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Magical: part 2
Inside the X-Wing...
Kitty moves over to Magician, who sits in front of her. She flirts with him and compliments Elliot that he did good down there, despite being the new guy. Elliot thanks her. Kitty suggests that maybe Elliot can show her a few of his moves sometimes, and she smiles that Lord knows she could use some improvement in her fighting. Elliot jokes that Kitty twisted his arm and that Kitty just needs to say the word. Iceman, overhearing the conversation, mocks Kitty and reminds her she already has a boyfriend. She tells him to shut up.
Sitting in the cockpit of the plane together, Storm notices how distracted Cyclops looks and asks if he’s okay. Scott claims it’s nothing; he’s just thinking about Jean. Suddenly, the communicator attached on his visor goes off. Scott answers it, and explains to the Professor they’re done with their mission and are returning to the mansion as they speak. It shouldn’t take more than ten minutes to get there. Storm wonders what all that was about. Scott finds it odd too, since the Professor never checks up on them like this. Elliot fears perhaps something is wrong.
At Xavier’s office...
Xavier hangs up the phone and tells Fury his team will be back shortly. Fury wonders if he should call his team as well, though Xavier doesn’t think so, confident they can handle this without the Ultimates. But just to clarify, Xavier says: Nick said he never brought Elliot Boggs, who now calls himself Magician, to the school, and that Nick never heard of him before he saw him on television. He wants to make sure that’s what they’re dealing with. Fury coldly replies that Xavier can read his mind if he doesn’t believe him. He claims he doesn’t know what Xavier saw or who caused him to see it but Fury promises he never encountered the boy before. After all, Fury adds, he would have kept someone with Elliot’s powers for himself.
Xavier thinks the question here is the extent of Elliot’s powers. He released the boy from sedation, allowed him to become an active member of the X-Men long before he should have. It appears Elliot may have been controlling everyone’s behavior. Maybe Fury did bring Elliot here but was made to forget about it later. Fury thinks Xavier is kidding about that. The Professor can trust him when he says that when he even scratches his nose he’ll have a file report. There’s not a bowel movement of him that isn’t on record. Nick admits he could be made to forget something but there would still be a record. He’s sure he wasn’t there and that Xavier must have seen something else.
Charles thinks in that case, they must be dealing with an illusion. “Hm,” he concludes, “this is very troubling, indeed.” The two leave the office, and Xavier asks Fury to follow him. He wants to meet the X-Men in the hangar when they arrive. He asks Fury if he also believes what he saw was an illusion. Fury admits that’s the best explanation he can come up with. Xavier reminds Fury they can’t trust their own percepts, and Elliot seems to have some way of blocking his telepathy. Xavier knows he should have sensed Elliot’s deceit. There is no way of determining the extent of the boy’s powers and they are truly dealing with the unknown here.
Fury thinks they can assume Elliot doesn’t have a hand in this conversation. That much at least seems certain. They are both being themselves here. Fury thinks so because this conversation is not in Elliot’s best interest. So that gives them an idea of Elliot’s range... possibly. Maybe the kid just needs to be aware of something to make it happen. Fury thinks, if Elliot knew they were talking about this, maybe the kid could stop it. Xavier declares they’ll confront Elliot when he returns. There has to be an explanation, and Xavier doesn’t sense the will to harm the team in Elliot. Charles is hopeful that Elliot doesn’t wish to injure them, and won’t even do it when they confront him. Fury hopes Xavier is right in that, and they walk down the halls together.
Meanwhile, at the infirmary...
Jean sits in her cell alone, with the green goblin creatures still surrounding her. Jean stares at her hand, on which suddenly a small spark of fire appears on! Jean smiles, and the fire gets bigger! “Hm,” she says. Jean closes her hand and extinguishes the fire, and sighs.
The hangar...
The X-Wing lands in the hangar through an open hatch in the roof. The X-Men all walk out of the plane, with Kitty asking Magician if he thinks he might have the time for those Danger Room sessions today. Kitty admits she doesn’t have the time for it, but could make it if Elliot is... interested. Elliot says he could go for that, because he barely even broke a sweat during the mission. Iceman hears that and whispers that Elliot is a show-off.
Kitty says to the rest of the team that she and Elliot are going to the Danger Room and asks if anyone wants to join them. Bobby smiles he’s got an X-Box that’s suffering from neglect, so he’ll take a pass. Rogue playfully holds her arms around Bobby and the X-Box problem sounds serious and wants to help with that. Wolverine, with Storm standing behind him, tells Kitty she’s on her own. The thought of following up a workout with another workout never really played will through his mind. He’s more in the mood for a beer.
The Professor and Fury enter the hangar, and the Professor tells Elliot he’s afraid he too will be sitting this one out: they need to talk. And Charles thinks Elliot knows why. Elliot smiles he’s afraid he doesn’t know. Fury explains to Elliot it’s time to come clean. The game is over. They’re on to him. Elliot honestly claims he doesn’t know what the two are talking about. He swears it. Xavier explains to Elliot they know his parents are still alive.
“What?!” Magician shouts in disbelieve. Xavier explains to Elliot that his parent’s aren’t dead and that he never killed them. Fury never took Elliot into custody and he never brought him there. They know Elliot has been using his powers to manipulate them all, and at this point Xavier would appreciate an explanation. Elliot is speechless. Kitty asks Elliot what the Professor is talking about and what he has done. Wolverine says he didn’t smell it on Elliot and has no idea how the kid got passed that. He asks Elliot if he’s out to hurt them.
Scott opens his visor and releases a powerful blast against Elliot’s back, causing him to drop against a wall. “I knew it!” Scott angrily shouts. The Professor tries to stop Scott, but he ignores the warning. Scott knew something was up, as he would never let someone like Elliot just walk onto the X-Men. Elliot just came walking through the door and the next second he was on the X-Wing, in costume, ready for battle! He has been lying awake at night questioning his judgment, knowing he made the wrong move but didn’t know why. On top of that, he trusted Elliot’s skills more than any other team member. Scott was confident Elliot would pull things off... he didn’t worry at all, and he had no reason to do so! He demands to know why Elliot is manipulating them.
Elliot defends he would never do that. Kitty asks what’s going on and why Scott is attacking him. Fury takes out a gun out and notices Elliot is already making the X-Men forget about what was just revealed. They’ve got to put him down – now! Xavier tells Fury not to even think about it. He telepathically calls out to the X-Men, explaining to them that Elliot is controlling them all. That he has been manipulating them. He wants the team to engage Elliot, but they have to keep him off-balance as well and not to let him concentrate or he could regain control. Xavier will try to block Elliot’s powers with his own – to shut him down. But they can’t hurt the boy, as they don’t yet know his motives.
Wolverine promises Xavier that they’re on it, with the kid gloves on (for now). Scott reminds his team they heard the Professor. They must keep him occupied but can’t hurt him. Elliot is still one of them, at least until they sort this out. The X-Men all fire their various powers at Elliot at the same time, who dodges everything coming at him. Elliot shouts at the X-Men not to do this, as he doesn’t want to hurt them. Because of the heavy battle, Xavier falls out of his wheelchair and bounces against Fury, knocking them both out. Wolverine tells Elliot he’s got a funny way of showing them he doesn’t want to hurt them. He sees that Xavier is down and informs the other X-Men about this, and realizes that now Xavier can’t shut down Elliot’s brain. They’re going to have to do this the hard way... the messy way... Logan’s way!
Elliot defends that the X-Men are making them do this, as he doesn’t want to fight them. That’s the last thing in the world he would want to do. In that case, Scott states, Elliot should stop trying to erase their minds and tell them why he’s doing this. If they stop fighting him, Elliot could make them forget he ever lied to them, so they can’t let that happen. Elliot is giving them no choice!
Westchester General Hospital. Dazzler’s room...
A nurse enters Alison’s room, telling the wild child it’s time to change her sheets, as the nurse knows how much Alison loves that. “And maybe if I’m lucky,” the nurse says, “maybe you can...” As the nurse opens the drapes of Alison’s bed, she discovers that... Alison... is gone?! The nurse panics and runs out of the room, telling another nurse to get the doctor and the police. They’ve got a missing patient here!
Back at the mansion...
Storm attacks Elliot with her lightning bolts and, afterward, Wolverine tackles him. He wants to see if Elliot can cast a spell to grow his face back! Scott hits Logan with his beam, thinking the man has gone crazy. He asks Logan what he’s doing. Logan gets up and explains to Slim that Magician is messing with his mind. He reminds Scott that he was fighting Elliot as well, not two seconds ago. He shouts at Cyclops that Elliot is a bad guy and has been tricking them all. Scott asks Logan if he’s sure about that, because he... doesn’t remember.
Iceman tells his boss that’s what Elliot’s power is. He needs to get his head back in the game before he puts the whammy on all of them. Rogue tosses some charged up cards at Elliot, smiling that she heard Bobby bossing Scott around. She jokes Bobby is really going to get it from Scott for that. Bobby knows. And, Rogue adds, did Bobby really said “whammy?”
Elliot grabs Rogue by her throat and tells the X-Men they brought this on themselves. It wasn’t supposed to be this way! Kitty phases through a wall and asks Elliot how things were supposed to go. He even wanted her to break up with her boyfriend. He tosses Rogue at her, but Kitty quickly phases, causing Rogue to fall through her. She laughs that Elliot was too slow. But suddenly, Elliot throws a rock at Kitty, and she can’t phase anymore!
Colossus panics. Elliot promises Kitty will be fine and tells Peter he doesn’t want to kill him, and just make him stop fighting him. Peter angrily thinks that would be an impossible thing to do, and punches Elliot. He glides away, realizing this isn’t going to be easy. The X-Men are going to make him hurt them. Logan, holding his claws out, jumps at Elliot and corrects that they’re going to make Elliot try to do that. He hits Elliot in his face, and blood sprays away from it. Elliot attacks Logan, whose body starts to fall apart! Elliot explains to Logan he can rip the Adamantium from his bones, but reminds him it doesn’t have to be this way. Logan just needs to surrender. Elliot defends he’s a valuable member of this team and is really trying his hardest. He’s an asset! The X-Men don’t need to do this because he isn’t a villain... he’s not out to kill anyone!
