X-Men #7 opens with a flashback to Dr. Stasis in New Jersey, preparing to send his chimeras to wreak havoc in New York.

Subsequently, there's a flash-forward to Emma greeting Scott upon his resurrection.

Flashback: Scott, Synch, and Wolverine (Laura) are fighting the chimeras on the streets of New York City. (We learn that Jean, Lorna, and Rogue are on Arrako.) Synch and Scott accomplish some incredible feats. The former uses what is later suspected to be muscle memory to replicate Jean's telekinesis. The latter effectively ricochets and channels his optic blasts through traffic lights to target and blast several chimeras at once.

Finally, Scott saves a baby from a chimera before it slices him on the neck. After he hands the baby to a woman, he collapses on a garbage heap. A paramedic approaches him and assures him, "The good news is, it wasn't a complete cut of your carotid artery," before pulling out a scalpel, slicing him, and noting, "The bad news is...now your carotid's finished." As Scott lies dying, the paramedic says to him, "Let's try a little experiment. I'm going to tell you exactly where to find me, and let's see if you can remember when you come back," before whispering his location, which is illegible.

Flash-forward: Forge and Jumbo Carnation are examining the Captain Krakoa suit in the Quiet Council's meeting room, presumably after Scott used it in X-Men #6, as Scott, Jean, and the Council look on. Scott talks to Jean telepathically, admitting, "I don't remember anything about the day." Jean responds, "Not surprising, but--" and Scott interrupts: "Urich knew about resurrection...until he didn't. I'd like you to look back on my chat with Ben the other night." Jean is surprised. "Oh," she says, "You don't think I erased Ben's memories, do--" and Scott interrupts again: "No. Just making sure, because..."

There's a panel of Scott and Jean looking at Emma before Scott continues, "Because we may be in a two-front war. One with the Quiet Council, and of course, we have a much bigger problem..."



The scene cuts to Dr. Stasis looking at the uniform of the paramedic that killed Scott. Presumably, it was Dr. Stasis who murdered him. Scott continues his thought, in voiceover: "Somebody is playing a dangerous game with us. And they're ahead. And I'm pissed off."

The issue ends with two data pages:

Synch's Medical Report: As noted above, Dr. Cecilia Reyes theorizes that Synch was able to replicate Jean's telekinesis, even though she is "off-world," due to the fact that "[t]he resurrection protocols are increasing the previous baseline powers, and Synch's power set may now include the ability to retain a limited 'muscle memory.' His close proximity to Jean since moving to New York may also have helped him pull off this feat."

Dr. Reyes also notes the following: "We define an 'Omega mutant' as having no upper limits to their powers, and it may be that we are witnessing the emergence of a new Omega in Synch. It's unclear what, if any, role resurrection has played in the ability to 'recall' Jean's powers, more data is needed."

Earth-Arrako Relay (E.A.R.): E.A.R. is described as "ten satellites [that] were launched into space with the purpose of connecting mutants on Arakko with mutants on Earth." Additionally, it is noted that "[t]he satellites are well-protected and carry a robust self-destruct system which might seem like overkill for a web of communication satellites." Moreover, it is revealed that "[m]utant communication is fundamentally telepathic, and each of the satellites carries a bank of mutant telepathic brains. Forge reckoned correctly that he did not need entire brains but rather just multiples of telepathic left hemispheres that governed speech and language from a single volunteer. The Five were put off at the request, but Xavier nodded, said he was the donor tissue, and E.A.R. was born. Finally, "[t]he existence of the satellites is common knowledge on both worlds, but their telepathic nature is known only to Forge, Krakoa's telepaths, the Quiet Council and the X-Men."