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Conquest, conclusion
Time / location determined at 98.9% to be North Africa in 72 Million BC, the late Cretaceous Era. Nathan Summers a.k.a. Cable the time-traveling mutant hero carries a bag in one hand as he trudges through a field, winged dinosaurs soaring above him. A dinosaur with spiky plates across its back walks past Cable, who puts his large weapon down against a rock, then carries on across the field. Several long-neck dinosaurs can be seen grazing from the tops of trees, while Cable places some strange circular devices into the ground. He does this at several locations, and suddenly, turns around as a voice calls out 'Took me a while to find you, Cable. I hope you spent the time well... because I did'.
Cable sees that his enemy, Conquest, has arrived – and with him, a large army, pulled from various nations and numerous time periods, all armed with the glowing energy weapons that Conquest has been leaving throughout history.
'Really? You sure you brought enough men?' Cable asks, picking up his large guns and pointing them towards Conquest, who point out that a wise strategist doesn't underestimate the enemy, and certainly not to the degree Cable has underestimated Conquest. 'Look at you...all you have are a load of guns. You're beaten before we've even started' Conquest points out, before demanding the last piece of the Time Sword. 'Come get it...or send one of your men to get it...seeing as you dont seem able to do it yourself! LET'S GO!' Cable exclaims, preparing for action, his weapons glow, ready to release the energy within – but as he fires, Conquest leaps into the air, dodging the blast. 'You think I need all this to beat you?' Conquest asks, holding the Time Sword, he drops down on top of Cable and boasts that he has slaughtered hundreds of men with his bare hands – all stronger than Cable. He slams the Time Sword into Cable's face, knocking Cable backwards.
'Think I believe that? Men like you – all talk – always need an army around you...so you brought one!' Cable exclaims as they tumble backwards, Cable loses both of his guns, then reaches out and grabs one, quickly turning around and aiming it at Conquest who leaps at him again, striking him at close range. As two viking-like members of Conquest's army rush towards Cable, he turns and aims his weapon at them, striking them both down. Cable then taps a button on his wrist-control pad, which activate the circular devices he had planted in various nearby locations. Cable explains that they are beacons, frequency encoded to correspond to the cortex and hypothalamus – in any animal. Dinosaurs from all around the area suddenly stop what they are doing, and rush in the same direction as Cable declares 'Means I didn't just bring guns...I brought dinosaurs' The huge creatures trample through Conquest's army, while Cable shoots one of the warriors and shouts 'Conquest! Come on, show yourself!'
Conquest returns, with several soldiers at his side, he holds the Time Sword and tells Cable that he is still ready, and to come on, as they are not done. 'No. You are!' Cable shouts as he fires his weapon, the blast striking a large tank nearby, and wiping out a dozen of Conquest's men. 'That's it? That's all? You'll never win, Cable, don't you see?' Conquest declares, walking over the bodies of his fallen army. 'I see plenty' Cable replies, telling Conquest that his army is done, and that it is now just the two of them, after all. '“Hundreds of men,” you said, right? “Bare hands”? Come on then...prove it' Cable remarks, standing only several feet from Conquest. Conquest smirks, 'You think that's it? You think you won? You planned for a skirmish...I prepared for war!' Conquest exclaims, tapping a button on his glove, a portal opens above Cable, and more soldiers drop from the glowing blue portal, one of them strikes Cable's face, forcing him to the ground as they pile on him.
More and more of Conquest's army, drawn from across various times and lands join the mass pile of soldiers attacking Cable – when suddenly, beams of energy are blasted from Cable's weapon as Cable tries to free himself from the warriors, but they are relentless and continue their assault, until Conquest smirks 'That's enough'. The warriors bring the captured Cable to Conquest, who tells him 'What a waste of time, Cable. A stupid waste. Delaying the inevitable. I've been a step ahead of you every second, every moment – apart from here, now, when you could have had the upper hand -  ut even then I out-maneuvered you'.
Conquest asks for the final piece, and a soldier brings him the remaining piece of the Time Sword, revealing that Cable had it on him all along. Cable frowns, and blood trickles from his nose as he watches Conquest put the Time Sword back together, boasting that it is now complete.
Conquest raises the Time Sword overhead and energy is released from it, creating what appears to be a tear in time. 'Let's test it, shall we? Send the dinosaurs of this world to conquer the future of the Deathloks – by combining the two eras with one single swipe of -' Conquest begins, before going wide-eyed, as Cable smirks and declares that five pieces of the Time Sword were needed – not three, not four, and certainly not one that is a replica! Cable remembers another time period he was recently in, where he asked the Mayan called Kagan if he could duplicate one of the pieces of the Time Sword, using the knowledge of the Eternals science that he possessed. Kagan confirmed that he could, but that it would only look the same – it wouldn't work, to which Cable replied 'I know... that's the point'.
'You -' the wide-eyed Conquest utters. 'Me? The guy you out-maneuvered?' Cable replies, as Conquest is suddenly pulled into the tear in time. He tumbles through the ages, witnessing Fin Fang Foom, the Sub-Mariner, the Vision, Two-Gun Kid, the original X-Men, Captain America and the original Human Torch battling Nazis, the Days of Future Past timeline, the Phoenix, Spider-Man in his black costume, Galactus, the birth of the Hulk and Thanos with the Infinity Stones.
Cable watches as the portal closes. Conquest's army stand ready to continue their fight, but Cable tells them that they have a simple choice – resist him, and stay here, hungry with the dinosaurs, but if they play nice, he will get them home. The entire army then kneel before Cable.
Time / Location determined at 98.9% to the Yucatan Coast, South America in 1121, the Maya civilization, post-classic. As the sun rises, Cable stands atop a temple with his ally, Kagan, who assumes that Cable was successful. 'Yes, thanks to you and the counterfeit sword piece you shaped for me' Cable replies, adding that Conquest is now lost, adrift in time. 'Forever?' Kagan asks. 'Hopefully' Cable tells him. 'And you came all the way here to tell me that?' Kagan asks. Cable tells Kagan that, the way he helped him, he deserved to know, and adds that he is here to do some clean-up. 'The weaponry Conquest left in his wake?' Kagan asks. Cable confirms this, and explains that the only way he can make sure the present day that he calls home is truly back the way it was. 'How will you know – I mean, know for sure?' Kagan asks. 'That I didn't miss something? That time is safe? I don't' Cable replies. 'That's why I stay on guard' he announces.
And, returning to the present day, Cable stands atop a skyscraper in New York City, watching out over the sprawling city below as the sun sets in the distance.


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The Newer Mutants, Chapter 1
13 years ago:New Orleans, the sun sets over the New Orleans Forensic Center, where down an empty corridor, two figures can be seen – one slender, the other bulky.
'When are you living these days? Where are you calling home?' the slender figure asks. 'A few years from now. Doesn't matter when' the larger figure replies, holding a chair, which he places down next to a door. 'Oh yeah? What's “a few years from now”? What's changed?' the slender man asks. 'Not a whole lot' the larger man tells him as he starts to open a door to the morgue. 'Not a whole lot. Phones got smaller, then bigger again' the larger man remarks as they enter a room.
'You know, every time you see a coroner working over a body on TV, they're stuffing food into their face' the slender man remarks, causing the coroner, who is standing over the body of a naked man, to spin around, 'Hey! This is a closed -' he exclaims, as the slender man asks 'Always wondered if that were true. Is it?' to which the coroner asks 'What?'
'Do you eat sandwiches over the bodies while you do the autopsies?' Longshot enquires, folding his arms. 'What? No! That's... who are you people?' the coroner demands.
'Get out. We need the room for fifteen minutes' the larger, muscular man called Cable a.k.a. Nathan Summers orders. 'No. You can't be in here. You -' the coroner begins, before Cable interrupts him and asks him 'You see that gun strapped to my back?' to which the coroner replies 'The... gun?' Cable points out that it is big and hard to miss. The coroner, wide-eyed, looks up at the large weapon, and Cable tells him that the gun means they can be here. 'There's a chair outside... take a seat' Cable suggests, as the coroner rushes out the door of the morgue.
'Wow. Manners not a thing in the future?' Longshot asks as he closes the door. Cable flips through a book and then opens one of the doors to the units where the bodies are stored. 'I don't need a lecture on etiquette. I need your help' Cable replies, remarking that he followed a time anomaly here to New Orleans, but the trail went cold before he could zero in on who. Pulling a body from the unit, Cable announces that he doesn't believe it is just a coincidence that a few hours later she turns up dead, and brought in here as a Jane Doe, with fingerprints, dental and bloodwork having no match to any of it – on paper, she doesn't exist. 'You know her?' Longshot asks, looking down at the woman, bloodstains on her shoulders and around her mouth. Cable informs Longshot that her name is Candra, an External, member of both the Thieves Guild and Assassins Guild, and is supposed to be immortal. 'Doesn't being dead sort of negate that?' Longshot asks.
Cable lifts up the sheet covering most of Candra's body and sees that it looks like the killer took her heart. He tells Longshot that what he doesn't know is who or why, and that he is hoping Longshot could do that trick of his. 'That “trick” of mine?' Longshot asks. Cable frowns at him, 'Okay, okay!' Longshot exclaims, holding his hands up, before putting his fingers to Candra's body and explains that this normally only works on the recently deceased. 'Whoa!' Longshot exclaims, his left eye suddenly glows as he sees images flash before him.
Longshot's vision of the recent past:Longshot sees that Candra was sleeping, but something woke her up. He sees her leave her bed and walk down a flight of stairs, where someone with long hair is waiting for her – someone who is there to kill her, possibly an old friend, but Longshot is unable to make out her face – but Candra knows them, she isn't surprised to see them. She put up a fight – but is thrown through a window. She fought for hours, but it wasn't enough, and she seemingly met her demise at the end of a sword.
