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Hellfire and Brimstone
Greenwich, Connecticut, where a shirtless Akihiro a.k.a. Daken stands in a large pit, several bones scattered throughout. 'This is Akihiro, out in the sticks...I'm lighting a memory flare. I'm not telepath, but any novice could catch this thought chain in my head like it's on fire' he thinks to himself. He frowns as he recalls that he got tipped off to a potter's field near an outlet for the Morlock's Alley. He has been digging for hours, and now here he is, stranded in suburbia, staring at mutant bones. He grits his teeth as he tells himself that whoever put these mutants in the ground is still out there, so when it comes to proof of death, there is about to be plenty. Suddenly, there is a rumbling, and Daken looks puzzled. He pops his claws, and a moment later is blasted with a powerful surge of flame that ripples across his body.
The ground around Daken washes up over him and engulfs him, trapping him in a strange tar-like substance, his claws pop out from the substance. 'It – it's Akihiro! Is anyone in range?' he projects his thoughts. 'Psylocke? Prestige? Xavier? If you can hear this – follow the memory flare! It was a trap! Bad  intel! But you... you can still... find whoever burned...' his thoughts begin to subside, as the substance around him sizzles. He is unconscious, his face can be seen, burned from the flames. 'Beautiful. Trauma that would kill a rhinoceros. But he's still alive...and suffering. Prepare the Theater' a voice calls out.
Hellfire Bay, Krakoa, where Captain Kate Pryde, the Red Queen of the Hellfire Trading Company, and Lucas Bishop, the Hellfire Trading Company's Red Bishop, stand on a dock and look at the damaged Marauder ship docked nearby. 'Toast?' Kate asks. Bishop reminds her that a toast usually comes with a victory, but the Marauder is totaled. 'Well, we’re not' Kate points out. 'Ask my knees' Bishop jokes. 'What are you talking about? You're still what, negative fifteen years old?' she remarks. 'That's not how time travel works' Bishop replies, to which Kate tells him that this boat would not float without wisdom like that. Kate holds a bottle of whiskey, and she and Bishop hold a glass each as Bishop declares that they don't have a boat, and the Hellfire Trading Company is held together by blackmail. 'You're sure this is the time for change?' Bishop asks. Kate pours whiskey onto the dock and replies 'Sure? You know where the past goes, Bishop... down below' before they both drink their glasses of whiskey.
'We'll still need a new boat' Bishop points out. 'We'll need a new mission. Or rather, to serve both sides of our current one' Kate adds as they walk along the dock. She reminds Bishop that the Marauders were supposed to get Krakoan medicine where it is needed, and rescue mutants who can't reach Krakoa. 'We've been couriers long enough' Kate decides. Bishop tells her that is a grand oversimplification, but Kate informs him that she is meeting with Emma and Shaw, and that Hellfire Trading will be handled, but that she wants to be hands on – mutant rescue – and they will need some new faces. Bishop offers to draw up the most qualified candidates, but Kate reminds him that he is Captain Commander of Krakoa, and that he has plenty to worry about, so she offers to handle the boat and the crew. 'But you've got to swear – no complaints about my choices' Kate adds. '... who am I to argue with the Captain of the Marauder?' Bishop smiles. 'Smart. And I already know my first stop' Kate replies.
Elsewhere on Krakoa: Kwannon a.k.a. Psylocke hides in an area covered by dense forest. '... you think I don't know you're there?' Kwannon calls out, tears streaming down her face. 'My thoughts must really be screaming' a voice replies. 'That, and you drag your feet... when you’re not walking on air' Kwannon points out. 'You've been hiding down here like some outcast. Why?' the new arrival asks. Kwannon explains that she did terrible things to get her daughter back, and lost her anyway. 'What else would you call me?' she asks. Kate steps out of the shadows and smiles, as she replies 'Someone who'd like to make sure no one else ever has to go through that. I've got a home on my boat, Psylocke. And I never want to lose anyone again... how about you?' Kate asks, extending a hand, as Kwannon looks on, wide-eyed.
At the Green Lagoon, Heather Tucker a.k.a. Tempo sits at a table with the mutant called Bouncer. Heather rests her head against her hand as Bouncher tells her that she doesn't know how to start this, but that they need to talk. 'It's like, Tempo, or Heather. I mean, that's just it – we've -' she begins, when suddenly, Tempo begins tapping her fingers on the table, literally fast-forwarding through what Bouncer has to say to her: 'been together for three months and I don't even know your chosen name. Plus, you were sort of a terrorist – I mean, sure, you betrayed them and it's been cool since then I threw people through doors for a living, but that was more of a hobby, not a belief system. Do you even have hobbies? Three months and I don't know anything about you. For a chronokinetic, it feels like you're doing everything you can to keep us in slow motion. I could see us working, Tempo. But you've been pumping the brakes for so long, it feels like we'll never get up to speed. I want to say it's me, not you, but I'm sorry, this time... you're the one who's -' and just then, Tempo taps her fingers again, slowing time back down. 'Hey, it's all good, Bouncer. Why waste each other's time?' Tempo remarks, looking away. 'Really? You're fine with this? Wait... did you just fast-forward through our breakup?' Bouncer asks. Tempo suddenly smiles as Bishop appears in the Green Lagoon. 'Heard you gave Pryde a “maybe.” Times change. The Marauders are now a yes or no question' Bishop tells Tempo, asking her how long she is going to wait.
Shortly, night has fallen across Krakoa, and at the Boneyard, home of X-Factor Investigations, Kate and Kwannon are in Daken's quarters. Kate reports that Aurora is off-site, and that the rest of X-Factor haven't seen Daken in days. 'But your thoughtline says this is where Ahikiro was last?' Kate asks. Kwannon tells her that this is where Daken's psychic residue is still strongest. Kwannon notes that this place is spotless, and remarks that Laura was right – Daken has been living with discipline. 'Right up until disappearing' Kate points out as she looks out the window. Kwannon tells Kate that there is anger here, and urgency, hanging around the window like black mold. She looks at a photo of Daken with his sisters – Laura and Gabby – and decides that Daken was happy in this space, or trying to be. 'Scout. Wolverine. His thick-necked father...at least someone's found family...' her voice trails off. 'On my boat, we're family' Kate tells Kwannon, putting a hand on her shoulder, adding that she wanted Akihro for this gamily, and if he is missing, that makes him their first mission. 'But he's the son of a stubborn Canadian. He won't take a rescue from just anybody' Kate acknowledges.
Meanwhile, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada:  A machine gun fires several bullets into the air, courtesy of a bearded man wearing a red baseball cap, who holds a woman be her neck. 'Ya muties think you can go wherever you want? NOT IN MY TOWN!' he shouts, when suddenly, Jeanne-Marie Beaubier a.k.a. Aurora, one of Canada's greatest super heroes, appears behind the man. She places her hands either side of his head as she tells him that his town was at the top of her feed. 'Taking a mutant hostage? Really? I was only half a planet away' she frowns. 'Wait! Don't -' the man protests, before Aurora utters 'Speed of light' as she releases a brilliant burst of light around the man's face, blinding him. The man drops his gun and releases his grip on his hostage, a woman with scars across her face and short red hair. Aurora knows the woman and hugs her. Aurora calls her Stitch and tells her that she is sorry. 'We all deserve safety after surviving Department H. But you won't find it here' Aurora remarks. 'The findings not done, Aurora... Daken's missing. The Marauders caught the rundown' Bishop calls out as he and Tempo appear nearby. Aurora glances over as Bishop tells Aurora that he thought she would like to take point. 'Well, if you're talking to all his lovers... don't stop with me' Aurora smiles.
Elsewhere, at a nightclub, partygoers are dancing. Among them are two mutants from Krakoa – Bobby Drake a.k.a. Iceman and Christian Frost, the White Bishop of the Hellfire Trading Company. 'A slow dance?' Bobby asks, wearing a blue suit, as he and Christian, in a white suit, dance closely. What? You were hoping for a cot under the bleachers?' Christian replies. But Bobby tells Christian that it is nice, and that he didn't have a prom – just a danger room. 'But if you do want to get dangerous...' Bobby's voice trails off, as Christian asks 'In front of a punch bowl? Bobby, what kind of man do you think I am?' He then tells Bobby 'No, right now...' his voice trailing off, as Christian begins to hallucinate and see his father's face in the tiles that they dance on. 'You call yourself a Frost? You're not my son. Not you. Your kind has no place bearing my -' Winston Frost can be heard saying, before Winston treads his feet firmly down on the tiles. '...everything's where it belongs' Christian concludes.
Nearby watching them is Carl Valentino a.k.a. Somnus, who leans against a wall near the punch bowl. 'Enjoy the moment, you too. You've earned it' Somnus remarks, smirking as he watches Bobby and Christian dance. Suddenly, someone calls out to him.
Reality changes – Somnus, Bobby and Christian aren't at a nightclub. They're really in the Broken Baths. Bobby and Christian hold their hands up to mimic the moves they are making in the dreamscape Somnus has placed them in. 'Sorry, ladies... I was a revenge fantasy away. Still getting used to this new life on Krakoa' he tells Aurora and Kate as they appear near the large hot pool where the three men are sitting. Somnus is sitting away from Bobby and Christian, as Kate tells him that it looks like he is keeping busy enough, and asks him if Bobby and Christian will be okay with him out of the dream. Aurora smiles, while Somnus replies 'Let them sleep. They're just enjoying a little poetic justice before Ibizia'. He then climbs out of the hot tub, his toned body covered only by a pair of skimpy white briefs. 'Towel?' Kate asks. 'I hear they're a human convention' Somnus remarks as he stands in front of the women, hands on his hips. 'A lifetime with Aki...and neither of you ever found a shirt' Aurora remarks. Kate covers her eyes as she informs Somnus that is why they are here. She reminds him that he lived a life with Daken in one night, and so dream or nnot, he knows Akihiro better than anyone, and can help them find him. Somnus smiles as he runs a hand through his hair: 'See the world with new eyes and rescue someone I love? When do we start?'
