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A trio of Guatemalan soldiers approaches a small church where the mutant called Magma has stopped after unleashing her anguish and grief on their village. The ground is cracked and lava flows freely where she has passed. One soldier named Raul aims his gun at her. He notes that he has a clear shot as an American helicopter lands behind them. His fellow soldiers note that the Americans want her alive but Raul says they can have her corpse after what she did to two of his friends. As he is about to fire, Emanuel de la Rocha AKA Empath places a hand on his shoulder and uses his emotion-controlling powers to calm the man and fill his heart with joy.
Following Antonio’s death Amara plunged herself into the earth. She stayed underground for quite some time before emerging in Guatemala. Since Antonio’s death, she’s felt nothing but rage and has wanted the whole world to burn. Thus, the chaos around her.
 Empath approaches the steps of the church where Magma sits, carefully avoiding the spouts of lava erupting from the ground. She threatens to kill him if he comes any closer. He reminds her that she was once in love with him and she says that she never loved him and it was all the result of his emotion-controlling powers. Using said powers, Manuel calms Amara. She recognizes that this is his doing but he asks if she trusts him. At first, she says no but quickly changes her answer to yes. Empath admits that he is altering her brain chemistry to calm her, just as a psychiatrist might prescribe drugs to stabilize a patient’s internal chemistry. He takes her hand and leads her to the O*N*E helicopter that awaits them. She tells him that she hates him and he again disagrees.
Later at the Xavier Institute, Amara recounts this to Johnny, one of the many mutant refugees at the Institute. She explains how she once loved Manuel but it was all the result of his empathic powers. She goes on to share how her mind and past have been altered so many times she doesn’t know who she truly is anymore.  Antonio was the single person in her life she was sure of and who she could truly trust her feelings around. Johnny puts his arm around her and tells her that she can trust him too and that he’s there if she needs to talk. She thanks him as Outlaw approaches.
Outlaw introduces herself as Inez and guides Amara to the tent that they’ll be sharing along with Skids. She notes that Johnny is really cute except for the strange mouth and appendages on his chest. She explains that the dorms were damaged during the Sentinels battle against the Sapien League and thus the necessity of bunking her down in the tents.
As they move through the camp, Amara is shocked to see the ragtag grouping of Arclight, Fever Pitch, Erg and Sack. Outlaw explains that Cyclops offered amnesty to all mutants regardless of their criminal backgrounds.  Magma notes that Arclight is a murderer and Inez says that from what she heard, Amara came pretty close herself in reference to her maddened assault in Guatemala. Outlaw says to get through this everyone needs a clean slate.
Cyclops arrives to check in on Magma and see how she’s doing. She admits that she’s not sure since she’s still under the calming influence of Empath’s powers. Cyke apologizes but she admits she was crazy and that numb is probably better for her than that. She can’t believe how much has changed in the few weeks since she left her teaching post. Cyclops notes that most of the students are gone now and things are a bit up in the air, but that they could use her experience as a teacher to help among the refugees in the encampment. She assures him she’ll help but is distracted by Mr. M and asks who he is.
Mr. M is entertaining Leech and some others by transmuting a mini-pterodactyl from thin air. Leech is thrilled and even more impressed when Mr. M transforms the pterodactyl into a cloud of butterflies. Leech begs for more but Mr. M excuses himself to deal with something more important. He crosses over to Lorelei and asks what they did to her as he removes the scarf covering her head. She asks him not to as her mostly bald and scarred head is revealed. He assures her that he can fix it and with a wave of his hand, her hair regrows to its former length almost instantly. Tears of joy fall from her eyes at this miraculous display of power.
Others view Mr. M’s transmutational powers as a cause for alarm and concern. In the X-men’s War Room, Val Cooper meets with various team members to review the current state of affairs. They assess that he is an Omega-level mutant and Cyclops says that the X-Men will keep an eye on him. Val expresses her concern that they might be underestimating Mercator. She shares a mutant affairs report that has labeled him as mentally unstable, citing the incident in Mutant Town where he nearly obliterated half the city. Bishop notes that he was there and doesn’t feel that Mister M means any harm. Valerie counters by reminding them of what he did to the Sentinels when he arrived. Cyclops cuts the debate short, reiterating firmly that they will keep an eye on him. Valerie coldly replies that O*N*E will be doing the same.
Moving on, she notes that many mutants are still unaccounted for and that orders from the White House are to bring all active mutants in to the relocation center. Beast calls attention to this particular phrase and notes that this is the same euphemism used to describe the internment camps that Japanese-Americans were confined to during World War II. Val defensively notes that this program s not internment and that it’s completely voluntary and for the protection of mutants. Kitty asks if everyone is free to come and go then. Valerie hesitantly replies “not exactly” and explains that they have to have some control. Kitty narrows her gaze on Dr. Cooper and says two words: “concentration camp”. Valerie seems indignant at the mere suggestion but Kitty holds her ground. She says the words again: “relocation center, internment camp, concentration camp” and asks what exactly they are operating here. Dr. Cooper says it’s a have and refuge and Kitty in turn, asks why the guards are patrolling the inside of the grounds.
 Dr. Cooper tries to change the subject and carry on with her agenda and Kitty asks what’s next: communal showers? Cyclops tells her that was uncalled for and Kitty bites her tongue and excuses herself from the briefing. Val seems dismayed. Emma suggests that Kitty is an attention-seeker but Beast explains that Kitty had family who died in Auschwitz. Val says once again that they are not running a prison.
Outside, there is mounting evidence to the contrary. Erg is stopped by an armed guard when he and a small group request to leave the rounds. When a superior officer arrives to find out what’s happening, Fever Pitch notes that they just want to go outside. When questioned on their reason, they offer a variety but the guard insists that they can walk freely on the ten square kilometers of the estate’s grounds. He notes that they cannot ensure their protection outside the gates. Sack and Fever Pitch continue to get agitated and asks Erg for permission to use their powers to force their way out.
 Dr. Cooper is alerted and orders two Sentinels to meet her at the front gates. She notes to Beast and Cyclops how many of the mutants here are suspected of homicide. Things come to a head and Erg fires a blast of energy at the guard who has blocked his way. Fever Pitch and Sack attack as well while Erg moves on to blast the gates open. One of the Sentinels blocks his blast with their hand and orders them to cease using their powers. Erg asks what they’ll do if he doesn’t comply since he’s already grounded.
Seeing the conflict erupt, Mammomax and Arclight race in to join the rebellion. Cooper and the X-Men arrive as the Sentinel pilot requests permission to retaliate. Cooper authorizes minimal force but the fighting stops when a force field is cast between the Sentinels and the attacking mutants. Erg turns on Mr. M and asks if he was responsible and whose side he is on. He simply replies that it is far too nice a day to fight. Cooper reports in to General Lazer that the situation is under control and he notes that it’s clearly not under their control. He orders Cooper to report in to him the next morning. Speaking to himself, Lazer wonders what the most dangerous collection of mutants ever assembled is truly capable of.
Later that night, Johnny is thinking about Magma and how incredible she is. He notes that all her amazing power is locked in her DNA as he takes a lock of her hair and feeds it to the sentient creature that occupies his chest cavity. With his hand still stuck in the thing’s gaping maw, he convulses before pulling his hand free. He opens it and inside is a small round pod of some sort. It glows and he tears it open. Inside it is a miniature version of Amara aglow with power.


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Mutant Town – Just After M-Day:
Agents of the Office of National Emergency (O*N*E) pay a visit to one of the surviving mutants of Mutant Town, John Arthur Zander AKA Jazz. John answers the door and asks if they are cops.The two men reply that they represent the Office of National Emergency and have come to confirm that he’s received information on the application process to be admitted to the mutant relocation center at Xavier’s Estate in Westchester County. Jazz asks them if they can really picture him hanging with the X-Men. He tells them he’s also not a mutant anymore. One of the officials shows him a handheld computer with his picture on it, only his skin in the photo is blue. Jazz tells them that he reverted on M-Day and is now just another white boy. The agent assures him that they’ll see that his records are updated.
 They give him a pamphlet on free counseling for former mutants and as he reaches for it, they see a hint of blue skin that was previously concealed by long sleeves. His arms are also riddled with track marks. The officers realize that his skin is covered by theatrical make-up and forcibly enter his apartment.
 Jazz protests and says he hasn’t done anything wrong. They note his obvious drug use and quickly uncover an ample supply of drugs in the apartment. Jazz tells them that he knows his rights and without a warrant that’s tainted evidence. The agent puts his arm around Jazz and “clarifies” that they were invited in and the drugs were in plain sight. He asks Jazz if he has any powers and Jazz replies no. The officer notes that he’s no threat to national security but he is a mutant and a junkie and no one would miss him. He suggests that they throw Jazz out the window and save themselves some paperwork. The agent gives Jazz two choices: Xavier’s or jail.  The officers make it clear that since M-Day mutants have no chance in mainstream correctional facilities without a group to back them up and provide protection. The agents leave Jazz with a choice to make and toss him his remaining drugs as they go. The scene makes it abundantly clear just how “voluntary” the choice to reside at the relocation center is for most mutants.
The Xavier Institute – The Present:
Jazz finishes telling his story to his tent-mate Johnny D, a mysterious young mutant with a sentient, tentacled creature growing from his chest. Jazz is about to shoot up and asks if Johnny is cool with it. Johnny says that it’s his choice but he’s particular about what he puts into his body. Jazz gets his fix and asks when they’re going to get to leave the estate and stretch their legs. Johnny tells him that there’s a meeting regarding that later in the day. Jazz lays down to rest and asks Johnny to wake him for the meeting.  Once Jazz is asleep, Johnny picks up his syringe.
