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Controlled Demolition
Inside Dr Stasis' laboratory, 'You know what never gets old?' Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops asks as he raises a fist towards Dr Stasis – who looks like Mr Sinister, only with a black club symbol on his forehead instead of a red diamond – to which Stasis responds 'My handsome face?' 'Beating Sinister!' Cyclops retorts as he slams his fist into Stasis' face. Scott looks up to a glass tank, where the clothing he was wearing when Dr Stasis killed him are being held on display. 'Grotesque' Scott utters. 'Well, I didn't have time to take your head' Stasis remarks. Cyclops then releases an optic blast, destroying the display, and tells Stasis that after he is done with him, he is going to enjoy a nice meal with his family, and then walk him to Krakoa and dunk his puppet master into the volcano. 'You – you think I'm the puppet?' Stasis asks, before suddenly getting to his feet and attempting to punch Cyclops, who dodges him. 'That strutting monstrosity is just a failed experiment that polluted themselves with your vile genes!' Stasis exclaims, before asking 'He swiped Thunderbird's genes, right?'
Cyclops grabs Dr Stasis in a headlock, and chokes Dr Stasis. 'Interesting. So you think you're the original Sinister?' Cyclops asks. 'I am the original. I am Nathaniel Essex' Dr Stasis snaps, annoyed. Optic energy flickers around Cyclops' visor, as Cyclops tells his enemy 'Whatever you call yourself, your hypocrisy on reincarnation is breathtaking'. Stasis tells Cyclops that he has had many names over time, but that he can rest assured that there is only one Dr Nathaniel Essex – and he stands before him. At that moment, Everett Thomas a.k.a. Synch enters the lab. 'Holy $#%&' he gasps. Dr Stasis claims that he has been right here since he arrived from England and helped found this place. 'Let me go or I'll detonate the explosives I've hidden around the town above' Dr Stasis threatens. Cyclops looks over to his teammate, Synch, and asks him if Stasis is bluffing. 'NO!' Synch calls out as the ceiling above them explodes. 'You lunatic!' Cyclops exclaims as he is knocked backwards by the explosion.
Cyclops then rushes over and pushes Synch to safety through the entrance way to the lab. 'Look out!' he shouts as the roof begins to collapse around them, and Cyclops and Synch find themselves sealed off from Stasis, who remains in the laboratory. 'Cyclops? Can you hear me? You're gallivanting off to save people who despise you' Dr Stasis calls out. 'We don't do it for the adulation' Cyclops replies, adding that he should thank Stasis for the opportunity to change people's hearts and minds. 'Ha. Okay then. We're going to use what you love most to destroy you' Stasis announces as he looks through a gap in the rubble. He then tells Cyclops 'I hope you're taking what I'm saying to heart. I'm not some genocidal monster. I'm a doctor, and the only planet I have has been made very ill by your mutants. If you want some advice: You took one world. Keep going'. Stasis declares that if mutants have any destiny at all, it is out there – Earth belongs to humanity. 'You – you're “not genocidal”... but this planet isn't big enough for us both? Watch your backs, Essex... all of them' Cyclops exclaims, while Stasis walks down another corridor leading out of his laboratory.
Shortly, Cyclops has climbed out of an access hole into the tunnels beneath the town, and he pulls Synch up behind him. A sign indicates that they are in Essex County. 'Well, I guess we should have seen that coming' Cyclops mutters, before asking Synch if he can use Wolverine's senses to find those bombs. 'Way ahead of you' Synch replies.
At that moment, Dr Stasis enters his suburban home through a trapdoor. 'Home?' he calls out. 'Yes, Dr Stasis' the computerized voice responds. 'Burn' Dr Stasis instructs the computer. Flames begin to flicker inside the house, and the computer responds 'Yes, Dr Stasis. Goodbye'. Dr Stasis sighs, and removes a framed photograph from the wall. 'My dear boy' he utters, looking at the child in the photo. 'I'll fix what's broken in you...after I cut the cancer out of this world' Dr Stasis vows as he walks away from the burning home behind him.
Meantime, on Gameworld, where the X-Men had carefully planned out how to knock over Cordyceps Jones' casino. The attack had begun the moment they arrived, and it centered on Jean Grey being able to move the most objects she'd ever moved at once. Cordyceps Jones was a gangster made of fungus. His spores were inside the aliens who ran Gameworld – meaning if the X-Men missed even a single spore, they would fail.
Right now, Jean Grey is knocked backwards when Laura Kinney a.k.a. Wolverine, under the control of Cordyceps Jones, leaps at her and shoves her claws into her. Cordyceps laughs and raises a glass: 'HAW! We should put her in the decagon!' he calls out as he watches on. 'Wolverine! Stop!' Rogue calls out as she gets Wolverine's attention. Jean needed time, and that meant a distraction. Wolverine leaps forward towards Rogue, who screams as Wolverine shoves her claws through Rogue's hands. Jean Grey has slipped into a lot of disgusting minds in her time...and Cordyceps' is truly a sewer. Jean lets him think that he has them all. Lorna Dane a.k.a. Polaris suddenly surrounds Rogue in a magnetic bubble. Rogue is one of the most durable mutants who has ever lived – but not even she would last against a Polaris who wanted her dead.
Cordyceps laughs again and asks if someone will finally kill their planet, as the water alone is worth a fortune. 'And...uh...aw, crud. That redheaded dame is just showing me what I wanna see, ain't she. Yeah, flark me... I can hear the psi-alarms now' Cordyceps realizes. 'Cordyceps is awake a little earlier than I'd like' Jean Grey remarks as she hovers above the grotesque alien, psychic energy radiating around her, she adds that she will has work to do. 'Want a hand, Red?' Rogue asks as she flies towards Jean. Aliens look on as they see Cordyceps, his two guards and Wolverine trapped in the psychic energy. Jean tells Rogue that she can help ensure they get every last spore. 'You know what they say... two Omegas are better than one' Rogue smiles as she kisses Jean on her cheek, absorbing her unfathomable psychic energies.
The X-Men originally had different plans to scuttle Gameworld, but after Polaris discovered that thousands of crew members were hostages, the plan was refined. 'Damn, Jean. I didn't know your TK could grab something as small as spores' Rogue calls out. At that moment, Wolverine coughs, as the spores are expelled from her body. 'I'm so pissed' she snarls. 'No object is too big or heavy to lift, nor too small to grasp. You just have to feel it' Jean explains as she and Rogue send the wave of psychic energy, with Cordyceps, Wolverine and the guards, towards Polaris. 'You're up!' Rogue calls out. 'I got you' Polaris, wearing her new dress she purchased here on Gameworld, responds as she puts up a massive magnetic barrier to catch all of the spores. Polaris announces that she has had to put up with the grossest $#%& since she became an X-Man. 'First, it was those awful bugs in Kansas, then I almost got run over by the High Evolutionary's Teslelephant, and now I'm fighting this alien colostomy bag. Emma said being an X-Man would be the best days of my life, but I haven't so much as kissed or slapped a single handsome man!' Polaris exclaims.
'What are you doing to me? That's literally my body. You dames can't do this!' Cordyceps calls out. 'Let them do their thing or I get to do mine and your day will get even worse' Wolverine warns Cordyceps as she puts her claws to his fungus face. Wolverine then hurls Cordyceps away from herself and suggests to her teammates that they throw him into one of the black holes and hit the buffet. Cordyceps tells Wolverine to relax, and that there is no need for that kind of rough talk. 'Plus, maybe I can squeeze through your fancy bubble, and -' but he is interrupted: 'Dr Polaris says: Only thing that can escape my bubble is light, and your spores are much bigger than that' Polaris explains, as she holds Cordyceps in her magnetic bubble. 'Prison?' Rogue asks. 'Prison' Jean Grey agrees. 'You deserve worse' Wolverine snarls. Cordyceps looks at her and asks her what Mojo is paying her for this, as he can make her a better offer. 'The best offer you're getting today is to sit tight and shut up' Polaris tells Cordyceps as she blasts his robotic slot-machines nearby.
'It was only business, ya crazy broads!' Cordyceps protests as the scrap metal from the slot machine robots is used to create a metal prison around him. 'And it was only personal for us' Wolverine replies. 'If you see us again, it'll be your end' Polaris announces, while Cordyceps asks if they can make a deal, before he is completely trapped inside the metal bubble. 'Now shush. You can sit and think about all the lives you ended on all the worlds that didn't survive your disgusting games' Polaris suggests to him. Rogue puts her arms around Wolverine and Jean Grey and announces that they didn’t just save Earth, but that every table over there is a different world that was a game. 'There are billions of souls on each of those worlds' Rogue tells Jean that she remembers what she said at the Gala – that she wanted to be an X-Man until she saved as many lives as the Phoenix claimed. 'Well, you just saved trillions' Rogue declares. 'We did... and back at the Gala, you said... “Nobody's saving nothing without me”!' Jean reminds Rogue, and tells her that she was right.
