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Extermination, part 1
20 years from now:The Xavier Institute for Mutant Education and Outreach, Central Park, New York City. The Institute lies in ruins. Fires blaze and smoke rises towards the skyscrapers of New York, all of which look abandoned, some partially destroyed. A figure wearing a brown cloak walks across the Institute grounds, past the motionless body of Anole. Other bodies are strewn about, too. The figure stops when it comes to the body of Cyclops. 'Hrm. None of this is right' they remark, looking around, they see several more bodies strewn about including Storm, Kitty Pryde, Colossus, Beast, Iceman and Shark Girl. 'That old bastard screwed this all up' the figure declares. '... leaving me to clean up his mess' they add as suddenly a surge of blue energy surrounds them and they vanish.
Today:Chicago, Illinois, where an anti-mutant protest is in full-swing:
'No more mutants!' someone shouts. 'Protect HUMAN lives!' another exclaims. 'Mutants are violent, we won't be silent!' a man calls out, as hiding behind a corner, two young children cower, frightened. 'What do we do?' the young boy asks the girl, speaking in French. 'If we go out there, they'll kill us' the girl exclaims. 'Maybe if we wait long enough, they'll -' the boy starts to suggest, when suddenly, a man carrying a sign that reads “no more muties” sees them: 'They're spying on us! Get them!' he shouts. 'No! Please!' the girl pleads in French, while the boy utters 'What are they saying? I don't -' as the man tells the other protestors 'They don't even speak out language!'
Suddenly, a voice inside the children’s heads tells them to duck. 'What?' the girl asks, confused, as a telekinetic force field suddenly appears between the children and the protestors, and the man who found the children is knocked backwards by a large chunk of ice.
'Don't be afraid. We're here to help you' Jean Grey a.k.a. Marvel Girl telepathically tells the children as she stands with her other time-displaced teammates, Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops, Warren Worthington a.k.a. Angel, Hank McCoy a.k.a. Beast, Bobby Drake a.k.a. Iceman and the reality-lost Bloodstorm. The young heroes smile at the children, who stare back, perplexed, and Jean telepathically tells them that she has friends who can help them.
Later, at the Xavier Institute for Mutant Education and Outreach, in Central Park, New York City, Jean, Cyclops and Bloodstorm are in the infirmary, where Cyclops informs headmistress and leader of the X-Men Kitty Pryde that they found the children in Chicago, that they popped up on Cerebro and they got to them as quick as they could, just as a mob of anti-mutant protestors were about to pounce on them. He adds that they didn't know where else to bring them.
As Dr Cecilia Reyes examines the two gray-skinned children, Kitty asks about the kids' parents, whether they were able to find them, to which Jean tells her that they weren't. Jean explains that the kids don't even know who their parents are, and that they have no memories beyond today. She adds that they are French, as in France French, and they are not sure how they ended up in Chicago. 'Is that what they told you, or -' Kitty begins to ask, frowning, to which Jean frowns back and assures Kitty that she poked around in their heads, with the kids' permission, and there was nothing – their first memories start only moments before her X-Men arrived.
Jean supposes that someone wiped their minds, and whoever did it, if someone did, they did a good job – a great job, as normally there would still be a fragment or two. 'Yet I can't find a trace of anything' Jean reveals. Kitty calls out to Cecilia, who smiles and hands the children green lollipops, before turning to Kitty and telling her that, health-wise, she has no concerns, but that she isn't sure about the memories, so is going to keep them under observation for a while, see if there is some other trauma they might be overlooking. Marvel Girl and Cyclops follow Kitty into the corridor, as Kitty thanks them for bringing the children here, adding that they will make sure they are well taken care of, and once they know who their parents are, they'll reach out to them. Jean asks Kitty to keep her posted, and remarks that it must be scary for the children.
Later:'Thai food, really?' Bloodstorm asks as she sits across from Scott in a booth at a restaurant. Scott smiles as he explains that there wasn't a lot of it around in New York back in his time, or perhaps there was and he just didn't know. 'You do understand that I'm a vampire and there's nothing I can eat here, right?' Bloodstorm asks. Embarrassed, Scott holds the menu up over his face, 'Oh... right... I didn't even... guh...' he utters, before glancing away, 'I wanted to talk to you about – oh God this is tough...' he remarks, as Bloodstorm tells him that she can pretty easily intuit what it is he wants to say: 'There is an attraction between us, yet you have not been outright in addressing it. So you thought that you would bring me on a date and talk. This is a date, correct?' Bloodstorm smiles. 'No. That's not...  mean, yeah' Scott replies. He points out that they don't know how much longer they have, and that there has been a lot of talk about them – he and Jean, Hank, Bobby and Warren, going back to the past. 'And if we're going back... I'm worried that starting something... that it could be a mistake. But on the other hand...' Scott's voice trails off.
Bloodstorm reaches across the table and takes Scott's hand. She points out that they are both here now, a couple of people displaced from their time, their home universe, who met here in this one. She suggests that they put the future, and past, out of their minds and just focus on the now.
Suddenly: 'Oh my God!' a man shouts, as the diabolical time-pirate known as Ahab bursts through a window, with two savage Hounds at his side, a female Hound and a male. The male Hound has no hair, and a spiked strap wrapped across his eyes and over his head. 'Good evening, Cyclops' Ahab calls out. Ahab raises his harpoon spear and remarks 'My... you are as young as they say, much younger than the last time we met. Not much more than a baby!' before ordering his Hounds to bring Cyclops to him.
'A friend of yours, I take it' Bloodstorm asks. 'Never seen him before. But those Hounds... they look like...' Cyclops's voice trails off, as he tells Blooddstorm that he will keep the Hounds distracted while she gets everyone out of here. 'How chivalrous of you' Bloodstorm responds. 'It's not that! You heard him. Peg-leg wants me!' Scott calls back.
Bloodstorm turns to the civilians in the restaurant and exclaims 'Do as you're instructed, blood bags! Leave out the back exit so that we can deal with this threat' as Cyclops fires an optic blast at the male Hound, and calls out 'All right, pirate man. Not sure who you are or what you want, but -' however, the female Hound grabs him, and despite being gagged, she tells her master that she has him.
'Get... off!' Bloodstorm shouts as she punches the Hound hard, knocking her backwards. 'See? We make a great team' Bloodstorm tells Cyclops as she starts to help him up, when, suddenly Ahab shoves his harpoon through Bloodstorm's chest, before letting her drop into Cyclops' arms.
'BLOODSTORM!' Scott screams, as Ahab reveals that he had his harpoon laced with silver for such occasions. 'The future is lousy with them. The worst of two worlds' Ahab declares. 'You killed her!' Cyclops exclaims, tears streaming down his face. 'Of course I did. You'll be joining her soon enough, Scott Summers. As well as the rest of mutantkind' Ahab responds, before ordering his Hounds to take Cyclops down.
The Hounds leap towards Cyclops, who fires a powerful, wide optic blast at them, which knocks the Hounds and Ahab back through the restaurant and into the street outside. Ahab starts to sit up and points out that it seems Cyclops is more advanced in his training than he had anticipated, something more than the child he appears to be. 'A mistake I won't make again' Ahab vows, before warning Cyclops that he will see him again – and soon – before he and his Hounds vanish in a glow of blue energy. 'No! Don't you run!' Cyclops calls after Ahab, firing an optic blast towards Ahab, but by the time the energy strikes, there is only the road to hit. 'COME BACK HERE AND FIGHT ME!' Cyclops shouts as a fire breaks out in the restaurant behind him. 'Coward!' Cyclops exclaims.
Civilians start to record Cyclops on their mobile phones as he goes back into the restaurant and sees the motionless Bloodstorm, a pool of blood forming around her. He drops to his knees, covers his face, Bloodstorm...I'm so sorry' he utters as he picks her up and walks out of the restaurant while telepathically calling out to Jean, informing her that they have a code blue.
At a theatre:'Bobby!' Jean's voice resonates in Bobby's head as Bobby reclines in a chair in the dark theater, his thoughts inform Jean that he is watching a play and that it took him months to get these tickets, adding 'Jefferson is about to sign the Declaration of -' but Jean interrupts him, telling him that he needs to get back to the Institute. 'But -' Bobby begins to reply, as Jean informs him that there is a code blue. Bobby gets to his feet and excuses himself as he moves past the other theatergoers. 'What sort of emergency?' he asks Jean, who tells him that it is Bloodstorm, and to hurry.
Bobby slides out of the theater on an ice-slide, unaware that a cloaked figure is watching him from a nearby rooftop. Bobby mutters that he isn't even back in New York for more than a couple of hours before an emergency breaks out, and remembers that back in his time they had some R&R, days even. 'And there was only one of me back then' he adds, deciding that he needs to talk to older Bobby about setting up some sort of Freaky Friday situation, when suddenly, a blast of fiery energy sends him crashing from his ice-slide to the ground. Bobby bounces along the ground before coming to a stop.
'Show yourself!' he shouts. 'Or are you just going to shoot at me from the shadows like some sort of -' Bobby asks, before being knocked back into a clothing store as more blasts are fired at him. 'I guess that answers that' Bobby decides as he quickly throws up an ice-shield in front of him to defect some of the weapons fire – but one shot strikes him in the back, knocking him into a rack of clothes, he falls to the floor.
'Get up' a voice calls out. 'Wait...' Bobby utters, in shock, before he realizes that the voice is coming from Nathan Summers a.k.a. Cable. 'Tell me that it's not you shooting at me' Bobby asks. Cable extends his hand and tells Bobby that they need to get him out of here. 'Who the hell is that?' Bobby asks as he and Cable duck behind a corner as more fiery blasts are shot at them. Cable tells Bobby that he will cover him, while Bobby should make a break for it, but Bobby tells Cable that he isn't running and leaving him here. 'It's important that you get back to the mansion. The future depends on it' Cable announces. 'That's... it's just not happening' Bobby replies, as he creates some ice golems to keep their attacker distracted, suggesting that he and Cable can then find out who their attacker is – before a dart is shot into Bobby's neck, knocking him out with a surge of energy.
