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A Lie of the Mind
‘So, what were you feeling, James?’ a posh voice calls out to James “Warpath” Proudstar of X-Force. ‘What do you mean?’ Warpath replies as he appears to be sitting out in a desert, under a pyre where his brother’s body burns. ‘My brother was dead! I was watching his body burning in front of my eyes - I could practically see his spirit rising from the flames - what do you think I was feeling?’ James calls back. ‘I don’t know. I’d rather you tell me’ the posh voice replies. The voice suddenly takes form, as James looks behind him and sees the telepathic Emma Frost - ‘The cold, and calculating White Queen’ he remarks. ‘You’re the one taking a mental stroll through my memories!’ James points out.
In truth, Warpath and the White Queen are in one of the White Queen’s offices at the Massachusetts Academy, home of Generation X, her students. James tells Emma, whose hands are on his head, that she must have figured it out already. Emma replies that she has, and remarks that they are witnessing the moment the boy named James Proudstar became a man. Emma breaks telepathic contact and remarks that the road James chose - ‘The path of war, if I may be so trite’ was never really true to his spirit. ‘Was it, James?’
‘I was angry’ Warpath replies, remarking that he lost his brother before he ever really got the chance to know him. James stands up and reminds the White Queen that he blamed Charles Xavier for that, because he took John away, made him an X-Man and that got him killed. ‘I was wrong though’ James admits, reminding Emma that no one got john killed but John. Emma tells Warpath that he was also equally wrong to blame the Hellfire Club for the destruction of his reservation and its people.
Emma narrows her eyes and tells Warpath that he seems to have quite the penchant for doing that. ‘Doing what?’ James replies. ‘Blaming the wrong people for tragedies in your life?’ Emma replies, sipping some coffee. ‘Misplacing your emotional baggage’ Emma adds. ‘You should talk, lady!’ Warpath snaps back. Holding up a photograph of himself and his former teammates, the White Queen’s Hellions - himself, Tarot, Empath, Roulette, Catseye and Jetstream - four of whom are now deceased.
‘Look at you now. Trying all over again with a new group of kids’ James tells the White Queen. ‘Why?’ he asks, reminding Emma that the Hellions are dead - and Generation X can never be them. If the White Queen takes in what Warpath is saying she makes no comment, instead tells him that he didn’t come all the way to Massachusetts with his X-Force friends to talk about her. ‘So let’s talk about you then. And why you continue to live a life that brings you so little happiness…’.
At that moment, on the sprawling school grounds, the White Queen’s co-headmaster, Sean Cassidy, the former X-Man known as Banshee walks with his daughter, Theresa a.k.a. Siryn. Banshee smiles at his daughter and asks her to tell him about Warpath, remarking that he seems to care for her quite a bit. ‘He’s a good man, Dad’ Siryn replies as she gathers up some golden leaves that had fallen from the trees. ‘He helped me through some difficult you know’ Theresa reveals. Sean lights a pipe and asks Theresa if she means the drinking that she told him about.
Siryn tosses the leaves into the air and lets them fall around her as she confirms this, remarking that James was there for her before the drinking became a permanent problem. Siryn explains to her father that James made her see that she didn’t need to use liquor as a crutch against the things that haunted her. ‘It was like a light being turned on in my head - light’s on, problem’s gone!’. Banshee warns Siryn that she shouldn’t think the solutions to those kinds of things are ever so easy, but tells her that he is happy to see she had people to turn to.
Banshee then asks Siryn if she loves Warpath as much as he seems to love her. Siryn pauses and looks to the ground, folding her arms across her chest as she replies ‘I - I love him, of course - but like a friend - there’s nothing between us like that!’. ‘Oh?’ Banshee replies. ‘Oh, what?’ Siryn retorts as she kicks a large pile of leaves, sending the leaves flying all over the place. Sean tells Theresa that he doesn’t think James feels the same way, and remarks that it is difficult enough to be in the line of work they are in without feelings of unrequited love tossing about in their hearts.
Siryn turns to her father and yanks his pipe out of his mouth, ‘Well then, speaking of unrequited love - tell me how Moira MacTaggert feels - being an ocean away at Muir Island - while you’re working with Miss Emma “Do-you-think-my-garter-belt-looks-good-with-these-lace-stockings” Frost?’ she asks. ‘The truth?’ Banshee asks. ‘It was enough to make her scream!’ he exclaims, unleashing a low-level sonic scream, scattering leaves all over Theresa.
As Warpath looks out the window, watching Siryn and Banshee, the White Queen asks her former pupil why he continues to stay with X-Force. ‘They need me’ James replies quietly. ‘What for?’ Emma asks, pointing out that there is little his enhanced strength brings to X-Force that other’s can’t duplicate or surpass. ‘Of what of your espoused “caused” under Cable’s guidance?’ Emma adds. ‘”Do unto them before they do unto you” -?’ Emma declares that it is a childishly useless approach to life. ‘Well it sounded pretty good when we first started out’ Warpath replies, leaning on the fireplace mantelpiece.
(Inside Warpath’s mind / flashback illustrations)
 ‘Weren’t anger and revenge your stated motivations for joining them?’ Emma asks. ‘Do you remember how it felt, James - after you found the Camp Verde Apache Reservation decimated - and all of your people - your family and friends - dead?’. Emma asks as she goes inside James’ mind, to that very moment. ‘How empty that must have felt’ Emma remarks. ‘To have prepared them all for a traditional burial - only to hear the sirens off in the distance as the Police, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the paramedics show up’.
Emma reminds James how he dealt with the incessant questions, the probing and prodding, how even though they were just doing their job, their presence felt like such a violation. ‘That must have made you so angry’ Emma remarks, before reminding Warpath that the Police decided the massacre was the work of professionals - a clinical, methodical, military-style sanctioning of an entire town full of people. ‘How did that make you feel?’ she asks. ‘Angry’ Warpath replies quietly.
(Reality / Present)
‘FURIOUS!’ shouts Warpath, clutching one of the white masks worn by the Hellfire Club stooges. Standing face-to-face with the White Queen now, he remarks that he thought the Hellfire Club had slaughtered everyone he cared about because he decided to leave the Hellions. But the White Queen tells James that he was thinking no such thing, and he knows it too. Emma tells James that he knows, has always known, in his heart, that the Hellfire Club never had anything to do with the murder of his people, and smacks the mask out of Warpath’s grasp, where it lands at their feet.
The White Queen asks Warpath why she would have wanted vengeance on him for leaving them, and asks him who it was that encouraged him to go back home again. ‘You did’ James mumbles softly. ‘And do you remember why I did so?’ Emma asks as she kicks the Hellfire Club mask into the fireplace as Warpath replies that after the incident with Xavier, when he learned that he was wrong to blame the Professor for John’s death, Emma knew he wasn’t happy, that he had lost a sense of place and a reason for even being with the Hellions anymore.
Emma reminds James that he came to her so she could help him become like his brother, until he learned that was no longer what he wanted out of life. ‘So tell me then, James, why do you persist in following in John Proudstar’s footsteps?’, while the mask begins to burn in the fire place.
Elsewhere in the sprawling mansion, another fire place is stoked, as Sam “Cannonball” Guthrie of X-Force tells his younger sister Paige a.k.a. Generation X’s Husk, that she sure has a funny way of following in his lead. Sam exclaims that looking to Professor Xavier to help with their mutant powers is all well and good, as it worked for him, and that the Massachusetts Academy is as good as the Westchester Academy - ‘But really, Paige - the White Queen is your teacher!’ Sam exclaims, annoyed.
Hugging herself on a sofa, Paige replies that the White Queen is more like her principal, but Sam just asks her what kind of a role model the White Queen makes. ‘I mean, short of the fact she’s fought the X-Men more times than fingers I got to count - she also got her last group of students killed!’. Sam adds. Paige looks away from her brother, then covers her ears as he exclaims that their Mother asked him to check on her, to make sure that she is okay up “Yankeeland”, as their Mother referred to this place. ‘Never mind you’re in Red Sox territory, but I figured -’ Sam mumbles, when Paige interrupts, ‘You’d come up here and lecture me?’ she exclaims annoyed, before ‘You know how I love to hear from the Sam Guthrie book on How to be a Right Proper Mutant!’ she snaps.
‘Oh now I’m bleeding, you cut deep, girl’ Sam replies sarcastically, before telling his sister that he is not trying to tell her how she should - Paige interrupts again, getting to her feet she begins quoting her brother: “Live your life, Paige, but when I was with the New Mutants we would run off behind the Professor’s back there. Then we’d get Magneto to fold our laundry, and we’d zip on up to Asgard with Bird Brain squawking in our ears!” Sam frowns and tells Paige that she is his little sister and can at least pretend to respect him. Husk replies that she does respect Sam, but that sometimes she doesn’t understand him.
Suddenly, the door to the room bursts open, and loud-mouthed Tabitha “Boomer” Smith of X-Force makes her presence known, ‘Yessireee, goys and birls!’ she jokes. ‘Not since Bill Buckner let that baseball roll between his legs has Boston seen such a tragedy in the making! In this corner, weighing ninety-five - if she’s a pound - with golden locks we all know are born of nature’s finest chemicals, is Boomer, Queen of Consumption! Challenging her peroxide spending might is the hobbit from Hollywood, the pipsqueak from the Pacific - the Princess of Purchase herself - Jubilee!’.