Jean then addresses all of the aliens on Gameworld, standing before them with Rogue, Lorna and Wolverine at her side: 'To the high rollers of Gameworld without Galactic Council address warrants: you are free to leave – so long as you convoy every captive who wants off Gameworld...the rest of you are free!' Dozens of ships begin to flee Gameworld, while the aliens before Jean Grey begin to clap and cheer as she tells them that those who remain have no master – this place belongs to them now, and as long as they seek no harm to defenseless worlds, they can call the X-Men of Earth their friends.  'I'm not ready to leave yet. I see a man I kind of want to slap' Polaris utters. 'Invite him to the Gala' Wolverine suggests.
Back on Earth, at Schafer's Diner, across from the Little Theater. Wearing civilian clothing, Cyclops and Synch sit with investigative journalist Ben Urich of the Daily Bugle. 'Since we're suddenly being honest with each other... it's not often I'm at a loss for words' Ben utters. 'I bet. But I'm willing to go on record. You had the story and then you lost it, Mr Urich. You were right. Mutantdom has solved death. I can't talk about the technology, and unfortunately it only works for mutants. I can't stress that enough' Cyclops announces. Ben is confused: 'You took the story from me... why return it to me now?' he asks. Cyclops explains that if they don't stand for the truth, then they are just another council – and the world has enough of those. Synch reveals that he heard Mr Urich come around, looking for a quote on the story that he had – and then Cyclops fell, so he took the memory of the story to protect his people, as he was afraid. 'My friend was dead, and I was scared of what else I could lose' Synch explains.
Ben hangs his head and admits that the truth is, this is not the first time he has forgotten a story. He explains that he was afraid of the truth, but he came to do the right thing, and so has he. Synch explains that he is still connected to Jean Grey's telepathy, and that he wants to give Ben back the memories he took – but Ben asks him not to. 'I had a story, I had it taken from me, but now I have the story again'. He adds that he has to keep his perspective on this moment, so it can't be Synch's interpretation of his. 'I know what I need to know now' he adds. 'The truth is worth fighting for' Cyclops tells Ben. 'And dying for. It still sucks, by the way' Synch tells Ben, who stands up and puts his coat on. I'm gonna quote you on that' Ben responds. He thanks them for breakfast, and for his notebook, as he was looking everywhere for it. Ben then tells the X-Men that it might be hard on all of them for a while. 'Yeah, it will' Cyclops smiles as he raises his coffee mug to his mouth. 'But what else is new?' Synch agrees, smiling.
The Sunday morning edition of the Daily Bugle is released with the headline “Immortal X-Men” and an opinion piece by Ben Urich, detailing an x-clusive interview with the X-Men, explaining how, with unexplained technology, the X-Men have conquered death.
'My name is Ben Urich. I'm a reporter. Mankind has been after immortality forever. We've pursued it with science... and we've had faith that life everlasting is a reward to be earned. Mutants have discovered their holy grail, and humanity may not drink from it. Suddenly, the “haves” and “have nots” have a whole new arms race. If the gods are listening – may they help us all. If mutantdom follows the example of the X-Men, then I think we're going to be all right. They were hated and feared, then loved and adored, and after this... who knows? I'm sure they will keep fighting for you... whatever your genes say that you are. The X-Men don't just stop to ask what species you are when they're pulling your ass out of a fire. Just ask the folks in Madrid. You can read all about it in tomorrow's Bugle'.
In Madrid, the X-Men team have reunited – Cyclops, Jean Grey, Polaris, Rogue, Sunfire, Wolverine and Synch. Cyclops tells his teammates that his talking to Urich might cost him his spot on the team, but if anyone would like to stay on – 'We don't have to change out every roster spot' Jean smiles as they race forward to fight Mole Man, who has appeared with several of his Moloids. Polaris announces that she is letting chance take her where she should go, and that she is learning to go with the flow. Rogue slams her fist into a large monster that Mole Man stands on and tells her teammates that she would love to stay on this team forever, but that as they know, her destiny lies elsewhere. 'Irene's in a fit, saying that only I can prevent “mutants walking through a gate and never returning” or some nonsense' Rogue explains what Destiny cryptically told her.
Sunfire creates a massive surge of flame as he tells everyone that he had hoped the X-Men was to be his final home, but that it something even more impotrant – it showed him where he was needed the most. 'There is something I must do in service of Arakko, but if you need me, just ask' he announces. 'I'll let you know before the vote is called, but if I do bounce, all you have to say are the magic words... “to me, my X-Men”!' Wolverine calls out as she slices her claws through a large tank controlled by the Moloids. 'And then there were three' Cyclops remarks as he fires an optic blast while standing near Jean Grey, who releases psychic energy, and Synch, who is using both Sunfire's flames and Polaris' magnetism. 'Unless Synch has had enough of all of this' Jean remarks. But Synch reports that he would like to stay until he absolutely crushes it. He then asks Cyclops if he is really worried about his spot in the upcoming election. The Moloids begin fleeing back to the gaping hole in the ground from which they came, while Cyclops tells the others that the Quiet Council will be furious, but that he hopes their people will take a breath, and upon reflection, say “Cyclops was right” as the X-Men hover above an adoring crowd while the sun glows down on them.
Finally, on Phobos, a moon of Arakko, where Orchis has set up a facility. A poral opens and Dr Stasis steps into a room where Feilong and MODOK are sitting. 'Ugh. What a day' Dr Stasis complains. 'You look terrible' Feilong remarks. 'Mutants again?' MODOK enquires. 'Mutants again. The X-Men. The worst of them all' Stasis responds. Feilong reports that he has some good news and informs stasis that the science checked out on the samples. 'Heh. Wonderful' Stasis replies, adding that it is unfortunate they did not get a chance to hang the mutants with a lie. He smiles wickedly as he suggests that humanity will beg them to kill all of the mutants. 'I trust our friend is ready for her debut at the Mutie Gala?' he asks. 'Let the fall of the mutants commence!'


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Resurrection Blues
There is never a dull moment for the X-Men. For the better part of the last year, the elected team of super heroes was saving this world and many others from certain doom. Today, the mutants are putting their lives on the line to defend their permanent home in paradise on Krakoa. The Eternals are attempting to eradicate mutants because of a secret mutant technology that can resurrect their dead. Right now, one of the Hex, a subset of Eternals who look like giant machines, are attacking Krakoa. 'Mindlink is up!' Jean Grey exclaims as she telepathically connects the rest of her teammates. 'Thoughts?' Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops as Jean levitates him towards the Eternal in a telekinetic field, as she does with herself, while Bobby Drake a.k.a. Iceman can be approaching the Eternal on an ice-sled, with Everett Thomas a.k.a. Synch at his side. 'We can't afford to let them establish a beachhead. I don't want to find out the hard way that we can't resurrect the island' Illyana Rasputin a.k.a. Magik remarks as she uses her stepping disks to move closer to the Eternal.
'Agreed all around' Cyclops declares, before asking Forge if he plans on suiting up for this one. 'What can I say, Cyclops? I like to make an entrance' Forge responds as he reclines on a lounge chair on one of Krakoa's beaches, while a large weapon can be seen at his side. 'You can't rush greatness' Forge adds as he pours a liquid into the strange weapon which is a combination of machinery and fleshy tissue. 'She's locked and loaded. Stand clear' Forge reports as he fires the weapon, which makes a loud booming noise, and causes Forge to stumble backwards. 'Woof. I'll have to do something about her report' Forge utters, while the weapon's blast strikes the Eternal. 'What exactly did we just do?' Cyclops asks as he and Jean hover around the Eternal. Forge looks up to the sky as he explains that they are coating the Eternal with tiny machines, and eventually, they will become crystalline, and hopefully in a few minutes the Eternal will be in hibernation.
'One down and a boatload more to go, Forge!' Iceman calls out as he and Synch, who joins up with Iceman's powers, blast the large Eternal, who resembles a large white winged beast, with ice. Forge bangs on the weapon and reports that he is out of magic bullets, as nanites don't grow on trees, at least not yet – he is working on it. Jean looks out to the ocean, where more of the large Eternals can be seen approaching the island. 'We need to stem the flow of Eternals before they make landfall!' Jean exclaims, before telepathically contacting the Eternal called Ikaris.
'I hear you, Jean Grey. I forget how powerful you are to summon me into your mind' Ikaris remarks, before admitting that the Eternals have overlooked mutantdom. 'We must stop this mad war!' Jean tells Ikaris as they connect on the psi-plane. Ikaris informs Jean Grey that the Hex are powerful Eternals, deployed from the armories of their people through subspace connections. 'Kill them and they will only return. It's their supply routes you must strike' Ikaris explains, adding that there is an armory beneath the Earth's crust, and that closest access would be at the bottom of the Pacific, but that there are two problems. 'Firstly, their present power source is the arsenal of Uranos, protected by the endless weapons and machines he stores therein. It may be a suicide mission for any who attempt it' Ikaris informs Jean.
Ikaris continues, revealing to Jean that non-Eternals cannot access the vault, but that he thinks he will be able to help punch her in. He instructs Jean to be ready, and tells her that he will call out to her when it is time to breach. Jean thanks Ikaris, before Ikaris folds his arms across his muscular chest and tells Jean that there is one more thing: 'Kill no Eternals' he warns her. Jean glances back at Ikaris. 'We'll always do our best, but -' Jean begins, before Ikaris glares at her and declares that if the X-Men kill Eternals, he will not help them.
