- As seen in the preview, the Trevor Fitzroy, Siena Blaze, Shinobi Shaw & Fabian Cortez have killed the Nasty Boys. After a brief scuffle, the Upstarts are defeated and Shinobi Shaw commits suicide to prevent being captured and turned over to Emma Frost.
- Dark Beast claims to have 'cured the cure' and at the behest of the X-Men, Magik & Banshee get to work dispersing it through the atmosphere.
- Logan & Kwannon confront Emma & co. Kwannon faces off against Mystique, who takes the form of Lady Deathstrike, Elektra, Spiral, Kwannon herself & then finally Psylocke before stabbing Kwannon directly through the chest.
- Captain America (the real one) and Doctor Nemesis show up to talk to Scott. They question his methods, and let them know that children who've inhaled the X-Men's 'cure to the cure' have slipped into comas. He also lets them know he hasn't met with Scott since the rally, confusing Scott & Dani who now know something is amiss. Scott has Magik nab Doc Nemesis and the X-Men and teleport back to their base of operations.
- Callahan shows up at the Hellfire Club and takes Sinister and an injured Wolverine into his custody. Kwannon & Mystique have fled. Emma is put into lock-down.
- The X-Men question McCoy and Dark Beast gloats he messed with the cure. If the serum is taken and the x-gene manifests simultaneously the organs of the effected mutants go into overdrive and their body shuts down. It's revealed Mister Sinister helped out, who also added subconscious suggestions to all of the X-Men. Dark Beast jests that without Jean, Rachel or Betsy around to provide psychic shielding they're awfully vulnerable. Illyana angrily portals Dark Beast into the ceiling, gruesomely beheading him/phasing his head into solid concrete and leaves his limp body hanging there.
- Doctor Nemesis insists it mightn't be too late to undo not-McCoy's work, but they must act quickly.
- The issue closes with Emma about to restore Scott's memories, adding that she's sorry and she needs the X-Men.
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