Chapter 4 With a space shuttle full of Brood heading for Times Squad in New York City, Storm of the X-Men and the Invisible Woman of the Fantastic Four prepare to stop it from crashing in the middle of a populated area. Sue feels bad because she allowed the infected crew members of the Simulacrum to live allowing them to complete their transformation into the Brood because she thought there was someway to cure them. Storm points out that it was a noble cause and that she herself and others have been cured of Brood infections in the past. With the help of the Human Torch, they manage to absorb the heat from the shuttle's re-entry, and with Storm's opposing winds and an invisible slide created by Sue, they manage to get the shuttle to land without causing any damage or loss of life.
While back at the Baxter Building the Beast and Mister Fantastic monitor the situation while they try to cure three of the four X-Men transformed by cosmic rays while in space. With a great deal of risk involved, Reed asks the Beast if he wants to do this, but McCoy insists. However it's a one shot deal, and they are forced to wait for Cyclops and the Thing to return back with Wolverine, the only affected X-Man who has not been captured yet. At that very moment, somewhere in Canada, Cyclops and the Thing have tracked down Wolverine to a cabin in the woods. There Ben jumps out of the Fantasti-Car and engages Wolverine in battle. Although Wolverine has the upper hand with his stretching powers, the Thing manages to grab hold of him and keep him contained long enough for Cyclops to knock him out with his eyebeams.
On their way back to New York City, Cyclops is let off at the scene of the ship while Ben returns to the Baxter Building to turn over Wolverine's body. However as they begin working on restoring the transformed X-Men, they notice the Torch has fired off a Fantasti-Flare alterting them of trouble in Time Square. At that moment a number of Acanti ships have appeared in the sky just as the Brood begin emerging from the space shuttle on the ground.
