EPISODE 17:

We fade into the tomb of En Sabah Nur. His mummified body is at rest. We see Cloak and Dagger emerge in the darkness. Tandy makes a bright light dagger and walks around the circular room. We see Arabic inscriptions on the walls. She finds what looks like a candle holder and puts the light in there, a steady spot. She continues walking around the room and puts more light daggers in a few more candle holders. Now they can see everything. Tyrone is stood staring at Nur. Tandy goes to stand beside him.

Dagger: "He's big."

Cloak: "Yeah."

Dagger: "Are you ready to do this?"

Cloak: "Yeah. But er, maybe we should remove the wraps around him first. De-mummify him."

Dagger: "Do we need to? What if his natural state is to look like this? If we remove the wraps maybe he'll decompose to ashes or something?"

Cloak: "You watch too many movies."

Dagger: "Right, as if we ever get the time."

Cloak: "Off his eyes then at least?"

Dagger: "Ok."

Tyrone goes to Nur's head and carefully pulls the wrap that covers his eyes.

Dagger: "Alright can we get this over with? I'm gettin' the shivers down here."

Tyrone nods and he close his eyes as Tandy stands back. He puts his hands on Nur's shoulders and we see him disappear. Tandy looks confused as Nur hasn't moved. Tyrone reappears exactly where he was.

Cloak: "I can't do it."

Dagger: "What do you mean? You know your way out, just get him into the sunlight."

Cloak: "No I mean I can't do it. My teleportation won't allow me to move him."

Dagger: "Try again."

Cloak tries again, but again he can't move Nur.

Cloak: "Is there any other way we can do this? We can't exactly carry him up."

Dagger: "Magneto said he needs light, so what if I provide that light?"

Cloak: "Sunlight Tandy, I don't think your shine is going to work here. Daggers are all over the room and they've had no affect."

Dagger: "Well at least let me try?"

Cloak holds his hands up and backs away from Nur's body. Dagger beams bright white light from her hands. She shines it over the entire body of Nur. Cloak takes a closer look, but he waves his hand to get Tandy to stop.

Cloak: "See."

Dagger shakes her head. "Well what's our next best plan? Wasp was going to get natural sunlight down here right?"

Cloak: "Yeah and she's on our side, but to find her would take time, especially if she's in her shrunken state. I was thinking maybe Nightcrawler could do it."

Dagger: "But if your teleportation doesn't work then why would his?"

Cloak: "He's a mutant and so is En Sabah Nur. Maybe that's why my abilities aren't working."

/

Up top we see Quicksilver zing to where Magneto and Cyclops are arguing.

Quicksilver: "Dad, I've been to have a look around. There are four tunnels that wind differently, but all end at Nur's tomb. Cloak and Dagger are already down there. There are others in the tunnels too, but it's pitch black until you get to the tomb so they'll take a while to make it there."

Erik: "Good son. Cloak and Dagger will wake Nur and our plan will be close to completion."

Cyclops: "No Erik, you still don't get it. I've about had enough of this." Scott looks over to Nightcrawler who's checking on his fallen mother. "Kurt, our plan!"

Nightcrawler looks over his shoulder and gives Cyclops a nod. BAMPF, he goes to Cyclops and touches his arm as well as Magneto's. Erik begins to give Quicksilver instruction, but before he can get a word out BAMPF, Nightcrawler, Erik and Cyclops are gone. Quicksilver realises that Mystique is down.

Quicksilver: "Shit."

/

Back in the tomb we watch as sand and gravel travel along the floor only to emerge by the body of En Sabah Nur as Dust.

Dust: "You were supposed to be friends of the X-Men. Give me a reason why I shouldn't remove you from here in cyclone of sand."

Dagger: "Damn it, another bitch who thinks she knows better."

Cloak: "Relax Tandy. Look, Dust right? We're not here to fight. Nor harm anyone."

Dust: "Arriving with soldiers and a rocket launcher gives a distinct otherwise impression."

Cloak: "That was Erik's doing. Magneto. I don't suppose you've met him before?"

Dust: "No."

Cloak: "Well he's a politician. He says whatever he needs to in order to get what he wants, so it looks like he enlisted our help, but in truth we enlisted his. We have different reasons from Erik as to why, but we must wake En Sabah Nur."

