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NEW X-MEN, SEASON 3, EPISODE 7

EPISODE 7- CODEX HUNT

WE OPEN UP IN THE TEMPLE IN EGYPT AS ANNIHILATION, STILL POSSESSING SOFIA’S BODY, IS FLOATING CROSS-LEGGED ABOVE THE GROUND. SHE SEEMS DEEP IN CONCENTRATION BEFORE LOOKING OUT IN REALIZATION. A FEW MINUTES LATER, SHE TELLS KEVIN, DAKEN, AND KIMURA THAT HER LEGIONS HAVE INFORMED HER THAT SEVERAL OF THE CHILDREN HAVE LEFT EARTH, TRYING TO FOOLISHLY RECRUIT THE ARAKKII TO HELP THEM. CONFUSED, KIMURA ASKS WHAT THAT MEANS, AND ANNIHILATION TELLS HER THAT NOW, THEY CAN BEGIN HUNTING FOR THE THREE CODEX PIECES CURRENTLY ON EARTH.

ANNIHILATION: YOU ALL HAVE YOUR ASSIGNMENTS. AND DAKEN, YOU ARE BENCHED FOR NOW.

DAKEN: WHY?

ANNIHILATION: WITHER AND KIMURA ARE FINE WARRIORS. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO CARRY OUT THIS TASK. BUT YOUR OPINIONS ON THE MANTEGA GIRL COULD HINDER YOUR PROGRESS. YOU MUST REMAIN HERE.

DAKEN GRUMBLES TO HIMSELF AS WITHER SPEAKS UP.

KEVIN: BUT MY LADY, THE SCHOOL HAS MANY STUDENTS AND SEVERAL ARE TRAINING TO BE X-MEN. THEY WILL LOOK FOR THE CODEX PIECES EVEN WITHOUT THE OTHERS.

ANNIHILATION LOOKS AT HIM AND WE CAN TELL SHE’S SMILING, EVEN BEHIND HER MASK.

ANNIHILATION: OF COURSE THEY WILL. IT WOULDN’T BE THAT MUCH FUN IF THEY DIDN’T.

KIMURA: OKAY, THEN. LET’S CAUSE SOME CHAOS.

CUE INTRO AND CREDITS

WE FLASH OVER TO XAVIER’S AS APOCALYPSE SITS BY HIMSELF IN A GUEST ROOM. THE DOOR OPENS SUDDENLY, AND DANI TELLS HIM THAT THE STUDENTS ARE READY FOR HIM. APOCALYPSE STANDS UP AND TELLS HER THAT SHE WILL BE COMING WITH HIM, AND DANI CAN’T HELP BUT EXPRESS HER DISINTEREST IN THAT.

DANI: WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I KNOW YOU GAVE CLARICE YOUR WORD, BUT I STILL DON’T TRUST YOU. YOU’VE ALWAYS BEEN AN ENEMY TO THE X-MEN, AND I’M NOT ABOUT TO START BELIEVING YOU’VE CHANGED AFTER WHAT YOU’VE DONE.

APOCALYPSE: I UNDERSTAND. I DO NOT ASK FOR FORGIVENESS. BUT IF YOU WANT TO SUCCEED, YOU MUST LISTEN TO ME.

DANI: FINE.

EVENTUALLY, APOCALYPSE AND DANI ENTER THE WAR ROOM WHERE A GROUP OF STUDENTS ARE WAITING ALONGSIDE XUAN. DANI STEPS TO THE SIDE AND APOCALYPSE LOOKS AROUND.

APOCALYPSE: YOU ALL KNOW WHY YOU ARE HERE. IT IS OUR DUTY TO FIND THE TWO CODEX PIECES HIDDEN IN GENOSHA AND THE MORLOCK TUNNELS. BUT I HAVE GOOD NEWS. KRAKOA HAS PROVIDED ME THE LOCATION OF THE CODEX FOUND IN XAVIER’S, AND I HAVE IT FOR SAFEKEEPING. WITH THE ADDITION OF OUR ALLIES IN LATVERIA, I HAVE DEVISED TWO TEAMS. ONE, LED BY ME AND DANIELLE MOONSTAR, WILL GO TO GENOSHA. THE OTHER ONE, LED BY XUAN CAO MANH, WILL GO TO THE MORLOCK TUNNELS. EACH GROUP WILL FEATURE SEVEN STUDENTS INCLUDING A GROUP LEADER AND AN ON-CALL TELEPORTER, AND ONE OF THE LATVERIANS.

DANI: THE GENOSHAN TEAM WILL BE LED BY BLING! AND WILL INCLUDE ELIXIR, ICARUS, ROCKSLIDE, NOCTURNE, LOA, U-GO GIRL, AND SLAG. MEANWHILE, THE MORLOCK TEAM WILL BE LED BY MARROW AND WILL INCLUDE MORPH, PRODIGY, SURGE, ECLIPSE, TOODLE PIP, DUST, AND NERIUM.