Another of the Eternals from the Hex has arrived at Krakoa, it has a large round body and a series of tentacles and other weapons protruding from it. Cyclops fires an optic blast at the Eternal, assisted by Synch as he announces that he and Jean will hang back with the Avengers and play goalie on Krakoa. 'The rest of you get in position to breach and cut the fuel lines for the Hex!' Jean commands as she extends a telekinetic force field between herself and several other mutants, enabling them to run as the Hex Eternal looms over them. 'I think a change of scale is appropriate!' Iceman shouts as he increases the mass of his body, becoming a towering version of himself large enough to go head-to-head with the Hex Eternal. 'And stay the hell off my island!' Iceman declares as he punches the Eternal, knocking it backwards, while in his other hand, he carries Alex Summers a.k.a. Havok, Angelica Jones a.k.a. Firestar, Magik, Synch and Forge.
Magik remarks that she will need to know where to teleport them to, while Synch reports that he is synced to Forge, and that they have been noodling on that. Forge suggests to Iceman that he take them down, and that as soon as they get close, Synch can use Jean's powers to get a picture of the inside. 'He drops that into your mind and -' Forge starts to say, to which Magik grins and declares '- and I kick the doors off their hinges. Take us down, Bobby!' Iceman suddenly dives down into the depths of the waters around Krakoa, 'Hold on, folks!' he tells his teammates, who he has enased in an ice-sphere. 'This is your captain speaking. Brace for turbulence. We've got one giant Eternal in pursuit!' Iceman announces. 'This might have been a terrible idea' Havok mutters, when suddenly, the Eternal slices Iceman's giant body in half. Iceman screams, and drops the ice sphere containing his teammates. Synch tells Iceman that he is syncing with him to help him maintain these walls around them. 'Much obliged' Iceman responds, while Firestar points out that the Avengers have submarines. 'Why don't the X-Men have submarines?' she asks.
Elsewhere, Ikaris has used his formidable power to assist the X-Men, and telepathically informs them that he has cleared the way, but that they should expect heavy resistance.
'We're already encountering heavy resistance and we're not even close to the bottom!' Synch responds as the Hex Eternal continues to force the ice sphere containing the X-Men downwards under water. Iceman uses his powers to melt his way into the sphere, and suggests that Magik takes them back up if they can't see inside yet. But Synch projects an image of the destruction Ikaris has just caused and tells the others that they are good, as he has skimmed what he needed from Ikaris' mind. 'That's all I need! My turn!' Magik exclaims as she and the others begin to disappear through a stepping disk and she warns them to be ready, as it is a hot landing zone. The X-Men vanish, and not a moment too soon, as the Hex Eternal clamps down on the ice sphere, crushing it deep under water.
The X-Men re-appear within the vault, and defend themselves against some droids. Magik tells the others that the longer they are here, the more danger they are in, and suggests they disrupt the energy flow to the Hex and get out, as she slices her way through one of the droids with her sword. Firestar blasts another with a surge of flame, while Iceman smashes one a large ice fist, Synch uses Cyclops' optic blasts against one of the droids and Havok releases his energy against another. 'Wow. This place is operating with a lot of firepower...and that takes a massive amount of energy' Forge tells the others as he looks up at a large Hex Eternal who appears to be connected to the vault somehow. 'Skip to the end, Brainy' Magik tells him, so Forge remarks that he thinks they should freeze it solid as fast as possible. 'That machine and this entire vault for good measure' he adds.
'Iceman, you're up!' Magik exclaims as she slices her way though more droids. 'We need that engine offline – NOW!' she snaps. 'Since we're on the clock, I'll ice up too' Synch remarks to Iceman as he connects with his powers. 'Welcome to team Omega' Iceman smiles. They begin covering the vault in ice, and Synch tells Iceman that is one thing he can do without – as his life is dangerous enough without being a headliner on Nimrod's hit list. 'Well, speaking from the top of Nimrod's kill list, there's no upper limit to how bummed out I am' Iceman responds, adding that he had hoped Cyclops telling the truth about resurrection would make encounters less aggressive. 'Assuming we all survive the Eternals, maybe everyone will stop trying to kill us – now that they know they can't' Iceman adds as he shoves a large ice-spike through one of the droids.
Suddenly, Synch screams as a droid approaches him from behind and uses a lazer to slice off his right arm. 'If I hadn't been synced to Iceman, I'd have been maimed!' Synch utters as he replaces his severed arm with an ice-arm. He suggests they try and wrap this one up fast, and shoves his ice-arm, which he shifts into an ice-blade, through the droid, remarking that he is worried even with all the mutants up there right now that Krakoa is still going to need the X-Men.
Above, on Krakoa, 'You look like trouble' Jean utters as a large Hex Eternal looms over her. 'You shall not pass!' Jean calls out as she uses her telekinesis to cause the water under the Hex Eternal to become a whirlpool, sucking the Hex Eternal down and washing it back out to sea, where she traps it within a telekinetic field. 'High quality finish, Jean' Cyclops smiles at Jean, giving her the thumbs-up signal. 'Shut up' Jean responds. 'Hey, anything that gets the job done!' Cyclops tells her, before Jean reports that the leeward side of the island is being stormed. 'Let's go. What are date nights for?' Cyclops adds. Jean telepathically contacts Magik and asks her how things are going.
'We need a couple more minutes, Jean!' Magik responds as the mission within the Eternals' vault continues. Magik then suggests to Firestar that she slag some of Iceman's ice, steam up the place for some cover. 'Let's try to be less sitting-ducky' Magik jokes as Forge fires a gun at another droid nearby. 'Got it!' Firestar repsonds as she starts to melt some of the ice, which releases a steam to fog up the area around them. 'It's just like taking orders from Captain America' Firestar mutters quietly to herself. Magik reports that they are taking less fire from drones, before adding that it is becoming much colder. 'Hey, War Cap. Are force protocols enabled? I don't want to go into the Hole' Havok asks. Magik tells him that she doesn't even know if the Five are alive right now. 'That's the only answer I'll give you'. She adds that she doesn't trust Ikaris, before asking Iceman and Synch how things are going.
Iceman continues to encase the facility in ice and tells Magik that it is going slower than he thought, adding that he doesn't know if he could do it without Synch. 'We're pouring it on' Synch adds, before he notices something start to happen. 'We did it. The engine is cold!' Synch calls out  as the entire facility is now still, and covered in ice. Iceman declares that they need to make this as impossible to undo as they can – every molecule in this armory needs to feeze. Synch informs Magik that they are on their way back to her, and to be ready for a quick exit. Iceman tells Synch that he hasn't generated this much ice since they terraformed Mars. 'Don't let Magneto hear you use that name' Synch replies as they ride ice-sleds back to the others. Forge examines one of the fallen droids and smiles as he points out that they told Ikaris they wouldn't kill Eternals. 'We didn't tell him we wouldn't loot some ancient technology, did we?' he asks. Magik begins to open a stepping disk and tells Forge to grab any souvenirs now, as they are about to get hit with a glacier of ice. 'Everybody go!' Magik shouts as they leap into the stepping disk, with Iceman coming in last on his ice-sled, while an avalanche of ice follows him.
'Next stop: Limbo... then Krakoa!' Magik exclaims as the X-Men drop through the stepping disk and land back on Krakoa. 'Well, the island still stands' Forge points out, before looking out to the ocean and sees that the Hex Eternals are just leaving. 'Maybe we hurt them more than we thought?' he asks, but Magik thinks something is wrong. Synch, Firestar and Iceman embrace and smile, while Havok asks Magik why something always has to be wrong. 'We just survived a giant monster attack. Let's go see if the Blob is still alive and the Green Lagoon is still standing'. Magik scowls at Havok and asks him if he is kidding: 'I just said “maybe the Five are dead” and you want to go to the bar?' she snaps. 'Well, somebody should check to see if the Blob is alive. That part of my suggestion was good, right?' Havok asks, suggesting that if the Five are dead then they can raise a toast to them.
Suddenly, a blinding light washes over the X-Men and a voice announces 'People of Earth. Listen. You are bickering children. This planet is ruined. You have acted with unrelenting unkindness to one another. You leave me no option. This is your judgment'. The X-Men look up, and Forge asks if the others can see what he sees. 'Yep' Magik confirms. 'Bummer. I was hoping this was a peyote flashback' Forge frowns. The voice then informs the people of Earth that they have 24 hours to justify themselves. 'You will be judged individually. You will be judged as a collective' the voice adds. The voice comes from a large being known as the Progenitor, and announces that if there are more that are just, then they will live – but if they are found lacking, then there will be no tomorrow. 'X-Men...your adjudication has begun!' the Proegenitor declares.
'I've got a few ideas on ways to neutralize a Celestial' Forge remarks, to which Firestar tells him that the being they see is the Celestial at Avengers Mountain. 'It is? Now I really wanna try to cap it!' Forge responds.


