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… Once More Unto the Breach
“You make me so proud.”Professor X
Krakoa:Cyclops informs Professor X and Magneto that he has assembled a team for their mission. They understand the stakes and the risk and embrace it. Xavier smiles gently, musing such a brave face Scott is wearing for him, but he can hear the fear in his mind.
Is it wrong that he is afraid, that he has doubts? Scott asks. Of course not, Xavier assures him. He’s always been that way. What matters is that he overcomes it for his family. He makes him so proud! Xavier promises he isn’t going to let him die.
Magneto adds that the righteous can never die. They live on. Transformed into something mighty by their works. For him to die, he would have to be forgotten, and no one forgets the founder of a nation!
Cyclops steps through a Krakoan gate and exits on their moon base. Time to go, he addresses the team he has gathered: Marvel Girl, Angel, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Husk, Monet St. Croix (who now calls herself Penance) and Mystique.
He summarizes that a group of rogue human scientists calling themselves Orchis is building the ultimate Master Mold – a Mother Mold – in orbit around the sun. They have to destroy it before it comes online. And while the Mother Mold is bad enough, the real danger is that they think it will lead to a technological paradigm shift – a Nimrod. He warns them they are not going to take any Krakoan fauna with them, so there isn’t any gateway home. They have to get in and out the old-fashioned way.
Archangel and Husk protest about that decision. Monet rolls her eyes at their naivete. They are only thinking about success. What if the Mother Mold AI got a good hard look at what they are doing on Krakoa, how all of this works? Maybe they’d find something the X-Men haven’t. Cyclops agrees that is the reason. He repeats, no plants, and especially targets Mystique.
As they enter the ship, Jean asks about the human crew. Cyclops stresses the mission is to stop the Mother Mold, no matter what, but they want to keep casualties as close to zero as possible There are probably a lot of innocent civilians alongside security. Wolverine points out “innocent civilians” don’t build death machines to kill a species. Jean retorts they are not soldiers, just scientists afraid for their future.
The ship leaves the moon base and Wolverine has the last word: just scientists, huh? How does she think they went from sticks to bombs?
Project Achilles, superhuman supermax:Inside, there is a special court hearing taking place. Agent Tolliver informs the judge there is only one case today but, what it lacks in volume, it makes up for in depravity. The defendant is charged with breaking and entering, assault, theft, two cases of manslaughter, and if she could add bad manners to the list she would.
The judge asks the defense attorney if he has anything to add before proceedings begin. The clearly frightened man stammers he asks for the case to be dismissed based on the fact that his client was an unwilling participant and had no idea what his companions’ plans were. They have the wrong man.
The judge calls it a good try but they are charging his defendant under the new twelve-strike-rule, which supersedes intent, so, motion denied. How does his client plead?
Sabretooth is walked in, hand-cuffed. He spits on the ground and announces he’s guilty. He’s definitely got bad manners. And the other charges? the judge asks, annoyed. Sabretooth grins broadly and easily admits to those. It ain’t like this place can hold him and it ain’t like he’s gonna sit here and let them judge him.
Several armed guards train their weapons on him as he asks if they think chains can keep him from turning the judge’s insides into his outsides… cause they can’t. He suddenly sniffs and asks if they smell that jasmine. Means he is fired, he informs his attorney.
Cue for the White Queen to stride in, flanked by two Stepford Cuckoos. What do they have here? She asks rhetorically. Looks to her like he monkeys are using tools again, playing civilization, Ms. Frost, one of the Cockoos observes. The White Queen chides her for using her human name in public. Chastened, the Cuckoo apologizes.
The judge asks for the meaning of this. Emma arrogantly replies that isn’t the question he should be asking, as there is quite a difference between what’s going to happen and what it really means. When he asks her to enlighten him, she replies, what’s going to happen is that he is going to hand Mr. Creed over to her. Sabretooth, the Cuckoo corrects her. Emma agrees and continues that he is going to do this in anticipation of Krakoa becoming a sovereign nation. All Krakoans enjoy diplomatic immunity. A gift from the State Department. The Cuckoo adds they have all the paperwork. But it’s totally cool if they leave his chains on, her sister adds, studying Sabretooth nervously.
This isn’t going to happen! Tolliver interjects. Emma calmly repeats, it is going to happen. As for what it means: well, it simply means mutants don’t answer to them anymore.
That… thing is a killer! the judge shouts. Just like his mommy made him, Creed grins, and he ain’t even close to done.
Emma agrees, he is a bit of a monster, but he is their monster. And from this day forward, mutants aren’t going to be judged in human courts or by the likes of them.
Tolliver trains her gun on Emma, who muses that normally she’d make her stick that gun where her last boyfriend left her, but she’s been told the art of diplomacy is about equaling power dynamics, so why doesn’t she pretend that some larger American purpose is being served today and Emma will pretend that Tolliver could have stopped her.
The Cuckoos take Sabretooth away. Emma smirks, it’s a brave new world. Better get used to it.
On the Orchis Forge, Dr. Alia Gregor asks Omega Sentinel if she still thinks what they are doing is a mistake. The other woman replies that self-preservation is completely rational. It’s the panic it produces where errors get introduced. She thinks they built a Mother Mold that breeds Master Molds. The second they lose control, it’s hard not to see the entire planet covered in cold emotionless grey, with not a single pink fleshy bit in sight. After all, they know where mutants come from.
Fair point, Gregor concedes and explains that’s why they built the control collars. If things go south, the Mother Mold goes right into the heart of the sun.
Omega Sentinel asks how long until the Mother Mold wakes up. Gregor replies they could wake her up now but, even at the exponential rate she is learning, she still has a while before they are comfortable that she has evolved past the Heller-Faust line.
Gregor’s husband Captain Erasmus Mendel hails her from the bridge, explaining there is a problem. Incoming. It’s a modified Shi’ar class scoutship. Only one possibility of who that is. The X-Men.
Flabbergasted, Gregor wonders how the X-Men could know what they are doing. Her husband is more interested in what they are after: The Mother Mold. Can they stop them? she asks. Not in that bird, he fears. Long-range the X-Men’s countermeasures will be too good and nothing they have will be able to get through that shield. They screwed up. They were expecting to be fully online before catching the X-Men’s attention. So now they are going to have to repel them once they have boarded.
She wants to join him. He tells her to stay and protect the Mother. Omega Sentinel interjects why don’t they just recall the drones from Mercury to defend the station? He explains they did, but they are going to arrive too late. With gallows humor, he tells his wife to cheer up. It’s just a little fight for the survival of the species. Nothing to worry about. In the meantime, he has armed himself.
The X-Men have almost arrived. Nightcrawler is to teleport in and scout whether the Mother Mold ejection collars are in the right paces. Kurt complies. When he teleports to pillar three he comes across Dr Gregor and Karima. What a surprise, he remarks. Karima greets him curtly. “Picking sides, are we?” he asks pointedly. “Actually, that was all of you, wasn’t it?” she retorts.
He teleports away and Karima announces the X-Men are going to go for the control collars. Dr. Gregor hails her husband, Erasmus Mendel, and informs him as well adding they have a teleporter. Mendel replies he has read Nightcrawler’s file. His powers are point to point and low yield, so the X-Men will still have to dock to start a full assault. He’s moved most of the forces to the hangar, where they will confront them and hope the drones arrive in time.
Omega Sentinel decides that’s disappointing. It’s a very linear plan for a very non-linear foe. They hear a rumbling noise as the jet lands on the station hull.
Cyclops tells the team to extend the breaching collar, while Nightcrawler informs everyone that Omega Sentinel is with the other side.
Captain Mendel sees them cutting the hull above him and has all locks shut around him. He hails his wife and informs her they are cutting a hole inside the hull and from this part they can access the whole station, so he is sure they have plans. Their only hope is to respond asymmetrically. Irrationally, even. He begins fiddling with several cables.
Panicked, she asks what he is doing. What it takes to build a better world, he announces, then adds he often joked about it, but he really does wish they’d had kids. He tells her to be strong and not let them win, then presses the button on the explosive he has rigged and an explosion takes out that part of the station.
“For you to die you would have to be forgotten… and no one forgets a founder of a nation.”Magneto


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It Will Be Done
No More.Professor X
Krakoa:The hall is staffed by Beast, Storm, Trinary and the Stepford Cuckoos. Magneto and Xavier wearing a Cerebro helmet join them. Xavier asks if they are ready. Beat informs him that they are: Trinary is pooling data from all human resources: Arecivo, a few re-tasked SETI radio telescopes and the Dyson Solar Observatory and, while that still leaves them a good eight light-minutes behind, they have someone at hand who can extrapolate that data into an actionable forecast.
Xavier commends him and turns to Storm, who still doesn’t know how this is going to work. Communion, he replies. All eight of them acting as one. He gives the order to begin. The Stepford Cuckoos link their minds, enabling them to function as one mind. With all of them connected, Xavier can project his thoughts into space to reach Jean Grey who is in pain. Should they fear the worst? he asks.
Propped up by Monet St. Croix, Jean explains that it’s bad. The ship was attacked. Archangel and Husk are dead. Nightcrawler has some internal injuries and Wolverine is not himself, she sates euphemistically as his left arm’s flesh is burnt off, leaving only metal and bone.
Magneto asks if they can complete the mission. Jean hesitates but is interrupted by Cyclops, who is holding the dead body of his friend, Archangel. Yes, they can, he announces, or this was all for nothing. Wolverine groans in pain but agrees. They have to finish this or their enemies will finish them.
Cyclops asks Nightcrawler if he can get them in there. Smiling despite his injuries, Nightcrawler agrees. Cyclops decides that Jean and Monet will stay behind to maintain their telepathic connection with Krakoa. The rest of them will disengage the Mother Mold’s control collars and send that thing to a one-way-trip to oblivion. Nightcrawler is to drop them off in each of the sections. Wolverine takes the one nearest to the security hub, Mystique will take the one connected to the habitat, so she can blend in. Nightcrawler and Cyclops will take the remaining two. Afterwards, Kurt will gather them up and then they’ll worry about finding some way out of here.
