| Synopsis |
Eight years have passed since Scott and Jean first arrived in the far future to be reunited with Scott's young son, Nathan Christopher; Jean continues to train Nate in the use of his powers; For the past few years, Scott and Jean have been members of Prior Turrin's human resistance movement and, during a raid of the labs of the Genetic Hierarchy, they discover a preliminary version of the Legacy Virus which is being developed to wipe all humans off of the earth; A trap is sprung and Ch'Vayre and his men attack and the humans find themselves fighting for their lives; An inner voice guides Nathan to a computer console which will allow him to destroy the complex but his work is interrupted by a mirror version of himself, the young Stryfe; Stryfe releases the techno-organic virus in Nate's system but Nate is able to strike back and knock his clone out; Once Turrin's group escapes, Scott and Jean learn that the comatose Mother Askani has been psychically guiding Nathan all along. |