The Xavier Institute for Mutant Education and Outreach, shortly after:'Scott, I'm so sorry, I -' Marvel Girl utters as she runs into the corridor as Cyclops rushes inside, 'Is Bloodstorm -' Angel asks, as Cyclops asks where Rachel Grey is. 'RACHEL? I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME!' Cyclops shouts, opening a door to a living area, with Marvel Girl and Angel following him. 'Scott, what's -' Rachel Grey a.k.a. Prestige asks, as Cyclops announces that Bloodstorm was killed – killed by a man who had two Hounds with him – with the same stripes on their faces as Rachel. 'Who is he? Where do I find that bastard?' Scott shouts, causing Rachel to step backwards. Wide-eyed she asks what the man looked like. 'Like some sort of techo-pirate. Purple, peg leg, spear' Cyclops tells her. 'It can't be' Rachel utters, hanging her head. 'You know who it is?' Marvel Girl asks her, and Rachel tells her that it is Ahab. Rachel explains that Ahab is the one that did this to her, turned her into a Hound, kept her prisoner and tortured her, forced her to help him hunt down other mutants.
Rachel suddenly realizes that would explain why her facial markings were back. 'I thought I'd beaten it... he's not supposed to be here... he's -' Rachel remarks, as Cyclops, tears streaming down under his glasses, exclaims 'Well, he is. He tried to kill me. Bloodstorm got in the way and... just tell me... how do I find him?'
He is unaware that the two strange rescued children are observing from a nearby doorway. 'Are you talking about Bobby?' the Beast asks as he joins the others in the corridor, informing them that Bobby hasn't checked in yet, and he can't raise him. 'Is he okay?' Beast asks.
Back in the alleyway:'Bobby!' Cable calls out to Bobby, who convulses on the ground, unable to get up thanks to the dart that is stuck in his neck. Cable reaches out for Bobby and tells him that it is okay – but as he tries to take hold of Bobby, an explosion knocks him backwards. 'You're too slow, old man' the figure obscured by the brown cloak declares as they move in closer. 'How...?' Cable asks as the mystery assailant raises their weapon towards Cable, who frowns and remarks 'You're wrong' as he suddenly grabs a handful of clothes and throws them at the mystery assailant, covering their face, and enabling Cable to lunge forward and grab them, forcing them to the ground. 'They needed them to see. Needed to see what they became so that they could...so they could go back with that knowledge and be better. So we could be better!' Cable exclaims as he grabs the assailant's large gun and tosses it away. 'It was a risk worth taking' Cable adds.
Back at the Xavier Institute:'I can't find Bobby anywhere' Marvel Girl announces as she uses Cerebro to try and find her teammate. Cyclops, Beast and Angel are with her, as are Kitty Pryde and Prestige. Marvel Girl adds that there was a blip – and then nothing. 'Is he -' Kitty begins to ask, but Marvel Girl interrupts her and explains that she doesn't know, adding that it is like he just went offline – she can't see him anymore.
'This is my fault. If Ahab's here, it's because of me' Rachel remarks, but Kitty tells her friend that it is not her fault. Marvel Girl continues to use Cerebro and informs the others that Bobby wasn't alone, that there are two others, one of them has some sort of psi-shield, she can sense they are there, but not who they are, as if they were a void. Cyclops leans into Marvel Girl and asks her if it is Ahab, but she tells him that she doesn't know, before revealing that the other oner is Cable. Beast asks Marvel Girl if she can see the other person through Cable's eyes, to which Marvel Girl offers to try, adding that Cable is not very perceptive to people poking around in his head. 'Someone killed Bloodstorm. We can only pray that they haven't killed Bobby' Beast declares, telling Marvel Girl that this ranks as an exception.
Back in the alley:'Listen to you... rationalizing your future!' the mystery assailant exclaims as they reveal a small gun, and shoot Cable with it, blasting him at close range and knocking him back. Cable crawls towards the weapon he took from the attacker earlier, 'Look at you. You got old. Soft. Weak' the mystery assailant declares as they reach the weapon before Cable does. 'You're making a mistake...' Cable utters, while the assailant tells him that he has outlived his usefulness. 'Cable... YOU'RE RELIEVED OF YOUR DUTY!' the mystery assailant announces as they fire two powerful weapons at Cable, point-blank close range, no mercy. They then toss the larger weapon aside and start to walk away. 'Old fool... you really should have seen that coming' the mystery assailant remarks.
'UNGGGH!' Marvel Girl screams as she stands up, a psychic backlash knocking the others aside as she falls to the platform Cerebro sits on. Cyclops asks Jean what happened and if she is okay, but as Jean removes Cerebro, she utters 'No. It's Cable... he's dead'.
The mystery assailant goes back into the alleyway where the motionless Iceman lays. They pick Bobby up and throw him over their shoulder. 'Body-slide. By two' the mystery assailant remarks, before they vanish with Bobby.
Later:'How...' Cyclops utters as he sits beside Cable's body. The Beast puts his arms around Marvel Girl while Kitty tells Rachel that she is so sorry. 'Tell me it’s not true... please...' Rachel gasps as she moves past Angel to get closer to Cable's body. 'No... NATHAN!' Rachel screams as she throws her arms around her brother's body. Cyclops tells Rachel that he is sorry, but that time is not on their side. He asks her if this was Ahab, if it was him who did this. Still hugging Cable's body, Rachel tells Cyclops that she doesn't think so, adding that she doesn't know how to put it into words, but that she doesn't sense Ahab here. 'I would feel him, I'm sure. This feels different. Like -' Rachel begins, interrupted by the arrival of two new arrivals – the present day Jean Grey and Kurt Wagner a.k.a. Nightcrawler.
'Jean...' the present day Jean Grey calls out to her younger self. She goes over to her and puts a hand on her face, revealing that she could hear her psychic scream 3,000 feet under the ocean, and that they followed as quickly as they could. 'Is it true? Is Cable...?' Jean's voice trails off, as her younger self replies 'I'm afraid so'. Jean Grey turns and looks down at Cable's body. 'My son...' she whispers.
'Mein Gott' Nightcrawler gasps as he goes over to Cyclops, who announces that they got Bloodstorm, that he was there, but couldn't stop them. Nightcrawler tells Cyclops not to worry, and that this will not go unanswered. 'And now Bobby's gone. God what's going on?' Marvel Girl wonders, covering her face. Jean Grey tells her that she doesn't know, and vows that whoever killed her son will pay for it. 'They...he...was using a psi-shield, so they're smart enough to know to protect themselves from us. But that doesn't mean we won't find them' Jean declares, before announcing that she can track Bobby to this spot, but then his trail ends here, as she steps out to where Bobby's body was last seen. Jean tells the others that they are looking for a teleporter, and Cyclops tells her that Ahab teleported away earlier.
'It won't happen again. He’s going to pay for what he's done' Jean Grey promises, before Rachel tells everyone that what happened here was not Ahab. 'Then he's working with someone. More Hounds?' Cyclops suggests, but Rachel reveals that Ahab's Hounds don't go anywhere without him. Kitty tells the other X-Men that she refuses to believe that two attacks and two dead X-Men in the space of hours is a coincidence. 'If it's not Ahab... then who?' Kitty wonders.
An undisclosed location, where five stasis tanks are lined up – Bobby is inside one of them. The mystery assailant touches a panel that seems to be monitoring Bobby's vitals, before they remove their cloak and walk over to a series of computer monitors. 'One down...' he remarks as he taps at a keyboard. '... four to go' he declares, stepping into the light he is revealed to be a younger version of Cable!


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Extermintion, part 2
Passaic, New Jersey, inside a grocery store, a man holds up a carton of 2% milk, while his basket is filled with assorted fruits and vegetables. Suddenly someone calls out to him, 'Calvin Rankin?' 'Yep, I'm -' Calvin Rankin replies, turning around. He suddenly looks shocked: 'Hey now, just wait a -' he exclaims, wide-eyed, before someone fires a weapon at him, knocking him back. Other civilians begin to run as a younger version of Cable stands over Calvin Rankin a.k.a. Mimic, who has been knocked out with a tranquilizer dart. 'Your services are required' the time-displaced young Cable announces.
New York, specifically Central Park, the Xavier Institute for Mutant Education and Outreach:The time-displaced Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops sits on the front steps. He looks more solemn than usual, as his teammate Jean Grey a.k.a. Marvel Girl approaches him and asks him if she can join him. 'I... I just want to be alone right now' Scott replies. Jean tells him that she knows he does, so sits down next to him and tells him that is not what he needs right now. Jean assures Scott that she is going to stay out of his head, that she isn't going to intrude – but she isn't going to leave him alone. Jean smiles and tells Scott that if he wants to talk, she is here, and if not, she is still here.
Scott looks at Jean, and asks her how she can do that, sit there and be so calm. 'Bloodstorm and Cable are dead. We don't know what happened to Bobby. And we... I... Bloodstorm... that's my fault. Ahab, he... he wanted me, not her' Scott declares.
'God' Scott utters as he puts a hand to his face. Jean tells him that it is not his fault, that he is taking on guilt for something a madman did. 'Ahab killed Bloodstorm, Scott... not you'.
Scott reminds Jean that this is what they have been fighting against since forever, and now, here they are, in the future, where they should already have made a difference – but nothing's changed – they're still fighting. 'Only now... we're dying'.
Shortly: 'Tell me it is not true! That Cable has not been slain!' Shatterstar gasps as he rushes into Kitty Pryde's office at the Xavier Institute, where the present day Jean Grey stands in front of Kitty's desk and tells Shatterstar that she is afraid so. 'Now that we're all here, let's get started' Jean adds. Sitting behind the desk are Armor and Rachel Grey a.k.a. Prestige. To Jean's right, are the various versions of the original X-Men: Bobby Drake a.k.a. Iceman, Dr Hank McCoy a.k.a. Beast and the shirtless Warren Worthington a.k.a. Angel, along with the time-displaced Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Beast and Angel. On the other side of the room are Kitty Pryde, Old Man Logan, Kurt Wagner a.k.a. Nightcrawler, Laura Kinney a.k.a. X-23, founding members of the original X-Force team Neena Thurman a.k.a. Domino, Sam Guthrie a.k.a. Cannonball, James Proudstar a.k.a. Warpath and Tabby Smith a.k.a. Boom-Boom. With them are two students Rockslide and Glob Herman, and the two unusual children recently rescued by the time-displaced X-Men.
