Rogue witnesses her infatuated crush, Cyclops, date Jean Grey. She's consoled by her British friend, Risty, but when she accidentally touches and absorbs everything from her at a concert, Rogue finds out that Risty was really Mystique all along in disguise. Absorbing Mystique's power, Rogue's alter-egos from inside that she has absorbed in the past, use the shape-shifting ability she accidentally borrowed from Mystique to break free from Rogue's inner self, fighting to take control over her body and mind. Thinking that everybody hates her, Rogue's latent multiple personality disorder breaks through and she loses her sanity. The X-Men have to stop their friend and colleague, who has all of their mutant abilities combined and in the verge of burning herself out.