggernaut replies. Some civilians nearby look very nervous, while Black Tom points out that they are kids, they have got bleedin' hearts and ideals. 'Just rough them up and beat those principles outta -' Black Tom begins, before Angel swoops down and punches him in the back. 'Hi. And bye' Angel declares as he pushes Black Tom upwards towards the roof and slams him into it, while the civilians capture this on their phones. 'Tom?' the Juggernaut calls out, concerned for his friend.
Suddenly: 'HEY!' the Juggernaut shouts as ice forms over his feet and his face. 'Oh noes. It looks like somebody put your little rampage on ice. (Get it?)' Iceman exclaims from where he stands above Juggernaut on an ice-sled. But the Juggernaut easily breaks his way through the ice and asks 'What's with you guys? You look like kids again... like you did when I first met you'. He asks if this is another one of those de-aging situations, or maybe they are trying to get a fresh start.  'Well, there ain't no such thing as a re-do. Not after what you did. I might let some of you live – but Scottyboy gets his head pulped!' the Juggernaut booms furiously.
The Beast and Cyclops look nervous, 'Bobby just made him angrier' the Beast declares. 'What else is new?' Cyclops replies. 'Angrier at you' the Beast remarks. 'Noticed that too, did you?' Cyclops asks before the Juggernaut stomps over to them, 'You killed Xavier! Killed my brother! I'll kill you for what you've done!' he warns Cyclops, who is knocked over, and unleashes a powerful optic blast that misses the Juggernaut, while the Beast is knocked aside.
Marvel Girl uses her telekinesis to deflect some debris that is knocked towards some of the frightened civilians, and she tells her teammates that there are too many non-combatants in here, so they need to take this outside. The mutants move towards the door, with Cyclops firing an optic blast at the Juggernaut, who follows them. Cyclops tells his foe that he understands why he is angry, but that he has the wrong guy. 'That was somebody else – somebody I'll never be!' he exclaims. 'Save it for St. Peter, pal!' the Juggernaut responds.
At the same time, Black Tom wakes, and reaches for his staff. 'Now you've gone and done it, the lot of -' he begins. 'You shut up' Jean tells him, suggesting that he takes a nap, as she telepathically knocks him out.
Outside, Cyclops runs along the deck as Juggernaut chases him. 'C'MERE!' the Juggernaut calls out, while Angel blasts energy from his wings at the behemoth. 'Iceman! Angel! Beast! Somebody! Get this guy away from me!' the frightened Cyclops calls out. Iceman zooms alongside on an ice-sled and tells Cyclops to keep running and not to look back. 'This is how I die... crushed by a giant with Bobby's voice ringing in my ears' Cyclops mutters, when suddenly, Juggernaut starts to slip on some ice that has formed on the deck.
Angel swoops towards Cyclops and tells him to jump, that he will catch him. So Cyclops leaps over the railing and plummets towards the water below, while the Juggernaut suddenly falls forward through the barrier, 'You little -' he calls out as he splashes into the water, while Angel flies Cyclops up to safety. The young mutants gather on the deck, 'Yeah, that's right! Sink like a stone, pal!' Iceman exclaims, while Jean asks her teammates if they think the Juggernaut can swim.
Suddenly, there is a rumbling, and the mutants are knocked off their feet, before the Juggernaut's fist smashes through the yacht deck, and the armored villain pulls himself back onto the deck, telling the young X-Men that they are really shaking his monkey tree! 'You've done made me mad!' Juggernaut warns the X-Men, and Bobby asks them if anyone has a plan B. 'C'mere, Frosty' Juggernaut tells Iceman as he grabs him by his head and tells him to take a hike as he throws him skyward. Angel flies after Bobby, while Jean realizes that the yacht is taking on water fast. She starts to use her telekinesis to slow it down, but Juggernaut tells her that the boat is going down – and that she is doing down with it. He slams a foot onto the deck, and the shockwaves tear the floorboards up and knock Jean over. 'You okay?' Cyclops asks as he rushes over to Jean, who rubs her head and tells him that she thinks she is fine, before reminding him that the ship is sinking, and there are still people on board.
The Beast offers to try something, remarking that the Juggernaut might remember the X-Men, but that he doesn't remember them.  Magical symbols appear before the Beast as he moves his fingers about, and suddenly, a portal opens, with tentacles reaching out of it, they wrap around the Juggernaut. 'What the – hey! No! Not this! NO!' he shouts as the tentacles pull him down into the portal, 'NOOOOOO' he cries as he plummets downwards. An instant later, the portal closes. 'Beast... what... did you do?' Cyclops asks as he and Jean look at their friend, confused. 'Saved the day' the Beast smirks. 'Not like that! You just... you sent someone to... did you just send him to Hell?' Cyclops asks, annoyed. 'We couldn't handle him so I sent him away' the Beast replies, casually. Angel and Iceman return, and Iceman points out that Hank and Scott are fighting again. Codenames, Iceman' Angel scowls. 'Don't you start with me' Iceman mutters.
'We're X-Men! We don't do things like that! What if someone saw?' Cyclops asks, declaring that it would spoil everything they have accomplished so far. The Beast reminds Cyclops that this isn't just some PR stunt, and tells him that he wasn't going to let the Juggernaut endanger the people on this boat – including Cyclops. He then reveals that he didn't send the Juggernaut to Hell, but to Siberia – with a short detour through Hell.
'Thank you!' one of the civilians calls out as they gather around. 'The X-Men – wow!' another exclaims. 'You saved my money!' a woman tells them. 'You saved us!' another declares, putting her arm around Iceman, they pose for a selfie. 'See? Looks like they don't care so much about out methods...just the results' the Beast points out. 'Aren't you Kitty Pryde?' an elderly man asks Marvel Girl. 'Of course not. She's the Scarlet Witch!' an elderly woman corrects him. Marvel Girl ignores them as she repairs the hole in the ship by telekinetically patching it up with broken floorboards. 'Thank you so much!' another man tells her. Jean tells him it was no problem, and asks if they could give her some breathing room and keep it down, as it takes a little concentration to keep this thing afloat.
Later, the Blackbird descends over Madripoor. Although it is night, the city shines bright. The Blackbird passes over the high-rises and eventually lands outside an old building surrounded by forest. The young mutants enter their new home, and Scott calls out to Jean, who asks him 'What's up?' Scott tells her that he wants to know if they are doing the right thing here. 'Yes. Maybe. I dunno' Jean replies. They come to a stop outside some large doors, and Scott announces that mutantkind has been given another chance – they are out there, doing something good. 'We should be ecstatic' he adds, revealing that he can't shake the feeling that they are dropping the ball. 'Do your other super hero pals love your pessimism as much as we do? Or is it an acquired taste?' Jean smiles. She puts a hand on Scott's shoulder and tells him not to go changing on them, and suggests that if he let himself relax a little, they might think some sort of pod person has taken his place.
Jean opens the doors and the young X-Men walk into a large room, as Jean tells them 'Speaking of weirdness and acquired tastes... let's report to the boss'. They walk towards a monitor station and Jean reports that it is done, that Black Tom Cassidy has been brought to heel, and that they turned him over to authorities in Italy. 'He's off the table' Cyclops state, adding that they brought him down publicly. 'Just like you wanted'.
'Excellent. That's one... but there are so many more to go. We must be ever-vigilant, X-Men' Magneto tells the young X-Men. Threats against mutantkind. Comrades who have lost their way. Mutants who capitalize on the fears of the populace' Magneto remarks, before telling the X-Men that they have been chosen – they, the earliest representation of Charles Xavier's dream – to ensure that this dream becomes reality – and he, Magneto, will guide them!
Meanwhile, in a small, snow-covered town, someone in a green hooded jumper skulks through a dense forest, while several men have gathered outside the Sheriff's station, and they are told that at this point, all they know is not much, other than something – some sort of predator – has settled in the area and has found itself fertile hunting grounds. The Sheriff announces that their foe is not going anywhere, unless they convince it to do so. 'We all saw what it did to Wayne Huxley and his son' she adds, telling the men that she doesn't want to see it happen to any of them. 'Watch each other's backs' she adds, instructing them not to take any unnecessary risks, and that going off by themselves, whether it is to play hero or to take a leak, is an unnecessary risk. 'The last thing I want is for one of us to be caught alone with this thing' she tells them, while the man who is skulking through the forest sniffs the air.
'Am I making myself clear?' the Sheriff asks, hands on hips. 'We hear ya, Kira!' one of them declares. The Sheriff looks at the men, all carrying rifles, and tells them that for tonight, she is “Sheriff Lee”, and reminds them that some of them even voted for her. 'This isn't some trophy hunt'. The man in the forest starts to run as he hears dogs barking behind him, and flashlights start to shine into the forest. 'We're not tromping off into the woods looking for a good time. We're looking for the exact opposite, in point of fact' Sheriff Lee tells the men. 'They got something! They got a scent!' one of the men calls out as they follow the barking dogs. Sheriff Lee reminds everyone to stay together and watch their backs. The dogs continue to bark loudly, and the men pass a tree, where they don't see the man in the green hooded jumper, sitting on one of the branches above them.
