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Lost Love
Then:
The Oracle, where the mask of Destiny – Irene Adler – sits on display, flames glowing around it. Raven Darkholme a.k.a. Mystique stares at the mask of her long-dead wife, then leaves the Oracle, emerging from the winding staircase that rises up from the underground bunker onto the surface of Krakoa.
'If I understand you correctly... you're looking to make a bit of an impression. The problem is you tell that to a creative person like me, and, well, I can take it any number of ways' Forge remarks to Mystique as he tinkers with some machinery in his lab on Krakoa. Mystique looks at a number of weapons on a wall as Forge tells his ex-lover that there is blowing stuff up – and then there is sowing razed earth with salt so as to never see life exist there again. 'So... exactly how much of an impression are you looking to make, Raven?' he enquires. Without looking at Forge, Raven tells him that she has annihilation on her mind, and that when she looks around his lab, she knows she has come to the right place. 'But I can't help but wonder... how do you sleep at night, surrounded by all of... this?' Raven asks. Forge turns to Raven and informs her that he sleeps fine. 'Well, that's no small feat. And how do you manage that?' Raven asks.
Holding a branch in his hand, Forge tells Raven to think of a stick of wood – that you could craft and shape something, or you could use it to beat someone to death. He begins manipulating the branch into something else, explaining that it is a simplistic argument, a human  argument, but that is not how he sees it. 'The combustible engine, computer processors, atomic energy, genetic engineering – look at all the glorious things humankind has made'. Forge remarks that they take a useful tool, and then find a way to use it for destruction – humankind's and mutantkind's – it's what they do. It's the lie they themselves: “We started with such good intentions”. Forge holds up what he has crafted from the branch – a small knife and a strange ball – and tells Mystique that he doesn't lie, that when he makes something, he makes it with a singular function and purpose, be it a tool or weapon – which brings them to the stick. 'In the end, it's not the instrument that matters... it's the one who wields it... and what kind of person they are'. He then asks Raven how she is sleeping at night. Raven pauses, before replying 'I sleep fine'.
'You look it' Forge mutters, before Raven points a finger at him and asks him if he is going to help her or not. 'You know that I'm here with the authority of the Council – on which I sit – and if that wasn't enough, I know that Charles and Erik have personally told you to give me what I need so will you do that now? Please' Raven declares. Forge asks Raven how he could possibly know what to make her if he doesn't know what she is shooting at. 'How about this? I'll take whatever does the most damage under every fathomable circumstance' Raven suggests. 'The most?' Forge asks, suggesting that he could build Raven a matter/anti-matter collider, but that if she was going to use it, she would have to be off-world, or beyond, say, fifty to a hundred miles of a gravity well of any significance. Raven doesn't respond, she just stares at Forge with her arms folded. 'Ah... off-world it is. Orchis?' Forge replies. 'Orchis' Raven confirms, hanging her head.
'The very best and brightest scientific minds humanity has to offer. Except this time, instead of their normal ambiguity of purpose, they're showing their true colors... they are focused and aligned and they have mutant extinction on their mind' Forge remarks, before asking Raven if she has any idea how many weapons he has built in his life. '... a lot' Raven replies. Forge agrees that “a lot” covers it, and asks Raven if she knows what the worst weapon he ever built was. 'No' Raven responds. 'It was the gun that turned us into them' Forge admits. He turns back to his work station and tells Mystique that the exotic material makes it tricky, but that he will build her what she needs – and it will take a few weeks.
Now:
The House of M, where Mystique stands before Magneto and Charles Xavier, holding a strange purple object. 'What is it?' one of the men asks. Mystique explains that it is called a microscopic singularity generator, and apparently, when it goes off, it will release a miniature black hole that will exist for a fractional amount of time before collapsing on itself. She states that it will eat the Orchis forge, but won't be big or strong enough to reach Sentinel City or their system of orbital platforms. She remarks that Forge said they would be risking the sun with something larger. 'Of course. Because if there's one thing this seems to be an exercise in, it's restraint' Magneto smiles. 'This isn't some kind of selective surgery – it's cancer. Cut it out, at the root. Treating it some other way does no one any good. Leave no doubt. That's what you want here, isn't it?' Mystique responds. Xavier suggests that it is possible that up to this point they have overmanaged the job. He tells Mystique that as she is the one executing it, perhaps they should leave the details of the mission up to her. 'In the end, the only thing that matters is preventing Nimrod from coming online' Xavier explains.
Mystique puts the microscopic singularity generator into a satchel she is carrying and remarks 'So when the slaughter starts... you want your hands clean. Such leadership'. Magneto crosses his arms and tells Raven that this is not servitude, and reminds her that they made a deal. 'Any time you wish to end it, you can simply let us know that you're not the right tool for the job'. Xavier points out that they have among them other monsters – some who do not lie to themselves about what they are. Mystique uses her shapeshifting abilities to disguise herself with a red Orchis officer uniform and asks Magneto and Xavier if when she returns successful, they will have her wife moved to the front of the resurrection queue. 'Of course' Magneto replies as Mystique steps into a Krakoan gate. 'Like Erik said, we made a deal. Only your failure prevents its completion' Xavier states.
Soon, on the Orchis Forge, Dr Alia Gregor is in a lab, standing over a Nimrod Sentinel which lays on a table in front of her. Several Orchis scientists and workers go about their business in the lab. 'Here it is. And even if it's untoward to say so myself, I have accomplished something wonderful here. This is a human life. My husband's, in fact' Dr Gregor announces. Standing on a balcony looking down into the lab is Karima Shapandar the Omega Sentinel, and with her is Dr Killian Devo. They listen as Dr Gregor remarks that before her husband died saving this station, he was the subject of a very special experiment. 'The idea behind it was that by using holographic memories grown in a crystalline shell, I could properly restore the essence – the extrapolation of the saved data – back into a human being. Of sorts'.
Dr Gregor holds a small pink crystal and states that the container – which she has just completed construction of – would have to be of the same material to start with, and that it is self-healing and replicating to keep up with the violent rebirth of man, but alive and returned from the abyss, nonetheless. 'So we have gathered here to witness the resurrection of my husband. If successful, the greatest achievement of my life... a scientific marvel. And yet, my only concern is love. Come back to me, Erasmus. Come back' Alia utters as she places the pink crystal into the back of the Nimrod's head. The Nimrod comes to life - '... Alia?' its robotic voice asks as it sees Dr Gregor standing over it. 'I feel so...strange' Nimrod remarks. Alia bites her lip as she replies 'I know. And I'm sure you're confused. It's a partitioned memory node, but  when you're ready, you can access it and know what all has happened'.
As Nimrod starts to sit up, Alia tells him to take it slowly – Nimrod appears in pain, and clutches its head as energy glows around it. 'I...I died. I died, and you wept, and the world changed, you you...you...you brought me back' Nimrod utters, putting a large hand to Alia's face. Several of the red-uniformed Orchis operatives are in the room and watching the awakening of the Nimrod. 'Amazing' one of them utters. 'The implications are... staggering...' another points out. '... Yes. They are' one carrying a satchel agrees.
Nimrod stands up and Alia remarks 'Yes, you're back. But not flesh and blood. In a form where they can never hurt you again'. Nimrod looks over its new body and utters that it is a wonder. Nimrod analyzes its body's capabilities and the things it will be able to do. 'Duplication. Energy absorption. Weapon systems. Tactical databases...I am more than I was...but...but I cannot give you a child. I remember...I wanted children' Nimrod tells Alia. 'That doesn't matter. What matters is that I have you back and that'll do until the end of days. Erasmus...I'm so happy' Alia tells her husband as she falls into the Nimrod's large arms. 'As am I, Alia. As am – that's a mutant' Nimrod replies, pulling away from Alia and pointing across the room. '$#%&' the Orchis operative with the satchel utters. 'Move away from that person' Nimrod states, one of its arms transforming into a large weapon, energy crackles around it.

'Don't bother. I'll move myself' Mystique smirks as she shifts to her default form and opens fire, striking down several of the Orchis operatives. A blast strikes the Nimrod, who orders Alia to get behind it. 'Congratulations on all your success. It's quite an achievement. I'll make sure you're fully credited...when I carve it on your tombstone' Mystique calls out as she holds up the microscopic singularity generator and opens the small device, throwing it into the center of the lab, where it creates a large sphere. 'Get the director to safety!' Omega Sentinel yells at several Orchis operatives, who lead Dr Devo away from the room. 'Duplicate' Nimrod states, creating a copy of itself. 'I'll handle this' Nimrod announces as it walks towards the generator. 'And I'll handle the mutant' the duplicate adds, as it heads towards Mystique. 'I'd ask what it is...but I know a bomb when I see one' Alia remarks. 'Yes. But this... this is more. Hard shield, atomic decay, antiprotons...Singularity' Nimrod reports. 'It's meant to destroy the entire station?' Alia asks, wide-eyed. 'Yes' Nimrod tells her.
Mystique runs down a corridor, followed by the Nimrod duplicate, while Nimrod tells Alia 'You built this body with an internal translocator...it uses the mass of this machine as a counter lever. Matter displacement'. Alia looks at Nimrod, 'Erasmus...what are you?' to which Nimrod tells her 'I can regrow. Rebuild. Any mass lost by the host machine can be replicated...but the infant data has been partitioned equally...'. 'Oh god. No... you have to wait for the memory core to grow and replicate throughout your host body. If you were to lose one of the bodies... that portion of you would be lost as well' Alia explains. Alia takes the Nimrod by its hand and, calling it Erasmus, utters 'I don't want to lose you again...I can't...I just can't...'. But Nimrod tells Alia that it is so sorry for what it is about to do. 'No. No' Alia utters, while down the corridor, Mystique dodges a blast that the Nimrod duplicate fires at her.