Jubilation Lee bursts in front of Boomer, with her teammates M and Synch behind her she exclaims that this is a no holds barred, three-hour shopping spree at Fanueil Hall. Jubilee declares that, whoever spends the most of Cable’s or Irish’s (Banshee’s) money is the heavyweight champion Mall Rat of the world. ‘You cowpokes wanna see the American economy recover by dinnertime?’ she asks excitedly. Paige stares at her teammate, and Sam says nothing to his girlfriend. ‘GUESS NOT!’ Boomer and Jubilee exclaim in unison, their brightly colored sunglasses covering their eyes. ‘You know you’re wrong’ Sam and Paige both tell each other, before cracking up with laughter, and hugging. ‘Ain’t we a pair, huh?’ Sam remarks, to which Paige remarks that beings mutants is easy for them, but being family is hard.
Outside, Banshee and Siryn watch as Boomer and Jubilee rush past. ‘Have fun kids!’ Sean shouts, while remarking to Siryn that from the way the girls are moving, you would think they had gotten hold of Emma’s Platinum Cards. ‘Or someone’s’ Terry whispers.
The White Queen asks Warpath why it is that he thinks of them all as his family now. ‘Because Emma, they are - I guess’ James replies, causing Emma to ask him what it is that X-Force do that has anything to do with what he wants. ‘What do any of us want?’ James replies. ‘A place to feel comfortable? People who you like and like you back? A reason to get out of bed in the morning?’ he suggests as he picks up an ornament. The White Queen frowns as she replies that they are all logical desires, were James a normal young man, ‘But what nineteen year old with a choice would live underground with a group of outlaws - working for a man who believes that in order to prevent anarchy one must foment chaos?’ she asks.
‘Well, what am I supposed to do?’ James replies. ‘You tell me!’ he exclaims, smashing the ornament in his hand. Emma crouches down to pick up the pieces of her smashed statue, while James asks what his life - or the people who taught him, including Emma, ever done to prepare him for anything except what he is doing now. ‘James, stop your whining, please’ Emma replies, remarking that she is so tired of people blaming others for their misfortunes. ‘It’s so trendy’ she remarks, before asking James if he understands what she is saying.
The White Queen tells Warpath that what he is today is of course, a direct result of the influences he has experienced, and the hardships he endured as a child. ‘But what you will develop into as a young adult should be a conscious and direct choice on your part’ she adds. ‘I think I heard all this on Oprah last week’ James mumbles, to which Emma ignores, instead she looks at herself in a mirror and tells James that he survived. ‘Of all my original class of Hellions, only you and Manuel managed to do that!’. The White Queen asks James if he realizes how valuable the gift of life really is, and quietly admits that she never admitted it herself until just recently.
‘It infuriates me to see you doing so little with the opportunities available to you!’ Emma adds, before remarking ‘Which beggars the question…what is it that you want to be, James Proudstar?’. ‘I don’t know’ James replies, to which the White Queen asks him how he will ever learn what that is if he persists in perpetuating the same mistakes which have made him so unhappy to begin with. ‘I don’t know…’ he whispers again, looking rather forlorn. Glancing out the window, Emma declares that they have come back once again to what she asked of James earlier - ‘Give me one good reason why you’re staying with X-Force?’, as she looks down at Banshee and Siryn, still walking around outside.
Meanwhile, a world away, specifically at the main research facilities for the Verschlagen Biochemical Research organization in Neustrelitz, Germany, where an apparent incidence of industrial espionage turns ugly. ‘Halt!’ a group of mercenaries order a lone figure, dressed in black, running swiftly from them. The man being chased turns and fires his weapon, but the mercenaries return the action three-fold, and the man quickly falls to the ground. ‘Gestorben?’ one of the mercenaries asks. ‘Ja’ another replies, when suddenly a woman with a trio of guard dogs arrives, ‘Show me his face!’ she exclaims in her native German.
One of the mercenaries removes the man’s mask and gasps, quickly telling Frau Verschlagen that they didn’t know it was him. ‘He turned to fire upon us - we merely defended ourselves!’ he exclaims. ‘Do not overly concern yourself with this incident, Herr Frocht, I know your men were only doing their jobs’ Frau Verschlagen replies, holding up her husband’s mask, she exclaims that what worries her is not that they killed her husband, but that he obviously suspected that their son, Asahi, was being kept here. Frau Verschlagen declares that it therefore stands to reason that her husband’s employers suspect as well - which means they had best prepare for a little visit from the Japanese Clan Yashida!.
Back in Massachusetts, Warpath asks Emma what kind of question that is. ‘A valid one, I think, in light of everything we’ve discussed today’ Emma replies. Warpath quotes the White Queen: “Why do I stay with X-Force?”, ‘Because they’re my friends, that’s why!’ he announces, before declaring that X-Force are willing to fight for something important, something he believes in. ‘And that is?’ Emma asks. ‘Peace!’ exclaims Warpath. ‘Ah, I see. Anything else?’ the White Queen asks. ‘Well…Theresa Cassidy. She needs me’ James explains. ‘Does she really? Emma asks.
James replies that Siryn does, that she has had a hard life and needed a shoulder to cry on - someone she can depend on, and he has been there for her. He reveals to the White Queen that Siryn had a bit of a problem that he helped her out with. James tells Emma that he and Theresa went to Ireland together, and just last week she had a situation with her uncle and Deadpool, which they talked about. ‘She still needs me. I’m not about to let her down’. ‘I’m certain you won’t’ Emma replies, narrowing her eyes.
Changing the subject, the White Queen asks Warpath what his feelings were when he watched his brother’s body burning in front of his eyes. ‘What were you really feeling as you found your family dead?’. James doesn’t respond, so Emma asks ‘Do you know what I think?’. Staring away from his former leader, Warpath replies ‘No…but I’m sure you’re going to tell me’. Emma announces that she thinks Warpath is afraid to confront what he really felt, because if he does, it might finally force him to sever the ties he refuses to let go of - ties which bind him to a past which has nothing to do with what is really inside him.
Warpath remains silent and still does not look at the White Queen, who adds ‘Which keep you from becoming what you might otherwise want to. ‘Yeah, football hero, married, the house with a white picket fence and two kids’ James mumbles. ‘Right’. he adds, before asking Emma if she knows so much, then to tell him how she felt when she first found out that the Hellions had been killed. Emma touches the photo of her favorite students and reveals that she was mad at them - for not being better. ‘For having been undone by the very forces they were trained to fight against!’ she exclaims.
‘Bull! You know what I think Emma - I think this is a joke!’ James exclaims, standing in the doorway of the office, ready to leave. ‘Surrounding yourself with a bunch of kids all over again - like you’ll make a difference this time! You’re just using them - like maybe if they’re here, you’ll forget that deep down inside, you know you’re a failure - and that your failure resulted in the deaths of six people!’. Emma scowls, then turns her head away from James as he says those words, before Warpath suddenly slams the door hard, causing the vibration to knock pictures from the wall and ornaments from their places, as well as Emma’s photo of her Hellions, which comes crashing down at her feet. ‘Afraid. You were terrified, James’ she whispers.
In moments, Warpath emerges outside, the wind still blowing, he approaches Siryn and Banshee. Theresa smiles and waves at Warpath, asking him how things went with the White Queen. ‘As well as can be expected, I guess’ James replies, revealing that he is back to square one regarding who really did destroy Camp Verde tow years ago, but at least he now knows that it wasn’t the Hellfire Club. Banshee asks James what he was up there chatting with the White Queen about all afternoon, to which James turns and looks at the office where Emma is standing in the window, watching him. ‘Nothing much’ James whispers.
The White Queen proceeds to telepathically contact James, ‘Scared to death. Scared of life’ she remarks, telling James that he is still terrified, knowing that it could have been him. Emma ‘Every day spent fighting this ugly way could be your last. And you get by convinced that you’re just a heartbeat away from love and life’. The White Queen tells Warpath that the sad reality he refuses to admit, is that he is much closer to being a simple heartbeat away from misery and death.
‘All that time and “nothing much” is the answer?’ Siryn asks her friend. ‘She ignored everything I had to say’ Warpath replies, to which Banshee smirks. ‘Great timing!’ Cannonball exclaims as he and Husk approach the trio. Husk announces that they are going into the city to catch up with the others, and asks them if they want to join them and make a party out of it. ‘Yeah Paige…a party sounds like a great idea’ James replies, glancing at Emma’s office, only to see that she is no longer standing in the window watching him. Siryn asks Warpath what it is they are celebrating, to which James replies ‘How about to - tomorrow?’ he suggests. ‘That’ll do for starters’ Siryn replies.


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Teapot in a Tempest
Murderworld, home of the young rebel-heroes X-Force. At this moment, Samuel “Cannonball” Guthrie is viewing a holo-retrieval program, which causes images from a recent battle to play out before him. One of the images is of his missing teammate Bobby “Sunspot” DaCosta, his best friend. Sam recalls that the first words Bobby ever said to him were not kind ones. But, from the uncomfortable beginning, eventually a wonderful friendship was forged. Through good and bad times with the New Mutants, and then X-Force, Sam and Bobby came to depend on each other for so many little things.
Now though, Bobby needs Sam to do one simple, yet nearly impossible favor - to find him - to save him - and bring him home. But Sam has failed his best friend time and again. Sam watches how the Mutant Liberation Front kidnapped National Security Advisor Henry Peter Gyrich, so X-Force mounted a rescue attempt. Although they succeeded in saving the life of a man who hates their very existence, they lost two of their own in the process - Feral defected to the MLF, and Sunspot disappeared when his powers mysteriously interfaced with the teleporter, Locus. They have been missing ever since, and after months of looking for this frustrating needled in a haystack, Sam has become downright desperate.
‘Lord, please let this work’ Sam whispers, before ordering the computer to end the holo-retrieval program. At that moment, Theresa “Siryn” Cassidy enters the chamber, dressed in gym gear and sipping a drink, she asks Sam if he has had any luck finding Bobby, to which Sam replies that he hasn’t even turned on the modified Cerebro yet. Theresa asks her friend if he thinks that running Professor Xavier’s mutant-detection system through Cable’s time-displacement core is going to work, to which Sam admits that he is tossing a prayer to the wind.
