#barnell bohusk

[big-gay-apocalypse]

hard to name a bird-winged mutant who ain't hot as breakfast, come to think...

// Love Unlimited Infinity Comic #32

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Genuinely wonder how you would omega level a character whose power is having wings or some kind of aerial adaptation

All I know is omega level Beak is just this

[sofiamantegafan110]

NEW X-MEN SEASON 2 EPISODE 4

EPISODE 4- A WEB OF LIES

WE OPEN UP IN CESSILY AND SOFIA’S ROOM AS CESSILY AND ROXY SNUGGLE TOGETHER. ROXY ADMITS THAT SHE APPRECIATES THE TIME CESSILY PUTS IN TO SPENDING TIME WITH HER, AND CESSILY CHUCKLES, SAYING THAT SHE’S WORTH IT. THE TWO KISS BEFORE CESSILY SAYS THAT THEY SHOULD PROBABLY GET TO CHEERLEADING PRACTICE, AS SOFIA DOESN’T LIKE IT WHEN THEY’RE LATE. THE GIRLS START FOR THE DOOR, BUT WHEN THEY OPEN IT, THEY SEE ALANI STANDING OUTSIDE. SHE SEEMS A BIT SURPRISED THAT ROXY IS THERE AND ACTS FLUSTERED WHILE CESSILY ASSUMES THAT SHE’S THERE TO REMIND THEM OF PRACTICE. ALANI NODS NERVOUSLY WHILE ROXY TELLS HER THAT THEY ALREADY GOT THE MEMO AND WALKS OFF WITH CESSILY.

CESSILY TELLS ROXY THAT SHE WAS A BIT HARSH, BUT SHE SAYS THAT SHE DOESN’T REALLY TRUST ALANI. SOMETHING SEEMS OFF ABOUT HER. AS THEY WALK OFF, ALANI WATCHES THEM BEFORE EMMA FROST SENDS A TELEPATHIC MESSAGE TO HER, SAYING THAT SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE HAS TO DO.

CUE INTRO AND CREDITS

WE TRANSITION OVER TO LAURIE AS SHE EXITS A CLASSROOM. ALL OF A SUDDEN, A BLACK-GLOVED HAND GRABS HER SHOULDER AND SHE WHIRLS AROUND TO SEE KEVIN STANDING BEHIND HER. SHE IMMEDIATELY ASKS HIM WHAT THE HELL HE’S DOING AND KEVIN SAYS THAT HE NEEDS TO TELL HER SOMETHING. LAURIE SIGHS AND ASKS HIM WHAT HIS PROBLEM IS; HE GHOSTS HER FOR ABOUT FOUR MONTHS IN FAVOR OF HIS NEW SQUAD BUDDIES AND NOW HE SUDDENLY WANTS TO TALK TO HER AND EXPECT TO PICK UP WHERE THEY LEFT OFF. KEVIN SIGHS AND BEGINS TO SPEAK.

KEVIN: LOOK, LAURIE, I WANT YOU TO STAY AWAY FROM JOSH. I KNOW THAT THERE’S SOMETHING UP WITH HIM AND I DON’T WANT YOU TO GET HURT. HE’S BAD NEWS, LAURIE.

LAURIE STARES AT HIM, GOBSMACKED.

LAURIE: OH, I GET IT.

KEVIN: YOU DO?

LAURIE: YOU’RE JEALOUS. YOU ABANDON ME FOR THE COOL KIDS AND NOW THAT I HAVE FRIENDS OUTSIDE OF YOU, AND A BOYFRIEND WHO LOVES ME, YOU WANT TO DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO BRING THAT DOWN. THAT’S REALLY SELF-CENTERED, YOU KNOW? I WANNA BE HAPPY, KEVIN. I’VE CHANGED. I’M NOT THE SAME SHY WALLFLOWER WHO WOULD TALK WITH YOU ABOUT SHAWN MENDES ALBUMS IN THE LIBRARY. I’M HAPPY, KEV. SO PLEASE, IF YOU CAN’T ACCEPT THAT, I NEED YOU TO LEAVE ME ALONE.

WITH THAT, LAURIE WALKS OFF AND KEVIN WATCHES HER, DETERMINATION IN HIS EYES.

MEANWHILE, SOFIA LEADS THE CHEERLEADERS IN THEIR CHOREOGRAPHED DANCE TO ‘THEY DON’T KNOW’ BY ARIANA GRANDE. AS THE SONG ENDS, SOFIA CONGRATULATES THEM ON THE NEW ROUTINE AND DECIDES TO GIVE A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THEIR NEW MEMBERS; MIRROR GIRL, ALCHEMIST, AND THE STEPFORD SISTERS. AS THEY APPLAUD, MONET COMPLIMENTS SOFIA ON THE NEW ROUTINE, BUT SOFIA SAYS THAT CESSILY CAME UP WITH MOST OF THE CHOREOGRAPHY. THE GIRLS APPLAUD AGAIN AND CESSILY SMILES WHILE ROXY PROUDLY ANNOUNCES THAT SHE’S HER GIRLFRIEND. ALANI SHIFTS UNCOMFORTABLY AT THAT, WHICH MEGAN OBSERVES. SOFIA THEN TELLS THEM ALL THAT THEY CAN LEAVE AND THEY ALL START TO EXIT THE GYM.

AS MEGAN LEAVES, ALANI SAYS THAT SHE NEEDS HER HELP. WHEN MEGAN ASKS HER WHAT SHE NEEDS HELP WITH, ALANI SAYS THAT SHE WAS THINKING OF PUTTING TOGETHER A BRUNCH AND SHE WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF MEGAN COULD ASK CESSILY IF SHE WANTS TO GO. MEGAN NODS, A BIT SUSPICIOUS, AS MONET LOOKS AT ALANI IN INTRIGUE, AND SHE ULTIMATELY AGREES TO TALK TO CESSILY.

AS MEGAN FLIES OVER TO CESSILY, MONET GRABS ALANI BY THE SHOULDER AND ASKS HER IF SHE’S LOST HER MIND. ALANI INNOCENTLY ASKS HER WHAT SHE MEANS, BUT MONET TELLS HER THAT SHE’S A TELEPATH AND SHE KNOWS WHAT EMMA SUGGESTED. ALANI TELLS MONET THAT SHE KNOWS, WHICH IS WHY SHE WANTS HER TO DO THE PROCEDURE, WHICH MONET IS HORRIFIED AT.

MONET: ALANI, YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND. THAT PROCEDURE IS DANGEROUS. YOU SHOULDN’T LET YOUR FEELINGS FOR CESSILY COME BEFORE YOUR COMMON SENSE.

ALANI: YOU’RE JUST JEALOUS BECAUSE THE ADVICE THAT MS. FROST GAVE YOU FAILED AND NOW JULIAN’S WITH THAT GOTH WOLVERINE.

MONET: GOD, ALANI. THE WORLD ISN’T ALL BLACK AND WHITE. I’VE MOVED ON FROM JULIAN. AND YOU SHOULD MOVE ON TOO. CESSILY IS HAPPY WHERE SHE IS, AND THIS PROCEDURE COULD RUIN YOUR FRIENDSHIP WITH HER. IT’S BETTER TO ACCEPT CESSILY THE WAY SHE IS RIGHT NOW.

ALANI: MONET, PLEASE JUST DO THE PROCEDURE. I REALLY WANT THIS, AND I NEED A TELEPATH TO DO IT. IF YOU WERE REALLY MY FRIEND, YOU’D DO IT.

MONET SIGHS, AND THEN TELLS ALANI THAT SHE KNOWS WHEN HER MIND’S MADE UP AND SHE’LL DO THE PROCEDURE IF ONLY TO BE A GOOD FRIEND, BUT ALANI HAS NO IDEA WHAT SHE’S DOING. ALANI BEAMS AND TELLS MONET THAT THEY’LL MEET AT THE GRIND STONE IN FIFTEEN MINUTES BEFORE WALKING OFF TO MEET MEGAN AND CESSILY. MONET THEN WALKS UP TO SOFIA AND TELLS HER THAT SHE NEEDS HELP.

SOFIA: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

MONET: I THINK… I THINK ALANI’S ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING AWFUL. AND I JUST AGREED TO HELP HER.

LATER, CLARICE WALKS ALONG THE HALLWAYS OF XAVIER’S BEFORE RECEIVING A TEXT FROM SOFIA, SAYING THAT SHE’S A BIT BUSY WITH SOMETHING AT THE MOMENT, BUT THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF TIME FOR THEIR DATE LATER. CLARICE TEXTS BACK BEFORE ENTERING A CLASSROOM AND MEETING UP WITH TWO MORE STUDENTS. ONE IS A BLUE-SKINNED, POINTY-EARED GIRL WITH THREE FINGERS AND TOES, AND THE OTHER ONE IS A BALD, PALE-SKINNED BOY IN SHORTS AND A HAWAIIAN T-SHIRT THAT READS ‘PARTY NAKED’ ON IT. CLARICE EXCITEDLY GREETS TALIA JOSEPHINE WAGNER AND KEVIN SYDNEY, ALSO KNOWN AS NOCTURNE AND MORPH, WHO BOMBARD HER WITH HUGS.

TJ JOKINGLY SAYS THAT SHE’S GLAD CLARICE COULD TAKE SOME TIME OFF FROM HANGING OUT WITH HER NEW MUTANT BUDDIES WHILE MORPH APPLAUDS CLARICE FOR NOT ONLY SHOWING UP TO COMIC CLUB ON TIME BUT ALSO BEING ABLE TO HIT SOME SEXY LATINA TAIL. TJ WHACKS HIM ON THE ARM WHILE MORPH COMMENTS ON CLARICE’S OBVIOUS SEX HAIR, SAYING THAT SHE’S CLEARLY NOT USED HER BED FOR MUCH SLEEPING, IF SHE WAS EVEN IN HER BED. CLARICE REMINDS MORPH THAT HER SEX LIFE IS NONE OF HIS BUSINESS, BUT MORPH SAYS THAT HE CAN’T HELP IT. AS HE SPEAKS, HE MORPHS INTO A CHALK-WHITE VERSION OF SOFIA WITH PORN-STAR LEVEL LIPS AND BOOBS BEFORE CLARICE GRABS HIM BY THE NECK, MAKING HIM INFLATE LIKE A BALLOON.

TJ GIGGLES BEFORE ASKING WHERE BEAK AND ANGEL ARE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THEY’VE FLAKED AND THEY CAN’T MAKE COMIC CLUB OFFICIAL AND GAIN NEW MEMBERS IF THE OG MEMBERS DON’T KNOW THE VALUES OF PUNCTUALITY. MORPH THEN SAYS THAT HE HASN’T SEEN THEM IN CLASS FOR A WHILE, AND CLARICE WONDERS WHERE THEY ARE. SHE KNOWS HOW EXCITED THEY WERE TO TALK ABOUT MARIA LLOVET AND HOW HER ART REVOLUTIONIZED THE AMOUNT OF SEXUALITY IN COMICS.

SUDDENLY, THE DOOR FLIES OPEN AND BEAK ENTERS, WRINGING HIS HANDS WITH WORRY. HE PACES AROUND THE ROOM RAMBLING SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS LIKE A MIX OF ENGLISH AND SQUAWKING. CLARICE TELLS HIM TO CALM DOWN AND TJ ASKS WHAT’S WRONG. BEAK TELLS THEM THAT HE REALLY MESSED UP AND HE NEEDS THEIR HELP, AND MORPH ASKS WHAT’S MORE IMPORTANT THAN COMIC CLUB.

