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'All dressed up and nowhere to go' Jubilee mutters as she holds up an invitation to the first annual Inner Circle Gala held on Krakoa. '...this is like junior-high homecoming all over again' Jubilee frowns, while wearing an outfit she had intended to wear to the Gala, before tossing the invitation aside and remarking that she can't believe Chuck and Magz even agreed to host Emma Frost's little party after that total meltdown on Polemachus. Jubilee sits down in front of several screens which show her events taking place outside on Krakoa. 'You'd think a girl who's lived ten lifetimes would be immune to surprises, butb then boom: thousands of new mutants pop out of nowhere. Let's hope our guests dressed up for the big fireworks show coming later tonight...'
Elsewhere on Krakoa, the Inner Circle Gala is underway. Krakoa's debut to the world at large – and the must-attend party of the century! Hundreds of guests are in attendance as Dazzler performs on stage. Iceman slides nearby on an ice-sled and creates a large X sculpture of ice. 'The bumper stickers say mutants have more fun, but you don't believe it until you see it!' Spider-Man remarks as he sits on a platform and observes the celebrations goinng on. Mephisto and Uatu the Watcher can be seen near each other, while Deadpool waves to someone over the Hulk's shoulder. Domino glances away from Ghost Rider to look at Deadpool, while Cyclops and Jean Grey welcome new arrivals to the party. A small Arakkii mutant hands drinks around, and gives one to Destiny, while Cable and Bishop move through the festivities, keeping watch over everyone. Silver Sable walks past Colossus and Nightcrawler, while Luke Cage can be seen talking with Hercules, while several of Hercules' fellow Avengers – Crystal, Vision, Thor and Black Knight stand nearby.
'No hard feelings at the party, eh, Chere?' Gambit remarks to Rogue, who glances sideways at Ms Marvel. 'Ah'm sorry I kicked your butt, Carol... again' Rogue says to Ms Marvel. 'I should have stayed in space' Ms Marvel sighs.
 'Aww, didn't feel like getting dressed up for us, Logan?' the Hulk asks as he, Spider-Man and Ghost Rider gather around Wolverine, who is wearing jeans and a brown jacket. 'They let you in without shoes, didn't they?' Wolverine replies. Squirrel Girl goes wide-eyed as the Black Panther and Forge both rush over to Storm and ask in unison 'May I have this dance?'
Multiple Man is behind the bar, while Quicksilver stand nearby. The Fantastic Four are in attendance – Mr Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch and the Thing, who wears a metal mask over his face. Professor Xavier approaches Mr Fantastic and tells him that he had hoped to speak to him about his son, but Mr Fantastic responds by stretching out his hand and holding it up to Xavier, as if to say “Talk to the hand”.
At a nearby portal, Mojo and Spiral have arrived on Krakoa. 'You're gonna want to remember the big night, Cyclops, give me exclusive film rights and I'll cut you copies on VHS and Betamax!' Mojo exclaims, but Cyclops tells Mojo that this party is invite only, while Longshot waves at Spiral. When Mojo and Spiral have gone back through the portal, Cyclops walks over to Jean Grey, telling her that he has been looking for her all over. Jean explains that she was helping Amelia Voght at the nurse's station, as Rusty and Skids had way too much Krakoan punch. 'Are you ready?' Cyclops asks as he puts his arms around Jean. Jean looks up at Cyclops and tells him that she is as ready as she will ever be. 'It's all been leading to this, hasn't it?' she asks. 'Genosha, the Sentinels, poor Jubilee...' her voice trails off before two Madrox dupes approach them. 'Enough of the mushy stuff. You're the Bruce and Demi of Krakoa, we get it' one of the dupes begins. The other dupe reports that Dazzler is almost done with her encore, and that Cyclops and Jean are up next
A moment later, 'Ahem, if we could have your attention please' Cyclops announces as he speaks into the microphone Dazzler hands him. The partygoers all look up to Cyclops and Jean as they stand on the stage. Among them are Gatecrasher and Yap of the Tech-Net, Black Tom Cassidy, Captain Britain, Psylocke, Wonder Man, Ka-Zar, Daredevil, Bishop, Tusk, War Machine, Zaladane, Hulk, Senyaka and Dr Strange. Cyclops states that Krakoa is honored to welcome so many friendly faces for the celebration of mutant culture and progress. He remarks that part of the promise of this land iis true unity among mutants, so they  felt it was appropriate for the newest team of X-Men to be decided by a vote. 'And no need for paper ballots either, Jean?' Cyclops adds. Jean telepathically connects to all of mutantkind as she tells them to focus their minds on their nomination, and she will psychically tally the vote.
'Bah, aren't there enough of those cub scouts already?' Sabretooth snarls to himself as he walks away from the Gala. He makes his way across Krakoa and enters a lab. 'I'm surprised you wanted to meet during the shindig, Sinister' Sabretooth calls out. 'Thought you enjoyed all the grills and glitter' Sabretooth adds. He sniffs the air and asks Sinister what he is up to in here, as it smells rotten. Sabretooth approaches the chair where Sinister is sitting, 'Anyway, I've been tailing Magneto and Xavier like you asked. They're definitely hiding something in the woods, I just don't know what -' Sabretooth begins as he spins the chair around, and discovers Sinister has been bound and gagged. Sinister mumbles something from behind his gag, while the Beast drops down from above and lands on Sabretooth. 'Do continue, Victor!' the Beast exclaims. The Beast reveals that he returned from his fateful demise on Polemachus with certain ambitions for Krakoa – ambitions requiring a suspension of morality the Inner Circle may not tolerate. The Beast adds that, sadly, Mr Sinister was less amenable to collaboration that one might have hoped. 'Perhaps you possess a stronger sense of self-preservation?' the Beast asks.
'Now the moment you've been waiting for. Humans and mutants, I give you...your X-MEN!' Jean Grey announces as the new X-Men are revealed: Cyclops! Jean Grey! Rogue! Polaris! Sunfire! Random! Feral!
X-Force members Darkstar and Pyro watch from nearby, while Spider-Man and his amazing friends, Firestar and Iceman, are standing together. 'Hey. They're always next year' Spider-Man jokes to Firestar, who puts her hand up to her face, embarassed. 'Oh, c'mon! Random?!' Adam-X the X-Treme suddenly complains, throwing his hands up in the air. Cyclops congratulates the newest members of the X-Men, before announcing to everyone that the election is not the only reason they took to the stage tonight. He turns to Jean, whose eyes suddenly light up, fiery energy swirls around her, and her Gala costume is transformed into her classic green and gold Phoenix costume as she utters 'Most of you know me by my birth name. But now, and forever...I AM PHOENIX!' she exclaims, holding her hands above her head, as the Phoenix energy flare glows behind her. 'No – not again' Wolverine utters as he looks on, concerned.
'Avengers assemble -' the Black Knight begins, while his teammates Sersi and the Black Widow stand with him. But Phoenix telepathically tells everyone not to be afraid, and explains that the Phoenix is a force for creation, not destruction, and that her cosmic powers are needed for mutantkind to take its next step. Phoenix suddenly gathers up several powerful mutants – Magneto, Storm, Iceman and Magma, as she remarks that Krakoa was founded as a home for all mutants, but that they recently discovered that there are far more mutants than they ever knew. Shadowcat, Captain America, the Black Panther, Grizzly, Guardian, Dazzler and Hercules look up wide-eyed as Phoenix lifts the other four mutants into space. The moon glows down upon them, as Phoenix states that they know the patience of their globe has its limits, so this next step will lead them beyond Earth.
'There is no limit to what mutants can achieve...when we work together for the future of our species' Phoenix announces, as Iceman begins to create massive sheathes of ice, which Magma turns into rock with her powers. Magneto then takes the iron from the rock to creature strutures while Storm begins to give this landscape an atmosphere, as Jean plants a Krakoan flower into the ground. 'No longer is Asteroid M a barren reminder of human-mutant convlict. Behold... mutantkind's new refuge among the stars, ASTEROID X!' Phoenix exclaims as the lush new landscape on the asteroid is revealed. The portal opens and the mutants of Arakko step onto the new home, as Storm welcomes them, and tells them that never again shall they know a conqueror's yoke.
Inside her bunker, a tear falls down Jubilee's face as she watches the proceedings on video. 'It actually worked. We might have a chance at avoiding this extinction thing after all' Jubilee utters.
Back at the Gala, Cyclops and Darkstar stand near Professor X as Nick Fury, Silver Sable and Spider-Man approach him. 'You didn't want to give us a heads-up  before putting a new mutant nation in orbit?' Fury asks, unimpressed. 'It's nice to see you too, Director Fury' Xavier responds, adding thst he is relieved to learn the invitation wasn't lost in the mail. Fury declares that SHIELD has kept its distance so far, but that not everyone is happy about the moves Krakoa has been making. Suddnely, 'Summers!' Wolverine shouts as he pushes past Deadpool and Spider-Man and walks to Cyclops and punches him in the stomach. 'Did you put Jeannie up to that stunt?' Wolverine snarls. Cyclops steps backwards, clutching his stomach as he points out that Jean is her own woman. Bishop, Destiny, Dr Strange and the Thing gather around, as Wolverine suggests that Cyclops must have forgotten what happened last time that firebird got its talons in Jean. 'Maybe the company you keep has been rubbing off on you. Take it from me – you lie down with dogs, you start smelling like 'em, too!' Wolverine exclaims as he strides off, pushing past Shatterstar and Cyber.
One week later, the Inner Circle are meeting. Professor Xavier addresses the Inner Circle by telling them that Phoenix and Cyclops relinquishing their seats so they can focus on leading the X-Men. He looks over to Mystique and Omega Red and remarks that Mr Sinister has sent word that he will be away tending to private matters for some weeks, before he welcomes Sunspot and Mirage to the Inner Circle, both personally chosen by Jean and Cyclops to follow in their footsteps. Xavier then motions to his right where a mysterious older woman with a blindfold across her eyes sits, and he announces that stepping into Apocalypse's ample shoes is a mutant possessing true vision for the future – Madame Web.
