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Bloom Part 5: Better Days
Empire State University, the Dorm Room:
Ian gives Emma a shocked looked and stutters “What?” in reply to her very forward question. Emma repeats her question telling him that she really does want to know if he is romantically involved with Christie. Ian lowers his head and looks at the floor as he tells Emma that they have only been seeing each other for two weeks. Emma silently probes his mind with her telepathy only to discover that he has told her the truth.
 Ian hesitantly asks Emma if Christie has told her anything about their involvement. Emma assures him that Christie did not say anything but that she somehow just knew. Ian asks her if this news bothers her. Emma does not reply right away. Ian tells Emma that he really had no idea that she still had feelings for him. He explains that he thought it was just a high school crush and she had definitely gotten over it by now. Emma thinks silently to herself that is was a high school crush at first, but then it turned into something much more than that to her.
 Emma takes a chance and asks Ian if he stills has feelings for her. Ian looks her straight in the eyes and denies that he ever felt that way toward her. Emma, frustrated, reminds Ian that he is no longer her teacher and asks him to just admit it. Ian tells her that it was wrong of him to have any feelings at all for her as she was a minor but it did seem to him like they were on the same wavelength and she was unlike any woman he had ever known. Emma approaches Ian, places her hand on his shoulder, reminds him that she is a grown-up now, and asks him if this situation still feels wrong. Ian responds by grabbing her and kissing her and she lets him.
Washington’s Square Park. The following Morning:
Emma and Astrid are conversing via their telepathy while taking their morning jog through the park. Emma tells Astrid that she kissed Ian and he actually kissed her back. Emma also tells Astrid that Ian has always had feelings for her and Christie was really no competition. She thinks he was dating Christie as an unconscious way to get her attention. Astrid accuses her of being very “full of herself”. Emma states that she is only telling the truth as it is.
Astrid tells Emma that she is glad she is with Ian after all they have been through to be together. Astrid says she is glad that she will not have to listen to Emma be angry about Christy and Ian. Emma reminds her she will still have to listen of tales of her and Ian. Astrid says she won’t mind as long as Emma is in a good mood, especially after what happened on her date night with Max.
Emma asks Astrid if she knows what happened t Max after that night. Astrid tells Emma that he was kicked out of the University because of the attack and she is glad to see him go. Emma confides to Astrid that she has no idea what happened to Max’s personality. She says he changed after she told him she wanted to take the relationship slower and that just made him very angry for some reason.
 Astrid tells Emma that Max probably thought of her as just a trophy that he deserved to win and then he got angry when he lost the contest. She assures Emma that it is common for athletes to think that way about women they want. Emma tells Astrid that she did try to control his mind to get herself out of the situation and even with pushing her abilities to their limit she still failed.
Astrid tells her not to worry as she is still new at using her talents and she probably could not concentrate properly while the situation was happing to her. Astrid further assures Emma that she would not have been able to do any better in the same situation. Emma suddenly asks Astrid if she meant what she said when she accused Emma of being full of herself. Astrid tells her to take it as a compliment and follow her or they will be late for class.
Later, the Dorm Room:
Emma enters, sees Christie sitting on her bed, and says hi in casual conversation. Immediately, she picks up Christies thoughts of calling her a backstabbing tramp. Emma realizes that somehow Christie knows everything about her and Ian. Still, she asks Christie what is bugging her. Christie tells her not to act like she does not know what is wrong. Christie stand, faces Emma and looks her squarely in the eyes. She tells Emma that Ian has told her everything. She asks Emma how she could do such a thing. Emma inquires as to what she has done. Christie shouts and point blankly accuses Emma of stealing her boyfriend. Emma politely reminds Christie that she never told her that Ian and Christie were dating. Emma also reminds her room mate that she did ask her over and over again and got the same response each time. Christie tells Emma that her relationship with Ian is none of her business. Emma says the same back to her.
 The two girls stand in the middle of the dorm room and glare unhappily at each other for many minutes. Finally, Christie breaks the silence by telling Emma that she can’t share a room with her anymore and wants to know what they are going to do about it.
 Astrid shows up at the door to the dorm room with her arms full of boxes of her stuff. Telepathically she tells Emma she hopes she is not a “neat freak”. Emma assures her that is not the case as she helps Astrid get settled in the room. Astrid congratulates Emma on the idea of a room switch between her and Christie.  Emma tells Astrid she appreciates her doing this as everyone will be much happier. Astrid tells Emma that they are more than mutants, they are like sisters. Emma tells Astrid that the situation with Christie had become to awful for words. She accuses Christie of being resentful that Ian picked her and tells Astrid she should have heard the things Christie said. Astrid asks Emma if she can really blame Christie for feeling that way and reminds Emma that it is possible her mutant abilities helped sway Ian in his decision. Emma laughs at that thought and tells Astrid that would be unthinkable. Astrid reminds her that it was just a theory and nothing more. Emma tells her that is was a very highly speculative theory at that.
E.S.U Swim Class:
Emma is doing laps in the pool and finds her mind wandering back to Astrid’s comment. She assures herself that Ian’s love for her is the real thing
E.S.U. Cafeteria:
Emma reminds herself that she seems to be very weak in utilizing her powers of the mind to control anything.
E.S.U. Library:
Emma is working on a paper in the library when her mind wanders once again and she realizes that she doubts herself. What if she had used her mutant abilities to sway Ian to see her side?
Central Part - A Week Later:
Emma and Ian are walking arm in arm in the cool night air. Emma asks him why he decided to break up with Christie. Ian tells her that he could not conceive of himself dating the two girls at the same time. She asks Ian if he felt like it was a conscious decision. Ian laughs and tells her that he was brainwashed by space aliens.
He is the middle of asking Emma about her strange line of questioning when a gang member holding a gun shows himself from the foliage at the side of the path. Emma tells Ian about the gun in a shaking voice. Ian offers the gang member money. The punk says he will take the wallet and tells Ian to be quick about it. Emma is shocked that Ian would give up his money so quickly. Ian reminds her that the kid holding the gun is very serious.
Emma looks the kid in the eye and reminds herself that she is also very serious. Seconds later, the kid puts the gun down as Ian hands him the wallet and tells Ian that won’t be necessary. The kid gives the gun to Ian, takes of his clothes and laughingly walks calmly into the park in his underwear. Meanwhile, Emma is trying to stifle her laughter but Ian sees her before she can get a handle on herself. Ian asks Emma if the situation was odd or if he just missed something. Emma replies with a simple yes but his cell phone rings before she can become too detailed on what actually occurred.
 The call is from Christie and Ian answers it. He tells Christie he will be there in thirty minutes and ignores Emma’s glare at him as she is standing at his side. After he hangs up she asks him where he is going. He tells her that Christie says something has come up and can’t wait. He apologizes to Emma and tells her he will see back at campus. Silently Emma thinks a sarcastic “see you” as he leaves her there in the park alone. Emma looks up at the full moon is disbelief and loneliness.
Empire State University, Ian’s Office:
Ian knocks lightly on the door and enters. He asks Christie what all the emergency is. Christie tells him that he has broken her heart. He reminds her that they only dated for two weeks. She reminds him that he still hurt her. Ian attempts to apologize but Christie interrupts him. She tells him that she is going to report him and Emma to the school administration if he does not break up with her. Ian asks her not to make such a threat. Christie only repeats her threat. Ian calls her a hypocrite and tells her that it won’t stop them from being together.
 Christie tells him to think it over as she will give him until tomorrow. Ian gets the strangest look on her face and tells her has thought it over and adds the phrase “luv’ onto the end of his sentence. Ian reaches his arms out and grabs Christie by the neck and begins to choke her. As Christie is strangling, he asks her if she can’t live with his decision?
Christie fights back by kicking him and wins her freedom. As she stands there rubbing her neck, he tells her that he does not know what made him do that. Christie, however, is now frightened and in fear of her life. She says she will definitely mention this to the school administrator. As Christie flees from his office, Ian frantically attempts to call her back.
In the hallway, peaking around a corner, taking in the whole scene is Astrid Bloom. Silently, Astrid tells herself that everything is going according to her plan.


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Bloom Part 6
Empire State University, the Library:
Emma has just walked in the door when her cell phone rings. She answers because it is Ian. He tells her things that surprise her and her voice gets louder with each surprised exclamation she speaks into the phone. The Librarian behind the desk puts her finger over her mouth and makes a “SHHH” sound at Emma. Annoyed, the girl asks Ian to hold and turns to the Librarian. She addresses the Librarian by name and tells her to quit venting her frustrations regarding her failed acting career on the students and to either go on auditions or back to the card catalogue. The Librarian just stares at Emma with her mouth open while Emma walks out the front door and onto campus.
