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Dream’s End - part 3
Muir Island, just of the coast of Scotland, is the place Rahne Sinclair calls home. Herself a mutant, she is the adoptive daughter of the island’s owner, Moira MacTaggert, who also happens to be one of the world’s foremost experts in the field of genetics. As a member of such teams as the New Mutants, X-factor and Excalibur, Rahne has faced death countless times but never has she known fear as intensely as this. The lab complex was just blown up and Rahne finds herself stuck among the debris, fires raging all around her. Added to this, she has just become aware of one of the people responsible for the explosion – the killer known as Sabretooth.
Victor Creed doesn’t need a reason to kill, nor does he do it for sport. To him, killing is a pleasure. He approaches the trapped girl and maliciously holds his claws in front of her face, stating that he thought he wasn’t going to have any fun on this mission, until now. He taunts Rhane, who is in tears, asking if she is afraid and if she catches the scent in the air, the scent of fear. Sabretooth says that this is what makes the world go round and also he admits that killing a mutant is even more fun, as mutant flesh is a bit more special and tastes better ... not that he won’t enjoy picking the bones of Moira any less.
Hearing this, fear gives away to anger and Rhane transforms into a mostly wolfen form. Though still stuck among the debris, she howls and yells that she won’t let Creed hurt her mum and that she will shred him to pieces. Creed laughs and is even a little bit impressed. He always figured her to be some wimp, though she’s got more spunk than he gave her credit for. However, it doesn’t do Rahne any good. Unable to move her arms, she is helpless and Sabretooth slaps her in the face. Then, holding her by her fur with one hand, he prepares to slash her throat with his other clawed hand, when suddenly a voice tells him to turn.
Sabretooth has no chance to react or respond, as he finds himself on the receiving end of a force blast and is smashed into a wall. His attacker emerges from the shadows, accusing Sabretooth that this is always his way, always looks for the helpless victim that can’t fight back. It’s Bishop. His hands are still crackling with energy as he calls Sabretooth a coward, but he, for one, is not afraid of him. Bishop then turns to Wolfsbane, who notices that he is in pain, but her tells her to be quiet and save her strength. Despite Rahne’s warning that Creed is coming around, Bishop tries to free her and manages to lift the girder lying on top of her. Fortunately, Wolfsbane isn’t injured and is able to walk without any problems. The X-Man tells her to go and find Moira then and protect her at any cost. Rahne objects, she knows Bishop is too injured to battle Sabretooth on his own. Bishop explains that, so far they know, Mystique and Sabretooth are on Muir Island, with possibly more members of the Brotherhood. Sabretooth is accounted for, Mystique isn’t, and Moira’s life if top priority. Now convinced, Rahne runs into the ruins of the complex.
Bishop turns around to Sabretooth, who slowly is getting back to his feet. Creed asks Bishop if he is proud of himself and if he thinks he is something special, because, if he does, he is wrong. Sabretooth tells Bishop that he is way over his head in this one. Last time when they battled, he bluffed him, making Creed think he had more power left in his body; it’s no use to try the same strategy again. Bishop questions why he thinks that he is bluffing at all. Sabretooth replies that he admits that Bishop’s blast did hurt him quite a lot, but he knows how his power works. After hitting someone with that amount of energy, he needs to recharge himself, like a battery. “Or, in other words, ya ain’t got nothin’ left.” he concludes his assumption and leaps towards Bishop, ready to use his claws on him. However, he thought wrong, as, before he can hit his mark, Bishop again blasts him an energy blasts of such force that Sabretooth is sent flying, smashing through one of the walls. Bishop walks to his unconscious opponent and says that there is one thing he should know about him – he never bluffs.
Minutes later, Bishop is outside the remains of the building and finds that, in the meantime, it has started to rain. Bishop makes a comment about the deteriorating situation and, unexpectedly, somebody answers. It is Senator Kelly, standing a few feet away. He begins to lecture Bishop on his views on mutants. To him, mutants seem dangerous and their existence shows baseline humans how inferior they are. Some even believe that mankind’s days as dominant species are over and they should step aside to let Homo superior assume the mantle of leadership. Kelly then asks Bishop what he thinks about the topic; should mutants stop living in fear and end humans’ reign of terror ? Bishop replies that it’s not for him to say. He does not believe in the separation of the species. With some good will on both sides, they can peacefully co-exist. Kelly disagrees and calls Bishop an idealistic fool. “Man fears what is different... and what man fears... man destroys,” he explains.
Their exchange is cut short by Wolverine, saying that Bishop is wasting his time. He then leaps over, claws first, towards Senator Kelly, but Bishop stops him halfway through. Logan explains that it wasn’t really Kelly but, much to his surprise, Bishop already knew; it’s not like he is completely stupid. He was trying a different approach though. Violence isn’t always the right tool to defeat a foe and, sometimes, words can make a difference, Bishop says, explaining his actions. He is sure that he almost had the shapeshifter, but now she has taken the opportunity to get away. “She?” Logan asks, “then you knew it was Mystique?” Of course, Bishop answers. While he doesn’t have Logan’s keen senses, he has years of conflict taught him how to tell friend from foe.
Elsewhere, Wolfsbane too found a way out of the ruins and is taken aback by the amount of destruction before her. A she approaches a toppled helicopter, halfway buried by debris, she thinks that the rain makes it look like the wrath of the good Lord himself reached down from the heavens to punish them. Getting closer to the damaged aircraft, she becomes aware of the Toad, unconscious, wrapped in and tied to one of the copter’s rotor blades. Wolfsbane wonders who could be responsible for the Toad’s unpleasant condition and where the other Brotherhood members are, when she becomes aware of somebody behind her.
Wolfsbane howls and turns, only to see Rogue. However, she is not quite sure whether it is the X-Man, as Rogue, her costume half torn, displays Colossus’ metallic skin and Logan’s bone claws. Rahne asks if it is she and Rogue answers, “Yeah, ah’m still in here somewhere.“ She assures Wolfsbane that everything is going to be okay now. She brought Bishop and Wolverine with her and, together, they will find get her and Moira away from here somewhere safe. Hearing her mother’s name, Rahne becomes worried again and question whether Rogue has seen her. Unfortunately, she has not, though Rogue tries to calm her, saying that Moira is as tough as they come. She’ll be fine.
Rogue hears a "Klick" sound close by but, before she can react, it’s too late. Wolfsbane is hit by a red beam of energy and screams out in pain. She collapses to the ground, no longer being in her transitionary form but entirely human. Rogue, powering down, runs over to her, urging her to talk to her, but the unconscious redhead doesn’t answer. Rogue wonders out loud if she is still alive, as she can’t tell if she is breathing or not. A voice behind her responds to her concerns. “She’s still alive... she just won’t be the same ever again. Hello, daughter:” It’s Mystique, dressed in a black, leather outfit, holding up the gun she just fired at Rahne.
Bishop and Wolverine have ventured back into the ruins, searching for Moira. They make their way to the remains of the lab, as this is the most likely place where she was when the explosion hit, devoting all her time to search for a cure to the Legacy Virus. Logan tells Bishop that he doesn’t sense any hostiles nearby, but reminds him to stay alert, as the smoke and fumes are affecting his senses. Just then, Bishop finds Moira in a bad condition, stuck among some debris. Her eyes wide open in shock, she barely reacts to her savior’s presence.
Logan kneels down to Moira and tells her to relax, they will get her some medical attention and she won’t die. Moira answers that he has always been a bad liar, but she then says that they can’t let her die. Not here, not now. Logan tries to calm her, reassuring that she’ll be fine, though she needs to fight and may not give up. Moira tells him that he doesn’t understand what she was trying to say. It is because of Mystique’s manipulation of the Legacy Virus so that it only affects humans. This is the answer she has been looking for, Moira says. She now has it; she now knows how to cure the Legacy Virus. Bishop and Logan are taken aback. They are both aware of the importance of Moira’s discovery and that she survives long enough to pass on her knowledge.
Outside, Rogue recognizes the gun Mystique is holding up, she has seen it a long time ago. Mystique confirms it. It’s the Neutralizer gun invented by Forge, designed to permanently negate the mutant abilities of its target. Rogue recalls how Storm lost her powers for months when she intercepted a blast meant for her and how she has never forgiven herself for that. She asks Mystique how the gun came into her possession. Her adoptive mother answers that she picked up more than just a shoulder to cry when Forge welcomed her to his home.
Rogue is afraid to ask but then brings up that the prototype was designed for a one-time use - does the same hold for this one? Toying with her emotions, Mystique responds that Rogue would probably like to have her powers taken away, finally having silence in her head after the chaos ravaged her soul for so long. Such peace would be the greatest gift a mother could give. However, Mystique declares she won’t and kicks Rogue in the face. Rogue is shocked, never before has Mystique hit her and she voices her disbelief. Mystique lands a second blow, stating that the device wasn’t created as a reward for mutants who wish to unburden themselves of their gifts but as a means to keep her fellow mutants in line, once her version of the Legacy Virus has spread across the globe.
Hearing this, Rogue becomes angry and wants to know how so much hatred can come from the same loving woman who raised her. Nonetheless it is, as Mystique points out. With the stabilizing agent that MacTaggert concocted and foolishly discarded in her research, she can now assure that mutantkind that they no longer have to be afraid of humans. Her variant virus will eliminate all of humanity and, finally, Earth will belong to mutants. She says that she is doing it for all of them – the Brotherhood, the X-Men, all mutants. They will all be free.
Rogue wrests the gun from Mystique’s hand and throws it far away. She apologizes to her mother but she thinks Mystique is not herself and that she needs help. Mystique cries out to not do this to her, not when she is so close to ending the threat that humanity poses. Suddenly, though, she seems to give in, transforms into her human, Raven Darkholme look and sinks down to her knees. Calling Rogue her daughter, she pleads with her. Rogue says that she wants to help her and offers to take her back to Professor Xavier, who might help her. She fails to notice Mystique pulling a knife from a secret pocket in the back of her outfit. Changing back into her blue skinned appearance, mystique rams the knife in Rogue’s gut. Rogue is shocked. She is supposed to be invulnerable, how could the blade hurt her? Calmly standing above Rogue, who is holding her injured gut with both hands, Mystique explains that a mother knows about her daughter’s flaws and weaknesses and demands to know why Rogue made her do this, as she raised her to never question her decisions.
