Cayman
12-14-2005, 06:01 PM
Summary
The Institute grounds: Outlaw of Deadpool/Agent X fame and Peepers are travelling through the surrounding forest towards the Mansion (curiously, Peepers already made this trek in HoM: The Day After) when they spot some movement in the trees. It's the Leper Queen, in a daze after her arm was frozen by the un-deciMated Iceman at the conclusion of the previous issue. Peepers extends a hand to help Leper Queen, but she attacks him, and then turns on Outlaw before fleeing. "Who was that masked woman?" asks Outlaw.
Not far off, Cyclops, Rogue, and Havok are freaked by Bobby's icy transformation. Bobby's surprised but pleased to find he really isn't depowered. Bobby asks after Lorna.
Lorna, meanwhile, is being menaced by the Sapiens League. Wolverine pushes her out of the way of the pursuing vehicles as Cyclops appears on the scene and hits them with an optic blast. "This ends now!" demands Scott. As he helps get Lorna to cover, Logan asks Polaris why she didn't use her power. She weakly excuses herself as not having had time to react.
Lorna's surprise at seeing Bobby as Iceman is overshadowed by the arrival of an invisible Sentinel. Sentinel Squad O*N*E has a stealth Sentinel, piloted by the mutant-phobe squad member whose name I've forgotten, and he joins the fray. Scott isn't too pleased with this intervention, and even less so when the Sentinel nearly punts him into orbit.
Meanwhile in Egypt, the archeologist Dr. Foster continues to explore the catacombs he fell into last issue. He sees strange techno-organic tendrills everywhere and comes across the body of a certain clown-faced evil mutant. I didn't quite get this next panel, someone is looking down into the hole Foster fell through and saying "Oh, Foster! Shame on you!" - a minion of Apocalypse perhaps? *Shurgs*
The battle with the Sapiens League continues on the Institute grounds. Val Cooper tries to convince Cyclops how great it is that the Sentinels and X-Men are cooperating against a common foe. Cyclops isn't as enthusiastic, pointing out that one of the machines nearly killed him, that some students and X-Men have already been hurt, and that one of the Sentinels caused major damage to the Mansion which it collapsed. "What does it take to make you happy, Scott?" she wonders.
As O*N*E* helicopters approach, Cyclops asks Val is the instutute is now just a "Reservation For Mutants". Val replies "It's security, Scott. Maybe that costs a little freedom." "That's how it begins, isn't it? Give up a little freedom in the name of security ... then you're asked to give up just a little more freedom..." Cut to the Leper Queen retrieving her mask.
Elsewhere, Mystique finally makes her first post-HoM appearance (so the speculation that she's the Leper Queen is now obsolete) along with the Fantomex-looking guy from Bizarre Love Triangle. His name is Pulse. He's a blonde-hottie with glowing eyes. Mystique tells him they are to return to the mansion and conclude their scheme, which involves getting Rogue to dump Gambit in favor of Pulse. Eep!
In the medical center, Rogue checks on Gambit. Peeper and Outlaw meet Bling (yay!) and Rockslide. Outlaw's a bit perplexed by why the X-Men are accepting help from Sentinels.
Elsewhere, Bobby lies on an examination bed. Emma reveals that she suspected that Iceman's depowering was subconsciously self-induced. Emma explains that she didn't turn Bobby's powers back on by meddling with his brain, but merely helped him reconnect with them. Lorna wonders if Emma can do the same for other deciMatees. Emma less than tactfully reminds Lorna that Bobby had never actually lost his powers. Bobby puts his hands on Lorna's shoulders, but the extreme cold hurts her. Alex demands Bobby try and control himsef. Bobby demonstrates that he can control himself well enough to regain human form, which surprises and dismays Scott. Cyclops tells him that the X-Men can't risk him becoming stuck in human form again.
Lorna prepares to reveal her loss of powers to the group, but none are surprised except Bobby and possibly Alex. Lorna tells them she'll leave right away.
Havok and Cyclops try and convince her to stay, but Emma bluntly tells her she won't be of much use. Lorna is adamant. Nothing's gone right since she had her vision in space, and she believes she'll regain her powers if she is there for the arrival of the entity that is approaching the Earth. Bobby is about to follow her, but Alex tells him not to. Havok will also leave the X-Men to accompany Lorna on her quest.