Xavier then looks over to the empty seat next to the White Queen and Callisto and explains that with Archangel remaining on Polemachus, it seemed prudent that the Inner Circle retain a steadfast moral compass, an X-Man who has been alongside him since the beginning of his dream for mutant peace and prosperity – Henry McCoy the Beast. The strange new version of the Beast steps forward to take his seat and claims that was quite the introduction, and that he can only hope to embody its superlatives. 'Krakoa is, after all, a grand idea. And in the words of Victor Hugo...nothing else in the world... not all the armies...is so powerful as an idea whose time has come'.
At that moment, Sabretooth leads the transformed Forearm, Silver Samurai and Solarr towards the mysterious rockface. He tells the others that they heard McCoy back at the lab – he has got big plans for Krakoa, which means he has to know what little secret the Tin-Can Helmet Twins are hiding behind this rock. Silver Samurai begins slashing at the doors of the bunkere, while Solarr uses his powers against the door, too.
Meanwhile, on the Orchis Satellite, where Cameron Hodge, Henry Gyrich, GW Bridge, Gradyon Creed, Donald Pierce and Bolivar Trask, whose consciousness exists inside a human-sized Sentinel, are gathered. Gyrich declares that the mutants are more popular than ever, and concedes that Wolverine taking out Deathstrike in that little tournament was not a step forward. 'Don't forget teir new mutant moon. I've been pushing SHIELD to nuke it, but Fury's a sympathizer' Bridge declares. 'Oh, I know, maybe a Quad-Sentinel will do the trick, how's that for strategy?' Creed jokes. Pierce suggests they skip ahead and go for an Octo-Sentinel, suggestingthat they could hire Octavius. 'Now, there's no need for...errr....is, uhm...is anyone else having trouble...' Gyrich utters, pulling at his collar as sweat pours down his face.
The Sentinel containing Trask's consciousness stands up, and Trask, whose image appears on the computer monitor on the Sentinel's stomach, asks 'Trouble breathing, Henry? I began shutting down life-support systems 21 minutes ago'. Trask declares that time and again, Orchis has fallen short. 'Your failures cost me much of my life's work, my physical body and...Yuriko, my sweet, innocent Yuriko'. The other members of Orchis begin to collapse as Trask stands over Gyrich and asks him if he knows what these errors have taught him: 'Orchis was wrong. Mutants are superior to humans. Which means there is only one faction strong enough to prevent absolute mutant ascendency: The Machines'. Hodge wheezes as he reminds Trask that he and Pierce are both part machine. 'Save us and we'll do whatever you want! He gasps. Trask raises a hand towards Hodge and tells him that if he is only part machine, then he is still part of the problem. He then releases a blast that strikes Hodge, causing him to scream. A computer voice announcces the artificial gravity has been disabled and that all life-forms should evacuate. The motionless Creed, Gyrich, Hodge, Bridge and Pierce float upwards, while Trask strides away, declaring that future gestures and half measures have no place in existential conflict, and that it is time for an upgrade.
Back on Krakoa, Wolverine is on his motorcycle, speeding away, he decides that a man has got to know his limitations, and that seeing Jeannie fired up like that, might be time for he and Krakoa to take break. Suddenly, he picks up a familiar scent again. 'Can't be...' he tells himself, before he pulls up near a lab, where Sabretooth is standing outside. 'Scram, runt. I don't have time to play games today' Sabretooth snarls. 'Funny. I never thought of it as a game' Wolverine replies, before telling Sabretooth to move, unless he wants him to show him what a real rumble in the jungle looks like. 'You know what, be my guest. It'll be worth it to see the look on your ugly mug' Sabretooth grins. Wolverine growls as he strides past Sabretooth, and into a darkened laboratory, where a voice cries out 'Wolvie – HELP!' Wolverine looks shocked as he sees Jubilee, alive, and strapped to a table, while an unconscious Sinister hangs, chained from the ceiling, and Forearm, Solarr and the Silver Samurai stand over Jubilee, as the Dark Beast sits on some equipment and addresses his allies as the Dark Riders, and suggests they let their feisty Canadian companion inside, it seems that Jubilation here has a surprisingly long and positively fascinating life story that she has been hiding from them....


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Asteroid X, specifically the Interstellar Diplomatic Hall, where Storm sits on a throne. At her right stand Shard and Sunder, while to her left are Cypher and Warlock. Behind them is a Krakoan portal. Standing before Storm are two important guests – Empress Lilandra of the Shi'ar and her bodyguard, Gladiator. Storm welcomes the Empress and tells her that it is Krakoa's honor to greet the Shi'ar as allies. 'The honor is ours, Queen Storm' Lilandra responds, adding that she told Charles long ago that mutants belonged among the stars. Storm tells Lilandra that she is not a queen, although the title is flattering. 'Perhaps “Goddess” is more -' Lilandra begins, interrupted by a sudden rumbling in the Interstellar Diplomatic Hall. 'Bright Lady, preserve us' Storm utters, when suddenly, a large white robot bursts into the Hall: 'Caution. Extraterrestrial political leader. You are here to parley with an obsolete species' the robot declares.
The robot is called Nimrod, and claims that in its prior flesh-based existence as Bolivar Trask, it committed a processing error by fearing human evolution. Nimrod claims that the data is now clear – neither humans nor mutants are fit to inhabit Earth. The Nimrod then unleashes a powerful blast which seemingly cuts Gladiator and Sunder in two. Storm instructs Shard to get Lilandra to the docking bay where the Starjammers can evacuate her, before she projects her thoughts to Jean Grey, asking her if she can hear her. 'Loud and clear, Ororo' Jean responds to her friend. 'We've got this, team – just like our practice drills' Cyclops declares as he, Jean and the rest of the X-Men appear through the Krakoan portal. With Cyclops and Jean, who goes by the name Phoenix now, are Rogue, Polaris, Sunfire, Random and Feral.
Storm flies over to aid her allies, while Nimrod tells the mutants that they delay the inevitable, and that the rise of the machines begins now. 'Not if the X-MEN have anything to say about it!' Cyclops responds. But thirty-four seconds later, Storm and Feral lay motionless at Nimrod's feet, and the strange robot holds Random by his head. Polaris is on her hands and knees after being knocked aside, while Cyclops clutches at his wounded chest, and Sunfire has collapsed to the ground in front of him. Sunfire tells Cyclops that it is no use, that they cannot stop a Sentinel this powerful. 'Then the least we can do, Sunfire... is by the others time' Cyclops replies, while Rogue drags Phoenix to the Krakoan portal. 'Scott!' Jean calls out, wide-eyed, but Rogue tells her that if they don't warn Krakoa about “Tall, Pink and Deadly” then everyone they know is going to be cooked faster than a crawdad in a bucket boil.
Meanwhile, on Krakoa, at the Inner Circle Chamber, where the Inner Circle is meeting and Callisto tells the other leaders of Krakoa that Artie and Leech are petitioning to refurbish the Morlock Tunnels, when suddenly, 'Asteroid X has fallen!' Jean Grey calls out as she and Rogue stumble through the Krakoan portal. 'What is the meaning of this?' Magneto asks, standing up. Professor X begins to scan Jean's mind, and tells the rest of the Inner Circle that a hyper-advanced Sentinel is attacking the station, and using the combine powers of Krakoa's own defenders against them. Madame Web and the White Queen look over at Jean Grey, before the Beast, recently transformed into a darker version of himself, declares that he is sure there is no shortage of spandex-clad cannon fodder to toss against this latest model of mutant terminator, he would like to suggest a novel solution.
The Beast holds up a hologram projector which depicts the image of a strange mutant who appears to have the combined abilities of several other mutants. The Beast reports that Sinister dubbed this pet project of his the Chimera Program. 'Not my preferred nomenclature, though I understand the application' the Beast adds, before boasting that it took his own genius to realize Sinister's plans for combining the strongest abilities Krakoa's united gene pool has to offer. 'Nyet! Omega Red will not be made an experiment again!' the Russian mutant snaps, standing up and stepping away from the table, while Mystique reminds the Beast that the Inner Circle has rules against unauthorized cloning. 'Krakoa is not your personal petri dish!' she adds. Suddenly, Cyclops and Storm emerge through a Krakoan portal, with Cyclops clutching his wound as he announces that he has never faced a Sentinel so strong before, while Storm declares that they must evacuate Asteroid X before it plummets to Earth. Storm suddenly looks shocked as she sees the Beast: 'What is that abomination?' she gasps, before Cyclops realizes that they are too late: 'Don't you hear the explosion in the distance?' he asks, exclaiming that Trask is on Krakoa.
Indeed, elsewhere on the island, Trask is on the attack, firing energy blasts everywhere, one of which strikes Hairbag, cutting him in two, while Slab, Siryn and Phantazia look on, horrifed. Trask tells the mutants not to attempt escape, as their end is statically inevitable. Trask claims that he has upgraded beyond the need for emotional processing boards, before revealing that there is one among them who he must eliminate personally. He fires a blast from his eyes which cutes through Siena Blaze, while other blasts strike the Gamesmaster and Revanche. 'Where is Logan, codename designate Wolverine?' Trask shouts, releasing a sonic blast which knocks the Blob off his feet. 'His pager must be out of batteries, mon ami!' Gambit jokes as he appears with Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm, Rogue, Havok, Magneto, Fabian Cortez, Omega Red and X-Force members Cable, Bishop and Psylocke. 'Maybe you want to play a hand with Gambit and friends instead?' Gambit asks, holding up his kinetically-charged playing cards.