In a part of the station, Omega Sentinel orders the grieving Doctor Gregor to get up. She stresses she is just an observer here but, if Dr Gregor lets grief paralyze her, her husband will have died for nothing. Omega’s words galvanize her and she calls the current head of security, Captain Moore.
Gregor informs him she is at the habitat, but he needs to send security team to the other three collars. He agrees and adds he already sent three security teams to breach and board the mutant vessel. Should he have them stand down? No, Gregor begins, but is interrupted by a noise. She asks what that was. Calmly, Omega Sentinel replies, that was the sound of failure. The mutants have disengaged two of the Mother Mold collars – namely Wolverine in sector four (after killing the crew) and Nightcrawler in sector two (who simply took the crew out).
Jean and Monet telepathically inform the X-Men on Krakoa that they are halfway there. Xavier warns them the Sentinel drones are going to be there soon. Jean is optimistic but Monet interrupts her that they have to move. They are being boarded.
She pushes Jean into an escape pod and tells her she will cover her exit. She isn’t coming? Jean exclaims. Monet replies they have to find someone here or they will immediately start looking for Jean. And Jean has to stay in touch with the team and connected to Krakoa. Jean shouts that, without Monet, she won’t be able to reach Krakoa. Monet needs to come with her! The pod closes. She doesn’t know what to say, Monet scoffs, calling her Marvel Girl. Try harder. The pod is ejected.
Monet turns to the attackers and turns into the armored clawed form of Penance, then attacks.
Elsewhere, Cyclops takes out the foes and disengages his control collar. He telepathically asks how Mystique, the last, is doing. She is faced by Dr. Gregor and Omega Sentinel. Before Mystique can react, Gregor presses a button. The door between them closes, an airlock opens and Mystique is sucked into space.
Dr. Gregor informs the captain that three of the support collars are disabled. She is leaving the one that’s still engaged open to space. She hopes this will keep them off until she brings the Mother Mold online. She is told all the remaining support teams are re-tasked to her aid.
Gregor begins the process of bringing the Mother Mold online. Omega Sentinel protests it is too soon. They don’t know if she is going to be sane. Gregor is optimistic and tries to find a point to point translocator of AIM design. Omega ventures Gregor plans to bring the fight to them? Gregor smiles grimly.
Cyclops hears that the Mother Mold is being brought online in twenty seconds. He telepathically tells Jean, who passes the news on to Krakoa. Xavier tells them to do whatever it takes.
Ten seconds to go. Nightcrawler and Wolverine send to Cyclops that they can get there. He tells them to go.
Is he ready? Kurt asks. Wolverine asks if he still thinks there is something waiting for them on the other side. Worrying about his soul? Kurt wonders. Just wondering what someone like him should expect, is the reply. Kurt grabs his shoulder. When he wakes from this earthly slumber, look for him. He will be there waiting for him, radiant and with open arms.
He teleports them into the inferno. Nightcrawler is incinerated immediately, but Wolverine holds on. The awakening Mother Mold captures his arm with a wire asking: If man made her, they are gods and mutants are titans, their spoiled lineage. But while they war, the children sit in judgment of those above them. They judge and find them both wanting.
Wolverine manages to sever the last ties of the collar. As the Mother Mold falls into the sun, she asks “Do you hear us, Olypmus? We have stolen your fire and with it we will burn you all.”
Wolverine too dies. Bravest man he knew, Cyclops who watched mutters, then sends to Jean that she is to inform the professor it is done, which she does. Cyclops promises he is coming for her. He has to get an EVA suit in the hangar, he will make his way to her then use his power to push them into an escape vector. He promises to get her home.
One moment later, he is shot by Omega Sentinel. She informs him that the nanites will prevent the use of his power.
Through gnashed teeth, he tells her it doesn’t matter, they’ve won. Capturing him means nothing Capture him? Gregor spits. Her husband is dead. She is not in a mood for taking prisoners.
Cyclops apologizes to Jean, moments before Dr. Gregor kills him.
Jean screams at she senses his death. Moments later, the Sentinel drones arrive and kill her as well.
On Krakoa, Charles Xavier weeps and vows no more.


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Society
“Do you want to know the real difference between them and us? Until now we were never given a chance.”- Professor X
Krakoa:Humans! Polaris scoffs sitting in a cave where several golden eggs lie under a tree. Is there any good in them? Her father Magneto lectures that humanity as a society never really took off until they left hunting and gathering behind and transformed into an agrarian society. They stopped moving around, said “this is a good place - it is fertile and it is ours, and from here we will not be moved.” And that’s the one good thing humans taught them: society.
Charles and he always wondered what would happen if mutants didn’t have to run and hide anymore. What would happen if their greatest traits would no longer be strength and aggressiveness but creativity, intelligence and ingenuity. And now they know.
Storm and Professor X enter, followed by a very unlikely group of five mutants: Cyclops’ former students Tempus and Goldballs, the mutant messiah Hope Summers, New X-Man Elixir and the X-Men’s former enemy, the reality-bending Proteus.
As they begin to work, Magneto explains the process to Lorna. Fabio Medina had a seemingly benign but useless mutation. He could make golden balls appear (which he does). Recently, they learned they were non-viable eggs. Which, thanks to Proteus’ reality warping power, can be turned viable. As a next step, the five inject the eggs with the DNA of their dead comrades and Elixir kickstarts the process of cellular replication. After that, the mutant embryo would need time to mature, a process sped up thanks to the time-bending power of Tempus. The whole intricate process is steered by Hope. Her powers enable them to work at their peak and in unison. Separate they are great but together… those five have made them whole.
Xavier stands in front of the tree. The first eggs crack showing the grown forms of Scott Summers and Jean Grey. Scott’s eyes glow with red energy.
All of them come crawling to Xavier. With a smile, Xavier orders: “To me my X-Men.”
Lorna, in the meantime, asks her father the most pressing question. While these are her friends’ bodies, it’s not really them, is it? He orders her to watch. All this time, everyone has misunderstood what Cerebro really is. Yes, with it, Charles could locate any mutant in the world, but that eventually became the secondary unction of the machine.
Xavier takes Cyclops by the chin and puts a visor on him.
Magneto continues: The first was copying the mind, the essence of any mutant Xavier found. So they could one day put a soul back into its mutant shell. And that’s exactly what Xavier is doing with Scott Summers.
Stunned, Cyclops lies on the ground. “There you are, my boy,” Xavier addresses him. Even knowing he could bring them back, a part of him dies any time any of them do. So let’s not do that again, shall they?
Scott weakly grabs his arm and asks if it worked. Xavier assures him they succeeded and their sacrifice was not in vain. It was a gift and in the giving they saved them all.
The others have been restored. Logan helps up Scott, and Xavier thanks them all.
Storm orders them on their feet. The world is not ready for the likes of their return but Krakoa is waiting.
They follow her (still buck-naked) outside where the citizens of Krakoa are waiting. Storm addresses them all and tells them a great thing has happened today. A miracle made possible by mutant hands. The great work of the Five. The Five walk among the crowd and are treated reverently like stars. Storm tells the crowd to love them, for they have righted the wrongs of man and defeated their great enemy death.
She continues that the Five have returned these mutants to them. She sees them. Do they? They see them, but do they know them? The crowd chorus.
Storm turns to Cyclops and asks him his name. Scott Summers, Cyclops, he replies. Addressing him as brother, she asks how she knows it is him. Scott replies that once he thought he was strong – a leader of mutants – and then she showed him what strong was. She learned it watching him, she replies as she kisses him on the brow.
Storm turns to the crowd and shouts this is her brother. She knows him. As do they. Yes, his name is Cyclops, but he is more than that. What is he? Mutant! the crowd shouts.
Storm turns to Jean and asks for her name. Marvel Girl. Jean Grey is the reply. And how does she know it’s her? “Oh, I’m the only ‘me’ there ever was,” are Jean’s words. Storm hugs her, acknowledges her and goes though the same ask-and-answer with the crowd.
She turns to Monet, who introduces herself as Monet St Croix. Penance. When Storm reaches for her, Monet orders no touching. Storm laughs at her typical abrasiveness and acknowledges her.
Xavier and Magneto watch the ceremony form some distance. Magneto muses he should be weeping with joy, but… Xavier says he understands. Over the years, man has killed millions of them, and so many remain lost. But this is the good work. Magneto states it must be continued until Genosha is spoken of not as a grave but as a crucible. It will continue until it’s done, Xavier agrees. Humans should have killed them when they had the chance, Magneto states. Xavier smiles slightly. Magneto asks when the UN votes. The next day, Xavier informs him. If none of the Security Council vote against it, there will be an expedited General Assembly vote in the afternoon. Magneto ask if he is worried. Not today, Charles replies, today he is filled with nothing but hope.
Storm finishes the ceremony as the crowd embrace the returned.
The next day at the UN, a celebration:Emma Frost sips her champagne in one corner of the room while telepathically sending to Xavier that he is loving this, isn’t he? She congratulates him. He’s won himself a nation.
Elsewhere, Beast mingles. Xavier sends back it is their nation. Due, he thinks, in no small part to her. Emma plays coy and Xavier points out he got the sense the Security Council wasn’t going to support them today. The French ambassador all but told him the Russian ambassador would vote against them. Imagine his surprise when he abstained.
Emma joins Hank and the Indian ambassador while telepathically projecting that she found most humans to be impressionable. People change their minds all the time. Maybe the ambassador had a crisis of conscience. A little humanity to go with her excess of humanity. Charles grabs a flute of champagne. Coercion leaves an indelible stain on the victim. It also affects the one perpetrating the act – dominating the will of another often comes with a cost. He raises the glass to her. He just wanted her to know he knows, and a grateful nation thanks her for her sacrifice.
Smiling coyly, Emma suggests he buy her something pretty or make her governor of a province or something. He replies he has much bolder things in mind.
Two days later on Krakoa Magneto, Xavier and Wolverine wait in an area full of teleportation portals. Wolverine asks if they are sure about this. It’s not too late to change his mind. Xavier smoothly replies this is about an opportunity to change. Wolverine rejoins some people are beyond saving. If that were true, would Wolverine be here? Magneto asks. Would he?