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The Institute grounds: Outlaw of Deadpool/Agent X fame and Peepers are travelling through the surrounding forest towards the Mansion (curiously, Peepers already made this trek in HoM: The Day After) when they spot some movement in the trees. It's the Leper Queen, in a daze after her arm was frozen by the un-deciMated Iceman at the conclusion of the previous issue. Peepers extends a hand to help Leper Queen, but she attacks him, and then turns on Outlaw before fleeing. "Who was that masked woman?" asks Outlaw.
Not far off, Cyclops, Rogue, and Havok are freaked by Bobby's icy transformation. Bobby's surprised but pleased to find he really isn't depowered. Bobby asks after Lorna.
Lorna, meanwhile, is being menaced by the Sapiens League. Wolverine pushes her out of the way of the pursuing vehicles as Cyclops appears on the scene and hits them with an optic blast. "This ends now!" demands Scott. As he helps get Lorna to cover, Logan asks Polaris why she didn't use her power. She weakly excuses herself as not having had time to react.
Lorna's surprise at seeing Bobby as Iceman is overshadowed by the arrival of an invisible Sentinel. Sentinel Squad O*N*E has a stealth Sentinel, piloted by the mutant-phobe squad member whose name I've forgotten, and he joins the fray. Scott isn't too pleased with this intervention, and even less so when the Sentinel nearly punts him into orbit.
Meanwhile in Egypt, the archeologist Dr. Foster continues to explore the catacombs he fell into last issue. He sees strange techno-organic tendrills everywhere and comes across the body of a certain clown-faced evil mutant. I didn't quite get this next panel, someone is looking down into the hole Foster fell through and saying "Oh, Foster! Shame on you!" - a minion of Apocalypse perhaps? *Shurgs*
The battle with the Sapiens League continues on the Institute grounds. Val Cooper tries to convince Cyclops how great it is that the Sentinels and X-Men are cooperating against a common foe. Cyclops isn't as enthusiastic, pointing out that one of the machines nearly killed him, that some students and X-Men have already been hurt, and that one of the Sentinels caused major damage to the Mansion which it collapsed. "What does it take to make you happy, Scott?" she wonders.
As O*N*E* helicopters approach, Cyclops asks Val is the instutute is now just a "Reservation For Mutants". Val replies "It's security, Scott. Maybe that costs a little freedom." "That's how it begins, isn't it? Give up a little freedom in the name of security ... then you're asked to give up just a little more freedom..." Cut to the Leper Queen retrieving her mask.
Elsewhere, Mystique finally makes her first post-HoM appearance (so the speculation that she's the Leper Queen is now obsolete) along with the Fantomex-looking guy from Bizarre Love Triangle. His name is Pulse. He's a blonde-hottie with glowing eyes. Mystique tells him they are to return to the mansion and conclude their scheme, which involves getting Rogue to dump Gambit in favor of Pulse. Eep!
In the medical center, Rogue checks on Gambit. Peeper and Outlaw meet Bling (yay!) and Rockslide. Outlaw's a bit perplexed by why the X-Men are accepting help from Sentinels.
Elsewhere, Bobby lies on an examination bed. Emma reveals that she suspected that Iceman's depowering was subconsciously self-induced. Emma explains that she didn't turn Bobby's powers back on by meddling with his brain, but merely helped him reconnect with them. Lorna wonders if Emma can do the same for other deciMatees. Emma less than tactfully reminds Lorna that Bobby had never actually lost his powers. Bobby puts his hands on Lorna's shoulders, but the extreme cold hurts her. Alex demands Bobby try and control himsef. Bobby demonstrates that he can control himself well enough to regain human form, which surprises and dismays Scott. Cyclops tells him that the X-Men can't risk him becoming stuck in human form again.
Lorna prepares to reveal her loss of powers to the group, but none are surprised except Bobby and possibly Alex. Lorna tells them she'll leave right away.
Havok and Cyclops try and convince her to stay, but Emma bluntly tells her she won't be of much use. Lorna is adamant. Nothing's gone right since she had her vision in space, and she believes she'll regain her powers if she is there for the arrival of the entity that is approaching the Earth. Bobby is about to follow her, but Alex tells him not to. Havok will also leave the X-Men to accompany Lorna on her quest.
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