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Treasures of Britain
The realm of Otherworld known as Blightspoke, where several mutants have gathered on the barren land, under the star-filled sky. Among them are Betsy Braddock a.k.a. Captain Britain, Remy LeBeau a.k.a. Gambit, Julio Richter a.k.a. Rictor and Jubilation Lee a.k.a. Jubilee, all members of Excalibur. With them are their ally Meggan a.k.a. Gloriana, X-Force's Dr Hank McCoy a.k.a. Beast and Jubilee's son, Shogo, in his dragon form. 'Fascinating!' the Beast exclaims as he scans the ground and tells the others that some of these samples behave like elemental analogues from their own Earth, but his scanner can't begin to decipher the data, so it will take weeks of research just to interpret it. Captain Britain asks the Beast if he has enough yet, as standing around this place is not very good for you.
Watching the mutants is a woman in a red costume who looks at them through binoculars as someone with her asks 'Sheriff? You gonna shoot them witchbreed?'
Captain Britain explains that she is able to psychically dull the discomfort, and that Rictor can staunch it slightly, but the ground here is leeching the life from them. 'You'll feel terrible tomorrow' she adds. Gambit shuffles a deck of playing cards as he tells Betsy that he has felt worse on a Sunday morning. 'Nothing you can't fix with coffee and a beignet' he adds. 'I won't take up too much of your time, Excalibur' the Beast states, remarking that Logan says this place can be unwelcoming in more ways than one.
The mysterious sheriff suddenly adjusts her gun, which makes a clicking sound.
Captain Britain looks over into the distance, and Gambit does, too, announcing that he heard it, but likes it just fine.
The Sheriff can be seen clearly, a large red hat on her head, several strange humanoid-animal creatures riding mechanical steeds behind her. 'Nah... just one of 'em' the sheriff declares as she pulls the trigger on her gun, which sends a bullet speeding towards the mutants.
'You hear something?' Gambit asks, going suddenly wide-eyed as the bullet nears his head – but before the bullet can strike him, Captain Britain slams her psi-sword into the bullet, destroying it and saving Gambit. There is an explosion, which is seen by mysterious sheriff. 'Well, I'll be damned. Let's ride out and meet 'em!' the sheriff exclaims. A moment later, 'Oh dear. Ought I pack up?' the Beast asks as everyone looks over to the sheriff, her posse and their mechanical steeds, who arrive on scene. 'Absolutely not. We've a right to be here' Captain Britain responds. 'Do ya?' the sheriff calls out. Captain Britain addresses her as Sheriff Whitechapel as she tells her it is a pleasure, before asking her to forgive them, as there isn't a place to check in. 'And as Captain Britain, I am Saturnyne's own knight and diplomatically permitted here as needed' Sheriff Whitechapel tips her hat as she quotes “diplomatically permitted” and tells Captain Britain that she talks funny, but that she can't let her boy steal.
Sheriff Whitechapel aims her gun at the Beast, who holds up his hands while the sheriff announces that everything here in Blightspoke is as “rare as rocking horse $#%&” as she puts it. 'Meaning it's valuable. Even yer little samples' she adds, before warning the Beast to drop the samples and get before she gets curious and finds out what happens when she shoots the rest of them. The Beast asks the sheriff to let him explain, and holds up his scanner as he tells her that with this device, he can actually create a three-dimensional scan of the object and all its relevant properties, meaning he can return home to decipher his data without ever actually extracting a molecule of the product. 'Isn't that fascinating?' he asks. 'Aright, he's just making a picture with that thing. I get it' the sheriff admits, before warning the mutants to keep their heads down, as there are others around here looking for the same stuff they are. 'And they're playing for keeps. And they don't give warnings' Sheriff Whitechapel exclaims.
Rictor asks if there is anyone they should be on the lookout for. Dragon-Shogo leans into Sheriff Whitechapel, who strokes his face, and the sheriff states that after the whole recent mess, there are plenty of folk not happy with the witchbreed running all over. 'But y'all seem fine to me, long as I'm being honest' she adds, before telling the mutants to take care and that she will see Captain Britain at the Citadel. 'People'll let you know how they feel about ya there. Angry fellas can't help themselves from saying it' Sheriff Whitechapel remarks as she and her posse turn and ride away.
Krakoa, where inside the Hatchery, there is darkness, before a flicker of light appears, courtesy of the “hot knives” a power belonging to Peter Wisdom, who opens his eyes and breaks through the pod where he has been reborn with the help of his fiery power. 'Pete?' Meggan asks as she helps him from the pod. 'How did – who did -?' the naked Wisdom asks as he looks up at Meggan. Meggan's kind face looks back at Wisdom as she informs him that it was Coven Akkaba, and that Reuben has been made ambassador. 'Come here, Pete, darling' Meggan utters as she holds Pete's hands. 'Bastard. Get me pants... and a gate...' Wisdom utters as he starts to move away from Meggan, who tells him to come back, as there is something he needs to know. Proteus and Egg are on hand as Wisdom collapses into Meggan. 'They sacrificed you, darling, to free Morgan Le Fay. They're tearing down all the UK gates...we cannot go there anymore' Meggan reveals. 'No... NOOOOOOO!' Peter screams so loudly that his cries can be heard by Angel and Pixie, who are flying above a Krakoan forest.
Back on Otherworld, at the Starlight Citadel, where Opal Luna Saturnyne sits on a red sofa, her attendant, Ryl, standing behind her, and Captain Britain standing nearby, while several representatives of the realms of Otherworld are gathered before her. 'You're weak, Saturnyne!' one of them calls out. 'Don't strike him down, Captain Britain. Let the foolish old man speak' Saturnyne declares, to which Captain Britain tells Saturnyne that she wouldn't lose her temper over such an empty insult. 'The first wise thing you've ever said. Now stay wise and go sit down' the ancient wizard Merlyn suggests. From the other gathered guests, Brian Braddock a.k.a. Captain Avalon asks Merlyn what the meaning of these hostilities are. 'Once, you and I were allies. Can you not stand behind my family once more?' Captain Avalon asks, his brother, King Jamie a.k.a. Monarch, at his side.
'Behind your family? My dear boy. I am Merlyn. I have stood beside the family Braddock – and better kings too – but I stand behind no on' Merlyn responds, explaining that what has happened to this parliament is why – mere moons ago, this whole citadel trembled – but for what? A race of Earthborn creatures – mutants – witchbreed! Merlyn declares that he knows the dangers of hosting these realities, and reminds everyone that there was a time he was the Omniversal guardian. 'I been meaning to ask about that. How did you lose that gig? Tell us real slow. I wanna listen to this' Monarch grins. Roma scowls as she stands with one hand on a hip and states that her father won't tell them how he lost – but she would love to. The Colony Queen called Vesperidae, a wasp-like creature, utters something in her native language, to which  Famine of the First Horsemen states that the realm of Hothive agrees with Merlyn, claiming the strongest should rule. The other First Horseman, Pestilence, announces that they say the strongest do rule – those who just pushed back Arakko's forces. 'The little faerie man just wants to make war' Pestilence adds.
Standing next to two of the Fury, the creatures known as Countex Oublia and Countex Oscura speak up, revealing that since the witchbreed took the throne of their wretched neighbor Avalon, they have not known peace. Merlyn takes center stage again and shouts 'Hear me, Otherworld! The Countexes of Sevalith speak the truth!' He declares that Saturnyne has permitted the witchbreed to test her limits and run roughshod in her court, and that the fair and foul courts turn on the axis of the Citadel – so if Saturnyne cannot defend it, they all will suffer. 'I have warned you! The wizard Merlyn speaks!' he shouts. 'Yes, well, when isn't Merlyn speaking' Saturnyne mutters before adjourning meeting by striking a crystal-like hammer against a cymball.
Captain Britain starts to walk away, but Saturnyne asks her where she is going. 'I'm leaving' Captain Britain responds, adding that she didn't epxect to be invited up for drinks. 'I'm not Brian' Captain Britain points out. 'You needn't remind me' Saturnyne mutters, before informing Betsy that she expects to hear her strategy. 'Merlyn just stood in my hall and practically declared war on me' Saturnyne reminds Captain Britain. 'He declared war on both of us and just about every mutant who walks here' Captain Britain replies, adding that Excalibur defends mutants who walk in Otherworld, and that unless Merlyn wants to start a fight with her, she thinks this is just a bluster. Saturnyne scowls as she tells Captain Britain that she doesn't think they should wait until Merlyn feels risky, and that she thinks they should go find out what he has got that makes him suddenly eager to take risks.
Saturnyne tells Captain Britain that if Merlyn is making these kind of threats, then he clearly has something up his sleeves. 'Either you go see what it is, or you and the other Captains can die en masse when they come here demanding my head' Saturnyne suggests to Captain Britain. Captain Britain removes her helmet and stares back at Saturnyne, frowning as she replies 'That was so close to being a proper request, you know that? You really almost got through it without being ugly'. Saturnyne turns away from Captain Britain and tells her to forget it, to suit herself. 'I tried to make peace with you' Saturnyne points out. But Captain Britain announces that she is going, and that she is taking Excalibur, as Merlyn is threatening mutants and the citadel. 'I don't need your approval or permission' she adds.
Saturnyne almost smiles as she thanks Captain Britain. 'Now, was that so hard?' Saturnyne asks. 'Hush' Captain Britain tells her, before adding that before asking how Saturnyne took the seat from Merlyn. 'Captain. Perhaps it is time -' Ryl begins, but Saturnyne hangs her head and states that she doesn't like giving gifts, but she is impressed when one is ambitious enough to ask for what she wants. 'Go tell me what Merlyn's got planned next, and I'll tell you how I brought him down last time. You ought to at least know the truth' Saturnyne smirks.
Braddock Isle, just off the coast of England, where Pete Wisdom sits on the shore beneath Excalibur's lighthouse, looking out over the ocean around him. He later drinks alone at the Green Lagoon, frowning as he looks into his drink. Finally, he visits a tree where plaques of images of dead mutants hang. He looks through the images and pulls several of the plaques from the tree.
Shortly, on Otherworld, in the Tower of Merlyn, where a pig-like creature is imprisoned in device restraining their head, ready for decapitation. Suddenly, Captain Britain's psi-sword strikes the shackles, freeing the pig. 'You're free! Go do fairy stuff!' Jubilee tells the creature. Captain Britain tells the pig to hurry, before the guards wake. 'Down the stairs and out. You can't come with us!' Captain Britain tells the creature. The pig turns and runs, joining several other fairies who have also been freed. Rictor and Gambit join Captain Britain while Jubilee asks 'I thought Merlyn was, like, a friendly wizard. Sugar bowls and owls and stuff. What the hell happened here?' Betsy tells her teammate that she doesn't know, and explains that when Brian was Captain Britain, Merlyn was his strongest ally, but that Merlyn has always been fickle and tricky. 'But something in him has changed from before... and I don't know that this wasn't the real Merlyn all along' she adds. Jubilee  suggests that they take Merlyn on, free all the prisoners and blow the tower. Captain Britain tells Jubilee to be patient, as they would have to wage a four-mutant war on all of the Holy Republic to do that. 'Besides, ami... I think maybe everyone here is a prisoner' Gambit points out.