Cyclops tells Fabian Cortez that they should make this maneuver two for two, so Cortez uses his powers to enhance Cyclops' optic blast, which he fires straight ahead at Trask's robot form, but it doesn't work, as Trask moves forward and tells Cyclops that his tactics will not succeed twice, and reveals that every ability displayed agianst the Tri-Sentinel is now at his disposal. Trask fires some energy towards Cyclops, but Jean throws a shield around herself and Cyclops to protect him, while telling Magneto that she has to end this. 'No, Jean – it's too dangerous. What if it absorbs -?' Magneto starts to reply, before Trask blasts Omega Red away, and uses the acquired tendrils of Omega Red, wrapping one of them around Havok, while ordering the location of designate Wolverine, so they can proceed with genetic extermination more efficiently.
'Not even Magneto is strong enough to repel this model...' Xavier utters as he watches the battle telepathically while remaining at the Inner Circle chamber. 'The path ahead of us is...dark' Madame Web utters. Xavier turns to the Beast and tells him that when this is over, they will discuss his lapse in ethics, but that for now, if his Chimera can turn the tide, then he must deploy it. 'With pleasure, old friend' the Beast grins as he clicks a button on a remote control device.
Back at the battle, 'I didn't travel through time just to bite it at the hands of a Nimrod model!' Bishop declares as he finds himself struggling as Nimrod stands on him. 'The only thing you will “bite,” anomaly, is extinct-' the Nimrod begins, before the Chimera appears, blasting down towards Nimrod and pushing him back off Bishop. 'Error...your genetic profile is...impossible' Nimrod utters as he is slammed into a wall. 'But my programming will not fail...before Yuriko is avenged!' Trask can be seen screeching from the screen where his image is displayed on the front of the Nimrod. Suddenly, there is a BAMF, and the Nimrod and Chimera vanish.
'Can anyone tell a gal what's going on?' Rogue asks as she, Gambit, Storm, Cyclops, Jean Grey and Magneto regroup, while Xavier and the Beast arrive to join them. The Beast explains that thanks to a synthesis of Nightcrawler's and Lila Cheney's powers, their gear-powered grim reaper was just teleported into the sun. 'A lamentable loss of our first Chimera, but so it goes' the Beast adds. 'What was that terrible Combination Man?' Storm asks, before Jean wonders where Loan is. 'Not like Wolverine to miss a brawl' Cyclops points out. The Beast reports that he can answer both queries, and explains that following his demise on Polemachus, he awoke with fewer qualms about accomplishing Krakoa's goals by any means necessary. He reminds everyone that Sinister had been experimenting on mutant DNA ever since he was granted amnesty, but was missing a few elements. 'Luckily, Krakoa has its own explosive secrets, right, Charles?' the Beast grins.
Magneto quietly tells Xavier that he and X-Force will handle cleanup, and suggests that he find out what Beast knows. Jean turns to Xavier and points out that Beast isn't telling them everything, before adding that she senses Wolverine is in Sinister's lab – and that he isn't alone. Xavier announces that it was a mistake to trust the Beast, but Beast snaps back, and tells Xavier that his mistake was not going further. 'In the words of Dostoyevsky, “Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up”' the Beast quotes.
Moments later, at Sinister's lab, the heroic mutants arrive with the Beast to find Sabretooth and the transformed Silver Samurai, Solarr and Forearm looming over Jubilee with a large needle, and a captive Wolverine. 'It's impossible! We all saw her die on the mansion lawn!' a shocked Cyclops exclaims. 'No, Scott – I can read her thoughts. Somehow...JUBILEE IS ALIVE!' Jean Grey shouts. 'Uh...surprise?' Jubilee calls back, as Sabretooth wraps his arms around her. 'Take another step and the girlie will be as dead as you thought she was' Sabretooth snarls. Wolverine is restrained by Forearm, and tells Jean that he had been screaming for her, but that Sinister had the lab covered in psychic blockers. 'A decision I now regret! But thank Darwin you're all here to rescue me now' Sinister calls out as he hangs from the ceiling.
The Beast reveals that Sinister employed Sabretooth to accumulate blackmail, should the Inner Circle inevitably turn on him, and that Logan simply couldn't accept Jubilation's demise, and his pursuit led right to her hiding spot. He grins as he holds up a pink diary and remarks that he did not expect to learn anything of scientific use from a self-proclaimed “mall rat” but that her diaries are positively full of speculative writings about scenarios for mutant advancement. 'I'm sure her eventul vivisection will illuminate how she came across this knowledge' the Beast adds. 'Hey, Hairy – the Hendersons called. They said they shoulda run you over twice!' Jubilee snaps. 'Popular culture – how topical' the Beast smirks. 'Never woulda guessed you'd be the one to stab us in the back, Hank!' Rogue exclaims as she and Storm rush into the lab. 'Storm, mistress of the Eelements, commands you to release that child!' Storm declares. 'Shall we skip the cliché fisticuffs? Death is but a minor setback on Krakoa – take it from me' the Beast remarks.
With his Cerebro unit over his face, Xavier tells the Beast that for someone so brilliant he can be an utter fool. 'Brace yourselves, my students. It's time you learned...the truth about Jubilation Lee!' Xavier exclaims as he projects the many lives of Jubilee to the other mutants. 'How could you like to us, Professor?' Cyclops asks. 'You had no right!' Jean exclaims. But Xavier tells them that they could not risk the timeline resetting – not when they had come so far. 'Had I known that the child's death would endanger the end goal of the Chimera program I might have tortured her less' the Beast admits. Struggling to break free from Forearm's six arms, Wolverine asks the Beast what he is yammering on about. 'And will someone get me out of this bozo's armpits? Smells like the Savage Land in July!' Wolverine adds.
The Beast begins by stating that Sinister's initial plans for the Chimera were expectedly small-scale. 'I take offsense at that!' Sinister snaps. The Beast continues, pointing out that with the abundance of mutant gifts available on Krakoa, the right Chimera could infiltrate any world government and replace any leader – and guarantee that Krakoa becomes the dominant power on the planet. 'That was never the purpose of Krakoa! We are a peaceful nation!' Xavier exclaims. 'The X-Men would have stopped you, Beast' Cyclops boasts, shaking his fist. “Stopped me?” the Beast asks, revealing that he deployed the Chimera days ago, and now President Kelly, Boris Yeltsin – dozens more – have all been replaced by Chimera, awaiting his signal.
Before anyone can respond, a powerful blast slams into the lab and strikes Silver Samurai and Solarr, while others are knocked about – it's the Nimrod – Trask – annd he has returned. Part of the robot's body has been damaged, but he manages to announce that Wolverine will pay. Wolverine is now free from Forearm who is slumped against a wall, and as he gets to his feet Wolverine assures Jubilee that he is coming for her. 'What's the rush, Logan? You know I like to play with my -' Sabretooth begins as he steps between Wolverine and Jubilee – but he doesn't get to finish his sentence as Wolverine slices Sabretooth in half. At the same moment, some rubble falls from above, and traps Jubilee. She is weary as Wolverine and Jean reach her. 'Wolvie! I knew you'd save me' she cough and hacks. 'I don't know if I have, pip-squeak' Wolverine replies, while Jean warns him that Jubilee doesn't have much time.
'I will germinate/laminte/aggregate/exterminate – ERROR ERROR' the Nimrod calls out while Beast, Rogue and Cyclops try to bring the Nimrod down. 'You on the side of the angels again, Hank?' Rogue asks. 'The enemy of my enemy and so forth, Rogue' the Beast responds. Xavier and Storm go to Jubilee's side as Jubilee tells her friends that she never wanted to lie to them, and that they are the only family she has ever had. 'We don't blame you, child. But in your next life, trust us to protect you' Storm replies. Jubilee looks up at Storm and tells her that she doesn't want to be a bummer, but she doesn't think she has another life in the tank. 'Which means you have to stop Trask...before he destroys Krakoa forever'.
Suddenly, 'Then it is worth the risk – I must unleash the full fury of the Dark Phoenix!' Jean exclaims, energy glowing around her. But Jubilee grabs Jean and tells her to wait, as she doesn't know if it will work, but that the cosmic power of the Phoenix may be enough to jump-start her big-bang powers one last time. Trask then initiates a self-destruct nuclear fission reactor within the Nimrod, as he hurls the Beast towards Gambit. Jean tells Jubilee that the Phoenix is an entity of death and rebirth, and while her plan may succeed, her secondary mutation would be burned away completely. 'When – if you awaken – you will remember nothing of your past lives' Jean explains. 'But then...next time around. We'd have to make it all up as we go' Jublee utters. Wolverine tells Jubilee that she should know by now that the only thing the X-Men need is a fighting chance.
'Here goes nothing...' Jubilee utters as Jean begins to engulf Jubilee in the flames of the cosmic Phoenix. The Nimrod grabs Cyclops, but his system is buffering – and then Jubilee flies upwards, the cosmic Phoenix energy surrounding her, 'Hasta la vista, baby' she utters asshe grabs the Nimrod and takes it with her away from Krakoa.
In her tenth life, Jubilee remembered something she first learned a long time ago. That it doesn't matter how much people change, how many new faces come and go and switch sides, or how much time they spend in Limbo our outer space or whatever. The X-Men are a family. And as long as they are together, their story is never over.
Wolverine, Jean Grey, Cyclops, Gambit, Storm, Rogue, Beast and Xavier together and look upwards to the sky, as do Magneto, Cable, Bishop, Psylocke, Maggott, Marrow and Cecilia Reyes, gathered elsewhere on Krakoa, and Apocalypse, his wife Genesis, and Archangel on Polemachus. The Phoenix lights up the sky, and there is a loud BANG. 'Did it work?' Cyclops asks. 'Her last thoughts...were of the X-Men' Jean announces. 'Always knew she had it in her' Wolverine remarks.
