Angel – Jäger der Finsternis spots Gambit stealing a mysterious artifact, but when he tries to stop him, Mesmero fights him off. When the Acolytes want to steal another artifact, the X-Men fight them and discover there is a bigger plan happening.
Jean is about to confess her strong and deep mutual romantic Liebe to Scott when Mystique abducts Scott and abandons him in the desert in Mexico without his ruby quartz glasses.