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| title    = Part 6 of the [[Genosha Arc]] - The End of the Beginning
 
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| date =  [[May 2012|May 25-28, 2012]]
 
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''Quote from the plot''
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''“Lesson number one, animals. Resist, and it’s the person beside you that I’ll hurt. I’ll make you watch it, and then, I’ll hurt the person beside them. My brother doesn’t believe in torture, but he’s never been toe to toe with fanatics. I’ve watched men wire their children up with explosives and send them into a bunker to blow up allied troops.” He walked over to Doug and slammed the butt of the pistol into his throat, sending him to the ground as if pole-axed.''
  
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Action meets counter-action and infiltration meets ambush.
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''“I’ve seen what happens when they get their hands on good men. Or when they have a taste for genocide.” His face was ugly; brute with his words. “And if stopping that means grinding you into paste, I won’t even hesitate. Because you’re not people, and torturing you to death in front of each other won’t cost me a moment’s sleep.”''
  
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The attempted rescue of the captured mutants turns out to be an ambush, and while many captives break free, they are replaced by many of their would be rescuers. Now those freed are the hunted, while those captured face a future of torture and humiliation, as Genosha attempts to break them into submission.
  
 
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'''Infiltration Team 1/Safehouse:''' [[Cypher]], [[Deadpool]]
  
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'''Infiltration Team 2:''' [[Daytripper]], [[Ororo Munroe|Storm]], [[Callisto - Phase 1|Callisto]], [[Nico Minoru|Grasshopper]]
  
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'''Infiltration Team 3:''' [[Remy Lebeau - Phase 1|Gambit]], [[Jubilee]], [[Wanda Maximoff - Phase 1|Scarlet Witch]]
  
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'''Infiltration Team 4:''' [[Lucas Bishop|Bishop]], [[The White Queen]], [[Tarot]], [[Maverick]]
  
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==Timing==
 
  
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'''Distraction Team 1:''' [[Cyclops]], [[Tabitha Smith - Phase 1|Meltdown]], [[Lex (X-Man)|Hamster]], [[Bevatron]], [[Pyro]]
  
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'''Distraction Team 2:''' [[Warren Worthington - Phase 1|Angel]], [[Firestar]], [[Lorna Dane - Phase 1|Polaris]], [[Theresa Cassidy - Phase 1|Siryn]], [[Sam Guthrie - Phase 1|Cannonball]]
  
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The targets are located, and the combined forces of their people make their move. Unfortunately, the Genoshans anticipated such a strategy, and have been carefully salting false information and details through parts of the underground they’ve identified.
 
  
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'''Prison Team 1:''' [[Jean Grey - Phase 1 | Phoenix]], [[Legion]], [[Paige Guthrie - Phase 1|Husk]], [[Vance Astrovik|Hubba]], [[Sarah Morlocke|Marrow]]
  
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Bishop, Emma, MA and North will move into the Citadel’s main power structure, in order to disrupt both primary and backup generators when the attack is signaled. At the same time, Remy, Wanda, Vanessa and Jubilee will be heading for the main security room in order to destroy the Magistrates ability to effectively coordinate a counterattack. Doug and Wade will be coordinating their movements with the X-Men from a safehouse in the city. Once the power goes down, Amanda, Nico, Ororo and Callisto will head straight for the prison block to start freeing the prisoners.
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'''Prison Team 2:''' [[Nightcrawler]], [[Catseye - Phase 1|Catseye]], [[Blink]], [[Wildchild]], [[Squirrel Girl|Rocky]]
  
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The loss of power is also the signal for the X-Men to attack. The main assault takes place near the Citadel’s security bunkers, as Scott/Tabitha, Lex, Jean-Phillipe and John are sent to cause as much damage and attract as much attention as possible. As they make their attack, a group using stealth will penetrate the prison complex comprised of Kurt, Sharon, Kyle and Clarice. Their job is to quickly identify any Xavier’s people who may have been moved or put into isolation. Another team made up of Jean, Haller, Sarah and Paige will head for the main prison complex, to link up with the XF group and make sure all of the prisoners are accounted for. Finally, in the skies above the Citadel, Warren, Sam, Terry, Angel and Lorna are responsible for stopping any aerial reinforcements or prisoner transports from escaping.
 