13 years ago:'That's all' Longshot tells Cable, explaining that she has been dead too long for him to get a clearer picture. Cable tells Longshot that he did good, and points out that this is already more than he knew this morning, so it gives them something to work with. 'We're done in there' Cable tells the coroner as they exit the morgue. Longshot thanks the coroner and tells him that he can have his office back now. As they walk outside, Cable declares that Candra should not be laid up on that slab, and that part and parcel of being an External is that you're immortal and don't die. A holographic projection of Candra is emitted from Cable's tech, and Cable states that Candra has been around for centuries and has more enemies than he has gray hair, so whoever took her down, has to be someone powerful.
Cable then reveals that with Candra gone, that leaves Selene as the last of the Externals, and projects an image of Selene. 'The last?' Longshot enquires. 'Apparently' Cable tells him revealing that Externals are supposed to be telepathically linked to one another, so it is possible that Candra sent a distress call to Selene. Longshot tells Cable that he doesn't get it, and that if he thinks Selene might know who the killer is, asks him why he didn't go to her first, why he brought him in? Cable informs Longshot that before Candra was murdered there were seven other Externals, and that Selene killed them all, but that was years ago. He adds that he thought Selene had gotten it out of her system and that she and Candra had brokered some sort of peace.
Cable continues, deciding that, given Selene's past actions, not to mention her complicated history with the X-Men... 'You'd think she'd be cooperative' Longshot remarks. 'She'd sooner separate my head from my body than talk to me' Cable declares, to which Longshot asks Cable if he thinks that Selene did it – after all these years she decided to take out the only other External? Cable agrees that it is possible, and admits that he was hoping that Longshot would have answered that back in the morgue. Another image is projected from Cable's tech, and Cable announces that the only way to find out now is ask her directly, but that Selene is holed up at the Hellfire Club – apparently she doesn't leave too much these days. 'But, like I said...she won't be too happy to see us' Cable remarks, pressing a panel on his cybernetic arm, Cable declares that Selene is not one to be messed with, and although Candra was powerful, he wasn't half what Selene is.
A sky-cycle type vehicle appears alongside Cable, and he climbs onto it, before telling Longshot to hop on. 'Maybe I can talk to her? Women in this world seem to really like me. Let me work a little of my charm on her' Longshot offers. But Cable tells him that Selene is not the type of woman who you can just bat your baby blues at. 'She's pluck them right out of your face just for trying' Cable exclaims. He declares that they are going to need help. 'Help from whom?' Longshot asks. 'Don't worry...I know a guy' Cable exclaims as he takes off on the sky-cycle.
Hunts Point, the Bronx, where crowds have gathered for some street car racing: 'Yo, man. You lost or something?' a punk calls out to Cable, who announces that he is looking for a friend. 'Maybe you wanna go look somewhere else' the punk suggests, adding that the street is closed to the public. He reaches out to push Cable away, but Cable calmly grabs the man's hand and declares 'I said... I'm looking for a friend... goes by the name “The Street Scorpion”.' The punk goes wide-eyed and cries out in pain, before Cable demands to know where he can find the Street Scorpion. 'Please! My hand!' the punk pleads as his hand is crunched. 'Chill, man! It's  all good. Look...' another punk calls out as a purple and green car with “Street Scorpion” branded across it pulls up beside them. 'The Street Scorpion found you!'
The window slides down, and Doop is revealed to be sitting at the wheel. He remarks something in his native “Doop Speak”, to which Longshot frowns and asks Cable 'This? This is your secret weapon?' Cable tells Longshot to give Doop a minute. Cable tells Doop that he needs his help, and Doop replies with something briefly, before Cable explains that he needs to ask someone some questions, and she is not going to be too happy about it. 'There's someone messing with the Timestream and she might be our only lead to finding out who' Cable informs Doop, adding that he needs someone with Doop's skills to help them get in the door. Doop tells Cable something, but Cable tells him that there will be no driving involved, that this is a stealth mission, and his car would draw too much attention. Doop goes wide-eyed and says something else, while holding two fingers close together, indicating he is hoping for a little bit of driving. 'No. The more time we stand here talking about it, the more dangerous the situation grows' Cable declares, before asking Doop if he is in. Doop pauses, then smirks, says something and gives the thumbs-up signal. 'He's in' Cable declares. 'I noticed' Longshot replies.
Later, rain pours down over the Hellfire Club in Manhattan. Cable, Longshot and Doop stand outside the building, when suddenly, Doop goes wide-eyed as a double-blade sword is pressed against him. 'Halt. Who goes?' a voice calls out. Cable pushes the blades away and tells the person holding them to be at ease, and that Doop is with them. 'Thanks for keeping an eye on the place' he adds as Shatterstar steps from the shadows and puts his blades away, 'This is the team you've been putting together?' he asks, unimpressed. 'You already know Longshot. The floating green thing is Doop. Doop, meet Shatterstar' Cable remarks, introducing them. Doop grits his teeth and shakes a fist at Shatterstar as he hovers before him, uttering something in Doop Speak.
The men turn their attention to the Hellfire Club, 'Anything?' Cable asks, but Shatterstar reports that no one has come or gone from the building since yesterday. Cable announces that they need to go in quiet. Doop asks something, but Cable tells him 'Quieter' and informs Doop that he needs him to throw up a psionic shield. He adds that they can tiptoe in their all they want, but that it won't mean a damn if she can read their minds. They run across the street, and leap over the fence that surrounds the building, as Cable explains that Selene is like a vampire who can drain their life from them, so they should try to maintain their distance and make no direct contact. They crouch as they make their way under a window, as Cable tells his squad to watch each other's back, because if Selene gets a hold of any one of them, they need to break that hold as fast as possible, and if she holds on too long, she will have psychic control over that person. Cable opens the window, then tinkers with the old-school security system on the wall and remarks that the security system is a joke. 'And we're in' he tells his squad.
Sopping wet, they climb through the window and make their way down a hallway. Weapons at the ready, Cable spins around, but the corridor is clear. However, as they start to walk down this next corridor, the wall before them transforms into a large hand and reaches out to grab them. 'YOU!' a voice exclaims loudly. 'What is -' Shatterstar begins to ask before the large hand slams him into a wall. 'Did you think you could just walk into my home?' the voice calls out as Cable and Longshot leap into action, fighting back another hand, they try to free Shatterstar. 'That you could sneak up on me? That it would be that easy?' the voice asks as the walls grow more hands which grab the heroes, trapping them.
Selene the Black Queen then makes her appearance, informing the heroes that she has been waiting, expecting them. 'A little surprised the X-Men would send in their dregs, though' Selene remarks as she touches Longshot's face, and adds 'surely they know that I would have easily bested you'. Longshot tries to pull free, but she scratches his face, then slaps her fingers against the wound, splattering the blood across his face as Shatterstar warns him too late not to let Selene touch him. Selene turns to Shatterstar, distracted, enabling Longshot to punch her in the face. He thanks Shatterstar for the distraction and remarks that Cable wasn't kidding about her touch. 'Cable! Look out!' Longshot calls out as he fires a blast, freeing Cable from the large hand that was restraining him. 'Everyone fall in' Cable tells his allies as they prepare to fight Selene. 'Hit her from all sides!' Cable calls out. 'Listen to me!' Longshot exclaims, but Cable ignores him.
Selene throws up a shield to protect her from the blast Cable directs at her and declares that she will not go down as easily as Candra. 'Your psionic shields may have worked on her, but...her powers are a shadow of my own' Selene boasts. Longshot informs Cable that when he touched Selene he could see that it wasn't her – she didn't kill Candra. 'Yeah, I'm starting to get that' Cable replies as Shatterstar is knocked backwards by Selene. Cable stops firing at her and declares that they are not here to kill her, and suggests that they all take a breath. Shatterstar lands on his back and Selene turns to Cable, asking if he thinks she is a fool. 'Hear me out -' Cable begins, before Selene notices Doop approaching her, his hands in karate-chop type movements, she spins around and blasts Doop away with a psi-bolt.
'That's enough!' Cable tells Selene, striking her with a blast from his weapon, she falls to the ground, blood seeping out of her stomach as Cable stands over her and tells her that they don't want to fight her, that they are here to find out what happened to Candra and save her from a similar fate. 'LIES!' Selene protests, before Cable tells her that she knocked out their only line of defense against her probing their minds, so he doesn't need to lie to her – and that she knows it is the truth. Selene looks up at Cable then gets to her feet as he tells her that he is putting his gun away and suggests they just talk. He adds that he knows she and Candra were telepathically linked. 'We were hoping you might have seen who -' Cable begins, to which Selene asks 'If I'd seen who attacked her, do you think I'd be wasting my time fighting with you? That's not how it works. I know only that someone killed her' Selene declares.
Selene then warns Cable to keep his distance, to which Cable begins to say 'Listen, if Candra was killed because she's an External -' to which Selene declares that she has no doubt that is the case, and Cable points out that it is in her best interest to let them help her. 'You're the last External. That means the killer will be coming for you next' Cable tells Selene. “Last?” Selene quotes, before she begins to laugh hysterically and boasts that the Externals are immortal, that they don't die. 'But you can!' Selene  exclaims as Absalom, Crule and Nicodemus appear!


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The Newer Mutants, Chapter 2
13 years ago:Inside the Manhattan branch of the Hellfire Club, where Cable, from the present day, finds himself and Longshot, Shatterstar and Doop from this time period, confronted by the External Selene, along with the thought-dead Externals Nicodemus, Crule and Absalom. Selene the Black Queen tells Cable to put down the gun, and that as much as it would please her to snuff he and his merry band of idiots out, it is clear that their fight is not with one another – which means that her Externals and she have more pressing concerns to see to. 'We'll do no such thing, witch! We've come for answers and we shall -' Shatterstar begins, swords at the ready, but Cable tells Shatterstar that Selene is right, and as he puts his gun in its holster, tells everyone to stand down, as they are leaving. 'Are you serious? After she just -' Longshot begins, but Cable, turning away from Selene, declares that she didn't kill Candra.