Dust: "Why?"

Dagger: "Do we have to go through the details now? We have to wake him!"

Dust: "Tell me why or else I will be forced to be combative. I am hearing you out only because the X-Men trusted you, once."

Dagger: "I can give you a fight woman."

Cloak: "Tandy would you please? Just calm down."

Cloak goes on to tell Dust that ever since Decimation Day Cloak and Dagger haven't been able to see any future. "That's what Tandy and I do; when we touch people we can see what's a good part of their future, their hopes and dreams and we can see a bad. She sees the light and I see the dark. But after Decimation Day we had a disconnect between us. I went to New York and found a friend in Luke Cage. Tandy went to Europe in search of a better life. But soon I realised that I wasn't seeing anything when I'd encounter bad guys. I saw nothing, just pitch black. First I thought it was drugs or lack of wherewithal that clouded people's minds and that they had no future, but then when Tandy and I reunited she said she saw nothing but darkness too. We realised that it all started when Decimation Day happened; the world lost the vast majority of it's mutant population."

Dagger: "More importantly; it had lost it's future."

Dust: "How do you figure it was completely down to D-Day? Maybe it happened because the two of you were far apart?"

Dagger: "That's what we thought initially, but my other powers were fine. I could still detect truth by touching someone and I was still able to put them to sleep. Ty' could still teleport so the only thing that was unclear, black, was the future."

Cloak: "That's why we need to wake Nur. We have been all over the world and it's obvious that Wanda still has her powers because she's completely covered her tracks somehow. We don't know where she is nor where to find her."

Dagger: "Believe us Dust, we never wanted to help bust Juggernaut out of jail or side with Magneto. We are friends of the X-Men. But ends justify our means. Nur has to wake in order to find Wanda. She has to restore the mutant population and give everyone their powers back."

Dust: "How do you know she can do it? She was emotionally distraught, so I've heard, when she made mutant powers disappear. What if she can't reset everything? What if the powers are completely gone?"

Cloak: "That's where it gets complicated. We believe that the powers aren't gone, they're simply being harvested."

Dust: "Harvested where? How?"

Dagger: "We don't know, but that's where Nur comes in. When he wakes he'll feel the world and he'll know that there is a lack of mutant presence. We'll talk to him and he'll see that he needs to help us in order to restore balance."

Cloak: "And to restore hope."

Dust: "But you know the history? You know the stories? Nur's mutant alias is Apocalypse for a reason."

Cloak: "We know that. But every time he rests he does so because the world has balance. Bringing mutants back by finding Wanda will restore that balance."

Dust shakes her head.

Dagger: "Look Dust," she waves her arm toward the inscriptions on the walls.

Dust walks to them to take a closer look. She begins reading the Arabic to herself.

Cloak: "We know you're an X-Man Dust, but we are not here to do bad and we understand the consequences of waking Apocalypse. But you have to see he's -"

Dust: "- He's a Prophet."

/

We see Nightcrawler emerge with Cyclops and Erik in the security office. There are two Wakanda'n guards there. Nightcrawler holds Erik with his tail and guides him to a seat where the guards tie him down with duct tape.

Erik: "You're a fool Scott Summers. You never understand the bigger picture, you only think of now, the immediate and -"

Cyclops: " - You want tape over your mouth? Well then shut up so I can hear myself think."

Cyclops gets his phone out of his pocket and makes a video call. Emma Frost is on screen.

Emma: "Scott? Are you alright?"

Cyclops: "I am, but I don't know about everybody else. We can talk later, but I thought you might want in on this."

Scott turns the phone in his hand to show Emma how Erik is taped to a chair. He places the phone on the security station opposite where Erik is sitting so it looks like Erik and Emma are face to face.

Emma: "Be careful Scott."

Cyclops: "We will. Kurt lets go. We need to regroup before confronting Cloak and Dagger."

BAMPF, Nightcrawler and Cyclops disappear. The Wakanda'n guards resume their positions at the control panel.

Emma begins her interrogation: "Cloak and Dagger? Erik, what did you do?"

/

We hear "Helllp, helllp!"

Quicksilver looks over the edge of the destruction leading down to Nur's tomb. "Juggernaut? Oh hey, didn't see ya down there." He sees Juggernaut stuck in the ground with only his head, a shoulder and one arm free.