Later that day, Valerie Cooper introduces herself to “The 198” and discusses their overall aim and immediate goals for the facility. She notes their efforts to build more permanent lodging for those at the camp and Erg immediately asks how long they’re expecting to keep them all there. Val replies that she can’t really answer that until they’ve had time to assess the current situation more fully but that she thinks everyone can agree that better accommodations are needed. Several mutants in the crowd call out some requests but Erg interrupts them and says that they can make this prison as comfortable as they like but the real question is when do they get to leave the grounds as requested.
 Dr. Cooper tells the gathered crowd that O*N*E cannot yet guarantee their safety beyond the school grounds without accompaniment and that their safety is her top priority. She introduces a temporary solution: customized cell phones with a direct line to O*N*E personnel. She notes that they are arranging group outings to nearby Salem Center where they will be free to visit without supervision for short periods. The cell phone will call for help should they need it. She adds that if the cell phone is lost or disabled, that O*N*E will still be able to locate them via electronic tags. Shadowcat is surprised to hear this and her concern is apparent. Val explains that the tags are sub-dermal tracking devices implanted through a simple, painless procedure.
 Erg reacts angrily to the notion of them being tagged like dogs and Cooper responds that this is purely voluntary and that only those wishing to leave the estate will be required to be tagged. She tries to continue her argument that this is for their own good and Erg breaks in once more and asks when exactly he signed away his civil rights. He notes that he came there to escape a murderous group of humans and never agreed to any of this.
Cyclops jumps in and tries to assure everyone that their current legal status is being considered and protected. Toad chimes in and asks if the X-Men are going to have to be tagged as well. Beast quietly agrees that this is a good question. Out of nowhere, flames erupt from the ground and scorch the stage and podium where Cooper was speaking. She demands to know who’s responsible and turns an accusing eye towards Fever Pitch. Bishop tells her to drop it as Emma Frost tries to clear the area. The grounds are covered with flames as Emma sarcastically compliments Val on how that went over. Cooper merely responds that they’ll see for sure tomorrow when tagging begins.
As the crowd disperses, Magma catches up to Outlaw and asks her if he’s watching her. Outlaw asks who and Amara tells her that she can feel Manuel’s eyes on her. Outlaw turns and sees Empath behind them and tells Amara that he’s definitely watching her. Magma turns fiercely on Empath and assumes her molten form. She accuses him of going into her mind and tells him that playing with her feelings is the equivalent of rape and that he is no better than a rapist. Manuel swears that he hasn’t influenced her emotions and Magma warns him to stay away from her.  Outlaw pulls Amara away from the bewildered Empath and none of them notice that Johnny D is lurking in the background watching the whole scene unfold. Magma tells Outlaw that Empath is in her dreams and her head constantly. Outlaw starts to suggest there may be another reason for that and Amara warns her not to go there, that she hates Empath. Despite the ferocity of her feelings, Magma admits that her mind has been messed with so much she doesn’t know who she is anymore.
Elsewhere, Mr. M returns to his quarters where Lorelei is waiting for him. He mentions the amount of conflict around them and she tells him that he can’t help everyone and needs to relax. She takes off his coat and begins to massage his shoulders and he says she doesn’t need to do that. She says that pleasing men is all she knows and he says that she’s selling herself short. She replies that it’s something she’s really good at and she wants to stay with him tonight. He tries to protest but she insists that she wants to. He admits that he hasn’t been with anyone in a long time and hasn’t been able to physically. She says that he simply hasn’t met the right woman as she takes off her top. The two are soon in bed together.
Jazz returns to his tent where he sees a shirtless Johnny D kneeling in front of his cot. Sitting atop it is the tiny clone of Magma in her molten form. Jazz is shocked to see this and even more surprised when the clone notices him and smiles. He quickly disappears and Johnny looks that way as he leaves. He then reaches into a case filled with over a dozen hand-sized pods like the one that contained the miniature Magma. He takes one out and inside is a naked mini-clone of Jazz.
The next day, Jazz, Erg, Toad and others are in line to get their sub-dermal tags. Toad comments that he had Erg pegged as a “conscientious objector” and anticipated that he’d refused to be tagged. Erg says that he still is but that he needs to get out of here before he loses it completely. He notes that if they can put the tag in, then they can logically take it out as well. Inside, Sack gets the electronic tag inserted and as he exits, Erg asks to take a look at it through his translucent “skin”. He asks if it hurts and shrugs, telling Erg that his protoplasmic form doesn’t transmit pain.
Later that day, those mutants who accepted tags are taken to Salem Center for some supervised release time. From the moment they leave the vans, people are the streets are making snide comments. They are given three hours and encouraged to stay out of trouble. If anything untoward happens, they are ordered to inform O*N*E rather than try to resolve conflicts themselves. Colonel Reyes warns them to be on their best behavior or they won’t be allowed to return. As the group departs, he orders his agent Eugene to trail Erg’s group as he expects that they will be the source of trouble if any occurs.
Erg stops Jazz and asks where he’s going. Jazz says that he has some purchases to make. Erg gives him some cash and asks him to pick him up some blow and Jazz agrees, seeing an opportunity to become a dealer among the 198. He quickly finds a supplier on the streets of Salem Center.
Elsewhere, some teenagers begin to verbally mock Mammomax with jokes about being the Elephant Man from the classic film. He tells them that they’re hardly original and that he’s not the type to just walk on by. He grabs one of the boys by the shirt and threatens to spit his digestive acids on him.
 Agent Eugene witnesses this and phones it in as an attack on a civilian. He orders O*N*E headquarters to take Mammomax down. At the Pentagon, his superior General Lazer confirms the order to subdue Mammomax. He calls up a computer profile on Mammomax and keys in the order to disable him.
 In Salem Center, Mammomax suddenly collapses in pain. Erg and others some to his aid and asks him what happens and he explains the sudden shock of pain. Erg immediately knows that this is due to the tags they allowed to be implanted as “electronic trackers”. General Lazer orders Reyes to terminate the visit and return the mutants to the Xavier Estate.
Colonel Reyes does a headcount as the mutants board the van and asks if anyone has seen Jazz. Erg asks why he doesn’t just electroshock him and calls him a fascist. Reyes electronically locates Jazz and sends his men to retrieve him. Jazz is busy making a drug deal with a reluctant pusher. The dealer says he doesn’t do business wit muties and Jazz threatens to melt his brain if he doesn’t. The dealer quickly changes his tune and leads Jazz into an alley to seal the deal.
 Armed O*N*E* soldiers are trailed by a Sentinel unit as they search for Jazz. Jazz assures the dealer that they’re going to do a lot of business together. Back at the camp, Johnny D places a tiny noose around the neck of Jazz’s mini-clone and strangles him. In Salem Center, the real Jazz is suddenly unable to breathe. The startled drug dealer flees and in minutes Jazz collapses from asphyxiation. As he falls, the O*N*E team, led by Colonel Reyes, finds him dead with a large bag of narcotics in his hand.


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Lorelei lies naked in bed as Mr. M gently strokes her cheek. She smiles and tells him he was amazing and that for a moment she thought she might dies from pure pleasure. She asks him if he thinks that’s possible as she caresses his chest and wraps her hair around his neck.
In the X-Men’s infirmary, Hank McCoy is performing an autopsy on Jazz. As he does so, Cyclops is asking Val Cooper how this happened and reminds her that she’s supposed to be keeping the 198 safe. She says if they had all just stayed on the grounds they would be. Kitty Pryde asks if it was the tags and Val says it wasn’t, but it is clear from her answer that she’s not 100% convinced.
 In an adjoining room, a doctor is examining Mammomax who has reported his own experience being shocked by the tag. Val tries to defend herself by explaining that she didn’t know the tags’ full capabilities and thought they were merely tracking devices. Kitty lays into her and asks how the deputy director of O*N*E didn’t know such a thing. Valerie replies that she’s as angry about it as Kitty is to which Kitty smugly tells her that she doubts that.
Scott asks Val to confirm that there’s no possible way that the tags were responsible for Jazz’s demise. Val assures them that the devices are non-lethal. Cyclops reminds her that this same device took down Mammomax and asks how something that powerful could be considered non-lethal. Val shares with them that General Lazer assured her they were safe. Kitty interrupts and asks how she could trust him after he lied to her about the tags to begin with. Val says that Lazer didn’t lie and that she just wasn’t fully informed. Kitty glares and utters the words “Just following orders…” As Kitty gets in yet another barb in her debate with Dr. Cooper, Beast concludes that Jazz died from strangulation not as a result of an electroshock from the implanted tag.
Outside, the 198 have reached their own conclusions about Jazz’s death. Erg announces that the government has placed lethal weapons inside them and suggests they take this to the X-Men who have promised to provide them with a safe haven. He wants to see them make good on their promise.
 Arclight suggests that the Beast is genius enough to find a way to remove the devices. Toad simply laughs at the notion and notes that while they’re camping out in the mud, Valerie Cooper has made the mansion her new home and the X-Men are clearly on her side. He suggests that the X-Men have sold them out.
Val calls General Lazer and warns him of the potentially volatile nature of her situation as her ability to create dialogue with the 198 continues to be diminished. She explains that the only reason they’ve lasted this long is due to the X-Men’s trust in her. He affirms that this is the case and that this is why he did not tell her about the disabling protocols built into the tracking tags. He knew that if she knew the complete truth she would feel compelled to tell the X-Men and they would have rejected the idea of the tagging altogether. She tells him he is probably right and he interrupts and assures her that the tags are safe.