Cannonball reminds Siryn that Cable’s time displacement core has been out of power and lying at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean for months now. ‘But maybe - just maybe - I can access its temporal sensory array…’ his voice trails off as Siryn understands where he is going with this and finishes his sentence for him, ‘…using the two in tandem to create a cross-time mutagenic energy signature sweep? Pretty ambitious!’ she exclaims. Cannonball replies that Cable and Xavier both doubted it would work, but since they are in Israel, he decided to give it a shot now.
Siryn reminds Cannonball that Locus could teleport anywhere she had been, or anywhere her target had been. Sam replies that he knows, and exclaims that where Bobby is concerned, that could range from Asgard to outer space, to different time lines all together. ‘But I have faith he’s still alive. I have to!’ Sam exclaims. James “Warpath” Proudstar enters, telling Sam that they all have faith, even if they haven’t always said it. Sam thanks James, before remarking that he didn’t see him come in here, then adds ‘But where Siryn goes, Warpath is soon to follow, huh?’. ‘Who can knock the view?’ Warpath replies.
‘Okay…here goes’ Sam announces as he switches the modified Cerebro on. The computer voice declares that the booster-gain is online, and that temporal sensory access has been initiated. The computer begins its search, then moments later the computer announces that the scan is complete, and the target has been located. ‘That was a lot faster than I expected!’ Cannonball gasps. Warpath frowns and tells Sam that there is a reason why the search was so quick, and that he doesn’t think he is going to like it. ‘Do you see that? Bobby’s here, I mean, on Earth - right now!’ Warpath exclaims. ‘May the Lord have mercy - have a look at where he is!’ Siryn exclaims, wide-eyed as she looks at the map on the computer.
Meanwhile, in Greenwich Village, Lower Manhattan, Tabitha “Boomer” Smith has ventured out on a cold night. Standing outside a Chinese restaurant, she reminds herself that she is the one who told the boys that she wanted to be on her own tonight. She mutters that she could have gone to a mosh-pit with Rictor and Shatterstar, but no, instead she has to get all mature-like. Tabby tells herself that things just aren’t the same anymore, and she is finally willing to admit that. She begins noting the recent changes - Cannonball, her boyfriend whom she loves being immortal, Sunspot missing, Moonstar playing both sides of the fence, all the “junk” with Feral, and now Cypher kinda-sorta-not-really being alive again.
‘All that stuff going down has made Tabitha, the Peroxide Fox, start seeing herself a little different, is all’ Boomer admits, looking down the street at some prostitutes, she realizes that this could have been her life. ‘A runaway. Seventeen years old and working the corners. Who woulda helped me out then? Who woulda come to my rescue?’ Tabitha wonders as she approaches a group of street workers, one of whom is being spoken to by a member of Child Watch. ‘Call me, Kelly’ she tells the girl calmly, holding out her card. ‘Yeah, sure’ the young girl replies.
‘What’s your name?’ Kelly asks. ‘What’s the difference?’ the girl replies, looking at the card. ‘Maybe because a friendship has to start somewhere’ Kelly replies, adding that first names seem like a good bet. ‘Child Watch Organization? Huh? Over on Bleecker, right?’ the girl asks. Kelly tells the girls that it is a place she can come to for help, if she would like. Suddenly, one of the other hookers shouts ‘Jimmy D ain’t gonna like you talking with her, Pris!’. Annoyed, Kelly shouts back ‘Leave her alone, okay!?’.  Suddenly, Pris begins to run from Kelly, ‘She’s right - he would get mad - sorry - I - I - gotta go!’ she calls back, her shoes falling from her feet as she runs, dropping Kelly’s card in the process. ‘Don’t listen to them - wait!’ cries Kelly, but her call goes unheeded.
Kelly gives the older prostitutes who laughed at her a few choice words, then leaves in search of another soul to try and save on this night. Boomer goes over and picks up Kelly’s Child Watch card. ‘Hmmm, okay, Boomer, you wanna start acting like an adult…then start by acting responsibly!’ Tabitha tells herself, vowing that this poor girl, Pris, is going to get some help tonight.
Meanwhile, at the Limelight nightclub on Sixth and Twentieth, where the bass is up about ten levels higher than it needs to be. The sights and sounds, a mixture of energy and chaos. For Julio “Rictor” Richter and his teammate and friend Shatterstar, this night out on the town elicits completely different responses. ‘Is this great or what?’ Rictor asks his friend in the middle of the dance floor. ‘Or what’ replies Shatterstar, not dancing. ‘WHAT?’ Rictor shouts back. ‘Exactly’ Shatterstar replies. Rictor asks Shatterstar what he said again, but Shatterstar just mumbles ‘Never mind’.
With plenty of attractions around them, Julio tells Shatterstar that he has to start loosening up. ‘Let’s start partying!’ he exclaims. Frowning, Shatterstar replies that he might, were it not for the fact that this place reminds him far too much of his home world. ‘What?’ Julio calls back. ‘Nothing’ Shatterstar replies as the extra-dimensional warrior watches his friend slide up to some women as if it were by second nature. Standing in the middle of the madness that young adults call fun, Shatterstar wonders once more why he always feels as if he cannot fit in.
Shatterstar knows the current song being playing as he has seen it on the television - the Beastie Boys “Sabotage”. It is a loud song, primitive - conflicted - and Shatterstar likes it. He watches Rictor dance with a woman and remembers how he left his planet because he yearned for freedom - but he wonders, having found that freedom on Earth why it is he still feels like a slave? He wonders what it will take to make him whole? Suddenly, Shatterstar steps backwards and bumps into a long-haired girl, causing her to drop her drink. Shatterstar spins around, ‘Hey, you spilled my -’ the girl is about to say “drink”, but her face breaks into a smile when she sees Shatterstar. ‘We dance now!’ she exclaims.
‘But I don’t -’ Shatterstar begins to protest. ‘Now - or I eat you alive right here in front of everyone!’ the girl replies, pressing her face to Shatterstar. Merging into the mosh pit of dancers, the girl shouts that her name is Stecky, and asks her new friend what his is. Shatterstar tells Stecky that there is no need to shout, as he can hear her clearly. Rictor notices Shatterstar with the girl, ‘Go for it, dude!’ he calls out in encouragement. ‘So, what’s yours?’ Stecky asks again, rubbing her fingers across Shatterstar’s suit. ‘Uhm…Shatter - uhm…Gaveedra. That is my name’ Shatterstar replies.
‘Cool. You got an accent. Where’re you from?’ Stecky asks. Shatterstar tenses up and looks very nervous, ‘Uh…that would be…uhm…your hand…uh…hard to explain!’ Shatterstar mumbles, stuttering, before running from Stecky and the crowd, apologizing as he exclaims that he has to leave now. ‘HEY!’ Stecky shouts, annoyed, while Rictor sees his friend leave, he calls out to him. And Shatterstar wonders what will it take to make him come alive for the first time in his life.
Meanwhile, in Israel’s Negev Desert, X-Force leaders Cable a.k.a. Nathan Summers and Domino have joined up with the X-Men at the request of Professor Xavier, a man who does not make requests often, and is not often denied. Cyclops, Archangel and Xavier stand nearby a communications dock, where Cable tells Cannonball that things here are a little more complicated than he expected, so he doesn’t think he can send Domino back to Murderworld with the PACRAT right now. ‘I don’t know if you get what I’m saying, sir - we found Bobby!’ Sam replies urgently.
Cable tells Sam that he understands, but that the situation here requires their presence. ‘Because without us, the world as we know it might be ending!’. Cable asks what good it would do to rescue DaCosta if there is nothing left to bring him home to. ‘Things are that bad?’ Sam asks. ‘Probably worse than that, I’m afraid’ Cable replies. ‘Fine. Okay’ Sam mumbles, adding that they will figure out a way to get to the North Atlantic, and thinks that he might put in a call to Moira MacTaggert or Forge.
Siryn, now wearing her costume, and Warpath are still nearby, and Cable tells Sam that if the situation improves they will come back as soon as - but suddenly, the monitor goes blank, ‘We lost him?’ Sam asks, before there is an explosion, destroying the monitor and the other computers around it. Theresa calls out to Sam, who replies that he is fine, that he protected himself with a blast field. ‘But I’d love to know why the systems just up and exploded on us!’ he exclaims, before, suddenly, a peculiar noise is heard JKCHEEEEEEEEE.
Warpath tells his friends that the sound is really familiar. Sam agrees, ‘I’ll never forget the last rime we heard it!’ he exclaims as a blinding white light fills the room and green energy swirls around. Warpath declares that they were fighting the Mutant Liberation Front on the island in the Bermuda, when Sunspot disappeared. ‘Along with that time-hopping freak called - LOCUS!’ James shouts as the sultry teleporter appears in the room. Sporting a new grey and white costume, along with a odd white half-mask down the center of her face, and still hiding her identity with large red glasses. Locus has her long blonde hair out in a ponytail, with some bizarre decorations tied underneath.
‘X-Force? Oh great! Gone for as long as I was and look where I end up! Not that I’m complaining mind you, boys and girls, beggars can’t be choosers you know - but ever since DaCosta abandoned me, I’ve had nothing but a mad on for you dudes!’ Locus exclaims as she lands on the ground, her teleport signature fading around her. ‘What did you say? Abandoned you?’ Sam asks, referring to Bobby. He then asks Locus what happened, and where she and Bobby had been for the last six months. ‘Only six months we been gone? Don’t time fly when you’re out of time?’ Locus replies.
