[IC: Forward dated to Saturday 19 May]

[julienned]

[YEAH I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY YOU GUYS ARE IN HERE. it's a comatose teenager hooked up to a bunch of machines.

it's really boring.] 

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[julienned]

[he open his eyes, squinting.]

Hello?

[finalities]

Oh thank god.

[and has he ever been telepathically hugged? Cause this is a thing that's happening]

[julienned]

[SURPRISINGLY no he has not]

Ms Grey?!

[he hauls himself upright, leaning against the bedhead and just stares around looking for her. what is this.]

[finalities]

[She's just outside the hospital, not even near the door. Just standing near a wall somewhere]

I am so sorry. I won't ask you to forgive me. I just... god, I'm glad you're awake.

[julienned]

Which one are you?

[finalities]

Jean Grey. Phoenix's somewhere. I haven't won yet.

[julienned]

Oh God. Did you listen to me?

[finalities]

Well I heard you. Do you really think I'm a hero?

[julienned]

[you should be able to hear the eye roll]

I don't say it if I don't mean it. Then your other self fried my brain. Then what?

[finalities]

... then I tried to visit you. Victor wouldn't let me and...

[he can sense the bad news from here probably]

[julienned]

Damn straight he wouldn't have. Standard procedure: you lock down the infirmary in case of threats. I told him to step up.

Then what? You're hiding something.

[finalities]

Not so much hiding as difficult to say.

I lost control of my power. Victor lost his good arm.

[julienned]

What?

[finalities]

He's... his mutation saved the arm but... I'm really sorry, Julian.

[julienned]

I know how his mutation works! He wasn't supposed to — dammit! And damn you! Don't try to make this better, he hates his arm - the other arm.

Then what?

[finalities]

Nothing. He made me leave. And I haven't been in the hospital since.

[julienned]

Of course he did. Vic's a hero.

[finalities]

You all are.

[julienned]

Tell me something I don't know. I have a good team behind me. It's why I went after you. I knew that if I died, they'd work out what I worked out about how to stop the two of you.

[finalities]

Having a good team doesn't mean leaving them behind to handle it while you die.

[dropping it with a sigh] What was your plan?

[julienned]

I said "if". I wasn't planning on dying.

[finalities]

[bitter, sad] You could have...

[julienned]

What did Sofia do? Alani? Victor? Jubilee?

[finalities]

Phoenix encountered Jubilee and Kurt but it didn't do anything. And they confronted me afterwards. They're physically okay.

[julienned]

Stop evading and tell me what happened!