 He explains that they were developed for federal penitentiaries but abandoned due to civil rights concerns not safety reasons. She highlights that they found it unethical to use the devices on convicted murderers and rapists but had no qualms about using them on mutants and treating them as little more than animals. Lazer says that they’re acting like animals and tells Cooper to look out the window.
The 198, led by Erg, are moving aggressively towards the X-Mansion. Lazer tells Valerie that if she doesn’t think she can reason with them, his finger is on the trigger and ready to immobilize them via the tags. She asks about those who are not tagged and Lazer responds that eventually they will all be tagged. As Val strides off to deal with this latest insurgence she states her opposition to this tactic and tells Lazer that she will take her complaints straight to the top. He informs her that these orders came from the top to begin with. He tells her to keep her opinions to herself and do her job.
Cooper, flanked by the X-Men, Colonel Reyes and the Sentinels asks the assembled mutants what the problem is. They are angered and sarcastically ask if she failed to notice that one of their members came back from their day trip in a body bag. Beast confirms that Jazz was murdered but that O*N*E was not the culprit. Val jumps in and tells them that Jazz was killed during an illegal drug deal.
 Toad claims that this is all a cover-up. Erg tells asks if they honestly think they believe that someone human street punk could have killed Jazz without O*N*E knowing given the tags, all their troops and their Sentinels watching over them all the time. He points at Cyclops and again says that it had to have been the tags. Outlaw says that they want them removed. Cyclops tells them all right but this isn’t the way to get what they want.
 He asks them to calm down at which point Col. Reyes levels his gun at Erg and tells him to back it up. Erg says that he’s not about to go back to his tent like a good little mutant. He grabs Reyes’ hand and disarms him. Seeing this, Lazer orders the tag inside Erg to be activated. Erg falls to his knees and cries out in pain. Lazer tells Cooper via her headset that this is exactly why the tags are necessary, as they enable them to take down a target without risking any lives.
Seeing Erg disabled by the tag, others leap into action. Sack reaches into his protoplasmic shell and tries to remove his tag but finds that he can’t. Lazer orders Valerie to tell Sack why he can’t simply pluck it out. She informs the gathered mutants that the tags are surgically bonded to their skull and in order to be removed they would have to cut out a chunk of bone from their skull.
 As she announces this, Mr. M and Lorelei emerge from their tent and Mercator offers to help. He approaches Sack and reaches into his gelatinous form and easily plucks the tag from his skull with no apparent harm. He then does the same for Erg by phasing his hand into his flesh. He smiles softly and asks if anyone else wants his help.
 Lazer is angry and demands to know what is happening. Cooper tells him that the issue of the tags has been resolved and Lazer demands that she do something to stop Mr. M. She tells him that she doesn’t think that’s a good idea since nothing that Mr. M is doing violates the law and he is simply returning government property.
As she says this, Lorelei whispers to Mr. M. He announces that the two of them will be leaving the estate in the morning and that any who wish to join them should gather their belongings. Cyclops tells him he shouldn’t be doing this with the Sapien League and others out there hunting mutants. Mr. M tells Summers that they are no safer in here and that if this is truly not a prison that he and those who choose to follow him should be free to go.
Cyclops tells Dr. Cooper that this is a mess and she says it will only be worse if these mutants are scattered across the globe again. She orders the gates locked down.
As Lorelei and Mr. M pass Johnny Dee his second face hisses horribly as he wonders how Mercator has so quickly established himself as a mutant Moses. Johnny Dee then goes to the men’s bathroom and flushes the lifeless mini-clone he created of Jazz down the toilet. As he exits, he runs into Leech who asks if he’s going with Mr. M.  He introduces himself and Leech does the same, explaining that he has the power to take away powers.
 Johnny teasingly suggests that it was Leech who depowered all the mutants and Leech denies this vehemently. Johnny says he was just kidding and touches Leech’s shoulder to show he’s not afraid. He asks how Leech’s power works and seems very interested. Johnny says that he won’t be leaving as he has business to attend to there. He smiles and looks at this hand as Leech leaves.
The next morning, Jake Slayton reports in that half the inmates are waiting to depart with Mr. M. Colonel Reyes corrects him in his word choice and suggests “residents” instead. Slayton tells him they’re ready to walk out en masse but Reyes notes that there’s no wall in the area of the grounds where they’ve gathered. Slayton responds that there is now as Mr. M raises his hands and the wall divides and creates a large enough passage for the assembled mutants to pass through.
As they are about to leave, Empath reaches out to try to stop Magma who has joined those preparing to leave. She tells him to take his hands off her and he tries to assure her that there is still a place for her there as a teacher. She tells him there aren’t any students left to teach and this place has become a prison camp. Empath adds that “we” know nothing about Mercator. Amara tells him that there is not “we” and that where she goes is none of his business. He tries to tell her that he feels responsible since he brought her here and she once gain tells him to stay out of her life and threatens to fry him where he stands if he tries to use his powers to make her stay.
From the control room, Valerie Cooper confers with General Lazer who asks if she really intends to let the mutants leave. She tells him she does, at least as a temporary measure and hopes to try to persuade them to return.  She asks Cyclops to try to talk to them and convince them to return. She tells him that the Sentinels will have to accompany him or she’ll be perceived as having lost control of the situation. This would lead to her being replaced which would certainly make things worse.
 Mr. M leads a band of mutants away that includes Lorelei, Toad, Leech, Peepers, Mammomax, Fever Pitch, Outlaw, Empath, Magma, Erg, Arclight and Caliban off the mansion grounds. He leads them on a walk for hours until they arrive at a lake with a small island in the center. He then begins to walk across the others and encourages the others to follow. Even the hardened and cynical Erg is astonished by this feat.
On the island, the travelers rest and eat. Amara notes to Outlaw that Empath followed her and she has a bad feeling about him. As they talk, the X-Men arrive in their jet. Mr. M greets Cyclops who tells the self-styled mutant messiah that they both know this can’t last and asks where they will go from here. He explains that the others will need a purpose and won’t be content just camping out and existing in the wild.
 Arclight tells Cyclops that he wasn’t invited and to go back to his estate and leave them alone. Emma mentally warns Cyclops that something is afoot and that some form of mind control is at play. As she shares this, Erg removes his eye patch and shoots a blast of energy at Scott. Iceman steps forward to challenge Erg but Mr. M intercedes.
 Cyclops orders Bobby to back off and let Emma handle this  Emma telepathically informs Scott that she can’t control Erg and that he’s a mental blank, as if his mind is elsewhere. Cyclops takes matters into his own hands and fires an optic blast at Erg which is deflected by a force field. They all look up to see Mercator hovering above them projecting the field around Erg as he declares that “No one will harm my people!”


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Mr. M hovers menacingly in the air surrounded by a field of crackling energy. He warns Cyclops that he will not allow any harm to come to the 198 who are under his protection. Cyclops tells Mercator that he has no choice and that they need to come back to the estate with them. He adds that he’s asked the Sentinels to keep their distance and doesn’t want to have to use them against him.
 Mercator reminds Cyclops that the Sentinels pose no real threat to him. Cyclops tells him that it won’t end there and there will be more Sentinels and soldiers. Kitty chimes in and tells him that they don’t like how O*N*E is operating either but running away isn’t the answer. She encourages him to trust them and help them to find a solution together. Lorelei voices her agreement but Erg and Fever Pitch both say no.
Back at the Institute, Johnny Dee kneels on the floor of his tent and echoes the sentiment. He is surrounded by his mini-clones of Fever Pitch, Magma, Leech and Erg.
 Emma senses Johnny Dee’s mental manipulation and utters words of warning just as Fever Pitch attacks. Iceman blocks the blast of flames with an ice shield as Erg unleashes a bolt of energy that passes harmlessly through Shadowcat. Iceman retaliates by sending chunks of ice flying at Erg.
 Seeing this, Mercator tells them that they just wish to be left in peace. Using his powers, he shatters Iceman’s shield and sends shards of ice hurtling at Bobby Drake.  Fever Pitch recovers from the mental hold that Johnny Dee had him under and has no recollection of what transpired during his “possession”. Lockheed blasts him with flames and Fever Pitch merely laughs it off. Beast wrestles with Erg as the former Marauders, Arclight and Scalphunter weigh their options. Scalphunter takes a gun he has assembled out of his duffel bag.
The Sentinels report in to O*N*E regarding this skirmish and asks for orders. Val Cooper reluctantly agrees to allow the use of force to stop the fight but with minimal force. She reminds Colonel Reyes that they are still charged with protecting these mutants for the time being.
The Sentinels activate and move closer to the fray calling for an immediate end to hostilities. Cyclops suggests that Emma try to mentally calm things down but when she enters Mr. M’s mind she is repelled. She describes the effect as filling her head with white noise and explains that his mind is vast, confused and unfinished somehow.
 The Sentinels order Scalphunter to drop his weapon and fire on the assembled mutants. Lorelei pleads with Mr. M to make it stop and he waves his hand and utters the single word: “Stop”. The Sentinel goes inert and the inside of the cockpit begins to melt, much to the surprise of the Sentinel’s operator. Simultaneously, O*N*E loses all radio and video feeds from the Sentinels.
 Val orders all remaining Sentinels and ground troops sent in as she’s sure that Mr. M is behind this. Before these orders can be executed, a soldier comes in to inform her that a mutant resident named John Dee has requested to speak to General Lazer on a matter of vital importance. Johnny Dee speaks to Lazer via a viewscreen and offers to handle the problem with Mr. M. Lazer asks how and Johnny says that’s his business but he wanted them to know that he was the one responsible to prove his loyalty to his country. He asks Lazer if he wants Mercator dead and the eyes of the face embedded in his chest glow menacingly.