XUAN: MEANWHILE, THE CUCKOOS WILL TRACK THE TEAM’S PROGRESS ON CEREBRA WITH HELP FROM TAG, WALLFLOWER, AND MIRROR GIRL. YOU HAVE YOUR ARRANGEMENTS, SO LET’S GET STA…

SUDDENLY, A PORTAL OPENS IN THE WAR ROOM AND THE STUDENTS ARE SHOCKED WHEN PIXIE APPEARS, A BIT BANGED UP BUT LOOKING PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. SHE IMMEDIATELY LOOKS AROUND AND WAVES BEFORE SANTO CRUSHES HER IN A BEAR HUG.

DANI: MEGAN, WHAT HAPPENED?

MEGAN: WELL, IT’S KIND OF A LONG STORY. SOME EXTREMELY GORGEOUS BUT REALLY MEAN LADY NAMED SATURNYNE HAD US DO A CONTEST AGAINST THE ARAKKII ‘CAUSE THEY WOULDN’T HELP US, AND I COULDN’T DO A CHALLENGE SO I KINDA GOT… KICKED OUT?

THERE’S A LONG PAUSE BEFORE MEGAN TURNS TO APOCALYPSE.

MEGAN: YOUR WIFE MISSES YOU. A LOT.

APOCALYPSE SMILES AT THAT, AND JAY IMMEDIATELY SAYS THAT HE’LL STAY BEHIND SO MEGAN CAN GO TO GENOSHA. XUAN CLAPS HER HANDS, SAYING THAT JAY’S OUT AND MEGAN’S IN, SO IT’S TIME TO GET MOVING. SUDDENLY, MEGAN ASKS APOCALYPSE IF HE FOUND THE XAVIER’S PIECE, AND HE NODS. SHE IMMEDIATELY FLIES OFF AND COMES BACK WITH THE PIECE; AN AMULET-LOOKING THING WITH A RED GEM IN THE MIDDLE.

DANI: MEGAN. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

MEGAN: I’M GONNA BRING THIS WITH US. Y’KNOW, JUST IN CASE THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

DANI: OKAY. SOMEHOW, I CAN’T ARGUE WITH THAT. LET’S GO, TEAM!

LATER, THE GENOSHA TEAM IS IN THE BLACKBIRD AND MEGAN IS TALKING LIKE CRAZY. DANI IS IN THE COCKPIT, DRIVING WHILE ROXY IS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT.

MEGAN: AND SO GENESIS IS LIKE REALLY PRETTY, BUT SHE SEEMS KINDA UNCERTAIN OF WHAT SHE WANTS OR WHATEVER. NOT JUDGING, BUT YEAH. HER SISTER ISCA IS JUST MEAN. SHE’S THE ONE WHO GOT ME KICKED OUT AND I DON’T THINK I LIKE HER. THEN THERE’S WAR AND DEATH WHO I HAVEN’T SPOKEN TO BUT THEY LOOK REALLY SCARY. AND PLUS, DEATH HAS THIS THING WHERE IF HE REMOVES HIS MASK AND HE LOOKS AT YOU, YOU DIE, AND I DON’T WANT THAT. I THOUGHT REDROOT WOULD BE NICE BUT SHE’S KINDA MEAN TOO AND I HEARD HER SAY SHE WANTED ISCA TO DECAPITATE ME WHILE I WAS FIGHTING, WHICH IS NOT NICE. BEI’S PRETTY INTENSE AND SHE SPEAKS THIS LANGUAGE THAT APPARENTLY MR. RAMSEY CAN’T UNDERSTAND EVEN THOUGH HE SPEAKS ALL LANGUAGES. AND THEN THERE’S POGG UR-POGG, WHO’S REALLY WEIRD LOOKING AND WHENEVER HE SPEAKS, HE RHYMES REALLY BADLY. LIKE, GO TO A POETRY SLAM, DUDE! THE WHITE SWORD IS KINDA QUIET, SO I DON’T KNOW A LOT ABOUT HIM. OH, AND SOLEM IS LIKE REALLY HORNY. LIKE SUPER HORNY ALL THE TIME. I HEARD THAT THE OTHERS DON’T LIKE HIM BECAUSE HE KILLED WAR’S HUSBAND AND I’M LIKE ‘YASSS, GIRL! SPILL THAT TEA!’ AND THEN THERE’S THE SUMMONER, WAR’S KID, WHO SEEMS KINDA DOUCHEY. I MAINLY DON’T LIKE HIM BECAUSE HE’S COMPLETELY NAKED. I MEAN, PUT ON SOME PANTS! AND IT REALLY UNNERVES ME EVEN THOUGH I CAN’T SEE HIS DICK. I MEAN, IS HE JUST SMOOTH ALL THE TIME LIKE A KEN DOLL OR DOES IT POP OUT? I SWEAR, I’M GONNA BE THINKING OF THAT ALL THE-

SLAG: WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, LITTLE ONE. IF YOU UTTER ANOTHER WORD, I WILL BE VERY TEMPTED TO REMOVE YOUR HEAD FROM YOUR SHOULDERS.

TALIA GRINS AND FISTBUMPS SLAG BEFORE IMMEDIATELY WAVING HER NOW SINGED HAND. FINALLY, DANI ANNOUNCES TO SUIT UP. THEY’RE HERE. THE CAMERA THEN MOVES TO A TOPOGRAPHICAL VIEW OF GENOSHA, A BEAUTIFUL ISLAND WITH MANY HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS ON ITS SURFACE.

