The Exiles and Weapon X groups have been told they have to kill a young boy named David Richards in order to make their next jump. Sabretooth switches to the side of the Exiles in order to battle his old team who are hell bent on completing their mission. After the battle, Sabretooth finds a compromise and agrees to stay on this ravaged earth to raise David so he will not grow into a tyrant but he promises Blink that he will find her again.