Kitty Pryde states that in the last twenty-four hours, both Bloodstorm and Cable have been killed, and young Bobby is missing. 'We can only hope that he's still alive' she adds. 'If he were dead, I'd be gone too, right?' Bobby asks, reminding everyone that when the kids first came here, young Cyclops died for a minute, and adult Scott was vanished, like he was never there. 'So, it only stands to reason that if I'm still here, then so is Bobby' he suggests.
'Perhaps' the present Beast replies. 'Perhaps?' Bobby asks him. Beast cleans his glasses as he explains that time paradoxes are difficult to unravel, and that if the timeline has been sufficiently altered by the children being here, then it is possible that what happens to them here will have no impact on their present-day counterparts. 'So. He could be dead?' Bobby asks. 'I don't know' the Beast frowns.
Kitty Pryde tells everyone that they should assume young Bobby is alive, and adds that all they know at this point is that Ahab claimed he was here for Scott, then later, Bobby goes missing, and at the same time, Cable is killed by someone else, someone possibly working for Ahab. The former members of X-Force are grouped together, and Domino asks what they are standing around for, they should go find Ahab.
'We shall have our vengeance for what he has done! Cable was a mentor to me. To many of us' Shatterstar exclaims.
'It's not that easy' Rachel declares. Everyone turns to Rachel as she explains that Ahab can time-travel, that he could be hiding in another year, or another century, which would explain why he had Cable killed – the one person who would have been able to track Ahab through time. 'And... if he's here, if he's after the kids...' Rachel's voice trails off, while across the room, the little girl takes Old Man Logan's hand, and in her native French tells him that his hand is hurt. Logan tells her to shush.
Rachel continues, elaborating on where she left off, she tells the others that if Ahab is after the kids then it is because their deaths mean something bad, something terrible for mutantkind in the future. 'I've seen the future that Ahab wants. I should have known that he was coming when I started to change, when my Hound marking started to return' Rachel remarks, adding that they have to do everything in their power to stop it, that they have to protect young Scott, Jean, Hank and Warren like their lives depend on it – because they very well may.
Kitty proposes that they split into four teams, that each team will take one of the remaining original five back to their base and protect them. She explains that if they split the originals up, make them harder to find, then they can buy themselves the time they need to find Ahab, while also keeping them safe. The young X-Men look at Kitty, and Cyclops opens his mouth – but closes it when Kitty remarks that if there are no objections, she has made a list of how they should split up – but suddenly, Scott stands up and storms out of the room. 'Scott?' Marvel Girl calls out behind him.
Scott is outside now, and runs across the rain-soaked grounds in front of the Xavier Institute, with Warren running after him, 'Scott, they're just trying to help us' Warren explains, while Marvel Girl and Hank follow. 'They're trying to babysit us. Ahab's out there trying to kill us and they want to take us off the board, put us in little hidey holes' Scott exclaims angrily. 'That's not what -' Warren remarks, grabbing Scott's arm, but Scott spins around and tells Warren that is exactly what they are doing. 'This is our fight' Scott exclaims. 'Scott, they're -' Warren begins, but Scott tells him again 'Ours. And they're trying to keep us out of it!' Marvel Girl and Beast catch up to their teammates, and Marvel Girl concentrates hard, while Scott declares that Bobby needs them and they need Bobby, for without him, they can't go back, it doesn't work if it isn't all of them. 'Scott...' Jean begins. 'They're trying to sideline us' Scott exclaims. 'They're not. They're -' Angel tries to explain, before Jean calls out to him, then screams 'Shut up! Both of you!'
The rain pours down hard around the four young mutants, 'Something's wrong. Someone's -' Marvel Girl begins, when suddenly, Warren is struck down by a tranquilizer. 'Oh my God, he is -' Cyclops begins, while Beast reports that Warren is unconscious. 'Ahab! Show yourself, coward!' Cyclops shouts, readying an optic blast, while Hank asks Jean if she can get a read on him. Jean concentrates, but explains that whoever it is, they are blocking her from seeing them. There is a bang, the sound of a weapon firing, and Hank is struck in the neck by a tranq dart, but he quickly pulls it out, before collapsing. 'He's out cold' Jean reports as she checks his vitals. Scott tells Jean that he needs her to focus, and asks her where the shots are coming from. Her rain-drenched hair clinging to her face, Jean hangs her head, 'There' she indicates ahead into the woods, telepathically informing Scott that she thinks she has their attacker – she can't see him, but she can sense a void, that there should be something there, but there isn't. 'On it!' Scott replies as he runs towards the forest, and hears a gun click, as the hooded attacker stands behind a tree. Without hesitation, Cyclops fires a powerful optic blast, that blows the tree up and sends their attacker careening upwards, where Cyclops reaches him when he lands on the ground.
'I'm going to kill you for what you did to... Cable?' Cyclops remarks, surprised when the attacker's cloak falls backwards and he sees the young Cable looking up at him. 'Get off' Cable snarls, kicking the distracted Cyclops backwards, and knocking his visor off in the process. 'Wait!' Cyclops calls out, covering his eyes as the time-displaced Cable runs away. Scott contacts Jean telepathically and informs her that it is Cable and that he is coming her way. 'What?' the wide-eyed Jean responds, before noticing Cable running her way. Jean gets to her feet and stands in front of the unconscious Beast, 'Stop right there! I'll hurt you if I need to! I'm giving you three seconds to explain yourself' Jean warns Cable, telekinetic blasts ready as the rain continues to beat down on her. 'No. No talking' Cable replies as he comes to a stop near the unconscious Angel. Jean asks Cable if he took Bobby, to which he simply tells her that she can't be here, that she has been told, she already knows – and yet she is still here. 'The time for talking has long since passed' Cable decides, before grabbing Angel and shouting 'Bodyslide by two' and a blue glow surrounds him as he and Angel vanish. 'No!' Jean shouts.
Suddenly: 'Jean? Was that...?' the present-day Jean Grey asks as she rushes out into the rain, leading the others behind her. 'It was Cable' Marvel Girl replies. 'He looked... like a kid' Jean remarks. 'Great, more kid versions of X-Men. What could possible go wrong?' Iceman asks above the others on an ice-slide. Marvel Girl informs the others that Cable got Angel and hurt Hank. 'Is he going to be okay?' Cyclops asks as he returns and watches as the present-day Beast checks on his younger self, reporting that young McCoy is unconscious but seems to be otherwise fine. Beast adds that he will run a diagnostic on him in his lab, just to be sure.
'That seals it. We need to get the kids out of here. Now' Kitty announces. Jean asks her younger self if she would like to come with her to Searebro, but Marvel Girl folds her arms: 'No. I want to go with them' she announces, turning to the former members of X-Force – Domino, Cannonball, Shatterstar, Boom-Boom and Warpath.
Later: 'GUH!' young Hank gasps as he wakes in a lab his present-day self is using. 'What happened?' Hank asks. Hank the older informs him that he was shot with a pretty sophisticated tranquilizer dart, but luckily, he pulled it out before it could deploy the full dosage. 'Otherwise you would have been unconscious for much, much longer' he explains. Young Hank rubs the back of his neck and asks if it was Ahab and whether everyone else is okay. 'It was Cable' older Beast reveals. 'But he's -' young Beast remarks, to which older Beast explains that this is a younger version of Cable. 'What?' young Beast asks, confused, before older Beast informs him that Angel was taken. Older Beast then injects his younger self with something, explaining that it will help him deal with the grogginess due to the residual drugs in his system.
'He... he attacked us right on the front lawn of the mansion, while more than a dozen X-Men were sitting just feet away' young Hank remarks, adding that it is brazen. 'I don't believe so' older Hank replies, suggesting that it is actually desperate. 'I know Cable... well, the older Cable... and he has a brilliant mind for military tactics. I don't believe that he'd stage an attack like today's unless he was desperate' older Beast explains.
Young Hank asks if this Cable killed his older self and took Bobby, to which older Hank tells him that it only stands to reason. Young Hank glances away, wondering why Cable would do this, why he would attack them. Older Hank tells him that he doesn't know, that he has theories, but supposes that they will find out soon enough.
At time-displaced Cable's base, young Angel is strung up by chains, the mechanical device that his cosmic wings emerge from is clamped down – and a piece of machinery like a buzz-saw suddenly starts lowering towards where the mechanism connects with Warren's back. Warren glances backwards, before screaming in agony as the saw begins to cut the mechanism from him. Young Cable sits nearby watching. He sips a hot drink and declares 'You brought this on yourself'.
Back at the Xavier Institute, Storm has arrived and follows Kitty and Old Man Logan down a corridor as Logan asks Kitty if she thinks this is the best idea – splitting everyone up. 'I don't know, Logan. I'm hoping -' Kitty starts to reply, when suddenly, several Hounds burst into the mansion. 'Mutants! Kill the mutants!' one of them roars, as an alarm begins to sound. 'Well, that didn't take long!' older Hank remarks in the lab as he and young Hank hear the alarm. Ahab blasts through the front doors of the mansion and asks 'you think that you can hide the young X-Men from me? That Ahab the Hound Master wouldn't just come directly to you...and snatch them from your grasp?' he asks. 'You'll have to go through me, Peg Leg' Logan snarls as he starts battling one of the Hounds. Storm charges one of the Hounds with a blast of lightning, while Armor fights back several Hounds at once, and Hellion knocks two back with a surge of telekinetic energy. Glob Herman tries to keep one of the Hounds at bay, while Kitty looks after the two young children who were in the corridor, and reaches out to a young woman as a Hound shoves its hand through.
'It's really him' Rachel Grey goes wide-eyed as she sees Ahab. 'Rachel?' young Beast calls out as he and his present-day self arrive on scene. 'No! Not again!' Rachel shouts as she flies towards Ahab, telling him that he made a mistake coming here and that she is going to make sure he regrets it. 'You monster!' Rachel exclaims. 'Monster? That's rich, coming from one of the most notoriously bloodthirsty Hounds' Ahab responds as he throws his harpoon spear at Rachel, striking her in her shoulder and knocking her back 'Tell, me, Rachel, do your friends know how many of their kind you killed in your time? Do they know how much joy you took from it? How you lapped up the blood of other mutants and begged for more?' Ahab asks.