Cable points out that Selene thought they had killed Candra, and that tells him that she knows about as much as they do – maybe even less. Cable adds that there is no use beating up these clowns if they are not going to get what they need. He remarks that, given their history, he is surprised to see Nicodemus, Crule and Absalom by Selene's side. 'Selene gave you the option to leave in one piece! But you had to keep pushing!' Absalom exclaims as he leaps towards the departing heroes, his blades at the ready. 'Suits me! Been wanting to whip Cable's ass for decades' Crule adds as the large purple-skinned External lunges towards the heroes. Selene, with the tall Nicodemus towering behind her, tells Cruel and Absalom to stand down, and instructs Cable to show himself out before she has a change of heart. Cable tells Selene not to push it, and warns her that if he thinks for a second that she was involved, he will be back. Selene's eyes glow purple as she tells Cable that he would be wise to stay out of Externals business. 'We can handle our own' Selene boasts, the other three Externals standing behind her.
Later, a shirtless Cable sits at a large computer monitor, while Doop hovers over him, and Shatterstar, also shirtless, leans against the monitor. 'So, this is where you call home?' Longshot asks as he approaches Cable, who explains that this is one of his safe houses. Longshot points out that it feels more like a bunker – a fancy bunker. 'That's the point' Cable states, adding that he wants to make sure his safe houses are still here if he needs them two thousand years from now. 'What happened back there?' Shatterstar asks. 'You walk us into a battle and then, just as things get interesting, you pull the plug? Selene gave us nothing! What was the purpose of that?' Shatterstar enquires. Doop remarks something, hands on his sides, while Cable looks at a small vial that he holds and tells his allies that they gave him more than what he had before, and adds that there was no point in putting their lives in danger when they wouldn't have gained anything from fighting them.
'If Absalom, Crule and Nicodemus are willing to work with her...' Cable's voice trails off as Shatterstar points out that he thought Selene killed them all more than a decade back. 'She did. Clearly, it didn't stick' Cable declares, adding that if they are working for the woman who tried to kill them, then they are clearly more terrified of what's after them. Cable stands up and walks across the large chamber, announcing that more important than the Externals who have joined up with Selene is those that haven't. Large headshots of Burke, Saul and Gideon fill up one wall and Cable points out that if the other Externals have come back from the dead, it is safe to assume these three have as well – and perhaps, unlike Selene, they will be interested in talking. Doop makes a comment in his native Doop Speak, to which Cable states that Cannonball is not an External, that it was just a rumor, nothing more, before Longshot asks how they play this.
Cable reports that they  are going to split into groups, with half going after Burke and the other half after Saul, see what they know, what their part in this is and why they are not with Selene. He informs his allies that he has come up with reports on both – Burke was last seen hiding out in some hippy commune in Washington, while Saul is most likely back home in Mongolia,. He adds that Gideon is off the grid. Cable sits on the large computer monitor and decides that after Selene nearly took down all four of them on her own, they are going to need some reinforcements. Doop asks him something, and Cable reports that he has a couple of candidates in mind.
Under the light of the moon, a small yacht-like ship sits off the coast of Greenland in the Atlantic Ocean. Absalom declares that this is ridiculous and asks what they are doing in the middle of the Atlantic. 'Right now, Cable is out there, trying to -' he begins, but Selene tells him that she has had enough of his whining. Along with Nicodemus and Crule, they stand on the deck, and Selene declares that whoever killed Candra did it brutally, while somehow managing to block them from seeing who they are, which is no easy feat, as Candra was no easy prey. Selene tells her companions that they need assistance, and reveals that she has been setting on this “secret weapon” for more than a decade – waiting for the right time to use it. 'That time is now'. Selene raises her hands and energy glows around them. She orders her companions to stop the boat as her hands reach through the glowing energy, and someone screams as Selene pulls them through a portal. Selene stands over the mysterious figure who exclaims 'Oh God it hurts so much' and Selene tells them that it is okay, they are here to help – here to make the pain go away.
The next day at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, where the young mutant called Armor is sitting on a bench among the trees. A voice calls out to her and she looks up: 'Oh, Dang! You're Cable! And you... you're Doop! I know you!' she exclaims as Cable appears before her. 'I know you, too' Cable remarks before sitting down next to Armor. 'Oh, my God. Right. Because you're from the future. Do we... do we know each other in the future?' Armor asks. Cable tells her that they do, to which Armor exclaims 'Cool' and asks him what she is like in the future, to which Cable explains that he can't tell her that. 'Right, right. Of course' Armor remarks, before enquiring as to whether he can tells her if she comes up with a cooler codename than “Armor”. 'You're asking the guy who goes by “Cable”' the time-traveler replies, while Doop flies after a butterfly nearby. Cable then tells Armor that he came here because he needs her help. 'In the future?' Armor asks. 'No. Now' Cable explains, admitting that he doesn't fully understand what is happening, but that he does need help. 'And you're coming to me? I mean... I'm not even an X-Man yet' Armor replies. 'Yet' Cable points out. 'Wait... are you saying that I become an X-Man?' Armor asks. 'Shhhh...' Cable utters, putting a finger to his mouth. 'Cooool!' the wide-eyed Armor exclaims.
Central Park, Manhattan, where agents of the Facility are being slaughtered by X-23, whose bloody claws cut through her foes with ease. 'Come on, you meatheads! She's just a girl! How hard can it be...?' one of them standing nearby calls out, before X-23 turns his attention to him and walks across the bodies of the dead agents, towards him. 'You little -' the agent calls out, before a double-blade sword is shoved through his chest. Shatterstar greets X-23, calling her Laura, and informs her that he has been watching her fight. 'When Cable told me about you – a weapon bred to kill – I was sceptical. Warriors are trained, not created in a lab' Shatterstar remarks, before the agent drops from his sword onto the ground. Shatterstar tells X-23 that, watching her, he is impressed.
'I don't know you' X-23 tells Shatterstar, who introduces himself and explains that Cable sent him. 'Don't know Cable' X-23 adds, her claws ready for action if needed. 'He knows you' Shatterstar tells X-23, before informing her that they are about to embark on a mission and need soldiers – people willing to fight to save the future. He crouches down beside Laura and tells her that Cable wants her to assist them. 'Will you?' he asks. Laura doesn't answer, she just stares back at Shatterstar.
Tonasket, Washington, that evening, a small cabin can be seen deep within a thick forest, near a lake. Cable, Armor and Doop are behind some trees. Doop remarks something in Doop Speak, to which Cable tells him that he doesn't know – Burke is one of the Externals they know least about, a precog, but mostly kept to the background, and not much is known about him. Suddenly, 'Cable! Please – please come out from there. There's no need to hide. I've been expecting you' Burke calls out from the cabin doorway. Armor and Doop looked confused, while Cable frowns. Burke announces that he has put on some tea and suggests they sit down and talk like civilized human beings. 'So much for the element of surprise' Cable mutters, before he approaches the cabin, 'Come. Come. I rarely get guests out this way. This is exciting!' Burke exclaims, smiling, raising his arms into the air.
Shortly, Cable and Armor sit at a basic table in a very basic cabin, while Doop relaxes in a chair nearby. 'How did you -' Cable begins as Burke sits down opposite them, 'Know that you were hiding out in my woods? I'm a precog, I've known you were coming for days' Burke explains. He tells Cable that he knows he is here to ask if he knows who killed Candra – not just who, but why and where – no – when they're from. Burke informs Cable that he needs him to understand something, and explains that he has been alive for a long, long time, but a good portion of that time he has also been dead. Burke pulls a teabag from his mug and explains that in the 17th Century, he was burned at the stake, and in the 18th Century it was the guillotine, while in the 19th Century he was hanged – and in the 20th Century it was the Legacy Virus that did him in. Burke tells his new companions that each time he prayed, hoped that it would be the end, but it never held. 'You want to die?' Armor asks. 'More than anything' Burke admits. 'But you get to live forever!' Armor exclaims. Burke tells her that the idea of it is far removed from the reality of it, as you spend your whole life watching those you love pass away, and he is ready to move on and join them. He reports that, for that reason, he is not going to be able to help them.
Meanwhile, in the Orkhon Valley, Mongolia, warriors lie strewn across a hillside as Shatterstar, Longshot and X-23 climb a long staircase leading to a temple. 'Well, if there were any doubt that we were on the right path...' one of them remarks. Longshot tells Shatterstar that when he thinks of men named Saul, he doesn't generally think of them living in temples in Mongolia. Shatterstar reports that Saul's real name is Garbha-Hsein, one of the oldest Externals who had been around for about a thousand years before Selene killed him. 'Though, with the other Externals back, who knows if he's actually dead' Shatterstar adds. Shatterstar reports that Saul can apparently emit energy blasts and, according to his file, can turn himself into a dragon. 'Or so I've heard. I've always wanted to battle a dragon' Shatterstar adds. 'Older than dirt and he changes his name to Saul?' Longshot asks, surprised. 'Perhaps he was tired of hearing people butcher the pronunciation of Garbha-Hsien' Shatterstar suggests. He turns to Longshot and tells him that, regardless, these people were killed with a sword, no scorching or dragon bites, so they should assume that their killer is coming for Saul, that he or she is inside.
Longshot asks if they should wait and take a look around first, see what they are walking into. 'Where is the fun in that?' Shatterstar asks, and as X-23 walks through the large doors at the front of the temple, Shatterstar points out that it appears she agrees with him 'I like her spirit' he adds. Making their way into a darkened corridor, which is littered with the bodies of the warriors who live in the temple. Longshot tells his companions to keep an eye out and to see if any of the guards are still breathing, as maybe one of them can tell them what happened here. 'Get those luck powers of yours to work then' Shatterstar replies. 'They don't work that -' Longshot begins, before X-23 suddenly unsheathes her claws and announces that someone else is here. An instant later, Cruel and Absalom leap towards them. 'We warned you to stay out of External business!' Cruel exclaims, asking Shatterstar why they couldn't listen, while Absalom fires razor-sharp blades at X-23 and points out that this time Selene is not here to stop them.
