century ▁Irish ▁women ▁writers ▁Category : W omen ▁bi ograph ers <0x0A> </s> ▁" Im per ial " ▁was ▁the ▁second ▁story ▁arc ▁from ▁Grant ▁Mor r ison ' s ▁run ▁on ▁the ▁Marvel ▁Comics ▁title ▁New ▁X - Men , ▁running ▁from ▁issues ▁# 1 1 8 - 1 2 6 . ▁It ▁further ▁expl ored ▁the ▁origin ▁behind ▁the ▁character ▁Cass andra ▁Nova ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁giving ▁more ▁depth ▁to ▁the ▁student ▁body ▁at ▁the ▁X avier ▁Institute , ▁specifically ▁the ▁Step ford ▁C uck o os , ▁Be ak , ▁and ▁Angel ▁Salv ad ore . ▁ ▁Plot ▁ ▁As ▁mut ant ▁culture ▁takes ▁center ▁stage ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁media , ▁a ▁new ▁movement ▁propag ated ▁by ▁book ▁The ▁Third ▁Species ▁begins ▁to ▁affect ▁human / mut ant ▁relations . ▁Several ▁school ▁shoot ings ▁occur ▁where ▁the ▁ass ail ant ▁takes ▁mut ant ▁org ans ▁to ▁gra ft ▁to ▁themselves , ▁bel ieving ▁they ▁will ▁trans c end ▁to ▁a ▁higher ▁state ▁of ▁evolution ▁( some how ▁superior ▁to ▁the ▁natural ▁mut ations ▁occurr ing ). ▁Cy clo ps ▁and ▁Emma ▁investigate ▁the ▁imp et us ▁behind ▁this ▁movement ▁by ▁confront ing ▁John ▁Sub lime , ▁the ▁book ' s ▁author . ▁He ▁reve als ▁himself ▁to ▁be ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁U - Men , ▁a ▁radical ▁group ▁that ▁doesn ' t ▁improve ▁themselves ▁by ▁changing ▁their ▁own ▁gen es , ▁but ▁by ▁har vest ing ▁mut ant ▁parts ▁from ▁unw illing ▁don ors . ▁Cy clo ps ▁and ▁Emma