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‘Look up, ye denizens of Manhattan! Look up, ye human offal, for the end of your world is at hand!’ shouts the uber-demon N’astirh from a rooftop over Times Square where he is conducting his wicked plans. He is flanked by his lackey Crotus, while the teenage mutant heroes known as the X-Terminators, as well as their companions Artie and Leech are trapped in a ball of energy, and their friend Wiz Kid is forced to doing N’astirh’s bidding. ‘And I, N’astirh, have delivered you into the hands of demons!’
The theater district of Manhattan has been transformed into a theater of unholy war, with battle lines drawn in the sky, formed by an inverted pentagram. At the points of the pentagram are mutant infants, floating suspended, used as lenses for computerized spells, wrought by a tactical magical weapon. Assaulted by magic, the dimensional barrier between Earth and the realm known as Limbo weakens. Demons pour from the gaping hole in the sky, some airborne, beating horrid wings, the others with cloven hooves and claws. Times Square is now a no-man’s land, embattled ground in a high-tech push-button war.
Nearby, a second group of teenage mutant heroes, the New Mutants, have fallen from the disc also, and the X-Terminators see them, and comment to each other at the teens who they are not familiar with. Though noting that one of the teens, Illyana “Magik” Rasputin appears to be a demon. The others are of course Sam “Cannonball” Guthrie, Danielle “Mirage” Moonstar, Bobby “Sunspot” DaCosta, Warlock, Rahne “Wolfsbane” Sinclair, and the New Mutants’ companion Gosamyr.
N’astirh turns to the X-Terminators and informs them that these other teens are humans, mutants, like they are, born with the altered genetic structure that gives rise to para-human abilities. He also informs the X-Terminators that the other group is called the New Mutants, and they, like the X-Terminators, are here at his behest. N’astirh’s servant, Crotus exclaims ‘But, Mawthur, your great plan comes to fruition because of loyal Crotus’ help!’ and asks if he will give him, as he is so hungry, the little mutant children to eat.
‘As I promised, loyal Crotus, they are yours’. N’astirh plucks Artie and Leech from their imprisonment and tosses them down by Crotus, when suddenly Wiz Kid races over in his wheelchair, ‘No! Leave them alone! This city! All this destruction! I made the magic computer,! It’s all my fault!’ A metal fist forms from the arm-rest on Taki’s chair and punches Crotus in the face while Taki reminds N’astirh that he said everything he did for him would save Artie and Leech. ‘But what I created…I can destroy!’ Taki exclaims as he races over to his computer.
N’astirh reaches down and picks Taki up in one of his massive clawed hands, asking the young mutant if he actually means to destroy his handiwork, ‘This masterpiece that you’ve created for me?’ ‘You bet I do!’ Taki replies ‘You lied to me! You tricked me!’ N’astirh holds Taki high over his head while Taki reminds N’astirh that he said if he cooperated that Artie and Leech would be safe. ‘You never told me what you wanted the computer for!’
N’astirh calls Taki a foolish child and tells him to learn from this, that a demon’s word is never to be trusted. N’astirh tells Crotus that Wiz Kid continues to be of use to him, and orders Crotus to guard him, and through him, the power that he represents. Crotus rubs his hands together as Taki is tossed down beside him, and N’astirh informs him that he can devour Artie and Leech when their work is done.
‘My fault…all my fault!’ Taki mutters, to which N’astirh remarks that Taki takes too much on himself, and leaping off the building and taking flight, N’astirh exclaims that the demon-beauty down below, the Darkchilde, is as much his dupe as Taki is, and deserves just as much credit too. ‘She has fulfilled her function as you have fulfilled yours. I must congratulate her…’.
Still stuck in the globe of energy are the X-Terminators. ‘Demon kidnappings were bad enough!’ Rusty Collins, the leader of the team remarks. Tabby Smith a.k.a. Boom-Boom mutters that this is worse than even she could have imagined. Sally “Skids” Blevins announces that there are babies up in the sky, to which Julio Richter a.k.a. Rictor exclaims that they have got to get loose and stop this madness - but how?
Crotus tells the X-Terminators that there is no way they can stop it, as N’astirh’s infants float in the sky above, while below the computer continues to process magic spells that keep the portal open - and Limbo’s demons rain down on Earth. Crotus boasts that the computer was his idea, his brilliant plan, and it won him the reward of getting to eat the mutant children, not to mention that his plan now enables N’astirh for conquest of this world - and the beautiful Darkchilde!
N’astirh practically drools over Illyana, who exclaims ‘You used me, N’astirh! To take up my dark sword…to rip that hole in the sky, to save my friends! But you planned an invasion! You lied to me!’
Rusty asks Crotus what it is N’astirh and Magik are saying, ‘We can’t hear them!’ Tabby exclaims. Crotus tells them to stop talking, as he knows they are seeking to distract him with their chatter, while little Takeshi, the Wiz Kid destroys the computer. Wiz Kid says to Crotus ‘All right, you got us’ before pushing Artie and Leech behind his chair, ‘Get away from me you little geeks. I tried, it was you guys hanging around that gave me away!’ Taki exclaims that he was all wrong about this being his fault, ‘None of it’s my fault!’
Artie and Leech crawl under the computer while Taki distracts Crotus. Crotus exclaims that it is all Taki’s fault for creating the computer. Taki exclaims that it worked, every plug is in the right socket. Secretly guiding Artie and Leech with his words, Taki remarks that if one plug is pulled, the power of the machine to maintain spells would be disrupted. Under the computer, Leech whispers to Artie, telling him to pull the plug.
Taki exclaims that no one told him what the spells could do, to which Crotus angrily replies that it was not his place to know, simply to do what N’astirh says. Crotus tells Taki that it is not nice to blame others for his own foolishness, and warns him that he will be watching him like a hawk, adding that when N’astirh has finished his plans, perhaps he will let him eat Taki too. ‘Oh yeah? Well, any minutes now, old Nasty’s plan’s gonna come undone!’ Taki exclaims, and right on cue, Artie pulls the plug, closing the Stepping Disc which is open over Times Square, and freeing the X-Terminators.
Rusty points out that the pentagram is breaking up, as Crotus sees that the X-Terminators are free. ‘No! Mawther say watch. Crotus watch Wiz Kid! Mawther gonna kill poor Crotus!’ Crotus rushes to the computer so he can put the plugs in, but Sally leaps at him, ‘No!’ she screams, while Wiz Kid warns Crotus that if he touches the plugs then he will fry. But Crotus ignores Taki and tries to put the cord in, though it does burn his hand, he knows that N’astirh will burn him more.
Sally struggles with him to get control of the plug, but Crotus manages to get it in, causing a small explosion which knocks Sally across the rooftop and almost off the building - until Rusty manages to grab her. While Crotus burns, Artie and Leech call out for Skids. Skids is weak, and wearily, she tells Rusty that she tried to stop him, but failed. Rusty sees that the pentagram has restabilized, so wonders what they should do next. Sally suggests they unplug it again, or Rictor can shake it apart, or Boom-Boom can explode it - whatever, they have to do it.
Looking down below, Sally sees that “the demon girl” has vanished and sees N’astirh fighting another demon ‘As big and ugly as N’astirh himself!’ The demon is of course S’ym, who punches the horse-faced N’astirh while N’astirh noticed the pentagram flicker and calls out to his demon hordes, ordering them to guard the computer from all harm.
The X-Terminators look at the oncoming barrage of demons, and Boom-Boom mutters ‘So much for smashing the computer!’ Sally points out that the are still good fighters, to which Rusty remarks that they may not have to be, just hold the demons off for as long as they can. ‘We’re not that good’ mumbles Rictor. The X-Terminators begin battling the demons, and Tabby remarks to Julio that he can shake the demons up better than what he is doing, while blasting time-bombs at her own opponents. Julio asks Boom-Boom if she has ever heard of control - reminding her that he cannot cut loose as he might end up shaking down the whole city. Rusty blasts fire beams at his opponents and declares that perhaps shaking down the whole city wouldn’t be such a bad thing - at least they would bury the demons.
Rictor exclaims that they cannot break through to see the computer anymore as there are demons everywhere. He asks what they are going to do now, to which Sally suggests that perhaps they could disrupt the actual magic, starting with the pentagram. ‘One problem - it’s way up there and none of us can fly!’ Tabby exclaims. Suddenly, Taki, who is looking after Artie and Leech, calls out to Rusty that they can get up there now, and suddenly the X-Terminators, Taki, Artie and Leech are all inside small aircraft.
Taki informs everyone that he started this a while back, transformed the big condenser on the roof, as he could see it might come in handy, he just wasn’t sure how. Taki explains that he had to make a few modifications and wait till they were all in place, then make it grow around them. Taki warns Rictor to keep the cockpit cover closed, while Boom-Boom exclaims that she gets Taki’s drift and announces that Artie and Leech are in their shared plane, so they are all ready.
Wiz Kid asks Boom-Boom to feed her biggest time bomb into the energy slot as it is going to power this craft. Taki boasts that if his aircraft are built for anything, its power and speed! The craft take off, which is seen by a very burnt Crotus, who orders the other N’asteris to go after them. One of the N’asteris points out that their master told them to protect the computer, not chase the X-Terminators.
Crotus grabs the other demon round the neck and exclaims ‘Great, then you tell Mawther it your idea to let them get away!’, before taking flight and ordering the others to follow him, which they do. ‘Speed! Ha! So proud of speed!’ Crotus shouts as he lands on Taki’s craft, telling Taki that he does not know speed until he knows demon speed. As Crotus grabs him, the aircrafts split apart, and Taki informs the others that the energy from the time bomb will be distributed evenly as fuel.
Rictor asks how they fly their own to which Tabby tells him that the stick controls the movement, up, down and side to side, giving him the example of a video game. Tabby wonders where the “fire” button is and seeing that there is none assumes that Taki intended them to use their own powers. She mutters that it was a great idea, but how are they supposed to use the powers without shaking, burning or exploding their planes to pieces.
Two of the N’asteris land on Tabby’s plane while Crotus calls out to N’astirh, who is with S’ym, and shouts out that Taki tried to escape, but now he has captured him and is bringing Taki to him. N’astirh congratulates Crotus as he mutters that Taki is his secret weapon. S’ym puffs on a cigar while he asks N’astirh what a human child is against his demon horde and personal power.
Sally calls out to Boom-Boom, announcing that she has found the fire button, it is under the swivel stick, while at the same moment Rictor can be seen standing up in his craft, announcing that he has ditched the canopy, he is now attacking the goblins with his powers. Boom-Boom does the same as Rictor declares that it is time for them to go and save Taki. Rusty unleashes bursts of flame on the demons while pointing out that there are not enough of them to save the babies and Taki too, to which Sally reminds everyone that freeing the babies might mean disrupting the pentagram and saving the city.