Back in Burke's cabin, Burke remarks that someone has finally figured out how to kill the Externals – for good, and he can't risk Cable ruining this – not until after he has gone, at least. Cable stands up and reminds Burke that he can see the future, and asks him if he can see who is doing this. 'I need you to tell me. I can make you tell me' Cable boasts, but Burke reminds Cable that he is immortal, so his threats won't work – there is no pain he can inflict upon him that he hasn't already suffered. 'You don't even know what this person...these people...are trying to do. All you know is that someone's here, from where? The future? The past? You don't know. Yet, here you are, the self-appointed time cop. We don't need your help' Burke exclaims, to which Cable asks 'We? Who's we? You're not with the other Externals, so I assume you're on your own'. Burke sips his drink, 'They want it to stop. I don't' he replies. 'Stop what?' Cable asks. Burke tells Cable that he can't help him, and that he has distracted him long enough. 'your friends in Mongolia...are too late to stop it, too' he reveals.
At that moment, Shatterstar's foot connects with Absalom's face, knocking the External backwards. Shatterstar tells Longshot that he and X-23 can handle these two, as X-23 leaps onto Crule's back and shoves her claws into him. Shatterstar tells Longshot to get inside and find out what they are keeping from them. 'I can't leave -' Longshot begins, but Shatterstar tells him to go. 'Stop him, Crule!' Absalom calls out, 'On it!' the behemoth responds as he races after Longshot. 'No' X-23 declares as she leaps onto Crule's back and shoves her claws into his head. Longshot continues on down the corridor, slowing down when he comes to another trail of bodies. In native Mongolian, someone calls out 'Help' as they reach up and grab Longshot by his ankle. '...please, I'm going to die' the warrior adds. 'I don't understand. I -' Longshot begins, while another voice, in an adjacent room exclaims 'What the hell is taking those two so long?' Longshot tells the warrior that he will be back, but the warrior tells him not to go in there, as the Devil is in there. Peering around the corner, Longshot looks shocked: 'It can't be!'
Back in Burke's cabin, Cable, Armor and Doop ride away on a motorcycle. Burke hangs his head, as someone standing in the shadows and carrying a very large blade tells him 'I thought that Cable would never leave. You did good'. 'I didn't give you up' Burke replies, before asking the mysterious figure to make good on their promise. An instant later, the large blade is shoved through Burke's body. Blood splurts out of Burke's mouth as he utters 'Thank...you...' before he seemingly passes away.
'...BLINK?' Longshot calls out as he steps into the adjacent room back in the temple. 'What have you done?' Shatterstar asks as he finds Nicodemus, Selene and Blink standing over the blood-covered body of Saul!


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The Newer Mutants, Chapter 3
13 years ago:
'The X-Men just let you borrow the Blackbird whenever you want?' Armor asks as Cable and Doop pilot the Blackbird, and break the sound barrier as the high-tech aircraft speeds through the skies. 'They owe me a few favors' Cable tells his new ally, adding that he doesn't like to call them in, but he is in a rush. 'Helps that Cyclops is your dad, I bet' Armor points out, adding that it must be weird, because Cable is, like, decades older than Cyclops. 'I mean... it is – isn't it?' she asks. 'You have no idea' Cable replies as the Blackbird descends into the Orkhon Valley in Mongolia, where bodies of dead warriors are strewn across the ground.
Cable, Armor and Doop exit the Blackbird and are met by Shatterstar, X-23 and Longshot. Cable asks Shatterstar for the sitrep, so Shatterstar informs him that they ran into Absalom and Crule, tussled a bit, but before they could finish, they ran off. Shatterstar points out that it looks like Burke didn't put up much of a fight, as there is barely a crease in Cable's clothing. 'He made us tea' Armor smiles. 'Tea?' Shatterstar replies. 'Yep. Tea and biscuits' Armor tells him. 'Amazing'. Shatterstar utters, before Cable asks Longshot if they found Saul. 'He's dead' Longshot reports, adding that Selene was there when they found her. Cable asks him if he believes that Selene killed Saul, but Longshot explains that he didn't see it, but it sure as hell looked like she did.
As they climb the ramp back up into the Blackbird, Longshot informs Cable that there is something else, too – Selene had Blink with her. Longshot adds that Blink looked different, but that he knows her, fought alongside her for years, only it looked like she didn't recognize him, there was something off about her. Longshot then asks if it is possible that Blink is the one they are after. 'She's helping Selene? Or maybe Selene's helping her?' Longshot wonders. Cable tells him that he doesn't think so, as Selene isn't the type to be helping anyone other than herself.
Taking his seat, Shatterstar tells Cable that he means no disrespect. 'I've served you before and am happy to do so again' but points out that Cable doesn't seem to know much of what is going on. 'Someone's going back and killing the Externals and...? And what?' Shatterstar asks. 'Maybe this person is doing us a favor? It's not as though the Externals haven't tried wiping us all out before' he points out. Doop turns back to Shatterstar and angrily shouts something at him, to which Cable tells Doop that it is okay, and that he is right, they don't know. 'What I do know is that someone's killing the Externals... which isn't something that's supposed to be happening at this moment in time' Cable announces as the Blackbird takes flight. Cable then tells Shatterstar that is all he needs to know, and that any change to the timestream, no matter how beneficial it might appear, can have devastating consequences down the line. 'Like the Butterfly Effect. One small change can result in bigger changes' X-23 points out. 'Exactly' Cable agrees. Cable assures his companions that he has no love for the Externals, and would be more than happy to see them all on slabs – but it is not the way things are done. The Blackbird then speeds off through the skies.
A short time later, in Black Canyon of the Gunnison, in Colorado. The Blackbird has landed and Cable, Shatterstar, Longshot, Armor, Doop and X-23 walk through the lush landscape. Cable reports that it took some digging, but that he found building permits for an Ophrah Industries installation, and while they are decades old, every other Ophrah Industries building or property has been sold or demolished over the past ten years, and this is the only one still standing. Cable instructs the Blackbird to switch to cloak mode, while Longshot begins 'Oprah? The talk show host is -' but cable tells him it is Ophrah – Gideon's corporation. Nearby, Doop chases after a butterfly.
The heroes trudge through some shallow water towards a cave, as Longshot reports that all he sees are trees and gullies, and asks Cable where the building is. 'Here' Cable replies as they approach a large round metal door within the cave. Cable tells his allies to step back, and announces that he is going to blow it open – but the large door suddenly slides to one side. 'Does it worry anyone else that the door just kinda opened like that?' Longshot asks as the heroes walk through the door, into a large, sleek, warehouse-lab type complex. 'Welcome' a robotic voice calls out. 'Nathan Summers, it has been some time' the humanoid female robot remarks as she approaches Cable. 'Do I know you?' Cable asks. The robot introduces herself as Eve and explains that she is Gideon's assistant.
Eve informs Cable that they met some years back, when she still had a human body, and reveals that her consciousness has since been programmed into this vessel's AI. She adds that she has been told Cable is here to check on Gideon's condition, and tells everyone to follow her, as she would be happy to show them. Walking through the complex, X-23 comes to a stop when she sees stasis tanks that line the walls, all with bodies inside them. 'They are -' X-23 begins. 'Quite comfortable, I assure you' Eve claims, adding that they are telepaths and telekinetics, very powerful indeed, and it was they who let her know that Cable was coming, and why. Eve then informs Cable that the psychics signed up willingly, and their families are being compensated handsomely in exchange for their service.
Eve leads Cable and the others to a large room, empty save for a clear pod in the center of the room, where the withered body of Gideon lies. Eve tells Cable that Gideon is currently in stasis and has not moved from this location since Selene tried to end his life over a decade ago. Cable touches the pod and asks who else has been here. Eve informs him that he is the first to enter this compound in ten years. 'Why?' Cable enquires. 'We are not generally open to visitors -' Eve begins, but Cable interrupts her, asking why she let him in. 'You would have come in anyway. It was foretold' Eve remarks, adding that they thought it would be better to cooperate, as they have nothing to hide. 'Then you won't mind if we take a look around?' Cable asks as his allies start to spread out throughout the chamber.
Cable remains at the pod with Eve, who tells Cable that there is no reason he would need to. She points out that they have cooperated with him, shown that Gideon is not the one that he seeks. She adds that Gideon and Ophrah Industries hold many trade secrets, and allowing Cable and his allies free access to the compound would compromise those secrets. She points out that it conflicts with the interests of their investors. Cable examines the pod and remarks that he has not been able to find a single business transaction of Ophrah's within the past decade. 'What investors?' he enquires, to which Eve reminds him that she said there are secrets. 'Now, if you please...' she tells Longshot and Shatterstar. Doop knocks on the pod and scratches his head while remarking something. Longshot tells him that they can't kill a defenseless man. 'That's not how we -' he is interrupted as the pod suddenly descends into a panel that opens within the floor, then closes. Doop utters something, and an alarm sounds. 'What did you do?' Eve asks. 'I told you not to touch it' Longshot declares.
Meanwhile, in Tonasket, Washington, there is a purple flare of energy within a small cabin in the woods – Blink has arrived, and teleports into the cabin Selene, Crule, Absalom, Nicodemus and the body of Saul. On the floor of the cabin lies the body of another External, Burke. Looking around the cabin, Absalom points out that Burke went all in on that hippie crap, and adds that last time he saw him, Burke was all about 4,000 dollar tailored suits and shoes that cost more than his car. Nicodemus tells Absalom to show some respect, and as Selene checks Burke's body, Crule places the body of Saul on a sofa. 'Another one of our own has died and all you can do is stand back and crack wise on his lifestyle choices?' Crule asks. 'Same as Saul?' Blink enquires. 'It appears so, Blink. Heart's been taken' Selene reports, adding that it doesn't appear there was much of a struggle.