Meantime, in South Salem, New York, behind the steel bars of a gated community, where people have gathered in front of a wooden stage with a large wooden X on it. Tied to the X by his neck is Daken. The people wave rakes and other tools in the air, and throw bottles and spades towards Daken. A strange voice echoes around them: 'Do you feel it in the air, my friend? Charles Xavier abandoned his school for a fantasy island. So here is where we act in hs cast-off-home, together... as man and mutant'. 'Elitist coward!' cries out a man with red hair, who wears dark chaps over green trousers, and a harness over his bare chest. 'You're just as bad as we used to be!' another man calls out. 'Unity's a hard sell for someone in a stockade!' Daken calls out to those gathered around him, when suddenly, someone puts a large hand over Daken's mouth, and burns it with a familiar flaming energy, while in a strange voice uttering 'A canvas does not speak. It exists only to have its art revealed... by BRIMSTONE LOVE and the THEATER OF PAIN'.
The crowd all begin to chant “LOVE LOVE LOVE” repeatedly, while the man called Brimstone Love stands on the stage, towering over them. He has red skin with two large horns protruding from the sides of his head. He wears scale-like dark purple armor, with a long red cape trailing behind him. Daken has recovered from the latest fire assault: 'A few burns won't keep me from your throat, you -' he begins, before Brimstone Love hits him hard across the face, telling him that a canvas does not speak. Brimstone Love grins as he reveals that once upon a time he feared being a mutant, and awaited Charles Xavier's promise of man and mutant living together. 'I believed in his dream. And like so many...I watched in shock as he built an island where mutants were gods and humans weren't invited'. Brimstone Love tells his followers that Krakoa is an abandonment of Xavier's promise, and but that in betraying their faith, Xavier has united those who believe in real equality. The followers of the Theater of Pain hang on Brimstone Love's every word, as he tells them that here, they stand, united in their insult, and their rage. 'You see the old man here? I didn't raise the damn island!' Daken calls out. 'No. But yours is the ever-living flesh upon which we'll express ourselves... through pain'.
In Connecticut, Aurora, Somnus, Tempo, Kwannon and Bishop stand around an area of land which has no grass on it, while the rest of the field is covered in grass. They are near a large drain pipe which sticks out from a sloping hill. Kwannon confirms that Akihiro was here, and calling out to her. 'Got an assist, Tempo?' Bishop asks, before reporting that Captain Pryde is on her way once she secures their boat. 'I want a heading waiting for her' he declares. Bishop holds up his electronic pad and tells the others that he pulled Akihiro's case log, in which he noted that there was a mass grave here. Bishop points out that someone has filled it, and that Daken was tipped off to this by Carver, a Morlock, who fingered Mister Clean for this, but Daken suspects that was smoke, and now Carver is gone, too. 'I grew up in a neighborhood like this. Kids play here, on top of our bodies...' Somnus utters. Tempo crouches down beside Kwannon and they both touch the disturbed ground. Tempo uses her powers to tug the area back a few hours, and Kwannon tells her that it is working – she is getting clear psychic residue. 'I've almost... got it!' Kwannon exclaims, before giving Bishop the reading he wanted: 'Right in Xavier's old backyard!'
Back at the Theater of Pain, Daken is still trapped on the stockade. 'I fought for mutant rights my whole life! That island was like a knife to my heart, Krakoans need to feel that!' A man declares as he touches the bone fragment sticking out from hand of the man wearing the black harness. 'Your turn' he tells him. The man in the harness remarks that he never thought he would be spilling guts with a flatscan. 'Then again...never thought mutants'd turn into what they used to stand against'. He moves toward Daken, his blade pointing to Daken's face. Daken calls the mutant Carver, and tells him that he set him up. 'Your own kind, you -' Daken begins, before Carver skewers him with his blade. 'My kind?' Carver asks as he pulls the blood-covered blade away. 'Morlocks filled that mass grave – put there by the first ta call themselves Marauders. Arizona? Madripoor? I see that truth even if the others won't. Ya pay yer lip service, but yer paradise ain't really fer mutants like us'. Carver then snaps the blade that sticks out of his hand and offers it to the crowd. 'Who's next to the bar?' Carver asks.
'You see, Daken? Krakoa turned its back on us! Xavier gave up on his dream when it became too hard. Sold out coexistence...dealt boons like some tin-helmeted Santa Claus. For every human or mutant left behind after years of faith, I offer an outlet' Brimstone Love calls out as he stands among his followers. They reach out for Brimstone Love who continues: 'Validation. I still believe. And when a belief is so abused... it turns to anger'. Brimstone Love explains that the Theater of Pain welcomes those allies who Krakoa dismissed, who do not want an island of mutant supremacy. He turns to a wide-eyed young man who holds up a knife, and takes the knife, licking the blood from it. 'Did you think you could break our hearts... and not pay in blood?' Brimstone Love asks. 'My hands are bloody as hell and they let me in! You weren't rejected... but you don't really care. I smell everyone's fear. Their stress hormones. You aren't helping these people. I know conditioning when I see it' Daken calls out, looking at the humans and mutants among the crowd.
'I give only what they want' Brimstone Love responds, before he shoves the knife into Daken's neck. 'LOVE LOVE LOVE' the crowd chant, smiling as they watch the spectacle. Brimstone Love retracts the knife, pulling it upwards, a stream of blood spurting from Daken's neck. 'Pain! We are the price! We are the consequence! THEY BUILT UTOPIA WITH A VELVEY ROPE!' Brimstone Love shouts.
Suddenly, there is a whirring noise, and a voice calls out 'Smell that, Marauders? Smells like bad faith!' It's Kate Pryde, who drops down from a saucer-like vessel that hovers above her. Bishop, Psylocke, Aurora, Somnus and Tempo also drop down from the vessel, while Kate tells Psylocke that she is coasting on wit here, and asks what they have got into. Kwannon reports that his name is Brimstone Love, but that he is opaque to telepathy, however he is on everyone else's minds. Kwannon explains that Brimstone Love is a primal geomancer, tough and charasmatic, and the only thing these people are thinking about more than him is his snake oil. Kwannon informs everyone telepathically that these people were human allies or closeted mutants, and Brimstone Love has convinced them that they were betrayed by Xavier – and Akihiro is not a person to them, just a symbol to be punished again and again. 'Like hell!' Kate exclaims, before telling her team to disperse, diffuse and de-escalate, while she frees Akihiro, and chats with the suburban Satan.
'This is Krakoa's best? The delivery girl?' Brimstone Love asks as Kate lands on his makeshift stage. 'That's Captain Pryde!' Kate responds 'Lead asskicker of grievance-baiting con men!' she adds. Brimstone Love frowns as he looks down at Kate and tells her that she speaks with the condescension of a Krakoan. 'Xavier's dream changed. Ours did not' Brimstone Love states as he looks down to his followers, while the other Marauders have placed themselves among the humans and mutants to calm them down. 'Krakoa is still part of the world' Kate points out. 'And what of its humans? Those who believed in mutant equality? What right did you have to shut them out?' Brimstone Love asks, while several angry humans can be seen yelling at Aurora and Tempo.
Flames suddenly erupt around Brimstone Love and the wooden stage is partially destroyed. 'Your new, exclusive paradise isa joke!' Brimstone Love shouts, while Kate phases her body so that some of broken stage passes through her body. 'One we refuse to abide!' Brimstone Love declares. 'We dedicated our lives to you! Now you punish us for how we were born?' a human waving a rake in the air shouts. 'A safe home for mutants... is not persecution for humans' Kwannon points out as she blocks the punch a human throws at her. 'Aikihro, are... you even alive in there? The pain would've sent your father berserk?' Kate calls out, wide-eyed as she looks through the rubble and finds Daken.
'This is vile! You know Krakoa's ot what you're saying!' Bishop calls out as he confronts Brimstone Love, blasting him with energy. 'Does it comfort you to lie? What these people feel is real... this brutality is honest!' Brimstone Love replies, while Kwannon keeps humans attacking her at bay by swiping her psi-knife towards them. 'Mutantkind is not a monolith' Brimstone Love points out as he directs energy towards Bishop.
'Just stop and listen! It isn't – it's not that absolute!' Somnus calls out as he tries to reason with some men. 'Mutants only. That's how it starts. Then it's just the ones with useful gifts. Then just tha pretties. Then tha ones with mutant parents. Before long we're -' Carver calls out, interrupted when Aurora puts her hands next to his head and blinds him with a flash of light. 'That's for Akihiro, Carver. Everyone else... consider my mood' Aurora exclaims, warning those gathering around her.
Daken bursts up through the rubble, landing in front of a wide-eyed Kate Pryde. 'Ak...Akihiro?' Kate calls out. Daken pops his claws and growls, his eyes red with rage.
'Do you not yet see? Dreams don't die without a fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-' Brimstone Love calls out, before Tempo touches him: 'Your fight's on pause' she tells him as she uses her control over time to literally pause him. Somnus, Kwannon, Bishop and Aurora continue to deal with the Theater of Pain followers, when suddenly, 'Love doesn't fight alone!' a man shouts as he leaps at Tempo and pushes her away from Brimstone Love, who is freed from Tempo's pause. Captain Kate phases up through the ground and appears in front of Brimstone Love, who asks her how she can live on that island – a nation of self-proclaimed gods, a society of mutant supremacy. 'We will never stop defying that' he tells her. 'Never might be sooner than you think' Kate replies. Brimstone Love suddenly looks concerned as he hears growling behind him – he starts to turn around, too late though, as Daken leaps at him, and slices off one of his horns in a rage-fuelled attack.
'Brimstone...' Daken snarls as he lands on the other side of Brimstone Love, next to Kate and the others who have gathered nearby. Brimstone places his flaming hand to the side of his severed horn, sealing the wound. He frowns and asks 'You...you think we can be silenced?' He slams a hand onto the ground, which begins to crack. 'By something as instructive as pain?' Brimstone Love. Kate tells him that she knows he is done scapegoating Krakoa, but Brimstone Love tells her 'Please. There are so many of us... sold a dead dream, denied the new one. By swatting us down today...you've only fostered our family!' There is a rumbling, and the ground suddenly breaks up around him – and Brimstone Love begins to fall. The ground continues to break up, and Kate shouts 'Go! He's taking the whole neighborhood with him! Get them out! Get everyone out!'
Shortly, the heroes, and the members of the Theater of Pain stand on the edge of the massive hole that has formed in the ground. Aurora and Somnus help Daken to stand, while Kate tells the Theater of Pain to remember that Brimstone Love would have pulled them all down with him. 'But don't worry. We have sanctuary... and a spaceship'.
