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Uncanny X-Men 195 It Was A Dark & Stormy Night Writer: Chris Claremont Penciler: John Romita, Jr Inker: Dan Green Colorist: Glynis Oliver Letterer: Tom Orzechowski Editor: Ann Nocenti Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter Date: July 1985

(This story follows Power Park 12, which guest stars Kitty & Nightcrawler, where the Powers meet the Morlocks)

During a storm, the Power Pack (Alex, Julie, Jack and Katie Power) are asleep in their parents bed. They are awoken by a large thunder crash. But for some reason, the kids' parents don't recognize them, and demand to know what the kids are doing in their apartment. The kids go through the apartment to see all their furniture and toys gone. They run away and end up shivering in an alley, trying to figure out what's going on.

They assume it's got to be the Morlocks, who they have had run-ins with before. One of the Morlocks, Annalee, has been obsessed with making the Powers her children. They head to the sewers to find the Morlocks. Immediately Julie, Jack and Alex are captured by the Morlocks, but the youngest, Katie, manages to escape. But during the fight, Katie's face is grotesquely transformed by Masque. Katie keeps running into a subway tunnel and is discovered by a police officer. She's so scared she blasts him with a power ball.

The following morning, Kitty Pryde is watching the morning news while eating breakfast, when a report comes on about a young girl, thought to be a mutant and possibly a member of the X-Men, who was arrested by police after injuring an officer. Immediately Kitty recognizes her as Katie, despite her grotesque facial features, and knows the Morlock Masque must be involved.

In Bellevue Hospital, doctors outside Katie's room discuss the situation and say they have called the Fantastic Four to help. Kitty phases up through the floor, grabs Katie and phases her down to the basement where Wolverine, Rachel Summers, and Rogue are waiting.

To find out what happened, Rachel telepathically scans Katie's mind and mindlinks all of them so they all know what happened to the Powers.

Kitty (who has been appointed leader for this mission by Wolverine) phases them all down to the sewers to find the Morlocks. Kitty finds all of the kids' furniture and things in the Morlocks' lair. They are then confronted by Annalee and the other members of the Power Pack, who have all been transformed by Masque and brainwashed to think Annalee is their mother. Then the rest of the Morlocks attack the X-Men.

Finally Callisto comes in and puts an end to all of it. The Powers are back to normal and everyone's memories are restored.

Rachel receives a psychic alert from the mansion. Something terrible has happened. But it's not Professor Xavier that is summoning them - it's Magneto.