Later that Morning, Near Campus: Ian’s Apartment:
Emma is sitting on the couch cradling Ian’s head in her lap as he proceeds to tell her about his encounter with Christie the night before, at his office. He tells Emma that he ahs been suspended for assaulting Christie but that he has no memory of the event. He tells her that Christie threatened to reveal the nature of their relationship to the school administration and so he argued with her. The next memory he has is of holding Christie’s throat and her gasping for air, claiming that he attacked her. Ian ends by telling Emma he thinks he is finally losing his mind. Emma tells him that she knows him better than this and she does not believe for a second that he really behaved in such a way. She assures him there is a reasonable explanation and he needs to relax right now to give her some time to think of what to do next.
Emma stares down into his face, looking deep into his eyes. She carefully accesses his memory of the night in question without him even knowing she is doing this. She is amazed that it worked and that Astrid has taught her so well. In his mind, Emma relives the events of the night before just as if she is watching a movie. She sees every gesture and hears every word that is spoken between Ian and Christie as their argument progresses. Suddenly, the memories go blank and she finds herself fast forwarded in time to observe Christie rubbing her throat and accusing Ian of attacking her. Emma knows that this memory sequence is not right and there should be no blank spots anywhere. She knows she will have to investigate this matter thoroughly herself in order to find the truth.
Empire State University-Campus, Noon:
Emma calls Christie’s name as she sees her former room mate walking ahead of her on her way too or from class. Christie turns and does not looked pleased to see Emma at all. She tells Emma that there is no way she can be convinced to change her mind about what happened with Ian. A second is all it takes Emma to view the fight from Christie’s point of view as the memories are replayed. Emma stands in shock as she sees Ian actually strangle Christie. Christie asks Emma repeatedly what she wants but all Emma does is stare at her former room mate in shock. When she does speak she on says “No!” and turns to walk away. Christie calls after her, puzzled by this unexpected meeting with her former friend. It is clear that Christie does not have the slightest clue to the real reason Emma wanted to see her.
Empire State University, Emma and Astrid’s dorm room:
Emma and Astrid are relaxing together on their separate beds having a telepathic conversation. In reality, the room is quiet. Emma tells Astrid about Ian’s attack on Christie and how she probed their memories. She tells Astrid about the blank spot she found in Ian’s memory. Astrid acts very shocked by this finding. Astrid agrees with Emma that the “blank spot” does not make any sense.
 Emma suddenly realizes that the only way it would make sense is if Ian were being controlled by another telepath and asks for Astrid’s agreement on her findings. Astrid tells her that it looks bad but she can explain everything if given a chance. She tells Emma that anything she did was only acting in Emma’s best interest. Astrid tells Emma that she was the one who brought Emma into bloom in the first place regarding her abilities. Astrid approaches Emma’s bed and asks Emma to take her hand but Emma only pulls away and empathically tells Astrid not to touch her.
 Emma stands up, putting the bed between them. She asks Astrid how she could manipulate her boyfriend into doing such a thing. Emma tells Astrid that she was a trusted friend. Astrid tells Emma that she is her true friend and not some guy who is only going to end up hurting her anyway. Emma needs to see that Astrid has protected her from harm, the way a true friend would.
Telepathically, Emma yells at Astrid not to call her friend. Vocally, Emma tells Astrid to get out of her head. Suddenly, Emma asks Astrid if Max was involved, too. Astrid tells Emma that she has done all this specifically for Emma’s benefit, including costing Max his scholarship.
Emma angrily reminds Astrid about her rule of not using their powers to control other human beings. Astrid throws her hands into the air and admits to Emma that she did manipulate other people’s minds to her own advantage. But so what?? That is neither good nor evil and someday Emma will come to her senses and realize this. Emma tells Astrid that she must help fix the situation that she has created. Astrid tells her that it is “beneath her” to do so. Astrid tells Emma that it is not fair for her to teach Emma how to use her mutant abilities just so some guy can gain the benefits. After all, this guy will never understand Emma as much as Astrid does or be able to help her as much.
 Emma tells Astrid that they are running our of time to get to Ian’s hearing and they need to hurry if this situation is ever going to be resolved. Astrid tells her “I don’t thinks so” and reaches out to grab Emma’s arm. Suddenly Emma finds herself knee deep in a sparkling fountain outside a palatial residence. Vocally she asks Astrid where she is and receives the telepathic reply “in a safe place, luv.”
Astrid proceeds to tell Emma that she will stay there until Christie testifies against Ian and he is dismissed from the university.
Astrid tells Emma that she is now in Astrid’s psyche for the duration of the hearing. She reminds Emma that she did not teach Emma all she knows how to do. She tells Emma that this will help her in the end as the others are just not like them. Non-mutants are nothing more than puppets for them to control and do with as they please.
 Emma sees images in Astrid’s mind of Astrid’s little sister killing their parents when she was only five years old. Speaking out loud to Emma’s physical body as it lies there on the floor in the room, Astrid reminds Emma the sister is now eleven and mentally ruined from what the doctors at the institution tell her. Astrid tells Emma to enjoy her time-out which will ensure Ian’s hearing will go exactly as Astrid has planned it.
Astrid goes into the restroom and notices a nosebleed has started. Gazing into the mirror she sees Emma’s irate image and realizes that keeping Emma in her head may not have been a smart move after all.
Astrid fights but in the end Emma wins her freedom and goes back into her own body. Emma physically goes to the restroom to observe Astrid as she is lying helplessly on the floor. Astrid says she can’t fight as Emma is too strong. Emma agrees and states “of course, I am a Frost” as her mentor goes into unconsciousness.
Emma runs from the dorm room to the building. Congratulating herself on winning her freedom by going through Astrid’s memories to learn everything her mentor knew in the shortest time possible.
Emma promises herself silently to deal with Astrid later after she has straightened out the mess Ian’s life has become.
Empire State University-Campus, Ian’s Hearing:
Emma enters the building with an idea of how to fix everything. She is in time to hear one of top administrator’s remark to Ian that the school may be facing a lawsuit or a scandal because of this incident.
Emma sees Christie enter a room with two investigators (male and female) while Ian is kept in the hallway. The woman tells Christie to tell her side slowly from the beginning so they can write down the details. Christie begins to tell the investigators how it wasn’t love at first sight but slowly built into a raging fire. The woman reminds Christie to just stick to the incident but Christie goes on about her emotional state.
 Outside the building Emma sits in the steps and talks to herself in public. Inside, Christie continues by telling the investigators that Ian told her he did not feel the same way about her as she did about them. Christie tells them that he was rude and obnoxious. Suddenly Christie stands up, throwing her chair violently to the floor while waving her arms in the air and talking loudly about how Ian was her soul mate.  The female investigator grabs Christies’ wrists in an attempt to restrain the girl before she can hurt herself. Outside the building Emma is now standing on the steps and fighting off invisible captors. Other students passing her comment on how crazy her actions look to them.
Empire State University-Campus, later in the evening:
Ian and Emma relax on a bench to enjoy the outdoor park like setting and discuss the days exciting events. Ian tells Emma that he is off suspension. However, Christie appears to have suffered some sort of breakdown and is a local hospital for observation. Her parents have been notified and they are flying in to see her.  He also tells Emma that the Empire State University President believes Christie was obsessed with him and could not handle his rejection of her affections. So, she invented a story to get even with him. Ian also tells Emma that he never realized Christie had such deep emotional feelings for him but he does not believe that making up a story is something that Christie would do. Emma politely tells Ian that Christie did not invent the story. Ian is looks at her with disbelief in his eyes. Emma also tells him that he really did assault Christie but she made sure Christie would be unable to tell the story to the schools administrators.
Ian replies that this is to unbelievable to be true, and even if it was, how in the world would Emma be able to stop Christie from doing such a thing? Emma tells him straight out that she is a mutant and that she took control of Christies mind in the hearing and literally forced the words out of the poor girl’s mouth. Ian sits in silent disbelief and just stares at Emma. After a few minutes, he breaks the silence by telling Emma to quit joking and be serious cause there is no way he is going to believe such a crazy thing.
Emma attempts to tell Ian the rest of the truth. Everything she has hidden from him from the first time they ever met.  The more she says, the more Ian realizes that she really is serious and means what she is saying. He realizes he has made a huge mistake by becoming involved with her, with anyone of her kind….. a mutie. He rises quickly to leave and she begs him to stay. All he can do is tell her to stay as far away from him as possible. Now, the reason her grades were so good makes perfect sense to him and he accuses her of having an unfair advantage over normal people. He also tells her the media are right and mutants do consider normal humans just toys for them to play with. Again, Emma begs him to stay, tries to make him understand that she had no choice but her pleas fall on deaf ears.
