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cutting_edgex23) wrote2009-03-19 11:00 pm
cutting_edgex23) wrote2009-03-19 11:00 pm
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It is quiet in the infirmary.
Rahne is still breathing and the prognosis is good. She is stable, and Elixir will be able to heal her when he is done with Warren.
Warren--
He is not okay. Usually Elixir's powers do not hurt the person he is healing. But this time Warren had to be restrained. Otherwise he would have hurt someone. Badly.
It does not make sense.
And it is why X is in the infirmary to begin with. Just in case. She does not want Josh to get hurt when he is trying to help. And she does not trust that Rahne will not try to hurt Warren again. Or that Warren will be able to protect himself if she does. He is still in shock.
Elixir sags back into his seat, reaching up one hand to wipe away the sweat on his forehead.
"Okay. I never want to do that again. Hear me? No more wings getting ripped off. None."
Jay got his wings cut off. Then he died. X remembers that, too.
She slips forward a step or two, and she doesn't flinch when Josh looks up. Or when Warren freezes, looking her over before turning his head away.
He does turn back, though. After a few minutes.
"You're okay, X? Laura."
"I heal," she says. It seems the simplest thing to say. "You are okay now, too."
He looks like he might say something else -- X does not know what it is -- but Hank interrupts.
Beast and Warren have known each other a long time. It will be good for them to talk.
X, meanwhile, looks down at Elixir.
"You are ready? To go."
He only hesitates a second (or two) before reaching out to grab her hand.
"Sure. Help me up? Man, I'm tired. Are you sure you're okay?"
Maybe Josh is tired of seeing people die, too. X understands that. A little.
Something else X understands: the tone of Miss Frost's mental summons does not mean anything good.
X obeys anyway. But she goes to find Cyclops first.
X has never been very good at games.
Rahne is still breathing and the prognosis is good. She is stable, and Elixir will be able to heal her when he is done with Warren.
Warren--
He is not okay. Usually Elixir's powers do not hurt the person he is healing. But this time Warren had to be restrained. Otherwise he would have hurt someone. Badly.
It does not make sense.
And it is why X is in the infirmary to begin with. Just in case. She does not want Josh to get hurt when he is trying to help. And she does not trust that Rahne will not try to hurt Warren again. Or that Warren will be able to protect himself if she does. He is still in shock.
Elixir sags back into his seat, reaching up one hand to wipe away the sweat on his forehead.
"Okay. I never want to do that again. Hear me? No more wings getting ripped off. None."
Jay got his wings cut off. Then he died. X remembers that, too.
She slips forward a step or two, and she doesn't flinch when Josh looks up. Or when Warren freezes, looking her over before turning his head away.
He does turn back, though. After a few minutes.
"You're okay, X? Laura."
"I heal," she says. It seems the simplest thing to say. "You are okay now, too."
He looks like he might say something else -- X does not know what it is -- but Hank interrupts.
Beast and Warren have known each other a long time. It will be good for them to talk.
X, meanwhile, looks down at Elixir.
"You are ready? To go."
He only hesitates a second (or two) before reaching out to grab her hand.
"Sure. Help me up? Man, I'm tired. Are you sure you're okay?"
Maybe Josh is tired of seeing people die, too. X understands that. A little.
Something else X understands: the tone of Miss Frost's mental summons does not mean anything good.
X obeys anyway. But she goes to find Cyclops first.
X has never been very good at games.