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The Red Coronation
On the astral plane, Emma Frost is in talks with the Stepford Cuckoos, who say ‘no’ to the offer she made them. Emma is disappointed but not surprised. She has another candidate. Until her issues with the current board of the Hellfire Trading Company are sorted out, there will be no Lord Imperial. She lectures them that it is more important than ever to have strong alliances. Mutants are perfectly aligned Mindee (aka Irma) points out. Patronizingly, Emma clarifies she was taking about women. She needs to go. The Black King is here. One of the Cuckoos wishes her luck and they break off contact.
Emma and Shaw meet at their London offices and Emma gleefully points out the mass of red in his ledgers. He replies that not all of them can enter a bank and walk out rich. He knows what she did. She calls him on trying to change the system and asks if he has had trouble with ships that are not officially registered at the Hellfire Trading Company. Frustrated, he hits the table. She knows he is!
With a smile, she states he has been flooding humanity’s first world market for a quicks buck. She suggests he consider the shipment he lost hours ago as a reminder to stay in his lane and serve only the black markets.
Now on to the difficult conversation. She knows men don’t like having the size of their accounts called into question, but is he financially stable? After a pause, Shaw replies that starting any endeavor needs capital. Emma presses on that she’s heard he has designs on the third chair. So, what trollop has he promised to make the Red Queen?
Trying to control himself, Shaw growls she has made her point about the shipments. He will make sure the countries in need will get their shipments first. However, he would appreciate it if she didn’t play games over the vacant red throne. She suggests they table the topic for the moment. They have more pressing issues, such as his pending insurance claim.
Some hours earlier:Somewhere at sea, Kate Pryde’s Marauders attack a black ops team led by Batroc the Leaper. Lockheed feeds Pyro fire for him to use in battle and Storm reminds Pyro about the Krakoan law not to kill.
As Batroc attacks Iceman, a big guy is about to stab Kate with a knife, asking with a leer whether she wants to dance. She calls him rude, grabs his knife-hand and announces she will lead. She skillfully dances with him, while numbing his hand by pressing a pressure point, phases him through the ship’s hull and into the water.
Dodging Iceman’s blasts, Batroc swears that they are certifiable. Don’t they know who he’s working for? Storm warns him not to kick her again or he will jump into leg casts. Batroc asks for a parley. Agitated, Pyro jumps at him shouting “you don’t kick Storm!” and bites him in the arm.
Kate phases into the storage and fins the Krakoan meds. Batroc follows and asks for a word. He explains he doesn’t want to cross swords with Krakoa. He suspects who sent her and she probably know who he is working for. Perhaps they all could agree the ship sank but maybe the cargo can go where it needs to go… on her boat, with a generous split to her. No, Kate grins. Nonplussed, he protests the haul is worth tens of millions.
She phases upward and outside, stating that mutant money grows on trees now and sending the Black King this message is worth any price. That shipment was supposed to go to an African nation that can’t take the deal publicly without plunging into civil war. Instead, Batroc was bound for a rich country club in the United States.
Batroc suggests the original African destination still needs – Kate interrupts that a second Hellfire Captain with a fast ship and replacement drugs was dispatched yesterday. And she was sent after him.
She proffers her hands assuring this isn’t personal, then throws him off the ship… into a lifeboat where the rest of his crew is already waiting.
The Marauders set course for Taipei. And then try to sell the ship to the highest bidder in the harbor.
In London, Shaw protests that, in addition to the loss of the boat and the drugs, he now has to deal with a furious Batroc as well. Some correction he can tolerate, but this feels punitive and beyond their new spirit of cooperation. Emma needs to make this right and making it right means a full consideration of his candidate for the Red Throne. Consider it considered, Emma purrs, but the problem is the throne isn’t vacant. She sorted it all prior to his… return. How is that possible?! he shouts. It’s quite simple, she replies. When she was alone on the board, she offered an invitation and it was accepted. She thinks he will be quite pleased with their new red monarch…
Taipei:In a shop, Kate arms herself with a bottle of something alcoholic, while Storm looks away disapprovingly. The team goes dancing in a club and finally meets Bishop, who tells them they are late. He thought something happened to them, too. When they ask what is going on, he informs them that Charles Xavier’s been killed. Assassins made it onto the island.
After a moment of shock, Bobby urges the others to believe in the Five. They can bring him back! Kate sensibly drinks, then walks into a tattoo parlor and announces she and her friends are going to make themselves comfortable here for a while.
Soon, the tattoo artists are working on Pyro’s face and Kate’s knuckles. Storm takes a hard pass and Bishop points out he already has one. Meanwhile, Iceman is considering.
Overenthusiastic, Pyro has a skull design tattooed on the upper part of his face.
Kate throws the owner way to much cash and tells him to remember that if she returns broke some day and gives him a kiss. When he asks who she is, she replies, a former school teacher, then adds she will take this grabbing an 18th century style British army redcoat, epaulettes and all.
Outside, Emma telepathically informs her it is time and Gateway should be with them presently.
The Australian teleporter is already waiting for them and opens a gateway to London. Emma telepathically informs Kate that Shaw is even angrier than she anticipated. And Bishop reminds Kate he will need their help afterwards in Taipei.
Gateway transports them atop a state-of-the-art ship on the Thames near London Bridge. Pyro enthusiastically suggests they steal her. Kate informs them that they own her. She’s their new home – the Marauder. When they are done gawking, go below and pick their cabin. Oh, Emma, Storm sighs, whereas Pyro believes he is still dead and in Heaven and Bishop grudgingly admits he doesn’t have to returns to Taipei right now.
Kate announces she is going ashore. She is going shopping for some boots and then she is going to burn the old ship. She’s not going to sit around an island all the time watching them having fun.
In the Hellfire Club’s office, an increasingly aggressive Shaw accuses Emma of just wanting to humiliate him. And he won’t have it! Pouring them both a drink, a calm Emma assure him this isn’t personal. They aren’t doing this to line their pockets. What they are doing is important. Shaw urges her to stop playing a zero sum game then. They can both play to win. Emma points out he is back to play. For now, that is a win. He has a long history of hedging bets against mutantdom. In the end, it’s not just about security, it’s about relationships. She cannot allow a third of their voting rights to be bundled up with whatever tramp or witch breed he is sleeping with.
Damn you! Sebastian swears and crushes her against the wall (Luckily, she turned to her diamond form.). She knows nothing! Still calm, Emma points out the wall is more red ink on his tab. Perhaps his affinity for debt is an emergent secondary mutation? He snarls “There will be no Red King, you bit…”
Actually, another voice interrupts him. It’s Kate in a marauder style outfit with the red jacket and new boots. She pours herself a glass of champagne and announces, she is the Red Queen. Bitch.


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The Bishop in Black
Hellfire Bay includes the three fortresses of the three monarchs of the Hellfire Corporation: The Red Keep, Blackstone and the White Palace.

Several weeks ago:Today the Black King, Sebastian Shaw, dressed dapper as ever, makes his way from Blackstone to the Arbor Magna for a very special resurrection.

Charles Xavier and the Five are already waiting for him. Shaw politely thanks them for accommodating him. Xavier considers it worth juggling their schedule, if this will help Shaw in his good work. And they are sure this is a complete resurrection? Shaw asks. Egg confidently tells him to ask Pyro. Pyro in fact sits in a wheelchair drooling when he weakly greets Shaw. Shaw shoots him a pained look and Egg quickly explains Pyro got into Logan’s stash.
And his son won’t remember what happened? Shaw asks. Egg assures him that.
Xavier tells him to prepare to meet his son again and Shinobi Shaw bursts from his cocoon. Standing before him, his father welcomes him back. He hands the confused Shinobi a towel and tells him much has changed. How did he get here? Shinobi asks. Shaw recalls but tells him they will discuss that later. Uncharacteristically, Shinobi acquiesces.
Once outside (and dressed) other mutants ask him the ritual question how do they know it is him. Because he still wants to kill his old man, Shinobi replies with a grin. A Shaw through and through, his father comments deadpan.
He leads him to one of the Krakoan gates and explains how they function as they walk though. He welcomes him to Blackstone, the crown jewel of Hellfire Bay.
Inside, Shaw tells him he arranged for some clothes in Shinobi’s size. He may raise an eyebrow at the color but he will explain later.
While Shinobi gets changed, Shaw gives him the short spiel. The mutants get their leverage from the medicines for the humans they grow. Not all nations accept mutant sovereignty. That’s where the Black King comes in. Some countries have no gates at all and some make access to the gates difficult.
Shinobi returns, dressed in a red suit. Shaw explains that it is his contacts that help them move the drugs and control the price. It is the countries they move most refugees in from. He doesn’t spend as much time on Krakoa as he likes, because there is business to tend to.
They emerge in Central Park, only to find their portal has been cordoned off. Shaw makes his displeasure known and is told this is only to keep away gawkers. The guard welcomes them back to the United States and is unsure how to address Shaw. Do they have anything to declare? King, Shaw tells him. He is the Black King. That is his declaration. As they step outside Shaw continues his explanation to Shinobi.
Several threatening looking young men with X-hoodies step in their way. When they refuse to move, Shaw asks Shinobi to power him up, then hits the ground creating a shockwave. The groupies are ecstatic.
Later, the Shaws have lunch and Sebastian explains that several new cults have sprung up with varying goals, some to their destruction, some to their worship. He changes the subject and explains that, some time ago, the White Queen learned that the Quiet Council was planning to ask him to turn the Hellfire Club into a giant multinational overnight. She threw herself at Xavier and Magneto, claiming she could do it better. A few telepathic whammies later, she had exactly what she wanted and ended up in over her head. He continues spinning his lies and finally finishes that Frost came crawling to him for help. Ordinarily, he wouldn’t have cared but what they do here is too important. That’s the state of their world. What does he think?
Shinobi replies that he is trying to decide whether he still wants to kill him. Shaw grins and challenges him: the question is can he kill him. Shinobi replies that he will consider it on his flight to Tokyo. He too has matters to attend to. Shaw tells him to take a walk with him and soon shows gateway to Tokyo. They step through.
Amazed, Shinobi asks how many gateways there are. As many as they need. If he wants to, he can visit Mars. Shinobi promises to but first he must visit that house alone. He will return to the island in a few days.
Inside, the master is pleased to see Shinobi again but points out they haven’t heard from him a long time. They thought he was dead or had forgotten his debt. Shinobi claims that he helped found the Kraoan state and promises he hasn’t forgotten his debts. He will settle it and they now have a friend on Krakoa. The other man points out the interest has grown. He opens a cask with a katana.
Back on Krakoa (with the sword): Sebastian begins, they haven’t seen eye to eye in the past. Shinobi retorts, he tried to kill him. And did, Sebastian replies. But recently he saw Xavier and Apocalypse shake hands. If they can work together, so can they. Shinobi concedes the point.
Shaw explains that he has come back from a meeting in London. They must set aside their red ambitions for Shinobi. He still has a place for him on the black side but he suggests he not discard the red suits. The future is still being written. He may choose to make his own way, of course. Shinobi considers, then follows him.
Inside Blackstone, Sebastian stands over a world map and states that the human world is being carved up into yeses and nos. Blue and red. Black and White. The Shaws can help mutantdom make all that look small. Shinobi admits to being impressed. Not yet, Sebastian promises, and asks him to accompany him.
They walk outside. They are behind in many ways, Shaw continues. Island nations in two oceans with an extended territory around the planet and they will need a navy, a coast guard and non-terrestrial personnel.
Shinobi begins to realize that submarine he is seeing, is one of theirs? It’s a mutant boat, Sebastian agrees, but none of theirs. It is captained by the White Bishop. He points toward the Black Bishop ship. A military frigate? Shinobi asks. Shaw tells him he needs him to be his Black Bishop… with more accolades to come. It’s time to cash out from the human race. The aging top 1% owns 90 % of their wealth. In five years, the opportunity will be lost. The drugs only prolong their lives that long. By then they’ll have bled them dry, he promises.
Shinobi needs to know one thing in advance. Sebastian knows how he died, right? Instead of mentioning his suicide, Sebastian claims that the White and Red Queens conspired to murder him…


