Illyana and Brian appeared back in the lighthouse.

Wilson sat up quickly off the couch, sporting a small hickey that he appeared to be totally unaware of.

"Right, Wilson. We got real busy. Sorry about…"

"Bets off." Wilson told him. "Betsy said so."

"Oh." Brian sat stunned for a moment. "But I'll still help when we get back."

Wilson looked worried. "Everyone's outside… I think."

"Oh, right." Brian took off for the deck.

Betsy sat up quickly from under Wilson and slipped off once Brain was out of sight.

Illyana looked shocked for a long moment.

Betsy laughed and Wilson sat back down on the couch to blush.

"Lets go!" Betsy motioned Illyana towards the outer doors "Before he comes back."

Illyana followed. "Kitty has Watts cornered, we're going to help."

"Oh, yeah." Betsy agreed. "We have to save him."

Wilson relaxed back on to the couch. All in all, it's been a really good day.

Watts ran up the street. Sure enough he glanced back and saw Kitty in hot pursuit.

He swore to himself and looked for Rachael. She was nowhere to be found.

So he decided to escape.

So he stopped running.

And made eye contact with a man waiting for a bus on a street corner.

Kitty skidded to a halt in front of him and watched in horror.

Watts turned to look at the man on the corner and demonstrated his power. "Die." He said.

His voice echoed and somehow immediately made you forget what he had said.

But Kitty knew it was bad as the man stepped out in to traffic, smiling, and ran towards the oncoming bus.

Kitty ran for the man as Kurt, Rachael and Forge/Lucy descended from the sky.

Watts saw them coming and shivered. He spun around and began to run again only to see a portal open in front of him. The absent members of Excalibur emerged save for Forge.

Brian smiled at Watts. "Thank god you're okay."

Watts pointed toward Kurt and Rachael. "Kill Wagner!" He insisted, and again the words echoed away from their minds before they did exactly as they had been told.

Watts spun on Rachael. "You!" He announced. "Come with me and do only as I command!"

And in a moment, Kurt was falling for the ground, still trying to support Lucy/Forge and shocked at what was happening.

Emma snapped at the woman to close the door and leave her alone with Forge's body.

She pressed her hands to his temples and waited until she felt it.

Although his heart did not beat and his organs lay still, she felt the life within the cells.

It was pulsating, very, very slowly.

She felt herself slowing down and beginning to synchronize with his pulse and then she felt the 'click'.

Her eyes shot open as she found herself shooting along an astral tunnel, being pulled along by some great and unknown force.

She could feel Forge in the distance, but there were others here too, closer than he was. And it was to these others that Emma found herself being drawn.

Emma streaked through the sky like a white comet and landed next to the two versions of Lucy Logan.

Both were worn and hurt, both covered in blood and too equally matched to leave a decisive victory.

Emma slammed to the ground and stood up. She was strong on the astral plane and people knew it.

"Who dares?" The Apocalucy demanded.

"I do, obviously." Emma smiled. "Are you the big, bad destroyer?" Emma asked condescendingly, half in baby talk.

Lucy snickered despite herself.

"We have to finish this!" Apocalucy demanded.

"We will." Emma sneered and then smiled to Lucy. "Are you ready?"

"This is between us." Lucy told her.

"Like hell it is." Emma told her. "Forge is dying, trying to create this place for you to solve this problem. I'm dying to keep him alive. And I'm here to help. Besides…" Emma's eyes sparkled. "I've read your file Lucy…" She smiled wider. "You're not really interested in being stronger, are you?"

Lucy paused and looked back over her shoulder at the other 'her'.

"You never were." Emma continued. "You're just preoccupied with the fact that you are. You don't really believe in survival of the fittest. You believe in survival of the just." Emma smiled at the evil Lucy. "Even if it means working as a team."

As Emma said the word 'team' it echoed throughout the astral plane and Lucy was suddenly empowered by Emma's astral essence.

All the power of the White Queen was suddenly given to Lucy to wield.

Lucy lunged, swathed in a white, crackling energy field and her claws sliced not through her opponent, but through the reality that surrounded her.

The evil Lucy screamed in pain and shrieked in terror before exploding in to a field of small black exploding stars.

And then the energy drained itself away, returning from Lucy to Emma and with a flutter of eyelids, Forge's body sat up of it's own accord and spun on Emma.

"Forge?" She asked.

"Not hardly." Forges body growled in Lucy's low and menacing tone.

"SAINTS PRESERVE US!" Shrieked a Nurse who had been watching from the hall through the little window in the door. "She's done it! He's up! He's up!"

And she continued to cry out as she ran the length of the hall.

"Let's get to the party." Lucy said.

Emma paused. "I…"

Lucy gazed at her through Forge's eyes. Her vision was slow to develop since she landed in his body. It was murky and dull. She couldn't imagine that he lived this way.

"Are you in or are you out?" She snarled slightly and her vision cleared a bit more.

"I'm … in." She admitted at last. "Let's go."

Forges body leapt up and reached for the door before pausing.

"Emma…" Forge looked hesitant. "Thank you."

Emma smiled slightly. She was uncomfortable, but she didn't seem to mind.

"No problem." Emma smiled.

And Lucy pulled open the door walked awkwardly down the hall.

"Are you okay?" Emma asked her.

"Excuse me." Lucy breathed out a heavy sigh, reached quickly in to her/Forge's pants, repositioned 'herself' and then walked off down the hall.

Emma, in the meantime, did her best not to laugh.