Young Beast calls out to Rachel as she lands near him, spear still sticking out of her shoulder. 'Are you okay?' young Hank asks, but Ahab moves towards him and informs him that he is not interested in killing her, that it does him no benefit, gives him no advantage. 'Not like killing you would' Ahab adds, telling young Hank not to worry, that Rachel will survive – unlike him. Suddenly, there is a snap, and Ahab declares that it is his other Hounds they should worry about, as young Hank, holding Rachel in his arms, looks up to see Old Man Logan, who now has Hound markings on his face, turn to him, roaring, with claws at the ready....


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The Xavier Institute for Mutant Education and Outreach, where Old Man Logan has fallen under the control of the diabolical Ahab.
'Get the Beast, Hound! Tear him to shreds for your master!' Ahab orders Old Man Logan, while the time displaced Hank McCoy a.k.a. Beast leans over Rachel Grey a.k.a. Prestige, who is on the ground, clutching her head in agony. 'Logan! No, what are you  -' Beast calls out, as Logan just growls at the Beast, who goes wide-eyed with fear. 'Logan!' he shouts.
Searebro, 3,000 feet below the ocean's surface:
The time-displaced Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops motions to monitors displaying battles that other X-Men are currently engaged in and tells Jean Grey of the present day that the X-Men need their help, that they have to go back to the Mansion. 'We can't' Jean tells him, with Kurt Wagner a.k.a. Nightcrawler at her side, and Laura Kinney a.k.a. X-23 and Gabby Kinney a.k.a. Honey Badger nearby. Cyclops tells Jean that he watched Ahab kill Bloodstorm. 'If you think that I'm just going to stand around while he -' Cyclops begins, to which Jean reminds him that they made a promise to protect him here – no matter what happens.
In the X-Wing, 30,000 feet above New Jersey:
'... we are keeping your ass far away from Ahab' Neena Thurman a.k.a. Domino tells the time-displaced Jean Grey a.k.a. Marvel Girl. Also in the X-Wing are Sam Guthrie a.k.a. Cannonball, Tabby Smith a.k.a. Boom-Boom, Shatterstr and James Proudstar a.k.a. Warpath. Marvel Girl tells the former X-Force members that the reason she asked to be on their team is because she scanned their minds. 'Rude' Domino mutters, as Marvel Girl reveals that she knows what they are planning. 'You're going after Cable, the kid Cable. You're looking for answers. I want them too' Marvel Girl remarks, as Domino tells her that there is no reason about what happened to Cable – he was murdered.
Back at the Xavier Institute, Old Man Logan roars as he lunges towards the time-displaced Beast, but thankfully this time period's Beast leaps at him, and grabbing Old Man Logan by his head, slams him to the ground. Beast tells his younger self to get out of here, to get somewhere safe. 'We'll deal with this' he assures him. The younger Beast begins to protest, but the Beast shouts 'NOW' while Ororo Munroe a.k.a. Storm and Bobby Drake a.k.a. Iceman battle other Hounds nearby. Logan slices his claws into Beast's side. 'Logan – whatever he's done to you, you can fight this' Beast calls out, while his younger self runs down a corridor. 'No, he can't' Ahab declares boasting that once he, the Master of Hounds, has his hooks into a fresh new Hound, he doesn't let go – especially not when it comes to one who brings as much to the table as Logan does. The Beast grabs Logan's fists and holds him back: 'I know how you operate... torture... brainwashing... it takes years. How did you -?' the Beast asks Ahab – only for Logan to shove his claws into him.
'Easy' Ahab tells Logan, as the two pale-skinned young mutant walk over to him. 'Plunk two helpless muties in front of the X-Men and they'll trample over themselves for the opportunity to save them'. Ahab smiles, adding that it was so easy that this victory barely feels fairly won. 'They're just children!' Kitty Pryde calls out. Ahab looks over her and tells her that is true, but that they are also useful weapons. Ahab explains that Maxime is pretty adept at manipulating the emotions of those around him, which is handy for keeping people calm while Manon implants her psychic bombs, hiding them deep inside brains. 'No need for years of torture when we can implant several years' worth of memories of it' Ahab explains. 'Like the anaesthesiologist and a surgeon. They work quite well together... creating Hounds in an instant. It's really quite spectacular'.
'What have you done with Bobby?' Iceman shouts as he slides towards Ahab firing ice-spikes at him as he asks about his time-displaced self. 'What are you talking about, mutie?' Ahab replies, slamming his staff into Bobby and knocking him backwards.
At that moment, Storm apologizes to Logan as she blasts him with lightning, enabling the Beast to kick Logan off of him. 'You've left us little choice' Storm tells Logan, before turning to the Beast and instructing him to go assist his younger self and make sure that he makes it to safety. Covered in blood, the Beast begins to tell Storm that he won't leave her, but Storm assures him that they will handle this and tells him to go. Storm quickly dodges the spear that Ahab hurls at her, demanding the young Beast. 'Give him to us and this all ends here' Ahab adds 'Not a chance' Storm replies. Ahab tells her that if he can't have the young Beast, then maybe he can have another. 'My Hounds are everywhere. And can be activated with simply... a snap of the fingers' he reveals, snapping his fingers.
And, suddenly, in Searebro, Nightcrawler cries out in pain and clutches his head, before he teleports into the air above Cyclops and drops down towards him: 'Mutant...' he utters, while Jean calls out to Nightcrawler, asking him what he is doing. 'No' Cyclops exclaims. '... kill the...' Nightcrawler begins, before he suddenly teleports away again.
In the X-Wing:
'... mutant...' Shatterstar exclaims as he falls under Ahab's control, he lunges forward to Marvel Girl, attacking her with his double-blade sword, but narrowly missing her. 'What the hell, man?' Domino calls out. 'Kill the mutant!' Shatterstar exclaims.
Back in Searebro:
'Where did they go?' X-23 asks. Jean tells her she is trying to track them, before Honey Badger points out into the sea surrounding them: 'There... in the water' she calls out as Nightcrawler teleports into the water and releases Cyclops, who struggles to breathe. 'Why's Kurt trying to drown Scotty?' Honey Badger asks. 'No! The pressure will kill him!' Jean exclaims as she throws a telekinetic shield around Cyclops and orders the medical bay ready.
In the X-Wing, Warpath holds Shatterstar back and asks him what has gotten into him. Cannonball stands with them while Marvel Girl reports that someone has done something to Shatterstar's mind, filled it with memories.
'If you guys keep bumping me, I swear you'll make me crash this jet!' Domino warns the others as she continues to pilot the jet. 'Kill the mutant!' Shatterstar shouts as he pulls himself up against Warpath's body and kicks Cannonball backwards, before slamming his head back into Warpath's face.
Marvel Girl informs the others that Ahab is making Shatterstar do this, trying to make him kill her, he doesn't know what he's doing, he is confused. 'Confused? I once brought a dollhouse kitchen table set off Ebay because I thought it was full-people sized. That's confused. This ain't' Boom-Boom exclaims as she slams a plasma blast into Shatterstar's face. Domino tells Marvel Girl that she needs to shut Shatterstar down with her “mind thing”. 'I'm trying! I can't reach him!' Marvel Girl responds, wide-eyed, while Cannonball looks at Shatterstar.
In the medlab at Searebro, a now shirtless Cyclops has been hooked up to a respirator to help him breathe. Jean and Trinary are at his side, while X-23 and Honey Badger stand nearby. 'Is he -?' Honey Badger starts to ask. 'No. But he's not in good shape' Jean replies, adding that the pressure of the ocean could have crushed him. Jean puts a hand on Scott's chest and remarks that she hopes they got to him soon enough. The women then fall silent.
'Kill the mutant!' Shatterstar shouts once more inside the X-Wing, knocking Warpath off of him. 'Enough'a this. Y'all keep going. Ah'll handle Shatterstar!' Cannonball calls out as he suddenly blasts forward within the X-Wing and bursts out of the jet, forcing Shatterstar out with him.
Inside the Xavier Institute, Ahab searches for the time-displaced Beast, calling out that he only needs one thing of him – that he give himself up and then the others can walk away from this. Storm battles Old Man Logan still while Iceman and Glob Herman fight other Hounds. Two Hound scamper along at Ahab's feet, as Ahab warns the young Beast that if he continues to run, then young Cyclops, Angel, Jean or Bobby must take his place. 'Are you able to live with that? Knowing that one of your teammates gave their lives because you were too cowardly to do the same for them?' Ahab grins.
Down another corridor, both Beasts are pursued by Hounds. 'Keep running! I'll handle these -' the older Beast calls out as young Beast runs ahead – then suddenly, bullets are fired and knock down the Hounds. 'Huh?' Beast calls out as he looks up and sees his younger self who has been grabbed by the mysterious time-displaced Cable. 'What are you -?' young Beast asks. 'This is for your own good' the time-displaced Cable tells him, as he pulls the trigger on a stun device, knocking the young Beast out. 'Bodyslide by two' Cable utters, before he and the young Beast vanish, as the older Beast leaps towards them, Henry!' he shouts, before he slams into the wall. Bruised and bleeding the Beast contacts Kitty via communicator, informing her that they got his younger self. 'The younger Cable. He took him. I couldn't...' Beast gasps, before hanging his head, he begins to cry, and utters that he is sorry.
'Beast? Are you there? BEAST?' Kitty shouts, but gets no response. At that moment, Ahab finds the now unconscious Beast and tells his Hounds that their target is gone and it is not worth the risk for them to remain. 'Hounds...we are done here' Ahab announces, as he and his Hound vanish. Kitty, Storm, Iceman, Armor, Glob and Rockslide suddenly find themselves fighting no one. 'Where'd they all go?' Armor asks.  Bobby asks Kitty where kid Hank is. 'Please tell me they didn't -' he begins, to which Kitty hangs her head. 'He's... he's gone' she utters.