Sage informs them about “incoming” and gasps at how many are coming. The ones coming are the mutants villains, from the small time villains like Random and Animax, to sometime allies like Frenzy and Callsto to longtime foes like Mesmero, Selene, Mr. Sinister and Sebastian Shaw… to finally their most implacable foe – Apocalypse, who recognizes Krakoa.
He converses with the island and agrees it has been too long. Swarms of birds greet him. Wolverine growls he is making himself a little too comfortable. Apocalypse considers the word inadequate but he and Krakoa… know each other. He fought a war here before the world had any idea that there was such a thing as mutants.
Magneto considers this fitting. They have fought for something as well and gained it. They will not risk losing this place because some of them might not appreciate what they have. So… is there gonna be a problem? Wolverine demands.
Why would there be? is Apocalypse’s reply. For centuries, he has fostered conflict in the hope of mutantdom finally establishing dominance. Now look at them. They have finally become what he has intended them to be. He could not be more proud.
Magneto demands to hear the words. Apocalypse announces they submit to the laws of this land, acknowledge that from this day forward they all serve a higher purpose than want or need. One people from this day forward.
Xavier announces then let the word be known: Krakoa is for all mutants. Welcome home. He shakes Apocalypse’s hand.
“If you are us, then be with us.Come home!”- Magneto


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I Am Not Ashamed
“Is what they have perfect? No. What is?But it’s a start – and a good one.”- Professor X
Krakoa, one month ago:Moira’s No-space, Professor X’ secret cradle:Xavier, Moira and Magneto stand around a Cerebro unit connected to Krakoan tech. Xavier announces this is the one blind step into the abyss. The proverbial leap of faith. Once they do this, there will be no turning back. Total commitment is required here. So, do they agree?
They do. Magneto puts his hand on Charles shoulder. Whatever there has been between them over the years… all their disagreements, all the anger over the other’s relentless ideology and unyielding persistence… That ends today. He has his word. Charles smiles and puts his own hand on Erik’s.
Then he puts on the Cerebro helmet and telepathically addresses everybody on planet Earth:
“Humans of the planet Earth. I am the mutant Charles Xavier and I bring you a message of hope.” He continues that in the coming months they will learn of several far-reaching pharmaceutical breakthroughs that have been discovered by mutant scientists. These drugs extend human life, heal diseases of the mind and will prevent or cure most common maladies. Influenza, Alzheimer’s, ALS, most forms of cancer… all gone overnight. These drugs will make life on this planet better. Remarkably so. All this… mutants have for them.
People around a hospital bed listen to this message of hope. As do others in boardrooms.
Xavier continues that in the past those medicines would have been a gift. Something freely given by him to them… because he believed it would create harmony between their two peoples.
As do those in the shadows.
That was his dream -- harmony -- but they have taught him a harsh lesson. All he ever wanted was peace between humans and mutants. All he ever wanted was to love them and for humans to love mutants.
The heroes of the world listen.
Mutants wanted to save them – and they did, many times – but in turn all humanity did was stand back, while evil men killed mutant children. Over 16 million of them. So, there will be no gift, for they have not earned it. They will however let them pay for it.
In return for two things, mutants will provide them with the means to have a better life: First they must accept the island of Krakoa as the nation state of all mutants on this planet. Second, all mutants by birth can claim Krakoan citizenship. And with that citizenship they expect a period of amnesty, so that those who have been singled out as criminals can overcome man’s bias against mutants.
Somewhere in the dark, Omega Sentinel listens.
From this day forward, mutants will be judged by mutant law, not man’s.
As do Dr. Alya Gregor and her husband Erasmus Mendez.
These are their simple demands and they are not negotiable. And if they find themselves thinking who are these mutants that they think they can dictate terms to them… They are the future. An evolutionary inevitability. They are Earth’s true inheritors. Humanity closed their eyes last night believing the world would be theirs forever. That was their dream… and like his it was a lie.
There is a new truth:“While you slept, the world changed.”
Krakoa, now:In a glade stands a round table, separated into four sections by an X. The members of the Quiet Council take their places grouped in threes: Xavier sitting in a section with Apocalypse and Magneto welcomes the others. Nightcrawler, Marvel Girl and Storm share another section. The two Hellfire Corporation members Emma Frost and Sebastian Shaw share the next, with one empty seat in their section. And the final section includes, Mr. Sinister, Exodus and Mystique.
Xavier turns to Cypher, who is sitting in a tree above them. He tells Krakoa to release the hounds and Krakoa releases Sabretooth into their midst.
Angrily, Creed snarls and demands answers. What is this? Magneto coolly replies this is the establishment of a nation. This… and he would have it be one of laws. He takes off his helmet. But not the old laws of man, he specifies, the new ones of mutant.
Which is why they have called the first meeting of the Quiet Council, Xavier remarks. He cannot say that everyone here represents the best examples of what a society should be based on but it falls on them to establish the laws of this land.
Sinister stage-whispers to his neighbor Exodus, asking if Xavier is referring to him? If he is, he doesn’t care! Sinister won’t be ignored. He has ideas! Nobody puts Sinister in the corner! Exodus stoically threatens what he will do to Sinister, should he speak to him again. Which Sinister takes a prompt to suggest that mutant-on-mutant violence be considered a crime. That man threatened him! Throw him into mutant jail!
Apocalypse asks how it can be a crime to kill someone who cannot be killed. How will any of them know they are fit and worthy if they are not tested?
He cannot be serious, Storm scoffs. Equally disgusted, Marvel Girl remarks he is, but if their goal is greatness of purpose and if their undertaking is to have worth, she thinks the opposite would be true. The highest crime would be killing someone who cannot come back -- it would be a mutant killing a human.
Mystique mocks: and when the humans come for them, which they will, aren’t they going to do anything to defend themselves? Magneto differentiates that is the old argument of is it murder if it is done in defense of a nation and is not what they are talking about. Jean is right. Xavier also agrees and asks if anyone else has an argument with this. Apocalypse doesn’t care, as mankind means nothing to him. Nobody disagrees and Xavier announces one law is that mutant cannot take a human life.
Sabretooth snarls that they are going to make an example of him. He begins uttering threats. Quiet! Emma orders and telepathically attacks him. Sabretooth begins to drool but continues ranting. Quiet, Jean repeats and joins Emma’s telepathic effort.
Sinister cheerfully observes that it’s the drool that really brings the whole outfit together. This is fun! What’s next? Somebody shock him.
Shaw has opinions on this. Property rights, he begins to enumerate, wealth, currency. A few of the things man clearly got right. He has a few ideas…
Cypher interrupts, speaking for Krakoa. He points out Krakoa is alive, a person not a place. Fauna, not flora. So, he’d be careful about the whole property thing. Storm agrees and suggest that if you want to own a home it has to be out there in the world. No one has said they have to run from it.
Emma muses none of that touches any number of broader economic concerns, but they are not going to settle these today, anyway. They have complications. Exodus opines that Cypher raises a good point. This place is an Eden to them. Life-giving. Nurturing. It lives and through it so do they. If there is mutant ground that is sacrosanct, this is it. There is honor to be had in lifting it up.
Xavier agrees and asks if they all do. Good, then it’s a good start. He plans to finish the meeting but Mystique interrupts. They have yet to hear from the righteous among them, she smirks targeting her son. Where is his foolish providence in all of this? Where is his God? she challenges Nightcrawler. Kurt considers her words then quotes “And God said unto them, be fruitful and multiply and replenish the Earth and subdue it…” It’s obvious, he grins. They need to make more mutants.
Xavier agrees. He stands up. Is what they have perfect? No. What is? But it’s a start and it’s a good one. As of today, these are the first laws of their nation:
Make more mutants.Murder no man. Respect this sacred land.
And with those laws, they have to decide what to do with Mr. Creed, who has broken them. Do they believe that giving him one last chance benefits their society or are they better served by making an example out of him? That no one is above mutant law?
Magneto announces that he gave Creed strict instructions for that mission and he ignored them. He made his bed. Let him sleeping in it serve a higher purpose. Apocalypse agrees. So long, Sinister sneers. Pack light. Safe travels to faraway lands! Guilty! is Exodus’ short verdict. Just get this over with, Mystique groans. Kurt and Jean are not happy but agree and Storm considers the verdict long overdue. Shaw doesn’t care but annoyed answers ‘yes,’ as does Emma.
They think he’s just going to take this? Sabretooth seethes. He is making a list and now they are on it, along with their kids and then their kids. He will make their lines extinct! Are they listening to him?
Xavier addresses Doug, who in turn talks to Krakoa. Tentacles spring up from the ground and drag Creed downward into the dark. Xavier informs him they can’t let him back into the world; they don’t have prisons and don’t believe in capital solutions (which would only return him to the Resurrection Protocols). Instead, he will be kept in stasis in Krakoa, aware but unable to move. Forever, or until a day when he will be given the option to be redeemed. But until then, he is exiled.
Xavier turns to the others. It’s distasteful, he knows, this business of running a nation. He prays that they never get used to it. That they never learn to love it…
They get up and join the ongoing celebrations. There are fireworks and music. The Five are dancing together. A restored Banshee smiles at his daughter Syrin, who screams at the singer Dazzler, supplying her with sound for her lightshow.
Angel, Beast and Iceman catch up with each other. Exodus dazzles some children at a campfire with a tale. Synch and Skin are happy to be alive again.
Wolverine shares a six-pack and a hug with Cyclops and Marvel Girl, then walks up to his archenemy Gorgon to hand him a beer as well. In the spirit of reconciliation, Jean does the same with Emma.
Apocalypse stands apart, watching the celebrations, as do Xavier and Magneto. Just look at what they have made, Magneto states amazed.


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second story: Let It Out; sixth story:Modern Love
second story: (the American Southwest)Havok is in the desert with his brother Cyclops, Wolverine, Nightcrawler and Colossus. It's getting dark as Scott stands there, asking what's going on. Wolverine has suggested a way to allow Cyclops to release all his frustrations about Jean's death, and his friends have agreed to help him out on this.