The four members of Excalibur continue through Merlyn's Tower, and come to two large doors which lead to Merlyn's chambers. Captain Britain report that Merlyn is not in his chambers and that the door is locked, but she can hear something in there. Rictor touches the door and tells Captain Britain that he thinks it is a magic lock, meaning if she tries to bust it open, it is likely to seal off the door. Captain Britain tells Rictor that is no problem, as she can scan for which guard has the keys and “convince” them to help. 'No need, mon ami. I pocketed these from your boss-lady, Saturnyne – and I think I know how to use 'em' Gambit smiles as he holds up a deck of tarot cards. 'Of god, don't break it!' Betsy calls out, looking concerned as Gambit hurls a kinetically-charged cards towards the door, while Jubilee covers her ears. Gambit tells his teammates that he figured the tarot cards might do what they do, and that this one means luck. As the card strikes the lock mechanism, the door swings open. 'Lucky indeed' Betsy remarks
Inside Merlyn's chamber, loud thundering noises can be heard and lightning crackles in the air above them. A well sits in the middle of the chamber. 'Whatever I'm hearing – it's in that well' Betsy tells her teammates, adding that it is voices – and that it sounds like thousands of them. Rictor asks if they are trapped in there, but Betsy explains that they feel like echoes or whispers, that they aren't fully formed minds. 'Who are they? More prisoners?' Jubilee enquires, when suddenly, there is a loud creaking, and suddenly, a door opens and Merlyn appears. 'Witchbreed.  Stand back from the well or find yourselves obliterated. You threaten to pollute the Waters of All Reality with your carelessness!' Merlyn exclaims. Betsy has removed the lid to the well and looks into it as she asks Merlyn who the people in the well are. Merlyn goes over to Betsy and looks into the well, too, as he replies 'Any wizard in the Otherworld would know of the Waters of All Reality – has Saturnyne not advanced that far in her studies?'
Merlyn calls Saturnyne a “harridan” and remarks that he wouldn't expect her to educate Captain Britain properly on what she threatens to blunder into. 'Or perhaps she does not trust you enough. I wouldn't' Merlyn adds. Ric, Gambit and Jubilee gather around Captain Britain as Merlyn looks at them all and announces that as far as prisoners go, he has just come from his dungeon. 'You'll be relieved to know my days of taking prisoners are through'. 'Oh, really?' Betsy replies. Merlyn grins as he declares that those who are found breaking and entering will simply be executed. He releases some magical energies towards the heroes, which Betsy quickly blocks with her psi-shield. 'Bet us outta here!' Gambit exclaims. Betsy reminds him that they are atop a tower, and asks him if he proposes that she just flies them out one by one. Rictor notes that this place is wide open to the sky and asks if Shogo can't just come and scoop them up. 'Don't you dare! My baby boy is not allowed to come to this kingdom, ever!' Jubilee exclaims.
'Fine! I'll get us out of here!' Rictor calls out as he moves his teammates down the well, manipulating the earth around them to lower their descent. 'Going down!' he calls out, while Merlyn watches from the edge of the well. The heroes fall deeper and deeper through the tower, 'How much further?' one of them calls out. 'Uh? How do you want me to answer that?' Rictor asks, before the earth around them opens up and the heroes tumble out into an underground train tunnel. 'Good thinking!' Captain Britain tells Rictor, who reveals that he could sense them deep below the tower, and that he was desperate for an exit. 'But...this might have been a bad idea. I can feel these tunnels about to collapse, and holding them together would take time and concentration we don't have' Rictor announces, adding that he would say they run, but he is open to better ideas.
'All aboard the Gambit train!' Gambit exclaims as he climbs onto the train. Jubilee tells him to quit playing, as this thing is like a hundred years old and rusted. Gambit tells Jubilee that he isn't playing and to hurry up and get on while he charges the train. Betsy points out that it seems like they have no choice, and as Gambit touches the train, he boasts that it doesn't run on anything but him! A moment later, the train chugs off down thre track. 'Next stop, de Citadel!' Gambit calls out. 'You are a madman, Remy LeBeau' Betsy tells her friend as she clings to the side of the train.
Somewhere on Krakoa, Pete Wisdom sits at a desk, reading through a large book, he makes some notes as a candle burns on his table. Time passes, and the candle burns, as Wisdom falls asleep at his work, lollipop in his hand. When the sun rises, he sits on a platform connected to a tree, looking at the notes he has written.
Soon, Pete is in the Hatchery, where Egg approaches him and leads him to four pods. 'There they are. The four you asked for' Egg announces, motioning to the four pods. Egg adds  that he doesn't think anyone else knew they were mutants, but he looked through the Cerebro files, and Pete was right – they were. Egg reveals that they were backed up and all, and thanks Pete for his research. Pete thanks Egg, and suggests 'Let's get the Professor to wake 'em up, yeah?'
And shortly: 'Welcome, my friends' Pete Wisdom calls out to four naked and confused individuals who have emerged from their pods. Pete tells them that they may be shocked to be waking up here, and offers to catch them up. He looks at a balding man, while Egg offers a towel to a woman with red hair, and Professor Xavier stands behind a man with blond hair, while Tempus offers a towel to a woman with white hair. Wisdom informs the quartet that the psychic powers they have displayed since their days in the British Intelligence have been a result of their mutant X genes. 'Mutants like us can come back from the dead now. And mutants like us can never go home to the UK' Wisdom announces, revealing that the nation they served, some with their lives, has cast their own kind out. 'But let's make them regret it, shall we? Let's get to work, STRIKE!'
Back on Otherworld, Merlyn is in his dungeon and throws away some broken chains. 'This place is protected by more than just locked doors and guards, Excalibur. The clever mind of Merlyn is better than any lock. And you used fortune to open my locks!' Merlyn declares, before he pulls a sheet away from a small cage – where a prisoner still remains, a man with reddish hair and a beard, huddled naked in the cage. 'It is ill luck indeed to cross the fae. We are tricky. And we hide things in plain sight' Merlyn remarks. 'Who...?' the man in the cage asks, looking up at Merlyn, who touches the man's head and informs him that he is Merlyn, and asks him if he remembers now. 'Yes' the man utters. 'Then remember who you are' Merlyn instructs the mysterious man, who utters 'I... I am... Arthur'.


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In the Service of Lord Doom
Several kilometres off the coast of England lies Krakoan land, called Braddock Isle, where a towering lighthouse stands. There, Betsy Braddock a.k.a. Captain Britain is asleep – but she is resltess. She dreams – dreams about her brothers, Captain Avalon and Monarch, and about Malice being reborn. She dreams of Krakoa's Quiet Council, and of Roma and Merlyn. And she dreams about Coven Akkaba murdering Pete Wisdom. As she dreams, several beams of green energy can be seen speeding towards the lighthouse. 'Ah!... Excalibur, wake up. We have a guest' Betsy calls out to her teammates.
Shortly: 'Victor Von Doom. In the spirit of ambassadorship, welcome to Braddock Isle' Betsy frowns, arms folded as Doctor Doom and several Doombots stand before her. Her teammates – Jubilee, Remy LeBeau a.k.a. Gambit and Julio Richter a.k.a. Rictor – are awake and have joined her. 'In the spirit of everything else, what the hell are you doing here?' Betsy asks. 'You mutants have short memories' Doom responds, adding that this is not the first time he has sought Excalibur's aid, before noting that Kate Pryde is not here to vouch for his request. 'And this time, I do not ask' he warns them, before explaining that his intelligence tells him that Morgan Le Fay has left Otherworld, and informing Excalibur that he has need of something she left within – and their gate is the only door to the realm. He instructs Betsy Braddock to step aside, but the unimpressed Betsy tells Doom that although he is correct that this is the way to Otherworld, he will not be able to pass through without a mutant guide.
'I had considered that... so I brought a key' Doom reveals, pulling back part of his cloak that covered one of his arms, revealing a small mutant baby, sleeping in his arms. The baby has what appears to be two small horns on its forehead. 'Do you know that you cannot possibly house every mutant on Krakoa? More are born every day' Doom declares. 'Whose kid did you snatch to come here?' Jubilee shouts, waving a finger at Doom. Gambit puts his hand on Jubilee's arm, while Doom tells her that she is so quick to judge. 'You know, he could be my own' Doom points out, while looking down at the child. He states that while the unpredictability of genetics can oft frustrate men of science, anyone can have a mutant child. 'Even I' he boasts, looking back up at Excalibur, before admitting that this one is not his, merely a useful tool to him. 'If you have a mutant child with no parents, remand him to my care. He is a person, not a tool' Betsy quickly tells Doom. But Doom tells Captain Britain that all creatures are tools to him – mutant, man and alien alike.
Bets< tells Doom that that is irrelevant, as the gate is Krakoan, not Latverian, and that it is incredibly dangerous territory. She adds that Excalibur guards the gate. 'The child stays on Krakoa, and we are your guides' Betsy offers. 'DOOM needs no guide' comes  Doom's quick response. Gambit asks Doom if he is sure about that, pointing out that times have changed, and that Otherworld has all new borders. 'You'll want our help' Gambit suggests. Doom's Doombots raise their fists, and large blades suddenly emerge from their wrists. Doom asks Gambit if he is making a foolish attempt at threatening him. 'Is that why they call  him Gambit?' he asks. 'I don't know, are you threatened?' Rictor responds. Rictor tells Doom that it sounds like they have something he wants, and that he can't just walk through a gate with a baby. 'It doesn't work like that' Rictor declares, before asking Doom 'You know magic? I know magic too. Trust me'. Doom suggests that Rictor not speak to him like an equal, before turning to Betsy and stating that his desires are not simple, and that she and her retinue will face grave risk if they accompany him into Avalon. 'I wish to hear no distaste for my work' he adds.
'Risk is what gives weight to duty, is it not?' Betsy asks Doom. Doom tilts his head at Captain Britain and tells her that he heard she was an assassin, that she was a mind taker and a killer. 'Is this nobility an attempt at penance for your past?' he enquires. Hands on hips, Betsy tells Doom that she is through explaining herself, and asks him if he wants to Otherworld or not. Doom tells her to assemble her team, and that he will not wait long. Jubilee holds the mutant baby and offers to find out where the little one belongs. She adds that she will leave Shogo with Kyle while she is at it. 'I don't like the way this started...' Jubilee adds.