Ian tells her to save her explanations because he is completely sickened by the whole situation. And to think he was even considering that he might be in love with… with…. a mutant!!!! He says “goodbye Emma” as forcefully as he can and walks away ignoring her pleas to stay and give them a chance. He is not around to hear her final words of “I love you” which she speaks to an empty park. Her words are swiftly carried away by the wind.
Empire State University, Emma and Astrid’s dorm room—Later that evening
Astrid is being transported on a stretcher, by paramedics, out of the building to a waiting ambulance. A paramedic confirms that she was found in this state by her room mate. The paramedic also comments she has a steady pulse and is breathing but seems to be mentally checked out.  Emma mentally tells Astrid that things did not have to end this way. She reminds Astrid that she was responsible for sending her powers out of control when she first came to E.S.U. Emma realizes that she turned to Astrid for help. Just as Astrid had planned from the beginning. Emma telepathically asks Astrid if she was do desperately lonely that she was willing to risk loosing everything just for the chance to have one friend who depended on her for everything???
The ambulance pulls away, siren screaming into the distance. A crowd of students has gathered and Emma can pick up stray thoughts from them as easily as she can see them. Some of the students believe that Emma has poisoned Astrid.
Emma has had enough of this scene. She thinks to herself that Astrid was right after all. About all of the normal humans.
Emma turns and makes her way back to the dorm room. A lone figure in a courtyard full of people.


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One year ago:'I believe what you are asking is... simply not possible' Dr Stephen Strange utters as he glances out a window of his Sanctum Sanctorum. He looks back into his laboratory, and adds 'I know what you're thinking: “With my powers I willed something to be and so surely the power to reverse that must exist – it must, I need it to.” You might say, “Stephen, what about atemporality and the fallacy of cause and effect? Can't we – as the righteous protagonists of reality that we are – not simply erase the act from ever occurring”?'
Dr Strange closes his eyes and tells his guest that it is a fair question, certainly one to ponder, but he thinks it is unlikely, because their powers over reality make them a touchstone of the reality in which they exist. 'And the existence of those powers – and you yourself – act in eternal opposition of the erasure of them. Simply put: we have seen what comes from playing with you as you play god, No?' Dr Strange remarks.
'You erased millions of mutants from existence. And now you're asking me how to unring that bell. Well, I cannot...nand I believe you cannot either, for to deny the existence of what you have done – to erase yourself from your own history – is not possible' Dr Strange declares. Wanda Maximoff the Scarlet Witch remains silent as Dr Strange then offers her some advice – she needs to finally embrace her sin, to let it consume her, and then ring a bigger bell. Wanda just frowns at this advice.
Nine months ago:Genosha, where the Scarlet Witch walks across the ruined land. There is no sign of life among the rubble of broken buildings, and tears fall from Wanda's eyes.
Seven months ago:Wanda studies by candelight, a book open in front of her, several other old books stacked up on her desk.
Six months ago:Wanda appears to have retrieved an object from some strange spider-like creature, who now lies across a mound of human skulls.
Five months ago:Kneeling before some strange beings, Wanda holds up a crescent-like object.
Four months ago:An old tree towers over the Scarlet Witch as she commands a piece of the tree to drop down to her.
Three months ago:Wanda's eyes go white as she casts a spell that combines the three objects she has collected over the last few months, turning them into some sort of staff.
One month ago:The Scarlet Witch is back on Genosha, carrying the staff, she states that no one can undo the things they have done, and that she can ask forgiveness, and given enough time, she might even forgive herself – but the sin of what she has done can't be painted over, it can't be scrubbed off or cut away – it is a wound too raw to ever heal. The Scarlet Witch raises the staff above her head and announces that she seeks not forgiveness, but redemption, a greater good – a more moral right, an act that eclipses any other – a resurrection. With that, she plunges the staff into the ruined ground of Genosha and shouts 'Mutants of Genosha... LIVE!' A wave of pink energy surges forth from the staff, and knocks Wanda to the ground.
Shortly: 'What's this?' a strange voice calls out, as several beings come across Wanda lying on the ground, magical incantations scorched into the ground, surrounding the staff. 'Hey, are you okay?' another voice asks. Wanda looks up, wide-eyed, 'What?' she gasps, while one of those looming over her suggests that she doesn't look okay. 'Do you think something is wrong with her? Maybe she's been in the sun too long...' another supposes. 'I hope not' the first replies. 'No' Wanda utters, as one of the beings declares that heat spoils the meat – and that would be too bad. The wide-eyed Scarlet Witch screams.
Now:A strange alien craft descends from space, towards Africa. It closes in on Wakanda, but settles on the island nation of Genosha, off the coast of Africa, which is plans to use as a staging area for a Wakandian strike. The ship belongs to a Cotati invasion fleet. Upon landing, the plant-like aliens set out onto the destroyed land. 'Report' one of the Cotati with what looks like short branches sticking out of his head, a bushy green ring of leaves around his neck and gold armor calls out as he watches his fellow Cotati set about across Genosha. A large Cotati with gold shoulderplates, and grayish moss hanging from his white face announces that the temperature is equatorial standard for an iron core planet, and that it is actually quite favorable for growth, adding that there is also a shocking amount of ash in the soil, making it rich with calcium carbonate and potassium. 'I'm taking root, Sir' he states. 'I don't mean you. I mean the mission, you leafy disaster of a soldier. Ru'tuh-baga?' the first Cotati frowns, unimpressed.
'Ru'tuh-baga!' the larger Cotati responds. 'We and the other three strike teams are strategically positioned to launch an attack on our intended target. The area is rich with the composite ore: sagurii quoii' he states. 'Vibranium' a voice calls out. 'They call it Vibranium' a shorter, bald Cotati with large eyes explains. He states that the Wakandans are no fools, and that they realize the value of it, even if they have surrounded it with some kind of animal religion. The large Cotati asks if they are going to be a problem, to which the Cotati with the gold armor replies 'They are meat, captain. Never mythologize the meat'. 'Yes, sir!' the large Cotati replies, before the Cotati with the armor asks if this staging area is secure. The captain explains that they did run off some indigenous life-forms right after they landed, and that they captured one so as to interrogate it, but it has proven uncooperative. The Cotati with the gold armor addresses the smaller Cotati with wide eyes as science minister Quoi and asks him if he is up for a challenge. Quoi responds by stating that he relishes any opportunity for plant to dominate a hostile environment.
'Bring us this prisoner!' the Cotati with the gold armor calls out. Two large Cotati drag a figure towards the Cotati with the gold armor, the captain and Quoi. 'Here you go, minister' the Cotati with the gold armor remarks, motioning to the figure kneeling before them. 'Excellent. Now, who might you be?' Quoi enquires. The figure is zombie mutant, part of his head missing, he looks up at the Cotati and utters something incoherent. 'Fascinating. It seems to be speaking in some kind of indecipherable dialect' Quoi explains, while another Cotati holds up the zombie mutant's jaw, stating that it fell off. 'Well... let's try that again, shall we' Quoi suggests as he places the zombie mutant's jaw onto his face. 'Better?' Quoi asks. 'You'll have to tell me. I understood myself perfectly' the zombie mutant grins. 'Better' Quoi tells the zombie mutant, before explaining that he wants him to tell them about this island, and if they need to concern themselves with any of his kind.
'Oh yeah. You're pretty boned, plant man. This is literally the worst place aliens could have landed. Everyone who lives here is a mutant' the zombie mutant explains. 'Mutant?' the Cotati captain asks. 'Like regular humans. But with powers' the zombie mutant reveals. 'And what is your powers, mutant?' the Cotati with the gold armor asks. 'My mutant name is Explodey Boy and I blow stuff up. Watch' the zombie mutant responds, before a massive explosion nearby rips through the area. Explodey Boy stands up and turns to the Cotati with the gold armor, who pulls out some sort of sword-like weapon, and slices Explodey Boy's arm off. The zombie mutant looks at his arm, 'Huh. Weird. Kinda tickles' he utters. There is a loud rumbling noise, 'Something's out there!' one of the Cotati shouts, while the one with the gold armor asks Explodey Boy why he isn't dead. 'Actually, I am dead. Undead. Whatever' Explodey Boy replies, revealing that so is everyone else who lives here. 'But that's not your real problem' he states. 'What is?' the Cotati asks, narrowing his eyes.
Other Cotati raise swords and shields as the rumbling continues, 'Something's coming!' another calls out as the rumbling intensifies, and Explodey Boy reveals that there were sixteen million mutants on this island who died. 'Here they come!' another of the Cotati exclaims. '... and about two million of us were vegetarians' Explodey Boy claims as the horde of zombie mutants races towards the Cotati.
