| Synopsis
| - A Phalanx remembers the beginning of its existence as a human who was absorbed into the Phalanx hive-mind. It was one of several Phalanx who invaded Earth. The Phalanx doesn’t know what happened to its friends, but Mr. Sinister attacked him and took him to his lair. Wanting to see how the Phalanx’s hive-mentality worked, Sinister began experiments on the Phalanx subject. Eventually, Sinister got what he wanted and left the Phalanx in a storage area. Wounded, the Phalanx tried to communicate with another Phalanx, but there was no response.
The Phalanx was left alone in Sinister’s lab, until several years later, Sinister returned to his lair after a confrontation with the X-Men. To improve his plans, Sinister decides to dispose of everything in his lab, including the Phalanx. The Phalanx was left buried beneath the earth, until it absorbed several worms and underground creatures, regaining enough strength to manifest itself as a head on top of a hand.
Later, a girl found the Phalanx and took it to her home, believing it to be a pet. Growing fond of the girl, the Phalanx assimilated her, believing that if their minds merged, they would be true friends. However, the Phalanx realized that the assimiliation had destroyed the girl’s mind. Guilt-ridden and angry, the Phalanx absorbed the girl’s parents. The Phalanx realized what Sinister had done to it: he had removed its ability to create communion with the people he assimilated.
The Phalanx began absorbing many more humans, hoping to re-establish contact with its people so that a cure to its condition could be found. Abigail Brand of S.W.O.R.D. tracked the Phalanx down to a small, secluded village and contacted the X-Men, who went to address the emergency.
The X-Men fight the Phalanx, who transforms itself into a tower and fires a signal to space to communicate with its strain. The Phalanx does not receive a response, and sadly realizes that it is the last of its strain. Depressed, the Phalanx allows the X-Men to destroy it.
Storm, feeling sorry for the Phalanx, says that this victory is not the X-Men’s finest hour. She then asks Cyclops if they and the Phalanx could have really understood each other, and Cyclops replies that he doesn’t know, saying that he doubts they will ever know.
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