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:: the bindings constricted even TIGHTER....as a bell tolled in the air and Alison screamed with rage::

YOU CRUEL, VICIOUS, SON OF A BITCH!

:: lunging forward....her feminine form appeared in full view, still in her black "x-men" style cat suit with stilletto heeled boots. grabbing hold of Cameron..she BLINKS out of her pent house and up onto the TOP of Illustra...standing on the edge of the roof...looking over the city from dizzying heights::

:: she stands with her hand out, holding him out over the edge in the air with her telekinetic power::

AND WHAT THEN should be my reason for sparing you NOW? After ALL the times i SAVED you from DEATH and its so painfully apparent that instead of protecting YOU..i shouldve been protecting BLAZE.

You hate Morgan so much, and you despise me. Why dont you join Haleigh and Blaze in death?....oh but wait thats what you EXPECT of me right now isnt it?

let me tell you something, Cameron King. If you ever wanted me to "open up" and "reach out" to you and Erika...YOU shouldve thought ahead and OUTSIDE of your selfish ego driven machinations. when i left you and Erika..i did so because THAT was what i had to do. I was willing to risk my life in the pursuit of magickal power and dark arts around the world and that is what i did. I couldnt subject either of you to that. YOU were just a mutant...and SHE was annoying sachrine with her "white magicks".

you think YOU KNOW what kind of woman Kelly King was? i was dealing with her LONG before you were born and i spent my child hood PROTECTING Erika and you from her...doing things NO little girl should have to do. I lost my childhood and innocence before i was out of highschool BUT i didnt let that stop me.

When you came before us all those months ago, Morgan was in the throws of grief because she thought Blaze was DEAD following a fatefull caper in London with Valiant. You came at a time when she was suffering to begin with..you knew NOTHING of what was going on and yet you mocked and made fun of her. Did you THINK i wasnt going to take exception to that?

Morgan and her Mother have been there for me the way YOU and Erika never could have been. They ALLOWED ME to "breathe" and be just a woman..rather than b eing someone's protector, or someone's "Guardian" 24 hours a day.


I found a new life..that allowed me to FORGET the nightmare of a childhood i had. The Citadle opened up the first of MANY wounds for me...but you didnt THINK about the toll that had on ME did you?

YOU just wanted to one up Morgan and I. And what IF Morgan had died...would you care how BLAZE felt? THAT is Morgan's sister..and what about Karen Victoria or Ororo? two women who helped keep you SAFE! Ororo RESTORED YOU when Morgan tore your skeleton from your body!
 
:: Cameron finds himself hovering out over the Top of Illustra now as Alison verbally attacks. He prepares himself for what he knew was about to come. It was the same thing that everyone of Morgan's friends had been saying. It never changed. They all protected her so much. He didn't let it bother him ::

"Yeah, you left Erika to the same situation you were in? And what was WORSE is that SHE was the one who watched her father die and had to banish her mother and protect her brother and keep everything under wraps, dodging questions from police.. That was all HER. You weren't the only one who lost their innocence... And you wouldn't KNOW what we could have provided for you since you didn't take the time to find out! You could have looked for me! Somebody could have taken me in! Somebody could have CARED about me!"

:: Ooh. He shouldn't have said that. His time on the streets had always been his sorest subject and now he was showing vulnerability to Alison which is something he did not plan on doing. He needed to stay strong. Go toe to toe with Alison. This needed to be hashed out ::

"And Alison, my ENTIRE opinions on people have changed since meeting them. After finding out you were my sister I wanted nothing more to bury the hatchet but it was something that you didn't want to deal with and I left it at that... I have THANKED YOU for saving my life and during the INFERNO, I was the only person who just about did NOTHING to provoke anyone. I actually helped! As much as I wanted to see Morgan dead, I didn't want her to end like that! NOBODY deserves that! I don't DOUBT that it was a nightmare Alison, I don't doubt you LOST all of your childhood to Kelly, but we ALL did. What I don't understand is that if you were so hurt by this how could you let it happen to your brother and sister who were so young, I mean I was a BABY! You left a BABY with Kelly! That is what I don't understand. I think I have a right to be angry! I thought I had no parents! And then I find out I do have a family but none of them wish to have a relationship with me, save for Erika. And don't say that I didn't want a relationship with you because you weren't there for all the conversations I had with Haleigh, Erika, Alexis and even BLAZE for that matter about wanting to reconnect with you. Wanting to be involved in your life in a positive way! Don't you see that all these ways I lash out and all these angry things I do? All these times I mess up it is because I want to fix things with you? I may be totally fucked up in how I carry them out, but can't you see at least that? The only time I ever really WISHED you harm was when I WANTED the Inferno to happen, and that was only because I tried so DAMN hard to get in your good graces and nothing worse. I was done with it! I know I was WRONG!"

:: He cleared his throat, he was now getting misty eyed. Prophet tried his best to choke them down and appear calm in Guardian's prescence, and he couldn't believe he just admitted to Alison that he was wrong. What was he doing? ::

"If you can't see, I have been willing to sacrifice EVERYTHING and EVERYONE around me so that I can fix things with you and everytime I try it just seems to get worse! So I am really pretty much stuck here Alison because it's not like you make it any easier to talk to. I respect you like your privacy and you want to leave your past behind you, but as a Seer, you KNOW that your past was bound to catch up with you sooner or later, well Alison, your past is now your PRESENT, so at least ACCEPT it!"
 
