Feral and Thornn's past are brought to light as X-Force and the sisters track through the old house in the Bronx. The sisters show how they became hardened and just who exactly is responsible for the deaths of each member of their family.
Synopsis
Cannonball, Shatterstar, Thornn, and Jose Hidalgo enter the old Callasantos tenement and begin the search for Feral. Shatterstar expresses his desire to gut the traitor, but Cannonball keeps the group focussed on the idea that Feral needs help and was once a member of their family. Thornn and Hidalgo recall their sad past together as they progress through the house. Feral ambushes the team and abducts Hidalgo, leading the search party higher into the building. Outside, Cable has Siryn patrol the rooftops while the rest of X-Force surrounds the building. Cable feels that the team really needs to let the night play out and denies anyone from taking a shot at Feral.
The group eventually finds Feral and Hidalgo. Feral spits out that Thornn should have been a better big sister by protecting the family. She then takes Hidalgo up the fire escape to the rooftop. On the roof, Feral is content to discuss the deaths of her family members:
- Carolina was young and fell down the stairs. Thornn was supposed to be watching her but went out to play with Hidalgo and his friends. Feral claims it was a complete accident. Hidalgo remembers that Feral seemed to be smiling when she saw her sister's death.
- Feral had a pigeon coop on the roof. Matteo loved chasing the birds and one day tripped off the roof. Feral watched her brother struggle and eventually fall. She felt that if he wasn't strong enough to pull himself up then he wasn't fit to remain in the family.
- Harry Bellinger was Marcella Callasantos's boyfriend. He introduced Feral's mother to harder drugs and would try and molest Feral and Thornn when their mom would pass out. One night he had drug Thornn into an alley when she was seventeen, but he was stopped from doing anything when Feral showed up and ripped his face off. The sisters hid his body in the walls of an abandoned building.
- Marcella Callasantos was angry at Feral for killing Harry, so she killed Feral's pigeons. Feral killed her mother out of pure hatred.
With the truth out, Feral lunges at Cannonball to rip into him. Unaware of his enhanced powers, Feral is blasted away from him and arrested by Hidalgo.
The news reports that the Mutant Liberation Front, the terrorist organization of which Feral is a part, concocted the whole abduction of Thornn and Hidalgo. Thornn is released from custody. Cannonball is unclear on how the MLF got dragged into the mix, although he does admit that redirecting the conversation from the dangers of all mutants to just terrorist mutants is a stroke of genius. Cable explains that Dani Moonstar was responsible for feeding Feral lies about how the Friends of Humanity were going to execute Thornn at her old house and this drew Feral out of hiding. Cannonball sees Dani and asks how she can betray her new team. Dani explains that she is a big believer in the truth. She then flies away on Brightwind.
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