Shortly, on Avalon, Otherworld, where Doctor Doom strides down a path, the members of Excalibur following behind him. 'That was pretty nobly handled, Bets. You going full knight on us?' Rictor asks. Betsy tells Ric that Doom certainly responds to it, and that she isn't about to let him arch around her family's kingdom without her eyes on him. Suddenly, 'Hello!' a voice calls out. Gambit and Jubilee look up to the sky, while Betsy smiles as she asks Rictor 'Besides, don't you like big bad men?' Rictor just frowns. 'I caught up!' Meggan Braddock a.k.a. Gloriana exclaims as she flutters over her friends with some wings. 'Meggan! Excellent, I'd hoped you'd join us' Betsy tells her sister-in-law. Meggan remarks that Brian says hello. 'And that you ought to visit STRIKE' Meggan adds. 'Mm' Betsy replies.
'Keep up, Captain!' Dr Doom calls out as he marches through some woods. The mutant heroes follow Doom, who remarks 'So, the lady Morgan on the throne of Camelot. A shame I did not see it for myself' he adds. 'She wasn't there long and was no conquerer' Betsy responds, informing Doom that Morgan took the throne when Arthur abdicated, and quickly fell to Saturnyne and Apocalypse's forces. 'But you have not returned it to Arthur' Doom remarks. 'He hasn't asked' Betsy explains. 'How knightly of you' Doom mutters. 'I am not Arthur's knight' Betsy points out. 'No, you are not' Doom agrees, before alerting everyone to something up ahead. The group emerges from the forest and finds themselves in a large open field surround by forest and hills, a strange mist filtering through.
'What is this place?' Captain Britain asks. Doom reveals that it is the Valley of the Wailing Mists, and explains that when Morgana was not seated at Camelot, she used to come to her castle here. He adds that it is said only sorcerers dare tread on this land, and announces that what he seeks should be within. Suddenly, the mist parts and an assassin appears, hurling a tentacled-weapon with a large spear towards the heroes. 'Eyes up – we have an assassin!' Captain Britain calls out. While Doom turns and flies away, Captain Britain throws a psi-shield up to block the tentacled-weapon. 'Hey, look out, dude -' Rictor calls out to Doom, who declares that he will do no such thing. 'Do your duty and watch my back, Excalibur. I have a mission' Doom boasts as he disappears within the mist. 'Oh great, he went to pick up his ex-girlfriend's stuff' Jubilee mutters.
Betsy points out that the assassin missed his strike and disappeared into the mist, suggesting that he may be mist himself. 'Between that and the all-leather kit on a sunny day, I'd say our assassin is from Sevalith' Betsy tells her friends. Gambit asks if the assassin could be after Meggan. 'Ain't things tense between the vampires next door and Avalon?' Gambit enquires. Meggan looks shocked and admits that she hadn't considered that. 'I have an idea!' Meggan exclaims as she uses her metamorphic abilities to turn her hair black. 'There! Now I'm just any traveling mutant!' Meggan suggests her transparent wings return, too. 'And a lovely one at that' Gambit tells Meggan, while Betsy remarks that she doesn't think the assassin was after Meggan specifically. 'It's a tense peace – an assassination attempt on the Avalonian court sorceress would be a declaration of war. I think they might be after – what did Meggan say? Any traveling mutant?' Betsy suggests.
'Ah. You lived. Very good' Doom remarks as Excalibur catch up to him. 'Morgana's castle no longer stands on the spot. Why?' Doom enquires. 'If you don't know, we certainly don't' Captain Britain responds. 'Don't mock me, mutant' Doom snaps. 'Captain' Betsy corrects him. 'I allowed you to accompany me because your tender heart feared for one of your mutant whelps. I have come to Excalibur and paid your price. So you will complete my task, or I will summon all of Latveria to relcaim my citizen' Doom declares. Betsy is lost for words, so turns to Rictor and Meggan and asks them if they can offer any information. 'The castle was taken somewhere. The grass says so' Rictor reveals. 'Pardon?' Doom asks. 'Mm-hmm! Magically, it seems. Taken away! The grass doesn't know where' Meggan adds as she sits in a flower bed and touches some of the grass. Jubilee tells everyone that she knows someone they can talk to. 'Ever since we did this before, they like me' she points out as she releases some of her plasma “fireworks” into the air.
Annoyed, Doom clenches a fist and snarls 'I have had enough of these undomesticated peasant magics. Captain Britain. If I must personally break every citizen of Avalon on the rack, I will find this castle!' 'Settle down, dude, it worked' Jubilee casually tells Doom as several small faeries flutter around her. 'Are they helpful?' Betsy asks. 'Maybe!' Jubilee replies. Doom tries to swat some of the faeries away as he mutters 'Morgan gone...Arthur gone...Morgan's castle gone...where sits Merlyn? And Modred?' Jubilee looks concerned as she listens of the faeries, while Betsy asks 'Modred. Arthur's son? Isn't he the darkest possible heir to Camelot, sworn to kill his father and all that?' Doom looks at Captain Britain as he tells her that Modred is usually somewhere around Morgan's schemes, and, more often than not, seeking to unseat his father. 'Well, Merlyn is no ally of ours, lately. You would think if anyone knew where Arthur was... something isn't making sense' Betsy decides.
The faeries communicating with Jubilee suddenly vanish. '$#%&!' Jubilee exclaims, telling them to go, before walking over to Doom and Betsy and informing them that the faeries said someone took the castle to sell it. She doesn't know who or how, and suggests they check out the Crooked Market. Doom raises his arms and declares that he will not be daunted by nonsense and fairy magic, and that if Morgan's castle has been taken to the market to sell, he will simply take the market. 'Where in Avalon are such deals made?' he enquires. Unimpressed, Captain Britain folds her arms and reminds Doom that she told him Otherworld has changed, and Avalon is now but a  sliver of what Otherworld has become.
Shortly, on the High Street of the Crooked Market, where Excalibur and Doom make their way past various citizens and marketplace stalls. Doom declares that he does not handle money and that he will waste no time questioning shopkeepers and ne'er-do'wells like some common adventurer. 'I will speak to the Market's chairperson immediately' Doom announces. Betsy laughs and informs Doom that those demands will not get him far around here, as the people here don't listen to much – but they do listen to her. 'This is unfamiliar territory for you, and you'll need Captain Britain as an escort so you don't get swindled' Betsy adds, suggesting Doom stay close to her. 'What about the rest of us?' Gambit calls out. Doom keeps walking, but Betsy turns back to her teammates and shrugs. 'He doesn't care' Jubilee remarks, before shouting 'Do you, you big metal loser?'
Meggan smiles and tells her friends that if she is here incognito, then she wants to go shopping. 'With what money?' Rictor asks her. 'I get de five-finger discount' Gambit points out. Gambit puts an arm around Rictor's shoulder and tells him to come on, and to look at the nightlife around them. 'Where are we going first?' Jubilee asks, while Meggan grins as Gambit points out that they have to get a little cash. He leads his friends down some stairs, where some drunk people are sitting against in an alleyway. 'I don't see an ATM in there' Jubilee calls out, to which Gambit just laughs.
Soon, in one of the buildings adjacent to the Crooked Market, Dr Doom remarks that the tenor of this place has changed. 'What do you know? You've never been here' Captain Britain replies. 'Indeed. And still I can sense the restlessness that lingers around people undergoing change' Doom explains. Captain Britain opens a door to one of the rooms in the building as Doom tells her that now the roads between nations are open to Avalon, and, by extent, the Earth, she has placed her mutants in another powerful position. 'See that you can defend it' he suggests to her. 'Ah, do come in' a voice calls out from within the room. '... James Jaspers? The reality-bending mutant? You are the chairperson here? Absurd!' Doom declares as he sees Mad Jim Jaspers sitting behind a large desk, the room lined with floor-to-ceiling shelves of books. 'Mm, yes – very shocking, innit?' Mad Jim Jaspers replies, before remarking that he was told Captain Britain wanted a meeting with him right away. 'And that I have to take it?' he asks.
Captain Britain tells Jaspers that, thankfully, she wants nothing from him, as she is only here as an escort. 'You remember him from your former home reality, Victor Von Doom?' Captain Britain asks, while Doom declares that he seeks something that may have come through Jaspers' market. 'Oh, yeeees. I remember you' Jaspers replies casually. He turns to face Doom, 'A sorcerer. But you sorcerers have to do all sorts of work to move reality about. Sounds exhausting. I only know your name because...if I recall my gossip correctly – and I buy only the best – you boast a previous entanglement with the recently absent Miss Morgan Le Fay?' Mad Jim Jaspers remarks. 'And like any broken heart when left behind, you likely left something at her place' Jaspers adds, looking up at Doom, who stands in front of the smaller man and looks down at him. 'What know you of gossip about me?' Doom snaps, grabbing Mad Jim by his collar. 'Come off it! You should be flattered!' Jaspers grins.
Doom looks puzzled as suddenly, all he is holding is a feather duster, while Jaspers is on top of a ladder leaning against a bookcase, he searches for something. 'Secrets about you sell well, even here. It means you're somebody' Jaspers explains, before telling Doom that he is in luck. 'Good old Jim doesn't believe in profiting off of someone's name without kicking a little back'. Jaspers locates a small box, hidden behind some books as he tells Doom that everything that is sold in his market makes him money. 'Secrets – or shall we say, details – of Morgan's affairs with her Latverian lover have made Jim a pretty penny' Jaspers smiles. He climbs down the ladder and holds the box out, claiming that he is happy to help Doctor Doom.
'Wait – what's in here? I can't just let you bring this to Morgan' Captain Britain announces as she steps between Jaspers and Doom. 'You agreed to escort me, Captain' Doom reminds her. 'How do I know you aren't going to just take whatever this is and run it back to the woman empowering my enemies?' Captain Britain asks. 'Unless... she wouldn't speak to you anyway. Your ex-girl won't answer your call, Victor?' Captain Britain smirks. 'Careful, Braddock' Doom responds. 'I will not be so hesitant to take you to task for what you say here when our mission is complete' Doom warns her. 'Helloooo? Do you want the box?' Jaspers calls out. 'You must be mistaken. I seek a palace -' Doom starts to reply, but Jaspers interrupts him, informing him that this is all that's left of Morgan's things, and that he can take it or leave it. 'Take your sentimental things then, Doom – they're why you came' Captain Britain suggests, before telling Doom and Jaspers that while they discuss matters, he has companions to check in on. 'Ah, stay, dearie. Your team is doing just fine. I've seen to it' Jaspers responds.