Meantime, elsewhen, Jubilee is in a video arcade playing the X-Men arcade game. 'Not this again...I don't want to be a mutie!' she mutters as the arcade game begins to crackle. A video report on a television behind her grabs her attention as she sees the X-Men battling a Sentinel, and decides that mutants aren't all bad. 'The one with the claws has a cool 'tude, anyway' she adds, before looking at the arcade and discovering that it is game over. 'Let's try this one more time...' she suggests.


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Time Square, New York City, where civilians run in fear as Magneto hovers above them, raising several cars into the air with his control over metal. 'It is far past time for mutants to lay claim to the full meaning of Homo Superior. Humanity must pay for all that they have wrought against our species!' Magneto declares, boasting that he will rule a new mutant kingdom built atop the ruins of an obsolete world. Suddenly, an optic blast strikes the magnetic field surrounding Magneto. 'Who dares -?' the Master of Magnetism begins, turning to see Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops, who calls out 'You're not ruling anything, Magneto – not if... the X-MEN have anything to say about it!''Less yappin', more scrappin'!' Logan a.k.a. Wolverine exclaims as he leaps towards Magneto, claws at the ready. 'Stay in formation!' Cyclops instructs him, as Magneto uses his power to knock Wolverine back with ease. 'Impetuous cur! You'll not come within an inch of the Master of Magnetism!' Ororo Munroe a.k.a. Storm catches Wolverine in a mini-tornado and reminds him that this is why Cyclops develops attack strategies, noting that if she has to redirect her winds to cushion his fall, then the others will have to fend for themselves. Bishop and Jubilee dodge a car that Magneto hurls at them, and Jubilee jokes that she hopes car insurance covers “acts of mutant loonies”.'Follow the plan! If we just stick to -' Cyclops begins, while Magneto moves towards him, remarking that he should have known Charles' little toy soldiers would be helpless without his guidance. 'Don't you dare -' Cyclops begins, before Magneto smacks him in the face with some steel beams he raises from the ground, knocking Cyclops backwards. 'Enough!' a telepathic voice calls out as Cyclops lands on the ground, before a computer voice announces that the scenario has been terminated. 'I'm ending this Danger Room session before someone gets hurt!' Jean Grey declares from within the control booth, while the Danger Room manifestation of Magneto laughs.Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm, Jubilee and Bishop head towards the Danger Room doors, and Wolverine remarks 'With as hard as Slim's been riding us lately, I'm surprised we lasted that long', which causes Cyclops to spin around and ask Wolverine if he has a problem with his leadership. 'You just figuring that our now, Four-Eyes?' Wolverine snarls back. They stare each other down as Wolverine tells Cyclops that he thought he had been making himself real clear – leaders lead – they don't try to control. 'Maybe if teammates worked together instead of flying off in a berserker rage -' Cyclops starts, before Storm pushes them away from each other with a gust of wind: 'We will not be a team divided over petty squabbles and misdirected anger!' she tells them. Wide-eyed, Bishop tells Jubilee that the historical holo-vids didn't say anything about the X-Men fighting each other this often. 'Bishop, buddy, you've got no idea' Jubilee replies. Suddenly, an image of Dr. Hank McCoy a.k.a. Beast appears on a monitor and tells his teammates that he hopes he is not interrupting anything, and asks them if their simulated fisticuffs have concluded, then he thinks there is something they should all see.Cyclops, Jean, Wolverine, Storm and Jubilee join Beast in the comms room, where the Beast is looking at several monitors. 'Whoa, is that Dazzler?' Jubilee gasps as she looks at one of the screens. The Beast tells Jubilee that it appears mutantkind's very own pop starlet has been abducted by the Friends of Humanity. 'A cruelly ironic name, as their bigoted behavior is hardly sociable' the Beast remarks as they all look at footage of Dazzler being dragged into a truck by several of the Friends of Humanity. A report from Trish Tilby airs, as Trish announces that authorities believe the timing of the abduction was planned to disrupt tonight's Charles Xavier Memorial Concert, at which Dazzler was scheduled to perform. Trish adds that billionaire playboy Warren Worthington III, the event's benefactor, was unable to be reached for comment.'Aww man – I had to stand in line for hours to get tickets!' Jubilee exclaims, throwing her hands behind her head. The Beast tells Jubilee that her effort may not have been in vain, and adds that thanks to the news footage presented by the eloquent Ms. Tilby, he was able to chart the Friend's of Humanity's escape route, so he believes he knows where they have taken the sparkling songstress. Cyclops declares that they have no time to waste, and instructs Hank to send the coordinates to the Blackbird. 'Let's roll out' he tells the others, before Jubilee asks, if it is a short flight, whether she can finally pilot the jet this time. 'My healing factor's good, but it ain't that good, kid. Maybe stick to tricycles and training wheels' Wolverine smirks. 'I am not a kid anymore, Wolverine – I've even got my learner's permit!' Jubilee rolls her eyes.Jean Grey announces that she is going to stay here at the mansion. 'I've still got an... upset stomach' she claims. 'Of course' Cyclops tells her. 'No sense in having you in the field if you're too ill to fight' Cyclops adds, while Storm looks at Jean, who puts a hand on her stomach. The Beast decides to abstain from the mission, too, revealing that he has been making excellent progress repairing Mr. Bishop's time-travel device. 'Besides, I believe some very able assistance... is already nearby' Beast reports.Elsewhere, inside a clothing store, Rogue smiles at Remy LeBeau a.k.a. Gambit and tells him that shopping is just not as fun when you gotta cover up every inch of skin. 'Really cuts a girl's options down' she jokes, before telling Remy that it is no wonder he wears that old coat everywhere. 'Dat's your problem, Rogue – thinking you gotta hide all dat southern beauty' Remy responds as he holds up a skimpy green top. 'If Ah don't, anyone around me at the concert tonight's gonna really feel the music' Rogue jokes as she elbows Gambit affectionately. Suddenly, a holographic message is received from Storm, who informs Rogue and Gambit that there is a mutant in distress near their location. She instructs them to follow the coordinates that she is sending them.At that moment, the X-Men's Blackbird drops down near an industrial warehouse. Cyclops reports that the Blackbird will stay in hover mode, and notes that the X-Men still have the element of surprise, which means they can get in and out before the Friends of Humanity even know they are here. 'Not to burst your bubble, Cyke, but that... may not be an option' Jubilee remarks as she motions to where Rogue smashes her way through a warehouse wall, carrying two of the Friends of Humanity by their necks. 'Nice of you to join the de party, mes amis!' Gambit smiles. 'As one, X-Men! Let us show these “friends” the consequences of their actions!' Storm declares as she flies into the warehouse, with Wolverine, Cyclops, Bishop and Jubilee behind her, the group joining Gambit and Rogue. Storm blasts one of the Friends of Humanity's weapons with lightning, while Bishop opens fire at them and announces that the future won't even remember these scumbags. 'Sick burn, Ahnuld!' Jubilee jokes as blasts one of the Friends of Humanity with her plasma bursts.'You ain't gonna be able to hit a fish in a barrel when I'm done with your peashooter!' Rogue exclaims as she breaks one of the Friends of Humanity's weapon. 'Be glad I'm slicing and dicing your weapon instead of you, bub!' Wolverine suggests to one of the Friends of Humanity. Gambit throws several kinetically-charged playing cards at three of the Friends of Humanity, while telling Cyclops that they can have a little fun beating the bad guys, while pointing out that these jokers are not exactly the Shi'ar Imperial Guard. Cyclops fires an optic blast at one of the Friends and tells Gambit that they are terrorists. 'Our mission isn't to spout one-liners. It's to rescue Dazzler!' he declares. 'Way ahead of you, Cyke!' Jubilee smiles as she rushes towards where several of the Friends of Humanity are guarding Dazzler. 'Freeze, brat!' one of the Friends calls out, but Jubilee leaps over the man and tells him 'Sorry, ice stuff's a different mutant... how about fireworks instead?' as she kicks his gun out of his hand and blasts the Friends with her plasma bursts. 'Or this sick ninja move Logan taught me?' Jubilee adds as she drops down behind one of the Friends and kicks him in the back.'This is, like, so weird. I'm your biggest fan!' Jubilee grins as she begins to untie the captive Dazzler. 'Get me outta here and I'll be your biggest fan, kid!' Dazzler responds. 'Wow' Jubilee gushes. With the Friends of Humanity all taken down, the X-Men gather around Dazzler, who thanks them for the save. 'This was not my idea of a preshow warm-up' she exclaims. 'It's what we do, Dazzler' Cyclops responds. Dazzler looks over at Cyclops and points out that he never did come back to that bar. 'Missed your chance before I hit the big time' she remarks. Cyclops looks flustered and fumbles his words as he tells Dazzler that once they get these criminals tied up the X-Men will drop her off at the concert. But suddenly, 'Actually, we'll take it from here, X-Men' a voice calls out, and the X-Men turn in shock to see a blonde woman with glasses, well-dressed in a red dress suit standing before them. 'Cuff 'em, boys' she tells her associates who begin putting the Friends of Humanity in handcuffs, while the immaculately-dressed woman introduces herself as Valerie Cooper, the United Nations' Liaison on Mutant Affairs.'The X-Men haven't broken any laws, Agent Cooper' Cyclops  announces. 'Yeah – we're the good guys – so buzz off!' Jubilee snaps. Valerie Cooper raises her hands as if to say that she comes in peace, and reveals that she is actually “Doctor” Cooper. 'And you misunderstand me. While I doubt that jet of yours is cleared for commercial airspace, we're here to back you up' Valerie reveals. She notes that President Kelly is very serious about taking a more sympathetic stance toward mutants. She then reveals that she in fact an old friend of Charles Xavier's. 'I'd love to speak with you about his legacy one day' Valerie tells Cyclops as the two of them shake hands. Valerie acknowledges that the government has an inconsistency on mutant rights, before assuring the X-Men that Charles' sacrifice was not in vain. 'Public opinion is changing... and Uncle Sam is finally looking out for mutantkind'.As the FBI agents lead the Friends of Humanity out of the warehouse, one of the Friends of Humanity shouts 'Gene traitors! Humans should be protecting each other, not throwing in with mutie trash!' One of the agents, with claw marks across his face leans in and whispers to the Friend 'You're exactly right. So keep your mouth shut, and I'll make sure you're out free on a technicality by the weekend' the agent grins. The agent walks the Friends of Humanity past Valerie, who tells the X-Men that it is her hope that her team and the X-Men can cooperate in time. 'I think you'll find a lot to respect about Agent Denti and the other men and women who work with us' Valerie remarks, referring to the agent with the claw marks on his face. 'Dr. Cooper' Agent Denti responds. Agent Denti passes Wolverine, who picks up a familiar scent, although he can't quite place it.Shortly, the Blackbird arrives back at the X-Mansion, where Cyclops remarks that Dr. Cooper gave them all much to think about. 'Indeed, Cyclops. It seems the tide may truly be turning on mutant/human relations' Storm suggests, adding that she wished the Professor was here to see it for himself. 