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Suite No. 2: Mojoverse Sonata XF .3 OP. 45, Danse Macabre
Krakoa, in the dead of night, a blinding flash of energy appears on a field – and a figure emerges from the energy, stepping out onto the lush landscape, they are wearing black clothing and have a hood pulled down over their face, obscuring their identity, while they also listen to music through large headphones placed over their hood. The mysterious figure sneaks past the Pod, where the Five – Hope, Egg, Elixir, Tempus and Proteus – are seated around a conference table. Egg asks Proteus how his husk is doing, to which Proteus replies 'Donna call it a “husk” when I'm in it...' and Egg apologizes, and tells Proteus to let them know when he is ready for a backup, and that it is okay to ask for help. Tempus notices Hope looks concerned and asks her 'What is it?' but Hope replies that she isn't sure, she thought she saw someone moving around out there. 'Some kid sneaking out to the Reservoir, I guess' she suggests, while the mysterious figure carries on into the night, holding a package in their arms.
At the Transit, Sage is asleep at her monitor station and does not see as the mysterious arrival rushes past a camera, package still in their arms. The mystery arrival reaches the Boneyard, the spyre that rises up above Krakoa and is home to X-Factor. The package is then placed on the front doorstep.
The next morning, the sun shines down on the package, which is addressed to X-Factor, and is discovered by the recently resurrected Jeanne-Marie Beaubier a.k.a. Aurora as she arrives at the Boneyard. Aurora picks up the package and knocks on the door – and a split second later, the door bursts open and Aurora is flowing into the air by her brother, Jean-Paul Beaubier a.k.a. Northstar, who holds his twin tight and in their native Quebec French, he welcomes her back. Aurora responds in Quebec French, greeting her brother, she tells him that she has heard he has been quite busy.
The Beaubier twins drop back down to the ground and enter the home and headquarters of Northstar's current team, X-Factor, where Daken, Lorna Dane a.k.a. Polaris, Rachel Summers a.k.a. Prestige, David Alleyne a.k.a. Prodigy and Trevor Hawkins a.k.a. Eye-Boy are gathered. Excitedly, Jean-Paul informs his sister that Kyle has already left for work, and asks her where her suitcases are, and that there is a suite here waiting for her. Lorna smiles at Jeanne-Marie and noticing the package, tells her that she didn't have to bring them a housewarming gift. 'I didn't. This was outside' Jeanne-Marie responds, before handing the package to Lorna. When the warwolf pup called Amazing Baby starts yapping and rushing towards Jeanne-Marie, Jean-Paul tells Rachel to get ahold of him. 'Why? He's a puppy. He's just excited about new smells' Rachel replies, while Amazing Babby continues to yap.
Prodigy turns to Aurora and tells her 'Now that you're here – there's some stuff we still don't understand about the circumstances of your death, so -' but he is interrupted by Daken who asks 'Is your mutation just being a huge nerd or something?' to which Prodigy turns to Daken and replies 'Kind of, yes' and asks if Daken's is just being a huge slut. Daken pauses, before remarking 'Kind of, yes', before he smiles at Aurora and introduces himself. Eye-Boy grins and steps in front of Daken, introducing himself as well, and while Amazing Baby continues to bark, Polaris goes wide-eyed and shouts 'Oh, what the $#%&!' as blood seeps through the package and onto her hands. She drops the package to the ground, and Amazing Baby begins licking the blood-stained package. 'Good boy' Rachel calls out. 'Wait! Don't let him eat that!' Prodigy exclaims, but Rachel tells him that it is probably safe if he is eating it.
'It's probably evidence! That's a case!' Prodigy exclaims. 'Wait! I know!' Eye-Boy calls out as he rushes away, and returns, a moment later, carrying a mug. 'Here! For forensics!' Eye-Boy suggests. 'Good thinking' Rachel tells him as she takes the mug and scoops some of the  blood into it. 'For forensics' Rachel smiles as she hands the mug to Prodigy. 'Cheers' Prodigy mumbles, before Northstar tells everyone that there is something else in the package. 'I can see what it is, but I'm not sticking my hand in there' Eye-Boy announces. Daken kneels down and pulls a pair of ballerina shoes, drenched in blood and marked with strange logos, from the blood. 'Our perp hates the arts. Jot that down' Daken remarks. 'No' Prodigy tells him, before Daken wonders why the shoes have sponsorship logos all over them, and reports that he doesn't recognize any of the brands. Prodigy doesn't, either, and tells everyone that for him, that is significant. 'Hey, hold this for me? I'm gonna take a picture... Prodigy adds as he hands the mug of blood to Polaris, who looks at, unimpressed.
'Hey, Aurora...you found the package outside, you said?' Polaris ask, while another member of the team asks if there was anything unusual about the way it was placed. 'Did you see or sense anyone suspicious hanging around?' Northstar asks his twin. 'She would have told us if that were the case. Right, Aurora?' someone else remarks when a wide-eyed Aurora suddenly screams 'HUSH!' She frowns as she reminds everyone that she was dead this morning, and that in a sense, she is about two hours old. 'Please use your inside voices' Aurora asks. Northstar goes to his sister's side and tells her that he is sorry, admitting that he wasn't thinking. Aurora sighs and reveals that the Five told her what Northstar went through to initiate her resurrection, so she knows he has been anticipating her, but that he has to understand that the last thing she remembers is being in Bellingham. 'I was there, and then I was nothing, and now I'm here' Aurora explains. Jean-Paul tells his sister that when she is ready, he wants her to let him know why she was even there.
Suddenly, Prodigy gasps and everyone looks at him as he asks them 'You guys know how I have some Multiverse experience? Well, I coded a search engine for X-Factor that can data mine cross-dimensionally'. Prodigy tells the others that he ran a query on the sponsorship logos, and has discovered thate they are all registered trademarks in one place. 'Make your point' Northstar tells him. 'There's been a murder in the Mojoverse!' Prodigy announces, while displaying a holographic projection of news media headlines from Mojoverse that indicate a mutant competing in Spiral's showcase has been found dead. Northstar frowns and sighs, before telling everyone to be ready to leave in five minutes. 'Ten?' Lorna asks. 'Three' Jean-Paul tells her. '$%#&' Lorna mutters.
Rachel picks up Amazing Baby, whose mouth is covered in blood, and holds the pup towards Aurora. 'You're probably hanging back, right? Would you mind looking after Amazing Baby while we're gone? He's a warwolf so I don't feel comfortable taking him to the Mojoverse' Rachel remarks. 'But you feel comfortable leaving a warwolf with me?' Aurora asks. 'Yes? Please?' Rachel replies. Northstar looks down at Eye-Boy and points at him: 'You. You will prescreen the contents of all mysterious packages from now on using your x-ray vision' he instructs him. 'Okay!' Eye-Boy replies. Good' Northstar remarks, while looking down at Eye-Boy, he then declares that they need uniforms.
Three minutes later, Daken, Prodigy, Polaris, Northstar, Prestige and Eye-Boy step through a gateway into the Mojoverse, wearing their new uniforms – although Daken's simply consists of black trousers, his chest left bare. 'Why did you need my credit card?' Daken asks. Prodigy explains that the Mojoverse news puts the victim's identity behind a paywall for some media conglomerate called “Headshot TV”. 'And?' Rachel asks. 'And he used Daken's credit card and my cell number to sign us up for Headshot TV's premium subscription package, but still couldn't get the victim's ID' Eye-Boy explains, before revealing that it did unlock 500 Mojoverse cable channels at the Boneyard and spam-text him links to a cam site called “Spiral's Showcase” that he refuses to click on. As X-Factor stand on a cliffside near the Krakoan gateway, they stare out over the sprawling high-tech city before them. Northstar reminds Rachel that she has been here before and asks if she has any idea where to begin. 'Don't look at me. Been years since I was here last. This is all new' Rachel responds.
X-Factor move closer to the city, where several others are going about their business. 'What's happening up there? Is that a security checkpoint?' Northstar calls out to one of them. 'You dorks look slick. What pod are you? Who's your sponsor?' one of the Mojoverse citizens calls back. 'You didn't answer my question, and now I have more' Northstar replies. 'Is this a prank pod stream? Are we getting goofed? No way you're that vegged. I don't buy it. Unless...' one of the civilians remarks, while a camera suddenly flies in front of Polaris, who swears at it and uses a swift magnetic pulse to destroy it. One of the Mojoverse civilians laughs and realizes that the “slick dorks” are Earth muties. 'Lucky gene freaks won't even need a sponsor. Look at all the clouty cam coverage they're getting already!' he exclaims as several additional cameras begin to dart around X-Factor. 'Very discreet. Good work, team' Northstar mutters.
Back on Krakoa, Amazing Baby looks up at Aurora and smiles after he burps Aurora frowns and sighs, before asking Amazing Baby if he is giving her the grand tour as the pup climbs a staircase. 'Let me try to get this straight – I died...and in my absence, Jean-Paul bravely assumed the mantle of being the crazy Beaubier twin? Is that right?' Aurora asks as she walks into a living room. Amazing Baby barks at her, and Aurora frowns again, while telling Amazing Baby not to patronize her.

In the Mojoverse, an advertisment reads:
WHO GETS IN?
Who gets the chance to win?
Now you decide, with viewer voting now available for every Mojoworld entry request audition! Download our official Headshot TV(tm) App to livestream auditions of aspiring visitors, greenlight candidates you like, or downvote anyone you'd feel uncomfortable stepping foot inside Mojoworld! We trust our viewers to protect Mojoworld or decide who has content potential, so we're leaving it all up to you – use our App to exercise your rights as Mojoworld's new border patrol!
HEADSHOT TV(tm)
We're your new family!
The members of X-Factor then begin to appear on HEADSHOT TV's streamchat.
Polaris is up first, and she looks at the comments that scroll by on the feed, perplexed. 'How do you know all this...' she begins, while one commentator asks if she is Magneto's daughter. 'Krakoan Mistress of Magnetism?' another enquires. 'Absolutely not. This chick lacks the gravitas' one of them writes. 'bro... it's definitely her. Look at the hair' another suggests.
Northstar sits, unimpressed, arms folded, he looks sternly ahead and doesn't engage with those on the feed, as a bot starts to calculate viewer votes. 'His eyebrows activate my fight or flight instinct' someone writes.