Elsewhere in the Crooked Market, Gambit is seated at a table with several others, playing some form of card game – various forms of money and other treasures in the middle of the table. 'So, the name of the game is Arcana? I can figure this out. I sat at a few tables in my time' Gambit smiles, before holding up some oddly-shaped dice and asking Meggan to blow on them for him. Leaning against the back of Gambit's chair, Meggan does as he requests.
Jubilee, who stands nearby, frowns and mutters 'You didn't want to ask me? Fairies like me now. That means I'm lucky'. 'Well, Meggan is a fairy. So gimme dat luck!' Gambit grins as he tosses the dice across the table. When the dice settle, he looks up at Meggan and asks her what the symbols on the three dice mean. Meggan informs Gambit that he threw Uath, Getal and Oir, which, if she remembers her Irish, is murder, gold and the fear of being chased by a pack of hounds. 'You just told them you've come to feast on their riches' Meggan explains.
Meggan grins while Gambit smiles as he looks at his cards and tells the others at the table to hold on, and not to get mad at him. 'I ain't won nothing yet' Gambit adds. 'Can I get anyone a light...?' Jubilee asks, holding up two fingers. Gambit looks through his cards and tells the other players that he isn't sure if he got the rules right, when suddenly, a card slips out of his sleeve. He places it on the table. 'That's how you do it, yeah? XXXI! Full Arcana? Do I get the pot?' Gambit asks as “the world” card stares up at the other players. 'That's not one of our cards' an elf with an eye-patch tells the others as he opens his eye-patch and remarks that he can see the magic on it. 'It's a Saturnyne-make. You're a cheater and a thief' the elf declares. 'So it's true what they say about witchbr-' a muscular male begins, scowling, before he is interrupted by an explosion.
Back in Mad Jim Jaspers' office: 'Oooohoohoo! He's mad! I didn't say you could have it!' Jaspers exclaims as he dodges a large vase which Doom hurls at him. The vase smashes against the bookcase, while Doom shouts 'I asked you what you wanted for it, and you give me riddles!' Jaspers reminds Doom that he said it is his job to tell him. 'I don't name the price, love. I can have anything I want. You have to tell me what I want for it. You have to come up with something good' Jaspers explains. 'I do not even know yet if that box is what I seek, you gibbering old man' Doom points out, before turning to Captain Britain and asking her if she cannot simply behead Jaspers. 'Not anymore, unfortunately – I'm sort of a peacekeeper these days...' Captain Britain responds while gazing out a window.
Doom looks at Jaspers and warns him 'Mock me again, James. Know that I will use all of the science and magic within my grasp to match through that gate with all of Latveria at my back!' Jaspers tips his hat as he asks 'Is that so?' and states that he thinks that is what he wants. 'What?' Doom asks. 'All of Latveria. Here. If I decide to cross you. Or just call you up for help' Jaspers explains. 'You're joking. I am no man's to command' Doom responds. 'No deal, Jim' Captain Britain adds. Captain Britain steps between Jaspers and Doom and declares that she cannot allow them to make deals that promise the use of Krakoan gates. 'No. Find something else, Doom' Captain Britain tells him. 'Now you command me so?' Doom asks, annoyed. 'Don't make me repeat myself!' Captain Britain exclaims.
Doom grabs Captain Britain by her chin and tells her that she is as formidable as she is beautiful. 'The world knows Doom needs no bride...but should I indulge myself someday, I might consider a woman like you. But do not forget who I am' Doom declares, before stating that he does not need Captain Britain's assistance to outfit his men in the flayed skin of mutant soldiers and have them march through the gates with pillaged Krakoan fruits dripping down their chins. Captain Britain raises her psi-sword and knocks Doom's hand away from her:' Get your box and let's go before you start a real war, Victor' Captain Britain snaps. 'Oh, I would love -' Doom begins, when suddenly, a shadowy figure appears at the window. Red eyes glow, and energy shines around the figure's front as it states: 'In the name of the Forgemaster Federal and the Furies of the eternal Everforge: Surrender, Captain Britain and all friends of Modred – or die'.
'A Fury? “Friends of Modred”?' Captain Britain utters, before Doom asks her where her diplomatic immunity is. An instant later, the Fury unleashes powerful energy which blasts through into the building. 'Identifying target: Captain Britain... updating files...' the Fury announces. Captain Britain and Doom are unharmed by the blast, and Captain Britain turns to Jaspers and asks him if this is one of his. 'I'm afraid that's a foreign matter' Jaspers replies, adding that he only made the one Fury – the rest got out of hand on their own. 'Where are Morgan's things?' Doom declares. Jaspers hands Doom the box and tells him that he accepts his deal. 'Now get out' Jaspers adds. '... very well...' Doom agrees, before he and Captain Britain take flight. 'Come along, Victor, if you'd like to get out of here alive!' Captain Britain calls out. Jaspers looks around at the destruction and complains that it will take him an hour to fix this place.
'I do not fear someone's lesser automatons. My own Doombots -' Doom starts to say, but Captain Britain interrupts him: 'This is a Fury' she exclaims, explaining that they hunt superhumans, taking a bit of every one they have ever bested. 'Whatever you do – don't hit him with any sort of energy you don't want him to throw right back at you' Captain Britain explains. 'They roam freely?' Doom asks. 'Well, there's an entire nation of them...' Captain Britain starts to reply, before they hear a Fury call out 'Locking on...'.
Elsewhere in the Crooked Market, 'Betsy! Where are you?' Rictor shouts as he, Gambit, Meggan and Jubilee run from several Furies who fly above them. '$#%&! I went to the bathroom for one second. You think this is Doom losing it?' Rictor asks. One of the Furies locks onto them and calls them “Friends of Modred”. 'Eyes up!' Meggan calls out to her friends. One of the Furies announces that they serve the Forgemaster and the Forgemaster's command. 'The Forgemaster has sworn his allegiance to Arthur. All friends of Modred must die!' the Fury calls out, firing a blast towards Meggan, who dodges it. 'Modred?' she asks, while Jubilee rushes over to Meggan and aims her fireworks towards the Fury, asking 'Hey! Does the Forgemaster like getting hit in the face?' The Fury starts to absorb the plasma energies, while Meggan warns Jubilee not to do that. 'Plasmatic blasts. Improved' the Fury states as it re-directs the energies towards Jubilee.
Meggan grabs Jubilee and tells her that they need to hurry and meet up with Doom and Betsy, as they won't stand a chance against these things if they are not together. 'Why do they keep calling us Friends of Modred?' Rictor asks as he runs from the Furies. 'Sounds like some fairy-tale $#%&' he adds, before asking Meggan what she knows. 'I have my fears...' Meggan responds, before urging everyone to hurry. At that moment, Betsy and Doom arrive. 'Excalibur! Are you all right?' Captain Britain calls out to her teammates. Jubilee tells her that they are fine, before asking if they can go now. Captain Britain tells Meggan that the Furies are shouting about Modred and asks her if she knows why. 'I won't let them threaten us!' Meggan replies, as she drops her dark-haired disguise, returning to her true form, she flies up to the Furies, announcing herself as Gloriana, Sorceress of Avalon. 'If you attack us, you strike against the throne itself!' Meggan exclaims.
The Furies respond by raising their weapons: 'Lady Gloriana of Avalon... Friend of Modred' one of them states. 'You dare!' Meggan gasps. Just as the energies crackle from one of the Fury's weapons, Captain Britain leaps between the Fury and Meggan, using her psi-shield to block the attack. 'I've got you, Megs!' Betsy calls out, while Meggan warns Betsy to look out. Doom calls out to Captain Britian, too, while Captain Britain battles one of the Furies directly. 'I speak now as Captain Britain: whatever quarrel you have with me and mine is irrelevant. Once, you may have been wild killers, but you are now citizens of Otherworld, and I am the hand of the Citadel. If you make war with me and mine, you will be fighting the very axle upon which Otherworld turns' she warns the Fury, her sword holding strong against the Fury itself. The Fury starts to process Captain Britain’s words, before stating that they follow the Forgemaster Federal, and that he has sworn fealty to Arthur, the King returned.
'What?' Captain Britain asks, before the Fury announces that they are no longer mindless killers, and that they have earned the right to be citizens of Otherworld, so they follow the Citadel law until better laws present. The Furies begin to fly away as the Fury speaking to Captain Britain informs her that they will discuss the conflicting programming with the Forgemaster Federal, but warns her that other friends of Modred will not be spared. 'There's that term again...' Betsy utters, while Doom, clutching Morgan's box, complains about these “preposterous delays” and tells Excalibur that he is not pleased. He then informs them that they are released from their duty to him, and that he will take his leave.
Later, back on Earth, where Doom stands outside Excalibur's lighthouse. He looks into Morgan's box – inside it is Morgan's castle, reduced to a tiny size. Doom looks at it and laughs. He pens a letter to Betsy, in which he writes that he commends her for the level-headed way she handled his request. He admits that this Otherworld is indeed very new, and notes that the tension thrums through the streets of the market, and that the places where those nations meet are tense. He adds that he has not doubt it will get much worse before it abates, and then reveals that Mad Jim's gift to him was more generous than it appeared. He explains in his letter that within Morgan's palace lay a scrying pool, and while the waters of Otherworld are of little use to him, he understands they contain many mysteries for those who can read them, and informs Captain Britain that the answers she seeks regarding Arthur and Modred, as to what separates them, he believes is within – and seems to be a well-guarded secret.
That night, Betsy and Meggan are sitting on a sofa in a room with some candles lit, they look out over the waters around the Lighthouse, while Betsy pours some water into a dish. Meggan informs Betsy that when she was  little, no one knew she was a mutant – she was just a changeling, fairy-touched. 'Aren't you both?' Betsy asks. Meggan confirms that she is, both of Otherworld, and a mutant with a real x-gene, just like her. Only, people didn't know what an x-gene was when she was little – they just thought she was evil. 'If someone didn't know what a mutant was, what sort of cursed would they believe we were?' Meggan asks, watching as the water falls into the dish, before explaining that she thinks Arthur cast his son out because he is one of them. 'I think Friend of Modred means mutant' Meggan utters, as Betsy looks into the water and sees an image of Arthur casting Modred out of his kingdom....


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Otherworld, in Sevalith, the vampire kingdom, where lighting crackles in the red-tinged sky above a sprawling, industrial-like castle. Inside the castle, Betsy Braddock a.k.a. Captain Britain sits at a table wearing a black dress, her long purple hair tied up. She looks stoic as a red liquid is poured from a decanter into a goblet. 'Greetings...' a figure standing over the table begins. '... Captain Britain' a second figure adds. 'Drink up, won't you?' the first asks. 'It's only wine' the second assures her. Captain Britain addresses her hosts as “Countexes” and tells them that she is grateful for their hospitality, so she wouldn't dare refuse a drink. 'We presume you want answers, yes?' one of the Countexes asks. 'About the assassin who attacked you in the Avalon woods?' the second enquires. 'We want answers, too -' the first Countex begins. '- about what followed within the market -' the second adds, as they both declare '- and how disliked you witchbreed have become in Otherworld'. Thunder booms above the castle as the vampires smile at Captain Britain. They are Countex Oublia and Countex Oscura, the twin regents of Sevalith.
