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X-23 1 |
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X-23 #1 Signature |
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CGC 9.8 |
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1508870016
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Owner Comments
X-23 1 02/05 Signature Series - Signed by Craig Kyle 02/20/2017 "Innocence Lost: Part One"
Cover Price: US $2.99
Writer(s): Christopher Yost, Craig Kyle
Penciller(s): Billy Tan - 'Billy Tan Mung Khoy'
Inker(s): Jonathan 'Jon' Sibal
Colorist(s): Brian Haberlin
Letterer(s): Chris Eliopoulos - '(principally a letterer)'
Editor(s): Cory Sedlmeier, Joe Quesada, Axel Alonso
Cover Artist(s): Billy Tan - 'Billy Tan Mung Khoy', Jonathan 'Jon' Sibal, Brian Haberlin
Synopsis: A top-secret program led by Dr. Martin Sutter and his young protégé, Dr. Zander Rice is struggling to recreate the original Weapon X using a damaged cellular sample. After years of failures, Sutter hires leading geneticist Dr. Sarah Kinney to take the project in a bold new direction. Unable to reconstruct the severely damaged Y chromosome, Dr. Kinney proposes creating a female specimen using the intact X chromosome. Her request is denied, but Kinney defies order and creates a viable female specimen anyway. Unable to argue with her success, Sutter reluctantly approves her new approach despite Zander’s protests. Zander retaliates against Kinney by forcing her to serve as the surrogate mother. During the months that she is pregnant with specimen X-23, Dr. Kinney realizes the inhumanity of her actions.
Characters: Dale Rice
Dr. Sarah Kinney
Dr. Zander Rice
Martin Sutter
Rachel Sutter
Wolverine
X-23
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X-23 1 Limited Edition |
| Item: |
X-23 #1 Signature |
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CGC 9.8 |
| Cert #: |
1508868001
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Owner Comments
X-23 1 02/05 Limited Signature Series - Signed by Craig Kyle 02/20/2017 Edition "Innocence Lost: Part One"
Cover Price: US $2.99
Writer(s): Christopher Yost, Craig Kyle
Penciller(s): Billy Tan - 'Billy Tan Mung Khoy'
Inker(s): Jonathan 'Jon' Sibal
Colorist(s): Brian Haberlin
Letterer(s): Chris Eliopoulos - '(principally a letterer)'
Editor(s): Cory Sedlmeier, Joe Quesada, Axel Alonso
Cover Artist(s): Billy Tan - 'Billy Tan Mung Khoy', Jonathan 'Jon' Sibal, Brian Haberlin
Synopsis: A top-secret program led by Dr. Martin Sutter and his young protégé, Dr. Zander Rice is struggling to recreate the original Weapon X using a damaged cellular sample. After years of failures, Sutter hires leading geneticist Dr. Sarah Kinney to take the project in a bold new direction. Unable to reconstruct the severely damaged Y chromosome, Dr. Kinney proposes creating a female specimen using the intact X chromosome. Her request is denied, but Kinney defies order and creates a viable female specimen anyway. Unable to argue with her success, Sutter reluctantly approves her new approach despite Zander’s protests. Zander retaliates against Kinney by forcing her to serve as the surrogate mother. During the months that she is pregnant with specimen X-23, Dr. Kinney realizes the inhumanity of her actions.
