Things get bleak in Arakko when Genesis' Four Horsemen are released. Richard Rider is putting out the fire when he sees Famine unleashing a tsunami to flood the town. Famine gloats over the destruction until Storm arrives to zap the hell out of the Horseman. War uses the fire power to blast at the mutant but she gets her flames snuffed out from Storm's cold whirlwind.
Storm turns and finds Death is before her with his scythe. Death confirms that his siblings are down but not dead as he senses their sparks still flickering. He says Storm cannot fool him, that there is still mercy in her so he challenges her to fight him. Knowing that Death has the sense of honor, Storm reasons with him by telling him that his rules don't apply to the senseless war and destruction happening around them. Meanwhile, Pestilence fires a poison arrow at Storm but Richard flies in and takes the arrow instead, nearly killing him with the poison corrupting his body. Storm reaches for Nova saying she'll fly him out of there but Death pulls her hand away saying the plague spreads by touch and kills by pain and that only he can survive it. Then, Death turns to his sister and declares that she interfered without honor so he kills her with a Deathly Glare by taking off his Anubis mask. Putting his headpiece back on he tells Storm that his sister's interference was a challenge of insult and that she said such things meant nothing. "She was wrong. She has to be."
Syzya teleports in and Storm immediately asks her how the evacuation is going. Syzya replies that some got out and Genesis is taking prisoners (that can hopefully be rescued). The remaining fighters are falling back to the Morrowlands. She then hands Storm the Uranos trigger. She says it has to be Storm. She's the Seat of Loss and Syzya doesn't want to listen to Uranos anymore. Storm holds it and Uranos greets her in her mind. He tells her to release him and within his hour of freedom he will end the war by ending every single life on the planet that is not of her faction. The choice is hers. He tells her to choose as she looks up and watches a swarm of flying daemons fly overhead.
X-Men Red v2 #16, 2023