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The Red Bishop
A group of Brazilian mutants are hiding from their government in the rainforest near the coast. They are afraid the Marauders won’t come to save them, as the entire navy is out there. They urge one of them who can breathe underwater to save himself. He refuses.
Suddenly, a lightning bolt splits the skies and the mutants figure that is the Marauders’ signal they were waiting for. A ship makes its way towards them and they hear a voice singing, as Pyro, Iceman and Storm clear the way.
The refugees run into the water toward the ship but a Brazilian military - Paragon - bars their way, calling them traitors and ordering them to obey the state.
A moment later, Storm’s voice comes from behind, telling Paragon those children don’t belong to him. They are Krakoan and, if they so choose, they will come with her.
With a smirk, he asks if she really wants a fight with him. Unimpressed, she lights up and replies she doesn’t even know who he is. Furious, he orders her not to take another step. There will be no fight, she replies. A lightning bolt from the cloud that formed above him stops him. If that is the best she can do, he grins. Storm tells him that was merely the leader. The main bolt is still in the cloud. Paragon wisely shuts up.
Pyro welcomes the young mutants and offers them a beer, much to Storm’s consternation. Iceman guides them through the Krakoan gateway aboard the ship.
A rooftop in Taipei:Bishop studies a map in Krakoan and Kate is trying to, then admits she never learned the language as she could never step through a gateway. She decides to have Emma download it for her then points toward the building they are watching. It’s covered in guards. Bishop tells her they can be in and out in 90 seconds, if she makes the bullseye. No problem, Kate assures him and they jump downward together into the lower building.
Mid-jump, Bishop asks what she and Logan infiltrated when they did this together. Kate corrects him: She told Logan she could do this and he told her she was crazy. They are going to die, Bishop sighs and she chides that, if he is going to be the Red Bishop, they need to work on a more positive attitude.
He doesn’t want to be a red anything for the Hellfire Club! he protests while Kate opens the parachute. Technically, it’s a corporation now, she corrects him, making him point out why a corporation needs kings and queens.
They land on the rooftop and phase through it landing in the penthouse of missing billionaire Lim Zhao and his wife Chen.
Kate snoops around. Disgusted by an ivory tusk, she phases it into the wall. Is he sure Mrs. Zhao isn’t going to walk in? she asks. She’s the headliner of an anti-mutant rally tonight, he explains. 80 seconds left, he reminds her. The penthouse has a void he needs to get into. Someone has taken a lot of effort to shield the panic room from any tech. Mrs. Zhao claims her husband Lim touched the Krakoan gate in Taipei and disappeared. But there is no sign of his admittance anywhere on Krakoa.
Kate tartly points out the gates aren’t exactly foolproof. So, they haven’t solved her situation? he asks as they phase through the wall toward the panic room. Kate fears the situation isn’t high on the priority list. They are building a nation and she just slipped through the cracks…
They enter the panic room, a simple cell with a bed and bathroom amenities. The man inside, Lim Zhao, recognizes them and bursts out that he prayed for the mutants to come and rescue him. Can they go to Krakoa? He needs to get out of here! He sinks down to his kneed in worship. Bishop asks him to give them a moment for a mutant only chat. Lim holds his ears shut and sings.
Bishop tells Kate the guy is “Order of X.” Kate has no idea what that means and he explains it’s one of the mutant-worshipping cults that have sprung up. Kate still has trouble wrapping her mind around the concept of people worshipping them.
Bishop muses that Xavier spoke to the entire world telepathically and some were driven mad by this. They can’t leave him, Kate decides. Bishop points out they can’t take him to Krakoa. And weren’t they supposed to be out of here five minutes ago? Kate asks.
A voice from outside warns Lim that they are under attack. He denies this and tries to give an order. He is kicked in the stomach by one of two identical looking young women dressed in black with long clawed hands. They inform him he doesn’t command them, his wife does, and order him to lie down on the floor or die.
Kate phases through one of their attacks and wonders if Lady Deathstrike started a maid service, then hits her attacker in the face. Bishop tries to shoot the other one but misses. The woman hits Kate’s nose. Damn, it was almost healed! Kate mutters and gets a pillow to use as defense while trying to make Bishop a job offer. She uses the pillow to capture the other woman’s arm then phases it into her.
Bishop shoots the other woman and repeats he doesn’t want to have anything to do with the Hellfire Club. Looking at Kate’s foe he asks if she can get it out of her. She could but their 90 seconds were up eight minutes ago. They grab Lim, planning to have a chat with his wife…
In the Taipei Arena, Mrs. Zhao is holding an anti-mutant rally, complaining about their drugs and portals. When she mentions her missing husband Kate loudly shouts “found him!” She looks up irritated, as Kate asks guess who they found locked up at her house? Lim greets her weakly. His gods delivered him from prison. Mrs. Zhoa sputters.
Kate climbs up the stage. Crazy, right? she asks. What happened? Her husband joined a cult and she thought she could blame Krakoa? The days of mutants being scapegoats are over!
The crowd begins booing. Bishop suggests they bounce. Copy that, Red Bishop, she replies as she phases them into the ground. Red’s not his color, he protests weakly, and where is her red? She replies Emma is having Jumbo Carnation tailor everything.
Sometime later, Madripoor:Mrs. Zhao explains how her life ended on that stage, as the mutants publicly humiliated her. And so, she has come here seeking justice. She thanks them for their notes and wants to make a sizeable contribution to their organization to fully commit to the fight against their mutant oppressors!
With a smirk Kade Kilgore announces they are no longer the Hellfire Club, so make sure to make the payment to Homines verendi. And consider what color she would like to wear. The young Baron Frankenstein expresses his sympathy and the theory that mutant telepaths are behind the new churches. They will liberate them all. Manuel Enduque vows that the humans will continue ruling the planet and Wilhemina Kensington asks her to be her White Bishop. They are going to have so much fun!