Characters: Dale Rice
Dr. Sarah Kinney
Dr. Zander Rice
Martin Sutter
Rachel Sutter
Wolverine
X-23
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X-23 2 |
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X-23 #2 Signature |
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CGC 9.8 |
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1508868024
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Owner Comments
X-23 2 03/05 Signature Series - Signed by Craig Kyle 02/20/2017 "Innocence Lost: Part Two"
Cover Price: US $2.99
Writer(s): Christopher Yost, Craig Kyle
Penciller(s): Billy Tan - 'Billy Tan Mung Khoy'
Inker(s): Jonathan 'Jon' Sibal
Colorist(s): Brian Haberlin
Letterer(s): Chris Eliopoulos - '(principally a letterer)'
Editor(s): Cory Sedlmeier, Axel Alonso
Cover Artist(s): Billy Tan - 'Billy Tan Mung Khoy', Jonathan 'Jon' Sibal
Synopsis: X-23 dreams of an idyllic moment at a fair in the past when Wolverine offered to adopt her. In horrific contrast, she wakes up with the halfway house on fire and everybody dead. She tries to get outside and sees a living unconscious man, but her way is barred by a demon who tries to seduce her. It disappears and Laura carries the man outside but, when he wakes up, he claims she caused the fire. She is comforted by Gambit. Later, back at Utopia, Storm and Cyclops talk to Laura, who still believes she is to blame. The two X-Men walk outside to discuss matters while Wolverine keeps Laura company. Not the real Wolverine, though, but the demon Hellverine as Laura has figured out. She attacks him but, at that moment, Hellion enters and believes Laura has snapped. He traps her telekinetically, allowing Hellverine to injure him mortally. Laura offers her life for his and Hellverine sends her to a hellish landscape… Unaware of what has transpired, Storm asks Gambit to help X-23.
Characters: Dale Rice
Deborah Kinney
Dr. Sarah Kinney
Dr. Zander Rice
Martin Sutter
Megan Kinney
Rachel Sutter
Tanaka Sensei
Wolverine
X-23
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X-23 2 Limited Edition |
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X-23 #2 Universal |
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CGC 9.8 |
| Cert #: |
0285370013
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Owner Comments
X-23 2 Limited Edition 03/05 Sketch (Self Submission) cover "Innocence Lost: Part Two"
Cover Price: US $2.99
Writer(s): Christopher Yost, Craig Kyle
Penciller(s): Billy Tan - 'Billy Tan Mung Khoy'
Inker(s): Jonathan 'Jon' Sibal
Colorist(s): Brian Haberlin
Letterer(s): Chris Eliopoulos - '(principally a letterer)'
Editor(s): Cory Sedlmeier, Axel Alonso
Cover Artist(s): Billy Tan - 'Billy Tan Mung Khoy', Jonathan 'Jon' Sibal
Synopsis: X-23 dreams of an idyllic moment at a fair in the past when Wolverine offered to adopt her. In horrific contrast, she wakes up with the halfway house on fire and everybody dead. She tries to get outside and sees a living unconscious man, but her way is barred by a demon who tries to seduce her. It disappears and Laura carries the man outside but, when he wakes up, he claims she caused the fire. She is comforted by Gambit. Later, back at Utopia, Storm and Cyclops talk to Laura, who still believes she is to blame. The two X-Men walk outside to discuss matters while Wolverine keeps Laura company. Not the real Wolverine, though, but the demon Hellverine as Laura has figured out. She attacks him but, at that moment, Hellion enters and believes Laura has snapped. He traps her telekinetically, allowing Hellverine to injure him mortally. Laura offers her life for his and Hellverine sends her to a hellish landscape… Unaware of what has transpired, Storm asks Gambit to help X-23.
Characters: Dale Rice
Deborah Kinney
Dr. Sarah Kinney
Dr. Zander Rice
Martin Sutter
Megan Kinney
Rachel Sutter
Tanaka Sensei
Wolverine
X-23
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X-23 3 |
| Item: |
X-23 #3 Signature |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.8 |
| Cert #: |
1508867010
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Owner Comments
X-23 3 04/05 Signature Series - Signed by Craig Kyle 02/20/2017 Direct Editions have "BMG Music Service" insert included. "Innocence Lost: Part Three"
Cover Price: US $2.99
Writer(s): Christopher Yost, Craig Kyle
Penciller(s): Billy Tan - 'Billy Tan Mung Khoy'
Inker(s): Jonathan 'Jon' Sibal
Colorist(s): Brian Haberlin
Letterer(s): Cory Petit
Editor(s): Cory Sedlmeier, Axel Alonso
Cover Artist(s): Billy Tan - 'Billy Tan Mung Khoy', Jonathan 'Jon' Sibal
Synopsis: (Ten years since X-23’s birth)
The department chooses the first field assignment to test their new assassin. They choose at random, the only important factor being that the target is high profile and perceived as untouchable. The selected target is Greg Johnson, a candidate for US President. X-23 is given a dossier and sent to the Los Angeles Convention Center where a rally is being held for the candidate. She is disguised as a handicapped child complete with braided pigtails, thick glasses, leg braces and crutches. After assessing the crowd, X-23 approaches security and asks in a small, child-like voice if she could meet Mr. Johnson. When the guard refuses, X-23 throws a temper tantrum, crying loudly and causing a scene. The guard confers with the campaign manager. The candidate’s wife overhears the call and sees a perfect photo opportunity.
