After the X-Men’s fight against Apocalypse, the mastermind behind the real Wolverine’s abduction, Gambit was asked by his father to retrieve a jewel called the Momentary Princess, which was endowed with unique powers and data. The jewel pops up in Leipzig, Germany for a few minutes every 27/29 years. It was a time-travelling gem sent into the time stream by the Witness in the year 2084. Getting embroiled in a fight with Sekmeth Conoway and the Strucker twins over the Princess, Gambit - all of them, in fact, failed to get it. [Gambit (3rd series) #10] However, working together with Sekmeth, Gambit procured another object with temporal energies – the Tomorrow Stone – and used it to save the life of his former friend, Spat – the bounty hunter who was getting constantly younger for once taking a blow for Gambit. [Gambit Cyber Comic: The Hunt for the Tomorrow Stone]

Finally, the time seemed right for Gambit’s father and Tante Mattie to inform him why they had always took such an interest in him and why Le Diable Blanc always such a big role in Guild history. They told him that he had saved their lives in the late 19th century and showed him photos to prove that he had been there (at the same age he was now).

Making use of Dr. Doom’s time machine, Gambit traveled to the year 1891, alongside the unwilling Courier. In the past, Gambit learned that his then-teenage father, along with Belize Marceaux, had been taken prisoner by Candra, who was unwilling to renew the Guild pact because of an earlier failure on the Guild’s part. Candra wanted the help of Dr. Essex aka Sinister against the looming threat of Apocalypse. Introducing himself as someone who she would meet in the future, though his past, Gambit promised to help Candra, but the Guilds preferred to do the job themselves.

Gambit, Courier and young Jean-Luc headed to New York, where Sinister worked under the cover of an Obstetrician named Milbury. Courier shapeshifted into a woman and made an appointment, but Sinister discovered that “she“ was a mutant with morphing abilities and captured her. With the help of one Amanda Mueller, an accused child-killer (because she had suffered many miscarriages), Gambit too found Milbury. Since Sinister had reduced the Courier to a puddle of fluid, Gambit had to make a deal with Sinister to save his life. Sinister let the Guild track down Ozymandias to get a hold of his texts on the Old Kingdom while he restored Courier in exchange for a bit of his DNA. Unaware that Courier was a man, though, Sinister inadvertently made his female form his default template.

Remy and Sinister followed the Guild to Ozymandias’ place and defeated Candra, who was then turned over to her fellow Externals, who were not happy that she had risked disturbing Apocalypse. Sinister erased the dangerous knowledge of the Old Kingdom from the Guild’s minds and locked the information deep in Gambit’s subconscious. At the same time, Sinister noticed that Gambit had undergone brain surgery before. Gambit and the Courier accomplished all they came for, but now found themselves stuck in the past. [Gambit (3rd series) #12-14]

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