Kiera's mutation had surfaced last week — data absorption. She could download information directly into her brain, but the process was unstable. Violent migraines. Memory leaks. The X-Men were gone, disbanded after the Utopia disaster. The Brotherhood was a ghost network. No one was coming to train her.

She wasn't just looking for a game. She was looking for a way out.

She was standing in the ruins of the Xavier Institute.