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Melinda Dyars / Shatter ([info]shattered) wrote in [info]marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-03-16 22:21:00


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Entry tags:inactive - arron wyatt, inactive - shatter, rachel summers

Still Shattered:
Melinda has been cleared for getting up and walking around, and wants to see the grounds. She's walked through the living areas, the kitchen, all the areas where she has clearance.

She steps outside. The jumpsuit they've provided her helps cut down on the late-winter chill, but she doesn't notice anyway. She still feels frozen through to her soul.

If she still has one.

She walks through the frosted ground, hearing the grass crunch under her feet. And it reminds her of the sound of her own body, turned to glass, shattering into deadly shards... and the blood running over it...

She stops walking, realizing she's come to a small lake on the edge of the grounds. And she stares at it, a thin sheet of ice, barely more than frost, covering it. And she considers...



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[info]aaronwyatt
2010-03-17 03:37 am UTC (link)
Aaron had noticed the girl they had saved from Apocalypse’s control was outside staring at the thinly frozen pond.

He had heard that she was having trouble coming to grips with everything that had happened to her and just from what he had heard it was a lot of heavy stuff.

Aaron walked up next to her by the pond to see if maybe could help in some small either to talk to or just listen to what’s happened.

“Hey, I’m Aaron,” he says as he gets to the edge of the lake, “Is there anything I can help you with?”

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[info]shattered
2010-03-17 03:40 am UTC (link)
She blinks and looks back at him. "Hi," she says. "I'm Melinda."

She looks back at the lake, her mind turning over and over.

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[info]aaronwyatt
2010-03-17 03:46 am UTC (link)
“Hi Melinda, it’s nice to meet you,” Aaron says.

Aaron noticed how she was looking back into the lake again thinking. “You pick a good spot for thinking,” he says, “everyone comes down here to do that at one time or another.”

He then joins her in quietly staring out at the lake.

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[info]shattered
2010-03-17 03:54 am UTC (link)
Some part of her is thinking just how easy it would be to come out here when no one is looking... and just go out there... and let it all end. All the pain.

She sees the image of Kate melting away in Sinister's beam.

She sees the people she killed as Death.

She looks up at Aaron. "You're one of the X-Men, aren't you?"

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[info]aaronwyatt
2010-03-17 03:59 am UTC (link)
“Yeah, I was there at the battle where we rescued you.” He was curious as to how much she remember since she had been taken a lot earlier than the others and who knows what she had to endure.

She seemed really nice and Aaron felt very bad for all the things that had happened to her.

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[info]shattered
2010-03-17 04:03 am UTC (link)
"Why?" she asks bluntly. "Why do you do it?"

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[info]aaronwyatt
2010-03-17 04:07 am UTC (link)
“Do what,” he asked confused, “I did a lot of things at the battle, what specifically?”

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[info]shattered
2010-03-17 04:09 am UTC (link)
"I mean... be an X-Man."

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[info]aaronwyatt
2010-03-17 04:17 am UTC (link)
Aaron was silent for a few moments thinking, he had never really thought about why he had become an x-man. “I guess it’s because I have the power to do something to help people, you know that whole responsibility and power thing. Beside someone has to do something to deal with all the bad stuff that happens in the world. Plus I want to try to help make the world a better place and it just seemed like a good way to do that.”

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[info]shattered
2010-03-17 04:26 am UTC (link)
She thinks for a long moment. "I hurt a lot of people, Aaron," she finally admits quietly. "And I don't think I can ever make it right."

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[info]aaronwyatt
2010-03-17 04:31 am UTC (link)
“No you didn’t, you were in control of yourself, and it was that psycho using you that hurt those people,” he said, “But if you still feel guilty about what the guy made you do, the X-Men might be a good place to start making it up to people.”

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[info]shattered
2010-03-17 04:34 am UTC (link)
"My powers just hurt people," she tells him. "I don't want to hurt anyone else."

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[info]aaronwyatt
2010-03-17 04:43 am UTC (link)
“And if I’m not careful with my powers I could fry a person in less than ten seconds so I understand your power’s hurting people dilemma,” he says understandingly, “and there are ways you could help out that don’t involve hurting people you if want. But the choice of what you do next is up to you.”

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[info]shattered
2010-03-17 04:49 am UTC (link)
She nods quietly, then returns to looking at the lake quietly.

