Age of Apocalypse
In the Age of Apocalypse timeline, Colossus was a very haunted man, wearing a red mask to cover acid scars on his face. His sister, Illyana, was thought to have died years prior, and his brother, Mikhail was brainwashed by Apocalypse to be one of his Horsemen. Colossus was one of Magneto's original recruits for his X-Men. Magneto eventually placed Rasputin and his wife, Shadowcat, in charge of training Generation Next. Due to injuries he suffers, he no longer can revert to his human form which would kill him if he does.
It was later discovered that Illyana was indeed still alive and being held prisoner in a slave camp. On a mission, Colossus abandons his students to ensure Illyana's escape from the camp, but when he returned to try to save his students, he arrived too late. In the final battle with Apocalypse's forces, he barrels his way through many of the X-Men in a futile attempt to save Illyana, injuring Iceman and trampling Shadowcat to death in the process. Crazed, he was finally taken down by Gambit after he attempted to stop them restoring the true timeline after learning that Illyana was dead in the other reality. Mortally injured he reverts to his human form and dies after his sister returns from the M'kraan Crystal.
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