Later, back at Krakoa, specifically, Hellfire Bay, where the seven mutants stand on a dock and look at a sleek new ship. 'Sexy, isn't she?' Kate remarks, before telling her companions that the answer was right in front of her  the whole time – steal from Emma. 'As of now, this isn't the Mercury...it's the New Marauder' Kate announces. 'Is... that a skull and crossbones on its face?' someone asks. 'It's an X. Morbidly' another suggests. 'A crew needs a symbol' Kate adds. 'Is this a crew?' one of the group asks. 'Once you all say yes, it is. We've got our boat. We're already pissing off the right people. All that's left is to make it official...to the new Marauders!' Kate calls out as she raises a glass of whiskey. Kwannon, Bishop, Daken, Aurora and Tempo do the same, while Somnus holds up the bottle.
'To gutting predators like Love. They're a lot more out there' Daken declares. 'To always going where needed, not where we're wanted' Kate adds. 'No point in a second chance if you're not going to live it, right?' Somnus smiles. Bishop points out that Brimstone Love weaponized people's worst fears about Krakoa, and that it was all too easy for him to pull it off. 'I've seen where that leads. That fear doesn't have to win...we just have to give people a better option' Bishop adds.
Shortly, Kate meets with Emma Frost and Sebastian Shaw, the White Queen and Black King of the Hellfire Trading Company, respectively. 'So, we're agreed. Bishop and I will stay on, but with our day-to-day handled by a proxy. Someone who knows the job inside out. Who's past due to step up. Who's no stranger to Hellfire, or its flair for drama...from White Bishop to Red Monarch...Christian Frost' Kate announces. 'A dreadful choice, Pryde. And piteously biased' Shaw frowns. 'Do what thou wilt. And it's our spot to fill' Kate smiles. 'Quite so' Emma tells her, adding that Kate is free to fully engage her new Marauders. She then opens a small black box, and pulls from it a strange cube. Emma calls it a mysterium puzzle box and states that it is gifted with great mystique. 'Two billion years old and locked from the inside'. Kate takes the box and asks 'Two billion? We just created mysterium...' to which Emma reveals that the box is inscribed with Kate's name – in their Krakoan language. Kate puts her fingers into the box, and the box opens. 'But...how? That's my handwriting!' she utters, wide-eyed. 'Well then, Captain. It seems your next rescue...begins with a mystery' Emma utters, as Kate holds up a map which she pulls from the box – a map of an island, with the words “the first blood spilled” scrawled on it in red.


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Extinction Agenda
Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where fiery energy rises up in the middle of a civilian neighborhood. 'RUN!' someone screams as several civilians flee the area, while armed soldiers begin to close in. 'Get behind the perimeter, people!' one of the soldiers calls out, assuring them that the situation is under control. “Control” one of the other soldiers quotes, before pointing out that Main Street is burning like Three Mile Island. 'Choke the sarcasm, Captain. Scans show an electromagnetic field regulating that burn. One we can disperse... thanks to Gyrich's little gift here' another soldier declares. 'Copy. Kill the field, kill the flames' the Captain responds. Suddenly, 'Finger off the trigger, Captain! There's a mind in there. That firestorm's one of us. And he's in pain' a voice declares. The Captain turns as someone puts a hand on his shoulder. 'You're saying that thing's a mutant?' the Captain frowns.
'We come in all shapes and sizes... and none of them give you the right to murder us' Captain Kate Pryde announces, as she stands with Lucas Bishop and Kwannon a.k.a. Psylocke. The mutant in agony is called Fever Pitch, and more fiery energy resonates around him as Bishop tells the Captain to step aside as no one is dying today – unless he gets in their way. The three mutants make their way towards Fever Pitch, connected telepathically, Bishop tells Kate that she did nice work dealing with the rank and file, and asks if there is enough left here to save. 'He's in there, Bishop. Humans turned him into a suicide bomb. The man's been trying to pull himself back together ever since' Kate replies. Kwannon points out that spite is a powerful motivator, but that Fever Pitch is all over the place. 'Let's give him something to ground himself to' she suggests as she casts some psychic energy towards Fever Pitch, which strikes him and he collapses into Kate's arms. 'Got him, Psylocke!' Kate calls out, before telling Fever Pitch that he is safe, and introducing herself to him. 'Didn't think anyone'd remember. Didn't think they cared...' Fever Pitch utters, before Kate asks him if he is ready to go home. 'Who in the hell are you people?' Fever Pitch asks.
Days later on Krakoa, 'Katherine Pryde... what are you doing?' Kate asks herself as she trudges through a dense forest on Krakoa. 'Following some map from a mysterium puzzlebox. Into an archipelago even Krakoa didn't know about. Someone made it forget a part of its own body' Kate remarks to herself as she holds the box in one hand as she explores this mysterious region. 'And I thought Professor Xavier was a jerk' Kate tells herself, before she goes wide-eyed as she sees someone up ahead. 'You were wise beyond your years, child. After all... he put me here' the mysterious figure calls out. 'I don't often get visitors... so I've had to make my own fun' they remark as they can be seen digging in the sand. 'Did you know, if you dig deep enough, Krakoa has organs? There we are' they declare as they pull some sort of organ from the sand. 'Feeling's a funny thing. When I remove these wee bits, I almost get a tickle behind my ears. I think you'd call it... guilt? I've become enamored with the concept. But lest I ramble endlessly about my triumphs of personal progress...is there something I can do for you, Sprite?' the figure asks, revealed to be Cassandra Nova, as she looks up from the pile of organs that she has gathered around her, and addressing Kate by one of her old codenames.
Kate frowns: 'You know. Explain why a two-billion-year old box, inscribed in my handwriting...held a map that leads to you, Cassandra Nova, Xavier's homicidal sister'. Cassandra smirks as she replies 'Oh my. And how could that be? No matter, Your thoughts have such an exciting luster... but not for the box. For what it contains. “The First Blood Spilled”'. Cassandra then tells Kate that their past is richer than she knows. 'The first mutants of the second generation may have thrived on Okkara. But the last of the first still fight for life. They could be saved... with my guidance'. But Kate narrows her eyes and announces that she won't turn her back on mutant lives – she can't. 'But you killed millions in Genosha, including my father... you've got Krakoan amnesty. But I'll never trust you' Kate declares. Covered in a purple blood from the organs, Cassandra smiles and claims that she is quite reformed. 'Did the resplendent Jean Grey not tell you? She fixed my myriad of faults just before my residency here began. Look at me... I wouldn't hurt a mutant fly'.
Meanwhile, on Danger Island: 'I could've given you a weapon, Tempo' Kwannon tells Heather Tucker as they battle simulations of ninjas. 'Why?' Tempo asks as she leaps up and uses her powers on the ninja, touching their head, and speeding up time – reducing their head to a skull. 'Time blunts every blade' Tempo points out. 'Every bone too' Tempo adds, before remarking that she got a workout, at least, and asking Kwannon if she is going to sweat anytime soon. 'The Hand mixed and matched my mind like a ball under a cup. You're exercising. I'm enjoying myself' Kwannon responds, before she telepathically instructs Danger Island to reset. Tempo stretches her arms overhead and tells Kwannon that she thought the Marauders rescued people, but these guys look pretty maimed. 'Yes, well...a rescue to some is an attack to others...try to be ready for both' Kwannon suggests.
Shortly, Cassandra Nova is packing up her toolkit of medical instruments when a familiar figure descends behind her. Cassandra smiles when she senses the arrival of one of her greatest foes. 'What brings you here, in your finest?' Cassandra asks. 'A reminder. I wore this when I left you crying at my feet. Don't make me do it again' Jean Grey warns the old woman. 'Perish the thought' Cassandra responds, telling Jean that she should thank her for her little injection of compassion. 'Now that I can realize the horror of what I've done... I may enjoy it more than when I felt nothing' she utters. Jean Grey looks horrified as she exclaims 'My god... you haven't changed at all'. Cassandra Nova calls Jean “Marvel Girl” and tells her that she is far from through with atrocity. 'But you did accomplish something... mutants have nothing to fear from me'. Cassandra then declares that her ship awaits and asks Jean to be a gem and clean up this mess.
Elsewhere on Krakoa, at the Boneyard, home and headquarters to X-Factor. 'Perfect form, Bishop' Jeanne-Marie Beaubier a.k.a. Aurora remarks as Bishop releases a surge of energy upwards from the top of the Boneyard. 'The dregs of Fever Pitch's fire. Most of what I absorbed went to power cells' Bishop explains. 'Should've seen their faces when I dropped them at the town's homeless shelter' Bishop adds. 'Free mutant batteries. It's a change, for sure. Speaking of which, let me just -' Aurora starts to reply before she speeds off into her quarters. '-pack' she finishes, standing beside a suitcase and several crates. Aurora speeds back to the rooftop where Bishop is standing on the edge. He asks Aurora if she is sure about joining the Marauders, to which Aurora tells him that it is time – Akihiro is on the New Marauder working out what Brimstone Love's torture troupe did to him, and she wants to be there for him – but it isn't just that. 'X-Factor's shown my plenty of death...I'm ready for some life' Aurora exclaims as she leaps from the rooftop and flies through the air.
(in dream)Brimstone Love is chained to the stockade and screams as Daken uses his claws  to slash and hack away at Brimstone Love's back. 'Like that, Love? No greater teacher than pain, right? You'll be a genius when I'm done with -'
(reality)'Time's up, Aki' a voice calls out, ending the dream and bringing Daken back to reality, 'You promised me years in there, Somnus. When it was just us and a bad back in our day...you had decades to spare' Daken utters as he looks up at Carl Valentino a.k.a. Somnus, who is crouched beside him. 'I swear you complained less back then' Somnus responds. 'What he means is – you've got an intriguing visitor' Aurora calls out as she arrives. She smiles at Somnus as she adds 'That's right. Your present lover conspiring with lovers past to dig you up a bit of happiness. Careful, you might just like it'. 'Not that he'd admit it' Somnus remarks as he looks at Aurora. Aurora sits down next to Daken and asks him how his dreams go, and how many times he has to kill Brimstone Love before he can relax in the real world. 'He boiled me from the inside out. There's always time for one more' Daken responds. Bishop can be heard telepathically instructing everyone to get on deck. 'You were saying, my love?' Aurora asks Daken, who frowns.
