Once Upon a Time... in Mutant Land!

Come to a place where everything seems perfect.  It’s called “Unity” for a reason – Unity, New Hampshire – a picturesque city in the woods of New England.  But one day the residents notice something new, something very different.  They are suddenly able to do things they've never been able to do before, maybe just read someone’s thoughts or lifted something impossibly heavy.  How?  Unravel the secrets of Unity, New Hampshire and find out.

In this tale, the legions of the Brotherhood of Mutants converge on Alcatraz to stop “The Cure” from ridding mutant kind of their abilities. As the battle ensues, Rogue sees Wolverine struggle against the mind blasts from Jean Grey, a.k.a. Phoenix.  Her teenage crush on him takes over, she rushes through the chaos of swirling mass around them, sneaks up on Jean and embraces her – barehanded.

A nearly cataclysmic wave erupts, debris fall from the sky that once churned around everyone, and Rogue is now enhanced with telepathic and telekinetic powers like Phoenix had.  The surge of power within her corrupts her mind.  The scene is still in turmoil.  She looks over and sees Leech, a.k.a. Jimmy.  Forcing him into a near comatose state, she is able to get to him with her power intact, absorb his power as well, and is enhanced even further.

The X-Wing arrives, pulls our heroes to safety and the X-Mansion, and the authorities arrest most of the Brotherhood of Mutants.  That night, Rogue dreams.  She is tormented by her power.  Her only solace comes to her – she now has the power to stop it all, to stop all the infighting.  She goes to Xavier with an idea; she can now negate all mutant’s powers and convince them they never had any.  Won’t that solve everything?  He is horrified at the thought.  He immediately reads her mind and sees the rising darkness within her.  But it is too late.  In an instant, the theory is tested on him and he is left a normal, old man, in a wheelchair.

Over the next few months, Rogue uses her powers to move all these altered mutants to Unity, New Hampshire.  Everyone is convinced they are normal people, with no powers, or memories of having any.  Feeling guilty about brainwashing Xavier, she sets him up as the mayor of town and she his ward and granddaughter.  Her impact seems permanent, just her presence in town seems to keep their powers and new minds as such.

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But will it remain this way?  Read on and find out!