UNIVERSE 11052
The Sentinel shuts down and the scientists all rush in. Bolivar Trask tells them to run diagnostics on the Sentinel. He wants to know how well it stood up to the experiment.
The X-Men and The 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 sign of Magneto's crew anywhere. Gambit ambushes one of the teams by throwing one of his cards at them.
The second team sees the explosion from over the top of some of the buildings. Avalanche says "Finally, some action." 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.
Gambit starts throwing cards everywhere, causing the teams to scatter. Sabretooth jumps Beast. Pyro chases after some of the X-Kids, but Sharky stops him in mid-air using his Time Pause powers.
The Storm sends some rain on him and puts out all of his flames. Then it hits him with some lightning and fries his flamethrower. With Sharky and Storm working together, they've taken down the Pyro.
Beast and Sabretooth fight and jump up onto some scaffolding and building frames. Magneto then wraps a girder around Beast and traps him.
Back in Trask's lab, they can hear the X-Men, Brotherhood and Magneto fighting 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. Sharky quickly pauses time, but the explosion goes off anyway. Rogue throws the card away when time resumes.
Colossus and Todd continue fighting; Colossus attempts to squash Todd by throwing various large objects at him. The Blob comes to his rescue, but as he charges Colossus, Colossus flings Todd away. The two collide, and the Blob is sent sailing into the side of a building.
Again, Sharky paused the Colossus. Shadowcat saw the opportunity, so she grabbed Colossus and dragged him inside. Then Sharky resumed his attack on Colossus, eventually knocking him out. He then went after the others.
Sabretooth is finally able to knock out Beast. As he's getting ready to drop a dumpster on him, Sharky stops him, seeing the chance Rogue rushes in and absorbs Sabretooth's powers, knocking him down.
Meanwhile, Wanda continues to search for her father. She wanders off into the streets and the buildings around her start to shake and warp. Storm follows her and sees that Wanda is heading towards Magneto, who's perched atop a building in the distance. Storm calls the teams together to go after Magneto.
Quicksilver informs Magneto that Wanda and the teams are after him. Magneto drops the ground out from under them, and they all end up right in the middle of Trask's compound.
Trask sends the Sentinel after them. Quicksilver runs reconnaissance and lets Magneto know that Trask has released the Sentinel. Magneto tells him that he knew he would. Magneto's crew (except for Magneto 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 Sentinels go after the teams and everyone scatters. A news traffic helicopter happens upon the scene and witnesses the fight.
Storm tries to take out the Sentinel with lightning, 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 lifts a car and throws it; Jean Grey uses her telekinesis to amplify the force of the throw and slams it into the Sentinel.
But still, more Sentinels come and start hitting them. Lance crumbles to the ground beneath them, all the while the news chopper is broadcasting.
Duncan Matthews, Taryn Fujioka, Amanda Sefton, Principal Kelly, and others all see the X-Men on the television fighting the Sentinel.
The police finally arrive at the scene. Blob and Spyke are both captured by the Sentinel. It shoots a green gel-like substance on them that solidifies and freezes them in stasis.
The Sentinel activates its thrusters and is able to fly free of the gale. It slams into the ground and almost crushes Rogue and Shadowcat. It hits them both with the stasis goo.
The Beast is the next to be captured, and the Sentinels are hot on the trail of Nightcrawler and Todd, but they manage to escape.
The Marines arrive by helicopter, but Magneto uses his powers to hold them back and keep them away from joining the fight. A sentinel locks onto him on the rooftop above.
Wanda surprises Quicksilver and knocks 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. Charles Xavier shows up in the X-Jet and attacks the Sentinel, but Wanda hexes the Jet and sends it flying.
The Mariners fire two missiles at Magneto. The missiles hit and the building explodes. The building comes crashing down right on top of Magneto and many X-Men.
Sharky had come onto the scene; he had destroyed many Sentinels, but still couldn't save everyone. Seeing them all knocked out, he used his first time the power of Time Reverse.
Doing so before any Sentinels attacked, he stopped them in midair using his Time Pause. "What are you seeing, attack them?" Sharky shouted, as everyone began destroying the Sentinels. Once all the Sentinels were destroyed, and Sharky released Time Pause, but the another missile struck a nearby building, and Sharky collapsed from exhaustion from using Time Reverse and Time Pause.
Wanda is thrown from the roof by Nightcrawler, who teleports her to safety. The survivors regroup, and Xavier picks them up in the X-Jet. The kids want to save the others and Sharky, but Xavier tells them they'll have to come back for them.
They flew home, but when they arrived, they saw that the Institute had been completely destroyed. They landed and Jean started calling out for Scott and the New Mutants. Everyone was in complete shock.
Scott and the New Mutants emerge from the surrounding woods looking the worse for wear. Sam tells them that they were able to make it into Cerebro and that it was just barely able to sustain the blast.
