The Gist of It: NOTE: This review probably won't be as, er, "in-depth" as the last one, since it was mostly fighting, and there's only so much I can add to that.

After the Previouslies, Pyro again lights up the room, just as a giant (I'm rusty on my Egyptian gods, so pretend I'm right) Ra statue attacks Scott, who does his standard "roll, crouch, 'n blast" move to ineffectually hit the statue. With his mighty hatchet, Ra whacks one of the columns, which crumbles and causes Colossus, Kitty, and Kurt to fall down through the floor and into... darknesssss. The floor then sinks into the ground, taking Pietro, Scott, and Pyro down with it. They, too, fall into... darknesssss. And so, Beast jumps at Ra, who whacks another column, causing more crap to happen. Magneto floats away, and Safari Chuck does his best to wheel out of the way of a column, but manages to get hit by a rock and crash. Damn the turn-radius of his wheelchair! If only it'd been a little better, he could've dodged the rocks! Anyhow, the ground falls out from under him, but luckily, he's saved by Magneto.

Meanwhile, Bobby's about to fall into... darknesssss, but is saved by Jean floating him up. Another statue, who I'm going to call, ohh... Osiris (pretend I'm right), is about to attack Jean and Bobby, but is zapped by Storm, who flies in to save the day. Of course, they get hit by falling debris anyway, and the tomb closes behind Osiris. All is dark except for his glowing eyes. Oooh. Cue credits.

Magneto floats Safari Chuck out of the crumbling tomb thingie, and Beast skids in just as the doors close. Dun dun dunn.

Cut to: The Boys. That is, Scott, Pietro, and St. John in darknesssss. Johnny lights up the room yet again (this would be his third time since getting into the tomb. You'd think he'd be tired of it by now, except he's such a little pyro that he's probably thrilled to have to keep on lighting up the rooms), and they're face-to-face (well, not face, since the statues are so big. It's more like face-to-knee) with, uh... hmm... statues that I'll name Anubis and... Set (pretend I'm right). Scott's all "Be vewy vewy quiet" and "Let's find a way out of here." Pietro happily complies and runs out of the room, leaving Johnny and Scott to fight off the statues by themselves. Ah well, Scott 'n Johnny don't seem to mind. Anyhow, Anubis and Set start moving, so Scott zaps... uh... Set, while Pyro cackles gleefully and torches Anubis, resulting in, well, nothing. I mean, what were you expecting? Unless he lights his fire to some crazy-high intensity, not much would really happen. Silly Pyro, how I love thee.

While the Dynamic Duo evade Anubis and Set, Storm's cradling an unconscious Jean as Osiris advances on them. Storm zaps him a bit, while Bobby ices up the stairs, causing Osiris to slip and fall. Rather than flailing about saying "I've fallen, and I can't get up," Osiris gets back up, only to be encased in ice by Bobby. Storm makes a little electricity ball to light up the room, and Bobby walks over to these two lions-wearing-headdresses statues who I'll name Simba and Mufasa. Naturally, Simba and Mufasa don't like these muties invadin' their turf, so they run at Bobby with intent to kill, or possibly maim. Storm flies up and zaps them a bunch. Cut to...

A shiny metal hand punches the wall, and is about to do so again when Kitty phases through it and tells him to chill out. Colossus asks her what she finds, and she said nadda. Kurt bamfs in holding the headset Kitty had from the last episode, but it's too damanged to do anything with. So, they decide to keep looking around.

Meanwhile, Beast tries to use his headset to contact Kitty, but to no avail. He wants to go and look for the kids, but Magneto says "No way, dude," and Safari Chuck agrees with him, saying that the kids have been trained to take care of themselves. Nevertheless, he sends out a telepathic message telling 'em where to find him. Magneto calls Beast over to the wall, where a bunch of heiroglyphs are etched. He asks him how his Ancient Egyptian is, and Beast responds with "A little rusty." Hey, that's better than my Ancient Egyptian. Oh well. Beast is so convenient to have around; he's like the Giles of X-Men. And so, Beast looks at the Wall of Exposition and reads it. Story time!