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A Time to Sow
The Arctic:The ice is melting thanks to human-caused climate change.With Christian Frost’s submarine in the Arctic, his current guest Bobby Drake aka Iceman, dressed only in Christian’s dressing gown, shows what he can do by restoring the ice of an area. Quite the picturesque band-aid, Christian commends him. $§%+ the Anthropocene Era, Bobby replies.
They head downstairs again. Christian gives orders for the sub to submerge… the White Queen is waiting. Bobby asks if he has given any thought to his true name. He kind of has the market cornered on Frost.
They enter a huge room with a piano, a bar, lots of space and a transparent ceiling. He will be the first one to know, Christian promises and asks in turn if Bobby has given any thought to their chat. Bobby replies it’s always fun to come aboard the Mercury, but he can’t just drop everything and join Christian’s crew. He has other responsibilities. He gets ready at the bar to make himself a drink, while Christian sits down at the piano, noting they all do. He asks Bobby to be honest. Does he love it on the Marauder or is he worried his friend who can’t pass the gates will die out there and the Resurrection Protocols will fail her? That is why he and Storm are all over Kitty like the Secret bloody Service, isn’t it? Call her Kate, Bobby replies stonily.
Krakoa:Hellfire Bay:Outside, around a table, the Black King, the two Queens and their respective Bishops (now including Lucas Bishop as Red Bishop) are gathered, with only White Bishop Christian Frost missing.
Shaw announces that the Hellfire Trading Company has increased capacity to the black market by almost 200 percent in the last two weeks. They’ve moved through the backlog of medicine deliveries and by the next week they will be caught up.
Emma states that the Marauder has delivered dozens of mutants to Krakoa safely.
Christian joins them and apologizes for being late. He had to answer a call from mother nature.
Shaw announces that the Black Bishop will be heading on a dangerous mission to the Horn of Africa shortly. It would be a great help if the Marauder would take the Madripoor run in the opposite direction; it’s a milkrun. Unimpressed, Kate suggests a vote. Emma, Kate and Shaw vote. Predictably, only Shaw is for the change in destinations, with the two queens outvoting him. Kate dryly tells Shinobi to enjoy Lowtown.
Seething, Shaw gets up and stalks away. Concerned, Shinobi remarks he thought he could drive his father nuts, but he has nothing on them.
Later in Kate’s pirate-style bedroom in the Red Keep, Kate and Emma drink to their victory. Emma adds a toast in Krakoan. Kate doesn’t understand, as she never passed through one of the Krakoan gates, so Emma teaches her telepathically and then asks what’s really bothering her.
Kate admits she is somewhat concerned. The gates don’t work for her – what if the Resurrection Protocols don’t work for her either? Maybe one day she will be the only old woman on the island. Emma tells her it’s cold comfort but she is afraid to die, too. Which nose would she return with?
They hug. Kate wonders wistfully how her life would have turned out if she had chosen Emma instead of the Professor. Back to her cool countenance, Emma tells her not to ruminate on the past. She gives Kate a peck on the cheek. As a parting shot, she remarks she was barely a woman herself back then. She would have utterly destroyed Kate. Now let’s meet those mutants Kate saved. They need habitats. She walks down the stairs, while Kate simply phases through the floor…
… to the room below, where a party is already in full swing… until an agitated Pyro comes running shouting there is a distress call. The Upstart is in a huge fight in Madripoor Bay.
Emma has opinions about Shinobi naming his boat the Upstart.
The Marauders run into action with Storm and Bishop using the gates while the others head to the ship.
Emma and Christian continue their conversation about his submarine, unperturbed.
Kate, Iceman, Pyro and Lockheed man the boat and drive off, watched by an impatient Sebastian Shaw. When he sees they have gone, he walks through the Madripoor Gate.
In Madripoor, Bishop sees armed men in the streets. He asks a young boy what is going on. He replies, you got to kill a mutant first. Then you see Verendi. Then they make you rich. Bishop tells him to stay off the docks tonight. He will pay him to go home.
Storm joins Bishop. Both of them see the Upstart under heavy fire. Storm muses that Madripoor used to be friendly to mutants. Bishop tells her what he learned about somebody named Verendi paying for mutant blood. Storm takes the armed men out and the two race toward the Upstart, while warning Shinobi they are coming via comm.
They run towards the boat and open the hatch. Shinobi and the refugee mutant kids are waiting down below. Shinobi explains that their attackers waited to hit them until they were most vulnerable. When he had offloaded the drugs and brought the mutants aboard. How did they handle their power-dampening gear?
That part is news to Storm and Bishop. Soon they are surrounded by several armored attackers. One of them fires the power-dampening ray at Storm and asks how they intend to fight powerless. They think she is powerless? Storm seethes. She stabs him in the eye with a knife, announcing they cannot take her power. Bishop joins her with his gun and shouts at Shinobi to get the boat into the bay while they cover him.
From their skyscraper, the Verendi brats watch pleased. Kade Kilgore announces the suits are everything the Russians promised. Wilhelmina Kensington observes, the second mutant boat is coming, and waits in glee for what is going to happen.
Aboard, Kate swears when another ship steers right at them and rams them. Aboard are the X-Cutioner and the Hate Monger, who immediately attack Iceman, shouting that humanity will never yield to gene junk. Humans first! Homines Verendi!


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A Time to Reap
Madripoor:The Marauder has just been attacked by another ship and boarded by the X-Cutioner and the Hatemonger. Pyro loosens a flame blast at them, telling them to wear a sheet and get beat. In the meantime, Storm and Bishop are assisting Shinobi Shaw’s Upstart.
Iceman is lying on the deck of the Marauder after being hit by the villains’ attack, namely a depowering ray. Just as the Hatemonger raises his sword to kill him, Kate Pryde phases him through the deck and orders him to stay down until he can ice up again. She orders Lockheed to protect him.
Kate phases upward. The sight of Hatemonger having Pyro in a headlock stops her in her tracks. She is still afraid of men in hoods. She grabs Pyro’s hand and phases him out of Hatemonger’s grip. He tries to stab her but, as she phases, he injures Pyro instead. They are unaware that he has injected Pyro with a microscopic vessel carrying the miniaturized Yellowjacket, who contacts Verendi. They look forward to the they intend to get about the mutant state. Manuel Enduque cheerfully announces they are going to have the most expensive streaming service on the planet. Wilhelmina looks outside and notes the mutants trapped on the Upstart are trying to escape, aided by Bishop.
On the Upstart are Storm and Shinobi, who is trying to make the ship run again. Storm tells him they have a secret gateway to Krakoa on the Marauder.
On the Marauder, the rest of the crew have their own troubles. Currently, only Kate is left standing and facing the Hatemonger and the X-Cutioner. She remembers him, she tells the X-Cutioner. Former fed, current anti-mutant bigot. As she blocks his attack with her sword, he accuses the mutants of having left a trail of ruined human lives in their wake. The Hatemonger urges him to stop wasting time and kill.
Kate holds her sword to his throat. She was afraid of men like him before she knew she was a mutant. She’s not afraid of them anymore, so don’t let her next move go to his head. She jumps off the ship and climbs onto theirs and phases inside.
The two villains swear and Hatemonger decides to call Pierce.
Kate phases through the ship through a floor with several armored-suits like the Russian Paragon one and comes up on the deck, where she finds Donald Pierce and Chen Zhao. With a smirk, Pierce tells her he has to ask her to disembark now. Zhao adds this is a diplomatic mission belonging to the nation of Madripoor.
Unimpressed, Kate draws her sword: they attacked a Krakoan ship and they are carrying armor that shorts out mutant powers. Plus, she just fought a Klansman, so no, this ship is hers now!
Her and what army? Pierce scoffs, informing her he is Madripoor’s ambassador to the United Nations. Zhao gleefully points out this is an act of aggression against their nation. Kate snaps that last week Zhao was a citizen of China. Last month her country didn’t exist! Zhao shoots back.
Kate attacks and throws Pierce to the ground. Nervously, Zhao points out she has diplomatic immunity. Kate snaps that she hired a man in a hood to kill her and her friends! and hits her in the face.
Storm joins them and informs Kate that the mutants who were trapped on the Upstart are now safely on the Marauder. What do they need to do to this small man?
Pierce needles Kate about being protected by so many powerful mutants. Kate rejoins, right now they are protecting him from her.
Aboard the Marauder, Pyro shouts a warning regarding the Hatemonger but Bishop takes the shot absorbing his energy. He returns the blast throwing Hatemonger and X-Cutioner off board.
Storm uses her winds to throw Pierce into the water and Kate does the same to Zhao.
Iceman joins them. He sent the refugees and Shinobi through the gate, he informs them, and Bishop and Pyro are doing a security sweep. What are they doing with this ship? Kate states there’s a cargo full of the armors they encountered in Russia. Storm considers they shouldn’t sink it but it’s too dangerous to take to Krakoa. Kate suggests that she sail the ship to island M and Storm can meet her there. Bring Sage and Beast. Forge should examine the antimutant tech. Storm agrees, adding ominously that he should be intimately familiar with their designs. Iceman asks if Forge invented the power dampeners. Storm replies that, not so long ago, they lived in a very different world. She promises he will fix it. And if he can’t? Iceman asks. Storm replies, then she will break every last piece herself.
She tells him to accompany Kate. He protests he had plans but then agrees he will take the slow boat. Kate interjects that she doesn’t need a babysitter. He assures her that’s not what they meant. Yes, they did, she smiles and suggests they split up. At least two of them have something important to do. Iceman remarks that he knows Storm and Kate are both on the Quiet Council but he’s a guest judge on Drag Race this week. Clearly, he has the most responsibility, Storm deadpans. Storm and Kate say goodbye. Storm tells her they will see her at home in a few days.
Kate is left alone with Lockheed on the ship – or so she thinks. Someone moves through the cargo hold and walks up surprising her. The Black King Sebastian Shaw fires a weapon trapping Lockheed in a net. He drops some Krakoan seeds. Calling her “Kitty,” he announces he has brought some seeds she will find very interesting.
Kate draws her sword. Of course he is mixed up in this! She threatens he will sleep next to Sabretooth. Shaw doubts that.
Vines suddenly creep up from the seeds and from around Kate’s legs. She finds she cannot phase through them. He tells her Krakoa has rejected her and mutantdom can’t afford to cling to its past. He sees his yacht approaching and bids her farewell in whatever comes next for her.
Kate draws her sword. He cares about a second council seat this much? she snarls. Absolutely, he replies and easily kicks the sword out of her hand. He will need it in order to acquire his third council seat. He throws the net with the unconscious Lockheed into the ocean. Kate screams and promises him her council seat if he saves Lockheed. He refuses. Now he must return to business, and she also has someplace to be.
He presses a button on a small device. A detonation tears a hole into the hull. Water streams in and begins to cover Kate. She shouts that the others will bring her back, but Shaw is certain that whatever quirk of her powers keeps her from walking through the Krakoan gates will also keep her out of the Resurrection Protocols. Why else would her friends be guarding her like a treasure?
Calling her “Kitty,” he tells her to take heart. This is a course correction for mutantdom. He will have Shinobi in her chair, and soon a Queen of his choosing will wear white. Does she think the world of man wants to negotiate with a telepath? When the powers of man look at him, they are not afraid. They see themselves. They see money. In five years, he will have overseen the largest transfer of wealth the world will ever know. And before he goes, he must thank her for her assistance today. It was not difficult to entice today’s participants. Even with the high turnover rate of the vessels they’ve been printing money. He hired Verendi and the villains via Pierce. And the rest was just a matter of a friendly drink around the island. He told Christian Frost that they can’t resurrect the Red Queen and that is why Iceman won’t join Christian’s crew. He’s too busy guarding some feeble half-mutant girl. Kate and the White Queen just needed the right nudge for him to make sure that Shinobi’s ship was just where he needed it to be for her to come sailing to the rescue. And then he needed her pride to clear the deck of her omega level friends.
The water has almost reached Kate’s mouth. She shouts she will live again only to kill him. When she returns, he will beg for her blade. Then she swallows water and drowns. Perhaps, Shaw muses, enjoying the sunset. But not today.


