When Mikhail first develop his powers the Soviet Union, who being carefully watching the Rasputin family do to their legacy wanted to explore his powers, but were unable do to his family intervention. Doing so a fake governmental agency was establish and Mikhail was chosen as a cosmonaut, he and his crew where send to an thinner era of space were his shuttle was detonated. Back in his family far the Rasputin were informed of their older son death and Piotr sought out to by twice the son for his parents. However like the Soviet Union hope Mikhail powers save him by ripping away at the sub-atomic wall of space and Mikhail found himself in a sword in sorcery like world. Being the only survivor was not the only shock, getting use to his new technological deprived world was the second. Mikhail did excellent job; he was easily trusted in by the locals, fell in love with a princess, and married. His father-in-law, however, was something of a tyrant, and Mikhail found himself embroiled in political conflicts that led to a civil war. For unexpected reasons the rift that he originally open when in near death, open once again. Mikhail’s powers allowed him to close it, but the backlash killed hundreds of his people, including his wife. His new life a mess, Mikhail fled to the desert of his world, where he remained until the X-Men and Sunfire traveled through the re-opened rift to try and seal it. While he was afraid of using his powers ever again, however the X-Men convinced him and using Sunfire and Iceman as elemental receptors, Mikhail controlled the backlash and were able to close to rift and return to Earth, without any loss of life. Life back in home was harder for Mikhail who had visions of his dead companions torturing him in his mind. He fled into the Morlock tunnels, where after a battle with the X-Men, he collapsed and flooded the Morlocks’ home, taking them with him. They did not die, though, as Mikhail used his power to open a new dimensional rift to a nasty world called the Hill.