 David, along with the rest of the surviving New Mutants and the Hellions, would later make their last stand against Sunfire and his army.In the "New X-Men" storyline "Too Much Information," David asks Emma Frost and Danielle Moonstar to remove the mental blocks keeping him from retaining the knowledge he absorbs.Unknown to David at the time, it was an illusion created by Dani, which was enhanced by Emma Frost's telepathic abilities to show him what might happen if the blocks were removed.