Real Name: Katherine ("Katya") Pryde-RasputinaA former member of the X-Men, Shadowcat, had married fellow team member Colossus and had left the X-Men with him to help mentor Generation Next, a group of young mutants training to be the next Generation of X-Men. She also tried to ingrain a ‘kill or be killed attitude’ among her students but was considerably more attached to them than her husband. As part of his plan to restore the disrupted 616 timeline, Magneto visited the Generation Next base and had Know-It-All hack into Apocalypse’s data banks to search for any mutant with the ability to time travel, even somebody whose powers had not yet manifested. The search came up with only one possible candidate – Illyana Rasputin, much to Colossus’ surprise, as he had believed his sister killed in the Kiev culling. Know-It-All learned that Illyana was held in a high security prisoner plant called The Core, and Generation Next was handed the task of breaking her out.
Colossus and his wife Shadowcat waited outside near the perimeter from where they kept track of their wards via Know-It-All, while Generation Next split up and broke into the complex in disguise. Unfortunately, their cover got blown and they were discovered by Sugar Man, the prison’s overseer, who then killed Mondo. Shadowcat then phased herself and Colossus through the mine and helped Colossus fight his way to Generation Next and reclaim Illyana. By now, Generation Next realized that they were surrounded by dozens of guards and getting out would not be easy. Deciding that Magneto’s mission and Illyana’s safety had top priority, Colossus ordered Shadowcat to take him and the girl to safety, even though it meant abandoning their students. He later returned to rescue them but deciding that they were beyond help he took Kitty and Illyana back to Magneto’s base. Kitty was very upset and blamed Colossus for the loss of their students.
From there they travelled to Apocalypse’s citadel with the rest of the X-Men, Bishop and Destiny in order to find and use the M’Kraan Crystal. On learning that Illyana was dead in the timeline they were trying to restore Colossus tried to stop her from entering the crystal and engaged in a short battle with the X-Men. Kitty tried to reason with Colossus and stood in his way as he charged towards the crystal. Trusting that he would stop, she did not turn herself intangible and was trampled to death by him.
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