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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.