When an explosive event shatters the lives of the X-Men and takes away their mentor, the beaten heroes walk away from it all. But then they are given a rare glimpse into the future, and see the world in utter ruin, ruled by giant destructive robots; a world that spiralled out of control because the X-Men had given up. Wolverine, the most legendary of all X-Men, reunites the broken heroes to prevent the world's destruction.

Nightcrawler arrives on Genosha's shores with his fellow mutants after a long journey at sea. Magneto welcomes them to his island. Wanda, the Scarlet Witch and daughter to Magneto, shows Nightcrawler around the seemingly perfect island. He is amazed at how mutants are out in public using their powers unbothered, and is quite enjoying his time with Wanda. But despite the perfection he sees, he feels that something is not quite right.

Dust, a young mutant, tips him off and Nightcrawler finds and underground prison with hundreds of occupied cells. Magneto is sorely disappointed with Nightcrawler's snooping and is determined not to let him contact the X-Men. But Nightcrawler is tenacious and manages to teleport himself across the sea in two-mile increments, ending up at the X-Mansion shores. Exhausted, he warns Wolverine of the Genosha prisons and that they must stop Magneto. Sadly, it is the shapeshifting Mystique he informs and in her Wolverine disguise, she knocks Nightcrawler out and contacts her boss Magneto, who is preparing a special cell just for him. Show less