"Breaking Away"
Nate's story starts with a flashback to the moment he was freed from Sinister's slave pens by Cyclops. In the present, Nate is with a group of mutants called "The Outcasts" who pose as an acting troupe while covertly carrying out terrorist acts against Apocalypse. The group consists of Toad, Mastermind, Sauron, Brute, and their leader, Forge, as well as a new mutant, Theresa, and a man called Essex. Apocalypse learns of Nate's existence and sends Domino out to retrieve him.