The columns inspire citizens to "march on city hall and state capitol" to institute change in the Mayor""s and Governor""s offices and create "a clean city" and a "clean government.His own heart beat intensified as he was frozen in terrorizing fear.A grenade explosion was followed by Tex""s shout to Chris: "Blow he f--kin"" claymore! Take the safety off, god-damnit!" The flashes of returned automatic machine gun fire momentarily lit up he jungle during the firefight, and the claymores detonated.He easily upped bets to a quarter a game, without objection, and graciously purchased another bottle for the players.Stryker""s ultimate end-game with the mutants was "taking their powers.Trying to combine them somehow."In a deal to work with unscrupulous Stryker, Victor was aiding in the capture of new mutants for the experiments - and was seen stalking and seizing Scott Summers in the hallway of his high school.