After killing the corrupted Summoner that was trying to kill Sunfire, Sheriff Whitechapel introduces herself and tells him how she's fond of Witchbreed. She mounts her horse and Sunfire follows her as they fly to her and her posse's base. She tells him that since Saturnyne left Otherworld they've been dealing with feral Summoners, roving Vescora and other untamed threats.
They arrive at her base which she informs Shiro used to be a Blightswill refinery...
(My babies! Nice continuity nod as this is Betsy's small stealth group while the others were in the Crooked Market.)
She introduces him to Oso, one of her posse (first seen in Excalibur, he's the cutie wearing the bear head.) He's also a mutant as many of her crew are. Shiro is feeling the effects of Blightspoke and doubles over as Whitechapel tries to steady him.
Apparently after the Knights freed what is now Whitechapel's refinery, Orchis brought in heavy forces and turned their last remaining distillery into a fortress. Whitechapel points to it far in the distance up on a hill. We get a brief flashback as she tells Shiro about how she and her crew tried taking Orchis out but didn't expect them to bring Stark Sentinels with them. She lost a lot of her people that day. She does her best to take out stray Orchis goons when she can but they can't directly take on the fortress.
Sunfire looks down at his hand and the splinter compass is of course pointing directly at the Orchis distillery. As they continue to talk, Oso suddenly pushes Whitechapel aside as they are ambushed by a Sentinel. Oso takes a direct hit and is knocked out. The Sentinel announces its detection of the x-gene and proceeds with intended neutralization of Shiro. Whitechapel fires at it as Shiro powers up and tells her to get her men to safety. She puts big boy Oso on her back and flees as Shiro launches at the Sentinel.
Unfortunately it's too much for already weakened Shiro and he's slammed to the ground by its blast. The Sentinel amends its directive and proceeds to retrieve a barely conscious Shiro. He locks eyes with Whitechapel for a moment as she and Oso run before he blacks out.
The next page is black and then we see a pair of feet near Shiro who is pretty beat up on the ground. His eyes are starting to open as the mysterious figure speaks to him.
"Well, well, well... look what my big metal cat dragged in."