BEAK: OH GOD… OH GOD… I’M SO SORRY, GUYS. I DIDN’T KNOW… I SWEAR I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT I DID WHEN I DID IT AND NOW… OH MY GOD… AND NOW ANGEL IS PREGNANT WITH MONSTER BABIES!

THE TRIO LOOK AT HIM IN SHOCK WITH MORPH MIMICKING THE EXPRESSION OF A SHOCKED CARTOON CHARACTER AS BEAK STARTS SQUAWKING AGAIN.

MEANWHILE, MONET, SOFIA, CESSILY, ALANI, AND MEGAN HEAD OVER TO A LOCAL COFFEE SHOP AS CESSILY THANKS ALANI FOR PUTTING THIS BRUNCH TOGETHER. THEY THEN OPEN THE DOOR AND SIT DOWN AT A BOOTH AS SURGE GREETS THEM, DRESSED IN AN APRON.

NORI: WELL I’LL BE DAMNED. MONET ST. CROIX DARES TO ENTER AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT SHE PREVIOUSLY REFERRED TO AS A ‘GHETTO STARBUCKS’.

MONET: HEY ASHIDA. LONG TIME, NEVER SPEAK.

NORI CHUCKLES BEFORE MEGAN COMMENTS THAT SHE DIDN’T KNOW SHE WORKED AT THE GRIND STONE. NORI SAYS THAT SHE’S JUST LOOKING TO MAKE A QUICK BUCK, BEFORE TAKING THEIR ORDER. SOFIA EXCITEDLY GREETS NORI BEFORE TELLING MONET THAT A LOT OF STUDENTS GO HERE BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL. SHE THEN POINTS OVER TO WHERE DAVID, CAM, AURA, JAY, SOORAYA, LIN, AND LAURIE ARE SITTING AT A BOOTH AND WAVES AT THEM. AFTER TAKING THEIR ORDER, NORI SPEEDS OFF TO THE KITCHEN WHILE CESSILY AND SOFIA WAVE GOODBYE.

MEGAN: JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, ALANI, WHY DID YOU PUT THIS BRUNCH TOGETHER?

ALANI: OH, UH… I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO JUST HANG OUT WITH MY FRIENDS, ENJOY A LITTLE DOWNTIME, Y’KNOW?

MONET: I BET YOU DID.

SOFIA LOOKS OVER AT MONET BEFORE TURNING TO ALANI, A BIT WORRIED.

MEANWHILE, JOSH CHANGES FOR FOOTBALL PRACTICE BEFORE WALKING OUT WITH BRIAN. AS THEY LEAVE THE LOCKER ROOM, KEVIN SNEAKS IN BEFORE LOOKING AROUND THE LOCKERS. HE THEN NOTICES A KEYCHAIN POKING OUT OF ONE LOCKER AND HE TOUCHES THE LOCK WITH HIS BARE HAND, WITHERING IT. HE THEN PULLS OUT JOSH’S DUFFEL BAG AND RIFLES THROUGH HIS STUFF BEFORE PULLING OUT HIS PHONE. HE THEN LOOKS THROUGH JOSH’S CALL HISTORY BEFORE TAPPING ON A MESSAGE FROM AN UNKNOWN CONTACT, WHICH HE PLAYS.

MESSAGE: JOSH, IT’S RAHNE. RAHNE SINCLAIR. LOOK, I CAN’T DO THIS ANYMORE. I LIKE YOU. YOU’RE A GREAT GUY, BUT THIS IS WRONG. YOU’RE A STUDENT AND I’M A TEACHER. WE NEED TO STAY PROFESSIONAL. SO I’M SORRY, BUT WE CAN’T SEE EACH OTHER ANYMORE. DON’T CALL OR TEXT ME AND DELETE MY NUMBER FROM YOUR CONTACTS. IT’S OVER. I’M SORRY.

KEVIN PLAYS THE MESSAGE AGAIN AS HIS EYES NARROW.

MEANWHILE, CLARICE TELLS BEAK THAT SHE’S GONNA GO OVER THIS ONE MORE TIME; ANGEL ACCEPTED A BET TO KISS HIM BUT KNEW HOW SAD HE WAS, SO SHE HAD SEX WITH HIM TO MAKE HIM FEEL BETTER, AND NOW SHE’S PREGNANT ALREADY WITHIN THE SPAN OF FIVE DAYS AND HE THINKS FROST AND CYCLOPS WOULD KICK THEM BOTH OUT IF THEY FOUND OUT. BEAK STARTS TO SOB AS CLARICE SPEAKS AND SAYS THAT HE DIDN’T KNOW THAT IT TOOK FIVE DAYS BETWEEN THE SEX AND THE BIRTH FOR A FLY’S PHYSIOLOGY.

MORPH: HEY, ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, NOW YOU KNOW WHAT A FLY’S VAGINA LOOKS LIKE!

BEAK STARTS SOB-SQUAWKING AGAIN AS TJ ASKS HIM IF ANGEL IS STILL PREGNANT THEN. BEAK TELLS HER THAT ANGEL HAS ALREADY STARTED LAYING EGGS AND HE COMMENTS THAT THEY’RE LIKE MONSTERS HANGING IN BAGS MADE OF SKIN AND IT’S ALL HIS FAULT. CLARICE SIGHS AND PUTS A HAND ON HIS SHOULDER.

CLARICE: BARNELL, LOOK, THIS IS NOT YOUR FAULT, NOR IS IT ANGEL’S. PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES, AND THEY ARE NOT TO BLAME FOR THEM. BESIDES, DANI SAYS THAT YOU’RE AN AMAZING STUDENT. SHE’D NEVER AGREE TO KICK YOU OUT.

MORPH: BESIDES, CLARICE HERE WOULD KNOW A LOT ABOUT ACCIDENTAL, AND SOMETIMES INTENTIONAL, SEX.

WHILE TJ ELBOWS MORPH IN THE GUT, BEAK ASKS WHAT HE SHOULD DO NOW. TJ THEN TELLS HIM THAT THE NEXT MOVE IS SIMPLE; THEY NEED TO KNOW WHERE THE EGGS ARE.

MEANWHILE, CESSILY AND ALANI EXIT THE COFFEE SHOP, LAUGHING. CESSILY THEN TELLS ALANI THAT SHE’S REALLY GLAD SHE PUT THE BRUNCH TOGETHER AND ALANI THANKS HER. CESSILY SAYS THAT SHE’S BEEN WANTING TO HANG OUT WITH ALANI FOR A WHILE, BECAUSE SHE LOOKS LIKE A REALLY FUN PERSON, AND ALANI SMILES IN RESPONSE.

CESSILY REACHES FORWARD TO TOUCH ALANI’S HAND, BUT HER HAND PHASES THROUGH IT, GETTING SHREDDED IN THE PROCESS. AS CESSILY’S HAND FALLS TO THE GROUND, ALANI APOLOGIZES, BUT CESSILY LAUGHS AND SAYS THAT SHE WAS LOOKING TO LOSE A FEW POUNDS ANYWAY. ALANI LAUGHS NERVOUSLY AS CESSILY REABSORBS HER HAND, AND SHE COMMENTS THAT HER POWERS ALWAYS TEND TO GET OUT OF CONTROL WHEN SHE GETS EXCITED. CESSILY SYMPATHIZES WITH ALANI’S INABILITY TO ACT UPON HER FEELINGS, AND SAYS THAT SHE WISHES SHE COULD DO SOMETHING TO HELP.

AS MONET, MEGAN, AND SOFIA EXIT, ALANI TELLS CESSILY THAT SHE’S ACTUALLY HEARD OF A TELEPATHIC PROCEDURE THAT CAN ASSIST IN JUST THIS OCCASION. THE CATCH IS THAT IT NEEDS TWO PEOPLE IN ORDER TO WORK. CESSILY LOOKS OVER AT MONET BEFORE ASKING IF IT’S BASICALLY PSYCHIC SEX. ALANI SHRUGS AND CESSILY LOOKS A BIT NERVOUS, BUT SHE ULTIMATELY ACCEPTS. ANYTHING TO HELP OUT A FRIEND. SOFIA LOOKS OVER AT MONET, WHO SIGHS AND SAYS THAT SHE’LL PERFORM THE PROCEDURE IF THEY BOTH INSIST ON IT, BUT WARNS THEM THAT IT CAN BE… A LOT TO HANDLE. ALANI AND CESSILY NOD AND THE QUINTET GATHER UNDERNEATH A LARGE OAK TREE.

UNDER MONET’S INSTRUCTIONS, CESSILY AND ALANI LIE DOWN ON THEIR BACKS AND CLOSE THEIR EYES. MONET THEN SITS BESIDE THEM AND SAYS THAT THEY SHOULD RELAX THEIR MINDS AND HOLD HANDS. ALANI TIMIDLY REACHES FOR CESSILY’S HAND AND SURPRISINGLY, IS ABLE TO HOLD IT WITHOUT DISASTER. MONET INSTRUCTS MEGAN AND SOFIA TO WATCH THEM BEFORE ASKING AGAIN IF THEY’RE OKAY WITH THIS. ALANI AND CESSILY AGREE AND MONET CLOSES HER EYES. A BLUE LIGHT THEN EMERGES FROM MONET’S HEAD BEFORE REACHING ALANI AND CESSILY’S HEADS WHILE MEGAN AND SOFIA LOOK ON, THE FORMER SEEMING EXCITED WHILE THE LATTER IS MORE WORRIED. MEGAN THEN ASKS WHAT THEY’RE SEEING IN THERE.

WE THEN CUT OVER TO THE ASTRAL PLANE, WHERE ALANI AND CESSILY ARE ENTANGLED IN A PSYCHEDELIC RAPTURE. THEY’RE SURROUNDED BY COLORS AND LIGHT WITH THEIR BODIES TURNING IMMATERIAL AND BATHED IN WARMTH. MONET SAYS THAT THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBCONSCIOUSNESSES ARE BLURRING TOGETHER. NO BORDERS, NO BOUNDARIES, EVERYTHING IS SHARED. EVERY HOPE AND DREAM. EVERY FANTASY. EVERY PLEASURE. EVERY CRY FOR DELIGHT. EVERY SECRET. ALTHOUGH, AS CESSILY AND ALANI’S FORMS ARE ENTWINED TOGETHER, CESSILY LOOKS MORE SAD THEN EUPHORIC.

HOWEVER, AS THEY CONTINUE TO BE ENTANGLED TOGETHER, A DARK RED SPOT EMERGES IN THE ASTRAL. IT SLOWLY STARTS TO GET BIGGER AND BIGGER AND SLOWLY OVERTAKES THE PSYCHEDELIC RAINBOW BEFORE OVERTAKING CESSILY AND ALANI. IN THE REAL WORLD, BOTH GIRLS THRASH AND CRY OUT AS IF THEY’RE HAVING A NIGHTMARE, AND SOFIA ASKS WHAT’S WRONG. MONET SAYS THAT SHE WAS WORRIED ABOUT THIS. THEY’RE SHARING TOO MUCH. AND THEIR UGLIEST SECRETS ARE STARTING TO TAKE CONTROL. IF THIS KEEPS UP, THERE WON’T BE ANY OF CESSILY AND ALANI’S PSYCHE LEFT.

