Uncanny X-Men #384

Publisher
Marvel
Year
2000
Month
9
LastChanged
1/26/2024 9:49:02 PM
Crimson Pirates

Summary

  In Moscow, Killian and his pirates shoot men in limos and kidnap the defense minister, Koniev.

  Levin and Remy sit with Voge, who says nothing, obviously waiting for rescue. Vazhin determines he's human from an alternate earth. Suddenly, Levin aims a gun at Voge and pulls the trigger. It's a blank, but enough to distract him, while Jean invades his mind.

  But first, she sees Logan, back at the mansion and using Cerebro despite the headache it causes him. He wants help against the Goth, who have stolen much of the team and Salem Center (X-Men II:103). She says she's investigating similar abductions by Voge, who shows up with his Hounds, saying he's an old hand at defeating "mentats." He attacks Logan; Jean quickly sends him back to his body, then realizes who Voge is.

  In Westchester, Kurt and Forge get the overloaded Cerebro under control, and Logan wakes up swinging. He says that, for a moment, he wanted to become a Hound.

  Jean collapses; Nathan goes to the astral plane after her and finds Onslaught, then Jean inside, then is horrified.

  Koniev demands entry; Vazhin knows him well and realizes it's a trap. The X-Men prepare, and Killian's Sea Dogs enter, to rescue Voge.

  Nathan realizes he's been purged of the T-O virus: even his scars are gone. Ororo sets up a hurricane wind, then freezing cold and lightning, and Remy takes down Broadside and Killian in turn. Ororo's wind stops, and Remy gets a psimitar through the chest. Nathan has been possessed and felled them both.

  Levin plans to kill Voge and flee; Jean wakes in Hank's arms and says Nathan is lost. The Sea Dogs get to them, shooting Vazhin. Hank burst through a wall; they fall and escape into the river.

  Killian and Voge decide to flee the authorities. Hank, Jean, and Levin are very wet and very mad.