Inside Cable's base, the time-displaced Beast has been placed in a stasis tank alongside his teammates Bobby Drake a.k.a. Iceman and Warren Worthington a.k.a. Angel. Cable looks at a monitor, when suddenly, someone screams He goes over to another part of the base where Calvin Rankin a.k.a. Mimic is strung up, his wings clamped behind him. Cable asks his computer system, Professor, why Mimic is awake, so Professor increases the dose of isofluraine. 'When I get out of here, I'm going to... kill...' Mimic threatens Cable, before he passes out from the increased drug, and Cable thanks Professor.
The X-Wing is on a downward spiral as Domino struggles to control the jet, 'He couldn't have opened the hatch first?' Domino shouts, remarking that it is time to put all the cards on the table. Domino declares that Cable led them when they were called X-Force, turned them into the people they are today, so they owe him everything. Domino adds that Cable put his life on the line for them countless times, before Boom-Boom points out that Cable and Domino used to be a thing. 'They used to take baths together all the time and it was pretty G-R-O-S-S to have to listen to' Boom-Boom exclaims. Domino looks at Marvel Girl and reminds her that she read their minds, so she knows they are not planning to just sit on their butts while Cable's killer is still out there. 'That's why we should have gone back -' Marvel Girl begins, but Domino tells her no – that X-Force doesn't do things the way she and the rest of the X-Men do.
'When we find the son of a bitch who killed Cable... there's no talking. No discussion. Just a bullet in the brain pan' Domino frowns, putting two fingers to her head imitating a gun. 'Or an explosive' Boom-Boom suggests. 'I'll slit his throat from ear to ear' Warpath boasts, to which Boom-Boom points out that it really depends on who gets to him first.
Domino tells Marvel Girl that it is going to get dirty, it is going to get ugly, and that if she can't agree with that, or if she is going to get in the way, then she will drop her off with the Avengers or whoever so they can babysit her while they take care of business. 'You done lecturing me?' Marvel Girl asks. 'For now' Domino replies. 'Good' Marvel Girl tells her, before instructing her to take a right up here, as she is headed in the wrong direction.
Meanwhile, a horrid flying pirate ship called the Pequoud is Ahab's base of operations and is currently 50,000 feet above New York. Nightcrawler teleports onto the bridge and informs Ahab that it is done – he left young Cyclops at the bottom of the ocean. 'He is surely dead by now' Nightcrawler remarks. Ahab tells him that assurances are not enough, that he wants his body. Nightcrawler explains that the pressure was too great, he had to leave before he was killed, too. 'Then you should have stayed and died with him' Ahab mutters, before instructing one of his Hounds to set course for Searebro, and they will make sure that the job is done. Ahab wonders about the young Iceman, Angel and now Beast, where did they go and why do the X-Men think he has already taken them? Maxime suggests that there is another player in the game. 'Who?' Ahab asks the boy. 'Cable' Manon reveals, adding that whatever he is trying to do, he is too late.
Back at Cable's base, Cable instructs Professor to expand the scan perimeters by two degrees longitude and latitude. Professor complies and Cable instructs Professor again to report any anomalies in the scan – any blackouts or anything that could be someone trying to cloak their position. Professor continues to scan, and Cable wonders where the others are. Professor soon reports that he has located the time-displaced Jean Grey. 'Where?' Cable asks, before an explosion rocks his base and knocks him backwards. Professor issues some warning signals and reports that they are under attack. 'You don't say' Cable mutters, before asking where the breach is. 'Right here' a voice calls out, and Cable looks up to see Marvel Girl, Domino, Warpath and Boom-Boom have blasted their way into his base. 'Dude, your security system sucks' Tabby points out. 'Oath...' Cable gasps.


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Extermination, part 4
High above the Atlantic Ocean, Ahab's flying pirate ship, the Pequod moves through the clouds. Ahab sits on his throne, with the strange mutant children Maxime and Manon at his side, and two of the X-Men – Old Man Logan and Kurt Wagner ak.a. Nightcrawler – both currently transformed into Hounds standing nearby. Other Hounds can be seen on the bridge, as the one at the ship's wheel reports that Searebro is roughly 2,500 meters below their current position. Ahab instructs the Hound to prepare to dive. 'PREPARE TO DIVE!' the Hound shouts. 'Preparing to dive!' other Hounds respond. Ahab smiles and announces that once they have confirmed the death of Cyclops they can finally leave this miserable timeline and the real work of ridding the world of mutants can begin. The massive flying pirate ship then dives into the ocean, creating a massive splash as it submerges deeper and deeper towards Searebro.
Central Park, New York, New York, at the Xavier Institute for Mutant Education and Outreach:Sam  Guthrie a.k.a. Cannonball descends over the mansion carrying an unconscious Shatterstar who had been transformed into a Hound. 'My Lord...' Cannonball gasps as he arrives at the main doors to find the mansion in disarray, with Bobby Drake a.k.a. Iceman and Warren Worthington a.k.a. Angel helping their wounded friend Hank McCoy a.k.a. Beast to his feet. Ororo Munroe a.k.a. Storm checks on someone's injuries, while Hisako Ichiki a.k.a. Armor checks on an unconscious Julian Keller a.k.a. Hellion and Robert “Glob” Herman carries a young blue-skinned mutant who has been injured. Kitty Pryde is at the door as a wide-eyed Cannonball asks 'WHAT HAPPENED?' Bobby reports that Ahab and his Hounds attacked and came for young Hank, but in all the confusion, they lost him to that teenage Cable. Angel helps Hellion to his feet as he explains that the twins the young X-Men found – Maxime and Manon – they were with Ahab and turned Logan and Prestige into Hounds, turned them against the X-Men.
'Yeah... think they did the same to our boy Shatterstar' Cannonball reveals, dropping Shatterstar to the ground adding that he went crazy aboard the X-Wing and tried to kill Marvel Girl. Cannonball reports that it took a good half hour of punching the hell out of each other before he was able to knock his lights out and bring him here. 'That sucker just don't know when to quit' Cannonball adds.
Angel tells Cannonball that he managed better than they were able to, and Iceman explains that both Prestige and Logan left with Ahab, and they have no idea where they have gone. 'We're going  to find out' Kitty announces, before instructing Cannonball to get Shatterstar to Dr Reyes for observation, then he, Iceman and Angel are to rendezvous with her and Storm in the hangar. 'We are going after Ahab' Kitty announces sternly. Cannonball asks Kitty if she thinks Cecilia can undo the Hound transformation, but Kitty tells him that she doesn't know – she hopes so though.
'Let me help you -' Bobby offers as Cannonball picks Shatterstar up and throws him across his shoulders. Cannonball tells Bobby that he appreciates the offer but that X-Force folks like to carry their own. He adds that Shatterstar is surprisingly light. Bobby walks alongside Cannonball as they head towards the infirmary, with Angel calling out 'Wait... if you and Shatterstar are here... where's the rest of your team?'
'You're not supposed to be here!' the time-displaced Cable shouts within his base as he dodges weapons’ fire courtesy of Neena Thurman a.k.a. Domino. The time-displaced Marvel Girl orders Domino to stop shooting. 'Sure. Once he's dead' Domino replies, but Marvel Girl points out that they need to talk to him. Tabby Smith a.k.a. Boom-Boom and James Proudstar a.k.a. Warpath find the time-displaced X-Men trapped in stasis tanks. 'How the hell do you get these tubes open?' Tabby asks. Warpath calls her “Boomer” and remarks that he will take care of them, while she sees to Angel. Cable shelters behind some equipment and reminds Jean that he already told her the time for talking has passed. 'You head the kid. He's got no time for jibber-jabber' Domino tells Marvel Girl, before Cable fires a blast at her, knocking her backwards. 'That's it, you teenage dork' Boom-Boom cries as she and Warpath drop down on Cable. 'You firing on us is all the proof I need that you're not the real Cable' Warpath remarks.
Cable turns and aims his weapon at Marvel Girl: 'You morons! I don't want to do this... you're forcing my hand!'. 'That's... enough!' Marvel Girl exclaims as she suspends everyone in the air in telekinetic fields. Marvel Girl announces that they are not doing this, as running around shooting at each other is how they got into this situation. 'We're going to talk... and you're going to tell us what the heck is going on here' she grits her teeth at Cable.
'You can see what that sicko is doing! Look at Angel – he's experimenting on -' Boom-Boom calls out as she motions to young Angel, who appears to have organic feather wings attached to his back. But Marvel Girl states that she wants to hear this from Cable. Suspending upside down, Cable tells Marvel Girl that there is no time for this. 'Then you better talk fast' Marvel Girl suggests, before asking him why he killed Cable. 'Because he wasn't doing his job' the younger Cable reveals, narrowing his eyes.
Cable continues, explaining that the older Cable was supposed to keep the timeline in order and squash any anomalies, but he gave them a pass, let them stay in this time even though he knew the dangers of doing so. 'If he knew it was dangerous, why not just send us back. If he'd asked -' Marvel Girl begins, but young Cable tells her that his counterpart got soft, sentimental, before pointing out that he didn't kill Cable. 'I am Cable' he exclaims, explaining that he just retired the older, less effective version. 'The same will happen to me one day' he adds. 'Bull!' Domino shouts. 'You might be the same person, but it doesn't make you the same man! Nathan never would have -' Domino begins, to which the younger Cable explains that is why he did what he did to stop him. 'To save every damn one of you!' he snaps, before revealing that Ahab is here because one of them dies. 'Who?' Marvel Girl enquires.
Cable looks over to the stasis tank where the young Bobby is still captive, and reveals that it is him, adding that the truth is, it doesn't matter which one of them dies – not to Ahab. Cable explains that all Ahab has to do is kill one of them – either Cyclops, Angel, Beast, Iceman or Marvel Girl – just one – and he completely rewrites their history. 'You'll never be able to go back and fulfil the past in the way you're meant to' Cable adds. Wide-eyed, Marvel Girl asks Cable why, after everything he has done, she should believe him. Cable tells her to put him down and he will show her. Domino grits her teeth and tells Jean not to, as this could be a trick. 'Kid's probably lying through his teeth' she adds. Jean lowers Cable and he takes out his telepathy blocker, explaining that his defenses are down, he offers to open up his mind to Jean so that she knows he is telling the truth.
