To Marcos's horror, the refugees can't find other sanctuary then hardly hospitable Erg's 'community' sewers underground, requiring a physical mutant mark, so most are branded. Andy feels guilty for knocking out his sister and doubts the point of the Inner Circle action, which arouses strong human protest against 'mutant terrorists, while the sisters work on the liberated torture-terrorized mutant Rebecca, with whom he bonds with and takes out, she seduces him to demonstrate their powers and kisses him. Reed finds his daughter not seriously hurt, but the acid-breathing patient, fellow Marines mutant veteran Michael, whom John -who otherwise feels a failure- rescued can only be operated if he does the manual action, burning his hands. Attending a Purifiers meeting, Jace convinces them, instead of blind aggression on mutants, to go look for the escapees, even in the right clinic, but torturing the doctor doesn't work while everyone hides.
—KGF Vissers