New Mutants #5

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On a trip to New York City, the young group of students (Sofia Mantega, Kevin Ford, David Alleyne, and Laurie Collins) and their instructors (former New Mutants Moonstar and Karma) find themselves in the midst of trouble.While Sofia plans to meet with her former caretaker, Derek, the two adults plan to recruit a new mutant into the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning.However, the two seemingly unrelated events intercept when Derek and Sofia's father are captured by the anti-mutant extremist group the Reavers as bait to lure in Sofia and her mutant friends.However, the Reavers' newest member, Joshua Foley, is also the mutant that Moonstar and Karma plan to recruit. While he does not know about his own mutant nature, Foley is one of the commandos who tries to attack the young group of friends. When one of his friends go down, Josh discovers his mutant ability to heal. When his friend threatens to out him, Josh knocks him unconscious.While the rest of the Reavers continue to attack the children, Laurie uses her powers to clear the field while Sofia unleashes a fit of rage against her assailants.Once the battle seems to have been won, Reavers leader Donald Pierce sneaks up from behind and stabs Laurie in the chest.SynposisIn New York, the Reavers meet with fresh, young candidates for membership. As leader Donald Pierce motivates the youth to not allow the mutants to take over, he shows his impressive display of cybernetic implants.Unsure about becoming part machine, one of the new recruits, Joshua Foley, questions Pierce if the cybernetic parts are necessary. Pierce is quite angered and insulted by Josh's insinuation that Pierce is not "normal people". Josh, a cocky and immature young man, embarrasses his friend Duncan who brought him to the meeting.Pierce continues with his speech and slashes Josh across his arm to demonstrate the benefits of his abilities. Josh is impressed to find that the cut did not even break his skin, thinking that Pierce was quite precise...