The Border Bot counts Prodigy's votes and informs him that he has been approved for entry. 'Wait, so what happens if viewers decide they don't want to admit someone into Mojoworld based on these livestream auditions?' Prodigy asks, while one viewer types 'uwu dapper hipster boi', and another notes how cute it is that Prodigy is so curious. 'Gay' someone types. 'He's bi' someone corrects them.
Daken, meanwhile, appears on the stream chat the camera zoomed in on his chest and abs. 'You wanna see my whole tattoo?' Daken asks as he starts to undo his trousers. 'Wait, is he -' a streamer begins. 'SOS SOS SOS' someone types, while another posts several smiley-face emojis. One streamer tells others to stop freaking out and vote Daken down, while the Border Bot continues to calculate viewer votes, and someone calls the other streamers “pansies” and suggests that should let Daken 'whip it out'.
Rachel stares blankly ahead at the camera, while one viewer writes that they are frightened, but turned on. 'Perfect' someone adds. 'Exactly' another writes as the Border Bot calculates the viewer votes.
Eye-Boy rubs the back of his head and looks nervously at the camera as the Border Bot tells him that his votes have been counted and that he has been approved for entry. Someone posts several eyeball emojis, while another asks 'They have a whole mutie boy made of EYES?????'. 'Wow, um, thank you! You guys are so nice!' Eye-Boy laughs, nervously.
Several strange beings stand around X-Factor, examining them and fussing about, as one of them tells Northstar that they are almost done. They appear to be employees of Headshot TV, as one of them thanks Northstar for using one of Headshot TV's patented body cams during his visit to Mojoworld. Northstar asks Eye-Boy where Daken is, noting that he should have been finished before him. 'He's not out here? Because he wasn't inside...' Eye-Boy responds, while one of the Headshot TV representatives informs them that their naked friend was down-voted for being lewd, and that he is returning to the Krakoan gate. 'What?' Northstar exclaims, while the Headshot TV rep explains that Daken was stressful for viewers. 'That reaction wasn't meant for you!' Northstar snaps as he quickly takes flight, speeding up into the air above the city, where he finds Daken standing in a line with others nearby. 'A pheromone ability, and you couldn't even manage to charm a few horny shut-ins?' Northstar shouts at Daken. 'Pathetic!' he adds. 'Or maybe – I'd just rather me and my pheromone ability head back to the Boneyard to keep your sexy shut-in sister company!' Daken shouts back, smiling.
Daken's comments are captured on a HEADSHOT TV camera – and streamed back to the Boneyard on Krakoa, where Aurora has made herself comfortable on the sofa in the living room, with Amazing Baby sitting on her lap. 'Am I %$#^& dissociating right now?' Aurora utters. 'Akihiro thinks I'm sexy...? Ha!' she thinks to herself.
'Jeanne-Marie's going to wipe the floor with him...' Northstar mutters as he drops down to his teammates, who are standing in front of some HEADSHOT TV representatives. 'We've jumped through your hoops!' Polaris tells them. 'Now let us in' Rachel scowls at them. Northstar asks what this issue is, to which one of the guards explains that he cannot allow X-Factor entry without a sponsor. 'To inquire about brand sponsorship, please press one' a guard states. '...where's “one”?' Prodigy asks. Polaris turns to Rachel and Northstar and asks if they even need a Mojoverse sponsor – because between the three of them, they could just get in, get what they need, get out and then raze this place to the ground, easy. 'And by “get what we need”, do you mean a mutant murder victim's corpse?' Rachel asks. 'Well, if they're already dead, why waste time with procedure?' Northstar asks.
'To inquire about brand sponsorship, please press one' a HEADSHOT TV representative remarks, to which Prodigy asks her where is her “one”. 'Maybe it's a nose boop?' Eye-Boy suggests. But as Prodigy raises a finger to the woman's nose, she scowls at him: 'Don't' she snaps, when suddenly, a voice calls out, 'Unsurprisingly, I (immaculate) arrive just in time for a showstopping reveal – that I, MOJO, will sponsor the terrible, ugly X-Factor mutant creatures!' the hideous Spineless One known as Mojo scuttles towards the heroes on his large spider-like mechanical legs. 'Behold my magnificent benevolence, creatures! Mojoworld loves allowing user-generated upload content!' Mojo exclaims, before telling Polaris and Rachel that he does wish they were the more famous X-Men, but that he shall endure – because mutants are hot, hot, hot right now, and Krakoa bumps the feeds.
Prodigy explains to Northstar that “Feeds” means everyone here has a compulsory HEADSHOT TV livestream, and the attention economy has gotten ruthlessly competitive. Prodigy adds that what Mojo is saying is that any feed involving mutants or Krakoa is a guaranteed way for people to boost their stream's views. 'So that's why you've killed one of us, Mojo?' Northstar asks. 'No... we love the muties. Mojoworld can never get enough' Mojo responds. Polaris smirks and suggests that that sounds like an invitation. 'What do you think, Northstar?' Polaris asks 'Do it' Northstar tells his longtime teammate, and an instant later, Polaris uses her powers to hurl the blob-like Mojo into the air, suspending him upside down, while Northstat hovers alongside him. 'Wh- wh- wh-' Mojo utters, but Northstar tells him to shut up, and that the “muties” have had enough.
Down below, Rachel tells Eye-Boy to go and x-ray for clues, to see what is hiding in the buildings around them. 'Okay!' Eye-Boy grins as he runs off, while Prodigy offers to pop into a Spiral Body Mod Shoppe to see what he can learn. Northstar suggests to Mojo that he tells them what they want to know so they can be on their way. As Polaris wraps Mojo's metal tail around his neck, Mojo coughs, while uttering 'My army will kill you'. Rachel turns and sees an army of the strange robot-like HEADSHOT TV officials rush towards her. 'No' Rachel scowls. 'They won't'. She then releases a surge of psionic energy, which knocks the HEADSHOT TV officials backwards. Panicking, Mojo promises that he will talk, so Polaris lowers him back to the ground. 'You big, idiot, baby savages' Mojo mumbles. 'You bargin bin, public access after-school special uglies!' Mojo calls out, before explaining that thanks to his glorious munificence (TM), the top five most popular HEADSHOT TV livestreamers are compensated substantially for the success of their channels, and each of the Five (TM) is blessed with their own brand identity and is given their own state-of-the-art streaming studio.
Five symbols are projected next to Mojo, each indicating a livestreamer – a star-shaped icon with two crossed swords inside it has skyrocketed to first place, with viewers in the thousands of trillions. In second place is Spiral. Mojo reveals that there was a dumb mutant girl  who died while competing for a top spot, and that she debuted on Spiral's Showcase (TM). Prodigy reports that he doesn't know who the other “top five” members are yet, as his psychometry is kind of wonky here for some reason. Prodigy points out that they wil know Spiral's studio from her logo on it, and states that the top five's gated studio community is about three blocks ahead. 'Okay, meet me there' Northstar declares as he flies off across the city, but Polaris flies after him, 'Wait – that's not safe, you dumbass!' she calls out as she and Northstar near the protected dome – only for the two of them to be struck by some sort of energy beam, causing Polaris to scream, she and Northstar fall to the ground.
'Our pod's slinking up the channel charts sick fast, chief!' exclaims one of several humans who have collected Polaris and Northstar inside a pod. 'Noice! Goahead and cut 'em loose, Jockett. Let's keep this  feed-bump punch-dork party going!' one of them responds. Northstar and Polaris stir, 'What have you done to us?' Northstar asks, warily. 'Why is my mouf numb?' Polaris mumbles. The pod is telekinetically ripped open thanks to Rachel and she, Prodigy and Eye-Boy enter, with Rachel explaining that these people used a power-null net trap. 'And just so you know, this is why you let the telepath do the reconnaissance first' Rachel adds. 'Thut up, Waychel!' Polaris exclaims. 'I would, but I still want to gloat about having access to my powers' Rachel responds telepathically. 'You dorks are great for clout, so we're going to punch you!' one of the pod members grins. The pod members gather together and one of them explains that they are a fight pod. 'Maybe you can tell' he suggests, boasting that they think they have what it takes to earn a guest stop in the top stream – but first, they have to climb in the feeds – and he can't wait to step on these gene freaks just to get up there. 'You ready to dance?' he asks. An unimpressed X-Factor regroup, and as Northstar cracks his knuckles, Rachel looks angry, and Polaris declares that she can't feel her face.
Night has fallen over Krakoa, and at the Boneyard, 'Hello... anyone around?' Kyle Jinadu-Beaubier asks as he returns home. 'Up here!' a voice calls out. 'Who's here? Where is everyone?' Kyle asks as he climbs the long staircase upwards, where he finds Aurora sitting on the sofa in the living room, bowl of popcorn in her lap and Amazing Baby laying on his back next to her. 'Oh, sweetie' Kyle utters. Aurora flies over to her brother-in-law and wraps her arms around him as he tells her that it is good to see her back. 'Kyle, this place is so...' her voice trails off as Kyle admits that he is still getting used to it, before asking Aurora if she has been alone here all day. 'No' Aurora replies, as Amazing Baby barks Kyle looks up to the large television screen in the living room and asks 'Wait a minute – is that my husband?' Aurora sits back down, with Amazing Baby and the bowl of popcorn on her lap, Aurora smiles at Kyle and pats the sofa next to her. 'Did you know the Boneyard gets Mojoverse cable?' she asks.


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Suite No. 3: Mojoverse Sonata the 2nd, a Celestial Rondo
Mojoworld, where the members of X-Factor are locked in combat with Durkitt and his gang. And, in typical Mojoverse fashion, the fight is recorded for the throngs of fans to watch – and this particular battle is narrated by Spiral, for Spiral's Showcase. As Jean-Paul Beaubier a.k.a. Northstar knocks back one of the gang, his teammate Trevor Hawkins a.k.a. Eye-Boy looks on in shock, and Spiral suggests that Durkitt and the gang should have sprung for an officially licensed Headshot TV(tm) power-null trap instead of a cheap knockoff. As Lorna Dane a.k.a. Polaris raises herself into the air, she wraps scrap metal around her opponent, and Spiral points out that it looks like both Polaris and Northstar have already regained the use of their powers, which can't be a good thing for the opposing pod.