Havok knows his brother is a hard man, but there's no one he's harder on than himself. Alex is well aware that that Scott knows exactly why he is there, but Scott still plays along, insisting he doesn't want to be there. Tomorrow he has to bury the woman he loves. Alex knows what has to happen next, but knowing and doing are two different things. So, they brought this fight out into the desert where there will be no casualties and no collateral damage.Wolverine places his hand on Scott's shoulder, and Scott orders him to remove it. Wolverine does so, but antagonizes Scott by slapping him in the face. "Make me," replies Logan. Scott states again that he doesn't want to do this, but Alex punches him in the face, telling him that this isn't about what he wants. It's about what he needs. He reckons there shouldn't be a problem having Scott fight them. Part of him must blame them for what happened. And if he doesn't… he should.
Scott falls to the ground but quickly turns and stands, unleashing an optic blast at the nearest of his friends, Nightcrawler. Kurt instantly teleports away from danger and appears behind Scott, who lashes out at Wolverine, winding him with a solid kick to the stomach.
Alex was with Lorna when he got the call about Jean. They held each other all night as tight as they could. All night. Nightcrawler prayed, Colossus painted and God knows what Wolverine did. It wasn't exactly a secret that he had feelings for Jean, too. It's probably better that the others never know. Scott catches Nightcrawler as he appears and swings him around by his ankle so that he collides with Havok. Wolverine attacks with his claws bared, but Cyclops zaps him with his eyes full in the face. He then turns his attentions back to Nightcrawler, blasting at each position that Kurt appears, to no avail. Scott's held it inside for so long now; he just can't do anything else. His entire life has been about holding it in. His power demands it. If he lets it out, people get hurt, but Alex is his brother and he knows that Scott cannot hurt him.
As Nightcrawler teleports near Colossus, the big Russian is hit with a blast which ricochets off his steel shoulders. Alex approaches as Scott asks angrily, who's next? "I am," replies Alex as he powers up his cosmic energies. He knows that he is the one person Cyclops can unleash upon and take it. After everything they've been through together, no matter how he feels about his brother and how angry he makes him, he knows that Scott would do it for him. He'd do it for any of them. He blasts at Scott, almost intentionally missing him in order to cause a reaction. Scott blasts the ground as he turns but swings his head so that Alex is caught in the full blast.
The others look on as Alex groans as the energy blast connects with him. Kurt shields his face and Piotr wonders if they should stop them. Wolverine replies that he ain't getting near that. Havok responds to Scott's attack, matching his blasts with his own into a stalemate. Finally, Cyclops allows it to happen. "Come on, Alex" he roars. "This is what you wanted, right? Then come... then... then come..." His words trail away as he drops to his knees, aims his optic blast skywards and screams, releasing all of his pent up emotion.
Moments later he collapses, holding his head in his hands. He apologizes to his friends for what's happened and lies down, exhausted. Kurt kneels beside him and asks him to let it out. Alex agrees. Scott repeats his apology as Wolverine radios Banshee aboard the Blackbird. They're done. Alex is sorry that he is Scott's brother and yet he wasn't there when he needed him. At least he can be there for him now.
(Jean's funeral)All is silent as Scott, Alex, Hank, Kurt, Sean and Logan carry Jean's coffin to its resting place.
sixth story: It’s early evening and Hatemonger is being taken down hard by both Iron Fist and Spider-Woman. Jessica kicks him in the face as Danny smashes him with just a portion of his might. “Well, that was random,” exclaims Jessica. Danny asks Hatemonger what exactly he was thinking, trying to rob a bank in the middle of New York City in the middle of the night. “Leave me alone,” he replies, “I’m in a downward spiral.”
Jessica is pleased with how well it worked out, and Danny replies that he usually only does this with Spider-Man. That was like an old-fashioned team-up. Jessica remarks that his iron fist is very impressive. “Yeah?” smiles Danny. He tells her that she looks great. Did she do something with her hair? Jessica says she washed it… with soap. Danny tells her that it works for her, the soap thing. Jessica pauses and asks what’s happening here. There’s clearly an attraction between the two, and as they lean in towards each other, they inevitably kiss. They then pull back, but Spider-Woman pretty much pounces on Iron Fist, kissing him again.
(later)Jess and Danny are in bed and Danny gasps, “Wow.” He pushes himself onto his elbow and asks if she’s seeing anyone. Jessica replies no, and then realizes that he might be. Danny assures her that he’s not, and he’s not married, either. If he was married, would he be there with her? Jessica leans towards him and asks if he’s dating Misty Knight. Danny pretends to remember, but then grins and says no. Jessica smiles, and Danny asks what she’s doing tomorrow night.
(first week)The happy couple holiday on a secluded golden beach after Danny has them flown there in his private jet.
(second week)The two are in action taking down Rocket Racer. Jessica later gets herself an Iron Fist tattoo on her right shoulder.
(third week)Danny reciprocates by having a tattoo himself and things are going very smoothly.
(fourth week)Danny and Jessica arm wrestle in a restaurant while an unimpressed mother looks on, feeding her baby.
(fifth week)Jessica sits alone, in costume, waiting for Danny to return. When he does, she asks him where the hell he’s been. Danny, surprised at the anger in her voice, replies that he told her. He had to make a pilgrimage to the ancient city of K’un L’un. “And they don’t have a &$#%ing phone in the ancient city of K’un L’un?” she asks. “Uh, no,” replies Danny. Jessica turns away and says that’s just great. Danny reiterates that he told her he was going. Jess says she is sorry, but she was worried about him. He asks what he did, but Jess tells him to forget it. “Fine,” he replies. “Forget it.” Jessica isn’t about to do that. She turns back to him and tells him that he just comes in here, all whoopee-doody-do… Danny interjects and says he walked in the door. Wow. She does have issues. “Oh, like you don’t,” she responds. “Not daddy issues,” replies Danny. Jessica’s face takes a turn for the worse. Excuse me?
Danny realizes he’s said the wrong thing as she goes on the offensive. She asks if he means like her daddy was a Hydra terrorist who poked her with needles while she was still in her mother’s womb and then killed her mother in front of her when she was a little girl. Those kind of issues?
Inside Doctor Strange’s sanctum, the rest of the team listen to their every word, and Spider-Man asks if they know they can hear them. Ms. Marvel shushes him. Danny tells Jessica that he’s a man on a mission, and that journey doesn’t involve having to call and let her know his whereabouts. Jessica asks, sarcastically, if he means a man’s journey. Really? Then he can explain the yellow booties. Luke Cage, also listening in, doesn’t like the sound of that.
Danny informs Jessica that his boots are part of an ancient ritual garb, handed down to him from centuries of warriors who have held the secret of the iron fist. “Really?” asks Jessica, because she has a pair just like them and does he know where she got them? At the ‘tween section at Macy’s! Danny is shocked, and Jessica realizes she may have gone a little far. There is a short silence, and Carol Danvers wonders what’s happening. Danny wonders if they should go back to how things were before. Jessica agrees that maybe they should.
Danny scratches his head and says it’s difficult to balance the lifestyles. “We knew that though,” Jessica replies, apologizing for the bootie thing. Danny wishes she’d stop calling them that. They’re boots… regular boots. He apologizes for the dad thing, but Jessica knows it’s true. “Still,” replies Danny, “It’s not my place.” They stare at each other, and all is silent.
Inside the sanctum, Carol wonders if they’ve left. Luke can’t hear anything. Wong asks them to shush, and Wolverine grabs a few beers & some food and heads for the door. It’s getting crowded and weird in there. He likes to eat his food in peace and… He opens the door and sees something he really wishes he hadn’t. He heads back inside and asks, “Why don’t we all stay in here?” Spidey asks what’s going on. Logan tucks into a sandwich and says he’ll tell him when he’s older. “Oh man…” sighs Carol.


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fourth story: Butterfly Blade; fifth story: Oh, The Places You’ll Go!; sixth story: Dead Man Talking
fourth story: (the White Hot Room: the core of creation. All times and no time - during the House of M)Rachel Summers sits opposite Betsy Braddock cross-legged. They appear relaxed. "Why the sword?" asks Rachel. Betsy says she doesn't understand the question, but Rachel reckons she does. Maybe she never thought about it, but she must know what she means. Rachel likens it to the Phoenix Force. It's the same no matter what vessel it inhabits. But, Rachel adds, Betsy is the only psi-powered mutant whose power manifests itself as a sword. She wonders why.
Betsy replies that it's not a sword. Not just a sword, anyway. She shouldn't forget about the butterfly.
(the Savage Land, two years ago)Psylocke is fighting alongside Ka-Zar, Bishop, Nightcrawler and X-23 against a horde of armed lizard-creatures called the Hauk'ka. Ka-Zar leads the charge, wanting to show the lizards some respect. Psylocke uses her blade to smite an opponent and X-23 comments that it's wicked. Betsy seems surprised. She informs Sara that it slices through armor but spares flesh. It cuts only what she tells it to cut. She thinks it's more merciful than most. Bishop interjects, telling Betsy that they're just fighting a holding action, but Betsy tells him she knows that. She can see how bad the odds are. If the Hauk'ka bring their super-powered warriors into the fight, then it's only going to get worse.
Bishop informs her that he and Kurt are mind-blocked and cannot access their powers. He thinks she may be able to break them free. "You mean... cut you free?" asks Betsy.
(present)Rachel says that the butterfly manifested when she was telepathic, right? Different power, different manifestation. Betsy thought that too, but now in the White Hot Room she sees it differently. She had such finesse back then, such delicacy of thought. She could take a thought of Rachel's mind without her ever realizing she was ever there. The butterfly was an expression of that - the subtlety of fine control. It was everything she thought she'd lost when she came back from death.
(the Savage Land)Betsy believes that this might be a bad idea, but Bishop believes that so is dying. They're out of options. Betsy reminds him that she can't read minds anymore. All she has to go on is instinct. Trying to cut the psi-compulsion without frying his brain? If she's off by a hair's breadth...