SOFIA THEN SAYS THAT SHE’S GOING IN, AND MONET WARNS HER THAT IT’S TOO DANGEROUS. IF SHE GOES IN, SHE RUNS THE RISK OF FRYING HER MIND. SOFIA SHRUGS THIS OFF, SAYING THAT CESSILY IS HER BEST FRIEND. SHE’D DO THE SAME FOR HER. MONET THEN TELLS MEGAN THAT IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG, SHE SHOULD GO FOR HELP, AND MEGAN NODS, NERVOUSLY. WITH THAT, SOFIA LIES DOWN AND CLASPS CESSILY’S HAND WHILE MONET TOUCHES THE TWO GIRLS’ FOREHEADS.

WHEN MONET AND SOFIA APPEAR IN THE ASTRAL PLANE, THE AREA IS COMPLETELY RED, MADE UP OF CESSILY AND ALANI’S TWISTED PSYCHE. A FEW MILES AWAY, AN ORB LIES, MADE UP OF CESSILY AND ALANI’S WRITHING AND SCREAMING FORMS. SOFIA IS THEN BOMBARDED WITH CESSILY AND ALANI’S VOICES AND CRIES OUT BUT MONET TELLS HER TO FOCUS. IF SHE SUCCUMBS TO THE DARKNESS, HER BODY WILL SUFFER PERMANENT DAMAGE. SOFIA NODS AND MONET SAYS THAT ALL THEY NEED TO DO IS GET TO THE ORB AND TOUCH IT, AND EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE. SOFIA SIGHS BEFORE TELLING MONET THAT SHE’S READY. AS THE GIRLS FLY TOWARDS THE ORB, CESSILY AND ALANI’S VOICES SPEAK, OVERLAPPING EACH OTHER, AS THEIR DARK SECRETS ARE EXPOSED.

CESSILY: --WHEN I WAS 4, I BURNED A LITTLE FROG WITH A MAGNIFYING GLASS. I KNEW I SHOULD FEEL GUILTY, BUT I ACTUALLY KINDA ENJ--

ALANI: --BARELY KNOW YOU, BUT I GET THIS VIBE LIKE WE CAN BE REALLY HAPPY IF WE JUST DIVE RIGHT IN AND—

CESSILY: --AFTER MOM CALLED ME A FREAK, I SPENT HOURS FANTASIZING ABOUT TURNING TO LIQUID AND JUST… JUST FILLING UP HER MOUTH AND HER NOSTRILS AND HER LUNGS AND—

ALANI: --SO I WAS THINKING FIVE KIDS, THREE GIRLS AND TWO BOYS, MAYBE WE ADOPT A COUPLE MORE, AND—

ALANI AND CESSILY’S THOUGHT REACH SOFIA, CAUSING HER TO SLOWLY BLEED FROM HER NOSE AND EYES. MONET NOTICES THIS, HER NOSE STARTING TO BLEED AS WELL, AND ASKS SOFIA IF SHE’S OKAY. SOFIA TELLS HER THAT SHE’S FINE AND INSISTS THAT THEY KEEP GOING, AS THEY’RE ALMOST TO THE ORB.

CESSILY: --SOMETIMES DREAM ABOUT CUTTING AND CUTTING--

ALANI: --I SWIM IN THE OCEAN AND IT’S… IT’S JUST CALLING… LIKE I JUST WANT TO DISSOLVE INTO THE ENDLESS BLACK AND NOT FEEL ANYTHING—

CESSILY: YOU MOTHERFUCKING MEAT PEOPLE WITH YOUR WARM BLOOD AND BEAUTIFUL SENSES… YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW LUCKY YOU ARE—

ALANI: --I DIDN’T EVEN WANT TO DO THIS BUT MS. FROST INSISTED THAT IT WAS FINE AND THAT IT WOULDN’T HURT AT ALL, BUT THIS HURTS SO MUCH AND I JUST NEED—

SOFIA CRIES OUT IN PAIN AS BLOOD POURS FROM HER EYES, NOSE, EARS, AND MOUTH. MONET LOOKS AT HER AND SAYS THAT SHE NEEDS TO GET OUT NOW. THE DAMAGE TO HER BRAIN COULD BE TOO SEVERE IF SHE CONTINUES. SOFIA REFUSES TO LEAVE MONET ALONE, NOTICING THAT SHE’S BLEEDING TOO, BUT MONET INSISTS.

MONET: SOFIA, I KNOW I HAVEN’T BEEN THE BEST FRIEND TO YOU. YOU’RE SWEET AND PRETTY AND I JUST FUCK EVERYTHING UP. IF IT CAME BETWEEN THE TWO OF US, THEY WOULD NEED YOU MORE THAN ME. IF I DON’T MAKE IT OUT, TELL CESSILY, TELL ALANI, TELL EVERYONE THAT… I’M SO SORRY.

SOFIA CRIES OUT TO MONET, WHO CLOSES HER EYES AND EJECTS HER FROM THE ASTRAL. SOFIA WAKES UP IN THE REAL WORLD, WIPING BLOOD AND TEARS FROM HER EYES AND SHE LOOKS AROUND, NOTICING THAT MEGAN ISN’T THERE. SHE LOOKS OVER AT MONET’S UNCONSCIOUS FORM AND STARTS TO PRAY.

MEANWHILE, CLARICE, BEAK, MORPH, AND TJ WALK THROUGH THE WOODS AS CLARICE ASKS BEAK IF HE’S SURE THAT THE EGGS ARE HERE. BEAK NODS, SAYING THAT THEY FOUND AN OLD SHACK HERE THAT THEY THOUGHT WOULD BE GREAT TO HIDE THE EGGS. TJ NOTICES THE SHACK AND APPROACHES IT, NERVOUSLY. AS SHE TRIES TO OPEN THE DOOR, SHE FINDS OUT THAT IT’S LOCKED AND TELLS THE OTHERS TO STAND BACK. THEY DO SO AND TJ FORMS A BLUE BOLT IN HER HANDS, WHICH SHE USES TO BLAST DOWN THE DOOR. MORPH THEN TURNS INTO A PALE-SKINNED POLICE OFFICER AND DEMANDS THAT WHOEVER’S INSIDE SHOULD PUT THEIR HANDS UP, BUT A FEMALE VOICE YELLS NOT TO SHOOT.

INSIDE THE SHACK, ANGEL SITS CROSS-LEGGED AND SMILING AMONGST MILLIONS OF SMALL FLYING CHILDREN. THEY ALL HAVE ANGEL’S WINGS AND SOME OF BEAK’S FEATURES WITH MOST HAVE HIS FACIAL FEATURES. THE QUARTET’S EXPRESSIONS LIGHTEN AS ANGEL CONTINUES TO BEAM AT THEM, HAPPILY.

ANGEL: THE BAGS BURST, BUT IT’S OKAY NOW. CHECK ‘EM OUT!

MEANWHILE, MONET CONTINUES TO FLY TOWARD THE TWISTED ORB, BOMBARDED WITH SECRETS AND FANTASIES. BLOOD CONTINUES TO POUR FROM HER ORIFICES AS SHE KICKS HER LEGS AND REACHES HER HAND OUT TO TOUCH THE ORB. HER MOUTH OPENS WIDE IN A SCREAM BUT BLOOD POURS OUT INSTEAD. THE MOMENT HER FINGERTIP TOUCHES THE ORB, IT EXPLODES INTO A BRIGHT LIGHT AND MONET FINDS HERSELF BACK IN THE REAL WORLD, WITH CESSILY AND ALANI WAKING UP BEFORE STARING AT EACH OTHER, SHOCKED.

ALANI: Y-Y-YOU’RE SICK! YOU’RE TWISTED ON THE INSIDE!

CESSILY: I’M SICK?! YOU LIED TO ME! Y-YOU TOOK MY FEELINGS ABOUT YOU AS A FRIEND AND YOU FUCKING VIOLATED IT! YOU MANIPULATED ME! PLAYED WITH MY FEELINGS! YOU RAPED MY MIND BECAUSE YOU KNEW I WOULD WANT TO HELP YOU BECAUSE I WANT TO BE A GOOD FRIEND AND YOU DIDN’T CARE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN! AND NOW YOU WANNA PLAY THE VICTIM BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU SAW IN MY HEAD?! WELL GUESS WHAT?! MY HEAD IS FUCKED UP! FUCKING DEAL WITH IT!

ALANI: F-FUCK YOU! YOU’RE EVIL! YOU’RE A MONSTER! YOU’RE INSA-

CESSILY: NO, YOU’RE THE INSANE ONE! YOU’RE A LYING SLUT AND A BITCH! Y-YOU LIED TO ME AND BETRAYED MY FUCKING TRUST! YOU’RE A BAD FRIEND AND A TERRIBLE PERSON! I HATE YOU, ALANI! YOU’RE A SNAKE! A LYING, SELFISH, MANIPULATIVE SNAKE!

WITH THAT, CESSILY RUNS AWAY IN TEARS WITH ALANI STORMING OFF IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. SOFIA IMMEDIATELY RUNS AFTER CESSILY AND MONET WAITS FOR A WHILE BEFORE MAKING UP HER MIND AND RUNNING AFTER HER TEAMMATE.

MEANWHILE, MORPH AND TJ PLAY WITH THE BABIES WHILE BEAK COMMENTS THAT IN HIS DREAMS, HE WOULD SEE AN ARMY OF MONSTERS SHOUTING ‘FATHER!’ BUT THIS IS JUST WONDERFUL. ANGEL LAUGHS AND SAYS THAT SHE’S GONNA NAME THEM AFTER THE JACKSON FAMILY BEFORE SAYING THAT ONE LITTLE FREAK LOOKS ABOUT AS CUTE AND USELESS AS BEAK, WHO COMMENTS ON THE WINGSPAN OF ANOTHER LITTLE GUY.

CLARICE KNEELS DOWN AND REACHES OUT TO THE CHILD IN ANGEL’S LAP BEFORE TELLING THEM THAT THEY SHOULD’VE BEEN HONEST FROM THE BEGINNING. ANGEL SAYS THAT SHE WAS WORRIED THAT THEY’D GET KICKED OUT, SINCE THERE’S NEVER BEEN A STUDENT AT XAVIER’S WHO’S GOTTEN PREGNANT. CLARICE AGREES, BUT SAYS THAT SINCE IT’S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, THEY SHOULD AGREE TO HELP IF A SITUATION LIKE THIS EVER ARISES AGAIN. SHE AGREES TO TALK TO DANI TO SEE IF THEY CAN LIVE HERE AND MAYBE THEY COULD SKIP SOME CLASSES TO TAKE CARE OF THE CHILDREN. MORPH THEN SAYS THAT THEY SHOULD DO THE SAME IF BEAK AND ANGEL ARE TOO BUSY, AND PLUS, “UNCLE MORPHIE” NEEDS TO BE THERE FOR THE KIDS. TJ ALSO VOLUNTEERS TO HELP SPIFF THE PLACE UP AND MAKE IT MORE FAMILY-FRIENDLY AND CLARICE COMES UP WITH THE IDEA OF SIGNING THEM UP FOR THE LOWER SCHOOL SO THAT XUAN CAN HELP WHILE BEAK AND ANGEL ARE AT SCHOOL.

ANGEL AND BEAK THANK THEM FOR THEIR HELP AND CLARICE ASKS IF THEY’RE GOING TO STAY TOGETHER. THEY BOTH SMILE AND SAY THAT THEY HATED XAVIER’S AT FIRST, BUT THERE IS ONE THING THAT THEY LOVE ABOUT IT, AND IT’S THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND EACH OTHER.

MEANWHILE, SOFIA SEARCHES FOR CESSILY, EVENTUALLY FINDING HER CRYING. AS SHE ASKS CESSILY IF SHE’S OKAY, CESSILY TELLS HER THAT SHE’S NOT OKAY. SHE’S NEVER BEEN OKAY. SHE FEELS LIKE A MONSTER AND KNOWS THAT EVERYONE WILL REJECT HER ONCE ALANI TELLS. EVEN ROXY WILL LOOK AT HER LIKE A FREAK AMONG FREAKS.