MEANWHILE, TEAM TWO IS BUSY TROMPING THROUGH A SEWER, WHICH NORI SEEMS TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH. SHE STARTS GRIPING THAT SHE HARDLY EVEN KNOWS SOFIA, BUT BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING THIS, SHE SAID SHE HAD NO PROBLEM TAGGING ALONG. DAVID NOTICES NERIUM LOOKING A BIT ANNOYED AND HE TELLS HIS GIRLFRIEND THAT IT’S FINE. IF ANYTHING HAPPENS, HE’S GOT HER BACK. MORPH, WHO’S BEHIND THEM, GUSHES AND NORI ELECTROCUTES HIM.

MEANWHILE, SOORAYA MOVES OVER TO SARAH, WHO’S IN THE FRONT OF THE GROUP. SHE ASKS HER HOW SHE FEELS ABOUT GOING BACK TO THE MORLOCK TUNNELS. SARAH SHRUGS BEFORE SAYING THAT SHE’S NOT SURE. SHE HAD SOME ANIMOSITY WITH THE LEADER, CALLISTO, AFTER SHE CHOSE TO GO TO XAVIER’S. XUAN TELLS HER THAT IT’LL HOPEFULLY BE FINE. SOME PEOPLE WANT TO LET BYGONES BE BYGONES.

TOODLE PIP: HONESTLY, WE’VE BEEN WALKING AROUND HERE FOR A WHILE. MARROW, D’YOU ACTUALLY KNOW WHERE YOU’RE GOING?

ECLIPSE: SAYS THE GIRL WHO’S NEVER BEEN IN A SEWER BEFORE.

TOODLE PIP: SHUT UP, MARCOS.

FINALLY, SARAH STOPS THEM AT WHAT LOOKS LIKE A DEAD END. SHE THEN TAPS HER FINGER AGAINST A BRICK IN THE WALL AND WATCHES AS IT SLIDES IN. SUDDENLY, THE WALLS RETRACT, REVEALING A WIDE CAVERN FILLED WITH MUTANTS.

SARAH: LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND MORPH, I WELCOME YOU TO THE MORLOCK TUNNELS!

MEANWHILE, THE BLACKBIRD DOCKS IN FRONT OF THE TALLEST TOWER IN GENOSHA AND THE TEAM EXITS, LOOKING AROUND IN INTRIGUE. DANI THEN TELLS THEM THAT ROXY AND APOCALYPSE WILL DO THE TALKING AND THAT THIS IS A MISSION, NOT A SHOPPING TRIP. THEY CAN GO HERE FOR SUMMER VACATION IF THEY LIKE. ALANI ASKS WHY APOCALYPSE GETS TO TALK, AND DANI SAYS THAT THEY’RE GOING TO DO A PARLAY WITH MAGNETO HIMSELF. THE TWO OF THEM WERE ALLIES ONCE, SO IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR THEM ALL.

AS THEY ENTER A WIDE-SET ROOM, THEY WATCH AS MAGNETO ENTERS, LOOKING EXTREMELY REGAL (I’M THINKING A VERSION OF HIS OUTFIT IN X-MEN ’97). FOLLOWING HIM IS FABIAN CORTEZ, HIS TOP ADVISOR, WHO IS DRESSED IN ACOLYTE GARB WITH A PURPLE CAPE. MAGNETO SCANS THEM ALL BEFORE WELCOMING THEM TO GENOSHA, SAYING THAT THIS IS A RATHER ODD VISIT. ROXY SEEMS INTIMIDATED, BUT MEGAN GIVES HER A LIGHT SHOVE AND SHE CLEARS HER THROAT.

ROXY: YOUR MAGNETO-NESS, MY NAME IS ROXANNE WASHINGTON OF XAVIER’S. AND I TAKE IT YOU ALREADY KNOW EN SABAH NUR, AKA THE ONE AND ONLY APOCALYPSE.

MAGNETO: YES. IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU, OLD FRIEND. WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE?

ROXY: WELL, IT’S LIKE THIS…

MEANWHILE, TEAM 2 LOOKS AROUND THE MORLOCK TUNNELS IN AMAZEMENT. SEVERAL MUTANTS SURROUND MARROW, A LOT OF THEM LOOKING EXCITED THAT SHE’S BACK. ONE OF THEM, A TALL PALE-SKINNED MUTANT NAMED CALIBAN, CRUSHES HER IN A BIG HUG, AND SHE LAUGHS A BIT. SHE THEN SAYS THAT SHE NEEDS TO SEE CALLISTO, AND THAT IT’S URGENT.

SUDDENLY, A WOMAN DRESSED IN BLACK COMBAT CLOTHES STRIDES TOWARD THEM. SHE HAS SHORT, MESSY DARK HAIR, AND AN EYEPATCH COVERS HER RIGHT EYE. SHE SIZES MARROW UP FOR A BIT AND MORPH ASKS THE OTHERS IF HE’S THE ONLY ONE WHOSE ASSHOLE IS PUCKERING. FINALLY, CALLISTO’S EXPRESSION LIGHTENS AND SHE WELCOMES MARROW BACK.

