The X-Men must stop Havok and his Brotherhood from killing J. Jonah Jameson!

Spider-Man (Ben Reilly), at first mistaken for an intruder by Bishop, advises the X-Men that the Daily Bugle is investigating Graydon Creed. Later, at X-Factor's headquarters, Mystique plots Creed's death and discovers Bobby Drake has infiltrated Creed's campaign. At the same time, J. Jonah Jameson takes a flight to London to meet with Nick Bandouveris, a reporter who has learned the truth of Creed's background and now fears for his life. Jameson tells Beast, who is the same flight, he is aware the X-Man is there to tail him, while elsewhere on the SST, Scott Summers more successfully maintains his civilian guise. Storm and Joseph follow in the cloaked Blackbird.

Nearing England, the Concorde is attacked by Havok. Scott tackles Havok, disabling the latter's anti-gravity unit, and the two plummet to the coast below. As they freefall, Havok tells Scott that, for the first time, he is doing as he wants, not acting under another's influence. As Joseph magnetically sees the SST safely to Heathrow, Havok teleports away, and Storm rescues Scott at the last moment.

In London, as Bandoveris awaits Jameson, the reporter is killed, and the Creed file taken, by Bastion.