Sheriff Kira Lee and one of the men come to a stop at a carcass of large deer. 'We may not be gunning for deer, but something is!' the man tells the Sheriff, who asks 'Are those claw marks or bite marks?' The man tells her that he would bet his life it was a grizzly, but Kira reminds him that there haven't been any confirmed grizzly sightings in these parts since she was a little girl. 'No reason to think this is -' Kira begins, when suddenly, the man in the green jumper drops to the ground, startling Kira, who spins around and asks him what he is doing out here and where he came from. He doesn't answer, and as the men raise their weapons, Kira tells the men to take their fingers off the triggers and to stay calm. Kira asks the mystery man if he is all right, or if he is in some sort of trouble. She notices that he is bleeding and asks him whose blood it is. The man narrows his eyes, and someone calls out '...Wen...' to which Kira turns to the men and tells them to hush up and let her figure this out. 'That wasn't us -' one of the men replies, as the voice is heard once again. '...Wen...' it calls out.
'Wen-di-go!' a large white creature known as a Wendigo roars as it suddenly leaps towards the men. 'Holy...' one of them utters, while Kira looks on in horror. 'WEN-DI-GO!' the creature howls as it starts to tear through the men – and in the confusion, one of the men fires their rifle, which strikes the mystery man in the head, knocking him to the snow-covered ground. The dogs are knocked against a tree, and the Wendigo howls its name again through blood-stained teeth and lips. The mysterious man suddenly gets to his feet, clenches his fists, and then there is a loud SNIKT! As three claws pop from his hands, he growls as he runs towards the Wendigo, and shoves one set of his claws through the creature's arm, splattering blood across his own face, while Sheriff Lee looks on in shock.
The mystery man tells the Sheriff to run as he continues to battle the Wendigo. Sheriff Lee looks at him, before getting to her feet and running through the forest, she catches her breath by pausing behind a tree. She hears a horrible screaming noise, then waits some time, before walking slowly back to where she came from. When she reaches the blood-soaked battle site, fear floods her eyes. Her men and the dogs lie in pools of blood, but the Wendigo and the mystery man are nowhere to be seen. 'Where the hell did they go?' wonders Sheriff Lee.


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Two months ago:The Wreck-It-And-Wrench-It salvage yard in the middle of the night. 'You don't trust me' Magneto remarks to the time-displaced Marvel Girl a.k.a. Jean Grey. 'You're kidding, right? Of course I don't trust you. You're Magneto' Marvel Girl replies. 'I'm aware' the Master of Magnetism responds wryly. Marvel Girl adds that it doesn't help that he wanted to meet here, surrounded by all this metal. 'It's the perfect place for you to unleash the full fury of your powers' she points out. 'Or hide a body' she adds, before telling Magneto that he should understand her hesitation, as he is the first mutant who ever tried to kill her and her friends. 'That was a long time ago' Magneto replies. 'For you' Jean snaps, reminding Magneto that she was pulled out of her own time with the  rest of the original X-Men – just days after they fought him. 'For me it was like yesterday' she explains.
Magneto closes his eyes as Jean asks him 'And in all that time that's passed for you, what have you done? How many times did you attack the X-Men? How many people have you hurt? How many times did you launch full-scale attacks against the world? ' Calmly, Jean tells Magneto that she doesn't care what he or anyone else says – 'You're not an X-Man. You're not our friend'.
Magneto hangs his head and remains silent, while Jean looks at him nervously. Magneto then puts a hand on Jean's arm and tells her that she is right, of course. 'I am?' Jean asks. 'This is why I've come to you' Magneto reveals. 'It is?' Jean enquires. Magneto tells Marvel Girl that mutants have been given yet another chance at survival – perhaps their last chance, and it is an opportunity he does not want to see squandered. Magneto turns from Marvel Girl as he declares that Charles Xavier dreamed of a world where humans and mutant could co-exist in peace, and admits that once, he challenged that idea, but now, though, he believes that if mutants are to survive, they must do so alongside humans.
'Uh. This is weird' Marvel Girl remarks to herself, looking around nervously. Magneto tells her that there are still dangerous threats to Xavier's dream – threats that must be dealt with, and that he has come to realize that he cannot publicly stand against these dangers. 'I am seen as a monster and a -' Magneto begins, as Jean interrupts: 'Terrorist' she declares, to which Magneto points out that is why he needs allies who reflect the very best of mutantkind. 'I need you. I need the original X-Men' Magneto explains. 'I don't -' Jean begins, before Magneto removes his helmet and tells her that perhaps she would feel more comfortable if she sees for herself that he speaks the truth. 'You're letting me read your mind' Jean points out. Magneto tells her that he appreciates the efficiency and necessity.
'All right' Jean replies as she concentrates hard, her telepathic abilities probing Magneto's mind. She begins to cry. 'Okay.' Jean tells him as she turns away. 'Okay?' Magneto asks. 'We'll try it your way... at least, I will...' Jean announces, and Magneto thanks her, before she informs him that convincing the others might be a problem.
Now:'It's no use! We can't get through his force field!' Angel a.k.a. Warren Worthington the Third calls out as he unleashes energy from his wings towards Magneto, who is surrounded by a magnetic field. 'He's shrugging off our most powerful attacks!' Cyclops a.k.a. Scott Summers declares as he fires an optic blast that does not pierce the magnetic force field. The bodies of motionless heroes can be seen strewn on the ground, while Magneto uses his power to throw a large vehicle towards the young mutants. Marvel Girl telepathically instructs Cyclops to keep blasting, and that she is going to use telepathy to “goose” his powers. 'Will it hurt?' Cyclops asks. Jean informs him that it will tickle, as she enhances his power, which enables the optic blast to break through Magneto's magnetic field, and knocks him back into a train. 'Nice one!' Angel calls out, adding that he was going to ask them to stop flirting, but that it is hard to argue with results.
'Glad you think so, Warren. You're next!' Jean tells her teammate as she uses her telepathy to power-up the energy that he fires from his wings, which surrounds Magneto, who quickly puts up another magnetic force field. Magneto gets to his feet and shouts 'Join me, X-Men! This world belongs to us! I tried to deny it, but I see that now!' Magneto tells them as energy crackles around him. 'What is this?' a replay from the first time we met him? Or is Magneto just running out of material?' Cyclops asks as he fires another optic blast. 'Let's see what you think of this, boy!' Magneto exclaims as he levitates a large train carriage, and hurls it towards Cyclops. The young mutants unleashes an optic blast, but he is unable to stop the train as it continues to fall towards him. 'SCOTT!' Jean calls out, concerned, before she is knocked aside as the carriage lands. 'Oh... oh, no!' the wide-eyed Warren gasps in shock.
Suddenly, the landscape changes – the buildings and train carriages vanish, as a sterile, high-tech training room takes it place. 'Are you all right?' Jean asks Scott as she helps him to walk. Scott tells her that he is okay, while Jean instructs the Danger Room to end the program. They are inside their HQ on the island state of Madripoor. 'Woof. That sucked' Angel tells Scott and Jean as he flies over to them. Jean then instructs the Danger Room to erase the session log. Scott admits that he isn't too proud of that, and there is no need to record their performance. Jean explains that she isn't trying to protect their egos, and reveals that she had Hank hack into the Danger Room's systems and make sure they had some real privacy when they wanted it. 'If Magneto knew we were training to fight him -' Jean begins. 'Based on how we just did? My guess is he'd rest easy' Warren tells the others. Cyclops shrugs his shoulders and points out that they might have done a little better if they were all here. 'Where is Hank, anyway? For that matter, where's Bobby?' Scott asks. 'They knew we had a session scheduled, didn't they?'
Marvel Girl remarks that this isn't acceptable, they have to keep practicing, to make sure they are ready. 'If we don't, we're finished' she points out, adding that she expects this kind of thing from Bobby, but not from Hank. Warren offers to go and find Bobby and let him know that he has to get his head in the game, while Scott walks away, announcing that he will talk to Hank, adding that he owes him a man-to-man conversation, anyhow.
Henry McCoy a.k.a. the Beast is sitting on the floor of some sort of laboratory, reading some electronic device. He tells himself that the code is unclear, jumbled, like an intricate mathematics problem – that's how he will crack it – how he will master it.
The door to the lab opens and Scott calls out to Hank, who doesn’t look up at his friend, instead, he tells him that he should knock, that it is only polite. 'I did knock. I guess you didn't hear me' Scott responds. Scott walks into the lab and looks around, while asking Hank who he was talking to. Hank tells him that he was speaking to himself, that he does that sometimes when he is trying to work through some crisis of faith or self-doubt. 'I'd recommend something similar for you... but you'd never stop chattering to yourself' Hank declares, without looking at Scott, who tells him that they missed him at practice. 'I was busy, as you can see' Hank points out, adding that if Scott keeps distracting him, he will still be busy during the next Danger Room session – and the next.
Scott tells Hank that he is sorry about before, and admits that he shouldn't have jumped down his throat about all that magic stuff. Hank tells Scott that he understands, as magic is frightening to those who don't understand it. 'Then again, so are eye beams and fire wings and walking, talking snowmen' Hank points out. Adding that so is throwing in with a genocidal madman who has tried to conquer the world on multiple occasions. Scott tells Hank that he is trying to apologize, and admits that magic scares him, he doesn't get it, but that he was out of line. 'I know that coming here... to this time... has been particularly tough on you' Hank doesn't answer Scott, he just looks at several monitors in his lab, before turning to Scott and putting a hand on his shoulder, telling him that it is all right, and that his apology is accepted. 'Water under the bridge, so to speak'. He then asks Scott to excuse him, as he has a few things to finish up. “Genocidal madman” Scott quotes Hank, asking him why he let Jean talk them into this. 'One of us acted out of unrequited love. The other...' Hank begins, to which Scott interrupts him, announcing that this is his cue to leave.
When Scott is gone, Hank looks to the shadows in the lab, where a bookcase stands, filled with books, and Hank's eyes glow as a voice calls out 'Magic scares him. Poor little flower. And he hasn't seen anything yet'.