Kurt tells her that he trusts her, but Betsy replies that she doesn't trust herself. Kurt says that in that case, they must just hope. He reckons he is a better judge of character than her.
Betsy is assured, and she holds out her katana, asking them to kneel down. She tries to get the battle out of her head. She doesn't want to be thinking about mayhem while she's doing this. Bishop reminds her that they need them out there. If they fall... Betsy asks him to keep talking. That helps. She informs them that, in theory, she can control how deep the katana cuts and where it stops. But, she needs to send out her thoughts and senses along the blade. She can't risk even the slightest distraction: not if they wish to come out of this in one piece. Kurt and Bishop go quiet and kneel down facing away from Betsy. She raises the katana and prepares to strike.
After Psylocke died and came back, she went to one extreme. She had as much power as she could use but she didn't know how to channel it or make it do as it was told. The sword was her whole being. But, the sword by itself will never be enough. She swipes the katana through the back of Kurt and Bishop's skulls, and they collapse to the ground. She asks how they're feeling. Kurt replies that he's not dead, at least. Bishop reckons it needs work. He just needs a second to recover. Betsy, now oozing confidence tells him to take as long as he wants. She'll hold the fort!
She returns to the battle ground and leaps back into action. To wield a katana needs strength and power, but it isn't the half of what you need. The sword has to become an extension of your arm... of your will. You need to let it fly and then call it home again, as though it were a living thing. It must be responsive to your every thought.
(the present)Rachel asks Betsy what she's saying, then. That she gets to choose? That the sword and the butterfly are both always there inside her? Two different expressions of her power? Betsy replies that it isn't exactly what she's saying. She thinks the blade can be the butterfly. The delicacy can live inside the power, directing it and focusing it. It's like some puzzle picture in an old book, she adds. Two faces or a vase. Old woman or young girl. It's not two things. It's the same thing seen from different angles. "It's me. Just me."
fifth story: (another Asgard, another time)Dani Moonstar looks back on the final hours in the lives of her friends, the New Mutants. After leaving Asgard to head for home, Magik took them to Limbo. She created a portal into which the team stepped, transporting them away from Asgard. Cypher, Cannonball, Sunspot, Wolfsbane, Dani Moonstar, Karma and Magma, along with Dani's ride, Brightwind, were living the best times of their lives. They had grown into something more, something greater. They had become warriors... victors. When they returned home, it would be as heroes. Instead, though, their trip went sideways; sideways and twisty. You could call this the graduation for the students of Charles Xavier's School for Gifted Children.
When the professor recruited them, he told their parents that they were too dangerous for the world. He said that he would protect them and prepare them for the future, teaching them to control their gifts, helping them so that they would not hurt themselves or others. Instead, they became pawns: disposable pieces in an all-too-adult game of winner-take-all for the future of humanity's place in the world. With the best training in the world, children are never ready for the world. It was truly the end of the New Mutants, and Dani remembers them with clarity and honesty.
Roberto was the first to die, bitten on the neck by Magik. Roberto loved and lived too much. He was a slave to his passions. No one burned more brightly than Bobby and no one wanted to be a hero more. In this place, however, it's about surviving, not overcoming. He didn't survive long. Neither did Karma, captured by small demons. She was the oldest member of the team, and as such she always carried a heavy burden. She did that with such ease, they always wondered if there was no duty to much for her to handle.
Like most people, Rahne Sinclair craved domestication. She submitted herself to a comfortable and predictable hierarchy. Douglas Ramsey was blessed with the gift of tongues. No one higher or lower in all of hell could determine the will and secret intentions of Limbo's host. Working together with Karma, he gave voice to, and helped control, the oh-so-quiet whispers of rebellion and discontent. The voice of the people was the voice of the damned, and once he was plugged into the lifeblood of Limbo, Doug was their one true cypher.
Feeding on the stuff of Limbo drove Warlock into an endless cycle of appetite and expansion. He became the all-consuming place where evil things went to die. Magma always played pious, but Dani always knew better. She became a demon's slave. Sam Guthrie... Sam was the most noble of all. A true warrior. He fought to the end against the demonic hordes, and Dani would miss him the most.
The New Mutants were going to be so much more; better than those that came before. They were children of a new age, full of promise. Instead, they became something twisted... their innocence lost. Magik controlled the demons, and for that, she had to die at Dani's hands.
This is the future of man, of a society that doesn't protect its children. This is what you get. This is what becomes of your sons and daughters. Danielle Moonstar sits with the subservient Wolfsbane at her feet. She had dreamed a dream and watched it become a nightmare. Believing it would ever be otherwise was a lie. We all inherit the future we were meant to have.
sixth story: The deluded anti-hero Deadpool believes he is in a session with his psychiatrist. The doctor asks what he's been up to since they last saw each other. Deadpool replies, "Pretty much the usual, Dr. Melfi." The doctor reminds Wade that he's asked him repeatedly not to call him that. Their sessions are quite serious and he would appreciate it if he took them as such. Deadpool can't believe some people just can't take a compliment. Maybe it's just his way of saying he has some sexy Lorraine Bracco legs. Has he ever thought of that? The doctor has no time for Wade's games, so Wade says there'll be no more name calling. They can talk about yesterday, but he slips in the name Frasier as he does so.
(yesterday - the Stop & Save market)Deadpool is in costume, stocking up on groceries. He has five bags of double-stuf Oreos, forty-two individually wrapped fish heads, eleven sham-wows and twenty-seven doggie diapers. He notices a magazine on the rack and can't believe it. Tomcat were abducted by aliens disguised as Elvis? He's got to buy that. He heads to the counter where a diminutive assistant asks if it'll be paper or plastic. Deadpool pulls out a pistol and asks, "How about Smith & Wesson instead? He shoots her in the face.
(the session, present)The doctor assumes there is a reason she shot that poor woman in the face. Wade replies that it's because of the whole paper or plastic thing. Does he have any idea what plastic bags do to the environment? He is Al Gore's messenger of death! The doctor mentions, while they're on the subject, that he's typically had trouble with women in the past, yes? Wade recalls Siryn, who wanted nothing to do with him, Copycat who was turned into fish food by Sabretooth, Typhoid Mary who made him look sane, and the Black Widow who had his head cut off. Whatever gave the doctor that idea? He returns to his story.
(yesterday - the Stop & Save market)It was around this time that someone split his head open with a meat cleaver. Luckily, he can take that sort of punishment thanks to the Weapon X experiments. They gave him cancer, sure, but they gave him a kick-ass healing factor. Unfortunately, they also turned his body into six feet of downtown Newark.
(present)The doctor says that his face really bothers him, doesn't it. It drives him to do the things he does. Wade doesn't wish to talk about it, but the doctor reminds him that this is why he is there. Wade covers his ears and starts singing Barbie Girl. He explains that Weapon X turned him into a killing machine, so that's what he does. He kills. The doctor says fair enough and asks him to continue with his story. He's sure there'll be a point to it eventually.
(yesterday - the Stop & Save market)At this point, the whole joint turned on Deadpool. The bag boy with the lazy eye, the manager with the disturbing man boobs, the geeky cashier with pimples the size of golf balls, the old lady... Wade pauses a moment. "The old lady. I Hesitated on the old lady.” The doctor asks why. Wade tells him she reminded him of someone. The doctor knows he's talking about Blind Al and he asks Wade to tell him about her and his... friends. Wade asks what's to tell? He either drives them all away or they end up trying to kill each other. The doctor asks what happened to the old woman. Wade asks what he thinks happened. This was one Golden Girl that wasn't making her next mahjong tournament. The doctor gets the point of the story now and asks him to cut to the chase.
Deadpool explains that it was all a job. The supermarket... these people were all secretly part of a terrorist organization called G.O.A.L. It stands for Global Obliteration and Annihilation of the Lollipop Guild, or something like that. It doesn't matter. People wanted 'em dead, and he deaded 'em. He opens his arms out wide and exclaims, "So welcome to the bad guy!" The doctor asks if that's what he's supposed to be getting out of this, because that's not what he's getting. Deadpool asks what he is getting. Gas?
The doctor says that bad guys don't fight the threats he has. Bad guys don't save the world as often as he has. He can spin this however he wants, but what he sees is a man who took out a burgeoning terrorist organization before they became the next A.I.M. or Hydra. He then asks Wade if he can spare a quarter. Wade says, "What?" and then realizes that he's not in a doctor's surgery after all. He's sitting on a recliner on the sidewalk.
A woman asks him again if he has a quarter for the meter. Wade looks around before standing up quickly and aiming his pistol at the woman. He orders her to get lost. He still has another fifteen minutes of therapy. He sits back down and puts his hands behind his head. "So, doc," he says, "I ever tell you about the time with me, J. Jonah Jameson and the amputee midget sisters?"
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Terra Incognita, part one
In an Australian forest, an aborigine woman puts body paint on a Caucasian man in the middle of the night. A group of other aborigines stand and watch as their leader, Gateway, tells the Caucasian man that he has meditated long and hard.
Addressing the man as Two Minds, Gateway tells him that he has taken the first steps into dreamland. He has walked beside Two Minds and has seen what he saw. His totem has been revealed. It is the snake. The pale culture imparts evil to the snake, which is unfortunate for the Caucasian man. The snake represents charm and the power to learn. The snake sheds its skin as human shed perceptions as new ideas are presented. One can see where a snake has been by what it leaves behind. A snake is bold and persuasive in its moves, and can strike in any way. It is very deadly when underestimated. Does this totem satisfy Two Minds?
Bruce Banner tells Gateway that his satisfaction does not matter. It is what it is. The aborigine woman finishes painting the bald Bruce Banner, who listens to Gateway as the man tells him that he has learned much and well. He is on the way to becoming one of the true people. If he continues down this path then…
Suddenly Gateway goes silent and looks off into the distance. Banner asks the old man what is wrong and if there is a problem. Gateway tells Bruce not to listen with his ears, but to instead use his heart. Does he hear the intruders arriving? Bruce closes his eyes and tries to listen with his heart, and when he opens his eyes he is shocked at the vast amount of intruders arriving.
