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Haunted: Part 1
The Xavier Institute For Higher Learning…
Kim Alleyne arrives at the Xavier Institute. She gets out of her cab and looks up, where she finds a few mutants with flying powers playing with each other. Kim is amazed. She enters the Institute, and her older brother, David, approaches her together with the rest of the New Mutants squad. David says hi to his sister and starts to introduce his teammates to her, and at the same time describes their powers to Kim. Kim is amazed and mostly interested into the mutants with the more obvious powers, like Elixer, Surge and Icarus. But this doesn’t bother Wallflower and Wind Dancer, who promise Kim to make her stay a pleasant one.
David and the New Mutants decided to show Kim the campus. Kim envies David because he can go to such a cool school. David tells Kim that she hasn’t seen anything yet. They arrive at the Projectile Class, which is taught by Gambit. Noriko apologizes to the team and hurries over there, because she was supposed to be present. Jay apologizes as well because he has a gym class coming up, so he should go to and change. David tells Kim to go with Sofia and Laurie to get set up in their room, and then he’ll take her to his classes.
As they move, nobody notices that they are being watched. An invisible person places his hands against the widow, and says “No more.”
Some time later, David has brought Kim to his Drama Class. Kim isn’t impressed. David explains that Dani thought that this would be a good class for him, hoping that it might loosen him up a bit. Kim says it’s okay because “Dani said so.” Kim asks David why he didn’t show her a cooler class, like a flying class or something. David says that’s because he doesn’t fly. Kim replies that Sofia does fly, so maybe she can go with her. David tells Kim to give this class a chance, as he thinks that she will like it. Nightcrawler teleports in, right on time! Today, he says, they are going to talk about dramatic entrances! Kim is impressed by Nightcrawler’s appearance. David tells Kim who Kurt is and asks if this is cool enough for her now.
Meanwhile, Jay has made it to his room. He takes a look at a picture of his old girlfriend, which stands on his desk. He turns around and starts putting on a sweater. When he turns around again… the picture is gone! It’s on the bed now! Jay can’t understand how it got there. Suddenly, the frame of the photo starts to crack! Jay panics…
Elsewhere, Beast finishes his science class and gives his students their assignment for next week. Josh whispers to Laurie. He asks her if she think that Kim was freaked out by him because he looks golden, since, Josh admits, it even freaks him out sometimes. Laurie doesn’t think so and thinks that Kim was instead impressed, and tells Josh that gold looks good on him.
Beast explains to the kids that they will be broken into pairs, and that each pair will have to perform the analysis and record their results on the work sheets provided. Rahne hands out the work sheets and has gotten the assignment to make the groups. Rahne tells Julian that he will be working with Noah. And Laurie and Kevin will work together as well. And Josh, he will be working together with Phoebe. The bell rings and the students leave the class. Kevin approaches Laurie and asks her if they are going to make plans to work together. Laurie agrees but wants to do it after her upcoming Danger Room session. Beast walks out as well, wanting to grab some lunch. He thanks Rahne for the help. Rahne says its nothing and tells Henry that she will join him in a couple of minutes.
Josh stays behind and goes over to Rahne, and she asks him if she can help with something. Josh wants to know why Rahne made Laurie and Kevin lab partners. Rahne says that’s because it’s her job as a teacher. Josh doesn’t understand, because he and Laurie sit together and are even on the same squad. And Rahne also knows how crushed Kevin is over Laurie. He wants to know the real reason why Rahne did it. Rahne tells Josh that she and Laurie were talking the whole time while Beast gave out the assignment. She says that it’s her job to make sure that everyone gets the work done and not to arrange some alone time with Josh and his girlfriend. Josh tells Rahne that Laurie isn’t his girlfriend, but Rahne is!
Rahne tries to get out of it and makes up that what they have is complicated. She tells Josh that he and Laurie have gone on a couple of dates and that is good. Josh knew that Rahne was jealous! Rahne claims that she isn’t, and agrees that Josh should date other students. Josh doesn’t believe that, and tells Rahne that Laurie is his friend and that he likes her, but not in the same way he likes Rahne. He kisses Rahne. Surprised, she drops her notes. Rahne doesn’t think that this is the place. Josh tells Rahne that everyone is at lunch now and that they can clean up later. They kiss again…
At lunch, Kim can’t keep her eyes off from the mutants with obvious mutant powers, like the kids that look like a lizard. Laurie approaches her friends and tells them that Josh will join them soon. That’s fine by David, but he still wonders where Jay is, as he was supposed to meet with them too. Noriko looks outside, and sees Jay sitting on a basketball ring with his shirt off. She finds that weird and goes out to get him. Sofia asks Kim if she wants to join them in the Danger Room session this evening. Kim wants to, but David wants to ask Dani first. Kim is overjoyed, but isn’t really sure about what a “Danger Room” is. At another table, a kid’s tray disappears, but nobody took it.
Noriko goes to Jay and asks him what he’s doing here outside with his shirt off, since it’s freezing. Stalling, Jay tells Noriko that he had to get out of his room. Noriko asks him if he was thinking about Sammy. Jay denies that and explains Nori what happened with the photo that started to break. Nori can’t believe that Jay is actually scared because of that.  Noriko notices the wound on Jay’s chest and finds that weird, because she thought that all his wounds automatically healed. Jay explains that the wound healed, but not completely. He tells that he got the wound just before he came to the school.
Noriko notices the wound being near Jay’s heart. She wants to know how he got it. Jay explains that he gave him the wound by himself, but Nori can’t believe that. Jay tells about Julia, the love he lost and that he wanted to die as well to be with her. Noriko gets scared and asks Jay if he still wants to die now. Jay says that he doesn’t want to die, at least most of the time. But sometimes, like today, his mind plays tricks on him, and after Sammy died he started wondering again. Noriko doesn’t understand it and almost cries. Jay says that he feels like that he lost everything and tells Noriko that she wouldn’t understand it. Noriko cries and runs away, not believing that Jay could say that. Doesn’t he have, like, twenty brothers and sisters? And a mother that loves him? Yeah, Noriko tells Jay, he really has lost “everything.”
Tokyo, Japan…
A phone rings at the Ashida residence. Noriko, in Japanese, asks the woman who answers the phone if she can speak to Keitaro. The woman recognizes Noriko and asks her if it’s really her. Noriko, sitting at her room, says that she doesn’t want to cause any trouble and just wishes to speak with Keitaro. The woman promises that she will go get Noriko’s brother, but first wants to know if Nori is well. Noriko explains that she is, and mentions that she is in a safe place where she is learning to control her abilities. The woman is so glad to hear that.
A man enters and tells the woman to hand him the phone. He angrily says that he doesn’t know who he’s talking to, and that he doesn’t find this to be funny. Noriko tells her father that she just wanted to say hi. The man seriously says that his daughter chose not to be part of this family and has brought nothing but shame and hurt to her mother and to himself. And he also knows that she would never call here. Noriko can’t get any more words out of her mouth.
Inside the Institute…
All the kids walk to their classes. Wither is alone. A voice from an unseen person says that there are too many and shouldn’t be there, and that he will show them all.
Kevin enters the science class where Laurie is too. He says that he’s certain that he isn’t the lab partner Laurie wanted. Laurie corrects Kevin that isn’t true because she likes him. Kevin tells Laurie that she doesn’t like him as much as her boyfriend, Josh. Laurie corrects Kevin again that Josh isn’t her boyfriend. At least, not yet, she thinks. But, she says, that doesn’t have anything to do with whether or not they are friends. “Doesn’t it?” Kevin wonders. They both stare around the lab for a while, unsure what to say, and look at the many beakers standing there.
Laurie sees what he means, but at least doesn’t want that to affect the friendship she has with Kevin. Kevin doesn’t want that either and suggests that they move over to work. He wants to grab the beaker he just saw, but… it’s gone! Suddenly, he and Laurie hear something break. They go outside and find the beaker laying broken on the floor. This is weird. Laurie, staring in front of her, warns Kevin that he might want to get away from her because she is starting to get scared and she may not be able to control her pheromones. Kevin doesn’t see what Laurie means and goes back into the class. He tries to find out what Laurie sees, and they both stare at the black board, on which stands written in chalk “Leave now.”
Meanwhile, David and Kim are walking outside. Kim wants to know what the Danger Rooms holograms are of. “Anything,” David responses. He explains to his sister that, sometimes, the training is just a big obstacle course and other times they fight super-villains. Whatever it needs to be so the students at the school can practice. But David assures Kim that the holograms feel real enough. Kim wants to know if Dani would really let her come. David honestly doesn’t know, because she doesn’t have any mutant abilities to defend herself.
Kim doesn’t think that to be fair but David thinks that Kim is joking. Kim says that her school is boring. She wants to be able to fly and go to school with kids who are green and have classes in a Danger Room. David tries to explain that he is here because he can’t be anywhere else and that people hate him because he is different. He admits that Xavier’s is cool and that he is grateful to be here, but he doesn’t want Kim to be jealous that she isn’t him.
They move over to the basketball court, where Julian is playing. He jokes to David that he is picking his girlfriends a little young. David tells Julian that Kim is just his sister. Kim realizes that Julian is from the Hellions, and tells the young man that her brother hates him. Julian doesn’t care because the feeling is mutual. David tells Kim to be quiet and suggests they go talk to Dani.
They enter Dani and Shan’s office. David introduces Kim to Dani. Kim tells Dani that David writes about her all the time, and says lots of good stuff. David tells her to be quiet. Kim recognizes Shan and asks here if she is running the library of the Institute here as well, like in Chicago. Shan agrees that she is and that the library is her domain, so nobody better messes with it. But unfortunately, Shan adds, they lost some rare first editions when the school was recently attacked. But now, they are rebuilding the collection nicely. Kim asks Shan if she has a squad like Dani. Shan denies that, and explains that she instead mentors the kids who are too young to be on squads. David moves over to the fact that Kim wants to watch a Danger Room session. Dani might be able to arrange that, if Kim promises to stay in the observation deck. Kim asks if it’s dangerous. Dani jokes that her kids have a track record in there and sometimes things get a little out of control.