Lorelei smiles as she notices the immobilized Sentinels. The 198 announce the fight to be over and Scalphunter points his gun at the Beast’s head. He demands that Cyclops and his team leave the island immediately or he’ll blow Beast’s brains out.
Cyclops tells Emma they never should have given a psycho like Scalphunter amnesty and Emma reminds him that it was his doing. Lorelei steps in and uses her hair to grab Scalphunter’s wrist and force him to drop his weapon. She cries out that this is not the way things should be. Angered, Scalphunter punches Lorelei which sets off Mr. M. He surrounds Lorelei in a force field that repels both the X-Men and the 198. He asks the assembled mutants if violence is the only thing they understand. Lorelei tries to assure him that she’s okay as Empath tries to diminish Mr. M’s anger levels. Magma sees this and looks suspiciously at Manuel.
 Elsewhere, Johnny Dee grabs the mini-clone of Leech and manipulates the young mutant to cancel out Mr. M’s mutant powers. As Leech touches Mercator’s feet, he falls from the sky and lands forcefully. He asks why Leech would do this to him as Johnny Dee takes up the mini-clone of Magma. He tells Mr. M that he doesn’t know the meaning of pain yet. On the battlefield, Magma’s eyes glow and the ground beneath Mr. M erupts with a blast of lava that rips through his chest. Outlaw asks Magma what she’s done and Amara replies that someone was in her head. She turns and looks accusingly at Empath, convinced that he’s to blame.
Following Mr. M’s death, Val Cooper and Colonel Reyes debrief the conflict. Val notes that the actions of Leech and Magma are completely out of character. She also mentions that she discovered a standing order that Mercator be eliminated at the first sign of hostility. For now, the standing belief is that Empath was responsible but that Emma Frost has already reported and external and as yet unidentified mental influence was at play. Regardless of the currently accepted rumor, the 198 are demoralized and have returned to the encampment following Mercator’s death.
 Magma and Empath have been moved to the mansion for their own protection. The Sentinels and outer wall are both being repaired. Reyes notes that this whole affair has made them look incompetent and Mercator should have been dealt with earlier. Valerie asks if he means that they should have killed Mr. M sooner. Reyes snidely clarifies that “they” didn’t kill Mr. M. Dr. Cooper quotes Henry the Second “Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?” a phrase he uttered in front of his knights in regards to his enemy, Thomas Becket. His soldiers heard this as an order and killed Becket. Val notes that this is one of the earliest examples of “plausible deniability”. Reyes causally replies “Whatever works.” Val notes that Becket’s death made him a martyr and nearly led to a civil war in England.
General Lazer pays a visit to Johnny Dee and asks what it is that he wants in return for his services to his country. He bluntly asks if he wants money and Johnny replies that he wants money and power. He quickly takes it back and apologizes for his crudeness. He tells Lazer that when he’s decided what he wants, he will let him know and that until then he can just consider him a good patriot. Johnny extends his hand to Lazer who refuses to shake it and promises to keep in touch. As Lazer leaves, Johnny clenches his fist in anger at the missed opportunity to gain control over Lazer as well.
Lorelei and Leech keep silent watch over Absolon Mercator’s body the night before his funeral. Lorelei is still in shock and has tried to reassure the shaken Leech that what happened was not his fault. They promised each other they would stay awake and watch over Mr. M together. Lorelei eventually dozes off and drops Mr. M’s distinctive hat. When she and Leech wake up, they instantly know that something has happened. The casket is open and Mr. M’s body is gone. Cyclops and Emma frost are also instantly woken. They look out at the encampment where the 198 have gathered in amazement. A jubilant Lorelei and Leech stand before the sunrise surrounded by a flurry of multi-colored butterflies just like the ones Mr. M created to entertain al of them days earlier. Though he never appeared to anyone, he left a clear message of hope to the 198: “Some things do not die, they evolve.”


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The Gathering Storm
Destiny’s Diary extract 117 / G3:
The stars shall be her home
And Earth her destination
Mothered by War
Her father’s her salvation.
The price of Xavier’s dream
Shall be this ancient Aerie’s fall.
Aliyah Bishop is jogging through what seems to be a shady road passing Xavier’s Mansion. She appears to be a normal, Black teenager, apart from an exotic eye marking on the right side of her face. She is the daughter of the X-Man, Bishop, a father she’s never known, and the Shi’ar princess Deathbird.
(flashback)
The X-Men had helped Deathbird’s sister, Lilandra, at times. Deathbird herself, depending on circumstances, could be the X-Men’s ally or their foe. Over the years, she was content to let her more responsible sister assume the burden of rule. She had far more fun as a renegade. What she never counted on was falling in love with Bishop, a latecomer to the X-Men. But, as with her sister and Xavier, fate drew him from her side and back to his homeworld. She had a daughter by him and told the girl tales of her father and how eventually they’d see him again. But that was not to be. Lilandra had gone insane, the empire was falling apart and only Deathbird cold save it.
(present)
Aliyah is shaken out of her reverie by the alarm klaxon. The hologram of Xavier’s mansion disappears, leaving what clearly is a hall in a huge spaceship. Aliyah demands to know what is going on and a voice apologizes. Aliyah is shown space around the ship and sees a Kree command dreadnought. With her own ship in stealth mode, they haven’t been detected and Aliyah watches, as the dreadnought deploys an assault barge down to a planet.
Aliyah dresses in a blue and gold uniform, similar to those of the X-Men, and the ship sets her down on the plane. She watches the dreadnought land, while arguing with her mystery mentor via comm. Why can’t that other person make the decision, Aliyah complains. She is smarter and more experienced than her. The other reminds Aliyah that this is her life and those are her people. Aliyah complains that she doesn’t really care about them.
Several Kree soldiers depart from the ship. Theirs used to be a great empire, but it fell to the Shi’ar. Now, with the Shi’ar empire in chaos, the Kree are looking to reassert themselves, hoping that this clandestine acquisition will guarantee their ultimate triumph.
A teleportation  portal appears created by a young man on a surfboard – Slipstream - who is followed by several extra-dimensional obscene blue-skinned creatures – slavers.
Watching from afar, Aliyah asks what she is looking at and is told that the slavers’ prisoners are hounds - enhanced power beings genegineered and behavior-modified to be slaves. When possible, the slavers like to use X-Men, as they have a history with Xavier’s teams. The male slave is identified as Jamie Madrox. The flier is Slipstream, who works for the slavers for free. The woman is Theresa Cassidy. As the Slavers and the Kree deal, Aliyah’s friend wonders why the Kree are taking the risk of doing this in Shi’ar space and why they are basically bankrupting themselves for this acquisition. More Madroxes appear carrying a huge pod. The Krees’ eyes alight at the sight of it.
Suddenly, Aliyah finds herself attacked from behind by another Hound, Talia Josephine Wagner aka Nocturne. Nocturne and Aliyah tumble downwards. Aliyah shakes her off by using her jetglider to fly upward again. Nocturne simply scales up the wall, unwilling to give up her prey. Siryn joins in trying to nail Aliyah with her sonic scream. Boasting that they’ll never nail a Shi’ar in the air, not even a wingless one, Aliyah stuns her with her gun. The Kree open fire at her and Aliyah shoots back determined on keeping them from taking the pod.
That moment, Nocturne catches up with her again. Losing control of her glider, Aliyah alone with Nocturne topples to the ground. Both of them are momentarily stunned when they see the dreadnought above them under attack. Aliyah finds that the Kree are using a tractor beam, both on the cocoon and her. Looking down she sees that one of the Kree troops is actually a ringer – a Warskrull. It fires at the ship and the tractor beam fails - Aliyah and the cocoon drop. The Warskrull’s artillery fire actually brings down the ship – on the roofs of the city.
Aliyah fiercely attacks the Warskrull. She has no love for their kind, as her mother was reported to have fallen in battle against them. She doesn’t bother with her weapon, as the Skrull is wearing armor. Instead – she kicks him right in the face. The Warskrull quickly gains the upper hand and, in a last gesture of defiance, Aliyah spits in its face, certain that she is going to die. Instead, an energy blast hits the Warskrull in the back.
Aliyah looks up to see the source of the blast. A bald human woman has come out of the cocoon, still shackled to some devices. The energy blast seems to have taken everything out of the woman, as she collapses. Aliyah doesn’t even have the chance to ask questions, as, a moment later, strange pods land around her – releasing Brood soldiers, members of  the most feared species in the galaxy.
Aliyah tears the cables away from the strange woman, grabs her and flies up with her jetpack, intent on fleeing for her life. The woman telepathically contacts her, telling Aliyah they can’t leave just yet. They can’t leave T.J. behind. Aliyah protests but to no avail. They save Nocturne from the Brood soldiers.
As Aliyah puts the two women down on the Starjammer, she looks around to see a swarm of flying Brood warriors on their trail. The Brood find themselves surprised, as out of the murky water comes the Starjammer, one of the few powers even they respect, since a generation ago it was responsible for the defeat that almost led to the Brood’s annihilation. They hesitate, giving Aliyah the moment she needs to order the ship’s computer to go into warp. The computer warns her about the consequences of going into warp within an atmosphere. With the Brood there, the planet’s already dead, Aliyah shouts, as, outside, Kree soldiers are being slaughtered.
