It Is Always Darkest...

• Writer - Jeph Loeb
• Penciler - Ian Churchill
• Inker - Scott Hanna
• Inker - Art Thibert
• Lettering - Richard Starkings
• Lettering - Comicraft
• Colorist - Mike Thomas
• Enhancement - Malibu
• Editor - Mark Powers
• Editor in Chief - Bob Harras

Summary

  Note: this is part of the Onslaught crossover.

  Cable's T-O virus is totally out of control; he is standing in the middle of a psionic hurricane with the Invisible Woman, protected only by their respective shields, trying to find a way to get Franklin away from Onslaught.

  Apocalypse shows up; Cable immediately attacks him, but he is there to help, so Sue stops the fight. Apocalypse has Cable take them to the astral plane, where they can enter Onslaught's citadel undetected.

  But they are detected, and Onslaught sends projections of Hulk, Post, and Magneto against them. Apocalypse tries to kill Franklin, who he says will be a threat to him, but Cable has brought Sue along, hidden, and she stops him.

  Onslaught casts them all out of the astral plane; Apocalypse is furious and ports away (after a chat with Uatu), but Cable is determined to defeat Onslaught and free Franklin. Franklin now also has hope.