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Moment of Awesome - Clarice Ferguson: On a satellite in orbit around the Earth, the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants battle each other for control of a city-destroying laser platform. Clarice Ferguson/Blink finds herself physically outmatched. Scott had put a lot of hope into the possibility that Clarice could step out of the airlock, get a clear look at where she was going, and simply blink her way to the console and wreck it, fast and easy. They hadn't quite been expecting the almost literal wall of bad guys waiting for them when Nathan and Jean blasted the airlock open, however, and before Clarice could even get a clear look past them at the target, one of the less familiar faces had propeled himself forward and enveloped her in a crushing bear hug that was not in the slightest bit affectionate. He was enormous, seven feet tall and massively built. His name was Katu, and though the look on his face was empty of the anger and rage so obvious in his comrades, it was somehow still implacable. He squeezed, one arm sliding up and across Clarice's throat. Why did she always get the big ones? Fighting in zero gravity was nothing like fighting on the ground, even with the zero-g training they had undergone, but it helped even things out a little given the massive size differences. Pulling herself into a ball, Clarice used all the momentum she had to push away from him, even a few inches so he couldn't get to her throat. Breathing, regardless of gravity, was a good thing. "I was told not to kill you," she said, hoping that might help things. She doubted it, he had that scary calm look in his eyes, but maybe. "So don't make me get in trouble." Katu went with the movement, sinking downward towards the hull. His feet touched the 'ground' and he pushed himself and Clarice upwards hard, at a much faster rate. They hit the top of the module, Clarice pinned between the big man and the cold unyielding metal. Katu said something in Russian that sounded almost sorrowful. Russian was not a pretty language or one that Clarice had studied. Futilely she tried to wiggle down again before opening a small teleportation disc in one hand, "Don't make me use this," she warned. She could disable him without killing him if he got to a medical facility quickly, which was unlikely given that they were in freaking outer space. This was what Nate had been talking about - using her brain to fight and not trying to wrestle people outside of her weight class.