Shortly, Cassandra Nova stands in the shadows of the ship's bridge, while Kate addresses the rest of her team – her crew. She tells them that as part of hher ongoing efforts to test their faith in her judgment, it's time for them to meet their final crew member. “Final” Cassandra quotes as she steps into the light. 'Must you make it sound so grim?' Cassandra asks, grinning wickedly. Bishop stares back at her, arms folded, while Tempo, Daken, Aurora and Kwannon all look on in shock, mouths gaped open. Somnus looks a little confused, and rubs the back of his head: 'Should... I know who this is?' he asks. He turns to Bishop: 'You're the only one whose mouth is not on the floor' he points out. An unimpressed Bishop announces that he knew it was coming, and that he hated it then and doesn't like it now. 'Don't like bald Katherine Hepburn? Is this a joke? I know I'm new here, fresh out of an egg and all...but what's everyone afraid of?' Somnus asks, confused, while Cassandra looks pleased with herself.
'Ah, yes.. .you're all horrified, I'm sure' Cassandra Nova scowls, before turning to Somnus and addressing him as Carl, she tells him that he is looking luminous for a cententarian. 'You – you already read my mind?' Somnus exclaims, surprised. 'A near-constant compulsion, I'm afraid. And to think...you're the one person here that could've barred me entry if you'd honed your gifts' Cassandra remarks, before explaining to him that their crewmates are cross because she once killed a few million mutants. 'A light rain compared to the blood that's washed the hands of, say...their hero, Apocalypse. Or the gene thief, Sinister. Yet they were given council seats, while I received eternal house arrest' Cassandra points out. She looks at Kwannon and smiles as she adds 'But you all know where the past goes...down below'. She claims that she is here to ruthlessly defend their kind, and that she has grown so bored of bloodless hands. 'Shall we start with the first of us, who stand imprisoned by our so-called allies?' Cassandra asks.
'I'll start by taking what you know on our terms, filth. Not yours!' Kwannon retorts as she readies her psi-knife and raises it towards Cassandra, who drops to her knees – then suddenly, Cassandra grabs Kwannon's wrist and forces the psi-knife into her head, grinning wickedly as she does so. 'Please. Do have a rummage around' she tells Kwannon, who frowns as she tells Cassandra that she will know before the synapse fires on her first wrong thought. Kwannon moves away, and the psi-blade remains lodged in Cassandra's head. Cassandra tells Kwannon that it is perfectly safe. 'I think you'll see...I need not lie to frighten you'. Surprised, Kwannon realizes that somehow, it is true. She removes the psi-blade, and looks at her crewmates, telling them, at least Cassandra believes it is true, and reports that the first generation of mutants are prisoners of the Shi'ar.
'Our longtime allies who she just happened to once conquer?' Bishop asks, before querying if Xavier's daughter, Xandra, the Majestrix, has been lying to their faces. Tempo points out that allies tend to lose their nerve when things get inconvenient. 'I know it's a huge ask. But I also know this – we rescue mutants. And our best intel says the first of us are still out there...think of what would be lost if we don't pursue this' Kate tells her crew, reminding them that they said they would go where needed, not where they wanted. 'That's the mission. And right now... we're needed in space'.
'THIS IS INCREDIBLE!' Somnus exclaims as he looks out a window of the New Marauder ship as its blasts off into space, leaving the Earth behind it. 'That's a planet in our rearview!' Somnus adds, his face pressed up against the window. 'You're fogging up the glass, Carl' Daken remarks. 'Don't listen to him. Enjoy it...everyone remembers their first time' Aurora smiles. Kate is at the controls and Bishop sits next to her as he reminds Kate that Chandilar has a gate, and suggests they could have scouted ahead, skipped the sightseeing. 'And let me fly this ship alone? They'll be monitoring the gate, Bishop. And with what we're coming to ask...they won't be happy to see us'.
Later, on Chandilar, the Shi'ar Throneworld, where Majestrix Xandra sits on her throne. Gladiator stands at her side, while three of the Imperial Guard – Mentor, Manta and Delphos – stand before Xandra, who asks Mentor for a report. Mentor informs the Majestrix that long-range sensors have shown a breach into Shi'ar space, and that the ship is attributed to Earth's Hellfire Trading Company. 'It's the mutants. Scans show eight aboard...including the beast Cassandra Nova' Mentor reveals. 'My aunt is alive? By Sharra...' Xandra gasps. Mentor then informs the Majestrix that there is more – mysterium is on board, and somehow, it is over two billion years old.
Suddenly, Delphos tells Mentor that he is dismissed – that all of them are dismissed. 'To Honor the First Blood Spilled' Delphos utters. 'No... you? You're one of them?' Gladiator asks. 'To Honor the First Blood Spilled' Delphos utters once more. '...very well' Gladiator tells her. From her throne, Xandra calls out to the Superguardians and Gladiator, asking them where they are going and what is happening. 'Who are you to dismiss my Imperial Guard?' Xandra asks. 'I am as I always have been...DELPHOS THE RED' comes the response as Delphos waves her hand, and her costume transforms into an extravagant red jumpsuit with large spiked shoulders, a long red cape and a red helmet over her head, covering her eyes. 'Noble of the Kin Crimson. Shepherd of Shi'ar history. A rank that far exceeds Superguardian. We've always been here, hiding in plain sight... until called upon by the moment' Delphos reveals.
Xandra declares that she has never heard of such shepherds and points out that Delphos does not outrank her. 'You will return my guard and explain yourself!' she instructs Delphos. Delphos instructs the Majestrix to sit, and tells her that her rule is anything but changed. She states that the Kin Crimson have stood since before Xandra's throne was built, since before the first Majestor, when the Shi'ar were little more than galactic radiers, and that since then, they have defended their people from challenges, both external and internal. Xandra frowns as she tells Delphos that she fears no challenges and needs no secret society, and that she may consult Ambassador Urr as to how she deals with threats. 'Please understand Majestrix...we would never reveal ourselves for something as small as a Stygian mutiny. No, Mentor's report triggered one of my preconceptions. I've seen what's coming!' Delphos announces.
Delphos continues, anxiously declaring that the Marauders rocket toward them on a collision course, and that what they seek is not just Xandra's throne, but all of society. 'And what is that?' Xandra asks. 'Ancient history, Majestrix!' Delphos exclaims, suggesting that it is better if she shows her. Green energy glows around Delphos and she extends it to Xandra, who holds it in her hands and looks at it, wide-eyed. “The First Blood Spilled” she utters. 'This...it would mean war with Planet Arrako. With my friends. With mutantkind' she sobs, covering her eyes, before informing Delphos that she has the order – the Marauders must never uncover the truth.
Back aboard the New Marauder, which speeds through space, Aurora and Tempo are devouring a green fruit. 'You two good back there?' Bishop asks them. 'More than, Bishop. As long as Tempo and I stay fed...the New Marauder's cruising at mutant warp' Aurora responds. 'Boost fruits?' Kate asks, looking at Bishop and telling him that thisis why she needs him. Bishop tells Kate that Smerdyakov started growing them for him, as he got sick of Cortez's lip. 'First Brand places him with Khora. Now you sub him out for a plum. It's -' Kate starts to reply before an alarm sounds. '- beautiful? We've barely got a toe in Shi'ar space!' Kate exclaims, then tells Daken that she wants tactical. Daken reports that this is a proximity alert, and that escape vectors are low. Cassandra smiles whiel Daken announces that there is unidentified craft, with guns hot, closing fast. 'I know a predator when I see one, Captain' Daken adds.
At that moment, a battleship glowing with red energy speeds up alongside the New Marauder. 'So do I. This shi's full of them. PREPARE TO ENGAGE, PEOPLE!' Kate calls out. 'We never expected a welcome mat!' someone calls out. Bishop and Kwannon are suited up in space suits and helmets, and Bishop tells Kwannon to lock in – the two of them run offennse while Pryde keeps them occupied. 'Solid. Let's sting while we can...before they decide to multitask' Kwannon responds. The other ship opens fire on the New Marauder, and Bishop tells Kwannon that there won't be time, as helms've got seven minutes of personal environment. He hands Kwannon a large weapon and tells her that the other ship looks like it has a hard light hull. 'Sting better' he adds. 'A space rifle for the ship's second crulest telepath' Kwannon remarks telepathically as she and Bishop are ejected from the New Marauder into space. 'We didn't recruit your telepathy. We recruited you. Dagger or not, I want someone who'll defend her crew' Bishop responds, before asking if he was wrong to think that he had found her, while firing a blast of energy towards the other vessel. Kwannon darts a blast fired from the ship, 'No' she tells Bishop as she fires her space rifle, which strikes the enemy ship. 'Not in the slightest' she assures Bishop.
Inside the enemy ship, a voice announces 'Priority report – I've engaged the primates, Noble Delphos. They continue to underestimate me. So be it. The time for feints has passed... I have always been power incarnate'.
Suddenly, a large glowing red force field appears around the New Marauder. 'BRACE YOURSELVES! They've got a field up! I'll try to phase us out -' Kate calls out to her crew, but the ship just slams against the force field. 'That energy bubble might as well be adamantium. Maybe I could get through with a boost fruit...but I'm not leaving anyone behind' Kate declares.
Outside, Kwannon and Bishop find themselves up against the force field, too, as Kwannon informs Bishop that it's no use, as the shell has its own psionic readings – and they are tough. 'The red balloon's got thoughts?' Bishop asks. 'No – more like it is thought' Kwannon explains.
Large talon-like constructs reach out and start scratching at the New Marauder. 'Hull breach!' Daken calls out, telling Aurora to get behind him. 'The hell I will! I hope this bastard likes it bright -' Aurora begins – but before she can unleash her light power against the enemy attach, Bishop and Kwannon are thrown back into the New Marauder. 'Weren't those two the big guns?' Somnus asks as Bishop lands with a THUD. 'There isn't a gun big enough. Marauders. You are trespassing in Shi'ar space. Your choice is simple' a voice calls out. The Marauders look on in shock as a figure suddenly appears aboard the ship and exclaims – 'Turn back or die... by order of ERIK THE RED!'


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Extinction Agenda, part 2
Newark, New Jersey, under a cloudy night sky, a church stands under the moonlight. Someone has scrawled LOVE on one of the walls in red. The church appears to be in ruins, the inside of the church is a mess. A small purple dragon called Lockheed flies through the church, where a large X can be seen on an altar. Lockheed comes to a sudden stop when he finds some sort of horrid mass of bodies which have been melded together. Lockheed sniffs the air around the monstrosity, when one figure suddenly rises and reaches out to the horrified little dragon.