'I am as I I have always been. I would never save myself if the sacrifice meant losing you. Duplicate' the Nimrod states, creating another copy, which follows Alia, telling her to think of it this way: 'You brought me back so I could save you one more time. And so I will'. The Nimrod then teleports out of the lab – with the singularity generator – and floats in space – a moment later, a brilliant explosion can be seen, lighting up space. 'It's gone. The station is secure' the Nimrod duplicate remarks to Alia, who looks out the station window into space. 'Are... are you in there?' she asks, turning to the Nimrod duplicate. 'Doctor Alia Gregor...I am so sorry for what I'm about to tell you' Nimrod responds. Tears stream down Alia's face and she begins to sob.
At that moment, Mystique is several feet from gthe Krakoan gate – then the Nimrod duplicate grabs her by her neck and holds her up off the ground. 'Look at me, mutant. You have failed. When you return home, tell your masters that today I was born into existence... and the first thing I experienced beyond the love of my creator was pain and loss at your hands'. Nimrod then hurls Mystique into the Krakoan portal, 'I am Nimrod... the hunter' it boasts as it fires a weapon at Mystique, striking her before she vanishes. 'You were here at my beginning. I swear... I will see to your end'.
On Krakoa, Mystique's lifeless body emerges through the gateway, and Xavier and Magneto look down at her.
Later: 'How is she?' De Devo asks aboard Orchis, standing in front of some large glowing space. 'Inconsolable' Omega Sentinel reports. 'Such a fall. To dedicate yourself wholly to correcting a wrong, and then being robbed of victory by those who committed the original sin. Most people can't get up from something like that' Devo points out. 'But you did, didn't you?' Omega Sentinel asks. 'Yes. And so will she' Devo smiles, before asking Omega Sentinel to tell him about the gate. Omega Sentinel reports that it is quarantined in a hard vacuum, with translocators active around it, and other surprises, of course. 'It's a death trap if they try to use it again. The situation is handled' Omega Sentinel announces. Devo tells Omega Sentinel that he can't help but obsess over the fact that the mutants must have planted the gate before I arrived on-station. 'Such patience. Then again, I suppose that's to be expected when your enemy is evolution itself' he remarks, before asking how badly Orchis was hurt.
'Beyond the loss of the Erasmus persona of Nimrod? We weren't hurt at all... which – frankly – is shocking. Considering the weapon they brought on board was built to annihilate everyone on this station. They tried to open a black hole in the heart of the forge. We should all be dead' Omega Sentinel reports. Dr Devo laughs, 'What a joy. What a revelation!' he exclaims. 'Excuse me?' Omega Sentinel asks. 'Yes, they hate us, and we hate them. That's the current state of mutant and man. But all their arrogance. The bravado. The bold declarations of inevitability. Don't you see, Omega? Those words are in conflict with their actions. It's obvious, isn't it? They don't just hate us... they fear us' Devo boasts.
Back on Krakoa, Mystique crawls from the egg where she has been reborn in the Hatchery. 'We tried to save you, but you died of your wounds immediately after you returned. But now you are reborn, Raven. So tell us... what happened?' Magneto asks. 'You backed up my mind. You know what happened' Mystique replies. 'We want to hear you say it' Magneto tells her. Biting her lip, Mystique hangs her head and admits that she failed – as Nimrod is online. 'Damn it all' Magneto mutters. 'Damn indeed. This changes things' Xavier agrees. Magneto tells him that, in the short term, it clarifies others. 'We'll need tol -' Magneto begins, as Xavier interrupts him, telling him that there is no point in putting it off, and they should do it now. 'Wait. What... what about Irene?' Mystique asks. Magneto and Xavier look down at Mystique and say nothing – until Xavier asks 'What about her?' Mystique scowls and remember the words that Irene said to her long ago: “There will be an island – not the first, but the last. This place will seem to be hope for our kind. When those days come, remember these words: BRING ME BACK. And if you cannot... if they will not... then burn that place to the ground”.
Shortly, Magneto and Xavier arrive at Moira's No-Space, an underwater safehouse where Moira X is sitting at a desk, the diaries of Irene Adler sitting on the desk, she is reading one of them but looks up at Xavier and Magneto and narrows her eyes.


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The Beginning
8:12 PM, Reception.
'Another drink, sir?' a Multiple Man dupe asks King Namor the Sub-Mariner as he leans on the banister at the edge of a large balcony which looks out over the ocean, currently glowing orange as the sun sets over it in the distance. 'Yes. And be sure to make your return often and the pour generous. I fear it may be the only way we two get through this night' Namor responds, an empty champagne flute at his side. 'Understood' the dupe replies, before asking Namor if he can bring him anything else – something to nibble on. 'Cheese, perhaps?' he grins, motioning to some cheese on the tray he carries. Namor glares back at the dupe, before a voice calls out 'We can handle it from here, Jamie'. Namor looks up as Magneto and Charles Xavier, both dressed in white and gold, approach him, dozens of guests at the Hellfire Gala can be seen behind them. 'Charles. Erik' Namor acknowledges them, holding up two champagne flutes.
Namor congratulates Charles and Magneto on their party, noting that it sees well attended. 'If this were the event – and these were the attendees – one might desire' Namor adds. Xavier thanks Namor, noting that he is, of course, the North Star of all their invited guests. 'Yes. You grace us with your presence, your majesty. We are honored and humbled' Magneto smirks.
Namor drinks one of the glasses of champagne. 'So' he remarks. 'Yes?' Xavier replies. 'How goes the empire building?' Namor enquires. 'Well, I think. But in the long term, that depends entirely on forming new alliances to dissuade new adversaries that have swooped in to fill the vacuum of vanquished old enemies' Charles smiles. 'If it's a question of influence... changes are coming to the Quiet Council. We can offer you a seat' Magneto announces.
'Offer? I think if I stepped one foot into your council chamber, there would be a rush to surrender a seat to me, even if one were not available' Namor boasts, adding that frauds tend to flee at the sight of a true aristocrat. 'I am a real king, Erik. Never forget this' Namor declares. Charles suggests to Namor that he should return home and claim his rightful place among his people. 'I tell you, truly, Charles... at night, when I dream, I dream of this entire world under my thumb. Me seated on a throne of thrones... and the people – human, mutant and all living things under the sun... they cry out and cheer with love and affection. For the blind can finally see and see me as I really am' Namor reveals as he clinks his glass against Xavier's. 'Which, I assure you...i s not me being on a council with those who pretend to be my peers' Namor adds,
Xavier and Magneto are unimpressed with these comments, and both frown. 'I have dominion over 70 percent of this planet, gentlemen. You currently control, what... an island?' Namor asks, before pushing past Charles and Erik and striding off towards other guests at the party. 'Get back to me when you have something more to offer. Until that day, my interests – whatever  they may be – will remain divided'. Charles and Erik watch as Namor stands alongside Iron Man, Mr Fantastic, Black Panther, Captain America and Dr Strange.
10:15 PM, Election.
The Gala is in full-swing, with guests mingling and enjoying themselves. Storm can be seen talking to Rogue and Gambit, while Kate Pryde sips her drink and Emma Frost stands nearby. Magik and Colossus are speaking with some guests, while Monet narrows her eyes and sips her drink as she stands near a man in a suit. All of the women wear striking outfits, and even some of the men – such as Cyclops, who calls out 'If I could have your attention, please' as Jean Grey flies down from above hover at his side. The guests begin to gather around Cyclops and Jean. Among them, Rictor, Warlock, Thor, Kwannon, Banshee and Pixie can be seen. Cyclops thanks everyone, and reports that they have  reached the point in the evening when it is time to introduce the new team of X-Men. 'Of course, before we can do that...they have to be selected' Cyclops smiles. 'Jean?' he asks. 'Mutants of Earth... open your minds to me' Jean calls out as she concentrates on the thoughts that open to her.
Human guests look around, intrigued and perplexed as the mutants stare ahead at Jean Grey, who reads their vote with her mind. Angel, Betsy Braddock, Iceman and Emma Frost are standing together at the Gala when this takes place. The vote is also open to mutants not at the Gala – like Risque and Peepers who are on board the SWORD space station, or Anole, Cosmar and Rain Boy who are sitting around a campfire in a forest on Krakoa. 'Shall we begin?' Jean asks. Storm looks on as Thor turns to Johnny Storm the Human Torch and asks 'What is this ensorcellment?' Johnny remarks that he doesn't know, and admits that he is freaked out right now. Dr Stephen Strange tells him not to be, and explains that this is rather elegant, and that telepathically bonded, every mutant who wishes to is telling the others why they want to be an X-Man. 'As they do, other mutants begin to coalesce behind the best reasons – and the ideal representatives – of what they believe their fledgling nation to be'.
Noticing that Strange's Eye of Agamotto is active, Johnny rubs his head and asks Strange if he should be listening. 'Okay, okay, I gotta know. Tell me what they're saying. But just to be clear, this feels so wrong!' the Torch exclaims. Dani Moonstar can be seen nearby as the glamorous Eternal called Sersi turns to the men and assures the Torch that it's not. 'If you have the ears to hear...they are shouting out from every corner of the Earth. No one's hiding anything here. There's no shame. No hidden agendas or manipulation... just pride' Sersi announces.