Mr. And Mrs. Greg Johnson pose with their two sons and the poor little handicapped girl for the photographer. As the camera flashes, X-23 pops her claws and maneuvers deftly to attack Mr. Johnson. In a swift movement, she drives her foot claw into his chest. In a matter of minutes, she kills everyone in the room. Security, press agents, campaign staff and the candidate’s family are all dead by the time the security forces outside can react.
Sarah Kinney notes that she asked her superiors why this display was necessary. Dr. Sutter’s reply was that you can’t sell anything without advertising.
Following this display, the department is able to sell X-23’s services for fifty-five million a hit. Martin sits in front of a monitor reviewing potential clients and targets that include such criminal luminaries as Wilson Fisk, Hydra, Doctor Doom and Magneto. Sarah Kinney waits outside while he and Zander plot out X-23’s future.
While waiting, Dr. Kinney makes small talk with Rachel, Dr. Sutter’s assistant and lover. She asks how old their son Henry is now. Sarah is about to leave when Zander comes out of Dr. Sutter’s office and asks Rachel to start a client file for Wilson Fisk AKA The Kingpin. He sneers at Sarah and comments that her “pet” is starting to earn her keep. Sarah makes it clear that she plans to try and put a stop to that. Zander replies that Sarah no longer has a say in anything and is unimportant. As Sarah leaves, Rachel tries to talk with Zander about Henry, who is actually his biological son. Zander blows her off and she gets a bit teary from his refusal to deal with her.
Sarah goes to X-23’s room and asks if she would like her to read to her. X-23 seems distant and only perks up when her next assignment is passed under the door.
Sarah notes in her narrative that she feels she doesn’t matter to anyone anymore and all she can do is watch as X-23 is sent out time and time again to kill.
X-23 is assigned to kill a variety of targets around the world: dictators, royalty, godfathers, and drug lords. On these missions, she uses her claws, firearms and disguises to complete the assigned kill.
Rachel confronts Zander and insists on telling Martin the truth about Henry’s parentage. Zander grabs Rachel by the throat and slams her against the wall. He makes it perfectly clear that Rachel is to tell Martin nothing of their affair and that if Rachel does as she’s told everything will be just fine.
Sarah is in her office looking at a photo of her niece Megan. She is interrupted by her colleague Kevin who informs her that Rice is in the prep room and planning on going with X-23 on her next mission. Sarah goes to the prep room where Rice is loading his weapons for the mission. He makes it clear this is none of Sarah’s concern and that if she has a problem, she should bring it up with Dr. Sutter.
Sarah notes that X-23 continues to succeed on every mission without fail for three long years. She never missed a target and always completed the mission within the assigned time limit. She reached every single rendezvous point without fail until the mission that Rice chose to accompany her on.
The mission goes smoothly and X-23 has achieved her objective and has five minutes remaining before the arranged rendezvous. Rice tells the crew that they’re leaving and when they begin to protest, he shoots them. He places his gun to the pilot’s head and tells him that they had to abort the mission when X-23 failed to make the rendezvous.