'Don't we all, Storm' Cyclops agrees. Jean walks outside to greet her teammates and asks Cyclops if she could talk to him in private. 'Is this about Dazzler? Because I promise, Jean, there's nothing -' Cyclops begins, to which Jean assures him it is not that. 'I just have something to tell you -' Jean begins, before Cyclops interrupts her and kisses her on the cheek, while pointing out that if it is not an emergency, he should really debrief the mission with the Beast. 'He has a lot more experience working with the government. I'd like to get his read on the U.N.'s mutant rights pivot' Cyclops explains. Jean glances sideways and assures Scott that it can wait. The other X-Men walk past Jean who looks down and utters 'For someone whose vision can burst through walls... sometimes I think you can't see what's right in front of your face'. She opens her clenched fist, revealing a pregnancy test which indicates Jean is pregnant.'Whoa! I can't believe it!' Jubilee exclaims, wide-eyed and smiling. 'Do you like it, Jubilee?' Storm asks as she stands in front of Jubilee wearing a white suit, and with hair cut and styled in a mohawk. 'It's... it's like, totally punk rock!' Jubilee declares. 'Is that not Dazzler's “vibe”? I wouldn't want to appear out of step with the culture' Storm explains, adding that the dawn of a new millennium approaches. 'What better way to embrace that than with a new look as well?' she suggests.'What happened to “excellent progress,” McCoy?' Bishop asks as he stands in the Beast's laboratory. Examining some equipment the Beast explains that his doctorates don't include advanced chronal technology from the future. 'Therefore, I am forced to fall back on trial...and error' he frowns as the equipment in front of him seems to explode. A small cloud appears above and rain falls down on the fire. 'Ah, I see our colleague has saved me the effort of reaching for the flame retardant' the Beast notes. Bishop shrugs and tells the others that at this rate, he will be going back to his time the old-fashioned way: 'One slow day after the other'. 'At least you will pass them in good company, Bishop' Storm notes. Bishop turns to her and looks surprised at her change in appearance. 'You look... different. And good. Definitely good' he tells her. 'Change is on the winds. Perhaps you would benefit from embracing it as well'. Jubilee looks annoyed and complains that she is going to change into Doctor Doom if Rogue and Gambit leave without them.'I'd better let Beast work without hovering over his shoulder. Might cut down on the explosive results' Bishop supposes as he, Storm and Jubilee walk out into the corridor, where Jubilee exclaims 'Good! We've got a concert to catch, and putting out fires is holding us up!' Jean approaches the trio and tells them that she is looking for Scott, who said he needed to meet with Hank. 'Just missed him' Bishop tells her, remarking that he think Cyclops was headed for the Danger Room. 'Oh... thanks' Jean replies as she waves to Storm. 'No more distractions! If we miss the opening act, I'm gonna lose it!' Jubilee exclaims. Storm glances at Jubilee and tells her that she thinks she will have to sit this one out. 'You can't abandon me to be the southern-fried lovebirds' third wheel, 'Ro!' Storm tells Jubilee not to worry, as Bishop will talk her ticket, and hands the ticket to the surprised Bishop. 'I will?' Bishop asks. 'Let's go, biceps! Dazzler gave us free V.I.P. upgrades for saving her butt!' Jubilee exclaims, grabbing Bishop by his arms.On a balcony, Jean sighs as she watches as the Blackbird depart. 'It does not take psychic abilities... to know that something is weighing heavily on your mind, Jean' Storm remarks as she hovers in front of her friend. Jean and Storm embrace, as Jean tells her friend that she loves Scott, but that sometimes he is so fixated on the mission at hand that their relationship becomes and after thought. Storm suggests that Cyclops is focused as he is to ensure that their relationship has a future – that they all have a future. 'Now that the Professor is no longer with us, Cyclops has taken the burden of leadership onto his shoulders. But that is no excuse for ignoring your needs in the present' Storm remarks, suggesting that Jean talk to Scott and remind him what he is fighting for. 'I won't pry into what you're hoping to tell him... but I offer my strength and support for whatever lies ahead, my friend' Storm announces, to which Jean tells Storm that she isn't her friend – but her sister.Inside the Danger Room control booth, Cyclops instructs the computer to resume the Magneto training scenario. 'Set parameters to solo encounter, difficulty level -' Cyclops begins, before a voice calls out 'Enough with the fancy tech, Summers... let's you and me train the real way'. It's Wolverine, who cracks his knuckles and looks up at Cyclops while telling him that those Friends of Humanity goons today were chumps, but tomorrow, they might have to face something dangerous. The Danger Room scenario is terminated, while Wolverine tells Cyclops that they don't need to be friends or even respect each other. 'But if you expect the X-Men to follow you, we need to know your head's on straight and you're not losing it trying to fill in for Chuck' Wolverine snarls. The door to the Danger Room opens and Cyclops appears. 'All right, Logan. You want to go? Let's go!' Cyclops shouts as he fires an optic blast which slams into Wolverine.In his laboratory, the Beast is speaking with Dr. Moira MacTaggert via computer monitor, and the Beast turns when a loud thumping noise is heard. 'Ach, sounds like ye being bombarded, McCoy' Moira remarks. The Beast apologizes to her and explains that he believes some of their more pugilism-inclined X-Men are hashing out their interpersonal conflicts at the moment. Turning to the matter at hand, the Beast holds up Bishop's chronal-travel device and explains that Bishop has been stranded in this timeline due to the device's malfunction. The Beast notes that Bishop is a valuable addition to the team, but that he deserves the option of returning to his own era. Moira acknowledges that the Beast has a puzzle on his hands, and not an easy one to crack at that. 'Hopefully this Mr. Bishop fella is enjoying himself in the meantime'.'It's a tactical error to leave all of my weapons on the ship' Bishop suggests as he, Rogue, Gambit and Jubilee leave the Blackbird on Government Island, New York City, the site of the Charles Xavier memorial concert. Bishop is wearing civilian jeans and a shirt, while Rogue tells him that perhaps the androids and space aliens in his future would disagree, but the only lasers anyone wants to see at a concert are part of the light show. Gambit suggests to Bishop that he try and relax, to which Bishop just grunts. 'C'mon, you guys – Dazzler's about to go on! We don't want to miss the big event!' Jubilee exclaims as she rushes off to the concert.Inside:'We love you, Dazzler!' one of the concert-goers cries out, as Dazzler stands on the stage and addresses her audience: 'All right, New York City – we're here tonight to pay tribute to a trailblazer. The man who helped make it safe for people like me to live out loud! So let's make some noise!' The crowd goes wild, while Jubilee exclaims 'Isn't this the best concert, like, ever?' to which Bishop frowns and tells her that he has no idea, as music was illegal in his timeline. 'I can't hear you, NYC! I said, let's make some noise!' Dazzler repeats herself, while, lurking in the shadows, the Nasty Boy called Ruckus appears. 'You want nois,e pretty songbird? I can help with that' the pink-haired mutant smirks. Ruckus makes his way on stage and unleashes his sonic scream, which slams into Dazzler and knocks her off the stage. 'The Nasty Boys! When did those bozos crawl back outta the woodwork?' Rogue asks as she flies up and catches Dazzler, as Ruckus' teammates Hairbag, Slab, Gorgeous George and Vertigo stand with alongside him. 'I don't know, Rogue – but they've really ticked me off. I'll show them who can get nasty!' Dazzler scowls.The crowd begins to panic, but Jubilee tells them to stay calm, and to think of this as an unplanned bathroom break! 'I told you I should have brought my laser rifles with me' Bishop declares. 'Yeah, that would not help keep the crowd calm, big guy' Jubilee points out. Gambit leaps towards Hairbag and Slab and tells them that he doesn't like having his recreation time interrupted. Hairbag growls and boasts that he and Slab don't like no stinkin' X-Men. 'Seems witty repartee ain't on the menu tonight. Better make dis quick, den!' Gambit suggests as he kicks Slab in the face while tosses a kinetically-charged card at Hairbag.'You want first crack at 'em, darling?' Rogue asks Dazzler as she sets her back down on the stage. 'After the day I've had, Rogue? There won't be seconds!' Dazzler exclaims as she fires an energy blast at Gorgeous Gorge, which blasts through his body and strikes Vertigo. The Nasty Boys quickly regroup and Vertigo suggests that this mission has gone belly-up. Ruckus agrees and suggests they beat it. Gorgeous George begins modifying his body so that he can transport his teammates away, while Rogue tells them to get back here. 'Should we go after 'em?' Rogue asks, but Dazzler picks up her microphone and tells her to forget those losers. 'They can't dim out light! The show must go on, right, New York?' Dazzler asks, and the crowd agrees.Meanwhile, back at the Mansion, Cyclops rubs the back of his head with a towel as he walks out into a corridor, where Jean is waiting. He tells her that he's sorry he didn't find her earlier, and explains that he needed to burn off some steam. Jean assures Scott that it is okay, and that she knows how much he cares about carrying on Xavier's dream, and how much he cares about the two of them. 'Of course I do, Jean. More than anything' Scott utters. Jean informs Scott that she is about to tell him something, and that she promises she won't read his thoughts, as she wants his reaction to be genuine, and she wants him to be honest with her. 'Jean, what are you trying to say? Is everything all right?' Scott asks. Jean begins to cry and tells Scott that everything is perfect. 'I...I took a test. I felt it already, but I had to be sure. Scott... I'm pregnant' Jean reveals, unaware that around the corner, Wolverine has overheard, and looks upset.Elsewhere, the Nasty Boys walk through some sort of factory. 'Smooth move attacking Dazzler with sound, Ruckus' Vertigo remarks. 'I didn't see you pulling your weight, mutate. Maybe if you'd had thrown off Rogue's equilibrium, we could have -' Ruckus begins, before someone tells them all to be quiet. It's Mr. Sinister, who asks his lackeys what they hoped to accomplish by attacking the X-Men at such a public event. 'Well, uh...normally, when we cause trouble, they get blamed for it?' Gorgeous George suggests. 'Outdated tactics for the old world' Sinister declares, slamming his fist down, he notes that humans have accepted mutants as their heroes now, especially after Xavier's patheti csacrifice. 'All your misbegotten stunt accomplished was amplifying the public's perception of the X-Men. But don't worry...I blame myself for tolerating you this long!' Sinister exclaims as he fires several energy blasts at the Nasty Boys which knocks them backwards. 'Please, we can still -' Ruckus begins, but Sinister tells them that the Nasty Boys are not suited for his next stage of battle against the X-Men.Sinister walks over to a console and states that according to certain sensors he has left in place, unbeknownst to Xavier's whelps, their very own Jean Grey is with child. 'That offspring is the genetic key I've been after for years'. But Sinister states that to get his hands on it, he will have to undermine the public's newfound love of the X-Men. 'And for that...I'm going to need to enlist some new help'. And looking at several monitors, where Sabretooth and several other mutants are lurking in some tunnels, and other monitors depict other mutants displaying their powers. Sinister just frowns....