Meanwhile, half a world away, at Noblesse Pharmaceuticals Corporate Headquarters, in Val de Seine, Paris, France, where, sitting on a park bench, Monet St Croix is holding a salad bowl. The lettuce and tomatoes make a crunch when Monet stabs them with a fork, complaining that they got her order wrong. 'This is why I prefer Krakoa for everything but shopping' Monet reveals. Warren Worthington III a.k.a. Angel tells M to be nice, as he shoves his fork into the salad bowl, he reminds Monet that food service is thankless work, and that it seems to be a part of the human condition. 'They might never escape that kind of predatory employment' Warren adds. 'Well, I tipped her the change from a fifty, so I'm helping' Monet replies, before warning Worthington to keep his fork out of her lunch. 'Of course, Madam Boardmember' Warren replies as he shoves his fork into his mouth.
Suddenly: 'All right, you two, security says move along!' a voice calls out. A shadow is cast over Warren and Monet, thanks to Illyana Rasputin a.k.a. Magik, who is wearing a long trench and round glasses, hands on hips, she tells them that lunchtime is over and to get back to work. 'Take my trash for me?' Monet asks, holding her salad bowl out towards Warren. Monet thanks Warren, calling him “sweetheart” as he places the salad bowl in the trash. Monet asks what is next on the docket, to which Warren reports that it is 1pm, and she has a meeting with Noblesse Pharmaceuticals, then a meeting with Serval Industries, and is then hosting a happy hour at 5. Magik asks Monet if Sunspot told her he had all this X-Corp stuff figured out and then he bailed for space. 'I can see why. This sucks' Magik declares.
Angel holds the door to Noblesse Pharmaceuticals open for Magik and Monet and tells them that what Sunspot did was just paperwork – signed forms and transferred assets. He adds that professional courtesy dictates they give everyone their own formal handshake meeting, their own personalized kickoff. 'Ugh. I propose we abolish meetings. Do business like mutants. Not like humans' Monet suggests. 'Don't you spend any time around the council room? Mutants love meetings' Angel jokes. The trio walk towards a meeting room table, where some officials from Noblesse Pharmaceuticals are gathered, and Monet tells Illyana that it is always a delight to have her, but she is not sure that security was needed. 'I appreciate the personal touch, but... look at these olf men. Warren could take them' Monet declares matter-of-factly. Illyana takes a donut from a table and claims that was just a joke she made before, and that she isn't really here for security. 'I'm keeping an eye on you for the Professor. To make sure you don't screw it up' Magik explains.
'Excuse me? What did you just say to me, you little -' Monet snaps, pointing a finger at Illyana, who interrupts: 'Hey! I didn't say because you didn't ask'. Monet asks Illyana why she is spying on her, to which Magik examines the donut and ecplains that she isn't spying – she is monitoring Monet for redundancy. 'Redundancy' Warren frowns, and as she bites into the donut, Magik tells her companions that Charles Xavier's portfolio has increased exponentially recently, and he asked her to tag along and keep an eye on the two of them. 'Why did you wait until now to tell us that?' Monet asks, to which Magik mutters that she really doesn't want to stay for this meeting. 'You look mad. Wanna go talk to Xavier about it? I've got the Krakoa Express up and running' Magik announces as she opens a portal. 'I'd love to' Monet declares as she follows Magik through the portal. Angel turns to the officials and tells them that he is terribly sorry, but they will have to postpone, as something has come up. 'We'll send an email!' he calls out.
On Krakoa, Magneto and Professor Charles Xavier meet with Black Tom Cassidy, who claims that his gates are not sick, that this is no sickness of the vine. Vines twist up around him as he boasts that he can feel that something is choking the life from the greenest tendrils, throttling them like a breech birth and a navel string. 'Burned and skinned and slimed and more – I canna take it!' Black Tom utters, adding that they are planting gardens that they cannot tend. A portal opens and Magik arrives with Monet and Angel, while Xavier assures Tom that they hear him, and that they will have someone go to the Genosha gate personally to examine it. 'We can't take chances! We canna lose ye again, Professor!' Black Tom remarks. Xavier tells Tom that he understands, and glances over to Angel, before excusing himself from Tom.
Xavier leads Angel down some stairs and asks him how the meetings went. Warren ignores the question and says 'Charles. Monitoring X-Corporation for redundancy in secret? I know you've just acquired a huge portfolio, but X-Corp is...our own. What could be more necessary right now?' he asks. Angel explains that they need X-Corp, that it is the only way they can use all that they have against some of the world's worst people – and all that they have. 'Do you think I wouldn't take this seriously? For once, I can do what's in my blood – the family I came from – and put it toward you all – the family I chose' Warren explains, closing his eyes and frowning. But Xavier claims that Warren misunderstands him, and tells him that he doesn't think he would misuse any of their vast resources, and that money and pharmaceuticals are not his concerns – the resource he must monitor is Warren himself. 'We simply don't have enough good mutants, Angel' Charles smiles.
Charles tells Warren that even embracing the assistance of their former enemies leaves them woefully short of the manpower they need, so he needs to know if this X-Corp venture is worth their time – because if it isn't, then he needs Warren somewhere else, which is why the redundancy was brought up. They come to a stop in a garden, 'You, my boy, would never be redundant to me' Xavier assures Warren, putting a hand on his shoulder. Charles carries on down some more stairs and states that if brilliant minds like Warren's and Monet's can be used elsewhere, he will want to use them there instead. Warren changes the subject and asks what Black Tom is so upset about, as he and Charles walk towards Monet and Magik are smiling, as Magik remarks 'I said I'd teleport out and take a look at it. But Groundskeeper Willie over there is all “Acch! Ye cannae”!' she jokes, mocking Black Tom Cassidy.
Angel announces that he will get a team together to see why the Genosha gate isn't working properly. He starts to declare that he, Monet and Magik will go, with her taking them there, and the three of  them will be squad leaders. 'From there we'll take -' Angel begins, but Magneto appears and informs him that he can only take one more citizen with him. Angel points out that there could be thousands of forces in there, so they could be putting themselves in God knows what kind of harm, but Magneto just states  that he knows Charles made himself clear with regard to their needs. 'He has laid down the law. Do not make me enforce it' Magneto snarls, stating again that Angel can take one more citizen with him.
Shortly, 'Awwwww yeaaaaaah!' Jamie Madrox the Multiple Man excaims as dozens of his dupes stand or sit on the side of a cliff on the scorched Genosha. 'At your service!' he calls out to Monet, who tells him that she appreciates him finding the time in his busy schedule to come along. Magik stands with Angel and informs him that she is about to speak some heresy, but she knows the gates are supposed to be a blessing or something, but she feels like they spend a lot of time teleporting around to fix the gates. 'It's a garden, Magik. You don't just turn it on and let it run. You have to tend to it' Angel tells her. They look down towards the Krakoan gate which is situated at the bottom of the gate, and Angel reports that he will take a lap and look around, that he will get up high, but before he flies off, Monet and several of the Madrox dupes look concerned, 'Wait! Does anyone else hear something?' one of the dupes asks.
The X-Men look over and see dozens of Cotati rushing along the cliffside. 'Plant people? We're on a cliff! Where are they running to?' Angel asks. '...or running from?' Madrox suggests, before Angel suddenly takes flight, grabbing Madrox and pulling him into the air, 'Up we go!' he calls out as a growling horde of zombie mutants appears, narrowly reaching Madrox. '...Plant people' Magik utters. 'I see them...and zombiessss' Monet replies as she switches into her red-skinned Penance form. Magik raises her Soulsword and remarks that she thinks they are on the same page about what to do here. 'What do you say, Monet?' Magik asks. 'You ready for dinner?' Dust rises as the two young women begin cutting their way through both the Cotati and the zombie mutants. 'First course, salad! Next course, meat!' Magik jokes, before emerging from the dust, covered in green gunk from the Cotati, 'Call it devil's advocate coming from me...but that felt like a first wave' Magik tells her companions.
Angel agrees, and suggests they get down to the gate. He leads the way, with Monet following behind him, asking if this is officially X-Corp business. Angel tells Monet to stop trying to find an angle, and explains that they are here on Charles Xavier's orders to get the gate working and report back. 'I thought you were supposed to be some sort of brilliant business mind' Monet remarks, telling Angel that all he wants to do is follow rules, she tells him that he has no innovation, that there are no risks and no rewards. 'Penance...' Warren begins, before Monet reverts to her human form, and tells Angel that she wanted to revive X-Corp to make a difference in a way that people like she and him are best at. 'I'm not here to be an assistant manager. But if you are...you're welcome to answer to me' Monet informs Warren as they reach the Krakoan gate, which they find covered in green vines. 'I think I found the problem! No one's been pulling the weeds!' Madrox calls out as he starts to pull on some of the vines. 'I brought a weed whacker' Magik jokes, raising her Soulsword.