Jean Grey smiles as she announces that it is done – and done well. She then calls out to the newly elected X-Men to step forward: 'Rogue'. Gambit leans in to kiss his wife, while their Exclaibur teammates Jubilee and Rictor look on, Jubilee creating some plasma fireworks in excitement. 'Sunfire' Jean calls out – but Shiro Yoshida stands at the back of the celebrations, arms folded, he frowns – and no one turns to him to congratulate him, either. 'Wolverine' Jean calls out next, causing the surprised Laura Kinney to look up from the shrimp bowl where she is eating shrimp from one of her claws. Cannonball and Sunspot are standing nearby to congratulate her. 'Synch' Jean announces next. Everitt Thomas is standing with his Generation X friends Skin and Mondo, both who embrace their friend in excitement. Another former member of Generation X, Monet, glares at them out of the corner of her eyes. Finally, 'Polaris' Jean reveals the last member of the new team. Lorna Dane smiles sheepishly, while several of her X-Factor teammates – Northstar, Rachel Summers and Prodigy – are nearby to congratulate her.
11:35 PM, Exodus.
Many human and non-mutant party guests mingle as longtime friends Storm, Jean Grey and Rogue can be seen together, all smiling and enjoying each other's company. Kate Pryde is talking to two humans, while Northstar and Pixie can be seen chatting. Kwannon and Colossus can be seen amongst the guests, while the Thing and the Invisible Woman stand nearby. X-Corp CXOs Monet and Angel walk together.
Inside, Emma Frost in her diamond form is flanked by several of the Stepford Cuckoos and approaches two people who are covered head-to-toe in clothing that only lets their eyes be seen. 'Ah, how wonderful. What a delightful surprise. I cannot tell you how happy I am that you accepted my invitation' Emma remarks as she approaches the two mysterious people. Nearby, Mystique stops and listens in on Emma's conversation. Emma shakes the guests' hands and tells them that they – as much as anyone here – stand to gain greatly from any relationship that might be formed this evening. 'I would be honored to do business with the nameless city of your hidden society' Emma tells them. 'It's bad enough that you know we exist when you should not...' one of them begins to reply, as the other concludes '... but the pleasantries and preamble are a waste of time we do not have, Ms Frost. Simply tell us what you want so we can get on with refusing you and escape this hellish bleed'. Emma reveals that what she needs are the contents of the Kara Kutuca, and that they can keep the box – she just wants what is inside. The mysterious guests pause, before one of them asks Emma if she has any concept of what she is asking for. 'Oh... I have a pretty good idea' Emma smirks, while raising a glass of wine.
At the bar, more Madrox dupes are busy pouring and serving drinks, while a human guest calls out 'Excuse me, I'd like a... bartender, can I get a... guess not'. Cyclops, looking very handsome in his Gala costume, approaches the guest and asks 'Problem, friend?' The man smiles at Cyclops and replies 'Can't get this guy to notice me'. 'Jamie. One for the room, please' Cyclops calls out to Madrox, who hands a drink over to the guest. 'Nice' the guest responds. 'Yeah, thanks' another guest calls out. 'Don't mention it' Cyclops replies, turning to a man in a suit wearing a baseball cap. 'So... what's your story?' the man asks. 'Well... it's complicated' Cyclops begins. He tells the guest that he was blind – blind to how the world worked, and then he met a man who taught him to see – see how things really were. He loved him for it, and because he loved him, because he believed in him, and in a way, worshipped him, he claimed the things that he had faith in as his own. 'He called it his dream. It was a good one. But the world, you see – the waking world – where we all live – it is a killer of dreams. A destroyer of things you believe in'.
Cyclops continues informing the guest that when he grew older, he realized it was foolish to deify him, and honestly, it is unfair to expect that kind of perfection from anyone – after all, they are all flawed and imperfect – there is no real difference between any of them – not matter how much they believe the lie that there is. 'You see, he wasn't a savior. He was just a man – a mutant – like me. And his dreams – which still make me smile to this day – are no more valid than anyone else's. Including mine'. Cyclops admits that he loves the idea of that, the promise of it. He quotes the guest's question: “So what's my story?” and announces that he is a dreamer – he is an X-Man.
As Cyclops tells his story, Quentin Quire can be seen striding around, he goes over to Storm and whispers something in her ear. Storm looks over to Jean Grey as Quentin points at her. Quentin walks towards Jamie Braddock, who is wearing an all-white costume and extends his arms as Quentin approaches him. Jamie's brother Brian – Captain Avalon – and Meggan can be seen nearby. Quentin then goes over to the group of mutants known as the Five, and leads Hope, Proteus and Elixir away from Tempus and Egg. Finally, Quentin locates Iceman and beckons for him to follow him. The selected mutants start walking towards a Krakoan gate. Cyclops smiles as he turns to his guests and tells them to have a good night.
11:45 PM, Fireworks
Two Madrox dupes begin striking a large gong with an X symbol in the center. Guests turns to the sound of the gong. Monet can be seen standing with Meggan, Manifold, Colossus, Jubilee and Karma. Several Madrox dupes then walk into the center of the room, carrying Emma Frost on a platform. 'It's an interesting thing. An ending' Emma announces while plucking petals from a flower. She states that it is often a matter of perspective – what seems to be an ending for one, might be the beginning for someone else, or, more appropriately, what seems to be one ending of an occasion. 'Let's call it a party, a gala, even – might be the start of a new proceeding altogether'. Dupes help Emma up onto a stage that towers above the partygoers. 'A second event unto itself. Expansion, if I must put a word to it' Emma explains, before announcing that she is going to connect all their minds now – all of them, human and mutant, as she wants to offer them a unique view of the show. Cyclops and Dani Moonstar are standing together and smile.
Emma places a hand over her eyes, 'You can refuse, of course... but fair warning... this is one of those “where were you at when” moments... and it would be a shame if being closed-minded made you miss it' Emma switches to her human form as she telepathically connects everyone's minds, her power flowing from her, touching Cyclops, Laura Kinney, Rictor, Synch, Rogue and everyone else. 'So... a deep breath... a soft exhale... and fireworks... at the evening's end. Which is not the end at all... but the beginning of a new age'. Emma raises her arms above her head, the sky above her glows, and a red orb can be seen in the distance. Several figures can be made out standing on floating chunks of rock, or asteroids....


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Fearless, chapter two: “Catching the Wave”
The Treehouse, home of the super hero team known as the X-Men, in New York City. 'Gambit? Ya down here?' Rogue calls out to her husband. 'Uh-oh. Hey, darlin – we got an open seat... want us to deal you in, ma cheri?' Gambit replies as he looks up from the table where he is playing cards with the Black Cat, the Rhino and the Thing. 'Remy Etienne LeBeau!' Rogue shouts as she marches towards Gambit. 'Oui?' Gambit smiles, turning to his wife. 'You said you had a card game hours ago – ah didn't know it was here!' Rogue exclaims. Rogue reminds Gambit that she was elected to Krakoa's X-Men and tells him that she can't have him inviting over the entire Bar with No Name to gamble in the basement of their headquarters, as paparazzi watch this place. 'Now everybody scram. Go on now!' Rogue snaps at Gambit's guests. 'I knew ya was in trouble when she dropped all three of yer fancy-pants names. Good luck' the Thing tells Gambit as he puts a hat on his head and walks away. 'Hell. I had a pair of queens, too' Gambit mutters as he shows his hand to the Thing.
Meanwhile on Gameworld, where a Cordyceps Jones Jam is currently underway. Lights glow as holographic images are displayed. Various aliens party and go about the various casino tables as the strange alien called Cordyceps Jones hovers up above the skeletal remains in an orange astronaut's suit. 'Hey, is that mudball backwater planet still kicking?' Cordyceps Jones asks. 'You bet it is, Cordyceps!' another alien calls out. 'Oof. I knew somebody would get rick knocking the Earth over – I didn't know so many of youse was gonna go bankrupt too' Cordyceps points out that the night is young, and asks who is next to throw some bones. Cordyceps points out that Gamesworld's black holes means that they can toss months of heat at a planet, and it is only overnight for them on Gamesworld. 'But still, would it kill one of ya to put your back into it? It ain't like Earth's the only planet that needs a good rinse, ya know?' Cordyceps declares.
A strange blue-skinned alien steps forward. 'I am Kriv Yu of the Numari, and I bring forth a wager...' Kriv Yu declares, introducing themselves. Another alien with them holds a red bottle as Kriv Yu states that they will uncork a rare vintage upon the Terrans – the waves of annihilation. The other alien heads towards a door, carrying the bottle, as Kriv Yu tells Cordyceps Jones that their friend is being paid to make sure their involvement dies with him, and his kin will be taken care of. 'Go to Earth, and let their suffering end quickly' Kriv Yu tells their companion, who steps into a pod-like construct. 'Oooh. I got a good feeling about this roll...place your bets!' Cordyceps grins as the Numari with the bottle is shunted off through space.
Iola, Kansas, where two farmers in a car come across black smoke billowing up from a crater in a crop field. 'What the hell happened here?' one of them asks. 'Y'all okay down there?' one of  them calls out as they step out of their car and look down into the crater. 'I think that dude is wasted' the other farmer remarks, as the Nurami alien has emerged from the sphere-like transport that it used to travel to Earth. The alien utters something in its native tongue, then pulls the cork off the bottle, and drinks the mysterious contents. 'Yer in enough trouble, I reckon, so maybe ease off that sauce?' one of the farmers suggests. 'Hey, Clay.. .run!' the other farmer exclaims, as the alien then starts to vomit – and an assortment of strange and revolting creatures begins to emerge from the vomit. This small batch of the cosmic black death crests again on Planet Earth. The Annihilation Wave is a truly heinous and immoral weapon to wield. But why was Earth targeted? For sport. And profit. Two universal constants across this cruel galaxy. As the Annihilation Wave begins to spread, Clay and the other farmer get back into their car and drive as fast as they can, a town can be seen nearby, in the path of the Annihilation Wave.
