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SHIELD agents Haines and Rodriguez look at an injured man in a hospital bed, John Greycrow aka Scalphunter. Haines announces there is a long list of heinous crimes with his name on it. Cooperating with them might make things easier. He has nothing to say to them?
Greycrow swears under his breath. What was that? Haines asks. He said they should have let him die! he snarls. Is it pity he wants? Rodriguez scoffs. Because a guy like him… guilty of the things he’s done… it takes some stones to going fishing for… Haines tells her that’s enough.
He don’t want sympathy, the maimed man retorts. He wants his arms and legs back! But he doesn’t reckon’ that’s gonna happen. He can heal real fast, but he knew that and cauterized those wounds.
Haines asks if it was definitely Magneto who did that to him. Greycrow replies it was. He wanted him to suffer, to pay for what he had done. Don’t matter that it was in a former life. And he thinks Magneto wanted him to know that he ain’t done with old Scalphunter yet.
Elsewhere, Scalphunter’s fellow Marauders, Prism and Scrambler, are running for their lives. Did they lose him? Scrambler asks. Prism thinks so. Moments later, a metal shard hit him in the chest. He pulls it out but they realize this means he is here. Just scrap, Prism mutters, not enough to do any real damage. But the small hole inside his chest cracks and the cracks spread, making him explode. Seeing Magneto head toward him, Scrambler threatens to make his power go haywire if he touches him. What makes him think he needs to touch him? Magneto mocks. Or that he needs his powers to finish him off?
Flashback:Briar Raleigh has just given Magneto her information about the Marauders and asks what he is going to do with it. He reminds her they brutally slaughtered dozens of mutants. Whenever they surfaced, it has been as a plague on his people. She notes the pronoun. Doesn’t he mean their people? The Marauders are mutants too. Magneto glares.
One thing’s for sure, they don’t stay dead, Briar continues. They’ve been killed time and time again. They are clones. When one dies, another one is activated. Those they have murdered are not afforded the same luxury, he states grimly.
Briar explains they are scattered all over the world, stored like wine. Now he knows where to find them. And then what he does to his fellow mutants… she hands him the data disc. …Is up to him, he finishes. He’s the boss, she shrugs. Just remember something for her: the best way to stick it to his enemies is not to simply take their favorite toys from them. It’s to take them and keep them for yourself.
Present:The other Marauders – Blockbuster, Arclight, Riptide and Harpoon – hear Scrambler’s screams of agony. Another one, Blockbuster pronounces grimly. Laughing madly, Riptide announces, it’s separating wheat from the chaff. Let that maniac go after low-hanging fruit while they slip away.
Harpoon suggests they ambush him. He could shove his harpoon right up his… Arclight reminds him it’s metallic. He shoves her away and points out they can’t keep running. He’ll find them. That’s why they are here. Why they’ve been activated. He found the others and killed them. They are next. Maybe they think they are immortal because when they die someone else takes their place but those others, they are not them. Dead is dead. They begin to run.
Unknown to them, Magneto hovers above them, musing what the Marauders did years ago is almost forgotten in the light of other tragedies.
Flashback:They slaughtered men, women and children in the name of genetic cleansing. In the name of a madman, Mister Sinister, who stripped away their will and individuality. In his time, Magneto surrounded himself with like-minded underlings. He bent them to his will, to his cause. He’s raised himself above them like a messiah. But he never absolved them of their loyalty to their species. He never stripped away the thing that made them mutants. Sinister hardcoded the Marauders to serve as his instruments of murder.
Present:The Marauders hear a noise that stops them in their tracks. It’s a growling sound. Harpoon thinks of a ghost. Arclight corrects him. It’s metal scraping metal like old gears turning. It’s coming from the cranes.
A weight from a crane brutally hits Harpoon in the face. When they see Magneto hover above them Riptide decides he’s going to take him with him. Blockbuster and Arclight watch in horror as Riptide and Magneto fight for control over Riptide’s blades.
Magneto kills Riptide but falls exhausted onto a large container. Arclight hits it to finish him off. She decides he is just some half-assed imposter. Blockbuster mocks if he is here to hurt them he hopes he brought a tank.
Magneto levitates some iron balls straight into their chests, then has the metal flow through their veins. It’s called ferro fluid, he explains. Ferro-magnetic particles suspended in a carrier fluid. He discovered how it could be used to skip past their defenses into their bloodstream and the meat of their brains the third time he killed them.
Why? the dying Arlight asks. They know damn well why, he hisses. But he fights for mutants, she stammers. They are mutants. Does she think their powers make them mutants? he asks. Does she believe that affords them any leniency? Does she remember murdering the Morlocks? With those actions they decided that the Morlocks were not worthy of life. And that’s what he’s doing now. She and her companions… they no longer fit his picture of a mutant. If it helps her to understand, call it genetic cleansing!
Back in the hospital, Agent Haines orders plains clothes agents to guard the hospital. Rodriguez asks if she really thinks Magneto is coming back for him? Scalphunter thinks so, they’ll proceed accordingly. Haines replies. Scalphunter announces he thinks they heard him wrong. Magneto is not coming after him. He is nothing but a slab of meat to him. What he said was Magneto wasn’t done with Scalphunter. He’s got designs on him, not in this life… but the next.
Elsewhere:In a secret base, Magneto modifies the personalities of the Marauder clones slumbering in their tubes. When next they open their eyes, they will serve him and they will know that when next they die – and they will die – they will not be redeemed. But their final deaths will mean something. And perhaps with their sacrifice they will remember what it means to be a mutant.


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Hong Kong China:Dressed in civvies, Magneto sits in a cell and waits, musing that once such a room wouldn’t have held him for a second. Even now, with his power crippled, it holds him only as long as he allows it.
On his feet, genefreak! several guards order him and walk him out of the cell. Not a term he hears often, he muses. They probably heard it on some old TV broadcast and think it makes them sound edgy. If they knew who they were really dealing with…
One of them addresses him. He can’t wait to see what he does in the pit. Not only do they bet on how long he lasts in the ring, but also what his powers are. His money is on wetting his pants, another guard laughs. He better hope he can fight! the first one remarks.
Magneto is ushered through a door into a gladiatorial pit. The floor is littered with bones… walls stained with old blood… the blood of mutants… forced to fight… to kill… to die! He looks at the spectators above, cheering and making bets, playing with lives of those who cannot protect themselves…
Flashback:Magneto and Briar Raleigh sit in a diner. Ever been to Hong Kong? Briar asks him. Because something’s happening there. Mutants vanishing off the street, never to be seen again. Not just those with obvious mutant traits either. Whoever’s behind those kidnappings seems to be using Sentinel tech. Reverse-engineered to create some tool to ID mutants.
For what purpose? he asks. Intel only goes so far, she smiles. Then he’ll find out for himself. How does he plan to do that? Briar asks. Levitate himself to China? Good thing he’s got her. She tells him to pay the check. She’ll show him.
A little later, Magneto is shown that Briar owns a private jet. She jokes she wanted to make sure he liked her for more than her money. She asks how he is going to find them. He points out they are looking for mutants. They’ll come to him.
Present:Magneto looks up at the spectators, recalling Briar’s doubt. He glares as he thinks it is a common misconception that mutants are defined by their powers. Mutation is adaptation. He was born with magnetic powers but he was forges into the man he is today. It is his convictions, not his abilities that make him who he is.
A steel door opens and a huge, fierce creature rushes in. Magneto identifies it as a Predator X, a creature genetically engineered to hunt and kill mutants. Strong, fast, ruthless and these fools are using them for sports.
Magneto dodges the attack and wonders about the mutants before him; did they feel powerless? For all their gifts, were they defenseless in the face of such hate?
He kicks the creature to find his foot almost shatters. When last he faced one, he was at the height of his powers. But even such powers would pale in comparison with such malice. He dodges another blow but is then caught in the back.
He recalls when a Predator X tastes its victim’s blood they forge a psychic link.
Memories flood the animal’s mind. The beast sees traumatic events of Magneto’s past. The beast withdraws and Magneto wonders if there are some memories not even a killer wants in its head.
Magneto grabs a shard from the ground, uses his power to distract the beast and lodges the shard inside the wound on its head, killing it.
The crowd is shocked. Magneto addresses them. Some of them may have realized who he is. He suggests they warn the others. Because anyone who is still here in five minutes will die screaming his name. People whisper his name as the crowd storms out.
Guards enter the arena and order him to put his hands on his head, genefreak! Despite his pain, Magneto takes them out physically and enjoys inflicting on them the pain they inflicted on others.
Finished with them, he walks out of the pit to get a better look at the operation. He finds two more caged Predators X. These creatures and the Sentinel tech… Someone’s been supplying these people with resources that should be beyond their reach.
In a cell block, he finds two mutant prisoners. With a gesture, he tears out the bars and assures them he is here to help. Are there other survivors? Panicked, the one man begs him to get them out. If they can’t fight, he sells them off to God knows who and for God knows why!
In an office, the audience member who seemed cool and collected is now anything but as he tries to inject a substance from a syringe.
Magneto bursts into his office, grabs him by the throat and demands the name of his supplier. The man claims there is no supplier.
Magneto sees the syringe and realizes this is mutant growth hormone. Harvested from the cells of mutants, capable of granting power to the powerless. They hate, they imprison and torture! They murder. And still want to be like them.
Magneto rams the syringe with MGH into the man’s arm, then throws him down to the Predators X. The gift of power, however fleeting, ensures he becomes prey.
Pensive, Magneto looks at the rest of the MGH…


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Genosha, formerly a wealthy country built on mutant misery… then, under Magneto’s reign, it became a heaven… then a grave. Now it is something else. Secretly, the Red Skull has built a mutant prison camp. Magneto’s source alerted him to the atrocities committed here.
