 With help from Logan, nanites were used to free Mariko from the Hand's control while Gorgon got away.When Logan prepared to return to his own time, he asked Mariko to keep an eye on the young girl would have been in his wife in his own timeline, feeling that asking the other X-Men to keep an eye on her would have risked bringing her too close to his own life whereas Mariko understood the consequences of loving Logan and would be able to keep the girl safe while keeping her distant.In the "Age of Apocalypse" timeline, Mariko Yashida was a member of the Human High Council, a group of humans that opposed Apocalypse's tyrannical rule.