Scott jumps on Xavier and yells at him, blaming him for everything. He grabs Xavier by the collar and drags him to the floor. Nightcrawler and Bobby pull Scott off. Xavier stands up and morphs into Mystique. She says that she is responsible for everything and things are about to get much worse.
Everyone was shocked, and didn't know what to do; there was no one there – not even Sharky, not even Wolverine. Jean, Storm, Kitty, and Rogue were all looking angrily at Mystique.
Scott and Mystique face off, both enraged. Jean tries to probe Mystique's mind to find out where the Professor is, but somehow Mystique manages to block her. Scott threatens her, and Mystique warns him that if he ever wants to see Xavier again, he needs to back off. Their confrontation is interrupted by sirens; their group is quickly surrounded by police cars and helicopters.
The New Mutants are surrounded, but Ray blasts the cars and leads them off through the woods. Tabitha covers their escape by blowing up some trees. The Brotherhood take off in another direction, and Wanda covers their escape.
The X-Men are being targeted — several of them by name. They also demonstrate the general hysteria and fear running rampant among mutants.
The White House made a public announcement for everyone to not jump to any conclusions. The President of the United States said, "My fellow Americans, this is a time of gathering facts, not finger pointing, not turning against one another. As your president, I strongly advise you, above all, to stay calm."
The New Mutants follow Ray into the sewers where he says he knows of a place for them to hide. The X-Men regroup, but they aren't together long before the Brotherhood shows up as well.
"I don't know about the and nothing to do with Magneto's plan to expose them." Mystique explained them.
Jean bursts in, asking, "Why are you still here?" She doesn't know where Sharky is or what happened to him.
Mystique said, "I want my team member back from the military, but I don't know where to start looking."
Nick Fury arrives, saying, "I know where to start." He hands over a disc, explaining, "On this disc, you'll find information on where the other prisoners are being held." Fury and his team then vanish just as quickly as they appeared.
Storm says, "We shall split into groups." But before she finishes speaking, Mystique snatches the disc from her hand and declares, "I am in charge."
The Storm is furious; the sky darkens as lightning begins to flash everywhere. Mystique warns her to back off, but Jean interrupts to remind her that Mystique is still holding the Professor captive.
Mystique sends Todd and Wanda to New York to find out if Magneto is really dead. Meanwhile, everyone watches as Jean boosts the velocity jet, which had been in custody, and the rest of them head off to the coordinates that Fury provided, which turn out to be Area 51 to rescue their teammates.
In New York, Wanda and Todd end up breaking into a news van and watch the footage that had been taped the previous day. In slow motion, they can see that Quicksilver rescued Magneto right before the building fell on top of him.
In the sewers, the New Mutants run into a mutant named Caliban. "Who are you?" he asks. "What are you doing here?"
Ray said, "We're on the run and we're mutants just like you."
"Okay, you'll follow my lead then," Caliban agreed to save them.
At Area 51, Mystique morphs into a raven and sneaks in; she shuts down the fence sensors, and the others break in as well. Storm stands by in the Velocity for pick-up.
Inside, Wolverine is being questioned by the military while the others are standing nearby in clear plastic cells. Sharky is still unconscious. The Blob is the last one being cut free from the green stasis goo.
Bobby and Kitty make their way to shut down the alarms. Mystique gets interrupted and doesn't turn off the motion sensors. Iceman creates a path across, but once Bobby cuts the wires, he twirls the cutter around his finger and drops it by accident.
Suddenly, troops are everywhere. Mystique tells Jean, Cyclops, and Avalanche to keep them back while she goes off with Nightcrawler to find the prisoners.
When the alarm goes off, the officer questioning Logan leaves to see what's going on, and during the confusion, Spyke is able to pop a spike into Logan's restraint and free him.
Wolverine returns the favor, and as Spyke frees the others, Wolverine takes on the remaining troops. The Blob is able to break free from the goo, and they round up all of the troops and get them contained.
Rogue picks up Sharky in her arms, carrying him out as he's still unconscious. Nightcrawler and Mystique arrive a little later, and they all head off together to meet up with the others.
Security sealed off all exits, but they found Iceman and Shadowcat who were able to locate a hatch that led to the roof.
The Cyclops and Mystique are the last two through, and the Cyclops slams the gate in Mystique's face.
"Let me out!" Mystique screamed. "First tell me where the Professor is; otherwise, I'm leaving you." Scott replied.
Before she could tell him, she's cut off as Scott seals the exit and traps her inside. Avalanche goes after Cyclops, but Jean stops them and tells them there's no time; they have to leave now. Mystique is left behind as the others take off in the Velocity.
Later at the Brotherhood house, Todd sneaks in because police are watching the house. When he returns to the others, Lance is angry because he was supposed to get clothes for all of them, but he only got Wanda's.