Scott thinks Elliot is suggesting they just need to take his word for it, after all the deceit and after all Elliot has done. After all, Elliot is only this team because he lied to them and tricked them into allowing it. So that’s it, Scott concludes... Magician is off the team! Storm uses her wind powers to slam Elliot against a word, telling him he heard the man: it’s over! Kitty and Rogue help Kitty up and ask if she’s okay. Kitty replies she will be... in a month or two. It’s weird... as Elliot’s attack didn’t hurt like it should have. She will be okay but just wants the X-Men to get him. Rogue is confident they can do that.
As the X-Men continue to battle their opponent, Xavier gets up and tries to reach out his telepathic powers to Elliot’s mind. He succeeds and Elliot’s head starts to hurt. He shouts at Xavier to get out of it. He’s through playing games with them. He’s had enough! He stretches out his hands and his powers start transforming the floor, which traps the X-Men in it! Fury wakes up but immediately gets captured, but is surprised at what’s going on. The X-Men all get trapped in the floor as well. Storm asks Scott if he has any ideas. Scott, smiling, responds he’s thinking about it.
Elliot shouts that ever since he found he was a mutant he idolized the X-Men... even before that, really. He loved the X-Men! As the X-Men and Fury all stare at Elliot powering up, he declares he just wanted to be one of the X-Men... he wanted to be accepted. But they just couldn’t leave it alone. They had to interfere with his plans. It could have been perfect. He could have made the world love them... but now he’ll have to kill them all!
Suddenly, a voice says, “I don’t think so.” Elliot turns around, and is surprised to see Jean standing in front of him, who’s covered in fire...


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1st story: Breaking Point
2nd story: Why Xavier’s Cat Is Named “Mystique”
1st story:
Many months ago, location unknown:
Hanging in mid-air, John Wraith opens his helicopter door. He reports to his boss that X3 is away and promises he’ll alert him when the target is neutralized. He’s certain it won’t be long.
Below him, Nightcrawler has already jumped out of the helicopter – without wearing a parachute! Kurt makes it to the roof of a house, where he immediately teleports inside. He spots a few guards carrying guns and teleports behind them. The guards hear the noise of Kurt’s teleporting and open fire! Kurt dodges all of the bullets and defeats one of the guards by snapping his neck and takes the other one out by wringing his tail tight around the guard’s neck.
Suddenly, noises are heard below. Kurt steals one of the guard’s guns and holds it with his tail, while he runs towards the sound at the same time. He heads outside, where more soldiers are standing guard. Kurt fires the gun he stole and kills the soldiers with it! A man wearing a red scarf over his shoulder stands immovable behind his door. He hears the battle noises, but still doesn’t move. Kurt teleports behind him. He drops the gun and takes out a knife, threatening his victim with it. The man panics a bit, and eventually Kurt slices his knife through the man’s body, killing him.
Above in the air, Wraith has been contacted by his impatient boss again. He knows that the job should be done by now, but doesn’t know what the delay is. They’ll circle around one more time and any longer they’ll have their fighters in the air. On that exact moment, Kurt teleports back inside, right in front of Wraith. A pleased Wraith informs his boss to never mind, as the mission has been accomplished. The helicopter takes off.
One month ago, Xavier’s...
Rogue enters Xavier’s office. Sitting behind his desk holding his cat, Xavier first wants to welcome Rogue back to the mansion and tell her how happy he is that she has returned, promising she’ll always have a home there. He’d also like to say how sorry he is about what happened to Gambit. Hesitant a bit, Rogue admits that’s exactly what she wanted to talk about. When Gambit died, she explains, he asked her to kiss him. Remy was dying, so she figured she couldn’t hurt him any more... so she did it. And Gambit died. She can’t help but think if she had refused... and waited for an ambulance... Gambit might have survived.
The Professor tries to convince Rogue there’s no way she could know what happen. Closing her eyes in shame, Rogue admits there’s more. After Gambit died, for the next week, she could hear him in her head... like he was still alive. He would talk to her! And she had Gambit’s powers... he even started to creep into her speech from time to time. Now, Gambit’s gone. She can’t hear him... but his powers are still there in her body, and her own are gone. It’s never lasted this long before and Rogue doesn’t know what to do. She’s scared. So she came there. She didn’t know what else to do because there was nowhere else to go.
Xavier promises Rogue to help her in any way he can. She knows that. He explains this is the first time she has used her powers on an individual who was dying... it was the first time she had fully absorbed all their energy. Xavier realizes this is uncharted territory for her. But it’s unclear to him what effect this will have on Rogue. Using his mind powers, Xavier senses it’s already showing no signs that it’s not a permanent transformation. Rogue wants to know how long the Professor thinks it will last. Honestly, Xavier says he has no idea.
Last night, Westchester General Hospital. Dazzler’s room...
Kurt sits on top of the comatose Dazzler’s bed. She wakes up, realizing that Deathstrike has stabbed her. She notices Kurt and says hi to him. She jokingly asks where the rest of Charlie’s Angels are... She wonders if they’re having a party, or sitting at home having a party? She sees Kurt’s the only one in the room and asks if Warren is present as well. Kurt just stares quietly at her, his face taking an angry look. Ali, not liking his lack of response, calls out to Kurt several times.
Still not gaining an answer, Ali starts to panic and asks what’s going on. Kurt fakes he’s freaking out as well, but admits he’s glad she’s awake. He lies that Alison is in danger and that it isn’t safe there. He moves closer to her, telling her she has to come with him. He lies that people will find her there and will kill them both! They have to go into hiding. Alison isn’t too sure what to think about that but, before she can do anything about it, Kurt has already teleported the both of them away!
Moments later...
Kurt placed Alison under some blankets, but she still can’t move her legs. She’s so weak. She wants to know about the “attack” and where they are now. Kurt explains they’re in a cave and that he comes here often... to think. The cave’s completely sealed off and nobody can find them there. Alison repeats her question of who’s after them, and if the mansion was attacked.
Kurt fakes that he doesn’t know, that it all happened so fast. That he didn’t see who was behind them and that he barely got out of there. Alison asks if anyone got hurt, and where they all are. Kurt thinks they might be hiding as well (he doesn’t know). Alison desperately wants to know what’s going on, as it doesn’t make a lot of sense that Kurt doesn’t know who attacked. Kurt angrily shouts he just doesn’t know... he doesn’t know who’s hurt or who’s dead... HE JUST DOESN’T KNOW!
Alison quietly stares at him for a while, and Kurt just sits there, thinking. Eventually, he tells Alison he was very worried about her. She asks how long she was out. Kurt explains it was only a few weeks, but it seemed longer. Alison wants to know what happened to Lorna Dane. Kurt tells her that was all just a ruse... that it was part of an escape attempt of Magneto, and that he was defeated and now remains in custody. Lorna was let go, and everything was fine, aside from Alison’s injury.
When Dazzler asks what they are going to do now, Kurt hesitates before answering the question. Confident, he says they’ll wait until the Professor contacts them. Kurt knows where he is, certain that Xavier will contact them when it’s safe to come out. Kurt lies that Xavier knows where he is. “Okay... whatever,” Alison says. She asks if Kurt has anything to read.
Xavier’s...
Still in his office, Xavier tells Wolverine that he’s good to go, and Logan leaves. The phone rings. Xavier answers it, and asks a doctor what he can do for him. He confirms that Alison Blaire is a student of his, and asks if she has woken from her coma yet. He also quickly promises he’ll pay for anything she’s broken or damaged. The doctor informs him that Alison has disappeared. This news shocks Xavier and he asks what the doctor means by “disappeared” and if Alison was still in a coma when it happened. When the doctor replies, Xavier says he understands that, but mentions that Alison’s abilities do not included disappearing.
Xavier then reminds the doctor he was supposed to keep her mutant status secret from the staff, and asks if he did that. He adds that he’s well aware of the mistreatment and neglects of the prejudices against people like Alison. He tells the doctor the situation is unacceptable and that the bottom line is that Alison was in his care. The doctor will be hearing of his lawyer. The doctor disconnects, leaving Xavier alone in his office; trying to find a solution.
The cave...
Kurt has brought Alison some snack food and some things to read. When she then asks him how long the attack took, Kurt replies it took a few days and that it all happened very quick. He lies that the X-Men just scattered and thinks that most of the team made it out. But there were “too many enemies,” so he can’t be sure. Alison asks what about her. She knows Xavier told Kurt to hide until the coast was clear. She asks why Kurt was at the hospital when she woke up. Kurt says he knew if the X-Men were under attack Alison would be in danger as well. He was worried about her, being so defenseless, so he watched her and waited. But Alison couldn’t be moved, he adds, so he kept an eye on her. If these “people” attacked the hospital he knew that he would be able to get her away in time and could only risk moving at that moment.
Alison gently touches Kurt’s hands, smiling that’s so sweet of him. Kurt is speechless. Alison tells him not to freak out, as she’s still with Warren... That is, she says as she pulls her hand away again, if Warren is still alive. Kurt gets up, and agrees with that. “Of course Warren’s still alive,” he says. He mentions he’ll go out for more supplies and teleports out, leaving Alison alone. She calls him a weirdo.
Xavier’s, the briefing room...
Xavier has gathered the entire team around him and informs them that Dazzler is missing. He explains she disappeared from her room yesterday afternoon. The hospital had been trying to get in touch with him but, for obvious reasons, couldn’t do until a few moments ago. They don’t know what happened to her, nor do they know if she’s awake or still in her coma. They don’t know where Alison could have gone. But, Xavier believes, if Alison has awoken from her coma, it wouldn’t be unlike her to just disappear without letting them know. He thinks they may have nothing to worry about.
Iceman wants to know what the point of this meeting is then. Xavier sighs, asking Bobby to let him finish. He again says they may not have anything to worry about, but he wants to be sure. He will be going to the hospital to scan the minds of the staff there, to make sure no foul play is involved. He’d like the rest of the team to take a quick trip to the local clubs Dazzler played in, to see if anyone has heard from her.