'The wine is delicious' Captain Britain smiles after sipping the wine from the goblet. Captain Britain asks the Countexes to allow her to be frank, and tells them that the accusations of the Furies are just that. 'We are not friends of Modred. You understand blood, yes? In his there is a marking – we call it a gene – that makes him like us – witchbreed. At home, we say mutant'. Captain Britain continues, assuring the Countexes that it does not immediately make them allies, and that Modred's greatest ally in the past has been his aunt, Morgan le Fay. 'And we know she isn't friendly to my kind' Captain Britain adds. 'Mmyes. We understand that where you're from, your kind are... quite unpopular' Countex Oublia remarks. 'And they become increasingly unpopular here' Countex Oscura adds. 'Only among the most foolish. We're thriving, I assure you' Captain Britain replies, before informing the Countexes that she is not here for pleasantries. 'I'm here so you answer for attacking me on my family's land. Was that an act of war against Avalon?'
'Captain Britain. So young' Countex Oscura utters, before Countex Oublia reminds Captain Britain that Otherworld is a wheel, that the province lines are always the same, but that the kingdoms rise and fall. He remarks that it has not always been Saturnyne, and not always Merlyn. 'Not always Otherworld as you know it...' he adds. Countex Oscura remarks that they have long made this province their home kingdom, as their original home, in their original reality, has been lost to time. 'We were immortal' Countex Oublia states. 'Our home was not' Countex Oscura laments. One of them informs Captain Britain that Avalon has been Sevalith's enemy for ages. 'It is inherent – all that we are, they are not. Their light burns us, their joy sours us. Your familt are our enemies'. The other Countex tells Captain Britain that in Sevalith, they respect their enemies, and that the Sevalithi are predators, and adore another predator. 'Our blood is our memory, and our blood is immortal. Here in Sevalith, we make a courtier of Death'. 'By god, you do!' Captain Britain exclaims.  She stands up and tells the Countexes that if they are through with the wine course, there is someone in Sevalith that she would like to visit – someone who might actually answer her questions.
Meanwhile, in the Crooked Market, a crowd of villagers has gathered around Remy LeBeau a.k.a. Gambit. Some of them are reaching out with the palms of their hands open, others are waving various objects at him. 'One at a time, mes amis! Monsieur Gambit goin' make sure everyone gets what dey came for!' Gambit assures them. 'Ye said ye could get good money for me axes!' someone calls out to him. 'And I did, mon ami! My buddy Forge wanted to get a hold of dat ore you use, he was happy to get you gold in exchange' Gambit responds, holding up a small sack of gold. 'One at a time!' Gambit calls out, while someone creeps up behind him and reaches into one of the pouches on Gambit's Otherworld trenchcoat. As the crowd begins to disperse, Gambit spins around: 'Merde, Geraldine!' he gasps, while an elderly woman can be seen eating a delicious iced pastry which she took from Gambit's pouch. 'You got your toaster pastry now!? I told you I'd get you one from Earth. Now keep your paws off Gambit's draws!' Gambit tells the old woman.
Suddenly: 'I know I'm not seeing unauthorized business being done in my market -' Mad Jim Jaspers calls out as he appears nearby, with several dogs on leashes. 'Mad Jim, hah!' Gambit laughs and announces that he was just doing a favor for a few friends – things from back home are real popular around here since the gate got harder to get through. Gambit then tells Mad Jim that he is no fool, and figured Jim would want a cut of the money. 'How about I bring you a special thank-you when I come back. 'You want some good English tea from back home?' Gambit asks. Jim tips his hat and calls Gambit a “sticky-fingered little imbecile” and an idiotic “swamp-dwelling grease stain”. 'What you doing, Jim...?' Gambit asks as suddenly, reality warps around them, and Jim appears sitting in a high-back chair, a small trolley of scones at his side, while Gambit stands next to him, in a maid's dress, pouring tea.
'I am a puppet master of the very threads of reality. Do you know what I do if I want tea?' Mad Jim asks, before telling the confused Gambit that he makes tea, he creates tea, whole cloth, creates a parlor to serve it in and a maid to serve it to him. 'I make everything I want' Mad Jim declares. 'Change it back. You think you funny...' an unimpressed Gambit mutters. 'Who said anything about funny?' Jim replies. He warns Gambit not to do business in his market without getting proper permission first. 'Final warning' Jim adds. Reality returns to normal and Gambit tells Mad Jim not to play like that. 'You know when it comes down to it, you a mutant too. If it's true that they about to kick us all out, whatchu gon' do about this place?' Gambit asks. Mad Jim tells Gambit not to be stupid. 'That only matters if you're poor. Which I'm not!' Mad Jim boasts as he walks away with his dogs.
Elsewhere on Otherworld, in the Floating Kingdom of Roma Regina, where Jubilee sits near Roma herself, who is strewn out on a sofa placed outside in a garden. Several faerie attendants flutter nearby, offering food and drink, while Jubilee's son, Shogo, in his dragon form, flies above the Floating Kingdom. 'This is incredible' Jubilee utters, before thanking Roma for having them. 'He's not gone this long without throwing a fit in months. He's happy. He's...' Jubilee's voice trails off as Roma interrupts her: 'Very powerful' she remarks. 'He's my baby, not a weapon. Everyone senses that Otherworld's about to go to war, and I can tell they think he's useful' Jubilee exclaims, before asking Roma if she can promise her that she isn't just after dragonfire. 'I want him to learn what he can do here' Jubilee adds. Roma takes some grapes that are offered to her as she replies 'You were once young and gifted yourself. Eventually, you were able to join a community and learn from others with gifts like your own. We can offer him the same'. 'Yeah, Roma. And that place became my new home. My everything. Even as a kid...I would have died for those people from the moment they accepted me' Jubilee utters.
'Jubilation. What a beautiful name' Roma remarks as she puts a hand on Jubilee's face. Shogo soars above them as Roma tells Jubilee that all children have the potential to dream themselves into magic in Otherworld, but that Shogo is as bright and creative as any she has ever seen. 'I imagine being raised among you and your brilliant kind made him that way' she adds, before explaining that every day Shogo spends in the realm world, with its staleness, it ages him and he loses this strength, which is why he cries there – he can feel his time of power slipping away. 'He's still my baby' Jubilee points out, before smiling and thanking Lady Roma, and telling her that she thinks Shogo really loves it here among the fae folk. 'This might be where he’s meant to be. I wasn't prepared for him to discover that. Not so soon' Jubilee admits. She stands up and announces that she isn't leaving her baby with Roma today – she can't, and that she wants to be selfish for now. 'You're not selfish, darling. You're his mother. You have to consider what's best' Roma calls out as Jubilee begins to run towards the edge of the Floating Kingdom. 'No. It's okay. I am being selfish! I'm okay with that!' Jubilee exclaims as she leaps off the edge of the Floating Kingdom, and lands on Shogo's back. 'He's my best friend too. I need him!' Jubilee calls back to Roma.
Meantime, in the former province of Dryador. A strange hovercraft-type vehicle floats under the giant ribcage bones of some dead creature, which protrude out of the harsh, barren ground. 'What a blighted hell. What are we looking for, Julio?' Shatterstar asks as he sits in the back of the hovercraft. Julio Richter a.k.a. Rictor tells his lover that he wanted to know if anyone had taken up residence here since Dryador was raised, before deciding that it looks like nothing has. He then asks the third member of this recon group, Bei the Blood Moon, whether she sees anything she recognizes from her march through here. 'We boiled their seas with the flames of war. But it seems even the things that thrive after fire haven't taken root here' Bei responds. Bei then points out that the sealed door to Amenth is far, far away  from where it can do any harm to anyone else, and suggests that perhaps the land is even afraid now.
Rictor tells Bei that the land doesn't need to be, as he isn't going to open the door. 'I mean it. Apocalypse wouldn't want that, I'm not dumb' Rictor adds, explaining that Apocalypse wants to stay there with his wife, and he wants to stay here, too. Rictor points out that Apocalypse has always been immortal, and always had enough time to learn, but now he has got time for things, too. 'Apocalypse's wife? What a formidable woman she must be!' Shatterstar remarks, leaning over and wrapping his arms around Rictor. 'Hah. Dude. We'lll fill you in' Rictor smiles. Bei then tells Shatterstar that she has takes of gore and glory.
Back in Sevalith: 'Ahh, Captain Britain. You are good' the First Horseman known as Death remarks as Captain Britain's Starlight Sword strikes him. 'Did Isca lie about me, Death?' Captain Britain asks. 'Oh, not at all. Truly, she regretted not having more time with you. As – I expect – will I' Death responds. Captain Britain then telepathically speaks directly into Death's mind, informing him that she doesn't want to be overheard. 'You've been here as their guest for months. Say the word and I'll have you freed, by diplomacy or otherwise'. Death's weapon clangs against the Starlight Sword as Death's thoughts thank Captain Britain, but decline her offer as he explains that he is working. Betsy tells Death that the Countexes would not give her a straight answer about the assassin, and that she couldn't find anything when she looked in their minds. 'They sent an assassin. Do you need that clarified?' Death responds. Captain Britain asks Death who the Countexes want dead, and whether it was a strike against Avalon or against her.
'Or perhaps someone else is sending Sevalithi assassins against you, and the Countezes are trying to save face' Death suggests. Death states that battle lines are being drawn all over Otherworld – from within this time, instead of without, and that they all share strong feelings on one thing – mutants. 'Mutants like us? After all, you're a mutant too, Death' Betsy reminds the ancient mutant. 'I'm not sure they understand that' Death responds, and tells Betsy that she is correct, and that for his family and his honor hr wouldn't dare hide. 'My father did not sacrifice himself for me to avoid defending mutantkind' Death adds. Betsy turns and starts to walk away as she tells Death that she appreciates knowing she has his support, for however bad things get. 'Storm was right about you, Death. You are a charmer' Betsy smiles. This surprises Death, who utters 'Lady Storm – she remembered me?' 'I'll tell her you said hello' Betsy replies as she leaves.
Captain Britain races down the front steps of the Countexes' castle, where a horse-drawn carriage is waiting for her. '... as soon as I next find myself in space' Betsy mumbles, referring to Storm now being the Regent of Arakko. She pulls a hood over her head as she notices several vampires begin to emerge from the shadows. She climbs into the carriage and tells the undead driver 'Diplomatic Ring, please, and step on it!' But the driver begins to tell Betsy that her blood is sweet – until Betsy telepathically takes command of him: 'None of that. I did say hurry' she adds as the driver pulls on the horses' reigns and the carriage rumbles down the path, while the vampires begin to follow. 'I'll watch the ambulance chasers. We've an appointment at the Starlight Citadel!' Betsy exclaims as she creates a large psi-shield behind the carriage, protecting it from the vampires.
