The group soon found themselves on the rooftop as they saw Beast holding Sabertooth with his arms behind his back and Apocalypse himself as they stood on a large warp pad.

"This is turning into quite a little family reunion. Do enjoy yourselves. Hahahahaha!" Beast laughed as they warped away and appearing in their place was Archangel.

"Hello, my dear 'friends'. How do you like the new me?" Archangel asked.

"Oh, Angel… What have they done to you?" Jean Grey asked.

"Refer to me by my true name, Jean. I am Archangel." Archangel said.

"Mr. Sinister did this to you, didn't he? Brainwashing you wasn't enough, he had to rewrite your DNA." Jean Grey said.

"Mr. Sinister opened my eyes, showed me that I don't have to be confined by Xavier's rules of morality." Archangel said.

"Turned you into a heartless monster is what he did." Cheetah said. "Believe you me, we've had plenty of experience with that ourselves."

"Cheetah's right, Sinister has blinded you. Corrupted you to think how he wants. You're just a pawn to him." Jean Grey said.

"Don't try to use your psychobabble on me, Jean. I can see right through it. Thanks to Mr. Sinister, I'm free to revel in my powers. I don't have to be ashamed for being a mutant god who walks amongst weakling humans." Archangel said.

"Angel, please, listen to us. Your mind is being controlled somehow. You have to fight it." Jean Grey said.

"Wait, Jean. If there's one thing we know about mind control, it's that we have a better chance of snapping him out if we rough him up a little." Cheetah said.

"Alright." Jean Grey said.

"Knock him out, but don't hurt him too badly." Ajna said.

"Come, I shall show you all how powerful the truth can be!" Archangel said as he flew out of the teleporter pad and landed in front of the group.

"Here he comes. Angel Feather!" Ace called as small white feathers washed over the group in a red light.

"Here goes." Toya said as he charged electricity in his hand and sent the bolts right at Archangel.

"Mystic Cross!" Atro called, launching multiple small orbs of light at Archangel.

"Time to clip some wings. Thunderstorm!" Koren said as numerous lightning bolts fell on Archangel.

"This ends here and now." Lance said. "Finishing Strike...Starglow Escudo!" he called, charging through Archangel multiple times at the speed of a shooting star before piercing his spear into the ground as a tree with stars forming from it emerged.

"No! I have failed my master!" Archangel said before he fell unconscious.

"How harrowing. I doubt anything Circe can cook up would be this monstrous…" Cheetah said.

"Professor Xavier, we found Angel, but Mr. Sinister got to him." Miriam said.

"Yes, I see. His mind and body have been radically altered." Professor Xavier said.

"We're going after Apocalypse through the teleporter." Luke said.

"Go on. But be sure to contact us once you're through. We'll meet you in the X-Jet. And don't worry about Angel, he'll be taken care of." Professor Xavier said.

"The final battle is close, everyone. We're going to stop Apocalypse once and for all." Ace said. "Are you with me, Minerva?"

"Yes, I am ready. Let's do it!" Cheetah said as the group soon stepped onto the teleporter and warped to Apocalypse's location.