Quick summary:
• Proteus appears in London and tries to absorb the energies of a man. Meanwhile, the X-men are questioning X, wondering if he was responsible for bringing Proteus. He explains that he did not know of his presence and that the Shadow King must have been using fragments of Proteus' soul. By ending Farouk's psychic desease, Proteus must have joined his fragments and returned. But X guarantees that he can stop Proteus.
• Bishop tries to prevent Proteus from absorbing the energy of civilians using his energy weapon. X tries to prevent Bishop from continuing firing, as the weapon's energy will only end up energizing Proteus. Bishop says he knows, but by doing this, he can distract Proteus so he does not hurt anyone.
• Proteus controls Bishop's weapon and shoots at himself several times to energize himself.
• Logan suggests that he and Archangel use the metal of their claws and wings to kill Proteus, but Archangel says he does not necessarily want to kill him if there is another option. X agrees and asks Psylocke to join him to get into the mind of Proteus.
• In Proteus' mind, the two find Kevin MacTaggert in human form and fairly controlled. He says that when he fought the X-men in the past, he was just a kid trying to get away from a cell. But now, he spent millennia on the astral plane with Farouk and realized that what he did was wrong and that now he does not want to hurt anyone. He says he will not attack the X-men if they leave him alone to live his life.
• X responds by pulling two psychic weapons. Psylocke asks what he's doing and what happened with the idea of not shedding blood. X replies that they can not take risks. Proteus then attacks them mentally and in the physical world, merging the bodies of the two telepaths.
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I really like Soule's work here. The way he writes X is very interesting. Totally unpredictable and egocentric, and in a very convincing way. It's cool to show "how Xavier would be if he were somehow corrupted and in a young healthy body" and add that in normal chronology in a believable way.
Poor Betsy, I could tell she didn't want to go with the guy, but she went and got herself screwed. The cover made me think they would have a fight, but it was more the concept of the two disagreeing. Siqueira has a clean and beautiful art.
Another cool point is that Soule recognizes chronology points in order to add weight to the story, but without being pedantic or just to please the fans just for the sake of it. These moments are really important to the story.