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Ice Cold
'Lose the gay angle' a bald man remarks as he sits slumped in his chair beyind his desk. As others go about their business in the office around him, a woman wearing a yellow blouse stands in front of the desk, arms folded, she replies 'Sorry – come again?' The bald man looks unimpressed and holds a tablet in his hand as he asks the woman if “Gay mutant hero” really matters to the story. The woman takes the tablet, which depicts a photograph of Iceman battling the Progenitor, and the bald man states that there was a big threat from the sun, people were at risk and the crisis was averted – at least for the moment.
(Earlier)
At the edge of Earth's sun, a spaceship darts around the glowing source of life. 'We're as far into the chromosphere as we dare go! Ready to fire!' a voice calls out as a large missile is fired from the spaceship. The missile approaches the sun and then when it strikes, a large plume of black smoke can be seen rising from the sun. 'It won't take long for this star to collapse' one of the blue-skinned aliens states. 'What were the latest Gameworld odds for destroying Earth?' another alien, manning the ship's controls, asks. 'We just got rich, boys!' another calls out, when suddenly, 'Bad news, bad boys' Illyana Rasputin a.k.a. Magik exclaims as she teleports into the spaceship with Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops at her side. 'Gameworld is out of business!' Cyclops announces. One of the aliens cries out as Magik grabs him and places her flaming Soulsword to his neck. 'Now we're a little busy with some Celestial stuff at the moment, so be quick. What'd you just dunk into our sun?' Magik asks.
'They're outnumbered two to one' one of the aliens exclaims, raising a weapon attached to his wrist. 'They can't take us all!' another calls out. 'Nice helmets' Cyclops responds as he fires an optic blast at one of the alien's helmets, the optic blast then rebounds off of the helmet and strikes all of the other aliens, knocking their helmets from their heads. 'How the flark -?' one of the surprised aliens utters. 'Now we're seeing why those odds were so tempting on Earth. I told you this was a bad score' another remarks. 'Show off' Magik smiles at Cyclops, who tells her 'When you grew up fighting Magneto, shooting metal helmets off is a real handy trick shot'. Cyclops turns to one of the aliens and tells him that before he starts shooting heads off, he wants to know what was put into the sun. 'A flare generator – meant to bathe Terra in fire' one of the aliens reveals, as an explosion rises from the sun and heads towards Earth.
'Head's up X-Men – you only have -' Cyclops calls out via communicator.
Back on Krakoa, the rest of the X-Men are defending the mutant nation from Eternal attack. Jean Grey hovers above the island while mutants can be seen running to safety below her. Jean telepathically contacts Bishop and informs him that more Eternals are approaching Krakoa from the south shore, and that there are wounded who are cut off from escape. Jean then picks up on Cyclops' distress warning and tells him that she hears him. 'Iceman, I need you' Jean telepathically calls out to her longtime friend and teammate. 'On the move to you, Jean' Bobby Drake a.k.a. Iceman replies as he encases an Eternal in solid ice, another can be seen nearby already trapped within the ice.
A moment later, Bobby arrives on his ice-sled and Jean informs him that another front has opened – an extinction-level event from their own sun. 'I'll give you the download' Jean eclaims as she telepathically brings Iceman up to speed on what's going on. 'Oh, wow' Bobby utters, before Jean uses her telekinesis to lift Bobby into orbit. High above the Earth, Bobby looks on and sees the fiery blaze looming towards him. He remarks that the size of the coronal mass ejection could finish what the humans have started on the atmosphere. 'I'll try to make a shield above the planet' Bobby reports, adding that this will make another hazard with the amount of ice that he needs, and suggests to Jean that she tell to put his thinking bandana on.
'I know' Jean responds, before informing Iceman that Firestar is on deck. Jean's astral form appears before Angelica Jones a.k.a. Firestar, who, displaying her new costume, is using her powers against some Eternals who have arrived on Krakoa. 'Where to?' Firestar asks. 'Up' Jean tells her, pointing to the sky. 'Oh my god! Is that ice gonna stay in orbit?' Firestar asks wide-eyed as she looks up at the ice which begins to cover the airspace above Krakoa. 'Long enough to be the planet's airbag in the crash we're about to be in. And when the sky falls... it's your turn' Jean declares, before reporting that the American midwest is likely to be their largest debris field. Firestar flies through a Krakoan portal and arrives in Chicago. Angelia remarks to herself that she loves this time of year, and takes to the sky, announcing that she will be ready.

Back on the shores of Krakoa, Forge walks across the sand, where he has drawn some configurations with a stick. He tells Iceman that his thinking bandana is always on, and reports that he has been doing some calculations on how thick the ice should be. He asks Jean to get ready to upload that information to Iceman, and notes that the storm is going to be hell for anyone in orbit.
'Time?' Iceman asks as he continues to create a massive ice-shield in space. 'Two minutes to contact, and here's some data from Forge' Iceman remarks that he can already feel gravity pulling him down. As he passes under a space station, Iceman reports that he can see the I.S.S. above him and asks if someone has a plan for them. 'Yep! This is Magik. I'm making a pit stop' Magik announces through the telepathic link-up between the team. Magik and Cyclops teleport onto the space station and Magik finds the astronauts aboard. 'Hey, space folks – come with me if you want to live!' Cyclops and can be seen battling the aliens, and Magik tells the astronauts not to mind the brawl.
A short moment later, Iceman reports that he has made the ice about as dense as his head. 'You guys get the astronauts home?' he asks. In Chicago, Magik's stepping disk opens and Magik, Cyclops, the astronauts and the aliens drop down onto Earth. 'You're creating a nice little eclipse down here' Magik tells Iceman, while Cyclops asks him what they can do for him. 'Hope for the best – I've made contact with the flare' Iceman responds as he the solar flare begins to start melting his ice form. 'Here comes the sun!' Iceman exclaims as the solar flare loom over him. In Chicago, Magik and Cyclops look up at the sky, which glows green as the solar flare connects with the ice shield – which then shatters.
'The outer edge of the flare has been deflected, but more is on the way!' someone calls out via the telepathic link. Firestar arrives at the shattered ice shield and jokes 'This is some hail from hell' She begins firing blasting the shattered ice with microwave energy and tells her teammates that she doesn't know if she can catch it all. Jean tells Firestar that they have her back, as she, Synch and Rogue will be clocking in with her telekinesis. The three of them can be seen headed into the atmosphere, where Everett Thomas a.k.a. Synch asks Rogue if she didn't just leave this party. 'Yah never leave the X-Men' Rogue responds.
Iceman continues to prepare for the rest of the incoming solar flare, and from an ice asteroid where he stands, he fires another powerful surge of ice above him to act as shield from the deadly solar flare. 'Then we're cool' Iceman adds as he struggles against the solar flare, which knocks him back into Earth's gravity. 'If you look up, you'll see a very handsome angel falling to Earth' Iceman tells his teammates, adding that he will be right down, as he begins to fall through space along with more ice shards from the ice shield. 'Yo, Firestar' Iceman calls out as he drops towards his friend. 'Hey, bud' Firestar calls out as she blasts another piece of ice. 'Nice shooting' Iceman remarks, while Firestar flies above Iceman, who lands on an ice-sled, and tells him what he did was incredible. 'Well done' she adds. Iceman remarks that Firestar didn't do so bad herself, and as Firestar flies alongside Iceman's ice-sled, Iceman remarks thatb they saved the day, but that he hopes everyone appreciates that they did it with style, while a rainbow appears above them, extending all the way down to Earth.
Firestar and Iceman drop down in Chicago, and Firestar remarks that she has never helped make a rainbow before. 'Actually, I've never made anything with my power – er, gift' she adds, to which Iceman jokes that the Bifrost has nothing on them.
'Excuse me, excuse me!' a reporter calls out as she rushes over and asks Iceman if he has time for a few questions. Iceman stands before the Krakoan portal, while some anti-mutant protestors gather nearby, waving signs that read “God hates muties”. Magik stands behind one of the protestors and scrawls “Magik was here” over the sign in permanent marker, as Iceman tells the reporter that he doesn't have time really, but that she has until he walks through the gate to continue fighting the Eternals. Iceman then pauses, before smiling and declaring that he does have something to say right now.
(Now)
The reporter tells her editor to print the piece and the interview as is with her name, or else she will withdraw it. 'Iceman just saved most of the planet, and the least we can do is not erase his existence' she exclaims. She remarks that Iceman did what he did because it's what he does – and she is telling his truth because it's what she does. 'I will not erase truth to coddle the small-minded' the reporter adds. 'Yeah, okay. The gay stays in' the editor mutters, putting his hands behind his head and remarking that he wishes he could remember when exactly it was that they all became so judgmental.

Meanwhile, in the Arctic, Cyclops walks towards the Progenitor, while snow flurries around him. 'You know who I am...I didn't want you to think that I forgot about you' Cyclops tells the large Celestial, who responds 'Cyclops of Krakoa. You are to be judged!' the Progenitor announces. 'Uh-huh' Cyclops smiles. 'You are -' the Progenitor begins, to which Cyclops interrupts him: 'I will be judged, but I don't recognize your authority. I request a change of venue' – which surprises the Progenitor, who pauses, hand ready to either give the thumbs up or thumbs down sign, he asks 'What?' to which Cyclops tells the Progenitor that the only person alive who can judge him is his wife, Jean Grey. 'If you want to meet her...I can arrange that' Cyclops offers, adding that he would also maybe take a scolding from his teammates, the X-Men. The Progenitor's eyes glow, but he still holds his hand, not ready to give the thumbs up or thumbs down sign.
