Carmella Unuscione first appeared as a member of the second intake of Magneto's Acolytes. She was often one of the more fanatical and violent members of the team, viewing the X-Men as traitors to their own race for defending humans. During the Acolytes' first mission, Unuscione, along with Cargill and the Kleinstocks, attacked a school for gifted children, searching for a mutant whose powers had not been established. Unknown to them, the child had Down's Syndrome, which caused Unuscione and the others to reject him and retreat in disgust after a skirmish with the X-Men. She was also one of the Acolytes responsible for recruiting the young mutant Neophyte into the ranks of the Acolytes.