Darkness is Light

[canadiansixpack.livejournal.com]

He smelled them. The familiar scent drew him like a bee to honey;melting away from the Queen while she consulted Marius. He has been a lurking shadow since then, out of sight, biding his time with the self-proclaimed promise of violence. He knew they were far from fond of each other, and now they are in disarray while the blood of Yeshua coats the stone floors in a macabre mosaic of Mystique's making.

Now, when their alliance hangs by the most precarious of threads, is when he strike; and he will take her out, the strongest first.

Teeth and claws, bone and flesh, reveal themselves in split-second anticipation of deadly impact.

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[tj-nocturne.livejournal.com]

"That's it Mom, William needs you. Hold onto him" TJ says, voice soft and comforting.

This will end her pain, she tells herself. She moves away and doesn't look when the numbers reach zero.

[wanda-maximoff.livejournal.com]

The timer reaches zero, but the bomb doesn't explode. Instead, it sputters, then leaks liquid fire over the keening Scarlet Witch.

"Pietro?" she says in a panicked voice. "Pietro, please help--Pietro, please don't leave me--"

[webslingah.livejournal.com]

"Okay, now somebody can kill her."

[tj-nocturne.livejournal.com]

That someone will not be TJ.

"Just get it over with!" she yells to the others.