Speaking of Kitty, she's hale and whole on top of the Blackbird, trying to calm Professor X, who is not amused at her escapades. In short, she's expelled upon arrival. Kitty protests, citing other students' previous "errors" but Charles doesn't want Mrs. Pryde to sue him like the Drakes are. As the signal fades, Kitty reassures Charles that she's perfectly safe and there's no need to worry about her or any lawsuits - besides, his Hellfire Club sponsors can cover the settlement without blinking.

Charles is incensed, but calms quickly and asks Jean how she feels. Jean is surprisingly better, having had no visions at all for a day. Charles assures her it was just her expanding powers settling in, and not a real malevolent entity. Meanwhile, Storm checks in on Beast, wondering if he wants to watch Bobby's statement to the press, but he's prepping for his meeting with "Naomi." At the same time, Prosimian warns his animal evolutionary comrades that their mission holds a great chance of helping them find Magneto, but they must keep it secret from Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch.

In front of a New York courthouse, Senator Turk preps Bobby for his statement. Bobby's not happy, but the Senator reminds him of his parents' desperate needs. The Senator introduces Bobby, who takes his "script" and rips it up. He apologizes to his parents, but he can't blame the X-Men for what happened to him. He knew the risks, and was honored to stand with his teammates to defend humanity, and he's not going to extort money from Professor X and close down the school just because people are afraid of what it represents. And that's what he learned at Xavier's! Turk is outraged, and threatens to repossess all the money that was spent on Bobby's treatments, but Bobby shrugs it off, because he doesn't have assets anyway. Then he freezes the Senator's wet pants and leaves.

Back in the Savage Land, Wolverine and Cyclops come to a door. Wolverine and Cyclops start to debate which of their abilities would work better when Wolverine smells something, and turns to see the missing corpses, now reanimated into zombies. Cyclops wants to fight, but Wolverine calls him off. As Cyclops is overwhelmed, Wolverine screams at him to stay back, and then cuts loose his berserker fury. In seconds, it's over, and Cyclops is stunned.

Unfortunately, more zombies arrive, this time toting weapons, as a voice rings out and warns the mutants not to resist. They are marched to a precipice, andd from the abyss rises a monstrous robot, who apparently knows them. Cyclops and Wolverine are suprised to say the least. After some dancing around, the talkative machine finally introduces itself as the computer that used to control the Savage Land's systems. It apparently evolved itself after the Sentinel attack, stealing the corpses and using them to rebuild itself. Now it's rebuilding the corpses into a new race, one that can survive difficult conditions and doesn't need physical shelter or sustenance. It plans to assimilate the mutants into its minions, then expand to the rest of the world. As it says goodbye, wondering if pride caused him to wait this long, the robot suddenly stutters, then blows apart.

And Kitty Pryde phases through the remnants of the head. She came to warn the guys about a T-Rex sniffing around, and thinks she messed up the electronics in the facility. Cyclops orders her to run as he and Wolverine dispose of the zombies.

In New York, a secret meeting takes place. Brother Sebastian is informed about Jean Grey's progress. He voices a concern about Xavier, but the other person's not worried, as there are so many levels of cutouts between this group and Xavier that his telepathy cannot find any trace of their sinister agenda. Sebastian orders their people to get in touch (with Xavier?) again, as the stellar alignment is fast approaching. After a wait of thousands of years, the Hellfire Club is ready to meet the X-Men!!

Review: Finally! The whole issue was probably worth it for the last two pages. That, and the way Millar introduced Kitty's electronic disruption. The rest was actually pretty lame, if you think about it. I mean, come on! Magneto's computer gaining sentience and going on a rampage? Where have we seen that before? Admittedly, the idea of a machine mutating is interesting, but where is he going with this? And how likely is it anyway? More bluntly, who cares? The robot didn't look like a good super-menace to me, even with the whole post-human machine race he was building. Good concept about mutation, pretty forgettable character.

But it was really the last scene that got me. Finally we get to see the Hellfire Club! Millar's take on them is cool: they're still after the Phoenix, but it's more like a religious cult than a political power-seeking cabal. "Brother" Sebastian and all that. Not to mention the astronomy angle and the "alignment"

You know, Bobby also really impressed me with his character. Assuming it wasn't all telepathic manipulation (always a worry in this series), he really stood up for what he believed in, and wasn't upset at the Professor and his teammates for his injuries. This may indicate his return to duty, if he can be healed properly (Phoenix's job?).

That's about it from here, folks. A fairly enjoyable issue, even if it's still a little slow. Oh yeah, the art still bugs me - too cartoony.