Enter Freely and of Your Own Will

• Writer - Scott Lobdell
• Penciler - Joe Madureira
• Inker - Dan Green
• Colorist - Steve Buccellato
• Lettering - Chris Eliopoulos
• Editor - Bob Harras
• Editor in Chief - Tom Defalco

Summary

  Paige wakes, a captive of the Phalanx, and realizes the blanket over her is actually Skin. With them are Gregor, optimistic, Clarice, pessimistic, and M, catatonic. They are unable to break out, but Paige assures them the X-Men will rescue them. She realizes she is infected with the transmode virus.

  Sean, Frost, Jubilee, and Everett go to Frost's highly fortified townhouse on a skyscraper in San Francisco. Frost is unable to trace Paige any further. Sean warns Frost not to try anything and sonically disrupts the targeting devices trained on him. Emma brings up the (stolen) schematics of the local SHIELD safe house, saying they can use it to track the children.

  Harvest visits the children, saying he was a human who joined the Phalanx and now wants to eradicate all organic life. Clarice uses her power to teleport him elsewhere, in many pieces. But he's Phalanx, so he'll recover.

  Everett talks to Jubilee, who feels useless as an X-Man, only able to generate fireworks. He agrees with her, which is a mistake.

  Sean and Emma use their sonic and telepathic powers to mask them as they walk through the front door of the SHIELD facility.

  M speaks. She had been planning their escape, and has reconfigured part of the T-O clothing they are all wearing. She blasts Gregor, having deduced it is Phalanx.

  SHIELD sees the puddles Sean and Frost dragged in and captures them. Frost threatens to fry their minds; Sean just screams, instead.

  M punches the wall and frees them. Paige is starting to feel the T-O virus. They realize they're on a ship at sea.