Kurt passes the room, carrying a bag over his shoulder. Scared a bit, he asks what’s going on. Kitty explains to him that Dazzler is missing. Kurt fakes that he’s shocked to hear that and asks if she’s okay. Logan looks doubtful at Kurt, but answers they don’t know. She’s missing. Kurt understands and asks what they are going to do about it. Scott thinks there’s not much they can do. They’re just going to ask around and see if anyone has heard from her. That’s about it.
Kurt promises he’ll help doing that. He can cover a lot of ground with his powers and will get started right away. Wolverine says that sounds good, and will be tagging along. Kurt places his hand on Logan’s shoulder, telling him he’ll go alone. He repeats he can cover more ground faster than Logan can, plus he’ll have less weight to teleport around. Logan looks at him, and agrees with Kurt’s plan. He can go for it. Kurt puts his bag back over his shoulder and exits.
Xavier tells his students the meeting is dismissed. The X-Men leave, but Wolverine stays behind, wanting to talk to the Professor. He admits to him he hates to even bring it up but, when he stood close to Kurt, he reeked of their missing tattooed friend. And the smell was fresh. Xavier knows. He sensed it on Kurt the moment he entered the room. He’s assembling a team telepathically right now as they speak. He tells Logan he can meet the others in the hangar in two minutes. He’s welcome to join them but, under no circumstances, is allowed to use deadly force. None of it, and he means it. He reminds Logan that he, more than anyone, knows what Weapon X can do to someone’s psyche. Logan understands that Kurt’s one of the team and promises Xavier he doesn’t have to worry.
The cave...
Nightcrawler teleports back to Dazzler in the cave, finding her sleeping. When he tells her he brought food, .she asks what he brought, as she’s starving. She tries to help herself up by holding a wall of the cave, still unable to stand on her legs. Kurt opens his bag and takes out some salami, crackers and a couple bottles of water. He also has some bread, some cheese thinking this should tide them over for at least a couple of days.
Suddenly, Kitty phases through a wall and whispers to Dazzler not to say anything, who’s a bit surprised. Kitty tells Ali they’re here to save her. Alison doesn’t understand what Kitty means by that, but before she gets an answer Kitty already pulls her through the wall. Kurt turns around and sea’s what’s happening. He is enraged.
Kurt immediately teleports back outside, where he finds the rest of the team standing in front of the X-Wing. Scott tells Kurt he needs help, explaining that his time with Weapon X... his life before the X-Men... that it scarred him. He doesn’t know why they didn’t see it. Kurt needs to come with them so they can help.
“Help me?” Kurt angrily shouts, thinking by that Scott rather means “stop” him. Kurt asks if he deserves to be alone, and not to have somebody too. Dazzler shouts at Kurt that can’t happen if he kidnaps people, and calls him a freak. Kurt refuses to be called like that... especially not by Dazzler. Logan gently places his hand on Kurt’s shoulder, asking him to calm down. He knows what those monsters at Weapon X put him through... Kurt can trust him on that. He says it’s okay to get mixed-up...freaked-out and confused. Whatever. The X-Men aren’t there to blame him, nor do they wish to hurt him. He tells Kurt he has to believe them when he says they are here to help. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Kurt punches Logan in his face, telling him not to touch him!
Logan tells Kurt it’s okay. He gets one free one... but just that one. Colossus asks his friend to stop this. He needs to come back with them – please. Peter promises Kurt that they aren’t his enemies, but his friends. Kurt states that he wants to hear from Peter least of all. He doesn’t even want to hear the sound of his voice, nor does he want to know what Peter is... what he hid from him. It sickens Kurt. Colossus has heard enough and wants to fight, and Scott tries to hold him back. Peter tells Scott to let him go, wanting to put Kurt in his place. He has heard enough. Peter manages to pull himself free and tries to hit Kurt, who teleports away.
Kurt emerges on Peter’s back, hating the fact that the X-Men brought him to this. Without a single warning, Kurt teleports them both away!
Today, Xavier’s office...
Xavier asks Wolverine, who sits on a chair in front of him, if he’s okay. Logan can’t believe the Professor is seriously asking him that. He knows he has taken care of business like this before... more than he can even remember. And, he can tell Xavier that, as many as he does remember, he must have completed lots of those business. This isn’t something Logan is proud of. But, he asks Xavier not to get him wrong, as he doesn’t regret saving the whole team. So, Logan admits, he guesses that he is fine. He even hasn’t given it a second thought.
Xavier explains to Logan that he would be a fool to ignore what kind of man he was when he first came there. He recalls that Logan was originally sent here to kill him, but now the Professor likes to think that Logan’s time there has changed him. At least somewhat. He doesn’t even expect Logan to be upset. But he would very much like to hear that he has at least given the fact a second thought. “Sure,” Logan replies, if that helps Xavier’s sense of accomplishment. He’d do it again in a heartbeat, but part of him wishes Nightcrawler would have just listened to the Professor and not try and kill everyone.
Xavier strokes his cat, and thanks Logan for what he just said. Logan gets up and asks the Professor if they’re done there.
Earlier...
Kurt has teleported both himself and Colossus back into the cave and leaves him there. He goes back to the X-Men, and Cyclops demands to know what Kurt did to Peter. Kurt promises it’s the same thing he’ll do to the other X-Men as well if they attack him. Logan snikts his claws out. He recalls that he promised Xavier he wouldn’t kill Kurt, but he can still do everything but. He tries to hit Kurt, but he slides away from the attack and teleports Logan away in the far distance of the surrounding forest.
Nightcrawler moves over to Scott and grabs him by his uniform, mocking that Scott should be more alert. He leaves Scott hanging high above the air and to fall down, without anyone left to help him. Kurt punches Ororo in her face, explaining he defeated her after Scott because she’s the next most powerful after him. He jokes that this is too easy and wonders what Xavier was training them to do exactly. Iceman tries to freeze Kurt up, but he teleports away and Bobby accidentally freezes Storm instead.
Rogue has had enough and throws some charged up cards at Kurt. She states that she’s got a hard enough time already there without Kurt making it look like all Weapon X-ers are going to eventually flip out! Kurt can’t believe that’s what the X-Men really think is going on...  that he’s going crazy? The cards make it to Kurt, but they don’t explode?! Rogue watches the cards fall down on the grass, and stares at her hands, in shock at what just happened.
As the battle between Kurt and Bobby continues, Kitty tends to Alison, asking if she’s okay. Ali thinks she will be but wants to know what happened to Kurt. Kitty hesitates; as she isn’t really sure... this is new. Meanwhile, as he falls, Scott tries to use his eyebeam to soften the fall, but it fails and he crashes on the hard floor. Iceman asks Kurt how long he planned this. Bobby’s confident that they will get Kurt eventually, as he’s totally outnumbered. Nearby, Rogue tries to charge some stones up, but nothing happens.
Suddenly, noises are heard below the combatants. Kurt looks surprised and, an instant later, Colossus punches himself back up through the ground, hitting Kurt! Kurt is amazed and asks Peter how this is possible, however Peter ignores the question and demands that Kurt stops this right now. He swears that if Kurt hurts one of his friends... he’ll kill him! Kurt can’t believe that Peter is doing this to him... that he’s keeping him from the one he loves.
Dazzler hits Kurt with her light powers, shouting at him that even if he ends up beating the X-Men, she’ll keep him from the one he loves! Kurt starts to cry, admitting this isn’t how things were supposed to happen. This is all wrong. He’s not crazy. He was never going to hurt her. He just wanted time with her without any... interferences. He wanted to convince her that he was a man Alison could love. He thought... he thought they could look back on this time and laugh. That this would be something they could tell their children. Everyone is speechless.
Rogue goes to stand behind Nightcrawler and tells him to give up – it’s over. Kurt refuses, but Rogue touches his shoulder and absorbs him. She screams, and Kurt cries. He starts to scream as well, and then, he falls unconscious. Rogue starts to teleport around, begging for help. She wants Kurt out of her head! Bobby runs over to her and Rogue panics, realizing that her old powers are back.
While Bobby tries to help Rogue up, Wolverine comes back running, still ready for action. He stops and takes a look around, realizing that things are already taken care of. He helps Scott lift a still unconscious Kurt up, and drags him into the X-Wing. Scott suggests they go home.
Some time later, Xavier’s...
The Professor has gathered everyone back in the briefing room. He wants everyone on the team to agree that this is an internal matter. He explains it’s also not in Kurt’s best interests to turn him over to SHIELD custody, as he wouldn’t get the help there he needs back at the mansion. The Professor highlights that’s exactly what Kurt needs right now... the X-Men’s help. He has secured the boy in the infirmary and installed psychic barriers that will keep Kurt from regaining consciousness. He will need to constantly maintain thee barriers but, in this state, Xavier can explore Kurt’s dreaming mind... and treat his mental illness. He hopes that Kurt can one day resume his activities here in this school.
Alison can’t believe her ears. Kurt has just kidnapped her and now Xavier’s just going to fix him? She shouts that “psycho” should fry! With a stern look on his face, Xavier tells Alison that that’s enough. Alison mocks she believes she just crossed the line. She mocks that, for a minute, she thought about what Xavier would be doing if this had happened to one of the students he liked... like say Jean or someone else... “anyone else but her!”
The Professor tells Alison she’s overreacting. Alison doesn’t think so. She gets up, shouting that she’s through with this nonsense. SHE QUITS! She yells that she just wants to be a rock star anyway, and leaves. Scott and Jean watch Alison depart, not really sure what to do. Wolverine and Storm act the same way, while Iceman stares at Alison as well, but not Rogue. She simply looks down. With Peter sitting next to her, Kitty thinks this sucks.
Later, at the infirmary…
Rogue enters Kurt’s room, where he lies comatose in bed. She walks toward Kurt, telling him that the Professor doesn’t want any of the team in here. Rogue also doesn’t know if Kurt can even hear her, so she’ll make this quick. She says she knows what it’s like to grow up being a mutant. To have people treat you a certain way just because you’re different. She knows about the ridicule, the isolation. She knows that it must be especially hard when a mutant looks different too, like Kurt. She thinks people who judged Kurt just by the way he looks, they probably thought he was a monster.
But, she just wanted to say that, after being in Kurt’s head, seeing what he really is... on the inside... she knows that Kurt is a monster! Rogue leaves, not seeing that Kurt starts to cry a bit, though remaining motionless.