Sally calls out to her teammates to keep the demons distracted, while she turns her aircraft and heads towards one of the babies, announcing that she is going to save it. Rusty notices a horde of demons following Skids and tries to warn her, but it’s too late, she is too far away. With her force field in place to protect herself, Skids reaches out of her aircraft and takes hold of one of the babies. ‘Poor little kid…not mean to be an energy channel, were you?’ she says to the baby, while thinking that it is so bright she can hardly see. Sally holds onto the baby tight through her field, when suddenly, ‘Gotcha!’ shouts a demon as it slams against Sally’s craft, causing her to drop the baby.
Sally ditches her force field in the hope that she will be able to grab the baby, but the demon smacks her in the back. The baby however is rescued by Artie and Leech in their craft. Leech calls out to Skids, telling her not to worry as they have the baby, before seeing that she is hurt. Rusty flies over in his craft and calls out that Sally’s plan worked, the pentagram is disrupted, before seeing the demon strangling his girlfriend. Rusty tells Artie and Leech to keep back while he fires a massive blast of flame at Skids’ craft, engulfing the demon and causing Sally to fall down to Rusty’s craft.
Rusty asks Skids if she is all right, but Sally does not respond. ‘Not all right! You neither!’ shouts a demon as it flies up behind Rusty and slashes him across his the back of his head. Before the demon can do any more damage, Cannonball of the New Mutants blasts past, knocking the demon out of the way and informing Rusty that he and the New Mutants saw them all up here doing something and figured that whatever it was it must have been a good idea as the demons are going wild trying to stop them.
Cannonball’s teammates aren’t far away either, Warlock has transformed himself into a large ship in which Mirage, Sunspot, Wolfsbane and Gosamyr can battle the demons from. Wolfsbane informs Cannonball that there are babies at the points of the star, to which Warlock assumes that the other mutant teens were saving the babies, and notes that where the baby was removed, the pentagram is breaking up.
Mirage sees that Sally and Rusty are unconscious and jump down from Warlock into their ship, while Gosamyr notices that a ship is spinning out of control and exclaims that a crash could cause untold damage. Sunspot asks Warlock to get them up there, and using his incredible strength, Bobby takes hold of the craft that did belong to Skids, and tells Warlock to match course and speed so he can Gosamyr can climb on board.
Rictor thanks Cannonball for the help, before remarking that the X-Terminators noticed that the New Mutants fell with the demon rain, and asks if they aren’t demons. Cannonball replies that they are the New Mutants and that this is all their fault, so they are trying to put things right. ‘Your fault? We thought it was our fault!’ Julio replies. At that moment, Boom-Boom steers herself up behind Sunspot and Gosamyr and calls out to Bobby, exclaiming that she thought she recognized him, and asks if he remembers her from the Fallen Angels. Bobby replies that it is great to see her, before asking how you steer this thing. Tabby replies that you use the joystick like a video game. Bobby laughs and the ship begins to stop flailing as he claims that he was just testing and boasts that he knew it all along. ’Right. No need to thank me! You or the bimbo with the silly hair!’ Boom-Boom mutters as Sunspot and Gosamyr fly away.
Sally begins to regain consciousness, and wonders what is going on. ’Long story!’ replies Mirage quickly, before elaborating, revealing to Skids that N’astirh tricked their teammate Magik into opening a dimensional rift between Earth and Limbo. Sally asks if this was the girl with horns and scales, as they have seen her, but then she vanished. Dani replies that Magik teleported away somewhere, and that they have to find her, before asking Sally if she can take the controls, as it is hard for her to play doctor to Rusty and steer the craft.
 Mirage has her hand covering the back of Rusty’s head and exclaims that he has a bad gash and is losing a lot of blood. ‘If only we had a bandage!’ exclaims Sally, to which Mirage tells her to ‘Hold that thought’ before explaining that she has the power to materialize someone’s greatest fear or wish. ‘Luckily for him you wanted that bandage bad!’ Mirage remarks as she adjusts a red head-piece now covering Rusty’s head, leaving only his face and the top of his head free.
Sally informs Mirage that the X-Terminators thought that this was all their fault, as N’astirh tricked Wiz Kid into creating a computer that processes magic. Sally explains that demon magic disrupts the computers, so N’astirh forced Wiz Kid to enter the spells, which is what made the rift stay open - so who knows what else N’astirh might do. Sally declares that they have got to free the babies, to which Mirage suggests a two-pronged attack. Rusty has steadied himself and suggests that the New Mutants go save the babies and disrupt the pentagram, while the X-Terminators go and bust Taki free. Mirage likes that idea and remarks that it took both teams to make this mess, so maybe together they can stop it. As Dani drops back down onto Warlock, Wolfsbane informs her that down in Times Square a huge machine of some kind just appeared.
Down in Times Square, N’astirh holds onto Taki and informs S’ym that the boy is one part of his strategy, while the computer is the other. ‘You expect to stop S’ym with a computer?’ S’ym asks. N’astirh boasts that it is a special computer, a magic computer and tosses Taki onto the computer chair, ‘Shall we show him, boy?’ ‘No way, fang-face!’ Taki retorts. Taki begins to use his powers to transform the chair to try and escape, but N’astirh alters the chair as he warns Taki that there is no longer time for the luxury of gentle persuasion.
Taki exclaims that N’astirh may be able to crush him, but cannot make him obey. S’ym laughs, ‘So much for your secret weapon!’ he exclaims, before reminding N’astirh that he has his own secret weapon, the Transmode Virus. S’ym demonstrates the virus by reaching out and grabbing a nearby bird, as he remarks that the virus gives him certain advantages which N’astirh seems to discount. ‘At S’ym’s will, at S’ym’s merest touch…you will be transformed into a thing of wires and circuits…and then of living energy…which S’ym will consume!’
This has happened to the bird, but N’astirh points out that S’ym must touch him first, which will not be easy, as N’astirh’s own touch has certain properties, which until now he has avoided exploiting. He demonstrates his ability by touching Taki, enchanting Wiz Kid to do his bidding. N’astirh declares that the time for concern over the minimal dysfunction that the spell will cause has ceased, as he has the computer and the boy, and S’ym’s ability to function is no longer a prime concern. N’astirh orders Taki to type what he commands, a few spells squared and squared again will insure his ultimate triumph.
Taki does as he is commanded, trapped in the mound of rock that N’astirh imprisoned him in, and once the spells have been entered, a mighty explosion follows around S’ym, blasting the uber demon into the air. N’astirh warns S’ym that that is but the barest beginning of what he will face. Taki is able to see that N’astirh is standing next to where S’ym was blasted and knows that he cannot make his own hands disobey N’astirh’s commands, but perhaps he can give them a command of his own.
Taki moves his hand just a little, hits one key, a multiples command, meaning all the destruction that just occurred will occur again, only with a power of times ten. Taki hit’s the key, and eruptions follow all throughout the surrounding area, N’astirh is struck and S’ym is hit again. ’Got you! Got you both!’ Taki shouts. From under the rubble, S’ym admits that N’astirh is a master sorcerer, before pointing out that the boy used his creation to destroy him. S’ym remarks that he is a techno-organic and can repair himself at will, ’But you…’ he begins, until N’astirh interrupts, boasting that his magic can mend his wounds almost as quickly.
N’astirh and S’ym begin to emerge from the rubble, and S’ym asks N’astirh if he thinks that, in the end, his magical mastery will matter. ’You know nothing of human psychology or human will’ S’ym tells him, remarking that humans are difficult to control under the best of circumstances, and all the boy has to lose is his own life. ’A price he’ll gladly pay to destroy you…and your precious toy, too!’ N’astirh knows that S’ym is right, and admits it, before remarking that the need to control Taki and maintain the pentagram while he fights does weary him. ’And so I shall destroy you!’ he tells Taki, adding that he can always train another to act as his secretary as he begins to cover up Taki completely.
But at that moment, the X-Terminators have landed, and Rictor rushes over to Taki, ’Stop it! Let him go!’ he shouts before unleashing his seismic powers which shatter Taki’s prison. The N’asteris begin to attack the X-Terminators while S’ym tells N’astirh to look up in the sky, as his pentagram is crumbling, and along with it his power. He punches N’astirh, who thinks to himself that his magic is indeed dissipating as the pentagram vanishes, not to mention that S’ym is more powerful than he thought, almost as strong and impervious as himself.
The X-Terminators begin to get caught up in the rock-like substance that N’astirh creates and Boom-Boom shouts out that there are too many. Rusty urges Tabby to try for the computer, to blow it up. Boom-Boom launches a time-bomb, but she just misses, instead it lands on the keyboard and bounces along until one tiny key is depressed by the force of the prematurely launched time-bomb - and as the key shatters into a thousand tiny splinters, every steam cap in Times Square blows its top. The air becomes a searing incandescent cloud, unfit for human lungs, unsupportive of human life.
N’astirh leans against the computer and stands over Taki, thinking to himself that this is so simple, so elegant, a computerized system for destruction. He remarks that he has made the machine, but cannot touch nor control it. However, he thinks there is a way, a terrible chance that he will lose all. His integrity as a demon. His flesh. His blood and soul. But, he thinks of the brilliant gain that will be his - the power - ultimate power! N’astirh watches as S’ym rises, eager to renew the conflict.
N’astirh decides that to accept defeat at S’ym’s hands is unthinkable, except…. His thoughts trail off as S’ym lunges at him, ‘Give it up, N’astirh! You got defeat coming! One touch and the techno-organic virus will transform you!’ S’ym shouts. The uber-demon’s clash, fist-to-fist as S’ym boasts that he is going to devour N’astirh like the power-plump pigeon that he is. ‘Devour me? I think not! I grasp victory…not defeat!’ N’astirh replies as he begins to overpower S’ym.
N’astirh’s body is transformed by the Transmode Virus and he calls S’ym a fool. S’ym replies, calling N’astirh the fool, as he points out that he is no longer a demon, merely a feast of living circuits to be drained by him at will. ‘Ah…but your will is not as strong as mine!’ N’astirh exclaims to a shocked S’ym, who is just discovering that N’astirh is draining his energy, wondering how this is possible.
Taki looks up at N’astirh, whose physical form has now increased and he has a orange-red color to him. N’astirh boasts that he is no pigeon to merely accept destruction, ‘I, N’astirh, am the destroyer!’ He boasts that his transformation will lead to ultimate power, ultimate control of the knowledge that he possesses - and will make him the dominant sorcerer in this universe! N’astirh points a clawed finger at the computer and remarks that by the foce4 of his magic the computer becomes a living organic entity.
Taki realises that N’astirh has found a way to touch the computer and control it himself, so begins to drag himself along the ground as N’astirh exclaims that by the powers of his touch, the computer becomes a thing of living circuits whose life energy and potential he absorbs into himself. ‘Mine will be the knowledge of its structure!’ he exclaims, ‘Mine the capacity to mimic its abilities!’ Taki realizes that N’astirh is techno-organic now, meaning he can change shapes and become the computer! ‘My friends…my world…in the hands of demons! My fault! All my fault!’