Cable tells Marvel Girl that the X-Men are so obsessed with fixing the future that they are willing to change the past without a thought to the consequences.
An image of another time appears where the time-displaced Marvel Girl, Cyclops, Angel and Beast fighting a Sentinel. The past – where the original X-Men, without Iceman, battle Magneto. More recent times, where as the original X-Factor, Marvel Girl, Cyclops and Beast found themselves up against Apocalypse, and Angel who had been transformed into Archangel.
Cable tells Marvel Girl that it is not just the big battles that matter, but the ripples in the pond – every moment, every fight matters.
Another even more recent time, were the time-displaced Marvel Girl, Cyclops, Beast and Angel fought alongside Old Man Logan Storm, Colossus, Fantomex, Psylocke, Nightcrawler, Rogue and X-23 when she was known as Wolverine.
More images, of skulls atop spikes in some desolate future. Cable tells Marvel Girl that once they pull away the facet of the past, undo everything that one person has done, everything changes – and not for the better.
Another image, of Ahab and his Hounds patrolling a mutant prison. And another, nineteen years from now, where the time-displaced Marvel Girl, Cyclops, Angel and Beast are blown away by a Sentinel. Another – the bodies of dead X-Men lie strewn across the ruins of the X-Mansion.
'Battles you'd won are now lost. Because you are no longer a whole. And those losses turn society against you in a way that is irreparable' Cable explains, revealing that man turns against mutant sooner, which gives an earlier and stronger rise to the Sentinel program and then the Reaver Virus. That damns mutantkind and brings about an earlier, deadlier end to the X-Men – all because they refused to go back to the past.
'Oh my God...' a horrified Marvel Girl gasps as she releases the others from her telekinetic hold. 'Nuh-uh. Not buying it. Look at this house of horrors he's got set up here. The real Cable wouldn'ta done this' Boom-Boom exclaims as she tends to the unconscious Angel. 'For the last time, I am Cable!' the young Cable declares. 'Whoa, not so fast there, Slick' Domino remarks as she puts a gun to Cable's head. Cable explains that this “house of horrors” is the simplest solution to fix all of the changes that have been made to the young X-Men. He points out that he can't send Angel back with cosmic fire wings – everything has to be the same as when they first left. 'Warren needed his wings back, so I took Mimic's' Cable explains. 'And Mimic was cool with that?' Boom-Boom asks, holding onto Angel.
Another stasis tank opens and Calvin Rankin a.k.a. Mimic emerges from it. 'He didn't have time to ask. He showed me what we're up against, like a dream in my head' Mimic explains, adding that he would have preferred Cable asked, but that he wants to help in any way he can.
Meanwhile, inside Searebro, 3,000 feet deep within the Atlantic Ocean, Jean Grey sits at the bedside of the time-displaced Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops, who slowly wakes up. He calls out to her, and Jean tells him that she is here. 'What happened... all I remember was...' Scott begins. Jean tells him to shush and that the important thing is that he is okay. 'I don't know that I could have stood to lose you again...' Jean remarks, when suddenly, Honey Badger rushes into the infirmary: 'Jean! You need to see this... someone's coming!' she exclaims. X-23, Gentle and Trinary are in another part of Searebro and look out into the ocean as Ahab's massive ship looms before them.
Suddenly, there is a teleport signal, and Ahab arrives inside Searebro with Old Man Logan, Nightcrawler, Prestige, Maxime and Manon and a host of other Hounds. 'You know...there's something very poetic about having to take to the ocean to find my white whale. Thank you for giving my hunt the literary flair it needed' Ahab grins before ordering his Hounds to find Cyclops and bring him to him.
Jean frowns and tells the X-Men to protect Cyclops at all costs. X-23 pops her claws and boasts that she is going to vivisect Captain Ahab here for what he did to Logan. The X-Men and the Hounds rush towards each other. 'Finally someone my own size to pick on!' Honey Badger calls out as she lunges towards Maxime. 'Manon! She's going to -' Maxime calls out, scared, before his sister steps in front of him and boasts that she has it under control as she touches Honey Badger's head, turning her into a Hound.
'Welcome to the pack, little one' Manon remarks, as Honey Badger growls and lunges at X-23. 'Gabby – what the hell have they done to you?' she asks, shocked. Gentle steps between X-23 and Honey Badger, and tells the younger girl that he is sorry, as he slams a fist into her and knocks her aside. Gentle then grabs Laura, who wants to continue to fight, looking over to where Old Man Logan looms over Trinary, as Manon turns her into a Hound as well. 'Are you kidding me? Let me go, Gentle! There are a couple of porcelain-skinned twits that I need to skewer!' Laura exclaims, but Gentle tells her that there are too many Hounds and that they need to get to the medical bay and focus on saving young Cyclops.
In an X-jet, Kitty pilots while trying to radio Searebro. Storm, Bobby, Angel, Cannonball, Glob and Rockslide are with her, as Kitty reports that they have Searebro's distress call and are on their way. 'Please respond' she calls out.
'Kitty?' Jean's voice can be heard, as she slams two Hounds back with telekinesis. She reports that they are under attack by Ahab and his Hounds and that they are being overwhelmed and somehow are turning her team into Hounds. Jean looks up as Old Man Logan leaps towards her, so she quickly telekinetically tosses him aside, slamming him into Trinary. Kitty informs Jean that it is the twins, that she isn't sure how, but they turned Logan as well. 'I’m well aware' Jean replies, adding that she is trying to reach into their minds and shut them down, but it is a mess in there and will take her some time and she isn't sure how much time they have. 'We'll be there as soon as possible' Kitty responds.
'SCOTT!' Jean shouts, rushing into the infirmary, where Scott sits up in bed. Jean informs him that Ahab is here and that they have to leave. 'This door isn't going to keep them out for very long' X-23 remarks as she and Gentle try to keep the door closed. X-23 starts to ask Jean if there is another way out, when suddenly, Nightcrawler teleports into the infirmary: 'You will not escape again, mutant! This time, we die together!' Nightcrawler shouts, but before he can teleport away with Cyclops, something is fired into his chest and he collapses to the ground. 'There... that'll keep him out for a couple of hours' a voice announces.
Jean, X-23 and Gentle turn to see the younger Cable has arrived with the time-displaced Marvel Girl, Iceman and Angel, Warpath, Domino, Boom-Boom and Mimic. '... isn't he supposed to be the bad guy?' X-23 asks. 'No. turns out he's just an overly hormonal teenage boy who doesn't know how to talk about his feelings Boom-Boom replies. 'Boom-Boom!' Marvel Girl exclaims. 'Tell me I'm wrong' Boom-Boom asks, arms folded.
Jean goes over to her younger self, to tell her that she can explain it later, but Jean tells her she doesn't need to, as she can see it – everything that they showed her. 'So you know? We have to go back' Marvel Girl points out. 'That's not going to be easy' Jean replies. 'Bobby...you're okay!' Cyclops smiles. 'I was shot and stuck in a tube, but other than that... yeah, just peachy' Bobby mutters. 'Hey, Scott' Mimic calls out as he goes over to Scott. Scott appears confused to see him, but Mimic tells him to sit back, as they have this under control. 'No. I'm not letting Ahab get away again. Not after what he did to Bloodstorm' Cyclops frowns.
Suddenly, an explosion at the door sends X-23 and Gentle careening backwards. Ahab enters, flanked by Manon and Maxime and several Hounds including Logan, Trinary and Honey Badger. Ahab declares that where he comes from, the mutant plague is an epidemic, that there isn't a family who hasn't lost loved ones, a war that hasn't been fought because of mutants. 'And finally... finally, I am able to bring them peace. Bring an end to the chaos' Ahab declares, grinning wickedly.
'You're not hurting anyone else!' Cyclops shouts as he leaps into the air and fires a close-range optic blast at Ahab. But the diabolical Ahab stands his ground, and raises his harpoon. 'A valiant effort, Cyclops. But it's too little, too late' Ahab replies as he then hurls his harpoon forward.
The harpoon strikes, pinning its victim to the wall, blood trickles down, the victim hanging off the ground. 'The battle is already over. And you've lost' Ahab declares. Warpath, Boom-Boom and Cable look on in shock. 'Scott?' Marvel Girl calls out. 'No' a wide-eyed Jean gasps....


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Extermination, part 5
Searebro, 3,000 feet under the Atlantic ocean, where the time-displaced Iceman, Angel and Marvel Girl and the time-lost young Cable help the time-displaced Cyclops down from where he had been harpooned against a wall. 'Scotty?' No...' Iceman utters. 'Did I get him?' Cyclops asks wearily. 'This isn't...' Cable begins, while X-23, Boom-Boom, Domino and Warpath turn their attention to their attacks, 'That's it. I'm gonna take Ahab's head and mount it on a wall in my living room' X-23 snarls. Ahab stands before her and asks her if she doesn't realize that they have already lost, adding that he is more than happy to stick around and kill a few more mutants for the spot of it. 'Feast, my Hounds!' Ahab declares, as his Hounds, including the possessed Old Man Logan, Honey Badger and Trinary move forward. 'Why?' the time-lost Cable asks. 'I just wanted to help...I just wanted to...' Cyclops utters, to which Cable tells him that he did good, and removes his visor. 'Mimic?' Iceman asks, surprised to discover that he is holding Mimic in his arms. 'This wasn't even his fight' Iceman points out, to which Cable tells him that it is every mutant's fight. The time-displaced Beast goes over and joins his teammates as Angel asks if that wasn't Cyclops, then where is he.
