X-men and Lilah
The group that were at the fight at Haven were still getting over the images they saw that night. Sally went home & cried herself to sleep. She knew they were out to hurt her but she never had imagined something so horrific. Rusty was with her the whole time, taking care of her. He & Johan were lucky, they didn't see it happen but they saw the result.
Rusty wasn't effected that much. But Johan had nightmares for a few nights. Sam & Roberto both managed to hide what they were feeling well in front of people who weren't there, but in private, you could tell by their faces that they had been effected.
Angelica was strong. She didn't shed a tear for one reason & one reason only: That night it was either going to be kill or be killed. And thats just what Polaris had done. Even though she didn't know it. Once she came to, she had no clue of what had happened after she got knocked out. Xi'an doesn't remember much either. She was lucky. Dani had taken it the worst. She felt like she should have been able to stop it. She could have gotten everyone to escape, not stay & defend themselves. She felt, everyone had looked to her for leadership & she failed them by nearly get them killed & even worse, mortally scarring them. And she was expressing these thoughts at night, in her sleep, through her powers. Each night, Angelica was awoken by Dani murmuring in her sleep to see images of Sumo & Wildside being killed, Reapers arms being chopped off. Angelica just stared at them hard-faced & refused to let them effect her. But the girls in the surrounding rooms were another story.
The two rooms next to Dani's room were both effected. One was Xi'ans room. She wouldn't say anything to any adults. The other belonged to two girls that neither Dani nor Angelica had met. And they were deeply effected by what they had saw. Xavier said that Dani must have been projecting these images, subconsciously trying to imagine the details in her dreams. He didn't even think to go inside Dani's mind. He was more concerned about why an event like that was making her "broadcast" the images. They were no ones dreams or fears. They, in his mind, were just images from her imagination. But not only were the images being projected flawlessly, they were also taking physical form. Angelica was able to touch one of them. Xavier believed that this was all due to her powers expanding.
Polaris meanwhile, had been in a coma most of the week. And when she woke up, she could barely remember going to the Haven. She remembered planning the "recruitment" but doesn't remember much from the actual night. She remembered flying the group to Haven, but nothing after that. Once she had recovered, she left without anyone knowing. Xavier tried tracking her but it didn't work. He was afraid that she was a child of Magneto. He knew that Magneto had had children somewhere & was worried she may be one of them & that he may have been manipulating her. Xavier was sure that Polaris had something to do with what went down at Haven.
Locus & Forearm were also nowhere to be found. Once they dropped Polaris of at the Institute seperately to the rest of the group, they left, rejecting Scott's offer to stay.
After seeing the news footage, Angelica was extremely concerned that two bodies were missing. When Kamikaze left, he flew out with Strobe, leaving Dragoness behind. But on the news, it was said that only two bodies were found & a pair of arms. So where was Dragoness & what remained of Reaper's body?
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"So this is the way it ended" Angelica wrote in her diary, finishing her summary of the past week, "People have been scared both physically & mentally, people are in pain & people's current whereabouts is unknown." Angelica stopped for a moment, wondering what to write. She knew what she had written sounded like it was in a good or it was narration at the end of a movie, but she felt this was the only way to express what she had be thinking, feeling. The only way to let it all out. Finally she put pen to paper one last time, writing "This is the aftermath"
With that, she closed, locked & hid her diary & made her way to breakfast, checking on the sleeping Dani before she left.
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Later that day, Mystique snuck into Angelica & Dani's room. She knew that Angelica had a diary because she had been reading it ever since she infultrated the place and she that reading her diary was the only way she could leanr what happened that night at Haven.
Mystique sat on Angelica's bed, disgused as Angelica & found the diary & unlocked it. She read through it with eyes wide open. She was under the impression that it was Magneto that was responsible. She had no clue about Polaris' existance. As she read the last line, she heard a knock on the door & hastily droped the diary on the floor & kicked it under Angelica's bed & waited to see if the person knocked again. Thye just sighed instead & walked off.
Once the coast was clear, Mystique ran out the room, changing into the lavender feline shape of Sharon & ran to the girls room. She closed the door & got out her mobile phone & ran Lilah Morgan, on her home number.
Lilah picked up the phone & said "Yes?"
Mystique just smiled & said "We have a new development. Theres some new players in town."
"How do you know this?" Lilah asked, curious to what Mystique was going to say.
"Lets just say, I read it in a "book" about "Angels"" Mystique replied with a sly smile
"I understand. I'll organise a meeting for us. In the meantime, try & find out more info. I'll contact you later. Bye."
With that Lilah hung up the phone & went back to reading the documents that Emma Frost had sent her about "The Frost Academy" in Salem, wondering to herself "Who were these new players & how was Angelica involved?"