A/N: I don't own X-men or any characters and storylines. Hope is based off of the comic book character Hope Summers who I think should be in the movies, as I'm not a die-hard fan of the comics she may come across as slightly OC. Sorry for any spelling mistakes or grammar- English was never my best subject at school….. Enjoy!

Hope was running, this was a normal occurrence for her however she was missing a certain person by her side.

"Dad!" She screamed while searching the alleys around her for the man who was her only father figure.

"Hope, stay where you are" she heard faintly in her head. She halted immediately and turned in a full circle to gather her bearings. Hope heard the sentinels behind her and crouched behind a nearby dumpster to hide. 'Dad where are you' Hope thought as to not make a noise while trying to project the words to her father.

"Hope, come on!" she heard and opened her eyes.

Nathan Summers or Cable as many knew him wasn't the first person who would come to mind as a father, with his tall yet muscular build he looked like the fighter he was trained to be. Although the two weren't actually related he was the only parental figure that Hope could remember and from a young age he was called either 'dad' or 'Nate 'from the young girl.

"Where were you?! I was so scared" Hope exclaimed as she ran into him. She felt one of his arms wrap around her back as the other metal arm stayed by his side, ready to grab a weapon if needed.

"Hope, we need to go. This place isn't safe anymore and I… I can't protect you against those things." Cable said while looking down at the little girl.

"But the Sentinels are everywhere Nate. Where ever we go they'll follow" Hope said sadly, she knew that this is what would happen. No matter how long they stayed in a place they would always be found and would barely escape, the machines were getting smarter and could predict Cable's moves making it impossible to beat them.

Cable regarded the young girl while planning their next move. She was so young, barely 15, and this was the only life Hope knew- running from one thing or another. Nathan thought about his next words carefully, he knew where they had to go- or when they had to go.

"Hope, when I saved you all those years ago…. I took you here- where no one would find you." He paused and waited for Hope to think his words over.

"Why here? Why couldn't they find me here…. It's not like New York is full of people anymore" She muttered as she looked at the apocalyptic wasteland and tried to imagine the bustling city Cable had told her about.

"We're not from this time Hope…. This device" Nate pointed to the one of the many complicated devices he always had with him on his armour. "It allowed me to travel through time, when I heard about you from the prophecy, I knew I had to take you far away for you to be safe- and I knew that any country in that time would ever be far enough. So I took you here, a future where we wouldn't be found and you would be safe"

Hope took a moment to think this all over, she knew of the prophecy that Nathan had spoken of many times- she was a 'Messiah' that would save the mutants and humans. But as of yet, her mutation hadn't developed itself… and she was beginning to wonder if Nathan had saved the wrong baby.

"So….. We're from the past and you brought us to this shithole of a future?! Why would you ever think that a child would be safer here?" She screeched not believing that this place could ever be a safer option to anything.

"Hope, you don't understand… you don't remember what that time was like- the destruction, the fear." Cable drifted off in thought remembering all the terror and death that was surrounded with that time.

"But it's the only option….. Taking you to before it all began- before we were both born. It's the safest place for us now." He said while taking his adoptive daughters face in his massive hand.

Hope nodded, she trusted Nathan with her life, whatever decision he made she would follow…. She would always follow him.

Suddenly the two heard what they'd been running from for so long.

"Hope run!" Cable shouted and grabbed the young girls hand while sprinting down the alley to get away from the Sentinels that were close behind them.

Hope began to panic, how would they make it to the past if they couldn't even survive to get there. She ran as fast as her short legs could while being dragged by her father through smaller and smaller alleys to try and throw the Sentinels off guard.

"Okay Hope I need you to hold on to me- And don't let go!" Cable turned quickly and held onto the little girl tightly. He could see the Sentinels closing in- If they took much longer they would be dead.

"Close your eyes Hope" Cable told his daughter telepathically. She shut them so tight that they hurt.

Hope could hear the Sentinels right behind them but screwed her eyes shut even tighter, then all of a sudden she felt a feeling of weightlessness and the two disappeared into thin air.