Expatriate X-Men (2025-)

The Mississippi River is now a militarized border, its waters controlled by a new mutant faction. Ms. Marvel, Bronze, Melee, and Rift enforce this division through fear and unpredictable guerrilla strikes. Their hold on the territory is absolute, a direct result of the fractured landscape that followed the war. This control is tested when they launch an operation to retrieve a critical asset from deep within hostile territory. The pressure of the extraction exposes the fault lines in their own alliance. The humid air along the riverbank carries the scent of ozone and rusted metal.