SOFIA: CESSILY, I UNDERSTAND HOW YOU FEEL—

CESSILY: NO YOU DON’T! HOW COULD YOU OF ALL PEOPLE KNOW HOW I FEEL?! YOU’RE THE PRETTIEST GIRL IN SCHOOL! YOU’RE POPULAR, YOU HAVE FAMILY WHO LOVES YOU! YOU COULD NEVER KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO WAKE UP ONE MORNING A FREAK! MY PARENTS LOVED ME! I WAS EVERYTHING TO THEM! AND THEN WHEN I GOT MY POWERS, THEY DIDN’T SEE ME AS THEIR PRECIOUS GIRL ANYMORE! THEY JUST SAW ME AS A FREAK! YOU SHOULD SEE HOW QUICKLY THEY SENT ME TO XAVIER’S WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT! I… NO ONE LOVES ME! NO ONE EVER WILL!

SOFIA STARTS TO CRY AND PUTS A HAND ON CESSILY’S SHOULDER.

SOFIA: CESSILY, LOOK AT ME. YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL AND YOU ARE LOVED. ROXY LOVES YOU MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD, AND I KNOW YOU’D NEVER CHASE ME OR HER OR ANYONE AWAY. I KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE REJECTED AND I KNOW THAT IT MAY MAKE YOU AFRAID TO TRY TO FORM A MEANINGFUL CONNECTION, BUT I’M HERE FOR YOU. I WILL ALWAYS BE. YOU’RE MY BEST FRIEND, CESSILY. AND I LOVE YOU. WARTS AND ALL.

CESSILY COLLAPSES INTO SOFIA’S ARMS, CRYING AND SOFIA HUGS HER. AFTER A WHILE, CESSILY WIPES AWAY TEARS AND SNOT AND THANKS SOFIA FOR HELPING HER. SOFIA THEN ASKS IF SHE’S READY TO GO AND CESSILY NODS, STANDING UP WITH SOFIA’S HELP.

MEANWHILE, MONET FINDS ALANI BESIDE THE COFFEE SHOP. ALANI SWIPES AWAY TEARS AND TELLS MONET THAT CESSILY’S RIGHT. SHE’S A LIAR AND A SNAKE. SHE REFLECTS ON HOW SHE BETRAYED CESSILY’S TRUST AND VIOLATED HER MIND. SHE KNOWS THAT SHE HAD NO RIGHT TO INTRUDE UPON CESSILY’S SECRETS AND SHE SHOULD’VE BEEN HAPPY TO HAVE HER AS A FRIEND. AS MONET SITS DOWN, ALANI TAKES OUT A VAPE PEN AND PLACES IT TO HER LIPS, BLOWING A STREAM OF SMOKE FROM THEM AS SHE ASKS MONET IF SHE THINKS SHE’S A BAD FRIEND.

MONET: ALANI, I NEED TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. I KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE UNABLE TO TOUCH ANYONE. NOT LONG AGO, SOMEONE DID SOMETHING TERRIBLE TO ME. THEY TRAPPED ME INSIDE A HOLLOW SHELL, UNABLE TO TOUCH ANYONE WITHOUT CAUSING THEM PAIN. I LIVED THAT WAY FOR A WHILE, UNABLE TO SPEAK OR TOUCH ANYONE. THAT WAS MY CURSE. THAT WAS MY PENANCE. I WAS NEVER THE SAME EVEN AFTER I WAS FREED. THE TWO OF US, WE’RE UNTOUCHABLE. BUT WE DON’T HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE THAT WAY. WE CAN BE BETTER.

ALANI LOOKS UP AND STARTS TO SMILE. SHE SAYS THAT WHEN THE YEAR BEGAN, SHE REALIZED SHE WAS BISEXUAL. SHE WANTED SOMEONE TO LOVE HER AND SHE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW GOOD A FRIEND CESSILY WAS TO HER. BUT SHE SAW HOW HAPPY SHE WAS WITH ROXY AND SHE WAS JEALOUS. BUT SHE KNOWS THAT DEEP DOWN, SHE SEES CESSILY AS A GOOD FRIEND AND SHE WANTS TO STAY THAT WAY. MONET STANDS UP AND OFFERS HER HAND TO ALANI, WHO STANDS UP AND GIVES HER A HUG.

A FEW MINUTES LATER, SOFIA AND CESSILY MEET ALANI AND MONET. SOFIA REMINDS CESSILY NOT TO LET ALANI GET TO HER, AND CESSILY WALKS UP TO HER.

CESSILY: ALANI, I’M REALLY SORRY. I SHOULD’VE-

ALANI: YOU HAVE NOTHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR. I SHOULD’VE BEEN A BETTER FRIEND. I… I SHOULDN’T HAVE PRESSURED YOU INTO THIS. I’M VERY TRULY SORRY.

THE TWO GIRLS HUG.

ALANI: SO, STILL FRIENDS?

CESSILY: QUID PRO QUO, CLARICE. YOU DON’T TELL ANYONE ABOUT WHAT YOU SAW IN THE ASTRAL PLANE. THOSE ARE MY SECRETS AND I’LL TELL THEM TO ROXY WHEN I WANT TO.

ALANI: DEAL.

CESSILY: AND I, FOR ONE, AM SO GLAD THAT YOU’RE THINKING OF COMING OUT, BUT I CAN’T RECIPROCATE YOUR FEELINGS. I’M HAPPY WITH ROXY. BUT I CAN HELP YOU FIND SOMEONE ELSE. SOMEONE WHO YOU CAN LOVE.

ALANI: WELL… I WAS THINKING OF ASKING SUDI OUT. WE’VE BEEN PRETTY CLOSE.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, MEGAN DASHES OVER, RED-FACED AND PANTING, AS SHE DRAGS A CONFUSED TRAFFIC WARDEN BY THE COLLAR. SHE’S SWEATING LIKE CRAZY AND LOOKS HALF-CRAZED.

MEGAN: I COULDN’T FIND A POLICE OFFICER SO I GOT A TRAFFIC WARDEN! WRITE THEM ALL A TICKET!

SOFIA GIGGLES BEFORE TELLING MEGAN THAT THEY’VE CLEARED EVERYTHING UP, AND MEGAN RELAXES, ASKING IF THEY CAN GO HOME NOW. THE GIRLS START TO WALK BACK TO THE SCHOOL AND CESSILY AND ALANI START TO TALK TOGETHER. SOFIA IS ABOUT TO JOIN THEM WHEN MONET STOPS HER.

MONET: I TRUST YOU SAW THAT SECRET OF ALANI’S, RIGHT?

SOFIA: YES. EMMA FROST WAS THE ONE WHO TOLD ALANI TO DO THE PROCEDURE. JUST LIKE WHAT HAPPENED WITH YOU AND JULIAN.

MONET: I KNOW SHE MEANS WELL, BUT…

SOFIA: I KNOW. WHO ELSE DID SHE AGREE TO HELP?

MONET: WELL, EDIE, MARCOS, SUDI, AND MARK JUST WANTED HELP ON CLASSWORK, SO THE ONLY OTHER ONE WHO WANTED HELP IN THE OTHER WAY WAS… KEVIN.

SOFIA: THEN WE NEED TO FIND HIM BEFORE HE DOES SOMETHING HE’LL REGRET.

AS THEY WALK HOME, ‘PIANO MAN’ BY BILLY JOEL STARTS TO PLAY. WE SEE TJ, DANI, AND MORPH HELPING BEAK AND ANGEL FIX UP THE SHACK AND SOME OF THE BABIES PITCH IN AS WELL. THE COUPLE EMBRACES, SMILING HAPPILY. MEANWHILE, ALANI FLOPS ONTO HER BED, LOOKING OVER AT A NOTE FROM MIRROR GIRL SAYING THAT SHE GOT INVITED TO A PARTY AND SHE’LL BE BACK LATE. ALANI THEN PULLS OUT HER PHONE AND STARTS TO TEXT SUDI, ASKING IF SHE’D LIKE TO GO OUT WITH HER SOME TIME. WHEN SHE SENDS THE TEXT, SHE WRITES ANOTHER ONE THAT CLARIFIES THAT SHE MEANS TO ASK HER ON A DATE, BUT SHE HESITATES. HER FINGER HOVERS OVER THE SEND BUTTON AND SHE BITES HER LIP, NERVOUS, BUT SHE EVENTUALLY LOOKS DETERMINED AND SENDS THE MESSAGE, WAITING FOR SUDI TO TEXT BACK.

MEANWHILE, CLARICE AND SOFIA LIE IN BED, AS CLARICE TELLS SOFIA THAT SHE LOOKS HAPPY. SOFIA SMILES AND SAYS THAT SHE’S NOTICED THE SAME ABOUT CLARICE, WHO SAYS THAT SHE DID A GOOD THING TODAY. SOFIA SAYS SHE DID TOO AND THE TWO KISS BEFORE PROCEEDING TO HAVE SEX. MEANWHILE, ROXY LOOKS OVER AT A SMILING CESSILY AND ASKS WHAT’S UP. SHE JUST KISSES HER AND SAYS THAT SHE JUST CAN’T IMAGINE LIFE GETTING ANY BETTER THAN THIS.

WE THEN CUT OVER TO ONE FINAL SCENE AS JOSH KISSES LAURIE GOODNIGHT. LAURIE SAYS THAT CLARICE IS PROBABLY HOOKING UP WITH SOFIA AGAIN AND ASKS IF MAYBE JOSH COULD SPEND THE NIGHT WITH HER. JOSH SAYS NO, HE HAS A TEST TOMORROW AND NEEDS TO SLEEP, BUT ASSURES LAURIE THAT THEY’LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TOMORROW. AS LAURIE CLOSES THE DOOR, JOSH STARTS TO WALK TOWARD HIS ROOM BUT KEVIN WALKS RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM.

JOSH: THE FUCK, KEVIN? WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

KEVIN: I’LL CUT TO THE CHASE. YOU’RE GOING TO BREAK UP WITH LAURIE.

JOSH: WHAT? ARE YOU ON CRACK? WHY WOULD I DO THAT?

THE CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON KEVIN AS HE GIVES JOSH A DEVIOUS, SHIT-EATING GRIN.

KEVIN: BECAUSE IF YOU DON’T, I’LL TELL THE ENTIRE SCHOOL ABOUT WHAT YOU WERE DOING WITH RAHNE SINCLAIR LAST SEMESTER. AND YOU’LL GET EXPELLED!

TO BE CONTINUED

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i really need to finish writing this little Rapunzel AU thing because I still think it's really good and every time I watch Into the Woods or Tangled I end up thinking of it

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365 Marvel Comics Paper Cut-Out SuperHeroes - One Hero, Every Day, All Year…

Back to School Supplemental - The Xavier School Special Class

Prior to the M-Day Decimation, when the world’s Mutant population was at its peak, The Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters served a staggering number of students.  These were Mutants from a host of different backgrounds, possessing a variety of different powers, and having a broad spectrum of different educational needs.

There were a handful of such students who had difficulties adjusting to the more traditional scholastic settings.  In order to better address these student’s needs, the X-Man known as Xorn created a ‘special class.’  This was a less conventional educational approach that aimed to bring out the best in a group of students who were struggling to achieve their potential.      

