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For undisclosed reasons, Apocalypse chose to free Caliban from his servitude, producing an energy discharge that apparently cleared Caliban's mind of the influences that had been placed on him. During the chaos that ensued, Apocalypse re-manifested himself through Cyclops's body, and approached his former Horseman. When Cable and Phoenix arrived in their search for Cyclops, Caliban recognized "Cable-Nathan" as a friend instead of an enemy, protecting him from the sniper fire of Gauntlet, another former servant of the Eternal One hunting them. Whether it was due to Apocalypse's current status or dimension-hopping with Mikhail, Caliban began to shake off the brainwashing effect he had been subjected to before becoming a Horseman again. Once Caliban tracked down his master, "Apocalypse" hardly even recognized his servant. After the ceremony of the Twelve failed, Apocalypse had bonded himself to the body of Scott Summers, aka Cyclops.
Where Caliban ended up is unknown, but he was later seen in the sewers under Egypt, tracking down his former master. Caliban and the other Horsemen attempted to block the fleeing mutants but Mikhail Rasputin leapt upon the Horsemen, using his residual dimension-hopping power to spirit them away from the field of battle. However, Apocalypse had miscalculated the then-weakened Magneto's power levels, which created a flaw in his mutant energy machine that allowed the Twelve to escape. Despite the X-Men's efforts, the rest of the Twelve were gathered and Apocalypse prepared to combine and absorb their powers to make his ascension.
Caliban knocked Grey unconscious and transported him back to Egypt, where Apocalypse planned to use the boy as his new host. Later, Caliban teleported to New York to attack Nate Grey in mid-air at Apocalypse's behest. As a result, the first of the Twelve was taken prisoner. This was all part of Apocalypse's plan, however, as Cable's inert body was now vulnerable to capture by his servants. Using the newly developed psychoactive virus Apocalypse had bestowed upon him, Caliban assaulted his former friends Warpath and Sunspot in both mind and body, prompting Cable to travel to the astral plane in an attempt to free them from the virus's effects. His mind once again bent to the Eternal One's will, Caliban hunted down Cable and X-Force in San Francisco. After gestating in a cocoon made of organic coral-like mass, Caliban emerged as Pestilence - the first of Apocalypse’s new Horsemen. In preparation for the gathering of the Twelve, Apocalypse put Caliban through another round of genetic enhancement and alteration. Using a psychic assault, Ozymandias brushed Cable aside and left him with the false memory that he had left Caliban in safe hands to discourage any possible pursuit as the vulnerable Caliban was brought back to Apocalypse. Ozymandias had come to claim his master's former Hound. It seemed that Caliban's current troubles were in part due to the genetic engineering Apocalypse used to shape him into a Horseman. That safety did not last long, however, as Caliban was approached by Apocalypse's servant, Ozymandias. Fortunately, Cable in turn broke back into the mansion in order to prevent Bastion from getting his hands on Xavier's files and got Caliban to safety. Unfortunately, this meant that the ailing Caliban was the only mutant in residence when Bastion and Operation: Zero Tolerance stormed the Xavier Institute and occupied the mansion. After a second seizure nearly crippled him on a mission soon afterwards, Caliban was placed on bed rest until the source of his seizures could be ascertained. Once he noticed their attention, Caliban lost his concentration and suddenly experienced a massive seizure that flattened him. A few days later, X-Force happened across Caliban inexplicably playing Chopin on the piano like a master musician, a talent he had never demonstrated in the past.
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