Bobby Drake a.k.a. Iceman is in his quarters, sitting on the edge of his bed, he is on his phone: 'Hey... uh... it's Bobby. You know? Bobby? Your boyfriend? This is, like... this sixth message I've left for you. You don't respond to voicemail. You don't respond to texts'. Bobby looks upset and closes his eyes as he speaks into the phone, telling Romeo's voicemail that it is taking every ounce of his willpower he can muster to avoid a “Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo” joke.
Angel appears in Bobby's doorway, his wings retracted. Bobby doesn't see Angel, who listens as Bobby continues to leave his message, telling Romeo that, hopefully, he is just busy saving the world or something, and that he is, too. 'If it's the long-distance thing, we both said we could handle it' Bobby reminds Romeo, adding that he has really got to see Madripoor sometime, that parts of the island are terrifying, sure, but that some other parts are pretty amazing. Angel turns and walks away, as Bobby concludes his message by telling Romeo that he will let him go, and asks him to call him back. Bobby hangs up, and switches to his ice form.
Jean is walking through some a living area, past some sofas and a bookcase, she is probably just out of the shower, as she us drying her hair with a towel, when a voice calls out to her, bidding her a good evening. 'I trust your training session went well' Magneto remarks. He is dressed in civilian clothing, with his robot assistant, Ferris, hovering at his side. Jean turns to Magneto and tells him that she is surprised he wasn't observing. 'Wait. Were you observing?' she enquires. Magneto tells Jean that this is not a school, they are not students and he is certainly not a headmaster. 'Those are shoes I could never hope to fill' he adds, and Jean looks away from him, before smiling and announcing that training went well. 'Five by five' she tells him. Magneto falls silent, and Jean explains that it is something Logan used to say, before explaining to Magneto that it went fine.
Ferris asks Jean if there is anything he can get her before she retires for the evening, and suggests chamomile tea. Jean thanks the robot, and announces that she is all right. Jean points out that it has been a few days since they dealt with Black Tom, and asks Magneto if he has had any luck tracking down the others – Shaw, or the White Queen. 'It will take time. Enemies such as these... reveal themselves on their own schedule' Magneto replies.
Jean remembers being at the Wreck-It-And-Wrench-It salvage yard, when she entered Magneto's mind, she thought he might have been watching her. She realizes now that he was watching her, making sure she didn't dig too far, didn't look in the wrong places as she made her way through his labyrinthine mind. So Jean used decoys in case he was following her. She knew he is telling the truth, at least, Magneto thinks he is telling the truth. But Jean knew that there was something more – she could feel it – other thoughts, pushed away, buried – hidden. When she opened a door within Magneto's mind, she glimpsed into his past, when he was a prisoner as a child – and it made Jean cry.
Sitting in her quarters, Jean quietly tells herself that Magneto has lost so much, he wants peace so badly – she can feel it – but he is so angry.
Suddenly, Magneto's voice is heard over the communications system, announcing that a situation has arisen, Sentinels have been detected in Barcelona, Spain, and the X-Men are needed. 'Sentinels... thank God' Jean utters to herself, before telepathically patching her team together. 'To me, my X-Men' she calls out. Putting his shirt on, Scott asks Jean how that felt. 'Honestly? Kind of creepy' Jean replies. Bobby looks back at his phone as he tells Jeannie that he liked it, and that she sounded like a total badass. The Beast walks towards the hangar bay, announcing that he will get the Blackbird prepped, not that it needs his help, as most likely, the plane already primed the engines in anticipation of their needs. He adds that it wouldn't surprise him if it one day leaves them behind and jets off to save mutantkind on its own. Outside, Angel hovers of the old building they are using as their HQ and tells his teammates that he is just waiting on them.
Shortly, Angel flies alongside the Blackbird, which approaches Mach-5 as it speeds towards Barcelona, Spain, only ten minutes until its destination. Inside the jet, Bobby leans into Jean and tells her that if Magneto wanted to kill them, throwing them at Sentinels would be a good way to do it. Scott tells Bobby to cut Jean some slack, reminding him that they all agreed to be here. He points out that they would be going on ops just like this even if they had stayed with Professor Kitty. 'Magneto is trying to protect mutants. He doesn't want to kill us' Scott declares. 'Not yet' Jean remarks quietly. 'That's comforting' Bobby tells her, folding his arms, while outside, Angel grins as he shouts over the comms 'Welcome to Barcelona, X-Men! Hope we survive the experience!' In the distance, fire and smoke can be seen, and ther Blackbird draws closer to the street where five large Sentinels are standing. Each of them has different-colored parts to their body, and one of them calls out 'Greetings... fellow mutants'. The X-Men look puzzled. “Fellow mutants”? Bobby quotes. 'Saywhatnow?' he asks, confused.
Back in Madripoor, Ferris informs Magneto that the X-Men have arrived in Spain and have engaged the Sentinels. Magneto instructs Ferris to monitor them, and adds that he wants constant updates. 'You are...concerned for their well-being' Ferris remarks. Magneto replies that they will be fine, as they know how to deal with Sentinels. He explains that it is simply this world, that the more things change, the more things stay the same. 'Yes, Sir. I understand' Ferris responds, while Magneto uses his powers to open a thick metal door. He starts to descend some stairs, and asks Ferris, who hovers alongside him, 'And what about our project?' Ferris reports that all is going according to plan. They arrive at a hidden lab, where energy crackles around a platform that is in the center of the room. Ferris informs Magneto that the Time Platform is almost ready, and soon, he will be able to send the young X-Men back to their time period of origin!


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'My telepathy – my telekinesis – they're not working!' Jean Grey a.k.a. Marvel Girl exclaims. 'They're blocking me somehow!' Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops fires an optic blast, announcing that his powers are still going strong, for all the good they are doing. 'They're shaking off my best shots!' Bobby Drake a.k.a. Iceman looks tired and a pool of water has formed around him as he asks 'You think we can get a do-over? I feel like... we'd do better the second time around' Up above, Warren Worthington the Third hovers, then shields his eyes as he is blinded by a blast of light. Henry McCoy a.k.a. the Beast is trapped in some sort of force field, and tells his fellow time-displaced X-Men that they are closing in.
In Barcelona, Spain, five large Sentinels stand over the young mutants. One of them has grabbed hold of Angel, while the Beast is trapped in a force field, another releases a blast of heat at Iceman, the fourth blocks Cyclops' optic blast, and the Sentinel opposing Jean Grey tells addresses the X-Men as “fellow mutants” and tells the X-Men to desist, as this conflict serves no purpose, and they mean no harm. Jean asks the Sentinels why they are saying that - “fellow mutants” to which one of them explains 'Because we are like you'.
Several civilians are watching from nearby, and one of them suddenly calls out 'Please – stop this! These robots... they were trying to help. They were helping me!' she exclaims. Jean looks confused and points at the Sentinels, while asking the woman if she saying that they helped her. 'That is correct. We have been dispatched to aid emerging mutant 213345' one of the Sentinels reports. 'Emerging mutant?' Jean asks, before the Sentinel picks her up. 'Hey! Hands off!' Jean shouts. Standing on a demolished street with lava bubbling underneath, the woman introduces herself as Belen, and announces that all of this destruction is her fault. 'I couldn't stop myself. I couldn't control it' she adds, while Jean demands that the Sentinel put her down, but the Sentinel reports that it cannot do that, as new directives are streaming in. 'We are to show the X-Men that we are striving for the same goals – to save mutantkind'
The other X-Men are picked up by the Sentinels as the one holding Jean picks up Belen and instructs the other Sentinels to prepare the X-Men for transport. One of the Sentinels then encases the mutants in yellow bubbles and reports that their pobjective is not to harm, but to subdue, and adds that the force fields will keep them safe and comfortable during travel. 'Do not struggle, fellow mutants. Do not despair. Our mission... is to protect you' the Sentinel declares as they blast off.
At that moment, the time-displaced original X-Men's Blackbird jet which was stationary in the air in Barcelona springs to life, and begins to track the X-Men once it identifies that the X-Men have left the maximum safe distance away from the Blackbird. The autopilot parameters are updated as the jet pursues the X-Men.
Within the force field that surrounds her, Jean is accompanied by Belen, and Jean tells her that nothing is quite like it is supposed to be. 'So let's just back up a bit, okay? It was you who caused all the destruction we saw? It wasn't the Sentinels?' Jean asks. Belen hangs her head and admit that she did it, but that she didn't mean to, that she doesn't even know what happened. She explains that one minute she was minding her own business, and then she felt a strange headache, a sudden fever. The earth started shaking, cracking open, and she was causing it. Motioning to the Sentinels, Belen reveals that they stopped her before she hurt someone – they switched off her powers somehow. 'Mine, too' Jean adds, realizing that they have some sort of power dampening field. 'It's new. A new weapon against us' Jean decides. Belen tells Jean that she doesn't understand, so Jean asks her if she has watched the news before. 'Those are Sentinels. They're kind of famous for killing mutants. You are a mutant. And Sentinels like these were designed to murder you' Jean declares.
Jean's mind wanders back fighting the Sentinels alongside her fellow original X-Men and she informs Belen that the X-Men have been fighting Sentinels for years, and that she first saw them during a combat exercise – it wasn't supposed to be the first time she encountered them. 'But... you know... time travel. Long story'. Jean tells Belen that even though the Sentinels she fought weren't real, they were simulations, she could feel hate pouring out of them – hate because someone created them to kill her and anyone like her. 'Real or not, they terrified me'. Jean adds that she couldn't understand how anyone could build a Sentinel, and she doesn't understand why anyone would keep building them.
