The History of Stryfe

Way back when… Scott Summers aka Cyclops dealing with the death of his true love Jean Grey found a new life with Madelyne Pryor and the two were married and had a child, Nathan Summers who would go on to become Cable. Nathan was a child of prophecy to bring an end to the evil known as Apocalypse. In reacting to this, Apocalypse infected the child with the Techno Organic Virus giving the child a Death sentence at an early age…. After the defeat of Apocalypse at the hands of the first incarnation of X-Factor at Apocalypse’s moon fortress a stranger appeared before Scott and Jean (who had earlier reappeared alive and well, leading Scott to leave Madelyne). The stranger was of the Clan Askani, a group from 2,000 years in the future. The woman Tells Scott that she can save his child but in doing that he must give him up to her and that he will never see his son again. Scott gave her the child and thus the chance at life.

In the distant future…. The leader of the Askani turns out to be Rachel Summers currently known as Marvel Girl, Nathan’s half sister, displaced in time. This future is under the rule of Apocalypse and the Askani are the resistance force against him. Rachel arranged to retrieve Nathan from the past and try and cure him to fulfill the prophecy of him bringing down Apocalypse freeing the world from his reign. The virus and progress further than they thought so in an attempt to keep the savior child Rachel had the Askani clone the child which was not the Askani way. It he cloning process the T.O. virus was put in check and Nathan was to live. The victory was short lived because soon after the forces of Apocalypse invaded the haven of the Askani after being tipped of by a trader among them. The clone child was taken in the raid and brought before Apocalypse.

Becoming Stryfe… Apocalypse takes the clone child (not knowing him to be a clone) as his own son, but has far more sinister plains for the child. Apocalypse’s body being thousands of years old was giving out on him and the child was to be the new vassal of his soul. Apocalypse names the child Stryfe from an enemy that he had in years past (The enemy was the time traveled cloned child himself and thus Stryfe’s own name a paradox)

Stryfe became the Scion of the Dark Lord and lived a life under the boot of the tyrant Apocalypse forgoing the pleasure of knowing a true family or childhood.

The Chaos Bringer… When the time came for Stryfe to become the vessel of the spirit of Apocalypse it was discovered (but not to Stryfe) that he was a clone and thus unworthy to hold the essence of Apocalypse. Apocalypse went into a rage, but at that time Cable (Nathan Summers) and his forces attacked. Cable and his forces brought an end to Apocalypse killing him, Stryfe in the confusion escapes. The world was then divided in to two factions, Cable's Clan Chosen, and the New-Cannnites ( followers of Apocalypse now overpowered and led by Stryfe). Stryfe became a sadistic, saddest mad man once he was fee form the clutches of Apocalypse and called for the deaths of millions in his name. He over say the death of Cable’s wife Jenskot and kidnapped Cable’s son Tyler Dayspring (it was hinted that Stryfe may have raped Jenskot and that Tyler may be the son of Stryfe). Stryfe turned Tyler against Cable forcing Cable to kill Tyler in the end. The New Cannnites were soon in control but in a final raid led by cable the Clan Chosen were Able to overthrow them, but Stryfe and his Android Zero were able to escape to 2,000 years in the past

Not so long ago… Stryfe and Zero emerged in the past and founded the Mutant Liberation Front, a terrorist group that sought to free mutants from the oppression to human kind. Unknown to anyone, this was all a screen to set up Stryfe’s real master plan to get revenge on those that he blamed for his ruined life, his mother and father Scott Summers and Jean Grey (he didn’t know at the time that he was a clone and thought that he was the real Nathan Summers) as well as Apocalypse the father of all his pain. All the while under the guise of the MLF he used every one to set his plan into place.

X-Cutioner's Song… The song started by making a deal with Mr. Sinister that in exchange for Scott and Jean Stryfe would give Sinister data of the Summers's blood line over 2,000 years. Disguised as Cable, Stryfe attempted to kill Professor X, shooting him in the chest and infecting him with a virus, causing the X-Men and X-Factor to go after Cable and his X-Force. Meanwhile, Stryfe pursued and found Apocalypse and effortlessly disposed of the Dark Riders. Stryfe fought Apocalypse and before delivering the killing blow to him, Apocalypse teleported away. Stryfe then turned to the Dark Riders and told them that by the law of Apocalypse that they were now to follow him because he was the strongest. On Apocalypse’s moon fortress, Stryfe had Scott and Jean hostage and force fed Scott baby food in a way to say that Stryfe missed out on his own child hood. Stryfe believed that Scott abandoned him to his dark life out of selfishness. In playing with them, Stryfe allowed Scott and Jean to escape with a trap set up with a baby tangled up in a techno mesh. He told them that in order to live they must leave the baby. He was surprised to see that they stayed and fought for the baby and questioned if everything that he knew was a lie.

He took Jean and Scott to a techno time portal what an energy shield that would only allow the Summers’ bloodline in. The X-Teams made it to the moon but only Cable and Havok (Alex Summers) could make it through the shield. They surprised Stryfe and attacked him. Stryfe took out Havok, leaving Cable as the last one standing to stop him. In a last resort effort, Cable grabbed Stryfe and jumped into the time portal and told Scott to hit the destruct button, blowing it up and scattering Stryfe and Cable into the timestream.