BIOGRAPHY - Page 2
One day, the X-Men were visited from the future by an older version of Beast, blue-furred and burdened by the weight of his mistakes. He brought the original five into the future to "stop a 
mutant genocide" as future Cyclops and Magneto had joined forces to begin a revolution among their people. The young X-Men learned much about their future, and it was understood that they would have to have their memories wiped by a telepath before returning them to the past, to preserve the timeline. Circumstances in the future were crazier than could be believed and Angel wanted to return to the past immediately. However, he was outvoted by the other four, who chose to remain in the future to confront the problems at hand and fix them before returning home." They were assigned to Kitty Pryde for further training and education about the time period. [All-New X-Men (1st series) #1-5]
Warren became increasingly upset by the situation, especially after he encountered his own future incarnation. This Angel was a near tabula rasa, a man with no memory or connection to his past up until a few months ago and who knew "Warren Worthington III" only from stories and research. Young Warren freaked out over all he was seeing, and tried to access Beast's time machine himself in order to go home. Jean Grey took it upon herself to violate his mind and telepathically calm him down so he didn't follow through on his attempt. [All-New X-Men (1st series) #6-8]
Warren's doubts remained, however, especially after seeing how much older Beast had exaggerated the idea of a "mutant genocide." The Cyclops of this future was at odds with the other X-Men, yes, but he was still saving mutant lives and disregarding the authorities, just as the outlaw X-Men had done from the beginning. So when Cyclops came to the Jean Grey School recruiting for his own, separate New Xavier School, Angel was willing to see what the other side of the debate had to say. The others radically opposed Warren's decision, and Jean even tried to 
mind control him again into staying. The Stepford Cuckoos, however, shut her down and Warren was even more incensed into leaving. He left with Cyclops and Magneto, remarking that at least they were trying to do something for mutantkind. [All-New X-Men (1st series) #9-11, Uncanny X-Men (3rd series) #3-4] Naturally, things weren't any quieter at Cyclops’ “New Xavier School.” Angel found himself and the other new mutant trainees facing the likes of Dormammu in Magik's Limbo dimension and Sentinels in the streets when they appeared in public. [Uncanny X-Men (3rd series) #5-11]
When young Cyclops was nearly killed on a mission, the Jean Grey School's X-Men began to i
nsist the O5 return home. Scott and Jean fled from the elders, seeking refuge with Angel and the older Cyclops' team. Despite this, the O5 were eventually forced onto a time machine, only for it actively to refuse to send them back in time. Kitty Pryde sided with her students during all this and decided to bring the original five to the New Xavier School where they were more welcome, reuniting Angel with his friends. [Battle of the Atom crossover, All-New X-Men (1st series) #18]
Although he presumably still had his own feelings for Jean Grey, Angel saw the drama brewing between Scott, Jean and Hank, and did his best to stay clear. Scott briefly flirted with their new member X-23 before leaving to spend time with his father in space, and so Angel reached out to her after that. Laura was preparing to leave these X-Men altogether after Scott departed, but Warren wanted her to stay. [All-New X-Men (1st series) #26] In an encounter with the Brotherhood, the X-Men only survived because Laura returned to save them. Angel wanted to 
thank her and convinced Laura to go on a motorcycle trip into town with him. The two of them had dinner together, went clubbing and spent the night together. Laura allowed herself to feel (slightly) vulnerable in front of Warren, and a new relationship began to blossom between them. [All-New X-Men (1st series) #29-31]
But no hugging.