Gateway tells Bruce that the many already there are not their concern. They are fleeing from oppression. The true people have known oppression and have run away as well, so they can sympathize with the refugees’ needs. However, these unfortunates do not know that the oppressors are after them. They are coming. It will not end well.
Some distance away, all is not silent in the dark forest. In a clearing are many tents set up for hundreds of human refugees, all hiding from mutant oppression. Among the organizers of this refugee camp are members of Advanced Idea Mechanics, better known as A.I.M. Leading this ragtag bunch is the superhuman girl known as the Scorpion, who reports back to her mother via intercom. All is going well. The people are tired and exhausted, but they are there. They have come from as far away as Sydney to his Northern Territory. On the other end of the transmission is Dr. Monica Rappaccini, mother of Scorpion, and commander of the A.I.M. contingent in the area.
Dr. Rappaccini tells her daughter that if the mutant oppression continues, then refugees will be coming from much further away. Scorpion asks her mother where she is presently. Dr. Rappaccini explains that she is aboard an A.I.M. sea craft in the Gulf of Carpentaria, just off Borroloola. She swears she loves Australian names. She then asks her daughter for an estimate on the number of refugees, and learns that there are over three hundred. Dr. Rappaccini asks if they are all telling the same story, to which Scorpion replies that the stories match their Intel, but of course with a few variations. In other countries, mutants treat humans as second-class citizens. They are discriminated against and are treated as if at the bottom of the barrel. However, the mutant government in Australia is another matter.
Dr. Rappaccini asks if they are rounding up people, and learns that they are. Her mother then asks if the humans are being put in internment camps or if this is Australian’s version of “The Final Solution.” Scorpion, however, does not know what the term “The Final Solution” means. Her mother makes a comment against the American school system and regrets sending her daughter to be educated there. “The Final Solution” was Hitler’s plan to exterminate all the Jews during World War II. “Oh,” replies Scorpion, “That.”
Scorpion tells her mother that Hitler didn’t have to deal with A.I.M. They are doing good work here. She was right when she told them that they should help out in Australia. They need to show humans that they cannot just roll around in the face of oppression. Suddenly, Scorpion hears something and asks what the likelihood of an earthquake in this area is. Dr. Rappaccini replies that it is as likely as having one in the western region, which apparently isn’t very likely. Scorpion pulls down her cowl and tells her mother that they are not having an earthquake. They are about to get some company.
Suddenly, fellow A.I.M. agent Adam West runs out of the woods as civilians run in the opposite direction in terror. Adam tells Scorpion that they are coming, but he thought that they wouldn’t come into the Outback. Scorpion tells Adam that bullies are never satisfied. They will keep on coming till a stand is made. They might as well as make it there. Adam sees Scorpion’s point. Unfortunately, as Adam points out, many of their refugees don’t agree. To Hell with them, replies the girl as she spots several House of Magnus troops in large armor suits chasing around the terrified refugees.
Scorpion orders her troops to arm themselves. Adam’s father calls out to him and tells him to be careful. Adam tells his father, with all due respect, that this is not the time to be careful. This is the time to kick butt and to take names. The A.I.M. troops then charge the House of Magnus troop. Adam’s father tells himself that he is sure the bad guys are telling themselves the same thing.
Suddenly, several House of M soldiers on hover bikes arrive, led by Agent Angelo Unuscione, better known as Unus, the Untouchable! Unus, under orders by the governor, orders the refugees to halt and to not make them come after them.
In the forest, hiding, watch Bruce Banner and Gateway. Bruce asks Gateway if he will despise him if he unleashes his other mind. Gateway has never actually seen it yet. If it emerges, will Gateway despise him? Gateway tells Bruce that he is one of the aborigines now. To despise him would be to despise himself. He has opened himself to them and that is all that matters. Besides, these intruders have entered sacred places, and that is unacceptable.
Nearby, Unus tells the humans that they are just making this harder for themselves, when suddenly, someone tells Unus that the same could be said to him. Unus turns to see Bruce Banner standing by a lake edge holding a boomerang. Banner tells Unus that he is in the sacred land of the true people and that he must leave. A soldier reminds Unus of the strict orders not to harm the aborigine, but Unus smirks and calls Banner a “gone-native wannabe.” He then asks Banner what will happen if he doesn’t leave. Banner throws his boomerang at Unus, but it is blocked by his force field.
Unus reminds Banner of who he is, but Banner tells him that he is making a mistake. Unus gets off his hover-bike and tells Banner that he has an unbeatable force field and Banner has a piece of wood. Who is making the mistake? Unus then knocks Banner into the lake, telling the man that he isn’t a deep thinker. As crocodiles swarm into the lake to feast, Unus laughs and thinks that Banner, whom he has not recognized, looked familiar. As he sees air bubbles slowly die out on the lake surface, he supposes that it no longer matters who the man was.
Suddenly, the incredible Hulk rises out of the water, with crocodiles all over his body trying to eat him. The Hulk orders the soldiers from the House of Magnus to leave. He then throws crocodiles at them, and the reptiles waste no time in trying to feast on the fleeing soldiers. Unus, protected by his force field, scoffs at the Hulk and dares him to do something worse. Nothing can penetrate his force field. Can the Hulk hear him?
The Hulk tells Unus that he can hear just fine. He then slams his mighty hands together, creating a deafening clap that hurts Unus’ ears. Unus, angered, threatens to kill the Hulk, but the green goliath wishes him good luck as he kicks away Unus, who is trapped in his force field like a hamster in a rolling ball.
Nearby, Scorpion battles a few human agents of the House of M and is disgusted that humans would attack humans on behalf of mutants. How can they take their side? One of the soldiers shoots Scorpion in the back with an energy gun and tells her that she cannot judge them. What did other humans ever do for him? If any of them were lucky enough to be offered this job, they would take it to, and she knows it. Scorpion falls to the ground and finds a gun aimed at her head. The soldier tells the girl that she is either apart of the snowstorms or she is buried. With her quick reflexes, Scorpion grabs the man by his throat and stings him. First, he angered her by being a traitor to his race, but now he is just boring the crap out of her.
The other soldiers fall back at the sight of a soldier in a large mechanical suit approaching Scorpion, ready to exterminate her. Suddenly, Unus, the so-called untouchable man, comes flying towards the suit at high speeds. Scorpion spots the Hulk leaping into the area and asks her mom via intercom if she sees this. Dr. Rappaccini acknowledges that she does. Scorpion is surprised to see the Hulk painted up like an aborigine, but her mom interrupts her and reminds her that they have aerial cams and they do not need Scorpion to narrate.
The Hulk lands among the soldiers and angrily faces them. He asks one question. “Who… attacked… my… PEOPLE?” The Hulk then leaps at the soldiers in an angry rage.
Aboard her submarine, Dr. Rappaccini sees all this and demands a shuttle to the surface. A soldier tells her it will take time, but she does not have patience and demands a ship ready immediately. The gods have blessed them with the Hulk and she is not going to be able to exploit their new ally to his fullest potential down in the water. The soldier then turns to his inferiors and orders them to ready a ship for the good doctor. Soon, a ship is prepared and Dr. Rappaccini heads to the surface.
A.I.M., however, is not the only organization watching the Hulk battle. In his headquarters in Sydney, Australia, Exodus, better known as the governor of Australia, watches alongside his allies, the Vanisher and Pyro. Exodus bluntly states that there is a problem. Angered, Pyro asks Exodus if he really thinks so. The problem is the Hulk. Exodus states that he knows who is the problem, but Pyro does not think that the man does.
The three men, dressed in gray body suits with the House of Magnus insignia, are in the battle room monitoring the battle. Exodus tells Pyro that he sounds like he is afraid of the Hulk. Pyro tells Exodus that he is afraid. Unlike Exodus, Pyro has fought the Hulk and he is not eager for round two. Magneto told them to leave the aborigines alone. However, Exodus sends troops anyway and now that mistake has come to bite them in the butt. Angered, Exodus blasts Pyro unconscious, telling him to address him as Governor or Sir, at the very least, but never Exodus. Pyro is sent flying through the Vanisher, who phases in time to avoid being hurt.
Exodus tells the Vanisher that the Hulk’s arrival is a setback. It is actually proof of what he has been saying all along. Tolerating human existence on any level is detrimental and plants seeds of rebellion and discontent. Security exists on human eradication. Australia will provide a beacon of hope and a model for the future for mutant kind. Even the Hulk cannot stand in the way of evolution.
Back in the outback, Dr. Rappaccini introduces herself and her daughter to the Hulk, accidentally addressing him as Dr. Banner. Dr. Rappaccini apologizes for the mistake, and then explains that A.I.M. is the last hope for humanity. By their calculations, in one to two centuries mutants will have dominated the Earth. Humanity will be extinct, just like the dodo. “So?” questions the Hulk, “World’s done fine without the dodo.”
Dr. Rappaccini admits she walked into the trap, but begins to explain her next point. However, she is interrupted by Adam’s father, who explains that his son is missing. The troops must have overcome him and taken him when they retreated. Worried, Dr. Rappaccini assures the other doctor that they will find him, especially since they have the Hulk on their side. She turns around in time to see the Hulk leap away. “Wonderful,” says Dr. Rappaccini, “The most powerful weapon on two legs, and he leaves in a huff.”
The next morning, Dr. Banner finishes his climb up a plateau to meet Gateway. Up top, he tells his mentor that it was a hard climb up and he thought he was going to have a heart attack. Gateway reminds Banner that, if he allowed the Hulk to take over, he could have leaped up. He does not want to give him that satisfaction, does he? Banner admits that he does not. Gateway is amused at this rivalry when the Hulk is Banner and vice versa. Stoically, Banner tells Gateway that the Hulk is not him.
Gateway announces that the white men want Banner to go with them. Banner wonders how Gateway knew, but the man tells him that since Banner knows, he knows. A.I.M. wants him to root out the oppressors, save Adam, and change things. Banner tells Gateway that he does not know what to do, as it is an important decision. No, replies Gateway, it is not.