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Trish Tilby's image appears on a monitor as she provides a report on a surprise act who joined this evening's Charles Xavier memorial concert as a group calling themselves the “Nasty Boys” attempted to disrupt the festivities. Image of the Nasty Boys attacking Dazzler is displayed, as Trish reports that it was fortunate that several members of the X-Men were in attendance, working “in concert” with mutant pop star Dazzler to make short work of the party crashers. Trish announces that this is the latest high-profile act of heroism from the formerly controversial team, who have become increasingly popular with average Americans in recent months. An image of a masked woman with purple hair appears as Trish begins another report: 'In other news, the “psychic ninja” known as -' the report ends when a fist is smashed into the screen courtesy of the diabolical Mr. Sinister.'For years, humanity hated and feared mutants – which enabled my great work to advance while the X-Men fought battles on other fronts. But Xavier's whelps have come far too close to realizing their mentor's “noble” goals of acceptance and assimilation' Sinister declares. He clenches a fist and raises it into the air as he boasts that the key to his genetic research is finally within his grasp, incubating within one of the X-Men. 'I will not let it slip away because the sheep of the world celebrate the wolves in their midst!' Sinister turns to several shadowy figures before him and tells them that they must remind humanity that the X-Men bring danger to their doorsteps, that they are to be despised, not celebrated. 'We must remind them, my Sinister Seven... of the mutant menace!'Meanwhile, at the X-Mansion, in Westchester, New York, Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops smiles as he looks at Jean Grey's positive pregnancy test and tells her that he doesn't know what to say. 'I can't read the test result. It's a red line, right? My visor -' Scott begins, before Jean puts her fingers on his neck and kisses him. 'We're going to be parents, Scott' Jean utters. 'We're going to have a family' Scott declares, before Jean tells him that she couldn't be happier right now. Logan a.k.a. Wolverine scowls as he storms down the corridor, although Scott and Jean apparently don't see him.Wolverine arrives in the garage and gets into his jeep, deciding that he needs some air. 'This mansion's feeling cramped' he complains. Ororo Munroe a.k.a. Storm watches from the mansion's balcony where she sees Wolverine speed away in his jeep. 'It appears my intuition was correct...and I am not the only one to discover the news' she realizes. Storm takes flight as she wonders if it is perhaps now Logan who needs a friend's comfort.Back inside, Scott puts a hand on Jean's stomach and asks her who else knows. 'Can you detect if it's a boy or girl? Do you have names in mind yet?' he asks excitedly. 'I wanted to tell you first, but I think Ororo could sense -' Jean begins, to which Cyclops exclaims 'Beast! We should tell Beast – I'm sure he's up-to-date on the prenatal care for mutant pregnancies'. But before they can speak with the Beast, the mansion's security system sounds an alert, reporting that there is an intruder on mansion grounds. 'The proximity sensors! We're under attack!' Cyclops exclaims. Cyclops tells Jean that they have to get her somewhere safe, but Jean tells Scott to calm down, suggesting it could be a false alarm – but a moment later, the wall to the mansion is blown in and a mutan wearing a silver, pink and yellow armor appears. 'You mourn a false legacy! Charles Xavier was not a great man. He was a liar, a manipulator... and his students will suffer as he should have!' the mutant exclaims.'Jean – don't overexert yourself' Cyclops calls out, but as she telekinetically lifts some rubble, Jean tells Cyclops that she is not helpless. 'In fact...I can still give this intruder a taste of his own medicine!' Jean declares as she directs the rubble back at the intruder. 'The name is Hazard! And if you stand in Xavier's shadow, you will perish as he did!' Hazard exclaims, gritting his teeth. 'You came here to insult Professor X and threaten my wife? Buddy, you picked the wrong fight!' Cyclops exclaims as he prepares to fire an optic blast.In the skies over New York City, 'And can you believe the songs she picked for the encore?' Jubilee exclaims inside the X-Men's Blackbird, which is piloted by Bishop, while Gambit and Rogue sit nerby. 'Talk about, like, the perfect concert!' Jubilee adds. Gambit smiles and admits that Dazzler puts on a show. 'And de lady is quite a looker too, non?' Gambit adds. 'Remy! Ah swear!' Rogue exclaims. Gambit tells her not to worry, as he only has eyes for her – when suddenly, something hits the Blackbird, shunting it. Bishop announces that they have been hit with some sort of electromagnetic pulse, and that the Blackbird's controls are fried. He starts to bring the jet down as gently as he can, but tells the others to brace for a bumpy landing.Rogue declares that she will get outside and try to slow the jet down, and while strapping herself into a seat, Jubilee asks if they are going to crash anyway, perhaps it's time for her to finally fly the jet? Ourside, Rogue holds up the Blackbird with her incredible strength and jokes that it is just like wrestling gators back home, and lowers the Blackbird down onto a nearby field. The others emerge from the Blackbird and Jubilee jokes 'When I said I should drop by Central Park more often, I didn't mean it literally!' Rogue suggests that it is a good thing it is after hours, as it could have been real bad if the Blackbird fritzed during the middle of the day. 'What hit us?' she then asks, to which a voice calls out 'That'd be me...name's Siena Blaze! And don't worry – your night can still get a whole lot worse!' a young woman in an orange and yellow costume exclaims as she leaps towards the X-Men, energy crackling around her hands.Elsewhere, at Harry's Hideaway in Westchester, Logan sits alone at the bar, when a voice calls out 'Is that seat taken?' 'All yours, darlin'' Wolverine responds, before turning to see Storm and, noting her outfit, suggests that she might not be dressed for a dive like this. 'My new hairstyle fits in, does it not?' Storm responds, referring to her hair which is now styled up. Storm takes the seat next to Logan and tells him that she saw him leave the mansion in a hurry, and thought he might like some company. 'Came to see an old friend about a drink' Logan responds, narrowing his eyes as Storm asks him if this is about Jean. Logan hangs his head and supposes that he is the last to find out the big news. 'She did not yet tell me either, but I could discern what she was dancing around' Storm explains. Logan tells Storm that he wasn't trying to snoop on Jean and the boy scout, but the bad thing about enhanced senses is sometimes you hear stuff you're not meant to hear. 'The bond between you and Jean is unique, Logan. But you must accept -' Storm begins, when suddenly, Wolverine picks up a scent and tells Storm to hold that thought. 'I'm smelling something I really shouldn't be smelling. Something that stinks to high heaven!' Wolverine snarls as he pops his claws and leaps off of his bar stool.Patrons in the bar look on in shock as a mutant bursts into the tavern in some sort of whirlwind. 'Mind if we drop in? My reservation should be under Riptide!' the mutant exclaims. Several wind-blades appear to be fired into the tavern from Riptide, but Storm deflects them with whirlwinds of her own. 'You are foolish enough to attack Storm, Mistress of the Elements with the forces of the wind? Hubris knows no bounds!' Storm exclaims. 'Neither to Sabretooth and the Marauders, frail. We go where we please!' Sabretooth snarls as he enters the tavern. Riptide hovers at his side, while three other mutants stand behind Sabretooth.Back at the X-Mansion, the Beast pokes his head out of his laboratory after the mansion's alarms interrupted his reading – and is surprised to see the intruder smacked backwards against a wall thanks to Cyclops' powerful optic blast. 'Beast! This lunatic blew a hole in the mansion and almost crushed Jean!' Cyclops exclaims. 'I'm fine, Scott, really' Jean calls out. Hazard starts to get to his feet, while the Beast leaps at him, presuming that there is subtext beyond his grasp here. 'Ah well, one theory at a time' he decides – but before he can land a punch on Hazard, the intruder shouts 'Enough!' and blasts upwards through the ceiling, escaping through a hole in the mansion roof which he creates with his powers. 'Not how I would choose to install a skylight' the Beast remarks. Hazard glows with energy as he hovers above the mansion and declares that Charles Xavier left him to rot when his mutant powers manifested. 'If this mansion is to be his legacy...then let it reflect the ruin he leaves in his wake!'Back in Central Park, 'Finally, I get to bust out the big guns!' Bishop announces as he holds up a large weapon towards Siena Blaze. But when he opens fire, Siena dodges the blast. 'Pew pew, Rambo...good luck lining up those crosshairs!' she exclaims as she darts about and creates a powerful blast, aiming it towards Jubilee, who is knocked off-balance. 'Hey!' Jubilee complains. Siena puts her hands on her hips and boasts that she is tapped into the Earth's electromagnetic field – so there is no limit to what she can pull off. 'Real bad for the planet, real fun for me!' she grins, unaware that Rogue is approaching her from behind – with one of her gloves removed. 