Destiny nags at Rogue about her choice in men and occupation but Rogue tells her off with some metaphors. Destiny is cowed a bit, but leaves with some information regarding on Gamesworld and “a small blind”. Rogue interrupts Gambit’s poker game again (which is becoming a running gag) and calls him over for something important. This turns out to be a reference to Rocket, whom Rogue charms into giving her some information regarding their favorite space Las Vegas.
After defeating Ultimatum; Miles Morales and Shift were shown around the void when Ultimatum reluctantly agrees in helping them to find the missing Prowler. As they reached the portal area, Ultimatum pushes Miles and Shift into the portal and says “Adios, sucker!” before the portal closes. When the duo wake up in darkness, they find the glow which shows how the event played out. It showed the fight between Miles Morales and Selim except that it ended differently with Selim killing Miles, Mindspinner and Shift as well as taking Miles’ baby sister as his prize. Without Miles Morales and the two clones to stop him, Selim had taken over New York and turned it into dystopia. Miles Morales and Shift had landed in the dystopian alternate reality where Selim ruled as a dictator.
Cover by Jim Lee for the second issue of ‘Dark Days’ (Dark Days: The Casting), a two-part story that works as a prelude to ‘Dark Nights: Metal’ (2017) - writers: Scott Snyder & James Tynion IV
