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Another Rooster In The Henhouse - part 1
Six figures materialize within the ruins of some tall buildings. They go from world to world to right wrongs and try to bring balance to the multiverse by correcting ripples in time. It is a hard life. As they get to face many people they called friends in their native realities, they have to make tough choices. However, there is no alternative if they want to return to their own lives one day. They are ... Weapon X: Sabretooth, Peter Parker aka the Spider, Storm, Deadpool, the Vision and the Hulk, Jen Walters.
Deadpool laments about the teleports getting worse and worse. Sabretooth tries to get an answer from his Tallus for why they are in this reality, yet it remains silent. The team is still edgy because of their last mission, as Storm and the Spider had to kill about fifty Morlocks in their sleep. The Vision does a scan of their surroundings and picks up a multitude of lifeforms. Though none are mutant or advanced human, they might be masked. The Spider comments on the android's usefulness, saying that he is a good replacement for Kane. The Hulk replies that she preferred Matt Murdock over the Spider. Suddenly, the Vision picks up an energy surge twelve meters away from their location.
The Exiles teleport in, having just finished their task in another reality involving Captain America and SHIELD. They check their surroundings and the two groups stare at each other with disbelief. After Sabretooth and Blink recognize each other, Clarice runs to the man who trained and raised her. They hug, and Blink is happy to see him alive. With the Age of Apocalypse going down, she had believed him dead. Sunfire, Mimic and Morph understand how important this man is to Blink, yet they wonder who the others are and why seeing them feels so weird.
After Blink and Creed have finished their reunion, the teams introduce themselves to each other and explain how they got their names. "Exiles" describes their nomadic status, and when they battled Phoenix she called them that name. The others named themselves "Weapon X", since in the beginning they were comprised mostly of Weapon X program subjects. However after losing several members, only Sabretooth and Deadpool remain of that group. The Exiles have so far only lost two, including Thunderbird very recently. Sasquatch says that it is very hot, and the Hulk explains that the Vision's readings confirm them to be in Florida. Sasquatch is happy and transforms to human state in which she wears nothing but a blue bikini. The Spider, Storm and the Hulk stare at her with amazement. The black female in front of them was not who they expected. Sasquatch explains that she is Heather Hudson of her own timeline. Morph shapeshifts into the caucasian version of Heather that most are familiar with, and comments that alternate realities are a trip.
Sitting within the debris, Sabretooth tells Blink and Mimic that they had already seen the Exiles in their mission involving Alpha Flight (Exiles #5-6), but as their Tallus was already about to teleport them away, he did not want to try and get Blink's attention, only to see him leave. They find out that the two teams are in the same situation, having to fix ripples in time. However for Weapon X the rides are bumpier, as they don't have a teleporter whose power could work in conjunction with the Tallus. Various times the Weapon X members passed out after teleporting. Sabretooth also tells Blink that it's about time that she calls him Victor now instead of Mr. Creed.
Sunfire notices that Nocturne is standing apart from all of them. She tries to make her join the others, and promises that the team will help her with Thunderbird, whom they had to leave behind, and also with the baby. T.J. replies that both John and the baby are gone. During their last mission, she lost it while they stayed at a hotel. Although Nocturne went to an Emergency Room, it was already too late. Mariko is shocked. She wants to know why she didn't tell them as they could have been there for her. Nocturne states that she wants to be left alone and turns her back on her teammate. Sunfire respects her wish and leaves, though before she tells T.J. one more time that she'll be there for her.
Sasquatch tells Morph that she doesn't like the other team. She agrees that it is nice to meet others who share the same fate, however she is nervous about the missions Weapon X have had to complete: they crippled Doctor Strange, threw Atlantis into war with the Inhumans, blew up Avengers mansion, killed the Morlocks and murdered Tony Stark. Along the way, four team members have gotten killed. Then there is Sabretooth, who is the leader. Quiet for once, Morph doesn't know what to say.
Finally the Talluses reveal to Sabretooth and Blink what their mission is: This world had a Mutant Registration Act and the Sentinels were created to enforce it. For years mutants were hunted, imprisoned and massacred. Then all super powered beings were targeted. In the end, all people with even the slightest genetic indicator of advanced abilities were removed from society and brought to concentration camps. However there is still hope. In one of these camps lives six year old David Richards, the son of Franklin Richards and Rachel Summers. He will grow up to be the most powerful mutant of Earth. The Exiles and Weapon X have to free the boy.
The teams know that they face an entire army of Sentinels, but fortunately the Vision is a combination of the original Human Torch, Ultron, components of Stark Enterprises and Kree technology. To him, the giant robots are an open book and he can use his long-range scanners to get a fix on the young boy they are about to rescue. Blink teleports all twelve heroes into the detainment center, and immediately they start to fight. Sunfire, Hulk, Spider and Mimic all use their vast powers against the Sentinels, keeping them distracted. Meanwhile Vision points the way to the right cell block, and Blink takes him, Sabretooth and Nocturne inside. They materialize in a room with over a dozen children inside. Blink and Creed are immediately reminded of the pens and the cullings of the Age of Apocalypse.
The Vision pinpoints David Richards and grabs him, scaring the boy. Nocturne intervenes, saying that he is a human being and not a specimen. Sabretooth tells Clarice to teleport them away, as they have fulfilled their mission. However Clarice doesn't want to leave the other kids behind. Sabretooth tells her to stick to the mission parameters and that they can't handle the many frightened kids. Blink replies that the same reasons did not prevent him rescuing her, years ago. Taking all of the children with them, the four members of the Exiles and Weapon X materialize in some uninhabited desert. Sabretooth still argues with Blink about her decision, but actually he is kind of proud to see that she is stubborn enough to oppose him. Suddenly they both stop, as they receive another message from the Talluses. Both are shocked and horrified when they hear what they are expected to do next.
Shortly afterward, Blink teleports back to the detainment center to pick up the rest of the teams, who have destroyed many of the Sentinels in the meantime. All of them enjoy some downtime with the liberated kids. Only Blink and Sabretooth stand apart. They have yet to tell the others what the Tallus wants them to do: they have to kill David Richards.


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Another Rooster In The Henhouse - part 2
The Exiles and Weapon X are standing amid the ruins of some buildings. The Tallus has told Blink and Sabretooth that David Richards, whom the teams have just freed from the Sentinels, must be killed to prevent him becoming an evil warlord who will enslave humanity. Some of the children get into a fight and Sabretooth tells them to stop. Mimic senses that Blink is depressed and asks her what's wrong. Against Sabretooth's wishes she tells him that the Tallus has ordered the teams to kill David Richards.
Using his advanced hearing the Vision learns of the Tallus‘ order and informs Deadpool that their mission is incomplete. Deadpool asks Creed if Vision is being truthful. Creed attempts to play down the situation but the rest of the teams begin to voice their opinions. Morph and Sunfire refuse to kill him saying it is wrong. Both Hulk and Spider say they have no problem killing the boy as otherwise it would mean the failure of the teams‘ mission which would lead to them returning to their wronged realities. Deadpool becomes even more angered and pulls his gun on David. Nocturne runs to stop him but is knocked down by Sabretooth. Creed tells Blink that " this isn't some damn rabbit hunt from home". He also tells her that it isn't a rabbit hunt for him, her, the Exiles and for the children. Deadpool asks what that means when Sabretooth grabs him and breaks his neck. Weapon X are shock at the turn of events and the Spider yells to attack them. Creed tells Blink to do it “now“ and taking the children, her own team and Sabretooth with her Blink begins a large number of multiple teleports all over the globe including over a forest, a burning building, a cloudy sky and into a desert where they stop so Blink can rest. Calvin asks what a “rabbit hunt“ is and Blink informs him that it is a code that the X-Men of the Age of Apocalypse  used if they needed to evacuate everyone. Sasquatch notices that they have company. The Timebroker has arrived.
Nocturne says that he cannot expect them to kill a small child. He is happy to hear this as that was never their mission. They were put on this Earth with Weapon X to complete different aspects of the mission so they could restore the timeline. He goes on to explain that the members of Weapon X have the aggression needed to complete different missions than the Exiles. Blink does not believe that Sabretooth truly belongs with Weapon X. The Timebroker disagrees telling her that he is not as inclined to harm as most of his teammates, but he is tough like the rest of Weapon X. As an example he brings up how he treated Deadpool.
The Timebroker tells them if the do not complete the mission they will be trapped on this Earth along with Weapon X. Eventually they will all be returned to their different realities. Mimic wishes there was some other way but the Timebroker informs him that he does not know of any other because he is a construct of their collected consciousness. Therefore he doesn't think. Nocturne asks if he can help them at all. He leaves the group by telling them that Weapon X will be arriving in a few minutes.
Morph turns his eyes into binoculars to see them approach. He tells the team of Deadpool's replacement on the team: a really big Iron Man. Creed orders Blink to teleport the children to a safe location while the rest of the team take on Weapon X. Mimic uses his Northstar speed combined with Colossus strength and metallic skin to tackle the Hulk while Sunfire takes on Storm. Nocturne goes easy on the Spider as she doesn’t want to hurt him, however she gets knocked out as he doesn’t have such scruples. When Mimic is struck down Sasquatch takes over and attacks Hulk, stating that she wanted top do this ever since Weapon X told them they crippled Doctor Strange. Morph fights Vision as a giant octopus, and he demonstrates to be immune to the Vision trying to reach into his body, as he can morph around the Vision’s fist. Sabretooth fights Spider and it turns out that the Spider has been wanting to get rid of Creed for quite some time.
The fight goes on and members of both teams get knocked out. The Exiles are about to be defeated by Vision when he is suddenly destroyed by a large group of approaching Sentinels. Following their directives of capturing all mutants an superbeings, the robots attack. Blink performs another “rabbit hunt“ and teleports the teams several hundred miles away to get out of the Sentinels‘ sensor range. While they recover Sabretooth tells Blink that he will stay in this reality to raise David to prevent what the Tallus predicted. Blink is sad, as she supposed that once they had repaired all ripples in time, she and Creed would be reunited again, but now the Tallus says that with Sabretooth staying behind it will create a new reality for him. Creed tells her that that they found each other this time and he is sure they will see each other again.