Magneto uses a secret entrance route via a tunnel into the prison camp. He kneels down next to a dead mutant prisoner left in the street. He wonders what gifts that man possessed. What wonders might he have shared with his people? With the world? Did he bow or fight back?
Flashback:Magneto remembers a rogue Sentinel razing the island, killing sixteen million mutants. And he was powerless to stop it.
Present:He’ll be damned if he allows one more mutant to—Magneto looks horrified at a pile of dead mutants and Inhumans in front of him. Like a garbage pile. Why? he wonders, why again?
Flashback:He recalls how in Auschwitz he was a Sonderkommando responsible for getting rid of the bodies in the ovens.
Young Max was weakened and had a moment of nausea. He sank down and retched. A fellow inmate told him to get up before someone sees.
As they walked out a commander gave orders to keep the fires stoked, get in another detail of Sonderkommando if they must. Max recognized him as Hitzig.
Later, in their hut on his cot, Max has a few belongings on a handkerchiefs, among them a nail. He focuses on it and it moves, embedding itself into the wooden beam next to the bed.
Present:Magneto wrestles with his shame. He can tell himself he had no choice. If he wanted to live, he had to serve. Disposing of the corpses of his slaughtered people… He can tell himself that he endured such disgrace to get a chance to strike back at Hitzig. But such lies leave a bad taste in his mouth.
He sees to imprisoned young women carrying a container of some hot substance, possibly food. They drop it when they see him. He tries to calm them. He magnetically removes the blonde’s power-suppressing collar. When he tries to do the same to the dark-haired woman, she begs him not to. Leave her alone! If they find her without the collar, there’s no telling what they’ll do.
What about her? Magneto addresses the blonde. Should he have left her shackled with an inhibitor collar as well? Hesitatingly, she tells him there is a man in their heads and he warned them what would happen if they disobeyed. The man with the bloody skull.
The Red Skull, Magneto realizes. Are they afraid of this man? he asks. Too afraid to stand up for themselves. To fight?
The blonde explains, even without her collar, all she can do is make small illusions. She is barely a mutant. Sometimes the man with the bloody skull looks different in their minds. Kindly, though his words are cruel. She shows an image Magneto recognizes as Charles Xavier. He says the man with the bloody skull took his powers. That he is going to use them to do terrible things. And it’s going to hurt and there nothing they can do but let him. That’s what she’s afraid of.
The dark-haired girl urges the blonde, Amy, they have to go. If they find them—
Magneto tells them to go and cower. Let someone else stand for them. He’ll shoulder the battle. They can live with the shame. Because it is not powers that give you the strength to fight but conviction.
Flashback:The concentration camp:All prisoners were called outside. Max looked at the nail inside the palm of his hand and slightly levitated it. But when he came close to Hitzig, another prisoner shoved Max accidentally. Max dropped the nail and it was too far away for his weak power.
Present:Hitzig is dead. But he did not kill him. Even years later, after his powers had matured, he let someone else do the dirty work for him and he’s lived with the shame, the humiliation ever since. Stealthily. he follows the Red Skull’s team. Today, he vows, he’ll make amends.
He sees the Skull, flanked by guards in front of a mutant prisoner. Killing the Red Skull today will not change the past. Hitzig still tormented countless innocents. He still terrorized a boy who would one day grow powerful, but who would always be haunted by a moment of fear and weakness.
He levitates some nails. After all this time, he’ll get some reprieve from his disgrace, a part of him doesn’t believe he deserves – no more than the Skull deserves to live.
A moment later, he is hit in the back by an energy blast. The Skull’s super-powered team, the S-Men, have discovered him. While Mzee utters threats, the water woman attacks.
Magneto tries not to be dissuaded from killing the Red Skull. He reminds the Skull how he once told him he was his better. But where once he showed him clemency, this time he has brought him nothing but death.
The Red Skull calls him a fool. Still fighting the same war. Still believing he faces the same old enemies. He doesn’t know the Skull any more than he’ll accept is own failings.
Mzee attacks Magneto from behind, followed by Insect. Magneto realizes he waited too long. His nails fall down. Goat-Face Girl mockingly calls him a weakling. The Skull orders the S-Men to take him. Mzee announces he wants to see him pay.
The blonde girl looks on, horrified. Magneto urges her to keep out. There is nothing she can do, nothing either of them can do, he realizes as the S-Men beat him up.


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Genosha:Magneto and his fellow mutants, Havok, Rogue and Scarlet Witch, watch horrified an attack by Sentinels ordered by the Red Onslaught. Havok asks Magneto to hold them off. Rogue tells him she didn’t mean what she said about him being no better than the Red Skull. Yes, she did, he replies bitterly and flies toward the Sentinels. Mutant Growth Hormone still courses through his blood. His powers are almost what they used to be.
He attacks the robot. Iron Man shouts a warning but Magneto is hit by another Sentinel’s beams. Iron Man shouts for help as the Sentinel is about to crush him with his foot.
Magneto recalls that Onslaught was spawned from his hate and rage years ago and now it is back and once more he is responsible. He killed the Red Skull and the Onslaught was reborn. He sees the heroes beset by Red Onslaught and his forces. He wonders if any action of his would only cause new horror and flies off. Iron Man curses him as a coward and Rogue’s heart is breaking.
Soon, Magneto sits in his headquarters, musing that all he has done is for nothing. He asks Briar Raleigh if, when he is gone, will he be remembered for his accomplishments or for the terrible things he did. For all his righteousness, his people still suffer, perhaps more now than before. As a boy, he could not kill Hitzig. As a man, he could not save his family. As a king, he could not spare the mutants of Genosha. And as agent of vengeance, he unleashed hell.
He couldn’t have known, Briar begins. He accuses himself of being blind for failing to anticipate this. He realizes he stands on a mountain of failure while the Red Skill died triumphant. Rogue and Wanda will die because of what he has done and the rest of the mutant race will soon follow.
Briar leaves. She accesses a computer. She shows him holograms of footage of his past crimes. He is horrified. Briar tells him his deeds were horrible. He’s maimed murdered and terrorized. He’s razed cities. He’s acted as judge, jury and executioner. He’s brought governments to their knees.
Briar looks at all the horrific deeds and seems to be entranced. But that’s not all, she continues.
In the video, an injured girl gives an interview describing his anger and how it seemed the world around him was angry too. But if he hadn’t been there, she would be dead. People say he is evil, a terrorist or insane but she’s glad mutants have someone like him… someone who can be angry… who can do the bad things… so they can survive.
The video is over, Magneto is shaken. Briar continues that his people might not be completely safe but he’s made a difference for them and she’d say the mutant race is better off because of him, because he does the things he does. And that’s his legacy.
He puts on his helmet.
There’s her guy, Briar grins.
Sometime later in Madripoor, Mystique and Sabretooth tell him he’s got stones for showing up here after the stunt he pulled. And pumped up on MGH, the stuff that offended him so greatly, Raven adds. Give her one reason why she shouldn’t kill him where he stands.
Magneto reminds her he made fools of them with only a fraction of his current power. He is not here to fight. He’s here to offer them the opportunity to save the world!
Carrington Cottage Psychiatric hospital:Magneto makes the same offer to Carnage, who doesn’t care about the world. All his life, he thought he was following chaos but it’s all a lie. Let it burn!
Wouldn’t he like to reclaim his precious chaos? Magneto asks. What would be more random than for someone like him to become a savior?
Soon at a San Francisco bar, Magneto finds the Absorbing Man who scoffs at the idea of joining a new Brotherhood. Magneto corrects him this is not about a Brotherhood, it’s about a chance to do something that matters with his miserable life.
In New York, he threatens the Hobgoblin with his own bombs and knives if he will not see reason.
In Latveria, he finds Dr. Doom and his prisoner Loki. Doom concedes that Magneto has always dealt fairly with him. He believes he speaks for Loki as well by saying he will not follow Magneto but stand by his side.
Asgardia:Magneto orders the Enchantress (enjoying a hot spring) to get dressed. They have no time for simple pleasures. Or her nakedness, Loki adds. Her magic is needed against a foe with the very power of the gods.
Soon an unsurprised Magneto tells the blind passenger Deadpool to come out, after he sensed the metal in his weapons. After the usual ranting, Deadpool points out that he thought Magneto was a good guy now. But that’s some real Acts of Vengeance stuff he’s got going on. Not even he can be foolish enough to think him a hero, Magneto scoffs. He needed those who are unfettered by conventional morality. But Deadppol is welcome to join them.
And so soon Magneto, addresses the gathered villains and tells them right now the world doesn’t need heroes. It needs villains.


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Genosha:Magneto has brought a crew of villains to help in the battle against the Red Onslaught and his Sentinels. He attacks the hero-killing robots. He admits this time fighting Sentinels comes with another satisfaction. Finally these “heroes” know what it’s like to be the target of such hate. Finally they know what it’s like having Magneto defending them.
Magneto lands next to Dr. Doom and Loki who congratulates him on his feat, then asks if it is “Erik,” or “Magnus” or “Max”. Each name a lie and this is as clear as the breeze. His powers as they are have a similar cast. Magneto orders him to keep his devious mind on the task at hand.
The Red Skull is taken by surprise as the villains Magneto gathered attack his Sentinels and save the heroes. If nothing else, the spectacle has given him pause. Magneto realizes their advantage is fleeting at best.
However, the Enchantress’ love spell on the Skull distracts him briefly, allowing Magneto to help the Scarlet Witch and Dr. Strange, who are shocked to see the villains. What has he done? Wanda demands. What he always does, he retorts. What no one else would do. And now the two of them must do what no one else can do. Part of Xavier’s mind is alive in the Red Skull. He asks them to use their magic to bring that to the forefront.