Until, Cyclops... of Krakoa... you are judged' the Progenitor announces as he gives Cyclops the thumbs up signal. Cyclops smiles and walks away from the Progenitor, suggesting to him that if he keeps that thumb up, they will not have to meet again.


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The jungles of South America, where a machete-like weapon suddenly swipes through the dense foliage, cutting a path through the jungle, courtesy of Forge. 'You wanted to know what I was doing for the council so much... that you put me on the X-Men' Forge complains, before taking a drink and telling Scott “Cyclops” Summers to see for himself. 'Is that – My god' Cyclops utters as he looks ahead to a clearing and sees the old Sentinel which sticks up through the trees and is known as the Vault. Forge welcomes Cyclops back to the Vault, before Cyclops sees an enormous gun aimed at the entrance way to the Vault. 'That's a big gun. If Cable sees it, he's gonna want it' Cyclops points out.
As they stand next to the massive gun, Cyclops asks Forge what the payload is. 'A very small bullet' Forge replies as he leans against the weapon and explains that if the Vault opens, it is going to fire a baby black hole at lightspeed into the opening doors, and then it will collapse and take the Vault into the great unknown. Cyclops tells Forge that when Synch returned from the Vault there were possibly hundreds of thousands of post-humans inside. 'You intend to just exterminate them all?' he asks. 'Do you want to fight almost a million post-humans who will absolutely exterminate us?' Forge responds, explaining that this is why the council wanted to keep him out of this. 'And please don't go blabbing about this to Ben Urich' Forge adds. Cyclops defends himself that humans already knew about resurrection, and that lying to them was only going to make it seem like they had more to hide.
'Oh no!' Cyclops utters when the round door to the Vault opens – but the weapon doesn't work. 'Misfire?' Cyclops queries. Forge tells him that he doesn't understand, as this should have worked.
Dream:
'We mean you no harm!' Cyclops calls out as several beings known as the Children of the Vault emerge. 'Well... whoever's overcompensating with that gun might disagree with you' the woman called Serafina grins. Forge cries out to Jean Grey, asking her if she can hear him, while a large member of the Children of the Vault stomps towards the two X-Men and smacks Cyclops aside with ease. 'Perro, right?' Forge asks. 'Si! I am!' the post-human responds, informing Forge that his damn gun nearly killed them all when it fired, but that that was a long time ago for them. 'We're stronger now' he boasts.
Forge aims a small gun at Perro and tells him that the collapsing gun isn't the only weapon he has brought today, when suddenly, the one called Cadena lunges at Forge and cuts off his left hand, causing him to drop the gun. 'It would seem you've been disarmed' Cadena points out.
'Run, Forge!' Cyclops calls out as he fires a powerful optic blast at the flame-headed Fuego. Cadena attacks Forge with her strange energy chains, while Fuego absorbs Cyclops' optic blast and declares 'You disgusting mutants. You don't know how #$^&*! you are!'
Cyclops sacrificed himself so that Forge could escape – not that it did much good. The Children of the Vault arrived on Krakoa. Banshee, Storm, Colossus, Kid Omega and Black Tom Cassidy were on hand to stop them, but it was no use. While Perro battled Colossus, the bulky one called Martillo snuck up behind Colossus and slammed his large hammer into Colossus' back. Colossus screamed in pain and collapsed to his knees. Fuego told Martillo to stop – as he wanted some fun, too – and engulfed Colossus in flame. Krakoa fell less than a day after the Vault opened.
As it turned out, a day was a record. The Avengers went down swinging, too. Ghost Rider wrapped his chain around Fuego's neck, the two flaming-skulls battling, but Fuego told Ghost Rider that it was “lights out” and he absorbed the energies of Ghost Rider's flame into his own. Ghost Rider collapsed to the ground and Fuego stood on his skull, crushing it.
Time works differently in the Vault, and the Children had been inside cooking their new bodies and powers for thousands of years. Nobody was prepared. Sangre's hydrokinetics took out the “tanks” such as the Thing, by easily drowning him. Fuego ate everything that burned bright – the Human Torch, Sunfire, even Vulcan. The Children hadn't been evolving just to deal with mutantdom – they had come for everyone. Mr Fantastic fell to Serafina, his extended body laying tangled at her feet, before Serafina broke the Invisible Woman's neck.
The mystics lasted the longest, and Latveria was the last stand of mankind, where Clea and Dr Doom fought side-by-side. 'By the Vishanti, you will pay for the ocean of blood you've spilled!' Clea cried. Clea then screamed as she was struck by an energy blast, and Dr Doom looked on. The Children of the Vault began to close in around Doom as the rain poured down above him. 'This isn't over' Doom uttered. 'When you get to Hell... I'll be waiting!' he warned the Children before they killed him. Doom did not give the Children the satisfaction of hearing him scream.
Conquerors are never happy, and fascism can never be appeased. The Children laid waste to Asgard, littering the Bifrost with Asgardian warriors as they kept marching. Nothing would stop them but an overpowering force – and yet, they found none in this universe. Serafina sat on Thor's back as the Children feasted in the Great Halls of Asgard. This fourth generation of the Vault proved beyond any measure that there is nothing they cannot overcome with enough patience and time. This is what is known as the “contentment of the Children”.
All of this happened.
Reality, the recent past:
The origin of Project Blackbox. A bottle of alcohol floats under a dark sky which is lit up by a strange green light. The alcohol is poured into two glasses. 'The question is... can it be done?' Charles Xavier asks. Forge takes one of the glasses of alcohol and replies 'Well, after the success of the cradles, I think, it's safe to say we've solved our power problems. The question I need you to answer is: what is the goal? If it's to contain, then -' but Forge is interrupted as Xavier exclaims 'Yes!' while taking the other glass. They clink the glasses together, and Xavier tells Forge that it has to be, as the alternative is to perpetuate their own Genosha. The two men stand over a bonfire in the middle of a snow-covered forest as Forge tells Xavier that he is on.
Back to the topic at hand, Forge notes that the Children of the Vault will always have a tactical advantage. 'They'll always have the high ground by being able to retreat to a place where time moves at an accelerated pace' Forge points out, to which Xavier asks him if he can disrupt that technology. Forge explains that the problem with that is that even if they succeed in knocking them back to their Stone Age, they would still be millennia ahead of mutantkind. 'So... containment?' Charles asks. Forge drinks the alcohol and tells Charles that he prefers “pacification” and boasts that he thinks he knows just how to do it. 'Some doors are better left... unopened' Forge smirks.
Reality, the present:
The jungles of South America, where a machete-like weapon suddenly swipes through the dense foliage, cutting a path through the jungle, courtesy of Forge. 'You wanted to know what I was doing for the council so much... that you put me on the X-Men' Forge complains, before taking a drink and telling Scott “Cyclops” Summers to see for himself. 'Is that – My god' Cyclops utters as he looks ahead and sees a huge red dome sticking out from the jungle, a vine-like structure covering part of it. 'Simply put: I locked the Children and their entire damn vault in a reality of my making' Forge explains. He tells Cyclops that some of their brightest minds believe they are living a simulated universe, and that if done well enough, they would never know.
Forge continues, revealing that when the Children exited the Vault, they walked right into his hack – he didn't make it easy on them. It was war for days, but that they are alive and well in the dome, and think that they are the masters of the universe. 'I'm... impressed' Cyclops responds. Forge thanks him, and asks Cyclops if he could not tell Ben Urich about this secret.
Shortly, Cyclops and Forge have moved closer to the dome, and are joined by most of their fellow X-Men – Jean Grey, Alex Summers a.k.a. Havok, Bobby Drake a.k.a. Iceman, Angelica Jones a.k.a. Firestar and Illyana Rasputin a.k.a. Magik, who sports her new yellow and black costume with gold armor on part of her right leg and covering her left arm. Forge explains that the Vault has some very pesky defenders, which don't communicate with the interior at all, but might give him a hell of a time on the way into the Vault. 'Wait – hang on. You're going in there?' Havok asks his longtime teammate. 'We leave no mutant behind, right, Havok?' Forge responds, reminding everyone that Darwin is inside the Vault, and they owe it to him to make the honest attempt to fish him out. Forge adds that he would have gone sooner, but that the engineering took time.
At the X-Men's Treehouse Everett Thomas a.k.a. Synch sits at the monitor station, watching several screens while spinning a basketball on one finger and blowing some bubblegum.
Back in the jungle, Magik remarks that it is no surprise Synch wanted to sit this one out and take monitor duty. 'What happened?' Firestar enquires. Magik informs her that time works different in the Vault, and that Synch, Darwin and Wolverine went in, spent hundreds of years together and only Synch came out – a lot of bad stuff went down in there that he doesn't like to talk about. 'Oh my god. Synch is five hundred years old?' Firestar grins. 'Makes him almost as old as Steve Rogers, right?' Forge jokes. As Forge begins to put on a strange blue suit with a large white X across the chest and strange vine-like green arms, Magik tells Firestar that things get weird on the X-Men, like whatever is about to happen here. 'You don't know the half of it, Magik' Forge remarks as he and Magik “fist-bump”.