CALLISTO: SO, WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE? AND WHY BRING ALL THESE… THESE?

MARROW LOOKS OVER AT XUAN, SILENTLY TELLING HER TO SPEAK, AND SHE STEPS FORWARD.

XUAN: WELL, IT’S LIKE THIS…

MEANWHILE, ON GENOSHA, ROXY HAS FINISHED HER STORY, AND MAGNETO IS INTRIGUED. WHEN HE ASKS ABOUT THE CODEX, MEGAN GRABS THE XAVIER’S ONE OUT OF HER POCKET AND HOLDS IT UP FOR REFERENCE. MAGNETO NODS BEFORE REACHING OVER TO A SERIES OF OBJECTS AT A NEARBY TABLE.

ONE, AN AMULET-LIKE OBJECT WITH A BLUE GEM IN THE MIDDLE, LEVITATES TOWARD HIM, AND HE GIVES IT TO APOCALYPSE, SAYING THAT HE HAD FOUND IT A WHILE BACK, BUT DIDN’T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. APOCALYPSE THANKS HIM BEFORE TURNING TO THE OTHERS, AND TALIA SAYS THAT THAT WASN’T SO HARD.

SUDDENLY, A BLUE LIGHT MATERIALIZES IN THE ROOM, AND WHEN IT CLEARS, KIMURA STANDS WITH HER HANDS ON HER HIPS, A SMIRK ON HER FACE.

KIMURA: OOPS. AM I LATE TO THE PARTY?

U-GO GIRL: TJ, YOU IDIOT.

TALIA: WHAT?

MEANWHILE, XUAN’S STORY HAS CONCLUDED AND CALLISTO NODS. SHE SAYS THAT WHILE IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO WITHHOLD THAT INFORMATION AND SEE HOW THEY REACT, THE THREAT OF WORLD DOMINATION DOES IRK HER A LITTLE BIT. SHE THEN TELLS CALIBAN TO GO, AND HE LEAVES.

CALLISTO: A WHILE BACK, CALIBAN, ANGEL DUST, AND LEECH WERE EXPLORING WHEN THEY FOUND SOMETHING THAT MATCHES THAT DESCRIPTION. I DIDN’T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT UNTIL NOW. SO I GUESS YOU CAN HAVE IT, BECAUSE MARROW WAS ONCE ONE OF US, BUT DON’T GET TOO COMFORTABLE. THIS IS A ONE-TIME THING.

XUAN NODS AS CALIBAN RETURNS, HOLDING AN AMULET-LIKE OBJECT WITH A GREEN GEM. HE HANDS IT TO SARAH, WHO NODS AT HIM. SHE THANKS CALLISTO AND TURNS TO THE OTHERS.

SUDDENLY, A HOLE STARTS TO BURN THROUGH A NEARBY WALL, REVEALING A FRANTIC GIRL CLUTCHING HER SHOULDER. SHE RUNS TO CALLISTO, WHO LOOKS AT HER IN CONCERN.

CALLISTO: CYBELE, WHAT’S WRONG?

CYBELE: HE… HE KILLED THEM! ZEEK, BLOW-HARD, TRADER… HE KILLED THEM ALL!

CALLISTO: SLOW DOWN. WHO?

VOICE: THAT WOULD BE ME.

SUDDENLY, WITHER EMERGES, A GRIN ON HIS FACE AS HE LOOKS AROUND AT THE OTHERS.

WITHER: DID I INTERRUPT SOMETHING?

MEANWHILE, ON GENOSHA, PIXIE TELLS KIMURA TO BACK OFF. THEY ALREADY GOT THE CODEX, AND SHE’S TOO LATE. KIMURA FAKE-POUTS, SAYING THAT SHE GUESSES THEY’VE WON. BUT WHILE THEY WERE BUSY NEGOTIATING, SHE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO ATTACH EXPLOSIVES TO FOUR OF GENOSHA’S MAIN TOWERS. IF THEY DON’T HAND OVER THE CODEX, SHE’LL ACTIVATE THEM.

ROXY: YOU WOULDN’T DARE, YOU WICKED…

KIMURA: OH, I DO LOVE WICKED, BUT THAT’S NOT WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. IF YOU EVEN THINK OF ATTACKING ME, THE BOMBS WILL GO OFF, AND GENOSHA WILL FALL.

THE TEAM LOOKS AT EACH OTHER, TRYING TO ANALYZE THE SITUATION. ALANI SAYS THAT IT MIGHT BE A BLUFF, BUT SLAG TELLS HER THAT HE KNOWS HER TYPE. SHE’S NOT LYING. DANI SUGGESTS THAT U-GO GIRL COULD GO DEFUSE THE BOMBS WHILE THEY DISTRACT HER, BUT EDIE SAYS THAT SHE DOESN’T HAVE THE ENERGY TO ‘PORT THAT MUCH, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE SHE DOESN’T KNOW WHERE THE BUILDINGS ARE.

KIMURA: TIME’S TICKING!

PIXIE: SHUT UP, BITCH!

JOSH: WELL, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING!