Magneto suffers from a spell of dizziness. When Wanda is concerned, he roughly tells her he is fine and orders them to cast the spell. Bring his friend back!
Flashback:A younger Magneto, Charles Xavier and Gabrielle Haller are in Israel. Magnus and Charles are, as usual, in a debate. Gabrielle asks them to enjoy the day and save the debate for when they return to the hospital. He’d like nothing more, Xavier replies, if only his bullheaded companion conceded the point. If Charles were stating a more sensible case, he’d be more easily swayed, Magnus retorts.
While Gabrielle looks at some wares in the market, Magnus warns Charles he runs the risk of chasing his prize “patient” away. And he can’t imagine any part of him would want that. When Charles asks what he is saying, Magnus points out the girl has feelings for Charles and he – whether his professionalism allows him to admit that or not – shares them. In part, this is why he cannot believe his naïve belief systems. Ms. Haller has suffered terribly simply because of her genetic stock. These mutants Charles speaks of… were they to become known to humanity as a whole, they would be faced with a similar kind of hatred.
Can’t he think mankind can learn from its mistakes? Charles asks. Peaceful coexistence is more than just a dream. Magnus calls it madness. And it saddens him to think of the day such a realization will crush Charles.
Gabrielle rejoins them and orders them to stop bickering. She expects more pleasant discussion while they treat her to lunch.
Present:Magneto muses that, in those days, he knew Charles was a mutant and even suspected the nature of his gifts. But he never dreamed he would use them in such a ghastly way, as the Red Skull tries to telepathically enslave his attackers.
Dr. Strange and the Scarlet Witch begin to cast the spell while Magneto defends them from the villains now under the Skull’s sway, starting with the Absorbing Man. He senses his own powers fading as the Mutant growth Hormone in his blood fades away. Creel threatens to crush him. With his fading gifts, Magneto tosses the Absorbing Man far away, thinking only of protecting the spell and Wanda. He sinks down exhausted.
The Red Skull has found them. He believes he can use Wanda but takes out Dr. Strange, and Magneto can only watch helplessly.
That moment, Carnage under the Red Skull’s control, attacks Magneto, eager to kill one of the big guns. He is blasted away, as Doom’s voice booms that Magneto will not be killed by the likes of him. The so-called Sorcerer Supreme has fallen but Doom can weave the magicks as easily as Strange, he boasts. She’d be a fool to trust him! the Scarlet Witch snaps. Magneto urges her to do it no matter the cost, and she complies. The spell begins.
Flashback:Younger Charles and Magnus have saved Gaby Haller from Baron Strucker. Magnus orders Charles to take Gaby away. He’ll cover for them. When Hydra agents attack, Magneto mercilessly dispatches of them by magnetically repelling their bullets back at them.
When Charles is horrified Magnus points out that they would have done the same to them. One day, Charles’ squeamishness will cost him and the mutants he plans to guide.
Strucker himself attacks, intending to beat them to death with his Satan’s Claw. Magnus crushes the device and with it Strucker’s right hand. He uses him as an example to tell Charles mankind finds hatred easier than love. If he will not fight with them, he and those who follow him will be obstacles for those who refuse to sit idly by awaiting the fabled day when humanity will change.
Present:The Red Onslaught dissolves and a beaten Magneto groans if it worked. He looks down to see the freed heroes talking. Scarlet Witch asks where the villains are.
Villains, he mutters. After all they did… he did, these Avengers… even his own daughter, would still see him as another threat to be eliminated or contained. And if the spell worked the way it should have, if his friend is now in control of the Red Skull’s body, will he be seen as a danger as well?
Perhaps so. Perhaps rightly so, a voice tells him. He turns around to see a spectral Charles Xavier. Is he back? Magneto asks. Yes, but who knows for how long. That’s why he’s come to him… while he can… before his powers are silenced. Now more than ever the mutants need Magnus. Mutants need someone to stand both as their shepherd and their champion. If the world overlooks mutants, they will be overwhelmed. Someone must make the world see.
Magneto replies he understands it now the way he’s never done before. He knows the fear Charles felt. He was afraid, wasn’t he? Afraid for so long his students would outgrow his dream… afraid of a time when the world would swallow up his ideals. Afraid he wouldn’t be here to guide them. And perhaps Magneto gave him purpose, something to rally against, but he was so consumed by their battles he couldn’t make out the truth. Until now. He will lead them, he promises. He’ll help mutants find a way to live among humankind. In peace.
The fading Charles tells Magneto maybe the message isn’t coming through. Too much confusion and anxiety… Magneto walks away, not hearing Charles telling him he was right all along.
He walks on and finds some of the Red Skull’s former prisoners. He promises they have nothing to fear from him. He recognizes the illusionist girl who introduces herself as Amy. With his magnetic power, he removes their collars and promises they are safe now.
He is unaware of the Nazi Hitzig watching him from the shadows with an evil grin.


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Briar Raleigh enters a secret market attended by all kinds of people, many of them with injuries or scars. Mostly the material offered is about super-villain attacks. She finds a vendor with a scarred eye and a Magneto shirt. Addressing him as Henry, she asks how’s tricks. Same as always, he supposes and asks if she heard about Nebraska. Magneto attacked a pharmaceutical company there. Place must have been making some anti-mutant drug or something. He would have loved to see that. Looking through his wares, she replies she might have heard something about that.
She holds up a disk with the writing Seattle attack and asks if he is kidding. People spend good money, he replies, and she doesn’t have the monopoly on Seattle. Like hell she doesn’t! she retorts and touches her brace. Is he telling her he doesn’t feel some ownership over what happened to him? She doesn’t see him peddling any footage from Sacramento. There ain’t no footage from Sacramento, he replies. You don’t watch that story on your TV. You see it firsthand or not at all.
Flashback:Henry was a cameraman of a news crew covering Magneto’s attack on Sacramento. Magneto noticed them. The anchorman announced they are with “Mutants Among Us,” GNN television. He’s heard of this program, Magneto replied grimly. It’s tabloid television, focusing only on the sensational aspects of mutantkind, but never on the truth of the hardship they endure.
The anchorman tells him that, whatever he wants the world to know, this is his chance. They want to share his message. Stoking the fire of propaganda, Magneto scoffs. They do more to terrorize their kind than he ever has. They want to record their fear. To remember it. He’ll never forget, the cameraman promises. Magneto makes the camera explode in his face. He finds scars are far more vivid reminders than memories, he states and flies away.
Present:He was wrong though, Henry states. Scars fade like memories. And some of them look for new way to remember. Then he rants that nobody buys DVDs anymore. People download everything. That well’s run nearly dry.
Two young girls admire Briar’s brace and ask if it is real or for show. The constant nagging pain tells her it’s real, Briar replies. The pink-haired girl replies admiringly that wound has Magneto’s sig all over it. And Briar just made it all the more ballsy by wearing a metal brace.
Admiringly, she asks if she can touch it. Briar would rather she didn’t. They offer to show their wounds in return. The brunette pulls down the other girl’s scarf to show a scar. They ask for Briar’s Magneto story. Briar looks at Henry who shrugs. Briar pretends to be impressed by the scar and asks how it happened. Magneto did it, they boast.
The girls’ story:They and some friends were printing a Magneto Was Right underground newsletter when Magneto slammed, booming this den of deceit has been cast asunder. Their lies silenced! No longer shall the master of magnetism be troubled by their meddling!
But why? a boy asked. They were trying to help his cause! He doesn’t require their help, Magneto scoffed. Righteousness is on his side. What more could humans do? His legacy will not be documented by them. But it will be written in their blood. He tore the boy apart. And the blood of ignorant fools like them. So swears Magneto!
What does he want from them? The pink-haired girl asked fearfully. What do they have to do? The cables of her headphones wind around her throat. She didn’t know! And now she does, he replies. And if he decides to let her live, it’s only so she can share her newfound knowledge with others.
Present:Proudly the girl presents her scar. And what about the sensation she described? Briar asks. It was weird but kind of not awful. Like Magneto was controlling vibrations or something. Made her weak in the knees. Maybe that shows how he can control so many. He controls that power. Curiously, the girls ask about Briar’s injury. Curtly, she tells them Magneto dropped a car on her. She hands them the Seattle attack DVD.
After the girls have walked on Henry asks why she played along. They both know that story’s bunk. Maybe, she replies and laughs at the corny dialogue from the story. But maybe not to them. Yeah, those wounds were self-inflicted. But it’s almost like they’ve convinced themselves Magneto hurt them personally. Don’t they all do that to some degree? And that idea about Magneto somehow manipulating people via magnetic waves… it’s not bad.
He tells her she owes him 20 bucks for that DVD. She hands him a wad of cash and wants all his stuff.
Just look at them all, she muses, thinking their scars, their poorly mended bones, connect them all in some cosmic way. Out of all the people Magneto has hurt and killed, they want to believe he singled them out in some way. That they were important and that they meant something to him.
He hands her an USB drive hidden in her change. With a smile, Briar tells him if she catches him selling that Seattle footage again, she’ll take his other eye.
Briar Raleigh! a voice announces. She turns around and sees several SHIELD agents led by Agent Haines. They’d like a word with her, Haines continues. She’s been a busy woman. But mixing business with pleasure the way she does, they thought she might be useful to them.
Briar smirks and asks if Haines realizes that, with SHIELD crashing this place she’s given these people the thrill of a lifetime. Haines is sure Briar’s celebrity among these degenerates went up as well. She’s welcome. She noticed none of them stuck around to help though. What makes her think she needs their help? Briar asks. If anything, Haines does. And she is so desperate for it she barged in here with an overwhelming and unnecessary show of force. So why doesn’t she ask Briar the question she is so breathless to utter? Where can she find Magneto? Haines asks.
Genosha:Magneto walks the empty streets, thinking about ghosts and what vengeance the future holds.