Selene gets to her feet and tells her companions that she doesn't understand. 'We're Externals... we have a connection and should be able to read when others are in danger. Why is it not working here? How is the killer blocking it?' Selene wonders. Blink looks surprised when she looks down at Burke's body and sees the gaping hole in his chest. Nicodemus suggests thay regardless of how the killer is doing it, this leaves little question as to who the perpertator is. He suggests they remain together, find him and then they should be able to end this with relative ease. 'Yeah. I cannot wait to rip his head from his body for what he's done to us' Absalom boasts.
'Yes, we will have our turn' Selene announces, before instructing Blink to come with her. Selene points out that they have no time for funerals and tells Nicodemus to light the bodies and the cabin, announcing that they leave for Colorado in five minutes. 'As you wish' Nicodemus replies as he unleashes fire blasts at the bodies of Saul and Burke.
Back in the Ophrah Industries facility, 'As Eve has already stated... it's time for you to leave' a large robot with weapons attached to his arms declares as he appears before Cable and the others. 'You have the answers that you need' the robot points out, warning Cable and the others that they leave now, or do not leave at all – the choice is theirs. Eve addresses the other robot as Adam and asks him if this is necessary. 'They have come to harm Gideon. Of course this is necessary' Adam replies. 'Adam and Eve? For real?' Armor asks Cable and his allies ready themselves for action, as Cable explains that Adam was – is – Gideon's other assistant, and points out that it looks like he got a cyber-upgrade as well. Longshot asks what they do, to which Shatterstar suggests they take the robots down. 'We are warriors. Let us show them!' he exclaims. X-23 pops her claws, when suddenly, a voice calls out 'Everyone, holster your weapons!'
'Cable... it's been a long time' Gideon declares as he appears, none the worse for wear. 'Gideon' Cable frowns as he turns to the External. Doop utters something, wide-eyed, while Shatterstar calmly asks if they battle, while X-23 growls. Gideon walks towards Cable and the others, and tells Cable that he is greatly outmanned. 'Your team of...what are these?  X-Men? X-Factor? X-Something? They don't stand a chance. Walk away'. Cable raises a weapon to Gideon and tells him that he can't do that, and adds that he should have realized it was Gideon once he found out the Externals were involved. 'You're not supposed to be here. The Externals are not supposed to be dying, not like this' Cable exclaims. 'Says who?' Gideon replies. 'You?' he asks, walking closer to Cable's gun, about an inch from it, he asks Cable 'Why do you get to decide? Why do you get to dictate what is and isn't fair play when it comes to altering timelines?'
Gideon leans in towards Cable and tells him that the X-Men can send one of their children 2,000 years into the future to save him from the Techno-Organic Virus, yet when he comes back to stop a group of immortals, one of whom, as they both know, will soon make moves to wipe mutantkind out, that, for some reason, is not allowed?' Gideon tells Cable that there are so many contradictions, and that, from his perspective, Cable has no clear directive. Cable calmly tells Gideon that he won't let him manipulate the past – that is his only directive. 'So put your hands behind your head and -' Cable begins, when suddenly, one of the psychics in the tanks opens her eyes, and unleashes a powerful psychic blast that sends Cable and most of his allies to their knees.
'Did you not see the hallway of my mental militia all dressed in matching white uniforms? It's like having a menagerie of Charles Xaviers and Jean Greys at my disposal. Highly recommended, if you ever get the chance' Gideon declares, adding that, right now, they are turning Cable and his companions' brains into omelettes. 'Doop!' Cable calls out. 'If only you'd left when you had the opportunity' Gideon remarks, as Cable instructs Doop to throw up a shield. Doop, who is unaffected by the psionic attack, utters something in his native language, freeing Cable and the others from the attack. Cable instantly smacks his gun across Gideon's face, and Gideon falls to his knees. 'You're not the only one with tricks, Gideon. We've got a Doop. Psionic shields and all' Cable exclaims. 'Very clever' Gideon mutters, while Doop declares something else in his own language.
'Gideon! Master, I will -' Adam calls out as he rushes towards Cable – but is met by X-23 who slices him into pieces of scrap. Gideon picks up Adam's head and remarks that this is truly a disappointment, as these robots are intensely expensive to replace. Cable and his allies gather around Gideon, and Cable tells him that it is all over, that no one needs to get hurt here, as he raises his gun to Gideon once again. 'I wouldn't mind hurting him a little bit' Shatterstar remarks, while Eve rushes to Gideon's side. 'I beg to differ, Cable' Gideon declares, before dropping Adam's head, which Eve catches before it hits the floor. 'I think some people do need to get hurt' Gideon smirks.
Doors open and strange humanoid creatures with large mouths full of sharp teeth and a green glowing substance emerge. Gideon reveals that he brought these handsome scrappers back with him from the future. He adds that humanity changed a considerable amount in the 3,000 years he was asleep – but still hasn't lost its propensity towards violence. He and Eve step into another room and as the door shuts on them, Gideon thanks Cable for the Blackbird, which he declares is certainly more practical than how he has been traveling up until this point.
As the creatures make their way to Cable and his allies, Doop calls out something, and Cable starts blasting the creatures with his guns, telling Doop to keep the psi-shields up until they can defeat these uglies, as they can't handle them and the telepaths. One of the creatures suddenly punches Cable in the mouth, drawing blood. 'At last, some action. I thought that Gideon was going to talk us to death' Shatterstar remarks as he leaps into the battle, adding that this is what he came for. Armor creatures a large armor around herself to battle the creatures, and as he blasts through one of the creatures at close-range, Cable calls out to Longshot, telling him that he and Armor have to get out of here and stop Gideon. 'What about these -' Longshot begins, but Cable assures him that he and the others can handle them. 'All right, you heard the man -' Longshot calls out to Armor as he starts to make his way to the door Gideon went through. 'I want to stay here and fight these jerkfaces!' Armor exclaims.
Longshot tells Armor that they have a bigger jerkface to fight, and tells her to come with him. Cable, Shatterstar and X-23 continue to fight their way through the creatures, and Cable encourages them to keep it up, as they are almost there. Longshot tries to pry the door open, but it is sealed, and he can't get through it. 'Stand back' Armor tells him, when suddenly, one of the creatures slices into Doop, as Armor punches the door down. Doop falls to the floor, blood dribbling from his mouth. 'Doop is down!' Cable calls out, and as Armor and Longshot step into the corridor, they suddenly find themselves confronted by all of the psychics who are now free from their stasis tanks. '...crap' Longshot utters.


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The Newer Mutants, Chapter 4
Year 5348:
The withered, skeletal form of Gideon lies encased in a glass pod. He gasps, over and over, scratching at the glass to break free, there is a hissing noise as the glass pod opens, and the robotic form of Eve, Gideon's assistant appears, and welcomes back her master.
Year 5352:
Gideon and Eve walk across a harsh desert landscape, and as Gideon takes some water from a flask, Eve informs him that she is sensing life forms. Gideon tells Eve that she is malfunctioning, that there is nothing, everything is gone. 'You were saying?' Eve asks as several hideous creatures appear before them.
Year 5361:
'What's this? Why is there an X-Mansion in the middle of Central Park? I must've missed the housewarming party' Gideon remarks as he, Eve and the creatures appear before the ruins of the X-Mansion. They make their way into the complex. The words “It started here” can be seen scratched into the wall. Gideon instructs Eve and the creatures to look for good and supplies, while he goes and sees what other goodies might be waiting for them. Gideon goes into some sort  of supply room, and runs his hand through the thick layer of dust on a bench, before he locates a locker, and pulls from it one of Cable's cybernetic arms. Gideon returns to Eve and the creatures. 'Looks like one of Cable's time-traveling, gun-toting, who-knows what else arms. I bet it makes a mean cup of coffee, too' Gideon remarks, before Eve asks if it is still operational. Gideon tells her that if it isn't, he is sure there are enough gadgets around here to get it up and running. He holds the arm up over the creatures and announces that their struggle is over. 'We're leaving this time... and going home' he smirks.
13 years and two days ago:
New Orleans, the rain pours down in the middle of the night, and Candra makes her way through her home, 'Hello? Who's there?' she calls out, before she looks very surprised, as Gideon, holding a machete, appears before her. 'Evening, Candra... it's been a while' Gideon declares as lightning crackles outside. 'Gideon...' Candra utters.
13 years ago:
Two days later, in Gideon's secret base within Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Colorado, Cable roars in pain as Gideon's psychic army has attacked him and his allies – Shatterstar, Longshot, X-23 and Armor, while the savage creatures from the future stand ready nearby. 'Doop! We need a TK shield ASAP! Where's Doop?' Cable calls out. 'Someone wake Doop!' he exclaims. Despite the psychic attack, X-23 moves forward and punches Doop, who had been taken out of the battle earlier, waking him. Drooling, Doop rubs his head, and utters something in his native language. 'Doop! We need a shield!' Cable calls out, and Doop replies, complying with the request. The psi-shield returns, and Cable tells his associates that Doop's shield will have bought them a minute at best, so they need to make it count. He then opens fire against the psychics.
Longshot returns to the battle and throws his  blades into several of the creatures, while Shatterstar slices his way through the psychics. X-23 does the same with her own claws, while Armor increases the armor around her body and swats the psychics away. Doop clutches his head and utters something, before he is taken out again. Cable goes over to him and tells Doop that he did good. He puts Doop around his shoulders and tells everyone that they need to move out. They all race to an exit, and Cable declares that the longer they spend on these monsters, the more distance Gideon is going to put between them.