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From Emma, With Love
Not long ago:Callisto, former Morlock leader stands outside the White Palace.Of course Emma lives here, she opines. Hearing screams coming from inside, she rushes inside to find… nothing amiss, unless you count that Emma Frost is only wearing her underwear. With her is resurrected mutant fashion designer Jumbo Carnation.
Emma tells Callisto that she and Jumbo have agreed to hold a Hellfire Gala, but neither of them knows yet what it is. She welcomes Callisto to Hellfire Bay, telling her she is early. She is two hours late, Cal corrects her. Undeterred, Emma continues that eye for detail is exactly why she needs her. She is using her sway to return the most important mutants first; she introduces Jumbo Carnation to her.
Jumbo grabs Cal’s hand and assures her he is a big fan. It will be his honor to cut and sew for her. Callisto points out she hasn’t said yes yet, then wonders how Jumbo knows her. Was he down in the Morlock Tunnels? He explains he knows her from the season she walked in New York and Paris. Cal informs him her modeling days are over. Emma corrects: her modeling days are over when Emma says so. Jumbo offers Callisto a fitted white long coat and asks her to try it on.
Emma explains she wants Callisto to be her ambassador to the mutants who don’t trust this world. Or Emma.
Emma puts on a coat. There may be the odd occasion when she needs to threaten to cut someone. Hellfire Trading has accomplished much in a short time, but there will be difficult days ahead. She would like Callisto to be her White Knight. A new day has dawned. Their reign must be over. Arms crossed, Cal replies she knows some decent humans. Emma explains she was referring to the males of both species.
Callisto chuckles, then draws her knife. Emma ignores her for years and now she wants to buy her? She cuts off the sleeves of the coat.
Unamused, Emma replies that Krakoa is for all mutants and, if she wants to talk money, let’s start with that 10,000 euro suit she just shredded. Now it fits her, Cal replies as she puts on the jacket, which is now more reminiscent of her Morlock leader vest. She will try it on a trial basis, she announces. If she likes what she sees, she will stick around.
Jumbo exclaims that her alteration makes the look perfect. He won’t deserve the credit this outfit will bring him. Callisto hands him her dagger, replying one gift deserves another. If he gets in trouble again, go for the eyes, she recommends. If he can’t do that, swing low for the groin. Don’t let anybody drop him again. Welcome back and thanks for the threads. Jumbo loves it and hugs her.
Cal asks Emma what she wants. Emma stresses, it’s what Krakoa needs, and right now she needs a swift blade on Island M.
Now:Callisto welcomes both the Marauders and Christian Frost on his submarine to Island M. Iceman asks Christian if he has thought about his mutant name. Christian suggests Bobby pick one and he will say yes. Bobby ices down and they kiss.
Callisto tells Bishop he is late. He explains they ran into trouble in Madripoor and then diverted for a mutant refugee boat in trouble; didn’t the Red Queen tell her? Cal replies that Kate hasn’t been around, which concerns Bishop.
When Storm also joins them, Cal throws a knife at her. Storm catches it and they hug afterwards. Pyro mutters they just whip knives at each other’s face. No wonder the Brotherhood never finished the X-Men. Bishop tells Pyro he needs him to do something for him.
At the Verendi house in Madripoor, Kade Kilgore and Manuel Enduque listen in and watch thanks to the bugged Pyro.
Bishop tells Pyro to take the Marauder and sail for Krakoa. He will return to Madripoor.
Kade tells Manuel to make sure the Red Bishop is greeted accordingly…
Soon, Kade shows the footage to the Russian ambassador Vollock, telling her that was for free. There will be a price for future intel, if she is interested. She is impressed, but asks how they managed to accomplish this. Wilhelmina Kensington, who is stroking a cat, replies that is a Verendi secret and offers the intel for the Russian tech that screws up mutant powers. She replies the first version of their tech needed an armor. The future version will fit into a sidearm. She will be in touch. Kade makes a V sign, announcing Verendi.
Madripoor:Verendi armed guards are guarding the Krakoan gate. The mutants have cameras hidden and trained on the gates in hostile territory, so Bishop is aware of them. He reaches through the gate from the other side and drops a grenade on the Madripoor side. After it goes off, he attacks the men, warning he only needs one of them alive for questioning.
That moment, Manuel Enduque attacks him with a knife. Manuel presses the attack, pointing out Bishop can’t kill him due to their laws. Bishop is astonished that Manuel knows about that, then head-butts him and takes him out. “Kill no man” doesn’t mean “+%&$ no man up” he adds. He searches Manuel and finds a memo about Gallagher Salvage recovering one of Verendi’s ships from deep international waters. Disguising himself as one of Verendi’s soldiers, he enters the ship.
Rio Verde, Arizona:Callisto enters though a Krakoan gate. Masque is playing golf, surprised he loves this game so much. Cal assures him that Emma is on the level. Masque snarks that the X-Men have exchanged their mansion for a tropical island, and she wants him to applaud them because they give them an allowance? He swears when his ball doesn’t hit the hole.
Cal points out the Morlocks picked this place and Emma picks up the tab. If he doesn’t like it, he can always go back to the tunnels again. She throws her knife, pushing the ball into the hole. She stresses that she wants this. How many hours did they waste sitting around, bitching in the dark about the good life the pretty ones led? And now the prettiest damn one is building something special and she’s not eating alone, is she?
Masque asks if she doesn’t take offense at Kitty calling herself a “Marauder.” Kate was on the spot and reached for a name, Callisto replies. She blurted the one that hurt her bad. Let her have it.
Krakoa, the Quiet Council:Well, that was quite an exciting vote, Emma Frost states wryly. With one missing – she looks at Kate’s empty seat – and one abstention. Sinister mock-shrugs. Shaw smirks. It is too bad their Red Queen doesn’t have time to properly manage all her responsibilities. Emma retorts that Kate let her know she was detained while doing the great work of getting their people home. Did she now? Shaw repeats smirking. Krakoa bless her. He leans back relaxed.
Madrioor bay:A father and daughter fisher team hauls in their nets to find one dead-looking Lockheed.


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Furious Anger
Christian Frost has led a group of Krakoan kids on a tour of the red farm on Mars. He hands them over to his sister, the White Queen, to continue their tour of the solar system. Emma greets the young mutants while smelling a flower. She explains that, here on Mars, they grow the flowers that become the medicines they are using to transform Earth. The humans get longer, better lives and they get peace. She leads them though a Krakoan gate to enter a factory where Krakoan automatons, built by Forge, produce the medicines. She explains what they are creating here is leverage. As the children become young adults, they hope they will use their gifts to maintain it. She promises the cheering kids to lead them to Magneto’s secret island, then the Savage Land.
That moment, Bishop contacts her telepathically. He explains he tried reaching the other telepaths but he is too far out of range. He is surprised she heard him. Emma suggests it is because the Cuckoos are acting like an antenna. Right now, they are around the globe. He asks her to remote view through his eyes and apologizes in advance. He is on a salvage ship above a wreck a couple of miles outside Madripoor. He needs backup now. She cries out in horror when she sees what he has to show her – the drowned corpse of Kate Pryde.
Staying outwardly calm, she makes excuses to the kids, promising to continue the tour another day. She only breaks down when Christian has led the kids away, then telepathically calls the Marauders.
Iceman joins them soon and informs them that Pyro and Storm are in Brazil. He has no idea where Bishop and Kate are. Emma announces that the three of them will be enough. They need to return to Madripoor. She warns him he needs to steel himself for what she is about to tell him…
On the Verendi ship, an agent is about to bring a covered mutant corpse to Verendi, who want her DNA. Bishop takes him out and, as he opens the body bag, telepathically tells Emma there is no need to continue. The kill is confirmed.
He is attacked and asks for extraction. Emma tells him they are already aboard and orders him to the stern.
The ship hits an iceberg and the soldiers find the atmosphere becoming cold. One of the men tears off his protective gear, shouting he is burning up. A moment later, the cargo door ices up and breaks and a very angry Iceman steps though. “Murderer,” he accuses them calmly. The men try to shoot but Iceman is about to kill them without lifting a finger until Bishop speaks to him. “Kill no man” is mutant law, Iceman recalls. He touches one of the men’s arms and freeze it, but “an eye for an eye” is man’s law. Frostbite never quite heals, he tells them. Let it be a constant reminder to never take up arms against them. However, if they feel mistreated, they know where he lives…
Emma has them teleported onto Christian’s sub. Iceman asks if they are heading to Arbor Magna for Kate. Emma replies she will meet them there. First, she needs to tell Storm.
Emma waits at a balcony of her castle until Storm flies in. Enraged and grieving, Storm shouts that she told her. Every time Emma traipses into their lives, it all goes to hell! She said this would happen! She recalls, Emma replies. Storm shouts that, until they knew what was happening with Kate, she should have stayed here on the island. Emma retorts she would not have tolerated being stuck here.
Where was Emma when it happened? Storm asks accusingly. Fashion week? On the Moon? Over at… She was doing her job, Emma interrupts her. She might ask where the powerful mutants she arranged to shadow Kate were. Storm decks her. Emma continues as if nothing happened but, as she was about to say, she knows Storm was doing the important work of delivering their people to Krakoa. She died alone, Storm states, then discharges lightning with a cry of rage.
Emma hugs her and announces she wants to give her a gift. It’s going to be hard to compete with finally getting to slap her upside down after all these years, Storm remarks wryly. Emma telepathically sends to her how Storm made her feel when she reintroduced Cyclops after the attack on Orchis. It was that moment that the magnitude of what they are attempting finally gripped her. She made her feel they could do anything, and it’s how she knows in her heart Kate will return to them.
Now the White Queen gives her hope. Today is truly humbling, Ororo admits. Emma offers that she could turn to her diamond form and Storm can hit her some more. Storm laughs despite herself and announces she never changes. She just wants Kate back!
At the Black Keep, father and son Shaw are having a sumptuous dinner. Looking out the window, Sebastian notes there is trouble at the White Palace, but let them keep the less fortunate out of mind today. He praises the way Shinobi has been handling himself. Shinobi corrects that they have done well. They have not attempted to kill each other, and they are getting the drugs out and the mutants in. And who are his sponsors to join the Black? Sebastian asks, looking at the blonde couple entering and sitting down. Shinobi introduces their new Black Knights, the Strucker twins aka Fenris.
Andrea and Andreas note that black in not their usual color. They look better in white. Shaw hints that, if they impress him, he might accommodate that wish…
In Madrioor, the teenage fisher girl nurses Lockheed back to health, despite her father’s wishes. Finally, the dragon begins to breathe some flame and the girl is sure he is on the way back to recovery.