N’astirh “plugs” himself into the computer, declaring that he is the computer and the computer is him. ‘Circuit of my circuit…flesh of my flesh!’ N’astirh exclaims that he is techno-organically magical, that he is living enchantment, breathing spells. ‘Alive, yeah, but circuits too!’ Taki thinks to himself, as he remarks that he can still affect the circuits, ‘I’ve got to!’ he tells himself, while remembering that computers explode at a demon’s merest touch, and now N’astirh has more than touched the computer, he’s become a part of it.
Taki wonders what will happen to himself if he uses his powers to change the computer back to normal, before deciding ‘Who cares? After what I’ve done!’ Taki touches the computer where N’astirh can’t see him, telling himself that he has got to change it back, to make it real again - no matter how much it hurts! Wiz Kid strains to control the living circuitry, to lock it back into its real, non-living components. N’astirh, whose molecules are bonded to the computer, is caught in the trap - and the ensuing explosion blows a hole in the sky.
There is darkness. The N’asteris converse amongst themselves, noting that their master is gone, so has the pentagram. The portal between Earth and Limbo has been closed, so no more demons can enter Earth, but the remaining ones are trapped here. S’ym looks relieved, and tells the N’asteris and the other demons to listen to him, asking why they should go home when they have all they need on Earth. The demons follow S’ym, who remarks that N’astirh, through his pride and treachery, has fallen. S’ym boasts that his wise and powerful plan for conquest has prospered, and tells the demons to listen to his plan, because soon this world will belong to him!
The X-Terminators, Artie and Leech gather themselves as Rusty exclaims that the explosion blew the demons away from them, but where too. Sally asks where Taki is, and Artie and Leech find him, lying motionless on the ground nearby. At that moment, the New Mutants return to the ground, announcing that they have the babies. Warlock exclaims that they disrupted the pentagram, to which Cannonball remarks that it was some explosion, and asks the X-Terminators what they did, when he sees them gathered around a motionless Taki.
Rusty announces that it is okay, that Taki is alive, and Sally points out that he is crying. Rictor asks what they should tell him, to which Leech suggests they tell him the truth. Badly wounded, Taki mutters that it is his fault, ‘Those poor babies…’. Rusty assures Taki that the babies are all right, all ten of them. He then tells Taki that they won, that he defeated N’astirh, destroyed him, there is not a molecule in sight. ‘and the portal, dude! Your explosion shut it tight - you did it man! You saved the world!’
Taki replies that he thought he could, before telling everyone that they all did. ‘You and me and all the X-Terminators, we did it all together!’ Gosamyr then asks about S’ym and the other demons, to which Sunspot tells her they will deal with them later, but for now, the X-Terminators need their rest. ‘They’ve earned it!’


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Years ago
As they destroyed Cameron Hodge, Cyclops and Havok were cursed. 'Even your death will not protect you. In my hatred I will pursue you... even beyond the grave'. But Cyclops told Hodge not to count on it. 'You may be our own private nightmare... but it's time to wake up!'
Now'Where -? What -?' Cameron Hodge's head asks as it opens its eyes. 'It's okay. Everything is going to be okay' a voice calms Hodge. 'You're among friends. I'm Aldus Kluge, Genegineer of Genosha' the scientist introduces himself. 'Genegineer -! But that's-- you're not him' Hodge remarks. Kludge assures Hodge that he is the Genegineer.
Hodge's head is connected to cables and wires and he asks 'What's going on here? Where am I? Tell me or I'll -' he threatens the Genegineer, who interrupts him: 'You'll what? You're little more than a disembodied head. For the moment'. The Genegineer informs Hodge that his reanimation came courtesy of a mutant by the name of Triage – one with so-called healing powers, who was brought here to stem the tide of a plague he created to solve Genosha's mutant problem. 'But I manipulated him into restoring you... and this, the remains of Warlock, the New Mutant killed by your minions all those years ago' the Genegineer declares as he reaches for a yellow vial containing stands of the Transmode Virus, an alien virus that Warlock was a carrier of. Hodge remarks that he doesn't understand any of this. 'Don't worry, you will' the Genegineer assures Hodge, telling him that he will understand, will walk, and will live. 'And you'll purge the mutant / mutate plague from the shores of this once-great nation'.
Meanwhile, X-City, one hour after the Genoshan attack:Rachel Grey, Baroness of X-City and leader of the X-Men stands before some gathered X-Men. She thanks them all for volunteering: Storm, Thunderbird, Longshot, Ink and Storm. Several others – Gambit, Wolf Cub and Maggott observe the meeting. Rachel informs them that 4107 calculated that the five of them stand the greatest chance of success for rescuing their abducted friends. 'That said, the Extinction Plague is still virulent and there is no cure' Rachel adds. 'And, yet again, I'm thankful I'm not a mutant. Longshot neither' Ink points out. 'Which is why you two are on the team' Rachel remarks, adding that the rest are risking exposure to a disease with a one hundred percent fatality rate. 'Y'know what also has a one hundred percent fatality rate? Being an X-Man' Rockslide mutters. 'Think what Santo is trying to say is, “Let's get going”' Ink suggests.
Back on Genosha, at the Magistrate Containment Center, Rictor walks down a corridor lined with cells guarded by Magistrates. 'Yo, Rictor' calls out Wolverine from one of the cells. Rictor turns to the X-Man, who warns him that when he gets out of here. 'And I will – I'm gonna show you what your intestines taste like. Warn you, though, they're chewy' Rictor ignores Wolverine and walks over to the cell where Bombshell is being held captive. 'Hey, Tabby' he tells his old friend. 'Hey' Bombshell replies. Rictor tells her that he is sorry about this, and Bombshell tells him that she can understand why he would feel bad – his friends accidentally abducted her. 'Hate when that happens' she mutters. Rictor tells Rictor reminds Bombshell that they needed Triage, they needed Rogue. 'You were... collateral... and I'm sorry'. Bombshell hangs her head and touches the force field that keeps her captive. 'That's all right. Not the first time I've been kidnapped by Genoshans' she reminds Rictor. 'Remember? The Genoshans abducted us both. Years ago. Deja vu all over again. Except you're the abductor this time'.
Outside, at Hammer Bay, the Extinction Plague treatment has begun. Triage and Rogue are dressed  standing on a stage, with Havok and Wolfsbane at their side. Mutates approach them in an orderly fashion, as Rogue siphons off some of Triage's power so that she can also heal the infected. Havok thanks Rogue and Triage for doing this. 'You're welcome. Though Ah don't recall having a lot of say in the matter' Rogue responds. 'You see now what we're dealing with, Rogue. You know we had no choice' Havok remarks. 'Doesn't make it right' Rogue points out. Wolfsbane tells Triage that the sooner he and Rogue can cure the populace, the sooner the can all go home and everyone can put this behind them. 'Heh' Rogue laughs. Havok asks her if there is something funny about that. Rogue smirks and tells him that there is a whole lot, actually – starting with the notion that he thinks Rachel will be able to put this “behind” her. 'See?' Rogue adds as a jet appears above them. Havok looks worried. He radios the Press Gang, announcing that they have a security compromise right now at Hammer Bay. 'How'd they get past the air perimeter?' Wolfsbane asks. Havok tells her that it doesn't matter, for they are here now. With that, Rachel, Storm, Rockslide, Thunderbird and Ink drop down from the jet, Rockslide breaks up the ground upon impact.
Havok fires a plasma blast towards Rockslide and Thunderbird, and tells Rahne to get Triage and Rogue out of here, for keeping them safe is top priority. Karma looks down from the cliff overhanging the treatment area, while Wolfsbane tells Triage and Rogue that they can see what has been happening here, how bad the plague is. 'Will ye help us?' she asks them. 'You Genoshans sure have a funny way of asking' Triage replies. 'Ah think what Triage means is, you can all go to -' Rogue begins, before Karma suddenly takes possession of rogue. 'I was afraid ye'd feel that way. That's why Xi'an is here. To keep you on our side. Sorry' Wolfsbane tells Rogue, before asking Triage how he feels. 'Let me talk to Rachel' Triage asks nervously. 'No need, Christopher' Rachel announces telepathically as she appears overhead and fires a blast of energy from her Phoenix raptor. Havok leaps for safety as smoke rises from the explosion, and the possessed Rogue flies towards Rockslide. Rachel and Storm look up to the approaching jet, and Rachel telepathically tells Triage that there is genuinely nothing for them to discuss. Rogue punches Rockslide backwards as Triage tells Rachel that he disagrees, and announces that the Extinction Plague is worse than they thought. He adds that Genosha has enough worse without them levelling it. Rachel blasts the jet to pieces, but Bulletproof and Wicked leap from it just in time. 'They attacked us. They abducted our own' Rachel reminds Triage, before boasting that she aims to get Wolverine, Rogue, Triage and Tabby back by whatever means necessary.
Rachel then telepathically contacts Longshot and enquires as to his status. 'I'm close to the cells... I'll have our guys out in five minutes' Longshot responds as he takes out two magistrates, kicking their helmets in and knocking them to the ground. But suddenly, Rictor appears in the corridor and tells Longshot that it might take a little longer than that. 'This doesn't have to get messy' Longshot replies. 'Sure it does, Four-Fingers' Rictor responds as he tears up the floor with a seismic shock. Longshot leaps into the air and quotes “Four Fingers”, asking Rictor why he is calling him that, as he ducks and dives between large pieces of rubble from the floor that Rictor manipulates to try and hit him. But as Longshot tosses several throwing blades towards Rictor, he realizes why Rictor called him “Four Fingers”. 'Oh, well, that's actually almost clever'.
Rictor falls to the ground and lies motionless at Longshot's feet, while Wolverine and Bombshell appear at the force fields containing them in their cells. 'That was stone cold, Blondie' Wolverine remarks, adding that he likes it. Longshot tells Wolverine not to worry, as Rictor isn't dead, for the blades are just laced with a mild paralytic. 'I take it back then' Wolverine mutters. Longshot turns to Bombshell and asks her if she is all right. 'Fine. How many X-Men did you bring with you?' Tabby replies. 'Oh... enough' Longshot assures her.
Back outside, Bulletproof kicks Thunderbird over, while Rockslide slams his fist into the ground. Karma controls Rogue to engage Storm and Ink in combat, as Rachel unleashes some energy against Havok. 'Wicked? I could use a hand here, darlin' Bulletproof calls out to his teammate. Wicked appears and projects a large monstrous ghost towards Rockslide and asks Bulletproof what she has told him about calling her “darlin'”. 'Sorry. I mean to her, not you, Thunderbird' Bulletproof declares as he lunges at Thunderbird, pushing him backwards so that they both run off the edge of the a building and fall into the air. 'You I could punch all day long' Bulletproof tells the X-Man as they free-fall towards the ground.
'We're at a very critical stage here, Mr Hodge... the reanimation of the Transmode Virus into a usable form... and the grafting of it to the adamantium exoskeleton I constructed for you' the Genegineer announces as he taps at some panels that manipulate the strand of the Transmode Virus, and Hodge's head has been placed onto the exoskeleton. The Genegineer's eyes go wild as he tells Mr Hodge not to be concerned, as everything is proceeding as he has designed.
