A team of X-Men arrive in Gush Katif Tuesday evening (Israel time) to help relieve a hostage situation. Storm and Nightcrawler meet Ruth bat-Seraph, aka Sabra, an agent for Mossad who briefs them on the situation.
( Never in my whole career have I encountered this before. )Sabra and the X-Men break through the shields surrounding the barracks and charge. Nightcrawler teleports the hostages to safety, and then tries to converse with one of the kidnappers.
( Your crime has shocked me to the core. )Kylun faces an energy manipulator and a speedster, but out-classes them. In fact, that may be an understatement.
( Jail us, beat us. We should be blamed. )Meanwhile, Scarlet Witch finds herself up against two opponents, both of whom are intent on eliminating her but can't quite follow through.
( Jail us and beat us. We should be blamed. )[Placeholder: Jean's first mission as Phoenix pits her against another psi.]Cable gets the easy job: shield the hostages and disable the precog and lycanthrope.
( Seize him! Lock him in a cell. Throw the keys into the Nile as well. )[Placeholder: A battle of the elements: Storm encounters a pyrokinetic and a hydrokinetic.]Sabra gets the big guys. But brawn doesn't come with brain, even if they're supposedly scholars, and they do little to stop her.
( Each of the brothers fell to his knees. Show him some mercy, oh mighty one, please. )