In the aftermath of the storyline "
X-Cutioner's Song", the members of the
Mutant Liberation Front (MLF) are imprisoned.
Reignfire breaks
Forearm,
Reaper,
Wildside, and
Tempo out of prison and recruits new members Locus and
Moonstar to join them. The team is sent to kill
Henry Peter Gyrich, an anti-mutant government liaison.
Sunspot stops Locus from killing Gyrich, but their powers unexpectedly react to each other, causing them both to disappear.
Cable and
X-Force search tirelessly to find Locus and Sunspot, but are unsuccessful. Six months later, Locus mysteriously appears at X-Force's base, claiming to have been to the furthest reaches of space. In a later appearance, the MLF is trying to steal data on the
Legacy Virus from a government institution that is attempting to manufacture their own strain of the disease. They infiltrate the building and take the scientists hostage, but are stopped by X-Force. Three of the scientists reveal themselves to be
Prime Sentinels and attack the group. X-Force, Moonstar, and Forearm escape, while Locus and the remaining members of the MLF are captured.
Weapon X attempts to recruit Locus, seeing her abilities as useful to them.
Sabretooth, having learned of Weapon X's intentions, kills Locus out of spite towards the group. In
X-Men (vol. 7), Locus appears alive as a member of the
Hellions. ==Powers and abilities==