At Hammer Bay, Wolfsbane lashes out at Storm, who responds by blasting her with a surge of lightning. Down below, Thunderbird and Bulletproof emerge from the rubble of the road that broke up when they impacted with it. 'You hit hard, Thunderbird. I'll give you that much' Bulletproof remarks to Thunderbird, before noticing Wolfsbane plummeting towards him. 'Dammit, Rahne... I was really enjoying that particular scrap' Bulletproof declares as he leaps into the air and grabs Wolfsbane. 'Hang on...this is gonna hurt a bit' he tells her as they both plummet through the skylight of a building – which just happens to be the Genegineer's laboratory.
The Genegineer turns from the strands of Transmode Virus that he is working on, while Ink flies through the hole in the skylight. 'Ouch' he tells Bulletproof and Wolfsbane. 'Damn. It's that tattooed one...' Bulletproof mutters. Wolfsbane looks over and sees the Genegineer and tells him that it is not safe here. 'Oh my Lord' Wolfsbane then gasps as she looks up to see the exoskeleton and Hodge's head. 'Doctor. What've ye been doing here?' she asks, wide-eyed, while Bulletproof leaps up to take on Ink. 'Looking for the means to finish what my Extinction Plague started. The end of “Homo Superior”!' the Genegineer announces with gritted teeth.
'Ye CREATED the plague?' Wolfsbane screams. 'I'll kill ye for this...' Wolfsbane warns the Genegineer. 'About that, Rahne? Priorities?' Bulletproof calls out from above where he and Ink fight each other mid-air. 'Something I gotta tell you, buddy... I'm only throwing hands with you for the workout. I don't need to throw punches. See this tat? Wanna guess what it does?' Ink declares as he holds the palm of his hand to Bulletproof's face, the tattoo is of a nuclear symbol. He puts his hand to Bulletproof's head, 'They call you “Bulletproof” right? Would that include, I dunno, a nuke?' he asks as energy fills the room, and Wolfsbane and the Genegineer sheild their eyes. 'Simon!' Wolfsbane calls out as Bulletproof falls to the ground and crashes into the exoskeleton. 'Nooo! My work!' the Genegineer shouts. 'What the hell is this crap?' Bulletproof asks as the cables and wires are tangled around him. He gasps for air as the wires enter his mouth, 'Simon!' Wolfsbane screams as she rushes over to him, but Bulletproof is becoming completely covered in the the Transmode connected to the exoskeleton.
'What's happening tae him?' Wolfsbane asks the Genegineer. 'The Transmode Virus. The remains of your mutie sympathizer friend, Warlock. It's consuming him' the Genegineer explains. 'Get it to stop!' Wolfsbane exclaims. The Genegineer replies that he can't, and tells Wolfsbane that in any case, she seems to have other concerns, as someone smacks her over the head. Ink drops down to the ground as Wolverine, Bombshell and Longshot enter the lab. 'All right then...anybody wanna tell me what the hell's going on here?' Wolverine snarls. Ink pushes the Genegineer up against a wall and readies his fist for a punch, 'Sounds a whole lot like he's the Dr Mengele behind the Extinction Plague' Ink announces. 'Oh, goodie...someone to kill' Wolverine replies, readying his claws. 'Me first!' a voice calls out. 'Simon...?' Wolfsbane utters as she sees Bulletproof in the exoskeleton lunge at the Genegineer. 'This is for Genosha, you $#%&!' Bulletproof calls out from within the armor, tendrils extending from his arm around the Genegineer. 'Puh... please... don't...' the Genegineer stammers, before spiked tendrils are shoved into his body, splattering blood everywhere. 'Damn, that's cold. I like this guy' Wolverine remarks, unaware that a large figure suddenly rises behind he, Bombshell, Longshot, Wolfsbane and Ink. 'Um...guys...I think we've got a new problem' Bombshell announces as she notices the shadow looming over them.
Everyone turns to see the large form of Cameron Hodge looming over them. 'Well, Wolverine. You wanted someone to kill' Longshot points out. 'Cameron Hodge...alive' Wolfsbane gasps. 'Kinda had someone in mind who wasn't already dead' Wolverine mutters as Hodge's spindly fingers reach out for the mutants....


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Genosha, where Alex “Havok” Summers and Scott “Cyclops” Summers are unleashing the full force of their mutant powers against the hate-filled Cameron Hodge. 'Your time is over, Hodge. The mutants of Genosha will no longer be subjugated to your will. So why don't you stop talking and hurry up and die already' Havok shouts, but Cameron Hodge boasts  that there is nothing that can be done to silence him. 'I am your worst nightmare, for I have made a deal with a demon and cannot die!' he exclaims. Hodge's head lies on the ground and he tells the Summers' brothers that even their own deaths will not protect them from his vengeance, as in his hatred he will pursue them, even from beyond the grave. 'Genosha is and always will be mine!' he declares.
'I'm finished with this ranting lunatic! Ric, ye said ye'd shake down the citadel!' Rahne Sinclair a.k.a. Wolfsbane snarls as she lashes out with her claws at Hodge's head. 'I read you, Rahne!' Rictor calls out. 'If that horror won't die... we'll bury him alive!' An instant later, Rictor's vibration powers topple the citadel in the middle of Genosha, and the rubble buries Hodge's head.
'Genosha's military has temporarily seized control of the government... pending lawful elections' Chief Magistrate Anderson announces. Standing before her are Cyclops, Havok, Wolverine a.k.a. Logan and Rachel Grey. 'Which will be never. A speech filled with half-truths, Anderson. To cover your dirty little world' Wolverine points out. 'Half-truths which will protect our mutates from outside exploitation' Anderson explains. Havok suddenly announces that he will be staying, to make certain that the mutates are no longer exploited from within. 'I'm staying also!' a voice calls out – it's the mutated Wolfsbane. 'You? Rahne... why?' Rictor asks. Rahne reminds him that Hodge's experiment changed her – she is a mutate now, and her place is here with the others that Hodge brainwashed and enslaved. 'I need to help them... and to try to ensure that some good comes of the horror that was done to me...and to those others'.
Now:Genosha:'Press Gang, where are you?' Havok radios his team from atop a building made out of rubble and scrap. He, Wolfsbane and an armor-wearing Chief Magistrate Anderson are doing their best to keep back a horde of mutates on day three of the food riot. 'They said the're five minutes out' Anderson reports. 'They said that six minutes ago' Havok snaps back as his plasma energy blasts down amongst the mutates. Anderson kicks one back off the building, and Wolfsbane stands in front of Havok. 'Press Gang ten seconds out' a voice can be heard over the communicator. 'I like that you think this mob's not gonna tear us apart in the next ten seconds' Havok mutters. 'Terms of engagement?' one of the Press Gang asks. 'No -' Wolfsbane begins. 'Permission to use lethal force?' someone enqures. 'No lethal force, Press Gang' Wolfsbane declares, but gets no response. 'Hello? De ye copy?' Wolfsbane asks, looking up at a jet which hovers above them, 'Hell yeah, we copy!' exclaims Simon Locke a.k.a. Bulletproof as he drops from the jet, bullets fired by the mutates stopping against his bulletproof form. More members of the Press Gang follow, as Rictor drops down near Chief Magistrate Anderson who tells Bulletproof that the mutates are hungry and frightened. 'We quell the situation with minimal injuries' she reports. 'To them or us?' Rictor asks.
'Karma?' Wolfsbane calls out to Xi'an Coy Manh who wears a helmet and some armor and declares that she can only possess two, maybe three, people at a time. 'This is a mob, in case you haven't been paying attention' she snaps.
A large monstrous shape with several heads appears amongst the mutates, 'What are you people doing?' one of the heads shouts. 'You shame us with your chaos!' another head exclaims. 'Shame us...' a third declares. The monster is really ghosts, summoned by Wicked. 'Looks like Wicked's got their attention, Havok' Anderson points out. 'Calming 'em down by scaring the holy **** out of them. Interesting strategy' Anderson adds. 'It's working, is the point' Havok replies, before touching his communicator and announcing 'Okay, “Charlie”. You're up'.
At that moment, a voice shouts 'STOP!' and the mutates all turn to see Professor Charles Xavier, legs in a harness that enables him to walk, standing on a rooftop looking down over them all. 'My friends, I beg you to calm yourselves!' Xavier pleads. He tells them that he knows they are hungry and that he knows all hope seems lost.
'It's him!' someone whispers amongst the crowd of mutates. 'Oh my God...' another utters. 'It's him!' another exclaims. 'He's here' someone utters. 'Never seen him in person...' one points out. 'The Extinction Plague... its effect on our neighbors and our economy... this wildfire of disease which has infected this once green and pleasant land... I know it is a hardship. But this... this rioting and panic and descending into nothing more than a mob... this is not who we are!' Xavier exclaims. The Press Gang stand together and look up at Xavier, who tells the mutates that no matter what challenges they are facing, they cannot give in to fear. Xavier asks the mutates to disperse and go home to their friends and families, to trust in the government and trust in the magistrates. 'They are working on a solution to what ails us all' Xavier announces. 'Xavier for president!' a blue-skinned mutate cries out. 'Xavier for president!' the other mutates start to chant, throwing their fists into the air.
'Yeah, “Xavier for president”. How long do you think that can last?' Havok asks soon after inside a tower in the center of Genosha as the Press Gang regroup after the riot. Wolfsbane reminds Havok that that is the one advantage about being cut off from the rest of the world – nobody in Genosha knows Charles Xavier is actually dead. 'For now. Raven's convincing, but the truth always gets out' Havok replies, as Raven Darkholme a.k.a. Mystique switches from being Charles Xavier back into her default form.
Wicked declares that they are trying to hold an entire government together with both hands, spit and bailing wire. Mystique then asks where the Genegineer is at finding a cure for this “mutant plague”. 'Nowhere, I'm afriad' Wicked replies. At that moment, Dr Aldus Kluge the Genegineer enters and reports that this morning he did determine why a cure has eluded his best efforts. He states that the virus spontaneously modifies its genetic code – it is in a constant state of evolution. 'Much like the mutants it affects' he adds, looking at Wolfsbane, who tells the Genegineer that she doesn't give a wit about irony, and reminds him that they need a cure, or this country's gonna tear itself into pieces.
Shortly, in Doomstadt, where Havok and Wolfsbane stand before Lord Doom, who tells them that they have his sympathies, but not his forgiveness. Galactus stands outside Doomstadt, while Susan Storm, Sheriff Strange and King Thor stand near Doom who is seated on his strange throne. Doom tells Havok and Wolfsbane that their presence here defies the quarantine in place around Genosha to prevent their disease from spreading beyond its shores. Wolfsbane tells Lord Doom that they would not be here if the situation weren't so desperate. 'The matters of mutantkind concern me not. Plead your case to Baron Grey' Doom replies. Havok tells him that they have, but she won't break the quarantine to help them. 'A wise decision' Doom remarks, pointing out that if the disease spread beyond Genosha, mutants would be extinct within months. 'Lord Doom, we are begging -' Wolfsbane exclaims, moving closer to Doom, who declares 'Return them', and Sheriff Strange raises a hand, causing the Winds of Watoomb to wash over Havok and Wolfsbane, and they vanish. 'Mutants. A blight upon the world' Doom snarls.