Jean reports that she is sensing some unusual minds and tells the others that the jungle is alive. 'Yeah, weird, right?' Forge replies, explaining that the Vault has a separate ecosystem outside it, and they don't view his dome as a threat. Forge adds that Cyclops was right about one thing – it was time to bring them all into this secret. Forge reports that on the miniscule chance that Krakoa is incapacitated or killed, his hack will fail and the Vault will open and scald the entire world. He then reports that the sentries await them a few kilometers toward the dome. 'No problem, Forge' Bobby calls out as he switches to his ice form. 'We'll get 'em looking at us' Firestar adds as she glows with a bright flame, and flies towards the Vault'  sentries which wait for them right outside the dome.
Iceman moves through the jungle on his ice-sled, while Cyclops and Magik run forward to the Sentries, and Jean flies alongside them. The team are linked telepathically and Cyclops tells the others that one thing is bothering him – if Darwin is still alive, he will be thousands of years old. And probably pretty pissed off' Magik adds. Jean reminds them that Darwin's gift is to adapt, so no doubt he'll need help returning to this world. 'And he will have everything he needs' she adds as she slams a telekinetic blast into one of the large sentries. Firestar blasts one wiith microwave energy while Iceman covers another in ice. 'Bon voyage, Forge' Iceman calls out, while Magik tells him it is nice of him to volunteer to get old. 'Nah, this suit has some more tricks up its sleeve. With a little luck, I'll be back with Darwin' Forge responds.
Cyclops blasts an optic beam through one of the sentries' heads, while Havok destroys one with a powerful surge of energy. Firestar throws more microwave beams about, as the green vines of Forge's costume rise up above his face and form a helmet. Forge tells Iceman that he would love to study one of the sentries, but has never been able to catch one. 'I can do you a solid' Iceman responds as he covers one of the sentries in ice. 'Is that a science joke?' Forge asks. 'If you want it to be Iceman replies, assuring Forge that the sentry will still be on ice when he is back in a couple of centuries. 'You always were a bright kid, Bobby' Forge responds.
As Forge walks closer to the dome, Jean Grey tells him that his suit is quite the abomination and adds that she can sense it is co-opting Mystique's mutant gifts. 'If it were to fall into the Children's hands, we -' Jean begins before Forge interrupts her, 'It won't' he snaps. Narrowing his eyes, he reveals that if he bites down on his back tooth, it will open a black hole that will delete everything within six meters.
Suddenly, Forge's form changes as he tells the others that he needed his disguise to be as realistic as possible, and he appears before the X-Men as the one called Perro, large and blue, with a visor across his face. Forge reveals that he has had months with the Vault as his sole project, except for when they needed Captain Krakoa. 'The good news is since I made this with gate technology... only a mutant can walk into or out of my vault' Forge smiles as he easily walks through the glowing red dome.
Forge returns to his true form as he walks through the jungle within the dome, approaching the large Sentinel head which acts as the entrance way to the Vault. He begins recording his journal entry, and states that the situation under the dome hasn't changed, which is a good sign, and he doesn't need to maintain the illusion of being Perro. He sees that the Vault remains open, and Blackbox has snared at least five inhabitants, as he notices five of the Children of the Vault, trapped in domes nearby. 'Hiya folks. How's the steak in the Matrix?' he asks. 'Actually, I don't give a $#%&. You can choke on it' Forge grins.
Forge stands on the edge of the entrance way to the Vault, 'Now for my next trick...okay, wake up, Caliban' Forge calls out. Suddenly, the face of the mutant known as Caliban appears on the white X across Forge's costume. 'Forge? Where am I?' Caliban asks, confused. He asks why he can't feel his body, and utters that the last thing he remembers is having a drink with Forge at the Red Lagoon. 'And it's a long story, but a longer trip, so buckle up. I'll explain along the way' Forge tells Caliban as he uses a jet pack on his costume to fly into the Vault, adding that this is going to be a milk run, because nobody even knows they are here.
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The recent past:
'My, my. Judging by your cute little bonsai trees, you have big plans for Krakoa. You haven't been holding out on us, have you, Forge?' Mr Sinister asks as he looks around Forge's lab on Krakoa, which is full of bonsai trees – and a bottle of Port of Genosha whiskey. 'If I were, I doubt I'd be the only one, Sinister' Forge responds. 'Three names' he adds as he hands Sinister a glass of whiskey. 'And what if I ask you to take the matter to the Quiet Council?' Sinister inquires. 'Well, then I'd have to wait longer before executing... and you'd be doing it for free' Forge responds as he pours himself a glass of whiskey, before suggesting that if he and Sinister make a gentleman's agreement, then perhaps he would owe Sinister one. Sinister grins wickedly: 'Ooh, interesting. So, you're not that sure how the vote would go. Well, now you have my attention. And if you don't mind me saying... I want you to know that I'll wholeheartedly support you when you come out as Krakoa's number one real estate developer' Sinister jokes as he motions to the miniature Krakoa before him, lined with an assortment of buildings and trees.
'Is that how you really feel? Or is that how you think you're supposed to appeal to me, because you are also holding out?' Forge asks. Forge states that he has watched several governments pervert what he does, and now he wants to see what Krakoa's mettle is before he gives it his heart  and soul. 'Trust... but verify'.
Sinister smiles and asks 'So what three names?' to which Forge hands Sinister a small folded piece of paper. 'I trust it won't be hard' Forge remarks. 'Huh. No. Not hard...' Sinister responds as he looks curiously at the names written on the paper. Sinister then excuses himself as he puts the paper in his mouth and swallows it, explaining that he must make sure their chat remains private. 'But that third name -' Sinister begins, as Forge interrupts him and tells him that it is the most important.
Sinister tells Forge that he will have a problem with that last name, because his mutant gift dwells within his mind, which means he would need access to a cradle. Sinister finishes the whiskey, then remarks that Forge may already have access to one of the four cradles. Forge stares back at Sinister but remains silent. 'Ah. Very clever' Sinister utters, before announcing that he will help Forge. 'Those of us with diamonds on our foreheads have to stick together' he adds.
Now:
Inside the Vault, wearing his adaptable suit which includes having the face of the mutant Caliban across his chest, Forge uses the jetpack built into the suit to fly across the sprawling city within the Vault, as Caliban tells him that it is not much further now, and that he senses the mutant nearby.
'Can I ask a question, Forge?' Caliban then enquires. 'Of course' Forge responds. 'You say you got my approval to use my power and mind like this, but how do I know that is true?' Caliban asks. Forge pauses, before descending down into the city and claiming that he simply told Caliban the truth – that a mutant was in trouble in a faraway place and that his gift could save them. Forge remarks that Caliban's gifts have been used for the wrong reasons over the years, and that he asked him if it would feel good to use them for the right reasons. 'It does, yes' Caliban smiles. Forge notes that the area up ahead is more densely populated, and decides to deploy stealth mode. As he switches into a disguise resembling Perro, a large blue member of the Children of the Vault, Forge admits to Caliban that he did not ask Mystique if he could crib from her. 'Let's go to silent running' Forge adds as, disguised as Perro, he moves freely amongst the city, where other Children of the Vault go about their business.
As Forge/Perro lumbers away down a street, one of the Children of the Vault standing nearby with dark hair and a pink costume suddenly utters 'Hello, Serafina' and the one called Serafina in some sort of translucent form emerges from around a corner and shushes the other, telling her that she is working, while watching Forge/Perro from a distance.
Outside the pacified Vault, most of Forge's teammates in the X-Men are standing on the outside of the dome which covers the Vault entrance way and sticks up past the tops of the jungle trees in South America. Alex Summers a.k.a. Havok tells the others that Forge is not a cannon, and suggests that they should be in there with him. Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops folds his arms and points out that they are not, and that they don't have enough suits for the entire team, anyway. Scott tells his younger brother that if he goes running in after Forge without one of the suits, he is going to put a lot of miles on his body – and his mind. Jean Grey stands nearby, examining the dome, while Angelica Jones a.k.a. Firestar and Bobby Drake a.k.a. Iceman can be seen nearby, too, with Firestar watching the Summers brothers arguing.
'What's that supposed to mean?' Alex snaps, pointing a finger in his brother's face. 'Supposedly I was the one who got brain damage when we fell out of that airplane' Scott remarks. 'Cute. I know you didn't want me on the X-Men' Alex exclaims. Scott looks annoyed as he reminds Alex that he doesn't pick the X-Men. 'Oh, yeah, right. Mr “I am the X-Men” Scott Summers has nothing to do with the picking of the team!' Alex shouts. Cyclops leans in towards his brother, and annoyed, he explains that he threw all his weight behind Forge so that he could learn about this operation to contain the Vault. 'And it's a damn good thing I did – the post-humans inside could destroy the whole damn planet!' Cyclops remarks. 'After I picked Forge, he just, you know...' Cyclops' voice trails off, to which Havok shouts 'He WHAT?' as Cyclops turns and walks away from his brother, admitting that Forge threw all his weight behind Havok as a joke. 'To get back at me' Cyclops explains.
