New Mutants #62

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The New Mutants huddled together on Warlock who posed as their sofa.  They all mourned for Cypher, Magik also mourned for her brother, and Wolfsbane remained in her wolf form.  Cannonball suddenly flew up with a scroll from Magma.  Wolfsbane shifted into a girl again, and they all began to read the scroll.  It said that she had been summoned to return to Nova Roma and had been accompanied by Empath. In the Massachusetts Academy, the Hellions faced Magma in their training room.  They still called her a New Mutie, but all six of them still struggled in a fight against her.  The only one who seemed to have an impact on Magma was Empath, but she continued to fight against his powers (see New Mutants  # 56).  The others began to tease Empath, accusing him of going easy on Magma.  Tarot claimed it was because he had a girlfriend, but he resorted to using his powers to make her love him.  Seeing him torment Tarot angered Magma, who caused an earthquake out of frustration.  As she went to run out of the room, the White Queen appeared.  She handed Magma a letter from her father, demanding her to return home.  The White Queen sent her to her room to begin packing, while she pulled Empath to one side.  She enquired why he hadn't used his full influence over Magma.  He claimed it was because she genuinely didn't like it, and therefore he wouldn't humiliate her like he did with Tarot.  The White Queen then priased him for his subtlety and ordered him to accompany Magma to Nova Roma.  She wanted Magma to return to the school and hoped that Empath would be able to subtly use his influence on Magma's father to allow her to return to Massachusetts.  Empath then went to Magma's room and asked her to stay in Massachusetts.  She accused him of trying to torment her, but he showed self-awareness that people were quick to hate him.  He then confided in her the reasons why he would join her on her journey home. Several days later, they were in a small private jet flying...