The arrival of Gammenon brings other heroes to the scene while X-Factor returns to Ship and finds Apocalypse and Caliban waiting for them. Apocalypse captures Nathan and brings the infant to Arishem for judgement.; Apocalypse recounts how he observed the arrival of the third Celestial host and continued to manipulate events from the shadows. He began to lose control over Ship and eventually took on an apprentice, young Nathaniel Essex - who took the new name Mr. Sinister.