  
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Unfortunately for them all, the Genoshans know they are coming, and the Magistrates have a trap in place. The power does go off, but instead of staying down, an auxiliary systems isolated from the main power system comes back on within a few minutes; just long enough for the mutants to commit themselves to their attack.
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'''The Prisoners:''' [[Madelyne Pryor]], [[Layla Miller]], [[Korvus Rook'shir]], [[Molly Hayes]], [[Meggan Szardos]], [[Marius Laverne]], [[Garrison Kane]], [[Carmilla Black]], [[Angelo Espinosa]], [[Adrienne Frost]]
  
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Magistrate forces, including a psionic dampening mutate, make their way to secure the power plant, pinning down the saboteurs and forcing Emma and Bishop to escape in different directions. The group heading for the security room opens it, only to find a brigade of Magistrates waiting. Only Wanda’s powers and a rear guard action by Jubilee and Remy allows Wanda and Vanessa to break free. Magistrates storm the safehouse, capturing Doug although Wade is able to shoot his way free long enough to fling himself off the balcony, seemingly to his death.
 
  
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The X-men’s stealth team is directed straight into a trap as both teleporters are depowered before they can react. Kyle buys Dori enough time to get out through the vents as Sharon shifts into her innocuous cat form and sneaks away. The flyers are able to bottle up the Genoshans for a time, until combat helicopters join the anti-air forces. When a blast brings down Terry and Angel, Lorna and Warren try to draw off most of the air units, giving Sam a chance to help blast clear some of the others.
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[[Charles Xavier]], [[Genoshan Government|Ambassador Bennett Creighten-Hayes]], [[Genoshan Government| President David Moreau]], [[Genoshan Government|Thomas Moreau]], [[Betsy Braddock - Phase 1|Magistrate Braddock]], [[Magistrates|Tam Anderson]], [[Magistrates|Genoshan Magistrates]], [[Dayspring Family| Rachel Kinross]], [[Genoshan Government|Genegineer]], [[Sasha Ryan]], [[Val Cooper]], [[Fred Duncan]], [[David Langstrom]], [[Nick Fury - Phase 1|Nick Fury]]
  
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In the prison, both the X-Men and X-Force teams are in the process of freeing people when a Magistrate strike team led by Betsy Braddock and a squad of mutates hits them. Nico, Callisto and Maddie are able to escape through damage in the superstructure, while Kane, Jean, and Angelo end up retreating and overpowering a team of Magistrates to steal their uniforms. Outside, the distraction has turned into a desperate fight, as Scott gives the order to fall back, mutate forces overwhelm them. Sam takes the chance to blast John clear, while only Jean-Phillipe is able to get clear on his own. He’s intercepted by Wade on his way back to the safehouse, and they link up with Fred, Matt and Megan, who saw the attack. They steal a truck and make their way out of the city before the roads are blocked off.
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Emma, Wanda and Vanessa make their fallback positions, nothing they seem to be the only ones left. They make a running fight towards the roof, discovering a freed Marius along the way, and hijack a helicopter. It’s damaged in the escape, but holds together long enough for them to make a controlled crash far outside the city.
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Meanwhile, Dori and Sharon are able to make it back to where the prison teams are pinned down, and under orders, pull Molly and Meggan out with them as the remaining X-Men and XF forces cover them. They go back into the vents, coming out in the motor pool and stealing an ambulance to head out towards the emergency evacuation point in the country.
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Bishop is cut off attempting to escape but is rescued by JP, Artie and Sooraya, and they head back into the city. Over the next twelve hours, all of the small groups are busy sorting themselves out, linking up via emergency meeting points or using what communications they have to pull themselves together into coherent groups and get organized.
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With the information collected by [[X-Force - Phase 1|X-Force]], at the cost of one of their team with Vanessa disappearing during her mission, plans were laid for the attack on the Genoshan [[The Citadel|Citadel]] and the rescue of the hostages. No-one had any illusions about the danger, with various farewell messages and instructions being left for friends and family before the teams departed.  
  