SUDDENLY, BOTH CODEX PIECES FLY OUT OF ROXY AND MEGAN’S HANDS AND INTO KIMURA’S. THE TEAM LOOKS AT MAGNETO, WHO APOLOGIZES TO HIS OLD FRIEND. HE CAN’T RISK ENDANGERING HIS PEOPLE. KIMURA GRINS.

KIMURA: PLEASURE DOING BUSINESS WITH YOU. SUCH A SHAME, THOUGH, IT WAS ALL FOR NOTHING. BODYSLIDE BY ONE.

SUDDENLY, KIMURA PRESSES A BUTTON AND VANISHES BEFORE EXPLOSIONS SOUND THROUGHOUT GENOSHA. TOWERS CRUMBLE AND FALL AND MUTANTS SCREAM IN A PANIC. DANI GASPS AS SHE REALIZES THAT KIMURA LIED.

MEANWHILE, WITHER LOOKS AROUND AND SAYS THAT THIS IS QUITE THE GATHERING. HE THEN TELLS THEM THAT THEY KNOW WHY HE’S HERE, SO HE WON’T BOTHER EXPLAINING. MARROW ORDERS HIM TO LEAVE, AND WITHER LAUGHS, BEFORE GRABBING A FLEEING GIRL WITH HORIZONTAL-LAYERED PINK, BLUE, AND YELLOW SKIN.

KEVIN: HOW ABOUT NOW?

CALLISTO: TOMMY! YOU PUT HER DOWN, YOU-

KEVIN: NOT SO FAST. ONE MOVE, AND SHE’S DUST. I NEVER LIKED YOU, MARROW, SO GETTING THE CHANCE TO RAZE YOUR OLD HOME TO THE GROUND? I CAN DO THAT.

SOORAYA: KEVIN, PLEASE STOP. WE WERE FRIENDS ONCE…

KEVIN: I STOPPED HAVING FRIENDS WHEN THE INSTITUTE TURNED ITS BACK ON ME. I DON’T NEED ANY OF YOU. AND YOU WILL GIVE ME THAT CODEX NOW! DON’T FORGET, I HAVE A HOSTAGE.

MARROW SUDDENLY CHUCKLES.

KEVIN: WHAT?

SARAH: WHAT HOSTAGE?

KEVIN LOOKS DOWN TO SEE TOMMY SLIP OUT OF HIS GRASP BEFORE APPEARING AGAIN FAR AWAY FROM HIM. MARROW SMIRKS AND SAYS THAT HE DOESN’T KNOW THESE PEOPLE LIKE SHE DOES. AND IF HE PAID ATTENTION, HE’D KNOW THAT TOMMY CAN ADAPT A TWO-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE THAT ALLOWS HER TO SLIP THROUGH THE TIGHTEST OF SITUATIONS.

WITHER SNARLS AND CHARGES, BUT MARROW PULLS TWO BONES FROM HER BACK, AND KNOCKS HIM AWAY.

SARAH: TEAM, LET’S GET THIS DONE! SURGE, NERIUM, DUST AND ECLIPSE! YOU GUYS ARE WITH ME! CALLISTO, TAKE YOUR PEOPLE AND RUN. KARMA, MORPH, PRODIGY, AND TOODLE PIP WILL HELP YOU ESCORT THE MORLOCKS!

CALLISTO: FUCK THAT! THIS BITCH IS GONNA LEARN TO THINK TWICE BEFORE HE MESSES WITH US!

MARROW NODS, BEFORE CHARGING AT WITHER, BONES RAISED.

BACK IN GENOSHA, THE TEAM WATCHES THE CARNAGE UNFOLD BEFORE FABIAN CORTEZ TELLS MAGNETO THAT THESE OUTSIDERS BROUGHT THIS EVIL HERE. DANI PROTESTS THAT THEY DIDN’T MEAN FOR THIS TO HAPPEN, BUT HE WON’T LISTEN. A GROUP OF ACOLYTES ARRIVE AT THE SOUND OF THE EXPLOSION, AND CORTEZ ORDERS THEM TO DEAL WITH THE INTRUDERS WHILE HE ESCORTS MAGNETO AWAY.

DANI: WELL, ROX? YOU’RE THE LEADER. WHAT DO WE DO?

ROXY: OKAY! PIXIE, LOA, U-GO GIRL! HELP GET PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE RUBBLE AND BRING THEM TO ELIXIR FOR HEALING! AND MAKE SURE TO CALL FOR BACKUP SO WE CAN MAKE SURE NO ONE GETS HURT! BIG A, DANI, YOU’RE WITH ME, ROCKSLIDE, NOCTURNE, AND SLAG! WE’LL DEAL WITH THESE ACOLYTE CHUMPS AND TURN THEIR ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE RESCUE TEAM!

AS EDIE TELEPORTS JOSH, ALANI, AND MEGAN AWAY, ROXY TURNS TO THE CHARGING ACOLYTES AND SILENTLY HOPES THAT THE OTHER TEAM IS HAVING BETTER LUCK.

MEANWHILE, MARROW DODGES A FIST FROM WITHER, SILENTLY HOPING THE OTHER TEAM IS HAVING BETTER LUCK. KEVIN HAS NOW DRAWN SWORDS STRAPPED TO HIS HIPS TO DUEL WITH SARAH, BUT LEAVES HIMSELF WIDE OPEN FOR AN ELECTRIC BLAST FROM SURGE.