But Angel holds his hand up to Magik and explains that the aliens are a new species of plant life, one that is apparently hostile to any others on Genosha, so this could take hours. 'I know what you need' Madrox calls out. 'About sixty unskilled hands with nothing better to do' he smiles, before snapping his fingers and creating dozens of dupes, who begin to grab at the vines covering the portal. 'My time to be a hero' Madrox exclaims. There is a loud rumbling, and another wave of Cotati and zombie mutants appears to rush towards the X-Men. Angel urges Madrox to hurry up, while Magik declares 'It's zombie time'. 'They're going to trample the gate!' Angel shouts. 'Trample it? They're Genoshan zombies. Meaning they're mutants. They have an x-gene, even if they're dead. If they get through that gate they'll rush Krakoa!' Monet explains. 'Then we take care of them all before the gate is back up -' Angel starts to say, before Madrox reports that the gate is back up. 'Team Madrox!' one of the dupes calls out, as lights begin to glow on the gate.
Several of the Madrox dupes realize their hands are covered in green gunk, 'What is this?' one of them asks, while another jokes 'Oh, please say one of us is a slime-dupe...' before the horde of zombie mutants moves closer to the gate, charging it at once, the zombie mutants are suddenly knocked back by some sort of green foam that is blasted back at them from the Krakoan gate. The zombies fall back, eyes-wide, while four elderly women wearing armor and carrying weapons containing the green gunk emerge from the gateway. 'I know anger is a sin... but these mutants try my patience, ladies' Lily Leymus tells her companions. 'Except for that blond hunk. I like his wings' Edith Scutch, who travels in some sort of tank-vehicle, declares. 'I'd let him sit on my Christmas tree' Augusta Bromes smiles, to which Opal Vetiver tells Augusta not to be trasy. 'We don't need to be trashy. We're experts' she reminds her companions.
Augusta looks over at the X-Men and tells them 'If your friends didn't tell you, we're Hordeculture. And we're here because we know plants'. Magik, Angel and Monet do not look impressed, as Augusta asks 'And do you know what makes plants grow, blondie? A whooooole lotta bull$#%!'


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Genosha, where a group of X-Men – Warren Worthington III a.k.a. Angel, Illyana Rasputin a.k.a. Magik, Jamie Madrox the Multiple Man and Monet St Croix, sometimes called Penance, stand in shock as a group of old women have just appeared before them, after arriving through the Krakoan portal. Angel tells the women that he has no idea how they used the Krakoan gate, but that this is not a safe place to be. 'It's been invaded by aliens, and -' Angel starts to explain, before one of the women, Augusta Bromes, smiles and utters 'My, oh my. It's a Sven with wings' as she looks Warren up and down. 'I won't know if he's as good as Sven until he's helping me stretch my hammies' Edith Scutch, confined to some sort of tank-like vehicle, calls out, while Opal Vetiver declares that he can razz her berries any time, before telling her companions, known as Hordeculture, that they are not at the YMCA anymore. 'I'm Angel' Warren smiles at the old women. 'Of course you are, you beautiful #%&^stick. Now step aside, we have work to do' Augusta tells him as she walks past him.
'Wait, what?' the surprised Angel calls out. 'Hordeculture don't run, hot wings' Augusta smiles, while the fourth member of the group, Lily Leymus, announces that they need samples of everything. Augusta raises some sort of staff, which fires a blast of energy at one of the Cotati aliens nearby, while stating that they will only know for sure under a microscope, but that she would be willing to bet a Burke Williams gift certificate that it's a chimera with roots on multiple planets. The injured Cotati turns to the women, 'Not like this... not by meat...' the Cotati utters, before Opal raises her weapon, which appears to be some sort of whirling energy blade at the end of a staff, and tells the Cotati that they picked the wrong planet to invade – 'Earth has enough problems... we don't need an invasive species on our f-word “to do” lists' she adds as the Cotati screams when Opal shoves the blade into the alien, severing it, and leaving it in a pool of green gunk on the ground. Edith remarks that this alien didn't seem too important, and suggests they get an officer or a general, but Lily reminds her that they just got her, and that they should sample them all.
Angel strides over to the women and tells Magik that they need a stepping disc for their friends. 'They're leaving' Angel announces as he puts a hand on Augusta's arm. 'Ask before you touch a lady...we got ways of dealing with handsy men!' Augusta exclaims as she spins around and sprays some sort of gas from a cannister at Angel's face. Angel stumbles backwards, he coughs and tries to shake the gas off – but he suddenly grins and goes wide-eyed, 'Hi!' he calls out as he looks up at the four women – seeing them as young, beautiful women. 'Using pheromones always feels naughty as fudge' Opal remarks. 'Nobody asked you' Edith tells her, while Augusta asks Angel if he is ready to join Hordeculture. Warren grins and holds his arms out, 'Of course!' he exclaims, before asking how he can be of service.
Magik and Monet have been watching the events unfold before them, and Magik scowls as she remarks that she thought these ladies were so $%^!#' rad when they showed up and Cuisinarted that alien – but now decides that they obviously suck so hard. Monet frowns and states that she doesn't like dividing their attention. 'Get them out of here so we can return to the mission' she suggests. But Augusta grins and turns to Magik and Monet, telling them that she would worry less about Hordeculture and more about the rate of dispersal in this sea breeze. Magik looks over to Madrox, who is coughing as he covers his mouth. 'Everybody just be cool! We can all be friends' he mumbles. 'Jamie. C'mon!' Magik exclaims, while Jamie claims that he held his breath for as long as he could. 'Dammit!' Magik calls out as she raises her Soulsword and slices it down through part of Edith's tank. 'Young lady, don't $%#& with a woman's ride!' Edith calls out.
Magik raises her voice, explaining that she is speaking loud for the hearing aid crowd, warning the old women to release her friends, or she is going to become the number one cause of death for women with pre-existing conditions over the age of 65. The old women stop, and Augusta scowls as she mutters 'What a $%#&!' while Opal adds 'That B has one H of a sauceboat on her, I'll give her that. Edith calls out to several Madrox dupes, 'Little help over here!' she exclaims. 'Right! 'Of course!' the dupes respond as they rush over to her and pick up her tank, which is no longer operational thanks to Magik's attack. 'Where to?' one of the dupes asks. 'This is fun' another exclaims, while a third declares that he is so lucky. Magik frowns before telling Monet that whatever happens next, she is to tell the Council the truth – that she gave these women every chance to stand down.
'Hey! Eyes up! Zombies inbound!' Monet calls out as loud rumbling can be heard. 'There must be...thousands' Opal utters as she look towards the coming onslaught. 'Millions' Magik corrects her. 'Give me some eyes in the sky, pretty boy. And sing me some Neil Diamond' Augusta instructs Angel, who carries her into the air, while singing 'Hands, touching hands...reaching out, touching me, touching you...'
The battle begins, with zombie mutants and alien Cotati fighting against each other, and Hordeculture, Madrox, Monet and Magik caught in the middle. Monet slams her fist into a large Cotati, while Lily and Opal use their staffs to defend themselves. Magik raises her Soulsword against a zombie mutant, 'None of you better want to make out' she warns the zombies. 'Is that an option -' one zombie mutant starts to ask, before it screams as Magik slices them with her sword.
A Cotati strike leader contacts command and reports that they have met stiffer resistance in the staging area than they anticipated. Monet knocks a zombie mutant aside, before she flies over and slams her fist into the Cotati strike leader. 'That's an understatement' she remarks, before suggesting the Cotati withdraw now, or none of them will leave alive. Monet then flies over to one of the large tree-like Cotati and knocks it back, while suggesting that they should call in Sunfire to blast this place from orbit. 'These poor zombie mutants have been through enough' she adds. Magik grabs the strike leader by his throat and tells him 'You heard my friend. Get your bulbs back in that ship and get the hell off our planet! The X-Men killed a billion broccolis once, so what's a couple more?' she warns him. The strike leader tells Magik to unhand him, before Augusta appears behind him, and uses her staff to cut off a piece of the Cotati's skin – cutting one of his arms off in the process. 'Hold still, sweetie' Augusta calls out, holding up the bark-like skin, 'Another sample for science' she smiles.
At that moment, several dupes run past, carrying Edith. One of them exclaims that they have to get her to safety. 'Let's go, boys!' another calls out as they carry her in her tank. The Cotati strike leader contacts the mother ship, reporting that the staging area is overrun with aggressive meat and must be cleansed – so they have no choice but to detonate the ship. 'Understood' a voice responds over the Cotati communication system. Lily turns to Monet and suggests a truce. Monet glances back at Lily, 'For the moment' she replies, before asking Lily why she can't read her mind. 'Tsk. A lady never tells' Lily responds. Magik spins around to Monet and points at a ship hovering nearby. 'What are you doing chitchatting? Isn't your power to think clearly? They're gonna blow up that ugly-ass ship!' Magik exclaims, to which Monet tells her that she thinks it is time to deploy some overwhelming force. 'Ooh, I like that too' Magik remarks.
