THE HUNT FOR XAVIER
The next 6 issues revolve around the X-Men finally trying to find Charles Xavier after he went missing during Zero Tolerance.
Uncanny X-Men #362-364 & X-Men v2 #82-84
We start off with SHIELD trying to take down Pyro in Nebraska, who is spiraling out of control spreading fires and seemingly called for Xavier. Nick Fury approaches the X-Men about this and asks for their help finding him.
In Nebraska, the X-Men succeed in saving lives from Pyro and dousing his flames, however he becomes burnt out and near death when SHIELD steps in and takes him into custody. We also see that some unidentified figure was possibly the cause of the fires, and Pyro was just running from him. Meanwhile, we see that Xavier is on the run with an unknown accomplice. Also, Dr. Cecilia Reyes is now running her own medical office at the Salem Center where she recieves a huge package from Moira MacTaggart. It turns out to be her own version of cerebro, which Kitty uses to try to find Xavier. They receive two different matches for his bio-signature, one in San Francisco and one in Russia so the X-Men split up to find him.
Storm, Colossus, Rogue & Gambit make it to Russie and come across a giant ice palace where they think they'll find the professor, and once inside they find a lot of dead monks.
There they encounter a huge crystal barrier, and upon entering find themselves in a world of altered realities where a little girl called Nina uses her psychic powers to try and keep them away. Nina is taking her orders from someone that she calls "Charley." The X-Men find a way out of their warped reality; strong emotions. When they escape Nina's guardian, Renée (who was an old friend of Charles Xavier and was part of the Genoshan war), identifies them as the X-Men. Nina is upset, though; they have let in the very monster that she was trying to prevent access to her. It is called Cerebro, and it has come for Charles Xavier, and it is to eliminate all opposition.
The next 6 issues revolve around the X-Men finally trying to find Charles Xavier after he went missing during Zero Tolerance.
Uncanny X-Men #362-364 & X-Men v2 #82-84
We start off with SHIELD trying to take down Pyro in Nebraska, who is spiraling out of control spreading fires and seemingly called for Xavier. Nick Fury approaches the X-Men about this and asks for their help finding him.
In Nebraska, the X-Men succeed in saving lives from Pyro and dousing his flames, however he becomes burnt out and near death when SHIELD steps in and takes him into custody. We also see that some unidentified figure was possibly the cause of the fires, and Pyro was just running from him. Meanwhile, we see that Xavier is on the run with an unknown accomplice. Also, Dr. Cecilia Reyes is now running her own medical office at the Salem Center where she recieves a huge package from Moira MacTaggart. It turns out to be her own version of cerebro, which Kitty uses to try to find Xavier. They receive two different matches for his bio-signature, one in San Francisco and one in Russia so the X-Men split up to find him.
Storm, Colossus, Rogue & Gambit make it to Russie and come across a giant ice palace where they think they'll find the professor, and once inside they find a lot of dead monks.
There they encounter a huge crystal barrier, and upon entering find themselves in a world of altered realities where a little girl called Nina uses her psychic powers to try and keep them away. Nina is taking her orders from someone that she calls "Charley." The X-Men find a way out of their warped reality; strong emotions. When they escape Nina's guardian, Renée (who was an old friend of Charles Xavier and was part of the Genoshan war), identifies them as the X-Men. Nina is upset, though; they have let in the very monster that she was trying to prevent access to her. It is called Cerebro, and it has come for Charles Xavier, and it is to eliminate all opposition.