Soon, Captain Britain has arrived at the makeshift campsite where Excalibur have gathered around a fire. Shogo lays on the ground nearby, and Jubilee strokes his face. Gambit reclines against some large rocks, shuffling a deck of cards, while Shatterstar leans into Rictor, who puts an arm around him as they sit next to the fire. Captain Britain tells her team to rest well tonight, as she doesn't know what tomorrow at the Citadel will bring, but she knows one thing: 'We are now fighting for our right to be here in Otherworld as mutants. This might be the last night of peace we ever have in the shadow of the Starlight Citadel'.
The next morning, inside the Starlight Citadel, where a large chamber has been transformed into a courtroom. Denizens of Otherworld fill the seats, while Opal Luna Saturnyne sits in a throne-like chair at the head of the room. Holograms of those on trial hover in the air above the proceedings – the “deviant” Captain Britains - “Rogue”, “Gambit” and “Rictor”, while Lord Constable Mandragon walks around the head of the room and instructs everyone to rise: 'The Court of the Captain Britains is now in session. Today, we hear the case of the reality aberrants heretofore known as the deviant Captains Britain: Rogue, Gambit and Rictor'. Mandragon announces that the honorable Judge Saturnyne presides. 'She's judge?' Gambit asks. 'Well, who else would she allow?' someone remarks. 'She better not hurt that Rogue. They put hands on that Rogue and the better show up and apologize to the real one, non?' Gambit remarks, referring to his wife.
Gambit is seated with Jubilee, Rictor and Shatterstar. Shogo's dragon head can be seen poking up out of a window behind them, while the Braddock family are seated in front of them – Brian a.k.a. Captain Avalon and his wife Meggan, sometimes called Gloriana, along with their daughter, Maggie, who leans against the counter, watching the proceedings with an excited curiousity. The third Braddock sibling, the eldest, Jamie a.k.a. Monarch sits with his arms folded, looking unimpressed. 'They're all real! And that one that was me already got exploded by Monarch!' Jubilee exclaims, while Rictor asks 'Can you imagine being Betsy right now? I'd hate sitting among dozens of myself!'
Captain Britain sits with other members of the Captain Britain Corps, as Mandragon asks if the Captain Britain Corps wishes to present an opening argument. 'I'll  speak' Betsy responds as she stands up and addresses Saturnyne: 'Your honor, these Captain Britains have been unjustly on trial since the moment of their creation' she begins. Betsy continues, suggesting that the Captain Britains ought to be hailed as heroes from now-destroyed realities who wish to continue serving the greater reality of Otherworld. She adds that, as of now, they can claim seniority over many of the Captains in this room, and that, if anything, they must protect them as refugees, not view them as enemies. She asks that they be spared, and points out that her own brother was Captain Britain before she was, and that for him, a keen sense of choice was the defining matter of his life. 'The se Captains made the right choice in a time of crisis. It is for this reason, I ask you to -' Captain Britian begins, before she is interrupted as several of the other Captain Britains begin to surround somebody.
'Bar the doors -!' one of the Captains calls out. 'Forgive us, my lady, we have an unwelcome intruder' another declares. 'Captains? Court is in session...' Saturnyne exclaims. 'Unhand me!' someone calls out as the Captains surround them. 'No. you lost the right to move freely in this Citadel when you threatened the Majestrix' one of the Captains declares. 'Merlyn!' Saturnyne gasps as she walks over and sees that the Captains have captured Merlyn. The bearded old man tells Saturnyne to have her witches unhand him, and claims that he brings a witness to speak on the danger of these mutants. 'But it would seem Captain Britain is proving my point!' he exclaims. Saturnyne tells Merlyn that they have no need of his testimony and that they have heard enough from him. 'Oh. I am not the witness I bring, my lady. I bring Arthur... forgotten King of Avalon... who sees mutants on his throne and a mutant Captain Britain and mutants filling the Starlight Citadel and the Majestrix's head with evil! And he comes for answers!' Merlyn exclaims.
Outside the Citadel, Merlyn rides a large white steed, an army at his command surround him, consisting of several furies, the wasp-like inhabitants of Vesperidae, and Sevalithi vampires.
'Corps – protect the Lady Saturnyne!' Captain Britain instructs her Corps as she looks out a window and sees the massive army. 'I'm fine – just get me Merlyn's head!' Saturnyne responds. The Braddock family look concerned. 'Arthur? Blood King Arthur?' Brian asks as he grabs his daughter. 'Oh dear. Are we going to have to move?' Maggie asks. 'Oh I refuse, little one' Monarch tells his niece. Saturnyne remarks that Arthur has been gone for years, and that Camelot is better for it. She tells Merlyn that she recalls what sort of influence he had on that place – and she isn't the only one. Merlyn laughs as he tells Saturnyne that all her screaming will not stop this army. 'It's one thing to play card games with confused invaders, but can you defend yourself from the kings you have subjected to your rule?' Merlyn asks.

Excalibur, the Braddocks and members of the Captain Britain Corps edge towards a balcony, ready for battle, while one of the Captain Britain Corps members suggests that they have to ride out and strike before they attack. Captain Britain takes to the sky and instructs the Corps to remain her and protect Lady Saturnyne. 'I'm to parlay' Betsy remarks. 'You're not going alone' Jubilee declares. As she puts her helmet on, Captain Britain tells Jubilee that she is right, and that the army won't want the Corps. 'They want Excalibur!'
Shortly, Captain Britain arrives at the point where Merlyn and his army are waiting. Jubilee, Gambit and Bei the Blood Moon have arrived on Shogo, while Rictor and Shatterstar have traveled across the ground thanks to Rictor's control over the earth beneath them. 'You're King Arthur? My brother's met you, but I haven't had the displeasure' Betsy remarks, introducing herself as the new Captain Britain, she asks Arthur if Merlyn is attempting to declare war against the Starlight Citadel on his behalf. 'Because your son Modred is... a mutant' Captain Britain states. 'My son would have been my own. Another man, a king like me, to hold Avalon as I had held her' Arthut responds. He remarks that since the day Modred was born, he has known the truth – that Modred would betray him. 'But never why he would betray me. Never what for' Arthur reveals, before announcing that he now knows – Merlyn says he can see the X in Modred's blood, like in Captain Britain's. 'He sees my son, always strange and different to me, coming to love the gifts of you invaders more than he ever will his father's kingdom. I can't have my son because he will go to you' Arthur explains.
'But if I kill all of you... he cannot betray me' Arthur declares as he raises his sword. 'Coward, you strike at me now?' Captain Britain asks as the Starlight Sword manifests in her hand. 'Excalibur: protect yourselves! I can take Arthur. He's just a man!' Captain Britain calls out as she leaps towards Arthur, and the battle begins. Shogo breathes dragonfire towards the representatives of the Colony, while Gambit hurls some kinetically-charged playing cards at the Sevalithi. Shatterstar engages one of the vampires in hand-to-hand combat, while Rictor unleashes his seismic power, and Bei raises her weapon overhead. 'Ah, mind-taker. You call me just a man? I am a man protected by Merlyn's charms. Your curses can't addle me. I will water Avalon in your blood!' Arthur boasts as his sword clangs against the Starlight Sword.
'Looking on – Origin: Arakkii. Name: Bei the Blood Moon. High-threat target!' one of the Furies states as they confront the powerful mutant. At that moment, Captain Britain looks up and sees her brothers and sister-in-law hovering above the battleground, along with some of the Captain Britain Corps. She instructs the Corps to get her family out of here, to get to Avalon and castle in, where Jamie can reinforce it into a fortress. 'Absolutely not, my dear sister' Jamie calls back in response. 'We're fighting with you' Captain Avalon exclaims. 'I swear, Brian. You're not even a mutant!' Betsy replies as she fights two of the Colony. 'But everyone I love is...' Brian replies as he, Meggan and Jamie drop down to the ground. '... so here I am' Captain Avalon exclaims, gritting his teeth. 'Here's to that, new friend!' Shatterstar agrees.
Captain Britain stands on a ridge and raises her sword overhead. Her brothers stand on either side of her. Meggan stands next to Captain Avalon, and Gambit next to Meggan. On the other side, Rictor and Shatterstar stand near Monarch, and Bei stands back from them, while Shogo lands behind the group, Jubilee on his dragon head. Captain Britain calls out to Arthur and informs him that Merlyn is the captive of the Captains up in the Citadel. She suggests he leave, and then they will return Merlyn to him unharmed as a head of state. 'He will never again be allowed in the Citadel, but he may send a proxy to represent him in council' Captain Britain explains, adding that she has not wanted Arthur to fear her kind – but she does now. 'Take one more step forward, and we will destroy you!' Captain Britain declares.
Arthur announces that he has sworn on oath to Merlyn, and before that, to this land itself – to Avalon and Camelot, and that he will protect these places from invaders and champion their purity. 'I am sure you see yourselves as heroes. But you are not. MY KNIGHTS, DESTROY THEM!' Arthur booms as he raises his sword, his horse pulls back onto its hind legs, and Furies, Vampires and soldiers of the Colony move forward to attack Excalibur.
In the Starlight Citadel, Merlyn looks out a window as several of the Captain Britain Corps restrain him. 'Ho ho, do you see, Saturnyne? It's started! It's happening! You can't fix it now unless you wanted to just force them to stop, like you did in your mutant card game' Merlyn utters. He turns to Saturnyne and reminds her that there are kings and warriors down there, her subjects, and they won't take to her treating them like a tyrant would. He suggests that after this they will have to choose – they will have to pick sides. 'Every kingdom will have to decide: Are these witchbreed beloved freaks? Or – and this is what I think – an invading species who are taking over a new and unfamiliar world?' Merlyn asks. Saturnyne's assistant, Ryl, stands next to her and pours some liquid into a goblet. Saturnyne takes a sip of the drink, while Merlyn tells her that she chose her side already – when she let that mutant become Captain Britain, defender of Otherworld.
'Shut up, Merlyn. I've defeated you before and I'll do it again!' Saturnyne snaps as she gets up from her seat and moves towards the ancient man. 'Once upon a time...you agreed with me. But then, the mutants gave you too much love. That'll be Modred's problem, mark my words!' Merlyn snarls, before suddenly, he vanishes in a poof of smoke. 'No one can capture tricky Merlyn... enjoy your war, witchbreed – you have certainly earned it!' the sorcerer utters as  he vanishes. '$#%&! Weasel! Snake!' Saturnyne exclaims, throwing her goblet into the smoke, while the Captains look on, confused.