The ship goes into warp, causing more damage than expected. The sentience that resides within the computer appears – Carol Danvers, in her Binary shape – announcing that they have a problem, as the star is going supernova and they are too close. They cannot outrun the shockwave and, even if the shields hold, they’ll be sitting ducks. Aliyah apologizes and Carol tells her she’d have done the same.
Suddenly, the woman Aliyah has saved tells them not to give up yet, as she starts to glow.
A fiery bird rises around her and the ship, as she drains the dying star’s energy. And, as Phoenix is reborn, those to whom she was important on Earth sense that rebirth.
At the Xavier Institute, Scott Summers senses Jean and informs his wife and fellow headmaster Emma Frost, who is holding their youngest child, Alex.
In Chicago, at a rally for Katherine Pryde’s political campaign, Rachel Grey suddenly shouts out her mother’s name.
In Hammer Bay, Genosha, Charles Xavier suddenly drifts off, worrying his students.
In parts unknown, Mr Sinister smiles broadly at the prodigal daughter finally re-emerging.
In the Hindu Kush, Jean’s almost-son, Cable, reacts melancholically: They’d sworn to him that she was gone for good, that the threat was over. Did he betray her and everything he held of value for nothing?
In the Kimanu Highlands, East Africa, Storm, in an iron lung, and Wolverine are having dinner when they sense Jean. Logan tells Ororo it has nothing to do with them. Jeannie can take care of herself. Right now, he is only concerned about Ororo.
In Shi’ar space, the Starjammer’s systems gradually return to normal, as an amazed Carol and Aliyah stare at the glowing woman before them. Is that really her? Aliyah asks Carol, awestruck. Phoenix jokes that hasn’t got her driver’s license with her to prove who she is. If they want any more bonafides, she really doesn’t know what to do for an encore.
Aliyah replies that, according to the stories, Phoenix is supposed to be the end of all that is.
Returning to her human form, Jean Grey forcefully replies not today. Hopefully not ever. She is kind of cold, though. Any chances for some clothes and maybe a bath?
Suddenly, an alarm sounds and Carol detects an intruder. Her fault, Jean explains with a sheepish smile. It’s because of Nocturne, who, deep in her soul, is still fighting to be free. Jean wanted to help, so she brought the only person who she thought had a chance to save T.J. …
Kurt Wagner aka Nightcrawler stares at them flabbergasted.


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Omens & Portents
The Xavier Institute, late at night. The telephone rings and co-headmaster Scott Summers answers. It’s a call from John Grey, the father of Scott’s former wife Jean. He too had a visitation of Jean manifesting as Phoenix appear to him. Scott tells him he had the same experience, adding that the sense he got was that Jean was fine, but too far away to come home. He isn’t sure what it means.
As Scott’s co-headmistress and wife, Emma Frost, joins him, John Grey apparently says something nasty to Scott, who assures him he’ll keep him in the loop and will call him. Grey breaks the connection before Scott can finish his last sentence. Emma asks what he said and Scott tells her it was “for once don’t let it be to tell us our daughter is dead – again.”
That was harsh, Emma exclaims. Scott defends the Greys. They are Jean’s parents. How are they supposed to feel? To them, Scott will always be the guy who left their baby for another woman. Emma tells him that she doesn’t care about them or her. How does he feel? As he kisses her, he assures her it was the hardest decision of his life and the one that worked out best. They enter a bedroom, where three of their four children lie asleep.
The oldest girl, Meg, wakes up and tells her parents that the baby’s awake and upset. She heard him with her mind. Emma tugs her back in and tells her to go to sleep, but Meg is wary of having the nightmare again. Emma assures her she’ll keep her safe before joining her husband in the nursery, where he’s trying to calm the infant Alex. This is unacceptable, she announces. Bad enough his ex is ruining their sleep. It isn’t fair she can reach through him to terrorize their children.
At that moment, the astral form of Professor Xavier appears, asking if Scott is there. Emma’s had it with the breaches of their privacy. She shouts at Xavier to go away. He isn’t welcome here. She grabs Alex and tells Scott she’ll sit with the children. Jean’s his ex-wife. Xavier’s his mentor. Scott can deal with this.
Scott changes to his X-Man uniform and gathers the Stepford Cuckoos, the three surviving telepathic sisters, who are dressed and styled quite differently from each other now. Being powerful telepaths, they too sensed Phoenix’s power wave, but not the contents of the message, which were encrypted. However, with the help of their living Cerebra, Martha Johanssen, they can provide him with the message’s recipients.
In Chicago, mayoral candidate Kitty Pryde is back at her day job, tending bar at the Belles of Hell. Rachel is slumped on the counter. When Sean, a customer, asks after her, Ray explains that she had a call from her mother. Kitty tells her her mom was just the first, as the astral forms of Cyclops and the Cuckoos appear. Without looking up, Rachel tells Scott to go away. Scott replies they’d hoped she would want to help. Still slumped, Rachel states that her mom doesn’t know where she is. Does Scott? Not yet, he replies.
As Kitty strokes her hair, Rachel asks, assuming if they find out, if the X-Men have a chance of reaching her and help her? Not yet, Scott admits. Angrily, Rachel jumps up, the tiny Phoenix effect over her left eye glowing: he can call them when that changes, she shouts. Until then, she has Kitty’s campaign to run.
Scott and the Cuckoos disappear and Kitty observes that Ray’s taking no prisoners that night, is she? She phases through the counter, reminding Ray that Jean is her mom. And she can do nothing to help her, Ray announces glumly. Kitty draws her close and points out that maybe she just wants to keep Rachel safe. Rachel admits she wishes Jean hadn’t called. They were better off believing she was dead.
In the Hindu Kush, Cable and Irene Merriwether are busy battling terrorists. Has he come at a bad time, Cyclops asks.  Not at all, Cable retorts still fighting. For him, it is just business as usual. He thanks Scott for bringing him up to speed. Scott admits he has an ulterior motive and Cable replies they had that conversation before. Suddenly, a tank points its weaponry at him. Scott asks if he should alert X-Corporation Mumbai. Cable takes out the tank with his telekinesis and replies that he never needed their help before. He doesn’t see any reason to start now. He demolishes a building with the tank and the terrorists scatter.
While Irene gets them under control, Cable admits to Scott that the fact is he doesn’t play well with others. Scott bluntly replies that the fact is he doesn’t really care. Nathan is too valuable an asset. He needs him. Cable makes the concession that he’ll think about it and Cyclops fades out.
Irene asks if everything is okay. News from home, Cable replies. Perhaps it’s time for a visit. Irene is happy about that. Strangely enough, she secretly schemes to use Cable to get to Phoenix – then years of waiting and patient planning will at long last have borne fruit.
The Kishani Highlands, East Africa. Standing on the porch, Wolverine asks Cyclops if he has any confirmation on Kurt’s whereabouts. He’s working on it, Scott replies. Any way they can get to her? Wolverine asks. With the collapse of the Shi’ar stargate net, they don’t have a lot of options, but they are working on that, too, Scott explains. He begins a question about Ororo. Wolverine curtly interrupts that nothing has changed without meeting his eye. He asks Scott to stay in touch and Cyclops disappears.
Logan enters the house, where Ororo lies in an Iron Lung. He should have told him, she states. That she is dying? he asks. He won’t accept that. He reminds her of how he once burned up in the sun and was brought back to life. Some rules don’t apply to the likes of them. She wishes they did, Ororo states sadly. She can’t even felt he touch of his hand, she complains as he touches it. Logan kisses her and assures her he isn’t trying to be cruel. It just isn’t her time. From his mouth to the goddess’s ear? she jokes. Absolutely, he assures her.
At Xavier’s, Emma, dressed in her White Queen uniform, laments that things had been quite for so long they thought it would last forever. They may yet get lucky, Scott replies and they both look out of the window. Opposite the mansion stands what appears to be an ice or glass palace. On the balcony, waving at them, are Alex Summers, Scott’s brother, his lover, Annie Ghazikanian, and a young boy, possibly Annie’s son, Carter.
On the other hand, they’ve been wrong before, a voice reminds them. Facing them stands a hologram transmission of Vargas, the X-Men’s former enemy and now a member of the X.S.E. He reports to them, explaining that they have confirmation on Nightcrawler. He was demonstrating teleportation on the Letterman show. Residual energy signature suggests he was grabbed in transit. Scott commends Vargas, who continues that they may also have a lead on Sinister. Scott tells him to make sure this time it’s really him. Emma coldly adds that he is also to make sure he doesn’t take him alive.
Las Vegas, a high-tech complex, where two other X.S.E. agents are at work. Passionately kissing him, Rogue asks Gambit if he is ready. Shouldn’t she do this, she asks, as they both don their glasses, which allow them to see infrared. Between them and their goal is a combat strength laser system. Gambit announces that a question so silly doesn’t deserve an answer. Carefully, he starts to make his way through the laser grid, avoiding the light beams. Holding up her wedding ring, Rogue reminds him she has something to lose. So does he, he replies, calling her ‘Anna,’ as he nimbly climbs, ducks, contorts and saltoes his way through the grid.
Having made it to a certain point, Remy gives Rogue the thumbs-up and she extends a small metal plate on the ground towards him. Remy makes it through another part of the later grid, landing on his hand and on the plate, which keeps him from touching the part of the grid on the ground. She raises the plate up, enabling Gambit to get high enough to touch the button that switches off the grid.
Does he think that’s a lock he can pick, she jokes, as they stand before a high security vault. Remy steps back, bowing toward his wife, silently allowing her to do the honors. Rogue runs towards it shattering the door with her full superhuman strength.
