Cyclops and Jean get married and Senator Kelly becomes president. Creed spreads anti-mutant protests throughout the country, focusing his interests on the recently pardoned Beast. Morph seeks revenge on the X-Men for leaving him to die. He fakes a distress call, sending Professor Xavier to help Magneto in Antarctica. Morph transforms into various members of the X-Men to cause confusion among themselves as more anti-mutant protests rise.

Jean Grey uses Cerebro to detect a tearing in the astral plane in a part of Africa. Rogue and Storm decide to investigate the astral plane disturbance. Shani tells Storm that MjNari caused the destruction. Storm agrees to let the Shadow King host her body instead of the boy. Wolverine confronts Morph, who says he has get through this by himself. Storm forces the Shadow King to leave her body. MjNari lures the Shadow King into the astral plane opening. Xavier and Magneto find they are in the Savage Land and discover they cannot use their powers. Two villain try to abduct Magneto, who falls into a river and Xavier tries to save him.