The students Xorn taught included Angel Salazar, a young woman who possess insect-like powers and fought off the U-Men alongside Wolverine; Barnell Bohusk, also known as Beak, who possesses avian features, flight and powerful claws; Mike Columbus, a Mutant who went by the alias ‘Basilisk’ and could emit a paralyzing beam of light from his singular eye; the enigmatic and diminutive powerhouse known only as Ernst; Dean Boswell whose form was composed of a sentient gas housed inside a rubber suit (a costume that earned him the alias ‘Dummy’); and Martha Johansen, a disembodied brain possessing vast telepathic powers.  

The special class first appeared int he pages of New X-Men Vol. 1 #135 (2002).

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X-Force

Inspired by my mutual, I have crafted my own X-Men team of the next generation.

Members:

Joanna Xavier | Host (Leader)

Irven Wagner | Shadowelf

Mysti Wagner | Nightshade

Kara Bohusk | Fairy

Guadalupe Richter | Shockwave

Tristan Braddock | Knight

Joanna Xavier is the daughter of David Haller-Xavier and Ruth Aldine. She has the ability to warp realities and interdimensional travel. She is the leader of X-Force and the strongest member.

Irven Wagner is the son of Kurt Wagner and Amanda Sefton* as well as twin brother of Mysti. His powers include superhuman agility, teleportation, hypnosis, and shapeshifting that he got from grandma Raven.

Mysti Wagner is the daughter of Kurt Wagner and Amanda Sefton. Her powers include precognition, illusions, and teleportation. She has also been practicing sorcery in secret.

Kara Bohusk is the daughter of Barnell Bohusk and Angel Salvadore. Her powers include her mother's wings, enhanced sight, and she can sprout talons at will.

Guadalupe Richter is the child of Shatterstar* and Julio Richter. Their powers include superhuman physiology, seismic energy manipulation, and minor light manipulation via Dazzler.

Tristan Braddock is the son of Brian Braddock and Meggan Puceanu. His powers include superhuman physiology, power mimicry, and empathy.

*I am using the X-Men: Evolution of Amanda, not her comics counterpart bc fuck incest.

*Shatterstar is the biological child of Dazzler and Longshot in my X-Men continuity bc 1. Dazzler deserves a family and 2. Fuck incest.

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MCU fans DNI

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From Women of Marvel Vol. 2 #001, “Give A Cat A Bone...” / “The Goddess of Death Sleeps Tonight” / “Date Night”

Art by Eleonora Carlini, June Brigman, Maria Fröhlich, Roy Richardson, Tríona Farrell and Rachelle Rosenberg

Written by Sophie Campbell, Mariko Tamaki and Zoraida Córdova

[jojoseames]

Was feeling sad and listless and useless, so I put out the call on Twitter for folks to send me sketch requests...BUT I would only be accepting requests for terrible X-Men characters (for a generous definition of "terrible".) Here are the results.

1. Starting off with the best possible selection for this prompt is J2, the hypothetical dirtbag teenage son of the Juggernaut--who is also a Juggernaut--from the M2 theoretical future timeline. I can't stop laughing when I think about him.

2. Empath. Whether it's the asymmetrical deep-plunge neckline, the overwhelming amount of eye-searing fuchsia in the Hellions uniform, or the mutant power to control our emotions, we truly have no choice but to stan.

3. The lovely Maggott, with his little pals-slash-external-digestive-system, Eany and Meany.

4. The ineffable Glob Herman.

5. The bad, bad Bolivar Trask.

6. I was given the choice between Trevor Fitzroy and Barnell "Beak" Bohusk, and how can I possibly be expected to choose betwixt such delights?! So here's a highly unlikely team-up.

7. DEATHBIRD.

8. The Vanisher, looking Silver Age...stylish???...in head-to-toe knitwear.

9. The Mimic, proving that the whole is truly not greater than the sum of his parts.

10. I was asked to draw Beast for reasons of being "highly morally dubious", so here's the version of Beast who is nothing BUT being highly morally dubious, and also just downright immoral: It's Dark Beast! The gray-furred version of Dr. Henry McCoy from another dimension who is so edgy that he has long hair and earrings, and wears metal breeches. And his NAME is DARK BEAST. That's his NAME.

11. And finally, one of the great all-timers for X-terribleness, and a personal favorite character who is beloved unto me in all incarnations: the dear and wonderful Toad.

[billykaplanactualwizard666]

New Mutants #3 (2019)

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WAAAUKKKK!!! Oh man, this is the greatest day of my life. If only Mister Xorn could see me now! Totally Hardcore!!! @MarvelChampions @McocSociety @TurkeyMaster Bracket #TournamentOfBattlerealmFuture #battlerealm3

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Tournament of Battlerealm Future 3 will be hosted as Twitter matches beginning soon here: MCOCWishlist

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New X-Men

Volume: 1 #126

All Hell

Writers: Grant Morrison

Pencils: Frank Quitely

Inks: Tim Townsend

Colours: Hi-Fi Design

Covers: Frank Quitely, Tim Townsend

Featuring: Beast (Hank McCoy), Cyclops (Scott Summers), Emma Frost, Phoenix (Jean Grey-Summers), Wolverine, Xorn (Kuan-Yin). Professor X (Charles Xavier), Angel Salvadore, Stepford Cuckoos, Beak (Barnell Bohusk), Empress Lilandra, Cassandra Nova

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NEW X-MEN SEASON 2 EPISODE 2

EPISODE 2- FOXX IN THE ATTIC, PART 2

WE OPEN UP IN THE LOUNGE THE NEXT MORNING WHERE THE NEW MUTANTS ASSEMBLE, GOING OVER SOME PLANS AS TO HOW THEY’LL ENTER THE HELLFIRE CLUB SUMMIT. SOFIA SAYS THAT THE CUCKOOS HAVE PROBABLY THOUGHT OF EVERYTHING, BUT THEY SHOULD BE PREPARED. LUCKILY, SANTO, CESS, AND CLARICE SAY THAT THEY GOT SOME IMAGE INDUCERS FROM NIGHTCRAWLER IN HIS CLASS TO TEACH THEM HOW TO BLEND IN. SOFIA NODS, SAYING THAT THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED FOR NOW, BUT THE CUCKOOS CAN ALWAYS PROVIDE A TELEPATHIC ILLUSION JUST IN CASE.

SOFIA: ONE MORE THING. I INVITED THE NEW GIRL TO COME WITH US.

JULIAN GIVES SOFIA A LOOK, SAYING THAT HE THOUGHT THIS WAS A NEW MUTANTS-ONLY MISSION. THEY JUST GOT NEW COSTUMES AND EVERYTHING. CLARICE VOUCHES FOR HER GIRLFRIEND AND SAYS THAT IT WAS A NICE GESTURE. SOFIA NODS, SAYING THAT SHE WANTS TO HELP FOXX HAVE A TRUE X-PERIENCE, WHICH CESSILY CRACKS UP AT. BEFORE JAY CAN SAY ANYTHING, FOXX WALKS IN, SAYING THAT HER EARS WERE BURNING. SOFIA WELCOMES HER AND IS THEN SURPRISED WHEN FOXX SAYS ALL THEIR FULL NAMES, DESPITE ONLY EVER INTERACTING WITH SOFIA AND CLARICE. SANTO THEN ASKS HER IF SHE’S PREPARED, OR IF SHE HAS ANY STRATEGIES FOR BREAKING IN TO THE PLACE. FOXX SMILES COYLY AND SAYS THAT SHE HAS SOMETHING BETTER; A CHAPERONE.

WITH THAT, GAMBIT WALKS IN, ASKING THEM IF THEY WANT TO GO TO HONG KONG, LOOKING A BIT UNCERTAIN AS HE STANDS NEXT TO FOXX.

CUE INTRO AND CREDITS

WE THEN TRANSFER OVER TO THE BLACKBIRD HANGAR WHERE THE STUDENTS APPEAR IN THEIR COSTUMES FOR THE FIRST TIME. WIND DANCER, HELLION, AND ICARUS’S OUTFITS ARE THE SAME AS THOSE FROM THE ACADEMY X ERA WHILE X-23, MERCURY, AND ROCKSLIDE’S ARE FROM THE KYOST ERA. BLINK’S OUTFIT IS HER BASIC EXILES COSTUME, WITH HER HAIR PULLED INTO A PONYTAIL LIKE IN THE SECRET WARS AGE OF APOCALYPSE COMIC. I WILL INCLUDE A SONG HERE, BUT I DON’T KNOW WHICH ONE.

THE CUCKOOS COMPLIMENT THEIR OUTFITS AND SAY THAT THEY’RE PREPPED AND READY TO ALTER THE MINDS OF EVERYONE AT THE SCHOOL SO THEY WON’T BE SUSPICIOUS, BUT GAMBIT SAYS THAT THAT’S NOT NECESSARY. HE ALREADY GOT DANI’S CONSENT TO TAKE THEM OUT UNDER THE PRETENSE OF EXTRA CREDIT FOR HIS CLASS. FOXX GRINS AND WALKS INTO THE BLACKBIRD, FOLLOWED BY SOFIA AND THE REST OF THE GROUP, GAMBIT FOLLOWING LAST.

MEANWHILE, ONYXX CAN BE SEEN HEADING OVER TO THE SHIP’S CARGO HOLD, WHERE HE IS CONFRONTED BY HIS TEAMMATES, WHO ASK HIM WHAT HE’S DOING. HE CONFESSES THAT HE DOESN’T TRUST GAMBIT WITH FOXX, AND HE WANTS TO BE THERE IN CASE HE TRIES SOMETHING. MR. SENSITIVE THEN TELLS HIM THAT HE KNOWS ONYXX CAN’T BE SWAYED IN THESE SITUATIONS, SO HE SUGGESTS THAT THEY GO WITH HIM. RADIAN AGREES WITH THEIA, TATTOO, AND TOODLE PIP AGREEING HALFHEARTEDLY. WITH THAT, THEY ENTER THE CARGO HOLD, HAVING TO SQUEEZE IN TO ADJUST TO ONYXX’S BUILD. THE JET THEN TAKES OFF AND FLIES INTO THE AIR.

A FEW MINUTES LATER, SOFIA IS TALKING WITH FOXX IN THE JET, SAYING THAT SHE’S GLAD SHE AGREED TO COME WITH THEM. FOXX NODS, SAYING THAT SHE HAS SOME PLANS OF HER OWN THAT MAY CORRESPOND WITH THEIRS. SOFIA SMILES AND SAYS THAT SHE CAN HELP HER OUT, CESSILY NODDING ENTHUSIASTICALLY. EVENTUALLY, THE CUCKOOS ANNOUNCE THAT THEY’RE HERE, AND THE CAMERA FOCUSES ON A HUGE HONG KONG-STYLE BUILDING THAT COMES INTO FOCUS.

LATER, THE GROUP CHANGES INTO FANCY CLOTHES AND MERCURY, ROCKSLIDE, AND BLINK PUT ON THEIR IMAGE INDUCERS, MAKING THEM LOOK HUMAN. AS THEY ENTER THE BUILDING, ‘FREE’ BY BROODS PLAYS IN THE BACKGROUND AS THEY SEE A HUGE CASINO INSIDE FULL OF PEOPLE IN FANCY ATTIRE. SOFIA IS AMAZED BY THE SIGHTS, AND COMMENTS THAT IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE THE SUMMIT IS TAKING PLACE YET. CESSILY THEN SUGGESTS THAT THEY SHOULD LOOK AROUND. WITH THAT, THEY DISPERSE, CHECKING OUT THE PLACE.