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A boy runs through the ruins of Genosha and comes to a stop when Magneto stands before him. He was looking for him, the boy pants. They’ve come for him! They look up to see the SHIELD heli-carriers.
Magneto orders the boy to warn the others. They should take cover. Until he’s finished. Shouldn’t he hide too? the boy asks. Go! Magneto shouts.
Magneto recalls the last time Genosha was besieged, he was ill-prepared, nursing injuries from another battle. He takes some Mutant Growth Hormone and tells himself what happens here is necessary. Inevitable.
Flashback:He recalls cowering helplessly in his destroyed home while the Sentinels devastated Genosha. He barely had the power to keep the ceiling from collapsing. Cursing Wolverine, he fashioned leg braces from the metal, determined to make his legs work.
He stumbled to the entrance to see people running from the Sentinels. He stood there helplessly, realizing they were taking it all.
People recognized him and decided to get him to a bunker despite his protests. They wanted him to live and avenge them.
Present:His power crackles. He already knows how this encounter will end but he will control how this day will be remembered.
The SHIELD vessels land and the agents led by Agent Haines fan out. She orders the ground units with her, the raptors to reconnoiter. She wants the counter magnetism fields up and running. They activate the fields when they encounter an unidentified object. A huge part of the Sentinel statue is fired at the raptors.
The raptors announce that they have suffered casualties and Magneto is heading the ground troops’ way. Haines angrily realizes he is powered up. Something the informant didn’t tell them. She authorizes immediate and extreme force. Take him out before—
The ground moves and a metal mesh net rises, trapping most of them, tightening around them. Haines orders them to turn on their anti-magnet cloaks. They do and repel the net. They are exhausted.
Magneto floats above them, announcing he knew they would meet. He addresses Haines by name. But he never would have guesses they’d be foolish enough to come here. Hunting him… attacking him. He can almost forgive such acts, but here and now… it is an affront to the memory of those who died here.
Flashback:Genosha was destroyed and a dejected Magneto stepped out of the bunker, walking around aimlessly. He heard a voice. A man crushed and impaled by a girder shouts his name. He didn’t abandon them! He came back to save Genosha!
Magneto kneels next to him and tells him he cannot save Genosha anymore than he can save him. He covers the man’s mouth. He is so sorry. There is nothing he can do for any of them. Genosha is dead - And so is he.
Present:The SHIELD agents aim at him and Haines announces he is under arrest. She tells him to give himself up. They will not give him another warning.
She does realize that, the last time they met, the last time he bested them, he had a fraction of the power he now possesses? Magneto remarks.
She brings a heli-carrier to his airspace, she puts dozens of agents on his ground, but where was SHIELD when Genosha was razed? Where were they when the Red Skull turned this place into a murder camp? Where were they when his people died?
He drops the giant Sentinel hand in front of them, scattering the agents.
Bastard! Haines hisses and fires. Magneto easily deflects the bullets with a piece of metal. He asks where SHIELD was when the mutants needed them most. He aims a piece of ground to bury Haines, then wonders where was he?
He brings it down in front of her. Why has he returned to Genosha? he wonders. Is he planting the seeds of a new nation? Is he forming a new Brotherhood? If Charles were here, he might laugh. He might ask if he planned on opening a school. Is he declaring war on humanity again? He’s not sure he knows himself. Whatever this is, the future begins with what he does next.
Magneto raises his hands and surrenders.


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After Magneto gave himself up on Genosha, SHIELD takes him to one of their heli-carriers. He is subdued with power dampening shackles. Still, they treat him with extreme caution. After they take him to his cell, Agent Haines apologizes for the lack of amenities and promises more comfort once they have moved him to a permanent location.
Permanent? he repeats. After all he’s done, how could he expect any less? Haines asks. He’s been stalking the world, murdering people in cold blood. And what about the mutants killed every day? Magneto retorts. She realizes how callous that sounds, but the other mutants are not her department. But without him running wild, maybe her team will be tasked with something more important that will help other mutants. She knows he thinks he has been helping his people, but all he has been doing is a distraction. Now she has a job to do. Haines leaves.
Agent Rodriguez stares at him. Of course, Magneto mutters. So does he.
Flashback:Many years earlier at Xavier’s school:An uncertain Scott Summers leads Magneto in civilian clothing to Xavier’s office and informs him his guest has arrived. Charles shakes Magnus’ hand and tells him it has been too long. Magneto agrees. A school? Charles has been busy.
Xavier asks Scott to leave. Afterwards, he agrees he has been busy. It seems they’ve both been keeping themselves occupied. Magnus has been in his mind quite some time. He’s seen reports of unexplainable occurrences around the world.
Magneto suggests he not worry. There are more troubling concerns ahead. Has Charles read his mind? Does he know why he is there? He knows about the device, Charles realizes. How?
Magneto replies he has been watching Charles. He has his methods. And this technology he is developing to locate mutants all over the world is unsafe. Something like that could easily be turned against their people. And if he was able to find out about it, so can others.
Present:Magneto sits in a see-through cell, watched by two guards. One of them, Ayers, taps against the plexiglass and begins insulting Magneto. The other tells him to stop it. He can’t tell him he’s afraid of this guy, Ayers scoffs. He’s not afraid of anything, he replies. But there’s no need to treat him like—
Ayers interrupts, this animal dropped a #*&%$ car on Hickson. The guy can’t walk and eats his damn meals out of a straw. Magneto did that to their friend and colleague. So, yeah, he takes a little joy in seeing him like this. He’s nothing! He’s a tired old man. Just another junkie… aching for a hit of Mutant Growth Hormone! Even without his power dampeners, he’d be near powerless.
Suddenly, with a click, Magneto’s power dampening harness unlocks. Magneto reaches out and the plexiglass separating him from the other side explodes into shards, hitting the guards.
In the meantime, Agent Haines enters the heli-carrier’s bridge and informs Briar Raleigh of Magneto’s capture. She knows, Briar claims. She could feel it the moment he arrived. Haines scoffs and explains she will need to be debriefed before they can let her walk. She knows what she signed up for, Briar smiles. Haines tells her she is lucky. If Magneto had found out she informed SHIELD, he might—
The alarms go off. Tell her again how lucky she is, Briar smiles.
Haines demands information and a full tactical team on the bride. She gives orders to lock Briar away for her own safety.
That was nice of her, Briar remarks to her guards. Won’t do her any good when Magneto crashes the heli-carrier into the ocean, but it was a nice gesture.
Magneto makes his ways to a computer and sees the software is using Cerebro tech. Ah, Charles, he sighs. “Why did you never listen to my warnings?”
Flashback:Evening at a lake house where Magneto is staying. Is she sure about this? he asks another person. SHIELD developed their own version of Cerebro? They can locate any mutant in the world?
She wouldn’t be here if she wasn’t positive, the woman replies. Although she hesitates to say they developed their own version. It’s been reverse-engineered from intel stolen from Charles Xavier.
The greatest psychic mind on Earth and they successfully spied on him, Magneto muses. It’s the nature of espionage in their world, she points out. If there’s a power at large, they have to develop methods to one-up him. And if there is a “mutant terrorist” about, Magneto retorts, one would assume they develop juicy morsels to lure him. Isn’t that right, Agent Rodriguez?
That is one way of looking at it, she agrees. Or he could consider that SHIELD might have some agents on staff who don’t disagree with what he is doing. He could imagine a girl whose high school boyfriend could fly, who could take her above the clouds where they could be alone, just the two of them. Who landed one day and was beaten to death by a mutant hate group. And if he can imagine that, then he might see the girl growing up to join the FBI and later SHIELD. Now that girl just wants to help him and she’s put herself at great risk to meet with him, to bring him information that might be useful to his cause.
Magneto admits he is convinced for now. But he doesn’t simply want her to bring him information. He needs to witness such audacity firsthand.
Present:Magneto presses a button and erases all mutants from SHIELD’s databases. Then he puts on his helmet and considers that no grand spectacle is needed, unless he wants to make his point very clear.
Haines and her crew are on the carrier’s outside deck. She asks Rodriguez how this could happen. Rodriguez explains it looks like the power dampeners were deactivated remotely. They’ll worry about who helped him later, Haines decides. First she wants Magneto brought down. He may be a threat but he is surrounded by hundreds of agents. There is no way he is getting off this heli-carrier! That moment, a ship lands hard on the deck.
Magneto decides that, when SHIELD remembers this day, he doesn’t want them to remember a prisoner who slipped away. He wants them to remember he punished them for their transgressions. He wants them to fear his return.
And so, the Marauders burst from the ship. Immediately the Marauders attack the SHIELD agents. Blockbuster hopes Magneto makes it up topside soon. At the rate they are going, there will be nothing left, once he comes up.
Within the Heli-carrier, Briar expresses surprise when Magneto finds her. Did she think he would not? he asks. The vessel is under attack. It is time for them to depart. With a smile, she asks if he got what he came for. He’s destroyed SHIELD’s Cerebro unit and erased every mutant from their data files. She’s surprised he didn’t do more. He informs her, this is a warning shot. For now, SHIELD can still be of use to them. He has no desire to go to war yet.
He uses his magnetism to open them a way outside. Seeing the battle, Briar remarks maybe he should have told the Marauders that. He corrects her this is not war, only a slap on the wrist.
They see Sabretooth about to kill Agent Haines. Magneto levitates him. He figured Sabretooth would be a problem. His healing factor is fighting off his programming. And his murderous tendencies do little to serve their cause. He’s afraid this is farewell. He throws him into a turbine.
Rodriguez helps up Haines, trains a weapon on Magneto and orders him to call off his dogs and surrender. She plays her part well, Magneto thinks to himself. He refuses to surrender. Turning away with Briar, he tells Haines that her overconfidence got the better of her. She believed they could imprison him. She thought herself capable of condemning him for helping his people. But today was simply a lesson, a demonstration of how ill-prepared they are.
