Cable #85

Publisher
Marvel
Year
2000
Month
11
LastChanged
1/16/2024 5:43:30 PM
Undertow

Summary

  Alecto stops time and wakes Irene, saying she is the Chronicler whose words will be read by millions. She says Apocalypse's defeat was just the start of Cable's destiny and raises suspicions about Blaquesmith, who was Rachel's first Askani acolyte (X-Men: Phoenix LS). She tells Irene to investigate why Cable is the "Chosen One."

  Cable is fascinated by a new shop that teaches martial arts. He finds Shin sitting quietly inside. They spar, and she defeats him, serves tea, and promises to continue his lessons next week. Then she and the dojo disappear, leaving Cable bruised on the street.

  In another reality, the leader of the Black Dawn sends them to find Shin's new apprentice.

  Cable tells Irene about his sister: he is having visions, and he suits up to go rescue her. Blaquesmith created a time machine for him, but he warns that time travel is treacherous. He tells Cable to use Rachel's mind as a beacon to find her, and Blaquesmith's to get back. Rachel is two billion years in the future, after a million years of darkness, when all alternate realities died out. Earth is barren, except for one mansion.

  Cable finds Gaunt holding Rachel captive; dampening fields inhibit his telepathy and his weapons. Gaunt says he wants to study heroism; Rachel says that's because he is totally evil, so good is alien to him.

  Gaunt was a warlord, who conquered for 10,000 years. Trillions died, then he was defeated and exiled to Earth till the stars die. Rachel emerged from the timestream (Excalibur 75) and was trapped there with him. He probed her mind and learned of great warriors like Cable, so he lured him there for hand-to-hand combat.

  Note: in X-Men: Phoenix LS, Rachel emerged from the timestream just before establishing the Askani, and she gave up the Phoenix force during her battle with Nero.