Chapter Summaries

Jean, Ororo, Magneto, Logan, and Russell planned to rescue Professor X from Colonel William Stryker, who intended to use Cerebro to wipe out mutants. Russell revealed the location of Stryker’s base and repaired and upgraded the aircraft, leaving the group ready to depart.

• Magneto explained that Stryker had captured Professor X to use Cerebro and target every mutant, then admitted he had told Stryker where Cerebro was.
• Russell showed Logan an Adamantium blade, shot Deadpool, and said that he, Logan, and Deadpool were connected to Stryker in different versions of events.
• Russell identified Alkali Lake as the location of Stryker’s secret mutant research base beneath the dam.
• Jean and Ororo said the aircraft could not be repaired until the next day, but Russell fixed it in nine minutes and upgraded it with a long-range fire-control system.

Russell, Deadpool, and Logan reached the dam before the others, and Russell used a railgun technique to blast through its drainage channel gate. The group entered the tunnel as Jean realized Stryker might open the floodgates in response.

• Ororo discovered that the drainage channel was the only entrance to the dam, and Magneto suggested Raven infiltrate it disguised as Werewolf.
• Ororo found that Logan had already gone to the dam, while Russell and Deadpool were missing too, so Magneto took Jean and the others after them.
• Russell, Deadpool, and Logan reached the drainage channel, where Russell produced a hammer and used a Railgun skill to blast through the metal gate.
• Russell entered the drainage channel with Logan and Deadpool following, and Jean warned that Stryker would likely open the floodgates after hearing the blast.

Russell and Magneto led the group through Stryker’s base, where Magneto tested Russell’s durability and Stryker unleashed a flood to stop them. Russell halted the water with his ability, leaving the group safe inside the isolation chamber.

• Stryker identified Magneto among the intruders, sealed the base entrance, and opened the floodgate as he headed for Cerebro.
• Magneto stopped the soldiers’ bullets, but deliberately let one hit Russell; Russell brushed it off, revealing his skin could stop bullets.
• Magneto disarmed the soldiers and knocked Logan aside, while Russell shot Deadpool after Deadpool joked about his bulletproof skin.
• A flood swept into the passage, and Magneto led the group toward the isolation chamber, where he tore open the sealed gate.
• Russell held the flood in place with his water-control ability and told Magneto he could control all the water on Earth.

Russell, Deadpool, and Logan confronted Stryker in the laboratory where Logan had lost his memories, and Russell killed Stryker before Logan could learn more about his past. After Russell and Deadpool argued over who had fired first, Russell shot Deadpool to settle the dispute, leaving Logan alone with their absurdity.

• Magneto led the group through the base, and Storm and Nightcrawler went to rescue the kidnapped children while Magneto, Mystique, and Jean searched for Professor X.
• Logan followed Stryker's scent to the Adamantium laboratory, where Russell and Deadpool found him beside Deathstrike.
• Stryker taunted Logan about his past and ordered Deathstrike to kill the group, but Russell and Deadpool shot Stryker dead.
• Russell and Deadpool argued over who had killed Stryker, and Russell cited a system notification as proof that he had eliminated the supervillain.
• Deadpool challenged Russell to prove his point, so Russell shot and killed him, leaving Logan to watch in disbelief.

Logan fought the hypnotized Deathstrike but lost the upper hand, while Deadpool and Russell mocked him from the sidelines. After Deadpool removed himself from the fight, Russell stepped up and hinted that he had a way to wake Deathstrike, asking Logan to help him.

• Deathstrike attacked Logan, and he realized she had an Adamantium skeleton and healing abilities like his own.
• Logan traded injuries with Deathstrike, but she ignored her wounds and pinned him down, repeatedly stabbing his chest.
• Logan headbutted Deathstrike, leaving both of them disoriented and swinging at empty air until their vision recovered.
• Logan tried to pass the fight to Deadpool, who shot himself rather than enter the arena.
• Russell took out his Adamantium Blade, claimed that hitting Deathstrike hard twice might break her mental control, and asked Logan to help.

Russell defeated Deathstrike with his Adamantium Blade and used Logan as a weapon to break her mind control. Deathstrike said she was cured, but Russell continued the treatment while Logan resolved even more firmly not to join X-Force.