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With the intentions of a gaudy show trial, Genosha announces that they have successfully defended against a mutant terrorist attack, and have captured most of the terrorists. It further states that its leader, one of the top criminals on Interpol’s most wanted, is also in custody. While the US would normally protest, quiet diplomatic channels to the President mention that they have proof the terrorist is a former US operative, and can’t be sure if and when his orders stopped being issued by the UN government. Genosha blames the recent UN investigation for inciting the attack, expressing dismay that lies and rumours provoked an attack by a powerful mutant group with connections to the Brotherhood. They intend to hold televised trials of all of the terrorists and see they face the full weight of the law.
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With Doug and Wade in a safe house in Hammer Bay, providing team-wide communication, three infiltration teams moved in first: the first team, consisting of Marie-Ange, North, Emma, and Bishop, headed towards the power plant with the task of cutting the power; the second team, made up of Wanda, Jubilee, and Remy, moved in on the security room inside the Citadel; and the third team, namely Amanda, Nico, Ororo, and Callisto, headed for the prison complex in a stolen ambulance. As part of the distraction team, Scott, Lex, Jean-Phillipe, John, and Tabby attacked the gates, while Warren, Lorna, Sam, Angelica, and Terry provided air support. Two more teams of rescuers infiltrated the prison; Jean, Paige, Haller, Vance, and Sarah M. in one group and Kurt, Catseye, Kyle, Dori, and Clarice on the other.  
  
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At first, everything went to plan. With the three prison teams in place, Emma's group cut the power, the signal to go in and begin the rescues. But the power did not remain off - within seconds, a back up system was operational and it became clear that things were going horribly wrong. Both small infiltration teams were attacked by Magistrates, with only Emma and Bishop escaping from the power plant and Wanda the sole escapee from the security bunker. The aerial team found themselves outnumbered and outgunned as the heavy combat helicopters descended on them, while Scott's team, without their aerial support, began to be overwhelmed by hidden ground forces. Not even the safe house was safe, with Doug sacrificing his freedom for Wade, who threw himself out of the window and was barely saved by his overtaxed healing factor.
  
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Meanwhile, those still free hear the reports, and realize that they are on their own. As an object lesson to Xavier in retaliation for the invasion, President Moreau orders the young but already manifested Rachel Dayspring to be put through the mutate process, over the objections of the Genengineer. He forces the remaining prisoners to watch, but something goes wrong with the mutate process, and Rachel literally disincorporates in front of them, leaving nothing behind.
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The first team of rescuers reached the cell block, freeing Meggan, Angelo, Kane, and Molly, while Kurt's team found Phillip Moreau; and Ororo's team managed to free Maddie, Marius, and Korvus. But then the ambushes began, with Nico and Callisto getting Maddie out and Marius and Korvus fleeing on their own while Amanda was taken down by the Magistrates and Ororo kept the Magistrates at bay as Callisto, Nico, and Maddie searched for an exit route. Kurt's team was ambushed as well, with only Catseye and Dori getting away and Betsy Braddock showed up with Magistrate reinforcements to interrupt Jean's group's rescue mission. Catseye appeared from the air ducts and evacuated Meggan and Molly, while only Angelo, Jean, and Kane managed to get away.  
  
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The aerial team was overwhelmed, with Sam taking off to rescue John and just Lorna and Warren remaining in the air to regroup. Of Scott's team, only Jean-Phillipe (reluctantly) escaped after Sam managed to grab John, while the others were taken down.
  
