Their intervention enables Francis to run off, and when Colossus handcuffs himself to Deadpool on their way back to the X-Mansion, Deadpool cuts off his own hand and escapes back to his home. The confrontation is suddenly interrupted by the X-Men Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead, who want him to join the team. Wade moves into the home of an elderly blind woman named Al, and with the advice of his best friend Weasel, he becomes a masked vigilante named 'Deadpool', and begins hunting down Francis and dismantling his organization.įollowing a string of leads from various syndicates, Deadpool attacks a convoy of cars on an expressway before getting his hands on Francis, demanding for a cure to his disfigurement. He is then impaled by rebar and left for dead in the destruction of the lab.Īlthough he tracks Vanessa down, he cannot come to terms with his complexion, and he keeps himself away from her. He escapes from the chamber by blowing it up and attempts to kill Francis, only stopping when he claims he can cure Wade's disfigurement. But instead of curing his diagnosis, his cancerous cells were further enhanced, disfiguring his face and skin in the process. The drop in oxygen triggers a regenerative healing factor that cures his cancer. After weeks of no success, Wade is strapped into an airtight chamber after insulting Francis. He is injected with a special serum by Francis Freeman and tortured for days by Angel Dust in order to trigger a mutation. Desperate to live, he reconsiders and leaves Vanessa in the middle of the night to undergo the procedure. He is offered an experimental cure for his cancer, but he rebuffs the man and leaves. One night at the bar that he met Vanessa, he is approached by a recruiter from a secret program. Though she remains by his side, he fears losing her. He proposes to her one night, then he suddenly collapses and is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He meets escort Vanessa Carlysle at a local bar and they become romantically attached for nearly a year. Wade Wilson is a mercenary who spends his time in New York City protecting teenage girls from would-be stalkers. 3 Continuty and References to Earth-10005.

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