Meanwhile, 'It's a lot too take in... I mean, I know you know it's a lot. Your power is immeasurable, Jean' Everett Thomas a.k.a. Synch telepathically tells Jean Grey as the two hover above Central Park. Closing his eyes, Synch reports that he can hear Rogue and Gambit arguing, he can feel the guy in the park and his burning anguish over the dog he just had to say goodbye to. 'There's a woman in an apartment watching me with a telescope' Synch adds. Jean's hair flows around her as she tells Synch to think of telepathy as a flashlight in the dark, suggesting that he can focus the beam of light onto one mind, and see it clearly, or that he can widen his light and see many minds at once, from a more shallow depth. Jean explains that ideas become like stickers or magnets on a refrigerator, that you can place an idea in a mind or take one away. 'It's true power, Everett. I once saved lives by making a gunman forget how to take the safety off his rifle. But... that can be a dangerous line to cross' Jean adds.
'No doubt' Synch replies, before pausing, and informing Jean that Emma said he would learn a lot from her – and he thinks Emma was right. Jean points out that they are here to learn from each other, and tells Everett that after his time with Wolverine in the Vault, he has a couple of hundred years of experience on she and Scott. Suddenly, Synch opens his eyes, 'Did you feel that? I felt those lives just snuff out!' Synch utters. Jean turns her head and tells Synch that it was to the west.  Jean then telepathically contacts the other X-Men, instructing them to meet her at the plane.
Soon, Rogue, Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops, Lorna Dane a.k.a. Polaris, Laura Kinney a.k.a. Wolverine and Shiro Yoshida a.k.a. Sunfire have joined Jean and Synch inside the X-Men's jet, where Rogue, who is piloting the jet, reports that she has a course plotted for Kansas, so they will be there real quick. 'What are we up against?' she then asks. Synch, still using Jean's telepathy, announces that it is a black death from a deep void. Jean telepathically warns Synch to be careful, as sometimes there can be little gleaned from peering into voids. Cyclops looks at a computer screen and tells his teammates that whatever it is, it must be related to a warning from SWORD that an object from interstellar space just used their sun to slingshot to Earth. 'Whoever threw this at us knew to avoid Arakko on the way into our system' Cyclops adds. Synch telepathically tells Jean that he has been trying to find a way to tell Laura about what they shared, and who they were in the Vault. 'But I could just show her...if she asks' he suggests while looking over at Wolverine, who gazes out a window. 'If she does, then my gift is your gift' Jean responds. Synch starts talking as he thanks Jean and tells her that he has had enough of her gift for the day. 'I'm glad you get to turn it off' Jean replies.
Soon, the X-Men's jet arrives in Kansas, where the horrid mass from space can be seen before them. 'That's disgusting!' Rogue exclaims. She calls the jet “Thunderbird” and instructs it to go into patrol mode. 'X-Men – GO!' Rogue shouts as the heroes leap from the jet. Rogue takes the front, flying with her fists ready, while Wolverine leaps behind her, claws outstretched. Jean telekinetically lowers herself behind Rogue, with Cyclops behind her, readying his visor to release an optic blast. Sunfire flies alongside the others, a burst of flame surrounding him, while Polaris casually drops from the jet, holding a coffee in one hand while adjusting her sunglasses with her other, and Synch drops out of the jet last. 'Let's put ourselves between the town and that hell' Cyclops tells everyone. Jean telepathically announces that they are mindless horrors, so everyone can cut loose, but to watch the collateral damage. 'This big one – is mine!' Wolverine calls out as she drops down on one of the horrid alien creatures and shoves her claws into it.
'Hey, Jean... wanna swat the bugs?' Polaris calls out as she looks over to a large logging truck and uses her powers to snap the metal chains holding dozens of large logs in place. 'Good idea' Jean tells her friend as she then uses her telekinesis to lift the large logs up into the air, while remarking that she usually traps bugs in force-fields and releases them outside. 'But not today' Jean declares as she uses her telekinesis to hurl the large logs at several of the horrid creatures, squashing them with deadly force. 'Hey, Scott!' Rogue calls out as she grabs one of the logs and carries it up into the air, before throwing it in front of one of Cyclops' powerful optic blasts. 'Front toward enemy!' Rogue exclaims. 'You got it!' Cyclops replies as his optic blast tears the log apart, turning it into dozens of sharp splinters, which all strike the aliens like spears.
Several large insect-like aliens reach the town, and civilians begin to run from them. Cyclops fires another optic blast while telling his teammates 'The more matter this wave eats – the bigger it gets  like the Blob. The McQueen film, not our bartender. 'Never seen it' Wolverine replies as she shoves her claws into some horrid creature. 'Well, now you have' Jean tells her. 'Cool' Wolverine responds, while Jean reports that most of the town are in their tornado shelters. Cyclops instructs Sunfire to take the perimeter and hold it by any means necessary. 'We can't afford to let this problem grow' he declares, before ordering Polaris to pop a bubble over the town, and that it needs to be big. 'Jean, show Polaris how big she needs to go' Scott adds. Polaris announces that some of the bugs are under the dome, while Jean telepathically shows her how big the bubble needs to be. 'Not for long' Wolverine tells her. 'Shield's up!' Polaris calls out as she begins to extend a magnetic force field around part of the town, while Sunfire burns a huge number of the horde.
Suddenly, Jean tells everyone that there is a change in plan, as she has just received an interesting ping from deep inside the wave, and she now needs to talk to one of the bugs. Cyclops turns to Synch and asks him what his call is. Synch announces  that he will borrow Polaris' powers to provide a force-field cover for Jean. He begins to do so, but Jean tells him that he should stay and protect the humans, while Polaris can cover her, pointing out that he may need to borrow Sunfire's powers to help end this. Synch reports that he is synched with Polaris, and asks Polaris to pass him the dome. 'Here you go' Polaris calls out as she surrounds herself and Jean in an energy field. 'The monsters – they're pushing so hard' Synch calls out. 'Some may enter when we leave' Polaris warns everyone as she and Jean pass through the bubble surrounding the town, and find themselves within the energy field, now surrounded by the hideous alien horde. 'We got them!' Wolverine calls out as she and Rogue attack the stray aliens that escape into the dome. Rogue's thoughts are connected to her teammates as she tells them that she thinks this is the Annihilation Wave. 'Whenever we had downtime on the Unity Squad, Captain America used to check our knowledge of extinction-level events' Rogue explains.
'Sounds like fun' Polaris calls back as she and Jean explore their new surroundings. 'It was fun for him' Rogue can be heard responding. 'Uch. Was the number one cause of death for Avengers boredom?' Polaris asks, before frowning at the horde around her, and telling Jean 'This is $#%&ing gross'. She asks her friend what they are doing out here, and whether somebody is still alive. Jean tells Polaris that nothing can survive this, that they are dead – but their brain was swallowed whole, and neurons are still firing for a few more moments, so they might learn something invaluable if they can find the one that ate it before it's too late. A green glow emitted by Polaris' powers light the way through the dark horde surrounding the two powerful women continue their quest, with Jean adding that she only heard these alien thoughts because her telepathy passed through Lorna's heavy magnetic field, so they are almost there.
Outside, Sunfire continues to burn the horde with his powers, flying around the force field protecting the town. 'I really think I should vaporize everything out here' Sunfire calls out. As Wolverine's blood-soaked claws plunge into another alien creature, Cyclops fires a powerful optic blast and tells Sunfire to hold on, as Jean needs a few more minutes. Cyclops' thoughts reach out to Jean, telling her to hurry – when suddenly, one of the horde closes in on Cyclops – until a local armed with a rifle shoots it and saves Cyclops. 'Much obliged!' Cyclops calls out as he waves to a group of armed civilians nearby. One of them waves back.
'My eyes are closed – are yours? Oh my god. I opened them' Polaris exclaims from within her bubble as she looks at the vicious horde surrounding the bubble. Soon, she and Jean arrive at the remains of the alien who set this devastation in motion. 'We're here. I've never been able to touch a dead mind... but you and I can, working together' Jean Grey announces, explaining that Polaris' magnetism and her own telepathy are combining to make an MRI machine for memories. 'I see!' the wide-eyed Jean utters, before she shouts 'Sunfire – NOW!' As he flies around the dome, Sunfire tells his teammates to let him know if it gets too hot, as he is not going to be able to hold back. There was a time, not so long ago, that Sunfire wouldn't have waited to engage the threat... and a critical clue would have been lost. The Annihilation Wave once nearly washed over the entire universe – but it never had encountered a mutant wielding the power of a star. A powerful, furious fire begins to rage around the outside of the bubble protecting the town. The horde begins to burn, before an atomic blaze seemingly destroys all of the horde in spectacular display.
'Are there any more?' Sunfire asks as he drops down beside Jean and Polaris, who disperses the bubble around her and Jean. 'Oh, god. Please say no' Polaris remarks, while Jean reports that they are gone. 'How'd it go?' Cyclops asks as he, Rogue, Synch and Wolverine join their teammates. 'It was hairier than Hank' Polaris responds, while Jean reveals that they know something now, and telepathically tells Cyclops that she will show him later. The X-Men start to return to their jet, before the group of armed locals approaches them. 'Where you going, X-Men?' one of the civilians asks, before extending his arms to Sunfire and telling him that he saved the town. 'What's your name?' the man asks. Sunfire introduces himself, and tells the man 'You would not have always cheered me, I'm afraid'.
