Editing Cyclops (Marvel Comics) (section)

==== Merging with Evil ====
Scott and Jean return to the X-Men sometime after at the request of Storm, when she grows concerned about the mental well-being of Professor X (who had returned sometime prior).<ref>''X-Men'' #92 (September 1999)</ref> Their return then leads to the events of [[Apocalypse: The Twelve|The Twelve]], in which [[Apocalypse (comics)|Apocalypse]] plans to use a machine to steal the powers of twelve select mutants and the body of [[Nate Grey]] which will make him virtually omnipotent. {{Volume needed|c=y|date=April 2009}} In order to save Nate, Cyclops willingly merges with the villain Apocalypse.<ref>''X-Men'' #97</ref> He is believed dead until Jean and Cable track him down to Egypt and separate him from Apocalypse, killing Apocalypse's spirit in the process.<ref>''X-Men: The Search for Cyclops'' Books 1–4</ref>