MEANWHILE, THE OTHER MEMBERS OF GAMBIT’S SQUAD EXIT THE NOW-CLOAKED JET, WITH MR. SENSITIVE LOOKING UP AT A LEDGE HIGHER UP IN THE BUILDING. HE OBSERVES THAT THE OTHERS ARE CLEARLY NOT IN THEIR LINE OF SIGHT, AND HE ASKS TOODLE PIP TO TELEPORT THEM OVER TO THE LEDGE. SHE LOOKS UP, A BIT UNCERTAIN, BUT TELEPORTS THEM ALL OVER TO THE LEDGE, WHICH THEY USE TO GO THROUGH A WINDOW AND INTO THE BUILDING. ONYXX IMMEDIATELY SAYS THAT THEY SHOULD FIND THE OTHERS, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEIR TEAMMATE.

MEANWHILE, FOXX WALKS OVER TO GAMBIT, WHO IS LOOKING AT SOME SLOT MACHINES, AND TELLS HIM THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN. THERE’S JUST SOMETHING THAT SHE NEEDS TO DO FIRST, AND THEN SHE’LL BE GONE. GAMBIT NODS, AND TELLS HER TO DO IT FAST. THE SOONER HE CAN STOP BEING BLACKMAILED, THE BETTER. NEARBY, SOFIA HEARS THEM WHISPERING ON THE WIND, BUT IS TOO FAR AWAY TO HEAR EVERYTHING THAT THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT.

SANTO COMMENTS ON HOW COOL THE PLACE IS, AND CESSILY IS AMAZED AT HER FIRST SEMI-OFFICIAL MISSION AS A TRAINEE. THE CUCKOOS THEN TELL THEM TO STAY ALERT. THE HELLFIRE CLUB WILL BE ARRIVING SOON. ALL OF A SUDDEN, A QUARTET OF WELL-DRESSED PRE-TEENS (ABOUT THIRTEEN TO FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE) ENTER THE BUILDING, CAUSING EVERYONE TO STOP WHAT THEY’RE DOING AND LOOK AT THEM. LEADING THE GROUP IS A DARK-HAIRED BOY IN A BLACK SUIT, FOLLOWED BY A SWEET-FACED GIRL WITH BLONDE HAIR WHO WEARS A WHITE DRESS AND IS HOLDING A DEAD CAT, WHO SHE PETS LIKE IT’S ALIVE. FLANKING THEM ARE A DARK-SKINNED BOY IN A BLACK SUIT AND A BOY WITH DIRTY BLONDE HAIR IN A WHITE SUIT. ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM OBSERVE IN A MIX OF RESPECT AND FEAR.

MAN: PRESENTING KADE KILGORE, THE BLACK KING, WILHELMINA KENSINGTON, THE WHITE QUEEN, MANUEL ENDUQUE, THE BLACK BISHOP, AND BARON MAXIMILIAN VON KATZENELBOGEN, THE WHITE BISHOP. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I GIVE TO YOU THE HELLFIRE CLUB!

SANTO: YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING.

MEANWHILE, BACK AT XAVIER’S, BEAST ENTERS HIS LAB AND WALKS OVER TO MARTHA, WHO IS PERCHED ON A DESK. HE TELLS HER THAT HE HAS GOOD NEWS. WITH HIS EFFORTS COMBINED WITH HELP FROM SAGE AND KITTY PRYDE, HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO MAKE A NEW SYNTHETIC BODY FOR HER. MARTHA’S BRAIN PULSES IN INTEREST, AND BEAST ASKS HER IF SHE WANTS TO SEE HOW IT LOOKS.

MEANWHILE, NORTHSTAR IS TEACHING HIS FLIGHT CLASS, INSTRUCTING HIS STUDENTS ON HOW TO PERFECT THEIR SKILLS AT FLYING. ANGEL, HOWEVER, SCOFFS AND INSISTS THAT SHE’S GONNA FLY ANY WAY SHE CHOOSES, AND SHE’S UNSURE IF HE KNOWS WHAT’S BEST FOR HER. IF SHE HAD HER WAY, SHE’D HAVE HER WINGS CUT OFF BY A BEVERLY HILLS SURGEON. NORTHSTAR IGNORES HER JADED CYNICISM AND LOOKS OVER AT HER SQUADMATE, BEAK, WHO SEEMS LIKE HE’S NOT EVEN GONNA TRY TO PASS THE CLASS. HE THEN GIVES THEM A CHALLENGE WHERE THEY HAVE TO FLY OVER TO THE GREENHOUSE ON THE HIGHEST FLOOR OF THE SCHOOL. WITH THAT, HE TAKES OFF AND SEVERAL STUDENTS FOLLOW HIM, LEAVING ANGEL AND BARNELL BEHIND.

ANGEL: SO… WANT SOME TEQUILA?

BEAK: YOU CAN STOP BEING NICE. I KNOW YOU DON’T LIKE ME.

ANGEL: IF YOU FEEL THAT WAY, WHY ARE YOU HERE? AT XAVIER’S, I MEAN?

BEAK: I JUST THOUGHT… MAYBE HERE, A GUY LIKE ME COULD SEEM NORMAL.

ANGEL: DREAM ON. NOTHING’S NORMAL ABOUT THIS PLACE… LEAST OF ALL YOU.

BEAK SIGHS AND ASKS ANGEL WHY SHE DOESN’T JUST FLY AWAY THEN, AND SHE TELLS HIM THAT SHE’S HANGING WITH HIM BECAUSE HE MAKES HER REALIZE THERE’S WORSE THINGS TO BE THAN HER. ANGEL THEN TAKES A CHUG OF ALCOHOL WHILE BEAK SAYS THAT IT’S NORMAL FOR HIM, BEING A BIG JOKE. ANGEL AGREES WITH HIM.

BEAK: BUH-KAWW!

ANGEL: KENNN-TUCKY!

WITH THAT, ANGEL TAKES OFF, FLYING LIKE A DRUNK BIRD AND CONTINUING TO MOCK BEAK.

ANGEL: BUCK-BUCK-AWWW! “WHERE’S MS. FROST SO I CAN PRETEND NOT TO BE LOOKING DOWN AT HER BRA?” BUCK!

BEAK: OH YEAH? BUCK YOU!

BEAK THEN RUNS FORWARD AND PUSHES OFF AFTER HER, FLAPPING HIS FLIGHTLESS WINGS AS BEST HE CAN. THIS, UNFORTUNATELY, ONLY HAPPENS FOR THREE LONG, HARROWING SECONDS BEFORE HE PLUMMETS TO THE GROUND.

MEANWHILE, NORTHSTAR OBSERVES THE STUDENTS AS THEY LAND, TELLING AERO TO KEEP HER ARMS TUCKED IN WHEN SHE WANTS TO GO FASTER AND THEN ASKS WHO THEY LOST ALONG THE WAY. MEANWHILE, BEAK GAZES UP AT THE SKY, AS ANGEL COMES INTO HIS FIELD OF VISION AND DECLARES THAT IT’S OFFICIAL. HE’S A DISGRACE TO THE SCHOOL.

BEAK: I WILL NEVER, EVER TRY TO FLY AGAIN! HOW STUPID WAS I TO THINK THIS? FOR ME, THERE’S NOW ONLY THE CIRCUS…

ANGEL: AWW, BEAKIE. I BET I KNOW HOW TO GET YOU ON YOUR FEET. C’MERE, YA FREAK.

WITH THAT, ANGEL GIVES HIM A KISS. WHEN SHE BREAKS OFF, HE ASKS HER WHAT SHE’S DOING, BUT SHE SHUSHES HIM, PUSHING HIM DOWN ON THE GRASS AND KISSING HIM AGAIN. SHE THEN GETS ON TOP OF HIM AND REMOVES HER SHIRT AS BEAK GIVES HER A LOOK THAT COMBINES THE THOUGHTS OF ‘WHAT IS GOING ON?’ AND ‘THIS IS AMAZING.’ THEY KISS AGAIN AS THE CAMERA ZOOMS OUT ON THE FOREST AROUND THEM. ‘DANGEROUS WOMAN’ BY ARIANA GRANDE PLAYS IN THE BACKGROUND.

IN HONG KONG, THE MEMBERS OF GAMBIT’S SQUAD MOVE AROUND A DARK HALLWAY, CHATTERING AMONGST THEMSELVES. EVENTUALLY, THEIA LOOKS OVER AND NOTICES A GLASS PANE THAT REVEALS THE CASINO ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR. AS SOON AS THE HELLFIRE CLUB IS INTRODUCED, RADIAN ASKS WHAT KIND OF GET-TOGETHER THIS IS, AND TOODLE PIP LOOKS ON, UNCERTAIN.

IN THE CASINO, JULIAN ASKS THE CUCKOOS IF THEY KNEW THAT THE HELLFIRE CLUB WAS BEING RUN BY CHILDREN. THEY SIMPLY RESPOND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY INCARNATIONS OF THE HELLFIRE CLUB. THEY’RE NOT REALLY SURE HOW THIS HAPPENED, BUT WHAT THEY DO KNOW IS THAT THE CLUB’S NEW OWNERS ARE MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE.

JAY: THEY JUST LOOK LIKE CHILDREN.

MINDEE: TRUST ME, THEY’RE ANYTHING BUT. THAT GUY OVER THERE IS KADE KILGORE. HIS DAD IS THE CEO OF KILGORE ARMS, ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST CORPORATIONS ALIVE. RUMOR HAS IT HE KILLED HIS FATHER IN ORDER TO OBTAIN HIS FORTUNE. KADE IS SHREWD AND CUNNING, WHICH ARE SOME INTERESTING QUALIFICATIONS FOR LEADER.

JULIAN: SOUNDS LIKE A DOUCHE.

PHOEBE: NEXT UP IN MANUEL ENDUQUE, SON OF ONE OF THE RICHEST FAMILIES IN THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE. HIS WEALTH IS BUILT ON THE BACK OF SLAVES, FROM THE DAYS OF HIS GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER, ONE OF WEST AFRICA’S MOST NOTORIOUS SLAVE TRADERS TO TODAY, WHERE HE SELLS HUMANS BY THE BUSHEL IN A DOZEN DIFFERENT GALAXIES.

SOFIA: MADRE DE DIOS…

MINDEE: THAT GUY OVER THERE IS BARON MAXIMILIAN VON KATZENELNBOGEN, AN ORPHAN PRINCE OF THE BAVARIAN ALPS. HE WAS THE YOUNGEST STUDENT EVER TO BE ADMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH AND IS CONSIDERED A SCIENTIFIC PRODIGY.

PHOEBE: RUMOR HAS IT THAT’S NOT EVEN HIS TRUE SURNAME, WHICH HE HOLDS A SECRET.

CELESTE: AND FINALLY, WILHELMINA KENSINGTON. SHE INHERITED THE FORTUNE OF HER MOTHER, A HOTEL ENTREPRENEUR, AFTER HER SUICIDE, ALONG WITH 37 PET CATS. SHE IS A BEAUTY PAGEANT AND MARTIAL ARTS ENTHUSIAST, BUT HER MIND IS THAT OF A DISEASED INSANE ASYLUM PATIENT. SHE’S BASICALLY THE MUSCLE OF THE GROUP, NOT AFRAID TO GET HER HANDS DIRTY.

CLARICE: OH MAN. WHAT HAVE WE GOT OURSELVES INTO?

FOXX: SHUSH. I’M TRYING TO HEAR.