Sunfire remembers how it was not always his goal to use his powers for mankind, and how by the time he realized he was born gifted, he had already lost much, and so he did what many do – he fought for his country. Then he fought for the X-Men, and later, for the Avengers. He always wondered what he would get him – and he always ended up with an empty heart. But then, suddenly, Krakoa arrived, and as good as it has been for them all, Sunfire had already found fighting for country to be unfulfilling, which is why he asked to be chosen for the X-Men. 'I have always served a powerful interest, with the goal of self-enrichment. But tonight, watching our world and Arakko's transform, I stand before you, wishing only to be of service'. Sunfire tells the locals that they were the words he spoke on behalf of himself at the Hellfire Gala, and as such, he remains happy to serve.
'You saved the whole damn town. Ya gotta stay for a bite' one of the locals smiles. 'We couldn't possibly -' Sunfire begins,  ' - say no. We'd love to stay for a meal' Jean Grey interrupts Sunfire, smiling, while telepathically telling Sunfire that the locals wish to serve, too. 'I have heard wonderful things about Kansas barbecue' Sunfire utters as he and Jean walk over to a nearby park, where a brick barbecue is operated by one of the locals, while Cyclops and Polaris stand nearby. The other X-Men mingle with the other locals. The man at the barbecue announces that supper is ready, and that they certainly worked up an appetite.
'Supper's ready, my king!' a woman calls out in a suburban home as the setting sun shines through a window. 'Who wants to say grace? Wait... is... is this a cream sauce?' the man sitting at the table asks. 'Oh dear. I forgot you don't enjoy that. I hope I haven't ruined the meal' the woman wearing an apron bringing food to the table responds. The man pauses, before extending his hand and telling her 'Of course not. Please sit'. 'What is it I like to say when things go wrong?' the man asks. “Tomorrow is a new opportunity to be perfect” the boy sitting at the table quotes – before suddenly, the woman and the boy both collapse, falling face-first into their plates of food on the table. 'That's correct, son. I hope tomorrow's recipe is better' the mysterious man states, wiping his hands on a cloth. He gets to his feet and walks away from the table as he calls out 'Bornan! Would you mind clearing the meal, please?' A strange creature that appears to be some sort of animal hybrid with an ape-like body with long white fur and the head of a large cat enters the kitchen, 'Of course' Bornan replies, addressing the man as Dr Stasis. 'Oh my. These two didn't stay long' Bornan  adds as he starts to drag the woman and boy away. 'No sass tonight, Bornan. I've got a lot of reading' Doctor Stasis retorts. 'You know how I love autopsy reports' Dr Stasis adds as he begins to read a file which includes an image of Cyclops' broken visor.


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Fearless, chapter three: “Problematic Fan”
Above Da Nang, Vietnam, where a large spaceship hovers above a bridge that is suspended above a forest by a large hand. On the bridge stand seven mutant heroes – heroes known as the X-Men. Lorna Dane a.k.a. Polaris, Laura Kinney a.k.a. Wolverine, Shiro Yoshida a.k.a. Sunfire, Everett Thomas a.k.a. Synch, Jean Grey, Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops and Rogue. They all look up at the strange spaceship above them, while a holo-message from Commander Abigail Brand of SWORD tells the X-Men that it is going to be one of those days. 'They came out of the sun – that's why we didn't catch them inbound' Brand explains, before asking the X-Men if they want reinforcement. 'We'll let you know, Brand' Jean Grey replies, while Cyclops points out that so far the Earth is still spinning. 'Ah gotta warn you – if this is who ah think it is, Sunfire's gonna have an easier time keeping cool than me' Rogue tells her teammates. 'He's never been subtle, has he?' Cyclops remarks. 'Sorry, uh, who exactly are we talking about here?' Polaris asks.
A door opens on the spaceship, and the “he” appears – the High Evolutionary. He is accompanied by a striking woman with white hair and several New Men, one of whom is some sort of reptile and hisses 'The High Evolutionary bidsss you greetingsss! He has witnesssed you!' The High Evolutionary states that the birth of Arakko is a great leap forward in mutant evolution – like cell replicating – what was one is now two. He claims that he comes in peace as a friend to mutandom to commemorate this momentous occasion. 'I dunno, boss. These guys vibe trouble' a monkey-like New Men grins. A rhino-like New Men instructs the mutants to bow their heads to honor the High Evolutionary's greatness. 'That's not on today's menu, friend. If Arakko is on your mind, you're on the wrong planet' Cyclops replies.
'Arakko is the achievement of this world, is it not? And its birth has caused dominoes to fall in places that are beyond your sight' the High Evolutionary remarks, before asking the X-Men to forgive him, admitting that he has been rude, the High Evolutionary introduces the X-Men to the woman at his side, calling her his daughter, Luminous, he tells the X-Men that, apart from Rogue, they have not met her before. Luminous announces that they bear a gift for mutantdom, and that each of her father's ship carries a nihility sphere. The sphere floats in front of Luminous. 'Looks cool, but what's it do?' Polaris asks. 'You can stop right there! Whatever it is – we don't want it!' Rogue shouts. The High Evolutionary states that the Anthropocene era has commenced on this world, that humanity is the primary engine of change on the climate. 'Their ecosystem is collapsing. Accept my gift, and the last days of humanity might even be...pleasant for them' the High Evolutionary claims. He smiles as he tells the X-Men to reject his gift, and the humans can starve as climate refugees in the decades to come. 'The virus within the spheres will sterilize humanity, and within a generation, your human problem will simply...cease to be'. He supposes that some of them might become posthuman, and that he can help them achieve their full potential. 'Like I helped you, Rogue. When I -' the High Evolutionary begins, before Rogue flies over and punches him hard in the face.
'You lousy bum!' Rogue calls out, before informing her teammates that the High Evolutionary kidnapped and tortured her, but the good news is, he can take a Hulk-level beating, so none of them needs to hold back. 'Does this one speak for you all?' Luminous enquires. 'When Rogue says not to hold back – the X-Men throw hands!' Polaris replies as she slams a chunk of metal into Luminous and the rhino-like New Man, knocking them both backwards. Luminous recovers and returns to her father's side as the High Evolutionary instructs her to be a dear and summon his Evolutionary Guard. An instant later, several more of the New Men burst through the side of the High Evolutionary's ship and lunge themselves towards the X-Men. 'For Counter-Earth!' a telepathic crab-like being calls out. A shark-like being chomps its mouth towards Synch while one who calls itself Bi-Son leaps towards Polaris and boasts that they return to Earth a god. A large elephant-like being introduces itself as Teslelephant shouts as it recalls Earth's mistreatment of elephants – and Tesla. 'The X-Men love elephants!' Cyclops assures Teslelephant as he falls backwards, and Wolverine calls out to her teammate when she sees him in trouble.
But Cyclops recovers and fires an optic blast at another of the New-Men while communicating with Rogue and Polaris, he instructs them to stay on Luminous, as she has the powers of both the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver. 'So work together – and work fast' he adds. As Wolverine takes down an ape-like New Man and one that resembles a crocodile, Cyclops reports that he and Wolverine will flank the bomb, before asking Jean what she needs. Jean has the nihility sphere in a telekinetic field as she informs Cyclops that the High Evolutionary's mind is psi-shielded, but that they can assume he is telling the truth. She adds that he certainly has the technical ability, and that if the virus hits the air, they need a plan. Synch and Sunfire fly nearby, with Synch reporting that he is synched to Sunfire, so if the virus hits the wind, they can burn it out of the air. Sunfire then adds 'If we can move people away' before stating that he and Synch are engaging.
Sunfire and Synch then unleash a powerful flare of flaming energy at the High Evolutionary, who screams as the flames engulf him – but he's only momentarily distracted as he tells the X-Men that he admires their ambition: 'You claim one planet, and not long after, you take another. I like that'. He then grabs Sunfire by his throat and asks 'Now show me you're worthy of my help'. The High Evolutionary grins as he adds that he thought Rogue's ability to mimic mutant powers was impressive, but tells Sunfire that he is more powerful by no small magnitude as he tosses him aside, causing Sunfire to plummet towards the forest below. 'SUNFIRE!' Synch calls out as he flies after his teammate, eventually reaching him, he grabs Sunfire before he falls into the forest, then projects his thoughts to his teammates, informing them that he and Shiro are not doing so hot, and asks everyone else how they  are doing.
'Eh, hanging in' Cyclops replies as he fires a powerful optic blast. Wolverine shoves her claws into one of the New Men as she warns Jean that she has incoming. 'Tsk. Let  it go, woman. You're just prolonging their suffering. And why? So you can enjoy these performative displays of “saving” them?' Luminous asks as she flies towards Jean, who is still preventing the nihility sphere from detonating. Before Luminous can reach Jean though, Polaris traps her in a magnetic bubble. 'Shush. It's time for some Earth science. Let's talk about magnetism. I can -' Polaris begins, before Luminous frees herself from the magnetic bubble. 'Wait – what's happening?' Polaris asks. 'I am happening. Lorna Dane. Daughter of the great Magneto – I thought you would be more' Luminous declares as slaps Lorna hard in the face, causing her to fall backwards, where she slams into Rogue.
'We have the Omega mutant trapped!' one of the New Men calls out as several of them surround Jean, who is protected by a telekinetic force field. Jean telepathically informs Cyclops that she is okay here as long as he can keep the High Evolutionary and Luminous back, before asking him if he thinks they need the other War Captains. 'Guys – I grabbed 'em!' Synch calls out as he hovers mid-air carrying Sunfire – just as Luminous speeds past him, telling him 'You've saved one of your friends – now watch as I take all the rest down!' as she slams into Wolverine, knocking her backwards. Suddenly though, 'Nah – I was talking about grabbing your powers' Synch explains as he speeds up to Luminous and slams a fist into her, knocking her out as he stands over her, glowing with the energies he has synched from her.  'Pack this up, High Evolutionary – or you face the X-Men – and your greatest weapon!' Synch warns the villain.
