X-MEN THE END. BOOK TWO #1#2#3#4#5#6 - MARVEL COMICS (2005) 433198

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ENGLISH BOOK
The story begins at the ruins of the Xavier institute. Where the
estate once resided, it has been replaced with a mile-wide crater. Northstar, having saved Cyclops, dies from internal injuries. It is revealed that he joins the rest of the original Alpha Flight in the hereafter. Kitty Pryde
returns to Chicago, to continue her campaign for mayor. The X-Men and
their allies quickly regroup, but they almost immediately all come under
attack by the next wave of War Skrulls. During the strategic attack on
all of the various groups across the globe, the Skrulls are barely
repelled while the X-Men experience heavy losses. It is revealed that Sinister wants Rogue's and Emma's children as
genetic stock for the future, since he has concluded the X-Men are
hopeless. In space Nocturne is cured by Phoenix with the help of Nightcrawler,
whom she brought aboard the Starjammer in the first book. It is
revealed, in the process of freeing Nocturne's mind, that Lilandra (by
brokering a deal with the Slavers for a Brood queen from a dimension
where the Brood were not extinct) is responsible for the Brood returning
to this dimension. Lilandra was able to accomplish this, in part, by
allowing her captured sister to act as the host for the Brood Queen.
Both Lilandra and the Slavers made this arrangement in order to defeat Khan (see X-Treme X-Men)
(who threatened Lilandra's throne and Slavers' trade routes in this
dimension). Aliyah learns of this the hard way by wandering into a dark
(i.e., depowered) section of her ship and being attacked by
Deathbird/Brood queen (who was stowed away on the ship for years). In
the resulting battle, Aliyah is forced to kill her mother (but not
before Aliyah is infected by the Brood Queen, something that no one on
board the ship notices when she returns to the bridge). Cyclops sends Wolverine, X-23, M,
and Marvel Girl to find Sinister, Gambit, and the abducted children.
The heroes manage to find their way to Sinister's hidden base but are
immediately immobilized by an attack from Lady Mastermind. All live out
their fantasies until Wolverine, who is inspired by the astral form of Jean Grey
to fight, does so. He breaks free of the mind control and helps the
others break free. They all charge deeper into Sinister's base. Gambit has indeed been faking cooperation with Sinister, only
doing so in order to protect the children. After Sinister reveals his
own history and the fact that Gambit is actually a clone from his and
Cyclops's genetic makeup, Gambit decides enough is enough and goes to
rescue the children. As they make their escape, most of the children are
teleported back to Earth, while Gambit and his daughter are teleported
to the moon, near Sinister's mutant prison Neverland. Rogue rescues her
son and Emma's children from they were teleported. Back at Sinister's base, Rogue has joined the fray (caused by
Wolverine and others) and kills one of Sinister's minions. Before she
can rejoin her loved ones, she is slain by Sinister who was masquerading
as Gambit. Gambit is able to use the portal to get back to Sinister's
base just in time to see Sinister killing Rogue. They say their final
farewells before Rogue dies. Mystique arrives, revealing that she had been pretending to be Dark Beast
(who was in service of Sinister) all along, and she exacts her revenge
for the loss of her foster daughter Rogue by killing Sinister. Gambit
urges Mystique to finally meet her grandchildren and keep them safe.
Gambit takes Sinister's place for a meeting with the true mastermind
behind the attacks on the X-Men, the Shi'ar. Book 2 comes to a close with Kitty debating her opponent Alice
Tremaine (head of the anti-mutant Purity Movement) and receiving the
news that the X-Men are going into space to face the Shi'ar.