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Xavier can’t risk sending in another X-Men team; not with so many hostages. Slowly, the various groups begin to determine what they can do to re-establish contact and give them a chance to strike back.
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Angelo, Jean and Kane, disguised in stolen Magistrate uniforms, escaped through the sewers and headed for the pre-arranged rendez-vous, hoping that too hadn't been compromised. Jean-Phillipe, alone and on foot, ran into a bloodied Wade as he made for the safehouse, saving him from capture. Catseye, Meggan, and Molly escaped via the air ducts and found an ambulance to take, heading for the hills and out of Hammer Bay entirely. Sam and John dodged attack choppers in their flight from the Genoshan forces, crash landing briefly before continuing their escape on foot. Warren and Lorna continued their stand against the helicopters, fighting them off as long as they could before escaping themselves.
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Meanwhile, the previously-escaped Artie, Jean-Paul, and Sooraya, hearing the chaos and hoping to find the rescue team, ran into Bishop, who had several soldiers following him, and they dispatched them together. Wade and Jean-Phillipe ran into trouble but were found by Matt, Fred, and Megan, who helped them out before they found a vehicle to take.
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Late that night, the captured mutants were brought before President Moreau and his brother Thomas. As a demonstration of what would happen to them, Thomas Moreau put Rachel Kinross through the mutate process, which lead to her death by disintegratuion. Shocked and dismayed, the captured mutants were separated into two groups, those who would be shipped to Prenova and made mutates and those who would go on trial for crimes against Genosha.
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Back in New York, Charles and the Genoshan ambassador had a brief meeting, where Charles was shown footage of Rachel's death and the capture of his people, shaking him to his core and for the first time causing him to doubt his Dream. A meeting of US law enforcement and political agencies - Fred Duncan of the FBI, Val Cooper of the Secret Service, Nick Fury of [[SHIELD - Phase 1|SHIELD]] and David Langstrom of the CIA - came to the depressing conclusion that there was little to be done to aid Xavier's people without causing an international incident. David Langstrom did, however, manage to get a degree of satisfaction, when the Genoshan Ambassador approached him with a proposal and Langstrom refused - and broke the other man's hand with a stapler.
  
 
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'''Escaped:''' [[Madelyne Pryor]], [[Garrison Kane]], [[Angelo Espinosa]], [[Molly Hayes]], [[Meggan Szardos]], [[Marius Laverne]], [[Jean-Paul Beaubier - Phase 1 | Jean-Paul Beaubier]], [[Artie Maddicks]], [[Sooraya Qadir]], [[Megan Gwynn - Phase 1 | Megan Gwynn]], [[Matt Murdock - Phase 1 | Matt Murdock]], [[Fred Dukes - Phase 1|Fred Dukes]], [[Emma Frost]], [[Wade Wilson]], [[Wanda Maximoff - Phase 1 | Wanda Maximoff]], [[Catseye - Phase 1|Sharon Smith]], [[Warren Worthington - Phase 1 | Warren Worthington]], [[Jean-Phillipe Colbert]], [[Nico Minoru]], [[Lucas Bishop]], [[John Allerdyce]], [[Sam Guthrie - Phase 1|Sam Guthrie]], [[Jean Grey - Phase 1 | Jean Grey]], [[Callisto - Phase 1|Callisto]].
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'''Captured:''' [[Scott Summers]], [[Paige Guthrie - Phase 1|Paige Guthrie]], [[Remy Lebeau - Phase 1|Remy LeBeau]], [[Sarah Morlocke]], [[Ororo Munroe]], [[Marie-Ange Colbert]], [[Kyle Gibney]], [[David North]], [[Kurt Sefton|Kurt Wagner]], [[Doreen Green]], [[Clarice Ferguson]], [[Alexander Lexington]], [[Amanda Sefton]], [[Jubilation Lee]], [[Tabitha Smith - Phase 1 | Tabitha Smith]], [[Theresa Cassidy - Phase 1|Theresa Cassidy]], [[David Haller]], [[Doug Ramsey]], [[Vance Astrovik]], [[Angelica Jones]].
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'''Still Imprisoned:''' [[Layla Miller]], [[Korvus Rook'shir]], [[Carmilla Black]], [[Adrienne Frost]].
  
 
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'''Plotrunner:''' [[Dex]], sub-runner [[Rossi]]
  
 
This arc is the X-Project version of the epic canon storyline [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Tinction_Agenda X-Tinction Agenda].
 
This arc is the X-Project version of the epic canon storyline [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Tinction_Agenda X-Tinction Agenda].
  
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PHASE 1
PHASE 2
Part 6 of the Genosha Arc - The End of the Beginning
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Dates run: May 25-28, 2012
Run By: Dex
Read the logs: The End of the Beginning


“Lesson number one, animals. Resist, and it’s the person beside you that I’ll hurt. I’ll make you watch it, and then, I’ll hurt the person beside them. My brother doesn’t believe in torture, but he’s never been toe to toe with fanatics. I’ve watched men wire their children up with explosives and send them into a bunker to blow up allied troops.” He walked over to Doug and slammed the butt of the pistol into his throat, sending him to the ground as if pole-axed.