Meanwhile, Noriko sits at her room and listens to some music, looking at a family photo. She doesn’t hear the nocks on her door. Jay enters in costume. Angry, Nori asks Jay what he wants. Jay thought that he let Nori blow off some steam, but got worried when she didn’t show up in English class. Noriko tells Jay that he didn’t lose anything, because he has a family. Jay knows that. He takes a look around the room, and asks Noriko if that’s what got her so upset to trash the room. Trashed? Noriko takes a look at the destroyed room. She doesn’t know what happened since she didn’t do it. And her roommate is a “neat-freak.” She honestly doesn’t know how things got smacked because the room was spotless when she came in! Okay, things are definitely getting weird around there…
Later in the Danger Room…
The New Mutants discuss matters and Laurie thinks that they are dealing with a ghost. Kim is excited to find out that the Institute is haunted but David finds a ghost to be a little farfetched. Besides, he says, the school is filled with kids with all sorts of mutant abilities. He thinks that what happened to Jay and Noriko could be the result of invisibility, teleportation or even telekinesis. And it could also even be Julian trying to scare them. Jay finds it all to be cruel, even if it wasn’t a ghost. It had him thinking that he was losing his mind.
Dani enters in costume and asks the kids what’s up. Laurie asks Dani if the Institute is haunted. Dani highly doubts that, since the school was rebuilt just before the start of the semester, giving that it hasn’t been around long enough to be haunted. Josh tells Dani that David thinks that ghosts aren’t real. Dani admits that she believes in ghost and that they are real, but she knows that Xavier’s doesn’t have any. Dani wants to know specifically what’s going on. Probably nothing, David says, and thinks that it’s just Julian messing with them.
Dani opens the Danger Room and hopes that David is wrong about that, since they’ve already got enough problems without the fights between the New Mutants and the Hellions. Dani takes Kim into the observation deck and activates a session for her squad. Dani explains what it’s all about. The New Mutants have each been trapped in a situation where their powers don’t work. For example, David’s captors are skilled martial artists. But because they are robots, he can’t telepathically copy their skills. Laurie gets trapped in a cage and can only get out of it the way she got in. And the robot that guards her has no sense of smell so it is immune to her pheromones. Sofia is covered by green liquid. Dani explains to her that the organism is growing quickly and, as Sofia notices, it’s quite sticky. Plus, Sofia’s wind powers won’t be able to blow it away. She will have to escape before it engulfs her.
Noriko is forming a closed circuit with the ceiling and the floor. Her gauntlets can’t help her control the electric flow around her and she will be overloaded soon. With Jay, the winds he is dealing with are far too strong for him to walk or to fly out of his cage. He will have to find another way. Josh is the key of this exercise: he will have to help his teammates free themselves. “Great,” Josh sarcastically says. Him, the guy with no offensive powers whatsoever. Dani doesn’t care if Josh wants to see his situation that way. The exercise begins… NOW!
Josh runs to David, wanting to get their leader out first. David tells Josh not to do that, since he has studied with Wolverine and has had enough training to keep moving. He wants Josh to help Sofia out first. He warns Josh that his goggles are giving him no information about the slime that holds her, but he remembers that Dani mentions that they are organic. He suspects that maybe it’s some sort of virus or bacteria. He tells Josh to use his healing powers to stop it from replicating. Josh does so, and the plan works! Now, Sofia is free to use her wind elsewhere. Sofia sees what David is thinking and uses her wind powers to control the air that trapped Jay. He is free as well and asks David what to do next.
Kim is impressed by the session, where instead at her school, they play dodge ball. Dani tells Kim that her brother is the best strategic thinker at the school. Jay helps David destroy the robots, but David suggests to free Laurie first. He hears a hum coming from her cage. David tells Jay that he has a fancy voice, so maybe he can match the frequency of the lock. Jay moves over to Laurie and sings until the lock breaks open. He helps Laurie get out of the cage, and she congratulates Jay on the beautiful voice he has. Jay picks Laurie up and they move over to Noriko, who is almost overloaded.
Sofia makes sure that the wind will assure Laurie that her pheromones find their target and that they will calm Noriko down. The plan works. Noriko admits that when so much powers floats through her at the same time it’s hard to stay calm and in control. But she needs to be calm to control the flow. Noriko destroys the circuits around her and is in full load. But now she desperately needs to discharge. She sees David still struggling with his robots and unleashes her powers to help him out. She also takes care of Sofia’s slime, and Josh makes sure that Sofia isn’t hurt by the electricity.
Noriko almost collapses due to the so many electricity in her. Sofia warns Dani that Nori isn’t feeling well. Dani wants to go over there and Kim wants to go too, but Dani tells her to stay in there, because she knows that incidents have happened in the past. Kim does as told, but mocks about it.
Suddenly, an intangible kid sits next to her! The kid feels that Kim is different. Kim sees the kid and asks him what his mutant powers are. Sadly, the kid says that he is dead. Kim realizes that it was the kid who caused all the troubles around here. The kid tells Kim to get out of the Institute while she can. Kim doesn’t know what the boy is talking about. The kid gets angry and shouts at Kim to get out while she can and disappears!
Startled and happy, Kim walks over to the New Mutants and Dani. Dani tells Kim that she asked her to stay upstairs. Kim knows that, because she doesn’t have any powers. But, she gladly corrects, that’s not true. Kim has just discovered that… she too is a mutant!


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Haunted: Part 2
Xavier’s, the Danger Room:
An overjoyed Kim tries to convince the New Mutants that she really is a mutant who can talk to ghosts. Nobody believes her, of course, but Kim swears that it’s the truth. Dani is more interested in finding out how the ghost spoke to the young girl. Kim swears that she isn’t lying. Dani suddenly senses that Kim is telling at least part of the truth, as she can feel that someone is up in the Danger Room’s observation deck, and that that person is dead.
At the observation desk, the ghost switches the safety protocols off and presses on a button. Suddenly, a simulation of Magneto appears! And he is ready to kill the X-Men. The New Mutants panic, as they know that Magneto used to fight all the X-Men and would win. The group gets more and more convinced that Kim really does speak to dead people.
Magneto uses his power of metal to destroy part of the Danger Room. A heavy piece almost drops on Laurie, but Josh notices it just in time and catches the bullet. David tries to make perfect battle strategies. He wants Nori to attack him, since she controls electricity. Noriko tries, but Magneto manipulates her metal gauntlets and makes her knock David out. Sofia tries to distract Magneto but he is quicker than she is and defeats her as well. Dani wants to use her illusion powers but knows that they are useless on Magneto, thanks to his special helmet.
Jay has heard enough and flies into action. He flies over Magneto and takes his helmet off. Magneto isn’t impressed and magnetically throws Jay against a wall. Noriko panics when she sees Jay getting hurt and totally freaks out when she finds out that Magneto broke her gauntlets, and thinks that she will overload.
Dani uses her powers and brings Magneto’s worst fear out, that of Charles Xavier. The two old enemies talk to each other like they always do, while the New Mutants try to make time to find a way to defeat Magneto. Suddenly, Magneto’s simulations fades away! The group looks up and finds out that Shan has arrived just in time to switch the Danger Room off. The survivors tend to the wounded. Noriko walks over to Jay and is surprised to find out that he’s still alive and didn’t snap his neck like the thought he had. Jay says that his wounds always heal and that he couldn’t die even if he wanted to. And he doesn’t want to die.
Later at the Infirmary.
Beast checks up on the New Mutants and makes sure that everyone is fine. Josh is last and goes to see his friends. Outside, Dani can’t thank Shan enough for arriving when she did. They try to figure out what happened. A panicking Rahne enters the room as she heard that Josh was injured. Dani corrects her that everyone was practically hurt but that they’re all okay now. When Rahne asks how it happened, Dani explains to her friends that she thinks that the school is haunted. Shan and Rahne can’t believe it. Dani confirms that she could feel a presence in the control room before the Danger Room simulation started, and that it was most definitely not alive. Shan is confused, as she thought that Dani’s death-sense powers had faded. Dani thought that too but apparently she was wrong. They need to find this ghost.
Cyclops and Emma Frost check on David. He isn’t sure if they really were attacked by a ghost. But he admits that weird things have been happening to the New Mutants all day. At first, he suspected that Julian was messing with them, but now he isn’t so sure. Emma highly doubts that Julian would put the group in that much danger. Still, Scott wants to look into every possibility. David also informs the two headmasters about his visiting sister, Kim, and that she thinks that she can talk to ghosts, thanks to a mutant power. Cyclops and Emma don’t know what to say about that. Before they can go on, Kim and Sofia enter the room and want to have dinner. Cyclops tells David that he can go and promises to look into both matters.
The school cafeteria…
It’s past normal dinner hour, so the lunchroom is mostly empty, besides the New Mutants and a few Hellions. Outside, there’s a heavy wind and the branches of the trees blow hard and scarily against the windows. Laurie finds it creepy to find the mansion so empty today, and is scared by the rattling after what happened today. Josh thinks it’s kind of cool to find Xavier’s haunted. Noriko doesn’t and still suspects Julian to be the culprit. Julian enters the room and walks over to his teammates, completely ignoring the New Mutants. Sofia doesn’t think that Julian is that mean, though she suspects that he will tease them about the Danger Room disaster. Laurie thinks that too and tells Sofia that Julian is at least not bugging her all the time, referring to him hitting on her. Sofia, hesitating, thinks that’s better too.
