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<td valign="top">[[Image:MoA Darcy.png|left]]'''Moment of Awesome - [[Darcy Lewis]]:'''  
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''Finding herself being stalked after her [[Dial My Number|mutant status is exposed]], Darcy gets in touch with a friend of [[Jane Foster]] and gets an offer of sanctuary.''
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''When a [[X-Men Mission: Riding the Nightmare|routine mission gets out of control]], [http://x-logs.livejournal.com/3845763.html Cyclops has to face down one of his own team] when Legion goes too far.  
  
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"I haven't left my apartment in a few days, if that says anything about the threat I'm feeling. I quit listening to voicemail even before that, my unlocked twitter account is a complete loss, and my e-mail is a cesspit. It wasn't that bad at first, a few capslocked notes about how mutants are going to hell and similar, although the volume's steadily increased. That's why I didn't contact you immediately after talking to Jane. But then... late last night? I got an e-mail that had direct violence threats and snapshots of me going through my day. A few creepy text messages matched up with that e-mail and a few others. Photoshops of my mutilated corpse, standard high-level harassment." Her voice got progressively detached as she recited what had been going on since the article came out. "People have been harassing my roommates to a lesser extent, and then I got an e-mail with pictures of my youngest cousin at school, and that's when I sucked it up and called you."
 
  
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"Wow, okay," Clint said, straightening up out of the semi-slouch he'd settled into. "So, what we're gonna do. You're gonna give me your GPS coordinates. I'm gonna talk to my tech guy and my transport and we'll be there in, like, I dunno. An hour or two, tops. Use that time to pack. That level of stalker behavior and the implicit threat to your family members is kind of farther than I thought it'd go, even with them doxxing you."
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"Enough!" Scott's voice didn't raise his voice but the ice cold fury in his tone cut across the battlefield attracting the attention of everyone in the vicinity. "Let them go Legion, this is not what we do. We don't torture people like that, ever. That might be what Magneto does, but it's not what the Professor trained us to do and is really not helping the situation. Let them go and then head back to the Blackbird. It's time for us to go home," his gave swept over the imobalized men, "For all of us to go home."  
  
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S​he looked up her GPS coordinates and rattled them off, then glanced around her room trying to figure out how she'd manage to pack it all in just a few hours. "Luggage. Are we talking things that aren't easily replaced only, or the bulk of my things, or what? How on earth are you getting here so fast?"​
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"Cyclops", Kurt said, voice low and urgent.  "Look at his face.  Look at his eyes.  This is not Jack - Legion, please stand down."
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At last Haller addressed his teammates. "What would have happened if these people attacked someone without our power or training?" he asked, his attention still on his whimpering captive.
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Outside of his field of control a woman was sobbing hysterically, trying to wrest herself out of the grip of another bystander to get to one of the fallen men. Haller's eyes flicked to the side, and a line of fire erupted across the lawn in front of her. She recoiled with a scream.
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"I'll do my job," Haller continued, watching the white-faced man at his feet, "but I won't let them hurt us. And if they ever meet another mutant, I want them to consider their next course of action very carefully."  
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The man's arm began to twist again.  
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"I'm sure they will,  next time they won't hesitate to attack all out since they know they're not going to get any quarter from us," Scott responded in a flat voice as he watched Haller twist the man's arm even further.  "He's not a threat  to anyone anymore, anything else you do isn't to protect us, it's just because you want to; and that's exactly what they were scared you'd do. It's torture Legion,  and I'm not going to let it happen.  We're not going to give them what they want cause we're better than that. I'm not going to ask again, let him go."  
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The telekinetic did not respond. He simply stood in silence, his body silhouetted by the ebbing flames.
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Kurt had already eased his attacker gently to the ground, and Scott didn't need to speak the next order aloud.  He teleported forward before Legion could react, taking no chances, and the next moment both men were gone.
  
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Rubbing at the bridge of his nose, Clint frowned and said, "Definitely things that aren't easily replaceable. If you have the kind of luggage that'll allow you to pack up your other stuff, go for it. If not, just lock your room or whatever and we can go back to get the rest of it when you're not actively being threatened. Also, you'll find out how I'm getting there when I get there. Call your family and let them know what's going on. And that you'll be getting a new number that you'll give them once you've got it. Don't wanna panic them, right? But also warn them that somebody's watching them - or at least your littlest cousin."
 
  
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​"Okay, I can do all of that. I really do appreciate all of your help, Clint.​ I'll bake you something if I can once you get me to wherever I'm going in thanks. Just tell me what you want." Darcy smiled for the first time in a few days, and got up to start packing.
 
 
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Revision as of 12:02, 4 April 2016

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Moment of Awesome - Scott Summers/Cyclops:

When a routine mission gets out of control, Cyclops has to face down one of his own team when Legion goes too far.


"Enough!" Scott's voice didn't raise his voice but the ice cold fury in his tone cut across the battlefield attracting the attention of everyone in the vicinity. "Let them go Legion, this is not what we do. We don't torture people like that, ever. That might be what Magneto does, but it's not what the Professor trained us to do and is really not helping the situation. Let them go and then head back to the Blackbird. It's time for us to go home," his gave swept over the imobalized men, "For all of us to go home."

"Cyclops", Kurt said, voice low and urgent. "Look at his face. Look at his eyes. This is not Jack - Legion, please stand down."

At last Haller addressed his teammates. "What would have happened if these people attacked someone without our power or training?" he asked, his attention still on his whimpering captive.

Outside of his field of control a woman was sobbing hysterically, trying to wrest herself out of the grip of another bystander to get to one of the fallen men. Haller's eyes flicked to the side, and a line of fire erupted across the lawn in front of her. She recoiled with a scream.

"I'll do my job," Haller continued, watching the white-faced man at his feet, "but I won't let them hurt us. And if they ever meet another mutant, I want them to consider their next course of action very carefully."

The man's arm began to twist again.

"I'm sure they will, next time they won't hesitate to attack all out since they know they're not going to get any quarter from us," Scott responded in a flat voice as he watched Haller twist the man's arm even further. "He's not a threat to anyone anymore, anything else you do isn't to protect us, it's just because you want to; and that's exactly what they were scared you'd do. It's torture Legion, and I'm not going to let it happen. We're not going to give them what they want cause we're better than that. I'm not going to ask again, let him go."

The telekinetic did not respond. He simply stood in silence, his body silhouetted by the ebbing flames.

Kurt had already eased his attacker gently to the ground, and Scott didn't need to speak the next order aloud. He teleported forward before Legion could react, taking no chances, and the next moment both men were gone.


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