It seems that on Charles' journey here, that he's righting a great many wrongs from his and the X-Men's past. Yes, he's trying to rebuild his own memories, but he's also using the opportunity to 'fix' things, or at least work on them. Think about it, everybody has a list of things that they've wanted to do, or fix, or upgrade over the years. As you get older, the list gets longer and longer. Well now Charles has the opportunity to not only piece his memory back together, but as he does so, he has the time and the patience to take care of all of those little things that have popped up and he never had the chance to work on. Or, maybe they aren't so little, such as helping Rogue with her powers, or allowing Danger to be a free and sentient being when Charles realized what she actually was. Well in this issue, the final part of this story-arc, Charles does just that. When he and Remy first arrived in the Outback, Danger was putting Rogue through her paces, as it were, to get her to face and confront something. These Shi'ar scavengers showed up because they recognized Danger's energy signature, and were hoping to make some money off of her by returning her. They end up working together to find Rogue and Danger. However, they find Danger first. When Charles shuts her down, so that he can reboot her, the scavengers quickly try to take advantage of the situation. But while Danger is shut down, Rogue sense Charles and Remy and comes to their aid. Afterwards, it seems that the reboot worked because Danger seems much more clear and focused now. Then together, her and Charles work on helping Rogue with her powers. It turns out that because of her first incident with Cody Robbins, she began partitioning off parts of her brain. Since she couldn't control them, this happened over and over. Because of that, her powers were never able to develop properly. In essence they were paralyzed or frozen in their nascent stages. After Charles and Danger work on her . . that's all changed. Rogue's powers quickly finished the developmental process that they were denied, and now . . now Rogue has to learn to control them all over again. But . . she will have control. And what she does with her powers, is up to her. I thought this was a great story-line and I especially like the resolutions that were accomplished. I'm glad that Rogue can move on from this state that she's been stuck in, and now we can start delving into the character that is Danger. She's not just a human hating machine anymore. Mike Carey and Scot Eaton have done a great job on this book. I really like this direction and the revelations that are coming from Charles' previous experiences. Keep up the good work, guys.
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