Biography:
Hope was born a year after the events of the
Mutant Decimation and she is the first new mutant born since then. The
moment she was spotted by Cerebra, Professor Xavier described her as "the
rebirth of hope." Hope's psychic signature proved to be so powerful that it
caused a minor explosion in the X-Mansion. Afterwards Xavier dispatched a
squad of X-Men to the birthplace of
the child in hopes of retrieving her, but the town had already been attacked
by the mutant-hating army, known as the Purifiers, who had been warned by
the future Sentinel Nimrod, of her birth. The Purifiers had been ordered to
exterminate every single child in the town, which they did, but the
anti-hero Cable had successfully saved Hope from the Purifiers.
Cable hurried to Texas in order to receive some mechanical components from
Forge so that he could build a time machine, which he would use to transport
both himself and the baby into a safer future. However, Cable encountered a
wounded and unconscious Forge and, before he even realized it, Cable was
attacked by a traitorous Bishop, who believed that the child would bring
genocide to Earth. The moment he was about to kill the child, a group of
Marauders led by Gambit ambushed Bishop and abducted the baby. After Cable
recovered, he contacted Professor Xavier and revealed him that the child was
supposed to be the “mutant messiah” who would save both the mutantkind and
the humankind. He also mentioned the repercussions of the child’s death, which
would lead to the annihilation of Earth. Charles managed to locate the child
telepathically and he discovered that she was in Muir Island at the hands of
the Mister Sinister, who intended to use her for purposes which are, as of
yet, still unknown.
However, after Gambit handed over the baby to Sinister, it was revealed that
Mystique was actually Sinister in disguise. The original Mister Sinister had
been assassinated by Mystique, who wanted to use the child to heal Rogue, who
had fallen into a deep coma after her experience with the
Hecatomb. Destiny, Mystique’s…friend, had predicted that the baby would cure
Rogue, if she made contact with her. Even though she already knew that the
process might be lethal to the baby, Mystique made the child come in contact
with Rogue’s skin, but Gambit, furious at Mystique’s egoistic act, seized the
baby from Mystique claiming that Rogue would never want to harm a young
innocent soul just to save herself. Much to Gambit’s surprise, however, the
child had not only survived Rogue’s touch (which was able to instantly remove
the life-force from people at that time due to the virus Strain 88), but it
had also cured Rogue and erased all of the minds and powers she had absorbed
throughout her life, including those of the Hecatomb. It also managed to cure
Rogue of the Strain 88 virus. Afterwards, Gambit handed over the baby to Cable
and Professor and, after the X-Men dealt with Bishop and the Marauders, Cable
and the baby were both transported into the future.
Into the Future:
Upon jumping into the future, Cable and the baby found refuge in a secluded
haven of N. Liberty, where Cable gets married to a resident there, named
Hope. After his battles with Bishop, his time machine had been damaged, which
limited Cable to the ability to travel only forward in time and, as a result
of all these numerous time-travels, the child is now 7 years
old. Meanwhile, N. Liberty is invaded by humanoid insects, the “U.S. Army”. Cable
fended them off and leaves N. Liberty with his wife and the baby. After
residing for months in a wasteland, the child and her family were attacked by
the leader of those insects, whom she defeated by using all the experience
she had gained from watching Cable fight. Next, Cable interrogates the leader
and is informed that Bishop, in order to pin-point the baby in the future, had
destroyed all of Earth’s continents, but N. America. Then, the family moves to a
settlement, where the locals affront them with resistance. Cable manages to
repel them, but Hope was shot and died in Cable’s arms. After, her mother’s
burial, she and Cable arrive at a church and when the priest asks the name of
the child, Cable decides to name her Hope, in honour of her dead adoptive
mother.
For years, Cable and Hope lived with a group of human rebels who tried to
destroy the insect army. Hope spent many years with them,
 and
learned some things from the commanders from the base. Despite Cable's
warnings, the rebels went through with their plans to destroy the insects
with a bio weapon. Before the weapon was used, Cable and Hope traveled into
the future. Cable's warnings were correct, and the humans, the insects,
animals, and plant life on Earth was destroyed - leaving a barren waste
land. They found a deer-like animal that Cable attempted to kill for food,
but it turned out that the creature was robotic. Cable and Hope walked Earth
for days, possibly weeks. They found nothing, and Cable's tablets showed
that the rain water was toxic to drink. Cable took Hope over 1,000 years
into the future, hoping Earth would heal over that time. But there was still
nothing. To pass the time, and to keep Cable's mind short due to his lack of
food and water, as well as to teach Hope, they played Chess when they
weren't walking. After one jump, they appeared over a deep hole and fell in.
Cable realized that it might be a trap for them, and tried to plan what to
do next. But he finally succumbed to his hunger and dehydration, and he
collapsed. Alone for the first time since Cable and she had gone into the
future, Hope eventually climbed out of the hole in search for water. She
faintly saw a shining object in the middle of the desert. She went to it,
and discovered that it was the International Space Station, which had fallen
from orbit. After getting open the hatch, she found that the men aboard had
died of unknown causes. She uncovered their supplies, used one of Cable's
pellets on the water, and brought it to Cable. The water rehydrated him and
Cable refilled their supplies with that from the Space Station. They walked
for days to Westchester New York. The old X-Mansion was in debris, but the
sublevels were safe. They found supplies that Scott Summers, aka Cyclops,
Cable's father, had left for them. It consisted of weapons and ammo,
clothes, and other equipment. Hope used old clothes which had belonged to
Kitty Pryde, aka Shadowcat of the X-Men. After that, Cable decided it was
time for another jump, and they traveled to the future once again. There,
Cable felt that a trap was left for him. He soon found a group of people
living in the sublevel.
Not long after, they encountered
X-Force, who had been sent to the future by Scott Summers to bring them
back to the present. X-Force and Cable also found Deadpool, once friend of
Cable, who had survived for all these thousands of years due to his
immortality. They soon discovered that the world was under the control of
Stryfe, evil clone of Cable, who used
Apocalypse's, and soon encountered his minions.
Personality:
Powers/Abilities:
Hope is possibly an Omega-level mutant.
However, she has not shown what her powers are.
So far, Hope’s powers have not been
established, but, seeing that she has managed to block Cerebra and the
Stepford Cuckoos from locating her and that she survived Rogue’s touch
without any harm, and, as a side-effect, cured her of all of the powers she
has absorbed over the years, they must be nigh-omnipotent. As Hope has aged
and grown, she has developed physical features similar to Jean Grey’s, like
fire-crimson hair and green eyes and a close-up of the baby’s eyes show that
she also has the Phoenix tattoo-emblem in them, so it can be speculated that
her powers may be affiliated with the Phoenix Force.
Skills:
Hope knows some survival training from Cable.
Appearances:
X-Men: Messiah CompleX (oneshot)
Uncanny X-Men #492
X-Factor #25
New X-Men #44
X-Men #205
Uncanny X-Men #493
X-Factor #26
New X-Men #45
X-Men #206
Uncanny X-Men #494
X-Factor #27
New X-Men #46
X-Men #207
Cable #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Cable king-sized Spectacular (oneshot)
Cable #7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
X-Force / Cable: Messiah War Prologue (oneshot)
Cable #13 |
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