NORI: HANDS OFF MY FRIEND, CHUMP!

BEFORE KEVIN CAN DO ANYTHING, MARCOS STANDS IN HIS WAY. HE IMMEDIATELY RAISES HIS HANDS AND KEVIN IS CAUGHT IN A SEARING BRIGHT LIGHT. HE GROANS BEFORE SOORAYA GOES INTO DUST MODE, ENVELOPING HIM.

MARCOS: DON’T BE BLINDED BY THE LIGHT.

SOORAYA SWIRLS AROUND KEVIN, PLEADING FOR HIM TO STOP. SHE DOESN’T WANT TO HURT HIM. KEVIN GROANS, SAYING THAT SHE HAD HER CHANCE WHEN THE INSTITUTE TURNED AGAINST HIM, AND SHE DID NOTHING. NO ONE DID.

SOORAYA: YOU STARTED A RUMOR! YOU PURPOSELY HURT JOSH AND LAURIE! I WASN’T GOING TO HELP YOU WHEN YOU SOUGHT TO ONLY CAUSE PAIN!

KEVIN: POOR SOORAYA. ALWAYS PRAYING TO YOUR GODS. DON’T WORRY. WHEN ALL THIS IS OVER, ANNIHILATION WILL BE THE ONLY GOD YOU NEED.

NORI: DREAM ON!

KEVIN SMIRKS AS NORI FIRES A BLAST AT HIM. HE DODGES AND IT HITS MARCOS, SLAMMING HIM AGAINST A WALL.

SUDDENLY, VINES START TO GROW AROUND KEVIN’S ANKLES AND HE LOOKS TO SEE NERIUM HOLDING HIM DOWN. THEN, CALLISTO LEAPS AT HIM, KICKING HIM IN THE FACE. HE GRUNTS AS HE GRABS HER LEG AND THROWS HER TO THE GROUND BEFORE WITHERING THE VINES. ALL OF A SUDDEN, A HULKING CALIBAN ROARS, SLAMMING HIM INTO THE GROUND.

CALIBAN: YOU ATTACKED CALIBAN’S HOME! YOU HURT CALIBAN’S FRIENDS! CALIBAN WILL DESTROY YOU!

MARROW TURNS TO SEE MORE MORLOCKS COMING TO HELP. KEVIN IS IMMEDIATELY HIT WITH BLASTS FROM BERZERKER AND ELECTRIC EVE BEFORE ANOTHER MORLOCK, SCALEFACE, TURNS INTO A LARGE DRAGON AND SWOOPS DOWN AT HIM.

MEANWHILE, TOODLE PIP TELEPORTS OVER TO AN EXHAUST PIPE WITH SEVERAL MORLOCKS IN TOW. KARMA NODS AT HER, DIRECTING TRAFFIC AND HELPING SEVERAL STRAGGLERS. MORPH HELPS KEEP UP MORALE, MAKING FUNNY FACES AT THE CHILDREN, AND DAVID ARRIVES WITH ANOTHER GROUP THAT HE LEADS INTO THE TUNNEL.

SUDDENLY, A LITTLE BOY WITH GREEN SKIN LOOKS TO HIM, AND DAVID ASKS XUAN IF SHE KNOWS THIS KID. XUAN RECOGNIZES HIM AS LEECH AND ASKS HIM WHAT’S WRONG.

LEECH: MARROW IS HURT. LEECH CAN HELP. LEECH CAN STOP THE BAD MAN.

TOODLE PIP: HOW? WHAT CAN YOU DO?

LEECH BENDS DOWN AND WHISPERS IN HER EAR, AND TOODLE PIP’S EYES WIDEN AS SHE SAYS THAT THAT’S AN INTERESTING SOLUTION.

MEANWHILE, BACK IN GENOSHA, CITIZENS ARE RUNNING IN A PANIC FROM FALLING BUILDINGS. ONE PIECE OF RUBBLE IS ABOUT TO CRUSH A WOMAN AND HER DAUGHTER WHEN PIXIE CARRIES THEM TO SAFETY.

PIXIE: THAT’S RIGHT! GALINDA WHO? Y’ALL JUST GOT SAVED BY PIXIE!

ALANI GROANS BEFORE PHASING THROUGH SOME RUBBLE TRAPPING SEVERAL CITIZENS. EDIE HELPS CARRY ONE WITH A BROKEN ARM OVER TO JOSH, AND HE HEALS THE INJURY. MEGAN TELEPATHICALLY ASKS WHEN HELP IS COMING, AND SUDDENLY, SHE SEES ANOTHER JET APPEAR, THIS ONE FEATURING ONYXX, ESCAPADE, ICARUS, TAG, THEIA, AND SEVERAL OTHERS.

MEANWHILE, SANTO GRUNTS AS HE’S ATTACKED BY AN ACOLYTE COVERED IN A PINK FORCEFIELD. HE IMMEDIATELY ASKS WHO THE HECK HE’S FIGHTING AND TALIA SAYS THAT THIS IS PROJECTOR, A FORCE FIELD GENERATOR.