Kim gets upset and can’t understand why everyone is talking about Julian and doesn’t believe her story. Noriko tries to calm her down. Kim wonders how soon she can go to school here and thinks if they will let kids start in mid-semester. Sofia explains that they will if Kim really is a mutant, for her own safety. Noriko tells Kim to get serious and tries to make her understand that if she could talk to the ghost that that doesn’t make her a mutant. A serious Kim tells Noriko that David was right about her and that Nori really can be obnoxious. A surprised Noriko withdraws herself and says that she will keep her opinions to herself in the future.
Laurie is still freaked out by the wind and thinks that Sofia could use her powers to make it stop. Josh knows what Laurie needs: a dinner off campus away from all this weirdness. Laurie thinks that might be fun, and invites Josh to come with her to her weekly visit to her mother and have dinner with them. They could ask permission to leave campus. The rattling outside gets even worse then before. Sofia really starts to think about using her powers to make it stop. She thinks that the ghost is very angry. David tries to apologize to Noriko about what Kim said to her, but Nori tells him that she’s fine.
Wither walks over to Laurie and asks her if she’s okay. Laurie tells Kevin she is. Kevin was just worried about her because these weird things kept happening to her. Josh gets upset and tells Kevin that he will keep Laurie safe, no matter what. Kevin isn’t impressed by that remark, as he still thinks that the only thing Josh is good at is getting into trouble. They keep arguing and Josh thinks that Kevin wants to fight him. Kevin doesn’t want to do that, because if he would fight Josh would be dead. Josh thinks that to be a threat.
Everyone gets up from their table to stop the arguing before it gets out of control. Suddenly, Kim notices that the table is gone! Everyone looks around and out of nowhere, the table and the food falls out of the air and almost hits them! The group looks at Julian, suspecting him, but Julian claims to have nothing to do with it.
The Headmaster’s Office…
Cyclops has called Julian to him and also suspects him to be behind it all. Julian honestly tries to convince Scott that he has nothing to do with it, but Scott doesn’t believe one word with it. He warns Julian that if something bad would happen to the New Mutants after this conversation, he will come looking for him. So it will be Julian’s job to make sure that each member will be safe. Julian agrees and is allowed to leave and get some sleep. Though Julian isn’t so sure that he will sleep in a house that is haunted.
In their rooms, David tries to catch some sleep but can’t because Josh keeps talking. Josh convinces David to go deep themselves into the ghost incident tomorrow. Kim tries to convince Sofia and Laurie that there really is a ghost, though they are both already convinced. Noriko, alone at her room, looks sadly at her family photo. Jay sits alone on the roof.
The next day…
In his class, David explains to Kim that the estate is old, but the building is new, so the ghost might be someone who died recently. Sofia tells Laurie that perhaps the choice of Magneto in the Danger Room was not a coincidence, as the dead often try to communicate with the living by whatever means they can.
At the library, Jay informs a not-much-interested Noriko that their team has a theory that the kid was trying to tell them he died when Magneto destroyed the school. Noriko wonders why the ghost didn’t just talk to them if he really wanted to. Jay realizes that it really bugs Nori that Kim doesn’t like her.
After school…
The New Mutants gather at the computer room. When David wants to know why they aren’t just telling the faculty about his theory, Sofia explains that’s because Cyclops is convinced that this is all Julian’s doing. And besides, Kim says, the ghost will only talk to her. She needs to be there and the teachers won’t let her do that. Josh tells David that, since he is their resident smart guy, he needs to get into the school records and find out which kids died when the school blew up.
David does as told, but can’t access that file since it’s secure. Josh suggests that David latches on to someone’s hacking skills. David could do that in the same room as Sage or Shadowcat, but he thinks that they would probably want to know why he is hacking into secure files. What David can get, is a list of current students and students before the explosion. If they compare, then the kids who are no longer here at the school are their target. But a whole bunch of kids didn’t return to the school and only a couple of kids died. And David has no way of knowing which is which.
Noriko suggests to go to the cemetery and check headstones against names. Kim finds that cool and Nori is glad to hear that. Josh asks the group if they are doing that tonight, so that he and Laurie would cancel their dinner. Sofia thinks that they should do it tonight, as there would be less of a chance of being spotted. But she tells Josh and Laurie that they should not cancel dinner, as the rest of them can handle it. Sofia walks over to Laurie and whispers to her and asks if they really are going on a date, since Laurie spend all this time with Josh and he hasn’t even kissed her yet. And when someone brings a boy to meet her mother, that seems like a date to Sofia. Laurie tells her friend that they’ll see what happens.
The Headmaster’s Office…
Emma has summoned Kevin to her. She has heard about last night’s incident, but tells the boy that since the fight did not get far, neither him or Josh are facing detention. But Emma does believe that it’s time that Kevin talked to someone. To a professional. A therapist. Kevin doesn’t see why he should need to do that, since Josh doesn’t have to do it. Emma explains to Kevin that this isn’t about Josh. It’s about his power and that it’s causing him emotional difficulty. Emma knows what it did to Kevin’s father. And she also knows that Kevin was using his powers on animals at the junkyard. And it distresses her that Kevin threatened to use it on Josh.
When Kevin asks to whom he should talk, Emma explains that she is looking into their options. She thinks that she has found someone with a favorable attitude towards mutants and with a sterling reputation. But Emma confidents Kevin that this is not a punishment. She just wants to see him happier. Kevin promises to give it a try. That’s all Emma asks.
That night…
It’s been twenty-four hours. Dani, Shan and Rahne gather at the library. Dani says that Scott and Emma re still looking into students, but Dani knows in her gut that it really was a ghost. And she also realizes that her kids are going to be looking into it. Shan asks Dani if she’s really sure that her team won’t just leave it to the faculty. Dani knows that David would think that, but then she realizes that he would be outvoted because, technically, the New Mutants wouldn’t be doing anything wrong. Dani wants to go figure this out before the kids do something foolish.
Meanwhile, the New Mutants, minus Josh and Laurie but with Kim, are on their way to the graveyard behind the school. David really thinks that they should take this to Dani. Sofia tells David that they are training them to take care of themselves. Jay thinks that they really should take care of themselves, as the ghost is targeting them. David corrects that it’s not just them. He knows Callie from the Corsairs. David has heard that weird stuff was happening to her at lunch yesterday and rather thinks that the ghost is targeting new students. Sofia isn’t so sure, as the ghost also went after Laurie, and she isn’t new. Jay thinks that David might be right, as Laurie was with Kevin in the lab and he just came back to the school.
The kids find the headstone of deceased student Greg Van Meter. David hands Kim over his glasses and tells her to look into them to find out if that’s the boy she saw. It isn’t, but Kim can see the ghost hiding behind a tree nearby! but the ghost quickly disappears afterwards. Kim tries to convince everyone that the ghost was really there. David knows that his sister is right as he saw the ghost as well.
Shan thinks that what this ghost has done can either be ghost powers or his own mutant powers. Rahne remembers that things have been moving. So either the ghost has telekinesis, or… Teleportation, Dani recalls. The ghost appears again behind Kim and tells her to leave now. Dani asks her friends what the ghost wrote on the chalkboard. “Leave now,” right? Rahne tells her that Josh told her that it said more to Kim. It said: “leave now while you can!” Dani remembers her saying that to a student when she and the others were evacuating the school when Magneto attacked. Dani knows who the ghost is.
Everyone of the New Mutants can now see the ghost. Noriko offers her coat to the ghost, as he must be cold. The ghost says that he’s dead. Nori tells the ghost that doesn’t mean that he can’t be cold and offers her coat again. Kim realizes that the ghost is talking to Noriko, to all of them. She asks the ghost if that’s because she is here. Is she channeling him? The ghost tells Kim that she is different. Kim knows that she is, but that’s a good thing. The ghost tells Kim that she shouldn’t be there. He tells all the New Mutants that they shouldn’t be here.
Sofia tries to calm the ghost down. The ghost tells the team to leave now, while they can! He looks at them and stands still, and then teleports the New Mutants away!


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Haunted: Conclusion
The Xavier Institute Campus:
All the New Mutants, minus Laurie and Josh, fall out the sky after being teleported by the ghost. Jay catches Kim. David tells Sofia not to bother about him, but instead catch Noriko first, as she is about to hit the lake beneath them, and water and electricity don’t mix - Sofia does so. David keeps falling, but before he can reach the water, telekinetic powers hold him away from it! David was saved by, ironically, none other than Julian!
The rest of the New Mutants land and curious they ask Julian what he is doing there. Julian angrily explains to his rivals that Cyclops made him make sure that the New Mutants were kept safe, since Scott holds him responsible for all the weird things that have been happening around the school. Sofia thanks Julian, but he arrogantly tells Sofia that it wasn’t his choice. He tells her that he’s got tons of friends, and after the way she blew him off, Sofia isn’t one of them.
The New Mutants walk away but, before they go, Julian asks them what’s really going on. David informs him about the ghost, whom they found at the cemetery but teleported them away, and now they plan to find it again. Julian thinks that the New Mutants are a bit understaffed for a mission like this, and asks them where Laurie and Josh are. David informs him that they are on a date.
Laurie and Josh are visiting her mother and have just finished supper. Josh fakes that he liked Gail’s cooking. Gail is glad to meet Josh, as she keeps telling Laurie that, since she lives so close to the Institute, that she can bring her friends over anything but hardly does that. Josh offers to help with the dishes, but Gail tells the kids to just sit back and relax. When her mom’s gone, Laurie tells Josh she knows he didn’t like the food. Josh doesn’t want to say. Laurie says that it’s okay, since her mom never spend much time learning how to cook. Usually when they eat together, they order something. Josh likes Laurie’s mom. He never knew that she was so… hip. Josh really was going to say “hip.” “Right,” Laurie says.