Back at the Lookout, the X-Men discuss the loss of the Institute and Professor Xavier.
"Now what? The Institute is gone. The Professor is missing. We can't go back to school, and it's open season on mutants. At least Sharky was saved..." Kitty was sad, looking at Sharky. He still hadn't woken up.
Scott is upset that he didn't get the information about Xavier's location from Mystique, but Logan assures him that they will find him on their own.
Ororo tells them all that they have a new world to deal with now – one that fears them, and that somehow they have to find a way to teach them that they are the good guys… before it's too late.
Troops are swarming over the remains of the Institute. Reporters are present, and there is general anti-mutant propaganda on the news.
Rogue and Logan were shopping in a convenience store for food when more troops arrived and recognized Rogue. A fight ensued, and Wolverine and Rogue managed to escape on Logan's motorcycle; however, the pursuing troops were close behind them.
A Congressional hearing on the "Mutant Menace" is being held at The White House, and Ororo and Hank show up to speak on behalf of the mutants.
Elsewhere, Juggernaut is "chased" off of a train by a security guard. Juggernaut tells him that he doesn't want to do it, but the guard doesn't listen, so he wrecks the train and leaves.
Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, and Iceman rig up a tiny handheld TV so that everyone can watch the hearings. Rogue and Logan come flying into the cave with the military right behind them. The X-Kids disable the helicopters without hurting anyone and take off in the X-Jet.
Meanwhile, a news van follows the police cars as they chase after Juggernaut. They come across a pile of wrecked cars and watch as Juggernaut heads for a huge dam.
Back at the hearing, news coverage of the Juggernaut's rampage is broadcasted. The Juggernaut is shown wrecking a tank, and the speaker declares that the mutants are all monsters. Ororo and Hank argue that they're not like that.
The X-Men finally arrive at the dam and go head to head with Juggernaut. Spyke topples a huge generator while Juggernaut is on top, and as he slides down the dam. Shadowcat jumps on top of him and phases him into the dam, leaving him partially trapped. Kurt ports in and out, releasing the locks on Juggernaut's helmet.
Cyclops takes off his visor and blasts him full-force with his beams, knocking the helmet off of his head. Shadowcat and Rogue phase up behind him; Kitty boosts Rogue up onto his shoulders.
Rogue continues to absorb his powers. Juggernaut rises to his feet first and goes after the Rogue. They go head to head, but Juggernaut can't touch Rogue. She lifts him up over her head and throws him off the top of the dam. In mid-flight, Iceman freezes him into a huge block of ice. Then they lose track of him.
Back at the hearing, where they've just witnessed the X-Men versus Juggernaut fight, the speaker is shocked and asks "What did they do?" Ororo tells him that they've done what they were trained to do, to use their powers for good.
On the dam, Rogue tells them that she just absorbed a huge portion of Juggernaut's mind. She now knows where the Professor is. The X-Men find Xavier locked up in Juggernaut's holding tank at the Stokes County Maximum Security Facility. Wolverine shows up and tells Cyclops that he did a good job.
Later, the President gives a speech, "My fellow Americans, human and mutant — I stand before you now to clear the X-Men of any wrongdoing in the giant Sentinel robot disaster. The real criminal mastermind, Bolivar Trask, has been arrested and charged. We need to be open-minded. And we need to give this mutant question more time."
The X-Men are now living underground beneath the ruins of the mansion. Kitty is sneaking a midnight snack, when Kurt teleports in and catches her drinking straight from the milk carton.
Kurt grabs the milk carton from Kitty and says, "I knew it! You drink right from the carton."
"Kurt! I was gonna... finish the whole thing." Kitty was shocked, but she accepted it.
As Kurt teased her about it, Kitty saw intruders on the monitors. She and Kurt teleported upstairs to take care of them before an alarm was tripped and woke everyone else up.
There was Mal Robson, Keith Kcid, and some other high school jock, all in masks, spray-painting graffiti everywhere.
Kurt told them, "You better take off now."
When one of them shouted, "You're all freaks!", they had removed their masks.
"Yes—Bayville doesn't want you!" Keith agreed.
Mal also added, "Nobody wants you!" Everyone laughed and they left.
The next day, Jubilee's parents arrived to take her home. Logan told Xavier, "First Rahne, and now Jubilee... They're leaving. I can't believe parents are pulling their kids out of here. Do they really think it'll be any better for them at home?"
Xavier says to him, "I hate to admit it, Logan, but I would probably do the same thing. After all, I promised them their children would be safe here. Obviously, that hasn't been the case."
Wolverine says, "This is my fault. I should have caught Mystique's scent when she was here posing as you."
Xavier adds, "And I should've sensed her in Wanda's hospital room before she abducted me." Xavier then says that, "But with her advanced shape-changing abilities, she's now able to conceal herself completely from us."
