Episode 2 · X-Men

X-Men

A teammate dies. That's it, that's the end of the X-Men. A whole year passes with the team scattered and nobody answering anyone's calls. Then Professor Xavier hears about a missing girl in Japan. Hisako Ichiki, codename Armor, vanished without a trace, and he suspects it is not some random kidnapping. He was right. The trail leads straight to the U-Men, a cult that cuts mutant bodies apart and transplants the pieces into themselves. These people are not just enemies. They are harvesting his students like spare parts. So the team gets back together, flies to Japan, and walks into a fight where losing does not mean dying. It means being taken apart on a table. But here is the thing that keeps nagging at me. The U-Men are human. Regular people with scalpels and a hunger for power. And the same society that fears and hates mutants? It is not exactly lining up to stop them. So who are the X-Men really protecting when they put their lives on the line this time?