Plot, Updated Jan 20, 2013

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Fifty years ago the powerful mutant Apocalypse rose from a long slumber and began to lay waste to the world. He was determined to kill of the weak and inferior to pave a new era for the strong. It looked as if the evil would accomplish his goal, but something changed that. Mutants from all over began to join in the battle lending aid to the X-Men. Long time enemies set aside their differences and stood together to save a threatened future. The combined might of the mutant race proved enough to fight off the evil Apocalypse and defeat him once and for all. But even with his defeat there would be no time for celebration. The victory came at a heavy price. Jean Grey, Hank McCoy, Bobby Drake, Raven Darkholme, and Mortimer Toynbee all gave their lives to protect the world.

That was not the only upset. Always hated simply for existing, mutants across the world began to be persecuted and blamed for the horrors Apocalypse brought. The United States were the first to pass the Mutant Registration Act and the world soon followed. That was not enough for Senator Bolivar Trask. He saw mutants as the spawns of Satan and believed it would be best if they were exterminated like rodents or at least imprisoned for life. Of course the world court did not agree with this… at least not until the mutants began fighting against the unethical bill.

What started as simple protests eventually spread into violent outbursts. A specific riot in the heart of Manhattan resulted in the deaths of at least five humans. That was the push Trask needed. The man was given the green light to initiate project: Master Mold. This super intelligent computer began constructing sentinels, large robots, to apprehend any mutant no matte if they had registered or not. Those that resisted were terminated.

When the sentinels turned the sights on the Xavier Institute the X-Men had no other choice but to fight back. It was a terrible battle that resulted in the deaths of several students and the near complete destruction of the school. Those that survived the battle were forced to go into hiding. The X-Men and all known associates were labeled as enemies of the nation. Every authority figure had been authorized to kill on sight. But the brave mutants would not stay down forever. After a year of living in hiding Cyclops struck a permanent deal with Magneto to combine their forces and take the fight to Trask to end the death and destruction. The military base where Master Mold was being held was found and the alliance attacked. It took everything they had to destroy the giant robot and its offspring, but the deed was eventually done when Magneto sacrificed himself to destroy the facility while the others escaped.

It still was not over. Several sentinels around the world were still operational and the death of Bolivar Trask did nothing but spur on the bigots. Everything became segregated more now than ever. Whole sections of cities were declared non-mutant areas. If a mutant broke any law the sentence was a life term in prison camps or even death. The world became a terrible place to live for anyone with the mutant gene. It is now the year 2062. The X-Men are no more. The Brotherhood is no more. Mutants are still oppressed by the homo sapien race to the point of near extinction. Where there once was a thriving mutant population has been reduced to a mere five percent, most imprisoned. But there have been whispers of small pockets of resistance rising up to take the fight to the humans and restore the mutants to their former glory. Could this be real or simple propaganda? Time will tell.

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It was a hard year for everyone not just the mutant population. Sometime around April of 2062 a special drug that granted humans mutant abilities and increased the power of mutants began to circulate the streets of New York and soon other countries. This drug was called BE-1, but better known by its street name Evo. It seemed harmless at first, but when Westmore High School star athlete, Jacob Waller collapsed in the middle of a game and died on the spot, it was discovered that the drug he had been taken had fatal results for humans. His mother Lillian called for the blood of mutants because of what their tainted DNA did to her son. This was enough to catch the attention of one Jonathan Black, a renowned arms manufacturer and the leader of the pro-human organization Friends of Humanity. With a grieving mother as their face, the FoH gained a considerable jump in support and membership which eventually spell disaster for mutants.

In response to the hatred, local Queens resident Angelica Velasquez calls an assembly of mutants. Those that heeded the call formed the group Generation X to carry on in the memory of Charles Xavier and his infamous X-Men. The team tried their best to figure out where the drug was coming from, but came up short. Besides they had bigger problems in the form a newly created Brotherhood led by ex-soldier Jacob Miller aka Blitzkrieg. Unknown to both groups, the FoH receives vital information from a mysterious masked man that allows Jonathan Black to identify the source of the drug. It turned out to be the handiwork of the very woman that was brought in to solve the issue: Elara D’Cruz, CEO of D’Cruz Pharmaceuticals. This information is used to blackmail her into selling her company to J. Black. Once the deal is signed he leaked the information via New York City’s mayor Gabriel Vaughn who was in his pocket the whole time.

With limited resources at his disposal, Black develops a supposed cure that would eradicate the mutant gene. Mutants eager to fit into society received this as splendid news. Unfortunately… it was anything but a cure. Mutants that received the injection began dying off left and right. Once a mutant died their polluted blood cells entered the air stream to infect even more mutants. With such a large mutant population, New York was hit harder than anywhere else. But that was not the worst of it. The virus mutated. Now humans were being targeted by the deadly disease that plagued the world all thanks to one man’s hatred of the mutant species. Once again intervention from the mysterious masked man was needed. He supplied Generation X with the necessary vials to develop a cure that would save the world. In a surprising move, the team’s leader struck a deal with the Brotherhood to make sure that the cure would reach the necessary hands.

Jonathan Black was thrown to the wolves while Mayor Vaughn was arrested for his crimes against mutantkind thanks to evidence supplied by Angelica. With the world being saved by a group of mutants, the United States President declared the long established Mutant Registration Act unconstitutional and repealed it. Those mutants unlawfully imprisoned in concentration camps around the country were released in October. While the rest of the world still had some catching up to do, it was the beginning of a healing of two species. But with the threat of the virus over and the FoH disbanded, what is going to happen next? And who is this masked man that shows up at key points only to disappear without a trace? Maybe we will find out soon.