Down a corridor, the heroes come to a stop as a loud screeching noise sounds. 'What is that infernal noise?' Shatterstar asks. The door ahead of them suddenly seals as a computer reports that a breach has been detected. The computer then initiates the self-destruct of the complex. 'No! I'm not dying in some stupid mustache twirler's dumb underground base!' Armor shouts as she uses her armored form to bash against the door as the computer counts down from ten. Cabler tells Armor to leave the door, as it is not going to give. 'It's the only way out' Armor replies, hanging her head. 'Were not going to make it out that way. Not in time' Cable announces. He then tells Armor that he needs her to do exactly what he says. 'Okay' Armor replies, looking up as the computer reaches number four in the countdown. 'Everyone! Fall in!' Cable declares. The heroes move in closer around Cable and Armor as the creatures move closer and as the computer counts down to one, there is a massive explosion  that ripples through the complex.
Tonasket, Washington, where the Blackbird jet that Gideon stole descends above Selene, Nicodemus, Crule, Absalom and Blink. Gideon emerges from the jet and tells Selen that she is still looking good after all these years. 'Gideon...' Selene replies, before Gideon tells Absalom, Crule and Nicodemus that he is surprised to see them working with Selene again after what she did to them. 'To us' he adds. He moves closer to the other Externals and asks 'Are you whelps really so weak as to turn back to your abuser for protection? Even if the four of you were to defeat me, what makes you think that she wouldn't turn on you again?' he asks them. Selene grits her teeth and asks Gideon if that is the stance he is going to take – that they should just split up, let him kill them because of something she did ten years ago?
'You're just as much of a pompous ass as I remember, Gideon. I'm going to take great pleasure in killing you. Again' Selene declares, before lashing out at Gideon, who leaps back, dodging Selene's attack, before he blasts her with a power surge, and knocking Selene back, Gideon tells her that she isn't just fighting him anymore – she is fighting Candra, Burke and Saul as well. Selene falls to the ground and Gideon hovers over her, explaining that their spirits, their powers are now his – and that means he outnumbers her – five to four. Selene warps the landscape around them, raising the ground under Gideon, she uses it to knock him backwards and tells him that his speeches are as bad as his math. 'The five of us will have your head for what you've done to the others' Selene declares, before turning to her associates: 'Don't just stand there, idiots. Attack!' she snaps at them.
As Crule moves towards Gideon, Absalom suddenly shoves his spiked hand through Crule's chest. 'Absalom! You traitor!' Selene calls out. Absalom declares that Burke was right, and that he is so tired of this life. He adds that he has lived long enough and he just wants it to end. 'Clearly you're not capable of giving me what I need. So, I've sided with the one who is' Absalom reveals as Crule lands on the ground with a thud. 'Tell me, Selene...why did you stop all those years ago? You were so close. Just one External shy of eliminating us all' Gideon grins as he blasts Selene at close range. Suddenly, 'Don't run, Nicodemus. Accept the inevitable' Absalom calls out as he throws several spikes through the tall External, who falls backwards. Selene uses the ground as a shield, warping it upwards to block Gideon's next attack. 'You must've been able to taste it. To feel it' Gideon tells Selene, who exclaims 'Shut up. I can't take another word of your -' but Gideon interrupts her, and boasts that with each life, each External, he is that much closer to godhood. 'Ready to take what you couldn't' he declares.
Blink watches as Gideon blasts through the ground that was protecting Selene, then Absalom lashes out at Selene, 'I've got her, Gideon!' he calls out, before Blink moves in, 'Selene!' she exclaims as she crouches beside Selene, who utters 'Blink...get us out of here' and an instant later, Blink teleports herself and Selene away as Gideon fires another powerful blast at her. 'Dammit' Gideon snaps as he lands on the ground where Selene was, now scorched thanks to his blast. 'I guess that two out  of four isn't terrible for a day's work' Gideon remarks, looking at Absalom, who tells Gideon to take his life and make it three. 'No' Gideon replies as he starts to walk towards Nicodemus' body. 'We had an agreement! I spy on Selene and the other Externals and you end my suffering!' Absalom declares. Gideon reaches over Nicodemus and tells Absalom to get off his knees, as he is embarrassing himself and angering him. 'I have every intention of following through on my promise, but until Selene is defeated... you are of use to me Gideon explains as he rips out Nicodemus' heart.
Back in Colorado, at the ruins of the Ophrah Industries facility, there is a rumbling, then a clatter under the masses of rubble – as a large armored fist pushes up through the concrete and steel, 'Oh my God. I didn't know I could do this. So cool!' Armor gasps from within the massive armored form that she has created, Cable and the others floating inside it as well. Cable tells Armor that she did great and that she can power down now. Armor does so, and lets the others down to the ground, asking Cable if he knew she could extend her force field that far. 'I did. Without you, we would have been dead' Cable replies. He thanks Armor, before asking Shatterstar for a status report. Shatterstar announces that Gideon took the Blackbird, and asks how they are supposed to get out of here now.
'We walk' Cable declares as everyone begins to trudge through the rubble. 'Are you for real? We're in the middle of nowhere' Longshot exclaims. 'You're not wrong' Cable agrees, before Shatterstar asks him if he can't bodyslide them out of here. 'I thought that was a thing you did' Shatterstar remarks. Cable explains that it used to be, but it has been a while since he has been able to do that. 'Pretty sure I saw you do it recently' Shatterstar mutters. Cable tells him that must have been the past him, but he cannot. 'Time-traveling mutants are impossible to keep track of' Shatterstar frowns, while Doop, hovering next to him, utters something in his Doopspeak language. Armor asks Cable how they are going to find Gideon, to which Cable reports that he is working on it – when suddenly, there is a blinding light, 'We'll bring you to him... if you promise me that you'll kill him!' Selene announces as she and Blink appear through a portal.


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13 years ago:
Nathan Summers a.k.a. Cable and his allies Longshot, Shatterstar, Armor, X-23 and Doop have gathered around Selene in a clearing within the forest of Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado. 'Gideon's the one... he's the one who's been killing all the externals' Selene utters. 'We're aware, Selene' Cable replies. Selene tells Cable that he needs to stop Gideon – needs to kill him. 'If he kills me...and then Absalom, who seems willing to die for him...then all the Externals will be dead. All of us, except for him' Selene points out, while her ally, Blink, stands nearby. 'Sounds acceptable to me' Shatterstar remarks. Selene leaps to her feet and grabs Shatterstar by his collar: 'You don't understand! If we die, he absorbs our power...he will become unstoppable!' she exclaims. 'This woman will say anything to save herself' Shatterstar tells Cable, pushing Selene back to the ground. 'Even if what she says is true, won't killing Gideon just funnel the power of the Externals into Selene?' Shatterstar suggests.
Selene looks up at Cable and asks 'Please tell me this moron doesn't speak for all of you'. She reminds Cable that she had the opportunity to do what Gideon was doing, but she stopped, as the power was too much – too much for her and certainly too much for Gideon. Cable tells Selene that he doesn't believe her for a moment. Cable adds that he doesn't know why she stopped, but that “too much power” doesn't fit her profile. 'You're only frightened because someone beat you at your game' he suggests. Thinking of the devestating “Necrosha” event, Cable tells Selene that he knows what her plans for the future area, he knows who she really is, and he know what she plans to use Blink for. He then tells Selene that they will help her, on the condition that she releases whatever sort of hold it is she has over Blink.
'What is he talking about?' Blink asks. 'Deal' Selene replies, before Blink asks if someone can tell her what is going on. Cable informs her that they will discuss it later, and turns to his allies, telling them to get ready, because if Gideon is powered up like Selene says, then this is not going to be an easy fight. 'Watch each others backs' he adds. Cable turns to Selene and asks her if thr Externals are still connected, and whether she can sense where Gideon is. Selen confirms that she can, before Cable asks Blink if she can take them to Gideon. 'What are you using me for, Selene?' Blink asks. Selene puts a hand on Blink's arm, when suddenly, 'Uh...Cable?' Armor calls out, and Longshot points into the sky. 'He's found us!' Selene gasps as Cable's stolen Blackbird comes crashing down into the forest in a blazing fury.
'Good job with the shield' Cable tells Armor as she throws a large shield around the group. Cable asks them if they are all okay, to which Shatterstar replies 'A little shake, but other than that...' while Gideon hovers in the air, 'Oops. Hope the X-Men have insurance' he jokes, while a solemn Absalom stands nearby, flames and smoke billowing around them. Longshot remarks that Gideon looks bigger. 'That's not just me, right?' he asks. 'Enough of this nonsense. If it's a battle you seek, then you have found it!' Shatterstar calls out as he rushes forward, swords at the ready, and X-23 at his side. Cable tells Shatterstar and X-23 to halt, but before they can reach Gideon, the External relashes blasts of flaming energy that knocks the two of them backwards. Gideon tells them not to put their lives on the line for someone who will kill them the moment this is over. 'This is External business. Between me, Abslom and Selene. Step aside' Gideon declares. 'We can't do that' Cable responds as he opens fire at Gideon, and although the weapons fire strikes his face, the wounds start to heal immediately.
'Cable, come on...I gave you an opportunity to walk away...you should have taken it' Gideon declares. 'NOW!' Cable suddenly shouts, as Armor and Longshot appear behind Gideon, and leap towards him – but Gideon has indeed increased in size, and he easily kicks one leg backwards, which knocks Longshot over, and he moves forward with a fist, striking Armor and cracking the force field around her body. 'I've got Burke's powers of precognition. I can see what you're going to do before you -' Gideon calls out, when suddenly, Cable fires his weapon – straight through Absalom, blasting a hole through his chest. 'Guessing Absalom didn't get those same precog abilities?' Cable smirks. 'Well played, Cable' Gideon concedes, as green energy begins to crackle around his body, he leaps forward and points out that Absalom was never the threat. 'I am!' Gideon boasts, as he slams his fists into Cable, knocking him backwards.