“I’ve seen what happens when they get their hands on good men. Or when they have a taste for genocide.” His face was ugly; brute with his words. “And if stopping that means grinding you into paste, I won’t even hesitate. Because you’re not people, and torturing you to death in front of each other won’t cost me a moment’s sleep.”

The attempted rescue of the captured mutants turns out to be an ambush, and while many captives break free, they are replaced by many of their would be rescuers. Now those freed are the hunted, while those captured face a future of torture and humiliation, as Genosha attempts to break them into submission.

Cast

Infiltration Team 1/Safehouse: Cypher, Deadpool

Infiltration Team 2: Daytripper, Storm, Callisto, Grasshopper

Infiltration Team 3: Gambit, Jubilee, Scarlet Witch

Infiltration Team 4: Bishop, The White Queen, Tarot, Maverick


Distraction Team 1: Cyclops, Meltdown, Hamster, Bevatron, Pyro

Distraction Team 2: Angel, Firestar, Polaris, Siryn, Cannonball


Prison Team 1: Phoenix, Legion, Husk, Hubba, Marrow

Prison Team 2: Nightcrawler, Catseye, Blink, Wildchild, Rocky


The Prisoners: Madelyne Pryor, Layla Miller, Korvus Rook'shir, Molly Hayes, Meggan Szardos, Marius Laverne, Garrison Kane, Carmilla Black, Angelo Espinosa, Adrienne Frost


Charles Xavier, Ambassador Bennett Creighten-Hayes, President David Moreau, Thomas Moreau, Magistrate Braddock, Tam Anderson, Genoshan Magistrates, Rachel Kinross, Genegineer, Sasha Ryan, Val Cooper, Fred Duncan, David Langstrom, Nick Fury

Timing

May 25-28, 2012

Plot Summary

With the information collected by X-Force, at the cost of one of their team with Vanessa disappearing during her mission, plans were laid for the attack on the Genoshan Citadel and the rescue of the hostages. No-one had any illusions about the danger, with various farewell messages and instructions being left for friends and family before the teams departed.

With Doug and Wade in a safe house in Hammer Bay, providing team-wide communication, three infiltration teams moved in first: the first team, consisting of Marie-Ange, North, Emma, and Bishop, headed towards the power plant with the task of cutting the power; the second team, made up of Wanda, Jubilee, and Remy, moved in on the security room inside the Citadel; and the third team, namely Amanda, Nico, Ororo, and Callisto, headed for the prison complex in a stolen ambulance. As part of the distraction team, Scott, Lex, Jean-Phillipe, John, and Tabby attacked the gates, while Warren, Lorna, Sam, Angelica, and Terry provided air support. Two more teams of rescuers infiltrated the prison; Jean, Paige, Haller, Vance, and Sarah M. in one group and Kurt, Catseye, Kyle, Dori, and Clarice on the other.

At first, everything went to plan. With the three prison teams in place, Emma's group cut the power, the signal to go in and begin the rescues. But the power did not remain off - within seconds, a back up system was operational and it became clear that things were going horribly wrong. Both small infiltration teams were attacked by Magistrates, with only Emma and Bishop escaping from the power plant and Wanda the sole escapee from the security bunker. The aerial team found themselves outnumbered and outgunned as the heavy combat helicopters descended on them, while Scott's team, without their aerial support, began to be overwhelmed by hidden ground forces. Not even the safe house was safe, with Doug sacrificing his freedom for Wade, who threw himself out of the window and was barely saved by his overtaxed healing factor.