The Sentinels fly towards a mountainous area and descend into a cavern, possibly a volcano. The X-Men and Belen are lowered to the ground, and one of the Sentinels tells its “fellow mutants” that they are safe here and that there is no need for hostility, as their master awaits. The mutants are released from the force fields and Jean telepathically contacts her teammates, reporting that the Sentinels' power-dampening field is wearing off. 'You can hear me, right?' she asks. Cyclops responds by telling Jean to give the word and that they will blast their way out of here. 'Not yet' Jean tells the others, suggesting that they may as well see what it is that made these hunter-killers suddenly join the We Love Mutants Club. The young X-Men go wide-eyed as a large door opens in front of them, and a voice calls out 'Greetings, X-Men. And welcome'.
On a platform in the next room, connected to all sorts of wires and cables is the Nimrod / Master Mold fusion called Bastion. He introduces himself to the X-Men and tells them that he recognizes some of their faces, although they are a bit younger than he remembers. He adds that he must assume thanks to some paradox, that they have never met. He suggests that perhaps a fresh start is for the best, and claims that he has brought them before him, in hopes that they might become friends.
'Who is this guy? Robot with a soul maybe? Definitely robot with a soul patch, which is blowing my mind a little bit' Iceman tells the others via Jean's telepathic link. 'You never study' Jean replies, before telling Bastion that they may not have met him, but they know who he is. 'Except Bobby' someone points out, while Jean informs Bastion that they know he hs a history of trying to exterminate their people. Bastion confirms that Jean is right, and tells the mutants that he hopes they will realize that his operating structures have changed.
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Bastion informs the X-Men that not long ago he attempted to kill the mutant called Hope, who represented the rebirth of sorts of for the X-gene, as he believed he could destroy her before she brought her namesake to mutantkind, but she proved to be more dangerous than he anticipated, and he was destroyed. Surely Hope thought him obliterated in the conflict. However, at the last second, he was able to activate his temporal drives and shunted himself into the future. Bastion had suffered catastrophic damage, and the time-shift corrupted and compromised his systems. It was there that he saw mutants had not been saved – in fact, thanks to Terrigen poisoning, their numbers were dwindling faster than ever before.
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Bobby steps forward and begins to inform Bastion that that is behind them now. 'The Terrigen -' he starts to say, before Jean shushes him, and telling Bobby to let Bastion give them the information. 'We don't need to tell him anything' she remarks. Bastion agrees that the mutant population is no longer threatened by the Terrigen Mists, but points out that their numbers are dangerously low. 'You are an endangered species' he declares.
'Shouldn't a Sentinel be... I dunno... happy about that?' Angel asks his teammates. The Beast explains that Bastion appears corrupted, and adds that Bastion said it himself, essentially, he has gone mad.
Bastion announces that he could not allow mutants to vanish from the Earth, and so he reprogrammed a group of Sentinels to follow new instructions – to aid mutantkind. 'That is why we refer to ourselves as mutants. Our programming is an aberration' one of the Sentinels explains.
Bastion informs the X-Men that is why he has brought them here, as he needs mutants to help him in this mission.
'Tell me you're not buying into this, Jean?' Scott asks. Jean assures him that she is not, to which Scott adds 'How many of our enemies are we going to make allegiances with?' 'I said I'm not!' Jean exclaims.
Belen walks towards Bastion, telling him that she is not an X-Man, but that she will help if she can. Jean tells her to wait, but Belen turns back to Jean and tells her that she knows what she said – she knows what Sentinels are supposed to be. 'But don't you believe people can change?' Belen asks. Jean goes wide-eyed, and remembers Magneto recently telling her that Charles Xavier dreamed of a world where human and mutant could co-exist in peace. He told her that once he challenged that idea, but that now, he believes that if mutants are to survive, they must do so alongside humans.
With Belen standing at his side, Bastion asks ther X-Men to join him, and claims that together they can save their species. The Beast, still connected to the others via Jean's telepathy, tells his teammates that what Bastion is talking about is a utility function. 'We're talking about the guidelines that defines a robot's every action'. He proposes to his teammates that, for example, a robot's utility function is to clean a house, so once it has cleaned a house, completely, that robot no longer serves a purpose, but that some believe the robot would then make a new mess, going so far as knocking down walls, so that it can continue doing its job. 'Bastion's utility function is to kill mutants' the Beast reminds his friends.
'Together, X-Men. It's the only way' Bastion declares. 'What are you -' Marvel Girl starts to ask the Beast, but he cuts her off, and tells her to ask Bastion why he is saving mutants.
Marvel Girl moves closer to Bastion and tells him that she gets it, she thinks that she understands he has changed, before asking him what his end goal is, why he is helping mutants. Bastion's eyes flash red, as he apologizes, and remarks that he thought it was obvious – he wants to save mutantkind, to see them flourish – so that he can destroy them. 'What did you -' Belen begins, pulling away from Bastion as the Sentinels loom over the X-Men, and Marvel Girl announces that settles it, as the X-Men start to battle Bastion. Jean throws a telekinetic shield around herself and instructs Cyclops to keep Bastion busy. He does so with an optic blast, while Jean tells the Beast that the Sentinel with green lights can shut their powers down, so he needs to do a little monkey-wrenching and return the favor. Jean tells Iceman and Angel that they are on chaos and mayhem duty. 'I'm chaos. He's mayhem' Iceman replies as he slides around on an ice-sled and then blasts one of the Sentinels with ice, as Angel darts between two of the other Sentinels, and the Beast starts ripping a panel off the Sentinel with the green lights. Belen ducks as Cyclops fires an optic blast that strikes Bastion, who throws up a force field.
Bastion informs the X-Men that this is unnecessary, and that based on their age and activities, according to his calculations, they will be long deceased before his action parameters are updated. 'We're not trying to protect ourselves. We're fighting to protect all mutants – including those wh won't be born for decades' Cyclops explains. 'Cease and desist! We do not wish to harm you!' the Sentinel that the Beast is attacking calls out. 'Yeah. Noty yet you don't' Jean remarks as she uses her telekinesis to slam one of the Sentinels to the ground. Bastion announces that this battle is pointless, and tells the X-Men that they struggle against their own survival, so he will not engage in senseless conflict. 'Transrelocation initiated' Bastion announces as he and the Sentinels suddenly vanish. 'They... ran. They just teleported away!' Angel exclaims. Beast explains that a fight with them at this stage of the game does not support the utility function.
Marvel Girl looks over at Belen and asks her if she is all right. Belen frowns and explains that she thought she could do some good and that they could help her. Jean tells Belen not to worry, and informs her that they know a great school and can drop her off there on their way home. 'A school?' Belen asks. 'Maybe not the best. But close' Jean tells her. Iceman turns to his teammates and tells them that he hates to be the wet blanket, but points out that they are stranded here. Angel offers to go get help, while Jean suggests she could send out a psychic distress call. The Beast remarks that he could possibly open a mystic portal. 'Through Hell!' Cyclops exclaims. 'You could stay here if you like' the Beast points out, when suddenly, Jean looks upwards, and reports that their ride is here, as the Blackbird descends down into the cavern.
Angel looks at the Beast and asks him if he programmed the Blackbird to do that. 'It wasn't me' the Beast replies, suggesting that they ask Magneto where he got this plane. Angel, the Beast, Iceman and Belen walk towards the Blackbird and Jean hangs her head. 'Penny for your thoughts?' Cyclops asks her. He walks over to Jean and asks her if she is doing okay. Jean tells Scott that she iis, but that Bastion is their enemy, and he is trying to save mutants – and they attacked him, but he didn't even fight back. 'It makes me wonder...' Jean's voice trails off, and Cyclops concludes Jean's comment by asking if their relationship with Magneto is any different. 'I don't know what to tell you, Jean. You know how I feel. Magneto's bad news. I don't trust him. But I trust you' Jean looks at Cyclops and tells him that maybe he shouldn't, pointing out that since they got to this time, she has used her powers with abandon, forced her will on others, read her friends' thoughts without permission. 'I've kind of been a -' Jean begins.
'You totally have' Cyclops smiles, before telling Jean that doesn't mean she is a super villain. 'You made some mistakes... sometimes some scary mistakes... but you're trying to fix it. And I'm here to help you' Cyclops assures her. They approach the Blackbird and Jean asks Scott if he thinks she is scary. 'I just threw that in there for dramatic effect' he claims. Jean points out that she could read his mind and find out. 'Careful, Dark Phoenix' Cyclops replies. 'I'm kidding!' Jean assures Scott, before thanking him.


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'These readings... they're strange' Jean Grey a.k.a. Marvel Girl announces as she and her fellow time-displaced original X-Men are within their Blackbird jet. Jean is using the Cerebro helmet and she tells her friends that they are unlike any mutant signal she has encountered before. Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops asks Jean if she is suggesting that Cerebro is detecting something new, but Jean replies that she isn't sure. She points out that they will find out soon enough, as they are getting close – she thinks – the signal is glitchy.
Bobby Drake a.k.a. Iceman tells Jean that he wouldn’t say that so loud, as she will hurt the Blackbird's feelings. 'She'll drop us right out of the sky' Bobby remarks. Henry McCoy a.k.a. the Beast tells Bobby that the Blackbird is not going to dump them, and explains that it is Cerebro that Jean is insulting, and that if Cerebro is going to turn against them, it will probably just fry Jean's noodle. Bobby scowls and tells Henry that he has gotten very morbid since he took up magic.
