IC: X23/Dazzler
X23 bares her teeth and growls viciously as she is held back, trying to swing her head about out of Warrens grip. She can only watch furiously as the professor leans in to wards her and closes his eyes...
"Hello Ali"
A little girl, no more than six years old and sitting cross legged in front of many pieces of paper, liberally scrawled with multi coloured crayon, looks up at the tall bald man with sad eyes. She looks back at the paper and resumes her colouring.
The man crouches down next to her and picks up one of the drawings. It shows, in a childish way, a woman with four claws, her face is angry and she is surrounded by a sea of red crayon.
"Do you know who this is Ali?"
Without looking up she replies in a sad voice.
"We can't stay here, you know, it's gonna come get you. You're not meant to be here"
"What is, Ali? What's going to come?" She doesn't answer, so he looks over her shoulder to examine her current drawing. His brow furrows at what he sees. On the paper is the figure of an Angel, with sharp, bloodied wings, a fierce expression, and blue skin.
There is a roar from behind them and Xavier whirls out of the way, faster than he ever could in the real world, but only just avoids a slashing blow from a glinting metal wing.
The furious incarnation of Archangel comes charging to wards Xavier, but the professor holds out one hand, and the apparition simply dissolves into nothingness. With a sigh he turns back to the girl, but she's gone, leaving him behind in the barren wasteland.
He closes his eyes and when he opens them again he is surrounded by the interior of the weapon x facility, specifically, the shower block. All the shower heads still stream with water, creating a whooshing sound that almost covers up the stifled whimpers.
Xavier looks down and sees that the shower floor is covered with blood, being slowly diluted by the shower water. The blood leads to a body, a body without a head, in soldiers uniform. The head lies a few feet away, it's shocked expression staring out lifelessly.
Behind the body, against the shower wall, sits a grown, but not yet feral Ali. Her knees are brought up to her chin and her arms wrapped crushingly around her legs, she is naked and shivering, covered in blood.
Slowly Xavier approaches her and produces a blanket to wrap around her. He persuades her gently to stand and walks her out of the shower block on shaky legs, her eyes downcast and full of fear.
He changes the landscape to a more comforting one, her room at the mansion, and sits her down on her bed.
"Ali, you have to take control. You're not a little girl anymore, you are in control"
She looks up slowly at him with an insane grin on her face, her eyes wild with madness. She begins to laugh as she speaks.
"It's coming hahahahahHAHAHAHAHA"
As she shakes with laughter her body convulses and her skin bubbles with movement. Four claws practically explode from her hands in a spray of blood, her hair grows long and wild in seconds and her teeth extend into terrible fangs, her mouth dripping as she growls like a rabid animal. Bubbles of bright light grow next to her, filling the space until Xavier is blinded with the burning intensity.
He sits back in his wheelchair with a yell as he is thrust out of Ali's mind, taking a few seconds to recover.
X23 is roaring and thrashing, sparks of light burning at the people holding her. A large shard of hot light hits against Warren and Peter. In their shock she pulls free and knocks down the Professor, bolting out the door and into the midst of many soldiers, armed to the teeth.
She turns and runs the other way, to the edge of the roof, and jumps.