The High Evolutionary responds by pressing his hands together and telling Synch 'Well done'. Furious, Synch warns the High Evolutionary that this is not an empty threat. 'Call off your attack. I can do what Luminous does – and I won't be afraid to do what must be done!' Synch exclaims. The High Evolutionary hovers towards Synch and points out that he can simply nullify his gifts to Luminous – and Synch's theft of them. He does so, and Synch looks at his hands, which no longer glow with energy, while the High Evolutionary assures him that he will not punish him harshly. The High Evolutionary then instructs the Evolutionary Guard to stand down.
One of the New Men, a large gorilla-like being who has trapped Cyclops in a headlock looks over, while another holds a rock above Cyclops. Cyclops tells them that this is their lucky day, as he had them right where he wanted them. The High Evolutionary points at the X-Men as he tells them that he will withdraw his gift and that humanity will simply have to suffer. He adds that he will forgive the aggression visited upon his hosts, in return for Synch's blood. 'You can have all the blood you want – when you're standing over my dead body!' Wolverine snarls as she pops his claws and steps in front of Synch. Synch looks up at Wolverine and tells her to wait. 'If it will end this...then he gets one drop of blood' Synch declares, putting his hands on Laura's clawed fists. Laura retracts her claws, and she and Synch clasp hands. Synch looks awa from Laura, before glancing at her as she pops one of her claws across the top of one of his fingers. A single drop of blood drops, and Synch flicks the blood towards the High Evolutionary, telling him to go.
The blood lands on the palm of the High Evolutionary's hand. 'You stole fire from the gods and lived to tell about it, Synch' the High Evolutionary remarks, before Jean Grey and Rogue drop down in front of the High Evolutionary, near where Cyclops, Sunfire and Polaris have gathered next to Synch and Wolverine. Jean tells the High Evolutionary to wait, and reminds him that earlier he said that Arakko caused some dominoes to fall. 'Indeed, I did' the High Evolutionary responds. Jean projects an image of a strange, horrible creature and asks 'Is one of them this...thing?' Luminous steps to her father's side, energies ready, although the High Evolutionary motions for her to stand down. He informs Jean that the “thing” is Cordyceps Jones, a lower form of fungal life, one he would usually eradicate, but this one amuses him. 'You can find him on gameworld' the High Evolutionary adds as he, Luminous and the New Men begin to levitate upwards towards the High Evolutionary's ship. Rogue looks up and watches them leave, telling Polaris that she hates that Luminous beat them. 'We'll get the last lick – watch this' Polaris grins, before she shouts to Luminous: 'Hey, sugar! Didja know your old man had a kill switch for your powers?' This startles Luminous, who frowns as she continues upwards to the ship.
'Ha! You see that B's face?' Polaris exclaims with flee, pointing up at the High Evolutionary's ship. Synch looks over at Cyclops and asks him if he thinks he made a mistake. 'No. you saved the most amount of lives you could in one swing' Cyclops replies. 'And that's the job' Jean smiles. Synch asks what will happen if his blood comes back to haunt them, to which Cyclops laughs: 'First time with the High Evolutionary, huh?' he asks, before assuring Synch that today will blow back on them, but he shouldn't worry, for when it does, the X-Men will win then, too. Several local villagers begin to gather around, and in their native Vietnamese, one of them exclaims 'Thank you so much! We love the Avengers!' An elderly woman smiles at Rogue and asks her to stay and wat with them. 'We would love to' Rogue smiles back.
Shortly, inside a home, the rain pours down outside, while inside, Polaris takes a selfie with some children. Rogue and Synch can be seen pulling faces at the back of the shot. Sunfire watches them while he eats, and Wolverine smiles as an old woman brings her some more food. Cyclops and Jean are sitting on the front steps of the house, where Jean telepathically informs Cyclops that the Evolutionary lowered his defenses and showed her Gameworld, as he was there recently. 'He did also try to wipe out all of humanity, but that was a stretch goal' Jean adds. Cyclops tells Jean that he doesn't trust the Evolutionary, but admits it is easy to believe him when he says that the Mind Reaver and Annihilation Wave were both blowback for Arakko. Jean points out that they may need to split the team for a little while – as they have a name and place now. 'Very well. The noble game to see who goes?' Cyclops replies. 'Three...two...one' Jean begins, before Cyclops projects an image of scissors and Jean of a rock. 'Are you sure you're not peeking when we do this?' Cyclops asks. 'What? How dare you even ask' Jean responds as the rain continues to beat down around them.
Elsewhere, 'I'll be blunt, Feilong. We would like for you to continue to Mars' Henry Gyrich tells Feilong as they enter a large warehouse. 'And...just who is “we,” Mr Gyrich?' Feilong asks. 'Is Orchis such a secret that you will not say its name?' Feilong enquires. Gyrich realizes that he should have known Feilong would know all about him. 'We need skin in the game. Human skin. Up on Mars. We need a foothold' Gyrich explains. 'You think you know what you need. Do you think me a fool? You would love a famous human corpse to drape in front of Earth' Feilong smiles. 'If that's a “no,” why are you still fuelling your rocket fleet?' Gyrich asks, looking up at several massive rockets which are stationed inside the large warehouse. Feilong tells Gyrich it is because he is thinking too small. 'If I survive the experience, I will have a seat at the Orchis table, and if I fall... then you shall have your martyr'.
Meanwhile, on Coney Island, rain pours down through the dark night, as a man sits with an umbrella over him on a bench near the fairground. Someone in a wide-brimmed hat and dark jacket approaches him. 'You're late. The X-Men have a lot of enemies, Mr Stasis. Whatever ax you have to grind with them, if it's not in the public interest to know, it's none of my business' the man with the umbrella calls out. The man in the hat replies 'It's Doctor, Mr Urich, and I think you mistake me for the common rabble that enjoys donnybrooks with the X-Men'. Ben looks up from under his umbrella as Doctor Stasis boasts that he is a bird of a different feather, and that they have but one life to live. 'Back when the US government loaned the services of a Super-Soldier to the Kingpin – what did you do?' Doctor Stasis asks. 'I told the truth' Ben replies.
'Tell it again' Doctor Stasis asks, handing Ben an envelope. 'You've already got the story, it's just bigger than you think' Doctor Stasis adds. 'My god...' Ben gasps as he opens the envelope and looks at what is inside. Photos – of Cyclops – dead – and a copy of the autopsy report. 'You'll notice the date of the autopsy is not that long ago' Doctor Stasis remarks, before revealing that he observed Ben at the Treehouse with Scott Summers just a few days ago. Doctor Stasis turns and starts to walk away, while telling Ben that Cylcops was right: 'You are a very good writer'. Ben lets the rain fall on him as he drops his umbrella, and frowns as Doctor Stasis tells him that he looks forward to reading about mutant resurrection in the Daily Bugle.


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Fearless, chapter four: “Nightmare on 86th Street”
The night before Halloween is Devil's Night.
Most of the trees in New York have already shed their leaves, but not the Treehouse in Seneca Gardens. For this year, it is a quiet and chilly autumn at the home of the X-Men. Jack-o-lanterns surround the Krakoan gate at the Treehouse, while in the situation room, Shiro Yoshida a.k.a. Sunfire is on monitor-duty, observing the world as it turns. The heroes of Krakoa will make sure that dawn will come.
The rest of the X-Men lay nested in their blomes – but their sleep is restless. A shirtless Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops lays in bed with Jean Grey. He dreams of his past tragedies – falling from the plane as a child while clutching his younger brother, Alex. Of Sentinel attacks. And his son which he has given up many times now. Scott grips at his bedsheets. He fears not for himself, but for his team.
Next to him, Jean Grey also relives a few nightmares. 'No. Please' Jean whispers in her sleep. Sins of the past are living new lives again in dreams, as Jean's nightmare sees her as the Phoenix, destroying a star system, ending countless lives.
At the end of Scott and Jean's bed stands the diabolical villain known as Nightmare. He grins and his eyes glow green as he utters 'The x-Men pinball between death and destruction then die and live again, and I've never enjoyed nightmares more than the ones in their little heads. What a delight – for NIGHTMARE!'
Nightmare leaps across rooftops surrounding Central Park with glee, recalling how when he usually rides across this plane, the Sorcerer Supreme rides out to meet him. 'But unfortunately, he's as dead as a doornail!' Nightmare grins, before bursting into wicked laughter. A woman screams as she sits up in her bed while Nightmare darts past her window. 'Mmm. Guilt over a deceased spouse. Delicious' Nightmare utters.
He moves towards the X-Men's Treehouse and tells himself that it is new since he last danced through New York. 'A tree ripe with nightmares...and these two are the peaches' Nightmare decides as he returns to Scott and Jean's room and lies between them in their bed. The dreams continue – as the time-displaced Cyclops says he is sorry to the time-displaced Marvel Girl. And Cyclops tells Emma Frost he is sorry at another point in time. In more recent times, Cyclops tells Xavier and Magneto that he is sorry, and that he knows this is because he lied. 'You cost us' Xavier responds. '...everything' Magneto declares. As Krakoa burns in the nightmare, Nightmare tells himself that the mutants will learn that when you build to great heights that you have more to lose when the flames rise. The Treehouse burns, with Cyclops inside a coffin on the lawn in front of the Treehouse, “Cyclops was wrong” someone has taped to his body. Nightmare decides that Cyclops is a leader of heroes and is afraid that as the X-Men go so goes mutantdom – which must be fearsome, because most of the others fear failing Cyclops.
