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Rom meets with his friends in Clairton and learns that Torpedo was attacked by Hybrid and saved from being frozen to death by the former hack reporter Mack Killburn, who now wants to join Rom’s crusade. After informing his human friends about Hybrid’s identity and about his mistake in releasing the convicts, Rom leaves to rectify his mistakes. In the meantime, Mystique, Destiny and Rogue have met Hybrid who convinces them that, as mutants, they share a common cause – and common foes. Nevertheless, the women are shocked to see how he sadistically murders the escaped convicts who chance upon them. When Rom flies by, a seemingly injured Mystique lures him in and Rogue follows up by attacking and trying to absorb his power. Instead, she absorbs part of his character and is shocked by the goodness she finds in him. As Rom and Hybrid fight, Hybrid can no longer concentrate on keeping the future hidden from Destiny and she learns that he plans to use them and other mutant women as breeders. While the two older women still argue whether or not they should help Rom, Rogue attempts to do so. The other women eventually help and Mystique saves Rom from falling prey to hybrid’s mental manipulations. With Rogue absorbing part of Hybrid’s power, Rom then uses his Neutralizer on him to scatter him to atoms. Rom then urges the mutants to work with their fellow humans against the Wraiths. While the two older women refuse, Rogue is touched by his words and hopes they meet again.