"Like a moth to a flame, she was drawn to him. And like the Earth needs the sun, he found himself needing her." When Valeria "Val" Vega discovers her powers, she's sent to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. Reserved and fiercely independent, Val isn't one to easily open up-until she catches the eye of a pyromaniac who sees her as his equal. His fire draws her in, and her light stirs something in him. But when two forces of nature collide, something is bound to combust.