dream_catcher (dream_catcher) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-01-19 20:21:00

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"horsemen of the apocalypse", aaron wyatt, andrew summers, antaeus, david roberts, dream catcher, ezekiel brooks, gabriel, giovanna bennet, joe marko, lyta braddock-worthington, misha loganovich, moira hrimharisdottir, molly hayes, rachel summers, rose logan, sylvia mccoy, tsunami, x-men

After the Storm
The Marauders are gone. At least for now. They still haven't determined what that was all about, and right now, Lucas doesn't care. He's been hard at work ever since the attack, despite his own psychological scars, healing who he can. When the medical labs, Hank McCoy, and the other healer assured him they had things under control, he went to talk to Scott, and got permission to do the hardest task yet.
He sighs, setting down the pencil and reviewing the letter.

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	princess_mutt 2010-01-20 04:24 am UTC (link)
	Moira, after helping out for some time with claenup, found him. "Is that for Laurie's mother?" (Reply to this)(Thread)

	dream_catcher 2010-01-20 04:26 am UTC (link)
	He nods, showing her the letter if she likes. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dream_catcher
2010-01-20 04:26 am UTC (link)

Dear Ms. Jenkins,

There is no easy way to deliver tragic news, so I'll be direct. Your daughter, Laurie Jenkins, was tragically killed in a horrific terrorist attack upon Xavier's School for the Gifted. As some of the victims are still comatose and unstable, we do not know what the final toll from the attack will be, but the loss of even a single life is far more than any of us, and especially the families should have to bear. With so much of the faculty and others injured or worse, I have volunteered to take on the sad duty of passing on the news.
I know in the near future there will be a lot of questions. Was there anything any of us could have done to prevent this tragedy from happening? Why Laurie? Who could have been so callous as to have killed a child? I do not have all the answers, but will do my very best to answer some of the questions that follow a tragedy. There were security measures. The terrorists who did this were sophisticated and their actions pre-meditated. They removed all security measures and disabled the people best suited to protecting others or stopping their actions. In the wake of these times, I wish we could have done more for the security of everyone harmed, but as a school first, I still question what we might have done that would not have compromised the attempts at openness to people who have nowhere else to go, like Laurie, upon discovering her mutant gifts. We do not know if she was intentionally targeted, or in the wrong place. The breadth of the attacks ensured there was nowhere safe, however. And I promise you, we are doing everything in our abilities to bring the attackers to justice, though I know all such efforts come too late to be any comfort.
Your daughter was shy, but in recent times I believe she had begun to find a home at Xavier's, and some happiness. She and her roommate had become quite close, only recently, she had come out of her shell enough to volunteer for the welcoming committee for new prospective students. She was learning to accept her gifts, and her recent efforts in classes and commentary to friends suggested she was considering trying to eventually join the X-Men, and dedicate herself to helping children like her who were lost and confused, with few options, in a world where sometimes just being a teen is hard enough, and being a mutant teen adds an impossible layer of difficulty.
In a way, hard as it is to see or accept now, she succeeded. As impossible as it must be to be "the" parent who has to hear the news no parent should ever have to face, I hope it may be some comfort, eventually, that had it not been your daughter who faced down one of the terrorists, it would have been another child. There is no question in my mind that she saved at least one life, and we cannot be certain how many others. There is no fairness in a child dying before her time, but in my mind, and others, she died bravely, and a hero, and among friends who loved her.
Ms. Jenkins, my name is Lucas Moonstar. I am a student at Xavier's school. I asked the remaining faculty for permission to be the one to deliver the news, in the wake of a tragedy we are all still reeling from. I have also asked for permission to fly to your hometown to deliver your daughter's effects, and spend a few days there helping you in any way I can to understand what has happened, answer any questions I possibly can, and to assist with putting things in order, as well as bringing your daughter's personal effects home. I wanted to make sure this was acceptable to you before taking the trip, and wanted to know if her roommate might be permitted to join me. No other student here was as close to your daughter as Lilly Daniels, your daughter's roommate, and I'm certain she would wish to help out, and get to know the woman who gave her the gift of getting to know your daughter.
Please accept my deepest condolences on your loss, on behalf of myself and everyone at Xavier's. Nothing can possibly approach the loss you must feel, but know that she was loved dearly here, and everyone is feeling the loss of one of our own. Please let me know if myself, and possibly Lilly would be able to visit to help in any way we can, and tell me if there is anything I can possibly do for you.