Meanwhile, on Chandilar, the Shi'ar Throneworld, where on a rocky, barren landscape, over a dozen bug-shaped space ships can be seen gathered in a canyon. Up on a ridge overlooking the canyon stands Majestrix Xandra and one of the Imperial Guard members, Delphos, now known as Delphos the Red, who asks 'Something not to your liking, Majestrix?' Xandra tells the psychic that mutants are their allies – her allies – and now an imperial armada musters to blast Krakoa's Marauders from the sky, simply because of a question. 'To which they are not owed an answer, Majestrix' Delphos, who now wears a large red cloak and red helmet which covers her eyes, responds. Delphos states that the Nobles of the Kin Crimson have not kept Shi'ar history for ages through half measures.
'They fought for me, Delphos. And my thanks is an Apocalypse-class behemoth?' Xandra asks as she looks over to the large weapon which looms over the armarda nearby. Delphos tells Xandra that what the Marauders seek is not for them, and that the First Blood Spilled is their secret, their burden. 'Its truth would spark war with Sol. But protecting it is no less bloody...' Xandra utters, before pulling the hood of her cloak up over her head and wishing for her aunt's counsel. 'Deathbird bent to the Kin Crimson, same as your Gladiator' Delphos declares, adding that Deathbird's abduction by the Sidri will not go unpunished, and tells Xandra to trust her preconceptions. 'I've seen it. And I've seen to her rescue...personally' Delphos adds. 'For a genetic throwback, Deathbird did well enough as your governess...but we are your shepherds now' Delphos adds.
Elsewhere, the kidnapped Deathbird finds herself battling strange elephant-like aliens.
Delphos puts a hand on Xandra's shoulder, but Xandra pulls away from herand tells her that she takes liberties. Delphos clenches a fist and apologizes, before telling Xandra that they stand at an inflection point, and that there is no time for doubt. 'The Marauders cannot be allowed to discover the truth' she declares. Xandra turns away from Delphos: 'Of course. You've shown me what our ancestors did. But those are the mistakes of the long dead. And no matter our past...our future is mine alone to decide' Xandra announces.
At that moment, in Shi'ar space, the new Marauders are in their ship and find themselves confronted by a new foe. 'Davan Shakari. Erik the Red. You sure you want to threaten the Marauders?' Captain Kate Pryde asks as she holds her blade towards her enemy, who responds with a crimson energy blade which he holds out in front of him. 'There is no threat, Captain Pryde. That you will retreat or die is a fact' Erik the Red declares, while the rest of the Marauders look on, ready for battle as they stand behind Captain Pryde. They are Kwannon a.k.a. Psylocke, Heather Tucker a.k.a. Tempo, Akihiro a.k.a. Daken, Jeann-Marie Beaubier a.k.a. Aurora, Lucas Bishop, Carl Valentino a.k.a. Somnus and Cassandra Nova, who stands back from the rest of the Marauders, a pleased smile on her face.
'Big talk from a Shi'ar grunt!' Captain Pryde calls out. Erik the Red can be seen smiling from under his horned helmet, and he replies 'Please. Davan Shakari was a mask. Our battles, a feint. Mutants have long been below the notice of the Kin Crimson'. Kate tells Erik the Red that it looks like he has noticed them now. 'As I would a dog off its leash' Erik the Red snaps in response. He claims that he has watched for centuries, and that for all the mutants gains, their kind never came close to the Shi'ar secrets – until now. 'Until that. The vessel' Erik the Red utters, asking Captain Pryde if she even knows what is in that box. 'A good place to put what's left of you' Daken snarls as he pops his claws. 'Was he like this for you?' Aurora – Daken's current lover – smiles at Somnus – Daken's former lover. 'If only. You've been doing God's work' Somnus smiles back.
Crimson construct copies of the Marauders are created by Erik the Red, and they stand behind Erik, who tells the Marauders that they are here on the word of mass-murdering filth, and that that alone is an argument for retreat. 'But if you refuse, well...the Hard Skins turns my thoughts into power. And I am quite set in my ways' Erik declares. The Marauders prepare to face off against their crimson copies. 'Nova may be trash. But I trust my people more than a Shi'ar hood ornament' Captain Pryde exclaims, holding her blade to Erik's face. 'If you're hiding the first of us, that's living mutant history. Something we'd all risk our lives to save' Kate adds. 'AND SO YOU SHALL' Erik the Red booms as he launches into an attack, his crimson blade striking Kate's sword. At the same time, the rest of the Marauders fight off against their crimson copies created by Erik the Red.
'A fight? You're breaking my heart' Kate snaps as her sword holds against Erik's. Aurora speeds about inside the ship and remarks that the crimson copies look like them, but they are just light, no powers. 'Let me speed-bump that thought, Aurora' Kwannon remarks as she shoves her psi-blade through her copy's head. She explains that the Hard Skin constructs run on thought, meaning these are the holograms of the gods, and they don't have all their gifts or weaknesses. 'Just the fun ones, Psylocke' Daken exclaims as he slices the Hard Skin copy of Aurora in half. 'You're telling me!' Aurora replies as she destroys Daken's copy with a burst of her own blinding light powers. 'Next time you do something hot, skip the light speed' Daken smiles at Aurora as they stand back to back. 'You've been begging me to slow down since we met' Aurora smiles back.
'For those of us not on heat – light doesn't age. I've barely got my finger on the dam over here' Tempo calls out as she struggles to use her own powers against her copy. 'Hold tight, Tempo...me and Erik are just kicking off the swordplay!' Kate calls out while her sword clangs against Erik's once more. Kwannon battles her own double and reports that telepathy is out, but that telekinesis works elegantly. 'These puppets are distractions at best' she adds. 'Sure, for a well-spoken ninja. I'm reinventing physics on the fly here' Tempo remarks as she dodges energy blasts from her crimson copy, which strike Erik the Red and Kate. 'Drinks are on me, Tempo' Kate add, telling her that they will be sipping them out of this clown's skullcap. Erik cries out in pain as one of the blasts strike him, then Kate grabs him by his collar and holds her sword to his chin, telling him that he is pretty smart making constructs so dense that she can't pass through. 'But I've still got the sword...and I'd love to do this the old-fashioned way'.
'Folks? Hologram me hits like my teenage years' Somnus calls out as his crimson copy punches him in the face. 'And he doesn't get – tired?' Somnus begins, before Bishop grabs Somnus' double, and tells him that holograms have advantages. 'But you're real. They're just energy...to be absorbed!' Bishop exclaims as he grabs the Kwannon double and absorbs both of them. 'See that? My guy just ate your toys' Kate tells Erik as she continues to hold her sword to Erik's throat. 'If your Bishop dares to drink of the Hard Skin, then by all means...let him choke on his power!' Erik shouts as there is an explosion of crimson energy aboard the ship as Bishop is unable to contain the energy.
Back on Chandilar, Xandra is accompanied by Gladiator as they walk past the armada, where soldiers are preparing their ships. Xandra tells Gladiator that she is not at ease. 'An armada gathered against our allies...and a behemoth in orbit to lead the assault. All on the word of advisors I've never heard of...that my own Supergauardians bow to without question' Xandra declares. Gladiator assures the Majestrix that the Superguardians mean no harm, but that the Kin Crimson's role is indoctrinated in them all. He explains that they know the Kin Crimson hide among them, and that once revealed, they are to be afforded immediate deference. Gladiator tells Xandra that the Kin Crimson's secrets are kept from her by design, so that she may rule with vision, unburdened by their people's darkest moments. 'Perhaps that should be the throne's decision' Xandra replies, before admitting that she cannot deny the gravity of what Delphos the Red has shown her, and looks up to a balcony where Delphos can be seen standing, overlooking the armada.
'Damn the dogma. You should have warned me' Xandra declares, to which Gladiator reminds her that the Kin Crimson are ghosts, that they haven't shown themselves in centuries. 'Had I been more vigilant, perhaps they'd have remained hidden' Gladiator supposes, before telling Xandra that he failed her. 'No one has failed yet, Kallark' Xandra tells her defender. 'You know the First Blood Spilled by name, but you haven't seen what I've seen. For the sake of mutants and Shi'ar alike...the truth must stay buried' Xandra exclaims, pressing a small button on her collar, her golden triangle-shaped helmet suddenly covers her head. 'Praetor, my ship awaits' Xandra remarks, and asa Gladiator takes Xandra by her hand as she boards the ship, Xandra asks to be taken to the Roc.
As Xandra departs, Delphos smiles, watching from the balcony still, she contacts Eric and tells him that the throne wavers, that the child is frightened and remains bridled.
Back aboard the Mauraders' vessel, crimson energy continues to surround the ship, and radiates outwards into space. 'Might need a minute...' Bishop utters as he struggles to stand following the recent expulsion of energy. Kwannon tells Bishop to tel the minute, as he routed the excess blast. 'We'll take him' she exclaims. Erik then slams Cassandra Nova against a wall and tells her 'See what you've done? These primates would never have known the Vessel's meaning without you'. Cassandra just stares back at Erik and tells him that he will have to squeeze harder than that to get her attention. 'My own brother asserted himself better in the womb' she adds. Kate suddenly phases her hand into Erik's body and warns him to let Cassandra go, or else she will turn solid and his arm will pop like a balloon. 'You really shouldn't have come alone' Kate adds.
'Alone? We've stood guard for billions of years, Captain. Cut whole chapters from history... and we are never alone' Erik the Red responds, while Kate looks up at him, wide-eyed. Outside in space, a member of the Kin Crimson wearing an elaborate red costume rides on the back of a dragon, hurtling towards the Marauders' ship. Erik the Red tells Kate that the Kin Crimson saw her kind take their first steps, as they did countless species. 'We guided our people from their primitive avian roots. We crowned the first Majestor, and, in time, we'll sunset the last' he boasts, adding that they take no fame, no reward, but the continued strength of the Shia'r. He explains that they hide in plain sight, in forgettable lives, until they are called upon. 'The Kin Crimson are bigger than a throne. We are a family. Not in blood shared, but in blood shed...' Erik grins.
The atmosphere suddenly changes, as the energy bubble surrounding the ship is removed, and as Erik declares that it is time the Marauders met the rest of the Kin Crimson, as the dragon arrives, crashing its way through the ship and knocking the Marauders about. The Marauders are still telepathically linked, and Bishop asks everyone to give him a tactical response. Kwannon announces that she will get the personal environments in place, while Tempo reports that she has the oxygen under control. 'And I just need this smug alien ass to stay stil!' Aurora shouts as she attempts to go for Erik the Red. Bishop reminds Aurora that kneecaps are her friend, and they would like to be able to question people. Bishop then realizes that Cassandra has gone. 'Can we find our murder aunt after we can breathe?' Tempo asks, seemingly under pressure as she uses her powers to hold time around trillions of air molecules, and declares that doing so is not as easy as you'd think.
