The trap set last issue with Karma as bait succeeds in snaring a member of the Hellfire Cult. Beast tries to cheer up Pixie by having Dazzler visit her hospital bed. Pixie decides to go home to Oakland rather than join the X-Men's attack against the Hellfire Cult, but then decides running away was a mistake. Meanwhile, the Red Queen extracts some information about Emma Frost out of Empath in their S&M session.
Characters: X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Angel [Warren Worthington, III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Wolverine [Logan]; Storm [Ororo Iqadi T'Challa]; Dazzler [Alison Blaire]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Pixie [Megan Gwynn]; Karma [Xi'an Coy Manh]]; Hellfire Cult [Empath [Manuel de la Rocha]; Red Queen]; Hellions [Jetstream [Haroun ibn Sallah al-Rashid]; Roulette [Jennifer Stavros]; Thunderbird [James Proudstar]; Catseye [Sharon Smith]; Tarot [Marie-Ange Colbert]; Empath [Manuel de la Rocha]]
Script: Matt Fraction; Ed Brubaker
Pencils: Greg Land
Inks: Jay Leisten
Colors: Justin Ponsor
Letters: Virtual Calligraphy; Joe Caramagna