"Do... do you think the X-Men would want me?" she finally asks.

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[info]aaronwyatt
2010-03-17 04:52 am UTC (link)
Looking out into the lake as well, he said, “I haven’t seen or heard anything that would make me think otherwise.”

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[info]shattered
2010-03-17 06:09 pm UTC (link)
"I... almost killed one of you," she says. "I did kill other people."

And... worst of all... I enjoyed it, she thinks, but she can't find a way to say it.

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[info]aaronwyatt
2010-03-17 06:52 pm UTC (link)
Aaron wasn’t sure what to say to that, but when he finally though something he said, “We’ve had people with violent pasts before but I think you need time to figure stuff out.”

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[info]shattered
2010-03-17 07:01 pm UTC (link)
She nods. But staring at the water... it's already becoming clear.

She might not know who she is anymore, but she knows what she wants to do.

She turns back to Aaron. "Um... thank you."

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[info]aaronwyatt
2010-03-17 07:14 pm UTC (link)
“No problem,” he says, “I’m just glad I could help. If there is anything else you want to talk about just let me know.”

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[info]shattered
2010-03-18 09:05 pm UTC (link)
"Thanks," she repeats, feeling dumb. "I... thanks." She turns back to the water.

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[info]aaronwyatt
2010-03-18 09:08 pm UTC (link)
“Well I’m going to head inside,” he said, “if you need anything I’ll be in there.”

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[info]shattered
2010-03-18 09:09 pm UTC (link)
Melinda nods, still staring at the water mutely.

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[info]marvel_girl
2010-03-17 10:10 pm UTC (link)
Rachel had been enjoying flying around the mansion, working her psychic kinks out. She'd pushed herself during the last fight--and still needed to have a good, sit-down conversation with Mom and Dad when things were less crazy--but she seemed to be suffering no side effects from having channeled the Phoenix Force.

She set down near Melinda and jerked in sudden surprise. She hadn't realized who she'd been landing near. "Oh. Um. Hi?" she tried.

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[info]shattered
2010-03-17 11:56 pm UTC (link)
She looks up at Rachel with shock.

Memories of her last moments as Death flash before her eyes. She wanted to kill Rachel.

"S...Sorry," she tells Rachel. "I... I'll go."

She turns to leave.

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[info]marvel_girl
2010-03-17 11:57 pm UTC (link)
"No, don't," Rachel said. "You don't have to. Just... surprised me."

Aaaawkwaaard.

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[info]shattered
2010-03-18 12:11 am UTC (link)
She pauses, not leaving immediately.

But, uncertain what to say, she waits silently, to see if Rachel has anything to say.

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[info]marvel_girl
2010-03-18 08:52 pm UTC (link)
"Um," Rachel tried. "How're you holding up?"

She frowned, realizing how lame that sounded. "I'm, uh, sorry, about the whole vaporizing thing. I, ah, didn't mean to..."

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[info]shattered
2010-03-18 09:03 pm UTC (link)
"Yes, you did," Melinda says icily.

And she should have. She should have just killed me altogether. It would have been safer that way for everyone.

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[info]marvel_girl
2010-03-18 09:21 pm UTC (link)
How to explain that no, it wasn't her, but the living embodiment of fiery rebirth and death? ...How did you explain that to anyone whose last name wasn't Grey or Summers?

"I didn't," she still insisted. "I'd never done anything like that before."

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[info]shattered
2010-03-18 09:25 pm UTC (link)
"Don't apologize," Melinda replies, angry. "You did what you had to do."

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[info]marvel_girl
2010-03-18 09:34 pm UTC (link)
Rachel wasn't so sure. And the anger rolling off Melinda was almost palatable to her developing telepathic powers.

"Um..." she frowned again. "Yeah. Maybe."

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[info]shattered
2010-03-18 09:57 pm UTC (link)
"Yeah," Melinda agrees. "Are we done here?"

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[info]marvel_girl
2010-03-18 10:09 pm UTC (link)
"Yeah, I guess so," Rachel said. "But, um, I'm Rachel. And I'm probably the last person you want to talk to, but if you do need to, I'm around."

God, could she be anymore square?

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[info]shattered
2010-03-19 02:20 am UTC (link)
"I'm sure I'll do that," she says sarcastically, then turns on her heels and storms off.

But as soon as she's out of Rachel's hearing, Melinda collapses to her knees and begins to sob.

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