'I'm slipping here!' Tempo calls out, while Erik the Red reaches for the small box that Kate was protecting. 'Sealed and set!' Bishop exclaims as the space helmets that the Marauders are wearing become activated. 'Good. But get ready...because time snaps back with a vengeance!' Tempo exclaims as she stops controlling the air molecules, and the Marauders find themselves floating in space, while Erik the Red utters 'At last' as he takes hold of the box.'My helmet! It's not sealed! I'm choking!' Somnus calls out in a panic. Kate assures him that it is sealed and they will be fine for the next seven minutes – until their air runs out. Erik contacts Delphos and reports that he has the Vessel, and that Nobels Betel and Pr!z have engaged the beast.
'Okay, I can breathe. I'm breathing...and I've got an idea' Somnus calls out. He asks Psylocke to read his mind. 'Now? Wait, I see...there it is' Kwannon remarks, before telling Somnus that is a good idea. 'It seems we're all due...for some rest' Kwannon declares.
Suddenly, the Marauders find themselves onboard a space ship. Everything is black and white except for them. The crew members go about their business, while Somnus tells everyone to open their eyes. 'They're open, Carl...and we're all confused. Where are we?' Daken replies. Somnus explains that they are in his dreamscape, and that right nnow, it is done up to look like that “Seeker 3000” remake from way back. Somnus points out that they have a space problem, and he thought this might help them find a space solution. 'And here, on my ship of dreams, well, more like my ship of fantasies -' Somnus blushes while looking over at one of the crew members. 'What?' he asks the Marauders. 'Khan Kingo looked good in this! And it's a dream. The crew'll never notice us'.  'You brought your crush to an emergency meeting' Kwannon frowns. Daken tells Kwannon that Calr is still getting his feet, but that he is one of them, and that she should give him a chance to deliver.
On a nearby planet, 'You die today...MUMMUDRAI FILTH!' Betel the Red shrieks as they ride the dragon, Pr!z the Red and aim a large crimson energy bolt towards Cassandra Nova, who leaps ups and grabs the hard energy, grinning, she replies 'My poor, pathetic child... someone's certain to die'.
Back within Somnus' dreamscape, Aurora looks longingly at Khan Kingo and remarks that Somnus is right. 'I'd follow this man into an airlock' she utters. 'Looks soft to me' Daken remarks, looking at the crew member. 'Is this really how we're burning our seven minutes of air?' Kate asks. Somnus explains to Captain Pryde that he can stretch time inside the dreamscape. 'Seven minutes of oxygen out there can be seven days here' he adds, remarking that they have all the time they need to plan their next move. 'It's been less than seven seconds in the waking world' he reports. 'That right? If you're sleeping with one eye open...how's it looking outside the personal environments?' Bishop asks, as the Marauders' physical forms continue to float in space. Somnus grins and assures Bishop that they are fine. 'Like Captain Pryde said... what's the worst that could happen in seven seconds?' he asks.
The Marauders' physical bodies are suddenly met by a Shi'ar vessel, beams of light glowing down on the mutant heroes. 'They ignored Noble Erik's offer to retreat. Their beast ravages Nobles Betel and Pr!z. The mutants had their chance, Majestrix. Now...you know what must be done' Delphos tells Xandra as she stands at her side. Erik stands at Xandra's other side, while Gladiator stands behind them. 'What is your order?' Delphos asks, while Xandra looks down in anguish at the Marauders....


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Extinction Agenda, part 3
Shi'ar space, where Erik the Red and Delphos the Red of the Kin Crimson are inside a large Shi'ar vessel. They stand near a large window, where smaller ships can be seen hovering above a large sphere, where flares of crimson energy erupt into space. 'Beautiful isn't it? Like cells exploding under microvision' Delphos utters. 'Those exploding cells are our kin' Erik the Red responds. 'That's why it's beautiful' Delphos remarks. 'They gave themselves for the Kin Crimson'. She declares that their grasp on history is as strong as ever, stronger than when Erik first arrived on Earth. Delphos states that the girl Majestrix is cowed, and that the Mummudrai filth will be culled – and the vessel is at last theirs. Delphos and Erik both hold the small cube of Mysterium, and Delphos declares that the shameful truth of the First Blood Spilled has been quarantined – or it will be, once the vessel is destroyed at Infinity's End.
Delphos asks Erik the Red if he accepts this mission. 'Of course, Noble Delphos...but what of the internal threat? What of Cal'syee?' Erik asks, referring to Deathbird. 'Her?' Delphos smirks. 'That freak is powerless to protect Xandra. The Sidri cast Deathbird halfway across the universe' Delphos reminds Erik, adding that their wise Majestrix truly believes those nomads acted alone, as if the bounty on her aunt's head didn't come from right beside her. Delphos states that Deathbird is an embarrassment, an echo of their hollow-boned past. 'Her death is a gift. The next time our half-mutant ruler sees her aunt... it will be on the slab... with Xandra's other cursed aunt beside her'.
Elsewhere, halfway across the universe, the fierce warrior called Deathbird fights relentlessly against the alien Sidri who kidnapped her.
Back in Shi'ar space, on an asteroid or other space object, 'How novel. A dragon with a glass jaw!' Cassandra Nova remarks as she dodges the dragon called Pr!z, before she unleashes some psychic energy which seemingly destroys the dragon. 'Pr!z! No!' the Kin Crimson member called Betel the Red gasps, before falling to the surface of the asteroid. 'Yes, Nobel Betel. And what's worse? I know it all. I saw it while flaying your would-be assassin, years ago' Cassandra Nova announces. 'The Ten Shi'ar shames. Your Kin Crimson. Carving history as you alone think is best. It's admirable' Cassandra smirks. She stares down at Betel and tells him that, sadly, what the Kin Crimson think is best threatens her wayward mutant children. 'So, shall we be quick about these murders?' she asks.
Upper orbit, where the mutants known as the Marauders are removed from the sphere via a tractor beam which relocates them to a Shi'ar vessel. 'And what of the beast?' Gladiator of the Imperial Guard asks. 'Engaged with Delphos' cult' a Shi'ar soldier responds as several Shi'ar are seen tending to the unconscious Marauders who lay on floating platforms.  “Cult”? Gladiator quotes, before telling the Shi'ar to quiet his opinions and to focus on their orders – to collect the mutant shipwreck. 'And mind Krakoa's Marauders, when the awaken... it will be in the holding cells' Gladiator adds.
At that moment, the Marauders' consciousnesses are inside the dreamscape created by Somnus. There, Kwannon tells Somnus that they can strategize in his dreamscape all they want, but it is useless if they wake up dead. Bishop suggests to Somnus that it isn't wise to argue with Kwannon, and asks Somnus what their status is.
Back on the asteroid: 'Look at that, Betel. It seems I've torn your evening wear' Cassandra remarks as she stands over Betel, a psychic sword in hand. 'My containment – it's unstable! I'm going to -' Betel utters, when something starts to happen to him. 'Collapse under your own gravity, I'm afraid. An apt metaphor for imperials, I should know' Cassandra utters, before suddenly, crimson energy slams into her as the dragon, Pr!z returns. 'You mock my kin's sacrifice?' Pr!z asks. Cassandra recovers from the assault, and responds 'Fervently. But that was well struck, my bedazzled friend'. Pr!z rises up above Cassandra and warns her that the next blow will cave her head in. 'Let's not get ahead of ourselves!' Cassandra suggests as she leaps towards  Pr!z and plunges her fist into the dragon. 'Ready for some emotional labor?' she enquires. 'Nobody hides from the bugs' she adds.
(in Pr!z's mind)
Within a crimson cave, Pr!z lies huddled as three larger red dragons hover above him. '...well. If it isn't Pr!z the Red. Welcome to your Black Bug Room, big guy. Sorry it took so long, but don't worry... we've always had one for you. And this is yours'. The dragon adds that they have really been meaning to talk. 'Where should we start?' the dragon asks. 'How your mother tried to eat you fresh out of thev egg? Why do you think she did that? Or maybe those fancy skins you stole?' Pr!z doesn't look up at the dragons, merely replies 'Was... wasn't me...didn't do it, not me – need Hard Skins... West Skins... need power... to protect, they said... always protect...bird-birdy people...make good – hard, why... why hard talk? Hard... me think?' Pr!z rambles on, as the dragons look down and apologize: 'Oh, we're sorry. That's your brain being eaten... you'll catch on'.
(Reality)
'Muh-muh... miiiiiiind' Pr!z utters as Cassandra stands nearby. 'Quite so. But you brought this on yourself, space pony. Imagine my surprise when I dipped into your head. There it was... your Wet Skin. The backup for your bright, shiny, Hard Skin weapon'. Cassandra explains that she reads DNA, sees genetic memory, and informs Pr!z that she knows what he did: 'Lobotmozing a symbiote for weaponized blood?' Pr!z cries out that his insides are eating themselves. 'You people almost impress me. But alas...this poor, brain-dead symbiote was a mutant. And thus, I must encourage your blood to ear you alive, in young Zzxz's name. Never let it be said that Krakoa's stepmother doesn't relish her work' Cassandra smiles. 'Speaking of which, I suppose it's best... I drop in on Sprite's Pirate Club' Cassandra decides.
'Come again?' Captain Kate Pryde – the “Sprite” Cassandra refers to – asks inside the mindscape. 'Well, it's only been three minutes out there, but... we're inside a Shi'ar ship, under guard' Somnus reveals, apologizing to Captain Pryde. 'All this means is the variables have changed' Bishop remarks, but Kate declares that their history is on the line, and reminds everyone that they have gotten out of worse. 'Sure. The old-fashioned way' Daken exclaims, claws bared. Aurora smiles at her partner and remarks 'Before we lean into the blood, Aki' and asks Kwannon – calling her Psylocke – if she will sync them up. Aurora points out that there is still time, and suggests that with her help, she thinks they will find the best solution – in a flash. Aurora then touches Bishop on his shoulder, a sparkle of light radiates from the touch. 'Feels like my brain went bungee jumping' Tempo remarks. 'That's what the helmet's for, Tempo. Lightspeed thinking' Aurora tells her. 'Millions of plans in a second. One winner. It starts simple, like the best ideas... and ends with a gamble'.