Shortly, the Blackbird descends over the snow-covered Arrow Ridge, in Colorado. The four X-Men emerge from the Blackbird and Cyclops points out that it is cold. 'Big babies' Iceman tells the others. 'Easy for you to say, Iceman' Jean replies, before suggesting that if it is all the same, then they should find this mutant and get back to Madripoor before they all look like human popsicles.
Jean telepathically contacts Warren Worthington III a.k.a. Angel and asks him if he has spotted anything. Warren soars overhead, his wings of cosmic flame glowing, he reports that the trees are obscuring his line of site, and he didn't want to fly too close because of his flame wings. 'Good point' Jean agrees, before instructing Angel to set down and join the rest of them in the land of frozen toes.
Jean informs the others that she will do a psi-sweep. 'Maybe I can pick up -' Jean begins, before the five young mutants see a body, half sunken into the snow ahead of them. They walk towards the body and see blood-soaked snow around it. 'I hope this isn't the mutant we're looking for' Angel calls out. Jean tells him that she doesn't think it is, even though the signal might be weird, the mutant was alive. 'Next question. What killed him?' Cyclops remarks. The Beast crouches over an organ that is laying on the snow nearby and announces that he isn't even sure he's actually dead. 'Whu – is that his heart? Disgusting!' Iceman exclaims as he peers over the Beast's shoulder. Angel tells the Beast that he might need to have his eyes checked. 'Because I could've told you this guy was a corpse before I noticed that his heart's been cut out of his chest. He -' Angel adds, when suddenly, a voice calls out 'I'd listen to your friend... and step away from the body'.
Sheriff Kira Lee holds a flashlight and a weapon towards the X-Men and announces 'I've seen that...thing...take some catastrophic damage and come back for more. There's no telling when it will jump back up and come back to life' she tells the X-Men. Angel reaches out to her, 'Uh...hey. I'm guessing you're the deputy sheriff around here -' he begins, as Kira interrupts him: Sheriff, actually' she tells him. Glancing sideways, Kira remarks that she may be out of her jurisdiction at this point. 'We're the X-Men. I'm Warren... Angel' Warren introduces himself. Kira tells him that she knows who they are, and that she has seen them on TV. 'Your wings -' she begins. 'They're pretty amazing, right?' Angel smiles. 'No. They're causing the snow to melt and drip on us' Kira points out as she shines her torch to the snow-covered trees hanging over them. 'Think you could take a step or two back?' she asks. Kira Lee introduces herself to the X-Men and tells them that she thinks she knows why they are here.
They all stand around the body and Kira asks 'You're looking for him, aren't you? The one who did this. He's one of you... an X-Man' to which Marvel Girl explains that they are looking for a mutant, like them, but that whoever he is, he is not an X-Man. 'Are you sure? Because I've seen him, too, on the news. He's the guy with the claws' Kira remarks. 'Claws?' Cyclops asks, looking at an equally confused Iceman. 'He had claws? This guy... he's older? Like a mean old grandpa?' Marvel Girl asks. 'Yes to the claws. Yes to the mean. No to the grandpa' Kira replies, informing the X-Men that he was young. She adds that she has been tracking him for a few days now, and she thinks he is nearby. She remembers a recent encounter with a Wendigo, and how the mutant with the claws saved her life, and informs the X-Men that he did so.
They turn their attention back to the body in the snow, and Kira reveals that he was some kind of monster, and the mutant they were looking for was hunting for him, trying to stop him. 'I guess he finally succeeded' Kira points out. 'Wendigo' Beast remarks as he looks  at the heart again. Kira explains that she had the feeling he was alone and that he needed help, which is why she has been looking for him. 'That's what we want, too. We can help you find him' Marvel Girl offers. 'Sure. Why not?' Kira agrees.
The X-Men start to follow Kira through the snow-covered forest. 'The more the merrier, right?' Kira remarks, while the Beast looks over his shoulder. Jean catches up to Sheriff Lee and explains that she is curious about the man she encountered. She reveals that she is a telepath and tells her that if it was okay, she would like to read her mind. 'I'd prefer if you didn't' Kira replies. Marvel Girl hangs back and lets Kira walk on ahead. 'How could she stop me? How would she even know if I -' Jean thinks to herself, before telling herself to stop it. 'I'm thinking like Magneto. That's not who I am... not who I want to be'.
Cyclops tells Jean to come on, that it is all right, and that they are going to find him. Suddenly, there is a SNIKT sound, and everyone turns around, to see razor sharp claws gleaming in the moonlight. The young man in a green hooded sweater holds his claws up and tells the others that they shouldn't have come after him, but offers to give them one chance to turn around and go back wherever they came from and tell whoever is pulling their strings to leave him alone. 'Is it... really him?' Iceman asks. 'Wolverine?' the Beast remarks. 'I'm not counting to three' the clawed man warns them. Cyclops suggests to Jean that she shut him down and that they can sort everything out after the fact. 'But knock him out before he -' Cyclops begins, interrupted by Jean who assures him that she is way ahead of him.
Kira Lee raises her weapon, while a surprised Jean reports that she can't reach his mind, that he has got some sort of mental blocks.
The clawed individual slashes forward, while Cyclops fires an optic blast that knocks down a tree. 'Blew your chance, Slim!' the clawed man exclaims as he slices the tree to shreds. 'Aw -' Scott begins. 'NO!' Jean screams as she releases a telekinetic pulse that slams the mysterious man back through some trees, where he lands near Iceman and Angel. 'Hey! Hold on! Wait!' Iceman calls out to everyone. 'We know him' Angel announces. 'You know him?' Cyclops asks as Jean helps him to his feet. Angel agrees that he knows him, too, even though he looks a little different. 'We met him before...when we got pulled into that other world' he explains. 'Other world? You went to another world and met Young Man Logan?' Cyclops asks, confused. The Beast tells Cyclops to keep up and informs him that this guy is not Logan. 'He's Wolverine's son' the Beast reports as Jimmy Hudson looks up with wide eyes.
Jimmy Hudson suddenly leaps to his feet and roars. 'Bobby!' Angel calls out, twisting so that his flaming wings swipe between Jimmy and Bobby, who falls backwards, just before Jimmy's claws would have sliced him. 'He... he almost...' Bobby stutters. 'I guess we're not as memorable to him' the Beast points out as he leaps after Jimmy Hudson who starts to flee.
'I'm not going back! I'll kill every dam one of you before I go back!' Jimmy calls out. He rushes towards Cyclops and Marvel Girl. Cyclops fires an optic blast which deflects off Jimmy's claws. 'Did he try to kill you the last time you met?' Cyclops asks 'No. We got along. We fought Dr Doom' Marvel Girl reveals. Suddenly, mere feet from Cyclops and Marvel Girl, Jimmy's body convulses as shots are fired and bullets strike him. Marvel Girl and Cyclops turn to Sheriff Lee, who looks pained, and tells Jimmy that she is sorry, but that he didn't really give her much of a choice.
'Yeah... you didn't give me much choice, either!' a voice booms, as a shadow falls over Jimmy – and a large hulk-sized ice-hand slams Jimmy flat into the snow. 'Oh my...' the Beast begins, wide-eyed. 'You can say it. Now seems like an appropriate time' Angel tells him. '...stars and garters' the Beast finishes his sentence. 'Bobby...' Jena calls out as the X-Men approach the large form of Iceman, who jokes 'Iceman... smash. Heh'.
The Beast crouches beside Jimmy and tells the others that he isn't sure they actually asked when they last met him – they know he has his father's claws, but does he also have his healing factor?' Sheriff Lee adjusts her gun and reports that he can heal – she saw him do it once before.
'You guys, take a second and just look at me! We've finally got a real bruiser on the team!' Iceman jokes in his ice-hulk form. 'Bring on the Juggernaut!' he exclaims. Marvel Girl tells Bobby 'That's great', and asks him to change back to his regular self, as he is kind of weirding her out right now. Bobby emerges from the ice-hulk form, letting the larger ice form break away. 'Whatever you say, boss. As long as everyone remembers it was me who took down Wolverine Jr' Iceman grins. 'With a little help from your bullets' Iceman adds, pointing at Sheriff Lee, who holds up a hand and tells Iceman that it is all right, he can take full credit for this one. She hands Marvel Girl some handcuffs and asks her if she wants to use them. 'Not if I can help it' Jean replies as they gather around Jimmy. Jean reports that he is scared of something – someone – and she doesn't think handcuffing him is going to prove that they are friends.
'Friends?' Iceman asks. 'He tried to cut off my face!' he exclaims. Cyclops puts a finger to his visor and reports that he is with Iceman on this one. 'I don't know if -' Cyclops begins, while Jean crouches down beside Jimmy and calls out his name. 'What did you say?
What did you call me?' the dishevelled Jimmy asks, looking at Jean. Jean stands up, and Scott, Bobby and Hank gather at her sides, while Warren hovers over them. Jean extends a hand to Jimmy and informs him that they are the X-Men, and that they don't want to hurt him. 'We want to help if you'll let us' she explains. Jimmy gets to his feet, and Jean tells him that they should go somewhere, perhaps they can talk. Cyclops points out that the Blackbird is not far, but Jean suggests they go somewhere neutral. 'I think I know a place' Sheriff Lee announces. She adds that it isn't fancy, or even clean, but that it will get the job done.
Soon, they are gathered around a table in the run-down, local bar. Civilians are drinking or playing pool, while Jean informs Jimmy that when he attacked them, he thought that they were trying to take him someplace. 'Where?' she asks. Forlorn, Jimmy replies that he doesn't know – he can't remember. 'Maybe you're talking about your world' Bobby suggests as he shoves some food into his mouth. Bobby adds 'That place was pretty awful, as I recall. Hey – is the other Iceman with you? Is he around somewhere or did you cut him up, too?' 'Bobby-' Jean begins. 'What? It’s a fair question!' Bobby exclaims, before asking why no one in this place is giving them a second glance.