A long time ago, in a galaxy right here, there was this pharaoh dude named Rama Tut, who "fell from the stars", bringing some space ship type thingie with him. He used his technology to take over and rule the lands. During his reign, there was this gray-skinned baby that was abandoned in the middle of the desert. A tribe of bandits finds the screaming little mass o' monochrome, and their leader Baal, who's quite the maternal bandit, saw that the baby would be powerful, and raised him as his own. He named the baby, dun dun dunnn, En Sabah Nur. Nur grows up to be a bad-ass warrior, and he's kinda purty when you can't, y'know, see his face. Anyhow, hearing about this monochromatic warrior, Rama Tut demands his death. Soooo, the bandits are wiped out, Baal dies, and sad Nur gets a little pissy and kicks some ass. Because of his unstoppable rage, he became... The Hulk! Oops, I mean, Apocalypse.

Back to The Boys-- or, rather, the Dynamic Duo, since Pietro's still not there. Anyhow, Scott continues to zap Set until his arm falls off. Set's arm, that is, not Scott's. Seeing the wires and such in Set's arm, Scott realizes that the statues are actually machines. Pyro continues to giggle-- well, cackle-- and fry Anubis, who's just kinda like "Bitch," and slaps him across the room. Aww. While Pyro's all "owwie" and getting up, Pietro runs back into the room and is like "I found a way out! Let's kick some ass!" and zips around Anubis, creating a little twister that knocks the robotic bastard off his feet. Anubis crashes into a wall, which happens to be the same one that Bobby and unconscious Jean are hanging around. Bobby drags her away from the wall, just as Osiris starts to twitch from inside the ice. Well, damn. Meanwhile, Storm's still attacking Simba and Mufasa, keeping them at bay. Eventually, they go boom and that's the end of them.

Osiris breaks out of the ice, and Bobby attempts to zap him again, but his ice sputters out and dies. Aww, don't worry, Bobby, that happens to every guy. Conveniently, Jean wakes up and sends Osiris flying through the wall, making him crash into Set. She then makes Anubis fly and crash. Scott's all "Yay, Jeaaaan!" and they hug and exposition, thanks to the telepathic message, that the Professor is right above them. They go off to find the adults, and Pyro leans on Pietro, since he's all hurt, and Pietro puts his hand on Pyro's ass. Oh yes. It's on his ass. XD Oh, anyhow, yeah, they all run off.

Meanwhile, back at the Wall of Exposition, Beast talks about how Apocalypse tried to hunt down Rama Tut, who ran away, never to be seen again. Ohh well. Apoc finds Rama Tut's device, which house this thing called the Eye of Ages, which essentially works just like Movieverse!Magneto's device. Apoc wanted to reshape the world in his image, blah blah, but he himself had to power the Eye to make it work. So, he gets in, and his follower guys turn on him, and they close the Eye on him and seal him away where nooobody can find them. And thus, according to the wall and skillful deduction, it turns out that they're actually not at Apoc's tomb. And so, Safari Chuck is all "Well, crap, we have no idea where it is."

Meanwhile, Gambit and the Ferals spot some tracks in the snow. Wolvie and Sabes sniff them and are alike "Dude, it's Rogue, Mesmero, and some scentless person who must be Mystique!" while Gambit's like "Stop sniffing and just follow the tracks, dumbasses."

Back at the tomb, we meet up wit Kitty again. She phases through a door and comes across the room where the others were fighting. Kurt bamfs in, they bump into each other and shriek in fear. Kitty says that they're probably close to the Prof, and that Kurt can just 'port up and rejoin the others. Kurt refuses to leave Kitty alone with Colossus, because he could, I dunno, smash the girl who has the ability to pass through solid matter. What an evil man. Pffth. Scott was stuck with both Pietro and Pyro, and you didn't see him complain. Oh well, can't blame Kurt for being concerned for the well-being of his fanfic-soulmate. Pffth. Anyhow, Kitty defends her shiny new friend, saying that he's just a big, quiet softy. On cue, Colossus busts through the wall and is all "Err, I was worried about you." Aww.

