Avengers and X-Men: Axis (2014 series) #6

The X-Men led by Apocalypse have established a mutant nation in Manhattan and issue a warning to the humans who would interfere with them. They are building a Gene Bomb which would kill all the humans. Mystique enters the perimeter wanting to talk; Apocalypse sendsher children Nightcrawler and Rogue to meet her. They mock her peaceful overtures and Rogue lifts her high in the air and drops her. Mystique is caught by the heroic Sabretooth and they vanish into the old Morlock tunnels….

In his new corporate headquarters in San Francisco, Tony Stark is throwing an unending party while celebrating the wealth that has come from selling the Extremis App to all who were hooked on the free samples (issue #4). Daredevil arrives to shut down the hard-drinking Tony’s operation; Tony has the Iron Man armor attack DD which ends with the hero being tossed from the top of the mansion….

In Latveria, Doctor Doom proclaims that his nation will now be a democracy. His speech is interrupted by the Scarlet Witch, seeking vengeance for all his crimes against her. She continues to blast him until Magneto and Quicksilver arrive to rescue the ex-villain and the battle is on….

In Las Vegas, Thor is gambling with money openly stolen from the casino’s safe in a series of games the staff is cowed into letting him win. Loki arrives to try to persuade Thor to quit before he completely tarnishes his reputation so Thor slugs him. Loki pleads brotherly love as the reason for his concern and the ex-God of Thunder hurls him outside to deliver a beating—and Loki is snatched away by Spider-Man’s webbing shot from a Quinjet and taken back to New York….

At Avengers Mansion, Spidey and Loki join Steve Rogers and Nomad; Steve announces his plan to reverse the inversion: he has assembled a team of former villains to become the new Avengers. Sabretooth informs them that the X-Men’s Gene Bomb will be detonated in one hour….