Augusta suddenly thanks one of the Cotati for its cells. 'Hope you enjoyed your stay on Earth' she adds, before she shoves her energy staff into it. Magik holds her Soulsword and energy crackles around her as she remarks that Monet is right. 'I knew this place stunk real bad. And not just from all the rotting flesh...I know what it is now – it smells like someone took a big old magical $#!& here' she announces, deciding that there is only one way to clean this up – with her old pals from Limbo. From the energy, several horrid demons materialize, and Magik tells the to eat all the plants and zombies, but to leave the old ladies to her. 'Sounds good, boss' one of the demons snarls.
Meanwhile, inside the Cotati warship, one of the Cotati aliens falls through a hatch into the warship, and starts running down a chamber, before a voice calls out 'Hey, where are you going? Don't leaf!' they joke. 'I haven't finished my salad!' exclaims the zombie mutant called Explodey-Boy as he appears over the hatch, then drops down into the warship, his body snapping in half upon impact with the dirt-like ground of the warship. His legs fall several feet away from his torso, so he begins to crawl to his legs, 'Be there in a sex, okay?' Explodey-Boy remarks. 'I just have to get my pants on' he jokes as he starts to put his body back together again. 'I don't suppose you have any glue?' he asks. 'Or a sewing needle and thread? Or even duct tape?' he asks as he lumbers down the corridor of the Cotati warship.
Explodey-Boy finds the Cotati he was chasing at what appear to be some sort of control panel – basically just a series of mossy ledges with strange buttons and flowers. 'Let me guess. You're initiating some sort of self-destruct sequence' Explodey-Boy remarks, adding that he is looking forward to it, as that is what he is the best at, after all – going boom, boom, boom. Explodey-Boy then tells the Cotati that he is going to a lot of trouble for nothing – as he they can't kill what is already dead! Explodey-Boy then lunges at the Cotati, and in the process, separates his torso from his legs once again. 'The Cotati, like any plant, cannot kill itself' the Cotati tells Explodey-Boy. Some sort of column in the control booth turns from green to red, as the Cotati explains that when faced with cold or fire or blight, the
Cotati retreat and adapt to find a way to grow again – stronger than before. He reveals to Explodey-Boy that from the moment this vessel landed, it began to root. Explodey-Boy's torso forces the Cotati to the ground, and then he opens his mouth, energy pouring out over the Cotati.
While, at the same moment, the battle of zombie mutants, Cotati, old women and X-Men rages, with the X-Men and Hordeculture working alongside each other against the common threat.
Suddenly: 'Good gracious...I'm beginning to think we might be #$%&^!#!' Edith calls out as vines sprout from a pod on the battlefield, and begin to spread out across the ruined land of Genosha. Some of the zombie mutants find themselves skewered on the vines which rise up and outwards, while the Cotati and the X-Men are able to avoid the vines. Augusta examines the plant life closely and tells her companions that it is like a seedpod or botanical womb. Opal keeps some zombie mutants at bay and calls out to Edith and Lily, while Angel swoops down to Magik, who he sees trying to cut open a large vine with her Soulsword. 'Monet! Madrox!' Angel calls out, to which Magik explains that they are trapped in that thing. Opal tells Augusta that they need to get a sample of this thing, but the wide-eyed Augusta touches the strange vine, '#%&^ your sample, Opal!' she calls back. 'Let me through! Let me in!' Magik exclaims as she finds that she can't cut through the vine. Opal looks over at Augusta and tells her that maybe she is right, but that she needs to watch her d-word mouth. Angel looks over to some approaching zombie mutants and tells Magik that they need to find another way. 'What? What other way?' Magik asks, explaining that the barrier is somehow repelling any psionic and telepathic influence, so now Monet and Madrox are cut off from them – like they aare on a whole other island.
On another island indeed, Krakoa, where Black Tom Cassidy is crawling among the dirt and nature, when he gets a communication from Sage, who informs him that the gate to Genosha is down. 'Banjaxed? Completely arseways?' Black Tom asks as he rises up. Sage responds by stating that she doesn't know what any of that means – but yes. Black Tom goes over to one of the Krakoan portals and remarks that earlier, it was like the hinges were squeking and the lock got rusted out, but this door has been kicked to splinters. 'We don't like the stink of this, do we? No, we don't Black Tom remarks to himself while touching the portal. He then announces that he has other ways of seeing what needs to be seen. 'The pollen. And the dirt. And the fungus. And the mold. And the general fecundity of Krakoa. It only retains its essence a few hours. But it's a hitchhiker in the meantime' Black Tom thinks to himself, as suddenly, as Angel hovers over Krakoa, dirt, dust and other matter around him takes form – a manifestation of Tom, only a foot or so tall, appears on Angel's shoulder.
'All right, Little Tom, let's see what nonsense is making this gate go all – bollocks' Tom remarks as he looks down and sees the sprawling mass of Cotati plant vines below. Magik continues to try and slice through the plant, while Opal stands over a fallen Cotati and announces that she has a nice, juicy sample. 'Good!' Augusta exclaims as she fires some gas at the plant. Angel looks at Little Tom on his shoulder, who tells at him and tells him to take him down to the ground, as he needs to talk to Magik. 'Black Tom? Is that you?' Angel asks. 'Aye, ye bloody himbo! Now take me down to the war captain!' Black Tom exclaims. Angel drops down between Magik and some zombie mutants and alerts Magik to the fact that a tiny avatar of Black Tom has manifested on his shoulder and is asking to speak with her. 'How?' Magik frowns. Black Tom climbs over from Angel's shoulder to Magik's hand as he explains 'Angel's a dirty boy, that's how!' Opal hears this and calls out 'I'll clean him up!' Warren smiles, but Magik instructs him to stay away from those old biddies, or they will horny-ensorcel him with that gas again. 'Huh? But they're not old...' Warren replies as he takes flight. 'That's right, sugar' Augusta calls out, waving at him.
Sitting on Magik's shoulder, Black Tom addresses her as War Captain and asks her what the situation is. 'My official report is that it's %$#&!^%' Magik responds. 'Seconded' Augusta announces, aiming her weapon towards an approaching zombie mutant. Magik explains to Black Tom that they have three different hostile parties at play here, plus the Cotati warship just initiated some kind of self-destruct sequence, turning it into some kind of giant egg. 'Seed-pod!' Augusta and Opal yell at Magik. With their attention distracted, they don't see a zombie leap towards them – thankfully for them though, Magik sees the zombie and hurls her Soulsword at it, which slams the zombie up against the seed-pod. 'Anyway, now Jamie, Monet and two of the Hordeculture hags are trapped inside a giant seed-pod' Magik tells Black Tom as she walks over and pulls her Soulsword from the zombie and the seed-pod.
'What else do you two plant $#!&^$ know about what's happening?' Magik asks, turning to Opal and Augusta, adding that this seedpod barrier is resistant to psionic influence, meaning their powers don't work on it. 'Do your powers work on plants?' Opal asks. 'No' Magik tells her. 'Then there's your answer why. This here's an invasive plant species, girlie' Augusta explains. Opal suggests that it is like kudzu: 'It goes buck-wild when it tastes new land and all it wants to do is f-word and kill while putting down roots to claim a place' she declares. 'Plants playing #%&^, marry, kill. Got it. How do we get rid of it? Weed killer or whatever?' Magik asks. Augusta tells her that would only kill everything else around it – them included. Opal tells Magik that if they had some time, or access to a lab, they could maybe come up with a targeted plant killer. 'Maybe synthesize the hostility of black walnut trees...' she suggests. 'Explain' Magik tells her.  Augusta reveals that black walnut trees have a toxic root system to keep other plants from growing on their turf. 'You get all that?' Magik asks, turning to Little Tom on her shoulder.
'Aye, Black Tom copies... and Krakoa hears. Sending backup...' Black Tom responds from Krakoa, where he initiates the Krakoan organic defensive system, sending various forms of dirt, plants and other organisms on Genosha rise up and converge around the seed-pod. Magik throws a force field around herself, Augusta and Opal, while Angel hovers in the air above, 'It's working!' he calls out, but Augusta examines the seed-pod through the force field and reports that it really isn't – they have just made the damn thing angrier. Suddenly though, part of the seed-pod bursts open, and a green gunk spills from it, sending the dozen or so Madrox dupes falling to the ground. 'Ah, $#%&' Magik mutters as her Darkchilde horns appear on her head. 'STOP!' the Madrox dupes call out. 'Whatever you're doing, stop!'
