And maybe even figure out a way to keep me alive longer that a few years, right..? Some way of preventin' my body from bein' consumed by my own energies... before it's too late?! You're afraid to tell me that thought. Afraid I won't let you look for the "cure"... 'cause I'm afraid you won't find one. But I can read your mind, Reed... and you know that... 
Appearing in "The Ties That Bond"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur) (Shadow only)
- Pestilence (Caliban)
- Onslaught (Mentioned)
- Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur)(Age of Apocalypse) (Mentioned)
Other Characters:
- Aunt Petunia (Mentioned)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Mentioned)
- Threnody (Mentioned)
- Avengers (Mentioned)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Mentioned)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Mentioned)
- Thor (Odinson) (Mentioned)
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (Mentioned)
- Agatha Harkness (Mentioned)
- X-Men (Mentioned)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Mentioned)
- Jean Grey-Summers (Mentioned)
- X-Force (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- New York State
- New York City
- Upper New York Bay
- Manhattan
- The West Side Pierce
- New York City
- Seattle (Mentioned)
- Alaska (Mentioned)
- New York State
- United States of America
- Africa
- North America
- Age of Apocalypse (Mentioned)
Items:
Events:
- Age of Apocalypse (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "The Ties That Bond"
X-Man goes to the FF for some much needed R&R where he runs a battle with the team, gets some tests done by Reed and shares an ice cream with Franklin.