2nd story:
A long time ago...
Standing in a trashed room at the mansion, a monster holds Xavier by his throat. She doesn’t understand how he could do this, and why he is with her. She’s almost half his age, while she loved him. She doesn’t think Xavier understands it when she says she loved him. Xavier tells Mystique he thinks she’s taking this too hard.
Emma, having completely turned into her diamond form, hits Mystique on her head demanding she lets Charles go. Mystique turns back to her normal self, and screams at Emma that she and Xavier deserve each other.
Months later...
Emma and Xavier walk through the hallways of the mansion together. Emma tells her beloved she really wants to keep it and won’t beg for it. She has made her desire clear now. Xavier still isn’t sure about it. He’s very organized and doesn’t like the idea of that “thing” walking across his desk. “But fine,” Charles sighs, if Emma wants to keep it, they can keep it. Emma thanks Charles for it, and knows he’ll learn to love it. Xavier smiles he’s sure.
Emma opens the door of Charles’ office, where they both stop and stare in shock at the sight awaiting them within. Emma reminds the speechless Professor that he already said she could keep it and he can’t take that back. Xavier looks at a little cat, sleeping on his desk, with lots of destroyed mutant related files lying scattered across the room, and the furniture is ruined as well. Emma also thinks she found the perfect name for her cat... “Mystique.” The Professor sighs.


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Magician: part 3
With the X-Men and Nick Fury all trapped in the floor behind him, Magican has noticed Jean standing behind him, but isn’t impressed by the fire surrounding her. He sarcastically wonders what she’s going to do to him: crazy him to death? “Yeah,” Jean proudly replies. “Something like that.” A huge Phoenix-like fire-bird spreads around Jean, who attacks Elliot with a powerful fire blast.
Magician dodges all of the flames. He reminds Jean that the X-Men fear her... cage her... even treat her like an outsider... so he can’t understand she still defends them. He thinks that’s pretty crazy. Jean keeps attacking Elliot with fire, telling the boy he has no idea what he’s talking about. Elliot jumps up and the blast hits the wall behind him. He mocks Jean she probably wishes what she just said is true. He also bets she knows that isn’t the case. That she knows these people are as afraid of her as they are of him. “Luckily,” Elliot concludes, Jean won’t be around much longer.
Elliot uses his powers and, out of nowhere, the Blob, Toad and Multiple Man appear! The Multiple Man immediately makes duplicates of himself, which surround and overpower Jean.
Meanwhile, Rogue starts to realize that the attack on Ms. Frost’s school wasn’t really the Brotherhood. Iceman thinks so too and wonders what else Magician is capable of. Colossus has almost succeeded freeing himself using his awesome strength, and is ready to attack once he’s loose. Elliot mocks he remembers someone saying they weren’t in enough pain. He uses his powers on Colossus, whose steel starts melting off! Peter screams. Jean, having fallen down onto the ground, realizes she can’t do this on her own. She tries to telepathically contact Wolverine. Logan, thinking that Jean is wondering if he can take the heat, tells her to go for it.
Jean hits Wolverine with a huge fire blast. It causes the floor around him to melt, but he has now completely lost his hair and uniform as well. Naked and in a full rage with his claw already snikted open, Logan rushes to Jean’s rescue. In the meantime, the Blob installed his fat butt on Jean and smiles she’s probably enjoying this. Logan cuts his way through Multiple Man’s dupes and promises he’ll kill Blob if he hurt Jean. The Blob is unimpressed and doesn’t see what harm Wolverine could possibly do to him. Wolverine has had enough talk.
Blob agrees to fight. He promises he’ll hurt Logan so bad he’ll make him forget that sunburn he just took. Wolverine slices his claws through the Blob’s face, causing him to bleed badly. Jean gets up and hits the Multiple Man dupes away from her, trying to stop Wolverine from killing the Blob. She reminds him that this isn’t the Brotherhood. She thinks if they can distract Magician, break his concentration, the Brotherhood may just disappear. That should be their strategy. Wolverine, trying to free himself from Toad’s tongue that’s wrapped around his body, tells Jean to remind the Brotherhood of that as well.
The Blob gets up and shouts he’ll kill all of the X-Men. He throws Toad off of Wolverine and fights through more Multiple Man dupes, and tries to hit Jean. Luckily, she manages to protect herself behind a telekinesis shield. But the Blob keeps punching and breaks through it. The strain is too much for Jean to handle and she collapses. Wolverine rushes towards her rescue, but Elliot has had enough of this. He’s tired of having things done for him. He thinks it’s time to get his own hands dirty. He waves with his hand, and all of the Brotherhood members disappear. Wolverine runs to Elliot and slices through his neck, causing blood to spray everywhere.
The X-Men and Fury are all shocked, and Kitty disgusted. Elliot, while holding the wound over his neck with one hand, uses the other in an attempt to trap Wolverine in the floor again. Elliot also makes two swords for him to battle. Wolverine is determined this won’t help... not even guns or bazookas will do that trick. Logan breaks free and keeps fighting Elliot until he drops the swords. Finally, he sticks his claws through Magician’s chest! The entire room turns red, and Elliot screams.
A second later, everything is back to normal. The X-Men and Fury are free. Magician is gone, and there isn’t even blood around the room, which is also back to its former state. Iceman wonders if all this truly happened. Wolverine, still half-naked, is certain it did happen, and that Elliot is dead. End of story. All of the X-Men get up and, as he looks around, Logan jokes that at least they won’t have any mess to clean up. Scott tends to Jean and asks if she’s okay. She is now, Jean replies.
Colossus picks Xavier up into his arms and helps him back into his wheelchair. Peter asks Xavier if it’s all over now, and wants to know where Elliot went to. Xavier thinks Elliot is just gone. He really thinks it’s as simple as that. He doesn’t sense so much as an afterthought of the boy. It’s though as if Magician never existed. Jean wonders if that’s even possible.
Xavier thinks they’ve discovered today that what is possible is far beyond anything they could ever have imagined. He concludes there’s a lot to learn from this incident. He wants to hope the lessons from today help them live through the inevitable events of tomorrow. They also need to be more vigilant in their recruitment efforts: not just in who they accept into this school but to monitor mutants across the world – immediately, as their powers manifest. He proclaims that mutant powers are a gift. Charles truly believes that. But Magician has proven to them that the X-Men’s understanding of the limits of mutant ability is rudimentary at best. Simply put: there are none. He believes that, if left unchecked, Elliot could have unwillingly caused the deaths of them all... or hundreds, if not thousands, of people. They have to be prepared to do what must be done in the event of such mutants manifesting.
Wolverine and Fury stare quietly at each other. Finally, Fury says he’ll send a team over to scan the area. He thinks there must be a trace of Magician here... something to indicate he existed. Something for his parents to bury. Everyone looks quietly in front of each other, thinking about that option.
The next day...
Kitty sits alone in the gardens against a tree, and sighs. Someone behind her promises he really never would have hurt any of the X-Men. Stunned and recognizing the voice, Kitty looks behind her and sees... Elliot! Elliot explains that the thing is, he didn’t plan this whole thing. He didn’t even know he was a mutant until he was brought to this school... until Xavier and Jean told him. Close as Elliot can figure it, his powers are that reality warps around him, to provide him with whatever he wants. Whether he wants to know it or not.
Kitty gets scared and crawls away from Elliot. Elliot ignores this, and continues to reveal that, when he saw the X-Men on TV, he was thinking, if he were a mutant, he’d want to be on the X-Men, but he was on the team before he knew he even wanted to be there. He certainly didn’t want his parents to die... but that was the easiest way, he supposes, for him to accept his surroundings and be brought to the mansion and to Xavier. Of course, his parents aren’t really dead. Which is a relief, even though his parents are Elliot’s least favorite people in the world. But he’s still glad they are not dead. He’s still trying to figure out exactly how things worked out, what he did and what he didn’t do, and what he was in control of and what he wasn’t. It’s all very unclear to Elliot right now.
Elliot moves closer to Kitty. He tells her it’s his desire that controls his power. Of that, he’s sure. He wanted to be on the team, so the Brotherhood attacked while so many people were away. Elliot merely knew of the dance, not where it was or who was there... and it still worked. He thought Kitty was cute and suddenly she was flirting with him. It was somewhere around that time he started to piece together what was wrong. Elliot admits he can’t control his powers. He just can’t. He thinks they’re by nature uncontrollable. He knows enough about Xavier to know he wouldn’t rest until he had helped out. He knows Xavier would sacrifice his time and resources in the effort, but Elliot’s not sure what the outcome would be.
So, he came up with another plan. He needs to disappear... and he doesn’t want the X-Men to come after him. Elliot realizes he’s just too dangerous to be around anyone. He tells Kitty that, if she thought he was a villain, and better yet, a dead villain, then he would be free. Free to go wherever he pleased. Free to be alone. So that’s what Elliot’s doing: he’s leaving. He’s going to go someplace where there aren’t any people. Someplace like Antarctica or something. Of course, he knows if Kitty was actually aware of all this he wouldn’t be able to go. He knows Kitty would tell Xavier and he would have him hunt down. So, none of the X-Men can ever know.
But... he just needed to say it all out loud... just once... just for himself. Elliot starts walking away, and erases Kitty’s memory about this conversation!
A second later, Scott walks over to Kitty, telling her Fury’s team is done with the scans of the mansion and that she can come back now. The team didn’t find anything. It’s like Elliot never spent any time with them. Scott reaches his hand out to Kitty, helping her up from the grass. He asks what she was doing out there anyway. Kitty says she was... she doesn’t really know. Just thinking, she says. She follows Scott back to the mansion, but quietly turns around one last time.
Later that night...
Wolverine sits in his room, holding a beer in one hand and a golden wedding ring in the other. He quietly stares at it, reading the inscription: “To James, with all my love.” He smells something. Logan looks out of the window, but doesn’t see anything.
Not far away from Wolverine’s bedroom, Sabretooth stands against a tree, still having the big scar around his neck. He looks up to the sky; and ponders.
Back inside the mansion...
