Written by NUNZIO DEFILIPPIS & CHRISTINA WEIR. Pencils & Cover by AARON LOPRESTI. When orders come down that a leader of the human resistance in Japan must be assassinated, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s highly trained Hellions squad is called in to do it. But when a team of future mutant leaders - the New Mutants - find out about this, they must intervene to put an end to a guaranteed disaster of global portions! Collects NEW X-MEN: ACADEMY X #16-19 and selections from SECRETS OF THE HOUSE OF M. 128 PGS.