Meanwhile, back in the present... In the aftermath of the Messiah CompleX war, Cyclops took a leap of faith and allowed his son Cable to disappear into the time stream with the first new mutant birth since "M" day - and the future of the dwindling mutant population - tucked under his arm. Weeks later, he still waits for a sign, however small, that he made the right decision. With evidence pointing to the fact that Bishop has jumped into the timestream and is hot on Cable's trail, the X-Men's unquestioned leader is about to make one final power move to protect the fate of mutantkind - one that he might come to regret. Collecting: Cable 6-10, King-Sized Cable

It's the exciting sequel to 2007's Messiah CompleX Cyclops has complete faith that his son, Cable, will do everything he can to protect the so-called mutant messiah - who he believes will save mutantkind. But he also knows what havoc former X-Man Lucas Bishop has wreaked in the nightmarish future. So now he's sent his black ops team, the X-Force, on a risky, time-traveling mission to save Cable and the child, completely unaware that there's something else waiting for them in the future. Something not even Bishop was counting on... Collecting: X-Men: The Times and Life of Lucas Bishop 1-3, Cable 11-15, X-Force 14-16, X-Force/Cable: Messiah War One-Shot, & X-Men: Future History: The Messiah War Sourcebook

We open literally one second after the shattering conclusion of Messiah War, and Cable's mission to save mutantkind has never looked bleaker. In fact, you can't even call it a mission anymore. After all he's been through, after all he's survived, now all Cable can do now is pray - pray the heavily-armed killers roaming the deep future can't match his survival skills. And what is the fate of Hope - the so-called "Mutant Messiah"? Collecting: Cable 16-20

From the moment Cable jumped into the time stream with the infant "mutant messiah," he's had only one goal: keep Hope alive until she can choose her own destiny. But now, stranded on a planet in its death throes, eating fried rat on a stick for the millionth time, Hope turns to Cable and tells him she's ready to go home. Thus begins Homecoming, the penultimate chapter in the X-Men saga that began with Messiah CompleX. It's not only zero hour for Cable and Hope, but also for the mutant hunting them, Lucas Bishop, who is rapidly running out of chances to save mutantkind and the world. Because if Hope does make it back to the present, everything changes for the X-Men. Collecting: Cable 21-25