Siryn and Madrox are awakened in the middle of the night to shocking news. Their most recent client, a girl who learned that her sister was having an affair with a movie star, has been arrested for her sister's murder. Now the pair rush to the scene, only to once again find themselves thwarted by an agent of Singularity Investigations.

Back in what remains of Mutant Town Guido, Rictor and Rahne find a group of bigots assaulting a man. They run the group off, but find themselves in the middle of a riot. And in the midst of all this chaos, Layla Miller is still at X-Factor's offices, claiming to 'know stuff'. And the stuff she knows could mean life or death for X-Factor.