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I Cover The Waterfront - part 1
The Exiles have arrived in the next reality. Namor, Prince of Atlantis, has declared war on the surface of Earth. His first stop is Latveria, where Dr. Doom reigns. The Exiles' job is to help Doom, and stop Namor from gaining a foothold on the surface. The team objects to helping Doom. Sunfire wonders if this world‘s Dr. Doom might be good, but Morph, Sasquatch and Nocturne strongly disagree. Morph is especially against it. Yet, Blink puts her foot down as Namor's troops have captured nearly twenty thousand Latverian troops in a force field in the South of the country. They have also taken over Doom's castle in the middle of the capital. In the castle they are currently working on a technology that will allow the Atlanteans to breathe on the surface, but impossible for humans to do so.
Knowing that they have to deal with both threats, Blink and Mimic decide that he should go to free the castle since he is powerful enough to handle this fight alone, while the other five Exiles free the troops in the force field. Clarice and Calvin share a last kiss before he departs. On the way to Doom’s castle, Mimic thinks how much he misses his home.
(flashback to Mimic’s native reality)
Mutants and superheroes are not prosecuted, but instead are treaty as celebrities or royalty. Calvin's father was a brilliant scientist but all his ideas were stolen off him and he became twisted and bitter. Thanks to this Mimic grew up with the wrong crowd. He had a career as a petty thief and although he was a mutant, he had no way of knowing it. Unlike most other mutant powers, his talent to copy the abilities of others never made themselves known. Until one day he had a chance encounter with the original X-Men in civilian clothes. He followed them for several hours and in that time his mutant powers activated and copied all of their powers. He realized he was a mutant, joined the Brotherhood, and came into conflict with the X-Men. Though he had all of their powers, the X-Men easily defeated the Mimic due to their training and teamwork. The Brotherhood deserted Calvin, and he was imprisoned at Fort Terahawk.
While in jail, he was visited by Charles Xavier, and he asked Calvin what he wanted. He replies that he wants money. Xavier however was asking the grander question, what does Calvin want in life, and Mimic found no answer. After a brief talk Mimic agreed to join the X-Men simply because it was better than being in jail. At first, Calvin was a loner, but soon began to be looked up on. Instead of being irked by someone having the same abilities as themselves, the original five X-Men helped Mimic train in the use of his powers. Calvin soon became a good compatriot to each of the X-men as he was somebody to share their uniqueness with. In time he became team leader instead of Cyclops, and continued serving after some of the old guard departed and new X-Men joined.
Mimic misses this reality, where he, Beast and Logan are best friends and drinking buddies. He also owns a small chain of record stores, wrote his own book and together with the Angel he even runs a charity.
(present)
As he approaches Doom's castle, Mimic thinks that he might not really love Clarice, but instead she is just something safe in the crazy situation he's in. Mimic uses the advice that Doom gave him and makes his way into the castle. He runs into two doombots that have been reprogrammed by the Atlanteans, but using Colossus‘ strength and Wolverine's claws, he easily takes them out. He continues into the castle, where he stumbles on a room filled with doombots. Mimic hopes that these have not yet been reprogrammed by the Atlanteans, but when they go into battle mood, he knows that he has to fight his way through them.


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I Cover The Waterfront - part 2
The Exiles are in Latveria, the eastern euopean dwarf nation ruled by Dr. Doom. However it is a Latveria that has been invaded by Atlantis, and is Prince Namor’s first step to world domination. With Doom’s army encased in a force field it’s up to the Exiles to aid Dr. Doom in reclaiming his kingdom, or else Namor will successfully continue to conquer the planet. However there is another danger, within Doom’s castle Atlanteans have seized some of the monarch’s technology and designed a machine that will alter the air, making it possible for them to breathe while the all surface dweller will asphyxiate. The team ahs split up, with most of them fighting the army, and Mimic being responsible for destroying the machine.
Deep within the castle, Mimic has run into a large battalion of Doombots, that have been reprogrammed to heed the Atlanteans’ orders. Calvin has to make use of his many mimicked abilities and he fights the robots with Colossus’ strength, Wolverine’s claws, Cyclops’ optic beams and Northstar’s speed. While doing so, Mimic thinks that among superheroes there are certain topics they can only discuss with themselves. Their lives are about conflicts, about outwitting or overpowering a foe, in fact they are soldiers, and although most of them would never admit it, the absolute truth for each and everyone of them is they really get off on a good fight. Especially a fight with robot, where they don’t have to hold back and worry about hurting somebody. Actually as of lately, Mimic has become more and more frustrated with the fractured existence the Exiles are forced to live, and he welcomes the opportunity to really cut loose on someone, or something. So, for a few moments he feels better, and in next to no time, Mimic has made a total mess of the entire battalion and exhausted he stands in front of the destroyed robots.
Mimic takes a few moments to catch his breath and to calm down from his own share of Wolverine’s berzerker mode. He knows he still has to find and disable the machine that will change the air, although is not very happy that the Latverian population will get saved only to be ruled by Dr. Doom again. Suddenly he hears a voice behind him – it’s Namor : “I have no idea who or what you are – but, surface-dweller, you will perish at my hands ...”
Outside, a few miles away at the battlefield, Morph has been hit by some sort of disruptor and he has problems staying solid. Mariko tends to him and yells that Doom lied to them. The monarch’s statement : “I gave you as much information as I deemed necessary.”, makes Blink very angry. The Atlanteans outnumber them hundred to one, that’s a whole lot more than the small regiment he was talking about. Blink demands an explanation, but Doom says he doesn’t have to explain himself to the likes of them. Blink gets even more pissed and understands that he still doesn’t get it. On the whole planet, the Exiles are the only ones willing to help him, and keeping viable information from them might get them killed. She makes it pretty clear that she is in charge of the mission and not he, but Doom comments that she will not dare to lay hands on him. Sasquatch comes over and threatens to rip Doom’s arms off if he continues to threaten her, and Blink goes to check on Morph. He says he will be fine in a minute, though they sure could have used the Mimic in this battle. Blink agrees, she wouldn’t have sent him to the castle if she had known these odds. She is sure that Calvin is having a much easier time than them.
As if to prove her wrong, the Mimic gets punched through the castle wall and crashes down over a mile away. As he gets up, he thinks about Namor’s strength level – he is in the same class as the Hulk and Thor. Mimic has only little below half of that power. Calvin also remembers the Namor of his own reality, who is long at peace with the surface world and actually a friend. Right then Namor arrives at the crashsite, eager to continue their struggle, though Calvin asks him to stop. He explains that killing a million Latverians won’t help the cause of Atlantis, it will only bring more war. Namor agrees – it will bring on greater and greater wars, wars where Atlantis will be victorious. The Latverians are only the first of may more surface dwellers that are about to die. Mimic is visibly shocked by this harsh statement, but still tries to reason : “Death only brings more death, Nam—“.
He can not even finish his sentence as another of Namor’s punches sends him flying again. Even with Northstar’s speed, Calvin barely saw the punch coming, and he crashes into a forest. Namor again comes after him, but Calvin disappears. Having learned the hard way that diplomacy won’t work, Mimic decided to focus on the mission instead. Making use of his speed, he flies back to castle and searches it until he finds the room with the machine inside. He rips open the chamber’s doors, and before the Atlantean scientists can react to him, he fires a well-aimed optic blast at the device.
That is when Namor again catches up with him. Boiling mad that the unknown opponent has thwarted his plans, he angrily smashes Mimic into the ground, sending him crashing through several floors into the castle’s basement. He goes after him, eager to kill the hated surface dweller, but Mimic recognizes some large petrol tanks nearby and fires at them with Cyclops’ optic blast. The fuel ignites and the entire basement explodes in a huge ball of fire. While Namor cries out in pain because of the heat, Calvin says :”Funny. I don’t feel a thing” and continues to beat him up. Mimic again lets loose, and states that he is fed up. All of them make him sick. Whichever world they go to they find some friends, family, heroes all somehow perverted and twisted, all gone bad. Their hearts full of rage, greed and murder. Mimic cries out that they can keep their miserable planets, they can kill their children and destroy their worlds, he no longer cares. Namor no longer is putting up any resistance and his flesh starts burning, but Mimic continues to punch him.
(43 minutes later)
The rest of the Exiles have defeated the Atlantean army and freed the Latverian troops. They are watching as some of the Latverian soldiers lead the Atlantean captives away. Nocturne tells Blink that this was a pretty hard fight, she actually thought they wouldn’t make it. Blink agrees, if not for Sunfire they wouldn’t. Suddenly Nocturne sees Mimic approaching, she wonders why he isn’t flying and why his skin is all red. Blink worries if he is okay and Mimic explains that he was in a fire, though doesn’t feel it through his steel skin. Yet he is still too hot and if he’d turn back to flesh now he would burn. However in steel form he is too heavy to fly, that’s why he took so long to get back. It will be an hour until he has cooled down.
Blink asks if the air molecule machine is out of commission and he confirms, she then asks if there was any major trouble and he denies. Worried by his short answers,  she again asks if everything is alright, and Mimic says “Sure. Why would anything be wrong ?” as he walks away from her. However she is not convinced and gives him a suspicious look.


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Nocturne and Evensong
(flashback, Exiles #10)
With her head on the comatose Thunderbird’s chest, Nocturne is crying in disbelief. The Exiles managed to save this formerly Skrull-ruled Earth from being devoured by Galactus, though it cost them one of their own. T.J.’s teammates look at her with pity, but there is nothing they can do. While she continues to shout John’s name, a hole opens and the Exiles are teleported away to their next mission ... without Thunderbird.
(present)
Many missions later, Nocturne still remembers that moment as if it were yesterday. She stands at the window of her hotel room, lost in her thoughts. Next to her is a vase with three roses. T.J. gently touches one with a sad expression on her face. Suddenly, the door slams open – it’s Morph. He wants to invite her to join the others for a party. They are a team and although they are currently having some downtime, they should hang out together. After all, they have room service and pay TV, what else could they ask for ? Morph claims that he wanted to watch “one of those talking animal movies” but the ladies demanded porn. While he continues to babble, T.J. again looks out of the window and answers “No”. Morph is surprised, he tries to convince her that it would be fun, but she repeats her answer. Morph tries once more, but Nocturne interrupts him, “What did I say, Morph ?” He immediately stops his usual, funny shape-shifting and turns to leave. In the doorway, he stops once more and tells T.J. that he misses him too. If she should change her mind, Nocturne knows where they are.