Iceman tells Firestar not to worry, as Alex and Scott are always jawing at each other. 'If you say so... but they look like they're about to throw down' Firestar replies. 'Nah... it's just the Summerses being brothers' Iceman assures his friend – then, suddenly – Havok punches Cyclops hard in the face causing Cyclops' optic visor to fall off, and Cyclops fires an optic blast at the dome, which strikes a hole in the dome allowing the optic blast to continue on – where it finally comes to a stop by striking one of the pods where several Children of the Vault are being kept in stasis – and the real Perro is freed from the illusion he was trapped in.
'What the hell is going on?' Perro asks as he wipes the gunk from the pod off of his body. 'How am I back here?' he asks. 'Scott, I'm sorry, I -' Havok starts to say, but Cyclops tells him 'Not now' and through the psi-link that is established between the X-Men, he tells Jean and Magik to call it.
Jean, Iceman, Firestar and Illyana Rasputin a.k.a. Magik stand at the gaping hole in the dome and Jean reports that the real Perro is awake. She remarks that they have to contain the situation, or else they may lose Forge and Darwin. 'And the world!' Magik adds. Perro looks angry as he realizes that the Children of the Vault's entire conquest was just some vile trick. He runs towards the X-Men who enter the vault, as Jean instructs Iceman to hit his body, while she will hit his mind. 'You damn disgusting mutants!' Perro shouts. 'All right, beefcake. How hard do ya hit? Rogue? Colossus?' Iceman asks, attempting to guess the force of Perro's strength. 'Oh. Hands like the Hulk' Iceman utters as Perro smashes Bobby's ice form apart, shattering Iceman into pieces.
Perro looks over to the other pods where more of his kind are being held in stasis. 'WAKE UP!' he shouts at them, before Jean tells him to shush as she enters his mind, 'So very tired' she tells Perro, who screams and shouts at her to stay out of his head. Perro picks up a shard of ice and declares that he doesn't need the others, as he is the strongest one there is. 'Put down that piece of my friend!' Firestar calls out as she flies towards Perro, microwave energy surrounding her. 'How about you hold it for me – in your heart?' Perro responds, before Firestar engulfs Perro in flaming energy – but Perro raises the shard of ice as if it were a weapon. 'You're too close!' Magik calls out to her teammate, opening a stepping disk next to Firestar, who falls through it as Perro attempts to grab her. 'Pick you up in a minute' Magik exclaims as Firestar disappears.
The stepping disk opens and Firestar is falls onto the front of Avengers Mansion in New York City. 'Really? C'mon, Magik' Firestar mutters as she looks at her old home.
'How dare you try to control us?' Perro asks Magik. 'How dare you try to kill us with my friend's leg!' Magik retorts, before slicing her Soul Sword through the shard of Iceman that Perro holds in his hand – and the swords strikes Perro across his chest, causing him to scream. He looks back at the entrance way to the Vault and wonders how long he was trapped, before deciding that he needs the others. He runs from Magik towards the entrance way, when suddenly, 'Oh no, you don't' Iceman calls out as he appears before Perro like a wall of ice, blocking the entrance way. 'I'm pulling my punches with you, Perro, so -' Iceman begins, but Perro shatters Iceman once again, 'I'M NOT!' he shouts as his fists smash Iceman to pieces.
'I'm holding him – but he's strong!' Jean calls out as she latches onto Perro, using her telekinesis to prevent him from returning to the Vault. At the same time, Jean uses her telekinesis to return Cyclops' optic visor to him, as Cyclops informs Havok that Perro is stronger than Colossus, maybe even stronger than the Thing. 'Got it' Havok replies. 'So don't hold back' Cyclops grins as he and Havok both blast Perro with their powers, striking him at close range and causing Perro to scream in pain. Perro drops to his knees and warns the X-Men that they won't stop the Children. 'We'll kill you all' he boasts. Jean lifts Perro into the air while telepathically contacting Magik and telling her that if she can't figure out the Forgetech then she needs to get Synch here now. Jean asks Iceman for a hand with the restraints, so Iceman begins to reform, turning his body into a large fist which he uses to grab hold of Perro mid-air. 'Of course. What? Too on the nose?' Iceman asks.
'Do not resist' Jean tells Perro as she enters his mind, while Cyclops takes of of his arms and Havok grabs the other. 'I WON'T GO BACK!' Perro shouts. 'Oh, $#%&' Havok frowns, before Magik returns with a cable, which she tells everyone is the cerebral link to the stasis pods. 'If it's not in the right end, Havok can sort it' Magik smirks as she shoves the cable into Perro's ear canal, causing blood to spurt from his ears and mouth. 'Wh – where am I?' Perro asks, confused. Jean tells him that everything he experienced was a nightmare, and that he and the Children of the Vault conquered the world. 'This was nothing more than a night terror' Jean assures him. Just a terrible dream' Perro utters. 'The world is under your thumb, Perro' Jean remarks, before the stasis pod appears and clamps down on Perro, trapping him once more. Cyclops, Jean and Magik all turn and face Havok. 'Dude' Magik snaps at him.
Alex narrows his eyes, he looks angry, before he turns and walks out of the dome. 'Alex... hang on -' Cyclops calls out to his brother, but Jean suggests to Scott that he let Alex cool down. 'He's embarrassed and angry' Jean remarks, before telling her teammates that they need to patch the dome and pull back, before asking Magik where Firestar is. 'Oh yeah. I had to move her really quick' Magik responds, before opening a stepping disk. 'Hiiii' Magik exclaims. 'Very funny, Illyana' Firestar snaps. 'I didn't mean it as a slam. Some of my best friends are Avengers' Magik jokes.
Jean telepathically tells Scott that they need to talk, as she has been worried about Synch, as she knows he is depressed – and now they have a loose cannon in Alex. 'This team is still finding its stride' she adds. Frowning, Scott tells Jean that he could kill Forge for adding Havok to this team – as Havok has not found what he is looking for – and this team is not it.
Back inside the Vault, Forge walks towards a large pyramid structure, where a blue light glows. Still disguised as Perro, Forge tells Caliban to stay quiet until he moves them past the guards. 'Morning' “Perro” remarks to two guards stationed at the entrance way. 'Morning' one of them responds. After passing the guards, Forge drops his disguise, deciding that the coast is clear. Forge explains to Caliban that there is an artificial intelligence that is curating them changes in the Children of the Vault, and it is paramount they rescue Darwin to see what he may know of the Children. 'Fascinating. And how are we to rescue him exactly?' Caliban enquires. Forge reports that this suit still has some tricks up his sleeve, as he can medevac a mutant out on his back. 'Remarkable. Do you ever have a day when you feel dumb?' Caliban asks. 'It happens. But not often' Forge admits, before they enter another chamber, where several pods line the room.
'Look at this place. This is obviously their Fort Knox for biological material' Forge suggests. 'Right over there... he's in this one' Caliban tells Forge, who walks towards one of the pods and begins to open it, stating that they will onboard Darwin into life support and be outbound in less than five minutes. Suddenly, both Forge and Caliban go wide-eyed. 'Oh...' Forge utters. '$%#&' Caliban gasps. 'You asked if I ever feel dumb... well, today is definitely one of those days' Forge admits as he stares down into the pod – where the future version of Laura Kinney lies in stasis....


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It is a crisp autumn day at the Treehouse, home of the super heroes known as the X-Men. Most of them are currently on a mission at the Vault, which Everett Thomas a.k.a. Synch opted out of, as he had given enough of his time to that place. Sitting at a monitor station within the Treehouse, when Jean Grey's astral projection appears before Synch, he knows something must be very wrong. 'We need you at the Vault!' Jean exclaims. Synch looks concerned, then projects his thoughts to Jean, assuring her that he will be there in a moment, as he races through a Krakoan gateway.
A short time ago, within the temporarily accelerated confines of the Vault, Forge closes a capsule where he found a version of Laura Kinney a.k.a. Wolverine and tells Caliban, whose skin he wears on part of his costume, that Wolverine is not the mission. 'So we're just leaving her here?' Caliban asks. Forge pauses, and replies 'For now' as  he turns and runs out of the laboratory. Forge tells Caliban that he was assured Wolverine was killed in action so that Synch could escape with the scouting of this place, but that it is all screwed up. He adds that he thought the Five only accidentally resurrected one mutant not two – and Darwin is the mission. 'Forge, you told me that you got my permission to use my powers and mind like this because you needed me to help people' Caliban remarks, before shouting 'I WANT YOU TO HELP HER!' Annoyed, Forge tells Caliban that he doesn't really exist, not really, and that he can't tell him what to do. 'I bundled your mind and your DNA and I wove them into this suit. You're a tool – and I am the craftsman!' Forge boasts, before pressing a button on his armor and switching Caliban into sleep mode.