KADE THEN WALKS UP TO A LARGE STAGE, WELCOMING EVERYONE TO THIS SMALL SHINDIG. AS THEY ALL KNOW, HIM AND HIS ASSOCIATES ARE FILTHY RICH FROM THEIR MANY ADVANCEMENTS IN THE BUSINESS INDUSTRY AND THE BLACK MARKET. SO, TO THANK THEM ALL FOR ASSISTING, KADE SAYS THAT HE WANTS TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK. AS HE TALKS, CESSILY SAYS THAT SHE RECOGNIZES SOME OF THE PARTYGOERS FROM LOTS OF RESEARCH. SHE POINTS OUT SEVERAL CRIMINALS IN THE AUDIENCE INCLUDING SILVER SAMURAI, MOONSTONE, TYPHOID MARY, EXTERMINATRIX (WHO SHE REFERS TO AS AN S&M BITCH), AND LORD DEATHSTRIKE, AS WELL AS SOME NEW FACES LIKE THE HARROWER, A DEADLY GENETICIST, RAVHONA, A FORMER MODEL TURNED KILLER, ASTER, AN EXILED FAE, MS. GINGKO AND ALCAUDON, A GIRLFRIEND-AND-GIRLFRIEND ASSASSIN DUO, AND MIRROR, A CREATURE WHO APPEARS TO BE MADE OF REFLECTIVE SURFACES.

JULIAN: WAIT. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

SOFIA: IT MEANS THAT THIS ISN’T A SUMMIT…

KADE: THE FIRST ITEM IS UP FOR GRABS. BIDDING STARTS AT FIFTY.

SOFIA: IT’S AN AUCTION FOR SUPER-VILLAINS.

MEANWHILE, GAMBIT’S SQUAD MAKES THAT SAME CONCLUSION. RADIAN STATES HIS DISBELIEF WHILE THEIA COVERS HER MOUTH IN SHOCK. ONYXX IMMEDIATELY WONDERS WHY FOXX WOULD AGREE TO THIS, AND TOODLE PIP CAN’T HELP HERSELF.

TOODLE PIP: I THINK MAYBE IT’S BECAUSE MYSTIQUE, THE SUPER-VILLAIN, CREATED FOXX TO TRY TO SEDUCE GAMBIT AND NOW SHE’S BLACKMAILED HIM TO ACCOMPANY THE NEW MUTANTS AND THE STEPFORD CUCKOOS TO CHECK OUT THE HELLFIRE CLUB IN HONG KONG IN ORDER TO FAKE HER DEATH SO THAT SHE CAN ESCAPE, BUT I FEEL LIKE SHE HAS SOME ULTERIOR MOTIVE TO THIS.

RADIAN: SHE CREATED FOXX… AS IN… FOXX ISN’T REAL?

TOODLE PIP: AS REAL AS KIM KARDASHIAN’S DERRIERE.

TATTOO: I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING UP WITH THAT SLUT.

ONYXX: NO… FOXX? MY FOXX? THAT’S IMPOSSIBLE!

MR. SENSITIVE TELLS ONYXX TO CALM DOWN, BUT HE LASHES OUT AT TOODLE PIP, SAYING THAT SHE’S LYING. THEIA TRIES TO COMFORT HIM, SAYING THAT SHE CAN SEE HOW SOMEONE MIGHT GET HUNG UP ON A GIRL LIKE FOXX. THAT WAS PROBABLY THE WHOLE POINT OF HER AFTER ALL. BUT ONYXX REFUSES TO BELIEVE IT AND STORMS OFF, WITH THE OTHERS YELLING AT HIM TO COME BACK.

BACK IN THE AUCTION, KADE HAS JUST SOLD A GOLD-DIPPED GUN TO EXTERMINATRIX AND THEN ANNOUNCES THAT THIS NEXT ITEM IS WHAT THEY’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR. MANUEL THEN BRINGS UP A SILVER BRIEFCASE, WHICH FOXX STARES AT IN INTEREST. KADE ANNOUNCES THAT THIS CASE WAS SOLD TO HIM BY AN UNKNOWN CLIENT. INSIDE IT IS AN UNKNOWN OBJECT, WHICH HE ASSUMES IS AN OBJECT OF RAW POWER.

KADE: WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS, YOU COULD POSSIBLY HAVE THE POWER TO MELT THE POLAR ICE CAPS. BLOT OUT THE SUN…

WILHELMINA: KILL A WHOLE BAG FULL OF KITTENS!

KADE: THE LIMIT IS YOUR IMAGINATION.

THE NEW MUTANTS LOOK AT THE CASE IN SHOCK. SOFIA TURNS OVER TO LOOK AT FOXX, AND THEN REALIZES THAT SHE’S NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. JUST THEN, AS THE BIDDING STARTS, THE LIGHTS GO OUT, AND WHEN THEY TURN BACK ON, THE CASE IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. KADE LOOKS AROUND IN SHOCK AND THEN NOTICES CESSILY’S FORM STARTING TO FLICKER. SHE PANICS, TELLING THE OTHERS THAT SOMETHING BUMPED INTO HER IMAGE INDUCER, CAUSING IT TO BE ON THE FRITZ. WITH THAT, HER TRUE FORM IS EXPOSED, AND KADE IMMEDIATELY REALIZES THAT THEY’RE ASSOCIATED WITH THE X-MEN AND HE ACCUSES THEM OF STEALING THE CASE.

KADE: GET THEM! FIRST ONE TO FIND THE CASE GETS IT FOR FREE!

WITH THAT, THE CRIMINALS CONVERGE ON THE MUTANTS, WHO REMOVE THEIR DISGUISES TO REVEAL THEIR COSTUMES. THE CHAOS BEGINS, AND A FREE-FOR-ALL ENSUES AS THE NEW MUTANTS, GAMBIT, AND THE CUCKOOS FIND THEMSELVES FIGHTING THE MANY VILLAINS IN THE AUCTION. WHILE THE VILLAINS ARE DISTRACTED, KADE TELLS HIS ASSOCIATES THAT HE REFUSES TO GIVE AWAY THAT CASE FOR FREE. HE THEN INSTRUCTS WILHELMINA TO GO AND FIND THE CASE AND TO KILL WHOEVER STANDS IN HER WAY, CAUSING THE HOMICIDAL 14-YEAR-OLD TO GRIN AND DRAW A SWORD STRAPPED TO HER THIGH. WITH THAT, SHE JUMPS INTO THE FRAY.

MEANWHILE, SOFIA KNOCKS BACK LORD DEATHSTRIKE AND THEN SAYS THAT SHE NEEDS TO FIND FOXX AND MAKE SURE SHE’S OKAY. GAMBIT YELLS AT HER TO FORGET IT AND WHEN SHE PROTESTS, HE TELLS HER THAT FOXX NEVER EXISTED. SHE WAS MYSTIQUE ALL ALONG. SOFIA HOVERS IN THE AIR, TEARS IN HER EYES, AS SHE ACCUSES HIM OF LYING BEFORE FLYING OFF TOWARD A DOOR NEARBY. GAMBIT LOOKS BACK AT HER AND THEN SEES ALCAUDON, MS. GINKO, RAVHONA, AND ASTER PURSUING HER, AND HE RUNS AFTER THEM, LEAVING THE OTHERS TO DEAL WITH THE ONCOMING CRIMINALS.

AT XAVIER’S, NORTHSTAR IS IN THE MIDDLE OF DISMISSING THE CLASS WHEN A STUDENT TELLS HIM TO CHECK SOMETHING OUT AND ASKING IF IT’S TEAMWORK 101 OR DUMB AND DUMBER. JUST THEN, ANGEL FLIES IN, CARRYING BEAK, WHO SHE THEN DROPS ON THE GROUND. WHEN BEAK LOOKS UP, HE’S POSITIVELY ELATED, AND SAYS THAT SOMETHING JUST HAPPENED THAT HE CAN HARDLY EXPLAIN. NORTHSTAR IMMEDIATELY GUESSES THAT IT’S A GIRL.

BEAK: I HAVE TO STAY HERE NOW! NO GIRL EVER KISSED ME BEFORE, MUCH LESS DID WHAT SHE DID, BUT… SHE KISSED ME! WWAKAWW!

ANGEL CHUCKLES AS THREE OTHER STUDENTS WALK UP TO HER.

PIXIE: OKAY. TWENTY BUCKS IS YOURS, ANGE.

AERO: YOU GUYS ACTUALLY BET HER THAT SHE WOULDN’T KISS THE BEAK? ARE YOU SERIOUS?

AURA: SHE’D KISS A RAT WITH AIDS.

ANGEL: WHERE ANGEL FEARS TO TREAD JUST AIN’T BEEN INVENTED YET!

AS THE STUDENTS WALK AWAY, BEAK SAYS HELLO TO THE UNIVERSE, SAYING THAT THIS IS THE GREATEST DAY OF HIS LIFE.

MEANWHILE, IN HONG KONG, MYSTIQUE HAS SHIFTED BACK TO HER TRUE FORM AND IS HOLDING THE CASE. SHE SPEAKS INTO AN EARPIECE, SAYING THAT SHE HAS THE CASE AND SHE’S LEAVING NOW. SUDDENLY, SHE RUNS INTO A HARD SURFACE AND FALLS BACK, DROPPING THE CASE. SHE LOOKS UP AND SEES ONYXX STANDING IN FRONT OF HER, ASKING HOW COULD SHE. MYSTIQUE IMMEDIATELY ASKS WHAT HE MEANS.

ONYXX: I WAS IN LOVE WITH YOU! I WOULD’VE WALKED AWAY FROM THIS WHOLE FUCKING SCHOOL TO FOLLOW YOU!

MYSTIQUE: LOOK, KID, IF THAT’S THE CASE, THEN YOU WERE A FOOL. NOW GET OUT OF MY WAY.

ONYXX: YOU LED ME ON! ALL THOSE LITTLE HINTS THAT YOU FELT THE SAME WAY…

MYSTIQUE: HINTS LIKE THREATENING TO RIP YOUR ARM OUT OF YOUR SOCKET?

ONYXX CHARGES AT HER, YELLING AT ‘FOXX’ TO NOT BELITTLE HIM. MYSTIQUE TRIES TO DODGE BUT HE GRABS HER BY THE THROAT AND SLAMS HER AGAINST THE WALL.

MYSTIQUE: GNNN! I’M… NOT… FOXX!

ONYXX: SAY YOU LOVE ME! TURN BACK INTO FOXX AND SAY YOU LOVE ME!

IMMEDIATELY, ONYXX IS BLOWN BACK, AND MYSTIQUE LOOKS UP TO SEE SOFIA STANDING IN FRONT OF HER, A LOOK OF BETRAYAL ON HER FACE. MYSTIQUE TRIES TO GET UP, BUT SOFIA STARES AT HER, SAYING THAT SHE CAN’T BELIEVE IT. MYSTIQUE SIGHS, TELLING HER THAT SHE HAD NO INTENTION TO MISLEAD HER.

SOFIA: YOU WERE MY FRIEND! I TRIED TO BE NICE TO YOU! AND YOU ACCEPTED MY INVITATION TO DO WHAT? TO STEAL A CASE?

MYSTIQUE: SOFIA, PLEASE. IF YOU CONSIDER ME AS A FRIEND, LET ME LEAVE.

SOFIA LOOKS AROUND, UNCERTAIN. SHE LOOKS AT MYSTIQUE, AND THEN AT THE CASE, EYES WIDE. SUDDENLY, ONYXX BARRELS INTO SOFIA IN A RAGE, KNOCKING HER BACK. HE THEN TRIES TO HIT MYSTIQUE, WHO DODGES, CAUSING HIM TO SMASH THE FLOOR.

ONYXX: I WANT YOU!

SOFIA: ONYXX! NO!

