Hope Part 1 Wolverine, Iceman, Archangel, Nightcrawler and Stacey X, as well as Monet, on-loan from X-Corporation, are heading to Scotland after Xavier reported a distress call he picked up. Tensions run high between Stacey and Monet, and soon their jet is attacked by large fireballs which are fired from a nearby island. Monet is blasted through an opening in the hull, while Nightcrawler is forced to crash the jet on the island, bursting it through a castle. In Vancouver, a young boy with a fish-like appearance, Sammy Pare, is bullied by some other kids. He arrives home and goes to a field, where he has a small hide-out. Inside, he has a gun hidden away that he puts in his pocket and returns home, where he finds that Professor Charles Xavier is waiting for him. Xavier invites Sammy to the Xavier Institute. Sammy is very keen to go, and he meets the Beast who is piloting the jet that Xavier arrived in. Xavier realizes Sammy has a gun with him, and confiscates it. As they prepare to leave Vancouver, Xavier contacts the X-Men, and learns that they are in danger and injured. To complicate matters, the Juggernaut has appeared!