Warpath tells Locus to speak English, to which Locus replies ‘English? Sure, if you wanna be dull about it. How about D’Barian? Or better yet, Shi’ar?’. She grins as she spouts off something in Shi’ar - hjkttel fath’eech. Chalell fomahtt, arriffell! Cannonball tells Locus that she Is acting four scoops short of an ice cream cone, and as Locus begins tinkering with the computers, he asks her what she is doing. Locus explains that her teleportation passages always have a way of screwing up comm-systems for a day or two, unless she uses her own electromagnetic field flex to realign the array. Locus adds that if she is back, then that means ‘Berto is too, but she needs to confirm it.
Cannonball tells Locus that they can do that for her, explaining that five minutes before she showed up, they found that Sunspot had been here on Earth all along. ‘Yeah, so you think’ Locus replies, not elaborating any further, before asking if they have a location lock. ‘Great. We have to stop him now, funkadrones! Before it’s too late!’ Locus exclaims. ‘Too late for what?’ Theresa asks. James tells Locus to rewind and play back the last few minutes on thirty-three RPM’s.
Locus’ teleport signature fires up, the white light, the green energy beams and the screeching noise as she exclaims ‘Oh, way cool! A reference to record albums! You have no idea how bummed out I was when I found out CD’s had become obsolete by the turn of the century!’. Locus then calls Warpath “Pridewalker” and tells him that, actually, they don’t have the time to spare. ‘What did you call me?’ James asks quietly, while Sam tells Locus to hang on, that they cannot let her just up and take them away, but it’s too late, as Cannonball, Siryn and Warpath are teleported away by Locus.
Back in Greenwich Village, the rain begins to pour down, and the young prostitute, Priscilla Cole, tries to find shelter from the coming storm. But like so many other difficult things in life, a safe haven is hard to find. Sitting in a stoop and hugging herself for warmth, a cat approaches Priscilla, who tells that cat she is sorry, but has nothing for her. ‘Hey you!’ a voice suddenly shouts from behind Pris. Instantly, Pris gets up and runs away, ‘Yeah, better run you trash!’ an angry man waving a newspaper shouts. ‘Stay away from the homes of decent people!’ he bellows.
Her bare feet splash through puddles, nowhere to run to, no one to turn to for help. Priscilla has learned that in this life, nobody cares. But she’s not the only one running - Boomer tracks her, easily keeping pace. Boomer wonders who would have ever expected her to be in the excellent physical condition she is in now. Boomer has learned that life has a habit of throwing ball curves, and it’s all a matter of learning how to hit them. ‘You know the running has to stop eventually, don’t you?’ Tabitha tells Pris, who has leaned against a wall. ‘Huh? What? Leave me alone, girl’ Pris snaps back, her mascara smeared around her eyes from the rain, or the crying.
Tabby introduces herself and holds up the Child Watch card, telling Pris that she would like to help her. ‘The card? You work for Child Watch?’ Pris asks. Tabitha replies that she doesn’t, but that she thinks Child Watch is just what Pris needs right now. ‘You got no idea what I need’ Pris replies. Boomer just smiles and replies ‘You’d be surprised. I’ve been there myself’. She is about to say something else, when Locus’ teleport signal hovers above them, and the screeching noise can he heard. ‘Oh no…not now…’ Tabby mumbles.
Locus, Sam, Terry and James appear, ‘Ah, the Village! Just like it used to be! Wish we could stop and shop. Hmmm…the antique boutiques just a few blocks away…’ Locus exclaims, while Warpath mumbles ‘Don’t ask, Boomer. Please’. Boomer doesn’t, instead she calls out to Priscilla, who has used this opportunity to make her getaway. Boomer calls out to her, asking her not to leave, while Sam tells his girlfriend that to say they have something going down would be an understatement.
Boomer replies that she doesn’t care about that, exclaiming that this girl needs some help tonight. Warpath informs Boomer that they found Sunspot, and that seemed to help Locus come back to this time, adding that she told them they have to get to Bobby before he makes some sort of terrible mistake. Boomer sighs. ‘Great choice. Save our friend or save one lost little girl’. She then announces that she knows where Rictor and Shatterstar went, and suggests they go get them.
A few blocks away, the ran continues to pour down, and Rictor walks over to Shatterstar, asking him if there is something he wants to talk about. ‘I don’t think you would understand’ Shatterstar replies. ‘Try me!’ Rictor tells him. Shatterstar explains that he has never been with someone - in that way. Rictor tells his friend that is nothing to be ashamed of, ‘I mean, I talk a good game, but I never hit a home run either’ Julio admits. Shatterstar replies that he isn’t making himself clear, ‘Until tonight, I had never even felt such stirrings within me’.
Thunder booms and lightning cracks as Rictor reminds Shatterstar that he is not from this planet, ‘So maybe, you know - that’s normal’ Rictor suggests, before cautiously asking Shatterstar if he has what it takes. Shatterstar replies that he was bio-engineered to simulate physical human interaction, but that no one ever bothered to instill the emotional requirements which he has learned are attached to such actions. ‘Okay, that’s cool’ Rictor tells his friend, offering to work it out together. ‘I mean, it’s all social stuff, right? You can learn that’.
Suddenly, Locus’ teleport signature and “theme song” can be seen and heard, and Shatterstar exclaims that this is familiar, and troubling. He adds that he is without his weapons. ‘Dude, you are a weapon!’ Rictor assures his friend, when suddenly, Warpath appears, ‘Catch guys!’ he exclaims as he tosses his teammates a bag filled with their uniforms and Shatterstar’s weapons. Rictor asks what is going on, to which James replies that they will tell him on the way. ‘Step inside, it’s an interesting trip’ someone remarks as Locus’ portal remains open.
Rictor asks Shatterstar if he is going to be okay with tonight - with the girl and the talk the two of them just had. ‘”Okay”?’ Shatterstar replies. ‘Of course I will be. What other choice do I have?’ he asks, before telling Rictor to come along, as their friend needs them, they then enter the portal.
Elsewhere, in the North Atlantic, screams cut across the desolate landscape of the Ani-Mator’s Island. Usually, the chattering of the genetically-transformed animals who live here still dominates the still cold air. This night though, the sounds heard are most definitely human - or perhaps more accurately, inhuman - Richard “Wildside” Gill screams as someone throws fire on him. His Mutant Liberation Front teammates - the only ones that are left - Michael “Forearm” McCain and Danielle Moonstar run across the island terrain. ‘Wildside’s down!’ Forearm informs Dani, urging her to keep moving.
‘Mike - behind you!’ Dani calls out to her teammate, but it’s too late, as the solar energy flame smacks into him. Danielle, the former co-leader of the New Mutants, can only watch in horror as Forearm goes down. He was after all the only member of the Mutant Liberation Front she felt comfortable calling a friend. Now, Dani has to abandon him, leaving him face down on the rocky shoal, without a clue as to whether he is dead or alive. This is a reflection of the constant struggle Danielle has faced since joining the terrorist faction in order to betray them.
Dani, formerly code-named Mirage, wonders if the lives of the few should be sacrificed if it saves the lives of the many. The MLF’s leader, Reignfire believes the answer is yes, and has proven himself a firm believer in practising what he preaches, as he fires numerous energy bolts at Moonstar, who in turn uses her great agility to save herself. Dani sees her horse, Darkwind, up ahead and races to him, hoping to get to him in time so that he can fly her away - but Reignfire has figured out Dani’s plan, and casts a massive burst of solar energy towards Darkwind. ‘No, by the Great Bear! No!’ Dani whispers as her horse is brutally slain before her very eyes.
Dani keels over, ‘Darkwind…my horse…you killed him!’ Dani gasps, clearly shocked, she stops running, ‘There’s nothing left of you is there? It’s hopeless…I can’t defeat you alone…’ she whispers, hanging her head, when, suddenly, ‘Dani, girl…that’s always been your mistake…you’ve never been alone!’ comes a familiar voice as someone takes her hand and pulls her to her feet. ‘Sam? X-Force? Locus? But how!?’ Dani exclaims. The team stands ready, Dani once again reunited with her friends as Sam tells her that they will fill her in as soon as they take out the trash.
‘Reignfire - we wanna know what you’ve done with Roberto DaCosta!’ Sam shouts assertively. Reignfire hovers over the heroes, and tells Sam that his naive charm wore out its welcome with him some months ago. Grinning, Reignfire exclaims that the answer to where Sunspot has been since he disappeared months ago should have been quite clear to them all, had they been capable of accepting the obvious. Cannonball tells Reignfire to stop talking in riddles, while Danielle tells Sam that he doesn’t understand.
Reignfire interrupts Danielle before she can say anything else, declaring that perhaps he will shed the dark light of truth on things. ‘Dear Lord, no…’ Sam whispers, as Reignfire begins to remove his helmet, remarking that God was not involved in what he has been forced to do - or the reasons why he has undertaken the miserable task of setting this planet right. ‘But it can’t be - I mean Sunspot was with us on the mission where we fought you!’ Cannonball exclaims. Reignfire replies that time has a habit of pulling the rug out from under the feet of anyone wearing an “X” on their belt.
His helmet removed, Reignfire grins wickedly, his eyes flash red and exclaims ‘It is me. Reignfire is and has always been Roberto DaCosta!’. ‘Bobby - how - why?’ gasps Cannonball. Reignfire readies a solar flare and replies that things cannot continue going the way they have. ‘The world is coming to an end, soon, old friend - and I refuse to simply stand by and watch -’ Suddenly, Reignfire is interrupted, as his solar flare crystallizes then explodes, while a strange noise flows around them, the crystal then begins covering Reignfire’s body. ‘What’s going on here? What kind of a trick is this?’ he demands, angrily.