The X-Men were drawn into a space conflict with the Guardians of the Galaxy over a cosmic artifact known as the Black Vortex. This mirror could unleash great power and new abilities in anyone who submitted to it. While trying to keep it away from Star-Lord's tyrannical father Mister Knife, the united heroes began questioning whether they should use the mirror on themselves. After Gamora and older Beast submitted to Black Vortex and became cosmically powerful, Warren stepped up and became third to transform under the Vortex's influence. Angel developed wings of celestial fire and other abilities that he retained even after the adventure was over. [Black Vortex crossover]
Talking with Laura afterwards, Warren admitted he was still weighed down by all the trials he read that his future self had gone through. By submitting to the Vortex, he was intentionally making new choices that might ensure a new path for him in the future. And part of that new future meant telling Laura that he loved her. She reciprocated, and they prepared to face what came next together. [All-New X-Men (1st series) #40]
Warren and Laura's relationship progressed as she assumed the identity of Wolverine after Logan's death. The original five's X-Men team disbanded for a few months, and so Angel and 
Wolverine spent time alone on vacation in Colorado and on solo missions Laura assumed as part of her new identity. They eventually reunited with their old teammates, living part-time out of the Airstream, Beast's Bamf-powered teleporting "nerd-wagon" with expanded spatial dimensions in the interior. [All-New Wolverine #1-2, All-New X-Men (2nd series) #1]
Angel became concerned with Laura's behavior over time, however. As "the Wolverine," Laura seemed committed to living out Logan's legacy as a tank-like brawler, shielding innocents and her teammates with her rapidly healing body. Laura still felt pain like anybody else, though, and 
Warren was familiar with her past history as a cutter. He was upset that Laura seemed to be deliberately taking the most reckless and painful course of action possible in each mission scenario. Finally, after seeing Laura beaten to a literal pulp by the Blob, Warren told Laura he couldn't take it anymore and broke up with her. [All-New X-Men (2nd series) #1-5]
Angel was also facing his own troubles. He began to regret his decision to keep the wings of celestial fire gifted by the Black Vortex. The wings wanted to be used, and Warren felt he was burning up inside when he resisted. Not a pacifist by any means, Angel knew his own future history and feared how deadly his wings could become if he unleashed their power without restraint. When necessary, Angel was a force to be reckoned with. Warren thoroughly trounced the Blob after he beat on Laura, quickly ending a fight that had dragged out against the entire team. [All-New X-Men (2nd series) #6]
Warren and Laura awkwardly avoided each other after that around the Airstream. When Angel used Beast's "incident-tracker" to locate hot spots of trouble he could unleash his wings on, he found Laura at the same location intent on doing the same thing. He came clean with her about 
his feelings and the influence his fiery wings were having on him. Laura opened up about trying to present herself as more than the assassin killer she was raised to be, and they each recognized the problems the other was dealing with. Angel and Laura reunited with a passionate kiss, but their relationship ultimately didn't seem to pick up again after they made peace. [All-New X-Men (2nd series) #12]
The original five X-Men seemingly turned a corner when Hank finally managed to visit the past and found the original X-Men were already present. They concluded the universe had somehow compensated for the paradox of their time travel, leaving the five free to chart their own destiny. [All-New X-Men (2nd series) #19] Jean returned and assumed leadership of the team, guiding them into an alliance with Magneto so they could both learn from him and watch him in case he returned to his roots. [X-Men: Prime (2nd series) one-shot, X-Men: Blue #1] Relationship drama continued to be a staple of the team but, without Laura around, Angel rose above the teenaged angst and remained one of the most stable members of the team.
When the timestream started to crumble around them, Angel and the X-Men used a time machine to bounce through time themselves. They returned to the past and discovered the "original X-Men" they had seen there were actually the evil Brotherhood from the future, posing as the X-Men and trying to rewrite time to their needs. The Brotherhood were defeated and their machinations undone, but Warren and the others were confronted again with the fact that they needed to return to the past eventually, one way or another. [X-Men: Blue #16-20]
Over the next few weeks, the X-Men became resigned to their fates and started wrapping up loose ends before returning to the past. Warren's cosmic fire wings, in particular, were a sticking point necessary to address before they could return. [X-Men: Blue #35-36] The question was solved for them when the original five became caught between the machinations of Ahab the Hound master and Kid Cable. Ahab intended to kill one of the five to create a paradox that destroyed the X-Men, while a teenaged version of Cable tried to prevent that catastrophe by forcing the five home. He started kidnapping the original five to send them home without argument, holding them in stasis. He also kidnapped Mimic, a former X-Man with all the powers of the original X-Men. Cable used his future technology to sever Mimic's angelic feathered wings and Angel's fiery wings, surgically replacing Warren's wings with this copy of his original power set. Now restored(?), Warren and the others returned to their place in the past before Ahab could get to them. Jean used a memory effect she had learned to bottle their experiences, suppressing their memories until the time loop was complete. Warren and the X-Men re-entered the past, not missing a beat as their adventure in the future came to a close. [Extermination #1-5]