The first team of rescuers reached the cell block, freeing Meggan, Angelo, Kane, and Molly, while Kurt's team found Phillip Moreau; and Ororo's team managed to free Maddie, Marius, and Korvus. But then the ambushes began, with Nico and Callisto getting Maddie out and Marius and Korvus fleeing on their own while Amanda was taken down by the Magistrates and Ororo kept the Magistrates at bay as Callisto, Nico, and Maddie searched for an exit route. Kurt's team was ambushed as well, with only Catseye and Dori getting away and Betsy Braddock showed up with Magistrate reinforcements to interrupt Jean's group's rescue mission. Catseye appeared from the air ducts and evacuated Meggan and Molly, while only Angelo, Jean, and Kane managed to get away.

The aerial team was overwhelmed, with Sam taking off to rescue John and just Lorna and Warren remaining in the air to regroup. Of Scott's team, only Jean-Phillipe (reluctantly) escaped after Sam managed to grab John, while the others were taken down.

Angelo, Jean and Kane, disguised in stolen Magistrate uniforms, escaped through the sewers and headed for the pre-arranged rendez-vous, hoping that too hadn't been compromised. Jean-Phillipe, alone and on foot, ran into a bloodied Wade as he made for the safehouse, saving him from capture. Catseye, Meggan, and Molly escaped via the air ducts and found an ambulance to take, heading for the hills and out of Hammer Bay entirely. Sam and John dodged attack choppers in their flight from the Genoshan forces, crash landing briefly before continuing their escape on foot. Warren and Lorna continued their stand against the helicopters, fighting them off as long as they could before escaping themselves.

Meanwhile, the previously-escaped Artie, Jean-Paul, and Sooraya, hearing the chaos and hoping to find the rescue team, ran into Bishop, who had several soldiers following him, and they dispatched them together. Wade and Jean-Phillipe ran into trouble but were found by Matt, Fred, and Megan, who helped them out before they found a vehicle to take.

Late that night, the captured mutants were brought before President Moreau and his brother Thomas. As a demonstration of what would happen to them, Thomas Moreau put Rachel Kinross through the mutate process, which lead to her death by disintegratuion. Shocked and dismayed, the captured mutants were separated into two groups, those who would be shipped to Prenova and made mutates and those who would go on trial for crimes against Genosha.

Back in New York, Charles and the Genoshan ambassador had a brief meeting, where Charles was shown footage of Rachel's death and the capture of his people, shaking him to his core and for the first time causing him to doubt his Dream. A meeting of US law enforcement and political agencies - Fred Duncan of the FBI, Val Cooper of the Secret Service, Nick Fury of SHIELD and David Langstrom of the CIA - came to the depressing conclusion that there was little to be done to aid Xavier's people without causing an international incident. David Langstrom did, however, manage to get a degree of satisfaction, when the Genoshan Ambassador approached him with a proposal and Langstrom refused - and broke the other man's hand with a stapler.

Related Links

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Jenny Ransome

Phillip Moreau

The Citadel

Genosha Arc


External Links

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Trivia and Meta

Trivia

Following the rescue attempt, the tallies were as follows:

Escaped: Madelyne Pryor, Garrison Kane, Angelo Espinosa, Molly Hayes, Meggan Szardos, Marius Laverne, Jean-Paul Beaubier, Artie Maddicks, Sooraya Qadir, Megan Gwynn, Matt Murdock, Fred Dukes, Emma Frost, Wade Wilson, Wanda Maximoff, Sharon Smith, Warren Worthington, Jean-Phillipe Colbert, Nico Minoru, Lucas Bishop, John Allerdyce, Sam Guthrie, Jean Grey, Callisto.

Captured: Scott Summers, Paige Guthrie, Remy LeBeau, Sarah Morlocke, Ororo Munroe, Marie-Ange Colbert, Kyle Gibney, David North, Kurt Wagner, Doreen Green, Clarice Ferguson, Alexander Lexington, Amanda Sefton, Jubilation Lee, Tabitha Smith, Theresa Cassidy, David Haller, Doug Ramsey, Vance Astrovik, Angelica Jones.

Still Imprisoned: Layla Miller, Korvus Rook'shir, Carmilla Black, Adrienne Frost.

Meta

Plotrunner: Dex, sub-runner Rossi

This arc is the X-Project version of the epic canon storyline X-Tinction Agenda.

The events of this plot still occurred in Phase 2, but specifics, such as which characters were involved, remain fuzzy for the purposes of not breaking the world. ;)

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