Bishop storms onto the scene, ordering Mystique to “Freeze!” Logan, carrying the injured Moira, comes up behind him. Mystique, by now, has reclaimed the Neutralizer Gun and uses Rahne as a human shield, threatening to kill her, while Rogue lies behind them, not moving. Logan threatens Mystique that she is better unharmed, while Bishop orders her to lower her weapon and hand over the stabilizing agent, pointing his own gun at the shapeshifter. He tries to reason with Mystique, explaining that the agent contains a possible cure for the Virus, so it would benefit them all, and she has no chance to get away, as both Sabretooth and the Toad have been defeated.
Mystique disagrees. She has the stabilizing agent, precious Rahne’s life and the Neutralizer Gun to use. Pointing the gun at Logan, she once more mentions that it cancels mutant powers. In Logan’s case, as his healing factor is tied to his life functions, a hit could kill him. Referring to the lifeless Rogue, she claims that she already killed one X-Man today, so one more wouldn’t matter to her. Logan refuses to let the X-Men be blackmailed by a terrorist. He tells Bishop to shoot her as soon as she pulls the trigger. Caught in this stand-off, Mystique taunts them, belittling the X-men as “always so honorable, always so predictable”.
Suddenly, a “Schlikt” sound is heard and Mystique stops, looking surprised, as well as in pain. Logan and Bishop both wonder what is happening to her opponent, but Mystique finds the answer herself. Although she doesn’t believe it, it’s true. It was Rogue. Utilizing Wolverine’s bone claws, she stabbed Mystique from behind. Her claws still dripping with blood, Rogue is as shocked as everyone else and looks Mystique in the eye, muttering, “Momma...”


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'AGAIN!' Lucas Bishop shouts angrily. 'Got ya, Cam!' Noriko Ashida a.k.a. Surge calls out as she uses her energy powers to knock the feline-esque mutant backwards. 'Ya!' Cam calls out. 'Again!' Bishop snaps. A young woman with glorious wings called Aura Charles flies above Hisako Ichiki a.k.a. Armor and blasts her with some green energy, knocking Armor backwards. 'Again!' Bishop shouts once more. Armor regains her footing and reaches out for Aura, who tries to fly backwards and asks the Thresholder called Amass for a little help. 'Working on it!' Amass replies. 'Again' Bishop grits his teeth, when suddenly, 'Time out!' Cam exclaims. Armor, Surge, Amass and Aura all collapse to the sand on the beach where they practice. It's week six of the War College on Krakoa, and Cam tells Bishop that they all need a break – they've earned a break. Bishop folds his arms and tells Cam that they can take a break when they're done training. 'And when's that gonna be? Weve been at this all day. We're beat, man' Cam protests. Bishop ignores Cam's plea, and snaps 'Again!'But Cam turns and announces they quit, and that they are out of here. Aura Charles walks over to Cam and leaves with them, while Surge reminds Bishop that they have been at this all day. 'You won't get break time when Orchis or anyone else comes to burn this place down, Surge' Bishop frowns. 'You have to fight as long as it takes'. Amass suggests that Bishop has a point. 'If anyone wanted to ask the newbie' he adds. 'We get it, Bishop. Me and Armor aren't exactly new around here, remember? We've lived that risk!' Surge exclaims, annoyed. She adds that Cam and Aura already died for being mutants, and Amass comes from a whole world of dead mutants. 'We're young, but no one can call us children anymore. We know this isn't a game. And we're done playing yours' Surge declares as she, Armor and Amass follow Cam and Aura away from the beach.'Surge has a point, y'know' Dani Moonstar remarks as she steps out from the jungle onto the beach. Bishop turns to Dani and tells her that he always expects some whining, but that his students will be back. 'What if they're not? What will you do then? What will we all do then?' Dani asks. Bishop puts his hands on his hips and tells Dani that the students need to be trained, they need to be ready. But Dani points out that the students are pissed, they are annoyed, and thinking about Bishop rather than any attack, or about defending themselves. Bishop tells Dani that her feedback is appreciated, and reminds her that he is the Captain Commander of Krakoa, and that he will decide what works best to protect them. 'Yeah, you are the Captain Commander. But I checked in with the other War Captains, and -' Dani begins, to which Bishop interrupts her: 'You checked with the War Captains? Without talking to me first?'Dani gets annoyed: 'Yes. Because someone had to. And they agree with me. This has gone on long enough. You've been at it for weeks. You've got one more day with this group. Just one. And then move on' Dani informs Bishop, looking up at him without averting her eyes. Bishop tells Dani that she has no right to do this, none at all, and energy begins glowing around his hands, while Dani starts waving a finger in Bishop's face and warning him that she won't be bullied by him. Bishop suddenly pulls backwards. 'I'm not really a bully, am I?' he asks, shocked. Dani puts a hand on Bishop's shoulder and tells him that she doesn't think he is, but that she thinks he needs to ask himself if this is really about the students, or about himself. Dani then turns and walks away.Bishop drops down onto a tree stump and looks out over the ocean that laps at Krakoa's shore. 'Three just isn't enough...time' he utters. He runs his hand through the sand, and lets the sand fall from his hand back onto the beach. 'Hmmm...' he tells himself, before he gets to his feet and walks away from the beach.'I thought he was never going to leave' Andreas von Strucker remarks as he steps out of the jungle and onto the sand. 'His little brats, too' Andreas' twin sister, Andrea, adds as she follows her brother. They are both heavily armed and wearing gray costumes. 'Poor little babies' Andreas jokes. They are the Fenris Twins, the children of Baron von Strucker. The swastika-shaped apple didn't even leave the branch. 'Bishop loves his little war games. Getting to act all tough' Andrea grins. 'All to protect this silly little place' Andreas adds. 'For all the good it will do them...' Andrea points out, before Andreas leads her towards a cave, suggesting that they don't keep their guests waiting.Elsewhere on Krakoa, Cam rushes across a field, 'I'm done with it. I'm done with him' Cam shouts, while Aura flies after them, telling them to wait. 'I don't need anyone to treat me like that' Cam exclaims. 'No, but Bishop -' Aura begins, while Cam exclaims that they have been through enough crap. 'I signed up for this dumb thing!' Cam adds. '“Go to the War College” they said. “Help protect Krakoa” they said' Cam mocks. 'It's not a bad -' Aura begins, while Cam declares that they will not be treated like that. 'Like you're treating me right now?' Aura asks. Cam looks horrified: 'Oh. Yeah. I'm sorry. I really am' Cam tells their partner. Aura and Cam hug, and Cam tells Aura that they are hungry, and a jerk. 'You don't have to be. You could not be a jerk' Aura responds. 'But Bishop is -' Cam begins, so Aura pulls away from them and points out that Bishop is doing what he thinks is right, that he isn't going about it the best way, but equally isn't trying to hurt anyone. Aura tells Cam that they have to be ready to protect themselves, to protect this special place and each other – and that takes work. 'You know that someone will come. Sooner or later. They will always turn on us' Aura declares. 'And we cannot let them. We can't let them take this from us' she adds. 'We cannot let them take us'. Cam hangs their head, before Aura pulls their head up and kisses them.Meanwhile, at the Green Lagoon bar on Krakoa. Several Madrox dupes can be seen sitting at tables or at the bar. Dazzler is at the bar talking to one of the dupes while the Blob stands behind the bar. A newly resurrected Rusty Collins walks past the table where Armor sits opposite Amass. Armor tells Amass that it will blow over, that it always does. 'Is that...good?' Amass asks. Armor points out that this is an island full of mutants, that they are not always the most emotionally stable types, and that there are typically flare-ups, dust-ups and crack-ups – it's inevitable. 'Of course it's inevitable. But is it good? For us? For anyone?' Amass asks, to which Armor enquires whether everything was all hunky-dory all the time in Threshold. 'Oh, no. Never. So much gossip. So many little fights and arguments' Amass responds, to which Armor tells him that nothing has really changed. Amass tells Armor that how Krakoa settles disputes is not how Threshold settled them, to which Armor smiles and asks him how Threshold mutants settled disputes. 'With ritual combat to the death' Amass responds matter-of-factly. Armor looks shocked, and is left speechless, before Amass tells her that he is kidding, and that they had the silent treatment on Threshold, too.'We need more time. That's what I keep thinking. We need more time – they need more time' Bishop tells his teammate Heather Tucker a.k.a. Tempo as he sits opposite her, both holding a hot beverage. 'And here I thought you actually came over just for tea' Heather replies. 'Can you do it?' Bishop asks. 'Still the silver-tongued charmer, huh?' Tempo remarks. Bishop ignores her comment and asks her again whether she can do it. Heather tells Lucas that she should throw his ass out on the street, but admits that she is interested. 'It's not how it normally works. It might be hard. I don't know how long I could do it for' she explains. Bishop smiles at Tempo and tells her that if she can do it, if she can  figure it out and hold it, then it could be a very useful trick. 'I take it back. You do know how to charm a woman' Tempo smirks.(in Bishop's nightmare)A young child with an “M” branded across his face looks lost as he walks through a corridor lined with mirrors. He sees himself, watching someone be killed, seeing someone's hand sticking up through the ground. He sees himself as an adult, wearing different costumes at different stages of his life. A door is at the end of the corridor, and the child opens it – only to be confronted by an avalanche of skulls which fall from the open door and bury the screaming child.(reality)Bishop sits up in bed, shirtless and panting for breath.Later, Bishop stands on the shore of Krakoa and watches the sun rise. His back is turned as he tells some others on the beach that he came from a future where mutants were hunted. They were murdered. They were exterminated. Being alive was a constant fight, and so he came here to keep that future from happening. 'But I never could. Because being a mutant is a constant fight to stay alive. No one wants to hear that'. Bishop then announces that it is true, if he is harsh, if he pushes too hard, if he drives them crazy, it is because he wants them to live. That he is making sure that when it happens, they are ready. 'Okay?' Bishop asks, glancing over his shoulder. 'We got you, boss' Armor smiles. 'Okay' Amass agrees. 'Sure' Cam replies. 'Yes, sir' Surge declares. 'Of course' Aura adds. Bishop smiles back at his charges and tells them 'Now that that's out of the way...let's get a move on. Daylight's burning'.Bishop leads his War College into a cave, explaining to them that Krakoa's roots go very deep, but that at a certain point they merge with the sea floor, and below that there is just rock, earth and magma. He tells the students that he has brought this up with the Quiet Council several times, but that it remains on their list to address. 'For now...there's a flaw in our protection' Bishop reveals. 'Like an exhaust port on the Death Star' Surge suggests. 'Death star?' Amass asks. 'So we're on the lookout for Luke Skywalker?' Surge suggests. 'Skywalker?' Amass queries. Surge tells him that she will explain later, while Cam remarks that they were going  to say “D&D”. 'Total dungeon crawl' they add, 'Something like that' Bishop mutters, when suddenly, there is a cracking noise, and a rock formation suddenly breaks – or, rather, transforms, revealed to be Wrongslide. Cam cries out, surprised, and leaps backwards.Bishop leans against the cave wall and tells his students that they must all know Wrongslide. 'Hi, everyone' Wrongslide calls out. 'No fair, man. Sneak attacks' Cam exclaims. 