X-23 is being pursued by a team of Hydra agents and sees the transport leaving as she arrives with over a minute to spare. Rice sneers down at her and bids her farewell. He tosses his father’s dogtags down to her. She looks at them, bewildered for a brief moment. The AIM team catches up to her and she finds herself surrounded. She pops her claws and they open fire.
Characters: Doctor Doom
Dr. Sarah Kinney
Dr. Zander Rice
Hammerhead
Kingpin
Megan Kinney
Mr. Sinister
Rachel Sutter
Red Skull
X-23
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X-23 4 |
| Item: |
X-23 #4 Signature |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.8 |
| Cert #: |
1508870019
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Owner Comments
X-23 4 05/05 Signature Series - Signed by Craig Kyle 02/20/2017 "Innocence Lost: Part Four"
Cover Price: US $2.99
Writer(s): Christopher Yost, Craig Kyle
Penciller(s): Billy Tan - 'Billy Tan Mung Khoy'
Inker(s): Jonathan 'Jon' Sibal
Colorist(s): Brian Haberlin
Letterer(s): Cory Petit
Editor(s): Cory Sedlmeier, Axel Alonso
Cover Artist(s): Billy Tan - 'Billy Tan Mung Khoy', Jonathan 'Jon' Sibal
Synopsis: Doctor Sarah Kinney sits at her desk looking at a picture of her niece, Megan. She then opens the file on X-23. She is crying as she recounts Dr. Rice’s report that X-23 died on the last mission she was sent on. She notes that she didn’t believe him just as sirens sound throughout the research facility.
She races to an observation deck where Dr. Martin and Dr. Rice are watching as a security team scrambles to deal with the intruder. On the floor below, the main hatch door opens and a somewhat wounded X-23 enters. Sarah is joyously surprised and Zander continues his claim that he saw her die at the hands of AIM agents. Dr. Sutter orders Sarah to handle the debriefing of X-23.
X-23 refuses to talk about what happened to Sarah.
(flashback)
X-23 was gunned down by AIM, who believed her to be dead. She survived and killed her attackers in a berserker rage.
(present)
Sarah looks at the deep X-shaped scars on X-23’s forearm and asks who did that to her. X-23 remains silent.
Later in her room, Sarah is crying once more when she receives a message that her sister has called several times in the last hour trying to reach her. Sarah agrees to speak with her sister who is frantic. She learns that her niece, Megan has been kidnapped.
Sarah and her friend and colleague Kevin go to round up X-23 to help. Sarah always thought she was above Dr. Sutter and Zander Rice who turned her into a killer. But now that she was desperate and in need of help, she willingly chose to use X-23 as a weapon, too.
Rachel approaches her husband, Martin and asks if he loves her. He seems exasperated by her question but replies that he does. She starts to tell him the truth about their son, Henry when Zander comes in to inform Martin that they have a situation. Rachel begs Martin to stay but he puts her off once more. As he and Zander leave his office, Zander gives Rachel a harsh look. Zander reveals to Martin that Sarah has taken off with X-23.
In San Francisco, Sarah arrives at the home of her sister, Debbie. She assures Debbie that she’ll help find Megan and tells her that she has a detective friend in San Francisco who is working on it. X-23 uses her claws to scale the wall of Debbie’s building and enter Megan’s room. Using her keen sense of smell, she is able to identify the scents of those who had entered Megan’s room. She catches the scent of the kidnapper with ease and tracks him, as Kevin and Sarah monitor her progress.
She reaches an older apartment building and tracks down the room in which Megan is being held. She disguises herself as a Girl Scout selling cookies before ringing the doorbell. The kidnapper sees her and opens the door. He asks where her parents are and she says they’re at home with wide-eyed innocence. He invites her in while he grabs his wallet. Instead, he grabs a knife X-23 opens the box of cookies and offers him one. He looks inside and the box is empty except for a picture of Megan. He is shocked at what he sees and threatens to kill X-23.
