[s2e12] Reunion Part 1 File

Behind him stood the , their sneering faces a testament to Sinister’s twisted experiments. They had already snared their primary bait: Cyclops and Jean Grey . The two X-Men were bound, their powers flickering and useless under Sinister’s control. But Jean’s eyes remained sharp. With a desperate burst of will, she focused on the one thing Sinister had overlooked—the physical mechanism of Cyclops’s visor. With a sharp telekinetic tug, she ripped the glasses from Scott’s face.

The air in the was thick with the scent of prehistoric rot and ozone, a jarring contrast to the sterile halls of the X-Mansion. Deep within the jungle's emerald shadows, Professor Charles Xavier and his unlikely ally, Magneto , fought their way up a jagged cliff face. Stripped of their powers by the mysterious dampening field of the hidden valley, they moved with the strained agility of men who had spent their lives commanding the world with a thought, now forced to rely on bone and sinew.

At the summit, they were not met with escape, but with the cold, pale gaze of .

"Welcome, Charles," Sinister purred, his voice sliding over the syllables like a velvet blade. "I’ve been expecting a family reunion."

Sauron's shriek echoed through the valley, a mental assault that hammered at Xavier’s defenses. The Professor fought back, anchoring his mind to the images of his students, the dream of peace he had built his life upon. But Sinister’s traps were layers deep. The psychic pressure was too much.