'You're not gonna get warned. Get used to it' Bishop replies. 'Let me guess. Again?' Surge asks. 'Yes' Bishop tells her, before pointing out that since he only has one more day, they are going to do something different. 'Tempo?' Bishop calls out, and Tempo emerges from the shadows. 'Hey, kids' she smiles, before announcing that they are going to make the most of the time they have together. 'Here goes nothing...' Tempo utters as she holds out her hands and energy crackles around her and begins to extend outwards towards thev students. 'Wh-what is this?' Cam asks, nervously. Bishop reveals that Tempo has created a time bubble for them, and that these few seconds will loop and fold in on themselves. 'In other words... they'll repeat' Bishop clarifies, as Wrongslide extends a fist, and knocks Cam back once more. 'So, yes. Again' Bishop smiles.'Again' Bishop calls out as Wrongslide lunges towards Amass and Cam, who scream again as they are knocked backwards. 'Yikes!' Amass utters as he narrowly misses the attack, while Surge breaks through Wrongslide's arm with a charge of energy. 'Again' Bishop yells. 'Again!' he tells his students. Wrongslide increases his mass and reaches out to Cam again, this time Cam dodges the attack, while Aura floats nearby. Tempo moans as she continues to maintain the time bubble. Armor stumbles, while a light suddenly appears further into the cave, 'What the...?' Bishop wonders, while Armor alerts him to the fact that there's something going on – and then an explosion rips through the cave.When the smoke and dust clears, Bishop has fallen to the ground, and looks up to see Andreas and Andrea von Strucker standing over him. Some large drill can be seen behind them, along with several Orchis soldiers. 'Well, you're not supposed to be here' Andreas smirks as he looks down at Bishop. Bishop leaps to his feet, energy swirling around his fists, he grits his teeth: 'The Fenris Twins. Of course you're working with our worst enemies' he exclaims, before alerting the War College students that Orchis is here, that Fenris has brought Orchis to their door. 'Run! Run!' Bishop calls out. Amass helps Cam out of the cave while calling back to Bishop; 'But Bishop, we can -' Amass begins, but Bishop just shouts 'Go!' once again. 'Hit them! Hit them now!' Andrea snarls, and the drill suddenly begins shooting a green substance into the cave. 'No. The drill! It's laced with Blightswill!' Armor shouts.Bishop runs towards the drill, dodging the Blightswill, and tells the students to get back to the surface and find help. Tempo suddenly appears next to Bishop and tells him that she isn't leaving him. 'You take the drill, I got the twins' she declares. 'Brother, shall we?' Andrea asks as she slides up next to her brother. 'With pleasure' Andreas responds as they embrace, which activates their powers, and they blast energy towards Bishop and Tempo. Bishop fires his own energy back at the Fenris twins and asks Tempo if she is ready 'Now!' Tempo exclaims, but suddenly, within the cave, some sort of vortex forms, and swirls around in front of Tempo. 'What the...' Tempo begins, before informing Bishop that she isn't in control, that she doesn't know what this is. 'Go! Get help! Get -' Bishop shouts, before the vortex begins to wrap around Tempo and himself. 'Noooo!' Bishop exclaims. 'Bishop!' Surge shouts, when, an instant later, the vortex closes and Bishop and Tempo are gone, leaving a shocked Surge, Armor, Amass, Cam, Aura and Wrongslide behind.'Go! Go! Go!' Armor urges the others, as Cam and Aura lead the way down the cave. But Andreas orders the Orchis soldiers to go after the students. 'I don't think they're going to get very far' Andrea smiles as she clings to her brother. Indeed, further down the cave, Surge clutches her head and announces that something is wrong. 'My powers...they're gone!' she gasps. Armor explains that it is the Blightswilll, a power-dampening fluid from Otherworld. She reveals that she heard about Captain Britain's dealings with it, but that somehow it has been modified, its reach has been extended. 'The long and short of it? We're powerless' Armor declares, while the other young mutants look at each other in horror. 'This is bad!' Cam exclaims. Armor agrees, but tells them that they have to find a way to let people know what is happening, that they have to find their way back. 'Somehow...' Armor utters as she looks down the dark cave while Surge asks 'But what happened to Bishop? And Tempo?'There is whiteness all around, before leaves blow through it, and Bishop wakes to find leaves scattering across his body. 'What the hell? Where the hell?' he wondeers, looking ar his surroundings, he decides that something isn't right, as he seems to be in front of Xavier's School for Gifted youngsters. 'What the...?' a wide-eyed Bishop exclaims as he looks up and sees Cyclops and Jean Grey standing over him. 'What do we have here?' Cyclops asks.


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(in Bishop's World, Earth-63)'I have travelled across time and space. More than I can count. I have watched my dearest loved ones die over and over. I have won wars. I have lost wars. I have seen empires rise and fall. I have witnessed things no other mortal has witnessed. I thought that I had seen it all... but what the hell am I looking at now?' a shocked Lucas Bishop asks himself as he has landed in a strange alternate reality – where looking down at him are Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops and Jean Grey a.k.a. Marvel Girl – only both of them have dark skin – as do all of the students who have gathered nearby. 'Hey there, man' Jean Grey calls out as she flies towards Bishop, who gets to his feet, while Cyclops tells him to be cool. 'What is this? Where am I?' Bishop asks. 'Let's just start with names' Jean Grey suggests, introducing herself. 'You are not Jean Grey!' Bishop exclaims as he reaches towards his belt. 'Gun!' Jean Grey exclaims, which causes Cyclops to rush forward and order the students to get inside.'Be calm... think calming thoughts...' Jean Grey tells Bishop as she uses her telepathy to begin to cause Bishop's mind pain. But Bishop is determined, and he fights back, resisting Jean's psionic influence. 'Let's see if he can resist this...' Cyclops exclaims as he fires an optic blast towards Bishop, whose mutant powers enable him to absorb the energy. He thanks Cyclops for the boost. 'Aw, $#%&' Cyclops mutters as Bishop re-directs that energy towards Cyclops and Jean Grey, who narrowly dodge the powerful blast.'Who are you? Who are you really?' Bishop demands. Jean throws a telekinetic field around herself and Cyclops to block more of the blast, as Jean points out that they are way past words now. 'What the...' Bishop begins as he sees something out of the corner of his eye, but before he can react, someone slams into him, knocking him to the ground.That attack came courtesy of Hank McCoy a.k.a. Beast, who leaps over towards Cyclops and Jean Grey. 'S’up' he calls out to Bishop. The Beast has dreadlocks and a beard. Warren Worthington III a.k.a. Angel and Bobby Drake a.k.a. Iceman join their teammates.'I'd stay down if I were you' Jean suggests to Bishop, when suddenly, a voice calls out 'Enough!' and everyone looks over to where a dark-skinned Professor Charles Xavier has appeared, using his wheelchair to move towards Bishop, he asks everyone to stop this now. 'You are Lucas Bishop' Xavier remarks as he looks up at the stranger. 'And you are not Charles Xavier' Bishop responds. 'Not the one you know' Xavier smirks.Bishop looks around, over at the X-Men then at the students who have returned to watch the goings on. 'This is real? This place is real?' Bishop asks. 'It is' Xavier assures him. 'You know the universe is wide, Lucas, and full of variation' Xavier smiles. 'Professor...' Cyclops begins. 'He drew first!' Jean exclaims. 'From jump!' Beast growls. Xavier tells his X-Men that he has it on good authority that Bishop means them no harm. 'I agree. After all, I think I should know' a voice calls out, and Bishop is suddenly confronted by this world's version of himself. 'Hi. I'm also Lucas Bishop' this world's Bishop remarks, extending a hand towards Bishop.(Krakoa, Earth-616)Meantime on Krakoa, the Fenris Twins, Andreas and Andrea von Strucker, are located in the Krakoan underground, where some Orchis soldiers are using a large drill. The Fenris Twins are in contact via a small computer screen with Dr. Moira MacTaggert, who asks the twins if the operation has been compromised or not. Andrea assures Moira that they are on track, that the drilling can continue and that nothing has been “compromised”. Moira is aboard the Bloom, the Orchis station in Earth's orbit, and reminds the Fenris Twins that Bishop caught them, so it doesn't sound like they are “on track” to her. 'He wasn't supposed to be underground!' Andrea protests, explaining that Bishop was running one of his ridiculous war games with children. 'They didn't expect to find us in the tunnels. And they're still trapped down here... somewhere' Andrea adds.Moira looks annoyed and remarks that if Bishop discovers what they are doing, if he alerts the X-Men, then she would have wasted men, material and time. 'I hired you, the infamous Fenris Twins, for your knowledge -' Moira begins, to which Andreas assures her that she hired them because they know what they are doing. 'The drill will reach your objective soon. Your plans will be fine' Andrea adds. 'See that they are' Moira snaps, before instructing the Fenris Twins to contact her when the objective has been reached. She then ends the communication. 'They're paying us a lot for this, yes? A lot?' Andrea asks. 'They're paying us enough...' Andreas tells his sister, before turning to one of the Orchis soldiers and orders them to get the drill back on track, and turns to another soldier, informing them that they are to join him and hunt for some children.Elsewhere in the cave system, Hisako Ichiki a.k.a. Armor tells her teammates in Bishop's War College that they have to keep moving, that they have to find their way to the surface. Cam Long turns to their girlfriend, Aura Charles, and asks her if she can fly yet, but Aura tells Cam that she can't, and rubs her head. Armor looks down a series of tunnels and tells the others that she thinks that this is the way to go. 'You think? Terrific...' Cam mutters. 'I don't see you leading the way!' Armor snaps, moving closer towards Cam, before Noriko Ashida a.k.a. Surge steps between them and tells them to cool it, noting that they are all freaked out. Amass of Threshold tells the others that it is the Blightswill, and that he has studied its properties – it can have a powerful effect. He supposes that Fenris must have altered it, as it has dampened some of their powers and made others, like Tempo's, erratic. 'Who knows where she and Bishop ended up...' he adds.'So that's why I didn't change. Why Aura didn't lose her wings. But why is it hitting her so much harder?' Cam remarks as Aura still clutches her head. Amass assumes that it is Aura's psionic abilities, the Blightswill is turning them against her like it did Tempo and Bishop. Amass adds that Orchis didn't expect to find them down here, which means they brought the Blightswill for something else – but the question is, what? Surge points out that they have no idea how long the effects will last, while Cam assures Aura that they will make sure she is okay. Armor tells everyone that they have to keep moving, get topside and tell people what is going on. But Cam declares that they can't just run away. 'We're supposed to protect Krakoa!' he tells Armor. Annoyed, Armor tells Cam that they don't have their powers, or at least can't count on them, and that they are in no shape to fight anyone.'What if they pull off whatever they came here to do? What if they get away before anyone else can stop them?' Cam asks as they stare at Armor, the two standing only an inch from each other. 'I've tried going to alone before, and it was a bad idea. We need backup' Armor responds. 'They could be too late. We're here now!' Cam points out. Armor tells Cam that it is cute they want to save the day here, but that she has been doing this whole hero thing a lot longer than them. Suddenly, Surge interrupts, telling Armor that she thinks Cam has a point. Surge remarks that Armor said it herself – she – both of them – have been doing this for a while. 