Jean tells the others not to sweat it, explaining that she has tweaked the perceptions of all the other patrons, so they fit in just fine. 'You... tweaked what they're seeing? You can do that?' Sheriff Lee asks, while Bobby resumes shoving food into his mouth.
Jimmy tells the X-Men that he is sorry he tried to hurt them, and reveals that he thinks he may have hurt a lot of people – but wherever he was, the only thing he can remember is pain. Cyclops suggests they take a step back, and announces that Jimmy isn't the only one who is confused by all this talk of another world. 'Someone want to take a stab at explaining it to me?' he asks. Jean informs Cyclops that it was when he was off in space with his father that they met a young mutant who could move between worlds – between parallel dimensions. Images flash through Jean's memory as she tells Cyclops that they ended up in a world with its own X-Men, a world with heroes, too, sort of like this world's but not exactly the same, and Jimmy was there, along with alternate reality versions of herself and Bobby. Everyone falls silent as Angel announces that the other version of him was dead.
Jimmy puts a hand to his head and tells the X-Men that he is sorry, he doesn't remember any of it. 'We'll figure this out' Jean tells Jimmy, putting a hand on his. She then tells Jimmy that she hopes he realizes they are friends, and suggests that if he comes with them, they might be able to help him. Before Jimmy gets a chance to respond, there is a rumbling, and metal objects within the bar begin to float around. 'What the hell? What's happening?' Sheriff Lee calls out. 'That would be me' a voice announces as four new arrivals appear – Pietro Lensherr a.k.a. Quicksilver, Hisako Ichiki a.k.a. Armor, Derek Morgan a.k.a. the Guardian and Nomi Blume a.k.a. Mach-II who announces that they are here for their companion – and they never leave a man behind. They are the New Marauders – and they are not from this universe!


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There are two louds SNIKT! sounds within a bar, and a table – and everything on top of it – goes flying into the air as Jimmy Hudson rushes forward and snarls 'You made a mistake... coming after me... hunting me down! I'm not going back... and if I have to kill you to drive that point home – THEN YOU'RE GONNA DIE!'
Jimmy Hudson is the son of Wolverine from an alternate universe – the same universe where the four New Marauders are from. Quicksilver is one of them, and he speeds around the walls of the bar, knocking out Hank McCoy a.k.a. The Beast and dodging ice-balls thrown towards him by Bobby Drake a.k.a. Iceman. Armor, another of the New Marauders, encases herself in a large dragon as she battles Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops, while the winged Guardian goes up against Warren Worthington III a.k.a. Angel, as Jimmy finds himself levitated into the air by the fourth member of the New Marauders, Mach-2, who tells Jimmy 'Sorry. If you want to kill me, you'll have to do better than that. All that metal might impress some people... but in this fight, it makes you sort of a lame duck'.
As her fellow time-displaced X-Men battle the reality-displaced New Marauders, Jean Grey a.k.a. Marvel Girl throws a telekinetic force field around herself, Sheriff Kira Lee and the pub patrons. Cyclops' optic blast strikes the side of Armor's dragon and he asks her what she is doing here, as he thought she was on their side. As Quicksilver runs past him, the Beast suggests to Cyclops that given Jimmy is not from this world, it is possible these “Marauders” might be reality-displaced also. Iceman continues to try and strike Quicksilver with ice-balls and tells the others that he thinks Quicksilver is a jerk in this world, but not this much of a jerk.
'Snowballs? Really?' Quicksilver asks. 'They're ice-balls. They sting more when they hit you' Iceman replies. 'All right. Who are you -' Angel asks his opponent, but the Guardian doesn't respond, he simply rakes his claws across Angel. 'So much for masking our presence with the civilians. We've gotta get them out of here before they get mulched in the crossfire' Jean thinks to herself as the civilians within her force field look around anxiously.
Metal objects that are levitated and tossed around the room by Mach-2 are deflected by Jean's telekinesis, while inside the force field, Sheriff Lee tells Jean to give her some cover while she gets these people clear. 'Are you sure -' Jean begins. 'Yeah. Do your thing' Sheriff Lee tells her. Get moving!' the sheriff tells the civilians, motioning to a nearby door where the civilians start to run through, as Jean continues to maintain her telekinetic force field. 'Ahh! 'Cyclops cries as he leaps to safety, narrowly avoiding Armor's large dragon foot stepping on him. 'OEEOOW!' Iceman screams as Quicksilver grabs his arm and begins to twist it. 'Let's see what happens when I twist your arm at supersonic speeds, hmm?' the speedster asks. Mach-2 continues to hold Jimmy in her magnetic field and she reports that they are done here, as she has secured their wayward friend. 'Break off and -' she begins.

But nearby, Cyclops is crouched on the floor and prepares to release an optic blast. 'That's it. Both of you hold still for just a -' he remarks quietly before he releases the blast, which narrowly misses Iceman, and strikes Quicksilver, knocking him backwards, before it darts against Mach-2, hitting her in the side, and causing her to drop Jimmy Hudson. Unfortunately for Cyclops, Armor uses her large dragon claw to knock him over. 'Cheap shot. And it bought you a split second at most. Who do you think you're dealing -' Quicksilver begins, when suddenly, he finds himself surrounded by several ice-copies. 'Sorry, were you saying something?' Iceman asks, before telling Quicksilver that they are not done yet. He controls the ice-copies, using them to punch Quicksilver repeatedly. 'Ice stings more when it hits you!' Iceman exclaims.
'Always be a feathery avian-powered mutant. Unless you can be a fiery, feathery avian-powered mutant! Then be that!' Angel exclaims as he fires cosmic fire from his wings, which knock the Guardian backwards. Cyclops is grabbed by Armor who has returned to her regular armored form, and holds him by his leg, waving him about as cosmic fire lands nearby. 'Angel! Your feathers! They're setting the place on fire!' Cyclops calls out. 'Sorry, Cyke! I'll -' Angel begins, before he shouts 'YAAA-' as sharp knives and forks are thrown towards him by Mach-2. 'Bringing you down, birdy' she warns Angel. But as she continues to magnetically control the cutlery, Mach-2 is distracted and doesn't notice Jimmy pop his claws and walk up behind her.
The Beast goes over to Marvel Girl and tells her that he knows she is worried about reading people's minds without their permission, but that now is an okay time to do it. 'Figure out where these bozos came from!' he tells her.
Jean tells the Beast that she will try, but that Jimmy's mind was blocked to her. 'Maybe these new guys -' she begins, but as she activates her telepathy, Jean looks concerned – someone has joined her on the Astral Plane. 'Well, well, well. What have we here?' a shadowy figure asks. She moves closer to Jean Grey and reveals herself as Miss Sinister – bad news. 'An eavesdropper. Let's have a chat, hmm?' the woman also known as Claudine Renko suggests.
'Jean?' the Beast calls out, and as she concentrates on the Astral Plane, Jean tells the Beast that the New Marauders are not alone, that someone is pulling their strings.
'I know you. You're Mister -' Jean begins, but Claudine interrupts her: 'You should be so lucky' while back in the real world, Jimmy roars as he lunges at the surprised Mach-2, he shoves her to the ground and wraps his hand around her throat, choking her. 'You control metal' Jimmy declares, while on the Astral Plane, Jean turns to Miss Sinister and asks her what it is she wants – is she after Jimmy? 'An interesting question' Miss Sinister responds, and adds 'Looking at you, I'm at a loss for a reason. Maybe I'm chasing the wrong rabbit'. At the same time, Jimmy reveals to Mach-2 that his claws don't have to be metal, as the adamantium that covers his bone claws falls away.
'Jean Grey. The belle of the ball. The feather everyone wants in their cap' Miss Sinister remarks, her fingers reaching out to touch Jean's face. 'Don't touch me -' Jean declares.
'Let's see how you control them now' Jimmy tells the terrified Mach-2, his claws inches from her face.
'Answer me! What do you want with Jimmy? These mutants – who are they?' Marvel Girl demands, clenching a fist and shaking at Miss Sinister. 'Oh, very well. If I must indulge your innocent sense of wonder -' Miss Sinister remarks, before casting her hand upwards, where images flash before her. She informs Marvel Girl that there are other worlds than this, worlds that are similar to their own, but follow divergent chords of reality, and on many of these worlds, there are mutants. But not mutants as they understand them, in some cases, they are quite different, presenting exhilarating possibilities, but not all of these words are destined to survive, as some meet tragic, cataclysmic endings, and it would seem, in the final moments of those worlds, a handful of mutants fell from one reality into another – into this one, where her own research into genetic mutation drew her to these anomalies. So, she collected them, studied them – but not all of them adapted to her ministrations easily, as their clawed friend went rogue, but she is certain she can bring him back into the fold. Jean sees the Ultimates, and Miles Morales, Jimmy Hudson discovering his claws, the remnants of an alternate world X-Men team, Magneto, Claudine Renko discovering the reality-displaced mutants, capturing them in her lab, and Jimmy's escape.