Inside, they find what they were afraid of. The corpses of Domina and Mr Sinister. Rogue observes that, while Sinister dealt Domina a mortal wound, she still managed to finish him, at least that’s the way it looks…
Elsewhere, taking in the scene, Sinister admits that Rogue is clever, but one cannot blame a man for trying. He turns to his cronies, as well as the member of the slaver race he deals with and announces that, as one who loves to play the angles himself, he cannot blame others for trying the same. He can still be disappointed, though. The slaver asks what he is talking about and demands to be treated with respect.
With a nasty smile, Sinister informs him that courtesy is a given. Respect on the other hand has to be earned. Did they think him so clueless that he wouldn’t find out about their arrangement with the Shi’ar? That was business, the Slaver feebly attempts. All traces of a smile wiped away, Sinister reminds him that was not their arrangement. For years, he provided the slavers with prime material, including the occasional X-Man. All he asked for in return was first claim on the person of Jean Grey. Is that a way to treat a “valued client?” Sweating, the slaver admits they may have been in error. How can they make it right? They know what he wants, Sinister states. Or his compatriots will suffer even more than him. And the slaver begins to scream…
Aboard the Starjammer on the far side of forever:
In the infirmary, Kurt Wagner loudly muses that he never though he’d see her again. Is he talking about her, Jean Grey asks, or about Nocturne, who is lying on the other bed. Both, Kurt admits, before pointing out that T.J. is still in a coma. That may be for the best, Jean states. The slavers had her for a long time. But Jean is a telepath, Kurt ventures. They got her too, Jean gently reminds him.
On the bridge, Aliyah eavesdrops on their conversation, muttering that there must be something they can do. The hologram of Carol Danvers appears and she explains that that isn’t always the case. Her sudden appearance startles Aliyah and Carol reminds her to always be on guard. Being on the Starjammer doesn’t automatically mean she’s safe. Especially given their present condition, and that’s the least of their worries. She calls up a hologram of the creatures Aliyah fought on the planet. It’s an evolution of the Brood, she explains. Thanks to Carol and Storm, they should actually be extinct. It was her last mission as Warbird before…
Carol breaks off, as Kurt teleports himself and Jean on the bridge. Kurt is surprised at Carol’s presence and her current energy form, as he greets her, before admitting that he doesn’t even know what he’s here for. Her fault, Jean apologizes. She reached out blind for someone she could trust. Can they send him home? he asks. Should they? Carol retorts. He’s not an X-Man anymore, he explains, he’s an actor.
Aliyah chimes in, pointing out that this isn’t just about him. The Shi’ar Empire’s been in chaos for years, ever since a monster masqueraded as Charles Xavier and drove Empress Lilandra insane. Kurt remembers. Cassandra Nova. Aliyah continues that, under the new chancellor, central authority has been gradually restored… along with the empire’s aggressive expansionist foreign policy. To fulfil those ambitions the empire need a new stargate network.
The slavers are the perfect solution, Carol adds. Their transit net stretches across entire dimensions. She continues that she and Aliyah discovered that the Kree were after an ultimate weapon to use against the Shi’ar – control of the Phoenix. But suppose, Aliyah suggests, the Shi’a knew nothing about that. Perhaps they only were after the stargate. So where do the Brood fit in, Carol wonders. Aliyah reminds her of the Broods’ landing patterns. They were after the gate as well.
Nightcrawler realizes the implications: if the Brood got ahold of the gate and its controllers, they could spread everywhere. That’s why they can’t send him home, Aliyah drives home her point. They have to warn the empire. Does she know what that means, Carol asks her ominously. What does it mean, Kurt inquires. Who is Aliyah anyway, he asks not unkindly. Her father is the X-Man Lucas Bishop, Aliyah explains. And her mother? Kurt asks.
The Shi‘ar homeworld. Under a statue of Deathbird stands Lilandra, Majestrix Shi’ar, next to a young Shi’ar boy and receiving a report by her chancellor, a large lavender-skinned humanoid, whose features are obscured by a helmet. The chancellor explains that imperial fleet units engaged an intruder force of Kree in the system. Apparently, they were winning, when, suddenly, without warning, that star went supernova. Both Shi’ar and Kree were annihilated. He points towards a screen showing what happened. They are still processing telemetry but the power signature is unmistakeable: on the screen they see a huge phoenix raptor.
Addressing Lilandra as ‘mother,’ the boy asks if Phoenix is there alone or with the X-Men. A pertinent question, Lilandra agrees. There is no greater threat to the empire or to the cosmos than this creature. She orders her chancellor to find the Phoenix and destroy it. As well as any who stand beside it. Lilandra and her son leave the chamber.
Turning to another Shi’ar woman, the chancellor asks if Lilandra suspects. The woman replies there is nothing to suspect. The cataclysm eliminated all evidence. What happened? he demands. She doesn’t know. The ambush was perfectly executed but, just before the end, they received garbled impressions of some new attack. Who or whatever they were, they were formidable and their assault overwhelming.
The chancellor tells her to make learning what she can her foremost priority. In the meantime, she is to alert her cadre on Earth. He wanted to avoid premature contact with the X-Men, but circumstances force his hand. If the X-Men prove a threat, they must be eliminated. Addressing him as ‘majesty,’ the woman promises to obey his order. Left alone, lord chancellor Khan ponders the situation.


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Dream a little Dream!
A high-tech complex. A teleportation portal opens and in on a surfboard flies a blond man, behind him and holding on to him, one of the fat, blue-skinned, other-dimensional slavers. Taking in the sight before him, the blond man, Slipstream, asks with an amused half-smile whether they’ve come at a bad time.
Hamming it up, Mr Sinister replies Good gracious, no! with a broad smile. Slipstream is always welcome. He is just having a chat with a client. He points towards another slaver, shackled to a table with some fluid being injected into him. Sinister cheerfully explains to the new arrivals that his victim is satisfying a pet curiosity of his, about whether non-terrestrials are susceptible to the venom of some of the native fauna. In this case, Sinister continues to the consternation of the newly arrived slaver, the “stinger” jellyfish from the Coral Sea. He’s actually impressed. For most humans, that dose would be fatal.
The new slaver protests. All traces of cheerfulness wiped aside, Sinister reminds him that they had a deal. Yet the slavers brokered Jean Grey to someone else. A most regrettable error in judgment, the slaver ventures. Does he think so? Sinister asks, as a moment later one of his servants shackles the creature. He has heard that it was him, Master Ghibl, who persuaded his fellow masters to ship her to the Kree and then alert the Shi’ar she was coming so that they could rescue her. Because he isn’t a slaver at all. Indeed, the slaver returns to her true form – that of Cerise, member of the Imperial Guard and former member of Excalibur.
Using her solid light constructs, Cerise frees herself and lunges at Sinister. However, she finds that Sinister’s allies, such as Omega Red and the Counter Earth sorceress, Shakti, defend the scientist and won’t allow her a chance of escape. Cerise shakes off Omega Red but finds herself startled when someone looking like Storm grabs her. Holding her by the throat, the Storm-lookalike announces that he is Shaitan. Sinister adds that by trying to save her friend, Cerise thought she was serving her empress. As her reward, she’s just been betrayed. Ceries calls him a liar. She reports to Lilandra herself. Precisely, Sinister agrees, as Shaitan snaps her neck. Turning to his allies, Sinister announces that events have been set in motion. If they are to harvest their gene-stock, they must move fast.
The Starjammer, Shi’ar space. Nightcrawler suddenly shouts out Cerise, wondering a moment later what prompted him to do so or even think of her. He hopes she’s okay. He turns to Nocturne, who is sleeping more easily. But what, when she wakes up, he wonders. Can she recover from her life as slaver hound? He holds out a snapshot of his wife, Kymri, and their son – both of them blue and yellow-eyed like Kurt and Nocturne – to the sleeping woman. He explains that he saved Kymri from the slavers. That’s why they took Nocturne as revenge. The boy is his son, T.J. Stroking Nocturne’s head, he continues that they don’t just share the same initials. In many ways they are much alike. God willing, she’ll get to be his big sister. God willing and more luck than the X-Men usually are allowed he adds, tired. This is why he gave up the life of an X-Man for that of an actor, he confides. The bad guys shoot blanks. And there’s almost always a happy ending.
Hollywood, the building’s façade shows a huge poster of Nightcrawler’s newest movie, “Dying is forever,” with Kurt apparently being a James Bond character. The film is produced by nobody else but Jubilee. Inside the studio, Jubilee plays with her powers, while talking to Cyclops on the phone, demanding she be kept in the loop. Kurt’s worried wife, Kymri, addresses her, asking if they know anything, and Jubilee replies Scott figures it’s something to do with the re-manifestation of the Phoenix. She hugs the worried woman and asks how T.J. is. He doesn’t know yet, the woman admits and confides that she needs security. Suppose somebody makes a play for him? Jubilee calms her that it’s already taken care of. She’s made some calls. He will be fine and so will Kurt. And if she’s wrong? Kymri wonders. Then she guarantees whoever’s responsible the Phoenix will be the least of their problems, Jubilee announces with a grim smile.
The Starjammer:
Aliyah has grown up on the huge ship of unknown origin. She’s never been afraid there. At least not of the ship. As she slumbers, an oozing blackness begins to manifest inside her room. Still asleep, Aliyah shouts at it to go away and glowing images of her parents appear above her head. With another shout of go away, she awakes and the blackness disappears, as do her parents’ images. She slumps down exhausted before getting up, dressing in her jogging togs and starting to run.