'And isn't this exactly what Bishop was training us for?'Annoyed, Armor grimaces and turns to Surge: 'And what are you going to fight with, Surge? Sarcasm?' she asks. But Surge reminds Armor that she can fight, even without her powers – both of them can, and that they have seen worse odds. Cam grins and announces that they can hunt, they can hunt Fenris down in the dark, as the Blightswill didn't take that away from them. 'And if it goes wrong? Then we're all stuck down here. And I can't protect you' Armor remarks, before announcing once again that they are going back to the surface. Amass remarks that the Blightswill is affecting all of them. 'We have to -' Amass begins, before the Fenris Twins arrive in the cavern. 'Got you' Andrea exclaims. The twins clasp hands and bright energy fills the chamber, which the twins direct at the young mutants. 'Get down!' Armor calls out as she pushes Surge to the ground, while Cam ducks, taking Aura down with them.The explosion causes some of the cavern to collapse inwards and Surge, Armor and Aura all become trapped under rubble. 'Well,that was easy. Still no Bishop though -' Andreas remarks, when suddenly, 'AURA!' Cam shouts, leaping towards Andreas, claws at the ready, Cam prepares to strike – but Andreas strikes first, punching Cam and knocking them backwards, straight into Amass. 'Watch -' Cam begins, but too late. 'Oh no...' Amass utters, as both he and Cam shout 'I – I can't control my powers!' and Cam is absorbed into Amass, who becomes a large monstrous cat-like creature. 'TRAITORS!' Amass exclaims, turning to Fenris, Amass grabs Andreas and pulls him into his form, too. 'Do something' Andreas calls out to his sister, but it's too late. 'Andreas!' Andrea screams. She raises a weapon and warns Amass to release her brother. 'NO!' 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Trouble in Paradise
(in Bishop's World, Earth-63)It's like looking in a mirror – Lucas Bishop knows that isn't his face – he knows a stranger when he sees one. He is in an alternate world, currently standing before that reality's Quiet Council on Krakoa. 'I know this must be odd. For both of you' this world's Charles Xavier points out as he sits alongside Destiny, Colossus, Mystique, Nightcrawler, Mr. Sinister, Storm, the White Queen and Sebastian Shaw. 'For all of us' Bishop admits, while this world's Bishop stands beside him. 'I never thought Lucas could look like that...' Emma utters, to which Shaw frowns and tells her that he supposes still waters run deep. 'It's like looking in a mirror' this world's Lucas Bishop smiles. The Bishop not of this world looks concerned as he turns to Mr. Sinister who grins: 'He's fascinating,' but Storm tells him not to think about it. 'Here, this might make things easier for all of us' Charles Xavier suggests as he connects the finds of the Quiet Council and both versions of Lucas Bishop so they can share their histories, pasts and words.Memories and images are shared – of Bishop fighting Sentinels, then fighting Cable. And working alongside Kate Pryde and the Marauders. And from this world's Bishop, of teaching students, encountering Magneto, and of this world's X-Men including Colossus, Wolverine and Cyclops.'Enough! Enough!' Bishop exclaims, grabbing his head. This world's Storm leans over the Quiet Council's table and asks him how he can live in a world like that – with that kind of pain and cruelty. 'How could anyone?' Colossus asks. 'I guess you're a jerk in every universe, Sinister' Nightcrawler remarks, while Shaw looks at Emma Frost and gasps 'Girl, you were white!' as Emma looks in, shocked, while Mystique utters 'Fascinating'. Bishop then tells this world's Quiet Council that he needs to find Heather Tucker, that somehow, she got him here and can get him back. 'You can't be serious...' Nightcrawler begins. 'Dr. Heather Tucker?' Storm asks, while Emma reveals that Heather Tucker is not on Krakoa, that she isn't a mutant. 'Heather... not a mutant? No...' Bishop gasps.(Earth-616)Above planet Earth in another universe, the Orchis Station known as “The Bloom” hovers in the Earth's orbit. Moira MacTaggert stares out a window down at the Earth below, when a voice asks 'No word from the Krakoa team yet, Moira?' It's Kelvin Heng a.k.a. Feilong, the man who united Orchis. 'Frustratingly, no' Moira responds, while Feilong tells her that he always thought trusting the Struckers was a bad idea, as they are worse than snakes. 'We needed them, Feilong. We needed their knowledge of Krakoa' Moira reminds him. 'We need them to find the Pit...where Xavier and his Quiet Council keep the real monsters, the true face of mutantkind. Their worst nightmares'. Moira thinks of the Pit and tells Feilong that they must free the monsters and enable them to do what they do best. 'Having those animals back in the world will give the lie to the happy, peaceful face of Krakoa' Moira explains. Feilong turns and walks away from Moira while telling her that it is a lovely plan, if the Struckers don't mess it all up. Moira turns to Feilong and tells him that the Blightswill they altered is still useful, even if the Struckers fail to reach the Pit, as it will seep into the ground and slowly drive Krakoa mad. 'That will help. When we strike our final blow...' Feilong begins, while Moira grins wickedly and declares that the mutants will lose everything.Down below on the Earth, deep underground the mutant nation of Krakoa, 'Move! Move!' Andrea von Strucker shouts as she rushes through the tunnels towards several Orchis agents who are standing near a large drilling machine. 'Move!' Andrea shouts again, when sudenly a large rock is thrown at the machine, destroying it. Andrea ducks for cover, but when the Orchis agents turn their weapons in the direction of where the rock was thrown, Andrea tells them not to shoot. 'My brother is still in there!' Andrea screams as she looks up at the mutated form of the Thresholder mutant known as Amass, who has absorbed Andreas von Strucker. Andrea turns back to the Orchis soldiers and tells them to stay back, but to cover her, as she slowly approaches Amass and calls out to her brother, 'I know you're in there, Andreas. I'm going to get you out' she assures him. Amass stares down at Andrea, growling quietly at her. 'I know you know who I am... and you know what a knockout grenade is...' she adds as she throws one down on the ground, causing Amass to scream as the gas is expelled around him.Andrea puts a gas mask on over her face as Amass hisses and slowly falls to the ground, where, once knocked out, he loses control over his powers and releases both Andreas von Strucker and Cam Long, whom he had absorved. 'Welcome back, brother. Let's get you away from the rabble' Andrea suggests as she pulls her brother away from the other two mutants. 'Tie them up!' Andrea snaps at the Orchis agents, instructing them to tie Cam and Amass up. Andrea tells her twin that now that he is free of that Amass kid's powers, Orchis' bracelet should protect him from the Blightswill – and once he has shaken off the effects, he can take his revenge on them. 'Oh, I will...' Andreas responds, before Andrea turns back to the Orchis soldiers and tells them to get back to work, as there is more of Bishop's little gang on the other side of the collapsed tunnel. 'We can't afford any more interruptions!' she adds, before ordering them to get the drill going. 'No more delays!'On the other side of the tunnel, 'Okay, I think we're clear' a voice calls out. It's Wrongslide, who stands over Aura Charles, Noriko Ashida a.k.a. Surge and Hisako Ichiki a.k.a. Armor. Wrongslide tells the others that he is glad he found them, and that he followed the Struckers after Bishop and Tempo disappeared – then things went really crazy. Armor tells Wrongslide that it is good to see him, and adds that he showed up right on time. 'What happened?' Wrongslide asks. Surge dusts herself off and informs him that the Fenris Twins are working with Orchis, that they are using Blightswill and made their powers go haywire. 'That's not all it's doing' Aura announces, alerting the others to the Blightswill that is seeping through the tunnel walls, and weakening Krakoa itself. Armor suggests that must be what the Struckers are doing – poisoning the island. Aura assumes that the bracelets the twins were wearing protect them from the effects of the Blightswill. 'But why? If the Blightswill is already sickening Krakoa, then... what are they drilling for?' Wrongslide asks. Surge realizes that they must be going for the Pit. 'Crap' Armor mutters. Aura goes wide-eyed and asks if Sabretooth isn't in the Pit. 'If they break all the psychos out...' her voice trails off, as Wrongslide looks concerned and remarks that it will be a massacre.(in Bishop's World, Earth-63)'There has to be some mistake. Heather is a mutant' Bishop remarks as he follows this world's Bishop and Xavier towards a Krakoan portal. 'In your universe, maybe. But here...' this world's Bishop's voice trails off, as Xavier informs Bishop that Heather and her father are brilliant geneticists, but nothing more. If Heather was a mutant, he would know. Bishop decides that if he is here, then Tempo must be here, somewhere. Xavier suggests that Lucas take him through this gate to this world's Dr. Tucker, and points out that perhaps she was drawn to her doppelganger as Bishop was to his. Suddenly, Mystique and Destiny appear, and Mystique tells Xavier that they want a word. 'One second, Destiny' Xavier replies, before Destiny announces that she wants a word with Bishop – the other Bishop.This world's Xavier and Bishop watch as the lost Lucas Bishop approaches Destiny, 'I don't know you' he tells her. Xavier telepathically tells his world's Bishop that for some people, misery is like a drug, and suggests that the other Bishop needs a detox. 'If I had lived through everything he has? I would too. Anyone would' Bishop responds. The lost Bishop folds his arms and frowns as he asks 'What could you have to say to me, “Destiny”?' he asks. Derstiny states that the threads of time are difficult to read, but some things stand out. 'I do not know you or your world. But... there is darkness ahead. That much is clear. Something is coming for you. For those you love' Destiny utters. 'In my universe, that's a constant' Bishop replies as he walks towards the portal.'Welcome to New York City' this world's Bishop remarks to the other as they step through the portal, and arrive in a bustling New York City, where mutants with obvious mutations move about freely. Lucas explains that they built this world – mutants, humans, all of them, for all of them – together. 'It can't have been easy. Everyone just holds hands and sings “Kumbaya”? Really?' Bishop asks. Lucas confirms that it wasn't easy, and that there are always malcontents, and dissidents. 'But why is it so hard for you to believe that it could be a different way?' Lucas asks. 'If if could be, where would I belong? Who would I be?' Bishop asks. 'Me. You'd be me' Lucas tells him, as they both look back at their reflections in a window, before Bishop turns away and suggests they got get Tempo.Lucas motions ahead to a building with a sign that identifies it as the Tucker Clinic, and suggests that they will find Heather Tucker here. 'Of course. I should have guessed' Bishop realizes. Lucas explains that the Tucker Clinic does the majority of genetic testing for the X-Gene, that it is where a mutant's life journey begins. 'It's an institution here' he adds. Suddenly, 'Good sales speech, Mr. Bishop? And who's your friend?' this world's Dr. Heather Tucker asks as she walks over to both versions of Lucas Bishop. Lucas says hi to Heather and introduces her to Bishop, explaining that he is also Mr. Bishop. 'Pleasure to -' Heather begins, before Bishop leers at her and tells her that he knows who she really is. 'Back off, man!' Heather exclaims, surprised, she leans back from Bishop, while Lucas tells him that she is not the Heather he knows. 'I don't know what game you think you're playing, pretending to be -' Bishop begins, while a wide-eyed Heather assures him that she is not playing any game, when suddenly, they are rocked by an explosion, which tears through the Tucker Clinic.Four armored beings appear. Feilong. Simon Trask. Moira MacTaggert. Tony Stark. They identify themselves as the Human Liberation Front. 'The mutants must fall! Humanity must rise!'


