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Still ensorcelled (thanks Claremont for the new word) by Loki's suggestive magic, Ororo bears her new weapon against her friend, with Logan's injury proving enough to break through to Ororo's better senses.
Logan reminds her that Loki is simply living up to his divine title...
...and positions Logan as among the next generation of those to carry out the man's mission.
Loki unveils the newly-crafted Stormcaster, and despite Logan's attempts to dissuade her from falling prey to Loki's tricks, Ororo lifts the hammer high, once again becoming Storm.
...vision looming large above Logan's head.
Despite being largely unused for most of the story, Kitty's future talents as a compassionate, but motivating leader are given an opportunity to shine through as she comforts a terrified Rahne to help the girl recommit to the mission.
...another segment of the team remains unharmed. After answering Rachel's telepathic call, Roberto and Dani reunite with Logan's squad, where the latter observes a terrible apparition above Logan's head.
The teams begin to coalesce, and Sam's time with Eitri and the dwarfs...
Warlock's escape has almost fully depleted his lifeglow, and in a stunning moment of holy-shit-how-is-this-anything-other-than-queer-subtext, Doug submits himself temporarily to Warlock's techno-organic touch so that his self-friend can feed.
Their transcendent moment of...
...for the fight ahead.
Death, perhaps now more than it already did, will grow to become a major part of the Run in the months ahead, especially as Dani continues to come into her own as a Valkyrie.
Her infusion of Asgardian power signals problem for Warlock, who takes off...
...more clear.
Scott's return to the fold–save the hiccup of Rachel's... fashion choices–goes seamlessly as the veteran leader organizes the team into squads.
Logan, Rachel, and Kitty take one mission, and Kitty's youth and the life ahead of her are reintroduced as stakes...
...the surveilling Warlock from Loki's assault.
In an unintentionally metatextual (but, arguably tragic pointing to her later Fall), Illyana decries the act, regarding herself as the only one who matters.
In fairness to Illyana–she has quite literally been written as such...
After arriving in Asgard and encountering the Wolf Prince Hrimhari, Hela arrives to insert herself once again into this Asgardian tale.
Through her villainous monologuing, Hela reveals her foreknowledge of Rachel's mother–referencing the destruction of D'Bari and calling the...
...and honor her mother's by taking on the mantle and powers of Phoenix.
Rachel arrives dressed in Phoenix regalia, acting with some wildly feigned ignorance (especially so for a powerful telepath), much to the teams' shocked–or in the case of Scott, outright appalled–reactions.