'Kill the mutants!' Honey Badger screeches as she lunges at Domino, her claws at the ready. 'They turned Honey Badger? Are you kidding me? I'm not going to be the one to kill Honey Badger!' Domino exclaims, as the Beast goes over to the bed where Cyclops was recuperating, and finds it empty. 'Over there...' Marvel Girl remarks as she points to the other side of the room where the time-displaced Cyclops is sitting slumped over on the ground, covering his eyes, he asks the Beast what is going on, as Mimic took his visor. 'Did he... is he okay?' Cyclops asks. Cable hands Cyclops his visor and informs him that Mimic is gone, that Ahab killed him, thinking he was him. 'He bought us extra time. We need to go now -' Cable begins, but the shirtless Cyclops stands up and clenches his fists, 'No. I won't leave the X-Men. We won't leave the X-Men' Cyclops declares. This reality's Jean Grey announces that Cable is right, and watches as the strange twins Manon and Maxime  attack Gentle, while Boom-Boom throws a time-bomb into the room, creating an explosion, near where the time-displaced Cyclops stands with Jean Grey and the time-lost Cable. 'I...I can't stop this. Those twins are turning everyone they touch into Hounds' Jean exclaims.
Jean turns to Cable and tells him that they have already lost enough, that he needs to take the kids from here and fix this. Cable tells her that he can't, that if he tries to bodyslide out of here at this close of a range, Ahab can still track him. 'Then we fight! We fight for Bloodstorm and for Mimic!' Cyclops shouts as he rushes into battle, while X-23 tells him that she loves this side of him. Angel, Beast and Marvel Girl join the battle as well, while Cable asks Jean if she can get in the Hounds' heads and shut them down.
Jean informs him that she has been trying, but everything is a tumble. 'Keep trying' Cable calls back, warning her that otherwise none of them are going to walk away from here – and if that happens, mutantkind is doomed. 'Yeah, no pressure' Jean Grey replies, biting her lip.
The strange French twins have attacked Boom-Boom, 'I... I... why does this feel... so... good?' Boom-Boom asks as the young mutants use their powers on her. 'It's okay. You are safe now'. 'Go and kill those evil mutants' the twins tell her in their native French, and once Boom-Boom has been transformed, she leaps towards Warpath and Domino, powerful time-bombs ready to strike, she screams 'KILLLLL!' while Domino mutters that this keeps getting better. 'I have her, Dom' Warpath calls out as he grabs Boom-Boom and slams her to the ground. 'Boom-Boom, you don't want to -' Warpath starts to say, before the French twins lunge at him, 'Oooh...this one looks so strong' Maxime remarks as she touches Warpath's head and transforms him into a Hound as well. Ahab watches as his latest Hound rushes back into the fight, and tells Manon that she is doing great. 'You make me proud to be -' Ahab starts to say, before some rocks are thrown at his head.
'Sorry we're late! Would you believe we had to take the service elevator?' this reality's Iceman asks as he and this reality's Angel, along with Storm, Kitty Pryde, Cannonball, Rockslide, Armor and Glob Herman rush into the room and join the battle. Kitty calls out to Jean, asking her if the kids are okay, and as she telekinetically knocks back several Hounds, Jean warns Kitty to stay away from the twins, that she doesn't know how, but they are turning the X-Men into Hounds. 'We're being overwhelmed' Jean adds. 'All right. You heard her, everyone! The twins are toxic! Focus on taking down Ahab!' Kitty orders the others.
'You X-Men may have fooled me once. But, rest assured, I shall have my victory. Hounds! Focus your sights on the original five X-Men!' Ahab booms as Storm attempts to blast him with a surge of lightning, but Ahab responds by slicing her right side with his harpoon. Both Angels swoop in and pull some Hounds out of the battle, while the Beast flips one over his head. X-23 battles Old Man Logan, while Domino puts her gun to Warpath's head. The present-day and time-displaced Iceman fight alongside each other, freezing several Hounds, while both Jean Greys also fight alongside each other, keeping the transformed Prestige at bay. Armor increases her psionic armor to match the strength of Gentle as she holds him back, while Cable shoots a Hound in the head, Glob finds himself attacked by Honey Badger, Cannonball blasts a Hound upwards above the battle, Cyclops blasts one of the Hounds at close range, and Rockslide falls to the touch of Manon and Maxime.
Suddenly, Storm finds herself under attack from Manon, who leaps on her shoulders. 'Maxime! Get over here, you coward and calm this one!' Manon snaps at her brother, 'Sorry, sorry, sorry!' Maxime responds as he rushes forward, while Storm struggles to throw Manon off of her shoulders. 'Get off, child, or I will be forced to hurt you' Storm warns Manon, but it doesn't matter, as Maxime leaps at her, 'Got her!' he calls out, as Manon uses her powers to put Storm under her control. 'There we are' Manon remarks as Storm falls under her control. 'Destroy the mutants for Ahab, Master of the Hounds!' Maxime tells Storm who unleashes a powerful frenzy of lightning which ripples through the battle and fells Armor, who topples to the ground. 'I... I can't get to them...' Jean calls out as she throws a force field around herself, Cable, Marvel Girl and Cyclops, as the Hounds scamper towards her. Jean reports that she can't get inside and telepathically shut them down, while Marvel Girl remarks that she has been trying to get into the twins' heads and can't do that, either.
'Of course not. I trained my children in how to defend themselves against the “great” Jean Grey. So much of your life you spent turning young mutants into weapons against humanity, and yet it is those very weapons that will prove your undoing' Ahab declares, adding 'I believe they call that.. poetic justice'.
Inside the telekinetic force field, Cable turns to Marvel Girl and Cyclops and tells them that there is no way to win this – they are being swarmed by the kids, the Hounds – it's time to go. Marvel Girl tells him that they are not leaving the X-Men to die here, or worse, to live out the rest of their lives as Hounds under Ahab's control. Cable scowls as he asks Marvel Girl to remember when she asked him “why” - why he didn't ask her to willingly go back to her own time – why he has been trying to force her back – this is why. Because the future depends on them – yet they can't see past what is right in front of them. 'You looked inside my mind, you saw what the future looks like if you stay. You know how serious this is' Cable adds.
'And if we leave the X-Men to die? What sort of ramifications will that have?' Marvel Girls asks, arms folded. She tells Cable that he can't clean up one mess by creating another. 'The real Cable understood that' she adds. Before Cable can respond, Cyclops comes between them 'Kid Cable's right' Cyclops tells Marvel Girl. 'Don't call me Kid Cable!' Cable snaps, folding his arms. Cyclops suggests to Marvel Girl that if them being here caused all of this, then they have to go back – that is the only way. 'Are you sure?' Marvel Girl asks him. 'Yes' Cyclops declares. Marvel Girls' telepathic voice echoes out, 'Bobby. We're going back' she announces. 'Back where?' the time-displaced Iceman asks as he freezes another Hound. 'Who're you talking to?' the present-day Iceman asks. 'Out home. Our time. We're going to stop this' Marvel Girl remarks, while the young Iceman informs his other self that Marvel Girl is saying he has to go back to his own time. 'Now?' Iceman asks, surprised. 'Apparently it's the only way to fix this' the young Iceman tells him. 'We're in the middle of a fight!' the present day Iceman shouts. His younger self tells him that he nows, and he doesn't know if he can go – not now.
Young Iceman throws his hands to his face and tells his older self that he isn't sure if he can go back to before, as he isn't the same person and doesn't want to go back to pretending that he's something he is not. The older Iceman moves closer to his younger self and puts his hands on his shoulders, 'Look... if you hadn't come here and been able to embrace who you really are...then I'd still be living a lie, too' he points out, adding 'So, no matter what happens when you go back... you finally let me be honest with myself. And no one can take that from us', as he leans in and hugs his younger self.
Jean Grey releases the telekinetic force field, and Cyclops fires an optic blast into the battle, 'Before we go back...you need to promise me one thing' he calls out to Cable. 'No negotiating!' Cable retorts. 'We need to help them defeat Ahab. Need to find a way to change our friends back from Hounds' Cyclops remarks, while up above, 'guess this is it' the past Angel remarks. 'It's been a pleasure. Do me proud' the shirtless present-day Angel responds, before the young Angel drops down to where his teammates are gathering. 'We doing this or what?' Iceman asks. Cyclops tells Cable that the ball is in his court, before Old Man Logan roars 'DIEEE!' as he leaps at Iceman, who falls backwards, before Cable shoots Old Man Logan at close range with a weapon, causing him to be blasted away from them. 'Oath, that was too close. No more playing around' Cable declares, before calling out 'Timeslide by six' then he and the time-displaced original X-Men suddenly vanish. 'Dammit. He's taken them' Ahab frowns, before telling Maxime and Manon to finish the X-Men, while he takes care of those damn kids, and teleports away.
Cable and the time-displaced X-Men suddenly re-materialize in front of a mansion, tall structures surround it, and the young mutants look around, confused as to where they are. 'This doesn't look like the past. I thought you were taking us back' Angel declares. 'Yeah, what gives? Is this some sort of -' Iceman begins, while Cyclops asks him to when did he bring them. Cable informs them that Manon and Maxime, before Ahab got to them, were students at Xavier's, just like their parents, and where they are in town is about five years before the end, they are still students and still good. 'Um, guys...' Iceman calls out as he stands away from the others, looking at something. Cyclops asks Marvel Girl if she can find them, to which she tells him that she thinks she can. 'Are you guys seeing this?' Iceman asks, while Cyclops tells Marvel Girl that they will buy her the time she needs. 'Time from what?' Marvel Girls asks. 'From that' Cyclops declares as everyone turns to look at what Iceman was watching – Ahab's floating warship has appeared overhead. 'Ahab's tracked us' Cable declares as they look up at the darkened sky above them, the horrid ship looming above. Cyclops tells Jean to hurry, to find the twins, as they are the ones creating the Hounds, so they should be able to tell her how to undo it.
'Jean? I... wait...' Rockslide remarks as Marvel Girl rushes into the Mansion, she finds Kitty, Glob and Rockslide and asks them where Maxime and Manon are. 'Uh...kitchen? I think? Aren't you supposed to be -' Glob begins, to which Marvel Girl tells them that she was never here. Marvel Girl finds the kitchen, where Manon and Maxime are sitting at a table, eating. Marvel Girl calls out to the pale-skinned children, and Maxime remarks that she looks like Ms Grey. 'Are you her sister?' he asks her. 'Something like that' Marvel Girl replies, before asking them if they can speak English. 'And French. Mostly French, but Mr Glob is making us practice our English' Manon tells her. Marvel Girl sits at the table with them and points out that they seem pretty young to be students here. Maxime tells her that they are, and that Ms Grey thinks their powers came on early because of their parents. 'They're both mutants, too!' Manon remarks. 'Oh? And what are your powers?' Marvel Girl asks them.