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Journey to the Center of Pyro
The Marauder sets anchor on Krakoa, where a beach party is in full swing. Pyro is offered a drink by a butler and urged to join the party by fans. However, he announces that after one drink they are sailing back out. That is a shame, Jean Grey purrs, seductively draped across the front of a car. She was hoping he could give her a ride. For her any time, he promises, as he kisses her and carries her into the car. Music blasting, they drive off.
Emma Frost’s mindscape:Bishop meets Emma at a kind of theater. Onstage, simplified figures are staging the scene Pyro has just lived though. Bishop asks what he is looking at. Emma explains she went to meet the Marauders when she “heard” the thoughts of a stowaway. Would he please meet her below at the cove?
Reality:In his quarters, Bishop promises he is on it and leaves. He telepathically asks about that play. Emma explains, some time ago, she was in need of a touch of rhinoplasty and she awoke in recovery and they had some sort of show about oiled-up hillbillies binge-drinking on the tackiest beach she’d ever seen. She’s putting on a show by replaying all the staged sexual promiscuity she can recall, but she is cold and tired.
He finds her sitting on the steps outside her castle with Pyro standing before her, paralyzed. So, who’s the stowaway in Pyro’s mind? he asks. Emma informs him, the strange thing is it is not a telepath. It is a man in a tiny submarine named Yellowjacket.
Bishop covers her with his jacket. What the hell? he wonders, as Pyro groans “Jean.” Emma adds, she could handle Yellowjacket directly, but they would lose access to the submarine. Very clever, she smirks a moment later.
In his command center, Yellowjacket sees Emma’s staged play of Pyro dating Jean. Suddenly, he notices the redhead is missing – he investigates and learns Pyro knows.
Emma realizes immediately. He presses the emergency button and his vessel grows to normal size tearing Pyro apart. Yellowjacket orders his ship to fire and it shoots Emma in the head. He shrinks the vessel again to flee while being shot at by Bishop. His shrunk vessel hits the water. Home free, he contacts Verendi, explaining he had to butt out. He’s on the open sea and sailing for Madripoor.
Of course, none of this is really happening. Pyro, Bishop, Emma, the Cuckoos and Magneto are standing on the beach, with the telepaths feeding Yellowjacket illusions and trying to get into his mind.
Pyro asks if they can now evict this guy. He gets to kill him. No, Magneto states and makes him puke the sub up. Despite Pyro’s whining killing him is out.  The Cuckoos inform the others, he believes three hours have passed and he is en route to Madripoor. So far, he expresses no regret over “killing” Pyro or Emma.
Madripoor again, Bishop remarks. Emma announces that his memories have now been wiped, and Magneto sends the sub into the ocean. Magneto leaves announcing to need to think about how to deploy the telepath.
Bishop asks Emma to come with him. He needs to talk to her about something he found. She tells him to hold that thought. She wants the Red Queen to join them for that conversation. She turns to Pyro and asks if he is ready. She bonds them telepathically.
In Madripoor, the young Verendi members and Zhao sit around a table celebrating their first successful mission and Zhao’s new title as White Bishop. Suddenly, Emma appears, telling them to celebrate their spy mission. Yellowjacket is on his way back to Madripoor. He won’t remember anything but tell him not to set foot on Krakoa again. She tells them she is embarrassed for them. They are children copying her old club. She hopes they’ll grow up. This is the only warning they will receive to stay out of mutant shipping lanes. She prides herself on being the cooler head, because there are mutants whose blood runs much hotter than hers.
Pyro appears next to her. He states they embarrassed him in front of his friends. He doesn’t have many friends. He guesses that’s why when he was their age he played with fire. He manipulates the fire in the candles, burning them. They shout in fear and pain, until they realize all this was just an astral projection.
Emma tells them that was their only warning.
Pyro is disappointed it ended so fast. Emma states she has pressing matters at Arbor Magna.
She joins the Five and Xavier standing dejected around an egg cocoon. Again? Emma asks. Xavier tells her this husk wasn’t viable either. They will take a break and try again in the morning. Emma wants to speak to the Five. She doesn’t understand what the problem is. Xavier admits, neither do they.
In Madripoor, the fisher girl that nursed Lockheed back to health sleeps. Lockheed draws her cover up to her chin and then flies away.
Meanwhile, Emma desperately thinks to herself that she needs Kate back…


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Leave None to Tell the Tale
Port Genosha, the first distillery on Krakoa:Forge enters and asks Tempo how the last batch turned out. Whiskey’s not really her thing, she replies and suggests he ask the dandy over there. She is referring to Sebastian Shaw, who muses that last week they set out to make the world’s best whiskey, a goal that should have taken years, but today they both succeeded. The Five returned his son to him, but Forge and Tempo working in concert are the true miracle workers of Krakoa. Tempo’s ability to age the whiskey to fifty years after it was newly made is truly mutantdom’s finest work. And now he will leave, as it seems they have another appointment.
Storm enters and curtly asks to speak to Forge alone. He asks her what is going on. A group of Russians are making his old power-dampening weapons, she reveals. Forge protests. He deleted all the files when he quit the US government. Storm asks if he is sure he got everything. Of course, he boasts, but then recalls that Daniels, one of the engineers working under him at the Department of Defense, did have a photographic memory. Storm swears.
A little later, the Quiet Council waits for the White Queen. Sophie of the Stepford Cuckoos convenes Emma’s regret, but she won’t be joining them today. She explains that Bishop has succeeded in hacking Madripoor’s government. The intel revealed cooperation between the Verendi government of Madripoor, Russia and Brazil. A freighter has been identified as a floating factory for the Russian weapons based on Forge’s old design. A scientist who used to work for Forge went missing two days after Xavier’s message to the world.
Shaw wonders if Krakoa isn’t a little young to be taking on half the world and suggests relegating the matter to X-Force. Now, where is Emma? Looking at him coldly, Sophie spells out that the Marauders have sailed off to war. She is here to tell the Council to give them a wide berth.
Nightcrawler suggests they should discuss this. Xavier agrees. In the meantime, Magneto sends to Sophie that she should tell Emma to leave none to tell the tale. Sophie complies.
Aboard the Russian freighter, one man announces there is an iceberg ahead. His superior calls him an idiot. They are in the South Pacific near the equator. He looks up to see an iceberg, on which stand Iceman and Storm. He gives orders to reverse the ship, but they are stuck in even more ice.
Iceman tells Emma, it’s time for her move. The Mercury hovers above the ship. Forge and Bishop teleport down to free Daniels, who was force to work for the Russians, while Pyro and Emma teleport to another part of the ship. Pyro still marvels that the Mercury is a UFO. A tale for another time, Emma remarks.
When they run into some armed guards, Emma surprises them by flashing her breasts. With all of the men having only one thing on their minds, Emma easily takes mental control of them and has them shoot at each other (kneecaps mostly).
Bishop alerts Christian Frost that he has their package ready for extraction.
In the meantime, another Russian military plans to self-destruct the ship, but he is stopped by Callisto and her knife. Emma walks up to him and takes the power neutralizer. The man threatens there is going to be hell to pay for her people when this story gets out. Unimpressed, Emma replies she hasn’t written their story yet, but it goes something like this: They are going to fall into a deep sleep and, when they awake, they will have no memory of the last month. They will have nothing but warm thoughts for mutants and other oppressed minorities. Gay, disabled, trans… it doesn’t matter. Any thought of cruelty to those different will make them physically ill. They will have no knowledge how their ship was lost, just that a UFO collected them and little gray aliens prodded them before sending them back to Red Square.
With that done, the UFO destroys the ship. With everybody aboard Christian’s submarine, Bishop asks where Hellfire Trading got a UFO from and how Christian is controlling it with a piano.
Christian explains that, if Bishop were flying it, he would choose a different interface. It’s all in the captain’s head. And how they came to possess the ship, well, there’s a tale. Bishop wants to know. Christian tells him to ask his sister.
On a Krakoan beach, Forge is talking with Daniels, who admires what they have done on Krakoa. Forge remarks that he couldn’t help but notice that Daniel was throwing his work. He shortened the time that Forge’s ill-conceived creation acts on mutant powers, didn’t he? Daniels agrees. Did Forge examine the chip set? He hid a message asking for help in there. Forge admits he didn’t. Chastened, he regrets his invention and that Daniels has a photographic memory. Daniels realizes that means he can’t go home. Forge tells him he would never be safe. He won’t remember everything about his old life, but don’t worry, he’ll make sure he will enjoy the Krakoan retirement plan in Rio Verde. Emma begins to work on him.
Rio Verde, a golfing place:Masque swears as he misses the hole. Daniels joins him and suggests he bend his knees. After some hesitation, he introduces himself as Dan Molina. Masque welcomes him. It will be nice to have someone to play the game with. Most of his friends don’t care for it.
The Arbor Magna:The Five and Xavier are confused and frustrated. They’ve been trying nonstop but for some reason all resurrection attempts of Kate Pryde fail. Xavier tells them he will inform the White Queen of his decision tomorrow.