He levitates away with the Marauders and Briar and orders SHIELD to leave Genosha to him, for if they darken his threshold once again, the lesson will be far more costly than they can imagine.


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Flashback:Utopia:Magneto waits in his room, staring at the fireplace. Wolverine enters and informs him it is done. Magneto thanks him. Turning away, Wolverine tells him not to thank him. It’s not Magneto’s style. He wants to show gratitude? Just forget any of this happened. And forget X-Force!
Uncharacteristically, Magneto demands to see the body. He really is a piece of work, Wolverine bristles. It’s over. He got what he wanted. Can’t he just accept it? Just this once? Magneto just stares. Of course he can’t, Wolverine sighs.
Genosha, today:Standing in the ruins, Magneto muses this island has been many things. A breeding ground for prejudice and subjugation. A paradise where mutants could live in peace. A charnel house. A madman’s dream. For all the things Genosha might have once been, it is now a place of rebirth, and that terrifies him.
Several trailers and quickly erected buildings stand there, built by the Marauders and others. Newcomers flow in.
In one trailer, Magneto muses to Briar Raleigh that more mutants come every day, seeking sanctuary from the rest of the world. And there is still so much work to be done. Good news travels fast, Briar points out. It doesn’t wait for sufficient generators and indoors plumbing. Good news? he repeats. Briar explains he is giving these people a place where they can fit in, feel safe, a home. She guesses it’s her home now, too. She helped him set SHIELD up, helped him draw a line in the sand. She peeks her head out; they’ll lock her up and throw away the key. She smiles as she points out he has turned her into a race traitor. Lucky for him, her finances are both diversified and well-protected, so she can fund this little operation of his.
She has never told him why she is helping, Magneto muses. She isn’t a mutant. She has no reason to—
She points out he gets uncomfortable when a human surprises him. Would it make him feel better if she had powers, too? She lowers the blinds and jokes: Look at that, he is not the only master of magnetism in these parts. They kiss.
Night time:A young man grabs some supplies and takes them to some other mutants living in one of the ruins of Hammer Bay. One of the others greets him by remarking they thought he’d forgotten them. He hands them the supplies. He grabbed what he could. If they came back to camp, he wouldn’t have to smuggle these. There’s plenty to go around. But it’s tough with them being so secretive. They reply they are comfortable here and free. They don’t want to live under Magneto’s rule. Not until they’ve seen what he is about. Don’t forget: the guy was a terrorist and—
Isn’t this interesting! A new voice interrupts. A man holding a blade stands in the shadowed entrance. They came to Genosha to hide. But even in this place of sanctuary, they find themselves hiding like vermin. And vermin should be exterminated!
In bed, holding Briar, Magneto muses about new beginnings. What is it about the idea of a fresh start that fills him with such dread? Perhaps it is a defense mechanism… a warning system, after all, new beginnings so often serve as a preamble to disaster.
There is frantic knocking on his door and his name is called. An anxious mutant apologizes, but they need him. He asks for a moment to get dressed.
Briar asks what’s going on. If he’s reading his visitor’s excitement correctly, the sky is falling. Is he so calm because he doesn’t believe there is anything to worry about or because he has been expecting something? He will tell her when he returns. “Suit yourself,” she calls after him. He always does.
Magneto and the Marauders soon find the corpse of the young man who helped the others, a can stuffed into his mouth. Magneto realizes the body has been here for less than two hours. From the lack of blood, it is clear he wasn’t killed here. Someone brought the body here. Put it on display. Someone wanted to send a message.
He orders Scalphunter to start a sweep but stay close. Magneto kneels down next to the corpse, musing that once again death has found Genosha. This time it could barely wait to get started. But death and he know each other. They’ve been caught in each other’s orbit since he was a child.
He realizes from marks on the body’s hands that he tried to fight his killer. The weapon that killed him was makeshift and crude, small slivers are embedded in the wounds. But the cuts themselves were precise. Whoever did this relished the act.
He follows a trace of blood drops to a dark entrance. Scalphunter offers that he and Riptide can walk in first. Make sure it’s clear. Magneto orders them to stay behind and keep a watchful eye, as he enters.
The smell of death hangs in the air and he finds the rest of the victims, dismembered. He realizes the murderer is far from finished, as he looks at the giant swastika painted on the wall with the victims’ blood.
Flashback:Rio de Janeiro:Magneto lands in front of an unmarked grave. He turns away but then looks back curiously. He uses his powers to unearth the body inside that is wrapped in bandages. Magneto takes off his helmet and looks. Then he sinks to his knees, his face buried in his hands.
Present:In certain parts of the world, the Swastika represents life, good fortune and well-being. In Hinduism, it represents God. In ancient Tibet, it was the symbol of eternity. Navajo used the “whirling logs” in healing rites. For more than 3000 years, the symbol stood for peace. And then the Nazi party adopted it as an emblem for their hatred and cruelty. Now someone has brought the symbol to Genosha as a mark of death, that the peace of Genosha will be despoiled once more.
Magneto and the Marauders return to the settlement. Magneto enters his trailer to find Briar still waiting inside the bedroom, though she is dressed and looks to the ground shocked. He asks what happened. She points to the bathroom. Inside he finds written in blood on the mirror: Keep the furnaces warm, Erik.
Unsettled, Briar asks how it got there. It wasn’t there last night. And she hasn’t left his quarters. There is no other way into the bathroom. And that means whoever wrote that message did so while they were here. While they were asleep. They were in the room the whole time watching them…


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On Magneto’s orders, the Marauders are searching Genosha for the being responsible for the recent slew of killings. It’s hard to find anything in the labyrinth-like ruins of Hammer Bay, they soon realize. The killer could be anywhere.
In the new settlement, Magneto takes a walk with Briar, who wonders why he isn’t out there looking for the killer alongside the Marauders. He’ll break away when he can, he replies. Rumors are already spreading. He needs these people to see that their leader is here for them. Briar intuits that is not all. He thinks the killer is a mutant and is among them. “The killer is always among you,” he replies somberly and recalls his past.
Flashback:1945He, Magda and several others were fleeing from Auschwitz. Magda shouts the guards are right behind them. Max knows and tells her to keep running. Another man next to them is shot. Max and Magda hide behind some trees as the Nazis led by Hitzig are close.
Hitzig calls out and promises that they will not be punished if they show themselves. Where do they think they will go? Do they really think they can escape? They’ll never be free of him.
There are shots and another guard cries: “over here.” They leave but Hitzig looks back and promises he’ll catch up with them soon enough.
Present:Somewhere in the ruins of Hammer Bay, a young injured mutant gasps for air. Please! he groans. Hitzig, still young, dressed in his uniform carries a long, sharp, knife-like tool, as he strides towards the boy. The time for pleading is long past, he informs him. It would have been best to beg Magneto, to implore him to turn away from this mutant sanctuary of his. He puts his boot on the boy’s face. But it is too late for that too. Blood must be repaid with blood. But he finds he cannot stab him. Some force holds him back.
Ah Max, he smiles as he sees Magneto hovering not far away. Then he corrects himself. He prefers ‘Erik’ these days, doesn’t he? As if a new name changes who he is. A new name didn’t help him, did it? Erik still found him. He still sent his hounds to kill him. Hitzig smiles, revealing filed pointed teeth. Does he know, back in Warsaw, in Auschwitz, Hitzig never even knew his name? He barely even knew he existed. Out of all the terrible, terrible things he did, he doesn’t even recall glancing in his direction. And yet Erik still after all these years dreads the name: Hitzig.
He’s not afraid of him anymore, Magneto claims. Hitzig’s eyes turn into empty black sockets as still grinning he tries to insist he is. Magneto interrupts him by lashing out with his powers.
On the ground, Hitzig still grins. Tell him, Erik… Max… Magnus… are the furnaces still burning? He knows they are! Magneto shouts and impales him with several metal girders. Hitzig gurgles.
Magneto muses that he has known Hitzig longer than he has known he is a mutant. In many ways, he is responsible for setting him on the path he is, gave shape to the war he fought. He almost believed his death would put an end to it. How many times does he have to kill him?
Still smiling, Hitzig replies to his thoughts that he has never killed him. Tentacles burst from his body as Magneto realizes this is not the man who has haunted his nightmares. This is the nightmare itself. Hitzig hits him with a tentacle.
Magneto realizes Hitzig is gone. The creature that torments Genosha, that has tortured him for years, comes from inside of him. He can’t escape, until it has been purged.
He twists Hitzig’s neck. Still, the Nazi grins. Calling him Erik, he claims he cannot kill him anymore than Max could. And Hitzig wouldn’t kill him, not while there are so many more ways to watch him… watch his people suffer. They simply have too much work to do.
Magneto realizes “Hitzig” wants to continue to exist and thrive, but for that he needs Magneto.
“Hitzig” slithers into the sewers, his parting shot, if he wants to raise Genosha, sacrifices must be made.
Magneto’s Nightmare:He dreams of being young Max on a mountain of corpses, searching for Magda, only to find her dead as well. From above, Hitzig reminds him he can’t escape. No matter how far he climbs, the bodies will keep piling up. And Max – whether alive or dead – is just another corpse.
The past:Magneto awakes with a scream. What must he do to rid himself of this phantom? he wonders. Next to his bed is a newspaper, the headline about a sixth top secret launching failing again due to an unknown saboteur. No matter how much he destroys, how many people he conquers, will it ever be enough?
The Present:Briar walks toward her quarters. Arclight stands guard and remarks she thought Magneto had her guarding this door for nothing. Sleeping in her own quarters tonight? With a smile, Briar asks her if she is jealous because she is with Magneto or because Magneto is with her.