Josh looks at the many pictures of Laurie and her mom around the house. Josh knows that Laurie’s mom is single and, since she is so hip, a lot of men must be waiting in lines for her. Laurie explains to Josh that her mom doesn’t date. Laurie remembers Josh about her father, who had the same powers she had but used them to make people do whatever he wanted them to do, and also to make them love him. Josh finds Laurie’s dad a jerk and promises to beat him up should he ever meet him. Gail asks the kids if they are ready for desert. Gail promises Josh that she bought it, so it should be good. Josh doesn’t know what to say, but Gail admits that she isn’t a great cook. But Josh got points pretending he did like it.
Meanwhile…
The New Mutants still wander around the cemetery. Dani and Shan show up and tell the kids that Rahne is out informing the rest of their squad about what’s going on. Dani wanted to let the kids know that they’ve figured out who the ghost is. Dani remembers that, when Magneto attacked the school, it was their job to get the kids out. There was one student with the name of Jeffrey Garret, who had come to the school after his parents died. He refused to run and was upset with Dani because the school was supposed to be safe. Jeffrey forgot something in his room and wanted to go back. Dani tried to stop him but, hotheaded as Jeffrey was, he ignored her warnings and teleported away. Later, Dani and the others didn’t found his body, so they assumed that Jeffrey had survived but just didn’t wanted to come back like a few other students.
Julian thinks that Jeffrey did get out and, since he hated the school, he just came back to mess with everyone. Dani doesn’t think so, since she has a certain connection with the dead, and she knows that Jeffrey simply isn’t alive. She could already tell that back in the Danger Room. Sofia suggests to contact the ghost and help him lay his spirit to rest. Kim wants to help out, still thinking that she has mutant powers. Noriko convinces her of the truth and that Kim isn’t a mutant, since the ghost talks to everyone. Dani agrees on doing that, but since it’s getting close to curfew she tells the kids to go to bed, but promises to do the thing tomorrow.
Josh and Laurie arrive back at the Institute. Josh admits he had a fun night. Laurie did too. They stand before her door, and… they kiss! Josh tells Laurie he’ll see her tomorrow. With butterflies in her stomach, Laurie goes into her room and Josh walks to his - though he’s awaited by Rahne. She takes it that the date went well. They argue about their relationship, and Rahne wants to end it for good this time. She knows that Josh makes Laurie happy, and Rahne doesn’t want to ruin that for her. She’s a good person. As they talk, they don’t notice to be overheard by Kevin from up in his room.
The next morning:
David tells Josh that he’s going to their friends, but Josh doesn’t want to go. He even refuses to go to his classes. He doesn’t feel well. David tries to make Josh understand that he can’t do that, but leaves him be and gets out. Outside, he sees Noriko and runs over to her, asking if she wants to go to breakfast to him. Noriko’s a bit upset and doesn’t want to. David notices that and asks what’s wrong. Noriko hates it that David’s sister doesn’t like her. David doesn’t understand, as since when does Noriko cares when people don’t like her? Noriko explains that she wanted Kim to like her, because David has been nice to her and Kim is his sister.
As they go sit on the grass, David tells Noriko that Kim is fourteen years old. And if Noriko gives Kim a few days, all of that could chance faster than she knows. David thinks that can’t be all that’s bothering Noriko. Noriko explains that she phoned to her house the other day and just wanted to talk to her brother, but her dad wouldn’t even let her. He acted like Nori wasn’t his daughter anymore. David feels a little bit guilty. Noriko tells David not to. They walk to the cafeteria together, and David jokingly promises Noriko that he’ll make Kim like her. Noriko knows that David’s telepathy doesn’t work that way. David says that’s not what he meant.
That afternoon:
Dani goes to see Josh, who’s still sulking in his room. She was worried about him since he didn’t show up in her History class, and Shan told her that he didn’t show up in French either. Dani asks Josh if he skipped all of his classes today but Josh only says that he did but promises to be back tomorrow. Dani remembers Josh that she isn’t just his advisor, but also his guardian and if Josh has problems, she wants that he talk about it with her. Dani asks if the date with Laurie didn’t go well, but Josh doesn’t want to talk about his romantic life.
Dani asks if Josh worries about the fight he had with Kevin over Laurie. Josh says it isn’t, and tells Dani to go bother Kevin because he threatened to use his powers on him and not otherwise. Dani explains to Josh that she can’t do that since she isn’t Kevin’s advisor anymore, but that Emma is but promises that she’s making sure that Kevin gets the care he needs. Josh tells Dani that he appreciates her concern, but that he can’t talk about his love life to her. Dani respects that and tells Josh that she’ll be there for him should he ever need her.
New York City:
Emma walks Kevin to his psychiatrist. Emma explains that the shrink is good and that he didn’t chose him because of his cable television show or because of his best-selling books. No, Emma brought Kevin there because this psychiatrist is smart, insightful and always has been a champion of mutant rights. They open the door of the office of Dr. Sean Garrison. Emma leaves them so that the two can get to know each other.
Sean asks Kevin to tell about himself and to say why he’s there. Kevin doesn’t have much to say, but explains that he accidentally killed his father when his power manifested themselves and that the government wanted to throw him in jail. Kevin asks Sean if he can work with that. Enthusiastic, Sean tells Kevin that he can work with everything.
That night:
Laurie and Sofia are preparing a séance in the cafeteria. The rest of the New Mutants and Kim also show up. Laurie whispers to Sofia that she won’t lose control and didn’t even do that when Josh kissed her. Sofia wants to know all about it, but the conversation has to be put on hold as just then Josh enters.
Sofia explains that they are doing the séance in the cafeteria because it’s the closest to where the dormitories used to be, plus the closest where Jeffrey died. Sofia tells the team that they need to help the ghost and put him to rest.  Jay gets angry hearing, refusing to help the ghost, since he was messing with the most painful memories of his life. He wants the X-Men to handle things and leaves. Sofia tries to stop Jay but fails to. Julian shows up and tells Sofia not to bother, as Jay didn’t take orders from him either.
Sofia is surprised to see Julian, but he explains that he promised to keep the New Mutants safe and he’ll keep his word. Dani shows up too and wants to know why Sofia asked her to close the cafeteria for everyone else. Sofia explains about the séance and is glad that Dani’s there, since they could use her connection to the death. Julian asks Dani what “connection” they are talking about. Dani explains that she used to be a Valkyrie. Julian knows about the chooser of the dead and that the term comes from Asgard. Dani agrees and remembers Asgard to be a nice place. But she explains to the group that she stopped being a Valkyrie a long time ago and isn’t sure if those powers are still there within her. She admits that she just has a feeling off Jeffrey.
Sofia tells Dani that’ll be enough and that she’ll be their anchor. She and Laurie tell everyone to sit down and hold hands. Julian jokes that Sofia only wanted to do this so that they could hold hands. They argue about it, but eventually do hold hands as told. They sit around the table and ask Jeffrey’s spirit to come to them. Outside, the wind gets heavier. Josh thinks that it’s Sofia’s doing, but she swears that it isn’t and orders everyone to concentrate.
The plan seems to work as the tables around them start disappearing. Julian notices that and wants Dani to tell Cyclops that this isn’t his doing. Knifes and forks fall out of the sky onto the table. The group wants to stop but Sofia wants to go on, as she’ sure that Jeffrey doesn’t want to hurt them. The group does so, and Jeffrey Garret’s ghost appears, with knives in his hands, and angrily orders everyone to “leave now while you can!”
Kim wants to talk to him, but Jeffrey makes Kim understand that she isn’t a mutant and that she should leave. Dani asks Jeffrey why he didn’t escape together with them. Jeffrey explains that he wanted to go back to his room to take the picture of his parents with him, since that was the only memory he has of them. Dani apologizes. She explains to Jeffrey that he has to stop scaring people, as he knows how rude the outside world is. Dani can try to protect the Xavier kids from all the Magneto’s, but begs Jeffrey not to make her stop him as well. Jeffrey sees his mistake and cries and can’t stop apologizing.
Jay comes back and has overheard it all. Noriko walks over to him. Jay explains to her that he’s still mad at Jeffrey, but feels sorry for him as well. David tells Sofia that he admires her for being such a medium in contacting ghost. Sofia takes David away and admits to him that she had no idea what she was doing. She just looked the thing up on the Internet before they began.
The next day:
Kim sits alone in the library and mocks. David finds her, and they talk about the fact that Kim finally realizes that she isn’t a mutant. David is happy for her, knowing that Kim will most likely never be the victim of hatred and prosecution. Kim still has one more day left in the Institute and wants to have some fun. She asks David if she can go to Sofia’s flying class. David thinks that they can arrange that.
Jeffrey feels sorry that Jay hates him. Noriko is with him and explains to Jeffrey that Jay doesn’t hate him, but just doesn’t like him because Jeffrey messed with the memories of his dead girlfriend. But Noriko promises that she will help Jeffrey with the ghost thing. She brings him to Shan’s class, who’s just teaching the Institute’s lower school. Shan tells Jeffrey that he won’t be put in a squad until he’s mature enough. Noriko smiles, and lets Jeffrey and Shan continue.


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Too Much Information - part 1
The Xavier Institute For Higher Learning:
Cyclops opens his class, which is supposed to teach the many students present about leadership and tactics. Lots of squad leaders like David, Sofia and Julian have showed up, but Scott finds it refreshing that also a lot of team members have signed in. Scott wants his students to remember that a clear strategy is as valuable as the strongest mutant power. Julian asks Cyclops whether, in a real X-squad, the leader should be the most powerful one. Cyclops corrects the boy that that isn’t necessary, as it all depends on the mix-up of the squad. Looking sarcastically at David, Julian asks Scott that a leader should have powers beyond being smart, no?
Scott realizes that Julian is once more trying to turn his class into a discussion towards his dislike for David. But he won’t allow it, and Scott wants to talk about David’s knowledge absorbing powers, and he mentions that they would make David the best man to use in any battlefield. Julian agrees, but mocks that they’re talking about just borrowed knowledge. The minute those people are gone, David’s mind is useless, he thinks. Sofia tells Julian that he’s being harsh. Julian doesn’t believe that, as he is just telling things the way they are. What good is a part-time strategist who can’t even defend himself? David, wearing new glasses, wonders.