'Attack!' Shatterstar tells the others, as he moves forward and shoves one of his blades through Gideon's chest, while Longshot and Armor both attack him, too. Shatterstar tells the others to clear their minds and let loose, as Gideon won't know what is coming if they don't overthink it. Gideon groans and suddenly, releases a surge of energy, blasting all of the others backwards as he then increases his form into a gigantic size. 'No more playing around' Gideon declares as the heroes struggle to get to their feet. 'All right, he's definitely bigger. I'm not crazy' Shatterstar mutters. 'If I have to kill all of you to get to Selene...' Gideon begins, while Doop floats over to Cable, and speaks to him in his native Doopspeak. Cable assures Doop that he will be fine, as Gideon concludes '...I will'.
With Blink at her side, Selene declares that she should have known better than to come to Cable for help. 'Gideon was right...this is External business' she snaps as she shifts her form into a liquid-like substance, enabling her to rise up and match Gideon in height, whereby she wraps her hands around his neck and attempts to to choke him. 'Ah. There's the Selene I was looking for. The fighter' Gideon utters. Selene calls him a moron, while down below, Blink looks up at Selene, worried. She tries to move forward, but Cable holds her back, 'Let her' he tells Blink. Selene  tells Gideon that all of this power was never meant to rest with just one of them, which is why she stopped the killings. 'You won't become godlike, Gideon. The power will eat you. Destroy you' Selene warns him. Cable tells Blink that he needs her to stay close to him and Doop. 'We're going to get out of this' he assures her.
Selene dodges an energy blast that Gideon fires at her, and tells him that their powers were meant to be split across the seven of them. 'I could feel it tearing me apart and I know that you can feel it now...' Selene calls out. 'Lies. Lies from your damned witch tongue!' Gideon retorts, while Cable calls out 'She's telling the truth'. Cable declares that he knows what the future holds, that he has seen it – he knows how this pans out and it is not in Gideon's favor. Gideon stretches his arms upwards and remarks that there are too many variables, too many timelines. 'I know you, Cable. I know that you can't track them all' Gideon points out as he increases his size and grabs hold of Selene, holding her in one hand. Blink stands nervously behind Cable, who reminds Gideon that he has been gone a long time, and points out that things change. 'Something this big, this cataclysmic, I'd know'. Cable adds that the only thing he would miss are small changes – changes that have no consequence, no meaning. 'Which makes me believe that this... fails' Cable concludes. 'LIES! ALL LIES!' Gideon shouts as he slams Selene into the ground.
Gideon looks down at Cable and his allies and declares that he will show them what real change looks like. 'ill show you – what -?' Gideon begins, as a portal suddenly appears above him, and covers his head. Blink clenches her fists, then collapses at Cable's feet, as the others look up to Gideon in shock – his large body tumbles to the ground – headless, sparying blood everywhere. 'That was AMAZING! You beheaded the beast!' Shatterstar grins, putting an arm around Blink. Absalom suddenly rises, 'No!' he shouts as Gideon's body starts to explode. 'This...you can't do this! Gideon was supposed to end my suffering! He can't be -' Absalom begins, before Cable smacks him in the face. Longshot walks over to Gideon as blood continues to spurt from his neck and asks 'Is he...is he dead?' Cable points out that only an External can kill an External,  so at best they have temporarily put him out of commission.
'Selene's...' Armor begins, and Cable confirms that she has gone. 'She's not one for gratitude' Cable adds. Armor asks if they should go after her, but Cable points out that they have got what they came for. Cable instructs Shatterstar and Armor to see if there are any salvagable containment units in the wreckage, for the sooner they can get Gideon's body on ice and locked away, the safer they will be. Cable looks down at Absalom and tells his allies that while they are at it, they might want to find some restraints for him. 'Let's get them both locked down before they pull out any other surprises' Cable suggests. 'We're on it, boss' Armor calls back.
'If you knew that he was going to fail, why -' Blink begins as she and Cable look at Gideon's body, but Cable tells her that he didn't. As Doop floats past him, Cable declares that Gideon was right – it is imossible for him to know every possibility, and he was trying to keep Gideon distracted. Cable reveals that Doop had a telekinetic shield up so that Gideon couldn't read their thoughts, and he needed to give Blink the opening she required. 'I just wanted him stopped' Blink utters. 'And he did. Because of you. Without you, it's possible he would have killed all of us' Cable reassures Blink, thanking her. 'All of you' he adds as the others father around, and Armor carries a containment pod towards Gideon. Shatterstar and Armor prepare to load Gideon's body into the containment pod, and as the sun begins to rise across the canyon, Cable tells Blink to take them home.
Later, inside one of Cable's safe houses, at a classified location, Cable and his allies stand before the containment pod which has been placed inside a large empty room 'So what happens next?' Shatterstar enquires. Cable reports that he will take Gideon back to the future – one with a super-max prison that can hold him. Cable is wearing a strange armor as he shakes Shatterstar's hand and thanks him for his service. 'It was an honor' Shatterstar replies. 'For real. That was fun. Well, not fun. But...you know' Armor smiles as Cable shakes her hand and tells her that he does, adding that she is going to make a great X-Man one day. 'You too, Laura' he adds, turning to X-23 and smiling. Doop grins and extends his arms out towards Cable, remaking something in Doopspeak, to which Cable grins and replies 'You're welcome, you little booger. 'Until we meet again' Longshot smiles. 'Until then' Cable replies, before turning to Blink and telling her that he knows what she has been through, and that she can rest assured that she is in a better place now with people who care. He suggests she sticks with Longshot, as he will see that she lands on her feet. Blink thanks Cable, who walks over to the containment pod. 'Until next time' he tells his companions, as he and Gideon then vanish. Armor turns to the others and asks 'So...does anyone know how we're supposed to get home from here?'
Undetermined time period:
Ridge Meadows hospital, Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, where a physician has just delivered a baby. 'Congratulations...it's a boy' she reports. 'Oh my God...he's beautiful' the baby's mother utters as the umbilical cord is clamped and the baby is given to the mother. 'You did it, honey. I'm so proud of you' the father remarks, touching the mother's face. She smiles and admits that she was scared, but the father tells her that she did great, and that they are going to be fine – he just knows it. The baby then opens its eyes... its strange purple eyes....


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The fear clatters in his brain, pulling him back to his childhood, dragging him through the dark past. He is supposed to be focused on the future, but sometimes, memories creep up and take control. When you grow up with a techno-organic virus threatening to consume your body, fear becomes part of you – fear of never being what you're supposed to be – of being left alone. Nathan Summers remembers being a youth, in his past – a future – running from the virus that pursued him relentlessly.
'Redd! Slym!' he cried out as wires and cables reached out to grab him. He came to the edge of a cliff. The fear is also of losing control and becoming a monster – because that's when you can hurt the people close to you. Young Nathan looked out across the cliff, to the other side, where a huge mass of cables and wires had taken over a building, attacking people inside. 'Help me!' one of them screamed 'My eye!' another shouts. The virus turns living tissue into technology. Nathan alone can keep it at bay using his telekinesis, something his parents struggled to teach him. The cables and wires – the virus connects with Nathan, taking over one of his arms. He has never stopped being afrid.
2049:Osaka, Japan, where Cable a.k.a. Nathan Summers bursts through the window of a tall building, shattering glass everywhere as he plummets to the ground below, thinking that fear is one of the few things that transcends time. He knows that things  get all mixed up when you have been leaping through the Time-Stream for months, and that thinking you know things before they happen messes with your head – but he refuses to sit still.
'Bodyslide by one' Cable orders and moments before he would hit the ground, he vanishes, then re-appears on the ground, rain pouring down around him, a little girl runs into him as a man in a white suit chases her.
'Someone has to protect the future from time-traveling mutant-hating Sentinels like Nimrods' Cable thinks to himself, as man picks the girl up and raises a weapon to the man's face. 'Really? You made me hunt a one-armed mna?' Cable asks, noticing the man in the white suit only has one arm – before the man suddenly raises his other arm, and notes that the child has been identified as mutant, and opens fire, a blast emanating from his hand, as the “man” shifts into his true form – a Nimrod.
Cable drops the girl so that the blast doesn't strike her, while the Nimrod states that the child has been identified as a threat to the future and as such should be terminated. Cable tells the girl to stay back, as he runs towards the Nimrod and opens fire. The girl runs across the rain-drenched street, as Cable shoves his hand into the Nimrod, infecting it with the T-O virus, before the Nimrod collapses. Cable looks over to the girl who peers out from behind a recycling bin. He speaks to her in her native Japanese, suggesting that they get her home, and that she shouldn't worry, as everything will be okay. Cable picks the girl up and she asks him if he is a robot, too. 'No, I'm a mutant, like you' Cable tells her.
Shortly, in Kyoto, Japan, Cable has returned the girl to her parents, and speaking to them in Japanese, tells them that their daughter will be able to communicate with machines one day, and because of that,she will play a pertinent role in the war between Sentinels and mutants. The girl's father asks Cable how he can know that, while his wife tells Cable they are grateful, but doesn't know what they can possibly do. Cable tells them to keep her safe and to support her, even if she messes up. He adds that they need to keep her hidden until her powers develop. 'What do we do then? Will you come back? the father asks, but Cable tells him that the X-Men of this era will find him, but until then they have to go somewhere else, they can't stay here. The girl remarks that she doesn't want to leave, as she likes it here. Cable tells the family that if they don't go, the Sentinels will continue to hunt her and he might not be here if they catch up. 'Timeslide by three' Cable orders, as the father asks where they will go.
2070:Cable and the family appear a moment later in Sydney, Australia. Cable tells the family that this is the future and that it is the last place the Sentinels will look. He adds that his parents made the same sacrifice for him when he was a child. The girl appears unwell, so Cable tells the parents that his own daughter used to get timeslide sickness, but that it will pass.