As Rachel Summers a.k.a. Prestige uses her powers against another member of Durkitt's pod, knocking her backwards, Spiral declares that X-Factor has made short work of Durkitt's amateur pod, and asks viewers to keep bumping this feed, because thanks to their illustrious benefactor, executive producer and democratically elected ruler, the all-powerful King Mojo, Spiral's Showcase gets the honor of having the new X-Factor as stream guests first. 'Let's go check in with the victors and see how they're doing' Spiral smiles as David Alleyne a.k.a. Prodigy can be seen dodging the attack of one of the opposing pod.
Northstar, Polaris, Prestige, Eye-Boy and Prodigy regroup, gathering in the center of the battle area, as Spiral asks viewers to drop an emote in the chat to give thanks to their supreme leader for his most holy content curation. 'Welcome to Spiral's Showcase, X-Factor!' Spiral calls out as she approaches X-Factor, followed by her six-armed male assistant, He-Lix. 'Tch' Northstar mutters, before Spiral puts arms around him and Eye-Boy and tells them not to be shy and to say hello to all their fans here in the Mojoverse. 'We're X-Factor Investigations and we're here about the dead mutant' Northstar frowns as he addresses the cameras. 'H-hi!' Eye-Boy calls out from behind Spiral.
Shortly, Spiral leads X-Factor to the Spiral's Showcase Streaming Studio-Home, where Northstar tells her to turn the cameras off so they can talk. 'Viewers, why do you think he wants to talk about the dead girl? Let us know your thoughts in the chat' Spiral smiles at her camera. Northstar tells Spiral not to play coy and informs her that they already know the victim was on her show. Prodigy suggests they should start with who she was, as her identity was hidden behind a paywall. Inside the studio, Spiral tells X-Factor that that is just good marketing, and explains that her identity hasn't been revealed to nonsubscribers yet because she wanted to livestream X-Factor's reaction.
X-Factor take their seats, with Spiral sitting nearby as the cameras continue to focus on them. Spiral asks Prodigy to tell her the last time he was in touch with his good friends from school. 'What does that have to do with anything?' Prodigy asks, while Northstar, Polaris and Prestige frown, and Eye-Boy looks around at their new surroundings. 'Oh, I'll tell you' Spiral replies, before announcing that she will do so after a word from their sponsor, Headshot TV(tm). An advert appears, with a jingle for Headshot TV(tm) playing, and several images of Rachel, dressed in her old Hound costume, dance across the screen.
Spiral goes over to a control booth, where a young woman called Ginny is busy working. She tells Ginny for the next segment, she wants her to kill the fill light and make the reaction coverage look harsh and ugly. 'Got it!' Ginny replies. As Rachel turns and glares at Spiral, Spiral tells her that she can feel her poking through her thoughts, and calls her “Little Red Riding Hoodlum”. 'Or trying to, anyhow. Having fun in there?' Spiral adds. 'It's pretty loud' Rachel replies, to which Spiral explains that is the standard-issue Headshot TV(tm) psychic shield neural implant. She reports that top streamers get them installed when they sign sponsorship contracts because intellectual property now belongs to the brand. Eye-Boy looks at Spiral – looks through her – and tells his teammates that there is something with the Headshot TV(tm) logo, that he can see it in her head – something other than her brain, he means.
'All right, X-weirdos! Hope you're ready for the big reveal!' Spiral calls out. She asks He-Lix if he is excited. 'I'm excited' Spiral tells him, as He-Lix walks in front of her with a clipboard, nodding his head. As X-Factor return to their seats, Polaris tells Northstar that the cameras, tripods and light stands are all metal. 'You and me could take this whole place down in about three seconds, tops. What do you say?' she asks. 'Pfft' Northstar mutters. 'Is that an “oui”?' Lorna asks him. Rachel looks over at Ginny and asks her if she is a mutant. Ginny sighs as she replies 'Isn't everybody these days?' Rachel tells Ginny that she already knows she is, because she can feel her sloppily rifling through her thoughts. 'Just seemed polite to ask' Rachel adds, before telling Ginny that she can also feel exactly what she is curious about. 'You know you can just join us in Krakoa any time you want, right?' Rachel tells her. 'You mean...I can move to a remote island populated with villains and a couple X-Men who've already tried to kidnap me once before?' Ginny scowls. She snorts and mutters 'Cool utopia, you guys...'.
Prodigy tells the others He-Lix is motioning for them to get back onstage. 'He licks what?' Eye-Boy asks, adding that he hates it here. The dancing Rachel Summers appear on the monitors again, signalling that the advert break is over, and Headshot TV(tm) is about to start up again. Spiral puts two of her hands on Prodigy's shoulders and tells him that she bets he misses his good friend Sofia Mantega. 'Yeah...' David begins, to which Spiral asks him if he would like to see her. 'Yes?' David replies. 'And...cue the ugly lighting...' Ginny remarks into her headset, while David goes wide-eyed, 'Oh God!' he exclaims, and Rachel gasps, as video footage is displayed on a large screen – 'It's Wind Dancer! The victim – it's Sofia!' David exclaims as he looks at the footage of his friend. Spiral tells David that she knows it is hard to see his friend allow herself to get shot on a Mojoverse livestream for the views. 'But you can't look away' she remarks. 'NO!' David screams as he sees footage of Sofia being shot. 'You have to keep watching, because she died for this' Spiral tells him.
'And we wouldn't want X-Factor to miss any clues, of course!' Spiral calls out as she addresses her audience, while “A killing evening with X-Factor” title appears on the screen. Spiral decides that she has a good idea – she should have some viewer questions before she sends X-Factor off to where they will find more answers as to how and why Sofia died. 'That sounds fun, right?' Spiral asks, telling her viewers to send her their X-Factor questions in the chat. 'And if you're enjoying my stream, don't forget to bump the feed. Every feed bump counts, so keep -' Spiral begins, before she is interrupted by Northstar who tells Spiral that they have had enough, and have already appeased this ridiculous circus of misery for far too long. 'Tell us everything or we'll tear this whole place to the ground' Northstar warns Spiral. 'You know we can' Polaris adds.
'You're right. What have I been thinking? Clock's counting down, after all' Spiral replies, while a promo-shot for “Wind Dancer: The Autopsy, coming soon” appears on a monitor behind her. Spiral begins to dance, her arms moving about as she admits that she is being selfish keeping X-Factor all to herself. 'I was going to tell you where Sofia's body is currently being preserved for her autopsy livestream, but since they are all in a hurry, she can help them out. 'Wait, stop!' Prodigy calls out as he and his teammates begin to disappear, teleported away by Spiral, who informs them that she has teleported them to the top stream, and that they will find their answers in the battle pits. 'Good luck!' she tells them, as X-Factor find themselves standing on a large platform that is suspended over a huge audience, all watching them on large screens, as several cameras dart about around X-Factor.
Meantime, on Krakoa, at the Boneyard, the home and headquarters of X-Factor, Jeanne-Marie Beaubier a.k.a. Aurora takes a walk through the tower-like building, examining her surroundings, she tells the Warwolf pup called Amazing Baby, that it seems dumb. 'What do you think?' she asks the pup. Referring to the glowing pink discs that materialize around her, Aurora asks if it is weird to basically have these plant-based psychic “voicemails” spawning all the time. Amazing Baby sniffs the air and starts to climb the large staircase that spirals up within the building. Aurora decides that this system is inefficient, at best, and remarks that she is going to open one. 'Don't tell Jean-Paul' Aurora jokes as she picks up one of the discs. 'I won't' a voice calls out, and Aurora looks up, surprised, as she sees Daken in the kitchen, while Amazing Baby tries to get Daken's attention, rubbing up against his legs. 'Hey, Amazing Baby. What's up, stinky-butt?' Daken asks the pup, while Aurora gasps.
'I thought I was alone' Aurora utters, before asking Daken what he is doing here, and if everyone else is back yet. Daken informs her that they aren't, but he got kicked out of Mojoworld at the border. He then asks her where her brother-in-law, Kyle, is. Aurora smiles as she tellls Daken that Kyle has to work early, so he went to bed. As he continues cooking, Daken asks Aurora why she is looking at him that way. Aurora leans over the kitchen table as Daken takes a seat, putting his plate of food in front of him. 'I don't think I've ever actually seen you with a shirt on' Aurora remarks. 'Listen, the reason I never wear a shirt is because I'm physically perfect' Daken boasts. 'You -' Aurora begins, but Daken asks her to hear him out. 'Listening' Aurora replies, sitting opposite Daken, with Amazing Baby propped up on  the table, grinning at Daken. 'You know what Pokemon are?' Daken asks Aurora,who begins to laugh. 'Okay! So you do, then! Laugh all you want, but it's a good comparison' Daken remarks, claiming that he is like a Pokemon with maxed-out stats, born physcially perfect, genetically.
'So, I don't wear a shirt most of the time because I don't have to. Temperature extremes on either end still feel comfortable to me' Daken adds, to which Aurora asks him why he is wearing a shirt now. '... you really wanna know?' Daken asks. 'Maybe' Aurora replies. 'It's soft. Feel' Daken tells her, putting his arm across the table, enabling Aurora to touch his shirt's sleeve. 'Angora' Aurora remarks. 'Wait, I thought your name was Aurora' Daken smiles. 'Ugh' Aurora blushes, to which Daken tells her that she loves his dumb joke. Daken asks Aurora if he has earned enough goodwill to ask her a personal question now. Aurora sighs, 'I suppose so, yes' she replies. Daken asks Aurora what is up with the guy she was in Bellingham to hook up with. Aurora frowns, and Amazing Baby looks up at her, before she speeds away, taking the pup with her. 'Stupid' Daken mutters to himself, hanging his head.