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To Live and Die on Krakoa
Despite knowing that all attempts to resurrect Kate Pryde have failed, Nightcrawler nevertheless writes her letters to inform her of all the things she has been missing, in the hope that they will meet again. Iceman has distanced himself from everyone, including Christian Frost. The Marauders are continuing to bring home mutants. Young Cable is dating one of the Cuckoos and a tiki bar has opened on the island. They all consider it a soft opening, until she has had a chance to christen it when she returns.
Nightcrawler teleports to the funeral procession on the beach. The body in the boat / casket is flanked by her two closest friends, Illyana and Rachel. Marauders and other friends put roses on Kate’s body, and finally Magik creates a small flame that Pyro uses to burn the boat, giving Kate a Viking funeral.
Emma walks away from the funeral, causing Illyana and Rachel to give her the stink-eye. She holds herself together until she has entered her castle, then breaks down grieving. Suddenly, she hears a crashing noise from another room, and threatens whoever is disturbing her. She finds Lockheed crouching on a telescope after he crashed through her balcony door. She enters his mind and finds a leering Sebastian Shaw was behind the attack on Lockheed and Kate. She turns to diamond and hits the wall then vows Shaw will pay.
He will suffer! How dare he? She regains control of herself. They will do him right and proper, she promises, but not now. First, they have to get Lockheed to the healers.
In the Healing Garden, Healer examines Lockheed and tells Emma he was cared for but is dehydrated and exhausted. He believes Lockheed flew a great distance to make it home. Emma thanks him and asks him to keep Lockheed’s return a state secret. She telepathically alerts Xavier. She knows she promised not to ask again. Still at the ceremony, Xavier finishes her sentence: she wishes for them to try to resurrect Katherine one more time before they pause. Kurt has already moved him to go back on his promise to the Five that they try not to resurrect her again. They will try one more time, but he must warn them both. He will not give up on resurrecting Kate but, should they fail again, they will return to their work on other mutants.
In a subway train in Washington D.C., Storm has a secret meeting with the member of the X-desk that has been supporting them, a middle-aged woman named Delores in a wheelchair, who is suspicious about the reasons Storm called this meeting. Surprisingly, Storm thanks her for warning Kate Pryde about the poisoned Krakoan medicines. Delores asks about the outcome, to which Storm replies they managed to swap the poisoned medicines in a Madripoor warehouse for clean ones. Verendi gave away clean medicine. Delores saved many human lives and spared Krakoa a diplomatic incident, and Verendi wasted millions on the Black Market.
Delores chuckles but has to leave at the next stop. She thanks Storm as well. Her mother has returned to her, thanks to Krakoan miracle drugs of the mind. Storm tells her she is happy for her miracle. There aren’t enough in the world.
Arbor Magna:The Five, Xavier, Emma Lockheed and Nightcrawler stand around another egg which was supposed to hatch Kate but, for some reason, her husk never breaks out. Kurt assures Emma this is not the end of Kate’s story. There is something unique about her physiology. She is out of phase, but they will guide her back. Kurt’s words spark an idea in Emma. She reaches out telepathically to the husk. Kate’s husk never stirs. They have been waiting for Kate’s husk to break into the world, but Kate doesn’t smash barriers - she ignores them. Emma reaches out with mind and hand and a hand reaches out from inside the husk’s wall phasing through it. Emma draws Kate out and Xavier quickly returns her mind.
The Five, in the meantime, are chastened as they realize all those husks were viable but they let them drown. They’ll know next time, Proteus remarks. Nightcrawler tell them it was miracle. And it only took them hundred times, Egg replies, but it was still worth it. Eighteen times, Tempus corrects. Kurt is hung up on the number but doesn’t say why.
Kate gains consciousness and is ecstatic to see Lockheed. Emma hugs her and Kate states the last thing she recalls is kissing her at the Red Keep. She does have that effect on people, Emma states wryly. Kate asks her what happened. Emma telepathically tells her they will speak privately. She is hoping they can keep it an internal matter. Kate realizes it was Shaw. No matter, whatever is broken, they will fix it together.


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The New Phase
A confused Kate Pryde, dressed in a red gown, mutters she can’t believe this is happening. Addressing her as “Red Queen,” Emma Frost tells her that her friends await, pointing to the crowd of people expecting them. Kate doesn’t recognize them. Emma tells her to look closer. These are the mutants she helped the Hellfire Trading Company bring home to Krakoa.
Storm sends lightning bolts into the sky. Smiling, she announces she has no flesh of her flesh but she has a daughter. She has known her by many names over the years. She met her as Kitty, then as Sprite. Later, Shadowcat. How does she know it’s her? Because, Kate replies, once when she was a dumb kid she threatened to abandon Storm over her haircut? And then that girl grew up and got knuckle tats, Storm replies as she hugs her. This is the Red Queen! she announces to the crowd. Who is she? A mutant, the crowd echoes.
Later, Kate and Emma ride hoses across the beach. When did they get horses? Kate asks. Emma replies that she grew up in Boston, so naturally riding was her first love. Father may have let the family down, but his checks cleared. Hellfire Bay will be home to the finest horses anywhere.
Kate stops her horse, then tells Emma she wants to get this over with. Emma replies there is plenty of time for business later; that’s not what tonight is for. She mustn’t keep her friends waiting. Kate insists that he saw them coming and made the first move. Yes, Emma admits. She got it all from Lockheed. Kate orders her to show her and Emma links them telepathically to share the memory. Kate lives through Shaw’s attack and attempted murder on Lockheed.
Emma calmly tells Kate that nothing changes. They stick to the plan. Kate refuses. She has a better idea. What is she thinking? Emma asks. She reads her mind and looks shocked. Kate insists he deserves it. Emma laughs and applauds, assuring her it will be done.
They ride into the Red Keep, where friends and allies are waiting with a welcoming party. Wolverine holds up a beer and congratulates her on losing her resurrection cherry. Kate guesses she should say a few words. Rachel calls out for her to go on: they are all listening. Kate smiles and the next moment she is hugged by Nightcrawler, who tells her they have much to discuss. She tells him to hold that thought. She looks back to where Rachel stood a moment ago but she is gone.
Kurt puts something into her hand, remarking their friends almost put it into the sea. It is her Star of David pendant. He knows she has been in search for answers, but sometimes they only reveal themselves when you are ready. Kate puts the pendant on a necklace and admits she was pissed about the Gates, but that was a lifetime ago. She knows who she is and what she needs to—
She is interrupted by Magik teleporting in with a mariachi band and throwing herself at Kate, as they both tumble to the ground.
Suddenly, Sebastian Shaw stands over her. Offering a bottle of Krakoan whiskey as a gift, he announces he wanted to personally welcome her home. Kate stands up and thanks him for the gift. Shaw announces with her back, as the Red Queen Hellfire Trading will continue to turn the world on its head. Kate surprisingly hugs him and he does not see her angry facial expression. Now they celebrate! she shouts.
After some slugs, she leaves the whiskey with Wolverine and asks Illyana to teleport her away, first to the Marauder, then food. A clothes change and a burger later, Illyana leaves Kate outside a tattoo parlor.
Kate steps inside. The tattoo artist is a young woman who looks a little like Illyana. She wants to close shop but enough money convinces her she now has a date with Kate.
Sometime later, the girl works on giving Kate knuckle tattoos. She carefully asks about the letters and Kate tells her it is the name of the man who hurt her. Afterwards, she asks Kate if she knows how to take care of the tattoo. Kate gives her a kiss, smiles and leaves.
Outside the shop, she stretches and yawns. She’s been awake for almost a day but she may never sleep again. There is too much to do. Every breath that man takes is an insult she cannot abide.
The tattoo artist has closed shop and asks if Kate needs anything else. Which way to the harbor? Kate asks as she displays her new knuckle tattoos which spell Kill Shaw.