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Final Exam
(Earth-616)Krakoa, where Illyana Rasputin a.k.a. Magik is on the hunt for someone. She searches the shores of Krakoa, but nothing. The forest. Nothing. The Green Lagoon, where the Blob is reading something behind the bar. Nothing. She is getting increasingly frustrated, too. Eventually, Magik goes to vist Dani Moonstar, who is in the Alpha House, home of the senior New Mutants at the Akademos Habitat, reading. 'So, Dani...' Illyana calls out. 'What?' Dani asks, looking up from her book. 'We might have a problem' Magik announces.(in Bishop's World, Earth-63)'Now this is something I recognize. A fight' Lucas Bishop, lost in this world as he searches for Heather Tucker. He dodges some explosion behind him as he aims a weapon at the four members of the Human Liberation Front – Moira MacTaggert, Feilong, Simon Trask and Tony Stark – who have invaded the Tucker Clinic. 'It's time for humanity to rise up!' Simon Trask calls out. 'Death to mutants!' Moira MacTaggert shrieks as she fires energy blasts from the armor that she wears. 'Good to know not everything is hunky-dory in this timeline' Bishop thinks to himself.An elderly man wearing a lab coat appears and dodges some weaponsfire as he calls out to Heather, asking her where she is. Bishop sees him, and realizes that Heather's father is alive in this world. 'He died in ours...' Bishop recalls. Heather Tucker appears, hiding behind some rubble with this world's Lucas Bishop. 'Dad! Stay back!' Heather calls out. Bishop realizes that if he can reach Heather, then maybe he can fix this, but he will need some help. 'Lucas!' he calls out to this world's verions of himself. 'What?' Lucas asks. 'FIGHT BACK!' Bishop shouts at him. 'I'm a teacher!' Lucas points out. Bishop moves closer to Heather and Lucas, and remarks 'You're a mutant, aren't you? Then...be a mutant' Bishop tells him. 'I'm not you' an anxious Lucas points out as he cowers behind the rubble. 'I don't live like this. I don't know how you do' he adds. 'Because I have to' Bishop snaps.'Stay down, mutant! You're outnumbered!' Simon Trask calls out as he flies towards Lucas, only to get knocked out of the air when Lucas finally acts, and fires a blast of energy to defend himself. 'I've never...never blast anyone' Lucas utters in shock, looking at his glowing hand. Suddenly, 'Not on our watch, Stark!' Cyclops exclaims as he arrives on scene, teleported into the Tucker Clinic with Marvel Girl, Beast, Wolverine and Archangel, thanks to Nightcrawler. 'Y'all just don't learn, do you?' Beast asks as he leaps up to Tony Stark. Archangel and Nightcrawler follow him, while Wolverine attacks Feilong, and Cyclops turns his attention on Moira MacTaggert. 'No one wants ti to be like this. No one' Cyclops tells her. 'Those are fine words, Scott. But they mean nothing' Moira responds as she touches a panel on her armor. Cyclops realizes that this is a bomb, but as he tries to warn everyone, he's too late – Moira explodes and everything goes white, while someone can be heard calling out to Heather.(Earth-616)In the tunnels beneath Krakoa, 'Shh...' Hisako Ichiki utters from the darkness as she, Aura Charles, Wrongslide and Noriko Ashida hide in a tunnel and observe Orchis personnel using a large drill nearby. 'There they are' Surge remarks as they see Cam Long and Amass being held captive, under the watch of an Orchis soldier, while Andreas and Andrea von Strucker the Fenris Twins supervise the goings on. Surge notes that the machine is still digging, and that Cam and Amass look okay. Armor asks the others what the plan is, and Aura notes that the bracelets that the Strucker twins are wearing protect them from the Blightswill. 'Okay. Get the bracelets. Get Cam and Amass. Kick butt' Surge decides.'I still can't get their taste out of my mouth, Andrea' Andreas complains to his sister as he look over at Amass and Cam. He aims a weapon at Amass and suggests that they should kill them both for offending him. But his sister tells him he is being shortsighted, and proposes to toss them into the Pit once they reach it, and let the monsters have their way. Andrea puts a hand on her brother's shoulder and tells him that Bishop and his crew of idiots can then take the blame of breaching the Pit. 'Fine. As long as they die painfully. And I get to watch' Andreas replies. Cam quietly asks Amass if he heard that, to which Amass replies 'Yep'. 'Not great' Cam utters.'How much longer?' Andreas calls out to one of the Orchis operatives inside the drill. 'Should be any second now. If the coordinates are right' the agent adds. 'They're right!' Andrea snaps, when suddenly, there is a rumbling, and the tunnel begins to collapse. 'Cave in!' Andrea shouts as she and Andreas dodge the falling rocks. 'You fool! Don't collapse the tunnel on us!' Andrea exclaims, before the Orchis agent informs her that the readings say everything is stable. 'Andrea...' Andreas calls out as he turns and sees Wrongslide, looming over him. 'Miss us?' Wrongslide asks. 'Kill them!' Andrea shouts as she, Andreas and the Orchis agents open fire at Wrongslide. 'Where's the rest of them?' Andrea asks. 'Right here'... head's up!' Armor calls out as Aura flies her into the tunnel, and then drops her towards Andreas, where Armor shoves her knee into Andreas' head, knocking him backwards. Surge appears and grabs the distracted Andreas, yanking the bracelet from his wrist and putting it on her own arm, which returns her powers.'Thanks for the neat bracelet. Oh, it's good to have my powers back' Surge grins as her hands glow with energy – which she then blasts at Andreas, knocking him backwards once more. Surge turns her attention on the Orchis operative on the drill machine and blasts them next, while Wrongslide smacks several of the Orchis agents over. 'I got you. I got you' Aura tells Cam as she frees them. 'They want to open the Pit!' Cam calls out, to which Armor assures them that they know this, while she frees Amass. 'We should have killed them all' Andrea decides as she helps Andreas up. 'Let's fix that mistake' Andreas proposes as the Fenris Twins clasp hands and create a blast of energy, which they aim at Wrongslide. 'Little help, Cam?' Armor asks as she slides across across the ground and kicks Andrea, attempting to knock her over, while Cam leaps across and grabs the bracelet from Andrea's wrist. They toss it up to Aura, who catches it, then drops it down to Armor. 'Sniveling child...' Andrea begins, before Armor grins: 'Fascist sez what?' she asks as she places the braclet on her wrist, and her powers return, she is surrounded by a large exo-skeleton armor, and uses her enhanced form to punch Andrea. 'Whaaaaat?' Andrea asks.Andreas fires his weapon at Aura, who dodges the weaponsfire, as Andreas look over to his sister, then goes over to help her up. 'Maybe you should stay down...or better yet... get off our island!' Surge exclaims as she, Armor, Aura, Cam, Amass and Wrongslide regroup and stand over the Fenris Twins. 'Make us!' Andreas snaps, when suddenly, one of the Orchis agents operating the drill machine reports that they have broken through. 'Look out! Aura exclaims as the end of the tunnel begins to shatter, and light shines through. The mutants look on, concerned, 'Oh god' Cam gasps, while the Fenris Twins grin and Andrea tells the mutants that they are too late. 'We've opened the Pit of Krakoa!' Andreas boasts. 'Oh no...' Cam utters again as everyone looks down towards the Pit, concerned.(Earth-63)There is whiteness, nothing all around – until Bishop realizes that he isn't dead. None of them are. Not yet – and he knows why. He turns and sees everyone frozen around him. This world's X-Men. The Human Liberation Front. The explosion. Somebody has stopped time. He knew that Heather would reveal who she really is eventually, and walks over to where she is craddling this world's version of her father. Bishop knows that Heather couldn't help herself, she wouldn't let her father die – not again. Bishop crouches down nearby and calls out to Heather, who looks up and tells Bishop that she tried to save him. That she lost him before, but tried to save him here. 'Some things can't be fixed' Bishop points out, to which Heather tells him that she just needs more time, just a little more time. But Bishop reminds Heather that this isn't their world, or their time. 'NO! I WANT MORE TIME!' Heather screams, tears streaming down her face, deciding that she can fix this. 'If I just use my powers -' she begins, when suddenly, 'Not again..NOOOOO!' Bishop calls out as he begins to fade away.


