WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Captain Marvel #22 by Kelly Thompson, Lee Garbett, Tamra Bonvillain, and VC's Clayton Cowles, on sale now.
Carol Danvers hasn't had an easy go of things the past few months. After taking up the role of the Accuser, she had to hide her Kree half-sister Lauri-Ell on Earth while clearing her name. Carol also had to use the Universal Weapon to stop another alien invasion that was threatening the galaxy. Needless to say, her decision to hand the mantle of the Accuser on to Lauri-Ell gave her some much-needed breathing room. However, things never stay calm for long in the life of an Avenger.
After being thrown into the world of Captain Marvel: The End in Captain Marvel #22, Carol Danvers is welcomed by a group of heroes that includes some new faces like Sora, the heroic daughter of the X-Men's Forge and Kwannon, the hero currently known as Psylocke.
After Carol is spirited away into the future, she awakens to a snowy landscape and blasts Fantomex-5 away from herself but is caught off guard by a psy-blade that flies through the back of her skull. The fight ends almost as quickly as it began, and no blood has to be shed when intervention comes from someone who recognizes Captain Marvel. That person is a gruff looking man by the name of Gerry Drew, but Carol doesn't understand, seeing as the Gerry Drew she knows is just a baby. The good news is that Gerry is all grown up -- the bad news is that Carol has been launched over thirty years into a future Manhattan, and it doesn't look good.
Among the group that finds Carol is a permanently diamond Emma Frost, Gerry Drew, Fantomex-5, Katie Barton, and two other entirely new faces. One is the daughter of James Rhodes, which comes as a terrible shock to Carol, considering the woman isn't her daughter also, which does not bode well for her and James' relationship should she be able to return to her own time. The second newcomer, as Emma explains, is Sora, the daughter of Forge and Kwannon. Sora clearly inherited her mother's psychic abilities, including being able to form psy-blades.
There isn't much time for introductions, however, as they are quickly swarmed by Limbo demons on all sides. Rhodey's daughter showcases her ability to phase through solid matter while the rest of the group put up the best fight they can. Losing ground, the battle is ultimately ended by Carol unleashing a massive energy blast to clear the field.
On the way to their base for safety, the group runs into Jessica Drew who is overjoyed to see Carol. Jessica and Emma tell Carol that the sun was dying and that she took it upon herself to fly into the sun to reignite it, sacrificing herself to give humanity a second chance, as seen in Captain Marvel: The End. In this timeline, the survivors at the center of the story are only tangentially aware of other survivors, unfriendly ones, who follow someone named Ove. As the demons that attacked were from Limbo, Emma is concerned that either Magik is Ove, or working for them. With the children of proper X-Men on their side, not to mention some veterans of the team as well as the one and only Carol Danvers in her prime, there should be no issue getting to the bottom of all of this. Hopefully without too much interference, that is.
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