• Russell pinned Deathstrike with his Adamantium Blade and blasted her with a Mana Destruction Bullet.
• Logan refused Deadpool’s invitation to join X-Force, then shot Deadpool to silence his incessant chatter.
• Russell impaled Deathstrike against a wall and asked Logan to help him, then swung Logan into her head.
• Deathstrike regained her awareness and begged Russell to stop, but Russell declared that he would reinforce the treatment and swung Logan again.

Russell and Deadpool raced to Cerebro as Professor X’s psychic attack shifted from targeting mutants to targeting humanity. Russell stopped Professor X, but left the X-Men blaming Magneto, while Laser Eyes prepared for a fight that could determine his standing with Jean.

• Deathstrike and Logan collapsed in pain when Professor X used Cerebro to attack mutants, while Deadpool explained what was happening.
• Russell remembered Magneto’s plan to reverse Cerebro and kill humans, then hurried toward the sealed room with Deadpool.
• Professor X’s attack began, but Russell blocked its psychic connection to him with electromagnetic force and entered Cerebro’s chamber.
• Russell knocked out Jason Stryker and then knocked out Professor X after the two woke and exchanged words.
• The X-Men found Professor X unconscious, and Russell suggested Magneto was responsible, prompting them to blame him.

Russell and Deadpool left their first world after Logan refused to join X-Force, then arrived in 2029 to recruit an aging Wolverine. They found Logan almost immediately, and Russell declared he would take both the car and the man.

• Logan refused Russell and Deadpool's offer to join X-Force and returned to the X-Men's aircraft.
• Russell copied Stryker's research files onto USB drives while Deadpool made himself a new uniform.
• Deadpool opened a portal to the world of Wolverine 3, explaining that he wanted to recruit its aging Logan and restore his failing healing factor.
• Russell and Deadpool arrived at a public restroom, then encountered a group of Hoodlums at a used car lot.
• Logan drove up in a bullet-riddled Chrysler E8 limousine, handed Russell the keys, and told them to sell it for money.
• Russell stopped Logan and said he would take the car and Logan too.

Russell and Deadpool sought Logan as a driver to North Dakota, but Logan suspected they were hostile and attacked Russell. Russell subdued him, restored his body to its physical peak, and revealed that he wanted Logan to join X-Force; Logan said he needed to think it over.

• Russell offered Logan money to drive him and Deadpool to North Dakota, and Logan accepted until he learned their destination.
• Logan returned the money and attacked Russell, who blocked his claws, tripped him, and pinned him to the car with an Adamantium Blade.
• Russell used a warm energy to heal Logan's injuries and restore his body to its peak, while warning that his healing factor would keep deteriorating.
• Russell explained that Logan would age back to his former state within days and hinted at a reward if Logan helped them.
• Deadpool introduced himself as X-Force's captain and invited Logan to join the team, and Logan said he needed to think it over.

Russell and Deadpool recruited Logan into X-Force by restoring his healing factor and promising to take him, Charles, and Laura to another world. After Professor X suffered a psychic episode, the team rescued him and Laura, then set off together while Russell warned Charles away from Deadpool’s memories.

• Russell shot Deadpool in the head, then offered Logan money and a restored healing factor, persuading him to join X-Force.
• Russell and Deadpool told Logan they could bring Charles and Laura to another world and reunite them with the X-Men there.
• Logan returned to the hotel, where Professor X’s psychic episode froze people nearby and caused crashes; Deadpool and Russell helped Logan reach him.
• Deadpool killed the armed soldiers, and Logan injected Professor X’s medicine, bringing Charles back to his senses.
• Logan, Charles, Laura, Russell, and Deadpool fled in the Escalade, and Russell warned Charles not to probe Deadpool’s memories.
• Laura admired Russell’s armor, while Logan resolved to keep her away from Russell and Deadpool.

Logan grew frustrated when Laura ignored him but eagerly talked with Russell and Deadpool, then fought Deadpool after she cheered them on. Russell and Professor X watched while plotting to help a group of mutant children in North Dakota, as an armed convoy and helicopters approached.

