Professor Xavier enlists the help of Kitty Pryde to lure Colossus down from Avalon so that Moira MacTaggert can heal a head wound. The hope is that Colossus will realize his mistake. Meanwhile, Cable travels to Muir Island to 1) exact revenge on the Acolytes and 2) allow Colossus to suffer the consequences of joining Magneto. Cable's confrontation with Rachel Summers, however, sparks some questions between the two about their actual relationship. Colossus, with a healed head, decides to return to Magneto.SynopsisThe issue opens with Nightcrawler and the Acolyte Spoor at each other's throats. Nightcrawler nearly loses control of himself and almost kills him due to Spoor's ability to emit psycho-stimulatory pheromones. Shadowcat and Phoenix (Rachel Summers) show up and console Nightcrawler and take the incapacitated Spoor back to Moira Mactaggert's Muir Isle HQ. The X-Men- Jean Grey, Cyclops, and Professor X arrive from the States. Xavier asks Kitty to betray Colossus to retrieve him from the Acolytes. She initially refuses but Xavier manages to talk her into it. Meanwhile, on Magneto's Avalon, Exodus, Colossus, and Voght listen in on a transmission from Kitty inviting Colossus to take her from Muir Isle because she wants to join him and Magneto. Exodus allows him to go and tells Voght to bring him back in an hour. At X-Force's base in Camp Verde, Arizona, Cable is pissed and talking with his computer "Professor" about mounting an attack on the Acolytes. He suspects Colossus is being lulled into a trap and the Professor remarks that Kitty and Colossus share a strong bond in a multitude of different time continuities. Cable asks the Professor to body-slide him to Muir Isle. Meanwhile back on Muir Isle, Nightcrawler talks with Cyclops about Moira and Proteus and the difficulties of being a leader. With most of the team having been lost, quit, or in a catatonic state, Nightcrawler wonders what's left of Excalibur. Phoenix, on perimeter watch, reflects on her parents... -LCG

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