"So Rahne came to stay with crazy Misfits?" Catseye asked as she, Rahne, and Tabitha sat on the couch in Misfit Mansion eating snacks. "Boom Boom too?"

"You got it." Tabby said as took a sip of her soda. "We're transfer recruits. I guess you are too, at least for the moment."

"You not mind being around humans?" Catseye asked.

"The Joes are cool. They teach you all kinds of neat stuff." Tabitha said.

"You mean the finer points of explosions and demolitions and how to establish a betting pool?" Rahne looked at her.

"Best education I've ever had." Tabby smirked. "Besides the Joes are about as mutant friendly as anybody can be I guess…we're safe here."

BOOM! A sudden explosion dully echoed through the room. Catseye lept up and started turning in her feline form when Rahne talked her down.

"It's okay it's not an attack…" Rahne told her. "This is an army base. There are explosions here all the time."

"You mean Joes practicing?" Catseye asked.

"Not exactly." As if to underscore the point they heard voices shouting outside.

"I said I was sorry! It was an accident!"

"Bazooka you bubble-gum brain!" They heard Beach Head shouting. "That was my office you just blew up!"

"Yeah Bazooka, you twit." Jinx snapped. "Next time make sure Beach Head is IN his office before you blow it up!"

"I told you Leatherneck!" Wet Suit shouted. "I told you that Bazooka wouldn't be able to shoot straight after eating B.A.s food!"

"You did not!" Leatherneck shouted back. "Bazooka could never shoot straight anyway!"

"You ought to talk Jarhead!" Wetsuit snapped. "Everyone knows you're the worst shot in the unit!"

"No, you are!"

"No, you!"

"You!"

"You!"

"You!"

"You!" Then the sounds of fighting were heard, followed by another explosison.

"Bazooka!" Dial Tone shouted. "That was the guys shower!"

"Sorry!"

"Anyone got a towel?" Alpine called.

"This place strange." Catseye blinked.

"Yeah. You get used to it." Tabitha shrugged.

"Says the girl who makes energy bombs." Rahne rolled her eyes. Whatever retort Tabitha had was cut off when Sam suddenly appeared in front of them.

"Sammy?" Tabitha grinned as she sprang off the couch to hug her boyfriend. "Awww, it's so good of you to come visit and—what's this on your arm?" Tabitha asked as she felt something sticky. Catseye sniffed the air.

"Catseye smell blood."

"Yeah, me too." Rahne agreed. "We should probably get you to Lifeline Sam…"

"Girls...y'all better sit down." Sam said heavily. "I got bad news."

"How bad?" Rahne asked.

"The worst." It was the pained matter-of-fact finality that shocked the two X-Girls the most.

"What happened?" Tabby asked as she tugged on Sam's arm for him to join her on the couch. Sam shook it off and continued standing.

"The Institute was attacked." Sam sighed.

"Is that all?" Tabby snorted. "That happens practically every month! Twice during sweeps."

"Listen." Sam urged. "Emma Frost and the Hellions showed up looking for Catseye, thinking we had her…." Sam looked at Catseye as if noticing her for the first time. "Apparently, you all had her."

"Did they start fighting each other?" Rahne asked nervously. Catseye nodded the same thought clearly on her mind.

"No." Sam sighed. "Some mutant named Trevor Fitzroy showed up to get rid of Frost and Professor Xavier. There was a huge fight and—" He took a deep breath. "People died. OUR people"

Tabitha held her hands over her mouth. Catseye hissed in anger and shock. "Saint Andrew…" Rahne blanched, murmuring the name of Scotland's Patron Saint.

Sam turned to Catseye first. "Ah'm sorry but most of the Hellions are dead. Evan is okay and so is Emma Frost. Your sister—Celandine, was it?—got knocked out during the fight or something, but everyone else: Beef, Bevatron, Roulette, Tarot, and Jetstream are dead. Monet ran away."

Catseye was dumbstruck. True she really wasn't close to any of the Hellions save her sister and perhaps Evan but to hear that they were all dead, AND on top of everything to her…Rahne put her arm around Catseye.

"I'm sorry Sharon. It'll be okay though."

"I ain't so sure Rahne." Sam closed his eyes as a tear fell to the floor. "We lost friends too. We fought—we all did, but he was just so powerful…Everett, Tim, Danielle, Jesse, Ray, Roberto…" Sam looked up sadly at Rahne and Tabby. "…and Doug and Amara. They're gone. I'm so sorry."

"Amara? A-and the others…no, they can't be dead." Tabitha hiccupped as tears cascaded down. "It c-can't be…THIS ISN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN! Amara!" Tabitha started crying in earnest as she realized that her best friend was dead. Sam held her tight.

Rahne found herself shaking uncontrollably. "Doug…" Catseye hugged her, seeing that she needed her.

"So sorry about your friends." Catseye whispered. Rahne buried her face in Catseye's shoulder as she cried for her friends. Doug's death was a hammerblow the two had become rather close of late.

It was a handful of minutes later that the Misfits transported back to the Pit, back from the meeting. Althea was the first in the door of Misfit Manor. "Guys we've got trouble! We—what happened?" She asked as she saw Rahne and Tabitha sobbing in the arms of Catseye and Sam.

Sam tersely explained the bare bones of what had happened even as he held Tabitha.

"Oh god…" Althea blanched when she heard the news. "This is horrible!"

"Worst. Day. Ever." Todd winced. "Can this day get any worse?"

"It can." Standing behind, radiating anger was Emma Frost in her diamond form, wearing a spare teleportation watch. "And WILL...if you don't explain why Catseye was with YOU this whole time!"

The Misfits looked at each other with worry as they realized that one of them had to tell her what had been done to Catseye, Emma's other foster daughter.

"Oh…crap." Todd gulped.