At that moment in the real world, the Shi'ar officers look down at Kate Pryde, who lies motionless on the holo-table. 'How can Gladiator heel for those fanatics like a pet?' one of them asks. 'The Praetor respects tradition. But clearly he bristles at it' another of them remarks. 'As do I. Who's to vouch for this shadow cabinet?' the first asks. The second reminds him that any dissenters died eons ago, and the Kin wrote thev history. Kate suddenly wakes, and when the Shi'ar have turn their backs on her, she moves over to Bishop, who is also awake. 'They have assured Shi'ar glody since then -' one of the Shi'ar begins, referring to the Kin Crimson, before turning around and noticing the mutants are all up. 'We're made' Psylocke telepathically tells her teammates, suggesting to them that they do this the old-fashioned way. 'For a bit' Kate agrees, while Bishop punches one of the Shi'ar, and Psylocke readies her psi-knife to use on another.
Daken and Aurora look on at Tempo as she grabs and breaks the weapon another Shi'ar officer is holding. 'Praetor! The mutants are esca-' the Shi'ar begins to call out, and before he finishes his sentence, Gladiator arrives with a thunderous boom, knocking most of the Marauders backwards. 'Stand down, Krakoans... now is not the time!' Gladiator exclaims. 'You'll make time!' Daken retorts, leaping towards Gladiator, who grabs Daken by his claws and replies 'Not for you, false Lupak'. Kate Pryde becomes intangible as Gladiator fires energy blasts towards the Marauders, while Bishop informs Gladiator that they have got intel that the Shi'ar are hiding mutant prisoners. He asks Gladiator to talk, and tells him that this doesn't have to be a fight. 'That's one opinion' Aurora points out as she casts a burst of light towards Gladiator. 'You defied Eric the Red. You chose to make yourselves threats' Gladiator replies, before declaring that he does not answer to threats. 'We all answer to time' Tempo states as she uses her formidable power to turn back time on Gladiator. 'Creative' Daken tells Tempo. 'Got enough for the rest of these haircuts?' he asks, but Tempo reports that she is tapped out, explaining that she had to age Gladiator's arm a millennia just to dust his fist.
'No matter, the adult is here, interest piqued and aggressively behatted' Cassandra announces as she appears on the Shi'ar ship, wearing a large, horned silver helmet which covers her eyes. She adds that she soted things planet-side as neatly as she could. Suddenly, she notices some bloody and remains of Pr!z on her shoulder. 'Oh. Not neatly enough, it seems' Cassandra frowns as she flicsk the remains off of her shoulder. 'Just a bit of your red-death troops left behind' Cassandra utters. 'Suffice to say, lower your weapons or there'll be even less of you left to – Gladiator! Is it my birthday?' Cassandra suddenly grins widely and raises her arms towards Gladiator when she sees him. Gladiator looks over, holding his decayed arm. 'Cassandra Nova. The great disease' Gladiator snaps. 'Such a tone. Have you started wearing a diaper under that romper?' Cassandra asks. 'Your affiliation with Krakoa is the only reason I haven't vaporized you' Gladiator informs Cassandra. 'Intriguing!' Cassandra responds, before telling Gladiator that she waives any affiliation with Krakoa until otherwise claimed. 'Allow me to welcome your charity' Gladiator shouts, his eyes glowing with energy as he casts fiery energy towards Cassandra.
'Your strength! Confidence has grown in you like a weed in my absence. But it may still... be... pruned!' Cassandra exclaims as the energy surrounds her, then suddenly, Gladiator stops firing the energy at his foe as Majestrix Xandra arrives, thanking Gladiator, and asking him to spare her aunt. 'If nothing else, for me' Xandra adds as she rides on a crimson hard-energy construct of a large owl-like bird, while Delphos the Red stands behind her, and announces that Majestrix Xandra is assuming direct command. 'She is, Delphos. And she can speak for herself' Xandra adds, before instructing Gladiator to ease his anger, assuring him that his honor is intact, and that he held the line, while two Kin Crimson nobles fell to Cassandra. 'You killed them? We've got rules, you -' Kate begins, projecting her thoughts, linked to Cassandra by Psylocke. 'To be precise, they killed themselves. I was but a means' Cassandra responds. 'I can hear you, of course' Xandra telepathically chimes into the conversation.
'Right. Then here comes the gamble... we've tested you, Xandra, but with cause. We're told the Shi'ar are holding the first generation of mutants. I can't let that drop. And I can see you know something's off here too' Captain Pryde tells the Majestrix, asking her, after all their people have been through, to hear her out. 'This is an incendiary moment, Captain Pryde. And all may not be as you say. But I do not see the harm in an audience' Xandra replies, which causes Delphos to scowl, unimpressed.
Soon, Xandra sits on a crimson hard-energy throne, with Gladiator standing to one side, and Delphos to the other. Shi'ar guards are scattered around the room, while the Marauders, except Cassandra, are all kneeled before Xandra. 'As I was saying...when I ruled this bird's nest in my brother's skin, the Kin Crimson attempted to kill me' Cassandra announces, adding that it was a fumbling attack with all the grace of a teenager undoing a bra, but that in that kitschy assassin's mind, she found a truth hidden from the throne: The First Blood Spilled – the Shi'ar and the mutants who spilled it...and the Chronicle telling the tale. 'And you chose to keep that secret' Xandra points out. 'Why dig up a land mine when you can leave it for the next tenants?' Cassandra responds. Captain Pryde tells Xandra, respectfully, that they are here on more than Nova's word, revealing that she received a prehistoric message in her own handwriting, in a puzzle box that could only be made in the present. 'If it was your secret history, would you let anything stop you, Xandra?' Captain Pryde asks. 'Respectfully, mutant. I see no puzzle box. Where is it?' Delphos smirks. 'Blown into space by your errand boy. Respectfully' Captain Pryde responds.
Xandra telepathically tells Delphos that her vision confirmed most of this, before asking her why she have hidden this Chronicle from her. Xandra hangs her head, confused, while Delphos telepathically contacts the other Nobles of the Kin Crimson and tells them that it is as they feared – the Majestrix's mutant blood calls her to compromise. 'I will do what I can. But prepare yourselves' Delphos adds. The Marauders look up at Delphos and Bishop tells Kate that they are ready if this goes south. 'I put it in her hands. She rejects the gamble. She'll make the right call' Kate replies. Xandra suddenly speaks, announcing that she alone sits on the throne, and that their future is her burden. 'And though our past may be dark...you have been our allies, Captain. You will remain so' Xandra declares, adding that the Shi'ar will no longer hide from their secrets. 'Majestrix! I must -' Delphos protests, before Xandra screams 'YOU MUST SIT DOWN!' telepathically assaulting Delphos, who clutches her head and screams.
Delphos drops to the ground, 'Stupid girl.. my mind is – my thoughts..' she utters, while Xandra tells Delphos that her mind is now the propery of the throne, as she has taken one too many liberties. Xandra stands up and walks away from the makeshift throne, instructing Gladiator to take the traitor Delphos into custody and to prepare her away team. 'Delphos could not hide this Chronicle's location from me. It is not just mutant history on the line, but our own'. Xandra tells Gladiator to watch over their people while she forges ahead. 'The Kin Crimson claim to protect our shames. But only the weak stare blindly at their mistakes' Xandra utters as Gladiator takes Delphos away, and Captain Pryde exclaims 'Hell yes!' Delphos looks furious as Xandra announces that she will join her friends, and together, they will unearth their past at the Krag.
Soon, a bug-like spaceship speeds through space, and Xandra tells the Marauders that every time she meets Krakoans, they open her eyes wider. 'You and your crew most of all, Captain. You...you were bold where I was wary. What awaits us will be hard. But I was wrong to listen to my fear' Xandra remarks. Captain Kate and Bishop stand near her, while Somnus, Daken, Tempo and Aurora sit or stand nearby, and Psylocke looks over the Shi'ar officers who pilot the vessel. Xandra tells Captain Pryde that her ship will be repaired, and that whatever they discover, even if their bond is forever broken, they will leave her care safely. 'Delphos showed you our ancestors? You've seen them?' Kate asks. 'Only scant details. Flashes. And her motives were clearly unreliable' Xandra replies, adding that rumor is worthless here – so they will confront the truth laid bare. 'And if we have wronged you, if the Kin Crimson has held your kind...you will name the tems of reconcilation' Xandra assures Captain Pryde. Tempo informs Captain Pryde that they are dropping out of orbit. 'Ready to kick over some tombstones?' Aurora asks.
The Krag is a large, dark spaceship, and the bug-like spaceship enters it as Bishop tells Xandra that he has been up and down time, but that he has never seen a book that needed prison lockdown. Xandra explains that it is a pan-dimensional prison. 'And as for the Chronicle...I have the same concerns' Xandra admits, adding that even Delphos has not even seen it. 'Well, the library's about to open' one of the Marauders remarks. 'Indeed. But with a withdrawal this sensitive, perhaps I should speak first' Xandra suggests as she walks towards the Krag guards, one of whom kneels before her and welcomes her. 'The throne has not graced us in quite some time. It is our pleasure to receive you' the guard declares. 'Keep watching' Cassandra smirks at Somnus, as the guard continues to speak: '...and as Nobles of the Kin Crimson, execute your sentence...' crimson energy glows around the guard's fist, and Xandra looks on in shock. 'What? No!' she exlcaims, as the guard shouts 'FOR TREASON!' and fires a burst of crimson hard-energy through the Majestrix's chest before any of the Marauders can intervene. 'Bishop. I hope you brought enough guns for everyone' Captain Pryde utters, wide-eyed.


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Extinction Agenda, part 4
Chandilar, the Shi'ar Throneworld, where a large red alien has fallen, knocking a large building down with it. 'Fall back, Crystal Claws...you know who has rank here!' a representative from the Kin Crimson calls out as they hover over the cirt. 'Cal'syee Neramani! Deathbird! By order the of the Kin Crimson – you will surrender!' the Kin Crimson exclaims. There is a loud booming sound as the Kin Crimson are attacked and knocked down. 'Absurd. Now... which lucky survivor wants to tell me where my niece is?' Deathbird shrieks.
