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~CWA

Chapter 25:

Third Person:

Beast growled slightly as he tried to examine Gear. She was not being that cooperative with her fussing and her 'witty' comments. Gear crossed her arms, after a couple of days in recovery, she was feeling better- physically anyway. She was doing her best to not think about what happened at the base- partly because it hurt her too much, and partly because of the mind readers at the mansion.

"Miss Gia, I am trying to help you," Beast said firmly.

Gear smiled, her face and lips already feeling well enough to do so,

"I know, dude, but honestly, it's all good- really."

"You're results say otherwise."

"My results are liars."

Beast growled in frustration again before he could say anything, however, the door opened. Professor X wheeled himself in- being one of the few allowed in the medical room.

"Hello Hank, could excuse us for a moment?"

"Of course, Professor, but good luck. She's the least cooperative patient I have ever seen," Beast grumbled before leaving Gear and the Professor alone to talk.

The Professor smiled at Gear, but it just made Gear nervous. She glanced over at the medical bed beside her. Danny was still passed out. She needed to get over there to look him over, but Beast wouldn't let her out of the bed- she was just now well enough to actually stay awake and answer questions. She really hated staying in the bed- at least Dani had went to the house and gave Beast her clothes so she wasn't laying there with no underwear. Plus, she had her Noot Noot Motherfucker shirt that reached her knees, but she still wore long baggy pants, feeling self-cautious after what happened at the base.

"He will be fine, Miss Gia. I have talked to Beast and he agreed to not even check young Daniel's vitals until you have had a chance to look him over."

"I take it he wasn't that happy about it?"

Professor Xavier chuckled,

"Not particularly, no. Miss Gia, a lot happened while you were at the base."

A lot happened while I was in the base, Gear thought. The Professor raised an eyebrow, but continued,

"While you were away, however briefly it was, young Daniel found that he wished to remember his past. To do so, I had to enter his mind and-"

"-And now you know everything and he remembers everything," Gear finished, "So I guess you know what he really is and what I do for a living."

"Indeed."

"And you're not going to rat me out to the government or press because I'm Quam Tu? I mean, I'm full of bad things and flaws, but at least I'm stitched up with good intentions… And the occasional beer. You're going to let him stay at the mansion, right? He really loves it here."

"Miss Gia," the Professor said firmly, "As far as I am concerned, you are as much of an X-Men as he is and we always help fellow X-Men and good people. All I ask is for you to be more careful about your work and to talk."

"Talk?"

"You and I both know that a lot happened to you inside that base, when you wish to speak someone about it or it becomes too much- I ask that you come to me and talk about it, rather than a beer bottle."

Gear smiled sheepishly as the Professor wheeled himself out. In a few moments, Beast came back in, looking at Gear a bit begrudgingly,

"The Professor talked me into this, if it was up to me, you would not leave that bed. But you are allowed to look over young Daniel, if and only if, you allow me to look at the results as well."

"Fair enough, big guy, now help me out please."

With Beast's help, she was able to get out of the medical bed and head over to Danny. He was passed out and due to his ghost status, it seemed like he was dead. There was no rising of the chest- no slight breaths. He was twitching slightly and his eyes showed that he was still active- they were moving under the eyelids which meant he was at least in a deep sleep. She took his temperature- it was a bit higher than usual. She motioned for Beast to hand her a needle and with caution, she was able to draw some of his blood/ectoplasm.

"Shouldn't you take his other vitals as well," Beast asked curiously.

"No good. You can and you'll see I wasn't kidding when I saw his vitals are as if he were dead. He has no heartbeat, no vitals. There is a slight blood pressure, but it isn't necessarily from the heart, it's just from this," she held up the blood sample, "Flowing in his veins."

She took a seat the table and put the blood under the microscope.

"I'm checking to see if everything is back to normal- most of it is noticeable under a microscope so there's no need to necessarily run any tests on the blood."

The blood looked normal- it was all ectoplasm as usual, but it was weak. It quickly died off under the microscope. Gear sighed,

"Beast, can you get Dani for me? I'll need to talk to her."

"Very well."

He left and it took only ten minutes for him to return with the young halfa. She tackled Gear in a large hug,

"Gear! You're alright! Beast said that you couldn't have visitors so I wasn't sure! I haven't told them anything though because I figured it was best to wait until you woke up- then you can make Danny better and we can explain everything at the same time."

"Good thinking, Little D, but you still told Danny about my experiment."

Dani bit her lip,

"Are you mad?"

Gear laughed and ruffled Dani's hair,

"Hello no. I would've done the same damn thing. Kid, you're too much like me for your own good sometimes… You're still grounded though."

"But you said you weren't mad," Dani protested.

"I'm not, but you still did take something experimental."

"I'll never do it again," Dani swore.

Gear just shook her head,

"You and I both know that someday for some reason, you will do it again. Now help me get back to my medical bed, I'm getting dizzy."

Dani grabbed Gear's arms and helped her back to the bed. Gear took a few deep breaths, wincing as it still hurt her banded chest.

"So is Danny going to be okay," Dani asked nervously.

"At the moment, he's just too weak to up," Gear explained, "Kind of like a sugar rush? You know how you get really hyper and then crash? The same idea, but Danny dude is going to be knocked out for a really long time unless I do what I need to do to get his system back in shape. Little D, I need some things from the house to get Danny back in top-top kick-ass shape."

"Okay Gear, what do you need?"

"A shit load of things and gum."

"Gum?"

"If it worked for smokers, it'll work for me so yeah, gum."