'X-FORCE/CABLE: MESSIAH WAR'STRYFE STRIKES! Cable and X-Force's greatest nemisis returns! The X-event of the decade continues in MESSIAH WAR, and things go from 'bad' to 'worst case scenario' as X-Force and Cable struggle to keep Hope alive. While Cyclops fights to keep X-Force's involvement a secret in the present, Cable and Wolverine butt heads in the future over control of the child. Making matters worse, a member of X-Force abandons the team as an army of darkness descends upon them, leaving the team a man down with their backs to the wall. Past, present and future collide as the war for Mutantkind's survival continues.