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 * Issue 14 - 'We Built This Kitty' **



**Plot**

After the group tracks The Monitor to Alcatraz, the eXalts bring The Monitor's backup model to Lucius. Lucius is able to open the last files accessed by the robot – future profiles of the eXalts! The files reveal that David was the one who killed Meghan in the future. This leads to tension in the group. Cameron also discovers that he is Weapon XI from Canada's Weapon X program. Cameron and Dagan recover in the medical lab and reconcile. Meanwhile, Dr. Strange calls to ask if Academy X would host Will while he deals with a problem. Will is teleported into the school and introduces "Bruce," the ape spirit, to everyone. He has gained a greater deal of control over the ape spirit. During the next week, Dane asks Adhra to take his classes so he can fix the Blackbird. He also sends an e-mail to Meghan at Xavier's school confessing his feelings and revealing that she was infected with nanites due to David. The e-mail also says that future David would kill her. David takes Bastienne for a walk and tries to get her to regain her focus. She has been distant since Jess left. When she is unresponsive to his verbal prodding, he drops her from great height to try to get her to show some emotion and break through the wall she’d built around herself. The effort is unsuccessful. When Dane finishes fixing the jet, he flies out to the east coast academy to see Meghan. Tiberius takes Dane's call and says Meghan doesn't want to see him. Dane speaks to Kurt, who convinces him to return to Academy X. Dane also tells Kurt about the nanites and the danger to Meghan. Sam goes to Las Vegas to have a good time with her boyfriend, Matt. At the yearly Halloween party, the staff and students dress up as DC Comics characters. During the party, Bastienne mans the security room. She sees a car pull up. Inside the car are Hisako and Meghan. After verifying that they are who they say they are, David lets them in. Meghan is distant from him. At the party, Meghan sees Dane dancing with Adhra. Dane and Meghan go for a walk and Meghan reveals that she borrowed a telepath's power to read Scott’s mind. She found out about Dane's e-mails. She then borrowed Logan's healing abilities and had Henry remove the nanites. She makes Dane promise to stay at Academy X at least until the end of the school year. She implies she's interested in him, but wants to make sure he won’t run the moment things are difficult. Meanwhile, at the party, Hisako speaks to Cameron and somehow activates his Weapon X brainwashing. Hisako sneaks out as Cameron begins attacking other mutants. Dagan, David, and Dane are blasted into unconsciousness by Cameron and are dying. Meghan steals the mutant abilities of Oldeani, an Academy X student, and saves them. Jubilee finally manages to knock out Cameron. As this is going on, Hisako goes to the security office and reveals that she was possessed by Cassandra Nova. She takes over Bastienne’s body and activates Bast's secondary mutation: shadow stepping. Bastienne's new mutation is uncontrolled and she falls into the shadows as Nova, back in Hisako's body, sneaks off to the Danger Room. Once the eXalts are roused, they hurry to the Danger Room and discover that Nova has opened a secret hatch that leads to an incomplete Cerebra. Billy runs to the security office and shuts off the power, causing Cerebra to explode. Nova was in the room long enough to locate Xavier in Genosha, however. She possesses a sophomore with the ability to create matter and makes a new body. She then activates the Sentinel from The Monitor's attack and flies off to kill Xavier. The group wants to save Xavier, but the X-Men are on a mission and can’t help. The eXalts decide that only Magneto can aid them. Dagan reveals her full knowledge of Magneto's location (some details not even unearthed by Mystique’s mind probes weeks ago) and the group hurries on the Blackbird to an island near Genosha. There David speaks to Magneto – unkempt and in mourning – and convinces him to help save Xavier. On Genosha, Dane speaks to Xavier and Magneto. Magneto vows to stop Cassandra. Xavier blocks everyone's mental signatures from Cassandra while David and Dane use the Blackbird to block the Sentinel's scanners. Cassandra arrives and is surprised by Magneto. He takes control of the Sentinel and uses it to rip apart Cassandra's body. Xavier imprisons Cassandra’s mind inside himself. Will and Cameron, who had stowed away, watch the encounter. Magneto leaves the island, but not before David speaks to him and tells him of Mystique's school. Magneto is pleased that she had followed his orders, and he changes directions to head for the west coast of the United States. The eXalts drop Xavier off at the east coast school. When they return to Academy X, they discover that Jessica has returned in their absence. The students had been forewarned of her arrival through a student’s precognition, and they created banners and had a huge rally to welcome her back. Bastienne flies into Jessica's arms and they embrace. The next day, Will is retrieved by Dr. Strange. But now Magneto has returned...

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