Young mutants seeking refuge at the abandoned X-Mansion instead found themselves hunted and detained by X-Factor, a government-sanctioned mutant team operating under the direction of Dr. Valerie Cooper. Although X-Factor claimed to be relocating them for their own protection, the young mutants were imprisoned under heavy security, raising questions about whether the government’s true objective was their safety or containment.
Meanwhile, X-Force’s search for War led the team to Brazil, where they cornered the Horseman amid the chaos of the streets. Following a fierce struggle, Psylocke used her psychic abilities to render War unconscious before probing his mind for information about Apocalypse’s plans. She glimpsed a mysterious delivery of something vital, but an impenetrable wall of diamonds suddenly blocked her path, preventing her from exploring his memories any further.
With Psylocke unable to extract additional information and War remaining a dangerous servant of Apocalypse, Cable ordered Archangel to end his life as an act of mercy. Archangel carried out the execution without hesitation, but Jubilee was deeply shaken by the cold finality of killing an unarmed mutant. She openly challenged Cable’s ruthless methods, exposing the growing divide between the young recruit and the hardened members of X-Force.
The diamond barrier Psylocke encountered pointed the team toward Emma Frost, whose psychic powers and diamond form matched the defense protecting War’s memories. When confronted, Emma admitted her involvement and directed X-Force to a hidden facility that appeared to be preparing advanced technology for a new generation of Horsemen. The lead was a trap: Emma had made a deal with X-Factor in exchange for amnesty and deliberately lured X-Force into an ambush.
A brutal confrontation erupted between the two mutant teams. Most of X-Force managed to break free and withdraw, but Jubilee was overwhelmed and taken prisoner aboard a government helicarrier alongside the other captured young mutants. During her interrogation by Havok and Polaris, Jubilee appealed to the ideals Polaris had once upheld as a member of the X-Men and awakened the doubts she still harbored about X-Factor’s actions.
Polaris secretly disabled the helicarrier’s security systems and her own power-suppressing collar, giving Jubilee an opportunity to escape. Jubilee fought through the guards, released the imprisoned mutants, and summoned X-Force for extraction. The team arrived and carried the liberated youths to safety, but the rescue led Cooper to brand X-Force as fugitives, forcing Psylocke and her teammates deeper underground as they continued their mission against Apocalypse.
“For so long, my life has been out of control. Chaos and serendipity, wrapped in insanity. I have suffered, I have lost. Not just my life, but my very soul, my self. But no more. Now I know who I am.” – Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Braddock, daughter of Otherworld, mutant, telepath, telekinetic, defender of the realm and, above all, X-Man.
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