History
The Pens[]
Elizabeth Guthrie's father attempted to defend his family from the forces of Apocalypse when their genetic culling of humans reached the doorstep of the Guthrie farm in Kentucky.[2] While her parents were killed, Elizabeth and her brothers Sam and Joshua were recruited by Apocalypse. The trio became members of the Elite Mutant Force, Sam (calling himself Cannonball) and Liz (calling herself Amazon) were placed in the Slave Pens, answering to Prelates Cyclops and Havok. Their primary function was to maintain order in the slave pens. During an attempted breakout, Amazon and Cannonball helped to quell the uprising using violent means, earning the ire of Cyclops.[3]
When Cyclops began freeing prisoners in the slave pens, he was witnessed by Polaris. Havok brought Amazon and Cannonball to force her to reveal Cyclops's role in the freeing of slaves. Polaris, mentally unhinged even before her incarceration, was unable to tell them, forcing them to bring her to the Dark Beast for memory extraction.[4] When Havok learned that his brother was responsible for freeing slaves, he persuaded Cannonball and Amazon to side with him in trying to take down Cyclops and turn him over to the Dark Beast.[5] Cyclops and Jean Grey managed to escape and free the prisoners in the slave pens. When the Bedlam Brothers defected, siding with Cyclops, they used their powers to take down Amazon and Cannonball.[1]