• Logan pulled the Cadillac over and tried to teach Laura that superheroes and skintight costumes were only for comics, but she dismissed him.
• Deadpool challenged Logan to a duel, and Laura excitedly watched as they got out and began fighting.
• Russell discovered that Professor X was deliberately letting the fight happen to give Logan an outlet for his frustration.
• Professor X asked Russell to delay their trip so X-Force could help mutant children gathered in North Dakota, and Russell agreed to take them along.
• Russell spotted an armed convoy and two transport helicopters approaching, while Professor X chose to let Logan handle the threat.

Logan and his companions were surrounded by Alkali Company’s Ravagers, who brought out X-24 to fight him. Logan defeated his clone, but Dr. Reis ordered the mercenaries to fire, and Russell stepped out of the Cadillac to intervene.

• Ten Ravager vehicles surrounded Logan’s Cadillac, and Donald Pierce confronted Logan and Deadpool.
• Dr. Reis arrived and released X-24, Alkali Company’s cloned mutant and Logan’s duplicate.
• Logan fought X-24 and overwhelmed him with repeated attacks, leaving him badly mangled.
• Dr. Reis realized Logan had regained his youth and ordered the Ravagers to kill everyone.
• The Ravagers opened fire on the Cadillac, and Russell left the car to face them.

Russell defeated Pierce’s mercenaries, captured Dr. Rice, and arranged for the helicopters to return so Logan could get help recovering his healing factor. He left Logan believing Professor X had passed out from psychic overexertion, then sent Russell to the laboratory while Professor X offered to help rescue the mutant children in North Dakota.

• Russell destroyed the mercenaries’ vehicles and shot Pierce and the four fleeing men, completing another supervillain elimination for his quest.
• Russell subdued X-24 and pinned him down with the Holy Light Longsword while using Holy Flame to weaken him.
• Russell healed Logan, then asked Professor X to use his psychic powers to turn back the two helicopters carrying Dr. Rice.
• Professor X brought the helicopters back, and Russell falsely told Logan that Professor X had passed out from overusing his powers.
• Russell explained that the mutant children in North Dakota needed rescuing, and Professor X offered to help while Russell went to the laboratory.

After restoring Logan’s healing factor, Russell and the others left the R&D base and arrived in the 1983 X-Men: Apocalypse timeline. On the bus to Xavier’s School, Deadpool pointed out a possible continuity problem involving Logan and Jean’s appearance.

• Russell completed the healing-factor transplant, restoring Logan’s accelerated regeneration, and told him the experiment had succeeded.
• Logan worried that his younger face would make it harder to act as Laura’s father, but Russell and Professor X told him to earn her acceptance himself.
• Professor X revealed that Deadpool had taken the children out; after hearing about their outing, Logan chased Deadpool for taking them singing with three older women.
• Professor X planted an order in Dr. Rice’s mind to destroy the R&D base and its records, and the group left for a new world.
• In 1983, Russell brought the group by bus to Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, where Logan joined the X-Weapon research project.
• Deadpool told Russell that Logan had recognized Jean despite the rebooted X-Men having new actors, and Russell joked that Mystique had grown uglier.

Professor X brought the mutant children to Xavier's School, then joined Russell and Deadpool on a trip to Poland to find Erik Lehnsherr. When Erik's wife and daughter were struck by an arrow, Russell descended and used his powers to save them.

• Professor X erased painful memories from the mutant children, but Laura chose to stay with him while Logan continued traveling with the group.
• Charles encountered a mysterious, overwhelmingly powerful telepath and hurried away to search for them using Cerebro.
• Russell warned Professor X that changing events in another universe could have unpredictable consequences, but Professor X remained determined to help.
• Erik Lehnsherr's powers were exposed after he saved a coworker, and he surrendered to police so his wife and daughter could leave safely.
• Nina's mutant ability caused birds to attack the police, and an officer accidentally shot an arrow that struck Nina and her mother.
• Russell stopped the rain, burned away the arrow with white flames, and asked Erik whether he had been cursing him.

Russell rescued Erik Lehnsherr’s wife and daughter, then brought the family to the Mutant Academy and collected on Erik’s promise with an absurd demand. After Professor X shared memories of their future, Erik thanked him and was made to perform an embarrassing dance, which Russell and Professor X planned to publicize.

