The X-Men detect the presence of a very powerful being, but are unable to see who or what it is. In the city a man is walking through town when he comes across a busy intersection. The man decides to just Levitate and walk above the traffic until he realizes that he is causing a commotion. The man phases through the wall of a building that he had some strange attraction to. Inside he is greeted by Magneto and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Meanwhile the X-Men have begun a search for the powerful being believing that he is a mutant. Magneto asks the Stranger to join the Brotherhood. In an attempt to impress the Stranger, Magneto ties him up with cables and Mastermind projects illusions of being under the ocean. The Stranger is unimpressed and uses his powers to free himself and turn Maste