While the members of X-Factor connect with their loved ones, Caliban tracks down Sabretooth and beats him for participating in the Morlock massacre. Apocalpyse recovers the remains of Master Mold and sends Caliban to bring him the still-living Cameron Hodge's severed head so he can ally with Hodge.; Apocalypse recounts how he first discovered his mutant abilities and became an outcast. Eventually found Ship, left behind by Gammenon the Gatherer, and from its databanks he learned of the experiments the Celestials performed on primitive humanity. He began to wonder if he could influence humanity's development in the same way.