X-Force / Cable: Messiah War #[nn]

In the scorched ruins of a dead world, Cable and Hope—now seven—struggle to survive in a future stripped of life. As Hope grapples with questions about her place in this broken timeline, Cable pushes through exhaustion, desperate to find any sign of hope. Their journey forward may be their last chance, but the wasteland offers no answers—only silence.

In the scorched ruins of a post-apocalyptic desert, Hope stumbles upon a hidden bunker just as Cable's strength fades. With his life hanging by a thread, she fights to revive him—only to uncover a chilling message from Cyclops waiting at the X-Mansion. Together, they plunge into the future, where the world they knew has twisted into something far worse.

In the far future of 2973, X-Force arrives to aid Cable and Hope against Bishop, only to find a wild, aged Deadpool leading them through a crumbling world. As Cable grapples with the arrival of his father’s team, Bishop makes a dangerous alliance with Stryfe, the enigmatic ruler of this brutal era.

Cable and X-Force brace for a brutal clash as Bishop joins forces with the ruthless Stryfe in a bid to eliminate Hope, the mutant child destined to change everything. Meanwhile, Deadpool spins a wild tale of his own improbable survival across centuries, weaving his trademark chaos into the growing storm.

In the midst of escalating chaos, Bishop makes a shocking move by turning a dying Apocalypse into a weapon, setting off a chain reaction that pits X-Force and Cable against Stryfe’s growing threat. With Warpath captured and Hope in peril, Archangel is drawn into a dark reunion with his former master—while the line between ally and enemy blurs further.

In "Messiah War Chapter Four," Cable and X-Force move in on Stryfe’s fortress to rescue Hope, as tensions spike between the allies and their enemies. With Stryfe’s true intentions revealed and Bishop’s betrayal looming, Archangel faces off against Apocalypse while Hope, caught in a moment of desperate hope, mistakes Stryfe for Cable.

In "Messiah War, Chapter 5," Stryfe manipulates Hope under the guise of being Cable, testing her power while evading Bishop’s relentless pursuit. As X-Force and Cable close in to rescue her, Stryfe effortlessly repels their assault—until Archangel refuses to kill Apocalypse, who then offers his allegiance in the fight against Stryfe.

In the aftermath of a devastating battle, Cable and X-Force struggle to regroup as Stryfe closes in on Hope, with Bishop and Apocalypse now looming as threats. With Archangel’s unintended regeneration of Apocalypse adding chaos to the fray, X-23, Domino, and Vanisher uncover the shocking truth behind their time displacement—Kiden Nixon is the key, and to return home, they may have to eliminate her before time runs out.

In a grim future where mutants are imprisoned in Sheepshead Bay, young Lucas Bishop is born under the shadow of an M branded on his eye, raised in silence by his mother and love by his father, while his grandmother spins tales of heroes long gone. When the camp erupts in violence, Lucas witnesses his parents’ deaths and flees into the ruins of New York, only to be found by a mysterious mutant who claims to be one of the X-Men.

In "Part Two: Police State," Lucas Bishop travels the country with the Witness, searching for scraps and whispers about Hope, the mutant girl said to have torn the X-Men apart. As he reunites with his grandmother and Shard, forming a fragile family, the weight of his past and the growing threat of the emplates force him into a desperate alliance with the XSE—only if his sister is included. When Shard falls to the vampiric emplates, Lucas turns to the Witness, who saves her by transferring her consciousness into a digital form.

In a desperate chase through a fractured timeline, Bishop, Malcom, and Randall pursue Trevor Fitzroy into the past, only to find themselves stranded in a world where the X-Men are legends. As the past reshapes their present, Bishop joins the original team, forging a bond with icons like Professor X, Cyclops, and Jean Grey—only to face a harrowing choice when he encounters Hope, the child whose future fate he knows too well.