Again alone, T.J. once more looks at the roses and remembers how Thunderbird loved flowers ...
(flashback, in between Exiles #3)
Twelve hours before the Exiles have to participate in the battle of Phoenix, Thunderbird enjoys the gardens aboard the Shi’Ar ship. Suddenly, he becomes aware that he is not alone and he welcomes Nocturne. She says she recognized him liking the flowers, though that he does not seem like the type. Thunderbird compares himself to Ferdinand the Bull. Like him, he would prefer to lie in the fields and smell the flowers instead of fighting. It was one of his favorite stories in childhood and his mother read it to him. Between him, his brother and his father, there wasn’t a lot of feminine energy at the Proudstar home. Nocturne says that it sounds like fun, and John comments that it was like The Great Santini, except with alcohol and hunting. Thunderbird sees that T.J. is smiling and wonders why. She says he is being funny and hence she smiled. It happens from time to time. Thunderbird says he’ll watch out for that and then shows her a flower that smells like bread ...
(flashback, in between Exiles #5)
For the next mission, the team found itself in Canada, teaming up with Alpha Flight to hunt down the Hulk. T.J. and Thunderbird use a quiet moment to talk to each other, while sitting on a balcony of Alpha Flight’s headquarters. Nocturne tells how her father had her attend a public high school, though uncle Logan was not sure of it. That man who would throw himself into a pit of acid, filled with vampire piranha, but when it came to her attending Kennedy High, he reacted as if she volunteered to carry Brood Eggs in her butt. John smiles at the comparison, and states that she has been hanging out with Morph too much. Nocturne replies that Morph thinks Thunderbird hates him. John answers that he does, but he is just joking. Actually, he envies him. Nocturne is surprised. She listens with awe as Thunderbird continues that Morph is free and he can’t imagine what that is like ...
(flashback, in between Exiles #6)
After Thunderbird brought down the Hulk, he and T.J. look at the stasis tube that he is held in. Nocturne is amazed by her friend’s strength, though he plays it down a bit by stating that this Hulk was at a dimished strength because he and Bruce Banner were separated. Still, T.J. is impressed and tells him not to ruin his own victory. Then, she realizes that something else is troubling him and she asks how weird it was to meet an alternate version of himself. Thunderbird describes his meeting with Alpha Flight’s John Proudstar, aka  Shaman, as odd and strange. Somehow, they are one and the same person, though he saw a version of himself that he could not become. It was kind of like having his younger brother James around.
He then wants to know how well T.J. knew James in her own reality, and she admits that he was her boyfriend. John wants to know what he is like, and she answers that as an X-Man, James was brave and smart, a natural leader, though in private he was stubborn and could never admit he was wrong. John asks if she misses him and her reply is, “I suppose”. She in turn asks if he misses him, as in Thunderbird’s native reality, James died long ago. John agrees that James is stubborn, but he was a good boy and he misses him. Suddenly, T.J. kisses him. Thunderbird is shocked. Nocturne says that this kiss was for her, though the next one could be for him ...
(flashback, mission in the Savage Land)
Weeks later, during the Exiles mission in a Savage Land that spans an entire continent, T.J. leans over John for a kiss but he tells her to stop. Nocturne asks what the matter is and he answers that they should not do it again. With their lives being so unpredictable and unsure, they should not. T.J. angrily says that this doesn’t bother Blink and Mimic. They are a couple and she even leads the team. Thunderbird points out that Blink and Mimic are stupid and immature, because at any moment one of them could finish their mission and return home, or they could be injured and killed. He refuses to let himself seek distractions from their task. T.J. can’t believe her ears. She slowly repeats John’s words “refuse ... a distraction ?”. John realizes how much he has hurt her and tries to apologize, but she angrily runs away and tells him to not call her Talia anymore ...
(flashback, mission involving President Tony Stark)
In a reality where the Exiles serve as bodyguards to US President Tony Stark, John approaches Nocturne between shifts and wants to talk about their argument. He was unfair to Calvin and Clarice. He doesn’t know what they really have, however he would not want to be with T.J. if it was just transient. It’s already hard enough to be an Exile, as every aspect of their lives is uncertain. He stops in midsentence and then says that this is not the real reason. T.J. look at him expectantly and he asks why she wants to be with him at all; he is a monster, barely human. Why would anyone as beautiful and free as her chose to be with a half ton of twisted cyborg executioner? If she were back in her home reality, she’d be with James or anybody normal. She deserves better than him. Nocturne is startled by this revelation, and doesn’t know what to say. She walks over to Thunderbird and kisses him deeply. “I am lucky, so lucky that I found you. And I don’t want anyone else” ...
(flashback, in between Exiles #8)
On the Skrull world, both Nocturne and Thunderbird are imprisoned. Between their fight in the arena, T.J. tells him that she is pregnant. He asks her if she is sure and then comments that it couldn’t have happened at a worse time. Still he smiles. Nocturne asks him why, and he explains that he can’t help it. No matter the circumstances, she is still carrying their baby. They sit down and Nocturne asks him what they are going to do. John replies that they are going to fight. Fight to stay alive, fight to stay together, fight to find the day where he can read the baby the story of Ferdinand the Bull. Nocturne is in tears and they hug. Thunderbird says he hopes that it’s a boy ...
(present)
Holding the roses in her hand, Nocturne is sitting on her bed crying. Touching her stomach, she apologizes to John that she was not strong enough to fight without him.


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Wild Life Reserve
(ten years ago)
Dr. Curt Connors was a brilliant surgeon before he lost his left arm due to a war wound. With one career at an end, he turned his intellect towards research. Connors’ area of interest is reptiles, with a special focus on understanding their regenerative properties. He has hoped on tapping into that process and making him whole again. Finally, he succeeded and injected himself with a serum derived from reptile DNA. His arm grew back and Connors knew that millions would benefit from his discovery. Connors’ celebration was short-lived, as the mutagenic qualities of the serum did not end with merely regenerating his missing limb, it transformed him into a human-like lizard. Connors had become a hybrid and, oddly, the new creature was not without intellect or desire. Maybe it was just instinct or loneliness, but the Lizard used the serum on his wife and their neighbors, transforming all of them into lizards like them. It is unknown wether he knew that these hybrids would have the ability to breed or that the females could lay up to thirty eggs a month, but truth to tell, it no longer matters.
(present)
The entire we cast of the United States has become the sole property of the lizards. Their number has rapidly grown and with each generation they became less human. Compromise was never an option. Major cities have been toppled, approximately 750,000 people have died and two presidencies crumbled under the problem. Finally, a great wall was built across the country, separating the lizards’ territory from human settlements.
Somewhere in California, the Exiles are fighting their way through the jungle and dozens of lizards. Morph complains that the Tallus dropped them off in the middle of this jungle without preparing them or explaining what they have to achieve in this reality. Entangled by some snake/gator mix, Blink tells Morph to shut up, and then asks her lover, Mimic, for a little assistance. He responds with an optic blast, knocking her attacker out. Blink then runs over to Sasquatch and, grabbing some of the crystallized daggers in her quiver, orders an “Airborne Delivery”. Sasquatch hurls the Exiles’ leader up in the air and Blink throws her daggers, each of them hitting one of her teammates. She too teleports out, leaving the reptiles behind.
On a nearby mountaintop, Blink fills in her team about the mission. There is a bomb that will wipe out a huge chunk of California and most of the Lizard population. Nocturne asks why this is a bad thing. She is trying not to be militaristic but, looking at the place, she’d rather see the humans back at the top of the food chain. Sasquatch has a different opinion. From what little they have seen so far, the lizards have developed into a rather peaceful ecosystem and are mostly herbivores. There is not enough animal life in the region to sustain so many carnivores and their dung doesn’t have a scent of meat. Hearing this, Morph can’t resist to make a few jokes about Heather being able to smell the components of others’ excrements and plans to make a Las Vegas show of it, once they make it out of this reality. As usual, his teammates ignore him and Mimic asks where the bomb is supposed to go off. Blink answers that according to the Tallus, it is in the bay of San Diego.
As the team marches through the jungle, Morph bothers Heather whether she and her husband had any understanding of dating outside their marriage or maybe they discussed how she would satisfy her basic human needs if they were ever separated for a prolonged time. Sasquatch says that they never talked about such things, though she wouldn’t want her husband to seek the company of another female, and she certainly won’t shack up with “an obnoxious, shape-shifting sack of overactive hormones” like Morph. He continues to joke about it until Heather grabs him by the throat, asking him if he’d like to die. Morph states that he doesn’t, or he would be coming on to the Mimic. He goes on trying to convince Heather that it would be a good idea. He has been traveling around dimensions with this team for over a year now, the team is full of chicks and he was hoping for some decent “snuggle time”. Hearing that expression, Sasquatch’s face lights up with a big smile, though Morph doesn’t think it’s funny. Blink is with Mimic and Sunfire is gay, that only leaves Heather.
Sitting on a tree above them, Nocturne asks why he left her out of his list. Wouldn’t she make a good date? Morph, taking on the shape of a donkey, apologizes. He thought she was covering the rear and wouldn’t hear this. Now he feels like an insensitive ass. Nocturne says that it’s okay. He is respecting her “mourning” and, besides, she would have to turn him down. After all, she doesn’t date white guys, and he is very white. Sasquatch bursts into laughter. Sunfire flies by, and Morph tends to her. It doesn’t matter that she is gay, he is a shapeshifter and he can fix it. Jennifer Aniston, Halle Berry, Lucy Liu, the Vulcan woman from Enterprise! She just needs to name it and he’ll do it. Mariko is not interested and flies off.