Magik's feet have transformed to hooves, and inside the seed-pod several Madrox dupes hold back zombie mutants,  Madrox sits with an unconscious Monet, and Lily and Edith, as the dupes announce that the seed-pod almost killed Monet. Magik is annoyed and realizes that she forgot about the draw – Krakoa feeds on psychic energy. 'This one's not looking so good' Opal smiles. 'You think it's a mutie PMS thing?' Augusta asks, grinning. 'And you -' Magik snarls, turning to the old women, she opens a stepping disc beneath their feet, and the old women begin to fall through it, screaming. 'Magik! No!' Angel calls out as he swoops down after Augusta and Opal, 'My beloveds! Your Angel is coming!' he cries out to the old woman, reaching them as they plunge into darkness, he tells them to hang onto him, as he attempts to fly back up through the stepping disc portal – but as he nears it, 'Ow!' Angel exclaims as he bangs into a barrier. Magik's appearance has changed again, she now appears in her eldritch armor as she looks down at Angel and tells him 'No. Not until they release the Genoshan gate'.
Angel looks up at Magik and tells her that this is not the way to ally themselves. 'Tell that to them!' Magik snaps, reminding Angel that the old women are the ones who hijacked the gate and cut them off from support. 'They've doomed us' Magik declares. Opal looks nervously down into the darkness, 'We'll open the gate, right, Augusta?' she asks. '...yeah' Augusta scowls. A short time later, Magik watches as Augusta and Lily walk towards the Genoshan portal and warns them that if they betray her, their next visit to Limbo becomes permanent. 'Lily was right. We do need to revise the pheromone gas formula to work on women' Augusta declares. 'And demons' Opal mutters, looking back at Magik, who contacts Black Tom and tells him that when the gate is up, she wants him to patch her through to Krakoa, as she has an idea.
A moment later, on Krakoa, several young mutants are gathered in a cafeteria type area, eating together, when they hear Magik's voice over communicator. 'This is your war catpain, Magik, speaking' she announces, before stating that on behalf of the small fight crew currently dealing with big $#%&^!$%^ in Genosha, she would like to ask that any and all available psychic mutants please report to the Genoshan gate immediately. 'I repeat – can all available psychics – immediately report – to Genosha?'
Black Tom's face appears in the Genoshan gate  his eyes and nose making out on the gate edge, while the portal is like a large mouth, 'Aye...good on ye, then...step right up...don't be shy...Black Tom thanks ye for your service!' Black Tom calls out as several psychics step through the gateway from Krakoa to Genosha...Quentin Quire! Lady Mastermind! Exodus! Mastermind! Selene! The Stepford Cuckoos! Mr Sinister!... and the Shadow King!


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Genosha, where several mutant zombies are devouring member of the alien race known as the Cotati – but then start to spit the chewed up aliens out. 'No good. No brains' one of the zombies utters. 'Need braaaains' the zombie exclaims as they turn and walk away. Suddenly, one of partially-devoured Cotati opens their eyes, and with their innards hanging out of their stomach, they stand up, 'Yes... brains...' the Cotati calls out. 'Yes. This way. So many fresh brains' other members of the Cotati announce, as they begin to make their way towards a large pod which has been growing nearby. 'Need to climb. Find an opening' one of the mutant zombies remarks as dozens of the zombies start clawing at the side of the pod. 'Selfish plants, trying to keep all the damn brains for themselves' another zombie remarks. 'We need more flyers! Who can fly?' one of the zombies asks. The group of infected Cotati arrive at the pod, and one of them waves their hand, creating an opening. 'Let us through' the alien remarks. 'We know the way' another calls out, while a third suggests the zombies follow them, as they walk into the pod.
Nearby: 'What madness is this?' Selene asks as she and several other mutants with psychic abilities emerge through a portal from Krakoa. 'Old women and plants fighting? This is beneath us' Exodus remarks as Sinister stands next to them. They are flanked by Dani Moonstar and Karma of the New Mutants, the Stepford Cuckoos, Quentin Quire and the young mutant called Manon. As Multiple Man dupes fight members of the Cotati invasion, Illyana Rasputin sees the psychics and shouts 'Finally! Krakoa needs you! Without you, she cannot fight here. She needs your psychic energies. The more the better' Magik reports, while holding the old woman from Hordeculture called Opal Vetiver by her neck. One of the Stepford Cuckoos asks Magik where she is headed, to which Magik announces that she will be bringing this golden oldie someplace where she will be of some use. 'Just be a good Cuckoo and give Krakoa a hand. Krakoa good. Plant people bad. Kill them dead' Magik declares. Magik raises her sword overhead and energy glows around it, as Opal exclaims 'Hey now. Where are you -' but Magik interrupts her, telling her to put a sock in it.
'All right, you heard the demon lady...psychics...mount up!' Quentin Quire smiles as he creates two psychic guns and launches an attack on the Cotati. Selene and Exodus begin manipulating the Cotati nearby, stealing their bark, they both transform the bark into armor for themselves and the others. Dani Moonstar is wearing the bark-armor as she fires an arrow nearby and Lady Mastermind has the bark-armor on, too, as she runspast. Even Sinister wears it, although his cloak remains uncovered, while Quentin doesn't wear the bark-armor as she shouts 'Let's go Paul Bunyan on their asses!'
Krakoa, where Dr Hank McCoy a.k.a. Beast is in a lab when Magik teleports in with Opal. 'Beast...meet Opal. Opal, Beast' Magik makes the introductions. Beast recognizes Opal as one of the women of Hordeculture, remarking that Cyclops told him about her. Magik throws Opal to the ground and tells the Beast that Opal says she needs some black oak and a lab in order to create a serum to kill the alien plant people. 'Alien...?' the Beast asks. 'It's a thing. I don't have time to talk about it' Magik snaps. Magik steps back towards the portal that she has created and instructs the Beast to let her know when Opal has finished. 'If she fails, kill her' Magik adds. The Beast smiles and turns to Opal, 'Do not pay her any mind. I will not kill you. That's not what we do' he assures her. Opal remarks that the girl needs to learn some manners, and the Beast admits that doesn't disagree, before asking Opal 'Now tell me... what was that about alien plant people?'
Back on Krakoa, inside the pod: 'What's wrong with your girlfriend there? She afraid of a little danger?' Lily Leymus asks as she and Edith Scutch look over to where Jamie Madrox the Multiple Man is helping the unconscious Monet St Croix. 'I don't know, she just passed out' Madrox responds, quietly adding that she is not his girlfriend. Lily looks down below, where dupes are being slaughtered by the Cotati and tells Madrox that he better snap Monet out of it, as they are being overwhelmed here. Lily fires a weapon at one of the Cotati, and turns to Madrox, warning him that it is only a matter of time before these things cut down all his twinsies, and then they are royally pooched.
Suddenly: 'Hey up there!' a voice calls out. Madrox and Lily look down to see the mutant zombie called Explodey-Boy, along with several Cotati, who turn when they see him. 'You guys need a hand?' Explodey-Boy asks. 'He's the one!' one of the Cotati calls out. 'That walking heap of composting flesh is the one who killed Science Minister Qqoi!' another exclaims, while a third suggests they should grind up his bones and fertilize the gardens of their ancestors with them. Explodey-Boy calls out 'Make you humans a deal!' Madrox corrects him, informing him that he is a mutant. 'Whatever. These plant buggers make real bad eating' Explodey-Boy informs Madrox. He offers to get them off his case, so long ashe gets to keep all the bits of prime cuts that they leave over the ground. 'I got no beef with mutants. Used to be one myself. Still am. Sorta' Explodey-Boy remarks, before asking if they have a deal. 'Yeah...I guess?' Madrox answers. 'Why?' Lily asks. 'Trust me' Explodey-Boy responds, before he activates his mutant power, creating a massive explosion within the pod.
Back in the lab on Krakoa, music is playing while science experiments are carried out. Test tubes bubble with strange potions, and the Beast looks through a microscope. 'Well?' Opal asks him. 'In the words of the great Archimedes of Syracuse, having just discovered his most famous principle, concering how to deduce the volume of objects with irregular shapes... eureka' the Beast grins.
A bit later, Black Tom Cassidy is sitting near some weapons which have been created using the formula that the Beast and Opal put together. 'Magik? Magik! Dammi, girl, do you know how hard it is to conjure an avatar so far away? And now you've destroyed him? Don'tcha be ignoring Black Tom!' he calls out, annoyed, informing her that they have got bio-weapons in need of teleportation. But Magik is busy on Krakoa, cutting her way through the Cotati. 'Still no answer?' someone asks Black Tom. 'Ach. The daft creature's gone dark' Black Tom replies. Kurt Wagner a.k.a. Nightcrawler smiles as he picks up one of the weapons: 'Well, in that case... allow me to assist!' he exclaims.
