History
After the events of X-Factor #64, the X-Factor continued living on the Ship parked in New York City.[1] X-Factor, Christopher Summers, Opal Tanaka, Thrish Tilby and her adoptive daughter Priya all joined Charlotte Jones in celebrating the birthday of her son Timmy. Nearby, Apocalypse sent the combined Master Mold and Cameron Hodge on a rampage in Chinatown. X-Factor took their loved ones to safety, before engaging the behemoth in battle, unaware that Apocalypse and Caliban were breaking into Ship but learning that Cameron Hodge has been merged with the Master Mold and that Apocalypse was behind it. X-Factor struggled against the Hodge-Master Mold before finally immobilizing him and reunited with their loved ones, but then noticed one of the Celestials - Gammenon the Gatherer - standing over the Ship.[2]
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Manhattan began to flood, but other heroes arrived to help the civilians while X-Factor made their way to Ship to find out what was going on. They found that Ship has been broken into by Apocalypse. Caliban battled X-Factor as Apocalypse spoke of the Celestials, Eternals and Deviants, before Marvel Girl and Cyclops managed to injure him. Apocalypse unleashed a gas on X-Factor, and stole baby Christopher Summers from them. Outside the Ship, another Celestial, Arishem the Judge had arrived.[3]
Caliban, left behind by Apocalypse, told the X-Factor that all of this had something to do with the fact that mutant couples had few children. X-Factor fought Caliban, before he revealed that Apocalypse left him coordinates for a location in Nebraska. Ship informed X-Factor that there were enough heroes in New York to deal with the Celestials, so they departed for the co-ordinates. En route, Caliban explained that Apocalypse believed that all viable children born of mutant liaison were the result of some external intervention, and posed questions about Jean Grey, Madelyne Pryor and Cyclops's son. X-Factor arrived at the co-ordinates, finding a decommissioned nuclear silo. Inside, they found various clones of themselves and others and Mr. Sinister, their creator. Various clones of the X-Men and othered attacked X-Factor, with Cyclops and Jean Grey determined to win the battle against Sinister and rescue their son.[4]
X-Factor and Caliban were still battling Sinister's clones when Apocalypse appeared, holding Cyclops' son. Archangel attacked his former master, but Apocalypse returned the baby to Cyclops, informing X-Factor that they had to take the baby to the Celestials, as he was the talisman that would preserve the Earth for another thousand years. Apocalypse teleported X-Factor back to the Ship, while he battled Sinister as the complex exploded. Back in Manhattan, Cyclops handed baby Christopher over to Arishem the Judge, who gave the "thumbs up" signal, and the Celestials seemingly departed for space. Apocalypse left a journal in the Ship's archive, which came online after the Celestials approved of Christopher. X-Factor began to watch the journal, learning that Apocalypse set up the Celestials to destroy Genosha. X-Factor contacted the Chief Magistrate and urged her to evacuate everyone off Genosha, but the Chief Magistrate was unconvinced. Marvel Girl ordered the Ship to hack into the Genoshan media and tell everyone to get off the island. At that moment, the Celestials appeared over Genosha, and Arishem gave the "thumbs down" signal, destroying the island. Ship managed to teleport as many as it could from the island, including Havok and Wolfsbane, before the Celestials departed. Acting as an arc, Ship hovered over the Genoshan water so that X-Factor could rescue the remaining surviving Genoshans.[5]See Also
- 5 appearance(s) of X-Factor (Earth-16524)
- 11 image(s) of X-Factor (Earth-16524)
- 9 member(s) of X-Factor (Earth-16524)