The junior members of X-Factor prepare to head off to school. The Alliance protests the Mutant Registration Act by wanton destruction and runs up against X-Factor. Beast returns to his blue and furry form and regains the use of his mind. Freedom Force takes the Alliance into custody and makes X-Factor sign the Registration Act. Rusty agrees to turn himself in.
Characters: Alliance of Evil [Frenzy [Joanna Cargill]; Stinger [Wendy Sherman]; Timeshadow; Tower [Edward Pasternak]]; Freedom Force: Blob [Fred Dukes]; Crimson Commando [Frank Bohannan]; Mystique [Raven Darkhölme]; Spiral [Rita Wayword]]; X-Factor [Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]]; Boom-Boom [Tabitha Smith]; Rusty Collins; Death [Warren Worthington III]; Cameron Hodge; Leech; Artie Maddicks; Nanny [Eleanor Murch]; Orphan-Maker; Rictor [Julio Richter]; Ship; Skids [Sally Blevins]; Trish Tilby; Rita Wayword; Sheila Blake; Tammy Blake; Mr. Blake; Karen Blake; The Right
Script: Louise Simonson
Pencils: Walter Simonson
Inks: Bob Wiacek
Colors: Petra Goldberg
Letters: Joe Rosen