Having watched Morph humiliating himself, Blink tells Mimic that this settles it. They need to come up with a codeword that Calvin has to say anytime before they kiss, so she can be sure it’s him and not Morph. Mimic responds rather coldly, saying that as a leader, Blink should order Morph to keep his mouth shut and get his head in the game. Clarice, however, thinks differently, since flying attracts the Pterodactyls. They have a long walk left and Morph lightens up the mood. She points out that once Mimic himself said that, “Morale is as important to a successful team as any attack strategy”. Calvin again responds very shortworded, and Blink wants to know what eating him up. He has been acting like that for weeks and she wants to know why. Mimic claims it’s nothing, though she knows differently. Blink says that she can tell at least this much - it’s Mimic whose head isn’t in the game, and he has to get over it as the team needs him.
Somewhat later, the team has reached the remains of San Diego. The wreck of a freighter lies in the bay and Mimic thinks the bomb is aboard it. Morph, shapeshifting his eyes into binoculars, sees a half sunk submarine in the bay with a small rowboat tied to it. Most likely, the reptiles did not paddle out there in that tiny boat, so somebody else must be on the submarine. Blink prepares to teleport the team aboard, but right then they are attacked by five lizards. She still thinks she has enough time to teleport them out, though Mimic points out that they can’t give away their location, and the lizards would get away to alert more. The team should battle these few, while the two of them continue the mission. Nocturne agrees with him, and Blink does as told.
Mimic and Blink materialize within the submarine. There is definitely someone aboard as the hatches have been pried open and electrical systems are running. The couple begins to search for the bomb, but, suddenly, they are shot at. Calvin transforms into steel and raises his hand. He addresses their attacker, none other than Dr, Curtis Connors again in human form. He tells him that, in this state, he can’t be hurt, so the gun is useless and he should put it down. Connors wants to know who they are and Calvin claims that they are from the Avengers. Connors is unsure. After ten years, the Avengers could have got some new member. He puts down the gun as he suspects that it really would not hurt the Mimic, but then lifts his finger over a red button. He says that the explosion of the submarine and everything within a ten mile radius would possibly harm him too. Not that he wants to do that, but he needs to put an end to all this.
Mimic keeps him talking, and Connors says that about a year ago, he transformed back into human. The Lizards, however, let him live, as they still sense the reptile within him. Now, he has decided to bring an end to the abomination he created. The submarine has nuclear strike capabilities and he will do what the government is too frightened to attempt. Calvin calmly speaks to him. He should not do this. The radiation won’t be contained, and it would spread to the human population, killing millions. This isn’t who Connors is, he is a doctor. With his finger still on the button, Connors hesitates. He looks at Mimic and asks what has happened to him and why his life has become this nightmare. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Why did all this happen when all he ever wanted to do was help?
With a sad look on his face, Mimic replies that he does not know. However, he does know that this won’t make it any better. Finally, Connors lets go of the red button. Relieved, Mimic thanks him and tells him that the team will escort him across to the barrier wall, where the folks on the other side will get him the needed medical attention. Connors, however, says that there is only one thing he needs. He grabs the gun, points it to his head and fires a shot. The two Exiles stand before the deceased doctor. Blink breaks the silence and informs her lover that the Tallus says the timeline is repaired and they are going to leave. She then assures Calvin that he did all he could. Mimic says he knows, but that’s the problem. In a flash of light, they are teleported out.


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So Lame - The Exiles in Mojoverse - part 1
Blink shouts to her teammates that they should fan out so that they can’t be boxed in. Leaping over a group of green-skinned, bald, alien-looking warriors, she orders those who can to take to the air, as their opponents can’t fly. Also, she minds her team to stay out of the way of the hex blasts, hurled at them by Callisto, the Mistress of Mysticism. Overconfident, the sorceress announces that it’s no use and that the world will soon kneel before her, which earns her some of Morph’s lame jokes, who calls her a “leather-queen, butt-aping Doc Strange“. Transforming his arms into a simulacrum of the Thing’s, he gets rid of some of Callisto’s elven warriors.
Blink is more concerned about her lover, Mimic, who is chained to the wall. She throws some of her crystallized daggers at the shackles, which, upon impact, explodes, releasing the Mimic. Callisto, however, has one more prisoner in Sunfire and she claims that it is too late anyway. The Great Ascension is at hand she tells them, as she orders her follower Storm to unbind the Gem Stone of Marradan.
“Storm“, however, has other ideas, as she takes the gem stone from it’s socket on its altar and throws it to the Exiles’ Sasquatch, who crushes the piece of jewelry between her hands. Callisto and her warriors dematerialize and the Exiles are left alone. As Sasquatch looks after the pretty shaken Mariko, Nocturne phases out of Storm’s body, glad that this mission didn’t take too long. Another hour of possessing Ororo and she would be totally exhausted, besides, she dresses like a tart.
Blink hears the Tallus talking to her and warns the others to prepare for the jump to their next mission. Mimic comments, “Not a moment to soon.“  Morph, imitating Blink’s appearance, says it wasn’t that bad, once you got over the fact that everyone and their grandmother was into magic. Granted Iceman was looking ridiculous with those self-created horns on his heads, but otherwise ... He is interrupted by a strange noise, replacing the Tallus’ usual sound effect. Blink only knows that something is wrong, but before anyone can act, they are already shunted elsewhere.
In some desert, a hole opens in the sky and the Exiles fall out of it in a rather unpleasant way. After making sure that everyone is okay, the team wonders what happened. Heather asks what the Tallus says, but Blink replies that it doesn’t say anything. Morph takes this as “no word yet“ and complains about being ditched in a place like this without any idea what they are supposed to do. However, Blink says he misunderstood. The Tallus is not only not saying anything, it’s not working at all. Ever since the Timebroker gave it to her, she was bound to it and heard or felt it, but now there is nothing. There is definitely something wrong.
Addresses Blink as “my darling, Ex patriot, mutie, hot tomatoes“, a voice answers Blink and says that, quite on the contrary, something is very very right. The team turns around and looks at the new arrivals in shock and disgust. Morph complains about this being “so lame“ - they are Spiral and Mojo. As the ruler of the entire dimension named after him starts his endless banter, the Mojoverse is given a brief introduction.
(various flashbacks)
The dominant life-forms of the Mojoverse are sentient semi-humanoid lifeforms lacking spines, thus they are called The Spineless Ones. As a culture, they possess almost no attention span and are addicted to motion pictures and television. Mojo has long ruled the entire planet by both feeding their bottomless pit of unimaginative thought as well as creating slaves to serve them. The creation and sale of artificially engineered humanoid slaves was one of his must successful endeavors - until one of these slaves gained consciousness. This slave’s name was Longshot. At first, he was a star in Mojo’s productions, but later he led a slave revolt and has battled Mojo both in this and other dimensions several times.  However, it’s been years since Longshot was last seen and Mojo has been defied by anyone.
(present)
Nocturne voices her discomfort with meeting an alternate reality version of Mojo, however he tells the “sexy little blue ball of steaming estrogen“ that there exists only one Mojo in the whole multiverse. All the times that the X-Men, any X-Men, have visited the Mojoverse, they have been starring in one of his features. The Mojoverse is a junction of all realities. All roads lead to Mojo - welcome back.
Blink has heard enough. Although she has never met Mojo or heard of him before, she knows a bad guy when she sees him, and decides it’s time to teleport away. She throws five of her dagger on her teammates, but none of them are teleported away. Mojo taunts her that they are in his lair now, and he has seen to it that teleporting is not possible. Announcing that the fun is over and it’s time to go to work, Mojo tells Spiral to proceed with the plan. The six-armed timedancer pulls a special gun and fires a single shot. Some liquid appears and encases Morph in a bubble. Crying out Morph’s name, Nocturne leaps in to help him, but they both end up trapped.
As for the rest of the group, Mojo orders them not to make any sudden moves, or any moves, as he has got them surrounded. To prove him right, dozens of soldiers reveal themselves, as they come down the mountains. Blink realizes the cause is lost, and that they’ll have to abandon Morph and Nocturne and try to get away. She commands a “Shake and Bake“, a strategy the team invented while they were aiding Dr. Doom against Atlantis. The first part, the “Shake“, was originally performed by Sasquatch alone, but Mimic adds the strength of Colossus to it, as they both hammer on the ground, creating a minor earthquake. The “Bake“ is handled by Mariko, who uses her flame power to generate a fire wall to keep the soldiers at bay.
Mimic flies away with Blink and a half-transformed Sasquatch (to give him less weight to carry). Heather wonders how they’ll get Sunfire out, since Blink can’t teleport, but Mimic says he’ll get her once he has brought the other two to safety. Sunfire conjurs up more and more heat, though the strain takes it’s tall and she knows she can’t keep it up for much longer. Down below, Mojo tells Spiral to teleport after the Exiles, but she reminds him that currently all teleportations are scrambled. Besides, they got what they came for and should retreat before they are fried. Up above, Mariko releases all of her atomic flame and it finally drives Mojo’s army away. However, now spent, she now falls out of the sky, too drained to keep herself aloft. Fortunately, Mimic returns with Northstar’s speed and catches her in time. They depart and he suggests her to switch to flame, as otherwise she won’t survive the wind resistance when he goes into super speed. Mariko says that she would burn him, but Mimic tells her that he has Logan’s healing abilities as well.
In Mojo’s palace, located within Mojo City, Morph is held in a huge device that he can’t shapeshift out of. As Mojo approaches him, Morph starts to crack some jokes about Mojo’s weight and suggest he use Slim Fast or push-ups. Morph lets loose a whole tirade of fat jokes, but Mojo doesn’t respond. Morph next talks about the circuitry on Mojo’s head, surely they have some purpose, but maybe they aren’t working right. Morph also starts asking if Mojo can receive music channels and pay TV through them, or even has a CD slot somewhere ...
A burst of electricity, released through the collar that Morph has to wear, stops his endless bantering. Now it’s Mojo’s turn to speak. He is well aware that Morph is trying to anger him, but he only achieves the opposite - it amuses him. He’s so sorry that he can’t alone the Exiles to continue their quest to repair time, but he needs Morph in the Mojoverse. He was the greatest single TV attraction of all time, and the masses have been clamoring for his return. The profits achieved by merchandising Morph dolls and other stuff are already enough to buy a small country, that is if he didn’t already own all of them. The masses want more Morph and Mojo will give him to them. Morph refuses, but Mojo has another ace up his sleeve. If he won’t comply, he will continue torturing Nocturne.