Outside, Sarah and Kevin are waiting for a signal from X-23. It comes in the form of the kidnapper crashing through his apartment window and slamming into a car on the street below. Sarah and Kevin pull up in a van just as X-23 emerges with a somewhat shaken Megan. Sarah rushes over to her niece who wonders who she is. Sarah tells her that she’s her aunt and assures her that she’s safe. Kevin gives her a shot that sedates her and Sarah mentions that when she wakes up, she’ll forget it ever happened like a bad dream.
Sarah returns with X-23 to face an enraged Zander. They argue over Sarah’s unauthorized “field trip” and Zander’s choice to leave X-23 to die. Martin intercedes and Zander takes X-23 back to her room. Martin is clearly angry with Sarah’s little escapade and asks if she has anything to say for herself. She asks if it would matter and Sutter replies that it probably would not. He tells Sarah they will discuss her future there in the morning. As she leaves, a news reports on the apparent suicide of a man in San Francisco linked to the kidnapping and murder of seven young girls in the Bay Area.
Zander drives Martin home that evening. Martin wonders what has Rachel so upset and why she refuses to discuss it with him over the phone. Zander expresses his concern for Martin’s well-being and gives him a document to sign. This document hands over all of Martin’s duties as director of the program to Zander. Zander states that he’s already lost one father to the program and doesn’t want to lose another. Martin signs it and Zander thanks him with a hug.
A few yards from Martin’s house, Zander pulls over and pops the trunk. X-23 is inside. He hands her pictures of Martin, his wife Rachel and their son, Henry. Zander gives X-23 twenty-two minutes to kill them all and asks that she make it look like an accident.
Characters: Deborah Kinney
Dr. Sarah Kinney
Dr. Zander Rice
Martin Sutter
Megan Kinney
Rachel Sutter
X-23
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X-23 5 |
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X-23 #5 Universal |
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CGC 9.8 |
| Cert #: |
0285370019
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Owner Comments
X-23 5 06/05 (Self Submission) "Innocence Lost: Part Five"
Cover Price: US $2.99
Writer(s): Christopher Yost, Craig Kyle
Penciller(s): Billy Tan - 'Billy Tan Mung Khoy'
Inker(s): Jonathan 'Jon' Sibal
Colorist(s): Brian Haberlin
Letterer(s): Cory Petit
Editor(s): Cory Sedlmeier, Axel Alonso
Cover Artist(s): Billy Tan - 'Billy Tan Mung Khoy', Jonathan 'Jon' Sibal
Synopsis: X-23 and Gambit are brought to Miss Sinister, who explains she has taken over one of Mr. Sinister’s old labs and is taking care of the children he kept for experimental purposes. Nevertheless, Laura (and especially Gambit) are having a hard time believing Miss Sinister is as harmless as she claiMs. to be. When she tries to manipulate Gambit by taking Laura’s shape, the real Laura attacks her, only to witness Miss Sinister transforming into the real Mr. Sinister.
Characters: Dr. Sarah Kinney
Dr. Zander Rice
Henry Sutter
Martin Sutter
Rachel Sutter
X-23
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X-23 6 |
| Item: |
X-23 #6 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.8 |
| Cert #: |
0285370020
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Owner Comments
X-23 6 07/05 (Self Submission) "Innocence Lost: Part Six"
Cover Price: US $2.99
Writer(s): Christopher Yost, Craig Kyle
Penciller(s): Billy Tan - 'Billy Tan Mung Khoy'
Inker(s): Jonathan 'Jon' Sibal
Colorist(s): Brian Haberlin
Letterer(s): Cory Petit
Editor(s): Cory Sedlmeier, Joe Quesada, Axel Alonso
Cover Artist(s):
Synopsis: Dr. Sarah Kinney and her friend and colleague, Kevin are leaving the Weapon X re-creation facility with a team of soldiers hot on their heels. The guards shoot at the two and Kevin stops to return fire and is shot several times. Sarah stops and turns to help and he urges her to go on without him, for X-23’s sake.
She does so and makes her way to the central security monitoring room. She shoots the guard there and disables the security cameras, in the hopes that it will give X-23 the chance to complete her final “mission” and escape with her life. Sarah says a prayer to God hoping that X-23 doesn’t die.