'Ah think you've had enough fun, sugah!' Rogue remarks as she puts a hand on Siena's face. At first, Siena cries out in shock, but then energy engulfs her and Rogue, and she smiles as she tells Rogue: 'You want my powers, X-Lady? Good luck controlling them!' and Rogue screams as she is overwhelmed by Siena's incredible powers.'We're taking this little shinding outside, Sabretooth!' Wolverine snarls as he pushes Sabretooth backwards out of Harry's Hideaway. 'Sounds good t'me, runt!' Sabretooth replies, before calling out to one of his teammates, Arclight, and telling her to 'Let 'er rip!' 'You heard 'em – let's party!' Arclight declares as she slams her fists onto the ground, creating a siesmic shock. 'Lightning, heed my command! No harm will come to this city tonight!' Storm announces as she takes flight above the street. 'I could say the same about my fellow Marauders, weather witch! Name's Prism, my powers can refract whatever you throw at us!' the Marauder called Prism boasts as a charge of lightning strikes his body, and he re-directs it back up into the sky.'What's the matter, Creed – didn't think you could take me on yerself?' Wolverine asks as Sabretooth pulls back on Wolverine's arms. 'All these years watching you run with your little friends, figured I'd get some of my own' Sabretooth snarls, calling out to his other teammate, addressing him as Harpoon, he tells him to wrap this up so they can cash their checks. Unaware that a figure has appeared in the shadows behind him, Harpoon raises one of his weapons – but before he can aim it at Wolverine, the figure emerges from the shadows and taps him on the shoulders – it's Sabretooth. 'Careful, buddy – wouldn't want to hit the wrong angry, hairy, stabby guy, would you?' he asks. 'Huh? How'd you move so fast, Sabretooth?' Harpoon asks, confused.'That's not me, you idiot!' the real Sabretooth exclaims as Wolverine escapes his grasp and shoves him backwards. 'Back off!' Wolverine snarls. The imposter Sabretooth suddenly vanishes as the impersonator reveals themselves: 'You've got to admit, I do a pretty convincing imitation. After all... they don't call me Morph for nothing!' the shapeshifter grins as they punch Harpoon hard in the face.


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2.5 million years ago
We were there, so long ago. In the dark. Waiting. Waiting to have purpose once again. And finally, we heard the first cries of man.
A furious storm rages in the night. Along the rocky crags of a mountain, inside a cave, a pair of human babies lie wailing, their umbilical cords still attached. However, the mother of these babies isn’t quite human herself. She is of the species Australopithecus and despite the abnormality in her babies she still loves them.
The ape-like leader of this group feels just the opposite. He grabs a large stick and starts flipping out. He approaches the mother from behind and whacks her across the back of her head, a warm stream of blood jettisoning from the back of her skull. He then lifts one of the babies from its bedding, the rage still on his face.
2.5 million years later, a human called Darwin would write that at some future period. “The civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace the savage races throughout the world.” Charles Darwin was wrong. This was not man’s purpose. It wasours.
Before he can end the baby’s life, a bright, blue light fills the entire cave. The male turns to see what is happening and his look of rage is quickly replaced by one of shock.
Utopia, Scott and Emma’s room, the present
Scott Summers is fast asleep in his bed, the covers drawn down to his waist. In his dream he hears Jean calling his name, telling him to remember. Scott mutters that he can’t and Emma, who’s standing over him, reminds him of their discussion about being repressed in his sleep. She tells him he won’t make it one day into his heart attack years.
Sitting up and rubbing his head Scott says he was dreaming. Emma sarcastically thanks him for the news and asks if he knows that people have dreams within dreams. However, she finds Scott’s psychic defenses are frustratingly thorough.
Scott asks if she saw anything good. Oh the usual, accidentally killing people by looking at them, Utopia burning, everybody looking to him for salvation, she says. Really, Scott asks. No, Emma explains, saying he was flying or at least in the dream she could see. She tells him it was lovely just watching him, like the weight of the world wasn’t on his shoulders for once.
Moving straight to business Scott asks what time it is as he’s got an administrative meeting… they’re having problems with Toad again. Emma bends over toward him and runs her finger across his mouth. She tells him to relax for once and enjoy himself. Scott says he enjoys people not killing each other. “Then you should definitely stay in bed,” she tells him.
Scott wants to know what she’s talking about, but an extremely loud RUUMMBLE gives him a powerful indication. He takes off running in his boxers and implores Emma for some info. She finally submits and tells Scott a group of Neo attacked fifteen minutes ago. “What?!” Scott practically screams, and in her defense Emma says she was delegating and that he needs to try it.
Outside the walls of Utopia a battle rages on several fronts. A gigantic, stonelike Neo codenamed Pillar is being confronted by Northstar, Archangel, Storm and Magneto. A female with a bright, blue energy field, Flare, flies by the battle, Namor hot on her tail.
Back inside Utopia, Cyclops is in uniform and running through the halls. He puts out a mental summons to his telepaths and receives a reply from Celeste. She tells him Miss Frost ordered them not to communicate with him. He tells her to connect him with all team leaders immediately, “And never let me sleep!”
The first people he contacts are Storm and Archangel who tell him Namor’s been taken out by the big one, but he’s in the water. Storm says they have Neo markings, but different than the Warclan. She adds that Magneto and Northstar are engaging a second target over the island.
Cyclops moves onto Iceman who says he’d rather be fighting the Trinity. Dazzler, who’s behind him and fighting against a Neo who’s using some sort of black energy [Singularity], tells him to shut up with the jokes. Iceman relents and tells Cyke Wolverine’s engaged with another one, and that he’s on his way to the Square where something big is happening.
Wolverine is contacted next, but he’s unavailable to reply as he’s being pounded into the ground by a large, muscular Neo named Sinew. Colossus answers Cyclops instead saying the Neo are a distraction, that they have a target.
Now outside Cyclops stares out at the Square and sees what they came for. Celeste tells him the X-Men are on their way. Cyke thanks her, but believes they’re out of time. Across the way a Neo, with his eyes wrapped in cloth, holds Kavita Rao in the air by her neck. He declares they are the Guardian Clan of Neo and he wants some answers or she dies, along with the rest of the X-Men.
Dr. Nemesis, who’s standing behind Cyclops, asks the stalwart leader what the hell a Neo is. Cyke explains they’re an offshoot species of mutantkind, stronger, faster and more powerful. They’ve stayed hidden for centuries, though they fought one of their clans not long ago. Emma pipes in to say their leader seems to think they know why their people are dying.
The Neo leader, Stare, starts screaming that a year ago their numbers were decimated and most of their powers were stripped away. In addition, there haven’t been any live Neo births. However, his tirade continues, he’s heard of a mutant birth and new mutant powers manifesting around the globe. Now he asks Cyclops to tell him why.
Before answering, Cyclops orders his people to stand down. Then he explains to Stare that the same thing happened to them. He asks for Dr. Rao to be released and then offers to tell them everything the X-Men know.
Unfortunately, Wolverine missed the memo on standing down and rakes his claws across the bandaged Neo’s back. Stare lets out an anguished cry and lets go of Rao. Cyclops curses Logan for his hotheadedness and then orders Armor to retrieve Dr. Rao.
Lifting the bandages covering his eyes the Neo leader lets loose with an optic combustible burst, nailing Wolverine in the chest. He orders his people to kill all the X-Men. The battles pick up again, starting with Orb who takes down Mercury, but Cyclops tells his people to use non-lethal attacks only, that the Neo are not their enemy.
Iceman’s slide meets resistance as he charges Backhand, whose power is the ability to deflect physical attacks. He tells Iceman that Cyclops is wrong, that they are the X-Men’s enemy, because their species will replace them when they’re dead.
As Cyclops blasts away at Repulse’s force field she echoes the same sentiments. She tells Cyke he should have killed the Sapiens because they will surely try to do the same.
Emma, in diamond form, tells Celeste to get behind her. She then yells over to Scott that the Neos’ minds are too strong and can’t be shut down anytime soon. Seeing this battle as a “lose-lose” Cyclops tells the Guardian Clan to hold their fire and starts barking orders out to his troops on how to best contain the situation.
Then the unexpected happens. Cyclops drops to his knees, looks up into the sky and screams, letting loose with a devastating optic blast.
“Scott?!” Emma cries, rushing over to her boyfriend. Everyone nearby stops and watches. Bobby and Warren are concerned and ask Emma what’s happening. She tells them his mind is on fire, that he’s having some sort of seizure. She asks Scott if he can hear her. Calling Emma “Jean”, he says they’re coming. Emma tells him the Neo already came, but he cuts her off and tells her it’s not the Neo, it’s the Evolutionaries.
