Torture Several years ago in Israel, the mutant Catalyst held Destiny, Sabretooth, and Mystique captive. After Catalyst releases Sabretooth and Mystique, keeping only Destiny for himself, the two mutants furtively follow him inside his facility. In the present, Sabretooth and Mystique escape their safe house and slay the Techno-Sassins that attacked them. When Mystique realizes that A.I.M. is trailing their moves through Sabretooth’s tracking collar, she takes the collar off, keeping it with her as a failsafe, lest Creed turns up against her. The pair reaches Hydra’s secret island base, which they find under attack by A.I.M. agents. Overseeing the operation from a submarine, Cypher, the deranged, cybernetically enhanced A.I.M. commander, snaps and kills one of her agents. Intent on infiltrating the Hydra citadel, Sabretooth and Mystique split up. Creed never manages to enter the citadel, jumping into a moat infested with piranhas instead of fighting Hydra. Raven does manage to get inside, but she is stunned by two disfigured creatures who wish to deliver her to their master.
