#177: Sanction

It's Mystique versus the X-Men! And the shapeshifter has the upper hand this time. Everybody dies!

Mystique fights X-Men robots in Arcade’s Murderworld, “killing” them all – including her foster daughter Rogue – but finding herself unable to harm Nightcrawler, who then beats her. Afterwards, she discusses with Arcade that she wants the rest of her train to train as well, as she is on a quest to get Rogue back from the X-Men. When Destiny wants to talk about Nightcrawler, Mystique refuses. Elsewhere, Kitty Pryde and Storm talk about their estrangement with each other to Stevie Hunter, while Xavier, Havok and Cyclops bid farewell to the Starjammers. Later, Kitty, Colossus, Nightcrawler and Amanda Sefton attend concert in Manhattan. While the younger two X-Men park the car, Nightcrawler discusses his roots with Amanda, revealing his similarity to Mystique and wishing to talk to his foster mother, Margali Szardos, about it. When Kitty and Colossus see a building burning, Colossus tells Kitty to call for help while he runs upstairs to help any trapped people. Instead however, it turns out to be a trap by the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. With a carefully planned attack, Blob, Pyro and Avalanche manage to freeze Colossus with liquid nitrogen.