finally, the exiles appeared and determined the true nature of the mission although they initially refused to go through with it. they were to kill six members of weapon x and the exiles. hyperion and an evil version of ms. marvel (who had already taken care of most of the killing) forced them to fight. in the end, hyperion was "seemingly" killed by gambit after blink had injured him sufficiently to make him vulnerable. gambit was disintegrated in the blast. it was revealed later that hyperion resurrected himself and took control of the panoptichron. it was also revealed that every weapon x and exiles team member who died or was sent home were frozen into a crystal wall in that palace. when the exiles found the place, there were many fallen heroes—-gambit among them. gambit's body is returned to his home dimension for burial in "exiles" #83.