On the bridge, Carol and an astral form of Jean, dressed in a modernized Phoenix outfit with bare midriff, have watched the scene. Carol reveals that Aliyah has had these episodes for as long as she can remember. She feels threatened by something unknown that she fears has the keys to her very soul. What about the source? Jean asks. Carol admits that she can only find out that Aliyah has an episode via the bio-sensors but nothing more. She’s no telepath. Did Jean sense anything? A malevolence, the telepath admits. A sentience as murderous as it is primal.
Jean’s astral body disappears and Carol joins the “real” Jean, who is taking a luxurious bath. Carol demands to know why Jean didn’t try to stop it and Jean replies that Aliyah took care of it herself. She doesn’t have the right to place Aliyah in jeopardy, Carol protests. Deathbird did that by giving birth to her, Jean retorts. Does Carol think she’d allow her to come any harm, she asks as she takes a dive. Following her under water, Carol snaps that Jean’s been wrong before. Aliyah is a good kid and she doesn’t want her to pay for their mistakes. Jean ominously answer it’s too late for that, as she telekinetically dries off the water, revealing strange wing-like tattoos on her back. Getting dressed in her terry-robe, she tells Carol she missed that feeling. Carol, on the other hand, wishes she could forget.
Africa, a complex belonging to ‘Mutantes sans Frontieres’. A flight vessel lands and out comes Dr. Cecilia Reyes with a critical mutant patient. She shouts out that his power has gone completely unstable and her force field can’t hold him much longer. She and the patient are already expected by her husband Hank McCoy and several other doctors, human and mutant both. While the others take the glowing patient into the lifecell, Hank observes that things sounded pretty rough over the radio. She almost lost him, an exhausted Cecilia explains. He won’t get rid of her that easily, she announces, as she kisses him. As they walk inside, she muses that manifesting their powers was already hard. She never dreamed they’d have to deal with mutants suddenly and violently losing them.
Inside a big chamber are long rows with lifecells, all filled with mutant patients. More and more every day, Hank states. If things continue that way, soon there won’t be a mutant problem, because mutants will be extinct.
Every society has their bogeyman, whether it be a person or a place. For mutants, it was a place called Neverland. Nobody was sure it really existed, but every so often a mutant would simply disappear.
In the Neverland containment center, two guards are suddenly roused by an alarm. They are joined by the director, a stern-looking woman, who demands en explanation. The alarm comes from Danielle Moonstar’s cell. While she appears to be asleep, her vital spikes are intense. One of the men wonders why she’s chose to put up a fight now. She’s been here for years.
(Danielle’s dreamscape.)
The answer is that Moonstar is a warrior born and has never given up. Danielle finds herself standing in front of a school building. A young, redheaded teacher is leading a group of students inside. Via the psi-link she once shared with her, Dani calls out to Rahne Sinclair, begging her to hear her this time. Dani? Rahne suddenly asks. Is that you?
(reality)
That moment Dani’s cell is gassed and contact breaks off. The director gives orders to have Moonstar’s meds increased to prevent something like that from happening again.
Hong Kong:
X.S.E. member X-23 aka Laurie makes her way through a crowded Hong Kong street. She tells her teammate, Monet, via radio that there are too many people for her to isolate the target’s scent. Monet coolly points out that Wolverine  - even Sabretooth – could tag her. Laurie snaps back why Monet hasn’t tried to tag her psyche then. She bets Xavier could do it. She’d lose, Monet informs her haughtily. The target was taught by Xavier himself. Laurie muses that she’s been eluding them for years. How is it they suddenly get a solid line on her. Is Sage slipping or is this a set-up?
Even as she wonders, Sage suddenly comes at her from behind, having hidden behind several colorful lampions. She rakes X-23 across the back with her knife, observing that the “little clone” is a credit to her progenitor. With a snarl Laurie unsheathes two of her claws and lunges at Sage, who evades her, adding that she still has a long way to go before she is in Wolverine’s league. With X-23 momentarily stuck in the wall Sage takes out the Malice choker, apologizing in advance, but, she states, this is for a worthy cause. She slips the choker onto Laurie and X-23 screams. Monet radios all units notifying them of an, ambush as she flies to Laurie’s help.
Sage had been the X-Men’s mentat, their living computer. The X-Men always joked that she didn’t know everything, but give her time. To Sage, however, that wasn’t a joke and tripped up too often by incomplete data she suggested the solution of data-mining – imprinting the knowledge of - every person on the planet. When her colleagues rejected the proposal she went rogue and started the process regardless.
 Sage pulls the Malice choker off the dazed X-23 and starts running. A wave of ice follow her and suddenly freezes her. Was this a plan or wasn’t it? Iceman boasts. Monet replies sarcastically and, as Laurie comes to, they wonder what the point of the choker was. Monet wonders why this whole encounter seemed to be planned around X-23. What made her so special? She continues that the choker normally allows Malice to take control of her target. But like Wolverine Laurie is too stubborn, allowing Sage time to remove it. What was she after?
The Hindu Kush. Cable and his companion, Irene, wait at a train station. Irene exclaims how bored she is and Cable warns her that it will take another fifty hours until they reach New York. Why isn’t there ever a teleporter when you need one, Irene complains. Would she settle for the next best thing, Cable asks as his eye flares. Someone call for a ride? a suddenly appearing hologram of Domino asks. X-Factor aims to please. As Irene  wags her tongue at Domino’s back, the other woman ironically tells her it’s great to see her, too.
Irene suddenly points at Domino’s plane and utters a warning cry. Cable tells Domino to begin evasive maneuvers. A missile is directed at the plane. A moment later, the plane explodes.


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The Hindu Kush. X-Force’s jet crashes to the ground after being attacked. They weren’t expecting trouble. For the X-teams, these past few years their world had been substantially at peace. If they had known, perhaps it would have made a difference. But that is the luxury of hindsight.
A horrified Cable runs towards the jet, shouting Domino’s name, followed by the names of the other X-Force members. Panicked, he sifts through the debris, using hands and telekinesis both, looking for survivors. His partner, Irene Merriweather, watches him with cold detachment. As a warrior he should be used to casualties, she thinks. Yet this attack has shaken him to the core. Did he expect the X-Men to live forever?
Cable finally announces that he has found Domino. He senses her thoughts: she’s alive!
Irene announces that, barring a miracle, she wouldn’t get her hopes up about the rest. She changes her mind hen she comes across several huge balls. One of it breaks up and Warpath emerges from within, asking if everyone’s ok. Soon as they were hit, Puffball… Irene interrupts him, as she looks at another globe, which is impaled and bloody. She announces that Puffball didn’t make it.
Cradling the still unconscious Domino, Cable gathers the survivors – Metdown, Shatterstar, Warpath, Rictor and Feral – as well as Irene - around him and explains that this ambush gives credence to Cyclops’ global alert. Their first priority is to deal with the immediate threat. He asks Irene to look after Domino, unaware that he is already a target. A bullet is fired at him. Shatterstar reacts instinctively and deflects it with his sword. Two bullet fragments hit both him and Irene.
Moments later, Shaitan – still in the form of Storm – comes at them, announcing to Cable that once again they are at odds. But even with his “children” beside him this time he will not escape. Warpath attacks but Shaitan easily dodges his attack and turns his momentum against him. He reminds the mutants that he is champion of a thousand dimensions, even though he is cursed with this body.<>P
Unimpressed, Shatterstar and Rictor jump at Shaitan at the same time. More boasts and threats from Shaitan are answered by one of Meltdown’s timebombs. Her moment of triumph is short-lived, as one of Shaitan’s allies, Divinity, appears, covering Meltdown with the black ooze his body is made of. Cable starts shooting, hoping to blast Divinity before he assimilates the young woman. One moment later, he himself is hit by a blast in the back – courtesy of the sniper Scalphunter.
Totally covering Tabby’s body, Divinity forms a grinning head from it and sadistically asks if that hurt. He adds that he is already feasting on Meltdown’s soul. The body he’ll keep for a while.
With a grin Scalphunter, who perches in a ridge, takes aim at Cable again. Suddenly, he sees Domino getting up. He tries to shoot her several times but she dodges each shot, as she comes closer to him. Is she part jackrabbit? he swears in exasperation. What she is, Domino announces, as she fiercely attacks him, is judge, jury and executioner!
Below, things look less rosy for Cable as all three villains from Doomworld – Shakti, Technarx and Dinvinity, who is still assimilating Meltdown, are closing in on him. Divinity invites Cable to take his best shot. Cable fires a harpoon gun at him and Divinity reshapes his malleable body to dodge it. Missed, he gloats. He never misses his target, Cable replies and Technarx, who was standing behind Divinity, screams in pain.
X-Force and Irene regroup behind Cable, who tells the villains he’ll make this offer once. They are to release Meltdown, unharmed, and surrender. Or, by the Askani who raised him, he’ll personally see them through the gates of hell. Does he call that a threat? the sorceress Shakit boasts, as she starts gesturing. The nether gates are where they go to play.
Her spell takes effect on Irene, who screams that she is burning. Moments later, the form of Apocalypse emerges from Irene. Shakti explains, with a triumphant smile, that her soul spell stripped away all artifice. Cable cant believe it: all this time his friend was host for his mortal enemy?! How could he have been so blind?
Suddenly, a spear strikes him deeply in the back. Shatterstar, who holds the lance, screams out in horror - what has he done?! He profusely apologizes. He can’t stop himself. Feral urges Cable to use his telekinesis to stop the bleeding and Warpath angrily shakes Shatterstar. What was that about?
Query proceeds from false premise, Shatterstar suddenly announces in a different voice: his face turns black and takes on the techno-organic nonfeatures of Technarx: unit nomen “Shatterstar” no longer exists as an independent entity. He has been assimilated into Technarx. Warpath shoves him away in horror but, already, tentacles emerge from the being that was once Shatterstar and burrow under his friend’s skin. Within seconds, Warpath, too, is assimilated.
