His name was Erik Magnus Lehnsherr. His mission, to slay the mighty Apocalypse and free humanity. But that was not his dream. It was his deceased friend's, Charles Xavier. The deceased friend who saved his life. But that was the past. Erik Magnus Lehnsherr, more commonly known as the mutant Magneto, was a new person. A man who would not kill. A man who gave mercy.

ZZAKT! Cyclops blasted a Sentinel, causing it to crash into another, firing a blast in the process. Suddenly, Cyclops was engulfed in blue smoke and BAMF, he was gone.

"Thanks Kurt," he said, starting to attack more Sentinels.

"Ze fuzzy dude alvays saves ze day," Nightcrawler replied, before teleporting in a cloud of blue smoke.

ZZAKT! Cyclops fired another optic blast. The Sentinel's head was blasted off. Smirking, Cyclops went to attack another. But he was suddenly pinned to the wall by a Metal Man.

"Don't move," the man said, "it'll hurt." But he was lifted up.

"Cyclops, go. I'll handle this man," Magneto ordered. He raised his hand higher, and the Metal Man was lifted higher in the air, "Colossus. What are you doing here, attacking my men?"

"Illyana is suffering from a deadly disease. Apocalypse has promised me the cure if I join his side," the man, Colossus, answered.

"Nonsense. Has he given you the cure?"

"No. But he has promised. Promise is a powerful word."

"Apocalypse is a liar. Pietro got tricked by him. Now he serves Apocalypse as one of his Four Horsemen. I trust you are one too?"

"It is none of your business, Magneto."

"Pietro is my son. I want to know how he is doing. Is he hurt?"

"See for yourself. He is attacking the one called Nightcrawler."

Magneto flung Colossus at a Sentinel. The Metal Man would not be harmed in his metal form, but the Sentinel would be destroyed. Magneto used his magnetic powers to fly to Nightcrawler.

"Pietro!" Magneto called, "where are you, my son?"

Pietro stopped. "Here," he said.

"Can you not return to me? Why do you stay with the liar Apocalypse?" Magneto asked.

"I'm sorry, Dad. I just can't," Pietro said, running off.

"Pietro." Magneto muttered, flying off.

Meanwhile, Jean was having a hard time fighting off some Sentinels. She fired a psychic bolt at one and it fell. Another shot a Bubble at her, and she was trapped in the green substance. The nearby Cyclops saw this, and immediately fired a series of optic blasts at the Sentinels. Unaware of the Sentinel behind him, he was easily caught.

Multiple chose to be the hero. Making a dozen other duplicates of himself, he, or they, went to attack a Sentinel. All armed with small guns, courtesy of Forge, they shot the giant robot and it tumbled. The duplicates began fading away with their guns, and only the real Multiple was left. A Sentinel fired a Bubble at him and he soon found himself in the green substance. A few other X-Men were caught: Nightcrawler, Iceman and Magma. Magneto called the rest back and they took off, leaving the rest behind.

(End here)

Evan Daniels sat down, looking at the full moon through the open manhole. Sighing, he thought back to when he still was an X-Man. He remembered the faces.

"Evan?" Somebody called from behind. Evan turned around to face the Morlock Marrow. Marrow had similar powers, just that her 'spikes' stuck out of her body.

"Yes, Sarah?" he asked. Turning his gaze back to the moon.

"Is anything wrong? You look troubled."

Evan put on a fake smile. "Nothing. Nothing at all, Sarah. Why do you ask?"

"You always sit here when you're troubled. You told me that a long time ago."

"I did, didn't I? Silly me. I forgot. I'm just thinking about my past."

"And the X-Men?"

"Yeah. And the X-Men."

"Come to think of it, Evan, why did you leave them?"

"I don't really know, actually. I just felt more comfortable here."

"It's very strange, you know. I always wanted to be in the X-Men. I never dared too. I thought I would be rejected because of my. ability."

"It must be hard. I mean, I can retract my spikes. You can't."

"I'm used to it."

"The night sky sure is beautiful tonight."

"Yeah."

"Kinda like you," Evan said out loud. He covered his mouth, blushing.

"You know, to be honest, I really like you."

"What?"

"I really like you, Evan."

"I-return-your-feelings-okay?" Evan said quickly.

Sarah looked at him. Drawing closer, they did not notice what they were doing. Their lips were just a few millimeters apart when Callisto interrupted.

"Stop kissing each other already. The Marauders have attacked. We need help!" Callisto said, before she ran off.

Evan got up immediately and followed Callisto. "Come on, Sarah! We gotta get there fast!" (End here)

Remy Lebeau watched as the girl slowly walked past. He had been sent to watch this Rouge by Apocalypse. Dressed as a beggar, he lay still, watching as she walked along. Once he was sure she was not paying much attention at him, he leapt up and grabbed her from behind, covering her mouth with a dark blue clothe to prevent her from shouting.

"Bonjour chere. What's a belle fille like you doing here at this time? Gambit t'inks you should go home," he whispered.

Rouge struggled. "Gambit don't t'ink you should do dat," he said. Rouge elbowed him in the stomach. Remy let her go, clutching his stomach.

"Petite malin-"

Rouge spun around and place her ungloved hand on his cheek, but nothing happened. She waited a while longer.

"Anyt'ing wrong, chere?"

"It ain't working. Why ain't it working?"

"Why ain't what working?"

"Are you. a mutant?"

"Gambit be a mutant t'ief."

"I can touch. I can touch!" Rouge hugged Gambit.

"The filles jus' can't keep their hands off Remy, can they?"

"Oh shut up." Rouge said, "why did yah do that for, anyway?"

"Do what?"

"Sneak up on meh lahke that,"

"Orders, chere. Orders."

"From who?"

"The man himself."

"Apocalypse."

"Of course," Gambit flicked his hand. A card, the Ace of Hearts, appeared. He charged it up and handed it to Rouge.

"What's this?" she asked.

"A present for a belle fille," Gambit said, backing away, "Remy be sorry, chere, but it's like this."

The card exploded, and Rouge was thrown several feet back, blacking out. Gambit picked her up.

"Forge, get us out of dis place."