X-Factor

Val Cooper arrives at Fall’s Edge with a bunch of government troops, looking for the mutant X-Factor has been tracking. Forge and Polaris are both furious that they were sent to apprehend their old friend and colleague, Jamie Madrox. Val can’t believe that it was really Jamie they were chasing, and denies all knowledge of this. She adds that she needs to produce him, or the troops will attack. Mystique comes to the rescue, and morphs into Jamie to fool them. Sabretooth notices the deception but, having a hatred for the government, as well as X-Factor, he allows the ruse to continue. Once Mystique is aboard the transporter, she slips her shackles and gives them the slip with ease.

Instead of returning to Fall’s Edge, she visits a church where her old friend, Pyro, is hanging out. She has something she wants to do, and requires his assistance.

Jamie is at a safe house, being looked after by Wildchild and Shard, who Jamie is infatuated with. When Forge and Polaris show up, he explains to X-Factor how he came to be alive. It was a dupe that had the Legacy Virus, and he knew that, providing he remained separate from that dupe, the other bodies wouldn’t contract it. When the dupe died, he lost much of his memory. He adds that Havok eventually helped him escape government confinement and asked him to join his new outfit, the Brotherhood. Jamie declined and was then chased by X-Factor. Polaris is more interested in Havok’s whereabouts than Jamie’s story.

Val Cooper calls Forge and informs him that Mystique has done a runner. They track her to the church, but find she is already gone. They also discover she is ready to assassinate Graydon Creed.

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