Magneto, Rogue and Ka-Zar hook up with Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. in the Savage Land to prevent Zaladane from gaining complete control over the planet's magnetic fields. Meanwhile, Lila Cheney teleports Jubilee, Gambit, Forge, Psylocke, Banshee, Storm and Wolverine to unknown interstaller coordinates in pursuit of Professor X. They arrive in a sealed room that attacks and imprisons them, only to have Lady Deathbird reveal herself, and inform them that she wants them to kill Professor X.