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While Sam slips into something a little more... Lila... the galactic rocker intercoms with one of the same species who had earlier tried to assassinate her.
The motives become clear–Lila's being hunted over her plot to sell the Earth and its inhabitants to an equally greedy...
In an admittedly hilarious trope reversal, Lila makes a move to undermine Sam's sweet innocence, erotically biting his ear while suggesting he get out of his clothes.
I cannot believe that is a sentence I just typed.
I do not regret typing it.
After escaping with Sam and her band, Lila introduces the New Mutant to her home–an abandoned Dyson Sphere galaxies away.
Lila has taken a liking to Sam and makes it quite clear she brought him with her on purpose.
...circuitry with enough power to destroy the planet. He surmises that if he directs the energy into Lila's abandoned Stargate, they'll be able to follow on their missing friend's heels.
Dani makes the call to rescue Sam, accidentally teleporting the kids to the vacuum of space.
...already had the pleasure of meeting. The kids put up a strong fight, but before Lila Cheney can be taken out by her would-be assassin, a bright, glowing light blinds the crowd, and with it–Lila and Sam go missing.
The massive energy discharge has overwhelmed Warlock's...
Sam is probably the *goodest* of boys in the entire Marvel universe, something his time with the team thankfully hasn't changed.
Warlock (impersonating a human, because...) realizes the monitors didn't just fall accidentally, and the team goes on the hunt for the alien we've...
The New Mutants spring into action to rescue Lila from a falling stack of monitors, with Sam–whose mastery of his blastin' has greatly improved–being the one to rescue Lila with seconds to spare.
She repays her hero with a kiss and not for nothing, it's a really sweet moment.
...apart at the mere sight of her. (Illyana, notably, thinks she "sings good", too!) One of the series' strengths–even as its trended more toward surrealist horror–is that it let's its cast of kids BE kids...
...but what would a night out for the New Mutants be without a crisis.
...Lila has made some enemies abroad. Appropriately, Bobby has flexed his wealth and status to score tickets to her latest show in New York, which the team is happy to attend.
Dani's still healing from her injury with help from the probably-underpaid instructor Stevie Hunter...