BIOGRAPHY - page 2
Despite her death, this was not the end for Marie-Ange Colbert, but a transition to a new life. Though unknown means, Tarot was returned to the living. Though to most this might seem a miracle, Tarot described herself as being cursed, forced to live her life again and again until she atoned for her past sins. To die as she did was horrific, she would later say, then adding that her return to life was even more terrible. Curiously, Tarot’s powers had also changed during her rebirth. While she had previously only possessed the ability to project the imagery of the Tarot Arcana, she was now able to assume the mantle of the card’s totems and their abilities. Whether this was the result of her resurrection of a normal evolution of her abilities was unclear.
In whatever manner she returned, Tarot credited her continued survival to her old friend, Christopher Aaronson, who found her in those early days and nursed her back to health. Once 
recovered, Tarot not only felt she owed her life to Christopher, but she was now deeply in love with him. Still, Tarot was conflicted. Christopher had changed much during their separation and he now had dreams of wealth and power, much like those of the Hellfire Club, which he had rejected so long ago. Still, Tarot remained by Christopher’s side as he took on the name of King Bedlam and formed his “New Hellions.” King Bedlam’s plan started to come together when he learned of the Armageddon Man, an early mutant who possessed the power to generate natural disasters but lacked the ability to control them himself. When King Bedlam set upon a plan to awaken this Armageddon Man from the decades-long slumber into which the US government had sentenced him, all in an attempt to blackmail the country, Tarot knew that she had to intervene.
Much to his surprise, Tarot appeared before one of the surviving Hellions, James Proudstar, who was now a member of X-Force. Quite enigmatically, Marie-Ange warned her former teammate about an impending doom and told him that he and his friends were in peril from both without and within. Without further explanation, she mysteriously vanished, despite Proudstar offering to help her. By happenstance, King Bedlam’s younger brother Jesse, known simply as Bedlam, was also a member of X-Force and had been searching for his brother, a search which soon brought X-Force to the New Hellions’ headquarters. [X-Force (1st series) #87] Rather than be upset, King Bedlam was happy at the possibility of new recruits and, after explaining in general terms his philosophy, left them to discuss whether they were interested in accepting his offer.
Though still loyal to her lover, Tarot risked a secret meeting with John. She explained that she had hoped that her warning would have prevented X-Force’s involvement in what was to come but refused to give any hints as to what it might be. Worse, speaking as if all were preordained, she made it clear that she would stand with King Bedlam to the end, as well as against John and X-Force. [X-Force (1st series) #88]
Indeed, when X-Force decided to stand against King Bedlam, Tarot remained by his side and watched as Paradigm, one of the New Hellions, not only defeated the mutant heroes but brainwashed them into serving King Bedlam’s cause. Tarot watched in horror, however, as her lover enacted his plan, recovering the slumbering Armageddon Man and inserting him into the core of a nuclear power plant to re-animate him. Feeling the need to act, she spoke with King Bedlam's brother, Jesse, and warned him that the two of them would pay dearly if King Bedlam was allowed to continue in his mad scheme.
