X-Force #40

Lucia Callasantos (Thornn) is hunted down by New York's finest for the murder of her family. Declaring innocence, she turns to X-Force to help prove that it was her sister Maria (Feral) who actually committed the murders. They lure Feral to the old home of the Callasantos family in hopes of finally getting some answers.SynopsisDetective José Hidalgo has tracked murder suspect Lucia Callasantos [the mutant called Thornn] into the Morlock Tunnels, accompanied by the NYPD's superhuman task force "Code: Blue". She attacks them, fighting bravely, but she is outnumbered... shot with a tranquiliser dart, she protests her innocence--"I didn' kill my family!! SHE did!!"... As Code: Blue takes her away, Hidalgo is troubled--it seems he knew Thornn in happier times, and her mysterious accusation has a meaning for him...Meanwhile, Domino is showing X-Force their new HQ, formerly Arcade's "Murderworld"--Cannonball is not impressed, but a good case is made and he comes around to the idea. Boomer gets goofy... Domino is rude to Boomer, sotto voce... Rictor is rude to Shatterstar amiably... Boomer drapes herself on Cannonball's arm... Cable is off somewhere... general conviviality.In the Bronx a mob gathers, led by the anti-mutant group "Friends of Humanity"; they want to know the identity of the suspected murderer. As Hidalgo questions Thornn it comes out that these two knew each other as children, before Thornn's mutation, and her mother, brother and sister's murders. In fact--he loved her. He tries to speak to her about all of this, but she doesn't feel like talking. She asks for her phonecall, but Hidalgo doubts whether any lawyer in the city will be able to save her...Outside, the mob is getting ugly... Graydon Creed [founder of the Friends of Humanity] is pleased... Thornn's name and picture are released, leaving no doubt that she is a mutant... Feral overhears this on a TV in a shop window. In Westchester the Beast asks Professor X if the X-Men should get involved--he says...