Cyclops stirs in his sleep, a small burst of optic energy glows behind his ruby quartz shades. Jean is restless next to him, tossing in her sleep, too. Cyclops decides that Cyclops is a bit of a bore, but that his partner is infinitely more interesting.
Wearing her original Marvel Girl costume, Jean Grey walks across the grounds of the Xavier School for the gifted. She sees Nature Girl and Quentin Quire standing nearby. When she enters the school building, she is wearing her green mini-dress costume. 'Hey, Jean' Emma Frost calls out  to her. 'Hello, Emma' Jean smiles back. 'Did you make this?' Emma asks, pulling at the sleeve of Jean's green costume. 'I did...do you like it?' Jean asks, continuing to smile. 'It's not for me...or you' Emma grins back.
Nightmare leaps between branches of the Treehouse, and decides that Jean Grey is a lost little girl – a child soldier and then host to the Phoenix. 'A little genocide does keep one up at night' Nightmare remarks, before grinning as he smells another's fear. He comes to the room where Laura Kinney a.k.a. Wolverine lies asleep. He looks at her and decides that she fears the unknown. As she sleeps, Laura suddenly pops her claws. In her dreams, she stands before the Vault. She is afraid of what was left behind, locked away in the Vault. So at night, she closes her eyes and claws away at the blank spot in her mind. It would be so easy for her to fix – a telepath could just give her what she seeks from the mind of Synch. But Laura doesn't dare ask – she doesn't want to love Synch. Nightmare realizes that Laura Kinney is paralyzed, at war with herself, and missing her past so she truly is Wolverine. He watches her dream, in which she fights herself, and eventually skewers herself.
'How delicio -' Nightmare begins, before he cries out as someone grabs the back of his clothing. 'How. Dare. You. I am Nightmare. I will -' the powerful being begins, before Jean, who grabbed him, interrupts him: 'You will be quiet while I throw you out of here!' she informs him. 'UNHAND ME, WOMAN!' Nightmare shouts. 'No' Jean replies as she slaps Nightmare across his face. 'Perhaps you need a good reminder of all those souls you burned up in space' Nightmare suggests, his hands glowing green as he raises them towards Jean – but she grabs his hands and tells Nightmare that she could make matters worse for him, but that she is trying to be kind, so will give him a gift – one of hope and redemption. 'I will show you my truth...the one I spoke at the Hellfire Gala when I joined mutant minds together and advocated for himself' Jean explains.
Jean appears in her Hellfire Gala costume as she states that she was once a vessel for death, and that she knows she can never save the number of souls that the Phoenix burned – she can't completely balance that scale – but she can strive to do it, and even though she will fail, she will leave this world and the universe a better place. 'I am an Omega-level telepath and telekinetic, but my greatest weapons will be love and kindness. Make me an X-Man'.
Jean returns to her green costume as she tells Nightmare that he may be a demon, but that he is like so many other weak men – protecting his own. 'You sanctimonious wretch! In AM -' Nightmare retorts, before Jean hurls him out of the Treehouse with her telekinetic power.
At that moment, Nightmare's steed, Dreamstalker, rides across the sky and collects Nightmare. 'I AM ABOVE YOU, WITCH! MUTANT, HUMAN – YOU ARE ALL INSECTS!' Nightmare boasts, as Dreamstalker drops down onto the top of the Treehouse. Dreamstalker rises up on his hind legs, while Nightmare calls out 'I AM NIGHTMARE, AND I SHALL MURDER SLEEP FOREVER IF I CHOOSE!' Inside a nearby apartment, someone screams. 'Oh, no!' someone else calls out. 'GOD!' another utters. Nightmare clenches a fist as he looks down at the Treehouse and shouts 'Do you even hear me down there, Marvel Girl? You've made an enemy this night!'
'I hear you... even all the way up here' Jean's thoughts answer Nightmare, as a psychic projection of herself appears, towering above the Treehouse, she points down at Nightmare and informs him that he risked much by entering her mind, and that she is still clinging to her kindness for his benefit. 'But you must know...how small you are, demon'. Nightmare looks up in shock, before more psychic projections of Jean appear, surrounding Nightmare and Dreamstalker, they all wear different costumes. 'I am not weaker than you' Jean in the green Phoenix costume utters. In her Marvel Girl costume, Jean tells Nightmare he should be ashamed for taking advantage of Dr Strange's death to come creeping around, pretending that he owns the place. In another costume, Jean tells Nightmare that she needs him to understand, that she has his scent now – and if she finds him preying on them again when they should be dreaming – she will end him. 'Now get the hell out of here!' Jean exclaims as she slaps Dreamstalker on his rear. Nightmare cries out in shock as he clings to Dreamstalker, who rushses down the side of the Treehouse.
This is a tough night for many New Yorkers. They will wake up tired and anxious over the nightmares that played out in their heads. They won't ever know they had an angel watching out for them. 'Sweet dreams, everybody' Jean Grey remarks telepathically, as she flies up above the Treehouse, she adds 'Close your eyes...and let the negativity just fall away like rain'. Jean drops down to her and Scott's room, where she sees Scott sitting up in bed. 'I see I'm not the only one who was having trouble sleeping' Scott remarks. 'Scott... Sleep is for the weak' Jean replies as she wraps her arms around him.
Devils and angels are not the only ones about on this cold night. A storyteller is on the prowl just a stone’s throw from Sleepy Hollow, New York. His name is Ben Urich, and he stands with a cemetary worker. 'All my years here, I never had a grave robbed...till this one!' the cemetary worker exclaims. 'Should, uh...you...maybe, fill this in?' Ben Urich asks as he shines a torch down into the empty grave which belongs to Nathan Summers. 'I get paid per funeral. Not to fix one that's been undone' the cemetery worker replies. 'Fair enough' Ben agrees, while writing some notes in his book, he thanks the man for seeing him so late. 'I'm glad to know somebody else keeps my hours. I appreciate your time' Ben concludes.
Meanwhile, a rocket propells through space. At its current distance, light from Arakko takes nearly ten minutes to reach Earth. Most men couldn't find it in the night sky...and some of the folks that can't find the red planet in the sky don't even believe it was colonized by mutants. But for one man, taking that planet remains his goal. The rocket sheds unnecessary parts as it becomes a smaller space station. Mankind's previous record traveling to the planet (when it was called Mars) was 39 days...but the man called Feilong is cutting that time in half. 'It's time' Feilong remarks. 'Understood. I'm readying the observatory. Did you have a lens in mind?' a voice responds. Feilong floats through the space station as he replies 'Let's not ease into it' and states that he would rather overextend and need to recuperate than arrive at the party empty-handed. 'Wht don't we begin with some ruby quartz' he suggests as he floats into a large optn chamber. Some ruby quartz is placed into a device, and energy pours into it – which then Feilong bathes in as the red glow smothers him. 'Cosmic ray harnessing and focus test one. Lens is ruby quarta. Set exposure for ten minutes' Feilong commands. He then declares that the mutants may have changed the equation, but that he vowed his body would be prepared for Mars – and so it shall be!


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Fearless, chapter five: Don't Piss off Polaris
(Today)
The X-Men's old foes, the Reavers, have been made anew in the Krakoan era. They were mercenaries and soldiers who had been injured while trying to kill mutants, recruited by the Verendi government in Madripoor and enhanced with the latest close quarter combat technology. Today, the Reavers have been hired by autocratic forces in Mexico to disrupt elections, and minutes ago the X-Men have arrived to disrupt them. Unfortunately for the mutants of Krakoa, the Reavers have come prepared for them, armed with nonlethal, fast acting tranquilizer darts that interfere with the X-gene. It looks like it's going to be one of those days.
Several Reavers move towards Shiro Yosida a.k.a. Sunfire, a train has crashed behind them. 'Don't come any closer, or you will discover the hard way...that the pain of burns never really abates!' Sunfire warms the Reavers as flames burst up around him. His teammates, Scott Summers a.k.a. Sunfire and Everett Thomas a.k.a. Synch lay motionless at his feet. But, before Sunfire can release the flame at the unknown Reavers, he is shot in the back of his neck, and drops to his knees. 'You X-Men are so arrogant' one of the Reavers calls out. 'We knew you would show up if we made enough trouble' another exclaims, before Sunfire passes out.
Nearby, on some grass, Lorna Dane a.k.a. Polaris wakes, 'What hit me?' she asks as she rubs her head. 'And where's...? No... oh, no... this is awful' Lorna utters as she turns and sees Jean Grey lying unconscious nearby – but then she crawls over, and reaches past Jean Grey – for her a takeaway coffee cup with “Lorna” scrawled on it. 'Dammit' mutters as she discovers her coffee has been spilled, and next to that, her sunglasses have been smashed. Annoyed, Lorna puts the smashed glasses over her eyes and frowns. 'Okay, boys. You may have taken out the rest of my team, dumped my flat white and busted my glasses, but...ya also really pissed me off'. Lorna then magnetically lifts another of her teammates, Laura Kinney a.k.a. Wolverine, up in the air.
(Flashback to the Hellfire Gala)
Mutantdom's most extravagant party is underway, and come to a crucial point in the evening. Dr Strange is a guest at the Hellfire Gala, and notes that this is quite interesting, as all of the mutants are voting telepathically to see who will serve on the new team of X-Men. 'Your turn, Polaris' Jean Grey remarks. 'Oh, whatever... just not me' Polaris responds. 'Tsk' Jean tells her friend as she telepathically changes what Polaris said to “Just pick me”. 'Wait? What?' Polaris exclaims, shocked. 'And there we are' Jean Grey announces. 'Oh, God' Lorna mutters, blushing, as she, Sunfire, Synch, Rogue, Laura Kinney and Cyclops gather around Jean Grey who presents the X-Men to Krakoa and the world.
