X-Force # 80 1998 The Fire Within pg 20 by Adam Pollina & Mark Morales

X-Force # 80 August 1998
"The Fire Within" pg 20
Writer: John Francis Moore
Pencils: Adam Pollina
Inks: Mark Morales (Signed lower right)
Background Assists: Guillermo Zubiaga

The Director of the Board of DaCosta International reveals that he has hired specialists to take down Bobby DaCosta to end all their current problems with him. Of course they don’t realize that the problem is Reignfire, whose form has engulfed Sunspot’s body, and is wrecking havoc in Las Vegas, where Sunspot’s teammates - Moonstar, Siryn, Warpath and Meltdown - plan to rescue their friend. Moonstar uses a psychic arrow on Reignfire and learns that Sunspot is still in there and struggling to wrest control of his body. Meltdown and Reignfire exchange words and abilities, while Siryn finds Doctor Joshua and reveals more about the origin of Reignfire, and how he was the scientist responsible for introducing Sunspot’s blood to Project Nineteen. While X-Force continue to quell Reignfire’s destructive rage, they locate the disruptor, planning to free their friend from Reignfire’s hold. Eventually they trap Reignfire in a chapel, and bombard him with their powers, before using the disruptor on him, which separates Sunspot and Reignfire’s form. Sunspot, generally fine, proceeds to reabsorb all the power Reignfire stole from him, and Reignfire is left a withered husk. SHIELD arrives and takes the remains of Reignfire and Doctor Joshua into custody, leaving X-Force free. Sunspot flies off, while X-Force head to the airport and wait for his call, telling them he will take care of everything. Soon, Sunspot arrives at DaCosta International headquarters and after unintentionally frightening a receptionist, explains his situation to the Board, and is cleared of any wrong-doings - just as the specialists arrive to take care of the situation - Heroes for Hire! Arriving in San Francisco after Sunspot arranged for them to fly from Las Vegas to Boulder, then to San Fran, X-Force realize Sunspot’s trust fund is no longer frozen. Sunspot meets his friends at the airport and takes them to a warehouse which he is leasing from DaCosta International for the team’s new headquarters. X-Force are grateful for this, but wished that he had consulted them first. Meltdown decides she liked Sunspot better when he was broke as he is acting arrogant now, before Sunspot announces that he is taking them all to Hawaii for a vacation. Meanwhile, the complete opposite to Hawaii, Skids and Locus are stuck in a snow-covered wasteland. Skids tells Locus they should work together to survive, but Locus only wishes her powers weren’t cancelled out by Skids’ power so she could scatter Skids across the globe. They begin to fight, before a mysterious stranger arrives and puts them in a trance.