Later, after class:
Sofia and David walk out together. Sofia wants David to know that he is invaluable to the team, just like they all are. David is depressed and doesn’t believe that. Josh notices his friends and walks over to them, asking how class was. David tells Josh not to do that, so he won’t. Josh notices David’s glasses and jokes about it. David gets even grumpier and explains that his eyesight isn’t what it used to be, so he’s got no choice.
Office of Emma Frost, the Headmistress:
David has searched Emma out and they have been talking for a while. Emma finds David’s question to be interesting, but wants to know why he didn’t ask it to his advisor. David explains that’s because Dani only has limited telepathy and can only cast illusions and he thought he needed a full telepath to fulfill his request. Emma agrees and enters David’s mind to find the answer. Emma draws back, because David has a mental block installed in his mind, which prevents him from retaining the knowledge he absorbs, like some sort of defense mechanism.
David wants to know if he can get rid of it. Emma is reasonably certain that she could do that telepathically. But she has to wonder if that would be wise, as the block may be there for good reason.
New York City, the office of Dr. Sean Garrison:
Sean wants to talk a little bit more about Kevin’s powers. Kevin admits that he used to think that he could do something good with them, but that he isn’t so sure about that now. Sean wonders and asks Kevin if he could control what it is that he decays, and if he could target specific cells. Sean thinks that Kevin could cure cancer some day. That would be cool, Kevin smirks, as he thinks about Josh and how cool he thinks when he uses his powers to help people. He would love to beat Josh like that.
Sean can’t help noticing that Kevin keeps talking about his rivalry with Josh. Sean wants to know more about Laurie. Kevin explains that she and Josh finally started dating, after she learned to control her pheromone powers. Hearing what Laurie’s powers are, Sean suddenly gets very interested and wants to know more, claiming it’s for his notes. Kevin tells Sean Laurie’s full name, and that she used to be shy and that he thinks that she started liking Josh when he saved her life. Kevin asks his doctor if it would be wrong to tell Laurie a secret that could break her relationship. Sean doesn’t care about that, he only wants to focus on whatever makes Kevin happy, and wants to explore that, no matter what.
The Xavier Institute Campus:
Dani is busy taking care of a horse when Emma approaches her. She wants to talk about David and that he asked her to remove the mental block in his mind. Dani doesn’t know how she feels about that. Emma does, as it’s extremely dangerous. She knows that knowledge not earned could ultimately lead to corruption. Dani agrees, but knows that David is a smart kid and is sensible even without his powers. She fully trusts him. Emma thinks that it’s their job as adults to guide David. Dani knows that, but realizes that, in the end, it will be David’s decision to make.
A few minutes later, David, Dani and Emma gather at Emma’s office. Dani wants David to think this through but David already has. He remembers when he was in high school, and used to know all the answers to the tests. He felt like a fraud when everything got out of his head when the teacher walked out. Emma tells David that he’ll still be a fraud even if she removes the block, as David would still be using the knowledge he absorbed from others. David thinks so too, but believes, that over time, he will combine both the knowledge of his own and the ones he absorbed. He would be putting them together like the minds of the originals never could and coming up with new insights.
Right now, David has to learn twice as hard to learn because he is going backwards. He gets the answers and then he has to figure out the questions after everything fades. Dani recalls that David always said that working backwards kept him honest. David agrees, but that keeps him from being useful. David makes everyone understand that he isn’t ashamed of his powers. He just wants to use the full potential of them. He thinks that they all know that he isn’t going to change otherwise.
Dani and Emma look at each other, with noticeable doubt in their eyes. Dani can only tell David that he’s the most responsible person she knows and trusts him to make a wise decision. David tells Emma to go for it. Emma tells David that Dani is his advisor, and will follow her lead. David goes to sit, though he’s a bit scared. Dani holds his hand and promises to be there for him. Emma goes into his mind, and promises that it won’t hurt.
The next day:
Beast teaches his science class. David raises his hand - not to ask a question, but to go to the bathroom. Henry gives David the permission to go. He notices Noriko in the hallway. She’s a bit surprised to see him, as normally he would be in class. David tells her that he simply had to go out of class to test if everything worked. And it did. David knows everything Beast knows: genetics, physics… The whole lot is inside his mind. Noriko asks David if he’s going to skip class now that he knows all the answers. Hesitating at first, David afterwards says that he’ll go back to class now. Noriko’s glad to hear that, because, she jokes, the day that David Alleyne would skip class is when the world is upside down!
Later at the Danger Room:
Dani tells to her team that, instead of the normal Danger Room session, she’ll give her students a special guest who’ll learn them everything about self-defense. She introduces Wolverine to the squad. Though Logan’s a busy man, as he triples duty on the current X-teams, Logan agreed to do the training but she warns the kids not to waste his time.
Before Wolverine can even begin his class, David wants to try something with Logan. David wants to know how much he can do on his own. He hands Logan over a Magneto-like helmet, which will shield his mind from telepathy or in David’s case leeching. Logan agrees. He puts the helmet on and they both begin to fight each other. The Danger Room transforms into a dojo. David successfully manages to block Wolverine’s every kick, and can even surprise the man!
Wolverine congratulates him, but tells David that he still masters him because Logan has the heightened agility and strength. David knows that, but he has been running into lots of different X-Men all day. David absorbed all their skills and mastered them. He beats Logan again. He shuts down the simulation. David asks Logan who he would says is even a better fighter than he is, and David asks if Logan could introduce him to that person.
Some time later, David writes a list of people he would like to meet. The list includes intelligent persons like Reed Richards, and powerful and former leaders like Bill Clinton. Josh comes into the room and asks David’s what he’s doing. David explains, and hopes that Dani might convince some of the listed people to guest lecture at the school. Josh thinks that it’ll take David a while to meet them all. David wants to go through the list in the next few weeks. Or maybe just pass them for a moment. Josh asks David what he’s going to do with the schoolwork.
David says that he has absorbed every curriculum and all the required reading. He opens a drawer from his desk and shows Josh all the papers he wrote so far, which will cover the next few weeks. David is confident if he’ll cover the next ones over the week, he’ll be ready for the rest of the year. Josh thinks that David is going to leave the school. David denies that. At least, not yet, he mentions. But he does feel like he could be spending his time more productively.
David hugs his roommate, and tells Josh that there’s so much more they could all achieve. David tells Josh that his power could eliminate every possible disease inside his body. Josh doesn’t know that for sure, as he is still learning how to heal external wounds. David offers Josh to help him master that skill. Josh doesn’t know what to say, but wants David to promise to stick around at the school at least to help them win the next upcoming Field Day competition. David promises to do that and they walk out of the room.
The next week:
Cyclops speaks to the New Mutants. He tells the team that they are about to enter the Danger Room. Scott explains that this week’s Field Day assignment is to stop the simulate crisis they will find inside the Room. Scott explains to all teams present that the squad who can fulfill the mission with the less civil and property damage will win the contest.
The team goes inside the Danger Room, and are shocked to find out that they are going to have to take on… a rampaging Hulk! David quickly orders his teammates what to do. He tells Laurie that her pheromones will calm the brute and that Sofia has to use her wind powers to guide them. Noriko has to distract the Hulk long enough so that Laurie and Sofia can do their jobs. Jay has to evacuate the surrounding scared civilians and Josh will have to check on the injured. The team moves for fifteen minutes and the Hulk reverts back to Bruce Banner, though Noriko gets hurt in the process. David congratulates his team and goes to check on Noriko, who isn’t that badly injured. But she realizes her mistake, as if it would have been a real scenario, she would have been killed. David explains that the loss of a teammate was not one of the mission parameters. He’s confident that they will win, and that not even the Corsairs can beat them.
A few Field Day assignments go on, and later the winner announcement comes. Cyclops proudly announces that the second and third winners are the Corsairs and the Hellions, but this year’s Field Day winners are… the New Mutants! The New Mutants go on stage and Scott hands Sofia their deserved trophy. But the Institute has one more award to reach. Scott presents all present students David Alleyne, who wins for all-around academic excellence! Everyone in the room proudly claps for David, the bright star of the Xavier Institute, except for Julian, who just stares. David thanks Cyclops for the great honor.
The New Mutants go celebrate in a separate room. Josh is more than glad to have seen the look on Julian’s face. Everyone notices that David stands alone, thinking. Noriko walks over to him and asks what’s wrong. David apologizes, but he feels it’s time to leave the Institute. Sofia feels bad as she thought that they agreed to lead the squad together. David is certain that they’ll do fine without him. Jay admits that everyone could see David’s depart coming, though wouldn’t believe it.
Josh likes the idea of having a room for his own, but wants to know what’s going to happen with him reaching his potential. David promises that they will get there in time, but now he simply has got a lot to do. Noriko tells David that he can’t leave, because, well… she doesn’t want him to. David apologizes, but this school simply doesn’t have anything left to offer him. Noriko angrily leaves.
A few hours later, David has packed his suitcases and leaves. Dani meets with and thinks that David is acting a little bit hasty. David thanks Dani for all the advice she gave him, but he feels like he is smarter than all his teachers and doesn’t see a reason why he should stay. Dani tells David that they’ve all given him reasons, but he just didn’t take them. David just walks out. Dani watches him leaving and Emma walks over to her. Dani admits she has a bad feeling about this, but so does Emma. She feels that things are going to get much worse.
Three months later:
David has funded his very own Alleyne Enterprises. He has gathered a press conference, and the New Mutants are there, too. They are so proud of both David and Josh. David is proud to announce that they’ve really done it: they have found a cure for cancer, and also one for AIDS! The press is stunned. David further explains that he’ll have a cure for every dangerous disease imaginable, and will reach it to all in need without any charge. But David admits that he couldn’t have done it without the help of Josh’s healing powers. Laurie notices that Josh isn’t up there with David and wonders why. Jay simply thinks that Josh is waiting to make his big entrance.