Juggernaut: "Bull shit Silver boy, you ran past me a few moments ago! Help me. Get me out of here!"

Quicksilver: "I couldn't move you when you were standing so I won't be able to get you out of that. Let me go get Blob. Don't go anywhere now."

Pietro zings off.

Juggernaut yells: "Ass hole!"

/

We see a clip where it's only Wolverine at the first line of defence. There are Doom's goons' bodies everywhere, but Wolverine's never ending fight with Sabretooth continues.

/

We are at the second line of defence where the commotion has simmered down. Dr. Doom is no longer there, but we see Iron Man beside Black Widow. She's conscious and talking, but can't get up. Angel is down and hurt and we see Blob down too. Hulk and Beast are dealing with remaining Doom goons as Spider-Man is getting himself back to his feet and back to the remainder of the fight. Captain America is beside the bodies of Mr. Fantastic, Storm and Black Panther. He has Sue Storm's head in his lap. BAMPF, Nightcrawler and Cyclops emerge.

Cyclops: "Cap' what happened?"

Captain America: "We got here and it was too late." Cap' points over to Thing, who's holding Johnny Storm's body.

Cyclops: "Sue?"

Captain America closes Sue Storm's eyes. "She's gone."

Cyclops goes over to see Johnny, but Thing pushes him away.

Cyclops: "Thing, come on, let me check on him."

Thing barks: "He's alive, but barely. No thanks to you!"

Spider-Man comes over: "Oh my God, Sue! Is Reed?"

Thing: "Alive. At least."

Cyclops goes back to Captain America: "Storm? T'challa?"

Captain America: "They're alright. They're asleep."

Cyclops: "Alright, Kurt take Hulk and go help Wolverine. Get back here as soon as you can."

Spider-Man: "I need to find Mary-Jane."

Cyclops: "We'll all go to the Complex now Peter, don't worry."

Iron Man pipes up: "Can't let you do that Cyc'. We have a lot of people down and we need to get'm care."

Cyclops: "The mission's not over yet Tony. Cloak and Dagger are down at the tomb."

Iron Man: "Cloak and Dagger are your fuckin' responsibility alright. Sue Storm just died Scott. If I get anywhere near Cloak and Dagger I might kill'm myself."

Cylcops: "What? Tony be reasonable. It was Doom that killed her right?"

Captain America: "Right."

Iron Man: "Right, so? Who brought Doom into Magneto's plan? Why are Cloak and Dagger in cahoots with them? I don't know and I don't care. I'm taking my people and we're leaving. This wedding is obviously over."

Captain America: "Tony, we can't abandon them now. The world is our responsibility."

Iron Man: "My people are my responsibility. (Addressing his earpiece) Happy, get Rhodey. We're going to need an extraction."

Cyclops looks at Captain America who looks at Hulk, then back at Cyclops.

Captain America: "Where's Erik right now?"

Cyclops: "Security office. He's not a danger. Mystique is hurt and out of the picture too. With Doom gone all we have to do is get through the remaining fight at the Complex."

Captain America: "Alright, Hulk go with Nightcrawler. Thing take Johnny with Tony. Assuming the worst we best get Reed, Ororo and T'challa out of here, along with Angel and anyone else that's hurt. We did what you asked of us Summers. We helped. By the time Hulk gets back we'll be ready for extraction. We'll try wake those three and try and heal the wounded, but we're not sticking around for what may come against Nur. We're not strong enough and we need to regroup and recuperate. You have to make sure that Nur is handled. Can you do that?"

Cyclops: "Your team has done more than I had hoped." Cyclops shakes Captain America's hand. Iron Man shakes his head. "The X-Men will handle things from here. Thank you," to Iron Man and Black Widow; "all of you."

Cyclops looks at Spider-Man.

Spider-Man: "Oh I'm stickin' around. I can't leave here without MJ. I'd never forgive myself."

Nightcrawler to Iron Man: "What about the security pillars you have in place to trap Nur? Who has control of them?"

We see Beast leap over after having decked two final goons: "I know how to use those if we so need them." Beast goes over to put a hand on Thing's shoulder. Thing has a tear in his eye.