Back on Genosha:'How'd it go?' Chief Magistrate Anderson asks as Havok and Wolfsbane re-materialize in some sort of communications center. Wolfsbane utters some expletives and rushes over to a console where she presses some buttons. 'I didn't think you even knew profanity, Rahne. I guess that answers my questions' Anderson remarks, while Havok asks Rahne what she is doing. Rahne reminds him that Lord Doom suggested they “plead their case” to Phoenix, so that is what she is doing. 'We've already gone fifteen rounds with her, sweetie -' Havok begins, before a projection of Rachel Grey appears before them. 'Phoenix -' Rahne begins. 'Baron Grey' Rachel corrects her. 'And I'm truly sorry Lord Doom's denied Genosha's request for assistance' Rachel declares, adding that circumstances have not changed since the last time they had this discussion. 'Actually, that's not true. Things are much worse here, Baron Grey' Havok states. Chief Magistrate Anderson informs the Baron that the Extinction Plague is spreading faster than anyone anticipated. 'Our people are living in fear. Food riots are breaking out all over the country'.
Baron Grey offers to triple the drone airdrops that they have been flying over Genosha and send more food. 'We need more than stopgaps. We need Triage' Rahne announces. 'We've been over this, Rahne' Baron Grey reminds Wolfsbane, who declares that Triage's power could cure everyone on Genosha, and with Rogue's help, they could double the rate. 'You could violate the quarantine and expose everyone to a deadly disease that can wipe out their entire species. 'If you send Triage here, there won't be a disease -' Havok begins, but Baron Grey interrupts and declares that Hank calculates a thirty-six percent change Triage's power won't be enough, and if it is not, there is an eighty-six percent chance that the Extinction Plague will kill everyone within six months. 'For the last time... my heart breaks for what you are contending with. No one more than me knows what it's like to face death. But I have to think about the rest of mutantkind. I can have no other agenda' Baron Grey replies, before ending the communication.
'Damn that glaykit!' Wolfsbane shouts, dropping to the floor. 'There's another option' Chief Magistrate Anderson suggests. 'Don't keep it to yourself' Havok tells her. 'If Rachel won't send Triage and Rogue here... then we go to X-Topia... and take them' Anderson announces. Havok and Wolfsbane just stare back at her.
Meanwhile, in X-Topia Province, X-City, home of the X-Men:Baron Grey and Hank McCoy a.k.a. The Beast walk through the city grounds, 'It's so wrong, Hank. It borders on evil' Rachel tells him. Hank replies that it is practical, which one has to be when facing extinction. 'Haven't we lost enough over the years?' Hank adds as they pass several gravestones. Several of the markings can be seen – Mirage. Colossus. Maggott. Stacy X. Amanda Wagner-Parker a.k.a. Spider-Crawler. One looks like it is marked Warlock. 'And you truly don't think Triage and Rogue can solve this?' Rachel asks. Hank tells her that he truly doesn't think it is worth the risk. He points out that Genosha is one country, one island. 'As hard as it is, it's your job to keep your eye on the big picture. And it's your job because it's hard' Hank adds.
Back on Genosha:'I don't know what to do... but Anderson's right' a shirtless Havok remarks as he lies in bed. 'Invading X-Topia is wrong' Wolfsbane replies as she lies next to Alex, who asks 'Isn't what Rachel's doing wrong?' 'What's that saying? “Two wrongs dinnae make a right”?' Rahne replies. Alex tells her that all he knows is, whoever came up with that quote wasn't dealing with what they are. Alex adds that Triage is the only way they can save things here – save people here, and the X-Men won't even send him. 'We don't even know if the X-Men would let him come here voluntarily' Alex points out. 'So we have to go get him' he states. 'And cross how many moral lines? Hurt how many of our friends in the process?' Rahne asks. 'God willing... as few as humanly possible' Alex tells her. He adds that he honestly doesn't know, but that he does know if Scott was still alive, this is what he'd do.
The next morning, in the hangar bar, Havok, Wolfsbane, Mystique, Rictor, Karma, Wicked, Bulletproof and Chief Magistrate Anderson have gathered. 'About #$%&#$%& time's all I can say...' Bulletproof declares. 'There's a proper time to go to war with our friends, Locke? Good to know' Karma retorts. 'If you think they're still our friends after what their selfishness has put us through, Xi'an, then you really haven't been paying attention' Bulletproof tells her.
Standing away from the others, Mystique tells Wolfsbane that she approves this plan, that it is worthy of her. 'That's what worries me' Wolfsbane mutters, turning to Alex, she adds that she didn't think she could feel any worse about this already. 'Don't mind her. She's just having a tough time with this' Havok tells the others.
'Mr Havok, Sir?' Wicked calls out. 'It's Alex' Havok replies. Wicked informs him that her power, she doesn't have specific control over it, that she can manifest apparitions, ghosts when she needs to, but she doesn't have much control over which ghosts. 'Wicked, we're kinda on a clock, here...' Havok points out.
A green glow starts to rise from Wicked, who explains that sometimes, not all the time, but sometimes, a certain spirit will assert him or herself, and she really has no control. 'What are you -?' Havok begins, before a voice calls out 'Hello, Alex. This is strange, I'm not used to being dead'. Havok looks up to see his brother, Cyclops, emerging from Wicked's green energy. He changes costumes from his original, to another early costume, to his blue and white X-Factor costume, and tells Havok that he knows what he is planning, what he is going to do. 'I'm here, Alex, reaching out to you from the other side to ask you... to beg you... don't do it'.
Havok listens to his dead brother, who reminds him that this is not the first time Genoshan magistrates tried abducting X-Men. 'Then, you weren't in your right mind. Now you are' Cyclops adds, telling Alex that no matter what he thinks he is doing for Genosha, no matter how just he thinks his actions are, the cost is going to be more than he can bear. Alex looks to the ground and Cyclops's ghostly form disappears. 'Everyone... get aboard. We're leaving' Havok instructs the Press Gang.
The jet takes off across the ocean, and inside, Havok sits at the controls. Wolfsbane is seated next to him. Karma and Rictor sit behind them, with Bulletproof and Wicked seated at the rear, and Chief Magistrate Anderson stands next to them. 'You nervous, Ric?' Karma asks. 'Nah, it's just the entire X-Men' Rictor replies. 'I meant about seeing Boom-Boom again' Karma explains. 'Heard she's calling herself “Bombshell” now' Rictor reveals. 'I'm serious, how do you feel?' Karma exclaims. 'Honestly? It's a much better name than “Boom-Boom”, I mean, really...' Rictor jokes. 'You know what I mean' Karma tells him. 'I did' Rictor responds. 'And?' Karma asks. Rictor points out that X-City is occupied by the X-Men, X-Force, X-Caliber, the Uncannies, X-Genesis and the Newer Mutants, so there will literally be hundreds of mutants there. 'The odds of me running into Tabitha for, like, the 45 minutes this operation's gonna take are infinitesimal' he declares. 'So you're in denial' Karma points out. 'Completely' Rictor replies. Havok stands up and tells everyone to get ready, as they are less than two minutes out.
Meanwhile, at X-City, several mutants are playing X-pickup baseball, game number 1,065. Anole, Graymalkin, Magma, Bombshell, Nightcrawler and Graymalkin can all be seen on the field, while Strong Guy is the catcher, Shadowcat readies the bat as Rogue prepares to pitch. 'Swing batta! Swing batta! C'mon, Rogue, give 'im your fastball! Kitty's an easy out!' Nightcrawler exclaims. Rogue tells Nightcrawler to shut up, reminding him that Kitty has been up twice already and both times she's gotten on base. Wolverine calls out to them, telling them to shut up and just play already, when suddenly, 'What the flamin...' Wolverine begins, as a jet appears overhead, and opens fire on the baseball pitch. 'Incoming!' Rogue shouts as she ducks for cover. Nightcrawler teleports away while Rockslide covers Anole. The Press Gang drop from the jet, 'They're down, team! Let's keep 'em that way!' Havok calls out. 'Thank God. Haven't wanted to tell anybody this, but I flamin hate baseball!' Wolverine mutters as he leaps towards Wicked, claws ready as a ghost starts to form around her Wicked.
'3... 2... 1... music to my ears – the sound of my time bombs taking out yet another bad guy!' Bombshell exclaims as she knocks Wolfsbane back with several bursts of plasma energy. 'Except we're not the bad guys here, Tabitha' Rictor calls out to his friend as he breaks up the ground with a siesmic blast, knocking Strong Guy off his feet. 'Could someone please explain to me what the freakin' friggy frig is frigging going on?' Anole calls out. 'Holy cripes, you guys are a special kind of stupid! Attacking us on our home turf? There's only five of you... and... one... two... three... four... five... there's, like, a lot more of us!' Rockslide shouts as he rushes towards Havok, who blasts him back with a powerful surge of energy. 'Just remember, you brought this on yourselves. You left us with no other option!' Havok tells the X-Men.
Back in the jet, Chief Magistrate Anderson is at the controls, 'Phase one commenced... phase two assets in place. Commencing'. She then radios Genegineer Kluge, who is back in Genosha in his laboratory, standing over a table mostly obscured by a white sheet. The communications system informs the Genegineer that there is an incoming message communique from the Chief Magistrate. 'Take a message' the Genegineer snaps. The message system reports that the comm is labeled urgent, priority one. 'Put her through' the Gengineer calls out. 'Hello?' he asks the Chief Magistrate, who reports that phase two is starting. She gets no response, so calls out to the Genegineer, who assures her that he heard her. He is using some fine tools on the subject laid out before him. Anderson informs the Genegineer that ops plan anticipates Rogue and Triage will be in Genosha within eight hours. 'Are you prepared to receive them and expedite treatment?' she enquires. 'Oh, I wouldn't worry...' the Genegineer replies. Anderson tells him that he seems distracted. 'Oh, yes. Sorry. I'm in the midst of an experiment... and it's at a rather delicate stage' the Genegineer replies as he works on the head of Cameron Hodge...!


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Five Minutes Ago:X-City:Baron Rachel Grey and the Beast walk across one of the bridges that spread across the city. 'What are they doing now?' Rachel asks. 'You realize that you've asked me that question every five minutes since I brought them here, Rachel' the Beast points out. 'That's not true, but if it was, what would you take from that?' Rachel responds. 'That you're a little concerned about them' the Beast replies. Rachel asks why she would be concerned about them. The Beast tells Rachel that she is almost there, but that sarcasm really isn't her thing. 'Hank -' Rachel begins. 'It doesn't work for you' the Beast remarks. 'Where are they? Where are they right now?' Rachel enquires. 'They're not screwing up the Time-Space Continuum if that's what you're asking' Hank assures Rachel, who tells him that they are going to have to disagree on that, and sternly asks again 'Where are they?' Hank sighs and narrows his eyes.