When Jesse made it clear that he would not betray his brother, Tarot felt her hand was forced. Risking her life, she entering the reactor building during its operations to interfere with Paradigm, who was attempting to revive the Armageddon Man. Though her manipulation of him was subtle, it allowed X-Force to shake off Paradigm’s control and escape. When King Bedlam learned of what had happened, Tarot did not hesitate to admit her responsibility. Explaining that she saw the future, she informed King Bedlam that his plan would not bring them wealth, only misfortune, and that she did not want the blood of innocents on her hands. Already weakened by the radiation from the reactor, Tarot would have been unable to withstand King Bedlam’s rage, had his brother Jesse not intervened. Unfortunately, Tarot’s actions and that of X-Force was not enough and, in the chaos that followed, the Armageddon Man indeed woke. [X-Force (1st series) #89]
Despite her warnings regarding his plan and her betrayal, when the ensuing conflict pit the New Hellions against X-Force, Tarot continued to stand by King Bedlam’s side and protect him against attack. Nevertheless, when it became clear that the Armageddon Man was out of control, Tarot provided X-Force with the clues they needed to stop it. Realizing that their cause was lost, King Bedlam ordered the New Hellions to flee. At first, King Bedlam seemed sure that Tarot would remain with the heroes to stop the Armageddon Man, but Tarot told her lover that she could not live without him. She joined him and the New Hellions, while X-Force stayed and defeated the threat that the New Hellions had created. [X-Force (1st series) #90]
What happened to Tarot and the other New Hellions afterwards is unknown, but they never appeared together again as a team and at least a few soon went their separate way. Additionally, whatever King Bedlam hoped to accomplish as a leader of mutants also proved moot when both he and Tarot were confirmed as being rendered powerless when the “decimation” struck on M-Day. [New Avengers (1st series) #18]
Just as mysterious as her resurrection had been, so too was Tarot’s apparent second death. Given the unclear connection between her return and King Bedlam’s involvement in her return to health, the loss of his mutant bio-electric power could have been responsible. Whether this was the case or not, Tarot was no longer among the living when she and the rest of the deceased, original Hellions found themselves resurrected by Selene, who was using an enhanced version of the T/O Virus in an attempt to ascend to godhood. As part of her plan, Selene bid the undead 
Hellions to attack the X-Men’s island fortress of Utopia, led by the newly resurrected former New Mutant known as Cypher, who was likewise under Selene’s thrall. Upon arrival, the Hellions confronted the White Queen, who had since allied with the X-Men, and blamed her for letting them die. [X-Necrosha #1] The Hellions later found themselves up against their old rivals the New Mutants and at first seemed a match against them. However, when the New Mutant Warlock deployed military ordinance against them, they were seemingly annihilated. [New Mutants (3rd series) #7-8]
Not truly having been alive, Tarot and the Hellions were in the same sense not truly dead. Rather, they were merely inert, techno-organic matter which lay dormant under the waves off of Utopia 
Island. As such, they were easily reassembled and reanimated by another techno-organic being called the “True Friend.” In a convoluted series of events, Cypher of the New Mutants had been possessed by an extra-dimensional entity that would eventually transform him into the genocidal and tyrannical True Friend decades from now. When Cypher learned of this horrific future, he was moved to commit suicide, only to find himself prevented by the techno-organic Hellions, who had been reanimated by the future True Friend to ensure his own existence.
As the New Mutants arrived to face their old foes, Cypher’s future, evil self began to transform Cypher into True Friend now, rather than decades later. As he rewrote his own history, True Friend ordered Tarot and the Hellions to occupy the New Mutants long enough for him to complete his transformation. In the end, the New Mutants were victorious and the extra-dimensional entity was exorcised from Cypher, preventing his evil destiny from ever taking place. Curiously, the Hellions vanished in the process, leaving the ultimate fate of Tarot and her teammates unknown. [New Mutants (3rd series) #48-49]
It's not clear what happened to Tarot and her Hellions teammates after the True Friend adventure 
but, through unknown means, Tarot was seemingly cured of the techno-organic virus. Working independently of her Hellions teammates, Tarot was in New York City during a psychic fair, not to offer her skills to fair-goers but to rob them. By bringing manifestations of her tarot cards to life, Tarot was able to distract the fair-goers and steal cash from the various stalls at the fair. Sporting a new costume and dyed hair, Tarot thought she had devised a good plan, until Spider-Man and the magician Teller (disguised as Deadpool) appeared at the fair and proceeded to stop Tarot. She manifested many images from her tarot cards to assist her against them but, when Teller secretly switched Tarot's deck of tarot cards with normal playing cards, Tarot found herself powerless, and was captured by Spider-Man. [Spider-Man / Deadpool #11]
When the mutant nation of Krakoa was established, all mutants were welcome to live there. Tarot was reunited with her Hellions teammates, all of whom were now free from the techno-organic virus. Along with other mutants of their generation, Tarot and the original Hellions lived in the Akademos Habitat. The Hellions maintained a low profile on Krakoa until the trouble-making Empath pitted some of the Hellions against each other. As a result, he found himself placed on a new Hellions team who carried out some unsavory activities for Krakoa's Quiet Council. [Hellions 
#1] When another former Hellion, Firestar, found herself with a high-profile on Krakoa as a member of the X-Men, Tarot was present when Roulette acted aggressively towards her. The Hellions didn't think Firestar deserved her high-profile on Krakoa, or the easy life she had, while they all had considerably more difficult lives. Tarot didn't express her feelings on the matter and was later seen at the Green Room with her teammates. [X-Men (6th series) Annual #1]