Mojo points towards a giant video screen, as he explains that his head isn’t what it used to be. Probably, he should have first threatened Morph with Nocturne’s torture, but his boys were so eager to start, he must have forgot. Mojo presses a button and the video-screen displays Nocturne in her holding cell. Her head has been shaved, and she is stretched from limb to limb. Several tubes and wires are attached to her and, from the looks of it, she has been through a wringer. Morph has tears in his eyes and demands to know what they have done top her. “Lots of stuff. These guys are good.“ Mojo answers. He suggests his staff to use “that acid claw thing“ again, but Morph tells him to stop. Turning back to him, Mojo asks what time it is, and Morph quietly replies, “It‘s showtime“.
Meanwhile, the other four Exiles have made their way to Slave Town Junction, a ghetto for the Mojoverse’s artificially created humanoids. Sasquatch wonders why the Timebroker or somebody else doesn’t show up. They have been yanked pout of the timestream, shouldn’t a red bell go off somewhere? Blink agrees, though says they have to remain focused. First, they have to free T.J. and Morph, then they can wonder how to escape. Mariko wonders want Mojo wants with them, though Calvin thinks it doesn’t matter - he is insane. He suggests they find Longshot, as he is the only one who ever defeated Mojo.
Mimic sees one of the locals coming down the street and pulls him into the alley where the team are hiding. He pressures the poor guy, telling him that they are the X-Men, surely he must have heard of them? Blink wants her lover to be more careful. Calvin says he won’t hurt the guy, but he needs to know where Longshot is or how he can be contacted. The Mojoverse citizen says they have to be kidding, right? The Exiles wonder why he thinks that, but the guy just points up. They turn around and see a huge sign reading “Longshot‘s Jailhouse“, along with an gigantic arrow pointing towards the fortress on top of a hill. Heather points out, “Wow. Scully and Mulder we ain‘t.“
Mimic wants to get up there and bust Longshot out, however, right then, a huge TV set on the other side of the street is switched on. The Exiles and many slaves watch in awe as the Morph Show starts to be broadcasted. The team agrees that they’ll have to rescue Morph as soon as possible, or else he might never want to leave again.


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So Lame - The Exiles in Mojoverse - part 2
Both Morph and Nocturne have been kidnapped by Mojo and, by torturing Nocturne, Mojo forces Morph to be the star of his TV productions. Morph can only hope that the other Exiles will rescue them and, until then, he has to do Mojo's bidding.
The Morph Show is on air. In a typical, late night show setting, Morph asks a young starlet how long she has been one of Mojo's genetically engineered slaves. All her life, the female answers. Morph wonders if Mojo gives a dental plan, but then has second thoughts. Maybe the slaves do not even have to brush their teeth? They could have fluoride genetically excreted from their gums or something. Morph stretches his neck to better inspect the starlet's teeth as he asks his co-host, Pete, what he thinks about dental hygiene and gingivitis. From his desk next to Morph's band, Pete answers that he favors it, the hygiene that is. Gingivitis, on the other hand, is serious trouble.
Morph asks the girl to tell her more about the next Mojo Motion Picture she is in. What's the name, Chimp World? The starlet corrects him, it's Planet of the Chimps. Morph answers they would get sued over it, that is if the Mojoverse had any laws. He asks whether it was fun making the film. At least she wasn't killed with most of the cast, which places her in a somewhat better position. The girl answers that it was challenging. She had to learn monkey movements and there was all this make-up... "Uh oh," says Morph, as some crewmen appears with a giant powder puff. Shouting "Make Up," he slams it in the starlet's face and she is buried beneath lots of powder. In front of his puzzled guest, Morph tells his audience that the talk show was boring him anyway, so on with the hillbilly sketch.
The concierge of a hotel looks down at the strange fellow that has just arrived and asks, "Can I help you, sir?" Morph, wearing a T-shirt, an open shirt and a baseball cap, and carrying two hens under his arms answers that his name ain't "sir," but Jimmy-Jack-Earl-Raymond Griffith, but everybody calls him Laverne. With a think accent, he explains that he is from the South and he needs a room, as he is too tired after spent the day staring directly into the sun, making fun of ethnic people and romancing his cousin. The concierge tells him that there are rooms available, but he is not sure about something proper for the chickens. Morph says that they are the payment for a night in the hotel. The concierge is confused and says they usually don't barter, but Morph already presents a pig as well, as the concierge drives a hard bargain. The concierge says that animals aren't allowed, but surely they could make up ...
"Uh oh!" Again, the man with the giant powder-puff appears, while Morph is shielding himself with an umbrella. Now standing in front of the powdered concierge, who is still holding the pig, Morph addresses his audience, telling them that they'll be back after a short break. Lots of commercials are now on the screen, all praising Morph related movies and merchandise. "Morph gone wild!" Then, Morph is back on and wraps up today's show. He tells his audience that today they all learned something - never shave a pitbull, don't put spackle in a microwave oven and always keep more than one fire extinguisher on set during a cooking segment. Goodnight everybody. In the credits of the show, Mojo's name appears behind all jobs.
In the studio, a whole audience of Spineless Ones goes wild. Mojo walks over to his star and congratulates him on the marvelous show. Surely he is the best performer in over one hundred years and they are getting the highest ratings ever. Morph replies that this might have something to do with the Morph show being the only thing on and Mojo forcing everyone to watch it, but Mojo doesn't want to hear about it. He is proud of Morph, but the Exile tells Mojo not to touch him. Mojo tells him not to be modest, he is the champ, but still he tried to escape this morning. Mojo orders his minions to contain him and Morph is again strapped into his containment device. Mojo says it's not that Morph broke so many guards, they can be easily replaced, but he wants Morph to enjoy himself. Morph says he doesn't, he hates all of this. Whatever, Mojo doesn't care. He doesn't want Morph to try to run away again. Else he will be forced to torture Nocturne even more. Morph has no choice but to agree. As Morph is wheeled away in his containment chamber, Mojo says that the next show is due in three hours. Morph silently hopes for the other Exiles to save them - soon.
Still strapped in the torturing devices of her cell, Nocturne recognizes that there is a new guard outside her door. She calls him over, claiming that she needs to relieve her bladder, but the guard answers that he is not permitted to speak with her. He'll alert command central to send a jailer to unshackle her. Nocturne pleads with him that the jailer always takes an hour and she needs to go now. She has already endured enough and she 'd like to keep this last sort of dignity. The guard takes pity and opens the cell door with his electronic key. Unfamiliar with her shackles, he asks what he is supposed to do and Nocturne says he needs to unlock the shoulder plate first. The guard does as told, unaware that this is the inhibitor collar. Now able to use her powers again, Nocturne phases into the Guards body, possessing him. Now inhabiting the guard, she sets out to find Morph.
The other Exiles are breaking into Longshot's jailhouse. Between Sasquatch's strength, Sunfire's flame and Mimic's vast range of abilities, the guards are easily defeated. Blink grabs one of them and demands to know where Longshot is held. After he gives away the desired information, Sasquatch knocks him out and the four Exiles proceed to Longshot's cell. Sasquatch breaks the door and Blink is surprised that the scared, cuddled figure inside is the famous Longshot. She kneels down and explains who the Exiles are and that two of them have been captured by Mojo. As Longshot was the only one to ever defeat Mojo, they need his help.
Longshot understands the problem but apologizes; he can't be of any assistance. Blink is puzzled by this statement and Mimic steps in, reminding Longshot how they have fought together a number of times. Despite his year-long imprisonment, he should not forget that he is a hero. He has been the Mojoverse's savior time and again and, sometimes, you can't chose your destiny, you can only accept it. Longshot stares into nothingness, as he explains that he doesn't want to. Even if he wins, Mojo always comes back - he is sick of losing. Mimic is fed up. He tried it the nice way but it didn't work, so he orders Sasquatch to pick Longshot up. As the Exiles leave the prison, Sunfire tells Longshot to get his act together, while Heather complains about always being bossed around. Sure she is the team's powerhouse, but they could divide up the chores.
In the Morph Show Green Room, Morph is preparing for his next show, with several guards, actors and film crew around. Morph wonders where Mojo is, as he usually gives him some idiot pep talk before he goes on air. One of the guards says that "his majesty" is busy otherwise. Morph sarcastically remarks that he feels diminished when another guard addresses Morph and tells him not to worry, it surely will be a good show. Morph wonders why this guard calls him by name instead of "slave performer" and the guard, whose eyes are glowing yellow, answers that he is feeling friendly because he is wearing a thong.
Morph finally understands that it is Nocturne. On T.J.'s command, the two of them spring into action, knocking out most of the guards before they even realize what's happening. Phasing out of her ride, Nocturne tells Morph to hit the third door from the right, as she knows a way to get out. Morph does as told and the two Exiles run down a corridor. TJ wants to zip out of a skylight and head ... "absolutely nowhere because you'll be dead!" says Mojo, finishing her sentence. He comes up from behind and grabs both Morph and Nocturne by the heads. Mojo feels a little bit disappointed. The girl, he understands, as they kept electrocuting her, but Morph was a star - where is his loyalty? Mojo goes on that from now on he won't be so nice to them, as some more players enter the fray.
The Exiles have crashed in through one of the walls and Longshot starts threatening Mojo. Sunfire is slightly annoyed, they beat an entire battalion and break through the wall, and then Longshot takes charge - Blink soothes her and reminds her to concentrate on the matter at hand. Shapeshifting out of Mojo's grip, Morph announces that this is his fight. Fed up with the "murdering, spineless, narcistic blob", Morph lets loose, transforming his skin into a scaly hide. Mojo hopes that someone is filming the all of this, as Morph keeps hammering on and on, slicing through the wires around Mojo's head. Mojo doesn't have a chance and soon lies fallen in front of a wall. Morph stands triumphant over him and intends to end Mojo's reign once and for all. He transform his right hand into a saber and takes aim, but is interrupted by a "Freeze !".
