New York is a wasteland. America is no better off without Apocalypse. Now that the dictator is gone, chaos reigns. Attempts by the human population to reestablish themselves are routinely put down by Infinite patrols. Mutants have a slightly better go of it, usually finding a place with either the EMF or the X-Men. The X-Men are too thinly stretched to be much help, their spirits slowly being ground down by the continuing battle. They have no idea whether their actions changed the timeline, because here they are. Still fighting.