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

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

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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dream_catcher
2010-01-20 03:26 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 03:39 am UTC (link)
	Moira read carefully. " 'Tis...thorough." Because 'good' couldn't possibly apply to anything in this situation. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dream_catcher 2010-01-20 03:41 am UTC (link)
	"As thorough as I could be. It seemed the least I could do to take some of the burden off of the administrators." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	princess_mutt 2010-01-20 03:50 am UTC (link)
	Moira nods. "Everyone needs to rest as soon as they can, really." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dream_catcher 2010-01-20 03:52 am UTC (link)
	"Almost everyone. I'm in no hurry to sleep. Are you ok?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	princess_mutt 2010-01-20 04:01 am UTC (link)
	"I'm not even scratched. By the time I made it over there, there wasna much to accomplish besides making sure the coward didna keep the body." It had taken a while to get Laurie's blood out of her fur, and that certainly wasn't a comfortable thing, considering, but it was nothing to complain about. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dream_catcher 2010-01-20 04:02 am UTC (link)
	"I wasn't talking about physically. I didn't see any injuries. But no one should have to do what you did. I'm here if you need to talk or anything." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	princess_mutt 2010-01-24 05:43 am UTC (link)
	She presses a little closer. "I know you are, thank you. Likewise." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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