As Manon drinks the milk from her cereal bowl, Maxime informs Marvel Girl that he is an empath, he can make people feel what he wants them to – happy, sad, angry, but he prefers it when people are happy, and Manon can give people memories, and then controls them when they remember. 'That sounds very interesting' Marvel Girl replies, before asking Manon if she can show her how she does that.
Back outside, Beast kicks several Hounds over, while Angel flies Cyclops above the ground so that he can fire his optic blast down at several more Hounds, and Iceman speeds along on an ice-sled, pulling Cable with him, as Cable fires his weapon at another group of Hounds. Suddenly, Ahab hurls his harpoon through Iceman's ice-sled, knocking Iceman and Cable into the air. 'Look at little Kid Cable. Trying to play with the big boys. You're not half the man you'll grow to be and even then, not half the man as me' Ahab declares, adding that, given some years, Cable would realize that running is a fool's errand, because now he has him in his sights, he will follow him to the edge of time and keep pressing until he kills one of those sweet young X-Men. 'How did you follow us?' Cyclops enquires as Cable lands on the ground. Cable explains that they were too close to Ahab, that at that proximity, he can track his jumps. Cable instructs Cyclops to focus on Ahab's ship, as without it, he can't jump through time. Cyclops begins firing his optic blasts upwards at the ship, while Cable fires his weapon, too.
'All right! Let's take his legs out from under him then!' Cyclops shouts as their blasts strike Ahab's ship, causing an explosion. 'Reverse course! Reverse course!' Ahab calls out to his Hounds aboard the ship. 'Can you morons see what they're trying to do?' Ahab asks. 'Reverse course -' one of gthe Hounds on the ship begins to instruct the others, when suddenly, there is a massive explosion, and the large warship is blown apart, its shrapnel plummeting to the ground. 'NOOOOO!' Ahab booms as the remains of his ship lands around him. 'Holy crap' Iceman utters. 'We did it' Angel remarks. Cable tells them that the fight is far from over, and as Marvel Girl returns to the group, Cyclops asks her if she found out what she needed. 'I think so' Marvel Girl responds. She tells Cable that those kids were so sweet, to which Cable points out that this is before Ahab got his claws into them. 'It's time for you to go...I'll deal with Ahab' Cable remarks, adding that without his ship, he can't follow them. 'Jean, you know what you have to do, right?' Cable asks. 'Yes. Thank you' Jean responds. Beast asks Cable to thank the other Beast for saving his life, and to tell him to stop messing around with him. 'Will do' Cable responds. 'Timeslide by five' he declares, before the original X-Men vanish.
'Don't let me down, Jean' Cable utters, watching as Ahab rushes towards him, 'What have you done, you petulant child?' he asks, harpoon at the ready. 'Oh, you're mad?' Cable asks as he opens fire at Ahab. 'How do you think I feel?' Cable asks, dodging the harpoon which Ahab hurls towards him. 'I'm the one who has to come back and clean up this mess!' Cable shouts as he shoves his weapon towards Ahab, 'Timeslide by two' Cable declares, before he and Ahab vanish.
Back in the present day,:
'Cable! Did you -' Jean calls out as Cable re-materializes, with Ahab. 'They've gone back' Cable announces, before firing his gun at close range, shooting off part of Ahab's body and knocking the diabolical madman backwards. 'I thought them going back was supposed to stop this! You lied to us!' Angel calls out as Domino and X-23, both now Hounds, try to grab him. 'No. I didn't. They just need to close the loop' Cable explains as he, Jean, Iceman and Cannonball, the only X-Men not transformed into Hounds, find themselves surrounded by all of the others, who close in on them.
Meantime, at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. 'So we understand each other. If this is a trap I blow off your head' Cyclops remarks. 'I know, Scott' the present-day Beast replied as the original X-Men vanish – then re-appear. 'Oh, my. We're home, guys' Angel points out as they look up at the Mansion. 'We're finally home' Marvel Girl remarks.
Shortly, they go inside and begin changing back into their clothes from this time period. 'This seems pretty silly' Iceman remarks, but Cyclops tells him that for this to work, they have to wipe their memories and everything has to be just as it was when Beast appeared. 'We can't suspect anything's changed' Marvel Girl points out. The Beast reminds his friends that when the other Beast appeared to them, he was about to quit the X-Men. 'You need us as much as we need you' Cyclops tells him, before telling him that his suit was ruffled and his tie was loose. Marvel Girl asks the others if they all remember their places – Hank and Bobby were in here with her, while Scott and Warren were just coming in from the hall to see what the arguing was about.
Cyclops asks Marvel Girl if she is sure they are doing the right thing – wiping their minds and forgetting everything? Marvel Girl tells him that she is, that Cable showed her the future and what would happen if they stayed, so they need to do this, they need everything to be as it was. She adds that they won't forget, not forever, as Manon taught her how to lock their memories away so they can be sprung later – as soon as the time loop is closed, their older selves will inherit their memories. 'But what if it was a lie? What if Cable...' Cyclops begins, to which Marvel Girl tells him that Cable wouldn't lie, not to them, and that he didn't do this just to save the future, he did it for them. 'He did this for you' she adds. 'He's just a young boy... who misses his father' Marvel Girl whispers into Cyclops' ear.
'Through all of it... we never made a difference. Did we?' Cyclops asks. 'There wasn't a mutant apocalypse' Beast points out. 'Almost, though. Almost, like really close. And like... more than once...' Iceman declares. 'Bobby' Marvel Girl remarks, before telling her friends that she thinks they made a difference, perhaps more than they realized. 'See you guys on the other side' she utters, as psychic energy whips around them, they appear in a trance. 'What...?' Iceman suddenly utters, before the Beast shouts 'Don't worry about me, fella. I'll get along! If the human race is gonna be my enemy – fine! But I'll make the rules for my next fight!' as he storms off down the corridor. 'Hank... keep in touch with us! Call me if you need me!' Iceman calls out after his friend, while the others watch him leave.
Back in the present day:
'Don't you want to join your friends?' Manon asks as Jean Grey falls to the ground, her te
ground, her telekinetic force field under a barrage of punches courtesy of Rockslide. 'Get her, Manon!' Maxime calls out as they run towards Jean. Suddenly, 'Whoa! You guys feel that, right? Like...I just got hit with a flood of memories. Young Bobby's memories. It's...weird. I can't believe he went to see Jefferson with me!' Iceman remarks as he surrounds himself with a force field of ice. Manon presses a finger to Jean's head, 'We've... I met you...' Jean remarks 'That was our old life' Manon responds. 'You were good. Innocent' Jean points out. 'We were young and foolish' Manon replies. 'You... you told me how to beat you' Jean reveals as she pushes Manon and Maxime back with a surge of telekinetic energy.
Angel drops down next to Jean and tells her that he can't believe she found a way to shut them down. 'I didn't' Jean responds as she looks at all of the unconscious X-Men, who no longer have Hound markings. 'She did...my younger self' Jean explains 'How?' Angel asks her as they and Iceman look down at the fallen twins. 'She talked to them' Jean reveals. Nearby, Ahab's semi-destroyed body is on the ground, her calls out to his Hounds, telling them to get him away from this place. Two generic Hounds as well as Prestige rush over to him, 'Rachel!' Cable calls out, but too late as she disappears with Ahab and the Hounds. Iceman is confused and wonders why Rachel was still a Hound, why this didn't work on her. Jean explains that Rachel wasn't like the others, that her pain was real and she couldn't undo it. Some of the X-Men stir, and Domino struggles to sit up, muttering that it feels like the day after a couple hundred shots of tequila, without the fun of a couple hundred shots of tequila.
Kid Cable remarks that Ahab doesn't have his ship anymore so he is stuck in this time. 'In his condition...he won't get far. I'll find him' he boasts. Jean goes over and touches Cable's face, 'You're really him. You're really Nathan. My son' she utters. Cable turns and walks away, 'Take care of Manon and Maxime. They were good kids before Ahab. And now their future doesn't exist. They're out of time and need a home' he remarks. Jean smiles and tells him that they will give them a home and make sure they are cared for. 'I know you will' Cable responds. 'I'll be seeing you, Redd' Cable smiles at Jean, before he bodyslides by one and vanishes. 'You just let that twerp go? He has a lot to answer for!' Domino shouts. Jean turns to Domino and tells her that she is not condoning what Cable did, but that he still has much ahead of him, and she has faith he will set things right.
Several days later, three coffins are laid out in a cemetery. Nightcrawler addresses those attending the funeral of Cable, Bloodstorm and Mimic. Other than those X-Men who took part in the final battle against Ahab, Beast can also be seen amongst the mourners, and Shatterstar stands with his fellow former X-Force teammates. 'I'm so sorry, Hope' Jean tells Hope Summers as they embrace. The mourners start to leave the cemetery, with Jean, Iceman, Angel and Beast heading off together.
Shortly, in a diner, Jean, Bobby, Warren and Hank sit around a table and Bobby tells his friends that he can't get over it – all of Bobby's memories in his head. He adds that it is really bizarre, he has so many questions. 'Yeah, I know what you mean' Warren agrees, before Hank tells the others that this feels good, staying together, having shakes like they used to – back when the world felt so much more innocent. 'And to think that I almost robbed them... us of it' he adds. Jean suggests that they don't think about that now, that they just enjoy this moment together. Bobby points out that it feels a little empty without Scott here, that it doesn't feel quite right. Jean raises her milkshake and proposes a toast – to friends, both past and present, both here and gone. 'May they be with us always' she adds. The others raise their milkshakes, too. 'To Scott' they all call out.
Meanwhile, inside Cable's safe house in a undisclosed location. Kid Cable walks over to a small fridge and takes two bottles of root beer from it. 'It's done' he calls out as he walks through an area with various machinery. 'The young X-Men are back in their own time. Ahab's mutant murder future isn't happening. Everything is the way it should be' her remarks, before handing one of the bottles of root beer over to someone, 'It's finally time for you to come back... Dad' Kid Cable remarks as Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops smiles at him!