It's the Timebroker and he tells Morph to get off of Mojo; the show is over. Morph refuses, but the Timebroker explains that he can't kill Mojo. The timestream is already screwed up enough. He's sorry. Mariko asks how bad it is, will they still be able to get home? Blink adds that they didn't do too much, they only busted Longshot out of prison. The Timebroker reassures them that although Longshot is a problem, it will be someone else's problem. Sasquatch wonders why it too him so long to arrive and, once more, the Timebroker explains that he is no sentient entity, but a construct of the team's collective consciousnesses. The Exiles' quest is like a human body, with Mojo being a disease and the Timebroker being the Antibodies.
Mimic wants to know what will happen to Mojo now, will he just get away with it? The Timebroker says no, the time is like a bull and if someone messes around too much with it, he'll eventually get the horns. If Mojo keeps up this sort of thing, his reality will collapse in on itself. Blink wants to know what happens next and she is told that the team will be transported out in about a minute. The Timebroker apologizes that it has come to this. Mojo was never a part of the plan. Thinking that this apology came actually from their own minds, Blink wonders what it's worth.
Nocturne realizes that Morph is standing a little bit apart and walks over to him. She asks if everything is all right and, after at first saying he's fine, he admits that he thinks this all being his fault. Mojo was after him, which got the entire team dragged to the Mojoverse and Nocturne being tortured. TJ hugs him and says she might need a new haircut, but she'll live and it's not his fault at all. Morph says that their entire situation sucks, he just wants to go home. TJ cheers him up "We will. Some day." The Tallus does its trick and the Exiles are spirited away.


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Legacy - part 1
(flashbacks, years ago)
Standing in front of the grave of his sister Illyana, who died when she was twelve years old, Piotr Rasputin remembers. She died of a plague called the Legacy Virus, a fatal disease that infects only mutants. In some worlds it affected only a few, in others thousands. Here, it was an epidemic that eclipsed the Black Plague. As Piotr stands over the gravestone of his sister, it is but one of thousands that dot the countryside.
It began slowly, with only a few infected people. It was even theorized that it was a side effect of these people’s powers, possibly burning out their life-energies faster than those of a regular human. Little was done to isolate or combat the virus and the public’s mistrust in mutants was so great that they did not bother about a few of them dying. Then, suddenly, the numbers began to climb rapidly. The virus evolved and it was no longer infecting just mutants, but also those with latent mutations and only the slightest mutant DNA. Entire families were infected, hundreds of thousands died and all of it was happening so quickly that nobody was prepared.
Then, there was also a young man named Douglas Ramsey, codenamed Cypher. He had the unique ability to decipher and communicate in any language – human, alien, or otherwise. This included the language of computers and to Douglas computers were practically sentient. Among his teammates, there actually was someone who actually was sentient technology; the alien Warlock, and they instantly became friends. Warlock’s race was cybernetically empowered humanoids. They were constantly at war with other races or among themselves. Warlock was different. He was a pacifist, something that had never happened in his race. He had to flee and, on Earth, he found new friends.
However, Douglas too contracted the Legacy Virus and was dying. Warlock tried to be there for his friend and stayed at his bed. Then, he had the idea to save Douglas’ life and did the only thing a best friend could do. He bonded himself to Cypher, essentially combining their lifeforces into one. Warlock thought that his own unique physiology would help expunge the virus from Douglas’ body, but his honorable attempt to save the life of his best friend turned out to be a mistake from which the world would never recover.
Once the virus joined with Warlock’s bio-circuitry, it mutated and evolved into an entirely new disease, one that didn’t limit itself to mutants, but could affect all forms of life. Although no longer fatal, the new virus was infinitely more contagious. Like a vampire, its hunger for life energy forced it to seek out more victims. Warlock and Cypher’s strain of the virus turned some of its victims into zombie-like constructs, confused aberrations that were neither man nor machine, while the rest became something entirely different. They grew into a new race, maintaining their intellect while becoming some of the strongest beings on the planet, and evil. They call themselves the Vi-Locks and they control the Earth.
(present)
In Las Vegas, Nevada, three boys and a girl crawl through a hole in a fence. One of them fears they will get into trouble but one of the others tells him to stop being such a wuss. After all, they want to catch lizards. The first boy says they could do so in the city, but the other kid says that these are only the little, baby ones. They have to leave the city if they want to get anything decent. While he is preparing a trap, the first boy again voices his concern – they are outside the perimeter, which means the Vi-Locks could get them. The other one says that the Disrupters will keep them away, though the girl reminds him that they only work as far as the perimeter. The boy, still working on his trap, says that his dad explained him that the Disrupters work a lot further than the outer fence and that they are just overly careful. They just want to keep people scared so that they’ll do what they are told. The first boy, finally, has enough and says he is going back. The other child again calls him a coward and says “Nothing’s out here. We’re –“
The boy doesn’t get to finish his sentence as, in front of him, one of the Vi-Locks appears. The other kids try to run but are caught by two more of the creatures and the Vi-Locks wonder why the “small human meat”  have left the safe city and exposed themselves to such risks. Whatever the reason, the three techno-organic beings ponder what to do with their captives. They could return them to their network, infect them and then send them back to the city but they would be stopped by the Disrupter line. However, they come up with another plan. They could just infect them on a cellular level, then decapitate the kids and leave the bodies inside the perimeter of the city. One of the Vi-Locks intends to start with the little girl but, before the clawed fingers reach her throat, it’s head is blasted apart by a red beam of energy.
It was Mimic of the Exiles, using Cyclops’ power just after the team has just materialized. He apologizes to Blink but he could not wait for her awaiting any mission details from the Tallus. Blink agrees. As far as they know, these Vi-Locks are the bad guys and she orders the team into action. One of the Vi-Locks attacks but Blink throws a crystallized dagger at him and grabs one of the children. The creature that no longer has a head, stretches his arms, intending to fight both Mimic and Sasquatch but Heather slams it into the ground. Morph jumps onto the third Vi-Locks and rips the wires off its back, freeing the kid that was entangled in them. Realizing they are outnumbered, the three techno-organic creatures decide to flee and report the collected data to their network.
Barking a command to Mimic and Sunfire to follow her lead, Blink runs up a hill after the Vi-Locks, hoping to get to them before they can get reinforcements. However, on the other side of the mountain, several dozen of the opponents are waiting for her. Momentarily started by the sight, Blink is easily knocked out. Flying a Northstar’s speed, Mimic grabs his lover and calls out to the rest of the team that with their teleporter unconscious, they need to go – now! While Sunfire carries one of the rescued kids, who is partially infected with some circuitry, Morph transforms into a flying Chinese Dragon, with Nocturne, Sasquatch and the other children riding on his back. The boy in Mariko’s arms if they are the Avengers and she answers “Something like that. We’re here to help”.
Not much later, the Exiles reach Las Vegas and land in one of the streets. While Heather and Morph get into an argument whether Las Vegas or New Orleans is called “The Big Easy,” Nocturne wonders where all the people are. Sasquatch asks if there is any word from the Tallus yet and Blink replies nothing so far, but she senses that it won’t take much longer. The team is unaware of them being spied upon and, suddenly, webbing appears out of nowhere, picking up the four children and sending them to Decontamination Lab 3. Before any of the Exiles can react, a Stinger charge is activated, shocking all of them. A trapdoor opens beneath the team, and all six fall into a pit.
Two voices are arguing over them. Evidently, they are no civilians, but super-powered people. They wonder if these unknown beings have been created by the Vi-Locks to infiltrate the zone protected by the Disrupters. A bio-scan, however, reveals that all six captives are clean and hundred percent human. One of the voices is relieved and makes orders to unlock Bay Door Three, which leads into the room where the Exiles have crashlanded. Two figures approach the time-displaced hero teams, apologizing for the inconvenience, but around times like this, they have to be careful. Finally, the two arrivals introduce themselves as Dr. Henry Pym and Spider-woman and welcome the team to Avengers Compound. Blink starts to introduce herself and the Exiles when, suddenly, the Tallus kicks in and reveals the team’s mission.
(a little bit later)
As he and Spider-woman lead the Exiles through the complex, Dr. Pym explains that approximately seventy percent of the population has been transformed into Vi-Locks, but they can’t say for sure, since communication is difficult. The techno-organic beings have tapped themselves into radio waves, phones, modems and satellites, so telepathy is the only way for safe transmission. Those few telepaths that are in Las Vegas, though, are limited over long distances, but they get the job done in the field.
On several video screens, Pym shows the team images of Las Vegas and the perimeter fence. They have established this enclave a few years ago, when the Vi-Locks had just started to gain several footholds all over the Earth. So far, the Avengers have been able to protect this hideout but, honestly, Pym is well aware that it’s only because the higher-ups let them. The advanced Vi-Lock leaders, also called Primes or Headloks, so far have not bothered to attack Las Vegas. However, if the Network would send all their forces, the city wouldn’t stand a chance. Henry points out the irony of humanity always having been frightened of mutants overpowering them one day and, although they were right, it just got a little more H.P. Lovercraft than anybody imagined.
Leading their guests into a lab, where the four infected kids are held in stasis tubes, Pym explains that their primary focus has been survival and the search for a vaccine. By combining every known mutant healing factor available, he has managed to create an antidote that staves off the conversion, though is incapable of fully curing. Blink asks if it were any different if he had the original strain of the virus to experiment on. Pym answers that he is fairly certain he could create a very effective vaccine from the original joining of Cypher and Warlock, but that’s just a pipe dream, as he was probably killed years ago during the Prime War.
Blink, however, corrects him. He is very much alive and that’s the reason for the Exiles being there. Pym asks how she knows and she explains that the Tallus told her he is in some place called Mainframe. Pym quietly curses and looks down in anger. Nocturne asks what the matter is and he explains that Mainframe is the Prime’s headquarters. Mariko and Morph point out that between the Avengers and the Exiles they surely stand a chance. There can’t be too many superpowered people among the Vi-Locks. However, Pym reveals that mostly every known hero has been infected.
Elsewhere, at Mainframe, former members of the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, the Avengers, the Inhumans, etc. ready themselves for battle. They are all techno-organic Vi-Locks now.


