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Moment of Awesome - Logan/Wolverine: During their battle with the Sentinels, Wolverine has need of his healing factor when he is blasted in the face with acid. The Sentinel reached up and pulled Wolverine from his back. As it did, mist hissed from vents in the palms and covered Logan. It instantly began to burn, starting with the soft tissues of his face unprotected by the uniform. It tossed Logan to the ground hard, already struck senseless by the loss of both eyes and his nose to the corrosive spray. The howling, screaming pain Logan felt didn't physically express itself simply because the tissues and nerve endings for those actions had been seared away. His body twitched in reactive muscle spasms while his brain whited out from everything. The pain was always the last to fade even as his body struggled to heal itself. Clearly, whatever of the thing was demon wasn't going to be so easily banished. Kurt gave up on the prayer and leapt to rescue Logan, grabbing his friend's shoulders to get him to safety where his powers could do their work. Nica had hung motionless in the air, her fists covering her mouth as she looked with horror at the ruin of Wolverine's face. It was one thing to read about the injuries he'd been able to heal from, but the reality was visceral. The smell of burned flesh and hair hung in the air. Only the puff of smoke from Kurt's teleport seemed to wake her from her shock. She dove behind the Sentinel's head to inspect the damage Wolverine's claws had done at the back of the neck. Long gouges proved adamantium had been stronger than whatever magic was powering this thing, wires and cables exposed. The sight gave Nica an idea, although it reminded her too much of what had happened with Laurie in the pod. She shoved the thought away and reached with both hands into the slashed open gap, recorporating enough to grab two handful of wires. Drawing energy out hadn't worked before, but perhaps she could overload it - she shoved a jolt of full spectrum energy through her hands. The wires grew white hot, smoking as the plastic casings melted and sparks dancing over the metal components. The Sentinel paused and tried to turn its neck, the movement jerky. That was enough for Nica - she ghosted again and zoomed away to where Kurt and Logan were. "I think my powers can disable it," she said to them, panting as she crouched by the two senior X-Men. "But I need to get past the shell." She winced at what she was about to say next. "Wolverine can cut chunks out of the outer casing, if you bamf him in and out and tell him where to cut?" "A good plan", Kurt said with a nod. "Wolverine, whenever you are recovered enough, we can begin." Logan managed to push himself upright with a grunt. Breathing was pain as was simply existing right now. He managed to focus his eyes on Nightcrawler and nodded. "Couple...more...minutes," he forced out through a mouth that tasted of metal and torn flesh. Those minutes passed excruciatingly slowly. Finally, he shook his whole body out then moved into a crouch. "Spectrum, direct us where ya want us."