ACOLYTE: AND IF YOU BOTHERED TO READ THE UPDATED ROSTER, YOU’D SEE STATIC IN THERE TOO!

THE SPEAKER, A YOUNG WOMAN, FIRES A BOLT AT TALIA THAT DISRUPTS HER NEURAL SYNAPSES, FLOORING HER WITHIN SECONDS. SANTO TURNS AND RUSHES TO HER AID, BUT DOESN’T GET FAR AFTER BEING PHASED THROUGH THE FLOOR BY NEOPHYTE.

MEANWHILE, SLAG AND FRENZY ARE ENGAGED IN COMBAT WHILE DANI IS TRADING BLOWS WITH THE STEEL-SKINNED KAMAL. ROXY DODGES ELECTRIC BLASTS SENT BY KATU WHILE ALSO THROWING CRYSTAL JAVELINS AT VINDALOO. APOCALYPSE, MEANWHILE, IS FINDING IT RATHER HARD TO BREAK THROUGH UNUSCIONE’S FORCEFIELD AS SHE THROWS PUNCHES AT HIM.

DANI: I DON’T KNOW HOW LONG WE CAN KEEP THIS UP, GUYS!

SUDDENLY, KATU SETS HIS SIGHTS ON DANI, ABOUT TO FIRE A BLAST AT HER WHEN APOCALYPSE GRABS UNUSCIONE BY THE LEG, THROWING HER AT HIM. THE BLAST FROM KATU MISSES DANI AND HIT KAMAL, SLAMMING HIM INTO A WALL AS DANI LOOKS AT APOCALYPSE.

DANI: YOU JUST SAVED ME.

APOCALYPSE: OF COURSE. I GAVE CLARICE MY WORD AND I WILL ABIDE BY THAT.

DANI: THANKS. Y’KNOW, MAYBE YOU REALLY HAVE CHANGED.

SUDDENLY, DANI BLANCHES.

DANI: OH GOD.

APOCALYPSE: WHAT?

DANI: THIS IS THE CLICHÉ MOMENT WHERE WE’RE SUPPOSED TO KISS AND I JUST. OKAY, TURN AWAY FROM ME. DO IT NOW, PLEASE. OKAY. CLICHÉ AVOIDED.

APOCALYPSE CHUCKLES LIGHTLY BEFORE MOVING ON TO FIGHT PROJECTOR AND STATIC.

BACK IN THE TUNNELS, THINGS AREN’T GOING SO WELL. MARCOS, NERIUM AND CALLISTO ARE SIDELINED AND SO ARE SCALEFACE AND CALIBAN. MARROW AND SURGE ARE BOTH TRYING TO KEEP WITHER AT BAY, BUT HE’S ABLE TO GRAB MARROW AND THROWS HER INTO SURGE. HE THEN STANDS ABOVE THEM, REMOVING HIS GLOVE.

KEVIN: WHICH ONE TO START WITH? WELL, I HATE NORI THE MOST, SO I GUESS I’LL DO HER.

NORI: WHAT? IS IT AN ASIAN THING?

KEVIN: NAH. JUST DON’T LIKE YOU.

DAVID: NORI! PIP, NOW!

SUDDENLY, AS KEVIN TOUCHES NORI WITH HIS BARE HAND, HE REALIZES THAT NOTHING’S HAPPENING. HE LOOKS OVER AND SEES TOODLE PIP WITH LEECH BY HER SIDE.

TOODLE PIP: HEY, HAVE YOU MET MY NEW FRIEND, LEECH? HE’S GOT A PRETTY COOL POWER IF YOU DIDN’T ALREADY KNOW. SEE, LEECH’S POWERS NEGATE THE ABILITIES OF ANYONE IN HIS RANGE, BUT WITH KARMA CONTROLLING HIM, SHE’S ABLE TO FOCUS THAT ENERGY SO THAT IT ONLY AFFECTS YOU. TOODLE PIP!

AS PIP TELEPORTS OUT, KEVIN LOOKS AROUND AS THE TEAM STANDS IN FRONT OF HIM. HE IS THEN ATTACKED BY MARCOS, NORI, SARAH, SOORAYA, CALLISTO, NERIUM, AND CALIBAN UNTIL HE’S KNOCKED TO THE GROUND. MEANWHILE, XUAN IMMEDIATELY RELEASES HER HOLD ON LEECH.

SARAH: IT’S OVER, KEVIN. YOU’RE DONE.

KEVIN SUDDENLY STARTS LAUGHING AND THE TEAM LOOKS OVER AND SEES THE CODEX PIECE KNOCKED ON THE FLOOR. BEFORE THEY CAN DO ANYTHING, KEVIN SCRAMBLES TO HIS FEET AND GRABS IT.

KEVIN: SEEMS LIKE I JUST WON THE DAY. YOU CAN KEEP YOUR CRUMMY LITTLE SEWER. AT LEAST, FOR NOW. ANNIHILATION, BODYSLIDE BY ONE.

BEFORE SARAH CAN SKEWER HIM WITH A BONE JAVELIN, KEVIN VANISHES IN BLUE LIGHT, LEAVING THE TEAM SPEECHLESS.