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Legacy - part 2
Mainframe, a huge tower made of techno-organic material, is the command central of the Vi-Locks. Inside, their leader Forge is reviewing data on the Exiles on several video screens. His unique ability to understand and feel technology is what made him leader of the Vi-Locks shortly after he was transformed into one of them. Having finished his evaluation, Forge tells Banner that there is no need to go after the Exiles, the probability is deeply in his favor. Through bonding with the “drives” of the three Vi-Locks that encountered the Exiles before, Forge discovered that one of them made contact with one of the Exiles long enough to gain access to their thoughts. Banner wonders if the information gathered by these lesser Vi-Locks can be trusted, but Forge tells him that he is a snob. Given time, they will grow into greater beings like themselves and, for now, they only need to know what they saw. Forge repeats that the Exiles will be no threat to the Network and they won’t have to go after them, as the Exiles will come to them.
In Avengers headquarters in Las Vegas, Henry Pym speaks in front of the Exiles and the assembled remaining super beings. He brief them on their plan to infiltrate Mainframe and battle the army of Vi-Locks in a last desperate attempt to restore the world to what it should be. The heroes are hopelessly outnumbered, though that seems to be the least of their problems. Morph, especially, is at odds with Pym’s suggestion or as he puts it, he doesn’t “see the point in blowing our brains out before we even get there.” Blink tries to calm him and asks Henry to further explain his plan.
The scientists elaborates that it is a fairly low risk, but if they even want to have the slightest chance to capture Cypher and create a vaccine from his body, they need to get inside Mainframe. The building is one living computer and also like a body at the same time – any foreign objects will be detected and expunged. They need to get in without alerting anyone, at least at first. The only way to do this is to make Mainframe think that they are Vi-Locks too. Therefore, each of them needs to be contaminated with the Virus, just enough to get past the sensors, but not enough to get fully converted.
Morph still thinks the plan is insane, but Blink accepts on behalf of her entire team. Morph is not well with this decision, but Pym explains to him that he has nothing to fear; changelings are immune to the Virus and won’t convert. Morph is somewhat annoyed that Pym thinks he only cares about himself, but then lets the subject go. Henry Pym then says that it will take he and his colleagues, the Beast and Dr. Octopus, four days to complete the process. Until then, the other Avengers will do their best to make the Exiles comfortable.
As the heroes leave the big meeting hall, Power Fist approaches Nocturne and asks her if Nightcrawler and the Scarlet Witch are really her parents, saying that they created a truly beautiful combination. T.J. asks if he is hitting on her and Power Fist admits it, asking if she has a problem with that. Nocturne says none that she could see.
At the same time, Spider-woman explains to Sunfire that they have more space than they know what to do with and that the set-ups are pretty cozy, as they have raided most of the better hotels. Mariko thanks her and asks what Spiderwoman prefers to be called, by her codename or ... The wall-clinging heroine pulls off her mask, revealing the face of Mary Jane Watson, though everyone calls her MJ. Sunfire is somewhat startled by this revelation.
Meanwhile, Morph is asking Rachel who the most powerful telepath is the Avengers have. Rachel bluntly states that would be she and Morph comments that she seems to take after her mother. He then mentions that he had an idea back when the team was trapped on the Skrull world and he would like her to try it out for him.
(somewhat later)
Blink and Mimic are in their room. Clarice marvels at the interior. Surely, they weren’t kidding about outfitting the place with stuff they had plundered from hotels. They even have DVD, though. Coming from a dark world that did not even have television, Clarice says she’ll need Calvin’s help to choose from the many options. Mimic, however, is not interested at all. Blink finally has enough of his recent behavior and tells her lover that they have three or four days of downtime and she is not going to put up with any more of his mood swings. Instead, they are going to talk about it. Calvin claims he doesn’t know what she is talking about but Clarice kneels down to him and tells him to stop. He has been like this for over a month and, so far, she and the rest of the team have ignored it but now they are going to talk about it. Once more, she asks him what’s wrong.
For a moment, there is silence. Then, Calvin lifts his head and with a troubled look on his face and says that he is sick of all this. He wants his life back. He wants to go home. Blink replies that they all do. Mimic knows this, it’s just he had to face some very hard facts about himself. She wants to know what he means and Calvin explains that he is not as tough as the others. He already found himself incapable of leading the team, that’s why he asked Blink to do it and that’s only one example. The fact is, he liked his life, he liked his friends, and he liked knowing who the good guys and who the bad guys were. Despite how bizarre or dangerous his native reality was, it was one he understood. However, looking at such a world like they are currently on, almost everyone he knew is either dead or some electro-zombie vampire. How and why could this happen? He hates this.
With these last words, Calvin has turned away from Clarice and walked to the other side of the room, though Blink comes after him and wraps her arms around him from behind. She asks how she can help him. Mimic replies, “Tolerate me. I’ll always do my job. I swear. Just be my friend, okay?” A little bit confused, Blink says that she thought they were more than friends. They hug and Mimic agrees, though he still has the same troubled expression on his face.
(three days later)
All having received their share of the Virus, the Exiles and ten of the Avengers are standing on a mountaintop, observing the nearby Vi-Lock fortress, Mainframe. Blink tells everyone to get read to teleport and immediately everyone finds themselves inside the base. Alpha team, consisting of Blink, Nocturne, Spider-woman and Havok, hide in secure places, using the schematics they were able to piece together from the Tallus’ info.
Elsewhere, the other heroes’ purpose is to draw attention to themselves. The Beast uses an electronic device to contact the home base and inform them they have completed phase one, well aware that the Vi-Locks will pick of the transmission. From his command center, Forge tells Banner to get everyone and deal with the intruders. No sooner said than done, the mixed grouping of Exiles and Avengers finds themselves face to face with several super-powered Vi-Locks, like it was planned right from the start. Team Beta would take the hit, so that Team Alpha could get the job done.
Well aware that they won’t win this battle, the heroes spring into action and start fighting the techno-organic creatures. Mimic battles Captain America, Power Fist brawls with the Thing and Morph, looking like Japanese robot, kicks the Scorpion in the face. The Beast and Frog take on the Abomination, Sunfire gets knocked out by a double punch from the speedster twins Aurora and Northstar and Banner himself takes on the Rhino. The Vi-Lock makes it a point to tell him, that his radiation-enhanced body stocking makes him immune to a techno-organic infection but, even if it wouldn’t, the Vi-Locks wouldn’t have wanted him. He then grabs the Rhino by his horn and swings him over his head, slamming him into the ground. However, Banner’s next opponent is already waiting – Sasquatch. The Blob, in the meantime, is facing the six-armed techno-organic Spider-man and makes fun of him – if he doesn’t want to be moved, he won’t budge. Spider-man dryly replies, “Only because you are still meat. Once you are on our side – you will move – you will bend – you will break.” Spider-man’s hands transform into techno-organic junk that he rams down the Blob’s throat.
Elsewhere in the complex, Team Alpha has reached the containment center that, according to the Tallus, Cypher is in. Standing in front of dozens of egg-shaped transparent canisters containing a Vi-Lock each, the four heroes set out to find their quarry. They split up, as time is of the essence.
In the command center, Forge begins to wonder why the heroes made such a mistake as send a traceable transmission. He realizes that they must be a distraction, so he calls up the events within all rooms and corner to be displayed on the screens in front of him. Soon, he gets aware of Team Alpha and, intending to thwart whatever they are planning to do, he merges into a wall.
In the containment center, Blink and Spiderwoman are inspecting one of the canisters, but it isn’t Cypher as the body inside has breasts. Right then, Forge melts out of the ground and orders them to cease their activity at once and face him. He then promises to convert them painlessly if they are truthful about their intentions. From behind Havok blasts at him, stating that he can consider this as a no to his generous offer. The Vi-Lock leader however is not affected too much by the blast and, in return, releases a beam of energy against Havok. Explaining that within his fortress, he is everywhere, within every single circuit and wire, he causes to big hands to form out of the ground, pinning Spider-woman and Nocturne against the wall.
Next, he grabs Blink and announces that her mind will tell him all he desires to know. While Clarice still pleads him to stop, he spits out techno-organic material engulfing her mouth. “You will join with me, girl! Show me! Why have you breached my home?” Processing the data he assimilates from her, Forge understands that they were trying to find a cure. Forge mocks the Exiles’ attempt and shows them that they were very close to success, but now it is all for naught as the canister containing Cypher explodes. Forge states that he should have eliminated him years ago, maybe it was some last remnant of human frailty, some sort of affection for the being that gave birth to the Vi-Locks, that caused him to keep him.
 With her entire face and shoulders transformed to techno-organic material, Blink mutters a weak “Evac.” She teleports away, just like all the other Exiles and Avengers inside Mainframe. Forge laughs at them and tell her to run away, as she no longer poses any threat to the Network.
The groups rematerialize in Las Vegas and Team Beta, unaware of what has transpired, wonders why the mission has ended so soon. Could it be that they already succeeded? Mimic doesn’t think so, as Blink wouldn’t have teleport the whole lot of them such a far distance in that occasion. He turns to her, asking for the reasons for the evacuation, only to see her collapse. Calvin rushes over to her, picks her up and calls for Henry Pym. Nocturne explains to the others that Blink was infected. Pym and Mimic are about to get the Exiles’ to the medi-lab, though she interrupts them, stating that they are in trouble. Mimic wants to calm her by saying that it is going to be okay, they’ll get her transfused before the infection spreads. However, Blink wasn’t talking about the infection. It’s the Tallus. It told her that, with Cypher gone, the team has failed. Only one option remains – they have to destroy the Earth.


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Legacy - Conclusion
Infected with a techno-organic version of the Legacy virus, Blink screams in agony, while Mimic holds her down on the bed she is lying on and Sunfire straps her in restraints. Mimic urges the two doctors to do something but Henry Pym and Hank McCoy disagree on how to proceed. The Beast wants to give Blink some morphine against the pain but Henry Pym states that she is infected with the virus in it’s purest form and they need to stabilize the infection first. The morphine would weaken her and Blink needs to fight it. “Blow it up” and “we have to,” Blink repeatedly says to her lover, who tries to get her to relax and let the doctors help her. Angrily, Mimic once more tells the scientists to cure her, as they approach with the syringes holding the immunity stock and other medical equipment.
