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<td valign="top">[[Image:Magik.png|left]]'''Moment of Awesome - [[Illyana Rasputin|Illyana Rasputin/Magik]]:'''  
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''When Gen X stops to help a multi-car pile-up, [http://x-logs.livejournal.com/3853920.html Illyana proves to be a most unusual nurse].''
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''When a [[X-Men Mission: Riding the Nightmare|routine mission gets out of control]], [http://x-logs.livejournal.com/3845763.html Cyclops has to face down one of his own team] when Legion goes too far.  
  
Illyana, snow in her eyelashes, watched Amadeus work curiously, tilting her head when he seemed to be finished. "Is that . . . it?" she asked. In her experience, modern medicine involved more needles; this was - closer to home. So to speak.
 
  
"I think so?" Amadeus said. He sat back as lights shone up the road, and emergency services came. "Sorry Mom, I'll take out the garbage now," he said, swaying, "Mian haeyo Eomma," and then pitched backwards into a dead faint.
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"Enough!" Scott's voice didn't raise his voice but the ice cold fury in his tone cut across the battlefield attracting the attention of everyone in the vicinity. "Let them go Legion, this is not what we do. We don't torture people like that, ever. That might be what Magneto does, but it's not what the Professor trained us to do and is really not helping the situation. Let them go and then head back to the Blackbird. It's time for us to go home," his gave swept over the imobalized men, "For all of us to go home."
  
Topaz heard the thud and cracked an eye open to see Amadeus on the ground. "Blimey," she mumbled, looking back at Illyana. "Police and all them can take it from here. Don't suppose you can teleport him back to the bus?" She nodded to Amadeus.
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"Cyclops", Kurt said, voice low and urgent. "Look at his face.  Look at his eyes. This is not Jack - Legion, please stand down."  
  
Illyana shook her head. "Not all of him," she said, unwittingly horrifyingly.  
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At last Haller addressed his teammates. "What would have happened if these people attacked someone without our power or training?" he asked, his attention still on his whimpering captive.  
  
"Alright, well since he'll probably be mad if we chop off his legs..." Topaz pushed herself up, examining the boy. Between the two of them they could probably manage this. "You want his head or his feet?"
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Outside of his field of control a woman was sobbing hysterically, trying to wrest herself out of the grip of another bystander to get to one of the fallen men. Haller's eyes flicked to the side, and a line of fire erupted across the lawn in front of her. She recoiled with a scream.  
  
Illyana tilted her head thoughtfully, then shrugged. "Feet, I guess," she said, brushing snow off her jeans as she stood up.  
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"I'll do my job," Haller continued, watching the white-faced man at his feet, "but I won't let them hurt us. And if they ever meet another mutant, I want them to consider their next course of action very carefully."
  
"Alright." Topaz went to his head, saying a silent apology to the poor boy. "On three, then."
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The man's arm began to twist again.  
  
By the time they made it back to the bus, Amadeus resembled a very damp snowman who was probably developing some interesting bruises, and Illyana had had more than enough of helping her fellow man. "Couldn't he just have stayed awake," she muttered. People here were such babies.
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"I'm sure they will,  next time they won't hesitate to attack all out since they know they're not going to get any quarter from us," Scott responded in a flat voice as he watched Haller twist the man's arm even further. "He's not a threat  to anyone anymore, anything else you do isn't to protect us,  it's just because you want to; and that's exactly what they were scared you'd do. It's torture Legion,  and I'm not going to let it happen.  We're not going to give them what they want cause we're better than that. I'm not going to ask again, let him go."  
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The telekinetic did not respond. He simply stood in silence, his body silhouetted by the ebbing flames.
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Kurt had already eased his attacker gently to the ground, and Scott didn't need to speak the next order aloud.  He teleported forward before Legion could react, taking no chances, and the next moment both men were gone.  
  
  

Revision as of 14:03, 4 April 2016

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Moment of Awesome - Scott Summers/Cyclops:

When a routine mission gets out of control, Cyclops has to face down one of his own team when Legion goes too far.


"Enough!" Scott's voice didn't raise his voice but the ice cold fury in his tone cut across the battlefield attracting the attention of everyone in the vicinity. "Let them go Legion, this is not what we do. We don't torture people like that, ever. That might be what Magneto does, but it's not what the Professor trained us to do and is really not helping the situation. Let them go and then head back to the Blackbird. It's time for us to go home," his gave swept over the imobalized men, "For all of us to go home."

"Cyclops", Kurt said, voice low and urgent. "Look at his face. Look at his eyes. This is not Jack - Legion, please stand down."

At last Haller addressed his teammates. "What would have happened if these people attacked someone without our power or training?" he asked, his attention still on his whimpering captive.

Outside of his field of control a woman was sobbing hysterically, trying to wrest herself out of the grip of another bystander to get to one of the fallen men. Haller's eyes flicked to the side, and a line of fire erupted across the lawn in front of her. She recoiled with a scream.

"I'll do my job," Haller continued, watching the white-faced man at his feet, "but I won't let them hurt us. And if they ever meet another mutant, I want them to consider their next course of action very carefully."

The man's arm began to twist again.

"I'm sure they will, next time they won't hesitate to attack all out since they know they're not going to get any quarter from us," Scott responded in a flat voice as he watched Haller twist the man's arm even further. "He's not a threat to anyone anymore, anything else you do isn't to protect us, it's just because you want to; and that's exactly what they were scared you'd do. It's torture Legion, and I'm not going to let it happen. We're not going to give them what they want cause we're better than that. I'm not going to ask again, let him go."

The telekinetic did not respond. He simply stood in silence, his body silhouetted by the ebbing flames.

Kurt had already eased his attacker gently to the ground, and Scott didn't need to speak the next order aloud. He teleported forward before Legion could react, taking no chances, and the next moment both men were gone.