And outside, Captain Britain, Captain Avalon, Gambit, Meggan, Rictor, Shatterstar, Jubilee, Monarch and Bei the Blood Moon are left to fight Arthur and his awesome forces....


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The Green Lagoon, Krakoa, where Captain Britain a.k.a. Betsy Braddock sits at a table. She stares blankly ahead, while her mind thinks back to Otherworld, specifically Rictor, Shatterstar and Bei the Blood Moon surrounding a Fury. '... Wisdom's been kind enough to take it upon himself to sort of acquaint us all with Krakoa – I like Pete, honestly! But I had a lot to think about. We all did...' someone sitting opposite Betsy remarks. Betsy remembers Otherworld again, this time, she is in battle, 'Got you!' she called out as she struck a Fury in the back of its neck with her Starlight Sword. '... so we settled on it. We're still STRIKE, and that's what we're going to do. They can't keep us from our home, and we won't let them' a man smiles at Betsy, telling her that Alison, Kevin, Vicki and he have a plan. Betsy glances down as she remembers the battle again, fighting alongside Ric, Star and Bei. 'He's hobbled – find out what it was that did it so we can do it again!' Betsy cried out to her allies.
'... Betsy?' the man sitting opposite Betsy calls out. 'You know I can literally see that something else is on your mind' the man remarks. Betsy looks up at him and calls him Tom as she tells him that she is sorry. Tom assures Betsy that it is all right, and remarks that he is not foolish – he didn't think they would just pick up where they left off if he rang her up for a drink – but he didn't know  what else to do. 'The last thing I remember was the Slaymaster's blade...l ooking down at it, and trying to make sense of it' Tom reveals. Betsy glances to her left, where she can see Kwannon on a date with John Greycrow, while Tom explains that it was someone behind him and before him at the same time, he felt like he had to yawn – and then felt nothing at all. Tom points out that he is now here in paradise, but Britain – the only hom he has ever known – won't have him back, because apparently he is a mutant, so he did what any man would – he called up the best-looking girlfriend he ever had and saw if she would still speak to him. 'You're still a charmer, Tom Lennox' Betsy smiles, as Tom takes her hand.
As Betsy looks over at Kwannon once more, Tom asks her if she is a friend of hers. While Kwannon walks away holding Greycrow's hand, Betsy responds by saying 'That's a very complicated answer. You're already adjusting to a lot, so I'll spare you'. 'Seeing her just reminds me...' Betsy begins, before looking back at Tom, the two of them holding hands, Betsy asks Tom if he knows how funny it is for him to come back now, and that tells him that she hasn't been this close to being that girl he knew in years. 'It's been such a strange journey to becoming...Captain Britain of all things' Betsy adds. Tom smiles as he reminds Betsy that this isn't her first go at it, and tells her that this job was meant for her. 'And look at how the world needs you now' Tom adds. 'How we need you' he begins, before announcing that he is going to London tonight, with STRIKE, and that it is dangerous work. 'We'd hoped to have Captain Britain with us' Tom declares, as the other members of STRIKE suddenly appear and sit down at the table. Kevin Mulhearn a.k.a. Xanth, Alison Double a.k.a. Albedo and Vicki Reppion a.k.a. Rubedo.
'Alison!' Betsy exclaims. 'Oh, and Kevin and Vicki...' Betsy's voice trails off, while Alison exclaims 'Hello, love. Been missing you'. Betsy looks around at her old friends as she takes Vicki's hand and puts her other hand on Alison's shoulder and tells them that she can't stay. She explains that the Britain they are rightfully fighting to change and the Britain she protects aren't the same. 'I'm fighting for something far older than Parliament and the Crown. There is a magic that belongs to outcasts like us. That's the magic of my family and my blood. The magic of Otherworld...it's the magic of mutantkind!' Betsy exclaims. Everyone puts their hands together in the center of the table as Betsy tells her friends that Camelot was something else once, too – a haven for everyone, not just the landed gentry who seat themselves there and claim God did it just for them. 'Camelot was for all. For every faith and kingdom' Betsy adds. She stands up as she tells STRIKE that they have to fight for it here, them and Pete Wisdom and any of them who want to go home again – they can't go unless they fight for it here. 'My brave friends. As long as you all will call me Captain Britain... that is who I will be' Betsy utters.
Shortly, inside Camelot, the castle at Avalon, where Captain Britain stands with her family, teammates and allies around a table, where her niece, Maggie, has set out several dolls and other toys and objects to represent various people and places on Otherworld. Gathered are Maggie's parents Brian and Meggan a.k.a. Captain Avalon and Gloriana, respectively, and her uncle, King Jamie a.k.a. Monarch. Betsy's teammates Remy LeBeau a.k.a. Gambit, Jubilee and her dragon son Shogo and Julio Richter a.k.a. Rictor, and his lover, Shatterstar. Rounding out the group is the Arakkii mutant Bei the Blood Moon. Matter-of-factly, Maggie thanks everyone for coming and announces that she will get right to it. 'The battle at the Citadel never really ended. We retracted back to the castle while the Captain Britain Corps – the dollies with swords, here – held the tower, but they are getting sleeping and the enemy has rallied' Maggie begins.
Saturnyne motions to the Spider-Man action figure and explains that he represents Saturnyne, at the Citadel, but unresponsive for now. Maggie presumes that Saturnyne has been deep in meditation using her magic to strengthen and heal the Captains. 'As for what Merlyn is quietly up to on his side, we can only guess' Maggie adds, before explaining that Merlyn is portrayed by the frog in the hat, and motions to the toy. 'I see. And the crackers, miss Maggie?' Betsy asks her niece, referring to the stacks of crackers piled up near the frog. 'Siege towers. Ballistas. They're building defenses' Maggie responds, adding that she thinks they are coming to stay. 'I see' Betsy frowns. She adds that, with any luck, they will be distracted back there, and suggests that they break into their line from the back and try to join up with the Corps as reinforcements.
'You'll have me' Brian tells his twin. 'And me' Meggan smiles, holding Brian's hand which he puts on her shoulder. 'And me?' Jamie asks, waving at Betsy. 'No, Jamie' Betsy tells him. Jamie goes over to his sister and reminds her that he has saved her arse a half dozen times, and gestated an entire space station. 'You still think I'm not to be trusted? Bring me along and you can bring the baby dragon, too. There's no mess he can make that I can't mend!' Jamie exclaims. But Betsy points out that if Brian and his guard are with her, then all that is left defending the castle is Jamie and the local peasants with sticks. 'They can't do what will need to be done if Arthur and Merlyn get through the rest of us and reach the gates' Betsy explains. Maggie looks thoughtfully at her diagram of toys and crackers while Betsy instructs Jamie to take Maggie and Shogo through the gate, and to destroy it as they go.
'do not let them through to Krakoa. To Earth' Betsy tells Jamie. 'Could they even get through a gate?' Jamie asks. 'He's Merlyn, he'd figure it out. Take the kids and go, if it comes to that' Betsy declares, before turning to Maggie and telling her that means her, too – and that she isn't to play hero. 'I prefer strategy to heroics, Auntie' Maggie replies, before asking if they can continue with her presentation. Maggie reports that the Captains send psychic dispatches when they can, but that they are fighting constantly and are exhausted, so her Mama asked the other things there – the elements and the air and the blades of grass, the bugs and the fairies – and they all told her the same thing: that Merlyn is casting a spell, day and night. They can feel it, everyone is holding back until the spell is cast. 'I know I promised strategy, but the best I can offer is that you must move fast' Maggie remarks.
Captain Britain tells her allies that they will go  now, and that by no means can they let Merlyn breach the Citadel – and if he does, then the priority is Saturnyne – they can't let her fall into Merlyn's hands. 'Understood' Gambit replies as he stands with Jubilee and Rictor. Brian tells his sister that Saturnyne doesn't deserve her, to which Betsy smiles and laughs. 'All right. Get your gear, Excalibur' she exclaims. Standing on the table still, Maggie urges everyone to be swift. 'If we're not careful.. the Citadel will fall!' she exclaims, kicking over a pitcher of juice which was placed atop some books to represent the Starlight Citadel. 'Maggie! DON'T SPILL JUICE!' Meggan exclaims, grabbing her daughter and yanking her off the table, while everyone else looks on and smiles, and the juice starts to spill to the floor.
Meanwhile, at the Starlight Citadel, several Captain Britains can be seen hovering around the Citadel to protect it, while on the outskirts of the grounds outside the Citadel, Arthur's forces  have set up camp. A vampire approaches Arthur as he strides across the camp. 'Speak' Arthur instructs the vampire, addressing him as Lirio Ironsights. The vampire reports that the Sevalithi think they have found a weakness on the Eastern border, and that if they move now, they can exploit it and get Lord Merlyn into the tower. 'No. We cannot move yet – damn the opportunities. Luck is for the fae' Arthur scowls, before glancing up to a platform where Merlyn is in the midst of conducting his spell. Arthur states that Lord Merlyn's spell nears completion, that he knows everything about Saturnyne's protective magic, and that he unmakes it even now, and when his spell is complete, the Citadel will be defenseless.
Suddenly, the vampire notices something in the air above. 'Shields up, men! Archers incoming!' Arthur calls out to his forces as dozens of Saturnyne's White Priestesses drop from the Starlight Citadel, blasting their white-light arrows at their enemies. 'For the Starlight Citadel – we fight!' one of them exclaims. 'Her Priestesses? She's getting desperate. Her students are fighting for her' Arthur remarks to the horde of vampires at his side. 'For Camelot!' Arthur shouts as he slams his sword into one of the Priestesses. At that moment, Captain Britain and her allies arrive on scene. 'This way – and don't be shy – let the Captains see we fight with them!' Captain Britain calls out. Meggan hovers above the others having replaced her red dress with her classic green costume, and the new fairy wings she is fond of sporting. Betsy asks Shatterstar and Bei if she can rely on them to keep the priestesses alive. 'Yes' Bei responds, while Shatterstar tells Betsy that it would be an honor. 'Come along, friend Bei!' Shatterstar calls out. 'I like that you two get along' Rictor remarks.
Nearby, Captain Avalon notices that Arthur's army has siege weapons but that they are not pointed at the Citadel. 'Oh God, Betsy! He's killing the Corps!' Captain Avalon cries out as the weapons are fired and strike several of the Captain Britain Corps members hovering in the air. Bodies begin to drop out of the air, while the shocked Captain Britain instructs the Corps to disperse and tells them that they will regroup once their weapons are spent. 'They're targeting us!' Captain Britain warns the Corps. 'Are you mad? Without us here defending, they'll breach the Citadel in no time!' one of the Corps calls back. But Betsy tells the Corps that Merlyn is building to something – they don't know what it is, and she needs every one of them. 'We can't die yet!' she exclaims, while Merlyn can be heard continuing to cast his spell. 'Go!' Betsy shouts as the Corps begins to retreat.