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Permanent Record
(in Bishop's World, Earth-63)'Not again' Lucas Bishop thinks as time warps around him courtesy of Tempo a.k.a. Heather Tucker who folds and twists time over and over, making everyone present relive this awful moment again and again. Bishop is in agony, but knows he must get through to Heather. He grabs her by her wrists and tells her that she has to stop, that she can't keep resetting time. 'I can fix this!' Heather cries. 'I wanted to save him. I couldn't before, but I had another chance' Heather utters. She looks down at this world's version of her father, while explaining to Bishop that after the Struckers attacked and her powers went haywire, she found herself in this timeline and discovered that her father was alive here. 'I knew I had a chance.... A chance to be with him, even for a little while. To hug him. To hear his voice' Heather remarks as Bishop helps her stand, while this world's version of her father lay motionless at their feet.Bishop asks Tempo where this world's version of herself is, to which Tempo reports that she is at home, asleep in her bed. 'Safe and sound. Happy' Tempo adds. Bishop tells Tempo that they can't stay here, that this isn't their world, or their fight. 'Do you really just wanna go back?' Tempo asks. 'Knowing there's a chance for something better? A chance to have real peace in our lives?' Tempo enquires. 'Does this place look like peace?' Bishop responds, admitting that he feels like they brought all of this with them. 'In some way, in some fashion, all of this destruction, all of this fighting...it follows us' Bishop utters. 'It follows me. His life is completely different. So is Heather's' Bishop remarks as he looks at this world's version of himself, a teacher, frightened and  afraid of what is transpiring around him.'Not anymore. I'd hoped that I could spare her from this pain. But...some things  just can't be fixed. No matter how hard you try' Tempo points out. She then tells Bishop that he is right, that it's time to go, and holds up a device containing Blightswill which she can use to recreate the energy that transported them here. 'You sure that's what you want?' Tempo asks. Bishop frowns and tells Heather that it is for the best. 'For all of us, I hope...' his voice trails off, as he looks around at the destruction caused by the Human Liberation Front. This world's version of Bishop crouches beside this world's Jean Grey, who holds a motionless Cyclops, while nearby the Beast holds a wounded scientist.(Earth-616)Within the tunnels deep beneath Krakoa, 'Last chance to go back, Struckers!' Cam Long warns Andreas and Andrea von Strucker, the Fenris Twins, who are backed by several Orchis operatives. 'You stupid children...' Andrea begins. 'Do you really think you can stop us?' Andreas asks. 'And every mutant monster from the Pit?' Andrea adds. 'Bring. It. On' Cam frowns. Suddenly, Cam and the Thresholder mutant called Amass are knocked backwards by a surge of energy – energy which signals the return of Bishop and Tempo. 'Well. This is interesting' Bishop remarks as he examines the situation. 'Bishop!' Noriko Ashida a.k.a. Surge calls out as she stands with Aura Charles. 'How very...' Andreas remarks to his sister. '...touching' Andrea concludes, before the twins clasp hands and fire a surge of energy towards Bishop and the others. 'Get 'em!' Surge calls out, while Bishop absorbs the energy and asks the Fenris Twins if they don't understand they are just powering him up.'Don't let them in the Pit!' Aura Charles cries out, while Bishop releases the energy he absorbed back at the Fenris Twins, slamming them backwards, while Hisako Ichiki a.k.a. Armor and Wrongslide are on hand to support him should he need it. 'I'll hold them -' Tempo begins, but as she starts to slow time down around the Fenris Twins, she collapses. 'I got her!' Cam calls out as they catch Tempo. 'Not here. Not ever' Aura declares as she begins to destroy the Orchis drill machine. 'You're not opening the Pit, Strucker!' Armor declares as she attempts to punch Andreas, but he dodges her. 'Both of you really suck. All the time!' Surge exclaims as she confronts Andrea, who calls Surge a naive child. 'How does it feel to have a child kick your ass?' Surge retorts as she punches Andrea in the stomach, causing her to keel over. 'Are you blind, or just stupid?' Andreas asks as he flicks out his leg and trips Armor up. Armor loses control of her exo-skeleton and falls to the ground, enabling Andreas to stand over her and aim a weapon at her. 'The Pit's open. You've already lost' Andreas frowns.'No. You lose' Bishop calls out as he appears near Andreas and blasts him with a surge of energy that knocks Andreas through a crevice within the tunnel system. 'Andreas!' Andrea calls out, concerned for her twin. 'Got ya!' Aura tells her as she swoops down and grabs Andrea, then throws her down into the crevice, too. 'I was so tired of them' Wrongslide remarks. 'You wanted the Pit. Now you get to stay in the Pit' he tells the Fenris Twins as he closes the crevice up, trapping the Struckers within the Pit.'You came back!' Surge calls out as she hugs Bishop, although he doesn't reciprocate. 'Just in time -' Cam begins while they and Amass deal with the last of the Orchis operatives. 'Nobody move!' Magik shouts as she teleports into the tunnel with Dani Moonstar at her side. Bishop looks over at them, while Magik asks 'Did we miss all the fun?'Later, the Orchis operatives are marched out of the tunnel, while Bishop reports that Brutha Nature will be able to heal Krakoa's Blightswill contamination and notes that it should leave no lastings effects. 'Gotta say it: Well done, LB. You and your class did well' Magik admits. 'I told you they needed training' Bishop responds. 'Really, dude? Really?' Cam snarls at Bishop, who suggests that they talk on the surface. Bishop turns to Magik and asks her what will happen to the Orchis troops. Magik reports that they will take them out via the Treehouse and dump them where the proper authorities can find them. She adds that she doesn't like that Orchis got this close. 'We always know they'll come. And they'll find new ways to attack us' Bishop adds. 'Good thing we have you, then' Magik replies, to which Bishop tells her that he is glad Orchis weren't able to breach the Pit and free any of the inmate. 'And I'm glad the Struckers are finally where they belong' Magik declares.Meanwhile, in the Pit, 'Where are we? Those vines were all over us!' Andreas exclaims. 'And now we're here...with...him' Andrea mutters as they look up and see Mr. Sinister standing nearby. 'Great. Trapped in a mind prison with the likes of you Nazis. This will not do' Sinister snaps. 'What did they do to us? Those children... those damned children...!' Andreas utters.Outside the cave system, Bishop, Magik, Moonstar and the War College students have arrived at the surface of Krakoa, seemingly happy to be back in the light. Bishop tells everyone to meet him here tomorrow at dawn for their grades. 'Grades?' Cam snaps. 'What?' Surge asks. 'Oh, come on' Aura complains. 'Geez, dude' Armor mumbles, while Amass asks if this is a joke. 'Grades' Bishop tells his class once again.In orbit above Earth is the Orchis facility known as the Bloom. 'No need to sulk, Feilong' Moira MacTaggert remarks as she approaches the head of the Orchis organization, who stares out the window down to the Earth below. 'I'm not sulking. I'm disappointed' Feilong retorts as he turns to Moira. 'Yes, yes, yes. We lost some resources. Some personnel' Moira remarks as she stands next to Feilong, who declares that they gained nothing. 'Not nothing. Valuable information. About Krakoa. About who is in the Pit. And who isn't' Moira smirks, reminding Feilong that information is power – real power.Later, at the Green Lagoon, back on Krakoa, where the War College students raise drinks to each other, and Surge exclaims that no matter what Bishop says tomorrow, they kicked butt. 'Serious butt' Armor agrees. Cam remarks that they wish Bishop would give the team a little break, or a little credit – just something. Aura wraps her arms around Cam and tells everyone that this place is so special, and points out that they protected it. 'It wasn't easy. It wasn't fun. But I feel great about it. We all should'. Cam announces that they feel great. 'I feel fantastic' Amass admits, while Armor decides that she is very happy with herself. 'I'm freaking fantastic' Surge agrees.In Tempo's quarters, Magik stands over Bishop and Tempo, as Bishop sits on a sofa, and Tempo lies on another one. 'You two had a pretty magical trip, huh?' Magik notes. 'It was...interesting' Bishop replies. Tempo sits up and declares that it was a lot more than interesting – it was eye-opening. 'That there could be another life for any of us. For all of us' she utters. Bishop looks at Heather and asks her if that is what she took away from it all. 'What did you learn?' Heather replies. 'I'm still not sure' Bishop decides, standing up, and Heather suggests that he think about it. 'I'm calling that a win all the way around' Magik announces, and Heather agrees. She then lies back down on the sofa and Magik tells her to take it easy.(Earth-63)'Ooofff...' Lucas Bishop groans as he lands on the beach, the water nearly lapping at him. 'You told me not to pull my punches, Lucas' this world's Magik, wearing a gold costume and with long dark hair remarks as she stands over Lucas, energy crackling around her. She helps Lucas stand up as he admits that he knows he did, but asks if they can take five. Magik acknowledges that what went down at the Tucker Clinic was a lot, and asks Lucas if he is sure he wants to do this. Lucas looks out around him and tells Magik that no paradise is ever truly safe – he knows that now – and they all have to be ready.(Earth-616)Bishop looks out over the shore of Krakoa and announces that in some other world, some other life, maybe he would have been different – happy, peaceful – and maybe that would have been better. Bishop then turns to his students – Armor, Surge, Cam Long, Aura Charles and Amass. Wrongslide is there, too. He tells them that he would like to think they could all be happy somewhere, but for now, they live here – and if paradise is going to exist, they need to defend it. The students look surprised as Bishop informs them that they all did very well and that he is proud of them. 'You all pass with flying colors' he smiles.Later, 'For this next go-round, let's try something a little different, shall we? Fighting each other isn't really going to teach you to work together as a team. So instead...come and get me!' Bishop exclaims as his new class of War College students stands on the beach... Gimmick! Specter! Graymalkin! D-Cel! Kafka!