Back on Mojoworld: 'We need to get up to the main ring! That's where the host of this channel is fighting!' Prodigy calls out as he knocks a Mojoworld warrior backwards. 'And then what? Have a nice chat?' Northstar asks as he flies above, carrying two other warriors in his hands. 'Gee, I dunno, team leader! If only we had someone to decide these things!' Polaris mutters as she knocks a warrior back with a pulse of magnetic energy. Northstar then tells Polaris to use the metal sheeting around the ring to clear a path for them. 'There we go!' Polaris calls out as she does as instructed. 'Coming through!' Polaris calls out to the warriors as she uses her powers to lift the metal sheets up and direct them towards the Mojoworld warriors, blocking them from getting to X-Factor. 'Let's go!' Northstar calls out, and the others follow him as they make their escape. 'Let's get out of here!' Rachel remarks. 'The bloodlust I'm picking up from this crowd is making me feel sick' she adds.
The team see the main ring above them, which has “Arize and Shine” advertised on it. Suddenly, there is a loud 'YEAHHHH!' and blood is splattered across the ring. Northstar gasps and looks on in horror. 'You!' hecalls out as he looks down to the crowd below. 'This...this can't be real...' a horrified Polaris utters as X-Factor arrive at Shatterstar's Top Stream Combat Ring Studio-Home. 'SHATTERSTAR!' Polaris shouts at seeing her friend. Drenched in the blood of his opponents, the scantily-clad Shatterstar is only wearing knee-high boots, hot pants, a large belt across his stomach and a vest with a large collar as he carries his two double-bladed swords. 'Huh?' Shatterstar remarks, glancing sideways, he drops his swords onto the arena floor, while the huge crowd look on. 'Y-you're actually here? Is this real?' the wide-eyed, shocked Shatterstar utters, before he cries out 'Lorna!' and rushes towards Polaries, who flies up onto the arena. Shatterstar tells Polaris that it is good to see a friendly face, while Lorna asks him to stop, and tell her what is going on here. Hundreds of small cameras dart about and surround Shatterstar who reveals that he is the top live-streamer in the Mojoverse.
As Prodigy examines the cameras following Shatterstar around, Shatterstar tells Polaris that he is so glad she is here, and that he was worried the message wouldn't make it to her. 'The box of blood on our doorstep' Polaris realizes. Shatterstar explains that communication to worlds outside the Mojoverse can be difficult, and requires creativity. 'Are these...' Prodigy begins, to which Shatterstar turns to the cameras and informs Prodigy that they are harmless, just subscribers who have purchased premium access. 'But they can't get any closer than this' Shatterstar adds. 'They would have torn my apart and devoured me by now if they could' he smiles at Prodigy. Shatterstar climbs under the rope surroundingthe ring and tells X-Factor that this is an unfortunate seque into why he reached out to them. 'I'm assuming you're here to see Sofiar! Are you excited about her autopsy too? I know Mojo is!' Shatterstar remarks.
Polaris follows Shatterstar and asks him why he is talking like this, and what is wrong with him. 'Nothing is wrong! I'm the most popular live-streamer in the Mojoverse, and thanks to Mojo's glorious munificence, I live very well!' Shatterstar replies, asking 'What could be good about that?' as he holds his arms out and the cameras dart around him for close ups. 'What could be wrong with that?' Shatterstar shouts.
Shortly, Polaris and the others follow Shatterstar, with cameras darting about their feet, he tells Polaris that he is sure she has noticed that Mojoverse loves mutants these days – loves them so much. He reveals that Wind Dancer died on her own terms here to feed that love – and “why” is a conversation that she will need to have with her. Shatterstar explains that upon Wind Dancer's death, Mojo was very eager to feed Sofia's remains as compost to the Mojoverse clone-mother, so that Sofia's mutant DNA could be dispersed into the next generation of clones. 'But I said, “Wait! Stop! You can't do that” and at first Mojo thought I was insane and wanted to reprogram my Headshot TV(tm) psychic shield neural net, but then I quickly explained, I told him, “Once her body is done, we won't get a replacement. So what if there was a way to first...” and then his most divine magnificence understood and had a brilliant idea. As is his way' Shatterstar re-tells to Polaris and the others.
The group arrive at some brilliantly colored caves, with rock formations in pinks, oranges, blues and greens surrounding a large entrance way. This is Arize's Arize and Shine Channel Home-Studio. Rachel telepathically reports that Shatterstar is not lying about having a neural net, and that trying to read his mind is like suffocating inside a tornado of noise, just like Spiral's. 'but this...this isn't him' Rachel adds. Shatterstar continues his story, revealing that Mojo said “Oh, yes! Of course! Why deprive viewers of bona fide mutant content just because she's dead? We'll live stream an autopsy – people will love seeing her insides and what makes a mutant really tick”! Rachel looks around at the bodies in tanks that line the walls of the caves and remarks that this place has gotten a lot worse. 'But haven't you heard the good news?' Shatterstar asks, as the group come to a stop in front of the bearded man called Arize.
Shatterstar informs X-Factor that Mojoverse's economy is thriving, and after live-streaming, cloning has become the most robust industry in the Mojoverse. 'You can clone people with their memories intact here?' Polaris asks. 'No, not at all. Because what Arize does  is even better! He makes thousands of physical carbon copies. Each one is synthetically born anew – a physically fit mental blank slate to be molded into whatever Mojo needs!' Shatterstar explains. 'That's revolting' Eye-Boy utters. Shatterstar leads X-Factor down another cave, past more tanks full of clone bodies. He reports that Sofia is over here, and that her autopsy livestream should begin in about twenty minutes. 'So you should definitely be finished with what you need to do by then' Shatterstar urges. He then remarks that a great number of citizens here are very eager for the autopsy livestream, and they will be violently disappointed if it is delayed.
Rachel telepathically tells her teammates that she doesn't know why Shatterstar is talking like this, but it sounds like code for “get her and get out”. Shatterstar turns to X-Factor as they stand in front of the tank holding Wind Dancer's body. 'I'll just give you all a moment' Shatterstar tells X-Factor, before he walks away from them and sits down nearby, while Prodigy looks up at Wind Dancer's body, a look of shock on his face. Polaris follows Shatterstar and calls out to him. 'Hello, friend' Shatterstar remarks, looking up at Lorna while the cameras still flock around him. 'You can't speak freely anymore, can you?' Polaris asks. 'Hi' Shatterstar replies in Krakoan. Prodigy sniffs as he suggests that they head out, and he will carry Wind Dancer. 'Absolutely not' Northstar replies, putting a hand on Prodigy's back. But Prodigy tells him that it is okay, that she is his friend, and he should be the one – but an instand later, there is a SWOOSH as Northstar speeds past Wind Dancer's body, collecting her from the tank, and speeding away. '$#%& speedsters' Prodigy mutters, sniffing.
Rachel tells Polaris that they have to go. 'Violent hordes imminent and all that' she points out. Polaris asks Shatterstar to come with them. 'You belong with X-Factor' she tells him. Forlorn, Shatterstar tells Lorna that she is very kind, but that even if he wanted to leave, he can't. Suddenly, he grins and asks 'How can I possibly abandon everything wonderful I have here? I am so happy!' Polaris and Shatterstar hug. 'We'll come back for you' Polaris whispers. 'I promise'. Shatterstar then walks away, followed by the hundreds of cameras, he returns to the battle arena, 'Now... who's ready for more!?' he shouts to his adoring fans while striking a pose in the ring.
Meanwhile, back on Krakoa, at the Green Lagoon bar, Storm, Kwannon, Domino and Mystique are sitting around a table with Gwenpool, as Storm remarks 'And so I slipped away. They never found me!' and everone bursts into laughter. 'I never knew you could be so devious' Kwannon remarks. Storm tells her that she prefers to think of it as “cunning” and remarks that she was only twelve, after all. Suddenly, 'What the hell?' Domino remarks as a glowing light descends on them, and the woman are surrounded by a rainbow of color – and then all of them, except Gwenpool – vanish. 'Where'd they go?' the Blob asks as he leans over the bar. Gwenpool sips her drink and tells him not to worry, that it is just a tie-in. A moment later, 'What just...' Storm asks as the four women return, all carrying large guns. 'I don't know, but as with most things, I blame Charles' Mystique mutters.


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X of Swords, Chapter 2
Krakoa, where Theresa Rourke Cassidy a.k.a. Siryn drags her longtime teammate Julio Richter a.k.a. Rictor through the External Gate, 'Just a bit farther 'til the Healing Gardens! We can make it!' she tells him. Rictor coughs as he tells Siryn that he can make it on his own. But, with an arrow skewered through his chest, he collapses to the ground. 'Maybe not...' he mutters. 'Rictor!' Siryn exclaims, before drawing a deep breath, she then releases a powerful scream, HELP, which echoes acround Krakoa. At that moment, Hank McCoy a.k.a. Beast emerges from the External Gate, followed by Warren Worthington III a.k.a. Archangel, who is carrying the injured En Sabah Nur – Apocalypse. 'Careful, he's -' Warren begins as he lowers Apocalypse towards the Beast. 'Yes. I can see' Beast responds. Apocalypse tries to sit up, 'Where is...' he begins, while the injured Rictor coughs, the arrow still stuck in his chest. 'God – just hang on, Julio! Help is on the way...' Siryn tells her friend as she sits at his side. 'Why #$%& bother...' Rictor utters, before Apocalypse calls out his name.
Rictor coughs again, while blood begins to pool around him, and Apocalypse asks Rictor if he can hear him. 'I... I hear you...' Rictor responds. Apocalypse reaches out for Rictor and urges him to fight the poison flowing through his body from the arrow. 'You... a mutant fights!' Apocalypse exclaims.
Rachel Summers arrives with Dr Cecilia Reyes and Doug Ramsey a.k.a. Cypher. Rachel levitates Apocalypse and Rictor on psychic platforms, while Dr Reyes asks 'What happened over there?' and urges Rachel to get them to the Healing Gardens. 'Yes, Dr Reyes' Rachel replies. Rictor coughs some more, while Apocalypse looks over to him and tells him that he did not ask for this connection to him.
Suddenly, Monet St Croix emerges from the External Gate and informs Dr Reyes that they have one more for her, on a stretcher, courtesy of Saturnyne. Lorna Dane a.k.a. Polaris and Alex Summers a.k.a. Havok are with Monet, who announces that she will go download everything that has happened to X-Force. Havok agrees with her and adds that he will let Cyclops know what is coming.