'I'll find a way to guide him back to who he is meant to be' Claudine boasts, while Jimmy continues to hold his claws to Mach-II, who looks at them nervously, before he retracts them, and rushes out of the pub. Mach-II rubs her choked neck, and warns the others that Hudson is bolting. 'We have to go after him!' she calls out as flames spread through the pub. 'Oof!' Iceman exclaims as he is pushed aside by Quicksilver who speeds past him. 'I've got him! He can't outrun -' Quicksilver shouts, before suddenly, he falls flat on his face. 'Are you kidding me?' Quicksilver mutters as he turns around and sees his feet covered in solid ice. 'I can do this alllll day long' Iceman smiles. Quicksilver wipes the blood that trickles from his nose and boasts that a little ice isn't going to hold him for long. 'The problem, friend, is that when you stop  to gloat – you have to slow down so we can hear you!' the Beast exclaims as he leaps at Quicksilver and kicks him in his stomach. 'I doubt he's stop to talk next time' the Beast remarks, rubbing his hands. 'Stop helping the bad guys grow as people' Bobby complains to the Beast.
Suddenly, Bobby and the Beast find themselves attacked by cutlery and other metal items in the pub. 'Look out!' the Beast exclaims. 'Ah! Ow! Baby She-Magneto is back in the fight!' Bobby exclaims. Angel continues to battle the Guardian, while Mach-II tells everyone that the target is getting away. She instructs the Marauders to get after him,  while she covers them. 'You're the boss' Armor replies as she knocks Cyclops aside and moves towards the exit, with the Guardian flying behind her. With cutlery and other objects flying around her, Mach-II goes over to Quicksilver and levitates him. 'Sorry, losers. I'd love to stay and play some more. But we're on the clock' she grins, before rushing out the exit and calling backl 'Next time'.

The flames start to spread around the young X-Men and Iceman tells his friends that they have to move, that they can't let the Marauders get to Jimmy. Cyclops struggles to get to his feet, and tells his friends to go, while he will stay here and make sure Jean is all right. Cyclops looks over at Marvel Girl, who stands motionless as she continues to engage with the Astral Plane. Angel carries the Beast and flies out of the pub, with Bobby ice-sliding alongside them. They move past Sheriff Lee and Angel tells his teammates 'All right. Let's go save Jimmy. Because they always just love it when you do that'.
Back inside, Cyclops has gotten to his feet and moves towards Jean. 'Can you -' he calls out. 'Hear me?' Cyclops asks, while Jean floats before Miss Sinister: 'You erased their minds' she declares. 'No, I believe that is a by-product of the transition from one reality to the next' Claudine explains. 'You turned them into weapons' Jean tells her. Claudine confirms that she did – and more. 'So much more that I can't wait to show you' she remarks, while nearby in reality, Mach-II, Armor and the Guardian have caught up to Jimmy and surround him. Jean warns Miss Sinister that they will stop her, to which Miss Sinister smiles and tells Jean that she believes she might try at least, but that for today, she thinks they have had enough of each other. 'And so... an olive branch'. Miss Sinister begins to fade away as she tells Jean that their clawed friend, with his natural resistance to telepathy, is too much trouble, anyway, but that she has a good feeling about the two of them, that no they have met, she is positively thrilled about their mutual future.
The New Marauders look behind themselves, but by the time Bobby, Angel and the Beast catch up to them, they are gone. 'Any sign of Jimmy? Of the Marauders? Where did they go?' the Beast asks. 'They left' a voice calls out. Jimmy appears from behind a tree, and informs the X-Men that the Marauders had him, they could have taken him, and although he might have gotten in a few good licks, he doesn't think he could have held them off. 'But they left' he remarks, confused. 'We're getting really good at chasing our enemies away' Bobby grins. 'That's not necessarily a good thing' the Beast points out. 'They're scared of us' Bobby replies. But the Beast tells him that their enemies are sizing them up and regrouping for next time. 'Then we do the same thing. We make sure we're ready for them next time' Jean calls out as she, Cyclops and Sheriff Lee join the others in the snow-covered woods.
Jean puts a hand on Jimmy's arm and tells him that she, they, want him to come with them. 'We can help you. We can help each other' she assures him. 'So... I guess this is goodbye' Sheriff Lee asks. 'Unless maybe you want to come with us, too?' Angel smiles at her. Sheriff Lee smiles back and tells him 'No such luck, flyboy – unless one of you has a mutant power that involves completing mountains of paperwork'. Jean hangs back as the guys and Kira Lee walk on through the woods, and Cyclops tells her not to worry about the damages to the bar, as no one got hurt, and they have got...friends...  with deep pockets, they can make it right with the owners. Kira thanks him and tells him that will help. 'We're the X-Men... that's what we do' Cyclops replies. Jean looks at something red, glowing in the snow.
Later, in Madripoor, Magneto smirks as he looks at the new arrival. 'A son. Wolverine's son' he remarks as he stands beside the fireplace. Bobby and Angel stand on the other side of the fire, while the Beast sits on a sofa, Jean stands in the center of the room and Cyclops leans against a table. Jimmy stands several feet from Jean and looks at Magneto. Jean explains to Magneto that Jimmy is not from this world, and that she thinks they know more about his past than he does. She  reveals that Miss Sinister is very interested in him, and in other mutants like him, not just because of his abilities, but because of the very nature of his mutation.
Jean points out that even Cerebro detected something different about Jimmy, that he is a mutant, but different. 'You seem – familiar, somehow. I see Logan in you... but there's something else, too' Magneto remarks. 'I dunno. But could you stop looking at me like that?' Jimmy asks, folding his arms.
Magneto turns to Jean and tells her that she could have taken Jimmy to the school. 'If he was an ordinary mutant, maybe. But every time we clandestinely drop a new mutant off, we run the risk of Kitty asking more questions' Jean points out, reminding Magneto that the X-Men would not approve of them working with him. 'Besides...I thought we could use a Wolverine on the team' Jean adds. Cyclops watches Jimmy, who replies 'You're not calling me that'. 'This is your team, Miss Grey. I leave such decisions to you' Magneto tells her.
The young mutants leave the library and Magneto, as Cyclops suggests to Jimmy that they show him around and get him settled into a room. 'Is there food?' Jimmy asks. 'Yes! Ferris is the best robot-cook you could hope for!' Bobby announces. With the men walking ahead of her, Jean pulls something from her pocket – a red broach with a woman's face on it, attacked to a black band. She wonders what it is – some sort of parting gift from Miss Sinister, perhaps? Jean realizes that they know nothing about Miss Sinister's agenda. She looks concerned, and wonders what kind of power Miss Sinister really has, and whether her team of X-Men is up to the challenge....


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Madripoor, where from the window to her quarters in the time-displaced X-Men's secret hideout, Jean Grey a.k.a. Marvel Girl is marvelously bored. She stares out the window at the colorful fireworks that are exploding across the night time sky. She stands up and stretches her arms, deciding that she has cabin fever, and that it is a real killer. Jean thinks that she needs a change of scenery. She walks through the complex and comes to a large closed door. She thinks to herself “Come on, Scott. We're young and we live in one of the most exciting cities in the world. They're throwing the biggest party I've ever seen. Why don't we hit the town. I'm sure I could show you – a good time”. But as Jean keys a code into the door, it opens and she sees her fellow time-displaced teammate, Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops blasting some debris that their benefactor, Magneto, levitates with his magnetic power, causing large explosions above them.
'That's three shots, Cyclops. Per the rules of this exercise, you have but two attempts remaining... and five more targets' Magneto announces. Cyclops doesn't see Jean in the doorway and tells Magneto 'Guess you've never heard of a ricochet shot. Funny, because I think I used one to know you on your rear the first time we fought'. Cyclops releases another optic blast that bounces around the room, and Jean leaves, closing the door behind her, she passes some lanterns and, forlorn, tells herself that maybe that won't work, so it is time for plan B.
Jean walks into the recreation room, where Hank McCoy a.k.a. the Beast sits on a sofa  reading, and the reality-displaced Jimmy Hudson is playing pool. Jean walks over to him and asks him if he has any interest in getting out of here. Jimmy puts the pool cue down and asks Jean if everything is okay. Jean tells him that it is, and that she was just thinking they could use some time away from the mansion. 'There's a festival taking place, so -' Jean begins, as Jimmy interrupts her, asking if Summers is still training with Magneto. 'Uh... I guess... I didn't really check' Jean replies, glancing sideways. 'It's cool. I swear, I don't know if those two hate each other... or if they both want the other's approval' Jimmy remarks. 'Look... I didn't really mean to...' Jean begins, before Hank looks up from his book, and as Jean and Jimmy look into each other's eyes, he tells them 'Far be it from me to interrupt this painfully awkward moment... but if the two of you are stepping out – count me in'.
Soon, the three young mutants make their way through the crowded streets of Madripoor amongst bright lights and colorful street performances and parades. 'Oh my stars and garters!' Hank grins as he looks around. 'It's...it's amazing!' Jean gasps as she takes in her surroundings. 'Just look at it all! The othe rs are going to be sorry they missed this!' she exclaims. Hank raises his smart phone and takes some photos as he remarks that Scott is training, Bobby is moping and who knows where Warren has flown off to, so they will have to settle for photographic evidence of life passing them by. 'Isn't this awesome?' Jean smiles at Jimmy, who points out that this looks like a good place to get your throat cut. Jean tells him to lighten up and relax a little. Jimmy hangs his head and tells her that he will try, and supposes it is sensory overload. The Beast tells Jimmy that a little “overload” might be just what he needs, and suggests that it might fire up some of his neurons and trigger a restoration of his memories.
