 However, after he survived a summoning ritual (one of three to survive) meant to free Azazel's army, he started secretly operating within Azazel's castle to free the X-Men.Kiwi rejected his father’s influence, and allied himself with the X-Men in order to eliminate Azazel’s army.In the process, he killed one of Azazel's thugs and gained respect from Nightcrawler.