Colossus walks around a corner of the hallway and bumps into Nightcrawler. He apologizes to Kurt, and sees him carrying a backpack. He asks Kurt what all this is about, thinking he’s going camping or something. Kurt coldly replies he has nothing to say to Peter.
Peter gets angry as well and, with a firm face, reminds Kurt it would be smart for him to refrain from treating him so poorly. Peter admits he has held back in honor of their past friendship, but his temper cannot be contained much longer. Kurt shouts that he has had enough and jumps at Peter, like he’s about to attack. Peter quickly turns his body into steel, ready to defend himself, but, just as he is about to reach Peter, Kurt teleports away! Peter wonders.
Bobby enters the hallway as well and shuts his MP3 player off. Peter tells his young friend he just had a troubling encounter with Kurt, and asks Bobby if he knows where the Professor is. Bobby doesn’t even know what a “troubling encounter” means. Colossus gets impatient and repeats his question about the Professor. Bobby thinks Peter’s too serious for his own good. But, it looks like Peter is on his own, as the Professor is out on a date.
A New York City restaurant...
Lilandra jokes Xavier’s power isn’t so impressive, certain she could figure it out. She thinks it’s not even that hard to read people’s minds. Xavier suggests Lilandra gives it a try, if she truly believes that. Lilandra moves her two hands to her head, wanting to see if she can peer through that impressive dome of Charles to see what’s inside. She believes Charles is thinking about her kooky religion. That he doesn’t understand how someone as obviously intelligent as her could fall for such an outlandish fairy tale. “Giant cosmic bird,” Lilandra jokes. She bets that’s run through Xavier’s head once or twice.
“Not quite,” Xavier says. Lilandra does think she’s close. But it’s quite the contrary. In fact, he thinks the origins of the Shi’ar religion is one of the most fascinating things he’s ever heard. Lilandra is surprised Charles doesn’t find it farfetched. Taking a drink, Xavier reminds Lilandra he has a student who shoots red lasers from his eyes. He can read people’s thoughts as easily as one peers through a window. How could anything be farfetched in a world where those things are a reality? But, he tells Lilandra, she doesn’t have to give him a membership card just yet, as he has yet to see anything that proves her tale of the great Phoenix, and he’s not one to jump to conclusions. He admits he has been reading those books Lilandra gave him and finds them quite fascinating and has even enjoyed them.
Lilandra is impressed. Charles smiles he is an impressive man, to which Lilandra adds that will never be up for dispute. Xavier asks Lilandra if she still thinks she can read minds. Lilandra jokingly admits Charles has her: she doesn’t have the touch and is not a psychic. She wants Charles to do her now. Charles goes for it and enters Lilandra’s mind. Telepathically, he tells Miss Lilandra Numara that, unless he is reading her thoughts incorrectly, he does believe she’s trying to seduce him. Answering telepathically back, Lilandra touches her lips, and admits that maybe she is.


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1st story: Cable: part 1 - 2nd story: Extracurricular
Jean sits on her bed, and says that it’s her birthday today. Scott, standing in front of her, smiles he knows that, hence the gift he’s holding. Trying to find the right words, Jean explains that’s not what she meant. She means, with all that’s happened recently... everything they’ve... she has been through, plus the things with the Shi’ar, Elliot Boggs... “uh,” Jean adds, everything that’s going on with Kurt and the fact that Dazzler left the team, she doesn’t know if she’s supposed to celebrate herself turning twenty. Scott tells Jean she could at least open his gift. Jean takes the gift, and says that she isn’t a teenager anymore, which should be a big deal, but... She stops her phrase right there, and thanks Scott for the present. She thinks it’s really sweet and appreciates it, but thinks opening gifts will have to wait until later.
At the very moment, outside the school... Xavier rolls his wheelchair out of a limo and thanks the driver, Mr. Westerfield, for the ride home. As Westerfield drives away, Xavier starts going back inside the school, until a mocking voice holds him back. It’s Quicksilver! Pietro jokes that the fact the Professor is sneaking into the school after an overnight stay with a woman he barely knows. Pietro doesn’t want to overstep his bounds, but he must say he thinks it’s seems somehow beneath Charles. He wonders what Xavier’s students would think if they found him like this.
The Professor thinks his students would find he is an adult who can think for himself and make his own decisions. And he’s hardly sneaking. When he asks Quicksilver what he’s doing there, Pietro hands Xavier over a small box, mentioning it’s a special delivery from Nick Fury. Xavier accepts it and Pietro immediately leaves afterward.
Moments later, in Xavier’s study... Xavier shares a video conversation with Nick Fury. He has opened the box from Fury and, inside, he found a gray bracelet. He asks Fury if it’s really just that, which Nick confirms. He explains that after learning of Charles’ plan to keep Jean at his school despite her recent – and past – episodes, he thought the bracelet was something Charles would need. He can assure the Professor it’s quite humane.
Charles doesn’t deny something like the bracelet is necessary, but he’ll admit he doesn’t like the idea of forcing Jean to wear this device. Fury suggests that Charles convinces the girl to wear it on her own. He mustn’t let Jean think she’s being forced. Fury also needs to ask Charles if he’s sure he’s making the right move here. He already had a couple of questionable students on his team. He really needs to know if Charles wants another one, and wants to know what’s between Charles and Jean.
The Professor states that he trusts Jean Grey entirely. Even more so than Scott. He tells Fury that, if his device works, he’s confident Jean will be able to interact with her fellow students without incident. Possibly, she can even take a more active role in the X-Men again. But Charles realizes only time will tell for certain.
Fury is confident the device will work. He explains it was developed for the Hulk... something to use on Banner if he began to transform. Unfortunately, the device wasn’t completed in time for him. One hit from this and Jean’s nervous system will shut down, rendering her unconscious. Nick adds that all they did was install a psychic trigger, which packs quite a kick. He asks Charles if he’s sure he will be able to use the device. Charles can assure Fury that when the time comes and he can’t activate the bracelet, he’s sure Jean will. Fury hopes Charles is right on that, and logs out. Charles sighs, and telepathically contacts Jean. He asks her to come to his study as soon as she has a free moment, because he needs to talk to her.
In the game room of the school... With both Colossus and Shadowcat sitting behind them, Iceman and Rogue continue to play video games. Bobby corrects Rogue what she’s doing wrong in the game, but she claims she knows what she’s doing wrong. Bobby wants to do it for her, but Rogue shouts at him not to, defending she’s only trying to learn how to play the stupid game so they can do it together... not so she can watch him play. Bobby promises it will only take him a second, and tries to take the console out of Rogue’s hand. Moving gently closer to Rogue’s hand, he starts touching her glove.
Rogue freaks out because of this and leaves the room, starting to cry and shouting at Bobby not to touch her. Bobby doesn’t know what he did wrong, because he saw Rogue wearing her gloves, meaning it was safe. While Bobby follows Rogue outside, Colossus walks over to Kitty, who still sits in the couch, reading. Peter jokes they never have a dull moment around here, but Kitty ignores him. Peter tries to get her attention, and she apologizes for not responding. She doesn’t even know if she has a good book in her hands, because she has been... distracted. Peter goes to sit next to her, and asks if everything’s okay. Kitty claims things are fine, but she just had a lot on her mind recently. She has been thinking about some things and doesn’t think they’re important.
Meanwhile... Jean enters Xavier’s study, and he welcomes her to take a seat. Jean does, and the Professor asks her how she’s feeling. A bit angry, Jean explains that, if Charles is asking if she’s thinking about killing him and enslave the world, the answer is no. She’s feeling fine. Whatever it was inside her seems to have gone away... again. Jean thinks that, as long as the Professor keeps that girlfriend of his away from her, she’ll be fine. Xavier defends that Lilandra isn’t his girlfriend, though Jean knows the Professor would like Lilandra to be his girlfriend. Charles asks Jean to stay out of his mind, warning she may not like the things she could find in there.
Jean states she doesn’t need to enter Charles’ mind to know about those things. Charles continues that this isn’t what he called her in for. Jean wants to know the real reason. Xavier shows her the bracelet he got from Fury, and wants to discuss Jean’s willingness to wear it.
At the same time, in the Danger Room... Wolverine and Storm are training together, with fight simulations of the Liberators. While slashing his claws through Colonel Al-Rahman, Logan warns Storm to focus on Loki because he’s the one with the power. He’ll try to keep the others occupied. After giving Perun a powerful electrical shock, she promises to do that. However, the Crimson Dynamo sneaks up on Logan, and punches him. Logan flies towards Storm, and they both fall on the ground. Storm gets on top of Logan’s body and asks if he’s okay. Logan reminds Ororo of his healing factor and asks how she’s doing. Storm smiles she’ll live.
Ororo and Logan silently lock eyes, ready to kiss. However, Storm interrupts, by asking her “buddy” if he wants to go ahead and finish the program she worked so hard to write. That’s fine by Logan. Storm gets up and is ready to give it another go. Logan snikts his claws out again and tells Storm to this time pick up the rest of the Liberators with a tornado or something. He’ll be gutting Loki!
Elsewhere at the mansion... Kitty walks alone through the large hallways, and sighs. Jean walks over to her and Kitty asks if she saw the Professor. She looked in his study but wasn’t there. The door was closed and, when she called out, she didn’t hear anything but went in anyway. She hopes that’s okay. She asks Jean if she knows where he is. Jean tries to calm Kitty down and asks if she’s okay. Kitty looks down, and says she just really needs to talk to the Professor. Jean thinks Xavier went down to the infirmary to check in on Kurt. If not, she’s sure the Professor will be back in his study at some point. She suggests Kitty could just leave a note. Kitty doesn’t want to, and mentions she’ll just talk to the Professor later.
At the infirmary... The Professor has entered Nightcrawler’s mind. He sees an unpleasant memory from Kurt’s Weapon X days. In the nightmare, he kills a security guard. After taking the guard’s helmet off, Kurt discovered that he just killed a beautiful woman, and mourns for her loss. Charles talks to the real Kurt, and tells him he’s here to help, and asks Kurt if he will let him help. Kurt furiously shouts at the Professor to go away.