Gateway becomes more serious and tells Banner that he has been walking in dreamtime and it is not feeling… right… to him. He understands why now. As he thinks about Magneto, Gateway explains that they are in dreamtime right now. That which is… isn’t. This world is not natural and it will not last. Banner is confused, but Gateway tells him that he will understand and perhaps help end it. However, perhaps neither of those things might happen. He has to find out for himself. Banner tells Gateway that he wants to do the right thing. Gateway scoffs at this and asks Banner if he knows of the stolen generation. Banner does not.
Gateway explains that the government wanted to deal with the aborigine by assimilating them into their culture. So they took the children. They were forced into white society while the aborigines were expected to die off. Ending their race is considered merciful. His two sons were taken and he never saw them again. Their minds are lost to him. Truth rises above all. In his quest to learn it, Banner might be taken away from Gateway. However, he must trust in the mother land, despite the sorrow in his heart for losing the young man. Banner tells Gateway that he would miss him too. He is happier there than anywhere else. He didn’t think that this type of happiness was possible. That is how you know that you walk in dreamtime, says Gateway.
As he walks away, Gateway informs Banner that it is time for the snake to begin his crawl toward awakening and deciding what is best for him.


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Terra Incognita, part three
Nights falls in Sydney, Australia, now free from the tyranny of Governor Exodus and the forces of the House of M. However, something even more sinister is occurring in the streets. By the waterfront, two guards subdue a man who desperately attempts to escape them. As they stop him, he claims he did not do anything, but the guards question him on the location of his female companion.
They cuff the man, who tells them that Australia is supposed to be the land of the free with the Hulk running things now. Why are they arresting him? The guards look at the man and tell him that it is free, but he is volunteering to keep it that way. The angered man tells the guards that he wants to speak with Bruce Banner, but is told that perhaps he should speak to God…he might put in a good word for him.
Watching from the waters of the bay, a woman says to herself, as Jon is being escorted away, that he Hulk will save him.
The next morning in his office, the Hulk smashes his desk into pieces in an attempt to destroy the paperwork on it. His advisors all run for cover, as the beast goes out of control.
In bed, Monica Rappaccini tells Bruce that is story of hulking out over mere paperwork is quite funny. Bruce tells her that it isn’t; what if it really does happen? He seriously thought about doing that today. Monica rubs his chest and tells him that she doesn’t think that he thinks about these things… they just happen. Banner tells her that there are a lot of gray areas, though she insists that there are some green ones as well.
Angered, Bruce grabs her hand and tells her that it isn’t a joke. If he loses power over something as idiotic as paperwork, it is bad. Monica rolls over and tells Bruce she gets it, but he is not sure that she does. Monica affirms that she does. A calmer Bruce tells her that it is critical she understands, but Monica silences him with a kiss.
The two cuddle in bed, and Bruce tells her that it is amazing. He feels comfortable with her, as if they have known each other longer than just a few weeks. Monica smiles and tells him that they actually have known each other longer. They had a fling in college. Bruce smiles and tells Monica that it’s ridiculous. Monica explains that she was visiting her friend in the States at DSU. She just dumped Bruce for coming on too rough for her. Monica, however, was young and liked it a little rough. During a frat party that weekend they both had a lot to drink.
Bruce tells Monica that this is insane. They never met. The only fling he ever had was with some undergrad student named Nicky. Monica smiles as Bruce puts two and two together. Nicky is short for Nicole… except for when it’s short for Monica. If its any consolation, says Monica, she got over the fact that he didn’t call the following week… or ever.
Embarrassed, Bruce apologizes, as college was a difficult time for him. Adulthood hasn’t been a cakewalk either. Monica hushes Bruce and tells him that it is okay. They now rule Australia, a place for anyone who feels their mutant governments are giving them short shrift. They are doing so much work and having a little fun on the side. Isn’t worrying about the past a waste of energy?
Elsewhere, as the sun rises, the woman hiding in the waterfront as guards took away Jon climbs up a ladder onto the docks, but she is immediately spotted by more guards. They grab the terrified woman as one of them aims his gun at her, stating that she must come with them. A voice nearby asks what the woman has done. The girl sees the newcomer on the dock and calls for help.
The guards look at a nearby boat with a young girl, in shorts and a top, ready to go out fishing. The girl asks one more time about the nature of the captured woman’s crimes. One of the guards tells her that it isn’t any of her concern. The young girl throws off her hat, revealing her green hair underneath. She is Scorpion.
One of the guards doesn’t recognize Scorpion and comments that he did not know the circus was in town, but the other guard quickly shushes him. The guard quickly stops his comments and explains to Scorpion that they both work for A.I.M. and they are under orders to bring in this girl as she is a security threat.
Scorpion grabs the girl from the guards, not trusting them, and tells them that, since she is higher ranked than them, she assumes her clearance is higher than theirs. To that end, she will take the girl into custody. The guards begin to interject, but Scorpion powers up her fist menacingly. The guards back off and leave.
Scorpion takes the terrified girl down into her boat. The refugee thanks Scorpion, but Scorpion tells the girl to just be glad she got up early to fish. Besides, she looked pathetic enough for her to take her side over the smug A.I.M. agents. Scorpion kneels in front of the girl and reminds her that she is soaking wet. Not caring, the girl tells Scorpion that they took Jonny.
Before Scorpion can follow the girl’s logic, she tells a story of how they were looking for subjects for routine medical stuff. They even promised room and board. She and Jonny just arrived and the offer was tempting. However, things went wrong and people began to disappear. They thought they were next so they ran, but Johnny was caught. Worried, Scorpion consoles the girl. The girl asks Scorpion to please find Jonny. He has a tattoo of Captain America’s shield on his arm. Scorpion promises the girl that she will find Jonny.
Sometime later, Bruce sits in his office with Monica and a few advisors. He asks one of the men to promise that this will be the last meeting for the day. One of them promises, while another brings up the recent housing reports. Banner recalls that there is not enough housing. The advisor confirms this and begins to suggest something, when another advisor interrupts him. He hopes his colleague isn’t suggesting putting a cap on immigration. The other man tells him that they have to consider it. The first man reminds him of the outback as there is plenty of space there, but the man prompting for a cap calls it a security risk. Monica agrees, as well as Banner, who thinks of the Aborigines who live out there. Banner then decides that they will put the immigrants to work building new houses. There must be builders, contractors, architects among the refugees.
The advisor suggesting the cap informs Banner that it will require materials they do not have. They would have to trade with mutant governments, who are all uncooperative so far. Not phased by this, Banner calls in Adam West. Adam comes in and Banner tells him to record a memo for him that must be circulated to every government in the world. Banner then begins and merely states that the world must cooperate with them, or Hulk will smash; yours truly, and etc. and etc.
Adam asks Banner if he wants that read back, but Banner is sure Adam got it all down. He then orders the boy to circulate it as soon as possible. As Adam leaves, Banner asks the advisors if there is anything else. One advisor gets up and brings up another topic. The people adore the Hulk, as he is a symbol of strength against mutant oppression. His presence reminds everyone of who is in charge. Banner gets up, knowing what the advisor wants. He wants the Hulk to make a public appearance. The advisor agrees, perhaps a trot onto the balcony would do.
Banner, annoyed, states that he wants to give people thrills. How about for fireworks they set off an atomic bomb? The Hulk does not trot out and he does not do shows at night. He hides inside Banner and when he comes out people bleed and buildings collapse. Banner opens the door to leave and asks the advisor if he understands that. Yes, replies the man. Banner adjourns the meeting and closes the door behind him.
Banner walks down the halls alone, and calls his advisors idiots. Banner then wonders what he has been pulled into when he walks past a statue of an Aborigine. Suddenly, the statue begins to talk to Banner and tells him the Dreamtime will not last much longer. However, it can still do much damage. People are disappearing. How can Two-Minds not hear the screams? Banner turns, surprised, but suddenly another voice calls him. Banner turns to see Scorpion, who tells him that they might have a situation.
Sometime later, in a dark building on an empty street, a couple walks into an office and addressed the man at the desk, asking him if he was looking for volunteers. The couple, dressed with hats and sunglasses, is told that they are at the right place for the medical experiments. The man asks what sort of experiments are being conducted, but is assured that he will be fine and not to worry. Annoyed, the man tells the A.I.M. soldier at the desk that he didn’t answer his question. The soldier smiles and hands the man a release form, asking him to sign it first and then they will talk. Suddenly, the woman tells the A.I.M. officer to sleep and they will take over from there. Scorpion then uses her powers to string the officer, who falls unconscious.
Banner and Scorpion begin to search around the room, though Banner is not sure of what. Scorpion suggests that they look for incriminating papers, journals, or a secret passage to an underground lab. Banner searches through some papers, but finds only release forms. Scorpion asks him to check the desk for a hidden switch or something. As Scorpion runs her hands across the wall, Banner tells her that he knows she is part of a spy organization, but sometimes her imagination runs wild. Suddenly, Banner accidentally hits a button under the desk, causing the wall in front of Scorpion to move. Since she was leaning on it, Thasanee ends up falling down a flight of stairs.
Banner rushes to the top of the stairs and calls down to Scorpion. He hears the girl moan that she is fine, so Banner apologizes for the “imagination” joke. Scorpion tells him that his apology is of no help and then asks him to come down to help her check for broken bones. Banner heads down and helps her up, commenting that her Scorpion uniform gives her added protection. Yes, well, replies Scorpion, a girl can’t get enough protection these days.
The two head down a hallway as they hear something from that direction. It sounds like a clanking sound. The two then emerge into another room, where Scorpion is shocked and demands to know what is going on. Banner and Scorpion look down into a large oval room, where hundreds of workers are overseeing hundreds of “volunteers” who are being transformed into cyborgs.
The two are spotted quickly, and the alarm goes off. Banner wonders if they can ever make a red alert alarm that wasn’t annoying, but Scorpion reminds him that it isn’t their concern. She rips off her hat and jacket as an army of cyborgs approach them. Banner tells her to handle things for a moment, as he leaps off the ledge and onto the floor below. He thought he was done with staff meetings today but it seems as if he is wrong. He hates being wrong. Banner then transforms into the Hulk.