• Erik blamed the town police for cursing Russell, but Russell made Erik fight them without using his powers, and they pinned him down.
• Russell carried Erik, his wife, and Nina away, then asked Erik to confess his love to Charles at the Mutant Academy and kiss him as payment for the rescue.
• Professor X revealed himself to Erik, shared fragmented memories, and explained their past and future connection.
• Erik thanked Professor X and complimented his hairstyle before suddenly dancing under an apparent psychic influence.
• Russell filmed Erik’s dance, and Professor X asked him to send it to the school and arrange publication in a widely circulated newspaper.

Russell, Deadpool, and Erik recruited Caliban and captured Psylocke in East Germany, while Apocalypse arrived too late to find them. Back on the plane, Erik learned that Charles had contacted him about the viral dancing photos, and he demanded an explanation from Russell.

• Russell and Deadpool discussed recruiting Psylocke before Erik led them to Caliban's hideout in Poland.
• Russell stopped Psylocke's ambush, overpowered her, and Erik forced Caliban to come with them.
• After the group departed, Apocalypse found Caliban's hideout empty and continued searching for powerful mutants.
• Apocalypse recruited Angel after encountering him in East Germany, while Mystique and Nightcrawler reached Xavier's School with information about Erik.
• Charles saw a newspaper story about Erik dancing, assumed Erik was in danger, and tried to contact him through Cerebro.
• Professor X severed Charles's mental connection, and Erik demanded that Russell explain the dancing photos.

Charles failed to reach Erik through a powerful psychic barrier and planned to assemble a team to protect the academy’s students. Meanwhile, Russell’s group arrived in New York, where Professor X asked X-Force and Erik to give Charles’s new recruits a harsh training exercise.

• Charles told Raven and Hank that Erik and the mysterious mutants were moving toward New York, then decided to form a team and prepare the academy’s school buses.
• Russell and his companions reached New York and shared a meal, where Deadpool harassed Psylocke until Russell shot him and later used an Asmodai character card on him.
• Deadpool woke up, checked his pocket, and abandoned his planned duel with Russell, retreating to a shadowed corner.
• Logan watched Laura befriend Magneto’s daughter while Russell promised Professor X he would help with a favor.
• Professor X asked Russell’s X-Force to show Charles’s young recruits what despair felt like, then told Erik to join in; Erik enthusiastically agreed before quickly pretending to object.

Russell’s group arrived at Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters to confront Charles’s X-Men, while Deadpool mourned the loss of Little Wilson. The battle began with Professor X ordering Erik to take the school, leaving Charles shocked to see his old friend willingly obeying.

• Deadpool told Russell that Little Wilson had stopped working, and Russell publicly misunderstood him before trying to heal him with the Illumination Spell.
• Russell suggested Deadpool use his healing factor to try to win Little Wilson back.
• Charles prepared the X-Men and sent the students and teachers to an air-raid shelter before the opposing group arrived.
• Erik stepped out of the limousine as a substitute bodyguard, while Russell, Deadpool, Logan, and Psylocke joined him.
• Professor X appeared in the car and ordered Erik to take the school and establish a mutant utopia.
• Charles confronted Erik about serving Professor X, and Erik angrily complained that Charles had bullied him yet still criticized his lack of pride.

Pietro challenged Russell’s group and was defeated by Logan, prompting Professor X to order Russell to stop holding back. Russell deflected Alex’s energy blast and advanced on the X-Men, overwhelming them with his killing intent.

• Pietro left the X-Men’s ranks and challenged Russell’s group, but Logan fought him after Russell burned him with a cigar to get his attention.
• Pietro struck Logan at high speed and battered him with an iron rod, but Logan caught him with an uppercut and left him incapacitated.
• Charles reconsidered his battle plan after Pietro fainted, and Professor X ordered Russell to fight seriously.
• Deadpool shoved Russell forward, and Russell challenged the X-Men to attack him together.
• Alex fired a red energy blast at Russell, who deflected it with the Adamantium Blade and advanced while his killing intent terrified the X-Men.