This issue, at least, we seem to make a little headway. Not a lot. But . . . more than last issue. Storm has decided to take some action, and find out where the Morlocks are, and what exactly is happening to them down in the tunnels. Well . . . also because the whole thing is being blamed on mutants, and thereby raising the mutant hysteria. So she Caliban, Warpath and Hezibah all head down to the Subway. Since she's staying at the Baxter building, there's some cool interaction between them and Johnny and Ben in the beginning of the story. Meanwhile, Charles and Nightcrawler are trying to find Erik. But that has become more critical, because after their recent attack the Morlocks have posted a message on the web talking about M-Day, their prophecies and Magneto. So they definitely have to find Eric before the Morlocks do. But the Morlocks have again escalated the stakes, when a ONE squad comes in on their location, a couple of them get killed. There's also some friction between Masque and Skids because Skids doesn't like the methods that he's using. She thinks that he's picking and choosing the parts he wants to take from the prophecies. The parts that rile up the anger in everyone. In the end they find Skids under some rubble still alive, and then they're confronted by a Sentinel. But Skids is the one that talks it down, because she's actually a SHIELD agent. Great story by Ed Brubaker and Salvador Larroca. I just wish it would pick up some speed. Anyways, in the backup, chapter 6 of Endangered Species, Hank has come face to face with the Dark Beast. He says something I never really thought about, "My operational name is a joke at my own expense. His was earned, in Apocalypse's genetics labs." Anyways, long story short, despite reason, Hank decides to work with him on the problem. But Hank's in charge. And he doesn't cross any line without Hank telling him to. "I already know I'm going to regret this." We're almost half way through our chapters, and now the stories just getting started.
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