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X of Sword – part 05
Krakaoa:Storm, dressed in a white version of her standard uniform, stands lost in thought. She knows what she must do. But for the first time in a long time, her purpose and her heart war with each other.
She recalls Polaris’ prophetic words:Flashback:Once goddess, once queen one sword with which to split the sky in twain.Vibranium inlaidA tempest contained.The wrath of heavens comes wielding a legacy.
Present:Kate Pryde gets her out of her reverie. She observes that Storm surrounds herself with green whenever she has something weighing on her mind. Ororo retorts what makes her think she has anything other on her mind but purpose. Kate scoffs they’ve known each other too long for her not to notice the crease between Ororo’s perfect eyebrows when she is troubled. Ororo knows what the rhyme refers to, doesn’t she? Storm admits she does, but she doesn’t know if she is ready for what taking it will mean. And what is that? Kate asks. An end, she thinks. Heartache and strife at the least. Kate offers her help. Ororo thanks her with a smile, but she must do this alone. Kate is not surprised.
Ororo thinks of the story she was told:They say it began with a flash of light. With the sky splitting open and striking a sacred mountain. Inside, they would find a gift from the heavens. A metal so pure that to touch it in its raw form was to know the truth of the universe. The ancestors of those who would become Wakandan forged a weapon from it used by the first Wakandan protector and king - Skybreaker. It was passed from king to king. Its edge is sharper than any other blade’s and never grows dull.
Present:Wakanda, the throne room:With the Black Panther away, his sister Shuri and the queen mother Ramonda are taking care of affairs of state. Ororo appears as a petitioner. The two happily welcome their former sister and daughter-in-law. Ramonda explains that T’Challa’s duties took him form Wakanda, though he is due to return any day now. Shuri asks if she is here as a sister or as diplomat for Krakoa.
Krakoa is in danger and she comes here to plead for Wakanda’s aid, but not just for the mutants’ sake. If Krakoa falls, then the world falls. Ramonda asks her to speak more clearly.
Ororo quickly summarizes what happened: An army led by the original Horsemen of the Apocalypse has breached Otherworld and threatens their reality. The army of Arakko covets what they have and will destroy anything not twisted and cruel like them. Otherworld’s ruler stopped them, but has made a game of the conflict. The terms are a contest of champions. She has been chosen and she is in need of her sword. Wakanda has a vital role in this.
Ramonda and Shuri offer an army and weapons. Storm thanks them but stresses only the champions may enter Otherworld and only with their specified weapons.
Shuri offers to make her a sword and Ramnoda offers the historic swords of Wakanda: the Nation Maker, the Panther’s Claw and the King’s Mercy. However, they are not the one that Storm needs - Skybreaker. Shocked, they reply that is not possible. Shuri remarks the people would riot. Ramonda adds only the king may lay hand on Skybreaker. And he is not here. Ororo stresses it is about the fate of the world! And if she doesn’t appear with the weapon at the meeting place soon, Krakoa will have lost.
Ramonda would grant it if it were up to here. Ororo can wait a few days until her son comes and then she can ask him. Ororo begins to protest, then gets down on her knees and humbly thanks her. Shuri gives hers the side-eye.
A little later, the Wakandans have given Ororo a guest suite. Shuri surprises her with dinner. She reminds Ororo of their bond and asks what is on her mind. She serves both of them food and states she understands Ororo’s frustration about having to wait, but surely she understands the position she put the Queen Mother in. Storm assures her she doesn’t want to make anyone’s life more difficult but, if T’challa doesn’t return soon, the consequences will be… regrettable.
Shuri points out the consequences if they lend her the sword. It could lead to unrest among the people, even death! Ororo assures her that, if it were up to her, she would not put Wakanda into this position, but what waits in Otherworld doesn’t care about politics or good intentions. The enemy will overwhelm and consume everything. At best, they and everyone they love will be at their mercy… at worst they will be annihilated.
Shuri points out that some would say the same of Krakoa: taking what they want, wresting control of economic markets, flooding the world with their cure-all flowers… And now she asks for something that could destabilize Wakanda. This contest of champions comes at a very interesting time…
Ororo retorts that the shared cures with humanity that save thousands of lives. They shared them, asking only to be accepted as a people in return. Does Shuri really believe this is a ploy by Krakoa to hurt Wakanda? Does she think so little of mutants… of her?
Of course not, Shuri assures her. They may not have a treaty with Krakoa but mutants are welcome here, and they have never discriminated against them. She and her mother both believe in Ororo but she has to see this from their perspective. There are some who would see this is an act of war by Krakoa, even if her mother assured them it was not. They would use this as an excuse to create dissent among the people. Wakandan blood would run in the streets.
Storm points out that the other side is also of concern to her. She has been tasked with fighting for, possibly dying for Earth, on which both Krakoa and Wakanda sit.
Shuri again suggests to wait for T’Challa. He would want to help any way he can. He and Ororo are finally back to a place of mutual respect and affection. Don’t let impatience damage all the work she has put into repairing their relationship!
Storm coolly retorts that her brother has ignored Ororo’s calls for help, because they are not convenient for him to answer right now. But Krakoa goes to war for Wakanda as much as for itself. Before she was the X-Man Storm, she was protector of the plains. They called her goddess. She knows sacrifice and she knows suffering. She knows the weight of people’s need and their dependence on her and her powers. She knows who she is and what she must do.
Shuri tries to amend, but Storm politely compliments her out, claiming she needs her rest. She asks Shuri to save her a place nest to her for breakfast. Before Shuri leaves, she reminds her that, when she was married to T’Challa, they were as sisters. She asks her out of that sisterly love to remember she has a duty to her people that supersedes all others. So does she, is Ororo’sparting shot. Ororo takes her black uniform out of her bag.
Flashback:She recalls how, back when they were newly married, T’Challa had shown her the Temple of the Heart of Wakanda, where the sword rests. It is the spirit of Wakanda, never to be taken from its soil.
Now, nighttime:The temple:Storm overloads the facility’s security system with lightning, causing it to shut down to prevent permanent damage. The cameras and most tech-based security is down. She has less than half an hour, before it comes back online.
Flashback:On their wedding day, T’Challa toured the facility with her and explained that it is under 24-hour surveillance by the priests. The drones patrol the exterior and feed their intel to the priests, who in turn report daily to an offsite facility. There are priests at every intersection of corridors.
Present:Storm decides she will have to go through the priests. In the dark, she attacks a guarding priest when the system is down, leaving her 22 minutes until system reboots.
The sword itself is surrounded by lasers, but they are not built to withstand the deadly cold she generates. Storm wonders if T’Challa knew she might have to infiltrate this place someday. She takes up the sword, but it is shot out of her hand by Shuri, who had hoped she would not find Ororo here. Ororo orders her aside. Shuri warns her that this might lead to civil war, all because she could not wait. Storm retorts that they could hide the fact she took it. There is no hiding what she has done, Shuri replies.
Storm apologizes but is not willing to stand down. She attacks, even as Shuri suggests they could still pardon her. Storm replies what happens here is not at Shuri’s whim. Storm is trying to save them and Shuri is worried about saving face! Shuri spits back she cares about saving her people from the damage Ororo will cause.
Shuri fires her guns at her. Storm freezes them. Undeterred, Shuri brings out a sword. Storm counters her blows. Shuri disarms her and has the upper hand for a moment. But Storm electrocutes her via her blade and apologizes.
Storm then replaces the sword with a fake to keep the alarms from going off. The system reboot is finished. The alert goes off. Before she is shut in, Storm tries to enter the royal command codes, but they are denied. She tried to do this without causing any damage but sees it is not possible. She cuts loose with her powers, which alerts several panther robots, much to Storm’s surprise. This T’Challa had not informed her about. She uses lightning to take them down, but it takes a lot out of her.
Outside the temple, the Black Panther and his guards wait for her. He states his mother told him she claimed she came in need of aid, and here she is stealing from those who welcomed her. Ororo snaps at him there is no time for bureaucracy. Not with what is at stake! The Panther tells his agitated soldiers to stand own. He takes off his mask. She knows he would do anything for her, even this. Why betray him like this? Looking down she tells him this has nothing to do with them. She is doing this so she can save her people.
He remembers a time when Wakandans were her people. They could be again. If she would just wait and listen. She takes up the sword. Her life does not revolve around his whims, even if her heart aches with missing him. He will step aside because he knows that anything else would be the end of them all.
Again, he forcefully orders his troops to stand down. If it is as she says, he cannot in good conscience stand against her. He reminds her that they could have done this together. She retorts that this is bigger than them and she could not wait around until he decided that he had the time.
He tells his troops to let her go. After she steps though the Krakoan gate, he orders them to destroy it. If the emissary of Krakoa wishes to return, it will not be as a thief in the night but with the permissions and grace of Wakanda. If they so choose.
Krakoa:Kate asks her if it went as she thought. Worse, Storm sighs. They have not lost allies but a lot of work will have to be done to rebuild trust. Kate reminds her that she did what had to be done. Ororo states she has been a protector longer than a wife. She knows the sacrifices that must be made. She knows who she is. Never doubted her for a second, Wolverine agrees and Magik welcomes her to the party.