David further regrettably announces that finding these cures meant taking samples from Josh’s own body. He knew the risks and that made him a hero. And Josh Foley died so that David could bring the cure. David feels sorry for the loss and says that nobody could feel it more than he does. He allows the press to ask further questions. Laurie cries and runs away.
Somewhere in Alleyne Enterprises, Josh’s body lies on an operating table, covered with a blanket…


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Washington, DC. Eighteen years from now:
Dani gets an invitation from the president of the United States. She goes to the White House and, after her pass checks out, she’s allowed to enter the mansion. She goes into the Oval Office, where she says hi to the President… David!
David cuts to the chase. He wants to know why Dani isn’t with the X-Men, hunting down the Hellions and help bring them to justice. Dani explains that she finds that to be more of a job for the X.S.E. David doesn’t agree, since he knows that the X.S.E. is too busy trying to keep the peace. He wants the X-Men. David calms down, and asks Tessa to fetch the First Lady, as he’s certain that she would love to see Dani, too. She goes.
David offers Dani a seat, and further discusses matters. Dani wants to know if the rumors she heard are true. David explains that he’s on the verge of a new world. He puts on a television screen, which shows a world map, with a red dot on it, which marks a country in East Asia. He explains that but a few countries have all joined the United States, and that they have a hundred percent employment, zero poverty, no disease and no starvation. And it has all been accomplished without ever having to fire a shot. But now comes the hard part, which David truly hates. Dani can’t believe that David is actually going to attack China. David believes that a war with China is a no-win situation.
He has a better idea: he’s going to wipe them out! He believes that, when China falls, the other nations will join America peacefully. Dani still finds it insane, and asks David how he plans to use the missiles, since they will be spotted the second they are in Japanese airspace. David has thought of that: they won’t be spotted if they are teleported inside. He won’t use Nightcrawler, since he won’t have enough power. David has thought of Jeffrey Garret.
He contacts Jeffrey, who’s working in his lab. He reports that he is ready for the mission, but the missiles are not. They’ll need one more day. David gives him that. He reveals to Dani that Jeffrey simply believed in the plan, and that’s why he agreed to do the job. Plus, since the First Lady is around, it wasn’t that big of a deal, since Jeffrey always had a soft spot for her.
Meanwhile, Sage has found the First Lady, namely Noriko, and brings her to David. David himself has enough of Dani’s shouting, and binds her to her chair. He realizes that she must have told the other X-Men about the meeting, but he had already thought of that too. He contacts the X-Men, who are in a satellite in outer space. He puts them on the television screen. David asks Cyclops how things are going. Cyclops mentions that the entire team of X-Men are present in the satellite, but not the Hellions. Scott believes that they have underestimated the entire mission. David smiles, since he knows that he hasn’t underestimated anything. He presses a button on the remote, and the entire satellite with the X-Men in it explodes!
David explains to Dani that he didn’t want to do that, but he knew that she was going to attack him, and an attack upon the president is treason. He knew of the plan the moment Dani walked through his door. He mentions to her that her body has been filled with toxins now, thanks to the chair she sits on, and she maybe has five minutes left to live. He reveals to Dani that he used to love her, and thought of her as his hero. He would have stayed at the school forever, if Dani only showed some of his emotions back to him. Noriko and Sage enter, but, when Noriko sees Dani on the chair, she runs away, using her powers to move faster. David orders Sage to get her back. She comlies.
Elsewhere, Jay is giving yet another successful concert in Los Angeles. He closes it with a love song he wrote long ago, about a loved one he tragically lost. The crowd is amazed, and can’t believe that their parents told them that the public used to hate mutants. Jay can’t even finish the song, as Noriko pulls him away and tells him that they need to talk.
At the same time, in Boulder, Colorado, Sofia has been appointed as the new C.E.O. of her father’s supermarket, since he himself has retired. She gives a speech to the public, but stops when she notices both Jay and Noriko. A few minutes later, they go to Laurie, who’s working on a laptop. They go sit down, where Noriko informs her teammates what her husband did to Dani. She simply believed that David could pull it all off, and wouldn’t drop the bombs and no blood had to be spilled. Laurie mentions that David spilled blood before, and remembers what happened to Josh. Sofia doesn’t think that’s David’s fault.
Laurie doesn’t agree at all, since David traded Josh’s life to cure millions, and now he’s using Dani to bring world peace. She doesn’t see why China would be different. Jay agrees with Laurie, but wonders about how they’re going to handle the situation. The X-Men have been killed by the Hellions, and his powers aren’t what they used to be. Laurie admits that she knows that the Hellions didn’t kill the X-Men. She has been in touch with Kevin, who told her everything. Sofia can’t believe that Laurie is suggesting that they work together, but Laurie sees it as the only way.
Meanwhile, the Hellions are back at their headquarters, where they tear up a campaign poster of David’s. Mercury suggests that they go inside their headquarters, because she realizes that the X.S.E. is going to come after them now that David has blamed them for the X-Men’s death. And she wants to bring the tension down, which has been going over them since they blew up that research lab.
The New Mutants enter the place, and suggest a truce. They argue about David, and the fact that Noriko is with them, who’s David’s wife. Julian tells them to go away, since the Hellions are freedom fighters and don’t want to have anything to do with the president’s allies. Sofia makes it clear to Julian that he and his team have been wanted since before David became president, and that they really are here to work together, since they too see David as a threat now.
Julian still doesn’t want to go back to New York, since the New Mutants weren’t with them when David executed Dust ten years ago. Julian just tells Sofia to shut up, since she shouldn’t be talking to him at all because she threw their marriage away, because she didn’t want to be a criminal like him. Sofia defends herself, but Julian refuses to listen. Noriko makes it clear to everyone that if they don’t stop David, they will be just as guilty for China’s destruction as he is.
The White House: Washington, D.C.
Brian tags himself and enters the White House, where he eliminates the security guards and dismantles the security systems. He reports back to the team but, right after that, gets killed by Quill. The Hellions want to move into the White House, but Rockslide is attacked by Magma. The rest of the X.S.E. arrive as well, and want to arrest the Hellions. Kevin touches Magma and kills her, and so the battle begins. Julian protects him and Kevin with his forcefield, so that they won’t get harmed.
Sofia enters the White House and uses her winds to defeat Quill. The rest of the New Mutants fly in, but are surprised by Sage. She attacks Jay, grabs him by the throat and almost kills him! But Laurie quickly uses her pheromones to make Sage’s body sleep. Noriko dismantles most of the Oval Office’s energy sources and defenses, but since she knows David, he’ll probably have a few surprises installed. They enter the Oval Office. Laurie tries to put David into sleep, but he has been inspecting this moment ever since Josh died, so he prepared himself. He takes out a blaster, which hits Sofia and pulls her outside.
She’s hurt. Julian notices that and runs over to her, but thereby Bishop sees his chance and hits him. But he isn’t hurt, and tends to Sofia. Mercury tries to call for help, but Storm acts faster and uses her powers to make Mercury’s powers go wild. Julian has seen enough, and uses the full potential of his telekinesis and brings Storm down! With himself now immune to Laurie’s powers, David knocks her out.
Kevin touches David in the hope to kill him, but that doesn’t work. David mentions that the white light Kevin saw before he entered the room disabled his mutant powers, just like he always wanted. David grabs Kevin by his neck, and snaps it. Noriko has had enough. She attacks David, but can’t hit him. He laughs. Noriko tells David that she doesn’t need to touch him, and that she loves him. She overloads her electrical powers, and makes the White House explode!
Emma Frost stops her session with David. He’s freaked out and tries to relax. Both Dani and Emma explain to David that none of what just happened was real, and all just illusions made by Dani and empowered by Emma’s telepathy to give David the full experience. Emma reveals that this was what David’s mind is afraid of and why he has the block. She and Dani wanted that David had all the information before he made his decision. David now sees that he isn’t ready for the mental block to be removed, and thanks both ladies. He wants to study and remember everything, so that all of his future achievements will be earned. Dani thanks Emma too for her help, joking that she would never have thought that they would work together one day. Emma just tells her not to push it.
David and Dani walk out together. Dani can’t apologize enough for being so hard on David, but it really was the only way. David says it’s nothing, but isn’t so proud of himself. He asks if Dani saw what he saw. She did. He apologizes for it all. Dani smiles, and asks David for what he apologizes: for killing her or for having that crush on her. David smiles too, and admits that he apologizes for the both. Dani again says that what David saw wasn’t real, so he shouldn’t be sorry. And she thanks him for his affections towards her, but makes it clear that sort of thing can never happen. David knows that, and says that he’s far too smart for ever even trying it. Dani agrees with that, and they both agree to never again bring the word “crush” up again.
Some time later, David goes to tell everything to his roommate, Josh. Josh totally understands why David doesn’t want the block removed but, now that David has seen the potential he has, he hopes that maybe they can safely remove it. But that’s for the future to decide. There’s a knock on the door, and an angry Kevin tells Josh that he wants to talk to him. Now.
Outside the room, Kevin tells Josh that he knows what he and Wolfsbane have been doing last semester. He demands from Josh that he breaks up with Laurie this instance, or else he’s going to tell the entire school what Josh and Rahne had been doing, and then they’ll both be expelled!


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X-Posed
(The Xavier Institute’s Danger Room)
Rahne cheers for her Paragons Squad, as they have finished their Field Day mission with an excellent score, and a minimum in civilian casualties and time. She’s certain that Dani’s New Mutants squad won’t beat hers. Dani reports this to the New Mutants, and tells them to just do their best. The New Mutants enter the Danger Room, and find yet again a simulation of a rampaging Hulk!