Thing: "He tried saving his sister. But as soon as Doom got through he got what he wanted; Sue one on one. Sue screamed at him, yelled and told him to fuck off. He said that if he couldn't have her then no one could. He could've killed Johnny or me or Reed. He took Sue. He fuckin' killed Sue."

Natasha stumbles over to hug and console Thing. Cyclops and Captain America look forlorn. Tony is angry. BAMPF, Nightcrawler and Hulk disappear as Spider-Man heads to the Complex. In the distance within the rubble on the same scene we see Quicksilver arrive by a fallen Blob. He can't move him. He looks over to the crowd by Sue and Johnny's fallen bodies. He shakes his head and zings out of there.

/

The Wasp has arrived from out of the tunnels to join Cloak, Dagger and Dust by the body of En Sabah Nur.

Dust: "The writing translates to declare not only that Nur is the first mutant, but that he's Muslim too. He was put on earth by Allah as a keeper of balance. It took hundreds of years for other mutants to emerge, but it says that they only did so after Nur gave Allah the message that the world was ready for mutants. And you're right, Nur goes back into hibernation whenever balance is in order after he's risen. It says what's happened every time that he wakes. Sometimes he has destroyed countries. Other times he has done absolutely nothing."

Wasp: "Nothing?"

Dust: "Nothing at all. Four times over the centuries he's risen and done nothing. Simply gave the message to God that the world is in balance and then went back to sleep."

Dagger: "Shouldn't God already know that?"

Dust: "He sees all that we do, but not necessarily by conventional thinking. Maybe He sees us through the eyes of a child. Maybe He sees us through our dearest loved one. But He is not always present. As master of the universe He has other planets, probably other galaxies to watch over. So Nur is here as his messenger. A Prophet."

Wasp: "And evidently here as his restorer of balance. So you'll help us, I mean you get all this right? You're Muslim. With you understanding the writing on these walls maybe you can be the one who talks to him. He'll know you woke him and you can tell him what happened with Wanda."

Dust: "I am Muslim and I could talk to him yes, but I am part of a team. I cannot make these decisions without discussion and fair conclusion."

Dagger: "By the time you do that the X-Men might've caved this place in or closed it off. We can't wait."

Dust: "No. The X-Men are fair. They will listen to me, if not to you."

Cloak: "But they'll be angry Dust. People have been hurt in a real big fight up there. Please. We must get Nur into the light to wake him."

Dust reads the inscription further on. She says: "It's not just light that wakes him. It's very specific. The light has to come from a certain direction and it has to shine on his eyes."

Wasp: "What direction?"

/

We fade to a clip showing Nightcrawler and Hulk arriving to help Wolverine. They dominate Dr. Doom's remaining soldiers and then batter Sabretooth who eventually flees the scene realising that he's outnumbered 3-1.

Wolverine: "Aaaarrrgh! I could've had him!"

Hulk: "Hulk scare puny mutant away."

Wolverine: "You don't scare me bub, damn it Kurt why are you here?"

Nightcrawler: "People are hurt and the tomb has been exposed mein freund. Serious matters are at hand and Cyclops wants us to regroup."

Wolverine: "Fuck. Who's hurt?"

/

Dust: "I don't know how I feel about this."

Wasp: "What direction?"

Dagger: "Come on, we're wasting time here."

Cloak: "Wait Tandy, give her time. Dust, you believe in God. You trust in God. So trust in his messenger. Help us wake him. You said it yourself, En Sabah Nur is a Prophet."

Dust is in two minds, she shakes her head, but continues looking around the room, reading scriptures and trying to come to a decision.

Cloak: "Islam speaks of Judgement Day."

Wasp: "It's different for Jews."

Dagger: "It's similar for Christians."

Cloak: "The Day of Judgement doesn't come around at the hands of a mutant, am I right? That's fair right?"

Dust looks at him.

Cloak: "So trust in your God. He put you down here for a reason, this very reason, to wake Nur. He has to wake and he has to wake because of you. God needs you to wake him."

Dust pauses to think.

Wasp: "Dust, please? What direction does the sunlight need to come from?"

Dagger: "Please Dust?"

Cloak: "Dust?"

/

We fade to seeing the destruction and bodies left down and hurt at the wedding venue. The only thing left standing and upright is the wedding cake.