Divintiy grins and uses Meltdown’s plasma charges to fell the running Domino, who is still some distance away. He, in turn, is felled by an energy beam emerging from Apocalypse. They are but pawns in this game, he angrily announces. Driving him from his sanctuary will do nothing but hasten their inevitable doom.
On the ground, Cable reaches out to Irene. What a poor friend he was to let this come to pass, he laments. Part of him hopes this is the end. It’s like losing his beloved wife all over again.
Shaitan addresses Apocalypse, telling him they have chess where he comes from. And, if the game is properly played, a pawn may take a king. Apocalypse suddenly finds his body changing against his will. Techanrx infected him with techno-organic nannites the same way he did Shatterstar, through the bullet whose fragments struck them both. They couldn’t touch his essence while he was bonded to Irene Merriweather but, when he became corporeal, that same infection could claim him as well. Best of all, Shaitan continues, that same process will corrupt the one living being who is heir to both Apocalypse’s power and that of Phoenix.
Cradling Irene, Cable sheds a single tear and uses what is left of his telekinesis to transport Rictor and Feral to safety. It’s too late for him, but their job is to tell the tale. Now,  he whispers.
On the ridge, Domino takes aim at her old friend, wishing him good-bye. She intends to spare him the horrors ahead by mercy-killing him, but Shaitan walks in front of the bullet and shrugs it off. He tells Domino not to worry. His master will make sure she and Cable will meet again. One final time.
Domino orders Rictor to take his shot. There is nothing left of their friends down there, so he is to give them a decent burial. Rictor uses his seismic powers and a ridge opens beneath the feet of the villains, the assimilated X-forcers, Cable and Irene and swallows them all.
Feral shouts out in grief: things weren’t supposed to end like this. Grabbing some guns, Domino announces that she is wrong. For Cable, it couldn’t end any other way. She never forgave him, Maria accuses her. That’s right, Domino states, matter-of-fact, as she tosses Rictor a gun. Not for Jean, not for trusting Irene. And now he’s paid the price. But she came when he called. It’s time to move.
What’s the point? Feral demands. Cable’s gone, so’s most of X-Force, even Apocalypse is dead. Who cares what happens next? This isn’t then end, Domino replies. Sinister just took out his arch-rival and took control of one of the most powerful X-Men on the planet. These are strategic moves. He’s no fool. He knows Cyclops will move heaven and earth to save his son … or avenge him.
Back at the Xavier Institute, things seem to be normal so far. Rahne has told Cyclops of her “encounter” with Dani and Scott asks her to work with Martha and the Spikes. The next time she and Dani are in sync, they’ll try for a solid location fix. Rahne excuses herself, as Emma enters. She tells her husband that she’ll take the children to Rogue’s house. When Scott says he believes they’ll be safer there, Emma states that her instinct tells her differently. She’s buried too many students. She won’t risk the same for her babies. He can look after the school. She’ll take care of their family.


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Triumph …
Imprisoned in Neverland,Danielle Moonstar dreams, the only freedom left to her.
(Moonstar’s dream)
She sees the face of her friends as her spirit rises to meet her ancestors’ hanging road, but it is at the same time the Rainbow bridge of Asgard. The Norse death goddess Hela appears before her, telling her that her spirit is bound to two worlds. The one she was born into and the one she chose.
(Reality)
Neverland containment center:
The director is alerted, as the guards tell her that Moonstar’s telemetry is off the scales again. Angrily, the director orders them to gas her.
(dream)
Moonstar cries out at Hela, who urges her to remember that she is Valkyrie and as a chooser of the slain is cherished by the goddess of death. Therein lies her salvation.
(Reailty)
The grounds of the Xavier Institute:
Rahne Sinclair howls at the moon, despairing at the X-Men’s inability to find her friend. She vows to bring Dani home. As she turns to the Mansion, Carter Ghazikanian waves at her from the window of the crystal palace outside the mansion and asks her if she wants to come over and play. Rahne hesitates and the boy tells her that everyone is too busy for him. Nobody has come to visit in ages. With a sigh, Rahne informs the telepathic Martha that she is at the crystal palace. Have fun playing with the dead, the telepath replies, and Rahne steps inside the palace, where she suddenly changes her appearance to the way she looked in her late teens when Carter first met her.
Valle Soleada, California:
On the beach, a blindfolded Gambit shows his son and Emma’s eldest, Meggan, that even blind he is still too agile for them to hit him.
Inside, Emma’s twins build a holographic city watched by Rogue and Gambit’s daughter. They are guarded by Vargas’s servants Thais and Thaiis who are also taking care of baby Alex. In the meantime, their mothers are out shopping.
The X.S.E. HQ Washington DC, where Iceman urges the bound Sage to cooperate with them. Sage coolly replies that they need no cooperation of her, as David Alleyne is able to absorb the knowledge of all those in his vicinity.
Watching from the next room are Monet, X-23 and a holographic transmission of Storm. They notice that David doesn’t look so good and Storm explains that the sheer volume of data he has to process is giving him trouble. It also gives Sage opportunity to analyze what David finds.
As a woman enters the interrogation room, Monet reminds Storm that her determination to defend Sage is what got her removed as head of the X.S.E. And here she thought it was her near total paralysis, Storm remarks.
David suddenly jumps up, shouting that the newcomer isn’t Val Cooper. In response, the woman transforms her arms, becoming impossibly long and sharp, as she impales David, as well as several guards. Then she grabs Iceman and slams him into the wall with inhuman strength. Grinning sadistically, “Val” turns to the utterly motionless stone-faced Sage.
Back in Africa, floating in a pool, Storm cries out Wolverine’s name, shouting that the others are in danger. Logan suddenly comes crashing out of the window. He is followed by his attacker, a scantily clad Yukio, who announces that the runt can’t answer now. He’s too busy dying.
Ororo tries to float over to her wheelchair, while Yukio mocks her. However, before she can reach it, Yukio destroys the vehicle. Mocking Storm’s helplessness, Yukio steps on her forcing her under water.
Chicago, “the Belles of Hell” saloon:
Out of nothing, Ahab, the mutant hunter from the future, appears and hurls one of his harpoons at his long time enemy, Rachel. Kitty phases her friend away, but finds herself injured by the harpoon as well. Ahab came prepared for her powers.
Most of the Belle’s clientele are firemen and cops and they don’t take kindly to attacks. The men and women fire their guns at him, but Ahab repels them with another lance. Enter Karma, intent on possessing the villain. He smirks, telling her that her Karma has gone bad as he repels and shakes off her attack.
Valle Soleada, Mount D’Ancanto, an inactive volcano and one of the most spectacular nightspots on the California coast, where Emma Frost and Rogue are welcomed by a waiting Roberto Dacosta, who pours all his charm at the ladies. Emma finally relaxes, though she expresses her regret at her husband, Scott, not being there. She points out, though, that at least Gambit is coming.
Gambit reaches for Rogue, telling her couldn’t spend a night like this without her. With a dazzling smile, Rogue thanks him for the compliment. A moment later, she hits him with all her super-strength. Before he ends up within the volcano, she flies after him and demands to know who he really is and what he has done to her husband. The impostor refuses to talk and Rogue snaps his neck. She explains to the others that she grew up with a shapeshifter. She learned a long time ago how to spot one. You don’t take chances with a Warskrull. Indeed, the corpse turns to that of a Skrull.
In Africa, Storm is running out of air. She suddenly finds that it is not Yukio holding her down, but a Warskrull that had taken her friend’s shape. Suddenly, Ororo’s eyes go white an glow as the sky turns dark. The Warskrull mocks that lightning cannot hurt him. Storm smirks. She has something better and with that the entire pool freezes. Logan regain consciousness to find a frozen pool, a frozen Skrull and a stuck Storm who asks him to help her out.
Back at the X.S.E headquarters, X-23 and Monet are still battling the ‘Val Cooper’ Warskrull. They divert him long enough for Iceman to freeze him. Worried, Bobby runs to his teammates’ side, as, behind him, the Skrull adapts and shakes off the ice veneer. He grabs Iceman, but suddenly is shot down by Sage, who has managed to free herself. She tells Iceman that they need to sound a global alert. This is only the beginning.
Back in Chicago, Ahab has finally felled all of Kitty and Rachel’s would-be defenders. With the two women still down and hurt, his success is imminent. Triumphantly, he tells them they are done. You first, bub, Kitty replies. A moment later, he finds himself scorched by Kitty’s pet dragon Lockheed.
Valle Soleada:
Emma, Rogue and Roberto return to Gambit and Rogue’s home to find it in shambles, all the children are gone. Emma exclaims in horror that she cannot contact either the children or Scott telepathically. They find the badly injured Thais, who tells them they were attacked by shapeshifters. Gambit turned on them. At the last, he told Thais that Sinister called in a debt from long ago. In payment, Gambit was taking him the children.
Outside the Xavier Institute:
In a small security booth sits a young man called Bulwark. He checks in with the telepathic Martha to tell her all is well. At that moment, he sees a light. A moment later, he is consumed by it, as three smiling villains – Madelyne Pryor in her Goblyn Queen guise, Stryfe and Genesis, all enter the grounds. Genesis informs the others that the guard was calling Cerebra. Stryfe assures him that Martha heard nothing, he made sure of that. And Madelyne decides, with a wicked smile, that they should get down to business. Cyclops will be overjoyed to host a Summers family reunion.