Stars: Scarlet Witch,
Magneto, Cyclops
Appears: Wolverine, Iceman, BoomBoom, Magma, Xavier, Storm,
Beast, Shadowcat, Jean, Toad, Quicksilver, Avalanche, Nightcrawler,
Rogue, Spyke, Gambit, Blob, Colossus, Pyro, Sabertooth, Mystique,
Berzerker
Cameos: Jubilee, Cannonball, Wolfsbane, Sunspot, Multiple
Summary
(Continued from Day of Reckoning I.)
At the Institute, the New Mutants continue to run from
the mansion's defenses. Boom Boom, Magma, and Cyclops get in by the back
way, Magma blasts a tunnel into the caves beneath the institute. They
make their way past the defenses up to the control room.
The X-Men and Brotherhood teams have split up into
groups and are searching the area around the warehouses. They find
Magneto's travel spheres, but they're empty and there is no sight of
Magneto's crew anywhere. Gambit ambushes one of the teams by throwing in
one of his cards.
The second team sees the explosion from over the top of
some of the buildings. Quicksilver tells them they have no idea and runs
off. Wanda realizes it's all a trap, but it's too late. Magneto begins
ripping the place apart, and finally pulls apart one of the warehouses
to reveal his new crew (Sabertooth, Gambit, Colossus, and Pyro).
Gambit starts throwing cards everywhere and the teams
scatter. Sabertooth jumps Beast. Pyro chases after some of the X-Kids,
but Storm sends some rain after him and puts out all of his flames. Then
she hits him with some lightening and fries his flame thrower. Beast and
Sabertooth fight and jump up into some scaffolding/building frames.
Magneto wraps a girder around Beast and traps him. The Scarlet Witch
starts searching the roof tops trying to find Magneto, but so far still
no sign of him.
Back in Trask's lab, they pick up the
X-Men/Brotherhood/Magneto fight going on right above their heads. Trask
tells them that he wants the Sentinel back online immediately. Above
ground, Rogue runs into Gambit. She acts stunned, and stands there
looking all sappy as he hands her a card and charges it. He jumps away
and she finally looks down at the card, realizing what's about to
happen, she tries to fling the card away at the last second. It explodes
close by.
Colossus and Toad fight. Colossus tries to squash Toad
by throwing various large objects at him, but he misses each time.
Finally Toad tries to body slam Colossus, but he doesn't even faze him
and Colossus pulls him up by his collar. The Blob comes to the rescue
and as he charges Colossus, Colossus flings Toad away. The two collide
and Colossus is sent sailing into the side of a building. Kitty phases
out of the wall nearby and phases Colossus to drag him into the
building. She phases free of the building and tells Avalanche to let 'er
rip. Avalanche drops the building on Colossus.
Sabertooth is finally able to knock out Beast. As he's
getting ready to drop a dumpster on him, Rogue rushes in and absorbs
Beast's powers. She uses them to knock Sabertooth down. Meanwhile Wanda
continues to search for her father. She starts to wander off and the
ground and buildings around her begin to shiver and warp. Storm follows
her and sees that Wanda is headed for Magneto, who's perched up on top
of a building in the distance. Storm calls the teams together to go
after Magneto.
Quicksilver lets Magneto know that Wanda and the teams
are after him. Magneto drops the ground out from under the teams and
they end up right in the middle of Trask's compound. Trask sends the
Sentinel after them. Quicksilver runs recognizance and lets Magneto know
that Trask has released the Sentinel. Magneto tells him that he knew he
would. Magneto's crew (except for Mags and Quicksilver) load back up
into the travel spheres and take off. Magneto tells Quicksilver that the
whole world will now know about mutants. He uses his powers to lift the
teams and the Sentinel back up to ground level again.
The Sentinel goes after the teams and everyone scatters.
A news traffic helicopter that's close by happens on to the site and
witnesses the fight. Storm tries to take out the Sentinel with
lightening, but the Sentinel just keeps coming. The news chopper goes to
live feed. Storm is hit and goes down. Spyke steps up to attack the
Sentinel and protect Storm. The rest of the team joins in. Blob lifts a
car and throws it, Jean uses her TK to amplify the force of the throw
and slam it into the Sentinel. Lance crumbles the ground beneath it, all
the while the news chopper is broadcasting. Duncan, Taryn, Amanda, Kelly
and others all see the X-Men on the television fighting the Sentinel.
The police finally show up on the scene. Blob and Spyke
are both caught by the Sentinel. It shoots this green gel like substance
on them that solidifies and freezes them in stasis. Storm gets up and is
really mad. She brings up a full strength gale and sends it against the
Sentinel. The Sentinel activates thrusters and is able to fly free from
the gale. It slams into the ground and almost crushes Rogue and Kitty.
It hits them both with the stasis goo, but Kitty is able to phase free
and run away.
The Beast is the next to be captured, and the Sentinel
is close on the tail of Kurt and Toad but they're able to get away. The
Marines arrive in choppers, but Magneto uses his powers to hold them
back and out of the fight. Kurt ports into one of the choppers and
snatches a grenade. He jams it into the Sentinels armor and ports away.
There's an explosion and the Sentinel collapses against a near by
building. It's damaged, but still moving. It locks in on Magneto on the
roof tops.
Wanda surprises Quicksilver and takes him out. Then she
goes after Magneto and uses her powers to block his powers. The Sentinel
comes after Magneto and he begs Wanda to release him. Xavier shows up in
the X-Jet and attacks the Sentinel, but Wanda hexes the Jet and sends it
flying. It draws enough of her power away that Magneto is freed. He
regains his powers just in time to send two missiles right back at the
Sentinel. The missiles hit and the Sentinel explodes. It comes crashing
down right on top of the building and Magneto.
Wanda is thrown from the roof and Nightcrawler ports her
to safety. The survivors regroup and Xavier picks them up in the X-Jet.
The kids want to save the others, but Xavier tells him they'll have to
come back for them. They fly home, but when they arrive, they see that
the Institute has been totaled. They land and Jean starts calling out
for Scott and the New Mutants. Everyone is in total shock.
Scott and the New Mutants come out of the surrounding
woods looking the worse for wear. Jean rushes up to Scott and hugs him,
but he flings off her arms and goes for Xavier. Sam tells them that they
were able to make it into Cerebro and that it was just able to sustain
the blast. Scott jumps Xavier and yanks him out of his chair yelling,
saying it's all his fault. He throws Xavier to the ground and Kurt and
Bobby pull him away. Xavier stands and morphs into Mystique. She tells
them that she was responsible for everything, and now it's about to get
much worse.
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