On Krakoa, the Stepford Cuckoos are also wearing the bark-armor, and one of the girls tells her sisters not to wander too far, that they can't get separated. 'I know – they aren't making it simple' one of the others replies as she tries to shake off a couple of mutant zombies who are clinging to her. 'The harder the shell, the softer the meat!' a zombie calls out as he and several other surround one of the Cuckoos. 'They've cut me off!' the Cuckoo calls out as the zombies begin to swarm her, tugging at the bark-armor. 'There're too many!' the Cuckoo telepathically exclaims, while one of the mutant zombies supposes that psychic brains are like Kobe beef. 'Or shoe leather' another grins.
'Help!' the frightened Cuckoo pleads, while another zombie grins and suggests they find out what her brain tastes like. 'Make sure when they resurrect me, it's without the memory of what it feels like to be eaten alive' the Cuckoo asks, before the zombies pawing at her are cut in half – length wsys. 'Resurrection is expensive. You'll have to make the most out of this body' Magik tells her. The Cuckoo thanks Magik, who continues to use her sword to cut through the zombies, but she remarks that there are too many, and suggests they get to higher ground. The Cuckoo suggests that they find where the zombies are coming from and cut them off. 'Unless you just want to fight endless waves of rotting corpses' she adds. 'Good point' Magik decides, before grabbing the Cuckoo and pulling her into a portal. 'Excuse you!' the Cuckoo exclaims, while Magik tells her that they can go see if they can't find out where these things are coming from.
Nearby, a demon that Magik summoned from Limbo roars at several Cotati, who try shoving spears into it. 'The smell ofthese meat-beasts is offensive!' one of the Cotati remarks. 'Well, that went better than expected' Nightcrawler smiles as he teleports onto Krakoa – his smile suddenly turning to shock as he sees the chaos before him. 'Heiliger Strohsack!' he exclaims in his native tongue. 'Unhand me!' he warns one of the zombies who grabs him. 'Gotta know if you taste blue...' the zombie remarks as brings his mouth towards Nightcrawler's body. 'That is for me to know and you to ever wonder about!' Nightcrawler jokes as he teleports away before the zombie can get a taste.

Teleporting up above the large pod, Nightcrawler assumes it to be the target and fires the potion at it. The pod makes a hissing sound and holes start to form in it where the serum strikes. Nightcrawler slams the flat of his sword against a Cotati who attacks him. Zombies begin to gather at one of the openings created in the pod. 'That smell...' one of them utters. '... fresh meat' another exclaims.
'This place is thick with them!' Magik calls out as she and the Cuckoo make the first teleport. Magik cuts the head off one of the zombies, while some nearby Cotati look on at her. The Cuckoo points out that the zombies don't seem to be coming from here so much as trying to get in. Another teleport, and as Quentin Quire can be seen firing his psychic guns, the Cuckoo tells Magik that she doesn't think this is the place, either. But Magik can feel something messing with the energy of this plane, and remarks that this way is closer to it. 'I can leave you with the other psychics -' Magik starts to say, before spinning around and shoving the handle of her sword into a zombie that crept up on the Cuckoo. 'Watch your back!' Magik snaps, before deciding that the Cuckoo will come with her. 'Thanks, I... thanks' the Cuckoo replies.
They teleport again, and Magik feels an even closer connection. Another teleport, and Magik announces that this is it – that she can feel it in her teeth. There, stuck in a mound of zombie mutants, a wand made of three magical instruments glows, with energy radiating from it. 'Holy...it's beautiful...' Magik utters as she starts to walk towards it. 'Magik? Are you all right?' the Cuckoo asks. 'Do... you... hear that?' Magik asks, transfixed on the wand. The Cuckoo tells her that she hears nothing, but she knows that something is wrong here. She touches her head, which feels like a migraine, only it's coming from the outside. 'So...beautiful' Magik utters as she piccks up the staff. 'THE POWER!' she shouts, standing on a magical symbol that was carved into the ground, Magik's voice seems strange as she announces that she can feel the power flowing through her. The Cuckoo then telepathically contacts the other mutants and tells them that she hates to be the bearer of bad news – but they have a complication – as Illyana has transformed into her demonic version of her self. 'Oh, this? This I like!' Illyana, now with red skin, wings, horns and a tail smiles, her eyes gllowing.
Back inside the pod, 'That's how he helped? By blowing everything up?' Lily asks as she looks out the remains of mutant zombies and Cotati, strewn about below her. Madrox groans, while Lily tells him that was quite a deal he made – that he is a real bargain hunter. 'Dammitsh, my damn dentshures came loosh!' Edith complains nearby, while Monet is still unconscious. Madrox suddenly goes wide-eyed, 'Oh God...' he gasps as he sees Explodey Boy chomping down on the severed arm belonging to one of his dupes. 'Pleasure doing business with you' Explodey Boy remarks. 'My God...' Madrox utters. 'Having second thoughts?' Lily asks him. Explodey Boy then throws the arm behind him towards other zombies, 'Oh, hey gang' he smiles at them. 'Plenty to go around' he adds, throwing them another arm.
'Can you show a little respect? Those a MEs you're eating' Madrox frowns. 'I'm not asking you to say grace first, but come on' Madrox adds. Lily tells him that they should go, while two other dupes help Edith, who is confined to a hoverchair, get upright in her chair, as Edith suggests they swing her chair around so she doesn't have to watch this. More and more zombie mutants arrive on scene and all begin to eat the remains of Madrox's dupes. 'That's...that's a lot of zombies!' Madrox calls out, before he tells his companions to throw whatever piece of him they have got. 'I don't care! Toss it all!' he exclaims as dupes begin to throw remains at the zombies. 'Here, at this' Madrox exclaims as he hurls one of his dupe's heads at the zombies, before shouting 'RUN!'
Outside the pod, Augusta Bromes informs Opal, who has returned, that the blue goblin burned a hole in the mega-bulb. 'Let's go get our girls!' she tells her friend as they use their weapons to defend themselves. Warren Worthington III is behind them, and rubs his head, remarking that he feels weird. Opal points out that it looks like their escort is coming down off the pheromones. Augusta tells her that she doesn't care, as Edith and Lily are trapped in that thing. 'I'm gonna be sick' Warren mumbles, when suddenly, the transformed Illyana appears, a horde of zombies following her. 'Women, move aside...I've begun a great, great work' Illyana announces. 'Oh my God. You guys are old' Angel tells Augusta and Opal once their control over him wears off. 'Shhh!' Opal snarls. 'Like, shouldn't-be-outside old' Angel adds. 'Shut up!' Opal snaps, while Augusta looks up at the transformed Illyana and asks her what she has there.
Standing tall on her hooves, Illyana holds the staff overhead as she announces that she has the World Tree Root, which bridges the realms of life and death. And, the Tri-Crown of the Chaos Godhead, which perverts the law of nature. Finally, she has the Eye of Alak-Rah, the Void-Spider, who from blood weaves life. 'What I have is power over death' Illyana boasts. She aims the staff at the motionless body of a Cotati, and energy lights up around it...as the alien suddenly rises to his feet, eyes glowing, as Illyana shouts 'Bow to the Zombie Queen of New Genosha!' 'Is she serious? I've got arthritis. If I bow I'm never getting up again' Opal remarks, while Angel vomits nearby.
At  the same time, Madrox vomits inside the pod. Edith tells him that it isn't her fault he can't handle their drugs. 'And if you tell me how old I look one more time I'm going to put one between your eyes' she warns him, while she pushes the still unconscious Monet up, as Monet slumps over in the seat next to her. Edith tells Madrox that when she says “one” she means a bullet seed from her witch hazel heater. 'Kill you dead as hell' she boasts. 'Will you shut up' Madrox asks, while a wide-eyed Lily gasps 'What is that?' as the group come across what apppear to be mutant zombies and infected Cotati eating some sort of large brain. Grinding, chewing and slurping noises can be heard as the creatures gather around the large brain. The head of a Cotati at Madrox's feet looks up at him and explains that it is a Cotatinaught, grown from the collective strength-sap of their people in its doomsday pod. 'The superstitious among us call it holy' the head adds.
The head continues, informing Madrox that it has never seen one pull its roots. 'I couldn't miss it. Not even in my condition. But...disaster' they explain, revealing that the pod walls were breached first by Cotati ghouls, then by the pestilent mutants. 'The broadleaf lord is infected' the head reveals, adding that they will now see the horrors that grow in this benighted dirt, the terrible fruit of this herbicidal mission. Suddenly, the brain appears to move upwards, a head connected to the brain, rising from the base of the pod, vines snapping about and pushing the zombies and aliens aside. Arms begin to grow, as the head reveals that they may have turned the key that birthed this miscreant, but that the mutants forced his hand. 'And now we die together' he adds, as a giant creature rises up, bursting through the pod, the horrid beast is huge, green-skinned, with the large brain protruding from its head, a large mouth full of jagged teeth, large spikes on its back, it makes a strange GLOR GLOR noise, as the head announces that they will meet their sins as one.