Then the Storm and Jean come, Xavier asked, "Sharky hasn't woken up."
"Yes, he is still in a coma," Storm nodded.
"His body has recovered from all the external wounds," Jean added.
"Yes, I still don't know about his history or origin. But his powers are amazing. He can even Reverse the time." Xavier was still amazed, knowing that Sharky could reverse time; with this ability, he had saved countless mutant lives.
"But, he needs at least some time to recover from the overuse of his powers," Logan replied, he was also amazed, but it was the truth.
"Yes, this is the balance of the universe; unique powers require extra effort." Professor Xavier agrees, knowing even his unique powers come with limitations and make him physically vulnerable.
"But Professor, since he is now in a coma, can't you read his mind?" Ororo asked.
"No, his mind is completely blocked from any telekinetic powers; no one can control or touch his mind," Professor explained.
Xavier mentally awakens the other X-Kids and calls the older students into a meeting. At the meeting, Xavier informs them that they will be allowed back to school for one day, provided they refrain from using their powers.
Kitty tells him that she's afraid to go back, that they don't fit in there anymore. They see the morning paper, which calls mutants monsters.
Scott tells him that it's only a matter of time before everyone realizes who they really are since they live at the Institute. Xavier tells them all that it's an opportunity for them to set an example.
At school, the other students gawked and taunted the X-Men as they filed into the building. Taryn gave Scott the cold shoulder.
One of them shouted, "Go home!" A female student followed, saying, "You don't belong here!" Even Ryan Griff couldn't keep his cool; he yelled, "You gonna blow up our school next?"
In the town of Logan was riding on his motorcycle when he met up with Colossus riding another motorcycle. Wolverine followed him. Logan caught up with Colossus at a barn and the two began to fight.
Colossus says to Logan, "When you tire of the discrimination, Magneto offers you the chance to join him and fight."
"So you want to become a lackey like me?! I don't think so!" Wolverine scoffed at him.
Colossus becomes upset and says, "I am not a lackey! I... I have no choice!" Wolverine tries to convince him to join the X-Men, but Colossus insists that he cannot and leaves.
At the Brotherhood house, Principal Kelly arrives to invite the boys back to school. They decide to return.
At school, Kurt is trying really hard to hide the fact that he's a mutant. Amanda questions him about abandoning his friends and she's not too happy about it.
Duncan and some of his friends started pushing Scott around, trying to get him to use his powers so he would be expelled. Kitty and Rogue showed up to defend Scott and scare off Duncan and company.
Kelly calls Duncan into his office and says, "You shouldn't mess with the Xavier kids; they always stick together." He also casually mentions, "The Brotherhood boys don't like them either."
The Brotherhood shows up at school and starts terrorizing the normal kids; Lance makes an example out of Andy Black after he bumps into him.
Meanwhile, Jean is playing basketball in the gym, but the other girls accuse her of cheating and using her powers; Linda Lane won't even stand up for her, and she gets benched.
Jean noticed Kelly packing up a lot of the athletic trophies. She said, "What are you doing?"
"I don't think that all of the awards were won fairly; some were won by cheating," said Kelly as he took all of the awards. Jean was angry, but she soon forgot about it because even Sharky hadn't woken up yet, and she didn't know what the point of the awards were.
That night at the meeting, as Jean is giving her speech, she says, "Since this is personal, let's keep it personal. Most of you have children. There is a chance that one of them will have an advanced X gene, and as they grow older, they will be considered mutants. You will love them anyway. But people will hate them. And people will want to hurt them. You will hope for the day that your child can live in a safe world. Well, that world must begin now, with you by allowing mutants to attend public school. Thank you."
Kelly tries to turn the board members against the mutants by saying that the mutants are all out of control, and that they can't be allowed back to school. Xavier counters by saying that his students are showing remarkable control.
The Brotherhood and Duncan team up and start a fight with the other X-kids in the parking lot outside. Scott tells the others that they are not to use their powers, so the X-kids take a beating and do their best to get out of harm's way. Lance starts to bring down the entire auditorium.
The X-Men are finally forced to use their powers to save the innocent bystanders. Kurt finally steps in to help, and when the X-Men regroup, the Brotherhood runs off. The X-Men stand in front of the auditorium, looking sadly at the destroyed parking lot.
Next morning, Xavier called everyone to another meeting. Logan asked, "There's a funeral," when he saw everyone walking by with saddened faces.
Xavier explained to Logan, as he turned toward the X-Kids. "The board voted to allow them back into school. The kids aren't too happy about going back," he said. "It is not only an honor for them to be taking the first step in this new world, but it's also their responsibility for the mutants yet to come. I am very proud of you all, and that no matter what, the X-Men will endure."
While Rogue sat at Skarky's bedside, she noticed he was still in a coma.