Hammer Industries, Munitions Factory, New Jersey the past
“Scott…”
Cyclops regains consciousness, rubbing his head as Jean tells him they have to move. His vision’s a bit blurry, but he can see Jean reaching out her hand. She tells Scott they need him to get up. Cyclops does, and asks Marvel Girl what happened. “Happened,” she starts, “…it’s still happening.”
To Scott’s right are Iceman and Beast, to his left Marvel Girl, and up in the sky is Angel. In front of him are the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants led by the callous Magneto. He orders his people to show Xavier’s children the error of their ways.
The battle recommences with Iceman trying to put the freeze on Quicksilver. The arrogant speedster laughs at his attempt as he clotheslines the booted hero.
Beast, meanwhile, has several vipers surrounding him. He keeps telling himself it’s only an illusion, but it doesn’t help matters as he’s paralyzed in fear. He yells out for Jean to take down Mastermind.
With a telekinetic blow to the head Jean does. The weakest member of the Brotherhood hits the ground just as an incoming metal beam zooms in for the kill. Cyclops sees this and pushes Jean out of the way, the metal beam lodging itself into the pavement where she stood. Still on top of Jean, the angry Cyclops fires a blast at Magneto that he easily deflects with his force field. Scott tells the team to take down their targets and then concentrate on Magneto as they can’t let him reach the missiles.
Nearby, Angel drops in on Toad, delivering two feet to his face, telling Mortimer to stay away and that he smells. Warren then sarcastically tells Cyclops he’s thankful for him as he wouldn’t have been able to figure out what to do on his own.
Nearby, Quicksilver appears to have the advantage against Iceman. He continues to land blow after blow, joking that he can’t tell if Iceman’s inability to fight back stems from a lack of consciousness. Iceman says he’s the one who gets to make the jokes and Quicksilver agrees that beating him into a coma will be amusing. Iceman tells him he’s pretty slow for someone who’s fast. This angers Pietro who begins to argue with him. Distracted, Quicksilver is wide open to attack. Bobby takes the momentary advantage and turns him into an ice statue.
The Scarlet Witch is worried about her brother, but Magneto tells her not to be for Xavier teaches his flock not to kill. The defiant Witch tells Magneto that fighting the X-Men is wrong, that they should tell them what’s coming. Magneto tells her they need to know who they’re fighting for, they need to see.
Not far away, Marvel Girl reports to Cyclops that Toad, Quicksilver and Mastermind are all down. She exclaims that they’re winning, but Cyclops sees Magneto pulling back and thinks something’s up. Sure enough a large RMMMMMMBLLL fills the air and the X-Men meet their first Sentinel.
The large, purple-hued robot announces its detection of mutants. Referring to itself as Sentinel 221 it tells those assembled it is proceeding with extermination. The X-Men just stare, Jean retracting her “we’re winning” comment.
Cyclops orders his team to move just as the Sentinel fires up both hand repulsors. The pavement around them erupts when the Sentinel’s blasts impact. Angel wonders aloud what that thing is since it’s going after both the X-Men and Brotherhood. He stops short and watches as Magneto gathers his people onto a huge conglomeration of metal and begins his retreat. Iceman can’t believe Magneto would be running away from a metal robot.
Before going out of earshot Magneto explains his actions, that he believes the X-Men must learn that Xavier’s dream is just that, a dream. The humans they are being trained to protect have engineered the death of their entire species.
While Iceman and Angel let that sink in Jean throws up a teke shield around Cyclops and herself, just in time too. Beast, meanwhile, curls himself up into a ball hoping to avoid the deadly, flying debris. He asks Cyclops if he has a plan for their survival yet.
Cyke lets loose with an optic fury. He then orders Angel and Beast to distract the Sentinel while Iceman and Marvel Girl target its legs. The bounding Beast heads toward the giant robot amidst a flurry of optic blasts courtesy of the Sentinel. Iceman jokes that Cyclops missed the part where he mentioned surviving.
Angel, meanwhile, flies over to the nearby power lines and snaps them in half. He carries them over to the Sentinel hoping to wrap him up. Cyclops cries out for him to stop, but it’s too late. The Sentinel activates its countermeasures and creates a powerful electrical current that knocks Angel for a loop. He plummets toward the ground, but a telekinetic push softens his landing.
Cursing Warren, Cyclops charges forward, hoping to deal more damage with a closer attack. However, Professor Xavier, who’s been monitoring the battle, sends a telepathic message to withdraw from the field. Scott argues with the Professor, but he is adamant and orders Scott to withdraw immediately.
Cyclops yells they are leaving, but gives the Sentinel one last thing to remember them by. Loosening the ground in front of it with his optic might he orders Jean to give it a telekinetic push. The piles of rocks make a quick beeline toward the Sentinel’s feet. It’s enough to knock the giant mutant killer to the ground. Jean shields the ground bound team from the resulting smoke and debris.
They stare at the Sentinel, transfixed. Bobby suggests they put it out of its misery, but Cyclops says they have their orders. Iceman starts to argue, but Cyclops cuts him off, “It was an order, Iceman.”
Xavier’s School for Gifted Children, Westchester, NY
The X-Men are gathered in the Professor’s study waiting on their mentor to arrive. Warren, still heated about their retreat, tears into Cyclops over his action plan. He sarcastically asks if he read that in the Art of War. Hank readies to quote the Sun Tzu, but Warren tells him to shut it before he gets the chance.
Not one to back down Cyclops points an accusatory finger at his winged teammate and tells him they follow orders or they die. He reminds Warren that he told him to distract the robot, not engage it, and it almost cost him his life. “This is not a game!” he yells.
In wheels Professor X who agrees with Cyclops’ declaration. He tells his X-Men he read Toad’s mind and the Brotherhood knew there were three more machines on their way. He tells them if they had stayed they would have died.
Cyclops asks why he wasn’t told this in the field. The Professor says it was moot since they achieved their mission and denied Magneto his missiles. Beast jokes that Magneto really likes his missiles.
Disagreeing with Xavier’s assessment, Cyclops points out those machines are now free to hunt down and kill other mutants, ones that aren’t trained in their powers as they are. Charles says it was all a trap set by Magneto. He knew about those Sentinels, and knew he would send the X-Men to respond to his threat. Charles feels that Magneto will do whatever it takes to show Xavier his version of humanity, the monsters who only seek their destruction.
Cyclops agrees that humanity fears them, but believes everything’s changed now that they’ve created machines to hunt and kill them. Sensing where he’s going with this Jean cautions him, but Scott implores the Professor they need to act before they cease to exist.
Charles turns from his students, his head hung low. He tells Scott he had a similar conversation with Magneto once. RMMMBLEE! The mansion is rocked to the core, then a bright light fills the room. Three beings with blue-tinged helmets, black, trench-coat like bodies with bright circles adorning their chest and shoulders appear in the room.
The one in the middle tells them that Home Superior is in danger. A telepathic ready signal from Cyclops is denied by the Professor who senses no malice from these invaders. Charles introduces himself and asks what manner of being their new guests are. The middle one says they’re Evolutionaries and are there to ensure their survival.
Utopia the present
“What the bloody hell is an Evolutionary?” Emma asks her darling Cyclops who has just recovered from his memory jaunt in time. In a flurry of half sentences Cyclops says they made him forget, that Jean must have found a way. He says they need to find the Professor and Hank and to contact Reed Richards and Henry Pym immediately, that they don’t have time.
A flash of yellow light covers the area. The blue-tinged Evolutionary is joined by half a dozen yellow-tinged ones. The blue one tells Cyclops he lied.
Not missing a beat Emma asks Scott if there’s something he’d like to tell her. He ignores her, telling his people not to make any sudden moves, even calling out Logan personally and telling him to do nothing. Logan asks what the hell is going on, but Scott just screams back at him to do as he’s told.
Stare doesn’t care how many there are. He charges the Evolutionaries as Bobby jokes they need a calendar to start scheduling when Utopia is going to get attacked. Warren cautions Iceman that he can feel them in his wings.
Scott tells the Neo the Evolutionaries are not a threat. It doesn’t matter to Stare. He tells the Evolutionaries they are nothing compared to the Neo and that they will die alongside the mutants.
The Evolutionary leader remains calm, idling in the air, while Stare makes his threats. He tells Stare the Neo species has ceased to evolve and they now present a danger to Homo Superior. “We will not allow that,” the Evolutionary finishes.
Stare spontaneously explodes from the chest out. The X-Men watch in horror as most of the Neos’ flesh begins to bubble and explode. Orb and Flare are the only ones who perish differently, the former sliced in half across the torso and the latter shattering into pieces.
As the blood of Stare pools on the ground, Cyclops drops to his knees in despair. Iceman wants to know, for the love of god, what happened. “The Neo are dead,” he replies.
Southeast Asia, Neo Spiritclan
A hut, along with a nearby shed, jeep and tree are filled with pock holes. A fire burns on the ground.
All of them, everywhere.
Utopia
Nemesis asks how that’s possible. Standing next to him is Mercury who says she’s going to throw up.
The Arctic, Neo Mindclan
A large enclave is on fire, the front window of a nearby helicopter is splattered with blood.
The entire species.
Utopia
Gone.
Now Iceman wants to know what the Evolutionaries want. Cyclops explains they want to protect mutantkind. They’re there to ensure their survival.
Hammer Industries, Munitions Factory, New Jersey the past
A similar scene played out in the past, Scott asking the Evolutionaries how they intended to “ensure their survival.” The answer, then and now, is the same, “Through the extinction of the species called Home Sapien.”
2.5 million years ago
We watch over them.
The cave where the human children were born is filled with the echoes of their crying.
We protect them, until they can protect themselves.
The babies are levitating in the middle of the cave, the Evolutionaries staring at them, transfixed.
For Home Sapien to live… Australopithecus Sediba had to die. This is our purpose.