A Drift

• Writer - Scott Lobdell
• Script - Terry Kavanagh
• Penciler - Steve Epting
• Penciler - Mike Miller
• Inker - Al Milgrom
• Inker - Mike Sellers
• Inker - Scott Koblish
• Inker - Harry Candelario
• Colorist - Matt Web
• Lettering - Richard Starkings
• Lettering - Comicraft
• Colorist - Malibu
• Editor - Kelly Corvese
• Editor in Chief - Bob Harras

Summary

  With some misgivings, but thinking of her son Stevie¹s future, Melody goes to Humanity¹s Last Stand to denounce a suspected mutant: Rogue, who has been renting a room from her and working as a waitress, trying to get awayfrom the X-Men for a while.

  Melody confesses this to Rogue, too late. Body-armored Maulers attack; Bastion takes Stevie hostage, tries to shoot Melody, and takes Rogue captive. He heads an internationally sanctioned organization to rid the world of mutants (Op: Zero Tolerance) and is allied with Trask. He plans to kill Rogue, massacre Humanity¹s last stand, and frame her for it. Just then, one Mauler powers up anddefeats the rest; it is Joseph. Rogue attacks, thinking he is Magneto (he is his clone, X-Men II:73). He restrains her and explains he infiltrated Humanity¹s Last Stand to try to stop them; she decides to trust him long enough to defeat the Maulers and save the humans.

  They don¹t appreciate it though, and they run the mutants off. Trask then attacks; Magneto stops his missiles, lets them explode, and escapes with Rogue. They say goodbye to Melody and Stevie, and drive to Westchester, like normal people.