Appearing in "Messiah War (Chapter Three)"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- ⏴ Bishop (Lucas Bishop) ⏵ (Appears in flashback and main story)
- ⏴ Stryfe ⏵ (Appears in flashback and main story)
Other Characters:
- ⏴ Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur) ⏵ (Appears in flashback and main story)
- X-Men (Mentioned)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Mentioned)
- Deadpool (Wade Wilson) (Referenced)
- Unnamed bartender (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
- Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur) (Referenced)
- Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur) (Referenced)
- Horsemen of Apocalypse (Mentioned)
- Death (Warren Worthington III) (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- The Future
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- New York
- Westchester County
- Celestial City (First appearance)
- Stryfe's Citadel (First appearance)
- Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters (Referenced)
- Celestial City (First appearance)
- Westchester County
- Nevada (Only in flashback)
- Las Vegas (Only in flashback)
- Betty Noir's (Only in flashback)
- Las Vegas (Only in flashback)
- New York
- United States of America
- North America
- Earth
Items:
Synopsis for "Messiah War (Chapter Three)"
During his hunt for Cable and the messiah child, Bishop found himself in New York in the desolate future his actions created. There, he learned from some of the last humans left that there was a “sleeping god” in the caves nearby. When he went to investigate for himself, he found Apocalypse, at rest in a hibernation chamber. Bishop used this knowledge to enlist Stryfe to his cause, and the two proceeded to work together and kill the weakened Apocalypse.
In 2973, X-Force and Cable are surrounded by Stryfe’s soldiers. Wolverine orders Elixir and Vanisher to take Hope and run while the rest of the team fights. Elixir calms Hope down and heals some of the old fractures she has accumulated over years on the run. As Stryfe’s army quickly overwhelms them, Archangel hears a voice that says “come to me” and flies off in a trance. Domino pleads with old, mentally cracked Deadpool to get his head in the game. Wade turns his fire on Stryfe’s soldiers and ends the battle. The team regroups and gets back on the move.
In Stryfe’s throne room in Celestial City, Bishop nearly lets slip to Stryfe that he is concerned with more than Cable. Stryfe’s telepathy tells him that Cable has been joined by other X-Men from the past.
Wolverine tells Warpath that he needs to keep Hope safe no matter what happens to Wolverine or Cable. Hope and X-23 share a bonding moment as Domino presses Deadpool that she knows there’s something he’s not telling them. A flare of light arcs towards them from Stryfe’s tower and Stryfe himself lands violently among them, psionic field surrounding him. Stryfe quickly overwhelms the team until Cable is able to get close and tag him with an explosive device. The blast causes the cliffside to crack beneath their feet. As they all fall towards the raging water below, Warpath grabs Hope. Stryfe traps the two of them in a psionic field, gaining possession of the future of mutantkind.
To the north in the Adirondacks, Archangel follows a call. He enters a cave and is greeted by his creator. Apocalypse, weakened on the verge of dying, tells Warren he’s glad that if Death has come for him, it’s in the form of his “greatest horseman”.
Solicit Synopsis
"X-FORCE/CABLE: MESSIAH WAR"
STRYFE STRIKES! Cable and X-Force's greatest nemesis returns! The X-event of the decade continues in MESSIAH WAR, and things go from "bad" to "worst case scenario" as X-Force and Cable struggle to keep Hope alive. While Cyclops fights to keep X-Force's involvement a secret in the present, Cable and Wolverine butt heads in the future over control of the child. Making matters worse, a member of X-Force abandons the team as an army of darkness descends upon them, leaving the team a man down with their backs to the wall. Past, present and future collide as the war for Mutantkind's survival continues. Part 3 (of 7).Notes
- Story continued from Cable (Vol. 2) #13. Continues in Cable (Vol. 2) #14.
Chronology Notes[]
A flashback in this story affects the chronology of the following characters: