Pixie and her date are beaten by the Hellfire Cult. Scott and Emma discuss their sex life and the "sex-saturated" nature of the X-Men in San Francisco. Later Emma catches Scott assembling a crib for the baby Cable took to the future. A charismatic leader, revealed to be Empath, fires up the Hellfire Cult, and then reports for an S&M session with his boss, the mysterious Red Queen. The next day Pixie, badly injured, makes it back to the base. The X-Men, enraged, lay a trap for the Cult.
Characters: The X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Angel [Warren Worthington, III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Pixie [Megan Gwynn]]; Karma [Xi'an Coy Manh]; The Hellfire Cult [Empath [Manuel de la Rocha]; Red Queen (introduction)]
Script: Matt Fraction; Ed Brubaker
Pencils: Greg Land
Inks: Jay Leisten
Colors: Justin Ponsor
Letters: Virtual Calligraphy; Joe Caramagna
