Havok is still stuck in Vulcan's prison, listening to the calls of his fallen Starjammers and gets a little history lesson to break his will.

Forge is fricking crazy.

Surge and Moonstar bond over the loss of the X-men and the hurt they faced in the past.

These stories feel quite a bit stronger than the first issue. Beast's story and Magik's are heartbreaking. They make us want more for these characters that we've seen as brothers and sisters, and they make us want to go in there and rub Beast's back and tell Magik everything will be okay and her brother still loves her. But we can't. Marvel Comics are the comics where the heroes have feet of clay, and boy do these stories make the mutants feel more human than Spider-Man and all the rest.

Beast is heartbroken at the loss of the dream. Contemplating his feline form yet again. But not whining. Just wishing for something more. And turning his back on the dream.

Magik's story ties right back into New X-men's storyline and Uncanny X-Men right when she died. It's tragic, it's honest, it hurts. She was a character that was something like one of the mascots of the X-Men, and here she is turned into something hateful and demonic by one of the X-Men's worst enemies and they can't protect her. Piotr can't protect his snowflake any longer, but is she completely lost? Or is there more to it?

HAVOK IS BACK! God I love Alex Summers. Stuck in prison 20 miles under what amounts to an ocean in space and if he doesn't keep the strong Summers will then he would probably be dead. And Vulcan's attempt at breaking his will doesn't work as all it does is get him fired up. There was a mutant birth, and that means his life is worth fighting for. He doesn't feel betrayed by his nephew. He's invigorated.

Forge, another of my favorite X-Characters, working on time travel stuff to stop Bishop from stealing stuff from him and going into the future after Cable. He doesn't get that to work, but devises a plan to possibly keep others out and perfect the time travel tech.

And Surge and Moonstar's story makes me happy to see Moonstar in a light not being afforded her in Young X-Men as they are trying to paint her as a villain. And Surge comes out as, yet again, one of the strongest characters from New X-Men getting what amounts to a screwjob by not getting a spotlight somewhere.

All of these stories play out a lot stronger than the first issue. They all seem to have a beginning, a middle, and an end that will hopefully be seen elsewhere. We are given a glimpse into the lives of these characters that we've grown with, and they are growing. They are taking the Dividing of the X-Men to heart, and it hurts. The team that they love and felt at home with is no more, and they have to learn to live with that.

And maybe, just maybe, we'll get to see them again soon enough. Maybe Havok will find a way to break his team out of the prison and kill his evil brother. And maybe, just maybe, we can all move on in the face of this adversity, just like our favorite X-Men and women.