Rachel Summers (marvel_girl) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2012-10-20 22:49:00

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What Dreams May Come (Open)
The Blue Area of the Moon

Dusty, nearly lifeless, the remains of what might have once been a mighty civilization. The Moon today was a battleground. The X-Men had fought and fought hard for their friend, fought against the might of the Shi'ar Empire and their Imperial Guard. But for all their fighting, they had doomed themselves anyway.

"Come then! You fought for this! For me! You deserve a chance to behold me in all my glory!" Flames of psionic fire danced around her, forming into the silhouette of a bird.

"Rachel, please!" Cait Drake formed what little moisture there was in the air into ice, trying to immobilize her. "We're your friends! Let us help you!"

"Ice, Cait? Against the fire that beats with the hearts of stars? Why do you ever try?" Flames leaped from her hands, incinerating her friend.

Vlad came up behind her, but she spun, blasting him with wave after wave of energy, stripping first flesh, then metal, until there was nothing left.

Something landed on her back. Fred. Placing some device over her head, trying to cloud her thoughts. Shane fired electricity into her, trying to shake her further. She grabbed the lightning with her mind, pulling it into Fred until he fell, crispy and dead, to the lunar ground. She took his pain, turned it back on Shane. And she took his lightning, drawing more and more out, hurling it into space, until he had nothing left to give, in body or spirit.

A powerful bolt struck her, stunning her for just a moment. "Really, Misha? You too, now turn against me? Haven't I been your friend? Your "wife"? And you, David, no sense hiding. I know how much you still care about me."

A fiery talon reached out and grabbed Misha, crushing him inside his iron shell. Another lifted David from his hiding place, tore him apart.

And then something struck her mind, a piercing thought. Radiant One... Please. Do not do this... I know you are not this. That you are more than this Force! You must fight it, before it goes any further...

"Starbridge?" Her concentration and focus stopped for a moment, as the love of her life stepped into view. "Please... stop me before I... Foolish boy! What is love to the Phoenix?" She gestured, and scattered him to cosmic dust upon the winds.

She looked up from the Moon. "Such a delicious planet... I believe I shall have to sample it!"

And she did. Seven billion humans, mutants, and others died screaming in fire, never knowing the reasons for their deaths...

And inside, Rachel Summers screamed, "NOOOO... NOOOO....

"NOOO!"

Rachel sat bolt upright in her bed, drenched in swear and her heart pounding. It had all felt so real. She'd killed them all. Killed Starbridge, Cait, everyone...

Third time this month.

She signed and got herself out of bed. One quick shower later and she was still to wired to go to sleep. So even though it was nearly two in the morning, she made her way down to the kitchen and prepared herself a glass of hot chocolate.

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	quadrimanial 2012-10-21 12:20 am UTC (link)
	Everybody needs a midnight plantain sandwich sometime. "Hi, Rachel," Sylvie said as she wheeled into the kitchen. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	marvel_girl 2012-10-21 12:28 am UTC (link)
	Rachel jerked at the sudden voice, nearly dropping her cup of hot chocolate. She steadied herself. "Oh. Sylvie. Hey." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quadrimanial 2012-10-21 12:29 am UTC (link)
	"Whoa! Careful. Just me! It's okay." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marvel_girl 2012-10-21 12:32 am UTC (link)
	Rachel took a deep breath. "Sorry. Just kinda jittery I guess." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quadrimanial 2012-10-21 12:37 am UTC (link)
	"Rough night?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marvel_girl 2012-10-21 12:43 am UTC (link)
	Rachel took a sip from her hot chocolate, closed her eyes, and nodded. "Yeah. Bad dreams." Thank God she hadn't been sleep projecting. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quadrimanial 2012-10-21 12:49 am UTC (link)
	"Sympathies. Are you using them as a springboard for angst in fine family tradition?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marvel_girl 2012-10-21 01:01 am UTC (link)
	A tiny grin crossed her face. "A little bit. Yeah. How'd you guess?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quadrimanial 2012-10-21 01:02 am UTC (link)
	"My Summers-sense was tinging." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marvel_girl 2012-10-21 01:10 am UTC (link)
	"Since when have you had those?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quadrimanial 2012-10-21 01:18 am UTC (link)
	"Since I gave a funny name to extrapolating from the look on your face and the fact of Uncle Scott being Uncle Scott." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marvel_girl 2012-10-21 01:33 am UTC (link)
	"Those are good reasons," Rachel agreed. She took another drink. She really needed to share this with someone, or she probably really as going to go crazy. "Look, I'd like to talk about this. But you have to promise not to tell my parents. Or Starbridge. Or the Professor. Or your dad. Or Logan. Or... Well. You get the idea." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quadrimanial 2012-10-21 01:40 am UTC (link)
	"We are going full Mafia-code-of-silence on your nightmares. Got it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

marvel_girl
2012-10-21 04:10 pm UTC (link)

"So I've been having nightmares lately. Third one in the last month," Rachel began. "We--the X-Men--we're on the moon. We've just beaten the Imperial Guard, only I've gone all Dark Phoenix."

She looked down. "The first time, it ended before I could do anything. The second time, I nearly wiped out the team, but Misha killed me instead. This last time... I killed everybody. And then I destroyed the Earth."

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	quadrimanial 2012-10-21 04:13 pm UTC (link)
	Sylvie grabs onto the counter with her lower arms and goes for the hug with her upper ones. "Ugh. I'm so sorry your subconscious is being such a sadist, Rachel." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marvel_girl 2012-10-21 04:49 pm UTC (link)
	Rachel leaned into the hug, hanging on to Sylvie for a minute. "I'm sure it probably really doesn't mean anything, but..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quadrimanial 2012-10-21 04:56 pm UTC (link)
	"It 'means' you're feeling scared. Recurring are like danger room scenarios. The brain runs them over and over trying to get a better result. But it's not picking them based on what's more likely or what's more useful to learn from. It's picking what you're terrified of." Hug continues. "If you let it bother you, it'll just fuel the obsession." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marvel_girl 2012-10-21 06:52 pm UTC (link)
	"I sure hope so," Rachel said. She really didn't want things to end up on the Moon. Going into space almost never went well for the X-Men. "You're probably right." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

quadrimanial
2012-10-21 06:55 pm UTC (link)

"Of course I'm probably right. So you've just gotta settle down, drink your cocoa, remind yourself that the Phoenix doesn't just run around eating stars all by itself. It was always pushed into severe mental illness by extreme extraordinary circumstances. And you? Are not crazy. Just a Summers. Stop worrying, at let your dreams take on some other scenario to work you through."

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	marvel_girl 2012-10-21 07:04 pm UTC (link)
	A smile twitched at the corners of her mouth. "Too much Advanced Self Pity 401?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quadrimanial 2012-10-21 07:05 pm UTC (link)
	Sylvie smiled. "Pretty much." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marvel_girl 2012-10-21 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, well, you know it's a required major for Summers." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quadrimanial 2012-10-22 01:26 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, but everyone's gotta fight the system a bit sometime." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marvel_girl 2012-10-22 10:17 pm UTC (link)
	"Fight the power? Down with the system of angst-based leadership? We will smile?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quadrimanial 2012-10-22 10:18 pm UTC (link)
	Sylvie laughs. "Precisely." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	marvel_girl 2012-10-22 11:38 pm UTC (link)
	Rachel smiled. "Thanks, Sylvie." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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