As Gunther Bain a.k.a. Unus the Untouchable follows the three powerful mutants through the External Gate, Polaris thinks to herself that she is always furious with herself, but that the times her self-hatred reaches its zenith are the days in which she is a desperate, wispy thing, feverishly seeking validation from everyone around her.
'Is that Rockslide?' Dr Reyes calls out when she sees the makeshift stretcher levitated towards her, carrying the body of Santo Vaccarro a.k.a. Rockslide. 'Is he -' Dr Reyes begins, wide-eyed. 'Dead' Polaris announces, while thinking to herself that today is one of those days. 'He'll be coming with me too, then' Dr Reyes declares.
On Otherworld, Majestrix Opal Luna Saturnyne stands on the battlefield. 'Hmph' she remarks as she watches Polaris through a looking glass, as Polaris tells the others that she blames herself for Rockslide's death, since she could have easily prevented it. 'Stop wallowing and go find the rabbit hole, little bunny' Saturnyne mutters. She declares that both Arakko and Krakoa have their oracles in play, and now all they must do is wait for them to figure it out – if the oracles succeed, of course. Two of Saturnyne's White Priestesses stand nearby. While Saturnyne raises a hand, energy crackles around it, she states that, in the meantime, she needs to ensure that there will be no further trespasses on Otherworld. She hurls the energy towards the Krakoan gateway, sealing it shut. Saturnyne announces that the so-called Externa Gate will remain shut until further notice.
That surge of energy reverberates on Krakoa, as the crystals rise up through the gate, sealing it shut. A loud rumbling noise can be heard, and Polaris screams, while dropping to her knees, clutching her head. Monet is hovering in the air and sees her longtime teammate in distress. 'Sucks to be terrestrial' Monet utters as she flies over, scoops Polaris up and takes her intro the air. 'Earthquake!' Cypher calls out as he, Unus, Rachel, the Beast and Cecilia Reyes remain on the side of the crater, with the injured Apocalypse and Rictor at their sides, and Rockslide's body, too. A loud noise, KRRAAAAOOOARRRR can be heard, and Cypher looks over to where Krakoa manifests a face in the side of the crater. 'Okay, okay – we get it, Krakoa! I know you wanted the External Gate to stay open, but there's no need to throw a fit!' Cypher exclaims, assuring Krakoa that no one here chose to close it – that was Saturnyne. He adds that they don't have any say in what Otherworld does.
In the Healing Gardens, 'Rachel: you're not going to find your way past anything I couldn't' Monet declares, arms folded. 'Well, I can try' Rachel retorts telepathically as she tries to search through Polaris' mind. '$#%&!' Rachel cries out, as a psychic projection of Saturnyne picks her up, 'Ah, ah, ah! Only the rabbit may look' Saturnyne declares. 'See? I told you' Monet mutters, while Saturnyne's astral form releases a deep breath, blowing Rachel out of Polaris' mind. 'ARGH!' Rachel cries out as she snaps back to reality. 'I told you there's no getting past the witch! You just triggered the same psychic trap that I tried getting past over and over again' Monet snaps. 'Ow...' Rachel mumbles, rubbing her head. 'Suck it up' Monet tells Rachel, explaining that that wasn't even the real Saturnyne, just the psychic firewall she set up, and it loops the same sequence no matter who tries accessing the sword prophecy through Polaris' subconscious. Rachel remarks that they still have to figure out what swords they are allowed to bring and who is supposed to be wielding them, somehow. 'Who the hell's the “rabbit”?' Rachel asks. 'Do... do you guys think it's me?' Polaris asks as she wakes. But Lorna decides that can't be right – how could she figure out a mystical prophecy on her own? 'I'm not psychic or a sorceress' Lorna remarks.
In another part of the Healing Gardens, a shirtless Rictor is lying on a slab. Vines connected to his body, he utters 'Dying... dying sucks...' Apocalypse is lying on a slab nearby, as the elderly mutant called Healer tends to his wounds. Apocalypse tells Healer to go and help Rictor, to which Healer remarks that he must help them both. 'He is dying' Apocalypse states. Rictor looks over to Apocalypse and claims that he isn't scared, the poison is clearly wearing him down. Rictor then stops talking, and Apocalypse asks Healer if he is letting Rictor pass on. Healer continues to tend to Apocalypse's injuries as he assures the uber mutant that Rictor will be swiftly resurrected. 'Then join him' Apocalypse scowls, and Healer suddenly gasps for breath, his eyes bulge, and he wheezes, as life begins to drain from his body. 'Now... I allow you to pass on' Apocalypse declares.
Suddenly: 'STOP!' a telepathic voice calls out, and Apocalypse finds himself surrounded by darkness. 'Out of my head, telepath!' Apocalypse shouts. 'No' the telepath replies. It's one of his First Horsemen – War – who shoves a fiery blade into Apocalypse and tells him that she had to stop him from killing Healer. The other First Horsemen – Death, Pestilence and Famine – also appear and the quartet surround Apocalypse who tells them that if he was not already hobbled by the poisoned Horsemen blades, they would never be able to reach inside his mind. 'Maybe not' the Horsemen respond in unison. 'But I am here' Rictor utters as he appears in Apocalypse's mind. 'Get out...' Apocalypse tells him. 'I gotta say... you've made a very interesting choice in the visual presentation of my voice in your head' Rictor notes. 'OUT!' Apocalypse shouts.
'RARRRGH! Leave Me!' Apocalypse growls as he tries to sit up on the slab, the poison from the blade spreading across his chest. 'Rachel! What did you do?' Cecilia Reyes asks as she looks on in shock. 'I – I don't know! He just kicked me out of his head!' Rachel utters. 'He was stabilized!' Cecilia exclaims. 'Stabilized and trying to murder Healer!' Rachel points out.
The Arbor Magna Hatchery, where Charles Xavier is standing over some pods:
He turns to Hope Summers and asks her to finish up here, as he senses a visitor. Xavier turns to a staircase and calls out 'What is it, child? Your mind sounds like a siren'. Polaris steps forward, thinking to herself that she could have stopped that sword with a single thought, and that she may as well have killed Rockslide with her bare hands. She decides that she will apologize to Santo when he is resurrected, before looking at Xavier and asking what the resurrection queue protocols for casualties of war are. The rest of the Five – Eva Bell a.k.a. Tempus, Kevin MacTaggert a.k.a. Proteus, Josh Foley a.k.a. Elixir and Fabian Medina a.k.a. Egg – gather around Hope and Xavier, as Hope explains that there has been no precedent to establish such protocols yet. 'Why do ye ask?' Proteus enquires. 'Show them' Polaris tells Xavier as she touches her head.
'Dear God... it was all a trap...' Xavier utters as he projects images from Lorna's mind – Rockslide being cut in half by Summoner, and Apocalypse and Rictor being shot with arrows by the First Horseman called Pestilence. Hope gasps as she sees the images. 'Precedent, indeed...' Proteus utters. Xavier announces that they will begin the creation of new Rictor and Rockslidde husks immediately and have them resurrected within the hour. But Tempus asks if that is wise, as they have never worked that fast before. Xavier tells the Five that he is aware, and he understands that such an abbreviated schedule appears daunting, but he is requesting that they please try. 'We simply must adapt in times of war' Xavier explains. 'All right, Professor' Elixir responds, and Egg assures that they will do their best.
The Five gather around two pods, 'I... I don't know...' Tempus utters, while Hope tells her not to be nervous, and that they can do this. 'Because this is what we do' Hope declares as the Five join hands, and energy begins to glow around the pods as their combined powers work to resurrect the fallen mutants. A short time later, the pods are broken, and two figures climb out of them. 'Hope – you were right – we did it!' Tempus exclaims.
Rictor looks confused, until Xavier reaches out to him telepathically. 'There you are. You look well, Rictor' Xavier remarks. 'I look naked!' the shocked Rictor exclaims. He looks up at Polaris and the Five and asks how he died. 'I only remember... $#%&, how long was I even out?' he asks. Xavier informs him that Polaris witnessed his demise, and that Hope will use this to help supply the last time following his last Cerebro backup. 'There is... quite a lot for you to catch up on, I'm afraid' Xavier explains.
Xavier then turns to Rockslide. 'Hello, Rockslide. Time for you to come back to us too, dear boy' Xavier begins, while Rockslide looks up at him strangely. Xavier then screams, while clutching at his Cerebro helmet that he wears. 'What's wrong Professor...' Rockslide utters, his voice trailing off, while all of the Five suddenly fall to the ground. 'Hope!' Polaris calls out as she looks on in shock.
The feedback from Xavier's Cerebro unit connects to the other units placed around Krakoa. Cradle Three is in the House of M, and it shorts out when the feedback strikes it. In the Summer House, Cradle Two is struck by the feedback, too. Cradle One is located at the Pointe, and it crackles with energy from the feedback, too. Finally, in Moira's No-Place, Moira MacTaggert looks on as Cradle Four is affected by the feedback, too.
Back in the Arbor Magna Hatchery:
'Professor!' Rictor shouts as he stands up and looks over at Xavier, who has fallen to the ground, his Cerebro helmet now removed. Polaris looks shocked as she puts her hands on Rockslide's face, 'No, no, no – oh god – something's – something's happening to Rockslide!' Polaris shouts, while encouraging him to hold on, and assuring him that everything will be okay. 'But... I feel... fine...' Rockslide utters, his words slurred, and his face drooping. The members of the Five begin to sit up, rubbing their heads, Elixir starts to ask 'Why are...' before Hope utters 'I can't – I can't feel -'. 'I canna feel -' Proteus begins, while Tempus urgently tells everyone that their connection is offline. 'How? What's happening?' Hope calls out. Elixir rushes over to Xavier, but announces that Xavier isn't waking up, that he can't heal him, either – something is wrong.
Rockslide has crumbled into a literal pile of rocks, and Lorna drops to her knees. 'I'm sorry -' she utters over and over. 'Rockslide... I am so sorry...' she calls out, while a wide-eyed Egg exclaims 'This is our fault! We did this! We %$^&#! up!' Egg shouts. Hope wonders how that happened, and tells the others that the eggs took the correct genetic seed, so it couldn't have been Proteus – and the husks were aged perfectly. 'Which means...' her voice trails off, to which Egg asks 'That it was me? I did this? Oh, god – then we have to destroy the eggs! The whole batch could be tainted!' he exclaims. 'Josh, can you -' Hope starts. 'Yes' Elixir confirms.