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Phoenix (1st story)
 Iceman: Winter Carnival (2nd story)
 Nightcrawler: Show me the way to go home (3rd story)
First story :
St. Stephen’s cemetery, one year after Phoenix’s death. Jean’s elder sister, Sara, has come to leave some flowers at her sister’s grave. As she kneels down, Sara admits she doesn’t really know why she keeps coming. Jean died on the moon and her atoms were scattered; she isn’t really buried here. And yet, she feels that somehow she is. Sara confides that she’s scared. Her son, Tommy, is eleven. He’ll reach puberty soon. What if he has mutant powers like Jean? What if those powers cause his death as well?
Flashback to two years earlier
Shelter Island, New York. Jean and Sara are spending an afternoon at the seaside. Sara had only recently learned about her sister’s powers, thanks to her parents. Sara explains that they are still pretty shook up. Does Jean know what she is thinking right now? She doesn’t mind-scan her loved ones, Jean jokes. House rule. She adds that she figures they’ll spend the day sailing. For dinner, they’ll meet Scott and Sara’s husband, Paul, at a café. At that moment, they're accosted by two men, who invite them to their yacht. One of them ignores Jean’s gentle rebuttal. A mind-scan tells her that he is a sleaze. In a bad mood, she gives him a discreet telekinetic shove, causing him to fall off the pier, thus cooling his ardour. Later, while they are on the rented sailboat, Sara accuses her of having been rather hard on the guy. Jean explains that she habitually reacts to what people think, rather than what they say. She saw what he had in mind for them and reacted accordingly.
After a bit of banter Jean telekinetically levitates a picnic basket in front of them and unpacks it with her powers. Sara is rather frightened, seeing her sister’s abilities. She worries about her children and Jean becomes angry, as Sara’s unspoken concerns seem to be that the kids would be freaks… like Jean. The sisters finish lunch silently. Without meaning to, Sara has hurt Jean deeply. Neither woman notices a periscope breaking the surface off their starboard quarter. Pacing the sailboat is a submarine of unearthly design and unknown origin.
Suddenly, the ship runs into a fogbank Jean recognizes as unnatural. Jean tells Sara to use the CB radio in the cabin and broadcast a warning to other boats in the vicinity. Sara tries but only raises static. She suddenly notices how cold it’s gotten. She’s freezing, as is Jean, which shouldn’t be possible, as her telekinesis automatically adjusts her metabolic levels. Nor is her power having any effect on the fog bank. Suddenly, she cannot receive Sara’s thoughts anymore. Her sister is out cold and Jean is being affected too. Crying out for Scott Summers, Jean falls unconscious. She slumps against the taffrail and, with a gentle, casual grace, topples over the side and falls into the ocean. Unconscious, she doesn’t know that, in seconds, she will drown. Even if she did, the thought wouldn’t frighten her. She’d died before, the day she was reborn as Phoenix, and she’s walked hand in hand with death since childhood.

She was ten years old living in Annandale Road near Bard College, where her father was a professor. It was late summer. Sara was away at Girl Scout camp and Jean was playing with her best friend, Annie Richardson. As she walked inside, her mother warned Jean about playing in the front yard. They should watch out for cars. There was a blind curve in front of the house and fast cars wouldn’t see her.
Jean accidentally tossed the Frisbee too far and Annie ran onto the road to get it over Jean’s warning cry. She never saw the car that hit her and the driver never saw her. Jean shouted for her mom, while she ran to Annie’s side. Jean took her injured friends into her arms, telling her than an ambulance would come soon. Without warning, Jean felt a snap in her own brain and found herself inside Annie’s mind – experiencing Annie’s thoughts and emotions. Jean embraced Annie’s soulself, trying to protect her as the darkness closed in on them. But Annie’s lifeglow faded and finally disappeared, leaving Jean in the dark, her arms holding empty air. Again, she felt a snap and found herself back in her body cradling her best friend’s corpse.
A part of her seemed to die with Annie. She became a withdrawn, serious, almost haunted child. Her parents increasingly worried as time passed and Jean’s depression did not lift. They took her to a score of psychiatrists, none did any good. Jean cut herself off from people as far as she could. This self-imposed isolation was a battle for survival, for Jean could now hear people’s thoughts and her inability to shut them out was killing her. One psychiatrist finally referred the Greys to Charles Xavier, who had recently returned from the Near East after a terrible accident.
Xavier was a veritable renaissance man and, luckily for Jean, also a mutant telepath. Xavier sealed her mindreading abilities away until she was mature enough to handle them. Simultaneously, he helped her realize her telekinetic potential. After years of successful training, Xavier suggested that her parents enrol Jean in his school for Gifted Youngsters. Together with Xavier’s other students, Jean became one of the X-Men. One of them was the man she’d fall in love with: Scott Summers. Months ago, to save Scott and the other X-Men, she sacrificed her life. But, as she died, she tapped into a primal universal force. She became one with it and was reborn as Phoenix.
reality
Feeling woozy, Jean awakes. The next moment, she jumps up as she takes in her exotic surroundings. Not only is she dressed in little more than a bikini top and a loincloth, her skin is blue and she is breathing underwater! She remembers that Namor’s species is blue and aquatic. Could he be responsible for that kidnapping? It seems rather out of character.
Suddenly, Jean hears a scream and realizes it comes from Sara. Why didn’t she sense her telepathically, she wonders, as she tries to run to her sister, only to find that doesn’t work to well in this environment. She starts to swim and finds Sara in the next room, transformed like her, but not taking it as well. Unlike Jean, she isn’t used to extraordinary experiences. Jean stuns her hysterical sister with a telepathic bolt and then forges a rapport between them to calm Sara. Jean notices that this is taking much more strength than it should. Something is inhibiting her psionic abilities, making this harder.
Sara recovers her strength and thanks Jean. A moment later, Atlantean guards enter their chamber and order them to accompany them to their master, who is eager to meet his brides. Jean tries to calm Sara while secretly fearing the worst.
They enter the stronghold to be welcomed by Attuma, self-styled scourge of the Seven Seas. Inviting them to dinner, Attuma explains that he has long stood in the shadow of the half-breed Namor. He has now devised a new strategy: he will abduct mutant females, transform them into water breathers with a genetic virus his scientists have devised and use them as breeding stock to produce a race of superbeings. Jean and Sara have the supreme honor of being his first subjects. He cups Sara’s chin as he warns Jean, calling her ‘Marvel Girl,’ that psychic dampers are focused on her. Should she resist, they will destroy her brain and she will live as a mindless vegetable.
Jean smirks realizing that Attuma is goading her. But she has picked the brains of his warriors and now knows what the dampers can do. The fuzziness was mostly due to the nerve gas and the effect is almost gone now. Jean tells Attuma that his devices may have been adequate against Marvel Girl, but don’t matter a damn against Phoenix. She unleashes her powers and transforms herself into her default state. A telekinetic force bolt causes Attuma to topple over, another one takes care of the psionic dampers. As the guards attack, Jean deflects their fire back at them courtesy of a tk shield. She grabs Sara by the arm and makes a run for it. Sara wonders why Jean’s skin is white again: how can she survive under water? She can survive anywhere, Jean replies and tells her to swim for her life.
Attuma appears in front of them, attacking Jean with his sword. Jean stops him in mid-movement, but barely as his strength is incredible. Jean falters for a moment but then resumes fighting, not intending to condemn Sara to a life as Attuma’s slave. Finally, she unleashes a psi-bolt, which throws the warlord into a wall. For a moment, she stands over his body, part of her wanting to finish what she’s started. Suddenly, his warriors join them. Jean’s instinct is to respond in kind. She knows she could destroy them all with but a thought. Instead, she hesitates and uses a gentler way, telekinetically smashing the corner stones that support the roof of the palace. Gravity does the rest. The roof falls and the soldiers flee for their lives. Jean and Sara swim outside and Jean secretly worries about what might happen, should she ever lose control of her passions.
Attuma, awake again, shouts after them that soon they will return of their own free will.
It is night when they finally reach the shore, having been helped by a school of dolphins. Sara excitedly tries to run ashore but, the moment she tries to take a breath, she finds that she can’t. Jean drags her underwater again and now realizes what Attuma meant. Sara has become a water-breather and can no longer survive in the air.
Only Attuma’s scientists can reverse the process, Sara states gloomily. She could live with that if she were single. There is so much to explore down here. But she has a family. Jean tells her not to despair. She changed herself. Perhaps she can do the same for her. Jean carefully examines her sister. Warning her about the risk, she forges a link between them as intimate as the one she once shared with Annie and finally modifies her sister cell by cell. For as long as Jean works, they are enveloped by the huge energy form of the Phoenix.
With the process finished, Sara swims upward, relieved to find she can breathe again. She calls out for Jean and finds she is alone. She dives down again to find her exhausted, unconscious sister who’s being pushed up by the dolphins. Sara drags Jean ashore and attempts mouth-to-mouth resuscitation until Jean finally comes to. Later, the sisters have built a fire and Jean has telepathically contacted Scott. Sara mopes for a bit and Jean realizes that she’s afraid about her children being mutants. She decides to erase her sister’s knowledge, both of their adventure and her being Phoenix. Then, she’ll speak to the Professor to determine the genetic status of Sara’s children.
The present:
Sara understands what’s happened and believes that the psionic blocks devolved with Jean’s death. She wishes Jean hadn’t done that. Jean never got a chance to tell Xavier about Sara’s children. It’s very nearly too late now, Sara thinks and decides that she’ll have to talk with Xavier herself. She doesn’t feel so apprehensive anymore, though. If her children are mutants and they turn out to be a fraction of the person Jean was, she’ll be very, very proud. Praying that Jean is at peace, Sara leaves the graveyard.