She enters. Soon she hears a plinking noise from the kitchen. She walks in to find the Hitzig monster has reconstituted himself from the sink.
He is here to collect that which is due, he announces. She is as wheat after a bountiful growth season and he is the reaper. One of his tentacles grabs her, while another covers her mouth before she can scream. Hitzig goads that he suspects. When he loses her, will he mourn because he lost a lover or because he never had the chance to unravel all her mysteries? Arclight stands outside unaware of anything going on inside.
Magneto muses that mutants returned to Genosha with the power over electricity or flight… or to make nightmares real.
He seeks out the young woman named Amy, who was originally brought here as a prisoner of the Red Skull. She sits on a slab. Without turning around, she announces she knows what is happening. She knows why he is here.
He reminds her when they first met she said she was barely even a mutant. That’s not true. She is more than an illusionist… the images she creates become real. Not all of them, Amy admits. But some. She can’t control it. Most of the images come from her own imagination. She manifests an image of a teddy bear and flowers. But others spring up out of nowhere, like she is pulling them from the minds of those around her. And she tries and shapes them into something pleasant. But ever since what happened with the Red Skull, the illusions always go bad, like they are spoiling. The teddy and the flowers are suddenly maggot-riddled.
She will never be able to shake that, will she? It will always be with her. The bad man, the soldier in black who is killing mutants, she pulled him out of his head, didn’t she?
He agrees. He’s been in there a long time. And now he’s free. She didn’t come out here to get away from him, Amy states. She hopes he knows that. She just didn’t want anyone to see what he is going to do next. If anyone else saw, what he’s trying to build will fall apart. And that’s what the soldier in black wants, isn’t it?
Regretful, he announces if there was some other way he would… No, he wouldn’t, Amy interrupts. There is another way. He is Magneto’s ghost after all. But he would never do that. She turns away. It’s all right. She can’t go on with all those terrible things in her head. If she goes on like that, she’ll eventually turn into— well, he knows. What do they do now? He orders her to close her eyes and he will make this painless.
In Briar’s trailer, Hitzig asks his prisoner what’s wrong, as he brandishes a knife in front of her. Why is she shaking? He thought she liked this sort of thing. The danger. Suddenly, he groans. As he melts away, he shouts he never thought he’d go through with this. The furnaces—
Briar is left alone.
The deed done, Magneto muses this is his kingdom, the ruins of Genosha. And he has paid with blood to claim it. But now that he has it he wonders if it was all a fool’s errand, a grail to grasp at in useless pride, another illusion. For so long, he has been stalked by the memory of Hitzig, he could always feel him behind him and he was never able to do what he needed to do to free himself… until now. Now when he looks over his shoulder he no longer sees the past following him. He sees the jackals waiting to pick at the carcass of his own legacy, which like Amy’s illusions he wanted to shape into something pleasant but which has quickly spoiled under the influence of his own darkness.


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Standing opposite her father Magneto, Polaris sighs that timing never worked for them. Magneto agrees. And that is his fault. Dads and daughters, she smiles wistfully. Does he think any of them ever get it right? He cannot imagine that any of them do. Lorna points out that he wasn’t cut out for parenting. He sucks at it. He assures her that, given the chance, he would have done things differently. She steps closer and informs him he wouldn’t have. They can’t change the past. If things were different, they might have been able to carve out a different future, but either way she’s glad they got to talk, here at the end of the world.
They are standing on Times Square. Around them people are panicking because of the mad sky. In less than an hour, their Earth will collide with its twin from a different reality. When this Incursion occurs, both universes will die. But Magneto plans to stop it.
Lorna asks if he is sure he can do this. He replies that all the terrible things he did, the pain he inflicted on others, on her, were to make the world a better place for mutants. When people look back on his actions through the lens of time, he wants them to see he was right. He wanted mutants to rule. Now he just wants them to survive. She warns him this will kill him.
People have noticed them and flock to Magneto, begging him to save them. If that is the price he must pay, he tells Lorna, he will die.
Flashback:Magneto’s former island headquarters, years ago:King Namor has followed Magneto’s invitation. Magneto welcomes him. Namor admits to being curious who would be so daring or foolish to summon him. Magneto retorts he is emboldened by a common enemy. Namor hates the people of the surface world and feels the same about Homo sapiens who would do harm to mutantkind. Surely if they knew of this meeting, they would send agents to destroy them.
And they would fail, Namor announces, turning his back on Magneto. The might of Namor would be too great for them. The combined might of Namor and Magneto, Magneto corrects him. He’s sure Magneto would in some way assist here and there, Namor replies dismissively.
Magneto announces he can bend the primal force of Earth to his will and warns him not to underestimate him. Namor points out it is impossible to underestimate him, as he does not even waste the most fleeting thought on him. Magneto reminds Namor that he too is a mutant and, when the surface world learns this, they will hate him even more. He asks him to join his Brotherhood of Mutants. Together they can rule the earth and the sea. Namor retorts he has nothing to fear from the surface world. By the time they have learned to harness their hate, their civilization will be dust!
Present:Polaris tells Magneto, before he does this, what he was doing in Genosha… she would have liked to have seen where that went this time. She still can, he replies and begins focusing his power. He realizes the irony; that for him to save his people, he has to save Homo sapiens as well.
As he rises upward, he muses that for the Marauders the world might feel as if it has been turned upside down. They are conditioned to wreak havoc, to kill, but now they find themselves rescuing others.
On the ground, Riptide calls Polaris Malice and leers she has been missing this. She retorts that it takes everything for her not to rip him in half. Calling her “Malice” does not strengthen that resolve. She saves some people, then rises up next to Magneto.
He is aware that, to become the savior of the world, he must first become the destroyer of another.
Flashback:Utopia:Magneto is recovering in the infirmary. He wakes up to find Namor standing next to him. Was he watching him sleep? he demands. He is the king of Atlantis, Namor retorts. If he takes the time to observe another at rest, it is only to wonder why they do not have something better to do. Does Magneto know what is going on outside the world?
The girl Hope has returned. He’s met her and, as much as they want that to mean something, mutants are still under attack. X-Men are dying. And Namor thinks he’s not doing enough? Magneto demands.
Namor points out that, of everyone here, Magneto is… was the one most worthy of his respect. Tell him, is he doing enough? Magneto blusters he isn’t in the infirmary because he likes it. He’s spent. He used his power in such a way that it almost killed him. If he thinks— Namor turns and walks away. He thinks he’s Magneto and Magneto would find a way to help his people.
Present:Magneto crackles with energy in different colors. The people below look at him in awe. He saves them from some debris without even having to strain himself. Polaris wonders what is wrong with them. Why don’t they run? They know there’s no point, Magneto replies. If he fails, the world ends anyway. If they get crushed they’d live long enough to see him succeed, she points out. That’s not why they are watching, he replies. They don’t want to see him save anything. They want to see him extinguish an entire planet.
Flashback:Genosha, a few weeks ago:Namor gives Magneto all his data on past Incursions and the ones that are projected to occur. Levitating the data stick, Magneto muses it weighs heavier than he expected. The Illuminati have kept themselves secret for so long. They’ve kept the Incursions a secret. He’s not sure why Namor is telling him this, especially now when he is not strong enough to help.
Namor barks a short laugh. That old chestnut again! He touches his shoulder. Magneto is the only person he would trust to finish that task. One day, the sky will rip open and another world will come to destroy theirs. If Namor cannot stop it, then it falls to him. If Namor cannot stop it, he adds. So it is doubtful Magneto will ever have to worry about it.
Magneto muses he must make preparations. If there is to be a chance of success, he needs to be stronger. Stronger than ever before.
As he flies away, Namor advises him he finds it helpful to picture those worlds as enemies of Atlantis. Perhaps this grim undertaking will be more palatable, if he pictures the other Earth as enemies of mutantkind.
Present:Polaris asks if he can repel the other world. He replies he is siphoning as much power from the Earth as possible, soon he’ll take even more. Once he’s close enough, he’ll draw upon the other Earth’s magnetic forces as well. He’ll burn out quickly but should have enough time to do what he must.
As he looks into the sky, he recalls the Sub-Mariner’s advice to picture the foe as the enemy of his people, something the other world has just made easier, as it is a sortie of Sentinels attacking.


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The people of Manhattan helplessly watch he skies as the incursion that heralds the end of the universe begins. As debris from the other Earth falls down, the Marauders try to clear the streets and Magneto and Polaris find themselves facing Sentinels from the other Earth. When Magneto throws the top part of a building at them, Lorna shouts there are people in there and they are falling. Then catch them! Magneto orders. Nice one, she grumbles and swears as she flies off to comply.
Magneto is aware that she deserves better but he must embrace ruthless methods if he is to save their universe. Perhaps one day they will be able to forgive him.
Flashback:Magneto and Briar visit the dealer cooking Mutant Growth Hormone. Back already? he complains. He doesn’t need more. He needs something stronger, Magneto informs him. He can’t do stronger. He gave him a powerful enough dose to tear a SHIELD helicarrier from the sky. What does he want?
Magneto grabs Briar with his power. What he has provided him so far has suited his needs adequately. But he needs something decidedly more powerful now. Circumstances have changed. The cook stammers that, even if he could, Magneto would burn himself from the inside out. Let him worry about that, Magneto replies, whereas he should worry about whether he is still useful or not. He mutters he might be able to do something, mix hypercortisone D with mutant growth hormone, but even then the boost will only last seconds and every one of those seconds will be like brain aneurysm roulette.
Briar calmly points out that’s the best he’s going to get from him. She warns Magneto if he keeps pushing his powers… He knows, Magneto replies calmly. But this is worth the risk. Sooner or later another, Incursion will occur. When it does, it falls to him to stop it. Them, Briar corrects him. There are other resources to tap. There are other ways to get the power he needs.
