TobiasThorn
The fire has not been extinguished. It was merely waiting for the right spark.
Two months after the devastating battle at the Statue of Liberty, Jean Grey has found a fragile sanctuary at the Xavier Institute. Yet, as she struggles under the Professor's guidance to tame the infinite Phoenix ember burning within her chest, the world outside is ablaze with hatred. Driven by fear of unimaginable mutant power, the Department of Damage Control (DODC) is mobilizing an merciless new weapon: Project Sentinel-adaptive, soulless hunter-machines engineered to ruthlessly track down and eliminate mutant DNA.
When the robots launch a brutal night attack on the mansion, the hard-won peace in Westchester shatters. Scott Summers is incapacitated, and innocent students are dragged away into the ruins of Manhattan alongside a rebellious, deeply isolated new classmate named Rogue.
Defying Professor Xavier's strict orders, Jean embarks on a forbidden rescue mission. To save her friends and protect the future of her kind from total annihilation, she must not only face the shadows of the military and a radical mutant Brotherhood-she must also learn what it truly means to forge an unbreakable camaraderie in the eye of the storm. To save New York, Jean must unfold the wings of the Phoenix once and for all. And the ashes of the city will burn once more ...