Boomer calls out to Sam as Reignfire’s crystal body begins shattering. Then the others are all effected, the noise continues to ebb, and Sam exclaims that this is what Cable told him about. ‘They were trying to stop the end of the world!’ he gasps as his teammates all shatter around him. Cable and the others were in Israel to try and stop the end of the world. They failed. At least, in their desperate attempts to save this world…but others may be aborning….


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At Xavier's mansion, Cable and the Professor are having a private meeting in Charles' office. The rest of X-Force is impatiently waiting for it to end. Both Cannonball and Boomer press their ears to the office door hoping to hear what's going on. Sam secretly wonders if the meeting pertains to disbanding of X-Force?! They're soon joined by Warpath who insists he has better hearing. Shatterstar is pacing nearby. He's tired of all the waiting. They've been out there for hours and he wants to know what's going on. He suggests they kick the door down and find out. He asks Rictor his opinion of the situation, but Ric's not really paying attention.
Domino walks in and clears her throat. She glares at them and sarcastically asks them if they haven't got anything better to do. Busted, they all look towards Domino. Sam asks her if she knows what's going on in the meeting. Domino sidesteps the question and reminds Sam that Cable has his own way of doing things. He'll let Sam know what's going on only when he's ready to. The rest of X-Force starts asking questions of Domino. Boomer wants to why she has a new uniform on, Shatterstar wants to know where they're going to live, and Rictor asks how much longer Cable's going to keep them waiting. Domino doesn't answer them, but instead tells them all to do something else, somewhere else. The team leaves, only Warpath remains. He asks Domino if she knows where Siryn is. She yells at him to get lost and points to the door. He leaves.
Sam, Julio, Tabitha and Shatterstar make their way outside and onto the mansion grounds. Sam tells the team his doubts about Cable's meeting. He wonders where X-Force stands now with the Generation X kids around. Shatterstar asks him if he's implying that they want to get rid of X-Force. He tells him he's not totally sure. After all they've been through, it's hard to imagine.
In flies Sunspot to see what's going on. They relay that there's nothing new to report. Sam puts his hand on Berto's shoulder and tells him that his new flying ability is going to take some getting used to. Berto smiles and asks if anyone wants a ride. Everyone comes up with a quick excuse to get out of there. Boomer and Shatterstar head to the Danger Room while Rictor leaves to call his folks. Sam calls them all jerks under his breath and apologizes to Sunspot. Sam suspects they're not used to the new and improved DaCosta. Bobby doesn't blame them, though. He's just happy to be rid of Reignfire and for his recent power boost. Sam asks him if he's really ok with everything that's happened recently. Bobby tells him he'll be all right as long as they're still friends. Sam concurs they still are. Bobby heads off to play with his new powers some more. He tells Sam to get him when Cable's ready to talk.
In the mansion's computer room, Warpath has Sean Cassidy up on the phone-screen. Banshee tells him he has no idea where Theresa is. He asks James what Cable knows. Jimmy tells him that Cable won't tell him anything and it's got him worried. He's got a few more things to check out, though. Banshee tells him to do that, but before signing off, remarks on James' new look. Warpath tells him he wanted to make some changes for the better in his life. He gives Banshee the "ok"-symbol with his hand, and signs off.
The Danger Room control room:
Shatterstar and Tabitha enter still discussing the events from earlier in the day. Shatterstar wonders what Rictor meant by "maybe we should move on". Tabitha assures him that Julio was just letting off some steam. Shatterstar, satisfied with her response, moves over to the control panel and starts hitting some buttons. He manages to open the blast shield. They look out the window and see that another program is already running. The room's been turned into a veritable forest, complete with bunny rabbits, flowers and many other woodland inhabitants. There's even a quaint cottage off to the side. The only thing that seems out of place is a half naked Victor Creed happily lounging beneath a tree. Shatterstar and Tabitha look at each other, clueless.
Sam takes a stroll through the Hangar Bay. He hears someone call out for him to watch out. A wrench falls from above and drops between his feet. He picks it up and flies towards the Blackbird, intent on telling the mystery mechanic off. He arrives and is surprised to find Cyclops standing there. They have a quick heart to heart where Sam confides in Scott his insecurities about X-Force. Scott tells him he felt about the same way when he joined the X-Men. He also tells him to cheer up because things usually work out for the best. Sam thanks him for the advice.
Back in the Danger Room, Sabretooth starts to growl. He jumps to his feet and races through the grass. Shatterstar and Boomer look at each other once more and wonder what's going on. He disappears from their view, but reappears moments later when he leaps onto the viewing window full force. He lets out a roar. Tab wonders if the glass will hold him back. Sabes' demeanor quickly changes from aggressive to questioning. Before anyone can react, Sam comes storming in.
He demands to know what's going on. Tabitha tells him they've got it all under control. He disagrees and closes the blast shield. He yells at Tabitha, telling her that Sabretooth's a killer. Tabitha's not so sure anymore. She thinks the fight with Wolverine might have changed him. Sam replies angrily, telling her she's no authority on the subject. Suddenly, they receive a telepathic call from Cable. He wants them all to report to Xavier's office. The trio leaves right away.
A bit later, everyone's arrived outside Xavier's office. They're all confused as to how Cable was able to telepathically contact them. Before they can discuss it further, the doors swing open. It's Cable and he uses his telepathy once more to tell them to join him inside where he'll answer all their questions.
The team walks in and takes their place before Cable and Xavier. Cable starts it off, talking about his and the Professor's different philosophies. While he thinks the X-Men aren't aggressive enough, he does believe in fighting for the dream of human and mutant peaceful coexistence. That's why they had the meeting. He wanted to examine how X-Force can better achieve that goal. Sam whispers to the rest of the team, fearing what's coming next. Cable continues on, bringing up the Legacy Virus becoming public news and what it's done to mutant hostility. He knows they must act quickly to fan the flames or it will be too late.
Sam comes forward at this point, pleading the team's case. He tries to take the blame for whatever Cable thinks is wrong with the team. He tells him that X-Force shouldn't be disbanded. Xavier speaks up at this point, asking him why he assumes they're being disbanded. Cable takes over and tells Sam they will not be disbanding. He [Cable] will continue to lead X-Force like before, but they will work more closely with the X-Men. In fact, they'll be moving into the mansion for the time being.
Cable reaches into a crate to his right and lifts out some new uniforms for the team. He makes his way down the line handing them out. He tells them they'll work on increasing their power levels. When he gets to James he hands him a Bo staff. James tells him he doesn't know how to use it. Cable assures him that he will learn. At the end of his speech he mentions that they will be working more telepathically. Rictor's taken aback by this revelation and doesn't look pleased. Cable's finishes handing out the uniforms, but there's still one person without one.
Sam heads over to the crate and looks inside. There's no more left so he asks Cable where his is. Cable responds cryptically, telling him he has no uniform because he has no place on X-Force. Roberto and Tabitha look at each other shocked. Sam starts to plead his case, saying he always supported him and was there from the beginning. Sam's totally shocked too. Cable finally fills him in on the rest. The reason he won't be on X-Force anymore is because he graduated. He'll be part of the X-Men. Sam's face goes from total shock to total amazement. He can't believe it! And he can't wait to see the look on his sister's Paige's face when she learns qbout this. Tabitha and Roberto rush over to congratulate him. Cable takes his positive reaction as a yes.
The doors open once more and Domino and Caliban walk in. Caliban has one of the new uniforms on. Domino wants to know if it's all right if they come in (she's getting tired of playing Chutes & Ladders with Caliban). Cable gives her the thumbs up. He goes on to say that Caliban will be added to the team. His strength and tracking ability will be a great addition. Under his breath, Cable mutters, "And where we're headed, we're gonna need him!" Warpath walks over to Caliban and kindly welcomes him to the team. The openness of the former very angry young man surprises Cable and Domino.
Rictor takes this opportunity to approach Cable about his plans. He tells Cable that he'll remain on the team, but doesn't want him traipsing around in his head. Cable thinks for a moment, but then explains to Rictor that it's for the best. Rictor becomes very angry and starts yelling at him. He doesn't think Cable's plans are anything new and wants no part of them. He charges out of the room, pushing Caliban aside. Shatterstar leaps over to his friend and tries to work something out. Rictor tells him he has to think about it. He'll probably go visit his family whom he hasn't seen in a while. Shatterstar looks dismayed. He pleads with Julio, telling him he needs him. He goes on to say that he's his best friend, his only friend. Julio doesn't change his mind, though. He tells Star and the rest of the team that if they ever need him, they only have to ask. Rictor walks out, leaving a sulking Shatterstar behind.
A while later, Cannonball's standing in a hallway with his new X-Men uniform on. He's gazing out of a window when Tabitha shows up. She compliments him on the new duds and he does the same for her. She wants to know what will happen to their relationship now that they're on different teams. He tells her it will be difficult, but if they really want to, they can make it work. She tells him she does and then they kiss. They stop and Sam suggests she go back with the team. She grabs his hand and asks him if she'll see him later. He tells her "Yes!". All of a sudden, his wrist communicator comes to life. Scott Summers is on the other end summoning him to the Blackbird. Sam confirms the message and heads out for his first mission as an X-Man.
Meanwhile at the Weisman Institute, an ambulance pulls up to the building. Two medics get out of the front of the vehicle and walk towards the back. The driver warns his buddy that the patient is a bit of a wildcat. They step inside and pull out a straitjacketed, gagged, redhead. They carry her inside the building where a doctor greets them. The doctor says, "Gentlemen, see that Ms. Rourke gets safely to her room." Then she closes the entrance door. The sign on it reads: "The Weisman Institute For The Criminally Insane".