SUDDENLY, A KNIFE IS LODGED IN ONYXX’S BACK, WOUNDING HIM. SOFIA LOOKS OVER AND SEES THE FOUR FEMALE ASSASSINS WHO FOLLOWED HER. ALCAUDON THEN DEMANDS THAT MYSTIQUE HAND THE CASE OVER TO HER AND HER COMPANIONS, WHICH SOFIA REFUSES. RAVHONA THEN DASHES AT HER, RAISING HER FIST, BUT SHE IS THEN HIT WITH AN EXPLODING CARD, GAMBIT STANDING BEHIND HER.

MEANWHILE, CESSILY AND CLARICE FIND THEMSELVES SEPARATED FROM THE OTHERS. SUDDENLY, CESSILY IS ALMOST SLICED IN HALF WITH A SWORD, AND SHE LOOKS OVER TO SEE WILHELMINA KENSINGTON CHARGING AT THEM, SWORDS DRAWN. CESSILY SIGHS AND DECLARES THAT SHE REFUSES TO FIGHT A CHILD, BUT SHE WILL FIGHT A PSYCHOPATH. HER HANDS THEN FORM INTO BLADES AS CLARICE SUMMONS SOME ENERGY BLADES OF HER OWN. WITH THAT, THE THREE-WAY SWORDFIGHT BEGINS. AS THAT HAPPENS, JULIAN IS PROJECTING A SHIELD TO PROTECT HIM FROM THE BULLETS THAT EXTERMINATRIX SHOOTS AT HIM, JAY IS FLYING UP AND BATTLING SEVERAL FLYING ADVERSARIES, SANTO IS GRAPPLING WITH THE RHINO, AND LAURA IS FIGHTING TYPHOID MARY.

MEANWHILE, SOFIA AND GAMBIT ARE FIGHTING THE REMAINING THREE ASSASSINS. SOFIA FINDS HERSELF AGAINST MS. GINGKO, WHO ENTRAPS HER IN PLANTS, AND ASTER, WHOSE SMALL STATURE IS USED AS AN ADVANTAGE AS SHE SCRATCHES AT SOFIA’S ARMS AND LEGS. MEANWHILE, ALCAUDON SUMMONS SWORDS FROM THE AIR, FIRING THEM AT GAMBIT AND MYSTIQUE, WHO KICKS ONYXX ONCE TO CONFIRM THAT HE HAS PASSED OUT. THE ASSASSIN THROWS A SWORD AT GAMBIT, WHICH MYSTIQUE NOTICES. IN SLOW MOTION, SHE JUMPS IN FRONT OF THE SWORD, WHICH IMPALES HER SIDE.

BEFORE ALCAUDON CAN FIRE ANOTHER SWORD AT GAMBIT, SHE IS KNOCKED BACK BY A BLINDING LIGHT THAT COMES FROM RADIAN, WHO STANDS WITH THE OTHER MEMBERS OF GAMBIT’S SQUAD. RAVHONA, WHO HAS NOW GOTTEN UP, CHARGES AT MR. SENSITIVE, WHO BLOCKS HER ATTACKS WHILE DELIVERING SOME PUNCHES OF HIS OWN.

MR. SENSITIVE: RADIAN, TOODLE PIP, HELP GAMBIT WITH SWORD LADY! THEIA, DEAL WITH THE FAIRY GIRL AND HELP SOFIA! TATTOO, YOU TAKE OUT THE PLANT LADY!

SOFIA STRUGGLES TO BREAK FREE FROM THE PLANTS SURROUNDING HER AND IS NOW COVERED IN SCRATCHES, BUT TATTOO SUDDENLY GRABS HER HAND, PHASING HER OUT. SHE THANKS HER AND THEN DELIVERS A MIGHTY GUST OF WIND THAT KNOCKS MS. GINGKO AGAINST A WALL, KNOCKING HER OUT. ALCAUDON IS MOMENTARILY DISTRACTED BY HER GIRLFRIEND’S INJURY AND IS HIT WITH LIGHT BEAMS FROM RADIAN AND EXPLOSIVES FROM GAMBIT. OVERWHELMED, SHE IS THEN GRABBED BY TOODLE PIP, WHO SMILES.

TOODLE PIP: SEE YA. OR AS I LIKE TO SAY, TOODLE PIP.

WITH THAT, THEY’RE BOTH TELEPORTED OUT OF THE BUILDING AND SENT FALLING INTO THE WATER BELOW. TOODLE PIP THEN TELEPORTS AWAY, LEAVING ALCAUDON TO PLUMMET INTO THE WATER. SHE EMERGES FROM THE LAKE, SPITTING OUT WATER AND GLARING BACK AT THE BUILDING.

BACK INSIDE, ASTER DARTS AT THEIA, BUT IS SURPRISED WHEN SHE STOPS MIDAIR THANKS TO THEIA’S GRAVITY FIELD. THEIA THEN TELLS TATTOO THAT SHE’S ALL HERS, AND TATTOO THEN GRABS ASTER IN HER HAND WITH A SMIRK.

TATTOO: GOING DOWN, TINKERBELL.

WITH THAT, SHE PHASES THROUGH THE FLOOR, CRASHING INTO THE CASINO BELOW THEM. ASTER IS KNOCKED OUT WHILE A BRUISED TATTOO DECLARES THAT IT WAS WORTH IT. ELSEWHERE, THE BATTLE IN THE CASINO SEEMS TO BE WINDING DOWN, WITH THE CUCKOOS USING THEIR TELEPATHY TO TURN ADVERSARIES AGAINST EACH OTHER. KADE EVENTUALLY DECLARES TO HIS ASSOCIATES THAT THE AUCTION IS NOW NULL AND VOID, AND BECKONS WILHELMINA TO COME WITH HIM. WHEN SHE DOES, THE HELLFIRE CLUB MEMBERS EXIT THE CASINO.

MEANWHILE, MR. SENSITIVE DUCKS A PUNCH FROM RAVHONA AND THEN RETALIATES WITH A PUNCH OF HIS OWN TO HER JAW. SHE FALLS TO THE GROUND AND DECIDES THAT SHE KNOWS WHEN SHE’S BEATEN. SHE THEN INSTRUCTS MS. GINGKO TO GET THEM BOTH, ALONG WITH ALCAUDON AND ASTER, OUT OF HERE. THE KIMONO-CLAD WOMAN SMILES AND VINES WRAP AROUND THE TWO WOMEN BEFORE SLOWLY RECEDING INTO THE GROUND. MR. SENSITIVE THEN INSTRUCTS THEIA AND RADIAN TO GO DOWNSTAIRS AND FIND TATTOO WHILE TOODLE PIP IS INSTRUCTED TO CHECK ON ONYXX. GAMBIT CAN’T HELP BUT COMMENT ON HOW GOOD THEY WORKED TOGETHER, BUT THEN NOTICES THAT MYSTIQUE IS GONE. AND SO IS THE CASE.

SOFIA TELLS HIM THAT SHE’LL FIND HER BEFORE FLYING OFF. WHILE THE OTHERS HEAD DOWNSTAIRS, SOFIA NOTICES MYSTIQUE CARRYING THE CASE, AND ABOUT TO JUMP OUT THE WINDOW. SHE COMMANDS HER TO STOP AND MYSTIQUE ASKS HER IF SHE’D REALLY DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO HER FRIEND. SOFIA TELLS HER THAT SHE’S NOT HER FRIEND. SHE’S NOTHING BUT A SELFISH, MANIPULATIVE, CRIMINAL WHO ONLY CARES ABOUT HERSELF. MYSTIQUE SNAPS AT THAT AND YELLS AT HER THAT SHE’S NOT SELFISH. SOFIA SHUTS UP AS MYSTIQUE’S EXPRESSION TURNS SOMBER.

MYSTIQUE: THE THING IN THIS CASE BELONGS TO MY WIFE. I LOVE HER MORE THAN ANYTHING, AND I’M DOING HER A FAVOR. WHEN I HEARD WHERE YOU WERE GOING, I KNEW THAT THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN WHAT WAS STOLEN FROM HER. I THOUGHT YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND. AFTER ALL, YOU WOULD DO THE SAME FOR CLARICE. SO, YOU GONNA ARREST ME?

SOFIA STANDS IN FRONT OF HER, SILENTLY. A TEAR RUNS DOWN HER CHEEK AS SHE LOOKS AT THE MUTANT VILLAIN.

SOFIA: GOODBYE, FOXX.

WITH THAT, MYSTIQUE JUMPS OUT THE WINDOW. SOFIA LOOKS OUT, BUT THE SHAPESHIFTER IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. CLARICE AND GAMBIT THEN TELEPORT IN AND ASKS HER WHERE MYSTIQUE WENT. SOFIA TELLS THEM THAT SHE COULDN’T FIND HER. SHE WAS GONE COMPLETELY. CLARICE HUGS HER AND SAYS THAT SHE’S JUST GLAD SHE’S OKAY, AND SOFIA HUGS HER BACK.

LATER, THE GROUP RETURNS TO XAVIER’S AND GAMBIT CONGRATULATES HIS GROUP AGAIN. MR. SENSITIVE SAYS THAT THEY WERE JUST DOING WHAT HE TAUGHT THEM, BUT IT’S A SHAME THAT FOXX WAS A FAKE. THEY WERE REALLY HOPING FOR A SEVENTH MEMBER OF THE GROUP. JUST THEN, BEAST ARRIVES WITH A YOUNG GIRL DRESSED IN A TRAINING UNIFORM. HER HEAD IS COMPLETELY BALD, SAVE FOR A REFLECTIVE DOME VISIBLE ON HER HEAD WHERE HER BRAIN RESTS.

BEAST: LET ME INTRODUCE YOU ALL TO OUR NEW STUDENT, MARTHA JOHANSSON, AKA CEREBELLA.

AS THE EPISODE STARTS TO WRAP UP, THE SONG ‘ETERNAL FLAME’ BY THE BANGLES PLAYS. DURING THIS MONTAGE, SOFIA IS SEEN IN HER ROOM, LOOKING OUT HER WINDOW AND SMILING AS, IN ANOTHER LOCATION, MYSTIQUE OPENS THE CASE TO REVEAL A BOOK, BEFORE MOVING IN TO KISS A WOMAN IN A GOLD MASK. MEANWHILE, GAMBIT’S SQUAD IS BONDING WITH THEIR NEW TEAMMATE, MARTHA, WHO FINALLY HAS A BODY AS GAMBIT MEETS UP WITH ROGUE AND HOLDS HER HAND. ELSEWHERE IN THE SCHOOL, LOA HEADS OVER TO EMMA FROST’S OFFICE. SHE OPENS THE DOOR AND EMMA SMILES, TELLING HER TO COME IN.

MEANWHILE, BEAK IS PLAYING A VIDEO GAME IN THE LOUNGE WHEN ANGEL WALKS IN. SHE LOOKS AROUND, BRIEFLY, BEFORE SITTING DOWN BESIDE HIM. SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE’S EITHER GOING TO CRY OR VOMIT.

BEAK: ANGEL! WHAT’S GOING ON? WHAT’S WRONG?

ANGEL: BEAK… I MESSED UP. I MESSED UP SO BAD…

BEAK: WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT’S WRONG?

ANGEL TAKES A DEEP, SHAKY BREATH.

ANGEL: I’M PREGNANT. THEY’LL THROW US OUT OF SCHOOL IF THEY FIND OUT, BARNELL.

BEAK: US? ANGEL, WHAT ARE YOU… OH GOD.

CLOSE UP ON A GOBSMACKED BEAK AS THE EPISODE CONCLUDES.

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