'Thunderbird is out for a run and generally enjoying not being dead' Hank begins, adding that Wolverine is watching a pick-up baseball game. Hank remarks that it is hard to tell whether he's ever happy, but he imagines that Wolverine is not only pleased with being not-dead, but also having avoided the panoply of emotional and physical traumas he had suffered in the years before he died. Hank reports that Banshee is participating in a training session with a few other X-Men in Danger Building Gamma, also happy not to be dead.
'What the hell were you thinking, Hank?' Rachel asks. 'We've been over this...' Hank reminds Rachel. 'Were you thinking?' Rachel asks. 'Yes. I'm always thinking. It's something of a burden' Hank retorts, before telling Rachel that in this particular instance he was thinking about two things – firstly that the time-transplanted X-Men are an experiment, proof of concept that they can bring their dead back by taking them from the time before they passed away. He points out that in this case, they took Banshee, Wolverine and Thunderbird just after the Krakoa mission. 'And the second reason?' Baron Grey asks without looking at Hank.
'There's going to be a major calamity – it's inevitable – and I thought we could all use a perspective from a simpler time' Hank explains. 'You know, no matter how many times you say it, it sounds like you messed with history as a morale-building exercise' Rachel remarks. 'You heard the part about “calamity”, right?' Hank asks.
'What makes you think such a calamity is on the horizon?' Rachel enquires, when, as if on cue, there is an explosion nearby. 'I did not have that planned' the Beast assures Rachel, who announces that she is psi-linked with everyone on the ball field – and it is the Genoshans. 'It's Alex and Rahne' Rachel declares. 'What could they possibly be doing here?' Hank asks. It isn't obvious?' Rachel responds. 'They think we've turned a blind eye to their virus epidemic. This is payback'.
Now:'Holy cripes you guys are a special kind of stupid, Havok! Attacking us on our home turf? There's only five of you, and... one... two... three... four... five... there,s like, a lot more of us!' Rockslide exclaims as he rushes towards Havok, who unleashes a powerful surge of plasma energy. 'Shut the #$%& up, Santo' Alex shouts back. Rictor uses his vibration power to break up the ground, knocking Shadowcat and Lockheed into the air, while Anole manages to climb onto a chunk of land. 'We're not the bad guys here, Tabitha… you guys are!' Rictor tells Bombshell as he grabs her arm. 'Sure doesn't seem that way' Bombshell replies. 'Did you forget you turned your backs on whole nation of mutants, your own kind? Did you think we weren't going to do something about it?' Rictor shouts.
A Phoenix raptor energy signature appears around Rachel as she takes flight, 'Omega level security breach. Baseball field' Rachel telepathically announces. 'To me, my X-Men!' she orders. Standing near an X-Jet, Storm, Gambit, Longshot, Tempus and Ink receive the message, while Sunspot, Maggott, Magma and Bishop are on the field, ready for action.
Wolfsbane warns Havok that they are running out of time. 'Got it, Rahne. Phase two...' Havok begins as he fires a blast of plasma, 'Anole, get down!' Shadowcat declares, pushing Anole backwards, the plasma energy strikes her. 'Kitty!' someone shouts. Rogue calls out to Nightcrawler, informing him that Kitty is down and it looks bad. 'I see her' Nightcrawler replies as he teleports down to Kitty. At the same time, Havok's teammate in the Press Gang, Bombshell, lunges at rogue, pushing her backwards. 'Let's get you to the infirmary' Nightcrawler tells Kitty as he picks her up and teleports away.
An instant later, within X-City, at the Scott Summers Memorial Hospital, 'Dr Reyes, Kitty needs you...' Kurt calls out to Cecilia Reyes, who asks what happened to her. 'She took a blast of focused cosmic energy. Point blank' Kurt puts Kitty on a bed, 'Dr Reyes -' he begins, but Reyes tells him to be quiet, as she is working. She starts to examine the motionless Kitty, 'Dr Reyes, is she going to be -' Kurt asks. 'Not if you don't let me work' Reyes snaps, before reporting that Kitty has a punctured lung, pneumothorax and a ton of internal bleeding, meaning this is serious. 'I need Triage. I need him right now' Reyes announces. 'Where is -?' Kurt begins. Reyes brings up some sort of monitor and reports that he is somewhere in this city. 'You find him and you bring him here. Do it five minutes ago' Reyes snaps. Kurt teleports away immediately.
Back on the baseball pitch, the battle continues, while in the air above, the Press Gang's vessel hovers, with Chief Magistrate Anderson inside. 'Phase three asset on site...' she remarks. 'Okay, runt. Fastball Special time' Rogue exclaims as she grabs Wolverine with her organic-steel arm. 'Um, Rogue... what the heck is a flamin’ “Fastball Special”?' Wolverine asks. 'Oh' he utters as he is thrown into the air. Claws at the ready, Wolverine strikes the Press Gang's ship, which explodes. 'Fastball Special... I like it' Wolverine remarks as he falls towards the ground. Mid-air, he encounters Baron Grey and the Beast. 'You're late, Red' Wolverine points out. 'Sorry... I was gathering a few friends' Rachel tells him, as Storm, Gambit and the others appear below. 'TAM!' Wolfsbane screams as the wreckage of their vessel lands nearby. 'She's gone, Rahne! She's gone. Along with our Quinjet' Havok points out. He then uses his communicator to contact Karma, and informs her that there is a change of plans.
Baron Grey hovers over Alex and Wolfsbane and tells them that she is very disappointed. 'Wicked... it's time for a family reunion' Havok calls out. Green ghosts rise around Rachel – they all resemble deceased members of the Grey family. “Disappointed” one of them calls out. 'That's a word you could use...' one of them adds '...to describe us' another remarks. 'Your family' one of them calls out. 'Your cousin' another declares. 'Your blood'. 'Your grandfather'. Rachel looks confused. 'No... no... get away... get away from me!' she screams as she flies upwards, the Phoenix raptor blazing around her.
'This is nae right...' Wolfsbane utters to Havok, who tells Karma that she is up. Karma announces that she has control of Rogue, as she takes psychic possession of their quarry. 'Hey, dipwads!' Ink calls out as he, Storm and Armor move towards Havok and Wolfsbane. Storm tells Rahne that she is especially disappointed in her. 'You left us no choice, Storm!' Rahne exclaims as she lunges into the air towards Storm.
Havok fires a blast towards Armor and reminds Ink that this wouldn't be happening if the X-Men just helped them. 'This wouldn't be happening if you guys weren't such #$%&#$%&' Ink replies. Bulletproof slams his fist into some machinery that is controlled and moving towards him, while Havok contacts Karma, asking her what the situation is. 'Give me about ten more seconds, Alex' Karma replies through the possessed Rogue, who flies towards Rachel Grey, 'Beddytime, sweetheart' Karma tells Rachel as she uses Rogue to drain Rachel's energy. Rachel plummets to the ground, as the Phoenix raptor blazes around rogue. 'The X-Men and Press Gang look up at the sky, 'Sorry, Tabby' Rictor tells Bombshell.
Back at the Scott Summers Memorial Hospital:'All right... I have Triage' Nightcrawler announces as he teleports in. 'Don't throw up. Don't throw up' Triage tells himself. 'Christopher Muse?' Reyes asks. 'Yeah. We've met. I've been in here, like, a dozen times -' Triage replies. 'You're right, of course. My mistake' Reyes replies, before firing something from her gloves at both Nightcrawler and Triage, knocking them both out. Suddenly, Reyes disappears as Mystique reveals her true form. She radios Alex, reporting that she has Triage. 'Come get us' she tells Havok, who replies that there has been a change of plans. 'What do you mean “change of plans”?' Mystique enquires.
Back on the battlefield, Havok reports to Mystique that she is going to have to bring Triage here. 'You're joking, surely' is Mystique's response. 'Quickly, please' Havok replies as he dodges a lightning blast fired at him by Storm, while Banshee has joined the battle and floats nearby, and Rogue, still possessed by Karma, streaks across the sky with the Phoenix raptor surrounding her, she sends energy down to the ground, striking some of the X-Men. Nearby, 'Okay, so I've got a question...' Tempus begins. 'Isn't Rogue supposed to be on our side, Tempus?' Longshot asks. 'So you've got the same question' Tempus points out, as Karma suddenly takes possession of her. 'They must have a telepath. Someone with psychic powers' Longshot realizes. 'Close' Tempus declares, fully possessed, she smacks Maggott in the back of the head. 'Nice. How many bodies can you take control of at once, Xi'an?' Longshot asks, 'Don't worry. My powers don't work on alien physiology, Longshot' Karma reveals through Tempus. 'Which is why I'm controlling this guy' she adds as she takes possession of the Beast, who pulls Longshot backwards.
Through Tempus, Karma tells Alex and Wolfsbane that if they are leaving, they had best do so now. She points out that she has possessed Tempus so they have got their ride out of here, but she is maxing out her possession bandwidth now. Longshot and Gambit approach the possessed Beast, while the possessed Rogue knocks Storm back, and Wicked confronts Anole. 'Where's Mystique? We can't leave without her' Havok calls out, asking Karma if she can use Tempus' powers to teleport Mystique here. 'Not blind I can't. If she's not in the infirmary...' Karma responds through Rogue. 'She's nae in the infirmary' Wolfsbane calls out. 'How do you know?' Havok asks her, blasting Anole, he then notices Mystique, with Triage slumped over her shoulders. 'Ah. Welcome to the party, Raven. He tells her that he hopes she enjoyed her stint as Dr Reyes. 'Are we going? I would really like to be going now' Mystique replies. Havok tells Karma to get them out of here. Havok, Wolfsbane, Bulletproof, Rictor, Wicked, Karma and Mystique carrying Triage gather together, and still possessing Tempus, whose time bubble starts to wrap around them, Karma remarks that she is going to have the mother of all migraines when this is over.
'Nope. No flamin' way am I letting you guys bug out...' Wolverine declares as he moves closer to the time bubble, which also spread towards where Bombshell and Graymalkin lay on the ground. 'Wolverine?' the Beast calls out. 'Name's Logan, actually' Wolverine remarks. 'Don't wait up for me' he exclaims as he dives into the time bubble. 'Logan?' the Beast calls out, but too late, as the time bubble vanishes.
'Nailed it' Karma remarks as as the Press Gang arrives back on Genosha – with Triage, Tempus, Rogue, Wolverine, Graymalkin and Bombshell. Havok instructs Rictor and Wicked to get the prisoners secured – with full containment protocols. 'Those “prisoners” were our friends' Rictor points out. 'If they were, we never would have had to do what we just did' Havok replies. Karma asks Rictor and Wicked to take Tempus and Rogue, too, as she is spent controlling them.
'My God, you did it...' Dr Aldus Kluge a.k.a. The Genegineer gasps as he enters the room. 'Which one's the healer?' the Genegineer enquires. 'The boy. His name's Christopher' Wolfsbane tells him as Bulletproof picks Triage up when the Genegineer asks him to take “Christopher” to his lab. 'I'll need to run a few tests to confirm his mutation will be effective against the Extinction Plague' the Genegineer announces. “A few tests” Wolfsbane quotes. 'To see if we sold our souls for nothing' she tells Alex. 'You can't think like that' Alex tells her. 'Of course I can' Rahne replies. 'And you should, too' she adds, throwing her hands into the air as she walks past Mystique and Karma.
