Somewhere out there. It could be anywhere. It could be in the house of your next door neighbor or in a sub-basement level warehouse. It could be the top floor of one of the tallest skyscrapers in any major city worldwide, or it could be a top secret room for a top secret agency that you're not supposted to know exists. And it could be anyone. It could be your next door neighbor or a secret agent. It could be a suit or the bum that you have to ignore, begging you for change on the street. Pay attention. If you do, maybe you'll realize who it is. Maybe you'll realize there's more than meets the eye. Maybe you'll realize how deceiving appearances can be and the person you put your faith and trust in is really... her. New Marvel Proudly Presents: Freedom Force #1 By Travis George Year Two -- March She has been known by many names. B. Byron Biggs. Ronnie Lake. Dale Fyfe. Leni Zauber. Mallory Brickman. But these were all just facades. Guises. Fly by night personas meant to come and go like the paycheck you've been waiting for since spending the last one within hours of cashing it. No, these names have just about meaning as a really bad date would have to you. Then there's Raven Darkholme. If any name this woman took could have any meaning at all, it would have to be this one. Undoubtedly the most successful and valuable of them all. Hardly an expendable one, at any rate. So when she was forced to lose it, she was not happy by any means. Now, she is known only as Mystique. She is a master of disguise. Incredibly resourceful, she can find her way out of just about any jam. Test her, and you won't find her wanting. But it isn't you she fears. Not by any means. It doesn't matter if you happen to be Professor Charles Xavier or Magneto. Or Wolverine or Cable or Stryfe or Mister Sinister. Or Sabretooth. There is something else she fears. Not characteristic of her, by far. But what if her subterfuge, her eternal game of adopting and shedding identities in the blink of an eye were to suddenly come to an end. Not if she can say... or do something about it. And we'll have to see how this mistress of disguise handles this latest challenge. How she deals with her impending fate. The plague is upon her. She... is dying. *****************************