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Around midnight in the Xavier Institute, the X-Force member known as Boomer sleepily walks to the fridge to perform her nightly ritual. She reaches in and takes out a carton of milk, dumping the contents into a big bowl. She thinks to herself what her friends would say if they knew what she was doing. Cable would never approve and her boyfriend Cannonball would probably stop talking to her. Nevertheless, she walks towards the Danger Room to give the bowl of milk to a known homicidal killer by the name of Sabretooth. However this night, something is different. She enters the control station of the Danger Room to find it wrecked beyond recognition. A single gasp escapes her lips as she sees her fellow teammate inside the Danger Room. Tabitha drops the bowl and shouts at Caliban to stop, but he doesn’t hear her.
Inside the Danger Room, Caliban holds the wounded body of Victor Creed over his head and tells Sabretooth that tonight he is going to die. Caliban pummels the body of Sabretooth, asking him why he doesn’t fight back. He is the murderer who killed his friends, the Morlocks. Caliban thinks out loud about Creed’s supposed dubious plan of waiting until he gets tired to strike back at him, but tells Creed that he cannot trick him, and he keeps beating him.
Boomer scrambles frantically to try to find a way into the Danger Room. She attempts to reconnect the frayed wires that control the computer. After she fails, she attempts to blow through the glass encasing with a plasma bomb, but it hardly makes a dent. Boomer pleads with Caliban to stop what he is doing until she hears a telepathic voice in her head. Cable tells her that she could get in there is she really wanted. She argues with him that she already tried to break through the glass, but she just didn’t have the power. He disagrees with her. Boomer tells him that she is not going to argue with him when they both know that he could get in there more easily than she could. He concurs, but what would keep the same thing from happening the next night or the night after that?
Cable admits that he was expecting something like this to happen and has already come up with a not so obvious plan for stopping Caliban. Cable runs over to the console and feverishly starts repairing wires. Boomer states that Caliban fixed the console so that it couldn’t be fixed, but Cable says that he knows a thing or two about the original designs of the Danger Room. Boomer questions how, but her query is interrupted by the whirr of the computers.
Inside, Caliban holds Sabretooth up by the throat with his fist drawn back for the final blow. The holographic landscape fades around them, disorienting Caliban so that he sets Creed back on his feet. The scenery reappears as the Morlock tunnels, the childhood home of Caliban. Caliban asks Sabretooth how he transported them to the tunnels and becomes furious when he doesn’t get a response, once more heaving Sabretooth up into the air. Cable contacts Caliban telepathically and asks him if he remembers this surroundings. Caliban asks Cable why he is doing this to him since he knows what happened there. He lost everything in those tunnels, his friends and his family. Sabretooth killed the Morlocks for no reason, but now Caliban has a reason to kill Sabretooth.
Cable tells Caliban to look into Sabretooth’s eyes and asks him if he can see what is in his eyes? Sabretooth looks on in utter terror at the young mutant, he is afraid. Cable reasons with Caliban, telling him that maybe Sabretooth does deserve to die; as when he and the Marauders entered the tunnels, the Morlocks could not defend themselves. Afterwards, Apocalypse changed Caliban so that he was powerful. Now, the tables have turned and Sabretooth cannot defend himself. Is that how he wants to exact his revenge?
Caliban falters for a split second, and then screams that even Cable said that he deserves to die. Cable agrees, but he doesn’t deserve to die under these circumstances. Caliban apologizes and drops Creed to the floor. The simulation ends and Cable and Boomer rush in. Boomer asks Cable if Caliban killed Sabretooth, and he makes Caliban reassure her that he didn’t. Caliban says that someday when Sabretooth is not as defenseless that he will extract his revenge. Cable reaches out to Caliban, but he shies away. He asks Cable if he is going to have to leave the team now and Cable assures him that he won’t have to. The only thing that he is going to have to do is clean up the mess that he made of the control room. Boomer hovers over the limp body of Victor Creed and takes sympathy on him. Her thoughts are interrupted by the harsh voice of her team leader. He tells her that the foolishness of bringing Creed milk stops immediately. Boomer cringes at the order and complies.
(the next day)
Cable and Professor Xavier marvel at the young mutant Sunspot in flight. Charles asks Cable how long Roberto has been up in the air. He replies three and a half hours with no signs of fatigue, actually, he seems to be getting stronger the longer that he is up there. Charles asks him if he finds Roberto’s newfound power disturbing, but Cable says that they have everything under control.
Somewhere else on the grounds, Warpath spars with the unreceptive Caliban. James is practicing attacks with a bo staff and poor Caliban’s reflexes are not quite up to par. Caliban receives a blow to the head and asks Warpath why he is hitting him if he is his friend. James sighs and explains for the ninth time that Cable wants him to practice with the staff and since Shatterstar is in the Med lab he has to spar with Caliban instead. James flips around Cal, whacking him on the back of his leg. He rolls around to the front and smacks Caliban’s shin, offering an alternative to the fight. Maybe he wants to sneak off and use his mutant tracking ability to find Siryn who has been missing for a while instead. Caliban smiles and tells Warpath that he is already in enough trouble with Cable, so maybe James should just practice with his staff. James tells him that he asked for it as he brings the staff down on Caliban’s head, snapping the stick in two. Warpath grins and says that they practiced enough for that day.
Now inside the mansion, Xavier asks Cable if he still intends to work more with his team telepathically and he replies that he already has been. Xavier warns Cable about the dangers of using telepathy without someone’s consent. Cable appreciates what the Professor is saying, but how can he expect his team to give their all when in the past he hasn’t? He says that he has to explore his powers in ways that he hasn’t even thought of yet.  Of all people, Xavier should understand that. The Professor agrees, but wants Cable to know the hazards of the path that he has chosen, maybe he should train with Jean a little bit.
In the laboratory of Doctor Henry McCoy, Shatterstar nervously sits in the examination chair. The Beast finds it curious that in all of the time that Shatterstar has been with the group, he has never had a complete examination done. Shatterstar says that he always felt fine and that where he came from, seeing a physician was a sign of weakness. Beast replies that this is where he says he came from, but his sentence is interrupted by Cable’s entrance into the Med lab. He wants to know if Shatterstar is physically fit to come on the mission, yes or no. Shatterstar pleads with Cable to get him out of there. Beast tells Cable that he is working with a presumably alien biology - hollow bones, no white blood cells - the closest person for reference is the former X-Man Longshot. Shatterstar tells Cable that he is as fit as a cello, but Cable leaves the decision up to Dr. McCoy. Beast says that if Cable can manage without him for a few days he would like to run some more tests on the young man. Shatterstar panics at the thought, but Cable tells him that that will be plenty of time to rethink how he got himself in that situation.
Boomer runs up to Cable in the hallway with an innocent look on her face. He asks her what her story is, and she proceeds to tell him that she heard Shatterstar being excused from duty and she also wants to get the day off. She says that she has got the flu and doesn’t feel up to snuff. Cable tells her that she looks fine, but Boomer persists in her fib by making up a list of symptoms and managing a weak cough. She doesn’t want to infect the whole team. Cable says that he could poke around in her head telepathically to see if she is telling the truth, or he could take her word on it and believe her. He grabs a fur-lined jacket off the wall and says that where they are going won’t help her flu, so she is excused. He tells her to give Sam his best and she says she will, when she is feeling better. Boomer thinks to herself that sometimes Cable can be a jerk, but the rest of the time he is all right.
Within the hour, Cable, Warpath, Sunspot, and Caliban gather in the hangar bay to go off on their mission. Sunspot tells Cable that he feels like he could fly the whole way there himself, but Cable tells him that it isn’t necessary. Roberto says that he wants to kick some butt, but Cable tells him that it is simply a recon mission.
From a mansion window, Boomer waves to her teammates as they take off in the PACRAT. She feels awful for lying to Cable, even though he knew that she was, but sometimes a girl has got to do what a girl has got to do to spend time with her man. Tabitha runs throughout the mansion to find Sam and surprise him, but she doesn’t quite get the reaction that she wants. They hug and Cannonball tells Boomer that he has to go investigate a massacre at a club with Storm. Boomer tells him not to talk of the X-Men, but he tells her that he has to go. They will find time together later somehow. Tabitha says that he has promised it before and never came through, but Sam says he means it this time. He leaves Tabitha alone with one thought: how long is a girl supposes to wait?
(later that day)
In the PACRAT, Cable tells the team that they are in Russian airspace, more specifically Siberia, and they have to keep a low profile. Even under the new regime, they would have a lot to explain if they were discovered. Warpath asks the obvious questions: what are they doing there? Why, all of a sudden, are they running errands for Professor Xavier? Cable says that it was part of what he has been meeting him about and it is in everyone’s best interest. They have to keep their eyes open for a tracking station that was part of Xavier’s underground, which went offline about twenty-four hours ago, and find out the reason why it went offline. A gigantic pillar of smoke reaches up in front of them, and Cable prepares the team for landing.
Caliban tells Cable that he senses something that is like a mutant, but not quite. Cable tells him to focus on that signature and Caliban complies even though he says it makes his head hurt. Below them, an immense crater looms menacingly, but there are no radioactive readings whatsoever. That means that something else took out the station.
Cable lands the PACRAT and creates a psi-link throughout his team, telling them to stay in telepathic contact and giving them each their assignments. Warpath watches Cable’s back, Caliban tracks down the creature, and Sunspot gives aerial support, much to his objections. After a few minutes, Cable finds two men dead, and one that is barely alive. Cable tells that man that they are friends of Charles Xavier, and the man says that look what happened because they trusted Xavier.