Charles leaves Kurt’s mind, and sighs. He takes Kurt’s hand, and promises he’ll fix him. He knows Kurt isn’t an evil person... just confused. He won’t give up. A bright, blue light suddenly surrounds the room, and a voice tells the Professor he’s very touched by all this. Charles looks around and sees a big man standing behind him, who carries an equally big gun! The man apologizes in advance to the Professor for having to do this... but Charles Xavier has to die!
Xavier quickly uses his powers to slam the mysterious visitor against a wall, and demands to know who he is and how he can block his telepathic powers. The man smiles that that’s a secret. He takes out a small device from his belt, and throws it at the Professor. The device attaches itself on Xavier’s head, removing all of his powers! The man gets back up and tells Charles he doesn’t need to worry, as the device only works temporarily. The man with the metal arm points his gun at Xavier’s head, promising the device will work long enough.
Shadowcat jumps on the man’s back and panics for the Professor’s safety. The man falls on his knees and recognizes Shadowcat, telling the girl she’s making a huge mistake. Kitty jokes that she disagrees, because her attack seems to be working. She phases the man, and tells him that now the only thing she needs to do is make him solid again, and the fun can really begin. Kitty lifts the man up in the sky and, when almost reaching the ceiling, makes the man solid again and drops him hard on the ground. Kitty goes to stand on the man’s metal arm, and electrical sparks come from it. She asks the man that, since he knows her name, he knows what her powers do to machines as well.
The man mentions he’s got another machine up his sleeve, and wants to see what it will do to her. He takes out something that looks like a knife, and sticks it through Kitty’s stomach! Kitty falls on her knees and wants to know what he just did to her. The man explains Kitty has been hit by a power dampener. He suggests she doesn’t touch it, or even try to remove it, because the dampener is the only thing keeping her from bleeding to death. The man apologizes to Kitty for doing this to her.
Jean runs into the infirmary as well, and fears for Kitty. She telepathically calls out to the other X-Men and demands they run to the infirmary at once. The man throws a power dampener on Jean’s head as well, and she collapses. The man gets up and curses his arm, as not even the ejector seems to be working. The man kneels before the fallen Jean and apologizes to her. He thinks she’ll be out just long enough for him to finish the job. He knows she isn’t going to understand, but he has to do this.
Colossus angrily shouts at the man to get away from Jean and gives him a hard punch in the face. The man still stands, surprising Peter. He wants to know how he did that. The man claims he has his armor to thank for that, and jokes he’s full of surprises. He moves his hand, and plants start coming up from the ground and start wrapping themselves tightly around Peter, until he can no longer move. Suddenly, the man gets hit by an optic blast from... Cyclops! Scott tells his opponent he doesn’t know who he is, but promises he won’t stop shooting his beam until the man is dust. The man remains unimpressed. He moves his metal arm up. The beam hits the arm and ricochets against the X-Wing, causing it to explode! Both the X-Men and the mysterious white-haired man fall on the ground.
Wolverine and Storm arrive, and Logan hopes the man isn’t leaving yet. He takes a look at the man’s face, which looks familiar to Logan, thinking they know each other from somewhere. Whatever the case, he hopes the man still has some fight left in him, because he doesn’t want to do this quick. The man gets back up on his feet and promises Logan there’s plenty left for him. Logan is glad to hear that.
The man places a bracelet around Storm’s arm. She freaks out by it, but stops screaming when she realizes the device isn’t hurting her. Ororo thinks it must be broken or something. Logan, getting hit hard by the man, suggests that in that case, so Ororo ignores the device and gives him some help, as he could sure use it. Storm starts firing some lightning bolts, but the man simply knocks her in the face! Wolverine points his claws real close to the man’s face, telling him he just made a big mistake. He starts slashing his claws through the man, but somehow... Wolverine gets hit through his chest... by three claws himself?!
The mysterious foe reveals his own set of adamantium claws to Wolverine! He mentions he doesn’t pop the claws for just anyone. He has gone through thirty years without a healing factor to make him better than Logan could ever hope to be. “It’s over, bub,” the man tells Logan.
2nd story: This is a story about Doug Ramsey. People call him a prodigy. A wonder. A genius. He’s a student at Chicago’s prestigious Academy of Tomorrow. Not because he’s a mutant (which Doug isn’t) but because he’s better than just about anyone when it comes to languages. It doesn’t matter if the language is spoken, written, transmitted or encrypted... if Doug can get to it, he can process and spit it back out any way he wants to. But right now, all Doug wants is to find the right words that will keep the gunman standing in front of him from sending a bullet into his head!
Five days ago... Doug is jogging on the school grounds.
Meanwhile, in their room, Havok, Sam and Sunspot are busy discussing some things. Sam tries to make a point to Alex, who knows what he’s about to say. But, Alex adds, more than anything, they need to be sure no one’s going to... he stops talking when he sees Doug entering the room, and says hi to him. Doug asks what’s going on. “Nothing,” Alex tells him.
Four days ago... Doug tries to invite a schoolmate called Robert to a Goth band’s opening, but the kid claims he can’t go because he’s got homework to do.
Two days ago... Doug walks into Cannonball’s room, who is sitting behind his computer and has Alex standing behind him. Sam just tells Doug everything’s cool, and asks how he is doing, not noticing the sad look on Doug’s face.
Last night... Doug sits on his computer, and enters the hard disk of Havok’s computer. There, he finds some folders, including one which reads “Targets.” Doug opens it, and is shocked when he reads the folder’s content...
Earlier today... Doug meets up with Emma in her office. He wonders if mutants feel more comfortable hanging around with other mutants than with regular humans. Emma would hardly call Doug “regular,” as she finds him quite exceptional. Doug admits he’s starting to feel like an outsider. Like he doesn’t belong. His friends are keeping things from him. And he can kind of understand that, realizing they probably just wants to protect him. But Doug doesn’t really like being left out.
Emma wants to know Doug means with “his friends trying to protect him.” Doug claims he doesn’t really know, adding that he’s just babbling. He thanks Emma for listening to him, and for letting him unload all of this. He thinks he’d better leave, believing she must have better things to do. Emma gets up and places her hand on Doug’s shoulder, telling him she always has time for her favorite students. She just wants to remind Doug that friends are very important, and he shouldn’t let them slip away.
Later that night... Havok, Sunspot and Cannonball are all wearing ski masks over their heads and reach a building. Alex asks his team if they are ready. Roberto powers up, and proclaims they sure are. Sam is ready to do this. Havok uses his powers to blow a hole into the building’s wall, and they all step through it.
Once they are gone, Doug appears from behind a wall and is confused about what’s happening. He checks the hole out, and further inside the building finds a silent alarm. He thinks his friends probably didn’t see that and knows they’re in trouble. Doug goes inside the hole as well, believing there must be a control panel nearby he can trick into reporting a false alarm. Doug goes deeper inside the building, and enters a lab, where he finds Havok, Cannonball and Sunspot attacking lots of scientists!
Doug takes a closer look around, and it looks like they’re dealing with a drug lab. On that moment, Doug gets hit on the head by a gun! He gets pushed against a wall and sees several gunmen in front of him. Their leader demands to know what Doug is doing there, adding he probably thought the lab wouldn’t have reinforcements. The gunmen realize they are dealing with mutants and thinks they want to die if they are messing with them.
Sam, Alex and Roberto overhear the noise on the other side of the room and can’t believe their eyes when they find Doug in danger. The gunmen point Doug at the mutants, shouting at them to give up or else their friend will die. Alex asks Doug what he’s doing there, though Doug asks back why Alex and the others couldn’t just tell him they were doing this. Alex doesn’t see why they should have. It’s not like Doug could have joined in. But that’s not Doug’s point. He calls Alex and the others his friends and they should have told him. Roberto thinks Doug doesn’t get it: he’s only human, and not like them! He can’t...
The gunmen interrupt and shout at the mutants to shut up. However, a moment later, all of the guns start floating through the air. Emma and Lorna enter the room, with Lorna using her powers to move the guns away. Emma informs Lorna that, if these men do anything other than leave, she has her permission to fire in self-defense. She asks the boys who wants to explain this disaster.
Sam and the others take their masks off, and are at a loss for words. Alex tells Sam it’s okay, as he doesn’t have to say anything. It was his idea, after all. Alex explains to Emma that they did this because she won’t let them assist in local emergencies anymore. It’s like, every time someone attacks the Academy, they have their butts handed to them. He feels they need to be able to protect themselves. That they need to learn how to fight. And, Alex defends, what better school is there than the real world?
Emma understands, but thinks in that case, Alex and the other two would like to be transferred. She tends to Doug, apologizing it turned out like this. She asks if he’s alright. Alex, bleeding from his face a bit, replies that he’ll be alright. Sam can’t believe it. Roberto believes this means Doug narked them out. Alex just looks at Doug quietly. Doug tries to explain himself, claiming it’s nothing like that, but he can’t find the right words. He falls on his knees, ashamed...


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Cable: part 2
The new and mysterious enemy the X-Men are engaging has, from one hand, just popped his own set of adamantium claws. The foe faces Wolverine, and admits to him it’s not quite as easy to use the claws as it used to be. He looks at the blood coming out of his hand, and says that, without the healing factor, the claws hurt like hell. And the blood really makes a mess. But he’s certain Logan will soon see that himself.
The man strikes at Logan, who blocks the attack using his own claws. Logan jokes he isn’t really impressed by the claws, as nearly every other clown he faces has them. The man asks Logan if he has found out who Sabretooth’s mother was yet. The man’s own timeline is a little fuzzy. He asks Logan if he already figured out the truth about his wife. Logan looks puzzled.
The man attacks Wolverine again, recognizing the point that it’s starting to come around for him. The man wonders if he was really so easy to read back when he was Wolverine. He never even knew it. Logan jumps away from the strike, and slashes his claws through his enemy’s uniform. Logan tells the guy that he’s here attacking Xavier and hurting these kids. Logan doesn’t know a whole lot about this situation, but he knows the man he’s facing isn’t him! The man puts his claws through Logan’s chest, causing him to scream from the pain. The man tells Logan that, if he had any idea, if he could even imagine what he has lived through, he knows Logan would do whatever it took to prevent it. The man kicks Logan away from him, and shouts that for the sake of the future... CHARLES XAVIER HAS TO DIE!