With sadness,
Lucas Moonstar

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	princess_mutt 2010-01-20 04:39 am UTC (link)
	Moira read carefully. " 'Tis...thorough." Because 'good' couldn't possibly apply to anything in this situation. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	burnwithlight 2010-01-20 06:41 am UTC (link)
	Giovanna will join him, sitting beside him silently. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Bedside vigil sandcastlegod 2010-01-20 05:19 am UTC (link)
	"Cait!" The chain of events from picking up the phone to screaming for Lyta to screaming for Irina to running into the...heavily ransacked-looking medlab was exceptionally short. "Gods, Cait, I ... I..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Bedside vigil _tsunami_ 2010-01-20 05:27 am UTC (link)
	Cait was out of the chair and had her arms around Corey in a tight hug. "I know, Twerp," she said. She was careful not to let him see her bandaged hand. The chest and toes she didn't have to worry about him seeing. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Bedside vigil sandcastlegod 2010-01-20 05:34 am UTC (link)
	He clutches. "I'm so sorry." He should have been there. "How... I mean, is he.... What do they say?" It's going to take him a while to realize that she's keeping one hand out of sight. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quadrimanial 2010-01-20 07:31 am UTC (link)
	Sylvie, once she has eventually ascertained this, will crawl to the window and shout for somebody to come who can carry her. She looks around at the blood, the feathers. Sylvie figures Vicki must have talked to her, somehow, instinctively. Because what had come through here was definitely an animal. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	little_gabriel 2010-01-20 04:55 pm UTC (link)
	Gabriel lied back and rested. He had managed to stay awake through it all, although it probably would have been better for him to sleep. He just couldn't sleep, though. There were too many feelings swirling around in him. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	lytaworthington 2010-01-21 01:02 am UTC (link)
	"Gabriel?" Lyta stood in the doorway. "Can I come in?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wild_rose 2010-01-21 01:03 am UTC (link)
	Beer. Glug-glug-glug. Beer. Glug-glug-glug. Beer. Glug-glug-glug. Beer. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	smallestbear 2010-01-21 05:31 am UTC (link)
	David tracked Rose down by scent. His eyes are glassy from being really upset. He doesn't say a word about beer being bad he just finds a seat closest to one of her sides and curls up silently. He'll say something when he's ready. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wild_rose 2010-01-22 12:55 am UTC (link)
	Rose looked up from her beer, her eyes just a wee bit glazed over. Her healing factor was very good, but it could be pushed, especially after all the patching up it had already done recently. "Hey, Shrimp," she said, quietly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cant_stop_this 2010-01-21 01:06 am UTC (link)
	There were things to be fixed, and fixing things was part of Joe's job description. Even with all the Shi'ar tech, a lot of stuff had to be handled by hand, especially any rewiring. (Reply to this)

	princessbruiser 2010-01-21 01:23 am UTC (link)
	She's not a technical genius in the least. She can't help repair some of the damage that's been done, she knows that. But Molly can help with the clean-up all the same. She's solemn, as she went about picking up debris in the living room. (Reply to this)

	aaronwyatt 2010-01-21 10:41 pm UTC (link)
	When Aaron finally woke up he found himself in the medlab. He had a massive headache, a sore side and felt like he had been hit in the head multiple times. The last thing Aaron remembered was being in his room reading so needless to say he was very confused as to what happened to him and how he got there. (Reply to this)

	marvel_girl 2010-01-22 11:23 pm UTC (link)
	Rachel, meanwhile, was keeping up a bedside vigil. "C'mon, Mom..." she said, quietly. "Wake up. Please." (Reply to this)

	mishaloganovich 2010-01-25 01:46 am UTC (link)
	Misha bounced from one bedside to another, then from one task to another, trying to rid himself of the guilt that he hadn't been here when the attack went down. Nothing worked. All he could do was offer comfort and start helping Joe get the things back in order. (Reply to this)