Meanwhile, at the space prison called the Krag, Krakoa's Marauders are under attack by the Kin Crimson. The Marauders are linked telepathically as Captain Kate Pryde tells her team that as jailbreak's go, this is not their best work. 'This was a tinderbox when we landed. Xandra didn't trust the Kin. No one did. But even she didn't think they'd execute her to protect their secrets. We can't let that pass' Kate declares, adding that the only thing between them and the truth is the Kin Crimson's Chronicle – so they need to go get themselves a book. Lucas Bishop fires energy blasts at his opponents, while Heather Tucker a.k.a. Tempo speeds ahead. Kate phases her body, causing the Kin Crimson who attacks her to pass through her body. 'They torched Xandra's ship. As of now the only way forward's down!' Bishop points out.
Kate tells her team to watch the Kin's West Skin, as a brain-dead symbiote is still a sharp symbiote. 'They all burn the same to me -' Bishop replies, before Kate shouts' Bishop – GET DOWN!' and pushes Bishop aside, taking the brunt of a blast from the Kin Crimson. 'KATE!' Bishop shouts. He knocks two of the Kin Crimson backwards, and grabs Kate, telling her that he could have absorbed that blast. 'Couldn't be sure...Hard Skin runs on thought, could've been rigged with a posion idea' Kate utters. Kate looks up at Bishop and tells him that the mission is still on. 'I told Eric the Red I'd die for our history... I meant it. Keep digging...' and then her body falls still and lifeless.
'This is not your place! The Chronicle is not yours to take!' one of the Kin Crimson exclaims while Jeanne-Marie Beaubier a.k.a. Aurora rushes towards him. 'And what of Captain Pryde?' Kwannon a.k.a. Psylocke asks as she shoves her psi-blade into the head of one of the Kin Crimson. 'Was her life yours to take?' Kwannon screams. 'Not Pryde's, not our ancestors. Whatever the Shi'ar did...whatever the Kin's covering up...it's cost enough mutant blood' Bishop declares as he grabs one of the Wet Skin weapons, absorbs its energy, and his eyes begin to glow. 'Open the door' Cassandra Nova telepathically commands, and a door appears. 'Won't be a moment. Aurora, shall I trickle in and turn up these poor birds' visual receptors?' Cassandra asks. 'Got it, Wicked Stepmother. Time to shine!' Aurora replies as she creates a blinding flash of light, which causes the Kin Crimson even more distress than usual thanks to Cassandra effecting their visual receptors.

The Marauders rush through the large open doors, and Kwannon reports thatbthe lasat Noble's mind was open enough so she learned that the Chronicle is held deep below. Tempo reports that she will get there before the Kin finish blinking. 'From their perspective, at least. Subjective time for us... it'll still feel like we're taking the long way'. The Marauders arrive at another set of doors and Tempo remarks that she needs a nap, a boost fruit or a beer. 'But here we are' she adds as the team enter the next room. Aurora, Daken, Kwannon, Bishop, Tempo, Somnus and Cassandra Nova look up at a strange glass cylinder tank which is filled with a red liquid. The red liquid bubbles, and Cassandra notices an inscription at the base of the tank. 'Old Shi'ar. Hardly a match for their modern chirpings' Cassandra remarks, before she reads out the inscription: “Touch lightly for knowledge”.
Cassandra then starts to ask who among the group has the lightest touch, before Daken slashes the base of the tank. 'What was that, Aki? What is this?' Somnus asks, confused. 'Whatever it is, it's juicy' Tempo tells him. Daken explains that it is a gland, a Lupask gland, and that he smelled one before. He tells the others that each Lupak has got one floating near it. 'It's usually invisible. Destroy it? They die. Otherwise, they always come back' Daken adds, remarking that the Shi'ar keep a Lupak on their Guard, his name is Fang. 'I'd kill for a rematch' Daken snarls, before declaring that the Chronicle is not a book – it is a person, with a healing brain that can handle any memory download. 'I bet they regrow him to update their records...then slaughter him to save the file. It's torture. Billions of years of torture' Daken explains, as a figure begins to appear in the red liquid within the tank.
The figure is fully formed, and phases through the tank. 'Not torture, pup... sacrifice. Anyone with the right to wake me would know that' The figure has a large muscular body under the Wet Skin that he wears, and blond hair below his shoulders. He grits his teeth and turns to Daken telling him 'You stink with the blood of my kin. What's to stop me from balancing it with your seepings?' 'Me' Kwannon answers as she drops down from above and shoves her psi-blade into his head. 'Bishop isn't the only one losing patience' Kwannon declares. 'Hey! You think I'm done with that hairbag and his mouth!?' Daken yells at Kwannon. 'Not at all. But I'd like him intact while we hunt the truth' Kwannon responds, holding the Chronicle to the ground. Cassandra tells Kwannon that sifting through billions of years of thoughts requires more than a strong stabbing arm, and offers to lead them in after she has projected this gem into Somnus' dreamscape. 'It is a sealed box, after all. Perfect for interrogation. And if events do turn ugly... we simply leave and lock the door Cassandra suggests.
'Now wait a minute -' Somnus begins, before Kwannon points out that Cassandra Nova is no captain and does not lead. I'll twist the knife' she exclaims as she increases the intensity of her psi-blade to see what the Kin is hiding.
(inside the Chronicle's memories)
It shouldn't be possible – but it was. A mutant society, thriving – long before humans first evolved. Billions of years in the past. It was called Threshold, and it was a golden age, which was stumbled upon by the prehistoric Shi'ar. They were feathered spacefaring nomads back then, much closer to their avian roots. They pillaged the galaxy with Lupakite berserkers at their heels. They came to raid, but the early mutants refused to yield an inch. If not for the mutants' ancestors' fear of the airless void, none of the Shi'ar would have survived.
And, when the Shi'ar returned, it wasn't as scouts, but as an army. At its head, a living doomsday weapon hired to obliterate the mutants – the Shi'ar were ashamed of their defeat and wanted nothing less than the extinction of the mutants. The Shi'ar returned with death regiments, and Threshold answered with five heroes. Heroes who lobbied for peace – but the Shi'ar would not let mutants live to tell of their loss. Diplomacy was dead. So, biased toward their continued existence, Threshold responded as only mutants could – and the Shi'ar great Obliterator was dealt with in seconds. It was slaughter. A swift refutation of the Shi'ar's would be genocide. This bloodbath between the species – this was the First Blood Spilled. Mutants, and Shi'ar.
This is how the Kin Crimson were born – the survivors vowed to hide the defeat and any to come. First, they saw to the Avian biology they looked at as weak, and using Xorrian science to temper their genes with sturdier traits. The Kin monitored Threshold from afar as they strengthened themselves. But by the time a Noble was selected to embed on Earth, Threshold had disappeared. Eons passed until mutants resurfaced. Okkara rose, confronted Amenth and split. The Kin kept watch, ensuring that mutants never got too close to their history. Stopping any chronal escapees from Threshold's past. Even Erik the Red's attacks were assessments, nothing more.
And soon, the First Blood Spilled was one of many crimes hidden by the Shi'ar.

(present)
'Enough!' the Chronicle shouts, breaking Kwannon's psychic hold on him. He declares that he will relish telling them what is next. 'You came all this way to rescue your ancestors, but there is nothing to  save. The Kin made sure of that. Threshold may have defeated us, but we outlived them. Our prescients foresaw their desperate lifeboats in time...and vaporized them on arrival!' Chronicle exclaims. 'You think that helps your odds of living?' Daken asks. 'Right. Attempted genocide. Successful murder. Espionage. Piracy...you're coming to Krakoa' Bishop declares. 'Except he's lying, Lucas. Most escapees were executed. But some were held in the timedrives for study...on a doomed Shi'ar base, destroyed some years back. This poor old Shi'ar chapbook left it right in the front of his weary mind' Cassandra announces. 'Why, you -' the Chronicle begins, before Tempo begins to alter time around him, slowing him down, and announces that she sees that twinkle in Cassandra's eye, so thought she would pump the breaks.
Tempo turns and faces Cassandra: 'I know the look. Saw it plenty in the Mutants Liberation Front. You want to go back in time' Tempo declares. 'I...have no counter-argument' Cassandra admits. 'Back to when? For what? The murderer's right here!' Daken exclaims, popping his claws and pointing them at the Chronicle's face. 'Such callousness offends my gentle heart...there are sacred mutants to be saved!' Cassandra snaps. 'A jump to the recent past wouldn't even be as far as I first came' Bishop remarks. 'You came here to undo your future, Bishop. That's dangerously easy. Preserving the future's much harder. And riskier' Tempo replies. 'Risk? Captain Pryde is dead' Kwannon points out. Bishop acknowledges that sonme Thresholders almost made it here, but the Kin got to them. 'This is a pandimensional prison. We can follow Nova's lead, go back... and get to them first' Bishop suggests, adding that they all know Pryde will kick their asses if they come home empty-handed. 'You think you know the risks. But you don't. You're a time-traveler. A tourist. I'm a chronokinetic. The difference is worse than deadly' Tempo declares.
Tempo tells her teammates that the closer to their “now” that they go, he more dangerous the trip is. 'You want to bring something back from the recent past? Even the smallest change could mean we'd never have been here to steal from there. The people you were would caease to be. And me, well...that's a special kind of pain for me' Tempo explains. Aurora suggests that they owe it to Pryde to try, but that this is a two-front mission, and she and Daken can hold the line here while the others work the time heist. Kwannon tells Tempo that they understand the risks, and wonders if Captain Pryde chose her to overcome them. '...Have Nova send me the specs. This is now a space and time heist' Tempo declares.
Shortly, Tempo leads Bishop, Kwannon, Somnus and Cassandra Nova down a tunnel and announces that the Pandimensional Doors are deeper down. 'They'll cover space. As for time? Pulling this many of us back won't be an exact science' Tempo remarks.
(Years ago, circa X-Men (2nd series) #42-43)
Avalon, the onetime orbital base to Magneto and his Acolytes. Currently under fire, and exploding from several points. 'This is no Shi'ar base. You walked us into a firefight!' Kwannon exclaims. 'Where one timedrive still hides. Do keep up, Kwannon... Avalon runs on Shi'ar technology. Though some care with our arrival might've avoided its crashing' Cassandra remarks. 'Time and space in one step , and you've got notes?' Tempo asks. 'I'm sure I've a gold star here somewhere?' Cassandra remarks before a wall explodes next to the group, and a figure reaches through, grabbing Cassandra by her head, the figure asks 'How long since I've tasted such power? The prelate you would've made!'
The large figure slams Cassandra against a wall, 'But that was a world ago. My fagther has fallen. And from his death...let the AGE OF NEMESIS begin!' the powerful villain booms as he holds Cassandra above him, while Kwannon, Tempo, Somnus and Bishop look up in horror....