Picking Up the Pieces

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 6:19 pm

Captain Britain caught her breath at a culvert opening into the Thames. Keeping the rubble off of them had taxed her dearly, and she looked out at the nightmarish vision of London they were in.

"Will I'm... I'm sorry," she said, though it didn't feel good enough.

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 6:21 pm

Will turned around, looking surprisingly calm, and sat down, staring at where the tunnel had collapsed behind them.

by **David Renko** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 6:22 pm

Renko sat down on a rock outside the sewer or was it a piece of rubble? He held his head in his hands looking a bit tired.

by **John Hino** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 6:27 pm

John gently put a hand on Will's shoulder, "If anyone could get out of there, it's Sara."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 6:36 pm

Will nodded.

"I'll wait here."

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 6:38 pm

"Not alone, you won't."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 6:45 pm

"Hrm?" Will asked, not turning to look at Janice.

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 6:47 pm

"If you're staying I am too, Will."

by **John Hino** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 6:54 pm

"Not without me you aren't."

by **Stitch** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:41 pm

"Excuse me?" Stitch says, speaking up since she'd first started following them out, "Who are you people? Are you with Order?"

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:00 pm

"I'm staying here," Will restated. "You guys need to rescue the Headmistress..."

"...Nina?"

by **Stitch** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:05 pm

Will couldn't have gotten more of a reaction if he'd walked up to her and stabbed her in the chest. Her eyes went wide and she stumbles backwards.

"...No. No, no, no," Stitch says, sounding desperate, "Don't say that! You don't know what it means!"

"I'm Stitch. Just Stitch," Stitch says.

by **John Hino** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:13 pm

"Then we won't say it," John said apologetically, "As for your question, we... aren't from around here."

by **Stitch** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:20 pm

"Then why do you sound the same?" Stitch asks, sounding like she's about to cry, "Murderers and thieves. Did you steal their voices?"

"This isn't my nightmare," Stitch mumbles.

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:27 pm

"No nightmare, I assure you."

by **Stitch** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:30 pm

"Of course not. There's not enough fire," Stitch says, "...You helped me."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:32 pm

"'ts what we do."

by **Stitch** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:33 pm

"...She used to help people," Stitch says quietly, "Is anyone hurt?"

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:37 pm

"We'll see," Will said, and continued staring at the closed-off entrance.

by **John Hino** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:45 pm

"I'm actually surprised I'm not more than a bit sore. That Apophis hits harder than I do."

by **Byrna Cooper** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:25 pm

"Hits harder then the big, bad, black dragon? Now that's tough.." bear muttered, stretching and testing her joints. everything seemed to be in one piece.

by **John Hino** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:01 pm

"It does confirm a theory I had about my own powers."

by **Melody Martens** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:08 am

Melody, now able to see more clearly, clenched her fists and teeth as she recognized Nina, but she remained silent. The girl, regardless of her home universe, only made her think of the witch she met in the future...the one that she still had nightmares about.

by **Stitch** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:10 am

Since no one seemed to be reporting any injuries, Stitch sat down on the ground and buried her face in her knees. She was long overdue for a nice long cry.

by **Melody Martens** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:15 am

Melody sat in silence, every breath hurting, for quite a while while watching Stitch cry. She had to be different...didn't she?

She gingerly rose from her seated position, every move painful, and walked over to Stitch. "Hey," she said quietly, "are you okay?"

by **Stitch** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:18 am

Stitch shakes her head without looking up.

by **Melody Martens** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:20 am

Melody grimaced and sat down beside the girl, gasping a bit as she tweaked her injured rib in the process. "Is there anything we can do to help? That's...that's what the X-Men do. We help people."

by **Stitch** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:33 am

"Not for long," Stitch says, wiping her eyes with her sleeve, "You're hurt."

Stitch reaches out her hand to gently touch Steph's ribs. Almost immediately the pain goes away.

by **Melody Martens** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:42 am

Melody took a deep breath and then exhaled happily, "Thank you...I'm Melody...and we'll do whatever we need to to help you."

So long as you promise not to experiment on us...

by **Stitch** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:44 am

"I'm sure you'll try," Stitch says.

by **Sara Stanton** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 7:46 am

Walking out of a narrow side-tunnel Sara blinks at the comparatively bright sun-light. She's about to turn towards Kelpie to ask her where the others are when she sees movement and shapes further back in the tunnel towards where it collapsed. A bit carefully, just in case, she moves towards them.

by **John Hino** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:11 pm

About then, John turned to look out at the city.

"Will. Turn around."

by **Kelpie** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 4:28 pm

Kelpie stepped back, putting one hand on the horse-construct, just watching though whether she was making assessments or just making sure everything was okay was hard to say.

by **Will Stanton** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:37 pm

Will turned, and smiled, softly.

"Welcome back."

by **Isabel Galen** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:40 pm

"Do you need any help?" Isabel asked, moving over to where Stitch was working.

by **Stitch** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:44 pm

"Probably," Stitch says, "I'm very out of practice."

by **Isabel Galen** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 1:43 am

"I'm going to touch your hand." Isabel said to Steph, adding to Nina "I can't do anything until the rib is set, can you do that?"

by **Stitch** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 1:47 am

"Yes. Calcification is the key," Stitch says, "Break down old bone and reconstruct for clean healing."

"I need permission," Stitch says, "Consent. Can't work without consent."

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 1:53 am

Will Stanton wrote:Will turned, and smiled, softly.

"Welcome back."

"Hey." she smiles. "Got a little side-tracked."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 2:19 am

"Yeah, I noticed.

Glad you could make it," he smiled.

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