Present:Polaris saves some civilians and lands among them. They gush their thanks and one of them remarks he is so glad they stayed to watch this. What? Lorna asks in disbelief. Again, they admire Magneto, one of them calling him his god. That’s not creepy at all, Lorna mutters sarcastically.
In the air, Magneto battles Sentinels from the other Earth.
Flashback:Briar Raleigh and Magneto are in some underground tunnels to find the Sugar Man, who is expecting them. Sugar Man was skeptical that Magneto, the “savior of mutantkind,” would show up. Magneto notes with distaste Sugar Man has armed himself with metal weapons and warns him. Tossing the weapons away, the villain replies that Magneto arranged the meeting.
They want to talk in a civilized fashion, that’s fine. He can’t blame him for being cautious though, after all Magneto has been playing serial killer with anyone he perceives as a threat to mutants. And he’s been known to be pretty threatening.
Magneto replies right now his experience in mutant genetics is of more interest to him. Sugar Man admits he is curious. Briar chimes in he wasn’t her first choice. She’d gathered research on plenty of other scientists, established initial contact with all of them, but Magneto picked him out of the line-up.
Sugar Man asks Magneto why he is settling and is told he doesn’t need clever. He needs quick and dirty. Fair enough, the Sugar Man concedes and asks what he needs.
Magneto explains the world is coming to an end soon. He believes he can prevent this from happening but his power isn’t enough. So he needs more juice to make it happen, the Sugar Man continues, musing he has no love for this world. After some calculations, he announces he has something that might work. Mobile power amplifiers. He’s been thinking about them in his spare time. They ain’t ready yet but the plans are. With his help, Joe Public might think of Magneto as a superhero, especially now that he’s given up that nasty vigilante murder business.
Magneto looks at the pans on the tablet screen then looks up and asks who said he has abandoned his mission? He electrocutes the Sugar Man and informs the shocked Briar he was a blight on mutantkind. He has what he needs from him. The world, should he save it, is better off without his ilk.
Present:While Magneto takes out the Sentinels, Polaris fears he cannot possibly contain all that power. Magneto, in the meantime, realizes it is not enough. He has more power than he ever felt, fueled by the MGH, by the Kick and the Sugar Man’s amplifiers, siphoning the Earth’s magnetic energy into his body. It is more power than he’s ever channeled but is still not enough. His nose begins to bleed and he realize it is too great at the same time. It is killing him too quickly.
Flashback:Briar joins Magneto, who is analyzing the Sugar Man’s data. She asks if there is anything she can do. He replies he can piece together the power amplifiers. He groans in pain and she realizes he is coming off the MGH. It’s getting harder. He cuts her off. He doesn’t need a nurse. He tells her there is little time left. The Incursion will be too soon. And then it will be too late.
Are they having a moment here? She asks, because she still has bits of Sugar Man’s blood in her hair and… If they had more time, perhaps he’d indulge in their game, he replies. Soon enough, though, he’ll give his life for everyone on this planet, including her… including all those scientists. And, he assumes, hatemongers and terrorists and criminals she boasted she contacted. She’d fed him information as it suited her. Here at the end, though, he needs to know only one thing: He wants to know who she is.


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Propped up by mechanical power amplifiers, Magneto tries his best to repel the other Earth while idly wondering if on that other Earth is a counterpart doing the same thing, and which of them has sacrificed more?
Flashback:Magneto just demanded the truth of Briar Raleigh. He magnetically slams her into the wall. He warned her when they first met that he has no time for niceties.
She doesn’t know, Briar smirks. They had some nice times, didn’t they? She gets up as he asks her to explain again. She repeats that she only wants to help. Him and others too. She had it all: Fabulously wealthy parents, the world served up on a silver platter. It was all dreadfully boring. And then she had to visit a boyfriend in Seattle and her path crossed his. Does he even know why he was on a rampage that day? Does he even remember? She wonders about that from time to time. All those months in rehab she couldn’t stop thinking about that… thinking about him.
She studied up on him. She knew he’d be back because he never gives up on his crusade. And she found herself agreeing with what he was doing. She understood him. But she also knew more innocent people were going to be hurt, because he can’t help himself. She thought if she could guide his hand, put him in the direction of actual threats, she could support his cause but also minimize the…
He cuts her off. Explain it again! Briar is taken aback. The truth this time! His eyes begin to glow. She tried to control him… use him, make him into her puppet, he accuses Briar. But don’t dare lie to him about her motives!
The energy traps her. She groans that, when they first met face to face, he threatened her with pain. It was him at his best and he didn’t even realize it, because it came so naturally. She likes this side of him.
He releases her as he announces she disgusts him. She scoffs. Like he can’t understand where she’s coming from. He knows as well as she does it’s the pain that makes you feel alive. Alive? he repeats. Does she have any idea how easy it would be for him to take that away from her? She kind of figured that’s what this conversation was all about, Briar answers wryly.
He comes to a decision: she wants to be alive in the face of pain, the face of destruction, the face of death… Very well. He’ll give her what she wants. They’ll see this through to its climax. But there is much to be done before the end arrives. Briar smirks.
Present:Polaris joins Magneto in the sky and pleads with him to stop. It’s not working. He can stop fighting. Does she really think he could do that? Magneto asks. No, she realizes. He can’t help himself. So, if this world is ending anyway, he continues, why would he stop? Doesn’t he even want a few minutes of peace? Lorna asks. He replies she knows better than that. There is no such thing as peace. Even now, the other world dispatches more Sentinels to destroy him. That means they think he has a chance of succeeding. That means they are still fighting. So why shouldn’t he? He just needs more—
On the ground, his Marauders start more amplifier drones. The drones fly up. They need five minutes to fully power up but, even so, he feels a breathtaking rush. A half-dozen aneurisms opening up in his brain, each one unleashing the intensity of a star – primal force blossoming within. Suicide on a deific scale. His gifts are tied to the amplifier cycling down before rocketing to an apex. At that moment, he is vulnerable to the Sentinels, but the moment has been prepared for.
Flashback:Near a hut at an idyllic lake:Briar is meeting with SHIELD agent Rodriguez, her secret contact. Rodriguez reminds her they agreed to never meet at the same place twice. Briar replies they are beyond all that. By the time anyone figures out she’s been helping them, it won’t matter anymore. Rodriguez is worried about Briar’s bruises but Briar blows her off. Is Magneto going to make an appearance? she asks. Eventually, Briar replies, one hell of an appearance, but not today. Rodriguez warns her that her superior Haines has convinced SHIELD to sanction a strike on Genosha. She suggests evacuation. Briar smiles, she thinks she would have like to see that.
She hands Rodriguez a USB drive. Information on the new special project Magneto is working on. She’s trying to buy him a little time. Maybe even get SHIELD to get him some back-up. Rodriguez is doubtful. Briar tells her it’s Magneto’s farewell. And they want to be there to give him a proper send-off, don’t they?
Present:A SHIELD heli-carrier shows up to support Magneto who smirks. Inside, Haines fumes and vows, if he somehow survives this, she’ll crash the helicarrier on top of him.
SHIELD holds back the Sentinels. Magneto apologizes to Polaris. She doesn’t understand why.
Flashback:Lorna attends a fancy party. She looks around and notices that all the other attendees are visibly scarred or maimed. Briar walks towards her, displaying her maimed leg and welcomes her smoothly. Lorna thanks her for the invite but admits she almost didn’t come. Briar asks her to accompany her somewhere quieter to chat. Lorna notices the stares. Briar explains everyone is a little starstruck. It’s not every day the acolytes get to see the daughter of their most beloved celebrity.
This is about Magneto? Lorna realizes. Of course, Briar replies and points at the guests. Poorly mended bones… scars… post-traumatic stress. Her father means a lot to everyone here. He means a lot to her. Disgusted, Lorna scoffs if this is some kind of masochist fan club. Magneto is going to kill himself, Briar interrupts. She explains that what he is going to do will take his life. She can’t talk him out of it. Lorna asks if she is his girlfriend. How old is she anyways?
Undeterred, Briar continues that Magneto needs Lorna. That doesn’t sound like her father, Lorna retorts. He’s never needed her. Briar thought if he was going to die, he’d like to have his child by his side.
Present:Briar looks up.
In the sky, Polaris asks why Magneto apologized. A moment later, she has the answer, as he draws away her power. He makes sure she lands gently. One day, she will understand why he didn’t want her to die along ide him. She still has something to offer the world.
Bursting with power, he wonders what roles are left for him. All guises are cast aside, replaced by raw power. This is his final act. This is how the world ends. He has no choice but to bear witness. He will not flinch.


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Flashback:Cape Citadel:Keeping back rockets, tanks and other weaponry brought up against him, Magneto announces that for too long he has watched as mankind amassed power. A pale imitation of what mutantkind is capable of, yes, but power just the same… unfettered by understanding, unburdened by responsibility, easily corrupted and abused. But he did not sit idly by while humans grew bloated on their false godhood. He prepared.
Dead soldiers lie strewn around him. And today he acts, he says, addressing the five young original X-Men that face him.
He is Magneto, the master of magnetism. Like them he is a mutant. Unlike them, he is no longer content to squirm under the boot heel of unworthy masters. He throws an iron girder at Iceman and Beast, announcing they are the masters. Why do they oppose him? Why not join him in overthrowing those works? Do not make him fight his own kind!
He steers the missiles toward Angel and creates a magnetic shield to fend off Cyclops’ optic blast. Next, he tosses a tank at the X-Men held off by Iceman’s icewall.
Today, he announces, the world meets its future overlords, as the human dominion draws to a close.
Today:Magneto flies into the air, power amplifiers surround him as he struggles to fight the other Earth, minutes left before the end of the world, unless he saves it. The irony does not escape him.
