#24

Synopsis

Cyclops, having shot "Emma" in the head, continues to shoot the Hellfire Club members, exposing them as mental projections, except for Cassandra Nova who is more persistent. Blindfold restores Beast's personality with a special ball of string he created. Ord and Danger invade the mansion, fighting Hisako and dragging her into the main fight. Cyclops talks Shadowcat down from killing Emma, Ord and Danger break through, and then S.W.O.R.D. teleports the X-Men, Hisako, Ord and Danger onto their ship and flies away with them all. Blindfold prophesies that one of the X-Men will not return.

Reprinted from

• New X-Men #22
• Astonishing X-Men #18

Credits

Script

Joss Whedon, Joe Quesada, Christopher Yost, Craig Kyle

Pencils

John Cassaday, Mark Brooks

Inks

John Cassaday, Jay Leisten, Jaime Mendoza

Colours

Laura Martin, Brian Reber, Dave McCaig

Letters

Chris Eliopoulos, Dave Sharpe