As Polaris hangs her head, a panting noise can be heard, and the pile of rocks before her begins to rise. Polaris looks up 'You... you're not Rockslide' she utters, staring at the jagged-shaped figure looming over her. The Five are too busy to notice, as Elixir uses his powers to destroy the batch of eggs in the Hatchery. 'I'm sorry, Josh...' Egg calls out, but Elixir, whose face turns dark as he uses his powers to destroy rather than heal, replies 'It's – it's fine. We have to do this'.
Rictor has put his uniform on and sees that Xavier is waking up. At the same time, the Five are all levitated into the air, and  energy connects them all as they report that they are back online. Rictor helps Xavier to his feet, 'What... has... oh, dear lord, no' Xavier utters as he looks over at his Cerebro helmet, and then at the eggs. 'No! The eggs, no, this simply can't be!' he cries out. 'Why have all the eggs been destroyed?' Xavier shouts at the Five, asking them what they have done. '... that is not Rockslide!' Hope exclaims, pointing at the figure that has risen from Rockslide's remains. Large arms and legs, with jagged shoulders and a strange grin on his face, not all of Rockslide's remains were used to make this new “Rockslide”, with several rocks scattered on the ground.
'Santo?' Xavier asks telepathically as he approaches Polaris and the reconstructed “Rockslide”. 'Who's Santo?' comes the garbled response from the new “Rockslide”. Xavier looks up and announces that this both is and is not Rockslide. 'Wh-what?' Lorna gasps, shocked. 'It is Rockslide. But that's not our Santo' Xavier explains as he and  Polaris walk away from “Rockslide” towards the Five and Rictor. 'How is that possible?' Hope asks, to which Xavier points out that they have yet to discover that.
Everyone turns to Rictor as Xavier reports that he needs to verify that he is who is supposed to be. 'Huh?' Rictor asks. 'What if it's not him? What if it is him and he's still messed up too?' Egg asks as the Five turn to each other. 'Does he not look well enough?' Proteus asks. 'How can we know?' Elixir wonders, while Tempus turns to Hope and asks her what they do. Hope admits that she doesn't know, and adds that she is not ready to have the “how do we get rid of failed resurrections” conversation.
Wide-eyed, Rictor swears that he is fine, but Elixir asks him how they can be sure he isn't corrupted, either. 'Mate... what if this is some Otherworld psy-op tactic to get their agents behind enemy lines?' Tempus asks. Rictor asks the Five if they even hear themselves and tells them that this is ridiculous. 'Is it? We just resurrected a complete stranger!' Hope exclaims. 'Enough!' Xavier shouts, assuring the Five that this is most certainly their Rictor. Hope then gasps and asks where exactly Rictor died – because she thinks she may have figured out what happened to Rockslide.
Shortly, in the Grove, Polaris and the Five, along with “Rockslide” stand before the Quiet Council, while Cypher watches from where he sits in a nearby tree. Gathered from the Quiet Council are Xavier, Magneto, Sinister, Exodus, Mystique, Kate Pryde, Emma Frost, Sebastian Shaw and Nightcrawler. Hope tells everyone that Rictor died in Krakoa, his exact moment of death being in the Healing Gardens, but that Rockslide died on Otherworld soil. She adds that the Five can confirm that dying in Otherworld somehow corrupts a mutant's Cerebro backup. 'You mean to say that Santo perished out of range?' Magneto asks. 'Aye. The failure of the resurrection was not our fault, but...' Proteus begins, to which Xavier states that it is no one's fault but his own – he should have realized sooner that there could be potential limitations from which Cerebro can pull backups from Otherworld.
'So who is this?' Mystique asks, looking at the strange rocky being before them. Hope turns to the odd being and sighs, before remarking that this is a roll of the dice. Egg explains that, for resurrection purposes, Otherworld is less like a place and more like a convergence of possibilities. Elixir adds that what they do know is that dying on Otherworld forfeits your identity, memories, experience and physicality – that everything from this reality will be lost upon resurrection. 'The outcome is a gamble, but the absolute is that you will be rewritten' Hope states. Tempus adds that every previous backup will be erased and replaced with this new amalgamation. 'Thus removing the possibility of a true resurrection ever again' Proteus concludes. Xavier touches his head and realizes that explains the Cerebro backups briefly shorting out. Hope explains that it was the corrupted backup overwriting everything Rockslide was to them, and adds that it had a strange effect on the Five, as well.
'Then we have lost Rockslide. Forever. And it is through his terrible sacrifice we gain a bleak understanding of our catastrophic failures' Emma Frost declares. Hope remarks that resurrecting from an Otherworld death creates a brand-new composite drawn out of the nearly infinite possibilities of all of the things you ever could have potentially become. 'Yeah. So it's someone who is you, but also someone who is...' Tempus begins, looking at “Rockslide”. 'New' Proteus concludes. Emma Frost scowls as she exclaims 'That is still death. This is a permanent death we're discussing. Creating a new person does not overturn the loss of one of our people' before telling Charles that his apathy sickens her. 'Santo was one of our young!' she remarks. Emma stands up and leans across the table she sits behind as she asks 'How can you all behave so cavalierly? He's dead! Rockslide is dead!'
Xavier addresses Emma as “Ms Frost” and asks her to remain calm, but Emma tells him that they must call off this reckless “tournament” at once, as they would be barbaric to willfully risk the lives of even more Krakoans. 'And what of the bargain struck to defend Krakoa from a horde of bloodlusting Arakkii? You forget our Champions will likely choose to participate in the tournament as it is in the service of our imminent war' Xavier asks Emma. 'Yes – and what of those champions, daughter? Who are they? Have you deciphered the clues Saturnyne gave you yet?' Magneto asks. 'Uh, well, not -' Polaris begins, as her father interrupts her: 'You dare dally? We need to know this information if we are to survive!' Magneto exclaims, before he shouts 'Just do the work, Polaris!' This causes Xavier to turn to Magneto, 'Erik' he remarks, calmly.
Suddenly: 'As above, so below' Polaris utters. She hangs her head and clutches an unused piece of Rockslide, which drops to the ground and shatters. Polaris then begins speaking in a strange tone, 'From one womb came two – a hero destined to brandish what the earth hath shallowed, and an echo doomed to yearn for what the stars hath forsworn'.
She then begins a second verse: 'Lost soul, an edge gained. A lone wanderer returns to a forge left ablaze'.
Polaris' head tilts backwards as she continues with the cryptic clues: 'Sword in the stone, stationed in space. A young man, born old, pilots a place'.
And another: 'A father forsaken, a husband betrayed. An ancient treasure sharpens the death his children crave'.
Xavier goes wide-eyed as he realizes that Lorna is speaking the prophecies. 'Friend-self, friends lost. Out of one comes many, into many comes one' Lorna gasps.
'Eight years, gone in seconds. From a childhood lost comes a woman grown. Her only friends were weapons, now her soul a blade hers alone' Polaris remarks, revealing the next prophecy.
'Once goddess, once queen, one sword with which to split the sky in twain. Vibranium inlaid, a tempest contained, she is the wrath of heavens wielding a legacy'
And another prophecy: 'Ego death... and broken stone... two wars waged by one champion alone...' before she falls backwards, although Magneto catches her.
'What...? Where?' Lorna utters as she looks around. Magneto tells his daughter that she is all right, before asking her if she sees how easy that was. 'If you had listened to me sooner -' he begins, before Polaris asks where Rockslide is. 'I had him... I held him – NO!' Lorna gasps as she sees the broken rocks at her feet, and drops down to pick them up. Gathering them in her arms, she rushes away. 'Lorna!' Magneto calls out, but Xavier tells Magneto to let Lorna go, as she needs to grieve – and they have a visit to arrange.
Night has fallen over the Healing Gardens, and Magneto and Xavier stand over Apocalypse. Xavier informs Apocalypse that the resurrection services are offline until further notice, and that the entire crop of standby eggs has been destroyed, so it will take another few days to restore them all. 'So I must warn you that there will be a delay in your resurrection should you succumb to your wounds, Apocalypse' Xavier adds.
Elsewhere on Krakoa, Polaris collects another part of Rockslide's remains. 'One specific shout aimed at me is all it took to shake loose the damned prophecies?' she wonders to herself, deciding that it is a fitting humiliation.
'Your great experiment has ended. You failed' Magneto tells the weakened Apocalypse.
Polaris clutches the remains of Rockslide and thinks to herself that she often finds a terrifying comfort in the possibility of evanescing – after all, she never asked to exist – or to be like this.
Xavier reminds Apocalypse that he chose not to heed the Council – and now his hubris has doomed them all.
'This clumsy and fumbling congregation of flaws. I think there's something wrong with me' Lorna tells herself as she carries on across Krakoa. She can feel an itch in her head, like Saturnyne is not quite done with her.
'A minor injustice that you can also suffer consequences of your poor decisions' Magneto tells Apocalypse.
Lorna decides that sometimes she is able to convince herself that there is no such thing as kindness in this world – no such thing as courage.
'I doubt anyone shall grieve your absence' Magneto tells Apocalypse, who says nothing, as the light of day begins to shine through into the Healing Gardens.
Polaris puffs as if she is out of breath. The sun glows down on her, and she utters 'Done' as she stands in clearing on Krakoa. She is thankful that she is often wrong on such things – kindness and courage.
The next morning, at the Arbor Magna Hatchery, Hope and the other members of the Five look around and wonder where the rest of Rockslide's remains went.
At the Voltus Glade, Polaris stands next to a circle that she has created in the ground, within the circle are ten smaller circles, each with a unique symbol. Polaris tells herself that she is so desperate to make her father proud, that she is also, unfortunately, often desperate to thoroughly dematerialize.
Mutants begin gathering nearby – Beast, Nightcrlawler, Mystique, the Five, Magneto, Emma Frost, Iceman, Exodus, Archangel, Havok, Cyclops and Wolverine are among them. Polaris announces that this is the real clue that Saturnyne left her – it is the tournament key, a casting circle. She explains that as the Champions retrieve their swords, they will return here to a position within the circle, and when each of these symbols is touching the corresponding sword at the same time, this will open their tournament portal.