(hours later)
Mimic sits in a dark corner of the Avengers complex, exhausted and in despair. Dr. Pym approaches him and tells him that Blink’s condition is stable, for now. They will keep transfusing her blood samples with a mutant healing factor that will keep the infection at bay for a while, though he can’t say how long that will last. Pym then wants to know what Blink was talking about. What did the Tallus say would be the next step? Mimic hesitates but then fills the Avenger in. According to the device, the Primes will retaliate for their invasion in about a month and all remaining humans will be transformed into Vi-Locks. Then, they will be ready for the next step. “Space,” Pym deduces. Mimic confirms it. They’ll conquer the rest of the universe and, after a thousand years, there won’t be any other lifeforms that Vi-Locks in the realm.
Pym argues that it could be seen as natural selection, though Calvin explains that it’s not supposed to happen. It does have to end here and now. According to the Tallus, they have to destroy Earth, however he would prefer another solution. The Avenger interrupts him; it’s the news he has been waiting for. Deep down, he knew it would come to the point where they had to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the other races in the universe. He has been planning this for years now.
Elsewhere in Avengers headquarters, Rachel Summers in concentrating, as she sits in a circle of lit candles, with several ancient tomes floating around her. She tells Morph that she doesn’t think she can do what he asked of her. Maybe her mother, but not her. Morph encourages her to try. After all, she has her mother’s genes, so she has it in her too. Besides, she is their last hope. Rachel is still insecure, as Morph’s plan seems so farfetched, but he tells her that it doesn’t where he comes from. In fact, he met them before. They do exist and they are what this planet needs – pure blood with a healing factor. He tells Rachel to keep repeating the incantation and visualize where she wants to send it. Once they hear her, they will come. At least he hopes so.
Somewhat later, in the Avengers War Room, Henry Pym talks to the assembled heroes. He explains that Mainframe is fueled by a massive nuclear reactor, the largest ever created, and that it lies fifty miles beneath the surface. Several years ago, the Vi-Locks stockpiled nuclear armaments, most likely in fear of the remaining humans getting hold of them. These weapons were never dismantled and are also kept inside Mainframe. Pym points towards their location on a holographic model of the Vi-Locks’ headquarters and states that if they hit the stockpile with their own nukes, the explosion would blow up the reactor’s core and Earth will split in half. Sunfire questions what they are going to hit the stockpile with… a missile? The scientist tells her that this is no option, as the space is too small, and it could be shot out of the sky. They need something that can be maneuvered – a ship.
Now calling up an image of the Warbird, Pym explains that this is their largest vessel, and it’s armed with more than enough fully-armed nuclear bombs to get the job done. All they need is a pilot to fly the ship and slam it into the target. Nocturne volunteers for the mission. Sasquatch objects but Nocturne reasons that she is the best pilot. Heather says it doesn’t matter. She apologizes if it seems like she is protecting her own but she sees no reason for the Exiles to not survive this even if the planet gets destroyed. As soon as the plane hits the target, the timeline is set right and they will be teleported away before the blast hits them. Therefore, Sasquatch concludes, it should be one of the Avengers who sacrifices his life. T.J. knows better though, nobody of the Avengers has had much piloting experience because of the Vi-Locks being in control for years. They have only one shot at it and she is the best bet. Pym agrees. Sunfire starts another attempt to talk her teammate out of it but Nocturne interrupts her. It’s her call and she is going.
In the Infirmary, Mimic sits at the bedside of Blink. He talks to her hoping that she hears him, despite all the sedatives, because what he has to say is very important. Mimic pauses and then says that he was really stupid. He didn’t want this to become one of those ”I didn’t realize how much you meant to me until...” speeches, as it always is some emotionally detached idiot who makes them, after something terrible happened. Calvin hesitates again before realizing aloud that he indeed is one of those emotionally detached idiots. Only now he understands how much Clarice means to him. Calvin touches her hand and continues that she let him be weak. That was hard for him. She let him love her and she loved him back. He kisses her on the forehead and urges her not to die. If she doesn’t, he’ll probably come up with something better to say.
In the War Room, Henry Pym speaks to Nocturne via comm-link. She is already inside the Warbird and he once more reminds her that although they can monitor the plane’s instruments from there. All verbal communication needs has to go through Emma Frost’s telepathy, as the Vi-Locks can detect all radio frequencies outside of Las Vegas. From inside the cockpit, T.J. assures him that she understood that it’s not the first time he explained it to her. Just as she prepares to take off, she hears something behind her and is knocked out with a nerve pitch. Seconds later, the Warbird departs from the hangar. In the War Room, Emma is disturbed; she has lost telepathic contact with Nocturne and asks Leech if he can read her on the vessel. Much to everyone’s confusion, the green skinned mutant does pick her up, though not on the plane, but in this room. Indeed, Nocturne bursts through the door, stating that she was yanked out of the jet.
As he is piloting the Warbird, Mimic is telepathically contacted from the War Room. They ask him, what he is up to. Calvin replies that he is making sure that his favorite blue-skinned, 20 year-old mutant sees her 21st birthday. He knows that she is the better pilot but he has spent more hours flying the Warbird, and he even crashed it several times. T.J. is touched by this, though she actually was ready to die. Mimic says that he knows but he couldn’t have lived with himself if he let her go through with it. Mimic continues the mission, as suddenly one of the jet’s wings bursts into flames. Concerned, Henry Pym warns him that they are registering a radiation leak but Calvin no longer responds. Nocturne explains that he probably shifted into steel form, as that would protect him from the radiation. At the same time, though, it contains some form of psychic barrier as well, meaning they have no longer any means to communicate.
Elsewhere in the complex, Rachel Summers is still chanting the formulas of the ancient books, when, suddenly, her plea is heard and answered. A voice informs her of their imminent arrival, followed by loud thunder. Moments later, a very excited Rachel is running down the corridor, calling out to Morph that his plan worked. Relieved, the Exiles humorous member thinks that, in many realities they visited, they were absent. It first occurred to him on the Earth ruled by Skrulls and, actually, it’s no wonder,as many of the alterations they have experienced could have been easily set right by them. Their powers can’t be measured, for they are the Gods of Asgard. Thor, Odin, Balder, Heimdall, Volstagg and Sif, some of the most powerful Aesir have arrived and offer their aid, whether it might be their fists, their swords, their cunning or their blood. Henry Pym has no idea who these Asgardians are but Morph shapeshifts into the Valkyrie to properly greet them.
Minutes later, the heroes are in the infirmary and Henry Pym is amazed how rapidly the serum, derived of the Asgardians’ blood, is attacking the virus. Though he can’t be fully sure at this point, he thinks they finally have a cure. Morph, now in the form of Beta Ray Bill, and Volstagg share his joy, though Spider-woman reminds Pym of another problem. They can’t raise the Mimic and he is only ten minutes off the target. He is moving so fast that they don’t even have enough time to go after him, which means he will go through with the plan. The scientist makes another hard decision, as he tells Spider-woman to contact the Vi-Locks and tell them to shoot him down.
Seconds later, Forge receives Spider-woman’s warning.  Although it is unknown whether he entirely believed her, that a hero would go rogue and rather destroy the planet than letting it get consumed by the techno-organic creatures, he takes the safest approach and orders the Warbird to be shot down. Easier said than done, as the missiles miss their target. A few Vi-Locks, capable of flight, are sent to intercept the Warbird. Mimic engages the autopilot to make evasive maneuvers against any more projectiles, while he prepares to deal with the arriving Vi-Locks. As the techno-organic Sauron rips open the hull of the jet, Mimic fires an optic beam at him, knocking him away. Using Wolverine’s claws he easily defeats the Falcon and Captain Britain, intent on finishing his mission.
In the Infirmary, Blink comes around, asking for her lover. Morph and Sunfire are happy to see her recover,but every attempt of calming her raises Blink’s suspicions. She demands to know where exactly Calvin is, right now. Miles away, the Warbird is already in nosedive towards the Mainframe base, several missiles in its pursuit. Mimic reminds himself of the importance of his mission, as suddenly Blink teleports into the cockpit, telling him to pull up the ship as the Gods of Asgard arrived to help them. Quite surprised to see her, Mimic is more than happy to change the ship’s course towards Earth’s outer orbit on her command. Blink knows that the ship should be able to outrun the missiles until it’s near the top of the planet’s atmosphere. The lovers teleport back to Avengers base shortly before the ship detonates.
(18 hours later)
The heroes are celebrating their victory.  Sunfire and Spider-woman, arm in arm, stand in front of the goddess, Sif, in awe. The other heroes and Asgardians are also mixed in joyful conversations. Henry Pym is excited how well the Asgardians’ blood works in concert with the healing factor plasma they developed years ago, though Blink and Mimic, happy to have each other back, wish he would stop telling them that. He has already explained it to them three times before. Thor is having a beverage with Nocturne and Morph, who warns the Thunder God to never let a horse faced dude named Beta Ray touch his hammer, should he ever run into him. Neither Thor nor Nocturne understand what he is talking about but that doesn’t stop Morph from continuing his ranting. However, something else does. Looking into a corner of the room, he spots something that grabbed his attention.
It’s the Timebroker, accompanied by a tall blonde woman, clad in silver and red armor, who carries a sword. The Timebroker greets the Exiles and congratulates them on the completed mission. One of them, he says, has repaired their personal broken chain in time. One of them is going home. All of the Exiles stare in disbelief, eagerly awaiting whom of them he is referring. The blonde woman steps forwardand introduces herself as Illyana Rasputin, Magik; their new member. Mariko voices the question everyone has on their minds, “Who goes?” The Timebroker remains silent but Blink suddenly notices that she no longer wears the Tallus. Instead, Mimic finds it on his wrist. Shocked, the lovers realize what this means. They call out each others’ name a final time, as Blink suddenly is teleported away.
Again having lost his lover, Calvin looks down in despair. His teammates gather around him and, in a wider circle, the assembled heroes too group around the Exiles. All silent, with no one knowing what to say.