Chapter 9. Healing
In the end, the casualties were lower than we could have hoped for. Among the dead were Janos, Norn, and five others I had not talked to. Almost everyone was hurt. Most would eventually heal. Some of the prisoners had lost fingers, eyes; one had lost an arm to the elbow. The casualties were low, but too many had been hurt.
One of Warren's wings had been shattered. Kurt had nearly lost the end of his tail. Kitty and Scott both had been burned. Ororo had broken three off the small bones in her wrist. Alex been shot in the leg. Bobby had a minor concussion. I only had minor physical injuries but my heart beat was irregular and I was exhausted for a long time.
The only ones who were completely unhurt were Wolverine, Wade, Emma, and Peter Rasputin. Emma was still grieving for Janos.
John and a girl who called herself Firebrand had found Rebecca half smothered in vines. The girl had burned her alive. Neither of them had been seen or heard of.
The government completely ignored our reports of the injured survivors. But they couldn't stop them from telling their stories. People in cities around the globe were protesting. Humans and Mutants. Together.
And the Professor had woken up from his coma. He was alive and lucid. Telling him about everything he had missed had taken several days. Even before he knew the whole story, he had told each survivor that they were welcome to stay. Many had left, many had stayed.
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Three weeks later, Remy and I were having dinner on the roof of the school. He had brought candles and coral colored roses.
I sat next to him on the blanket and leaned against his shoulder.
"Caitlyn…?"
"Yes?"
"Ai…" he broke off, rubbing the back of his neck anxiously, "Well…"
I faced him. "Remy, if you want to tell me something, just tell me. There's no reason to be embarrassed."
Remy shrugged. "Strawberry?"
I bit into the sweet, red fruit, chewed, then swallowed. "Remy, please, will you tell me?"
He blushed. Actually blushed!
"What did you do?"
"Nothan' chere." He dug into a pocket. "Ai jus' don' know how ta…" he took a deep breath and pulled something out of his pocket.
"How to what?" my heart beat had accelerated.
"Caitlyn. Ai love you. An'… Ai… would ya…" he pressed a small velvet box into my hand. "marry me?"
I opened the box. Inside was a braded white gold band set with a deep blue sapphire.
I kissed him.
"Is dat a yes?"
I nodded. "Yes."
Remy took my left hand, sliding the ring onto the third finger of my left hand.
"So…" I swallowed, suddenly very close to tears. "When do you want to tell the others?"
He kissed me again. "Ai think dey can wait fo' a little while."
A/N: It's over! Please tell me what you thought. This is almost certainly the last one in this series. So… any comments on what I should do better will be used to improve future projects. Thank you so much for reading this.
-Firedance28