NORI: YAY, TEAM.

MEANWHILE, THE TIDE HAS TURNED IN THE BATTLE. SLAG HAS FLOORED PROJECTOR WHILE APOCALYPSE HAS KNOCKED OUT FRENZY. DANI’S ARROWS AND ROXY’S JAVELINS HAVE PINNED VINDALOO AND STATIC TO THE WALL WHILE A HEX BOLT FROM TALIA TAKES OUT KATU.

A FEW FLOORS DOWN, SANTO AND NEOPHYTE LAND IN FRONT OF MAGNETO AND CORTEZ, WHO CURSES THE TEAM UPSTAIRS FOR NOT TAKING CARE OF THE INVADERS LIKE HE ASKED.

SANTO: WE’RE NOT INVADING ANYTHING! LOOK AROUND! WE’RE TRYING TO HELP YOU!

MAGNETO LOOKS AT GENOSHA WHERE HE SEES ALANI DISSOLVING RUBBLE, JAY CARRYING PEOPLE TO SAFETY, EDIE TELEPORTING INJURED OVER TO JOSH TO HEAL, LAURIE USING HER PHEROMONES TO CALM PANICKED CITIZENS, SHELA SWITCHING PLACES WITH ANYONE IN DANGER AS THEIA LEVITATES DEBRIS, ONYXX SMASHING BITS OF RUBBLE TO FREE PEOPLE, MEGAN SCREAMING AT PEOPLE IN WELSH, AND TAG HELPING MOVE CITIZENS AWAY FROM DEBRIS.

MAGNETO THEN OPENS A HOLE IN THE METAL CEILING AS HE FLIES UP TO FACE THE TEAM.

MAGNETO: ACOLYTES, CEASE AT ONCE! THE X-MEN ARE NOT HERE TO HARM US! RATHER, IT IS ALL MY DOING. I FOOLISHLY DOOMED US ALL, THINKING I COULD SAVE OUR CITY.

SANTO: IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT. YOU WERE JUST THINKING OF YOUR PEOPLE.

DANI: I KNOW WE HAVEN’T EXACTLY SEEN EYE TO EYE, MAGNETO, BUT WE WANT TO HELP REPAIR GENOSHA HOWEVER WE CAN.

MAGNETO: VERY WELL. AND FOR YOUR KINDNESS, IF YOU ARE IN NEED, THE ACOLYTES OF GENOSHA WILL BE THERE TO HELP YOU.

ROXY SMILES AS TALIA PUTS A HAND ON HER SHOULDER, SAYING THAT SHE’S NOT A BAD LEADER. SHE TURNS TO APOCALYPSE BEFORE TELLING NOCTURNE THAT SHE HAD SOME HELP.

MEANWHILE, IN THE TUNNELS, CALLISTO SAYS THAT SHE GOT A FULL REPORT FROM SEVERAL MORLOCKS. KEVIN ISN’T IN THE TUNNELS. XUAN ASSUMES HE MUST HAVE TELEPORTED BACK TO ANNIHILATION, AND HE TOOK THE CODEX WITH HIM.

SARAH: SO NOW WHAT WILL YOU DO? ANNIHILATION KNOWS WHERE YOU ARE BECAUSE OF US.

CALLISTO: NOT TO WORRY. THE SEWERS OF NEW YORK ARE BIG. WE’LL FIND ANOTHER PLACE TO LIVE. AND IF YOU NEED HELP WITH THIS ANNIHILATION PROBLEM, WE’LL BE THERE. AFTER ALL, ONCE A MORLOCK…

SARAH: ALWAYS A MORLOCK.

A FEW MINUTES LATER, BOTH TEAMS ARE IN THE LOUNGE AT XAVIER’S, HAVING A PIZZA PARTY. TJ GRINS AND SAYS THAT WHILE THEY MAY HAVE LOST THREE CODEX PIECES, THEY MANAGED TO SECURE SOME PRETTY BIG REINFORCEMENTS IN CASE ANNIHILATION’S ARMY COMES. SHE THEN TURNS TO THE TWO LATVERIANS AND COMPLIMENTS THEIR WORK, SAYING THAT THEY MAY JUST MAKE X-MEN OF THEM YET.

MEANWHILE, DANI NOTICES APOCALYPSE LEAVING AND GIVES HIM A LIGHT SMILE. ROXY CALLS OUT TO HIM AND SAYS THAT THIS PIZZA PARTY IS FOR HIM TOO, BUT APOCALYPSE OPTS OUT OF IT. SHE NODS AND TELLS HIM TO REST UP.

WE THEN WATCH AS APOCALYPSE ENTERS HIS GUEST ROOM AND LOOKS OUT THE WINDOW, A LOOK OF LONGING ON HIS FACE.

APOCALYPSE: I KNOW YOU CANNOT HEAR ME, MY LOVE, BUT I KNOW I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN. SOMEDAY. I PROMISE YOU.

WE THEN PAN UP OVER TO THE BEAUTIFUL NIGHT SKY AS AN IMAGE OF ANNIHILATION’S MASK, LAUGHING IN TRIUMPH, FADES INTO VIEW JUST AS THE CAMERA FADES OUT.

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