the guthrie siblings later attacked the x-men's base, taking rogue and charles lensherr captive. magneto, sunfire, gambit, and quicksilver returned to the base and defeated the guthries. magneto then revealed his secret regarding sinister, leading the x-men to sinister's lab in new york. the x-men then fought the sinister six, and during the fight, gambit, nightcrawler, and dazzler were sucked into cloak. nightcrawler managed to save dazzler, but not gambit, resulting in gambit's presumed death, though it was not confirmed. the x-men later buried their dead and created a tombstone for gambit whose full text is not seen, but ending in "... luck always be on his side."