Suddenly, a blackness begins to wash upwards from the camp, towards the Citadel, slamming against the green bubble surrounding the Citadel. 'Oh no. Merlyn's speel it's -' someone calls out, while inside the Citadel, Saturnyne gasps: 'Antimagic! That devil -'. Captain Britain telepathically tells the Corps members to go. 'They will surge forward upon your retreat and we will hold them at the choke point!'
Arthur and his army race towards the citadel after the forcefield falls. 'Get up to the doorway!' Rictor calls out as he runs alongside Gambit and Jubilee. 'Attack, my knights, now – the cowardly Corps retreats!' Arthur exclaims. 'Get your backs into it – we hold that damn door!' Jubilee tells her companions as the three of them reach the main doors, where Captain Avalon, Meggan, Shatterstar and Bei are waiting. Everyone stands braced to defend the Citadel. 'Are you ready, Excalibur?' Jubilee asks. 'To die permanently, shortly after moving to an immortal paradise? No' Rictor replies, referring to the Resurrection Protocols no longer applying to mutant deaths that occur on Otherworld. Gambit tells his teammate not to worry, and that he will pull a card. 'And hope it's not the Death card' Captain Avalon suggests, while Meggan tells her husband that that card is just about change. 'We know, Meggan!' Gambit, Jubilee, Rictor and Shatterstar exclaim in unison as they engage the first wave of Arthur's army.
'Where is she, witchbreed? Bring me your betrayer Captain, who stole into the role like a snake when her brother bucked to Morgan Le Fay's charms!' Arthur calls out as he waves his sword around in front of him. Jubilee casts a series of her plasma fireworks blasts at Arthur's army, while Rictor raises the ground around them, knocking them back. 'Is he trying to provoke her or me?' Captain Avalon asks. Shatterstar swings one of his swords at several vampires as he remarks that Merlyn thinks he can stop their righteous advance with antimagic, and that wizards are so arrogant. 'My blades still cut true!' Shatterstar exclaims. Rictor knocks some of the enemy backwards with his seismic energy and points out that the enemy still have plenty of magic on their side, and that Merlyn just knocke out the magic of the Citadel, which means Saturnyne and all its other defenses. 'What of the Captain?' Shatterstar asks. 'Is her magic not borne of the Citadel?' Shatterstar asks. 'Oh, $#%&, you've been here for like five minutes and you figured that out -' Rictor replies, before calling out to Betsy, asking her where she went.
Betsy's telepathic signnal appears above her allies and tells them to get in the Citadel, now. Rictor announces that he is trying to block the door as he raises the ground up around it. 'They're right behind us!' Jubilee tells him. 'I said I'm trying!' Rictor snaps, before a Fury bursts through the door. '$#%&! A Fury! They're in!' Rictor exclaims. A moment later, Arthur appears at the now-destroyed Citadel door. 'Halt!' he calls out, stating that the Fury does what he says, and that they won't harm anyone unless he orders it. 'Bring me Captain Britain' Arthur demands. 'Let me slay the Witchbreed pretender, and then her mad fool of a brother who squats upon my throne' he states. Betsy telepathically tells everyone to leave Arthur to her, and urges them upstairs, and to get Saturnyne and get out. Bei and Captain Avalon lead the way, followed by Gambit and Meggan, then Rictor, who raises the ground around the staircase as Shatterstar and Jubilee make their way up the stairs, with Jubilee asking 'What's going on? Where are you, Bets?' 'GO!' Betsy urges on, telepathically.
Arthur points his sword forward and instructs his army to go after them. 'Clear the path for Merlyn's rise to the top of the Citadel! For Avalon -' Arthur shouts. 'For Sevalith -' one of the vampires snarls. 'For Merlyn's Holy Republic -' another begins. 'For all Otherworld!' Arthur declares. 'LONG MAY THEY REIGN!' much of the army shouts. When his army has gone, followed Excalibur upstairs, Arthur walks around the Citadel and remarks to himself that this holy Citadel should never have come to such ruin. 'But I have seen worse things broken in war' he reminds himself, before deciding that it is necessary bring about peace, and that only women and bards shed tears for broken things. 'If you will not give up this Citadel, we will take it from you. We have already taken your magic, Captain Britain' he calls out.
'You're Arthur? King Arthur? How stupid the legends are' Captain Britain, no longer wearing her costume, only some dark undergarments, calls out as she stands with a physical sword and looks at Arthur. 'You're just a man. And you've forgotten why you fear my kind' she tells him. 'I don't need this Citadel's power to stop you. I never have' Betsy exclaims as she leaps towards Arthur, who swings his sword, but Betsy dodges him, and then puts her fingers on his head, attacking him psychically, she warns him that she will not let him retake Avalon in hate. 'Can I make you understand? You will die first'
The other heroes rush into Saturnyne's chamber and find her lying in her scrying pool. 'There she is. Saturnyne, are you just in the bath?' someone calls out. 'I wouldn't put it past her' someone else replies. Bei lifts Saturnyne out of the water and tells her companions that they have to get Saturnyne out of here. She asks Rictor if he can sail them all on stones, to which Rictor tells her that he might be able to carry a few of them at a time, but that they don't have that kind of time. The door to the chamber slams open and Arthur's forces appear. 'There is nowhere left to run, witchbreed! We will escort Merlyn to the throne. Then we will feast on witch blood!' one of them excllaims. Suddenly, the wall of the Citadel seems to fade away, and Arthur's forces are knocked back. The heroes see Shogo hovering beside the Citadel, with Monarch standing on his dragon back. 'Shogo! Jamie, he is not supposed to be here!' Jubilee exclaims. 'He wanted to go outside. Not his fault Uncle Jamie can warp reality at will!'
Back down below, Betsy tells Arthur that they will not have their duel today, and that when she steps away from him, his mind won't be fit for one. She adds that Merlyn is beyond her forgiveness now, but that Arthur can still learn, as he has a son. 'Maybe he could forgive you, when he sees you again' Betsy suggests. Psychic energy radiates around Betsy as she tells Arthur that if he must move forward, she will duel him a hundred times – a thousand – and she will fighting him in the name of every single one of her kind. Arthur falls backwards, clutching his head, while Betsy tells him to think about that before his next advance, and that he is right to be afraid of her kind. 'We are becoming too wise for tyrants like you. Soon you'll have nowhere to go' Captain Britain declares.
Betsy then carries on through the Citadel, she calls out to Saturnyne, but gets no response. 'Come on, you insufferable woman -' Betsy mutters, before her brother, Jamie, calls out to her as he flies nearby on Shogo, with Bei at his side: 'Yoo hoo! Betsy with no armor on! There you are!' and then instructs Bei to go ahead and drop the Majestrix. Bei lets Saturnyne fall from the great height they fly at. 'Off she goes!' Monarch exclaims. 'Jamie! You $#%&, you madman -' Betsy begins, rushing forward, she leaps up, and suddenly appears in her Captain Britain costume once more. 'I've got you' she utters as she grabs Saturnyne. 'And it looks like we're out of Merlyn's anti-magic zone' Betsy realizes as they float through the air around the Citadel as she asks Saturnyne if she can hear her. Captain Avalon and Meggan can be seen flying nearby, while large winged creatures carry Rictor, Shatterstar, Jubilee and Gambit, as theyfollow Monarch and Bei on Shogo. Betsy instructs Excalibur to fall back to Avalon, because if Arthur's forces are just trying to claim the Citadel, they won't follow them.
'And leave the Citadel to Merlyn?' Brian asks as he flies over to his sister. 'We've got Saturnyne. We must protect her until we can restore her to the throne. For all her faults...' Betsy starts to reply. 'All right, Betsy. By your lead' Brian tells his sister. 'Avalon is our country. We'll carve a trench in the ground before we'll cede one more inch. We cannot let them get to Avalon, to the gates. There's no telling what they'll do' Captain Britain exclaims. The group flies on to Avalon, and Betsy tells Jamie to be prepared to repair reality as it burns. 'Shogo? One last time for Aunty Betsy, if you can...' Betsy asks the dragon. Jamie is straining as he hovers above everyone and tells his sister that he is holding it together with his bare hands, while Shogo releases dragonfire around the outside of Avalon. The heroes have set down on Avalon, surrounded by the flames, they look out over Otherworld, and Jubilee exclaims 'We did it!'
Holding Saturnyne in her arms, Captain Britain reports that Arthur's forces are blocked for now, and explains that Shogo has carved a trench in reality itself, while Jamie is doing all that he can to keep existence from collapsing. Betsy asks how the little one is doing, and as she touches her dragon-son's nose, Jubilee reports that Shogo is exhausted. 'Of course, he is. He doesn't know how to use his powers. He needs training, or he'll not live a long life...' Bei begins.
Suddenly, several large flying creatures can be seen moving towards Avalon. 'Lotd Merlyn! The witch Saturnyne is defeated. We have the Citadel. The doors have been barred to the Captain Britain Corps! Victory is ours!' one of Arthur's army remarks to Merlyn as they ride the large creatures towards Avalon. '...what victory?' Merlyn asks. 'We've driven them out! The throne is yours!' comes the response. 'Not while she lives. Not while any of them live!' Merlyn snarls as he raises a hand and begins to cast a spell. 'Begone from this place. No reality will hold you, witches' Merlyn utters, as his spell affects the ground Betsy and Saturnyne are standing on, causing them to begin to fall towards the trench around Avalon. 'I hope you two kill each other' Merlyn utters. 'It's sucking us in! Merlyn! I know it's him!' Betsy calls out, before asking Jamie to do something. Brian reaches out for his sister, but it's no use. 'Hands're a bit full!' Jamie exclaims as he watches in shock.
'It's pulling us in – I've got you, Saturnyne – I've got you -!' Captain Britain assures the unmoving Majestrix, while Meggan, Captain Avalon, Rictor, Shatterstar, Gambit, Jubilee and Bei gather around the edge of the trench in reality. 'Where have they gone?' Rictor asks. Shatterstar puts a hand on Ric's shoulder as he tells him that they will come back, as Betsy comes back from everything.
The Sea of Secrets, where an old rowboat creaks. 'Where... am I?' Betsy asks as she wakes, clutching her head. 'Oh good. You're awake. I've been thinking' Saturnyne remarks as she reclines in the rowboat, looking refreshed and calm. She reveals to Betsy that she has been here before, and that they will be here for a while. 'So why don't I finally keep my promise and tell you the story of how I took that Citadel from Merlyn? It might just prove useful...'