Lorna knows that these desires war, so she has to satisfy both – be soft and unyielding, strong and vulnerable, open and shut, all at once. Fearless and still afraid of everything. Lorna glances over to her father as she warns the Champions that if they die in Otherworld, it will be a true death.
Polaris drops to her knees, explaining that Saturnyne wrote the instructions for her using the Earth's geomagnetic spectrum, which is why telepaths would not have been able to see it in her head – she is the only one who can. She begins to cry as she reveals that building this required sacrifice – Saturnyne's instructions called for literal, ritual sacrifice, and last night, she held Rockslide as he fell into pieces in her bare hands. 'These stones you see here... I used Rockslide's remains to construct Saturnyne's casting circle. From this day forward, it will remain here as a permanent memorial to Rockslide – the Sanctus Sacrum – Sacred Sacrifice' Polaris declares. As the sun glows down on Polaris, she tells the other mutants gathered that when the portal opens, they march to slaughter – this scourge who brought the unwelcome conflict to their doorstep that killed their little brother. 'We failed Santo. To honor his sacrifice, we must make this death count'.
'Well, damn' Illyana Rasputin a.k.a. Magik smiles as she steps through the group of mutants. 'Let's get ready to show these Arakkii our finest Krakoan diplomacy' Magik declares as she steps onto one of the circles. Her Soulsword connects with the circles, and the symbol begins to glow as Magik utters 'Pound the war drums'.


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Suite No. 5: First Movement Finale; “After a Summer of Allostatic Overload”
Mojowolrd, weeks ago, where Adam X the X-Treme sits behind a desk, “Adam X's Hot Seat” logo is displayed behind Adam X, who wears a blue tank top, revealing his heavily tattooed arms. A camera is focussed on a glass box in the room, where Sofia Mantega a.k.a. Wind Dancer sits cross-legged in a ballet costume. 'You sure about this, sweetheart?' Adam asks, holding a gun. Adam tells Sofia that he will say there was a short in the feed, or something, give her some time to escape. 'Hell, I could even get a patsy to take the shot so there's brains. No one would ever know they aren't yours' Adam suggests. But Sofia tells him 'No. This is what viewers voted for. And I just want to go home. So, let's give the people what they want'. Sofia closes her eyes as Adam gives a shout out to his loyal X-Tremists out there, and thanks them for watching. He remarks that in a recent poll, they said they wanted to see Sofia die on-stream by gunshot. 'So, without further ado, here we go - The Hot Seat(tm) exclusive public execution of Wind Dancer!' Adam declares, as there is a loud BLAM, and blood covers the camera lens.
The Boneyard, on Krakoa, now, where the members of X-Factor and the Five are gathered in the living room area, and have just watched that footage of Sofia's death. 'Et voila. Proof of death'. Jean-Paul a.k.a. Northstar remarks as he pauses the footage on the blood splatter. Sitting on a sofa, Josh Foley a.k.a. Elixir announces that the Five confirm submission of proof, and his teammate Hope Summers states that they accept proof of death. Eva Bell a.k.a. Tempus leans over the back of the couch and utters 'Adam X shot Wind Dancer'. Sitting on a sofa, Daken asks when they can bring Sofia back, and Trevor Hawkins a.k.a. Eye-Boy asks if the resurrection services are back online now. Elixir stands up next to Fabio Medina a.k.a. Egg and thanks X-Factor for being patient with them, and apologizes for the delay. Hope reports that the full cache of fresh resurrection eggs has finally been restored, and Tempus remarks that they can choose to begin resurrection services again now. Kevin MacTaggert a.k.a. Proteus looks over at his Five teammates, as Daken asks them what the hold-up is.
Hope looks over at Lorna Dane a.k.a. Polaris and asks her if she didn't tell them. 'I didn't feel like rehashing a failed resurrection in graphic detail' Polaris remarks, to which Hope tells her that she shares her hesitation in re-opening resurrection services, and remarks that X-Factor can definitely help them determine whether or not it is safe to begin them again. 'Then what is it you need?' Northstar asks
The next day, at the Arbor Magna Hatchery, Elixir approaches David Alleyne a.k.a. Prodigy and asks 'How long's she been out there?' 'Hours' Prodigy replies as he gazes out a large window-like opening in the Hatchery tree. Elixir supposes that she will come in when she is ready, and asks Prodigy if he is hanging out up here. Prodigy looks up at his old friend and asks if that is cool, adding that he has finished his part downstairs. Elixir tells him to make himself welcome, and asks how things were going down there. Hope, Tempus, Egg and Proteus all turn to watch Prodigy as he replies 'I don't know. My powers don't work on him, and it started to make me feel kind of claustrophobic, I guess. If that makes sense. I just needed a breather'. Elixir offers to go check it out, and tells Prodigy to feel free to invite anyone else he can think of who would want to be here today. 'Seriously?' Prodigy asks. 'Believe it or not, it makes re-entry smoother' Elixir explains as he walks away.
Elixir enters another part of the Hatchery, where Northstar can be heard saying 'Again', to which Rachel Summers a.k.a. Prestige responds 'Northstar, my telepathy isn't hit or miss'. She declares that if she said she couldn't find anything definitive, then it means there was nothing to find. 'Fair enough' Northstar replies, before suggesting Rachel try her chrono-skimming this time. 'Good idea' Rachel agrees, before Elixir makes his presence known and asks if there are any updates. 'We're all striking out' Rachel admits as she stands in front of “Rockslide”. As Polaris, Daken and Eye-Boy gather nearby, Northstar tells Elixir that they have so far learned their new friend here lacks things,  such as opinions, learned skills, a skeleton and pheromones. 'Yeah, my powers don't work on him unless you want me to try testing the -' Daken begins as a SNIKT sound can be heard when he pops his claws.
Northstar looks at Daken and tells him that his services are not required because Rachel is checking for memories using her chrono-skimming. 'My hands are cold. Sorry' Rachel tells “Rockslide” as she places her hands on his face. 'I'm sorry' “Rockslide” repeats in a strange, distorted voice. 'No. You're okay. You're fine' Rachel tells him, before explaining to Northstar that she is going to move backward in time, since “Rockslide” is physically anchoring her. 'You won't get lost?' Northstar asks. 'Nah' Rachel assures him, and Northstar instructs her to keep the apprised. 'Will do' Rachel responds, as she begins to see images in “Rockslide's” memories.
First, she sees him apologizing to her just moments ago, then when he appeared before the Quiet Council, as they were advised that Rockslide is dead, with Polaris slumped to the floor over the remains of Santo Vaccarro that were not used to create this new “Rockslide”. Rachel suddenly gasps, and Northstar asks her what she has found. 'I am sorry' “Rockslide” utters, looking at Rachel, before she is sent careening backwards, slamming into the wall of the Hatchery. 'Rachel!' someone cries out.
Northstar asks Rachel if she is all right, to which Rachel tells him that she is fine. 'Is he?' she asks about “Rockslide”, while her Warwolf pup, Amazing Baby, rushes towards her. 'Are you? Okay, I mean?' Rachel asks, turning to “Rockslide”, while Eye-Boy tells Rachel that he doesn't think “Rockslide” can understand what she is saying. 'Listen, Rachel, if he just threw you into a wall...' Elixir begins, but Rachel explains that he didn't – she just hit the beginning of his timeline. 'What does that mean?' Elixir asks. Rachel rubs the back her head and sighs. '$#&%' she mutters, before deciding that it might be faster if she just shows them, and asks Elixir if the Five are up to anything critical right now. 'Why?' Elixir asks, before Rachel mind-links the Five. 'Oh. Hey, Rachel' Hope smiles, while Rachel tells the Five that she is sorry to drop in unannounced, but Elixir said it was fine for her to link up. She asks them if any of them have seen what happens when the film runs out on one of those old-school reel-to-reel movie projectors, and explains that without anything to spool into, the film celluloid just spins around, circling and clicking if it can't catch on to anything.
'I reached the end of how far back I could travel in our new friend's memories – the beginning of his timeline – so it spit me back out' Rachel reveals. X-Factor and Elixir all look at “Rockslide” as Eye-Boy supposes that he is about a week old. 'But as for whether or not he's Rockslide... I don't think we can know that yet' Rachel replies. 'The way we've treated him... he's basically a newborn!?' Lorna exclaims, wide-eyed. Eye-Boy then hugs “Rockslide” and introduces himself. 'We love you already' he tells his new friend. One of X-Factor then suggests that it is time to go welcome back another friend that “Rockslide” doesn't know yet.
At that moment, Proteus and Hope are looking out the large window-like opening in the Hatchery. 'Don't tell me she's still just -' Proteus begins. 'She is. We're just going to have to start without her' Hope announces, as they look down at Emma Frost, who stands between some trees looking towards the Hatchery.
There is darkness, then Julian Keller a.k.a. Hellion can be seen, wide-eyed and smiling. 'Sofia?' he asks. 'Hey, beautiful' Hellion remarks. 'You look good in goo' he tells Sofia as she is reborn, helping her out of the egg within the Hatchery, while several of their old classmates and teammates gather nearby, among them Indra, Wallflower, Loa, Surge, Tag, DJ, Cipher, Dust, Icarus, Mercury, Anole and Pixie. Wind Dancer then suddenly takes flight into the night sky. 'Volksgeist' Proteus remarks to Hope as they continue to watch from the opening above. 'Hm?' Hope asks. Proteus explains that it means folk spirit, or a shared behavior of a people. 'Every time we bring back a flyer who died depowered, their first instinct is always...' his voice trails off, remembering Josh Guthrie a.k.a. Icarus taking flight, and then his sister, Melody a.k.a. Aero also taking flight when she was reborn, and then now, Wind Dancer, too. '...to take flight' Hope Smiles. 'Aye. “Le'spirit de nations”. Spirit of the nation' Proteus adds.
