Cypher has a horrible dream in which he becomes the new Warlock, while Warlock is the new Magus. In the dream, Cypher kills all of his teammates and is then, in turn, threatened by Warlock. The New Mutants arrive at the Hellfire Club for a party, as Magneto is the new White King of the Club, and thought that bringing the New Mutants along might take their minds off their missing teammates. The New Mutants are all cautious about being the lair of the Hellfire Club, sworn enemies of the X-Men, not to mention that their rival team, the Hellions, are there also. Magik tries unsuccessfully to cheer Cypher up, while Magma is reunited with Selene. Tarot asks Cypher to dance, but he cruelly rejects her, while Magik dances with Empath and gives him a blunt warning. Mirage and Thunderbird catch up and discuss their teams, while Wolfsbane is reunited with Catseye, who is excited to see her, and they both transform to their animal forms and leave the party. Cannonball agrees to a competition against Jetstream, while a man named Van Ostamgen plots to get into the Inner Circle, and after meeting with a certain green-haired woman he pays her a million dollars for the original Selene statue. After he presents it to the Hellfire Club’s Black Queen, Magma informs Van Ostamgen that the original statue is in her family, so this is a fake. Selene agrees, and breaks the statue while revealing that she has familial connections to Magma. Roulette comes onto Cypher, and to please her, he enters a poker game, which he wins, thinking it was a victory of his own doing. Mirage and Thunderbird search for the missing Wolfsbane and Catseye, while Wolfsbane discovers a very drunk Cypher with Roulette. The New Mutants are gathered by Magik who teleports them to the room where Mirage has also arrived. The Hellions show up and Mirage blames them for what has gone on - but Thunderbird points out that it was her team who accepted his teammates’ offers. Cypher realizes that Roulette used her powers on him to make him win the poker game and slaps her. Arguments follow between the two teen teams, until a competition is agreed upon to settle this dispute - New Mutants versus Hellions!
- Writer: Chris Claremont
- Artist: Rick Leonardi