As sinister (ha ha I'm so punny) as the last scene of this chapter was, I'm pretty sure the rest of it is going to give me cavities.

Sometimes I balk at the idea of characters like the X-Men living quiet and sedate lives like this (especially Storm, I think, who I always picture as someone who would always have a cause to fight for, always the champion of the oppressed.) - But I remember what they'd been through and think that if anyone deserves a quiet life, it's them. Particularly after everything you'd put them through in "Fade", haha.

Author's Response: Yeah, I did put them through the ringer in Fade. Don't worry, it won't be as fluffy as you think. Come on. This is ME