In her narrative, Sarah notes how her father robbed of her childhood and her innocence. She realizes that she has done the same to X-23. However, she notes that when X-23 spared the life of young Henry Sutton, it proved to her that people can change and rise above what they were forced to be and become something better.
Xander Rice emerges from the shower. He is on his cell phone speaking with a representative of Wilson Fisk about the production of additional assassins for hire from the genetic material used to create X-23. They are discussing costs when a security guard interrupts on a viewscreen to inform Rice that X-23 has escaped.
In the embryo gestation chamber, a scientist is taking readings and measurements of the developing embryos. He sees X-23 in the reflection of one of the glass globes that hold the embryos just before she kills him. Before leaving, she sets an explosive charge in the chamber. As she turns to leave, a contingent of armed guards arrive to confront her. She turns around with a grim look on her face as she pops her claws. Bullets fly as X-23 wades through the entire squad with ease.
Xander checks in on one of his science team members named Morris to see if he has seen X-23. He finds Morris dead in his room. Xander orders an understandably nervous guard to continue his search for X-23 and to check the embryo chamber first. When he arrives, he finds X-23 perched atop a pile of dead security agents.
Outside, Sarah has taken out the guard at the gate and waits anxiously for X-23. In her narrative, she mentions that once they are together they will leave this place and have the chance to start again as a real family.
Inside, X-23 enters Xander’s room. He is lying in wait and she senses him a split-second before he opens fire on her from behind. She goes down and he once again calls her a “stupid beast” and taunts her by wondering aloud if they didn’t teach her better than that. She replies that they did as she pops her foot claw and uses it to slice his weapon in half, along with the finger that was resting on the trigger. She rises and stalks over to Xander who threatens to kill her. She sheathes her claws and begins to punch him with her bare hands.
As she beats on Xander, she recalls the abuse he has heaped upon her over the years. She recalls the sneering and name-calling, the torturous surgery she endured at his hands and the mission during which Xander left her to die at the hands of AIM. Once Xander is helpless and beaten, she turns to leave. He laughs at her and says that she can’t kill him. She calls him an “animal” and leaves him there in a bloody heap.
As X-23 emerges from the building, the explosives she set go off behind her. She sees a thankful Sarah in the distance and walks towards her. As she does so, she catches a scent on the cold winter air. The trigger.
X-23’s eyes turn red as she enters the conditioned berserker rage and loses control. Sarah sees the change and wonders what’s happening. As X-23 leaps at her with her claws, Sarah flashes on her last interaction with Xander.
He touched her hair and told her to go see X-23 one last time. He set her up to die at X-23’s hands.
Sarah hits the snow and as she lay there dying, X-23 comes to her senses and sees what she has done. With her dying breath, Sarah tells X-23 that her name is “Laura” and that she loves her. X-23 takes Sarah’s hand as tears run down her cheeks. She lays down in Sarah’s lap as she did so many times and says again and again, “Please don’t leave me.”
As she lies there, the pages of Sarah’s journal are blown about. In the final sentences, Sarah once again tells X-23 that she is a child and not a weapon. She makes it clear that she thinks of her as a daughter and loves her as such. Along with the scattered pages are a passport, pages from the Pinocchio story that Sarah always read to X-23 and pictures of Wolverine and Charles Xavier.
As the facility burns, an unknown party requests a final report on the facility. It is nothing but a scorched crater. All personnel were killed and all the embryos destroyed. X-23 is identified as the sole survivor. The project isn’t a complete loss though, as someone has recovered a sample of the trigger scent used to control X-23. The unseen voice wonders where she is and is assured that she will be found.
X-23 exits a bus and steps out onto the streets of New York City. It is two years after the destruction of the facility where she was created. She is wearing a pair of fishnets, a choker and a black leather jacket with an X symbol on the sleeve
Characters: Dr. Sarah Kinney
Dr. Zander Rice
Professor X
Wolverine
X-23
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