Wolverine gets back up and won’t let that happen. The man takes out a device, which releases a bright light at Logan, and he tells him Logan doesn’t have a choice in that. Logan, despite the pain from the light, does his best to walk through it. Logan wants to know one thing: the man’s face... if he’s truly him... Logan wants to know what the guy did: trip and fall? The mysterious man shuts down the light, revealing to Logan that his one arm’s got claws. People didn’t just throw those away when he lost them. The man never imagined what it’d be like to have the claws turned on him, and guesses Logan is feeling a little bit of that right now. Logan just coughs, trying to catch his breath. The man grins that Logan probably didn’t like his device, and gloats he’s got more of those.
The man places another new device on Logan’s chest, which gives him a powerful electrical shock! Logan still isn’t out yet, though, and shouts at his foe to not use toys anymore: he has to fight like a man! The foe dodges Logan’s attack, saying he can’t do that because Wolverine is too fast. The man knows if he would fight like a man, he’d die. And he can’t let that happen! He presses a button on a control device he holds, and suddenly the device on Logan’s chest explodes! Wolverine is knocked out. The man sheathes his claws, and almost can’t stand the pain. He feels sorry for using them, but they always seem like such a good idea at the time.
He opens the door of the hangar, only to find Rogue and Iceman standing in front of him! Bobby threatens the man not to take another step or he’ll make an iceberg out of him. The man can’t believe he forgot about these two. Of all of the X-Men, he forgot them. He thinks he’s losing his edge. Not paying any attention to what’s happening behind him, the man gets hit by Cyclops’ optic blast. Scott shouts at Bobby to freeze the guy up, which he does. Rogue wonders who this guy is, and asks the others if they fought him while she was gone. Scott fires his optic beams to release Peter from the vines that trapped him. The man takes out a heat device and uses that to melt the ice, causing him to free himself again.
Peter transforms into Colossus, and he and Cyclops rush towards their foe to attack him again, having created a new strategy. The man quickly sticks his heating device on Bobby’s chest, and says that it never ends. Bobby screams in pain from the device, and yells for Rogue to pull it off. As Scott tries to hit the man with his beams, the stranger admits that he wasn’t planning on killing any of the X-Men, but they may not have given him a choice. Colossus grabs the man by his legs and throws him down, noticing that the guy isn’t moving fast enough anymore. The man kicks Peter in his face and releases a bomb, from which gas is released. Peter breathes it in and is quickly knocked out.
Xavier orders Scott to do something, as they can’t let their enemy get away. Scott helps Peter back up, and tells the Professor they’re trying to prevent that. Silently, the man laments to himself that those inhibitor disks of his wear off too soon. Scott fires his beams again, and tells the man to give up. He asks the guy what he’s going to do, as he knows he can’t get through them. He wants to know where the guy wanted to go. The guy tells Cyclops that he would actually be amazed at the many options he has. He places a device on the floor, which releases a green force field between the X-Men and the man. He tells the Professor not to bother, as his powers won’t get through this barrier. He’ll be safe for the next fifteen seconds, and that will be all the time he needs.
The man starts dragging Jean away. He hates that he has to do this, but he doesn’t have a choice. Scott panics and tries to get through the wall, wanting to rescue Jean, but his beams aren’t strong enough. A portal opens behind the man, and he starts stepping through it, taking Jean with him. The man tells the Professor he knows what he wants. He promises to contact Xavier again with details on how to make the exchange. Until then, he promises Jean won’t be harmed. Xavier tries to use his powers to breach through the wall, but he can’t. The foe was right about that. Colossus hits the wall hoping to get through it, but that doesn’t work either. The man and Jean step through the portal, which closes behind him.
Peter keeps hitting the wall again a few times, and until it finally is shut down. The Professor sees Kitty (with the device in her chest) unconscious on the floor, and orders Peter to get her to the infirmary immediately!
Later, at the infirmary...
Kitty has recovered and lies in a bed next to Kurt. Storm is with her, and they are talking. Kitty tells Storm she didn’t know the Professor could do that, and everything felt really intense. Ororo tells Kitty she was a bit out of it, and that the Professor was forcing a surgeon a few miles away to see through his eyes and tell him what to do telepathically. But it really was intense. Kitty, a bit down, says that this place sucks. She came here to learn how to control her powers, and not to fight crazy guys every week. She’s not flling involuntarily through floors like she was, and thinks she doesn’t know if she needs to be here anymore. She certainly doesn’t like it.
Ororo feels the same way, as she just wants to finish her play, but there just never is any time. Kitty didn’t know Ororo wrote her play, and asks her about it. Storm explains that, most of it, she started a long time ago. She let Hank read it, before... she stops her sentence there, as it’s too painful. She adds that she never showed the play to anyone else. Kitty would like to read it. She also promises she’ll be good, and won’t comment on it if Ororo doesn’t want it. Storm smiles that, maybe later, she’ll let Kitty do that, but right now she has some revisions she’d like to do first. Kitty warns Ororo not to take forever on it, because as soon as they get Jean back... she’ll be gone. She’s seriously thinking about leaving the school.
Elsewhere at the school...
Scott asks the Professor what his research with Cerebro indicated. Charles takes off the helmet, and regretfully admits he didn’t sense anything. It’s as if Jean isn’t on this planet anymore, or at least not giving off any life signs. Scott hopes that doesn’t mean what he thinks it does. The Professor tells Scott not to worry, as he’s almost certain Jean isn’t dead. He explains that the technology the man used to fight them, that he must have something that can mask both their presence from Cerebro. He promises Scott that they’ll find Jean, but just isn’t sure on how to do that yet.
Scott asks the Professor if he has any idea who their enemy was, or what he was after. He heard the guy saying that the Professor knew. The Professor thinks their foe wanted him dead. From what he gathered, that man came there to kill him but luckily the X-Men intervened. He thinks he’s going to try to trade his life for Jean’s. Scott realizes that could be the situation. But he knows they can’t let the guy kill the Professor, but they can’t let him keep Jean either. They just need to figure out a way to rescue both. Charles thinks so, too.
Back to the infirmary, where...
Wolverine is sniffing around the room, and Kitty asks what he’s doing. Logan explains that he’s looking for evidence. He drew a circle at the spot in the room where the man came in, and he’s trying to see if he can pick up a whiff or anything else they can use. Kitty asks if he found anything yet, but Logan absolutely hasn’t. All he can smell is himself. Kitty thinks that’s weird, and Logan agrees with that.
Suddenly, another bright, blue light fills the room! Kitty is shocked and Wolverine immediately snikts out his claws.
Another portal has opened, and another man steps through it! The man asks where Cable is. He demands a quick answer, as he wants to know if Cable’s there yet. Did he arrive there before Cable did? Is there still time? He demands an answer now! Logan warns the newcomer, who looks rather old, that he isn’t in a mood to be yelled at.
Xavier’s study...
Xavier is in a meeting with both Storm and Cyclops. Storm asks Scott if he saw the man before he took Jean, as she saw they had him. She saw the man was hurt. He knows the guy isn’t invincible, and saw him limping. He was injured... tired. Scott saw what Ororo saw, and admits that if they were better prepared, all of the team might have been able to stop him. The Professor thinks that what Scott is trying to say is that as much as they learned from this fight, so too, did their opponent. Charles believes the man is going to be prepared for them, as they will be for him.
Scott corrects that he’s just trying to say they have nothing to go on here. He doesn’t want the team lulled into a false sense of security by fooling themselves into thinking they know what the man is capable of. They don’t know anything about this guy.
Wolverine enters the room, dragging the unconscious newcomer over his shoulders. He mentions that, for starters, their foe’s name is Cable. And he’s sure that the guy he’s holding knows a lot more about him than just a name. He puts the guy down, and mentions that he wasn’t as nearly as tough as Cable. Scott shouts at the man to talk to them – he wants to know who he is, where Cable is and where he took Jean.
The Professor asks Scott to calm himself down for a moment. He turns his attention to the man in front of him, and tells him he will tell them everything he knows about Cable. He notices that the newcomer wears a similar uniform like Cable’s, and wonders if they are working together. The man tells the Professor to look at him: does he really look like he came here to hurt him... at his age? He introduces himself as Bishop. He followed Cable here from the future, and confirms that Cable came here to kill Xavier. But Bishop came there to save Charles.
Somewhere else, in a hidden headquarters...
Jean wakes up in a cell but has a power inhibitor collar around her neck. A door opens, and Cable steps through it. Jean asks Cable where they are and what he’s going to do to her. She wants to know why she’s being kept here. Cable asks Jean what makes her think he’s going to answer her questions. Jean tells Cable that whatever he’s planning isn’t going to work. She was there the last time and saw how the X-Men almost took Cable out. She knows the X-Men will know what to expect next time and doesn’t think Cable stands a chance.
Cable appreciates Jean’s concern... he really does. But, he tells her, she shouldn’t worry as, next time, he won’t be facing the X-Men alone. Four people appear behind Cable, all wearing similar uniforms like his! A woman with a white face and black patch over her eye smiles that they’re ready whenever Cable is, and he just needs to give the order!


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Cable: part 3
Xavier’s…
Scott sits alone under a tree, and sighs. When Bobby walks over to him and asks if he’s okay, Scott says he doesn’t understand. A bit unsure, Bobby admits he’s worried about him, with Jean gone, and he’s worried about her, too. And since Rogue’s back in the “don’t touch me” mode, he doesn’t really have anyone to talk to. Scott asks Bobby to sit down, and he does.
Scott explains that he and Jean used to come to this tree, to sit. They’d talk and relax. One of the few times he’s opened his eyes without the glasses, or the visor, was right here. Scott doesn’t think he’s ever told Jean how much she meant to him, and how much he cares about her. Bobby promises they’ll get Jean back, reminding Scott about the “dude” from the future who’s going to help them. That guy’s got all the dirt on Cable and Bobby is confident they’ll get her back with that info. Scott wishes he were sure about that.