A voice from behind catches Cable’s attention and he whirls around in surprise. The man wants to know why they came; he only wanted to be left alone! Cable stares up in disbelief at the intimidating form of the Mimic, ready to strike.


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Behind Closed Doors
At the Weisman Institute for the Criminally Insane, Theresa Rourke stealthily examines the computer in the doctor’s restricted office. She searches for information on a young boy named Jeremy Stevens, and pulls up his file, seeing that he is institutionalized indefinitely. She takes pity on him as she continues to search through the files, but a sudden noise from the hall jars her attention away from the computer screen. Her elbow knocks computer disks off of the desk as she ducks under it to escape the view of the coming people. Her gaze misses the picture of the next file; a young man named Benjamin Russell who looks identical to Shatterstar. The file mentions Benjamin’s whereabouts as unknown.
Dr. Weisman stands menacingly over Theresa, demanding an explanation for her presence in her office. Theresa picks up the falling disks while Dr. Weisman still waits for her answer. Siryn hurriedly explains herself, revealing herself as an undercover operative for Charles Xavier, a colleague of Weisman. He had not heard from her in quite awhile and sent Theresa to check up on her. Not convinced, Doctor Weisman orders her orderlies to take Siryn back to her room since she has become delusional. Theresa is shocked to hear the doctor’s orders and tries to defend herself with a sonic scream. Nothing happens, and one of the orderlies comments that she seems to have forgotten about the inhibitor collar that she is wearing. The orderlies begin to close in on the defenseless Siryn. She tells them that she is telling the honest truth, but if they don’t chose to believe her… Theresa lunges over the desk, planting her foot into the stomach of one of the orderlies. They end up pinning her down for the doctor, who extracts a syringe full of sedative for Theresa. She injects it into Siryn and as she looses consciousness her last thoughts are of how she is going to kill Cable for getting her into this mess.
In Siberia, the Mimic holds Cable in his telepathic grip. He is angry that they have violated his peace. He only wanted to be left alone! His power is worse than ever and their presence is not helping. In the air, Sunspot looks on helplessly at his leader’s plight, but Cable ordered him to stay back. Caliban and Warpath jump into action to help their leader; they are still psi-linked and they can feel the pain that Cable is in. James uses his super speed to grab Mimic’s leg and hold him still. Caliban tries to grab the other leg but doesn’t get the chance. Mimic has somehow retained the powers of the original five X-Men (Cyclops, Angel, Beast, Iceman, and Marvel Girl), unfortunately for Caliban. Mimic uses Cyclops’ optic blasts to take Caliban out of the fight.
He then swerves around to punch Warpath in the face, effectively knocking him backwards into the snow. Mimic rants about how the recently deceased were friends of his, and how X-Force attacked them for no reason. James questions what Mimic had said; the station was already destroyed when X-Force arrived. He quickly rebounds from the snowdrift and punches Mimic in the jaw. Calvin Rankin screams in agony as his mimicking power continues to absorb Warpath’s abilities. He shrieks at the overload of his senses; the sun is blinding, every sound is bursting. He wonders how Warpath can handle that much power. Warpath has no idea what Mimic is talking about, but as Cable always told him, if your opponent gives you an opening - take it. James jumps onto Mimic and severely thrashes him. Mimic screams at James to get away from him and kicks him a phenomenal distance. Calvin tells himself that since they are not going to listen to him; the only solution is for him to kill them before they do likewise.
Warpath’s invulnerable form crashes into one side of the newly recovered PACRAT and out the other side, effectively totaling it. Mimic turns his attention back to Cable, telepathically battering him with questions. Why did they attack the station? Were they after him? Why did they kill his friends? The only thing that Cable can do is weakly reply that it wasn’t them, that they came to help, following a request from Xavier. Sunspot hovers above and watches helplessly as Mimic moves in on Cable. He questions what he should do, follow orders or help out his leader?
Past midnight in the quiet halls of the Xavier Institute, Tabitha Smith disobeys her commander’s orders. Once again she has prepared a bowl of milk for the formerly savage killer Sabretooth. Creed happily laps up the contents of the bowl while Tabitha chats to the unresponsive Sabretooth. She says that she shouldn’t be here; Cable would kick her butt but he doesn’t need to know. Neither does her boyfriend Cannonball for that matter. At least someone appreciates her, she says as she watches Sabretooth drink. Boomer wonders if that is why she is so nice to Creed, to get some attention. She kneels down next to the man and pets his shoulder, commenting on how the Professor changed the surroundings of his environment from the cottage to a lush jungle. He didn’t believe that it would be prudent to place Creed back to his former setting because of the traumatic event involving Caliban that recently took place. Boomer asks Creed if he even remembers any of it, or anything for that matter.
Sabretooth finishes his bowl of milk and lovingly rubs up against Tabitha with a happy purr. Tabitha is startled by Creed’s reaction, not knowing how to take his actions because of his past. Should she take pity on him after all of the horrible things that he did in his past? But he can’t even remember his own name! Boomer tells him that it is late and that she will see him later. She walks out of the Danger Room and is not in earshot to hear what Sabretooth says. Carefully, slowly he says his name “Vic ... tor“.
One thought races through Roberto DaCosta’s head as he swoops out of the sky; no matter what Cable said he has to get in there and fight. He slams into Mimic full force bringing him into the air, telling him that X-Force is a team and if you take on one you take on all of them. Cable is surprised by Roberto and telepathically orders him to break off contact with Mimic. Sunspot tells Cable that he can handle Mimic and to get out of his head so that he can concentrate. Mimic tells Sunspot that he should have listened to his leader; this conflict was a big mistake. “On your part“, Sunspot replies with a punch to the face. Calvin thinks to himself that Sunspot’s power level is outstanding. It is nothing like he has ever encountered before and may be a little too much. With terror in his eyes, he realizes that Sunspot’s power is too much to contain. The sky erupts in a massive explosion that knocks Cable to the ground as the two men careen towards the ground. Cable had ordered Sunspot back as a precautionary means for Sunspot. He knew that Mimic’s power worked through proximity, and when he mimicked Sunspot he became a solar battery just like Roberto. When the two positive energies collided it would have catastrophic results.
At Westchester, late in the night a lightning bolt tears open the sky. Boomer wakes up in a fright, but not from the storm. She asks the darkness who is there and gets the response of the Xavier Institute’s most enigmatic man. The intruder leaps onto the foot of Boomer’s bed, telling Tabitha that she has been with Creed and he can smell his scent on her. The lightning flashes again, revealing the man to be Wolverine. He tells her that he has come to warn her about Creed; she may think that she knows what she is dealing with, but she doesn’t. Boomer retaliates the only way to which she has been accustomed, with her words. With one hand holding a plasma bomb, she points at Wolverine, telling him that this was her room last time she checked and that he should go back outside where he belongs. Wolverine tells her that so long as they understand each other, but someday he is going to finish his business with Sabretooth even if she is in the way. Wolverine extends his claws to punctuate his sentence. Boomer hurls the plasma bomb at Wolverine, yelling at him that she can take care of herself. No sooner has the bomb left her hand than Wolverine has disappeared through the open window. Tabitha contemplates the way that recent events had been going in the mansion; first Cable, then Sam, and now Wolverine have been telling her how to run her life like she didn’t have a brain of her own.
Beside a smoldering crater in Siberia, Cable slowly rises to his feet and telepathically searches for his charges. He finds that Warpath is still unconscious, and Caliban is coming to. Suddenly he remembers Sunspot and runs over to the stunned youth, pulling him to his feet. Cable promptly reprimands him, saying that when he gives an order in the field he is suppose to follow it because it was always given for a good reason. Roberto sheepishly complies and brings up the subject about the missing Mimic, which is what Cable wants to know. Cable assesses the situation; they have no communications and the PACRAT is thoroughly trashed. Caliban offers to lead Cable to Mimic, if it will make him happy. Since Mimic copied Sunspot’s mutant abilities, Caliban can now follow the trail of Calvin Rankin. He does so to the best of his abilities until the trail ends right before an enormous smoking chasm. How could he have just vanished, they wonder, but it seems that he did. Cable points out with a concerned tone to his voice that it seems that he didn’t do so without a struggle. Cable is worried. Somebody set them up. Mimic didn’t want to fight, but now he is gone and they don’t have any answers. Bobby asks Cable if any of X-Force could ever get to the point with their powers to where they had to be sent away. “I hope not“, he replies with an uncertain tone in his voice.
Siryn nervously paces in her room at the Weisman Institute for the Criminally Insane. She knows that the doctor will be making her morning rounds soon, so she doesn’t have much time. On her desk sits a dismembered alarm clock that doubles as a radio, which she goes over to immediately. She once again tinkers with her makeshift radio, for the nineteenth time sending a signal that her and Cable had agreed upon. He told her that if she sent the signal, he would come and get her out so she tries once more. With her business, she fails to notice that the young boy Jeremy Stevens is watching her through a hole in the wall. Theresa worries to herself what she is going to do, either Cable is out of range of the signal or has given up on her. She can’t call Xavier because Cable didn’t want the professor directly involved, and if she wants to prove herself as the new team captain she can’t go ask her dad, Banshee, for help. Theresa takes a desperate turn and begins to contact someone that she had tried to avoid contacting. If anyone deserves to be in a nuthouse it is he, she thinks to herself as she sends the new signal.
Elsewhere in a secret location the signal comes through. This catches the mercenary‘s attention since very few people have access to his private comm-line. Deadpool answers the signal, making a witty quip about the price of phone calls. Wade leisurely leans back, balancing his sword on his finger as Theresa awkwardly asks him for his help.


