While talking with Magneto, the present Cyclops realizes that their powers are fluctuating after their exposure to the Phoenix Force in the previous war; he can contain his optical blasts without his visor, but has trouble maintaining them when they are used, and Magneto is having trouble with his own magnetic powers. They attempt to rescue Emma Frost from captivity, but she is also having trouble with her powers as her telepathy appears to be weakened even if she can still turn into her diamond form. Magik, however, has gained new abilities from her exposure to the Phoenix Force. Having set up a base in an old Weapon X facility, the three of them depart to rescue a new group of mutants, but are subsequently confronted by the original X-Men, with the young Cyclops challenging his future self to justify his current talk of a "revolution".

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