Now dedicated to the current time period, Cable sought to better the future of both mankind and mutantkind, for he had seen the result of not doing so firsthand. Cable took it upon himself to protect and train the messianic first mutant born after M-Day, adopting her as Hope Summers. Eventually, Cable reached the point in time he resided in as a teenager and joined his loved ones on Krakoa once again, taking his younger self's place as chief security officer of S.W.O.R.D..