Suddenly, Scott zaps the wall and the others come in and join up with Kurt, Kitty, and Colossus. Unfortunately, they brought Anubis and Osiris with them. Oops. The kids zap them a bit, then run, except for Pyro, who's still "BURN!", so Pietro has to yoink him away in the knick of time. Heeehe.

Back to the adults. They wonder what the tomb was protecting, if not Apocalypse. And so, they enter a new room and kind Rama Tut's vessel. Conveniently enough, there's a Cerebro in there, which the Prof uses to discover more plot stuff.

Back to Gambit and the Ferals. Logan calls Beast and says that they've tracked Rogue (and Mystique and Mesmero) to Tibet. Makalu Peak, to be precise. Anyhow, Beast is all "Well, we'll get there as soon as possible." And then, Logan and Co. run into... Brad Pitt! No, I lie. I haven't even seen "Seven Years in Tibet", so I shouldn't have mentioned Brad. Ohh well. In any case, they run into Mesmero, who tries to mind zap them. Luckily, the Prof's mental blocks saved them. So, Mesmero runs off, and Sabes tells Logan that Mesmero wanted him to push him off the mountain, and he still wants to. They bitch, and Gambit tells them both to jump off the mountain.

Back to the X-Kids and the Acolytes. Anubis tries to whack Pietro, who deftly dodges the attack. Kitty and Colossus do some tag-team work to make Anubis go smash, and they're all "Yay!"

Meanwhile, in Tibet, Rogue, Mesmero, and Mystique approach Apoc's actual tomb. All of them are bundled up except for Mystique, who's still in her skimpy vinyl outfit. Hm. Anyway, Mesmero walks up to Apoc's door and is all "Dude, I brought the final key-- Mystique." Mystique, in response, is all "Whaa?!" Cut to commercials.

Back from commercials, Mystique's pissed. She thought Rogue was the key, and that her cooperation would ensure their future (by "their"-- well, "our", as she said-- I'm guessing she means hers and Rogue's... and Destiny, so that they can be the happy lesbian couple with their daughter again. Yesss). Mesmero's like "Weeelll, you both are keys. But hey, don't worry, all you gotta do is go into the tomb and put your hand on Apocalypse's seal, and all will be well." Oh yeah, and they also talk about how Mesmero couldn't enslave her with his powers because her mind's too strong. I don't know if that has any real point in the future, but they felt it was necessary to mention that. Maybe to clear up any possible plot hole. Anyway, Mystique turns into a snake and goes into Apoc's tomb through this little hole in the door. Once inside the chamber, she turns back to normal and puts her hand on Apocalypse's seal. Things start doing... stuff... and Mystique finds that she can't release her hand. She then turns to stone. Oh well, that's what she gets for being so trusting. Pffth, and here I thought she was smart enough to not just believe Mesmero like that. The final doors open, and Rogue walks into the tomb.

Meanwhile, the door behind Mesmero turns all glowy with kinetic energy and blows up. Gambit and Co. come in and attack Mesmero, but they all lose pretty quickly. While they're doing this, Rogue touches Apocalypse's hand and his eye opens.

Back in Egypt, the kids escape Osiris and run in on Mags, Safari Chuck, and Beast. While Chuck talks about the vessel and how to operate it and whatever, Mags and the kids take out Osiris. Beast, conveniently, knows how to operate the vessel. Yay!