:: Alison glared at Cameron...through him almost. there were some telling things in his response...she brought her hand back and that caused him to float back over the roof and be lowered to the ground. the bindings disappeared::

:: standing tall ...folding her arms and wrapping them around her stomach...Guardian looked up at the sky...as the breeze flowed through her black/brunette hair::


......you are correct...ONE of us...could have found you. Though your sister made the mistake of trying to cast a spell on me..and SHE will answer for that later. I never claimed to be perfect. My actions years ago were born from a deep seeded need to escape.

I knew that one day...the past would demand attention again. all times flow and connect. But despite being able to "see" things...that doesnt mean im always ready for them.

:: her tone was softer now..she seemed reflective::

so much has happened...and for the first time, EVER, i was not able to control the situation...i was washed away in a tidal wave and barely able to maintain. Even a seer makes her mistakes.

:: looking down at Cameron::

Morgan, Karen and Ororo were the family i always wanted. so strong, beautiful, seemingly flawless...and all of them blessed with magick. But each of them has their own pasts blighted with pain just as i do. I managed to forget MINE by trying to help with theirs...but here i am now, confronted with MINE as WELL AS theirs. a lesser person would have cracked by now.

Blaze is Dead....for me..its one of the worst moments of my life. i feel that i have failed. But really....the worst moment in my life was when i left you and Erika alone for the last time that night so long ago. I knew that i was leaving you in the path of peril...but I ...i just had to go.

I'm .....SORRY that i wasnt there for you all those years.......that you were on the street...I never wouldve let that happen....

My name is Alison Marble....i have a sister named Erika...and a brother Cameron.

:: she seemed to be saying that as a way of finally acknowledging him for who he was to her. she held her gloved hand out to him::
 
:: Prophet felt himself floating back over the roof as he was placed on the ground and the bindings dissappeared. The two stood there in almost complete silence for a moment before Alison continued to speak. He was dumbfounded. Alison was being real with him in this very moment. He could tell. She was being direct and honest and "human" for the first time since he had reconnected with her. Tears streamed down his eyes but he made no facial expression or sounds as she spoke of leaving him and the family and what she had been through in the past years. It was a rather odd moment for the both of them. They had never really lowered their walls to anybody, not even to those closet to them, but here they were doing it for each other. As Brother and Sister. As Alison extended her gloved hand, Cameron grabbed it and pulled her into a hug. Though she was standing at eye level with him, his strong arms wrapped around her and seemed to completely encompass her body. A handshake may have been what Alison had in order, but the words that she had just spoke meant more to Cameron than he would ever be able to fully express. For a moment the two embraced before Prophet finally let go and looked at her right in the eye, his engaging chocolate eyes to her contrasting cobalt blue. ::

"Alison...I.. I mean.. just... thank you.. You will NEVER know how much that means to me. Never. I have wanted to apologize for so long, wanted to try and make things better, but I know I have a lot to work on. I just need someone to understand where I am coming from once in awhile. I need someone to be there for ME.. Erika is great, but she isn't merely a floor away.. you are here with me.. I want YOU to be that person.. I want us to be able to rely on each other, even though we may not agree.. I just.. I want my sister..."

:: And so the two stood face to face for the first time ever with no bitterness. No hatred. Nothing. Just looking at each other as Human Beings with the same feelings, emotions, and problems. ::
 
:: Alison is pulled into the embrace...and doesnt pull back. She welcomes her brother...and closes her eyes as a few tears fall down her face::


you'll be safe now. we'll work through things.


::the oldest sister of the group...there was the faintest sliver of maternal feeling as she held her baby brother. she felt a tremendous weight lifting from her marble heard heart...and a small jolt through her body...as she felt a bit of "HUMANITY" for the first time in more than a decade.::

::blinking from the roof, down to Cameron's penthouse. Alison stands beside Cameron....and looks at Erika::

looks like Ororo was right after all. wouldnt you say Erika?
 
< Erika had just sat down with a cup of delicious Rift Valley Blend Coffee from Starbucks which her brother was apparantely a fan of since he had three pounds of it in the kitchen as she sat down in her pajamas she almost had an aneurism when she saw Cameron and Alison blink into the Penthouse standing next to each other, without their hands wrapped around one another's throat. Then Alison commented on Ororo being right. What was going on? She was thrilled but cautious at the same time. >

"Please tell me that Mother isn't back from the dead and that this ISN'T an Illusion?"

< She smiled cheek to cheek as she stands up and almost jumps in the air doing a slightly retarded dance. She stops once she realizes that Cameron and Alison are still in the room and stops completely embarassed. >

"Thank the GODDESS! I don't think the world could STAND another Inferno!"
 
recovery begins

<< having drifted back to sleep after another crying Jag.....Morgan rests peacefully...the night finally takes its course...as EVERYONE seems to heal just a little. but every step forward is a step away from the PAIN of the Inferno's aftermath>>


<< Morgan slumbers while her Mother sleeps in a room nearby...her penthouse is silent. Alison has a major breakthrough in her road of recovery from this nightmare and Alexis attempts to dull the pain she feels by doing what she does best..running her Magazine. Each member of the Six and their allies/family slowly begins to heal...a process that is long...and not without its stumbling blocks...but TOGETHER...they will make it through>>


<< a new day has come.....the chance to begin life anew...with the promise of today.>>
 
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