The X-Men's tactics force Commander H'Kurrek to take ruthless measures against the people of San Francisco. Thousands of lives are at stake, and there are only minutes left. Are the X-Men prepared to descend to the same brutalities as their enemies?
Emma Frost fights alone against the Skrull thought-wall and Anole goes deep behind enemy lines. Beast searches for the secret weapon that will give the X-Men a decisive advantage: but using it may be worse than losing the war...
The X-Men's guerilla war enters a new phase. But Nightcrawler is being subverted by a lost Skrull bible, and the Beast's search for a last-ditch anti-Skrull weapon requires one extra ingredient: a Super-Skrull to dissect...
The Skrulls don’t expect the X-Men when they hit San Francisco, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have something prepared for Cyclops and his army when they find them at their new home.