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Breakout
Theresa Rourke sleeps peacefully in the Weisman Institute, but she is not alone in her room. A surgeon with a scalpel slowly inches towards her throat, singing a crazy little tune. Siryn wakes up in a fit of rage, kicking the man in the stomach, knocking him to the floor. She rears back for a punch, but is stopped by the plea of the intruding surgeon. She asks him why he thinks she shouldn’t knock him out. He takes off his mask, revealing himself to be Deadpool and that she called him for help, that’s why. Siryn stares in disbelief at her unlikely rescuer. She asks Deadpool why he was dressed up like a surgeon to which he wittily asks her if she ever played doctor when she was a kid. Theresa punches Wade in the jaw and scolds him for scaring her. Wade grabs Theresa and orders her to stay still so that he can take the inhibitor collar off of her. He succeeds and throws the collar to the floor. Deadpool brings up a delicate subject to Theresa, the fact that he isn’t getting paid for this little escapade. She reminds him that he did this for her as a favor, to his dismay. Wade asks if he can at least get to kick some serious butt for his troubles, Theresa replies plenty as they storm out of her room. In their zeal to escape, the duo fails to notice that the young boy Jeremy Stevens is watching them through a hole in the wall.
Above Westchester county, the silence and beauty of the afternoon is broken by the hunk of dead metal formerly known as the PACRAT. The craft is barely airborne, only supported by Sunspot, who is currently acting as the left wing engine. Inside the plane, the boys are doing all that is in their power to keep the ship together. Caliban is holding up the main support beam of the ship along with the help of Warpath. Cable is at the stick, concentrating entirely on keeping the ship from crashing while suffering the barrage of complaints from the boys. Cable looks down through a hole in the floor and sees the Xavier Institute below, and communicates with Bobby about the impending plan. Roberto releases the plane, plummeting towards the ground with the promise not to let his teammates down. Without his support on the wing, the PACRAT spirals towards the ground, tossing the wayward travelers inside all about the cabin.
As he speeds towards the earth, Sunspot’s thoughts speed faster. He wonders why after he betrayed the team as Reignfire, Cable would still entrust the team’s lives in his hands. Sunspot tears above the terrain, sending up waves of dirt as he passes at high velocity; pushing his powers to a new extent. Cable psionically coaxes Bobby as he creates a cyclone to catch the falling PACRAT. Caliban complains about the heat inside of the cabin, and Cable tells him that it will only be a few seconds longer. Bobby dodges out of the way of the plane as it lands on the ground with a giant crash. Sunspot is worried about his friends, but they quickly squelch those fears by tearing their way out of the PACRAT. Cable jumps up on top of the plane and psionically orders everyone to go to the medi-lab until they get exempt by Dr. McCoy. The boys agree that there is no arguing with him and go on their way.
Deadpool mercilessly pummels on the orderlies in the Weisman Institute on his way out. A big orderly comes up behind him, ready to strike, but Siryn covers his back by releasing a sonic wail that knocks the man into the next wall. Theresa tells Wade how good it feels to finally be able to let loose with her abilities. Wade informs Theresa that it is time to go, but she lets him know that she needs to have a word with Dr. Weisman first. Siryn knocks down Dr. Weisman’s door with a sonic scream, telling her that although they have no appointment she surely can make time for them. Dr. Weisman confidently tells Siryn that she has exactly three minutes to return to her room. Theresa lunges across the room, grabbing Dr. Weisman by the throat. She lectures the doctor on her behavior with the patients of the institute and how she has been betraying Xavier’s trust. Dr. Weisman tries to defend herself, but Theresa skeptically says that Xavier wouldn’t allow something like that to go on. Dr. Weisman breaks down and opens up to what she has done, but she tells Theresa that she doesn’t understand what he is like. Siryn turns around to see Jeremy Stevens standing over the unconscious body of Deadpool. He tells Theresa to release Dr. Weisman, and then he addressing the doctor, he says she has been a naughty girl.
In the medi-lab, Caliban, Sunspot, and Warpath stand over the sleeping form of Shatterstar, asking him if he is going to live. Shatterstar bounds out of the chair, flipping across the room. He tells his friends that he would gladly be fighting by their sides if Dr. McCoy would release him. Warpath asks him if Siryn has returned yet, but he replies negatively; the only other person he has seen was Dr. McCoy. Sunspot finds it odd that Boomer hasn’t visited, but Shatterstar says he assumed that she was with them. Beast comes in the room and asks the boys if he can help them with anything. The three new arrivals smile meekly and reply that they are fine.
In a rundown trailer park in Pennsylvania, the phone rings. The owner of the trailer waddles out of the bathroom, scratching himself on the way to the phone. He picks it up and waits for a response. No one answers. He threatens the caller, thinking that it is someone named Gus. On the other end of the phone, Tabitha Smith holds the receiver away from her head and she cries at the sound of her father’s voice.
(later that day)
Theresa Rourke lands gracefully on the lawn of the Xavier Institute and calmly walks inside. She bumps into Warpath and gives him a casual hello. James rushes over to her and takes her up in his arms, proclaiming how much he has missed her. She says that she missed everyone also, but she has to find Cable at the current moment. She brushes him off and goes to find Cable, leaving James alone and with hurt feelings.
Cable and Xavier sit quietly in his study discussing the recent events in Siberia. Cable deceptively asks Xavier if he knew anything on how the Mimic escaped since he was the one who sent them on the mission. Xavier says that he doesn’t like Cable’s tone. The people who up until recently worked at the tracking station were valuable assets in his mutant underground and he is concerned that someone is on to his system. Just then, Siryn enters the room, apologizing for her intrusion, but she knew that they would want a report as soon as she was back. She tells the professor that Dr. Weisman sends her regards and apologies for being negligent in her reports. Siryn hands Charles several disks that contain the most up to date patient listings and findings at the Weisman Institute. Cable congratulates Siryn on her exemplary work, saying that he picked the right person to replace Sam as deputy leader. Siryn shrugs off the praise, smiling and saying that she wished all missions went as smoothly.
Sunspot reflects quietly by the lake on the grounds of the Institute. In the water he sees the malignant reflection of his previous self, Reignfire. He runs over the recent mission to Siberia with little leeway for his own actions. He thinks that he acted impulsively and jeopardized the mission with his reckless behavior. After all that Cable did for him to free him of the Reignfire persona, how did he repay it? Cable moves in behind him and telepathically reassures him, telling him not to worry too much. Yes, he did disobey a direct order, but it is a mistake that he can learn from, and besides, he earned some points for saving the PACRAT. Sunspot reassures his leader that he will try harder next time. As Cable walks away, Roberto ushers a phrase in Askani to him, which he unconsciously responds to. The realization hits him a second later and Cable turns to question his charge about how he knows that particular language. Bobby doesn’t know what he is talking about; he just said thanks in English. Cable walks away rubbing his head, swearing to himself that Roberto had just spoken in his native tongue.
(at night)
Tabitha Smith conducts her recent ritual in the Danger Room. She walks in bringing the mentally deficient Sabretooth a bowl of milk. She parts the leaves in the holographic jungle to find Victor Creed sitting on a rock staring at the moonlight. She tells him that she had trouble finding him and that she didn’t think this virtual jungle was that big. Creed turns to look at her and talks to her. He says that he likes milk, but he isn’t hungry at the moment. Boomer drops the bowl in disbelief at Sabretooth’s speech. She asks him how long he has been able to speak to which he replies that he doesn’t know. Sabretooth climbs down off of his rock beside Tabitha. He tells her that she has been terribly nice to him even though he knows that he wasn’t nice in his past, and he wants to ask her for a favor. It depends, she says, because his being able to talk doesn’t do much for him in the trust department. Creed looks up at her with innocent eyes and points towards the horizon, telling her that he wants to go outside. Tabitha snaps at him, asking him if he thinks that she is an idiot. Sabretooth shrinks back in fear, defending his request by saying he doesn’t like the jungle because he never lived in it before. Why does he have to live in it now? Tabitha realizes the harshness in which she spoke and tells him that she didn’t know.
A few minutes later, Tabitha sits inside of the Danger Room control center trying to figure out how to work the complex system. Boomer tells Creed that she hasn’t had a lot of practice in the control room and only figured out how to go in and out from watching Shatterstar. Creed asks her if she can try anyway. Boomer randomly pushes one of the many buttons on the control panel with unexpected results. Sabretooth’s background melts into the Morlock tunnels. Boomer gasps in surprise and pushes another button, saying that she can’t do any worse. The background melts into the black of space. Boomer covers her eyes and gives it one last try, pushing another button. She opens her eyes to see that this time was successful. Sabretooth spins around in the fresh air of the Xavier Institute grounds and exclaims in joy. Boomer walks into the room greeted by the thanks of Victor Creed. He holds out his hand to her, asking her if she would like to go for a walk, to which she agrees. Victor and Tabitha walk hand and hand down the grounds of the Xavier Institute. He asks Tabitha why no only she comes to visit him, when no one else does, and she says that it is because she believes in second chances. Creed freezes in his tracks, pushing Boomer behind. A look of terror plasters his face. In the bushes, Wolverine hides and extends his claws. Victor turns to Tabitha and asks to go back inside. Tabitha wonders what is wrong with Sabretooth, as he is trembling.
Inside of the Weisman Institute, the orderlies wheel Deadpool in on a dolly, all tied up and gagged. They deliver him to Dr. Weisman, as she requested. Wade mumbles underneath his gag. Dr. Weisman tells the orderlies to remove his gag so that she can hear what he is saying. They do as they are told, and Wade tells the doctor what he said, which was just mumbles. Dr. Weisman turns to her accomplice, telling him that she believes Wade to actually be mentally unstable. Jeremy Stevens tells the doctor that that is good; now they have another player in the game. The shadow of Jeremy Stevens is the form of the Gamesmaster.