Second story :
Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire during winter carnival. Sophomore Bobby Drake has come here on a visit and finds himself enjoying the ice statues of the carnival. He has been delighted to discover that this year’s topic is superheroes. He finds himself admiring the statue of his old friend, Angel. He is a little soured on the fact, though, that Angel is the only member of the X-Men present. Using his icepowers, he quickly changes that by creating a statue of himself – as the Iceman. Only moments later, he is joined by some students, who are not impressed, and wonder who stuck another statue in front of their frat house. One student asks if Bobby knows where it comes from and Bobby quips that it grew out of nothing. The other guy, Francis, threatens him in good humor and Bobby reciprocates with a snowball. A snowball fight starts with everyone against everyone and mostly against Bobby, till Francis breaks it off.
He and Bobby mock-insult each other a bit and Francis asks if he brought what’s her name, Mary or Jerry, with him. Bobby informs him that they broke up and Francis tells him he’d like to introduce him to a freshman in his dorm. Suddenly, a voice calls out for help. It’s a professor who’s shouting, as several masked men are trying to get away with components of the new computer system. One of the masked men swears at being discovered and orders the others to set their guns to stun. The gangsters start shooting at the students. Bobby Drake, however, has managed to duck out of the line of fire. Even as he angrily wonders what kind of people would rob a school, he ices up and attacks as the Iceman. He protects himself with an ice shield and finally imprisons the gangsters in a huge snowball. The campus police arrive and thank him and the excited students ask him to stay and join the winter celebrities.
Iceman can’t resist and, throughout the day, he contributes to the festivities in his own inimitable fashion. He invents games and rides for the students, adds new wrinkles to the ones already set up and enjoys  himself thoroughly in a snowball fight against everybody else. As he wins time and time again, he drops out and begins to edge the others. As the students cheer him, he realizes how great it can be to work solo, not be lost in a team.
That evening in the Dining Hall several students ask him to stay at this college. He’d enjoy it here. Iceman is tempted. They are joined by Lieutenant Jimmy D’Angelo, a visiting alumnus who’s been asked by the campus police to help investigate this afternoon’s incident. He commends Iceman on his good work and asks the students what they saw. What were the thieves after, Iceman inquires. A new computer system designed by the Avenger Yellowjacket aka Henry Pym, one of the world’s top cybernetic whizzes. That toy was sent here for testing.
The campus policeman asks if they remember who sounded the alarm. One of the men in the lab, Iceman remembers. A student, Buba, identifies him as someone whom he has often seen in the math department, though he can’t really remember what he teaches, as none of his friends are in his courses.
That night, a new robbery is taking place in the computer center. Carrying out the computer components, the villains gloat about his afternoon’s robbery just being a distraction so the men could sneak in a little extra box, which the cops then “returned” into the lab. A man was hidden in the crate, who could then easily shut down the alarm and unlock the door. Professor Thatcher, the man who sounded the alarm in the afternoon, tells the man to be quiet. Does he want the whole world to hear it? It’s no big deal the other man points out, as everybody is asleep.
Professor Thatcher and his men carry their booty down fraternity row, passing the ice statues of the superheroes. Thatcher gloats about the impotent heroes, while absentmindedly looking at the statues he passes: The Vision… the Thing… Iceman… Iron Man… Ms. Marvel… The Submariner… Angel …Iceman … the Scarlet Witch … Ghost Rider… Thatcher stops in his tracks. Two Icemen?
The second statue suddenly comes to life and attacks, encasing one of the thieves in a sheath of ice. The gangsters shoot at him, but Bobby whips up an ice shield, followed up by some iceboats All he while, he thinks to himself how nice it is to be working solo. Maybe he should transfer to this school. He follows the running Thatcher and causes him fall, courtesy of an ice-slide. Angrily, Thatcher attacks with the weapon he's concealed in his cane. Iceman falls in pain and momentarily transforms back into his human form but then determined he pulls himself together and ices up again.
He follows the running Thatcher on an iceslide, which Thatcher blasts with his weapon. Thatcher runs down a ski slope and Iceman, creating himself a pair of skis, follows, hoping that Thatcher won’t be able to hit a moving target. What neither of them expect are the group of drunken students coming just out of the frat house. Having no idea of what’s going on, Francis and the others offer them a beer. Thatcher threatens that he has set off a chain reaction in his blaster. Unless Iceman lets him leave now with the plans, he shall let it build up to critical mass. The ensuing explosion will kill them all. Iceman encases the cane in a thick icebubble and then, creating more and more ice from his fingertips, sends the bubble upwards until the cane detonates.
As Thatcher is arrested, Lieutenant D’Angelo asks Iceman what put him onto Thatcher. It wasn’t hard to figure, Bobby replies. A robbery that was obviously engineered to fail and a so-called professor that no one in the faculty had ever heard of. As the students celebrate Iceman, D’Angelo asks if Iceman is so great, how come he’s never heard of him. Because he’s always been overshadowed by his teammates, Bobby thinks. He replies though that the lieutenant will be hearing a lot from him in the future. ‘Cocky punk,’ D’Angelo thinks to himself.
Third story :
A rare quiet afternoon at Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters has the X-Men gathered before a TV set watching ‘The Mark of Zorro,’ Nightcrawler’s favorite movie. Wolverine scoffs at it. What’s the point of watching a movie when you’ve seen it so often that you can recite the dialogue by heart? Plus, the hero is a wimp. Colossus defends the protagonist, claiming that Zorro is a true defender of the worker, like the heroes of the revolution in Russia.
Suddenly, a noise alerts them. It comes from heir mutant-detecting machine, Cerebro. Nightcrawler teleports ahead and informs the others about Cerebro’s incredible finding. Apparently, Cerbro has detected half a mutant in Poughkeepsie. And there’s actually a place called Poughkeepsie?
Shortly, the X-Men’s jet arrives in Poughkeepsie, where they see… half the Vanisher. The other half seems to be cut off by some kind of blackness. Months ago, after his defeat at the hands of the Champions, the Vanisher tried to escape by his owns style of teleportation. Darkstar stopped him literally halfway, using her mysterious darkforce power. At long last, miles away, the rest of the Vanisher has reappeared.
Nightcrawler reaches out to him. Big mistake. Take two mutant teleporters, add a low densitiy energy field of unknown origin and a big bamf can be heard on the other side of the city, as, surrounded by the rolling mass of Darkforce, Nightcrawler and Vanisher are flung across the dimensional barriers, bursting through myriad of realities until, at last, they are separated and land somewhere.
Nightcrawler takes in his alien surroundings, wondering where he is and where the Vanisher disappeared to, not to mention the small nugget of how he is supposed to get home – or at least to Poughkeepsie. Maybe staying wouldn’t be so bad, though, he realizes, as he finds himself welcomed by a group of scantily clad lovely amazons, who offer him a job as their god or king, if he is inclined. Males are scarce around here, they explain, and they make the most of them, when they get them. He’d love to, Nightcrawler replies, but sooner or later he’ll have to go – he tries to teleport, but it doesn’t work and he just makes a poot noise. He’s trapped.
Not too far away, Vanisher, covered in darkforce finds himself accosted by another group of amazons, who also offer him godhood, since beggars can’t be choosers. Vanisher takes to the offer with less charm than Kurt, warning them that he is the great and powerful Vanisher and doesn’t brook any familiarity. He too tries to teleport and finds he goes putt instead. Vanisher realizes that Darkstar’s darkforce is still cancelling his teleportation powers. He recalls that Darkstar could shape the stuff into weapons. He pulls at the darkforce covering him and creates a sword, which goes soft a moment later, much to the ladies’ amusement and his embarrassment. The ladies ensure him that he’ll enjoy godhood and take him away.
Elsewhere, Kurt is being celebrated in style at a banquet hosted by his group of amazons, who explain to him that there are no males on this planet and they make every man who comes here a god. As they also mention a high turnover rate, Kurt asks how many gods they’ve had. A few, they come and the go, one of the women explains. They don’t know where, but the oracle would probably know. Kurt asks to be led to the oracle and the girls comply. They lead him into a cave, where Kurt finds a sort of TV set. “There is nothing wrong with your set” appears on the screen and Kurt switches the set on.
The image of an elderly, grandmotherly but tough-minded lady appears on the screen, warning him not to make any fun of her. She’s SEHV, toughest ol’ oracle he’ll ever meet. Nightcrawler explains his situation and Sehv tells him that ‘s no problem. There’s a crater a few miles from there – the well of the centre of time that exists in every reality. If he jumps in there, he’ll be homefree, as long as he leaves with everything he arrived with. Try to leave something behind or take something extra and not even she can guess where he’ll end up. As a final warning, she tells him that this is a great dimension but it has some drawbacks. He’d better watch his tail for as long as he is here. Kurt wonders if she was serious or just trying to be portentous.
Days later and miles away, Vanisher has been showered in gold by his amazons. Suddenly, Nightcrawler appears before him out of the shadows. Vanisher angrily berates him for scaring him. Nightcrawler explains the problem. He wants to go home – or even back to Poughkeepsie - and he can’t get there without Vanisher. The villain isn’t interested in going. Nightcrawler threatens to use force and Vanisher runs, asking the girls to help him. They just watch, though, as the two men, each reaching for a sword, start to fight. Nightcrawler, who is much more accomplished as a fighter, kicks Vanisher in his posterior and follows this up with a left hook. Vanisher throws a hot cauldron at him and runs. He’s determined. Nightcrawler jumps after him and tackles him. Vanisher gives up and the girls wave them good-bye, as Nightcrawler walks them to the crater.
Crackling energy comes from the crater and Vanisher refuses to jump into that. He focuses on the darkforce again and creates a fist from it that takes Nightcrawler prisoner – for a few moments until it loses its grip and drops him. Nighcrawler warns him not to try any more foolish stunts. Vanisher throws a glob of Darkforce at him. Only a black spot is left on the ground and Vanisher happily believes that he has obliterated his foe. Instead, however, Nightcrawler starts to climb out of the spot of darkforce. It’s amazing, Kurt states. Just like a pool of shadows. He fell right through it. He takes up the blob of darkforce and recommends Vanisher put it back into his suit. He doesn’t think he can afford to lose any more. The fabric is wearing thin.
Suddenly, a huge reptile-like monster attacks them and both men jump into the crater. Again, the darkforce seethes around them, until it is at last exhausted and they emerge in Poughkeepsie before the X-Men, just after they disappeared. The Vanisher warns them to stand back, until he gets a good look at himself and finds he is naked. Embarassed, he disappears. Storm asks for an explanation. Where has Kurt been? Paradise, he replies. And one day he’s going back. But right now he’s going - bamf.