That's why I am a leader. The blind leading the blind, maybe...but a leader nonetheless. A leader because I'm prepared to take the fall, and because I'm prepared to make the hard decisions. Such as the one you made, Mom, that day you pushed Alex and I out into the sky with a single parachute between us. Because a leader knows, it's not so hard to die for your people. It's hard to order your people to die for you. And leading with certainty into an uncertain future doesn't require sight. It requires vision. It requires holding on. And no matter what happens, never letting go. 
Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- X-Men (Main story and flashback)
- Charles Xavier (Main story and flashback)
- Emma Frost (Main story and flashback)
- Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr) (Main story and flashback)
- Wolverine (Logan) (Main story and flashback)
- Kitty Pryde (Main story and flashback)
- Namor (Main story and flashback)
- Colossus (Piotr Rasputin) (Main story and flashback)
- Storm (Ororo Munroe) (Main story and flashback)
- Angel (Warren Worthington III) (Main story and flashback)
- Dr. Nemesis (James Bradley)
- Iceman (Bobby Drake) (Only in flashback)
- Beast (Hank McCoy) (Only in flashback)
- Marvel Girl/Phoenix (Jean Grey) (Only in flashback)
- Gambit (Remy LeBeau) (Only in flashback)
- Katherine Summers (Only in flashback)
- Chris Summers (Only in flashback)
- Alex Summers (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- Dr. Odukoye (Only in flashback)
- unnamed nurse (Only in flashback)
- Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Atlantean-Human Hybrids (Main story and flashback)
- Monkeys (Mentioned)
Locations:
Items:
- Cyclops' Visor (Main story and flashback)
- X-Uniforms (Main story and flashback)
- Magneto's Helmet (Main story and flashback)
- Wolverine's Suit
- MRI (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for 1st story
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
The mini-series that leads to the X-Event of 2011 continues! This month we get inside the heads of the two most important X-Men: Cyclops and Wolverine. See parts of their past you never saw before, experience the most intense moments in X-History and understand what leads to the Schism that is coming!