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X of Sword – part 13
At the Crooked Market Mad, Jim Jaspers is busy preparing the foods for the dinner party Saturnyne has planned for the combatants.
The Starlight Citadel:Wolverine looks down a balcony, not looking forward to said party. He and his friends are being fattened up for the slaughter. At least he can’t complain about the booze, he figures. It’ll put the wind in his sails for the nasty piece of business he has to do tonight… at the witch’s stupid party.
Some distance away in a courtyard, members of both groups are mingling. Death addresses Storm. His sister War asks him why he is talking to these mutants. She can smell the fear on them. It must be something else she smells, Storm suggests calmly. Death holds his sister back when she bristles at the perceived insult. War shakes off his arm. Ask her who she fears tomorrow, if she’s still alive! she snarls. Storm chuckles. She’d thought War would be the more artful, but no, it’s him. He’s going to be a problem, isn’t he? She takes the flower decorating her cocktail and playfully tucks it behind Death’s ear, then joins Wolverine on the balcony. He tells her he is not in the mood.
Standing in a corner nursing a drink, Cypher says ‘hi’ when Bei the Bloodmoon passes him. She hisses at him to avert his eyes.
Storm tells Wolverine she knows what he is thinking. Is she gonna talk him out of this? he asks. She tells him not to miss.
Several birds fly out of the building singing it is time to gather in the Hall of Broken Banners. A priestess tells them to take their card. Curious, Magik grabs one and announces she doesn’t know what this Tarot stuff means. Can’t they just point to where her chair of asses is? Pogg ur-Pogg announces he will sit where he sees fit. Gorgon and Magik wonders whether there is a soft spot in his skin. Wolverine points out he has plenty of soft spots, just none that are on the outside.
Saturnyne welcomes her guests to the Hall of Fallen Banners, a splendid hall with a glass floor under which there is water in which mermaids are swimming. Saturnyne warns them that for this evening the rules of parley are observed and there shall be no hostilities until the next morning when the swords are drawn. The contests will take place across the realms of Otherworld. She introduces the swordbearers to her court. Blood will be shed on the morrow, but for now let them appreciate the finer things in life.
Getting a drink, Wolverine figures this is all Braddock’s fault. Captain Avalon is asking for a non-alcoholic drink when Logan accosts him of not pulling his weight. Brian tells him to just say what he has to say. Wolverine replies, if he were in Braddock’s situation, a man who has the favor of the woman who’s deciding their fate, he might be inclined to take one for the team and give the lady what she is clearly after.
Brian coolly retorts he is a married man. Betsy joins her brother and accuses Logan of being a boor, so kindly piss off! He was married once, Logan muses. Tricky business. Do they know who hasn’t been married? Cypher. Neither have Magik or Cable. They have yet to make that very special mistake. And when they are fighting to the death he doesn’t think he’ll watch. He puts his fist against Braddock’s chest. He’ll be watching the guy who could have stopped it… him!
Magik and Gorgon watch their foes and make observations that could be useful for battle, such as War being righthanded. Magik figures the dinosaur, Pogg ur-Pogg, is going to be a problem. Gorgon reminds her every beat has a softness beyond its armor, then adds Death favors his left side. Magik figures Redroot’s shrubbery may hide more eyes. They are puzzled by Isca though. Does she favor her left or right?
Gorgon addresses Isca and tries to make small talk. Isca tells them to spare her the and she will not listen to any whining that the fights won’t be fair. Gorgon smirks he’s never been in a fair fight. They all had to face him. Isca approves of his attitude and replies it’s a pity his island doesn’t have more like him. Magik and Gorgon both offer a toast, then drop their glasses. Isca catches them both easily and states they could have just asked which side she favors. Of course, she is ambidextrous. Their turn, she announces and drops the glasses in front of them. Magik has small teleportation circles appear under the glasses and teleports them into her and Gorgon’s hand. No drop spilled either. Isca chuckles. This will be fun. After she leaves, Illyana asks Gorgon about her soft spots. He doesn’t know. He advises her to kill as many as she can, as fast as she can. He fears that woman’s sword will break them.
Cable points out to Storm that the “bad doggie” - referring to Death - is creeping out on her. She asks Death to dance on the invisible floor over the waters. He notes she doesn’t fear him. Does she desire him? Straight and to the point, she muses. She admires that. He continues that the other swordbearers of her group have tasted death many times in many ways, but not her. He is wrong, Storm replies, she knows death. Dipping her down, he assures her he meant no offense. She replies she has been dancing with him for a long time. First as a child, living on the streets and later as leader of the X-Men, a role that taught her how to sway death. Suddenly she is leading. So, she neither fears nor desires him, but she does know him… and this is as close as she will allow him. She finishes the dance.
Saturnyne bids her guests to sit for the first course. She thanks Jim Jaspers and the Crooked Market for procuring the delicacies
Turning to Wolverine, she points out she senses when a mind is burdened. There is no need to hold his tongue.
He ain’t a man of many words, he replies and gets up, his attention on Saturnyne. His neighbor War uses that and trickles something on his sushi. Logan walks to Saturnyne, stating it doesn’t have to be like that. She can just take what she wants. She doesn’t need to create all this collateral damage.
Haughtily, she tells him he doesn’t understand the reasons for the many changes to come. Why doesn’t she say what she means, he snaps. There is a mountain of death ahead. She smirks, death is the great change and everything dies. Those are some famous last words! he growls as he impales her with his claws.


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X of Sword – part 14
“Every battle is won or lost before it is fought.”- Sun Tzu
“You cannot be humbled in war if you never taste death”The White Sword of the Celestial Spire
After Wolverine murdered Saturnyne in her own home, chaos erupted. A fierce, three-way battle between Arakki, Krakoans and Saturnyne’s priestesses broke out. Magik managed to teleport the Krakoans home.
Soon the Arakki force burst through the External Gate. The Krakoans’ number was eroded after several days. Then, a telepathic mind bomb erased hundreds of mutant brains, including Moira X’.
Krakoa issued a distress call to the other heroes of Earth. They fought and lost. With Saturnyne dead, there was no contest and no defense against the forces of Arakko and Amenth. Otherworld fell quickly, and then it was Earth’s turn…
Manhattan lies in ruins. Corpses are strewn everywhere. War and Solem have just killed Dr. Strange. Wolverine hangs crucified to an X-shaped cross.
And what is the fate of Krakaoa’s deathless man? a voice from the shadows asks. Wolverine screams as he is impaled by claws. Turnabout is fair play, Saturnyne points out, before muttering that stabbing is kind of fun. His head will never wear a crown but she knows he cared deeply for his people, so despite the harm he intended her, she freely gives him this gift. This glimpse of the future. This is what happens if he fails his people. She retracts the claws.
A moment later, the vision is over. Nothing has happened. Wolverine never got around to actually attacking Saturnyne. He is standing in front of Saturnyne in the dining hall. She suggests he sit back down before his food gets cold or she will banish him to a lifeless realm. Storm calls his name. He tells her it didn’t happen. Just forget it…
He returns to his seat where Cypher is stealing his sushi, since Logan clearly doesn’t care. However, Wolverine sniffs and shouts t him to stop. A moment later Cypher gags and green foam comes from his mouth. The waiter quickly hides as Wolverine shouts that someone poisoned his appetizer. Cypher sinks down his airway closes up. Isca calmly cuts his airduct to allow him to breathe. He could have done that! Wolverine snaps. Then why didn’t he? Isca asks mildly. Storm suggests they get Douglas home.
The White Sword accusingly states to War that she poisoned a boy. At a feast. War just replies it should have been the Wolverine. Too much hinges on this and that little monster will be their greatest impediment.
Wolverine snarls at Saturnyne to send them back to Krakoa. She replies that, surely, he doesn’t mean to forfeit after the gift she gave him…
War tells the White Sword that not all have a hundred soldiers in their service. They make war their own way! Disgusted, the White Sword turns away, denouncing poison as the weapon of the craven. He walks towards the Krakoans. The White Sword will not be party to cowardice – there’s a reason the tower never fell. He grips Cypher’s throat and heals him. The poison seeps out of Doug’s orifices. The White Sword announces he is whole and he releases him from any obligations to him.
While all this occurs, Apocalypse and Genesis (wearing the Annihilation mask) just sit opposite each other in silence. He sees she did well with the children, Apocalypse finally remarks. She did her best, Genesis replies.
Arguments break out all over, and Captain Avalon uses the chaos to petition Saturnyne. He points out the Arakkii tried to win by cheating. He asks her to declare Krakoa the winner by forfeit and send the Arakkii on their way. Saturnyne agrees that his suggestion is fair and she would follow it, but the Krakoans also went against the rules this evening. They tried to slay her. Realizing she is talking about Wolverine, Brian mutters, “damn that pig-headed dwarf.”
Back at his place, drinking, Wolverine just remarks he heard that. Sitting down next to him, War admits she is impressed and raises her glass to him. She didn’t even consider an attack on the majestrix. He replies he just wants to get this people home safe. The singular desire of every soldier, War admits.
The servants bring the next course, a dish made of scarabs. Death feels insulted, snapping at the waiter that he dares serve him this sacred scarab? He takes off his mask, showing the priest his face - killing him. When he looks back at his plate, the scarab is gone – between Wolverine’s teeth.
Brian Braddock apologizes to Saturnyne for Wolverine’s attempt on her life. She hints that some accommodations could be made if he were to pick up the right sword… and reclaim the mantle he was destined for. He smiles apologetically and tells her that is his past. He trusts she won’t go to bits. No, not her, she replies sadly, then announces the main course has arrived. The mystery beast turns out to be unicorn roast, interesting even the White Sword who usually never eats. Storm on the other hand is disgusted, while for Wolverine meat is meat.
The Summoner joins the White Sword. He has never seen him save a life and then not conscript that person to his army. The White Sword retorts he has never been asked to carry the shame of a poisoning at a parley. The Summoner grins. The boy doesn’t know how lucky he is. It is one thing to die, another to be eternal fodder for the White Sword’s battles. Lifting a sword is a small price to pay for eternal life, the White Sword believes. The Summoner on the other hand opines he does not intend to die for a long time, but he intends to die only once.
Gorgon interjects that listening to others plan for their eventual demies bores him. He asks the White Sword if he could resurrect himself. The White Sword snorts amused. He has no idea, and will never know.
Young Cable has the bad fortune of sitting next to Apocalypse and opposite Genesis. He breaks the oppressive silence by remarking this has to be weird for them. Apocalypse schools him that “weird” is a human word, used to describe a reality that their small minds fail to grasp. Cable will understand that in time, when he has more experience.
At the buffet, Cable addresses Isca, asking is her power that she can’t be beaten? Never have, never will, she replies curtly. That’s cool, Cable marvels and asks her to show him. Downing what looks like an eye, she tells him he will witness her power tomorrow. Magik glomps onto Cable. She thought they were all gonna be dead tomorrow? Let’s see her go now. She has a few ideas…
So, they test Isca by having her pin a tail to Pogg ur-Pogg blindfolded or facing Magik and Cable at who can build a tower of glasses the fastest. Isca wins. Cable cuts himself, earning him a glare from Apocalypse. Even at Three Card Monte Isca wins. Magik challenges her to say what number she is thinking of. Isca smirks. She isn’t thinking of a number, is her reply. With a grin Illyana wonders what would happen if Isca fought Domino. Her friend would lose, Isca replies grinning. Cable mutters he is not looking forward to fighting her and Isca muses he may live to a ripe old age after all.
Death and Redroot watch them from some distance, and Death scoffs at their foes’ weakness and softness. Redroot agrees but looking at them she wonders… About what? Death demands. They are coddled. Unfit! Redroot suggests perhaps these mutants were grown on a better world than them. If they had set roots on Krakoa, they would have grown in the sun. Death tells her to set aside such thoughts. She should not attach herself to these weak things. They will cull them come dawn.
Wolverine tells Storm about the vision Saturnyne sent him. He saw their entire world burn, he finishes. Storm reminds him they have the power to stop this and they will. Logan replies grimly they better have a plan, if the scores aren’t in their favor.
Saturnyne throws the cards in the air to determine the first contest the next morning. She draws two cards and announces that come dawn Captain Britain and Isca the Unbeaten will fight to the death.