Day Zero: In the watches of the night - Sunday/Monday

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Angel tries to get a radio signal, Yvette is on watch.

( They’d come back exhausted, sometimes even hurt, because someone was malicious. )

Day Zero - Through the River

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Team Alpha makes their entrance - the last part of which was through the East River. In October. Needless to say, no one is happy about this situation.

( Let's get moving, the sooner we get to that bomb, the better. )

Day Zero: Search and Rescue

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A handful of volunteers engage in a job that, though not particularly glorious, is certainly necessary.

( If we ain't doing our job, why bother being here? )

Day Zero - Down in the Underground

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On the morning of the mission, one team makes their entrance through the old Morlock Tunnels.

( It's been a while since you lived down here. We're just turned around. )

Day Zero: A terrible mercy

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( With a terrible mercy, Emma took away their terror and their pain )

Day Zero: Back In

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Garrison, Wanda, Bishop and Morgan are sent to meet up with the local law enforcement - and Sofia.

( What's the situation, Fred? )

Day Zero - Frontal Assault

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The "heavy hitters" squad makes an entrance, and finds almost immediate resistance.

( All right, people. Have at 'em. )

Safety in numbers, Karolina

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Harmony is in short supply and so is Karolina's patience.

( There's a blood red circle On the cold dark ground And the rain is falling down )

Day Zero: Team Echo

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Taking up a position in Central Park, a group of X-Men finally
comes face to face with Apocalypse.

( Only the strong will survive. )

Day Zero: Distractions

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Emma comes to the Frost Enterprises office to check on Doug, who is having no luck against Pestilence. And then, together, they come up with a desperate, risky strategem.

( For what shall it profit a man, if he save the world, and lose his soul? )

Day Zero - News Update

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News footage of the past 48 hours replays

"Good afternoon, this is Neal Conan for NPR. Day Three of the crisis in Manhattan continues, with the destruction mounting. We have reports that the Roosevelt Island ferry was hijacked earlier this morning by a group of mutants pledging loyalty to the individual calling himself Apocalypse, who has claimed responsibility for this attack. We cut now to a press conference from New York Govern--"

Image goes to static, replaced by voice-only

"My people. We have marked our place in the world, and by our very presence are beginning to change the course of history. Upon the ashes of this decadent bastion of humanity's excess and corruption, we will construct a new kingdom. A society of progress, of achievement, of the future. Those of you who have joined me know that this is a noble goal, and one that you have found worthy of fighting for. And fight you must, for the future belongs to those strong enough to carve out their place in it. We must, as a race, move beyond the complacency and dead-end evolution of homo sapiens. The time of the human is done, and ours is the mandate to confirm its end. Now marks the era of the new man, of novo sapiens, and it is our time. It is your time. Stand with me. Fight with me. Walk with me into our new future.

The world is ours. I am Apocalypse, and this is my word."

Signal ends.

Day Zero: Team Charlie - Lost In The Woods

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Catching their breath, Amanda and Callisto talk about the effects the changes to New York are having on both of them.

( A bit like coming home to find someone's rearranged the furniture and is sitting in your favourite comfy chair, yeah? )

Day Zero: Betsy in New York

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Betsy woke up twice. The first time wasn't so pretty.

( One, Two, Buckle My Shoe. )

Memories come when you least expect them.

( Three, Four, Knock at the Door... )

Waking up is so hard to do.

( Five, Six, Pick Up Sticks. )

First time is always the Hardest.

( Seven, Eight, Lay them Straight. )

On the third day, Betsy comes face to face with Death.

( Nine, Ten, A Good Fat Hen. )

Team Foxtrot: Lifting the Siege

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Garrison and Sofia help make a path through the mob to re-open the gates to the Pershing Armory

( Pick up some slack before I kill us all. )

Day Zero - Lifting the Siege, Concentrated Effort

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The rest of the team attempt to make short work on their way to the lifting the siege.

( Red light spilled over all three of them as Wanda raised her hands, bracing herself for the upcoming charge. )

Day Zero - Talking Heads

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With the Professor down, an unlikely candidate is tapped to run communications inside Cerebro...

( Plugging into the apparatus felt both dirty and vaguely wrong, almost felt like wearing the man's underwear. )

Day Zero - The Tunnels

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Down in the sewers, a deadly game of cats and mice begins.

( Rats grow as big as the cage you keep them in. )

Day Zero - Team Foxtrot - Something Like A War

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After freeing the Armory, Team Foxtrot works with the human forces to devise a plan to take the battle to Apocalypse.


( Just how many snipers do you have lurking about? )

The Road Home, Karolina

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After a long day, Karolina makes it home. Haller and Callie greet her.

( Can't see nothin' in front of me Can't see nothin' coming up behind I make my way through this darkness )

Day Zero - Team Alpha - Nightfall

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With night approaching and still unsuccessful in their search for the bomb, Team Alpha has no choice but to find a place to wait until daylight.

( ...And we don't all have Kyle's night vision... )

Day Zero- Chasing Death

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As the sun descends, Team Bravo finds themselves fighting Death in a very literal sense.


( The hard part's still ahead of us... )

( Hey bitch! Remember me? )

Day Zero - Generation Gap

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Wandering through Manhattan, Laurie encounters Post, and finds an unexpected savior.

( You're not the only one who learned from Charles Xavier. )

Day Zero - Holed Up

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Mark speaks with a recuperating Marie-Ange about the goings on.

( I am not sure we can protect Silver if both of us are out of sorts from migraines. )

Later, Mark confronts Jean-Phillipe. It's ultimately not the disastrous encounter one might expect.

( Either you're thinking I'm dumber than you look, or you're pathetic. )