(Monday)
'I promise you I don't need this hard hat' Polaris remarks via a radio communicator as she stands inside some power plant facility. 'You might be able to generate a force-field that can block radiation, but we're governed by OSHA. We have safety rules' one of the power plant's scientists responds via the communicator. 'Yeah, but evidently not enough though, right?' Lorna remarks as she inspects some rods which appear to have fallen into a vat. 'What was that, Dr Dane?' one of the scientists asks. 'Nothing' Lorna tells him, surrounded by a magnetic force field to keep herself safe. The doctor appears nervous as he explains to Polaris that they need all of the control rods into the pile. 'Wait. Our? Or in? Out? This wasn't covered in my doctorate' Lorna exclaims. Suddenly, another scientist reports that they are approaching meltdown. 'Uh. To hell with it. Don't worry. I got this' Polaris responds as she encases the rods in a magnetic bubble. 'It's beautiful. Like a lightning bug in a jar' she smiles. 'A lightning bug that could kill us all in seconds. I wish I could see it' one of the scientists laments.
'Can do. I'll swing by on my way out' Polaris tells him. She leaves the plant with the rods contained in her magnetic bubble, but the scientists follow her outside, and one of them shouts 'You can't have that slag around here!' to which Polaris tells him that it is not staying. 'It is beautiful. This will need to be stored for thousands of years. A poison pill buried under our feet' one of the scientists remarks. Lorna adjusts her sunglasses as she replies 'Yeah, well – Dr Dane has a better idea than that', before she contacts her teammate, Rogue.
Shortly, the X-Men's jet, the Proudstar, streaks towards Earth's sun, carrying the stricken power plant reactor and its poisonous fuel. Polaris may have saved countless lives by containing the accident – but some days, nothing can pull her from melancholy's grip. Lorna glances out the window and stares at the radiation within the magnetic bubble, while Rogue, piloting the jet, informs Polaris that she is going to bank hard then let her rip. 'Okay, Polaris?' Rogue asks. 'Yep' Lorna smiles, putting her glasses on. Rogue asks Lorna if there is anything she wants to talk about, but Lorna replies 'Nope. I'm good'.
(Tuesday)
In Central Park, Cyclops, Synch and Rogue are fighting several of the evolved New Men. 'So... what's with all the monsters lately?' Rogue asks as she punches a large grasshopper creature. 'It's less about the monsters -' Cyclops begins as he fires an optic blast. ' - and more about the monster makers' Synch explains, as he copies Cyclops' power. Synch tells Rogue that the High Evolutionary said they weren't prepared for the scale of this conflict, and wonders if this is what the High Evolutionary meant.
Nearby,:'Oh my god. Somebody made a seal terrier. It's okay, I don't really want to fight you' Lorna remarks as she approaches the small dog-seal hybrid creature, when she notices a small camera hanging from the seal-dog's collar. 'Who's watching us?' Lorna asks, looking into the camera.
At an undisclosed location, someone is indeed watching the X-Men through the camera. His face is obscured, but he wears a costume with a cape and large collar. 'Smart cookie, Polaris. Correction: Dr Polaris. She did the work and earned the title' he declares, before pressing a large red button on the console in front of him. 'As for you, Sealmeranian... everyone fights for Dr Stasis, or you shall face the consequences!' the scientist declares.
At that moment, the creature – Sealimeranian – drops dead. 'That's cold, Dane' Wolverine remarks as she looks over, with blood dripping from her claws. 'No, it wasn't me! I didn't do anything!' Lorna calls back.
(Today)
'We bagged the X-Men, boys!' one of the Reavers boasts. One of them suggests that they might be able to get a better deal than the one they were offered. 'Maybe Legacy House would pay us more!' he proposes, while another wonders what the X-Men are really worth. Suddenly, the Reavers all turn when they hear a SNIKT noise, and see Polaris hovering before them, magnetically manipulating the unconscious Wolverine, and having popped Wolverine's claws, while ditching her broken sunglasses. 'Your lives' Polaris tells the Reavers. 'I don't want to fight hyou, and Wolverine doesn't either because she's unconscious. But I need answers' Polaris warns them, adding that they will tell her who put them up to this, while her friend here cuts the weapons right off of them.
Polaris then hurls Wolverine towards the Reavers, and controls her claws, cutting her way through the surprised Reavers, one of whom screams as one of their limbs is hacked off. 'We ain't talking and our minds are shielded – we know yer tricks!' one of the Reavers boasts. The Reaver begins to remove their sunglasses, and adds that they thought the X-Men would be tougher. 'You $#%&^!* around, now find out!' Polaris replies, before that Reaver tells her they will see whether she can puppet her friend when she herself can't see, and releases a powerful blinding flare from their eyes.
'Aah! I... underestimated you' Polaris admits, rubbing her eyes. 'You actually have a brain in that head... but so do I!' Polaris declares, her eyes closed, she begins to release a magnetic wave, and tells the Reavers that she doesn't just see the world with her eyes – she sees it on the electromagnetic spectrum. She sees the iron in their blood, and the metal fillings in their teeth. 'To me, my fillings!' Polaris jokes as she magnetically yanks the fillings from the Reavers' mouths, causing some of them to cry out in pain, and clutch their mouths which fill with blood.
'Ugh, what am I -?' Wolverine asks as she wakes. 'Geez, first you kill that weird dog, and now this.. .remind me not to piss you off' Wolverine tells Polaris, before she grabs a street sign and smashes it into the Reavers. Calling them “CHUDs” she tells them that they've had their fun, now they need to shoo. 'My mouf!' one of the Reavers cries out.
Polaris flies over to the Reaver who blinded her. 'And you, the rude one... your transgressions will cost you something more' Polaris declares, as she takes the Reaver's shades and puts them on over her own eyes. Wolverine kneels on one of the Reavers and notes that they came prepared for the X-Men, before asking Polaris how long she swung her around. 'I needed a hand, and you were handy' Polaris replies, before telling Wolverine that she is sorry, while helping Synch to his feet. Wolverine rubs her head and tells Polaris that it is okay, she just wants to know what happened when she was out. Wolverine looks over at Synch and tells him that she knows they need to talk soon. 'Yeah... I'm around' Synch responds.
Cyclops stands on top of the train wreckage and calls out to the locals, telling them that it is safe for them to come out and cast their ballots, while Jean Grey makes the same announcement telepathically. Polaris goes over to Jean and asks her if they can talk. 'Of course' Jean tells her telepathically. 'No, talk' Lorna remarks. They walk side-by-side across some grass, with Jean telekinetically gathering up one of the unconscious Reavers, and Lorna remarks that something has really been bothering her. Jean deposits the Reaver in a nearby dumpster, while Lorna asks 'Why did you do this to me? Why did you change what I said back at the Hellfire Gala? This is hard for me. I dunno if I'm right for this or right for this right now'. Lorna asks Jean why she lied for her, and reminds her that she was thinking “just not me”.
'I didn't lie' Jean Grey replies. 'It's true you said that telepathically, but I heard what you told yourself before that: “Just pick me” became “Just not me”. I went with your first impulse. Not the one where you talked yourself out of succeeding' Jean smiles. 'Ugh. It's so annoying when you're right, and changing what I said is so you' Lorna replies. 'You're welcome. You need the X-Men as much as the X-Men need you, Polaris' Jean tells her friend, touching her on her nose.
Later, the festivities at Seneca Gardens are underway, with Sunfire, Polaris and Synch serving food to the hungry. The X-Men have many traditions, and now a new one – because Krakoa provides, and its abundance is shared with human friends who are not so fortunate. This generosity is noted by Ben Urich of the Daily Bugle, who arrives at the Gardens. Cyclops greets Ben and asks him if he has come to help feed their neighbors. Ben tells Cyclops that this is a good thing they are doing, but he actually has a matter to discuss with him, and asks if he can take a walk with him. 'It's cute that the reporter thinks a little distance could give him any privacy from us' Emma Frost remarks to Jean Grey as they help serve food to the needy. 'That man is trouble' Jean replies. 'Indeed... but which gentleman are you referring to?' Emma asks, frowning.
Cyclops and Ben walk down a street away from the Gardens, and Ben tells Cyclops that he is sorry to take him away from his friends. 'My family' Cyclops corrects Ben. 'Noted' Ben replies. Ben then tells Cyclops that he has a story to tell, but not to get too excited, as he already knows this one. 'Mr Urich -' Cyclops begins. 'Hang on. Humor me. Not long ago, you travel to space. A fight breaks out. You go up... but you don't come back, do you? You die up there...but here you stand' Ben Urich declares, and Cyclops falls silent. 'Only – it's not just you, is it? It's Jumbo. It's somebody named “Nathan Summers” who I'm guessing is related to you. His grave in Westchester is empty' Ben exclaims.
Cyclops and Ben are seemingly unaware that in an apartment nearby, someone is watching them, recording them through a camera. 'Oh my, look at him squirm' they remark to themselves, a helmet sitting on a table next to them.
Ben informs Cyclops that he had the story already, and the cards on the table – and he thinks Scott's enemies do, too. 'I'll be honest with you, Scott. It's maybe the biggest story in, well... over two thousand years, right?' Ben asks. He admits that he doesn't know the “how” yet, but declares that mutantdom has solved for death. 'Isn't that right?' he asks. Cyclops doesn't answer, and Ben claims that he doesn't waste ink on personal stuff, but that this is monumental. 'You understand. It doesn't just give you a nation...it gives you a dominion' Ben points out. Ben then turns and walks away, informing Scott that he isn't done writing the piece, and that he will give him a day to think about what, if any, comment he wants to make. Cyclops says nothing.