Jimmy motions to the party around them and replies 'Yeah – I'm sure this is the kind of thing I saw all the time back home'. He then thinks to himself 'Home – wherever that is'. As the locals dance and move about around the young mutants, Jean tells Jimmy that this doesn't need to be some life-changing experience. 'We have those all the time. Just enjoy it for what it is' she suggests to him. 'It's just... fun' Jean adds. 'Dumplings!' Hank exclaims as he throws one into his mouth, holding several others. Jimmy holds some skewers and remarks that he thinks his healing factor will spare him any real damage that this food will cause, but suggests to Jean and Hank that they proceed with caution. Jimmy does not look happy when several women approach him and try to put wreaths around his neck. 'This is for you!' one of them exclaims. 'This is no time for scowling' another tells him, while a third calls out 'Celebrate with us!' Jean and Hank look on and laugh.
Shortly, the Beast sings through a microphone during the festival parade, while women dance around him. 'I can't believe you did that!' Jean tells her friend once he finishes. 'See? The old fun-loving Hank McCoy isn't dead yet' Hank points out, while Jimmy glances behind himself and looks concerned. He observes two figures down an alleyway and watches as one of them hands the other some green liquid inside a small vial. 'Something familiar...' Jimmy tells himself, before sniffing a scent, and pushing past two locals as he move towards the alleyway. 'Watch it! Worthless  tourist!' one of the locals exclaims. Jimmy reaches the alleyway, but the two figures are nowhere to be seen. He tells himself that he isn't sure this is what Hank had in mind when he mentioned triggering memories, but that vial smells strange, like he should know it. At that moment, Jean realizes Jimmy has vanished.
Jimmy has found the two figures, and watches them from behind some crates. 'If you like the product, there's plenty more where that came from' one of them tells the other. 'You know I like the product. That's not in question. It's the price I don't like' the man with the ponytail replies. 'I'm sure we can work something out. Quality Mutant Growth Hormone is hard to come by these days. And – hey – the more you buy, the cheaper it gets' the seller of the MGH grins. 'Hhn?' Jimmy utters as he watches the exchange play out before him. Suddenly, the ground beneath everyone rocks and rolls, and some of the gangsters are knocked over. 'It's them! The Raksha!' one of the gangsters exclaims, raising two guns. 'They've found us!' another shouts. Suddenly, the first gangster's hands are sliced off, and the hands, still holding the guns, fall to the ground near where a robotic scorpion scuttles by. 'What have I done? I...deserve this!' another gangster exclaims, clutching his head. '...so sorry' another calls out, falling to the ground, clutching his head and crying. One of the thugs has dropped the vial of MGH and it rolls towards Jimmy, who wonders what it is and how he knows it.
Suddenly, four individuals enter the alleyway and start to attack the gang members. A man in dark clothes with a patch over one of his eyes kicks one thug over while shoving his hand into another thug's neck. 'These men peddle poison in our streets. Teach them a lesson, Raksha! Punish them!' he shouts. A woman whose eyes appear covered by bandages slams her fist into one of the thugs, while a man with a large mowhawk seems to control the robot scorpions, which he sets onto one of the thugs, and a woman with long braided hair who holds a sword in one hand kicks over her opponent. Speaking Mandarin, the woman with bandaged eyes leaps over two more gang members who hold up guns and tells them 'The Raksha have come for you. And that means the end of the line'. The woman with braided hair kicks her opponent hard in his face and asks 'How many mutants suffered so you could profit?', while the man with the mohawk laughs as his scorpions climb over their quarry, who screams 'Get them off! Get them off!'
The man with the patch forces the gang member with the yellow jacket who was selling the MGH and tells him to consider himself lucky that they will let him live. 'But we will leave our mark. Your eye is ours!' he announces, raising two fingers, he is about to strike the drug dealer, when suddenly, 'He's had enough' Jimmy declares as he grabs the Raksha member's arm. The Raksha member is surprised, and turns to Jimmy, telling him that this is none of his concern. 'I get it. He's a bad guy. But I'm not gonna let you kill him' Jimmy tells the Raksha. 'Thinking you have some say in the matter – was a terrible mistake!' the Raksha shouts as he removes his patch, and dark matter spews from his eye, engulfing Jimmy and knocking him backwards into the alley wall.
Just then: 'Leave him alone!' a telepathic voice calls out, and the Raksha member falls backwards, clutching his head in agony. Jean Grey appears and stands over him, offering him a piece of advice, she tells him he is going to want to stay down. 'Does the term “buzzkill” mean anything to you?' the Beast asks Jimmy as he helps him up. 'Busted ribs...healing now' Jimmy replies. 'Yes. That's exactly what “buzzkill” means' the Beast mutters. The other members of the Raksha turn to Marvel Girl, and the man who controls the robot scorpions exclaims 'She put some sort of psi-whammy on Norio. Tale her down before she does the same to us!' The two women then attempt to physically strike Jean with punches and kicks, but she blocks them with telekinetic force fields. 'Hank! Jimmy! A little help!' Jean calls out to her teammates.
'Friends! Ninjas! Countrymen! Is it too late to talk this out peacefully?' Hank asks as he leaps onto the shoulders of the woman with bandages over her eyes. The woman with braided hair attacks Jean with her sword, but once again Jean deflects the attack. Jimmy approaches the man controlling the robot scorpions from behind, but suddenly, the Raksha member turns around and exclaims 'What kind of engine you think this thing's got under the hood? Let's find out!' and the engine of the car parked the alley suddenly bursts from the car as if it was a large serpent. Norio then trips Jean up, and she falls backwards. He tells his teammates that these are children, and they don't fight children. 'They don't look any younger than us, Norio' the woman with braids replies. Norio calls her Whisper and tells her to be quiet.
'You shouldn't have interfered. Now you must face Gazing Nightshade's judgment!' the woman with the bandages exclaims, removing her bandages and revealing blood-soaked eyes. The Beast looks up at her and blood pours from his eyes as he tries to move away from Gazing Nightshade. 'Ah... what have I... can't tell them... they'll never trust me... if they know what I've done!' he utters. Jean sees this and tells Hank to snap out of it. Before she can help him though, Jean finds a blade put to her neck, as the woman called Whisper Doll holds her sword against Jean's neck. She suggests to Jean that she doesn't try her telepathy on her, as it will not work.
Nearby, Jimmy pops his claws and starts to hack away at the serpent-like robot that emerged from their car engine. 'Lady, I believe you when you say you're immune to telepathy. So I'll cut straight to telekinesis!' Jean exclaims as she uses her telekinesis to slam Whisper Doll backwards, knocking her into Gazing Nightshade, while the Beast still has blood pouring from his eyes and utters '...the pressure...the weight of it... the forces I've tampered with... have a terrible price...'
Norio meanwhile controls the black muck that emerges from his eye, but Jimmy slices it with his claws. 'You used those shadows of yours to sucker punch me before. It won't be so easy this time around' he warns Norio. Jimmy moves forward and grabs Norio by his collar, and Norio looks down at Jimmy's claws. 'You – your claws!' he exclaims, before calling out to the rest of the Raksha and ordering them to stand down.
'You are not our enemy. We will fight you no longer' Norio announces. The other Raksha stand down, and Gazing Nightshade puts the bandages back over her eyes. Jean and Hank gather themselves, and Jean wonders what happened and why they stopped attacking. 'Let's not question it' Hank suggests, rubbing his eyes. Norio introduces himself to Jimmy, Jean and Hank, and then his companions, Gazing Nightshade, Whisper Doll, and the man with the mohawk as Hexadecimal. 'We are the Raksha' Norio announces. Jean introduces herself, Jimmy and Hank as the X-Men, before asking Norio if he and the Raksha are mutants. 'You stopped fighting... when you saw my claws' Jimmy points out. Norio reveals that Jimmy's claws reminded him of the reason they fight – they honor the legacy of one with claws like his. 'We knew him as Patch. But you would have called him Wolverine' Norio states.
'Wolverine is Jimmy's dad' Jean smiles. 'Jean -' Jimmy frowns. 'Well, it's true. Sort of' Jean adds. Hank looks down at the gang members and tells Norio that his methods are brutal. 'In case you haven't noticed this is not a game. We face the cruelty and violence of our adversaries in kind' Norio remarks. He tells the X-Men that surely they can understand such necessity. 'You mutants are the X-Men. Your enemies rank among the most ruthless this world has to offer'. He reminds the X-Men that their foes lurk in the shadows, waiting to strike. Plot against them and prepare for their moment – and that the worst among them believe they are right. As he says this, Bastion is in a high-tech facility, plotting out his next move, while in what appears to be a child's bedroom, a woman sits in the shadows, her eyes glowing red. Miss Sinister is in her lab, while the Ultimate Universe's Quicksilver is laid out on a table before her, and Emma Frost sits by a fireplace, sipping a glass of red wine.
Hexadecimal holds out a case containing more vials of MGH, which Norio begins to put the vial recovered from the gangsters into. 'if you hope to triumph over them... you must be willing to take whatever measures are necessary' he tells the X-Men, before explaining that Mutant Growth Hormone has been a dangerous trade in Madripoor in recent years, and they have dedicated themselves to stamping it out once and for all. 'Mutant Growth Hormon? What's that got to do with me?' Jimmy wonders. Norio asks the X-Men if they judge the Raksha for the steps they have taken. 'I dunno...maybe. I mean, if you're gonna be a super-team...even one in Madripoor, you've gotta have standards' Jean points out. Norio announces that he does not like the term “super-team”.
'But you followed the teachings of Wolverine or Patch or whoever... and we were taught by Charles Xavier. Maybe we can help each other' Jean suggests. 'We can help you understand Xavier's dream...and you guys...well...you said yourself that we need to be better prepared for what's ahead of us'. Jean smiles as she asks the Raksha if they can teach them to be ninjas?