The members panic and ask their leaders David and Sofia what to do. Sofia sends Laurie out to calm the attacked civilians down with her powers, and David orders Noriko to stay behind the Hulk and attack him with her electrical abilities. Jay helps evacuate the civilians, and Josh tends to the wounded. Sofia helps Laurie send her pheromones towards the Hulk with her winds, and it works. The Hulk reverts back to Bruce Banner, and calms down. The New Mutants have won once more.
Later, Rahne tries to cheer her squad up. They feel down about losing to the New Mutants. Nicholas doesn’t think it’s fair they won, but Rahne tells them they did great and wants the Paragons to understand that the New Mutants had Laurie, and her pheromone powers are gold in beating the Hulk. She also congratulates Hope with her astral projection, and Megan with a great job on distracting the Hulk.
Another member says that she knew the New Mutants would win, as she saw it in a vision. Jessie gets angry and asks the girl if that’s why she only watched from the sidelines. Rahne explains to the girl that the future isn’t always written in stone, and that it’s changeable. She tells her students that it’s not fair to help out the other members on your squad. They always have to help each other, even if they know they are going to lose. That’s how the X-Men work. Nonetheless, they all found it cool to have brought the Hulk down. Rahne agrees, and is very proud of the Paragons and is certain that, in the next Field Day mission, they’ll be back on top.
Outside in the halls, the New Mutants cheer for their victory. Noriko tries to thank David for the quick reaction, but he blows her off and walks away. Noriko tells the team it’s the third time this week he did that to her, and thinks that David’s mad at her. Josh kisses Laurie and congratulates his girlfriend for being the winning ticket. They walk away together, hand in hand, going for a celebration. Kevin notices that and enters Emma’s office, and says he’s got something to tell her.
(Salem Center, a few hours later)
Sofia thanks Jay for coming to dance with her. She admits she has missed it, and explains to him she did it all the time in her home in Venezuela. Jay says it’s nothing, as he always wanted to learn swing dancing. But he wants to know why Sofia asked him to come and not Julian. She blushes and tells Jay that he’s the only dance-type guy on the team, and she claims that Julian makes her angry. Jay notices that something is going on between Sofia and Julian. They arrive at the Hunter Dance Studio, and enter it.
(the Grind Stone)
David tells to Dani that he saw the Field Day mission in one of his dreams. Dani isn’t surprised as David is part telepath, and thinks he must have plucked parts of it from her mind. But she couldn’t warn David about the mission, since the exercise was about quick thinking. David doesn’t know how to tell Noriko what he saw in his dream about a possible future. Dani tries to make David understand that they were just his worst fears coming true. David wants to tell Noriko about it, but doesn’t know how. Dani apologizes, but doesn’t know how she can help David with that. Rahne approaches them, and apologizes for interrupting, but drops their coffees off. David says it’s nothing, as they are done talking. He’ll just hang around here for a while.
(Later, back at the Xavier Institute)
Rahne and Dani walk together. Rahne admits that she never understood how Dani, once a warrior, chose to teach some students, but now with her Paragons squad, Rahne finally understands. She’s finally happy. Dani is glad to hear that. When they want to enter the Institute, they are welcomed by an angry-looking Cyclops and Emma Frost, who want to have a word with Rahne. They go to Scott’s office, and Dani has to come as well since the conversation is about one of her students.
Once in the office, Scott and Emma tell Rahne how inappropriate they find it that one of their teachers has a relationship with one of their students. Dani doesn’t believe it, and defends her friend that Rahne and Josh are close because he brought her back to life with his powers. Rahne, however, admits the relationship, but explains that she ended it last semester. Dani is startled. Rahne explains that she was confused, and didn’t know what to do after her mother died and when she got her powers back. Dani gets angry and walks out of the office, wanting to go check on this with Josh. Rahne fears that she’s fired, but Scott and Emma don’t know what to do yet. They know that Rahne was confused after her mom died, and think it’s their fault for putting her on a student squad.
Meanwhile, an unsuspecting Josh is swimming in the pool, alone. Noriko walks up on him and asks if something is wrong with David. Josh explains about the head trip David had a while ago, but they are interrupted by Dani. Noriko leaves. A few minutes later, Dani has brought Josh up on things. He can’t believe that Kevin actually told everyone about the relationship. Dani is a bit disappointed that Josh didn’t told her about it, since she is more than just his advisor. But she isn’t mad at Josh, but is at Rahne.
Dani knows how smart and sweet Rahne is, and also how attractive. She also knows that Josh and Rahne shared a bond since Rahne returned to the Institute. Dani is aware that three years seem like nothing, but mentions that both she and Rahne have shared what seems like a lifetime in the New Mutants, and she has the experience Josh hasn’t, and therefore thinks that it was wrong.
Josh defends that it was all his mistake, as he pursued Rahne. Dani believes that Rahne should have said no, then. Dani asks the boy if he’s still got feelings for her friend. He doesn’t know, but maybe a little. But Josh says he’s happy with Laurie now, and admits that he didn’t like being dumped by Rahne, but believes that’s what he needed. He and Dani walk away together, and Dani is glad to see that Josh wasn’t seriously hurt by this.
(New York City)
Scott and Emma visit Dr. Sean Garrison at his office. They introduce one another, and mention how they both admire each other’s work. Emma and Scott inform the doctor about the events at the school, and how it was Kevin that told them about it. Scott asks Sean if he had told him about the situation with Josh. Sean tells them that he can’t discuss his session with Kevin, but can say that he told Kevin that if there was anything wrong, he should tell the headmasters about it.
That’s exactly the answer Scott and Emma wanted to hear. They are glad to see that Sean sees situations from the student’s point of view, and therefore have a proposal for him. Scott admits that, with a school filled with adventurers, they could use a man like Sean. He asks the mutants if they want him to be the school’s guidance counselor. Emma tells the doctor about Kevin, how he first was reluctant to come to the sessions, but now looks forward to them. Sean isn’t sure. He admits that he’s interested, but has patients of his own, and a television show and that his publisher expects a new book. But he wants to read some files on the students to get to know them better, but can’t promise anything yet. Scott and Emma thank Sean, and walk out.
(Xavier’s)
Noriko walks up on David, but he again fakes that he’s got to study and walks away. She tries to ask what’s wrong, but he ignores her. Julian sits behind them, and when he sees Josh he sarcastically congratulates her on the relationship he had with Rahne. Josh gets angry and tries to defend himself, but Laurie realizes what has happened. She starts to cry and runs away.
Outside, Rahne prepares to leave with her bike. Dani meets up with her. Rahne doesn’t want to wait for Scott and Emma to fire her, so she has made plans. She explains that she has helped Jamie with his detective agency in the city, and thinks about doing that fulltime. Rahne tries to apologize, but Dani only gets angry. She wants to know if Rahne and Josh made love. Rahne shouts no, since she has her faith and values. Dani doesn’t believe that and reminds Rahne that Josh is the closest thing Dani has to a son, and that Rahne kept it a secret from her, despite their telepathic bond. Rahne defends that she ended the relationship, but can see that the damage is apparently done. She feels like she has betrayed Dani, who is like a sister to her. Rahne puts her helmet on, and leaves.
Meanwhile, Josh finds Laurie, who sits alone in the forest. He tries to apologize, and mentions that the relationship he had with Rahne was over before they started. He tells Laurie that she’s the best thing that ever happened to him. Laurie doesn’t believe that, as Josh told her he heard Josh and Rahne breaking up. She knows that if Josh would have his way, he and Rahne would still be together. Josh tries to defend himself, but Laurie wants him to go away. Josh refuses to leave until they work things out, but Laurie concentrates her pheromone powers and makes Josh run!
Once out of the forest, David approaches Josh. He calls him a jerk, and can’t believe that he actually thought that Josh has changed when they became roommates. Josh tries to apologize, but David doesn’t want to hear it. He knows how much trouble it caused Laurie to open up like this and walks away, telling Josh to never talk to him again.
(The Collin’s home, Salem Center)
Laurie tells her mom about what happened. Gail tries to cheer her daughter up, but tells her that she shouldn’t have used her powers on Josh like that. It reminds her of Laurie’s father. This makes Laurie angry, and holds her mom responsible for her being so wary of people, and that’s why she let Josh treat her badly. She cries again, and runs out of the house, telling her mom that she won’t be her wallflower anymore. Gail doesn’t know what do to. She opens a drawer, and finds a picture of her and Laurie’s father.
(Later that night)
Sean Garrison holds the same picture in his hands, and one of Laurie lies next to it. He contacts Emma and tells that he can’t come this semester because he has too much work, but promises to join the Institute in the next school year. Sean hangs up the phone, and smiles. He has big plans.


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Into The Light
The Xavier Institute For Higher Learning. Last week, night time.
The New Mutants are standing outside the mansion. They watch the various S.H.I.E.L.D. agents guarding the house. They talk about how impossible it seems that Wolverine has turned on them, but Sofia realizes that it’s not his fault. She heard that some mind control was involved. Kevin approaches Laurie, and tells her that she shouldn’t be outside, as it isn’t safe. Laurie gets upset, and shouts at Kevin that she is aware that Wolverine is in his beast-like state at the moment, so should he attack she can save herself with her pheromone powers and calm Logan down.
Kevin asks where Josh is. Laurie tells Kevin that she’s glad that he exposed the relationship, and that nobody wants to talk to Josh anymore unless they have to. Kevin wants to know how she’s dealing with the break-up. Laurie gets even angrier, and tells Kevin to go away, as she’s tired of being the weak one and doesn’t want to be manipulated. She takes off. Kevin is startled and surprised to see Laurie having become so hardcore.