'I missed that' Sofia remarks as she drops down to her friends, where Hellion is waiting with a large sheet for her. Sofia wraps herself in the sheet, and then hugs Surge and Wallflower, while Dust, Prodigy, Anole, Pixie, Tag, Icarus and Loa look on. 'Sofia -' Prodigy calls out. 'Oh, sorry! I didn't mean to brag about being repowered...' Sofia remarks, looking at David, who tells her that it is okay, as he is repowered, too. Sofia reveals that she heard about the Crucible while she was in Mojoworld. 'Is that why you -' she begins to ask David, but he interrupts her, wanting to know why she went to Mojoworld, and why she agreed to get killed for their entertainment. Sofia sits down as Northstar, Eye-Boy, Mercury, Polaris and Indra gather nearby. Sofia explains that she had no other way of escaping, and that Spiral, Adam X and Shatterstar all tried to help her leave other ways, but Mojo keeps a tight leash on the top-five live-streamers. 'They're all trapped there too, you know. We have to rescue them' Sofia utters.
Polaris tells her that X-Factor agrees, but explains that it will be difficult because they have been permanently banned after retrieving her remains. 'But we couldn't let them livestream your autopsy or feed you to the clone mother' Polaris adds. 'They – they were going to do what?' the horrified Sofia asks. Eye-Boy puts a hand on Sofia's shoulders and suggest that they table this for tomorrow morning. 'We should be celebrating and grieving right now' Eye-Boy remarks. 'Right? Please?' he asks a stern-faced Northstar.
A moment later: 'C'mon, Amazing Baby! Race us to the Boneyard!' Prodigy calls out as he runs from the Hatchery, followed by the Warwolf pup. Aero flies above them, while Rubbermaid can be seen running next to Amazing Baby. Surge follows, holding the hand of a younger mutant, while Dryad can be seen next to her.
At that moment: 'Since you're still out here, Emma – I'm assuming it's for a good reason' Dani Moonstar remarks as she walks away from the Hatchery, towards the forest where Emma Frost is still standing in the shadows. 'Because you love these kids' Dani adds. 'Yes' Emma confirms. 'Look at them, Dani. Thriving. Joyous. Do you ever cease marveling at how miraculous it is that all of our lost former students are now returned to us, hale and whole?' Emma looks to the ground as she remembers Santo, who is dead and never to be resurrected. 'I am out here because I didn't want to cast my pall over their joy' Emma explains. She reminds Dani that they taught Rockslide, cared deeply for him – and now he is lost to them forever. 'But I'm the only one who consistently courts this manner of tragedy. So, what is so wrong with me that even in a world where mutants have overcome death, I still manage to fail these children again and again?' she asks.
'It's your heart' Dani tells Emma. 'What?' Emma asks, surprised. Dani remarks that most people would never put themselves in a position to be hurt the same way. 'But not you. You suffered loss, and instead of hardening, you keep caring. You choose to love again, over and over' Dani explains. Dani tells Emma that it is awful – like a kind of curse. 'So, here's to having brutal hearts, Ms Frost' Dani smiles. Emma puts a hand on Dani's back and they start to walk through the forest, with Emma offering to buy Dani a drink at the Green Lagoon. 'Everything is free on Krakoa' Dani reminds Emma. 'All the more reason to let me' Emma tells her.
Soon, at the Boneyard: 'Welcome to the Boneyard! C'mon, buddy. Lemme show you around' Eye-Boy remarks to “Rockslide” who walks beside him as Eye-Boy welcomes dozens of students into X-Factor's home and headquarters. Among the students gathered Rainboy, Onyxx, Flubber and Quill can be seen walking together, while nearby, Boggart, Naiad, Pinpoint, Trovao, Umbra and Xenon are all grouped together, too. 'Buddy?' “Rockslide” asks in his distorted voice, while on a nearby mezzanine walkway, Daken looks down below to the group and asks 'He's for real, huh?' 'Who, Trevor?' Polaris asks as she approaches Daken, while Armor can be seen walking past them. 'Yeah. That whole kumbaya thing of his. It's not an act?' Daken asks. 'Are you asking me if he is genuinely nice?' Lorna queries. 'Yes, he is'. Lorna tells Daken that she is sure kindness offered without reservation probably looks highly suspect to him, but that he should keep in mind Eye-Boy wasn't raised with the same kind of childhood trauma that he was.
'Ha. This whole time I just thought it was either an act, or was on something or he was – you know – kind of simple. I mean “Eye-Boy”? The #$%& kind of alias -' Daken begins, before Lorna holds her arms at a strange angle, making herself look larger, she mocks: 'Back in my day, I had to walk fifteen miles in the snow, uphill both ways just to have Daddy issues until a ripe old age – that's you. That's how you sound' Lorna tells Daken, who laughs, then pops his claws – so Lorna uses her powers to pull Cessily Kincaid a.k.a. Mercury towards her. 'Sure, Lorna... you can metal-bend me into a shield... that's cool' Mercury mumbles. Daken laughs some more, before he sees Jeanne-Marie Beauber a.k.a. Aurora walking nearby – then she speeds away down a corridor.
The celebrations continue through the night, and as Aurora flies outside and up to the top of the Boneyard tower, Hellion, Surge, Pixie and Dust can be seen on the flight deck. 'Pull!' Surge shouts as Hellion telekinetically throws some large rocks into the air, and Surge blasts them with her powers, to the delight of Dust and Pixie. Northstar and Kyle's penthouse suite is empty, while Polaris and “Rockslide” sit on a ledge overlooking the ground below them, Polaris is playing some sort of hand-held electronic game, but realizes that she doesn't know how to play this, and that she isn't sure why she brought it. Inside, Elixir enters a kitchen where Northstar is with the rest of the Five. Elixir informs them that Gorgon has been resurrected from Otherworld, but that he is acting strangely. Daken is in a guest room where he has taken up residence, sketching images onto the walls, while in a living room, several of the young mutants are watching footage from Mojoworld. 'No, like – full-on dancing chorus line of Rachel spiky costume cosplay' one of them remarks. Rachel and Kyle Jinadu-Beaubier are in large hall where most of the other young mutants are partying. 'We're chaperoning an impromptu prom' Kyle realizes. 'Yup' Rachel agrees.
Back on the ledge, Polaris is still trying to figure out the game, while telling “Rockslide” that he can ask Krakoa for a place of his own whenever he wants, but that he can stay here at the Boneyard for as long as he needs. In the kitchen, Northstar asks about the Hellions who died in Amenth, to which Proteus explains that they have all returned keener, like a whetted blade. 'Amenth death sharpens ye' he adds. Northstar asks if the Council knows, and tells the rest of the Five that he would be wary about making this information public knowledge. In his guest room, Daken continues to draw on the walls, while in a living room, 'Don't mind us! We're leaving!' Eye-Boy calls out, covering his face with one hand, while Loa drags him out of the room by his other hand and asks him why he is covering his face. 'You have eyes in the back of your hand!' she reminds him, as Bling and Mercury make out on the sofa nearby. Eye-Boy tells Loa that he is respecting the lesbians. 'Those eyes are closed!' he declares.
Sitting on the large staircase that spirals up through the Boneyard, Sofia tells David that she doesn't understand, and asks him how he got repowered. 'Same as you, I guess' David responds. 'You mean you asked someone to kill you? Because what Adam X did to me is no different than what Apocalypse does in the Crucible' Sofia remarks, before David reveals that he thinks he was murdered.
Back at the “prom”, Network can be seeing waving to someone, while Kyle approaches a young mutant, DJ, and asks him what his powers are. 'Oh, uh – it's an advanced form of acoustikinesis! Basically, I get a different power based off the music I'm listening to. Any music' DJ explains, smiling. '$#%&. I'm texting Dazzler. She's gonna love this kid' Rachel mutters as she gets her phone out, while Amazing Baby looks up at her.

'Hey' Daken remarks as Aurora steps into his guest room. Aurora doesn't say anything, so Daken tells her that he wasn't flirting with Polaris before. 'I know' Aurora replies as she loks at the sketches Daken has drawn on the walls. 'She's like a sister to me' Daken explains, and Aurora smiles, assuring him that she knows.
Later: 'I wondered why I couldn't sleep' Jean-Paul remarks in his native Quebecois French as he walks across the flight deck to where Jeanne-Marie is standing outside, gazing up at the moon. Jeanne-Marie glances back at her brother and tells him that she isn't going to jump, if that's what he was thinking. 'It wasn't' Jean-Paul assures her, before telling his sister that he can tell there is a lot she still isn't comfortable confiding in him about Bellingham, and that is all right, and he won't pressure her. 'Take as long as you need' Jean-Paul adds, reaching his hand out to his sister, who looks wide-eyed and steps back, 'You know we can't do that!' she utters. But Jean-Paul smiles and reminds his sister that she is in a new body, and therefore Langkowski's genetic experiments won't have carried over unless she had wanted them to. 'I asked the Five about it to be sure' he smiles. 'Really?' Jeanne-Marie replies.
'Yes. So, I'm ready to try again if you are' Northstar tells Aurora, who takes her brother's hand and tells him that it's time to show Krakoans what the Beaubier twins can do. A brilliant, colorful light suddenly fills up the night sky. The twins look up at the effects of their powers, and Northstar tells Aurora that no matter what it is she isn't telling him, he hopes she knows that she is profoundly loved. 'I am trying' Aurora replies.
In his penthouse suite, Kyle sits up in bed and looks out at the brilliant night sky. 'Whoa...' Eye-Boy utters as he sits up from the floor, which is littered with sleeping young mutants. Among the scattered bodies on the floor, Specter can be seen, sleeping. Daken is awake and lying on his bed, arms behind his head, he stares up at his ceiling. Prodigy is awake, too, but his back is turned to his window, busy on his laptop, he doesn't see the beautiful colors behind him. Neither does Rachel, who is sprawled out asleep on her bed in her basement room. But Polaris sees it, still sitting on the ledge with “Rockslide” who utters 'Beautiful'. Polaris smiles as she looks over to him. Suddenly, there is a horrible, piercing scream that tears through the night. Polaris looks over to the direction the scream came from, while “Rockslide” covers his ears.
'Siryn' Northstar utters as he and Aurora speed over to the direction of the scream, and find Theresa Rourke Cassidy, lying motionless on the ground, her body twisted, blood splattered on her face. 'She's... dead' Aurora gasps. Northstar looks up at the cliff above them and remarks that the way Siryn landed looks like she fell to her death. 'You say that as if it were impossible' Aurora tells her brother, who remarks 'Well, Siryn can fly!'