Dude! This ish was HOT like FIRE! I was literally screaming expletives left and right after every page. Here's a LOOONG recap:
* Story starts 3 hours before X-Force gets to Muir Island. Mystique is talking to Sinister about her history with Muir Island and how she's going to lose Rogue there as well. Sinister confirms that Rogue is going to die. Angry, Mystique quickly grabs Sinister and presses his face against Rogue's, killing him! (Yes, they confirm that Sinister is effectively dead... to which "OH $%&@" slipped out).
* Later, Gambit arrives with the baby and gives it to Mystique. When he sees Sinister dead, he says that he can't believe he's finally free from him. Then X-Force (with Bish) arrives. Lady M is on the ground and she appears pretty dead.
* The joint forces of the Marauders and the Acolytes attack X-Force. Wolverine tells Wolfsbane and Warpath that if they hesitate at all, they are done for. Then Scalphunter shoots him dead in the face! ("DAYUM!")
* The battle is joined... Wolfsbane takes on Arclight, Bishop attacks Sunfire, Riptide attacks Wolfsbane. Scrambler goes over to Wolverine and shuts off his healing factor so that he won't heal from the bullet, then X-23 appears and literally dismantles Scrambler (DUDE!)
* Scalphunter is about to blast Hepzibah too then catches Warpath in his sight at last minute... too late, a vibranium blade is already on its way. It pins Scalphunter to the wall through the shoulder. Mystique tells Scalphunter than she and Sinister need more time with the baby and to keep the X-Men at bay at all costs. Suddenly the rest of the X-Men and X-Factor arrive, optic blasts blazing. (Aww ^&%$ Yeah!)
* Mystique goes back to the lab where Gambit is with the baby. Gambit asks her if she's sure about her plan and she says its meant to be. She says that Destiny foretold that she and he would be in the lab with the baby and Rogue and that she was meant to save Rogue's life. She then takes the baby and places it up to Rogue's face.
* Back at Xavier's, PX attacks Rockslide, Mercury, and Dust. Rockslide tells them to go get help then suddenly, PX busts into the mansion where Wolfcub, Trance, and Indra are standing. PX is about to eat Indra when Surge jumps in and blasts PX.
* Muir Island -- Riptide is holding Wolfsbane by the throat when suddenly he falls asleep. Cable and Xavier have arrived, Xavier having put Riptide to sleep telepathically. They examine Wolfsbane and determine that her wounds are superficial and that she'll heal. They then continue into Muir Island.
* In the lab -- When the baby touches Rogue's skin, there's a huge flash and surge of energy. Gambit, fearing for the baby's life, grabs it awary from Mystique and pushes Mystique down. He asks her how she could have killed the baby but when he looks down, the baby is unscathed (WTF?). He asks how the baby survived when Sinister couldn't and Mystique says its destiny. Mystique goes over to Rogue, hoping that she'll wake up but she doesn't. Mystique is confused and says that she did all of this because she wanted to help Rogue so Rogue would love her again. Gambit says that Rogue would never forgive her if her life was saved at the baby's expense, that she (and he) would rather die. Then Xavier appears in the lab.
* Muir Island battle -- more action: Siryn attacking Exodus, Storm blasting away, Colossus knocking out Cargill, M knocking Random, Emma mentally incapacitates Harpoon, Bishop blasts Unuscione. Emma senses another telepath blocking her from the baby, even through Exodus' interference, and that its not Sinister. Tempo tries to stop time and make an escape but Cable knocks her out. Xavier then mental messages Cable that he has the child. Xavier then asks Gambit what he's going to do and he says he'll stay with Rogue.
* Xavier's -- Surge is still blasting PX when suddenly Anole decks it with his super arm. The rest of the New X-Men come to offer Surge assistance. Suddenly, PX senses weaker signatures in the infirmary and goes down to feast. In the infirmary, Pixie is telling Nightcrawler all that's been happening since he was out of commission (being as hilariously Pixie as ever) when PX suddenly busts in, Gentle and Armor in tow. Nightcrawler teleports still comatose Hellion, Beast, Loa, and himself away from PX while Gentle and Armor continue their attack. The rest of the New X-Men appear, Prodigy in full command mode. Pixie then gets it in her head that they need to go where X-23 is because she was the only one who can hurt PX. She then casts her teleportation spell and transports the entire New X-Men team, Beast, Nightcrawler, and PX all to Muir Island into the middle of the battle!
* PX attacks the first mutant it sees, which happens to be Vertigo. She's subsequently gnawed in half. Suddenly, everyone is looking at PX, ready to defend themselves, when it gets a whiff... the mutant signature its been chasing for weeks is within its grasp!
* In the lab -- Xavier delivers the baby to Cable. Xavier tells Cable to take the baby to the future and keep it safe. Suddenly, Bishop arrives and tells Cable that he isn't going anywhere and that the baby must die. Cable is about to engage Bishop when suddenly PX arrives in the lab... ready to finally eat the super baby.
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