The present:In one of his safe houses, Cable sits on the floor, re-loading one of his weapons. He thinks that  no matter how far you go, you are always reminded of those closest to you and that every timeline veers toward entropy, ensuring you can't run from your problems forever. He knows he has to make amends, even though he can't change the past. He admits that he sure has regrets – as his daughter deserves better.
Speaking of Hope, at that moment, she arrives at the X-Mansion, currently located in Central Park, New York. Several students are outside, they stop and stare at her, while Kitty Pryde approaches her, smiling and with open arms, asking her what they owe this pleasure. Hope greets Kitty and asks her how life is as X-Men headmistress. 'Still trying to live up to that lofty title' Kitty replies, before asking Hope how life is as a hermit. Hope replies that she is going a little stir-crazy and getting pretty lonely. 'Thought you guys could use the company' she jokes. Kitty asks Hope if she is here to just hang out, whether the gun is really necessary. 'Yes' Hope replies. 'Like father, like daughter. I'm sure Cable would be proud' Kitty smiles.
Kitty then leads Hope through the mansion  to a guest room, telling her that she is getting the supreme package – a private room with a view and an en suite bathroom. Kitty gives Hope a free pass to any class she feels like sitting in on. Hope thanks Kitty, who then tells Hope that she can't promise it will be quiet at night around here. 'I've slept through worse' Hope points out. Kitty suggests to Hope that she could teach the kids a class about gathering intel when she is feeling up to it, but Hope remarks that she is just here for the company. 'You know where to find me' Kitty tells Hope before she leaves the room. Hope then sits down on the bed and takes off her boots.
Later that night: 'Hope' a voice calls out from the shadows of the guest room. 'Dad?' Hope calls out, sitting up, she grabs her gun, as a flash of light appears in the shadows – but what emerges from the shadows is a spider-like creature, a mass of wires and cables wearing a cloak, with an energy glow in its left eye. 'What the -' Hope gasps, before opening fire, narrowly missing the creature, who laughs.
'You're the source of his fear' the creature remarks as he grabs Hope's gun, then forces her up against the wall, pinning her to the wall with cables that emerge from its body. 'Do you remember me?' he asks. 'I... never forgot' Hope replies. 'Then you're the same. You share Daddy's fear' the creature utters, to which Hope declares that nothing scares Nathan Summers. The creature grows wires for hair, more eyes appear on its face as it tells Hope that she is wrong – Cable has been looking over his shoulder all his life. 'He's running away 'cause of you. But he'll come back' the creature remarks, covering Hope's face with its cybernetic hand. The creature removes its hand as Hope tells him that if he is here to kill her, then to get it over with. 'Kill you? No. I want him to suffer. Like he made me. He must know I haven't gone away. Show him what I've done!' the creature exclaims.
The next day, Cable arrives at the X-Mansion. He tells himself that he has defeated Apocalypse single-handedly taken on the Avengers and stopped the world from ending – so being at the X-Mansion to talk to his daughter shouldn't feel impossible – but it does.
Kitty stands outside the front doors, frowning, arms folded, she tells Cable that she figured it was a matter of time before he showed up. 'Nice to see toy too, Kitty' Cable replies. Kitty points a finger at Cable and tells him that something attacked Hope last night, and she said it was looking for him. 'What do you mean? Where is she?' Cable asks. Kitty assures him that Hope is safe, but tells him she isn't sure Hope wants to see him. Several students gather nearby and watch the discussion, as Kitty tells Cable that she knows he hasn't seen or talked to Hope for months, that he has been gallivanting around on his self-assigned “time-cop” missions. Cable pushes Kitty aside and tells her that he won't ask again. 'Where's Hope?' he demands but Kitty suggests that she talk to Hope. Cable doesn't care for that, so he bodyslides, and vanishes. Kitty clenches her fists and swears.
'Dad' Hope remarks as Cable appears in the guest room, a large gaping hole in the wall. 'Hi, Hope' Cable addresses his daughter, who asks him how he knew she was here. Cable reveals that he put a tracking device on her when she was eight. 'When I was eight?' Hope asks, before Cable bodyslides by two, and he and Hope re-appear elsewhere, surrounded by trees. Hope throws up, and Cable asks her if this still makes her sick. 'It's been a while...' Hope points out, before Cable notices the six burn marks around her right eye. 'It did that to your face... damn it. It's happening again' Cable mutters, clenching his fist. 'What is that thing? I've seen it before' Hope remarks. Cable tells her that its name is Metus, a techno-organic monster that has been following him since he was a child. He adds that it is desperate and dangerous. 'That thing knew you were coming. It said it wants you to suffer. Why?' Hope asks. Cable reveals that a long time ago, he lost control and made a mistake which he has been paying for ever since. 'But why me? Why not just go to you?' Hope enquires. Cable explains that Metus will stop at nothing to keep him away from the people he loves, to ensure he is alone.
Hope tells Cable that when she fired him from X-Force, she didn't expect him to disappear from her life. 'You don't need me to protect you anymore' Cable points out. Hope remarks that she isn't asking Cable to hold her hand, but she would like to spend the occasional day with her father. 'I know. I'd like that, too' Cable replies, explaining that he forced himself to believe that he was a better guardian than a father. 'You've always been both to me' Hope tells him. Cable points out that being in Hope's life puts them both at risk, so he had to stay away to keep her safe. Hope walks closer to Cable, who explains that jumping through time and isolating himself turned him into what he feared the most. 'Trust me, you're not the only one in the family who thinks being alone is the answer' Hope points out. Cable takes a step closer to Hope and tells her that when he was a child, he lived under the reign of Apocalypse – but what kept him up at night was the thought of his parents abandoning him – he was scared they thought of him as a burden, that if he couldn't control his powers and the techno-organic virus, they would leave him – and he did that to her.
Cable touches the burn marks around Hope's eye, and tells her that he is sorry, before they embrace and hug. Hope pulls away and tells Cable that she appreciates this, but points out there is a bigger issue here. She asks him what the plan of attack is and how they beat this Metus thing. Cable tells Hope that there is no more running, he is finally strong enough to beat it and face it head-on. Hope looks at Cable and tells him that is literally the worst plan he has ever had. 'Don't be so stubborn. I've seen what it does to your mind. You have to prepare, go in with a strategy, get a team together' Hope tells him. But Cable tells Hope that there will be no team and no strategy – this is the only way. 'Will you help me?' he asks. 'Not if you don't have a plan' Hope snaps.
Later, darkness surrounds Cable as he sits by a small fire within the forest. He knows that these are familiar surroundings for Metus – he is alone, like Metus always wanted. Cable knows that Metus can sense his fear, and that it will hate the fact he has seen Hope, as it warned him to stay away – Hope's scar made that clear. Cable looks up, the fire creating a glow over his face as he decides that tonight, it comes full circle – tonight, it ends. Cable can feel that Metus is near – he has always been able to feel it. Metus' presence course through his entire body, sending his T-O virus into overdrive, his cybernetic arm suddenly mutates, when, up above, Metus can be seen, clinging to the tree behind Cable, and resembling a large bat. 'Hello Dayspring' Metus calls out. 'I see the big guns still help you feel safe, old man!' Metus declares as he swoops down towards Cable, who leaps to safety before Metus can strike him. 'I've had decades to learn what makes you whimper!' Metus exclaims.
Cable somersaults and fires his gun backwards at Metus, who screeches as as the energy blast strikes him. But Metus recovers, and turns his attention on Cable, releasing several long wires towards him, knocking his gun out of one hand and wrapping them around his cybernetic arm, which has returned to its default appearance. Cable swears, then uses his other hand to grab a glowing knife and slices it through the wires restraining his other arm. Metus looks crazed as he runs towards Cable, lashing out with more wires, 'You've been gone for years. I've been with you all along!' Metus screeches. Metus suddenly takes the appearance of Hope as it connects more wires to Cable, 'You forget my power. I alone know what you do...' Metus utters, before Cable screams. 'And I will drag you back' Metus declares.
Images suddenly flood Cable's mind, of Metus attacking him and Bishop, while a young Hope looked on. 'Hope! Run!' Cable calls out to Hope. Another image, this time of a very large Metus battling Cable and Nate Grey, with Cable telling Nate to watch out, as Metus attempts to snare him. Another image, of Metus standing on some rubble, looking down over X-Force. Boomer and Cannonball lay motionless, while Feral and Shatterstar gather themselves, and Cable holds Domino  in his arms, telling her that he is sorry. Another image, as Slym shouts 'I've got this!' and blasts Metus backwards, while Redd uses her telekinesis on Nathan, whose cybernetic arm has grown out of control. Redd tells Nathan that she needs him to take a deep breath.
Cable looks up as Metus now has the heads of Cable's loved ones appearing on its shoulders. 'You'll always be alone. You will understand my misery' Metus tells Cable, who suddenly thinks 'Hope!' as Metus tells Cable that he feels his fear, but not to worry, as this is far from the end. 'Wherever you go, I follow' Metus warns Cable. 'Any time now!' Cable thinks, as Hope rushes into the clearing, 'Hey!' she shouts, getting Metus' attention. 'Get the #$%& away from him!' Hope exclaims as she fires her weapon, which strikes Metus, blasting him backwards off of Cable. Hope goes over to Cable, who tells her that this is their last chance, and just like they talked about, she needs to mimc his telekinesis. Hope does so, and they both hold Metus in a telekinetic grasp. Suddenly, though, Cable reaches out to Metus, 'Dad... what are you doing?' Hope asks. 'Something I should have done a long time ago' Cable replies, as his own form starts to change, he grabs Metus, 'Give it back. You've taken too much from me' Cable declares. 'Stop! Oh my god. What're you doing?!' Hope shouts, as Cable screams as he absorbs Metus into himself. His mutated body looks back at Hope and tells her not to worry – that everything is going to be okay.