Forge comes to a stop. 'Dammit' he mutters, before pressing the button once more, turning Caliban back on. He apologizes to Caliban, who declares 'Everyone that has ever come to me has always misused my curse. Including you'. But Forge tells Caliban not to say that, and tells him that his power is a gift. 'No. No, it's not when it's misused' Caliban replies. Forge asks Caliban if he senses Darwin at all – because it could mean the survival of their species. Before Caliban can answer, a voice calls out 'I marvel at your hubris, mutant!' Forge turns, shocked as he sees Serafina, one of the Children of the Vault approaching him – and slams her fist into his armor, shattering his face mask. Forge falls to the ground, while Serafina tells him that he thought he could just walk into the Vault without anyone noticing. 'But I see all!' she boasts.
Caiban's face and skin is stretched out to resemble an X on Forge's armor, and Caliban looks up at Serafina, calling her by name. Serafina is confused at this, and asks Caliban how he knows her name. Caliban reveals that he has access to all after-action reports that are deemed critical to the success of this mission. 'And what is that mission?' Serafina asks, holding a sharp dagger one inch from Caliban's skin. Caliban informs Serafina that it is a rescue, and then announces that Forge is waking up. Indeed, Forge wakes, and warns Serafina to stay back, as he suddenly pops several energy claws from his knuckles and lunges up at Serafina, who flips backwards. 'I like the mutant you wove into your suit more than I like you' Serafina remarks, before hurling a blade towards Forge, grinning as she exclaims 'Catch!' But it's too late, as the blade strikes Forge – and Caliban – in the chest.
Forge tries to make a getaway, and lumbers into another room within the Vault, while instructing his suit to increase power to life support. He sits down beside a pod, and prepares to release a mission failure beacon ping, which he wants to repeat until acknowledgment is received. Caliban suggests to Forge that he does the talking, to which Forge replies 'Sure. I have some bleeding to do anyway'. Serafina finds Forge, and sits on a nearby pod, where she announces that she remembers being captured by humans – humans from Orchis – and that before she could escape, she was rescued by mutants. 'Why?' she asks. Caliban smiles as he tells Serafina 'That's what the X-Men do. They do what is right. Leaving you a prisoner of Orchis would have been wrong'.
Serafina leans down into Forge and holds a blade at his neck as she informs him that she is going to ask him questions, and that if he tells the truth, he will live, if he lies, he will die. 'Did you construct the trap outside the entrance to the Vault?' she asks. Forge pauses, before narrowing his eyes and confirming that he did. 'Very good' Serafina grins, before asking him why. 'The alternative was...war' Forge explains. Serafina tells him that is correct, before asking Forge what his ulterior motive was. 'Because I wanted to see what would happen' Forge explains. Serafina stands up and tells Forge that she believes him – which is the same reason she is allowing him to take his mutant and go. 'My scales are balanced. I too want to see how this will end' Serafina smirks as she walks down a corridor. Forge pulls the blade from his chest and cries out in pain. 'Damn. I didn't get her number' he jokes, when suddenly, several cables from the pod behind him connect with his body. 'What the hell?' Forge calls out, as his eyes roll back in his head, and Caliban asks him what is happening, but he gets no response.
(in Forge's mind)
'What the hell? Suit? Increase life support. Unless I'm dead?' Forge calls out as he wakes to find himself in a large bed, sun beaming through an open window. 'Caliban? Hello?' Forge remarks as he sits up in bed, but gets no response. He looks at his arm and wonders if that was just a dream, and whether he is dead. 'No, not at all, Maker' a voice calls out. 'Who's there?' Forge asks as he leaps out of bed and goes over to the balcony, where he utters' My god...' as he looks out and sees a sprawling utopia. Banshee, Rogue and Sunfire fly nearby, as Forge exclaims 'It's real. This is exactly how Krakoa looks in my imagination'.
'It should be. We're in your mind, and what a mind it is' A winged Darwin smiles as he flies up in front of Forge, greeting him and pointing out that it has been a long time. 'Darwin? How is this possible? Are we still in the Vault?' Forge asks as he looks up at Darwin. Darwin begins to fly upwards and tells Forge to come with him. Forge explains that he was injured, and asks if this is a hallucination brought on by blood loss, before the Captain Krakoa costume materializes on Forge and he is able to fly through the air, following Darwin, who calls back 'No', and explains that as they speak, Forge's exploration suit is containing the physical damage to his frame. 'I wanted to chat in private, so I established a secure connection to your mind' Darwin explains. Forge flies after Darwin as they pass a river of lava, and Forge tells Darwin that he was his mission, that he is here to rescue him. 'Where is your body?' Forge asks.
'Well, that's a story' Darwin frowns, glancing backwards at Forge, he then remarks that he won't lie, and reveals that the first few centuries in the Vault were a nightmare, that it was even more difficult after he was captured – and he doesn't care for remembering those days. Darwin reminds Forge that his gift is to survive anything – and tells him that was put to the test by the Children of the Vault, whose experiments were essentially living autopsies. 'They were prepared...but so was I'. Forge looks solemn as he asks Darwin how he survived. Darwin smiles as he replies 'I said to myself “I don't know how I'm going to get out of this one.” And in the next instant, I had the answer'. Forge suddenly realizes that Darwin is code. Remembering his body, his brain, linked to dozens of cables and wires, Darwin reveals that when the Children of the Vault came for him, they scanned his memories, so he gave them currated versions of his life and snuck his conscious mind into their architecture. 'Ideas are very hard to kill'.
'Goddess' Forge utters, before telling Darwin that he has done enough for his people and that they need to get him home and upload him into a new body. Darwin's body begins to fade away, as he tells Forge that his good work is already done. 'Perhaps my shell was holding me back? Now...I can be in many places at once' Darwin replies, adding that he is still learning about the Vault, and that he is not quite ready to leave yet. Forge and Darwin shake hands as Darwin explains that the temporal flux of the Vault was a curse when he had a shell, but that now he is free, the time he has here is a blessing. Darwin informs Forge that there are millions of people here, and that he has learned so much by watching them, and now he wants to continue to learn. 'I also wish to see what happens' he adds. Forge tells Darwin that he is a brave mutant, and that he hopes they meet again. 'I'm sure of it' Darwin replies, before bidding Forge goodbye, and then vanishing completely. Forge them screams as he begins to freefall out of the sky.
(Reality/The Vault)
'AH!' Forge calls out as he wakes, the cables connecting to him pulling backwards, while Caliban asks him what happened, and points out that he was unconscious for several minutes. 'I... never mind. Long story. I'll tell you on the way' Forge replies, before instructing his suit to transform into a medevac frame. Caliban asks Forge if he is doing the right thing, and as Forge opens the pod where Laura Kinney is in stasis, he tells Caliban trhat he is. 'I think I heard somewhere along the way...that is what the X-Men do' he remarks.
Shortly, outside the Vault, in real-time, Synch arrives through a Krakoan gateway. 'I'm here! What is it? What's wrong?' he calls out as he finds Jean Grey, Cyclops, Iceman, Magik, Firestar and Forge waiting for him. 'Why are you all looking at me like that?' Synch asks as he notices his teammates smiling. 'Man, you're a bundle of nerves' Iceman remarks, before asking if something has to be wrong all the time. 'Today is a good day. And it's not even over' Firestar adds. Synch notices Havok is missing, and asks Cyclops where he is, but Cyclops tells him not to worry and that Havok is fine. 'So why am I... here?' Synch asks, when suddenly 'Hi' Laura Kinney utters as she appears behind Cyclops and Jean Grey. Synch goes wide-eyed at seeing “his” Laura whom he spent centuries with inside the Vault. Cyclops quietly suggests to Synch that Laura might need some time, but Laura rushes forward and leaps into Synch's arms, and they kiss. 'Or not' Cyclops smiles.
Jean suggests that it is time to go home, while Forge reports that the Vault pacification systems are fully operational and tells the others that as long as Krakoa is functioning, the Vault is on ice. He then materializes a flame-thrower which he uses to destroy the Captain Krakoa suit – and Caliban. Jean asks Forge if he is okay, and tells him that he looks like he saw a ghost. 'Two, if you can believe it' Forge replies. Iceman and Firestar step through the Krakoan gateway, followed by Magik, then Synch and Laura. Cyclops turns and extends his hand to Jean, who walks beside Forge. 'I'll tell you about it, but first...I have to meet a friend' Forge remarks.
Later, at the Green Lagoon, on Krakoa, where the Blob and Forearm are busy tending bar. The X-Force team are scattered about drinking – Black Tom Cassidy is at the bar, while wolverine stands nearby. Domino and Sage can be seen talking, while Deadpool and Colossus are there, too. Tempo is sitting at the bar, and next to her is Caliban, who turns as Forge arrives, thanking Caliban for meeting him. 'Of course. You said there is trouble' Caliban replies. 'Yes, there is. Was' Forge replies as he sits next to Caliban, and asks him 'Hypothetically, if I asked you to trust me and to trust me with everything that you are – your powers and your mind – would you do that? If I could help mutants in trouble?' Forge asks. 'Yes' Caliban smiles without hesitation. Forge sighs. 'Okay. I have quite a tale to tell and an even bigger apology to make to you' Forge announces, before asuring Caliban that the story has a happy ending – several, in fact. 'First, you've heard the one about Synch, Wolverine and Darwin heading into the Vault, right...?'