In his lab, the Genegineer stands before a monitor, while Christopher's body is levitated above a table, and a shadowy form looms over him. 'Well, “Christopher” here we are. I apologise for keeping you in this manner' the Genegineer remarks. 'And for talking to you while you're unconscious' he adds, remarking that it is all in service of getting his power to work properly. The shadowy figure is rfevealed to be the head and neck of Cameron Hodge, as the Genegineer admits that he lied a bit about how he will be using that power. 'I've got an old friend that could use your help' he explains. The Genegineer connects two cables, and assures Christopher that he is using him to stop a plague, that much is true – but he is going to need Mr Hodge's assistance – to eradicate the plague that is called “mutants”!
'What just happened?' Rachel Grey asks back in X-City as she hovers over the destroyed baseball field. The Beast, Longshot and Storm gather themselves and look around at the destruction. 'We had out butts well and truly kicked, I believe' the Beast points out. 'I mean...how did it come to this?' Rachel asks. 'You think if we helped Genosha like they asked, this wouldn't have happened?' the Beast enquires. 'Don't you?' Rachel responds. The Beast pauses, before replying that he doesn't know. He tells Rachel that what he does know, is that this “Extinction Plague” is aptly named, and they did the proper thing in observing the quarantine. 'The “proper thing”' Rachel quotes. 'Is that what we're calling cowardice?' she asks. Hank hangs his head and tells Rachel that his point is that the quarantine was a legitimate consideration – one they must turn to now, for if any of the Genoshans were infected, they could have brought the disease here. 'And if, God forbid, they did, then we're facing the end of the mutant race' Hank announces.
Rachel levitates Hank into the air, 'What of the injured?' she asks. Hank reports that there was blunt trauma, a few fractures, nothing serious – even Shadowcat only has concussion. 'They were holding back' Rachel realizes. Hank tells Rachel not to lose sight for a second of the fact that the Genoshans attacked them. 'I'm trying not to lose sight of anything' Rachel replies, before asking if they know who was abducted. Hank reports that Bombshell, Graymalkin and Wolverine, along with most of those Karma was possessing during the battle were taken. Rachel asks Hank to spread the word, she needs people for a mission to Genosha to get their people back. 'Finally, an ounce of sense' Hank mutters. Rachel reminds Hank that the team will be exposing themselves to the plague, so she needs volunteers. 'I'm sure there won't be any shortage' Hank responds. Rachel tells Hank that it isn't that simple, as they are not going up against Magneto or Sentinels or Cassandra Nova – they are invading a foreign country populated by old friends. 'We're going to war!'


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Genosha, thirty seconds after Cameron Hodge's resurrection, where the diabolical madman Hodge has been merged with the Transmode Virus, and his body is pushed from the Genegineer's lab by the Press Gang member Bulletproof, whose body has also recently been merged with the Transmode Virus. As they plummet to the ground below, Wolfsbane peers out over the edge of the opening in the wall, as four X-Men – Wolverine, Bombshell, Longshot and Ink – gather around her. The shirtless Wolverine declares that somebody better start explaining things to him in a way that makes sense, or else he is going to start slicing body parts off of folks. 'Cameron Hodge hates mutants. He was dead and now he isn't' Wolfsbane responds. 'She's succinct. You have to give her that' Bombshell points out, while Wolfsbane adds that Genegineer Kludge somehow managed to meld Hodge's remains with a Transmode Techno-Organic Virus. 'Transmode -? You mean like Warlock?' Bombshell asks. Wolfsbane touches the communicator in her ear and contacts Havok, informing him that they have a new problem.
'Sorry, Wolfsbane... I'm a little preoccupied at the moment with our old problem' Havok responds from where he and the other Press Gang members – Karma, Rictor, Wicked and Mystique – are battling Rachel Grey, Storm, Thunderbird, and Rockslide of the X-Men. The Press Gang have a possessed Rogue on their side, while Triage is running around somewhere in the battle.
Havok casts energy towards Rachel Grey, whose own energy is directed back at Havok. Wicked conjures some ghosts, while Karma controls Rogue, who attacks Rockslide. 'Sorry, Rogue. When you wake up, try to remember the only reason I hit you is you were under Karma's control!' Rockslide exclaims as he knocks Rogue out.
Suddenly: 'Stant down, Santo. That's an order' a voice calls out. Rockslide turns to see Rachel Grey a few feet behind him, holding a large weapon. 'Baron Grey? What's going on?' Rockslide asks. 'Don't you remember the briefing? The Genoshans have a shape-shifter. Moron' Mystique replies as she switches back to her default form and blasts Rockslide at close-range with the weapon. 'Rockslide!' Triage shouts as he rushes over to Mystique. Behind him, Habok can be seen blasting Storm, while Thunderbird is caught up in some ghosts conjured by Wicked. Triage asks Mystique if he is going to have to hurt her now, to which Mystique tells the younger mutant that he can try, but he better hope his healing power works on himself.
Havok tells Rachel as the two continue to blast each other with energy that she has to admit this is pretty ironic that she wouldn't come to Genosha to help them, but was more than happy to violate the quarantine to fight them. 'We came here to get back the teammates who your team kidnapped, Havok. Turn them over, unharmed, and we'll go' Rachel responds, when, suddenly, Graymalkin appears, announcing that Longshot already freed them. Rachel stops blasting Havok and asks Graymalkin where Wolverine and Bombshell are. Graymalkin informs her that they are with Longshot as they went to deal with Wolfsbane. Rachel looks over to Havok and tells him that it is over, he has lost. 'Hold tight to that thought – I'm talking to Rahne... she just told me that Cameron Hodge is alive...' Havok responds, delivering the bad news with a concerned look on his face.
'How long?!' Cameron Hodge booms as he extends his fingers, wrapping them around Bulletproof as if they were tentacles. 'How long have I been asleep?' he asks. Bulletproof morphs his body so that a shield comes up between him and Hodge. 'Don't ask me, pal. I'm still trying to figure out what that Techno-Virus gunk did to me' Bulletproof responds, adding 'Plus, I'm pretty sure you weren't asleep. You were dead'. He then tells Hodge that, from what he has heard that Hodge has done to mutants, he would prefer Hodge stayed that way. He lunges forward to strike Hodge, who replies 'You think you can hurt this body? How much of an idiot are you?' as he tears some of Bulletproof's body, and pushes him away. 'Lemme put it to you this way...at least as much as you're a flamin' #$%&#$&' Wolverine declares as he appears on a platform so that he is nearly at eye-level to the tall Hodge. 'See what you've done, Rahne? Take a good look. This is on you' Bombshell declares. 'Ye think I dinnae know? My heart is breaking' Wolfsbane snaps back. 'Get him, shorty. I've got you covered' Ink tells Wolverine as he drops through the air as Wolverine lunges towards Hodge, claws ready to strike. 'Perhaps...' Hodge begins. 'But who's covering you?' he asks Iink as he shoves a large spike through Ink's body.
'Ink!' Bombshell shouts. She prepares a large burst of plasma energy, 'Tabitha – don't!' Wolfsbane calls out. '3... 2... oh, to hell with it' she then fires the surge of energy towards Hodge, whose back is turned from her. 'Oh dear Lord, Bombshell...' Wolfsbane utters as she and Longshot dive for cover. But when the dust clears, Hodge still stands. 'You've gotta be kidding me... how is he still standing?' Wolverine snarls, while Bombshell, Wolfsbane and Longshot look up at their foe.
'I'm not kidding... and I'm not lying. Read my mind if you don't believe me' Havok tells Rachel Grey, who responds that she is, and that all it proves is that he believes what Wolfsbane told him. 'Is that what it's come to? Rachel, we've known each other for years. Have things gotten that bad between us? You have to listen to me. Hodge is back and he's more powerful than ever. And he's going to kill us all unless we work together'. Havok asks the Baron if she remembers when they used to do that. 'If it's so hard to trust me, don't. Reach out with your mind. See what Rahne is seeing...' Havok suggests. 'Oh my God' Rachel gasps. 'Look at what Hodge is doing...we have to stop him' Havok declares.
Hodge extends a hand to grab Bombshell and remarks that he and the Magistrates were wrong – they should never have enslaved mutantkind. 'Now you're talking -' Bombshell declares as she leaps into the air to dodge Hodge's attack – but he extends tendrils which wrap around her, and he finishes what he was saying – that the only good mutant is a dead one. Suddenly, the ground starts to break up around Hodge, 'You get your hands off her!' someone shouts, and the ground breaks apart completely, causing Hodge and Bombshell to plummet downwards – luckily Bombshell manages to latch on to the edge of the ground that remains in place. 'And it'd be really nice if you could shut up while you're at it!' Rictor tells Hodge, who releases some tendrils, enabling him to cling to the edge of the ground. Bombshell then calls out to Rictor: 'Be careful, love!' 'Love?' Rictor replies, surprised.
Wolverine reaches down to help Bombshell, while Hodge remarks 'Ah, yes, Rictor. I remember you... you dropped a building on me, as I recall'. Hodge then extends a sharp finger like a dart – straight through Rictor's head! 'Be grateful I'm killing you quickly!' Hodge declares. 'Julio! NO!' Bombshell screams.
Hodge manages to climb out of the hole and looms over the mutants. 'You muties call yourselves “Homo Superior”. Do you feel superior now?' he asks them. 'Is that a rhetorical question?' Longshot enquires, before rushing forwards with knives between his fingers, he informs Hodge that he is an alien from another dimension and not actually a mutant. 'Longshot, don't -!' Wolfsbane calls out. But Longshot dives and flips, dodging Hodge's blasts and asks Hodge if anyone has ever told him that he has anger issues? 'I bet a lot of people have, right?' Longshot adds. Bombshell and Wolfsbane use this time to go over to Rictor's body, 'Julio...it's not fair... we were going to be together...' Bombshell sobs. In the background, Hodge slams Wolverine to the ground, while Wolfsbane tells Bombshell that it isn't, but that this is not the time for morning. Tears streaming from her eyes, Bombshell gets up and turns to Hodge, 'I'm going to shove a bomb straight down his throat...' she exclaims as she creates a massive time bomb. 'Tabitha!' Wolfsbane gasps, while Longshot leaps to safety, 'A little warning next time, please!' he exclaims as the energy strikes Hodge at close range.
'This battle is going to do a lot of damage...' Rachel Grey announces as she hovers over Havok, Mystique, Storm and the others. She announces that they need to evacuate the immediate area of civilians, and instructs Thunderbird, Karma and Wicked to take care of that. She turns to Triage, who cuts her off, stating that he knows he has to treat all the wounded. Rachel suggests he start with Rockslide, as Mystique took him out. 'Oopsy' Mystique shrugs, while Havok asks Mystique to start messing with Hodge's head for a change. 'Thought you'd never ask' Mystique replies. Havok contacts Wolfsbane via the communicator and informs her that they have both teams working together now and that they have made a plan. 'We don't need a plan, luv...we need a miracle' Wolfsbane responds. Indeed, Hodge has increased his mass further and thrashes about while clutching Bombshell in one hand. Wolfsbane informs Havok that Hodge is figuring out what his new body can do, and that it is bad. 'I dinnae how we can beat him this time' Wolfsbane adds. Havok tells her not to worry, as help is on the way.
