"Oh my god!" Jean screamed as she scrambled as far away from the aberration in front of her. She inadvertently went right into Scott's arms.

"Oh, DAMN! Ah forgot to mention that Jean was evil. Damn, Ah knew Ah forgot somethin'."

Apocalypse snickered at Rogue's comment. "Child, nothing you say or do will change what's going to happen here. I am strong where as the rest of mutantkind are weak. I am as far above you as you are above humans."

Rogue snorted. "Being so far above has turned ya into an airhead. Do ya really think we're going to let ya manipulate the timeline like this?"

"Foolish child! Do you think you can stop me!"

Rogue smiled. "Ah can't…but he can." Rogue gestured behind her and Rama-Tut stepped out of the house. Apocalypse was obviously surprised to see him. He wasn't unhappy though.

He laughed. "You think this 'pharaoh' can stop me! Hahaha! I've beaten him once; I'll do it again!" Apocalypse touched a button on his gauntlet and he was suddenly without his armor. "I don't even need anything to protect me. I am invincible!" And that was what Rogue was counting on. His supposed invincibility was in reality an illusion that was about to be shattered.

Rama-Tut stepped towards the now armor-less Apocalypse. "En Sabah Nur! You beat me once…but not again. I am prepared this time." Rama-Tut drew a long spear like thing from it's holster on his back. At closer inspection it appeared to be something like Gambit's bo. Rama-Tut twisted a mechanism on it and out shot spikes on either end. Almost every mutant on the ground let out a long silent "damn" and stepped back. Though he looked like someone you would find leading tours in the library, this 'pharaoh' was obviously very dangerous. Perfect.

Rogue turned to the X Men and everyone else. "Here's what Ah didn't tell ya. In the future, Jeanie's evil and we have to kill her future self. Everyone good?" At that moment Dark Phoenix used her telekinesis to throw Rama-Tut far, far into the air. As he landed with a loud bam, everyone nodded. This was not their Jean, and it was their duty to stop her.

Far away from this battle, Mystique was facing another kind of battle. To kill, or not kill the love of her life.

"Destiny! What is the meaning of this?"

Irene, aka Destiny, swung her gun towards Mystique's voice. "You don't get it, you never have! I warned you! I said do not interfere with time! You will start something impossible to finish! You will condemn our daughter to death! HE will kill her!" Irene shot and winged Mystique.

"You're not making any sense. Calm down." Mystique tried to sooth Destiny, knowing that when in the throes of emotions screwed up by her visions, that she was not understanding what she was doing.

"Raven! Please! You must stop what's happening! Rogue will die. She'll die at his hands! Stop her! Stop her!" Irene turned to shoot, but by the time she did Mystique was too close. They grappled for control of the weapon but only one was trying to kill the other. Just because her eyes were blind, didn't mean that Irene was defenseless. Irene used a high kick to Mystique's side to cut her down and as she lay on the ground Irene aimed the gun.

"It's all in my diaries. I didn't see 'till a few days ago. I didn't put it together." Irene fired, but missed. That was her mistake. Mystique came up in a rush of movement and had the knife imbedded in Irene's heart before she knew what she'd done. Mystique cradled Irene as she slowly slid to the ground, her lover's blood rushing over the knife and onto Mystique's hands.

"Stop her, Raven. Stop her. He'll kill…Rogue will…die…" Irene was slowly fading, what little life she had in her was almost gone.

"Who will kill Rogue? Tell me, Irene!"

Irene smiled, and whispered, "Vargas."

Mystique held Irene long after she was dead. She didn't hear the battle raging behind her because inside all she felt was an inferno of grief. And anger. She had no idea who this Vargas was but she would find him and kill him. No one was killing her daughter. First though, she had a little matter to deal with. Destiny's Diaries.

I'm giving you a few clues as to what the next story in this series will be about. Just FYI.