Bobby, a bit disappointed, tells Scott they’ve got to follow him into battle and asks for a little confidence. Scott doesn’t think he can help Bobby there. He knows people say the most important trait a leader can have is his confidence, something to inspire his troops with. Scott claims he didn’t ask to lead this team, and sometimes he feels like “Xavier’s first student” was his only qualification. He’s worried about his girlfriend and thinks he’s allowed to be like that. In short, he’s all out of confidence right now.
Bobby tells Scott nobody’s blaming him for that, and apologizes, as it just caught him off guard. Bobby wants to go back in, as Bishop’s meeting is in a few minutes. Scott asks Bobby to wait, as he’ll walk him inside. Along the way, Scott wants to know how things are with Rogue. Bobby shamefully admits things aren’t going well, as with Gambit’s powers just fading away blows. Now they’re back to square one, which is... no place at all.
Elsewhere...
Syndicate is on the phone with Xavier, and explains to him he seriously was able to use electricity for almost two hours before he slipped up. He congratulates the Professor for being right and he did everything he said. He was able to store up his E.M.P. signal for a more controlled burst, and he may have complete control over it soon. He apologizes for interrupting, but he was just so excited to tell him. He asks Xavier what he wanted to say. Xavier, while playing a bit with his cat, Mystique, wants to explain Syndicate’s next mission to him. He was interrupted before he could tell him last time they talked and it’s been a chore finding time to call him back due to some recent events there at the school.
Xavier wants Syndicate to go to Basin Mill Road in Queens. The street number is three hundred and seventeen. He has some colleagues there who will tell him what to do next. Syndicate jokes he can sure go to just an address. Xavier smiles he knows he can, and promises to contact him again soon. Xavier ends the conversation and hangs up his specialized X-cellphone. He opens a drawer in which he places the phone, and then locks it with a key.
The Professor goes outside, where he meets Storm in the hallways. He asks Storm how Kitty’s doing, knowing she was with her. Storm explains Kitty’s fine, but adds that Kitty isn’t happy there, because she told her that in the infirmary. Xavier says that Kitty has been unhappy here for quite some time now. Her relationship with Peter Parker is only serving to further drive her away from the school. As much as he hopes that everyone would view the students there as their family and the school as their home... Xavier is aware that it’s just not happening with Kitty. Storm thinks the Professor doesn’t understand: Kitty said she wants to leave. The Professor knows, as he has been monitoring Kitty, making sure her health is stable. It’s impossible not to listen in to at least a small degree. He also asks Storm how her play is going, as he has been meaning to ask her that. Storm guesses it’s going fine.
Later, at the McCoy Memorial Hall...
Bishop explains to the entire gathered team that time travel is not an easy task. It takes an immense amount of energy and is not something that can be done twice in a day. He doesn’t think Cable took Jean to the future. Bishop rather thinks it’s more than likely Cable has a base there, in this time. Their teleportation skill still works there, meaning Cable could be anywhere. Professor Xavier can’t locate either of them with Cerebro. Luckily, time travel leaves a chronal imprint, an energy signature Bishop can track. He adds it will eventually dissipate, but believes if they move quickly they should have enough time to locate Cable.
Bishop has a plan: Wolverine, Storm, Iceman, Rogue and Colossus are with him. He wants Cyclops to stay here with the Professor, who will be the last line of defense if Cable tries to come back there. But Bishop doesn’t want Cyclops and Xavier to fight Cable. If he comes, they need to run. That’s the only way to ensure the Professor stays alive. He asks for any questions.
Rogue has one. She wants to know who Bishop is and why he’s at the front of this class. Xavier doesn’t like Rogue’s remarks. He informed them all of Bishop’s presence and motive. He has found him to be honest and trustworthy and expects them all to trust Bishop’s judgment. After all, Bishop may be the only way to get Jean back. Scott doesn’t care about that. There is no way he’s sitting here while Jean’s life is on the line. He just wants to know where Cable is and he’ll go there.
Bishop refuses to inform Scott in that case. He doesn’t want the team to make a mistake: he was allied with Cable, but doesn’t want the X-Men to doubt his loyalties. Bishop watched Cable fall from the great man he knew to the psycho they had an encounter with earlier. They were both part of a group that upheld the Xavier Doctrine above all else, which was the only thing their people had left to believe in. As time went on, Cable started forming new ideas, piecing together unrelated events from the past to support some wild theory that Xavier was responsible for the hellish world they inhabited.
Bishop wants the X-Men to trust him when he says he knows Cable. He’s certain Cable won’t stop until Professor Xavier is dead. He will not rest until his mission is completed. He warns that, if they leave the Professor unprotected, they might as well kill him themselves. Scott angrily stands up and just refuses to be left there, but Bishop refuses to change his mind. He explains to Scott that his emotions are getting in the way, clouding his judgment and he’s getting out of control. Bishop states that, if Cable comes back, chances are he won’t be bringing Jean. And Scott’s aggression will work to his advantage here. Out there in the battle, he’d be worthless.
The Professor agrees with Bishop and suggests they let the other X-Men handle this. Scott storms out, ordering the team to just bring her back. Bishop tells the others to suit up and meet him in the hangar in ten minutes. The team leaves, but Wolverine warns Bishop that, if he double-crosses them, he’ll gut him before he even sees it coming.
Ten minutes later...
The X-Men are battle-ready and meet Bishop in the hangar in front of their plane. Bishop got some readings and mentions that, if they are correct, Cable is in an abandoned military in Finland. That rings a bell with Wolverine, and he thinks both he and Rogue know what that place is. Rogue wonders why Cable would be at the old Weapon X complex. Iceman also wonders how they are going to get there. The X-Wing is damaged meaning they’ll have to take the X-Jet prototype, which is slower. It could take hours for them to reach Finland, though, he doesn’t really know where Finland is. Storm asks Bobby to shut up.
Bishop has the transportation covered. He takes out a device out of his pocket, presses a button and a teleportation portal opens. The X-Men stare doubtful at him, but Bishop says it’s okay, as he’ll go first.
Finland, the former Weapon X headquarters...
Standing outside the complex in the snow, Bishop warns the team to stay alert. The chronal detection he used to get them there works in two ways and Cable could already know they’re there. Wolverine looks around and says this compound is a place he never wanted to return to. Though he was never at this particular headquarters, knowing what happened there makes his skin crawl. Rogue knows how Logan feels, as she always thought she was going to die there.
On that moment, Rogue gets shot in her arm!
Rogue’s arm starts to fall apart and Logan rushes to her rescue. He touches her and suggests she absorb his healing factor. She can take as much as she needs. Rogue tries but it’s not working fast enough... she’s dying. Rogue faints, and Logan gently puts her on the ground. Domino and her teammates appear, and recognize the X-Men. She mentions that they’ve been waiting for them, and tells Bishop it’s good to see him again. Wolverine snikts his claws out and angrily attacks Domino, but she shoots Logan in his stomach and he falls down! Domino smiles that the history books could be wrong... but she believes she just took out the X-Men’s front line.
Iceman runs towards Rogue, but the other members get attacked by Domino’s team. Bishop says they’ve still got their adversaries outnumbered and warns everyone not to let them get the upper hand. They have to remember what’s at stake here! Domino orders her big teammate Grizzly to take care of Colossus. Hammer has to defeat Storm and she orders Kane to clean up the rest. She’ll take down Bishop herself! Domino points her gun at Bishop, but he simply grabs it and absorbs the gun’s energy. He warns Domino they’re not going to make this easy for her.
Colossus tries to hit Grizzly, but he dodges. Peter mocks that Grizzly’s codename doesn’t seem appropriate. Grizzly denies that, and transforms into a huge, red grizzly-bear! Iceman creates an ice-slide and moves himself and Rogue on it towards Bishop, warning him they’ve got to take her back to the mansion now. Bishop quickly opens a portal directly towards the school’s infirmary. Bobby jumps through it, holding Rogue in his arms. Kane hits Bishop in the back of his neck, calling him a traitor and says Bishop makes him sick. Hammer pounds his fists on the ground, creating shockwaves in the hope to take Storm down with them. Storm flies up, mocking Hammer with his codename. She doesn’t think Hammer could know better though, as M.C. Hammer couldn’t have made it into the history books.
Xavier’s, the infirmary...
Iceman drops Rogue on a bed and asks Kitty to call the Professor. Shocked to see Rogue with only one arm, she screams out the Professor’s name. Upstairs, an impatient Scott is pacing in circles and the Professor points that out to him. He hears Kitty’s call and informs Scott they immediately race to the infirmary.
Finland...
The battle between the X-Men and their enemies continues, and Wolverine is still out.
Inside the compound...
Cable can see everything on his monitors and is confident the X-Men aren’t going to win. He was hoping he could stay in reserve for the finale but he realizes that’s not an option. He thinks he better goes to check up on his prisoner. He open’s Jean’s cell, and Jean was again experiencing visions of the strange, green goblin-like creatures crawling over her. Cable congratulates Jean on the good effort, but claims it’s not going to work. He wanted to ask Jean something and doesn’t know if he’s going to get another chance for this.
He asks Jean that when she uses her telekinesis... if she sees the goblins doing all the work?! Jean is speechless. Cable thought so, as that was the first sign. He’s certain “it” will happen soon and just wanted to let Jean know she’ll get through it. It will take some time... but she will. He leaves.
Xavier’s, the infirmary...
Xavier, Scott and Kitty stare in disbelief at Rogue, whose arm is starting to grow back. It hurts, but she thinks she’s going to be alright. The Professor quickly leaves the room and Scott follows him, wanting to know where he’s going. Charles wants to put a stop to this right now. He won’t have his students be put in harm’s way because someone is after him. He refuses to behind these children any longer. He wants Scott to initiate the launch of the X-Jet, and shall meet him in the hangar in a few moments.
However, Scott reminds the Professor about what Bishop said: he’s too important and Cable will kill him. Scott wants to go himself and bring everyone back there. But Charles doesn’t want to talk about this. He leaves, but Scott again follows him. He says that being there, knowing Jean is in danger, and that the team is in danger trying to bring her back, it’s driving him crazy. He knows how the Professor feels but he’ll get her back. He can do this! But the Professor can’t go. He’s too important and is the prime target. He wants to know why the Professor would be so careless.
The Professor becomes angry with Scott at hearing that remark, thinking he has to spell it out for him. He... is in love with Jean!!