Flashback:Magneto sends a holographic message to the Russian submarine Leningrad. He had warned their leaders what would happen if they attacked him. Now they have to pay the price for their leaders’ stupidity. The captain protests that Magneto threatened all the governments of the world. Of course, they staged a missile strike. What kind of reaction did he expect?
Magneto uses his powers to prevent the launch by short-circuiting the electricity on the submarine. He announces an example is needed – the Leningrad is lost. As are the lives of all aboard. The captain protests they were following orders. Magneto replies he has no sympathy for any who are “only following orders.”
He uses his power to damage the submarine. The hull breaks, water rushes in. Is he really going to stand there watching them die? the captain demands. Would he prefer it if he made a speech? Magneto asks. Does he want the last thing he hears to be a power-mad diatribe?
As the water crushes them, Magneto figures that this serves no purpose and so let their final moments be silent. Silently, he watches them all die.
Present:There is no redemption, Magneto thinks. He has always been and will always be the monster.
Metal flies from the ground. Among the people watching is a weakened Polaris after Magneto stole her power. Briar Raleigh offers help. Lorna angrily tells her to get away. She wants no help from her. She accuses Briar of tricking her and luring her to Magneto’s side. Briar tells her to look around her. They are not at Magneto’s side, either one of them. He’s on his on now. He stole her power. Lorna fumes. He could have asked nicely, Briar admits, but that’s not really his style and, if he had asked, what would she have—
Briar breaks off and stumbles as the metal from her leg brace liquefies and floats upward. Now it’s Lorna’s turn to help her. Briar assures her he didn’t use her as some kind of sacrifice. He did this so he wouldn’t need to sacrifice her. Lorna replies she’s sure that’s what he told Briar and himself, but he’s always been good at letting the ends justify the means.
Flashback:The South Pole:As Magneto faces the X-Men, Professor X accuses him of acts of terrorism and of breaking international law. He must be taken into custody to be tried in a court. His actions serve the needs of mutantkind, Magneto replies. He will not be tried in a forum presided over by humans serving laws he refuses to recognize. Xavier pleads with him, trying to show him his crusade does more harm than good. Magneto promises to regroup and do it all over again. Rogue and Storm hold back Wolverine who wants to kill him.
That moment, a UN helicopter lands. Alda Huxley, speaking for the UN, offers Magneto a permanent ceasefire and sovereignty over Genosha. Magneto smirks at Xavier.
Present:Fighting the Sentinels, Magneto muses that he attacked Cape Citadel to introduce mutants to a world that would hate and fear them. He sank the Leningrad, a submarine with a crew over 150 sailors, in retaliation for an attack against him, He ripped the Earth’s electromagnetic field apart for the promise of a mutant haven. Acts of cruelty to serve a greater good. Xavier warned that his war against humanity would consume him. He never understood the full truth of it. The conflict gave him purpose but it fed a deeper compulsion, one as bottomless as it tended to protect his people.
Perhaps he never recognized it himself. Here at the end he sees clearly the powers that have guided his hand.
On the ground, an awed Polaris believes he is pushing back the other world. Briar corrects her that he has already failed.
Magneto screams in pain, recalling anger, hatred, fear. These forces more than any other have fueled him, defined who he is and carved out the legacy he will leave behind. There is no way around it: he will die to save the Earth. His body cannot contain such vast power. But even if he succeeds, how will he be remembered?
He recalls fighting the X-Men, the Avengers. Not as a hero or as a protector of his people. His legend will be that of a mutant bogeyman bent on punishing the sins of the past… a creature driven by cold-blooded vengeance with the fury and power of a wrathful God at his fingertips. Unstoppable… unrelenting… unforgiving.
The destroyer of worlds… all the vicious acts he has committed… against mankind… against mutants… against men and women who might have been his friends. The terror he has sown in the face of the apocalypse seems so small… so petty. He let his own fury drown out the voices of the people he swore to defend.
Mutants have been burdened, scarred by his actions. His war will not consume him, for there is nothing left to consume. Nothingness in front of him. He moans: “Ah Charles, why didn’t I see?” And he is swallowed by the Incursion, only his helmet falling down.
He’s gone, isn’t he? a shocked Polaris asks. Briar sadly agrees. There is nothing left. The two young women look up at the Incursion coming closer. Lorna muse that her father always hated this world, hated these people but still he tried.
The Incursion swallows them.


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I remember it as if it were only yesterday. It was early autumn, the weather crisp and beautiful… the perfect day for my first visit to New York…
A man, elegantly dressed in a light coat and hat, gets off the plane. The customs officer addresses him as “Mr. Xavier” and asks if it is his first visit to New York. He lingers on the papers. Is there a problem? the man asks and mentally directs energy at the computer. Yes, the officer replies, but apparently it’s with their computer system as opposed to his passport. “Welcome to the United States of America, Mr. Xavier.” And with a broad smile Magneto walks out of the airport.
I had to assume that Charles wouldn’t mind my borrowing his name for just this little while… and really now… I wouldn’t care if he did.
Magneto takes a taxi into town admiring the lights. He’d spent his entire life so far in Europe. Like the people on the streets, he looks up in wonder to see the Human Torch fly. He feels a thrill at this sudden flux of “above men” and wonders, in the inevitable war to come, if they would be allies or adversaries.
The cab takes him to Brooklyn and the cabby asks him if he really wants to be in this neighborhood. Magneto asks him to stop. He wishes to stretch his legs. His funeral, the cabbie replies. Brooklyn, for heaven’s sake!
While the superheroes brazenly present themselves to the world, Magneto had heard rumors that those like him had gathered in this neighborhood in an invisible enclave of Homo superior under the very noses of unsuspecting humankind. He marvels at what astonishing mutant energy must be naturally emitted by this community.
Under the streets in the sewers something stirs… Something lives…
Magneto enters a diner and sits down at the counter. Small displays of mutant powers are visible as the waitress carries the orders telekinetically, causing a man to joke that sooner or later the wrong person’s going to see that and it’ll be up the creek for all of them. His wife tells him to eat his eggs before they get cold. Their young daughter pipes up that she can reheat them with a wave of her hand.
Magneto gets up from the counter to leave, leaving a tip on the counter. The barkeeper doesn’t seem satisfied with the amount. “Thanks for nothing,” he scoffs. He tries to lift up the coins and can’t as they’ve been magnetized. He has to tear out a chink of the counter to get them off. “Everybody’s a comedian,” he mutters.
Magneto has gone to “Cassandra’s fine tailoring,” where Cassandra Michaels, another mutant, creates clothing from thin air. For Magneto, she creates his red and purple uniform. Magneto praises the young woman’s work, telling her she lives up to her reputation, but adds it seems a waste of her gifts. She warns him that she doesn’t appreciate his tone. He meant no offense, he hastens, he is merely saying that someone with her abilities might consider… sharing them with the world? Cassandra asks. Like all those superheroes fighting crime? That sort or thing? Not exactly, he amends but yes, somewhere related to that sort of thing. Cassandra tells him she believes he is destined for great things, but those of them that choose to live here are content to fit in with the rest of humanity and let the rest of them – she refers to Magneto – save the world.
In the meantime, the energy of the young girl’s repressed powers has been influencing the local fauna in the sewers to create a problem…
Evening:Magneto has invited Cassandra Michaels to dinner and the two of them share a pleasant evening dining and flirting. Magneto is smitten with Cassandra’s mix of brashness and femininity.
Later, Magneto picks up the suit, Cassandra admits she was flattered that he seemed so happy about her work and charmed about his almost boyish desire to deck himself out in it.
A moment later, a raging monster emerges from the sewers. While Cassandra exclaims what in heaven’s name that is, Magneto calmly observes heaven has nothing to do with it. As the monster starts terrorizing the people, he calmly explains those are the unintended consequences of their mutant ghetto, cutting itself off from the rest of Homo superior. Simply put: the monsters of their childhood legends and folk tales were all too real. These creatures were the creation of the so called damsels in distress they threatened, monstrosities created by adolescent mutant girls from the depth of the unconsciousness, girls like the child he encountered in a local diner this very afternoon. Perhaps if Cassandra and the rest of her people were not so distant from their fellow mutants this nightmare could have been avoided.
That’s great, Cassandra replies impatiently, but now that he’s a superhero, what is he going to do about it? Amused by her naiveté regarding his role, Magneto drops his coat to reveal his costume. Very well then, he supposes he’ll simply have to save the day. Boasting, he tells the monster that he requires its undivided attention before consigning it to oblivion. He admits to himself to have a flair for the dramatic and playing to Cassandra.
He uses his control over magnetism to grab a girder from a building site nearby to bind the monster. That done, he falls down exhausted.
Agitated, Cassandra calls his name. He assures her he is all right, or will be in a moment. Cassandra admits this was the most amazing thing she’s ever seen. He thanks her but adds he expected one of her super heroes to come to the rescue making his actions moot. If this had happened in Manhattan, perhaps, Cassandra replies, but they are talking Brooklyn here.
Perhaps now she can see the mistake they’ve made, he lectures her, as he cups her chin. But that’s for others to deal with. She must come with him!
Honestly, she replies, she knows supersonic mutants who don’t move this fast. He tells her it’s time she become part of the greater community of Homo superior, for all of them so this sort of thing never happens again.
She barely knows him, Cassandra replies. She knows him well enough to expect him to use his mutant gifts to save her and her ungrateful friends and neighbors, he shoots back. And right there’s the downside of that boyish nature, she states. That adolescent attitude that thinks it’s entitled to have whatever it desires.
Careful, he warns her. He is not accustomed to being spoken to that way. Maybe he’d want to develop a thicker skin to go with his new superhero suit, she tells him as she walks off in a huff, or he just might end up as nobody’s hero.
And of course truer words have never been spoken.