Scorpion then begins to defend herself against the army of mindless cyborgs, but is quickly put into a chokehold by one of them. As she struggles she notices a tattoo of Captain America’s shield on the cyborg’s arm. Scorpion apologizes to Jon as she throws him off of her.
On the main floor, Hulk trashes the cyborgs with ease as all the AIM workers run out of the room. A group of cyborgs surround Hulk and begins shooting at him with their machine gun arms. Annoyed, Hulk asks the cyborgs if they are kidding him. He then is prepared to smash them when suddenly a voice calls out for all the units to stand down.
Suddenly, Dr. Isaacs runs into the room and asks Hulk what he is doing there. As the cyborgs stand down and the alarm goes off, Scorpion stops Isaacs and tells him that they are the ones asking questions here. Before Banner turned into Hulk, he speculated that Isaacs was building an army here.
Dr. Isaacs admits to Scorpion that they are building an army. They have to understand. The mutants are not going to stop. The situation must be stopped. Hulk mutters that they are building an army to fight mutants to reclaim Earth for humans. Dr. Isaacs confirms Hulk’s comment. Angered, Hulk looms over Isaacs and tells him that he hates armies and he hates humans. Hulk then demands to know why he wasn’t told. Dr. Isaacs tells him that Dr. Rappaccini thought it would be best if the operation was kept secret. To know why, he would have to ask her.
In a secure location somewhere unknown, Dr. Monica Rappaccini watches the situation via security cameras. “Houston,” says the sinister doctor, “We have a problem.”


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Terra Incognita, conclusion
In a secret control room, Dr. Monica Rappaccini watches as her secret plans begin to unravel. However, she is not bothered. A man, one of the advisors’s to the Hulk, points at the screen and screams that the Hulk found out. Annoyed, Rappaccini tells him that she is aware of that. The advisor reminds her that every psyche profile they have on Banner shows that he would not approve of them using human subjects. More annoyed, Monica tells the man she read the profiles.
As the man goes on and on, she tells him to shut up before she shoots him herself. She then orders him to plug her into bandwidth designated Alpha One. The man does so, and the computer informs Rappaccini that she is ready to speak. Monica then calls out over the transmission to her daughter, Scorpion, and tells her that mother needs to speak with her.
In the secret cyborg lab, Scorpion is confused as to how her mother could be speaking to her. Dr. Isaacs asks Scorpion if she is okay, but she is not, as she can hear her mother’s voice in her head. Dr. Isaacs jokes that his first wife used to say that all the time. Monica ignores Isaacs and explains to Thasanee that she secretly implanted a transponder into her ear when she first joined AIM. Scorpion is angered that her mother did that, as it is intrusive.
Hulk, bored, asks if he needs to be there. Dr. Rappaccini is blunt, and tells Scorpion to get over herself. She also needs her to say “dormez.” “Dormez?” questions Scorpion. Why does she have to say that?
Suddenly, the Hulk begins to moan and is all wobbly. Scorpion asks Hulk what is wrong, but he reverts back into Bruce Banner and falls to the ground, asleep. Scorpion rushes to Bruce’s side asking what is wrong. Dr. Isaacs tells Thasanee that “dormez” is French for “sleep,” so he suspects her mother managed to introduce a post-hypnotic suggestion into Banner’s sleeping mind. Angered, Scorpion cuts off Isaacs, as she understands what he means. Her mother screwed with Banner in every sense of the word. How do they wake him up? Why did she want him unconscious in the first place?
Dr. Rappaccini switches to bandwidth two and orders all cyborg units to get Bruce Banner for immediate dispatch.
In the lab, all the cyborgs begin to operate, much to the dismay of Dr. Isaacs. He orders them to become inactive, but the cyborgs shove him aside. Scorpion asks the cyborgs if they are out of their minds and then orders them to get away from Banner. Dr. Rappaccini orders the cyborgs not to fire on Scorpion. They need to clear her out of the way first. One of the cyborgs tells Scorpion that she must be moved, but she tells him that she would like to see him try. “As you wish,” replies the cyborg.
Scorpion blasts the cyborg away, as he still has human parts, so he is still susceptible to her attacks. However, there are too many cyborgs and they surround her and detain her. Scorpion calls out to her mother and tells her that, if she can hear her, then she should know that she will never forgive her.
In her lab, Dr. Rappaccini says to that Scorpion will forgive her, as she is her little girl. She won’t stay mad. If she does… Dr. Rappaccini can fix that too. She then orders the units to dispose of Banner at will.
The cyborgs surround the sleeping Banner and aim their guns at him, against the protests of Scorpion. They then fire on him.
Suddenly, the Hulk emerges from the circle and smashes the cyborgs. He then turns to the other cyborgs and says, “boo.”
As Hulk smashes more cyborgs, Dr. Isaacs runs for cover. In his rage, Hulk almost hits Scorpion, but she stops him and reminds him that she did try saving his life. However, she is confused as she thought he was sleeping. Didn’t her mother do something to Banner? Hulk replies that he never sleeps, even when Banner does.
Scorpion puts two and two together and surmises that her mother couldn’t plant a post-hypnotic suggestion in him, because Hulk, as Banner’s subconscious, was still active as alpha wave patters and so her mother couldn’t make her command take root. Then Hulk was just playing possum… to… to...
Scorpion is left confused as to why Hulk played possum, but Hulk tells her that she needs to stop talking now. “Okay,” replies Thasanee.
Suddenly, the two hear a rumbling sound and turn to see a giant cyborg, three times the height of the Hulk, rush into the room. Scorpion announces that her mother is in so much trouble for this.
It is daylight in Sydney, Australia, and the people walk through the city doing their normal routines. However, suddenly, the ground breaks open beneath them as the Hulk is thrown into the air by the giant cyborg. Down below in the facility, Scorpion finds the cyborg that was once Jon and drags his unconscious body out as the facility begins to collapse. She isn’t sure how his girlfriend will react upon seeing him like this, but they should worry about that fiasco later.
Scorpion cannot believe it though. Humans flee to Australia to escape mutant oppression, but are used by AIM as lab rats to turn them into an army to… defeat mutants or take over the world? Scorpion and Jon make it outside, but once they do so the foot of the giant cyborg smashes the car next to them.
The Hulk leaps towards the cyborg, threatening to kill it. However, the cyborg punches Hulk to the ground and is prepared to step on him.
From a nearby balcony, Dr. Rappaccini and the advisor watch the battle. The advisor tells her that they need to regroup. The army had to be kept under wraps until they were ready to launch. It seems their hands tipped early. Magneto will certainly know of their plan before they can prepare their army. Dr. Rappaccini tells the advisor, Dr. Lazlo, that she has already thought of everything he can say.
Angered, Lazlo asks her if she thought about what she will say to their associates when they demand to know who is responsible. Dr. Rappaccini smiles, and tells Lazlo that her plan is to blame him. Not impressed, Lazlo asks her if she didn’t think that he would have something to say about it. With all due respect says Dr. Rappaccini, as she shoves Dr. Lazlo off the balcony to his death, she will have to disagree with him.
The Hulk finds himself at the Sydney opera house, angrier than ever. He lifts one of the shells off of the opera house, stating how he hates cyborgs, Australia, and personal pronouns. He then chucks the shell at the oncoming cyborg, which guts the beast and then knocks him down. The being emerges from the rubble, greatly injured, but another flying shell kills it for good.
A few moments later after another Hulk rampage, Scorpion arrives on a boat and tells Hulk that she really doesn’t want to annoy him, but she was curious. She understands that he three the two shells to destroy the cyborg, but why did he destroy the rest of the Sydney Opera House? She means… well… he knocked it down for no reason. Hulk tells Scorpion that he had a reason. Thasanee asks what the reason is, and learns that the Hulk hates opera.
Sometime later, back at his office, Banner meets with Dr. Rappaccini, Dr. Isaacs, Adam West, and Scorpion. Dr. Rappaccini tells Banner that Dr. Isaacs is clearly trying to cover his tracks. She had no idea that the cyborg army existed before. Scorpion, annoyed, asks her mother if she is really going to pretend that she didn’t have any involvement. Monica tells Banner that Dr. Lazlo confessed the whole thing before he committed suicide, rather than face the consequences.
Dr. Isaacs calls the accusation outrageous, and Scorpion goes on to remind Banner of how her mother put something in her ear. Dr. Rappaccini defends herself and claims that she did it to keep Thasanee out of trouble. Scorpion then reminds her of the post-hypnotic suggestion on Banner. Rappaccini explains that she put a failsafe in Banner’s mind, or at least she thought he did. She did it to one day defuse a tense situation. Can they blame her? He is a walking nuclear bomb. He has spent years trying to control the Hulk. Can they truly condemn her for doing no less?
Banner thinks for a moment, and then announces that he wants them all out. He wants them out of the city. He wants them out of the continent… except her. Shocked, Scorpion hopes that Banner is pointing at her, but finds out that Banner wants Dr. Rappaccini to stay. Scorpion questions this, but Banner simply tells her to get out. Before Scorpion can argue further, Banner asks Dr. Rappaccini if she can reverse the cyborg transformation. Monica tells Bruce that it will take time. He tells her to get started, the orders the others to get anyone remotely connected to AIM out of the country. “NOW!!!” screams Banner with his eyes glowing green.
Everyone leaves the room and, for a moment, all is silent. Suddenly, a voice tells Banner that he is keeping his friends close, but his enemies closer. Banner turns to the balcony and sees Magneto, ruler of the House of M! Banner asks Magneto what he is doing there, or rather a holo-projection of him. Magneto tells Banner that he does not need this aggravation. He will be happy to know that those he ousted – Exodus, Pyro and others – have learned their lesson. He should allow them to take back power and he can return to his life among the aborigine. The Hulk will be left alone. What does Banner say?
Banner tells Magneto that he likes being in charge. He still has things to accomplish. He tells Magneto to stay out of his way, or he swears he will come down like the fist of God on the House of M and remake the world into one where mutants aren’t in charge.
“What an interesting world… that would be,” says a smiling Magneto. The holo-projection then disappears, leaving Banner alone.