Back in Tibet, the Trio are still losing to Mesmero, until Sabretooth finally jumps at him and kicks his ass. Meanwhile, Rogue "wakes up" from her trance, but is a little late, as Apoc starts to drain her of all of the powers she stole from the other muties. I'm assuming this means he's got control over all of their powers now thanks to the absorption. This reminds me of Shendu from "Jackie Chan Adventures". Silly Apoc. He gets all young again, and Rogue's drained and sleeping. Logan comes in and grabs Rogue, then sees Apoc float up and glow with these light beams like some medieval religious icon.

Back in Egypt, all present go into the vessel and it poofs them to the tomb in Tibet. Now everybody's finally in the same place! Yay! Anyhow, back in his chambers, Apoc flies up and over Logan, who flies at him in slow-mo and gets beaten down with some kinda telekinetic blast. Damn, Logan, this just isn't your day. Just as Apoc floats into the main tomb, all of the others get out of the vessel and simultaneously get their asses handed to them the same way Logan did. Apoc gets in the vessel, and Magneto tries to stop it from leaving, so he just gets blasted again. Vessel poofs. Good guys failed. Aww. This better not result in Cable coming into the series.

Brotherhood Moments: Pietro's here and there throughout the episode, mostly running about, as he does best. Also, he helps Pyro walk and has his hand on his ass. XD Besides Pietro, the Acolytes are present most of the time. In fact, I think there's always at least one baddie present in this ep... except in the scenes where Jean, Bobby, and Storm were fighting the statues. Unfortunately, Lance and Wanda and Freddy and Todd are nowhere to be seen. I guess the former two are still asleep on the floor, while the latter are watching Powerpuff Girls at home.

My Opinion: Well, I liked this ep. There were plenty of scenes that I loved, like all of the ones involving Pyro and/or Pietro, and the ones with Kitty and Colossus, as I like the pairing. Hey, don't look at me like that, I can like semi-canon pairings, too! Anyhow, I kinda dug the flashback about Apocalypse, even if I despise him and have no fond childhood memories of him and his stupid "Mwaaa! I am... APOCALYPSE!" crap from the old cartoon. Lousy bastard... Oh well, he was cute in the flashback, in that "Dark Elf from Daggerfall/Morrowind" kinda way.

Okay, I've just watched the episode twice, and I can't think of anything to really say in this segment. Funny, usually I use this space to rant about stupid things in the episode, or rave about greatness, but I can't think of anything. Oh wait. Pyro ass!! Pietro and Pyro leaning on each other! Pietro yoinking Pyro out of the line of fire (ergh, stupid pun)! So cute. Love 'em. Loooove 'em. And I like Colossus. Before, I was like "Ehh whatever" to Evo Colossus, but I love him. Gambit's still kinda "meh" to me, as is Logan. Oh, and I wonder what's gonna happen in the next episode-- and by "next episode", I don't mean "Cruise Control", since that's not even in chronological order of the eps. I still have hopes for an Evo Hellfire Club, or even the Upstarts, but I seriously doubt the latter's ever going to show up. Not sure about the Hellfire Club, though. I guess it depends on how large a role Apocalypse plays for the entire season. I mean, chances are this is the last season of Evo, and you can't do an X-Series without ever using the Hellfire Club! I refuse to believe it! Oh well.

Rating (out of 5): 3.5. It was a decent enough ep, but I actually liked Part I more. Good stuff, though.

BH Acolyte Babble: (Note: Credit for the Acolytes chibis can be seen on the Fanart page)
: You cheating bastard!
: Hey, you drove me to it! I have abandonment issues, y'know, and you're never around!
: How the hell can you have abandonment issues when your sister's the one who--
: Shhh. She doesn't remember, remember?
: So... this is where you guys stay all day? How--
: Awesome?
: Cool?
: Amazing?
: Uh-- yo?
: --lame.
: Hey, this place is fireproof! *cackles and burns the, uh, webspace they live in* I can do this all day!
: Okay, so you cheat on me with that?
: Well, he may not be 'all there', but... uh... Shut up, Lance! *grabs Pyro's ass*