At that moment, Wolverine finds Bulletproof. 'You okay, Bub?' he asks. 'Name's Locke' Bulletproof replies. 'Yeah, well, the way you look now, I bet they'll be calling you “Warlocke” from now on' Wolverine jokes. Bulletproof tells Wolverine that it is the Techno-Virus, he got hit with the same stuff as Hodge. Wolverine suggests to Bulletproof that he use it, and get ready for round ten. 'Is that what we're up to?' Bulletproof asks. 'Feels like' Wolverine responds, before telling Bulletproof that he will show him a move he has just learned. 'It's called a “Fastball Special”!' and with that, Bulletproof tosses Wolverine through the air, enabling Wolverine to slice through the tendrils that are keeping Bombshell trapped. 'I'm sorry, was that supposed to hurt?' Hodge asks as he starts to re-form his arm. 'Oh, boy. This really isn't fair' Bulletproof remarks, while Hodge announces that this new body that the Genegineer created for him feels no pain. 'Well, you know what they say...day's young' Rachel remarks as she appears, hovering over Hodge, Havok, Storm, Mystique and the others are with her.
Hodge looks up to the new arrivals, 'Jean? No. You're not Jean Grey. You look like her, though. Tell me... do you die like her?' Hodge asks as he grabs the side of a partly-demolished building and topples it down on Rachel. 'Hodge just downed our biggest gun...' Havok exclaims as he finds Wolfsbane. She tells him that she knows, but that she thinks she has a plan. 'You have no idea how much I was hoping you'd say that' Havok tells her, while Rogue and Graymalkin gather nearby. Wolfsbane explains to Havok that they are going to need a distraction. 'Oh, that's no problem' Havok replies. 'I ordered one up' he reveals, as they turn and see Archangel standing behind them! Wolfsbane tells Havok that she loves him, when suddnely, 'YOU!' booms Hodge as he looks down and sees Archangel. 'You remember. That's sweet' Archangel responds. 'Then again, I'd be hurt if you didn't remember me chopping your head off' Archangel adds. 'C'mon, while we've got him distracted' Wolverine calls out as the others start to gather around Archangel. 'Caught you looking, you $%&#$%' Bulletproof exclaims as he launches himself into Hodge. Archangel's form gives way to that of Mystique, and Wolverine tells her that she did a nice job. 'Now move! Don't let up on him!' Wolverine calls out to everyone as he and Graymalkin rush forward.
'On yer feet, luv. We've still got work to do' Wolfsbane tells Bombshell, helping her up. As the others attack Hodge, Havok tells Rogue that they are going to need a lift. 'Coming up' Rogue replies, telling Havok that this is insane as she lifts him, Wolfsbane and Bombshell towards the jet hovering in the air above. Inside, she tells them that what they are planning is insane. Havok announces that it is the only way to take out Hodge. 'No. We can find another way' Rogue replies. 'We started this, it's on us to finish it' Havok declares. 'Not like this, Alex. Not this way -' Rogue begins, but Havok points out that they don't have time to debate it. He instructs her to get back down there and clear the area of friendlies. 'Alex -' Rogue begins, but Havok tellls her to go, as they have this. 'All right. Good luck...and goodbye' Rogue calls back as she flies out of the jet. Wolfsbane turns to Bombshell and asks her if she is sure about this. 'This is a one-way trip...' Wolfsbane's voice trails off, but Bombshell clenches her fists and exclaims 'He killed Julio...now fly this bucket'.
Wolfsbane takes the controls, and asks Havok if he is ready. The jet blasts forward, and Havok replies that he does not know if he is ready for what happens next, but he is ready to end this. 'Tabitha? Are you set?' he asks over the communicator. 'I will be in 3...' Bombshell responds, huge bombs of plasma growing at each side of her. '2...' Tabitha continues her countdown, while Wolfsbane starts to cry, she tells Havok that she is sorry, but she can't help feel this is all their fault. She tells Alex that she loves him, and Alex replies over the communicator that he loves Rahne, too, with all his heart. Surging with energy, the jet approaches Hodge, 'And what's this?' he asks, as Tabitha declares '...1'. Combined with Havok's plasma energy, 'This is for Genosha, you #$%&#$%&' Havok shouts as the energy collides with Hodge, and a huge wave of energy washes over Genosha.
Later, amongst the ruins of Genosha, the remaining X-Men and Press Gang members have gathered together, and Rachel releases them all from an energy bubble. Bulletproof asks if they are sure Hodge is dead, and reminds everyone that he has come back before. Rachel reports that she has psi-scanned the area, and confirms that Hodge is gone. 'Are you super-duper sure? Because – no offense, Rachel – you just had a building get dropped on your head' Rockslide remarks. Rachel declares that is why she alos had Wolverine scour every inch of the crash site with his enhanced senses. 'So what do we do now?' Longshot asks. Rachel annnounces that they bury their dead, mourn them, then they set to work on rebuilding the country they died defending. 'That's not gonna be easy...' Rockslide remarks. 'No it won't be. Consider it our penance. And maybe something more...' Rachel replies. '...a new beginning' she announces. 'For what?' Bulletproof asks. 'For us. For too long, X-City and Genosha have stood apart' Rachel declares. The other survivors gather around her as she exclaims that this tragedy should remind them that they are not Genoshans and citizens of X-City – they are X-Men.
In the remains of Genegineer Kludge's laboratory, some encrypted contents of his journal appearv on a screen in which the Genegineer reveals he has devised a means to reanimate Magistrate Hodge's severed head, but that the question of a suitable host body has remained a challenge – until now, for after much effort, he has managed to extract enough of the ashes of the X-Man called “Warlock” from the gravesite of a “Douglas Ramsey”, and he believes he can culture the Transmode Virus therein to replicate it and thereby create a replacement body for Mr Hodge. Kludge's journal indicates that the process will require the stimulation of Warlock's remains, but fortunately, he believes the powers possessed by the mutant known as “Triage” are sufficient for this task. Kludge signed off the entry by remarking 'Who knows what the intersection of science, mutants... and destiny might bring?'
And in the lab, the black and yellow Transmode strands that remain start to intertwine and meld together – until a grinning Warlock stands amongsat the rubble and asks 'Self...alive?'


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Now It Begins
The issue opens with Vargas sitting on a throne somewhere in Spain, next to him lies an open book on a cushion. He is flanked by a male (Thais) and a female (Thaiis) with swords and says, "Now, it begins."
Elsewhere in a hotel in Valencia, Beast has just received room service from a busboy, and Storm comes to join him. Thunderbird and Psylocke are enjoying a morning drive together, while Bishop has coffee at a cafe and Rogue sits on a rooftop taking in the suns rays. Suddenly, the busboy in the hotel calls out and armoured police burst in and shoot Beast and Storm. At the same time, Psylocke and Thunderbird are also shot, their car crashing and exploding. Bishop is also hit, while an air assault team attacks Rogue.
They knock Rogue around a bit and get her down to the ground, but she uses her claws to escape. She takes out some of the helicopter gun-ships and flies off, but she gets hit by gunfire, and manages to fly into the sea, however they fire missiles, which explode in the water, where Rogue had been.
Back in the hotel, the armoured Guardia Civil approaches Sage. She fights her way to a laundry chute and goes in, but the Guardia are waiting for her at the bottom. A few minutes later, Sage fakes a message from the team leader back to base, buying herself a few minutes of breathing room (apparently she took out the guardia off panel).
Outside, dressed in a tracksuit, Sage wonders how the local guardia knew they were coming, especially as they were keeping a low profile. She recalls how she and her team-mates got to Spain in the first place :
(flashbacks)
They travel by yacht to prevent being detected, with Rogue driving the whole way, as if to punish herself for some misdeed. Thunderbird wants to know more about Destiny and her prophecies, and Sage gives him a rundown of the history leading them to their current self-imposed exile from the X-Men. Thunderbird shows concern about the fact that they seem not to trust the X-Men, especially Professor X. Psylocke explains that they don't want to take the risk that a man of nearly limitless power, might one day use his power to control the Earth if he had certain knowledge of the future. This future knowledge is stored in the 13 diaries of Destiny, that the team now attempts to find, they already have one of them - Volume 3 - with them. Destiny wrote these books when her mutant power of precognition manifested. It took her one year to write them, and afterwards she had gone blind.
(present)
A sleek Ferrari drives up to the walls of Valencia's ancient towers and drives right through a stone wall, to emerge in a high tech lab. The lady driving is stopped by military men at first, but she then reveals that she is a member of the Spanish Ministry of Justice. The base's commander introduces himself, but the woman chews him out for taking his top-secret team out to do a very public round up of the X-Men. The commander shows her the testing they are doing on the X-Men and their equipment. Storm is currently being tested and some strange spectral readings are coming from the ruby in her uniform's collar. She is questions why they are regarded both as terrorists and heroes, especially since one appears to be a cop (Bishop) and another has Avengers credentials (Beast). The commander gives her a brief overview of the X-Men, and their public perception. One of the scientists there is rabidly anti-mutant and wants to kill the mutants, but the commander swears to uphold the law of "innocent until proven guilty." To that end, he is going to run the X-Men through "The Maze," which will let them evaluate both their powers and them personalities.
Elsewhere, Vargas and his two henchmen attack and take out a police patrol. The man carries one of Destiny's volumes with him, and opens it to a page with a sketch of the X-Men with skulls instead of real faces.
Bishop wakes up in a tunnel, his team-mates around him. Although he is still dressed in the same clothes and weapons are all how they should be, he knows he has been drugged, stripped and tested over the last day or so. Storm takes charge, noting that since they're all in uniform, their captors obviously know who they are. The team note that the tunnel is too small for Storm's powers to work well, and is shielded against Thunderbird's powers.  They also note it is too deep for Psylocke to punch through with her telekinesis and Beast's sensors and link to Sage are being jammed. Bishop tells Thunderbird to stick close and charge him up when they see the enemy. Beast notes a junction up ahead, which looks like a perfect spot to be ambushed.
Thunderbird makes a plasma ball using skills that he had been taught by Psylocke and throws it down the corridor like a grenade. It explodes and reveals the Guardia Special Forces, whom the X-Men take out quickly, but without causing any harm to the humans. Two of the policemen grab Storm, but she fires lightning through their armour, shorting it out. They all discuss the fact that Rogue is missing, but Storm says they have to put that aside for now. Psylocke is upset that they were attacked just because they are mutants, but Bishop and Storm still feel that they have a duty to protect the future from people who would continue to perpetrate such prejudice. Suddenly the floor gives way and the X-Men fall through.