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[At 2:15AM, the journals suddenly blare out an alarm, followed by this message.]

EMERGENCY. EMERGENCY. This is an emergency.

The following occupants of the Luceti enclosure must report to the teleporters in twenty minutes. You are required as reinforcements in Region 13. Bring all necessary armaments with you. You will be teleported directly into combat.

Anyone who fails to comply will be forcibly escorted to the teleporters by droids.

This is not a drill. I repeat: this is not a drill. You have twenty minutes.

[The message repeats twice more, the alarm continuing until the twenty minutes has elapsed. No questions will be answered.]

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[He loves that cupboard! But he doesn't have to be told twice. Once he reaches her location, he reaches over to grab a blue one.]

This almost makes it feel like we're just going on another field trip...

[It's depressing how far away the days felt since then were actual teenagers going on actual high school field trips.]

[She spares a brief smile for her brother but then is all business.]

We need ta split up the medical supplies too. And listen -- [she lowered her voice a little] this is Jean's first draft an' it's gonna be bad. No warning like this? If things are bad out there -- she'll be a sittin' duck. You need to watch her back an' teleport her to someplace safe until she can get her head straight. Got it?

[His own attempt at a smile fades when he hears that; he hadn't actually read the draft list in detail, so this is news for him.]

Jean, too? Oh man... [He looks off in worry for a moment, but then he refocuses himself.] Got it. I'll do my best to take care of her, okay? That duck won't be sitting on my watch! [They're brave words or attempts at such, while he's actually quite afraid. There's no Wolverine or Storm to keep watch over them this time.]

You don't remember. [She doesn't need telepathy to know that Kurt's scared. She's scared too. Times like this, she wishes that Storm and Logan were back -- but she's the oldest, she's been here the longest, she doesn't have time to let fear hold her back.] But my first draft, it was just you an' me. It was bad. In the swamps. Real bad. But the worst was when we let ourselves get separated. Once ya take Jean, stick with her. Watch each other. Always have someone with you that you can trust an' keep you head. We'll get through it, Kurt.

[She glanced up at him, her gaze set and determined.] I promise.

[And she very rarely promised. But Rogue wouldn't accept anything else.]

[He thinks back to that - that life he couldn't remember. It's weird to think that if he hadn't gone home and come back without his memories, he'd be around Rogue's age now. Maybe he would have been helping to call the shots. Maybe his knees wouldn't be quaking so much.

But hearing that from Rogue helps a lot, all the same. He looks towards her with a serious expression at first, but then a slight, sincere smile breaks through the fuzz at her, promising. He feels at least a little braver.]

Thanks, sis. [It's a word he's used less often than he once wanted to, but that's only because of what happened before he came to Luceti. Things had changed a lot since then, but even if he hasn't fully come to terms with what happened to Mystique, he still knows that in the end, Rogue is his sister. She's someone he can count on.]

I think... that I really am gonna do my best. And I'll find time to keep an eye on you, too.

[She gives him a smile.]

I know you will. Now c'mon. We gotta make time. I don't want any droids draggin' us to the party.

Right. [He scuffles around for whatever else is need.] But no need to rush too much. We have an express lift to the plaza, after all. [It's nice that even with the power cap, Kurt's range still covers more or less the entire village.]

Sure there is, sleepy head. [As best a tease as she could manage, she's afraid.] You need ta grab all the others too. Best start seein' if you can make trips now.

Sure. I'll just check over what I have one last time and then see if anyone else is ready. [Although Mia may have already gone ahead because timelines.] And you let me know when you're ready for your trip, too.

Almost done here. Go. I'll let you know.

Great. [And he seems to be just about...] I'll check on the others, and I'll be back in a minute. [He offers a light smile.] We've got this.

[Saying that gives another light boost of confidence. And thus, he bamfs off to start getting the tunnel trips set up...]

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