The X-Jet landed, and Gwen was impressed that it didn't crash. Forge must have found a way around it.

Tents were set up all over the place – Temperance was in the medical one, resting after her battle with Loki.

The first one off the plane was Logan, with Emma close behind. Logan went right up to Sabretooth and grabbed him by his shirt and snarled "What did you do?"

Gwen but in. "He saved Temperance from Loki!"

Logan released Sabretooth, who growled.

"What happened here?"

"We split up," Chris said. "Deathbird attacked, but surrendered; thought the X-Men were mutates. She's over there. Cable and Luna showed up and saved some of us from the Mutates; and Loki attacked Temperance."

Logan looked at Sabretooth. "You saved my girl." He narrowed his eyes. "Why?"

"It's not the girl I have a problem with," growled Sabretooth.

Logan smiled slightly, and turned to Chris. "Where is she?"

Christian led his father and mother into the tent, where Temperance was sitting up. Nick was beside her, holding her hand. The two let go when Logan and Chris came in, and Chris crossed his arms and scowled.

"Hi, honey," Logan said, sitting beside his daughter.

She smiled weakly. "Hi, Dad."

"I'm so sorry this happened to you again."

"Again?" Nick asked. "Has this happened to her before?"

The room was silent. Finally, Emma spoke. "About a week before Temperance was born, an Asgardian prophecy said a girl would be born from diamond and metal, and that she would be the one to save Asgard from false relatives of the mighty Odin. Loki found out about the prophecy and attempted to kidnap her after she was born. Logan, of course, stopped him and brought Temperance home. Then, when she was eleven, she was playing in the garden when two snakes attacked her, nearly killing her. A year later, she was out with her sapien friends, and she was attacked and exposed as a mutant in front of Times Square. And when she was sixteen, she was transported to Asgard by Loki, whom she preceded to battle. In the end, he stabbed her and thought she was dead. Thor brought her home and we healed her. She was very close to death."

The whole room was silent again. Nick realized that must be where her scar came from, and he shook his head. "Unbelievable." He stood. "I'll kill him!"

"That makes two of us who want to," Chris snapped. "You don't know anything about this family! So why don't you just butt out and mind your own damned business!"

"Christian Troy!" Emma gasped. "Shame on you."

"No, he's right," Nick said. He nodded at Temperance. "Feel better soon." He turned to leave.

"Nick, wait," Temperance called, but he kept going.

Nick entered the clearing, where Andi was arguing with their parents.

"What's going on?" Nick asked, sulking over.

Andi jabbed a thumb at Cable. "This lunatic says he's our brother!"

"Uh, he is," Rachel coughed.

They all looked at each other – Scott looked at Rachel, who looked at Jean, who looked at Andi, who was just staring. After a moment, she spun around and stormed off.

"Anything else you'd care to tell us about?" Nick asked sarcastically before running off after his sister.

"I don't think ve are doing a very good job of this, sis," Claus told his sister as they walked through the woods in search of the missing Avengers.

"Ve're doing fine," his sister waved him off. "Some of those kids are vay to high-maintenance."

"Do you think ve should turn back?" Claus asked. "It's getting dark."

"Yes, lets go."

The two siblings made their way back towards the camp, but Evalyn stopped. "Vait. Do you hear that?"

"Yes. But vhere is it coming from?"

They followed the low, buzzing noise that seemed to lead into the east wooded area. As they walked farther, the buzzing grew louder. Finally, they stopped.

"The Avengers Jet!" Claus gasped.

The low buzzing noise was the radio, which was broken. The two of them jumped on top of the jet, and Evalyn teleported pieces of rubble away. Finally, she heard a moan.

"I have found him!" She pulled out the man called Spider-Man; Claus was pulling the Sentry from a burnt pile of rubble.

"Mister Spidey-Man, are you ok?" Evalyn asked. He groaned in response, and she looked at her brother, who nodded.

They teleported back to the camp.

Back at the camp, 22 and Selena were cleaning their guns with Captain America's daughter, K.C., who had come along with the X-Men to get some experience. They also had Cable in the circle, and they were silent until 22 broke the silence.

"So what are all these villains doing in the Savage Lands?"

"No clue," Cable said. "But there are lots of them here."

"There's gotta be a reason."

"Well, we can't stick around. After we find the missing Avengers, we have to get back. We have to train!" Selena said.

On cue, the Wagner children appeared in front of the teens – plus Cable – holding Peter and Bob up.

"Oh, shit," Selena said. "Logan, come quick!"

"Peter Parker, you are in so much trouble!"

Peter groaned and hit his head against the head board. "Alright, which one of you brought Mary Jane along? Well? Logan? Tony?"

MJ put her hands on her hips, their daughter Mae in a similar stance.

"Uh. Hi, honey. I'm so glad to see you," Peter said.

Temperance smiled from where she leaned up against the tent. A moment later, Bob's wife Lindy rushed in. She started scolding her husband about disappearing, and Temperance snuck out the door.

Nick was waiting for her outside. She sat on the ground beside him, and the two of them just sat in silence for a few minutes. Finally, Temperance said in a low voice, "At the end of the Prophecy, it said Loki would kill me."

"Alex told me."

Temperance put her cheek in her hand. "Is it wrong that I don't want to die? That I want to live my life and enjoy it?"

"Why would it be wrong?"

"I don't know. I don't know anything about that. I just wonder . . ."

"Well, don't."

The two of them were silent again.

"I'm sorry about your sister," Temperance said.

Nick shrugeed. "She'll get over it. But, c'mon, that's two alternate universe siblings. How many more is there going to be?"

Temperance smiled. They looked at each other, and Nick leaned in.

His lips gently grazed hers, and she closed her eyes and gave in. But then she opened her eyes. "Nick . . . No. We can't. I . . . I think we should just be friends. We can't let whatever this is get in the way of the new X-Men."

"Oh," Nick said, disappointment clear on his face. "I see."

"Nick, please . . ."

"No. No, I understand." He stood, and nodded. "I'll, uh. I'll see you later." And he left Temperance sitting against the tent, mentally smacking herself over and over again.