David suddenly hears a hard noise. Everyone looks around, and can just in time jump to safety when Wolverine crashes the X-Jet through the house! Northstar tells the kids to stay back, and informs them that Wolverine is present. The X-Men will handle it, but they and the rest of the students have to remain there. Laurie offers Jean-Paul to help with her powers, but Jean-Paul realizes that Laurie’s advisor would never forgive him should anything happen to her. Northstar, followed by Shadowcat, runs into the forest. Jay follows them, thinking that his healing powers should keep him safe, and helps scout for Wolverine. David tries to warn Jay that he might not always have those powers, but he’s warning comes too late. Jay is already deep in the forest.
Suddenly, another S.H.I.E.L.D. plane arrives, and Captain America jumps out of it, which amazes Josh and he goes to check it out. Noriko asks David what he means about Jay not always having his healing powers. David notices Josh running away, and ignores Noriko and follows him into the forest. He quickly catches up with Josh, and tells him not to follow the heroes, as they are dealing with a dangerous Wolverine out there. Josh thought that David wasn’t talking to him anymore. Noriko comes too, and tells David that they aren’t finished yet.
Captain America approaches the kids, and tells them that it’s over. They ask what happened, but Cap says that the teachers will inform them. Josh looks over Cap’s shoulder, and realizes what has happened: Northstar… is dead! Dani tries to calm the scared kids down, but they start to cry. Josh desperately tries to heal Jean-Paul, and the wounds close, but that’s it. Northstar’s really gone. Josh cries, and Dani tells Josh that there isn’t anything he can do.
The next morning…
Emma Frost and Cyclops have gathered all the students and X-Men for a briefing. They inform everyone that they were attacked by Wolverine last night, but that he was under Hydra’s mind control. Luckily, Logan has been apprehended by S.H.I.E.L.D. now and they are confident that he will be restored. Unfortunately, this victory caused the life of one of their teachers: Northstar. Emma says that there will be a memorial for him this weekend, and hopes everyone will attend. She asks the children to consult their advisors. There will be no classes this week, but Emma promises that, afterwards, the classes will resume, and also the finals and the dance will be held. Life must go on, after all. As this is what Jean-Paul Beaubier would have wanted.
Later, Shan talks to the Alpha Squadron, the squad Northstar used to lead. She will take over from him now. Rubbermaid asks why, as she heard a rumor that Shan was going to take over the Paragons squad now, and worries that she might get too busy. Shan knows that she has also other responsibilities and is aware that she won’t be able to replace Northstar, but she’ll do her best to lead the squad the same way he did. Victor starts to cry, and says it won’t be the same.
Shan runs after to him. She finds Victor using his camouflage powers and hides in a tree, but she asks him to show up and talk. Shan tells Victor that she is aware that he and Jean-Paul used to be close, but since Shan also used to be Victor’s advisor, she wants to help him get through this. Victor says it won’t be the same, since Jean-Paul used to understand him and that it was nice to have someone like him to talk to. Shan promises Victor that he can talk to her too, about anything. She will miss Jean-Paul, too. Victor promises to think about it.
Sofia notices Julian standing in the garden, and asks what he’s doing. He says that this is where Northstar used to have his flight class. Sofia apologizes and says that she knows Julian wasn’t at the assembly, and informs him that classes were cancelled. It doesn’t matter to Julian. This is where Flight Class is, and he will fly. He flies up, and Sofia follows him. Julian notices how good she has become, and asks her if she remembers how they first met. Sofia does: Julian was giving her the tour around the mansion when she arrived, and took her to this class.
Julian tells Sofia that she was showing off, too. Sofia recalls how she tried to fly and knocked over all those students. Julian remembers how bad they looked, and how Northstar gave him an “F” for just bringing Sofia there. Sofia apologizes, but Julian smiles and tells her that she was worth it. Sofia notices that Julian misses him. Julian describes Jean-Paul as the tightest-wound person he knows, and that he didn’t take it well when he switched advisors and turned to Emma. But Julian realizes that Jean-Paul cared about his students. About him. A lot. Julian just wants to fly for a while now. Sofia says she’ll follow him, and he thanks her for it.
Meanwhile, Dani, Iceman and Polaris have gathered at a S.H.I.E.L.D. plane. A doctor has been ordered to disconnect Northstar’s brain from his spinal column, or else there will always be a chance that the Hand could resurrect him. Dani gets upset, and asks the doctor for a minute since Jean-Paul was their friend. Bobby gets a tear in his eye, and can’t believe that of all the guys they fought in the X-Men, Jean-Paul got taken down by one of their own. And by Wolverine, for god’s sake. Bobby wonders what kind of school makes someone write his own will when they are only fourteen years old. Lorna asks Bobby if he’s alright, and he claims he is.
Suddenly, a bright light appears. Hand ninja’s jump through it, and they are followed by Elektra!
Later:
An angry Dani arrives back at the school. Shan notices how upset her friend is and asks what’s wrong. Dani cries, and angrily says that they all tried to stop them, but were useless. She believes that she would have made a difference if she still had her quantum powers or even her psychic arrows, but she realizes that it’s just illusions for her now. Fears and desires. And Dani couldn’t pinpoint what her enemies were afraid of this time, since they were ninja’s and nobody knows what they are afraid of.
Dani knows that she made a commitment when she agreed to come back here: to be a full-time teacher, and give herself to the kids. But now she has learned that she would be useless on a battlefield. Dani tells Shan that only both they and Jean-Paul are one hundred percent devoted to the children. Shan doesn’t understand what happened. Dani informs her friend that the Hand have stolen Northstar’s body.
A few moments later, Shan and Dani go inform Scott and Emma, and tell them that the Hand could resurrect Jean-Paul into one of their assassins now. Scott and Emma don’t know how to react. Dani says its worse enough that the kids have to worry about Wolverine having turned evil, and asks them how they are going to tell the kids they have to fear their former favorite teacher now, too. Scott answers they won’t tell.
Dani calls that insane. Shan calms her down, and tells Scott that won’t be fair to the students. Scott realizes that none of the things the X-Men had to deal with recently are fair, but he wants the memorial to continue, since the kids need closure and the chance to say goodbye. After all, Scott adds, Northstar the hero is dead. Dani understands, but mentions that she won’t participate in the service.
Two days later…
Josh rips a picture apart on which he and David participated in Wolverine’s Fighting Class. Dani enters, and tells Josh that it isn’t his fault what happened, and that he couldn’t prevent from what happened to Northstar, nor could Wolverine, since he couldn’t control his actions because he was brainwashed. Josh tells her that he used to think that Wolverine was the coolest, and could do anything on a moment’s notices. Now, he isn’t so sure. Josh is ready for the memorial, but doesn’t know where he’ll sit, since his friends don’t want to talk to him anymore. Dani puts her hand over his shoulder, and tells Josh that he can sit with her. They walk out of the room together.
Outside, Julian, Rockslide and Tag are walking around. Rockslide wants to know what they are going to do. Julian wants to play with the Frisbee, as usual. Brian is surprised that they aren’t going to go to the memorial, but Julian finds that both depressing and boring, and a waste of his time. Sofia and Laurie pass them, and Sofia overhears the conversation. She doesn’t understand why Josh talks like that. Julian tells her that Northstar used to be his advisor, but since it’s now Ms. Frost he doesn’t want to make a big deal out of it. Julian and his friends walk away together, leaving a confused Sofia behind.
The memorial:
The Alpha Squadron are wandering around the gardens where the service is going to take place. Around it, there are memorial statues for past X-Men members who are now dead. There’s a huge thing in front of the altar, but it’s covered. Victor wants to know what it is, but Shan stops him, since they are going to unveil it after the service. Shan understands, since the squad was closer to Jean-Paul than anyone else, except for maybe his sister. But, unfortunately, she isn’t present today as the X-Men failed to locate her in time. Shan realizes that, today, the Alpha Squadron is Northstar’s family, so she decides to have them a sneak-peek at the mystery item, and lets them take a look.
A few moments later, the service begins. Emma is glad that so many of the students came today, and wishes that they could have shielded them from the loss of a teacher, since that is one of the worst things a student has to face. She mentions that Jean-Paul Beaubier chose to be a great many things, and thinks that they should all admire him for that. She adds that Jean-Paul chose to be a hero. He chose to become a member of Alpha Flight. He chose to be an X-Man. And he also chose to be a role model. But more recently, Jean-Paul decided to be a teacher. He could have stayed on an X-squad, but he knew that helping the students was so important that it needed to be his full-time task. Therefore, they have made a memorial statue for Northstar!
Iceman steps forward. Bobby admits that he was surprised when he found out that Jean-Paul wanted him to read a prayer. But since that was his wish, Bobby reads it. Later, Sasquatch speaks. He tells the students that he served with Northstar alongside his first team in Alpha Flight. Walter sees Jean-Paul as the most haughtier, most full of himself kind of guy he ever knew. But it didn’t surprise Walter when he heard that Jean-Paul had chosen to become a teacher there, since he always knew that the man had a heart as big as the Canadian wilderness.
Beast quotes another prayer. Scott explains that Northstar was a speedster, so strategically he was always on point. But Scott realizes that to Jean-Paul, it was more than that. He had to be the first one to face the danger, so no one else would. Shan adds that there was nothing Jean-Paul cared more about than his students. Shan knows this because she has seen the faces of the Alpha Squadron, and knows the impact Jean-Paul had on them. She thinks that Emma is correct when she says that the man was a role model in every way. Shan says that those of the teaching staff who teach full-time share a bond. And she knows that Jean-Paul felt a kinship with them. And that’s why Shan thinks that Jean-Paul would have liked to have the final words be said by Dani.
Dani stands up, with Josh and the other students looking at her. Dani says that life is just one part of the journey for them. She keeps thinking and hoping that she’ll see Jean-Paul again some day. She’s certain that many of the students and otherwise feel the same way. But she’s aware that isn’t what he would want. Jean-Paul would have wanted her to tell that it will be all right. That they will go on with their lives. So, Dani ends today with words she grew up with. An assurance for the departed: “Go into the light and do not turn back. We will care for everything here.” Everyone takes a final look at the memorial statue, and the sun goes down.